#more interesting ones and nicer ones

[caluupin]

Father!!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥

#caluuart #genshin impact #genshin #art #arlecchino #god she's just so. cool. pretty. ethereal. badass. #also I LOVE HER STORY QUEST SO MUCH!! I think it's definitely one of the best story quests in the game tbh. #wait uh arlecchino story quest spoilers below: #for one; the quest really gives even more depth to arlecchino's character. like yeah the whole thing is well. messed up. #it's an orphanage that raises orphans to be child soldiers after all. But it's also like. It's more.... humane? nicer? for the fatui anyway #which does bring me to the next thing. you know how arlecchino's like “if you're gonna leave the HotH you need to fight for it with ur life #I genuinely think that she's gonna just. straight up kill them. although it's not unlikely at all it turns out that (most of the time?) she #-just gives them a one trip to memory loss and set them free. which i do know it's kinda like death in genshin's lore but still. #I just find that pretty interesting. #also the cutscene where clervie says goodbye n stuff. It makes me cry EVERY TIME. ARGHHHH TRAGIC CHILDHOOD DOOMED YURI MY BELOVED :((( #clervie makes me so sad man. the fact that she just. accepts death. she really just let peruere kill her huh. crucabena when I fucking get #the hopelessness getting to her at that point. all attempts of freedom failed until that day..... GOD. and clervie finally getting closure- #-in the story quest as a spirit... I just..... man......... #on a lighter note :) #I got obsessed with a bloodborne OST LMAO. the uhh the lugwig boss theme. esp the sec phase one. it's SO GOOD. I first heard abt it in a- #-vid analyzing the ost musically. At the time i was like. woah. cool. what a cool sounding track. fast foward to like. a day before 4.6 #I'm watching a genshin theory video and I heard the music in the bg. I recognized it but I couldn't remember where I heard it from #UNTIL I REMEMBERED. and looked it up. And I have not known peace since. good music. #anw I've been rambling too much so yeah. gn my dear fellows!!

[lord-squiggletits]

One TF fandom argument that confuses me is when people put Megatron and Starscream versus each other like, when people say that it's "unfair that Megatron gets redemption but Starscream doesn't" (in regards to IDW1) because like. One, IDW1 in phase 2 was written by like 4 different writers, so you can't try to claim that there was some unified vision where the nonexistent Singular Writer of IDW was like "no Starscream isn't allowed to have nice things."

And second, I don't think the writers would even think of it that way? It's not like the writers were like "okay we have one Get Out Of Jail Free Card and we're going to spend it on Megatron, sorry Starscream maybe in the next reboot you can get it." The divisions fans make between X character likers and Y character likers are completely made up fandom drama and sometimes I feel like people don't understand that the writers aren't privy to fandom infighting/drama and wouldn't write Megatron and Starscream in opposition to each other as if one character's gain must come at the other's expense.

And finally............. IDW1 Starscream literally does get to be portrayed as a more morally gray person, have his feelings shown and treated as human, even make some friends/have people treat him nicely? IDK what fucking comics people are reading where they think that Starscream is treated as an evil villain with no redeeming qualities at all. Maybe it's the same Starscream fans who shit on TAAO/Scott or something, that's the only way I could explain it.

#squiggposting #discourse #plus like i feel like SS just becoming happy and a good person doesn't really make sense for his character #because his thing is that he's unpredictable and mercurial and you never really know what he wants or what he'll do #making him 'a good guy' would fly in the face of the archetype he is which is a scheming manipulator out for his own ends #and i really liked idw1 SS because he's like. he's a piece of shit he's a little meow meow he's traumatized he's a tyrant #as his actions and thoughts and conscience shifts from one plot to the other he does kinda good things but then does bad things #he makes you go from 'well maybe he's not so bad' to 'WHAT THE FUCK YOU PIECE OF SHIT' #because with SS he's not. one. thing. like you can't predict him you can't box him into being on one 'side' or the other #he's on his own side and sometimes his own side happens to include a conscience or people who try to make SS be nicer #sometimes IDW SS pursues his own selfish aims and sometimes he has moments of weakness where he decides he'll be nice #the entire 'will he or won't he' plot of whether SS would be a dick or be nice was part of his whole appeal #also megs' redemption arc is mid anyways #if anything i feel like i could argue phase 2/3 SS is more interesting and has a better emotional arc than M #and i'm not even a SS fan + i like M way more

[ellsieee]

How is One Room Angel so poignant and funny at the same time? I have a feeling this series is going to break me in the end, but I'm going to enjoy the ride.

One minute we have heavy emotional moments with Angel being the only one to ever appreciate and compliment Koki.

The next we get low brow comedy.

It's wonderful.

Then they manage to throw in some rather adorable moments too.

I really love how Koki and Angel tease and understand each other.

#jbls have been rocking the subtle humor lately #admittedly they could have spent a bit more of the production budget on nicer wings #but this is a very interesting series so far #one room angel

[no1ryomafan]

I have said this before but me being self proclaimed number 1 Ryoma fan and that being possibly literal-bc even if this bro had fans before me I might’ve simply done the most for him by talking about him so much + being the first to write fics that are in depth studies on his trauma across canons-I gotta say if there’s one other character I rotate a lot that isn’t him it’s probably Kei. (Shocking it’s not Hayato even if I do think about him too- but it’s usually associated with Ryoma bc gays 🗿)

I’m not even exaggerating when I say Kei would be my favorite and only isn’t because she doesn’t exist in many other canons yet my brain rotates the endless possibilities of how to incorporate her. I’ve already written a fic where she’s in shin vs neo verse which worked surprisingly well but I’ve been thinking how universally she could appear in other things. (Whether it be fitting her into a idea of a possible Go team in New or just a new canon completely) I think what I’ve narrow it down to is that she could be like- in Michirus role? Like she’s the supporting female who isn’t a pilot but helps out the real occasionally which I think would align very well especially with the original manga role she has of being Hayato’s assistant. And even if Hayato isn’t grandpa mode yet he still very much is in Saotomes position at that point. Not sure if she’d Hayato’s biological kid to further parallel Saotome and Michiru given well Hayato already adopts the Go team and his wife is irrelevant LOL.

I have no idea if I’ll ever write this specific idea but I’m still- rotating it cause this is such a easy way to get around “picking between Sho or Kei as the 2nd pilot” since both of them can still exist even if one doesn’t get to pilot, idm my supporting females. (Granted there could always be like- plot line where Sho gets hurt so Kei is temporary pilot but I can’t remember if Getter ever really did this since “once your hurt your ass is basically replaced” lol)

#meg text #getter robo #au rambles #I think I rotate her so much because my friend and I talked about her relationship with Go #like it makes so much sense if among all the universal constants in getter one would be Kei is important to Go #granted the shift from “she’s my love interest” to “she’s my sister” will never not be so fucking drastic 💀 #also I get why in SVN she wasn’t there for time and idk where you’d fit her but man Kei deserves a more significant role #hence why I imagine her in Michirus role because even if she also had it ROUGH some iterations knew how to use her #also Kei already has a established relationship w gai mainly thanks to arma so- Sho deserves to speak with her too #they can be besties who rat out on the boys but still have high respect for hayato #granted I know the real reason why this hasn’t happened is because Kei is a minor character and “no proper go manga adaptation??” #at this point I don’t expect a anime but it be nice if Go team got used in a spin off bc we had a good run of OG team #I’d also want them to use arc in spin offs too but I understand their more- finicky characters to use #given their main thing is their actual descendants of existing characters and one of them is our first boyo (ryoma) #if you took out the bloodline stuff it make them feel redundant because you can just use go team for that #also honestly despite how mixed arc anime is for everyone they really don’t need to be in anything after this #other then wishing they get something with nicer animation but that’s what’s SRW is for #(also back to Kei I’m a bit upset she did not get a cameo in arc even if she’d probably look horrendous it was just salt in the wound) #(GAI LITERALLY SAIDS WHEN HE DIES IN THE MANGA HE SEES KEI WHERE WAS SHE WITH ALL THE GETTER GHOSTS?) #actually Michiru wasn’t there too so it was probably just woman erasure /hj

[queenhawke]

im always slightly baffled at fic where brad is written to be much softer and nicer than he is bc like.... isn't the appeal of his character that he is an asshole... i get that people wanna write fluff and more power to them but also why would u do it with this character..... why wrangle him into such a different shape.... at that point just make your own ocs lmao

#like I GUESS people can write what they want #but whomst is this man ur writing #what is it about the character that made you wanna write about him if not the fact that he is an asshole (with a tragic backstory) #but maybe that's just me #personally i like writing braddavid *because* brad is an asshole and david is.... also lowkey an asshole but a nicer/more pathetic one #the two different personality types clashing is what makes it interesting for me #but that's me i like my ships fucked up u know how it is #they gotta be at least a little willing to kill each other for me to take an interest #anyway #brad is MEAN let him be MEAN #he is a bitch!!! #mythic quest

[sonic-adventure-3]

THE GUY. YES. this is actuallly a super helpful resource for how to do a uv map AND segmentation. also now i have a little guy in my computer. lemme see if i can pose him

#rambles #3d adventures #way easier than i thought opening him in blockbench and opening the textures everything was already in place #i just had to click a couple buttons #the texture is super interesting it seems tails; sonic; knuckles; metal sonic; eggman; and metal knuckles all use one png for their texture #its neat and way more efficent/nicer looking than whatever the hell i did #for this low poly flat style anyway #i'll check what the textures look like on some other not this style models too ig

[willgrahamismybabygirl]

Everyday I turn into a little more of an odd little freak, great for the other odd little freaks in my phone TERRIBLE for my irl social life

#rip to being normal #opening up to people only to be met with that one meme of all the girls at the party judging you #oh well 😔 #more people need to be odd and generally strange #makes you more fun and interesting #and from what I’ve seen mostly nicer #some of the nicest people I’ve met are also deeply strange #or generally offputting #freaks for the win

[waywardsalt]

i. get the vibe that the more mainstream zelda fans are allergic to the idea of liking characters who like. do bad things

#the groups and works i avoid are ones that make characters who do generally questionable things into morally good/perfect people #idk. whenever people get nasty or w/s it seems to be when people ask reasonable questions abt the series’ morality #recent example in mind but like. idk. with more personal/petty examples i feel like people will just sand a character down to being nicer #or more decent to fit some mold and maybe while its still similar to canon its a lot less interesting #idk this is just a mini rant ill delete it later. god forbid we enjoy characters who make bad choices and are mean #idk i dont usually leave my little hole but it feels like the worst zelda fans are deep in purity culture regarding characters #and don’t analyze the text beyond what youre told and never going any deeper bc it would require thought and discomfort #idk ig with [character] (cuz i know thisll get picked ul by tag stuff) i just. dont like how he just gets turned into a decent guy? #like hes an asshole but thats it hes more pleasant than anything? its not not canon but its not interesting. its neuters him #yknow? like hes down for robbing people at the bare minimum shut uo about tax fraud he’s a thief literally in the text #im going off the rails. bht i feel like people lash out at characters who are unignorably grating or morally impure #and sand down the ones whose flaws can be ignored. ofc i feel like the main 3 esp with these last few games get the worst of it #and i can get why considering the issues baked into how this series work but it just makes a lot of things boring

[professionalowl]

not reblogging the post because i know it's a flawed test (and infuriatingly poorly worded to wit) but the RAADS-R autism test is going around again and i got an 87, which is i think what i got the last time i took it and also tracks - i'm personally pretty certain that i'm not autistic, but (autistic) friends of mine have historically been split on the issue because apparently i 'act' like an autistic person and they're often surprised when i say i'm actually not

#my *closest* friends tend to think i'm not but - to quote one guy - '[i'm] very smart and smart ppl tend to have traits that overlap' #which is an interesting assessment (he's autistic tb clear) and i think i know where it's coming from #i'm very direct with comments; i often have trouble with empathy; i'm clever (or y'know 'clever' for a given value of the word); #i don't feel emotions particularly strongly - or immediately - and this comes across in my speech #which i've been told can come off as detached/disaffected/uncaring even when it's not trying to be; #i'm apparently quite difficult to read sometimes? or come off as intimidating per neutral expression; #uh. one time an english teacher told me that i'd taught her to 'think more logically' whatever the fuck that means; #these are i think stereotypical autistic 'smart guy' traits which do not actually map on to the majority of autistic people afaik #at least not as a package or all expressed the same way - but in this case i think it's a category error #interesting food for thought nonetheless. i spend some time thinking about it because people do ask me occasionally #and the general autistic mileu of tumblr.com has actually helped me be nicer to myself about those traits #(as well as check myself abt other people; i'm not going to pretend to be some kind of saintly autistic whisperer or w/e) #considered going back and taking the test with the 'most generous' and then the 'least generous' answers and comparing them #but i can't be bothered. add a button for 'in specific situations' or die by my hand #i WILL say that some of said autistic friends who were surprised to find out i wasn't #expressly thought i WAS because they drew a correlation between their behaviour and my own #so it's not just 'people are misreading me because of stereotypes about how autistic people act' although i do think that can be an element #let me know if this post is weird or w/e it is literally just speculating on myself and how people perceive me #as a consequence of tending to occupy circles otherwise occupied largely by neurodivergent people #('fandom' and 'archaeology and anthropology')

[rotzaprachim]

don’t reblog but i’m definitely having a moment with the fact that like 80% of the actual canon plot and political content of andor has kind of... dissipated into the fandomsphere. i’m as guilty of it as anyone but guys. guys there was shit in this show that slapped

like the fact that a show of that caliber has only a few hundred fics on ao3, less than half of which are actually about stuff that happened in the show, is... wild to me 

#guys i wanna talk about andor the show specifically andor #i'm here for the ships and things being nicer for cassian as anyone but dear gd lets talk more about ONE WAY OUT #it was super fun watching it whilst it aired and i feel a lot of that momentum has kind of disspated??? #there's something interesting to me about andor being a show that's like #intensely in a fandom fandomifiable space and yet is structurally so resistant to fandom it's fascinating

[madegeeky]

So, I'm looking on the Toyoto RAV4 subreddit to get opinions on it vs the Mazda CX-5 and the majority of them are just so helpful and honest. Like, they'll talk about pros and cons and if you want this sort of thing buy RAV4 and that sort of thing buy CX-5. It's just so wonderfully refreshing and enjoyable to read. If you want to compare a car to the RAV4 check out the rav4club subreddit. They give out really stellar and thoughtful opinions and I wish more people approached things like they do.

#geeky talks #we've narrowed it down to the rav4 hybrid and the cx-5 #honestly they're both really nice cars we're having a hard time deciding #which is why i started googling #and then i ended up on reddit and so went to the cx-5 and rav4 subreddit #and searched for the other car in them which had given me some really interesting insights #for example the reddit toyota people generally give really good advice #the mazda people are... not XD #things both subreddits agree on: #the interior is smaller but nicer in the cx-5 #the rav4 is definitely better for bumpy country roads but the cx-5 is really nice to drive in general #toyota has way better resale but mazda (now that they're not owned by ford) has become really reliable #infotainment screens are all awful and most people (correctly) hate them #something no one mentioned but that i consider a personal win: more manual controls rather than electronic controls #i love how the car people will be like: look at these cool expensive upgrades #and mr. geeky and i will just look at it and the be like thanks we hate it

[sonippep-hohu]

Uhhh rating ships I keep seeing ig! Cuz I like ships

Yes Yes / Grew On Me:

Peppino x Anton

Peppino x Gustavo

Noise x Noisette

Yeah but No / For Shits and Giggles :

Peppino x Noise

Peppino x Pizzelle

Pizzano x Noise

Maybe / Indifferent :

Peppino x Pepperman

Pepperman x Vigilante

Pizzano x Pizzelle

Hard Pass / No Interest :

Peppino x Pizzahead

Fake Peppino x Pizzahead

Vigilante x Noisette

#these are all I've seen so far #I have little interest in shipping pizzahead with anyone tbh... #shipping him with Peppino or Feppi feels weird? #i kind of cringe #i see it a lot and kind of hate it bUT i love the artists anyway so #i know how to mind my business and just mosie along #same with vigilante with noisette : but with that one i get the appeal a lot more #canon noise is a bit stinky so i get wanting her to be with someone nicer! #i just... hm /shrug #also i dont wanna ship mr. stick with anyone either tbh #the lanky men can stay in no kiss jail #anyway!! just my opinion about stuff I've seen #in case anyone is curious

[indie-queer-movie-tournament]

Boys Don’t Cry

tw deadnaming in the synopsis below:

Female born, Teena Brandon adopts his male identity of Brandon Teena and attempts to find himself and love in Nebraska.

Letterboxd:

I guess the first things I need to do are note the usual crimes. The film deadnames Brandon Teena, misgenders him, and while it ultimately falls heavily on Brandon's side in a lot of ways, it still fails to equip uneducated viewers with a way to respectfully address and respond to the subject matter. If you think that isn't this film's purpose, my response is merely to point out that its purpose is very obviously to show the horror of the violence against trans people. If it can't do so without enacting microagressions against us in the process, it shouldn't have been made at all. This film casts a cis woman as a trans man, which has the same erasing, hurtful undertones that casting a cis man as a trans woman does, though obviously with different nuances. If this film shows anything, though, it is that the transphobic belief that trans men aren't men is what gets them killed in many circumstances. The film also goes out of its way to show Brandon's dressing in a way that emphasizes his anatomy and suggests that he is somehow artificial.

#about movies #i haven't seen this one and don't want to #i believe it has value and for its time was super important #but it seems like a story for cis people to try and garner compassion so they'll be nicer to us #which i'm just not very interested in #i'm not even very interested in stories of queer suffering made for queer people most of the time #but this movie just seems like it is a really tough watch #idk how accurate the review's criticisms are and how much i'd agree if i watched it #(i suspect i would but who knows) #but yeah that's where i land! glad it was made glad it exists but i'll not watch it. #i wanna be clear that so many of my opinions on here are deeply subjective #i know loads of people really love heartbreaking queer stories #and that's ok! i just like more upbeat stuff in general most of the time so that'll just mean i'm more inclined to like stuff leaning that #ay #there are certainly exceptions #anyway sounds like this is a movie to look up trigger warnings for if you want to watch

[toytulini]

ngl some of these posts about "cant find 100% cotton yarn!" i can think of at least one Brand of yarn that is like. 100% cotton. in multiple colors. what

#toy txt post #dont get me wrong blends are everywhere and synthetics are cheap but like for now at least they do. exist #the brand is lil sugar n cream btw which im certain ive seen at michaels and joanns but i think i had ti order online #and i have a different skein of cotton thats a bit softer and nicer to touch and might be better for like. Wearables. but i cant remember #the brand or be assed to dig for the tag rn sorry #hell even one of the lily sugar n cream ones is softer than the others its like a ''denim'' one #ive even seen cotton scrubbie yarn. which. i want to get but i need to use up my other scrubbie yarn first #and idk i guess they could be lying but #u kjow #the 100% baby alpaca i mentioned in the tags of the prev post i bought from. a local shop connected to an alpaca farm selling various #alpaca products but when i went online i think the yarn comes from a different alpaca farm? i get emails from them a lot #i wanna do a project w 100% alpaca but cant justify buying more of it rn #its very soft tho #idk not to mention there seem to be like all sorts of indie dyers and yarn runs if u just. look around a little? #i found one interesting site that i got glow in the dark wool from #havent made anything yet cos idk!!! what to use it on and it was quite expensive but like!!!!! extremely cool that it exists. they also had #color changing ones and shit #they have an etsy but they also have their own site where its a bit cheaper

[seaseren]

I'll be honest- if they retired the scions I would probably retire Entlona. Like, she wouldn't fully stop adventuring- she would still travel and help people and explore and all that- but she would not go into battle unless people she cares about are going too. It's just not something she actually really seeks out, more something she has done because of circumstances

#ffxiv #Entlona Eifasaldwyn #Aggi....Aggi might keep on #she does enjoy it a lot #but she enjoys it more with friends #I know a lot of the scions have had major character arcs but I still like them :( #and I don't want them to get backgrounded as hard as say. Lyse. or Ryne. #or other characters I have liked #I'll be honest in my ideal world we would get like. one or two decent sized questlines per expansion checking in w old friends #and following up on old storylines #buuuuut I don't think enough people would want that that it would be worth the resource cost #like to me that would be nicer than arguing over whether we should bring say Gaia back in the msq #for me I think it would work out if we kept adventuring w the twins and then the rest of the scions are like #still allies #maybe if they use dawntrail to introduce new adventuring companions we can keep going forward while slowly backgrounding scions #but just a hard reset no more scions would really discourage me from continuing the game #like whats the point :( my buddies aren't there anymore :( #(this is also predicated on the new companions being characters I find interesting. which like) #(we'll see)

[fooltofancy]

apparently the price i thought i was paying for this mattress was just like cash only day of??? according to the lease on the website i'm making payments through, but that was definitely NOT the understanding i had when i purchased it, and i can't find the stupid lease they gave me and now i have to die.

#it's like. $500 more than what i thought i was paying #going to cry actually lmao i would have just gotten a nicer mattress if i wanted to pay $900 for one #OR just paid upfront #didn't really have the resources at the time but i would have figured something else out #this is. bad. #like it's not BAD it's just i'm out $500 i would not be otherwise and paying for like three months longer with interest #when i was supposed to be DONE in march #what the fuck #i AM going to find the paper lease and i AM going to call them about it #which is also bad i was supposed to be DONE #lease gone. not in car not in apartment anywhere. it's so exhausting being stupid dude.