#more then anything it's like... disheartening.

[sunderwight]

SV AU where Shen Yuan transmigrates into a dragon.

It's not so bad, at first. He's an extremely magical sort of dragon so he can easily take on a humanoid shape, and he has dominion over an entire mountain, with a magical gate that leads to his palace. Said palace has a fully stocked treasury, a library, garden, etc, with the only real downsides being that the place is kind of huge and very difficult for a neet with limited housekeeping or landscaping skills to keep up with. The original dragon had enslaved a bunch of fairy spirits to do it for him, but since Shen Yuan has moral objections to that, he'd let them all go and they'd run off before he could even think to offer to hire any of them as paid employees instead. Not that he can blame them for being in a hurry to get gone.

He does his best, and generally enjoys being a dragon lazing on his mountain, or wandering the beauty of his palace and investigating the books and scrolls kept there. He doesn't actually seem to need to eat or drink, so that's not really an issue, and nobody looks keen to bother him. But after a few months the dust starts to really pile up, and trying to figure out how to do his own laundry without modern equipment leads to several disasters, and even though he doesn't need to eat he's starting to think it would be quite nice to have a fancy sit-down dinner and enjoy it for its own sake anyway. He has an enchanted larder but his food prep skills aren't up to much.

So, Shen Yuan ventures away from his mountain. He keeps to his human disguise when he's not traveling, and at first tries to hire on some help from a nearby city. But when he explains that he lives on the mountain, he realizes the difficulty, because everyone in the area knows that only the dragon lives there. So they all think he's either a liar or a fraud, or some servant of a nefarious supernatural creature angling to trick and possibly devour them.

Shen Yuan tries approaching another town in his dragon form, to see if anyone will actually deal with him if he's being upfront and honest about the situation, but the townspeople just panic. He returns to his mountain to rethink his strategies, and in the meanwhile the alarmed locals hire a swordsman to go after him. The guy gives him a few very painful cuts before Shen Yuan mostly-accidentally sends him careening into a boulder. One broken arm later the swordsman is gently persuaded that the pay he was offered isn't worth the effort on this job, and leaves.

Discouraged, Shen Yuan decides he's gonna give this one last try. He picks the second closest city, flies up, and is like yes hello, yes I am indeed a dragon, no I'm not trying to burn down your walls, yes it would be excellent if you stopped shooting arrows at me, look they don't even get past the scales? It's kind of silly? Okay, yes, thank you very much. Good. Now, the thing is, I'm looking for some people. I want to take them back to my mountain with me, to my incredibly nice palace, and -- what was that? A princess? No no I don't want a princess, what would I even do with one? If anything I'm looking for the complete opposite of a princess!

Anyway, the locals take this to mean that the dragon is demanding a sacrifice in the form of a pretty boy of no particular pedigree, and Shen Yuan takes this to mean that he's finally made his case clear and they're going to dig up someone who is willing to overlook his being a dragon in exchange for free room and board and fair wages out of his massive treasury.

SY's a bit disheartened when the entire city could only apparently turn up one such person -- an underfed teenage boy who looks at Shen Yuan like, despite the situation, he is still expecting to be eaten at any moment. Poor thing! But at least having one servant means he can potentially get more, especially if it all goes well. The lad can tell others that working for a dragon isn't so bad! Well, provided that he doesn't give up in alarm at the state of the mountain palace.

For his part, Luo Binghe at first thinks he's definitely going to get eaten, and then that this dragon is weirdly nice about planning to eat him, and then that maybe the dragon has other (even less savory!) plans for him, until finally he sees the state of the dragon's laundry and the foot-thick layer of dust in the corners, and gets completely distracted. Mortal terror forgotten, those floors should not be that filthy, Lord Dragon respectfully that isn't how anyone should prepare rice either, but oh Binghe has never seen a kitchen so nice before in his life...!

Anyway, needless to say, it works out just fine.

#svsss #scum villain's self saving system #scum villain #bingqiu #this is luo binghe's palace now shen qingqiu just lives there #the only hiccup is that binghe is strangely bad at convincing anyone else to come work at the palace #shen qingqiu encouraged him to assist in finding other help but somehow binghe always comes up empty handed #oh well guess they'll have to continue living there just the two of them with no one else #(this eventually does change but binghe sulks for WEEKS about it)

[morganski-19]

part 1, part 2

Dustin visits the next day, sitting next to Wayne with the same book he’s had for the past few days. Turning to the page that was dog-eared, reading. Voices and all. Just like Eddie does when he’s practicing for one of those campaigns. Claiming that it’s better to get it down with someone else’s words so he can improvise. So he doesn’t have to memorize some script and can be in the moment. Let his mind do the workings along with the players. 

It’s one of the many parts of Eddie that Wayne sees in this kid. The dramatics, the drive. The snobbiness about certain things that don’t really matter to the rest of the world. But it matters to them, so it matters to the people who care about them too. 

If Eddie were awake, he might yell at the kid for turning the corner of a page instead of using a bookmark. Even though all the books he gets are second-hand and already torn and bent in all sorts of ways. But it’s about keeping the art pristine. The author put their heart and soul into this work, it’s not meant to be sullied. Wayne saw Eddie bend the corner of a page a million times over though, he just likes making a big stink about nothing. Just to get a rise out of people, make them laugh. Wayne can imagine that Eddie liked to make Dustin laugh a lot. 

“Have the doctors said anything new?” Dustin asks after finishing the chapter. 

Wayne shakes his head. “Same old, same old. Don’t worry about it too much though, he wouldn’t want you to.”

“He wouldn’t want a lot of the things that happened over the past week. So he’ll have to deal with it.” After a pause, he asks, “How are you doing?”

That makes Wayne laugh. “You don’t have to go worryin’ about me either. You’re just a kid.”

“And you’re just a man waiting for your kid to wake up. The same way I’m waiting for my friend to wake up. At the end of the day, we’re all still people. That sometimes need a break. So, how are you doing?”

It’s scary how much Wayne sees Eddie in this kid. “It’s hard comin’ here to hear the same thing every day.” That’s all Wayne’s willing to say to a kid. 

Hard is definitely a word most people would use to describe his situation. Difficult, disheartening. Maybe even hopeless. But there’s still some hope in this old heart that keeps Wayne coming back day in and day out. Keeps him moving while only getting a few hours of sleep a day. Cause as soon as the night comes around, it’s right back to the plant. Making the money to pay for the care his boy needs to keep living. To pay for the roof over his own head enough so he’ll live to see it happen. 

Truth is, Wayne’s dying here. From the fatigue. From the endless waiting. From the slowly draining pool of hope. Nothing seems to change. Nothing gets better. Six days in a medically induced coma with no hopes of ever waking up. Wayne’s not dumb enough to think that the chances increase the more days pass without him showing any signs of improvement. 

Part of him says that this is the state Eddie will be in for the rest of his life. Wonders if it’s worth all of this just to keep him alive. If he’s really suffering in there and would be better off resting forever. But then the heart monitor keeps beeping and his brain is still active. Wayne’s boy is still in there, he’ll come back soon. 

“Yeah, I bet that’s hard. I still have hope though, I was there when he came in. He looks a lot better now.”

There’s a knock on the door that keeps Wayne from responding. It’s the Harrington boy, in normal clothes this time. Discharged. 

“Sorry to interrupt but your mom said it’s time to go home.”

Dustin dramatically rolls his eyes. “Which one, my actual mother or you?”

“Your actual mother, but I happen to agree with her. Come on, you got school in the morning.” Harrington crosses his arms, looking like he’s ready to start a standoff. 

But instead of fighting Dustin stands. “Have a good night Mr. Munson. I’ll still try to visit as much as I can even though school’s starting back up again.”

“Thanks, kid, I’ll try.”

Harrington ruffles Dustin’s hair as he walks out the doorway. Standing there for a beat before turning back to Wayne. “We’ve never officially met, I’m Steve.”

Steve holds out his hand, waiting for Wayne to shake it. Wayne debates whether that’s a good idea or not. Apparently, it takes too long as Steve returns his hand to his side. 

“I wanted to apologize for the scene I made the other day, you didn’t deserve that. I was just so shocked that they actually cuffed him to the bed. Still have him cuffed to the bed.” Steve looks at Eddie with a guilt that Wayne doesn’t understand. Like he’s the reason Eddie’s strapped to the bed. 

Wayne continues to say nothing, not quite sure what would be appropriate. Tell him that it’s ok, that it didn’t bother him. Or thank him for believing that Wayne knew was true. That his boy was innocent. 

There was more to this story than he knew. Something to do with the kid being there and the rich boy standing in the doorway looking like this is all his fault. When Wayne knows the same scars mark Steve just as much as they do Eddie. Steve made sure that everyone knew that. Using it as proof that Steve was there, and that Eddie was innocent. 

Steve was ready to offer himself up as a witness for a man that the town hates. Wayne should be grateful for that, but it doesn’t seem right. They were part of different worlds. Different status, interests. It didn’t make sense for them to be in the same place at all. Yet here they are supposedly having gone through the same vicious attack. 

“Let me know if you need anything,” Steve continues when Wayne stays silent. “I’m more than happy to help out. Eddie was kind of a new friend and I hate seeing him like this as much as you do.”

“I seriously doubt that,” Wayne snaps. He hates charity, especially from this kid. For some reason he doesn’t really understand why. 

Steve is taken aback. “I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to offend.”

“I’m sure you didn’t, but you did. I know my boy and I know how my boy thinks about people like you. So don’t go ‘round gaining sympathy points from the real people who are suffering.”

“I, I wasn’t,” Steve stammers. “I would never.”

“Steve,” Dustin yells. “Get your ass moving, we’re your ride too.”

Steve sighs. “Coming, Jesus. I’m sorry for offending you. I won’t bother you again.”

Wayne shakes his head when Steve leaves, letting out a deep sigh. Maybe he was too harsh, maybe he wasn’t harsh enough. He’s not sure. 

He’s not sure about a lot of things anymore.

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#stranger things #stranger things fanfic #post season 4 #wayne munson #dustin henderson #steve harrington #pre steddie #eddie munson #eddie in a coma #everyone lives/nobody dies #fanfic #wayne pov

[snowflop]

#Magni... Vesper... :(((( #Those are the only two holostars i watched with any regularity. ive been worried about what this extended hiatus could mean #it turns out to be the worst possible outcome... both of them? at the same time? miserable. desolate. #it's not quite as gut wrenching as Mysta's graduation just because we knew SOMETHING was wrong but still #so so sad about this. those were my guys. we aren't even getting a graduation stream :'( #more then anything it's like... disheartening. #it feels like we just set out on this big beautiful holostars adventure #only for half of our first gen to suddenly leave. #right after they got model updates to >_> weh. #i feel really bad for Pako san... it just keeps happening #they're so supportive towards their vtubers kids and their kids genmates. you can really tell they love the scene and want to be part of it #*sighs* it is what it is. #guess I have to get into Vanguard if i want that holostars energy in my life. Bettel seems funny i'll check him out #i feel silly that so many of my ''personal'' posts are just... about vtubers but its MY blog i get to chose the posts #this IS a fandom blog firstly and foremostly so i'm afraid that's just how it has to be #snow blogging

[poison-into-positivity]

just learned that David Jenkins’ first show, People of Earth, aired for two seasons and was greenlit for a third, and he scripted the entire third season before the network changed its mind and cancelled it. That is fucking maddening actually.

#bit of a personal rant in the tags here: #I went to school for creative writing and graduated last May #and I got that degree because I want to be a screenwriter #im not doing anything in that field rn because it’s SO hard to get into that industry even at an amateur level #but seeing people who are already in the industry like djenks who are also WAY more talented than me #getting constantly sidelined for the sake of corporate greed #it’s just so goddamn disheartening #it makes it hard to even want to *try* to break into that industry anymore #because like. what’s the point #if anything remotely envelope pushing or interesting or original is cancelled prematurely then what’s the fucking point! #anyway. gonna go check out this show I think #people of earth #david jenkins #save ofmd

[joseigamer]

Patalliro! is fascinating to me because of stuff like this. It's unapologetically gay - even within its anime which aired during primetime hours in 1982 - in a way that many later BL manga would never be, like the ones from the early 2000s which would never dare to call their characters actual homosexuals. Patalliro has actually aged quite well in this regard, there's something comforting about how campy it is.

#i still dont really understand how they got away with this kind of thing honestly #female VAs i get that - but first m/m kiss in an anime in episode THREE????? #theres also the maraich/thomas episode where they are *Both* voiced by women....advanced yuri #patalliro #i love how bancorans gender expression is pretty much explicitly to attract only bishounen #you blushed - so you must not be a girl #etc #i also love how joyful it all is #theres never anything sad or tragic about being gay - only that bancoran is forced to kill the bishounen spies/assassins/etc #when bancoran finds out that gay sex feels good after demian; in the manga he is elated. its basically a positive thing #he awakens to his true power...lol #also notable is that while bishounen youth is glorified maraich is still 18. #besides making the show more palatable; this means it portrays being gay as an adult as normal #according to the NYT japan's psychiatric body called homosexuality a mental illness until 1995 #im not going to say patalliro changed that or anything lmao but its just significant to me that banmara get to live their lives happily #especially contrasting that with kaze to ki no uta and other manga of the time (no shade intended) #yaoi #<- for tagging purposes #obviously it also got away with a lot by being a gag manga. but still! #months later edit: want to say im not intending to moralize BL manga from the 2000s either. like gen. no hate on them. #as a gay person i just appreciate when characters who act gay are considered gay textually #and its kind of disheartening how gay-as-identity was treated as something incredulous in those manga a lot of the time #even the mere suggestion of attraction to men as a whole and not just the other male lead...yknow

[videoviolence]

stupid thing to complain about but in the internet hemisphere it sucks when you hear someone say they like "slasher movies" and you know inevitably that 9 times out of 10 it will never mean anything more then they like scream or the big three or black christmas . because other slasher movies from that decade that deserve the limelight just dont have the same, idk, 'yaoi' appeal or characters that fandoms can strip of their main source to project whatever they want onto them . like maniac or pieces or blood rage or edge of the axe or the burning or mortuary or whatever will never be That popular or ever mean anything in "slasher fandom" spaces cuz theres just no audience for it . it sucks that you have to really seek these convos out & all that artistry and passion goes down th drain .

#and this is not me like . actively shaming people for headcanons or shipping or whatever else but I feel like if you Prioritize that #over the actual story & character studies & other technical aspects of movies that could be celebrated . im gonna side eye you #just because 'fandom' as a mindset has become the go-to consumable method of watching Any movie without having to turn your brain on #idk it sucks . and this is Obviously a bigger issue then just in slasher tumblr spaces because then it leads to alot of people who get like #viscerally upset when horror movies of that time deliver on horrifying concepts just because theyre getting their safe bubble popped #that protects them and only permits them to see these Fleshed Out Characters as nothing more then bait for imagines or ship fodder . #instead of fucked up people . and not mischaracterized x reader's #AND I LIKE BLACK CHRISTMAS AND THE BIG THREE ETC ETC ofc i do . this is not me shaming these movies for their understandable popularity #its just disheartening more then anything lol #hudson.txt

[dykefaggotry]

"why is no one talking about this"

[fuzzy screenshot of a facebook post]

[screenshot of an instagram graphic of white text on black background]

[screenshot of a twitter post starting with "my cousin's aunt's sister's roommate in x place told me-"]

[blurry photo w no caption indicating where it was photographed, when it was photographed, or who it was photographed by]

[link to another tumblr post]

[link to a tabloid]

#like please i promise you you can find reliable sources to post from why are we all spreading literally anything #it's actually getting incredibly aggravating and disheartening #bc i'd love to share more about current situations #but the posts with any singular source at all are getting harder and harder to come by #i share those i come across. which is frighteningly little

[ghostoffuturespast]

Being a writer is weird.

#it's tough fighting that human visual bias on a platform like this #my queue ran out and i haven't posted any vp because i was trying to crank out that last chapter for my long fic #and like i get it maybe most people aren't interested in reading it #different strokes for different folks #but like the discrepancy between how people interact with photo vs writing posts is wildly disheartening sometimes #and i've been see-sawing back and forth all day about this #riding high and wallowing in the mud #this is literally the creative project that i've been pouring myself into for the past month and a half every spare moment i have #and i've been doing this for the past year and a half #it's weird pouring so much love into something when the vast majority of people won't even give it two seconds #i love writing but it is also a mentally exhausting craft and people don't seem to acknowledge that for some reason #it's why i try to reblog stuff from my writing mutuals when i see it because it's usually the artwork that gets the least amount of love #anyway just felt like getting that off my chest #i'm sure my fellow writers can commiserate too #i'm not mad or anything i just had thoughts and perhaps voicing them is better then stewing on them i suppose #also i feel bad for not reading more stuff from other people but i've got like zero beans to give atm #no need to worry or anything i'm still gonna keep writing and posting my shit #more vp comin in over the weekend #also god the new tumblr ui for desktop is fucking ugly absolutely atrocious #man i really don't want to have to set up shop on another social media outlet it's tiresome #i don't want to keep up i just want to blog in peace

[rin-chan32]

I read the new chapter, and I don’t think enough people cut Loid some slack?

I’m seeing a lot of people calling Loid an absent or neglectant dad and I think that he’s anything but that? Where it’s like, yes, he was gone for a lot of the chapter, but it’s not like he was willingly absent.

#spy x family loid #sxf spoilers #sxf 75 #My man is trying his best cut him some slack #plus this is all from Anya’s point of view #All she saw of him was him showing up in disguise to check on her #No one saw him hauling ass across time and space to be there #Nor did we see his thought process or how he ended up finding out in the first place #Like he stopped everything he was doing to show up #That’s something more than any absent or neglectant dad would ever do #He obviously cares about Anya and Yor so it’s disheartening to see people not credit him on that #This man is juggling everything at once please #Also? Why are not more people talking about Melinda like #I lowkey forgot everything that happened when I saw those last 2 pages #I went looking for what people were saying about her and found people jumping on the Loid/Twilight hate train #In my defense tho I did look on twt first which is never a good decision so I did this to myself #I have so many thoughts about him being anything other than a great parent I could go on for this for a while

[rosicheeks]

😓🤬

#I fucking hate doctors and the medical field so much #I was FINALLY starting to get on the right path #called a php place and think I know where I’m going #have a therapist I’ve been talking to here and there #I’ve been trying to get into a psych evaluation right? #called 5+ places the other day and they all had 5-8 month long waitlists #I need to get most of this shit done before June #so that ain’t gonna work #called the psych place my doctor referred me to #(would like to add that I did call this same place right after my doctor visit a few months ago and they never called me back) #so I had no hope they were even going to pick up #I was shocked when I heard someone picked up and even more shocked when they said they had an opening for fucking Wednesday #literally I felt like everything was finally aligning #I scheduled the appt for a zoom meeting at 10am #then I get a bunch of random emails saying my appointment was changed #now I have two different appointments- Wednesday and Thursday both at 9am and with a totally different doctor #so I was like???? ok guessing something happened but I didn’t think much of it - called to figure out what day it actually is #when I called to confirm they told me that I can’t be tested until I get an internal referral #I told them I did get a referral??? #they looked at it and it was just a referral for depression not adhd or anything else #but then when they looked more into it they found in the notes she wanted me to get adhd testing #SO she just forgot to add it to my referral #I get people make mistakes #but this is like the 4th time something like this has happened lately #I’m just trying to be healthy #and it is fucking RIDICULOUS how incredibly hard it is to find the proper help #also the girl yesterday when I made the appointment said yes to all my questions but sounds like she doesn’t know what she’s talking about #was like ‘does this test for adhd and autism?’ ‘yeah for sure’ and then I find out they don’t even test for autism #so now I have to find a totally different person to either do both or just test for autism #either way I feel incredibly disheartened and overwhelmed and sad

[littledragondork]

Please remember everyone, this has been said a million times but likes do very little for tumblr, they are more like bookmarks rather than a way to help any post thrive.

If you like a post reblog it to help spread it around and keep them around longer.

I get it majority of other websites are like based algorithms but Tumblr is not, it is reblog based and focused around what you put on your page.

I am seeing posts with hundreds of likes and 1/4 the amount of reblogs or even none at all, and those posts begin to die, if you want art, memes, important spread the word type posts, etc to get seen by more people reblog it don't just like and keep scrolling

#Tumblr #this has been said a lot but it is very disheartening to not see my posts and great posts by other awesome people get a ton of likes but no #really shared around and seen by more people #not saying you can't like posts but doing both is best #you don't even need to say anything just hit reblog and go no tags nothing #sorry if this sounds ramblely I'm just bad at this kind of stuff

[silasbug]

reminder: stop asking SO their opinion on my art.

spoiler: it's always disappointing.

#like idk man. i think i'm getting a little better (disregarding SebbyQUEST obviously) but their reaction is always disheartening #like.. i dunno man.. if i seem a little excited about it maybe don't go 'nice..?' with an audible/unsure question mark #a solid 'nice' would be appreciated #my favorite is still 'ehhhh...... mehh...' ouch #fucks sake mate #and you know what? those reactions would be perfectly fine if they at least had some constructive criticism #or said anything to accompany that #but they don't. so it only feels shitty. (thanks.) #i don't want to feel like the kid whose crappy drawing you put up on the fridge only because you feel bad about it. but that does it. #i am very well aware that i'm.. not great/mediocre at these things. i don't expect more than a lukewarm reaction. #and i know that. and at the end of the day. i'm doing/making these things because i want to. because it brings me some form of joy. #and because i hope to get better with time. but i.. don't think a little encouragement is too much to ask for. #actually i think the best reaction i've gotten from them so far was actually SebbyQUEST. lol. yikes. #sighs. here i go being a whiny lil' bug about it. #bug.txt

[dudefrommywesterns]

a lot of my issues stem from the fact that people simply don't have time for me, and when they did, when i was a kid, they didn't want me.

#typewriter dings #you know? #i'm an adult and every other adult is too busy...and will only get busier #i'm not too busy because i don't have the friends or partner or children to be busy with #and that puts me in a state of loneliness i actually cannot get out of. there's nothing i can do. #i know because i've went to every possible opportunity to make friends at this school and it hasn't worked #and it's a double edged sword #i feel better that it's not my fault #but i feel worse that i can't do anything about it #my lack of meaningful connections is out of my control #something that goes against everything my parents ever told me #i was supposed to go out more and i'd have friends. it doesn't work like that #it's disheartening

[manthequin]

Not gonna lie the way some people talk about the female characters from PBB/LL makes me want to lay on the floor

#does YOUR comment about tess that you wrote in 30 seconds pass the bechdel test? #complaining #text #pbbposting #I understand that this trend within the fandom is difficult to deconstruct because it’s more-so a product of broader societal problems #and also the fact that canon has semi-facilitated it by not really giving any of it’s female characters a whole lot to do? #It’s kind of disheartening #to see people not really be able to comprehend Tess/Mabel/Faust #as anything other than orbiters of male characters #:| #Better content creators have made this exact same sentiment before so I’m preaching to the choir A Bit #But I think we should make a better effort to recontextualise how we discuss these characters #Anyways sorry my blog has been Like This I’ll go back to posting art soon

[looselipssinkships-x]

I think the thing i regret most about self harming when i was younger, in terms of the way it is permanently on my body, is that it means i will rarely be taken seriously in healthcare. I cannot go to an emergency room without being screened for suicide risk and assumed to be a mental health complaint. Because i was a teenager and didn't know how to cope, i will have to fight to be taken seriously for any medical complaints. I have not explicitly self harmed in seven years. But it is on my body. The system shouldn't be like this.

#this is from the perspective of working in healthcare and seeing the responses from the majority of first responders and er staff #once you have a mental health diagnosis in your chart thats so often all they see #not so much like generalized depression or anxiety but anything more “behavioral” it's so disheartening #tw self harm #tw suicide #the healthcare system is broken

[franz-katka]

this is just an observation I’ve noticed for a while, but... what is up with the Lord of the Flies community continually erasing or vilifying Piggy...

he’s one of the major characters in the plot and isn’t even THAT bad morally, yet he seems to get little fanfare compared to everyone else, even relatively minor characters. it’s... odd, to say the least.

#lord of the flies #william golding #classic literature #piggy #i'm biased because I'm a piggy enjoyer but you just. gotta wonder a bit #i'm hoping that this is just the result of people throwing unnecessary vitriol at an annoying but harmless individual #but the implications can 100% be worse! #there's a general problem of people being more likely to condone bad treatment of a character if that character isn't considered #as conventionally attractive and the lotf community definitely seems to exemplify that #it's pretty disheartening to see as a chubby WOC #this isn't meant to accuse anyone of anything but i've definitely noticed it and it's... a potential yikes there bro #btw do not use this as an excuse to drag me into fandom drama #this is just an outsider making observations about something they've noticed happen consistently over a relatively extended period of time #i have been observing the tag for years. this hasn't really changed #it's worth bringing up at the very least