actually I am going to talk about jamie not being able to shoot the zombie in the age of ambition like. he's holding a gun. he's faced with something which is human-shaped but no longer a human, which is actively posing a threat to him and his friends. and he just freezes. he can't do anything.
and we never see jamie shying away from combat with non-human/non-humanoid enemies. he's happy enough to destroy the quarks, for instance. and he'll get into fights with humans/humanoid beings if it's non-lethal. but he actively turns down weapons when he gets into a fight with one of the gonds. the most we ever see him do is swordfight with trask at the end of the highlanders. and even there, he doesn't actively /kill/ - he pushes trask overboard. clearly that's not a death sentence, seeing as ben had already survived the same swim back to shore. and if trask does end up dying? jamie won't necessarily know about it. he's not directly responsible.
so I just think. jamie, who never killed anyone in the war. jamie, who's a piper, who's a musician rather than a soldier. he's not unable to fight, because he duels trask, and he's not afraid to threaten people, because he holds two and ben and polly at knifepoint. he's not naive, because he stands at the window and watches alexander die. but he's never killed anyone himself. jamie, who's consumed with survivor's guilt, always wondering if he should have done more, if his cowardice ever condemned someone else to death - but also always knowing that he could never have done it, being sickened by the part of him that feels guilty for having no blood on his hands.
jamie, who looks into the eyes of something that's not even human anymore, and can't look away, and can't pull the trigger.
and what does that do to him, then? months, maybe a year after he's left his war behind? he stands there with a weapon in his hands and he can't bring himself to defend two of the people he loves most in the world. victoria has to grab the gun out of his hands and do it for him. this young girl who he's fiercely protective of has to shoot someone, all because he can't. there's blood on her hands, now, and none on his. he wishes he could have been the one to take that shot, to carry that burden for her, and even then he can't help but hate himself for wishing. he's trapped there forever. the feeling goes round and round in circles and it never ever goes away.
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what if the reason why flowey said the player/frisk was chara in the genocide run was bc like. he assumed we were soulless like him bc we were killing people and was like, well i died and came back soulless so it stands to reason that if chara came back theyd be soulless too. and it A=B and B=C then A=C and this soulless human MUST be my best friend chara whom is freshly back from the dead. like it doesnt have anything to do with chara Being Evil Actually!!! or his warped perception of them hes just like damn theyre just like me fr...... + hes already susceptible to assuming this random human kid is chara so that helps too
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Okay I might get devoured for this, but I'm gonna post it anyway, so please bare with me:
I feel like Bruce has this belief that Jason never understood why he can't kill right, but also I feel like Bruce also doesn't understand why Jason can. Like he looks at it as a moral failing in so many different iterations from writer to writer but like? Bruce, understanding is a two-way street.
Bruce thinks he'd never be able to come back from taking a life, but then you look down the line at Jason, and Jason can and does. He's not lesser because he kills when he thinks it's the right thing to do, he doesn't lose himself in the bloodbath like Bruce thinks he himself would. Jason doesn't go mad with power, he doesn't go around just murdering any random thug just because.
And I think that damages Bruce a little bit, because he doesn't want to admit that Jason's killing isn't as much of a moral failing as he thinks it should be. I think that Bruce, somewhere in his mind, wanted to believe that if he couldn't do it without losing himself, then nobody could. And I think he can't bring himself to admit to himself that in that regard, Jason has always had a better understanding of the world and his own person than Bruce ever will.
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also. to me, fallen ganon doesn't come from the timeline where link got somehow defeated (?? not sure why that would cause a split), but from the weird timeline that should have led to the end of ocarina of time but sort of didn't (so the place in the space-time continuum child link returns to after putting the master sword back), where I assume Link sort of disappeared from at some point --and so there wouldn't be anyone to oppose Ganon anymore, Courage could get dormant for a good while, etc etc
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HOW TO NOT GET BLOCKED BY YOUR FAVORITE FANFIC WRITERS—A SERIOUS GUIDE
due to the current issue of fanfic writers having to take the time to assure that those consuming their work aren’t just silently reading, stealing, or sometimes even having to go the extra mile to make sure their following is actually active—there have been some changes in the following game that may or may not impact you as a reader. here’s a guide of things to do to make sure you don’t get blocked by any of your favorite fanfic writers!
PERSONALIZE YOUR BLOG
make sure you add a profile picture to your blog (one that isn’t the horrid shapes with eyes icon you get upon making a blog), a header, and something to your bio to show that you are an actual person behind the blog. the reason why this step is so important is due to the fact that many bots appear as blank blogs. and something else you might not know, many of the blank blogs that tend to follow fanfic writers are actually writers from other sites attempting to find good works to steal and repost. so, personalize your blog!
ADD YOUR AGE ON YOUR BLOG
this especially pertains to 18+/mature fanfic writers, but most of these blogs will either not follow you back or block on impact when they see you in their notifications. the mature fanfic writing community has had way too many instances of minors consuming or interacting with their content that this is the only answer to avoiding those situations, so be sure to add your age either in your bio, to your navigation, or to your about page/post! as long as it is visible when first glancing at your blog, you should be fine.
RESPECTIVELY FOLLOW WRITER’S RULES AND GUIDELINES
one of the most simple actions you can take to avoid being blocked by fanfic writers is just reading their rules and guideline posts on their blog—and most importantly, following said rules and guidelines. most writers have these posts linked in their navigation, so they aren’t difficult to find. most of the rules pertain to these same notes listed here, along with some personalized ones, and most likely their request rules. either way, respect fanfic writers rules and regulations.
REBLOG WORKS AND GIVE FEEDBACK
the largest portion of fanfic writers are literally having to beg for interactions at this point (sadly), so another one of the “how do I not get blocked?” points is literally just reblog and leave feedback on your favorite fanfic writer’s works! there are many writers that now attempt to keep track of who is only liking their works and not actually reblogging, and most certainly not leaving feedback, and this can cause you to get blocked. tumblr only works if you reblog, and although you don’t necessarily have to add tags or comments when you do, hitting a button to share the post further is quite literally the least you can do. likes are quite literally useless on this site—so, reblog and leave feedback to help support your favorite fanfic writers!
TRY TO BE ACTIVE
now if you’ve followed along with the other key points, this one won’t necessarily cause fanfic writers to block you. but, again, if you are a blog that only likes content and never reblogs or leaves feedback—hello, you are in danger. when someone opens up a blog that constantly interacts with them, they can usually find multiple posts or reblogs from recent or past times that you were active. but if they open your blog and there are literally zero posts—expect to get blocked! i’m not saying you’re literally wasting a blog but...if you know how tumblr works, went through the entire process of personalizing the blog, and also followed others—it’s quite dumb for you to not have any posts or reblogs on your blog. so, start being more active so you don’t immediately get blocked by all your favorite content creators!
everything listed here is literally how this site works, and are just the basics to tumblr. the reason why so many fanfic writers are cracking down on blocking is due to losing motivation to write because of how impactful not doing these simple tasks are. if you checked tumblr after posting multiple works and only got likes, realized they were only by default and blank blogs, and that outside of the tags your works weren’t being shared as they should be and you were basically creating into the void, would you be happy?
all of this also applies to my own blog, so if you ever end up getting blocked by me—just know one of these reasons was probably the leading cause!
© bearseungmin 2022.
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tbh the more i think about it, the more i just dont want to post my art on tumblr anymore.
i think i might be done for real. at least on this website :/
this is so frustrating
genuinly the only reason i havent deleted is because reblogs forcibly archive ur stuff
and its not even about whether i have been scraped (im sure i have)
but its more so about the feeling of the expoloitation built into the fucking TOS, i have zero faith in the "opt out" option, it's probably just a cosmetic.
So to "protect" my art for the simple purpose of not getting fucking exploited by the very same website, I "must" glaze, nightshade if possible. maybe add a readable watermark with good font, so I can be found more easily and whatever.
But for what? slightly more visiblity?
ppl only like, barely reblog, let alone leave comments, whether tags or replies.
If I wanted more visibility I wouldn't be drawing 200+ artworks of my niche rarepair. or mod the rarepair's server, run events.
This is all a hobby;
I don't earn money, I barely made even last convention I attended and that's only when not counting my travel and food costs.
I get what people mean when they want you to keep fighting and post art.
But it's so fucking frustrating for seemingly no one to realise how exhausting this is to deal with!?
for virtually no payback too.
sigh
yeah i think im done with posting art on tumblr
and will slowly move off this site.
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