#neither it being bad nor it being good

[itsmetheabnormalone]

Can everyone pls stop taking testing results seriously. Testing is a scam. You cannot trust anyone. Save your psyche and wait for Q1 Bahrain.

#I scroll down on twitter and every post contradicts the one that came before it 😭 #as a merc fan I do not perceive testing results #I distrust everyone. including lewis and toto. #and I mean that affectionately. but i will not be tricked into believing anything about that car. #neither it being bad nor it being good #f1 #formula 1

[beatcroc]

there's no way the bathroom at peppino's pizza is actually that big but ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ . hey ummm anyway.... i care them...... anyway there's a lil ramble on my take on fake pep's like psyche or whatever in tags on the og post if ur into that kinda thing :y

hey! it's a series! fake peppino world tour: [noise] [noisette] [peppino]<- u are here [gustavo] [gerome] [noisette again]

#ramble after realtags yeag. shoutout to serrangelic btw suggesting the silhouettes thing bc i would have Died otherwise #pizza tower #peppino spaghetti #fake peppino #gustavo and brick #arting #pizzaposting #so anyway i think fake peppino has like. a general awareness that he is supposed to Be Peppino and that he was Made to do that #and likewise he does generally try to...do that. the thing he does NOT realize is hes like really goddamn bad at it #not to be mean but like...c'mon. they are pretty distinctly different kinds of guys even beyond the physiology yknow. #he's neither on-brand nor fooling anyone dsjdsjjkgfsd. BUT! #since the rest of the cast generally likes him [at least as I play it] he thinks hes doing just fine #he's like 'oh they r happy with me so i must be getting a good grade in being peppino :)' #so getting told that 'yeah you actually really suck at that but that was never the reason people liked you' #and told that by og model peppino no less--yknow THE guy he's supposed to be living up to #who's already a bit intimidating for that and who ALSO totally wrecked him TWICE in the tower #making him acutely familiar with just how formidable the guy is and how much there IS to live up to.... #it's a Moment for sure. not really a sad or hurt one though. just... contemplative. #thinking abt people liking him for being the guy he's already naturally been being even though that guy is Not Peppino #i don't think he's gonna be super broken up about realizing he has a bad grade in peppino given everything else hes got now #nor do i really think he cares enough to go like reinvent himself or whatever after the fact #he seems to b pretty clearly having fun with it already so i think he just keeps doing that #and in some cases he still has the pre-installed peppino traits/instincts like to cooka da pizza. and that's fine #is this projection. yes. but if youve been following me awhile you know most of my character writing is ghdhfdgf #gonna kinda expand on all this in the gerome one which is...one after next. itll be a bit but man. #anyway peppino will never admit to anyone and especially not himself that he's gotten a little attached to the guy. hee hoo #pep tends to be kinda surly but he certainly has his ways of showing he cares. all of which are on display here #''that thing is not my son'' says man currently watching thing's antics with the 'bemused dad' arms crossed pose. yeah ok buddy. #gus is totally onto him already but hes not gonna say anything. #if u read all this ur prize is not having to go decode fp's rot13. his lines are ''meant to be you...?'' and ''wrong question.''

[anarchy-and-piglins]

I've seen a couple takes on techno being Like That because he went a little insane due to the voices as an embodiment of the blood god and usually we see the blood god as this indifferent if not malicious entity but consider this: BENEVOLENT, KIND, LOVING blood god who saw this feral little kid growing up on his own and decided to make it their conduit because they fell in love head over heels the way parents fall in love when they first hold their new bown baby. BG tried to make a well adjusted adult out of tech but he was never properly socialized before being adopted so he's Just Like That DESPITE the blood god's best efforts

I always love to portray the Blood God in a more possitive light. In mythology, gods related to blood are usually also gods of family, chidbirth, loyalty, victory, wine, fire, or even LIFE. That last one is fun if you contrast it to Phil being the patron of the Goddess of death.

#asks #thoughts #Technoblade #alternatively I also enjoy it when the blood god is neither good nor bad #maybe more morally ambigious on account of being divine much like kristin #bloodshed is what keeps it alive but that doesn't mean it's malicious #it just means blood will need to be spilled #doesn't matter how or why or for what reason

[kaurwreck]

beast is not a good timeline for akutagawa.

#literally he is being eaten alive by his hatred #none of this is about gin #there is no love without ego here #both akutagawa and atsushi are cannibalizing themselves #the agency feels so estranged and discomfited #beast makes me 🥺 #but i do love that it's not an earth 3/mirrorverse timeline either #it's a faceted exploration #neither without hope nor brimming with it #it reinforces for me the importance of key dynamics in the main timeline #but it's also a sincere character study and frank exploration of the good the bad and the ugly #kafka asagiri 🤎

[dirtytransmasc]

mild rant, cause hotd TikTok is insufferable.

so I saw an edit, with the scene of Viserys on his death bed, calling Rhaenyra his only child...

these were some of the comments...

how dense do people have to be to say this shit, as if the abuse/neglect Aegon, Helaena, Aemond (and Dearon) faced, is the reason they are the way that they are????

aegon turned to his cups so young because he had to face the fact that his father didn't love him, his mother had... complicated feelings towards him (he was her first, born of marital rape that destroyed her life and childhood, and she loved him no doubt, but part of her hated what he represented in her life. all of which is Viserys and Otto's fault). not to mention the abuse he faced from Viserys and Otto (focus on Otto, cause he did what he wanted, since Viserys wasn't around enough to thoroughly abuse his son himself and wouldn't punish Otto for doing so). his drinking and need to self destruct to escape a life he doesn't want, turned him into the destructive, drunken bastard he is.

aemond was permanently maimed, an injury that very well could have killed him or hindered him greatly in life, and was ignored by his father, who then supported such an obvious lie instead of protecting his own son (aka, treating the greens and the blacks as equals and not playing favorites, they're aren't asking for miracles they asking for bare minimum). he suffered so greatly and his father couldn't give less of a shit. so on top of everything else, he had this anger boiling in his chest for years and years, stoked by his father's willing negligence. not to mention the fear it cause his mother (who was being manipulated by Otto) that Rhaenyra truly was a threat to his livelihood, which only targeted his anger.

Helaena, on a direct/surface level, was the best off, in terms of her father, but the ripple effect he caused on her life and those around her caused her to be married to her brother, who she didn't love, who didn't live her, and brought her suffering to some degree. it was the war Viserys practically created (tell me he didn't, I dare you) that sent her to madness (amongst other things *ahem* blood and cheese).

like, this man destroyed his children, directly or not, everything he did broke them down and apart, until he died, leaving them with a war that would end them all. his actions made them (Aegon and Aemond) into the people they were, but of course, that doesn't matter, apparently.

#gonna flip my shit #you cant hate the victims and then love/support their abuser #that logically does not make any fucking sense #and before anyone says anything #no I dont not hate rhaenyra/the blacks #they are morally complex and are neither entirely good nor bad #But if I were to choose one said to defend and deem the most 'right' I'm picking the greens and I will fight and die on this hill #also #yes I know what aegon did #no I do not support it/him (after the fact) #what I will say is #I support him up until that point with my whole chest AND acknowledge that he could have been different had his life not sucked so bad #also also #I acknowledge that the whole plotline of Aegon being evil was just to make the greens look worse for the show #so my feelings torwards aegon are complicated and messy #but I will always defend him in terms if the treatment he recieved frim Viserys #hotd #aegon targaryen #aegon ii targaryen #aemond targaryen #helaena targaryen #alicent hightower #anti viserys i targaryen #I want this mans head on a stick #anti otto hightower #I wish this mans desth was 10x more painful #lukewarm feelings towards the blacks.... thats all im gonna say #pro team green

[ultfreakme]

Anyone who says Zuko is more mature than Aang is straight up lying to themselves. Aang has far more emotional maturity purely because he slows down, listens, waits and really thinks on what he wants and what he's feeling. I don't know where he gets such a wonderful quality from. Probably the memory of Gyatso, the support of Katara and Sokka. The burden of being the Avatar weighing down on him subtle ways, forcing him to grow up faster in that aspect.

Zuko never listens to anyone until the very end, he barely even listen to himself or properly examines what he wants until like, season 3. He was too caught up in searching for Aang in S1 and was forced to push it down because of Iroh in BSS in S2. Just on top of that, Zuko's got a quick fuse, which is not conducive to self-reflection.

#aang #zuko #this is not a zuko roast but lbr #zuko being so impulsive is neither good nor bad- it just is a thing that affects him

[rocicrew]

discuss

#the expanse #no pls do bc my brain is not forming thoughts rn & i need Some feedback for the gifset #miller i did not add bc he is nowhere on this chart #neither nice nor bitch but soggy #bobbie does not care abt being nice or a bitch she's direct #drummer will Do the thing she sees no matter if it's right or cruel but that Has shaped her #chrisjen has been cruel and will use any means to get her way but she is nice in a diplomatic way even when she cusses out everyone #clarissa can be very polite but she was also on a life sentence for multiple homicides... #amos 'it was nice not having worry abt being on the right team' therefore edging towards kind he just can't see it #naomi is kind but if you're not one of the 5/6 people she likes good luck she doesn't care abt being nice to you #(but she would still be kind) #prax is a good bean #holden is nice and kind (but also can be a whiny little bitch(affectionate)) #alexs primarily trait Is Being Nice to everyone and cares abt helping people but he's also been a deadbeat bad for 9 books so 🤷‍♀️

[girl-bateman]

my brain is funny sometimes bc it's very incessant with its whole "ur an evil bad person actually" thing, all the while it daydreams abt hosting creative writing programmes for at risk youth as like the ultimate career goal. like... yeah ok. im the devil. sure. let's go with that.

#im not saying im a saint or anythjng #but the whole wretched sould cold heart eternal darkness thing is pushing it atp #like yeah ok ive said some mean stuff before. ive been a little violent in my early teens. but i rly dont see the point of #characterising myself like this when the evidence doesent match up #(me while consoling a client and genuinely trying to help them any way i can): god im the fucking worst. im a demon spawn. i have no soul #(me while daydreaming abt being a stable role model and helping kids with their dreams): literally no one is as evil as me #like ?????😭😭😭 #its time to face the reality that im actually just an averagly complex person who is neither good nor bad #god i forgot... the worst part... i even volunteer #how will i ever keep my cold exterior intact when i do shit like this 😩 #personal

[girlwiththegreenhat]

who give a shit about tayIor swift

#liz blogs #i saw an instagram post from someone like 'why is everyone who doesnt like taylor swift like mean and boring and sexist' like what . huh #she's just another mid celebrity i literally don't get why she's miles more popular than the next famous blonde_woman.mdl in hollywood #i'm not even being a Hater(tm) i literally . don't get it. i'm sorry. she made like two catchy songs in 2010. is that her whole Thing #'mid' isn't even being a hater it just means like. moderate. neither good nor bad. Middle. #are you guys ok does she have some kind of siren or mind control power #i am immune to whatever she does to people. i don't hate her but i don't really like her either she simply just Exists to me. she is Mid! #i've heard her music! i have no idea what's different about her that nets her this kind of insane rabid fanbase. i am lost #i spelled her first name with an i instead of an L lest her fans act like i just called her a slur and threatened her actual life #instead of just saying i don't get what the big deal is and she's not really any more or less special or talented than the next artist #you'll hear on the radio #anyway this post has been brought to you by 'why tf is she on the explore page'

[theswedishpajas]

Really liked this recording and thought I might as well post it?

There are a some extra high notes in this though so be careful!! I'm a very squeaky goat!!!

#my art stuff #singing #music #ukulele #pure imagination #cover #willy wonka #willy wonka and the chocolate factory #I'm not a pro by any means in neither signing nor playing the ukulele #but I really enjoy both and so who cares how it sounds #Trying really hard to not downplay what skill I do have #it's difficult #I'm in that long stage of learning a skill where I'm good enough to tell when things aren't quite right but not good enough to properly- #- apply that knowledge. you know what I mean #I'm skilled enough to critique myself but not enough to fix it so I end up bashing myself over being “bad” or whatever #ANYWAYS #PMA CUS THE MORE YOU TELL YOURSELF SOMETHING - THE MORE YOU BELIEBE IT AND STUFF #Or at least a neutral mental attitude. better to give yourself no expectations than BAD ones!!!!!

[simptasia]

even tho nbc's heroes is two years younger than abc's lost, whenever i talk about it, i feel like im talking about something older

#like it feels strange to heavy breathe about heroes in the year of our lord 2024 #but ive been lapping up lost's majestic pussy for over a decade now #the difference is lost is good and changed the face of television #and heroes is the beautiful fucking idiot that spawned from lost's fertile gene pool #losts low points are disappointing but the overall quality is stellar #heroes low points are numerous and cause stomach cramps #watching heroes past season 1 counts as an act of self harm #but the thing is. i did care. i do care #and there is the bad bitch that kept me going... sylar #sylar was the leading cause of pussy derangement in the early 2000s #(a skill zachary quinto neither needs nor wants) #i didnt understand the concept of ''its trash but i love it'' before i remembered how i loved heroes #would i recommend heroes? season 1 absolutely yes #after that? yes... but dont hate me. also i remember liking season 4 #but i also remember seasons 2 and 3 being absolutely vile viewing experiences. especially 2 which was like purgatory #thats the writers strike for ya #however... Do It For Sylar

[flickeringflame216]

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#being a hermit is ever more attractive like every day honestly #listen. In theory I would love to be Informed and Involved in Discourse but in reality there are several problems #the first of which is me. I'm neither patient nor self aware enough especially recently #the second is other people and again its also maybe a me problem but I Do Not Wish to engage with angry people who can't have a discussion #rather than a full on fight. #then there's the problem of having opinions in general. I care very deeply about a (relative) few things and outside of that #I don't care strongly enough to come to an informed opinion. And sometimes this is Bad. #as someone who usually enjoys looking at a topic with other people who see it differently and forming an opinion and all that #I'm just very weary of discourse. #not just on tumblr or even mostly here. It's in my real life and somewhat unavoidable. But I think getting more comfortable with saying #“I don't have an opinion on that subject but I'm interested in your perspective anyway” #would be good. #that or leaving civilization forever.

[nhaneh]

pretty sure I saw a case of actual full-on blood libel casually saunter across my dash earlier and it still kind of bothers me

like I think there are things where your brain should just automatically spam X to Doubt when encountered unless there is truly extraordinary evidence involved. shit can be real bad as is without bringing in cursed millenia-old conspiracy bullshit

#sometimes it feels like there's this subset of social media #that kind of treats real world conflict as modern day bloodsport? #look dont get me wrong #there is a LOT of bad in the world #and it's absolutely important that word gets out about many of them #but then there are those who really indulge in the gratuity of it all #who seem to see world conflict primarily through revenge fantasies #look the most important takeaway from the nuremberg trials #is that neither germany nor the nazis were in any way special #far from being inhuman #monsters are in fact profoundly human #we humans happen to be very good at being genocidal fuckwits #and those who do genocide are not fundamentally different from the rest of us #any of us could easily be complicit given the right circumstance #many of us could even easily take part given the right circumstance #and the question we must ask is how do we stop it #because asking who do we punish is clearly not working

[sysig]

I finally set my last notebook to rest, so it’s time for a new one (Patreon)

#Doodles #It took a long time! Having three concurrent notebooks at a time will do that #I'm used to only having two at a time but I think three is going to become my new regular #One for sketches - studies and random concepts and scribbly comics to be cleaned up in SAI at a later time #One for more finished paper art - not necessarily Fancy but lineless y'know lol a bit more proper as far as I'm concerned #And then a true free for all lol anything allowed! Basically a stream-of-consciousness captured to page #For now I've got the latter two covered I'm currently vetting the slightly-more-focused lined notebook #It was from a bit ago and I was being silly at the time haha but the first one is from a new brand I'm testing out #It feels good! It's grippy but not in a scratchy way and it accepts graphite and pigment well #I haven't tested pen bleed yet tho that'll be next on my list #The second is an old standby - not my favourite but one that is very easy to acquire and I know what to expect of it #It's also the same as my free-for-all notebook but that's really neither here nor there lol - I'm not likely to mix them up #The only thing I've really noticed so far is the new brand takes a bit more cleaning because its margin line bleeds a bit more than normal #It's not bad but I can see it getting annoying - pros and cons #The second two are just normal sona thoughts #I miss my spider. I've looked out at where I buried them every day since but it feels more manageable #It feels more approachable like I'll be able to talk about it with the sellers when we're able to go to see them #I do hope they don't think less of me for it... #And then the last haha - my Vargas immunity is currently basically zero so any outside mention of them is overwhelming #I got about three lines into a fic and had to stop lol - I still really want to read it! I just don't trust my brain with it right now #As if I still don't think about them all the time lol ♪ #Plus now I have my hammock again (♥!!!!) so I've got my reading spot back! #Reading never felt so good <3 <3

[marshmurmurs]

and im just supposed to be normal after the herald vault???

#also scratching at the walls please please please what is the info on god rework #hoarding the crumbs we were shown #they become aware of you after lv 40 #neither good nor bad #which im taking to mean as like. alignment #charms seem to be connected to the vg #and divine paradox??? #what does that meaaann #iskall is so cruel for making us wait till like friday to get details /silly #also on the like boss fight #divine herald is a banger fucking name #and like i am Looking #it is so fascinating that velaras phase has hoards of mobs and idonas has like passive health drain #bc like s2 fv idonas section was the raid vaults with the hoards of mobs #and in velaras your max health was yoinked the further in you get #but like. it makes sense also #the heralds health being tied to the mobs in vels stage. the mobs sacrificing themselves. giving themselves to the herald #the idona phase being bloodshed but the gods are not on your side. the blood being shed is yours #twin gods of blood. to me. if you care #equal and opposite #says marsh

[orossii]

the gender issue is so maddening, once you see the logistical problems inherent to it you can’t unsee them, but trying to explain your concerns to people who haven’t reached that point yet makes you feel like you’re trying to talk strangers in the street into barbecuing infants. that experience has taught me a lot about how effective propaganda is. i try very very hard to think independently because of it, and i’ve had to do a lot of de-programming to get to the point where i don’t see any perspective as intellectually off limits when i’m trying to really understand how something works. it’s alienating sometimes and it’s hard for me to find people who align with me consistently on all or even most of the issues that motivate me, but the idea of allowing dogmatic thinking to cloud my perception and leave me vulnerable to western imperialist or culture war propaganda pisses me off too bad lol. i’m not perfect and i’m always learning, i’m sure that i believe and will believe in things that are informed by the completely delusional culture i’ve lived my whole life within, but i try to always start from the perspective that humanity is generally speaking neither good or bad, and that as long as someone isn’t like, a nazi or war criminal, there’s a high probability that they have a perspective that is useful to my larger understanding of the world even if i don’t agree with their conclusions or find them actively repulsive

#even the nazi and imperialist have a perspective i do want to understand even if i do wish them a very speedy and brutal extinction #anyway i think we should all be more okay with being neither left nor right #no more shortcuts to easy conclusions-- the world isn't divided into clear cut good guys and bad guys #understanding reality takes work that can't be done within the comfortable confines of the never-ending culture war