#not the SAME thing

[im-a-luxury]

i think one of the many reasons people (specifically queer people) latched onto gambit is bc we were desperately in need of a femme fatale character that was actually just a guy

#“u mean he’s a homme fatale” NO #NOT THE SAME THING #remy lebeau #gambit #x men gambit #x men

[regencyama]

Bridgerton is not set in the Victorian Era

(updated for S3)

I haven't received an ask about this but I've seen so many people mistakenly describe Bridgerton as Victorian that I have to explain why it's not.

Bridgerton S3 is set in Spring 1815. This is four years before the real Princess Victoria, the future Queen of England, is even born. (Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story has a faster timeline than that of real history -- going by the last episode of that, the Bridgerton Universe's Victoria will be born later in 1815.)

1815 is the middle of the Regency Era (1811-1820), the time when King George III was unable to rule because of his rapidly declining mental health, so his eldest son George, the Prince of Wales, ruled as the Prince Regent.

After George III dies, Prince George rules as King George IV for another ten years. So, the Regency Era is part of the Georgian Era (1714-1830), which spans the reigns of Kings George I - George IV. George IV's younger brother William succeeded him as King William IV, but since he only reigned from 1830-1837 and things weren't remarkably different, his reign is often considered part of the Georgian Era.

George IV and William IV's niece Princess Victoria then became Queen Victoria. Her reign was so long (1837-1901) and so different that it is known as the Victorian Era.

TLDR: The people during the era of Bridgerton S1-3 are Georgians living in the Regency Era, not Victorians living in the Victorian Era.

#bridgerton #regency era #victorian era #not the same thing

[cwritesfiction]

Spoiler!!

In both my current WIPs, a character loudly announces to anyone who will listen that they will not do a specific thing (and by the end of the story, they do it)

Send me a “spoiler!” and I’ll post a vague spoiler from something I’m writing!

#not the SAME thing #but you know #spoiler ask game

[platypusisnotonfire]

Ok big embarrassing confession time

I have been confusing Braveheart and Highlander my entire life.

Every time someone is like I love Highlander I’m like oh me too GIRL I LOVE BRAVEHEART WHAT am I stupid??

#highlander #Braveheart #not the same thing

[crvvys]

talking to nonblack people really does age me sometimes lmao and I don’t realise it until way later. i had to explain what “black famous” means to a friend yesterday bc she was getting snarky when I mentioned I didn’t grow up with mayo in the house (we always had miracle whip which she didn’t even know what that was :/…) which led to me bringing up a black famous movie that jokes about how black people don’t usually use mayo bc it lacks flavour and I didn’t name it bc I knew she’d not know what it was. and she said can’t be that famous if you didn’t name it. No I don’t name black things bc none of y’all watch or know about black things lmao. that’s why some things are “black famous”

that’s why I had to tell a Mexican coworker that Before I Let Go is not a Beyoncé original god.

#made me think about how people compared Keke and zendaya like nah black people knew Keke. She was black famous before anything else #zendaya blew up bc of marvel and euphoria #not the same thing

[call-me-overcomer]

Had a patient call in a prescription and ask me to grab some magnesium sulfate for her too. Weird way to ask for epsom salt, but ok whatever.

Helping her later in the drive thru and after us both being confused for a minute or so, we worked it out. Citrate. She wanted mag citrate.

#not the same thing #both magnesium but not the same thing

[somecunttookmyurl]

ok that's the second post i've added a tag to in the last 10 min where tumblr has just deleted a random word

no it was not in quotations or inverted commas can't wait to see what goes missing from these V

#it removed the h from '47h of the last 48' and just posted as #47 of the last 48 #and then just removed the word tattoo from that last one because what i typed was #'maybe i should get my yarn desire path tattooed for shits and giggles' #but it's posted as 'maybe i should get my yarn desire path for shits and giggles' #which. #not the same thing #tumblr are you alright

[florencewellch]

Not you all saying Joe was Jake 2.0...

#is the taylor swift who confirmed that in the room with us rn? #as far as i know he isn't a decade older than her and he didn't belittle her for her music taste and made her feel immature and dumb soooo #not the same thing

[mrdrhenwardhykle]

Does MatPat know what creative liberties and cartoonish writing is?

#sounds hypocritical but hear me out #traits piecing together implications to make a picture whole #vs straight up saying a character has malicious intent if the suddenly get a doctorate in a literal cartoon #and then getting a bunch of fanboys bouncing around repeating him like the creator said it theirselves #not the same thing #no hate btw-but it’s always bothered me that it sounds like he’s talking about real events #game theory #cartoon theory #fictional conspiracy theories #matpat

[m-jay-gee]

i have a friend that started critiquing inception for not actually having anything to say about anything and how she doesn't like it because its saying nothing deeper.

but also

why cant we just like films for the sake of it

for the cinematography, the acting, the music, the plot, etc.

things dont have to have deeper meaning for you to enjoy it, just enjoy it because it's good

#im mostly mad because she defo got that opinion from a youtuber (she does this a lot) #but also if she said she didnt like it because nolan makes it seem like he's saying something about something and then just isnt #that would make sense #but she was criticising the whole movie for not having a deeper meaning instead #not the same thing #inception #movie #film #movies #movie discourse #film discourse

[castiel-left-his-mark-on-me]

'people who believe weird stuff are only insane if they're not me' that's what you sound like answering that ask. if you're going to believe that stuff why not believe the murder plots too so at least you believe in interesting conspiracy theories

... umm believing that people can be in healthy, polyamorous relationships is NOT the same as believing someone is trying to MURDER their coworker.

One is the simple refusal of deeply instilled heteronormativity, and the other is perpetuating ridiculous slander.

If you can't see the difference, I suggest you seek help.

#One is an opinion based on observation #The other is a harmful conspiracy theory #Not the same thing #Not the same

[hippo-pot]

i think i just did something dumb (post a long screed about drug use in a relatively conservative climate group’s discussion forum because someone compared fossil fuel companies to drug dealers and someone else was like ‘that’s unfair to the fossil fuel companies’)

#it's actually unfair to the drug dealers! #(i didn't say that; i laid out some facts and tried to keep it neutral) #also fun fact i keep accidentally writing 'drug dealers' as 'drug users' ugh #not the same thing #also when i say relatively conservative i mean like. it's more democrat than republican. but also more democrat than leftist i think

[roachclit]

I’m really confused??? I thought bi people like both sexes equally or could be easily happy with either one?? How can someone be bisexual but say they barely have any attraction toward men but are super attracted to women? Wouldn’t that just be a lesbian?

From what I’ve observed, bisexuality is a spectrum. You have bisexuals who prefer women, bisexuals who prefer men, and bisexuals who are more or less in the middle. The bisexual person in the middle will, like you said, be pretty much equally happy with either sex. But some bisexuals like myself heavily favor one sex over another. It wouldn’t be entirely accurate to label ourselves as gay, straight or lesbian since by definition we are still attracted to both sexes, however skewed that preference might be. I find most men repulsive and women are objectively more attractive to me for the most part. But I still have the capacity to be attracted to a man, so it would be dishonest to call myself a lesbian.

#trust me I’ve wondered if I was a lesbian #but nah I just hate men lmao #not the same thing #ask

[weirdestarrow]

It seems kinda hypocritical of you advocating for authors to orphan works instead of deleting them while the original Secret States was deleted

1) Secret States was being rewritten

2) I can’t orphan works on Wattpad

3) the original secret states is still on tumblr and I’ve kept access to the links in my pinned post on @weirdestbooks, so if you really want to read it, it’s there

#ask #Wattpad and AO3 are different #not the same thing

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

The math just adds up!

#dungeon meshi #falin touden #marcille donato #farcille #I always loved how chapter 27 ends with them both so bloody and 28 starts with them in the bath. #not just because of how iconic the bathtub moment is but because you know they had to scrap off so much gore first. #I think everyone in the party took a very long and methodical bath but Falin was basically *all* blood*. #Being covered in blood is one of those 'just girly things' that women deserve to stop being shamed about. #I just don't think Chilchuck is progressive enough. He probably made them take a bath first B*/ #Okay jestering aside I want to just highlight - #The magnitude of Marcille's joy at seeing her dearest friend again! Of holding her and sharing her presence in the same room! #Something about this reunion feels like a beautiful dream you are afraid of waking up from...

[marypsue]

Keep seeing that post where OP starts like 'Thinking about...grieving the undead' and then adds on about like. Real life situations where people have not died but have left your life and you would have reason to grieve them.

All respect, that's an important concept, but that is not what I am thinking about when I read 'grieving the undead'.

#your brother is a vampire. he's sitting across the table from you chatting with your mother about her day #and he's dead and he's gone and he's never coming back. #he laughs the same and he talks the same but his arm is cold when he grabs you in a headlock and your dog won't be in the same room with hi #he'll still hang around watching TV with you and give you wedgies and make stupid jokes #but you can't tell him about the bullies at school anymore because this thing with your brother's face will just find them and kill them. #and not even stupid fucking Jason deserves what the monster in your dead brother's skin would do to him. #your brother is dead and lost and right there in arm's reach and gone forever with no hope of ever getting him back. #i'm sure there are corollaries to be written about like ghosts and zombies but this is the one i'm personally hung up on recently