#or maybe context is for the weak

[phoenixmetaphor]

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selkie au - take what the water gave me - part 1: spots

OKAY TRUST ME, this is a selkie au. that’s why leon has the prominent spots. it’s his tell.

my intention was for this to be a comic about how selkie au!leon has some skin markings, but then it became how selkie au!leon has some skin markings and ptsd. you know how it goes.

anyway it’s all @thebrandywine’s fault for giving me selkie brainrot. this is what you get for feeding me.

also on ao3 (requires login)

#my fanart #leon kennedy #resident evil #chris redfield #chreon #fan comic #selkie au #twtwgm #had to name this because i have a wild feeling this isn’t the only selkie au i will do art of #no promises but.. you know i am very predictable #anyway we will get to more explicitly selkie bits later #and hopefully more explicitly chreon bits #we will see if it comes together #one future part is essential ready to go but i feel like we need more context before we get there #or maybe context is for the weak #anyway it’s mermay and here i am getting distracted by selkies #have niche au will travel

[chubs-deuce]

my minecraft obsession returned nearly at full blast and I've been doing hardly anything other than playing the Crucial 2 modpack this entire weekend ksdjksdjhf

#for context: Dugal has no memories of anything before they managed to fully materialize in one realm and broke free from the dragon's hold #but they do understand that they were once like this nebulous and unresponsive fella - it's something they're trying to learn more about #and they travel also because maybe they have some weak underlying hope that they might find another one like themselves #minecraft #minecraft oc #enderman #enderman OC #chubs ocs #original character #oc #fancharacter #fanart #digital art #my art #art

[seoafin]

I'm sorry it straight up reeks of internalized misogyny and just plain misogyny when women complain about weak female characters

#like obviously there is a difference between badly written weak female characters and well written 'weak' female characters #but most of the time y'all cant even distinguish it #yes I'm talking about shoujo fls yes im talking abt manhwa fls yes im talking abt RI mcs #yes im talking abt ruby and maxine or whatever her name is that the tiktok girlies seem to hate bc she stutters #also ppl don't seem to understand that miscommunication is going to mean something different in a different cultural context #im sorry you find miscommunication boring and annoying but in the end it's abt growing as a person and learning how to convey yourself #did fruits basket teach you nothing!!!! #you say annoying i say CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT #stop needlessly complaining abt miscommunication (unless it actually warrants criticism) #maybe stop reading shoujo and manhwas centered around EA-heroines??????? #leave my pathetic fmcs alone!!! #mta

[nemesis-is-my-middle-name]

Why a vibrava and not a flygon?? Racking my brain for a reason Emmet wouldn't evolve it, but I'm coming up blank. Also, r.i.p. to Emmet, I know he can do it because he's him but trying to make an ariados good is so hard because of its garbage bst and moveset

yeah that is kind of weird lol! in-universe, it's not so much a choice as it is that i unfortunately don't think this emmet gets. a ton of chances to battle for fun and build up exp. at least not at the point in time i'm thinking of. + i did also say that spinarak and magikarp were unevolved, so it's possible that we're talking abt a younger emmet who has just, yknow, not had his pokemon for long enough to evolve them yet. really it's weirder that the salamance is evolved! but in that case it's also bc it probably is not specifically his salamence, as one that he stables and cares for and eventually steals so it does get more chances to be out and about than the rest of his team.

and re: ariados yeah lol, but also, as if the garbage bst and moveset are not part of the reason why emmet chose it lmao. this is "maybe the trainer should just git gud" himself we're talking about. though i do also think that if we're talking more anime-style battles that don't necessarily adhere 100% to game mechanics (as i generally write them), i think ariados' moveset has a ton of opportunities for nonstandard move applications and creative uses. string shot/sticky web, agility, psychic, toxic thread if you're willing to ignore the fact that that move won't exist for several generations ingame (although. also. i feel like if anyone was going to independently invent toxic thread to play off ariados' specific strengths, it would probably be emmet.) admittedly getting really creative with a single pokemon is probably more ingo's thing, but that doesn't mean emmet CAN'T do it it's just that he'd rather have more on the field. and you could probably also give it some creative interactions with the rest of the team! esp. playing off that dex entry thing that ariados apparently will covertly web and then track prey back to its home. that seems interesting.

#the nemesis speaks #the nemesis answers #anonymous #pokefic pitch #strong pokemon... weak pokemon... maybe the trainer should just git gud #<- tag mostly there for context

[worstloki]

if you can gush constantly about enjoying a piece of media but diss the idea of people disliking the same thing unless/even though they provide detailed reasoning or proof with citations... idk I feel like you need to reassess something

#''how can you hate on--'' it is a movie! and even worse - a marvel movie! and yet more even it's biggest crime yet - it is a terrible one ! #it makes no pretense of consistency with the rest of the 'cinematic' universe it alleges to come from ! #the character acts like nothing of itself in the previous movie appeared in ! #there is no character arc nor development of any character save for in the villain's final breaths ! the flimsy morality of such regret ! #the humour is subpar in that it is reliant on gags - a cheap and desperate tactic to make weak comedy appear stronger ! #for all that it speaks of love and grief the writing is poor and smart decent lines do not fit the context they are spoken in ! #nor the characters speaking them thematically ! #there is either too much unexplained occurring or nothing taking up too much time. this pacing and convenient exposition is bland ! #final denouement carries little to no weight ! #fight scenes are badly choreographed despite the genre + there is dubious camerawork in play on top of it which further breaks immersion ! #it seems unable to decide on the rules of the world it has itself established ! #ending cliffhangers can be good but in this instance feels as though done constantly solely to encourage watching the next product ! #character interactions leave much to be desired and motivation to move the story forward tend to be convoluted at best ! #what was once original characterization built on relevant events to flesh the character feels generic by both writing and presentation ! #outfits make no attempt to look like they're authentic materials (plastic? :/ ?) and the CGI is problematically attained AND poor quality ! #the 'inspiration' drawn from comic religious and myth source material is either offensive meaningless easter eggs or both ! #maybe the move was generic and formulaic and difficult to follow along without other pieces of media and boring to top it off ! #someone out there seems to believe sexualizing the men is a solution ! #characters I have interest in were sidelined or mistreated by the narrative ! #racist casting/roles have been given and the product did not reflect how it was advertised ! #maybe............. someone simply did not have fun watching it .......................... has that been.........considered................? #L + based + ratio + Ctrl+Z + must I say more? #no one owes anyone an explanation to their enjoyment or lack thereof of a piece of media and shouldn't be insulted for it smh #now if someone gives reasons and THOSE are dodge... but no this isn't about that. another time then

[yugocar]

one of the best/most healing things about living alone was my weakness not being a disappointment/burden to anyone

#one of the reasons i never want a family #its so so healing to let go and say yes im weak its okay its fine #i had been so fucking weak for most of my last year of living alone #and it was hell #but it also got me to a point where i didnt feel revulsion at my own weakness #maybe its only because i started living a life where i had more and more tiny tiny victotries post period of weakness #due to lowering my standards #but ive just gotten very comfortable with the idea that im not a very strong person #and thats something that just does not function in a family context and i despise it #logs

[cerealmonster15]

ok solomon make up ur mind about the damn ocean lol

[long post sorry i stacked pictures]

^student id says he dislikes the ocean, right?

summer fireworks frenzy item, he says he hates summer lol, which isnt really about the ocean but theyre often associated

^shoutout to @ Syam on youtube bc i knew he mentioned it in the Pearls and Beach event but didnt have screenshots of specifically this solomon dialogue i needed, where he says hes specifically not fond of the ocean!!!

but i DID have this from my own screenshots of that same event:

hes not fond of the ocean or summer, but he does in fact know how to talk to sea creatures, for some reason lol. i think this comes up again in another recent event or two with fish but idr which / the point’s the same basically [even tho this is a dolphin but whatever fjdlskfd]

and then in the devilgram, solomon’s box, in the fourth part, if you ask him to tell you something he’s never told anyone -

hes like yea i published a fish book bc i know a lot about them. huh????

and THEN in the bonus story piece in HARD MODE lesson 45, solomon gives us this

i mean, at the end there he starts letting his feelings for MC take over the convo lol, but still, hes speaking so fondly of the ocean here. i guess the dude changed his mind at some point in his many centuries of life lmao. also ive read both here and in my own googling that it’s probs referencing the actual bible guys solomon and asmodeus throwing each other into the sea or whatever lolol

anyway solomons VA likes fish

and hes gonna be the next one to throw solomon back into the ocean or whatever

#obey me solomon #obm liveblogging #ok i needed all of these together so i could see them nicely lolol it was #makin me crazy #ummmm another tangent about solomon and not fish tho #i saw in the wiki comments #someone things solomon and lilith were lovers bc it said she loved a human #and they think it's implied to be her #and that the gravestone in his one card is hers BUT #i was thinking didnt she marry that person ?? and didnt they both die or whatever? #BUT THEN when i was ^ looking up the asmo solomon ocean thingy #i did see. that in some depictions. there are instances said that solomon and lilith were like married or something #and i was like HUH??? #listen i went to episcopalian schools but my bible lore was always pretty weak if it wasnt like #the main stuff youd hear. i did not know most of these demon names before obey me #had never heard of an asmodeus or belphegor or barbatos before lolol #anyway solomon says in lesson 46 that he maybe had unrequited feelings for someone #he is super vague but mentions he maybe felt someone in his life was special #but then says maybe they didnt feel the same / either way he has no one in his life like that now #it wasnt inherently romantic in the context but i think it was kind of implied #anyway. what if tho. WHAT IF they make some kind of solomon-lilith connection #but not like. not like marriage or whatever that'd be too weird if he was in the fam tree LOL no thanks god thatd be so weird #actually it is still a little weird to think about but fjdkljfsdlj okay i dont wanna think about that too hard #anyway. anyway. this was about solomon and the ocean but that lore i tripped over was #making me crazy i had to think it out somewhere #theres so much about solomon we dont know and they implied theres still stuff #hes keepin to himself at like the end of s3 and i am just. foaming at the mouth #for more solomon backstory hhhghghghghghghg #was not in the cards for s4 but maybe s5 <3

[chloenadine]

not 2 be controversial but I don't think I like the tl*u show

#ive had a day to think about it and idk #like some parts were good but other parts were meh #like if we're talking about it being one of the better video game adaptations that yeah its ok #is it like the most amazing piece of media ever? idk #I wrote out a whole thing and then erased bc it was kinda nonsensical and rambling and stuff #but basically like #I feel like there was too much time spent on adding extra bg info and not enough on actual canon scenes #and the bg info and world building was kinda weak?? #obv I was expecting context and extra info and an expanded story but #didn't tie into the already existing story well #some of the characterizations felt off to me #weirdly paced and weird transitions #etc etc #d.txt #i didnt go into this as a hater like i was kinda excited but i am one anyway #I went through the tag and only saw like 1 person who didn't like it so idk #maybe I'll feel differently next episode the trailer looked more interesting #or maybe im just not good with things that are reboots or adaptations or whatever #idk im tired snzzz

[lichdragon-fortissax]

...upon further consideration, I think I'm going to make Leysha just a touch shorter than an actual in-game Banished Knight. She's still human and she's still Tarnished, but they had to have gotten the big bois from somewhere.

#maybe like 6'9" or something?? #she was tall before (i'm weak for tall trans women) and magic sex surgery didn't shrink that #also the context is that I want her and Morgott to have biological children at some point but I don't want her to fuckin die #though she's also Big as in she has a whole lot of muscle with a lot of fat over that to make her into a brick shithouse of a woman #so she should be fine #oc: leysha

[castielmacleod]

Very picky about how people write reconciled Crowley and Rowena and even MORE picky over how people write reconciled Cas and Claire. These are the two absolutely devastating spn relationships that you just do not fuck around with in my opinion. Reconciliation plots for them can be done well but if you’re going in on either dynamic without giving the experience of both sides equal consideration then as a writer you have already lost

#If you don’t acknowledge the tragedy on both sides of these relationships you’re simply writing nothing imo #Maybe one side had it far worse than the other but if you don’t at least recognise the feelings of the other side #I think you’re doomed to fail. If your goal is to depict them or explore their dynamic in a way that matters anyway #Obviously if you’re writing self-indulgent wish fulfilment for your own subjective enjoyment you don’t necessarily need to go deep #I’m talking about intentional character studies and such #My posts #Not that Cas and Claire isn’t the most fucked up relationship of all time but I also get why Crowley and Rowena can be trickier #Because getting possessed by angels is Not Real and parental child neglect very much is #Few people can balance acknowledging the hell Rowena went through with not being an abuse apologist for what happened to Crowley #Her mistreatment of him was not a “girlboss moment” like as much as Ruth NAILS the delivery of thee career woman line it’s really not funny #in context. #She later acknowledged the harm she caused him and put real visible effort into becoming a better person #which makes her easily one of the best characters on that whole sorry miserable show but #That still doesn’t mean the way she neglected and mistreated and abandoned Crowley was okay. #(Even SHE knows it wasn’t okay. Who are you pretending it was okay for? Not her!) #But if your brain is wrinkly enough you can also recognise that Rowena was young and was herself was horrifically abandoned #and traumatised by that abandonment to the point where she equated loving ANYTHING with being weak and at someone else’s mercy #which she was so desperately scared of feeling ever again. #AND that she is just not a maternal person who had maternity sprung upon her and then was left high and dry with zero support #and a crying screaming piece of the man who did all this to her. A crying screaming piece of HER that she was too terrified to risk loving #And then when she *did* find people who’d support her they came after her for having a child at all. And she made a choice #You can recognise ALL of this without acting like Crowley wasn’t fucked up for LIFE by her #She was fucked up for life by Crowley’s father as it was. And again it doesn’t make it ok but acknowledgement ≠ apologism #Anyway christ I could write essays about the MacLeod cycle of abandonment so I’ll leave it there #I’m saying all this as someone who loves all four characters mentioned in this post with my entire heart by the way #Which is definitely why I feel so strongly when people write the dynamics while clearly partial to one or the other. They all deserve nuance #To me

[avephelis]

8, 12, 22! :D

BATTING IT BACK INTO MY COURT!! ALRIGHT!

8. Favorite other character? okay i do not BELIEVE eberwolf counts as hagsquad because he wasn't there as a kid and THEREFORE!! we all know i'm eber's number one fan. if we are counting him next is camila.

12. Favorite friendship? probably luz and hunter. i just think their trauma-buddies-possibly-siblings-ride-or-die dynamic is fascinating.

22. Favorite fight scene from season 2? ECLIPSE LAKE. HANDS DOWN ECLIPSE LAKE. aside from being STUNNING from an animation point of view it is SO GOOD at forwarding both the characters and narrative that it supports. the added levels of depth from the fact that there's so many impactful variables , and the fact that it ends in a draw and is settled by a psychological battle? INCREDIBLE SHOWSTOPPING UNMATCHED.

owl house ask game

#though the eclipse lake fight did introduce a bunch of people saying hunter was weak because they ignored like #literally all the episode's context #which. hm. maybe brush up on your media consumption/analysis buddy. #asks

[lokh]

😭😭😭😭😭😭 bro I think insects ate my sandals

#I WORE THEM /ONCE/.... TWICE MAYBE 😭😭😭😭😭 #at least it was on sale but. they were nice shoes 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺 #i can only assume it was insects i dont know what it was otherwise. maybe exposure #made it weak and the other day i knocked a bunch of shoes off #or. someone Else knocked it off #not happy about it. this sucks bro rip #context theyre not in like a closed cabinet theyre on a rack in a storage shed #so that's probably where i went wrong regardless how it happened

[thsx]

ok i SWEAR i'll stop talking shit but what is this new tiny love like what does the stumbled on sublime thing even mean???

they do this in regret me where it feels like they're just jamming words in there that they think sound cool? my friend calls it word salad lol

#for example i like? thought of the phrase 'tearing you off in shades of blue' once as a teenager #what does that mean??? NOTHING #like you can assign meeaning to it but there is simply no clear meaning and thats what the stumbled in sublime til you cant speak #like? theres no context #what is she taalking about #and then the signals weak part doesnt click for me either #idk maybe i have no poetic imagination im just frustrated bc at least tjrs lyrics like were saying something #even if they could be clunky #i really wanna rewrite some of these lyrcis tbh #i might for fun jhgb erbgie

[nemesis-is-my-middle-name]

No wait, I figured it out: none of their pokemon are ice types or have ice moves because they live next to the route 4 desert. Now, you'd think that this would be more reason to have one, because it must get sweltering in the summer, but alas - and I say this as someone from southern California - they are delicate desert flowers who wither in the cold. So sad for Ingo, his warm-climate adjusted ass got dropped straight into the Arctic. He's a greyhound amongst borzoi and huskies, in the Pearl Clan, and they make sure he has three sweaters and his coat on at all times.

actually game theory: one or both of them has actual cold-triggered chronic pain and like yeah, they COULD work around it to use ice-types, or they could just ignore it bc it's not like excluding it is stopping them from fucking wrecking people. depending on which way it swings, ingo's continuing not to use ice moves out of pure habit, or he is In Actual Hell (and has yet another reason to never let go of his coat and hat)

#the nemesis speaks #the nemesis answers #anonymous #strong pokemon... weak pokemon... maybe the trainer should just git gud #''ingo is a greyhound'' is so funny to me. also. because i have literally had THAT EXACT THOUGHT before #in a different context but still

[fleshdyke]

is it a bad sign that my sprained ankles still hurt like hell over a week after the sprain

#for context i sprain them a Lot bc i have an old ankle injury that made it weak #and i always recover within 3 days #maybe 4 if it’s a bad one #but like the actual act of injuring it wasn’t even that bad like #i expected it to be back to normal in like 2 days #yet a week and a half later i still can barely walk without support #and my feet are both bruised tf up #should i go to the doctor lol #rambles

[straykats]

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#kats personal #i know that like. making posts about it achieves nothing at all #but i feel like this is the only time i can articulate myself at all #i cant do it verbally because i just get choked up and want to cry #and i cant do it over text to people because im so conscious of how i'll be perceived #and i know that like. how people perceive me shouldnt be my biggest worry bc they wont fully understand the context #but i cant not think about it #posting like this i at least feel like im speaking into a void or smth (not in a guilt trippy way!!!!) #anyways im trying to be like. so cool about everything. #but im really scared about how its affecting me #like yeah okay maybe in a year or twos time when things have settled i'll be okay #but what if it catches up or whatever LOL #idk how do people do this #like yall this sucks so bad rn #and i keep thinking i'll be okay later and then i kinda just. yknow. #there are so many 'selfish' thoughts i have these days as well #and the guilt hurts sooo fckin bad 🤩 #i feel. not weak or anything but just. entirely exhausted from years of this and it feels like the last two decades are really making #themselves known these days #like it feels like its all compacted itself into the span of ??? idk like however long this will last #i think i would rather relive the last two decades than i would the last month #kinda thinking about just failing this sem and dropping out next sem but again #thats just another selfish thought #SIGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH anyways back to work ig