#pet peeves

[cannedpeachess]

No because the way I get so VISCERALLY angry when someone refers to an animal as albino when they’re actually leucistic, erythristic, or xanthochromatic is both deeply irrational and greatly unhealthy

ALBINISM

Total loss of melanin in the body, i.e. skin, hair/fur/feathers, and eyes (the eyes look pink/red because the lack of melanin in the eye exposes the blood vessels within it to light, which then reflects their red hue)

LEUCISM

Partial loss of melanin in the body; the pattern of melanin distribution is unique in each case, so some people or animals with this condition may have patches of typically-colored skin/hair/fur in addition to pigmented eyes, while others may only have the aforementioned ocular pigmentation

ERYTHRISM

Abnormal prevalence of reddish pigment in the skin/hair/fur/feathers of an animal; concentration of this pigment varies case by case, so humans/animals with the condition can present anywhere from only slightly pink to intensely red in color; to my knowledge, the condition does not affect the eyes

XANTHOCHROMISM

Abnormal prevalence of yellow pigment in the skin/hair/fur/feathers of an animal; similar to erythrism, color intensity can vary from light golden hues to deep yellows; again, to my knowledge, the condition does not affect the eyes

Thank you for coming to my TED Talk

#don’t get me wrong #i didn’t always know the difference either #but still #pet peeves #biology #genetics #animals #albinism #leucism #erythrism #xanthochromism #autism #special interest #ted talks

[thecarnivorousmuffinmeta]

Having read this post, I have to ask (so this can be the space for it):

What are your fanfic pet peeves?

Oh man.

Well, I suppose the biggest one, and the only one that really matters to me is what I'll call the golden law of fanfiction: do not be boring.

If I'm entertained, even if it's bad, then I'm happy. Even if it has the most bizarre plot twists, even if it's absurdly dumb, so long as it's not boring I will be quite happy and very entertained. To me, the worst is, when the story is reductive, it's just every other story I've seen in a sub-genre of a fandom over again, it doesn't go anywhere, nothing ever happens because the author's allergic to plot, and it's thoroughly mediocre: not entertainingly bad nor in any way good.

To me, that's the stories I can't get through, where I just get tired from reading the thing and have no idea why this story exists when there are a billion like it.

#about this blog #fanfiction #pet peeves #cassiaallen

[radioactive-earthshine]

This is @deepfried-dildos-again's fault

But it's that time of year folks! Annual reminder that Bart's eyes in the comics are YELLOW (they are green in the animated Young Justice), and Slo-Bo's eyes are not red like Lobo's.

#bart allen #impulse #slo-bo #slobo #young justice 1998 #pet peeves

[theothergal]

One of my pet peeves, when It comes to fantasy books Is lazy costume design (I don't know how else define this) .

Basically, in every mainstream, sjm-esque fantasy, the female characters always wear Sexy Gowns™ that are basically glorified prom dresses and they ALWAYS have beach waves even thought the world Is medieval inspired or something like that, and the male characters always wear some Basic Tunics or glorified tuxedos with random embellishments to make them look more fantasy-like.

Where Is your creativity? Historical fashion Is so fun and interesting! So many things you could take inspiration from and you still choose to put you characters in Pinterest gowns?

Where are the kirtles, the veils, the complicated hairstyles, the COLORFUL wedding dresses, the cool jewelry, the fine embroidery?

Hell, even in historical fantasy like Kingdom of the Wicked (I hated It) the MC wears clothes that are waaay too modern for a sicilian girl living in the 19th century (I made a post showing actual historical gowns worn by sicilian women, since I'm sicilian as well).

And also, let's ban white wedding dresses from fantasy/period drama from now on, ok? Queen Victoria can't haunt US forever.

#worldbuilding #writing #rant #pet peeve #anti sjm #i guess? #pet peeves

[tathrin]

My little Tolkien-fic pet-peeve of the day? Writers calling elves, dwarves, or hobbits men or women in their* narration.

"Pippin shaded his eyes, squinting until the sight of the man walking up the road resolved itself into the familiar form of his cousin Merry..."

Hobbit. Just say Hobbit. You don't need to gender everything. Or if you must, then "Hobbit-lad" or "Hobbit-lass" how's that? Or person! Being! Individual! Literally any word that isn't an inaccurate use of the word "man" for someone who is not a man!

"Gimli looked up at the taller man and scoffed at the sight of Legolas's pointed ears, now drooping with dismay..."

See this one just sounds silly, doesn't it? Silly and also confusing! Because you've just called Legolas a man, but clearly you're talking about an elf or he wouldn't have pointed ears, now would he? And Gimli's a dwarf! So why did you say "man" at all? There are no men here! (Unless Aragorn is playing Third Wheel in the background I suppose, but that's neither here-nor-there right now.)

"Glorfindel turned upon the edge of the fountain and greeted the other man with a smile like a sunrise..."

No no no stop, they are not men. Neither of them are men. They're elves. That's kind of a big important plot element in fact, that the Firstborn and the Secondborn are distinct and sundered from one another, please don't call elves men it's weird and awkward and often confusing because then I'll think you're talking about "A Man" but no, you mean an elf but you said man and it's just so off-putting...

They're different species, guys! (This drives me nuts in scifi too. Stop with the humanocentricism! You're not the Galactic Empire!) Replace the word "man" with something else and see how silly it sounds. "Elephant," perhaps; or any other species that isn't the one you're actually talking about.

"Gimli looked up at the taller raccoon and scoffed..."

"Glorfindel greeted the other ant-eater with a smile like a sunrise..."

"The sight of the giraffe walking up the road resolved itself into his cousin Merry..."

See? Yeah, that's how inaccurate it feels to me every time I read the word "man" or "woman" when you're talking about somebody who is not a human. It's not something on the level of squick where I'll reverse out of a fic if I see it, no, but it absolutely is jarring enough to throw-off the rhythm and mood of the story, for me.

(And if I see it in the first line or so before I've gotten invested in the story...yeah. That'll get me out of a fic almost as fast as lack of paragraph-breaking.)

Because I'm such a sucker for world building, I suspect, and the fact that these are all different peoples with different cultures and capabilities and outlooks and understanding and history and everything is such an interesting and important aspect of Middle-earth to me...and lumping all these different folks into one thing like that as though gender is the most important and indeed only notable aspect of their identity, and overrides everything else about them is just weird. It doesn't make sense. And I do not like it.

(Exceptions obviously made for when the character's identity is being deliberately obscured or confused, and they are erroneously thought to be a human and then revealed as something else; that sort of thing is on purpose and thus is fine.)

(Also exceptions for folk like Arwen or Elwing or Elladan etc who straddle the line between species.)

Anyway thank you for coming to this session of Tathrin Whines About Little Things To Avoid Doing Productive Writing Today.

*none of these lines are actual examples taken from real fics; I made them up for this post. Please do not attach call-outs to actual fics or authors in the notes. No need to be mean!

But absolutely fell free to gripe along with me if this silly little world building detail bothers you too. Or laugh at me for being a ridiculous spec-fic nerd. I'm fine with that too!

#squicks #pet peeves #my squicks #lotr fanfiction #writing #fanfiction #fandom #lotr #world building #fantasy world building #elves #dwarves #hobbits

[marzipanandminutiae]

some pet peeves

making non-possessive business names possessive (eg. Tatte's, Dunkin's, Kroger's, etc.)

adding "the" to movie titles that don't actually have it (eg. The Labyrinth, The Crimson Peak, The Titanic, etc.)

saying "whenever" where you mean "when" (eg. "whenever I got off the train last night," "whenever I was in middle school," etc.)

if you ever want to see me die inside over absolutely nothing of consequence, just say, "yeah, whenever I saw The Portrait of a Lady on Fire in 2019, I went to Modern's after for cannoli!"

#pet peeves #obviously I would say nothing to anyone about this to their face unless they were a VERY close friend #and then it would be more like 'hey it's interesting that you say X a lot. where does that come from?'

[giffenprep]

More Pet Peeves

@beautiful-when-she-s-angry

OMG, what was I thinking?

I saw a post about some poor guy getting spanked hard for 'pet peeves' and for some reason I thought 'God, that's hot!'

Okay, the idea of my wife, who was not (at the time) very strict, yanking me over her knee with the slightest provocation for something I barely recognized I was doing sounded really sexy!

Thinking that was one thing. Telling her was another - a mistake! A big mistake!

I mean, I knew there were a few things. Sometimes I leave a wet towel on the bed, for instance (or used to!) or left clothes on the floor instead of in the hamper. Or made little (honest!) jokes about her mom. But I always remembered to put the toilet seat down, and never forgot a birthday, or anniversary, or holiday.

She seemed to think that it was a great idea, and actually make it easier for her to give me the 'spankings I want' because she found some of these things so annoying!

So I said, 'I guess. What's first on your list?'

"Last week you stole my charger," she said.

Okay, fair enough...

but does this look like 'stole my charger' to you? And she wasn't even done!

Since then I've had more than one visit with her wooden spoon, which she now keeps on the mantle (where I can see it, she says)!

when it's not in use!

Oh and don't even ask about those clothes and towel issues!

Hand and two brushes - that should be enough, right?

Not for her! "Two issues, two spankings." And two hours later I was called back for another 'visit' - this time with a strap!

And she tells me a lot of things she hasn't 'gotten to, yet'!

One of them is my driving, sometimes. She says, "Now that will be a real spanking!"

#captions #beautiful when she's angry #lena #lena as wife #strict wife #pet peeves

[tenderbittersweet]

Behavior that should result in a jail sentence:

People who don’t wait for you to exit the train/elevator before getting on

People who leave shopping carts loose in the parking lot

People who have conversations on the quiet floors of a library

People who are rude to service workers

People who honk at you, but if you go, you’d be blocking an intersection

People who drive up so close that you can’t see their headlights

People who blast the music in public places (e.g. parks & beaches)

People who play Christmas music in November

#pet peeves #personal #op

[watch-grok-brainrot]

The next time someone tells me "Chinese has too many homonyms" I'm gonna say, "Oh noes. the same English syllables are used in too many words. However will I tell the difference?"

#chinese #pet peeves #discord thoughts posted on tumblr #language

[definite-human]

Me: "language is a manmade tool for communication, therefore any word that a human uses to successfully convey meaning is a real word"

Book blurb: "Unputdownable!"

Me: *cocks gun* "and by human I mean 'person who doesn't work in marketing'"

#pet peeves #rambles

[dnuoh-xof]

Top five writer pet peeves you have. Hell, artist as well if you have any

TOP FIVE WRITER / ARTIST PET PEEVES

1. Overuse or repetition of tropes or stereotypes in fiction:

This includes, but is most certainly not limited to, tropes you may begrudgingly stumble across on fanfiction-housing websites like AO3, such as: borderline or unapologetically racist depictions of black and brown people. And especially upon the likes of AO3, if you know, you know. As well as fetishized depictions of trans men... of which is sadly common in the Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance community, as well, in primary reference to how they write Raiden. And while I'm no stranger to trans headcanons of my own, a lot of the work on AO3 where Raiden is depicted as a trans man seems... tasteless. Seeing how most of these depictions I find myself irked by appear to have been written by people who aren't trans themselves. Or, at least, not to my own knowledge. (Typically, my know-how is whether or not they tag their work as, "Trans [redacted] written by a trans author." But of course, this is but a shallow assumption to be taken with a grain of salt.) Such other, lesser consequential and controversial repetitive (albeit, with a grain of salt) tropes I often see in writing are primarily some nitpicks of mine, such as how some people who clearly aren't Southern try to write or depict a Southern accent, without so much as speaking to, much less interacting with someone who may live in the U.S. South within an inch of their life. Or how Latino men in fiction are often treated as these... promiscuous, dangerous rebels who fruitlessly try to whisk their love interest away from their already-existing, usually white or eurocentric lover. I see this with how people write Jetstream Sam / Samuel Rodrigues in fanfiction, despite his base depiction not at all reflecting the odd fashion which fans always seem to write him within. Though, I wouldn't know, maybe such depictions are equally as controversial, or perhaps they cannot be compared. But these are ones that I notice right away that sort of make my brain itch. Not enough for me to gripe at a writer face-to-face about it, but... just a thought, since we're here. Don't burn me at the stake.

2. "Woobification" of antagonists & the morally ambiguous / exclusion & sanitization of moral ambiguity in fiction:

The same sentiment is equally applicable in the very opposite manner; the manner in which people who write fanfiction for some reason crank the edge factor up to 90, when the canonicity of aforementioned character's moral ambiguity is much more subtle and lesser obnoxious than they believe. Yet another phenomenon I see occur in characters like Raiden, where—while yes, at points, or a point, he is rather... unsavory—this lesser subtle, more violent side of him comes to surface even once, it feels as though fans completely disregard his other personality traits entirely. But if you were to ask these very same people to give the same treatment to the version of Raiden that is present in Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty, you will hear nothing but crickets, despite his history of being a child soldier being present and stable within both games. Because, with that version of Raiden, the forced feminization—infantalization—he already endures conflicts with his more violent, unapologetic nature that exists within the canon of Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance. However, the opposite sentiment was not what I wanted to bicker about, my primary focus being how fans have a tendency to not only water down, but entirely disregard a morally-dubious character's behaviors and history, all for the sake of... "making their favorite character easier to digest," so to speak, so that it may leave less of a bad taste in their mouth whenever they faun over them so restlessly. Or, rather, resorting to the quite popular, fandom-intersectional excuse of, "the writing was bad," to void and excuse the fact that they enjoy a morally dubious character, while also simultaneously voiding themselves of the reality that they—as a person who indulges in and digests media—may or may not indulge in a problematic piece of fiction. When, in reality, the fact that we as people are even able to witness this side of fiction—while potentially unsavory, and triggering, in which case one should browse carefully—should serve as a testament to encourage us to broaden our own palette, and to exit our own comfort zone. Because it isn't wrong to read, or even think about, such stories, and it doesn't make us horrible, irredeemable people for doing so. So long as one isn't glorifying or praising the events or actions which may be portrayed through said stories. Because, at the end of the day, simply reading or liking a piece of fiction does not equal endorsement of anything to occur within it. It NEVER has equalled or equated to endorsement, in any sense of the word. Unless you're very outspoken about your own moral ambiguity and problematic views, simply liking a problematic character whose own views do not equate to your own does not make you somehow equal to them on a scale of morality. No one is judging you for enjoying Sundowner from Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance, I assure you. Sincerely, a person whose current favorite Metal Gear character is, by far, the most unapologetically evil piece of shit in the entire series. And while it is not the hill I will die on, I've made myself clear.

3. Erasure of key character / ethnic traits of fictional characters in official IP art & fanart:

While this may not necessarily be in regards to how some characters are portrayed within written works or fanfiction, I still believe there is a conversation to be had about how frequently characters—especially characters that are black, brown, indigenous, etc.—are regularly misrepresented through not just artwork created by an IP's fans, but a lot of the time by official works leased by the companies who hold ownership over said IPs. The very same can be said about overweight or fat characters, who may regularly be drawn slimmer or skinnier to better suit the artist's own "comfort level," however even when such artists may be tasked through commission to draw a person's character that may be fat, they somehow still miss the mark. And, truthfully—in both discussing fat erasure and the erasure of POC in fictional media—I find that to be utterly ridiculous, because several black artists across every art or fannish community under the Sun have taken it upon themselves to not only create brushes to better emulate black features in digital art programs, but have—with their God-like patience—taken it upon themselves to create tutorials on how to not only draw black features, but how to color and shade black and brown skin, as well. Unfortunately, official artwork leased by the companies that create these characters aren't all that great about ensuring that all of their customers and fans are well-represented, either, as the most prime examples of companies which come to mind typically have a tendency to either be openly racist, colorist, sexist, homophobic... the whole nine yards. A sort of prejudice that is also very much present in a game like Metal Gear, or more particularly, Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker, where several of the characters—either Costa Rican or Hispanic—are pasty pale, with very Eurocentric features. (Correct me if I'm wrong.) But, with situations such as these, I find myself feeling grateful for the fans of any IP that create artwork and fanart where these characters are given their proper, adequate features, either to make up for where the parent company of aforementioned IP failed them, or to make up for the already significant lack of representation that marginalized communities receive from aforementioned companies.

4. Usage of generative AI to create literature / fanfiction & for other intents & purposes:

This, in particular, applies to a more broad area than simply fanfiction alone, given people's tendency to resort to using artificial intelligence to pick up their slack in other areas, as well. Such as college essays—of which is already quite common, and often results in students being ruthlessly flunked from their courses for even considering such a course of action, and rightfully so, because most generative AI programs are trained on both accurate information AND misinformation—and roleplay. Where, at some point, I must beg the question: is this truly helping us? Now, don't get me wrong, artificial intelligence has already existed for decades, and has already helped humanity on a number of fronts; from the creation of the internet and its algorithms, to the aiding in the creation of modern medicine... but as we've seen again and again, generative AI really doesn't help anyone. And as we've seen again and again, those who shill and are the most vocal about this push to include generative AI in every facet of our lives have proven that, actually, they don't give two squats about the integrities or livelihoods of human artists. For instance, what we're seeing occur with the Glaze program, where artists are tainting their own art with cloaks in hopes that it would poison the already-vast dataset that exists within generative programs such as MidJourney and otherwise, likely already acquired by legally dubious means. But seeing the founder of Stability AI's willingness to break the law in order to scrape data, we already knew that. But, even when we put aside the very clear legal hurdles that the likes of generative AI present, there is also the very opaque matter of people using the likes of generative AI to not only generate pieces or the entirety of their fanfiction—of which is already a hot topic and very controversial within fandom and fanfiction spaces, particularly AO3—but also to fill in the gap for a roleplay partner which they might not have. Entirely defeating the purpose of roleplay at all; to make friends, connections, and to bond with those you roleplay with. In a manner no infinite amount of shallow AI could give you. And it pains me to see more and more young people finding themselves talking to an algorithm to get those experiences, or to fill in such an absence within their own online experience. To my roleplayers out there: roleplay forums do exist still, and there are thousands of them! Such examples include Forum Roleplay, RP Nation, RPG Initiative, RPGnet Forums... the list goes on and on forever! One that I personally reccommend from days of yore would be Chicken Smoothie, which doubles as a roleplay / art forum, and an animal adoption and trading game. Hell, there's a covert roleplaying community that is present here, on Tumblr! You don't have to resort to a shoddy AI to have a little bit of fun.

5. The concept of competitive & "the academic" arts in school settings / educational environments:

This very much applies to high school and / or college courses, the likes of which encourage students to, for some reason, "replicate" famous artists and their staples from the past. For example, Pablo Picasso, whose style was not only abstract, but a landmark at the time... something the likes of which no one has ever seen before. And it was that... new, innovative way of creating art that drew people in, that still draws people in to this day. As do several other famous artists in this world's history; Leonardo da Vinci, Vincent van Gogh, Frida Kahlo... even pop artist Andy Warhol. But... that's just it. I understand if there is some deeper merit of experience or a notion of, "hey, I tried this," when it comes to the task of replicating—or attempting to replicate—the styles and staples of famous artists in the past... but the one thing that all these artists have in common was that their minds were new, their works innovative... so why shouldn't art students be tasked to reach within the very same depths of their own soul to bring out their inner innovative artist, as well? Instead of simply replicating art from the past, and putting it into a portfolio in the hopes that some lousy liberal arts college finds them interesting. Of course, learning the history of art, and of famous artists, is rivetting, and is very interesting in its own rite. However, I believe curriculums should be encouraging artists to think outside of the box, instead of restricting them to a singular prompt or already-existing art style to simply replicate. And I understand, while restriction can be quite good for innovation at points... it shouldn't be the entirety of the curriculum. Give student artists a sense of importance, embolden them to discover their own identity through their art! Encourage them to do as they please! I've learned my lesson, and never again will I consider the notion of either attending an art school, an art class, nor will I submit porfolios of my art to any sort of institution. For my written works, maybe... but with physical artwork... that is a very different ballpark.

Anyways, those are my top five artist / writer pet peeves! Sorry, it drones on forever, but I simply had to take advantage of this ask and let it alllll out. So thank you, @miz-orque, for this ask, as it gave me a good opportunity to reflect upon my vices. ^_^

#text #rambles #rant #ask #miz-orque #art stuff #writing #pet peeves #fandom #fanfiction #ao3 #roleplay #metal gear #mgs #mgr #reading comprehension #fetishization #racism #fatphobia #transphobia #stereotypes #fair use #unfair use #education

[unionize-aromantically]

Reading a post about something that "applies everywhere" or whatever else. And then later it's revealed that it's US exclusive or "in ""the"" country" or "our country" etc.

You realize this is not US forums or whatever right? Like yes usamericans are on the internet, but so are people from almost everywhere else?

#ink.post #pet peeves

[iloveyouemanuelmarco]

Sometimes I get scared that I'm like Vivziepop except that instead of me having same-face and same-body syndrome for failed-chemically lab grown yet fucked up DNA-coded malfunctioned twig looking "Tumblr Sexymen" with little to no POC features with sharp teeth, shit eating grins and smug-eyes(Idk how to properly describe it but it makes me feel utter rage still ok??), it's me with the same frontal hairstyle like why tf do I keep drawing emo-looking hair that covers half the face on my ocs atleast half of the time??Lmfaooo TwT.

#Vivziepop #CW Vivziepop #Vivziepop CW #TW Vivziepop #I Love Being A Hater #Professional Hater #Proud Hater #In My Hater Era #I Love Hating #Vivienne Medrano #Hazbin Hotel #Helluva Boss #Twinkification #Same Face Syndrome #Art Struggles #Artist Struggles #Artist Vent #Art Vent #Vivziepop Slander #Vivziepop Drama #Pet Peeves #Art Problems #Artist Problems #Slander #Tumblr Sexymen #Whitewashing #LGBTQIAPlus Community #BIPOC Representation #Body Diversity #Interwebs

[catgirl-catboy]

Some "jokes" I could never see about plus sized characters for the rest of my life and it'd still be too soon: - the inevitable side comment when they eat something healthy - Stealing food. - they always ate the last snack. - When the possibility of them having a crush on someone is mentioned, the crush is always visibly repulsed at the suggestion. - They are the only member of the group that is physically unfit. I assure you, a good portion of thin people would be out of breath as well if they don't work out regularly. - they are always smelly and have bad hygiene.

I highly doubt it was funny the first time these jokes were made, and they certainly weren't funny every time since then. Do authors not know overweight people in real life?

#fatphobia #pet peeves #fat characters

[theleakypen]

just saw a tumblr post wherein someone used "discrete" (separate, distinct) and did NOT mean "discreet" (subtle, prudent) and I felt like cheering

#personal shit #words #pet peeves