#regardless of the circumstance

[royalarchivist]

Green Gay Ninja's "team full of strong opinionated leaders" ran into a lot of communication issues on Day 1, but nobody has more experience wrangling loud rowdy people than FitMC.

#FitMC #QSMP #Etoiles #ForeverPlayerG #Forever Player #Purgatory #Forever #Green Team #As someone who's worked as an educator and someone who Cannot Stand People Talking Over Each Other and/or Not Listening To Each Other #This was so hard for me to listen to I started skipping through the VOD because it was frustrating me to a ridiculous degree #but Fit doing this made me laugh out loud #I've definitely been in his shoes before #Q #Poor Etoiles they picked him as team leader but nobody listens to him #Today (or I guess yesterday. I'm queueing this on Sunday and it'll post on Monday) Etoiles was talking about it #and he said he was a bit shy / quiet when they elected him as leader #and he kinda laughed at how he constantly got talked over #meanwhile I'm just like [SEETHES] #It's not actually THAT big of a deal I just have hangups about being spoken over which makes me sensitive seeing it happen to others #regardless of the circumstance #But it is literally Not That Big of a deal here. They're all friends just hanging out going on a roadtrip in Purgatory together lmao #Anyways #When I occasionally catch myself being frustrated over non-issues like this I just give myself a vibe check like: #[Etoiles voice] ''Relaaaaaaaax bro; it's not that deep'' #A bit of a tangent but #I think a lot (not all but a lot) of fandom discourse stems from people projecting their personal feelings onto situations #''Well if *I* was in this character's place I'd feel [insert emotion]'' #''Therefore my perspective on this matter is objectively correct because I have experience with [whatever] so I know how they'd feel'' #I think we all need to remember to vibe check ourselves and take a step back occasionally. Not all experiences are universal #Fit

[noknowshame]

why is religious Christmas imagery all so joyful and pleasant? where is the inherent horror of the birth of Christ? A mother is handed her newborn child, wailing and innocent. Her hands come away sticky. Red. Simply by giving her son life she has already killed him. He is doomed from the beginning. Her love will not save him from suffering. Because the thing cradled in her arms is not a baby, it is a sacrifice: born amongst the other bleating animals whose blood will one day be spilled in the name of what demands it. the night is silent with anticipation. Mary, did you know? That your womb was also a grave?

#instant conversation enders for my multiple youth pastor cousins #don’t say it (I’m gonna say it) #The Child is The Price #but i mean come on #as someone who isn't actually even christian the real-life historical version of this is still cursed as fuck #i mean we know that jesus was a person who existed. whatever circumstances he was born in #its terrifyingly ominous to imagine being so unaware of the affect your child will have on the future of humanity #time itself will one day be counted around your birth of him #and all because he will suffer an excruciatingly painful death that you will not be able to prevent #not only that. but regardless of his or your intentions #regardless of whether there is a god #for millenea unfathomable millions will have blood spilled and will spill blood in his name #atrocities will be committed that you cannot even conceive of #and all on his and your behalf #you love your child. its beautiful. but there's horror in what you've done. because everyone else will love him too #and what's more dangerous than that?

[vaporize-employers]

obvs it's just racist but the "palestinians looting U.N. warehouses" angle seems esp asinine to me. like. it's theirs. right? israelis don't need food aid, so who is it for? so it's theirs. the aid for palestinians. palestinian aid. how can they "steal" something that's meant for them

#like keeping locked stockpiles of food when people are starving nearby is inhumane regardless #and i fully support “looting” under all circumstances #but it just seems like a massive reach. you have to redefine a lot of words to call it “looting” #palestine #free palestine #gaza #mine

[donutdrawsthings]

been really enjoying reading Laika's Comet at @laikascomet ! You make really charming characters and all the visuals and colours you use in your comic always get me feeling so stoked and inspired!

#hope the dust with irl circumstances has settled a bit by now #but best wishes regardless! #donutdrawsthings #fanart #laika's comet #laika #laikas comet #winter #snow #digital art #art #anthro art #red robin #she's hanging up those balls of fat and nuts for the birds hihi idk if that's clear in this drawing

[livelovecaliforniadreams]

I feel that a soulmate connection on any level is romantic. It may not be physically romantic but it is still inherently romantic. I think Ted and Rebecca by design have always been cosmically soulfully connected in ways that the universe was just not going to allow this time around uh life for them not to interact with each other. -Jason

#well i promised the post regardless #sorry its not under better circumstances #but i still believe they are soulmates and i will stand by that forever #you can't have this much in common and not be soulmates #tedbecca #ted x rebecca #tedlassoedit #ted lasso #im not crying you are #sobbing #i love them #faves #my heart #hannah waddingham #jason sudeikis #gifs #gifset #gif

[alexiethymia]

With the reveal that Aduo didn’t actually want to be the mother of the nation, looks like we now have a concrete path to a happy ending for Jinshi.

Though I actually really want to see him as the Emperor one day (at least for a time), it would be thematically appropriate if Jinshi takes not after the Emperor, but after Gaoshun and becomes the retainer of the future Emperor.

#knh spoilers #kusuriya no hitorigoto #the apothecary diaries #jinshi #aduo #maomao #looking at gaoshun and taomei #it does solve everything #jinshi would still be able to be close to the seat of power #and do good for the nation #in guiding the future emperor the same way gaoshun guided him #since he’s not power hungry he would have the emperor’s interests (not just as the leader of the nation) but as a family member at heart #and at the same time he wouldn’t be pressured to take in more than one spouse #maomao would be free to explore the nation as she pleases #the history of the owner of the jade plaque with the favored son of a former emperor #abdicating and eventually being given a name #seems to be foreshadowing for what will happen even if Jinshi’s true heritage does get out #I’m sure factions will try to use him as a piece #but in the same vein that maomao decided her own fate herself #it would make sense for Jinshi to achieve what he wants to do regardless of the circumstances of his birth #and it would be sweet if he took after his foster father #win win solution for everyone really #yeah ok I’ll be fine even if jinshi doesn’t become emperor as long as he becomes retainer #maomao would be better leading medical reforms rather than be an empress too #it would also be subversion of the usual chosen one will lead tropes #yeah no how about the secret prince becomes the mentor instead

[uncanny-tranny]

Challenge to trans people: take time out of your day to take care of yourself. Light those special candles, listen to your favourite music/podcast, indulge in a hobby, give yourself a little treat. You deserve the time and effort it takes to heal, and grow, and thrive. Please don't run yourself into the ground if you can prevent it.

#trans #transgender #lgbt #lgbtq #ftm #mtf #nonbinary #trans positivity #i've been having a shit week so i am (in part) posting this as ✨️manifestation✨️ #this isn't even about Current Events - this is in general. i want this to be relevant to trans people regardless of their circumstances

[bookwyrminspiration]

we haven’t heard from Seward in so long and the first thing he does is bitch about missing his phonograph. sir. the vampires.

#dracula daily #dracula daily spoilers #something I would also 100% do #regardless of the circumstances you just gotta complain sometimes

[strawberrybabydog]

also cuz i posting so much about endel recently: i saw someone list the diagnoses "needed" to adopt this label and i just want to correct this

[specific] diagnoses are not necessary to call yourself an endel, have never been necessary, and will never be necessary

delusions are a symptom, not a diagnosis. you dont need approval from anyone to use this label; read the definition and if it suits you and you like it, use it. same goes for any label, you dont owe anyone an explanation!

#endel #part of the reason it works like this is also because delusions are a symptom of soooo many disorders #if i listed all of the diagnoses which include delusions i would inevitably skip a fuck ton because #delusions are psychosis yes but they alone do not make a person psychotic perse so. even saying endel is exclusive to psychotics is wrong #endel is also meant to apply to people who have drug induced delusions or have lived through a psychotic episode in the past etc #so endel applies to a fuck ton of nonpsychotics! THIS IS BY DESIGN!! #anyone who has lived through delusions regardless of circumstance is welcome with us

[ifawnleaf]

love that kipperlily's main gripe is being boring but then her unhinged reaction to that immediately made her extremely interesting

#it's kind of inspiring really #anyone regardless of circumstance can be a vengeful psycho mastermind #fawn talks #dimension 20 #fantasy high #fhjy spoilers

[1pcii]

Oughh My heart....

#the pure trust thay have in each other regardless of the circumstances #<3 #psii reads 1pc #skypiea arc #roronoa zoro #monkey d. luffy #zolu #mangacap

[daftmooncretin]

60’s star trek’s list of things that are allowed:

gay people ❌

guy x sentient cloud of yellow disco haze (don’t worry though its a lady cloud!) ✅

#kirk the gay marriage counsellor is real actually #he was like this cloud and this man <3 are my ticket out of here #this whole episode is such a thinly veiles gay metaphor its BONKERS #at one point the guy is like im too old fashioned for this indecency… while the whole crew is like go get that cloud bestie #also bones is very ally here tbh i love him #and then the next scene is a speech about how love is the only thing that really matters regardless of circumstances #and then the cloud turns into a pretty lady cause like its not gay then #simultaneously the straightest and gayest thing i have ever watched i- #alos that lady just got straight up possessed and kirk was like 🤪.. LOVE WINS #star trek #star trek tos #metamorphosis star trek #spirk #jim kirk

[turnaboutsisterz]

sometimes i hate you but right now i just wanna go home

#hiyoko saionji #danganronpa #sdr2 #goodbye despair #procreate #ibispaint #described #kennedy art #we need to make 13 yr old saionji the popular interpretation of her character and im not joking #i think understanding that she is younger than the rest of her classmates is kind of integral to understanding why she behaves #the way she does #why else would there be so much comparison drawn between hinata and her dad in her free time events. #why else would pre-official translation material have her refer to koizumi as big sis #all this to say sandy by alex g the saionji song of all time in every universe regardless of circumstance etc etc #I MEANY TO POST THIS EARLIER IN THE WEEK ORZ

[57sfinest]

something that’s been on my mind a lot also is like. the potential for conflict between kim and harry because of harry’s can-opening. 

kim is obviously deeply repressed and while that’s not necessarily a good thing, and he’s not necessarily happy about being that way, it’s also not up to harry to decide that he needs to be exposed. harry can be good for kim in this context if and only if it’s kim making the decision to open up. it can be good for kim if kim is like “there is no way i can ever be as openly fucked up and embarrassing as this guy. he is a freak and a disaster on a level i could never aspire to. so i guess it’s fine if we’re friends. he can know me a little bit.” then it’s great and they foil each other well and their relationship can be healthy and fulfilling for them both!

but there’s also a version of their relationship that starts out okay but goes down in flames because harry just can’t help himself. he either can’t or won’t stop the prying and kim has no inclination to let harry in. there’s a harry that will push kim’s buttons and provoke him and say or do awful things just to see how kim reacts. there is a kim that has no tolerance for harry’s behavior, no desire to play along, and not enough patience to give him more than one or two chances. and kim wouldn’t be wrong for that! kim has no obligation to give harry chances and no obligation to be vulnerable just because harry wants to know he smoked weed back in his 20s (which is a small complaint of mine. as funny as that dialogue is, i kind of wish that even passing that check didn’t actually give you a secret. kim deserves to be able to say no and doing so is way more consistent with his character.)

yes, sometimes kim NEEDS that little bit of pressure from harry so he has an excuse to do something he wants to do anyway, but that’s exactly it: it’s something he *already wants to do*. like the jackets or the dancing or the cryptid talk. harry’s blundering lack of reservations is an excuse for kim to loosen up on his own- it absolves kim of ultimate responsibility, protecting him, and that allows him to *do* things, freeing him. done this way, the dynamic can be healthy and mutually beneficial. but it’s also good to acknowledge the ways in which harry can try to expose kim in harmful ways that drive them apart.

#sorry. #i can get with kim/harry but only under a specific set of circumstances #so you can take this post as platonic or not because it applies regardless #the fact that they're foils means that all the things that make them work well together can also be huge sources of conflict #and harry has conflict with everyone ever because he's just Like That so. it's not impossible that harry chases kim off too #kim's not going to change in the blink of an eye because harry stumbled into his life #they might gradually influence each other but idk. #sorry i just hate it when people act like it's unequivocally good for harry to crack kim open like a crab leg. #and i resent the notion that kim will completely overhaul who he is for harry's sake #+ kim is in a delicate position as a nonwhite companion to a white protag so. not great yknow #im white so i don't want to presume too much but that's definitely worth pointing out. the game addresses it only briefly #disco elysium #harry du bois #kim kitsuragi #kiwipost #kk meta #hdb meta

[zukosdualdao]

actually i need to know if the people who give zuko shit for his surprise-attacking-aang-training-session in sozin’s comet are similarly hard on bumi for his tests in the king of omashu.

to be clear: i don’t dislike bumi or this ep! he’s a great character, it’s fun. i just think there’s a comparison to be made between these moments. he presents aang with a series of dangerous challenges in order to get him to “think like a mad genius” when he faces ozai when it’s arguably less immediately necessary since, you know, aang still needs to learn the other elements and his eventual ozai confrontation is a ways away. contrast zuko, who is trying to get him to take training seriously (making sure he can withstand persistent fire offensive attacks and trying to get him to take decisive action - “get a grip before i blast you off this roof!” “go ahead and do it!”) days before the impending comet.

#i do hate this miscommunication wrt to the plot its written really weird #but regardless! know that miscomm happened it makes a lot of sense zuko is trying ti emphasize the circumstances they’re in #and i don’t think it’s any worse than the danger bumi (at the very least threatened - it’s possible he would’ve intervened if something wen #really wrong but unclear) them in #atla #bumi #zuko #parallels #fandom critical #the king of omashu #sozin’s comet

[reallyhardy]

Sorry what’s up w the Ethan slater stuff? I know him only from your posts / SpongeBob stuff

HI HELLO please buckle in

yep -- the same guy from the spongebob musical, and my posts abut the spongebob musical.

he blew up completely and now the general public knows him as 'ariana grande's new boyfriend' - their relationship seems to have started off the back of co-starring in the upcoming wicked musical film adaptation.

it's just been like. a monkey's paw curling sort of a way for him to get catapulted to fame, as i had always really enjoyed him as a performer (as spongebob, yes, but also in the other roles i'd seen him in,) and my biggest hope back around 2017 was that he would continue in and be really successful in theatre, get a lot of broadway roles, maybe take on some existing parts i thought he'd really suit, like seymour in little shop or ogie in waitress.......... but instead he booked the role of boq from wicked in a massive hollywood film production instead, where he met ariana grande. THE ariana grande.

and then yeah. at some point, he and grande broke up with their respective partners, (slater leaving both his wife AND newborn son) jumped into a new relationship, and now the whole wider internet knows who he is but certainly not for the right reasons.

there's been speculation regarding whether or not grande and slater had cheated on their previous partners before their relationship began with various sources coming out of the woodwork saying "yes they did" and others saying "no they didn't" -- humans are all perfectly capable of making stuff up, the media especially, so i simply don't know who to trust and i admit it had completely shattered my whole good impression of him - PLUS it gave the wider internet an absolutely awful first impression of him, resulting in, yeah, the (frankly, unflattering, sometimes downright cruel) memes of him popping up on twitter and, as i discovered yesterday, in non-theatre youtubers' videos who would literally never have heard of him if not for the slater-grande romance 🥲

FULL COVERAGE of the situation as it was happening can all be found on the lovely @notasimpleslater's blog under the tag 'ozgate' if you want to delve deeper!

#loren talks #ethan slater #months later let's call this my actual full response/reaction lol #i think at the time this was going down at the end of 2023 i was sort of just Freaking Out like my blood was boiling lol #i was parasocially furious with both of them #ofc now i do realise i'd put him on something of a pedestal #having seen his cute posts about his then wife an former childhood sweetheart plus posts welcoming his new son #AND having watched a youtube mini-series he'd made with his then-brother-in-law. i was SO invested and then. #i was like OH. he really DESTROYED his family huh. #but ofc! every situation is nuanced. we don't know what went on behind the scenes #wrg to his relationship. or what grande's was like with her ex-husband #since everything came to light there's been articles stating that slater wants to work with his ex-wife to share custody of their child #and that he's been spotted backstage WITH his son at spamalot on broadway (his current production) #so it sugggests he's not trying to be an Absent Father #which tracks with some of his own artwork as he and nick blaemire DID write a whole musical about the strained relationship between #a father and son and i just feel like. that suggests something about his personal character. and makes me HOPE he'd want to #be a present and loving parent regardless of circumstance. #anyways. #it's simply not my business BUT. seeing his face #popping up every now and again #it does just. feel extremely weird haha #there's a part of me that's like oh but that's musical spongebob my bestie what's he doing here #as for ariana i really have never had a strong opinion of her #but i have to say hearing her songs out and about these days...... :') i could do without it