#seems like a dick move

[andromedaexists]

first Greek book report of the year is done...

I can now say that I read the Bατραχομυομαχία, a not-quite-fable that I didn't know exist. Prof also didn't provide us any guidance on what he wanted in the book report or what the format of the book report should be so he got a 1.5 page essay of my comparing the King of the Frogs to Agamemnon and the mouse that dies to Achilles...

ANYWAYS i'm def in the right mind and should be trusted to work on school work rn...

#andi talks #no hear me out HEAR ME OUT #the king is like an ass and lies about his involvement in the death of the mouse right? #seems like a dick move #you know who else is a dick??? Agamemnon #that's it #that's the argument #i hope i get an A for creativity

[winepresswrath]

Its the jiao jiao anon again .

You keep giving me great pairings. Tell me everything how su she (Shang Qinghua) transmigrate and how will fuck jiang cheng. Is he still an author ? What was his intention with this kinda book?

I think he is still a writer but not the actual author of mdzs. He's a relatively casual fan who admires the vision and winces in sympathy every time drama gets kicked off. This is why you don't try, mdzs author! You give the people what they want and take their money. He's originally planning on keeping his head down and learning just enough cultivation from the Lan to make his life easier than it otherwise would be, then getting an urgent letter from his sick mother right before the Wen are scheduled to attack, but alas, his wandering not-cultivator dumpling sabbatical puts him directly in Jiang Cheng's path while he's frantically running for help after leaving Wei Wuxian in the Xuanwu cave. And the thing is he's still kind of reflexively haughty when he needs something? So pathetic and vulnerable. So cute. What could possibly be the harm in giving him a ride? The Wen aren't scheduled to attack Lotus Pier for ages. He can be on a ship to Dongyin by that time!

Anyway no good deed goes unpunished because Jiang Fengmian does as a general rule believe in giving credit and naming names. He should have fucking known. Now Wen Chao has a grudge against him and he's running around under a fake name wracking up credit for things he did (while trying to run away) and things he did not do (sometimes even when you have a massive army and the most powerful cultivator in the world on your side, things go wrong! He's not responsible for every problem with Wen supply lines. He's responsible for exactly one cart blowing up, and he was just trying for a distraction so he could sneak onto a ship. It didn't work and the harbour is kind of a no-go zone for him now). He comes up with a new plan: find Huaisang and use his shitty unwanted heroic reputation and talent for creative pornography to worm his way into the young master's guard, where he can get some writing done far from the front lines. Unfortunately, he once again stumbles across Jiang Cheng, who is tragically trying to rebuild his sect and searching for a missing shixiong. Shang Qinghua is still a logistics guy, because he was doing grunt work for the Lan and also I feel like that's the shape any transmigration setting is going to bend into around him. Jiang Cheng is so grateful to see a familiar face. He knows the value of a good spreadsheet. His eyes are so pretty when he's trying not to cry. The Jiang aren't in a great place during the war, but Shang Qinghua knows the sect makes it through and he doesn't remember any Jiang disciples being asked to heroically sacrifice themselves after Lotus Pier falls. Plus the food is better and there's plenty of room at the top! A veritable power vacuum. To say nothing of all the empty space in Jiang Cheng's personal life when almost everyone he loves dies and leaves him alone! Anyway this is the story of how Shang Qinghua accidentally paints a series of targets on his back, unnecessarily involves himself in the plot, and overcomplicates his life because being a sucker for a pretty face and a bad personality is even more integral to his character than underappreciated grunt work. Probably he manages to save Yanli, at least. He's not interested in being a stepfather! That's a lot of work. Wei Wuxian barely notices he exists until either he saves everyone or the second life roles around, depending on how ambitious and/or motivated Shang Qinghua is feeling. Then he hates him passionately, but it's too late. They probably eventually reach some kind of begrudging peace.

#meanwhile in svsss a noted danmei author woke up in lmy and decided that she would not be joining any harems or dealing with any #dead brother induced vengeance quests #i think plan a was to solve the plot with liujiu #because she likes enemies to lovers and has a very specific set of narrative problem solving skills #and anyway! sqq won't kill his lover right she's pretty sure you can solve murder with dick and he's always seemed very lonely #and obviously it would be ungentlemanly to snipe his boyfriend's intended disciple #an elegant solution! #but then clan leader seems so heartbroken! what has she done!!! #threesomes go against her morals as a strict otp shipper but she IS in a dog shit harem novel after all #and her tender heart has been moved by the plight of a childhood friend with a big dick. something something she also winds up the center #of a shl nyy love triangle like oh nooooo what WILL she do

[cywscross]

Dick-or-Treat 2024

A multi-fandom fanfic/fanart fest that runs from April 1 to May 31. Participation is open to anyone 18 and older, no sign-up required!

Rather than a prompt-and-claim style fest, Dick-or-Treat is a no minimum free for all where participants title their works after any Pokemon move in existence. Requirements to participate are minimal: one complete smut fic or artwork with a title named after a Pokémon move/attack.

Rules/FAQ: https://dick-or-treat.dreamwidth.org/375.html

#fandom events #multifandom #dick or treat 2024 #dick or treat #i've already written one lolol #trying to see if i can improve my nonexistent smut writing skills #pwps with no word min requirement seems like a good way to do that #i'll never be able to look at a list of pokemon moves without thinking about sex again tho lmao

[mid-nightowl]

steph as nightwing??? 👀

Yes, a hundred times yes. 

For me, the idea came out of this meta that @benbamboozled did ages ago (that I for the life of me cannot find now :( ) about how Barbara should have been the one to mentor Tim, but she wasn’t because dc (and superhero comics generally) are too cowardly to let a female superhero mentor a male hero. And it got me thinking--there were three “older” vigilantes and three younger vigilantes in the Batfam at this time, which then led to the whole Barbara mentoring Tim, Bruce babysitting Cass, and Dick mentoring Steph. Which would then eventually lead to Steph taking on the Nightwing mantle.

Nightwing!Steph was also an idea I had regarding the Batman!Dick era and the Tom King pitch of Tim becoming Nightwing during the Ric Grayson arc. In my delusional AU idea, after the “death” of Bruce, Dick would be Batman, Damian would be Robin, Barbara as Oracle, Cass would return as Batgirl after a short hiatus or be Black Bat, Tim would be Red Robin, Jason as Red Hood, and Steph would take over the Nightwing mantle while also attending college (a similar start to Dick’s own trajectory).   

I don’t have like a full meta on this (and I haven’t read everything regarding Steph so please correct me if I get something wrong or the vibes are off!), but I think Steph could be a worthy successor to the Nightwing mantle if there were a point in time where Dick moved on or couldn’t be Nightwing anymore. 

I think Steph embodies a lot of the same ideals and values that Dick/Nightwing resembles: hope, determination, and guts. There’s also the immediate similarity of the two of them being more light-hearted and quippy compared to the other Bats, which (almost) hides how capable and competent they are, but also how this happy-go-lucky mask hides anger and trauma.

Both of them had the guts to go out on their own, to create their own mantle and mask despite being told “no.” They both have the drive and determination in their actions to help others and stop criminals, and an innate need to be a hero/vigilante and that they can’t stop being a vigilante. And out of all the Bats, Stephanie has the most potential to represent hope, just as Dick does. 

To me, Steph has all the criteria to be one of the best vigilantes in the Batfam, but just doesn’t get the opportunities to do so. She’s got the foundations and the materials, she just needs help getting there. Being Nightwing (or being mentored by Dick) would give her the chance to showcase that. 

Being a vigilante that has ties to the Batfam but isn’t necessarily considered a sidekick character or in need of a mentor (like Batgirl or Robin), Steph could grow as a person and a vigilante with the Nightwing mantle. Nightwing is also a key component to the Batfam and is often the middle ground between the smaller groups within the family and I think Steph can easily step into that role, especially given her past relationships with Tim, Cass, and Barbara, her similarities and the trauma-bonding she does with Jason, and the older sister-younger brother relationship with Damian. Not to mention, Nightwing’s role as a leader in the Titans, which would give Steph a chance to show her capabilities to be a leader. But, Nightwing is also a stubbornly independent loner, a solo-act vigilante. So, not only can Steph be an important team player (in the Batfam and the Titans/equivalent team) but she'll also have the freedom to do her own thing. 

Nightwing (imo) was all about moving on, growing up and maturing on your own, and while Dick might not have realized what it would become later on, it’s grown to represent hope, the “universal constant,” and creating your own legacy. The transition from Robin to Nightwing is all about this, and I think this transition would have made a lot of sense for Stephanie (Spoiler to Nightwing = growing out of her anger towards her father but also growing out from underneath Batman/Batgirl’s shadows). I think there would still be issues and insecurities of Steph living up to a predecessor, similar to when she took on the roles of Robin and Batgirl, but I want to believe that Dick would train her well enough and his own belief in Steph taking on his mantle would alleviate these problems. 

There’s a lot of AU potential with Stephanie being Nightwing (I’ve got a few myself 👀), but canon wise, I don’t think we’ll see Dick move away from the Nightwing mantle ever. I think you could probably make a good argument for Steph to be Flamebird in canon and really introduce that mantle back into the Batfam (and her and Bette can bond over terrible mentors/families, being Batgirl, and being rejected).

I've got some more thoughts circling in my head about Dick mentoring a Spoiler!Steph, but I've kind of touched base about that here so I'll leave that for another time lol

thanks for letting me ramble about this idea<3 <3

#asks #felinemotif #thanks for the ask! this was a lot of fun to write up :) #i had ben's meta on the female mentors bit saved but when my laptop died i lost it 😭 ill have to track it down later #there's so many thematic parallels between steph and dick im not sure where to start #but there's definitely another aspect/parallel of moving on from a mantle via bruce being an asshole #there's also the idea in the batman!dick era of stephanie being the “light” like how dick was the light and hope for bruce #how steph was the one to step up and keep going despite the way everything seemed to fall apart after bruce died #steph being the keystone of this new batfam would have just...worked honestly #writing this just reminds me how badly dc editorial handles the female bat characters #they're never allowed to grow or evolve or be shown to have platonic relationships with the batboys or even consistent relationships #it's a bit depressing honestly big sigh #nightwing!stephanie brown #stephanie brown #batfam

[apricotopera]

so interesting to me that kairi aqua and riku are the only ones that use full barriers and not just blocking....everyone else catch up Now.

#pers #kh #wayfinder #destiny islands #like if aqua ven terra and kairi all had it id say 'yeah thats what official training not being self taught gets you' #but ven and terra very much dont. and riku DOES #its so interesting to me how much aqua uses a barrier and how much she incorporates it into moves and such #and that gif from frag of her using it subtly in a dash #like she truly seems to have real mastery of it and BARELY anyone else uses it? fascinating #i could have USED IT in the terranort lw fight i kept getting HIT BY SHOTLOCKS FROM BEHIND TERRA YOU DICK

[ereborne]

What is a Monday? A miserable little pile of obligations.

semester turnover restructure

generate/send out error reporting

figure out how to separate out unique counts

create polite reply to Massive Dick Move email

finish the bad book >:(

bò kho (not an obligation. dinner)

laundry

lizard bath

#yapping tag #I spent my weekend trying to sleep and now all my chores are due today and I wanna complain. grump grump grump whine. #the semester turnover restructure actually is a pet project so that part I like! I wish I could take my time with it though #the error reporting is. well it's easy to generate (it's actually running now) and it's tedious but uncomplicated to send out #but then I'm going to spend the rest of the day getting passive-aggressive responses from everybody #in a just world my coworkers would respond to careful itemized lists of all their fuckups with 'thank you Alexis you're so helpful #we really appreciate you flagging our mistakes two weeks before the system final-saves them forever into stone. have a cookie!' #but alas #if I'd been any less stressed and frantic when I first established the error reporting I'd have set up a separate address to send them from #write up some template emails and let the reporting all come out of the mythical 'automatic system thing' #--every 'automatic system thing' in our college is me or IT on my behalf. even the people who hired me for this don't seem to realize #if only I'd known from the beginning that nobody would ever connect me and my systems! I'd be exploiting the shit out of it-- #the unique counts is going to be a headache. no idea how I'm going to structure the coding for it. might be fun to invent? we'll see #the Massive Dick Move email response also will be an invention. 'hello Mr Massive Dick I am karma here to smite you' but polite #the bad book >:( I don't want to read any more of but the deal I made with my friend is he sends me free books and I report back #we did not discuss a special 'get out of book free' card for when the main character is a godawful shit sibling. (should've done though) #beef stew is good! mostly it's on the list so I don't forget to set the timers #laundry and lizard bath can wait until tomorrow if they must but they shouldn't wait any longer than that. lizard and I will get stinky

[vveakfish]

yeah uh, this post did something to me

have a inverness cape Tim wip

thank u @aliteralchicken for the brain worms

#tim drake #tim drake fanart #dc fanart #𓆟 #scribble fish #i’ve been thinking abt what hero name he could have if he were ever allowed to move on from red robin #and like #ik the general consensus seems to be corvid/crow themed #but i rlly rlly like (Redwing) black bird #it sticks to the same color palette as hes had for red robin #and follows the bird theme #but theres also the paying homage to dick and nightwing #bc my boy moth is a fan boy before all else

[tiangouaway]

I don’t agree with people saying that Miri’s mom was “vilified” or whatever in episode three. Of course, I’m not gonna defend what she said about Miri (yknow, a child), but it’s clear that despite her horrible situation, she did her best to be a good mom. And she did well, since Miri’s always so happy and bubbly.

#i think ppl who say she's vilified #believe that the audience was #supposed to side with kazuki #and uh... no #he's very much the asshole here #but once i compared their situations relating to kids #i actually kinda understood why he would react like that #still a dick move tho #once we get more of his past #i wanna compare them #since no one else seems to be doing that #buddy daddies #bd

[spunchthegoblin]

happy to see that a majority of the negative reviews on the Disco Elysium steam page are either advocating for people to say fuck you to ZA/UM and pirate the game or are reasonable criticisms/personal opinions on the game. there's still a lot of negative reviews made by people who would be more entertained by tik tok slime videos but y'know, it feels like we've grown up

#i appreciate the people who just go 'seems like a great game but its not for me' and move on #or the people with reasonable complaints about the glitches that have persisted after 4 years #but the people who think the game is too slow and not visually interesting enough need to read a book actually #and the people who complain about the communist content need to stop sucking capital dick but thats neither here nor there #disco elysium

[laceratedlamiaceae]

I know it's meant to be funny but as someone who also has anxiety-related digestive issues I just feel sad that Izzy literally shat himself after being made responsible for an entire crew

#it was such a dick move for fang to tell lucius about that unprovoked #don't get me wrong i love that for him but he isn't as purely nice and sweet as people make him seem #i feel like i'm taking the show too seriously; i just feel so bad for everything that happens to izzy i can't even laugh at it anymore #our flag means death #ofmd #izzy hands #shitpost #literally

[shatterdskies]

Does anyone know what the Ao3 hackers could even want?? Like it’s pretty conclusive that it’s NOT actually some far right Sudanese group trying to take out websites hosting smut and queer content, otherwise other places like Wattpad and FF.net would probably be under fire too.

It’s kinda clown like behavior if it’s a regular Ao3 hater who just decided to hurt the site for no apparent reason today.

Idk, I just feel like it’s weird yknow. The whole hacked statement sounds like an edgy 14 year old tbh. Plus no actual homophobe says “LGBTQ+” they rarely even get to “Q”.

It lowkey sounds like some sort of friendly fire the more I reread it. Like someone queer hated the stuff hosted on Ao3 and just decided to kill two birds one stone by taking out the site while also blaming the attack on homophobia or something.

I dunno, take me with a grain of salt

#ao3 #ao3 is down #the more people talk the more it’s like #yeah this seems really removed from actual homophobes and shit they say #it was a dick move on the part of whoever did the attack #but it’s just…weird #maybe it didn’t translate right and that’s why the whole thing sounds almost immature in a way #the attacker(s) are assholes but so is everyone making anti Muslim sentiments #behave #be better

[anotherferalrat]

Link Click s1e5 has distressed me so bad that I'm resorting to a comfort ship I haven't been able to interact with in months since someone ruined it for me

(but that's a lore drop for another day)

#link click #cheng xiaoshi #lu guang #PLSSS I AM SO NOT OK ABOUT THEM #xiaoshi just doing his best to save everyone #lu guang always seeming to know a little too much/more than he lets on #HIS COLD AND ALOOF NATURE #like real talk #ik it seems like a dick move not to tell xiaoshi about the various deaths #but i can't even imagine carrying it ALONE for as long as he did #THERE'S LITERALLY SO MUCH WE STILL DONT KNOW ABOUT THEM #IM BASHING MY HEAD INTO A WALL #also in relation to the comfort ship #if u see a theme in posts in the foreseeable future #no u heckin dont #Day 22 of hiding from my friends

[wavesoutbeingtossed]

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#ok now that I’m reading takes about the Celine thing I kinda get it #I don’t think Taylor was malicious and I’m sure she was just flustered and excited and had tunnel vision #but I do also see the other side about not acknowledging Celine #and calling Lana a legend while another (actual) legend was right there overcoming enormous personal struggle to be there #and I can see how that seems like a dick move to others #(one of the few times I ever agree with anything Lainey says lol) #sucks that it happened #luckily the news cycle will move on #dont think Taylor is evil at all but it was just unfortunate timing and a misstep #do I personally care? no #frankly I thought using the awards to announce her new album would have been the bigger perceived misstep of the night #but apparently I am not chronically online enough

[ohyesididnotjustdothat]

Not me crying over my binder again 😭😭

#dick moves with d #this is literally like. one of my most precious possessions #I am so sorry mile i love u and was so happy when I got u #but it wasn't until I finally got apo that I realized I was still sad when he eluded me 😭😭 #now I can enjoy them both together 🥺🥺 #also of all the other ones I'm actually rlly glad I got ping lol seems like a chill dude #and glad I could give bible and jeff to loving homes #still so funny u got dupes of the minor family LOL

[misspickman]

The b/tfam fans biggest miss is that they want them to have simple traditional family dynamics when theyre as far from the traditional family as they could be. And thats what makes them interesting

#Most of them dont have simple relationships with each other its often messy esp when it comes to bruce #And when ur try to quote unquote solve it by making it just bland and boring well. U make it bland and boring. Sorry #Dw about what caused this post it doesnt matter bc its just a general opinion of mine on this. Moving on #Like i would say #Ironically #Bc of how the fans make it seem #Tim and dick actually have the most stable relationship in this family. Imo #txt

[slippery-minghus]

getting really tired of my new coworker's attitude. starting tomorrow, i'm taking a policy that if she wants me to teach her how to do something, she's gonna have to ask. no more politely checking if she knows how to do a task. no more watching as she does an uncommon thing. if she's gonna give me snark every time our communication styles mismatch, then i'm just going to remove one of the sources of that friction.

#we really. are not a good fit #we miss each other farrrr more often than we match #and as much as i don't want to say i'm blameless and perfect at social things and a victim that things just ~happen to~ #i feel like i'm coming to our interactions with a lot more grace and patience #i realize i could take a step back and trust her to do the job #and i'm going to #but i really want to train her well since it seems she'll be sticking around. i want her to be confident in the job and know what she's doin #though i'll admit it has been hard to see her as competent and treat her as such. she had made bad impression after bad impression #and i probably could afford being more hands off at this point #and because i'm annoyed and a little hurt i'm going to just back off entirely #which maybe is kinda a dick move #but if my training strategy has been so annoying to her then she'll probably appreciate me backing off. #even if my intnetions are from negative emotions vs my admittedly redundant reminders #coming from good/helpful intent #it just annoys me because i try to grant her good faith when i misunderstand her or she jumps the gun or something #while i feel like she isn't doing the same when i do it #and then when i explain a thing in a way that doesn't make sense to her she gets passive aggresive about it. in front of patients #tes i could've explained that better and i will try to explain things like that differently in the future #but the running joke you've made about this isn't funny #so. no more training unless explicitly asked for. and frankly #if i can. no more reacting to her passive aggression #that one will be harder but i think i can do it #i hate this so much #i'm at work to get paid not fucking struggle through Draling With Idiots 101 #*Dealing #and if she's gonna proudly proclaim how much she just doesn't care? fine. just fine. neither will i #personal #okay can these feelings calm down now i need to sleep