#so it wouldn't be deserved!!

[dragon-tidbits]

I wanna commission people for cute self indulgent things but my pool of potential artists is small cuz I wanna be smart with my money as I don't have a lot of excess for myself but I wouldn't know what to even get if I do get one and if all else fails I could just draw it myself but its not tHE SSAAAAAAMMMMEEE

#don't mind me I'm being a whiny baby #I just want cute art of me and the Stan Twins but I refuse to ask for free things or requests #for one thats unfair to the artist #and two I'm just a random derg on the internet that hasn't even put out a fic or comic that would warrant fanart being made #so it wouldn't be deserved!! #yells into the void #but god there's so much I wanna share with this story BUT I CAN'T YET #not without it being weirdly(?) out of context

[inkskinned]

the thing is there's like, a point of oversaturation for everything, and it's why so many things get dropped after a few minutes. and we act like millennials or gen z kids "have short attention spans" but... that's not quite it. it's more like - we did like it. you just ruined it.

capitalism sees product A having moderate success, and then everything has to come out with their "own version" of product A (which is often exactly the same). and they dump extreme amounts of money and environmental waste into each horrible simulacrum they trot out each season.

now it's not just tiktokkers making videos; it's that instagram and even fucking tumblr both think you want live feeds and video-first programming. and it helps them, because videos are easier to sneak native ads into. the books coming out all have to have 78 buzzwords in them for SEO, or otherwise they don't get published. they are making a live-action remake of moana. i haven't googled it, but there's probably another marvel or starwars something coming out, no matter when you're reading this post.

and we are like "hi, this clone of project A completely misses the point of the original. it is soulless and colorless and miserable." and the company nods and says "yes totally. here is a different clone, but special." and we look at clone 2 and we say "nope, this one is still flat and bad, y'all" and they're like "no, totally, we hear you," and then they make another clone but this time it's, like, a joyless prequel. and by the time they've successfully rolled out "clone 89", the market is incredibly oversaturated, and the consumer is blamed because the company isn't turning a profit.

and like - take even something digital like the tumblr "live streaming" function i just mentioned. that has to take up server space and some amount of carbon footprint; just so this brokenass blue hellsite can roll out a feature that literally none of its userbase actually wants. the thing that's the kicker here: even something that doesn't have a physical production plant still impacts the environment.

and it all just feels like it's rolling out of control because like, you watch companies pour hundreds of thousands of dollars into a remake of a remake of something nobody wants anymore and you're like, not able to afford eggs anymore. and you tell the company that really what you want is a good story about survival and they say "okay so you mean a YA white protagonist has some kind of 'spicy' love triangle" and you're like - hey man i think you're misunderstanding the point of storytelling but they've already printed 76 versions of "city of blood and magic" and "queen of diamond rule" and spent literally millions of dollars on the movie "Candy Crush Killer: Coming to Eat You".

it's like being stuck in a room with a clown that keeps telling the same joke over and over but it's worse every time. and that would be fine but he keeps fucking charging you 6.99. and you keep being like "no, i know it made me laugh the first time, but that's because it was different and new" and the clown is just aggressively sitting there saying "well! plenty of people like my jokes! the reason you're bored of this is because maybe there's something wrong with you!"

#this was much longer i had to cut it down for legibility #but i do want to say i am aware this post doesnt touch on human rights violations as a result of fast fashion #that is because it deserves its own post with a completely different tone #i am an environmental educator #so that's what i know the most about. it wouldn't be appropriate of me to mention off-hand the real and legitimate suffering #that people are going through #without doing my research and providing real ways to help #this is a vent post about a thing i'm watching happen; not a call to action. it would be INCREDIBLY demeaning #to all those affected by the fast fashion industry to pretend that a post like this could speak to their suffering #unfortunately one of the horrible things about latestage capitalism as an activist is that SO many things are linked to this #and i WANT to talk about all of them but it would be a book in its own right. in fact there ARE books about each level of this #and i encourage you to seek them out and read them!!! i am not an expert on that i am just a person on tumblr doing my favorite activity #(complaining) #and it's like - this is the individual versus the industry problem again right because im blaming myself #for being an expert on environmental disaster (which is fucking important) but not knowing EVERYTHING about fast fashion #i'm blaming myself for not covering the many layers of this incredibly complicated problem im pointing out #rather than being like. yeah so actually the fault here lies with the billion dollar industries actually. #my failure to be able to condense an incredibly immense problem that is BOOK-LENGTH into a single text post that i post for free #is not in ANY fucking way the same amount of harm as. you know. the ACTUAL COMPANIES doing this ACTUAL THING for ACTUAL MONEY. #anyway im gonna go donate money while i'm thinking about it. maybe you can too. we can both just agree - well i fuckin tried didn't i #which is more than their CEOs can say

[shatouto]

i've seen a poll about gale and anders but i feel like this one is a more difficult one to answer

#baldur's gate 3 #dragon age #see i think astarion wouldn't want to damage his nails. but also he has vampire reflexes #on the other hand fenris is.... fenris #personally imma go with fenris #edit: ok apparently y'all think this is an easy question sjdjsksk #no i legit was trying to be fair to astarion! he is pretty strong in melee (especially when he fights dirty)! #i mean it he's the dps in my party full of casters (maybe that's the problem...) #edit 2: my soul is pledged to fenris but istg y'all are so mean to astarion in the tags 😭😭😭 #edit 3: okay fine i should've said a fight instead of a fistfight..... sorry astarion #you all should know that every mention of fenris's strength makes me 🥵 btw. as it always goes #edit 4: the astarion roasting is starting to feel more like me being roasted personally and ya know what i deserved it-

[thebatcreature]

Just two boy best friends getting each other coffee.

Except...

Ah yes the toxic yaoi I was promised

#the fact that house knew wilson wouldn't trust him so he actually offered the clean cup #they so awful #they deserve each other #house md #hilson

[tubbytarchia]

I don't know what this is all I know is that LimL Joel makes me really emotional

#I know he has a tendency to go deranged on his red lives but idk something about him beginning to lose it after Jimmy died and killing Grian #joel smallishbeans #smallishbeans fanart #trafficblr #Again its his red life shenanigans but... If only Jimmy had known how affected someone was by his death. I'm choosing to believe this #and him then going out like a sad pathetic wet cat even with Grian's sacrifice... He really deserves a win one of these days lmao please #Also I cant stop thinking about how Jimmy wouldn't have left him. Grian was sensible to and most players probs would have #Joel really does become a lost cause so its fair and Grian did still care (and went to say goodbye as well as sacrifice his time for him) #But Jimmy would have stuck by even if Joel were in this state (and they'd both get themselves killed pathetically but) #And Joel having shown such genuine care for Jimmy and concern over his limited time... man anything w Jimmy makes me so emotional lol #I love them so #oh Ig about the art itself. I dont like it but hey thats how it tends to go when you try smth new. And no shame in trying #but if one person likes this then yayy I will still feel accomplished and happy #Im looking at this again and hey its not that bad actually yay I love to approve of my own art. self love hell yea #tubby art

[bitchthefuck1]

Still thinking about this by the way

#like there's the later line where shes like 'she wouldn't settle for so little after enduring so much' but something about this one and the #way it's phrased just makes me sooooo #inej ghafa queen of setting boundaries and valuing yourself #like he can't bring himself to tell her how he feels and even though he's clearly trying here by letting her touch him. if he can't actually #be emotionally vulnerable with her then it's just not going to work. she loves him and she knows he loves her but she deserves to be with #someone who will actually tell her that and let her in #i love her so much #inej ghafa #kanej #six of crows #image description in alt

[emmerrr]

far and away my favourite thing about tsc was the direct parallels we got between neil and jean now that we've been allowed inside jean's head as well.

we have neil who's almost frighteningly self-sufficient; getting to grips with his surroundings when he moves to psu as soon as possible by going for long solo runs, not waiting for his teammates after he's done at the stadium, going shopping on his own for stuff on foot and only buying what he can carry back by himself, hitchhiking back from columbia -- the fact that he could have asked coach or any of his upperclassmen to come and get him not even occuring to him. but through forced proximity, he gets to know them more, and he gets to like them, and they become the people that he would do anything for, that he fought so hard to stay with.

on the other hand we have jean, whose time in the nest has had the adverse effect; he's never alone, he's hardly ever off-campus, and he's never had the kind of freedoms that you'd usually be afforded at college. the idea of living off-campus is horrifying to him, the idea of having his own room is unheard of to him -- and unsettling enough for him to want jeremy to move in there with him. jeremy shows him the way to the court but he's too disoriented to follow along properly because he's not used to being out in a city like this. for years he hasn't been allowed a life outside of exy and the nest, so he doesn't know how to be out in the world. he has no idea how to navigate it. he sees exy as his only purpose, so anything that doesn't seem to serve this goal is meaningless and egregious to him.

...but then there's jeremy, and cat, and laila.

idk, just, something something neil didn't realise how lonely he was until he met the foxes, and jean was painfully aware of how lonely he was despite being stuck with the ravens all of the time, and is now getting the chance to learn that it doesn't have to be like that with the trojans.

#i feel like neil looks at jean and can't help but see what he could have been #& jean looks at neil and can't believe he didn't have the good grace to stay hidden because wouldn't it have been so much easier if he did #and also they both pity each other but in opposite ways #neil's so determined to hold on to people because it gives him a vested interest in staying in line and he thinks jean deserves people too #whereas jean just thinks neil's making everyone he cares about a target and so isn't it better to not have any of that #because then you don't even know what you're missing out on? #UGH #the sunshine court #jean moreau #neil josten #tsc #tfc #emma reads tsc

[freeasfishes]

Some people will say this woman is collateral damage at best, a terrorist at worst. The truth is that in a situation where it would be understandable to forget about the animals around her and focus only on human life, she protects them too, and at great risk and cost to herself. Do not let anyone tell you these people are monsters.

"Just as I protect my own soul, I protect them."

#palestine #free palestine #even the worst human wouldn't deserve this treatment #but these aren't the worst #these are just people #and so many are deeply loving and kind beyond what's expected #may she and her family (pets included) be safe

[mustlovewillgrahamsdogs]

obviously i hate mason verger with the fire of a thousand suns but i alsoooooo love anything that can provoke an honest reaction out of hannibal. and his face here is fucken PRICELESS!

bro was big mad!! not even trying to hide it!

honorable mention to mason immediately following up with "what game of chicken are you and the sperm donor playing, dr lecter? 👀" because WOW what a landmine of a question. that is really the overarching theme, isn't it?? prepare yourself for my thesis, mason!

#hannibal deserves an award for not killing him on the spot #i know he was struggling #and calling will by the nickname sperm donor will always be hilarious to me #i do kinda wish the drug induced face eating/neck snapping killed him tho #but then we wouldn't have digestivo #so whatever #he can live for now i guess #nbc hannibal #will graham #hannigram #hannibal #tome wan #mason verger

[deus-and-the-machina]

hythlodaeus be like "teehee I hope I can be of some use" *clean headshot* 😊

bitch they wanted you for the aether-centric governmental position I know you think your curmudgeony cunt husband is amazing but stop selling yourself short its a slippery slope to sacrificing yourself to make god smh

#final fantasy xiv #ffxiv #im glad ee3 confirmed hes downplaying his own abilities bc soooooo many people just take characters at their word in this game #im always curious as to how his esteem issues developed I dont think its as simple as 'society' bc hes pretty accomplished in the context o #said society they wanted him on the convocation! hes in charge of a whole bureau and that doesnt mean no one ever made him feel bad and we #know erichthonious got mocked though his situation is more actively extreme but the main example of something hyth cant do is transformatio #which is considered preposterous to do in front of others most of the time so it seems like it wouldn't matter too much. maybe its moreso #that he sees others as better and more deserving and is constantly comparing himself and seeing others be better at him in certain areas #started to develop those esteem issues #siren says #funny post which is a trap for my character musings anyways #hythlodaeus

[rotisseries]

ok and what if will jokingly calls mike his knight in shining armor, and mike jokingly does an over the top kneel, and a dramatic lift of will's hand towards his face, until it suddenly sinks in that he was about to jokingly kiss will's hand, jokingly say "anything for you" and they're both silent and it's tense for a moment, if not uncomfortable, and it's not so much of a joke anymore as they stare at each other, mike trying to decide whether he should follow through and brush it off or not. what then?

#this week on things that won't happen but god wouldn't it be nice #anyway I actually stole this from a reblog of one of my posts that's sitting in my drafts #so if you see something similar make it's way across my blog later in a post addition mind your business #also this is maybe not cringefail enough for them but I think they deserve not to embarrass themselves sometimes #stranger things #byler #mike wheeler #will byers

[thoumpingground]

So when Darcy went to fix the Lydia/Wickham situation, he first tried to get Lydia to return home, only bribing Wickham into marrying her when she wouldn't. This is sensible by modern standards, but we know from everyone else's reactions Lydia *failing* marrying Wickham would bring the Bennet family shame. Darcy knows this, and doubt he planned to leave the situation as is. So how did he originally plan to fix it?

I think Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy was gonna channel his inner Emma Woodhouse (didn't have to dig far, they're very similar people) and play matchmaker. In my headcannon Darcy checked his "Possible Husbands for Georgie" list against his "People who owe me Gargantuan favours" list and offer whoever came up money to marry Lydia.

Now, he would want to spare the Bennets of as much of the scandal as possible, and wouldn't want to take the merit in front of Lizzie, so all would most likely happen discreetly through Mr. Gardiner, while Lydia was in London, and she would move to her husbands immediatly after.

However, I wanna propose a different scenario: Lydia returns to Meryton. Scandal ensues, the Bennets are disgraced. Then, within two weeks, a random well-off man shows up intent on courting Lydia and *only* Lydia. He heeds nobodys warnings and gives no explanations. Lydia loves it. Every other mum in Meryton is furious. The Bennets are confused and paranoid. Imagine the drama. The intrige. The million questions still unawnsered long after Lydia eventually gets married and leaves. Bingley marries Jane (cause of course Darcy still told him he'd been wrong to pull them apart, and Bingley would) and Darcy's still somewhat around. Maybe him and Lizzie get together, maybe not, but every time the topic comes up he gets all sheepish and awkward and she gets suspicious and it's a thing. It's their new dynamic.

#picture a binder for “people who owe me Gatgantuan favours” #and like a few pages for “Possible husbands for Georgie” in a folder #“why would Darcy waste a good man on (ugh) Lydia?” i fear someone might ask?“ #because Darcy's a good considerate person. he was trying to save her for a bad marriage in the first place. #not saying he'd give up the top pick but he wouldn't set her up with anything less than safe and decent #also as annoying as Lydia is she doesn't deserve abuse. Austen makes a point of telling us even with Wickham she's got her family's support. #also also the top pick is probably Charles and he's taken so #jane austen #mr darcy #lydia bennet #mr. gardiner #lizzie bennet #decent guy. #pride and prejudice #classic literature

[kiwibongos]

pining dumbasses who dont realize the feeling is mutual

#haj thinking fuyuhiko wouldn't want anything to with him #bc hes a talentless “nobody” #fuyuhiko feeling like haj deserves better than a horrible person like him #so its probably just really awkward in the middle #UGH #i love tragic gay people #kuzuhina #fuyuhina #art #digital art #bongo art #medibang #fuyuhiko kuzuryu #hajime hinata #danganronpa #danganronpa v2 #danganronpa v2 goodbye despair #sdr2

[hoofpeet]

auuuwh spice/crystal acting like animals. augh

crystal: “you smell different”

spice: “huh”

crystal: “more… hm. how do I say it. calm, perhaps? you seem less stressed, nowadays. it’s nice.”

spice: “aww, thanks dear”

heehoo yeah ......

#mailbox #hoof draws #replacement ingo au #yeah i like this concept.... #esp like. it wouldn't be out of the question to assume spice was hunted or smthn #so. her thinking spice was dead for 200 years b4 running into again #and seeing that‚ even if it happened without her‚ that spice has a family now. well fed and genuinely happy #and being happy that he finally got the happy ending he deserved

[iwasbored777]

Yeah Poppy was amazing in TBT cuz she was supportive of Branch and all but can we also talk about how she was the first one to accept John Dory and not judge him based on Branch's part of the story but she actually wanted to learn the full story about their past? And the fact that John Dory was getting along with her better than with anyone else during the entire movie? And I loved their friendship so much they were so kind to each other

#i didn't like him when i watched the trailers until i saw the movie and he was taking care of four younger siblings all by himself #until he snapped #and he came back but he couldn't find them cuz they all left #and he wanted to save floyd #and he saved all stuff that belonged to his bros #and he was so happy to see them again but they weren't happy to see him and that made me feel so bad for him #and he was so tired of taking care of everyone he spend all these years alone so that he wouldn't be responsible for anyone again #he isn't the best person out there but he doesn't deserve the slander #trolls band together #john dory #trolls john dory #trolls poppy #poppy #trolls 3

[xoxoemynn]

fuck you, Max. I'm gonna love these characters better than you ever could.

#ofmd #god these characters all mean so much to me #I still can't believe that's just it #that was the last we'd ever see of them #that we wouldn't get a proper farewell #OFMD you deserved so much better #and all the writers and artists and lovers of this beauty in this fandom will give you just that #I'm just sorry you didn't get to do it on your own terms 💔