#some terrible choices

[luthienne]

anyway literally everyone is going through something all the time!!! everyone is wounded!!! everyone is human & no one makes it out of this life unscathed!! maybe try approaching people in good faith instead of always defaulting to the worst possible interpretations of each other

#the way people will pounce at the opportunity to unload on someone the second they have perceived A Wrongdoing #and then justify that with trauma like. i have been Traumatized so therefore i am allowed to make this other person feel like shit #never mind that life is not a binary set of right and wrong choices/beliefs and you are never going to agree with someone 100% of the time #and that disagreement ≠ the other person being a terrible human being. please god allow for some nuance and grace #stop putting people on pedestals stop with the unproblematic king/queen culture stop reducing other people to the image of them in your head

[riddlerosehearts]

GIF REQUEST MEME: @nerdalmighty asked: ducktales + favorite familial relationship

Donald and Huey, Dewey, & Louie "Donald's tendency to lash out was wildly unfocused, until you kids came along. He came to me wanting to be the best parent he could, so we channeled that anger into protective instincts. Every outburst is Donald wanting to protect his family. He loves you so much, the thought of anything bad happening to you INFURIATES HIM!"

#ducktales #disney #disneyedit #ducktalesedit #usereasthigh #ducktales 2017 #animationedit #donald duck #huey duck #dewey duck #louie duck #my edits #my gifs #ty for being patient while i worked on this!! i hope it doesn't look terrible lol #i wanted to try some different stuff with it #also maybe this is a bit of an obvious choice hehe #but dt17 did SUCH great things with these characters and their relationship #i love them so much

[greywoe]

nooo theon don't listen to the stinky man

bonus:

#asoiaf #asoiaf fanart #theon greyjoy #ramsay snow #ramsay bolton #whichever people use #my drawings #their dynamic in acok is so interesting (more than that in adwd imo) #bc of the impending doom of it all. ramsay playing the long game... #he gives theon bad vibes but still ends up fooling him #bc theon is in that desperate of a situation he barely has a choice #also to him he's just some smelly servant what could he even do #honestly i just love theon's acok chapters so much. his downward spiral. going from doomed to even more doomed #i have another drawing of this terrible duo i might post it later lol #don't want to inflict too much of this on anyone #acok

[theartgremlin2]

Shhhhhhhhhh

He is reading

#he’s readying Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s Brothers Karamozov in case anyone’s wondering #I think he’d find it very interesting #not only is it a fascinating cultural artifact #but it’s a story about how brothers deal with the stress of losing their (horrifically terrible) father #about how they come together and break apart (mostly how they break) #and it’s about terrible evil people and how even they crave redemption in some ways #I think it might help him figure out some of his own feelings about Crosshair and the evil choices his brother has made #<3 #tiny trooper shenanigans #tiny trooper tech #tech the bad batch #bad batch tech #tech tbb #clone trooper tech #clone commando tech #star wars clones #the bad batch #clone force 99 #star wars the bad batch #star wars the clone wars #star wars

[veerbles]

every single thing said about kaz is just like, patently false to the point of irony. dirtyhands about a man whose hands are literally spotless because they're never uncovered. without morals or conscience, would do anything for money when it is repeatedly implied he's passed over business opportunities if they involved slavery or indentures. doesn't say goodbye, just lets go about a man who has made it a point to never let anything go. doesn't need a reason when he is proven to never act without a reason, and in all actuality usually has at least two. and this is without mentioning bastard of the barrel about probably one of the only barrel kids to have at least started out with a "normal", happy nuclear family...

and it just makes me think: kaz is deliberately written not to be better than people say he is, but just bad in different ways. he is not good or virtuous or compassionate; the point of having people say things that are not true about him isn't to make a point of his completely different nature.

so the point of it can only be to emphasize how nobody really knows him. to draw attention to his absolute isolation. and maybe to give more credit to how much his 'armour', which is supposed to protect him by keeping everyone away, really only serves to keep him away from everyone else.

#kaz brekker #six of crows #kaz brekker character analysis is living in my mind rent free this week #and not to make this post about kanej - but this whole narrative choice also emphasizes how inej is the only one he (somewhat) lets in #better terrible truths than kind lies etc etc etc #also this is why I am fundamentally against the idea that kaz only opposes indentures because of inej #and why I am also against the idea that kaz aspires to go honest/above board and rule ketterdam at some point #kaz is against indentures but he Will lie and cheat and blackmail his way to working against it. #kaz won't hurt children but his definition of what is OKAY to do with children is dubious to say the least. #kaz has done many things arguably benefitting other barrel rats - but he will be vehemently against 'cleaning up' the barrel #because he's genuinely too fucked up to wish someone a safe childhood in some mercher's house instead of fighting for their own fate #he's MORALLY GRAY. he is MY morally gray little barrel rat and you can pry him from my cold dead hands :)

[elftwink]

one thing thats so interesting about being a vegetarian is you get to hear all about everyones hypothetical activism that they care about very deeply when talking specifically about your diet and why it's stupid, but literally will never bring up ever again in any other context

#good idea generator #ppl will honest to god hit me with a 'well what about the dmg caused by plant agriculture' when i say im vegetarian for the environment #oh please tell me more about all the things youre doing to try to minimize your impact on the environment #and all the things you know about agriculture. in your infinite wisdom of [checks notes] doing the exact same thing you always have #or is the argument that because individual choices make little difference that we shouldnt even try or talk about it in case its annoying? #its not necessarily that these people arent making good points also #its just that when you have these same conversations 75 times over and over and over and OVER and get nowhere #it starts to become obvious most people learn these arguments in order to avoid genuinely interrogating their eating practices #either on an individual or communal level. am not asking you to cut out meat or go vegan (not a realistic demand of everyone on earth) #but i AM asking that you please do some self reflection on why the idea makes you so defensive #and about what exactly is so terrible of the idea that we may need to produce and consume less meat #i thought about 75 disclaimers i could put on this post but honestly if they become necessary it would prove my point

[starbuck]

we talk a lot about “escaping the narrative,” but keep in mind that the frightening thing about escape is the chance you might end up someplace worse.

#hello. i have been listening to Maize Stalk Drinking Blood for like an hour now #you could ask me about how it’s about ~10 different brbabcs characters - but i wouldn’t tell you because i am Shy ✌🏻 #it Is tho :)) #ANYWAYS #that’s a Ravenous 1999 quote for those who don’t know #but inspired by my currently line of thinking which is that for SOME of the brbabcs characters - there was never any better alternative #not that there wasn’t morally or logically but they quite literally COULDN’T have done anything else than what they did #not because The Narrative Is Controlling Them or whatever - but because they are Fucked In The Head #we might see potential ‘better endings’ for them #but those were completely unattainable bc making any choices other than the terrible ones they made would have killed them anyway #because they couldn’t have stood for it #which is what makes it such an excellent tragedy #also to any moralistic weirdos out there: this isn’t me morally justifying anyone - this is me going :(( #learn the difference and embrace the Tragic Narrative <33

[callme-l]

Gabe's death didn't have as much weight in the series as it did in the books

However, I think it's a bit symbolic that his last scene was like his first scene: Invading other people's privacy without caring about what others think

The difference, however, is that this time he paid the price for his actions.

#percy jackson #pjo #percy jackon and the olympians #pjo series #percy series #pjo tv show #gabe pjo #pjo spoilers #IMPORTANT NOTE: Sally still made the choice to sell him #I guess #The episode let me satisfied #Have a difference for the books? Sure #Some are terrible? Yes #But you cant deny that some of them were good #Personaly I prefered the fight between Luke and Percy then the Scorpion #But the fight with Ares were better in the books #I also liked that we can see Annie reaction to the betrayal (?) #I'm not sure if we can see her reaction in the books but if I remember corretly we dont #So yeah #It's a cool séries #But like every piece of media that is based on a book: The books are better

[capn-twitchery]

A calling card arrives on your doorstep!

thought it'd be fun to make silly little edited together calling cards for twitch and grace >:3c

(twitch wrote theirs while mid steering a ship, probably)

#fallen london oc #i gotta admit i lost the source for a lot of the stuff i used which is terrible etiquette on my part #i have a very big backlog of stuff i used for uni that i didn't save sources for...i know a lot of it is from thegraphicsfairy #and some from “fromoldbooks” but some are from long gone antique auctions :( #anyway editing silly things together from other things is my passion #grace #twitchery #sorry theirs is bordrline illegible this was the least terrible font choice i had to hand would you believ #all of these are made up of like 15 different parts. help #oh wait i didnt put these in #fred draws

[aleki-lives-here]

#it's apparently been sitting finished for a week now #which probably means it's time to post it #mdzs #mdzs fanart #wei wuxian #wei ying #wwx #mxy!wwx #I am still having my fun with trying to draw them as differently as possible #and yes I ended up going with clothing from the donghua #except for the colors of yllz's. I enjoy the design but not the colors there #The idea of black outer robe with blood red underneath does something to me #there's some symbolism in it. I felt it when drawing. I felt it xD #also I am of the opinion that yllz era wwx is skeletally thin #But! he also hides it with some good clothing choices so nobody really notices #except for those who care to look #but I am also sure that mxy's body is in just as awful a state by the time of his death #have you seen what the boy got fed?! it's awful. terrible. it's not gonna let him look healthy afterwards #I headcanon that wwx doesn't notice it because he's so used to what his body was like in the end that it doesn't really register for him #but Lan Zhan sees it and is going to fix with regular meals from now on! #anyway! #my art

[a-menaceinpink]

read the green bone saga this week and i’m just saying. if you want an in-depth political fantasy mafia thriller (yes all of those words apply) set in a post colonial nation that is navigating an unsure global political position and the potential exploitation of its culturally significant resource that simultaneously explores the bonds between family and how they can take different shapes in the wake of loss and love and life, with brilliantly developed, fleshed out characters and realistic pacing (both in world and in the actual delivery of the story). i HIGHLY recommend.

#truly even the characters who do some hateable things are difficult to hate #everyone makes horrible terrible choices but they are all so sympathetic and understandable #i was STRESSED reading these books i tell you #my only comment is i would’ve actually liked to see the last book spread into two books just bc so much happens and i think some of the #characters could’ve used the additional time to be developed and for us to get to know them a little better but ult i have no real complaint #also i wish it was gayer but that’s that #i was really wowed by these books and i read a LOT of fantasy and i don’t like a lot of it so. trust this is a weighty recommendation #fonda lee the woman that you are <3 #the green bone saga #jade city #jade war #jade legacy

[leclercsbf]

love when a man refuses to hire a stylist and a personal chef despite having enough money to hire at least five of each.

#🎪 #charles leclerc #his terrible cooking and questionable fashion choices do wonders to humanize him #when you have someone as attractive and talented as charles leclerc it’s hard to grasp the notion that he’s Just Some Guy #but then you see his clothes and his crunchy pasta and you get reminded that he’s just like us fr #no one’s allowed to be perfect so god had to nerf him

[lunar-years]

when I think for any length of time beyond a fleeting half-second about the conclusion to the Jamie & his abusive father plotline I still seethe, months later :)

#i know some people liked it. sorry. i hate it so so SO much. #that emmys description brought back everything I hate about it especially the terrible message it projected to the general audience #top 3 worst choices of the season #ted lasso #jamie tartt

[danwhobrowses]

Okay sure just split the group again I'm sure nothing could go wrong this time dividing them into sub-groups to sting at high levelled and relatively unknown areas with high risk and high threat of boss level enemies in the vicinity and then go on another break to make us stew on that, it's fine IT'S FINE!

#critical role #bell's hells #cr spoilers #c3 e89 #critical role spoilers #the volition #ruby vanguard #the imperium #ruidus #unseelie court #universe really gotta hit me with Frieren season finale and CR going on a break AND One Piece going on a break! #it's like you want me to have nothing to do on Friday #honestly how many times in all 3 campaigns has splitting up worked? Not a lot Matt it's just evil PCs have died #my Callowmoore heart of course is relieved that Ashton and Fearne are in the same group this time - they're not gonna lose her again #maybe we can sneak in some combo moves for Bearne and Bashton - play a bit of holies #but still it's difficult to gauge how to deal with Athion plus maybe a dragon indoors plus Ira's willingness to leave people behind #Otohan and Ludinus can be lurking anywhere too #we still have no idea where Ryn is being kept either #the Liliana assassination attempt is doomed to fail and as much as it's a terrible choice I think Imogen needs to let her go #she talks about Ludinus like an abusive lover but acts blind to the cries of the people she says she's protecting #like woman go home! If they need you then removing yourself from the board stops them that's why there's a target on your back #but we all believe in Gaz supremacy at least #and more moon lore always gotta have the moon lore #tag reader's bonus: turtles live in every continent except antarctica #idk usually I have this many tags in ship posts so I drop a headcanon but this is more just panic so you get a nice turtle fact

[thresholdbb]

i have a VOY confession: I skipped Threshold because the rating on imdb was SO so low... is it required viewing???

I was holding off on this question so I didn’t give you the most insane rambling answer, so thank you for your patience. Short answer: I definitely think it’s worth a watch. I, thresholdbb, am obviously biased about this, but imo Star Trek isn’t quite Star Trek without its delightfully campy side.

Threshold is often pointed to as the worst episode of Star Trek, and it has also been voted as such. That said, it really isn’t that bad. The science is iffy at best, but it’s science fiction and that part gets a pass in my book. It only veers into the ridiculous in the last act, otherwise it’s actually not bad. If it didn’t take a hard left at the end, people probably wouldn’t rag on it as much as they do.

Tom Paris has some excellent moments and Robert Duncan McNeill was having a blast being a mutant, chewing up all the scenery. The EMH has a bit that makes me laugh every time. Janeway is delightful as always. Plus, the episode won an Emmy for make-up.

Really though, I love what episodes like Threshold (and the like) represent: a willingness to take risks. Some of that has been lost in the bigger budget productions that have come after (they’re coming back around), but I unabashedly adore that these “bad” episodes exist. Plus now we get to poke fun at and enjoy hyper-evolved salamander babies for eternity. What’s not to celebrate?

#all Star Trek is good Star Trek #even bad Star Trek? #especially bad Star Trek #every day is threshold day #thresholdbb is threshold posting again #my answer might still have been rambling and insane I apologize #is it even star trek if you can’t poke some fun at it? #if you talk to other Star Trek fans often they will have a threshold and Tuvix opinion #I am always staunchly pro threshold and I don’t care #plus it spawned delightful art and a whole celebration day!! #mark your calendars January 29 is threshold day #taking risks means sometimes you fail and that’s perfectly ok #but I don’t think it’s a terribly bad episode I really like it #when I first saw it I was like ??? but then it grew on me and now I love it so much #I adore “bad” Star Trek #I feel the same about move along home and rascals and relics and and and #except for code of honor that one can die ok ilubye #but also like choice exists you don’t have to watch it if you really don’t want to I’m just some dodo on the internet idk

[mihrsuri]

JOAN.

Dauphine of France. Princess of Scotland. Princess of Albion. Queen Regnant of Scotland. Queen of England. The Half Breed Heathens Whore Of A Wife. My Darling Wise Thistle. Little Wise Eyed. Jeanne.

Though Joan’s father died not six months after her birth his love for her was remarked upon - indeed it was said that he could hardly bear to be apart from her. His death was something her mother Mary never recovered from despite two subsequent marriages and the reminder of him in her black haired and grey eyed daughter seems to have been a mixture of grief and solace to her. Joan proved to be a serious child - interested in books, archery and riding but with a keen talent for music she was included in and educated in rulership from a young age, particularly by her paternal grandmother who remarked that she saw ‘very much of Marguerite of Navarre in her’ she was excellent at politics, at rulership and in her concern and interest in the lives of all her people but she was not warm and nor did she have the charisma and ability to draw the eye of her mother, something that drew unfavourable comparisons. Her marriage was made out of pragmatism on her part and no one was more surprised than Joan when it turned into love.

(inspired in part by this edit by @emilykaldwen (ABBY MY BELOVED))

#lil and her ridiculous aus #ot3: political power trio #au: golden world #pending graphic tag #lils edits #this is who thomas and mihrimahs oldest son marries #it really is arranged marriage to lovers #turhan has a really difficult time because Living Up To His Parents #(not that his parents aren’t great parents they are) #(it’s just living up to them is…FUCK) #Joan has to wrestle with the fact that people look to her more than her mother but also absolutely compare her to her mother negatively #tudorsedit #herawell #also joans mothers life choices #(mqos does have way less terrible men in her life i think) #(but also she and joan do really struggle to connect and understand each other) #turhan struggles with being the heir of rulers who live up to their legends (positive for both) as rulers and people and then some #and also turhan really follows his mothers faith and takes after his maternal grandfathers family in appearance #and while England by the time of his reign is Different And Better #people are going to people even in this kindest possible world #and in some ways without thomas and mihrimah he has to be like #what is a legacy dot gif #tudors ot3 verse reference