#take me to orbit

[stevethehairington]

really fucking sick and tired of people who really fucking love the eddie book jumping on people who don't like or are even remotely critical of it's posts and like crusading their opinions around from the top of their high horses and shoving it down our throats.

if you like the book, great! that's awesome! love that for you! i am genuinely glad that you were able to find good in it and enjoy it!!

but not everyone did, and not everyone is going to agree with you. so, instead of going on some grand crusade where you find every single post that includes anything even remotely negative or negative adjacent or even neutrally critical and spending ALL this time and effort trying to provide unwanted rebuttals to every single thing, maybe you should just stay in your lane and find people who DO like the book and chat about it with them.

because i can PROMISE YOU, none of us appreciate it when you come onto our posts and start accusing us of "hating on" the author or "being rude" about her and her work and RIDICULOUS shit like that.

being critical of something and pointing out it's flaws is NOT inherently hating on it. i, frankly, do not know where people got that notion, but it's not fucking true so can we fucking quit assuming it is? and, critiquing something is also NOT the same as saying this is shit and it sucks and the author is a piece of garbage. again, where the fuck that came from is beyond me. you can be critical of something and still enjoy it. as soooo many of you love to point out, it's not perfect, why should it be perfect? so D U H. of course that means criticism can and should arise???

also. hot take (by which i mean ice fucking cold because it's NOT a fucking hot take), but going around toting FALSE facts as part of your "defense" does not make you or your argument look good. you, like the author, should maybe do a basic fact check first. 🙃

tldr, if you like the book, that's genuinely great, but stay in your fucking lane and stop seeking out posts from people who didn't like it to start shit in the notes.

#flight of icarus #stranger things #this has happened to me and to so many of my friends and im fucking SICK of it #i didn't even hate the book either!! i thought it was just okay #and yet i STILL get all these book lovers jumping down my throat about things i say about the book #things that - HONESTLY are not even like that scathing!!!!! #like god damn all im asking for is a little BASIC effort from the author and they all think thats me asking for her head on a platter #its NOT #i have no problem with the author #she's whatever to me honestly just a vessel through which the book was given to us #ALSO she is some nebulous blob way outside my orbit. AS IN any critiques i have of her and her work are NOT direct assaults on her??? #like i dont fucking KNOW her #im not saying any of this to her face #she is a published writer she should KNOW the risks she is taking when she publishes her writing #not everyone is going to like it! there are going to be people who are critical of it! there are going to be people who hate it! #critiques and pointing out mistakes and wishing for things to have been different is not a fucking direct attack #those things are actually pretty fucking common responses to ANYTHING #and a lot of times theyre actually meant as useful helpful things geared towards improvement and not something to tear someone down with #some people on the internet need to go touch grass and learn how to CRITICALLY THINK again #the world is not as black and white as you think #n e ways. rant over. if you stuck around through all of that kudos to you. i am just. at the end of my rope with this bullshit.

[melishatweedy]

A meme was made in the group, which inspired this from a viral TikTok.. you’re welcome my fellow Melisha stans

#dee said: Melisha slowly coming to terms with being gay #it’s the 3rd photo which is the meme #the last one is SENDING ME INTO ORBIT #*bows* I don’t take constructive criticism #melisha tweedy #mrs tweedy #chicken run #chicken run: dawn of the nugget

[noisytenant]

Being reminded once again that a lot of people have fucking sleeper cell agent triggers that make them instantly fail to see the human being in front of them, regardless of any personal history they have or any rapport. instantly, that person is an Enemy that cannot be reasoned with. Permanent fight or flight.

And that instead of this being seen as, you know, a rather maladaptive attitude to bring to your relationships that will permanently strip you of the capacity to experience full love and companionship, there is a dominant strain of thinking that this is a reasonable, righteous, moral good.

That a "boundary" looks like building an impenetrable wall that nobody can see but you; That conversation, negotiation, and collaboration aren't just avoided--They're treated with contempt. The very notion of trying to understand why another human being that you care about may suddenly act in an unpleasant or even monstrous way is spat upon and trampled underfoot. Complete abandonment is considered a first line of defense rather than a last resort.

I think we all need to do our best to get over this kind of thinking. And I don't mean that we should be push-overs; In actuality, moving away from this kind of rigid "boundary" often means advocating for yourself and fighting for what you think is right. I think we all deserve friends and allies who can compassionately challenge us when we adopt ways of thinking and behaving that hurt others without immediately assuming the worst.

#indexed post #Nothing happened to me specifically just pissed due to events in the orbit #The only qualifier I'll include here is that we have limited energy and this is specifically geared toward people you have a relationship w/ #I think random strangers also deserve respect and compassionbut I'm not taking the time to give it to em. That's another person's problem #Also don't give me any 'yeah except for x' shit. I do think if we were able to perfectly know the heart of a person #and see that they are causing or wish to cause harm and refuse to change course at all #Then yeah sure we can say that there's a hard line #But I think very often peoples' convictions are more complicated and contradictory than they may seem #And we cannot rewrite someone's entire experience and nuance with one data point we arbitrarily decide is 'too far' #Anyways this is just a rant it's not the best thesis or anything but hope it resonates or stirs some thought

[starrysharks]

wip

#zeno's art #ultimate x-calibur #wip #optico #nova starbridge #paro chroneko #dj v con #clyde blacktooth #hrm.... you lot are looking a lot more geometric than usual.... #paro stands out amongst all these spikeys ive gotta round out nova a bit more #but yea here are the new designs! once again less of an overhaul and more of a natural progression as theyve developed with my style #let me explain some design stuff : #here in this new rewrite of the story optico is actually a star sailor AI #programmed to take the nimbasa galahad students to the academy dome (which orbits merlienete) #and so has floaty hands to use the control panel . he can “summon” more hands or just go without them #nova is basically unchanged but her hair has been a little altered so she doesnt have that middle part thingy #(it was hard to draw) #and also her second ahoge is gone #paro is more circular and has a longsleeve undershirt now #his bag is hammerspace and can carry huge tools! #vcon is also mostly unchanged but now has starfish stuck to his pants #because i thought itd be funny if her pants were so long that stuff got stuck to them #clyde is the only one 100% unchanged save for hair #alright im sleepy

[yellow-yarrow]

*goes to art school* *learns art history* *learns aesthetics* *gets a masters degree* time to put this knowledge to use *draws this*

#well you see the grey (->pale) triangle (-> sharp wedge -> impaling ->war crimes) (-> tower) representing Nilsen becomes quite phallic when #it's penetrating the red (-> communism) cirlce (-> unity etc; a planet which the triangle also orbits) #while referencing El Lissitzky's Beat the whites with the red wedge. this too is yuri. i mean yaoi #*crowd starts booing me* what is this if not erotica?! * they take me off the stage*

[thanks-obillma]

surprise! against all odds, creation continues

#they should have gotten to talk more #the absolute waste of having mal there the *entire* season and they only got what? 1 actual conversation? #yeah. #please imagine alejandro wasn't a dumbass and actually exposed him during the obstacle course episode #imagine mal getting to be himself around people who barely know mike and can take him at face value #imagine zoey getting to be a fully fleshed out character without mike #like don't get me wrong i love the guy but ough #either get him some screentime or get him out of there #well written i think it would be fascinating to explore the way they're all trapped in each other's orbit #my art #total drama #td mal #td zoey #assquad

[apfelhalm]

#wolf 359 #now that he's gone away forever - do you miss him hera #do you orbit around this empty shell of a man wondering if he'll ever be the same again #do you miss the stupid pop culture references that you did get but also very much didn't #do you miss the babbling the stupid humour and even the carelessness that could be hurtful at times #do you watch him rewatching star wars and hope that he'll love it just as much the second time around #do you see the opportunity for a stupid pun and wait with baited breath whether he'll take it #do you miss him hera. DO YOU. SURPRISE ME. #tess is listening to wolf 359

[mc-survivalist-steven]

ft @chimerical-waters and @ask-brianmc

#mcaskblog #mcss #snowy cottage arc #bbq event redux #shitpost #this quote sent me to orbit when i first read it #thanks Chimer mun #anyway the next part will take longer bc i gotta draw comics so stay tuned!!

[mikodrawnnarratives]

K Last night I rewatched the peanuts movie, fun movie by the way, would recommend, ANYWAY I came upon this realization and now YOU get to be struck with this epiphany TOO

Anyway

The art here aside from that one sketch I did isn’t mine it’s @madame-mongoose ‘s.

Ooie belongs to @sycopomp​ and madame-mongoose

#NOT my art! #aside from the ONE sketch #of moi #thats it #our orbit is elliptical #ooie #fnaf sun #sun x reader #somewhat... #charlie brown #shit post #for the most part #(if I need to take this down I will I totally get it if you don't want me using your art in a post like this)

[hella1975]

your sokka is SO sokka and i say this as someone who holds him so dear ur writing of him is amazing. tbh im sooo fussy with his portrayal but its pretty nailed. like so many fics (esp zukka and zuko centric and ESPECIALLY ones where hakoda like adopts zuko) he's constantly pushed to the side in favour of zukos issues and zukos problems when in reality sokka is very hurt himself and has suffered a lot. man i GET taob sokka i really do bc people seem to think he was a lil mean but nobody seems to realise when you're in sokkas position it would've read like everyone was against you. all the swt men, including his dad who snapped at him, and even katara and aang and suki tell him to give zuko a chance and the fact that they were trusting someone who had hurt all of them so much- because yes WE know zuko wouldn't have killed them, but the gaang didn't. not when they were being chased and terrorised, and when sokka had his trust betrayed in the prison, he had absolutely every right to hate zuko, esp when it felt like everyone who he thought would understand his feelings, including his own dad who had been hiding his relationship with zuko from him, seems against him. his conversation with hakoda was probably my favourite scene in taob just bc he was allowed to feel like that without being treated by the narrative as someone just being mean to poor little zuko. he gets to be a sourpuss and angry and jealous at zuko for feeling like hed been replaced by his own dad. all of the water tribe men get this treatment like they're not written as bad people for being wary or disliking zuko initially (even chena despite being enemy no.1 at the start). his convo with hakoda was so important bc it stressed the detail that yes zuko has suffered and deserves to be cared for but SOKKA is his son, his actual child who is so hard on himself for things out of his control and who has hurt so much and deserves just as much as zuko does. sokka is just a baby my boy. he's not the main character but he's just as complex and intricate as zuko, not just in taob but also for the times we have seen him in tams there's been keen detail to his emotion and how he's feeling pointed out

me rn

#BESTIEEEEEEEEE YOU GET IT <333 #like ik the atla fandom including unfortunately some taob locals are generally AWFUL with sokka when zuko is involved #but it really was only a handful of taob readers esp in the grand scheme and i do want to clarify that #but now we're on the same page. OH MY GOD WHEN I SAY I WANTED TO PHYSICALLY FIGHT SOME PEOPLE #JUST THE SHAMELESS FAVOURITISM??? THE EXPECTATION THAT I TREAT A CHARACTER AS SOMETHING NOT-HUMAN BC THEY HAPPEN TO BE MEAN TO THEIR FAVE?? #like idc if zuko means a lot to you!! idc if it's sad seeing people be mean to him bc you relate to him so much!! #id be a terrible writer if i treated the other characters as planets in zuko's orbit. THEY dont know they're in his story #and sokka is a fucking sixteen year old. like come on i get mad when people do the same with chena being a dick to zuko #but at least he's a grown man. sokka is a TEENAGER. even if he was being irrational that would be completely fair #bc teenagers ARE FAMOUSLOY IRRATIONAL!?!?!?! GO OUTSIDE??!?!?!!? #anyway. im so normal about this topic and hold noooo grudges not any haha #remembering when someone commeted saying me personally as a real life person i was insidious and evil for insinuating #that adopted children arent worth as much as biological children and i should NEVER adopt bc im clearly the Worst #when that is not only an insane thing to say to a stranger on the internet but also. not what happened #hakoda never adopted zuko. that's a joke made in fandom. jokes are when people say untrue things for comedic affect #adoption is an actual official process of willingly and actively bringing a child into your family #NOT taking some teenage symbol of your culture's oppression as a prisoner and unwillingly growing attached #and now he's someone you're fond of and feel protective over as is natural of an adult towards a hurting child #but your actual son feels replaced and it's especially cutting bc of aforementioned symbol of your culture's oppression #and also this specific kid was a dick to him. like as a pretty notable part of his character he was a dick to him #so you reassure him bc that is your actual real life son. yeah? #are we on the same page? are we good? please i dont know how much more i can take- #taob asks #ask

[konfizry]

as Rena's consumption and hollowing progressed over the millenias(?), it is quite possible (near undeniable in fact) that its mass decreased drastically enough for the Twin Planet System's barycenter to shift from an equidistant point between the two planets to one that is closer to (and maybe even contained within??? if the phenomenon is extreme enough) Dahna. i call this the satellization of Rena. the press is deliberately keeping silent about this issue and

#this is assuming the planets started out with similar masses. which we don't know for sure buttt. idk it makes sense to me #arise curse #idk what im talking about i'm just looking at wikipedia articles but only looking at the animations #(i hate planets we should blow them all up) #(also my headcanon is that the helganquill can control lenegis' orbit pretty much at will (with some constraints but. you get the gist) #but they don't have much (any??) leverage on Rena's movements. take it or leave it idk)

[hawkeyedflame]

courtney laplante really learned how to do harsh vocals and never looked back huh

#me (doesn't know how to sing)' watching her do harsh vocals: i want to do that #courtney laplante #spiritbox #they've been in my orbit for a few months but i finally started diving their whole discography recently #i was very surprised when i finally rolled across a song that DIDN'T have screaming in it #also if y'all never heard a woman do screamo go watch courtney's live take of Circle With Me #whether you love screamo or hate it you will be blown away

[elspethdixon]

Wishing people who post holocaust-inversion, holocaust-minimalization, and other assorted left-wing/Corbynite-style antisemitism about how “zionists control the media” would at least tag their posts so I can block them.

The worst is when the antisemitism and holocaust denial are in the form of an image/screencap of a tweet (posted with no tags at all) so there’s technically no text and my blacklist can’t screen for the dogwhistles.

#antisemitism #also i wish tumblr would stop showing me random people’s offensive and racist i/p takes i don’t care if the poster is “in my orbit” tumblr

[rineptune]

Hey girlie!! 😚 Do you write for Vox by any chance?? 🥰

..no, but @bindeds would

#message ໒꒱ anonymous #sorry! #the “girlie” is sending me to orbit love you tho nonnie sksk #they would gladly take u #cuz they’re the best mhm mhm

[bobbie-robron]

Well, you’re a lousy liar… as well as a lousy thief, then.

17-Nov-2014

#robron #before robron #pre robron #robert sugden #aaron livesy #chrissie white #the lads closing into each other orbits #Robert continually trying to prove himself #aaron needing to handle ross and his stealing motors #when the show was good #and the pacing was organic #can’t say enough I’m happy this happened under KO #the trio would have butchered it all #all new gifs #20141117 #take me back

[spearxwind]

Every so often I remember that one user that i blocked for a reason i dont QUITE remember but im pretty sure was because they were being rude and abrasive to me on my own blog and then they took to making posts about how "someone they really looked up to blocked them for no reason" i wonder what became of them

#i dont quite remember the situation but I remember being made really uncomfortable by them from the asks they sent in #and the way they behaved towards me in general. so i ended up hard blocking because i felt like it was also healthier for them as well #i ​hope they matured #thunderclap #i think the reason why I remember is because they were very visibly being weird on my main blog and people SAW #my boundaries were very clearly crossed and I expressed it to no avail so i put up another one (the block) #and they still felt the need to act like that on their own blog anyway #DISCLAIMER i never went to check on them i couldnt care less. thats just what people told me so take it with a grain of salt #ive blocked many people for many reasons on this site but some of them still orbit my thoughts every now and then