#tell us the real reason

[literaryspinster]

I told myself I would stop bringing negativity over here from other platforms but I just needed to make fun of this person because what? At least it got downvoted to hell though.

#might delete later #like bffr #limoreau #jordan li #marie moreau #no way in hell they weren’t going to be popular regardless #tell us the real reason

[negrowhat]

If there’s a Seo Joon then Ji Woo is going to silently protect him.

#sir #tell us the real reason #WHAT WAS THE REASON? #TELL ME! #TELL HIM! #to my star 2 #to my star

[inkskinned]

probably time for this story i guess but when i was a kid there was a summer that my brother was really into making smoothies and milkshakes. part of this was that we didn't have AC and couldn't afford to run fans all day so it was kind of important to get good at making Cool Down Concoctions.

we also had a patch of mint, and he had two impressionable little sisters who had the attitude of "fuck it, might as well."

at one point, for fun, this 16 year old boy with a dream in his eye and scientific fervor in heart just wanted to see how far one could push the idea of "vanilla mint smoothie". how much vanilla extract and how much mint can go into a blender before it truly is inedible.

the answer is 3 cups of vanilla extract, 1/2 cup milk alternative, and about 50 sprigs (not leaves, whole spring) of mint. add ice and the courage of a child. idk, it was summer and we were bored.

the word i would use to describe the feeling of drinking it would maybe be "violent" or perhaps, like. "triangular." my nose felt pristine. inhaling following the first sip was like trying to sculpt a new face. i was ensconced in a mesh of horror. it was something beyond taste. for years after, i assumed those commercials that said "this is how it feels to chew five gum" were referencing the exact experience of this singular viscous smoothie.

what's worse is that we knew our mother would hate that we wasted so much vanilla extract. so we had to make it worth it. we had to actually finish the drink. it wasn't "wasting" it if we actually drank it, right? we huddled around outside in the blistering sun, gagging and passing around a single green potion, shivering with disgust. each sip was transcendent, but in a sort of non-euclidean way. i think this is where i lost my binary gender. it eroded certain parts of me in an acidic gut ecology collapse.

here's the thing about love and trust: the next day my brother made a different shake, and i drank it without complaint. it's been like 15 years. he's now a genuinely skilled cook. sometimes one of the three of us will fuck up in the kitchen or find something horrible or make a terrible smoothie mistake and then we pass it to each other, single potion bottle, and we say try it it's delicious. it always smells disgusting. and then, cerimonious, we drink it together. because that's what family does.

#this is true #writeblr #warm up #relatedly for some reason one of our Favorite Jokes #amongst the Siblings #is like - ''this is so good u will love it'' #while we are reacting to something we OBVIOUSLY find viscerally disgusting #like we will be actively retching and be like ''nooooo it's so good'' #to the point that i sometimes get nervous if someone outside my family is like oh u should try it its good #(obvi we never force each other to eat anything. we are all just curious birds and #like. we're GONNA try the new thing.) #edit to answer why we had so much vanilla: #my mom is a very good cook and we LOVE to bake. so she just had a lot of staples in the house. #it's one of those things that's like. have u ever continuously thought ''ah i should get butter im probably out'' #even tho u are not out of butter. so u end up with like 5 years of butter. #my mom would do that in a costco but like with vanilla extract #to be fair we WERE always using WAY TOO MUCH bc we were kids #so like she was right to stock up #ps. yes we were VERY sick after this lol i just didn't want to include it in the post in case ppl had an ick about that #u can tell it's real bc we knew "oh no we fucked up that's too much vanilla to waste'' but our reaction was to just. keep drinking it #> sibling understanding that vanilla extract isn't free > knowledge mother doesnt mind if we use it for milkshakes #> sibling choice to maybe get in a loophole of ''not wasting it'' if we drink it bc that's the same as using it (not throwing it out) #listen bud i was like 13 and my sister was like 9 #when my mom discovered this we. got in. A LOT. of trouble. a lot of it. a LOT of it. #3rd edit bc i guess it isn't clear - i am 1 of my brother's 2 little sisters #i am the middle child #out of all the ways i have had to explain a post before being like ''did u forget a middle child can happen'' is my favorite

[turtleblogatlast]

Something I like about Leo is that he’s honestly really chill? It’s easy to remember the moments where he’s being obnoxious or excitable but I feel like most of the time he’s incredibly “go with the flow” and has an overall affable demeanor.

#rottmnt #rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #rottmnt leo #rise leo #Genuinely speaking I feel like said demeanor is incredibly useful for when he has to charm and/or persuade people into listening to him #I have a whole post talking about Leo’s charm and how he consistently gets people to hear him out even if he’s annoyed or upset them #like they’ll still listen to what he has to say in full #his charisma stat is real and utilized quite often in this series I swear he’s not just a loser cringeboy all the time 😭 #if he wants to persuade and/or charm then he honestly sooo often does #me listing the 400th reason why Leo grows up to be the worlds best ninja and a good 365 of those reasons are Leo’s various subterfuge skill #Like most episodes where he’s not the main focus (and even many where he is) #he’s a voice of reason who notices things quickly and is often the one taking point to talk down situations #something interesting I found between Leo and Mikey is that #Mikey tells people what they need to hear #Leo tells people what they want to hear #not only out of his own agenda either #when bullhop was wrecking their home leo was the one that negotiated to make the situation go smoother #even if he would have rather bullhop left #meanwhile Mikey is the one who bluntly tells things as it is #small character moment that means a lot to me #Mikey is an honest boy who is upfront about his feelings #Leo prefers to let people make their own decisions he wants them to through steering the convo in that direction #but he is easily cowed by guilt #regardless leo is a people person - he knows how to talk to them and how to manipulate/persuade #and I like that his bros know this and often push him forward to do the talking if they wanna charm someone into doing what they want #I think Leo’s hope speeches are also an example of this - he’s saying what people really want to hear (and often it’s ALSO what they NEED) #the further the series goes on the higher Leo’s inner stress rises and he just keeps that chill aura anyway #there’s a reason!!! he wanted to go to a SPA so badly!! #literally the first thing he does when he gets in is rest #no joke meditation would do him good? like- it’s a Leo thing and I genuinely think rise leo would be no different here

[fuckyeahchinesefashion]

chinese guzhuang fashion

#young actress and actors are cornering the guzhuang market #that's why the industry is becoming more and more competitive #when it comes to guzhuang idol dramas/guouju古偶剧 with fantasy elements(like xianxia dramas) #cnetizens are bored with the same old faces #media has found that young actress and actors (20-27 years old) especially new pretty faces are more appealing to viewers #cnetizens can actually be mean to actress and actors (over 33 years old) cast as lead characters in guzhuang idol dramas #reasons is that lead characters are usually portrayed as teenagers or really young people #and the audience find it very weird to have middle-aged people cast such characters #especially scripts are usually adapted based on fictions #so fans of the novels would be furious about such casting #besides cnetizens want to see normal aging faces #but these shows always use excessive filters and PS #causing the midle-aged faces to be fake and weird #i once saw really mean comments on douyin for xianxia dramas casting middle-aged actress getting over one hundred thousand likes #actress and actors in zhengju正剧 guzhuang dramas or luodi落地 guzhuang dramas are not affected by this #like telling a realistic down-to-earth story or story inspired by real history or related to folks #and there is no fantasy or xianxia elements #china #fashion #chinese fashion #guzhuang #cdramas

[oifaaa]

Neutral about Alfred but didn’t he encourage Bruce to blame Jason for his own death? That’s kinda fucked up. Why doesn’t Jason have beef about that?

Alfred said some absolutely awful things towards Jason it's one of the reasons I've begun hating the whole "Alfred Jason besties" narrative they've been pushing in the comics more recently - but writers kinda want you to have a positive outlook towards Alfred especially since he died

#ask #anon #its petty but one of the final pushes for me becoming a alfred hate account #was multiple telling me after i posted that who taught the boys how to use a gun art #that it makes more sense for alfred to have taught them #like please stop #alfred is so up his own fucking ass #but yeah i was talking about my new open alfred hate with a friend yesterday #and they said the real reason why he gave all his money to dick #is bc hes the type of old person who is very obvious about who his favourites are #and that favourite is Dick

[saturnaous]

I think. Alphonse has a lot of dealings with disassociation and being in a body without nerves.

#fullmetal alchemist brotherhood #fma brotherhood #fmab #fullmetal alchemist #fma #alphonse elric #spenxer lou art #lou is an artist #sigh. this took three days despite the quality of it. I’ve honestly debated about posting it. #I’m not really great with comics but I’d like to get better so I’m pushing through it #grr. you can tell I desperately need to do a new hand study + actually use reference. but I don’t think they look. TOO terrible #all things considered. I had to change up one of the fingers in the third panel last minute so it looks. wonky. but whatever. #grr. . . I need to figure out new ways to lineart and render that like. . .look better #this is soo shoddy and thrown together for how much time is in it. grrr #moving on from my places to improve. I think Alphonse was heavily disassociated when he got bonded from both a lot of that trauma and #not being able to feel things properly as a big suit of armor but he’s gotten better over the years #And it’s another reason he got so shaken up by the idea of not being real. because he already doesn’t feel real so what if he truly isn’t? #anyways. sorry for all the tags. kiss kiss

[littlespoonevan]

the thing about romcoms is just- it's never meant to be 'is it believable?' but instead 'do you believe it?' do you believe these two characters are actually falling in love with each other??? do you believe their chemistry??? do you believe whatever obstacle is thrown in their way is legitimately something that might keep them apart for a time and not something that could be solved with one conversation?? do you believe that they believe they need to fake date for this very specific reason??? do you believe the reason why they're 'enemies' at the start, no matter how silly a misunderstanding it may be??? do you believe the grand romantic gesture fits the characters and is actually how one character would show their love to the other?? like!!!! it's about empathy and authenticity and feeling what the characters feel so strongly that even if it's a trope or a cliché it doesn't matter because you believe it

#this is what separates a good romcom from a bad romcom for me #if the conventions of the genre are used in a way that feels authentic to the characters then it'll never feel cheesy #one of my biggest pet peeves is some of the romcoms of the last decade who have this real 'we're not like other romcoms' energy #where they try to act like they're Different and move away from the usual tropes but it's shit bc that's not the point!!!! #those tropes and conventions are staples of the genre for a reason #it's how you utilise them and incorporate them that matters #like fuck me i hate action movies but i know if i go see one there's a 99% chance there'll be a car chase scene #bc that's usually a staple feature of an action movie and i mean idc but that's fine bc i know it has a function in the story to increase #the tension #and even at that someone who really loves action movies could probably tell me the difference between a good car chase scene & a subpar one #in the same way that just saying something is fake dating doesn't automatically make it good #but if i believe it and i'm in it with the characters? oh boy i'm about to feel so dELIGHTED for the next 90 minutes thank you so much #anyway i'm rewatching the lost city and every second of this movie is so silly in a fun way and fantastical but oH BOY DO I BELIEVE IT #mine

[squishosaur]

hey man. i'm just saying. why would we put inexperienced teenagers with over-inflated egos and obvious emotional issues into combat classes and make them claw their way to the top of their dorms and expect things to just run smoothly. who actually thought this

#the reason rsa doesn't have overblots is because they understand the joy and whimsy of life and friendship btw #LIKE. why is there no school counselor?? do you know how much time & resources & effort & TRAUMA we could have saved the students & #school from if ANYONE had reached out to riddle and was like 'hey are you alright i heard xyz and i wanted to let you know...' ESPECIALLY #since TREY LITERALLY TELLS US 'oh well here's the lowdown on her trauma this is Probably what is causing this' #or if someone sat down to tell leona 'hey! i'm rooting for you in ur magift(?) game! you're my fav player!!' AND LET HIM FEEL NOTICED #or if someone approached azul as an Equal to try to stop his plans. as a friend even. BEYOND A BUSINESS TRANSACTION #or if ANYBODY BUT ESPECIALLY KALIM was like 'jamil i think you should follow your passions and do something you enjoy today!!' or AT LEAST #let him know he was appreciated as a person NOT JUST FOR HIS WORK #'i know you're doing a lot today but i just wanted to thank you for how much Effort you put into this and..' etc etc etc #ERM.. IF ANYONE TREATED VIL LIKE A HUMAN BEING AND NOT A CELEBRITY??? or even 'hey i loved you in this film i was wondering if we could #do a play together or something..!!' AND LET HER TRY A TYPE OF CHARACTER SHE NEVER GOT THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE. and sing her praises. #if anyone reached out to idia beyond a 'hey the teacher said to come to class'/'get out of your bed and come to our housewarden meeting' #or even. IF ORTHO HIMSELF was like. 'you know it's not your fault... you didn't cause all of this. not really' OR SOMETHING #or if malleus ever got to experience a small firsthand loss AND WAS COMFORTED THROUGH IT. not just quick fix via magic. not replacing. just #GRIEVING SOMETHING??????? and wasn't feared by literally everyone #um. maybe the real twisted part is that all of this tragedy was easily preventable if we had a support system in place. #but idk. twst is a highschool. there's no support in real high school either. i'd probably overblot too if i could ajdjrjfinfdndjd #twst #chatter #LONG RAMBLE SORRY #yes overblots are essential to the plot. but also. do you know how frustrating it is watching the blot build up and sitting in silence. #I'M SORRY IK IF SOMETHING LIKE THIS WAS HAPPENING TO A GUY I JUST MET I WOULD PROBABLY NOT NOTICE.. but of it was my Friend or Housewarden.. #I'D ASK BRO.... I'D ASK ... UGHHHHHUUUHHHH #not that anyone would notice if *I* was about to lose it tbh #speaks volumes about our society o think #OKAY NOW I'M DONE FOR REAL

[aj-lenoire]

david didn’t become a preacher after the world ended because he found god. no one needed teachers anymore, no one was sending their kids off to school to learn math. the only way he could keep power and authority—and specifically power and authority over children—was by turning himself into a holy man.

#he’s terrifying for how real he is #i love cordyceps as an antagonist—it’s legitimately super interesting #but david’s evil is uncomfortably real #also #i cannot stress enough that david was not actually a holy man—he said himself he wasn’t a believer and became a pastor AFTER the outbreak #that’s the whole POINT of him—using an established institution of authority to hold on to power when the institution he WAS using collapsed #the last of us #the last of us 1x08 #aj watches #pro tip! no one who ever talks about ‘‘be fruitful and multiply’’ ever has anything good in mind #the reason there are so many irl abusers in the church is because it is an institution where questioning authority is an absolute no-no #when questioning some guy is seen as analogous to questioning god—that guy basically has carte blanche to tell people to do anything

[jpeg-dot-jpeg]

Robin: My name is Alvin

Kon: Bullshit. That name is so dorky, if it were real, you’d be too embarrassed to tell people

Robin, whose actually name is Timothy: .........

#the real reason he wouldnt tell them his name #Tim Drake #Kon-El #Bart Allen #Cassie Sandsmark #Greta Hayes #Robin #Superboy #Impulse #Wonder Girl #Secret #Young Just Us #Young Justice #comics #incorrect quotes #meanwhile bart in the background like 'timmy. what a stupid fucking name.' #yj98

[tthelady]

Something I never understood about the Liyue arc was why didn't they inform Childe of the gnosis plan?

I can't think of how Childe knowing of the plan would have changed anything. He would have still tested Liyue. He would have still done his plan. If anything, him knowing the plan would have allowed him to redirect his time and energy into making an even better plan to test Liyue.

Worse thing is they never really explain why Zhongli, Signora, and the Tsaritsa choose not to inform Childe of the plan. This information is just left there and never explained. This is definitely one of the loose ends of the Liyue arc that bug me a lot.

#like at least tell us why you left him in the dark 😭 #explain ur reasons #i think about this often and it leaves me so confused #like what was the reason??? #how did it benefit the plan??? #did it even benefit the plan?? #so many questions #all unanswered #genshin impact #genshin #childe #tartaglia #liyue #real talk

[robindaydream]

He's catching me up on the characters and story arcs

artfight attack of Ugly Finder (featuring Daydream) for @bananasmores

#artfight #mlp #oc pony #one of my favorite things I drew this year both for artistic and sentimental reasons #the concept of this one is he's telling me all about baseball cause I don't follow sports #we're catching a game in Horseton #I'm learning so much! #(I actually have been to several baseball games in real life) #(my dad is a huge Angels fan and he took us to games sometimes when I was a kid) #(but it was a long time ago haha) #(I have fond memories of nachos and of these huge moths that seemed to congregate at the stadium) #ANYWAY I spent more time on this one than on anything else I drew this year #cause I wanted to have a whole crowd of ponies watching the game with us #appleshy is there of course cause we both love them #the guy next to us with the heart cutie mark thinks the purple guy in front of him is really pretty #someone is having a little too much to drink #the kids in the front are really excited about a cool play that just happened #they are making a big mess with peanuts #the Manehattan fan in the lower left is wondering if he should leave early #art

[darlenicy]

and now just imagine, what would have happened if Riven just CALLED Darcy.

Riven: Hi Darcy, I got amazing news uwu Darcy: Ah, nice. What's it? Riven: Looks like Bloom ditched Sky! Darcy: Haha lol, what a victim. Riven: I always said that. uwu So how are you doing? Darcy: Busy, taking over the world. Call you back later. Riven: Do whatever you like, honey. See you later, bye <3

But instead, he went head over heels to cloud tower and gets ditched himself. 🤦‍♀️ A scene, I am not happy with but I'll focus on that in the next post in detail.

#like in DETAIL #very much detail #riven is such an idiot but i love him #like he thinks he has the BEST news ever and wants to tell his waifu face to face #that's actually so cute. he's dumbass in love #and you can't tell me his only reason he did not call or do the mental thing is because sky just used his phone #riven: what? sky called bloom? pffff how ridiculous! I go to SEE my gf like a REAL man - where's my flying motorcycle? #winx riven #winx darcy #riven x darcy #darcy x riven #darven #winx riven darcy #winx season 1 #1x19 #winx incorrect quotes #leni watches winx #driven #winx #winx club

[the-wayside]

Playing devil's advocate here since I don't disagree the editing was subpar but part of me always thinks, what's the point? Why are we here?

We expect Tharn to be the voice of reason because he's cooler-headed and the sane one in the relationship, but what if he's not?

Tharn has been on a frayed string this whole entire episode, taking hit after hit after hit. He's been alone, worrying about Phaya, trying to be strong for Phaya, trying to find information on his father's killer and he's lost his job. Then Phaya comes to him offering him not only sweet words but escapism. Escape from this god awful situation, these god awful feelings and instead to feel close and connected to the person he loves. He chooses to lose himself in Phaya because he's offering it.

Tharn is imperfect, the same way Phaya is. He's allowed to be so. Better editing could have brought clarity for sure, but I think Tharn's need to fall into Phaya was just as powerful if not more so than Phaya's revelation.

These two don't know how to function on a normal level. They're soulmates. It would not surprise me if Tharn had magic fic cock tbh. I'm trying to rationalize the irrational but it's fun.

#the sign the series #soz if there are mistakes i do not have my spectacles on so i can't see #i might play 35 reasons why phaya and tharn fuck until the editing tells us for real #I TELL YOU as bad as it is you will have to pry this show from my cold dead hands #i love her and i will not let anyone talk shit #you hear me?

[fromtheseventhhell]

I'm rewatching the season 8 of GOT, and it's amazing how it gets worse each time each time I notice a new inconsistency. the fact that the prophecy was for nothing, and how with arya killing the night king it made me understand that anyone could kill him, this person just had to have aegon's dagger in their hands like (???)

Why would you do that to yourself?? Forget rewatching, I haven't even watched the final episode (and I never will) 😭

The past few seasons of that show made no sense and I'm tired of people pretending otherwise. It was literally that "anyone could've killed him"; they just shuffled through characters to find one that "felt right" and even considered the Hound or Brienne. The only options should've been Jon or Dany, but Jon would've been "too obvious" (as though being able to tell where the plot is going is a bad thing) and Dany killing the Night King would've been "too heroic" for a character they desperately wanted to demonize. So we were left with...what we got, which really highlights how poorly D&D handled all of these characters. They made Arya's story all about being a fighter, erasing the majority of her development from the books, and then they didn't even make space for her to use those skills. Her face-changing skills never came up after she killed the Freys, she didn't carry out any actual assassinations (they didn't even consider sending her to kill Cersei?), and if they hadn't decided that she would kill the Night King she wouldn't have done anything significant. With the "Ed Sheeran was a surprise for Maisie's last season" thing I doubt they even initially planned for her to survive the entire time, which would've made her story even more pointless. They put no effort into writing her character and just did "whatever was most badass", but I'm supposed to believe that their writing for Arya is anywhere close to what George is writing for her 🥴

#ask #anon #arya stark #asoiaf #anti got #anti d&d #mind you the Night King doesn't even exist in the books but show stans swear that her arc in the books will be the same ✋🏾 #Arya barely even knows how to use a sword and has spent the majority of her time with the faceless men learning languages + #how to tell and detect lies + how to rule her face + learning about poisons + gathering information + using her senses etc. #but Arya haters ignore all of that and make her story all about being a warrior who can't think for herself #The real reason they cut all of that out of her story is because they wanted to prop Sansa up as /the smartest character/ #and Arya being written book accurate would've gotten in the way of that...the same reason they dumbed down Jon and Dany #everything was in service of making Sansa stand out and they ruined the show to do it 😭 #The final season being so poorly received + them being fired from Star Wars was karma #they even changed her helping with a coup at Harrenhal + planning her own escape...anything to remove her intelligence they were so hateful #and you can tell they planned this from the beginning with the changes they made to her character even from the very first episode #/I wanted to be a knight/ like they literally just rewrote her entire character to bend her around Sansa cause they didn't care about her