Absolutely love the idea of Ganondorf actually genuinely trying to give advice, but he's just The Worst (affectionate). He's just awful and he's so babygirl about it
yeah!! tbh i think even in canon he is capable of feeling genuine love/care/sentimentality, if him having his swords engraved with the names of his mothers is any indication, or trying to care for tetra to some extent while she’s being held captive, but his life also just hasn’t been conducive to the kind of person who can communicate those things in a constructive way? and at best sometimes it comes out in the form of unsolicited advice, because he’s very self-centered and tends to project his own experiences onto other people. despite being otherwise really good at reading/interpreting other people’s emotions. if that makes any sense, lol
especially when he’s younger tho, i feel like he would have a tricky time parsing the difference between love & hatred? and keep conflating the two? so he ends up being kind of antagonistic to people he loves, and also has a tendency to try and make people despise him because he’s way more comfortable with being hated than being loved? and has this weird thing where he thinks gestures of genuine affection are inherently deceptive somehow? this is all just my personal feelings about him but yeah. im cracking his skull open like a walnut and poking around in there
So I am finally reading the throne of glass series and I’m currently tandem reading Empire of Storms and Tower of Dawn. I’ve been restraining myself from posting about it because I really don’t want any spoilers but I just have to say one thing:
They need to leave King Dorian Havillard alone…..
I’ve got to the part in EoS where Manon is a “prisoner” on their ship and Dorian went to see her one night. (Also that scene🥵) The next day Dorian’s like “we should let her out some” or something along those lines. And the way Aelin immediately shuts him down….infuriates me. Like he literally has to remind her that he’s just as much king as she is queen just for her to think of him as an equal. Also it pissed me off how everyone is so poised to defend Aelin (given they are her court) and yet no one (except Chaol in the southern continent) is there to defend Dorian. Like where is Dorian’s court?????
I just really felt the pain for Dorian in the moment cause it was almost like he couldn’t say a word without Rowan or Aedion or even like Fenrys at this point acting all defensive. Like why is Aelin’s word so sacred? Dorian’s even older than her and has been trained to be a king his whole life. I just really hated that they seemed to look down on Dorian and his opinion AND that it was like by the grace of god (being Aelin) that they even heard him out??? Like he hasn’t done anything to deserve that disrespect. If anything, he’s more good and pure than the rest of them and they’re looking down on him for it????
That’s my only rant I want to say before I’ve finished the whole series.
Hi I was wondering what you think about the whole Lizzo situation?
Well. It makes me really sad? It is HARD to find good fat representation in the entertainment industry. I really admired her, so this is extremely disappointing to me.
It’s also tough to watch people invoke anyone’s appearance into it. I’ll never forget how in 2015 I got my ass called out for saying something about tr*mp being a “lumpy dumpy POS” because we just should not be invoking someone’s appearance to insult them. So I’ve been real mindful about that ever since- and it’s been hard to watch others fall into that trap. You can be angry/disappointed at Lizzo without discussing her weight or her race, and I think people would do very well to remember that.
see, if i start donating plasma, i’ll have extra money to work with. but i’d only be able to donate in the morning. i hate getting up any earlier than 8am. these interests conflict.
i do unironically think the best artists of our generation are posting to get 20 notes and 3 reblogs btw. that fanfic with like 45 kudos is some of the best stuff ever written. those OCs you carry around have some of the richest backstories and worldbuilding someone has ever seen. please do not think that reaching only a few people when you post means your art isn't worth celebrating.
not romantic not platonic but a secret third thing [what would happen between earth and the moon if the earth stopped spinning as illustrated by xkcd randall munroe]
somehow instead of saying "as a treat", I've started using the phrase "for morale", as if my body is a ship and its crew, and I (the captain) have to keep us in high spirits, lest we suffer a mutiny in the coming days.
and so I will eat this small block of fancy cheese, for morale. I will take a break and drink some tea, for morale. I will pick up that weird bug, for morale.
I'm not sure if it helps, but it does entertain me
we cry "the innocent women and children" to appeal to the masses, to try and force their sympathy, but the men and boys are innocent too.
I have seen sons crying out for their mothers, their fathers, their siblings. I have seen them break down at the loss of their families. I have seen them cling to their dead and grieve.
I have seen fathers cradle their dead children, seen them kiss their faces and hold their little hands. I have seen them faint with grief when asked to identify the dead. I have seen them carry their sons and daughters. I have seen them fasting to provide what little they can for their families.
I have seen men and boys digging through the rubble with just their bare hands, I have seen them comforting strangers, playing with children, rocking them, hushing them, even if the face of such imminent danger. I have seen them cry, seen them grieve, seen them break down into each other's arms, seen them be selfless, beyond selfless, becoming something I don't have a word for.
I have seen the men who are doctors refuse to leave their patients, even when they have no medicine or supplies to give them, even when they're threatened with bombings. I have seen fathers who have lost all their children pick orphans up into their arms and proclaim them their child so they are not alone. I have seen men and boys digging pets out of the rubble.
the men are innocent too. the men and boys are being hurt and killed too. the men and boys are grieving too. the men and boys are scared too. the men and boys are fighting to save their people too. the men and boys deserve to be fought for too.
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1: Cheese Manakeesh (cheese pies)
2: Homemade Hummus w/ chicken koufta
3: Msakhan (the National dish of Palestine)
4: Sfeeha (meet pies)
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