#the best of legacies uwu

[francesderwent]

I can’t take it anymore.

you realize, don’t you, that they haven’t made a good muppet retelling since 1996? I understand that Jim Henson had already died at that point, but a lot of the old guard was still deeply involved. and his son directed both A Muppet Christmas Carol and Muppet Treasure Island, and he hasn’t been involved in anything since, except in an executive producer role.

the Muppets themselves--the characters, the puppets--have a kind of magic. sure. but the fact that I haven’t seen anyone on here mention Muppets Most Wanted ever, let alone the NBC series or the Disney+ “improv” show, means that their magic has a limit. the story has to be told by somebody who gets it. the Muppet properties that we all know and love were made by a group of friends, many of whom had been working together for literal decades. you can’t just expect whoever’s calling the shots at Disney to throw Kermit and Gonzo into your favorite classic novel and create something of the same caliber, let alone with the same heart.

#the currently running Sesame Street might very well be good. I don't know. #but I'm pretty darn sure that the current muppet properties are heartless #jason segel's muppets was good! I'll give him that! but that was kind of a fluke?? #because the whole point of that was it was a nostalgia trip. it was bringing the band together ONE LAST TIME #it had amy adams in it for goodness sake #I know I'm being a pain in the ass #but every single day I sign into tumblr dot com and somebody is talking about a muppet retelling #and I DO NOT WANT that to happen because I feel like it would be everything we hate about the 'a modern retelling' trend #except it wouldn't just ruin a beloved classic novel it would ALSO ruin the muppets #part of understanding that 'stories told by friends who love each other' are the best stories #is accepting that you cannot make those stories go on forever #because they're inextricably connected to the love between the friends #i am sorry I am kind of a nerd about henson and co #and I feel like some of you take 'kermit is a real person to me uwu' a little fuckin far #kermit is NOT a real person #kermit was created by JIM FUCKING HENSON and any iteration which follows is a tribute to his work and his legacy #and like all things! eventually it's gonna get too far removed and it's not gonna be the same anymore #a kermit performed by somebody who never knew jim? I am simply not interested #in which cate tells stories

[angorwhosebabyisthis]

i keep having Thoughts about how in so many ways LL has so much potential to be a really hard-hitting, messy, no-punches-pulled exploration of what i call moral agency: not the agency to act on your beliefs, but the agency to have those beliefs at all. like, if you're being abused into internalizing a set of beliefs, or indoctrinated in such a way as to make you resistant to outside perspective, or having relevant information withheld from you even if you would be looking for it... you don't have nearly as much choice in the matter of what you believe as someone who isn't stuck in that position.

and like. the central antagonists alone are literally a massive, horrifically abusive cult that spans generations. and i really wish they had actually followed through on that, and done so with compassion for victims who might need to be held accountable, instead of treating them with hatred and dehumanization.

(and also, y'know. hadn't treated some characters who did bad things as if they had much, MUCH more agency, moral or otherwise, than they did at literally any point. COUGH FIVE COUGH COUGH COUGH)

there's just. so so so much interesting stuff to be dug into there, in a way that's deeply fundamental to the narrative where even a lot of stories about moral agency aren't, and i really wish i could scrape enough brain cells together to talk about it properly

#lorien legacies #LL mogadorians #LL number five #LL tag #LL crit tag #the really fucked up thing is how they only make the about-face to #'wow the idea that the mogs had their moral agency stripped away is tragic; evil; and violating' #when that is suddenly the ONLY bad thing that could possibly happen to them that Matters #they can go through genocide and starvation and horrific human rights abuses and be tortured in prison camps for the rest of their lives #explicitly INCLUDING THE CHILDREN. ALL OF THEM #but lol who give a shit as long as they believe the right things now. they deserve it anyway uwu #which gets a hundred times worse because what we see of adam ''giving them the ability to believe the right things'' in the end #SCREAMS cult. holy shit it screams cult so bad #and he explicitly says he doesn't care if his mom is in the camp because she'd suffer too #his reason for not wanting to see her again is that *she might believe the wrong thing still* #and rex fucks me up because his genuine compassion for other mogs and wanting to believe the best of them #ends up with him being presumably the first member of adam's fucking internment camp cult lmfao #which like. we see a dude's initiation involving carving off his head tattoos. rex has head tattoos. connect the dots 🙃 #the way this series handles moral agency is.......... very deeply horrifying. don't get me started on five or the vatborn #anyway. regardless there is so much ground to be explored here and i pray to the heavens for the brain cells to do it coherently #it is especially of interest to me as someone who grew up southern baptist lmao #the crit files #cults cw #religious abuse cw #genocide cw #mutilation cw #self-harm cw #fuck off adam #dyn: but i'm helping you anyway

[skaruresonic]

Spinning telling me about Netflixavania's impact on how CV is viewed by the mainstream reminds me of the fact that video games, for all of their advancements, still carry something of a stigma.

Particularly old games. Call me a crotchety old lady, but there's no respect for them. Not their history, their context, their legacy, or their preservation.

In addition to the revisionist narrative that "Sonic was always inconsistent" people invented in order to elevate spinoff media over the games, I'm reminded of how Silent Hill fans are now pushing this erroneous narrative that James shows little emotion because of "technical constraints," therefore erasing Team Silent's deliberate creative decisions. (Sato stated otherwise in a 2001 interview, fyi)

People will invent narratives to ingratiate their love of viddy games to the mainstream because in some capacity, games are still considered #cringe. It doesn't matter if it's an ongoing series (Sonic), a dead series (Castlevania) or a seminal work in its genre (Silent Hill), folks will still make absolute steaming horse shit up to devalue previously-lauded works. Suddenly Sonic is no longer good and has never been good. Suddenly Silent Hill 2 isn't a masterpiece or a giant of the survival horror genre; no, it's old, and therefore outdated, and the devs were only doing the best they could with what little they had, uwu poor lambs.

I literally had to stop watching a Silent Hill analyst because she too fell prey to the "technical limitations" cruft, suddenly making up flaws she'd never pointed out before for absolute bullshit reasons because she had decided to agree with the mainstream opinion that SH2 is now "obsolete" as a work of art.

I hate the ahistoricity, the revisionism. And it's so fucking xenophobic patronizing to the game devs, sending the message that despite their best efforts, they only made silly viddy games, while others are now taking the same material and elevating it to the status of Art(tm).

#respect viddy games or fall to my blade

[davekat-sucks]

Why do you dislike Davekat?

Part of it is how Davekat is executed in most fanon and as of recent for stuff like Post Retcon, Epilogues, and Homestuck^2/Beyond Canon, it ruins their character and the arcs they have were for nothing. Dave's arc was him letting his friends see his vulnerable side. That he doesn't always need to put up the cool kid act and be happy to finally meet the friends. That he can also be a hero too and move on from the supposed abuse he had to go through from Bro. Karkat is becoming a proper leader and fully succeeded his Ancestor's legacy to take down The Condesce. But now, they have been reduced to sad boys who only feel sorry for themselves that they had forgotten the other people around him. Remember when Dave was John's best friend? Or Karkat was close to people like Terezi, Sollux, and Kanaya? None of their friends mattered anymore by Act 6 and Post Retcon. Fanon especially makes them both uwu sad soft bois and deny some of the problematic stuff they had said or done. Like Dave saying the word retarded around Jade or Karkat using autistic as an insult towards Nepeta. They don't want to acknowledge that their boys can be dicks. They have to be perfect gay men who done nothing wrong in their lives. Davekat has been pandered to death by WhatPumpkin in order to gain traction, fans, and money since they know that's their only way to get attention. Even now, nothing sad happens to Davekat as Rosemary is in the drama bullshit for NTR cuckoldry. Davekat can't have drama like that. They are the main characters along with Rosemary. Who the fuck is John and Jade?

#homestuck #homestuck fandom #hs2 #homestuck 2 #homestuck^2 #homestuck2 #hs^2 #karkat vantas #dave strider #Homestuck Beyond Canon #HSBC #Davekat #Dave x Karkat #Karkat x Dave #KarDave #KatDave #Red Knight District

[see-arcane]

Do you have any writing tips that work for you?

I acknowledge that the first draft's probably going to suck.

There are probably holes in it and the same sentence repeated ten times and enough typos to make the dictionary gain enough sentience to cry in despair. That's fine. That's how first drafts are supposed to be. Future drafts exist to fix that. me @ me: Do Not Worry About the First Draft.

If I don't have to write in cold blood, I do not do it.

Unless I'm writing something on the clock for a job, I am writing for me, me, me. Scribbling is my hobby. My beloved terrible sandbox to play in. If I am not having fun building X Sandcastle, I pivot to Y Sandcastle. Because sometimes it's not always a matter of, 'Oh, you just want to get through the boring part to get to this neat scene!' Sometimes a story just loses its flavor in the moment. And if I'm not having a good time with it, oftentimes I'm writing garbage I'll end up deleting anyway. Not worth throwing that time away. No Fun? No Write.

I get inspired! (positive)

Reading or watching something with the Vibes I want for my current project gets my brain battery going. Sometimes I'll even catch myself going into 'parrot mode' to break through a writer's block by going, "Well, if it was happening in X Universe and using X Style of storytelling, what would it sound like?' And then I'm off.

I get inspired. (spite. loathing. hatred and bile unending.)

Being inspired to make something new in the footsteps of your most beloved storytellers: uwu🌸

Being inspired to make literally anything without inhibition, be it a story or a bowel movement, because either one would be a step up from the flaming legacy of horseshit inflicted on you by a Particular Piece of Media: owo 🔪

I can't stop. I can't stop.

I have two Word documents open right now. I have ten notebooks in use. I cannot go one (1) day without writing unless I am physically paralyzed with illness or pain, and even then I am thinking of Things I Will Write once I'm upright. My Muse is the most giving one around, but said giving is hitting like a waterfall and I am perpetually flattened into the Earth's crust by the sheer abundance of WRITE WRITE WRITE blasting into my head at all hours.

But on that note, one of the best things for my writing?

Forcing myself not to write.

Seriously.

Taking a break that involves Absolutely No Creation of Text is vital. Reading. Drawing. Watching a new movie. Making a meal that takes more effort than 'dumping some Cheerios and an apple in a bowl to eat next to the computer/notebook.' It all helps me unplug and not go insane with making scene after scene after scene. Writer Brain needs to cool off with Non-Writing things or it'll catch on fire*.

*Read: Lead to full burnout on a story that I genuinely wanted to work on. What a waste.

#my writing #writing about writing #may some of my nonsense help you in your own scribbling :3

[the-ninja-legacy-whip]

So I adore your worldbuilding and how you've mixed the worlds of the show and movie-

That being said, I'm curious how a three-way crossover between the legacyverse, the show, and the movie would go. Into the Ninjaverse, if you will

I'm not even gonna lie, I daydream about this all the time—

Show!Kai is Legacy!Kai but much more aggressive, while Movie!Kai is Legacy!Kai but more passive. They spend most of their time trying to puzzle out how they all wound up so different despite leading similar lives. Movie!Kai does have a conniption over Legacy!Kai once being friends with Chad (and not Show!Kai asking Legacy!Kai for dating tips gfdsgfd)

Show!Jay = Bastard!Jay and Movie!Jay= Uwu!Jay.......so, both are immensely jealous of Legacy!Jay who somehow gets the best of both worlds, on top of being able to teleport and fly consistently (but Legacy!Jay is the one that nearly loses an eye, so who's really losing here) (also, since Movie!Jay is actually single, Sunni starts rubbing her hands together like "my chance at LAST")

Legacy!Cole is vastly unimpressed with the other Coles (to him, one cares way too much while the other doesn't care nearly enough) and struggle to find common ground with each other since, unlike the Kais, their upbringings all turned out way, way different from each other (but of course all of them do unite in their passion for music/dancing)

Legacy!Zane learning that he has no mother (!!!) and that his father dies twice instead (!!!!!!) in Showverse, along with discovering just how robotic he is Movieverse, even without turning titanium. Multiple mental crises ensue.

All three versions of Nya are just chilling, although Show!Nya has some reservations about the other two "surrendering their independence" to be ninja, while Movie!Nya can't even fathom ever not wanting to be a ninja. Legacy!Nya sympathizes with both sides and thus is torn about her own decisions.

The only real sources of shock for the Lloyds are Legacy!Lloyd's op abilities and their age differences. Show!Lloyd is like 10 (if this is during the first half of S2), Legacy!Lloyd just turned 14, and Movie!Lloyd just turned 16, so their levels of life experience are quite different. They are, however, unified in the distress over their dad of course (and Show!Lloyd is a little envious of the other two getting to have their mom in their lives). Show and Movie agree that Legacy is probably the most terrifying out of the three of them, for reasons they can't quite explain why.

Jesse reveling in there being three Coles lmao, but then subsequently freaking out because he simply does not exist in Showverse (or worse, he's just that Fuchsia Ninja from Crystalized lmfao) and is basically useless in Movieverse. Legacy!Cole assures him that he is glad he gets to love have him in their universe tho.

Legacy!Olivia in outrage that there is no Shark Army in Showverse, and horrified at what does go down in the Movieverse. She is, however, a little distressed that her father (who is not her counterpart's father) is alive in Movieverse...but it's her alter-self that winds up getting killed. Whoa, man.

Legacy!Harumi getting real concerned when she can't find her Movie!counterpart, on top of how much worse Show!Harumi's life is than hers, against the odds. She starts dreading what *she's* gonna be in for, if her life can't seem to find peace in any universe–

Legacy!Antonia can't find her counterparts (as she believes they just haven't met their ninja yet, which technically isn't wrong) and thus has way more fun riling up everyone else and documenting all their difference. She also tends to play mediator for everyone else when things get out of hand

Harleigh, meanwhile: WHERE THE HELL AM I?!?!?! Show!Ronin: ...I think I just felt a disturbance in the forces that be

#INTO THE NINJAVERSE #ninjago #legacyverse #the ninja legacy whip #content tag

[doeg-box2006]

Guess what? Today is my birthday, which means I am officially turning 18. It marks the beginning of my journey into adulthood, I suppose...

I know this post is going to be a little long and some few vents here and there but, i want to express my gratitude for your support when I posted my (Not so best) first Eosd arrangement of Alice's stage. Initially, when I didn't have my laptop, and for my very dedicated early viewers who have been with me since the beginning of my channel. A fun fact for my newer viewers - I used to upload Gacha content (Yes, I used to be a silly cringy Gacha YouTuber! :3). Most of it consisted of cringy and unoriginal stories that I created, featuring a silly and bubbly half-dog boi named 'Doggy Sky,' who is still the mascot of this channel (now known as Skyon because he's like my child!). Many of my earlier works lacked originality as storytelling wasn't my strong suit teheh... It's unfortunate that these old videos are lost now. I wish I had archived them so I could revisit them and chuckle at my own cringy creations before deleting them. It's sad that a part of my channel history has disappeared...

[Also another fun fact about my channel's name, 'Derpy_UwU2006'. The name 'Derpy' is inspired by one of my favorite Mlp characters named Derpy, 'UwU' is a nod to my furry phase :P, and '2006' represents of course my birth year.]

One year comes by, I came across a specific Touhou arrangement called "A World Nightmares Never Seen Before" from Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom in the style of the 6th installment.

I really like how they arranged the theme! Afterwards, I wanted to listen to more arrangements done in that style. Soon enough, I discovered  @_boga0817 ​​​​'s channel from this video.

I was mesmerized by their amazing work in imitating this style! The more of their works I watched, the stronger my desire became to arrange like them. They heavily influence me to start my own Touhou arrangements. I have been following them since around 2020. Initially, I used to upload their unreleased or work-in-progress arrangements from their Google Drive. However, I realized it was wrong to take their work without consent and eventually deleted the uploads. Thanks again to  @_boga0817 ​​​​​ for inspiring me to arrange!✨

I just really adore the sound of the SD-90 in that classic Windows installment from this incredible franchise that has captured my interest for the past 6 years.

Anyways I would like to apologize for not uploading more arrangements as promised. Balancing personal life and dealing with burnout has made it challenging to keep up with my commitments. The whole idea of turning 18 is particularly overwhelming as it marks the end of my childhood, leading me to reflect on everything and feeling a bit depressed. I'm feeling very anxious about what the next chapter in my life will bring, filled with uncertainties about the future. I fear that I may end up feeling very lonely due to struggling with social interactions and lack of friends. Being alone most of the time has left me lacking in social skills and makes talking to people difficult for me... I simply want to express my gratitude to everyone for sticking with me through this journey. In 2024, despite the challenges I've faced, I am choosing to remain optimistic and envision a bright future ahead..!✨

To wrap up this post, here is a silly old drawing I made of Skyon.. In 2019! :3

#its my birthday #sketch #touhou #slight vent #touhou project #oc #i'm 18 now #idk #Youtube #Skyon #DoggySky #I don't how to feel about it

[lumiidragon]

Ok, so a few people wanted to hear me about Homecoming so here it is. I’m sure these subjects have been touched on plenty by other’s before, but here’s my opinions on Homecoming and why I just really, really disliked it. Warning for some heavy salted roads~

So of course let me start by saying Homecoming was actually awful. Literally the only good thing about Homecoming was the damn beautiful Berkian winter scenery and Nuffink the blessing and the night lights.

So let’s just start at the beginning. 10 years have gone by and yes indeed, the dragons are gone and have been gone. This is needless to say, a good while, but with the traditions, buildings, accessories, it’s shown that the dragons are still very much alive in the culture of Berk even so much as Hiccup’s household leaving fish just in case one of them come around again.

So then...why is Zephyr of all people suddenly obsessed with killing them?  I don’t know if the other kids of Berk were like this, but Hiccup’s kid of all people suddenly hate dragons and Hiccup and Astrid don’t really do anything to discourage this sudden dragon bloodlust other than “Oh boy, that’s not good. Oh, how about a pageant!” Berk is basically nuts over dragons even if they themselves are no longer apart of it. I don’t see why one outdated book changed all of this for Zephyr, especially if she’s apparently supposed to be really smart and cunning for her age.

The next big issue I had is this whole deal are the kids of Berk not knowing who Stoick is and is to the point of disrespecting his statue. Did Stoick’s name just die off after his death even though Berk still has plenty of people who actually knew him in person? Berkians respected Stoick long even after his death so I don’t see why the kids didn’t even know him, especially since viking culture has such strong values in telling tales of those who were greatly respected. Everyone loved Stoick too much to just stop talking about him to the point where kids thought his statues were just some rocks they could be little shits on and mistreat (even if it wasn’t Stoick’s honor, the parenting in this was horrible, man.

Along with Stoick, why is Gobber suddenly a blubbering, creeperishly obsessed old man over Stoick? He wasn’t like this 1 year after Stoick’s passing, so why is he 10 years after the case to the point to where anything about Stoick suddenly sends him into a breakdown? His whole character in this is obsessing over Stoick and it’s not in any endearing way.

Next bad ticket is the idea of the pageant. So you’re telling me that we couldn’t be happy with robbing Hiccup of his best friend, chances of ever flying again or being free? We actually have to scrub out his name and replace everything he fought tooth and nail over with Stoick all because Gobber has a weird obsession now? Stoick, the man who fought against Hiccup’s ideals more than anyone else on Berk? Stoick, the man who believed in Hiccup last when it came to the connection with dragons? Stoick, the man who was ready to actually disown Hiccup because of his friendship with Toothless? (yes, I know it was in Stoick’s blind anger, but in the end the worlds still came out and you can’t just take those back). No. I don’t think so. That’s cruely unfair to Hiccup, nothing Stoick would have wanted, and Gobber was even there to fight for Hiccup during these events. He should have been one of the last people to erase Hiccups greatest achievements. Then wife-of-the-year-Astrid is just all “dO iT fOr ThE kIdS, hIcCuP.”. Like, yes Hiccup, allow people to unfairly erase everything you ever did for every generation from here on for the UwU kids. Like what kind of wife actually tells her husband to let his legacy die in storytelling (the most important way to keep these legacies alive in viking culture) with a fucking smile on her face? I couldn’t help but feel like Astrid went from the badass we all new in HTTYD 1 & 2 to a Karen. What a downgrade. Gobber and Astrid should be horrifically ashamed of themselves and if Hiccup ever sticks up for himself, he’s just being overdramatic. Goals, I suppose?

Hiccup’s character is just reduced to the village idiot in Homecoming and its worthless pageant. So congratulations, Stoick gets to live on as the dragon hero while Hiccup will be remembered forever as the pathetic coward played by Tuffnut. Sure am glad he’s humble. 

So Berk’s next generation has already began to think that dragons are just scary monsters. Can’t wait to see what their next generation will be like. Good thing the dragons leaving are proving to work better the world I guess.

So then there’s the dragon’s side. Toothless is shown to actually miss Hiccup which is actually nice, but the Light Fury treats him like he’s daydreaming of going out to the bar with the boys instead of watching the kids and it’s actually concerning how she treats him when he’s just simply trying to tell his kids about his old best friend. I’ve seen it called toxic by others and I frankly agree. It’s almost like Toothless has to dream of her and her only or else she’s going to throw a tantrum and huff off so he can go apologize.

And poor Dart is bored to tears of the Hidden World. Like her father, she’s got a curious nature, but I’m sure she’s seen every rock and mushroom in her home more than twice and wants something new. Her seeing how much this human meant to her father coaxes her to take off with her brothers to find this human and reunite them. This sadly never actually happens, instead it just ends with Toothless and the Light Fury coming to scold and collect their kids, watch this pageant for a short bit, Toothless plays hero and finishes the show, then he and Zepher look deeply into each other’s eyes (because that’s all Toothless can do since THW) and then he fucks off without so much as trying to at least show Hiccup he’s doing alright (because I don’t care how good his tail is made, it’ll give out one day and no one will sadly be there to help him with it). My guess is that the Light Fury pouted until she got her way and left seeing as she looked at Zephyr with absolute disgust before flying off with the kids.

Toothless doesn’t bother with Hiccup at all afterwards and it’s left off at this pretend feel-good ending with Toothless and his family flying off in some Santa Claus recreation that just felt bland.

So yeah, that’s my basic complaints and I figured I should end it here cuz it’s gotten really long at this point, haha. So THW isn’t canon to me and Homecoming is even less so because it’s just a holiday cash-grab that has no real story-telling in it other than kids, Hiccup will never be remembered after his death, the other riders are props at this point, and the Light Fury hates humans because we have to go down that route despite her and Hiccup being on even grounds at the end of THW. Thanks for mining the salt mines with me.

#how to train your dragon #httyd #thw salt #httyd homecoming salt #//no one will ever convince me to like Homecoming and I don't want them to//

[historia-vitae-magistras]

good morning maam, can I please ask why Canadians aren't as notorious as Americans? you did the same things we did to Indians.

I'm not sure how you identify, but unless you're indigenous, 'indians' isn't the term you want to use for indigenous peoples. It's a dated, highly loaded and racist term in most contexts. Not to mention Indian is a nationality outside of North America. It's probably best to be as specific as you can in a local context but even in a broader way, that word is not what you should be using.

Moving on, to preface this, I am a white dual Canadian/American, so this is open to correction, and I will only be giving a very broad overview of my specialty as a librarian and archivist, media bias and information and research accessibility.

So to begin: notorious to who? The rest of the world outside of North America? That's because the US projects more soft power than Canada ever will. It is much the same for Australia, New Zealand or any other settler colony. We're all as fucked up, but it's American media that sets the narrative. And Americans and American politicians get to mouth off. There is a power difference that, for some reason, people like to equate to some uwu-esque quality to Canada, but it's not a reality so much as 'watch your mouth the Americans are twitchy' is. And Canada did its external imperialism in the form of the usual economic leverage in the north or otherwise under a British flag. So there's a certain difference in politeness but not kindness. Add that to the entire world seeing the fucked up things the US does. And you get a country that looks better. Plus, there's this weird thing where American liberals just, give Canadians the weirdest reputation of some sort of northern paradise, and there are key differences Canada does better on, but yeah, most of that 'reputation' has very little to do with Canadian reality as it does American perception.

In Canada, the history of the subjugation and genocide of First Nations peoples is just as well known to Canadians as that against Native Americans in the US, if not more so. As for why other human beings think it was 'better' in Canada or that the US is more 'notorious,' it comes down to rhetoric. Canada much more freely admits to these things, makes a big deal about apologizing and reconciliation, and there's generally more cultural and official acknowledgement. Indigenous issues are more visible in politics in Canada than they are in the US in many ways, but Canada, for the most part, isn't any better in policy. There's a lot of talk about the 'legacy' of imperialism in Canada and not much acknowledgement of the continuing policies in either country. So there might be something to be said about optics being more front-facing, but racism, deprivation, inequality, land theft and all the other facets of genocide are still very much in play in both countries.

If you want further reading, I'm happy to provide it.

#the ask box || probis pateo #research || sauntering through the stacks #history || that which makes us what we are

[jeysuso]

Right? We all know who it should be. With this narrative, their building, in any other circumstance, we know who it should be. Then you got these Cody fans frothing at the mouth saying, "Jey isn't a main event guy like Cody. He can't get over like Cody. Jey is a tag team guy. " Like, so wasn't Cody? WWE tried DESPERATELY to build Cody up before, and he couldn't hack it. He's only a "main event guy" because he started his own company and made himself one. Then they caught on to his Schtick and turned on him. He wears suits and hands out belts and built his character from a checklist he found on a how to be a babyface reddit forum. I need someone to ACTUALLY tell me why this guy deserves it besides having the keys to the kingdom thrown at him because nobody has caught on to how much of a try hard he is. People booed Roman for YEARS because he was "shoved down our throat.". How is Cody different?

Now, in Jey in Sami, you have two performers who have been with the company for years and have put in fantastic work whatever was given to them who have elevated THEMSELVES. Nobody starts at the main event. You work to get to that place, and that's how you get to that place. They've taken a story and ran with it. Some say Jey has only gotten to where he is because of Roman, but no, because if Jey wasn't the right guy and couldn't pull it off, this story would have fallen flat. It's not that Jey isn't the right guy. He just didn't have the chance. Everything about their rise is organic not try hard.

Sorry for the wall of text 😭

it's not even about jey. it's not even about sami. it's the fact that there are a dozen people who deserve the spot more than cody does, and cody's only there because of who his dad was and because vince wanted to piss off aew. he isn't good in the ring, he isn't good on the mic, and then you have someone like jey, like sami, like la knight, like seth, like sheamus, like drew, like kevin, like fucking matt riddle of all people who have more charisma in their little finger than cody has in his entire body, and yet they're not the ones getting shoved down everyone's throats. it's fucking embarrassing, bro. it's embarrassing because not only have they now involved him with dom so they can pretend he's over when people boo dom enough that he can't speak (even though they've been doing that to dom for months and it has fuck all to do with cody), they've also now re-involved him with sami and kevin because they're arguably (aside from seth) the biggest faces on raw right now. and then, on top of that, they've even started fucking interviewing him in front of the crowd? are you kidding me? nobody else gets that. nobody else gets interviewed by cathy in front of the crowd and yet he does. and it's because they fucking know he isn't as over as he was when he first came back because the novelty for a lot of people has worn thin, and the only people who give a fuck about him are children, dudebros who think guns should be legal and people who wanna fuck him. that's literally it. he isn't a main event guy, he'll never BE a main event guy, and it doesn't matter how fucking much he uses his father's legacy to push himself to the moon, he's shit. he sucks. he's barely even mid-card at best. and that isn't me sitting here as a little uwu jey fan because jey's earned his fucking flowers and then some so i don't need to be insecure about whether my fave is thriving or not because i fucking know he is. this is just a fact of life. yeah.

#anon ask #💜 #ask #if you're sorry about the wall of text then so am i lmao you caught me in a heated moment #cw: long post #my problems with cody go way beyond whether or not he's going to be the reason #the ending to this storyline sucks #it literally has nothing to do with jey and everything to do with the fact he's a chump #also i'm sorry but the people who think jey only got to where he is #because of roman #are fucking dumb. #the usos were popular while roman was still getting treated like shit by the company. #don't lie to me. #adrenaline in my soul this blog's anti cody rhodes

[capitateoftheherald]

steven universe has its problems and it’s not the best show of all time or anything, but it’s always going to hold a special place in my heart for its depictions of trauma and relationships.

future is the epitome of this, obviously, since the entire season is about steven suffering the longer term consequences of his childhood. he saved his friends, his family, the earth, the universe, and people are able to heal and build back together now -- but he’s not okay. it resonated with me; after years of dealing with an abusive father and an alcoholic mother, living in near poverty and partially ostracized from my peers for being different (undiagnosed mental illness, probable autism, subtle queerness, irreligious), i’m finally OUT of those situations, as much as i can be, but it almost feels worse now. you spend years of your life struggling to survive (for steven, literally) and get by each day, and when you “win”, it doesn’t even feel like the relief you sought for so long because your body and brain are still trained to stay vigilant and your emotional state is so completely fucked over from it all.

i basically grew up alongside steven, so it was so comforting and validating to see a show (a children’s show, at that) address the problems that follow you after you’re out of the weeds. you don’t just magically get better. you feel like something’s wrong with you, like you’re an ungrateful brat, because you still feel like shit even though you “should” be better.

i feel broken. steven’s broken. but he’s doing his best to make it work, even through the bad days -- i can do the same.

i loved the direction they went with pink diamond/rose, where as more and more is revealed about her, her character gets murkier. rose wasn’t a perfect angel -- pink diamond was a deeply flawed individual, shaped by her abusive family, that lashed out and hurt people around her. she was stunted emotionally and struggled with navigating genuine relationships, shown through spinel, pearl, and even greg. she did try to be good, in the end, but the legacy of this character that died before the show started remains a muddled mess to those closest to her, including the son she left behind, who has to answer for her mistakes.

i remember seeing a Boatload of hate for lapis in the heyday of the show, as if she were just purely evil and toxic and irredeemable, and that fucken hurt as someone with BPD who does weird, hurtful shit sometimes!!!! trauma does not always make you a little cutesy uwu sofd cinnamon roll with easy-to-digest issues!!!!!!!!! i may be a poor little meow meow but i have fangs and claws and sometimes i bite and scratch!!!!!!!!!! IT SUCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!! but i’m aware of it and i’m trying. lapis (and steven, for that matter) become aware of it and are trying.

idk. i think it’s good for kids to see this stuff. it was good for me, anyway.

#don't forget to put the papers out for jimmy! #steven universe #these ramblings are Disjointed #but so are my feelings in general B) #imagine SU posting in 2023

[joligarcon]

i cant possibly go over every single thing that bothers me about the whole hogwarts legacy debacle but one of the most annoying and hurtful things about it is the way cis people are seemingly incapable of Not making it about themselves and whether they are Good or Bad people for buying the game and playing it. like has it ever occurred to them that not everything in the world is about them? that maybe its not about whether they get to be Good People and feel like Good People or whether they are Ontologically Evil No Matter What? that maybe i have better things to do then to waste my fucking time and energy reassuring them that they are Good or convincing them that they are Bad? that maybe just maybe this is about the IMPACT of what they are doing when they line the pockets of one of the most notorious transphobes in recent history and help her maintain cultural relevancy by continuing to engage with her creative property? because yeah, when you do that, you ARE contributing to a culture of transphobia, and you ARE complicit, because JKR isn't some rando celebrity with views that happen to be problematic, she is literally using her money and influence to empower shitheads who have the means to strip us of our human rights, and to normalize their transphobia as well as that of the public who remains passive and complicit at best. and if me saying that makes you feel guilty or like i'm calling you a bad person, maybe sit down and reflect on it for a bit. because what you're experiencing is called cognitive dissonance and it's not my fucking problem to deal with. and if you're still going to play the game in spite of all of that, at LEAST have the decency to do it in secrecy and shame and not come begging your trans friends and acquaintances for validation that youre still Totally A Good Ally uwu because i promise you we don't care to listen to you justify why the nazi terf game is Fine Actually and that youre Totally Engaging With It Non-Problematically we really truly dont. trans people aren't the catholic church, we aren't here to give out indulgences. so either play another game or fuck off.

all of this applies to your jewish pals too btw, they don't want to hear about it either. because yeah, apparently it wasn't enough for JKR to be a terf, she also had to be a raging antisemite to spice things up!!

i dealt with cognitive dissonance and a LOT of guilt before i went vegan so it's not like i don't know what thats like. but you know what i did? i boycotted animal products instead of making it everybody's problem. i was privileged enough to have the option not to fund animal abuse so i stopped doing it. and i'm not saying i'm a bastion of animal rights and good virtue, quite the contrary. i know i'm not actually doing anything amazing by simply Eating Different Food, but that's kind of my point. even with just that the stakes were much higher than with a video game boycott- i had to give up the food that had kept me alive for 20 years. whereas with a video game there are NO stakes at all, you're not actually sacrificing anything by not playing it but yall cant even fucking do that. you don't need any level of privilege whatsoever to partake in the boycott and yet. it just makes me think yall are the absolute lousiest people on earth if you cant even bring yourselves to do 1/10th of the lousy stuff ive been doing for other causes because "but my childhood uwu"

it hurts so much because it feels like betrayal. or rather thats straight up what it is. thing whole thing sheds an ugly, ugly light on the pervasiveness of performative allyship and it makes me think the future of the trans rights movement is looking bleak as FUCK if all our supposed "allies" are willing to abandon us over a video game. a fucking video game.

and maybe some people just dont realize the extent to which JKR has a direct impact on the state of human rights for trans people and they think shes just a kooky problematic fave but i don't think that's an excuse either because we have been SCREAMING at you guys for YEARS about what kind of person she is and what she does so at this point if you're still not aware it's like, where the fuck have you been?

i just. i just cant wait until the day we move on from harry potter as a society and let it and JKR fade into obscurity forever. im sick and tired of having to hear and talk about her.

#wow this ended up way longer than i intended sorry. i just have many thoughts and feelings #also had a really rough week so. :(

[miam0re]

Hiii sorry to bother you but I'm looking for this fic that never fails to make me gush but I lost it, I was hoping you or someone might know. I think the title was "Ruin" it was a Childe fic, basically sum foul legacy fucking

andand I remember this one fic too a Kazuha one tho, Kazuha's friend (Tomo, I think) was pretending to sleep while listening to them fuck- thought you might enjoy that ;)

Hello hello anon my sweet

Ohhh that Childe fic sounds interesting but unfortunately I haven't written nor do I remember reading anything (i think i have read some foul legacy things but that was really long ago, mostly from @/seakicker ) if any of my gorgeous followers can recognise the Childe fic you want, i hope they can drop it down in the comments or my ask box 🥰

And speaking of the Kazuha fic... I think I've written something similar, if that's the one you're talking about 👀👀

Best Friend's Sister | Kazuha

Hope you have a wonderful day anon uwu

#mia.mail #mia.anon #that childe pic was so random I'm sorry xD

[poisonouswritings]

Wait r u a starkid fan??? (If not then pls ignore this uwu)

I'm gay and on Tumblr what do you think

No but on a legitimate note I've seen just about every Starkid show (not including the Tin Can Bros stuff because I can't fucking find it on YouTube) except for Ani, and I tried watching that but I'm not into Star Wars so it just fell very flat for me. I got into Starkid because of TGWDLM. I love the Hatchetfield series, Twisted, Trail to Oregon, and Holy Musical Batman. I liked Starship (absolutely loved Dylan's song in that) well enough but the ending was kinda bleh, and I just,, was not a massive fan of Firebringer or MAMD. They're fine enough but I probably wouldn't rewatch them. The Very Potter series was pretty good too but with everything that happened with JK Rowling I kinda distanced myself from it.

I ended up leaving the fandom for a bit because of the whole Robert Manion thing that I'm actually still not sure what exactly happened??? My mental health just could not deal with it at the time. But idk it sounds like stuff got resolved so ?? Idk. I know he got removed from NT2 to 'rebuild trust with the team/cast member in question' but apparently people are saying he's gonna come back for NPMD? If he does come back then I hope it's because everyone - including and especially the person he harassed - has agreed that they feel safe with him. I try to be optimistic in general and he did seem genuinely remorseful about what happened so,,, idk I'm not up to date enough to really have an opinion on all of that. It was a dark time for everyone for sure but I hope things are better.

Also I've been thinking about writing some Hatchetfield stuff and maybe messing with a Last Legacy/Hatchetfield crossover. You can throw some ideas at me if you want.

Anyways when NPMD comes out I will become a fucking monster and I apologize ahead of time.

Rant/Spoilers for Black Friday below because I have a lot of feelings about it:

Okay first and foremost I love Dylan Saunders and I love Kim Whalen but the Tom/Becky relationship was so whatever to me that I just,, didn't care about them tbh. The basic idea of it was sweet but idk!! I think the difference between them and Paul/Emma in TGWDLM (who I love) is that Paul and Emma kinda fell in love throughout the story whereas Tom and Becky kept bringing the plot to a complete grinding halt to do their shit. Take Me Back was just lackluster imo.

I loved Jeff Blim (as I always do lol) He is In A Hurry and him?? As fuckin uh??? Mister John McNamara????? ouGH I LOVE HIM 07. He makes me wanna take a solemn vow to become my best self now. I openly simp for him. He's just a fuckin spectral agent in the Black and White now and I hope he's fucking Wiley's shit up.

Also the way that Joey Richter's voice got all gruff when he said 'a gob of fucking lust'??? orz.

As a neurodivergent younger sibling with a well-meaning-but-sometimes-not-the-best-but-still-trying older sister and an abusive mother, Lex and Hannah hit me right in the chest. Especially because when we were younger my sister always talked about leaving home together. Absolutely loved Ethan but why can Robert Manion never survive the fucking show. Reversed!Ethan killed me and my heart broke for Hannah so bad.

My biggest gripe is that tOM SPENT THE ENTIRE FUCKING SHOW BEING LIKE 'OH I HAVE TO GET THIS DOLL FOR MY SON' AND THEN PAUL AND EMMA SHOW UP AT THE END LIKE 'HEY SHIT IS GOING CRAZY AND WE WERE GONNA RUN TO THE BUNKER BUT TIM REFUSED TO LEAVE YOU' AND INSTEAD OF GOING TO HIS SON (since Tim couldn't be in the group because yeah obviously Hannah needed to be there) (yes Tom would have missed the final number but it would have made way more narrative sense to the fucking character arc he'd been going through) HE STAYS AND GETS NUKED AND TIM DIES IN THAT FUCKING CAR ALL ALONE HAVING NEVER SEEN HIS DAD AGAIN AND I AM FROTHING AT THE FUCKING MOUTH. 'IF I FAIL YOU' GUESS WHAT TOM YOU FUCKING DID

#anon asks #ozzy answers #starkid

[hxdrostorm]

@masterofthehighgroud​ has sent: Questions Often Left Unanswered: Mun Edition 1 | 2 | 6 | 12

Questions Often Left Unanswered: Mun Edition [Accepting]

1. Are there any characters in your fandom or faceclaims you refuse to RP with? Who and why?

// My rules has a section showing the fandoms/communities I don’t want to interact or rp with! Here’s a reminder to it:

MLP, Homestuck, Undertale, Fnaf, League of Legends (Arcane won’t get a pass), Genshin Impact, Fnf, Disney and MCU (I’m debating on whether or not, I’ll give the comics a pass tho...)

Star wars stuff in specific.  I’m intimidated and iffy about Legends characters, simply because I’m still not 100% knowledgeable about it (I’m learning more and more about it). Kotor/jedi fallen order/any of the SW games... I’m also not well versed in them, so I’ll also be hesitant to interact with them. With all of these things said, here are my straight ‘no’s. Unless I’m well acquaintanced with the mun behind the muse, I’ll not write with any of the sequels era characters (As stated in my muses directory. Although I’ve watched the trilogy, I’m not entirely familiar with it, which contributes to my overall lack of interest in interacting with it). Then there are the Starcruiser hotel, and the theme park attractions which are at the very bottom of everything thus getting the biggest no (I don’t think I have to talk about how the vibes between those things, don’t fall in line with anything else within the SW universe, right? Nah man, y’all can keep and try to excuse the +6k dollar LARP mess [which I heard that Disney is looking to double the prices so Y I K E S])

And as I’m writing this: I also won’t RP with Andor muses, until the serie is over.

2. Are there any plot tropes you are sick of/refuse to RP? If so, what are they and why?

// I’m not a fan of those fix-it AUs. No matter what it may be about. ‘No order 66 palpie chokes on a croissant & the galaxy is all fine & dandy uwu AU’, ‘clones are just one big family & jango is their dad uwu AU’. I understand the desire for those types of plots for fanarts and fanfics, but when it comes RP? Killing off the tragedy in SW is the equivalent of, burning down SW’s very essence. Also I’ve noticed that with these plots, they always end up watering down so many things about SW. The name of the series is literally Star wars, the war IS meant to be ugly, I don’t think anyone should sugarcoat that.

6. Is there a character that the rest of your fandom adores that you just don’t like/are indifferent to? Who is the character and why?

// I think that the Kenobi series hype is long dead by now, SO I can finally say this, without sb coming out of the woodworks to crucify me for it. Reva was mediocre at best (the actress put on her best, it is just that the script she was handed to was bad. The odds were against her.). She most certainly wasn’t the worst thing that came out of the show, see young Leia (wtf did they do to thIS KID?) and Tala (who? I literally forgot about her 5 secs after her death).

I just wished that Lucas arts hadn’t wasted their time with fan-baiting, hate-baiting its audience, all while using Ingram as a meat-shield for every single criticism towards the show. And instead taken their time to properly iron out this character. BC as she currently stands? It’s bad... That pitiful attempt at a redemption? Yeah, it could use some MUCH needed work, instead of just slapping it on her then calling it a day. But I’ll take what we got, over whatever the drafted one had in it (Cody’s legacy is safe... For now...).

12. What’s your biggest pet peeve when it comes to the fandom you RP in?

// What’s up with all the weird anons me and many of my mutuals have been getting? I’ve never had to deal with anything like it, in all of my RPing years. What’s up with people not knowing how to use the block function, and blacklisting feature?

I’ve received multiple anons, whining about the fact I write cloneshipping. Or even having meltdowns over some of my HCs. I want to believe this is the result of how the search function on tumblr now operates, so it searches with anything that contains the searched words, instead of the tags. So, I’m chalking it up to being just strangers, finding my blog unaware of what this blog is about. But at the same time, there is a part of me that thinks I’ve received hate from actual RPers over that. BC god forbid, blocking sb and moving on with their day, is just too simple.

There is never a bad reason to not block someone. Even if it may sound silly in your mind, just block/filter out whatever is bugging you. It’s a whole lot better than hate-reading, or exposing yourself to shit you know that causes you discomfort.

#masterofthehighgroud #ooc / #thank you for the ask! #« fandom : star wars » #Would you like some salt in your tea?

[arcann]

Alright it's your turn.

How does Taigat deal with Alphinaud's depression in HW? Do they do anything different from game canon?

Do they have any big lingering regrets any time in the story?

What was Taigat's initial reaction and opinion when he was pulled to the first/explored the crystarium?

By then Taigat has been having the long fight with depression not projecting at all, nope and they have to figure out how to protect Alphinaud without making him feel like he's being coddled. They know it's a turning point for him and they're two very different people but they make sure Alphinaud knows they're there for him. Since Taigat starts as a dragoon they know Estinien already and are a bit nervous when Alphinaud takes to him but after their journey through Dravania they see that Alphinaud's mood change, retaking his best aspects from before the betrayal while still observing the people that surround him.

It's also kind of ironic that while Alphinaud is no longer melancholic by the time hws ends, Taigat no longer has a Zephirin to chase down so he's the one who's filled with sorrow. 🙃

- To name a few: Not taking good care of their mother as she got older and needed more support. Not focusing in any of his jobs by the time of Legacy (marauder/pugilist/conjurer). Losing their eye at such a young age for a viera. Not telling Minfilia how they felt. Forgiving Laurentius and inviting him to join the crystal braves. The entire ending of ARR is just a long "I should have done better for my friends, I should have figured out something was wrong" self-depreciation.

Haurchefant.

Taking some inspiration from your stb ideas bc i love them uwu: not saving the Ala Mhigan resistance's old guard especially Meffrid since he was so important to M'naago.

Letting Emet Selch attack their friends while they were at their most vulnerable. Allowing Ryne to be possessed by Shiva and later losing Gaia to Mitron.

In my Werlyt rewrite they're unable to save Alphonse and they feel terrible for it.

- Thinking about interdimensional travel on their own is too much. Later they ask Y'shtola who explains it further but at first they're just like "I'm in a purple forest in another dimension. Let's roll with it and try not to panic. My friends depend on me." They're very anxious by the time they take the trip through the crystarium. They were very despondent when being explained stuff and rushing to move on so they probably seemed rude to many people but they make up for it later on by helping the crystarium means. Bad first impressions all around but they truly wanted to make sure if their friends were safe. Just not enough to risk being completely rejected by the only people in the entire planet who seemed non hostile and well organized.

#thank uuuuuu 💜💜💜💜💜💜 #oc: taigat