#there are mitigating factors

[alizardjae]

Conquest Takumi is the most relatable FE character because I, too, would start killing if I had a migraine going on for that long and was 17

#i consider both of those conditions to be mitigating factors #anankos wouldn't even need to control me aside from just giving me headaches #fire emblem #fire emblem fates #takumi fire emblem #this post is a lie i did have years of migraines as a teenager and i didn't kill anyone #i just got really really depressed #with all that that implies #but the point still stands

[mitskijamie]

i love your takes on jamie and really want to know your thoughts on jamie’s “i’m flattered” when everyone was looking at him in the dressing room (if you haven’t talked about it before). like why does everyone think he’s the other gay in the room! why is he so cute and gives the perfect response to them speculating!

Thank you!!!!

Personally, I imagine that Jamie is bisexual and chooses not to come out to his larger circle because he just doesn't want to deal with it. The people closest to him know, and he doesn't care whether other people know or not. He's never sat down with the team and told them that he likes men, but he also checks Grindr in the locker room and doesn't really care if they notice yk. I think this is sort of in line with the way he said he wouldn't have sex with Beard because he's "not his type"-- he's not going to do a press conference talking about being bi or anything like that, it's just part of who he is and it comes up from time to time and people can make of that what they want.

So with that in mind I'd say his teammates probably think he's the ~other gay~ because of some combination of homophobic stereotypes they've absorbed from their hypermasculine environment (Jamie is notoriously a 'pretty boy' who is very invested in his appearance & spends a lot of time on personal grooming, for example, which is something a lot of straight men associate with gay men) and things Jamie has said/done in the past that indicate his bisexuality.

As for why he responded that way, I think he was actually a little uncomfortable being put on the spot like that in front of the entire team:

and didn't want to tell them he isn't gay, because he is (sort of) and he isn't trying to hide it, but at the same time that was a very tense and (again) uncomfortable situation and I'm sure that's not how he wanted to be outed to his entire workplace. So he chose to respond ambiguously instead of confirming or denying

#ask #jamie tartt #I've always thought Jamie is more comfortable in his sexuality than most ppl believe him to be. #I sincerely doubt georgie ever gave him a hard time about it at all and I think that was probably a huge mitigating factor against his dad

[bonefall]

Oooh, can you talk about the meta reason you rewrote the blizzard holly relationship and blackstar's backstory?

HOKAY

But I'm gonna preface this one; I hate Blackfoot's Reckoning. I think it's one of the most "solid" written books in the series and I still fucking hate it. I talk about authoritarianism on this blog a lot, and I think BFR was the one time that the series actually tried to textually address what they'd put on the page.

So TW for fascism, including discussion of an incredibly unfortunate quote from the book that is either an accidental or purposeful invocation of the Nuremberg Defense.

Blackfoot's Reckoning is a book that's supposed to delve into Blackfoot's backstory, what made him the cat he was during TPB. Throughout the book they're questioning, "what made him act the way he did?" And trying to drive home that Blackfoot needs to learn from his mistakes so that he doesn't repeat them

But, at the same time, they cling to their slimy Good and Evil dichotomy. So the book decides that Blackstar wasn't an Evil cat, no, he was just a Good Mislead Boy Who Loved His Clan. He's constantly lied to, mislead, people are murdered and he's duped into believing whoever gets framed, suppressing critical thought about his actions. They're trying to both write a "reckoning," but also make his motivations more sympathetic.

So in between questions of, "Is Blackstar really a Bad Boy?" and happy rewards for Blackstar when he goes through a memory, they've decided to shove in replays of Blackstar's most gruesome moments but this time he frowns :( and feels Guilty when he does them. In the eyes of the writers, if you feel sad doing hate crimes, that means there's a goodness inside of you actually.

And just like Clear Sky, all Blackstar "needed" was divine intervention. You can simply retcon in a "reckoning," even if it was never in the main series for the 10+ years the character was alive and active.

But it's not enough that Blackstar himself was getting a stupid retcondemption. No, see, they have to remind you that he was following evil people. The dichotomy inherently crunches away the nuance-- Good and Evil are inherent qualities. Tigerstar and Brokenstar are Evil People. Blackstar asks, "If I was following Evil People, what does that make me?"

The narrative concludes, "A Good Person, but mislead."

And because they can't have nuance with their Good and Evil dichotomy (or couldn't at the time), they failed to address the authoritarianism spectacularly. Think I'm reaching?

They literally wrote the Nuremberg Defense into their book. I'm not doing hyperbole, Blackstar word-for-word thinks the Nuremberg Defense, "I Was Just Following Orders," but then they bury it in a barrage of scenes showing he's Actually A Nice Guy who is Sad to do Bad Things. Either they attempted and failed to do something more meaningful with this book, OR they are so fucking stupid they accidentally included the famous Nazi officer legal defense for a character who DOES A HATE CRIME for a racist dictator.

What was IN TPB was a Blackstar who supported a massacre and expulsion against another group, was complicit in the use of child soldiers, and rehearsed a public execution for a mixed-race character. Like it or not, this is a really heavy subject... and what they decided to do was downplay every one of his actions, because he was good deep down.

And I just find that disgusting. This was ABSOLUTELY the wrong conclusion. They can't show Blackstar ACTUALLY being bigoted. They can't delve into REAL hate, or the idea that maybe he LIKED the power he had over people. Those are Evil People Things. He has to "know," deep down, that what he's doing is wrong.

He cannot have a real change, in spite of the title of the shitty book being Blackfoot's "RECKONING," because he is not bad to begin with.

So, Hollyflower and Blizzardwing.

To recap for everyone who didn't read BFR; Hollyflower is raising her three kits alone because Blizzardwing cheated on Featherstorm with her. Black only learns that he is an accident because he stayed up late one night and overheard an argument. By day, he gets bullied by Clawpaw specifically that he might be mixed-Clan and has to seethe over the truth he knows.

it's dumb. I'm sorry. This is dumb and boring, which is even worse

The war criminal was bullied as a child and that's why he did bad things :( He was good all along he was just sad :( shut up shut up shut up

The "bad environment" he was raised into was... having a single mom and being suspected of maybe being half-clan, but then learning that he isn't half-clan, and being indignant that he can't just share the information he knows about because it would make things complicated or something idk

None of this particularly contributes to his mindset as an adult because he does not HAVE a unique mindset as an adult.

He was just nebulously Sad and followed whatever strongman leader came along, constantly being tricked and bamboozled by outright lies.

"Omg WindClan killed Raggedstar >:0 ??? Oughhhhh that butters my biscuits... was it wrong that Brokenstar sent my baby nephew to battle? No, nevermind that thought that makes me uncomfortable :("

He never has any particular bigotries that were exploited, he was just tricked and mislead the entire time, while also being sad, because God Forbid Blackstar ever have been an 'evil cat'

He gets THANKED by his dead parents for keeping the secret??????????????????? girl ok.....

as usual the bully itself never really gets addressed

It was cheap and easy to just make Blackfoot's backstory the same shitty 'bullying' they write for most villains. This bullying is how he ends up bonding with Brokenkit, a villainous 5-year-old who says, "other cats don't matter" because he's eeeeeevil.

They're supposed to have a commonality connection, Blackstar who is Good Deep Down and Brokenstar who is Evil Deep Down, and that is supposed to serve as the reason why Blackstar willingly blinds himself to the incredibly obviously evil things that his superiors do.

His flaw isn't that he had bad intentions, it's that he didn't think.

FUCK that. FUCK this book. FUCK the Erins for trying to say that there are fundamentally good and bad people. That with the death of Tigerstar, of Brokenstar, of whoever, the society gets to return to 'peace' because now there's no Evil Tyrant to lead everyone astray.

The Erin's depictions of hard childhoods are sauceless. Dry, unbuttered, burnt bread. You want to see a BAD home environment? I'll SHOW you a bad home environment, not just a single teenager being rude. You wanna see the sorts of conditions that prime young people to joining radical causes for a sense of belonging? I'll GIVE you those conditions. Let's TALK about what bounces around in the head of people who aid and abet tyrants.

It's not this dumb ass sadboy shit I'll tell you that much

#warrior cats analysis #tw authoritarianism #tw fascism #bone babble #They were probably trying to address the sorts of people who do actually 'just follow orders' #but you can't DO that with a character who is in a POSITION OF POWER #That is a VERY different person from. say. a secretary or prison guard #Black is equivalent to some kind of General or Vice President position #And NO those people were NOT 'just following orders' that's why they hanged. That's why the defense didn't WORK #It's a MITIGATING FACTOR and it doesn't apply to ILLEGAL ORDERS #People as high up as this character were executed because they had power in this position YOU FOOLS #You can't be THIS high up and have no thoughts or underlying ideology

[nerdfighterwhatevernumbers]

Terfs are like “Hating AMABs is right because I was raped and it’s been healing”

like okay so are guys who were molested by men allowed to be homophobic?

are white women who were raped by moc allowed to be racist?

Can I start campaigning against feminists if I get assaulted by a woman?

I’m just trying to understand the rules here

#terfs #it's not healing if it's making you run a rage blog #i know you guys won't actually read the tags #but nb4 i'm guessing the response is 'people with penises have inherent power over women that gay men don't have over straights' #but like that's not true because Black men absolutely have less power than white women #so clearly one part of your identity can be a mitigating factor over the amab part of it #and with how much violence happens to trans women i'm psure gender identity is one of those factors

[datamodel-of-disaster]

Cw: personal, whine about art and writing and not knowing how to improve my writing so people will want to read it.

So... here's a confession:

I think my writing is good, actually.

This is an admission of defeat.

You see... no one likes my writing enough to stick with it.

So when I say I think my writing is good... I'm saying that I don't know how to make my work better. I don’t know why my writing doesn't hook people.

Comparing that to my art... well. My art is bad. I know it is bad, and I know what makes it so. I lack the ability to improve it, but I know what a more skilled person would do to fix it. I understand the flaws. This gives me peace: I can just focus on making art, with no hope or expectation of positive response from others.

With my writing?

I think it's good. And so, when it meets the cold indifference of others, it *hurts*.

I try to play it off as "haha I'm such a shitty writer lol" the same way I do with my art. But the truth is that while my art is genuinely not great... I don't think my writing is bad. I don't understand why people don't like my work. I can't instantly envision what a more skilled person would do to fix it.

I feel like such a pretentious shithead saying that, but I mean it in a decidedly negative way. I think my writing is good like someone tonedeaf might think they're a good singer. I can tell it must be bad because people don't enjoy it, but I don't understand why.

#disaster thoughts #disaster whines more like it #urgh #it's so stupid #but... #there is a limit to how many times you can shrug when people tell you your writing is lovely and then don't finish reading it #compliments are nice #but after a while they make you wanna go “IF IT IS LOVELY THEN WHY DID YOU NOT FINISH IT?” #this is not really about my current WIP tbh #it doesnt help that it's doing so badly #but I get that it's a niche fic in a tiny fandom #there's mitigating factors #this is about my writing in general #writing #writeblr #fanfic writing #fanfiction #writing problems

[torchwood-99]

Today I learned that "true" Brienne of Tarth fans don't want her finding love and romance, but that her real happy ending will be her living a life of devotion and duty to the pretty person who happens to be their fave.

Funny that.

#ASOIAF #Game of Thrones #Brienne of Tarth #jaime-x-Brienne #Braime #Brienne will always be a knight and a warrior and that matters #but it is also matters that she will find a reciprocal love based in partnership #don't kid yourself that being Sansa's servant is somehow better for her than finding love with Jaime your fave isn't that good #Jaime fought a bear for her Sansa would leave Brienne to be eaten if it was convenient for her #don't kid yourselves that you're doing her any favours by turning her into your (Sansa's) pet knight #the show got one mitigating factor in Brienne's endgame right #after losing Jaime her most important relationship was Podrick whom loved her like a younger brother or even a mother and she loved in turn #not a pairing of service but of friendship

[autogeneity]

ough guess I am regaining the sense of being Personally Responsible for all and sundry occurrences

but also not sure what I'm imagining I might have done about a clearly doped up man chasing another with brick in hand

#I have to assume for my sanity that he did not actually bash his skull in #in broad daylight. near a very busy area. #surely not right? but I do not Know. I did not follow them #I feel like anything I might have done would have as most likely outcome he'd turn on me instead which I don't have any defence for #maybe one day I will but right now I'd just up and die #maybe I could have run around for security or something idfk #m #cw scrupulosity #cw violence #might talk to instructors when classes resume what they advise for situations like this #anyway fuck man!! #also I should maybe stay inside. christ #I know festive season is a particularly dangerous time but man #people are everywhere!! how is this not a mitigating factor :/ I think it is an aggravating one? #the other day the bus driver was like oh shit did you see this guy just robbed that one on the sidewalk. right now #literally midday mid city #shit's so fucked

[vashtijoy]

Akechi and Joker are often presented as two sides of the same coin – their rivalry highlights the fact that, had circumstances been different, Akechi might have been a similar person to our main character. However, this is where all the character-building and setup for redemption comes to a screeching halt, and the wheels fall off the catbus. The main issue stems from Akechi’s motivations, and ideology; though the heroes challenge this, he never really changes. He never acknowledges that what he did was wrong, nor does he show any remorse for his actions. He is never presented as uncertain, reluctant or fearful. He’s certainly influenced by the adults in his life, but when left to his own devices, it’s unconvincing that he isn’t just as twisted.

#persona 5 #goro akechi #not sure i agree with all of this #but it's very good #specifically the game *does* make efforts to offer mitigating factors for akechi #and to downplay his acts #that devastating subway crash where nobody dies for instance #interesting to consider whether you can have a redemption through self-sacrifice #when the sacrifice survives #also i'll just say it #akechi is way more interesting for being so unrepentant #also p5r suggests he's looking for ways to atone through action #I see a lot of #he didn't say sorry so he's not sorry #and I don't think he is sorry #but come the fuck on y'all #that total waste of my time line is two edged #oh in my world you can stay with amamiya-kun and start to make amends for what you did #we know the first matters to some extent #but the second #how can he make any kind of atonement if he's not there? #as a brainwashed puppet? #it would be meaningless #a total waste of his time #if you don't interpret third semester aware that he knows he's dead from the start #you might as well not bother imo #like he's going to turn around to fucking *maruki* and bare his soul #and like #it's actually the same temptation maruki will later offer joker #and we see how well akechi takes that

[outofcontextkingofthehill]

>"man what kind of person accidentally reblogs niche emo band posts to their king of the hill blog"

>you post a selfie

>"oh that makes sense"

(the whole vibe looks great btw 🖤)

HA YEAH the answer to that first question is "30 year olds who never made it out of 2005 and have looked exactly like this since age 12". and thank you very much btw however are you calling mcr and fall out boy niche bands 😭

#if it's any kind of mitigating factor here not making it out of 2005 has kept me a KOTH stan at least #mayflydecember #correspondence

[realbeefman]

FOREMAN MOMMY ISSUES. THATS WHY I LIKE HIM SO MUCH. FUCK. MAKING CONNECTIONS DRAWING LINES

#REALIZATIONS. REVELATIONS #i should diagram it… #its the. mommy issues plus how i watched my pap suffer thru the same disease #thats at LEAST a major mitigating factor #plus super distant hyper religious father who isn’t there for him emotionally??? WHAT THE HELL HE’S LITERALLY JUST LIKE ME #foreman #personal

[musical-chick-13]

Ro Ramdin once again proving she is the Only youtuber.

#PLEASE THIS IS SO FUNNY #I FEEL THIS DEEP IN MY BONES LOOK AT EVERY SINGLE FICTIONAL MAN I'M ATTRACTED TO A;SLDFKAJS;LFKDF #(also the last irl man I was attracted to but. there were mitigating factors in that one)

[gothprentiss]

i slept so badly last night i have straight up just been in bed all day. like ive gotten up and done a series of tasks outside of my apartment but none of them are sticking in my memory. only Bed and Lying In It are penetrating the smooth surface of my consciousness rn

#i dont think ive ever slept this badly without like. illness as a mitigating factor. what the fuck

[basingstokemercury]

The youngest of the main cast having the most emotional intelligence is an interesting setup

#the julian bashir chronicles #the only time I remember him making a bad relationship/social decision was when he was drunk and being given dubious advice #(putting aside Tenor Moments for which youth is a mitigating factor in a way it's not for some others) #space station squad #deep space nine

[cithaerons]

tumblr poll of what i ought to do about this guy who. we went on date 1 three weeks ago, date 2 two weeks ago, on monday after date 2 (which was sunday) he says let’s meet again. i reply saying sure when are you free. on friday he tells me sorry for not getting back to you this weekend is going to be crazy let’s do a different time. and im like no problem. and he’s like great when are you free. i replied saying i could do the weekend after. no response. it is now tuesday. do i just leave it and be a cool girl or do i double text and if the latter what level of passive-aggressiveness do i employ

#the double text would NOT be today as it’s v-day #i think i’m probably getting ghosted but even if i’m not it’s probably not salvageable if he’s going to act like this #like if this is him two dates in when he should be courting me aggressively uhhh #context is he works insane hours in the film industry (like 12-16 hour days) on weekdays #slightly mitigating factor but not THAT mitigating

[thegrayascendancy-if]

just because you have figured out how to code a minigame doesn't mean you have to add it!

#and who's going to have to design assets for it huh? #you again #worse than that is that i have almost figured out mitigation for the frustration factor #twine is a quicksand

[bunnyb34r]

Was thinking ab my fatigue today bc I have to see my dr and he usually asks. I've come to the unfortunate conclusion that I'm at a solid 7 on the fatigue scale 😒

My usual is a 4 typically. Where if I push myself I can theoretically do it, but will need to prepare to crash for 20hrs straight the next day, but otherwise I'm tired during the day but it's typically low enough that I can do minor things when I'm home after work.

This shit sucks man

#hes gonna suggest we do shots every 2 weeks but doesnt factor in i have to drive 40min one way for each shot. so no. #and we did do 2x a month and it didnt change anything really #i need like 2x a week but to be able to inject myself honestly but im a coward and hate needles so id probably wuss out #not that they offer take homes #anyway it's frustrating bc ive done so much shit to try to mitigate my fatigue but it cycles and im in a relapse cycle 😒😒😒😒 #idk if thats the right word tho but you know what i mean where im going backwards progress wise #marquilla