#there are worse problems in the world

[iqmmir]

I cant fucking do this anymore . I mean i wil but i cant

#.mimiming ❜ #whatever its literally not a big deal #there are worse problems in the world #i should like shut up forever and ever

[avrelia]

My Pet peeves in ATLA fandom

I have collected some of my fandom pet peeves and decided to post them here to exorcise my annoyance, so to say.

1) it goes across all fandoms really. But I am very tired of fan profiling.

- If fans like character A they must be Z

- If fans hate character B they must be Y

- if fans ship characters C and D together they are necessarily eat babies, abuse puppies and eat spinach.

No, it doesn’t work like that. Sure, there are trends and common markers, but any individual likes and dislikes stuff for various personal reasons. Sometimes characters simply remind of someone else in real life. Sometimes we cannot discern a reason at all. It is fun to ponder, but sweeping generalizations are usually harmful.

2) Now, this pet peeve is rather specific. I hate when people call Aang a monk.

He was raised by monks, that’s it. He never refers to himself as a monk, he is never called one in canon, but fandom collectively decided that all Air Nomads were monks and nuns, and had to abide by all the rules Earth religions set out for the monastic orders. I occasionally see people complaining Aang does not behave like a Catholic monk is supposed to. Of course he doesn’t. Why would he?

3) more on Aang. Is he a self-insert for Mike DiMartino?

Well, Mike said several times in the interviews Aang is based on him in some regards.

In the same interview, he and Bryan said Zuko is based on Bryan in some regards.

And well, Dante Basco occasionally melds into Zuko and nobody minds much.

Who is the biggest self-insert of them all?

4) Everything I learned about creative process on Avatar the Last Airbender seems to indicate that the process was cooperative to the degree surprising in the industry. It was Mike and Bryan’s story but they listened and learned from everyone who worked on the story. There were a lot of ideas flying around in the writing room, some writers like one thing, others another. Some of those ideas ended up in the series, some were thrown out. Normal working process. Why do people need to turn it into a giant conspiracy and all-out shipping war, is beyond me.

#atla #avatar the last aribender #atla fandom problems #my posts #honestly it is all not a big deal in the great scheme of things #there are worse problems in the world #but I am in a grumpy mood and want to complain in my blog of things that annoy me

[mcflymemes]

please don't mistake silence for hatred. please don't mistake unanswered plotting messages as indifference, or a lack of enthusiasm towards you. considering the ages of most roleplayers, many of us have bills to pay, families to take care of, medical conditions to treat, appointments to make, classes to take, homes to clean, and lives to live away from the computer that are far, far more important than writing on tumblr — life has a tendency to get in the way of hobbies and fun things like this. be patient with your fellow writers. if it doesn't work out, it doesn't work out. of course you can set your boundaries, keep your space comfortable, and softblock whoever you wish, but do so while recognizing it's probably not hatred or apathy that keeps them from leaping into your dms with message after message. they probably love this hobby just as much as you... but sometimes life gets in the way.

#rp psa #roleplay psa #rp help #roleplay help #roleplay advice #'the rpc has changed for the worse' that's your opinion #but have that opinion while also acknowledging the ages of those you write with #and recognize they have responsibilities and worlds to take care of #people who depend on them #financial strain. hardships. unemployment. housing problems #medical bills. local weather disasters #trauma in their life deaths in their family #you cannot expect instant messages or EXTREME enthusiasm from everyone in this community #when so many of us are also dealing with irl situations #that are MORE important than talking about our fictional characters meeting for the first time #would it be nice if we could all find a comfy balance #and put passion into this hobby like we did when we were younger? #oh sure!!!! but that's just not viable anymore

[tanglepelt]

Dc x dp idea 168

Flash messes with time, in doing so Danny ends up in a bad position.Danny was totally by coincidence summoned to clockworks towers. He gets back to see His parents way are now way big mad scientist. Like on the leagues watch list mad scientist. Like villainous mad scientist. But the two do hide there identities shockingly well.

Danny in this never had his accident. So his parents had enlisted his rouges to help cause chaos and mayhem. The world is now constantly pestered by ghost from the zone.

Phantom does not exist. No one is friends with jazz or Danny out of fear.

Jazz is the one to realize something is wrong, followed by the parents who want to forcibly make Danny help them, even if it means breaking him. Jazz helps Danny escape.

Danny had it and knows it has to be flashes fault. Clockwork has told him stories about flash, mainly to make fun of him. But it has to be his fault.

Cue Danny dragging jazz along to go yell at flash for messing with time. Flash has no idea who Danny is (he was small time Danny had avoided them). Danny is not having it at all just screaming at him about his parents being crazy, none of his friends being his friends and blames him for the ghost problem now facing the world.

#dpxdc #Danny is mad #jazz is confused #be fun if flash can’t fix it #as the world was worse before #Danny didn’t see how bad it was cause he was in the ghost zone #Danny now has a ghost problem to deal with #vlad is totally helping #he is down #the three would make a good villain trio #flash messes with time #but clockwork finds it funny the bulk of the time #clockwork was not letting Danny loose his powers and had him in his tower #that way the effects didn’t hit him

[autistic-katara]

leftist youtubers when queer jews who aren’t burning every magen david they see exist: “p-pinkwashing?!?!”

#not saying pinkwashing doesn’t exist #but like seriously in what world is calling a pride flag with the star of david on it pinkwashing NOT antisemitic? #like not all jews are israeli and not all israelis are pro-israel #i think of all people american and british leftists should understand that but yk that would require brits and americans to stop being #ultra self-centred and individualistic which is impossible for most of the people in those countries #(saying this as a british/scottish person it’s worse in england but it’s still a problem everywhere else) #idk just tired of unfollowing/unsubbing ppl bcz they think my existence is pro-israeli government yk #jumblr #antisemitism #queer antisemitism #queer jews #ryan shut the fuck up

[mysterycitrus]

whenever i think about the constant slog of world-changing, massive events that writers keep pumping into detective comics comics i think about miyazaki and his mastery of portraying ma in his films — breathing space amidst action and movement. nothing feels important if everything is important. there are no stakes when the world is ending every other week. those quiet moments between tragedy and loss — trainsurfing, eating lunch together, sitting quietly on page while the world isn’t on fire — feel smaller and smaller each year. let moments pause long enough to mean something

#something something accelerationism #also this has ALWAYS been a problem but i think looking at the events dc is pumping out now things have gotten worse #knight terrors and beast world in a calendar year of each other….. Bad #dc comics #spokes

[thedisablednaturalist]

People who are worried they aren't helping with climate change or any other big world problem bc they do something like make video games or art or are a cashier at a grocery store:

You are helping. You are making the art that helps me, an environmentalist actively working to restore biodiversity and ecosystems, get through each day. You are helping those of us on the front lines enjoy living or take a well-needed break. The person loading my groceries into my car is making it so I can eat that week and have enough energy to do my work. If you want to do more, you can volunteer, donate, and boost the voices of local community leaders working to protect and restore the local ecosystems, but don't feel bad if you can't. We are all in this together.

#the only people who should feel bad are the ones actively contributing to the problem more than anyone else is #i mean rich people who take private jets not you who threw away a plastic bottle instead of recycling it #and fill up their giant swimming pools during droughts (and dont even swim in them!!!) #i personally chose my field bc i didnt want to stand by as all this bad crap happened #and because i love being outdoors and i love critters #but everyone elses jobs are important too #even people who cant work are valuable bc you give us a reason to fight for a better world for you #eventually i may have to stop working if my health gets worse but that doesnt mean i wont be valuable #i hope this makes sense #ramble #conservation #environmentalism #save the earth

[wistfulwatcher]

You've been here for me in a way that no one has.

#yellowjackets #yellowjacketsedit #mistynatedit #natalie scatorccio #misty quigley #nataliescatorccioedit #mistyquigleyedit #mine #edit #* #evidence* #p r o o f #otp: you should be thanking me #otp #this set brought to you by the way my heart died at nat hearing travis felt like she made everything worse #meanwhile misty acts like nat is the answer to her prayers!!! #and then it snowballed bc misty is just THERE for her over and over and over again in ways she doesn't realize she's missing!! #real emotional about nat (presumably) overlooking that misty wouldn't/doesn't hurt her in any of the ways the rest of the world does #(not that the co-dependency of them isn't its own HUGE problem but it's the problem i wanna see gdi gimme that MEAT) #((*face in hands* - error on that last gif has been corrected. for the love of god please let me know when i do that crap guys))

[fictionadventurer]

The more I learn about Civil War politics, the more I'm convinced that Lincoln's most impressive and useful leadership trait was that he never let his pride get in the way of doing his job.

Other people in Lincoln's position would have come to Washington with something to prove. They'd have resented the insults and tried to disprove them. They'd have tried to seize power and credit, rejected help, spent a lot of time trying to reach a certain level of respect.

Lincoln's response to, "You're just a backwoods lawyer with no executive experience who makes too many dumb jokes," was pretty much always, "Yeah. And?" He had no interest in petty personal power plays. He had a country to run. There was a war on. It didn't matter what people thought of him so long as the job got done.

He was aware of his personal shortcomings and was always willing to accept advice and help from people who had more knowledge and experience in certain areas. He presided over a chaotic Cabinet full of abrasive personalities who thought they were better and smarter than him, but he kept working with them because they could get the job done. For example: Stanton was absolutely horrible to him when they were both working as lawyers. Just incredibly mean on a personal level. But when Lincoln needed someone to replace Cameron, he swallowed his pride and appointed Stanton as Secretary of War, where Stanton proceeded to be mean to everyone in the world, but he whipped that department into shape and kept it running efficiently through a very chaotic war. Pretty much no one except Lincoln would have been able to put up with that. He could put up with people who were personally difficult if they could do the job he needed them to do--which he was only able to do because his own ego didn't get in the way.

Lincoln's example is a prime demonstration of how humility isn't underrating yourself--it's being so secure in your own abilities and identity that you don't need to attack anyone or defend yourself to prove your worth. He knew his shortcomings, but he also knew his strengths. He was willing to give other people credit for successes and take blame upon himself for failures if it kept things running smoothly. He was secure enough in his own power that he could deal generously--but firmly--with people who tried to undermine him. In a city full of huge egos, in a profession that rewards puffed-up pride, that levelheaded humility is an extremely rare trait--which is what made it so impressive and effective.

#history is awesome #presidential talk #so i went to a teeny backwater thrift store today #their tiny history book section just happened to have an old lincoln biography #i opened to the page about the cabinet #which describes the situation like 'seward was calling himself premier and lording it over everyone' #'blair was causing problems everywhere' #'welles was insulting everyone in his diary and especially hated stanton grant and seward' #'and stanton hated absolutely everyone in the whole wide world' #and as i was reading this i was internally kicking my legs with excitement and cackling with glee because this is the good stuff #i don't know why but i love these horrible petty men #they're like a bunch of raccoons fighting over territory in a dumpster fire it's so great #i read the whole chapter right there in the store #and it impressed upon me yet again how impressive lincoln was to put up with all these guys #(the writer was a bit simplistic and made a lot of these guys come off as worse than they were) #(like he made seward sound like a complete incompetent when he was a pretty good secretary of state) #(he had some grandiose ideas but the man deserves a lot of credit for keeping england out of the war) #(but for a one-chapter summary of these guys it wasn't exactly wrong and it was a ton of fun) #i very much did not want another book especially another american history book #but it was only fifty cents and i have a pouch full of spare change #and the writer's style was so much fun that i decided to take the book with me #i don't plan to read the whole thing (i'm sick of lincoln bios) but it's fun to dip into for things like this #and i had to talk to you about it

[y-rhywbeth2]

Part of me looks at resist Durge and thinks "healing and happiness".

The other part of me looks at them and thinks "massive, bloody relapse". Maybe join a new horrible cult to fill the void left by Father.

I mean it's probably more of a journey wobbling between the two over the years and hopefully settling into "healing and happiness", but still.

#All this rage and pain and the taint burning in your blood that never washes out even after Father is removed/torn from you #Decades of pent up problems trying to fit into a new box where you're “good” and “normal” #For the sake of a world and life you don't fit into and weren't made or shaped for #All the horror and suffering that was for nothing because you threw everything you worked for away #No direction to channel it into or path to follow and no idea what you're doing #You have freedom to be angry about things and gods you weren't ever able to dare be angry at now #Sometimes you don't want healing: sometimes you want to go absolutely apeshit #It's like Act 1 Astarion experiencing freedom to make stupid horrible choices of his own but 1000 times worse #babbling #/durge #edgelord hours

[iamumbra195]

Don't you love it when you get back into your childhood hyper-fixation that you remember very fondly as an adult and realize how fucking depressing the actual story is now that you have the capacity to understand it beyond cool fighting and characters, humor, and awesome friendships?

#bleach #ichigo kurosaki #bleach 686 #every analysis I see makes me more and more upset #why does literally everyone in this story suck #how did Kubo make such dynamic characters only to slowly crush their souls more and more until we get the most unsatisfying ending EVER #I keep trying to get back into the manga/anime but I feel like a pit forms in my stomach every time I try to #I love the characters dearly but oh my god #the relationships and the way most of the characters interact just grates at my nerves #like every few months I'll read like twenty chapter of the manga #get back into the fandom #read some analysis #and then I'll start dislking it all over again #I need a happy ending #i need a better ending #please Kubo #I need the hell arc to completely dismantle the soul society and the whole world as they know it #I NEED CHANGE #I hate the regressing and stagnation of the soul society #I need them to be overthrown #I need the characters I love to become antagonists all over again #I need Ichigo to be enemies with the soul society again #i need rebellion #I need the soul society to be the greatest evil again because in the end #they are the source of nearly ALL the problems Ichigo and co. face in canon #I'm so tired of them being the lesser evil #I need them to fall apart #I need the characters to have genuinely good endings where they are happy rather than regressing back into the people they were at the star #of the story or even worse turning into the ppl they had sworn they would never become

[bl0rbohandbag]

I was going to say that Lilia was pleasantly wrong and that Malleus is nowhere near as bad as Mallenoa sounds, that he is actually pretty level-headed and calm despite having his moments and is considerably less temperamental and more mature than his mother but you know what. I forgot we are currently in this entire situation because of his selfish desire for everything to remain unchanging and poor emotional management to the point he overblotted and put not only Lilia but the entire NRC under a sleeping spell because of his unwiligness to engage with upsetting emotions and letting go of people he loves.

#his brilliant epiphany to lilia and mc leaving after seeing silver crying was literally #“huh. the answer to all my problems is obviously to hold everyone hostage while they slowly perish anyway due to dehydration + starvation” #huh. fuck me i guess. turns out he IS worse than mallenoa in a sense. #sometimes i forget how... childish?? malleus is; except his childish tantrums are very dangerous #which brings me to the point that yeah. malleus fucked everyone over; but he fucked over MC in particular #because they quite excitedly told him THE NIGHT BEFORE how they finally found a possible way back home #then he proceeds to trap them in a dream with everyone else preventing yuu the possibility of regaining their memories of their past life #or ever returning to their original world. #twst spoilers #twisted wonderland spoilers #disney twisted wonderland chapter 7 spoilers #twisted wonderland chapter 7 spoilers #malleus draconia #twisted wonderland #twst #disney twisted wonderland #disney twst #my posts

[sneez]

i used to talk about this a lot on twitter a few years ago but recently i’ve been thinking again about how little agency victor kain has both within the narrative and as an individual. specifically i think a lot about how his life after nina’s death is one in which he as a person plays very little role, and the fact that his duty as her husband (and as a kain) means that after she’s gone the nature of his family’s beliefs about the preservation of the soul keep him trapped by design in a grief that is necessarily all-consuming. if he wants to keep nina’s soul alive he can never progress beyond even the first stage of grief: every moment has to be dedicated to her and her memory; he has to be constantly reminded of her and the fact that she is dead. for him to move on would be for him to essentially kill her, so he can never even attempt to recover from her loss. his life has to revolve around the space where she was. in that way i see him as kind of a living shrine, a memorial whilst he’s alive and a vessel when he’s dead. his path is called the mistress! his entire life is explicitly devoted to someone who will take his body and return to life when he sacrifices himself for her! he’s working towards a utopia like the rest of his family, but who is it for? he lost his son in the pursuit of this thing which he will never get to see, and which seemingly never had a place for him at all. the kains’ utopia doesn’t even extend to their own.

all of this pains me particularly acutely because of how clear it is that victor does have interests and desires of his own, despite his implications that he is nothing more than a mouthpiece for his family. if you believe andrey, he doesn’t even want to be here: he wants to go back to the capital to finish his degree. i often see people talk about the kains as if they are one undifferentiated entity, but a lot of the quests ‘the kains’ give you are from victor, and i would argue that in most of those he is acting as an individual rather than necessarily a kain. he wants daniil to free the wrongfully imprisoned people; he acts against his family’s interests in rewarding clara for telling him about rubin. his letter to daniil on day 9 causes me agony for many reasons but in this context specifically because it doesn’t seem like he wants to die. georgiy appears pretty unfazed about being possessed by simon (although it’s georgiy so who knows) but victor, who has two children and has been one of the town’s rulers for presumably several decades, is telling a man he met just over a week ago that he is the only one to whom he can pass on anything meaningful. you could argue that he is just manipulating daniil here to persuade him to take up the kains’ cause, but i am of the opinion that he is being genuine in this case. he doesn’t want to die. he wants his family back again, but the only way they can be reunited is with his death. he wants to finish his degree. i am putting my head through walls

#pathologic #victor kain #ghost post #i havent put anything new in my posts tag in Uh Many months but ive been going insane in the brain about victor again recently so here i am #he causes me agony and pain!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! augh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #he is just so sad. the more you think about him as a character the worse it gets. he has to be depressed forever or his wife will die (2) #the kains are just so messed up as a family. they have so many problems. they are so cruel to themselves #i didnt even talk about how his children dont seem to care for him either. georgiy certainly doesnt seem to. hes isolated by design #i dont think i expressed myself very well here but i had to say something or my head would explode and come off #i do talk about this very often on my private twitter but i want to share my suffering and anguish with the world #holds out my hand. suffer about victor kain with me

[hwei]

saw a post on my FYP asking what apheIios's personality is for writing him and honestly I don't know if I can even begin to describe him and he's one of my fav characters

#hwhee talks #also depends on the skin for him since id say heartsteeI is quite a bit different from his runeterra personality #I have talked too much about him before but hes surprisingly gentle and kind #even kind of implied to be. passive #i dont wanna say push over because that has negative connotations but hes more of a Follower than a Leader #very much plays the role of a Weapon and does whats told and expected of him #man saying Dependent sounds like its a bad thing #but you guys get what i mean. #and gentle and compassionate and sympathetic to others and their existence and right to live. hes very respectful #i mean id say his biggest ''flaw'' (wouldn't say its a bad thing) is being emotional #openly weeping for people who want him and his people dead. crying when he has to take a life he doesnt want to #but feels obligated to bc thats his role and duty. the inner turmoil but always surrendering to his role as a Weapon #the usual ''the weapon has Emotions and cant act fully as a tool of death and harm'' trope but #in this case he always does carry out his missions. despite these feelings since he feels theres no other choice #and also battling the invisible battle nobody else sees of just flat out being in pain and agony #but he doesnt see himself worthy enough (human enough? deserving enough??) to complain about his situation #because of his duty and role #and probably also thinks of things like ''my sister has it worse right now so i cant complain'' etc etc #but there is the lighter undertones you can insert like him being a little weird or playful or funny #moments he can smile and take in the beauty of the world or make a really quirky weird joke #or weird gesture like drinking a bottle of vinegar or something #think its in character for him to be out of touch with social cues and socializing and talking to people to know whats Weird and Not Weird #the disconnect can be humorous #idk he strikes me as the type of guy who always surprises you if that makes sense #yeah this is an assassin but he still does something thatll take you off guard #i dont think hes secretive in the usual mysterious sense but he just keeps stuff to himself because his problems have no place in a world #where others have it harder. or when he has a job to do and stuff. theres no time for it #hes really skilled and smart but somehow even knowing that youd probably be shocked i think. do these words make sense. help #i think also having a rare hidden playful side makes him super cute and charming #like his taunt emote is so dang cute and unexpected nfskdbsksbskdh

[forcedhesitation]

that one bozo who made the gender swapped dame aylin mod: it's unrealistic for minorities to exist in this game because it's supposed to take place in medieval europe!!!!

aasimar, vampires, devils, and dragons aside....

bg3:

#bg3 #thoughts about media #where's the outrage over the existence of a 1950s québécois dish in a medieval european setting? hm?? #canada...canada doesn't exist in the forgotten realms. the land which this country occupies does- but the concept of the nation does not. #also! in the forgotten realms- bisexuality is the canonical norm and gender is much more complicated than just a clear cut binary. #several races have words in their languages specifically for transgender people. #and it's not viewed as strange in any way for someone to be transgender. transition is also super easy- as magic exists. #in fact. it's very probable that dame aylin CHOSE the form of a woman. based on what I've read- the divine can easily change their form. #and devils are all varying flavours of non-binary. primarily genderfluid it seems. it's totally normal for them to change form and pronouns #the majority of elven societies practice total gender equality- they do not see one gender as better/worse than the other in any way. #and bg3 actually does reflect the forgotten realms canon. pretty strongly. in this respect. #the illithid are genderless and referred to as such. your elven companions are all bisexual & polyamorous... #...duke stelmane has this title because it's a canonically genderless title. there is no use of sorceress/wizardess for the same reason. #and of course- your player character can swap gender & pronouns midway through the game and no one will care. at all. #like. for all the terrible problems with the forgotten realms- it's become FAR more aware of the fact that it's ridiculous for... #...a fantasy world to restrict gender and sexuality in the all-encompassing & discriminatory way that bigots demand. #also this isn't ammunition for anyone to pick on people who have lesbian/gay or straight tavs or durges. #my own main tav is a gay man.

[tenebsolis]

teeth are so fucking stupid like all that bacteria all that decay and you still haven’t found a way to adapt better. like it’s my fault I wasn’t encouraged to follow dental hygiene growing up now I have to suffer forever I think we should ban teeth. I wish we had ROCKS for teeth

#UGHHHHHH I FUCKING HATE TEETH #like okay whatever I have insurance now so I can fix my problems. Probablt. but im so fucking scared of doctors it’s so ughhhhhhhhh #I especially dislike dentists bc I can’t see what they’re doing in there #guys I’ve cured myself of cysts before why do I need a doctor right haha #complaining about something like this is such a first world problem but I fr only have one fear its doctors #UGHHHHHHHH delaying a dentist visit will only make things worse BUT I FUCKINF HATE DENTISTS SO MUCH