#they really are opposites huh

[magicicephoenix]

happy national opposite day :)

#bendy and the ink machine #batim #bendy and the dark revival #batdr #bendy #audrey drew #wilson arch #nathan arch #joey drew #henry stein #the ink demon #alice angel #malice angel #beast bendy #have i. not posted beast bendy before? huh. #doodle dump #batdr opposite au #it’s not really a swap? just some core backstory stuff changed that made everything else spiral in different directions #why yes national opposite day is a thing. i was as surprised as you are (probably) #anyway yeah. i made a whole au for this (positive) (it was very fun) #you may ask about it if you desire. i have an outline and everything

[savaralyn2]

Dungeon Meshi - Ears

#dungeon meshi #delicious in dungeon #meshi #dm #elf #gnome #dwarf #half-foot #tallman #love how elf/gnome beauty standards for ears are the opposite #they really hate each other huh #ryoko kui #translation

[faeymouse]

How am I supposed just to wake up to Bill Wolkoff casually mentioning Tron Uprising on Twitter this morning and be expected to act normal about it

#links #tronblr #tron uprising #bill wolkoff #the way my dash on there has just been going in the complete opposite direction but my eyes zero in on this w laser accuracy during the #mindless scrolling. the fixation really do hyper huh

[withthewindinherfootsteps]

There are a lot of takes and tropes that bother me in the MDZS fandom, but don’t really bother me outside of it, and I’ve been wondering why that is for a while now. And I’ve come to the conclusion that it’s because of the way the MDZS universe, is portrayed, and the roles it plays in the story, when compared to those other pieces of media.

Because one thing I’ve noticed in fandoms I’m in is that people like having hope. Maybe bad things happened to the characters, yes, but surely there are lots of good people out there – maybe if something happens so that the abused character is brought up by them instead, things will turn out well! Or maybe if those people see what’s really happening with the misunderstood protagonist, everything will be ok!  

And it’s one thing to believe humanity is inherently good, or is inherently anything. And it’s definitely understandable that people want to believe that about humanity in a fictional universe, which can often function as a form of escapism But the thing with fictional universes is that they generally skew on one side of the spectrum, whether that side agrees with those views, or not. Pessimistic or optimistic, hopeful or hopeless.

And MDZS... is not an hopeful universe.

Now, that’s not saying there aren’t good people in it, or that we’re left with no possibility things could change for the better – the Juniors precisely embody that  hope! And a lot of the established characters are good people, it’s not saying it’s impossible. But generally, the view on society and societal structures, and the people inhabiting it from the top to the bottom, tends to be quite cynical. For evidence, just look at how all the clans reacted to the situation with Wei Wuxian and the Wen remnants, and how the one person who spoke up about it, Mianmian, was treated. I don’t think MDZS is making a case about how all leaders are corrupt, though some are, but it is making one about how most people will blindly follow the people in power and turn on anyone who opposes that, and how that can lead to mob mentality and false gossip and danger if that leader is corrupt. The fault and the problem is with the structures themselves. 

And because of that, it’s impossible to eliminate one thing that’s the problem. There’s no one person behind the state of the world, though some definitely take advantage of it, so you can’t get rid of Y factor in Z character’s life and make everything all right. For example, there are a lot of stories where Wei Wuxian is raised by the Lans or the Nies, and that somehow makes everything alright. And maybe something similar would work in other fandoms, where there is one nation or group of people that’s the problem – but the corruption here is society-deep. That would not solve the problem – the classism, the mob mentality, the dehumanisation and so on – because that’s how the world is going to be. Likewise, I also see AUs where people found out what the situation really was at the Burial Mounds and everyone went to band against the evil Jin Sect and help Wei Wuxian. But the Jins weren’t the only sect responsible, and if the sects didn’t know the situation before (though some people definitely did), they definitely knew after the siege – who threw the Wen remnants’ bodies into the Blood Pool, again? And that didn’t change their attitude at all. Because the Wens aren’t seen as human (there’s a reason they’re called Wen-dogs), they’re seen as less than that, and they’re seen as not deserving of life. Being ‘innocent’ doesn’t change that. 

Just because a similar premise works in other fandoms, where maybe there is one main thing that’s the problem, doesn’t mean it’ll work in all of them. And it certainly won’t here.

Again, the one person who spoke up in favour of Wei Wuxian protecting the Wens because maybe there was more to it? Ostracised. And in MDZS, people like Mianmian are most definitely presented as the exception, not the norm.

The MDZS world is not kind. And too much of the plot hinges on that for it to be easily changed.

(...And I do wonder if this thinking is a factor in people thinking Wei Wuxian rejects help too, or is bad at dealing with the situation involving the Wens, or the Golden Core, or anything else. Because if the world was kind, surely there wouldn’t be a reason not to ask for support, right? And because of that, people mistake his very sensible (and accurate) view of the clans in power for low self-esteem and being simple unwilling to ask.)

...This isn’t a condemnation of fix-its in MDZS. If you want to write one, great! But understand that in the universe you’re writing about, you can’t remove simply one thing, or one clan, or one person, and make everything ok. A story written with a premise like alternate clan adoption or people finding out what's actually happening can be great, if you remember the constraints of the universe you’re working within.

Some universes are hopeful, others are not. And you can’t have the same trope working exactly the same way in two on different ends of the spectrum.

#this is a REALLY meta meta huh #a meta on meta fandom culture... #...does that count or does it cancel out #also #this is NOT a comment on the human condition as a whole #maybe humans are inherently good maybe they're the opposite maybe they're nothing at all #but none of that affects how they're presented in the work of fiction you're engaging in #mdzs meta #cultivation world #i guess #or more accurately #The General State Of Humanity #fandom culture #mo dao zu shi #魔道祖师 #grandmaster of demonic cultivation #gdc #my meta

[ca-3]

Omori is probably the first game to ever make me cry,,

I'll do proper fan art later, I just wanted to try to interpret the characters in my style ✨️

#omori #omori game #omori fanart #i tried to mix my style along with the hand drawn lines vibe that the game has but its probably hard to tell here lol #omori sunny #omori basil #omori aubrey #omori hero #omori mari #omori kel #ca3 art #i redrew Hero and Kel the most lol i dont know why they were so difficult hzbzbzjs #mari and sunny were probably the easiest which is funny cause theyre the opposite sibling duo #i need to draw a proper fan art of mari later...one actually in color #aubrey really stands out here huh--

[marauderswolf22]

Sirius: *works out* Remus: oh, so you also heard that stretching helps in growing higher? Sirius: don't worry about it dear, but if you would do that the ceiling would not survive it

#READ THE TAGS PLS they would fight over with jokes abt their heigts all the time #but remember lovie all the heigts have benefiets and all are super cute! #i mean rlly #you worry ur too short? u can be that one unnoticed-agent friend/ good on some sports / REALLY good to hugs! #you worry ur too tall? u have easier be a model or stewardess/u can grab things for us shorties/ REALLY good to hugs #and remember too that every short person needs a tall one and the opposite #and im a shortie yeah #where is my tall one huh? #love ya <3 #marauders #sirius black #wolfstar #remus lupin #marauders headcanon #dead gay wizards #sirius being sirius #remus being remus #padfoot #moony #moony x padfoot #padfoot x moony #remus x sirius #sirius x remus #moony wormtail padfoot prongs #moony wormtail padfoot and prongs #marauders era #james & peter & remus & sirius #the mpww #the marauders era #the marauders

[transmasccofee]

13 for the ask game :3c

13. worst blorbofication

uhhhh am i Allowed to say Saiki when i 100% blorboify him too. like maybe it sounds dumb coming from me of all people but i think a lot of people will just (likely unconsciously) completely change his personality for the sake of making him more sympathetic or more like,, obviously/stereotypically traumatized? if that makes sense.? I see this more on youtube and ao3 ngl but i also occasionally see it here. I mean i love him maybe an unhealthy amount but he is also definitely an asshole lmao.

#asks #does this make sense #to clarify ive never really seen it from ppl i follow on here #but i occasionally bump into it while scrolling thru tags or reading fic or watching youtube videos and im just like. huh #i mean the opposite side is ppl making him a cruel and uncaring monster so i prefer the softboy characterization for sure but idk

[slaygentford]

Daniel, sorry still on this, really thinks he's living his gritty Anthony Bourdain intrepid white man spiraling into the platonic ideal of bret Easton ellis less than zero unironic fight club only to be stopped dead in his tracks by. whatever the fuck armand is

#can I say something. their dynamic is fr something I've never read before. freaks. #Dannys bewilderment and insane unspoken love + Armand's desire to vivisect him which to him is love in the highest form #and Daniel being like do whatever you want to me I'd let you swallow my heart whole and armand is like #IF SO THEN DANIEL. AWAKEN. is it true that you can speak with Siri? give me your cellular device #sorry. its insane to see Armand back in the 18th century being understood by no one and being like... oh wow #he really found himself an equal but opposite freak huh #sorry about long tags also. it's 2012 in my heart

[maraariana01]

@avalonianrising

yea hi hello i wanted to join the fun too :]

so here are my least numerous modern breeds that i have! (don't mind that 7/10 of them are fandragons haha)

note: for the sake of consistency (and my own sanity) i counted the unfinished projects i have as if they're finished.

so! it would seem i only have 1 bogsneak, 1 imperial and 2 tundras at the moment. huh!

still on the less side but not as bad, i have 3 mirrors and 3 ridgebacks!

i don't dislike any of the breeds btw, that's just how this turned out. (i plan to get more of them actually! i'd like them to be more consistent <3)

i initially wanted to count separately how many M and F dragons there are but some of them have silhouette scrolls and i wasn't sure how to count those ones! oh well!

this was still very fun!!!!

#on the opposite side of this. it seems the most abundant modern breed i have is uhhhhhh *checks notes* #faes?? #i guess i wasn't expecting that! i have a lot of little guys huh #and then second place goes to uhhhh #skydancers (not really surprised) and...snappers! apparently! huh. i didn't know i have that many! awesome :] #anyway i rambled for longer than i intended so i'll shut up now byeeee #flight rising

[imminent-danger-came]

4x02 Fallen Stars

Hmmmmmmmm.

#yeah putting your palm on an object related to Aaravos is just a normal thing for a mage to do hahaha #We're ramping up the parallels with these two huh #Raayllum if this is something you've caught before I'm sorry lol #This plus Claudia's wings plus Terry having an arc about coming to terms with killing someone (the opposite of Rayla's s1 arc) like #Oh no it's all coming together #tdp parallels #tdp s4 #the dragon prince #tdp #tdp callum #tdp claudia #When you are a character searching for that missing piece of yourself in magic fr fr #MAN THEY REALLY ARE SETTING UP FOR A CLAUDIA V CALLUM FIGHT NEXT SEASON HUH. #''Humans were born with nothing'' COME ON GIVE IT TO ME TDP #GIVE ME IT #or maybe not even next season but. Eventually. At one point. #My dream is a mage fight but if they have a philosophical confrontation with each other that would be good too #I mean they'll have something. #''We can just be here. Without words.'' ''What if we just didn't talk?'' LIKE OKAY. ALRIGHT. SURE. SURE WHATEVER

[redonionlover]

this is cute to me...

(source)

#rain world #rain world downpour #downpour spoilers #looks to the moon #five pebbles #my posts #they really are two sides of the same coin huh #opposite yet complimentary #moon slowly getting better while pebbles slowly gets worse :( #pebbles always trying to stay logical no matter what #sacrifices himself by metaphorically giving his heart to his friend #then moon talks about him potentially opening up to her if he wants to... #moon feeling like she has done wrong by him in the past and apologizing to him... #at the end their roles in the story essentially swapped #tragic platonic soulmates #THEIR RUBICON CONVERSATION HRRAAARGH #*dies from peak fiction* #okay i'll stop brainrotting now #btw this is dev commentary! i highly recommend checking it out #the same user also made another part #the linked post is part two i believe

[videogamelover99]

the fact that chuuya would pass the ada entrance exam with flying colours haunts me everyday, like you have this guy just willingly doing what fukuzawa tests for before hiring WHILE being with the pm is just

EXACTLY.

#fukuzawa: 'you have to be willing to risk your life to save people' #chuuya really chose the opposite profession huh #also that atsushi's idea of teaming up with the PM came from seeing Chuuya and his subordinates protecting citizens from Q's curse #GOLD #bsd #asks

[casiavium]

All of these "who has more anything gender!" polls are just. white man without extreme body builder muscles v white man without extreme body builder muscles. The gender is "masculine" stop pretending it's universal

#even worse is when it's 'tradionally feminine' v 'traditionally masculine (without super ripped muscles' and the notes are all #she's the opposite of gender he's THE only gender ever. #'gender' isn't even androgynous anymore it's just some guy #vent post #idk I'm just kind of 😬 about people not seeing binary girl or even predominantly feminine as 'gender' whatever the fuck that means #you like androgyny when it's on twinks but don't think the butch lesbian that only calls herself a woman is 'gender' huh #and something about genderfluid characters only ever being accepted when they're in their 'not cis' presentation (cough ze l da) #like..i consider myself genderfluid and sometimes have guy-adjacent euphoria days #(still think about everyone who he/hims me when I cosplay Link ❤️) #but... I get just as much when I'm wearing what's 'expected' of me like skirts and dresses and makeup and am seen as a girl #because a lot of times growing up i wasn't really included in the girl stuff but was still too girl for the boy things :/ #and I feel like. everything focuses on the andro of androgynous that they forget androgynous doesn't mean vaguely fem guy #it's like. shiek is winning the gender poll. but zelda wouldn't. even though they're the same person and one doesn't exist without the other #nonbinary but the binary isn't girl-boy it's trans-cis #nice dichotomy idiot #what lies outside of it

[akkivee]

just found out twst rook’s seiyuu is yotsutsuji’s stage actor and i was not prepared for that revelation to bludgeon me over the head this fine evening

#this is vee speaking #like now that i know i can hear it but??????????? huh????????????? #man????? i would have never assumed like rook and yotsutsuji are on waaaaay opposite ends of a character spectrum lmao #kinda creepy rook???? the tragic unsung hero yotsutsuji????? really????? #lol but they both stan a tall androgynous beauty who has an equally androgynous shortie that’s made their life difficult so are they RLY— #i wonder if they’ll let yotsutsuji’s stage actor be his seiyuu as well 🤔 #more twst hypmic crossover potential oh boy lmao #c: rook #c: yotsutsuji

[gayvampyr]

if you’re still discoursing about asexuals idk what to tell you. you’re a loser

#get over it #‘ah someone wants to call themself queer!!’ ok. cry #this may come as a shock but if you’re not attracted to the opposite gender you’re by definition not straight and therefore queer. it really #isn’t that hard to understand #i didn’t get called ‘queer’ and ‘dyke’ in school just so y’all could say im pretending to face queerphobia and oppression #so yeah log off and touch grass babes #aphobia #like i don’t understand how some of y’all can understand that a large part of lesbophobia comes from our unattraction to men and then in the #same breath say that asexuals aren’t oppressed for not liking the opposite gender. like the math ain’t mathin #you go from ‘cishets hate lesbians because they reject men!’ to ‘cishets are totally chill with aces even though they don’t like men’ #huh #and before anyone makes a fool of themselves in my notes i want it to be known that i am in fact a lesbo