#this is half in jest

[huachengsromcom]

People call Heaven Official’s Blessing / TGCF a slow burn but Hua Cheng is literally courting Xie Lian like they are DATING. Slow burn who??? They’re sleeping next to each other on straw mats and Xie Lian’s offering to cook him dinner and they’re bantering across THE HOME THEY SHARE like a bunch of desperate hussys

San Lang LEAVES XL WITH A KEEPSAKE OF THEIR TIME TOGETHER SLOW BURN WHOMST

They have A DATE in HC’s armoury where they HOLD HANDS and XL pets San Lang’s quivering sword I-

Hua Cheng basically throws himself at this man he’s like you want a sword?? All of them ?? You want ALL THE SWORDS?? Fuck it take the whole room THE WHOLE ROOM JUST COME VISIT I WILL CLEAN THEM FOR YOU

Like he isn’t the king of a whole realm with shit to do

And this is just the first half of the first book—again I ask the world SLOW BURN WHOMST

#this is half in jest #but #I know some people don’t count it as “real until they kiss but THIS is honestly so gay of them #it’s in the subtext it’s in everything THAT ISNT a kiss #it’s so queer #Hua Cheng is ALL IN XL is just too innocent to Grasp It #XL is saying “come round to my tiny shack whenever sleep on my mat with me BEST FRIEND I will be your home” and HC is SUFFERING #the armoury scene is favourite of the entire thing #I was like my brother in Christ HAVE YOU NO SHAME #and knew immediately I would love him forever #tgcf #heaven official's blessing #mxtx tgcf #hua cheng #xie lian #hualian #she’s being unhinged again

[monochromayhem]

I wish Zelda themed blogs knew the terror of a Revali fictive. I have not known peace since he entered my brain.

Lots of otherwise quiet moments are filled with commentary. He is relentlessly contrary when he complains. If I throw a foam block into a box at work and I miss, he’s the FIRST to speak up.

Like yes he cries over homemade jam because it’s a reminder of home but like… when it’s two in the morning and he wants to talk about the futility of seeking perfection i just want to bite him. —Chrome

#revali #chrome #pluralgang #endo safe #plural #this is half in jest #there are also times I appreciate our conversations

[jennablackmorebooks]

My goals for NaNoWriMo this year:

Remember the login to my NaNo account.

Write 10K words in a single day and burn out. I've never done that before. I want to be able to say that I have just for the sake of saying that I have. No time like the present to write 10K words in a day and burn out.

Hardly plan a thing. That might lead to self-revision, which might lead to not writing 10K words in one day and burning out, which is the goal.

Realise I have no emotional attachment to the thing I'm trying to write because it's not the book I released earlier in the year, which is the only set of my own characters I feel like focusing on lately.

Quit. Cite "busy school schedule" or "lack of energy" as the reason why, and not any of the above goals.

#NaNoWriMo #writeblr #writing #writers on tumblr #this is half in jest #i can't remember the last time i Tried at NaNo because last year I was partially through a book by November #and most other years i feel rotten by the time November hits #but I've never written 10K in a day before and i want a meaningless and detrimental goal to mash my braincells towards for the sake of it #i'm not hitting 50K on smth this month that's for sure

[florallychaotic]

I love Baldurs Gate 3. Love it!

It didn't have a 15 musical sequence that plays with the medium of video games and as a whole advances the idea of what video games can be, sorry not sorry, outlets that rank it above AW2 are wrong 😘

#this is half in jest #those are my thoughts but obviously more people played bg3 and theyre totally entitled to love that game #whatever makes you happy! #alli rambles chaotically with flowers

[fuckyeahchinesefashion]

BY 换谁不迷糊呀 (fyi, don't try chinese daoism 手印shouyin/指诀zhijue in a bold manner because↓

#china #video #fun #shouyin #zhijue #the practice of making a shouyin is called 结印jieyin #chinese culture #daoism #i think he is half in jest because of that doge emoji(is he? #so don't worry it probably will just cost you two years #not twenty

[kaladinkholins]

"why would you ship mizu and taigen together they're sooooo toxic ugh taigen is AWFUL and mizu should be with ME instead!!!"

of course they're toxic they're both deranged and terrible and that's why they're perfect for each other.

cuz like omg you think mizu would treat you well? mizu would abandon you. look at how she left ringo multiple times. ringo who treats her so well and is nothing but patient and caring and loyal. if you are insecure she will laugh at you because she has no social tact. look at how mikio said "it's a stupid dream" talking about his ambitions of regaining his honour and mizu straight up chuckles and tells him he's right because it IS a stupid dream. and at this point their relationship was cordial and she was even warming up to him!

like. arguably, taigen would be a better romantic partner (per the ideals of his time and culture of course), or at least he would be on paper. cuz i mean as a husband, as he is now, i think he'd be awful. but i'm talking about if you and him were dating or courting or just seeing each other romantically, he would be good to you. like we saw how he behaved with akemi and he was nothing but sweet and gentle. the very reason akemi wanted to marry him so bad was because she KNOWS without a doubt that he respects women and would treat her well. "oh but he cheated on her with the prostitutes while celebrating his engagement!" yeah but per the norms of the time and place, it was not considered cheating and akemi (as well as any wife or romantic partner of that period) would not have minded or even cared.

and yes taigen IS an asshole and he IS obnoxious but come on. so is mizu, if she is allowed to act like herself around you. mizu will tease you and mock you and challenge you and even poke at your insecurities (see:her goading mikio on even though he clearly did not view her teasing as light-hearted banter and took it all very personally). she would tell you to your face if she thinks you're being annoying (see:mizu rolling her eyes and telling akemi to straight up just "shut up" when she'd believed mizu had killed taigen).

mizu is not merely a hot and talented badass with a sword and the insane hyperfocus on her desire for revenge which literally drives her to withstand like, extreme amounts of damage and survive it. mizu is also flawed and the show does a good job at showcasing this, and showing us that she's not merely a victim but also a multilayered person. we see throughout that mizu is blunt and sarcastic and prideful.

oh what's that? oh right, very similar to taigen, who is also hot and talented with a sword and with insane hyperfocus on his desire to duel mizu and regain his honour. taigen who is also flawed (though, arguably, more so) as he is blunt and sarcastic and prideful.

the only thing that sets mizu and taigen apart is the fact that taigen is a man and is not mixed race, which thus affects their positions in society and how people perceive them. these are external factors. taigen being a boy who is not blue-eyed allowed him to easily mingle with the other kids in the village, all of whom were similarly fed the same prejudiced values which led them to gang up against mizu and bully her.

but take all that away. strip them down to the bare essentials. suddenly it's like they are the same person copy and pasted.

and that's what makes them even more interesting. yes absolutely they would be toxic. whatever souls are made of, mizu's and taigen's are the same (derogatory). and we literally see them fight all the time!!!! but the thing is they are both deranged when it comes to this.

do you get me. they both literally get turned on by sparring. mizu's whole spar with mikio was her way of flirting. just look at how she smirked at him and said "unsheathe it" like it's clear that this is an innuendo of not just unsheathing his weapon but also what's in his pants. then during the chopsticks fight with taigen in the snow, despite mizu literally being injured and taigen trying to attack her, mizu gets attracted to him. meanwhile taigen got a boner after wrestling with her in the forge.

taigen goes around saying he wants to kill mizu to regain his honour but he still literally risks life and limb for her constantly. mizu gives ringo stomach ulcers by going around flinging herself into near-death situations 24/7. she ups and leaves her beloved swordfather with barely a goodbye twice to pursue her batshit far-fetched quest for revenge (against people she doesn't even KNOW btw because she literally starts off with practically No Leads and not even knowing the NAMES of the white men who are her maybe-fathers).

these bitches are crazy and you know what good for them. that shit needs to be contained and quarantined though and that's why in that sense they would be good together.

i want to put them both in a jar and shake it very hard and see what happens. personally i think they will argue and insult each other while working perfectly in sync with each other to break out of the jar and then proceed to kill me and make out sloppy style over my dead body while they're both covered in blood.

like that's it that's the dynamic. send post.

#this is written half in jest btw dont take it too seriously. ppl can dislike what they want and ship x reader if they like #what annoys me is just when ppl are being rude about other ppl's ships like. unprovoked. like girl.... #taimizu #taigen x mizu #mizu x taigen #blue eye samurai #im active on twitter again and the algorithm keeps putting bad takes on my tl against my will !!! #also yes i am aware im saying all this while writinf a tender yearning-filled slowburn fic of them #bcs i DO want them to be gentle. definitely i do. but that comes muuuuuuch later after they both wear each other's edges down ykwim #bcs if they get together any time soon they will literally be a flaming hot mess #sexy hot mess tho #but a mess nonetheless #they have the range! love them for that #fandom.rtf #shut up haydar #wank.mp3 #kinda #might delete later

[rebouks]

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Courtney: What..? Oscar: Am I not allowed to enjoy my wife’s smile? Courtney: I suppose so. [Oscar beamed, gladly returning Courtney’s smirk. He couldn’t put into words how relieved he was that she was feeling better; he’d been more worried than he cared to admit for a while now, so it was beyond pleasing to see the familiar twinkle in her eyes once again] Courtney: I still feel so guilty about-… Oscar: I’ve told you, that’s forbidden. Courtney: You’ve had to deal with so much on your own recently though, you must be exhausted. Oscar: Psh, I can do it all… Courtney: [snorts] I’m serious! Oscar: C’mon, Cookie.. how much shit have I put you through over the years? It’s only fair. Courtney: It’s not about being fair, I just feel bad because-… Oscar: Well, I’m telling you not to. Courtney: But-… [Oscar interrupted Courtney the best way he knew how, softly bopping her nose with his afterward] Oscar: I know, but it’s okay.. all I’ve ever wanted is for you to be happy, if that means doing a two-person job on my own for a while, then so be it. You’d only do the same. Courtney: I want to be happy too, I’ve been missing out on what makes me happy… I’m tired of crying and moping and feeling so.. bleh. Oscar: You don’t feel so bleh right now, do you? Courtney: No, but-… Oscar: But denied! One day at a time n’ all that. [Courtney scoffed with fond amusement; it was pointless arguing with Oscar sometimes-.. most of the time, actually] Oscar: In sickness and in health, right? That includes the smooth jelly sloshing around in there. Courtney: Did you just call me smooth brained? Oscar: Maybe. [Robin was glad his parents were enjoying themselves, but he knew where this was headed, and he’d rather be somewhere else until they were done. If he was quick about it, they probably wouldn’t even notice]

#ts4 #sims 4 #simblr #ts4 story #sims story #forever in between #fib #oscar finch #courtney finch #robin finch #oscar loves his smooth brained wife sm 🧠 #aahaksjdk #obviously he jests #they're such couple goals tho waaaaah #but yes.. run away robin!! #at least for half an hour to an hour anyway... #😂

[carlyraejepsans]

ppl already terribly misinterpret sans do you want him to have the morally grey female character treatment too

i don't give a crap can you imagine the glados level cat 5 lesbian event the "dead where you stand" scene alone would cause? the trope subversion of the worn-down, nihilistic bar sleaze male character archetype that he represents? soriel yuri? does anyone fucking care about soriel yuri???

#if there is one constant in fandom it's that female characters are treated like crap and passed over the male ones #because we live in a sexist misogynistic society and as any other social space fandom is going to present those social biases as well #now are you going to be a PUSSY and let that stop you from making female characters that FUCK HARD??? #or are you picking up your gotdang gun and fighting the yuri war with us #i am half kidding i know this ask was sent in jest #but also i am 100% serious it would all be worth it it would be world changing it would be a better timeline than ours #answered asks #sans #undertale

[overleftdown]

farleigh start and racism; oh boy.

(some people are going to find this post really annoying. some people are like felix catton.)

read this.

just some thoughts from the perspective of a person of color who is slightly too obsessed with this character. this movie leaves the viewer a lot of wiggle room to interpret how dynamics such as race and privilege come into play. there are certain parallels between this movie and the real world, and how unnoticeable white privilege tends to be for white people.

lemme lay some groundwork. from what i understand, the most prevalent form of racism and white privilege within upper- and middle-class circles is implicit bias. this is racist conceptualization that subconsciously interacts with one's perception of society and people. implicit bias is often externalized through microaggressions, differences in treatment and language towards a marginalized person, misplaced guilt or pity, and persistent denial of any existing privilege or marginalization. most of these biases are also founded on stereotypes. some racial stereotypes are heightening (e.g. asians are all smart) and some are lowering (e.g. black people are all lazy). all stereotypes are harmful. i'm going to discuss some of the stereotypes that could theoretically interact within the saltburn canon, as well as some things i've noticed within viewers. can of worms, to be honest. boutta get INTO IT.

to use one of my externalization examples, let's discuss (or, more accurately, let me discuss) the denial of existing privilege or marginalization. this is a subconscious way to uphold a sense of morality, effectively avoiding "white guilt," so to speak. as is clearly presented to us, the cattons are very attached to their methods of upholding their own self-righteousness. saviorism is a common theme within both elspeth and felix. in oliver's conversation with elspeth about poor dear pamela, you can see that oliver recognizes elspeth's need to justify her actions in an attempt to preserve her sense of decency. one can only assume that this applies to how they view farleigh's relationship with them. there's more to talk about there, but i'd like to start with the only overt mention of race in this movie.

in felix's confrontation with farleigh, farleigh makes the bold and brave decision to mention his blackness. i call this brave because it's genuinely a terrifying thing to do, and the end of this conversation is proof. "oh, that is... that is low, farleigh. seriously, that's where you want to take this? make it a race thing? i never know our footman's names; the turnover for a footman is notoriously high!" we have felix's intentional or unintentional shaming of farleigh. we have felix's appalled denial of any involvement of race or racial bias. we have felix's diversion away from farleigh specifically and onto his own inability to know his staff's names. felix made no further attempt to recenter farleigh, aside from telling him that the cattons have "done what they can." (which is SO absurd on its own. they are clearly and obviously able to do more. they are disgustingly rich). farleigh does feel ashamed after felix's response; you can see it on his face, and archie says it directly. here is a relevant and prevalent stereotype for all marginalized people: that the discussion of marginalization is exclusively weaponized to gain something or manipulate a situation. this is how felix chooses to see farleigh's implication of existing white privilege. this conversation results in nothing, does nothing, as felix chooses not to confront what he's probably thinking as he repeats the words "begging bowl" to venetia.

now. saviorism, guilt, and pity. felix specifically tells oliver that sir james made an effort to support farleigh out of guilt. i'd like to order some things in a way that i perceive them. frederica start runs from england, which is explained in a condescending way by felix. frederica start marries a so-referred-to "lunatic" who dug through fred and jame's money, although it's farleigh who only mentions fred's financial irresponsibility. out of guilt, james offers to pay for farleigh's education. the specificity of education is compelling to me. perhaps james is simply a patriotic man who strongly believes that english education is better. or this is a mobilized racial stereotype! who can truly know. i digress. james' offer to pay for farleigh's foreign education puts the cattons in an odd position; if farleigh is to attend english schools, he will need to stay with the cattons. if farleigh is staying with the cattons, he will need to be treated as equal to felix and venetia. this is all one long chain of obligations. none of these acts from one family member to another should be considered "charitable," because family should intrinsically create a trustworthy and supportive dynamic.

i believe that the cattons do consider their fostering of farleigh as obligatory. moral obligation, as they recognize that families are intended to have a sympathetic and loving relationship. they cannot, however, escape the truth that they're just guilty. the "begging bowl" and "biting the hand" are more symbolic of a starving dog and its charitable adopter than a cousin/nephew who's staying with his absurdly rich family. see, the cattons are fully and entirely capable of affording another child, of supporting frederica financially, etc. the only way i can rationalize their reluctance to do so is by assuming that they don't feel like farleigh deserves it. is this a crazy assumption? i genuinely don't see why else. of course, i don't think this mentality is explicit or conscious. it's more-so the reality that when farleigh walks in a room, he's not the same as anybody else. aside from background characters at oxbridge, the only on-screen black people are liam, joshua, and james' godson's wife (who gets degraded on-screen). this is the reality of being different in an environment such as the english aristocracy. the cattons choose to see themselves as the hand that feeds the less fortunate, more entertaining, and least inconvenient. the cattons' inclusion of farleigh is not only reliant on how well farleigh performs, but also on their own pity and guilt.

all of this is somehow, painfully mirrored by some takes i've seen on farleigh. maybe this entire post is presumptuous, but you know what isn't presumptuous? saying that certain people hold farleigh to an incredibly odd standard. while the cattons never canonically said anything along the lines of "farleigh doesn't deserve our love and support," mfs on the internet have. the number of times people have referred to this character as greedy, lazy, petty, and malignant is so odd to me. i'm insane, i know. i just don't understand how people can hold farleigh to the backdrop of an english aristocratic family and so passionately say that he, of all characters, is the most detestable. or that he, of all characters, has no reason to behave in the way he does.

is farleigh greedy? greed is defined as a desire for more. farleigh has no desire to climb ranks, no desire to replace or surpass felix, no desire to hold any power over any family member. he is maintaining, upholding a standard that has been set for him throughout his life. is it kind or selfless of him to meddle in other people's affairs with the cattons? no. does he have a reason to be upset that non-relatives of the cattons are a threat to his inclusion in the first place? yes. is farleigh lazy? i don't even need to explain this one. no. if you don't consider oliver lazy, then i really don't want to hear anything. is farleigh petty? pettiness is defined as "an undue concern for trivial matters, especially in a small-minded or spiteful way." farleigh's meticulous attention to trivial matters isn't undue in any sense. a person of color and their meticulous attention to trivial matters is almost never undue. elspeth is a good example of petty. is farleigh malignant? there are a lot of definitions of malignant and i've seen people apply all of them, in some way, to farleigh. that's just wrong. archie madekwe once said, "i was interested in humanizing what, on paper, seemed like a mean character, a villain, or a bully. i don't think he's any of that. he's very self-serving, but i think he's really a heartbreaking character." case closed, this was for my own piece of mind. had to write this section because good lord.

in conclusion to this post that has gone tragically off the rails, i think the in-canon and viewer perspective of farleigh is, perhaps, a little racially motivated. sue me. they are all very centered on this idea that farleigh doesn't deserve inherent respect, support, and love. to remove farleigh's rational position within the cattons family would be akin to removing his right to familial love. genuinely, that's how i see it. the transaction nature of farleigh's actions is responsive. he sees felix as a social shield at oxbridge, he sees elspeth and james as the beholders of his perceived security, and he sees saltburn as a way to escape from his lack of privilege and his lack of stability in america. boom. bam. pow.

#farleigh start #saltburn #saltburn 2023 #i love making it a race thing #took multiethnic lit and racial sociology this quarter #critical race theory is my weapon of choice at any given moment #“erm actually” #the “i love making it a race thing” is a jest #white people b making it a race thing without even knowing it #like hello ur the one who fucking started it #womp womp on GOD on griddy #i tried to explain to someone that i related to farleigh because i'm also half white and my white family is painful to exist around #and this mf said “erm u actually relate to him cuz ur a horrible person and so is he” #hello what #i'm not doing what farleigh is doing like obv i don't live in a fucking castle #but the girls that get it get it #i'm incapable of shutting up #ever #actually #yabbering on at 1am #talking to the voices in my head #the voices r saying “farleigh start u will always be famous”

[lesbianfakir]

Cracks me up how fakir is utterly rizzless (could not flirt to save his life, would explode into a million pieces if given the tiniest scrap of affection) and yet he somehow has absolutely crazy game like. Guy is so serious and dramatic and sincere he can just make statements like “I’ll stay by your side forever” like it’s NOTHING but he still can’t look a woman in the eyes without getting psyched out

#this is half dramatic jest and half plain facts #like #episode 12 and 13 are so funny #because we go from blushing on the ground like a little pissboy because someone saw him crying #to his whole grand speech about how ‘only you could accept princess tutu’s fate with a smile on your face’ #like. COME ON #how does he DO that #princess tutu #lea posts

[softboyshaven]

"What is even the romantic appeal of Julian Blackthorn? He's toxic and possessive and-" Some of y'all have never been traumatized and it shows😭 Maybe some of us like the idea of someone who loves us so much they'd never abandon us.

#julian blackthorn #tsc #the shadowhunter chronicles #the dark artifices #tmi #this is in jest #but i also think the Blackthorns hit different if youve been through shit #like as a kid raised half by an older sibling/half in foster care and then who was the person doing kinship #their family dynamic is unlike anything ive ever seen in the genre #its so good #and real

[bitternace]

how about ... 14! and either xion or namine ... or both even

you find shelter somewhere in me, i find real comfort in you

[ID: a digital drawing of xion and naminé from kingdom hearts. the background is mostly transparent, with a purple splatter with straight edges and three white lines on the lower half, which they seem to be sitting on.

they are beside each other in mirrored poses, inner legs slightly behind the other. naminé's eyes are closed and her shoulders are tense. xion's mouth is slightly open and her only visible eye stares down at the middle, where their hands are intertwined. /End ID.]

#jesperr-fahey #hi!! #allowing two characters for one song because you're pretty cool and also because the lyric i INSTANTLY thought of for this one #kickdropped me in the teeth :] #this one came in late because holidays and general home happenstances #as usual i did too much so this is the one that has taken the longest asfhshfhdhd ty for the patience<3 #if u see me give up on foreshortening no u didn't i did my best!! #i finally bit the bullet and figured out a face for xion for this ask and this ask only (half jesting) because it looked better like this #(originally xion was leaning back on nams but i couldn't make the face angle work) #nano does reqs #naminé and xion's whole thing makes me incredibly emotional.... ty for ur time #described #my doods #14....... hehehehe #naminé #xion

[heymeowmao]

LYN: /telling his new fans not to get handsy with him/

C: (No hands?) Then, lips.

LYN: …

LYN: It's like this. I’m pretty tall. When I’m wearing shoes I’m probably taller than 1.9m. The average woman’s height is around 1.65m. My leg, if I lift it, can reach up to around 1.65m. And then, if you come over with your lips, and I happen to lift my leg…

LYN: My legs are around 1.13m long. If I lift then kick out- like this- If I kick you on the mouth, I think you can get sent flying around 1.75m out. It’s possible that your head hits the floor first. So, please be aware of your safety. Try not to come at me with your lips. You’d get sent flying to around 1.75m-1.85m away. Let’s not struggle with the exact distance. Keep that in mind. Thank you.

- LYN Livestream _ 2024.04.08, 26:14-27:22

#Liu Yuning #i'm lmaoooo #i know this sounds mean but it's ground rules half-delivered in jest #can people learn to respect personal boundaries...

[khruschevshoe]

The Doctor screaming crying throwing up about the Master dying because he's the last of his kind and the only immortal left to watch the stars...SIR. MY GUY. JACK HARKNESS IS RIGHT. FUCKING. THERE. Don't you remember? The immortal guy who is ALSO in love with you and that you loved in a previous life? The guy who spent the last year being tortured by the guy you're cradling in your arms? The guy who would love to travel the stars with you? The guy who can and will and did die for you? THAT GUY?

#tenjack #tenth doctor #the master #jack harkness #doctor who #i want to strangle ten so often #(i do love him and his arc so much and this is half in jest but STILL) #jack harkness really deserves to slap that time lord #same as the jones family #simm!master #the last of the time lords #sounds of drums

[speedlimit15]

just had an ad suggest i order a single .49c banana for delivery

#half a dollar for a single banana? surely you jest

[anglerflsh]

glad to know I don't have to process the moving out grief via nightmares at least but after the umpteenth time I dream about the same person you'd think my brain would catch me a break

#[.txt] #in said dream I was also missing a class because i woke up at four pm and my first class is at midday #but like it wasnt a stress dream I was literally chilling. in my zone. getting a hug that lasted half an hour. ?? dream of unclear meaning #as I told jaja how many times do you have to dream about the same guy until it becomes gay /jest