#this is some straight bullshit

[histendercaress]

So I just found out that Taemin will not be released at the end of November of this year but sometime next year. I call bullshit. They really are adding extra days to his enlistment because of his situation. I am fucking spinning. I don’t know about y’all but I’m ready to bust him out and hide him somewhere safe so he can be done with this nonsense. Who coming with me??

#taemin #enlistment #days added to his enlistment #this is some straight bullshit #I’m busting him out #who coming?? #locked and loaded

[tobi-smp]

you know, with hindsight now what it is I really do think a more literal reading of c!techno's chat would have helped his characterization a Lot

and mind you, this was originally intended to be the case, and very well may have been intended all along even if it wasn't usually emphasized within the lore

and don't get me wrong, I Get why it fell out of favor within the fandom. it coincides with a Very storied ableist trope that demonizes DID and disorders adjacent to it, and Can be spoken about in a way that is essentially indistinguishable from it depending on the word choice.

but the thing is ! not only does it not Have to be an allegory for DID, I straight up don't think it is At All.

because we Know what it's an allegory for. It's His Chat. there's technoblade playing the game, and there's the thousands of people watching with expectations and wants that he's compelled to meet (or, at the very least, pacify through Entertainment).

and this makes much Much more sense when conceived of as Supernatural. be that spirits, gods, demons, or anything that could fill that role. separate entities that, for whatever reason, only techno can sense the presence of and be affected by.

and of course, to an extent this is true for all creators. everyone had an audience that they were meant to entertain and the choices they made were influenced by that fact.

but technoblade came in with a Very distinct set of expectations that heavily impacted the choices he was Expected to make and the kinds of stories that he could tell. he was more or less a living legend in real life just as much as he was in roleplay, and these things were inherently connected.

and it's like !

when c!technoblade says he was peer pressured into killing tubbo at the red festival he Is technically talking about what happened within the roleplay. schlatt was demanding it from him, there's a sort of pressure there. but schlatt was also the dictator they were set to kill, and techno has never had any trouble fighting people he considered a dictator before, and certainly not Schlatt of all people.

but he WAS being peer pressured By His Audience. by thousands of people, most of which were demanding blood Because It Was The Expectation, because it'd be Fun.

out of universe technoblade made the decision he thought would be the most Entertaining, and he was right! consistently he made choices that would let him do the most bombastic Spectacles possible. And It's Great. he's Excellent at pulling dramatics and making a compelling scene that give other people room to work off of. in that sense I'd consider techno an Excellent actor, and I have to imagine that he was fun to work with.

the problem is when you then have to justify it from an in character perspective, grounded in those mushy things like Feelings with characters that can be traumatized and sustain lasting damage, Especially Without acknowledging the out of character incentive.

mind you, it's not Impossible to Create a backstory that could justify it. why a character as consistently powerful and feared as technoblade would feel pressured to kill an ally by someone he not only Can kill but Wanted To Kill. why a character as seemingly secure and in control as technoblade would lash out the way that he does to perceived betrayal, and yet consistently puts no weight onto having killed and permanently scarred an ally that trusted him.

what that'd need is tragedy. a storied history of being hurt and having to survive. building up To an untouchable god from a much much more vulnerable position. Long Lasting trauma that's lead to this deep insecurity and paranoia. and that's Possible and that's Compelling.

but it's just not in the text.

not only did we never learn basically Anything that c!technoblade was up to pre-series, we actually know Less by the end than when we started because of the sbi retconning.

it's a Theoretically Possible interpretation that's technically never Contradicted by canon, but would have to be created by scratch. it's a compelling idea for a fan fic (and one I'd like to read) and it's compelling for a theoretical recontextualization of the character, but it's just not In The Text.

meanwhile, we have the video above.

we have the Objective Fact that technoblade's decision making was often subject to the rule of cool (very Very effectively) to entertain his audience.

and most compellingly, these concepts Don't Need To Be Separate. in fact, in my opinion they're Stronger when you put them together.

because the thing is. it's Difficult to imagine techno as ever being in a vulnerable position. he is just Objectively more powerful than everyone else on the server, both in real life And within the lore. How could he have ever been afraid when he was stronger than anyone and everyone combined? when we saw with our own eyes that techno could face nearly the whole server at once and win.

but he Is a tragic character, at least he's meant to be. and that tragedy makes much Much more sense as something Inward.

technoblade as a character who Needs connection, who Needs stability, who Needs security, who Needs friendship and community and Love. but Lashes Out, Obliterates to the core of the earth, because of something that's not only out of his control but that other people Cannot Understand.

how do you explain to a child that you killed their best friend because a chorus of the undead called for his blood and you (in all the glory that he'd idolized) were unable to do anything but comply? how do you explain to that child that you beat him senseless in a pit as the restless dead jeered and laughed?

That's interesting. That's Compelling.

technoblade is idolized like a god, feared like a force of nature, and in an instant cut himself off from nearly everyone who'd considered him an ally. and that seems to be a pattern, over and over and over again. he's left isolated, and in return he faces retaliation, and in return he's always Waiting for retaliation.

and what do you say to someone who wants to kill you for being a monster? that it's Fine Actually because you only did what you did because you have a curse that compels you to? that the supernatural guided you to destroy their homes and kill their people? (rip jack manifold you will be missed)?

That Doesn't Quite Help Your Case.

technoblade as someone who is beholden to this literal cycle of violence and Loses those things that could ground him, community, stability, People, as a result. who Tries to overcome this very fact (to become a better person, in his own words as per the clip above), but is pulled back into it as a consequence of his own actions.

that's a tragedy !! that Makes Sense. that allows him to be Both this force of nature that other characters have to survive And A Person Who Is Hurt By The Same Conflict.

"I'm a person!" that fear of dehumanization makes So So Much More Sense when you see technoblade as someone who Already fears himself. who fears being a monster, who fears losing control, who has faced isolation again and again and again.

and, importantly, it doesn't have to be anyone else's Fault.

by making the source both Internal and Completely External (something that none of the other characters have any awareness or control over), you can Have techno as a tragic character without demonizing anyone else Or erasing the impact that c!techno had on them.

and in that sense, it Can be an allegory for mental illness, but not in that direct "oooooh how scary he hears voices" kind of way that people fear it looks. but in that sometimes people Will do things that can hurt others while not feeling in control. anger and mania and paranoia, things that you can't always Control and yet that impact that you have on other people still Matters.

and the answer to that is, often, vulnerability and accountability.

I think a lot about technoblade isolating himself so near entirely from the rest of the server, and slowly gathering a support system Back by the end. and I Really Do think that framing of it through this lens is a Very impactful way of breaking it down.

tubbo, tommy, wilbur, ranboo, niki, I think they'd All understand not feeling in control. lashing out, maybe even feeling justified in the moment, but hurting people they care about and furthering their own isolation.

There's Something There, and it's already In The Text. it just needs to be expanded on.

and why not do that ourselves now?

#dream smp #dsmp #technoblade #tommyinnit #tubbo #meta #long post #back on my bullshit #I really do think that his character is just outright Stronger under this framing #and I genuinely think everything post doomsday would've been stronger if he'd leaned into this #that said this is probably messier than some of my other techno analysis #because I've been chewing on it for a few days rather than my usual of rehashing the same idea for two years in a row #but I'm rusty so give me a break #also derivakat voices is a straight up banger and you can all pry it from my cold dead hands

[cryptiduni]

ok ok, listen. I am gonna be straight with you. I am not a Patholic nerd and I really like the game. it has one of the most extraordinary stories/lore, plus its gloomy aesthetic is just my shit. but as a local Khalkh Mongolian, I very much dislike the herb bride designs. they have no inspiration from the cultures they are supposed to vaguely resemble, like literally nothing. i am a visual type of person and love it, ADORE it when shit is pretty to look at, it's in my blood. instead they opted for looking like straight-up savage unevolved cartoon cavewomen with skimpy outfits and foliage in their hair for good measure.

they look so out of place here, which you could argue its intentional but cmonnn???

here’s my take on how they could have looked like or at least what kind of things the devs missed out on:

—and their hair should have been braided in many different styles? all three of the major inspirations for the kin doesn’t like loose hair, if we are speaking traditionally. i really like these thin braids:

yeah, i get Orkhon economy is in shambles so no jewelry and colorful clothes but at least cover their boobage?? idk just slap on thin deel + belt and then just rough it up? make decorations out of wood?? and beads out of bones without just dangling them?? just because shit is desperate doesn't mean we gotta lose our dignity too?

edit: This post’s main point is not about restricting the nudity or the creative liberty i am only saying they should have approached this aspect from a different perspective with a native eyes on the IPL development team. It may have came off that way because i used the word boobage huh?

#everything doesn’t have to be accurate but keep your shit AUTHENTIC #do not ‘umm actually’ me unless you are a local or studied altaic cultures #deepening my lore perspective is ok too. but do not be a snob w/ me #dancing so hard that your clothes fall off is kinda bullshit excuse but ok fine. it's an interesting idea. initially #yeah herb brides get empathtic moments but we do agree this is a fetishization of poc women to a degree right? like a sexualized caricature #one of them straight up die for a open your heart joke lol wtf #and if you are gonna sexualize something at least DO IT RIGHT #there’s much so cool shit you coulda done here but nooOO savage east-asians are apparently the hip thing to do ugh #but handling of the colonialization aspect is horrible #you google traditional clothes on our culture almost every single one of those women and they will have a hairdo and a deel+belt #p.s. we don't worship bulls #or an evil entity #our religion is tengri or buddhism. some of us are monotheist too #random trivia: the pronoun “I/me” is not written “be”. it's “BI” #random trivia: unmarried woman/girl is called a sewger #pathologic #pathologic 2 #мор утопия #мор утопия 2 #herb brides #flintstones looking ass #god i am so gay for all these women above (except the herb bride hell nah) #makes the 4 hours i spent on this so worth it #if I had a nickel every time if slav games i liked had an anti-asian undertones #I’d have two which is not a lot but it’s weird that it happened twice #mongol #tibet #buryat #mongolia #buryatia

[doodle-empress66]

Basically these 2 are the embodiment of giving a reality check.

Reminder: most people dont notice but they are not the villains of the movie. Just an antagonistic force against the protagonist that push him forward yet eventually both earning mutual respect.

This 2 are the real villains.

#Which do you like better? #Data: they both go for a drink at the same bar. #One is death metaphorically poetically or some fancy way of putting it #the other is death straight up #i love antagonist that exists purely to call out the protagonist bullshit and force them to actually mature as characters. #110% agreed #not so much a villain but more of the “real deal” #rango #rattlesnake jake #puss in boots #puss in boots the last wish #puss in boots death #animation #dreamworks

[sunsetsandsunshine]

Bro the TMNT fandom can be so freaking tiring sometimes. Like- I love this franchise but some of y’all are just ruining it. And by “some of y’all” I mean the people who are shipping the turtles with each other.

One minute you think someone is nice? And then they ship T*est. Talented and has an amazing artysle? Draws T*est. They’re following you and you want to see what they’re blog is about?

FREAKING. T*EST.

They’re brothers. I’m so tired of the “Don’t like? Don’t read 🥺” bs. OFC NO ONE WILL READ IT- You’re shipping siblings. Get some help, man.

#Maybe go to guidance #Get some therapy #Like y’all disgust me bro #Also the whole “They’re not actual siblings” stuff #Like- what- that’s just straight up BULLSHIT #Or maybe I’m just stupid #Idk 🤷🏾‍♀️ #All I DO know if I see one more T*est shipper follow me I’m going to lose it #And don’t even get me started on all the s*x stuff that I keep seeing #They’re teenagers- what’s wrong with you… #Tmnt #TMNT #Tmnt 2003 #Tmnt 2012 #Tmnt 1987 #Tmnt 2007 #Rottmnt #Tmnt Mutant Mayhem #Basically all the TMNT iterations #Like I am just so scared to like and reblog art that I just quickly look through the persons blog to make sure they’re an a-okay dude #It’s so messed up- it’s just common sense not to ship siblings #Like what r y’all doin 💀 #This isn’t getting you anywhere in life- #It just won’t #AND MOST OF THEM R ADUTLS #SIS GO PAY UR DAMN TAXES

[opbackgrounds]

It doesn't really get brought up in the manga, but I think it would have been cool if the story acknowledged more of the difference between Ryuma's fighting style as a samurai than as a zombie. Brook's more of a fencer, with his cane sword much more suited for thrusting than a katana is. It would have been neat if that disconnect between body and stolen shadow had contributed to his downfall, but I guess that's what fanfiction is for.

#opbackgrounds #one piece #ch450 #powers and abilities #ryuma #the end of his fight with zoro is some straight up bullshit #anything would have been an improvement tbh

[tswwwit]

The newest installment of the Cult AU was so amazing and gratifying! I do have to ask about Dipper's reaction when Bill suggested that next time he hide *in* his bed - should we assume that Dipper just truly doesn't think there's any possibility that Bill would want him like that, or does it potentially reflect some truly non-existent sex ed within the cult? Did the cultists have relationships like that within the cult?

I hope you post this AU and your other shorter works on AO3, id love to be able to bookmark and comment.

Thank you for your kind words!

Dipper's reaction was mostly because the cult had sub-par to non-existent sex ed. Though to be fair, even if he was aware that Bill was, ahem, an option, he definitely wouldn't think there's any way he'd want Dipper like that.

#answers #Dipper's a smart guy who went poking around in forbidden texts #So I think he's probably got an idea of some of the mechanics and anatomy of sex #But a fairly limited amount! #And anything of a non-straight nature would have been just completely off his radar #Various cult members are for sure getting it on in the background of course #Insular communities are like that #But you can also assume that Dipper pretty much was out of the loop there #He didn't get any invites before he was a Blasphemer and definitely none post de-tonguing #What you get there is a sheltered little guy who's whip-smart - but doesn't know what he doesn't know #He might have caught on if he thought to ask the question but he doesn't know there's a question to ask #Pretty bad cult altogether; I'm betting it was Extremely Heteronormative if not outright homophobic #Which like. C'mon. BIll's not even a human gender. What the hell kind of business are they on enforcing *norms* #He'd be very VERY annoyed at that bullshit

[bassboosted-moon-chao]

my friends dragged me into Moshi hell and as ever I got attached to the weirdo villains

#moom makes bullshit #digital art #art #shitpost art #dr. strangeglove #sweet tooth moshi monsters #moshi monsters #yeah i imagine after surviving on the shit sweet tooth eats for 3 weeks straight #the perpetual sugar rush is gonna fry you eventually #get that man some paid leave and a glass of water please

[enbygunderson]

If you crash a post made by a victim discussing their experiences with narcissistic abuse with walls of text and preface it all with "I have NPD": ...yeah, no shit you do.

Literally no one is saying "all NPD people are abusive", but those who aren't wouldn't be going out of their way looking up certain tags on tumblr just to finger wag and play victim on strangers' tumblr posts.

#anti npd #narcissistic abuse #die mad about it #some of y'all are straight up emotional plague rats i stg #the fact that y'all have decided any mention of someone being narcissistic is about people with NPD specifically is batshit too btw #newsflash: narcissistic is an adjective that exists outside of the full-fledged disorder #and regardless it's your responsibility to be aware of your own bullshit and do something about it #don't really gaf if an abuser has a disorder that's not a damn excuse #don't really gaf if an abuser has trauma that's also not a damn excuse #do you also argue that a school sh00ter that was bullied can't be accountable or is it just because you relate to treating people like NPCs

[xbomboi]

apple: briar, remember when we first became best friends?

briar: only when i’m thinking about where my life went wrong.

#this is like #post dragon games point in their friendship #i think reasonably they’d have needed time to reconnect in a more genuine manner #but after which they could have a much stronger relationship #where banter like this could happen #and a transition from a superficial popular girl esc dynamic to more of #well something far more nuanced than that #i like to think their friendship becomes something where on the surface you see like #apple is this mature + put together and very civil + formal person #and briar is this crazy adrenaline junkie who’s carefree and always throwing some wild party so she’s the more immature one #but then you see in reality #despite this being their respective nature #it’s actually apple who’s the far more immature one who is constantly struggling to get her life together and constantly fumbling #meanwhile briar is the more mature one who’s a lot more emotionally mature & as far as dealing with her problems is more capable of doing s #which has briar often offering advice to apple and sorting through her woes as a straight-man figure #she’s exhausted. #if pricking her finger on a spindle doesn’t put briar to sleep then apple’s bullshit will. #ashlynn is more mature than both of them btw #eah #ever after high #apple white #briar beauty #incorrect quotes #eah incorrect quotes #duncontent

[americankimchi]

thinking about how both tfa (2015) and rogue one (2016) came out post-disney's acquisition of lucasfilms (2012) and both those films live on so fondly in my heart but have also, somehow, been earmarked in my head as the last true additions to star wars canon to have come out ever since

#personal #like even if i enjoy watching things that aren't those two movies post-disney it's like #for whatever reason. my head files it as ''haha that was fun. glad that's not canon'' #WHICH IS ADMITTEDLY. A WILD THING TO THINK. LIKE THOSE TV SHOWS AND CARTOONS ARE DEFINITELY CANON #but my brain REFUSES to acknowledge them as such #obviously half of it is ''some of this reads like absolute bullshit'' #but the other half is ''i straight up enjoyed this. this was fun to me. but also it's not canon <3'' #wish i could just unequivocally like everything but alas my standards are hard to parse even for me #the person who has them #AUGHHHH #don't ask me how tcw fits into this as it's in a weird middle ground #tcw in my head is like...... jedi apprentice.... or the comics...... in that it's canon except it isn't except it IS. #i CANNOT elaborate. my thoughts are an enigma unto myself.

[hasarjunadoneanythingwrong]

apparently baba yaga can turn into a child, an 'enchantress' and a crone

#'oh but she uses the crone form the most'- man shut up #like atp idk if it's a ref to the 3 sisters or what I know damn well they didn't include her deaging for that shit #you have like 400 old men and 0 old women kys #I'm. I'm really annoyed they straight up cannot commit to giving us one single woman who's fucking over the age of 50 #w/o some bullshit caveat huh #like she's not even in the gatcha who the fuck are you selling this to? #man. #it's not like this is even gatcha specific so many fucking games hate old women I just hate being reminded #my post #negativity #fgo negativity #critical

[bumblingbabooshka]

Picturing Tuvok spending every second of the Seven years it takes to get back home going "Melding with T'Pel again will fix me" whenever he notices he's doing or thinking something (he perceives as) out of character, strange, ignominious - and then when he finally gets back and melds with her he realizes that nothing's been fixed per say and is like ":/ Fuck."

#Tuvok for Seven Years Straight: Haah...I'm not like these people. I'm only acting strange because T'Pel isn't here. #Then seven years later T'Pel is sleeping by his side - her presence firm in his mind and he's staring up at the ceiling like 'Oh No.' #OOPS! The changes you thought were temporary are actually deeply ingrained responses to the trauma of the delta quadrant! #Yeeeaaah it got your Vulcan ass too bud SORRY #He thought the trauma of the delta quadrant transforming you slowly into someone unrecognizable not only to those who once knew you #intimately but also yourself was for humans ONLY! He's BIG mad! #st voyager #Tuvok #Tuvok pre-delta quadrant: Children do NOT belong anywhere near danger v_v #Tuvok post-quadrant: -bringing his toddler granddaughter along on some batshit bullshit Janeway & Chakotay are doing- She'll be fine. #Children (Naomi) are more resilient than one might think. v_v <- Sek is blowing up his phone. Where ARE you.

[your-local-hyperfixater]

Reasons why people would get the ick from ac mirage characters according to twitter and tiktok ick lists:

#IM BACK ON MY BULLSHIT <33 #ali isnt the toxic masculinity type of aplha male he just Is the alpha of any group hes in. self proclaimed too #the banu musa brothers have the same personality to me they r just the same person #looking at so many ick lists took 40 years off my life #i swear 99% of these i found on an actual ick list somewhere #some of them i couldnt find good ones for so i just went based off vibes. u know Nur would paint his nails #im very sorry if any of these make you insecure but i tried to find the most outlandish ones #some of them r valid but others i chose bc theyre silly and some are just straight up jokes im pretty sure #ac #ac mirage #assassins creed mirage #assassin's creed #beshi #ali #basim #tabid #rebekah #rayhan #roshan #fuladh #nur #dervis #banu musa brothers #kong #nehal #god damn i did not expect to b gone this long lol !!! whoops !! i was doing human things. if u even care #i will b in everyones notes soon 🫡

[constantvariations]

Why did they create such a useless character to show Cinder's backstory when Salem is literally right there AND the real question the audience wants answered???

Imagine if it had been Salem who stayed at the hotel and saw something of herself in the scrappy servant girl. She saw how the Madame treated little Cinder and offered a way out only if Cinder has the power to be useful to her. Maybe she put Cinder to a test of how far she was willing to go for freedom, or maybe Salem wanted something from the Madame that she wouldn't give so it was up to Cinder to provide

Either way, Salem gets a young disciple that's ruthlessly ambitious and easy to manipulate and Cinder gains the illusion of freedom under a new master

#rwde #ofc salem wouldnt be grimmified in this version bc she'd stand out too much to do under the table shit #or she still could be but the world actually looks like an anime like it did in the beacon days #v4 on is far too grounded in reality design-wise #where the hell are the folks w wild ass hair colors and styles?? the most we get is joannas green but she says like 10 words so who cares #tis some bullshit and why i refuse to call v4+ rwby an anime #anyway this was somehow prompted by me comparing vergil to cinderella #as you can see i am Completely Normal tm #ngl tho vergil is a better cinderella if instead of riches-rags-riches its power-powerless-power #cinder starts at the bottom so her baseline mentality is way off if you want to do a cinderella remake #rags to riches is abt underdogs clawing up the social ladder against all odds #but riches rags riches is abt reclaiming what was yours #if we use cinders random disdain towards schnees in v8 as inspiration we could have a story of rival businesses #cinders father gets booted from power/high society thanks to Jacques's maybe legal maybe not methods and meddling #could go several ways from there: #her father could die and she'd be left homeless and alone in the cruel underbelly of the wealthy and powerful #she could find work w the Madame and try to endure the abuse so she and her father can pay the bills #her father could straight up sell her to the madame #itd be a horrific way to learn the significance of power and how easily it can be taken #i wanna like cinder so bad but v5 on fucked her irreparably. she doesnt even dress well anymore ffs

[speedane]

Me after reading the main story 2

#jee arts #my art #dislyte #q dislyte #manbaby smoking a blunt #tw smoking #I really don't know how to feel about this one #some characters feel so off #I don't mind the lack of Q but some things here feel just so... inconsistent #and don't get me started on the ending part #the few parts that I actually like is Sachiko and the first part of the Utgard arc #the rest are either ??? or straight up bullshit