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yvvaine · 7 years

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I was wondering if any [past or present] Jonerys, Pro-Daenerys fans like myself feel this way.....?

Firstly Id say please be nice i just enjoy analyzing the shit out of fandoms I like, (im a history/polysci major ((with an emphasis on Peace Justice and & Conflict Studies)) all i do is analyze and try to be diplomatic lmao) but considering all they petty drama between both ships as well as pro/anti Daenerys stans ON BOTH SIDES I’m going to be “That Person” and at least ask for people to be respectful/civil, I want to hear from everyone and their metas/what they think which is why i tagged like, all the tags, no matter if you love her/the ship or cant stand it, as long as everyone can keep civil So firstly I’ve loved Dany both books and show from the beginning. She’s gorgeous, wants to be the best person she can be, and her hair/fashion style game is always ON POINT. That being said, somewhere around season 5 i think i’ve found my opinion on her cooling a little bit, ep after ep, till now. Like I still like her bc she was my first character love on the show but I’ve def soured in my opinion on her. Maybe it’s because I love learning about the subject that im more baised (im hoping thats the case) but she just seemed to have no interest in actual governance, just the reputation (esp of being the ‘rebel queen’)/the awe/the power/the thrill of the adoration that went along with it to the point where I feel like though she still wants to be a ‘good queen’ or at least wants to be seen that way, she doesnt want to do much work for the title. Like yeah she freed all the slaves and that was a def progressive and awesome move on her part (major props! slavery is sin and im glad someone recognized that who had the power to do something about it) but she didnt handle that aftermath or ensuing problems well at all nor really mulled heavily on the subject to find the best solution. She just got fustrated with pretty basic/common (albeit complex in themselves) issues of standard governance and kind of went agh! fuck this! (obv not actual quotes but that was the vibe I got). And then ESPECIALLY after season 7 her character has kind of nagged at me in the back of brain which i hate but its inherent like its just a feeling i cant help it?? I just dont know why to be honest that Im feeling so negative towards this character i used to love. The whole ‘ bEnD thE knEe ‘ thing w/ Jon and yet pinning it on Jon’s pride not equally on his and her own was more than a little hypocritical, when hon they can discuss it later like at that point they have two common enemies the WW and Cersei they both want to do away with, and then again with the Bend the Knee or Die bit w/ the Lannister soldiers. In fact the whole sequence before that point felt kind of villinous I dearsay, I mean deliberately burning the harvest that most of westeros needs for the winter or even strategically not willing to try, and well, nOOt intentionally burn the food considering its winter, the harvest is over (so likely not much is gonna grow in the time being) when she has a G I A N T ass army of her own to think of feeding???? Like i get it is war shit happens soldiers die but the F O O D ? Was that an impuslive in the moment mistake or did she just not give a fuck? And back to the aftermath scene/Bend the Knee 2.0, her speech was again quite hypocritical...and burning dickon?????? not willing to keep prisoners???? either bend or die??? I actually am glad she did away with Papa Tarly bc he was an awful human, but dickon????? a young idealistic man about to loose his father??? the heir to a major ally/house???? And honestly that bend or die strategy is soooooo dumb bc now she cant trust any of them like theyre only bending the knee out of self preservation homie, no one wants to die. they bend the knee to survive and now they all of the sudden think youre their queen? Nah fam, prisoners were better, all you got are spies in your camps or people willing to backstab you at the smallest promise of coin. And i dont want that for my girl

IDK the whole “im gonna BREAK THE WHEEL,,,,,,,,yet im stating my claim mainly on my housename (aka the predominant force of said wheel for a literal dynasty) and the fact that i can scare people who otherwise are unconvinced bc lets be real westeros has had a bad run of rulers a lot of which were Targs in the past couple decades, into submission bc ill burn you otherwise???” doesnt sit well with me nor does it feel like the character ive been rooting for the past five-ish seasons. She just doesnt seem to put into effort on understanding Westeros, why things go wrong, being self-critical or sharing the blame,thinking on what a “good” ruler would do.... anyone else feeling this way and if so do you think this is just shitty writing? D&D butchering her character? or a new arc for her? perhaps the way shes always been? She just seems like a tantruming child bratty and entitled idk (a beautiful child but still) As for jonerys...... im not gonna go into it much but how are other shippers happy????????? I honestly dont understand. I was SO looking forward to this season/this ship. like so much! But it felt so forced? And i know a lot of people claim its cause its rushed but tbh we’ve had a lot of romances in a similar time frame that felt like A C T U A L romances.....even Talisa/Robb who the Northerners will prob compare any of this too were so much better. THIS WAS MY EPIC SHIP DUDE. I feel the dany side of things (took a while but theres def heart eyes) and yet Jon???? He felt hollow. Still does even after sex. Im so disapointed but more than that I cant see the romance or the chemistry. He looks constipated. Hes never smiled like with his teeth around her the way hes done w others he cares deepily about (ygritte, toramund, sansa, even fkin gendry in the first scene they had together). He never reveals anything about himself. And between the “my queen” ep (and remember he was look warm when discussing her to toramund throughout it) and the previous the only thing that changed was that he saw the actual difference dragons made against WW. You could argue she saved them all too but that doesnt make you fall in love w someone out of the blue and also people have saved his ass before and??? Sansa w the vale anyone??? (Not an argument for jonsa js its happened) (though ill admit ive transitioned to loathing jonerys and loving jonsa more as a potential couple in the space of seven eps where if you asked me I wouldve been like PSH u cray. I never thought it would happen in a mill years but D&D ruined my ship and here i am! Shipping aside tho since its best too look at these things as neutral as possible). Anyways the sigh of his after she left and when he pretended to be asleep.... idk. The only scene that felt genuine and where Jon smiled and it didnt look like a full on grimace and they actually kinda joked around was really nice and at the pit at the finale and if they do a LOT more of basic romance stuff like that I could ship it again but. It was followed by boatsex and boy. I was hoping boatsex might rekindle my like for the two together. I could see the chemistry the passion. I was hoping the passion would overwhelm me and make up for the rest. But instead......like there was no foreplay, it lasted 2 seconds, and it was overplayed by brans voice and a reminder of future conflict or at the very least major angst b/w the two. i didnt see the parallel between regear and lyanna playing alongside their scene as anything romantic or that it should be taken as such. and the look they shared.... I was hoping jon would bring it bc Dany’s look in her eyes is like soooo smitten and adorable and say what you will I still have a space in my heart for her and still dont want her to suffer, but again Jon looks like oh shit/constipated. And not in a good oh shit way either. There is a bunch more too but Imma stop there bc Im just tired at this point. So many things were just....off this season. And it cant all be blamed on the “rushed” time frame. I’ve read the undercover lover theory and hon it makes the most sense (not perfect sense but still, more than what we’ve been poorly spoon fed) but im not willing to believe it just yet. Still, maybe D&D are just butchering a lot of things like making the romance believable and stuff for the sake of time that could be true i guess. But they like to go AHA GOT U so Idk I dont find a lot of meta in the jonerys tag bc honestly (((((i think its bc the tag and ship are more popular and theirs more people both good and bad)))) it doesnt seem like snowballing theories is something all fans take really well in the tag at all. But whatever. I really want to know, is there any meta or theories im missing to either validate the icky feeling Im haveing about D or her “romance” or on the flipside anything that might make me change my mind about it? Theories, meta people! I just want to reiderate im not trying to hate on anyone or any point of view and I will flag any comment anti one ship or person or another if its plain hateful or rude. I just want to understand it and see what Im missing, esp because of how much I was looking forward to her arc and jonerys’ dynamic and how much the words “falling short” dont seem to cover it. And to see if im not the only one to either have critique on the ship or her character [or even actually change ships] Also i apologize for how much ive said “IDK” i just..... I DONT KNOW

#this was way longer and is so rantish but #i might delete this later #depending on if i get hate for 'daring' to be critical #for now tho help a girl out? tel me your opinion? thx #jonsa #anti-jonsa #anti-jonerys #daenerys targaryen #anti-daenerys #plz be nice to eachother or just dont interact at all i just like knowing every side of things #and i feel like theres a side im missing or something im missing #i have a lot of feelings

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mayleye · 7 years

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Samurai Jack Finale Rantish Thing [Spoilers]

The Samurai Jack finale is such a bittersweet ending. It's so saddening that Jack finally gets back to the past (the way it happened felt a little out of nowhere) he kills Aku and ends the torment he's been in for 50 years. Jack is happy, back in the past with his family and Ashi, then when he's going to get married to her she fades away cause now that Aku is dead she no longer exists in the future. To be honest at that point I curled up in a ball cause I didn't think that would happen. THEN THE END *claps* THE FUCKING END when Jack went into the forest I thought he was gonna kill himself but no. He just sat down at the tree and saw the ladybug and smiled. That shit almost had me in tears, it reminded me way to much of the 'let Chloe die' ending in Life is Strange where at Chloe's funeral Max sees the butterfly and smiles. ''Twas a good episode I like how everything came together, all the people that Jack had helped rushed to his aid to stop Aku from killing him that was really cool oh and how Aku turned some of those people into little versions of him I wasn't expecting that that was really cool though, the only thing that didn't make sense to me was how Ashi just knew she could make a time portal but other than that I have no problems. (Just realised I've been pacing the whole time I've been typing this which I tend to do when something hits me in the feels lol)

#rant #samurai Jack #samurai jack season 5 #samurai jack finale #toonami #feels #T T

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smoothshift · 5 years

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(rantish) The curious case of emissions and environmental regulations in Spain via /r/cars

(rantish) The curious case of emissions and environmental regulations in Spain

Spain is a weird place, we are being used to being the laughing stock of the world for being unable to do anything right (save for a few things) so it's only normal that our transition into more ecological transport would also be done terribly.

For a few years, Spain has instated a ecological sticker system, this sticker system ranges your car from being in the edge of contaminant to being 0 emissions or an ECO car with low emissions, such as GLP cars.

Spain also has a system called ITV, which is the mandatory technical inspection that all cars must pass or else they can't be on the road, old cars must pass it once a year, in this system, you are tested for emissions and for general status of the vehicle, however, this is where it gets interesting.

Any piece you install, must be certified with the european union, so you can fail the inspection for something as inoccuous as a Spoiler or an exhaust change, even if you pass emissions. Emissions testing is also done based on the emissions that the manufacturer says the car has, not on any environmental law, you are also not allowed to do things such as use lower profile tires, without having an engineer "certify" it's safe for you car.

Because most parts you install need certification (and in some cases, need an engineer and a mechanic to certify they were installed right) this makes things such as electric conversions essentially impossible unless you are very very rich.

Remember the stickers I was talking about before? Well, the way you can get them is if your car was registered in 2005 or later if it's a diesel car or 2000 if it's a gasoline, this is because 2000 and 2005 were the dates where certain Euro regulations on emissions were made mandatory on all new cars registered in Spain. The problem is that there are older cars that also comply with these regulations, but are banned from getting the sticker, so a citroen from 1999 with the same engine as a citroen from the year 2000 is not allowed to get such sticker.

Now, my local big city, Barcelona, bans cars without the sticker from going there if you do not have the sticker during days of high pollution (this is controlled by cameras, so you WILL get caught, and it obviously doesn't look for if you have the sticker, the database knows if you have one), starting January 1 next year, this is going to change.

From January 1 all cars without a sticker will be banned from going to Barcelona except weekends (and in the future, all the time), and not just Barcelona, they are also banned from the roads that circle the city (Ronda de Dalt and Ronda Litoral) which are usually used for moving around Barcelona's nearby cities, even if you have no plans to get in the city itself, so now bigger (and longer) detours will need to be taken if you want to get to a nearby city, such as Santa Coloma de Gramanet (I go visit a friend there usually) which means... higher emissions for surrounding cities (since the detour goes through many towns) but god forbid the city of Barcelona (where only wealthy people can really afford to live) is affected.

The problem is not just that we have such system, is that we have no alternatives, electric conversions are cost prohibitive by themselves, but having to certify it only makes it worse, GLP conversions are affordable and possible, but it won't give you an ECO sticker if your car's engine didn't comply with Euro 3 when you bought it (so older cars are a no, like my Celica).

And it's honestly not a very good system at preventing emissions, Volkswagen cars with cheated engines (yes, in Spain you didn't have to get rid of them, it was not mandatory, you could call VW and have them change the car, but most people didn't) are allowed to go into Barcelona, while a seat panda, that has lower emissions (possibly due to having an efficient little engine) can't go there.

Even if you do modify your car to have lower emissions, you cannot get the sticker either, it doesn't matter what your actual emissions are, just the year the car was registered this is in contrast with Berlin's system, which takes into account what your real emissions are, and not just what year the car was made.

I am not even entirely sure if an electric conversions grants you an ECO sticker either.

I don't want to be /r/conspiracy material here, but I have my own doubts if this is not an attempt to make us buy new cars, and I am unsure if this is actually a system that's going to work, I am not sure if throwing so many cars away is a good solution.

#reddit #autonews #auto #cars

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mayosaysnonsense · 5 years

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its a text post. about america.

get rekt.

FOR REAL THOUGH; Why are Americans so afraid of everything. I'll explain why in 3 easy steps:

1. Even with the supposed "Power to the people" feeling in America, People dont have power to shutout large corperations. Or even shutout a part of the Government. People are afraid of losing their homes, their jobs, even their lives at the fact that they're "disrupting the peace." Bullshit. All of it is money and you cant say otherwise.

2. A lot of people are fighting for rights as human beings in America right now, but everyone thinks everyone is an enemy. The only true enemy are the people who refuse to change with the tide in an accepting way. Its as simple as Santa Claus. Some people want a Gender neutral Santa Claus, while others would perfer Santa to stay "his" original character. If a character is already made, you can change it by all means. Just don't throw a fit.

3.A part of fighting for rights; People are being shut out. Internet culture has taught people to be more open minded about their environments in this country. However, people are stopped by "stuck-in-their-ways" parents and supposed "loved ones." Its like trying to come out as gay, but your mother is a clear homophobe about it.

We've gotten to a point in time where Humans are incredibly more advanced than before. The technology we had in 1990 compared to now (2018) is such a big difference.

the other part of this post is about cultural differences (including religion, and politics)

The issue now is that people want change. We're mad that our governments arent listening to the needs of the people, and this is true to an extent. But we need to remember.

Every decision the government in America makes, is more politically and religiously based than you think.

Morals are a big part of it too; Are abortions good, or bad? Instead of saying good or bad, giving the ideology that something is "worse" than something else, it should be seen as a choice, but with consequences.

Most of Americas morals come from a Christianity based faith. (The good parts anyway, They always hide the bad shit in history no matter what up-to-date christians tell you, and trust me. im still living in a christian household)

This means certain laws are taken right from the ten commandments; Murder, Theft, Tax evasion. We can assume these come from that.

But what if we didnt? Would we assume murder is wrong if it was never told to us by anyone? Are we just fucking sheep that listen to anyone that is slightly higher in our minds? Pretty much.

Sorry for the rantish bits but I'll be forward with everyone; Stop judging some choices based on religion, and ask whether or not it could benefit that person's wellbeing and future, and if it would help Humanities' future.

If everything else was skipped, just read this next part:

If being gay is a part of someone's life, and you tear that down from them, You have stripped them of happiness.

I believe people are able to form joy and happiness from certain aspects in the life as life progresses. However, if one of those aspects is removed, they will NO LONGER FIND HAPPINESS THERE. if they lose all sense of Happiness, thats how people commit suicide. They cant link to anything they previously thought they could, and sometimes its the little things we do that really get to people. Saying someones shirt is ugly might make them question their sense of style and throw them out of wack. Its just not nice.

Anyway murry christmas and dont forget to dislike ifunny for only having nicotine supporting advertisements for juuls n stuff

murry crismoss

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