#very nice arguments

[front-facing-pokemon]

#SLIGHTLY more zoomed in bonus angle under the cut because i LOVE them and they are in my top 5 favorite pokémon of all time #zorua #very attached to zorua for a number of reasons. literally one of the greatest pokémon of all time and i will not accept arguments #mostly because a zorua is the partner character in that oc world campaign thing i've talked about a few times. that i made #so you have to be nice to them

[lo-fi-charming]

so i've been keeping up with TMP as it's airing, which has been fun, it's actually really nice to experience this kind of story weekly since i came into TMA late and listened up to the s4 finale in like, a month or two. i've been enjoying the new characters and statements, and while i was worried i'd have trouble actively listening (my attention span/executive functioning can be really variable when it comes to podcasts), it's been surprisingly easy for me to actually listen to each new ep the day it drops publicly

all this to say im enjoying the show! but i've found myself feeling increasingly frustrated with a couple things i keep seeing when it comes to discussions of it

to me, it seems... there's been a pervasive reluctance to take TMP as what it is. and i do understand that. it'd be stupid to pretend TMP doesn't exist exclusively because of TMA and that show's success, that it's a successor that was pitched as being similar. it's a story being written by the same people (plus guests), in the same universe (roughly), going for about the same tone and maybe themes.

i just feel like it's a bit of a shame, though, that so many folks seem unwilling not to carry TMA with them when they're engaging with TMP

i don't know where or when it was said, but i swear there was a comment made by jonny and/or alex about how TMP will have some commonality with TMA in terms of world-building, but also, people who listened to TMA first may find themselves theorizing in the wrong direction because we're judging things based off what is no longer concrete, reliable information; things are going to work differently in the world of TMP, and since we have preconceived notions on what is relevant or how things work, that's going to influence how we engage with information presented in TMP if we let it. and that's not even considering the fact that they've been explicit in conveying the idea that TMP was written so you can experience it fully without having listened to any of TMA at all!

i'm very much someone who tries to engage with media on its own terms, largely taking things at face value until i'm given reason to suspect otherwise. that's something i'm trying my best to still do with TMP, even though obviously, i've also listened to TMA and am basing some of my thoughts and personal theories on what we know from that

but that's what i mean to say i guess, it's something you have to actively choose to do. and it feels like, just based on what i've been seeing in fandom spaces, that a lot of people are having a bit of an odd time with TMP because of a reluctance to do that?

i think the easiest way to explain what i mean is to point to a general acceptance, already on the level of fanon it seems, to interpret the computer voices as Our Jon and Martin (+ Jonah/Elias, maybe). now obviously we have the actual real world reason why their voices are present in TMP, because of course jonny and alex were going to come back as voices in the show in some way. and i 100% agree it's a perfectly logical conclusion to then interpret their inclusion as being related to Jon and Martin somehow. i'm personally very into the theory that it is in no way them - not in any way that matters - but specifically their voices that have been stolen (by the Web?) as a means to help spread fears in other realities. but that's really not how i've been seeing people play with the concept? it seems largely 1:1. and again, i totally understand where people are coming from with that - especially when you consider how it can be a super fun concept for horror and angst, or even just the fact that folks want an excuse to carry their favorite characters into this new show and still play around with them. i promise i don't mean to bring this up as a means of making anyone feel bad or like, chastised for interpreting things a certain way and playing in the space!

it's the biggest example of what i mean though, and was a huge point of frustration for me when we were first being presented with TMP. it's not just that i don't want the voices to be Jon and Martin proper (i am very into their Ambiguous End, i believe it's best to leave that as a space for fans to play in); in all honesty, i think it's kind of a shame and maybe even a bit boring (im sorry!) to be engaging with TMP this way

and it's not just stuff like that - i've been seeing a fair amount of people expressing frustration and feeling disappointed with how TMP is hitting, but i mean, i feel like that's inevitable when you're going into it expecting More TMA? i saw at least one person basically say "ive been waiting for it to make me feel the way TMA made me feel, and it hasn't yet", and i really just feel like that's setting yourself up to be dissatisfied! beyond the fact that we're only 5 episodes in and the story has barely gotten a chance to happen yet, a huge element of this new show is that it's being approached as a largely collaborative effort, it seems, with lots of guests coming in to help shape the story and more writing and plotting influence that isn't jonny

obviously it's fine to not be super into that! undoubtedly it's a question of taste. but you do have to acknowledge that that's the case and adjust your expectations accordingly, or else you're not going to have a great time

i really like TMA, i had a great time with it, but even if TMP is a sequel to its parent podcast, it's not the same thing - and personally, i don't want it to be! i do hope that's a sentiment that is able to be more widely felt by some fans as we gain more distance from TMA while TMP is airing. i just think more people would be able to enjoy it that way, and come up with more interesting theories and interpretations of things! but those are really just my own personal thoughts

#endlesschatter #tmagp #i just needed to express some of this #it's a bit tricky tho esp with the voices as jmart thing bc a lot of my buddies and pals are playing in that space #and i hate to sound like im vagueing or complaining i swear im not ;lskdjfljk it is truly so unserious in the end #it's just very much not my interpretation or desire to see canonized in any way #though i cant deny some of the arguments made in favor of that interpretation are compelling #and i mean if it's the case in canon! not like im gonna be mad at folks for calling it!! #might not be my favorite angle but could still be plenty fun! #but also yes yeah i just wrote a lot of words down just to say i think it might be nice. if. #the fandom at large didn't try putting a coat of TMA paint over TMP and interpreting everything that happens in a TMA-colored lens

[carlyraejepsans]

saw your most recent post about really good fics that contain uncomfortable kinks and i immediately thought "ah, biscia must be reading the mpreg soriel fic" and almost left a reply talking about it but i stopped myself because i realized that would be an insane assumption to make. needless to say i felt so vindicated when i saw you link it in an earlier post.

like. HELLO?

HELLO???????

#answered asks #''I fear nothing good ever comes of it when it does'' is straight up SEARED into my brain as the toriel line of all time I've ever read #there's some character interpretations I don't share there. like i said i don't think either of them would cry that easily #and while the different conception (badumtss) of sex/gender in various monsters was interesting #i felt like it didn't quite deal with the ramifications of not strictly binary reproductions on social perception of gender like I could've #eg the part about boss monsters being closer to humans in how it works and thus having a different concept of mom/dad compared to skeletons #was pretty nice. but if you establish that skeletons work like ghosts but distinguish she/he ''for some reason'' even though all of them #can bear kids. and then you make a comment about ''the child possibly growing into a woman considering the shape of the pelvis'' it's like #why??????? why. whywhywhy. why would that be a factor. even hypothesizing a certain physical dimorphism. WHY pick the one tied to pregnancy #the ONE ASPECT that you decided was shared between both ''male'' and ''female'' skeletons #it's also like. objectively an argument that is leveraged to hurt and deny trans people irl so it was just. unbelievably uncomfortable #this is what we mean with mpreg and transphobia btw #not that the concept is inherently transphobic or hurtful to trans people #but that that kind of alternative biological worldbuilding implies an alternative social conception of gender role for the characters #that a lot of authors just. straight up miss. because their view of the world is still very cis/perisexist #BUT!!!!!!!!!! #it was still over all a very good fic. I'd rec it to pll not into that for the initial 2 chapters alone

[queruloustea]

This might be a weird question, but do you know how people's usernames reflect their personalities? Do you think that the word "querulous" reflects YOU as a person? Asking out of pure curiosity :)

hmm, i would say tea describes myself more—water-based and steeped with plant matter for an arbitrary amount of time. contrary to my name, i do in fact try my best to be as non-querulous as i can! though perhaps i grow querulous when particularly tired? it’s ever so hard to tell these things about yourself :]]

#interesting question!! /gen #it is one of my absolute favouritest bestest words i love it very much #nice to say #:] #unfortunate that to be querulous actually means to be petulant and argumentative. which i will not deny i CAN be on occasion when grumpy #how about i just say it relates to my blorbo phonetically and leave it at that hmmmmmm?

[almondcroissantsandink]

i am halfway through YMATA and these two have not even met yet but this has been all i could think of

#nice argument meme #ymata #you me and the apocalypse #jamie winton #ariel conroy #mathew baynton #mat baynton #british tv #art #ymata fanart #i try to make myself watch more weird or 'out there' shows once in a while and I'm actually quite warming up to this show! #however i cannot BELIEVE i am halfway through and NONE of the many groups have crossed over yet like HUH #also it's so goofy but then ariel is like a very no-nonsense/threatening character?? #when he blew his partner away i was SHOCKED it didn't feel like this goofy of a show would have him like very ready to off people??? #it really threw me off and they just got to the 'you are the second coming of christ #jamie and i have no idea what's gonna happen next lol #also I love joel fry as always he's wonderful I have to draw him too lol #digital art #artists on tumblr #csp #clip studio paint

[wonder-worker]

"[Elizabeth Woodville's] piety as queen seems to have been broadly conventional for a fifteenth-century royal, encompassing pilgrimages, membership of various fraternities, a particular devotion to her name saint, notable generosity to the Carthusians, and the foundation of a chantry at Westminster after her son was born there. ['On other occasions she supported planned religious foundations in London, […] made generous gifts to Eton College, and petitioned the pope to extend the circumstances in which indulgences could be acquired by observing the feast of the Visitation']. One possible indicator of a more personal, and more sophisticated, thread in her piety is a book of Hours of the Guardian Angel which Sutton and Visser-Fuchs have argued was commissioned for her, very possibly at her request."

-J.L. Laynesmith, "Elizabeth Woodville: The Knight's Widow", "Later Plantagenet and Wars of the Roses Consorts: Power, Influence, Dynasty"

#historicwomendaily #elizabeth woodville #my post #friendly reminder that there's nothing indicating that Elizabeth was exceptionally pious or that her piety was 'beyond purely conventional' #(something first claimed by Anne Crawford who simultaneously claimed that Elizabeth was 'grasping and totally lacking in scruple' so...) #EW's piety as queen may have stood out compared to former 15th century predecessors and definitely stood out compared to her husband #but her actions in themselves were not especially novel or 'beyond normal' and by themselves don't indicate unusual piety on her part #As Laynesmith's more recent research observes they seem to have been 'broadly conventional' #A conclusion arrived at Derek Neal as well who also points out that in general queens and elite noblewomen simply had wider means #of 'visible material expression of [their] personal devotion' - and also emphasizes how we should look at their wider circumstances #to understand their actions (eg: the death of Elizabeth's son George in 1479 as a motivating factor) #It's nice that we know a bit about Elizabeth's more personal piety - for eg she seems to have developed an attachment to Westminster Abbey #It's possible her (outward) piety increased across her queenship - she undertook most of her religious projects in later years #But again - none of them indicate the *level* of her piety (ie: they don't indicate that she was beyond conventionally pious) #By 1475 it seems that contemporaries identified Cecily Neville as the most personally devout from the Yorkist family #(though Elizabeth and even Cecily's sons were far greater patrons) #I think people also assume this because of her retirement to Westminster post 1485 #which doesn't work because 1) we don't actually know when she retired? as Laynesmith says there is no actual evidence for the traditional #date of 12 February 1487 #2) she had very secular reasons for retiring (grief over the death of her children? her lack of dower lands or estates which most other #widows had? her options were very limited; choosing to reside in the abbey is not particularly surprising. it's a massive and unneeded jump #to claim that it was motivated solely by piety (especially because it wasn't a complete 'retirement' in the way people assume it was) #I think historians have a habit of using her piety as a GOTCHA!' point against her vilification - which is a flawed and stupid argument #Elizabeth could be the most pious individual in the world and still be the pantomime villain Ricardians/Yorkists claim she was #They're not mutually exclusive; this line of thinking is useless #I think this also stems from the fact that we simply know very little about Elizabeth as an individual (ie: her hobbies/interests) #certainly far less than we do for other prominent women Margaret of Anjou; Elizabeth of York;; Cecily Neville or Margaret Beaufort #and I think rather than emphasizing that gap of knowledge her historians merely try to fill it up with 'she was pious!' #which is ... an incredibly lackluster take. I think it's better to just acknowledge that we don't know much about this historical figure #ie: I do wish that her piety and patronage was emphasized more yes. but it shouldn't flip too far to the other side either.

[deus-ex-mona]

when the lip differs from the lip

#aizo’s really too good for this series (sometimes). very male lead of him i have to say #he forgives his mother for being like *that* to him and still loves her despite everything #he shows kindness to people who openly hate him (mona; granted it was only to make up for his bf’s earlier misdeeds) #a n d he tolerates yujiro’s nonsense (bc he loooooves him) despite their frequent arguments and disagreements all #meanwhile yujiro openly hates on people who go after his bf (kanami 2k20: never forget… and chizuutan to a degree too ig) #man i miss honeypre event stories (says this all the time). i miss seeing aizo pine on main (while being dense about his own feelings) #and yujiro being salty on main (while somehow being even denserrrrrrrr about his own feelings for aizo) #those event stories truly were some of the best shipping fuel for ss lxl #(also ngl but. i liked how hiyoko was still present in their stories as the supportive friend role to them…) #(unlike a certain [redacted] anime which turned her into a horrible self-insert who shoehorns herself into situations unrelated to her) #(*cough* aizo’s so-called ‘fake trauma’ *cough* ‘how could yujiro’s family hate him when his mom makes him such a nice lunch????’ *cough*) #(wished we could’ve seen more of the jk trio in the event stories though [sadge]. bring back honeypre p l s) #um anyway!!!!!! see y’all when the next lxl mv drops ig???? maybe later in the week???? sometime between wed-fri???? idk?????

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

Hi, I was the anon that had brought up the high seas adventure!! I'm glad you took interest in it, and hearing your ramblings to add onto it just made me imagine so many fun things! (Poor Eddie, haha. With your description, I just imagine a dog trying to stand up in a moving car.) Ohh, now I imagine a case where the ship wrecks and their stranded for a few days until another rescue ship comes! Perhaps on an island?? I hope some of them know how to hunt!

the very first thing that came to mind was Eddie sobbing while pointing one of Howdy's guns at a crab. Sally just comes up & stabs it through the shell before taking it back to the fire for eating. Eddie collapses to his knees, wracked with guilt-

#frank & sally arguing over how to build the S.O.S signal #frank wants to be tactical. sally wants to go full Elizabeth in potc - giant bonfire #frank wins the argument due to popular vote #hard cut to everyone standing in the water staring at the Very On Fire island #anyway eddie's 'i wouldnt hurt a fly' statement makes me think that he would not be able to kill anything on purpose #hunt? nah hes just gonna forage. crack open a coconut on a rock. try that weird mushroom #meanwhile wally & howdy are chatting about the weather while spearfishing #for some reason im imagining an almost entirely barren island #like theres five trees & a nice patch of vegetation #but the rest is barren sand w/ the shipwreck on a nearby sandbar #hm yes thats where their camp is. huddled under the half overturned ship <3 #the water between the bar & the island is shallow enough for the big neighbors to wade through #lots of fish for dinner! #rambles from the bog #wh fantasy au #lmao wait ok so wally has this ability where he can turn abandoned doors into portals #(it takes a lot of energy & power so its a last resort trick) #so im imagining that a week or so into this impromptu banishment #frank goes 'wait. wally you can do the door portal thing' #and they all go OHHHH SHIT and start building their own door out of the ship's wood #oh hey... what if that island becomes an emergency escape / stash for the neighborhood... #tight spot? no where else to go? they have a remote island camp!

[donnatroyyyy]

If there’s ever actually a good Live Action Teen Titans show about the OG team, I NEED a New Girl-like scene where Garth finds out he’s colorblind. Like you know how there’s that whole scene of Winston thinking money is brown and stuff and Schmidt being like ‘if that’s brown what color do you think you are’? Yeah I need it in teen titans format.

#Like I want them to be talking about superhero costumes and stuff and the topic of the GL costume comes up and Garth says something like #“yeah it’s nice I guess but I don’t really like the fact that it’s so monotone” #queue the record scratch screen glitch and pause because the team are just as confused as we are. #Then one of them has to very gently break the news “it’s not monotone Garth it’s black and green”. #Then Garth just stops working for a few seconds before saying “haha very funny”. #Then after a very long and very heated argument about this Wally (the logical one) West has the bright idea to ask #“Garth what colors do you think your costume is monotone?” #And of course Garth replies “wdym of course it is.” #dc comics #comics #robin #aqualad #wonder girl #speedy #teen titans #og teen titans #also it would be one million percent funnier if he’s known for a long time that he was colorblind and just forgot to tell them #so he uses this opportunity to mess with them because of course he’ll take this opportunity to mess with them #garth of shayeris #garth of atlantis #Garth #Wally west #Roy Harper #Donna Troy #dick Grayson

[cashewally-sarcastic]

(Found Family Deca au) Deca, seeing that Something is up, is like "oh bards like music. I should play some music!" And for the first time in Carmen's life someone sings him a lullaby

Ouh...that sure is something.

#dude i can just *imagine* the argument in his brain #like on one hand <wow lullabies...are nice both giving and recieving them> and the other is just a very angry hissing cat #hi steel!

[fellhellion]

Ack I feel like I’m being an asshole but at least in my personal opinion there’s a style of YouTube essay (slow, languid, often focused on an evocative loose narrative threading the argument together) that in isolation can be so effective, but when used where the op just. doesn’t honestly have a lot to say, or stresses their subject matter as though it’s a never before heard perspective it kind of just backfires and makes the entire argument look a little. dissonant w the serious tone of its presentation?

#supereyepatchwolf I love you you seem like a very nice person but . I’m sorry you do Not have the substance in your argument to #mandate an hour of runtime #tunes talks critical

[mintcrows]

[bg3 endgame spoilers]

i just feel like i have to remind people that the only thing stopping the emperor from conquering the elden brain is that its scared of the githyanki, and even when it does it doesnt make you free from the mind control. and it gets super happy and eager to ''do bigger than rebuilding the knights of the shield'' in the mindflayer ending.

so like the girl is fucked which is very fun but i feel i need to mention these things again before i see more posts that start shaving its edges too much

#crows caws #bg3 spoilers #of course everything is free to interpretation #and i will hold the argument that these endings arent very polished #but that girl likes power #and not the nice type of power you know DLSKLD

[incorrect-hs-quotes]

Jake: Why the devil would i finish this thought when i could start a brand spanking new more exciting thought?

#homestuck #incorrect homestuck quotes #jake english #mod terezi #you know he makes a very compelling argument #new thoughts are nice and shiny

[watch-my-cosmic-death]

Pookie and I baked cookies yesterday!! It was very fun:) His cookies came out better than mine, which is totally fine. It can be star baker!!!⭐️

@starfall-andromeda

#star baker is a British bake off reference #they are very clearly the better baker #there’s no argument there lmao #it was really nice tho #:) #I LOVE MY BESTFRIEND #r

[gotham--fc]

My dentist: have you been stressed lately? You’ve been grinding your teeth

Me: no but I’m angry most of the time

#me 🤝 mark ruffalo as hulk #having to explain to my dentist that I’m not stressed I’m just seething all the time #no one understands my ability to hold a grudge #I’m angry about shit that happened to me as a child #I’m angry about stuff I can’t even remember anymore #but I remember im supposed to be angry about it #and it’s the worst bc I can’t just tell someone im angry all the time bc they’ll be like you have issues #and im not like an asshole im very nice and everyone likes me #my self control is impeccable #I just create fake arguments that I can win when im alone and grind the fuck out of my teeth #im like the dad in inside out who’s base emotion is anger #anyways im so angry at my dentist but you see how im being funny about it

[weepylucifer]

Remind me to at some point do something about that ficlet i have knocking around in my head where ulixes surprise-visits steban at his mom's place during semester break and steban gets extremely flustered about it

#posts by me #this would be early in their friendship #they met each other in the last semester and instantly clicked but it's all still new. uli hasn't even realized he has a crush yet #he's staying with his parents and they're distant and disinterested and he misses talking to his new friend #and hey steban did give him his family's address ''for emergencies'' and urgently needing to talk theory is an emergency!! #so he heads to villalobos. has the door opened by steban's mom. all very yes hello can my friend come out to play #he's led out back to a little community garden that some people in the apartment block manage together #steban's there helping out bc he's on break. he's in his oldest shittiest gardening clothes. there's dirt on his hands #and mud on his bare feet. uli looks at him in the sunlight and thinks ooohh. i am IN LOVE with you #then steban sees him and is like OH NO. he's not supposed to see me without my nice academic getup #now he'll think [mesque stereotype] [mesque stereotype] [mesque stereotype] #and meanwhile uli's thinking wow he is the most beautiful being to ever exist i want to be communist lovers with him #cue uli sitting in the kitchen with lemonade while steban has a whispered argument with his mom outside #all ''muuuums why did you just let him IN HERE i'm not even properly DRESSED'' and his mom is all oh you want to impress the boy huh? #you want to look nice for the boy? 😏 #and steban (blushing) is like i want the boy to take me SERIOUSLY as an ACADEMIC #like... this is firstie steban. he's still grappling with the whole 'poor kid in a college environment' thing #he hasn't yet learned to simply own it. he's probably trying to suppress his accent when he's on campus. and uli might even be middle class #(!!!) #and like he's not Ashamed of where he's from. his family's great. he... doesn't Hate being mesque. he's not sure yet how it all squares w #his brand-new communist beliefs. where he belongs and what he defines himself as #but he knows this: he does kinda want to impress ulixes. it just feels right to have him around #so he's just very very flustered and confused and trying to act nonchalant about it #steban's mom after fighting tooth and nail for it eventually gets uli to call her by her first name