#yk what all of they all have in common

[earlgodwin]

juan's naivety is actually hilarious to me because, despite knowing that cesare tried to kill him twice, both directly and indirectly, he still walked out alone with him in the middle of the night, yapping about a dream he had where they were in harmony and loved each other, without expecting his power hungry ambitious brother to gut him anytime soon...what yearning for validation does to a mf

#it's just sooooo insane how weak he can get about his family yk #because he knows they hate him yet he still wanted to try with them #he knew he isn't the son rodrigo wanted #he feels devastated that he lost his sister's respect forever #what gets to me is how defeated he looked while confessing to cesare about how he has been in pain all his life #and how he wanted something to relate with him so they both can have something in common: their father playing them like chesspieces #but the second he was pouring his heart to his brother is the same second he was murdered #he should've been at the club imo #juan borgia #cesare borgia #the borgias #the borgias meta #text post

[rosesradio]

wondering if the mutuals would actually try to fight me if i spoke my truth about the barbie movie…

#listen listen listen #it was just an acid trip…and while i agree with the messaging Of Course it just felt a little too on the nose #also was not a fan of the ‘in the patriarchy in barbieland the Barbies are being brainwashed ! there’s no other way they’d want to— #stay home and be a boring housewife !’ when like…it’s a perfectly valid choice. & feminism is about a woman’s right to choose #also something something cellulite something something #it felt like there were like a million stereotypically sized Barbies (like a size 2 or xs or whatever)— #& like 1 or 2 plus sized ones & like that was it. it feels like that for most movies these days but like where’s the medium/large girls yk #i didn’t like how they made ken a villain like i thought he’d have more of a fun/enjoyable role But I understand why they did it like that #also they never mention boys also play with Barbies? I get it’s probably more common for girls because Society but the movie was— #very sex-divided imo. and at the risk of a dad joke it kinda put girls and boys into boxes (ba doom crash) #overall between the catching the barbie plot and the stopping the Kendom plot and the ‘i wanna be a human’ thing at the end— #it’s like they were trying to put several different things together & it shows #i feel like people don’t feel comfortable talking about what they liked & didn’t about the movie because they’ll be accused of not liking— #its messages. but that’s not true for me anyway. i liked the messages and the aesthetic & all. but the way it came together was just…:/ #rose.txt

[fideidefenswhore]

"She had found it difficult to make the transition from a mistress with the upper hand to the submissive wife that Henry, a conventional husband, now expected her to be, and her tantrums sorely tried him, driving him to seek solace in other beds"

Interesting quote and a common sentiment, so let’s unpack this:

we know henry also had mistresses while married to c/oa, but...

w/eir et al insist she was the perfect wife, that she never argued with him (the latter of which is not even true, we have contemporary observation otherwise, even before the GM, but accepting the premise for the sake of argument)

so... was it in response to ' tantrums' or was it just henry and a pattern already established?

bcus in the very limited way they acknowledge her upset (which is generally just limited to the elevation of his mistress' son)

the infidelity is offensive but not the central point of the anger, not enough to risk loss of influence to fight against it 

it is not written about as a 'tantrum' (nor should it be, i’m merely pointing out the double standard), it is the noble, righteous purpose of her wanting to preserve her rights and that of her daughter

these incidents don’t receive the same treatment even though their context is similar, bcus...at least two of henry's mistresses while he was married to anne were supporters of her opponent (mary, also a threat to her daughter’s status)

so... was it 'tantrums' or was she also not going down without a fight because she viewed them as risking her and elizabeth's security ?

but it doesn't get the same treatment.

and the anne hastings thing with catherine does seem more personal but i digress , it is definitely not spoken of as a 'tantrum' either (nor should it be, again, i’m just pointing out the different language that tends to be used, and the blame cast upon anne & not her predecessor)

what i find really gross here is the implication and double negative inherent within

henry would not have taken mistresses while married to anne if she had more submissive, calmer

dignified even

but catherine was the perfect wife and model of queenly dignity and never said a harsh word to or against him

so... interesting to imply to avoid this she should have been 'more like catherine ' (again, whatever that means) when...it also happened to catherine?

we have a disrespectful comment but no actual record (altho it was a very short space of time) of henry taking mistresses while married to jane s/eymour

but no one says shit like coa should have been more like JS

yet i have seen people argue JS was emulating catherine and that's why he didn't cheat on her..... while forgetting he did cheat on catherine??

#jsut copy pasted this from my groupchat #im lazy but have thoughts #im using anachronistic language but im lazy and i don't feel like fixing it...cope :p #anyway obviously the common thread here is henry #was his infidelity symptomatic? was it only him responding to circumstances? would he not have done so if henry nyp had survived? #would he have gone cold turkey on other women had jane s/eymour survived; had anne lived and had a son? #these are all things i see speculated a lot but it was just his pattern and it was accepted for the time and he had the world at his feet #most would take advantage of those circumstances but it seems more like results of henry's personality and entitlement than specific #reaction to things that angered or offended him or even retaliation for them as is oft suggested......... #his own physician described him as 'overly fond of women' #it's not like. a big mystery to be unraveled. yk? #tl; dr even if this comparison were true and had merit #anne's 'tantrums' and scolds vs catherine eternal calm demeanour and placid kindness #doesn't seem like it made a damn lick of difference wrt henry's fidelity and eventual (altho with vastly different results) #*infidelity #eventual... disclaiming of each marriage #*it doesn't #so...what even is the point we're trying to make here lol #what do people think they are Saying when they say this #it is a quasi-profound statement/ assessment at best

[apollo-cackling]

[transcript: Immortal Taoists-Idle Manga /end transcript]

ah yes taoism, the famously japanese religion

#my rambles #no I'm not bitter about the bastardisation of chinese aesthetics at all what do you mean #picture the sheer disgust and contempt on my face when I opened my kindle one day and saw some book subtitled #'a greco-roman cultivation fantasy' being recommended to me #like okay I am deeply disconnected and out of touch with chinese culture etc so take this with a metric ton of salt #but xianxia and wuxia are genres deeply rooted in chinese culture and history #like take wuxia for example some of the foundational works of wuxia(?) by jin yong are set in the south song dynasty #I've offhandedly said that idk how racist 蛮人/barbarians are in a chinese context but taken in a western one it's just definitely racist #bc yk. in the book I'm thinking about the barbarians are the jin dynasty. it's two imperial dynasties fighting each other #and yeah I can definitely see arguments why that's also just straight up racist/the way they're used in the stories I'm thinking of #are just straight up racist #but anyway at least there's enough context that you can pretend it's less uncomfortable than it probably is #but anyway toss that fuckin bomb into a greco-roman setting and OHHHH BOY that's getting uncomfortable quick! #haven't read the book can't say how it's like but like the moment I saw that pitch I was like oh no. ohh boy that's maybe not two settings #you'd want to smash together in your fun power fantasy book #just straight up the worst context to put cultivation in wrt the racism problem #honestly that does kinda have potential in an author that knows what they're doing #but uh. a power fantasy litrpg is. maybe not that. yk. yk just saying #plus with like the song dynasty thing like. #that's a period where the country has fallen into deep turmoil and the common people are suffering because of deep institutional corruption #and due to the incompetency/cruelty/cowardice of the emperor and the sycophancy and selfishness of the officials surrounding him #(see: yue fei. or that one battle where the jin armies sieged right to the northern song's capital) #it makes sense it makes *sense* why they're so harshly critical of the government and why those in power are depicted the way they are #idk the context for xianxia/the time period where jin yong was writing but I'd assume it's something along those lines #take that context away and have a non chinese person write that and it starts feeling like redditors going #'ohoho see this is just what china's like' #ultimately this is just me having a disgust reaction that I'm not sure is justified to something that's in the end inconsequential #+ it's not like wuxia/xianxia is something that has all that much cultural weight #(I get the impression from my parents that xianxia in particular is seen as like. the equivalent to YA of sorts) #usually it's just a setting for trashy power fantasy webnovels (which is usually how western folks discover it and yea explains a lot)

[gojoest]

had beef with one of my coworkers today 😍

#— ai rambles #imagine what kind of an asshole you have to be to make me mad lmao #anyway at first i thought she was just a slow worker yk and that’s ok!! but turns out she’s just fudgeling all day long and work keeps #piling up and it’s either me or my other coworkers that have to do HER job #i was absolutely furious today when the office was full and i had to work on two contracts at the same time #and asked her (super friendly btw) if she’s able to take care of one simple car sale contract #and she was like ‘well leave the docs there i’ll get to them once i finish this thing for tomorrow’ #what is this thing — nobody knows 😍 #and it’s for tomorrow???? while you have clients right now RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU 😍 #and i snapped at her bc i also have appointments tomorrow i have to prepare for but priorities!! and common sense #people are here right now!!! waiting for you to spare 20 mins of ur precious time so they can stall their car 😍 #sell * #half of the time i have no idea what she’s doing and working on tbh and we’re not a big office like usually everyone knows what each one of #us is working on but her tasks are always a mystery a myth if you will #not very proud of myself for my choice of wording things but i was so sick of it atp and she snapped back at me but took the clients #lmao so i feel fulfilled

[todayisafridaynight]

It seems like you’re channel gets a lot of super hard core mega Yakuza fans and the casual/newer fans who just want some basic information without play the games because they can be kind of a slog to get through.

and in that i'll always be happy to give info, i for sure love talking about this franchise until im blue in the face LMAO

#snap chats #sometimes though... there do be some stuff that's just so common knowledge that it has to be hard not to pick up #but i'm biased i've played most every game multiple times so what's 'common' to me is definitely new for other people #i shouldnt be so harsh in that regard. on that note though if you want a lot of information #there's always the wiki you can skim through: it keeps things succinct yet informative #and thats not even suggesting watching the actual cutscenes: you get the impact so much better actually seeing everything #if you have to treat it like a tv series then do so but i greatly implore people to actually. interact with the series if you can #you dont have to play it- i get it not everyones a Gamer™️ #but these stories and characters are so lovely and crafted with care it'd be a shame to get the series only through footnotes #you can't come up with. All These Damn Essays I Keep Typing By Accident by just footnotes #it's absolutely worth the 'slog' to see everything for yourself and to be able to come to your own conclusions #theres also the fact i have my biases when it comes to things in this series so i might tell it a different way #i try NOT TO. in one of my classes growing up we were told to explain things as if we're talking to someone with absolutely no knowledge #yk try to keep it unbiased and simply put so i try to do that #but sometimes... yboy gets petty or just. Emotional ☠️ #anyway thats enough of my preaching i just love this franchise and i love it when people are interested in it #and i hope that people can be interested in it enough to play the games or just watch the stuff #having any amount of love for it is enough honestly but its always fun being able to talk more in-depth yk #ok im done fr now BYYYYYE

[highkey-confused]

I’m so glad I got into the mcr fandom at this point in time with the band as it is. If I’d been an edgy teenager in 07 or something I would have been so incredibly insufferable

#I would totally have been one of those kids #who is the reason mcr fans are made fun of #not that mocking these people at large is the correct course of action #cringe culture is dead and all that #but alas I would have been impossible to be around #mcr #also yk the fandom is just so different now #the band is older and the fans are too #all of this is unhinged but in a very grown up and deranged way #deranged with common sense #I’m just rambling #I don’t have words #you know what I mean

[a-romantic--aromantic]

you guys derailed my post so fast that i think we need a lesson in what amatonormativity is and what it isnt and what the layer cake is and where it came from and how to recognize not only tone and intent but underlying messages.

and also how to recognize authors and their relevant identities or experience.

#for the record: my followers are p great but somehow by layer 3 of separation ??? #what the heck guys #you couldnt let an apl romo aro talk about a common phrase that is unnecessarily bashed with no nuance #without jumping in to talk over me? #genuinely i avoided tumblr today because of it. #because i feel a need to address it and i dont even know where to start #it was just a MEME on a true statement and yk now i have to figure out where to go #some of the comments were. *super* uncomfortable to me #and like clearly you dont know who i am or that i am The Romo Aro ™ or that i talk about romance and romo phrases here #but DAMN that was weird #it wasnt a bunch of people it was just. weirdly ace/apl phobic #and i??dk??? what to do with that???? #thats all #anyways #tags #(vague bc im sure it applies outside of this context and post too. and also for posterity)

[clusterbuck]

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#idk i get projecting onto the blorbos and i certainly do it myself as well but at some point it’s like. if all they have in common with the #character you’re supposedly writing about is the name then what’s the point of it yk #shush emma

[hauntedpearl]

the best part of pride was being called a theythemmie while shitfaced in the club after and immediately breaking down into heaving sobs because suddenly there was a physical space where it was real and all kinds of strangers just giving me hugs and telling me I'll be okay like i got babied i got held and i know none of us knew each other but I'd never felt more like i belonged somewhere what a night

#take ne back #stuck in a small town #don't even have friends here much less queer friends #i had a lot of aspirations about what to do but i feel stuck ablut everything en #anyway. pride fixed ne for a moment #i need to. move out of here. bht idk where to go #the thing is i don't plan on settling down or anything so my whole life will just be this i have all the time in the world #and it's comforting bc i don't have a lot of money to my name and i would like to make some lol #BUT YEAH LIKE. IDK I WANNA WORK AS A PA ON A SET I WANNA GO ON AN IMPROMPTU ROAD TRIP ACROSS EUROPE I WANT. #to sit by a beach and not talk and watch the sun set #idk idk life is. pretty. i want to witness the prettiness #it's so scary bc it's so dangerous everywhere bc as much ws there is good there's also so much messed up shit #and I've been sheltered but i live in a country where rape/sexual assault is just. common yk. ridiculously so. insanely. #it's crazy #so im also a coward #it's all just crazy man idk #tw rape mention #in the tags #soz soz im just tired and emotionalll

[irkenheretic]

fun anarchisma facts part 2: autistic irkens exist! not every autistic irken is defective though (defectiveness is in the PAK, not the brain) but it's very common for nondefective autistic irkens to be more comfortable around defective irkens! the term "heretic" eventually expands to include nondefective autistics if they so choose to identify with it :)

#some irkens ARE both autistic and defective tho! it all depends lmao #also since irkens have no concept of neurodiversity there rly is no in universe research on what causes autism in irkens #if id wager a guess i bet its a chromosome thing for irkens #genetic disorders and extra chromosomes (rather partially or fully) are way more common in irkens #since the pak manages symptoms pretty well there rly is no need to find a cure or Do Eugenics #so the symptoms of autism in irkens could very well be caused by the extra-chromosome thing #or mayb there r multiple causes nd the chromosome thing could cause symptoms but so could some other thing #cus red has!! that chromsome thing! its part of the Red Eye Thing #he has a partial extra chromosome but his symptoms track more w autism than downs syndrome #PIN on the other hand has symptoms that track w downs #but he has a whole extra chromosome not just an extra chunk #idk i did NOT put much thought in the science of it #all i know is that some irkens have a partial extra chromosome and some have an entire extra one #and that autistic irkens Exist #and since chromosme things are more common among irkens it stands to reason that it could b that #not that it rly matters in-text but yk #live from conventia #anarchisma #if u read this whole tag rant.... o7 i salute u

[theoestofocs]

reading a truly excellent fic from a small fandom, that hasn't been updated in ages despite the author promising an epilogue: ah fair enough, hope everything's okay, I'll hit "subscribe" just in case bc i loved what they wrote so i'll comment that i liked it

scrolling absently up through the other 5+ comments and abruptly stumbling on a breathtakingly bad faith criticism of -problematic- elements that weren't even present in the fic:

#id in alt text #linden's originals #seriously y'all never comment ur negative analyses of an author's thematic choices #especially if they're all stuff that's clearly tagged & in the content summary?? this is free entertainment & fully informed consumption #even if u have something to criticize about their word choice or sth - like if the author uses an outdated term or sth #& u genuinely have reason to think they'll appreciate being informed of their mistake. like. you still also tell them the stuff u liked. #u don't leave a comment just to tell an author whose personal stories (stories they chose to *archive* which u may read #but which are written first and foremost for the author's enjoyment! that's what the ''archive'' part means! it's someone else's journal!) #to tell them they Messed Up! #tell them what turns of phrase u liked! tell them why ur glad u got the chance to read the work! they do not owe u a story u like! #and leaving a negative comment (even a well-intentioned one) can wreck an artist's motivation to continue creating a work #(i know if i got a comment like this - however well-intentioned - i'd probably have deleted the entire work & also cried #not bc it was particularly unkind it's just. unsolicited yk? & criticism of something so intensely personal. art created by & for you.) #like. a lot of fic is written by neurodivergents too. it's more relevant than the average situation to remember that an author might be #''disproportionately'' harmed by negative feedback. RSD; emotional dysregulation; stuff that makes emotions so much stronger #& more capable of lasting harm #anyway. i guess this is a #vent post #i know ''flames'' were a common issue in fandom before my time but i get the feeling a lot of that was bc #online fandom had a much higher proportion of teenagers shaping the culture. as we get older i think we get a better sense of ourselves #& better at understanding & respecting each other's boundaries. & rights #kids in fandom learn from adults just like everywhere else. be kind is i guess what i'm saying #never cause more harm than you need to. not when you can just walk away and leave no one the worse. just - be kind #and for the love of tillie mayard don't tell people what u think is Problematic about their literal fanfics #even if ur right & not fantastically misreading something to the point of seeming intentional. like. just don't #anyway. this has been #linden in the tags

[vampirebutterflies]

oh, to be able to accurately capture how a song makes u feel into an artform for others to experience in the same way as a means of deeper transformation connection and understanding

#and a “this is how I perceive this— can you feel it too? can you understand it at all? can you appreciate it even if you don’t?” #except “how it makes u feel” is far less standard emotional “feeling” and far more like #oh this one feels like walking along the road you know well from where you grew up except the sun is setting so everything’s bathed in a #shifting gradient of sunlight fading from pink to oranges to pinky purples to deeper purpley blues. in a way that feels and looks surreal #yk when sunset light just completely changes how everything looks and feels? #so. bathed in that sunset light and surrounded by tiny floating soft silvery glowing flecks that are almost drawn to you but float further #away when you reach out your hand to touch them #the ones you do touch turn more golden and have the texture of. soft silky dust. like flour or tile dust. and they feel cool at first but #warm very quickly #and you’re walking down that street you know so well (for better or worse) but you’re older now. you’re You now #and you can see the world and the people around and there’s things happening. but you’re unaffected by it all you’re just walking #“there is freedom within— there is freedom without / try to catch the deluge in a paper cup” #and it doesn’t feel bad. just a calm sense of disconnect and. relief? and a path. doesn’t matter what’s happening around you #“there’s a battle ahead— many battles are lost / but you’ll never see the end of the road while you’re travelling with me” #you’re just walking through it all #“and I’m counting the steps to the door of your heart” #I’m sure this is an incredibly common and normal experience #especially given this is very different experience to my intentionally curated brainmovies and music videos I make in my head (normal) #this is just a This Is How It’s Always Felt From When I First Heard It #it’s developed with listening again and again over time but the feelings and the core are the same #anyway #I need to go to bed #mercury moments #if anyone reads all this babbling this specific example is sarah blaskos cover of dont dream it’s over #just so u know #free to ​rb the post if u want #shrug. maybe I just feel things too much and. too deeply and too specifically sometimes #iunno

[ablednt]

Can't come over today I'm busy psychoanalyzing societies that don't actually exist, yeah tomorrow too, sorry

#verdict #I'm just [thinks about it all/exo] #I do not in particular or at all want to go back to that life but I just #dear god. thinking of it all. having thoughts about it #I'm rediscovering a fictional culture that isn't even written anywhere #which you may think 'isn't that just having ocs' but no it isn't our world building skills are absolutely abysmal #it's just that the author of my source really just kinda. didn't explore my culture all that much #other than basing it off the roman empire (but also just kind of. both republic and empire and then also with a lot of influences that were #definitely medieval italian so it's a whole mess yk? #so now I've had the fun of going 'hey some of my memories don't match up with roman culture as we know it what was up with that' #and it's just all really interesting #like we had different pronouns we used to show different relations to people and to show status #and nonbinary/neutral genders were recognized so there were neutral forms of these generally #gender as a whole and gender roles were also very interesting since it was in this weird limbo where #misogynistic laws were very much in place but it was not a proper patriarchy either? so there's just this nuance that is pretty wild to me #when I compare it to stuff I'm familiar with in this world #also the most common informal word for parent was the pronouns children usually use for their parents (also some of their first words) #combined and it was a whole concept yk? like oh this is my parent this is who my first words were for and that was just really sweet to me #there's also a lot of fucked up shit probably obviously because its inspiration is one of the messiest and shittiest empires ever so I'm #also thinking about all of that and experiencing the agony etc #there's just so much #and it feels so bizarre that it's only real now inside of our memories

[theophagie-remade]

I love it when things look worn and used and lived in and old instead of pristine and new I love that my desk's paint is more worn off in the spot I use the most I love the stains inside my favorite mugs I love it when my books' pages turn yellow I love that the colors of the blankets I've been using for years aren't as bright as they used to be 💜 Love and peace

#mytext #p+ #(my) life is a constant circle of. searching for little things to be happy about. little things that need to be witnessed specifically #like common everyday objects becoming ''old''... because well they only are old because i'm here to verify that #and because i've seen them age since despite *gestures vaguely* i haven't. yk #it's also kind of one of the reasons i don't like to replace stuff... #don't fix what's not broken and all of that too i think it's a waste of money to idk. buy a whole new set of mugs because the one you have #at home is old but also. idk. it feels like such a loss of progress... #Obviously some things eventually need to be replaced but when they don't and they're replaced anyway... it's so unmotivating... #gh

[todayisafridaynight]

INCREDIBLY FUNNY that I refused to settle for just saying "bread" but yes it was those! So in that sense, the lavish bread physics are integral to conveying how important the little things were in getting him through prison. Still, for the sake of the drip…...... perhaps sacrifices are needed...

But yeah, I'm thrilled you noticed those things about the evolution of Jo's design, too! It's super interesting to think about in terms of storytelling, I don't think you're inarticulate in saying that at all. Speaking of, I also just look up "holder" to find prev asks at this point lol

Jo and Ichi's dynamic is also a major topic of interest for me (as we've seen). I think a lot of what's going on with them is definitely some variation of "old habits die hard." That's natural when you form that kind of uneasy coexistence. But like you mentioned, it's also telling that Jo picked up the nickname in the first place, because I went back through the entire script, and it really is the case that only Arakawa, Masato, Jo, and the people who raised Ichi call him that. It's reserved for his family.

I think this line about Aoki (that I completely forgot about before looking at the script again lol) may also shed some light: "A long time ago, I knew him as the young master. He knew me as Ichi." Because they all do that, don't they? Ichi still says Captain, Boss, and Young Master, Jo still says Boss, Ichi, and Young Master, Aoki still says Dad and Ichi.

Even though on paper these relationships should've dissolved with Ichi being expelled, Masato becoming Aoki, and Jo taking over as second patriarch, to one another, they're all still who they used to be. And as an aspect of how they communicate, the "learned language" that forms in families, it stands out when they're all on the same page with the terms they choose to use.

This line from Ichi also stood out to me: "But my aniki taught me different. He said whoever makes the first move is the victor. The guy with steel balls wins." Like, that's clearly Jo, right? For one thing, the "flavor" of aniki is different from Captain, of course--one is directly an appointed post, and one is more open to interpretation--but it also clearly shows that Jo's imparted his "philosophy" to Ichi in some ways.

I think, to a degree, it's one of those holdovers from RGGO that wasn't fully implemented. Because they're more or less the same in RGGO in this regard, but RGGJo does outright say it makes him weirdly happy that Ichi still calls him Captain, so that's a clearer indicator and makes the idea feel more "complete."

With what I said before about their "learned language," too, the Arakawa Family has this way of saying goodbye that's specific to them, and I really miss it in Y7. It is referenced briefly, but it's not a "thing" like it was in RGGO. It's kinda like how The Gang in It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia greet each other with "Hey-ohhh!" LMAO idk but. I Enjoy. But that's also why it stood out to me that LaD8Jo greets Ichi the same way as Y7Jo and RGGJo.

ALSO that is so sick the author of Soliloquy saw your art…… incredible……….. + as an aside since I was reminded, it's very true that sometimes people seem to "fill in the blanks" with tropes, and my favorite is honestly when it's both funny and offensive. There was this whole "phase" (and to everyone's credit it was short-lived) of playing Mine up like this Huge Misogynist because he's not attracted to women, and it's WILD to recognize that he's gay but still pull up homophobic tropes for funsies.

Like I was mad at the time mostly on account of the mischaracterization (because come on, even if you've only seen Y3, he is still uncharacteristically soft with Katase… not that he wasn't INSANE for The Slap, but it also wasn't at all rooted in the same things as say, Nishiki slapping Reina might've been.) But it was funny. Perhaps not in the way it was intended to be, but it was funny. And, you know, that's why I'm happy to stay in my own little corner as well.

You coulda just said bread it's ok 😭 I WAS right though it WAS a carb......

On the subject of language though, it's def something I picked up on (if my last ask wasn't any indication lmao)! It's a real neat detail and something I think helps push that 'family' theme Y7 has going on (or at the very least demonstrates how despite the times changing, they still have those bonds with each other whether they acknowledge it or not), it definitely being a case of picking up a habit/term from family.

About tropes in fan works though, I can't act like I'm guiltless of it LMAO so I don't have too strong of a leg to stand on when it comes to criticizing it (and I can't lie, sometimes I do find playing into the trope funny if it's at least based on something from the text and it's just exaggerated For The Bit yeah). However I do think the strangest thing was linking misogyny and Mine (I made a post rambling about it but deleted it like. .3 seconds later) because nothing he does in either Y3 nor RGGO is explicitly misogynistic? In the slightest? And as we talked about before he's considerably pretty respectful towards women? Again, he surely did slap a little girl, but it wasn't because she was a girl you know (still cringe to do but if we're gonna talk about it let's do it right please and thank you). As you say though, pushing that trope onto Mine just feels like perpetuating the harmful stereotype that gay men hate women, and in cases like that then I can't really take the piss out of it without having a weird taste in my mouth.

#long post #snap cahts #on the note about language though..... you just reminded me that i wanted to make fun of jo for his particular usage of 'balls' ☠️☠️ #like first time i was like fine. yk it's a common saying but then second time i was just Alright I Got It Champ Balls Are Crazy #and if jo really WAS the one to say that to ichi then like.. my guy.. three times is no longer a coincidence.. whole lotta talk bout balls. #in all seriousness though that much repetition from jo really does help confirm that the quote ichi says /is/ from him #and helps validate that bond they had. because sure jo's an asshole but it's clear ichi still took his words to heart #in that respect. i like that jo has a favorite term- its pretty human i guess you can say #cause yk we all have certain phrases or words we like to particularly use so its sweet to see that. in the funniest way possible but still #SORRY im five i still laugh at dick jokes anyways #NO NOT TO GET CONTROVERSIAL BUT ABOUT NISHIKI SLAPPING REINA i see so few people talk about it #and if they do they try to make reina seem like the villain and that nishiki was faultless for hitting her... like what... #i mean reina wasn't being nice in that scene but she was also upset about losing people she loved too.. #like yeah nishiki hitting reina is diff from mine hitting haruka- both dick actions but def diff #hitting a kid after you talk bout bulldozing their home and then they Rightfully hit you for it yk. cringe. get it together she's 13 ☠️ #threw hands with a 13 y/o moment... actual mustache-twirling-evil shit LMAO #with nishiki it's like. my man that's your friend... you guys are going through shit together why are you getting mad at her.. #we get it youre insecure but dont take that out on your friend bro she's distraught too #im gona ruffle SOMEONS feathers with them tags i just know it.... oh well #point is. dont hit kids dont hit your friends and dont hit women. unless it's consensual then by all means go WWE on each other