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Girl that's outside my fit rating scale 😳

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They're kinda right? You don't need to kill off a character to create impact or imply realism. There are many ways of being realistic and impactful without killing off a character, writing death into your story is far from the only way to achieve this. There are plenty of popular examples, especially in film, where characters are introduced yet never developed because their only role is to provoke a cheap instant shock response when they die - a classic "this is my last day of service before retirement", you've all seen it. It's actually very easy to make the audience "feel things", brutality tends to provoke an emotional response in us squishy humans, but getting a surprised or sympathetic gasp out of the audience does not a good story make. So yeah, you don't NEED to kill off characters for "impact" or "realism". The comment in the original screenshot is pretty reasonable if you don't assume that it isn't.

im starting to think you guys dont like it when stories make you feel things

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What exactly is going on with Taylor swift? Did she do something wacky or just release a shit album that's so bad it's funny?

okay i have done time as a swiftie and i now watch over those weirdos like im david attenborough so you’ve come to the right place.

ur correct about it being an album so bad its funny. but theres more. im very sorry but this will be long.

so basically since like 2016 she was in an apparently steady and normal long term relationship with a blond man called joe alwyn whose only character trait is knowing how to shut the fuck up (and i love him for that)

then in april 2023 it was announced that they broke up while she was on tour but bc the relationship had been uneventful and boring this whole time, the general vibe from everyone was “huh thats kinda sad, oh well”

i might be mixing up the timeline a little here but a couple weeks later there were some articles about how she’s now dating matty healy from the 1975. people were mostly just like “pfft its just tabloid shit it cant be true” and then at the next 1975 gig, marty pointed into the camera and said “this is for you, you know who you are, i love you” before playing a love song. THEN at the next taylor gig she did the exact same damn thing and the swifties hit the fan.

to make a very long fuckin story short, they dug up a bunch of dirt about how this dude is a nasty little racist misogynist rat and he needs to get away from their poor little innocent billionaire princess. some people get kinda heated about whether these accusations are true and tbh id rather eat glass than get into that shit myself

SO, swifties outnumber us all and raised absolute hell online while taylor brought this guy to all her concerts and let him perform with the opening acts. her publicist released some statements saying taylor knows what her fans are saying and she doesnt give a fuck. but also said they’re not super serious and are just having fun together.

during all this, theres a small group of swifties that have decided to break away and become very pro-marty and essentially pit him against aforementioned blond man joe alwyn. their general narrative is that because joe loves being quiet and doesnt really do Celebrity Things, that must mean he was ashamed of his relationship with taylor. this is where we get the beloved He Lets Her Bejeweled meme

this fannade narrative becomes more relevant in a bit

at some point during this relationship she releases the joe alwyn breakup song You’re Losing Me, which just describes some very standard long term relationship breakdown stuff. they have different life goals and they’re drifting apart and the communication is breaking down. she kinda wants him to do something to save it at the eleventh hour but that wouldnt be realistic. very sad oh well.

theres a small amount of kicking off from the fandom about he’s awful for this but only bc they’re addicted to the idea that their favourite billionaire is the worlds most tragic victim and honestly whats new

and here starts the very fucking weird trend of her publicist releasing statements that are very clearly deliberately backing up the weirdo fan theories. a lot of “taylor and matty are showing up for each other UNLIKE HER LAST RELATIONSHIP and he is proud of her UNLIKE JOE ALWYN” like..alright.

anyway ratty and taylor break up after about a month of publicly dating and she sings some sad songs and cries at her concerts but everyone mostly forgets about the whole thing.

about a month later travis kelce asks her out and they end up dating and the white women of america collectively cream. personally i dont get it because i dont know what sports are and the only travis im familiar with is the tractor from bob the builder but i digress. the 35 year old deadbedroom swifties are going CRAZY. they’re saying these two are gonna get married and have ten kids and global superstar taylor swift can finally achieve the only real success for a woman: marriage and motherhood. because football man is the only Real Man she has been with due to the fact that he is tall and wide and bearded.

its severely tragic and vicarious

once again the focus does not remain on the couple. they’re turning on poor puppydog joe alwyn again. this time he’s evil not only for being “ashamed” of her but also for wasting her time by not marrying and impregnating her, because as we have established, thats the only point to life as a woman. how dare he waste all that time locking her away in the six mansions that she owns.

and her publicist does the same shit as before with the “he supports her and shows up for her UNLIKE JOE” bullshit. all of these people are over 30 and have never experienced a real problem.

this creates a cycle that is honestly kind of concerning, where the fans invent a strange theory, the publicist backs it up, the swifties add to the theory, the publicist back up the new additions, and so on. taylor continues dating travis and they go to each others concerts/games and act like a relatively normal honeymoon phase couple. the narrative has massively broken away from the reality.

so this continues, people hyping up travis and hating joe. at this point i want to note that taylor and her team have spent a lot of years crying about how the nasty misogynistic media only ever cares about her relationship drama and ignores her art because they hate powerful women or something. the irony is that just about every bit of publicity she’s done over the last year+ has been directly linked to whatever breakup or boyfriend she’s going through currently. they’re definitely not hiding that this is the PR direction they’re going with.

so, with the weird fan rumours continuing to reinforce themselves, the swifties become very confident that their imaginations are telling the truth. they stalk joe alwyns social media presence, of which there is very little. but if you go out looking for mess you never come back empty handed. they find that he has been around women. because he is an actor. and some other actors are women. anyway they fully believe this is proof that he cheated, and they launch harassment campaigns against these relatively small actors, who end up having to private their accounts. then the swifties find another woman to harass for being “the other woman”. it goes on.

then the abuse and domestic violence accusations against joe alwyn are created. not from taylor or anyone close to the situation. only from the fans. her PR team have at least stopped reinforcing the fan theories at this point, but the ball is already rolling.

when she announces her new album, the swifties ERUPT with joy that finally she is going to end joe alwyn, the man who im pretty sure has just been chilling in his house this whole time. the harassment of anyone and everyone deemed in any way guilty continues tenfold. they are openly tweeting about finding him in london and physically attacking and/or killing him (he’s not a huge celebrity and is often just hanging around alone with no security team or anything. im sure these threats arent serious but they feel kinda more dangerous when the target essentially just hangs around as a private citizen)

the album promo is pretty much just.. “hey i dated this dude and he made me sooooo sad isnt that interesting, swifties?” over and over again. each new post brings a bigger wave of joe harassment. they’re champing at the bit for taylor to tell them all the many ways he hurt her so dreadfully.

then the album leaks and its all about matty healy, which is very funny on the dismayed swiftie-violence front but also just..terrible in that she used the harassment of joe as an album promo tactic when the album barely mentions him. the only thing she really says about him is that he suffers from depression and it made their relationship difficult.

..and yeah, the album is about how she’s been obsessed with marty for over ten years and she fantasised about him while in her long term relationship, and theres maybe some overlap of the two relationships. the irony. all the “this man hurt me so much!!!”-type lyrics that were released to promote the album were actually about matty, not joe. a lot of the swifties are continuing to double down on hating joe bc they cant accept that the matty relationship even happened. theres a song about how much she hates her fans for hating her relationship with rarty. its called but daddy i love him. its a whole embarrassing mess for everyone involved, including me for typing all this out.

and after all that most of the songs fuckin suck

#HAHHAHAHAHHAHHAHAHAHA #fucking shakespearian drama over here

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Hey, the op of that "task manager kill him" post is a terf (I have the shinigami eyes extension and they show up as red, plus there's a bunch of transphobic crap on their blog)

Shinigami eyes have been known to falsely flag people and I'm not keen on judging anyone based on hearsay, so I went and looked at their blog and it's fucking true, searching "trans" easily yields a bunch of TERF shit as recent as last month. Fuck their life.

#raynswers #thanks for the warning mate

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The sun rolls high and the hill stands steep. The boulder stops a mere few steps from tipping over, wobbles dangerously, and plummets backwards. The way down is neither long nor lightweight, but in a brief moment of respite, one must imagine Sisyphus happy.

***

The dust settles treacherously, only to rise with another burdened step. The bone-crushing futility of his act weighs him down more than the boulder itself ever could. First goes the dignity, then the resilience, the wisdom, the resolve, and soon, as a measure of utmost cruelty, nothing but hope is left. One must imagine Sisyphus hopeful.

***

A lone vulture flies over the hill. Is it doomed to cross the sky indefinitely, or is there a bloody feast of a Titan's liver waiting for it on the horizon? And if the flesh is to heal the next day, is the act of rending it not, itself, a punishment? One must imagine the complexity of Sisyphus' emotion swiftly outgrowing the boulder before him.

***

The sun tips over the hill. The boulder lies at its foot, motionless. A patch of moss emerges hesitantly, as if uncertain of its choice of soil, and soon dies in the scorching heat. The scene lies different, yet the futility lingers all the same. One must imagine Sisyphus.

***

The patch of moss flourishes in blissful calamity. Must one imagine Sisyphus?

***

The boulder stops an arm's length away from the peak, sways, and rolls back with casual familiarity. Sisyphus wipes beads of sweat from his brow, sighs, and casts a glance at the unsurmountable giant. A world lies beyond it, one Sisyphus can't see.

One Sisyphus must imagine.

***

Two vultures fly over the hill, their beaks red, their talons dripping blood. One looks down and watches the boulder fall. Another looks up and tries to imagine Sisyphus happy.

***

He thinks he sees a patch of moss on the side of the boulder. The hill lies dead, and his body feels no different. In the absence of purpose, Sisyphus must imagine one.

***

A tree plants its roots underneath the boulder. Its emerging trunk splits the rock in half.

***

The boulder stops at the peak, wobbles dangerously, and tips over. Sisyphus pants, wipes tears from his eyes, and needs to sit down for a minute.

A vulture flies over his head. The river of oaths flows before him. He takes a deep breath, stretches his back, and follows the current - where to, one can only imagine.

#whatever man. tiddyphus. you know

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#yu yu hakusho!! shit was great. watched it with Romanian subtitles. didn't speak Romanian. 10/10

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it took years for me to realise that when NC said "I remember it so you don't have to" he was referring to the nostalgic films and not his name. which he always said right before that. i thought he was just being quirky about how he'd say his name at the start of every video, therefore we would not have to remember it

#I'm fucking dying

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Should I listen to Taylor "Pollution Queen" Swift's new album and like post my honest thoughts on it or do I respect myself too much

#genuinely never listened to anything from her so I'm morbidly curious

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Write an email about Taco Bell's Mexican Pizza

Hello Anonymous,

Hope you're doing well.

Unfortunately, after careful consideration, I have decided to deny your request. Your proposal does not allign with my cognitive operation model. Please see the list below for further clarification.

My expertise in the "Taco Bell" industry is severely limited.

I have no desire to expand it.

I apologize for the inconvenience this may have caused. Attached please find a picture of a little doggie. Kindly review it and keep it on file for periodic viewing.

Your soonest reblog is highly appreciated.

Best regards,

Raymond von Clubbenhausen

Tumblr Clownery Senior Associate

#harvey <333 #raysnwers

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I can write an email about anything. Just try me.

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Topper? I hardly know 'er!

I just realised what "topper" could be a euphemism for I feel dumb hahaha

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The Egg Topper

Heavy TF2 weapon idea

The Cock Sucker

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You guys reblog this post like some sort of snobby aristocrats. "Well, I don't usually laugh at such low-brow comedy, but this example is particularly funny" yeah sure. What do you normally laugh at? Heavy TF2 weapon idea: The Crime Punisher? Get a grip.

Heavy TF2 weapon idea

The Cock Sucker

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There are some bad bitches on here but I am too busy with my theories

#jonathan sims

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#fthoov #like a single word

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Someone at my work sent me a Teams invite with the caption "we shall meet tomorrow" do you guys think I should be concerned