#<- fuck it. new tag

[charcubed]

When Loki tortured Brad at Mobius' request (❗️), the method deliberately echoed their first conversation.

"Do you enjoy hurting people? Making them feel small?"

It's about Loki and Mobius having perspective on who Loki is, and both of them being able to trust that.

Mobius understands Loki. He knows that he DOESN'T enjoy hurting others, so Mobius knows he can pretend at being a villain without crossing a line.

They even joke about it a little – this performance of a "desperate" display, inspired by Loki's past.

Those "terrible, awful things" Loki did back then... they weren't really MISCHIEF.

But as I've said before, Loki and Mobius are redefining what "God of Mischief" can be together. It only works because that redefinition is not "just stop being who you are"…

...but rather, it's "be yourself, in full, without apology."

Lean into the persona and others' assumptions, within reason, as a means to an end. Use it as a strength. Why not? Loki knows who he is. Mobius knows the real him too. That's what matters.

Mobius has never wanted Loki to be anyone or anything other than exactly who and what he is.

He is the only one who has never seen Loki as a villain. He dared to hold up all of Loki's "terrible, awful things" and said those things didn't define him, and Loki took it to heart.

It's part of why Loki respected him from day one and loves him now.

Mobius never needed to "control" Loki. He knows him, trusts him, and encourages him to meet his full potential.

They're equals and similar enough that it all works. And Loki thrives because of it.

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#lokius meta #loki spoilers #loki series #loki #mobius #loki meta #lokius #char writes things #chars loki posts #<- fuck it. new tag

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

so how about that update, huh

#this is all i have to offer rn </3 #im working on Actual Art but for now all you guys get is Half Assed Meme #eddie dear. eddie. eddie dear. Eddie Dear. EDDIE DEAR- #oh man. oh boy. oh fuck. its so over (we're so back) #scribble salad #welcome home #welcome home puppet show #eddie dear #i feel like i just walked into a disaster recovery group a week late w/ a smoothie #heely-ing in here Whats Up Fuckers #ok that was a creepy glitch #for a second every button i pressed created a new tag that said #'Who Else Is Traumatized!!!' #a little unnerving and Very on brand! one could call it WHcore... or somethn...

[valgeristik]

Like getting a toddler ready for school on a cold winter morning. except hes a grown ass man of 185 years of age. trying to kill a demon.

#dungeon meshi #kabru dungeon meshi #mithrun dungeon meshi #new fandom new fucking tags lord help me #kunst huli #dungeon meshi spoilers #is it predictable of me that i love mithrun? idk. but i do #also can i just say. obsessed with the fact that if not for the Elf Twink Curse mithrun would be ripped #as is his right

[crow-cap]

Putting him in a blender

#crowcraft #across the spiderverse spoilers #spiderverse #atsv #atsv spoilers #miles morales #uh kinda #the prowler #prowler miles #atsv prowler #new fandom new tags #I have so. So SO many canvasses full of him and 1610 miles it’s insane #drawing low quality stuff but no time to post :( #exams are nearly over though! reallllllly looking forward to a break #got one more to freak out over then I’m DONE #woah the quality on this one is proper fucked

[brother-emperors]

something. about. the horror of being sent on an impossible (death) quest and obligations and hospitality politics. the trauma of not having a home, and then the trauma of being in a house that becomes actively hostile to you, one that would swallow you whole and spit out your bones if you step out of line. all of this is conditional, your existence continues to be something men want gone.

it's about going back as far as I can with the perseus narrative because there's always a version of a myth that exists behind the one that survives. the missing pieces are clearly defined, but the oldest recorded version of it isn't there! and there's probably something older before that!! but it's doomed to forever be an unfilled space, clearly defined by an outline of something that was there and continues to be there in it's absence.

and love. it's also about love. even when you had nothing, you had love.

on the opposite side of the spectrum, this is Not About Ovid Or Roman-Renaissance Reception, Depictions And Discourses On The Perseus Narrative.

edit: to add to the above, while it's not about Ovid, because I'm specifically trying to peel things back to the oldest version of this story, Ovid is fine. alterations on the Perseus myth that give more attention Medusa predate Ovid by several centuries. this comic is also not about those, either! there are many versions of this story from the ancient world. there is not one singular True or Better version, they're all saying something.

Perseus, Daniel Ogden

Anthology of Classical Myth: Primary Sources in Translation, edited & translated by Stephen M Trzaskoma, R. Scott Smith, Stephen Brunet

#it's all greek to me #perseus #danae #komiks tag #long post #every other week i start to say something about how greek heroes are a good case study in diaspora and exile trauma #but man perseus makes me so sad. so does danae. she loves her son :( #perseus turning a whole island to stone is a huge mood. i would also do that if i were him #anyway (salutes) take care everyone i gotta watch yunho's new video it looks like a fucking movie im so excited #(i singled out ovid bc i remember the fucking shit perseus discourse that ran through this site. i remember #im preemptively loading a gun and pointing at it before it can touch this post #it hasn't died out either i see it on twitter all the time in the most ANNOYING ways possible i am TIRED #esp bc they're actually doing medusa a narrative disservice like congrats! you made it worse! stop telling me it's better!!!!)

[inkskinned]

he says i hate everyone except you and that is addictive and that is kind of romantic and beautiful because you're young and you're kind of a sarcastic asshole too and you don't like bad boys, per say, but you don't really like good ones either. and you like that you were the exception, it felt like winning.

except life is not a romance book, and he was kind of being honest. he doesn't learn to be nice to your friends. he only tolerates your family. you have to beg him to come with you to birthday parties, he complains the whole time. you want to go on a date but - people are often there, wherever you're going. he's just so angry. about everything, is the thing. in the romance book, doesn't he eventually soften? can't you teach him, through your own sense of whimsy and comfort?

at first - you know introverts often need smaller friend groups, and honestly, you're fine staying at home too. you like the small, tidy life you occupy. you're not going to punish him for his personality type.

except: he really does hate everyone but you. which means he doesn't get along with his therapist. which means he has no one to talk to except for you. which means you take care of him constantly, since he otherwise has no one. which means you sometimes have to apologize for him. which means he keeps you home from seeing your friends because he hates them. you're the single exception.

about a decade from this experience, you'll type into google: how to know if a relationship is codependent.

he wraps an arm around you. i hate everyone except you. these days, you're learning what he's actually confessing is i have very little practice being kind.

#i used to think it was romantic too and then i was like. now i see it as a HUGE red flag #writeblr #it is also almost EXCLUSIVELY said by immature ppl who think this is normal #fyi even if u think it's funny and ur like 'im an introvert it's just TRUE' like. you need therapy (ily tho) #healed introversion is just ''i would prefer to be by myself'' not ''i hate every person'' ... hate is not normal. that is not healthy #im sorry. i know it feels accurate. but if you're walking around with that kind of rage.... #1. you're making a LOT of assumptions about every single person u have ever met. which is often unfair and unkind #and also usually involves judging people based on their worst moments or little mistakes #2. you are being unfair to the person who is ur ''exception'' #3. there is a VAST difference between ''ur my favorite person'' and ''the ONLY person i like.'' #idk i think this is just a personal bias thing tbh #im sure there are people who have this experience normally #but i have YET to find a man who thinks like this and ISNT absolute DOGSHIT. although tbh.... like. im sure he exists #when u hit like 30 some of the things that were once kind of hot now just sound fucking exhausting. like ''im in a band'' #edit in the tags: i used to kind of be like this too. but the thing is that like. my life became so much more peaceful #once i started believing that people are generally good. like yes i am mad at the world at large #but it's just.... a very hard way to live. you're not a bad person or wrong for the ways other people hurt you and taught you to be angry. #but that anger will continue to hurt YOU. it will punish YOU. it will prevent YOU from making new deep connections. it will protect you yes #but it will also cause MASSIVE blowback. bc if you lose the One Person... your life will fall apart. i know this personally. #i really recommend just trying to be... cautiously optimistic instead. like. yes #people can be horrible and cruel and there are some communities (incels for example) that aren't worth that optimism #but i think like... most people will hold a door for you . most people want to help you find your wallet . #i hope one day you are able to find peace. i hope that rage eventually smooths over. i know how hard it is PERSONALLY #and i know what must have happened to you. and im deeply deeply sorry we share the same wound. #but i promise - sometimes we all need someone else to help us carry the weight. eventually the rage has to die so that we can let help in #i had to spend years biting at outstretched hands. i still often do. im still very wary . and my heart breaks that you flinch too. #here's the thing: i don't blame you. but we were both acting out of fear and pain. .... not out of healthy behavior. and ... change #was needed. i needed change too. rage was useful for a while. then it just left me isolated and bitter. i had to (with effort) #choose to let that rage go. and let people in . VERY SLOWLY THO LOL

[nortism]

#i’m never shutting the fuck up about them #rose tyler the woman you are #ninth doctor #rose tyler #captain jack harkness #jack harkness #ninerose #timepetals #ninejackrose #ninerosejack #captaintimepetals #the doctor x jack harkness #the doctor x rose #jack harkness x rose #doctor who #the doctor #easily the hardest part of shipping a poly ship is tagging all the fucking ship variations #new who #mine

[ispyspookymansion]

#the only new flags should have slurs directly on them i think so they cant be coopted. or just like. gay porn. on the flag. #kora.txt #i stand by thats tag but this post is a fucking nightmare youre all so annoying. this is what i mean

[shmorp-mcdurgen]

Hello Walten Files Fandom, long time no see

#the walten files #twf #twf spoilers #the FUCK do I tag this guy as he has the same name as the other Bon #I guess just. #TWF bon #eye contact tw #face horror #shmorps art #just kinda. putting this on the table then running back into my TMC fixation #I don't even really know how to react to that new episode man it was so. MUCH /LH #So much information to take in at once-

[alena-draws]

Point of view: You've royally pissed off the most powerful being on the planet.

(Knives is currently not on the planet but above so it counts)

(please click on the full image! It's DIN A3 and the effect is better in full view, especially Vash's glowing eyes! Little close ups under the cut)

#late trimax vash my beloved #alena aquired new skill: colour your lineart without fucking up the pencil strokes and put the colour layer beneath! #shoutout to @plants-and-geraniums whose beautiful angel arm vash fanart inspired me to try that out again #now I don't wanna boast but I'm really happy with how these turned out #also found my new favourite tool on clip studio: the airbrush #also drawing space ship parts is fun #I'm putting some lines in there and suddenly it looks like that part has got some use #trigun #fanart #vash #vash the stampede #trigun maximum #trimax #aah I should maybe tag this with #trigun spoilers #sry that I didn't do this from the start

[fireflysummers]

FireflySummers’ Guide to Arguing Against the Use of AI Image Generators

(AKA I hate AI image generators so fucking much that I published a whole ass academic article on it)

Read the Paper: Art in the Machine: Value Misalignment and AI "Art"

Citation: Allred, A.M., Aragon, C. (2023). Art in the Machine: Value Misalignment and AI “Art”. In: Luo, Y. (eds) Cooperative Design, Visualization, and Engineering. CDVE 2023. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 14166. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-43815-8_4

The purpose of the original paper and now this post is the following:

Provide at least one academic article that you can cite. (Full paper + citation available below)

Make explicit community values that have previously been implicit, in order to better examine your own perceptions of the online artist community, and where you sit within it.

Provide rebuttals to common pro-AI talking points, with the intention of shutting down the conversation and reclaiming the narrative. 

What this paper and post cannot do:

Act as a sole authority about the online artist community and its values. We are not a monolith, and it is up to you to think critically about what, exactly, you want to take away from this discussion.

Provide a way to convince AI Evangelists that what they’re doing is wrong and bad and needs to stop. You will never convince them. Again, focus on shutting them down and reclaiming the narrative.

Final Disclaimer: I'm a very fallible researcher who is still very much learning how to do academia. I cannot speak for the entirety of the online artist community or fanartist community. We all have different lived experiences. I have done my best to include diverse voices; however if you have concerns or critiques, I am open to hearing them.

If you show up to debate in favor of AI image generators, you will be automatically blocked.

Credits:

Editors, Meme Experts, and Annotators: @starbeans-bags, @b4kuch1n, @cecilioque.

Tutorial Examples: @sabertoothwalrus, @ash-and-starlight, @miyuliart, @hometownrockstar, @deoidesign, @cinnamonrollbakery

If you have read this far, thank you very much. I hope that you have found a constructive lens for approaching the war with AI image generators, as well as a new tool for shutting down debate and reclaiming the narrative.

#anti ai #fuck ai #fuck ai everything #fuck ai bros #anti ai art #ai is theft #ai is a plague #fandom #fandom research #fanart #my academics #that's a new tag for me #long post

[regenderated]

"rank the doctors" based on what!? which one is my favourite? which one i think is objectively the best? which one is most fuckable? which one has the nicest voice? best costume? best actor? best writing?

#doctor who #the doctor #nuwho #new who #9th doctor #10th doctor #11th doctor #12th doctor #13th doctor #ninth doctor #tenth doctor #eleventh doctor #thirteenth doctor #twelfth doctor #the answers to these in order are: #ten- nine- ten- eleven- eleven- twelve- ten #the 170 notes in one day???? holy fuck #we are at 550 notes and I am back with edits to the tags... #a few other ways to rank them #including but not limited to #“most likely to trip and fall” “most gender” “best cook” “coolest stims” “flavor. scent” #one person didn't realize that this was a doctor who post until they reached “best costume” #which means that they thought the previous questions were normal ones to ask about medical professionals #hi 837 notes. what the fuck? #I think this is my most popular post by far #982 notes now. any bets for when we hit 1k? oh my God #what the HELL is going on here /ref #1218 notes?? awww you shouldntve! for me? #update: 1640 notes this is weird i've gotten my first rude comment is this what you big Tumblr blogs feel like #AIGHT YALLSEY ON INSTA JUST POSTED THIS WHAT THE FUCK WHAT THE FUUUCK

[dnncats]

slaying while slaying 🔪🩸

still + alt color:

#art #dnncats #astarion #my beloved #baldurs gate 3 #bg3 #astarion art #havent been active w art but big news this man has me in a GRIP #going 2 ramble in the tags a bit for those who Care!!! #the brain has been rotting ovr bg3 for like. 2 months now #ive done 2 playthrus (1 current) so far and bro ive only ever romanced this fucking guy its so over 4 me.......i cant deny him #i love him so much my chaotic neutral bf wife #ive gotten my ass beat by abdirak in the goblin camp every time for his approval #its actually so serious LMFAOO #anw more astarion art 2 come hopefully hehehe <3

[lucabyte]

i feel like people are sleeping on the occam's razor situation of how buckwild it is to outright accuse a guy of being a clone of your friend even if you DO have a lot of circumstantial evidence. there's other options is what im saying. they could just be like. a guy. that's a sensible deduction. you should explore that deduction. ignore my shirt that reads I <3 RED HERRINGS.

i still think odile has the correct theory on lock but she's smart enough to know it needs like... a real smoking gun to be able to bring it up without sounding insane.

anyway. (mirabelle voice) i know its rude to speculate but has anyone else noticed the grieving? they seem to be grieving. does anyone have any thoughts on the grieving? i have some thoughts on the grieving.

#[isabeau voice] am i insane or does sometimes loop talk like they might have killed their whole family. is that just me? just checking. #nille design highly inspired by @kiwibrain's since its the one that imprinted in my mind. liberties taken since i didnt look @ reference #anyway i have a lot more thoughts on this? i guess ill hide them in the tags...? scroll down i suppose. #isat #in stars and time #isat spoilers #in stars and time spoilers #isat act 6 spoilers #isat loop #isat siffrin #isat bonnie #isat nille #isat fanart #in stars and time fanart #doodlebyte #---------------------------------------------------------------------- #anyway the extra thoughts. are literally just my general thoughts on postcanon. (and thus are the context for all of my postcanon doodles!) #which is i think nille joins the party before loop reappears for a start (either from a period of nonexistence or just wandering around) #and that like. i think the party should be able to integrate loop as a completely new person. because they are! the secrecy isn't great but #They and Siffrin shuffle into different ecological niches in the party (eg. i think sif is more squeamish after it all but loop isnt) #and while it's not *exactly* what Loop wanted they get that beggars can't be choosers. and its pretty good #(i am glossing over how i think loop's reappearence drags both them and siffrin into a massive behavioural backslide and is likely a bit #distressing to watch go down. cycle of argument -> lovebombing -> normalcy -> repeat. etc etc. but since they are no longer literally #stewing in the worst pressure cooker of all time they do resolve it via productive conversation on their own time. its fine) #the party well-meaningly tries to deduce things from loop's vagueries and are able to pin down the DEAD FAMILY vibe pretty quickly. #but eventually the question of their prior identity falls by the wayside because well! they're just their friend loop! (also change belief) #as for how The Truth Come Out... this is what i mean by The Isabeau Torment Nexus(tm). which is that i think... isiloop should almost occur #BEFORE isabeau knows who loop is. he's just genuinely charmed by them eventually and tries to close the open end of the polycule #which FREAKS LOOP THE FUCK OUT because thats just too genuinely sick and wrong. and obviously w emotions high its not a great confrontation #ANYWAY told u i had more thoughts. if i were normal itd be a text post but.

[sunnibits]

“the kids chose protective mom izzy in the divorce” is literally my new favorite joke to come out of s2 so far I’m utterly obsessed

#Ed haters don’t clown on this post btw this ain’t for you. this is a lighthearted joke from a fellow Ed liker don’t be bitchy in the tags #anyways I’m literally never getting over this concept it’s so funny but also so genuinely sweet to me #like I have never rlly considered izzy as a parental figure at all but it is SO fucking cute and important to me #how protective he is of the crew this season 😭😭 #like?? he genuinely risks his life to try and protect them?? he shoots Ed to protect them??? shut up I love him #stern mom izzy is my new favorite thing. so so obsessed #also just. divorce joke hilarious to me. ofc. #he’s taking the kids bitch!!!! he’s getting full custody!!!!!!! #izzy hands #ofmd #ofmd spoilers

[glassedplanets]

still riding the wano afterparty high

#my art #one piece fanart #zosan #sanji #roronoa zoro #wano fits my beloved.............. #we are far too close to the Finding Out stage in egghead for me to be all 'heehee egghead fits' rn #soon tho. i am always thinking about him (egghead zoro) #anyways. NOW i'm going to work on simple backgrounds (<- potential lie) #motivated by wanting to fuck around more with this new brush #one piece tag