#'cause nothing matters

[knifearo]

i hate the concept of platonic and romantic as a binary i hate the concept of platonic and romantic as a sliding scale of "less" to "more" i hate the concept of platonic and romantic as the only two options i hate the concept of platonic and romantic as significantly different things i hate the concept of platonic and romantic as all encompassing i hate the concept of platonic and romantic as the two halves of a shallow concept of love that doesn't actually encompass anything at all i think we need to overhaul every popular conception about "types" of love so we can talk about things that are real and true for once

#in conclusion. alloromantics stfu up about love challenge #hate using the term platonic so much actually. cause even if it has a definition that is what it Should mean #you know that people don't actually think about it that way. #you say 'platonic' and you might Mean an all-encompassing love. but how it's interpreted is shorthand for 'just friends' #so like. the word platonic isn't Really for me is it :| #platonic gets presented like a consolation prize for aro people no matter where you turn #but fundamentally rn it comes from a concept of platonic and romantic as the two kinds of love #where platonic is for family and friends and nothing More. #and romantic is for the relationships that overhaul all else #so 'aros can still feel platonic love!' ok. what if it's not platonic as you know it though. #'oh then it's romantic!' k but it's not romantic either. will your framework explode if i say that #'aros can still feel platonic love!' why do you say that like it's a second-best option and expect me to identify with it... #again. platonic might Actually mean smth i experience. but it won't be Heard that way. do you get what i'm saying #i don't experience 'platonic blurring into romantic' cause i will never feel romantic love actually. those lines are still blurring though #ummmmm in conclusion. killing and biting #aromantic #aromanticism #aroace #arospec #talking

[hairmetal666]

Nothing Else Matters plays softly from the little cassette player Steve keeps next to the fridge. Eddie walks in and immediately pulls Steve into his arms, slow dances him around the kitchen.

The song ends and they laugh, wrestle around. There's something about the brightness in Eddie's big eyes, the blush across his cheekbones that gives Steve butterflies, has warmth gathering deep in his stomach.

They're not together.

But for the first time Steve realizes maybe there's a reason he hasn't gone on more than a first date since 1989.

#steddie #steve x eddie #steve harrington #eddie munson #ficlet #fluff #oblivious steve harrington #eddie falls first steve falls harder #best friends to lovers #not so unrequited #nothing else matters #it feels so on the nose to make this steddie but also i'm gonna #anyway eddie cries the first time he hears this song cause he's so in love with steve he can't bear it

[purplewilmon]

Golden morning

#3 DAYS! #young royals #yr countdown #one of my favorite wilmon moment #cause they're finally together like this #teasing and making each other laugh #and for an instant nothing else matters #just them spending some time with each other #wilmon #young royals netflix #simon x wilhelm #prince wilhelm #simon eriksson #yr s1 #s1ep5 #young royals gifs #youngroyalsedit

[ca-3]

• • • ♡ × ❕️❕️❕️

I saw this tweet and of course had to make it about them

#persona 5 #pegoryu #ryuji sakamoto #ren amamiya #akira kurusu #persona 5 protagonist #nothing like the silent protag x their bestie #i want do this for sunny and kel too now... #ca3 art #i was just going go leave it at that first panel but i turned into a mini comic 😗 #it doesnt matter what they do together cause they always feel free together ❤️💛 #persona 5 royal #also i have small hc that when they start dating Ryuji has a habit of sometimes unknowingly holds Ren's hand but renren thinks its endearing

[tantamounttoflirtation]

I think it's funny that some people dislike Alana bcuz she "gets in the way of Hannigram" (and you're entitled to your opinion etc etc). But like.... how was she getting in the way? She was literally sleeping with Hannibal and he could only ever talk about Will. The poor woman never stood a chance. Nothing gets in the way of those two fuckers lol

#h talks #if the entire atlantic ocean could not get in the way of them there's no way she ever could #also. even if she did get in the way or whatever. hannigram still get together in the end. so what does it matter? #you're allowed to dislike her. idc #its only funny cause I know nothing could stop those two #nbc hannibal #Hannigram #Alana

[reyenii]

COXSTROKE: ‘tonight is your best shot’

#coxstroke nation this is for you!!! #i couldn’t find any edits with them soo #i decided to fix it #think about how don focuses on bobby for the rest of the race #looking into his eyes and listening to his commands cause nothing else matters #this scene changed me as a person. #bobby moch is don hume’s anchor #and don hume is bobby moch’s anchor and no one can change my mind #the boys in the boat #bobby moch #don hume #bobby moch x don hume #jack mulhern #luke slattery #grizz visser

[emily-e-draws]

catventurers meowlphabet (first half) 😽✨

#catventurers #original #cat art #tabaxi #racing against the clock to see if i can finish the last few before i've posted the ones i've got done LOL #ive painted up to S so if I post one every few days.. and paint one every few days.. i should have some leeway hopefully #it does not even matter i just am overly conscious of how my instagram profile looks #I like doing one of these every other post. it looks nice #and hopefully that way people aren't getting tired of them........ #well w/e people can think what they like cause i love these sm #nothing better than a silly little guy!!! #anyways if you're reading all this thank you #shocked if anyone made it this far i'm just saying nonsense to myself

[thefirstknife]

New article with more details (from Jason Schreier who first broke the story). If you can't see it, I'll copy the whole text under read more.

About 100 employees were laid off in total (8%) and one of the main reasons listed is "underperformance," "sharp drop in popularity" and "poor reception of Lightfall."

So you know when for the last year and a half content creators have been shitting and pissing on the game as a full-time job and the amount of negativity and ragebait content became the only thing to make content about for them? Well they certainly won't take the blame, but I will let it be known. These people either don't understand the influence they have or they do and they're doing it on purpose, and I don't know which of these two options is worse, but I am 100% confident that their campaign of rage and hate contributed to this.

You don't base your entire community around constantly hating everything about the only game you play (despite clearly not enjoying it anymore) and somehow avoid galvanising thousands and thousands of people into perceiving the game negatively. Imagine being employees who have barely worked there for 2 years and the only community reception they've seen is 24/7 hate train for their work and then they get fired because of "poor reception" and "drop in popularity." How can they not take that personally? I am absolutely devastated for these people who delievered a banger product and who were met with an unrelenting barrage of toxic gamer children which ended up having more sway over their boss than them.

Which brings me to the next bit and that's FUCK THE CEO. He is now my mortal enemy #1. I am projecting psychic blasts directly into his brain. What an absolute spineless coward who is more willing to bow down to fucking gamers than to protect his own employees. This is absolutely rage inducing because this has happened before. From the article from 2021 about the toxic culture at Bungie:

Reading this shit from the new article absolutely fucking sent me into blind rage because I immediately remembered this. Another instance of employees suffering because of comments on reddit. And because of toxic players. And proof that leadership is not protecting employees and is instead siding with players.

Match made in heaven. Asshole gamer content creators and asshole CEOs, all of whom sit at home on piles of money made from someone else's labour. I hope they all explode. None of the people that worked on this game deserve this.

Another article with an infuriating comment from the CEO:

In an internal town hall meeting addressing a Monday round of layoffs that impacted multiple departments, Bungie CEO Pete Parsons allegedly told remaining employees that the company had kept “the right people” to continue work on Destiny 2.

"Kept the right people." Really. Veteran composers weren't the right people? Die!

Bloomberg article in full:

Bungie’s decision to cut an estimated 100 jobs from its staff of about 1,200 followed dire management warnings earlier this month of a sharp drop in the popularity of its flagship video game Destiny 2. Just two weeks ago, executives at the Sony-owned game developer told employees that revenue was running 45% below projections for the year, according to people who attended the meeting. Chief Executive Officer Pete Parsons pinned the big miss on weak player retention for Destiny 2, which has faced a poor reception since the release of its latest expansion, Lightfall. The next expansion, The Final Shape, was getting good — not great feedback — and management told those present that they planned to push back the release to June 2024 from February, according the people, who asked not to be identified because they weren’t authorized to speak publicly. The additional time would give developers a chance to improve the product. In the meantime, Parsons told staff Bungie would be cutting costs, such as for travel, as well as implementing salary and hiring freezes, the people said. Everyone would have to work together to weather the storm, he said, leaving employees feeling determined to do whatever was needed to get revenue back up. But on Monday morning the news got worse: Dozens of staffers woke up to mysterious 15-minute meetings that had been placed on their calendars, which they soon learned were part of a mass layoff. Bungie laid off around 8% of its employees, according to documentation reviewed by Bloomberg. Bungie didn’t respond to requests for comment. Employees who were let go will receive at least three months of severance and three months of Bungie-paid COBRA health insurance, although other benefits, such as expense reimbursements, ended Monday, sending some staff racing to submit their receipts. Laid-off staffers will also receive prorated bonuses, although those who were on a vesting schedule following Sony Group Corp.’s acquisition of Bungie in January 2022 will lose any shares that weren’t vested as of next month. The layoffs are part of a larger money-saving initiative at Sony’s PlayStation unit, which has also cut employees at studios such as Naughty Dog, Media Molecule and its San Mateo office. TD Cowen analyst Doug Creutz wrote in a report Monday that “events over the last few days lead us to believe that PlayStation is undergoing a restructuring.” PlayStation president Jim Ryan announced last month that he plans to resign. Many of the layoffs at Bungie affected the company’s support departments, such as community management and publishing. Remaining Bungie staff were informed that some of those areas will be outsourced moving forward.

#destiny 2 #bungie #long post #and like i don't care what's anyone's opinion on lightfall. it doesn't matter #the expansion is fine. there's some bad shit in there as there is in every expansion #literally nothing on this earth was so bad to deserve the amount of vitriol that lightfall got #it was purely motivated by hate and rage from people who have clearly lost their interest in the game a long time ago #no one else normal enough would respond even to a weaker expansion this way. and lightfall wasn't even weaker #literally nothing ever released in destiny deserves to have comments bad enough to end up affecting employees #there's been some bad expansions/dlcs/seasons. whatever. none of them were like... gollum level. not even close #people genuinely treated lightfall like it personally killed their dog. it was insane. the reaction to it was insane. #it stemmed from people who should have stopped playing a long time ago and stopped being content creators for one game #i can't even properly explain just how long and tireless the ragebait content campaign for destiny has been #opening youtube and seeing 10 videos in a row of just complaining and bitching #opening twitter and seeing thousands upon thousands of posts and comments dedicated solely to hating the game #imagine being an employee trying to maintain some communication with the community #hippy was relentlessly bullied by people I've seen suddenly lamenting that she was fired. you caused this #they will never accept even a miniscule portion of the blame for this ofc. they will just keep claiming they don't have that influence #but they do. it's been proven years ago. in the same way #community comments DO reach devs and community comments DO influence what happens to them and the game #'the event is bad' 'meta is bad' 'pvp is bad' 'raid is bad' 'story is bad' stop playing. no longer asking. #it's a video game. if you hate it stop playing. you don't have to justify it to hundreds of thousands of people and take them with you #especially when it leads to employees taking the fall #so to all content creators who are appalled and baffled after spending 2 years hating the game: you did this. #and to the ceo even more: explode into dust and be forgotten

[thistleation]

ALSO.

I think it’s easy to underestimate the enormity of Beatrice’s decision to try and place the crown on Ava.

It happens in a flash, it’s followed by The Kiss (which is everything). I think some viewers might even have missed she was holding the crown at all.

And so much happens and events spiral so quickly, it’s easy to forget where in the story Beatrice stands at this point.

Beatrice does not know the specifics of Adriel’s plan. At this point in the story, the OCS’ best guess is Adriel will use the portal to bring through unlimited wraith demons. 

That’s the stakes for them: complete the mission or face a full on demon apocalypse. It’s literally “do this or the world ends.”

And Beatrice has lost so much. She’s lost Shannon just months ago, she’s lost Mary, Vincent betrayed them, to all appearances they’ve lost Lilith to Adriel for good. More of her closest family have died or abandoned her than not.

What more could the universe take from her?

And then the universe points at Ava and says “that one.”

You know those few months you got to spend away from the thick of battle? The short breath of time where you tasted life? Where you fell in love? Where you let yourself believe that — just maybe — happiness was possible? I want that. I want the person at the center of that, I want the one who gave you that.

Beatrice says no.

Putting the crown on Ava is not a discussion. It’s not a reassessment of the plan. It’s putting her unconscious to get her out. It’s aborting the mission.

The mission to save the world, where failure means wraith demons everywhere and most likely a literal apocalypse, and Beatrice says “No.”

Not if the cost is her.

Because how just is a world that keeps demanding this kind of suffering and sacrifice? There has to be another way for the world, because if there isn’t, she will not save it.

Not at this cost.

#avatrice #warrior nun #warrior nun fangirling #I'm not exaggerating when I say Beatrice will let the world burn for Ava #But also it's not just because she's cool — she is — and so in love with Ava — she is. #It's also I think born from a deepening of her understanding of ends vs means #Her shifting belief that there is a limit to what you can ask of people to give #even for great causes #because what are we doing if the path to salvation is made of nothing but blood and suffering? #what kind of world are we saving — are we *building* — if all our tools are drenched in the pain of good people? #there's something so powerful in Beatrice of all people being the one to say 'no. enough.' to the demand of yet more sacrifice. #no matter how great or lofty your cause #enough

[fromtheseventhhell]

"It's powerful, it's visceral, it's dark, it's like a Shakespearean tragedy. There’s no Arya — a character everybody's going to love. They're all flawed. They're all human. They do good things. They do bad things. They're driven by lust for power, jealousy, old wounds — just like human beings. Just like I wrote them."

Seeing people debate which grey characters can still be considered "morally good" and somehow Arya never makes the list, so it's the perfect time to bring back this quote from George which shows exactly how he views her character 🫶🏾

#arya stark #asoiaf #george rr martin #it truly couldn't be clearer that he cheats with making her a grey character by having all of her killings be justified but then he #comes outright and says she's different then characters who're flawed + going to do bad things at times 🤷🏾‍♀️ #but then he actually acknowledges her trauma and the things she's been through so that really isn't shocking #ultimately fandom is a very small portion of the fanbase and how they perceive her character doesn't matter #I'd much rather have the same opinions of a character as the author...good thing George is an Arya stan to the core 🤭 #if we ever get TWOW people are going to realize their obsession with /purity/ has nothing to do with what George is writing #cause it's obvious people come to these conclusions based on their personal feelings instead of the actual story #the way Arya stans get called delusional for having the same views on Arya as George does...peak comedy #people always want to debate her greyness without looking at the context of her actions which defeats the whole purpose

[autismmydearwatson]

THAT WAS DUNE???? THAT WAS JUST A QUIRKED UP WHITE BOY DOING SO MANY DRUGS HE BECOMES JESUS

#I finished Dune can you tell #So it's a pretty good analysis of ecology and colonization and white savior complexes #Except I like that Paul literally can't run from his destiny as a white savior. No matter what he tries to do to stop the Holy War #the loyalty of his followers ALONE is what will cause it! #He can do the most ordinary things a 18 year old boy is capable of with some added psychics and it will be sanctified #because of the Bene Gesserit manipulating the indigenous population into seeing Godhood in everything their perceived messiah does! #When he says “I didn't even draw my knife but it will be said of this day that I slew twenty Sardaukar by my own hand” #“I cannot do the simplest thing without its becoming a legend. They will mark how I parted from Chani #how I greet Stilgar-- every move I make this day. Live or die it is a legend. I must not die. #Then it will only be legend and nothing to stop the jihad.“ #And “I have seen a friend become a worshipper” #goddddd hes trying so hard to escape his fate but his cult are so loyal to him his fate will come no matter what he does #dune

[peridots-pixiwolf]

Highly doubt I’m the first one to point this out with seven months since act II released but. y’know the sentient terminal theory from the p-1 entry

[Start ID. An ULTRAKILL screenshot of the terminal at the end of the level 5-3: SHIP OF FOOLS. It has been tipped over on its side from the Leviathan capsizing the ship, and its Tip of the Day has been replaced with the word “Ow.” End ID]

#nothing more to say about it really. but i never noticed cause i never realized the entrance and exit are the same for this level #you will all be subjected to more ultrakill theorizing and rants by the way. i'm brainrotting over this game so much right now #i also feel like there was something in the p-2 entry about this so maybe this doesn't matter anyway but idk yet. actually refusing to spoi #this for myself for once. yippie #terminal ultrakill #ultrakill #bots #i like them actually...ai friends :] #peridots-nonsense #does?? this count as spoilers???? for p-1 i mean. i don't think i'll tag it as such cause it's been a while anyway. also it's speculation #alright gonna stop here. i have a related art piece that i finished yesterday but i've been procrastinating on posting it. hopefully should #be up tomorrow! #update got the time wrong. i thought it was sep not aug

[ezlo-x]

ToTK getting cooked like that by Baldur's Gate brought me happiness, but good god we're never gonna hear the end of it

Shit was funny tho tbh it was not worth it to sit and watch basically a compilation of sponsors and ads

#at least i was watching it along w friends cause it just became mind numbing #the awards did not matter at all it was nothing but ads meanwhile game devs couldn’t even have a speech longer than 30 seconds #literally their moment but oops nope! we got an ad read! we got a sponsor! we got a celebrity who’s also a zionist! #txt

[movedtodykedvonte]

I hope The Spot gets to die as a himself like pre-powers. It’s likely he’s gonna destroy himself trying to destroy Spider-man (I think he’s gonna for the mythos of the hero not just Miles, if the flash forward is any prediction) cause he’s either not gonna be able to handle the full effects of his abilities it and needs to be saved but it’s too late for him or does some not fully redeeming sacrifice as he realizes he didn’t have to resort to villainy and doesn’t want to go out with people fearing him rather than respecting.

It’d make the point that anyone can be Spider-man under the mask string as it’d point out that depending on circumstances anyone could become anything. In this case none of them would know The Spot personally or even in passing as Johnathan Ohnn, so seeing a complete stranger, someone who could of been anyone, defeated at the end of the battle would invoke a lot with the random chance and fate that comes along with being Spider-man if not just going through life rather than the adherence to canon events that is trying to be pushed on characters.

I feel like giving the Spot his face back would just make the climax feel more complete, an odd commentary on being true to oneself even if it is past your time.

#cause like every other Spidey villain spiderman usually knew or came to know as Peter #Norman and the goblin harry and the hobgoblin #Felicia and black cat etc #Johnathan wants to be spider mans personal enemy but knows nothing about him if it was for his abilities #like he probably just thinks he is scared of the police captain dying cause he failed to save people or that he’s fond of law enforcement #cause I am certain if he knew Miles was spiderman The Spot would call him that #to fuck with him by knowing his identity #but i digress I think it would show that it really wasn’t personal #cause the spot hated what he became and lost and placed the blame on someone close to the incident but ultimately had nothing to do with it #yeah he blew it up but who was just fucming around with dark matter like wtf John #it’d be rad to have Johnanthan like see Miles face for the first time and be like ur just a kid wat did I almost due gaining some of the #humanity be lost back only to not being able to rectify it cause honestly I’d be horrified if I found out my enemy couldn’t even drive yet #LEGALLY #johnathan ohnn #the spot #miles morales #atsv #itsv #spiderverse #across the spiderverse #into the spiderverse #atsv spoilers

[i-spilled-my-soup]

doing close reading of the titans curse to study for a time travel au and augh. auguuuagh

#bianca wanted it all along #is it strength? is it assurance? #and given that she jumped into an assistant role maybe she wants to have purpose? to be useful? to contribute to something greater? #and nico had always wanted to go after her himself he was just too weak to #he thought percy had the capability to impact fate #and bianca always had her hair obscuring her face #thats the origin of the nico emo hair #oh bianca was never smiling when she was with nico #she didn't smile when talking about him or when she was thinking about him #but with the hunters she was beaming #she was stronger and more confident #more assertive and more courageous #willing to lead a quest for a cause she'd joined one day prior #auguuuah #the feeling of incompetence when you can't do anything to make your loved ones happy #no wonder nico considered trading his life for hers #to him it probably seemed like it wouldn't matter if he was dead or alive #maybe even good riddance #no one annoying bianca anymore and nothing for her to stress about #just auguguahuhh #he's really justified in his conclusion #ttc #time travel au #soup thoughts

[shhhhimwatchingthis]

ok yeah, I'm willing to put Young Royals up as one of, if not the best teen drama ever written

and not just writing! cinematography, costumes, music, performances! this show truly is a masterpiece

#young royals #Riverdale wishes it had the thematic consistency #this is the show euphoria thinks it is but its actually competently executed #teenagers who get away with nothing every action has a consequence #its about making mistakes and fucking up and forgiveness where its earned and moving on even if you cant forgive #its about love mattering even when it ends nothing is a waste it matters that the love was there even if its not with you forever #its about the first loves of yout life and that those loves wont always be Romantic and theyll be just as if not more important #its about loving yourself enough to push back against the system that is trying to break you because you dont deserve to be treated that way #its ALSO about wild parties and doing shots with your teachers and celebrating when the end comes cause you might as fucking well #its about first loves second chances three cheers for the end of bad things the coming of the future #because some things can and should end and the pain of it will pass and the love you felt wasnt wasted and you can take the good parts with #but that car is leaving down that forest road and you cant stay here you gotta go so who are going with and how loud can you sing with them #look right down the lens smile at the camera baby you might as well #netflix drama #wille x simon #crown prince wilhelm #simon eriksson #sara eriksson #felice ehrencrona #august of årnäs