#.... needless to say I was pissed

[mindstriker]

i would love to hear your Five Points of Vaughn Contention actually

HELL YEAH HERE WE GO

Vaughn was my second favourite character in TFTBL and I am Pissed on his behalf for what happened to him in 3 for several reasons. Precisely 5. Which I have decided to present in order of importance to me personally. Putting this under a read-more for everyone's sake.

Number one: The like, naked man thing. Hygeine. You name it.

Listen. I have no problem with the idea that after living on Pandora for an extended period of time would make him visibly more disheveled/rugged- I mean, even over the span of TFTBL we clearly see him progress from clean-cut accountant to like. Pandoran enthusiast. I also don't have a problem with the idea of his appearance getting a bit wilder post-the deaths of the Children of Helios. Obviously that could have caused him to lose a lot of stability and organization in his life, and wandering Pandora alone could lead to him getting overall sandier and less composed than before- but are we actually taking the funny "oh he took his shirt off in the desert before" scene and deciding that he's decided to spend his time hanging around in nothing but dirty underwear? Because... it's funny? It's just another part of the "Vaughn is a belligerent idiot who can't take care of himself" schtick that 3 forced onto him in the name of ignoring genuine character development for snark, and I hate it.

Which leads me into my second point: The whole "I love Pandora now and I'm soaking up the thrills" thing never should have led into Vaughn idolizing bandits. It doesn't fit his motivations for getting attached to Pandoran life in the first place or his previous actions.

Vaughn in TFTBL liked the adrenaline of doing something risky and wild for once in his life, and encountering a new and thrilling environment- but that doesn't translate to "heehoo bandit appealing". He liked the thrill of fighting for his life, not the thrill of... banditry? He was pumped up by the chaos of Pandora, but he still *cared* about other people and wasn't thrilled about violence or happy to be brawling with other people- hell, he organized a pacifistic group of survivors. Why the hell would he idolize bandits? You know, the people who are KNOWN for dying horribly out in the desert and killing people for shits and giggles?

Sure, he's excited about working with Fiona and Sasha, who he refers to as "grifters" at one point- but working with "grifters" isn't that different from working with... you know, his literal friends from Hyperion who are also grifters, just of the corporate variety? There's an element of moral bankruptcy slightly present in him- in ALL of the Hyperion employee characters we see in-game- but his brand of dubious isn't violent bandit, it's more "you could talk me into a bank heist for the thrills". I don't buy the translation of "overall well-meaning guy with a kick for adventure and risk and a little bit of chaos" to "kicking around in the dust with whatever scumbags I can find who act like frat boys".

Again. I understand that watching the Children of Helios' pacifism plan fail, leading to their deaths, could have led to him becoming more militant. My problem lies in the way that this was written. Why did they go the course of "oh yeah the people he essentially led and tried to take care of post-Helios fall all died, surely he'd immediately begin fawning over the type of people responsible for their deaths like an asshole" and not "sure yes he'd probably be forced to give up his pacifism but we're going to take this seriously and maybe explore the idea of a character who tried and failed to make a good, fun, risky-but-not-cruel life for himself on Pandora and failed". I would've preferred it if they played the angle of his risk-taking behaviour and Pandoran survivalism taking on a new aspect: maybe something akin to vigilante behaviour or... literally anything else. Joining the Crimson Raiders because if he's going to be in a constant brawl, it might as well be on the side of someone he vaguely knows to not be brutal and evil, instead of crawling to them after getting kicked out by bandits. In general, I hate the way that they barely had him react to the Children of Helios' deaths without so much more than a "oh yeah haha they had laser pointers- shitty idea, they died but I'm fine now". He... went to the trouble of trying to help and lead those people even though they were strange and prone to idolizing Rhys. You want to tell me he was heartless enough to barely care beyond a "whoopsie" joke about them? When he's clearly a character that cares enough about his friends- notably even one who possibly lied about/was in cahoots with Handsome Jack- to the point of arranging a risky ass scheme to rescue them?

Anyways. This is already long as hell but points number three and four: Vaughn was never incompetent, just prone to risk-taking behaviour- and goofiness doesn't have to equal stupidity or a lack of any actual substance. Two things 3's writers clearly didn't understand.

Yeah, Vaughn was the butt of the joke a lot in TFTBL, but being the comedic relief didn't also prevent him from having like- an actual productive character arc culminating in him becoming a confident man capable of leadership and not stumbling over his feet as much in a strange new world. His funny "bro" behaviour and newfound love for chaos weren't his primary character flaws, or the things dragging him down/making him incompetent and irritating, they were some of the catalysts for his development into someone capable of enduring Pandora for long periods of time. There was a balance between him getting dunked on for giggles, and acknowledged as a character who was actually important to both the other characters in the game and to the overarching story.

And yeah, alright- he did things like "try to have a pacifistic society on Pandora, ye planet of war" and "try to rescue a friend with the use of laser pointers"- but those worked. Risky choices, yeah, but not belligerently stupid ones. Vaughn was smart enough as an accountant to divert funds and fuck with him and Rhys' access to things, he has lines in TFTBL where despite his nervousness and mounting excitement he acknowledges risks like desert dehydration, demonstrating at least some variety of survival competence- he just wasn't stupid! He really wasn't! They made him stupid because they thought it was funny, and all they accomplished was making him annoying.

And finally, point five: Irony poisoning and everything else aside. Why did they decide to split Vaughn and Rhys up in such an anti-climactic way? I mean, this feeds into a way larger issue I have with BL3's segment featuring TFTBL characters (If we can have an entire segment about what Rhys is up to, can we PLEASE interact with Fiona in some way, or at least get an explanation/exploration of where her and Sasha went post-TFTBL???) I could understand the TFTBL gang splitting up post-game. Sasha wants to travel and explore, Fiona has expressed a clear interest in becoming a VH herself- a pursuit that takes a lot of travel and which would put her under the radar to her friends, and Vaughn prefers to stay on Pandora whereas Rhys obviously fucks off to Promethea to rebuild Atlas. But you're telling me none of them even try to stay in contact? You're telling me Rhys and Vaughn had a falling out? Over WHAT? If you're going to write it in at least make it believable, because the way things were left in TFTBL I would've been shocked to see them not still being the closest members of the original group post-game. They both made new lives for themselves, yeah, but if anyone was going to keep in touch regularly- it would be them? Why aren't they working together to some degree? Vaughn was very technologically literate in the past, are we acting like him adapting to Pandora suddenly means he's never going to use the ECHOnet or other tech to establish long-distance connections or accomplish things again? He seemed to like being tech-savvy, please. Why did we split everyone up in the shittiest way possible with minimal coherent explanation? WAUGH.

#this is me yelling #long text post #vaughn the money man #tftbl #vaughn tftbl #tales from the borderlands #borderlands 3 #borderlands #rhys strongfork #i am so pissed off #this wasn't as coherent as i wanted but needless to say i have many many reasons i don't like what 3 did to vaughn and many #MANY #ideas on how to rework him to be a more appealing and in-tune-with-previous-games character

[write-it-motherfuckers]

I've tried to write an update/explanation multiple times this morning, but I realised that I was sounding very aggressive and rude every time. As such, I've decided to wait and cool my head a little before I update you all, and I ask that you please continue to be patient with my until then.

Stay safe Darlings, and please treat each other kindly 🖤

#mod speaks #hopefully this will also give the staff time to respond so that Both issues can be fixed instead of just half of them #I can't go into detail without sounding as furious as I feel. But basically #some of the problems I was having were being done intentionally. Needless to say. I'm pissed

[doomednarrative]

In case you wanna know just How mad I was getting while watching Todd's video on Somerton yesterday after having already seen Hbomb's:

#needless to say. pissed as fuck #also we still dont have true marriage equality because of disability issues #until the disabled community can marry without losing benifits we still have things to fight for #but yknow. this is just what I said after james said that shit cause i was Angry #me talking

[vampericbl00dlust]

Me: I'm just gonna do a casual hold while doing this challenge just to see what it's like, no actual wetting planned

Me several hours later: Ooooh my god

#piss tag #omorashi #omo #Ill have to find it later but it uses the same format as omo dungeon #I meant to drop out when I was getting very desperate but it kept pulling me in #needless to say ill definitely be doing it when Im alone long enough to do it #...I did wet my boxers at least because I was very leaky by the end of it #Id love to fully wet though sometime ive been so stressed it would fix me

[digirainebow]

okay, okay, brainrot could potentially be starting. someone pointed out alex and michael's uncle pete is probably jacob's brother and now i'm feeling 👀

#digi discusses #oxenfree II spoilers #looking with my eyedbarls. he got out moving to new york #i also got the last adler letter last night and got really fucking emotional over it and the dialog following it hahahaha ooooogh #creation vs depression the game !!!! #yeah needless to say. rotating jacob in my mind. very good sign #honestly pissed i didnt pick up on the peter thing myself im better than this

[welcometogrouchland]

Also in the replies of the Steph concept art on twitter announcing she was gonna be in a new project at DC (posted by Travis Mercer), there were at least 3 comments saying "will Tim be there?" I don't care how hard you ship timsteph I'm exploding you with my eyeballs if you do that on my girls post again

#ramblings of a lunatic #taking a step back to acknowledge that my stanning may be getting overzealous #but then again I'm not in ppls quotes or replies I'm vagueing on an entirely different website with no relevant tags. it could be worse #anyway I know tims had it rough these past couple of months ever since zdarsky shifted focus of the batman title to have less tim #but it still feels. idk. just a wee bit uninspired to act like steph can't go two steps without tim being behind her #im ngl i like timsteph when they're cute but timsteph twitter has been. pissing me off a tad lately #the refusal to acknowledge the sexism in dixons robin run and how it impacts stephs writing and their relationships writing #the refusal to acknowledge tims occasional condescension and hypocrisy when it comes to stephs vigilantism #seemingly only wanting her to be spoiler when he wants her around and telling her to give it up most of the time #also the constant disrespect of stephs batgirl era on there weirdly enough? #I've harped on about this on main and in drafts but despite it's flaws it's a good turn for stephs character #she's the focus she gets development (an upward trajectory! which had previously been unheard of for her! bc she did have flaws as spoiler- #-its just that both writers and characters alike seemed to arbitrarily decide she didn't have the capacity to grow past them! but she did!) #hell i saw a BIZARRE take today i just have to bitch about #which was them saying that Batgirl was a ''heteronormative mask'' steph put on #with spoiler being her more authentic self (and this being paralleled to gender expression with stephs isolation from the batfam as spoiler- #-showing how she ''wasnt like them'') #which. I'm not denying you the view that spoiler has a certain genderific swag to her but the needless dragging of her batgirl persona #steph got treated badly as spoiler bc she was A Girl. it's genuinely that simple dixon felt batman and robin would never stand for a girl- #-running around doing the things they did and would need to chivalrously stop her. he's gone on record saying this #she's constantly getting belittled by mostly men (cass also dismisses her but it feels distinctly less gendered) #and in the end it's barbara who learns to give steph a second chance despite her mistakes and they have a positive relationship #something ppl are quick to dismiss as being in and of itself sexist bc they're pairing the two girls off together #as if batgirl isn't a legacy and as if babs and steph don't have parallels in their resilience and refusal to accept when ppl tell them no #for better and for worse!! #like. idk how you took the strongest feminist element in that comic (bc there are elements of sexism here and there! 2009 n all) #and somehow turn it into ''heteronormativity'' YOU PPL ARE JUST SAYING WORDS AT THIS POINT!!! #anyway. someone take away my internet access

[mbat]

wynncraft is a really impressive and fun minecraft mmorpg kinda game but i swear there are some moves that the enemies have that really should be majorly changed or just removed cause literally what the fuck

like, a lot of the ranged enemies will just shoot at you constantly with practically no cool down, which also affects how you move cause theyre knocking you back at the same time

and the second and even worse one is only what i can describe as a multi-bash where an enemy will full on get rid of half your health in like one go by bashing you from every direction and basically stopping you from moving because of the knockback, and this enemy isnt some like, higher level boss, its usually normal mobs that are your same level, though some bosses also have this infuriating ability

like i get having challenging enemies but those moves arent even fair. i dont think i can even dodge the second one, and the first one literally doesnt have a cooldown and is basically endless. like. dude.

#my post #wynncraft #ive re-reached what is basically the most fuckall horrible level to be so far: 54! #i decided to replay the game since i had played around this far last year but i forgot everything #my first one is at level 58 so im almost there rn #seriously fuck this level dude #i have to do that stupid ass painting mission AND the fuckall worm hole mission #both suck so fucking badly #mc #i was at the last stage of the painting one where i have to fight the alligator cave #and i got the key but when i right clicked the cage ?? it didnt work?? but it got rid of the key ?? #so needless to say i was pissed off

[kharonion]

48 for micro stories💓💓 whoever you want

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RAMPAGE.

He cares not for the screams of protest as he busts through the purifier's glass walls. All that matters is his employer—no, they hate being called that... his partner—who is sprawled on the grate floor, a sponge for the dangerous radiation spiking with every second. He hears the vigorous clicking of the Pip-Boy's Geiger counter, and he feels like he'll be sick.

Without any hesitation, Charon hoists Gail up in his arms and rushes out. He doesn't stop for goddamn anything because he has to make sure they're safe, goddammit.

And these Brotherhood of Steel lackies are, frankly, getting in his fucking way.

"Are they okay?" a random paladin asks... and Charon grinds his teeth so hard their crack makes the smoothskin jump.

"No. They are not fucking. Okay." Now, he's pissed, and it's taking every single cell of his mutated body to not just fly off on a rampage, just to see if the pricks will come to one another's aid faster than they did for Gail.

But... Gail wouldn't want that; no, they'd be tremendously disappointed. And for once, Charon actually gives a shit about that.

So, instead, he bows his head, focusing on Gail's horridly sick face as he snarls, "Just... fucking help them... please."

#oof have some fallout 3 blorbos Feels today i guess. 😭 #this is immediately after Gail starts the purifier at endgame... so yeah. all the feels are happening. #needless to say: Big Ghoul Man is Big Ghoul Pissed. #thank you! <3 #khar writes #oc: gail parsons #fallout charon #x: so tragic so magic #.asks

[midoribai]

midori gets his memories back,,? i am on the edge of my seat fr,, i wonder how he'll react 👁️👁️,,

nyes... nyes he does..

#ooc: mod nishi !~ ☆ #needless to say. he is going to be confused and a little pissed off . <- pissed off why ? no clue! #probably cause. i dunno. mostly cause he hadnt known this stuff sooner #an also hes pissed off at everyone . just cause. i guess #kidding. there is reasoning its just that it sounds stupid when i put my thoughts into writing !!

[todayisafridaynight]

YEAH NO TONBI GOT HANDS.......... my timing on suggesting it may be Questionable but I AM very glad it holds up as a movie :] hopefully the interview and We Make Antiques are fun diversions! But also take it easy <3 can confirm Nakai is Pretty Moe in both though <3 And I WILL harass you about Masato's VA next week...

TBF YOU SUGGESTED IT A WEEK OR SO AGO twas on me for taking a while to get to it... nevertheless i did really enjoy it thank you..... AND YAYA IM SO STOKED TO WATCH THE FULL INTERVIEW AND WMA2 THANK YOU SO MUCH AGAIN ☆*: .｡. o(≧▽≦)o .｡.:*☆!!!!!

esp cant wait to hear about masato's VA in the future.. 👁️👁️

#snap chats #LISTEN i think we all just have to accept at this point any time there's a story about a doting father or fts a doting father #i will cry like its unavoidable. so whether my life's falling apart that week or everything's fine #There Will Be No Difference In How Much I Cry ☠️☠️ im just built terribly what can i say it makes for GREAT inspo tho #tonbi WAS real cute tho and i did enjoy it a lot Because yasu did remind me of my dad a lot #very lucky to say my dad's never slapped me or thrown water in my face tho so LMAO BUT FOR THE MOST PART Yeah... #in a way it weirdly felt like watching an AU of my life. if i may sound insane. listen i already said the kid's name had me twisted LISTEN #fr tho cause ive always wondered what my life wouldve been like if i was able to be raised by my dad instead #im gonna make myself start crying if i get too deep into it LMAO NEEDLESS TO SAY i really enjoyed the movie :) #EVIL that they really did let us see akira get married and now yasu gotta give a speech and If He IS Anything Like My Dad #i know damn well he was winging it and didn't prep a script and I Will Start Crying if i think back to my sis's wedding #STILL MAD THAT THE ONE TIME I HAD TO PISS WAS RIGHT BEFORE HIS SPEECH BUT WHATEVER MOVING ON #said i wasnt gonna talk bout the movie/my dad anymore lest i make myself UPSET yet here i am... always saying more when i shouldnt ☠️ #but yeah... i have ONE (1) more comm this week Lest Someone Wants To Snipe A Spot IDK #SO im gon do that :] #and im kinda tired rn... but the uncertainty of how much time i have nowadays urges me to work on it a bit #i dont THINK it should take super long but it IS a full-rendered piece so.... it will take time needless to say #n e way not to sound insane but nakai is An Endearing Chap. is the most sane way i can put it #i mentioned it durin a stream but somethin bout him just naturally exudes cute... idk... im delirious probably ANYWAY BYE FR NOW #CANNOT WAIT for next week to be harassed 🥰🥰

[pinktinselmonstrosity]

people talking shit about derry girls shut up or die by my sword 🗡🗡🗡🗡🗡

#people really saying it's homophobic/'bury your gays' 😭 get some basic media literacy i'm begging u #comparing it to game of fuckin thrones....... saying it was a needless twist just for shock value SHUT UP #''i thought derry girls was meant to be a comedy 😫'' it IS but it incorporates darker themes!! #the whole thing has been set in the fucking troubles!!!!!!!!! this is not the first serious/non-lighthearted thing to have happened #say it with me folks: it's not homophobic for bad things to happen to queer characters. in fact #part of being a well-rounded and complex character rather than a two dimensional stereotype is to have bad things happen/do bad things!! #and i know we're all hoping to see queer characters who are more than comic relief/stereotypes...... right? #AND on top of all of that....... the show is based on lisa mcgee's life!! and this is something that happened to her friend at that age!!!! #people have been praising the show for its realistic portrayal of the lives of teenagers WELL GUESS WHAT this *is* realistic! #i'm sorry maybe i'm overreacting it's just really pissing me off going through the tag and seeing these takes #i'm obviously not gonna @ any of the people saying these things (i'm not that much of a bitch) but like. #but please ask yourself why u have a problem with it and - if u do- #why u haven't had a problem with the literal war happening in the background the rest of the time?

[vodkaing]

theres this girl in my econ class who came in w a turning point usa hat a couple times and the one time i saw it i was like “huh that sounds familiar” but didnt really care enough to look it up and yesterday i saw her computer wallpaper said Ultra MAGA on it so its safe to say things are going to. take a turn

#i completely forgot about ben shapiros dumb shit little vlog club #theres another guy in here who says hes an econ major but has the most like #middle class white boy coming to college for the first time vibe #we were talking about market 'rationality' and how buying a rolex is a status symbol bc any watch can tell time and its all emotional choice #and he was like 'erm that sounds like a rational choice to me though. to want others to know youre wealthy' and its like damn bitch #is your dad milton friedman or what #too busy being spoonfed to fox news to think about how consumption affects culture and divides classes? #needless 2 say each time he derails the discussion (which is a fucking LOT) it takes a lot in me to not snap #ii think he knows im getting sick of him lol i butted in after he finished and couldnt control how pissed i sounded #but idc you came here to learn about political economy not tote free market shit #actually learn how the world works instead of how theyve distilled it for yu #school thingz

[skin-slave]

So, as soon as the trigger law in my state goes thru - and they're pushing to get it in before the end of the month - no abortions. Not at 10 weeks, not at 6 weeks, not at 1 week. None. No exception for rape or incest. No exception for children. No exception for fetuses incompatible with life. No exception for ectopic pregnancies. One exception: imminent death of the pregnant person. Suicide is specifically excluded from that.

I'd like to invite every anti-choicer with Shirley exceptions to donate $10k per exception. That's the average cost of one no-frills vaginal birth, with no complications or aftercare, after insurance. That's the minimum bill that will be handed to one person who you agree should've had access, and was forced to carry and birth instead. (Or carry until the organ damage became life-threatening.)

If you are celebrating this overturn, that's what you're celebrating. That person you think should've been an exception - that child, that rape survivor, that person who's grieving an imminent stillbirth - is going to be forced to carry. That thing you said wouldn't happen is happening right here.

$10k. That's your apology to one person. The rest you just have to live with. And I hope you think about them every day for the rest of your life.

#newsflash if you have shirley exceptions the only way to ensure that theyre in place is to ensure access #once you give the power to choose to some fuckwad in a suit you have no say in what they do with it #how many times do we have to go over this before it sinks in #all of that suffering for nothing #not to mention the resulting kids - assuming the pregnancy ends with a kid #unloved and unwanted... huge likelihood of abuse and mental illness... sky-high rate of suicide... so much needless suffering #stop celebrating suffering and start mitigating it #money is a piss-poor substitute for giving a fuck to start with but at least it provides a little relief #pro choice #roe vs. wade #roe v wade #<<<<< in case ppl have it blocked #first '' pro life '' person to rb this gets a prize #i do not expect to pay out

[sinnabunxoxo]

  I wish my parents would listen to me about needing to watch their dog when they out let her outside.  Poor thing has gotten sick on multiple occasions and just now brought some dead thing into my room... >:(

#Needless to say I am disgusted #and pissed off #Sinnabunxoxo #personal

[stevethehairington]

THERE WAS ANOTHER FUCKING MOTH ANOTHER FUCKING MOTH A N O T H E R F U C K I N G M O T H ANOTHER FUCKING MOTH I CANT DO THIS I CANT DO THIS I CANT DOOO THISSSS

#my ass got smart this time and got the fuckin RAID #i totally forgot i had it #but i killed this bitch ass moth dead in like 3 minutes with that raid #raid my beloved #BUT WHAT THE FUCK WHERE THE FUCK DID THIS ONE COME FROM #i hate it bc i literally had an awful feeling when i walked into my kitchen tonight #i was like ooh its around the same time this happened last night i dont feel good about this #and i went to my fridge to get something #and i saw something on top of my fridge like hidden between a basket and a bag of trash bags #and i was like fuck i dont remember that being there #and i was like could be a roach #and then i lightly moved the basket and it fucking FLEW AT ME #AND I WAS LIKE NOPE NOT A FUCKIN ROACH THATS A MOTH #so i tied my hair up put on some shoes and a coat for protection lol put on my yellow rubber gloves grabbed my swiffer wet jet and the raid #sprayed that fucker and it went NUTS it was SO PISSED but i didnt care i sprayed it again and it flew towards the rest of my apartment #and i was like NOT TODAY BITCH and sprayed it til it went down. then i stepped on it (w a shoe ofc) for good measure #then took the trash out bc fuck if im letting it sit in my apartment dead or not im not gonna wait for the day zombie moths become a thing #then i scrubbed the floor #needless to say im fucking SCARRED #i cannot go into my kitchen without walking slowly and looking everywhere for bugs i hate it i hate it i hate it

[softgrungeprophet]

as a queer, neurodivergent writer/artist who likes to write fictional angst and sometimes uses that to work through my own health issues or other needs for catharsis, i think there is something (negative) to be said about the ways in which queer and othered (disabled etc.) artists are not just asked or expected but in some cases required to pry ourselves apart and provide personal information at every turn. as if by being atypical, you ought to provide only art that involves offering up your inner organs or some shit (and not in a sexy way)

this was unprompted, i just remembered that fucking queer theory + creative writing course i took and the way on the first day of class the creative writing professor told everyone to write about scars they had, to be read to the other students at your table (about 4 people total), and then... this teacher was truly, really surprised at how many of us chose not to tell a bunch of strangers about our deepest emotional scars and instead wrote about physical scars

like

bitch, i don't know you

you're in a class full of queer and disabled students, do you really think the physical body isn't part of that experience?? get real

#this is also the class where the OTHER teacher approached me about my apparent difficulties w/ essays and when i couldn't like #think of my own alternative homework assignment all by myself when i Did Not Know What Was Wrong With My Brain #docked me two FULL credits for turning in a partially incomplete essay as if i had not done every other homework assignment #and come into every class and so on and so forth #needless to say i was fucking pissed. i hated that class. it was pretentious in a bad way and literally my last choice and backup option. #the other students were great though #i just didn't like the professors very much at all... or the coursework except for some of the creative writing assignments #nadia rambles #funniest part — that teacher who docked me? he was my english language history teacher's brother. #that guy was great! #i loved that class! #his brother sucked though