#I have the choice. I have the decision.

[lifeismarvelous]

People who don’t want to go / continue to go to college because you’re looking out for your mental health: YOU ARE VALID.

Honestly I hate it when parents force their kids to go to college without even considering how their kids feel. What if they don’t feel like going at all? What if they just don’t have interest, huh? Why can’t you just let them choose to not attend college? WE HAVE A CHOICE.

WE HAVE THE CHOICE TO NOT DO COLLEGE IF WE DON’T WANT TO.

#my mom has been forcing me to go to college for a few years now and I keep telling her I DONT HAVE REAL INTEREST IN GOING. #but she just won’t understand #there are classes that im hardly interested in #and honestly? I’d rather earn money than be pressured by deadlines and be graded on for my skills #she says she’s not doing it for herself but for me #when im not even ASKING to go. I never asked to go at ALL #I have the choice. I have the decision. #at least I have a job

[newttxt]

i was talking extensively with a friend about reiju’s delicate balance of caring/emotionless and her relationship with sanji

#dont look too closely or u WILL see that i drew this cold and sloppy #hopefully its legible #uhhhhh anyway. she does genuinely want sanji to have a good and safe life! #but she doesnt understand how to factor in what he WANTS from life. #and she certainly doesnt trust him to make his own decisions regarding said life #in her mind i think she sees her muted emotions as a strength. she thinks she can make unbiased choices for him #her idea of Best Possible Life would make him MISERABLE #the end #one piece #sanji #vinsmoke reiju

[lightasthesun]

if Filoni kills Cody and Obi-Wan lives 20 years in a desert thinking Cody betrayed him I will actually throw myself off a cliff

#'i still think of my second in command whom i called commander Cody *fondly*' #'we make our own decisions our own choices and we have to live with them too' #obi wan kenobi #codywan #commander cody #im just really miserable rn

[jeeaark]

You see the tragedy is that Greygold and The Emperor both have control issues, just different reasons for it. Both double downing on the power they know best, friendship vs illithidry, and -

Yeah no I couldn't betray Lae'zel like that. Based off past experiences, Babe has tried killing Greygold for less. But also, Lae'zel had grown so friggin' much. The sunset scene. I just couldn't. throw all that character development away. If Greyg had romanced anybody else. Literally ANYBODY ELSE-

Anyway. the tragedy is that everyone went through a beautiful life-changing character arc and Greygold really thought this was Emp's moment to face their hrm. morally conflicting confrontation with the help of friends. but hrm. Emps didn't think so. so....

#bg3 spoilers #baldur's gate 3 #bg3 #Greygold #you ever go outside to look at clouds to contemplate your decision and then you see the sun setting and go goddammit #Greygold and I also didn't have all the facts at the time either~ #anyway both choices are wrong and greygold is wrong #if it's any consolation I made two timelines so I could equally upset both Lae'zel and The Emperor- only seemed fair #For now though this was just how Greygold's journey unraveled chronologically-speaking

[bi-bothered-bewildered]

what is going on like genuinely

#he didnt have to say it like that. that was a conscious choice on the part of the writers. a purposeful decision. fucking hell #911 spoilers #911 #9-1-1 #eddie diaz #evan buckley #buddie #911 abc #im scared guys i think theyre gonna make him bi for real 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[theindependenttrentcrimm]

I see your ‘house and Wilson are inevitably just very fucked up, the only reason they work so well is that they are both unhinged and it wouldn’t be right to subject anyone else to them’ and raise you ‘they are intimately capable of soft love and I think would be able to give it to each other- quick kisses, smiles etc. however they also need a level of prank and mental enrichment that they can only ever get from each other’

#t rambles #hate crimes md #hilson #look this will be going in my amber = house meta BUT house making wilson buy furniture and amber making wilson buy their shared bed are bot #ways that they make wilson make small manageable decisions #the difference between house and amber in this instance is that amber lets wilson make a bad decision (one that house supports crucially) #because she doesn’t want him to resent her and she wants to allow him to have choice whereas house’s is more so I want this to be our space #and you are home to me #‘I like what this says about you’ = ‘I love you I love you and I know you love me’ #anyway #watching videos of them looking at each other and laughing and smiling and imagining house just leaning over to kiss wilson softly goodbye #I am so sorry these tags got away from me #probably their own post #they’re just sooooo brainworm inducing

[foxx-queen]

i keep thinking about the datamined conversation between halsin and minthara and what gets me about it is that if you side with halsin and turn minthara away, thats objectively the bad choice.

like at this point, you've rescued minthara from moonrise. you know now that she was being controlled to act against her will. you've gone to the trouble of rescuing her from her tormentors, and you've experienced what it felt like as they tried to destroy her mind. you know what will happen to her if you turn her away. and if you do, you're willingly condemning her to that fate. you've essentially allowed her to experience freedom, to regain her sense of self, only to tear that away from her again.

whereas if you side with minthara, and halsin leaves, that's the only consequence he experiences. that he's not a companion anymore. at this point, we've saved the grove, we've saved him, and we've lifted the shadow curse. we've helped him achieve what hes been hoping to do for over a century. leaving your party won't see him lose his free will. he can return to the grove and live his life.

the choice is essentially either condemn someone to a fate worse than death, knowing exactly what that entails vs not letting someone travel with you anymore. its pretty clear cut to me.

its just interesting to me that they've switched the morality of it around given that minthara is considered the 'evil' companion by so many.

#baldur's gate 3 #baldur's gate 3 spoilers #bg3 spoilers #minthara #minthara baenre #before anyone comes at me and says that halsin is allowed to have his prejudice and his trauma. im not saying hes not #not sure about someone being allowed to have prejudice but yes thats part of human nature i guess #my point isnt that hes not allowed to react like this #my point is that hes wrong. #sure he can be struggling with his trauma and his prejudice over minthara being a lolth sworn (even if shes not anymore) #BUT. at this point we as a character /know/ theres more to her. we know that hes making an unfair assessment of her #which is even more jarring if you're a drow/lolth sworn drow #and at this point. you've saved the grove youve saved him youve helped him break the curse. he tells you its a debt he cant repay #and that hes so thankful. but he wont trust you or your decision. he won't even attempt to #and u know what thats fine. he doesnt have to. but if you're siding with him you're condemning her. you're killing her #if you side against him. he can go back to his responsibilities as an arch druid rather than leaving it in someone elses hands (which was?) #that is the lesser of the two evils here #yes you can call minthara the 'evil' character because shes a lolth sworn but thats just buying into the prejudice halsin is showing #and its wrong #anyways. my point is good for him if he wants to demand you make a ridiculous choice #but turning her away is the bad choice and tbh i feel like the game wants u to know that #and sure if you want to boil it down to which character u like more than the other and u prefer halsin. ur obvs gonna side with him #but in that case u probably wouldn't even get this conversation #because why would u have bothered to spare / save minthara in the first place?

[poorly-drawn-puppet-history]

here's what i plan on doing

I am going to subscribe to Watcher TV right now during the beta period, and I'll share with you the developments as they're made. puppet content will continue in due time.

I'm very disappointed with the community's response to this move. it's one thing to be upset you won't get your free content, but it's another to call the guys sellouts or fakes or imply they hate their young, broke audience who are So Invested in their videos. it's literally their means of survival, there is no way Your dedication to their videos outweighs Theirs.

i am a creative who is only above the poverty line because he lives alone and works full time. it's sad to see dedicated fans look at three guys living in one of the most expensive cities in the World, trying to make what They care about instead of letting youtube force them into ad-riddled content farm formats, and say 'you're just as bad as buzzfeed'. no, they really are not. please learn the difference between a group trying to support itself and maintain its mission statement and a media giant trying to turn a profit. shane literally said in the video you can share your account!!!! jfc!!!

#mod post #watcher entertainment #watcher news #if you think they're selling out you don't know them. #you have not been paying attention to them Or to the trends of the online entertainment industry. #please learn to divest your personal feelings from the decisions of people who have their own lives and now families to support. #this was not a choice made easily or to hurt You Specifically. man i am so tired never mind.

[arsenicflame]

i Do Not Trust people who make Mary the bad guy in their stories when the show went out of its way to specifically show us how she was suffering just as much as stede was in their marriage and that shes, yknow, a good person

#mary is specifically framed in a sympathetic light in all of her appearances. the show switches to following her narrative so we can see #how much better her new life is for her too!!! like yes she tries to kill stede but we are shown in the narrative WHY she makes that choice #and that she struggles with it and we see stede understanding this too! he supports her decisions and her new life and is happy for her!!! #at no point are we shown anything that makes mary a bad person or bad mother- honestly i generally like mary far more than stede anyway #but even if you dont you should be able to acknowledge... that if u make her the bad guy??? w. what did you take away from the show?? #idk it has the vibes of. the girl character all the fans hate because she gets in the way of their precious little gay ship #or whatever. you know what i mean #ofmd #our flag means death #mary bonnet #mary allamby bonnet #everyone whos a mary hater is also an izzy hater bc theyre coded the same character type. betrayed wives my beloved #(this is a joke.) #uh. this might be one to add in the tags on again sorry gang i have too many thoughts

[twilight-deviant]

Watcher fans sure are entitled and a little insane, ngl. "No one is going to sign up for your service! We're all poor! You've made the worst decision, and you'll be back in no time!" Saying this directly to the creators really reminds you of how low the respect for people you don't personally know has gone. I miss the forth wall between creator and audience.

I get and fully understand not having the money to support them, but... Watcher does have fans with money. A lot of them actually. They have merch sales. Their live tour sells out most venues. They have thousands of supporters on Patreon, where the cheapest tier is $5. They're able to gauge the rough finances of their staunchest supporters; that's how they landed on the subscription price. Yes, this move will reduce their viewership in sheer numbers, but to say all of their fans are broke and none will follow/support is factually incorrect.

It may not be a decision everyone agrees with, but severing the limitations of advertisers and youtube in favor of artistic freedom is a good thing. Yes, even if it comes with a loss of revenue. They understand that risk.

Also, I'm begging people to stop treating this like "another Netflix" or something and instead look at it as, "I am supporting a creator I like, similar to Patreon." They literally said in the video that they don't care if you share accounts. Get five friends, and you'll pay $1/mo.

I hate feeling compelled to rant in favor of their decision because I have my own reservations about whether it's the best move. However, I know it's not a choice they made lightly, and I like to think they understand that they'll need to branch out like crazy to entice subscribers.

#Fair-weather fans #I speak as someone currently undecided if I'll sign up for their service or not #I have my own budget to consider #But the waves of people poor-mouthing AT Watcher directly is ridiculous and embarrassing #“They're underestimating how many of us are poor” #Okay but that's not how business works #They just need enough people who aren't poor #and they may well have those numbers #Do you think they would have made such a drastic decision if they didn't??? #If they want to focus on fans who support them even if their hard work isn't free that's their choice #People are trying to be so anti-capitalism on this they've actually circled back around to saying #“Just take ad revenue from these companies so they can profit off your content and I don't have to pay out of MY pocket.” #That's... that's not the anti-capitalism stance you think it is #Maybe (and this is crazy) asking for a few dollars directly instead of through the vehicle of youtube‚ google‚ and all its advertisers is #... not spitting on the fans? #Please stop trying to guilt small content creators to their face while simping for large corporations #Watcher

[definitionofacritter]

I just know that this is going to be a situation where Matthew has to post about boundaries/trust/etc because the fandom is going to be so at war over Taliesin's actions. Oh boy.

#cr spoilers #critical role #taliesin jaffe #ashton greymoore #matthew mercer #cr discourse #for the record i respect taliesin's decision #ashley said she/fearne did not want and even FEARED the shard. she and taliesin discussed it. this was a decision they made together. #it was incredibly in-character for ashton. it was also a situation where taliesin was expected to kinda shift his character away from it. #but he didn't and that was his choice and in the end resulted in what will be an INCREDIBLY interesting storyline for ashton. #i have never respected a decision so much while also wanting to put someone in time-out

[ziracona]

how it feels to watch Better Call Saul

#I'm enjoying myself. I love Jimmy and I want Chuck to die 1000 deaths with little needles and people callign him stupid #better call saul #saul goodman #jimmy mcgill #me constantly watching him make the worst or world's sketchiest decision but he's executing it at a 10.5 so i have no choice but to stan

[rabarbarzcukrem]

Not to defend Lu Guang's hypocrisy, but.

Can you imagine losing your best friend and deciding not to save them, knowing that you have the power to? And not only making this decision once, but day after day for the rest of your life? Being aware that you could go back at any given moment, and still persistently choosing not to? Can you imagine ever moving on? Living with yourself? Going about your day with the knowledge that not only did you let them die, but you're also continuing to let them die at all times by not doing anything? Can you imagine not going insane?

#I think maybe that would be possible if this was a one time decision that you'd have to make on the spot. #maybe the rational thought of endangering everyone else in the world by altering the timeline could be enough to keep you from doing it #but when you're a natural time traveler... #at some point there'd be a moment. when you'd be laying in your bed at night thinking about this person #remembering. looking at their picture. and the grief and the longing would get the best of you #and no sense of moral responsibility would be able to stop you #link click #moje #time travel is such an interesting concept because it kinda destroys the meaning of things like death #a normal person has no choice but to accept death. but could a time traveler ever do the same?

[time-wondroustime]

one thing I haven't seen anyone say about watcher yet, but has really disappointed me, is that only three months ago they mentioned in the truth about filming ghost files video that they had to let go of 5 (if I'm remembering the number properly) employees. and when I watched that video I was disappointed that hey hadn't planned the business properly to avoid things like that, but they are primarily creatives, so I figured there would be some business mistakes made along the way. but then hearing they just hired the 2 worth it guys and are reviving an expensive show... I feel like they could've prevented the lay offs better

#watcher #i know they said steven's more business-minded but as someone who did their schooling in business i have constantly questioned their choices #they have just consistently made bad start-up decisions #just the firing and then hiring in such close time really irked me because (and im not saying this is reality) #it seemed like they freed up part of their budget with that to bring their friends back #idk it's just disheartening to see #i wish i could keep looking at with them being unaware and making bad business decisions but there's a point where they gotta know better #and i know everyone is dogpiling on steven but i don't think a lot of these decisions made without at least one of the ghoul boys agreeing #:/ #i feel like they never really went through the bootstrapping phase and that is integral for the majority of start-ups #for at least 5 years - cause most start-ups don't start making money until after that point #this became a whole separate rant in the tags whoops

[danthropologie]

Ricciardo opens up on his McLaren departure: “I didn't care anymore" | Goodwood Road and Racing

#daniel ricciardo #m:sm #dan #red bull redux #HELLO??????? #i know people have posted parts of this but it's NOT ENOUGH!!! THERE'S SO MUCH MORE!!!! #and even this i would say isn't all of it #the christian of it all!!! the simon of it all!!!! going back expecting ridicule!!!! so fucking loved and doesn't even know it!!! INSANE!!! #also that first quote about christian specifically mentioning simon is soooo like. simon IS coming back and daniel's gonna make sure of it #whether that's convincing simon to do it of his own volition or just reiterating over and over how impactful that was for him #to the point where OBVIOUSLY christian is going to have no choice but make the executive decision that simon needs to come back temporarily #just to help daniel ease the transition back #but of course all of this is happening knowing that the second simon gets a taste of that magic again there's no way he's giving it up 😈

[clonememesfrikyeah]

Everyone need to stop being so judgy about how bitchy Alpha-17 is, he’s just never gotten to experience the love and joy of having an entire strawberry cheesecake with whipped cream to himself. You’d want to blow up thousands of your unborn siblings intending to spare them from the even crueler hands of the enemy compared the brutality of your creators too if you’ve never had an ounce of sugar in your life, lay off my man.

#alpha arc defense squadron #I guess #bro had to do what bro had to do #it was either let thousands of his baby siblings grow up in the hands of those who didn’t know how they work #and hate them and would treat them worse than their own side did #or let them never have existed at all? #you decide I’m not your moral compass #there just embryos everybody calm down #but anyway #sorry to get so heated guys #alpha 17 #alpha arcs #republic commando #clone wars 2003 #tcw #the clone wars #Star Wars #star wars legends #the clones #arc troopers #my post #sw #not that i condone infanticide or anything like that #when it’s the end of the world worst case scenario like that you have to make hard choices #the one making that decision might as well be someone who sort of cares on a personal level