#Reflections and Takeaways

[kyshiwarrior]

i cant wait until the new audience takeaway from jet is vastly different than the last decade because it should.

#atla #jet atla #he deserved so much fucking better #he embodies so many things people claim to stand for #i know its a fictional character but hes a reflection #imagine your only takeaway is a wrong depiction of him being a ‘fuckboy’ #IF THAT AND HIS EYEBROWS IS YOUR ONLY TAKEAWAY? #ew i just realized the alternative is people only lusting after him cuz his actor #i cant win 😭 #jet avatar #avatar the last airbender

[lordstormageddidnt]

I don't think my French teacher understands what an essay actually is

#alfie #the assignment is called “reflection essay” #but then the directions tell you to write 2 bullet points about major takeaways and 2 bullet points about how it connects to you personally #idk what it is but thats not an essay #“answer these five questions in one paragraph form” cool!! still not an essay!!

[bonefall]

as an autistic person who projects, i can see both hollyleaf & jayfeather having autism. hollyleaf, with her single-minded focus in the code, & just jayfeather’s everything

As someone with an unknown something, I basically write every character as some flavor of neurodivergent by default. Like what the hell is a social cue, you mean people don't just memorize the meaning behind common phrases and then get incredibly confused when your conversational partner uses it the Wrong Way?

"Wow Bones that's crazy" = "please wrap up what you're saying"

"Ok so in conclusion thing is good :)"

"...why did you stop?"

IDK MAN you used the Please Stop phrase what do you WANT FROM ME

So, really, everyone in the Bonefall Rewrite is like... my baseline because I write from my own heart and experience.

#also I am deeply bisexual and I have to make an effort to imagine people who aren't just... bisexual by default #Bi/pan I mean #I do make that effort though and try to imagine it #I think the takeaway here is that your art is a reflection of you #Bone Babble #Unsure if this makes sense lmaooo

[themagnustournament]

The Magnus Tournament: Round One Part One Masterpost

So as to not create horrifically long masterposts, there will be a Round One Masterpost (pinned) which links to the subgroup Masterposts.

Round One Part One is open for voting March 24-30

Find the full Round One Masterpost here!

[Image ID: Matches 1-9 of Round 1 and the following matches (81-88) of Round 2. The content of the bracket is described below. End ID]

The Matches:

MAG 146 Threshold vs. MAG 095 Absent Without Leave

MAG 134 Time of Revelation vs. MAG 196 This Old House

MAG 069 Thought for the Day vs. MAG 191 What We Lose

MAG 172 Strung Out vs. MAG 051 High Pressure

MAG 065 Binary vs. MAG 181 Ignorance

MAG 053 Crusader vs. MAG 075 A Long Way Down

MAG 136 The Puppeteer vs. MAG 072 Takeaway

MAG 049 The Butcher’s Window vs. MAG 192 An Appointment

MAG 156 Reflection vs. MAG 068 The Tale of a Field Hospital

Polls will be linked once they are posted and when I have time to edit this post (within 24 hours maximum, I have a day job). Each poll will have links to the episodes, wiki pages, and transcripts.

#the magnus tournament #the magnus archives #tma #threshold #absent without leave #time of revelation #this old house #thought for the day #what we lose #strung out #high pressure #binary #ignorance #crusader #a long way down #the puppeteer #takeaway #the butcher's window #an appointment #reflection #the tale of a field hospital #round one #round one part one #masterpost #long post #cw long post

[maeamian]

I'll scream my little head off about this forever, but any post still mad about the 2016 election fundamentally needs to note that we fucking outright won that one for the email lady except that our allegedly democratic system of government does not award the supreme executive role to the person with the most votes. As much harm as Trump and did and is still doing, the people to blame aren't the marginal voters who didn't like their choices it's the fuckers who built the electoral college and senate, we need serious systemic changes to our voting to undo the damage, which is a lot harder of a fix than yelling at people about how they didn't vote enough when so many of us fucking did but live in a fundamentally undemocratic system that doesn't reward the winner of the vote with the office they were running for.

#If your takeaway was 'some people weren't enthusiastic about an objectively unimpressive candidate' that's fair #But if you then want to insist *that* and not fundamental problems with the system are why it went bad #IDK what to tell you learn more about how American politics works. #The electoral college is a fundamental problem and couldn't even do the one fucking thing people who excused its existence said it'd do #If it were an actual democratic protection they could've defected to the popular vote winner instead of the obviously fascist jackass #But it's obviously not designed as a protection for people who aren't deeply invested in the status quo #Fail country with cringe electoral systems. #Voting is a basic buy-in but like... maybe google disinfranchisment before being sure you're aiming your rage correctly on this one #Most of the states we lost it on engaged in that at margins easily enough to swing the fucking thing #It just rings a lot like Joe Biden's advice to out-organize voter suppression and I don't take kindly to it #I'm not saying don't be mad that election was a fundamental betrayal of the people of this country and should be treated as such #But you can't make it about the voters without acknowledging the system the voters were voting in #At least not if you want me to think of you as a serious person making as serious argument about American politics #But Jareth weren't you all in on Voting these past few months for the CA primaries? #Yes I think voting is good and important and that's why I think that the system should be set up to reflect the results of votes taken #Rather than the one we've got now. #Which does not meaningfully reflect the will of the voters in any way shape or form #Also CA's system is much fairer on the whole

[ambiguouspuzuma]

Parts of the recent potato discourse reveal a disturbing lack of understanding of how fantasy works. You could do this for everything, until you end up making your fantasy world an exact reflection of our one, and devoid of anything that makes it special.

I have actually done as prescribed and written a proxy-Andean civilisation, but they also have large sailing ships. Do I need to include a proxy-Egyptian or other culture to explain this? Or does that logic only work in reverse?

Some of the characters use longbows and halberds - does that mean I need to feature proxy-British and proxy-German peoples as justification? Do I also need to include all of the historical context that led to their development?

In fact, forget chickens and cows - where do you think modern humans cane from? Must every fantasy land include a proxy-Africa and chart our evolution in a way that exactly maps onto the real world?

I don't think that it does. In our world there is only one way that things happened, one chronology, one way the cards were dealt, with certain cultures benefitting from certain accidents of geography, but that doesn't mean they couldn't have happened otherwise, on another world, after shuffling the deck.

One of the great delights of fantasy worldbuilding is that you can mix and match cultural influences and change things around so that they came about differently than the history we know. Insisting on strict real world historical and geographical 'accuracy' for every tiny detail is an excellent way to cut the genre's wings and drain all the magic away.

If this was about a species that could only thrive in a tropical climate, but the author has it growing in a temperate one, we could start nitpicking. But the fact that you explicitly concede that the potato could be grown anywhere? Come on. If all potatoes had to be grown in the Andes and imported, sure. But nowadays they do come from 'the store', grown from a farm just down the road.

There is a valid point around people not being aware of the origins of things they take for granted, and maybe there are some occasions where this becomes obvious in writing a fantasy setting clearly based on pre-1570 Europe that includes potatoes as a native crop, and this is then a prompt to raise this awareness.

However, that is not the point that almost anyone in making here. Instead, they have reached far past it to demand that all mentions of potatoes must be justified by the existence of a proxy-Andean civilisation, which is unreasonable and not something they would support in the other direction.

Fantasy cultures can combine a mixture of various influences. Unless a story is explicitly based on medieval Europe, it's unfair to criticise it for including something that wasn't in medieval Europe if it could exist in this fantasy land (i.e. provided the climate is appropriate, it is consistent with their other diet and agriculture, etcetera).

That works for anachronisms ('you can't have knights fighting vikings, the concept of the knight only developed later') as well as for whatever the geographical equivalent is ('you can't have cheesy mashed potatoes, they developed in different continents'). If you want to write a strictly historically accurate story, based exactly on one location in our world, you should do so. But there is no requirement for others to all do the same.

If the author has nowhere attempted to write a historical novel or committed to base it in medieval Europe, they are free to mix elements from different places and times - from fireworks to hot air balloons - to create something new. The alternative is to enforce strict cultural segregation in fiction, a form of protectionism which doesn't feel like a progressive step, and means I now have to go through my proxy-Andean setting and remove all mentions of cheese because it is forbidden to them.

Please, let people write what they want. Let someone's proxy-German culture have the occasional spud, and let my proxy-Andean culture have books and swords and the wheel in exchange, and both our worlds will be richer for it.

#on writing #let people write what they want #I also feel that this is how a lot of old fantasy ended up including offensive caricatures #by all means examine the cultures you are including and reflect on what you default to #because it's better not to take the way things happened for granted #but the takeaway from that is that you should mix them up #not that you shouldn't

[annarubys]

people making this whole kanye thing about taylor swift like…….can we make anything not about her for five fucking minutes????

#i know we’ve all seen those pictures. #i want to be clear that i’m not jewish and i don’t want to police how jewish people deal with this #but if you’re not and the taylor swift jokes are your takeaway i think you maybe need to take a step back #not to mention all the kanye fans swarming to her now as a gotcha #as if he didn’t deserve deplatforming ages ago and they were still supporting him until just now. what the fuck #they’re literally joking on the internet about going to listen to her with zero reflection on how they enabled him it’s gross #anyway tagging this since clearly some of you need to see it!! #antisemitism tw #taylor swift #kanye west #a.txt

[04tenno]

Mine’s comp hetero, general character, and just everything are so weighty especially for a series like this. I’m not one to tell people this and that about headcanons but it’s always been a personal annoyance of mine when everything in a story is pointing to a certain direction yet audiences will still believe it’s pointing in a completely different direction. Really they did everything besides bluntly say the word gay at this point in the writing. I don’t mean anon any harm as long as they didn’t mean any either but it’s just something that starts to get to me a bit personally.

Exactly! Like, even when it's conveyed in a comedic tone, there's often truth in comedy. I don't expect Yokoyama and Takeuchi to be well-versed in these topics (if they are, I mean... based), but they're portraying a known phenomenon here.

#asks #anonymous #yakuza 3 #yoshitaka mine #but yeah. like. there is headcanon and there is This #i generally agree with letting people headcanon what they want and. #it's not like i can stop anyone regardless i'm not the headcanon police #however. one's headcanons can be reflective of one's takeaways from canon and one's views outside of the media in question #and sometimes! sometimes they can cross a line

[septembersghost]

NH had early music influences -American '70s- Laurel Canyon - James Taylor, Joni Mitchell, Crosby Stills & the Eagles. No wonder some of the themes, music & lyrics seem reminiscent & nostalgic like his other pop peers. Title track mv: youtu. be/muCl7tXmpc8 Apple interview: youtube. com/watch?v=Js5qgyJ6MSw

i have not had a chance to listen to his zane lowe interview yet, but i will! <3 he's always shared those influences so sincerely and i enjoy hearing him talk about that, i think the laurel canyon influence is very clear on this particular album, he veered a bit further from the pop/rock sound than i was expecting, but the production has that vintage feel for sure (the harmonica, the sax!).

#i do think niall took kind of a hit from heartbreak weather that he thinks reflects on that record and actually has nothing to do with it #and is rather a causation of the pandemic interrupting it #and it makes me a bit :( because i love hbw so much #but you can definitely feel the care and time he put into crafting these songs #i wish it was a little more energetic bc he's so good at that but my main takeaway is he's SO in love 🥺 #anonymous #letterbox #nialler

[permanentreverie]

Maybe you have this answered in another ask/post, but do you have anything like a storygraph account or a place where you review books? i love seeing all the books you finish, and would love to hear more of what you think about them!

yep! I have a goodreads account, which I use frequently!

#for my in-depth reviews I tend to like for them to be more put together and coherant on goodreads #I also sometimes change my reviews based upon reflection #also my goodreads is a MESS lmao im always like in the process of making my shelves nice #but yeah! #ive only just started doing the star ratings in my tumblr tags this year #other than that my reviews on tumblr are just kinda final impressions of the book and takeaways rather than a solid review #anyones welcome to follow my goodreads btw! I love chatting and bonding over books come talk to me anytime #answered asks

[poorlittlevampire]

also just watched a video detailing a lot of the changes made in the regent’s park production of legally blonde and aside from their diverse casting none of the changes really seem necessary OR better. enid being a lesbian is not somehow lesser diversity than her being nonbinary. and also nonbinary lesbians exist, it’s not one or the other. a lot of the changes are superfluous so like. i don’t like them but it doesn’t really matter, but removing a characters identity as a lesbian IS a big change, and for a production that’s whole selling point is supposed to be diversity, it just seems like a really really shitty choice

#there was also a comment thread abt how the lyric change in gay european is supposed to address biphobia #bc the character says he’s straight and then his partner responds with ‘u weren’t yesterday’ #and they changed his response to ‘and im beyonce’ #and ppl said its bc implying someone cannot be bi in the original but the character isnt bi????? hes gay. #how is it biphobia if the entire point is the character is a gay man lying about being straight #and you could have an entire conversation about how THAT concept in general probably shouldve been reworked for an updated legally blode #but the idea rhat somehow... the issue in that song.... is biphobia............. insanity #and im bi so dont fucking say shit to me lmao #its just so stupid #anyways yeah i think tho that just leads into how i feel like #some people see identities such as nonbinary and bi as somehow more ‘progressive’ or more lgbt than cis gay people or binary trans people #and that shit is so fucking weird to me #i think it lowkey stems from like. the more otherness of being nonbinary or bi #and then that fascination with different identities got reworked into this pseudo wokeness #im just fucking saying buzzwords rn lmfaooooo but i think i make sense #a cis lesbian is not lesser than a nonbinary bisexual #i think thats just what it comes down to #or maybe im just overthinking heehee #but my main takeaway is that elle woods absolutely can be anyone and casting needs to reflect that #elle woods can be a poc and plus sized. she doesnt need to be anything but blonde. that is the only physical feature she requires #and anyone can be blonde!!!!!!!! #okay rant over goodbye

[appsa]

Oh my god waittt no that was me and my family watching tribhanga 😭😭😭

#literally abt mothers and daughters having toxic relationships #and i refused to make eye contact with my mom the whole time #cause it was so uncomfortable svdkfhd #anyway. no self reflection whatsoever #cause clearly her takeaway from the movie had been 'my child will understand my perspective when they has kids' #im going to be a childless nobody just so i never find even a bit of forgiveness in myself god bless 🙏 #have*

[sydchan]

Reporting back from my initial findings on reading reader insert fics. 🫡

The more interesting ones with longer plots are definitely written as OCs just with the name and other identifying info kept vague(ish). So I am back to not understanding why they’re not just embraced as true OCs??? Perhaps the vagueness is part of the appeal.

It’s not bad by any means and some of these fics are really really good, it just stood out while reading them. But I guess by virtue of being the POV character, an author would have to characterize the “reader insert” to at least some degree

#Syd rambles #this is neither here nor there just is my initial takeaway from reading some of these #it’s just an OC but without a concrete name and design #like upon even the tiniest bit of reflection this should have been obvious but still!!! Stood out to me anyway 😂

[bringmemyrocks]

A Gazan's reflection on the ICJ rule and his family who is still living in Gaza.

Reel link for those with instagram--comment in support/visibility if you can: https://www.instagram.com/reel/C2kYzKbuzAy

Key takeaways, but please watch the reel. There are English captions.

Many Palestinians in Gaza (talking ordinary ppl, not influencers or activists) have been raised not to engage with politics. [I add for clarity, this is their parents trying to keep them safe] and as such may not have followed Western politics for the past few years.

Palestinians living in Gaza, including his family, genuinely thought this ruling could end the ongoing genocide. They had real hope that the ICJ could save them.

Many Gazans' hopes have completely evaporated as a result of the ICJ not calling for a ceasefire.

The ICJ ruling is an important start, but it is not enough for the hundreds who are dying each day as a result of this occupation.

We need to keep helping Gaza in any way we can.

Important: Mohammed, the creator of this video, has a GoFundMe for his family, which I have personally verified. Note that the narrative in the GFM is that of his brother Faress, a nurse at Al-Shifa hospital: https://www.gofundme.com/f/from-devastation-to-hope-a-nurses-family-journey

His family is currently living in a tent in Rafah after being displaced from Northern Gaza. Please donate if you can.

Mohammed's story was featured in the New York Times in November 2023 (un-paywalled) excerpt:

“Here I am having whatever I want,” said Mohammed Salah Arafat, a Washington, D.C., resident with a brother still in Gaza. “When it comes to food, when it comes to freedom, when it comes to rights, when it comes to freedom of movement, the feeling of guilt is killing me,” said Mr. Arafat, 30, who left Gaza in 2018.

Mohammed also has a poetry blog here: https://moharafat.wordpress.com/ and you can sign up for updates (like with substack or medium) if you input your email at the bottom of the page.

Don't stop demonstrating--find local actions from PYM, PSL, JVP, and SJP on Instagram, don't stop calling (It does help--leave your name and zip code so you're counted--Bernie just called for a ceasefire and Katherine Clark has come close), don't stop spreading awareness.

#gaza #palestine #icj

[lovelightdecadent]

hi guysss

so who's ready for a really good cel's updates?

life is going really well at the moment

there was so much going on for a while but things have settled down now and i'm just so happy

i'm working on some projects with the most amazing people

like it genuinely gives me so much serotonin

ive been putting myself out there more socially, joining discord calls like i used to except on more calm servers and stuff

reconnecting with old friends too

and honestly, this is all a result of me fixing my sleep

it's wonderful to think that only a few weeks ago i was waking up at night ?!?! and now i fall asleep around 10 to 1am and wake up anywhere from 6 to 10am. like im really proud of myself and this is a big step for me because my sleep has never been this good. it's allowed me to help my family even more as well. like all of my relationships have been pretty enriched because i'm up at a good time and just have more time to spare where everyone's awake!

it's been a bit weird since i generally would only ring my boyfriend at night for the most part and now i'm trying to readjust things so we still get a lot of time together but i can still go to sleep earlier. i've been really content with the time we've been spending though and i think me waking up earlier also makes it easier for us to go on dates. i know it's also making it easier for him to focus on his routine and getting his sleep on track, although it's always been a lot better than mine hehe. so all in all, i think everyone's been feeling the benefits lately.

i genuinely do think the subliminals ive been listening to and the effort ive been making at manifesting has helped. something i just randomly said by chance while possibly being in the void state really helped me soooo 👀

i feel like besides the consistent sleeping, i don't really stick to a routine. i just kinda wake up and lay there for the most part. idk what to do and why i feel so weird and aimless when i know i have things to do. something felts halted and i need to journal about it and also set some goals and fix up my routines and stuff aaaah. discipline with sleep is good but need more with awake time too !!!!!

i think i'm just not used to being awake at these times it feels so weird but it's also an adjustment and that's okay

i need to reflect on who i want to be and whether or not i'm being her.

♡

#cel's intentions #lovelightdecadent challenge #happy #proud #progress #cel's updates #cel's takeaways #reflections #journalling

[bdluejay]

the definition of what is "classic" "vintage" or "antique" changes whenever time moves forward, and youll never guess how often that happens. youre not "old" bc 2002 was 20 years ago and people are calling the 90s and y2k "vintage". time ever moves forward and you are a daft fool to think that the marching of time halts because you dont want to think about it. everything ages and changes, that is the beautiful inevitability of life

#jabber jay #idk what im talking abt #i just grow more and more tired of the 'oh god i feel so OLD i cant BELIEVE my childhood was 20 years ago' #like yeah. times passage is definitely something to marvel at and reflect on #but if your only takeaway from remembering the past is that it is no longer the present. then you miss the beauty of times passage #the gift of hindsight. the gift of nostalgia. the gift of wisdom and knowledge and empathy. #if you try to stay in the past. the only thing youll ever be doing is depriving yourself of a present and future. #time keeps moving. this is inevitable. but will you keep moving and aging and learning with it? its up to you