#and it obviously isn't her call

[qqueenofhades]

Have to give the "I do like this job and the university, but I am WILDLY underpaid considering the amount of work/level of responsibility I have and if the university is serious about fostering a positive/supportive culture for faculty and staff, they need to give us all a serious raise" speech to my boss tomorrow. Uh, wish me luck?

#hilary for ts #school stuff #i mean i like my boss and she will be sympathetic #and it obviously isn't her call #but she needs to tell that to the deans and/or whoever is in charge of annual raises #because yes i do like this job #and i am fortunate to have it #but the pay is. uh. el-oh-el #academia: not even once

[welcometogrouchland]

I understand that literature nerd Jason Todd is kind of overblown in fanon compared to it's actual presence in canon (a few issues during his pre (and post?)crisis Robin tenure that highlight it) BUT consider that I think it's hilarious if the unhinged gun toting criminal has strong opinions on poetry

#ramblings of a lunatic #dc comics #Jason Todd #batfamily #it's just a fun quirk! it's a fun lil detail and I simply cannot slight ppl for enjoying and incorporating it into works #like obviously jason isn't the only one. I'm a big believer in the batfam having over lapping interests they refuse to bond over #i know dick canonically used the robin hood stories (which are pretty flowery in their language far as i can tell) as inspo for Robin #and i know babs was a librarian and even tho her area of nerddom is characterized as more computery she probably knows quite a lot- #-about literature as well #duke is a hobbyist writer i believe? i saw a fan mention that- which if so is great and I hope he's also a nerd #(i mean he is canonically. i remember him being a puzzle nerd in his introduction. but i mean specifically a lit nerd) #damian called Shakespeare boring but also took acting classes so i think he's more of a theatre kid. #Tim's a dropout and i don't think he's ever shown distinct interest in english lit and i can't remember for Steph? #I'm ngl my brain hyperfocused on musician Steph i forget some of her other interests I'm sorry (minus softball and gymnastics!) #and then Cass had her whole (non linear but it's whatevs) arc about literacy and learning to read #went from struggling to read in batgirl 00 to memorizing Shakespeare in 'tec and is now an avid read in batgirls! #she's shown reading edgar allen poe but we don't know if it's his short stories or his poems #point to all of the above being: i know Jason's not the only lit nerd in the batfam #but also i do need him to be writing poetry in his spare time and reading and reviewing it #jason at the next dead robins society meeting: evening folks today I'll be assigning all of us poems based on laika the space dog #damian and steph who have been kidnapped and brought to jasons warehouse to hangout: LET US GO BITCH #speaking of^ random poem i think jason would like: space dog by alan shapiro #wake up one morning in an unfamiliar more mature body with a profound sense of abandonment. the last four lines. mmm tasty

[galactic-rhea]

[ID: Screenshot of a chat that says "just leave my queen alone, she's already suffered enough. She wanted a life with her malewife murder monk pilot mechanic racer and you should respect her for that!]

It's Padmé defending's hours for me

I have been seeing more negative (with very weird connotations, tbh) posts about Padmé on my dash lately, and while I'm a firm believer of the "scroll past it" rule, it really irks me a lot because MOST of these takes sound a bit mysoginistic to me and also (to me) shows a lack of trying to understand her as a character, not in a "you don't get her" way, but in a "you don't even try to understand the character and her context in the damn story just because you wanna sound holy than thou" way.

I'm all for accepting takes about Padmé's flaws or having a slightly more privileged/closed view (and that makes sense, she's aristocracy) but these people are SO WEIRD whenever they wanna talk about her 🤨

I'll forever mad that George eliminated SO MANY scenes with Padmé in the movies, but I feel like even if we had those scenes, people's complaints would be exactly the same.

But also i think half of the time people fail at understanding Padmé is because they're also failing to understand Anakin's as a character, idk

#we love Padmé in this blog damnit #how so many people can forget the fact she had also an absolutely horrible childhood and was lonely and used to political backstabbing #and assasination attempts #at fourteen #and it just kept getting worse #the fact that she found a bond with Anakin and fandom makes it all about her being a stupid girl or evil for that it's ridiculous #and some of these takes sound victim-blamey if i'm honest #is she flawed? yes obviously but that makes her more interesting #anidala is supposed to be space Romeo and Juliet right? Eurydice and Orpheus Lancelot and Guinevere they're doomed for loving each other #but loving isn't their flaw actually #the flaw in Star Wars is some old guy called Palpatine he's in the background if you squint and Padmé was manipulated by him too #rambling #star wars #sw #padmé amidala #padmé #anakin skywalker #anidala

[humanbeanisnotamused]

"pick a tree" means "i love you" and I'm losing my shit about it. by the way. like.

like orym talks about keyleth like she's his boss. like she's a wonder. like he's in her favour, sure, but not like he's her friend.

but i half expected her to interrupt his deferential screed by sweeping him into a hug. "pick a tree" means "you need me and i will find you", means "i need you to be patient but if you call i will come".

she loves him. guys, she loves him. she doesn't know what he needs but all he has to do is call, and she'll try her best.

#obviously mechanically they can abuse the hell out of that but i trust them not to #that's what the deferential tone does too; makes it clear that like the tempest isn't my MOM and i can't call her to find my fucking keys #this does not prevent me from having Feelings about it tho #critical role #bells hells #cr spoilers #keyleth of the air ashari #orym of the air ashari #also #every day keyleth wakes up #because that's getting to be my keyleth tag #critical role spoilers

[bylertruther]

isn't mad/wheeIer like. 90% fanon 🧐

#s2 he was pushing her away by her face until she proved herself as zoomer n then they had no scenes n then s3 came along and they're #fighting and then when they're taking care of el they have moments of calling a truce to find her n then in s4 they literally just stand #and sit next to each other briefly. so like. doesnt that mean that the majority of their stuff is jus . fan conjecture kshsgsjsjs #which there isnt anything wrong with that............. but 🤨 #and isn't she constantly roasting him even when he's not there 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 BDVJDBDGSJSNDNDJ #not saying they're Not friends bc obviously everyone in the party is and they'd fight to the death for each other #as we've already seen. but. but................. #disclaimer in case it wasn't clear: im not being a hater i was just asking w/in the context of strictly canon scenes 💔

[crying-over-cartoons]

seriously considering making a ninjago AU comprised entirely of speculative biology about serpentine because their whole everything is pretty inconsistent but I really like snakes so I wanna fix it up a bit

#i was writing something with constrictai in it #and i realized that they're pretty closely aligned to earth; they burrow and they have super strength like the master of earth #so i wanna tie serpentine species to the elements #cuz that sounds fun #constrictai would be earth ofc #hypnobrai could be mind? #venomari could be poison of toxic or whatever that element was called i forget #fangpyres could be form since they change things into other things #not sure about anacondrai #also i don't really like that aspheera is apparently an ancient hypnobrai cuz aside from the hood she doesn't look anything like one- #-and she doesn't have hypnotizing powers #so i want her to be a member of a species that was a common ancestor of all serpentine #also the snakes from the underwater kingdom whose name i forgot will have water element obviously #i probably should have put that stuff in the main post instead of rambling in the tags. oh well #it's really late rn so i might make an actual post that makes sense and isn't 90% tags tomorrow #ninjago #talking tag #retroactively adding: #ninjago elemental serpentine au

[krikeymate]

Scream 7 concept where Sam is a Ghostface and this is revealed to the audience early on in the movie. We spend the whole movie knowing she's been killing people and hiding it from everyone around her.

Another Ghostface pops up, and originally we're left to question whether it is Sam or whether they're working with Sam, and then eventually we learn no, they're not. Sam spends a lot of the movie talking about defending her sister, protecting her, in fact it's a little suspicious because Sam is never around when Ghostface attacks until the last confrontation before they move to the final showdown.

- I think this Ghostface should be someone who's obsessed with Sam and wants them to join her, not actually knowing she's been a Ghostface -

In Act 3, we get a Sam confrontation with this Ghostface - she's not alone in the room, I'll get to that in a minute - where they're going on and on about how much potential she has if she just gives in and all the things they could do together. And Sam laughs, it's a little unhinged. And then she reveals the truth, that she's already been killing, that she's been taking out scum like them for months, and then she straight up obliterates them.

Now, back to who is in the room, Tara and... Danny? One of the twins? Or perhaps someone new introduced in the movie. This person is freaking out, Sam just confessed to being a murderer. It's one thing to act in self-defence, but the things she's talking about... And Tara? She doesn't react at all. She knew all along.

This person starts talking about how it's wrong and Sam needs to turn herself in, and then they cut themselves off because there's a knife pressed against their back. "Tara... what are you doing?"

Sam stands up and watches them, she and Tara share a silent conversation.

"Defending my sister." She pushes the knife forward, but they turn to try and grapple her, the knife slips and slices across their back/side. Sam comes up from behind to pull them off her sister, and the person slips from their grip and runs. The sisters share a quippy little seriously? moment and then chase after him.

#/mp #Scream #Sam Carpenter #Tara Carpenter #Scream 7 #scream concept #AU: death is in our hands #i'm going to go ahead and say she's killing shitty people. but this isn't revealed until the end. #the only problem with this is the same problem as 6 in that the act 3 Ghostface would be weak as shit and it wouldn't be so action packed #anyway I can't decide how I want this to end other than them getting away with it obviously #like. Does Tara tell Sam to stab her to make it all more believable? Sam would refuse of course. #We could get a moment of Tara stabbing herself as a call back to Jill #they have to look injured and scared. that's how they hide the truth. #also obviously it would be terrible for any of the core 4 to turn against each other #but imagine if the only one who successfully takes out chad is tara herself

[estrogenism]

so glad to see that transfem tumblr is as normal about intersex people as always /s

#lelei speaks ★ #intersexism cw #you all are all about 'haha genderweird genderfuck gender isn't real!' until an intersex person calls themself a transfem #and also yes kelly (if she's even real) is a piece of shit. #just thought i'd say that because some Definitely Not Intersexist people kept using her transmisogyny to justify their intersexism #obviously perisex afabs cannot be transfem but it doesn't mean y'all weren't echoing intersexist rhetoric

[alto-tenure]

BTW, Dinah's list of possible BOP candidates:

Babs

Vixen

Grace Choi

Huntress

Lady Shiva

Talia (with a question mark)

Cheshire (also with a question mark)

Catwoman (on the list as Selina)

Onyx (I believe?)

Katana

Manhunter (I believe?)

Zatanna

Black (???) [It was suggested to me that this is possibly Lady Blackhawk, who has appeared on the BOP before]

Fire/Ice (they're a set, do not separate)

#dc #dinah lance #comics spoilers #tuesday spoilers #i don't have enough context to go through every single one of these picks but i do wonder #why selina was on the list with her first name but helena was just called huntress #of the characters here only a few have been on the bop in the past which isn't a bad thing #obviously babs and helena have been but also katana has been in a bop lineup #shiva and cheshire also both have long histories with the bop #presumably either they told dinah no or dinah decided it was a bad idea to call them. i could even categorize them by this

[moonlight-at-dawn]

Waugh the ff fandom is doing it again, acting like 7 was the first... "this ship is the blueprint to all ships" c'mon, it's just another Cecil x Rosa copy, let's not kid ourselves. And 4 is just the earliest one I'm familiar with, if 1-3 have another lead x healer/ lead x childhood friend then they'd be the so called blueprint.

#misha rambles #Obviously being a noct x luna shipper i have nothing wrong with the so called blueprint #But ugh i love my healer bbgirl but her fandom is insufferable so i avoid it #But they keep tagging other shit in it!! #I just wanted my beloved xv ship not to see them comparing their noncanon ship to it and declaring theirs the first #Theirs isn't even a real thing! I know the ltd has been forever but let's be real! She dies! He lives and moves on! They only had possibili #It can't be the blueprint bc it isn't even a thing but beyond that 7 was the....7th game!!! Why would it be the standard!?

[afairerplace]

My impression of how strongly Taylor felt about Harry Styles is VASTLY different after hearing the vault tracks

#i wonder if some of that isn't production #ngl it DID throw me a bit that the vault tracks are obviously produced by jack and the originals obviously are not #but for whatever reason #the original album always gave me the impression of the image she cultivated during the era: #shiny cool confident ny girl about town with her girlfriends #knowing that harry isn't ever going to pan out but jumping in anyways for the fun and excitement while it lasts #hoping for more but (if you'll excuse me) shaking it off when things inevitably finally fall apart #but the vault tracks peel back her confident exterior more and show just how BADLY she hoped for more #calling her mom for comfort? #pretending not to notice he's texting other girls but being utterly crushed? #reading into his new hair and aching to talk to him about it? #in most of the original tracks she sands away a lot of these vulnerable details #like she doesn't want him or us to see just HOW badly and HOW specifically he hurt her #but listening to the vault tracks my reaction was oh shit he really did break her heart #God bless i always thought harry styles was Not It #(as a bf #i do enjoy his music quite a bit though purely for the vibes) #but boy this guy is NOT IT #taylor swift #1989 (taylor's version)

[femmesandhoney]

also while just generally reading up others views on the movie i kept seeing a few call it a "q*eer" coming of age film and those people are dumb as fuck bc no it's not

#eli is played by a girl and is obviously meant to be seen as a girl by everyone #i even saw someone call her androgynous and i was like?? no she isn't lmao oskar is more androgynous than she is #just bc eli kept saying she wasn't a girl (bc she's a vampire) doesn't make it not obviously a het interpretation of everything

[orchideae]

A few tiny things off top of my head that Yelan's SQ that ended up staring me right in the face, even if they oversold some of them a little bit at times (or done a little oddly)— but it's all about nuance, nuance.:

— Tianshu. She wasn't joking about being interested in the position of the Qixing's Tianshu, Uncle Tian didn't just take her at her word, he actually simply read her well. Regardless of whether she denies it by the end of the SQ, it is a position that someone with a mind like Yelan's is perfect for, and she knows that. The SQ does a decent job of showing that she understands multiple facets of intelligence (planning ahead and oversharing vs. adapting and divulging information only when the situation calls for it), she understands the difference of when people are driven by their emotions or their logic (and how to adapt to both), she knows how to socially play right into people's hands in ways that appeals to them; all in all, she's perfect for a position that revolves around information and people. Perfect. The only problem is that it takes her out of the field, and being in there is exactly what she enjoys the most. Her entire character plays around the defiance of boundaries, so why would she willingly place herself within such constraints? Besides, there is also the question of the Chasm. It is my firm belief that as dangerous as it is, and how monumental of a problem it's posed for Liyue in its history, she will never let that responsibility fall onto anyone else's shoulders. So in essence, to become Tianshu, she would have to restructure the entire position to be able to properly forego the bounds that Liyue Harbor would pose on her and leaving, which just like she is vulnerable to now, puts her at risk of capture or death. That is too high a risk for someone that would fill such a monumental position. So was Uncle Tian wrong for reminding her of the 'joke' that she made? No, for it was never a joke— it is simply not something she wants to turn into a feasible option. In other words, Uncle Tian is also very good at what he does. Good man.

— Identities. Here I go again, but this time to note: I'm not too big on how they depicted this bit in her SQ when we're going about the harbor's wharf. She fumbled a little too much at coming up with identities on the fly (and Paimon/Traveller gave her too much praise), or in better words: she hesitated too much. I understand that this may have been done to give her some flaws (or I'd have to account it to sub-par writing), but making something so baseline of her profession to hold a clear flaw isn't consistent with her character, her achievements nor her reputation. Numerous of Yelan's flaws lie in her personal life, they are pointed out in her character story, but they are minimal in her work. This isn't unrealistic, she's written to be an exceedingly rational and logical individual who thrives in her work, and it doesn't require to hold the same flaws as the other portion of her life to be well-written. Any way, I digress; another reason why I found this element of the SQ to be a bit inaccurate in terms of consistency: Yelan primarily operates within Liyue (Harbor), why would she be so careless with her identities and how she presents herself? Now of course I don't expect Hoyo to change her entire look simply for her SQ, but her first character story does seem to insinuate that she changes up her looks to match her identity— she frequents the same pharmacies without the pharmacists recognizing her. So realistically, I think we can deduce from this that, in all reality, she would have changed up how she appears at least a little: a coat, a hat, a change of hair. Someone she re-visits going 'Have I seen you before?' versus 'Ah, it's been a while since I've seen you!' are two vastly different things. On top of that, madam does not fumble— she actively shows in scenes that she is very patient, and we've seen her smile and take an extra few seconds before she speaks, that's how she handles 'hesitation', rather than being too hasty and speaking much too soon.

#[ mini study. ] that which hides inside her… that constant calling; it is the blood of heroes which has been howling for 500 years. #[ i tag it with mini study but is it really a mini study? ] #[ at this point 'mini study' versus 'meta' is... are there multiple bullet points? yes? then it's a mini study. ] #[ a meta is on one single topic. >.> ] #[ or at least that's how i'm justifying it. ] #[ also can i just say that wriothesley's gameplay is everything i've wanted in a game for years? it's so engaging and active. ] #[ and it's so utterly rewarding. ] #[ especially when combining him with yelan's constant uptime of her ult? jesus. ] #[ and benny. ugh. bENNY YOU AMAZING HUMAN. ] #[ any way i digress aGAIN [my life story honestly] -- i'm in love with yelan and i have too muc to say. ] #[ i genuinely need to talk about how she functions in terms of identity creations. truly. ] #[ like even when she presents herself in fontaine to neuvillette and wriothesley-- they obviously know she's... ] #[ tied to liyue. tied to the qixing. but she won't divulge more than is necessary. literally there's no need to. ] #[ diplomacy isn't always about information. ]

[virmillion]

watched love simon again, had a breakdown, bon appetit.

something about how simon had (eventually) all that support - his mom told him he got to breathe now, his dad apologized for the jokes and for never seeing it, everyone said they loved him, that he was still him

anyway. rough never got the chance to do that (at least not to that extent, albeit also avoiding the wretched way it went down). at most, he came out to some friends at college, but not fully, not to everyone

and yeah, his parents might've been fine with it. emily probably would've. they would've all adjusted. eventually. but now he'll never know, is the issue. he won't get to tell them, and now everyone is going to remember him wrong. they are going to label and bury a casket containing a body that no longer belongs to him (and frankly, hasn't belonged to him in a long time)

functionally, he wasted his time. he Did School, then he graduated and Did College, then he died. he didn't get to Do a real relationship, or being himself. "you get to breathe now, you're still you" but is he? he never was himself, not all the way. "oh you're still yourself on the inside, no matter what other people saw or say" other people see him buried and mourn a girl who died years ago and he can't correct them

#labhrambles #r&t #r&t: r #feeling: bad! :) #obviously a third of all ocs are just you ripping out parts of your soul to stitch them together #and i know this #but i really wanted him to have loving parents. supportive and such #not the best but TRYING their best yk #and yeah it sucks that thats not enough for him that he wanted more (how selfish can you be?) #but you know what else sucks? i don't know that my dad has genuinely told me he loves me since i came out #my mom still she/hers and they/thems me in public. to family that im out to. when my dad isnt even around #the only time i get he/himmed is when it's only us two. and even then she talks around it #not calling me a girl is not the same as calling me a boy #anyway. hope we got all that out of our system because that's the type of shit rough ISN'T supposed to have #it's not a story about trans acceptance is the problem (although maybe a little abt acceptance in general dsfjkdsfkj) #i literally just. don't have an example of a Healthy Parental Relationship For Trans Kids to base it on #but god forbid i bring this up to the guy 'stuck in his ways'. sixty is not too old to change #sixty is not too old to love your son instead of mourning the daughter you never fucking had #unrelated. got a mug warmer today with hello kitty on it. wahoo.

[sovonight]

,

#ohhhhhhh i really do dislike the tonal shift in bg2/tob so much........ and by that i mean mostly in xan's mod 😭 #i mean maybe the sense of betrayal and disappointment is immersive but it really leaves me with No idea what to do with him #in my version of radri's story. like. do i do my best even with all the parts i find ooc? do i cherry pick what i want and forget the rest? #and even after all my complaints i keep thinking back to his author. the fact that somehow this is the *intended* experience #currently feeling like the necromancer who resurrected their wife and is convinced she came back wrong but who just never truly knew her #i keep going back to 'estel'amin'. the fact that xan named charname his hope--and then quickly stopped using that name for her #once her bhaalspawn nature continued to affect her life after the conclusion of bg1 #so--basically--i'm to assume that he changed his mind? she's no longer his hope; his light; and if she is it's rare #he just calls her beautiful now; something far more shallow #and the fact that in tob he vacillates between subtly criticizing her for her nature which she has no control over #(and which in radri's case she has never even willingly given in to)-- #and attempting to comfort her after her nature makes bad things happen to her & around her #--but then his comfort is once again undermined by the aforementioned shallow compliments #it's coming across as 'i love your body despite what you are in spirit' and really isn't a great look at all #look maybe i'm crazy but in bg1 i got the impression that he was able to accept and move past it fairly quickly #like 'ok you're a bhaalspawn so now let's move into problem solving. obviously i have to quit my job and travel with you full time' #but in bg2 he spends most of his time lamenting about how hard it must be for her to live like this #while also pointing it out as a personal flaw of hers. as if she'd had any say in who her father was #like there are npcs literally shouting 'i hate all bhaalspawn!' and here he is--supposedly her closest supporter-- #also subtly saying 'i hate bhaalspawn' right to her face #when literally as a neutral alignment and as a companion of 1-2 years-- he should actually have THE most nuanced take on her??? #in bg1 he says murder is unavoidable in the life of an adventurer. then in tob he comments that charname kills everyone haphazardly-- #--as though in another jab to her nature. meanwhile as a constant companion he should know better than anyone that it wasn't so simple #idk. i'm almost feeling gaslighted by the narrative in a sense #because when everyone else talks about xan in bg2/tob--including charname via the dialogue options/written internal dialogue-- #they say that he's ~gray~ and calm and collected and emotionless etc #meanwhile he's literally the most emotional guy in the game. like. he's freaked out SO many times #so?? how am i supposed to take anything here genuinely?? how am i supposed to engage??? SIGH #anyway today's my first day at my new job and i have to wake up in 2 hours & im certain that i'll be too nervous to eat today #my goal for today is just to not be fired 👍 12 hours from now it will be over...

[bitchfitch]

Thing I want to draw when i have the time and hand mobility:

a short comic of Adonis and Ione at the grocery store. Ione is carrying the basket which seems to mostly have meat candy and booze in it.

Adonis picks something up off the shelf.

I: Oh wait. Check to make sure it's not sugar free, i can't have a lot of types of artificial sweeteners.

A: How do I check?

I: It's usually written on the box? Look for something that says 'sugar free' or 'artificially sweetened.'

Adonis holds the box up and examines it closely before looking back up at her.

A: I can't read.

I: Ah.

#Hes an acomplished sculptor and widely beloved performer/strong man. He does a lot of security work #And hes still 6 years old and has had very little opportunity to learn how to read #Like this would still be in the time period everyone is calling him 'Stones' because they have no way of finding out his name #he cant talk or spell or read #Adonis isnt exactly a common name thats going to show up on lists #so even though its an A name just reading off a baby naming book until they find it isn't going to work #They're lucky one of the acrobats knew sign because her sisters deaf and could start teaching him the very basics needed #for him to communicate more than 'yes' and 'no' #and that Ione is a quick learner and got touch signing down so that the two of them could chat too #People are a Lot less weird about her when shes got someone with her and the sorta Assumptions people tend to make #when its her and Adonis together specifically #Like it goes from 'Oh shit the giant snake woman who can turn living flesh to stone with just a look is coming this way' #to 'oh hey shes got a stone statue guy with her and they're obviously close and hes opening the door for her and #warning her of the obstacles she cant see because of her blindfold. Thats actually kinda cute' #tbh the joke is the absurdity of a medusa and a stone statue having this conversation in a piggly wiggly or somethin.