#and it's extremely common

[bonefall]

Ooh, another based "Shellheart gets too much hype in canon" truther? Is it because he actually does shockingly little to stop or protest Rainflower's treatment of Crookedstar as a kit, or something else?

It's a few things honestly, all of them bug me just enough to make me pretty steadfast in feeling like Shellheart is overrated;

Crooked's renaming feels so preventable. Really, Dad Shellheart? You have no say in this? You can't protest this??

You too Hailstar, what the fuck. Leaders are theocratic dictators 90% of the time but TODAY you feel like just letting this woman involve your entire Clan in her emotional abuse?

So it feels like lip service, "Omg Rainflower's being so awful! Don't worry though us powerful men can still be likeable because we don't like this :( too bad our all-powerful hands are tied."

Shellheart wasn't very involved with his children BEFORE denouncing Rainflower, so he does this whole big show of it and theeeeen..... nothing changes.

I'm reminded of how deadbeat fathers will sometimes blow into town with a whirlwind of big talk about doing something big for their neglected family, only to be gone again before Christmas.

Or, worse, the idea that Shellheart ONLY stopped being official mates with Rainflower because he's deputy, and it would look awful if he did nothing at all in the face of such an unpopular situation. Washing his hands of it.

And listen. I know people will staunchly refuse to acknowledge that these aren't real people, they are WRITING CHOICES. But please. I'm begging everyone to stick with me for a goddamn second

Ask yourself these critical thinking questions:

Why have the writers chosen for the mother to be solely responsible for Crookedstar's childhood abuse, whilst portraying Shellheart's solitary big public denouncement as the pinnacle of fatherhood? As he's barely involved in his children's lives?

Do they functionally portray Shellheart as a father who helps his son through maternal neglect? Or are the scenes quite rare? If yes, then what did the author spend their time on instead?

Consider the narrative of Crookedstar's other main antagonist, Mapleshade. Does Mapleshade's backstory have any similarities to Rainflower? Consider the choice to give Crookedstar two cruel maternal figures who act on malice towards him as paternal figure Shellheart goes unexamined.

Is this a pattern that we have seen before? Are fathers typically held to a different standard in Warrior Cats?

I feel strongly that the answer is an obvious yes. So Shellheart, and all the praise and cooing he gets, bothers me immensely.

#and it's extremely common #Gray Wankposting again but he's an awful parent to everyone except Pebble. For like 3 scenes #and not even considered a Real Dad by those children #but he's incredibly popular and it frustrates me #Bramble too. Bramble gets lauded as an Amazing Dad when even before the reveal he was just better than crow #which is a low ass bar #He was still flattered into ALLOWING ASH TO THRASH HIS SON... #meanwhile poor squilf and leaf do absolutely nothing wrong besides try to not let the kittens grow up with halfclan stigma #and get treated like the antichrist for it #bone babble #warrior cats analysis

[a-little-bit-oddish]

No write in options. Don't give me any of that probability power shit, don't give me any I wish for more wishes, these are your options. Choose.

#poll #mine #that's it those are the only options #we're just talking the extremely common ones #the ones the other kids asked you during recess

[ironinkpen]

The dynamic in Rise between the rest of the team and Leo is. so fucking funny. Because like you've got these three extremely talented individuals who all seem like perfectly reasonable people at first glance, right, but then if you squint hard enough you realize they're actually all batshit insane (affectionate) and the clown boy standing behind them is secretly their common sense.

Clown boy will occasionally put himself and the others in danger to Prove Himself or Prove Someone Wrong (see Minotaur Maze and the movie) but like otherwise... i think people forget Leo's overwhelmingly the voice of reason in most situations?

Raph, Mikey, and Donnie are all incredibly powerful boys with very specific skill sets. They are also, as a direct result of this, the WORST decision-makers on god's green earth lmao. When presented with a problem, Raph will smash, Donnie will blow shit up, and Mikey will razzmatazz. They will all run straight toward death with the same oblivious enthusiasm of a dog about to run straight into a screen door. None of them realize this and all of them think they are Extremely Good At Problem-Solving.

And the guy cursed with the common sense to realize this is literally the LAST person anyone would expect.

When you look closely, the entirety of Rise is actually a chronicle of Leo trying to find new and creative ways to keep this team of superpowered fools alive while simultaneously white-knuckling his Cool Fun Guy persona so the others don't realize he's secretly the Boring Responsible One. Haha, you know what would be Cool and Fun, guys? Not going after the Spine Breaking Bandit lol. Getting home before the sun goes up lol. Evacuating that civilian lol. Not telling the guy dangling me off a roof "you won't, no balls" lol.

The sacred struggle of every iteration of Leonardo is thanklessly wrangling the most trigger-happy siblings in the world, and Rise Leo has not escaped it. He just does an occasional shenanigan to avoid detection and his brothers fall for it every time.

#rottmnt #rottmnt leo #rise leo #leo #donnie #mikey #raph #raph has the Older Brother Stress while leo has the Common Sense Stress #GOD i adore Rise's take on leo so much #just a funny little guy subtly herding his brothers away from danger like cats while trying desperately to be Chill and Cool about it #he's been dodging the responsibility allegations for YEARS but Splinter caught him right at the very end of the show lmao #because like listen. listen. is rise raph responsible? yes. #is he--in practice--the Responsible One? absolutely NOT #raph is a RUFFIAN and a HOOLIGAN (extremely affectionate) #anyway i think the movie has made people forget that like. for a vast majority of the series leo's the voice of reason

[biggest-gaudiest-patronuses]

growing up with a perpetually anxious primary caregiver is such a mindfuck. that shit will rewire your nervous system

#not a shitpost #i get that parenthood and modern life in general is extremely anxiety inducing #and that anxiety is a common mental health issue and anxiety disorders exist and do not disqualify you from being a loving parent #but i am begging you PLEASE do not project your anxiety onto your kids #especially younger kids #your job is to make your kids feel safe and secure. that is a primary requirement #that doesn't mean you can't be anxious! #but just like being angry doesn't mean you're allowed to yell at your kids or slam doors or break things #being anxious doesn't mean you are allowed to surround your kids with your own fear and stress or teach them to share your anxieties #your job is to be a comforting nurturing parental figure. that means projecting comfort and love #even when it is hard! even when you are tired or angry or scared! #which is a damn hard job! and you won't get it right all the time! #but dammit babes you gotta TRY #kids deserve to feel safe and comfortable in their daily lives #you CANNOT be teaching them to expect catastrophe lurking around every corner

[hydrachea]

Do you think god lives in fear of what they've created.

#i like to think so #honkai star rail #hsr #hsr stelle #hsr nanook #i should make one for yaoshi too because yaoshi is ALSO extremely fine #but then i'd have to go down the entire list of gilfs (gods i'd like to f-) #and we'd just never be done then would we #especially since the trailblazer is canonically thirsty for a couple aeons without me even needing to do anything #we all know they're super normal about lan #per a certain swarm disaster occurrence #who would win: the godly incarnation of the concept of destruction or one feral human with a bomb in their body and zero self-preservation #i spent way too long making this #we commit to our bits here #even against all common sense #ray's records #nanook please show up in the simulated universe again i miss you

[bitsbug]

In my sleep I dream of phylogenetic trees

#rain world #rainworld #specbio #speculative evolution #art #this is of course extremely simplified #and also a headcanon. I cannot predict the actual evolutionary paths of video game animals #but it was fun to realize I can link yeeks and slugcats to a common ancestor! #I'll prolly add more later. vultures will be a doozy

[salt-baby]

POTS Medication Vocabulary

after about the third time a doctor prescribed a medication that made my POTS drastically worse, and about three doctors visits past giving up on being an easy patient, i started asking my doctors the following questions whenever they prescribed a new long term medication:

is this medication a hypotensive? (will this medication lower my blood pressure?)

does this medication have a risk of tachycardia? (can this medication raise my heart rate?)

is this medication a diuretic? (will this medication dehydrate me?)

can this medication cause hyponatremia? (will this medication cause my body to lose salt?)

your doctor likely doesn’t know all of this off the top of their head for every medication, but they should know the most common adverse reactions. some may simply tell you they have no clue. i still think it’s worth asking to force them to consider these mechanisms.

for additional consideration:

your pharmacist likely knows the answers to these questions better than your doctor does. 

an additional list of types of drugs which should be avoided is available here, in the table on the fourth page. (note that propranolol, a beta blocker, is often prescribed for POTS but is discouraged by this paper. as someone whose taken it, it’s worth trying to see if it will improve symptoms, but didn’t for me. Additionally, these are just guidelines, and in those with, for example, both hEDS and POTS, the benefits of opiates for pain relief may be worth the risk of worsening POTS.)

regardless of what the doctor says, I always look up the FDA info sheet before taking a medication. these can be found pretty easily on google (your med + “fda pdf”), and list most of the adverse effects. I’m happy to make a post about reading these info sheets.

there’s a reason prescribing medication is left to those with years of medical training - it’s a complicated and difficult process. but oftentimes those who do this work are so overworked and burnt out, they don’t have the ability to read someone’s entire medical file, or be aware of an adverse event that only affects those with an uncommon condition. I find asking these questions forces my doctors to think about my chronic conditions, and after so many adverse events, I always check a medication for myself before taking it. 

remember that you can and should refuse to take a medication that is making your life worse or harming you. even pediatric patients have the right to refuse a medication, and often times, I’ve found nothing other than a very firm “no, I refuse” will get a doctor to consider other options. and even though its against the norm, remember that you have the right to ask your doctor why they’ve chosen that medication for you.

as always, feel free to ask questions, they make my day!

#i have intense opinions on the usage of propranolol #also your doctor will not like being asked these questions #i did this to one once and their eyes got as big as dinner plates #then they ran out of the room presumably to google things or ask their supervisor #that medication did work for me tho #i also dont usually ask for short term medications or extremely common ones #ie like antibiotics #salt baby talks #pots #Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome #dysautonomia #ableism #disability

[chemblrish]

Obviously I will never be a uni prof but I do admit being able to respond with "ya sure" after years of being on the "my most esteemed professor, your highness, the greatest scientist in the history of this faculty, may I, a lowly worm, please kindly ask to reschedule" end sounds tempting

#no hello #not even the rather common (here where i live) 'miss [name]' #no goodbye no fuck you nothing #just yes sure #;___; #emailing in academia should be considered an extreme sport #txt

[mugentakeda]

decided to doodle some more stuff for this au since the lu ten lives au ask i got from oomf has been haunting me

#to anon that asked me about things iroh and zuko have in common: Another thing they have in common is being extremely self sabotaging👍 #YIPEEEEE!!!!! #also im getting better at drawing babies. who else cheered #lu ten #zuko #azula #iroh #alicias art #atla #avatar the last airbender #fire nation royal family

[seenfull]

If you keep drawing ronnie bigger I wonder how big he’s gonna end up??? 👀👀👀👀 what’s the fattest you’d be comfortable drawing him?

Nothing drastic, for now >:)

#ask #anon #idk if it's a common experience for artists who draw characters they see themselves in but #I used to get extremely embarrassed drawing ronnie #especially as fat as I actually wanted him to be #I remember drawing the curve of his belly the first times felt illegal 😭😭 like I had to take breaksss #Never held back with my girl characters tho #The size he's at now fits him better #He's not just lazy now- his gut is actually pinning him down this time >:) #p.s. thank you for sticking around even if I'm not as active as before

[thisisnotacreativeusername]

ok guys. i have to be so real with you. luke saying annabeth is like a little sister to him was not just added for the tv show he says that in the book ("she would never... i mean, she's like a little sister to me" (page 223))

#personally i have never understood why people think that the scene in last olympian is luke saying he loves annabeth romantically #'did you love me' can mean so many things and also luke saying annabeths his lil sister doesnt necessarily mean annabeth doesnt have a crush #its extremely common for little kids to crush on people older than them #like i wouldnt be surprised if they drop that plotline but to me its always been deeper than 'annabeth has a crush on luke' #am i being a lil pedantic and petty. perhaps #percy jackson #mine #pjo tv #pjo #luke castellan #annabeth chase

[marzipanandminutiae]

let's play "spot the undervalued historical sub-field!"

source, source, source, source, COMPLETELY UNSOURCED STORY TREATED AS A SOURCE IN ITSELF DESPITE BEING- AGAIN- NOT A SOURCE AT ALL, source, source, source...

being a clothing history specialist is fucking exhausting, guys

(also enjoy those history myths, or at least mischaracterizations. "they were SO GROSS that their hair was FULL OF VERMIN ALWAYS and they only cared enough to MAKE SPECIAL HEAD-SCRATCHERS, not DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT!!! EWWWW!!!")

#history #dress history #fashion history #clothing history #historical fashion #18th century #I am trying to track the veracity of the pouf a l'inoculation #I found a reference to a primary source! a reference from 1807! so it probably was a Thing! #just struggling to actually find that source because the title is extremely common #and the guy in 1807 didn't give an author or publication date or anything

[she-is-ovarit]

The liberal culture of perpetually walking on eggshells, fearing that whatever you say might offend somebody, or (alternatively) feeling like you are always a victim to everybody's microaggressions is extremely unhealthy.

The conservative culture of perpetually being rude under the guise of "just saying it like it is", completely disregarding that what you say might offend somebody, or entering into conversations always on the defense is extremely unhealthy.

People in both left and right political groups who fit within these behavioral patterns seem to operate off of getting high from feeling righteousness.

These behavioral trends in both groups breed authoritarianism, paranoia, ignorance, aggression, ideological purity, and black and white thinking.

#as someone who frequently interfaces with both political cultures #you all have more in common than you realize #but judge each other based on the extremists within the other group #and this just in turn makes one's own group become more extreme in response #and also is just terribly obnoxious #politics #human rights #conservatism #conservative #liberal #democrat #republican #libertarian #anarchist #progressive #activism #LGBT #LGBTQ #feminsim #marxist #right wing extremism #left wing extremism

[nelkcats]

Who you gonna call? Ghostbusters!

See, ghosts got bored, a lot, Danny did too. When Amity became a neutral and cooperative zone they decided to go exploring. Which was mostly fine, since most of them didn't really mean any harm. And the GIW had been dismantled, Danny preferred to let people speculate why rather than answer.

The problem arose when the ghosts of the Realms encountered other types of ghosts. Apparently there were spirits that did not reach the Realms and became weak or simply vengeful (spiteful?)

The ghosts Danny knew were very upset because apparently "weak" ghosts were extremely rude. So he started talking to them (when they didn't want to talk, or refused, the thermos was a good solution)

Very quickly people started calling him "Ghostbuster", he found it ironic since he wasn't actually repelling ghosts, he was attracting them and sometimes collecting them. A ghost named Deadman yelled at him for not "respecting the rights of the dead", to which the halfa raised an eyebrow. The ghost vanished before he could explain that all ghosts were in the Realms or Amity (where people didn't really mind sharing a house with a spirit).

He shrugged and continued visiting all the ghosts that his friends pointed out to him. He argued with a certain "Zatanna Zatara" and "John Constantine" for disturbing the rest of the dead. Danny rolled his eyes as he chose to ignore them.

It wasn't long before Justice League Dark branded him a "ghost threat" and people in general called him out asking for help with their haunted houses (Danny hadn't really considered turning his travels into a job but at least he was getting paid). The halfa wondered how wizards would react if they knew he was ghost hybrid and his "Ghostbuster Team" was full of ghosts.

#dpxdc #Realms Ghosts got curious #they explored the world #and called Danny when they found something interesting #like weak ghost that were extremely rude #dp x dc #dc x dp #Danny captured most of them #the ones who liked earth stayed in Amity #Amity citizens didn't care about sharing house with a ghost #the others are on the realms #the vengeful ones are being treated by Frostbite because of a broken obsession or other common diseases #JLD misunderstood everything #They think Danny is disappearing all the ghosts #and that it doesn't matter if they are good or not #Deadman is scared #They didn't realize Danny is always talking with Realm Ghost because they usually dress up and most of them look very solid #JLD doesn't have experience with Infinte Realms yet #People call Danny a Ghostbuster #GIW end is up to you

[radioactive-mouse]

i have GOT to get more insane abt lifeseries joel and grian. they’re so fucking everything. late game last life for them really is like the both of us are at our absolute lowest and can’t really be bothered to care anymore, but there is a kind of freedom in allowing yourself to pretend you’re a monster without remorse, to let yourself grow vicious in a way you’ve been trying to rein yourself in from. the two of them take each other hands, all grasping claws and sharp-toothed grins, and say monsters it is then, just the two of us. they just. they understand each other in a way nobody else quite does. the two of them settle together in limlife and,,, they can just feel the seconds counting down until their names turn red and the world grows sharper and they grow sharper with it. they’re comfortable with what they’ve got— jimmy and the bad boys and the bread bridge and all of that, it’s lovely— but there’s an anxious, giddy anticipation growing between them and they can both feel it.

#uraaggrrhhr i love them….. #trafficblr #limited life #grian #smallishbeans #last life #i’ve been affectionate calling them wolf duo since last life #which i know is not entirely accurate anymore considering 1. pearl and ren also both have wolf stuff going on and 2. wolves are just kinda #common practice on most of the server now #but also URAAGRHRH i got too attached to them with wolf imagery #just. ugh. them and their fanged grins and pack of hounds surrounding them. absolute fucking insanity i tell you #this is an extremely niche post made basically just for me but i hope you see the vision #mouse.txt

[piosplayhouse]

Rumors are going around on twitter and weibo that starember might have left the tgcf manhua team omg.. they're unfounded right now but can we get a prayer circle going for hoping that it's true!! 🙏🙏🙏I'm so tired of their consistent racism and orientalism being passed around in the manhua space, people have been raising the alarm on it for literal years now

#for reference because im not sure its common knowledge about the manhua anymore #a brief list of concerns: #has drawn nazi incest art #purposefully drew the banyue people (whose main story relevance is that they attempted to suicide bomb the yong an kingdom) as obviously #islamic-inspired. w the “monstrous general” being the character with the darkest skin #drew hualian au art where xl was extremely pale and small and hc was a giant dark skinned half demon monster #important to note for that last one that in the manhua itself hc is extremely pale like xl. its just in thst one art where his skin was dark #constant orientalist fetishization of xl in a stereotypical hyper sexualized bellydancer costume #arguable whitewashing of feng xin who is canonically tan tho this is somewhat up in the air considering that he is tan in comparison to the #other characters but thats just because all of the other characters are white as paper #i have proof for anyone who wants to see for themselves but its truly damning just how much ppl excuse from them #just bc they have a pretty art style #it sucks tbh #tgcf