#and wanted to at least answer instead

[unironicallycringe]

do you have any fi headcanons? what is she?how was she created? how does ghirahim feel about her? can be tmm or game headcanons c:

I'll do TMM headcanons!

I'll be honest in that Fi hasn't gotten very fleshed out yet because my AU has her still mostly dormant within her sword. The only appearance of her so far has been when Link is struggling in Roostburrow and needs someone to talk to, but she's unresponsive.

As for what she is and how she was created, she is extremely similar to what Ghirahim is in this AU - born a mortal, but then bound to a sword later on.

I've mentioned in the Magicka and Musicka lore post that one can bind a soul to a conduit to increase it and the soul's power. But it's an incredibly painful and difficult process, both to bind or to unbind oneself to a conduit. Though on the surface one may recover, there can be permanent damage done to a person who undergoes this.

The Goddess Sword is one such conduit, and Fi was soulbound to it in the distant past when in her early-mid teens. Before doing so, I imagine she was an Apprentice Priestess in service to Hylia (and I'm leaning Sheikah for her). I think she would have been extremely book smart in her previous life, given her intelligence in the game - maybe that's why she was a good candidate as a guide for the Chosen Hero. Giving her life to the sword to aid Hylia in fulfilling that prophecy would have been seen as a divine duty and great honor. But undergoing that process may have drastically changed her ability to express emotions.

Ghirahim feels sorry for her, but in a superior sort of way. He thinks his side of this ancient feud is much more noble and moral than Hylia's. He expresses that a bit here in Ch07, where he mentions thinking of her as a child soldier.

He can't fathom someone as young as Fi undergoing the ritual by choice, but fails to see that his choice to do the same in allegiance to Demise is just as ethically complicated.

Thank you for the ask!

#sorry for the delay i rEALLY WANTED TO DRAW THINGS but realized i was pretty busy #and wanted to at least answer instead #same thing with the Fledge response lmao #ill add doodles and such later on :] cause i want to draw how she may have looked in the past #answered ask #demon tribes au #fi #skyward sword fi #loz au #lore #ghirahim #skyward sword

[theminecraftbee]

task: answer the following question. do you believe in curses? respond as completely with relevant information as possible.

Grian: Well, that's a lie. This isn't a task. I know it's not a task, I set the things up! Not sure why we're getting a question as pointless as this one, but sure, mysterious scroll, I'll answer. There's no such thing as curses, unless you're Timmy, in which case it's funny, yeah? Besides, I didn't actually kill Etho. Even if that did count, self-fulfilling prophecies aren't the same thing as curses, and I know which one I fall under.

Joel: Do I believe in bloody curses what kind of question is that? Do I really get hearts just for answering this? This feels like a prank or something... well, whatever. There are no such thing as curses, except the Boogeyman curse, which I sort of had today, but it wasn't actually the same at all. A lot of the bloodlust, sure, but a lot more... Etho had to be the one to do it, huh? And it's not the same. Not comforting. That's a stupid thing to say actually. Take it out of wherever you're putting this. Cut it out of the recording. Comforting. Please. As if it were ever... Yeah, I'm done actually. Don't have a good answer. Go away.

Scott: What, other than Jimmy? Bless that man, he may not have died first, but he sure tried his best. Sure, I'll believe Jimmy is cursed. I mean, mostly he's just kind of stupid. Lovingly so. I mean, despite him being stupid, I put up with him, right? That seems like a complete answer to this question. Jimmy's an omen but we put up with him anyway. That's all.

Mumbo: NO RESPONSE GIVEN.

Pearl: Oh, I mean, I'm probably cursed. That's what everyone liked to say at one point. I think... I mean, I think this time I have good friends, which is nice. They don't think I'm cursed. And it's not like I--I mean, it's surprisingly fun, acting cursed! And I am just acting. Acting scary, blowing up dance floors, all of that. And I don't really have to this time, so... Maybe I'm not cursed? And since it's acting, it's not real? This is a weird question.

Etho: Oh, man, that's a question. Um, do I have to answer? Because I feel like if I say no, that's really just asking for it, but if I say yes, I have to explain myself. Uh, I think I'm abstaining, unless the zombie thing from earlier counts. That was scary and I hated it. Curses are scary and I hate them in general, but apparently I'm good at them, if you ask everyone else. Um, it's not the only thing I find scary that apparently I'm good at.

Scar: Why, of course I believe in curses! Look at poor, poor... Timbert? Timmy? Jim? Gosh, sorry, I'm very tired right now. That's more proof of curses, by the way! That I'm tired. I've been tired straight since the desert, let me tell you what. And that, my friends, is a curse like no other. What a terrible beast, loneliness is. Wish me luck breaking it, because it's not happening this season!

Cleo: Oh, you mean the thing people like to blame instead of their own actions? Nah. My soulbond was kind of a curse, I guess, but even that's at least half just... bad people. Bad relationships. Good ones, too. We're all just doing what you can, you know? No script, no curses, no characters, just... Oh, I hope everything turns out tomorrow. Sorry, that's unrelated. It's just nicer to hope than to preemptively blame things on curses that don't exist.

Impulse: Well, I mean, I didn't until you just asked me that, but now I feel like I should. Wouldn't that be nice? Being cursed instead of just sort of unlovable? Sorry, no, that's mean to Gem. I shouldn't say that about Gem, she's been good this season. Super, super cursed, mind you, in the like, game mechanic sense? But she's been good, no backstabbing or inability to get love involved. Um, and I guess that's not fair to Bdubs, kind of, except it also totally is and I haven't forgiven him. So I guess if they ask I said I believed in curses, and that's why my life keeps circling clocks? Don't put any of that other stuff down, I'm trying to work on that.

Lizzie: NO RESPONSE GIVEN.

Gem: I was just cursed for a task, but that probably isn't what you're asking about, right? I'm new, so I don't know! A task is a concrete thing to believe in, like bloodshed or victory or fun and games. You don't have to believe in those to know they're real, either! They just are, whether you like it or not. I understand that much!

Tango: Gah, don't talk to me about... Deep breaths. Look, I don't care if it's a curse, or if it's just me being really bad, or what, I'm not going out pointlessly this time. Jimmy managed not to die first, I can manage to not go out to a stray arrow or my own bomb or a misstep this time, right? Is that so much to ask?

Skizz: Huh? Curses? I mean, I don't think so, and to be totally honest I think it's kind of mean the way people sometimes rag on people about them. Everyone's got so many good things about them! Why do people like to focus on the unfortunate luck, huh?

Bdubs: Hah! Curses! Let me tell you about curses. When I see curses, I eat them for breakfast. I don't got curses, I've got better things to do! I've got my buddies with the Mounders, and I've got-well, I'd say keeping Etho safe, but he's being weird at me again this season. Not that it matters. It never matters. Etho and I, we're... The point is, that doesn't matter anyway, because I have the Mounders, and they're the ones who matter here. And because I'm a strong, independent Bdubs, who doesn't need anyone but my bow and my perfect, flawless fighting prowess! Sorry, what was the question? I've been thinking so much lately that it's just sort of made everything else pop out of my head, so it's hard to keep track. I'm sure I answered it flawlessly, though.

Martyn: Of course there are curses. That's half the fun for you lot, isn't it? Putting your little curses on us and watching us rail against them. Bet you think it's real cute to ask us what we think of the things, too. "Oh, what do you think of curses," like we have any control over them. Please. If I had any control over curses, Jimmy--or, well, no, I guess that one was technically broken, wasn't it? Sure doesn't feel like it. Point is, curses are bad, and they're definitely real, and I hate you for them, got it?

BigB: Look, man, if you're trying to get me to write my character out for you, just say so! I won't tell anyone. We can come up with a hole thing about holes and red tasks and the Backrooms together! It'll be fun! After all, you probably don't know what kind of curse to say I have, right? Haha, just kidding. I have no idea what I'm talking about. Luckily, neither does anyone else, so I think that evens out between the lot of us.

Jimmy: NO RESPONSE GIVEN.

#secret life smp #a bee fic #not tagging everyone in this because it's. everyone #anyway i have wanted to write this for like TWO WEEKS so i figured that now's as good a time as any #anyway this is probably as thinly disguised as my character meta gets #we talk a LOT in this fandom about curses #we talk about whether we like them as fanon we talk about whether we dislike them we talk about who has them we talk about why #we talk about if they're here or broken or anything else #so i'd like to think the characters have an opinion on curses too after how much talking about them we've been doing #...at least the characters around to tell us their opinions do. #(anyway for all I claim this is thinly disguised character meta it IS actually of note that this isn’t actually about if they believe) #(but instead about how they’d respond if they were asked) #(hence why half of them don’t even answer the right question) #(this is why I’m not good at character meta btw)

[lokh]

#poll #i wanted to put the 'im bald' answer at least once lmao. #i think for me it depends. if im just like running an errand real quick #who give a shit. but if im like being fancy i guess they gotta match #I JUST REALISED 'I DONT WEAR NAIL POLISH' IS A VERY OBVIOUS ALTERNATE ANSWER OOPS!!!!!!!!!!!!! #ill just have to assume a lot of people are bald instead lol <3

[sweetgaleria]

Help a college student graduate by answering a survey!!

Hey!! Are you over 18 and in the miraculous fandom? Then this is for you!!

Hi everyone, this is my last semester of uni, and one of my final projects to be able to graduate is to write a scientific paper. I'm writing an article about adult fans of children's animation, specifically Miraculous Ladybug. My goal is to understand what makes adults (like us) want to join fandoms centered around shows aimed primarily at children, and to do that I'd love to hear directly from the source! The survey takes around 10 minutes to answer, it's 100% anonymous and it would help me immensely!

>>Click here for the survey<<

I need at least 30 people to answer, but honestly the more the merrier! I've also made a little thank you gif at the end, so if you see it let me know! If you have any questions feel free to send me an ask, as well!

Please reblog so it can reach more people! Thank you so much!

#what do we love (or hate!! I know people are here bc they dont like the show as much too) abt miraculous that #makes us want to spend so much time thinking and creating things for and about it? #miraculous ladybug #i am once again asking for your support #insert bernie sanders meme here #alskdjasd #no but really if you answer this it would help me so so much #and i'll be so thankful #i will reblog this post a bit frequently so please be patient with me 😭😭 #also the point of this is not to shame anyone for watching kid's shows in any shape or form #i just love animation and kids cartoons too #my first intentions with this research were to ask why do we mostly view animation as a kid's genre instead of a technique to tell stories #in the west at least #but it was too broad of a question and I dont have enough time to dedicate myself to it #so i narrowed it down to something i'm familiar with #which is why i went for #so uh anyway #pls reblog #and answer my survey #thank you so much

[tswwwit]

i’m sooo curious on bill meeting dipper’s parents. i think i remember you mentioning at one point they kinda sucked and treated dip especially bad. i’m sure that’s caused a lot of his long term mental health/self esteem issues and i can’t help but think his husband wouldn’t be too thrilled about that. also they don’t even know he’s married so that’s a whole other thing lol

In the Familiar AU, Dipper's parents shipped him and Mabel off to Grunkle Stan back when they were twelve, actually!

This was initially excused as the twins 'needing to get used to having magic'. Which makes sense! Magical puberty is a heck of a thing, and getting some training's useful to cut down on random magic surges.

But by the end of the summer, they hadn't made any plans for picking the kids up. This when Stan twigged to the real situation.

And by the end of that year, Dipper knew his 'paranoid' assumption was absolutely correct.

So the twins grew up in Gravity Falls, with only very occasional visits back 'home'. Contact's been sporadic, and Mabel's been the one who's clung more to their parent's attention. Dipper hasn't spoken to them unless forced to in years.

So yeah! Bill's not exactly thrilled with the parents - but lucky for them, they haven't met him yet! And they definitely don't know about the marriage. Much less anything else.

#answers #In summary: The twins' parents found out their kids were magical and decided they Just Couldn't Deal with that #They're not magical themselves and giving your kids some Magic Training is a good idea #But at some point you need to actually *take them back* #Which they just. Didn't #Dipper abso-friggin-lutely has a whole mess of issues from that #Abandonment's a big one. Being worth something and good at something? Yep that's an issue right there #Not the least of which is that Mabel as a more Talented and Powerful magic user got more attention when they were still there #Then continued to get more attention via phone call when they weren't #Mabel's got some REALLY rose-colored glasses on about the situation #Dipper sees it for the 'well my kids are freaks but at least one of them is a Cool Freak' it is #That's a fact he's been stewing on for *ages*. A fact bomb that he could theoretically drop on his sister but never did #Needless to say he got the brunt of the Issues™ but Mabel's got her own in turn #I'm also betting there's more than a dash of homophobia in their parents considering their reaction just to Magic #So the parents aren't going to be very thrilled about either of their partners #In my head I picture the parents wanting a Totally Picturesque Family #And creating the visual of one is easier if you only have Pictures of the kids instead of them being there and being themselves #In summary: Yeah The Parents Suck #I started a fic for this once and I still intend to write one but that's a later type of project #I gotta have the right start for it to flow well

[brittlebutch]

actually it's kind of funny how people will say Alex's fatal flaw is that he 'doesn't ask for help' and that it's his determination to handle things on his own that leads to his deterioration and eventual death when his whole introduction to the present-day timeline was a very literal cry for help that simply went ignored

#N posts stuff #like even if you think alex was lying throughout the entirety of season 2 and he was waiting from the Moment jay showed up #JUST to kill him (Which again i don't think makes much sense when he could have killed Tim & Jay immediately instead of #breaking Tim's leg. anyway) EVEN IF alex spent that whole time lying it doesn't actually change the fact that he would have at least #been Pretending to Ask For Help and if he wasn't lying then he was Literally Asking For Help and it doesn't Actually matter #what intention Alex had because the text is Ambiguous about Alex's honesty during season two; what isn't ambiguous is the way #other characters (specifically Jay) respond to him; like yeah - S2 Brian/Tim were never in one million years going to help Alex with shit #so sort of any argument that brings up Tim as someone who asks for/offers help is borderline meaningless in this era of the series #Jay had the 'opportunity' to help Alex (and i'll get back to that in a sec) but DIDN'T - Jay wasn't Interested in actually offering Alex #'help' bc Jay is ultimately curious about Answers and 'Offering Help' and 'Getting Answers' are two Wildly conflicting goals #Jay thinks Alex has answers and when Alex doesn't Offer these 'Answers' to Jay on a silver platter Jay gets pissed off and paranoid #and starts Stalking Alex bc he thinks it's 'Suspicious' that Alex won't give him the Answers (that Alex probably doesn't Actually have) #ANYWAY. ultimately this post is about how it's absurd when people argue #that individual character choices could have made a difference in the way this series played out - specifically wrt Alex #because EVERYONE in this WHOLE series are being affected by influences outside of their control ; including Brian Tim and Jay #so it's silly when people are like 'if ALEX had just made a different choice For Himself this could have all been avoided' WRONG. #bc Ultimately there's not really a way to 'help' someone else out of this situation - Tim tried and failed Repeatedly #the comics proved he even failed with Jessica - like MH isn't a horror situation where you can kill the big bad #'getting help' is a meaningless argument - what would successfully helping or getting help even look like? anyway. #the sub argument of this post is that Alex's biggest 'sin' is that he doesn't perform emotions the way other people want him to #like Alex is a character with a kind of flat affect - instead of LOOKING scared or grieved he LOOKS bored or angry #and everyone judges him based on that - so Alex is 'Suspicious' he's 'Lying' he's 'Guilty' but all of these deductions are predicated #on the belief that Alex isn't reacting to his circumstances the way a 'Normal' person would - so it MUST all be an act and so he's guilty #so everyone treats him like he's guilty until the end of season two when he's like 'Fuck it FINE i'll be guilty then' and so it goes #not a self-fulfilled prophecy but being Cornered Into a prophecy and then Blamed for it - SAD. anyway

[mari-lair]

I love asks cause sometimes a goofy question makes me go down a rabbit hole i would have never went to on my own

EDIT: I give up for now, what am i even talking about help

#this is for the genderbend kou ask #i went so far on the overthinking i am 90% sure my answer will be utter nonsense. #but i'm in too deep now. I apologise in advance for I will keep going this route instead of the casual headcanons the asker probably wanted #at least i am having fun #i appreciate the madness #edit: i'll finish tomorrow it's too hot today

[nozomijoestar]

Asuka is a tragic figure, a figure of mystery, a wild card, all because the only thing she wants in life is peace and quiet for herself and to feel in control- yet her secret heritage that may be hidden from her for her own protection and the reality that life is unpredictable and will go on with or without you keep ruining that delusion, that vision of how the world is meant to work to her, and she suffers regardless of what she wants, what she does, and how little she understands anything

She was born into a family preaching peace and balance and order while being a creature of violence, and puts a dozen mental locks and excuses over this truth to justify giving into her impulse for fighting by pretending she's justice when she does it

She keeps trying to build a place of safety but she's using sand and life is a wave that destroys, yet she stubbornly persists rather than give up, not drowned to the point of self centered suicidal loathing like Jin- there's contrast, where Jin is cloaked in death Asuka stubbornly clings to life and humanity as a normal person in a terrifying world

She's not a fucking narrative clone for Jun's own purpose, Asuka's purpose must be determined by Asuka herself

#tekken #Jin is born of two worlds Jun walks between two worlds Asuka is at the crossroads of two worlds #Jin is broken by it Jun traded part of her humanity to reconcile it and now Asuka has to accept it yet persist- she is always persisting #that's her strength that no matter what she's always still herself #'For being so very Y o u' as Lili told her bc she sees it #she's an interesting character BECAUSE she's not Jun and she's not Jin and she's not aligned with them entirely #stop waiting for her to be something she's not #also i think it's GOOD she doesn't know everything or everyone in her family bc that builds mystery and suspense #it gives everything a tension in the background for when the normalcy charade will be broken by the bigger family drama catching up w her #what's happening to the Mishimas should be something no one is dragged into yet the one family member who's the least connected #is going to run out of time at some point and get hit by that trauma anyway and she doesn't even Know it's coming for her eventually #isn't it fucked up. how everything catches up with you in the end #and you won't even understand it until it's too late ie. her involvement in T8 global war now #also a character that wants peace and order but actively pursues violence ensuring she will never truly have those things bc of her nature #AND she's already been traumatized by T5 Feng and T6 Jin that just makes her retreat to seeking comfort in detachment- in the familiar #which only prolongs her avoiding the world outside what she can control- and then Lili won't let her live in ignorance not to punish her #but bc she wants to help her bc the Mishimas have already put their claws in Lili- they won't catch Asuka off guard #what is it with people sanitizing the messiness and humanity characters represent in favor of 'If they just acted logically the way I want #then they'd solve the entire story 1 2 3 and we'll have everything wrapped up easy' THAT'S NOT A STORY THAT'S A MATH EQUATION #FEEL SOMETHING INSTEAD OF ALWAYS NEEDING TO SOUND SMART AND HAVE PERFECT ANSWERS YOU STUPID FUCKS #IN TRYING TO MAKE EVERYTHING HAVE A PERFECT SOLUTION YOU'VE LOST SIGHT OF WHAT'S IN THE TEXT #AND ALSO ASUKA BEING VIOLENT BUT STILL CARING ABOUT PEOPLE AND DOING GOOD DESPITE IT #and AsuLili is about two similar people who've been traumatized finding safety in each other once they put down the trauma responses #this is all in line with T8's tagline of Face Your Fate btw this is literally what was always coming finding you & you face it

[yeonban]

If I were to, hypothetically speaking, make this into an inbox call... who would like some asks,

#tbd. #* ooc. / posts. #Posting this while the dash is dead: 999IQ move #I've been thinking about sending some people asks but then I figured why not make an inbox call instead #No need to specify muse for this one but feel free to if you want them for a specific dynamic! #I'll be sending a bunch per person (likely prompted but MAYBE some unprompted too if I get the inspo) so you can pick and choose #You don't have to answer all if you don't feel it or don't want to btw! I'm sending several to make sure at least one gets the inspo going

[soonhoonsol]

you guys ever get tired of friends who only talk about themselves? how do you respectfully tell them off?

#personal #like i love them but also im sick and tired of hearing them talk about themselves #every conversation feels like im interviewing them bc i leep asking them questions and they just answer #but there's no turning the convo back to me #it's like 'hey how r u?' and they're like 'oh im not doing so well like life sucks' #and I'll be sympathetic and ask them why and then they start ranting about 70 different things #AND IT'S ALWAYS A VAGUE RESPONSE SO I HAVE TO KEEP ASKING QUESTIONS #and they act like they dont want the attention but it's obvious they want it #and even once they're done with their storytelling they dont even bother to ask me how i am or anything #and it's pissing me off these days bc i feel like i dont even matter to them; im just some person they can talk to about themselves #it's like they don't give a shit about me at all #if i ask them what their fav colour is theyre gonna tell me it's purple and then move on from that topic #at least ask me what my fav colour is!! instead of not even caring...am i even ur friend or what #im so sorry for the rant guys but... if anyone knows to politely tell these kind of people off please lmk #i need to tell them respectfully before i lose my mind and start yelling at them

[northern-passage]

Hi, I was wondering if you’ll ever make the old Patreon art/writing public since iirc you don’t intend to reactivate it for a long time? I was a member while it was active but I accidentally updated my app so I can’t view them anymore, I understand if you can’t/won’t though.

i can do that if people are interested! particularly thinking about those harvest festival snippets i wrote, those are well over a year (maybe even 2 years? time is fake) old and were on patreon the entire time & it's almost fall here... i say thru clenched teeth while it's still 100 degrees outside....

the majority of the snippets that were up were definitely like closing in on at least a year old so i do think it's been long enough and it would be fair to post them now... maybe i'll pick a random week and post them all one day at a time lmfao since iirc there's at least one for each companion (thinking specifically about the nsfw ones)

the art i don't plan to repost here though, mainly because i don't like it anymore 💀 but also because i dislike the way tumblr is handling their content moderation and i'm not interested in getting this blog flagged after 3 years because some human moderator decided my tasteful nude drawings of trans people (that 100% follow tumblr guidelines btw) are actually too offensive for their delicate constitution... but that's a whole other complaint for another post lmfao. i haven't had any issues at least with posting written nsfw so i'm less hesitant about posting that stuff instead.

but yeah i think maybe next month i can do the harvest festival snippets for october? i'll probably edit them a little bit since they're so old but i think that could be fun :-)

#i cringe to look at my old snippets but also it's something easy i can do for u all :-) #i actually had wanted to rewrite the old lea/merry snippet i had posted like one of the first pieces of Spicy writing i ever did #and i know she needs an edit BAD.... i had planned to rewrite it for patreon before i unlaunched it but obviously. i unlaunched it instead #and the one drawing i would repost is the one of merry which is Certain to get nuked bc she's a trans woman and tumblr hates that so #cool website! i hate it here #noel's could probably make it thru actually and i still like that one too... idk we'll see #unfortunately i am compelled to edit those too if i was to repost them #or at least lea's. their profile needs to be fixed #and unfortunately i really hate clem's lmfao i should just redraw that one completely #anyways. to answer your question finally. yes. lmfao #ask #anonymous

[goldensunset]

i never know how to react when someone presumably my age range or younger gets like dunked on for asking what a certain slightly older piece of technology is. cus like it’s really rude to bully someone who’s genuinely curious like that and just wants to talk to a real person. but then at the same time i feel like if you’ve at least heard of the thing before you should probably be able to figure out that it’s a certified Relic Of Older Times Thing. and in turn you should know that if you completely shamelessly roll up into an older person’s inbox asking what a floppy disk is you will become the spark of another ‘i have been alive too long help me the horrors of aging are setting in’ type of post. good on you you’re not to blame for that person’s existential crisis but for me personally i would rather die than personally put myself on display as the certified idiot young person of the day to be at least indirectly mocked

#is the rsd showing #peach rambles #kinda surprises me that some people haven’t at least heard of rotary phones #i remember trying to play with it lol. never properly used it myself #i couldn’t actually tell you about floppy disks. but i’m aware they were a thing. i have an Idea you know. #it’s like just memory storage more or less right #i’m not fixing to stroll up to an older person and to ask them. i would get laughed at and be humiliated #burning cds either refers to copying them or making them altogether #i have used vcrs! i remember those! and stuff like old school ipods #i was too young to have a flip phone or some other simpler cell phone equivalent but i remember ppl around me having them #this is my vow someday someone will ask me what a dvd is and i will be kind to them. #i will answer their question instead of turning to my peers and being like aaaahahaha isn’t it crazy being old??? dang wow 🤣 #right in front of their face #i want to create a better world in which people don’t have to feel afraid like i do

[medicinemane]

So, the real reason I'm sharing this is less even to do with it (you watch it, it's exactly what it says on the tin, people saying how great putin is and how much they want him to keep being president)

I'm more sharing it because I hear people in other parts of the world talk the same way about their politicians and I just really really want to caution people and suggest they take a serious look at their relationship with politicians

And if you're saying something like that they're great, that you wouldn't want anyone else, I really want you to think about if you'd want to live in a country like russia

Like just take some time to say "do I adulate politicians?", and like you'll say "obviously not, I'm smart", but like take some time and really really ask yourself if you do cause I see people behave and talk like this

Like you might not, and that would be great, but it's always worth checking in, and it's worth never ever putting politicians on pedestals

"They align well with my policies and have been competent" is a fine thing to say, but not like... "oh they're so charismatic and they're just great"... but are they any good? Do they govern effectively? Do they do things that benefit democracy or do they want to hoard power?

#in the US the answer to that last question if they're a senator is they 100% want to hoard power #unless they're fighting for term limits on senators then they to some degree want to be a career politician and want to hoard power #and I'll say that about all of them; even ones I might like better #we need term limits so bad #putin being in power for 20 years is a real problem... but guess what about a lot of US senators? #it's one of the main things we could do to improve this country for all parties #cause then instead of some crusty old incumbent who maybe you vote for cause you don't like who the other part is offering #you could vote from at least a couple choices of new people in your party every... lets say 12 years as a limit (maybe less) #and I don't care how old a politician is; I care if they've been doing it forever and are more worried about reelection #than about making things better for the country

[gojuo]

We weren't given much to work with in s1 about Helaena. The two times she's shared a scene with Aemond was when she was uttering that he'd lose an eye (not even making eye contact) and then in ep 9 when he walked in to Alicent's room (which people keep screaming is Helaena's lol).

I'd get why she's more comfortable around Aemond. He's defo gentler than Aegon. BUT, and this is a big but... we've not had an inside look into Helaena's marriage with Aegon yet. That dinner scene was barely material.

Secondly, nothing about Hel and Aemond's characters so far indicate that they're capable of carrying on an affair.

Helaem0nd for the most part is just major projection of Rhaenyra and Daemon's romance into Team Green.

I'll admit I wasn't opposed to the idea at first, Aemond did sound sweet as a child saying he'd do his duty. But not much came after that, and his character has since taken a whole different direction: starting with the fact that he's a victim of sexual abuse, appears religious and lawful...and his true first transgression is apparently kinslaying. Nothing is giving 'brother involved in a steamy affair with his married older sister behind their brother's back'.

That stuff is good for a03 fics though. I won't be surprised if the show does this for shock value, though. They've ran out of ideas. One thing we do know though is that Helaena babies are Aegon's.

Pisses me off so much how the writers completely blitzed through the drama and character building part of the show all to get to the action as fast as possible.

"We'll get more of Helaena in season 2!!" literally when? The character will be out of commission after B&C and that's supposed to happen in episode 2. When in the ever loving fuck are we gonna spend more than 10 minutes of time with her in all these 8 episodes before she's supposed to die next season??

"They'll flesh out Aegon more in season 2!" When? Fucking hell, when??? Aegon will be written out of the story after Rook's Rest — which is going to be episode 4 — then we'll have to watch Aemond take his place. And you bet your ass we won't be seeing him again until the end of the entire show because no way in hell will they show us Aegon finding and reuniting and training with Sunfyre, nor him convincing the garrison of Dragonstone to change loyalties to his side.

Like, *Fiona Goode voice* there isn't going to be any more time spent on Helaena or Aegon or Alicent, you stupid slut. They're going to be removed form the narrative and be replaced by Aemond, Criston and Daeron, because above all, this is and will be nothing but Rhaenyra's show. All the fleshing out and spending time with characters should have happened in season 1 before the war started. Instead these talentless writers decided doing the bare minimum of characterization was enough because action battle sequences > plot, politics, human drama and character relationships. IT'S OVER

#UGHHHH #i want to throttle every single person who says 'we'll spend more time w them in season 2' like DAWG .. NO WE WONT! #not the characters /i/ want to spend time with at least 😒 #hotd critical #anti hotd #this kinda turned into a rant not quite related to your ask anon... but im tired of talking abt hlmond so let me talk abt this instead #anti helaemond #anonymous #answered

[disdaidal]

I don't want to brag or sound too optimistic about it, but after three weeks of training at a private college, I think my lessons with this one particular immigrant student (who has serious motivational problems lemme tell ya) are finally starting to get through and there's been improvement.

Only slight improvement so far but I have spotted some, so maybe not all hope is lost yet.

Remains to be seen I guess.

#personal #so in case anyone's still wondering i'm studying to become a tutor/instructor/guidance counselor etc. etc. whatever it's called in english #and currently i mostly work with immigrants with language. sometimes i help high school students as well. but mostly immigrants #and there's this one immigrant student who's been there since last spring. and he still barely even knows the basics because he's 'given up #according to him that is. he told me this at least three times yesterday and i told him that's a problem #so i've been trying to hammer it through his head that he can't be sitting in classes and using his phone when he's supposed to be learning #or expect me or teachers giving him all the answers when he also needs to show a little effort and help us back as well #and that he needs to participate in pair and group activities in classes because we're a team and we need to work together #so basically he's been asking me to either teach him or then find someone who can teach him #i told one of our teachers this and she answered that he could also participate in evening activities at the college but he's not doing tha #and according to him he doesn't 'mingle'. so i told him maybe he should once in a while. get out of his comfort zone. at least try #to my surprise he actually showed up to one of the evening activities that i hosted. didn't do much anything there but sit but still #that was effort. he did exactly what i said despite it making him a little uncomfortable so that's improvement #so then yesterday he asked me about teaching him the language again. i told him i host a homework club at tuesdays & thursdays @ 3:30-4:30p #he showed up there yesterday and was the only student. so i had time to teach him basic greetings. weekdays. months. things he shoulda know #and i thought it's all probably in vain but i tried. so today. he was in their class and actually doing pair work and reading stuff aloud #and even translating some stuff when i asked. calling it easy. and that he's trying to use his phone less and memorize this stuff instead #to which the rest clapped at and cheered him on for. and i told this to the teacher afterwards when she asked me about him. and she gave #me a thumbs up and looked a little surprised but also delighted. because he's been a popular subject amongst ourselves for a reason #so i don't want to get too optimistic about it. because he still has an attitude problem. but he's tried a little at least. so there's hope

[kuiinncedes]

what do u meannnnnnn i'm abt to be post college graduation 🧍🏻‍♀️🧍🏻‍♀️🧍🏻‍♀️

#apparnelty some family friends coming to my graudation #bc ig i'm the first in the generation to graduate or whatever the fuck #and like whatever that's fine but ffs i wish they would've come to my show instead #that i co directed and literally love sos o so oso sosososoososooo much #so so so proud of that #i don't give a shit abt my graduation tbh lmfao TT #so it lowkey doesn't mean much to me that they want to come to my graduation ;-; #it would've meant so fucking much if i knew they would be able to come #and want to see that and i could like suggest hey instead come see this show LMAO #like it probably wouldn't have happened but whatever #also just like i have like no motivation and no interest in stats at this point lmfao #ALSO bc these ppl all gonna be fucking talking abotu and asking abt what i'm doing after #I DON'T KNOWWWWW what i'm fucking doingggggggg #i alr get enough talk from my mom abt how i'm not applying to enough jobs #i dont need family friends to also be asking me and my answer just being ha idk #i'm fucking staying at college tho like on campus bc i'm a fucking loser and don't want to move on #like not rly. i'm kinda trying to see it as like #the alternative would've been me at home being a loser lol #and that would've been so annoying and even if this isn't the 'right' thing to do or most traditional #at least i'm choosing to do it ig #and i get to stay in this club w my bestestestestest friends for another yr #idc if i'm like not moving on when i should LOL too bad for me that's a future problem #and also kinda figure out this weird right after college time period w my friend who i'm rooming with #ok. slay that was. acool turnaround from me lmfao just . yeah ok that's the positive side ig lmao #anyway i also dont give a shit about graduation bc i hate my university rn lmfao :) and the world is burning down #jeanne talks #i am . procrastinating #imagine knowing what the fuck i learned in this class this whole semester #ugh literally two group projects to end on and two of the most boring annoying group project experiences i've had LMAO