#are the comments really necessary

[msmimundo]

Part 3 hooray!!!

I finally finished school so free time babyy ~

The beggining of angst. But worry not for it will be fleeting. Made in paint cause paint tool sai didnt answer today, hope it still looks alright

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#hazbin hotel #huskerdust #angelhusk #husk hazbin hotel #angel dust #overlord husk #msmimundo #comic #fanart #agg i just realized i fucked up the design on the book #Charm is one of Husks souls when he was an overlord #you can insert tragic story here i wont really writte any cause its not really necessary #also to the people that commented in that reposted(stolen) tiktok post YES I KNOW ANGEL KNOWS HUSK IS AN OVERLORD HE WAS CHECKING- #WHAT KIND OF OVERLORD HE WAS #youll see later why

[brother-emperors]

What makes early crassus so feral?

his family is extremely dead

#and he doesn’t really have anyone else to lean on for help in a substantial way #like there are no gods or legendary heroes on his family tree so you can’t propaganda spin that for a comeback #you’re going to have to dig your heels in and just. get it done. #through whatever means necessary #there’s that comment about him being dangerous enough that people actively avoid fighting with him despite the repeated statement #that his personality was mild and that’s not even getting into the fire brigade/extortion/landlord part of it all

[merakiui]

three more scenes and an epilogue are what's left and then tmdg is complete....... i just finished the last scene of what i like to call ✨ the final slice of fluff before the horrors beyond comprehension occur ✨

that aside, i'm so excited to make more progress in the wip!!! :D i will continue working hard on it and doing my best to cook the most scrumptious jade feast!!!!!

#meraki mumbles #me: is it really necessary to add ace and deuce in a scene? #also me: i need them to comment on how goofy reader and jade are when they're working side by side (the tension between the two of them!!!) #ace: lol didn't know it was couple's night #reader: didn't know your face is about to go out with my fist :) #jade watches you threaten ace and he's thinking 'god when will it be my turn? T_T' #move over ace!!! the eel wants to be threatened too

[esperanzacboronial]

#no additional comment necessary #baccano! #Victor Talbot #berylliant art #I really like how this little sketch came out. I think I’m getting the hang of something here

[woosh-floosh]

IIt’s a crazy bold move for Matt Johnson to play pretty much the same character as the one he plays in Nirvanna the Band the Show (which in turn is based on himself) in The Dirties, a movie where he plays a SCHOOL SHOOTER.

TBH I ended up relating a lot to Matt’s character, so much so that I ended up frantically searching up if my thought patterns are “normal” (at one point in the film Owen admonishes Matt for “always acting” and “always being conscious of yourself” and that’s like the curse afflicted by autism masking innit?).  But relating to the characters even though you know they’re gonna commit unspeakable violence is kinda the point of the movie, yeah? It maps pretty closely to a classical tragedy, doesn’t it? The whole thinking to myself “He isn’t really gonna do it! He can’t! He’s too much like me! He’ll get help!” but he does do it, and I knew he would because I read the blurb of the movie.

I guess there is something to be said about how autistic traits are often used as shorthand for someone being creepy, violent, or dangerous. Always “acting,” socially isolated, unable to connect with peers, only communicating with others through the lens of an “obsession,” strange body language, dressing strangely, being socially and developmentally “behind” their peers… 

During my school days the shy quiet kids that did nothing but get their work done and go home were often called ‘school shooters’ behind their backs. It's a strange feeling knowing that people would probably say the same thing about me if only I fit the profile a bit better.

Something else about the movie obsession as well and wanting to make a movie that is “real” speaks to me as well.

Well first that is another bit of strange self awareness by the director. Matt Johnson has said that early in his career he only wanted to film “real life” because people who do not know they are being filmed make the best actors. That’s why many of his projects use the real reactions of the public and loose scripts for characters to fill with improv! Maybe if he was more fucked up he would be more like Matt (the character)....

(Of course we could probably sit here and name many directors who turned abusive on set to capture “realness,” though none of them used the public!)

It’s easy why as a kid I picked up what was shown in movies and TV as being the “ideal.” I guess that’s normal, how things are portrayed in movies is an endless discussion that affects how people think. People like to romanticize their life as if it was a movie. But it’s different for me in some ways, most people don’t take movies and TV as gospel on how to communicate with other people. It’s one of the questions on the CAT-Q after all. Once in high school, I said about some event (don’t remember what) happening “feeling just like it does in high schools on TV.” My friend gave me a funny look and asked what I meant by that.

At the bonfire Matt describes his “cake plan” to a girl with a tone best described as “oblivious to her disinterest.” The girl responds that it’s probably not a good idea, it’s too over the top and it’s something that would happen in a movie, it wouldn’t work in real life. Matt responds with “Yeah, but what happens in movies works…”

Zooming out a bit I think there is something to be said about many Matt characters (the Dirties, NTBTS, Matt and Bird Break Loose, and Operation Avalanche to an extent) relying heavily on “plans.” Matt in the Dirties helps Owen concoct plans in order to win over Chrissy, and writes down a shooting schedule in much more detail than is probably expected for a school project. (I think Matt’s plans for Owen are supposed to be a parallel to the type of thorough planning needed for making movies, which is a bit ironic considering the loose improved shooting of the ACTUAL movie). Matt in NTBTS is constantly making plans in order to get a show at the Rivoli and often gets frustrated with Jay when he doesn’t follow through with plans or tries to change them halfway. This culminates in a scene in the final episode in season 2 where, stuck on a roof, Matt uses spray paint to write out a new numbered plan on a wall (a plan that only involves breaking the AC unit and then waiting for the repair person to arrive to sneak out the locked door). Almost as if he can’t possibly keep a plan straight in his head without it being concretely written down. When I opened commissions for the first time last summer I was so stressed that I wrote a detailed planning sheet in order to predict how every interaction would go. Only by writing it down did this plan feel real.

But going back through some interviews I was surprised to learn how much Matt Johnson (the character in the Dirties) is based on Matt Johnson’s (the director) actual experience in high school (the sweatpants story was real!!). I guess it’s just weird to watch a movie that is empathetic towards the school shooter (while still accurately capturing the horror of violence)! One of things that inspired him to make this movie was how ascribing “evil” to someone ends conversations, strips people of their humanity. It’s scary to think about how anyone is theoretically capable of doing this, how it could be us as well. It’s not uncommon for autism (or previously aspergers) to be pointed at by the news media as a “reason” for why people do these things.

Towards the end of the film Matt reads the definition of a psychopath from Dave Cullen’s Columbine book. (Paraphrasing here) Emotions, body language, facial expressions, and voice modulations can all be mimicked on cue. His life is a con, a personality fabricated with the purpose of deceiving people. Matt turns to Owen and asks him if that reminds him of anyone.

#the dirties #my The Dirties autism analysis essay #I really liked this movie! I thought it was really good! If you're in the US you can watch it free on Plex rn! No account needed! #maybe other places too #I'm always unsure when recommending movies like this if I should mention the poorly aged/problematic things #Like the liberal use of the f slur and r slur and the brief shot of blackface that goes commented on (?????) #like is mentioning that necessary? I don't know

[bittersweetresilience]

something i haven't seen a lot of people talk about before is that commenting actually INCREASES my appreciation for a fic. i'm the kind of person who reads constantly and tag browses and is subscribed to a billion authors so i often find myself in a sort of consumption fugue state where i'm theoretically enjoying my time but really am just kind of scrolling transiently through walls of words. but commenting is taking a mental step back from that state to actually consider a fic and give myself space to feel things about it and appreciate what i love about it, picking up on small details i might have otherwise missed, sort of like a gratitude journal or mindfulness practice and we all know what the science says about that 💕

#i'm not interested in those posts that make out commenting to be some kind of moral requirement or necessary writer fuel or whatever because #in the end people should put out what they put out because they want to and work on having a healthy relationship #with whatever naturally comes out of that (this is a reminder to myself as well) #but i'm coming to realize commenting is a genuinely fun and rewarding practice for everyone involved #the reader first and foremost! it's like being back in book club #and bonus you might even get a really nice reply from the author hehe asukiess if you see this your replies made me very happy today 💘💘 #i would LOVE to hear your fic ideas or read more of your writing or send more love letters anytime!!! #ah these tags are so long. hit post #🌃

[stonyponyofficial]

i love seeing how much paratext i can fit into the tags. read my footnotes boy

#violet originals #postposting #like that's its own statement right #and then i come down here and tell u everything i was thinking about it #like i just made a post where i put some non organization tags on it for fun as a fun reference #but also it helps clarify the original statement in a less committal jokey way i can have a little fun with #so i start thinking about all that and i get the hilarious original idea for this post and i think abt those tags #but it's only available to those first people who see my original post as it was made #not reblogged #someone can screenshot those tags but they aren't necessary to understand #but they don't add to the post itself just elaboration that isn't really needed #and they aren't all visible at first bc u have to hit the button to see the rest #so my extra little thoughts are there for anyone to see but ull probably wanna see them more if u know me a little through online #but mostly i thought it'd be funny to make this kind of post and then just let the tags run wild bc that's what the post is about see? #do u like all this extra clarification or would u rather i have just posted the post #or nothing at all #or put these tags in the post #bc that could make sense but the original text of the post is to be shared around and 'related to' by other Tumblr users who do the same #so it can't be too long but i need to say all my thoughts about the subject or ill explode and make another post or reblog a comment #so it's all down here instead where it's optional and i can just kinda say what im feeling without feeling like i have to funny it up #i should probably read house of leaves #idk is that related i only have a tiny idea of what that book is but it seems related somewhat #umm #hi :3 #kisses u with tongue #adds tags to this later bc im silly :3 #hi char hi io #the two people who will probably read this far now lmao

[cervideity]

I saw your tags about how you think Vio is not heroic when he tells Shadow why he IS a hero, and now the idea will not leave my brain. You are so correct. This is the best understanding of Vio's actions that I have ever seen.

YEAYEAHYEAHYRAH . OH MY GOD . the whole fucking speech about heroism and then they all blast shadow to bits or whatever. oh my god. its such a . brutal contrast to me.

"but as a hero, i never strayed from my hopes and my goals" oh my god VIO. VIO.VIO CRUSHING HIM IN MY FUCKING HANDS. YOURE DEFINING THIS AS AN IMMUTIBLE TRAIT . SOMETHING YOURE BORN AS . RATHER THAN A COLLECTION OF ACTIONS OF MORALS . AS IF CHANGE IN THE FACE OF CONTEXT IS NONHEROIC. WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT SHADOW PROVES ***WRONG*** LATER. i love violet link. i love his flaws. im actually shaking him around. BLOOD. i love how vio is flat and unmoving in his belief here, and shadow is angry and hurt and visibly emotional, and shadow still gets to be in the right!!! even though he was deeply flawed and handled everything very messily, (and also BECAUSE shadow handles things emotionally) he changes his actions! and proves himsrlf a hero!!!!!!explo

#obvipusly shadow did awful shit. obviously. but vios perception that there is a defined good and defined evil is what allowed him to also #do some awful shit as well. and zelda telling shadow that he CAN be heroic is what pushes shadow into doing a sacrificial good. #do you get me #i want to know if vio ever felt guilty DURING hisnstay with shadow. and i wonder how he got past it. i wonder id he had to #put shadow in a little box in his mind. to make himself do what he viewed as necessary #(i dont think he sees everything as black and white really. moreso he HAD to to still feel like . dare i say. link) #THANK YOU FOR THIS ASK BECAUSE THIS MAKES ME INSANE. #also thank you for the compliment im blushing im looking down and scuffing my boot on the floor... #BTW!!!!!!!!!!! VIO SAYING SHADOW IS BAD FOR WANTING TO BETRAY VAATI...... WHILE BETRAYING H I M? FUCKED UP. but thats obvious. #vio betraying evil for the side of good is fine because hes a hero. shadow betraying vaati for the side of vio is wrong becausehes evil #adding this hours later for another comment that. im not good at talking. hopefully i got my thoughts across well

[itspileofgoodthings]

see i have all these spicy takes in the drafts that i don’t post out of self-restraint but then i see a spicy take that i hate SO MUCH and then i want to post mine out of revenge. it’s a terrible cycle tbh.

#it is actually and fundamentally not good for my weaknesses to be here lol #but I also love it! And love the community and the support and don’t find a ready-made replacement for that in real life #so yeah. I wrestle with it #if I could always use it as an opportunity to practice charity and restraint and shutting up it would be a good thing #but I have to be careful with any known potential irritant because I have such a temper and get so genuinely pissed off so easily #while also having poor impulse control #and like. it isn’t fair of me to be out there baiting people with my opinions and being provoking with takes I know will be upsetting #to the circle in which I move on here #but I also love to say a thing I think is true or feel is true and talking my way into a more nuanced opinion is how I do it! #but also like. the simple truth is that it also isn’t kind or charitable or necessary most of the time #no matter how I try to dress it up with comments on my personality and how I learn/like to analyze things #I really wrestle with it. there was a part of me that so at peace when I was gone from tumblr (essentially) for half a year #but again. I missed it #teaching helps a lot. my personality can take the very age-appropriate obnoxiousness and idiocy that comes with talking about literature #to teenagers #but I’m kind of so over trying to have a nuanced conversation online #it’s just so hard. I need the body language and the one to one you can only have in person for certain conversations #and disagreements. tbh it’s better and kinder and just BETTER if i stay out of it online #but I never do it perfectly #I’m just rambling. But yeah #thanks for listening #this has been #3 text posts in a row with Maria

[waywardsalt]

Ganonbeck has true Jessica & Roger Rabbit energy. A sublime immortal + some stinky sailor he found.

One of the Links, signing: "Seriously, why do you see in that guy?"

Ganondorf: "He makes me laugh"

Ganonbeck is a funny little ship and it is entertaining to think about what (any, I guess) of the various Links would think of it.

(I have not seen Who Framed Roger Rabbit so I can't say a whole lot on the comparison but I think I get it? I read the wikipedia page for it)

#anon #asks #ganonbeck #everyone keeps comparing ganonbeck to all kinds of other ships but idk what id personally compare it to #MAN idk what to do with the asks that are less asks and more little comments like this lol ty tho this is cute #ive been leaning away from just seeing ganonbeck as just a silly little crackship and more something with genuine narrative potential #its still silly dont get me wrong but im cursed with the tendency to make linebeck a deeper character than is necessary #i think he bathes very frequently and that is a headcanon with more baggage than is needed #ganondorf #linebeck #dynamic between linebeck and ganondorf is interesting to think about and i think the idea that linebeck is half gerudo is a good... crutch? #it helps spark stuff stuff in addition to just being an interesting linebeck headcanon in general #linebeck works really well with another character when i write him in aus he's usually intrinsically tied with another character #but ganonebeck being 'king with the power to tear down a nearby kingdom and is tied to a great magical artifact and history itself' #plus 'some fucking guy who keeps falling into epic quests he is not equipped for' is good #man raised as royalty with great battle skills and an affinity for the organ and generally also being kinda philosophical #and then legend of zelda's male damsel in distress #i think i have a skewed view of ganonbeck bc ganondorf is the one everyone else finds hot whereas my tastes are the reverse

[kithj]

i really really wish people that leave one star ratings would also leave like. any kind of feedback. did you encounter game breaking bugs and it frustrated you? were there a lot of grammar/spelling errors? did you just not like the story for xyz reason? didn't like the characters because this or that? is it something i can improve on or is it just personal taste? or are you just the average fragile transphobe/homophobe? i would genuinely love to know

#tbh only time i actually get comments on low ratings its always someone being transphobic or homophobic lmfao #which obviously goes without saying. doesnt count #otherwise i have never received any legitimate feedback or just a review in general on a one star rating #and i dont mind low ratings like ppl are gonna like different things but it would be nice to know Why #also i find it really amusing that there are ppl that have rated like everything i've ever posted at 1 star.... #never leave any comments or reviews tho #personally i dont really tend to rate low if i feel that strongly abt disliking something i just stop reading/playing mdnfksj #if i was to rate something low it would mainly be on technical stuff like bad mechanics or something and i would Say it in the review #i think i would be harsher if it was a competition setting but just playing games casually on itchio i dont feel it necessary #i also dont like rating wips because. they are wips #anyways. idk ratings have always been something that i try not to look at bc again No One actually leaves feedback there #and i try to avoid looking at numbers in general so i dont obsess over them #but it is frustrating getting a bunch of 1 star ratings recently on all of my works w No comments at all

[wolves-in-the-world]

y'know that classic, gorgeous scenario where eliot gets Some Sort Of Injury and can't easily shave/wash his hair/etc for a while, so hardison and parker convince him they can help and he melts into it and it's all very intricate rituals and intimacy and vulnerability?

#quinn hair is like eliot hair (soft; looks braidable) but FORBIDDEN #touch on pain of maiming etc [via @darkfinch, here]

thanks to these tags I'm now thinking of a quinn who gets The Nonspecific Hand And/Or Arm Injury and, upon figuring out how long it's going to take to heal and finding a suitable pause in the job, just nods to himself and asks eliot for help and both of them disappear into the bathroom, and the others figure eliot's just helping him get it clean—

—only they emerge half an hour later with eliot looking resigned and quinn with a buzzed head, funky scalp scars on display like it's not a big deal. sophie just stares at hardison like did you know they were going to do that? and hardison gives a helpless and slightly terrified shrug, and they carefully don't mention it. even if sophie has to stamp on nate's foot to keep him from commenting when he turns up.

#'cos it's different accepting eliot's help once compared to accepting it every time #gritting your teeth through one necessary session where the other person isn't anything but practical #compared to the inherent danger (vulnerability) of the 'I'll help you wash your hair. as often as needed.' scenario #quinn leverage #orig #like I LOVE the first scenario with eliot I absolutely adore it #I just tried to mentally apply it to quinn out of curiosity #and got this vivid image of him reaching for the clippers in protest #and frankly I really respect that. #accidentally showing a very different kind of vulnerability by tacitly admitting to the team #that he'd rather lose his hair and deal with that inconvenience than let anyone help him with it more than once. #parker I think understands the concept of Crisis Haircuts and also is less hung up on Having To Look Good than the others #so she Notices but she's not as weirded out and probably actually comments on it #and maybe next time they hang out together on the roof she just briefly asks him about it #and he can put her mind at rest that it's not a distress indicator.

[feral-ffa]

You describe a belly as pale because it didn't occur to you that the community has lots of people who don't look like you.

I describe a belly as pale because I am fetishizing white people.

We are not the same

#if you want to comment on or dm me about this shitpost i encourage you to consider whether that is really necessary

[plague-of-insomnia]

Was today Asshole Day? Did I miss the fucking memo?

#pissed off #multiple diff comments that really were not necessary #😤

[incorrect-web-novels]

Actually, one of my 3-4 Main Complaints with DPA (which I'm overall very fond of) is this whole Mass Guilt of the characters who were at or aware of the contents of Reinhardt’s Public Interrogation in Chapter 446-447. Like, if someone has been lying to you for over a year, you probably cannot trust them! It’s not weird to say, "Hey, this guy is the leader of our probable enemies. It would be highly dangerous and negligent to listen to him without any suspicion." Should they have at least listened to him? Yes, but if bank robbers kill their hostages because you didn't arrange a getaway car for them, it's still predominantly the bank robbers fault, even if the leader of the bank robbers wasn't on board with the robbery in the first place.

It's so strange to argue that every single main character that didn’t side with Reinhardt is feeling unimaginable guilt and (in their eyes) are the absolute worst for not trusting someone who, frankly, did not trust them with the truth, even if that mistrust was justified. Leaving your entire life and endangering your family is so much weirder and arguably less justifiable than not trusting someone whose father you killed and whose kingdom you destroyed.

#not a quote #dpa #the demon prince goes to the academy #spoilers #dpa spoilers #my posts #I know none of you know what I'm talking about but I've seen too many comments on the NovelLingua translation that are just #'Ellen is a bitch (for not trusting the son of the guy who killed her brother)' and I... just say you hate women or smth #anyway the other complaints are more just thing I should have expected or that do make sense story-wise but I don't like lol #actually Bertus's whole thing about making the best choice but reaching the worst conclusion is the only part of this I could stand tbh #which like. having an emotional response is not a bad thing & some characters are more prone to blame themselves than others #but was it strictly necessary to have pretty much every female character either join the MC or have a mental breakdown over the next 2 years #(for not trusting him)? like was that a thing we really needed?

[holocene-sims]

story update

hello friends, i haven't done a story status update in a while, but i figured it was time to do so because everything the stars promised is pretty much on semi-hiatus for the time being!

i say semi-hiatus because it's not really on pause, but updates will be quite slow for the rest of the year while i'm busy with college work. time is limited, and i have to focus my attention elsewhere.

also, i find it hard to carve out the time to make story posts because tbh engagement here on simblr has been really low lately, and notes on my current story posts are significantly lower than on older story posts and other types of content. i don't care about notes, but i don't really get asks or comments or any kind of more useful engagement beyond a handful of likes, so i can't gauge if people read the story or care about it at all. so making the story, though i am passionate about it, feels like a colossal waste of my energy right now.

so semi-hiatus it is. if there are updates, they will either be sporadic or delayed to make a longer queue.

#if you do read the story...could you maybe comment or something on here just to let me know if you do #even if you just read it sporadically #i don't think anyone really cares tbh but i felt it necessary to post the update anyway #i have thought about just quitting and deleting all the posts but i'm not ready to go that far yet #i want to make it happen and i'm trying to but time and engagement do work against me #and i'd rather be honest about it than not #i'm not very good at communicating LMAO i am so sorry...i just keep to myself...so here i go trying to be a social simblr #holocene.txt