#but idk. just rubs me the wrong way

[palms-upturned]

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#csa mention #soooooo so so tired gonna sleep now #but also wanted to complain first #my least fav line in disco elysium so far is that one from the dream scene w dora #where she’s like ‘’this is true darkness. it isn’t war or death or child molestation. #real darkness wears love for a face.’’ #like… was it necessary to mention csa there? dkshsbcjcn #the general shittiness of that sentiment aside #one of the worst things abt abuse in general but esp csa is that it does wear love for a face more often than not… #idk i just rlly disliked that line skshdjcjc sounded so weird and fake deep #esp since one of the overarching themes of the whole game is how war has left permanent scars on revachol #that has caused lasting intergenerational trauma and def influenced all of the little personal tragedies of the charas #like… idk what an odd thing to say #guess you could say it’s another moment reflecting how dora comes from a privileged bg #but idk. just rubs me the wrong way #anyway. zzzzzzzzz #meg talks

[macbethz]

ok ive thought about it a bit and i dont like it. sorry. i think it fufills that kind of instant dopamine rush of pure spectacle and the idea of the doctor needing a fucking break is good but essentially splitting a fragment off of him to go have all that off-screen feels like wish fulfillment rather than good story. its also like. RUSSELL THIS IS THE SECOND TIME YOUVE BROUGHT "SPLITTING DAVID TENNANT TO HAVE AN ORDINARY LIFE" TO CLASS. LIKE WE DID THIS BEFORE.

FUNDAMENTALLY the part that most upsets me about it is it feels motivated by the same nostalgic urge that bringing back DT had in the first place, which ended up being a decision I enjoyed but I still think is rooted in this fear of change and this avoidance of tragedy. Tragedy and sadness provide catharsis, they really do, and doctor who is a show about change. It feels...emotionally stunted, in a way. like RTD is giving us pool floaties because he doesn't trust us to swim in the deep end of the pool. Its the same cautiousness that I found particularly upsetting about Chibnals tenure, and the same cautiousness that motivates the endless steam of reboots under late capitalism.

I like to HOPE that this will be resolved in the near future just as I'm HOPING biregeneration will also be explained. At least we got to see Ncuti's ass

EDIT this post i made in 5 minutes intended for my mutuals has brought me nothing but misery. Please take a film class and listen to the new Suede album. thank you

#EDIT PEOPLE FINDING THIS POST AND GETTING ANGRY. ITS MY OPINIONNNN #enjoyed the rest of the episode btw this conlusion is just. hm #Especially to then bring up all the tragic ends from Moffatt era specifically to circumvent them rubs me the wrong way idk #warlock wartalks #dw spoilers

[jakeperalta]

have quite literally never been less excited about a taylor announcement in my life

#girl why are you collabing with someone your boyfriend was just being publicly very offensive about???? i'm embarrassed #also new song is good but putting it on a cd that's only available at one concert venue is just bizarre to me #even the 'we saw what you were all saying about lana 🤪' rubbed me up the wrong way a bit #like ok did you see anything else people have been saying or....? #literally read her announcement post like this 🤨😒🙄😐😕 i fear my true swiftie days may be over idk #talking #taylor swift #ts discourse

[doufudanshi]

for anyone who criticizes jyl for bringing soup to yiling instead of like, money—

we should first ask: could jyl actually have given wwx money? she must have something, you say. the jins are rich! she could even give him some of her betrothal gifts.

but realistically jyl probably didn't have much money at all! let's think this through. not only did she not marry jzx yet at the time of her yiling visit, but (based on many, many imperial palace tv shows lol) all her worth would be in betrothal gifts of jewelry, fine clothing, or other misc items, which is 1) heavy and difficult to transport without notice, but that doesn't actually matter bc it's ultimately 2) disrespectful to sell and worse to have the gifter find out when they come by for tea and you begin chatting about the event in two days and they say oh where's that one-of-a-kind jade bracelet I gave you wouldn't it match the also one-of-a-kind silk garment that lady jin gave you sooo well oh you will look so lovely in it won't you wear it.

or worse, have it recognized in some random pawn shop on the street by someone who has never really liked you and WILL get you in deep shit for it.

does jyl have any money from the jiang side? well, jc has been busy at work rebuilding lotus pier and the clan since before wwx's defection, and even if he's not borrowing a shitton of money from the jins (which he almost certainly is), he definitely has the opposite of surplus funds. he's also busy organizing and buying gifts for the wedding too, making him go more in the red because you know the jins aren't going to want cheap-ass things even if you don't have money.

let's say jyl did get a significant bride price (aka given money money)—not only does that go to her family (jc), but it is given during the ceremony (which, again, hasn't happened yet). and, realistically, jc probably will have to use it to offset the costs of the above.

beyond that, let's just take this scene from a storytelling perspective. sometimes it is simply about the emotional resonance. the vibes. let's say jyl did have some funds to give wwx. but imagine if jyl was like here a-xian take all this money 😐 ok sure useful for some period. but is that the gift that wwx would want during the first time he's gotten to see her in months, and likely the last time he will see her in a long, long time (possibly years)? would that be impactful for the story?

meanwhile, the soup she brings represents her love. we hear in the extra, from wwx's own words, the care she put into selecting the ingredients, making sure the lotus root is fresh and perfectly ripe. it also takes hours for her to even make iirc. wwx derives so much comfort from it—that's why it comes up again and again. it is one of his first memories of feeling safe in lotus pier, of home. it provides wwx some semblance of normalcy. he hasn't had any this entire time, and is likely something he aches for whenever he's homesick or sad or questioning his choices. it is simply, given the circumstances, incredibly thoughtful. (and how meaningful was it to see wn treat it with such respect? seeing that is literally the moment in the chapter when wwx realizes—ah. the wens are people I cherish as well.)

and regarding jyl coming in her wedding dress—it is not for herself. it is for wwx. we saw how devastated wwx was just to even hear that jyl was getting married because he had to hear it from someone who wasn't jc or jyl. and to immediately then realize he cannot go? even more heartbreaking. and jyl, who clearly knows wwx extremely well, would know, without having to ask, how upset wwx would be to miss such a huge occasion in their lives that was previously a given. this is what she can do to offset that, even just a little. because jyl came in her dress, wwx gets to experience a piece of her wedding even though he cannot physically be there. not to be a 2000s mastercard ad, but there really are some things that money can't buy.

idk there's also some fist-shaking at the class discrepancy in the scene. and I get it. it sucks! her dress is certainly lavish, and the wens are farming on a corpse mountain and have only just started making a bit of money. yes, it's fine to think that if you were in the character's shoes, maybe you would've found it to be in poor taste—but the story isn't about you. it is about these characters, and what this scene means to them. and I'm of the camp that if there is no indication that wwx is upset by any of this, and in fact moved by it, there really isn't reason for the reader to be righteously indignant about these things on a character's behalf. that's just not the focus or the point of the scene.

plus, jyl is sharp. she is likely more aware of the discrepancy than most people think. she has also been shown in the text to not just be another sheltered, spoiled noble (re jzx soup incident). but if what you want is guilt from jyl—I personally think that guilt is performative, and accomplishes nothing. her guilt would've only made wwx unhappy. instead, here is an action that is meaningful and brings joy to wwx. to share her joy with him is not selfishness, nor is it some lack of awareness of their situation. if in this moment, she shows off her dress, if she revels in her joy, her happiness, it is for wwx, and wwx is incredibly moved by it.

and let's face it—wwx, of all people, would want to see jyl in a wedding dress that cost more than rebuilding lotus pier from the ground up. he wouldn't want anything less.

#cultural context is as always important people! #idk i just see a lot of jyl slander and it rubs me very much the wrong way #anyway this is not the jyl thread I intended to write but it's a subset of my thoughts #get ready for more later o boy #jyl #cultural meta #mdzs #mine #ps I think ppl should question their assumptions and reactions to the most traditionally feminine character in the novel #im writing this at like 2am after being unable to fall back asleep btw if there are mistakes whoopsies #jiang yanli

[shellshocklove]

i think some of you need to check yourself when you’re talking to writers on here. i don’t need to give you anything. i don’t need to give you alternative endings or part twos. especially not when you don’t even reblog.

#idk it just rubs me the wrong way

[hometownrockstar]

This is directed at skinny people, fat people u can do whatever you want its chill. Ok so i have discussed this before but there's a popular phenomenon where thin people on here and twitter and whatnot want to show how they are progressive by talking about how they find fat people hot, either through popular text posts or in fandom where they talk abt a character as being hot SPECIFICALLY in relation to their size. And my issue is not with seeing fat people as attractive FOR their fat traits, its just the prevalence of it from skinny people usually sounds very performative and almost chaser-y with how it is almost solely focused on sexual desirability of fat people.

So in my opinion, i dont think skinny people should stop talking about finding fat bodies attractive altogether, but rather show their love and support for fat people and characters in other means as well. Portray a fat character as admirable, charming, pretty/attractive (without solely sexual attraction), or just plain normal, all the kinds of things you portray skinny characters as being.

#Idk sometimes it rubs me the wrong way seeing skinny people making jokes #About being (or portraying a character as being) super into fat people #And calling them ''fat bitches'' and stuff #Joking isnt awful i would just like it to be balanced with treating fat people as people as well #Fat politics

[yooniesim]

Joshseoh kinda just ignored everyone pointing out it was wrong to paywall this during black history month and that whitewashing black ppl is wrong, because... shilling more bad quality hairs was more important ig? so anyway...

Y'all can download it here if ya really want it!

(tho tbh the quality is so bad i can't exactly recommend it...)

#s4cc #josheoh #its midnight so ill reblog this again tomorrow #credit to dhm #i would encourage everyone to start getting paywall content from there or rebels #i dont usually post stuff anymore bc its just so much easier for yall to just get telegram but #idk them just ignoring everyones comments kinda rubbed me the wrong way lol #it just shows this dude is mad weird bc if he'd just said sorry and made it free im p sure everyone wouldve been fine #ignoring it just shows they don't give af and thats p rotten #negative #the patreon issue #ceci speaks

[aureentuluva70]

Ok but I absolutely ADORE THIS

#i honestly love the idea of the dwarves honoring yavanna #especially since the aule and yavanna chapter always rubbed me the wrong way #idk just the way it treats the creation of the dwarves-as something of a mistake and the ents existing purely because yavanna was pissed of #is just not cool with me. also the whole 'they wont be counted as eruhini until the literal END OF THE WORLD' thing. like cmon. #but the dwarves loving and honoring Yavanna in their own way? flippin HECK YEAH #ropweek2023 #rings of power #aule #yavanna #trop #tolkien #silmarillion

[sanasanakun]

The weed is making me courageous so I think my biggest unpopular opinion for Bg3 is I don’t think Astarion is sexy or cute or anything at all really. He’s just there. Like he’s just a dude with an attitude problem lol like I keep seeing people compare the man to a renaissance painting like he’s fucking Lestat. Dude wishes he was Lestat lmao he’s just some white man with high cheekbones 😂😂

#bg3 critical #astarion critical #larian studios critical #and I also don’t like how he received obvious favoritism from the writers #but that’s a whole other gripe #if I didn’t know about the weird fandom obsession for him and Larian’s favoritism I prob would use him more #idk rubs me the wrong way which sucks cause I like his character a lot and he makes me laugh #but I’m sick of seeing him ig? #at least online #like give me more shadowheart or Wyll or anyone else #this prob why I like bloodweave so much cause it removes me (Tav or Durge) from having to interact with him more haha #also totally unrelated but make the game four acts (there’s four chosen technically) #act 1 set up act 2 Kethric act 3 Orin act 4 Gortash #switch Orin and Gortash around but FUCK just balance out the villains please lmao

[mrspockify]

Hey friendly reminder that you can ask about the status of fics in a way that’s respectful of the author, and also friendly reminder that you’re not actually entitled to updates and information and you don’t need to come in with that kind of attitude. If a fic hasn’t been updated in a long time, you can assume there’s a reason for it, whatever that reason is, and you don’t need to be upset that the author didn’t give you the reason. You can just subscribe and wait, maybe even leave a nice comment if you want to offer motivation, but come on.

#it’s really not even that rude of a comment #but it just rubbed me the wrong way sorry 😅 #maybe I’m just being a jerk #like I knowwwwww #I know it’s been a while #idk what to tell you bruh #LOL just realized you can read the name whatever #it’s p obvious which fic it’s from if you follow my work so it’s not hard to find it 🤷‍♂️ #and they’re a guest so I #in their own words #idc

[rypnami]

sending anon hate because you think someone is too old to be in a fandom is insane btw

#like what’s worse #an adult minding their damn business #or sending a rude message anonymously for no other reason than being a bully #like idk it just rubs me the wrong way

[sonic-adventure-3]

it is kinda funny to me when ppl say things in the vein of “jazz is perfect to represent rouge because of it’s chaotic nature”, cause like sure, okay, i can understand why you’d say that, but that’s the kinda thing you say when you have not listened to any jazz at all.

jazz can seem chaotic, sure, but it seems odd to me to define the whole umbrella of jazz as chaotic when you absolutely have not listened to actually chaotic sounding jazz subgenres like bebop. i just generally extremely dislike the descriptor of “chaotic” for jazz because i think it’s fundamentally untrue, there is absolutely logic and order in jazz, it’s built upon a rich tradition. jazz can be complex, frantic, energetic, and is often improvisational, but i don’t think it’s chaotic.

also i think that suits rouge far better than actual chaos, cause rouge is absolutely a complex and logical person, she just acts first and foremost on her desires

#it’s also funny to say that about rouge’s themes specifically cause while i can’t know 100% #they’re very probably super tightly written and produced #definitionally not chaotic #it just has samba influenced percussion lines it’s fine it’s okay #<- spoken like i’m calming a spooked horse #rambles #music posting #it is insane to me to say rouge’s jazz is chaotic and not say the same for shadow’s digital hardcore/electro-industrial/whatever the fuck #like between those two the jazz is absolutely not my first pick for ‘chaotic’ #be real. #idk maybe i’m just getting caught up on a semantic difference but it rubs me the wrong way #i’m not trying to vague anything specific i’ve just seen this sort of thing said about a lot of jazz in non-jazz circles

[lesbianamalvada]

how you feel about bisexual people saying they’re gay

I don't like it when people use gay as an umbrella term because it's literally not. I know one bi girl who always went "i'm sooo gayy" and I'm like "I thought u were bi??" and she was like "it's just simpler to say gay". I really don't get how though? Bi and queer are the same amount of syllables as gay. To me it's more confusing if ur talking about how gay you are and then people see you with a boyfriend/girlfriend. I guess it's not that big of a deal but it's def a pet peeve of mine and rubs me the wrong way.

#also one time my friends had a powerpoint night and my one friend's was like “Top 5 most homophobic and Top 5 gayest disney princesses” #really stupid I know #and the top 3 were like "I see her as bi #I see her as pan #I see her as aro/ace and I'm like “none of that is gay” and she's like #“it's an umbrella term” and she's not even lgbt herself (well she identified as ace back then and then bi and now says she's straight) so i #just rubbed me the wrong way that she called it an umbrella term because it's not idk why this bothers me so much though #if any bisexuals follow me can you explain this? or say why you like/don't like it. I want to hear the bi perspective on this #also anon I meant to ask this first thing in the tags but what do you think? #thanks for the ask! #anon ask #lgbtq discourse

[awwsd]

Complaining About Fanart

Mwahaha I’ve tricked you this is actually an art appreciation post. But bc I’m in love and look at fanart all the time every day, I’ve noticed 2 main categories of comic! death of the endless fanart which are as follows:

Generic Comic Book Woman With Eyeliner

The other ones

Show!Death does not suffer from no. 1 as much, I imagine bc of the time the show came out? I’m not going to share examples of type one bc I don’t want to shame any artists for my own personal taste but like. You know which ones I’m talking about right? Like you’ve seen It. You Know.

But here are ones I LOVE bc they’re unique/beautiful/she looks a little icky

The official comic art obvs, I feel like her hair would crunch if I touched it

2. Any drawing of her by Chris Bachalo, he always makes her shape language so round and I love that. Huggable. Squishable. 10/10z

3. Taurin Clarke’s style (@ taskforcetuesday) . Look at her expression!!! Her little nose scrunch! She’s feelin mischievous!!!!!

4. Rebecca Puebla , the way the lines r so squiggly. Very good very good.

5. Quite literally anything by Alex Maleev. They just Get It, you know. She looks exhausted and lightly pissed off in all of their art. Perfect.

6. This specific drawing by Ryan Kelly. Idk why but this one just scratches an itch in my brain.

7. Lisa Treiman, she’s feeling mischievous!!!! That’s the number 1 thing I look for!!!! And a little icky! The wings! The expression! Amazing.

8. Kevin Wada, the colors are lovely I just adore how her cheeks r a little pink. N her shirt is so cool!!!!!

9. This one, just such a unique style. I go insane for the pencil sketch vibes.

So in conclusion I think I just like any drawing where she has a facial expression actually. And I’m definitely going to do a part 2 with Show!Death fanart bc there are so many artists who deserve so much love 🙏💕

One of my favorites by Miss Bliss on Twitter :)

EDIT: part 2 :)

#but please tell me you guys have seen type one #u know the vibes #with the kinda dead eyed stare into the middle distance #idk it just rubs me the wrong way bc that’s so not the vibes I get from her character #but to each their own #awwsd thoughts #sandman #death of the endless #dc comics #dream of the endless #the sandman #awwsd writing #death of the endless fanart #sandman fanart

[moonshapedbox]

told my friends on our groupchat that i was involved in serious car crash and one of them has left me on delivered for almost a week. like i get being busy but.....a week? seriously? your friend tells u that she almost died in a car accident and u just...don't bother to say anything?

#idk it might be just me but it rubs me the wrong way #usually i literally don't care if u take 3 months or some other ridiculously long length of time to respond to me just as long as u do #but the nature of this message was so serious and my life is altered completely i just expected her to write sooner... #like im not being hyperbolic i legitimately could have died and she just leaves me on delivered??? idk im just disappointed in her #maybe im being selfish or self centered idk #rinnie's rambles </3

[erik-christine]

saw a fanart of the bimboification of astarion with his intelligence high as a magistrate and slowly going down after more more years of slavery and am I the only one who thinks that uhhhh is not a good look

#cause like asjfjsvkfhakfh the implication that sex workers are idiots not to mention it wasn’t even consensual on his part #astarion #bg3 #baldur's gate 3 #it just really rubbed me the wrong way and idk if I’m taking it to personally or if I’m actually right in thinking that’s kinda fucked up 😅