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cursed-40k-thoughts · 1 year

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Games Workshop when a product is revealed ahead of schedule because of an internal error: Whoopsie! Our bad! Really cool paintjob on that model, though!

Wizards of the Coast, same situation: Our only option is to send in the guys who are famous for lighting strikers on fire.

#I am frankly embarrased i didn't have WotC hiring pinkertons on my 2023 bingo sheet #In hindsight it's obvious given how the year's been going so far #Wizards of the Coast #WotC #Games Workshop #WHAT A YEAR EH LADS #MtG #Magic the Gathering #Warhammer

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evol-astraea · 24 days

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Riveder le stelle.

Inspired by Divine Comedy, Inferno, Canto XXXIV, line 139.

#ultrakill #v1 ultrakill #gabriel ultrakill #gabv1el #evolarts #it took a month and half to get this done (from a rough sketch on paper to the real deal but digital) but it's here at last!#that line from the original poem? it struck me so much #it's powerful and hopeful #and brain proceeded to go full 'you know...it kinda fits with ultrakill somehow'#because of obvious reasons #I mean..the events in the game the setting the direction the characters are heading to...#it doesn't leave much room (if none AT ALL) for hope #so...no matter how the end of the game will be #somewhere in non-canon land these two idiots (affectionate) somehow make it out of Hell #both alive #and with a whole world and lifetime to explore and cherish #together #ntw gabe's lacking both halo and wings...bc I forgot!#in hindsight though...eh I don't really mind XD

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oshiawaseni · 1 year

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Remember when Kacchan complained about Izuku obviously skulking around with All Might and how they need to be less conspicuous about their connection with each other? When you think about it, no one cared that much what the heck Izuku was up to… except for Kacchan himself. And in hindsight, that interaction is just so freaking cute. Just because this guy is always hyper aware of Izuku and the people surrounding him and absolutely concerned with his business, he thinks others will be too.

Take Season 2 for example at the sport festival… How did he even come to eavesdrop on Todoroki in the first place? By following and being invested in what Izuku was doing with him because Kacchan got so jealous about Todoroki declaring war on his shitnerd 😩 he couldn’t stand the idea of them going off alone somewhere together.

Stop the cap. You were there because you followed Izuku, Katsuki.

Kacchan’s always overly concerned about Izuku and on top of that, he was jealous of Shouto taking his rival nerd from him. So when he got curious seeing them go off somewhere alone, he followed them and eavesdropped.

And another time he eavesdropped on Izuku in Heroes Rising.

He’s so focused on whatever Izuku’s doing or saying, he tunnel visions like hell. Here he forgot about his icey and it melted off the stick.

Not only does he always give Izuku his undivided attention, he definitely wants it returned.

Izuku’s always looked at his back, right? Whether that was walking behind him in the woods, or being seated behind him in class... I think at some point Katsuki came to crave his gaze on him and secretly loved his praise too and that feeling was exposed in the joint training arc with his “Keep your eyes on me, Deku” 😂

Oh Katsuki don’t lie ❤️

You knew he’d be watching you like this with his big and shiny doe eyes didn’t you ;)

Turns out you’re allowed to be obsessed with Kacchan, Izuku. He was just being a hypocritical tsundere whenever he said stuff like this:

Remember when there were a bunch of Kacchan apologists that victim blamed Izuku for sticking around when he was told to leave him alone? What if I told you Katsuki never truly wanted Izuku to leave? Because if he did leave, then who would Kacchan stalk? 😂

Honestly!!! Kacchan’s Izuku complex and how he projected it onto him like Deku is the only one who’s obsessed, is one of my biggest sources of amusement with this ship. Heh. 🤭 They are true equal partners in a lot of ways…

Between all the “Did I do better than Deku?”,

the eavesdropping

and every single time Katsuki targeted him, if you’re able to describe all of this as nothing other than PURE UNADULTERATED OBSESSION...?

DING DING DING. You’re damn right it is!

Then you flip the hate around because it turns out he was wrong to hate that person in the first place after all, and what does Katsuki’s obsession start to look like? Maybe a little something like this.

They’re obsessed with each other and always have been and this is perfectly fine. It used to be very antagonistic attention on Katsuki’s end but his attention has since become all soft and gentle because now..? Now he’s just in love. ❤️ And that’s the tea~ ☕️

#Kacchan calling Deku stalker is literal pot meet kettle #kacchans obsession is so obvious 😩#he's adorable #like in hindsight of everything he ever said lmfaooo #bakudeku #also...#bkdk canon #op #bnha meta #Kacchan loves deku #kacchan was the one interested in izuku deep in his heart from the start lmfao #though izuku never denied himself the self satisfaction of his admiration of kacchan #kacchan slowly coming to terms with being JUST AS OBSESSED with izuku is such a blessing #I excavated this post from deep within the drafts xD #its always bothered me when people downplayed the fact THEY ARE BOTH OBSESSED WITH EACH OTHER and that is OKAY #bc it is okay #its okay if its kacchan <3 #thank you guys for supporting Kacchan’s obsession along with me #1k #everyone knows he’s such a huge simp… I love that for him #must read meta

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charon-cries · 30 days

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when OTHER people try to distract or comfort themselves, they call it "coping" and "self-soothing," but when i do it, it's a "mental compulsion" and "you have OCD"

#ahhh the best thing i've done for myself lately is bring up the possibility of me having ocd with my loved ones #i had been trying to figure myself out since i was maybe 14?#and always wrote off OCD because i didn't know that what i was doing were compulsions #i thought i was just Coping Normally #but in hindsight it's so obvious #so RIDICULOUSLY obvious #even days later i'm still recognizing obsessions and compulsions i have (or used to have)#＿|￣|●#obsessive compulsive disorder #ocd #actually ocd #mental compulsions #they ALL follow the same pattern too (fear of myself or loved ones being harmed) and i can connect this back to my CHILDHOOD #how did i NOT know </3

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your-zipper-is-down · 7 months

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At first I thought he was asking her since she hasn't really been on a plane (besides the jet)

But now I'm realizing he asked her because of her parents dying on a plane right before her eyes

#I mean in hindsight is so obvious but like #I'm dumb #Andy is really sweet!!!#fuuko izumo #UU Andy #undead unluck #uu spoilers #chapter 21

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collieii · 1 year

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one line in trimax that's always stuck with me is from chapter 65, right after wolfwood's death. when vash is sticking the punisher by his grave and he says "it was part of his life". that phrasing is so interesting to me. the neutrality of it is one thing that gets me, i think. it was part of his life. for better or worse, whatever it was, the punisher was wolfwood's.

It's pretty easy to think that the punisher might represent violence, the eye of michael, the role of assassin that was forced onto wolfwood, the loss of childhood. but it's not really presented that way, not overtly anyways. we never see wolfwood shun the punisher, he's not conflicted by his use of it. he never considers abandoning it for some other weapon. it's his weapon. he doesn't discard it when he eventually decides to take a more vash-like approach and actually let people live. he pretty easily accepts it as his own, a tool he can use. (to be fair, at least part of that is probably because the punisher is a very good gun.)

the punisher can still represent the harsher aspects of wolfwood's character, the violence he's committed, that he's capable of. that's an important part of his life! and the idea of it as representative of his violent adolescence, childhood that was stripped away, goes along with this - it's literally a cross to bear. but besides showing his past as a burden, i think of the punisher as being a cross of responsibility. when you have a gun you have power, agency - you have a responsibility to make a choice. that's what wolfwood tells vash in chapter 4.

the ability to take a life, the burden of it, is literally his cross to bear. that ability - and that responsibility - was given to him by the eom, literally in terms of the gun, and in terms of his skills. but the eye doesn't think twice about killing people. for them it's not really a choice, a responsibility, it's just a given. but wolfwood can't accept that. he's constantly considering the choices he makes.

so the punisher isn't only a symbol of the eye of michael, of the path that he was forced onto. it's also a way of expressing autonomy. the eye gave wolfwood the gun, but he decides how to use it and what it means. for much of the story wolfwood struggles to decide what to do, he's a very conflicted character. but eventually he resolves to use it against chapel, against knives, to help vash, and protect the orphanage. the gun gives him agency.

so the punisher was part of his life. it was the tool that he used to commit acts of violence, acts that he was forced into, but also the tool he used to break free.

it's heavy for vash, too. he's not exempt from that idea, the idea of responsibility. as wolfwood said much earlier in the story, vash has always been able to sidestep the question of "what do i choose?", because he's only ever given himself one option - everybody lives. and he's always succeeded. but as wolfwood says, "the day will come when you'll have to choose". one day, it's not going to work.

and of course the story progresses, the stakes ramp up, and vash learns more, goes through more, and is pushed to his limits. i think by this point, by wolfwood's death, and maybe because of it, vash has realized that he might have to make that difficult choice in the near future. that's one reason why he wants to "do him proud". he has a lot of reasons to say this of course - to not let wolfwood's sacrifice go to waste, for example. but if we're thinking of the cross as responsibility, then vash is saying he doesn't want to forget the lessons he learned because of wolfwood. wolfwood has always grappled with responsibility, with what the right thing to do is. and the right thing is often not easy. vash hopes that when the times comes for him to make a choice, he'll make a good one, one that does right by wolfwood's memory.

#trigun #trigun maximum #vash the stampede #trigun meta #trigun analysis #i have another post in my drafts abt wolfwood and autonomy so theres some stuff im not getting into but stay tuned #i hope this makes sense...the whole it was part of his life thing...it gets me for some reason #this is just me trying to articulate why #hopefully what im saying isnt too obvious and is actually insightful #this whole post was inspired by one of my art history classes #we were talking abt some of betye saars works and my prof mentioned the idea of weapons as symbolic of power and agency #so ofc i had to apply that to trigun #at that point i was only thinking of the punisher as 'eom = bad' but that just didnt feel right #so then guns...agency...it all came together #seems obvious in hindsight but i just didnt realize #too hung up on guns as violence and violence is bad #but obviously it's more than that #.lieii #.lieii txt #nicholas d. wolfwood #i just realized how long this post is uh sorry guys #i may have repeated myself too much with this one hopefully it's still legible #take a shot everytime i use the word agency or choice in this post #trimax spoilers

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spectreoffice · 9 months

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Scion of House Reid

#Xenoblade #xenoblade chronicles #xenoblade fanart #xenoblade chronicles 3 #shania xenoblade #shania reid #sharla xenoblade #Panacea xenoblade #The Sharla -> Shania thing is pretty obvious in hindsight #I mean their names are so damned similar #And Shania also inhereted a gun from a dead loved one #Panacea is here too #Also I got lazy with the shading cos I just wanted it done

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oifaaa · 23 days

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What do you mean his name isn't Ciel

I guess not everyone's up to date on their black butler lore I'll try not to spoil anymore and put the explanation under the cut

Yeah so our Ciel is actually not Ciel he's Ciels twin brother if you rewatch the series they actually do a pretty good job at hinting at it for example we see both ciel in a cage and on the table, the one on the table is the real Ciel and he ends up dying and our Ciel decides fuck it I'm Ciel now anyway that's why in book of Atlantic Ciel says he doesn't know what lizzy is talking about when she says he said strong woman are scary and why in book of circus you can see the two pop out from behind their dad

here's the two of them when they reunite

#ask #anon #there is a lot alot to criticis black butler for #but ngl #this reveal #it got me good #like one of those this was so obvious in hindsight reveals

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chill-vibes-but-rainbow-panic · 3 months

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I love characters not being able to tell they're being deceived by a shapeshifter!

Love the audience not being able to tell they're being deceived by a shapeshifter!!!

#Don't get me wrong; zero shade towards my shapeshifters who are very 'obviously' shifters (Jake; Amethyst; etc.)#But smth about those where you realistically *couldn't tell* you're dealing with a copycat just hit different for me #Of course they tend to have obvious visual e.g. tells for the audience; but those often either don't exist within canon or I can ignore #And when even *we* can't tell? Even better!#Also Spy counts as an honourary shifter. Because what is shapeshifting but making a disguise out of your flesh and blood?#If you can't shapeshift naturally; store-bought is fine #In hindsight I think that's two words but I am not rediting the image so I'm spelling it like that in my own tags too #shape shifter #my little pony friendship is magic #changeling #thorax #darkwing duck #camille chameleon #team fortress 2 #tf2 spy #pokemon #ditto

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arthrobug · 2 days

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In response to the absolute despair I experienced about the "major" announcement, the naturally large vat of spite inside of me bubbled over to the point where I finally finalized my CLH comic teaser lmao, Hindsight: Captain Laserhawk: A Blood Dragon Remix AU is now officially in production! (Albeit slowly chill chill)

If you're in the Rayfrog Discord server, I must preemptively thank you guys for simply inspiring me to make this all those months ago, you guys are wonderful madlads lmao

And yes I made this entire logo by hand. It was the entire reason this took so long. There is no typing whatsoever involved.

Yes, I am indeed insane.

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18catsreading · 2 months

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Murph rolling a clutch 31 on academics. Hell yea to finding the Rogue Teacher!! Eugenia Shadow!

#brennan lee mulligan #dimension 20 #fantasy high junior year #fantasy high junior year spoilers #ep 14 dawn of justice #siobhan thompson #lou wilson #ally beardsley #zac oyama #emily axford #brian murphy #duh she's the ghost its so obvious in hindsight!

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thormanick · 1 month

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Just now realized that the first meeting of Kaveh and Alhaitham is mirrored by their tavern conversation, I. Am Not. Okay-

#took me. what. one and a half years. to see it #oh my god. oh. my. god.#I can’t I can’t with them I’m gonna cry #they approached each other during their loneliest moments (or what they perceived to be the loneliest moments of each other) I aM NOT OKAY #these two do things to me. tHEY DO THIGS TO ME PSYCHOLOGICALLY #I’m sorry it’s 2 a.m. and this is. this is a Big Thought for me that seems so obvious in hindsight now but I never had it before #oh these two. do not separate. they go together as a package deal. oh my god-#*incoherent rambling continues*#genshin impact #afinna explores teyvat #genshin impact thoughts #genshin impact sumeru #genshin impact kaveh #genshin impact alhaitham #kavetham #alhaitham x kaveh

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noah-price · 2 months

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@pscentral event 26: minimalism

SILICON VALLEY (2014 - 2019) TOP 10 RATED EPISODES ON IMDB insp (1, 2)

#silicon valley #silicon valley hbo #siliconvalleyedit #officialhbo #hboedit #tvedit #smallscreensource #filmtvdaily #userstream #dailyflicks #cinemapix #tvarchive #mediagifs #televisiongifs #filmtvcentral #*gif #haven't seen a single person talk about this show in years but it's still my favorite show and always will be :)#(despite the obvious...issues)#but ignoring all that it's still a really well written show and i can't believe so many people don't know this exists!#also the music choices are so good i used to listen to the entire show's playlist at work :D #if you think i wouldn't be out here celebrating the 10 year anniversary of my favorite show you are wrong! i am mentally ill sorry! /srs #why else would i make the green in the captions the og (ugly as hell) pied piper logo and the 2nd from s3 that's just the hat #and why else would i have watched the show more than 10 times #despite these top 10 episodes i will say that intellectual property (4x03) is still my favorite one ever #jamie babbit director of all time <3 #these gifs are so scuffed but idc i just needed to post something #in hindsight i could've made a more fun show summary sort of post but it's too late lmao #why did i say so much in the tags stfu me

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arialerendeair · 1 year

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Constructive Criticism & The AO3 Comment Box

Seven years ago (almost to the month), I wrote a post about how to give Constructive Criticism - because I was tired of seeing friends get beaten down by criticism on their fics that had never heard the word ‘constructive’.

I have passionately defended the idea that authors should NEVER get Concrit on fanfic unless they specifically ask for it - and that is a hill that I, as an author, will die on.

Two and a half years ago - when I created the Fandom Playhouse Discord server, I updated all of my (at the time) 550 or so fics to have a specific set of notes at the bottom.

Comments and Criticism welcome!

After a rather spirited discussion yesterday about the nature of constructive criticism, and I walked away from the conversation frustrated and upset (as did the other party), a point I’d made, and a question they had asked me stuck with me.

Why WAS I asking for criticism?

During the conversation, I’d had a glib answer, and dismissed the question. But when my entire point circled around the fact that the AO3 comment box between two internet strangers who do not know each other is pretty much the WORST DAMN WAY to have a productive ConCrit discussion... why was I doing it?

I didn’t have a good answer.

Pride as an author, maybe? That I was willing to hear feedback, good or bad on my fics.

An invite to haters, so they left other authors alone? Because I would (and have) punch back if they came in with anon hate on my fics.

Those are shitty answers. I don’t have anything to prove to anyone, and I do this for fun, in my free time, and don’t plan on making massive edits based on feedback anyway. So... why do I have it on my fics?

Well. Starting tomorrow, I won’t. I’m going to do the work of replacing “Comments and Criticism welcome!” with “Comments and Keysmashing welcome!” on 632 fics.

~!~

At the end of the day, AO3 is an archive, not a writing workshop.

The comment box is anonymous - whether you have an account or not. So is the writer alias. The author doesn’t have the ability to detail precisely what kind of feedback/criticism would be useful to them for improvement.�� The commenter has no way of knowing how to provide feedback in a way that will actually help the author improve.

Authors - if you’re looking for ConCrit to get better - put out a call for a beta so you can work together on something. I’ll happily help you find one.

Commenters - if you’re looking to provide feedback - offer your services as a beta to folks who might be looking for help! A good beta is worth their weight in gold.

~!~

tl;dr - The Ao3 comment box is one of the worst possible vehicles for a concrit discussion that actually helps (and I have 11 years worth of posting fics on Ao3 to confirm this, lol). We should stop (collectively) trying to use it as one.

#Aria Posts #Constructive Criticism #Concrit #Writing #Ao3 #Comments #Commenting #This feels so obvious in hindsight #I'm annoyed at myself how fucking obvious it is #Why would I use the worst possible vehicle for feedback?#I reach out to friends if I need help or feedback #Why would I ask random strangers who I can't guarantee will give me what I want and how I want it for this help?#So yeah #Time to update 600 fics I guess

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leixinyus · 9 months

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