#but it's a pet peeve of mine

[daisywords]

can't believe it's 2022 and we still have posts around about not overusing "said" like seriously? Imagine if I made a list of words to use instead of "and." wouldn't that be stupid?

#obviously its a different grammatical category #but 'said' is functional #and hot take I guess but it ~should~ be your default #unless the character is saying something in a particularly notable way #not trying to be rude to anyone making or reblogging those posts #but it's a pet peeve of mine

[fag-the-wholewideworld]

droid rant please

Okay, that was fast. So.

I don't necessarily hate the word, it's just... okay. So, the word "droid" comes from the word "android", right? We're all following?

Well, the word "android", itself, comes from Greek, as many wotds do. Specifically, from "andros" (man) and "eides" (in the manner of). So, etymologically, "in the manner of man". In general use, "android" means a robot designed to look and act like a human.

The only androids in Star Wars are C-3PO and his kin.

#star wars #linguistics #i know this is prescriptivist #but it's a pet peeve of mine

[eternalgirlscout]

earlier today i told an acquaintance in passing that i'll often be in the middle of a novel and think "man i wish this shit were more ambiguous" and had to reiterate twice that i wasn't being sarcastic before they believed me, so this post is to say: i love when writers don't bother to explain everything, i love when stories end uncertain and unsettling, i love being required to think as a reader, i love when stuff makes no damn sense, no i'm not kidding

#ignore me #it's not just that unnecessary exposition is a huge pet peeve of mine tho that's part of it #i just hate being condescended to as a reader #i want writing that trusts its reader #winning tumblr roulette

[serialunaliver]

peopl on here are like don't call someone a piece of shit, it's ableist towards everyone with piece of shit personality disorder, a diagnosis that seems completely reasonable and definitely not designed to stigmatize the patient

#as someone whose technically a 'clinical narcissist': I hate you all #may be a 0th world problem at large but these kinds of posts are a pet peeve of mine

[chainelunaire]

dear jjk writers, these are few things i'm seeing getting constantly misinterpreted:

sukuna is not a curse. sukuna was a human, a sorcerer back in the day, who turned himself into a cursed object.

if he was a curse, he would be instantly killed by the very first hit of makora (so called mahoraga, another mistranslation, actually). sukuna also says it himself in s2x17.

2. sukuna is the name, ryomen is kind of a last name, but actually, more some sort of a title. ryomen (両面) means "two-faced". it's in no way a first name.

3. in japanese, the ways to affectionately nickname another person slightly differ from the western languages. adding honorifics is one of the most popular ones (adding -san,-kun,-chan etc.). moreover, usage of last name is more frequent, so you'll probably hear go-chan (gojo + -chan) more often than plain 'satoru' (unless you're very close) or 'toru' (more on that later). another one is combining first name and last name to create a nickname (for a very rough example: nanami kento -> nanaken). shortening the name also works (with names like 'kento' (建人), 'yuuji' (悠仁), even tho ken-chan or yuu-chan are far more common). but with names like 'megumi' (恵) or 'satoru' (悟) you can't really chop off anything since in japanese language it's already just one kanji. 'toru' in this exact case is entirely different name. (same thing with geto suguru: his first name, 'suguru' (傑), consists only of one kanji.) (actually, they're a good example of what being on first name basis in japan is like. they were very close and not once gojo called geto 'sugu' or geto called him 'toru'. nothing to shorten here.)

please, correct me if i'm wrong, but these are few things that are just so common, that sometimes i'm questioning my own sanity.

#jjk #jujutsu kaisen #jjk headcanons #jjk fanfic #jjk x reader #ryomen sukuna #gojo satoru #geto suguru #nanami kento #itadori yuuji #fushiguro megumi #jjk gojo #gojo x reader #jjk sukuna #sukuna x reader #jjk geto #geto x reader #jjk nanami #nanami x reader #the one with the names is such a pet peeve of mine i'm barely containing myself

[rowarn]

SICK of reading fics that are basically "omg u got groped by a man without ur consent and now i'm jealous and have to fuck u to show the world ur MINE"

i want COMFORT !!!!! NOT WEIRD MISPLACED JEALOUSY.....WHY R U JEALOUS OVER NONCONSENSUAL TOUCHING GROW UP

#rowarnings #perhaps #it's a pet peeve of mine

[batsydoodle]

little thing i actually love about superbat is that, since Bruce and Clark both have dark hair and blue eyes, fic authors can't just go ''the blue eyed one'' or ''the dark haired one'' the whole fic. It's more effort to come up with distinct descriptors, sure, but also so refreshing to not have to read a whole fic where a character is kinda named the bitch with blue eyes the whole time

#superbat #bruce wayne #batman #clark kent #superman #nothin wrong with using those descriptors! i love when bruce is described by his pale icy blues but like moderation is a friend here #it's just a little pet peeve of mine where u read a fic and the author pretty much never call the character by name. they got one! use it #benny babble

[dragonskulls]

made this for oomf but you can have it too. a little breakdown of my process with bird wings if anyone finds it useful

#art #art tutorial #im suuuuure there's a million out there but idc #also the things in red are pet peeves of MINE idgaf if you wanna draw like that i just think it looks bad imho #ME PERSONALLY. DONT LET ME STOP YOU #and on the little articulation bend cross sea bird wings would be the exception there the joint bend IS very noticeable and sharp #as well as hummingbird wings since those twist the humerus close to the body #rather than flapping from the shoulder

[love-is-a-pearl]

good thing about journeys not giving me proper dawn focused episodes is that i can just make stuff like this and say its canon

#satohika #pearlshipping #aadl #ashdawn #|→ forever 10 #comic #personal pet peeve of mine is folks acting like dawn cant handle the cold WHEN SHE IS SINNOHAN????? #i mean cmon just imagine ash cuddling her because she is that warm even in the coldest days THE POTENTIAL

[generic-sonic-fan]

Metal Sonic being voiceless and that being played for the horror, but less in the way of "he doesn't physically have a voice box" and more in the sense that he's voiceless metaphorically.

Not only does he not possess the voice box, but he doesn't have any tools to communicate. He's never offered pen and paper. Never given the opportunity to write digital reports except with only the briefest of words. Never taught even a scrap of sign language, as crude as such a communication would be due to his lack of facial features.

If you handed him a speech generating device, would he even know what to do with it?

#sth #metal sonic #THAT'S the kind of angst I love exploring your honor #idk man. something about alternative communication methods. #it's a mini pet peeve of mine for Metal to just get a voicebox installed in redemption fics without a blink of an eye #like! that's a huge metaphor you're handling with that!! you're missing all the interesting stuff by just 'curing' him then and there!!! #you are literally giving a voiceless character a voice for (effectively) the first time and you don't feel the narrative weight of that?? #and I know he's a robot but the idea of him being instantly 'cured' is. . . eh? #It's not my favorite. I'd much rather explore other options. #playing around with this in my longfic hence the post about it

[silverstreams]

pet peeve of mine sorry

For those not familiar, GLaDOS stands for Genetic Lifeform and Disk Operating System!

only the a is small! since it stands for "and". So it's not GladOS or Glados or GLADoS or gLaDoS or GlAdOs or glad0s It's something that's very easy to miss while playing the game!

In case you are wanting proof, here's her name mentioned in the Dollars and Sense slideshow playing on loop (plus the more readable texture itself)

And here it is as seen on her side!

#I'm sorry this is a terrible pet peeve of mine #portal 2 #GLaDOS #portal #I will accept all lower case glados because that's easier to type just when chatting #but the other ones stylized or capitalized inaccurately give me 3 points of neurotoxin damage

[deerspherestudios]

Hi! I just want to say that I like the new update for mushroom oasis! Can't describe it with my words but I really like your concepts for it!

I have a question to ask it's not a interesting one i think, why Mycehal call the mc firefly? It's pretty cute nickname but does he use it only mc when he found them?

Like i say it's not interesting one but i was curious, hope you have a good day and stay hydrated

Are you asking if he uses it only for MC, or for anyone he comes across? Personally, I think he only uses it for MC but it can also be accepted it's a given pet name to anyone he comes across (like how some people just comfortably refer to strangers as 'honey', 'sweetie', etc) and mean nothing by it. Both works ::-)!

Funnily enough there is a brief mention of why he uses it in the Day 3 script, so I don't think it makes the question uninteresting at all haha! Although that does mean it counts as spoilers (sorta) but he does explain why he calls you 'firefly' eventually ::-)

Then again I'm re-writing the Day 3 script so who knows, we'll see how it goes!

#mushroom oasis vn #mychael ask #you guys ask such good questions but i cant answer properly since i want it to be revealed in game even for the smallest of things ghds #just a small pet peeve of mine when it comes to VNs that so much is revealed through ask blogs and not the actual source material #nothing wrong w that tho! #i just like to be a little secretive abt it! #light spoilers

[folkdevilism]

I still think about how much detail they put into child!Jessamine's design even though she only appears in a static flashback image for less than a minute.

They could have easily recycled her existing default hairstyle + outfit from the main game for her child self, but they actually gave her flashback incarnation an entirely unique look.

#dishonored #dishonored 2 #jessamine kaldwin #still thinking about this game's art direction and character designs almost ten years later #a huge character design pet peeve of mine is when a show or game introduces the child version of an existing character #and the child version has the exact same hairstyle as the adult version #i know part of it is keeping the character recognizable for the audience but it's so bland and it just irritates me for some reason #illustration by Sergey Kolesov

[lastflowerofyourhouse]

i think it's funny when people go off about "but how was gideon maintaining her fabulous biceps on a ninth diet of snow leeks and oatmeal?? whence cometh the protein??" including one post that suggested big tubs of protein powder like it's rediculous when like. they literally do canonically keep tubes of nutrient paste laying around to mix into the food. because obviously, they would have to, to keep everyone from getting severely malnourished on a diet of snow leeks and oatmeal. it really isn't that far-fetched to imagine that they would have a handy protein supplement, especially considering the fact that until pretty recently they were equipped to produce soldiers, they still have penitents perform manual labor, and they're still equipped to produce swordsmen. physical education is not a new concept to the ninth, so there's no reason to believe they wouldn't be worried about protein intake. they probably have suppliments for that.

in summary: protein shake gideon canon?

#sorry this has been a pet peeve of mine for a while #it's really not that complicated guys #gideon nav #the locked tomb #tlt #my post

[akirameta84]

i mildly despise when people use gendered pronouns for the vessels in fics without a plot relevant reason. they are genderless beings explicitly said to be so by the developers, and the fact that Hornet identifies as female is out of the ordinary enough, at least for vessels and vaguely related kin, that she was called The Gendered Child and this representation is important to some people

i would love to read about them having gendered pronouns as a result of them learning to be more open and wanting to express themselves and their identity and finding a way to do so after learning about their sisters childhood nickname or something along those lines

i do not want to read a fic and the hollow knight or little ghost are just suddenly male with 0 explanation, not in the notes or tags or previous chapters (and its ALWAYS male too. ugh)

#mild pet peeve of mine #hk #hollow knight

[jammyjamster]

IM SO FUCKING TIRED OF PEOPLE CALLING L’S LIPS SUGARY OR SWEET IN FANFICTION. IT FUCKING ISNT.

NEWSFLASH BUDDY, THERE’S AN EMZYME IN YOUR SALIVA THAT IS CALLED AMYLASE (there’s also lipase for proteins but this isnt about that) THAT BREAKS DOWN STARCH AND CARBOHYDRATES INTO SUGARS TO MAKE DIGESTION EASIER!! THERE IS BACTERIA IN YOUR MOUTH THAT FEASTS ON THESE SUGARS, THAT MAKES YOUR MOUTH SOUR!!!!

L wouldnt fucking have a sweet kissable mouth because all of the sugar he eats will feed those bacteria which causes more sourness which makes his mouth very very sour. The only times where your mouth would taste something, would be when you drink coffee or any potent drink/food where the smell lingers on your body which your nose inhales when you’re kissing your partner that makes your brain think that they taste of coffee/any other potent drink. Cake and other sweets arent very potent, so L wouldnt taste of cake either. Also, before anyone says this, sure if your mouth actively contains sugar (like solid sugars) then the kiss would taste sweet just like how when you kiss someone with food in their mouth you’d also taste it. But i dont think that L somehow has sugar in his mouth 24/7. I always see in fanfiction where they describe his kisses as ‘sweet’ or ‘tastes of cake’ when that wouldnt make any fucking sense!!! I learnt this all in year 7, so this should be really really common knowledge but somehow people still write it differently?? Then again its not that big of a deal and that im overreacting but whatever let me be mad for once

#death note #l lawliet #light yagami #talking about lawlight fanfiction btw #lawlight #fanfiction #death note fanfiction #death note fanfic #L isnt kissable #kissability-ness has dropped by 1000% after i make this post #this is just a pet peeve of mine in fanfiction #i see it ALL THE TIME and it always makes me silently fume #i log off for a few moments to rant to myself about how it wouldnt make sense #idk why im so upset about this #im not planning on kissing anyone currently or in the future #txt post #ranting #death note lawliet #death note rant