#but that's just my opinion

[q1ngqve]

What if Ratio's s/o is feeling a little insecure about herself and Ratio's like "Are you saying I have bad taste? 🤨 Quite dumb of you to say. Allow me to show you how much I adore you..."

Fingers his s/o to the point where she squirts, and then stuffing his cock inside her cunny while whispering about how much he loves her...

"perfection is not defined by arbitrary standards imposed by society. true beauty emanates from authenticity, and you, my love, possess an authenticity that shines brighter than any star in the cosmos."

CW; insecure reader, fingering, squirting, overstimulation, penetration (v)

he'd be offended (lowkey) because he thinks very highly of you! so don’t blame him when he frowns, a slight downward tilt on his lips as he asks why you would ever feel / think this way

"are you saying I have bad taste? quite dumb of you to say so." despite his harsh words, his tone is soft and comforting, wrapping his arms around you in the process, head resting on your shoulder

you are literally the most amazing person he's ever met (I would say perfect but he knows nobody is perfect), he just couldn't wrap his head around your reasons for being insecure, but he understands that everybody has their low days, and it just so happens to be yours!

and what good is he as your boyfriend if he doesn't cheer you up and show you just how beautiful you are to him?

plants kisses on the side of your neck lovingly, and you giggle softly as his hair tickles you, making him chuckle between his kisses. separates himself from you before grabbing your wrists and leads you to the bed, gesturing for you to lie down

"god, you are beautiful."

leans down to kiss you passionately, tongue running along your bottom lip as he removes your pants, flinging it to the side of the room. you pull back to catch your breath a few seconds later, eyes flickering away from his intense gaze. his red eyes burning straight through the wall you built, staring right into the deepest part of your soul, and you suddenly feel incredibly vulnerable

"I'm not..."

your boyfriend's head shakes, a sigh leaving him, "then allow me to prove you otherwise, show you just how much I adore you." your eyes meet his once again, and you feel your cheeks heating up at his statement

with a small nod of head as consent, his hand reaches for your face, cupping your cheek for a moment before moving down to your neck, to your collar bones, his mouth following after the trail he left behind

you squirm in place, feeling extremely insecure about yourself, today really isn't your day. he notices this almost immediately, and distracts you by sucking on your nipple through your shirt, letting his warm tongue prod at the perky bud

whines leave your lips as his hands trail further down, dipping in your damp panties, drawing slow, sensual circles on your clit with his middle finger, "ratio..."

your body tenses when a finger slips in, "stunning. absolutely stunning." a breathy laugh escapes him as your hands fly to the back of his neck, pulling him down to kiss him fervently, "feels good, hmm?"

another finger joins the first, embarrassing squelching sounds fill the room as he pumps them into you with precision, hitting all your sensitive spots. it doesn't take long before you come undone on his fingers, and you feel a shudder run down your body when he smiles, "one more."

he doesn't give you the chance to calm down, plunging his fingers back in, and you clench around him, hard. the overstimulation making your head go empty, all negative thoughts of your body leaving your brain

when he hits that one spongy spot deep in you, your nails instinctively dig into his shoulders, successfully making your boyfriend smirk at your reaction

"wait— slow down! or I'm gonna—"

and of course he doesn't heed your warning, pushing and curling his fingers at a faster pace, thumb rubbing your clit, the occasional brush of his ring leaves your knees weak, your hips bucking on its own accord, trying to get that delicious friction again

a sudden warmth fills your core, your brain shutting down, and all you could hear was white noise buzzing inside you, your legs clenching together with his arm still between them

ratio curses under his breath at the sight before him — you with your back arched, eyes closed, mouth open, hips grinding against his hand as you ride out your high. he knew you were cumming, but he did not expect you to squirt, drenching his lower arm with your juices, the wetness shining under the bedroom light

your legs are pushed apart as you feel him climb between them, the clanking sound of his belt falling to the ground has you opening your eyes. you find yourself whining his name pathetically at the sight of him stroking his erect dick, the tip red and angry, curving at a slight angle with his veins looking like they may burst anytime

"apologies, my dear, but my patience is running out."

air gets knocked out of your lungs the moment he pushes all the way to the hilt, pulling a scream out from you. your body shakes uncontrollably from the overstimulation, hands desperately clawing at his chest and shoulders, trying to ground yourself with all your might

his hands grab at your hips, lifting you up slightly to thrust into you better as he kisses you again, this time so hard and rushed that your teeth clanks at some point. he'd pull away when you push at him, almost suffocating from the kiss, and you'd watch with tears in your eyes as he grits his teeth, jaw flexing each time he hits your cervix, soft grunts sounding at the back of his throat with each thrust

"you. are. absolutely. phenomenal." each word comes out hoarsely with each thrust, "every inch of you, perfection." tears stream down your face at his words, tiny gasps of whatever insecurities leave your body, "and don't you ever forget that."

you feel your pussy spasming around him, you're so so near to the edge, and you know he will he send you over with ease — angling his hips at the perfect angle, his own high approaching with each spasm of your warm gummy walls

"fuck— cum with me, please."

and you tense, gripping down on him like a vice, barely registering his groan of your name against your neck as you fall over the edge yet again. spurts of hot liquid fill your insides, leaving you a whimpering, crying mess under him. your boyfriend above you pants against your neck, his arms giving out slightly to press his body weight on you, trapping you beneath him, the weight and heat a comforting anchor for you to come back down

it takes a few minutes for the both of you to recover, and when you do, he's already kissing your collarbones, hands kneading your body softly, massaging at the red hand prints of his grip on your hips from before

sobs leave you unexpectedly as you wrap your arms around him, breaking down against his chest, wetting the fabric there. ratio's hands reach for your hair, pushing the fringe on your face back behind your ear, his thumb brushing the stray tears away from your eyes

soft tenderness appears in his own eyes as he leans closer to you, forehead touching yours, "while I may not fully comprehend the intricacies of your emotions, rest assured that my commitment to you remains unwavering. you are the reason my heart beats with such fervor, and you are cherished beyond measure."

you break into small giggles as more tears pour, and your hand reaching up to cup his face when you notice his nose and eyes turning red, tears welling in those beautiful shades of red and purple

"I love you."

#i took way too long with this #wanted it to be perfect because i know insecurities can be harsh on everybody #i also think he is the type to cry / be vulnerable whenever he is with his s/o #but that's just my opinion #if him crying at the end is ooc to you #sorry :/ #🀥 lan’s writings! #☃︎ anons! #hsr #honkai star rail #dr ratio #dr ratio x reader #hsr dr ratio #veritas ratio #veritas ratio x reader

[cat-downthestreet]

hey, listen! this is a rant post about neurodivergent characters in Genshin and my frustration with the fandom's reading comprehension skills. if you're in a bad place or just don't like angry rants, please don't force yourself and go read something else instead. <3

Okay, so, I watched this video recently, and let's just say, I have some thoughts.

https://youtu.be/tYK3297p4rk?si=eMaf8NF57HFlUhfd

This isn't just a Xiao problem- the entire fandom is terrible at characterization. The example that makes me the most angry is the mischaracterization of neurodivergent characters.

Take Alhaitham for example. He's often seen as rude and narcissistic by the fandom- which is especially apparent in Haikaveh content, where people portray him as straight up abusive.

You wanna know why this makes me so mad? The supposedly narcissistic and rude traits Alhaitham has are actually just exaggerated symptoms of autism.

Like, come ON, people. Don't skip dialogue. Better yet, go read through his story quest again. He straight up tells someone who sees him as narcissistic that he doesn't see others as less than himself. Also, his voicelines basically confirm this- he's extremely socially inept and he doesn't care. He has difficulty showing emotions as readily as his peers- that doesn't mean he doesn't have them, just that he expresses them differently. He comes across as rude because he doesn't get that people don't like to hear what they're doing wrong, and he probably doesn't care because that's not his problem. If people don't like how blunt he is, that's their problem. At least, that's how I think he views the world.

And like, there are SO many hints that he's autistic. He wears sound-blocking earpieces, for crying out loud. Hell, the ENTIRE REASON why he helped out during the Archon quest was because he didn't want his life to change too much. Preferring routine is an autistic trait.

And the worst part is, when I talk about this outside of neurodivergent groups, people tell me I'm wrong and that he couldn't be autistic DESPITE THOSE PEOPLE NOT BEING AUTISTIC THEMSELVES.

And I'm not saying that every autistic person relates to Alhaitham, but I certainly do. And I'm actually quite friendly because I'm anxious about being rejected. Alhaitham isn't, and I'm so jealous of him for that. He's living his best life.

Finally, back to the Haikaveh thing... Alhaitham isn't abusive. He doesn't say horrible things to Kaveh, and the one example of him doing that I could find, he immediately backtracked and subtly tried to make Kaveh feel better. Hell, Alhaitham doesn't even actually care about making sure Kaveh pays rent. He says it as a joke, but because he's autistic and his tone of voice doesn't give that away as well, he's portrayed as abusive and misunderstood as narcissistic. Y'all just don't like neurodivergent people and it shows.

Yes, neurodivergent includes Xiao. PTSD is often viewed as a form of neurodivergency, and there are many MANY characters in Genshin that have PTSD or some other form of neurodivergence. Yet people refuse to see them as such and mischaracterize them as "edgy," "narcissistic," "unapproachable," "weird," and the like. Yet none of these characters are any of those things.

You wanna know the true narcissists? The true edgelords? The actually rude people? Might I direct your attention to Scaramouche, Childe, and Dottore, whom everyone makes out to be as misunderstood pathetic little meow meows that need love.

Reminder that only two of those three are actually redeemable, and one is STILL an edgelord who is more rude than Alhaitham could ever be, while the other is a certified insane person with a weird set of morals.

(Side note: I love Scaramouche and Childe as characters. I'm just tired of people acting like they aren't worse than the autistic characters. Scaramouche is extremely rude, but he's trying to be better as Wanderer thanks to Nahida's help. He has severe PTSD, and Childe does, too. But both of them are actually messed up and have done horrible things, yet people portray them as better and more in need of love than the characters with unlikable (read: neurodivergent) traits.)

Don't even get me started on how people portray Kokomi, Sucrose, Fischl, Diluc, Zhongli, Cyno, Furina, Neuvillette, and Albedo. Especially that last one- I WILL get mad if one more person tries to tell me he's just emotionless and rude.

Also, if anyone is wondering where I've seen people misunderstanding these characters, it's mostly on Hoyolab site discussions. There's one too many posts talking about how "rude" and "annoying" these characters are.

With Alhaitham especially, I see many people writing him as abusive in Haikaveh content. I see people arguing about the ship being toxic because Alhaitham is "abusive," "unfeeling," and "cruel." Even people who like the ship portray him as such. And I've seen too many people comparing him to Dr. Ratio, who is literally just a narcissist who views others as beneath him. Don't get me wrong, I understand the comparison. It's just... very obvious that people skipped dialogue during Genshin's Archon and story quests.

And it's frustrating because I've been misunderstood in the exact same way. I've been called "rude," "annoying," and "unfeeling" in the past and it's screwed me up. Seeing people do the same thing to a character I so deeply relate to makes me lose confidence in both myself and people around me.

If that's how you view a fictional character with autistic traits, how do you treat real people with the same traits?

Thanks for reading this far. My previous post seemed to get a lot of attention, so I felt more confident about posting my full perspective on this subject. Can any of you think of other characters that have been constantly misunderstood in the fandom? I'd love to hear about it.

#autism #autistic #mischaracterization #genshin impact #genshin xiao #alhaitham #haikaveh #autistic characters #rant post #autistic vent #neurodivergent #ptsd #i just wish things were different #if people like me were seen as normal this wouldn't be happening #but here we are #people need to understand what autism actually looks like #because if they did then maybe they wouldn't treat characters that are autistic the same way they treat actually autistic people #or better yet #maybe they would even stop excluding and belittling us for being different #but that's just my opinion

[bietrofastimoff23]

hot opinion: i don't think shifu had parental feelings for tigress. she may have surpassed her comrades and appeared in the palace before them, but i just don't see that he was more emotionally attached to her than to the other members of the furious five. therefore, it is somewhat absurd for me to see the popular opinion that she is like a daughter to him, when there is no reason for this, except the desire of the fans. i have a feeling that he even has warmer feelings for po than for tigress. and still, even po will never be able to even come close (he doesn't need to) to who tai lung (his only canonical adopted child) is was to shifu.

tigress probably sees shifu as a father, but he has never seen a daughter in her. he was too emotionally invested in tai lung and broken to open his heart to anyone else. these two - shifu and tigress - have their own one-sided tragedy, which does not need to be a repeat of the previous one to be interesting.

#tai lung #shifu #tigress kfp #kung fu panda #[ It's not that I'm against hd I just don't like that some people give it away as a fact. #but that's just my opinion #and if you think otherwise #it's okay #I don't want to get into a confrontation with anyone. #Don't give it too much importance ] #my post

[ama-kitkat123]

"Hi-Fi RUSH did everything No Straight Roads was trying to do but better." In terms of gameplay and polish? Definitely. But personally, NSR's art, characters, and music made much bigger impressions on me than HFR. I cannot remember a single standout original track from HFR that isn't a cover (not saying it doesn't have any bangers; the music is good— but all the rock tracks kinda blend together after a while), while NSR's music stands out immediately. Mayday and Zuke are also way more entertaining MCs than Chai. Fight me.

(For the record, I love both games. I'm just annoyed at HFR fans putting NSR down to make their game look better when it also has flaws.)

#nsr's character design is also more unique than hfr #chai is just some dude. in a bad way. he's so bland especially next to the rest of the cast. #i get he's literally supposed to be the average layman but imma be honest. i'm sick of that archetype. it's been done to death. #mayday and zuke are better mcs by a mile. they have better designs better chemistry than chai and peppermint and have better personalities. #the bosses of nsr are more memorable for similar reasons too #but that's just my opinion #no straight roads #hi fi rush #nsr #briar.txt

[polyvees]

may I say something controversial?

I personally like velval more than voxval and voxvel pls don't attack me, and ofc voxvalvel is still top tier for me

#maybe it's cause vox is also my least favourite vee and not ecen in my top 5 favourite characters #I still love him don't get me wrong #Val and Vel are just THE top 2 characters for me #and since their relationship hasn't been explored as much as voxval and voxvel #I get to draw my own conclusions #I said it before but to me Velvette is a lesbian and Valentino is genderfluid #they're toxic yuri ok #Vox doesn't understand ok #it's so in character for me to not only like a rarepair #but a rarepair within the rarepair #I don't think I met anyone who ships velval on the level I do #and why I hate voxvalevelin a poly vee where valvel isn't dating but are “siblings/besties 🤮” instead #anyway #valvel #velval #velvette #valentino #hazbin hotel velvette #poly vees #hazbin hotel #it would go: #1. velval #2. voxval #3.voxvel #but that's just my opinion

[x--ghost--x]

That's kinda random but I wanted to draw transfem!2k12Leo (Leonore maybe? It sounds really cool. It has Greek roots and it means 'sun ray' and I think it's really cute for her♡)

You don't get how much I love this headcanon (it's canon for me, you can't change my mind, sorry)

#tmnt #tmnt fanart #tmnt leo 2012 #transfem #transfem leo #tmnt 2012 #you don't get how much i love her #probably would use she/they #but that's just my opinion #also rottmnt leo is transmasc #2012 leo #tmnt leo fanart #fanart #digitalart #ghost ☆: art

[likealittleheartbeat]

some of us want gay rep, but how many of us were ready for the gay representation of surreal anal sex imagery that kunihiko ikuhara (yes, the director of Revolutionary Girl Utena) used in the musical tv show Sarazanmai in 2019 to represent the relieving of isolation, attachment, and shame (in addition to just having explicitly homosexual characters)??? Cuz I certainly didn't know that's what I'd been wanting all along

#kunihiko ikuhara #sarazanmai #rgu #it's just the everyone actually asks for the minimum #and we actually already have a lot of the type of gay representation that people are asking for if we're willing to look for it #but i think what people actually want is queer media for queers #and what ikuhara does in his shows is that #he makes queer experiences the foundation for the show #and then extrapolates on it and uses relevant imagery to draw other audiences in to relate to queerness #which is incredible #like think about the coffin and sword imagery from rge!!! #Los Espookys would be another show that falls into a queer show made for queer folks #but that's just my opinion #queer history

[adhd-merlin]

trying to write merwenthur but head full of merwaine and circus music

#I think they made out sloppily while drunk. at least once. #but that's just my opinion #merwaine #personal

[gotyouanyway]

i think lucie was clara's bff's little sister when they were all in school together until they were teenagers and clara kissed lucie at a school dance and her friend was like hey fuck you for kissing my little sister?? and then that was the end of their friendship and lucie and clara didn't even talk again either until after they'd both been in a tardis it was all toxic for nothing

#but that's just my opinion #p #dw

[tvuniverse]

Listen i just want to preface this by saying I don't even personally hate Tommy, but that's not really the point i want to make so here goes nothing.

The way a lot of people act as if it's impossible to dislike him because the characters have moved on so so should we, right? and that's the thing right here, as poc we're always being told to move on. We can't express our feelings, we can't hold grudges, we can't complain about issues without making it something more than it is, we always have to just... move on.

I know people are going to say it's just a show, it's not that serious, but the issues it touches on and the way fandom speaks on those issues are.

I've seen a lot of comparisons between Tommy and other mains, how each of them are flawed and have screwed up one way or another, and you're right, but it's still unfair to compare him to them. We've seen each of the main characters experience guilt, or be ashamed of their action, we've seen them apologise, put in the work to actually grow, and they have. There's not enough time in an episode for us to see that for side characters. In this case, Tommy didn't do any of the above and that's normal, he was a plot device to show some very real societal issues, and especially what people of colour/women might go through in the workplace, and once he served his purpose he didn't get much more beyond a few scenes where it seemed like everything was fine between him and chim/hen. It would be more appropriate to compare him to the buckley parents, (who appeared in more or less the same amount of episodes) like if people suddendly started saying no one is allowed to hate them because they got their redemption, their kids more or less forgave them, they more or less tried to be better parents. And yet it's still not enough for a lot of people, because how they treated their children, the shit they've said to them, hits a little too close to home for a lot of people and so no matter what the show says or does, they'll still be mostly hated by the audience, and that's more than okay. But if margaret buckley is your favourite character than by all means be my guest. And listen, i love this show, it's all about hope, and it means everyone gets a redemption arc, as short as it is (sometimes even just a sentence lol), but we won't always be satisfied with these arcs, especially if they don't feel proportional to the hurt the characters may have caused to our mains, so we'll all have different reactions to them.

I swear liking a morally ambiguous/grey character says absolutely nothing about you, but making excuses for them, antagonising people who might dislike them (for good reasons) or acting like suddenly triggers don't exist for people, does say something about you. One of my favourite characters is literally the worst person ever, an actual bigot, but i won't ever write essays about why people are not allowed to dislike him actually because he's my babygirl.. i very much understand why people would.

All of this to say, everyone will have different opinions about Tommy. Some might love him, some will be completely neutral or at worst slightly uncomfortable/bothered by him, and some will straight up hate him, and all of these are fine. Live and let live, love whoever you want to love, and hate whoever you want to hate, but please stop trying to dictate how others should feel, i'm begging. And this really does go both ways.

#i never ever get involved in fandom discourse. ever #my blog is my safe space and so i just want to reblog some silly gifs of my silly little characters and move on about my day #but nothing gets to me more than being told to 'move on' #anyway i know the casual (and not so casual) racism is rampant in this fandom but boy has this week been hell #but just another week in this fandom i guess #(also i know some people hate him just because of buck/eddie and this is a whole other discourse i won't get into) #anti tommy kinard #not really but just in case #fandom discourse #also i said dehumanisation because that's what he did to chimney #acting like people don't exist until they do something that's beneficial to you and that's when you'll finally treat them as human beings #that shit hurts like crazy but it doesn't get talked about enough tbh #and that's also kind of why i think it's hard to know if he's really Grown or if it's just a case of 'these people are the exception' #and we can't really know until we actually see him interact with other minorities #but that's just my opinion #also i know we're all tired of this discourse and i'm sorry to bring it back but every day i've opened this app and saw something about it #and closed it right up lmao #i just needed to get this off my chest once and for all #i'll go back to never getting involved in fandom discourse again #anyhoo #i'll probably delete this at some point knowing myself

[marslovescars]

With Aston Martin getting the Honda Works deal plus poaching Adrian Newey, they're trying to be serious contenders. Which I can't get mad at a team throwing money at the problem, but I think there are other issues at AM money can't fix.

#f1 #formula 1 #fernando alonso #lance stroll #I think Mike Krack has got to go #but that's just my opinion #I love Alonso but I feel Carlos Sainz would be better in his seat

[misc-obeyme]

An idea I've been playing with for my MC and Barbatos is that when I was first getting into watercolors, I didn't have paint so I used various teas and coffee on hand. Did you know raspberry tea once dry turns a nice shade of blue? the others are various browns.

My MC would probably ask Barbatos about various devildom teas and maybe paint a portrait of him or diavolo in tea. Would this be considered flirting? How would Barbatos feel, if not knowing initially why MC was requesting the various tea, if he were to receive a portrait of himself painted with tea?

- 🐌 anon

(anyone wanting to play with tea, please be advised not to use the type of teabags that have sugars added, your painting will attract ants)

ps sorry I'm making you my Barbatos expert but that's your life now

Okay I put both of your asks together so that I could answer them at the same time since they're related! I hope that's okay. :) Also yes I use the goth rave theme I can't bring myself to change it

Let me begin by saying that I'm more than happy to be considered the Barbatos expert... I have been gifted similar titles in the past. While I don't really consider myself to be the ultimate authority on Barb because I believe everybody can headcanon and characterize him however they like, I can't pretend that I mind at all. I accept that this is my life now lol!

Anyway, this is an interesting question to me. It turns out that I have thought about a very similar scenario. My own MC is a painter and part of their story is the painting of portraits and what it means to them specifically. So I've considered how Barbatos would react to having his own portrait done.

First I have to say that I love the concept of painting with tea and coffee. That's just really cool and creative, in my opinion. I had no idea raspberry tea turns blue, but I love that it does.

Now, as for Barbartos, he kind of goes out of his way to be unobtrusive. He's always there should anyone need him, but he rarely takes the spotlight himself.

I don't think this means that it makes him uncomfortable. We've seen him step up to the challenge before (such as in the figure skating card). I think it's more that he considers himself more helpful to everyone if he remains in the background. He doesn't want to distract from others that he considers to be more important than him (i.e. Diavolo).

But in the case of an MC who notices him? Who has observed him closely and well enough to paint a portrait of him?

I think he would love it.

Yes, he would be flustered, especially if MC meant it as a romantic gesture (though honestly I think he'd love it whether or not it was given romantically or platonically). But he wouldn't be flustered in a bad way. Just surprised and touched that MC spent that much time paying attention to him.

And the fact that it was painted with tea? And tea that he had procured for them? That just makes it more special.

MC went out of their way to make something for him, using a talent of theirs and an interest of his. I think he would love it no matter what the painting was of, but I also think there's something special about it being a portrait of him. I think because he's so used to people not focusing on him that much, it would carry that much more meaning to him.

I do think if you asked him, he would say he would prefer a portrait of Diavolo. But that's only because he doesn't realize how important it would be to him for MC to observe him in this way.

I think he would be happy either way, but I do think the impact of the portrait being him would be greater. If that makes sense lol!

#he might ask for one of Dia anyway lol #but that's just my opinion #obey me #obey me nightbringer #obey me barbatos #🐌 anon #misc answers

[dream-critical]

Also just would like to say that while I'm glad Tommy seems to have changed his mind on the whole thing and has kind of distanced himself from dream with this all going on, that doesn't redeem him in my eyes. He's gonna have to put in a lot of effort before standing with dream after the allegations came out and the qsmp stuff happened will be forgiveable imo

#mercury.txt #but that's just my opinion

[ahoyimlosingmymind]

You dislike Sophie? Any particular reason?

This is all my opinion, I'm not even concrete in it ngl, there's just lil things that irk me about her character. I also haven't read the books in a fatty minute, so maybe I'm just delulu. its also 2am so hehe

Similar to how I feel about Keefe, it really comes down to execution of her character for me. I don't have as in depth thoughts on her as I do about Keefe's character, but anyway-

I really really loved her in books 1-5. <- I just think this was the golden age for the books in general but I digress. She was very moral, sweet, and logical. She rushed into danger and questioned things, which landed her in hot crap sometimes. But there was always a REAL motive behind her desire to not listen to the authority figures. She was really relatable in the way she wasn't totally over-powered, still trying to find her footing in this new world etc

But then, at some point, I'm not really sure WHEN it happened, Shannon decided that every single one of her female characters needed to be a girl-boss. No exceptions. And this was when I noticed the shift in Sophie's character. She lost her distinction a bit imo. you could easily interchange any of her 'Girl power'-esque lines with any other girl in the series and I wouldn't blink. That's how little her 'confident character development' sticks out to me. Because it comes off as FORCED.

here's the thing. Sophie already was a girl boss character. It was obvious. From book 1, she was brave and selfless and moral and strong... I love her for that.

The issue is that the narrative became aware of it too. And started TELLING us instead of letting her actions speak for themselves.

This telling was greatly reinforced by characters like Ro who always has to comment on being bad ass. And like- Linh losing some of her original softness for the sake of being 'powerful' and I AM ALL FOR empowering stories and characters- but when they lose the original aspects of their personality for the sake of it?? That's not growth, it's erasure. Confidence and softness aren't mutually exclusive. And when Linh was first introduced, that was one of the shining aspects of her personality. But now, There's so little distinction between a lot of the girl characters now for this reason. They serve as a comment on society, they're vessels to embed a message into. And they lose their individualism within that. BC THE MESSAGE WAS ALREADY THERE. IT DIDN'T NEED TO BE EXPLICITLY STATED EVERY OTHER PAGE. *cough* sorry.

And sadly, Sophie's character got lost in the sauce with it for me. (And it does not help that the side cast of characters is so vast they kinda blend together as well)

What really got me though, was when she started making weird choices that felt like forced edginess. Like burning down the storehouse. She's done some crazy stuff in the past, but I was always on her side. but this time??? no.

THERE WAS VALUABLE STUFF IN THERE. That was pure shock value. Because wdym we've been scrambling for answers for the past several books, and when Sophie stumbles upon a storehouse stock full of Neverseen stuff she just... burns it to the ground?? Like wasn't Gisela's Arche-something in there?

Sophie had no issue letting Alvar go for some info in regards to Keefe, but then she get's his mom's book of plans and BURNS IT???

And I get her thought process behind it was "The Neverseen has taken everything from me, so I'm going to take something from them. I'm tired of always sitting back and just reacting and never being proactive." I GET THAT. But burning the storehouse was SO not the moment lmao. She's also traumatized and the Neverseen is very triggering for her obviously, which means she doesn't always have the clearest thoughts in regards to it. But BOI-

I might just be an asshole. Idek.

I made a previous post talking about how unfair she was to Fitz when they were dating. It's buried in my blog somewhere. But she was not a saint in that situation (neither was he.) but just like Keefe, the narrative doesn't hold her nearly as accountable as it does when it comes to basically everyone else.

I don't hate her at all, but yeah idek. I'm tired lol

#Shannon is also propping her up into leadership roles #and while it is cool to see a character forced into a position that does not come naturally to them #anytime Sophie starts bossing everyone around it just comes off as posturing #and maybe it's SUPPOSED to?? #if it's supposed to #I can respect that immensely as a character choice #however you have lines from Keefe like “You're so cute when you're being all leaderly” #which leads me to believe Shannon wants me to think she's actually a natural born leader #but it's always been obvious to me that Sophie is a lot more reserved. She can lead a moral charge and all #and advocate for a cause. those are her character strengths #but she 100% works better when she's bouncing ideas off of other characters and not being 100% in charge #but that's just my opinion #kotlc #sophie foster crit

[silverfox66]

From all the things I have seen and heard about Avatar the Last Airbender Live action, I have a very mixed bag of feelings about it. I don't like some of the changes they made, but the trailers look nice overall. Regardless what I think of it, people worked hard on it, and I like the actors overall, so I hope the live action is successful for them.

#I just think Avatar doesn't really work as a live action #but that's just my opinion #avatar the last airbender #Netflix

[multicolour-ink]

It's pretty silly to assume Chris Pratt will be the one to take over in the games

You know, every time the Internet is convinced something is going to happen, and then I say "No it's not because *insert evidence here*", I usually end up being wrong 😅

So I'm hoping and praying that I am right this time!

The idea of Chris Pratt taking over in the games just doesn't make sense to me. He's a very in demand Hollywood actor; so even if he had the time, he would be too expensive to hire.

A good example is Tom Hanks - the voice of Woody in the Toy Story series. He only voices Woody in the movies. Anything else like the toys and video games (including in Kingdom Hearts 4) he's voiced by his brother, Jim Hanks.

I'm not saying everyone has to like and accept Chris Pratt; but the guy literally cannot catch a break from Mario fans!

#I'm convinced pratt was only chosen to voice mario in the movie because of mcu clout #but that's just my opinion #we'll probably never know what went on behind the scenes #super mario #mario #chris pratt #charles martinet #multicolour ink answers