#but that's the thing

[moodyseal]

Saw this post and was suddenly overcome by the urge to draw them <3 they make me so unbelievably sad

#trials of apollo #toa #percy jackson #pjo #heroes of olympus #hoo #apollo #artemis #ik they both care about one another #a lot #i know artemis SPLIT from how much she worried over apollo in toa #but that's the thing #they care and yet there's so much they hide from each other #to protect the other from dangers they could've never been spared from #i hope they had a nice long chat after toa tbh #my art #lonely thoughts

[hephaestuscrew]

Renée Minkowski is extremely into the abstract concept of Crew Bonding in such a way that it impairs her ability to actually bond with the particular crew that she has.

She wants them to have Christmas dinner together and give each other Christmas gifts, but she's not made an effort to learn Eiffel's feelings about December 25th and to think about what he might like to do that day.

She wants them to each say what they are thankful for at Thanksgiving, but when she says she's "thankful to have such a great crew on this mission", it sounds extremely unconvincing, as if she's just saying what she thinks a Commander ought to say at a Thanksgiving dinner on a space station, rather than expressing any genuine sentiments or revealing anything personal about herself.

She wants them all to participate in the talent show "to boost morale... bond as a crew, and... have a great time doing it", but Hilbert and Eiffel's reactions make it clear that talent shows do the opposite of improving crew morale for them.

Christmas celebrations and thanksgiving dinners and talent shows are all things that could potentially have a positive impact on morale and bonding for some hypothetical space crews, but in the way Minkowski approaches them, none of these things are particularly helpful for the morale and bonding of the people who are actually in her crew. Minkowski puts real effort into group bonding activities for her crew, but they are always based on general ideas about crew bonding, rather than on thinking about the individuals around her and what she can do to connect with those people in particular.

#Wolf 359 #w359 #renee minkowski #renée minkowski #I think she was probably even more intense about crew bonding stuff earlier in the mission #By the beginning of S1 she's just going through the motions to some extent #Also telling Eiffel 'that's actually less horrific than what I was expecting' to his thanksgiving contribution #isn't exactly a good way to encourage him to contribute #She tells him not to do smoke rings for the talent show as well #which under Wolf 359 science is sensible #but it's also reflective of a determination to get people to participate in the way that feels right to her #rather than the way that's natural for them #Tbf Eiffel at least seemed to enjoy that thanksgiving dinner #but it doesn't really seem like it brought them closer together #Especially with culturally loaded things like Christmas and Thanksgiving #there should have been a discussion there #but that's the thing #communication #and understanding her crew as individuals #those are things she has to learn #I'm also not saying that successfully bonding with Hilbert would have made any difference to anything #but pre-Christmas-mutiny it was an aim of hers at least on paper #Another thing to note is that Hera is partially excluded from some of these things #She's the only willing participant in the talent show #but Minkowski gives her a part with two lines #Minkowski encourages Hera's contribution of what she's thankful for #but only after Hera's asked if she could say something #Oh also I think that Minkowski's thanksgiving speech sounds like she'd planned those lines out before she even got up to the Hephaestus #She isn't thankful for her crew. Not at that stage. She's saying it through gritted teeth #But she'd planned on having a crew she was thankful for

[chirpsythismorning]

I love it when milkvan accounts have "the superhero and the heart 💜💙" in their bios, like yesss address her by exactly what she doesn't wanna be seen as, and him as how his other love interest standing in the way of milkvan sees him

I can honestly say it's gotten to a point where I feel bad? Like, completely separate from byler obviously, just seeing some of their takes on things, it makes me feel pity almost because their interpretation of what's happening is just so superficial and yet they truly believe it's the most beautiful love story on the planet.

I'm not even the type of byler that hates milkvan tbh. I am a byler that was a milkvan back in the day. Like, I hate to admit this, I hate it so much, but I literally remember rewatching season 2 to prepare for s3's release and I skipped all of s2 practically so I could get to the end to rewatch their reunion! I was that bad!

For those that don't know, s2 was seen as like a big risk from Netflix's perspective, because they were scared that the show would tank since El wasn't with the boys again, specifically Mike, for the entire season. And so I can honestly say, at one point, I contributed to a large sector of fans back then who thought it was the Mike and El show and ended up missing a lot as a result. Though, upon coming across theories post s3 (Mike in front of the closet in Will's room was what opened my eyes officially), I remember rewatching s2 and seeing that shed scene and feeling instantly that it was romantic... And so apparently, all it took was me actually watching it instead of skipping over it to realize....

So that's probably a part of the problem for them still, is that they're watching the milkvan scenes with undivided attention (with rose-tinted goggles), and they're glossing over everything else. Even now, with one season left we still see them downplay Mike and Will's relationship by saying Mike hates Will? And that alone could not make it more obvious that they do not actually watch the show.

Most bylers on the other-hand are capable of watching milkvan scenes, multiple times, like we analyze them to death. And most of us are coming from a good place, genuinely trying to understand these two characters and where they are both coming from. Though, I have yet to see a byler scene be analyzed by milkvans? Like they just don't talk about them beyond downplaying them both romantically and platonically? I'm convinced they've seen every byler scene maybe once bc they were forced to on the first watch but they've avoided their scenes ever since... Not great for their ability to understand the show obviously.

Many of them do in fact view that first meeting in the woods as like them falling in love at first sight. And genuinely, A LOT of people got hooked on Stranger Things in the first place because of Mike and El and them sort of viewing all of their interactions as irrefutably romantic.

And that isn't inherently bad! It's not! But now when you add Will in the mix, you start to see the hypocrisy seep in through the cracks. And it's because by comparison, they view fans merely speculating about Mike's potential feelings for Will as something to be seen as perverted or gross. And so that for me, is when I sort of start to question the groundwork of milkvan.

Because quite frankly, I didn't see any of these people getting angry and defensive about how gross 99% of the audience was for shipping Mike and El in s1-2. As far as I can remember, the show was a hit in large part because it followed this very successful trope of self insert nerdy boy meets girl who is way more 'cool' than him, and people ate that shit up bc we always do. It's what we're used to. It's safe. From what I recall, no one had any problem with Mike trying to kiss El in his basement bathroom after like 3 days of knowing her, during a very traumatic time in their lives and only specifically after Lucas implied Mike was already in love with her and wanted to marry her at this point.

They saw that and said, that's love bitch.

And bylers say this all the time, but it is absolutely true: If the roles were reversed, if El was the best friend of Mike's who went missing and instead Will was a boy they found in the woods while looking for her, fans would have been saying this is obviously a best friends to lovers story between Mike and El!!!.. And that bathroom scene? If that happened between Mike and Will? They would have saw that and said what the fuck kind of sick shit is this.? And maybe it would have been in large part because the circumstances at play, bc it doesn't really matter to me personally when it comes to that situation whether it was a girl and a boy or a boy and a boy, it was an odd choice to make, plain and simple. And that's what I'm trying to say here. That to them, one is true love, and one is disturbing.

Mike's known Will longer. If he is queer (he is), then it's very likely he did have a crush on Will at the time he met El, not necessarily super consciously or anything. But even despite that, I don't think Mike would have felt comfortable with kissing Will in that situation, nor any other boy or girl. They prove this when Mike's makes that comment in s2, chastising Dustin and Lucas for merely being interested in getting to know Max, despite never having spoken a word to her? Like that tells you right there the circumstances and everything at play is what led Mike to try to kiss El in that moment, a moment that was unprecedented and never would have happened in any other scenario.

Even in the case they found Will in the woods instead of El, I don't even think that scene would have happened either? And this is because the whole point of it was for El to ask Mike if she was still pretty despite having a buzz cut (looking like a boy like everyone in the story has been hinting at us that entire season), for Mike to say pretty, really pretty, only for him to look visibly uncomfortable with himself, followed by trying to overcorrect this moment by kissing her.

That scene wouldn't make sense with Mike and Will bc it was happening in the first place because of heteronormativity. And it existing and people thinking it's like peak romance, is in and of itself proving the hypocrisy of an audience that is eventually going to call Will and Mike ending up together, coming out of nowhere and perverted...

Bc you just know if El was Mike's best friend, they never would have had any interest in Will as this boy they found with superpowers. They would have got those scenes of Mike looking everywhere for El and instantly latched onto the boy/girl slow-burn best friends to lovers trope.

The crazy together scene???? If that scene was between Mike and his best friend El, fans would have been rooting for it to end in a kiss... Why do you think the Duffers had that awkward long pause at the end? They were nodding to the fact that this audience is willing to see one thing, but not the other. Even when the thing they're willing to see is overcast by things that should make you a little bit more critical of it in the first place.

Putting Will or any other boy in El's place in that scene in the bathroom or other moments between Mike and El in s1 would have completely removed the romantic lens for most of the audience back then, and it's because... wait for it... HETERONORMATIVITY!

We as a society see a boy and a girl being nice to each other and pressure them to make it official. Hell no a boy and a girl can't just close friends. Either one of them is harboring secret feelings or one of them is gay.

Heteronormativity is literally why most of society latched onto these 2 characters, not necessarily the pieces that made up the whole. And so they have to make up excuses despite the circumstances bc it is so normalized that they don't think twice about it, because they've never had to think twice about it up to this point.

Stories have always catered to them. In fact, the stories we've been exposed to our whole lives has created the expectations we have in the first place.

And so like... I do feel bad but only bc I'm a decent person and don't like to see people hurting genuinely.

No doubt I will feel satisfaction seeing some folks who were hurtful to bylers get a taste of their own medicine, but I genuinely hope that they can eventually learn to accept it and appreciate the story for what the Duffers intend it to be when it's all said and done.

As for the superhero and the heart... again, I feel bad like genuinely, I don't know how to even explain the unnecessary guilt I feel that these strangers who I don't even know are going to be whiplashed tf out of next season...

#stranger things #anti milkvan #sorry that i sort of went off on a tangent #i just don't feel like i'm the type of byler to hate milkvan? #maybe it's bc ive reached a point where i feel zero threat to like byler or whatever? #but that's the thing #it's not even about shipping byler and like wanting them to be together #i've just been along for the ride this whole time and going along with what's presented #and byler is obvious to me based on the evidence #and so i like talking about it and analyzing it bc there is so much to still discover #if byler didn't happen i wouldn't like be heartbroken #i would just be like 100% genuinely confused #bc i'm not here bc i'm like queerbaited constantly #i'm here bc i like tv shows and movies and get fixated on ones that are smart and interesting every other year #and st is the fixation rn #and byler is like the life and blood atp #bc there's just soooooooo much! #hopefully milkvans will allow themselves to rewatch byler scenes finally post s5... #bc you just know most of them can't bc it makes it near impossible to convince themselves milkvan is superior... #like... it's obvious the show doesn't want you to feel that way by the end of s4 #so... #but it's inevitable they'll have to choose between being bitter forever or just simply accepting it and appreciating it for what it is #i wish them all well #besides like genuine homophobes who are pieces of shit #i look forward to them saying this was fanservice or last minute or something #that will be... peak entertainment

[monty-glasses-roxy]

Does anyone have like... a top down view of the Pizzaplex? But like... with everything loaded in? Or maybe at a bit of an angle?

I'm wondering where everything is in accordance to each other in the actual game since I know the lifts often teleport you sideways instead of up and down and things like that. It would help with clearing up the confusion on the layout I think. I'm curious what's where, ya know?

#fnaf security breach #like yeah I can just make it up and get rid of lifts as I see fit cause we all know that like the long hallways #they're used to handle load times and what not #but that's the thing #they're added in here there and everywhere so like... where actually is everything? Ya know?? #we know the raceway is on the ground floor with the daycare and kids cove #but all the other attractions need lifts despite it making no sense for some of them to need lifts so like #where are they if you load everything in? #whats where if you do that? #I COULD logic it out #but I'm tired so... #yeah any info on this would be great

[iisarandomperson]

Oh, didn't realize I had to put text here. Made tags beforehand. I'm not smart.

#thank you for this ask #at times I feel like I don't deserve this #and at times I probably don't #But that's the thing #At times I may not but that does not mean I don't deserve them as a whole #I can be a shitty person but I try not to be as much as possible #It's an ongoing effort #So reminders like these help me keep striving to become that better person despite my flaws

[bredforloyalty]

i dunno why me and liam would be so different. we both had the same childhood d'you know what i mean

#but that's the thing #oasis #supersonic #x

[skania]

I gotta say, Sumire is an anomaly. Kishi is actually allowing this girl to keep a clear-head at all times, to figure shit out faster than Shikamaru, to ask the right questions and say the right things all while remaining emphatic and emotionally mature.

If it weren't because he still doesn't let her in on the action, I'd suspect he isn't the one writing her lmao

#and you may say: kishi has already shown he has it in him #and you would be absolutely right #but that's the thing #he only shows this with female characters that don't show up often #the more they show up the more likely it is that kishi is either going to reduce them to a crying mess #like karin during the war arc #or just have them be dead weight #even my girl ino suffered from this once during the hidan arc #but somehow sumire has managed to avoid this fate even though she shows up every chapter #it's surreal #fandom: naruto gt #hope I don't jinx it lmao #the juxtaposition between sumire realizing what was going on right away and salad just falling on her knees and sobbing like her mom #kishi only knows how to write 1 kind of female lead lmao

[saint-cecilias]

i love that lestat, in trying to teach his daughter a harsh lesson, made the age old parental mistake of ending up passing on generational trauma instead. 

#like i honestly don't think he was trying to hurt her in that moment #but that's the thing #all it takes is ONE MOMENT to change everything #it was TOUGH LOVE but also like a huge ass mistake #lestat de lioncourt #claudia de pointe du lac #mai talks tv #iwtv amc

[kotaerukoto]

FGO's Valentines events really are the best because what you get ranges from getting a smartphone that transforms into a mini-mecha, having a moment straight out of an otome game with Charlemagne and Roland, receiving chocolate from Archetype: Earth and eating it with her, and then there's Kirei giving Guda a watch stopped on 2015, the year the Grand Order started, and afterwards Angra Mainyu directly foreshadowing that Guda will lose everything and only their conviction to continue will remain, but that they might not end up at "the end", just back at zero.

#tbd. #ooc ramblings. #truly we fgobros cannot be beat when we actually get content #but that's the thing #actually getting content.... #i wonder what Makoto thought when he noticed that the watch was stopped on 2015 #but man!! this batch of valentines scene was really good #makes me sad that this is probably gonna be the only time the Arcs appears in story/events until a tsukihime collab or smthn

[fangs-trait]

just a little though before i go to cas and do some new makeover - love to see significantly less stigmatization of which sim is good and which sim is bad to makeover and post (based purely on popularity amongst specific group of players).

i've seen it all on reddit <3 tumblr is doing way better these days

#txt #yes i do love my overrated little pixels people #yes i care specific sims because they're close to me personally #BUT THAT'S THE THING

[fern-pajamabrain]

16. you can't understand why so many people like this thing (characterization, trope, headcanon, etc) 👀

Oof, the only thing I can think about is when people used to treat Yang as dumb for some reason? But that's died down fortunately (or at least I hope so), so I'll go with some ships.

Because honestly I don't get the appeal of most Jaune ships lol. I love the boy don't get me wrong, he's lovely and he's grown a lot, but aside from Arkos or poly JNR I can't get myself to care for any of them, especially if they involve any of RWBY. But if you, reader, have a Jaune ship that is worth it, I'm willing to give it a thought.

Thanks for the ask!

#You Gave Me The Answer by Paul McCartney #and this is coming from someone who eats up any Yang crackship that is gay #but that's the thing #it's gay #if it's het i need something more yknow #pelotudeces

[mollypaup]

the thing about horror is that it is actually about love and hope and perseverance against impossible odds

#this is why characters in horror who are genre savvy are often still deeply tragic #you can know the horror is there but the only way to escape it is to abandon love #but that's the thing #the love is always there and you cannot escape it #you can abandon your friends to the killer or monster #turn away from the love #but it will haunt you #the tragedy of loss is inescapable #you may survive but the person you were will not #characters who know they are in horror and still choose love....

[ellenchain]

Wow, are you me? I've had similar ideas about Lucas and his sex life. Not quite as fleshed out but along the same veins. Lucas has sex without an emotional connection and feels unfulfilled (insert joke here). Sadly he's not emotionally aware to realize why. 47 is in tune with his emotion but feels this distance between them and doesn't get why. Of course both worlds clash beautifully in a climactic fashion. Yes, pun intended. If 47 is the big bad wolf, does Lucas get a nickname as well?

I'm sorry, but 🐰

He is Bunny for several reasons: 1) It's 47's favourite animal (because I say so) 2) He looks very good with a fluffy tail 3) Wolves hunt bunnies 4) It's kinky 5) He has to wear a butt plug to wear the fluffy tail 6) Bunnies are very social animals and need lots of love and like to play 7) It's a cute pet name

And I can well imagine Olivia's and Diana's expressions when 47 accidentally calls Lucas Bunny in their presence

#Hitman ask #Lucas would hate it to the bone #and yet he would love it #just like everything #and I love that we both had the same idea about him #❤ #Diana and Olivia would be like “do you mean this middle aged man?” #who do you call bunny 47 he is neither cute nor fluffy #but that's the thing #he is very babygirl and much little meow meow #a broken soul that needs love and devotion #sorry if that's too much you need to tell me #I know that this sexualisation can also go too far #But I mean it in the most positive sense possible

[tailsisfluffy]

I totally see Soma failing P.E. in primary school because he was in the school cafeteria instead. He ends up hating P.E. because he is forced to go.

#HC #how do you fail pe? #all you have to do is show up #but that's the thing #you don't show up #me in elementary school irl #i failed because all I wanted to do was take AR tests. #I was forced to go #food wars #shokugeki no soma #yukihira soma

[willgrahamscock]

not now kitten, daddy's about to have a mental breakdown from seeing the prices at the grocery store

#alex says things #ITS OVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[calware]

shoutout to lil hal

#i say things #1k #2k #3k #5k #10k #homestuck #💾 #lil hal #25k #50k