#but thats... thats another can of worms

[mouseratz]

I think something that a lot of people fail to accept is that.....people need to be treated like human beings regardless of situation. "fat people are ok....if they're healthy" "addicts are okay....if they're successfully recovering" "homeless people are okay.....if they're trying hard enough/they're not addicts/they're not gross" . like none of these conditions take away somebody's humanity. but when you add these "ifs", you do make respecting someone else as a literal fucking person conditional. empathy or just any level of understanding is seen as something that has to be Earned in these situations . and it sounds so simple, even obvious, but then you think about it and it is just a really widespread line of thinking.

#for a million billion reasons that do benefit people in power but thats another can of worms

[themistas]

going to scream. when castiel goes bonkers as god, powered-up over 9000, dean gives up on him one hundred and thinks he's no longer there. but sam, the blood-addict, lucifer's vessel, the freak, the one who is supposed to be evil, who has succumbed to 'darkness' here and there, knows, and doesn't. and castiel is still there, and in need of help. and what would have happened had sam not been there.

#sastiel #castiel #sam winchester #sam having so much compassion and understanding of his situation 😭😭 im never getting over this guy #also the quote-unquote on darkness is bc rly his moments werent that bad. they were bad to dean. but thats another can of worms #spn #textmistas

[holy-flowers2]

Goddd there is something to be said ab the simon revelation and nikos death bc like. Something ab how simon saw that edwin was different, like him.

How both niko and edwin are different, in different ways, and they found comfort in each other, and understood eachother completely.

How simon asked if it always has to be torture, to be like them, and he got a blue light at the end.

How niko died horrifically, and yet, there was still good luck charms and igloos, and kindness paid forward.

How, through all the tragedy and pain, there was still hope.

It gave me hope that there are other people out there, who are like me, or who are completely different from me but will still understand, or wont understand, but will still accept me.

That maybe one day all the tragedy and pain will end, and ill get my own blue light and good luck charms and igloos.

And god, its been so long since a show has given me this much hope

#something something i have never met another queer or autistic kid irl but GOD this show made me hope #sorry if this is incoherent i binged the entirety of dbd in one sitting and i am Not okay #idk if it was just me but aughghgkkf #this show man #dead boy detectives #niko sasaki #dead boy detectives spoilers #blue talks #and dont even get me STARTED on charles cause thats a whole other can of worms

[queen0fm0nsterz]

What do you think are glitches remains?

This question is so simple on the surface but the second you start looking into it... the implications carried are certainly intriguing.

So. The Glitching Remains are, by definition (and presumed by their name), remnants of the past. They are what's left of someone who has been long gone. If you want a direct comparison somewhere else in the games, the Nomes and the Shadow Children are similar to what the Glitching Remains are supposed to rappresent.

The Nomes are a more... "universal" kind of remain. They are what is left of the body after it is ridden of its identity. They are still the result of death - see as the Lady cracks RK's bones and twists his neck during his transformation - but rather than being spiritual, they are the physical manifestation of it. Nomes have been around for a long time, predating even the Lady herself, so you could use this to point at the fact that this practice of creating/leaving remnants behind has been around for a long time.

(Concept art of RK and the Nomes in the Maw and a screenshot of the Nome in the Necropolis.)

Considering how they are treated in the Maw, I would not be surprised if they were also created to be workers elsewhere. Their number is quite elevated in the Nest - place which is implied to have held large numbers of children in the past - and wa have reason to believe that the Necropolis might have had some Nomes as well.

The Shadow Children are, however, a much more direct comparison to the Glitching Remains. Officially referred to as "the Masked Remains" in their theme, they are a spiritual counterpart of the Nomes: they are what happens when you force a remnant to live outside its body.

(A Masked Remain being blasted away. They are oddly adorable.)

I say "force" because they are not born spontaneously: unlike the Glitching Remains, they need to attach to a physical object to survive even as shadows. Once their mask is destroyed, they don't reform. This is what makes me think that they are not naturally formed, but rather created.

(I also have an ounce as to what their masks are made of... but this is not the time. Still, ever since I saw that petrified child in a cage in the Residence, I have not known peace.)

A parallel is drawn between the Nomes and the S.K. in Very Little Nightmares, where their Jack-In-The-Box can be found next to some Nomes mourning in front of pictures of children - considering the context, presumably their former selves before they got transformed.

(Tears. Many tears.)

The Glitching Remains are similar in spirit, but different in practice. Nothing sways them: they are not weak to light like the Masked Remains are, and they don't need to have a physical object to attach to in order to persist in the physical plane. That being said, they are devoid of freedom: none of the remains we meet walk away from places and some even appear to be "trapped".

Taking this into account: I think the Glitching Remains are the physical manifestation of the strong emotional distress one feels before or during death. Or even a strong emotion in general. I say this because of the many places where the kids are found, implying their untimely deaths, but some of these kids are seen repeating actions which have nothing to do with that. Either way, I think that in nature, they are similar to what the Thin Man is: a "ghost" made of static which carries on thanks to emotion alone. They are not on the same due to the difference in strength, hence why the Thin Man has a more physical body while the remains don't, but the basic idea is the same.

(A few example of Remains who I think are in the place of their death/where their body lies. There is many more, but I picked the ones I think are most obvious.)

Earlier I said that I believe these remains to be formed rather than created: this is because, while we do see Thin Man has the ability to create Remains, the fact that he's been locked up for so long, as well as many of these remains hiding in places unreachable to him, has me reason that most of them are most likely not made by his own hand. Rather, I am currently of the assumption that the air of the Pale City (and surroundings) is so strongly plagued by the power of the Transmission that these Glitching Remains can form on their own.

However, when coming in contact with Mono, his first instinct when coming close to them is to "absorb" them (exact opposite of what the Shadow Kids do with RK, might I add!) and they have no reaction whatsoever, which is another reason for me to think that these Glitching Remains are truly the purest form of remnant we've ever encountered in the franchise. They only do one thing, and that's it. They don't move from their spot and they're not aggressive: they're just a fading memory replicating either their last actions, or their last emotions.

((... Kinda like the Thin Man, on a much lesser scale. Again, these are two sides of the same coin here.))

I think Six not reacting to them at all is also quite interesting. There are a few instances where Mono can absorb them right in front of her and she doesn't seem the least spooked. I wonder if she can even see them to begin with?

#little nightmares #little nightmares meta #ln meta #ln theory #the glitching remains #the shadow children #the nomes #the lady #mono #ln mono #the thin man #ln the lady #ln the thin man #six #ln six #{alr lets get this bread boyyyy #i have quite a few thoughts about them and what they are because. notice how the only beings who can leave remnants behind are the children #and the ladies (implied) but thats another can of worms #mghhhhhh}

[miscellaneoussmp]

Wait, wait, wait, it just hit me. 3/4 dead eggs have parents on Bolas Rojas now. Charlie Slimecicle, Jaiden and Roier, and Max. Mariana is the only parent to a dead egg that isn't on Bolas Rojas. (I am not counting Q as he technically didn't make it to Purgatory). There's a tragedy there.

Nobody fought like this when their eggs were lost. Max couldn't get to Trumpet in time. Jaiden and Roier only got ten minutes with Bobby after they were promised more. Charlie Slimecicle keeps losing JuanaFlippa over and over again. It was a quiet tragedy every time. There was the sound of crying and screaming, all the tell-tale signs of grief, but it wasn't loud and explosive like this. The tragedy could be explosive, but it isn't, not yet.

Roier runs into battle now under a red banner with his sword still etched with their, his and Jaiden's, son's name. The tragedy won't be quiet this time. Ten minutes should be more than enough time.

If you listen closely, while in the unground base of Bolas Rojas, you can hear the quiet laughter of three children echoing through the cave network. They're having fun playing a game, too.

#qsmp #qsmp charlie slimecicle #qsmp jaiden #qsmp roier #qsmp maximus #qsmp trumpet #qsmp bobby #qsmp juanaflippa #i was just thinking ya know? #this isnt meant to take a away from the tragedy of soulfire btw because thats whole another can of worms #let me be talk about angsty possibilities

[lighthouseas]

begging people to understand that "mike is not being abused by ted and karen" and "ted and karen are not good parents towards mike and this is something that we are supposed to take notice of throughout the show" are two statements that can and should coexist

#putting this on a fucking billboard idc #i also feel like my opinion holds some weight because my mother grew up in a family just like mike's and she did NOT turn out good okay. #she is fucked up and reminds me on the regular but thats another can of worms #like. her parents were not abusive but they were definitely emotionally neglectful #as are ted and karen and we ARE SUPPOSED TO NOTICE THAT MY GOD #i made a post abt this a looooong time ago comparing the wheeler fam and the byers fam dynamics #and like. the differences are so obvious guys. #cmon. please. begging people to understand this. PLEASE #and btw my mom is almost the same age as mike would be today . so #anyway. ok im done. byebye #stranger things #mike wheeler #st.txt

[ty-bayonet-betteridge]

3l!grian is frequently depicted as a tragic figure and sometimes i wonder if we even watched the same series

#like yes he is tragic. every character in the series is tragic but i think hes easily the least tragic of the winners #(except maybe cleo. i have my own thoughts about how cleos victory plays into her core themes and why its not as joyous or triumphant as #cleo the players and the fandom at large make it seem that i will have to make a real post about at some point) #grian dies Laughing. he smiles and calls it a dual victory before the final fight. his last words are “its been amazing.” #to me Grians arc is about how he came in with this sense of mirth. had it ripled away by the reality when his joke gets Scar killed. #and then rediscovers it as he learns that the horror of their circumstances doesn't need to keep him from delight #plus also ive never seen a man more delighted to explode three of his friends #ill also bring up that Martyns lore has Grian involved in the games explicitly to COMBAT the angst #that Grians inherent silliness and joy makes the players less hopeless as they meet their endings #and theres obviously parts of martyns lore i can take or leave but this is one area where Eyes and Ears lines up very well with what actions #the characters take and so im happy to bring it up #unlike other parts such as “limlife pearl and cleo retained more trauma between seasons than any player has before” #which i do directly refute as it doesn't seem to line up with the way the characters act and the story plays out #thats for another post though #my point here is 3l grian was having the time of his life and i think there are some fanon interpretationd that disregard that #which theyre free to do im definitely someone who has ignored canon plenty of times in the past (glances at worm) #but i think this is the sort of thing that makes the canon more interesting and compelling #anyway. um. rambled longer than i meant to there #grian #trafficblr #3rd life #3rd life smp #3lsmp

[blueishspace]

You know, If you watch Hermitcraft s6 with Watcher Grian in mind a lot of stuff works.

Like the time Impulse built the giant ass eye over Grians base and wrote a sign with like "because you watch everyone" and Grian was like: "That's true"

Or the entire way demise works, something that took two different machines to undo.

Or him knowing stuff he shouldn't because of watching the others videos irl. And more!

#watcher grian #Also more stuff #Let's not talk about the literal time travel #Because thats another can of worms #hermitcraft #hermitblr #hermitcraft s6

[mustiels-art]

CW: Blood, Implied Car Accident or Injury

One of John's reoccurring nightmares involves the scene of his own death, but it's difficult for him to figure out if he's inside the car or outside looking in. Often, it's both.

#john doe #motw #motw oc #chainsaw man oc #chainsaw man #csm #csm oc #monster of the week #monster of the week oc #deer fiend #deer devil #At first it looks creepy. But if you look closer at his expression he's caught off guard and scared #I think this is a good encapsulation of the John experience. He's offputting but really he's just misunderstood #And also subject to so much trauma and carnage but thats another can of worms

[moonlilyshipping]

people continue to follow this blog????

if anyone goes through the old posts of this blog, my warning is that 2015-2017 were dark times for the sapphic community

#and please understand that my past self was just. oblivious to a lot of things. #wrote this post because j was looking at my old files and the pkmn fandom was really running around in the old flag back then #theres a lot of things that flew over my head #but thats a whole can of worms to discuss. but if you know. you know about *THAT* anonymous ask sent to every wlw user/blog #2015-2017 really was just a bad time throughout all of tumblr in general #however it feels like we're undergoing another dark era where cognative dissonance cis women believe that taylor swift is a lesbian #like girl every sapphic ship has done more for the wlw community than that white woman #that aside just turn on timestamp/dates for posts because a lot of content on here is from the mid2010s

[rox-reads]

taylor, listen, youre so talented at rationalization (truly a gift!), but i feel like you mightve failed to realize that leaving a teen girl at the mercy of her bullies and leaving a civilian at the mercy of a huge fuck off water monster are, while both objectively bad, events of slightly differing orders of magnitude

#worm #parahumans #worm lb #worm25 #ch 8.5 #just barely #also another thing youve failed to realize #which i feel is more fascinating #is that gladly couldve helped you #but in this situation theres not much *you* can do for him #you cant take a hit from leviathan in his stead #you cant hit him hard enough to buy him time #you could make a bug clone to use as bait but thats not gonna be very useful #theres no guarantee leviathan would go for that instead of him #so interesting to see her take the blame for leaving him to die #rationalizing it #making excuses #while failing to see she shouldnt take the blame to begin with #<- has 'put most of your thoughts in the tags instead of the main fuckin post' disorder

[stabbingandorbeingstabbed]

why is rent in indianapolis like $1000 for a 1br apartment if i want to live someplace that isnt like actively falling apart bro i dont even want to be hereeee they should give u a special deal if ur not here by choice or st

#bc i dont have faith in myself to figure out moving within the city much less anywhere else !!! #like if i wanted to move locations i'd have to find another job and thats a whole other can of worms 😭

[teedy-eye]

Rewatched TDA with my mom and OH MY FUCKING GOD, TRENT. How did I not notice this?

#he is posing like the fucking NUMBER 9 I AM GOING TO CRY #trent...please...this is the worst character derailment to watch #mainly because of the ableism and stuff but thats another can of worms #ignore these tags #td trent #total drama #tda

[collgeruledzebra]

idk if anyone's brought this up before but im pretty sure riz's description of the dying god is referencing the watchmaker analogy

#you can look up the watchmaker analogy on wikipedia if you want #it's a concept inroduced around the time of the scientific revolution which imagines a creator god who sets the universe up and lets it run #like a watchmaker putting together and winding up a watch so that everything is determined without real time intervention #by the creator #as i understand it it's a sort of compromise between creationism and the at the time emerging understanding of natural laws #it also means theres no free will bc of the whole predetermined nature of the universe deal but thats another can of worms #put all this in the tags since i didnt want to bog down the post and as i mentioned it's also easy to look up if you want more detail #kane and feels #kf #original

[yourlocalabstraction]

I suddenly remembered when you said that how you draw mind now is way different from how you used to. I am so incredibly curious to see the difference so can I see? (Only if u want ofc)

Oooookokokok very good question!! This is a phenomenon i have a hard time explaining. Basically, in my eyes at least, the first ever mind drawings i did (specifically looking at the concept sheet) just have a plenty different vibe from how I draw him now. Like, he just looks, Idk, like a different genre of character??????? There’s no obvious changes ofc (i’m planning to redesign the shot scarring but that’s unrelated), but i guess i can just tell that something’s different coming from the perspective of the one who formed (or i guess you could say, built.) him.

Yea imma be honest i hate the fucking concepts. I get they literally exist as a starting point and aren’t supposed to be perfect….but like???? Damn?????? I used to be really proud of these back in the day why do thEY SUCK ASS GRRRRRAHHHHHHHH

Here’s me attempting to do corrections. Original from June on the right.

Tldr: i dont fucking know man but here’s my attempt at trying to make sense of it

#theres also slight proportions changes but thats another can of worms #i fucking love asks like this btw keep em coming /gen #cj rambling #chonny jash #cccc #chonnys charming chaos compendium #taps art #cj mind #taptorials #<<<< ​???? idk if this counts but yea #art correction #taps asks #design lore

[nott-another-sideblog]

uncool theo nott is so underrated. give me a man that gets genuinely excited over arithmancy. give me a man who wears dodgy clothes when not in school uniform because he cannot dress properly and has terrible taste. let him be horrendously bad at talking to people and avoid most forms of interaction. make him obsessed with niche forms of magic and know fuck all else. have him be completely oblivious to most popular things because he does not care and cannot understand even if he tries. make him an absolute boyfailure. give me my loser character

#just let him be uncool PLEASE #theo nott #theodore nott #nott another sideblog #headcanon #theodore nott headcanons #also let him be unattractive but thats a whole other can of worms