#define. support?

[mascxdaddy]

thinking about the person who got mad at me and called me a "r*pe enforcing creep" for using the word "cock" in a lesbian tag and reminding them that women can have dicks because apparently any words akin to that don't belong in lesbianism LMAO

hope they're doing fucking horribly🫶

#ps if you don't support trans people fuck off #genitals don't define gender or gender presentation thanks #nsft wlw #sapphic #sapphic nsft #wlw #wlw nsft #lesbian #lesbian ns/fw #lesbian nsft

[commsroom]

there's an interesting statement being made about identity if you accept all of the wolf 359 characters are equally themselves as of the finale: eiffel is form without memory; hera is memory without form; lovelace is both, but without continuity of experience; minkowski is both with continuity - and she's still not the same person that goddard recruited. if we're never the same people we were, but we're always ourselves, then the only way the self can be defined is through its own assertion - and maybe it can be argued that "my name is-" (and later, being able to say "my name is hera" reintroducing herself to pryce) and "i am captain isabel lovelace. no matter how hard you try, you are not taking that away from me" and "without me, who are you?" / "renée minkowski, and that is more than enough to kick your ass" are all the set up for (and part of the answer to) "am i still doug eiffel?"

#wolf 359 #w359 #it's about accountability but also about inevitable change and the willingness to learn from the past #and change for the better #holding those maybe contradictory ideas in your head #that we can't escape who we are. the limitations of the self or the people we've been in the past. but also #that there's no permanent state of self we're bound to #that the self is a constant negotiation of presentation and communication with others and can't exist in a vacuum #but also that it is about inherent worth and self-defined and self-named #i think that line is so interesting. 'we can't just change who we are but we get better.' #because depending on how you interpret it it either supports or contradicts this philosophy #and i think the difference in how hera interpreted it vs how maxwell might've meant it is part of how they misunderstood each other #and why it's an idea that stuck with hera and that she returns to. and feels like it was a lie. after maxwell betrays her #but that's another discussion maybe. #and also of course. the significance of names in wolf 359. but that's a whole thing on its own too.

[blueskittlesart]

do you have any thoughts on zelda not staying as a dragon? me personally I like it and am very cool with it mostly because I think zelda should get to be happy forever (and because I'm smart enough to know she changed back because of recall and not some ambiguous power of love lmao) but a lot of people seem to dislike that it made the draconification inconsequential?

i think there's like. some valid concerns surrounding inconsequentiality/"curing" the physical problems characters have as a way of giving them a "happy ending" but I think those concerns don't necessarily apply to totk in the way people seem to be applying them, especially irt zelda's draconification and link's arm.

most of the time when the criticism of this "magic cure" trope is applied to media, it's because the trope is used as a cure-all to erase a character's suffering or trauma and make them "normal" again, and often ignores the character development or themes of the story in favor of giving the character a happy ending. I don't think that applies to totk, though, because the "curing" link and zelda experience is both within the realm of possibility given the worldbuilding present in the game (recall could easily have done it, as you mentioned) AND thematically consistent with the rest of the game. One of if not the most important central themes of totk is the idea of failure and second chances. we see a hyrule that has been given a second chance after link's initial failure with the calamity brought it to the brink of destruction. we see characters who were deeply unhappy and entrenched in the shame of their precalamity mistakes like purah and zelda become active, beloved members of their communities. we see the people of lurelin village take back and rebuild their destroyed home. we watch this kingdom and its people make an unprecedented comeback after a century of struggle and ruin.

Similarly, totk's gameplay is LINK's second chance, his comeback from the initial mistake of losing zelda, of specifically being unable to reach her with his injured hand when they fell. The consequences of that--the master sword's corruption, the loss of his arm, and zelda's draconification, are all supposed to SEEM irreversible, because that's how LINK initially sees them. he believes that he doomed both himself and zelda all because of that SINGLE moment in which he wasn't enough, a viewpoint which is obviously left over from the pressure he experienced to perform to an impossible standard of perfection pre-calamity. The story of totk is about deconstructing that belief and proving it wrong. the mistake he made caused harm, but it's never too late to repair things. he can fix the regional phenomena ganondorf causes and rebuild those communities. he can revitalize the master sword. he can GET ZELDA BACK, with his own arm, uninjured and able to reach her this time. no matter how impossible those things may initially seem, no matter the perceived finality of his mistakes and their consequences, there is always hope. there is always a second chance. no one person's single mistake can doom an entire kingdom for eternity. the fate of hyrule was NEVER resting on link's shoulders alone. he was never their final hope. there was always going to be an after. the whole POINT of the draconification and the loss of link's arm is that they AREN'T final. they ARE inconsequential, because they were born of one mistake and ONE MISTAKE IS NOT THE END ALL.

#like. think about the message the game sends if zelda stays a dragon. we are saying that link CAN'T come back from this mistake. #that one single split-second moment in which he made the wrong move because he had no way of knowing what to do #means that the one person who understands and supports him above all else. the one person who shares his experience and his trauma #the woman he LOVES. is gone forever with no hope of return ever and it's 100% his fault. #that's not true to the themes of botw OR totk. these games are about growth and healing and second chances. #this game was link learning that he gets a second chance. that no move he makes is the final be-all-end-all fuckup. #it removes the pressure and that's the POINT. for a character like link whose life has been DEFINED by pressure #who was taught from a horrifically young age that any wrong move on his part would KILL EVERYONE HE KNEW AND LOVED #this is such an important lesson to learn. removing that pressure/showing him that it was never actually real in the first place #is a crucial step towards healing for him. #asks #zelda analysis #totk spoilers #like i like the idea of lasting consequences dont get me wrong. <draconic features zelda enjoyer #but like. making link keep the fucking rauru arm rubs me the wrong way. the whole point is that he caught her with his own hand in the end #ugh. anyway. you get the idea

[descendantofthesparrow]

*visible concern on why Red has a halberd*

ive really taken these two girls and went 'yoink mine now' haven't i?

#disney descendants #my art #art #Chloe charming #rise of red #rewrite #chloe is that secretly buff girl but like-properly strong? #she doesnt have that super-defined look so she got proper fat supporting her muscles

[layla-carstairs]

as much as I miss the tsc fandom being more active like it has been in the past sometimes I see a post from a couple years ago and I'm so glad it's not like that anymore. if the weird cliquely drama over people/ships/characters whatever being problematic or bad starts up again I will start blocking that's a threat

#imo it kinda comes out of there being large(ish) defined friendgroup within the fandom #that end up forming their own little echo chamber & will kinda start doing whatever because they know they'll be backed up #and it's incredibly annoying #luckily the fandom isn't big enough to support that right now lmao #also they tend to be extremely invested in only a select few characters and don't care for or actively dislike everyone else #so heaven forbid you're critical of their fave but they WILL be hating on yours. of course theirs is the only correct take #bella talks #tsc #the shadowhunter chronicles

[mintacle]

I'm repeating myself, but Jason should really, really be shown to murder more villains. Lately DC always chickens out and he only tries to kill or only significantly harms someone, but Jason actually has to kill villains for the sake of his character.

Otherwise it doesn't make sense for him to be fighting the circular and inescapabale narrative of the comic media! Otherwise there is no founded argument between him and the other bats! It's ridiculous to have Bruce reject him so constantly and completely without explicit and extreme reason. If their conflict is about that, then let it fucking be about that.

#Jason Todd #rambling #also it's attractive and cathartically satisfying but the fact of it being defining of his character and #his dynamic within the whole DC Universe is the main reason why we need him killing people #I don't need my murder boy to be sterilized to show him love #I support Jason's rights. but even more I support his wrongs

[the-ipre]

#I’m a spleen supporter thru and thru 💪💪 #polls #also if u get in the comments arguing about what defines an organ. don’t do that cmon this is a fun time here

[vegaseatsass]

Hello! I was contemplating this for myself, and grew curious about how it pans out for the rest of DFF fandom. (You can take "support" to mean whatever you want, this poll is really about vibes.)

#dead friend forever #dff #dff the series #polls #like for me its self-evident that what i cheer on in fiction is not in a 1:1 relationship w/ what i would consider sound moral judgment irl #but there are also things characters do which hit too close to real life for me and thus i hate and cannot be all 'it's just fiction' about #so 'supporting' what a character does in terms of cheering it on vs enjoying it as a viewer #vs genuinely thinking they are unassailably in the right #or anything else or any venn diagram of the three #is totally up to how you define it! but i just wanna know the broad trends

[whereishoney]

he's the earth btw

#secret life #life series #gtws #goodtimeswithscar #secret life smp #trafficblr #slsmp #he's so earth.. like... please #don't define my boys celestial body in relation to another character. blink. staring even. #meaning. if mercury being close to the sun is your only argument for mercury then im sorry but that!! kinda sucks! respectfully.. #but i mean. scar deserves a statement to his character removed from other people (desertduo mainly) yk? #i dont reallyyy have any negative feelings toward pluto? #but people are siphoning in so hard on pluto being far away from everyone else which is like. real . but also #his situation in secret life was distinctly different to his situation in last life #which i wont go into in tags #but it's not okay just trust me </3 #anywayyy #shoutout to allll the other earth supporters on the many platforms ilysm #my art #havent used that in ages lmao

[fortune-maiden]

The more I work on my long fic the more work I’m realizing it needs…

Maybe I should just take it down for now and repost it when it’s actually ready

#don't mind me having a moment #the main issue I’m realizing is Hualian #XL is a pov character but there’s no real stake for him in this adventure #so there’s no real conflict or growth for him to be had #but on the other side some of the planned scenes with sqx just won’t work if he’s the pov character #because he’s unconscious for them #and there’s no other character who can really fit the role XL plays #because he’s the one sqx trusts the most #things to think about #maybe I should shift gears to my 3T fic instead because the goals for all 3 are defined there #it’s not something I think about as much when writing oneshots #but character drive and motivation is important #the pov character needs to have a reason for acting #that goes a little further than ‘he’s my friend and I’m concerned’ #the fic has some good themes with sqx & the peis #I need to find a parallel for hualian that xl can work on #another theme is disappointment (and that it’s ok) so….. #(hualian being one of those couples who support each other 200% makes them kinda boring to write in this sense) #(I think I might need to embrace the ooc a little >.>

[bastard-aziraphale]

for emma - bon iver

cw: bruises, implied s/exual content

grant and terry jr. as high school sweethearts + (eventually) friendly exes is Everything to me. also grant and lark friends to ill-advised fwbs to lovers <3 anyway i just have been very compelled by the idea of terry jr. really struggling to move on at first, because he just strikes me as a bit of a hopeless romantic and also grant would have been his first serious relationship and (arguably more important) his best friend from ages 13-18

also have a lil thing in the works for grant's POV of the breakup >:3c stay tuned >:3cc

#dndads #digital sketch #digital art #dndads fanart #grant wilson #grant x terry jr. #grant x lark #lark oak #lark oak garcia #terry jr. stampler #terry jr stampler #kiddads #art tag #this is technically part of the terrow college AU cinematic universe but also none of my dndads art is super coherent as far as AUs #BUT my thoughts for terry and sparrow involve them being able to confide in + support each other #because they are both so used to defining themselves in the context of another person

[lai-mar]

Can't wait till this blog is old enough so posts start showing in main tags, but for now, a salty lil rant

Shipping aside, I'm surprised by how Laios + Marcille even as friends doesn't get as much fan attention as I expected considering how heavily the series focuses on their development? I consider Laios to be the protag and Marcille to be the secondary protag but I can see the argument for the two of them being dual protags especially starting from around Thistle's house arc / Marcille becoming the dungeon lord. The protagonists are party members who bond over losing and finding a loved one. They save each other multiple times and live with each other in the end. They get copious amounts of screentime together and separate. They clearly care for each other and love each other (in whatever way). And there's no forced romance.

Before I read the manga, I saw all the yuri on my TL and was like YESSSSSS I'M READING THIS FOR THE YURI WOOOOOO and finished the Red Dragon anime episodes like "wow that was soooo good and gay. Let me go on Tumblr to see what people are talking about— people are shipping Marcille and LAIOS??? Probably annoying straight people who cannot conceptualize a friendship between a man and woman 🙄". So I started out with a squick for the ship. I think the fan perception made me believe F/M is canon and anything else would be like queer erasure? Except I later learned no ship is canon and was genuinely confused when the manga started giving us L/M crumbs (like the succubus chapter) because I thought the shippers were pulling this ship from thin air lmao.

The more I read, the more I was like.... "okay.... why are they kinda... okay I get it now... why am I.... oh shit... I'm really in it now" and I apologise because I really get it now 😭 and it baffles me to see people who have seemingly finished the manga going "Laios and Marcille have NO CHEMISTRY their only line of connection is through Falin". Like, okay, maybe that was how they were at the beginning (but I would argue they have chemistry even from the first few chapters), but that's the POINT and we get to see them evolve and get closer because they both love and miss Falin. Laios moves on from being "Falin's brother" and Marcille moves on from being "Falin's friend". L+M know about each other's deepest, subconscious desires. Marcille lives with the siblings at the end. No matter the bond, they are the two most precious people to her.

I was still squicky about romantic L/M even at the succubus chapter (which I know is probably the starting point for a lot of shippers) but THEN THE RABBIT CHAPTER. And after that when the Canaries found Marcille and she immediately jumped onto Laios I was like "Oh fuck. I'm really in this now fuck fuck FUCK". (Nothing makes me get into a dynamic more than having an initially squicky reaction because I'll need to have a strong enough conviction to overcome the squick LOL)

Anyways. Seeing people being annoying and pissy about L/M only made me like L/M more 🤡 because at least the shippers appreciate their bond. I'm a little desperate here. Even their platonic bond is kind of a rarepair in the English fandom 💀

I'm so glad the anime is going at the pace it is now because this is only the beginning of the L+M development!!!! The anime onlies will understand later!!! I made the same mistake and judged too early and I'm sorry!!!! So many anime L+M moments and panels and crumbs yet to be seen 🥺

Anyways. Laios and Marcille's bond is absolutely central to the plot and character development. But I wouldn't have guessed that if I didn't read the manga and just based it off fan attention.

#mine #salt #once again my duo with copious amounts of screentime and canon support is seen as a rarepair in the fandom lol #even as just a platonic duo that doesnt 'threaten' other ships #'theyre like siblings' 'theyre siblings in law' ok sure but before that they were fellow party members and companions and FRIENDS IN CANON #after the end of the manga they are no longer solely defined by their mutual connection to falin!!!! (arguably this started midway thru) #besides. for shipping. people can have two hands #also in my mind laios had a squish / platonic crush on marcille #[clears throat] i love it when and a man and a woman are friends. sometimes their bond compels me more than- [THROWN OUT OF THE DUNGEON]

[toesuckler]

anyone else feeling weirdly unsure if they can even be considered not cis. anyone else feeling a lil excluded

#ollie rambles #idk i saw a post earlier that used the term boygirl in a way that was sort of negative #as in a 'yeah you say yr a boygirl and a fag but do u rlly support trans ppl' way #and idk. it made me feel unhappy. like am i not trans enough for you? #am i not enough? am i just a word to throw around? #idk anyone else feeling like theyre being defined by their agab bcus theyre nonbianary

[tgammsideblog]

Who would you say is your favorite supporting character in TGAMMG?

Hmm, i think Geoff and Jeff? If not Andrea? She would considered more of a supporting character in Season 2, right? Since she appears often but not as often as Libby does nor she has the same impact the Chens do in the arcs.

#the ghost and molly mcgee #tgamm #andrea davenport #tgamm geoff #Tgamm jeff #It's a bit hard to define the line between protagonist and supporting character sometimes for me

[dubiousdisco]

Everyone judging syzoth and ashrah's romance because shes a demon and johnny being happy for them and kenshi asking about ashrahs new path in life to syzoth instead of her past and ashrah asking kenshi if she can trust johnny and him saying that she can,

Johnny and kenshi are friends and defenders of the couple official fr not clickbait

#whats ashrah and syzoth's ship name #ashzoth? #syshrah #anyway #mortal kombat #ohoho they have their little allies on the team #i think raiden and mileena are in favor too but i cant be sure? did i miss more dialogue #no surprise that the 'past doesnt define you' people are in favor #and the 'destiny is real' people are worried #but i'm enjoying the thought of everyone giving their opinions on sy and ash's love life like. they didnt ask!!! #its nice when they support them tho kskdkd

[touchlikethesun]

no but because kyo and tohru never fail to make me cry because the thing is, like yes they are perfect for each other, but they are perfect for each other by choice. it is hard for kyo to tamp down on his defensive aggression, but he does, for tohru, because he loves her and wants to be there for her. it is hard for tohru to ask for what she wants and to be truly vulnerable, but she does that with kyo because she loves him and he needs that from her, that trust. like yeah they are perfectly dumb in that same silly way, yeah they are both endlessly endeared by the other, and yeah they have some cosmic connection, but none of that would matter, none of that would come to anything, if they didn’t both make the active effort to change and to love each other in the way they needed.

#i cry a lot so maybe it doesn’t seem significant #but it is i promise it is #also ik i am like one of three people left on tumblr that cares about them #but idc #they mean so so so much to me #they are the first couple that defined love to me #the second being will and tessa #okay maybe i have a type #idk maybe you can expect more kyoru posts i will get back to hq i just needed some more emotional support rn #kyoru #fruba #kyo sohma #tohru honda