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lord-squiggletits · 2 months

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Thinking about IDW Optimus again and the fandom's aversion to even acknowledging he exists bc he's a cop or whatever and like. Most of the time people literally just replace him in fic with some white bread knockoff archivist/librarian, not even bothering to keep in IDW OP's personality (which just bolsters my theory that the problem isn't him being a cop the problem is that he's too multifaceted but I digress).

And it's annoying because you could totally write IDW Optimus as not a cop while still keeping his canon personality. You just have to realize that the reason IDW OP became a cop in the first place is because his formative experiences when he was young shaped him to basically have two priorities: 1. To help people and 2. To do it by being on the ground actively doing something about the bad things happening to people.

IDW OP would not be a fucking librarian or archivist because even though those are noble pursuits that can help people and change the world, and Optimus is educated/smart enough for the profession, he wouldn't be satisfied just teaching people or spreading information about activism or social-historical studies or whatever. He's a mech of action: he needs to be doing things right now, in front of him, to people he sees/interacts with in his own eyes, improving society with concrete actions rather than indirect action or abstract inspiration.

So basically the alternate job ideas I can think of for IDW Optimus are something like being a firefighter (or any first responder really) or even whatever the equivalent would be to international charity organizations, those ones that send volunteers across the world to do stuff like build housing/infrastructure or distribute food or whatnot. I mean I can't imagine that the equivalents to these things would be exactly the same in IDW Cybertron, so you'd have to get a little creative with it, but these are just some ideas of jobs that would fit IDW Optimus' personality while still filling the niche of "not a cop" for people who are just that opposed to it.

Though I think the revulsion against coptimus is annoying in general tbh because IDW is already a continuity that rejects the idea of easily defined good/evil people or groups. It feels like people really want Optimus to be a good person in a very sanitized and academically approved way, so he has to be nice and squeaky clean but also like, a perfect leftist who knows theory and holds the most progressive opinions on every single issue....

There is no room for the idea that good people join bad institutions, there's no room for the idea that the reason people think cops are good guys who help people is bc of the government propaganda everything is saturated with. Hell there's even later issues of the Optimus Prime series by John Barber where Optimus like, MULTIPLE FUCKING TIMES, is shown in flashbacks grappling with the fact that he as a cop/Zeta's regime that he works for might not actually be improving society like they say they are, and dealing with the fact that he feels more like a lesser evil compared to the Decepticons (perhaps not "lesser" at all).

It's like there's this idea in fandom of like, fictional media and opinions on media having to strictly adhere to progressive ideals at all times. So people just go "cops bad, this character is a cop, therefore they suck" without being willing to engage with the idea of like. IDW OP is born wanting to fight injustice and protect people -> a good way to protect people is to fight the people who are hurting them and committing crimes -> surely following the law is a reliable moral code to guide him in this -> becomes a cop because he's been indoctrinated into a society (much like our own) where he was told that the state/the law exist to protect the people and being a cop means you get to fight bad guys that hurt people. There's really so many interesting concepts there that could be (and CANONICALLY IS) explored about how good, well-intentioned people can be led to harmful actions simply because they have been fed the idea that the things they're doing are good/helpful/noble. Which is especially important for a character like Optimus, I think, who has a cultural icon status as The Irrefutable and Perfect Good, so it's really important actually to use IDW Optimus as an example of how even the most noble people you know have held problematic beliefs or done bad things at some point in their life. You know, because no one is born perfect and ideologically pure, and in fact society is constructed in exactly a manner to make people drink the kool-aid and believe that the systems designed to hurt them/others are just a normal, if flawed, society.

I mean the writing in IDW literally has Optimus deal directly and indirectly with the harm he's done as a cop and how people don't/didn't trust him because of that. I don't know what the fuck else this fandom wants if the source material literally saying "OP realizes that cops suck and he hurt people and earned their disdain by doing the things he did" doesn't stop them from going EW cop bastard sucks and is the worst Optimus. Like the narrative barely stops short of outright saying ACAB and Optimus himself would agree with this sentiment.

At that point, the collective fandom beef with IDW OP isn't because he's a cop and the narrative didn't do enough to condemn that. The problem is literally just that people don't read and don't care

TLDR: Consider the fact that good people can do bad things sometimes especially when living from birth in a corrupt society that thoroughly disguises its vices/oppressive structures as completely normal parts of existence

#squiggposting #idw op love #like honestly just admit that you havent actually read his parts of the story #or that in a continuity of moral grayness you insist OP must be the one person who's perfectly good #bc idk Optimus is supposed to be good and perfect bc nostalgia/marketing/mythology says he should be #also i feel like theres evidence here of a very juvenile mindset of like #to be good a person has to have all the right beliefs and say it in all the right ways #which is the mindset only extremely insular or inexperienced ppl could possibly have lmao #heartbreaking i know but IRL there are very few people who are and always have been progressive and perfect #there are ppl within progressive mvmts that have unaddressed harmful beliefs outside of their Chosen Issue #there are people who wouldnt ID as progressive at all but are still good ppl who act well towards others #like if youve actually interacted with ppl IRL you understand that if you reject everyone who isnt Perfectly Progressive #youll have few if any allies and possibly alienate ppl who would help/ARE HELPING #like idk do you know how many ppl i personally know who i think have some bigoted/problematic beliefs #but im still friends or collaborators w them bc i understand that theyre still good ppl learning and growing #like. learn to understand that 'goodness' doesnt always look like a walking leftist textbook please i'm begging #and in fact sometimes stories. esp adult and mature ones. will present you w problematic ppl #and you have to like. grapple with their flaws and explore the tension between intention and consequences #a bit of a philosophy tangent rather than anything TF related which is why i kept it to the tags

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ninjasmudge · 4 months

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Sun Wukong just quietly weeping in the corner cause he can't be Father or Grandpa Sun to the bots. They all call him kid including Bumblebee(who decides to be a little shit about it half the time). Actually, he can be Grandpa Sun to Predaking as the Predacon is a clone and probably isn't that old.

They'll have to wrestle first though considering the Decepticon issue. Only other way for the Monkey King to be older than a Cybertronian is if it's a Sparkling(baby bot). Everyday he's closer into searching for one just so he'll rightfully feel old.

Speaking of being called kid, Pigsy would instantly go silent as he can't really rebuttal about it due the massive age gap. At most he'll ask for them to not refer to him with that title. Sandy just blink but shrug it off. Although he is most likely to get offered water a lot since he's a river spirit in Nevada which either a desert or wasteland.

Nezha would be number 2 on the 'Don't Call Me Kid' list. It's embarrassing for mortals to refer to him like that as none of the factions are truly immortal. They just have insane life spans.

Macaque has a shit ton of blackmail if someone dares call him 'Kid'. He can hear into the past so finding something would be a cinch. Also Macaque definitely share some new swear words with Miko as further incentive to not call him 'Kid'.

DBK is number 1 on the 'Don't Call Me Kid' list. He's older than Nezha and Sun Wukong so being referred to like that would just anger him. Especially since DBK will only get involved in this alien robot insanity because of Red Son. Princess Iron Fan doesn't want to be called kid either but she likes hearing about the drama from this war. It's a free soap opera in her opinion.

Speaking of age, imagine the looks on Team Prime's faces learning their items that can grant immortality like peaches as there is the idea of magic they're still trying to figure out. Ratchet already had an aneurysm when MK cloned himself just to help with unpacking their latest supply haul. (Ratty doesn't like Porty MK at all.)

Optimus in the corner recording all of this as the archivist in him has become active. Tang and him would be talking for hours if they ever met.

all of this is very on point lmao FOR SOME REASON one of the things that got me here was how funny itd be for dbk to interact with basically any of the bots, his big intimidating talk means absolutely nothing here, he gets like, a polite clap from bee and smokescreen when hes done

... and if ratchet doesnt like porty mk, please take a moment to imagine how much ultra magnus hates him

ALSO I THINK RATCHET WOULD COMPLETELY REFUSE TO ACCEPT THE EXISTENCE OF MAGIC, NO MATTER HOW MUCH EVIDENCE HES PRESENTED WITH. HE WILL SIMPLY NOT LOOK. HE IS TURNING AWAY

#mk #tf #ask #HEYY THIS TOOK AN EMBARRASSINGLY LONG TIME TO ANSWER I JUST. FORGOT I HAD ANY ASKS AT ALL I HAVENT GOTTEN AN ASK IN MONTHS

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werebutch · 2 months

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@eucyon Oh my god tumblr ate your ask I’m so lucky I screenshotted. So mad I have to type again . Thank you so much for dis question it’s so fun and made me really think to be honest ^__^ ILYSMMMM this is long but it’s too fun

This is Lynx’s most popular album, Conspiracy Theories. I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to have a pic of lynx as the cover even if it’s silly. I really like rabbit imagery in music anyways though so I think it’s nice. I was inspired by Alice In Chains album covers and also fleshwater’s ‘we’re not here to be loved’. I tried to find a way to make it more 'gritty' but I couldn’t unfortunately 😭 I like how the title looks, like they just got a label maker and smacked it on..heheh

I imagine that this album is about relationship anxiety, betrayal, resentment, anti social tendencies, infidelity, and aliens. Probably not little green men, maybe more like the thing kind of fleshy imagery. Definitely appealing to atlas and scotch in different ways. Tool’s Undertow is a good example (off the top of my head..) of the sound I’m thinking of, so… prog? Or at least heavily inspired. I’m bad with genres heheh

im currently trying to either become okay with roadkill's name, or decide on a new one.. so im not making any album covers for them yet lol but i will post when i do..

I think roadkill would take a lot of inspo from their fave band so their style is probably heavily influenced by Lynx. Scotch adds a lot of sampling, distortion, whatever..idk I don’t make music.. and atlas is a big fan of slow tempo and bass. think its important to note that atlas doesnt play bass like a bassist in this album, he plays it more like a guitarist. kind of. hope that makes sense. I’ve always been really torn about roadkill’s genre, it’s been everywhere and tends to change. scotch and atlas’ styles would be vastly different if they were solo, so I think that’s why i am so indecisive . I think I just have to keep reminding myself that they’re in a band together, so styles would be mixed.

A part of me is like.. I think roadkill’s first album would be reminiscent of faith no more’s ‘the real thing’, or even some of Primus' stuff in some sense, plus similarities to Lynx and influences of industrial. i know thats a lot of random descriptions. I kinda think of (here’s a goofy genre for ya) sludge metal bands’ instrumental style, not necessarily vocal style... its hard to describe a band that doesnt exist. LMFAO

right now im thinking about 'the pot' by tool as a close example of roadkill.. im having a hard time finding artists that match scotch's vocal range even remotely. also doesnt help that the bands im basing this off of like tool and FNM dont exactly...fit into genres very neatly. roadkill and lynx wouldnt either. HAH. i just know it wouldnt be that high quality but definitely obvious theres a lot of passion in it. i mean this is just an album made by guys who dontknow what theyre doing. like at all. lol

Roadkill’s sound changes quite a bit their next album when seraph is involved. It becomes a lot more ummmm I guess palatable to more people? I don’t exactly know what I mean by that. Ok. LOL. I’ll think about it.. but this is around when Scotch realizes he wants this to be his job. Having Seraph helps A LOT with building a more dedicated and bigger audience, since they’re the one most willing to make changes. Plus they’re in art school, I feel like they’d have connections. So I guess roadkill would sell out in a way.

if you asked me this question a year ago i would have had a completely different answer. i wouldve probably said roadkill is pop punk or garage rock or something. i have trouble fitting scotch and atlas into a genre together. it fits scotch just fine and i think he would enjoy it, but its not roadkill.. also ive been thinking of stylizing roadkill as rdkill.. lmk wat u think.. im unsure about the name is generalHAHA. i know this is a lot so dont feel pressured to reply to everything LMAO im just thinking out loud. and drawing connections between genres that completely do not make sense. peace and LOVE<3

#cover definitely looks like it’s made on picsart but dats ok HAHAHAH #I know I’m throwing a bunch of album titles at u but I hope this makes sense HAHAH #Spotify #ive been typing so much i hope this answers your questions..! <333 LOVE YOU #asks #eucyon #roadkill

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dramallamas · 4 months

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The (unserious) notes of Beyond Evil. Episode Three Edition

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Cant wait to psychoanalyse this episode later with the scriptbook!

Jinmuk je te deteste dont even dare feel sad you monster

that shot of Juwon lazing on his sofa im down bad

He has nice handwriting tho

Honestly when is this man not thinking about Dongsik

The fly jumpscared me bc of my headphones

Dongsik you bastard (affectionately)

He is not ok rn

Juwon eavesdropping was me and my flatmate last night trying to find out the drama

The camerawork in this show is beautiful omg

Dongsik has no right to look this fine rn tho

Oop spotted!

Jihwa knew both of them were at the station lol

And bada bing bada boom we are in the recording room

And theyre off and Jihwa is so done

Juwon is so like WTF with this whole thing.

If looks could kill Dongsik would be dead 💀

why at 5am?! WHY WERE YOU UP AT 5AM?!

Bro Juwon doesnt hold back

Dongsik <3

Juwon could murder im sure of it. He has it ij him.

I like watching the gay men fight… because its fun :)

THE ONLY TIME I WILL AGREE WITH HAN KIHWAN IS RN “What a nut job. I like him [Dongsik].”

Juwon pissing off Kihwan is just so great at all times.

Theyre gonna find the wrong body and blow this case even bigger

Dongsik again <3 the onlt dilf of my life tbh

My heart breaks for him though. He masks a lot if pain

“What if I ran into older Yuyeon on the street, but failed to recognise her. That worries me a lot…” 💔

Fellas is it gay to stare at another mans smiling photo for a long time whilst in your room?

Juwon you have always been a crafty bitch and I respect that

YJG is a brilliant actor he is a master at subtle emotions which makes him one of the most expressive characters in the show

YAY you found a phone

Bad news for Juwon its Geumhwas phone that has his number.

Mate ur laughing like a maniac like dongsik does. You two arent as different as you think.

But my god you like to jump to the wrong conclusions

Watching the scene with nam sangbae and dongsik makes me cry but i cant because im in the living room with my flatmates. And the score in the background just 😭

Me 🤝 Dongsik : Laughing to hide pain

Man will stay in work just for Juwon

They back and forth in every scene like its all they do.

Mf going on about the culprit always returning to the scene and here comes JINMUK AHDKFMSP FORESHADOWING WE MISSED

Part of me think that Dongsik is suspicious of Jinmuk atp.

If you told them that they would be so close by the end of the series they would be fucking disgusted.

Oop juwon getting interrogated.

Juwon pausing before adding 요 at the end of his sentence like bro you are forgetting your respect conjugation

oh shit juwon not looking good for you is it.

"Given his nature, there is no way he [Juwon] would get involved in a crime" HYEOK YOU DONT EVEN KNOW-

Hyeok became his tutor in 2010... when JW was 17. does that mean that he helped JW in Korea rather than britain? or the tail end of britain onwards.

Hyeok you are such a kiss-ass

Do Haewon 🤢 she is so fake i hate it (which is the poing ig lmao)

LEE CHANGJIN. hes so funny for a bad guy

Jeongje is so frustrated with his mum (same)

Juwon is this close to slapping Hyeok at times.

aliens? rude much kihwan (what did we expect)

and there goes juwon loosing his cool.

annoyingly kihwan makes some points even if its for self centered gain. still hate kihwan dw

bro standing outside as ppl talk about him like 🧍

And then the eye contact between him and dongsik god having a whole silent conversation

Nice recovery juwon.

Them being nice to each other? NOT THIS EARLY BOIS

And boom personal space who? They dont know it.

Dongsik telling Juwon to go to therapy lmaooo

Juwon grabbing Dongsik probably became a… different thing later on yk? Hehe

This episode is basically Juwon and his terrible no good very bad couple days.

Bro you need to hike/walk more Juwon how are you already sweating.

You make think you have him, but nope he has you.

JUWON BREAKS INTO DS BASEMENT PART ONE HERE WE GO

The tiny bloodstain ofc. He def left it deliberately somewhat

And i am so hyped for episode four because of the incoming moments.

Juwon this isnt the victory you think it is trust me

see you all next episode! bye ^^

#괴물 #beyond evil #jwds #kdrama #han juwon #lee dongsik

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baylardo · 10 months

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miscellaneous threshold au halfbaked thoughts bc idk ive been playing sims and frying my brain

had another CAPTAIN philippa arc thought about her becoming a wanted criminal by starfleet, framed for whatever reason,,, its vague in my head but im always looking for an excuse to explore trekverse outside of starfleet haha. her just out in space trying to clear her name. would not have a cringe court scene of people backing her claim. i would die.

was thinking that philippa as a field medic might be more prone to being stationed on PLANETS rather than ships for long periods of time, just helping out in planetary warfare.

with that ^ i was thinking about her helping out during a pandemic and her hyperevolved human blood helps find a cure in some way. was thinking id situate this around the time that shes a commander serving underneath Moidrah, her captain kinda 👀s her after discovering the cure with her DNA.

feel so sick in the head looking at irish girl names for a hypothetical peppa daughter but im not set on anything NOT CANON but i have a feeling ill be indulging in Sims lmao so im looking 😞😞😞 Mave/Mavis sticks out to me

was talking with tardi about maybe Liam and Jace flying planes together on earth seeing as theyre both kinda grounded there together. have a unique little telepathic sign language hybrid way of speaking with each other.

ALSO was thinking that maybe Liam would have a unique little padd that he carries around that writes out what people are verbally saying when hes younger and doesnt have lip reading down?? idk on that one haha i was trying to think of more “futuristic” ways he could seamlessly exist around so many different alien spoken languages. was wondering about the visuals of mouths moving, how the universal translators are an Audible adjustment, how itd maybe be unable to help with how aliens are Actually talking and moving their mouths speaking their native tongues. my thought was that Ed would help put all these languages in his lil padd device and it translates it all into written english (or whatever humans speak, Standard??? idk i feel like it has a name)

wanna work with amelia and ed during Protectors more,,,, QUITE HONESTLY a lot of the chakotay plot was just them talking,,,,, from what i remember lol its a blur. but i was yearning thinking about the end of that book when theyre on the ark planet with all the Protectors and theyre all helping to grow stuff and Liam (O’Donnell) in particular is playing with the Protectors hehe,,,, anyway thinking about amelia and ed being down there with their papa, particularly Ed being around weird animals. maybe Ed hangs out with ODonnell as hes analyzing the planet’s animals for those few chapters,,,,, i forget what all the other characters are doing during that book tbH,,,,,,,, i just want them to be equally having done stuff during those four months of Protectors yknow;)

#threshold au #i havent read book in a minute ive been playing house in sims lololol #living my hallmark movie single kathryn having triplets cursed dreams 😞👍

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turtletoria · 1 year

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having some role swap au thoughts:

- i wanted becky to have the same mouse motif because i think it looks cool... so in her case im considering the lab rat to be a pink eye champagne or fawn (or anything pale brown) and white dumbo fancy rat to be reminiscent of huggy

- and since huggy and squeaky are swapped, i was thinking that steven's side kick would be a mean/sassy albino mouse lemur or an oppossum

- becky is kind of like doc ock in the sense that maybe huggy isnt an evil rat, but the accident that fused them re-wired their brains wrong and now all they want is to steal cheese and cause mayhem

- becky is more science oriented, but she knows a lot of latin names ?? for animals and biology??? im clutching at straws here

-> i was considering naming her mouse brain self as dr. rodentia bc dr. lexicon sounded stupid but im not sure if any of those r good. honestly why reinvent the wheel 2 brains is too good of a name to top its straightforward and doesnt lie like yeah man. theyve got two brains. good work team everyone can go home

- 2 brains' henchmen are swapped with violet and scoops... but theyre more so helping her than following her if that makes sense.

- steven doesnt have powers and isnt an alien; hes more like spiderman than superman if u catch my drift -> hed be like if tobey was a hero LMAO except less robot-focused and more with silly little gadgets and ray guns (perhaps food themed...???)

- actually this feels less like a role swap and more like an age swap lol. my brain is all scrambled please excuse me

#wg #not art #sorry my brain is so small i only have room for 2 characters. maybe I'll add to this with thoughts on more of the cast

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nonbinarygamzee · 3 months

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sorry to reassert this as my personal space as a deeply traumatized person coming to be unwell about a character that functions as a metaphysical link to basically every bad thing thats every happened to me. like not sorry enough to not do that but lmao. ugh same discussion ive had to myself endlessly from like age 15 but truly i do get so tired of being unable to connect with anything else the way i can this because i do not think it is a fun or positive connection whatsoever i am just always always the kind of person who cannot help but prod when i notice an ache. the events that sort of drove me back into this shit in the first place is technically not occurring and cannot because i am very thankfully not There anymore but the past year has been like so fucking much retraumatization specifically in ways that relate to assault and the abuse thats swallowed most of my life, and how alien and wrong it feels trying to speak to anyone at all after the fact. all of the things that solidified this inability to let Go and yet that kind of make me feel even more insanecrazy in my head about the idea i am somehow the one orchestrating my own fucking downfall via planting the reality of these traumas into my writing. which doesnt help me set this stupid comic down either i just get weird ocd fear obsession that ensures im going to be as on edge as possible at all times. its not like ive never struggled with the feeling something cant hold my thoughts the way this can. things can and do Mean more, can and do make me happier, i guess. but that isnt what i get out of media. but said Events have made my previous projects entirely untouchable and in the throes of suicidal desperation i moved across the country thinking there was support where there was not and now daily life is increasingly weird and also very very very unfull of Things to occupy the brain to keep it from the fucking self lacerations.

#its clown town #haha and obviously this is literally all of us but its just the deliberations in times im desperately trying to think abt anything but how #maddening the world is day bay day and wondering how we can collectively kill someone about it already.

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girlwithfish · 1 year

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i hate taking in therapy abt this shit cuz what even is she supposed to say all tbe stuff she says isnt that helpful or maybe im just a cunt and too negative but its like idk i domt even want to talk abt all my feelings abt this stupid stuff that doesnt have a real solution yk. dont want to talk abt how tired i am all the time how much i feel like im failing atlife at 22 how sad i can feel around my family how my mood gets to shit like twice a day even when i had a good day and im somewhere nice and how angry i feel sometimes bc i know if i was my moms biological child she would have taught us her language nd i wouldnt be feeling like this here and not able to speak to any family members of hers and sit out of conversations and feel even more alienated than i already do just being inherently different from every family member etc etc. cuz what even is my therapist goig to sayaboht this is there even a solution . lol and lmao

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thank you for answering :) i wasnt sure if you were tired of this discussion hahaha

i think that it's a little strange how they wanted to make tatum the s1 leighton and tried to villainise her but then accidentally wrote her to be a little too nice to leighton earlier. had she been just a little bitchier or that they showed another scene of her not being too nice, it wouldve come across better and we wouldnt have this wtf? moment. im not sure if you're familiar with the show, but another tweet pointed out how accidentally likeable tatum is and compared the reactions to her (assumed) departure to how the reactions were to penelope from legacies (the tvd spinoff). and that kind of hit the nail on the head for me. i think it doesnt help that gracie dzienny pulls off that "mean top bitch you would root for" so well. maybe they shouldve watched her in first kill 😂

i just wonder how theyre gonna write leighton and alicia now since they sort of used up quite a bit of plot they couldve used for s3. and considering midori is on greys now, i wouldnt be surprised if they had to rip them apart just to accommodate any potential scheduling conflicts. it just feels like they shot themselves in the foot here a little. had they not write off tatum so quickly, they couldve given themselves space just in case that happens as well.

it all just feel like wasted opportunities. youre right in saying its easier for us to sit back, judge it and think we couldve done better after they already finished the job. especially considering how volatile the fate of hbo's projects are right now. but it just feels so wasted because the show already had a good chunk of people loving it and it also naturally grew this season. it couldve just been so much better, but of course we dont know what went on behind the scenes.

not that i dont deeply love the show, i really do and i get really excited every week. but if this happens again next season, then it'll just a little painful to watch subsequently because all i'll think of is how it couldve been better. and thats saying a lot considering its already quite a great show.

I’m really just missing the nuance from how Tatum was written. I mean, there is a way to have her be as supportive as she was and for her to still, ultimately, be someone who reminds Leighton too much of a version of herself she wants to change. But to pull that out of their asses and toss Tatum aside despite all the good qualities she’d been given, nah that ain’t it.

But in that sense I’m not sure Tatum was accidentally likeable. I think they cast Gracie for a reason, surely, a reason beyond that she kinda resembles Reneé Rapp. I do think the creators put enough thought into it to consider that Tatum would inevitably be likeable to many and I don’t think the intention ever was to completely villainize her. Nor would that be a good story. It’s just... there’s such a disconnect between her first three episodes and how easily she’s discarded. Once again I can only say that it was lazy writing and that’s what I find upsetting.

I’m just curious to see how Leighton’s journey continues, and I do hope they put more weight behind her social awakening in season 3. There is the question of how she can continue being with Alicia when Midori might not be available for as much as a love interest of a main character should be, but really I just care about Leighton. If they write Alicia out in episode one I am gonna be upset ngl lmao because then what was the reason? Ah well, we’ll see. I take comfort in the show’s apparently good numbers and that it was renewed for season 3 so quickly. But one can never know in today’s fragile streaming market and especially with HBO Max and their bullshit so I hope the show doesn’t alienate its audience in season 3. I fear the season 2 finale might have done some damage; valid or not is another matter, but yeah it’s tricky with audiences nowadays. But also, like you say, it is a great show and I enjoyed season 2 very much despite my criticisms, and I just wish for the pacing and other adjacent issues to improve in season 3. I feel like by the third season a series should be mature enough to have that stuff figured out.

#anon #tslocg #tslocg asks #like i don't completely agree on the tatum thing but i get where you're coming from #also i haven't seen legacies sorry but i believe you #i don't think they even wanted tatum to be a complete ass but maybe they weren't aware #of how well she was coming across particularly in eps 7 and 8 #like damn bitch you want me to root for leighton's character development?#maybe actually write it instead of throwing a cool ch under the bus for it #tatum tslocg

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phantomimey · 1 year

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Finally finished 😮‍💨 this started as a doodle page for my beastkin oc Kai but ended up being a whole ass ref sheet LMAO

Anyways she enjoys being a bitch and killing for sport

Killing style Heavily based on her animal (maned wolf) so she loves a good chase 😈 especially fond of hide and seek

Chain around her waist also works as a short leash for any captives she might want to keep close

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Never made something so fast in my life

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Honestly I feel like if Vlad’s whole obsession thing w Danny’s mom was the opposite (his dad instead of his mom) id like him more as a character

Like instead of being an absolute gross creep about Danny and his mom he’s just bitter and jealous that Maddie stole his best friend from him and had two kids so he has no time for Vlad like he used to and thats the beef he has

I think it would be funnier

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Uncanny

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My #1 post of 2022

Shout out to my fave ben 10 aliens of all time (and ben himself)

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Get your Tumblr 2022 Year in Review →

#tumblr2022 #year in review #my 2022 tumblr year in review #your tumblr year in review

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notahorseindisguise · 1 year

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Im coming late to the breakdown and I hope sleeping will have soothed your mind a bit. I hope it might comfort you to know that we are so many, to have read that letter, and to have break down in tears for what it has opened inside of us. I think it brings a lot of compassion, for ourselves who feel alienated, and for others we mightve judged too quickly. Remember, you are loved, and you are precious to so many. I wish you a good day, and a lot of strength on your journey to gender. May you be blessed with garlic bread!

thank you so much :,3333 this means a lot to me

i still think i would call myself a cis guy. i think. idk.

that article reminded me of how alienated ive felt my whole life, being a cis guy with more girl friends than boy friends, being more feminine than i should be, etc etc,

im still a boy, i think, because if i say im not just to get away from what i dont like about being a boy then i feel like im betraying all the other boys i know.

anyway, idk. i just liked that article cause it helped me so much to know that theres actually other people out there who acknowledge and see the shit ive experienced as a man.

that sounds like im saying oh boo hoo men have it tougher than women, im not saying that tho, you all know that, and i shouldnt have to clarify that. im just saying that its a nice change for someone to see my struggles rather than calling me an asshole for being a man. idk. this doesnt make any sense dont bother reading it LMAO

#corntent

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trafficlightsaysidk · 1 year

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vent (read if you want idrc but i need advice TOT)

all of my friends from my old school are moving on and making new friendgroups and i still wanna be their friends but i cant talk to them anymore bc i just dont have the time and the fact that theyre not my best friends anymore makes me wanna curl up in a ball and cry and idek if they even feel the same way or if im just the weird girl they used to be friends with and its so right where you left me bc i truly did stay there while everybody moved on and it all feels so icky bc it was a really long time coming i just never thought the day would come when i felt so dethatched and alienated from them??? i still love them all so fucking much and they really helped me get through alot and now it just feels like they dont care?? tbh i feel like they only kind of use me to have someone to talk about their interests and seeing them with their new friends on tiktok just makes me wanna cry my damn eyes out bc like that used to be me and you. like i could be overthinking or they could just hate me idk

and like the only people i thought id feel safe with kicked me out of their group bc of some shit at camp (tell me if you want a story time lmao (it was kinda my fault as well ngl)) and when one of those peoples friends and i got closeish she asked what happened so ofc i told her and now i think she hates me and i dont fucking want her to hate me bc i think shes really cool and shes the only one ive got that much with in common and im so scared i fucked what couldve been a really good friendship just bc i made the idiotic decision to tell her about it and im too scared to talk to her about it bc it comes off as desperate and shes like really close to one of the girls who kicked me out (her sisters bsf) and like i dont want her to think im a backstabbing bitch just bc i made one rash decision and bc i couldnt see what i was doing wrong in previous years

and ive got a "best friend" and she really is one of the best people i know and she also has autism and adhd so she really gets what i go through and shes all around really cool and we like hang out everyday but shes also kinda in another friendgroup that im like kinda friends with but not really in and it makes me feel a bit disincluded bc theyre all in clubs that im not and i always feel like theyre shit talking me even though i know they arent and its all just so dhwfoahda

and there's like one other girl who i met through my sister (shes 4 years older then me but genuinely one of the nicest people ever in the world ever) and shes in a group w some other kids but at production she hangs w my sis and their friend but they kinda ignore her and i feel really bad bc i wanna be her friend so bad and theyre ignoring her and she always looks a bit sad and like she doesnt have anyone to talk to (or it could be my autistic ass misreading the situation) and like i wanna be closer to her but im too scared to approach and my friendship life is really shit right now and tbh i feel like its all bc of social anxiety if anyone reads this please give me advice bc i dont fucking know what to do

#vent #if you read this thank you sosososo much

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t4tails · 2 years

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Do you have any post-sequel Wachowski family headcanons?

yes! im 90% sure all of my hcs for them are what most people already think so its not toooo original but heres some under the cut ^_^

- tails and knuckles room with sonic in the attic, despite a basement being open, due to tails wanting to be close to sonic and knux having a big protective streak and knowing the attic has a height advantage in the theoretical disaster scenarios he runs through his head lmao

- i was actually planning on drawing something like this but i lost motivation but tails has a plane bed hanging on the ceiling :) and knuckles has one of those sleep pods in the corner of the room so hes practically sleeping in a nest

- im a big sucker for maddie bonding with tails and knux due to their quieter nature in comparison to tom and sonic <3 maddie and sonic are the two who really encourage tails to be more open and confident about his interests and abilities!

- literally within a month of living together if maddie mentions having any kind of mild problem tails will immediately start brainstorming how to make something to help her. shell say she hates doing the dishes and by the next day they have little robot arms in the sink that rinse everything all off and puts it in the dishwasher for them.

- maddie and knux do yoga and meditation together! sonic has tried but gets too restless and tails has trouble calming his mind enough for it to not feel like hes just sitting there doing nothing, but for knuckles it really helps him calm down after the stress of watching over his emerald + the ones he cares about

- tom and sonic still do big day long hangouts with just the two of them every so often! sonic will follow him around while he works and just in general make sure hes not bored out of his mind lmao

- a dam breaks after that first dad in the movie, sonic will break out anything when asking for something. itll be 8pm and hes asking for one last run around the town and obviously tom says no but then sonic comes out swinging with a please dad 🥺 and well. who is he to refuse.

- MOVIE NIGHTS obviously sonics a speed and action fan in general, and i think tails is a sci fi fan. he also surprisingly likes horror! thats not to say he isnt scared out of his mind and that he doesnt immediately curl into the person next to him when jumpscares happen, but he loves practical effects and trying to figure out the tricks during the film. i think hed like alien cause of stuff like this (if they let him watch it lmao). knuckles likes slow-paced things without too much dialogue, i think i saw something about him liking wall-e once? i agree. that ones a family favorite

- just in general i dont think it takes very long for them to all get close :). the first time sonic calls tails little bro tails almost cries. knuckles is a bit less open with affection but sonic says something about being the cool brother and hes like 🤨 i think not. i am the superior brother to the fox, hedgehog. cue sonic smacking him with a pillow.

they make me soffft idk i bet you could pull some more out of me but youll have to get more specific 🧸🤧

#og post #ask #anon #idk man. sonic found family just hit different

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heyitsyn · 4 years

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Keeping Up With Seijoh Ep. 1

a/n: this is a mini-series that are based off of your asks and once i,,,,, finish,,,, my seijoh phase, i will also do this for the other schools but pls take these offerings in the meantime as i work on the next part of my manager!seijoh and the time traveler au

for more seijoh content, check this masterlist out!

anon request:

Wow, your series of Seijoh managers is so cute.🥺👉👈 After starting to read, I can only think about Oikawa and y / n on a Saturday night seeing mean girls, painting nails, taking care of the skin and the another day Oiks rubbing the face of everyone who spends much more time with his dear businessman LMAOO Anyway, congratulations on your work 💕💕 seriously, I LOVE this series omg-

I MIGHT BE AN IWA AND KYO STAN BUT OIKS IS DEFINITELY THE MOST BEAUTIFUL AND PRETTIEST DUMPSTER IVE EVER SEEN

yep lets start the pilot

so basically, oikawa was being oikawa again

what might i mean, you ask

well, he was starting to work much harder than before since this was his last ever inter-high and his last ever chance on beating ushiwaka

even though they finally have the team assembled avengers assemble! with kyo back on the team, he still felt lacking and wanted to use every single free time to work on becoming better

yall fun fact about me, oikawa is actually my favorite character bc of how hard he works and the pain i have in that once scene during the karasuno match when he slammed into the tables and was struggling to get up bc of his knee----NO IM SOBBING AGAIN

iwa noticed him doing this again so he sent you out to drag him out and distract him from this

‘cmon oikawa-san-’

‘NO, Y/N-CHAN! I HAVE TO-’

‘no, the only thing you have to do is spend time with me bc i miss you and i want to have that movie you kept talking about’

bahahaha he is so whipped that a single ‘i miss you’ from you will literally make him break his back and bend for you

it was successful and you were in your room, your parents understanding oikawa and his antics since youve complained about it before, and he was sitting on your floor while looking through movies

‘y/n-chan, do you have no alien movies in here? or barbie?’

IN MY CONTENT, IT IS CANON THAT OIKAWA LOVES THE BARBIE MOVIES FITE ME

you laughed from your spot on your bed and shook your head

‘no, oikawa-san. natsu took all my barbie movies and i get scared of alien movies’

he pouted but continued to look until his eyes literally lit up

it was like god took a picture of him and you saw the flash

‘MEAN GIRLS! Y/N-CHAN I DIDNT KNOW YOU LIKED THIS TYPE OF MOVIE!’

he shrieked but you shrugged

‘meh. katsuki, natsu’s boyfriend, gave it to natsu as a joke but he gave it to me instead bc he cannot stand regina george’

you reasoned while picking out nail polish colors and looking through the ingredients of your face masks

‘WE’RE WATCHING THIS! PERIODT!’

omg hes so loud but i am too so we compatible

ugh i hate my logic

then later,

as the movie played, you were arguing with oikawa as he refused to wear the unicorn and wanted the panda one, which was your favorite

‘OIKAWA-SAN, I LIKE THIS ONE!’

‘Y/N-CHAN I LIKE IT MORE!’

you sucked in a sharp breath before relenting bc you wanted oikawa to be relaxed per request of your beloved senpai

‘fine. but i get to paint your nails’

he nodded eagerly and you handed him the packet, to which he simply stared at it

‘y/n-chan, can you,,,, put it on me?’

he sheepishly asked and you gave him a confused and bewildered look

‘oikawa-san, have you never put these on yourself?’

he shook his head, cheeks flushing and eyes focusing on the blue blanket

‘my sister always put it on for me. or iwa-chan’

‘IWA-?! wHAT-?!’

but you nodded anyways and he made you sit on his lap to put it on

‘um, oikawa-san, this position-’

he smiled at you, a gentle and real smile, not the ones for his fangirls

‘nuh uh, its fine, y/n-chan. oikawa-san loves you so he likes you right here’

he mumbled, blushing and wrapping his arms around your waist to pull you closer making you giggle and nod

‘okay. close your eyes then, oikawa-san’

he excitedly nodded, expecting a kiss from you but you flicked his forehead making his eyes fly open and wince at the pain

‘so perverted, oikawa-san. pervert-oikawa-san’

you scolded and he pouted

he said something but you didnt listen, instead placing the mask on his face and smoothing it out

his fringe was about to touch the wet material so you hastily grabbed a clip and held his hair up

he looked so cute that you couldnt help but reach over and snap a picture of him

‘ara ara gomen did y/n-chan just take a picture of oikawa-san?’

he teased but you shook your head

‘no. what are you talking about?’

he did the same thing to you and now you were both painting each other’s nails, ofc staying loyal to your school mint green and baby blue on the ring fingernail

lmao dont blast me for not being exact w the school colors but it looks mint green to me

he finished yours first and omg?? hes so??? good?? like what???

you were holding his large hands with your small fingers and his heart started thumping really fast at the simple touch

‘thank you,,,,, y/n-chan’

you looked up to him with large eyes, still unfamiliar with the softness of his voice

it was such a contrast compared to his usually loud and obnoxious, mocking tone

‘oikawa-san is not a really good captain since he burdens and bothers everyone but you always fix it all and keep everyone together. so, sorry for everything’

he mumbled and the eye holes from the mask let you see his sad eyes, genuinely sad about himself

you made the last paint stroke and capped the nail polish before leaning forwards, hands on his thigh so you could be closer

oikawa ofc freaked out because wow youre so much prettier up close and he doesnt?? deserve you??

your eyes blazed with anger and he stuttered your name but you cut him off

‘OIKAWA-SAN IS NOT USELESS. HE IS A REALLY GOOD CAPTAIN WHO LED HIS TEAM TO BATTLE THE ULTIMATE RIVAL AND EVEN THOUGH THEY LOST, THEY STILL WON IN MY EYES. YOU GOT KENTA-KUN TO COME BACK EVEN THOUGH HE DIDNT WANT TO BUT HE DID BC HE KNOWS HOW GOOD YOU ARE. HE WANTS TO PLAY ALONGSIDE A PLAYER WHO DESERVES TO BE ON THE COURT AND EVERYONE ELSE THINKS THE SAME THING. ME, Y/N, IS JUST A MANAGER WHO MIGHT NOT KNOW EVERYTHING ABOUT VOLLEYBALL OR THE TECHNIQUES AND ALL THAT BUT I RECOGNIZE YOUR TALENT AND YOU WILL MAKE IT BIG SOMEDAY, OIKAWA-SAN! I PROMISE! AND WHEN YOU DO, I WILL SUPPORT YOU AND COME TO YOUR GAMES BC YOU ARE MY CAPTAIN AND I DONT REGRET EVER MEETING YOU. SO DONT APOLOGIZE AND SAY SORRY TO ME, INSTEAD TELL ME YOU ARE HAPPY TO BE IN THIS TEAM AND SAY YOU LOVE THE TEAM AND YOU LOVE VOLLEYBALL AND YOU LOVE-’

but he cut you off, placing a chaste kiss on your exposed nose

yall really thought it was the,,,, speaking function part of your face

nahnahnah that is only for the doggie

oop what

you stopped, flustered at the sudden action but oikawa smiled

‘i love you, y/n. i really love you so give me a chance, okay? i will wait, no matter how long it takes but,,,, let me catch up and for now, think about me, okay?’

BRUH HOW IS THAT RELEVANT TO HER LONG RANT LIKE WHAT---

you tilted your head to the side, confused

she is deadass naive like bls protect her

‘a chance for what? you want to catch up for what? youre already good, oikawa-san’

then he laughed

so much more different than the ones he let out in public

it was so,,,, beautiful

you found yourself grinning with him and he calmed down, brushing away the stray hairs that is in danger of getting stuck on your mask

‘come on, y/n-chan. lets go take this off’

he stood up and offered his hand which you took

after the moisturizing and final touch-ups for your skin, you finally settled on the blanket fort and dozed off, the movie still playing but you were too comfortable in oikawa’s arms that you didnt even notice the credits rolling

the next day, you didnt feel the need to mention it at all

but oikawa did and it was still truly an accident

iwa heard about him staying late again and you having to drag him out of there and he was hitting him and kicking him again

you were so used to this that you were just writing down your notes at the corner, oblivious to oikawa’s crying

finally, he had enough of it

‘SEE THIS IS WHY Y/N-CHAN DOESNT LET YOU SPEND THE NIGHT WITH HER! BECAUSE YOU ARE SO MEAN!’

um, sire what did you just say

that was completely taken out of context and everyone, omg, especially iwa and kyo just froze

‘what,,, did you just say?’

iwa asked in a dangerously low voice and you shrugged

‘you told me to distract him, iwa-san, so i did. he was happy and satisfied and thats all that matters, right?’

you shot them a smile and oiks had such a smug smile when iwa looked at him and he was about to hit him when kyo just came out of nowhere and YEETED the smile off of his face

oikawa screamed

just a wittle blurb about this bc i totally love this :( and he totally needs more love and some of my readers love oikawa and want oikawa manager content so here it is!!! feast on these crumbs!!!!

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strangestcase · 3 years

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Hey remember that horrendous post with the TERF saying platonic polyamory is “just a group of friends” and the notes that had an alarming number of gays agreeing with that shit take... the comments were chock full of people defining polyamory as basically having orgies. What the fuck is up with that.

Like I get it! Polyamory isn’t for everyone! Polyamory isn’t fun to all! It has issues not dissimilar from monogamy! But for fucks sake STOP DEFINING SEXUALITIES BY FUCKING ALONE. SEXUALITIES ARE ABOUT SEXUAL ATTRACTION, NOT YOUR SEX LIFE. THAT IS PRIVATE AND NOT UR BUSINESS NOR UR PROBLEM.

Read this again and again and a-fucking-gain.

I certainly wouldn’t define monogamy as “fucking only one person” because that would be making assumptions about monogamous people’s sex lives, including MINORS! So miss me with that “polyamory is about fucking as many people as possible shit”! Nice disrespecting closed polycules, asshole! I thought we liked to solve fandom love triangles with throuples! /s Also nice assuming polyamorous minors’ sex lives, that’s not creepy or invasive or predatory at all! /s It also doesnt alienate sex-repulsed polyamorous people, not set toxic, unrealistic standards for people of a determinate sexuality by perpetuating a heteronormative, amatonormative, harmful myth about it! /s But sure we are all Progressive™️ and woke™️ Because the nasty polyams are all kinky sex-obsessed cishets who want to feel special and not A MARGINALIZED COMMUNITY OF PEOPLE WHOSE RELATIONSHIPS ARENT LEGALLY NOR SOCIALLY VALIDATED!

Nice going, online LGBT+ community! /s

I fucking have learnt to mistrust the spaces that should make me feel comfortable and validated— the people who should help me— all because it’s cool and hip to parrot TERF talking points now. Well, when Pride becomes a gentrified, expensive musical festival for rich cishets with no space for revolutionary queers anymore— OOPS ITS ALREADY HAPPENED! WHO FUCKING NEW, BULLYING THE MOST VULNERABLE SIDES OF OUR COMMUNITY HAS CONSEQUENCES!

TLDR: Stop defining polyamory by “fucks everyone”. You know what? Stop defining any and all sexualities by who you fuck/sexual performance, that’s creepy and also pretty fucked up lmao. My sexuality isn’t a performance I do in bed, it’s who I am attracted to PERIOD and you aren’t entitled to anybody’s sex life or lack thereof! The bigger issue here is that by alienating members of our own community, Pride becomes washed out and gentrified. But by now? Stop defining polyamory as “has orgies” or “fucks everyone they meet” that’s gross! There’s children in there for fucks sake!

#doc talks #polyphobia #amatonormativity #rant #long post #caps

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