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realpokemon · 1 year

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everytime that i heam "oh can 1,000,000[insert rpg creature] beat one of all pokemon" im just like. tyranitar exists

i could defeat a tyranitar myself. easily

#pokemon #unreality #pkmn irl #easily #20k notes and ill do it

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ofbreathandflame · 11 months

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With the rise of booktok/booktwt, there's been this weird movement against literary criticism. It's a bizarre phenomenon, but this uptick in condemnation of criticism is so stifling. I understand that with the rise of these platforms, many people are being reintroduced into the habit of reading, which is why at the base level, I understand why many 'popular' books on booktok tend to be cozier.

The argument always falls into the 'this book means too much to me' or 'let people enjoy things,' which is rhetoric I understand -- at least fundamentally. But reading and writing have always been conduits for criticism, healthy natural criticism. We grow as writers and readers because of criticism. It's just so frustrating to see arguments like "how could you not like this character they've been the x trauma," or "why read this book if you're not going to come out liking it," and it's like...why not. That has always been the point of reading. Having a character go through copious amounts of trauma does not always translate to a character that's well-crafted. Good worldbuilding doesn't always translate to having a good story, or having beautiful prose doesn't always translate into a good plot.

There is just so much that goes into writing a story other than being able to formulate tropable (is that a word lol) characters. Good ideas don't always translate into good stories. And engaging critically with the text you read is how we figure that out, how we make sure authors are giving us a good craft. Writing is a form of entertainment too, and just like we'd do a poorly crafted show, we should always be questioning the things we read, even if we enjoy those things.

It's just werd to see people argue that we shouldn't read literature unless we know for certain we are going to like it. Or seeing people not be able to stand honest criticism of the world they've fallen in love with. I love ASOIAF -- but boy oh boy are there a lot of problems in the story: racial undertones, questionable writing decisions, weird ness overall. I also think engaging critically helps us understand how an author's biases can inform what they write. Like, HP Lovecraft wrote eerie stories, he was also a raging racist. But we can argue that his fear of PoC, his antisemitism, and all of his weird fears informed a lot of what he was writing. His writing is so eerie because a lot of that fear comes from very real, nasty places. It's not to say we have to censor his works, but he influences a lot of horror today and those fears, that racial undertone, it is still very prevalent in horror movies today. That fear of the 'unknown,'

Gone with the Wind is an incredibly racist book. It's also a well-written book. I think a lot of people also like confine criticism to just a syntax/prose/technical level -- when in reality criticism should also be applied on an ideological level. Books that are well-written, well-plotted, etc., are also -- and should also -- be up for criticism. A book can be very well-written and also propagate harmful ideologies. I often read books that I know that (on an ideological level), I might not agree with. We can learn a lot from the books we read, even the ones we hate.

I just feel like we're getting to the point where people are just telling people to 'shut up and read' and making spaces for conversation a uniform experience. I don't want to be in a space where everyone agrees with the same point. Either people won't accept criticism of their favorite book, or they think criticism shouldn't be applied to books they think are well written. Reading invokes natural criticism -- so does writing. That's literally what writing is; asking questions, interrogating the world around you. It's why we have literary devices, techniques, and elements. It's never just taking the words being printed at face value.

You can identify with a character's trauma and still understand that their badly written. You can read a story, hate everything about it, and still like a character. As I stated a while back, I'm reading Fourth Wing; the book is terrible, but I like the main character. The worldbuilding is also terrible, but the author writes her PoC characters with respect. It's not hard to acknowledge one thing about the text, and still find enough to enjoy the book. And authors grow when we're honest about what worked and what didn't work. Shadow and Bone was very formulaic and derivative at points, but Six of Crows is much more inventive and inclusive. Veronica Roth's Carve the Mark had some weird racial problems, but Chosen Ones was a much better book in terms of representation. Percy Jackson is the same way. These writers grow, not just by virtue of time, but because they were critiqued and listened to that critique. C.S. Lewis and Tolkien always publically criticized each other's work. Zora Neale Hurston and Langston Hughes had a legendary friendship and back and forth with one another's works which provides so much insight into the conversations black authors and creatives were having.

Writing has always been about asking questions; prodding here and there, critiquing. It has always been a conversation, a dialogue. I urge people to love what they read, and read what they love, but always ask questions, always understand different perspectives, and always keep your mind open. Please stop stifling and controlling the conversations about your favorite literature, and please understand that everyone will not come out with the same reading experience as you. It doesn't make their experience any less valid than yours.

#long post #literary critique #literary criticism #booktok #books & libraries #booktwitter #but yeah it’s really hard for me to embrace booktube #and BookTok when the conversations that are most prevalent #are the ones telling people to not be critical of what they’re reading #esp the ones who desparately don’t want to understand differing opinions #‘how could you not like this’ or ‘how could you hate this character’#easily #because I can #a traumatic backstory isn’t gonna erase a bad story #it isn’t going to make a character or book compelling #more trauma doesn’t make the story more complex #see: with fourth wing.#thank you for reading this long rant #congrats if you make it to the tags💀😭

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forestshadow-wolf · 1 month

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Soap who hates his anger issues so he tries to tamp them down, but that just causes them to explode out at a later time. Which in turn makes him angrier because why can't he just be more docile. Why does he have to be so violent ALL THE DAMN TIME.

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skunkes · 8 months

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I feel like if talon was a neopet he'd be a kyrii..!!

i saw this ask cut off in my activity tab and was thinking "oh please say kyrii" as i opened it

yes!

darigan kyrii, but wit faerie elements (wings and antennae) ^_^

#too lazy to fix the glaring tangent #skunk mail #Anonymous #a doodley #blue is my favorite color but its so hard to work with. true blue is TOO boring and swinging too far green or red breaks the pattern really #easily #anyway yeah. i wanted to add bright yellow greens here as contrast to the blue purple but he doesnt have any green themes at all #closer to blue looked too muted. so went with the teal even though he's not a teal guy either. close enough to blue #original darigan kyrii colors are fitting. talon loves royal and navy blue but its easy to represent him with red #he has purple scheme regularly because of dis (in his usual hair and eyes)#so making the beast blue purple and keeping the eyes leaning toward red fits !#the big ears and the teeth and nose...kyrii just looks like the bat monster version i wanna make for him

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middleearth-polls · 5 months

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#middle-earth #lotr #the silmarillion #the lord of the rings #middleearth polls #tumblr polls #category: characters #had to remove Maeglin bc otherwise he would have won the poll #easily #now it's probably gonna be his dad

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bluecloudsandwhitesky · 7 months

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Firmly believe movie!Adrien could and would make Claw Noir cry

#easily #mlb paris special #ml spoilers #claw noir #ml #miraculous ladybug #ml awakening #adrien agreste

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animunee-ee · 3 months

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The 4 special grade sorcerers of the modern era

#they are my favorite characters #easily #which is unfortunate given their current statuses in the story #love them regardless #also happy birthday pookie bear #yuta okkotsu #tsukumo yuki #yuki tsukumo #gojo satoru #getou suguru #geto suguru #jjk #jujustu kaisen #joni art

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frnkiebby · 3 months

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these stupid cute fuckers~🎃

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jeena-says-hi · 11 months

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Miles: I wish we could block people in real life

Gwen: Restraining order

Hobie: murder

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gingkos-eldritch-secret · 7 months

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Fanfiction commentary and recommendations: Lex Luthor´s ascend from supervillainy to fatherhood Part II (chapters 6 to 10)

For the (probably nonexistent) person who wants to know where to find the other parts:

Part I

Part III

Part IV

Part V

Part VI

Part VII

What follows is the commentary for the next few chapters. For the simple reason that i have not yet named it as part of why this fanfiction is so good: It has a pretty decent (read: for a normal person a quite long) chapter lenghth - perfect for just cuddling up somewhere with a mug of tea or any other hot beverage of choice and keep on reading. As the full lenghth of this fic has as of this day reached around 500k words and there are still 59 to go you, there is still quite a bit to discuss!

I do hope I don´t just regurgitate the story itself, but we´ll see how it goes.

I want to try to include some things that may count as spoilers. I´ll put the spoilers in using this:

So if you see this - there may or may not be a spoiler here but at least you can ignore the text if it important to you?

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Okay so there´s been a time jump between the fifth and sixth chapters. And what do we see? Danny as well as Lex struggling with a few important revelations.

The first one being Danny even realizing that: yes, he actually IS smart. Who would ever question that with the number of languagges Danny even speaks? And with all the knowledge he has about astrophysics? Or even how he is able to tinker with his parent´s weapons and actually understanding them? But no.

Our boy has been told he was the dumb one in the family for long enough, that is was an actual surprise for him to realize how well he has placed in his placement tests. And it does break my heart a little to know what must have gone down to behave like that …

But that´s only just really scratching the surface, isn´t it? Because what follows is Lex being a worried parent and realizing that his son has been left reeling with a realization.

Because Danny, now that school is about to start again, knows that he can´t just leave soon anymore. He has built somewhat of a life in this dimension. He as people he cares about. He´s about to continue his schooling here. And our boy? Has not wanted to think about the repercussions.

So here he sits. In his room. Devastated after months in this dimension because … he´s happy here. He´s happy and he doesn´t want to be happy. Doesn´t want to be safe because this? This isn´t home. And how my heart hurts when I read this.

A child should feel save at home. They shouldn´t be forced to literally fight for this sense of safety. But he was. And now all of this tension is just gone and it feels good and in a way he feels as if he´s betraying his family and friends. Which I completely understand. But - he should get to feel save too.

What I do find a funny kind of satisfaction in is just how Lex continues to bash Danny´s parents. Because as bad as it sounds: it´s all the truth. And that it is probably just makes it a much harder pill to swallow. Poor boy, but he´ll understand. Someday. Probably?

All in all: this chapter is just such a wholehearted conversation that I´m a bit sad to see it go. But it just gets better from there because it continues with a mind controlled superman and Danny deciding he´s got to do something about it. Which he does. By absolutely beating the living daylights out of him. Lex gets a very satisfying video out of it and by god, is the fight scene nicely written. Another wonderful little thing to point out is how lex explains to Danny how 'Superman´s been mind controlled again' and then just does not stop bashing him xD Wonderful scene tbh, i need more of snarky Lex!

After the fight? The Justice League gets CURIOUS. And a curious justice league? I don´t know if that would do Danny all too much good, not that they care at this point. He could be a danger after all.

And to be honest? I fear for the day they may try and interrogate Danny as Phantom. Though I have not yet decided if I fear more for Danny or the League. He´s slightly (very) unhinged after all.

Also: Danny lands on the news! And on Twitter! And oh my god, does Twitter have THINGS to say about the whole thing.

And boy oh boy - Twitter loves Danny! From his looks to his smarts and his relationship with Lex or his sassiness: everything gets discussed and it´s just so funny to see this happening from an outside point of view xD

What also follows is the funniest Twitter discourse i have seen in a while. It does include Danny non-stop snarking at Lex so it is an absolute win for me xD

Also: people find out about his and Cass´relationship and they are very enthusiastic about it. Or at least, that´s one way to put it xD

Even though it´s only friendship. For now. I swear to god they´re not gonna stay friends for long before they´re in a committed relationship with each other.

Which Bruce apparently also knows. He´s already plotting the shovel talk. Is it bad that i want to see that discussion go down?

Alfred just being the absolute sweetheart that he is being like 'Cassandra can can take care of herself silly son'. It´s just so wholesome?

And with that Arc I ENDS. And it was such a sweet arc :3 Full of heart for sure and the fun also did not get the short end of stick - superman got it instead xD

It´s not the end however as we get to the first interlude, which shows us how Jazz is dealing with the whole situation. 'Not good' may be an understatement to be honest.

She has to accomodate so many things: what her parents did to Danny, what they did (and also did not) do while they were 'raising' them, how to deal with the negelct and sometimes borderline abuse, how to deal with college and how to search for her brother without losing either herself or her connection to her friends and family…

What probably does not help is that his disappearance has created a rift between Tucker and Sam that seems to get worse as time goes on.

And Jazz? She seems lost. A classic case of older sibling syndrome, not furthered by her study into psychology. She´s spreading herself thin trying to help. Has been doing so for years at this point and to be honest? It feels as if she´s about to snap.

What she does feel for sure is lost. And i can relate. I really, really do. I mean i may not have been in such a dire situation yet (knock on wood), but … i can kind of feel her despair and sadness over these circumstances: She wanted to do more. To help more, but also to finally be free of this burden. She feels as if it´s her fault Danny died. That it´s her fault she couldn´t bring him back. And doesn´t that just mirror Danny´s whole 'I must save the town because i turned on the portal' sacrificial mindset?

The surely are much more similar to each other than they probably think. And if they are gonna see each other again? There are many tears and conversations to be had…

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seraphdreams · 5 months

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it’s raining in gaza and they’re going with barely any shelter, barely any necessities, and when it rains it gets cold, which brings on the common cold — there’s little to no medicine as it is. how can anyone as a united nations official, stand by and let this happen?

#what happened to all the humanitarianism #how is it different now it’s palestine?#i’m so sick of world leaders turning a blind eye to genocide #how can you sleep at night knowing all that’s going on could be stopped #easily #how far deep in your own ass can you be #seraph.announces!#free palestine #free gaza #from the river to the sea palestine will be free

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dumblr · 2 years

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Therapist: It seems like you fall in love too easily.

Me: What babe?

#quotes #meme #therapy #therapist #baby #love #feelings #emotions #jokes #tumblr humor #lol #funny story #funny quotes #fall in love #easily #wholesome memes #so me #relatable shit #dumblr

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loki-hargreeves · 11 months

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Hate how you can't just walk into a new town and start a new life with a fresh identity these days

#the olden days might've sucked yes #but some things were objectively funnier #you could just say stuff and people believed you #and disappear #easily

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woohooincoffin · 2 months

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The sims 4 has done so much for so long. Let her rest…..put her down. And remaster the sims TWO

#don’t change anything about it #just make it so modern computers can run it #easily #that’s it

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mushiewrites · 10 months

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the size difference is insane between these two… 😵‍💫

imagine how easy it would be for dream to get sap on the floor, lying on his back and just tickling him silly? he wouldn’t even need anyone to help hold him down, dream could just straddle sap’s waist and he’s stuck for as long as dream wants him to be 🫠

not to mention the difference in their hand sizes too, making it incredibly easy to hold both of sap’s wrists above his head with one hand while the other is free to explore all the extra tickly areas on sapnap’s torso :D

#lee!sapnap #ler!dream #this picture made me so dizzy #amongst other things 🫠#anyway sap does destroy dream but dream can absolutely ruin sap #easily #soo so soooooo easily #mushie concepts / hcs #mcyt tickle #my stuff

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never-forget-viva-la-pluto · 4 months

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FYI: I have a degree in digital media and audio production and some of you need to know what ADR is.

Automated dialogue replacement

It means that most and/or everything you hear in professionally produced films is dubbed over with voice acting.

Boom Mics are used to record things said during filming so that the actors can (sometimes months to a year later and/or after the actors have had training on certain accents) record the same lines they performed in the scene based on the script they are given. This is done in a recording booth and with the same methods as voice acting in video games/anime/and animated movies.

I'm not saying that Chris Pratt should have voiced Mario, good god I wish we could remove him from Hollywood for good, but I do promise that he has done voice acting. All the face actors have. All those 'ha's and 'ack's are done in a booth. Every scene has approximately 0 of the original recorded audio while filming playing in the final release. Even sex scenes. Each actor has to then make all those sounds again in a booth later.

Most voice actors were also filmed actors or still are. Travis Willingham is a prof voice actor but he was also in the film Secondhand Lions with Robert Duval. Talasin Jaffe was in HOUSE MD and Mr. Mom.

And Kung Fu Panda is a good example of wildly talented hollywood actors doing voice acting and absolutely nailing it. All of them gave a performance that couldn't be replicated to the same level, and I know, I watched Kung Fu Panda: The Legends Of Awesomeness, in its entirety.

The problem is not that famous Hollywood actors can't do voice acting correctly, many do it very well(Idris Elba), it's that the studios are more interested in getting a Hollywood name to voice Mario, and not Charles Martinet. Because Travis Willingham or Colleen O'Shaughnessey don't have their faces on cereal boxes or toys with their likeness being sold to children.

This isn't (usually*) a talent problem, it's an extention of the situation when Disney screwed over Robin Williams. It's about companies not caring who actually does the best job, but whose name they can flash on the screen biggest.

*Benedict Cumberbatch definitely had months to perfect his Dr Strange accent so he has no excuse at all.

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