#excuse the ranting

[invinciblerodent]

I think I really don't like how Florrick accosts you if you free her before speaking to Mizora about Ravengard. :/

Like last time, I think I rested as soon as I spoke to Mizora in Wyrm's Rock, made the same choices as this time, and I freed Florrick only after I found the fliers in the city about her impending execution. In that game, I only learned about the book from Ravengard himself, after breaking him out (pretty late in the act), but now, I freed her before I'd have rested after meeting Gortash (I mean, I was there, might as well), and she.... kinda just tried to ambush me????? Just casually, as I was on my way to Sorcerous Sundries, in broad daylight, with only a cowl to conceal her identity??????

Like....... girl.

Sure, I guess this is another contingency mechanic, just in case the player actually doesn't intend to turn on Gortash, trick Mizora, and save Ravengard, so they won't be cut off completely from this subplot.

But, I mean..... first of all, nice "disguise"??? Yeah, putting on a dirty shoulder-length cowl to conceal a jeweled pussy-gown she always wears and wandering around the city with an entourage as if she isn't a well-known face that's wanted for "treason", that's bound to work lol. A real 18 INT move.

And second, she believed Mizora. MIZORA. That, in my book at least, disqualifies her from ever saying anything even remotely critical of my girl's decision-making, lol. As far as Florrick's concerned from this point forward, Iona is to be considered automatically right in everything she ever says, for she is clearly the woman with the superior decision-making skills here. (And knowing her track record, that's every bit the insult it sounds like.)

Third of all, Florrick believed Mizora specifically when she said that Wyll is a power-hungry fledgling tyrant, and seeking to put his father out of commission in order to take the duchy for himself. Without thinking about how fucking absurd that is, in light of uuuuuhhhhhhhh everything she has ever known about Wyll. Did she seriously not think for even half a second. Does she pay this little attention. He was right there when we snuck her out. He put the faith back into her. She saw how worried he was for his father. Come off it, girl. Please.

With how highly he speaks of her, how unshakable he was in his belief of her trustworthiness, I'm halfway tempted to reload my save and put him in the party, just so his opinion of her can be lowered to the appropriate level in full HD.

(Not to mention that this kinda fucks up the pacing too, because ordinarily, you likely wouldn't reach the prison and Ravengard for quite some time yet? Like that quest is.... quite low down on the list of priorities, all things considered. You reach the thing through an unmarked sidequest, basically, and I liked learning about Ansur quite late. This way, it's like.... oh, cool, I.... guess there's that then. Should I, like, bother with anything else, or can I just. Go home, or whatever. Because I guess this is the main thing then???? If we plan to sic a dragon on the brain, that's an infinitely better plan than doing it ourselves???? Tell me again why I should bother????? :/)

#this.... got away from me kinda #squirrel plays bg3 #anyway lost a lot of respect for Florrick's character today #excuse the ranting #but it always bothers me if someone has an unjustly low opinion of Wyll and that apparently extends to characters in the game as well #with how blindly he trusts her it must be a real slap in the face for her to show his this little trust herself #a real asshole move on her part to not even question the CAMBION #YEAH TRUST THE FIEND THAT'LL WORK #what a dumbass

[p0migranate]

Its weird how I really don't have a describable style or personality, most people have like a identifiable category of things they like but it feels like all of mine were like randomly generated or something, which you can probably see from my blog tbh...

I think it's because I've inherited everything from my friends. I've always been kind of a sidekick, which makes things really weird when it comes to my creative practice, bc I always have to decide what kinda person I should be for any given project. And it's different everytime.

Idk if would be better to embrace this sidekick nature and just focus on helping my friends (which is lowkey one of the reasons I've gone into graphic design), or if I should put in the work to find myself and what I really wanna do... So far fine art has been the one thing I feel like I'm the only one I know that really has an interest in (and it stems from me being the only one who aced the art history test in highschool [feels cringe to admit that... lol]), so I've been saying that should be what I do. But do I wanna do that because I have a genuine passion for it, or is it some kinda meta "building a personality as if it was a brand" kinda situation?

I will say though, I have gotten a lot more independent since moving away, and I have no doubt I'll keep growing in that direction naturally. But still it feels like a strange problem to have, I just never learned how to be myself lol

#excuse the ranting

[almostshamelesspenguin]

Character: I think boys are pretty

Fandom: oh! They're gay! That's canon!

Different character: I have no interest in romance or sex. I don't understand it. Relationships confuse me. They seem pointless to me. I have no desire to be in a romantic or sexual relationship. I am an aromantic asexual.

Fandom: well, I guess you can interpret them as aroace...I don't see it though.

#has. has anyone else seen this or am i complaining about a virtually nonexistent issue #this is about a particular fandom that im not going to mention tho #not saying theres anything wrong with the first one either #but. cmon #bitches will give any excuse before having a character they can romantically ship #not every character needs shipping. not every character needs a realtionship #shut up for the love of god #aroace #aromantic #asexual #aroace erasure #aromantic erasure #asexual erasure #aroace rant

[redheadlesbianfreak]

Yes, people do need to take accountability for the partners they choose to date, at least to some extent. And no, this doesn't apply to abusive relationships, that situation is entirely different.

I'm talking about white people who date other white people who are openly racist. I'm talking about "allies" who date other people who are openly homophobic and transphobic. I'm talking about liberal women who date very conservative men. And seeing bigotry as nothing more than a "political issue."

Of course, it's different if your partner lies and actively hides their political views from you. But if your partner is openly voting for people like Trump, openly supporting conservative politicians, openly hating/harming minority groups, then you should leave them. And you should be held accountable if you to choose to stay with someone like that.

#personal #rant #just because i see this a lot #if you stay with someone like this it enables their behavior #oh and this applies to queer people too #because queer people can be shitty and bigoted #i get that many situations are nuanced but i'm talking about people who say that it's okay to date someone despite “political differences” #that excuse completely stops when it comes to human rights

[bixels]

Always an experience watching the leftism leave FNAF fans when someone mentions that Scott Cawthon financially backed fascist politicians.

The switch from posting hardline leftist tweets about boycotts and signal boosts and critical takedowns of politicians and celebrities to ‘ohhh, well. everyone makes mistakes. who can blame him, listen he. he donated money to gay charities too. that makes it ok! a millionaire in his forties is allowed to have political beliefs. does it even matter? just let it go!’ is whiplash inducing. The antivaxxer celebrities have got to go, but this one horror dev who quietly handed wads of cash to antivax lawmakers? He’s chill, he can stay.

The charity thing is so funny too because suddenly utilitarian positive-negative point counting is the way to go. Maybe an abacus would help calculate the net good of donating to the Trevor Project minus donating thousands of dollars to Mitch McConnell and Donald Trump. -10 points if I push a kid in a lake but +11 points if I help an old lady across the street, so I’m chill. You can’t judge me. Hey, maybe. Just don’t push a kid in the lake period. How fucking low is the bar when we’re excusing maxing out the possible dollar amount of donations to Mitch fucking McConnell. That should be like. Default you’re a bad person.

#delete later #personal #not art #rant #you can still be a fan of fnaf 100% but god you’re not obligated to defend its creator #don’t pretend like Scott is cool #“’Scott likes gay people he only voted for trump for his fiscal and defense policies in defendi america from terrorists!’ #kid. that’s not good either. #fiscal conservatism kills people too. #the whole thing exposes how weak some leftists are to the image of the ‘well-mannered right wing republican.’ the type who would #respectfully disagree with your right to exist with a kind top of the hat #‘as long as you silently hate me and force a nice smile while shaking my hand it’s ok’ #this is why jk Rowling is hated while Scott gets a free pass. just have to hide your hate well enough and liberals will excuse you ig

[lolo314]

Current mood: It's hard to be the bard

That song is literally my life rn and I'm not living it for it.

I know this fic isn't gonna write itself, but what if it did?

It'll never see the light of day at this rate. Writer's block is such a biiitch.

Is this what happens when real life keeps you from writing for months and then you try to get back to it? Cause all my brain has to say is file not found.

Sorry Lance, you'll have to wait a long time to find true love and happiness. For now you can continue doing whatever it is sad emo bois with the heart of a teddy bear do.

#excuse the ranting #I'm a bit frustrated #wrote a whole 65 words before i got stuck #and now i wanna scream into the void #it's hard to he the bard #ikerev #ikemen revolution

[dyssonant-skyline]

"because its hell" doesn't hold up.

When you create a setting from scratch, you have total control over it. You get to make the rules. You can't excuse a flaw in writing or presentation with "it is hell, it has to be this way!"

Here is one paraphrased example from Hazbin Hotel I've heard recently in response to a critique of calling the main characters too reliant on pinks/reds:

"All the characters have red in their color schemes because they are from the Pride ring and the rings are color coordinated."

While this gives an in-character/in-lore explanation for the color schemes, what it doesn't do is change the fact Hazbin Hotel's characters having a hard time standing out from the background. An in-character/in-lore justification should NOT be prioritized over the overall quality of a project.

As a writer, you have control over the constraints of your story. If you write yourself into a corner, you can't just throw up your hands and give up. You have to be willing to rework your lore and stories to make them stronger.

If excessive cursing is grating and making certain moments within your story less impactful, you should reel it in because it makes the presentation stronger. If your color based lore is causing the visuals of your project to suffer, it is time to reassess the lore.

Just because something is logically consistent within a world, doesn't make it a good writing/art choice.

A setting's rules should serve stories and characters, not the other way around.

#please... stop using that as an excuse. it is an admission that the writers could have fixed the issue by thinking through the- #worldbuilding/lore more... but they didnt. Anyway #that's my personal take/rant on how stories should be written. #hazbin critical #hazbin hotel criticism #vivziepop criticism #hazbin hotel critique #hazbin hotel redesign #helluva boss redesign #vivziepop critical #helluva boss critical #hazbin hotel critical #Dys rants

[starzovermarz]

Some Spidey + DP doodles :]

and also Tracer.

#spider man fanart #spider man #deadpool #deadpool fanart #spideypool #? #yeah. spideypool #tracer #idk why i felt like drawing her alonside them #but she gets to stay. #bro Spidey is RANTING #no idea whay he's saying tho. #I was just gonna draw dp in his cutesy pose talking on a flip phone #but I decided I might as well draw the other side of the conversation. #eh it was mostly an excuse to draw spider man and deadpool together <3 #my art ☆

[maerhiya]

in regards to the constant dismissal of his aroace identity, i hate it when alastor 'fans' say and use the excuse: "he's fictional, he won't get offended."

like, you're right, but it can and will offend us.

when you see yourself being represented on screen, of course you'd feel enthusiastic about it — representation allows individuals to see themselves reflected in the media they consume, validating their identities and experiences. but when so many people take that representation and decide to disregard and discard it, it is so fucking frustrating. we finally have another character to be part of the tiny amount of representation we have, but then people don't even care about how much it means to us? like yeah, alastor won't get offended because he's not real, but it frustrates and annoys us. do you realize that it's also technically invalidating the aroace community? that you're invalidating our feelings? imagine feeling like you're finally being seen because your orientation is finally being represented in media, and people just decide to blatantly ignore, discard, and invalidate it.

media has such a powerful influence on real life, representation being a prevalent factor of it. there are numerous posts that dictate how people went to watch a movie/show or read a book just because a character depicts their identity in it — obviously, being represented is an incredibly uplifting and validating experience.

which is why seeing an aroace character in a popular show is so meaningful to us because we live in a world where romance and sex are literally everywhere and prioritized above all else. (and it's pretty obvious that alastor's on the repulsed end of the spectrum, but even if he wasn't, at least make an effort to acknowledge his sexuality instead of continuing to portray him as allo; aroace folks can be in relationships but it's not going to be the same thing with allos' experiences.)

any and every representation matters, but why does that seem to stop at people under the aroace spectrum? like y'all can't even let us appreciate the scraps of representation we have. we barely have any, so are we really that dramatic for being upset at how people easily disregard and dismiss our identities that are being depicted on screen just like that? is it truly wrong of us to want to defend and maintain the little representation we have?

#like imagine if i asked you ab your fav character and then i said i hated them and proceeded to insult them #wouldn't that irritate you even just a bit and maybe even come to their defense? #like why would you be offended when they're not even real lmaoo #they're fictional and won't get offended but if you love that character then YOU might feel offended and maybe even defend them #ok now take that situation and put it into this context #except it's much more meaningful bc it's about representation #just a random thought #i'm not against shipping him or finding him attractive (bc same LMAO) or the fanart btw #i just hate it when people use bs excuses to justify their obvious dismissal & indifference towards aro/ace rep #like at least acknowledge his identity :(( #sorry for the long ass rant and if some parts don't make sense i'm not in the best mood rn lol #and i've been wanting to get this off my chest for a while #didn't know double standards were a thing when it came to representation.... #but here we are #alastor #aroace alastor #aroace #asexual #aromantic #asexuality #aromanticism #arospec #aspec #alastor hazbin hotel #aromantic alastor #asexual alastor #hazbin hotel #hazbin hotel alastor #aroacespec #queer

[nerdykorgi]

sry it took me so long to make just these, i went on vacation lol

Im just gonna ease into it and not show all of them at once, one because it would take a while and two i want to show my favorite ones some love.

but rq! CW: BLOOD AND DEATH

Calisto! One of my first grim ocs! He was made to be that one grim from hollow mind.

He's very artistic and creative and overall optimistic (atleast he tries to be). He loves writing and drawing, he designed the symbols for the 9 covens.

He was blinded before he was killed and unfortunatly carried that into the afterlife. He's really close to Caleb and they try to "keep the peace" if you will amoung the other grims and make sure it dosent divulge into chaos.

He wants to take care of his predeccsor/brothers and tries his best to learn how to write again so he can make a list of everyone, he wants to make sure no one is forgotten or ignored.

He's a silly guy <3

THE BABY!!!

Hunter may have been the youngest grimwalker made a golden guard but he wasn't the youngest one ever made.

Fletcher was one of Belos's attempts to make a grimwalker that was easy to manipulate but he wasn't quite ready for the tasks of taking care of a toddler.

That and said toddler eerily reminded him of a certain red-haired witch. (or more-or-less Cal & Eve's kid, give or take)

but in death, he very much looks up to his guard brothers and wants to be as cool as them. He's a very huggable kid and makes it his personal mission to hug all of the guards who need it.

I love them, my bois

(*exaggerated sigh* sorry for slow updates, life prohibits me from drawing 24/7. I feel like I apologize alot but i genuinly feel bad for not being able to post so quickly :") )

#also any questions are amazing #any excuse to rant about them #the owl house #toh #caleb wittebane #emperor belos #philip wittebane #hunter toh #golden guard #previous golden guard

[yureichi]

I was scrolling through Pinterest when I came across a post about QON chapter 21 and some comments were crazy with purity obsession. There’s people out there who really think that having sex ruins a character. The series is YA, so, not explicit, but the sexually liberated, partying naked, several lovers, staring-at-your-crush-while-kissing-other-people culture of the Folk is often brought up. So I don’t see why people trouble themselves reading the books if the subject bothers them so much.

Someone really said that Jude and Cardan’s first time was degrading and out of character for Jude - I’m sorry, what?? How is a young married couple having sex degrading? Jude had the hots for Cardan from the get go, even in TCP (even though back then she was too busy hating his attitude and his bullshit to realise and that ended up severally repressing and undermining her physical attraction to him), the moment she kissed him and enjoyed it a little too much she was DOOMED. She was raging and furious while simultaneously imagining his mouth on her in the Queen of Mirth scene. She gave in into him in the very first (actual, physical) move he made on her, dude kissed her and their clothes were gone, consequences be damned. They spent months apart, were missing each other badly and were horny. So, yeah, them sleeping together was, in fact, very in character and expected. Jude provoking him with his fantasies and losing her virginity on top was on point with the girl she is and I wouldn’t expect anything less from her lol.

People really need to stop purifying fictional characters so they can fit into their niche needs and they really really need to stop demonizing sex. It’s how you ended up in the world in the first place. It’s normal. Most people do it. If you don’t feel up to it, there’s no need to do it or consume media where it’s portrayed in a nice and positive way. Go find a shape in the clouds before shaming people (both real and fictional) for normal human (and faerie, of course) behaviour.

#jude duarte #cardan greenbriar #jurdan #tfota #the cruel prince #the wicked king #the queen of nothing #the folk of the air #EXCUSE the rant

[an-established-butt-dent]

Dragon age inquisition: Solas

I wonder how long it took the companions to notice Solas wields magic just a bit... differently?

Surely an apostate knows magic beyond the boundaries of a Circle? But even Dorian doesn't recognize some of his techniques, and the ones that he does are only described in ancient Tevene tomes.

Hmm... strange.

Acrylic ink, fineliner and gouache on paper.

#I mean how long is 'found it in the fade' a believable excuse and not just something that makes everyone extremely suspicious lol #I imagine Dorian trying to corner Solas and trying to pry for information about his magic while Solas is lightly sweating #'these mortals have lost even the basics of spells' #Like how hard must it have been for Solas to shut his mouth and not go off ranting about all the ancient spells that have been lost?? #I can only imagine hahaha #By the way I had to crop this drawing because the legs were way too short and I only noticed once it was already too late oops #So please don't look too closely ma'am #solas #my art #dragon age inquisition #my fanart #dai #solavellan #original artwork #Solasmancers #fen'harel #dragon age dreadwolf #the dread wolf rises #dragon age #illutration #Solas illustration #The Dread egg #Suspicious egg #Found it in the fade

[ganondoodle]

i will never forgive totk for giving us 5 minutes of zelda being excited and confident about her actual interests right at the start only to yank her away for the rest of the game and into the scared puppy eyed little maiden role standing uncomfortably besides the cool new guy™️

like is it actually a genuis tragic move of the writers to let her yet again not be allowed to be anything but a puppy eyed sacrificial maiden or is it just … bad writing how do i explain that i care so much about zelda that totk made me care not even a little bit about anyone but master koga bc of how it was written

i was more emotionally invested trying to get a chicken out of a well than i was with totks story or new characters (if you take the yiga out of the equation)

(and no, finding a few scraps of text, you have to grind to find, telling me that actualyl she had so much fun there and did like .. one thing with an some sort of never seen or otherwise hinted at construct and omg she totally was integrated like famillyy and found friends we never see isnt remedying anything imo)

#ganondoodles talks #zelda #totk #ganondoodles rants #not a long rant #but i saw a screenshot of totk zelda at the start of the story #and the post called her the most developed zelda theres ever been #well .. SHE COULD BE #THE POTENTIAL IS THERE BUT THEY DONT DO SHIT WITH HER EXCEPT FIND DUMB EXCUSES TO GET HER TO BE BASICALLY IRRELEVANT FOR THE ENTIRE GAME #tetra was also done dirty on occasion but i feel like she was a better zelda than totk zelda #anyway im repeating myself #jsut needed to get that out bc i ... will never stop getting angry at the thought of what she could have been #and what the real thing was in the end

[mellowmooon]

...it has just occurred to me how weird my cat is actually

i had to stop drinking koolaid and milk entirely because he would climb my leg to get to it (and then proceed to not drink it), he almost drowned in a pool as a kitten. we had to argue with my mother for six months so she'd give me him back. he lived basically in the woods for years. he almost got killed by a raccoon once. once i came back after a two week trip and learned my mother ran him over with her car

currently he is the world's sickest little guy and he's be taught by my other cat how to break into cabinets. there's no reason for him to do this there's nothing in there he's just bored because he cant live in the woods anymore i guess. would die for him. no he doesn't go outside anymore

#probably not comprehensible. i love him #excuse the cat rant it's 4 am and he won't leave me be

[soniclion92]

People gotta understand that the whole 'slow motion break up' thing from s4 isn't Jonathan saying he doesn't love Nancy anymore, it's him admitting that he's terrified that he's going to drive Nancy into hating him the way Joyce hates Lonnie. He's depressed and doom spiralling! He literally starts off the season by proclaiming how much he loves her (at the same time as Nancy ranting abt how much she loves him) !! That boy LOVES Nancy so much he really doesn't want to lose her but has convinced himself that he will! Also, this is the first thing he does upon seeing Nancy again, if he didn't love her, would he really have greeted her like this:

Jonathan Byers loves Nancy Wheeler and Nancy Wheeler loves Jonathan Byers, your honour. I rest my case.

#im off on a rant again please excuse me #i don't understand where the whole 'jonathan doesn't love nancy' thing even comes from like are we even watching the same show atp #stranger things #stranger things netflix #netflix #jonathan byers #jancy

[icantdothistodaybruh]

yea sooooo I may have or may have not watched and instantly rewatched all kuro musicals in existence in a spawn of one week and now have roughly 40 screenshots to redraw from

I think I might be insane or something

#it's all sebaciel of course #god I wish I could erase my memory and rewatch the most beautiful death and tango on the campania #the latter I watched like 3 times but death I found a long long while ago so now it must've been my tenth or so rewatch #and I'm still so not normal about the final song and overall parallels between sebaciels and alan x eric i'm fijsdfdjfo #and sebastian is so dumb he is sO BLIIIINDDDD IT'S CRAZY #“me? going against my nature and principles over some tiny human? I could neve-” yeah bro mhm talk about it after the gwa and rciel reveal #also fellas is it gay to *pretend* to try to wake up your master just so you can have an excuse to carry him? #and then sing about how every night you fantasize about kissing him and holding him? #is it fellas?? #and the whole scene of alan's death when in his memories he and eric VERY PLATONICALY look at falling petals and he goes #“ah so beautiful it looks like snowfall :)” #and fucking moments later sebastian kills eric the souls are flying everywhere just so ciel could go #“ah so beautiful it looks like snowfall :|” #I'm going fucking insaine I hate it here every time is like the first #"some things are simply meant to be beautiful” proceeds to STARE AT CIEL FOR A GOD DAMN ETERNITY #I can't I literally can't I'm miserable #sebaciel #was so busy with my rant I even forgot to include the tag at first oh my god