#he's a dumbass but he's not completely stupid

[stawpny]

Gov, after New York said something completely out of pocket: I sometimes wonder what goes on in your head. It keeps me up at night.

New York: I don’t like that you think about that.

(pause)

New York, again: I don’t like that you think about me.

—

(1950’s)

Massachusetts: No, York, you can’t do that, fucking dumbass

New York, really quickly: onlyredbloodedcommunistssaywhat

Massachusetts, puzzled: what?

New York: HE’S A COMMUNIST!! HIM!

—

Random Person: I can show you a magic trick!

Massachusetts: Really? Show me.

Random Person: Is this your card?

Massachusetts, horrified and frantically pointing at the person: WITCH!! WITCH!

—

Young New Jersey: Well, York’s got a bad case of “stupid disease” that unfortunately gets worse as the days go on.

Pennsylvania, almost losing it: What?

Young New York: Stop telling everyone I’m stupid! I am not stupid-

Young New York: OHMYGODAKITTY!!

Young New Jersey, overdramatic : What did I say? It’s so hard to see such a young child suffer.

—

Gov: Tell me truthfully, how old do I look?

California, a people pleaser: You look not a day older than 24!

Texas, an honest soul: Around 32-ish?

Florida, the one who’s whole purpose is to flex his age: You look like you’re 10 to me.

Louisiana, who is too drunk to say anything relatively normal: Uh.. 53! Yeah!

New York, too tired to care: You look fine. Can we get back to the meeting now?

—

New York, boasting about his height: You wouldn’t believe what it’s like to live with these short fuckers.

New York: I mean just look at them!

New York: It’s like im Snow White with the.. *counting* 9, sometimes 10, little dwarves. And they’re all the grumpy one!

New York, arguing: You about the same size of one of “Santa’s Little Helper” yet you don’t even help the fatass!

New York, still: You fucking elves. Go make toys or something.

—

credits: me!!

I’ve been thinking abt these for a while

sorry they’re very NY-centric 😿

oh yeah I’m alive btw

#wttt #wttsh #welcome to the statehouse #wttt new york #wttsh new york #wttsh headcanons #wttt headcanons #wttt incorrect quotes #wttsh incorrect quotes #wttt massachusetts #wttt new jersey #wttt gov #wttt main 5 #wttt pennsylvania #meow

[scootersscooter]

Hate when the entire fandom misinterprets one of your favorite characters and you literally can't find any fan work where they actually act like their character

#this is about Gold in pokespe btw #he is not sexually harassing people every ten seconds omg especially not his best friend #he cares for crystal and thinks she's smart #he teases her the same way he does silver #I'm begging y'all to acquire some braincells please #his literal only real instance of doing something perverted is slapping blues ass once when he was 11 #he was immediately beaten up after #he never acts like that again after or even really before the incident #not acting like that was right but like that's the only thing he did and he was 11 #his emotional growth is literally what makes his character #he feels inadequate compared to the other dexholders #he's clever if i see another interpretation of Gold as completely fucking stupid I'm going to lose it #he's a dumbass but he's not completely stupid #THERE IS A REASON HE IS CALLED THE HATCHER #HE HAS AN EMOTIONAL CONNECTION WITH POKÉMON TO THE EXTENT HE CAN AFFECT THEIR PERSONALITIES BEFORE THEY HATCH #the mischaracterization never takes into account his character past the crystal arc either #HE WAS 11 #STOP IT #STOP MAKING HIM ACT LIKE THAT WHEN YOU'RE WRITING HIS HGSS CHARACTER #HE'S LIKE 16 #gold pokespe

[dollopheadsandclotpoles]

Oh he jealous jealous

#wwdits #what we do in the shadows #mine #wwdits spoilers #nandor the relentless #kayvan novak #nandermo #also how stupid is he that he completely forgot he used to frequent Massive Fitness #like hello the entire Meg ep #did he wipe his own memory in the process fhgkhdfg dumbass #but yes his snarky 'he always seems to have something else going on these days' TOO GOOD

[aceof-stars]

Miles Edgeworth is both extremely perceptive about other people’s intentions and motivations, but also terrible at understanding how his own actions affect others. It’s quite an interesting nuance that I think is often overlooked.

When Edgeworth returns in 2-4, he is already aware of what Phoenix is lacking as an attorney before he even knows the full extent of Phoenix's crisis (Maya being kidnapped). In their first conversation, Edgeworth says: "In order to understand this case, you have to understand a certain "truth"". He knows that Phoenix's current motivation for being a defense attorney is flawed (cue his "we are not heroes" line). However, at the same time Edgeworth doesn’t fully understand how his actions of disappearing have affected both Phoenix and Franziska.

Another very obvious example of this is in AAI (I think?). In response to Kay asking: “Have you guys not decided if you are going out, or is it just one sided?” Edgeworth says: “‘Decided’…? Shouldn’t the parties involved naturally just know…?” Edgeworth thinks people in a relationship should instinctively perceive the feelings of the other person without communicating. He doesn’t consider the possibilities of misinterpretation or misunderstanding.

So in the context of Wrightworth, essentially what I'm saying is that unless something like fear is holding him back, Miles definitely knows about Phoenix's feelings. It's Phoenix who's off somewhere deluding himself.

#look miles is not stupid #he's just a dumbass sometimes #there is a difference #miles will say the most insightful thing #and the most socially awkward thing #in the same breath #wrightworth are dumb but in a very specific way #they are not complete idiots okay #ace attorney #miles edgeworth #phoenix wright #wrightworth #narumitsu #jen's rambles

[snakesinsocks2005]

Very normal and calm about how others perceive my favourite character

Hmmkay so:

Devineaux is Not dumb. Well, he's not *dumb* dumb.

Hes loud, dense, arrogant, stubborn, impulsive, egotistical and obnoxious, yes. But he's not dumb.

He believes things based in hard fact, physical and literal evidence and stone cold logic (atleast in his perspective). A huge factor why it took him so long to understand how carmen wasn't the evil doer she was assumed to be, is because of his very thick brick wall sort of thought process:

'This elusive smug woman is stealing. Stealing is bad. I must stop her from stealing. At the end of the day, any sort of motive or excuse you could make up for her Does Not matter because. She's Stealing. And as previously stated- Stealing=Bad.'

Whereas Julia is alot more curious and spares more thought in the 'why' aspect of things, and following reasonable yet sorta hard to straight up prove theories- Why is Carmen Sandiego stealing precious artifacts, only to then soon after, slip them back to the authorities? Might she be stealing from other thieves? The only logical motive for that would be to protect the said precious artifacts from the other thieves. And on and on.

Devineaux, truth be told, doesn't care. He's very much stuck on the "stealing things only to return them makes Absolutely no sense" (given the default assumption she's taking them for monetary value, why would she willingly give them back?? Boom, theory busted, cry about it.)

Other than the observation that two people can veiw one thing very differently (with both looking and focusing on different parts, individual interactions with carmen, with devineaux it's her strictly making smug small talk, and evading him- but with Julia she's *Alot* more friendly, passive and semi-includes her in the caper)

There are more factors to keep in mind.

General knowledge:

A note that we tend to forget quite frequently is that- Carmen sandiego I an internationally known figure. Dare i say a myth- cryptid even! All the common knowledge about her is her signature colour, hat and coat. So like, imagine your tasked yourself as the one to catch the woman the myth the legend, while your partner keeps trying to suggest there's more to the very simple picture. "Maybe she's doing it for a good cause"! Uh. Not sure about that bucko.

Incredibly unlikely, from all her rare moments of talkativeness, she seems to fit rather nicely in the 'stereotypical criminal who thinks their better than the law' type behaviour.

It's alot like trying to psychoanalyise DB Cooper. Who cares??? I'm just trying to find and capture her first! We can deal with the explanation and 'why' part after.

And another point:

Its a clearly made point, that Devineaux is a flawed individual. Very heavily implied and shown, with the little of the pov we see of him.

But! Thats just it! The entire show, as is its namesake, is 90% Carmen Sandiegos own personal view. We, the audience, see things from her perspective, as we have been spoon fed the basic information about the basic premise of the plot that surrounds and personally entails her. And with this pov, we see others the way she does. Julia is the unlikely ally, vile the biggest threat, acme the main antagonists and- well, devineaux isnt really all that relevent, compared to everything and everyone else carmen and team red have to face off against.

Because of this, he's painted as an inconvenient, and brutish obstacle. Purely in the way for reasons we and carmen know to be false- so it's very easy to just think thats How he is in his entirety! But he's not. Let's not forget:

Not Only is this guy a full blown Inspector, But, it's explicitly shown that he has the deductive reasoning, and skill with the process of elimination to (ONLY USING INTERPOL RESOURCES. NO ACME NEEDED!) Find viles home based!! Sure, by then it's Formerly home base as they blew up a whole 60% of it quite recently, but!!! Dude!!! Chief, the literal head and founder of acme, who's been looking for any trace of vile for twenty years couldn't even dream of managing such a feat!

Tldr: devineaux isn't stupid, he's just plauged by ego brain fog, extremely unlucky timing and lack of impulse control.

#snake hisses #carmen sandiego #chase devineaux #hopefully this is borderline comprehensible as i refuse to reread and edit this #if you see a mistake in spelling or grammar no you didnt❤ #its completely ok to kokingly say hes a dumbass but like #hes not Genuinely Stupid. thanks for coming to my tedtalk #(and if anyone else has already made a post about this then...whoopsies oh well) #oh and one last point: im in love with him so checkmate

[traffic-light-eyes]

If Morro didn't actually die and made amends with the Ninja, I think that he would definitely become that overprotective cousin character to Lloyd.

Think about it. He had full, uncensored access to Lloyd's thoughts and experiences. He does NOT want anyone to hurt his poor, sad, perpetually lonely-feeling cousin ever again. Not physically, nor verbally, and not emotionally.

Overprotective Morro.

#ninjago #queue #lloyd garmadon #ninjago morro #lloyd montgomery garmadon #lloyd ninjago #ninjago lloyd #overprotective morro is best morro #hed be all like #Lloyd i hate you youre so dumb youre stupid quite frankly an idiot a dumbass if you will #*hears someone mildly insult Lloyd* #*NGTV shows a missing person's report of the person the next day* #what a coincidence guys its completely unrelated to what he said about Lloyd yesterday #not at all #august's opinion

[trainingdummyrabbit]

th thing abt finally having a face to my stupid little manager oc is that i get to finally characterdevelop him past surface level, but now im starting to realize he has a Very Real Chance of just completely defusing the Resident Threat(tm) just on account of being Stupid and Nice

#'yeah this is exactly a scifi horror plot setup but also what if she just needs someone to talk to. just give her space.' #easy steps to avoid a ruina situation: Just Be Nice To Her? She Just Works Here Man; Cmon. #piktalk #pikocs #like i knew hed be stupid and nice but fuck. shit. goddamn it he really means it. idiot. dumbass. oh my god #u know when a choice is being very obviously set up and th player picks smthn completely off the wall but undeniably coherent? #like yeah considering everything this is such a dumb idea but theres no way youd pick anything else. this is such a dumb gamble. go for it. #this could either go shockingly well or predictably badly but either option is funny so whatever. go white boy go

[xhanisai]

what is it with these weird americans claiming that racism is no longer a thing just because where they live is somewhat regulated or whatever and all that bullshit????

#delete later #long story short i came across this youtube video that was recommended to me #it was a black queer man and I thought he was going to just discuss about the rise of rampant hate against white people in america #and i was like okay let's watch this cos I too believe no one should face any discrimination for who and what they are and that education o #the past is very good #but then he would go on about statistics in America and say that the black community themselves are getting into these unfortunate situatio #s #and the world is much better now compared to decades ago and that they should be lucky at the way we live now because it isn't like back th #n #but im like #sure these dumbass tiktokkers say stupid shit #BUT #even now in the uk almost every POC including myself have experienced discrimination and racism #including black people #and ive seen horrible things said and done to black people and others in America online through videos and etc #like wtf man are YOU BLIND #the world we live in right now is doing the bare minimum and we all should aspire for a better world!!! #insulting all white people in your life isn't the way to the top I know that and that's completely understandable it's hella childish and n #sty #i dunno man this video really pissed me off and I didn't finish it #one of the example videos he also showed was a black man expressing his feelings on what he thinks about non black people using the N word #even in a song #i personally believe no one should use the word at all #but the youtuber was brushing off his feelings and saying it's just a word in a song and I was just #done with it #he was clearly pandering to the people who always scream about how they hate woke culture #so why was i surprised #anyways rant over

[butwhatifidothis]

There’s two lines Claude has - in his C support with Dimitri - that perfectly encapsulate why the “He’s like this because he didn’t have Byleth/his time in the academy to guide him to being good” reasoning makes absolutely no sense whatsoever, that he says regarding the Central Church/Rhea: “Who steals your freedom and gives you an endless list of duties and obligations simply because you have a Crest? Who forces your friends into a bunch of unwanted marriages and positions of power?”

Now, keep in mind, this is what Claude says are two of his core motivations into taking down the Church and/or killing Rhea (mostly the second). The problem with that tho is that it goes directly against what Claude has personally experienced; just about everything we know about him should not just not have him have this belief, but actively believe the opposite of it.

And no, not just because of 3H. I’m talking about it doesn’t make sense for him to have it according to 3Hopes, as a standalone game, as well.

So, like, hey, um, how do we know Claude? Like how it is that we, like, physically see Claude at all? Why is he in Fodlan? Oh, yeah, it’s because he chose to come over here, of his own volition:

And he chose to come over here to become the leader of the Alliance so that he can make his dreams come true:

As in, before he met Byleth or entered the Academy, Claude came here because he wanted to come here. No Crest forced him to take up this position, or to take up any list of duties and obligations, he literally chose to do all of that himself. And in fact, even with his Crest, he still needed the help of Crestless Judith to even be legitimized as heir, even though he logically would’ve been tested for having a Crest once he came over. And the way we know this is... because Claude says so, explicitly:

(and because I’m just nice like that we’re also gonna ignore how Lorenz literally says that having a Crest isn’t enough proof for Claude’s legitimacy for being heir and that it’s his noble disposition that is more important - keeping strictly to stuff that happens before Byleth/the academy)

So, like, cool fundamental aspects of Claude’s background go directly against what he is saying is true about this shit, that’s fine. Sure, yeah, he complains about being forced to take up an unwanted position of power that he literally came to Fodlan to get because he wanted it, that’s cool cool that’s fine that’s WHATEVER I guess. But that’s 3H - what about 3Hopes as a standalone game, like I said?

Well, regardless of either game, Claude is. Like. Almyran royalty. You know, Almyra, that place that isn’t Fodlan and so does not have Crests and yet still has a nobility system of some sort. Like, there’s a reason Claude never talks about Crests causing noble troubles in 3H like many other characters do, he’d have experience as foreign royalty with the idea of Crests, like... not causing royalty or nobility. So, uh, there’s that lil detail. But let’s go even further!

There’s a few little details about the world of Fodlan that 3Hopes throws at us, right? Some might, uh, directly go against canon of 3H, but whatever - talking about strictly 3Hopes here! And what is revealed in strictly 3Hopes? Which important figure is revealed to not have a Crest? And which important character does have a Crest?

Holst and Hilda.

Crestless Holst and Crested Hilda.

Heir of House Goneril, guardian of the border, renowned general known about all of Fodlan, Crestless Holst, and “seems like she had a pretty cushy life growing up. Which means she’s gotten into the habit of slacking off and making others do things for her” Crested Hilda.

Holst, the Crestless one with all of the duties and obligations, the one with the position of power, and Hilda, the Crested lazy slack-off who does nothing AS DESCRIBED

BY CLAUDE HIMSELF.

SO, COOL, HE HAS DIRECT EVIDENCE AGAINST THIS BELIEF OF HIS AND ACKNOWLEDGES THE EXISTANCE OF HOLST’S LACK OF A CREST IN THEIR SUPPORTS AND YET SAID BELIEF IS A CORE MOTIVATION AS TO HIM KILLING RHEA AND TAKING DOWN THE CHURCH. He himself does not embody this belief. He himself is also, technically, proof against this belief. 

And IN 3HOPES, he takes on more responsibilities than his position warrants from him! In his supports with Leonie he asks her to keep him in touch with what the commoners of Leicester have problems with, because his position stops their voices from reaching his ears. HE SAYS THAT. THAT COMES FROM HIS MOUTH. His position prevents him from taking on this responsibility, and he WILLINGLY CHOOSES TO TAKE IT ON ANYWAY. It’s something that he says is his priority above winning the war DESPITE it not being something his position allows! THAT DOESN’T SOUND VERY FORCED TO ME.

And none of this is addressing the completely out-of-pocket accusation of forcing marriages, which not only does literally no one accuse the Church of doing, IT’S SOMETHING THAT, ON AG, PEOPLE ACCUSE DIMITRI OF DOING. THE GUY CLAUDE IS TALKING TO IN THIS INSTANCE. That Dimitri arranges political marriages for the sole purpose of benefitting from the strengthened family ties - the second part is wrong, but Dimitri does in fact arrange marriages between families, at least once. But then Dimitri says that he agrees with Claude on his accusations against the Church?? But, whatever, not about that, dumb as that is.

So what, exactly, is the fuckin’ problem here? Where the fuck does this idea even come from? It goes against his 3H character, and it can’t even stand up straight in the game it is introduced in. It is shot down at about every single conceivable level possible, and most of the bullets are shot from the gun that Claude himself is holding. And all of this shit predates any meeting with Byleth or his time in the academy - that has nothing to do with all of the shit this attitude (and his behavior overall) contradicts in both 3H and 3Hopes. And again - core motivation here! These are the first two things he says are his reason to do what he does against the Church when asked about it - which include all of the terrible shit he pulls against Faerghus in GW. SO happy to know that he does such blatantly evil shit for reasons that HE HIMSELF proves are wrong!! Love that for him 💞💞💞 end me

#Fire Emblem Warriors Three Hopes #Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes #Fire Emblem Warriors Three Hopes spoilers #Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes spoilers #Can this be considered meta? #guys it's just bad writing there's no nice way to put it #in many MANY ways the writing for Claude's character in 3Hopes was given as much love and care as a red-headed stepchild #and this is definitely one of those ways #it's completely nonsensical at every angle. it makes no sense in 3H or 3Hopes #and yet it's apparently what's driving him to be a shitbag #not gonna address how he himself works against the spirit of his last point - that the Church disallows contact with foreigners #like oh yeah Claude I bet making Faerghus and Sreng fight each other is REALLY stickin' it to Rhea huh 🗿 stupid fuckin' dumbass #am i ever glad we're Dev Approved to discard what we want cuz this negl would make him the actual worse written character in the game #were this hard canon #damn one Top 5 material at least #Clyde discourse

[mechahero]

//Lambda cannot be trusted around dumb, smug men. He will hate their guts and develop the biggest crush on them at the same time.

#//he thinks he’s smarter than them but no he’s also some degree of stupid as well #//he’s not immune 😔 #//lambda when he sees a complete dumbass: wow that guy fucking sucks i hate him…. i want him. #//AGAIN STUPID ASS HFNFGMSGFJF #backup log {ooc}

[fertbutt]

forever sick and tired of the way tiktok teens and society in general treat homeless people. yes, I'm sorry the man thats been violently rejected from society and denied his human dignity was rude to you that one time, but jesus christ please just have an ounce of empathy. homeless folks are, surprise, actual people, with personalities and preferences and dietary restrictions. homless people are allowed to not like certain foods. their control over their lives has literally been stripped away from them, atleast give them the choice of what they eat. all of the comments on this post are people fantasizing about harassing a disenfranchised person because he was mean. just because a homeless person wont play into your weird savior fantasy doesnt mean theyre undeserving of food or money or even just basic decency. always remember that we are all just a couple bad days away from being just like them, on the streets with literally nowhere safe to stay, being judged by well-off white women masquerading as progressive activists and expecting you to act like theyre mother theresa.

#this is rambly its late and this upsets me so much #zoomers are NOT inherently any better than previous generations #idk what to tag this #im not gonna tag it whatever #im not homeless. obviously #you can tell from the post #i dont have any skin in the game #or at least not any more than anyone else has #(since again any of us could become homeless suddenly any day) #so forgive me if anything i said is weird or innacurate or anything #but this specific topic frustrates me a lot so many people are so stupid and heartless #also in this specific situation you are again denying this man a choice in what hes eating #like you dont know this man. you dont even know what he can or cant eat let alone what hed like to eat #you couldve maybe ASKED HIM like a normal fucking person #but instead you decided to make the choice for him? despite being a complete fucking stranger? #yeah if that might be the only thing he eats that day maybe he should get an input dumbass...

[clarabow-mp3]

i used to think that "world events influence not only the art we create but also how popular said art is because certain themes and ideas resonate with us when we live through particular events, and this happens both consciously and subconsciously" was a pretty obvious take that didn't even really need to be said but then i spent literally five minutes on the lord of the rings subreddit and apparently not!

#some people are unfortunately very very stupid #'he hated allegory stop saying it's allegory' no one did that's a completely different thing?? #the idea of a huge war being fought over an all-powerful weapon clearly resonated with readers in the 50s and 60s #but that had nothing to do with the cold war i'm sure. you dumb bitch. #tolkien fans are truly either the best most insightful people you will ever meet or absolute dumbasses with a major superiority complex

[gazelessmenagerie]

( my dumbassery is really gonna show itself with this ask anlfjngjg )

#|| Tag: OOC #( LIKE I LIKE IT... DONT GET ME WRONG BUT OH MY GOD I AM SO FUCKING STUPID. ) #( JUST A COMPLETE DUMBASS WITH WORLDBUILDING OR IDK. thinking on these sorts of things. ) #( LIKE I FEEL LIKE BROLY WOULD KNOW SOME ACTUAL INTERESTING SPACE THINGS BUT IM TOO STUPID TO REALLY PIN DOWN WHAT ) #( AND I HATE BC HONESTLY HAVING HIM TALK ABOUT THAT SORTA THING WOULD BE A NEAT LITTLE THING ) #( JUST... fucking let him ramble about something. what things he's seen. the weather. the creatures. ) #( being a nomadic sort wasn't easy but there were some things that were good. not many but its there. ) #( rotting in the back of his memory until he starts to think on it and recalls those things. anfljg ) #( idk i have a lot of feels over this but trying to pull it all together in a way that kinda can comply with idk.. canon.. ? ) #( or like make sense enough to be believable and not me being a complete dumbass who doesn't know what they're doing. ) #( bc that's totally what I am anflsdgj )

[moonlight-fawn]

so I got offered the job and of course the first things my dad says “when are you going back to school” “people there are dangerous” and “you can’t make a career or live like this” 😀😀😀😀

#Jesus Christ I have no idea what I’m doing #he’s always asking if everything’s okay and it makes me so fucking made because the things that prompt him to ask that #are stupid #if I get a piercing or tattoo he’d be like is everything okay ? #can u shut up I can get a tattoo or peircing and not be depressed or something #me wanting this job and he’s like is everything okay ????? #why would be wanting this job correlate to me not being okay to begin with #this worse part is that yes of course I’m not okay fuckass #literally been wanting to die since the 5th grade it’s no fucking wonder why I’m doing dumbass shit now and my life is falling apart #be he doesn’t care the way a parent is supposed to care #he just doesn’t like that I’m not in school that’s literally it #I could be at my happiest completely able to take care of myself #but since I’m not in school and never got my degree it doesn’t count #you daughter having a college degree isn’t going to mean shit if she stills kills herself at the end #so thanks for the congratulations ig #thank you for reminding me that I can easily be hurt by some of the people there as if I’m not already terrified enough #and thank you for reminding me that I have to leave my 14 year old dog who is actually just a continuation of my own soul !!!

[big-blabble]

My favourite thing about history classes, is the characters that you create around these historical figure. For example, because me and my friends have been talking about Stephen douglas so much when learning about the run-up to the American civil war, we see him as this little man jumping up and down for attention from anyone, and then people shout at him when they notice him, cuz he's being annoying.

#also Henry VIII was a bastard man who deserved a revolution #cuz just from a not spending all the money you have on stupid wars standpoint #he's a complete dumbass #history #stephen douglas #school

[feretra]

#river ( character study ) #[ river is very musically talented and a complete dumbass with one brain cell ] #[ and this has really fixed my mood ] #[ like this is the stupid shit he gets up to once you know him ] #Youtube