#i get it. having unpopular opinions is fun

[ickypuppi3]

#is liking his tattoo an unpopular opinion #because i love it #billy hargrove #robin buckley #incorrect stranger things #maybe it’s because i also have a shitty tattoo #but it’s so fun to me #it’s not even shitty #his one i mean #good for him #robin: what is THAT #billy: el said it was bitchin’ so how about you shut the fuck up #robin: yeah totally pimpin’ #billy: steve get over here #he’s so interesting #like how did he come to this decision #genuinely want to know what it’s like inside his head #bad stuff aside #ickyposts

[demadogs]

there are so many things that you guys want for byler that im like no absolutely not

#i dont want them to fully sloppy desperately makeout #i dont want heroes playing over the first kiss #i dont want them to get in a screaming match over the painting #i also dont want their first kiss to be mid fight i hate that it needs to be sweet #i ABSOLUTELY dont want mlvn to break up in the very first episode come on they need to take their time with that its a big deal #i have a lot of unpopular opinions about the mlvn breakup i feel like everyone disregards it bc they wanna skip to established byler #but they dont realize that it has the potential to be one of the best scenes in the whole show if they do it right #I ALSO DONT WANT THEM TO BE MURRAYD OH MY GOD #like its fun for fics but come ON you think this grown man would just out these traumatized closeted kids #no #theres so much more #byler

[creatediana]

"Just One of Those Things" - lyrics to a jazz standard by American songwriter Cole Porter (1891–1964), famously performed by artists such as Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Blossom Dearie, et cetera.

#influences #i think of cole porter as one of the best jazz poets. sorry but his lyrics are so perfectly metrical it drives me CRAZY #i purposefully broke up every line where it became catalectic bc emphasizing those breaks is. so fun #cole porter #jazz #song lyrics #poetry #twentieth century #and since this is queued for new year's eve... i hope you're all out there having your just-one-of-those-things tonight #have fun go crazy get wild it's just one of those things #fun fact this is my first time putting straight-up song lyrics in my influences tag but it's kinda long overdue #but im going to be very select when i do post song lyrics on this blog. they cant just be song lyrics i like #but song lyrics i enjoy in the same way i enjoy poetry #this may be (and is) a very unpopular opinion but i do not think songwriting has very much in common w writing poetry #by necessity that is. and that is bc ive never been able to write songs #for some of us they can be very very very different skills #the modern arts of music and poetry are very diverged from each other in terms of what it takes to write a good song or a good poem #they are NOT as overlapped as some ppl try to make it seem sometimes #it's not like drawing versus painting anymore it's more like drawing versus sculpting #ps my favorite version of this song is blossom dearie's

[zukkaoru]

does bones realize there's still supposed to be one more episode in s5 after this week's or should someone remind them

#bsd s5 #ch110 was only 13 pages long and they've been cramming 3-4 chapters in each episode this season #anyway maybe unpopular opinion idk i'm not deep in the fandom but #i'd rather get the next new part of the story from the actual manga rather than finding out what happens in ch111 from the anime #bc the manga is just Better #tho admittedly as someone who was familiar with b.bc s.herlock back in 2013-14 #i DO think it would be really funny to end s5 with ch110 and then radio silence for the next 2 years #but i also think after everything in s5 we deserve like. another season of wan! or something #let me see my blorbos having silly fun times again please PLEASE #hello grace here

[note-boom]

@ticklinglady : Are you sure you want Tachihara to stay in the mafia? Like, yeah, I'm asking this not because I personally care about the fact that these guys are organised criminals or anything like that ahdjgjgk. I'm asking this because of the fact that Mori made Tachihara's brother go through literal torture during the war to the point of the poor guy becoming so broken that he preferred suicide over the chance to eventually return to his beloved family. That guy was the only person out of Tachihara's shitty background to genuinely care and love him, so I personally don't think it's going to be fair for Tachihara to end up working for the man, who murdered him

(Hi there!) Sorry this took me a while to answer but, once again, life.

As for wanting Tachi to stay in the mafia...I don't thiiiiink I specified actively wanting him to stay in that organisation, but I might have really just forgotten my tag rambles or not.

But to answer your question, I don't really mind either.

I see it this way, for starters.

BSD seems to have an ongoing theme of....stagnation. There is character development and progression, of course there is, but at the same time, it sometimes seems like the characters aren't moving forward. I think Kyouka and Lucy (and Dazai and Odasaku and Yosano, to an extent) are the only ones who have "moved on," so to speak. That is to say, pulled themselves out of their emotional turmoil, resolved it, and physically acted upon their restitution. But for a lot of the characters, they still seem emotionally and/or physically "stuck" in the same place they were in the past (Atsushi still believing his only worth is in to save people, most of the mafia people (though you could claim Chuuya had more of a corruption arc than restoration arc), Dazai still suicidal and a bit untethered, Kunikida and his ideals, so forth). But again, they do develop (Atsushi finding his family, the mafia characters being revealed as more human, Dazai leaving the PM was pretty significant, Kunikida HAS softened, I believe).

Tachihara had a somewhat significant arc in learning to see past his, well, past and accepting his place in the mafia that led him to believe in the ADA. He took a step forward, and learning how involved Mori was in his brother's suffering could either reel him way back in to his indecision (because he HAD made a family with the Black Lizards) or push him into more character development as he contemplates his own morality against his "orders are absolute" mentality.

It could be that he, in the end, decides that the human aspect is worth giving up his conflicted feelings over Mori given how long ago it happened (he sort of did that with Yosano). Or it could be that he simply just leaves the mafia because he can't bear the thought of it. Like, yeah, I'd feel terrible if Tachi decides to stay right where he was introduced into, but it sure would make my mind rotate him like a rotisserie chicken so much more. And if he decided to leave, taking revenge or not, I am very very curious to see what road Asagiri will take for our boy

#thank you for SUCH an interesting question ticklinglady!! #i'm afraid i couldnt give as satisfactory an answer as I could because time/not really having thought too deeply about tachi #truth be told i think that one of bsd's most interesting things is the moral/philosophical quandaries it plays with #unpopular opinion but i think it would be fun if the manga plays with the idea of tachi forgiving mori's messed up thinking... #...in order to stay with the black lizards and be someone free from the shadow of his brother #like the level of messed upness as we contrast the positivity of forgiveness against the negativity of the mafia and mori right? #and the contrast between almost the detached idealism associated with forgiveness and the humanisation of the mafia? #sadly though i find that a lot of media today doesnt really...get? what forgiveness is? #forgive the critical remark (and remember that its just my opinion) #i could go on a whole other ramble bout that but i think ive kinda strayed from op's ask enough XD #again THANK YOU for the ask this was so interesting to answer! #and excuse me if i was inaccurate about some of my analysis about the manga #bsd #bsd musings #bsd tachihara #bsd spoilers #character analysis

[dungeons-and-dragon-age]

Hello! ✨

You asked for some serious tea, and I'll give the favour back. What about Anders and Meredith? :3

[ask game]

Oh boy, getting right to the meat huh? xD (ty for the ask!)

Anders

First impression: "Lmfao. Already love this dude." I saw him first in Awakening and i still love his character intro there so much fjsdljdfl. His animation/body language and the "wans't me." when the Warden runs into him is very fun.

Impression now: Literal embodiment of poor little meow meow. Kind of an ass but one of the most intriguing characters in the series. The fandom does him dirty by woobifying him

Favorite moment: Well again, love his DAA intro lol, but his DA2 intro also kicks ass. The way he's immediately ready to throw hands if sb threatens the clinic... kind of sad, really, but also very badass

Idea for a story: .. wish i had one :') Would love sth about his youth and his time in the Circle & with Karl, or his POV in Amaranthine.

Unpopular opinion: I do not like his romace. And before yall come at me fkldjsl, i mean it as in, i don't like how it is framed? Like. I think the romance is super intense and intriguing! But imo it does not feel healthy at all in the way that it is portrayed (especially the rivalmance, but i have gripes with rivalmances in general), and I wished the games would treat it more as "Anders (and potentially Hawke) are Very Unwell and not treating this relationship the way they should, rather than "this is fine :)"

Favorite relationship: Justice! For obvious reasons, i am sure xD Truth be told i am not the person to turn to abt meta or hcs about them, but i do love

Favorite headcanon: As said above, basically anything to do with him and Justice. Absolutely love seeing different interpretations of how they interact post possession. Also sth that is practically canon to me, but i love the HC that Hawke (regardless of romance) lets him stay at their estate for refuge, and/or lets him use the expansive basement as an extension to his clinic (ik the entrance being right beside the clinic doesn't make much sense lol, but also: Kirkwall canonically has elaborate tunnel systems under the surface, so why shouldn't there be one that leads up to the Hawke estate?)

Meredith

First impression: This is the bitch??? Who allowed you to have a badass intro ftw. More composed and polite than expected. (re: her Actual Intro Scene, i know she's present behind the scenes right from the start)

Impression now: Love to hate her. Themes. Narratives. Still a bitch tho.

Favorite moment: Well. Her intro was cool xD DA2 has a way of doing that. Also cannot deny that her going batshit with that red lyrium and animating the gallows statues was pretty damn cool.

Idea for a story: Meredith POV from anywhere in Act 2 onwards. Yes it's easy to assume what she was doing and why but i wanna Know. I wanna look into her brain.

Unpopular opinion: Hmm dunno if i have one? Idk if this is unpopular but i think the very direct and very personal power she has over Hawke and their immediate surroundings makes her feel more threatening than either Loghain or Cory

Favorite relationship: Well. Hawke. Unsurprisingly xD Biting them like a chew toy.

Favorite headcanon: Hmm drawing a blank on this one rn x'D Might come back to it when i think of one dsfjdf

#anders #meredith #had a couple candidates for unpopular opinions for anders oops #ask game/ my answers #one of them being how the fandom interprets his and fenris relationship bc that always irks me a bit xD #went w this one tho bc this one i have stronger feelings about #tbf i cannot judge anders romance entirely bc i have never done it #but the a lot of the bits i've seen (both in game and in the fandom) & his behaviour re: romance in general in-game made me kinda :// tbh #like. dunno. just made me uncomfortable. #but i also think it is a shame when the romance (or anders in general) gets watered down and uwufied so much #bc there is so much to them! theyre fucked up and messy and complex #but yea. idk. i avoid talking abt anders much bc i anders stans scare me x'D (note: important distinction between fans and stans) #also meredith oughhh #ik ive rambled a bit about her in another ask recently but ppl have talked about it way better than me before xD #she's so fun tho. fave da antagonist for sure

[shoechoe]

Sheila E. reminds me of Hermes so far

#shoe reads purple haze feedback #short posts #her and sheila both have the ''sought revenge because an evil dude killed my sister'' though with sheila the guy who killed her sister- #-is already dead. so that's kinda interesting #i liked hermes but she was a bit of a weak jo-bro to be honest. though not really because of her character itself #she had good moments early in part 6 and her revenge arc with limp bizkit was super fun but then she just kinda does nothing after #she gets written out of the part for a good chunk of it and then comes back only to not do much else. she is like kakyoin in that way #which is why i think her and kakyoin are weaker jo-bro characters that i didn't get quite as attached to as i could've #but that's defo an unpopular opinion of mine considering kakyoin is a fan favorite character and ever since the SO anime came out ppl have- #-been loving hermes a lot more #which i am not against. like again. i like hermes i just wish she got to do more

[bisexualjohnseed]

Babygirilifying the Seeds is all fun and games until you realize that everyone else doing it is being 100% serious and are not consuming these games critically 

#like dont get me wrong have fun i babygirl john all the time but it's so jarring when i try to have a real convo #and then they turn around and tell me they fr believe that faith seed did nothing wrong or something #is this an unpopular opinion idk

[akkivee]

that unpopular hypmic opinion post that’s been floating around for a minute has been has been fun in places, not so much in others lol but today it had me crying because i also wanted bat to beat mtr, and i long for what sort of character direction hitoya would have gotten if he had beat jakurai then 😭😭😭

#this is vee speaking #i don’t have any unpopular opinions to throw out lol others got me covered lol #i squat in far more toxic fandoms so it’s not the worst unpopular opinions post i’ve seen lol #like it’s frustratingly fun if that makes sense lol i don’t agree and sometimes vehemently disagree lmao #but it’s neat to see where they’re coming from lol to see how others’ brains work ya feel #anyway i have literally always wanted hitoya to get over himself LOL #vee 2-3 years ago thought hitoya had a lot more going for him than planting himself in jakurai’s shadow #and with more context vee of the now wants that more than ever lmao #i think it would be nice if hitoya got his win and still felt incredibly dissatisfied lol #LIKE IMAGINE IF HE MADE THAT BITTERSWEET SMILE IN MANGA AFTER HIS LOSS BUT BECAUSE HE WON #EVERYTHING HE THOUGHT WANTED WASNT WHAT HE REALLY NEEDED AND ITD SURE REINFORCE WHAT HE WENT THRU IN HARMONIOUS COOPERATION #it’d also parallel his and jyushi’s conversation that happened after iyogi’s arrest how unhappy jyushi felt after it #hitoya and jakurai will get to root of it all eventually but i can only hope it’ll be satisfying despite hitoya still wanting to beat him #canon needs a stage approach to their relationship fr lol #(at least i can only hope canon will get them there lol like hopefully in a mixed up manga run) #c: hitoya #c: sensei

[maddy-ferguson]

making us wait five weeks for volume 2 was such a strange questionable decision it made it seem much weaker than it is it was so underwhelming. the episodes are fine but they were like you are gonna lose your MINDS it's gonna be CRAZY and then it was just the regular thing except it lasted thirty hours this time. having to wait made it feel like volume 1 was a set up for volume 2 which was SUCH a set up for volume 2 (see what i did there). seeing it as setting up season 5 instead makes it seem much better but the wait just made it really hard to think of it that way. and them saying that it was gonna be mind-blowing and a carnage (?) made it sound like it was gonna be epic and then it was. it was literally normal except it was longer.

#and obviously the fact that it ends on a cliffhanger makes it obvious that it's all setting up season 5 (which. yes. that's how it works) #but the five weeks that lead to volume 2 very much made it feel like we were getting a resolution now #it was just very weird #i know everyone likes the wait between the episodes and yes june was a very fun time but if they do the volume thing again #i will DIE i can't stand to set myself up for disappointment like i did last time and like i inevitably will if we have to wait for more #than thirty seconds for the final episodes especially because it would be the last episodes forever #and yes of course weekly episodes would be great but netflix is LITERALLY never gonna do that they'll never admit that their model is #failing lol. and if it's between volumes and getting it all at once i would rather get it all at once hashtag my unpopular opinion hashtag #living my truth but yeah netlix will probably do the volume thing again which i hate so bad #volume 2 will never be my favorite episodes i will always think that a 150 minute episode is ridiculous but it's not as bad as it seemed on #july 1st not even just the byler parts it all seemed. not good. then when i rewatched it a couple monts later i was like oh this is fine #actually #maybe i should stop linking my potential demise to season 5 of hit netflix show stranger things #remember the jokes after volume 2 about how they willingly released the episodes right before and right after pride month #and like i say: brf slt

[musical-chick-13]

-_-

#I do NOT have the time or brainspace to write a new fic out of spite I do NOT have the time or brainspace to write a new fic out of spite #I do NOT have the time or brainspace to-- #people are so mean to my faves :( #maybe the answer is to commission someone or something #like once again haha mc13 has unpopular opinions is a very funny meme but it is getting-and I can't stress this enough-VERY old #like maybe sometime I'd like for this not to happen #could be fun. idk. #In the Vents

[imwritesometimes]

god gives his biggest, honkin-est shoes [only caring abt old blorbos from, by today's standards, badly flawed media] to his silliest clowns [me 🤡]

#I went back and read some of my old fic for an *old* pairing and it is so fun! and I can tell like #I had so much fun writing them. they're actually quite good tbh like characterization is good dialogue fits plot is sturdy #and its like. it was so much fun! I enjoyed it! I would never write fic for the ship again cause of.... disc horse. that I caught wind of. #after I wrote the fics. #the blorbos I have been feral over the last couple weeks... like I enjoy them. immensely. but. #I think I overshot the scope of what I could actually do and the lingering omg don't ever actually post this cause disc horse #got way into my brain and killed my joy for it #then the like only current still airing media I had a ship for decided to cast aside one blorbo entirely #like a doll left in a sandbox at the park just... completely forgotten. so that's 🤷‍♀️ #like I get that there's always fan works but. unpopular opinion. I don't like to entirely rely on just fic #I want the fic to be established off *something* and if they just toss blorbo out the window on the freeway #there's nothing anyone can do abt it #so here I sit. blorbo bermuda triangle. can't work on my wip. don't want to work on anything else. #back is out. again. my fckn nerve damage bro is so bad. gotta loe around all weekend and not do fuck all nothing #makes me CRAZY ok I get way too far into my own brain. #erin explains it all

[godblooded]

starting!! a new!! program!! in an hour!! excite!!

#ooc. king of unpopular opinions. #[im working with like 3rd-5th graders who are frankly just super fun so. I’m the homework help guy :). #it’s 4-8 every weekday and I’m stoked and hopeful. if anyone wants to know where I have been it has been everywhere trying to get my shit #together.]

[releaseholiday]

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#just watched ono and😩 #idc if it’s an unpopular opinion or if it’s too negative but I’ve seen Harry being happy and this was not a happy Harry #he had moments where he had fun of course and he was definitely very emotional #but IMO the vibe was so off #even comparing it to fl ono #even comparing it to today’s show perfomance #he seemed to me like he didn’t really want to be there most of the time and only picked up a bit after adore you which is like #why do you look happier singing old songs than new ones idgi #and with everyone on here saying how happy he looks and how happy he’s been it makes you feel crazy if you think otherwise lol #but idk I have eyes and I can’t ignore how he’s looked for the past 2 years #especially when we get reminders of how he looks when he’s actually happy like in the aiw bts video #anyway I’m just sad and I needed to rant and I really hope he’s okay #he looked and sounded beautiful🤍

[lourdesdeath]

What is it with me and writing fics where multiple people have the same name? this is the tHIRD TIME THIS FANDOM

#Yo every single person in this fic has a subscript after their name #can you imagine how fucking awful it is to type!? #That being said I'm having too much fun to stop #also I'm watching atots because I want to get it over with before tomorrow #and unpopular opinion but atots is.... not my favorite episode

[fuckyourtriangles]

I finally watched Big Hero 6 and I thought it was meh.

But that was my mistake.

#unpopular opinion #I didn't care for any of the characters tbh #except baymax but robot companions are fun #I don't think hiro was wrong for wanting to kill callaghan #but I also don't think callaghan was wrong for wanting krei to suffer #but since it's disney we get the expected ending #abigail being alive lessens the blow a little bit but like... her actually being dead would have been better