#i swear to god if people come at me

[literallyaflame]

okay. listen. if you ever find yourself falling into a new ideological circle, pay attention. if you notice that you’re among people who define themselves as part of an “in-group” with a pre-prepared human “enemy” to constantly rail against—if everyone fantasizes about the mental state of these loathsome monsters, if they participate in witch hunts or (perhaps worse) poke bears and court harassment on purpose to comfort each other over—get the fuck out. you haven’t been enlightened to some grand conspiracy, there are no evil “enemies” or “degenerates” trying to rip apart the fabric of society, and you do not have the moral duty to “enlighten” anyone to whatever you think the “truth” is. it’s neither safe nor normal to spend hours of your day fighting with strangers on the internet

a lot of people wear this shit like a badge of honor, but it’s also not normal to hide your “in-group” status as a form of martyrdom, relishing when the “enemy” slips up around you. it’s comforting in the moment, but in the long run, you’re alienating yourself from the world outside of your bubble. the more you alienate yourself, the more vulnerable and lonely you become, and the harder it is to reject the comfort of belonging to the “in-group”

i’m writing this from the perspective of someone who grew up in a cesspool of awful, cult-like rural churches—which is its own situation—but i see similar shit happening in online communities all the time, both within and 800 miles outside of my own ideological principles. yes, every toxicass radfem i block seems to be trapped in a version of this vicious cycle, but i also see it happening in random queer circles and niche fandom communities. no one is immune, not even me. i’ve watched people fall into this shit and never make it out. be careful

#some ideologies come pre-baked with this nonsense #because they naturally revolve around an in-group and an out-group #but i swear to god people will start acting like this over fucking #anime shipping wars #which probably seems harmless to most people #but those communities skew very young #and i have no doubt that it can be psychologically damaging #no matter how inconsequential it seems to my jaded 26 year old brain #me when i make a post

[leroibobo]

really do not think people understand the extent to which palestinian sites/landmarks (especially muslim ones) were destroyed, beginning in 1948 until now, even in cities. the oldest extant mosque in jaffa (al-bahr mosque) was built in 1675, even though islam came there in the 7th century

#not to mention that many mosques that /were/ restored but are in 'jewish areas' r heavily guarded & prayer is hardly if ever allowed #to anyone thinking ''you can say the same thing abt jewish sites in mena countries''. you can't have one repaired w/o the other #and ultimately the root of the problem is both the colonization of palestine + antisemitism. advocating for palestine + against #antisemitism are far from mutually exclusive #(and for the love of god please stop using mena jews as a political gotcha i swear to god #and it's not like a regime that forced everyone to integrate into the ''new jewish'' culture is any less genocidal) #as someone who comes from one of the jewish groups who was affected by that to arguably one of the highest degrees & who's also a staunch #antizionist even i know that. politics re: cultural site preservation are stupid but that doesn't make it any less stomach-wrenching #it really is just Luck. al-bahr mosque just so Happens to be in a ''mixed city'' so destroying it'd be a ''bad look'' #the tomb of nahum just so Happens to be in an autonomous kurdish territory so restoring it isnt as big a deal #and then people have the gall to wonder how i could ever ever ever sympathize with those ''savage arabs''. seriously?? #btw im muting notificaions on this post so if you have a problem with me just dm me or block me whatever idc

[jade-len]

you know it's bad when i read svsss and tgcf, stories about just two guys falling in love and getting together, and think, "god i wish i were in between them."

gay little domestic cottage core life with binghe and qingqiu? please and thank you. being sandwiched by hua cheng and xie lian, two pretty men who are hundreds of years old? i am blushing, kicking my feet and giggling

and again, it's not even that i would want only one of them. like in both of the relationships, the two love each other too much to the point it'd feel wrong if they were separated! it wouldn't feel complete, so you gotta be with both of them!

but that's the thing; i just?? i feel so incredibly guilty whenever i think about being loved by these mxtx couples??? like it's so stupid but i feel like i'm intruding in on something and it's like, everyone else seems to just want them together only, not wanna be with them. like it's fuckin taboo or whatever

i feel like with any other character from any other media it'd be fine to simp for and write/read x readers of them, but when it comes to these books, it's off limits! no way, what are you, crazy? yes, yes i'm unhinged and desperately want their love and affection simultaneously. i want to be in a happy little poly relationship with these overpowered beautiful men with long hair.

i can't be the only guy or whoever to feel this way?? to wanna be kissed by these characters? sandwiched?? i have two hands for christ sake and they all look so happy together and im just like "lord i wanna be with them so much". someone tell me i'm not alone cmon <\3

#okay i havent read mdzs yet but i'll probably feel the same way #god i just wanna be in between shen qingqiu and binghe or hua cheng and xie lian please please #im sad im queer and im ready for a gay poly relationship with these mfs #i love them all #i remember seeing some post where it was like 'hua cheng x fem reader headcanons' #and i was like 'huh thats interesting. not fem but i'll check it out bc ive never rlly seen anything like that' #and then it was like 'he'd leave you for xie lian' and it was fucking hilarious actually #but then i saw the comments on that post and they were all like 'omg i was about to unfollow and block you' 'thank god' etc #and i was just like #'damn?? do people really not like this type of stuff when it comes to danmei novels or smth?' #i don't know if it was just bc it said fem reader or bc yk it's danmei and hua cheng and xie lian are very much in love and happy #but it lowkey kinda got me self conscious lmao and i was hella feeling bad #also no hate to that poster or those commenters im just a lonely queer man #'he would leave you for xie lian' was fucking brutal though i laughed my ass off at thag KAHSNZJ #please i swear i wont stand out too much i can fit in i have long luxurious hair too let me show you my hair care routine guys </3 #svsss #mxtx svsss #luo binghe #bingqiu #tgcf #heavens official blessing #mxtx tgcf #mxtx novels #mxtx characters #hua cheng #xie lian #hualian #shen qingqiu #the scum villain's self saving system

[heyclickadee]

On the one hand, I’m fully expecting some kind of Tech hints in the trailer at this point. They were (are) using the fakeout to (successfully) generate discussion, especially among more casual fans, and that would absolutely kick the discussion up another notch, especially after a long hiatus.

On the other hand, I don’t think we’re going to get a trailer until about a month before season three comes out, and that could be anywhere between five and eighteen months from now.

#the bad batch #especially if it’s delayed (depends on if recording finished for everyone before the strike) #I sort of hope it is so that the cast and crew get paid better for it when it does come out #but also I need it now Disney pay your people I swear to God #yes I’m still talking about Tech’s survival as a matter of fact #I’ll stop when they give me a good reason not to #‘because sad’ and ‘stakes’ aren’t good reasons btw

[trainingdummyrabbit]

hi. goodmorning. iwas going to make a post but why the Fuck is my follower count that high

#you are fuckig lying to me. donot like that. where did that come from. there are Not that many people here. what the f #i swear t god we werent even within 100 of that number literally a few days ago hello. hello. h #piktalk #are you real people blink twice for yes. huh. huh. huh #strange animal in woods suddenly having a spotlight shone on it while it is digging for truffles: .

[melit0n]

What does Sleep, as in the deity, look like to you guys? Because as someone who's been around in the Sleep Token fandom for a while, I've seen a lot of different interpretations.

To me, Sleep doesn't really have a set, physical body outside of a person's (perhaps Vessel's) dreamscape. Afterall, why should something that dictates all the odd, horrifying, joyful and (sometimes) meaningful things that happen in your dreams be one thing? Sleep could be the shadow in the corner of your dark room you swear is moving, the tapping of rain as you're about to fall asleep, the creaking of the pipes inside your house/apartment as you slowly dose off at your desk, etc. Outside of a dreamscape; Sleep is only what you need it to be. Hence Its need for Vessel as Its mouthpiece.

However, in the dreamscape, I can see Sleep as a fish. Not a particularly alive looking one, per say, but the scattered remains of one. All bones, empty eye sockets (but are they truly empty?), rotting flesh and scales peeling off bit by bit etc. Specifically, a kind of deep-sea fish; like an angler fish, a sixgill shark or a Greenland shark. But! Along with its bones, Sleep has bioluminescent innards. Viceral that ebbs and flows in multi-colour fashion with each flick of Its tail.

The deep sea fish imagery mainly comes from the fact that the deep sea is almost completely unknown; many of the creatures down there are completely alien to us, like Sleep has supposedly become over the hundreds of thousands of years that It's existed. The deep sea, for the most part, is completely silent. Calm; the perfect place for a nap (if you can breath underwater of course).

It's the perfect habitat for the Unknown, odd and horrifying.

#just a bit of a ramble #I've had this thought for years so I finally thought I'd share it #I know it's completely out of the rink with ideas but I hope someone else sees it #also I swear to the dear God that someone made a comic/peice of art here in Tumblr with Sleep and Vessel as exactly this and I can't find i #I don't know if I'm going mad or not but I SWEAR someone had #if anyone knows or has seen something similar to that please let me know #because it's such an awesome artistic take and I got really excited since I thought the idea was just a me thing #also I just want to hear what other people think #looking at your artists with your funky wonderful brains #like I know Sleep could and would cause inhuman horrors beyond comprehension but Its just a neat little guy #terrifying #but neat #it's really late in the evening right now so I'm sorry if this is incomprehensible #I just want bossman to come visit me at this point #like dawg I've got a paper to finish and hand in tomorrow drag me into the drowsy abyss already #mel's rambles #sleep token #sleep token vessel #vessel #sleep (the deity)

[eryanlainfa]

One day I'll finish this drawing... I'm so normal about them

#I'm working on revenges for artfight I swear but my brain keeps on coming back to them 😭 #It's not even finished because I am not allowing myself to line it til I finish my other drawings.... #So instead I've been staring at it for days WHICH IS WORST OH GOD #Vat7k #Oc x canon #Their clothes are still so random I should redo them #Do you...do you think their different enough from originals so I could post them on artifight ...??? #Lmao no I'm not obsessed. I am so normal. So very normal. Talk to me about how normal I am about them. #vat7k varian #vat7k hugo #vat7k aiden #my art #eryart #This one gets full tags cuz I want people to stare at it like I do #But actually don't stare too much or you'll see all the flaws- so nevermind #airigo #home chemystery

[knightsgaydiant]

Everyone’s out here with judgements about Moash or how Moash is written, and I have my opinions on this too, but… at a certain point…. I mostly just think he’s hot… like idc man I just want him to rail me.

#if the fuck moash people come at me for this I swear to god #moash #stormlight thirstposting

[zukkaoru]

the disparity in kudos between a skk fic and a fic for literally any other bsd characters/ship :/

#like okay i get it skk is the most popular bsd ship by a longshot #but it does kinda suck that my skk fics will always end up being more popular than literally anything else i write for bsd #when i have way better fics tbh #okay i'm unleashing this from my drafts lol #like i get it kudos/hits/bookmarks counts aren't telling of how good a fic is #but out of my last five fics. my skk one has ONE HUNDRED kudos more than the next most kudos #and idk it also sucks that i know my skk is better than 90% of the fandom but. even my skk fics get significantly less kudos/etc #than big writers in the fandom who AREN'T EVEN GOOD #or are like. mid at best #i know in theory that the bsd fandom doesn't care about characterization but like. not only do they encourage bad characterization #it feels like sometimes they're actively against good characterization #even in j.jk and a.tla where there are major issues with bad characterization #more people seem to at least appreciate the good characterization. (even if they aren't good at it themselves.) #but i swear to god no one in the bsd fandom cares about anything besides whether dazai and chuuya are kissing. it begins and ends there. #it never ceases to amaze me (derogatory) how a fandom where the source media draws So Much inspiration from classic literature #can somehow have NEGATIVE media literacy skills #why don't you guys take a break from your edgy dazai x softboy chuuya fics and you fems.kk with dazai in skimpy clothes and your #beast chuuya sobbing and killing himself over dazai's death #and go read some of the books by the actual authors. and then write me an essay about the themes that has nothing to do with shipping. #and THEN you can come back to the fandom. #listen i love skk but oh my god sometimes the fandom makes me hate them. #anyway one of these days i'm going to get anon hate for complaining about the bsd fandom so much but that's fine #at least i know there are characters in the show besides dazai and chuuya. and when i do write skk AT LEAST I DO IT RIGHT. #hello grace here

[mrstsung]

y'all would give up and pass on shang tsung

Shang tsung

He's loaded and you'd never have to worry bout nothing monetary for the rest of your life

He's handsome af and he's even cute as old man shang

He's a powerful af sorcerer

Anyone who dares hurt you will have their souls taken and "ripped a new one" nobody hurts his beloved

He's cunning,scary intelligent,and always has his composer even when shit is fucked. Even when he has some doubts and worries he always holds his head high. This is a man who oozes confidence and clarity.

He's fucking fashion sense is immaculate

And you're gonna tell me you're gonna pass on cary hiroyuki tagawa's shang tsung. And on cary hiroyuki tagawa in general?!

That man is handsome. That man been serving. Like bruuuuh.

Note: * Too many tags and talking in tags so i apologize. I could go on forever.*

#like coooomme ooooon! #shang tsung in mk11 was the best he's ever been #mortal kombat #shang tsung #self shipping #self ship #💚heart and soul🐍 #shang tsung mortal kombat #mk f/o #antagonist f/o #villain f/o #villain/antagonist f/o #mini vent kinda #cary hiroyuki tagawa #like y'all gonna pass up on that man!? what is wrong with y'all? are y'all blind?! #like shang tsung in mk11 is hot af #like are people that much thinking an asian male character has to look lioe a k pop star or babyfaced to be handsome af?! i don't get it #like shang tsung in mk11 in his young form is sexy #i personally love him as old man shang tsung but that's just me and that's not for everyone #but his younger rejuvenated form in mk11 that looks like the 95 movie yall really gonna pass up on that?! #foh shang tsung in mk11 is PEAK! #boss af too #god people have no taste #if you say you hate shang you a liar he's an amazing villain and antagonist #and you gotta love that charisma he has #half the people that pass on mk11 shang tsung are in denial i swear #you'll come around they always do #but in all seriousness shang tsung is an amazing character and for people to not think so is a travesty #y'all are new im sure so i plead with you plz go watch the 95 movie and cary hiroyuki tagawa's movies and interviews #you'll love this guy i guarantee it

[carmineskiesandspidereyes]

one minute I’m sitting doing homework and the next I’m bolting upstairs, posessed by the need to tell my friend about how the song “Tomorrow, Wendy” by Concrete Blond would make a vashwood animatic good enough to fucking ruin me

#Just. That one part in the middle. #‘’I told the priest—don’t count on any second comings’’ #’’God got his ass kicked the first time he came down here slumming‘’ #’’he had the balls to come the gall to die and then forgive us‘’ #‘’no I don’t wonder why—I wonder what he thought it would get us‘’ #you can’t tell me that wouldn’t absolutely FUCK if someone tied it to trigun the way I’m envisioning #never mind the chorus literally being ‘’hey hey—good try…Tomorrow Wendy is going to die.’’ #like. Wolfwood anyone #? #that’s our el woowoo if I’ve ever heard it #pookie is doomed by the narrative there’s no saving his ass #wolfwood #Nicholas d. Wolfwood #vashwood #trigun maximum #Trigun #I don’t usually tag so thoroughly #but The People Need To Know. #I can’t be delusional about this I swear #Can anybody hear me #hello #h #Carmine sighs

[obessivedork]

Maccready is YET ANOTHER sadman deadwife™????!!!!!! asdfghjkl That's what? FOUR major characters in one game if you play Male Sole Survivor??? What did women DO to Bethesda's writers????

#He's still my son and I love him but COME ON😒🤪 #I get it's the wasteland and people die a lot because of lack of medical access/violence but???? #And also naturally with the NIGHTMARE of pre-modern medicine childbirth women & others who can give birth would be dying more #I refuse it he fucking adopted his kid! I also refuse to believe it's Little Lamplight Lucy. That'd be real cute but NO she deserves BETTER #Every female character deserves better but 'y know what I mean #(& Yes I know Deacon's backstory. It got spoiled for me. Fine with that because I'm so busy being disappointed by the lack of originality) #(I'm sure I'm rehashing an old frustration in this post.) Tis that sweet sweet game industry & gamer misogyny- innit? 🙃🙃🙃 #Swear to god I NEVER EVER want to see this shitty overdone trope EVER AGAIN #It IS badass girlboss of Female Sole to have her husband fridged for HER plot though 😌 #*I originally said three major characters and then I remembered Kellog's backstory. swear to god if there are MORE I'm writing todd himself #fallout #fallout 4 #fo4 #kat plays fo4

[landinrris]

Me: doesn't get on Twitter all day

Also me: gets on Twitter for 30 seconds and sees a conspiracy about Carlos' people leaking Charles' contract and that's why "contract negotiations have stalled"

🚪🚶‍♀️

#these people never cease to amaze me #they truly are hydra heads. block one and two more come to take its place #be so fucking for real right now #the complete delusions i swear to fucking god #taylor talks

[hawnks]

#I FORGOT ABOUT THESE GUYS BUT NOW!!! #I’m excited to pick this up again jsjdjdnd #she’s a witch who’s been drafted by her kingdom to go fight a war #he’s a fae prince (now king because his six older brothers died lol) who’s kingdom was razed by another fae house #he goes out and scours the battlefields for people who are on the brink of death and makes deals with them #he will save them if they swear allegiance and fight for him when he goes to take back his own kingdom #they keep running into each other out there jajsjdjd #he’s like oh my god just come with me you’re obviously miserable and they’re literally torturing you to make your powers stronger #and she’s like yeah but I miss my best friend and also I don’t trust u #<3

[fluffs-n-stuffs]

"Do you not realize it? Do you... truly not see what this means?"

The next Destiny Bond update is in progress! ❄️✨ –> Check out the latest part here 🔷 –> New to the series? Follow from the start! 💜

#we back for the winter season bois :} ☃️ #got some Particularly Fun parts I wanna have done before the end of the year--that I'll hopefully have time to do over the term break !!! 💫 #it's actually so? insane? how we're nearing the end of the year already??????????????HUH #just a little over a week and some Ridiculous cramming I'll have to pull off (no thanks to past me sdskjfs) before I'm free for the holiday #I mean I'd--still have freelancing to do of course but without the looming dread of actively avoiding college responsibilities at least /lh #it's even more insane somehow looking back on when I actually started this whole comic that spiraled Wildly out of controlSKDJFNSDFS #to think that this all started from a prompt I had a few days after my birthday--into its own whole story I wanna see through is--- #honestly something I'm really proud of. something I'm really happy I got to do for myself since it's-above all a passion project if anythin #I'm a lot slower these days what with juggling my own mental crises here and there on top of work for sure #but I get to come back to working on this whenever I find myself feeling down or with some free time to unwind and it's--really nice 💖💕 #and we're still in the beginning I swear to god we're still so early I'm so sorry this is gonna take so longSDHFIUSHDNFKJSDHS #but it bears repeating how thankful I am to everyone who's joined along for this ride- who've been so wonderful and patient thus far #to know that even a handful of people out there tune in to this silly ol thing and are genuinely excited for its sporadic updates-- #--has been a definite highlight in what's been a- Ridiculously--almost comically cruel year (in ways I can't begin to express skjdfnsdfs) #and what with this holiday season being all about giving and gratitude---I want to emphasize on how thankful I am for all of y'all 💖💖💖 #I'll see what surprises I can sneak in to my schedule these coming weeks- the insanity of these following updates included hehee ✨ #Destiny Bond comicverse #mystery man eusine #eusine pokemon #pokemon #pokemon fancomic #pokemon gsc #pokemon hgss #comic wip

[a-room-of-my-own]

My elderly father was hospitalized for the last 2 weeks and just left the hospital.

For the last two years it’s been extremely hard to have any kind of information about his health care, and his health is rapidly declining. My brother and my uncle pushed me away saying they were taking care of him. As my father and I have a complicated relationship, I stepped back, thinking , well it’s sad for me but if he’s cared for I can manage.

Turns out, my brother just handed our father to our uncle, and doesn’t know anything about how our father is cared for.

My uncle is a horrible man who stole money from his entire family, mostly from his own mother. When my grandmother became too ill to stay at home, he dumped her in a nursing home. It’s my own mother - whom my grandmother resented - who took care of her until she passed, just a month later, from shock.

This man is supposed to care for his brother? Let me have my doubts.

I called my father a few times this week to tell him I’d be coming this weekend and he was fine with the idea. But then on Friday evening he calls me, angry, asking me why I would impose a « family meeting » on him. I told him that if he was too tired to have visitors I’d respect his wishes.

But then I hear echo, and I hear someone whisper.

My piece of shit uncle was actually coaching him.

So now I have to figure out a way to get my father out of my uncle’s claws, where my brother happily dumped him while pushing me away. I don’t understand this like, my father and I barely have a relationship at all already. Why push me away even more if it’s to do A SHIT JOB at taking care of an elderly man.

Guess who called me yesterday evening when he had 5 minutes on his own? My father! Telling me he was scared about the future, about the way he’d be cared for.

I’m just so angry. God know my father was emotionally abusive and incompetent but man, there are some taboos in life such as doing what’s right with your parents when they’re old and sick.

And if you’re not willing to do it yourself we’re lucky enough to live in a country where people can do it for you.

Aaaaaaah.

#personal #venting post #those people are going to be the death of me I swear to god #I’ve been in the middle of their shit for 25 years and it keeps coming