#i will hear no criticism

[toss-a-coin-to-your-stan-account]

"ummm the global strike was called on such short notice we need more time to plan ahead this just isn't gonna work it feels like slacktivism :///" hmm lets try to figure out why a palestinian journalist in gaza who has been documenting her own genocide for the past hundred fucking days called for a global strike on short notice during a livestream while the hospital she was sheltering in was being attacked and she believed she was going to be killed that night. lets think about it. lets put our thinking caps on. lets sit down in our thinking chair and think think think

#i saw someone call it slacktivism and i genuinely wonder if they're allergic to critical thinking #like. do you hear how tone deaf you sound. i do not think you do #mine #free palestine #bisan owda #wizard bisan #free gaza #palestine #global strike

[khruschevshoe]

You know, it's rather interesting to me that Taylor Swift's parasocial relationship with her fans is honestly more akin to a YouTuber than a writer's. When I scroll through her tag on tumblr/Twitter, it's far more regarding the connection to her personal life/relationship developments than the actual metaphors/fictional story she might be telling. Everything comes back to how her songs reflect back on her relationships with Joe/Matty/Travis/Jake/insert ex-boyfriend here. And what fascinates me about it is that even though she complains about it, she leans into that very perception because it strengthens the parasocial bond.

The marketing for TTPD so clearly being about Joe Alwyn and the songs to Matty Healy. The marketing/video for Red TV so CLEARLY being about Jake Gyllenhaal, with so many of the new lines in All Too Well specifically being digs at him (I'll get older but your lovers stay my age, casting an actor that looks like him for the video, specific lines in I Bet You Think About Me). The fact that songs like Getaway Car and Bejeweled and Gorgeous and London Boy and Lavender Haze being picked apart at time of release and long after for signs of relationships crumbling. The way she uses surprise songs in relation to her relationship development with Joe/Matty/Travis. The damn TTPD "stages of grief" playlists where she deliberately undid/changed the meanings of old songs just to keep her audience speculating on her love life.

It's not sexist to point out that her wielding her love life is a marketing tool and that the strongest connection to her audience isn't the strength of her writing/the composition of her music- it's her deliberate crafting of a connection between her music and her personal life, leaving the audience invested in her music as an extension of Taylor the Person/Girlfriend rather than Taylor the Artist.

#taylor swift #anti taylor swift #to an extent #i honestly just view this as an analysis of her marketing strategy #like hates off to her for being the best possible microcosm of parasocial capitalism #girlie really knew how to harness the teen girl market and good for her billionaire self #she knows how to exploit the very tabloid culture that once strangled her #how to become the tabloid itself #and wield that against ex-boyfriends too but you didn’t hear that from me #joe alwyn #matty healy #travis kelce #taylor swift critical #ttpd #red tv #i bet you think about me #getaway car #bejeweled #gorgeous #london boy #lavender haze

[tiny-vermin]

@runfreebirdrun THREATENED me at GUNPOINT to do this drawing of GAY PEOPLE (🤢🤢🤢🤮🤮🤮) KISSING (??!?!!?!??!?)

his post of the same pose is here, and the image we both drew was sent to iwcat by @kurocyou

#verms stuff #verms cr #beauyasha #caleb widogast #fire emoji #every time im like okay listen #we're gonna do some simple colours for this #my brain hears “lets go ham with rendering” #and this isnt the worst of it at least #ive gotten better at handling that urge #anyways #critical role #critical role fanart #damn i just realised i didnt give any of them accessories #whatever i do not gaf

[oddthesungod]

Fearne is the embodiment of "haha just kidding… unless? 👀" lol

#critical role #critical role fanart #critical role spoilers #cr spoilers #fearne calloway #imogen temult #fearne/imogen #idk their ship name???? #critical doodles #also fearne dont think i didn't hear that implied 'unless...' in that exchange lmaooo #cr 3 #bells hells

[ladykeyleth]

#criticalroleedit #critteredit #critical role #imodna #imogen temult #laudna #marisha ray #laura bailey #cr spoilers #c3e91 2h55m22s on twitch #this gifset will never do justice to the way laura says *honey* #if I'd been next to her I would've simply ceased to exist on the spot upon hearing her

[laurasbailey]

ONE CRITICAL ROLE SCENE PER EPISODE C3E11: Chasing Nightmares

#critteredit #criticalroleedit #chetney pock o'pea #travis willingham #ashley johnson #sam riegel #marisha ray #liam o'brien #laura bailey #robbie daymond #critical role #c3 #~ #crscene3 #i can hear this gifset every time i look at it #1k

[floweroflaurelin]

The Final Flame 🕯️

—

“We’re all just candles in the dark.”

#candela obscura #critical role #critical role fanart #candela obscura fanart #elsie roberts #ashly burch #circle of tide and bone #the circle of tide and bone #critical role art #floweroflaurelin art #candela spoilers #candela obscura spoilers #critical role spoilers #cr spoilers #CAN YOU HEAR ME SOBBING. #I started this painting at the break and got the caption at the end of the episode #I know it’s not huevember but i make the rules haha #I’m working on three comms simultaneously so there’s been less art from me lately! but candela obscura has a hold on my MIND #also for the beast like. mantis orca locust monster? I just made smth up but I dig it! #me 🤝 raj

[mell0bee]

i love ghost hunting shows sm they’ll be like “did you hear that?” (plays ambient static noise) “no? let’s hear it again” (plays ambient static noise but way louder this time with the words MURDER in bright red all caps on screen) “it sounded like… someone whispering MURDER….”

#this is about #ghost files #watcher #i’m sorry besties in like 75% of the audio they captured i did not hear Anything l #bee post #to be clear this is not a criticism it’s amazing

[yashley]

anyway laerryn would've released predathos by now

#critical role #cr lb #literally do it who cares break the world #can laerryn come back in the 11th hour just to release predathos lets do it #hear me out the absolute hilarity of vecna being like i've RETURNED!!! FOOLS!!!! and IMMEDIATELY getting eaten by predathos is hilarious ok #and i THINK***** if the divine trammels lose divinity whatever banishment vecna would come back so of course he's like do it >;) #laerryn is SCREAMING like what are you guys DOING a GODEATER. PROVING the illegitimacy of the divine and y'all aint gonna pop that lock? #could never be her

[finncakes]

what's the play here, beauregard?

#critical role #cr #cr3 #cr2 #beauregard #beauregard lionett #caleb widogast #empire kids #I AM STILL REELING FROM THIS #the rest of the episode? a blur barely remember it cause this is living rent free in my head #IT'S ALSO #extremely weird to hear matt imitating them when i'm finally finishing up c2 #anyways i am excited and terrified for tonight !

[elementalladymallorie]

"To the reunion of old friends." "To not being alright!" "Hey hey. And to Letters." "To Letters." "And Cyrus." "To the friends we will meet again."

-The Bells Hells toast.

#critical role #cr campaign 3 #cr campaign three #cr c3 #I missed laudna's contribution #I couldn't hear it clearly and was looking down #Italics for chet because the other colors that'd make sense are taken

[shatouto]

i did a dumb friendly fire and blew off nearly half of astarion's hp (i'm so sorry astarion)

#baldur's gate 3 #bg3 tav #astarion #shadowheart #gale of waterdeep #so what really happened was that: i was supposed to click on astarion in the turn list #except i accidentally clicked on his profile pic. while my spell was still engaged #so.... i hit him. critically #wow guys it's been a few days since i posted this and LMAOO i'm happy to hear i'm not alone #we're all dumdums together eh #thank u for your tags i have great fun reading them #oc: lorame

[essektheylyss]

If this back door to Ruidus is accessible from Exandria, between Wild Shape and Wind Walk you could literally get an entire Ashari army onto the moon right now. You could destroy the bridge while it happened as a distraction ALONE.

This is literally game changing for everyone trying to fight the Vanguard and they would never know what hit them.

#cr spoilers #critical role #also for the record any time I use the phrase 'game changing' I do hear sam reich going 'get ready for a GAME CHANGER' #it's a disease

[revvethasmythh]

Rashinna being like "you are of her lineage, are you not? This Temult" with such venom absolutely makes sense and is warranted but it was also so funny to me because i was like. ah yes, this cursèd Temult lineage. this is Relvin's surname. he is not involved in any of this but damn his surname sure is. the women of the Temult lineage getting up to wide variety of activities on Ruidus, meanwhile Relvin, provider of the surname, is in Gelvaan doing this:

This might not be funny to you, but it was unreasonably funny to me. Local Gelvaan Stable Worker Provided Surname To Long-Estranged Wife; She Blackened The Family Name By Committing Moon Crimes. he could viably get dropkicked by a member of the Volition for being a part of the Temult bloodline literally just because Liliana happened to take his goddamn surname. that is SO funny to me

#he's just a guy. in a small town tending to his horses. who's surname is used by an intergalactic criminal #anyway this is what I rewatching the end for I needed to hear what rashinna said again #and it was still funny. to me #cr spoilers #relvin temult #critical role

[inaconstantstateofchange]

BG3 Narrative Changes Post-Full Release

An update on the project I have been working on over the past weeks, to compile a record of all the narrative changes Larian has made to Baldur's Gate 3 post-Full Release — particularly those changes that have affected characterization. There are many of these changes that are not common knowledge, even among dedicated fans, simply due to the size of the game and the varied narrative pathways one can take.

As stated in my original post, this is a neutral project not meant to be either inherently supportive or critical of said changes, but merely to act as a record and reference for those who would like to be aware of them. Particularly with new fans always entering the fandom, I want them to be able to understand aspects of the story that are no longer present in the game, but might still be referenced and impactful to fandom discussions.

I will continue to update the log as I receive new submissions via the report form, and have the opportunity to verify to the best of my ability that the material in question was truly changed, as opposed to potentially bugged in some playthroughs, etc. If you are aware of any changes that you do not see on the spreadsheet, please submit a report form, as I am only one person, and cannot happen across all of the potential changes – especially with so many unannounced – on my own.

#as always if you have any questions or comments i would be happy to hear them #and would be very grateful for any help in spreading this around #voidling speaks #bg3 #fandom #larian #baldur's gate 3 #astarion #halsin #wyll ravenguard #bg3 raphael #gale dekarios #enver gortash #meta #resource #larian critical #<- for archival purposes (as stated above - not intended as inherently critical) #bg3 spoilers

[micewithknives]

As requested, the list of archaeology nemeses which i poses: (in no particular order other than #5 bc tumblrs formatting hates me right now, and i cant be bothered to fix it)

Whoever convinced the general public that archaeologists and paleontologists are the same thing (not the public themselves, i can be nice to them, but whoever started it.............. i just want to talk)

Trying to excavate in dry soil with high sand content and having sediment patches just... leak out in random spots from the pit walls

Cant Function A Mattock To Save My Life

Sieving wet clay is like sieving porridge and its TERRIBLE and HORRIBLE and DISGUSTING and makes HORRENDUS SOUNDS

As discussed, Munsell chart and my complete and utter inability to read colours correctly

Any varient of the "The archaeologists didnt figure this out it was some Normal Person Who Knows Crafts And Life Skills" my Dear Personal Friend i hate to rain on your anti-academia parade, but archaeologists ARE people (although jury's still out on normal for some of them...)

#i hope these are sufficient for six of my archaeology nemeses #i will hear criticism #but i will take none of it #archaeology #archaeologist problems #theres a mouse loose in a hospital