#ie I think more people should

[decepti-geek]

for all that I love Ghosts, I've been getting a very different kind of joy out of watching uploads of a very, very similar show on youtube - The Ghosts of Motley Hall.

Like, a setup where the ghosts actually mostly like each other from the off, so that a huge chunk of the dialogue just goes towards establishing more and more of their meandering, idiosyncratic shared history (especially because the budget was clearly about £1.50 so they have to establish most things through dialogue)... that has its own kind of charm.

#bbc ghosts #the ghosts of motley hall #I'm genuinely not sure how much overlap to expect in terms of ghosts people who have seen this #because I... couldn't find? any mention of the six idiots referencing it they only seem to talk about Rentaghost #so when I first looked into it I was expecting there to be a steady trickle in the Ghosts to finding out about Motley Hall pipeline #but not only does there not appear to be #the show is apparently just WAY more obscure than I anticipated in general? #at least in terms of its presence in any online articles/social media #anyway all this to say I think anyone who's comfortable with suspending disbelief in the name of fun would benefit from knowing about Motle #ie I think more people should #also in terms of ghosts stuff Motley Hall also has a Fanny in it! #The dialogue is just whimsical little joy after joy #'I ALWAYS do the stairs on Thursdays!' #'I don't think they are wirelesses. they have glass fronts.' 'they've got knobs on.' 'well so's a chest of drawers!' #Also one of the things I have found writing about is that Fanny was apparently a fan favourite character back in the day #and I cannot pinpoint a single concrete reason why but I GET IT he's just so entertaining to watch #GOD I just love the dialogue so much 'you think it'll go on forever?' 'nah it'll run out of horses' referring to horse racing on TV #I love Bodkin and his perpetual willingness to position himself as the arbiter of common sense based on very little actual knowledge #'what's he? a soldier?' 'nah that's a policeman' 'what do they do?' 'well they sit in the kitchen and eat jam tarts' #there's so much information contained in that response I love it

[junotter]

All the jokes about Ken and horses are good but I just wanna say it's such a good parallel to how actual young men get swept into misogyny and the patriarchy.

Like they're told to believe it means men get to be cool and manly and have this power but with that comes extremely rigid commands of what they can be as a man and a cycle of self hatred for never matching those gender roles perfectly. Patriarchy tells men that if they just do exactly what is expected of them, then they get all the "cool stuff" that comes with. That doesn't work though when there's only a small group that actually gets that power, but men will keep trying to fit into those roles in hopes that they can.

In the end there are no horses or the myth men are told, it's just endless cycles of self hatred and ingroup fighting.

#barbie #barbie movie #barbie spoilers #ig #ive got a lot more on how barbie looks at feminism and the patriarchy cause god they did it #not to say there isnt faults such as very little conversation about intersectionality #but i can also understand the impossible task of talking about EVERYTHING in one movie #not everyone will be happy and thats fine #anyway i think something barbie did really well is fight this battle of both wanting so deeply to love (romantically or not) men but also #not dismissing the fact its mens job to solve their problems themselves #that even if women need to be the front runners of breaking the patriarchy men cannot rely on them to solve their own problems completely #also just god im so glad this wasnt a girl boss slay movie #women deserve respect and love and life regardless of accomplishment #we should not have to be ceos and presidents and world problem solvers to gain equality #i can also understand if nonbinary people feel left out/disconnected from the movie #but as always gender abolition and acknowledging the gender binary (ie the one societially impossed) go hand and hand 👍 #just incase cause idfk terfs dni the barbie movie is not for you #barbie literally states constantly that her gender has nothing to do with (non existent) genitals so f off

[hasarjunadoneanythingwrong]

You're so right, Goredolf IS the most fuckable man in Chaldea. Everyone else runs the gamut of "can get it" to "should absolutely not get it" but Goredolf CAN GET IT.

Any poll about ideal partners, sexually or otherwise, that don’t end with goredolf in the top 4 are inherent bull bc off the top of my head we know this guys is

-capable of introspection and growth (rare in a game that likes to flanderize)

-cooks and cooks very well

-cares about the people around him especially those he’s close to

-both dad AND mom coded

-can literally reverse food spoilage

-had implied relations with two separate beasts and lived

- really good at driving

-has a host of varied skills: outdoorsy, well read, well traveled, polyglot, decent social abilites

-has actual sense of when things are dangerous and does try to keep others safe

-gof punch

-charlotte appeared to be trapped underwater in one scene this event and immediately when everyone else was like ‘uh oh’ he started working on trying to break the rock apart. Like the actual servants in the room did less than he did I’m just saying I would rather have him babysit my kids than literally any servant

#like even at the start he showed sorrow over the loss of his soldiers on a personal level (ie as people not his bodyguards) #and he was so easily influenced by koyan bc she told him a backstory where she was a victim as he felt empathy for her #(and yeah he was also in love) #like idk I just think he’s FUCKING COOL #and his anxiety is perfectly reasonable and normal for someone without superpowers #HE IS COOL AND UNDERRATED #like yeah most people agree he’s had a good characrer arc but. he should be appreciated more #and acknowledged as the best chocie of partner in chaldea bc he is #my asks

[wonder-worker]

"[Elizabeth Woodville's] piety as queen seems to have been broadly conventional for a fifteenth-century royal, encompassing pilgrimages, membership of various fraternities, a particular devotion to her name saint, notable generosity to the Carthusians, and the foundation of a chantry at Westminster after her son was born there. ['On other occasions she supported planned religious foundations in London, […] made generous gifts to Eton College, and petitioned the pope to extend the circumstances in which indulgences could be acquired by observing the feast of the Visitation']. One possible indicator of a more personal, and more sophisticated, thread in her piety is a book of Hours of the Guardian Angel which Sutton and Visser-Fuchs have argued was commissioned for her, very possibly at her request."

-J.L. Laynesmith, "Elizabeth Woodville: The Knight's Widow", "Later Plantagenet and Wars of the Roses Consorts: Power, Influence, Dynasty"

#historicwomendaily #elizabeth woodville #my post #friendly reminder that there's nothing indicating that Elizabeth was exceptionally pious or that her piety was 'beyond purely conventional' #(something first claimed by Anne Crawford who simultaneously claimed that Elizabeth was 'grasping and totally lacking in scruple' so...) #EW's piety as queen may have stood out compared to former 15th century predecessors and definitely stood out compared to her husband #but her actions in themselves were not especially novel or 'beyond normal' and by themselves don't indicate unusual piety on her part #As Laynesmith's more recent research observes they seem to have been 'broadly conventional' #A conclusion arrived at Derek Neal as well who also points out that in general queens and elite noblewomen simply had wider means #of 'visible material expression of [their] personal devotion' - and also emphasizes how we should look at their wider circumstances #to understand their actions (eg: the death of Elizabeth's son George in 1479 as a motivating factor) #It's nice that we know a bit about Elizabeth's more personal piety - for eg she seems to have developed an attachment to Westminster Abbey #It's possible her (outward) piety increased across her queenship - she undertook most of her religious projects in later years #But again - none of them indicate the *level* of her piety (ie: they don't indicate that she was beyond conventionally pious) #By 1475 it seems that contemporaries identified Cecily Neville as the most personally devout from the Yorkist family #(though Elizabeth and even Cecily's sons were far greater patrons) #I think people also assume this because of her retirement to Westminster post 1485 #which doesn't work because 1) we don't actually know when she retired? as Laynesmith says there is no actual evidence for the traditional #date of 12 February 1487 #2) she had very secular reasons for retiring (grief over the death of her children? her lack of dower lands or estates which most other #widows had? her options were very limited; choosing to reside in the abbey is not particularly surprising. it's a massive and unneeded jump #to claim that it was motivated solely by piety (especially because it wasn't a complete 'retirement' in the way people assume it was) #I think historians have a habit of using her piety as a GOTCHA!' point against her vilification - which is a flawed and stupid argument #Elizabeth could be the most pious individual in the world and still be the pantomime villain Ricardians/Yorkists claim she was #They're not mutually exclusive; this line of thinking is useless #I think this also stems from the fact that we simply know very little about Elizabeth as an individual (ie: her hobbies/interests) #certainly far less than we do for other prominent women Margaret of Anjou; Elizabeth of York;; Cecily Neville or Margaret Beaufort #and I think rather than emphasizing that gap of knowledge her historians merely try to fill it up with 'she was pious!' #which is ... an incredibly lackluster take. I think it's better to just acknowledge that we don't know much about this historical figure #ie: I do wish that her piety and patronage was emphasized more yes. but it shouldn't flip too far to the other side either.

[holygroundgone]

just absolutely fucking obsessed with the 0.5 evil marriage bad end deep in love deep in suffering of it all, everything that could've possibly went wrong went wrong and they're in it together

#truescholar.txt #the way that from the beginning of the book mo ran absolutely portrays it as him one sidedly tormenting chu wanning out of hate #but slowly it unfolds the realization of the sheer degree of intimacy and 'you would not be fucking doing that if you just hated his ass' #it's strongly been my conviction that once chu fei realized what was going on and 2.0 chu wanning inherited his souls and memory #thus meaningfully continuing his existence on (and i want to think it's a more complete continuation unlike soma level memory self shit) #that his perception of their years together in taxian jun's palace would completely change #and that he would almost treasure the time they had together even if during it was the most painful and agonizing time of his life #toxic trauma bond moments but they were in it together #and mo ran would've never done this to him in this way (ie the illusion of not loving him deeply in body heart and soul) #2ha is definitely not a moral tale nor an 'example of what you should or can do in a relationship' #but instead the story of how two deeply mentally ill and traumatized people fought their hardest to find their way home together #over two lifetimes #over many lives lost and regained #it truly only works because it's them and because they have the exact same kind of madness for each other

[thehellionheart]

I personally believe more bg3 fans should have tavs that don't fit in the guidelines of character creation. Genasi tavs, tritons, aaracokra - you name it. Cambion and Aasimar are 100% cool and I love em, but I think people should explore the reaches a little more. Get a little more weird.

#hellion post #baldurs gate 3 #bg3 tav #tav #i say this as a man with two ocs whos species arent even options as mods #ie harpy and changeling #b4 you say anything abt there being a changeling mod i know. i just dont like the face models #anyways i loooove fun ocs i think more people should get weird #where are the goblins! the gnolls! the firebolg! cmon guys!! #also werewolf tavs. cmoooon #i am a guy who usually plays homebrew so tbh i just like expanding my reaches #not playing the standard is Fun

[aro-culture-is]

Aro culture is not feeling comfortable with assigning queer labels to dead people because a) there's only so much you can know about someone without knowing them personally b) it's entirely their business how they categorize relationships and c) more often than not it stems from amatonormative reasons "they couldn't just be friends!! because they did THIS!!!"

I'm not the only one uncomfortable with this, right?

.

#Anonymous #aro culture is #aro #aromantic #actually aro #actually aromantic #ask #mod axel #my vibe is that we can describe only what we can observe #ie: shakespeare wrote a love sonnet to a man but also did so to women #and we believe based on this and other details that he likely experienced attraction to both men and women #i also think it's okay to say 'based on what we know this individual *may have* identified as bisexual in modern days' #or 'this individual was identified as female in the early part of their life but at some point publicly presented as male. he requested #to be known as such to his dying days. as such we refer to him with the pronouns he last appeared to prefer. while we cannot be certain #as to how this individual would identify himself in modern days - we strongly suspect he would consider himself transmasc' #things like that y'know? #but also if you consistently and exclusively apply this to particular experiences (cough cough terfs and ppl who were probs trans) #that's a great way to observe that you should listen more to that community and their experiences and how they may relate to that person #(careful in particular with people claiming historical individuals as butch when they explicitly did not identify themselves as women) #(because terfs have a... well. rather intense push for that usually.)

[girlscience]

trying to get to better as a person is so nauseating. was lonely yesterday so i messaged friends to try and plan hang outs. forced myself to ask about reference letters today even though i turned bright red and felt like crying. messaged friends tonight to ask if they could help keep me accountable so i don't feel like i'm doing everything alone. barf. i hate this. i want to hide in a hole

#THIS IS GOOD FOR ME IT WILL HELP BUT IT REQUIRES CHANGE #and i am realizing maybe i am significantly worse with change than i thought i was #ie my parents and sister and a few other people think i should apply to more schools #specifically more schools outside my comfort zone #and it would be so cool!!!! but it requires me to change the idea of 4 schools to like 6 or 8 #and change from a few hours from home to like a days drive away or FARTHER #and this is already going to change my whole life's routine #and i'll be away from all my friends and family already #and i am just remembering how awful that was the first go around in undergrad #and maybe i am super scared of that happening again #and also i need to reach out about GA positions and that means i have to talk to professors #which is scary and also a change from undergrad cause i avoided talking to them as much as possible #and i am just AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA #so. hopefully some of this will help but also. i am crying inside. a lot. #i also need to change my fanfic habits because i honestly think it is like... the most time sucking thing in my life #and part of me wishes i never started reading fic because it gets in the way of me doing literally everything else i need to do #but stopping or even just cutting down on it is killer #but on the bright side i have been on youtube a lot less recently and leave it deleted off my phone for longer periods of time #which is good!!! it means i'm not on my phone as much #but yeah. stuff and things and trying to do stuff that's good for me is the worst

[animemusicbrackets]

for the bracket, are songs using Synthesizer V vocals allowed? i know you said that utau was alright, but i just wanted to make sure before i put my submission in

yes synthesizer v is fine to submit

#i do have some.. Opinions on newer software that is able to use AI. including synth v and vocaloid 6 #but since they still have specific voicebank characters im assuming they get the samples the same way all the previous software does #ie legally and ethically. so that parts not really an issue for me #i just personally think that lots of the charm that comes from vocaloid music is that theyre very obviously robots #like gosh everyone loves these robots its so cute. its like how scientists consider the mars rovers like their babies. TO ME #thats just personal tho! i get why people are excited about software that can sound more realistic #just for me i cant divorce a realistic sounding vocal synth from the implications of all the more harmful ways that could be used #which idk maybe thats dumb bc by that logic i should feel the same way about a lot of other tech #but theres something about ai thats just so... im so tired of hearing about it lmfao #anyway this is kind of a tangent to the question #also nothing against you anon! just putting down some stuff ive been thinking about recently #asks #vocaloid tournament

[floralovebot]

i think a lot about helia being saladin's grandson and how it's heavily implied that he's close with codatorta too and him being codatorta's best student at some point. and how most of the characters either immediately assumed nepotism or weren't exactly disagreeing with it. and how saladin and codatorta go out of their way to Not treat helia better and how all of that combined can really fuck with a young teen's mind and perception of themselves.

he never thinks he's good enough or the right person for the job. he always wants to prove himself. he's really sensitive to making mistakes and immediately assumes everyone hates him when he makes one. always tries to prove his worth in physical and mission related ways. feels responsible for red fountain and guilty for having other interests. manages a stable art career but ultimately goes back because he's too emotionally attached to everyone and especially rf. it's just... dude...

#he's the perfect little blorbo #helia is what the creators wanted sky to be i think #whenever i think about How sky couldve been a more likeable character or more interesting character #i end up thinking about a lot of the issues that helia deals with #this is also what i mean when i say helia and sky are perfect foils <3 #but anyway i just think that he #he's such a good character!! AUGH #like... helia's emotional attachment to rf is something that should really be examined and explored by the fandom! #his chronic perfectionism... his feeling like he needs to prove himself to his loved ones... his need to be Told he's good #and all of this is interesting alone but when looked at with the knowledge of how saladin and codatorta have to treat him #so that they dont get accused of nepotism and the school doesnt have a bad image... #dude... like yeah no shit he thinks he's the worst person in the world </3 #dude makes One mistake and fucks off forever like guess everyone hates me now im clearly not good enough to be a specialist #those high expectations because he's related to saladin while also Constantly being undermined because of that too #Constantly having to prove himself and eventually just giving up and letting people think whatever they want (ie pacifist comment) #but still caring inside and feeling like he'll never be good enough for anyone and especially not the school #my blorbo <3 and his mental health issues <3 please go to therapy <3 #winx helia

[me-a-mess-morelikelythanyouthink]

sometimes I’m scared that other people only think my outfits eat when they emphasize my waistline and make me look skinny and not when it’s an outfit that I put a lot of care into because it’s another form of expression for me

#silv's back on her bs #like I know I probably sound like ‘boohoo it must be so hard for other people to think you’re skinny’ but I just mean that like. #I’m really proud of the outfits I put together #I like my style and I like how I’ve spent the last couple years exploring with it and letting it be another extension of myself #and I’ve created a (very small) rep around having cool outfits #but the other day someone complimented my outfit and don’t get me wrong I felt nice that day #but it was literally just low rise sweatpants and a cropped tee (ie heavens forbid I had skin showing and my stomach was out) #like was it cute? sure but it definitely wasn’t an Outfit #and I got a lot more compliments because on it then I do on a normal basis #and idk. I wasn’t the biggest fan of that #and I’m scared that I’m also starting to use it as a crutch when I’m putting clothes on before I leave #like the other day I was putting an outfit together and instead of reaching for something that I think is really cool and being creative #I was genuinely met with a wave of like ‘okay but how attractive am I gonna be if I wear this’ or ‘would other ppl think I look good’ #which is FUCKED #because I LOVE clothes!!!! I LOVE dressing up!!!! and I KNOW that I don’t need to look good for others that beauty and style doesn’t #have to be conventional that there’s so many cool things that lie outside that framework. And I used to be outside of that framework too #but UGH I hate that everyone else’s opinions on MY body are starting to get to me #anyways i feel like this should have a cw but idk what to add #ask to tag #ig(?)

[hasarjunadoneanythingwrong]

i think some of takeuchis art is really good and some of it is bad. is that an acceptable stance or is having a non-dichotomous opinion considered passé/wishy washy

#some of it is stiff and some of it is really charming #the simple stuff is really iconic but when he tries more complex designs it easily falls into looking goofy #he does make some really good expressions. it isn’t just olga and kagetora casotria had like 100 of them #like idk I feel like just saying ‘he’s a good artist’ or ‘he’s a bad artist’ is too simplistic #he has strengths and weaknesses and I think some of the issue is as a founding member of tm his weakness become in jokes that are encouraged #(Ie saberfaces) #rather than ignored or worked on #bc tbh a lot of anime art styles give everyone very similar faces but drawing attention to it does make people actually notice it far more #than if they had said nothing (like w artists like wada or nakahara) #most digital artists do reuse assets! but he has both a lot of visibility and a lot of influence in his company so people pick apart #his art for that stuff way more which isn’t really fair but at the same time #isn’t helped by the ongoing stuff w saberfaces etc #and he does need to have someone overseeing some of his designs to make sure they look good. like w Jeanne’s idol dress or 3rd summer outfit #i don’t think he’s a bad artist or designer I just think he could use more editing/less free reign on some cases if that makes sense #and idk. i do really like some of his art. castoria’s fa is really pretty #and sure he may have assistants but I’m fairly certain a lot of the prominent artists do…? #I’ll be honest and say I find his older art more lively #his newer art is much more polished but feels squarer #idk. idk I’m tired I guess #DOES THIS MAKE SENSE??? should I even post it #my post

[shirogane-oushirou]

this shouldnt really be relevant to anyone following this blog up until now lmao, but that post i rb-ed on main made me remember that, now that i have a dedicated space for mature posts, this blog is no longer mdni. my main is still 18+ just because it's my catch-all blog for all types of posts, as is my art blog bc i'll occasionally post haha funnie adult humor + i want to retain the option to post some suggestive art if i ever feel like it, but at least here things can be more chill ✌🏻

#📌 [ my posts. ] #i doubt that'll be a problem for anyone. but while i'm finishing up redoing my pinned posts and adding new character tags and whatnot #i figured i should make it clear juuuust in case. #i've always been so conflicted bc i really do think people under 18 should have ties to reliable adults specifically FOR their safety #ie they can have people to turn to if they need a good role model or if they want proof they can grow into a queer adult #or -- most importantly -- if any other adults are being creepy towards them they'll know someone who can DO something abt it #...but i also never felt safe being that kind of person if my blogs housed 18+ posts. ;;; #i'm not here to be any young person's BEST friend or anything but like. treating them like toxic gremlins is also absolutely not the vibe #bc they absolutely aren't. esp when lot of kids in selfshipping are more put together than some select-but-very-visible adults. cough. #💭 [ my thoughts. ]

[supermarketcrush]

girls when they finish watching dead poets society

#im unwell im so unwell #ok spoilers for anyone who hasnt seen this movie look away. im please at myself for predicting how neil would die #bc i only knew one of the boys would kill himself but from like the first 5 minutes i gathered it had to be neil then i think #during the play i thought he should shoot himself with a gun lo and behold #um well i feel shivery i have literal goosebumps. i want to text my best friend to never kill herself i want to cry #but also yall lied to me this movie isnt that gay. well it is gay but not because of neil and todd #its gay because its a movie about a group of people who are passionate for and live for the arts and poetry and literature and thats what #makes the movie gay. NOT ethan hawke and robert sean leonard's identical faces #i also thought it would be more sinister ie mr keating would be more like julian morrow from the secret history but no. so there is that #overall yeah this was totally worth procrastinating my editorial work #+ one last thing . when neil said i was good i was really good my hands flew to my face like oh he did that #he foreshadowed the foreshadowing and am i a huge sucker for this kind of thing #ok. ramble over goodbye im gonna go cry now #🫀

[breadinabowl]

hate how so many aphmau characters are treated by canon compared to fandom

kawaii~chan, in canon, is pushy, self-centered, doesn’t understand the word no, stubborn as a mule, and can be, at times, down right terrifying (i direct you to the time in season one where she made a whole ass alter for aarmau, despite aphmaus protests). but in the fandom, i only ever see this cute, sugar-loving anime nerd with a goth bf.

aphamu, in canon, is aware, somewhat stalked(in mcd by laurence, but idk if you can call it stalking), usually manipulated in some way, harassed/overly admired by the boys, and is always either bullied, supported, or admired (despite her protests) in canon. but in the fandom, i only ever see people saying shes shipping bait, annoying, was in some way manipulative, or a suber sweet oblivious girl who has too much love to give.

garroth, in canon, is a leader, somewhat street-smart, empathetic(sometimes), well mannered, yet at the same time tends to harass aphmau. but the fandom only sees him as a dumb dude who can be a little unobservant at times.

and yes, i know not ALL characterizations of these characters are like this. i know lots of people do a great job at capturing these characters. but if you check the aphmau shalashaska tag, the kawaii~chan tag, or the garroth ro’meave tag, you’ll likely find little to no accurate depictions. and these guys arent the only ones! zane, travis, katelyn, laurence, basically everyone has, in some way, their character different in the fandom vs the canon.

#aphmau #aphblr #aphmau mcd #aphmau mystreet #aphamu shalashaska #garroth ro'meave #kawaii~chan #the ro’meave brothers especially get this treatment #and dont get me wrong #there ie nothing wrong with liking the fandom version or using the fandom version more #i do too #(mostly cause i think kc and laurence are creeps and i do not want to actively draw their behavior) #but i do think that people should acknowledge that their depiction in the fandom can be a bit different from canon most of the time

[authenticaussie]

Started critiquing shows under the umbrella of "would this constitute a declined insurance claim" and it has been VERY fun so far.

#not joking I am starting to think about what underwriting in a superhero universe would be #i think a common event exclusion would be: #you are not covered if the damage is caused by someone #who advertised their plan on social media or tv 24 hours before the loss or damage occurred #i just think that makes sense #also my roommate was watching this fire fighter's drama last night and a car fell out of the sky and i went #huh. yeah i think that's still technically an impact claim #also in Shazam on Sunday: do dragons count as aircraft? if so I think you could reasonably argue the Vasquez fam should be covered #or even animal damage! what is it if not an animal! #catch me drafting an insurance manual for superheroes actually 😭😭 #the fic is just normal people after abnormal events ie. Darkseid invading or Themsyceria being transplanted into New York or smth #you wouldn't have specific hero cover but maybe optional benefits where you can pick two or more sets of cover #STOP ME NOW #bip bop nari drops #fantasy insurance PDS