#just absolutely abysmal

[kikizoshi]

I feel like guns should be banned from BSD. We already have cool Abilities and plots. To dilute them with guns is just criminal.

#bsd #bungo stray dogs #bungou stray dogs #not even Nikolai gets a free pass with this #I'm still insulted by his lack of creativity in the Atsushi fight #after he clearly showed his potential with the previous murders #and the prison... the prison guns speak for themselves #just absolutely abysmal

[lunarsapphism]

i havent watched an mcc in so long, i didnt know much i missed it till now

#the tommy tubbo jack becky team is really good #they're fucking terrible #just absolutely abysmal #its very entertaining #i missed this #aiilov-personal

[aquared]

my bad

#itchy always rummages through my cupboards ……… but he’s always rummaged through my cupboards for the last time … #/q #i think of things that make me laugh a ton #i hope you guys get the reference #homestuck #the felt #die 06 #crowbar 07 #itchy 01 #sorry for that absolutely abysmal crowbar side profile btw /hj #the more i look at it the more it looks better but i’m gonna apologize just in case

[bonebabbles]

God the new ultimate guide sucks

It's not JUST the awful art, either. The art's just worth mentioning because even if the book's info had been terrible or contained nothing new, really cute art can make it still worth having.

But, no, it's even full of recycled lines we've been hearing for years like "Bramblestar Can Match Squirrelflight's Fire Not Contain It," and that's when it DOES get everything right. These entries leave out major, important details (making them bad summaries) and are sometimes even straight-up incorrect.

SUMMARY THOUGHTS

Leafpool is said to have watched Brambleclaw kill Hawkfrost to save Firestar-- but for one, no, she was not there because Ashfur was still leading her and Squilf towards the scene. For two, no, Brambleclaw did not kill Hawkfrost just to save Firestar, it was self-defense. Hawkfrost had him pinned and was going to kill him.

They're REAL cute about Leafpool's death, too, neglecting to mention WHY the Sisters needed to be saved at all and just saying Leafpool's "generosity" lead to her death in that cave-in.

I'm not even going to get into everything on Bramble's entry jesus christ.

Sagewhisker's entry is ESPECIALLY fucken' dandy, framing Yellowfang's Secret like she was simply waiting patiently for Yellow to realize her 'destiny' and not actively shoving it on her at every opportunity.

Leopardstar's entry states that romantic interest in Tigerstar was part of her motivation. "Perhaps she'd hoped he would be her mate" please speak to a woman irl for once in your life.

Gray Wing's entry forgot that the reason he "blamed himself" for Bright Stream's death is because he was literally staring at his big strong brother too much and tripped on a root in front of him. It IS his fault she died.

Clear Sky/Skystar's entry is just obscene. "He regretted abandoning his son and after a fire, he encouraged him to live with him" instead of "saw his teenage child was useful now and bullied and belittled the kid and his uncle into letting Thunder come with him." "Retaining his fierceness towards his cats and outsiders which caused his son to leave" instead of "murdering, brutalizing, and abusing everyone around him caused Thunder to leave." I'll just say this tho; "Fierce" is an interesting way to spell "Cruel."

It's interesting that they don't point out that a major part of Jagged Peak's arc was proving he was "Just As Good" as every other cat in spite of his disability, thanks to his introduced-and-pregnant-in-the-same-book wife becoming his life coach, only earning Clear Sky's respect after being allowed to physically lead a patrol in Blazing Star. Instead they frame him finding his place through taking care of kits, which... was something he seemed to resent in the actual series, considering how the books suddenly treat Gray Wing's protective treatment of him as a terrible thing in Blazing Star because he "didn't give him a chance". But at the same time I actually strongly dislike Jagged Peak and his messy, frustrating character arc so I'm not really UPSET with it. Just... noting it. I suppose this is the official direction they're taking away from it?

Shadowstar's entry is barely even 3 paragraphs yikes.

SHORT STORY THOUGHTS

And if you're wondering if the 4 brand new stories they smooshed into the end in a desperate attempt to make the rush job worth buying are good? No. Of course not. They're all slop.

Story 1: Firestar and Graystripe

First one's a marginally cute story about Graystripe and Firestar which is setting up the framing device linking the mini-tales together. They both remember this situation where Firestar fell into a ditch wrong. The punchline is that Thunderstar remembers it perfectly and they're both like, "WOW! Too bad Thunderstar's memory sucks!"

It's not terrible, but it does feel a bit pointless. But, hey, if you want more Firestar and Graystripe in the series that tosses them fanservice at every turn, who am I to judge?

Story 2: Dovewing and Ivypool

The next one is the Dovewing/Ivypool reconciliation passage everyone's talking about. It's... fine, but immensely dissatisfying to me.

Dovewing is apparently having problems adjusting to her Clan, grapples a little bit with the fact she has no friends but is going to be finding meaning in helping tigerHeartstar "bring the new ShadowClan into existence." She ultimately decides that she needs to talk to her sister, and begs for reassurance that Ivypool believes in her, feeling that her support can help her get through this difficult time in her life.

I think its biggest problem is that Dovewing was not the right choice for the POV here.

Dove was never the one responsible for the rift in their relationship. Ivypool is. Ivypool is the one who was jealous, willing to sabotage anything that would put Dovewing closer to Tigerheart, and continues to be generally aggressive towards her. So when Dovewing is reaching out to Ivypool in hopes of them reconciling, it feels wrong because Ivypool is the one that should be reaching out to Dovewing. SHE is the one who has some things to apologize for, and to show how much she loves and misses her.

It's even kind of frustrating, because Dovewing can never catch a break. She has to have these problems to force her to reach out, Ivypool even ends up suggesting that she leave and come home and take her kids with her, but in the end even a LITTLE bit of assurance from her aggressive sister helps.

I feel super bad for Dovewing, man. She deserves better than this cheap writing. What was the point of such an unsatisfying, rushed reconciliation, shoved into a crummy field guide, when we KNOW from the newest book that they're just going to use tension between them as part of the drama anyway?

shouldn't have even been written, imo. Even ends off with, "They'll always have each other :)" which is so... cliche. It's TIRED. Are any of you really happy with just getting a retconned platitude in a good-for-nothing field guide, instead of seeing complicated, INTERESTING feelings in a main book?

Story 3: Alderheart and Twigbranch

A tale of Cherryfall getting sick during TBC and Alderheart sneaks back into the territory to treat her. Also Crowfeather has a scene where he yells at him. Charming.

Twigbranch comes up with a diversion while Alderheart does his work, which is cute. It's a fine story.

Story 4: Clear Sky

Trash. Three dogs spawn in the middle of a gathering so that Skystar can have an uwu big boy sendoff saving his grandkit. Then he goes to StarClan and throws a fit because they can't give him ANOTHER life, becoming so upset that he attacks the nearest woman. Naturally, Shadowstar brushes it off because it's not the first time Clear Sky has pummeled her in the midst of an adult tantrum and this book series thinks violence is fine if their favorite sadboy does it.

Then Gray Wing brings him to the magic mirror pool where you can see the living, to confirm that Star Flower is ok and that makes him feel better.

Then it launches into Firestar saying "ouuuugh yum I LOVE the taste of his butthole. Clear Sky is so misunderstood, He Just Loved Too Much."

to which Graystripe responds, "Yes, he was a good and amazing person and his farts smells SO good, and can you believe that some people think StarClan punished his Clan for his arrogance? As if he ever did anything wrong, ever?"

Firestar, indignant, refutes it with, "Ugh!! StarClan would NEVER be interesting, we don't punish living cats we just float around and make vague, frustrating prophecies that do nothing but pad the word count. Why cant ppl understand that, gosh."

who wrote this? Gray Wing??

#The amount of passive voice Clear Sky has to be surrounded with in order to look like a redeemable character is dizzying #I feel like I'm reading a headline about cops who blew up an orphanage every time I read anything official about him #oh wait im sorry. A ''high-pressure accident which occurred at a government institution with 3 officers present'' lmaooooo #ultimate field guide #bone babble #im actually REALLY glad actually they havent been making these #This was garbage #There were a few good things in this but overall? Absolute slop. I wouldn't even feed this to a pig. #I think this is actually down there with Cats of the Clans (with Rock) for worst field guide #This is abysmal #You would be better with the wiki summaries and the 4 stories are mid at best #What a shame that they re-pivoted so hard from Riverstar's SE which I was JUST praising for tossing out that shitty ''redemption arc'' #Nope. We're right back to square one. #How much do you guys wanna bet it's ONE writer who's OBSESSED with Clear Sky and every time he writes anything he does this #I'm not sure who wrote this one but let's see if my hunch is right lmao

[bird-pokemon-showdown]

everyone look at the parakeet my mom found just randomly at her work and brought home

#the wings are clipped so i have absolutely no idea how they made it there #she works at a college so i think maybe a student brought them??? for some reason?? and lost them #they have a leg band but i haven’t been able to read it #i’m gonna try to find a better cage in the meantime bc this one is abysmal. they’re in quarantine rn bc of vinny #and then post around and see if anyone lost a parakeet near me. otherwise mine 😈 #i think they’re a young male but i can’t really tell rn. very friendly for a parakeet though very cute #edit: i actually don’t think the wings are clipped i think i just don’t know what a parakeet looks like

[monoreel]

STANDING NEXT TO YOU (2023)

#jungkook #jeon jungkook #bts #bangtan #*gif #ahhh #omg this album got me through my 8k this morning it's just so goood #also pls excuse the colouring on this it's absolutely abysmal and i hate colouring saturated yellows/reds #but thank god it isn't a blue stage bc they're terribleeee

[saotoru]

my love <33 sub gojo has infected my mind again and i can’t stop thinking about how he’d get off to doing every little thing for you :(( tying your shoes, getting things off the tops of shelves, doing your skincare routine for you. he’s doing it all and it’s not to be kind (his chest gets warm whenever you call him sweet but that’s neither here nor there.) gojo just has a burning need to be the one you turn to before anyone else, even yourself. why would you unhook your own bra when he’s right there? why use any of your toys when he’s already laying in bed, ready for you to sit on his face? something about someone so powerful just absolutely desperate to be used to make your life easier :((( sorry for being insane ily kith

MY LOML IMMMMM !!!!! this has been making me so clinically unwell for the past few days i just want to eat your sub gojo by the spoonful </3333

ohhh and ik he’d look at you with big, pleading, expecting eyes too :((( like he’s expecting something more for taking care of you. sometimes you’re nice, offering the prettiest smile and a kiss. but other times you’re mean. like when you ignore him and scroll on your phone while he eats you out and tries sososo hard to make you feel good:( either way, it elicits the same reaction—a fucking hard-on.

you see, satoru has always needed something. suguru asked him if he’s the strongest because he’s satoru gojo, or vice versa. the thought used to terrify him because satoru is nothing besides for you. wholly, completely, almost irrationally, you give him reason. wow i just

#sunny tag #sunny the loml tag #I AM SO DECEASED I TEALLY JUST #i really do want him to do all those things for me like 🫠🫠🫠 #im tired pretty often and why can’t satoru be real doing everything for me??? SOBS!!! #yeah this was making me crazy the past few days i want to print this out and chew on it #UGEJSBKDND #thank you for blessing me with your mind and my favorite gojo interpretation EVEE #my sub gojo brainrot has been absolutely abysmal #u can’t apologize for being insane and make me insane too it’s no fair T_T

[pinksilvace]

actually I'm NOT done with talking about the scene in Antarctica. It's been talked about ten thousand times before but OUGHHHG the creative direction!!! It's the only scene where Pitch isn't connected to any shadows!!! because it's a domain we would associate with Jack!!! The two of them are alone and Pitch has nowhere to slip away to and the art book specifies that this is the place he feels safest so he doesn't need to be near any shadows!!! in the place meant to represent Jack's emptiness! that's where he's most comfortable... and then he goes on a lecture and says I KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE TO LONG FOR A FAMILY

#fern muses #kudos to the folks who ship them but I desperately need to see a fic where pitch acts parental. and then is terrible at it #just absolutely abysmal. wretched. gives advice that always leaves jack feeling worse off. makes you wonder why they try at all #because at least a terrible relationship is more bearable than being completely alone. right? right??? #if I dare think about it too long I might end up writing it and I CANNOT let that happen right now #and once again. the ghost of the books as seen in this scene... man #and the way pitch looks more sad than angry. hhh #let me be clear I think the movie did the right thing but I as an individual am now cursed to think about this dynamic #and I would desperately have liked to see more time spent on it in canon #and the fact it's a manipulation scene but you just can't help wondering how genuine these sentiments are. some of them. surely

[bri-does-art]

a little birdy told me you have some kind of an AU for the Funtime animatronics also?

... who is this.

There are, like, only 5 people who know about this. So which one of youse is it? >:'D (I am not mad. I am very glad to have the opportunity to tease it out. <3)

I am working on an AU featuring the Funtimes, little birdy is right! It's a very different flavour than Call of the Abyss, more of a fantastical drama than a science-fiction horror mystery. It is a tale of duty and responsibility, secrets and closets, choices and consequences, healing and growth, a farmer's child and a puzzling fae, and above all, it is a tale about two lonely souls whose fates are more closely intertwined than either realize.

It is also a tale full of fae shenanigans, fun and indulgence. It's not a serious epic like Call of the Abyss, and hopefully not as huge and ambitious either. 😂 So, dropping the serious act, it's a Fae AU in which some poor unsuspecting farmer gets caught up in the Funtimes' court's bullshit and learns to navigate a new social circle that seems hellbent on keeping their newest member close. I will make a new blog just for it, as there will be more, err, kid-unfriendly elements featuring in this one - I want to be able to properly curate my audience for this AU without alienating people who follow me here and like my non-explicit stories. So, until that's done, I'm leaving y'all with this little sneak peek. :)

#might as well begin to tag this au properly -> #come along now #also kukkis i'm going 'pspspspspsps' at you #the blog is coming i promise #and so are the answers to all the unanswered asks in my inbox i promise 😭 #also this does not mean that cota is on hiatus or abandoned - absolutely NOT #i AM working on chapter 9 as slow as it is going #i've just been a little overwhelmed lately - i've been dealing with the stress of the parents trying to sell the house and move #and me having to move along with them further from my whole life because of the absolutely ABYSMAL state of the housing market as of late #i have had to vacate my home nearly every weekend for visits and along with activities and catching covid and funerals... well #writing has been put on the ice for a little while #but there's light at the end of the tunnel - i just need to find some stability again and i should be able to dive right back into it! #thank you all for your patience while i find my footing once more

[rotisseries]

people are very weird about shockfics like what is up with that

#like. it's a hazing ritual almost cause every fandom has a shockfic so very fandom has that hazing ritual #AND IT'S WEIRD TO ME #you hear about some fic with just absolutely disgusting tags and strange sex acts or whatever #and it's very much NOBODY'S cup of tea and it's got the vibes of something that was DEFINITELY written #to get the “OH MY GOD WHO TF WOULD WRITE THIS⁉️” reaction #and people GIVE IT THAT REACTION #they go on the internet and talk about it CONSTANTLYYYYY #but they have to let you know just how traumatizing it is in a way that let's you think they at least tried to read it #like it's some sort of fandom rite. to have tried to read this fic no one likes #but they still have to let you know how horrible they think it is so you don't think they're into any of that #AND THENNN they follow that up by trying to trick people into reading it?? #comments full of “you should try this fic it's so lovely😊😊😊” on the profiles of TOTAL STRANGERS #IS THIS A FUCKING HAZING RITUAL TO YOU GUYS??? BE SO SERIOUS #I genuinely think it's so weird to be telling any random ass fandom account the weirdest fic you can find and telling them to read it #cause like some of those shockfics are actually abysmal. trying to subject any rando to this is weird of you

[crowcryptid]

Stuck at a red light and I could count 16 cranes all making new condos and apartments. Maybe a few of them are offices but they looked like apartments.

Filled me with a new sense of dread

#I’m just. head in hands. you guys have no idea. I’ve been here my whole life and it has never been this horrible here. traffic. #there was definitely more than 16 that’s just what I was able to see #Yes just keep building luxury apartments and making an already horribly planned out and overcrowded city even more crowded 👍 #if this shit was actually planned out it wouldn’t be so bad #but it was not. intended. to have this many people. #what I want to know is who the fuck is actually living in them #yeah we got a lot of people from high wage states working remotely here in the past 3 years #but surely it can’t be THAT MANY????? #like. this is a city with no industry outside of money laundering and being a servant to rich ppl and tourists #wages are in the dirt here. even with a degree most jobs will refuse to pay a living wage #you will make more in pretty much any other state fl wages are abysmal #who is renting these #edit: I should mention that building more housing is not a bad thing it’s just that. these aren’t for normal people. these are for the rich #the regular ppl are getting absolutely eaten alive here. I would know I’m one of them. #and the roads just can’t support this many people. my commute has gotten 10-15 mins longer #just this year. distance hasn’t changed. there’s just that many more cars

[hella1975]

im having a nap and then i WILL do my bi-annual inbox cleanse this is a promise and a warning

#no it’s not actually bi-annual but somehow the reality of me letting it build up until i frequently bulk answer 60 in one go is worse #the way the tbos account is also a state. what is my problem #i literally love answering asks as well like not even just the inherent joy of knowing people are going out of their way to interact #i also like the routine of it like i get a cuppa i put on a playlist and then i just. answer my little asks #but i get behind so quickly these days (which is a wonderful problem to have!) and the amount of times i go in my inbox #like ‘todays the day!’ just to answer a couple and then tap out is abysmal 😭 #so im hoping posting it here will hold me accountable #if im not clogging ur dash in 2 hours time pls shout at me #im so sleepy though it’s absolutely a terrible idea to have a nap at 7pm but im doing it anyway #i left the flat at 8:30am and was in an exam until GONE TWELVE #AND HALFWAY THROUGH BLACKBOARD FROZE ON ME AND KICKED ME OUT! I HAD TO EMAIL THE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS! THEY RESET IT! I LOST ALL MY PROGRESS! #appalling scenes truly. they wouldn’t treat an animal like this #so yeah. bedtime then play fetch with the cult for a bit <3 #hella goes to uni

[irregularbillcipher]

video appeared on my recommended that had a thumbnail of adam demon show that just says “this character is one of the most characters ever” and yeah that really sums it up huh

#that ‘Adam becomes a sinner and reunites w/Cain and Abel’ idea won’t leave my head #and since i doubt the show will feed me i started making my own food in the form of a potential fox #*fic #and every time I write this guy I’m. just like. wow this sure is one of the most characters ever invented #absolutely sucks abysmally as a person and is so fucking annoying but god is there some potential there. truly a guy of all time. derogator

[smile-files]

CLOVER II IS REAL. THIS IS NOT A DRILL

#melonposting #spoof #ii spoilers #hellooooooooo what on earth #i liked this episode but some things were kinda strange #i found it absolutely hilarious that nickel's character development has been so abysmal that clover just had to come back to fix him hersel #like i'll be completely honest. what has this guy done to better himself? like at all?? #clover left thinking yeah this guy's gonna be a marginally better person. but then nope nickel is what?? worse??? #i'm glad they're clearing up the bot-testy-cabby thing though. and the new blueberry stuff is insane #i think ii3 is going kinda overboard on the suddenly-manipulative characters but i dunno maybe this'll be fun? #the new twist with blueberry isn't my favorite thing but i'm not like specifically against it or anything #also they have very explicitly acknowledged now that mephone just left ii2. sir you have now canonically taken a huge dump on the timeline #still processing that #anyway i thoroughly enjoyed the new bfdia but what else is new? :)

[one-winged-dreams]

#Blizzard hammering in how their writing is abysmal and why im never following the story again with the force of a truck #it's just ptr stuff but knowing them it's gonna happen because their writing is absolute ass #god

[luciana-silentstar]

I decided because I love suffering that everyone gets their own halter.

#-pops on once in a blue moon to update and dip- #like what it's been. ten years since I've basically said 'hey life is crazy but I really wanna try to be active again!!' lmfao #somehow life keeps getting crazier in good and absolutely abysmal ways #have been sleeping on my floor for the past week due to Fun Health Issues which will probably be a thing for the next month+ #and I would b*tch about that but today is the first day in the past week that I have not been miserable so #I'm on a 'I do not feel like sh*t! :DDDD' high lmao #I'm good!! life is just funny and I really need to do standup tbh #when I suffer apparently I am hilarious so silver linings 💕 #chaotically toggles between emoticons and emojis bc f*ck the police no one can stop me #this is me a week *not* taking my prescribed amphetamines ahahaha #on them I am actually relaxed and chill which is funny #off them I'm either a sloth or nighttime kitty zooms basically #my body may b falling apart but you cannot stop my chaotic little mind apparently #ANYWAY broken record babey but I do... want to be more active.... if it happens I'll eat my hat but. #can I just say how elated I am that MORE SNOW #Winter Riders was my first SS game so. snow in game is v special to me and I literally dreamed about this and they MAGICALLY DELIVERED #I have a million critiques but clearly I still love the game and I am very happy with how they handled this lmao #anyway I hope everyone is healthier and a little more mentally stable than I <3 #I love this stupid game a lot it is still my comfort... n0n-object. sldkfj. #also everyone must know I am f*cking OBSESSED with the unicorn oh my god #still a ponygirl at heart ig 😒 owell #also ye Dragonheart got an update!! heeeee #Dragonheart #Illusion #Brilliant Vision #Myth #Chocolate Dream #mostly sticking to two part names but ngl. for certain special horses I'm enjoying the single name options #also the halter thing is to sorta discourage me from impulse buying horses lmfao #I am 99% positive it will have 0 effect lmaooooo but everyone looks fancy now