#lame like everything else

[annamaryllis]

it's amazing how everything is simultaneously overexplained and underexplained. like why didn't they describe the underworld afterlife system? they just namedrop "asphodel" with some vague explanation (and why are they bald trees I'm sorry I could not take that seriously). no jury deciding where you go when you die...they don't introduce the fields of punishment...elysium...isles of the blest...THE RIVER OF STYX...yknow things that are referenced constantly throughout the series. and a fun aspect of the books is the way these elements of greek mythology are written into the modern world/using modern systems (like souls waiting in an EZ line). I always thought the merging of real world/mythological elements was pretty clever in pjo. like where's the fun where's the whimsy

#and I also didn't like the way the underworld looked #lame like everything else #why did it look like dune this was supposed to be HELL #like the hole to tartarus??? boring #I also feel like the readers' introduction the hierarchy/dynamics of the gods was well done #you don't get any of that in the show #pjo show crit #pjo tv #✏️

[noa-ciharu]

Nikolai had a power to turn bsd into gay porno if he put sex drug into those syringes he gave Dazai and Fyodor instead of poison

#man the potential #and Nikolai would do something like that in a heartbeat #idk where to even start with possible ships given who was there at that moment #sigzai #speed run of Sigma and Dazai getting to know each other #soukoku #chuuya broke into prison to get his lame ass bf out but got his bones jumped #fyolai #cuz Nikolai had everything planned out #fyoya #cuz why not #fyosig #battle over a gun and 'touch me if you dare' turn into something else #and ofc #fyozai #it'd be a marathon of they're both affected like talk about rivalry reaching climax in best way possible #bsd

[the-meme-monarch]

sorry i just remembered my stupid fuckig forensics class I took in high school. the teacher was a bootlicker but like one time he had us fill out a questionnaire on “sonething we might be addicted to” and got mad when all of us chose shit like coffee or video games or our phone. like did he actually expect us to admit to taking drugs.

#only fun part of that class was making our own crime scene and slideshow dissecting it everything w #everything else was fucking lame and shitty #he was also a jackass about schizophrenia saying ‘they’re prone to violence’ #words from the monarch #i took that class thinking it would be more about Dissevting Crime Scenes like this only cool project I mentioned but it was mostly ‘the po #‘the police are your friends :) you shouldn’t be scared of cops unless you did something wrong :)’ type shit

[todayisafridaynight]

all day and all night i think of him

#rgg #ryu ga gotoku #ryu ga gotoku ishin #yakuza ishin #like a dragon ishin #toshizo hijikata #yoshitaka mine #snap sketches #rare snap drawin #i havent drawn him in so long.. i forget how 💀 so yeah just lame study doodles #not too intensive of a study i just needed a quick refresher #also i realize now why none of my mine drawings look right and its cause i dont color his lips in anymore #i mostly do things in b/w tho and i dont like how it looks when i shade it without everything else being shaded #ohwe ll #rare momence where im free to draw #im workin on my last commission tomorrow since it's gonna be chunky and i wanna be rested while i work on it #my day been a lil long so i just wanna chill tonight

[vickyvicarious]

That 1992 Dracula "Even the powers of time can be altered" quote, as well as his later "I have crossed the oceans of time to find you" are fine in theory but... The powers of time? Did not get altered. The oceans of time: they were not crossed. He just became a vampire on impulse upon learning his bride killed herself, he sat there in a castle, and married three women in the meantime. He didn't alter time, he stayed home for a few centuries, until she to his surprise apparently got reincarnated as a brit. So what am I missing here.

To be honest, I've never seen the movie and have no plans to do so. Most I've done is read a plot summary. Also, I'm just generally speaking not a fan of 'destined love' type stuff in general. So even outside my gripes about the story/characters/etc., I'm super not the target audience as far as that quote goes. Even in total isolation it feels pretty lame and cheesy to me. In context, it's worse.

I think what they're going for is that by becoming a vampire he lived long enough to meet her again in her reincarnation, when normally 'the powers/oceans of time' would have meant he died long before she was reborn? Except, if he wasn't expecting her to be reborn, that logic really falls through. The marrying three other women in the meantime, as well as hunting down her best friend (in what I am given to understand is a very seductive/sexual manner) also hurts the whole 'you are my one and only true love and I did all this to reach you again' impression for sure. Also, if it was an impulse decision in the first place.

I dunno, man, I'm very much missing the appeal too.

#dracula adaptations #replies #anonymous #the impulse vampirism feels like a lame attempt to mimic jonathan's vow but for many reasons falls way short as a romantic gesture #and the *gestures at everything else* only makes it increasingly worse

[poorchoicesallaround]

omg these single li books are so boringggg

#boo. hiss. lame. whatever #the princess swap is most interesting when im not chasing after the two love interests #trying to save the deltas?? give me more of that #give me something with STAKES #the only single li book i ever liked was in a heartbeat #everything else is just lamee #playchoices

[eggs-love-loki]

Why is it such a pervasive idea that you can’t criticize a piece of media while still liking it

#there’s discourse on episode six of the Percy Jackson series #man I can like the series and still think the episode was lame as hell #it was literally 30 minutes of dialogue and exposition #I can say ‘I think the episode was really boring’ #‘would it have ruined the show to give an extra five minutes to the episode run time to have a montage of them enjoying the casino’ #especially since this episode is 10 minutes shorter than everything else #but I can still like most of the changes and the show overall #I want this show to get many seasons and it won’t do that if it gets so boring no one watches #this episode should’ve been a highlight of fun stuff in the show!!! why can’t I be salty it wasn’t!! #my partner suggested Disney just didn’t want to show gambling #but Hermes suggesting the kids play craps is more gambling than was in the book casino #so I just don’t understand or like this change

[br1ghtestlight]

assuming there's nothing I could do about my family and home life situation i think leaving my extremely toxic friend group and switching schools before high school would have been a GREAT idea in terms of not putting my entire future in jerpordy. But idk maybe it was already too late by that point. it's hard to say what decisions couldve actually had a positive impact

#that friend group is probably at least 40% of the reason why I ended up dropping out of school bcuz I HAAAATED them and they hated me #but the sad thing is if I hadn't dropped out or hadnt known them maybe I wouldn't have joined an internet community when I was 13 #where I met some of my best friends. but w/ everything else that happened there maybe it would be for the better #the age old time travel question “how can I still ensure that certain people remain in my life no matter what decisions I make” #would it be worth it to not meet them?? honestly no not really. Bcuz then I wouldnt understand what it feels like to have that type of #relationship with somebody. which is something I REALLY needed especially at the beginning of high school #to know that that type of connection was possible. And I doubt I would've found that in another high school in my lame ass town #but I guess we'll never know?? #trying to change the future for the better is the best that we can do. Which clearly im NOT doing either lmao #txt

[some-greatreward]

i hate that i have the thinnest skin in the world like no you CANT be mean to me or anything i love i WILL cry

#it shouldn't matter this much !!! #what's it called when you preemptively disparage and downplay everything you love so no one else can do it first #this is a real issue for me: 'ive got a movie i think youll love! it's not that good though...' #worst thing abt this is that im not even a particularly empathetic person so it feels...lame #like you think i could've at least gotten solid morals out of this or something #hex.txt

[mitch-a-bitch]

I love that growing up game on steam but WHY do clothing and hairstyles have to be locked by sex? Not even gender just sex

#cant even be a they/them smhmh #PLEASE let me make a trans mc I’m begging 😭 #this is game is so fun #have a few wishes like different parenting personalities and being able to be trans #and clothes not being locked #there’s a lot of variety with everything else #it’s just a little stale having no interesting things to do with the parents #and having all my boys have short hair is lame too lol #growing up game

[blood-injections]

Just got a call from an army recruiter it was so funny. Them, calling me because I’m just out of high school and drafting age or whatever- “Are you interested in joining the army?” Me- bestie.. “I Can’t join the army, I’m missing a limb.” I was giggling like you should know this if you have any of my information at all. They just went oh okay and hung up it was so funny.

#actually it’s kinda lame I mean plus side I can’t be drafted when world war three starts. #downside when I was younger I wanted to be a fighter jet pilot so badly and wanted to join the Air Force #just to have my soul ripped out when I turned out I literally can’t join the military just because I was born an amputee #like what kind of bullshit is that I can do most everything everything else can. I could fly a plane #im sure I could still be if I wanted to like work up to that level do some extra work it would up just take more time then I care abt #like just get a normal pilots liscnese go to a school or something prove I’m able bodied enough to fly or something?? #idk flying a jet would be fun but the military’s overrated anyway #can’t be physically disabled can’t be mentally disabled can’t be openly queer/trans #and I’m all three so it prob wouldn’t work out 💀 #actually disabled

[bbq-potato-chip]

On his wiki on the noble search for jpegs yes that is his hobby !!!

#Talking to orihime” more like being really super annoying because he’s got literally #Nothing else to do #“Um…I have to convince orihime that nothing matters and everything is lame” well honestly I think you just like talking to orihime #Why do you keep talking to her if everything is lame and doesn’t matter 🤨 #If nothing matters 🤨 then why 🤨 do you care so much about convincing her 🤨 sus all around‼️ #He’s soooo annoying!!! #<<<going thru da drafts rn. honestly i was so real for this idk why i didnt post this when i drafted it

[themyscirah]

Does anyone know if there was simonjess crumbs in the justice league book at the time or is it like just in their solo (meaning I need to reread that book again which I was already planning on doing but like still)

#bc from what ive heard its literally all like contained in that book #and then theres green lantern 2021 where they make her yellow and there was the panel where he didn't recognize her #abd like ive seen that. but id heard literally nothing else about that series and then i looked at solicits recently (for like the first #time ever tbh) and there was a totally diff GL book? on like issue no 4 or smth??? and ut looked like it was all about hal which like #LAME. and there was a john thing but im NOT up to date with modern lantern comics at all im still in the exploratory stage #like i feel like ive hit most of the standalone lantern stuff and now am diving into their biggest hits which is why im reading gl 1990 rn #and everything but like. did they really cancel that book only to immediately start a new one...... #jfc i know number 1s sell better but just TRANSITION IN THE BOOK????? #i know dc has like forgotten or whatever but you can legit get a new authorial team and just like... swap things up.... its called having #more than 1 run in a book like jesus #look at me complaining when i dont know what im talking about haha 😐 #i need to reread their book anyways thats been on my to do ever since i got out of my recent comics slump but still. i miss them #blah #simonjess #simon baz #jessica cruz #green lantern #dc comics

[serendipitous-mage]

“you’re telling me you’ve lived on god’s green earth for how long and you don’t know what books are??” the man laughed as though it was the most ridiculous idea he had ever heard of. “you’re pulling my leg, isn’t no way you’ve never seen a book. kids unfortunately nowadays i could see, but you?”

“well,” the being paused for a moment, recalling their conversation up until that point. “i apologize, i neglected to mention, while i am around the equivalence of your age in human years, i am afraid i have not been on uh—how did you phrase it? ‘god’s green earth’?—for very long. most of my time here has been spent assessing the technological and travel advancements, and while i have heard of books and become familiar with several written languages of the planet, i have not been privileged to see many paper based products myself, books included.”

as the odd but interesting fellow’s sentence continued on, the man’s face began to transition from disbelief into awe. “you . . . you mean, you’re not from earth?” he managed. “you’re an alien?”

“that is the phrase that humans use for it, yes.” the other agreed.

they looked human, in fact up until that point the man had had no reason he would ever have thought otherwise. they appeared male and, as they’d said, perhaps a big younger than himself. the only thing he’d thought of when they had approached him at the bar and initiated conversation was perhaps they’d grown up in a rich household and didn’t quite match with the social standards of regular-waged people, but an alien?

the man glanced around the rest of the bar, but the tender was at the other end with another patron and no one else appeared to have heard the fellow’s words. “is that, i mean, do people know? we can be . . . not the friendliest sort,”

“oh of that i have seen, yes.” the fellow acknowledged, in something between a solemn and impressed tone. they nodded back toward the door, where a rainbow striped flag was waving over the entryway. “but this town seems accepting to the ‘outsiders’ of your species, and i had a feeling that you were someone trustworthy.” they glanced down at his patch covered biker jacket and smiled. “i have been wanting to use that expression.”

the man blinked at them, not following. “huh?”

“ ‘i had a feeling’, there are so many interesting terms of speech that you all have come up with.”

“oh . . . heh,” he raised his eyebrows and nodded. “i suppose you’re right,” the man looked the apparent alien up and down. “do you . . . want to see the library? it’s around the corner, it’s filled end to end with all sorts of books. you can look at ‘em all you want.”

the fellow lit up. “truly? i have seen mentionings of libraries but did not want to impose on one if it were culturally inappropriate-”

“oh pf, you kidding?” the man downed the last of his drink and stuck the bill underneath the glass, waving to the bartender as he slid off his seat. “they’ll love you over there. not enough people in libraries anymore, the folks who work there love books and love to help other people love ‘em.” he said, stepping outside and squinting a little at the brightness before moseying off.

“i am truly eager to see such a place, thank you . . .”

“justin.” he supplied.

“thank you most wholeheartedly, justin.” the fellow beamed at him. “you are very kind.”

“nah, just uh, neighborly . . .” he scrunched up his face a little at the word, not sure it fit. they could be from a neighboring galaxy, he supposed? “do you uh, have a name?”

“i do not, but i am happy with anything if you would like to have something to refer to me by.”

“ah, geez,” he looked up at the approaching library. “i don’t want that kind of responsibility haha, but maybe you’ll find a name in here you like . . ?”

“an adept solution.” the being agreed. they were quiet for a moment. “i like this endeavor, i shall witness books in their full form and can be alert to an interesting term for myself in the process.” they paused at the front steps. “will you be joining me, justin? i do not want you to feel obligated, but i would enjoy your company further if there is nothing needing your attention elsewhere at the moment.”

justin thought for a second. “nah, nothin’ i have to do today. i’ve been wanting to check if they have a new series anyway, just haven’t gotten to it.”

the fellow smiled and stepped back with a little motion allowing justin to enter first. as he went in, he called back over his shoulder. “hey you know what cows are right? have you seen a real live cow? cats? what about . . .”

- - - - -

“hey . . . i’m here,” justin whispered softly, cradling the alien’s head in his lap. they looked dazed, but he knew it was much worse than that. somewhere he was vaguely aware of distant sirens.

“i . . . am sorry . . . justin,” they managed. the underlying chime to their voice that was always just present was now much more audible, almost overpowering their words.

“what? don’t be, don’t be-” he said firmly, feeling his face growing hot as he tried to hold back tears. “it’s not you’re fault, we’re cunts. we’re absolute bastards who can’t enjoy life and living and allowing others to do the same we can’t even just be decent to one another let alone, i, i’m so sorry i shouldn’t have kept you here-”

“you . . . did keep me,” they admitted. “all of you, did . . . this planet is so beautiful, its people are too . . . in so many ways . . . and you’ve shown me so much of it. so much to taste, to see, i can never, thank you enough . . .”

“but you’re dying . . .” he choked out. 

they smiled faintly, letting their eyes close. “perhaps . . . but i have lived. my hope is . . . you can do the same . . . be well . . . my most precious friend . . .”

#hi im stoned as heck lyin in bed playin some dumb mobile game and suddenly have *these* couple scenes scamper through head #had to write #sorry if there's typos/dumb shit akjngbhfgkjaf i am Not Sober lmao #it got super out of hand and a lot longer than intended #as with everything i ever write #couldnt figure out what the setting for the timeskip was...their dead body after some assclowns found out they were alien #or them sick in apartment the two of them now shared #or at their grave #im too braindead to think of a rly good name that would be an extra gutpunch the alien picked for themself so congrats u get to pick #also up to u if their relationships platonic or intimate/romantic i kinda feel like justin and/or the alien are ace but #also kinda them to have that dynamic #also 'justin' is just the first name i thought of-actually thats a lie it was john but that was Too Lame so #anyway #just me #aliens #uhhhhh #idek what else to tag this as #writing #ig? #justin #lol #not me unable to get a single update to either fic for years and then churning this out like theres no tomorrow #oh yea also up to you if the alien actually dies or not..i feel like maybe they only semi do for a while but by the time theyre reborn #or whatever either the earth in general or as it is in story is gone #so its an entirely different planet #but they got to experience a lot of this one :) #they had a lot of fun adventures with justin #they rly like ice cream #and cats #that was a good call

[bklynmusicnerd]

Trina entering this episode:

#general hospital #trina robinson #rory getting himself murdered around xmas was such a lame move #like everything else he did

[phantasper]

my toxic trait is that i will always change my pfp a million times a week. have fun trying to find me bitches

#i fr cant stop like #i adore customization and one single thing being the same forever is lame!!!! #phanta prattles #i need to be STIMULATED with CHANGE #my username can stay but everything else? gotta switch it up every now and then