#like catastrophically stupid

[communistkenobi]

The deeply moralist tone that a lot of discussions about media representation take on here are primarily neoliberal before they are anything else. Like the shouting matches people get into about “purity culture” “pro/anti” etc nonsense (even if I think it’s true that some people have a deeply christian worldview about what art ought to say and represent about the world) are downstream of the basic neoliberal assumption that we can and must educate the public by being consumers in a market. “Bad representation” is often framed as a writer’s/developer’s/director’s/etc’s failure to properly educate their audience, or to educate them the wrong way with bad information about the world (which will compel their audience to act, behave, internalise or otherwise believe these bad representations about some social issue). Likewise, to “consume” or give money to a piece of media with Bad Representation is to legitimate and make stronger these bad representations in the world, an act which will cause more people to believe or internalise bad things about themselves or other people. And at the heart of both of those claims is, again, the assumption that mass public education should be undertaken by artists in a private market, who are responsible for creating moral fables and political allegories that they will instil in their audiences by selling it to them. These conversations often become pure nonsense if you don’t accept that the moral and political education of the world should be directed by like, studio executives or tv actors or authors on twitter. There is no horizon of possibility being imagined beyond purchasing, as an individual consumer in a market, your way into good beliefs about the world, instilled in you by Media Product 

#just saw a very stupid post. but I will endure #these discussions also remind me of anti-vaxxer discourse #which in North America for Covid is framed as simply wanting to make the best informed choice as a consumer in a market* #ideas about public goods or civic responsibility towards others are incompatible with this consumer-citizen view of the world #like legitimately the idea of the consumer as the base civic unit of north american society is catastrophic for public health #and produces these interminable discourses about ‘media consumption’ #which itself is a neoliberal framing! I think ‘media’ as a catchall term is neoliberal because it links all art with the commonality of #being a good sold in a market #*outside of outright fascist anti-vax beliefs I should say. Although from my research so far these things seem to overlap heavily lol #which is not surprising but the distinction is worth teasing out #.txt

[marvelousartcatastrophe]

Qi Rong is my favorite character rn and I fel bad for everyone who has to listen to me talk about him. I never really post my art her but since its fanart I figured why not.

I am so scared to post fanart anywhere because what if people don't like my interpretation of certain characters. Like this is how I imagine Qi Rong (with the outfit from the manhua tho) AND I FEEL LIKE SOMEONES GONNA COME AFTER ME FOR GIVING HIM A FAT ASS TOOTH GAP. I just really feel that he has really shitty teeth. You know this guy doesn't give a damn about dental care.

#art catastrophe #I LOVE HIM SO MUCH #he is my blorbos #in my head he sounds like beetlejuice #but im probably the only one who thinks that #and I've had my friend check with their tgcf friend to see if this was a common belief #and I got “yes but without the chainsmoker voice” #he 100% has that stupid chainsmoker raspy unhinged maniac voice in my head #heaven official's blessing #tgcf #mxtx #mxtx tgcf #mxtx fanart #tgcf fanart #tgcf season 2 #tian guan ci fu #Qi Rong #heaven's official blessing #Qi Rong fanart #heaven official's blessing season two

[payasita]

I just want to say you were my first introduction to slay the princess so I partially blame you for my current hyperfixation/j thank you I am deranged over eldritch horror princess and Just Some Guy eldritch horror bird (they are everything to me)

OH I will ask: who is your favourite princess/voice and why? Mine is voice of the contrarian bc he just like me fr, and thorn bc 🫶🫶

WOO glad you're into it! Definitely up there with my favorite games of all time

god I'm gonna have to give you a list. this was a much much longer answer because I have several paragraphs to say for Many Of My Favorites but I'll spare this blog the vomit for now until I can structure parts of it better

fave princesses: Witch and all its routes, Specter and all its routes, Nightmare and all its routes

Fave voices: Stubborn, Skeptic, Smitten. special shout-out to Opportunist for consistently having the best dialogue in the game tho, he sucks and I love him so much

Favorite routes: Razor, Thorn, Damsel

LEGITIMATELY it's so hard to pick but for the sake of giving Some explanation, the razor has to be my favorite for how it exists as the purest subversion of both the story the game is telling (which is itself a subversion of classic monsterslaying fairy tales) and it sort of has to get kind of meta, but it leans into it SO joyously. you as the protagonist being constantly split because the story plot twisted itself so fucking hard that it just. Broke Everything

and the result is absurd and horrifying and slips away from any kind of growth or cogency until both protagonists are stripped completely bare, and it's weird and it's hilarious and no one is having a good time except for the very AGENT of shifting perspectives, no longer constrained by any world or singular force that matters!

and also. How could I not pick the route that gave us The Look™.

#slay the princess #slay the princess spoilers #I HAVE SO MANY THOUGHTS AND MY HANDS ARE SO SMALL AND COLD #stubborn is right tho. she is the Perfect Woman #i have a soft spot for damsel and thorn for reasons very similar to each other and a lot less interesting haha #fairy tales and romantic heroes were a childhood fixation of mine and that drew me to the game in the first place #the damsel and the smitten are so fucking silly. i love the idea of THOSE two being unleashed on the world #literal gods who can remake reality because they adore each other so much with all the innocence of disney teenagers. like #DO YOU UNDERSTAND HOW CATASTROPHIC THAT WOULD BE FOR THE WORLD? #THEYRE SO STUPID. THEYRE GODS. HIS FIRST ACT AS A FREE MAN WAS TO TRY AND PLUCK ALL HIS FEATHERS TO MAKE HER A COAT WHEN SHE FELT CHILLY #IM CONVINCED THEY WOULD MELT EVERYTHING #Okay im done for now i mean it this time #i wrote all this on the clock<3 #edit: dont get me started on the narrator also. I forgive him

[glitterdustcyclops]

sure he's a himbo, but is he

"it takes him until after he's literally already married to realize he is in love with the main character" levels of himbo???

#chocolate reads things #a taste of gold and iron #evemer i love you you sweet smart stupid idiot boy #every time you're in his head it's just like OH BABY GIRL THESE ARE CATASTROPHIC LEVELS OF REPRESSION

[allthisheaven2]

lorelais weird beef with jess in s2 is like. u are a grown woman. moreover the weird bit where she kinda sorta prioritizes her daughter's whiny bf over her actual daughter is. u are a grown woman and that is a teenage manchild.

#watching s2 ep19 rn which is like. lorelai 'i can't lie to dean why are you asking me to lie to dean' its like.. i know everyone and their #mother on this website says it that deans clinginess and anger borders on emotional abuse and lorelai encourages it? sort of? and its so #annoying. especially in this episode where its like so insane that rory doesn't say something about it. then again i guess it doesn't go #in line with the writers' dean most perfect bf alive shtick. but if u want him to be perfect then write him better and less annoying? #also lorelais hatred hatred of a 17yo kid is sooo strange when they have her as this totally understanding empathetic adult and she suddenl #can't empathize with the kid who is arguably the most like her and maybe needs it the most. so ooc. and annoying. #PLUS most especially her freak out at luke after the car accident is sooo #batshit insane yelling at luke that he has an obligation to rory and her over his nephew its like. hm. are u fr. also acting like a hairlin #fracture is the most terrible thing to ever happen ever!!! get a grip its so annoying how she goes on and on about it like its catastrophic #i get the overreacting mother bit. obviously. but this is still so stupid insane. #i love lorelai but this ep is her worst maybe. on par with the s7 arc #and speaking of christopher hayden is sooo smarmy and disgusting acting like superdad for one and a half episode before he fucks off to be #a dickhead again. so annoying that my most beloved episode ever is so annoying in its last 10 minutes

[unganseylike]

my anxiety has been ridiculous the last two days for a stupid reason, and i just rewatched the trolley problem episode of the good place and why do its vibes feel just like my anxiety. u are put into incredibly stressful situation. some people are moderately bothered by this, but no where as much as you. someone is telling you its just a simulation, so why are you so upset? you have blood all over your face. also, someone adds, its just a simulation, but the pain is real to give it stakes, btw. you already knew there were stakes. you are a fundamentally bad person.

#misinterpreting a sitcom and doing great👍🏼 #its literally something so stupid but i think just hit me at wrong time so now im overreacting #and then it crossected with my existing indecision over planning something career related so now im catastrophizing about that #meanwhile my sister texted me 20 times to basically tell me im an ungrateful bitch #im coping well by ignoring people and taking my remaining rationed medication that was not prescribed for anxiety but works for me sometimes #ik objectively therapy wld be better choice. But like. ok i believe in therapy for people just not me. #my sister is trying to be a therapist. and shes the one telling me im an ungrateful bitch so yknow. might be arrogant but i know myself #better than people like that. would be down for some real prescription meds tho #in conclusion. chidi and declan my anxiety stomachache comrades forever

[satsuki-yumizuka]

oblivious idiots who pick up hints and then go "nahhhhhh that'd be a wild assumption" UNITE

with our powers combined, we can miss anything...

#like yall need to understand. i was super into this girl and she was into me and she literally texts me one night #ily (or ilu?) #and my stupid ass. knowing this girl for like years #was like #“haha yeah she probably texts all her friends like that!” #like this shit is catastrophic

[vigilskeep]

baffled and vexed by instalment 3 of this fic having an obvious title. does that mean i have to title the rest of them. good lord

#im writing instalment 3 second by the way (very simple writing process) no need to think ive made that much progress #3 is maybe three fifths finished? the draft anyway #but i dont have nearly so much material to use for the others when i start them #i dont have anything for 2 and 4 though some things i do have could be repurposed for 2. i def have some usable scraps for 5 #i just have to hunt them down. i DO have material for +1 but i'd rather save that until the end because i think it'll be easiest to finish #3 has also canonised the stupid and they were housemates timeline so i guess im standing by that now #5 will be hardest to write because it involves a lot of. well. the finale of Dragon Age 2 #4 i just have absolutely nothing for but i think it will be so so fun to write. because 4 is set at aveline and donnic's wedding #which is catastrophically funny to me #thats the light relief between 3 and 5 ig. except not because act 2-act 3 gap insanity is my evil place #sorry this is all unintelligible i just like to chatter

[heyclickadee]

Stop gaslighting myself into thinking I must be wrong and stupid every time someone who disagrees with me on something has a more openly charged response to that thing challenge level: impossible

#personal stuff #kinda fandom stuff too #I’ll be super confident about an interpretation when I’m engaging with the actual material #and then I’ll read one (1) super emotionally catastrophic take #and then immediately start doing my best to convince myself that I’m not only wrong but actively stupid #and then two seconds later I’ll snap out of it like wait the hell was that #and it’s good because it means I get to reasses things all over again #and re-examining your assessments is usually a good thing because we miss things #we could be wrong #and it’s always good to be reminded of that #but this goes a little beyond that and I need to figure out how to find a balance there

[opens-up-4-nobody]

...

#what does one do when their perception cannot b trusted? im so physically and emotionally exhausted #and i can go from feeling hopelessly terminally bad to completely normal for no apparent reason. and on occasion i can go from normal to i #think i can stay up all night. i never have to sleep again. look how great i can focus. i could kill god. #and i have no emotional object permanence so it feels so stupid when im normal. i cant sympathize with myself in altered states of mind #and it doesnt matter but it makes me crazy the idea that i might not b bip0lar but i just push myself so far that under pressure my mind #splits into the catastrophically positive or negative. but i feel like this is how i have to live. i have to b perfect or pay a blood debt #and thats just how it is. and thats how its been. so at this point ive spend thr last idk 15 years of my life being d #some measure of miserable for no reason. i dont kno y i do this to myself and im 26 now and idk how to stop bc even pushing myself as hard #as i can im so far behind. how am i supposed to do less and not #and not just quit. im compulsive for a reason. there's a fundamental barrier between myself and understanding language but if i do more and #more and more then i can at least try to keep up with everyone else. idk im so tired. and im 26 and im afraid im stuck like this #and i cant even... its like ive split my head in 2 to cope. ive created distance within myself so that i cant fully feel how terrible i make #things for myself. half my brain is always like lol suffer idiot. it throws off my therapists bc i cant take my own pain seriously. ill #laugh and smile while im like yea i feel horrible like most of the time and i dont kno what to do lol. idk so it goes. i think im gonna stop #with the birth control tho. as it doesnt seem to help with my sadness levels. idk if ite making ot worse or not. guess well find out #itll b easier once i dont have to b trained on things. then i wont have to ask a question and burst into tears on my lab mate 🙄 #unrelated

[marvelousartcatastrophe]

My second project from SCAD. Another ad redesign for my design class. Apparently Design 100 is a fundamental class cause there’s basically no one in my class that’s majoring in a field that needs this type of design. Most of them are film and television majors or actors. I’m the only writer in there. We had to give each other constructive criticism on these and no one gave me any critiques. They did take pictures though…

#art catastrophe #scad #savannah college of art and design #college #today it rained #it rained like super bad #and I was trying to maybe get closer to this girl I maybe sorta have interest in and we were walking back from class together #it was nice #until my friend ran between us and scolded me for not letting him use my umbrella #not my fault he didn’t get an umbrella like bro we are living in Savannah how did you not bring/buy one already #it rains like every other day dude #and he knew I was trying to make a casual move on this girl and he still jumped between us #great friends I have #i feel so utterly betrayed #how could he do this to me #now I feel painfully awkward and stupid #i will regret everything about that walk for the rest of my semester here #pain #university #Savannah college of ass and dick

[joysmercer]

i hate sharing a birthday with a literal pandemic for many reasons but today it’s because i keep getting tiktoks of people predicting horrible shit to happen that day this year (because the superbowl teams are the same as in 2020 and the presidential candidates are the same, so surely a catastrophic event happening on that day must also be the same right)

#the stupid thing is that the pandemic isn’t even over so like actually THAT’S the catastrophic event you’re looking for

[fancymeats]

i think mico should get exactly what he wants forever (ascension) but it should, ultimately, suck pure ass. think emperor ganeshka from berserk. just blundering around endlessly expanding into infinity and being confused as fuck because the human brain can only upgrade so far, but the body has no problem

#he shouldn't be stupid like rom he should be fully aware that He Fucked Up #kind of like when you take way too big a bong rip and are JUST cognizant enough #to think 'this was a mistake' as you slowly lose all motor function and fuse into the couch #idk i just. i love it when characters get the thing they wanted more than anything and it blows up in their face #in an absurdly catastrophic way 💖

[witchblade]

gets mad every time i have a son and he supplants my devious daughter as my heir 

#it happens almost every time now i have a daughter first and im stupid enough to invest in her and then catastrophe #invest emotionally i mean education is not like rare

[drewsaturday]

for all my complaining i actually did give my graphic design professor a really good end of year review lol :')

like i definitely complained about the whole 5 projects per week with no makeup work or extensions allowed thing, and the shitty textbook, because that was the source of 99% of my stress.

but she did give REALLY detailed feedback and for the times i did email her about being wrong about my assignment, she was really receptive which is like... literally all i need to know about a prof before i give them a good review.

i didn't email her about most of my Issues because like, i'm not going to question the hard rules of the syllabus when they're obvs gonna be non-negotiable, and i didn't want to make a fuss over smaller grading dings when i could still see her point on them (which is why i just bitched about them here every time like it was the end of the world lmfao). and when i complained about those cases on the evaluation, i mentioned that i never actually gave her a chance to resolve some of those issues.

but i kinda think if i did email her my concerns more often she would've at least heard me out and explained things better so. mostly positive review for her as a professor lmfao because she did really seem to care and try to do her job well, which means i'm not gonna jeopardize her position over it (assuming anyone actually reads those things). i just REALLY hated the underlying course foundation and didn't know it would be so suffocating til it was too late to drop.

#txt #basically. professor did actually care about us learning and it showed #it just was facilitated in a way that is very much not good for ppl who want perfect grades #which is like. really my entire issue with college altogether ngl. #it's just usually a tad more manageable than how this course went about it and i did sorta #have enough info at the start to drop it knowing this which i didn't take advantage of #obvs im gonna complain on here every time something goes slightly wrong and act like it's catastrophic #but that's to prevent me from saying stupid shit to my prof directly that 9/10 times IS stupid jlksdfj;lkjsd #i am only self victimizing to the extent that it doesn't actually have consequences <3

[nayruwu]

when you think about it, the little angel - little devil scenario is a pretty good way to simplify mahiru and shinya's impact on guren.

the host (guren) has the little devil (mahiru) and the little angel (shinya) sitting on their shoulders trying to steer them in different directions. at some point the devil kills the angel, or in this scenario, pushes it off the host's shoulder and takes it hostage. the devil tells the host it knows a way to help the angel up again, forcing them to follow the devil's path and do whatever it tells them to do. because the angel is now out of order, its path is no more an option.

the little devil on his left shoulder, a bloodstain on his right and the little angel to his feet. out of sight.

#this is such a stupid little thing but i wanna draw it #i just drew something tho. i need a break #*goes back to animating like an idiot* #it would be really nice for explaining this to people new to catastrophe if we ever got an anime though ((we won't)) #owari no seraph #seraph of the end #shinya hiiragi #guren ichinose #mahiru hiiragi #no i am not calling shinya an innocent angel dont put words into my mouth this is just for the metaphor #also have my moots seen the recent because i love that headcanon and it is feeling neglected :< #i live off y'all talking to me