#no matter how many good things they do

[devotedlystrangewizard]

there is absolutely an interesting debate to be had about redemption arcs and morality and who "deserves" it and who doesnt but in the end. its a fictional character. what does it even fuckjng matter honestly.

#im not here to debate morality im here to throw exactly that aside to be disgustingly thirsty over villains #also not to like. defend whatever the fjck they did with gaius bc thats a debate i stay FAR away from. but #i wish more redemption arcs in fiction accepted that realistically. a lot of characters wouldnt gain forgiveness from everyone #no matter how many good things they do #i wish more 'redemption' arcs weren't about ignoring past crimes bc 'theyre good now'. becoming a better person. unlearning bad things. #it takes time? #not so much redemption as just. doing good deeds now #theyve done too much harm to truly be redeemed but they can still choose to help the good guys. idk #obviously redemption arcs really depend on the genre & the character #but yeah thats just what i think #idc what others do. i might shit on some concerningly bad readings of media i like to my friends but honestly #if you want to fuck that war criminal. good for you #(me pointing at myself in a mirror trying to pretend like my comments in the discord havent been unhinged lately)

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Good morning, Sleepyhead.

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#poorly drawn mdzs #mdzs #wei wuxian #lan wangji #'WWX was asleep for 4 days' is an incorrect factoid. #The average WWX sleeps for 8 hours. The PD-MDZS WWX who was asleep for 40 comics and 4 months is an outlier. #We are back to present day! I have missed drawing them! #Ah...the contrast between how the flashback ended (cold and distrustful) to how wwx wakes up (warm and watched over)... #The gap between the past and present is very important. Not just in this story but in our lives too. #The past can still hurt and it doesn't just go away with time as some say. It is the power of realizing that things have changed. #We can't get the good back. The bad memories have concluded. Those live somewhere else now. #It is hard to realize that you have to live for today and tomorrow. The past is so loud. #For WWX it is realizing that despite the mistrust in the past - He really does have faith that LWJ will be there for him. #It is the reflection of knowing that you changed and will keep changing and that change is good and kind sometimes. #But more importantly...and this I really do mean with all my heart: #It will all end up okay in the end. Even after the worst day. The most painful losses. You will get through it. #What feels like a breaking point is truthfully just another step you have to take. You'll get through it even though it feels like the end. #There are wonderful things you have yet to see. Friends you have yet to meet. #Even if it hurts so badly...one day it just aches. Someday you'll go a few weeks not remembering that it ever hurt. #Oh and because my izutsumi comic revealed many people were in need of hearing this: #You are loved. Right now. You are so loved right now. We just forget to tell each other that. #Go tell the people you love that they matter to you. I'm assigning you homework!!! You are graded on completion.

[crescentfool]

happy mochizuki monday!!!

#lizzy does art #persona 3 #ryomina #ryoji mochizuki #minato arisato #makoto yuki #i think ryomina is very comforting to draw... very easy to come back to for me. they have the honor of being a timeless ship to me. #i really enjoy drawing them in a silly loose way... even if there's not much to it other than them existing on the canvas #whenever i draw ryoji or minato. my brain has this little happy signal that goes off and jumps for joy!!! #'its the boy!!' the brain exclaims with hope and optimism and whimsy #i miss these guys a lot btw if you can't tell i cant stop walking back and forth in my room shaking these two in my brain #even if i do not have 'bigger' things to show other than a product of silliness of me messing around on a canvas #i think that's enough... drawing is something to cherish it's smthn that you have that no one can take away from you... #no matter how big or small!! if you made yourself happy with a draw. that is something that is worthwhile. be friends with yourself! #that said going forward im going to try and stop overthinking about art because i know that things will be fine if i just do it! #i have fun doodling them. and i hope everyone has a whimsical week ahead with good health and many smiles :)

[bitchthefuck1]

Rewatching succession it really is wild to see Kendall and Shiv convince themselves over and over again that they can "fix ATN/Waystar from the inside" only to completely abandon their morals the minute it gives them a strategic advantage.

When they're on the outside it's an endless diatribe about how evil and rotten the company is to its core, but the second they get the slightest whiff of power they suddenly decide the problems are actually really manageable and that with the right leadership it could be a force for good, and like...the saddest part is that they genuinely seem to believe that.

#where's that crime and punishment quote about how the worst thing is that you've betrayed yourself for nothing... #and they really seem to think its true! they genuinely believe that they can turn it around and make it good! it's not an act! #kendall really thinks he's a feminist and 'one of the good ones' and shiv really does think she stands with/for women and liberal #ideals and the truth is that no matter how much they might care about those things they will always love power more and they #are infinitely more invested in the power structures that keep injustice alive than they are in actually trying to stop injustice #roman is the only one who's actually aware and honest about how fucked it all is but he thinks that means everything's bullshit and #therefore nothing matters. which can be just as dangerous as convincing yourself you're the good guy (see: america decides) #that's one of the things i like so much about the ending for shiv and kendall bc they're finally forced to confront the lies they've been #telling themselves. and like. maybe that'll go nowhere. maybe they won't change. but they might. and the only hope they have #of actually growing as people and maybe doing something good is if that illusion gets shattered #idk man i just have so many thoughts about succession #succession #shiv roy #kendall roy

[goobygnarp]

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#good grief im gettin a lil tired of seeing 'DONT DO THIS' kinda art videos #i very much understand its a youtube thing and that clickbait names and thumbs get the views and attention needed #but it doesnt mean it doesnt annoy me or that I cant be annoyed by it #sometimes i just see it in tutorial pictures too #but the large DONTS with red Xs near the supposed ''wrong'' way of drawing is so demotivating #people start and draw in many ways than one #its what makes art their own #but when videos or tutorial posts are made and show the ''WRONG'' way to go about it #its like scolding the new artist or long time artist with that style that they're doing it wrong and that its bad #no matter the intention its not the way to go about helping artists learn to draw #and in my personal opinion #the click bait ''DONT DO THIS WHEN DRAWING'' thing is what keeps me from actually watching the vids #i get theyre probably helpful but i don't like that I have to feel some NEED or DESIRE to click on a vid cause I feel like I did a thing #wrong or that i never should have done it at all #i wish i could see more 'here are some tips that helped me #kinda vids cause yes i would love to learn what helped you rather than being or feeling wronged for drawing in a way that isn't theirs #im rambling but i have been seeing a lot of 'DONT DO THIS' NEVER DO THIS' 'IF YOURE DOING THIS STOP NOW' kinda art vids #im speakin for myself here #but im an artist sifting through art youtube or spaces always willing to learn new ways of improving my art #i dont need to feel click baited like the next 3am don't this kid to learn how to improve my inking skills #if it was more a 'this is my personal preference and I wanna share it with my audience and maybe teach some things' kinda vid #id watch that too #but im just so tired of seeing art youtube going down this need to tell folks 'YOURE DOING IT ALL WRONG. THIS IS THE RIGHT WAY"

[goldenpinof]

How after all those years they are still interested in eachothers this way does dan going on tour did wonders because they missed eachothers?

i don't think it did wonders, because they were always like this to some extent. but wad definitely did something, secured their relationship for starters.

#many thoughts head always full #wad did so much maybe exactly because it's fucked all over #and there was no other way. they insisted on being separated for the whole tour. it was a choice. no matter what - solo. #but remember Dan flying to London right in time for Phil's bday despite the flooding? this shit was CRAZY. fanfic like. #and something has changed around the same time #for us as well #wad was good for their relationship. and for Dan to realise some things about what he can do solo #and that he actually CAN do it without falling apart. no matter how hard it is for both of them. no matter how many breakdowns Phil had. #i think it's healthier now and much more secure #answered #lots of thoughts #wad

[kelocitta]

Tangentially related to some of the discussion i posted earlier but quiet literally the first RW Art Month i participated I did it completely on whim like, one day before it started. And I mostly did it because I hadn't drawn a ton of rain world and wanted to draw more. Fandom presence was a lot smaller than and I was one of a handful of artists who did the entire thing. Fast forward and I still do Art Month and I've gotten to work with VC directly. But it was quite literally something I decided to do completely on whim that set the ball rolling, and for something a lil more niche and certainly with a lot more dev/fandom art involvement than most. It's really random how and why you might get noticed more than usual, especially with the "toss it into the search and hope it pays out' mechanism of Socmed

#t.extpost #and im hardly the fanciest art month artist out there so it wasnt even about being a jaw droppingly talented artist or whatever #and while artmonth for rw is still given a huge focus its also a much much bigger thing now with a much bigger number of participants #which is cool! its awesome how many people i saw do most if not all of last art month! and VC is really good about not just repping the #most popular artists or fanciest pieces #but theres So Much More there now and while its great for finding artists its also impossible to get Everyone in there you know? #Although they absolutely try #And this is like. one of the most fanartist involved devs ive ever seen in terms of both celebrating the art their fans make and actively #bringing those fans in to contribute #and its /still/ hard to get going just because thats how Posting is #i used to be more of a hk artist which is both a huge fandom and riddled with stunning artists but theres So Many #and niche fandoms are niche so youre more likely to connect with people but less likely to see a ton of engagement regularly - #probably best example i have for that was being briefly fixated on patapon. #Its just messy to try and find the hack that sets you up #just have fun and jump around and make what you like #get a sense of feeling for your style and some people will stick around for that vs. strictly the subject matter #others will look up the thing you switched too and some wont engage #you cant really control it #so have fun and draw that thing you randomly thought about at 2 am that doesnt match your blog #draw for that forgotten rpg you liked when you were 15 or draw for the 70 player max steam game you played for this week #you never really know what will happen #but its not really worth worrying about what will happen either

[prettyflyshyguy]

S1M* is now available, with digital and physical copies! This art magazine features 50 different artists (myself included!) and is chockers full of incredible art!!!

This is arguably the coolest project I've been involved with to date, and I'm so happy with how my piece turned out. Please consider grabbing the free copy to check out all the incredible artists, or consider purchasing a physical edition!

https://s1m.ufoshock.moe/

This is pretty different from the stuff I usually make, but I feel when it come's to art for arts sake, this is one of my strongest pieces to date. It was so nice to go back to my roots of fine art and make this, and I almost gave up and quit this project. I'm so happy I didn't, because this is one of my favourite things I've ever illustrated.

#art #illustration #anime #horror #body horror #UFOSHOCK #flesh #meat #fleshcore #meatcore #i dont know what im doing with these tags uhh #horror art #internet #y2k #I will probably disappoint you one day #my art #I CANNOT FUCKING WAIT TO SHOW OFF THE WHOLE THING IN A BIT #CAUSE FUCK #I POPPED OFF WHEN I MADE THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #JUST LET ME HAVE THIS ONE SEC #I'M SO FUCKING HAPPY WITH HOW THIS CAME OUT #IVE NEVER DRAWN A PROPER ANIME GIRL IN MY LIFE AND LOOK AT THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #I'M TOO FUCKING POWERFULL NOW #I'M FUCKING UNSTOPPABLE #anywya the secret sauce is: just say to yourself #no mattter whast it takes I WILL draw the subject matter #and dont stop till it looks good #pulled up so many pics of vtubers as reference for this #it was so much fun!!!!!!!!!!!

[manderleyfire]

I shall await your call, my Queen.

#hotdedit #gotedit #houseofthedragonedit #larys x alicent #alicent x larys #larycent #alicenthightoweredit #larys strong #alicent hightower #game of thrones #ahahahahahahahahah #me 2 me: look babe there's another larycent edit #finally out of my system #shitty things i do for love #it's amusing how they share like five mutual scenes yet have so many delicious lines??? wow #TRUTH HAS MANY FLAVORS YOUR GRACE #honestly my new fav larycent quote why didn't i go mad about it enough before??? #alsooo what a shady move to bring up otto in every conversation #'it is a dark day for the realm. your father was a good man' 'your father knows this but has left it in place.' #'you cannot say my queen that your father would be impartial in this matter' 'i assume you will write to your father now?' #'if otto hightower were still the hand' ... 'love stays the hand love is a downfall' i mean *gunshots* #whatta high end engineering an x-ray examination of her being #it feels like a part of him has known her since the beginning of everything #like one side of the moon can't see another but knows it #it’s only natural for a broken half longing to become whole after all #LIKE CALLS TO LIKE #so of course he shall await her call #heh look we've come full circle which is pretty cool

[dropespeon]

god. god. sasasap. ogd

#drop #feeling immensely nostalgic for pre isat release days... i only got into it in like mid 2023 and never participated in the fandom #but it was so fun to theorize #and sasasap brings out a very Particular kind of illness within me. #isat is obv the better game and i love it (obviously) but every time i think about sasasap for just 1 second i explode. #just. auuuogh. i love the atmosphere of it. i love how you can tell there were things before the loops but it doesn't feel like it #i love how you're just. thrown into it. you're not ready. you're never ready. #i really love how sasasap (though probably unintentionally) tells its story by Not telling you things #and only doing offhand mentions when it does. because it doesn't matter to this siffrin #like... the way the ability to choose where they loop back is mentioned vaguely once #and again!!@!! thw fuckig atmosphere!!! #it's so stifling!!!! you feel so trapped!!! everything feels so small!!!!! #and with things like the unskippable dialogue (like it or hate it) it really all just feels so miserable to get through. in a good way #and the lack of guidance. it's nowhere near as obvious in sasasap if you're doing a certain route #and there's so many rooms you just can't go in. you don't even know what's in them #and siffrin probably doesn't either. all they remember is that they marked that off for the sake of walking to their death a little bit #faster #just. auogh. sasasap. god

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

He was just being a silly little guy!

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#poorly drawn mdzs #mdzs #jin guangyao #wen ruohan #nie mingjue #lan xichen #JGY's character is the zigging and zagging guy of all time #We love a little meow meow that can bite and scratch and kill you. #We also love a little meow meow that can mewl pathetically! #'He's evil now and torturing his former friend?" ZAG TIME: He's a spy and feels soooo awful about it!! #ZIG TIME: He (probably) didn't need to go that deep into the role and kill as many people as he did. #Something I really love about the sworn brother trio is how they reflect how our feelings distort our perception of others. #Lan Xichen represents how when we love/care about someone -anything they do can be endearing. They aren't manipulative: they are clever. #Its less about rose tinted glasses and more about reframing every look you get of them. The constant justifications you make for them. #They just need a space to be loved! “They care for me so I will stand by them no matter what to show them I'm there for them!” #While NMJ represents how when you dislike someone - Everything they do is an affront or proof of their foul character. #Everything is a sign. Everything is 'proof' they are just as awful as you want them to be. Every 'good trait' is twisted. #The problem is that most people are just human. They are flawed and they are capable of good and bad things. #Meng Yao's motivations are very complex. Yet he's extremely human all the same. He isn't the saint nor the monster of the story.

[flowercrowngods]

i don't know how to be merely acquaintances when we used to be friends. or i think we used to be. i don't know how to yearn for a simple hello when you've been heaping your affection on me months ago, and i don't know how to talk to you when you won't say anything. when suddenly it's all about me. you know i have nothing to say, you know my brain is void of everything but horribleness and i cannot tell you about my day because i don't even know about my day. i cannot tell you about my day when i know you won't listen, when i know you'll apply your philosophy to my world and don't believe me when i say that everything is terrible. i don't know how to be the person you seem to think i am, or the person you want in your life. i don't know if you want anyone else in your life now that you're in love and sappy, found another recipient for your affections, leaving me empty and wounded and yearning.

you said you missed me. said it many times, while i was gone. now i'm back, have been back, and i wonder how you missed me, why you missed me, when you won't talk to me. i think you mistook missing for worrying. i think you mistook caring for a feeling of obligation. i think you like missing me more than talking to me.

and i think i can't breathe with how much that hurts

#how do you miss me when you won't talk to me? how do you like me so much and then go to just. not? #how did i let you in when i try so hard not to let people do that because i know that once they get past the walls all i'll be left with #is the idea of them rotting and withering inside me. polluting the space i create to keep myself safe. #why does everyone leave? leave in silence too. leaving behind so many questions and so many words engraved in my brain #i am so tired of *grieving* when those i grieve are still alive and well and thriving and i'm reminded that it's versions of myself #that i'm grieving instead. how do you grieve yourself? how do you not fucking fall apart over it? #just. fucking talk to me. don't make it be true that all i'll ever be is nothingness and the memory of someone you liked once #but never never never liked enough #i'm so so cold already. i'm a shell. i want to be warm again but it always leaves me so hollow and hurting #i grieve the dio who was warm. i grieve them i miss them i am so so angry that he had to leave. to hide. with no way out #i'm happy for you. i'm happy you're happy. but you're no better than anyone else and it makes me want to run away again #but i have nowhere else to run and no one else to be. and it's so fucked that it doesn't matter who i am i'll never be enough #for someone to just. stay. to see me and to stay. to hear me and to sit and listen and just. just fucking stay. #maybe i'm not worth staying for. maybe there's nothing to know nothing to hear nothing to see nothing to listen to nothing to find #maybe all i'll ever get is one/two good months paid for with a lifetime of grief. and i'm at the point where i don't want the good months #anymore with you or anyone else who tears down these walls with affection that is so endlessly addictive and leaves me yearning. #on the off chance that it will keep the grief away too. but that's the thing about grief isn't it? it's here to stay. unlike you #god this is so fucked up and i'll delete this later but for now i just need to. let it out. poe said i should make a side blog for the grie #but poe's not there anymore. poe has stopped starting fires. so this goes on main until shame makes me take it down #blah #personal #not st

[canonicaly-ace]

But yeah sure keep telling me how the anti-zionists are the good guys here

#I have so many critiques of the way my goverment is #Like SO MANY #But comments like this shows exactly why the jewish people need an autonoumous country #Cause we really aren't safe anywhere else #And the existence of israel as a country doesn't and shouldn't contardict the existence of a palstenian country #And people who just want israel gone aren't helping palstenians #Cause israel isn't going anywhere #There are millions of jews here who aren't safe anywhere else where do you want them to go? #And to be clear this was a reply to a post about how zionists aren't welcome and could all die #And to all the people tagging it with anything along the lines of “zionists not all jews” #It makes no differnece and no jewish person is gonna feel safer next to you after reblogging a post about how all zionists can die #antisemitism #Like sorry not sorry nothing that supports or is supported by literal nazi logic is a good thing #No matter how nicely you dress it up in leftist asthetic #שקלתי לתייג את זה עם ישראל באנגלית אבל זה בעיקר פוסט פריקה ואני לא רוצה שזה יגיע לעיניים של יותר מידי אנשים שתומכים אפילו קצת בגישה הזאת

[sonknuxadow]

I’m honestly surprised that people are saying Keanu reeves is a bad choice despite the popular fan discussions about it. Where I’m at in the internet, he’s considered a good choice and people were excited.

i cant speak for everyone obviously but ive always thought he was a bad choice for shadow ever since the idea started going around 2 years ago. because from what ive heard personally he doesnt really sound like shadow + i hate it when big movie stars are given voice acting roles in movie adaptations just to have a big name attached to the project even if theyre not good for the role. and this definitely feels like that. back in the day people were only saying he should be shadow NOT because his voice actually fits but because hes an edgy action guy or whatever and movie sonic is canonically a fan of him/his movies and they could make jokes out of that. and i feel like thats Still what a lot of peoples reasoning is which annoys me because shadow isnt just an edgy action guy and i dont think his voice should be chosen based on a joke of all things especially if the voice isnt fitting enough to justify it

not gonna say my opinion is the most popular but i know that there are a lot of people who agree with me on this, or at the very least are unsure about it. a lot of people dont want him

#i also have to wonder how many people who wanted keanu or are excited about the supposed casting are actual sonic fans ....? #like im not trying to gatekeep or say anybody whos said he'd be a good fit is a fake fan or whatever #but . ive seen a lottt of dedicated sonic fans and people who are very familiar with shadow say they hate this #in fact most if not all people ive seen saying theyhate it are in that category #and ive also seen a lot of people whos interest in sonic ranges from very very casual to practically nonexistent comment on this too #and theyre the ones who only have positive things to say and think this is an epic win or something #so i have to wonder how popular a choice it is among not so casual sonic fans. particularly ones who really like shadow #compared to how popular a choice it is among the general internet #and not to be mean but i honestly think that actual fans' opinions matter more than random internet users' with this sort of thing lmao #asks #i suppose theres no way to know for certain right now if his voice would fit #since theres no clips of him specifically doing the voice that he would give to shadow #but. from what i personally have heard. he doesnt sound like shadow to me #not even in a ''different take than what im used to but still fits the character'' kind of way. just doenst work at all

[stompandhollar]

i’ve literally just decided that the timeless child is the master & not the doctor. 🎀💗🌷like what’s chibnall gonna do i’m just choosing to live in the better timeline in my head and the man can’t stop me

#doctor who #anti chibnall #doctor who opinions #russell t davies 5ever #i’m half joking but really i’m not #timeless child arc #timeless child #i’m not even anti timeless child bc honestly like let people enjoy things but just personally i’ve decided to live in my own little world #personal #rosey rants #if anyone wants to tell me why it’s a good arc pls do i’m open to it #but like lowkey #would the master have not been so much better of a choice #i also just don’t know about living in a world where hartnell isn’t the first doctor ?? idk canon changes so much it truly doesnt matter but #something something it’s special being apart of a story that has so many variations #across generations #and can keep going and going because of how malleable it is #…still

[to-be-a-dreamer]

And if I make a full post talking about how Abby, Shannon, and Taylor were actually really interesting and compelling characters that were just wildly mishandled by the writers and weren't allowed to fully explore their own motivations or personalities outside of being a love interest then what?

This is a threat.

#abby and learning how to prioritize herself after spending her entire life caring for other people at the expense of her own identity? #and realizing she's been doing it even in her relationship because she's literally been teaching this boy how to be a good partner #and that's not fair to her no matter how much she genuinely loves him and it really was just 'right person wrong time' #shannon and feeling so helpless and overwhelmed that the only thing she could think to do was run away #and even when she was ready to come back she was so ashamed of what she'd done and terrified she would never be forgiven #and she didn't have the courage to take the first step on her own but once she was given the chance she was ready to put in the work #taylor and prioritizing the truth over the comfort of others because so much of her life was spent being uncertain about her own family #and learning too late that the truth and your career don't matter if you keep hurting the people you care about #and maybe she learns to be better but she already burned that bridge and your personal growth doesn't undo the hurt you caused #i have so many thoughts about the FLEET of women who were done dirty by fox not allowing them to be independent characters #before they tried to make them a love interest #911 #911 abc #911 fox #abby clark #shannon diaz #taylor kelly