#not how she makes decisions tbh!!

[francesderwent]

unhinged opinion coming, but the “before I leave this world I want to know love fully” bit is so entirely out of character that I halfway believe Belle manufactured a scenario where Jack would have sex with her so that he’d then be in a fragile enough state emotionally that she could convince him to operate on her

I mean, I think she loves him. but if she wanted to throw away her reputation and possibly get pregnant she could have just run away with him like he asked. instead she had sex with him, that precise moment, and then when they were lying there naked and vulnerable she started talking to him about the literature on heart surgery.

#cate liveblogs! #I want to know love fully?? #not how she talks!! #not how she makes decisions tbh!! #and like! I think he WOULD have stood firm and been like ‘no I’m not cutting you open that’s crazy you’ll die’ #IF IT WEREN’T for the fact that Fagin’s scheme is making it so he’s running out of time AND the fact that they slept together!!

[nostalgia-tblr]

I watched Avengers: Age of Ultron (apart from I skipped some overly long action sequences) and I am not sure so can someone tell me whether or not Tony Stark was the baddy in that film? Because about halfway through I was sure he was but then it was maybe just an evil robot after all and I am confused because either this film was surprisingly subversive or it was about robots hitting each other.

#I CANT STAND THE CONFUSION IN MY MIND #also i get why people wrote wanda/sylvie. they should go on a wholesome chick-flick revenge-quest together. and also they should kiss. #also i am now only *half* joking about thor being in love with mjolnir #it kept doing Christianity Bits which was quite awks. #not sure why it used the bit about building the church on a rock for some metal i mean wasn't jesus making a pun there? about peter? #i think Vision might be Jesus? or else he's Dr Manhattan who's done a first year philosophy course. could go either way on that tbh. #BUT TONY WAS THE BADDY RIGHT? WAS HE? WAS TONY THE BADDY OR NOT???? #with the homocidal glitches in what he thinks is his winning personality? #and all the weapons he's made and is in fact still making but now he only sells them to The Good Guys? #except look how easily they fall out with each other and also don't a lot of innocent bystanders die in their overly long action scenes? #also i need to write fic about whether mjolnir does in fact obey some unknown code that can be cracked if you set your mind to it #she does like Robot Jesus so apparently we can rely on her to make the major decisions from now on #the ending's a bit ominous - apparently someone's collecting those TVA paperweights to do... something? Oh no! :O #yeah i watched the MCU in the wrong order shut up this was inevitable and Marvisney should just embrace that at this point #(i know 'Marvisney' will never catch on but that will not stop me using it) #the loki series ending is but the latest installment of “unlimited power with no oversight is fine as long as the Good people have it” #UNLESS TONY WAS ACTUALLY THE BADDY. WHICH AS I MENTIONED I AM NOT AT ALL CLEAR ON. #maybe what i mean is was tony stark the baddy *on purpose*? #i only picked this one to watch next because tumblr gifsets told me thor wears a nice coat in it #which he does! but only for a small fraction of the film :( #journey into the mcu #the avengers (the marvel ones not the other ones)

[nonokoko13]

Call me Mahoro because I also think her brother is hot af Btw the plot twist in this series is that Arajin is going take his crush last name but not because of her. Sorry for the spoilers peace and love in the planet Earth

And could somebody make this Marito teddy bear real? It's a basic and essential need atp

#bucchigiri?! #/jk #look her brocon thing is weird and uncomfortable but she can be funny as hell #can you blame her for liking Marito. Look at him #his design is so cool #and so it is his personality and caring relationship with Outa and how clingy abd touchy he is to people he likes (Ara-teen) #and the nicknames are cute too #and his voice too #move Arajin is my turn #Unpopular opinion: Arajin is also good. Ik he's an ass to Matakara and it's probably completely undeserved and uncalled for but #he has some of the funniest reactions in this show. He's pathetic like a wet kicked cat waiting outside my door to let him enter #he made awful decisions and all to get laid and tbh him letting the hormones do the reasoning it's the most teenager thing ever #Most of us had been annoying af and horrible at processing information and taking hints or making important decisions #He's relatable for all the wrong reasons and he's very real for that. If you dislike/hate him I get it though. Very understandable 👍 #god I wanna talk about why I think he's acting like that with his childhood friend so bad but these tags are already too much #anyway I advocate for Arateen rights and wrongs. Also for the Bucchigiri teddy bear collection #mahoro jin #arajin tomoshibi #marito jin #Mariteen #jin marito #jin mahoro #tomoshibi arajin #♡ — shut up noko #woah imagine it turns out to be true Arajin will be Arajin Jin. Wild stuff. Lmao even

[derpinette]

i hated airpods & phones with those big fugly cameras in the back when they were announced as a concept & i hate them even more each time i see that hideousness in person

#i remember when i was 11 ( sorry for being a zoomer ) getting into an argument with an online acquaintance #over airpods because i thought they were retarded but she thought they were cool as if bluetooth ear pieces were a new invention #remember how the world used to make fun of them not even that many years prior. she was like nooobut you can hide them for cheating #& against thievery ( OK the only fair point I GUESS ) but they are just so ugly to me & stupid not practical too easily lost & damaged #especially with that pricetag like they could have made something COOL or Kawaii but of course sleek Nothing design is “in” #still after a decade now ♯MAKEITSTOP #honestly only like bluetooth for file sharing when necessary anything else is devilwork #as for the new giant multiple cameras design i mean use your eyes has there ever been an uglier decision #even if i had money i could never own a touch screen phone without a middle button & a normal camera lense in the back #like just looking at them makes me angry BUT mostly apple products i think android ones are less hives inducing #but TBH i have no headphone jack so... on my old broken phone i did but not this one -_- where are my principles...... #well i will wear this one down until it dies i already have a cracked arse screen so until it breaks i will downgrade #also remember how cute silicone phone cases were in the early to mid 2010s ♯BringThatBack #honestly can you even i think phones today are just too damn big Not mine Doe 🦌 mine is almost perfectly sized for my hands (iphone7) #at least people have more charms than ever in my city at least i see people with cute lanyards & zoomer style JesusBeaters so great ^_^ #sorry for complaining all the time but also if you are not here for my Kvetching then what else could you be here for... #*jumps into a well from shame*

[kyouka-supremacy]

On Kouyou and Mori's relationship

@2offayyo-kzt THANK YOU FOR ASKING because you prompted me to talk about Kouyou and I love talking about Kouyou. Original post the reply is referring to.

Okay most of it comes from the Kouyou / Mori / Chuuya scene at the closing of the guild arc. First off: in chapter 37 we are made aware that Kouyou decided to stay at the agency of her own accord. Besides from the reasons she had to stay, it's just pretty cool how it's confirmed that Kouyou doesn't feel like having Mori's orders or will she has to answer to and just... Pretty much is free to do whatever she wants. She doesn't care about what Mori requires from her - Mori who most definitely would have wanted her back at the pm as soon as possible - and just acts of her own accord, which is something that even Chuuya doesn't do.

Following up, Kouyou and Mori also reflect over how she's perfectly capable of freely leave the pm, yet she chooses not to (btw her little smirk following Mori acknowledgement of her abilities is SO cute). Again, it goes to show how independent she is from Mori (pretty much putting her on his same level I guess?), being able to leave the pm facing no consequences or retaliation, and just in general how master of her fate she is. It's nice, it's RARE for a franchise where female characters are usually just thrown from one side to the other by external factors and rarely get to choose for themselves.

Then - and so far I strayed a bit from the initial matter, but this is most relevant to the point I was making in the original post - she says “Shut up. I'll sew your mouth shout.” There's A LOT in those lines because it plainly shows how she just... Doesn't fear Mori, doesn't fear calling him out on his creepy behavior, doesn't fear (playfully? ← arguable) menacing him. She's just so unbound and free and self-governed, and totally unbothered by Mori unlike any other character (except for, well, Elise, who's part of Mori herself). It's a joy to see.

Next, the volume 10 extra. The “that's why I told you”, “I'll punch you”, it all goes to reinforce the concept that Kouyou is perfectly unafraid of Mori and doesn't shy away from calling him out and scolding him even sternly. But it's especially interesting to compare her behavior with Chuuya's. Where Chuuya tries to find accomodations for Mori, Kouyou scolds him, and later even accuses Chuuya of being “spoiling him”; their approach is completely different, and as a consequence their relationships with Mori are diametrically opposite. Again, back to my initial point: even Chuuya, who is one of the most self-reliant characters of them all, knows he has to answer to Mori, and accordingly treats him with respect; Kouyou is perfectly unbothered and unafraid.

And even more examples: chapter 42, Kouyou openly arguing with Mori's decision, lacking that mentality that is shared between pm operatives that Mori's plans are infallible and there's no point in questioning them (just think about how sure, confident and even smug Chuuya was about Mori's plan during the Guild arc, chapter 22). Chapter 43, Kouyou spending “half a year's worth of founds” to attack a government van, which I can guess goes against what Mori wants for the pm (lol) and once again just shows how Kouyou... Freely bosses around and does whatever she wants, answering to no one.

With this I'm not saying Kouyou doesn't care about Mori. She DOES care about Mori, she just doesn't in a “subordinate is loyal to their superior” kind of way. She cares about Mori, the thing is that she does because she chooses to and not for any other constraint, which arguably makes her the person that is closer and most loyal to him?? Because she has no second means for being loyal to him, and just does that because she wants to, which makes her loyalty the truest, most authentic one. And Mori knows that, and that's why she deserves to be the next pm boss, and I know they (authors) will never make her but she deserves it and she's the pm boss of my heart end of conversation.

Headcanon time while we're at it, I like to think for Kouyou to address to Mori so informally and familiarly is a way to make up / compensate for the trauma she underwent with the previous boss. When Mori killed the previous boss, she swore she would have never lived in fear again, and even though she ultimately decided to stay in the darkness, it's now her choice; a choice she personally and freely makes despite being aware of potentially, realistically being able to leave at any moment. Addressing Mori as he was her equal is a way for Kouyou to remind to herself about how free and unbound she is.

About Mori and Kouyou, I like to think they had this siblings-like relationship since before Mori became boss I mean, they canonly go cherry blossom sighting together. I like to think a very small, subconscious part of Mori killed the previous boss because Mori held resentment towards him for hurting Kouyou- but that's definitely straying too far alcbdklzbdkskxbks. I like to think Kouyou wanted Kyouka in the pm because she genuinely believed that under hers and Mori's lead Kyouka could be happy, that the pm was the place that most would have welcomed Kyouka, welcomed what Kouyou believed to be her nature.

#Anyways thank you for asking Op akdbdksbos I love talking about Kouyou #bsd #bungou stray dogs #“But how can you say Kouyou is fit to be the next boss when we never saw her holding remarkable leadership skills” #well maybe we would have if they cared to give female characters more than 0.5 seconds of screentime. #But since they don't‚ I can perfectly make up whatever I want for her skills and characterization #(Besides‚ she's part of the four / three pm executives‚ that must amount to something??) #Also chapter 46? The way Chuuya looks at Kouyou before making the decision of attacking the ada?? As if asking for her permission? #Which is NATURAL and VALID since Kouyou is his senior and has been in the pm way longer than he has?? #And is closer to Mori too for the matter??? Aaahh c'mon‚ it's like she's already the second boss. #Kouyou's role in the Cannibalism arc was to personally guard Mori. C'mon. #kōyō ozaki #Tbh very unpopular opinion but I always felt like Kouyou was like. an accidentally well written female character. #ōgai mori #Also not to fuel my “Mori and Kouyou have a close-siblings like relationship” headcanon but chapter 19: #Chuuya: The ADA took Kouyou hostage #Mori (literally‚ I'm not making it up): Well that's rather unfair. Right then! Let's kill the head if their agency. #Uh #bsd analysis #mine

[montyluvsjasper]

Looking at young Alicent and Rhaenyra and wondering why Otto and Viserys did anything but love them and bring every nice boy their age to court to see them at their leisure.

#fucking low lives #alicent hightower #rhaenyra targaryen #like...before everything #those two little girl under the godswoods #tbh viserys shouldve made daemon not sniff around rhaenyra as a kid so she could make an educated decision about wanting to marry him later #but viserys isn't smart or realistic #niether is otto he knew daemon and corlys were crazy as hell #tbh how did otto abd viserys make it this long being the least realistic people on Westeros

[bonefall]

Same anon- wasnt trying to imply that with blossom either! Just wanted to say that it could've been read that way and could be triggering to some, and the fact that no one speaks up felt off, even if its against the code. I've never read the more recent books either, so by the way the posts were spaced it felt like the series goes Df battle > Tempest > Ashfur in the span of a few moons, meaning blossom went from one horrible event to another and was still feeling isolated and shameful. Sorry if anything came off as confrontational or mean!

As for the 'why dont they leave?' thing, I think we all default to how Ravenpaw actually DOES leave and we just apply the same logic. As humans we naturally draw connections, and if we see a situation where a whole clan turns on one cat, we ask why didn't they just do what Ravenpaw (or Dovewing iirc) did and decide they can't deal with this and it's better to move on. It's a pattern that we itch to see fulfilled: Tigerclaw turns everyone on Ravenpaw so he leaves, Dovewing gets her whole clan telling her to do better so she leaves, Blossomfall gets named as a traitor and repeatedly gets dishonor titles to remind her of all her faults- why do cat not leave???

But yeah, if Blossom got to heal, i retract my statement entirely. I just was going off the logic that she felt isolated/cut off and that being told she's better off invisible would just shove her further into that belief. I do wanna ask, do you know what the thing Blossom spoke up about that got her slapped with the title?

Ah, I see! Let me clear up the order of events so far;

ThunderClan's Tempest, shortly after the Great Battle, dealing with the Clan moving on. Contains some parts of the canonical Dovewing's Silence but mostly Bramblestar's Storm

AVOS, with Blossomfall joining the Kin and being rescued sometime towards the end. Still working out some kind of incident where her kits are either stolen, or have to be retrieved-- the sire is not known

Squirrelflight’s Horror, a book about how Bramblestar turns a tense political situation into an excuse to leverage his power to abuse his deputy after feeling slighted.

TBC, which is at least a year after AVOS, with all of Blossomfall's children now being young warriors and her life coming back into order

So Blossomfall is having a pretty long journey here! Her life has been rocky and she can be a really nasty person, but she was brought back into ThunderClan because she is still loved. There are people who really want to see her get better.

And as for when she gets Clearface'd, I'm torn on it either being the first sign and SUPER shocking because it was just the normal amount of Blossom-sass, OR it coming right after the death of Bristlefrost and she argued that

"Bristlefrost was a codebreaker but who cares! She was a warrior of ThunderClan! There's no way that StarClan--"

And then interrupted and quashed with the title.

So, first option, to demonstrate Bramblefake's new level of malice at the earliest possible point and use Bristlefrost's death as the "turning point" of the arc where cruelty becomes violence,

Or, as a direct response to Bristlefrost's death, and the moment where there begins to be suspicion, because Bramblestar is NOT this good at naming.

#I like controversial girl characters a lot btw #With Dovewing also she is also a special case #She didn't have a ShadowClan to run to and didn't know if Tigerheart would even take her kits since they're Bumblestripe's #And she wanted to get away from her family #She she bolted in a random direction in panic LMAO go girl #Dovewing was willing to ACCEPT solitude not knowing the Guardians were thataways #She would have lived in the woods. At least until she had time to make a decision #But that's a really difficult choice to make logically #And comes from her resentment of Everyone at that moment #ShadowClan was disbanded at that time #And Raven? He's got it made thanks to Barley and the presence of a barn #Though the idea of Blossomfall straightup kicking Smoky out of his barn is very funny #'HEY THIS IS MY BARN-' #*Blossomfall throws him out a window* #That's pretty funny maybe she'll do that for the rebels later #'Hey guys idea. Instead of having rebel camp in the woods we go kick that loser out of his house' #Very Bloss thing to do tbh #'Wow that guy looks kickable. Hey Ivy how fast do you think I can make him cry' #I think in talking about how much she is hurting under it all I can end up obfuscating that she is Mean as a primary trait lmao #She's the meanest person in TC and passes the title back and forth with Berrynose like an Employee of the Month plaque #Mean people can be hurting though

[inloveanddepth]

love these guys

#i like how cringe they all are. like all of them are flawed & immensely cringe. no one's main is safe #they're cringe in different ways & some more than others but they're all cringe. love it #why are the fans for my two favourite soul fighter champions the autistic-coded ones !! #why are the autistic-coded ones the most unhinged.... #though tbh i think you could make an argument for all 5 of them being autistic 😭 #sommer's homemade jhin cosplay is so cute #they somehow managed to capture the exact brand of weird that jhin fans are. bravo #i think the funniest part about him is that jhin would not be able to stand him lmao #him wearing a shirt with the same art that's on the print he's holding makes me crack up for some reason #obsessed with the jacked yordle named rizz.... she's everything #also can i just say i love the crop top on guy. fantastic creative decision. so many crop tops in soul fighter i love it #kiri is crazy though what do you mean she's literally selling rpf at an event that the people she's writing rpf about are at #her repeatedly trying to get samira to read her fanfiction is kind of hilarious #& then she tells samira she's going to write fanfic about her. which is kiri's way of praising her. she is nuts (affectionate) #the way she keeps casually mentioning pyke totally kills people in this universe & she still adores him #she's the worst kind of fangirl (which is the point. they're all parodies) but it's hard to hate her lol she's so silly #my only issue with her is that she's a jhin hater.... how rude #i know her tumblr game goes crazy #the only character i'm confused by is jade. the lux fangirling felt really forced to me #it's not reflected in her design at all; honestly she looks more like evelynn #especially when riki guy & rizz & sommer are all clearly emulating gwen sett & jhin respectively #plus jade's shtick was more about parodying true crime & political content creators it seemed. the lux stuff felt tacked on #i guess it was because dema is after lux & jade doesn't like dema but it felt over the top at least #on top of the fact that it's pretty hard to make sjw characters actually funny #they should've made a dema bootlicker character tbh. for funzies #i think riot should publish some of kiri's fanfiction on the universe site. wouldn't that be silly #they could do one for each of them! a transcription of one of jade's podcast episodes; guy & rizz's training regimen; a poem from sommer #hope some of them show up in LoR sometime. just for fun #league of legends #soul fighter

[echojedis]

One day I’m going to write out my entire essay of tech/phee thoughts but I don’t want anything I say to be misunderstood 

#i answered an ask a while ago where i talked about how having the sunset moment on pabu come after she pushed his boundaries too far #might have made that scene feel less uncomfortable. showing her messing up but learning from it and making an effort to understand him #i have similar thoughts on them as i do on tech coming back tbh #i want and like it and i can see how the writers can make it work in a way that makes the season 2 finale feel worth it #but i can also see all the many ways they can mess it up #i don’t really see any way the writers could justify having phee so clearly push him too far if it isn’t to set up her learning #to understand him? why have him struggle to speak and make eye contact after they seemed to get along so well #why make those purposeful decisions for no reason? maybe i have too much faith in the writers lol they did completely drop #crosshair’s chip #it all depends what happens in season 3 and/or if there’s going to be a continuation or spinoff #but on the other hand phee is too good of a character to just be a love interest and it wouldn’t be great to see her whole arc being #about understanding a love interest. where is our phee spin off about her fun solo adventures! she’s space indiana jones #ugh idk if any of this is coming off like i want it to it’s late

[leftistfanenboii]

So I have been playing Children of Morta and there are a lot of things I really enjoy about. I haven't quite finished the story mode

LET ME REPEAT THAT: I LIKE A LOT OF THINGS ABOUT CHILDREN OF MORTA! I LOVE A LOT OF THE GAME PLAY AND CONCEPTS GOING ON IN THIS GAME! ITS A BEAUTIFUL GAME AS WELL!

However... (do not pass this point if you are not up for dealing with criticism of the game, especially with a feminist lens)

The writing for the women and girls in the game is kind of awful. At least that I have seen so far

Mary is so chronically ill that she had to leave Lucy in the care of Margeret for years, and yet she is still having another kid. In fact, her whole character boils down to the sickly wife and the occasionally nay saying mother. Narratively, there isn't anything else to her, and in game mechanics, there is nothing to do with her. In a game about family, somehow, the mother is sidelined.

Sheila, the only woman mentioned so far at all to be a physical close combat fighter, never makes even an appearance and is, in fact, dead. Her death and the introduction of her son are used as a reason for character growth for Uncle Ben.

Margeret is supposed to be the matriarch to the family, and at least narratively and mechanically, there is a decent amount to actually back this up. Her upgrades from the book of Rhea are an important mechanic to progress. Her cutscenes consistently show her as knowledgeable and an authority in the family. She is still somewhat static, but she is shown to be consistently impacted by the revelations that have been made about the Corruption. However, she still has limited impact to the storyline for the family members compared to Ben, and her role as a magical herbalist and religious scholar are also overdone roles for older women characters.

All the playable girls (unless the final character I haven't unlocked yet goes against this trend. I am betting money that is not the case) are ranged fighters only. Lucy as a mage and Linda as an archer, which are some of the most common roles that women in media are put into. We rarely see, if ever, a woman in media that is allowed to be physically strong on par with her masculine counterparts, especially not in some way where she isn't damseled, killed, violated, or made palatable to male audiences. In fact, even Lucy and Linda both are made chickified by things such as their hobbies being music and art.

Lucy had to go through a whole trial to show she was ready to join the fight, while Kevin simply snuck out to prove himself with very little consequence for terrifying the family. Linda also sneaks out but only to join her father on his investigation at the start of the game and immediately return home.

All of these things separately, I could write off, but with these elements combined, it really comes off like the game has an issue devaluing the women in the Bergson family. It likely wasn't a conscious decision on the part of the writers. That is the insidious thing about patriarchal culture or any other cultural absorption of prejudice, you can unconsciously perpetuate it. However, it has been something grating at me while playing the game.

#Children of Morta #meta #listen do you know how badly I would kill right now for Mary to be the mage playable character? #think about it we could have Mary not pregnant and Lucy be younger and sickly...Mary could have a storyline about passing her condition on #also holy shit shelia got fridged so bad #Joey seems sweet and all but we could have had a shield maiden instead and that is a trade I would make in a heart beat #It could be that at first she is only coming for the sake of the other bergsons and later her and Ben could reconcile #tbh we should also probably consider some of the writing about disability in this game as a problem as well #again I love the game #i am just frustrated with some of the writing decisions

[down-thedrain]

"this world will live on...!" girl no it wont im sorry

#posts in a drainage system #still. undyne's death monologue in genocide is really cool tbh #because really. we dont know how many monsters alphys managed to evacuate. we dont know how big the underground really is #there are ABSOLUTELY parts of it that you never explore in game and thats so wild to me. like. #even though alphys isn't fighting you directly she's probably one of the most important people in the narrative during the genocide run #and yet . none of it really matters in the end. does it #because by the end of genocide you have to make the decision to kill them all in the blink of an eye—as youve been doing the entire game— #or try to convince yourself in one last desperate act that you werent guilty for any of this by letting chara erase the world instead. #the final choice of the genocide run honestly makes me so wacky. like man . i could go ON about that shit #anyways this was about undynes speech. but yeah its a perfect example of dramatic irony for people familiar with the story #and if you aren't. youve probably become dissociated from your feelings about these characters if youve gotten this far into the geno run #BUT this speech is still so powerful. like maybe the monsters WILL find away to live on after this. even after their families and way of #life have been completely destroyed. even though that's the complete OPPOSITE of what youre trying to achieve during genocide #agh . such a good game

[quasieli]

Does it say something about me that my two oldest D&D characters both have religious trauma, with one relating to be deprived of the faith that is so intragal to their being for a majority of their life, and the other having to do with being (somewhat) forced into practicing a religion that meant very little to them and spending a lot of time in turmoil before finding their own path? Nahhhh

#Eli Speaks #Saube #Sparks #im just thinking about tess saying how saube practices her faith is so jewish #and that was a somewhat conscious decision #but in reality it's just how i find the most peace and understanding in my own faith #saube's a fantasy jew and that's that #tbh all my religious characters are #it's just such a beautiful thing that i love playing out in my characters #esp cause it feels so authentic #like sparks feeling pressured by obligation and community into practicing her dads' faith #which was #fine #but it never quite fit #and now she's a paladin of Lliira and it just feels So Right #my little guys make me insane and i love them

[elminsters]

just reworked my entire canon timeline so that i never have to go back to the underdark, i can finally be at peace

#act 1 only takes us a tenday and act 2 is on track to be about 14 days #act 3 is probably going to take upwards of 20 tbh #but all in all it's only like a month and a half to 2 months total #is that too soon to be like “i love u lets buy a house”? probably but no one ever accused otp hemoakglobin of making reasonable decisions #also gale romancers get married and wyll romancers adopt a baby so this feels pretty par for the course with this group #also do not question how eurydice got her sussur sword she stole it at some point idk not important

[derpinette]

too many males getting veneers when really they should be investing in hair transplants if anything

#you can clearly afford it & you are going to turkey for it anyway #& do NOT cheap out replace that whole scalp you never know how ruthless norwood is going to be on you else you get The Hair Band #just do it in one surgery #i advocate for teeth crookedness anyway i wish i could just yank out my braces to push my canines into yaeba i especially like #that thing people have where they teeth grow atop of others my cousin had that but the dentist just REMOVED them instead of realigning... #really makes me wish death on aesthetic dentistry STOP that madness. #i sincerely believe that teeth hold so much character & it genuinely pains me to see people get them replaced with chiclet piano keys #all straight & uniform uber white colored YUCK #honestly having thin hair as a male is a sign of genetic failure whereas misaligned teeth is not #at least you can fix that with braces that you will later take off ( when will it be my turn to... ) nothing added All You #it really sickens me to see just goes to show poor decision making skills. thin hair is infinitely more humiliating than “ugly” teeth #but there are situations where better teeth aremore of an improvement TBH if a man wants to self harm for looks go ahead IDC but ♯JustSayin #i wish you could have seen it but one time a classmate came to class to let our teacher know that he was leaving in the seventh grade #& she was like Erm why what excuse could you possibly have & he uncovered his mouth to reveal several of his teeth broken & missing #turns out he had them knocked out by an upperclassman who pushed him onto a pole while playing a game #i still laugh out loud whenever i remember it was so absurd literally the last thing i expected it was like a tom & jerry gag IRL #he was crazy rich so thankfully he got them all replaced like immediately but imagine being anyone in that situation. even the mom #i mean i felt bad for him that must have been so painful but i cannot help but burst into laughter whenever i remember

[the-cat-at-the-theatre-door]

Speaking more about Grizabella, because I'm apparently not done, but there is also this tendency to take agency from her by claiming that maybe she didn't know what she was doing/"didn't mean to" do whatever it is she did or said (and again whatever it was *does not matter*) and that also rubs me the wrong way.

#there is this continued insistence that women do not have agency in their own lives to make decisions *on purpose* #and that they can choose to do the wrong thing *on purpose* with full awareness of how what they are saying or doing may be a problem #and then come to the realization later like hey you know what that was wrong of me to do #as a reflection #sometimes in life we make choices that we *know* are not the kindest or best things to do - sometimes we allow personal feelings #to influence what we say or do and in the moment? we *knew* - we knew whatever it was was wrong #but instead of atoning then we double downed #it's a lil infantalizing tbh - but idk maybe that's just me #like grizabella to me is facisinating because she is complex - she is too multifaceted to be continuously #to be put in an either or box - she acted with her own agency - she reaped the consequences of her actions - she sought to aton3le #*atone #that's what matters #extemporize back chat

[honestlyvan]

4 headcannons for Ethel or Cammuravi? i luv them thank u!!!

I'm gonna do Ethel b/c I generally have more to say about her.

Headcanon A:  realistic

Ethel would describe herself as a "merely decent" strategist and tactician. And while that is underselling it a little bit, she is overwhelmingly good at putting bodies in the ground, and had to learn to adjust her expectations of what even her most elite strike teams are capable of.

Headcanon B: while it may not be realistic it is hilarious

Ethel is very good at insulting people when she doesn't mean to. Part of it is the flat affect, part of it is that she's very duty-focused, part of it is just being The Elite(tm) so almost every compliment she gives sounds calculating and/or backhanded. Her reputation as an ice queen is mostly undeserved, she's genuinely very sincere, that's just the way she speaks.

Headcanon C: heart-crushing and awful, but fun to inflict on friends

Ethel was broadly disliked when she was still rank and file, because her performance would bring the average up so much that it made people around her look incompetent in comparison and her struggles to communicate her feelings to the people around her made it seem like she didn't care. A lot of people were looking forward to seeing her crash and burn as a commander when she was initially given Colony 4, including some people at Four.

As a result of always feeling some level of judgement aimed towards her, Ethel gravitated towards Cammuravi. There are other people in her life who would praise her openly and without reservation, but she doesn't know how to trust that praise, knowing it comes from a place of being put on a pedestal as the famed Silvercoat.

Headcanon D: unrealistic, but I will disregard canon about it because I reject canon reality and substitute my own.

Colony 4 was brand new when it was activated, built specifically for Ethel. Regardless of that, it had to undergo extensive modifications once she settled into her rivalry with Cammuravi, and has been rebuilt at least half a dozen times because the two of them came so close to slagging each other and then never quite managing it.

#Van's answers #Xenoblade Chronicles 3 #Silvercoat Ethel #Ethel (XC3) #anonymous #thanks for playing! #This is me taking the long way around to saying 'I don't get how Sena became the TBH mascot of this game when Ethel is there' #Silvercoat Ethel is the most autistic woman I've ever seen #she cares about one thing and that is beating her beloved rival's ass #.... well that's maybe a little. Exaggerated. Ethel *does* care a great deal about her soldiers and her colony #she just knows less how to be good and help them #and has a whole board of advisors specifically so she can have other people talk her through the processes #and avoid the trap of making all the decisions herself leading to ruin #She knows how to ask for help. Which is a critical skill the majority of commanders in the kingdoms lack. #and her loyalty is what creates the investment everyone else at Four has #Ethel tries her best for them and in turn they will support her in beating her rival's ass