#not really salt

[nixthelapin]

Marinette’s friends and connections

It has occurred to me just how many of Marinette’s classmates have prestigious family.

To get the obvious ones out of the way:

Adrien: Gabriel Agreste, fashion designer; Émilie, ex-nobility (she gave up her title) and actress

Chloe (and Zoe): Mayor, Andre Bourgeois; Audrey is a renowned fashion critique

Juleka (and Luka): Jagged Stone (even though they didn’t know it most of their lives)

But there’s a surprising amount of others with pretty high-up positions:

Alya: mom is head chef at a very famous hotel (owned by the Mayor himself) and was even a judge on that chef competition next to a TV host and a literal rockstar; dad owns the zoo (I think, he at least runs it)

Mylène: dad is a famous mime (famous enough to get his face plastered all over Paris for his show)

Sabrina: her dad isn’t just a regular cop, he’s the chief cop

Lila: her mom is an ambassador (yes, I’m including her, I think this one is actually true, seeing as her mom was actually on screen that one time)

Max: mom operates the StarTrain, then becomes and astronaut and almost immediately tests a new AI in space (idk how she got through training that fast)

Alix: her dad runs the freaking Louvre

That’s nine (9) students! Out of 15 in the class! That’s more than half the students with at least one parent in a prestigious position.

AND, this includes herself!

Yeah, her parents are bakers, and they only really get famous-level popular after Marinette gets them endorsements from Ladybug and Jagged Stone, but remember: her uncle (great uncle?) is a famous chef in China! He literally owns a world-renowned restaurant in Shang Hai! And even if he’s not super commonly known in France, it’s still well-enough that he was invited to be a major chef competition at the Mayor’s hotel! Also, her grandma (dad’s side) apparently has enough money to just spend years traveling and buy her a motorized scooter on a whim. So, there’s also that.

Non-classroom honorable mentions:

- Kagami: mom and Tsurugi tech

- Manon: mom is the host of almost every news show it seems

- Aurore: kids tv weather girl (she’s shown to be friends with her briefly in s3)

“Normal girl with a normal life” my butt, Marinette!

#“A girl just like the others” #BITCH WHO #does everyone in Paris know loads of famous people?? #I’ve got some connections through family too (like aunt at Sony) and got to meet some famous people #but that doesn’t mean I just have buckets of famous or rich friends #I get it’s a kids show #but COME ON #if you say she’s like everyone else then *let her be like everyone else* #who can even relate to this girl #I didnt even touch on how many famous people just immediately love her #miraculous #mlb #miraculous ladybug #marinette #marinette dupain cheng #Mary sue dupain cheng #yes I’m saying it #sue me #not really salt #was meant to be funny #but it made me think again about just how much the writers just hand things to her

[kocokorok]

uh.. ghost hunter Roronoa Zoro?

#idk what au i created here #i REALLY wanted to draw joyboy luffy and then this happened #it was originally also supposed to be space-themed? #zoro hunting ghost joyboy luffy in space? what #take this au with a grain of salt but i might draw it again #roronoa zoro #monkey d. luffy #one piece #zolu #joy boy #sun god nika #kocokorok #futureghostau

[rainbow-arrow]

listen. i am not writing a 300k word lukadrien fanfiction to be confused as a l*vesquare shipper.

#let's go #this is lighthearted okay #nothing wrong i've just spent a Long time thinking about my boys #knowing it's inevitable #is Different #i'm happy for y'all getting it (maybe honestly it still feels in the air rn) #i've been called out for my salt so i try to frame it in a way where it's like. #Not Really Salt #a lil #taste of salt #that's what my memoir will be called #it's just like. mE???? #what have i ever done to give that impression #10k hours nonsense

[thejasontoddarchives]

Catwoman (2018-) #57

Bruce is really swinging between extremes huh

#dc #jason todd #red hood #catwoman 57 #gotham war #last week it was ‘shouldn’t I kill you’ and now it’s ‘I’m gonna take back my son screw the plan for now’ #some people are saying it’s inconsistency but tbh I think he’s supposed to be off the rails #even as he’s saying this he practically tossed said son into the middle of traffic #possibly drugged him too #For once the writers are probably telling you to take what Bruceman says with a grain of salt #like especially that last line makes absolutely no sense in the context of everything he’s done this issue lol #but tbh is this really anything new for him #the only new thing about it is the fact that it’s being framed honestly for once

[luxmoogle]

The ice cream colours his lips blue

#kingdom hearts #kh #roxas #kh roxas #kh2 #sea salt ice cream #my art #sketch #because what I was really doing wasn't working out #frustration sketch

[da-janela-lateral]

That's how gossip starts.

#salt mid student voice: yes its obviously ritsu from the student council. there is no other possibility. what do you mean his older brother #I find this concept SO funny poor mob keeps being forgotten #ritsu is going to be really pissed off once the rumors reach salt mid #mp100 #mob psycho 100 #teruki hanazawa #terumob #feel free to tag as riteru if you wish to #mp100 fanart #lalarts

[buggachat]

i do just have to say though.................... i feel like people who really really loved the movie's portrayals of the characters are adding aspects of the show characters onto them? you know what i mean? like i see people say that adrien and marinette were more likeable in the movie than the show, when movie adrien didn't perform a single act of kindness in the entire 2 hours despite kindness being a core trait of adrien in the show? marinette was normal and not particularly weird at all and just kind of a generic protagonist? were adrien and marinette actually more interesting in the movie than the show, or are you just cherrypicking the aspects of them you like the from the show and putting them on the movie characters to make your favorite amalgamation?

marinette fell for adrien not because he showed vulnerability and forgiveness and kindness and opened his heart up to her.... but because he awkwardly tried to help her up after being kind of weirded out by her? so like i guess she thought he was hot and that was basically it? chat noir fell for ladybug not because she was strong and confident and showed determination in the face of fear... but because she begrudgingly helped him up in the middle of a battle? so like i guess he thought she was hot and that was basically it? they fell for each other over just the bare minimum interactions? most of their relationship was a montage? like, did the movie do the work to convince you of lovesquare's romantic potential, or did you go into the movie already shipping them because the show had already convinced you?

thats totally a valid way to enjoy the movie ftr! i'm just saying.... idk it's weird to see people praising the movie for being "better" when i feel like a lot of the enjoyment of the movie actually hinges on watching the show as context for their characters. and i guess im just a cringe slow-burn enjoyer but i find it weird that people are using "faster" as a synonym for "better"

#ml movie spoilers #ml movie #to be clear i dont hate the movie it's fine #it was fun enough to watch #we dont talk about plagg #i guess im mostly just '?' about people dismissing all the work the show put in #i just know people are gonna use this post as an excuse to hate on the show but auauaggghhh i really dont care if you hate the show lol #in fact thats kind of the point. i find it weird people are using the movie as an excuse to dunk on the show when the movie didnt #actually do anything particularly substantial #ml fandom salt #<- i guess? i'll tag it to be safe

[tawaifeddiediaz]

do you ever think about how much it hurts eddie when chris expresses how much of his mother he's beginning to lose. because we know that he does his best to keep her memory alive, that they go to her grave and they talk openly about her. but there are things that eddie will never be able to replicate for him - her voice, the way she smelled, the way she'd walk towards him, how she felt when she held him close, etc - and chris will continue to lose those details even if eddie talked about shannon 24/7 for the rest of his life.

that is a sort of helplessness that i don't think anyone talks about enough, and that makes eddie's expression when he overhears chris talking to buck all the more wounded

#zee rambles #i dunno i just see this a lot in widowed parents #and anyone thats mourning or grieving and its a loss that never really leaves you #but its literally salt to an open wound to hear your child like this #knowing that theres grief that changes you unmeasurably #911 abc #911 meta #911 spoilers #shannon diaz #eddie diaz #christopher diaz #tw grief

[nyaagolor]

I like to think that despite canon's ambiguity on the subject that Phoenix became good friends with Iris after BttT and she sends him handmade scarves and gloves and stuff in the winter. One day Phoenix goes to visit Kristoph in prison while wearing one of those scarves and is like ":( Kris.... we were toxic with benefits for 7 years and you never made me anything. You're in prison this long and you didn't bother learning some arts and crafts??? Cmon you never even knitted me a scarf" and Kristoph makes some snide remark about it but then a few months later Phoenix gets an unlabeled box on the porch of WAA that has this really shittily made scarf in it and Phoenix refuses to let anyone touch it bc he is convinced it's poisoned somehow. And he's right.

#i know Kristoph was probably executed but personally I think it would be really funny if he's just Around #Phoenix rolls up to chat with him. It's a fate worse than death bc Kristoph can't leave. He has to watch everyone move on without him #and become better people. More successful. All out of his control #and then they come back all happy while he's alone and miserable and have the gall to chat with him. Rub salt in the wound #death is a mercy when everyone who visits you in prison is annoying as shit. Get fucked Kristoph #anyway. #ace attorney #kristoph gavin #krisnix #phoenix wright #mod vex #textpost

[salted15]

hey tadc fans . you guys liked the last jax drawing a lot so here's a doodle

(btw i do commissions now !!! you can order from me here)

#I STILL CAN'T BELIEVE HOW MANY NOTES IS ON THE LAST ONE #YOU PEOPLE REALLY LIKE THIS GUY #tbh i don't blame you #he's great #the amazing digital circus #tadc #jax #bright colors #bright colors cw #eyestrain #eyestrain cw #lightly salted art

[uncanny-tranny]

The weirdest dichotomy I've felt as a trans man is that, when I was a kid, I knew I was never allowed into a "sisterhood." I always felt like an interloper around girls, and, because girls can be observant and intelligent (despite popular belief), I was treated as an interloper.

Now, as an adult, I'm treated like I was always part of "A Sisterhood" that I shunned, that I refused to join, so I ought to be punished for that horrific transgression.

I absolutely know other trans men* who did feel part of girlhood/womanhood, and there is literally nothing wrong with that. However, I just find it frustrating to be... denied my own experiences, my own story by (mostly cis) people who are uncomfortable with the idea that some people never felt part of "their circle." It's a weird arm of transphobia that simultaneously expells you from conformity but also blames you for not conforming (because you were never even given the opportunity to conform because, again, you were forced out of any space to conform to). Do you see what I mean?

#trans #transgender #lgbt #lgbtq #ftm #nonbinary #transphobia #transphobia tw #i don't blame the people who didn't ~allow me in their spaces~ because it's a *symptom* of the world which i grew up in. it's not the cause #the only reason i ever liked being with girls when i was younger was because my bestie was in those spaces and i loved being around her #i think many girls knew i didn't really feel/act comfortable nor did i act like i belonged and they reacted to that #feel like maybe i ought to salt circle this post

[ahsoka-in-a-hood]

It’s almost surprising that the mandalorian puts very little effort into depicting Din as an honorable mercenary- his reception is generally that of wholesome dad, but the canon is explicit about him not vetting his targets or his clients, and not caring enough to do so. He changes his mind eventually in the face of a literal baby, but he was fully prepared to do people trafficking for imperials, he generally kills without a flinch, and he says outright to his bounty in tbobf that he doesn’t care who hired him or why, and then... literally delivers a head on a plate, after killing a room full of slaughterhouse workers. That’s... not even between the lines. What did that guy actually do? He clearly has some compassion, and is frequently moved by the people he interacts with, but that’s juxtaposed with his ‘cool’ violence that barely makes an effort to be palatable.

That concession to palatability mostly being that the majority of the people he indiscriminately shoots at in the course of handing over people to anyone who has a grievance and also money, or whenever really, are non human, and the humans he does kill tend to be imperials. and also that whenever he’s in a room with other bounty hunters he comes off better than them because they have no honor(tm). Normally I would maybe say it was bad faith to look at the aliens he killed when he first took Grogu, or the aliens he killed when he infiltrated that imperial facility and there were local “pirates” trying to destroy the explosives they were transporting (but not steal, despite being “pirates”)(knowing the locals were discontented with imperial presence), but when it’s in the text that he doesn’t think too hard about his work or his kills, and no vetting is involved, well.

This is less present in season three for Din, but Axe was much the same.

#salt #i am in a mood #the mandalorian #this has been in my head for a while but now it's coming out #i put salt but this isn't even really salt like... #i like anti-heroes #they don't make me uncomfortable #but it does make me uncomfortable when reception is that oh they are innocent uwu i guess #that's where i feel like ................... -_- #coming up next maybe: what i really want to say about andor

[bugoutreviewgirlie]

One thing that gets me is that people will say they want flawed characters, but when said character exhibits said flaws, suddenly Ladybug is a bad person for undervaluing Chat and Marinette is a bad main character because she--

*checks notes*

--shows symptoms of ADHD, and had symptoms of PTSD from years of constant bullying.

#ml fandom salt #sorry guys not to overgeneralize but I just find these arguments against her really inane #miraculous ladybug #marinette dupain cheng #maribug

[just-late-roman-republic-things]

Times Caligula was probably fucking with people

I have a pet theory that at least some of Caligula's "madness" was really him being a huge troll and screwing with people, and that several incidents the ancient historians take seriously were shitty jokes taken out of context. From Suetonius, Gaius:

Wandering into emperor Tiberius' bedroom at night with a dagger, thinking, "Eh..." and wandering back out. (12)

Chucking money into crowds to make people scramble for it. (18, 26)

Telling people "I'm gonna fuck the moon." (22)

Getting into arguments with a statue of Jupiter. (22)

Constantly pranking his uncle Claudius. (23)

[Caligula's daughter violently attacks her playmates] Caligula: "Yep, she's definitely mine." (25)

Promising an exciting gladiator show and then swapping in old shitty fighters at the last second. (26)

Reminding people "I could kill you whenever I like." (29, 32)

Grumbling about how the empire was too peaceful and there was nothing heroic left for him to do. (31)

"Everyone reads Homer. I should ban him and see what happens." (34)

Leading an army to the coast, making them gather seashells as "spoils of war," then telling them "Treat yourselves!" on the tiny monetary bonus he awarded them. (46)

Practicing goofy faces in his mirror to freak people out. (50)

Invites three terrified senators to the palace in the dead of night. Jumps out from behind a curtain and does a song and dance number in drag. Refuses to explain. Leaves. (54)

Does not actually make his horse consul, but pampers it so much people said he wanted to. (55)

Taunts the praetorian guards with so many "sissy" jokes they get fed up and shank him. (56, 58)

When people heard he was dead they thought he was pulling a stunt. (60)

#i left out the really dark/gory stuff. reader beware if you look these up! #also take everything suetonius says with a truckload of salt. many of these stories are probably false #still funny tho #suetonius #caligula #jlrrt reads #jlrrt essays #the twelve caesars is a comedy

[teganorsara]

Boygenius — Salt in the Wound

They say the hearts and minds are on your side

#boygenius #lucy dacus #phoebe bridgers #salt in the wound #boygeniusedit #6.20.23 #stage ae #pittsburgh #my edits #has it really been almost a year since i made smth? damb #new computer babeyyy

[desceros]

ok this one's better. ignore any previous villain donnie's left in your inbox oooo

[meteorologist voice] well folks if you look to your night sky you'll have a chance of catching a special treat tonight! looks like tumblr user desceros has fucking exploded and will be ascending to become a star in our cosmos. wow, what an opportunity to see spontaneous human combustion in real time. truly something special. anyway, back to you, janice

#I LITERALLY FUMBLED MY MOUSE OFF THE DESK AND HAD TO GET ON MY HANDS AND KNEES TO FIND IT #goddddd the colors of this are. hhh. the HEART PUPILLLL. TEETH. LICK. THE ARM. THE HAND. THE HUNGER. THE INVITATION FOR CONSUMPTION. #eyes the blood on his fingers really hard and tries not to get too light-headed about it. fails. i. i need my smelling salts #stinky smug cocky bastard. excellently captured. perfection. no notes. incredible. amazing. youre so. gah. #ok. ok. pinches between my eyes as i try to remember how to breathe. ok. #tmnt #rise #villain donnie au #ask tag #thank you thank you thank you 💜💜💜💜 i love him so much and will enjoy bullying him thoroughly 💜