#philosophically it doesnt matter

[fearforthestorm]

okay so. plates.

there's a post floating around on here somewhere about a ceramics class where half the students were instructed to make as many pots as possible no matter the quality, and the other half were instructed to make only one high-quality pot. by the end of the class, the students who had made lots of pots were making better pots than the ones who were supposed to make one perfect pot, and the lesson there was that you get better at things by making more things and letting yourself be bad at it, rather than trying to make one perfect thing.

you have to make shitty things because you have to make things, because making things at all is more important than making good things, because making shitty things is how you make better things.

a friend made the joke that "maybe not THAT shitty though, like that's not even a shitty pot anymore that's just a plate," and while i kind of agree (that's a whole different post), i also immediately went another layer deep with the metaphor: even if it's not a pot, a plate will still teach you things. a plate has its own purpose, independent of a pot - it's job isn't to be a pot, it's not going to teach you the same things that a pot would, but it has a purpose too. just because it's not what you wanted to make or meant to make doesn't mean it's not useful! nothing made is ever wasted.

#.lyr #exactly two people have the full context of the conversation that got me thinking about this #sorry our jokey conversations on late night vc got me thinking about what it means to create. yeah its all philosophical now. sorry :/ #(/j) #idk i just have a lot of thoughts ab what it means to make things. to be someone who makes things. #no creation is ever wasted actually. yeah even the really shitty ones that are actually plates. #and if youre still making stuff? youre doing really really good. doesnt matter if its plates or pots or anything else. #youre making things. thats the important part.

[hotsugarbyglassanimals]

being self introspective is annoying cause one realization is a chasm of 50 more realizations . its like can you fucking let me chill for 5 minutes without examining the fact that I over explain things because I feel like the verbal explanations i provide don’t fully illicit the emotions that I feel. and the fact that online spaces place the burden of misinterpretation on the person writing the post and not the person reading it, which oftentimes results in extreme retaliation over the person who wrote the post and people instantly sort them into the “bad person” category without much thought

I’m fucking tired! Can my brain pipe down and not be socrates for once?? Christ!!

#was about to complain about me not knowing much about philosophers and grabbing a random name out of the hat BUT THAT DOESNT MATTER #I DONT CARE AND SHOULDNT CARE #YOU GUYS GET WHAT I MEAN (heart emoji) #my word choice is annoying too like ooh whoo look at you being overly verbose #i am so autistic.

[saturnsuv]

hate philosophy profs <3

#socrates dick is literally so far down your throat that you can’t take any criticism of him #like maybe YOU should get some critical thinking skills before you start commenting on my paper and proving that you’ve missed my entire #point #like no i didnt say he deserved to die simply bc he was being a dick #in fact if you read it at all my thesis said the exact opposite <3 #i think socrates was a dick but that doesnt mean he should’ve been sentenced to death #HOWEVER. his absolute horribly arrogant speech after he was found guilty literally assured he was going to have some penalty #like that was my point. i didnt say he deserved punishment bc he sucked i said he created it for himself by pressing the buttons of the #people literally passing judgement on him #AND THEN. on the second part. i am going to beat my prof over the head about the second part of the test #YES aquinas said things like grandparents cease to exist NO that doesnt negate my point that all objects cannot stop existing #do you think your grandparents arent made of matter? do you think their matter just disappeared when they died? NO #the matter never stops existing so the fundamental units of objects can never Not exist. so there is never Nothing there is ALWAYS matter #somewhere in something #AND I DONT CARE if paul fucking edwards would disagree that theres an origin point to the universe i didnt say there was philosophically #i said there was scientifically which is better than philosophically #i am going to beat him over the head with this stupid fucking philosophy textbook like who cares about this shit. who fucking cares #i think i should be able to respond to professor’s criticism on my tests i think i should get to tell them why they’re wrong #yes i know none of this makes any sense to anyone but me #also philosophy enthusiasts dni #sam speaks

[askforajoint]

Funny.... The LGBTQIA+ is our community and there's still people who want to invalidate the T, Q, I and A. A question, if it's not your life, your body or your choices why regulate and basically be pro eugenics.

#gaslight #gatekeep #not very hello kitty from you #also #it doesnt matter your political or philosophical point #eugenics is still eugenics #pro trans #trans lives matter #lgbtqia+ #im chris pine in this situation #girl...

[pizzapizzadickz]

I think bc I like deconstructing things and explaining things in my mind, maybe that's why I like tedious jobs. Like. I love seeing all the steps behind the scenes and how things play out. It's just. Nice.

#wow! i made this! how nice!!! #diary #personal #its sorta bc theres something inherently calmimg about doing things the same way everytime. and when you finish everything youre just like #its like that #plus it serves as a function to understand thing #cause the world is inherently chaotic. but in the end you can control and do little things maybe. #its nice to know theres certainty in some things like this. #no matter what the sun will rise n set. time is always moving. and while that makes me anxious it also calms me somehow. #like everything is gonna be fine even if i mess up or arent here. #like. i just believe no matter what things will balance out and even maybe trend towards good. #with the climate crisis n all that. i find it calming to think that even if many humans or even animals perish; in the end its fine #somewher3 somehow there will be some things that survive. and they too may evolve. and in the end the cycle repeats. #and maybe one day we'll win. or maybe we wont. maybe we'll survive.or maybe we wont. #but in the end it doesnt matter. you cant control everything. and things will be okay no matter what. #haha. i really started philosophizing there. but its true. its what i think of. a lot really. #in the end none of this matters. and thars okay. i love that.

[gogolatte]

HIII!! (⁠*⁠´⁠ω⁠｀⁠*⁠)/ I so love how you write Fyodor!!! Could I request Fyodor with a wise and optimistic s/o??? (it can be oneshot, headcannons, or drabbles :3)

To add on this, s/o is able to keep up with Fyodor's daily rants about philosophy or literature that includes deep meanings. S/o is sophisticated and quite esoteric with their world views, always drowning themselves in knowledge but never really being able to just fall into pessimism from the amount of awareness.

I just love imagining Fyodor bringing up how all sinners should be exterminated while s/o just completely turns his point around by giving some optimistic thought like, "All sinners are capable of redemption. Virtue reaches its limits once it approaches the complexity of man." (whatever that means) and then Fyodor's all baffled because why is his s/o like this??? And he doesnt even mean it negatively. Hes just shocked.

I feel that Fyodor would find it so refreshing to have an s/o like that. He may be a dedicated man who wouldn't change his plans just because his s/o talked him out of it, but he would still deeply respect his s/o and their views.

I APOLOGIZE IF THIS REQUEST WOULD BE TOO HARD(⁠ᗒ⁠ᗩ⁠ᗕ⁠) please take care and thank youu!! ^_^

Fyodor with an optimistic s/o!

✧ pairing. Fyodor Dostoyevsky x gn!reader

✧ word count. 996

✧ contents. fedya in love

✧ author's note. HIHIII NONNIEEE!! ⸜(｡˃ ᵕ ˂ )⸝♡ this request is so interesting! and thank u for liking the way I write Fedya, I try my best <3

I really like this trope. Fyodor being merciless about people and the reader being the complete opposite by being optimistic.

honestly I had to search what esoteric means,,, and I'm still not sure if I understood it correctly (╥﹏╥)

I hope you like this and I'm sorry that this took so long :((

It's impossible to change Fyodor's view of the world, the society, or its people. As much as you try to convince him of the opposite —with solid proof— of his negative beliefs in certain topics, he refuses to accept them. Of course, he utterly respects your opinion; you're very smart and he knows you have knowledge about whatever topic in hand you two might be facing, as well as many others.

You think it's maybe because of the way he lived; the things one experiences are the main reason why someone acts or thinks the way they do, most of the time. So, that means that Fyodor probably had experience meeting lots of people who were “sinful” and “foolish” as he describes them in every single deep conversation that the two of you have.

Aside from the debates, Fyodor adores being able to discuss philosophical things with you— his lovely partner turning serious as he speaks, carefully listening to everything he has to say with those big eyes just makes him fall deeper in love. He's never going to directly tell you how much he enjoys it, you just have to get the hint.

Currently, Fyodor was sitting on his desk, his ushanka resting on the table among a few documents scattered on the surface— documents with government agents' faces on them and long paragraphs, a lot of words were underlined with fluorescent highlighter.

He was completely immersed in his work until he felt a pair of soft hands massaging his tensed shoulders; which was enough for him to lose focus.

“Fedya, do you not feel tired?” Your words make him sigh. Maybe he was overworking himself again, but that doesn't matter when all of this is in order to purge the world from sin.

He closes his eyes, enjoying the gentle rub on his back that is eventually making him feel drowsy. Regardless of how dangerous of a man Fyodor is, the touch of his beloved reduces him into a soft lovesick puppy— though he tries to hide it.

A smile spreads across his face when you turn his head to the side, hooking a finger under his chin, and pressing a tender kiss on his cold lips that leaves him yearning for more when you pull away.

“Leaving so fast?” He asks when he sees that you're walking away. You might as well take responsibility for distracting him from his work. “Wouldn’t you prefer to have a small chit-chat with me?”

And since you have nothing else better to do, you decide to walk back to his desk, sitting across from him.

“You see, sweetheart, I have been reading these papers for the next meeting… All of these are government members who belong to the plague that must be eliminated from the world for the sake of it. They’re sinners.”

He leans back against his chair, crossing his arms in front of his chest, “Sinners tend to be selfish, only chasing their own tail in circles like a lost dog, doing anything for their own primal desires and then being hypocrites about it.”

A small laugh leaves his lips as he tilts his head to the side; Clearly, he knows this is the time when you're going to refute.

“People are not sinners forever...” You murmur while looking down at the papers, trying to give it a quick read, but Fyodor could perfectly hear your sweet voice in that slightly pouty tone.

Even as his partner you know you can’t change the way he thinks or stop him from reaching his vile goals, and as much as you don’t like seeing other people's lives slip away by Fyodor’s hands, you can’t do anything about it.

“Oh, love. I feel like if you were in my place, looking at all these faces and the stories behind them, you'd think otherwise.”

“No, Fedya.”

Fyodor's eyes widen at the way you said it, a stern tone that immediately gets his attention.

“Humans are fragile things, in body and mind.” You look at him straight into his eyes, not realizing how serious you sound by now, “And their mind can be corrupted by different situations they face during their short life…”

The man in front of you raises an eyebrow, carefully listening.

“That's how they turn “sinners”, by suffering through their life, but I think that they can be saved… not in the way you think, not by being exterminated… ending their lives is not the solution.”

“Then what do you think the solution is?”

Your eyes follow Fyodor as he stands up slowly, taking slow steps before standing behind you, “I'm all ears, dear.” The way he says it sounds menacing as he places a kiss on your cheek.

“Sinners are capable of redemption… There are a lot of ways one can be ‘saved’, some people might choose God, and others might choose their family or friends, but what matters is the capacity one has to be able to get out from the dark pit of suffering to stop being selfish and sinful.”

You don't dare to look at Fyodor, afraid of what he might think, afraid he thinks your optimistic way of thinking is just dumb.

But then you hear his soft laugh as he grabs your face, squeezing your cheeks with his thumb and index finger, “You're so cute.” A nervous laugh escapes your lips, and before you can speak, his lips are over yours.

Truth be told, he does take you very seriously, but his heart flutters each time you show that smart side of yours. Fyodor feels proud of having you by his side.

As he pulls away, he pecks your cheek again, “You surprise me every time, dear.” He walks back to his seat, still smiling softly at you.

“I'd like to keep talking to you but at the same time, I need to work… So why don't you help me choose who deserves to be my first victim to be saved?”

© 2024 pinklacydovey

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[calder]

Tim Cain has performed a complete blunder and stated that China dropped the first bombs, completely ignoring the entire point of the franchise. Damnation upon him

hmm. i get the spirit here but i dont really agree. the details trivial and pointless, the reasons purely human. i have always felt it does not matter

im pretty sure america was invading china by land in 2077. it doesnt make a ton of sense for america to trigger MAD in a war they had nearly won. in the mind of a military officer, perhaps china didnt have much to lose

and unfortunately i dont think there's a good way to do 'intentional vault tec apocalypse' without it being so conspiratorial as to be offensive

ive always felt it is okay to assume the details of the launch itself were lost to time, and they would not matter even philosophically. the american empire brought death upon the world over the course of centuries, ultimately waging a campaign against the concept of feeding and housing the poor. the idea that america was the victim in armageddon because they didn't Push The Button On That Day is beyond childlike.

america was a slaver, torturer, and tryant, and that is why god lit her on fire and ripped her apart. america chokes on filth and politics as it endlessly battles itself in stagnant agony because that was the fate america spent centuries building for its people.

thanks for writing 🌱

#meta

[myangelhaven]

This is my recommendations of JISUNG fics! It will be updated once in a while for new stories I have read. Hopefully the links work (lemme know if it doesnt)

Credits to the authors!! All informations written are taken from the authors' post and has not been modified. Reminder that some fics are NOT for minors, so please read the key and avoid 18+ contents.

HAPPY READING!!

KEY:

[❀]: fluff [𖤓]: angst [☄]: sad [☾]:smut [⟡]:smau [✮]: my favs

˖⁺‧₊˚ ˚₊‧⁺˖✮-------------JISUNG--------------✮˖⁺‧₊˚ ˚₊‧⁺˖

ONESHOT

ten things han jisung says when he thinks you’re asleep by @soobnny [❀] NEW

Rule breakers by @ppiri-bahng [❀][𖤓][suggestive][pining] NEW

reader isn’t the angel everyone thinks they are

A perfect disaster by @jae-bummer [❀] NEW

Your bias confesses through text message while sitting next to you.

Red-handed by @straykeedz [❀][☾][fwb] 1.2k NEW

Han Jisung pounding into reader over the kitchen counter and getting caught by Lee Know and/or Bang Chan.

Not that innocent by @straykidshoe [❀][☾] 1.3k NEW

Seven minutes in heaven with the music major, the [by all that mattered] rumoured virgin. You assumed that you would need to teach him how to do everything- and if not that, then leave the stuffy closet needy and wet. But what happened is much different

You're still a traitor by @skzonthebrain [𖤓][☄][nonreciprocal pining][fwb] 1.4k NEW

"He broke the rule of not sleeping with anyone else, but you broke the rule of not falling for each other."

the accuracy of philosophical aphorisms by @skazoo [❀][crack][vampireau] 2.6k NEW

ok, you're tired, but you're sure those two floating, glowing, red orbs(?) are staring right at you.

Talking body by @hyungszn [❀][𖤓][ratedM][mutualpining] 2.8k NEW

The downfall of womankind (read: you) is a trim waist, tan skin, and a delectable belly button.

You Lose If You Get It First by @jinxhallows [❀][☾][idolau] 3.2k NEW

The heat by @hwanghyunjinenthusiast [❀][☾][✮][aphrodisiac] 3.6k NEW

When your roommate brings home a bag of strange cookies, you two don't think much of it. Assuming whoever sold them to him was lying about them containing an aphrodisiac. You both quickly come to realise that you were very, very incorrect.

The night we met by @jisungsjheekies [❀][𖤓][soulmateau] 3.6k NEW

Soulmate connection: born with a tattoo of the date you first meet your soulmate - Y/N’s is 22/09/19

It's a scream, BABY! by @tyunphoria [𖤓][☾][✮][ghostface] 3.7k

when you thought you finally escaped that psycho who calls himself ghostface . . . think again. he always finds you.

Lucid dream by @changbeanie [❀][𖤓][vampireau] 4.7k NEW

You keep on having the same dreams about the same person every night. What happens when the boy in your dreams is the new kid in town?

Resurrected by @changbeanie [❀][𖤓][☄][zombieapocalypseau] 4.2k

In the year 2193, humans are in threat of extinction. In order to preserve what is left of humanity, the government set up a sanctuary. However one day, you found yourself in one of the restricted areas. What will happen to you now? Are zombies really what people claim them to be?

Bad guy by @jl-micasea-fics [𖤓][☾][fwb] 4.4k

He’s the classic bad boy, the one you shouldn’t want but can’t get enough of. It’s only too late you realise, you should have listened to the words of warning from your brother.

Rebound by @yoongihan [❀][☾][✮] 5k NEW

Recently broken up with and cheated on, you decide to go to your first frat party and see what is so appealing about sex with a stranger.

Hopelessly devote by @straylightdream [❀][𖤓][☾][wolfau][f2l][mutual pining] 5.7k NEW

his life changed unexpectedly and he’s attempting to cope with the inner turmoil he faces as he accepts the beast living inside him.

Glow by @j-0ne25 [❀][☾][bff's brother][frenemies][substances] 7.3k NEW

It’s finally time to celebrate your birthday and the atmosphere is beyond belief – until your best friend’s annoying little brother shows up, having one specific plan on his to-do list: you.

Acquainted by @ch4nb4ng [❀][𖤓][☾][e2l][fwb] 7.7k

Jisung was the repulsive, totally arrogant drag racer from your area. You were the mechanic aways willing to fix his bike, but that wasn't the only interactions the two of you had shared.

The bet by @chvnnie [☾][3some] 8.2k

hyunjin and jisung make a bet. the prize? you.

On my mind by @staytheword [❀][𖤓][☾][✮][roommatesau][mutual pining] 8.6k NEW

You and Jisung are stressed over your upcoming exams. You need to clear your heads, but you can't find anything that works. That is, until Jisung suggests watching porn together.

Public display of affection by @bugeater101 [❀][𖤓][☾][✮][e2l] 8.7k

You hated Han Jisung. Despite being one of numerous students in a prestigious academy, it felt like he was the only student who challenged your intellect. And it annoyed the hell out of you. He was just as smart, just as talented, and just as competitive—but he didn’t put in a single ounce of work to get where he was. The worst thing about him? The fact that you were wildly attracted to him. 

Catfish...? By @seungminheart [☾][rockstarau] 9.2k

What is more embarrassing than matching on Tinder with a catfish pretending to be rockstar Han Jisung, number one heartthrob of the decade? Probably discovering that the catfish isn't a catfish and actually is, in fact, rockstar Han Jisung. Whoops.

Alien by @j-0ne25 [❀][𖤓][☾][chf2l][fakedatingau][alien/demonau] 10.9k NEW

Spawned at the age of thirteen—on his mission as a spy on planet earth—Jisung is made to build a bond with a human, quickly developing a tie of friendship and trust. On his 25th birthday, he is supposed to bring said creature to his home. But there’s a problem—by now, he has fallen hopelessly in love with you and there’s only one way to escape the awful mission: you need to return those hopeless feelings.

Lover, lover, set me free by @hanniiesuckle17 [❀][𖤓][✮][badboyau][bet][povswitch] 13k NEW

Jisung is one of the biggest players on campus. When Hyunjin bets him that he can’t get into the coldest girl on campus’s pants, Y/n gets unknowingly thrown into the ordeal. While doing his best, Jisung unconsciously starts to fall for this girl who means more to him that he is willing to admit to anyone- even himself. 

Volcano by @astraystayyh [❀][𖤓][✮][e2l][slowburn] 13.2k NEW

you've never gotten along with han, your mutual prejudices ruining any prospect of friendship between you both. but you slowly realize that you are more similar than what you originally thought- your darkness recognizing his, and his light yearning for yours.

"I'll take care of you. It's rotten work. Not to me, not if it's you."

SERIES

Your Lover Who Will Never Change by @thepixelelf [❀][𖤓][soulmateau] 16 parts (written)

A soulmate story told in moments.

Sunshine by @svngbins [❀][𖤓][⟡] 19 parts

y/n’s only secret is that she’s in love with her childhood best friend, jisung. the only problem? y/n’s other best friend, aerin, has a not-so-secret crush on jisung.

Don't shoot me by @staysuki [❀][𖤓][⟡][✮] 25 parts

two detectives go head to head in a battle of wits and stupidity. who wins? who loses? perhaps you both do.

Number neighbour by @softyn [❀][𖤓][⟡][fanboyau] 30 parts

Jisung has been a fan of y/n since he can remember, what will happen when y/n posts her new youtube video texting her number neighbor who turned out to be Jisung?

Friends without desire by @skzhua [❀][𖤓][⟡][exes2l] 40 parts NEW

where minho being a dumbass led to meeting him again.

⠄･ ⋆ ･ ⠄⠂⋆ ･ ⠄⠂⋆ ･ ⠄more to come!⠄･ ⋆ ･ ⠄⠂⋆ ･ ⠄⠂⋆ ･ ⠄

☆-------------------skz masterlist-------------------☆

#skz masterlist #han jisung x reader #skz recs #jisung recs

[thewebcomicsreview]

Homestuck 2 updated today! Even I'm not enough of a dork to leave a Christmas Party to go read Hamsteak, but it got late and I'm back now, so let's do it. Months ago, but not many, before Alt!Calliope collapsed. Has it really been months, in-universe, since Dave/Aradia left Candy? Time is confusing, especially in Homestuck.

Oh wait, this is after Jade broke free of Calliope's control back in Chapter 6. That was months ago? Man, it's so weird how we've cut back to the Meat Rocket several times since then and Jade just....hasn't done anything or said anything about being possessed? At least onscreen? Totally glossed over.

Probably the biggest mystery in HSBC right now is who the Candyland narrator is. The "Lady" giving commands is clearly Alt Calliope, so who's the narrator pushing back on her here?

Oh. We have another Alt Calliope. An Alt-er Calliope. This seems to literally be the same person as Alt Calliope, though, since they re-fuse. Maybe this is something to do with Ultimate Selves, which might be why non-Alt Calliope is so afraid of her.

Cutting from Alt Calliope talking about decorum to Davebot and Aradia taking selfies with her corpse is a cute gag. I'd forgotten Aradia had a new Calliope-themed outfit. That's kind of weird.

DAVEBOT: to be fair this was typical teen jade behavior DAVEBOT: honestly shoulda done a little more research into that host body

Oh that's an interesting explanation for why Alt-Calliope-In-Pre-Retcon-Jade's-Body passed out (and almost certainly not the original team's reason). But Jade's narcolepsy was Vriska-induced.

DAVEBOT: you just went on another one didnt you ARADIA: yes DAVEBOT: who did you meet this time ARADIA: the necr- DAVEBOT: no dont tell me its simply too much to bear ARADIA: are you doing a bit DAVEBOT: of course im doing a bit

I do like the idea that Aradia uses her time powers to have entire adventures in between sentences. I suppose this also makes Pesterquest's Aradia arc canon, since that involved a bunch of HS2 stuff. I haven't played Pesterquest in forever so I don't know if the "necr-" ("necromancer"?) is a reference to that or foreshadowing.

ARADIA: actually i doomed thousands of timelines DAVEBOT: thats kind of fucked up ARADIA: yeah! ARADIA: to be fair i was doing it on purpose DAVEBOT: thats even more fucked up

Aradia is the best troll.

Dave's pillow wearing sunglasses is a great gag. Also, a cute character moment. Those glasses were a gift from John, and Dave kept them even after becoming a robot.

ARADIA: i could go see him right now DAVEBOT: you wont ARADIA: i wont 0u0

Assuming "him" in Sollux, that seems to imply that Aradia can come and go to Candyland freely, which is...interesting.

ARADIA: youre welcome 0u0 ARADIA: anyway the point im making here is that some of these missteps end up serving a grander purpose ARADIA: things that seem unimportant or even “wrong” can end up being essential components of whats meant to happen ARADIA: and who even decides whats wrong in the first place? DAVEBOT: i dunno megido thats borderline blasphemous

This is pretty obviously about Candyland, especially since Dave just shit on his pre-Ultimate Candy self as being a different person from a "lame" timeline, and "How much does it matter if something is canon or not?" is the question HS2 is allegedly about in the first place. But also I kind of like this nerdy time shit philosophizing even without the thematic subtext. The Homestuck EU has mostly been "Trolls! Aren't they neat!" and Ultimate Selves, but the Classpects haven't really been talked about much for a long Time.

Dave also refers to "Skaia's alpha timeline" in this conversation, but it's never been fully clear to what extent Skaia was pulling the strings. The "alpha" timeline was just the one with no paradoxes, and it was Lord English, not Skaia, who was making it so restrictive.

ARADIA: whats the right way for a butterfly to flap its wings? DAVEBOT: the way that doesnt make me gay

Dave...you are gay. You've been gay since Homestuck proper. It was a big part of why your marriage to Jade fell apart. Ultimate Dave is comprised of all Daves, and since Dave quit time-traveling before figuring out his sexuality, he seems to have regressed somewhat.

Dave was always scared of creating Dead Daves. "Dead Daves are the enemy", and it's why he doesn't time travel any more, and Aradia here seems to be arguing that this is limiting him, that he can't grow and explore without breaking some rules and dooming some timelines. This is, of course, Thematic™. You can't go in an interesting new direction if you're too worried about sticking to what the story's "supposed" to be about.

DAVEBOT: also now feels like a good time to mention that despite my omnitemporal awareness of everything that has and ever will happen to me i actually have no idea where the fuck youre proposing to take me ARADIA: oh word ARADIA: fun huh? DAVEBOT: being real i kind of hate it ARADIA: woohoo! DAVEBOT: youre such a freak DAVEBOT: TONE INDICATOR: AFFECTIONATE

ARADIA: cmon you shithead

This is such a fun pairing.

Hm. Calliope gets back up right as Aradia and Davebot's feeling jam is getting somewhere and makes them stop. Hmmm...

Good update. Aradia is my favorite troll and this was Good Aradia Content. I am increasingly convinced that she is not a Handmaid to Calliope, despite the cult outfit. Also rather interested in what's up with the Double Alt Calliope thing, but I imagine that'll get a follow-up at some point.

#Homestuck #Homestuck 2

[fipindustries]

i written a LOT in the past about how frustrated i am with people's attitude towards math. but if there is one profoundly philosophical wisdom that math teaches time and again is "show your work". is not enough that you reached the right answer, you have to reach the right answer the right way. to the point that, sometimes, even if you reached the wrong answer, as long as you show in your work that you DID understand the right methods and you just forgot to carry a one or something like that, you can still get good marks on the wrong answer.

let me stress that, sometimes, reaching the wrong answer by following the right methods can be more important than reaching the right answer through the wrong methods.

it doesnt matter that you claim the sky is blue if the reason you claim this is because you believe that plains release blue chemicals in the sky and before this the sky was gray because we can see it in old photos.

i see so many people get caught up in this, where if they are proven right about a claim they will get all smug and become more comfident in their methods, even if the reason they believed in that claim was stupid in the first place.

another way i see people get caught up in this is when debating something, all they care is that the other person proves they are correct, when a lot of times that is not really needed, all they need to prove is that the way you reached your conclussion is not valid, wether the final claim is correct or not is completly irrelevant, the point is you have no good reason to affirm it is.

[the-demon-prodigy]

Dazai and the Meaning of Life

here's a little thing i cooked up recently about dazai's ultimate goal and how he views the meaning of life. i technically have more thoughts on this topic but i hope that this is at least sorta good anyway :3 this whole thing i tried to follow an essay formula and i tried to make it sound professional and under the impression that the viewer does not know much about bsd (bc we're going to do an essay unit at my school and i lowkey wanna show these to my teacher who doesnt know the series hehe)

also the conclusion of this post mentions that maybe the ada will come to understand dazai as well and btw i do think that the ada cares for and (partially) understands dazai when the story takes place just for clarifiation afsflfsfjk

neway lets get on with it!!

TW: Su1c1de mention (only briefly)

it'll be under the cut :] pls enjoy

Among the many intricate characters of Bungo Stray Dogs is Osamu Dazai. Sharing many similarities with his namesake, the real-life Osamu Dazai, he is heavily philosophical in his contemplation of the value of an ongoing existence. The Dazai of Bungo Stray Dogs is very dear to me, and so I wanted to detail his relationship with the meaning of life.

Dazai has sought the meaning of life since the age of 14, or even younger. He is a hyper-intelligent character and sees the world far differently than those around him, who fail to see the full picture in the same way that Dazai does. Dazai is immensely analytical and calculating, often crafting intricate plans to entrap his foes, further proving his intelligence. Although most people live their lives aware of death, Dazai understands its presence in a way that many others fail to. He understands that everyone dies someday, and in that inevitable state, none of the material things matter. Friends will leave somehow, money has no value in the afterlife, and intelligence means nothing once you’re dead. And because everything will die someday, living is just a pointless game of arbitrary constructs. So why live in a world like that? It’s pointless.

Due to Dazai’s immense intelligence, the intricacies of his philosophy slip away from even me. However, I know for certain that Dazai has spent much of his time reflecting and polishing his worldview to the point that it’s iron-clad. Nothing escapes him, and he capitalizes on this to create a set of concepts that none can reasonably argue. But… Why? 

It’s likely that Dazai finds comfort in his own mental health issues; he’s lived with them since he was a child and, when he is in the Port Mafia, it protects him from the grim criminal world that his teenage self is being forced to live in. If he continues to seek a goal even if he knows he won’t achieve it, it makes living in a pit of carnage and demons far easier. (That, and Dazai has a habit of letting his emotions override his brain when something is too hard for him to face, which is often, because Dazai has hardly ever had anyone that can help him mature emotionally.)

Speaking of Dazai’s goal that he partially had given up on, let’s cover that. Dazai is well aware of his alienation from the rest of society due to his intelligence and knows that others can easily find meaning in living. And so he wishes to study them. The fact of the matter is that Dazai generally values human life, but he doesn’t consider his own life to be that of a human being’s because he operates far differently from those around him. People wander and find meaning in life and regret things and experience things and Dazai believes that that is what it means to be human and that is what it means to live.

Dazai seems to believe that humans have a vicious, violent true self that exists in order to help them survive. He joins the mafia because he believes that those in the criminal underworld are stripped of societal constructs and so are their true selves. (Dazai also joins the mafia because he believes that by observing immense amounts of death up close, he will be able to get a more ‘full’ picture of what it means to live, which contributes to his goal of finding the meaning of life.) He believes that if he studies how humans live and why they want to live so easily, practically by nature, he will be able to ‘become human��� and wish to live as well.

Dazai believes that the meaning in life hides in the nature of human beings. Dazai wishes to understand humans so that he can understand life. Dazai thinks that his own life is pointless, that he will suffer for eternity, never understanding why others wish to live and never finding something worthwhile. Everything passes, including that which Dazai loves, and so he tries to cease living and cease loving. But he fails, because Dazai is not inclined to evil. He is a blank slate, but one who loves by nature and denies harsh truths and doesn’t want to be alone.

Dazai hates his differences with others and idolizes humans. He doesn’t want to hurt or kill others, because they wish to live, and that is what he wants for himself. That is what he admires. (Dazai also admires those who choose to be good despite being human, which Dazai believes is indicative of intrinsic cruelty, and he, again, believes himself to be incapable of being ‘good’.) 

Dazai has lived in a far emptier world than others for ages. Yet he is lonely. Still, he is but a child who has never been able to grow up but had never been allowed to be young. He’s existed in limbo for ages. After a year in the mafia, he’s given up. He’s concluded that he will not find anything in the mafia and possibly nowhere else. So he doesn’t even intend to leave the cesspool of systemic abuse that has broken his childhood self so horribly that he cannot face the sun nor the stars.

But someone proves him wrong. A person who is a friend to Dazai that understands him so heavily and simply fails to find the words to convince him to keep trying. In that person’s final moments, he tells Dazai to leave the side of darkness and become a good person.

Dazai will not find a reason that satisfies him; that’s just how he is. But if he works to be good, he will become that, and his life will light up with meaning because saving people, the same people that Dazai has never understood yet wished he could because he thought they were remarkable in their ability to find meaning in life, is beautiful. 

Even as a 22-year old who has left the Port Mafia, having defected to the Armed Detective Agency, Dazai has still failed to find the meaning of life that is the existential answer he so seeks. However, there exists something far more fulfilling than anything else in saving people and revelling in the small things. All while drinking tea at a cafe and pestering his coworkers, Dazai carries with him a melancholy so intense that others are often kept at arm’s length, and yet he is happy. Because perhaps his whole life will be a search, but things far more beautiful than any answer exist on the way.

And perhaps his coworkers, no, his friends, will be able to reach Dazai as well.

#☆analysis☆ #☆thoughts☆ #bsd dazai #bungou stray dogs #bsd analysis #bsd #sui mention

[elynalime]

do you think that EVERYTHING rots?

i dont think everything rots per se , but like . everything ends eventually i think . at least natural things . thats just . how the universe works . thats just the way it works .

and sometimes , a lot of the time , its sad and nobody likes it . but its also sort of beautiful in a way ??? personally if i had the choice to live forever , i wouldnt want to , even if all of my loved ones were immortal as well ( so you dont have to watch your loved ones die ) , because the beauty and thrill of life is knowing that it will end one day , and thats what makes the time that you have in this world , with people you love valuable .

tbh time is really unfair , but its also the fairest thing . it happens , it moves on . it doesnt slow or stop or go back for anyone . same thing with death . its really when you have so little time that you realize the importance of it . when you have so much , whats the point ? you waste it , you dont do anything , you waste away into nothing .

also . scientifically everything does sort of rots or decomposes or ends in some way or another . food grows mold , humans die , one day the sun will run out of energy and explode .

its different for artificial / synthetic things though ... but like plastic decompose everntually , metals rust and flake away , glass ... idk , but it can break / melt ...

but yeah all natural things i think will naturally have an end , no matter what , whether in a few days or weeks or in a few decades or centuries .

sorry thats probably not what you meant when you asked that idk why this just got so philosophical but .

[aristotels]

What do you think the outcome of the AI debate will be? Does this differ from what you think it should be?

Do you consider it worth engaging in/with at all?

i dont think there will be any actual outcome because the debate in *this* form about whether it is or isnt art is useless precisely because its philosophical and doesnt have an actual answer. it also doesnt rly change anything in context of art being "expression of human emotion" or whatever. the only context i can see where ai status as art matters is the context in regards to art as a profession and that doesnt affect people making gay sex cats on their laptop or hobbyists who make art out of love. im talking about things like if ai should be allowed in applications for state fundings for visual artists, if it could be basis for joining artist guilds etc.

(p.s. you cant actually just show up and join the guild, at least not in my country - you need to have like 5 years of public activity as an artist, certain number of solo and collective and juried exhibitions completed with documentation, and your art has to meet some standard for you to be accepted.)

these are things concerning visual art as profession, not human soul or whatever. i think people keep using artist as a professional status and human activity interchangably, and it creates confusion. art as expression is humane and holy and all that, art as work and a profession is simply a category defining labour and has no moral value. same way like teaching, nursing, etc are job descriptions. artists shouldnt be above the working class. thats how arts were treated in ex-yugoslavia, where artists werent separated or holier than other people, but were a part of proleteriat. a lot of funding was being given to artists because art was supposed to be for everyone and cultural soul and food for people. (the "art is a luxury" argument has genuinly been getting on my nerves; idk who the fuck came up w it but art is a service like any other. i also believe artists have duties to their own compatriots, to provide art to the public and not just burgeoise. this is going to be taken out of context btw, but it does make sense under a communist state).

i think that this whole ai discussion is trying to elevate artists to something "grander than ordinary humans" when its rly not. the yearning wish to be acknowledged as an artist instead of prompter is a part of it as well, making the "artist" status to be the only way creativity can be recognized as worthy. i think the same of people who talk about art needing to have SOUL btw. in both cases the artist status becomes something soo special and important, when it rly shouldnt be.

the individualism of artist as an independent creator instead of a part of proleteriat collective is problematic.

anyway why do i care if ai art has art status or not? the closest example i can come up with are comics in croatian national funding, where things arent very clear. comics belong both to visual media... and literature. so for example, instead of applying for visual arts, we are required to apply comic books to the literary works funding. however, the commission prefers writers - so you have more money allocated to the writers than comic book artists, and theyre disproportionately granted. the grants are also the same amount. you get 21,000kn to write a book or draw a long form comic.

then, for example, i have an official artist status in croatia. comics are my primary activity - but see, there is no category for that. i can only be a sculptor, a painter, or a multimedia artist. and the closest thing to a comic artist is........a painter. and the requirements for the painter status require a set number of solo and collective juried exhibitions - in gallery and all. why should a comic artist who draws comics be required to participate in juried gallery exhibitions? the commission doesnt care about hundreds of pages ive drawn and the publications ive been a part of - they want exhibitions.

anyway sry for a horribly long post, but my point is that the art status of ai needs to be defined for *things like these*. in context of creative value it doesnt matter, but in context of craftmanship it might.

this might ALSO be because "umjetnik" (artist) in my language is mostly used as a defined status, while hobbyists will usually say "i dabble in art/drawing" instead of assigning themselves the label. its rarely used by someone who just likes to draw on the side. my official academic title is "diplomirani umjetnik", my national status is "samostalni umjetnik". to me the word "artist" is simply a descriptor of my job, so thats how i see and understand that word, but im realizing it might be different in the english language.

[red-elric]

the way its strongly implied wraths 'one remaining soul' is in fact the original one belonging to the 12th führer president candidate...... like. he remembers his past. greed has to be told lings past. the man king bradley is a human soul in a human body that has been remade by a philosophers stone and irrevocably changed. hes DIFFERENT from greed; greed's instinct is to accept everything about his host and consume it, and ling was able to survive it because he had the same instinct. wrath's instinct was to fight and destroy and conquer, which is why the first eleven candidates were completely destroyed...... and the twelfth had the same conquering destructive spirit, and was able to completely fight off wrath. the stone that made up the homunculus's wrath is no more.

and u would think that would matter. that the human homunculus would maybe have some opinions on the fight between homunculi and humanity on the side of humans. but the tragedy that is king bradley is that it doesnt. he is a man with no identity, no background, no choices of his own, designed to fight as the homunculi's wrath even if he has no real stake in it. he may be human but he is still just as much father's creation as the rest. and yet, despite it all... he was allowed to choose his own wife :,)

#it me #fullmetal alchemist #fullmetal alchimist brotherhood #wrath fmab #king bradley #idk just thinking!!!

[poopingonthefloor]

A matter of life and death. Dave trans? what is between his legs?

I was gonna write a philosophical rant with a misleading answer but i got tired of it at the second wall of text so I'll just be normal.

my personal perspective on gender in general is very vague and generally ambiguous and I tend to view certain fictional characters as very fluid when it comes to my perspective on what I'd imagine their gender to be, and in general I'm not the kind of "men are THIS" and "women are THIS" sort of person. (Like, I like MLP, and I like and accept transgender headcanons while also accepting cisgender headcanons. like I like both perceptions equally sort of thing.) And the same is basically for Dave and Jack. Personally I'm more leant on Dave in particular being AMAB and identify as a male, but I am completely fine with any other gender headcanon for him. It wouldn't make a difference to me if I made him transgender or not. I apologize to anyone who wanted a different answer though because I know those sort of headcanons are very popular.

TLDR; I imagine Dave to be cis but I'm completely fine and accept/embrace every "version" of him that people make. Jack idfk it depends on how I feel. But just because I see Dave that way doesnt mean YOU need to or not even that "My" version of Dave MUST be cisgender. You can still do literally whatever you want.

#like I said I apologize for having the wrong opinion #I have a very flat perception of gender so I don't tend to make constant transgender headcanons #like flat as in like. their gender means absolutely nothing to me emotionally. that just IS their gender. #(probably because I have such a weak grasp on my own LMFAO but yeah.) #(I obsess over neurological headcanons more rather than physical) #also i apologize for the long wall of text its my defense mechanism when I know I am not giving people the answer they want #ask

[thatonelemontreeiforgorabout]

long story short i got pissed off by some people

ok so about the "forced lesbians" in Andor

(or what i wanna shoves in homophobes faces)

(warning: english isnt my first language)

.

first of all, fuck do you mean "forced" in the first place?

storywise it makes total sense.

the Aldhani team (minus cassian) had been together for months to plan for the mission, normally, some relationships can developed from friendemies to friendships or even romance. its completely normal for people to bond in one way or another when they're been together for months, counting on each others to survive.

so lets list out what kind of relationship (mostly romance) that doesnt make much sense:

- nemik & anyone (boy's dedicated his whole life for communism good for him)

- gorn & anyone (his deceased lover is the main motivation that drives him forward for the mission, and he loves her enough to opened his eyes to sees the true colors of the empire or to the point that he can no longer ignore it, and willingness to become the double spy, knowing and accepting his fate)

- vel & skeen (kleya most likely told vel to keep an eye out for skeen right from the get go, knowing his criminal record) ((we can also count cinta & skeen since cinta seems to be pretty good at reading people (she figured out the empire spy in ferrix pretty quick) and tbh skeen is a walking criminal record from his prison tattoos to his normal behavor always hyper prepare for troubles (almost as if he's planning something sketchy) so i can see cinta who's also seem to be on edge most of the time for fearing the empire or fearing someone might betray them, putting someone as suspicious as skeen on a watchlist))

- cinta & taramyn (stormtrooper ptsd, someone as careful as cinta would put him on the watchlist no matter what) ((also vel & taramyn because it clear that he sees her more as the leader than a friend, nevermind a love interest, and i dont think extreme stormtrooper/soldier training can let taramyn even comfortable enough to think about relationships while living right next to the enemy's base))

- and like i said cassian doesnt count since he's only there for 3 days. any relationship more than "friends" (thats if he's lucky since everyone were weary of him except for nemik) is Beyond Forced. him flirting once with cinta only count as romantic if you're like, not aware at all how human works, and cassian flirts with anyone, so-

so thats all the male&female pairings

now what does the two girls have?

- they share most of the same jobs for the mission (diving and messing with the comms in the base)

- they're the only two girls in the team

- from the talkative philosophical nemik to the sketchy skeen, from taramyn and gorn who're always on edge about the mission, vel and cinta seems to be the more "normal" people on the team, in term of how they deal with things

these alone + spending time together for months in the woods, counting on each others to survive, i'll be surprised that they're not at least good friends

but they're not, they are more than friends

and i know more about rainworld lore analysis than romance, but even i can see the reasons

- cinta who has been distrusting and scared her whole life, meets the responsible team leader vel, who's arguably not the most demanding or strong leader, but anyone can tell that she always tries her best to do what's good

- vel whose almost every aspects of her is some form of rebellious against her heritage, from supporting the rebels to not following the traditional chandrilan marriage system (aka being a lesbian) to literally ran away from her family

its not hard to see vel and cinta became close friends pretty early on, and for whatever reasons, decided to be vulnerable to each other on a personal level

enough for vel to share about her history as a rich girl, enough for cinta to lower her guard for once in god know how long, and enough for both of them to normally, naturally fell in love

#velcinta #andor #andor series #sw andor