#please dont try to explain it to me

[stevethehairington]

im sorry but that post going around that's saying all good au's should be ooc bc good characterization comes from how changes affect the character,,,,, i do not think you know what ooc means. because what you are describing in that post is,,,, not writing ooc??? it's literally THE definition of writing IN character. like. understanding the fundamentals of the character and how they would now function in a different environment or with slight tweaks made to their situations is LITERALLY how you write in character. that's the whole point. like WHY is ooc even being brought up in that post like make it make sense.

#changing an environment or a situation does not make your character ooc #your character is ooc if they dont act/speak/think/react/etc in ways that are reflective of the way they act/speak/think/react/etc in canon #aus are not inherently ooc #thats not how it works #ive seen so many people reblogging that post and every time it makes me go HUH???? #please I BEG dont use terms or try to explain things if you dont know what they mean #au =/= ooc #it is very possible to write a complete au and still have spot on characterization #n e ways.

[player1064]

Still doing drabbles? How about after filming the podcast roy "nobody-fucks-with-gary-but-me" keano walks in on jamie cheekily pinning gary down/against the wall or something and is about to throw hands before gary awkwardly explains his former captain that yes he and the scouser are in fact a couple and yes he is very much consenting being manhandled by the said scouser

YES LETS GOOOOO I love love love the way Roy used to talk about Gary and about how he needed like. protecting... and the way he was always like 'but Gary's so small' babe you're the same height...........

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There’d been a weird sort of tension in the air when they’d been recording the podcast today, though Roy seems to have been the only one to notice. Maybe it’s that Jill and Ian haven’t been putting up with Gary as long as he has (more than half his life now, Jesus), so they’re not as attuned to all his moods.

But he had definitely been in a mood, he’d been sneaking glances at Jamie like he was waiting for a bubble to burst, and Jamie had barely looked at him at all. Which, for Jamie, is definitely enough to ring warning bells.

As they’re heading out for the day, Ian asks if they’re on for their usual pub lunch, but out of the corner of his eye he sees Gary looking around shiftily before disappearing off into one of the offices down the corridor and he figures he’d better check up on him first. He tells Ian he’ll meet him at the pub in a bit, then sticks his hands in his pockets and wanders down the corridor like he couldn’t care less where he ends up.

Except, all of that perfectly practiced disinterest goes flying out the window when he hears a chair clattering to the ground, hears the thud of something (someone, from the sounds of it) being shoved against a wall.

It’s not that Gary’s special, mind you, or that Roy feels any particular sort of attachment to him. It’s just that, well, he sort of is attached to him, isn’t he? Can’t seem to ever shake him off his tail. And he’d do the same for any of his former teammates, of course he would, but none of his former teammates ever got into half as much trouble as Gary did.

And it’s just – Gary’s so small. Even now, with all ninety kilograms of him, he seems dwarfed by everyone he meets. So when Roy hears that thud, he doesn’t have to think about it at all before he strides to the door of the meeting room and bursts through it.

And of course, just his luck – it’s Jamie bloody Carragher who’s got Gary pinned to the wall, one hand dangerously close to his throat. His body is pressed close to Gary’s, and he’s got a few inches on him and he boxes, doesn’t he? Every day, he’d said once, so there’s no hope for Gary getting out of this on his own.

Gary’s frozen in place, looking up at Jamie with wide eyes, his mouth partly open like he’d been in the middle of saying something when Roy had come clattering in. Instantly, though, his eyes dart to Roy and his cheeks flush red as Jamie jumps off him. In a split second he’s put a good metre or so of space between them, keeping his hands in the air.

“Roy, fuck,” Gary says, breathless, “I didn’t realise anyone else was still ‘ere.”

“And good thing I was, eh?” he says, careful, measured. Because Roy Keane is in his fifties now, and he does not lose his cool. He turns to Jamie. “What the fuck d’you think you’re doing, Jamie! I’ve always thought you were a decent guy, but look at yourself, getting all up in Gary’s face when there’s nobody around to defend him.”

“Roy –” Gary tries to cut in, like he’s embarrassed that he’s still getting picked on after all these years, that he’s still an easy target.

Roy puts a hand up to stop him from talking. “We’re grown men! Whatever stupid thing Gary’s said or done this time can’t justify coming to blows, and even if it did it’s hardly a fair match now is it?”

“Roy –” Gary tries again.

“No, look, he should pick on someone his own size! Or better, just not pick on anyone at all! Honestly, how old are you again?”

“Roy,” Gary says, a little more forcefully this time. “We weren’t fighting.”

“Well that’s what I’m saying! It’s only a fight if it’s equal sided!”

“No, Roy.” He clears his throat. “Roy, um. That’s not – I mean, it weren’t –”

Gary shoots a desperate sort of look to Jamie, who steps towards Roy, hands still raised, and says “what he’s tryin’ to say is he was about twenty seconds away from stickin’ his hand down my pants, 'til you came in.”

“James,” Gary hisses, blushing even deeper.

Oh.

Well, that does make more sense, doesn’t it? All the – the touching, and the looks, and the fucking giggles that Roy’s been having to put up with for months now from the two of them. It does make sense.

“I wouldn’t, Roy,” Jamie says, and Roy must be glaring because he still sounds scared, like he’s tiptoeing around him. “I wouldn’t hurt ‘im. You must know that.”

Gary lets out a little high pitched hum, then claps a hand over his own mouth when both Roy and Jamie snap their heads to him.

The glare Jamie shoots him, combined with Gary’s face being redder than Roy had thought humanly possible, tells him far more than he ever wanted to know.

“Nope!” he declares, pointing between the two of them, “not another word out of yous. Gary, the sentiment from earlier still stands – you’re one of my own and if Jamie hurts you – don’t make that noise again or I swear to God – if he hurts you emotionally, like, I’ll kill him. Now please, please can we all pretend this never happened and that I know a normal amount about what the two of you like to do in the bedroom, and by a normal amount I mean I know nothing. Okay?”

They both nod silently.

“Fine. I’m off to the pub, then. See you next week.”

#thank you for the prompt!!! #love the idea of gary being consensually manhandled. love even more the idea of him trying to explain that to roy #and roy going NOPE NOPE NOPE IM HAPPY FOR YOU BUT DONT TELL ME ABOUT YOUR KINKS. PLEASE. #carraville #drabbles

[lunabug2004]

I've seen so many people say "I loved Mike until s3/s4" but like... literally what did he do???

I am genuinely asking because he's been my fav since s1 so maybe I've just always seen his POV and not considered others? Idk, in all his arguments I can see both sides... where he's coming from and where the other party is coming from. I think there is always an explanation for the characters on either side of the argument. So ig what I'm asking is: is this a problem with me just giving him too much slack cuz he's my child or is it a problem with others not giving his POV a chance?

EDIT: I want to add that I know he was rude and said some things he didn't mean, but he always apologizes (or at least tries) and obv regrets it every time (lashing out on loved ones is also a trauma symptom just saying). I also just simply don't think that's a reason to hate a character cuz like... who hasn't ever said something they don't mean or been a little rude? He's human, he should be able to make mistakes without the (ga) fandom going crazy hating him.

#stranger things #mike wheeler #mike wheeler defender #mike wheeler defense squad #i am def a part of that #i am legitimately confused when someone says they hate him #and its so common #it makes me sad #i just have never and still dont understand what he did #can someone please explain this has always driven me crazy #i was gonna aim this toward bylers but i think most of us like him #also if anyone does respond pls dont try to convince me to hate him #you will fail #i got a little heated sorry #i really am curious why #Jay's saying stuff :) #Jay's talking ST <3

[kabukeo]

tonight's little doodles

#doodle #lcb #meursault lcb #meurgreg #im trying to be less self conscious about making meurgreg or any ship art really #twt has exposed me to everyone having an opinion on every ship ever #which has made me back away from making too much art of any one ship #i know meurgreg is one of the most popular ships but because of that i also feel an odd sense of guilt #i cant explain it like i should use my art to contribute to a rare pair or smth idk #its all a bit weird and irrational #but ive realized i have not been able to make art for myself for months #every idea i have and everything i go forward to draw im always thinking about how others will feel about it #and how i can make it better fit or adequate for an audience so i dont let them down or bore them #and that mindset has made art so much of a chore that ive significantly slowed down so much on art at all #so idk #trying to stop overthinking and just draw what i feel to the extent that i feel #escape the perfectionism and wanting to please everyone as much as possible #to elaborate on the weird meurgreg feeling i guess its like #i feel guilty for filling tags even more with an already popular ship & making mutuals who dont like meurgreg see it more #but its just not that deep #people can mute meurgreg and thats just not my problem anyway #sry ab these tags!

[rapidhighway]

awesome long post about sonic and shadow you love finished by mentioning untagged sonadow in the last sentence to piss you off

#CAN YOU PLEASE TAG YOUR SHIPS #some people dont want to see the offhand mention of it either #like my entire dash is FULL of filtered posts right now and then i see the ONE post that isn't flagged #and its about sonic and shadow wow yay i can finally read something about them #and its of course just untagged shit #like idk how to explain this to the shippers but seeing everything there interpreted as ship makes me just not want them around each other #at all in the show because i know how tiring being on the internet will be afterwards #AND IM TRYING TO AVOID THAT BY FILTERING POSTS #but i keep getting untagged sonadow on my dash

[triptych-of-voids]

i know you say youre not a rp acc and not kin, but i wanted to ask, your art of medic, are you depicting yourself? should i refer to medic in your art as you? example "i love how you drew yourself in this"? idkk i dont wanna poke around but i wanted to be sure im referring to you correctly??

this is a good question, just one that im not sure i will ever be able to give a satisfying answer to. i did answer something similar here that im definitely not an rp account but im neutral on kinning, because the term seems so broad that i cant say for certain if thats whats going on. maybe! or maybe not! hmm and then my art of medic.. yes it is depicting myself. but i also recognize that medic is a fictional character, so it doesnt bother me if people refer to medic as medic! im just drawing him, it doesnt have to be more complicated than that. if that makes sense. its all one in the same to me so it doesnt matter and you dont have to worry about it :]€

#its in the same way i will make posts talking about medic sometimes or will sometimes answer asks in third person #im referring to myself because thats me but #i do understand that hes also fictional character from the video game Team Fortress 2 #and i know people have their own interpretations and ocs and whatever else #i try not to think about it too hard or i will only give myself a headache #tl;dr dont worry about changing the way you refer to medic on my posts i know what people are talking about #i will know what you mean #it does not bother me #i think i would actually find it Worse if someone refered to Only my drawings of medic as 'you/yourself' #but then talked about every other medic thing as normal #is this comprehensible...? i hope so #it feels like there was another thing i was going to say also.. but ive already forgotten it oh well #see i dont bite at least not at first #thank youu for the ask my friend!! #its just a difficult question to answer because i dont fully understand what is happening either #there has to be some way for me to explain this better i just havent found it yet #THE POINT IS thank you for asking and i dont mind please talk about things as you normally would. smiles ^^ #the doc is in #replies from the void

[gregoftom]

this was laced with so many things

#tomgreg #tom's jealousy for a start like girl we know you hate greg talking to Anyone else regardless of if you need it for info #but like the fact that it's matsson touched a neeerve didn't it! he's talking to both your slam pieces those people are YOURS #greg trying to half say in that way he does; you can trust me tom please trust me #i can see you're not doing good and i'm here #their EXPRESSIONS like greg's is like cmon and tom is so TIRED and sad like i get it!!!!! you love matsson!!! you love him so much!!!!! #toms HANDS when he explains that he needs coffee WE GET IT YOURE FAGGY ASF #dont worry i'm not done i just dont wanna make this pots too long of caps lmao #but sigh

[boy-gender]

Ive been gaining a worrying amount of followers very quickly, and that already makes me a little wary, but thats okay! I want this blog to help more and more trans men and transmasc people feel they have a place to celebrate themselves and one another!

But unfortunately, lately, ive seen an increase in followers from a very specific, very insular, very niche group. Transnazis.

Now at first I didnt know what this was and assumed, as im sure many of you reading this will, that this means "im a nazi, and also transgender. I am a trans nazi." No. That's not what it means. Transnazism, one word, or any of its weird censored typing quirk variants, means "im not a nazi but i feel like i should be. I relate, somehow, to the aesthetics of the third reich." This is part of a slightly bigger but still very small group called transbigots or transharm.

I've spent the last two weeks or so since I noticed an influx of them trying to decide what to do. I'm not a huge blog by any means, but this blog is growing rapidly and has considerable reach in transmasc circles. I believe I have a duty to my followers to shield you all from the worst of the garbage that I encounter (one of the myriad reasons I dont respond to hate messages). So Ive been debating just blocking these people and not commenting on them publicly, because frankly I wish I could unknow what I know about them and I'm sorry to have to pass it on to y'all.

But seeing a small drove of them come my way and decide, somehow, that this is a place for them, that they're welcome here, or that I am somehow in solidarity with them frankly makes me sick. I have losing sleep, disrupting my schedule, missing appointments, and disordering my eating all because I am caught in a cycle of anxiety about these people being anywhere near me. I feel so viscerally uncomfortable I want to take off my own skin, and every time another one comes along or I read what they say, i can feel the physical pressure of all the vitriol i want to scream at them clogging up my throat.

To any transnazi or transbigot or what have you that may be following me who I missed, or who may want to follow me in the future, I have a direct message:

Do you huff paint out of a plastic bag? Are you breaking into zoos to get high licking rare exotic frogs? What in the FUCK is wrong with you? What fucking aesthetic of nazism could you possibly want to center your identity around- the skeletal bodies of camp survivors? The rooms of stolen teeth? The mass graves? Or do you just like a red white and black color palette? Explain it to me. I want to know exactly what I did that appeals to you so I can never do it ever again. I do not accept you. I do not welcome you. There is nothing here for you. I wish you a drastic and painful change of heart- I hope you get better, and I hope it hurts the entire time.

But while we wait for that, FUCK. OFF.

#Im going to turn reblogs off as i dont want this breaching containment #But i welcome replies #Can anybody just? Explain to me what im supposed to do here? #Express some sympathy? #Reassure me that im not losing my mind? #When i dont understand a group of people i usually assume its a fault with my understanding #And i go research more and lurk more to try and find my own biases in my thinking #But ive BEEN doing that and i keep coming to the same conclusion in this case #That its NOT ME #That my feelings of disgust are in fact justified #Can just one person please be like “yeah thats fucked up and youre not the problem here”

[grapehyasynth]

I call my grandma every few days to check in, because she and my grandfather seem lonely and it feels like a small thing I can do to help, but the superficiality and disconnect hurts me every time. Tonight I mentioned having a lot to do for this art festival I help organize, and she said it was okay if a lot fell on me because I don't have a husband and kids, and I just felt so crushed - that that's the only way she can imagine a full and busy life, that she has never cared about what else is going on in my life, that she's quick to justify things rather than hearing me out, that she'll always see that as a lack in my life rather than believing when I say I find fulfillment elsewhere

#vent post sorry #this is just one example so please dont try to explain how i might be misinterpreting it #i have a full array of conversations with her that just make me sad #and i know. i KNOW going into every conversation not to expect genuine connection #and every time it makes me sad anyway

[ratspaguetti]

Splatoon headcanon- Fuzzy inkfish

Okay so! In splatoon 3, return of the mammalians, I was sorely disappointed when said mammalians where just...hairy and brainwashed, literally that's it, which had let me down so bad, given the fact that slight alteration of character model and brainwashing had already happened before (sanitization) and genuinely, the occasions haven't changed much behavior wise, so this is how I have headcanoned what should have actually happened in splatoon 3!

Behavior

Given the fact that the fuzzy ink fish are now mammalian, depending on the inkfish, they might hiss, scratch, bite, and attack like a wild animal, really depending on the type of animal they are based off of, I imagine most would be bearlike because it is Mr Grizz that made this happen, but imagine, a fuzzy inkling with Spirulas growing out of their head like sheep horns, completely ramming a another inkling a good couple of feet away! Making interesting gameplay! And given Japan seems to love cat girls (can't blame them) give a octoling some cat ears and very agile and bam! Happy fans- (I will probably talk more about behaviors in a different post)

They also do not use weapons! Given the fact they are mammals, they use their animal like features instead to fully attack [this is what will be explored in a different post]

Body

I need bullet points for these because there is a lot I wanna go through

Mammals aren't just fluffy creatures, they also have these cool nest things called bones and warm blood

So fuzzy ink fish will first experience "fever" like symptoms as their ink slowly heats up, and over a long period of time (depending on how much furry goop they have been exposed to and how long they have been a fuzzy inkfish) and go into a hibernation like state, when they come back to, their body will have had the changes, first, they are not hot blooded and have furr in their tentacles

Later on, their body will slowly shift to a more animal like appearance, like hands slowly enlongating and growing large claws, more hunched like posture to more easily run in four legs, growing new teeth that are more mammalian in nature (could be herbivore, could be carnivore) some will grow more furry along their extremities as well, some will even grow more animal like ears and eyes

At this stage, most of these bodily changes are still reversible with enough medical equipment, as the ink fish are still majorly cartilage and ink, so they can be reformed (kinda how they can still change into a squid or octopus)

Yet, when their bones start to grow, these changes are mostly irreversible, bones will form after a good couple of months, this will make fuzzy inkfish tanks compared to normal ink fish, the skeletal structure has downsides however, like the inability to turn into a squid/octopus anymore, given the fact that you can't really shapeshift into something as small as a squid, where would all those bones go??

But their inability to shapeshift smaller does not mean they cannot shapeshift at all, by or consuming the fuzzy ooze or ink, their body will grow in size, and they take a much more animal like shape, like how a human where to turn into a werewolf, in this form, they do high amounts of damage by the swings of their claws

Their bones and thicker skin would also do that one think most inklings and octolings can't do, get in water, cuz let's be honest, unless the oceans are actual acid, having a body with thicker skin, bones and muscle tissue, probably makes these Fuzzy Inklings/octolings able to actually swim!

Also, when their skeletal structure is growing, they will likely also grow tails (you can't have tails otherwise, yah need the spindle bones to make it, no-?)

I'll continue all this later- it's just my ideas I've been thinking of-

#headcanon #splatoon #fuzzy octoling #fuzzy octarian #fuzzy inkling #splatoon 3 #rat rambles #mr grizz #this is such a ramble it dont make sense #im sorry but im out here trying to explain my thought process but accidentally writing a whole paragraph for each thing- like- #how do yall even write clear and easy to understand headcanon lists-?? it is so hard- :'D #if you read this #please tell me what u think id love to hve a discussion! #i cant spell #messy writing #non canon

[sasukyss]

I find it very interesting how Sasuke is made out to be a cold hearted villain for rejecting Sakuras feelings and trying to kill her, when he showed zero indication of ever liking her that way, she tried to kill him first, has himself stated that he finds her irritating and doesn't understand why she even likes him and is also a raging homosexual. But yes, Sasuke is an evil monster and should have accepted Sakuras feelings and allowed her to murder him, even though she doesn't really love him, because if she truly cared for him she would accept the fact that he holds no interest for her and strive to move on from that instead of chasing after a man who so clearly doesn't care for her

#pro sasuke #if you couldn't tell im not that fond of sasusaku or sakura #dont take the homosexual part seriously its just a jokey joke #anti sasusaku #naruto #sasusaku fans please dont come into my replies trying to explain to me why they're a power couple i could not care less leave me alone #this isnt sakura slander i think she had potential to be a strong and interesting character it just got wasted

[theygender]

Does anyone have any good book recommendations that talk about transmisogyny in a way that would be entry level to like. A 50 year old cis lesbian

#especially ones that talk about the ways that our society primes even trans allies to view trans women in a negative light #my mom is trying but i think she could use some help understanding in a way that i dont think i could just talk her through #she seems to think my gf is more like standoffish than she actually is and she thinks my gf is being rude when shes emotional about smth #and im talking her through it from the perspective of like #'as a human being and as someone who is all too familiar with homophobia please understand what this is like from her perspective' #but i feel like. theres some unconscious transmisogyny going on here and i really wish my mom could understand that #but i dont think shes ever even heard of transmisogyny before. she has no context #i cant try and talk her through it from that perspective bc she would need a lot of background to understand what im saying #and i dont think trying to explain transmisogyny theory in the middle of an argument would be helpful #if i could recommend her a good book under the context that it would help her understand me and my gf as trans people #and if she read through it and took the time to understand it which i do believe she would #i feel like it might help her to kind of analyze if the thoughts shes having are influenced by transmisogyny and start unpacking that #and also importantly i feel like she could look at what my gf is going through not just from the human and lgbt perspective im asking her to #but also from her perspective As A Woman #bc i feel like theres a missing piece there right now. my mom supports us and respects my gfs gender #but i dont think shes looking at these situations in context As A Fellow Woman #idk #rambling

[p0th]

cant decide which one i like more so both r gonna be posted!!!

#the reason shes not in her original outfit & is in some swimsuit type thing is cuz i had no clue how to draw her outfit ToT #ALSO IF THIS ISNT AGENT 3 PLEASE TELL ME I HAVE LITERALLY PLAYED 10 MINUTES OF THE STORY MODE IN MY ALMOST 250+ HOURS OF SPLATOON!!!!!!!! #i. do not know who she is i will be honest #i love splatoon dont get me wrong but i have no god damn clue whats going on #i played story mode when i first got it and then. never again #do not try to make me read in video games!!! i will give up!!!! #splatoon #splatoon 3 #splatoon fanart #splatoon agent 3 #splatoon captain 3 #wait if this is fuckin uhh captain 3 who tf is agent 3 #should i be . tagging agent 3?? is this who this is?? #too many bitches in this game WHO ARE U!!!!!!!!!!!!! #i have had the whole agent thing explained to me (shoutout to my irl friend that knows everything splatoon) but i NEVER UNDERSTAND IT!!!!!! #see it makes sense cuz the 3rd game has the 3rd agent BUT THEN WHO TF IS 8 & 4?!??! 4 is the octoling but then 8 is uhh someone.. i think.. #is 8 even real?? idk. sorry chat idk whats going on in this game

[bella-clao]

So like question for the polyamorous folks

Please no one get mad at me and I'm not trying to sound bigoted or anything.

Im just like trying to wrap my head around people who are poly. Like how does one have a romantic relationship with more than one person and how does it happen. Like are there limits? Can you date 10 other people if you really wanted

And in that same sphere, can you cheat if you're poly? like if you're in a relationship with two other people and you talk to someone else is that cheating. Is it the same thing as an open relationship

Sorry guys these might be stupid questions but I'm confused :'D

#polyamory #question #im confused #please explain #poly #??? #helppp #im not trying to sound bigoted pls dont come for me #genuine question #im not trying to be mean or hurtful #please dont judge me #confused

[sapphroditewrites]

workin on a little gift for the holidays for y'all bc i'm so damn slow with the affair au (which i've weirdly started writing backwards? it's funny how that helps sometimes, but it's helped a lot)

it's not gonna be super polished and spit-shined like i usually try for, but it's something i was hoping to get around to every year, if that doesn't spoil the surprise lol

#it'll def be shorter than usual but then again #every time i say that it's never fucking short so i dont even know why im trying to speak that into existence #it's like i literally cannot shut up even when writing amazing it's a real talent that i have #plus im also trying to finish my hawkeye cracked video so i at least pushed one out this year #LMAO #goddamn well hopefully now that i'm moved out #i can save up for a beefy PC with better processing power for editing #and better storage #bc lemme tell ya an ipad is not great #and i need my mac memory for..... ok fine the sims dont judge me please i have an addiction #which is impressive of me to maintain bc whenever i buy an expansion pack #fucking TD locks my card and i have to call to confirm the purchase #do you have any idea #how humiliating that has been #literally for over a decade #even with the sims 3 #they just. constantly have done that #and i have constantly had to admit that yes #yes i am doing that. yes again. yes it's that much. yeah but this time it has cute hair cuts i like. #or yeah it's tiny home living . how do i explain that like a normal person. i talked w an agent abt the chickens for five minutes.

[snobgoblin]

also pro tip from me being less insecure/having better control of your anger doesn't mean "I never feel this way" it just means "I can deal with it better now and don't go with my first instinct anymore" so like don't feel bad if you still feel shitty or angry or sad. I'm not a therapist but like. you probably always will. and you just gotta remember it's gonna be fine and the last thing you wanna do is take it out on anyone. don't bottle it up. but never take it out on anyone. it's ok to feel like a jerk. just don't be a jerk and you'll be fine

#does this make sense. idk #anyway ive had to learn this the hard way 48392939 times i hope this helps someone #like- if you need a more specific example dont go to your friends like 'you guys hate me you always make me feel left out you guys suck' #calmly be like. hey i feel upset when you do x #can you please stop doing it? and if they dont. theyre not your friend #like... i guess try to remember people arent out to get you all the time #and any resentment you feel is likely a misunderstanding and you can work it out calmly #you can still be upset. just dont be accusatory. explain your viewpoint