#rant :)

[dyrdeer]

i could write a novel about how fucked up lawn culture in the US is, but its not an individual's problem (nothing ever is). If I didn't have to cut the grass I wouldn't, they dutifully send workers out to make sure you cut your grass under penalty of up to 300+ dollars here. Doesn't matter if you're disabled or poor or just don't have the time. Doesn't matter that you weren't responsible for planting invasive grass that grows longer than the government deems "safe". They'll tell you to mow it to keep ticks away but don't care about all the other native species and pollinators that it also displaces. They ignore you if you point out all the publicly owned land thats overgrown because they can't make money from forcing themselves to mow. Its not about safety, its about hegemony, aesthetics, and oppression of poor/disabled people. In my opinion, as well as others', we need to move towards killing our lawns and replacing this shit with native flowers and plants - however a lot of these personal pollinator gardens are cut down by the city as well because most grow over 9 inches. We need to make a huge, sustained push to not have to mow our lawns and im not fucking kidding

#deerposting #rant #if for any other reason #help me make art more because like a good third of my summer spring AND FALL are dedicated to mowing my fucking grass

[fernthewhimsical]

Rant on fire safety

While absolutely gorgeous, I HATE this trend of "aesthetic candles". This is from a local witch shop, that sells these candles. Look at it! It's an absolute fire hazard. A plastic flower molten into the wax. You should not have plastic anywhere near a candle flame. Look at the glitter. Guess what? ALSO PLASTIC.

At best it's gonna smell horrendous, because molten plastic stinks. But burn enough of these candles and you're likely to give yourself cancer. Yes, you read that right. Do no inhale fumes of molten plastic!

Stop making candles with materials that shouldn't be burnt! ffs

#witchcraft #witch #witchblr #pagan #paganism #rant #vent #fire safety #you know #rule number one of witchcraft #candle magic #candle spell #safety

[burner-i-hardly-even-know-her]

why is tiktok so obsessed with hating on butch lesbians i hate all of you

#lesbian #butch #butch lesbian #butch dyke #dyke #‘ermm… lesbians cant use he/him ☝️😅’ go play on a highway plsss pls pls #im being so srs why cant you people be fucking normal #rant

[my-autism-adhd-blog]

Hi everyone,

So I was thinking about the puzzle piece and how it represented autism for a while.

To the neurotypical people out there: what is this supposed to mean? I know most are being positive (in the past), but what does it symbolize in their eyes? That if we try and work hard enough, that we’ll “fit” in with the rest of society? To change ourselves into something we aren’t?

I shouldn’t and wouldn’t change who I am and what I do just to makes others around me more comfortable. That’s a lot like what this you mean.

Please stop using the puzzle piece. To some of us, it sends a bad message that says we need to change our ways to fit in.

Use the infinity symbol instead. It represents everyone, and I think personally that it’s a message that says everyone is different in an infinitely number of ways. Not that we have to fit in with society

♾️

#autism #actually autistic #ablism #puzzle piece #I don’t and shouldn’t have to ‘fit’ in with society #use the infinity symbol instead #why the puzzle piece is bad representation #how the puzzle piece is harmful towards the autistic community #please feel free to reblog or add on if you wish #neurodivergence #neurodiversity #actually neurodivergent #rant #tw puzzle piece #tw ableism

[yuri-for-businesswomen]

i hate whenever someone brings up advanced biology to talk about sex and gender like no. people before they had science knew who was a man and who was a woman and they were right. the only ones who have been historically misidentified are some people with intersex conditions. stop with the gametes and hormones and shit in discourse that is about social inequality like bro. the only exceptions are the 1-2 % people with a medical condition that significantly affects their sex characteristics and the 1-2 % trans people who artificially imitate the other sex. everyone else is visibly and correctly identifiable as their sex without any biological knowledge at all. there is no need for advanced biology in feminist and equality discourse! please dont engage this tomfoolery! we can talk about how to best accomodate outliers without pretending that sex is arbitrary or irrelevant or not categorisable like fuck off im so sick of this dishonesty because it literally does not help trans or intersex people or feminism if we keep debating if sex is even real!

#rant #mine #gender

[77dekiru]

MHA 423: Breakdown + Speculation

(MANGA SPOILERS.)

I would like to start this off by saying that there was a lot set up with the OFA realm that never got used (if this is the true conclusion.)

Nothing further came from Katsuki entering the OFA realm. (I think that it’s obvious that Katsuki came back being able to tap into OFA, but that was never actually confirmed.)

Nothing came from Toshinori and his vestige syncing...

Nothing came from Star’s vestige reappearing. (Star originally gave up her chance to kill Tomura/AFO, because she saw Tenko still inside the vestige realm… this is all very interesting timing.)

“Master… I found a sad child. He’s right there.”

(This literally happened only 10 chapters ago. It’s not like these were older events that were suddenly written out as being relevant.)

All of this was done for a purpose, all foreshadowing for something more. It would be horrifically bad writing if quite literally nothing came from it.

How Tenko Will Survive:

“I have no doubt All For One was absorbed and stopped existing.”

Izuku questioned how AFO was able to come back, even stressing how he was sure that AFO had been fully absorbed (this literally happened 2 chapters ago…) and ceased to exist.

All For One isn’t the only character this has happened to either!!

Yoichi (+ the other vestiges) came back as well. AFO was certain that Yoichi’s vestige had been shattered and destroyed.

“How dare you destroy my One For All… My Yoichi…”

“When I heard the sound of Yoichi being shattered to pieces… my whole world turned grey.”

Even Star’s vestige reappearing is an example of this happening… the fact that we have gotten no explanation for any of this is so weird.

There is definitely something more going on here that hasn’t been revealed yet.

((I personally think that this is gearing up for All For One (quirk) reaching the point of singularity… OFA has already reached that point, but AFO has not. I feel like it’s somewhat inevitable, imo.))

I can see Tomura’s “soul” (his sense of self, IMO) being saved by whatever had originally brought back the other vestiges, and his body being saved by the Overhaul quirk he possesses.

Tomura believes that his only purpose (the reason that he was even born) is to destroy. He literally mourns the fact that he wasn’t able to destroy Izuku’s arms, not because it was something that he enjoyed, but because destruction is the only thing that Tomura believes he’s capable of…

Overhaul gives Tomura the ability to CREATE and not just destroy. Tomura didn’t even have a chance to process the idea that he could possibly do that. It didn’t even seem to register for him at all.

I think that Tomura referring to himself (“Shigaraki Tomura”) in quotations is gearing up for a “death of Shigaraki Tomura, rebirth of Shimura Tenko” type deal.

I also want to add that we never actually saw Izuku use One For All on Tomura.

We didn’t see Tomura’s body cease to exist, we saw his vestige be destroyed.

Izuku and Tomura do not actually need to be near each other in person to interact within the vestige realm!! (I truly wouldn’t be surprised if some Kurogiri portal fuckery is going on here as well.)

Speculation:

Alright. I’m trying not to be delusional about this, but there was definitely something off about this chapter. Not in a poorly written way, but in a “there is some fuckery going on here” type way.

This seemed like a purposefully manufactured “end” to One For All and All For One… A performance more than anything. (This could be the result of a rushed ending, but I’m going to be optimistic about all of this.) Izuku referring to All Might as “the Eighth” was so odd.

The scene of AFO speaking to Yoichi’s “embers” was also very strange to me. The entire conversation between Yoichi and AFO felt off, as if Yoichi was just a distraction. Also the fact that all of the vestiges were able to hold their full forms, except for Yoichi is such a red flag… (Even AFO’s vestige was able to revert back to its pre-injured self.) Especially since Izuku had held onto OFA the most out of all of the past users quirks… OFA is special to Izuku, not for its power but because it had been a gift from All Might.

Izuku is not incapable of being selfish.

I can definitely see him trying to hold onto something from One For All…

The reason that AFO’s “soul” was finally shattered is that the idea that Yoichi was truly gone left him with nothing else… AFO no longer cared about ruling over others, finding it pointless without him.

If there is even the smallest bit of OFA left, I can very much see AFO coming back again (😭) I genuinely think that he wouldn’t give up if there was even an ember of Yoichi left…

All For One definitely will not be getting any sort of redemption by the end of the series, but I do think that he will possibly get some sort of closure for Yoichi's death... which will be what finally stops the cycle.

[End of meta, beginning of rant:]

If there is nothing more after this, that was probably the worst conclusion to a plot line that we have ever had in the entire series.

I am of the firm belief that what happened this chapter would've been fine (minus, Tomura's possible conclusion) if it had been spaced out between even 2-3 chapters instead of a single one. It felt rushed and this "climax" fell flat.

I don’t think that Tenko is dead (or at least will stay dead) but the idea that that was the conclusion of the OFA/AFO plotline is making me feel insane.

There is so much important shit that still needs to be resolved, and the idea that it's gonna happen AFTER the climax in some post-war bullshit is also making me feel just a little bit crazy. ngl.

It's all just gonna feel so anticlimactic. Unless something changes drastically in the next chapter, I just know the ending will be disappointing on some level if things stay as they currently are…

(Even if this is not the conclusion of the OFA/AFO plotline, this chapter could do so much possible damage if things are not handled properly, I really don’t know if whatever is being planned next could even fully salvage it…)

Izuku’s actions:

I’ll be honest, I’m not particularly surprised with how Izuku acted this chapter. His view of Tomura has always been flawed, and that had been shown time and time again throughout this battle…

(I’m working on a longer post about this. It’s been something that I have kept to myself for a while now, and I think now is a good time to post my thoughts on it.)

Izuku never wanted to save Shigaraki Tomura, he wanted to save Shimura Tenko.

I think that this chapter perfectly displayed that particular flaw to readers… I really don’t think that this is the result of poor writing, but was a flaw purposefully given to Izuku.

(A flaw that he has yet to overcome… I do hope that this will be something that is resolved by the end of the series.)

The Fandom Response:

I’m seeing a lot of people say things like “Tenko can rest now.” or “Well, I guess Tenko’s heart was saved in the end.” when that is simply not true.

Tomura did not have any sort of revelation about AFO’s grooming. He still believed that he was born to destroy, that did not change in the slightest.

Tomura did not get any closure for the death of his family. He practically learns that he and his family were doomed from the start, and then just accepted it.

Tomura did not die “happy” or even at peace.

The idea that the only way for Tomura to be stopped was for him to be killed is just simply not true. He literally gave up a few chapters prior. It’s not like he was “too far gone” or on a rampage and needed to be put down.

…I have a lot more thoughts on this chapter that I won’t be sharing (yet) but I just can’t accept that it ends there. I cannot accept the idea that the main plotline of the series was so horrifically fumbled after all this time.

If Tomura truly died like that, it quite literally threw out 5+ years of development.

Tomura was humanized over and over again. For nothing?

It all just seems very… cruel.

#mha #my hero academia #mha spoilers #mha 423 #bnha #boku no hero academia #bnha spoilers #bnha 423 #midoriya izuku #shigaraki tomura #all for one #meta #long post #rant #I have been sorta tweaking out since the chapter leaks originally dropped but I have been trying to be level headed about everything… #so here are my overall thoughts… I will be making a few other posts explaining myself further at some point as well…

[damagedcoda6669]

just wanted to let you know real quick that the person sending people your deadname + stuff about that one stealthygeek person has spread to tumblr, i literally just got an anonymous ask in my inbox with it. all i did was sigh in deep deep exasperation and delete it. why can't people leave you alone

i rlly appreciate ppl letting me know abt this!!! but in all honesty theres nothing i can do, and i already know. when i said not 2 send me birdie drama related asks, it includes thingz like this, becuz this is an attempt at a continuation of birdie drama by the ppl perpetrating this. i wouldnt like 2 be alerted abt this becuz its genuinely out of my control and i honestly dont intend 2 spread awareness abt this going forward. these ppl thrive off of attention and it wont do any good. block n ignore. this is the last time im talking abt it publicly. in the kindest way possible, these kind of reminders only serve 2 make me paranoid and anxious and dysphoric. ive gotten another ask sending me a sc of one of these asks with my deadname uncensored that i saw a few mins ago, and ik it will have a severe effect on my mental state. PLEASE PLEASE be mindful of my mental state with the thingz that u say 2 me, becuz i will see all of it. plz only tell me abt these things if ur 100% sure i can do smth 2 stop it, ive been scared 2 check my notifs all day becuz of the possibility of smth dumb like this happening while i was away (which isnt ur fault) i know u have good intentions but plz be aware of my mental state and how these things effect me. im in a bad mental state already and i have no therapist/psychiatrist/doctor 2 go 2 if i go off the deep end, and im currently unmedicated and not in the mental health system due 2 circumstances out of my control /nm /gen

theres nothing i can do abt my deadname being spread around, i was doxxed when i was 12 and im still being lolcowed on kiwifarms 2 this day. its public information and theres nothing i can do. the only course of action is 2 ignore. nothing theyre doing is illegal (4 the most part lol) so theres no action 2 take except 4 withdrawing attention /gen

edit: i rlly hope i didnt come across as aggressive in this post at all, i genuinely mean no harm towards the ppl telling me abt this and im not mad at u guys!!! im very thankful 4 the concern, but theres genuinely nothing i can do in this situation and the only outcome of this is a broken mental state 4 me. i feel icky being negative again but i just want my boundaries 2 be known!!! so srry :(

#jack.txt #birdie #damagedcoda6669 #vent #rant #vent post #tw vent

[totally-sapphic-posts]

I have a crush on this woman who works in a bookshop 😫

Whenever I go in and she’s working, she always approaches me, asks how I’m doing and keeps conversation with me.

She even asks about me when someone she knows I know goes into the bookshop 😫

I want to ask her out, buuuut I don’t want to do that at her place of work, that feels creepy. But on the other hand I don’t have her number, so I can’t exactly text her 😖

I know I’m usually the advice giver, but guys… what do I do? 😭

#random #rant #advice #wlw #sapphic #lesbian #wlw pride #wlw post

[roomwithavoid]

actually i don’t get tumblr’s weird “love every trans woman no matter what no exceptions” thing because some trans women, like any other person!! are shitty. and will be mean to you. and can be racist or homophobic or hurt you or be your abuser. and i’m kind of sick of these posts that are like “if you don’t love each and ever trans woman you are transmisogynistic and there is no saving you”

like absolutely yes have love in your heart for trans women because they have to deal with the worst shit from people constantly and you should absolutely go out of your way to make them have a bit of a brighter day at every opportunity because it might be the act of kindness that keeps them alive, but also you should do that to everyone!!!!!

idk maybe tumblr is doing that thing where everyone says one thing when they actually mean something else, some secret meaning that you will get told to off yourself for even having the audacity to ask for clarification on. or maybe y’all are 100% serious that you believe we need to treat every trans woman like a delicate little flower who cannot handle personal dislike for them (i’m guessing as an overcorrection for daily transmisogyny that circles right around back into misogyny)

but what do i know! i don’t generally understand what anyone on this is talking about on any given moment and they don’t seem to be fond of people asking questions.

#discourse #transmisogyny #help me understand #trans #transgender #rant

[wouldvebeensweet]

absolutely bonkers to me that an artist will sit there and complain about how other artists decide to create and share their own art!! why are you as a songwriter shading people that want to write a 16+ song album!!!?? why are you as a performer judging artists for long shows!!!??? if you wouldnt personally perform or attend a 3 hour show, thats fine! but saying "nobody wants long shows" when 60,000 capacity stadiums still aren't enough is wild

#just say you're bitter and jealous #instead of completely shading someone who has only ever supported you #also billies manager is a raging zionist #rant

[lovelyshadesofharmony]

Is amazing how one can make a point about the treatment of certain characters and how that is promoting problematic aspects of fandom like fandom misogyny and erasure of representation and end up ignored, silenced or insulted, yet another person makes that same point, who coincidentally happens to be alloromo, and suddenly everyone is like "yassss. spitting facts. say it louder!" etc etc etc.

I was going to make the joke of "this is because I'm X right?!", but... it isn't really a joke anymore, is it?

This was just another crude awakening of how aspec people are treated and silenced in fandom and how fandom, as a concept, is not really welcoming of us unless you comply to what's accepted/"normalized", and those who can dissent can only be alloromo/allo/romo.

Lesson learned, I guess (눈_눈)

#aro #aroace #aromantic #actually aroace #fandom diskhorse #ace #asexual #aspec #diskhorse #fandom #fanon #fandom discourse #fandom wank #aplatonic #agender #a spectrum #ace spectrum #aro spectrum #aspec experiences #aspec representation #fandom representation #aroace representation #demigender #vent #rant #another rude awakening of how fandom is really hypocrite #hypocrisy #queer #exclusionists dni #(●´^｀●)

[thevillainsfangirl]

Oh, good lord, now I'm seeing Bi-Han stans say his father was abusive. There is literally nothing in MK1 implying that. 🙄

Y'all (thirsty fandom bitches) are so obsessed with your villain faves being victims of parental abuse, even when canon doesn't imply that or literally says otherwise. I've seen it in the Scream fandom, now it's in the MK fandom, too.

It's giving "Fandom Puritan who can't accept that they wanna fuck a FICTIONAL evil person."

Bi-Han has always been an asshole. He's power-hungry and he is a bad person. Him murdering his father (whom his brothers haven't implied anything bad about) is no surprise, and trying to make up completely non-canon things to justify it because you can't handle liking a fictional villain is moronic.

It's Bi-Han. Bi-Han would sell his little brother to Shang Tsung for a single corn chip! (And I don't mean Tomas; he'd give away Tomas for free.)

You wanna fuck an evil character. Accept it and move on! (That, or you're just projecting your own Daddy Issues onto an unseen fictional man, and you should sort that out in therapy.)

#bi han #sub zero #bi han sub zero #mk1 #mortal kombat #mk fandom #mk fandom bs #rant #txt #anti bi han stans

[autism-purgatory]

One thing I hope people understand is that yes asshole characters are cool, but they also have to be interesting or else you’re just making an insufferable character that the story twists itself into knots trying to get you to like without them actually developing (see Chloe Price from Life is Strange) idk I’m just tired of chronically online tumblr users talking about how asshole female characters are cool but they also expect them to stay totally stagnant throughout.

#rant #writing

[superkooku]

Dionysus' iceberg

This post is what remains of an initially very long rant idea. That means there will probably be a part 2 😏.

Here's the reason for my title :

In theory, you can stop there since my meme pretty much summarizes my complaints. But since I like ranting, I'll continue 😈

The tip of the iceberg

When you think "Dionysus", which words come in mind first ?

Probably "wine", "party", "alcohol" "fun god".

These words are what most people remember about Dionysus. And yes, I'm not going to deny, they fit.

Unfortunately, my problem comes with the fact that 9.5 times out of 10, Dionysus' personality will exclusively revolve around these aspects.

Since the issue is about modern adaptations and perceptions, I'll use a modern term.

I'm sure most of you are familiar with flanderization, right ? If not, the link to TV Tropes' article on the subject is available.

Many adaptations fell into that trap for, I think, every single Olympian.

Hades, god of the dead, lord of the Underworld = Satan, evil death god, darkness and sorrow

Aphrodite, goddess of love and beauty = Superficial bimbo who only cares about her pretty face

Zeus, king of the gods, lord of the sky and thunder = 100% pure God OR more recently : evil king god who constantly abuses women.

The gods are stripped of their complexity to fit simpler and more "digestible" characterizations. It doesn't help that the cultural context surrounding them is also taken away...

But this is about grape boi, right? Well, Dionysus is no exception to that rule. In fact, he might be one of the worst cases.

So far, he was never really portrayed in an "insulting" light, like Apollo in Lore Olympus or Hades in the Percy Jackson movie. Fortunately.

But, from all the popular adaptations I've seen, none of them manage to portray Dionysus ! None ! Does that make them automatically bad ? No, of course. It's just something I noticed.

God of war ? Doesn't appear, only mentioned

Disney ? Don't even try 🤣. Just a drunk goofball. Yes, that includes the fantasia segment and Hercules.

Lore Olympus? Well, he's a baby for 99.99999% of the time, so it doesn't count. But he's still a quiet little Gucci bag for Persephone.

Hades I ? Just a nice guy. But hey ! He can give us useful boons ! And I like his sass.

Maybe he'll do more in Hades II. They're usually more accurate than most, right ? Though that's not a very high bar. And they know about Zagreus ! Surely that's a good sign, right ?

Nevermind...

Here's what all these adaptations tell us :

Dionysus is the god of wine, feasts and parties

He's an Olympian

He likes to get drunk and party 🥳

And that's it.

Again, I'm not blaming anyone, but if the myths stopped with those three points, wouldn't everyone wonder why he's even an Olympian ? I sure did when I was a kid.

We have the god of thunder, the goddess of wisdom and war strategy, god of music/arts/medicine/100 other things, the god of the oceans ! Many cool gods !

And some drunk dude. He's not given any particular power, except the power to stay super passive no matter the stakes ! If the story revolves about epic godly fights (which is often the case), he's absolutely useless.

Heck, Hades II even actively depicts him as a pacifist who can't handle war. While he's not physically a weakling, he sure psychologically is.

Why is this a problem ?

I am not going to beat around the bush: this gives us a very incomplete and incorrect perception of the god.

Even the things that aren't forgotten about him (like his link to wine) aren't explored.

The thing with Hades II (that's the last time I'll mention it) is that it tries to deepen the flanderized version of Dionysus. He's not stupid, but afraid. He drinks to forget his issues.

While this characterization can be very interesting taken separately, we must remember that this isn't an OC, but an interpretation of a cultural figure.

It must be accurate ! While I can accept some liberties, I think that those should mostly be an extension of the original material, not a total deviation.

Dionysus isn't a scared little boi or a stupid drunkard you can manipulate. In fact, that's quite the opposite. And he's not afraid to get his hands dirty.

(even if the "dirt" in question is the blood of his enemies).

Under the surface

Though it's rather "stuff you can find on Wikipedia". Or by reading the myths.

More about it in part 2 of the rant...

It'll be about theater, madness, travels, link between mortality and immortality and... pirates turning into dolphins.

The actual interesting stuff about Dionysus.

I'm not sure about Blood of Zeus and Percy Jackson.

If anyone can explain what exactly he does in one of these series (or both), it'd be nice. My post would be more complete.

Though because of the general perception of Dionysus, my point still stands. None of the things I'll mention in part 2 play a role.

#justice for dionysus #if anything i said is wrong please fact-check me #fellow dionysus enjoyers or fans of the adaptations i mentioned #if you disagree. it's completely fine 😉. just my opinion #Dionysus #dionysos #greek mythology #greek myth discussion #rant #not a reblog

[fun-k-boards]

I've always thought the whole 'wolverine is obsessive over jean even though she and scott are in an established relationship and she expresses discomfort with him constantly hitting on her' trope is weird and that's why I either prefer morph and wolverine or scott, logan and jean together. Or him just. Being single. Idk??

I think if someone you love is with another person you should just? Get over it? Stop being creepy? Accept you're not the centre of the universe? It's weird to think you automatically 'deserve' any sort of love from somebody.

The whole love v situation marvel always pushes with them is boring and in my opinion just shows that scott and jean aren't even that good together? Same with logan and jean. They're just whiny and can't be bothered to sit down and talk for even a minute to figure out their problems.

I just think I'm too aro for this and unpopular opinion but X-Men really needs to stop relying on boring love drama and actually create interesting characters and plot instead, relying solely on romance with no substance and grown adult characters who act like literal children in a playground acting out what they think relationships are meant to be like does nothing at all for anything.

#xmen #x men #rant #morpherine #morph #wolverine #jean grey #kevin sydney #james logan howlett #james howlett #logan howlett #scott summers #cyclops #marvel girl

[wordswithkittywitch]

I'm just saying, if they wanted a compelling anti-hero plot with Cruella de Vil, they could have done so much better with less effort. Just... have her not care.

All we need is one speech about, "Animals only have the importance we give them. Humans only have the importance we give them. So my coat used to be an 'adorable' puppy? Your burger used to be a calf. A calf that looked up at it's mother with big round eyes, not understanding that it would be locked in a cage far away from her for the rest of it's, rather short, life. But I'm not asking you to care about that. I'm asking you what makes dogs different. They aren't. The only difference is you've decided they are because you've met dogs and you haven't met cows. And you can make up imaginary rules to live your life by, but don't act surprised that not everyone made up the same rules as you. The only reason we don't wear human leather is it doesn't look as good as deerskin." And there. Now we have Cruella de Vil as a lady Joker. It's not that hard.

#rant #Cruella de Vil #does this need a trigger warning? I'm not sure #I'm not even sure what warning would go on it