#retrospective or whatever

[a-moth-called-mof]

Me rambling about the fandom atmosphere during November 16th:

With November 16th hitting the corner, I thought now would be a good time to finally post this post that's been in my drafts forever

I genuinely am of the personal belief that November 16th is one of those things where you had to have been there to fully appreciate and experience it at least in my opinion. I feel like the tense atmosphere leading up to the actual event is something that is not widely talked about in the fandom. A brief reminder for the fans that are new here or that missed the stream where the November 16th War was announced: during stream C! Dream revealed that there was a traitor hiding amongst Pogtopia and said it was someone that you wouldn't expect. This one line lead to multiple fan theories going around the fandom ranging from plausible to very far fetched. The fandom turned into one big game of Among Us and EVERYONE was a suspect.

Here's an old post of my mine that I think does a good job showing the mentality of most fans going into November 16th:

There were so many theories and speculations leading up to it and you genuinely had to be there to see everyone's different theories about who the traitor would be and the couple aus I saw come out of it. It made it so that when the event did happen, no one in the fandom knew who trust and NEITHER DID THE CHARACTERS. It was amazing watching characters debate whether or not to trust eachother live. It made it feel like any discoveries or possible leads that were made were realised by the character and the fandom at the same time, especially love that one scene where C! Tubbo and C! Quackity decide they sort of trust eachother and talk about who they don't trust. I distinctly remembering switching between povs and watching the dashboard lose their shit and how current character mains would be like "OH [CHARACTER] IS ACTING SO SUSPICIOUS :0" or just liveblog whatever characters were doing and it was a really fun way of keeping up with most of the characters even if I couldn't physically watch all their povs at once

This is less about the atmosphere but more something I feel like people don't talk about enough: Phil wasn't on the Dream SMP before November 16th and we had no concrete indication he would be there. There were a lot of fan theories and headcanons about him joining and I remember seeing all the art of him joining on November 16th and at the time thinking "Oh that's really cool but I doubt they'll actually do it" SO I CAN'T DESCRIBE THE SHEER EMOTIONS I FELT WHEN HE JOINED?

I honestly still don't think I'll ever forget watching C! Wilbur press the button and watching everything go to shit at once after such a tense buildup. Whenever I tell my irl friends I once stayed up till 5am on a school night to watch a live minecraft roleplay event, most of them joke or express (VERY UNDERSTANDABLE) concern but I honestly don't regret a thing. I'd do it 30 times over just to experience that again and watch my dashboard go apeshit. November 16th will always be one of my favourite events in any media ever.

#ME? FINALLY POSTING THIS? MORE LIKELY THAN YOU THINK #dream smp #dsmp #November 16th #wilbur soot #philza min3craft #mcyt #mof speaks #retrospective or whatever #is this a #dsmp meta #post now?

[pillsopa]

truthfully he was pretty cool

og below >:)

it was begging to be redrawn

#heyy…raven nation…. i missed ravenposting #i was gonna go an extra mile and draw monmouth as the bg… but nvm LOL #almost left it as ‘crow’ ….no… #the raven cycle #trc #ronan lynch #my art #oky kn retrospect idrk why i felt the need to redraw it cause like… i think it’s very self explanatory 😭 #whatever I’m having fun!!!

[clownehonk]

quick thing of these two i did while watching Etho's first episode :]

#obligatory canda patch to make sure the viewer knows its etho you know how it is #Etho #geminitay #hermitcraft #etho fanart #geminitay fanart #creature gem my beloved i love her vibes this season #her eyes are too bright in retrospect but whatever #my art

[piromina]

HELLO MIRACULOUS FANDOM

if u are part of the miraculous fandom PLS DO NOT SCROLL PAST THIS.

I'll try to keep this message short enough, but if you don't want to be really confused in season 6, READ THIS. (and yes there will be pictures)

Do you remember the episode Representation? Of course you do. It was probably one of the best episodes imo. We got some feligami, adrien fighting his father (only to end up in solitary confinement afterwards but forget that), and, of course, confirmation to a very popular fan theory.

HOWEVER. that fan theory is something I need to talk about.

Don't worry, yes, I still do believe that adrien, félix and kagami are all sentis, that is not what the purpose of this message is. Please keep reading.

do you remember him? yes. this is félix. impersonating his shitty father, colt. in this scene , 'colt' is using the peacock miraculous to create a son.

in this scene, the amok is very clearly going into the ring félix has on at all times.

But what, in the entire representation play, has not been shown once?

Émelie using the peacock. Émelie putting the amok into Adrien's rings. Émelie creating a son.

This play is Félix's story, not Adrien's.

Yes, adrien is a sentimonster, but that was never shown here once. Yes, there were peacock feathers in the background of Émelie being pregnant, and yes, Gabriel called Adrien a miracle.

But those were just hints for the audience.

In this scene, here is what 'Gabriel' was saying.

After much study, I have discovered a solution for you and your wife.

This is making it sound like he has just now discovered the peacock miraculous. We as the audience, of course, know that he's lying.

But who was this play meant for, other than us as the all-knowing viewers?

Marinette Dupain-Cheng. The only in-universe audience member. And let's not forget that this is her very first exposure to the Agreste and Graham de Vanily family history and the senti lore. She doesn't know what we do.

Marinette, upon hearing Gabriel's lie, had no reason to believe he or émelie used the peacock to create Adrien. Marinette, upon hearing Gabriel's lie, had no reason to believe that after Colt created félix, he stole back the peacock miraculous. Marinette, upon watching this play, had no reason to believe that Adrien is a sentimonster, or that the Graham de Vanily rings are significant in any way.

"But then why did she give them back to Adrien?" It's what would have made him happy. It's what Gabriel wanted. It's the last thing she could find in there that Gabriel owned. It's the last known piece of the Agreste family.

Marinette Dupain-Cheng has no reason to believe that Émelie used the peacock. In fact, Émelie only appears in this play four times, once as the curious princess, once living a bohemian life with the tailor, once being pregnant, and once giving birth.

And the Graham de Vanily rings? Only when her parents attached them to her necklace, and then as she was getting married! Marinette thinks those are just simple wedding bands, like her parents'!

And now, to recap, this is what everyone knows:

Us, the viewers:

Adrien, Félix, and Kagami are sentimonsters. Gabriel found the miraculous while in Tibet, along with the butterfly. Then, he gave it to Émelie, and she used it to create Adrien, putting the amok in the wedding bands. Afterwards, Gabriel gave the miraculous to Colt, who made Félix, as shown in the play. And, somehow, the peacock found its way over to Kagami's family (possibly her father?) who used it to create her, and put the amok in the ring she wears.

Marinette:

Félix is a sentimonster. Gabriel found the miraculous somewhere (probably Tibet, as that's where it was lost, possibly along with the butterfly). Then, he gave it to Colt in an act of sympathy (strange, those must have been nicer times), but of course not without making a trade. Afterwards, Colt used the peacock to create Félix, and then somehow Gabriel got it back and used it to become Shadowmoth.

Marinette doesn't know that Adrien is a sentimonster.

Reblog to spread the word.

#Okay in retrospect she COULD know that kagami is one #'a girl like him' #but she could also easily chalk it up to them both being socially awkward #Anyway! Please reblog this! I feel like everyones misinterpreting this play #and getting what WE know mixed up with whatever MARINETTE knows and was told #Not that im mad at you! I just want to make this possibility known so that no ones confused when #ml season 6 #comes out #hopefully this reaches the entire fandom #miraculous ladybug #ml #ml analysis #felix fathom #felix graham de vanily #colt fathom #Gabriel agreste #marinette dupain cheng #kagami tsuguri #adrien agreste #ml s6 #pirorambles

[misterradio]

#centipedes #original nonsense #fortis arbor's edit #image described #based off YOU WISH YOU WERE THIS SLUG! from the clickhole article ''five slugs that in retrospect we sort of whipped ourselves into #a frenzy over''. #ill never forget you wish you were this slug. because i have it saved on my phone but whatever

[kaphkas]

“What a beautiful wedding!” says the bridesmaid to the waiter

#the dresden files #dresden files #harry dresden #jim butcher #john marcone #lara raith #leanansidhe #fix dresden files #sigrun gard #jared kincaid #the archive dresden files #ivy dresden files #listens to wind #.m #these are going in a wizardbaron animatic later but on GOD y’all are going to appreciate the detail I put into this nonsense #also in retrospect I probably should have included mab and molly but!! whatever they’re over at the buffet table I guess

[twin-azure-dragon-wave]

I've been exposed to one too many Mulder/Scully gifsets and now i desperately need to rewatch The X Files

#i have so much x files nostalgia from watching it as a kid with my family when it would come on after the simpsons #actually in retrospect i was probably waaay too young to be watching it but whatever #mulder/scully was like my first ship before i even knew what shipping was #the x files #mulder x scully

[opens-up-4-nobody]

I'll be honest, I think it's boring when people get upset with others for not believing in the exact manga canon of naruto. Just watching the anime is fine, who cares? The Canon of naruto is so fucked up and flawed morally and functionally that think you should be able to warp it however you want with non-canonical bullshit. Or don't. Again, who cares? Whatever makes it more interesting for you imo

#if i wanna make konoha more evil. ill make konoha more evil. was sasuke imprisoned post war? sure. thats more fun for me #was kakashi 4 years younger than obito and rin? yes. its more fun for me #was iruka 16 at the time when he became narutos sensei? yes. its more fun for me #i cant think of the ones people complain abt most uhhh. anyone being nice to naruto as a kid retrospectively? rejected by me #they were all dicks to him. itachi having a girlfriend or something? rejected by me but like sure whatever i dont care #like ur experience of naruto doesnt effect my experience of naruto. ya kno #? so i dont get y ppl get so annoyed with ppl for not following the specific canon #its all silly bullshit. so like whatever. ya kno? and i mean its fine if you want to only rely on the manga canon as well #its also interesting to only look at the canon in all its flaws but like dont look down on others for not following the same path? #naruto ramblings #idk this is just what comes to mind when i see post complaining abt ppl not following canon #who care. i will do whatever i like lol

[l8tof1]

saudi21 was madness in every conceivable way.

#watching it felt like a fever dream #if you’ve never seen the saudi21 race u honestly need to go back and watch the full season leading up to it #to understand how we got to a place where #verstappen was given unbelievable leeway to do whatever the fuck he wanted on track #remember also how the race director bargained with redbull on live tv over what penalty they would prefer????? #MADNESS #lewis’ win was IMPOSSIBLE. they did everything to stop him even then #in retrospect it’s so clear they were never going to allow him to get the 8th no matter what he did #saudi arabian gp 2021

[jorrated]

i actually dont like saying stuff like ohhh im crazzy cause it makes me look like that one 'im crazy insaane asylum im gonna get you' tiktok but one time i was talking to this girl and i found her twitter account accidentaly and she posted my last.fm week board with the caption "whatthe fuck am i in trouble"

#LMAO #i genuinely think its goofy to be unironically like ohhh im crazy im twisted #but sometimes i forger that if i dont dial down #people genuinely think im weird and crazy #well whatever #but the lastfm thing was funny #because there was like... ajj.. and slipknot #THOSE ARENT EVEN WEIRD OR UNDERGROUND BANDS #OKAY i rembered there was insane clown posse in there. #in retrospective that was understandable

[twilightarcade]

the thing they don’t tell you about that “authors write from what they know” rule is that you are Not exempt from it

#wordstag #kind of hate that part. Looking at yourself in retrospect. Whatever.

[tumbwr]

the pink heart (🩷) is transfem and the light blue heart (🩵) is transmasc and the white heart (🤍) is nonbinary i don’t make the rules (i’m making the rules)

#posting #this was mid in retrospect but whatever #it is the original flag’s itnwntion anyways too right? oh well

[starrylayle]

random but… I watched the mean girls movie for the first time last night… and man do I have thoughts (yes I know I’m late to the party idc)

Janis’ storyline… bro..I had to stop myself from crying then and there coz that would be too suspicious. The whole outed to the entire school, predatory lesbian stereotype,,, ugh that shit cut deep. When Cady, her best friend, claimed that Janis was in love with her, I just couldn’t — I had to excuse myself and leave to go to the bathroom lol. Ughhh it was so well-written.

I’m kinda upset that they implied that she wasn’t a lesbian at the end — but tbh that would make so much sense. She faced so much trauma from being clocked as queer that perhaps she is experiencing comphet…ORRRR she is bisexual but had no idea and didn’t understand that she had multiple levels of attraction (— I mean ehhh she could be straight but so much of her arc relates to significant queer experiences I just don’t think so). But ya know, this was 2004 and pretty ahead of its time, low key. I think I like the headcannon of her being bisexual (I mean it’s half canon anyways)

Her and Regina definitely kissed before they broke up. And I know that Regina initiated it then freaked out when she realised what that could mean. Regina is an example of such classic comphet — using guys to try and satisfy her desires when really she’s in love with her goth best friend from middle school. It’s real she told me herself.

Side note — that math guy that said he only dates women of colour?? Wow. As someone who goes to a school that is predominantly POC, all the guys are interested in white girls lol so it was nice to see.

Oop sorry for rambling guys — just wanted to get this of my chest lmaoo.

#mean girls #mean girls movie #mean girls thoughts #mean girls retrospective #I mean technically I just watched it but whatever #regina x janis #regina george is a lesbian #regina george #janis ian #lesbian #queer #bisexual #comphet #so much of the dialogue I recognised from tik tok audios lol #that’s kinda embarrassing #anyways #it was a good movie y’all #the more I think about it #the more bisexual janis makes sense to me #bi janis rights

[rigelmejo]

The only language studying advice I’ve got that matters much, as in isn’t take or leave (because most advice really depends on the person and their preferences for how to study), is this:

if you study for enough cumulative hours, and are regularly spending study time on some new material that is requiring you to learn something (compared to picking 1 study material and reviewing it but never ever moving onto a new material with unknowns you must learn), you will make progress. 

Most people, eventually, will move onto studying something regularly challenging them with new material to learn. Usually when they realize they weren’t learning anything new long enough. (I’m a perfectionist so I perhaps realize slower than some people when I’m reviewing material to the point of refusing to move onto new challenging material that would provide more to new stuff to learn). So for the most part, as long as you just study Enough Hours, you will eventually make progress. 

There’s no fancy perfect or ‘better’ study method. Maybe there is for you personally. So it could be fun to explore various study methods. But in the end it mostly comes down to time spent studying. So WHATEVER study methods are ones you can do, and keep getting yourself to do, are the BEST ones for you to make progress with. (And its fine to change study methods if it gets you to KEEP studying). Because in the end, its going to be hundreds or thousands of hours you just need to spend reviewing what you’ve learned by practicing with it, and studying new stuff to increase what you know.

People like to argue sometimes that textbook study is best, or classroom study, or tutors, or immersion, flashcards, mnemonics, context learning, drills, audio lessons, etc. Pick whatever you can stick to, change it if you realize now you can get yourself to Do something else easier. If textbooks are something you get yourself to do, then do them. If you refuse to open textbooks you buy, then use something you WILL use more often. Whatever you pick will work if you put in the study hours. 

TLDR: the best study methods for YOU are the ones you will do, because the amount of total study time you put in is the biggest thing influencing if you make progress. 

Don’t worry too much about if your study method is perfect or if another would be ‘better.’ If you feel like switching it up, have fun. If you feel a method you’d hate looks effective, if you won’t do it then it wouldn’t be effective anyway.

*Note: if you have perfectionist tendencies or tend to stick to trying to master current materials (my worst tendency), my personal suggestion is maybe try to make sure 50% of your study time is spent on something containing Something new and challenging. To make sure you’re regularly making some progress in learning new material. (Examples: if you have read a graded reader then listening to the audiobook would provide at least 1 new thing to challenge yourself and learn - listening skills of those words you read, if you find a new novel chapter with mostly known words but a few new ones - it has some new words to learn and new sentences combinations of words you know, if you are listening to review of something you entirely know and can comprehend in listening then consider trying to shadow the audio so you can challenge yourself with new pronunciation practice, and of course stuff like reading a book/watching a show with a bunch of new words or having a conversation in a new topic would contain new challenging material to learn). 

#rant #90% of reddit language forums drama comes down to the arguement of what works 'best' #in reality most people who fail to learn a language fail because they give up before they put 500 hours - 2500 hours into it #so the most important factor of if you will succeed if if you will simply KEEP studying #so pick whatever you'll keep doing! #classrooms/tutors work well for people who like to be held accountable by a teacher #learning by context works well for me because it requires me to run into new material to learn and lets me learn by Doing which is what i #personally prefer. audio lessons work GREAT if you listen to stuff a lot while commuting/exercising #drills work Great if you do them! its just some people refuse to do them so of course they wouldnt work if you arent doing them #learning by reading works but only if you WILL read the amount it requires #and i only mention the *must regularly study something new* part #because as a perfectionist. in japanese i literally reviewed 300 kanji for TWO YEARS STRAIGHT refusing to study anything else out of fear #i wasnt prepared for ANYTHING else until i MASTERED the 300 basic kanji #so u know what happened? i only learned the 300 kanji. nothing else. in tons of hours. in at LEAST 700 hours of study #in retrospect. i know i could have learned at least 2000 words. at least 1000 kanji. at least basic reading ability with a dictionary #in 700 hours. if i had actually regularly been studying new challenging material as at least 50% of my study time #so as a person with perfectionist tendencies. i personally need 50% or more of all study time to always have SOME new content to learn

[sp00ky-scary]

not a burnt out gifted kid or a regular student but a secret third thing (really fucking stupid)

#i got at least 1 A on every single report since grade 5 #so thats what 14 reports #i averaged like Bs for most stuff #so obviously thats like good #however in retrospect i did not and still dont understand the majority of things we got taught i winged everything #ngl i think its just because of how much school stuff is more based on memory #so you cram study something pass the test or whatever #and then immediately forget it #also ngl my not understanding anything is probably why i almost failed maths last year because it was built on stuff from past years #i dont think the reading fanfics through most lessons and occasionally showing up a bit high helped though #i passed everything this year though and now i never have to do anything again #jk im doing uni next year #hopefully a fine arts degree though #correction i meant grade 3 #also in retrospect wild that literal children are being graded like that #especially since parents (mine included) would/will punish like actual children for getting just a pass and being where they should be