#same old situation

[myimaginaryradio]

Same Old Situation - Motley Crue

#motley crue #same old situation #classic rock #80s #wednesday mood #Youtube

[lady-romantique]

#nikki sixx #motley crue #nikki #sixx #tommy lee #same old situation #80s glam #glam rock #80s metal #80s icons #80s #80s bands #mick mars #vince neil #80s music #80s rock #rock music #hard rock #rock #rockstars #rock singer #bassist #bass #rock n roll #rockstar

[sinful-roxy]

#same old situation #motley crue #Youtube

[rapidhighway]

these are children your honor

#shadow the hedgehog #knuckles the echidna #sonic #sonic the hedgehog fanart #art #doodle #digital art #fanart #i just think they both see themselves as the old man of the group #also i am so old and tired i need to put everyone in the same situation as me this is therapy

[silver-horse]

unfortunately I have opinions about the ascendant astarion ending and I have been holding back from saying it. but it's a problem that applies to the whole game and it's been annoying me

what's actually weird about the ascendant "romance" scene is that the writer considers it a tempting option for the player. They wrote it to be bad, but they also think it's a fun and sexy option. Same goes for the haarlep scene which they also wrote that way because they find it sexy. Except finding this sexually appealing entirely hinges on the idea that the player is a submissive. So RIP to a scene that the rest of us could have found sexy because the lead narrative designer was a submissive. lmao

In this game you can have a scene where you have to kneel for a male character. But you can never have a male character do the same for you. (Halsin doesn't count. It's a vanilla scene, he is not submissive there and we are not even asking/telling him to kneel down) You don't get such options, not even if you play a drow female! RIP the number one reason for playing drow female to be honest. lol You can kneel and fully submit to ascendant astarion or fully submit to mizora or fully submit to haarlep or submit to lae'zel or submit to minthara. you can get whipped by abdirak or you can tell him "touch me and lose a hand" he even responds positively to this remark and yet the possibility to flip the dynamic doesn't exist. There is never an option where a male character truly submits to the player. RIP to a scene that would have been the opposite of the traditional dynamic. the potential that existed but they never used the opportunity

By the way, how interesting that Lae'zel is dominant but she is a woman so ofc you get the option to tell her “no you will submit to me”. You never get such switch options with any of the male characters... Obviously it's not ascendant where they could have made that an option. My point is that it's NEVER an option among so many male characters.

It's a cool idea that the bad ending in a romance means "I saw this character as a sex object" except it falls apart when the scene is very sexually unappealing to anyone who is more dominant leaning. If I see a character as a sex object then I would place them in sexual situations which are appealing to me. so the message doesn't quite work. because there isn't anything that I can selfishly choose for myself just because I like it and I find it sexy.

#it's the old traditional setup where male characters are never submissive. either vanilla or they are dominant. and no other options exist. #I just find it a bit funny how they seem oblivious to the fact that these scenes being “sexy”and tempting entirely hinge on the possibility #that the player has the same tastes but a LOT of us don't. and then these scenes aren't even remotely sexy #don't get me wrong it's cool to have these scenes in the game but there could have been something different as well #rather than the same dynamic multiple times. and if you are super not into that then you only have the vanilla options #meanwhile the subs get multiple ''fun'' scenes. I just find this very unequal. if you are not into that well your character #will be placed into situations where characters make these unappealing propositions and sometimes it's fight or submit. that's weird imo #for a game that has storylines about consent. sexually weird scenes would be fine and interesting if it wasn't SO unequal and always the #same dynamic where they mostly give players options where our female characters should submit and NEVER the opposite I will always be salty #bg3 #larian studios #baldur's gate 3 #bg3 mine #haarlep #astarion #my post #abdirak #my thoughts #my posts #it's like the whole reason I like to play drow women if I am honest but it's been so utterly pointless #as a drow female on a rare occasion you may be allowed to say a barely rude dialogue to males and that's all lmfao #mildly rude to men is just what I do in real life but it's a viddy game and I should be able to be a bit of a nasty aggressive female #(sure they can frame it negatively. that's fine. but let the ''fun'' option exist for us as well)

[leseigneurdufeu]

Jane Austen really said "girls, there's nothing wrong with being gentle and shy (Jane Bennet), there's nothing wrong with being headstrong and proud (Elizabeth Bennet), there's nothing wrong with being a bit foolish and passionate (Marianne), there's nothing wrong with being prudent and reserved (Elinor), there's nothing wrong with never getting married (Mary Bennet), there's nothing wrong with settling down for someone you wouldn't have taken had you had a larger choice (Charlotte Lucas), there's nothing wrong with being imaginative and making social faux-pas (Catherine Morland), there's nothing wrong with being a bit nosy (Emma), there's nothing wrong with making mistakes and regretting them (Anne Elliot). All you have to do is make sure your flaws don't guide your life, find people who will love you as you are, and make the best of what you have." and that was so based

#i know... the charlotte lucas one is subject to debate. but while she didn't approve of charlotte's choice she didn't put her down for it #and she included an almost old maid girl who settles down for a boring and pompous yet caring man #not to dunk on her and say “haha see how Lizzie is much better!” but to say “we make different choices confronted to the same situations” #“and that's not only ok it's normal and valid and you cannot judge each other based on what YOU would have done” #jane austen

[egophiliac]

welcome to the show where a character does nothing except fold an origami animal, and it is a genuinely surprising twist.

#art #super sentai #donbrothers #spoilers #donbrothers spoilers #gosh i hope people have their spoiler tags blocked #when an origami penguin is the most insane thing that happens in an episode about two robots in a neverending space battle #me yelling at this show aimed at japanese five year olds: WHAT DOES IT MEAN. WHAT DOES IT MEEEEAAAN. #how on EARTH does this factor into the already bizarro situation that is jirou #this is the same exact thing they did with miho earlier and i would not have thought they could pull it off again #dang if they didn't get me a second time though

[little-soldiers]

i started this piece MONTHS ago (think: right after bobby died) but when i got to shading i gave up. so here

#i have a REALLY OLD theory bros piece in the same situation but idk if ill ever post that one #qsmp #badboyhalo #dapper #qsmp eggs #my art #no id

[rainywithachanceofstars]

#buddy daddies #kazuki kurusu #miri unasaka #buddy daddies 1x10 #for the better right? #just had to get this off my chest #as a child who prized access to my beloved people and routines and familiar places more than anything #i would have been absolutely DEVASTATED to find out that not only could I suddenly not go back to the place I had been living #but I would never see my parental figures who had been raising me for almost a year again #and not only that but they LIED TO MIRI about it being a SLEEPOVER to get her to go! #yeah four-year-olds wouldn't necessarily understand everything that makes that situation necessary #but they deserve to know in the larger sense that they're leaving so they have a chance to say goodbye #considering that Miri has already been sent away and rejected by one parent and that we've seen her abandonment issues before #I hate that they chose to spare the feelings of the adults by concealing the truth from Miri #it WON'T be 'easier on her' to hear that her papas told her she would have a sleepover and they will never come to get her #and she will never see her room or her clothes or eat Kazuki's cooking or play games with Rei again #it's not even a clean break! Misaki said she was going to keep Miri at the same daycare! #in worrying about Miri's safety and avoiding public meltdowns the adults are hurting her ability to trust in them #it never feels good to be manipulated like that no matter what the reason #but enough about me projecting #in which I babble to the world #memes

[marzipanandminutiae]

just saw someone get accused of CP for shipping a 17-year-old anime character with a 20-year-old anime character

the internet was a mistake

#csa mention #cp mention #fandom wank #obviously IRL 'is it okay for a 17-year-old to date a 20-year-old' is a complex question #that depends on laws and life stages and the individual situation and all that #but it's not a gap where I'm fully prepared to say 100% Unacceptable Always like...I don't know; 22 and 17 #also. they're fake. they're fake people it's not even the same situation

[satsuha]

ageswap au made by @tenretsuzan on twitter! there's a brief explanation beneath the readmore

your name is hikari ku, age 30. you were banished from your home nation of ku at a young age and led a failed rebellion against your treacherous brother, laid low by a harsh betrayal.

"even if it means harnessing this darkness... i will see my country freed from war."

marred by scars left by your once erstwhile friends and plagued by a darkness that grows uncontrollable, you grasp onto the small hope that you may one day reclaim your nation once more...

-

your name is temenos mistral, age 21. you led a peaceful life in flamechurch until one day your brother disappears after leaving you with an ominous message about the church.

"roi... what could have led someone like you down a path like this?"

despite your father's protests, you follow after his footsteps in hopes of uncovering his whereabouts, as well as the church's secrets that forced his departure...

#satsuhart #temehika #octo2 #their goals are still the same it's just at different times #if you think about it hikari's rebellion would realistically take at least a few years lol #but this is after he tries to fight mugen but ends up being betrayed by both ritsu and rai mei and has to retreat to find another way #being alone and significantly less hopeful about his situation he starts leaning into his shadow more and more #temenos' is just a matter of... what if he went after roi immediately instead of choosing to stay #tldr its the 'im gonna fuck that old man' temehika au (30 isnt old but 21y/o teme thinks it is) #yeah teme looks the same but whatever. the light has not left his eyes #also fun(?) fact the english ingame descriptions of each char removed the ages #i can get why because saying 'you are x and you are a 21 year old warrior' sounds a little awkward in eng #but its also like. why i wonder if this is the reason people are way more weird about some of the ages #bc they werent told anytime within the game #meanwhile any jp player immediately going 30 YEARS OLD? 20? 18??? yeah u know who im talking about

[six-white-venus]

#this is a comparison of the impact and meaning the very same situations have when you're a child and when you're old #focused on what it means to grow old and become a child again #but no one else is a child and everything is different and there are so many things you don't remember #and everyone keeps looking at you all sad #basically. alzheimer's #growing old #alzheimers #memory loss #my writing #poetry #prose poetry #words #writeblr

[greeneyed-thestral]

#reblog if you believe balin K N E W #he looks at him like 'bilbo you don't need to tell me anything ok..? i may be old but these eyes still work quite well' #'and he felt the same about you dear lad' #bilbo can't even verbalize his feelings and thoughts -- he can just nod in silence and hide his grief behind a smile #i don't know if you've ever found yourself in a situation in which you want to confess everything but something inside you stops you #it's like you're on a cliff and you can foresee how everything is going to change if you do so your body and brain pull you back #it's a fine line between wanting to get caught and still being scared of not being able to take those words back once said #this is exactly what it looks and feels like -- and bilbo realises sometimes you don't have to say anything 'cause everyone knows #the hobbit #hobbit #bilbo #bilbo baggins #thorin #thorin oakenshield #bilbo/thorin #thorin/bilbo #bilbo x thorin #thorin x bilbo #bagginshield #martin freeman #richard armitage #the battle of the five armies #battle of the five armies #botfa

[rustedleopard]

It's such a minor detail but I absolutely love the way that the dialogue in the final battle against the Masked Man pauses as it's being written out. It really captures hesitation and uncertainty in Claus's movements as the combined efforts of Lucas and Hinawa finally get through to him; the first aching moments of him snapping out of his mind control and taking back his autonomy in years; the brief hesitation -- almost as though in shock and disbelief -- as the lightning deflects off the Franklin Badge and strikes Claus. It almost feels like the textboxes themselves are their own character or represent the emotional states of both Lucas and the player in that moment. Incredible.

#mother 3 #mother 3 spoilers #← spoiler tagging for a 17 year old game i guess #it's such a small thing to add to the moment especially with everything else going on yet it adds a sense of gravity to the situation #like you only know what's going on exactly because the textboxes tell you what's happening. so when it takes a moment #to say the next part it draws you in and immerses you in the same muddled feelings that lucas is going through #amazing game. 11/10 moment. who says you need hyper realistic graphics to really make you feel involved in the moment #(sorry for getting caught up in minor details 😔 it will happen again)

[dairine-bonnet]

Rakatan computer on Kashyyk: ...Your loyalty is dangerous. Your companion could take the opportunity to benefit by turning on you.

Uthar Wynn: ...True or false: there is nothing worse than love.

Jorak Uln: ...One of your underlings has made a major mistake which makes you look bad. He is normally very competent and skilled. Do you kill him or give him another chance?

Me, as a player: Are you all hinting at Malak or what?

#I know rakatan computer is talking about zalbaar in k1 but long before malak accompanied revan... #if the questions were the same... just think about it!) #also i like how some dialogues/moments refer to possible situations/issues revan dealt in the past! #revan #darth revan #malak #darth malak #female revan #male revan #revalek #revalak #kotor #knights of the old republic #kotor 1 #star wars #silly thoughts

[seraheart]

I kinda wish that the DetCo canon would do more with the fact that the relationship (I don't mean this in the shipping sense) between Conan and Haibara has been, or at least logically should have been, really strained for a long time.

Originally, they had this development where Haibara was really messed up, overly cautious and trying to force her maladaptive survival psychological issues onto other people, and generally not good at positive interactions. Then, slowly, Conan and the others started gaining her trust (not entirely though), and also her general mental health improved (never completely though).

But then it turned around, and started getting significantly worse. Haibara isn't really in a healing arc anymore. If Aoyama still took her seriously as a character (which, to be fair, I don't think is the case), she would be in a retraumatization arc. Conan and his allies are limiting Haibara's agency, invading her privacy, dismissing her concerns about all this, and pretending that this isn't happening while she can obviously tell that it is happening.

I think the really obvious turning point was the Mystery Train arc. Haibara even called Conan and Agasa out on it and stated that she wouldn't forgive if she were to be treated like that again. Instead of taking her hurt seriously, they just told her she should "be thankful", and dismissed her hurt as "tsundere", refusing to take her trauma seriously after using it and using her as a mere chess piece in their plans (and Akai even triggering her more by gloating about it).

Since then, Haibara has been trapped under the constant, violating supervision of these people who have demonstrated that they don't respect her, and also refuse to acknowledge that the problem even exists. It's not a situation where her recover arc could realistically continue. By all logic, she should be spiraling, getting worse again.

And maybe this is on purpose; Aoyama definitely didn't plan the manga to get this long when he introduced Haibara, and originally the slow-burn of her recovery was a good way to postpone a scenario where Haibara could actually trust Conan enough to give him the kind of information that would lead to the finale arc. But... eventually, even with the extreme slow burn of DetCo, Haibara's recovery arc and relationship development with Conan would have gotten to the point where her continued withholding of crucial information would no longer make sense... and, I guess, rather than start concluding the story at a humanly reasonable rate, Aoyama just opted to nuke Haibara's whole recovery arc and character and relationship development (not only with Conan but also Agasa).

Which could have been tragic but realistic (albeit kind of a major downer out of tune with the manga's usual tone, and upsetting to anyone who had been invested in the slow-burn mental health improvement arc), but then Aoyama can't even be arsed to take it seriously, and is now just pretending that the situation with Haibara and her relationships with Conan and Agasa are still "normal" instead of FUBAR.

It's regrettable and really shows how much everyone dragging out this franchise to milk it for more money just... doesn't actually care about the story anymore, hasn't in a long time. They'll eventually just kill central, fan-favorite, long-running story arcs rather than actually letting them conclude or evolve in a satisfying manner if that would mean risking their precious status quo (which has warped beyond all recognition anyway, so I'm not sure why they bother).

#dcmk criticism #detective conan criticism #haibara ai #edogawa conan #professor agasa #dcmk writing criticism #eternity series #haibara #conan #agasa #by the way the same refusal to let story arcs develop in a satisfying way if it risks status quo #is also warping the shinran relationship development and secret identity issues into something not... good #Aoyama & co. want it to be a positive relationship but they're taking away the capacity for it to be. #the secret identity drama has honestly run its course and they should have updated the situation to Ran finding out #and the characters dealing with the fallout and the development that would have followed #a WHILE ago. #instead it has become a rehash of a rehash of a rehash that makes Conan/Shinichi more and more unsympathetic & less justified each round. #do Aoyama & co. not realise that letting these plotlines evolve would actually be HELPFUL by giving them NEW scenarios to work with?! #I give up #old fan yells at cloud