#she is legitimately such a kind person

[buffyspeak]

aria montgomery deserved better 2kforever like. in these first two seasons, her relationship with ezra is hard to watch (in more ways than one! i sometimes find myself rooting for them not to get caught, largely because i like and have sympathy for aria but also because the actors do genuinely have good chemistry. but then i remember how fucked up it is! that’s why the romanticization of this relationship was so dangerous!) - anyway. it was hard to watch and messy but she also had like. other things in her story that at least made her feel like a more fleshed out character. and i always see people saying things about how she’s not as kind as she acts like but she literally shows so much empathy to. most people. and her role as a psuedo caretaker/fixer in her family is so nuanced and interesting and informs a lot of how she interacts with ezra (she feels like she’s been forced into a more adult role, so she courts this adult ‘romance’. ugh.) and it legitimately could have been a nuanced and interesting story about family dynamics and the pressure on teenage girls in their roles in family and how that can be connected to grooming if it had been written that way but!!!!

anyway her story just becomes more and more entangled with Only Being About Ezra from what i remember. which is one of the reasons people kept theorizing about her being A but. i just see it as isolation (not total, she is obviously still very close with her friends, but there is a sort of disconnect.) and then they get MARRIED????? she deserved better for real.

#pretty little liars #aria montgomery #she is legitimately such a kind person #like. i know the WHOLE dynamiv witg jenna is complicated and the lying wasn’t great #but trying to tell her how her pottery looked in an emotional moment? #picking glass out of emily’s hair? #snarking on those sports guys when they were making fun of hanna at lucky leon’s #promising she’s not mad at spencer and giving her the worlds softest hug? #i love her! #she deserved to write and take photos and drink coffee and get a loving partner and not end up with her groomer!!!! #even it was like. s4 when they broke up bc of the book reveal #and stayed broken up #that still would have been better than nothing #anti ezra fitz #anti ezria #grooming mention // #ask to tag // #also her family did not deal with it the right way at all #i understand they were Concerned - as they should have been! #but i always see their s2 hailed as like. the appropriate reaction #but they literally treat her like a criminal like she is just as bad as him #they are more focused on being angry than protecting her especially byron #i just. ugh. #(okay that’s an oversimplification. they are trying to protect her. but the WAY they are doing it is driving her right back into their arms)

[bonefall]

Same anon again- hearing your reasoning helps a lot, thank you. It helps to understand its a (unfortunately for bramblestar, funny) critique of a personality trait rather then connecting intelligence to morals. Thank you for explaining your thought process and for being civil about it < 3

No problem!! I'm glad it helped!

#This is why kindness is super important #90% of the time when I get a concern like this it's legitimate and just meeting it with good faith is the easy solution #If you keep an eye on Stumptail and Billystorm you'll see my intention to very much make sure most unintelligent characters are good people #And for cats like Tangleburr who are unintelligent but also villains it's not the unintelligence that makes her a bad person #Though it is part of her and factors into how she makes her choices. Heart-first. #But the vast majority of my villains are explicitly quite intelligent or JUST average-intelligence. #bone babble

[beskad]

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#i love my friend dearly and I'm glad I was able to help her out today #but i am woefully underqualified to truly assist with this legitimate hoarding situation #in terms of experience/technique #and psych knowledge #I'm glad she trusts me enough to let me in to help her. that is HUGE and it's not easy and I'm glad she feels safe with me to do that #but god it's really a lot #tbd probably #just still kind of reeling #and i hope we're able to find either a cleaner or counselor who can further assist #it is literally beyond my ability #i can help chip away but we need a professional in there as soon as shes able to handle it #again im glad that i am a Safe Person for her. It is miserable alone #we have enough shared trauma that she knows I'm not judging/i don't think any less of her/i don't see it as some sort of moral failing #i GET IT. anxiety and depression and ocd are fuckin hard and no one's fault and you just do the best you can #and sometimes your best still leaves you drowning #I'm diving in and bringing her arm floaties until a life raft can come

[taterdraws]

Hiii you’re actually not that far away from reality with morning star = sun, bc in Rome where Luciferus was an incarnation of Venus it was “the first star” on the horizon, right before the sun outshines it. Lucifer is our beautiful darling ☀️

Your art is so good thank you for the food ❤️🌹🫡

hiii! bfdkjbg ugh i know there were reasons why it is Venus and i would not be miffed about it if not for the fact that the sun is right there. i will be deranged in the tags.

and aaaaah thank you kindly!!!!! ❤️🥹i love drawing these fuckers so i'm so glad you like the art <3

#i will not actually be deranged i will be reasonable haha. anyway it's not any legitimate thing that upsets me #it's just i sat up straight one evening because my brain was like ''hmm lucifer. light bringer. dawn bringer. morning star. is heTHE SUN??? #then i hit google to see and google was like nah bitch youre dead wrong and i had thought i was soo clever figuwing it owt all on my own uw #so then it got personal. 'no' i said. 'no ancient greco-romans i will Not heed your venus for i am correct in my soul' lmao anyway #what annoys me is that the Sun fits EVERY SINGLE ONE of those monikers much fuckin better!!! #like literally!! light bringer? that's the sun. dawn bringer? same fucking thing the dawn is inherently linked to the rising of the sun. s- #-sun's the one that Brings the Dawn. #MORNING STAR? look at those 2 words and call me stupid but tHAT'S LITERALLY THE SUN AGAIN INNIT. yeah? #and oh yes i will be petty on top of it: venus isn't even a star it's a planet! [insert the shrek dental meme here] #okay i said i'd be reasonable at first and then i seem to have gone all SHE WORE A CROWN AND SHE CAME DOWN IN A BUBBLE DOUG haha oops #im fully aware im beefing with people from thousands of years ago #BUT ANYWAY THANKS FOR UR KIND WORDS ANON ILY <3

[iron-sides]

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^ me staring at batfam fic that i otherwise would have no real issues with despite not being my preferred interpretation except that it includes janet drake bashing

#my thots #i will let you bash jack ok personally i never would but again! perfectly fine just not my reading #but when you come for janet :(((((( you just hate women at that point idk what to tell you #theres literally no textual evidence that she was a bad mother #yet again another mother who is arguably a better parent than batman getting bashed bc god forbid a woman have passions #<- all kind of silly but also its a legitimate gripe yk. like its not a big deal but it does bug me. u get it #anyway. janet drake i love you janet drake you will always be famous #to be clear i absolutely will still be reading the fic. it includes good dad bruce wayne which i frankly like even less than janet bashing #im just very resigned to it lmao #ficposting #haterism

[wheatstar]

the thing about warrior cats that bothers me the most is that there are so many writing decisions that COULD be really interesting but i know the authors probably didnt mean it in that interesting way so instead i just get disappointed over and over again

#rot.txt #like sunbeam actually liking nightheart IS a problem for me but it could be interesting #in the way that shes grasping for companionship after blazefire and legitimately thinks he came to shadowclan for her #when in reality shes just an excuse for him a method to get away #but thats! not how its going to play out! and we know it. theyre endgame. and i hate it #there are actually a lot of things about nightheart that i think if improved on would make him actually tolerable #for one i think the pelt color thing should have been more subtle instead of his Whole Thing #also making firestar more of a mythic and revered figure so this pressure to be more like him doesnt come out of nowhere #personally i kind of think sunbeam and nightheart could be nixed entirely #just to focus on frostpaw. i think the isolation of one main character would drive home the “starless clan” thing #idk if that makes sense but it does to me #i DO really really like sunbeam though. i think shes so normal and funny. #also i have NOT read thunder yet im still getting through the slog that is shadow

[fortes-fortuna-iogurtum]

hey let's all just take a moment to remember that sometimes the characters we hate (even with very good reason) mean something important to some other people out there, ok?

#this is provoked by absolutely nothing #I am not vagueing or subtweeting anyone at all. I promise. #but I did just reblog that one gifset of Thirteen and I /know/ there are people who Can Not Stand Her #and I have no problem acknowledging that. there are Flaws with the character and with her era. #and I love my anti-Thirteen mutuals the same as all the others! <3 #but she means something very special to me because of the era of my life I was in when I first 'met' her #and because of the things she made me start to really think about and take seriously #hope and goodness and simple kindness and joy in the everyday little regular beauties all around me #I began to appreciate those things so much more in part because of her and because of Doctor Who as a whole show #and I started watching DW in the first place bc I was curious about her #so this is getting rambly but what I'm trying to say is #: as much as you may not personally like a character and may have very legitimate reasons for that #please be careful with your treatment of people who DO like that character. #don't make assumptions about /why/ they like a character and don't generalize everyone who likes the character into one box #gurt says stuff #characters #fandom #storytelling #tumblring #ok to reblog btw

[mabelsguidetolife]

i am in shock……

#my mom has actually been cutting down on beer #and she’s been drinking since the age of fourteen #she still smokes menthols like a fumigator but she’s trying to change something #it would be more worrying if she was coming off heavy beer but it’s natty lite #or as i call it….. nasty lite #anyway i’m legitimately surprised because she’s a day-drinker #she’ll drink a beer right as she wakes up at like two in the morning #but lately????? things are different #me and my dad will have to keep an eye on her for her safety but i’m….. almost kind of impressed #she’s been drinking a lot of iced tea instead which is nice #my dad replaced his beer habit with flavored sparkling water #so i’m glad that they’re at the very least getting hydrated #the thing that surprises me is that she’s really resistant to personal change/improvement so this is wild to me

[singharit]

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#personal #god i tell people i'm okay and then a day later i'm in bed crying because my sister gave me £100 as a late birthday present #like??? #i guess it's just weird because like i legitimately thought she forgot??? #esp since i last saw her at christmas when i literally left the dinner to get away from her #so when my bday passed i was just like aight i feel like shit anyway and we'd just end up arguing so it's probably better she's not here #(she's but also been busy moving house but like. in the least organised manner possible. probably a contributing factor.) #so today when i go downstairs and my mum gives me £100 passed on from my sister and earnestly tells me i need to thank her for it i'm just? #?????? #like a) dont fucking treat me like a child #and b) dont give me something just out of obligation???? #i know she's all rich now because she made a profit selling her old house but i'd literally rather have like a text or something on the day #than a three week old 'oh btw here you are' kind of thing #does that make sense???? #negative //

[kerra-and-company]

6 and 22 for Ari!

Ari interview hours 2k23, tyty :D!

6. What’s the hardest thing you’ve ever had to do?

Ari blinks. Blinks again, just a bit too fast. "I had to get Lifa back to the Citadel. Pol was already gone, and..." She shakes her head and growls a little in frustration--the sort of frustration one has when attempting to prevent emotional overflow and on the verge of failing. "Couldn't get them all. Save who you can save, I guess, huh?"

22. What’s the easiest way to flirt with you?

Ari looks confused for a second, then shrugs. "Well, if this question is you trying to flirt--don't know who told you I was available, but they lied. Shoot your shot somewhere else."

Cio, who's fiddling with a gyro at a desk nearby, looks up and grins wide. She puts her tools down, cocks her head to the side, and crosses her arms. "Can't believe you're not answering that--what if I wanted tips?"

Ari turns to look at her, her mouth curling slowly into a matching smile. "You think you need tips, Sparks? Really?"

Cio shrugs, grin even wider now. "Would you like to give me some?"

(Sensing that they're about to be far too distracted to talk with you further, you leave quickly, feeling like the question was simultaneously not answered and answered completely.)

#gw2 #ari stormshield #cioffi #ciari #catmanderratmander #thanks a bunch for the ask! :D #the answer to the last question in part is 'be cio' asljkdf #but honestly--best ways to flirt with ari: a) banter of some kind if you're close enough to her for that to be something she's comfy with #b) fully do the 'legolas and gimli in lotr' thing of competing in number of enemies defeated in combat; or things along those lines #c) be cio (lol)--but legitimately this because cio's absolutely the only person she'd ever flirt with and has been for a While #and for the first question--ari managed to get a shield around herself and lifa (and pol's body) during the whole weylon betrayal thing #brook and casca were captured and she couldn't do anything to reach them because she was holding the shield #and lifa wouldn't have been a match for all the flame legion around on her own #so ari made the decision to get out of there and lifa listened to her #didn't have to be dragged; ari was legionnaire. lifa listened. #and lifa later then blamed ari for everything rather than blaming weylon and the two of them split apart--lifa stayed with the legions and #ari ended up with the OoW and then the pact #fun times!

[adozentothedawn]

This man has claimed my brain space and now he keeps gaining siblings there

#his name is sett #yes he's a league character #no i don't know why i keep getting obsessed with lol lore #it's honestly not even that good mostly #but damn #his deal is that he's a half catboy basically #his dad left when he was a kid #and now he secretly runs a fighting pit #secret from his mother who he loves very much #she's a catwoman #that's the real lore #and the siblings I made him are his dad's other kids from Noxus #which is basically war country #she's a stoic soldier type character #and her mother is another magic person #she was raised with the half brother i made up though #and he's the only legitimately kid #he's also the only kid who isn't a fighter #is an artist #but the funny and vaguely insane kind #and one day they all meet and love each other very much #and possibly murder their father i don't know #lol worlds are contaminating me by playing this guy so much

[staycalm-atthedisco]

I was playing Ghost in the kitchen while doing dishes and my mom went full boomer on me saying “What are you listening to, dear? It sounds awfully satanic, you better not be conjuring anything into my house with this stuff” So I had to go total zillenial on her like “Mom, if there’s any dark energy summoned here it’s because of your bad vibes” lmao

#to be fair the song Crucified was on when she said this #it made me chuckle #she legitimately thinks that listening to Ghost is fully Evil and will encourage Satan into our home #when I told her I was going to a Ghost concert #the next day she was like ‘your dad and I looked up that Ghost band you were talking about and they look awfully evil’ #‘I don’t think you should go where all those satanists are’ etc etc #like mom WHAT lmao it’s a band #love my parents but they are actually Unhinged and kind of crazy classic Christians #ghost #me #personal #smdh #the band ghost

[tareloin]

Self-insert/persona of mine. Chen (陳), they/them.

#tare time #Irrelevant but personal talks: #I was scrolling the Teochew tag on Tumblr and I felt kind of visible and happy to see people even acknowledging its existence #It's strange I guess. Nobody here (US) really speaks it and I've really only met one other person IRL who has #It's an odd sense of isolation and loneliness when you've grown up with a language that nobody but your family speaks. #It's even harder when you realize you're slowly losing it all #It's not a dead language by any means‐- there's a lot of Teochew speakers in other places. Just not here #It's nice when you hear Teochew in the wild though!! I remember overhearing a family that was speaking Teochew in Vegas once #I felt so connected fr. I had no idea who they were but I was like OH SHIT ITS MY KIN #artare #E: My experience may be different from others mostly because my community isn't majority Asian like I know it is on the coasts #Also shoutout to the receptionist lady in my middle school I'm so sad that you left. I'm so glad you tried to talk to me in Teochew #I will legitimately never forget that experience. It means a lot to me #I hope she's still doing well wherever she may be

[puppynosed]

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#personal #so as if I’m. not going through enough rn lol #toxic friend started texting me again last night into today and she’s been SO fucking rude #I just feel like the universe hates me and everything is just blocked off on ALL sides #I feel like I have no way out or #through this. it just keeps getting worse and worse and the walls are caving in so bad #I’ve never been this down before #I legitimately sobbed myself to sleep last night and then had a dream that I d worded in an elevator accident #I just feel like this is inescapable and I just feel so hopeless and alone #bc I need to talk about this and work through it but I’m so scared bc what if people don’t accept me for it… #like this kind of seems like a situation that isn’t easily workable if that makes sense #but it hurts so fuckkng bad and idk what to do #I can’t keep up with life like this anymore I really can’t the agony is so bad I want to scream

[ultimatehopes]

Gabi doesn't have a set backstory but the vague idea is she was an immigrant, and very very good in her field of biology, but because she wasn't fluent in english and she was a woman she was constantly talked down to, amd that + social isolation caused her to become extremely angry. She internalised that for the longest time, until one day she finally snapped on the people condescending her and was fired, and her entire life fell apart and she only got angrier and angrier until one day she just stormed out and found redwood hollow, and she took a lot of time to stop feeling constantly looked down upon, but when she was able to feel like she was being listened to she let her true self through, and Winnie for the longest time was the only person she felt comfortable around until she started noticing people looking down on Frances too and she was so mad that this other incredibly clever youbg girl was being mistreated that she decided to put her righteous anger into something worthwhile and began to show Frances just how smart and brilliant she was, which was just really healing for them both, and they're now extremely close because they understand how it feels to be the one people don't listen to.

#ender talks #I love Gabi #she is a person who people see as “maternal'' or ''girlboss'' #but she's just this really deep flawed person #she isn't a good person she hurt people who were trying to help her #she sees the worst in others #she can be legitimately violent #but she's also a genius #and so kind to people she trusts #and she knows her goddamn worth and she never lets anyone put her or any other girl in town down #and she lives up to her therianthrope type because she is a bear

[workwort]

I lived three years around the corner from an art museum and never went even once despite there being a free night every single week and I went the week I moved and.

#you have to go with the right person idk I got overstimulated so bad and I felt like I had to express everything right there or die #or start crying in public it was kind of intense. idk it made me feel like the things I made were truly also art fully realized #I guess I never fully expressed what that was like and tbh idk if she really understood either. I could use someone to talk about it with #that although i often feel unable to produce finished work even the half finished creation is legitimately alive in itself… that I have #as much power to do that as any gallery artist. I got all choked up and couldn’t talk about it #want to go to the art museum with me? #lysposting