#sorry if some things don't make much sense but... the article sometimes doesn't make sense in french either sooo...
Sometimes the Wallpaper is Just Yellow: A Heartslabyul Color Analysis
This research was inspired by this post by @mothman-files! I am so sorry for @ing you please let me know if you want me to remove it and I will do so ASAP. Thank you for sending my head into a tail spin, I've learned a lot of stuff.
After reading mothman's musings, you might be thinking to yourself like I did: "hey, there is something familiar about red, blue, yellow, and green color coding." And it is, as mothman correctly points out in the notes of their post it is an extremely common trope in anime. The reason was both exactly and not not at all what I expected after I resurfaced from this little detour I took from fic writing.
How well do you know the colors of your oni? Because that's more important than card suits for this particular trope, but to make it all make sense I am going to go through each of the Heartslabyul boys one by one saving Cater for last. With that being said, pack your bags and grab some beans we are going to learn some meditation techniques.
Setsubun and the Beaning of Life
No seriously. It all relates back to beans. As a refresher for those unaware, Setsubun is a Japanese festival celebrated at the start February, the day before spring starts on the Japanese Lunar calendar. It is typically part of Lunar New Year celebrations today, and if you know anything about it from anime you probably know that it's that holiday where the Japanese throw beans at demons to chase them away so they can start the new year without their evil influences. What kind of evil influences? Well according to Buddhist belief there are five main ones that are referred to as the five hindrances: sensory desire (i.e. greed), ill-will (i.e. anger), disquietude (i.e. anxiety), sloth (i.e. unable to make decisions), and doubt (i.e. self explanatory).
Now why is this all relevant? Well I saw it repeated again and again, on some articles about Setsuban that the oni who appear during the festival are COLOR CODED and fucking finally thanks to this beautiful, beautiful person called Matthew Meyer (the Yokai Guy) on Patreon of all places! I found out why. Because a professor of History named Yagi Tōru said so and I am inclined to believe as he is the president of the World Oni Study Society! Which is a thing! And he has written textbooks?!?! I get that this might be a tangent but it is important to me you understand I am not pulling this out of my ass, there is scholarship on this I am not lying to you. So what are those colors?
Red Oni (Greed) Blue Oni (Anger)
The only reason I even tried looking at this angle was because of these two. Everyone say thank you to Aduece. You might have heard "the Red Oni Who Cried" folktale in an anime or two (My Love Story is the first that comes to mind for me) and it is thought to have spawned a sort of character trope in anime. There's a hot headed red coded character and their intellectual blue bestie, or maybe they're twins (FFXIV and Tokyo Rev jump to mind), one of them jumps first and the other asks all sorts of questions, both now and later. When I first saw Aduece I thought they were a clever twist on that trope because they're both trying to fit those color molds but... aren't really making it.
Ace wants to portray himself as an easygoing guy who doesn't think too much about things, but we know that's not true. He is extremely smart, he just refuses to put in maximum effort unless forced. I don't think it's too much of a stretch to classify him as greedy either, but when you are sharing the stage with Azul it can be easy to forget that greed isn't always accompanied by a great work ethic. Ace cheats at cards, makes a deal for a study guide he doesn't need, and sucks up to his senpai's all to make things easier on himself. What he actually needs to do is work bitch and when he does that and only then will he realize his true potential.
Deuce, poor ex-delinquent Deuce. He does think about things before he does them and constantly lectures Ace for just doing whatever he wants without thinking, but he is far from naturally intelligent and prone to outbursts of anger. As soon as he looses his temper, he also looses his rational thought, but he accepts that about himself. That's what allows him to discover his unique magic, he knows he has his own sort of intelligence and is determined to work on what he does not.
Green Oni (Sloth)
I don't really think it is revolutionary to say Trey is a bit of a slacker when it comes to addressing interpersonal issues. He finds it easier to try and keep the peace or manage the fallout than directly address the problem at hand, and he is resistant to doing additional work not assigned by his housewarden. Or required by the school, just look at how "excited" he was to be a starsender. If he was any more unhinged he would have started throwing hands. Sloth as a sin isn't strictly just about being lazy. Apathy, a lack of reaction towards something like say, your friend's control freak tendencies that is clearly him acting out his own trauma can qualify as sloth.
I would like to add, though, that I don't really think it was Trey's responsibility to tell Riddle he was going overboard. That should have been Crowley's job, but that's another post. For now just take green as a sign of dodging emotions and let's go.
Yellow Oni (Disquietude)
As pointed out by mothman-files, Cater is supposed to be yellow, but he is more often portrayed with reds and oranges, pinks even, than yellow. Like them, I don't think it is a coincidence he is associated with orange when that's what happens when you mix red and yellow together. Cater is taking on what he perceives to be the identity of his dorm, and he is extremely dissatisfied, disquieted, and anxious because of that.
Something I think should be considered, NRC freshmen are sixteen years old. Cater is a third year, he's spent around two and a half years at NRC, two and a half years that were relatively stable compared to what he tells us about his previous schooling. I think that he has some genuine dissonance in him that is getting harder for him to ignore because he has played this role longer than the ones he has played previously. Cater the Heartslabyul student, the NRC mage, that is who he is now, and I wonder if he knows how he got to this point or if he feels like he just woke up in someone else's body someday and doesn't know if he likes it.
What's worse is I think he does like his friends, and he is suddenly confronted with how little they actually know about him, what could be more anxiety inducing than that.
Black Oni? (Press X to Doubt)
I don't think Riddle is meant to be the black oni, but I do think it's interesting that the color black is associated with doubt and loss of ones convictions when that is essentially both the cause and color of an overblot. Idia and S.T.Y.X. seem to be focused on emotion + extreme magic use to be what's causing the blot... but the more I roll chapter 7 and all the reading I did for this post around in my head it seems to me that overblots like the ones at NRC seem to be tied to a loss of identity and the shattering of one's perceived reality.
I would also like to mention that I have no idea if any of the cited folklore has anything to do with Yana Toboso's mindset when she created these characters. She seems to be someone who does a lot of research and thinks deeply about symbolism, but this color coding and its associated vices can be found in a lot of anime. She could have just picked up on it from that.
I hope you found this descent into madness informative, and if not at least entertaining. Thank you for your time, I am going to go eat a cookie.
Semi Unrelated Fun Facts:
A lot of this brainrot was inspired by Amnesia, as I stated in a post I already made, but I also was thinking about the song YELLOW by Yoh Kamiyama which I don't fully understand the meaning of, but think it is supposedly about being trapped in a false reality from some of the things I've read.
Back to Amnesia, the yellow diamond in that Visual Novel (I haven't watched the anime adaptation because they did my man Kieth dirty) is the yandere route. Which made me start to think about how often yellow is used as a color for characters with identity issues, like Sailor Venus from Sailor Moon and Amu from Sugo Chara! and led to... this mess
According to this thing I found while trying to look for the professor Yagi Tōru he has a son who is a male voice actor???? I don't have time to look this up someone else do it please.
Please check out the Yokai Guy. You can join his patreon for free, his art is lovely and he saved my sanity. I cannot read Japanese so I almost didn't bother saying anything about this because I knew I wouldn't be able to provide an academic source for it, and that's important to me as someone who has a love of history. Also he has a kick-starter up for an illustrated book of folklore, did I mention his art is lovely?
And lastly a lovely hello to @somany-fandoms-solittle-time who kindly asked to be tagged in this post (つ≧▽≦)つ I hope you liked it.
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Normally im anti gatekeeping but can we make a rule that if you just read the headline of an article and don’t read the whole thing and/or check its source, your not allowed to be a witcher fan, how am I supposed to believe someone read a 7 book series if they can’t even read past a headline
This is common sense to check and verify but in the ere of social media, the truth is "feelings". And headlines and short reads are sadly the norm. And they (those who write these articles) know it. Basically if they get your affect they win. Because it is way easier to believe your heart than try to work out your head. And a good title is sometimes just all they need.
Personally, I can't believe someone has read the 7 books saying that this season is not book accurate enough. Of course this isn't 100% book accurate. There are deviations (some bigger than others) and inventions. But for the big parts, the framing, and even some details, this is.
You know, I clashed with an internet friend who told me she read the books and was saying things like I see on hater posts. I just learnt after few precise questions that she stopped at Blood of Elves. She was repeating just other hater stuff because they pushed every buttons that triggered her about what she knew. She is a witcher fan but for the frame she knows. She still doesn't like the show and I respect her real arguments for that but I just saw here the work of confirmation bias.
We have a tendency to believe more someone who say something close to our own feelings or inner belief. And if you made your opinion beforehand there is no way you get out of the pit easily. It needs work and patience to compare and verify, and read the books to check again etc.
Also when you play the games, the experience is very different and very compelling in its storytelling. I knew the games before the series and the books, through let plays and I loved it. So I bet there are a lot of gamers in the frustrated mass. They are fans also, of course, but through a different lence. And they probably want a different experience from the show. Experience they will never get since the framing stays the books. So ... frustration again.
And I can give a "funny" example for people don't read but say they have just to push the cursor on the down level.
When you see people downrating episode 7 to the worst episode ever with so many complaining about the source material, you know that they have not read the books. The 7th episode is the worst noted ever and this is the most book accurate thing of the whole series, period !
They downrate it mostly because there is not enough of what they want in it. Again. Feelings and frustration are speaking not the head.
And that is exactly what those articles do or what attracts people to the hater videos. A lot of people are frustrated since S2 and locked on that frustration for months, so they were already willing to burn the season before hand. They find here and there other people that express frustration and anger and each deviation from the source material is more commented than what is correct. And I don't even go to the place where this is only to deguise shady discourses.
Bonus :
I just put that picture here again since it's lost in my big review of S3 and it amuses me a lot to play dumb to confront people to reality. Too much politics, mages and Ciri... Well this is the books... You're welcome 😅
I am sorry if I deviated in my answer but I need to say things clearly. And I am sure that conclusion won't be read by those who believe I agress them.
For me there are different kind of fans. All valid. But in terms of opinions about the show I discard almost immediately the headline burst of anger ones and I value those who can articulate both positive and negative points of view.
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PSA regarding character design asks
For those of you who are new here, if you take a look at the "character design" tag in this blog's archive, you'll notice I post a fair bit about the subject, sometimes helping others improve their own designs. I love getting these kinds of asks, as working out design kinks is a fun challenge for me (despite urgent life shit delaying my response times. Folks who've sent me design asks in the past few months: They're in my drafts and I thank you for your patience).
But recently I received an ask that displayed some rather disappointing behavior, and I thought I'd take this opportunity to nip it in the bud. This isn't a callout post, and I'm not trying to sic the shame squad on this person. I just want to stress to all of you that this isn't okay.
The ask included an image of a character they drew and some brief paragraphs of background information. Typical fare for this kind of ask. Everything was fine until the last two sentences.
I have to confess that I shamelessly stole the [clothing article] from [someone else's character design]. But since [worldbuilding info related to a real-life thing the other person's design was based on], it made perfect sense.
I looked up the original design they were referring to, and sure enough, they had traced so much of it that half of their design wasn't really theirs. Because it "made perfect sense."
I'm going to say this in the most civil way I possibly can.
ANYTHING. Would have made more sense. Than art theft.
"But Maue, it's just part of a design, not the whole thing". Doesn't matter. Theft is theft. And I want to make it clear to everyone reading this that if you think it's in any way acceptable to rip off another character designer, my posts haven't taught you a damn thing. Frankly I'm a bit insulted that this person assumed I'd be complicit in this.
For the record, professional designers do NOT steal from others, or at least the good ones don't. They might be inspired by an existing design, but, importantly, they'll use other inspirations too, and put their own unique spin on it. It's just a starting point, not the final product.
They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, but this ain't just imitation; it's the equivalent of copying another kid's homework in school. This is cheating. I've had one of my own characters shamelessly ripped off before, and there was nothing flattering about it. It just made me feel used, like a parasite had sucked me dry. I never want anyone else to feel that way, and I hope to God none of y'all do either.
Folks, if you want to design your own characters, do the research and actually design your own characters. It's really not that hard. Sure, the first attempts might look terrible, but at least they'll come by their shittiness honestly. Ugly art that tried has infinitely more charm than gorgeous art that didn't.
I'm sorry if this comes off as harsh, but I take this shit seriously. So please don't send me asks containing stolen artwork. I won't respond and you'll earn yourself a block. Fair warning.
Don't get lazy. You know better, so do better.
Thanks.
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hi, Mt. This might cause some negative energy and I'm sorry, but I hope its still okay to write this to you. If you can't post, that's okay too. As much as I love Caryl and Melissa, I think I have to walk away. Fandom has always been too intense for me, so I like to stay hidden, but I like reading all the articles and following along on filming. Everything about S1 was making me uncomfortable. Daryl was being weird a lot of times and the things the producers kept saying, I kept wanting to argue with. I thought now that S1 is over and Melissa is announced, things would be a lot better. I do like all the photos of Melissa and I liked the little trailer we got, but something about this show feels very wrong. You talked about a lot of the things I noticed on my own, the way it still feels like Daryl is the most important and Carol doesn't mean as much because she's not in the title. That's just an example. I hate that. And I hate that the producers are making that feeling worse every chance they get. Zabel, he just makes me mad because his way of explaining Daryl and now Carol sounds like he's just ranting and sometimes doesn't make any sense. I don't think Daryl can make deep relationships that quickly for example. But Norman and Greg Nicotero, what they say sounds worse to me. Some people aren't going to like me saying this and I don't mean to cause you any trouble since it's your tumblr. The way they insult Melissa sometimes and hurt the fans to make us seem unimportant or dumb, it makes me feel like I'm in another abusive relationship and that's what I need to get away from. I thought about just staying off the internet and watching the show, but their behavior makes me worry about the show too. I believe you about them refusing a new showrunner who's a woman and it's not just because you said it. It's because it fits with past things they've done. Norman admitted getting rid of Angela Kang and then they hired Zabel who is a white man just like them. I won't be able to take it if Caryl's relationship is ruined. I didn't have much when I was young, including love. I was trapped in the same cycle for a long time. Watching Caryl gave me a lot of hope because they were similar to me and I wanted them to be together to know some happiness is still possible even if life has been so hard. Maybe they will, but it's not worth all this suffering in the meantime. I don't think I'll find characters like them again, but I'll find something that makes me feel joy every day, not misery and anger. Thank you for listening and for making me feel not so alone for a while. Thank you to Melissa McBride for being so talented and lovely. I wanted to be able to thank Norman too. I'm just too hurt right now, but Daryl will still have a special place in my heart right beside Carol as it should be.
***I'm including a trigger warning here and kindly asking anyone who reads to please be respectful of this anon's experiences***
Anon, you don't have to apologize. It's always bothered me when we assign each other a "negative" or "positive" disposition when in reality it's perfectly human to form nuanced opinions. Last year wasn't kind to Caryl fans at all, so seeing Melissa filming again and seeing bts photos of Caryl again felt like the first warm day after a brutal winter (to quote my favorite podcast hosts 🤪❤️). I think every single one of us wants to hold onto that feeling. I'm happy for those who are succeeding. We deserve to finally look forward to the Daryl and Carol show we were promised.
That being said, I also empathize with those who are having a difficult time holding on. I am one of those people myself. One day it feels like we're getting something exciting, like the first Caryl photos let's say, and the next we're getting dumped on. Case in point, an actor who isn't even on the show taking the opportunity to call Caryl's/Carol's fans toxic and using Melissa's return to self-promote. Or how about another actor using sexist language to attack the same fans because he didn't like the criticism the show was getting. Or the showrunner teasing another ship with zero regard for a significant portion of his soon-to-be audience (Caryl fans). It’s all very discouraging, especially when the intervals in between the bad PR get shorter and shorter.
As for the male EPs’ off-putting behavior, you aren’t the first person to describe it to me the way you did, far from it, which is just to say you aren’t alone. Thank you for sharing a little bit about yourself even though it couldn’t have been easy. I’ll share that when I was growing up, the men in my life would often display an urgent need to be in control, to let everyone know they were the boss and what they said goes. Tracking this show has definitely brought up a lot of the anxiety I thought I’d dealt with already, that Daryl helped me deal with when I first started watching TWD, so I completely understand where you're coming from.
The show we were promised in 2020 was a Daryl and Carol show. Theoretically, now that Melissa is back, it should be a Daryl and Carol show again. That’s what Melissa signed on for and her EP title is supposed to be equal to Norman’s. But Norman, Nicotero, and AMC are not honoring that. You already mentioned the title, so I’ll use another example. Norman said S2 is Carol’s story before amending to Carol and Daryl stories paralleling each other. Either way, why is his character the only one on the clapperboard? Where’s Carol? In that tiny plane?
These may seem like non-issues on the surface, but as I've talked about before, people working on the show can use them as cues to establish a chain of command different from what's in contracts. The male EPs can use them to drown out Melissa's voice in instances of disagreement. The showrunner is a big one. How about directors? Are they all white men again? Who's deciding that? And how can that be the only perspective we're getting if S2 is centered around a heavily-nuanced female character, a mother, a survivor of domestic abuse, a frequent target of misogyny and ageism on SM ? Melissa's input is highly valuable. I'm in no way diminishing that or suggesting she's helpless, but she needs to be shown all the professional courtesy she deserves, as an equal. If fans are seeing evidence to the contrary, and we absolutely can see that, it undermines the narrative we've been invested in all this time: Carol beating the odds over and over again, proving her worth, and becoming a leader.
I'm really sorry that you're feeling mistreated by a show you used as a source of comfort. It's not how things are supposed to work. There should be no gaslighting, no sexist name-calling, no playing into your fears, no insulting your intelligence, no making you feel unheard. Explicit canon is something that needs to happen, but it won't take away the discomfort you're feeling unless we can get someone else in a position of power to push for Caryl, Carol, and the Daryl we know, with Melissa. That's honestly what I'm waiting to see at this point. AMC needs to make big changes. In the meantime, please take care of yourself, anon. Your wellbeing comes first.
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Leaving The Gaylor Community
When I started to listen to Taylor Swift, I was so excited. Her voice and her lyrics were a comfort to me. I would fall asleep to her music, I would do my chores to it, it was my obsession and for a person who usually just simply enjoys things it was new and exciting to be so bewitched by something.
I soon realised that some of her songs didn't make sense to me, and while I was researching on what could she mean by some of her lyrics I stumbled upon gaylor theory, and everything made sense. So much sense that I was speechless. All I could do was read countless posts and watch presentations over and over again, because the analysis of her lyrics was SO GOOD and it made SO MUCH SENSE.
I began to feel this spiritual bond with Taylor, as a closeted queer person. I felt like I knew her, and she knew me, even though we have never met and will never meet, but we understood each other. I didn't feel alone.
And, honestly, I also was invested in the drama and the secrets of it all. We all love to gossip, very human (and sometimes very useful) thing to do, so I wanted to talk about it with someone, I wanted to be up to date with gaylor lore, I wanted to read what people think, so I joined Tumblr. And I was not dissapointed.
The humor, the analysis, the theories - all of it was amazing.
And then the drama with the NYT article happened.
At first I was FUMING. I was so annoyed that I even deleted some of what I wrote because I posted some not so chill takes. It was intense. I was intense.
I calmed down in a day, of course, but the conversation was still going, and going... and I started to become curious about what people were saying. I mean, I knew what I agreed with, but what kind of points are they making against that article? Are they all slightly to moderate homophobic, or are there actual valid takes that I haven't seen yet? I wanted to know.
So, yesterday I watched a video by a queer person who was angry about the article. I've read some comments under that video.
I don't remember any arguments/points, but I saw how triggered people were, it stuck with me and I honestly felt bad. They were hurt, scared, angry, frustrated, they lashed out - I mean, everything I did. I know how that feels.
I fell asleep thinking about it all. Their perspective, my perspective, and the questionable importance of me holding on to something that at the end of the day doesn't change anything in my life.
And the truth is that I don't feel okay being a part of this community anymore when I saw how much pain it was causing to queer people. I can't ignore the truth of their emotional experience. Maybe it causes the same pain to Taylor. I don't know and will never know, but the thought of it haunts me and I feel bad.
Also, I realised that I lost control a little bit and started to become delusional at some point. I actually forgot that I don't know her. I grew too confident about my opinions and I began to view them as facts.
So, I choose to leave. This was a wonderful experience that I'll never forget, I've never been a part of a fandom like that. It was awesome.
I feel awkward right now. A lot of you followed me because I was active in the gaylor community. I don't know what I am going to do with this account.
But I know that I will not be a part of the swiftie fandom at all, starting now. If there's a chance that she's straight (and there is, because at the end of the day we don't know for sure) her behaviour during Lover era was not okay and I don't feel comfortable supporting her in this way.
Anyway, feel free to unfollow me, and I am sorry. I know that this post will upset some people who I like on here, and I hope they'll understand that it's just a decision that makes me feel comfortable and at peace. I don't want you to think that I am trying to make a point, I am just updating and explaining my decision because it felt weird and rude to just disappear.
I strongly believe that we all should always decide for ourselves and do what feels right. Keep doing what you think is right for you, babes, I fully support you.
Thank you for being so amazing, kind and smart. I wish you all the best, my darlings.
I loved being a part of this little world with you.
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I want to know more about your baseball guys and friends and my questions:
Who has the most drip? The least?
What are they all studying in college?
When it comes to baseball, who’s the most traditional and who’s the most radical?
What pitches do the pitchers throw?
i'm so glad you like them! they're my best friends and i love answering questions about them.
this is about to be 80000000 words sorry
Who has the most drip? The least?
Ramón definitely has the most drip on and off the field. hallmarks of his style are bright colors, jewelry (earrings and a gold chain at the very least) and shirts that are unbuttoned so low it would honestly just be better to take it off altogether. it's a little unclear whether his style is actually good or whether his confidence is just so unreal that he can pull off anything. uni wise, it mostly comes down to wearing his pants as tight as possible. he's also a dirty mids believer
jake and ellie are always pretty put together but in a more understated way than ramón. charlie can dress up but usually he's just a guy i hate to break it to you. sam and tyler have likely never worn anything that wasn't team-issued or given away for free at other events.
What are they all studying in college?
tyler - mechanical engineering!
ellie - journalism
sam - business bro in some capacity. not finance or accounting but probably management
jake - doing the whole "what do you want to do with your sociology degree" "hit bombs, probably" routine
charlie - some kind of liberal arts because my soul dies every time i see some player say that they majored in something that's definitely not real like "american studies" or “science, technology & society” what do those words MEAN. in all honesty, i don't know how to classify exactly what charlie does, so if you have any suggestions, i'm all ears
ramón - media studies. he's absolutely becoming an analyst once he's done playing because he has the perfect personality for it. he and jake actually have a locker room show (like 96 questions) where they just dick around and try to corner their teammates it's delightful
When it comes to baseball, who’s the most traditional and who’s the most radical?
Charlie is definitely the most traditional. He knows the game has changed over the years, but he's so steeped in the tradition and the history and the heritage of the game and doesn't want to get too far removed from that. he's an absolute workhorse, and wants to throw a complete game every time. he's also good enough and stubborn enough that he could bring back the era of 30 complete games and 200+ innings a year (and he's trying to). his actual motion isn't that complicated either, it's a pretty simple rock step motion kind of like noah syndergaard? he doesn't mess with funky arm slots or deliveries because his pitches are just that dependable, and if you layer his different pitch deliveries on top of each other, they're pretty indistinguishable
on the other end, ramón doesn't mind messing around in the pitching lab working on the next new thing. if there's a new drill/tool/program he's willing to give it a shot, no matter how far out it is. their approaches make them butt heads sometimes but they really balance each other out. ramón does not have a uniform arm slot - he's a sidearm pitcher but just kind of flings the ball out there and hopes his catcher finds it. because of this, he's a little wilder but it's worked for him so far.
whenever i think of them, strictly in a baseball approach sense, i think of this article about gerrit cole and trevor bauer, except for. you know. charlie and ramón actually like each other and ramón is a much better person than bauer.
What pitches do the pitchers throw?
Again, charlie is really really traditional. He probably has a four or five pitch mix, and relies mostly on his blistering four seam fastball and slider, followed by his changeup and splitfinger. maybe a stomach-dropping hammer curve if he wants to mix it up. he throws very hard and very accurately, so he's never really had to learn to fool hitters. he doesn't tip pitches but you basically know what you're getting and it still doesn't help.
ramón does not nearly have the velo charlie does. it's not his style of pitching anyway — he relies mostly on offspeed stuff, lots of motion and getting hitters to chase out of the zone, because let's be real he's not throwing in the zone anyway. i also think he has a bigger arsenal, but it's not that consistent, he'll just mix in and out depending on what's working. he likes a cutter and slurve, and was early on the sweeper bandwagon. he does have a fastball (he prefers two seam) but it's nothing groundbreaking. he's also actively working on a circle changeup
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english isn't my first language so I don't know if I'm misinterpreting what that article says, but I think that article is more-so referring to the way people act towards the celebrities in person (making sexualised comments to their faces or bombarding them on a red carpet to read thirst tweets about themselves when they didn't sign up for that) or toward them in an online space (tagging a celebrity's account when you're making a thirst tweet for example)
that anon should understand that the examples I mentioned and fan created content is fundamentally different because the latter is made for fans to consume in private (or in community but the important part is that the celebrity that is involved, is not invited to engage with the content and as a rule, should not be invited. even if they seek it out, it is frowned upon)
now, I'm not defending rpfs since I have my own up and down relationship with it but I feel like it doesn't make much of a difference if you are writing an rpf or a character. to me, you cannot fully separate the celebrity and the character from each other, which would change the argument to being that we stop creating fan-content all together because it all is infringing on some sort of moral. which would realistically never happen.
i agree that things get out of hand sometimes and I agree that if I was in the position of the celebrity, I would not like it but I also would not seek these things out.
I guess what I'm trying to say is that, although I understand where that anon is coming from and I often feel the same, trying to police what fans create and engage with in fandom spaces is not the answer to the way that these celebrities are being treated outside of fandom spaces. the real enemy will always be twitter and the journalists/"fans" who say the most unhinged shit to their faces (sorry not sorry)
and as a side note: even celebrities write fanfics about each other. what else do you call it when someone writes a part in their movie/series just so that a certain celebrity can play that role? what about when celebrities dream cast celebrities as their love interests and it actually happens?
anyway, I just woke up so I hope this makes sense. also, sorry for this long ass ask, I just thought it was something interesting to talk about.
Hi Anon,
Yes, you are interpreting the article correctly and I think I agree with the article on the whole.
As for the RPF, I have said what I wanted to say about it and don't have much to add to that.
❤️ Rabbit
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hello! I believe im autistic but I don’t have a special interest. I don’t have any specific 1 thing that im completely passionate about. I mean, maybe psychology but isn’t that too broad? idk. I need to consult someone autistic themselves bc im a minor and I can’t get a therapist and probably can’t convince my parents to get me a diagnosis. my mother thinks I just have high anxiety and ocd. I definitely have dermatillamania though. here’s some of my symptoms:
Persistent deficits in social communication and social interaction across multiple contexts; I go nonverbal when I’m anxious/stressed/in a social situation where I’m being forced to talk to or interact w someone.
Restricted, repetitive patterns of behavior, interests, or activities; i do really like sameness but I’m also super impulsive and love changing thing up that don’t have a lot of value to me. for example I would go on a trip to Chicago rn with my friends if I had the means and they wanted to but I’m not changing the way I write my notes or cleaning my room
I have a hard time understanding figurative language and kind of obsessively overanalyze most things that I don’t understand
maybe it’s a mix of me being weird, ocd, and high anxiety that’s been present for my entire life and that I also can’t pinpoint the reason for. or maybe I’m autistic. I know you can’t diagnose a stranger on the internet from a couple paragraphs and I’m sorry if this is too much info.
I’m staying anonymous for my safety but my pronouns are they/it!
hi!
okay, so for starters i'm just gonna share with you some of the articles that helped me essentially start me on my journey of "oh shit i'm autistic" and my own two cents for each statement you made
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social interaction:
What Is Social Interaction In Autism - AutismTalkClub.com
i personally relate to the "non-verbal" part of what you said. I tend to lose the ability to speak whenever i am overwhelmed due to environmental factors (senses being overstimulated), but there are many other reasons (sometimes due to masking)
being overwhelmed in social situations is really easy for me personally. mainly because of sesnory issues, masking, resisting the urge to stim, etc and this can set me off into having meltdowns among other things
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repetitive behaviors:
Restrictive and Repetitive Behavior | Kennedy Krieger Institute
having a schedule is really important to a lot of people on the spectrum, it can help create some calmness in constant chaos
but, sometimes (such as myself) it is nice to be spontaneous and just do random shit without planning or a schedule or anything
so although repetitive behaviors are an autistic thing, the flexibility can differ depending on the person (emphasize on its a *spectrum*)
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language misunderstandings:
Whose metaphor? Autism Spectrum Disorder and metaphorization (metnetscandinavia.com)
that metaphor doesn't necessarily make sense to me, but just in case it makes sense for you there it is
about overanalyzing i totally get that. something I've noticed is that autistic people tend to question "basic" rules and social hierarchies so becoming obsessed with asking "why?' questions is very relatable to say the least
i dont really struggle that much with more everyday metaphors and I love analogies, but once again its a spectrum and I still very much need tone tags to avoid misunderstandings between both parties
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the way i figured out i was autistic was through research, research, research. at first I thought that meant clinical studies and such but it also means learning from the community itself, so its cool that you thought to do that (I wish I thought of that immediately)
also about how you don't really have ONE thing for a special interest, that's something normal from what I've seen. you don't have to know everything about something to have it be a special interest. you don't have to have known about it for years or an extremely long period of time. its really an individual thing for how you view hyperfixations and sp.ins (special interests). so, if you think that psychology is a sp.in of yours, then its a sp.in. its really up to you
all the things i sent you arent to diagnose you, but involving yourself in the community, researching a lot, or calling yourself/self-diagnosining yourself as autistic is okay. its perfectly okay. i know you said that because of your age and your parents you arent able to get a diagnosis at this time, but don't let that stop you from finding out more (even if its not with a therapist or your parents) about autism and essentially about who you are
im always free to dm, so please reach out to me if you want to talk (doesn't have to be just about autism) :) /gen (also my discord server for autistic people is linked in my pinned post if you wanna check it out)
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I have been back into the fandom for like,,, a week now and honestly sooo tired of people having to demonize a character in order to justify their continuous rage against them. Can we all just agree that the writing is shitty in this show and move on??
Demonising a character is when you make a little thing sound like they killed the president and enslaved a whole town. Criticising is when you openly dislike something a character did. The difference is when you're explaining fact without letting your opinion influencing the fact. Yes, this is a huge problem in our fandom.
Fact: Ladybug was rough to Chat Noir in Glaciator 2 but he was wrong to ask her to kiss him if front of everyone while she was already angry with everything and everyone.
Demonising: Ladybug is abusive b*tch who deserves to die and Chat deserves so much better.
Demonising 2: Chat Noir was going to sexually assault her if she didn't reject him and he would do it again even though he said he won't anymore.
Until I see some well thought takes on characters and their behaviours and their acts and I can't appreciate that person. That's why I hate it that so many YouTube geeks let YouTube change their opinion. And this is not just about ML. I saw a hate video on Brie Larson's Captain Marvel like "if you look her name up you'll see a lot of hate articles which means that people have good explanation for it" cool but I don't need that to form my opinion on Captain Marvel. I know what I think of her live action adaptation ever since I watched the movies and I don't care if my opinion is popular or not - that's what I think of her.
I wish I could agree with the last part but I can't. I don't think the writing is that bad. There are some stuff there that I hated and I still hate, like Jagged Stone and Coufaine family subplot, love rivals, new characters who are usually evil appearing out of nowhere and being more relevant to the whole plot than some other characters who were there since the first episode and a bunch of some other stuff that lead nowhere and don't make a lot of sense. But overall, if I had to sort Miraculous Ladybug in either bad or good I would say it's good. As someone who's seen so many movies and TV shows and cartoons and everything Miraculous Ladybug is one of the better stuff. It's interesting, unpredictable and messed up. I wish there were less characters here that's true but I still think Miraculous Ladybug is still doing a good job with so many characters. When I hear "some of them are not treated right by the writers" doesn't always mean that a character is suffering, it's that a character doesn't have enough screen time and that's not bad writing because of course if we're talking about a minor character it CAN'T have more screen time. Sometimes they get more but not always. This is also a difference in opinions and facts. Of course you want your fav to be in the centre but that's not up for you to decide.
Fact: Chloé's character development was too rushed and it isn't a surprise that it didn't work. (see how I didn't say if she deserved it or not, I'm just saying it was rushed and it really was, it felt out of the place and it ended just the same)
Opinion 1: Chloé is a great character and she deserved so much better. The writers failed her.
Opinion 2: Chloé doesn't deserve character development because she is a bully and I hate bullies.
I hate bullies but if they can make it work, let Chloé have her character development.
Sorry for this much text 😅
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I think my point was not as 'fare' to Roche and Ves's character, since they were created in the second game. I was trying to make an argument on how Cdpr's writing is dogshit, so I should show the other example, but in the game where they make their original appearance. Sorry for disturbing you again, english isn't my native language, so it's really hard for me to articulate my thoughts properly. I put more brainpower into sounding smart. But anyways, back to the point.
In tw2, there's one thing that absolutely fucking destroyed my brain with how stupid it is. And that thing - is the genocide of vrans. The devs really said: "The elves are oppressed and all, but we kinda made them too good, we need to make the situation more grey. Hm...UH YES, let's make them guilty of genocide!! They're actually as bad as humans! See, player!! Don't feel too bad for them!"....why, Cdpr, WHY?! Sapkowski shouldn't have sold his books to these morons...
So yeah, I really-really doubt, that Cdpr wanted us to perceive Roche and Ves as some kind of metaphor.
Okay, I hear you, and I'm never going to come on here and defend CDPR's writing as a whole. They treat women like hell, they've tried to equate genocidal military forces with minority freedom fighters (your example with the elves), they've been explicitly racist with the way they framed the Ofieri people in hearts of stone, there's antisemitic tropes used in the added vampire lore from blood and wine, and on and on, sometimes stuff just literally doesn't make sense, I could go on forever.
They're a corporation, they selling a pop culture franchise product, of course it's a mess when it comes to social commentary sometimes.
But there is still a team of professional writers behind it. They're aware of concepts like archetypal characters, mirroring between two story lines or people, theme, metaphor, tone, and social commentary.
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You mentioned the Bloody Baron in an earlier ask, I agreed with you, I also can't stand his quest. I think it's badly written, it reads way too much as a centrist stance on domestic abuse and that's useless, he'll never be a sympathetic character to me. And yet here's an interview with Paweł Sasko who wrote the quest:
The roots of Family Matters can be traced back to Sasko’s childhood, growing up in a poor village in the Polish mountains. “I saw families destroyed by alcoholism and violence,” he says. “I saw parents fighting with each other and beating their kids, but they were also in love and loyal to their family.”
“The Baron was created as a parallel to Geralt,” says Sasko. “They’re two fathers who have lost their loved ones; two men with blood on their hands; they both have personality issues; they’d do anything for their families.” (Link to full article)
The whole interview is really interesting, I still think it's a bad quest, I think Sasko failed to write the nuanced story that he set out to tell, but regardless, he was trying to tell a story. He considered real life examples, he attempted to created a character parallels, he approached social issues, cultural links, he DID want us to view this character as a metaphor for something, something from his own community and childhood - and I really doubt that he was the only writer at the studio who at least tried for similar depth, or that the Baron was the only side character who was written with similar considerations in mind.
Here's story director Marcin Blacha on the writing choices in the witcher games:
“We want to talk about serious problems, about complex situations, about things that, sometimes, make the player uncomfortable. Choices must then be crafted in such a way that they do not simplify the world, but instead, have the player think and interpret it.” (Source)
Again with this emphasis on more complex levels of storytelling and the inclusion of heavy themes. When they write a character who does something super racist like a militarized hate crime, it's safe to assume that yeah, they're probably trying to address or at least touch on racism here, or misogyny, or nationalism, or something kinder like the difficulties of fatherhood. Maybe you disagree with the way I interpret a certain character or story line - good! normal! - but the writers still intend for us to interpret, to discover our own real word links, to challenge our own views.
Here's a link to a (way too long) presentation by two quest and level designers from CDPR about how they approach narrative and tone in a video game -> If you jump to minute 32, they discuss how even something as benign as choosing where to place food items was done with a narrative in mind, with the intention of enhancing setting, atmosphere, relatability, ect.
There's also a great interview with CDPR writer Karolina Stachyra who talks about how she got hired, why she loves the witcher, how some scenes (specifically in hearts of stone) pay homage to classic polish literature, and she also says: "We make sure to establish [the characters in TW3] as real people, so they are not just there to advance the plot." (source)
I'll stop cause this is getting long, but there's also this interesting interview with writers from TW2.
What I'm trying to say here is, yes, CDPR has a lot of bad writing going on, I'll never defend that, but there is a still a clear attempt at genuine storytelling - a process of narrative, framing, metaphor, ect. I fully expect you or anyone else to disagree with my personal opinions of what a character may stand for, but do you really believe that these characters therefore were meant to stand for nothing? I'm sorry that there's a language barrier here, I hope I'm addressing the core of your ask, but this the best response I can give you right now.
disclaimer: really don't want to excuse any of CDPR's failings either. I'm not saying: aw, but at least they tried, that's better than nothing! And actually, in a lot of cases, the intent makes things worse. When they do something like approach the harsh realities of misogyny in military settings through Ves' character but then just write more misogynistic shit by having her enthusiastically jump into a sexy cutscene with geralt.....yeah now you guys made it WORSE???
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about the delusion thing/song idea -- i only have mild delusions (stuff like thinking i know the date of my own death, something's following me, or there's something growing under my skin, classic stuff like that that's usually reoccuring and manageable to talk myself through logically, even if the feeling of belief doesn't go away), so keep in mind that i can't speak on for everyone, especially people who deal with worse/significantly different delusions than me.
but i don't think the concept of a song about resisting gaslighting on the premise that you know your own reality is inherently bad to people with delusions. abusers and gaslighters do try to incorrectly convince people that they have mental disorders like delusions. i think you'd just have to be careful how you wrote -- that having delusions/being delusional isn't inherently a bad thing -- but having someone in your life project that onto and try to force it to fit is.
i know not everyone feels the same way, but i still feel a sense of agency with delusions -- not in having them or what they are -- but in having learned/figured out ones that are common for me and ways to sort of, reground my reality based on observable facts even when they don't match what i believe. it's a hard line to walk, like the, do i trust my own mind thing when your mind sometimes lies, and i really appreciate that you want to take that into account/be aware of. maybe read a little about experiences and write your song and see if you can run it by some people, because i do think it's a good and important message. people who get to or find ways to dictate our realities to us have a lot of power and that can be really dangerous
(don't know if this is explained super well sorry tis 2 am here)
Oh man thank you so much for this response 💜 I seriously appreciate it so much
i think you'd just have to be careful how you wrote -- that having delusions/being delusional isn't inherently a bad thing -- but having someone in your life project that onto and try to force it to fit is.
Yeah this is mostly the bit I’m worried about, I don’t want the hook being “I’m not delusional” to make it sound like I’m saying “I’m not one of THOSE people” or whatever. I chose the strength of the word (“delusional” as opposed to like, “incorrect”) bc of the degree to which I’ve felt undermined in my life, as if everything I believe in & stand for is impossible. Not silly or stupid (which would imply the “inherently bad” connotation) but fully false and impossible.
Tbh that does give me some ideas about where to go with the rest of the lyrics, in a way that makes it more clear that what I’m saying isn’t just flippantly using a buzzword. I think that’s what’ll make the difference
Thank you for telling me about your experiences, I will def keep that in mind as well as look into other resources about it. That’s one good thing about tumblr is it’s easy to find people whose lived experiences are these things, as opposed to just random articles on google written by “experts” who’ve only ever seen it from the outside
Thank you again, it means a lot that you took the time to answer 💜
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Ok so a while ago i promised a post about "strange time signatures in Duel Links character themes" and so here it is (after a while too long).
Ok so first of all, what even is a time signature? It isn't exactly common knowledge, so it's best that I explain now.
I'll try my best, but if you're still confused, you can try looking it up (there are plenty of videos and articles that might explain it better).
Oh and prepare for a wall of text, because I will try to be as clear as possible which for me usually involves way too much text. which might make things less clear? I'm trying my best ok
PART 1: If You Know This Already, You Can Skip It
A time signature is a term used in music theory. It basically defines how each "measure" is structured. It consists of two numbers, a top one and a bottom one. (or a first and second one in the limitations of a text post.)
Oh and songs are divided into little chunks basically, that's what a measure is. And a part of a song (like a verse or chorus) will usually be a whole number of measures long.
Now, in a time signature, the first number states how many beats are in a measure, which is the most important.
and the second number states what type of note counts as one beat. Since we aren't going to be looking at actual sheet music probably, you don't have to worry about the second number for most of this.
Now, the most common time signature is 4/4 time. It's so common that it's literally called "common time". If you were to pick any random song in your mixtape, there's an extremely high chance that it's in 4/4.
Also just about every anime opening and ending is entirely in 4/4 (i only know one exception), i guess it's easier to animate to?
also common but less so are 3/4 (waltz time), 2/2 (cut time) and 6/8 (doesn't have a special name as far as i know)
there are also weird ones out there like 5/4 and 7/4 and 9/16 and 15/16 which are really cool but pretty uncommon. 7/4 coolest time signature don't @ me
also sometimes what the second number is can be unclear or debatable, and 3/4 and 6/8 can sometimes sound pretty similar.
So if I say something is 6/8 but you found proof that it's actually 3/4 or 12/8 or something, well...easy mistake to make.
ok so here's some data about the relevant time signatures:
4/4: Basically considered the default in Western music. It has a very "regular" feeling about it. that might be the reason why probably at least 90% of the music you've ever heard is in 4/4 time.
3/4: Has a more "fancy" vibe to it, probably because of the ballroom dancing association. Sounds a bit uneven, but in a way that makes sense.
6/8: A lot like 3/4, but generally feels a lot faster, really the best way to tell is seeing if the measures have six beats. Sometimes feels less fancy because it'd be basically impossible to waltz to, unless you're really good at it I guess
One more thing! sometimes songs will switch time signatures in the middle. It's cool. For a Yu-Gi-Oh! relevant example, remember how earlier I said
Also just about every anime opening and ending is entirely in 4/4 (i only know one exception), i guess it's easier to animate to?
That one exception is Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS ED 5 ("Are You Ready"), which starts in 4/4 but switches to 6/8 halfway through. It's cool! You see it in rock music sometimes too, it's kinda rare but it's really fun when you find it. (most popular example is "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" by The Beatles, 3/4 verses and 4/4 choruses)
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PART 2: The Actual Post I Promised
OKAY SO it is now time for the actual Duel Links stuff! like i promised!! sorry for the detour lol
So here's some statistics. If I've counted correctly, there are 74 unique character themes in Duel Links (counting Rio Kamishiro, who is not currently available, but i found her theme online).
Out of those, only 5 have time signature shenanigans (i.e., are not entirely in 4/4 time). so that's a mere 6.75676%.
Alright so I'm gonna order these by Duel World, because that's the way that makes most sense.
oh and i'll provide links to each song on youtube, timestamped to a good part to hear the time signature clearly imo
DM world...has none. Which I found pretty surprising, because it has more unique character themes than any other world yet. How strange.
GX and 5D's also have none, at least none yet. I'll get into predictions later.
First up in DSoD world is...Aigami! His theme is in 3/4 time. I wasn't expecting it, but it makes sense in the song, i think.
And our other one for DSoD is Sera! Her theme is is really interesting, because I had to listen to it a few times to figure it out. It starts in 6/8, and then makes an extremely smooth transition to 4/4 at around 0:36 (listen for what sounds like the song slowing down), and then switches back. It's cool!
Our first one for ZEXAL is the Arclight brothers, who all share the same theme. (Quinton aka Ⅴ aka Chris isn't in the game yet, but presumably this will be his theme too).
Infuriatingly, this is not in 4/4 or 3/4 but is in fact 6/8. AAAGH i was SO FRUSTRATED when Ⅳ showed up and his theme WASN'T 4/4 like WHAAAAT?!? it's a banger tho so I'm not complaining...much.
but like COME ON what if Ⅳ had 4/4 (literally like, all the songs ever almost) and Ⅲ had 3/4 ('cause he's kinda fancy-lookin) and Ⅴ had 5/4 (strange vibes, but in a cool way) that would be AWESOME but noooooo it had to be 6/8 like seriously whyyyyyy
Next up for ZEXAL is Rio Kamishiro, who will be having her first unlock event pretty soon but showed up as a Roaming event a while ago. Her theme is 3/4 and was really the easiest to figure out like for some of them I was like "hmmm is this 3/4 or 6/8?" but this was mega obvious so thanks Rio
Next up is Sora Shiun'in, whose theme is the whole reason I decided to figure this all out in the first place. In fact, I think that out of all the themes in Duel Links Sora's theme represents his character the best, and the time signature switch from 3/4 to 4/4 makes it work.
Like see, the 3/4 represents his innocent-seeming façade, and the switch to 4/4 is revealing his true motives, but then it stays in 4/4 but goes back to the happy-sounding theme because he's still a kid and ends up turning good.
well that's my interpretation at least
oh and one more thing! if you're playing as an ARC-V character and you summon that character's ace monster, a special theme will play, and that's in 6/8 so it's like a bonus!
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PART 3: Wild Guessing
Okay, now it's time for some predictions! Chances are most of these will be wrong, but I'm gonna say 'em anyways.
Sherry leBlanc (5D's): 3/4
It's that fancy French vibe, there's no way it could be anything else right? That's how I see it.
Ray Shingetsu/Vector (ZEXAL): 4/4→6/8 or 3/4→4/4
this is a long shot, ok? but i think the "time signature switch = reveal of true intentions" theory I've got about Sora's theme is promising. and I think it would be cool.
Yuuri (ARC-V): 6/8
He's kinda got that fancy vibe, right? But he's also super intense and scary. So I think 6/8 makes the most sense.
Spectre (VRAINS): 3/4
Similar "fancy" vibes as Sherry. It's likely, but not certain.
Ghost Girl/Emma Bessho (VRAINS): 5/4 or 7/4
okay this is straight-up wishful thinking, i admit it. but she's kind of an unusual person, so how about an unusual time signature? huh? i just want someone to have a cool time signature in their theme is that too much to ask
Please tell me what you think, and if you have any other predictions! I love talking about this stuff.
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No the song was not GOOD I mean have you heard the original?! It's hilariously bad so the Eng version is even worse better idusjdhdhdusbdbs. Yeah we can be his cats 👁👄👁
Hwa is a siren HE LURES US WITH HIS HIPS! Vampire Seonghwa is always on my mind it's just peak Hwa for me
Yessss I think he used to be too shy to do those "cool" things, but now despite feeling embarrassed he goes for it anyway because HE LIKES WHEN ATINYS ARE FOOLED 😭 and the reactions yeah he loves that and good for him. Pls leave Jongho alone 💀 also Hongjoong HE DOESN'T WANNA SHOW YOU HIS ABS MAN HATES EXERCISING TOO
There seems to be some spiders epidemic going helpppp. Also there are so many bugs in general 😭 why can't they leave me alooooooneeeeee, get your own houses! Shockingly there aren't many mosquitoes these days?
I heard from my Exo-ls friends that some things haven't been continued and they're still waiting for more clues. Yeah Skz doesn't rely on their storyline as heavily, but you can see elements of it throughout their MVs like Side Effects, Astronaut, Levanter. Noeasy and especially Oddinary had huge story behind them with the sound monster, then Felix was the main character in Oddinary we theorised they referenced Alice in Wonderland. Some people dislike lore which is fine, but I don't get the complaints? I think Aespa and Kwangya is a bit cringy and SM is trying too hard to incorporate Kwangya in other artists' music, but the AI and black mamba ideas are actually not bad
I saw the leak I wonder which one is the title? So many leaks with this cb, kinda sad. So the pre orders dropped and tbh I'm not too happy we're back to squares RIP MY SHELF DESIGN also it means smaller photobooks...whack, not to mention they got rid of the lyric postcards and replaced them with ID PHOTOCARDS?! Yeah I get it the whole government thing, but those are so useless. I saw people on twt being happy and I'm like huh? The covers are... whatever, I gave up on interesting Ateez cover designs, lmaooooo. I woke up and I need to complain maybe it's the period and I need to deal with my GO too 😭 I saw USA has some exclusive versions like jewel cases 💀 and the amount of fan signs/video calls already. Maybe I'll win one 😭
Omg really?! I forgot about The Great Seducer, but now it makes sense that bb!Hwa was based on him
Size kink when she's 2cm taller than San 😭😭😭 you'll never catch me with that kink too.
Lmao but people are on much higher levels though. I play during work when I'm bored which is almost always hhahahdahaghaga. I know bestie I'm going to another party this weekend COME OVER. I missed two ATZ songs because I arrived late I was big mad :////
That sucks you can't see her even though she's coming to your city, fuck uni who needs to be a lawyer! Yes and her response after the backlash was a bit, hmmm... tainted her image for sure, but it was probably her company so it's not her choice, but yeah some companies actually see the backlash and cancel their NFT plans, like A.C.E's company for example
The fake tweets are funny, but yes sometimes I'm just like???
NEED TO SINK MY TEETH INTO SEONGHWA'S COLLARBONES BUT HIS ARMS ARE NEXT! My friends went to Uni Kon and said it was scorching so no wonder the artists were sweating buckets 😭😭😭😭 but I also hate seeing Hwa in the Wang shorts again because that man is 💀💀💀💀💀 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10736079/Designer-Alexander-Wang-returns-accused-sexually-assaulting-male-transgender-models.html sorry for the Daily Mail link but yeah. So when I saw someone say @ AW on twt PLEASE HIRE SEONGHWA AS YOUR MODEL I WAS LIKE NOOOOOOO DO NOOOOOOT.
Oooooh I saw that miss tenelkadjowrites published another Seonghwa fic 👀 I think I need to wait until I'm period-free to read it cause now the vibe is ruined khdhsudhjsbshshs - DV 💖
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No the song was not GOOD I mean have you heard the original?! It's hilariously bad so the Eng version is even worse better idusjdhdhdusbdbs. Yeah we can be his cats 👁👄👁
FBWMFBWK WORSE BETTER 😭😭😭 his cats??? what type bESTIE theres categories fbwhhdjd
Hwa is a siren HE LURES US WITH HIS HIPS! Vampire Seonghwa is always on my mind it's just peak Hwa for me
FORGET SIREN HWA BELLY DANCING AU FT.MISS SHAKIRA FBWNFHS 😭😭😭 vampire hwa omg,,, i don’t think there’s many out there tbh ive seen someone but it’s usually that period sex thing and 😭😭😭???? 🔫🔫
Yessss I think he used to be too shy to do those "cool" things, but now despite feeling embarrassed he goes for it anyway because HE LIKES WHEN ATINYS ARE FOOLED 😭 and the reactions yeah he loves that and good for him. Pls leave Jongho alone 💀 also Hongjoong HE DOESN'T WANNA SHOW YOU HIS ABS MAN HATES EXERCISING TOO
YESSS BRWNDHEK EXACTLY HE FUCKING DOES IT ANYWAY ITS LIKE A ENEMIES TO LOVERS CAT MOUSE RELATIONSHIP AND WE ALL KNOW HE MF LOVES THAT no fr pls leave him alone,,, i knew someone who would constant say “i wanna lick their abs” bestie pls it’s been 2 mins 😭😭🤚🏼 FBWNDHSK EXACTLY JUST APPRECIATE THE SONGS 😭😭
There seems to be some spiders epidemic going helpppp. Also there are so many bugs in general 😭 why can't they leave me alooooooneeeeee, get your own houses! Shockingly there aren't many mosquitoes these days?
NO FR SPIDERMAN : EVERY ONES HOME 😭😭😭 GORRRRL THE MOSQUITOES ARE THOSE THIN ASS ONES THOSE ONES THAT GO STRAIGHT THRU THE NET WINDOWS 😭😭😭 u are a spider whisperer <3
I heard from my Exo-ls friends that some things haven't been continued and they're still waiting for more clues. Yeah Skz doesn't rely on their storyline as heavily, but you can see elements of it throughout their MVs like Side Effects, Astronaut, Levanter. Noeasy and especially Oddinary had huge story behind them with the sound monster, then Felix was the main character in Oddinary we theorised they referenced Alice in Wonderland. Some people dislike lore which is fine, but I don't get the complaints? I think Aespa and Kwangya is a bit cringy and SM is trying too hard to incorporate Kwangya in other artists' music, but the AI and black mamba ideas are actually not bad
EXACTLY THAT !!!! been waiting ages for a proper comeback so we can get answers but sm 🔫🔫 aHHHHHH is what is their universe called?? AYO ALICE IN THE WONDERLAND?? 👁🤚🏼👁 why is it disliked? is seems too coolio??? tbh i didn’t think jyp would be a group to ever have theories yet here we are dbdbd YEAAAH THAT KWANGYA SHIT i get the idea but why not just let groups have their own universes 😭😭😭 i liked the black mamba concept esp!! the two world between AI and them,,, bc kwangya don’t make sense 😭😭😭
I saw the leak I wonder which one is the title? So many leaks with this cb, kinda sad. So the pre orders dropped and tbh I'm not too happy we're back to squares RIP MY SHELF DESIGN also it means smaller photobooks...whack, not to mention they got rid of the lyric postcards and replaced them with ID PHOTOCARDS?! Yeah I get it the whole government thing, but those are so useless. I saw people on twt being happy and I'm like huh? The covers are... whatever, I gave up on interesting Ateez cover designs, lmaooooo. I woke up and I need to complain maybe it's the period and I need to deal with my GO too 😭 I saw USA has some exclusive versions like jewel cases 💀 and the amount of fan signs/video calls already. Maybe I'll win one 😭
YEAH SOMEONE SENT IT TO ME 😭😭 it looks intimidatingly good tho esp the songs,,,, no.2 (this for anyone wondering is not the name no im not gonna reveal it fbdb) sounds better be some bombass beat drop,,,, FBWKDHWK NO BC WHY ARE WE BACK AT SQUARES THEY FUCKING NEVER FIT AND ARE SO THICK 😭😭😭 omg i forgot,,, smaller photo books but watch the photos be so pretty and we can’t even see half of it 😭😭😭ID CARDS RIGHT??? LIKE SOME GOVERNMENT JAIL CELL OR SOMETHING omg did u see the blue version, the poster looks like them in their halateez outfits yeah gave up on the designs 😭😭😭 saw this one by an atiny and the way id buy it all in an is at buy if they were like this,,, BESTIE DID U GET THE SIGNED ONES????
Omg really?! I forgot about The Great Seducer, but now it makes sense that bb!Hwa was based on him
YES ESP FROM THIS GIF
Size kink when she's 2cm taller than San 😭😭😭 you'll never catch me with that kink too.
Lmao but people are on much higher levels though. I play during work when I'm bored which is almost always hhahahdahaghaga. I know bestie I'm going to another party this weekend COME OVER. I missed two ATZ songs because I arrived late I was big mad :////
FHWKDHWK HEY SIZE KINK BUT WITH YUNHO AND MINGI 🔫🔫🔫 JDBWK BESTIE DAMN UR FAST AT GAMING AYO 😭😭😭 I WILL COME HAVE A SEAT FOR ME PUT UR BAG ON IT SO I KNOW ITS RESERVED FBFB 😭😭😭🤚🏼 if u missed fireworks id literally never forgive u 🔫
That sucks you can't see her even though she's coming to your city, fuck uni who needs to be a lawyer! Yes and her response after the backlash was a bit, hmmm... tainted her image for sure, but it was probably her company so it's not her choice, but yeah some companies actually see the backlash and cancel their NFT plans, like A.C.E's company for example
LMFAOOOO 😭😭 i tbh would rather go see dean bc he comes here often dbdbd rEALLY?? omg i just saw it and the ratios of the twt’s fbwnfbsn oH YEAH DEF PPL ARE SAYING GASLIT?? GIRLBOSS?? 😭😭🤚🏼 ACE FTW TBH AT LEAST THEY ACKNOWLEDGE WTF IS WRONG WITH THEM NFTS u know kun was my bias but that mofo also got an nft 😭😭😭 for jay chou 😭😭???? disgrace???
The fake tweets are funny, but yes sometimes I'm just like???
LMFAOOOO RIGHT FREE LIKES I GUESS HIT TWEETS 😭😭
NEED TO SINK MY TEETH INTO SEONGHWA'S COLLARBONES BUT HIS ARMS ARE NEXT! My friends went to Uni Kon and said it was scorching so no wonder the artists were sweating buckets 😭😭😭😭 but I also hate seeing Hwa in the Wang shorts again because that man is 💀💀💀💀💀 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10736079/Designer-Alexander-Wang-returns-accused-sexually-assaulting-male-transgender-models.html sorry for the Daily Mail link but yeah. So when I saw someone say @ AW on twt PLEASE HIRE SEONGHWA AS YOUR MODEL I WAS LIKE NOOOOOOO DO NOOOOOOT.
JFVWDE DV ANON VAMPIRE ERA STARTING FBFBF 😭😭😭 omg no wonder it must be like one of those hot wind days 🔫🔫 one of my friends korea met btob’s minhyuk (at a fanmeet outside) aND HE WAS SWEATING ALL SHINY BUT HE STILL LOOKED SO FINE FBFBF oh man yeah,,,, when i see idols w him i just want to log out 🔫 i also understand that some idols have to end up being civil to them at events bc they also cant directly say shit,,, the when he first wore it a while back?? in fireworks era and did that one sigh 😭😭 NAURRR PLS NOT AS THAT BRANDS MODEL FBEN SEONGHWA EITHER FOR DIOR OR CHANEL OR YSL NO IN BETWEEN
Oooooh I saw that miss tenelkadjowrites published another Seonghwa fic 👀 I think I need to wait until I'm period-free to read it cause now the vibe is ruined khdhsudhjsbshshs - DV 💖
OHH BESTIE I READ IT IT SOOOO GOOOD 1000% BEST FOR RAINY DAYS DBDB man’s a fuckass tho but <3
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I don’t know if you want my opinion or an ask - feel free to disagree . You can be delulu in private or with your friends but maybe not in public especially in front of your favs. I don’t know if you saw the TikTok about which Kpop idol you think you can pull which received backlash but that is harmless and I don’t know about you but I think I don’t want to be perceived by my favs and I wouldn’t want to date a celebrity. I heard you can rent out a Kpop idol to hang out with you for $40k (minimum base rate). Some of the fan calls are insane but I won’t start on that. My dad witnessed seeing fans using ladders to take photos of their favs and crowd them at an airport and he was shocked
Today there was an article published that a fan approached 97 line (NCT Jaehyun/Astro Eunwoo and BTS Jungkook) for an autograph and said no and then after they had finished collected their cups and kept them. I think the article was deleted but I saw the fan was defending their actions, there was probably more to the article but I skimmed it.
I feel like now people just want their Y/N moment? I saw there was a concert and the artist had to say this isn’t a fan sign and people were leaving during the concert because they got their moment. I feel like there is a big change since I have joined (early third generation) and I mainly stan 2nd/3rd generation.
Even though wonho will not join monsta x again, I hope we can get interactions between them. Maybe things are getting more laxxed. I don’t know if you are familiar with TVXQ but the members who left and were black listed in Korea are now promoting and have their own programs.
Anyway this is like 6 different topics in one ask lol sorry for the roller coaster ride. Happy to debate or talk more about stuff. Have a good day!
yeah that's who i was talking abt the other day when i posted that text post abt being delulu.... like YEAH my and my friends are SO DELULU in our private chats it's actually crazy but the whole "who do u think u can pull" is just....😬 it's not even new, someone else started the "trend" a while ago too and it went down pretty much the same. it sounds harmless enough in the grand scheme of delulu things kpoppies have done but it still feels off imo... i can't put my finger on it.
yeah i saw the girl talking abt the hiring idols for 40k too but tbh i don't believe it... logistically it doesn't make sense. it's too much of a risk for companies to just put their artists in a sitation like that and have it leak to the public. especially since a huge part of the idols' imagine is the whole being 'unattainable' thing. plus, if that was a thing, kazakhstan's princess wouldn't have KIDNAP vixx to meet them (true story) sldkjflfsjfls
you're right... fans seem to be getting more and more delulu and i think it's at least partially caused by the videocall fansigns... like ofc the more you give them opportunities to play pretend gf with their oppas the more delulu and entitled they get! god.... the things they sometimes ask idols to do on these phonecalls are appaling.
yeah :((((( i heard abt that!!! I'm happy that the industry is finally starting shift a little bit... i truly hope that by the time monek are finished with their military duties (around their 10th anniversary) they get to celebrate it with wonho even if he doesn't rejoing the group. i think its unfair to exclude him from their milestones since he was part of the group for most of it and is responsible for so much of their achievements...
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Keep posting lies about Taylor R! So we can all mass report your racist tinhat and PR blogs! "Stereotypes permeate our society through media depictions and social interactions. Experiencing both a combination of race and gender, Black women are faced with stereotypes of being mean, aggressive, or overly assertive. A perception that created the “Angry Black Woman,” a label that stereotypes Black women and manipulates characteristics about them into a negative light."
Sorry anon, I'm really not sure what you're talking about???
I don't really post about the women that the boys are seen with, other than the occasional reblog, and I don't share anything mean about them. I checked through the last ten days worth of posts on my blog, and I only saw one reblog about it being a PR stunt, but I believe that about every girl, not just this one.
PR stunts are real things in the celeb world, and there have been many of them throughout history. And they make sense from a marketing standpoint! It's a way to get people talking about a celebrity, which their PR team might one for one reason or another. For H0livia, it was to promote their movie. This time, some people think it's to keep Harry relevant during his break, and possibly to further TayR's career (but I know nothing about that). Another wide belief/reason for Harry's connections to women is for bearding purposes. In any case, whether these relationships are truly PR or if they are real, we usually never know the truth. However, it's okay to have opinions as long as they are respectful, which I always try to be. I also always keep my thoughts and feelings away from the celebrities themselves, as in, I don't tweet them directly. Like I said though, I honestly don't really post about the women in general. But believing this to be a PR stunt, personally for me, definitely doesn't have anything to do with TayR's race. I held the same belief with TaySwift, EmRatta, H0livia, pretty much everyone.
It appears that you have pulled a quote from this article, The "Angry" Black Woman. I did not read the whole article, but I was curious what you were quoting. I am aware of the stereotype, and if TayR is receiving any racist hate from hate fandom, I definitely disagree with it and do not condone it. Regardless of whether people think it's a real relationship, or whether or not people like her, racism is never okay. I haven't seen any posts depicting her as "angry" or "mean" (I haven't really seen anything about her personality/actions at all), but my online experience definitely isn't the only one, so I'm not saying I don't believe that it's happening. Racism will be found pretty much anywhere, unfortunately, but I do try to not be involved in it. If I were to see that content on my dash from someone I follow who held those beliefs, I would definitely unfollow them.
The only post I can remember seeing regarding her race was something about how it's nice to see Harry with a POC because just about all of the women he's been connected to have been white. I don't remember what else the post said, and I don't remember if I shared it. But if I did share something racist, please know that it was not my intention, and I would appreciate if you would tell me which post so that I can remove it. I try my best, but I was raised in an ignorant bubble, so sometimes I make mistakes that I correct when I can.
All of that being said, I know nothing about TayR, so I really don't have any opinions about her as a person. I don't have any plans to get to know her or learn more about her because it doesn't really matter to me. I'm a fan of the boys; who they're seen with is just kind of extra stuff that I don't have much interest in. I don't really care to partake publicly in conversations regarding relationships (whether real or not) with women in the boys' lives, but I felt that it was important to respond to this message.
But anyway, I hope I cleared some things up. And if you don't like my "tinhatting," or anybody else's, please remember that the block button is your friend. You can report genuine racism or hate speech if you come across it, but in terms of just things you don't agree with, you're better off blocking and moving on. You will become tired and miserable if you try to fight every Larrie you find.
Have a good day!
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Inside the head of a F1 driver, l’Équipe - Part 3/7
Pierre Gasly & Esteban Ocon interview for l’Équipe.
Long text, so see under the cut.
Alone behind the wheel, the driver now waits for the lights to come on, then go off. Attention is focused on the red light that will disappear. Everyone has their own method, as Gasly points out: "Some drivers stay in neutral but I've had bad experiences of getting stuck. It's not pleasant at all! " So the Frenchman from Alpha Tauri goes for the first gear, focused on the skid point, which will transmit the engine’s power to the single-seater. In a road car, this point is found on the clutch pedal, often at mid-stroke, and is used for hill starts. “This is different," explains Gasly. “On a hill, you push the throttle to the maximum to prevent the car from going backwards. On a race start, you have to control it. To the millimeter. "
In order to detect this skid point, the engineers had managed to split the gearshift paddle into two sections, one of which allowed the driver to find it mechanically and automatically. This has been forbidden for the past three years, in order to favour the unexpected and put the pilot back at the center of this very special exercise. “But we quickly got into the habit by doing practice starts before the race," Gasly said. “We know more or less where it is. From one weekend to the next, it is more or less in the same place. " And the Frenchman explains, without wanting to be filmed, how he can manage the percentage of his clutch's pedal by sliding his fingers along the upright of his steering wheel, using his thumb to push the clutch instead of releasing his index finger. "To catch the right percentage, it's a lot of practice," admits the Norman.
Without wanting to reveal his secrets either, Esteban Ocon has always practiced his starts on Sunday mornings since he started in F1. So you don't have to skid too much and you have to know how to measure your acceleration according to a bewildering number of parameters, such as the slope of the track, the grip of the asphalt, the weather conditions... Hence all these exercises carried out throughout the weekend. At the exit of the pits when it is possible, or on the grid when this exit is impracticable for the tests (as in Monaco or in Austria).
Then comes the most important second : the start. Esteban Ocon said: "I wait to see till all the cars position themselves, I put the first gear in and concentrate on my reaction time. "
When the five lights go out you need to react quickly, very quickly. At least faster than others. Without any false starts. Article 36.13 a (FIA regulations) "a driver will be penalised if he moves before the start signal is given". The judgement being made by an approved transponder.
"All my attention is focused on those lights, how I'm going to release the clutch and the engine speed when I get going," Gasly said. Having the right reflex. A gesture practiced for years in training on torture machines such as the BATAK (used by Esteban Ocon at the 3,2,2 Perform Center in Egat, in the Pyrenees, see above), which the drivers have mastered since they were young.
Then it’s finally started but it’s not over yet. Far from it. “I am lucky to have a very good reaction time and it has already make a difference in the past. We still manage the skid a little, until the third gear. From then we are pushing hard.” Said Gasly.
Everything then becomes a question of positioning and the ability to analyze a monstrous amount of information that can surprise the layperson. Not the pilot, nor the doctor who helps him to simplify this moment of intense stress. As Professor Antoni Valero-Cabré, from the Brain Institute, explains: "The activity is complex: you have to perceive reality, analyze it and make quick choices. The prefrontal part of the brain will help the pilot to develop a globally conscious strategy. In case of an emergency, he is able to do all these activities unconsciously to plan the motor actions that will allow him to solve the problem. "
Among car drivers, the processing of information is almost instantaneous.
“If Messi is very good with the ball," continues the doctor at the Pitié-Salpêtrière hospital in Paris, "it's because, as a kid, he played with his friends and spent hours controlling the ball. It's a bit the same principle for a driver. The fact of driving, driving, driving, being exposed to complex decision making, generates certain automatisms that we can engage in a mechanical way, like an automatic pilot to solve a situation quickly. "
Gasly sums it up with a mantra he tries to apply as often as possible: "Ideally, you should always try to find an inside or outside line, which gives you the possibility to brake as late as possible. And not to find yourself in a funnel with little space in front of you."
Easy to say, much less to achieve with nineteen other drivers looking to implement a similar plan. "You can manage it all, but it's different every time," concluded Gasly. “No one is going to do exactly what we planned. Before the start, you can imagine a thousand things in your head. But there are, in fact, billions of possibilities. You can never know. It's all about feeling and making decisions in the moment. Of course, with experience, you can manage the start a little better."
“Depending on the tires you have, you know if you are on an attack or if you are likely to be attacked” Pierre Gasly
“Who will go too wide? Or too much on the inside? Am I going to be able to win something at the end of these first seconds of the race?” Esteban Ocon
"For me," added Ocon, "there's a big part of the preparation that happens before the race." Analyzing the placement, recognizing where the track has the best grip, detailing the opponents' tires, even looking at previous years' starts... "when we talk about the start," says the Alpine driver, " it's the whole first lap. That's when a lot happens. The cars are stuck together, touching each other on the right and on the left. You have to have eyes in front, behind, on the sides. And try to exploit the gaps. "
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