#take the side of the innocents

[mortaljortlebortles]

You need to see this video! It touched me very deeply today <3 Children deserve a chance to grow up!

https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cz7DjaHSEcW/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

#palestine #important #human rights #gaza #they are children #tw war #how can our government stand with Israel #we are all human #there is no winning #because we don't support peace #murder is murder #killers are killers #call out all violence #take the side of the innocents #not the side of countries #why is the question not how #god blesses all people #why cant we see that #why do we do nothing

[astersofthesky]

Maybe the reason why yotsuba Light and pre-kira Light is so vastly different im personality that is more genuine and is because yotsuba Light had L that kept him from feeling that mind-numbing boredom that pre-kira Light experienced prior to getting the death note.

Pre-kira Light literally had nothing to keep him entertained and that he was too powerless to change the broken justice system, so he's more closed-off and serious, literally just living through the motions like a dead man.

On the other hand, yotsuba Light met someone who's not just on par with his intelligence, but also one insufferable enough to annoy him that never made any dull moment possible with L around. Aside from that, yotsuba Light is literally working alongside the world's greatest detective helping him solve the world's hardest case that involved the justice system, so yeah, yotsuba Light really will take L's side of "justice" because detective L is legal whereas Kira's actions are not.

#death note #yagami light #l lawliet #yotsuba light #yotsuba #lawlight #tagging it not as a ship name this time but rather as a relationship dynamic analysis #idk i just wondered why Light would oppose to kira #ofc other than the feeling of getting 'false accused' or being used as a 'scapegoat' #i'm talking in a more personal feeling for light because he did believe criminal should die but not the innocent #but maybe even this take had been privileged because he literally had L on his side by this time #and no matter how ironic as this sound yotsuba Light does believe in L's justice more than Kira's #ofc in a way that L is directly working with the government and other worldwide police forces

[everysongineverykey]

i love how unfatherly crowley and aziraphale both are when it comes down to it. sure aziraphale is more than willing to give the young people in his life help and advice and be their friend but he and crowley spent six years (eleven in the book) practically raising a kid (you just know his parents weren't around that often) and by the end they didn't even like him. crowley even suggested they just fucking kill him. he turned three kids into lizards for annoying him right after he destroyed their house. like it was that or kill them obviously but he did NOT hesitate with the newts. that's so funny to me. they're just inherently disinclined to parenthood. we need more characters like them actually

#good omens #i think if aziraphale HAD to take care of a baby no choice he would give them some cocoa #and play mozart for them and just kind of let them do their thing in the bookshop. away from the books of course. #like he would make sure they were safe and sheltered and he would be kind to them #but it would really show that he was just imitating fathers he had seen in books #crowley was not meant to raise children. he's a wine aunt plain and simple. he'd love to be called 'auntie crowley' #but he has no friends with kids so he has to be content with his brief stint as nanny. #the demon put a basket with a baby in it in the backseat of his car untethered and let it slide around #from side to side while he drove dangerously. canonically that is something he did #it's also my headcanon that he has some complicated feelings about parenthood and family roles #yknow. when you're technically one of 'god's children' but she cast you and so many of your siblings down to hell for asking questions #when the closest thing you have to a mother made you murder innocent children for a bet. #it can make you hesitant about that sort of thing!

[my-current-obsession]

Something I both love AND hate about FF7 (the original game and everything after, including the Remake trilogy) is that it is just ambiguous and/or player-driven enough that no matter which side of the love triangle you fall on (assuming you do in fact ship Cloud with one of the girls), the majority of fans for that ship are 100% CONVINCED it's the correct/canon option.

Like, certain scenes are definitely up to interpretation, and people are going to thus have varying reads on those scenes and the characters/relationships the scenes are about. It doesn't help that several scenes change depending on the player's choices, which acts as a confirmation bias as you naturally get more time and romantic moments with the girl of your preference. It really seems to me that MOST people who ship Cloud and Aerith have one solid interpretation (with a plethora of supporting evidence) of the series and the romance, while most people who ship Cloud and Tifa have their own solid interpretation with plenty of evidence that is VASTLY DIFFERENT from the Clerith reading of the game.

This is not a case of "one ship is clearly, explicitly canon and fans of the opposition just like their pick better and/or think it made more sense narratively and WISH it was canon" - for an example of that, look to the Avatar the Last Airbender shipping wars. This is a case where both sides literally interpret the story just differently enough that they come to entirely different conclusions about which girl is Cloud's true love. And if either side reaches out to try and explain their viewpoint to the other, they're just met with "uh, no. You're wrong." Try and explain what Cloud might be thinking in a given scene with one of the girls, why he acts a certain way... "That's not it at all, where are you getting this? Are you delusional?"

Like, I am a Clerith shipper. I have played all the games in the compilation and watched Advent Children. I tried to be as completionist as possible, even. And I came out on the other side of really digging into the story of this game loving Cloud and Aerith's dynamic and pretty firmly convinced they were canon. Or as canon as possible in the timeline where she died.

As any Clerith fan who participates in the fandom would know, if you try and explain your interpretation of these characters and the romance to a diehard Cloti supporter... you're met with a lot of "you're misinterpreting! Cloud and Aerith were just friends! She loved Zack to the end and Cloud loved Tifa since childhood and never stopped! Also Aerith is actually BAD for Cloud because she's too pushy/abrasive. She's not helping him open up, she's just forcing him to go along with her and making him uncomfortable!"

All of this is of course infuriating, but I'd like to think I'm self-aware enough to know we are kind of guilty of the same thing. The majority of Tifa fans are SO happy about the kiss in Rebirth, while we're over here dismissing it because, one it's optional, and two Cloud is "obviously" using Tifa as a rebound or settling for her since Aerith is seemingly unavailable. But that's not how Cloti fans see it at all.

We can talk until we're blue in the face about how TIFA deserves better than Cloud because she shouldn't be the second choice - the one he settles for. But I think most people who really love Cloti genuinely don't see it that way. In their eyes, she's NOT second-best. Cloud loved her all along and this kiss is finally confirming that. And nothing we say will dissuade them, just as nothing they say will actually change OUR minds about Clerith.

It is honestly really difficult for me to try and see the story and romance the way Cloti fans do, but I know the reverse is also true. Both groups of fans interpret the characters and relationships differently. The compilation ALLOWS us to interpret them differently. And this is why the ship war for a game from 1997 is still raging on.

Because both camps are certain they're right, they defend their position viciously. Sometimes that means invading the "other side" to tell them how wrong they are. This discussion/rant was prompted by a Cloti fan on a Clerith vid who wanted to debate MY comment about how wonderful the ship was and how good they were for each other. He was "confused" and "concerned" because Clerith fans were reading the story wrong or warping it to suit our ship.

I wanted to tell him, "buddy that's what YOU'RE doing". I wanted to write a goddamn essay explaining why Clerith is canon actually. But considering in my INITIAL comment that he first responded to I'd already brought up why I thought Clerith was great, and he was IGNORING that... I knew it would be pointless. There is nothing I could possibly say that would change his mind. There is nothing he could possibly say that would change my mind.

As long as both sides of this war are fully convinced they're right, this war is going to be endless and brutal. And that's why my absolute biggest fear for part 3 is an open, ambiguous ending regarding the ships. Maybe it will canonize nothing. Maybe it will canonize BOTH by having the actual ending change depending on which girl the player favors.

Either route will offer no relief to this eternal battle. I would honestly prefer for Cloti to explicitly and unambiguously win than an ending where neither girl does. Because I can accept a loss. I can accept being told that actually I WAS interpreting the story wrong, but I'll only accept it from the text itself. If anything, a Cloti ending might encourage me to go through the entire compilation again trying to view it with that canon couple in mind. I'm sure I'd see things differently, even if I'd always have a place in my heart for Clerith. And I sincerely hope that if Clerith were to win that Cloti fans could do the same.

All I know is that I'm sick and tired of this ship war. I personally have never gone after Cloti fans or engaged in Cloti content with the intent to debate or hate on the ship. But I don't speak for all Cleriths. I'm sure at least a few fans of my ship are guilty too. I have seen many obnoxious Cloti fans invading our spaces to disparage us - mostly on YouTube and Twitch, less here on Tumblr - but I KNOW there are plenty of kind Cloti fans who just happily enjoy their ship and leave us to ours as well.

At the end of the day, regardless of how part 3 ends things, I just wish we could live in peace. Please enjoy your ship. Your interpretation of the text and romance is valid. But so is mine. If neither side can agree, then the best thing to do is leave each other alone.

#clerith #cloti #ship and let ship #final fantasy vii #i tried to be as neutral as possible about this topic so i think it's only fair if fans of the other ship can see & chime in too #but please. PLEASE. literally the point of this is that i'm sick of arguing #hardcore fans of one of these ships WILL NOT be persuaded to the other side. don't even try. #i don't want to debate about this. i just want everyone to live in peace #final fantasy #edit: i've been informed this still isn't neutral enough. so i TRIED to make it more so. i don't think it's possible to go further #at least not without cutting out a lot of what i want to say. i'm not taking out what bits of interpretation are left from both sides here #since IMO that dilutes my point. the idea is this particular series CAN be interpreted so both sides legit think their ship is canon #i need at least one example of a sticking point between the sides for that #beyond that i just gave a singular example of ONE bad cloti fan stirring up shit in a clerith space #(and trust i have many more examples i kept to myself for the sake of trying to be neutral) #good fans who mind their own business shouldn't be bothered by me pointing that out since they're innocent. just saying. #anyway if this still isn't neutral enough for y'all i guess i'll remove the cloti tag. just let me know

[elendsessor]

actually the worst takes for any sega owned property come from yakuza.

there’s a ton of themes surrounding how you can always make steps to improve yourself and atone for past actions, start over, and find reasons to live no matter how difficult life gets.

but if your take away from any of the games is organized crime is cool or that the series is about romanticizing crime or just plain using it to fuel the fetishization of japan/japanese culture please don’t play any game about morally questionable things or anything from japan ever again.

#i mean half of the series’ plot highlights how bad it is to romanticize crime even if the games get goofy #a lot of the characters do terrible things ex. i love majima but he’s not innocent in the slightest do not idolize his actions :( #part of kiryu’s side of infinite wealth is about how using someone’s legacy to romanticize something or justify bad actions is wrong #i haven’t played 5 yet (only 0-4 and iw) but i’m pretty sure based on what i’ve seen it reflects these themes too #i mean also most of the series points out japan isn’t some utopia like it gets made out to be in the west #we can’t have games with morality base themes without them being so far misinterpreted it’s baffling #shantien rambles #companion piece to my post about a bad nocturne take #rgg #yakuza

[ssaalexblake]

Look okay not to be that person but everybody blaming Chapel for Spock acting weird like she wasn't doing her best to return him to normal to not fuck up his Vulcan ritual with his fiance despite him being far more open to her than ever before, meaning she's literally doing this dangerous stuff to cure him despite how she'd personally benefit if she didn't because it's a) her job b) she feels responsible this happened because He chose to save her and c) she cares about him on top of both of those things and doesn't want him to not be himself, only for him to go to her Anyway at the end of it all. Him go to her. Not the other way around.

He made Himself weird, he doesn't lack agency, this is not her breaking him or whatever the hell you want to call it.

He went to her.

#snw #oh the Side Eye #once again it's the interloping woman's fault. oh fandom. you never change. #he's a grown man making his own choices #it takes two to tango and this entire riff is just piggybacking on the forever of women's evil as temptation's to poor innocent men

[deevotee]

ciel kills someone in front of finny and he starts crying a little and freaking out which confuses the fuck out of ciel because hello? he kills all the time and finny just grabs his shoulders mournfully and goes "do you even need me anymore? why would you do that when I'm right here? young master do you hate me? do you want to get rid of me?"

#finny losing it because ciels ruining his 'innocence' ans turning into a weapon #like him is such a good concept to me #i talk about it so much but i need to see it so damn bad #finny needs to cry and take the gun out of ciels hand #and then refuse to leave his side until ciel gets fed up with him #cuz if ciels just going around killing ppl then hell have no use for finny anymore #so finny needs to show him that he can be used as much as ciel likes #cielinny #ciel phantomhive #finnian #devo speaks #headcanons #kuroshitsuji #black butler

[cosmics-beings]

being a starscream fan is always difficult because you have to navigate interacting with people who completely pacify him and excuse all his actions and paint him as a innocent person who can't be held accountable for the shit he does. and going as far as saying you excuse abuse if you try to hold him accountable for how he treats others. nevermind the fact that u yourself are an abuse victim and you wanna look at him multifaceted and you know, not excuse his abusive actions toward others.

but at the same time, you also have to navigate people who absolutely HATE him, and will act like they don't and claim they just see him critically, when most of their content is bashing him for his abuse, excusing it, saying he's an awful person and getting mad at people for seeing him as a victim or wanting him to have better. literally saying he deserves what happens to him. ike a lot of people will flat out slander him, while uplifting characters who are worse than him, will say that starscream doesn't deserve redemption, or saying that anyone who wants better for him is excusing him or worse, going out of their way just to be extremely unfair and critical to him.

it's difficult because i love starscream and i do see him critically. but it's hard being around people who will just pacify his actions, and then try to go to someone so you can have indepth convos about him only to realize that 'oh, this person actually hates starscream, they haven't said anything remotely positive about him'.

#esp like in tfp #then yeah i do get why people tend to be protective of the character #and i wa slike that at a point too #especially in prime and idw #but when i found myself excusing how starscream treated others -especially knockout #then i had to take a step back #and then in earthspark people got mad when you pointed out how poorly he treated others #and even in idw - he treats bumblebee and windblade like absolute shit and people just brush over it and also only care about bumblbee in #a sense where bumblebee only exists to take care of starscream and his problems and he can treat him anyway #the same thing happened with starscream and knockout #and when people just constantly excuse that and use the excuse that he has trauma #and that we can't hold him accountable then yeah that sucks #on the flip side you have people who only call out his flaws and are extremely hateful toward him and even blame him for his abuse #like yeah you have people who rightfully call out how shitty he treats others and are very keen to make sure that we know he isn't this inn #innocent person #but that is where it stops and they continue to hate on him #they get mad at him for his abuse and not u know mad at the person who is abusing him in fact many times they stan and defend that person #and all their content surrounded or focuses on starscream is extremely critcal and unfair #and only focuses on how bad he is and gives him absolutely no nuance or empathy #a lot of 'critical fans' of starscream really just care about shitting on him and slandering him and acting like he's the worst possible #person who deserves the abuse and the hate he got #and anyone trying to offer a nuance perspective and wanting him to be treated better is accused of 'woobifying him' when we're just saying #want him to be treated better #and it's like starscream is very complex and nuance and if you're going out of your way to slander him while uplifting other decepticons #if you are going out of your way to absolutely shit on him and give him no empathy or anything and shit on him and downplay what he went th #then you don't like the character and that's my issue #i haven't been able to find a really good balance #of fans akdjfl;afja #like it's either on one side or the other

[dnangelic]

the hollow nonviolence but nevertheless heavily palpable longing and empty vastness of daisuke's heart. post

#*･ﾟ⊰ 𝐎𝐔𝐓 𝐎𝐅 𝐂𝐀𝐑𝐃𝐒. ⊱ ✦ › OUT. #full sincerity i do not mean this in an edgy oooh my cute moeblob's darkness(tm) his hidden evil side way #because this is dark's loneliness too. this is dark's wanting TOO #but dark's is daisuke's is dark's is daisuke's and they're both #the epitome of leroux's erik's description + christine's waved away loneliness too #a heart that could hold the entire empire of the world but has to content itself with a cellar #a child who's never taken seriously or properly respected despite his stubborn independent streak #or even the canon quote itself- it's enormous but empty. completely vacant. dark. there's nothing but a black pillar (themselves) #and 'nothing to satisfy someone-' i knoooow dai looks the way he does but oh my gooooodh -drags my hands down my face- #he's restless he's restless it's not blood guts violence edgy that his emptiness brings him #it's the heart of a thief someone who STEALS which is also why i abstain from too much hunger metaphor #because they DON'T want to devour they don't want to chew and swallow they want to KEEP!!! #they want to shelter and house and have something anything someone anyone they want to take care of it #BUT THE CURSE!!!! #what they do eat of is their own sin and fall; the apple. the fairy tale candy. the fairy table feast. the pomegranate #and once daisuke starts there's NOTHING left for him except to become the devil even if he's the innocent cherub!! #HE CAN'T RESIST THOSE TEMPTATIONS he can't resist the demands of his desires compassionate or not!!! #anyways i got sidetracked but i just think muses who ever see daisuke's heart #is it gentle? yes. is it warm? no. but it's a chill that makes a shared fireplace or someone's touch and blood warmer #it's lonely it's heavy it's grandiose and noble there are rooms waiting for you to walk in and spread light #candlelight starlight azumano's mock-gaslit lanterns!!! #everybody looks up 2 a rebel but nobody knows how isolating it is not just for dark as sb who decided to betray #and was therefore cast out alone left to bear enormous immense burdens all by himself ostracized and wounded #but for daisuke too caught in the shadow of dark's wings #u kno? ok. thats all

[webito9]

yummers

#emegs reverse harmony #románs ocs #digital art #sketch #digital sketch #art #artists on tumblr #oc #ocs #free palestine #they canonically wanna take down cultural appropiators who kill millions of innocent lives #which side do you think theyll be choosing #id in alt

[oculusxcaro]

As troublesome as Gotham can be, Pauli's is one of those places that rarely gets hit. It's open 24/7 and offers good food to all regardless of who they are and Pauli isn't afraid to hire former criminals like Jerry who used to be muscle for Scarface. Petty thugs who threaten the place for cash are just as likely to receive backlash from their fellow crooks as they would from law-abiding citizens because where else are you going to get a decent meal at 4am?

#🌈 || musings #🌈 || headcanons #I got covid ffs so trying to spur some activity #And I can't remember if I wrote about this before #But I like that there's this idea that Pauli's is kinda off-limits to most criminals in Gotham bc that's an honest to god mom and pops dine #Plus Jerry is intimidating af #Imagine somebody kicking up a fuss or trying to hold the place up for cash in the register and this massive black dude steps out #Standing 6'7 and carrying 300lbs of muscle staring you down while holding a goddamn meat tenderizer #Doesn't even need a gun he can throw that shit across the diner and nail whomever #Cindy's the one who carries a gun #Sweet innocent Cindy who won't take shit after dealing with the Mad Hatter #So yeah attacking Pauli's is kind of a bad idea because it's one of those [Everybody Disliked That] situations #Good food at fair prices to all it's an oasis in a city like Gotham #It's just funny to me because Jerry and Cindy can be menaces in their own right let alone Khare being a flesh horror and all #Just wants to do an honest god and go home at the end of her shift aghsfsd #Oh yeah and Rorschach also watches over the place #So anybody causing trouble is going to get hate from all sides ahsgsf

[our-blood-is-our-ink]

My heart genuinely goes out to the people of Palestine who suffer under Hamas rule in Gaza, just as much as my heart goes out to my family and friends in Israel.

We are all human. We are all people. I find more in common with those of Islamic faith than not. Everyone deserves human rights, everyone deserves to be able to peacefully live where they wish to, and practice their religion freely without fear of oppression.

I stand against Hamas. I stand with the people of Palestine. I stand against the Israeli government for the apartheid state it's turned Israel into. I stand with the people of Israel.

Both deserve peace and the opportunity to live and worship how they wish to, to be able to coexist peacefully.

And I choose to believe it's possible.

#crying again about this situation #theres so much senseless hate on both sides #and people aren't taking the care to educate themselves #they're picking sides like this is sports when the side we should all be on is that of innocent Palestinian and Israeli lives #sky vents

[rearranging-deck-chairs]

iconic tbh. she shouldve let them

#just to see what happens hgkghgj #just take a step to the side and intervene 5 seconds too late #act all innocent 'what i stopped them!' #erik already has a bloody nose

[mintjeru]

firefly

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[Image description: A two page comic in which Childe quietly admires Diluc. Diluc holds out a hand and a firefly lands on his finger. He smiles to himself. Childe, who is watching Diluc from the side, lifts his head off of the hand he was resting it on. He gazes, infatuated, at an unaware Diluc.]

#childe #tartaglia #diluc #chiluc #genshin impact #genshin #fanart #myart #comic #this is built upon an old conversation with my chiluc friend #since snezhnaya is cold it doesn't have fireflies #diluc learns of this and takes childe out on a summer night to show him a surprise #the surprise being a field full of fireflies #in the original brainrot diluc gets to see childe with all his walls down and he realizes childe has a more innocent side to him #i'm adding onto this by offering another scene in which childe sees diluc smile for the first time #and he realizes what he's been brushing off as simple curiosity about a certain winery owner is actually smth more #disclaimer i've never seen fireflies in my entire life so this is based on what i've heard about how pretty a field of them is #and yeah this is my personal hc about how the firefly nickname came to be #in other news. it may not look like it but i'm definitely burned out #everything i drew after diluc's ponytail was a struggle #forcing myself to take a break... if i make digital art in the near future someone bonk me #happy chiluc thursday though <3 hoping this week is going well for you all #and if it isn't i'm sending good vibes so friday and saturday treat you kindly

[weather-cluddy]

Apparently, if you get the store bonuses from Animate for both the first Milgram manga volume and the second novel, for a limited time you can also get an extra booklet called MILGRAM's Top Secret Experiment Report Side-W, with a little text written with Yamanaka that (I think) connects the current and past Milgram instances.

#I've heard the offer also applies to online purchases. Hopefully somebody picks it up and shares it. #Side W(hite?) sounds like we're eventually going to get a side B #Probably for the second volume of the manga. Maybe a side G(rey) too if it stretches into three volumes. #It took a year and half for the first manga volume of part 1 to come out‚ so if it takes the same time for part 2... #I wonder if the spinoffs are gonna outlive the main project. #It depends on how long they want to stretch it out for‚ I guess. There's nothing technically stopping them from making another #interactive Milgram‚ assuming they don't blow it up at the end of the main series #But it does lose the surprise element of “But what does it MEAN to be voted guilty or innocent?” #milgram

[pastafossa]

way back when i made a post about how this reminded me of you and smt about the buttening with @wonderlandmind4

and you know you may have never seen this but i think about that possum picture everyday. went to that dollar store again and they dissapeared since then and everyday i regret not getting one...they look so silly and suspicious....

anyway congrats about the cat!!!! getting approved by stranger cats is a sign you have a super cool feline friendly aura

THOSE EYES THOUGH, THESE ARE ABSOLUTELY HILARIOUS! 😂😂😂 And absolutely suspicious and narrow-eyed, jesus that one in the back has me dying, major vibes of don't even think about it. I love when toys come out like this, I have no idea if it's intentional or if whoever designed them just had a sense of humor, but 10 stars of 10, would buy both as a Possum Myself (TM) and as someone who loves the idea of dog toys like this! Thank you for coming to show this, I didn't see it the first time around!

AND ALSO THANK YOU ON THE CAT, I was practically vibrating on the couch when the cat came over, like yes, yes, come be friends with me, look I'll hold really still and pretend I don't see you. AND NOW THE CAT IS MY FRIEND. Next goal: go there often enough that the cat upgrades me to EXTRA SPECIAL LAP STATUS.

#possums #opossums #NOW BUT WHY IS ITS SUSPICION SO FUNNY #WHO DID THE EYES LIKE THAT #WHO DID THIS I WANT TO BUY THEM A DRINK #i'm going to keep an eye out when i wander into the dollar store in case they pop up where i am #not even to give to fozzie i just want to put one in my car so it can side-eye other drivers #also i really was OVERJOYED about the cat #the lady on the couch was allergic and the cat kept coming over and i was innocently like 'do you wanna switch to this chair' #'the cat can't come up here so i could take the couch i don't mind' #and she DID #and the cat ran AWAY #but then came BACK TO CHOOSE ME #AND LOVE ME #I LOVE HER YOUR HONOR