#that’s just my two cents

[wildemaven]

You know that feeling when you go in for a high five, but like you just get left hanging…

That’s what it feels like when people only like your fics and then don’t reblog/comment.

It’s like beating a dead horse at this point, but if you like what your reading, go the extra step and reblog it— comment or no comment- although comments are so welcomed too even if it’s just “I liked/loved this.” It gives warm fuzzy feelings and helps writers maintain the motivation and inspiration to keep sharing what they write.

If things keep going the way they are, your favorite writers are going to slowly stop sharing, not share as often or leave this platform all together.

Reblogs & Comments are not a requirement, but they are important for the sake of keeping fanfics alive.

#that’s just my two cents #do what you want but just know we see everything in our notifications #ok I’ll get off my soap box #wildemaven posts

[xxbimbobunnyxx]

The way I’ve been seeing people act over this book, The way people act in this fandom in general sometimes is wild to me. I truly do not understand the drama and the pettiness that happens here. I’ve protected my peace always, I like who I like and I don’t know all the petty behind the scenes drama because honestly I don’t fucking care. I’m here to read and share my own stories to the people who will enjoy them and find comfort in them. I’m so tired of he said she said bullshit.

I genuinely never ever thought I’d let how other people act affect how I feel about being here, but the energy here right now fucking sucks and I’m sorry to say that. Honestly, my heart just feels sad. It makes me sad to see people acting like this over Eddie of all people. Treating each other like shit, the sub posting, and honestly at this point borderline bullying of each other over a character, especially this one, blows my mind.

I’m not going to share how I feel about the book because this isn’t about how I personally feel. It’s about the way I’ve seen people acting, people who both liked and didn’t like it. I don’t understand why people can’t just have their opinion and move on. Like I shouldn’t be scared to look at my dash in the space I created for myself to feel safe, to escape. It’s just very disappointing to see. Also I’m a full grown woman so this isn’t a fucking sub post and I’m not talking about anyone specifically not even talking about people who like the book or people who didn’t like the book this is about the general behavior I’ve been seeing over this, the chaos.

Anyways that’s all I’m gonna say, if people want to come for me or block me or unfollow me for stating how I feel that’s fine, but this is just my personal opinion after observing the behavior on here the last few days. I hope everyone takes care of themselves, take some deep breaths and step away if you need to. The hatefulness has got to stop. Stay safe out there guys, protect your peace if you can, and remember at the end of the day how you write Eddie, the fanfiction you decide to read, and your own personal head canons don’t have to change because of this, and if they do and you want to write about the Eddie in the book, that’s fine too. There’s no reason to attack people who do one or the other.

-xoxodolly

#that’s just my two cents #hope eve try one is okay🖤 #I will be going through my followers today and unfollowing people who I feel are making my space negative #if I unfollow you it’s not personal I just want to protect my peace

[clingylilhoneybee]

Useless opinion of the day:

Feels pretty backhanded to put fat people on your body positivity blog solely for being fat

#maybe it’s the former ED #but like #I can just be hot #not ‘body positive’ #on the sole basis of being fat #like I have body positive posts #but me existing in a fat body and being attractive in that body #does not mean I belong on your body positivity blog #that’s just my two cents

[h4lftruths4ndhyperb0le]

I know that this isn’t exactly canon, but the fact that you have two different versions of the Jedi Code that mean vastly different things is wild. The one that’s well known, of course, is the newer version (chronologically, in the SW timeline):

There is no emotion, there is peace.

There is no ignorance, there is knowledge.

There is no passion, there is serenity.

There is no chaos, there is harmony.

There is no death, there is the Force.

But then there’s ALSO the other, older version:

Emotion, yet peace.

Ignorance, yet knowledge.

Passion, yet serenity.

Chaos, yet harmony.

Death, yet the Force

So at first glance, the two seem pretty similar—the new one is just clarifying the older one, right? Except that it isn’t; it’s entirely changing the meaning. The old Jedi Code recognizes that, while some ways of living are to be sought after and worked toward, they are not always possible. Jedi will feel emotion, yet should seek to find peace with those emotions. Ignorance will always exist, so Jedi should seek to counter it where they can with knowledge. It isn’t bad to be passionate, yet that passion should not come at the expense of serenity, moments of true calm & peace. The world will offer chaos, and the Jedi seek to transform that into harmony. There will be death—such a thing is inevitable—yet, through the force, the Jedi are able to find peace knowing that death is not the ultimate end.

The new code, though, destroys that balance. It fully denies the existence of emotion, ignorance, passion, chaos, and death, stating that they are incoherent with the ways of the Jedi. This shift in the Jedi Code isn’t just a clarification, it’s a transformation from words seeking to embody the line on which Jedi must walk into absolute statements—and, it is said, only Sith deal in absolutes.

And I feel like this shift in the Jedi Code reflects the decline of the Jedi Order: they shifted how they saw things but still tried to hold onto the sentiments of their past. By the time of the Clone Wars, it’s no wonder the Jedi Order falls under the control of the Senate so easily: in accordance with the “new” code (which is, by then, quite old) they feel the need to eliminate emotion, chaos, ignorance, and passion from themselves, and, inasmuch as depends on them, from the galaxy. And if that comes at the expense of death? So what—there is no death, after all, only the force.

And so even if the individuals in the Jedi Order have doubts or uncertainties about this war, they’re drawn in by their Code, and so they don’t stop to ask the questions they otherwise would have, and war only heightens that moral deterioration, and that’s how you get Anakin Skywalker, who thinks his Order won’t let him love anyone. It’s how you get the council refusing to aid Ahsoka and then telling her it was a test from the force. It’s how you get an army of soldiers who are entirely human, but who were bred and genetically altered for war, and yet no one looks into it much—because aren’t they helping put an end to the rule of passion and chaos and wild emotion that the Sith are threatening to take over with?

#that’s just my two cents #because COME ON the dichotomy between #only sith deal in absolutes #and the LITERAL jedi code #is right there #and it makes me wonder ​what would have happened if they hadn’t changed it #and if they’d stuck with their historical beliefs #jedi #jedi order #jedi council #jedi code #old jedi code #star wars #star wars clone wars #sith #clones

[donutdisturblivball]

Hello, friend. Here's a reminder to drink some water. Or some chocolate milk. When you're done, post 5 characters from any fandoms that you kin and then send this to 5 other people <3

thank u for my reminder!! <3

i actually don’t really kin characters??? idk what it is but i’ve never found myself really absolutely being “THEY STOLE ME AND PUT ME IN THE SHOW”

usually i think i’m a mix of characters so i can’t really answer this question lol

anyone who wants to can rb this and post their own tho!! id love to get to know y’all :))

#byler #donuts asks an answers! #this was really awkward lmao #i’ve never really understood kinning someone since most characters in media have very specific personalities yk? #like they have to stand out for the show to be successful #so for me to connect with a character really well (let alone five) doesn’t really make sense to me #and i haven’t connected with many characters on a reallly deep level so like yeah it checks out lol #ANYWAY #that’s just my two cents #id still love to hear everyone’s kins!!!

[houseofpurplestars]

What really gets me about the sentiment "Don't look away" is that its always used in the wrong context. People may be well meaning, but what they end up doing is flooding the conversation with zionist carnage in a manner not unlike the way zionists *want* their atrocities to be seen.

Rather than thinking, "I must traumatize myself with this image for Palestine," try, "I will not turn my back on the people of Palestine." Watching them die is not enough. Speaking only of their suffering is not enough.

Don't look away when Palestinians resist. Don't condemn them when they fight for their lives and land. Speak for their rights to live and move freely in their own homeland. Do not look away from their life. Palestinians are here, they remain, and they will remain, and they are in the future, and they will live free and happy lives just as anyone else should be able to.

"Don't look away" should not be a call to engage in real life atrocities like its a horror movie. "Don't look away" should be a call to make Palestine the focus of everything. Don't let people FORGET or IGNORE what is happening. You can talk about what is happening without sharing the same ghoulish photos that zionists love.

#just my two cents #while i understand documentation #there is no lack of evidence here #only lack of accountability #zionism is terrorism #free palestine #free gaza #gaza #palestine #i stand with palestine #free drc #free sudan #free yemen #free lebanon #free hawaii #stop cop city

[jeanivere]

sketch feat. the tweets that inspired it

tell me you guys get it tho like why is he built

#bg3 #gale bg3 #gale of waterdeep #baldur's gate 3 #gale baldurs gate 3 #fanart #my art #im too lazy to put more tags #anyway idk why he has abs dude #hes a nerdy cat man who lives alone #hes not gonna be built like he is in game... #yeah hes hot with abs but hes even better with a bit of pudge #but thats just my two cents #dont mind how bad the sketch is #i dont have an excuse i just suck #anyway

[yourhighness6]

Ugh I will always love the concept of Katara using blood bending to revive Zuko after the last agni kai, mostly because it makes no sense to me that Zuko was able to bounce back so easily after being struck by lightning, but also because the way the show treats bloodbending is just odd to me. It was a defense mechanism created by a traumatized victim of some of the most devastating parts of colonization, and although I understand that Hama was supposed to symbolize the "bad parts" of waterbending and was important for Katara's growth in realizing that the world isn't entirely black and white, its still disappointing to me that the show never explored the gray areas of blood bending, especially since that episode was, as I stated above, about understanding the gray areas of the war. Katara using blood bending to revive Zuko would add so much to the last agni kai in demonstrating that she has truly realized that "good" and "evil" are relative concepts, and Zuko being saved by both a defense mechanism of a survivor of colonialism and a type of bending used to terrorize his people would have even added to his arc, as the narrative required him to save and subsequently be saved by the physical embodiment of everything his family sought to annihilate.

#also just the angst potential #there are so many fics and better metas written about this but I had to throw my two cents in #Bryke's refusal to acknowledge bloodbending as anything but evil incarnate is so fucking annoying #anti bryke #bloodbending #zutara #zuko #katara #final agni kai #atla #avatar the last airbender #atla meta #zutara meta #technically

[glowthatoncewasdim]

Okay so admittedly I don’t know a whole lot about the Runway Blues backstory, I just know that Josh wanted it cut and didn’t really like it.

With that context my hot take is that actually Runway Blues should’ve been shorter. Or more of the guitar should’ve gone on the front end. But the song should immediately cut out like seconds after the final line, that would just fit so well with the theming of the song

#lyrically it just makes sense??? #like you could make an argument for the fade exit for sure #that’s just my two cents #Starcatcher #runway blues

[royal-misfit]

The main reason I think Goncharov worked better as a piece of mass produced fiction over Zepotha really does come down to the basic concepts of each piece. Goncharov had a concrete idea from the start, it was a lost 1973 mafia film directed by Martin Scorsese. Meaning that people new to the joke could more easily understand how to add to the story. Martin Scorsese has an unique style to his films, he has directed multiple mafia/crime dramas that people could pull from to create a cohesive story that sounds plausible for him to have made. People were able to come up with characters (and the actors who played them) and an actual plot by just studying the genre and finding what would work. Zepotha is just marketing a single artist's work under the idea of "an 80's horror film", no director, no actual genre other than "horror" (what kind of horror? Slasher seems to be the most popular, but Zepotha sounds more like a giallo style supernatural horror to me). There's no director listed, so no one knows how this film would play out or look. Because horror is such a vague descriptor here, people are throwing just about everything to the wall to see what sticks, which slows down the actual storytelling potential. People are making up characters first, before a plot leading to there being like 50 named characters, but any actual story is lost. Tldr; Goncharov found it's footing much easier and faster by starting out with a concrete idea, while Zepotha is stumbling because it's vagueness makes it hard for anyone to agree on basic things like story or characters.

#goncharov #zepotha #tiktok as a platform makes collaborative work very difficult #so i'm not surprised zepotha is having a hard time finding it's footing #meanwhile tumblr is the 'yes and' of websites #tiktok #tumblr #just my two cents on this whole thing

[cheekylittlepupp]

Everyone likes to poke fun at Astarion when he mentions his nails but you do know why he's like that, right?

He had to punch a hole in his coffin and claw his way through six feet of dirt after Cazador turned him.

Or maybe the time when he was locked inside a tomb for an entire year, months of which he spent scratching his hands raw, desperately trying to carve his way out.

It does make sense why he doesn't want to "ruin" his nails, I doubt he wants to remember either of those moments, and those are the ones we know about.

#astarion #bg3 #baldur's gate 3 #astarion ancunin #bg3 astarion #baldur's gate iii #mims posts ~ #baldurs gate 3 #so yeah i know some of these are lighthearted fun but still #just my two cents i suppose #baldurs gate astarion

[mugiwara-lucy]

Okay but wait people say Ace and Yamato, Sabo and Kola are a couple because of their connection but Luffy and Uta aren’t??

Eh it all depends upon your ship preferences 🤷‍♀️

#anonymous #asks #replies #that’s just my two cents

[taylorswiftdebut]

i know smaller venues have been the majority of shows played in the last couple of years but i promise you all stadiums are massive and there’s multiple tour dates and there’s a limit on how many tickets a single person can buy it is not something to stress or worry about and it is no where near the same as lover fest

#like yes midnights is a clear sign she has gotten bigger #HOWEVER most people don’t want to spend a ton of money on tickets and #you will see selling out stadiums is hard #she WILL do it but it’s not going to be immediate or this five second thing #not to mention how many shows she’s playing some multiple times in the same city #it’s going to be okay #and peace and love don’t listen to tiktok on this one #especially since i knew many people that impulsively bought tickets to some shows last minute #it’ll be okay #also terrible terrible tip #taylor typically has merch and stuff set up outside the venue #so worse comes to worse you can still go get merch and take cute pics in a city near you alaklakalakks #that’s just my two cents #eris: text

[justarandomhelluvablog]

"Why do Asmodeus and Beelzebub get to be good people while Mammon is flat-out terrible?"

Because greed can't be good. Bottom line. You can make arguments for lust and gluttony not being inherently harmful, but not greed.

The very basis of greed is intense desire for something (not just money) with disregard for others. You can be lustful and still love (ex, feeling sexual desire for your partner). You can be gluttonous and still be responsible (ex, going out to a party on your weekend). But you cannot be greedy and care about others.

Being the embodiment of greed inherently means you cannot care about other people. That's why Ozzie and Bee get to be Ozzie and Bee. That's why Mammon will only ever be Mammon.

#helluva boss #spoilers #just my thoughts #discourse ig? I saw some other people talking about this and this is just my two cents idk

[i-know-the-endss]

i think the most frustrating part about tbosas is the fact that you want to root for coryo. you want him to be a better man for lucy gray. you want him and sejanus to become closer, to become the best friends sejanus believes them to be. you want him to run away and find a way to relearn all the oppressive and tyrannical ideals the capitol instilled in him.

but that’s not what happens.

coriolanus isn’t necessarily a good person. he’s not a bad person either, not yet, but he’s no where near good. and rather than try to be good, he gives up, he lets himself “go bad”, he rats out sejanus, he lets his anger get the best of him and loses lucy gray.

the idea that coryo could be a good person but chooses not to be is exactly the reason this book and this character are brilliant.

#idk if this comes across the way i wanted it to #i am in no way excusing his actions at all please do not think i am #he has done unimaginable things and damage and has caused so much horror #but the idea isn’t that he’s evil because there’s nothing else to be #he CHOOSES it #that’s what makes him even worse #the ballad of songbirds and snakes #tbosas #coriolanus snow #suzzane collins #lucy gray baird #sejanus plinth #i’m pretty sure people have made this connection but #i just wanted to add my two cents #suzanne collins is a genius

[wolveria]

With how incredibly cruel people can be in fandoms nowadays, I can understand the lack of interaction on tumblr.

I know it's well meaning, but I have a feeling folks who say "people who boop can also interact directly with blogs!" have never been sent hate mail, or received nasty comments, or been put on a list that gets passed around because they ship/write/draw the "wrong" thing.

SO yeah. The lack of interaction isn't what's killing fandoms. It's the people who go out of their way to harass other fans that leads to less interaction that kills fandoms.

And it's not really fair to expect people to interact in a hostile environment.

#fandom #tumblr #tumblr culture #fandom culture #boop #just wanted to put my two cents out there #since i have been a prolific blog on tumblr for years #and it is NOT always easy or nice or good on my mental health #so i don't blame lurkers in the least #this is a lurker-friendly blog