#they could objectively be doing worse

[bubbieboy]

i don’t know if this is a hot take or not but the rr/b skew more neutral than evil to me

#at least when they’re just on their own and not actively following the orders of grown-ass lunatics #they could objectively be doing worse #but the way they’re written they’re just really obviously kids with no actual guidance trying to have fun #the most actively evil thing they’ve done is pay lip service to destroying the power/puff girls sometimes #and then just never really. attempt it? #and i’m comparing this to the ppnkg who actually Are evil #arguably Also because of the way they’re raised but still #their actions lean more actively dangerously malicious than an annoying child with powers spiting you because you happened to buy a soda #all of this to say i just don’t buy when people refer to them as irredeemable or naturally immoral or anything #i think they’re naturally *mischevious* but as far as them maturing/the possibility of being rehabilitated #realistically they could truly go either way #this isn’t really a response to any particular takes i’ve seen though i’m just rambling #bubble journal #i know a lot of people don’t like that about them and want them to be more threatening #i personally like it a lot though i mean it’s definitely how I would’ve written characters like them i think #and i think making them shittier would just turn them into full ppnkg clones #and it would also make less sense for the girls to even let them keep living if they were full-on horrible constantly #like . kill them!?!?!!?!?!? are you nuts!!!?!!!!!!?!? #that’s like an av3ngers level threat you’re letting run around town

[tswwwit]

I was busy fawning over some fictional men and this question suddenly hit me…Has Dipper ever really got into a celebrity or a character or something similar like that? And how would Bill react if he did, would he tease him about it or be jealous?

I think it would be amusing if there was, say, a demon hunter type, a colleague of Ford's, who gained some celebrity! Dipper, when he was younger, would easily be swayed by the 'charismatic heroism' of some Cool Young Guy in the profession he admires.

Bill is obviously jealous, as is his nature.

I can't decide, however, if it's funnier if Ford regrets not introducing Dipper to that guy when he had the chance, or if he's appalled. That man? His scientific rigor is terrible! His results are shoddy! Dipper should find a partner who respects science, damn it.

#answers #I just find it amusing for people to continually shake their heads at Dipper's terrible taste in men #Also if Ford's main objection to his younger colleague is that he's an idiot who couldn't science his way out of a paper bag #And yes he's a douchebag but MAINLY it's that he's terrible at doing anything but looking flashy. Dipper please. Look at these statistics. #The formatting is off and his math doesn't track #This graph doesn't even have the AXES labeled for crying out loud #He has to spend a long moment debating with himself whether or not that guy would have been worse than Bill #I mean Cipher's a horrific nightmare demon and Ford's nemesis but at least *he* knows what P>.05 is for god's sake #It also presents: One of the very #*very* rare occasions when Ford and Bill could be united against a common target #And that's always fun!

[noelani906]

reviving my notesapp drawing hyperfixation for a secret life grian design

[id: a digital drawing of grian from secret life smp from the waist up. his eyes are closed. he has tan feathered wings. he is wearing a red sweater and a green capelet with a heart clasp and an embroidered cactus. /end id]

#i could just practice digital art but no im actually doing something harder and objectively worse #grian fanart #grian #secret life smp fanart #secret life smp #secret life fanart #trafficblr #myart.906 #described art

[autistic-katara]

there r fics that make u insane (so amazingly good it’s removed ur sanity) and then there’s fics that make u insane (you need to fistfight the author for how they did a specific thing that caused u to rant for hours)

#i know i just posted that other thing but ffs that is NOT how u handle someone in that situation everyone involved made everything 10x worse #yet it’s being treated like the right thing to do (which again ofc they’re cops they don’t understand harm reduction but still) like #seriously everything’s so forceful like u seriously think forcing ur friend to talk to u or forcing a patient to talk to a therapist under #the threat of being admitted to a psychiatric hospital is gonna make her feel comfortable talking to u? or anyone? she’s just gonna trust u #less and get better at hiding it and speaking of which the taking away all sharp objects thing makes sense in theory but like think abt it #for a minute she confirmed she isn’t suicidal and this is her only way of coping so do not just forcibly take away all her coping mechanism #like yes she is hurting herself but it’s a COPING MECHANISM. she’s coping with something. help her with that don’t just take away her penci #sharpers or whatever (which btw since she’s an adult she could easily buy more stuff and yk learn to hide it better) which again has to be #voluntary it isn’t gonna work if u force someone to do smthn they don’t want to like as ur friend u could’ve made it clear u care abt her #and wouldn’t judge her for anything and r here if she wants to talk don’t just say “you have to talk to me” and casually threaten #hospitalisation when she isn’t ready in the moment like seriously if this wasn’t a badly written fanfic she would completely stop trusting #bcz given that this wasn’t even done out of panic i would like ffs u are NOT doing any of this right #oops sorry ranted abt the bad fic in my tags- #it’s not where the author’ll see it and know it’s about them i don’t feel bad abt it #this was my first time even looking at stuff for this fandom so #cw self harm in tags #idk if i need to tag anything else for that 😭 #fanfic #ao3 #ryan shut the fuck up

[bitchoftruth]

what's up with r07 and always including that one tomboy who wears skirts all the time and is constantly insecure about her mascness despite her only 'masculine' trait being speaking a little crude

people will tell you that japan has different conceptions of whats gnc and sure that may be true to an extent but butch lesbians and other masc women & girls exist in japan too lol

honestly this trope is the bane of my existence ANYWHERE and ryukishi sure loves it

#i know objectively there are worse elements..recurring elements even in ryukishi work but #if i could do away with one single thing in his vns itd be this

[ofpd]

#i was trying to list the characters who are doing worse than grantaire but i wasnt sure whether to include javert #like he objectively is but he doesn't realize it as much which affects things. #though i guess the same could be said for marius. but i love saying marius is doing worse #txt #les mis

[mummer]

no offence but this is kinda wild to me given that all the examples given of tumblr staff “disrespecting” core/legacy users are just staff reps being like “We have no money. We repeat: We have never turned a profit and we have no money. We have a very small overworked staff we cannot afford to bend to your whims and our only option to continue actually running this place is to desperately throw shit at the wall to maybe maybe hopefully attract new people because WE HAVE NO MONEY AND WILL SHUT DOWN IF WE CANT MAKE ANY!!!!!” and the response is “so you hate us? you want us to fucking die?” This is not reddit they are not doing this for obscene profit margins they literally dont make any money they have to literally beg us on their knees to buy their stupid goncharov tote bags and custom shoelaces because if we dont the whole house of cards topples forever. omg

#its sooo funny its this big list of links to staff statements that are objectively very nice and measured #being like Well thank you for your feedback but we are going to go bankrupt right now. #90% of the changes tumblr makes are derided at the time and then everyone realizes that was stupid and actually it made sense to do that. #i cant speak on tumblr live we dont get it in canada it seems stupid to me but other apps do much more annoying things #what do you want them to do about bots with like 10 members of staff. it’s way worse on twitter lol #Ntm no one is going to actually do this #you could also be like me and never update your apps under any circumstances

[whump-is-love-whump-is-life]

Another one:

A Switch game console, a phone, and pizza!

(I'm throwing random things don't mind me LOL)

-- @whumperofworlds

Interesting… thank you very much!

Switch console: First instinct is bash them over the head with it… but I think letting whumpee play a game —their favorite game— and regain the smallest sense of normalcy before the abrupt and painful return to their reality sounds more fun.

Phone: Let whumpee record an audio message to their loved ones one last time, to say goodbye and all that jazz; give them a bit of closure ig. But, never send it. Don’t tell whumpee this until the perfect devastating moment.

Pizza: Feed whumpee pizza but plot twist. It’s one of those teeny tiny thin slices you’d get at school parties (even thinner than that) :)

#I really thought I’d be worse at these ngl #tbf I do often look at normal objects and think about how I could torture someone with them…… #whump #whump ask game #whump object ask game #ask game answers #whumperofworlds #asks

[skibasyndrome]

I'm about to throw all my academic values overboard to get this fucking article done

#linguistics are my enemy #not because I don't like the subject #I'm just........ so much less at ease with this than with literary sciene oh my god #I'm so glad I can mostly focus on lit in the future but let me tell you these few linguistics articles I have/had to do have really brought #me to my limit #and I thought I was already fed up and not giving a shit when I did that one article in summer... oh I had NO IDEA how much less of a shit #was capable of giving!!! #the thing is.... I think objectively I'm still? idk not the worst I could technically be doing #like there ARE people who straight up... idk don't even try to have a research question or who don't read more than a handful or articles b #t ugh #I like academic writing so much and I love putting in the work and I love actually getting into the reseach and finding the most important #texts and writing a balanced and well researched article but ugh..... I just feel like I keep reaching my limits with linguistics #and this time is worse than the others because this topic is SO FAR from being standardized and all I can do is ???? mention that there's #like a hundred different models and then just??? choose one and go with it? which is so fucking unsatisfying #but I swear... everybody in this field is just making up a new model that's just different words for the same thing (and not in the /normal #way that science /always/ is about making up a new model. no. this time they are very unnecessarily making up new models) #ugh. everything about this sucks #I should've chosen a different seminar I should've chose a different topic and I especially should've written more of this in summer when I #technically still had a little more time #sorry for blowing up your dash with complaints this festive season lol. I am just having a time (TM) with the different writing tasks on my #hands and I need a place to vent I guess #simon.out. #sounds so drastic btw I'm not about to cheat or plagiarize or anything but I'm about to do so much less of a proper work than I ever wanted #to allow myself to do. cherrypicking and all.

[girlinyourphone]

no worse feeling than talking to a gay person and then realizing they have no trans friends lol

#in line at the girli show there were these girls behind me #and the crowd control was awful so ppl there to see other bands at other parts of venue kept lining up behind us #one was a band called resin. and I was like being social in line and I was like ha ha resin could be a good nonbinary name #and they were dead faced #I was like …? #they said I think I knew someone nonbinary in high school named ash after ash Ketchum…. and I was like ok cool 😀👍 vibes killed #then girlis tour manager came out and interviewed ppl in line about their fav songs or whatever and I said can I say baby #which is an old song and the tour manager was like wow that’s an old one! and I eas like I love that song :) #and the girl behind me said ASBOys which is an even older and like. objectively worse song #but it was clear she was just trying to one up me and the tour manager didn’t say anything lol #then they just kept talking about all the drugs they do for the rest of the line time #🙄🤚

[crowcryptid]

very random

does anyone know a decent usb mic and wireless earbuds that aren’t stupidly overpriced. Under $100 each.

priorities for a mic : doesn’t need a desk mounted arm (the way my desk is built won’t work with one) and no headset style mics.

Priorities for earbuds : long battery while playing (6+ hours) and good for working out (at least some noise cancelling and they don’t fall out easily)

I’m being lazy and trying to avoid watching clickbait youtube reviews teehee

#the cons of being the designated ‘idk what to do with tech object let me give it to someone’ guy #I look so fancy with my blue yeti that barely worked for years and finally kicked the bucket #it’s a nice paperweight now #and my AirPods Pro that I also got for free cause the previous owner washed and dried them TWICE #and now I have to pair them like 3 times just to get them to connect #and play Russian roulette with the battery life. it might say 90% but that could mean 1-5 hours. who knows #oh and they don’t charge sometimes #so while they still work. I’d rather get something that’s reliable #and just keep these for the bus cause I don’t give a shit if someone wants to steal broken AirPods #hey. phone. stop autocorrecting the capitalization you’re putting to much respect on those things #they’ve been getting worse recently.. charging less and less. I think the end is near for them.

[jacksmusesdrv3]

I oversimplify the tears I cry While you tear them down line by line

Okay so this song is a doozy of a thing, and it’s mostly ‘vibes related’ rather than entirely, but it really stirred some feelings in me that I wanna spill

[!SONG CW!]: (general) self harm, disordered eating, suicidal ideation (towards the end of the song), blood, strangulation

Lemme just grab a couple of caps this time. I think that should be all I need

First says that Ouma ‘lies to entertain others’, and he likely references his experiences in the world generally. If we follow on from that, the second refers to how he plunged to the absolute limit of his sanity for his plans and, in no small part, it’s to entertain others- the people around him, presumably (though you can add the outside world watching as another layer to that...). Adding this to the gamification talk here, the idea is that Ouma could’ve been suffering for others’ gratification long before this killing game was a thing.

The difference to the song though, is that far from being open about his true feelings, Ouma covers and obfuscates them a great deal. That obfuscation is the ‘show’ he puts on- not so much the ‘open suffering for others to consume’, but the suffering he endures being a constant under the surface.

For an Ouma with this history, it’s basically the same, if he was made into a spectacle in his past. A ‘circus monster’, if you will: ‘you know nothing about me, but you’re entertained anyway, so that’s good, right? :D’

#kokichi ouma #inb4 'tone deafness' rather unfortunately I relate to feelings of this #song- rather that I could only do the best of things when I was suffering in Spite #because Spite was a kind of fuel that moved me. which resorted to self harm #which in turn to a kind of learned helplessness where I'd just stay in the spiral #and because at one point there was the Drama. I couldn't go anywhere. it felt like #which was a can of worms on top of mutually aggressive BS. unfair feelings abound #thus 'Wildfire' was a song I latched on to to try and process the sheer rage felt #and of course. this spite and anger went hand-in-hand with my analyses of Ouma #without it I felt like (and kinda still do) that I can't 'Ouma' the way I want to Best #because his energy just. Reeks of thinly-veiled ':)' kinda spite towards the world #not only that but it's the feeling of fractured energy I have compared to the days- #-when I was objectively Worse but putting out posts that are still liked at times #it's a kind of 'back then at least I knew how to feel' situation #anyways Circus can do just as good and better not suffering so much. so can I #and so can you #it's all about the process #a mystery that lasts forever #...or something like that #okay that's enough tags but it felt necessary this time #suicide mention / #self harm mention / #sh mention / #ed mention / #jacks personals #long tags

[dykedvonte]

Discussing the NCR (Fallouts NV's Military Industrial Complex)

Fallout regularly discusses the idea of the military, its faults, its strengths, and most importantly, the psycho-social aspects of it regarding those who are members. We have seen a direct critique of the military generalized through the Enclave's overt nationalism, the hoarding of resources and indoctrination through the Brotherhood of Steel, and an almost eerily modern critique of the whole military-industrial complex through the NCR in New Vegas. In these series of posts, I will be focusing primarily if not exclusively on the last one.

The NCR we see in the game is strictly the military side of things and the depiction of active occupation during a time of eminent war, conflicting factions, and resource scarcity. It is in this we are missing a major factor that negatively affects the view of the NCR in the game and out: Civilian life along with citizen opinion on the military. While we do get Mojave civilian opinion on the military (often neutral or negative) we do not get those who are New California Republic citizens, not those who actually discuss the military more so not understanding the importance of the occupation and the President's choices.

We do not see how life is regularly lived by the average citizen as we have not seen New California in New Vegas, though, we get words and glimpses that the people are relatively content in the growing country minus the fact many people are not happy with the choice of encroaching on the Mojave. This most similarly reflects it's real-world application that many civilian citizens reject acquisition and war due to the economic effects it has on the country and the general violence/loss associated.

In this, we come to an issue of losing a perspective that is unique to the NCR as a military representative. The Brotherhood is notably a place where its active members are intertwined with its efforts, the young are raised to be scribes, paladins, etc... To where even if one is not fighting for The Brotherhood, they are still intertwined, it's propaganda is the life. The Enclave is even more cut n' dry in that it is mostly made up of government representatives. It is a group even smaller than the former, even more selective and intertwined that their propaganda IS a form of Eugenics. The NCR is unique in that there is a clear distinction between what is the military force, the civilian population, and the choice if one wants to be a part of the former.

There is a distinct difference in the cultures of the factions you are born into and those you must enlist or join (forcibly for some). While this is a long-winded way to get into the actual discussion I want to facilitate throughout these posts I wanted an initial background post to understand the aspects I am and am not exploring and explaining along with a hub post to link everything I intend to discuss in the coming days and weeks, starting with:

Why Do People Join the NCR?

...which will be discussed and linked back here like everything else regarding to this topic.

Links: TBA

#fallout #fallout new vegas #new california republic #these will be longer posts so be warned #prepare to be sick of me #you thought i could yap before #should pin this but Im just gonna link it in the pinned post to be concise and since this isnt just a fallout blog I just am just obsessed #plus I dont want it to be centered focus while im only half way through with the first word doc #the three posts are just the beginning on my disection of the NCR and how the MIC is shown through it cuase #like pls its so much more nuanced with the specific ways each character in the faction interacts #at least the ones you can talk to and have options for like i know so many people do independent route but its so intriguing and you get ho #the military takes advantage of people but also how the individuals try or believe they fight for a good cause cause of all the brain washi #like some perpetuate and others dont but its a system that just gets worse the higher you go like grrrrr #a take cant be nuanced if you refuse to look or discuss the reasonings of another side or generalize their arguement through a personal len #like you need to be objective at points cause while you may feel a way in an analysis the context explains why in canon they feel a way #a retrospective on tumblr??? shocker #was gonna make this one giant mega post but it wouldve been cluttered and i wanna space them out cause its a lot to work on in one sitting #and what if I want to be silly in between???

[autisticandroids]

DEAN: Cas, I just can't...

[youtube]

dean's perspective on godstiel arc. the way cas failed him. the feeling of abandonment. the obligation to control. affection for cas souring on his tongue as the imaginary idol he built in his mind shatters. the trials and tribulations of being the center of the universe.

that is not my lover and that's not even my friend.

#spn #vid #so. director's commentary. this video is mostly about dean's control issues with a couple of other themes. #like it's both about how dean feels responsible for cas (see: 'clear my name' over 'cas you child why didn't you listen to me' and also #death blaming dean for godstiel (????)) but it's also about how cas used to be someone dean felt he could control and that's no longer true #like cas used to be someone dean felt like he could just get to do anything. and now he's not and that's kind of a shocking revelation that #renders cas mysterious and unknowable and scary #like when dean felt he could control cas. when he felt like they were in it together. then it could just be the two of them against the #rest of the world (we made love in the tower of babel and it fell down). but now cas isn't doing what dean says #and worse: he has other loyalties. loyalty to god/heaven which is NOT acceptable in dean's book. it means there's a part of cas dean can't #have and dean can't deal with that. it's also bound up with another theme of this video which is: dean and cas' relationship is on the #rocks in s6 because sam died and cas didn't and cas didn't fix it and also he's still loyal to angels/god (very different things for cas #but the same to dean) and dean blames them for sam's death. and then sam continues to be not really back for most of s6 so dean's still mad #plus cas and dean haven't seen each other for a year so dean has had tons of time to massage his memories of cas to be more pleasing #so dean has all these idealized memories of cas and a cas who obeyed him when he threatened to withdraw affection and a cas who was alone #in the world and only his and now he's faced with the real cas who values other things higher than dean's approval and has other commitmnts #and he hates that cas for not being the cas in his head who is perfect. and also now that they're having this big conflict dean is denying #that cas was ever anything but his enemy and the object of his hatred. because he's so angry and also because he blames himself for #anything his loves ones do that's outside his control because he has huge control issues so the only way to assuage the guilt is by #denying that cas was ever one of his loved ones #oh and also the montage of dean refusing to help cas/helping very grudgingly/demanding things of cas is there as a contrast. to show that #the ideal cas who needed nothing from dean and did everything dean wanted never existed. he's an invention in dean's mind #and also that sequence is the explanation for WHY cas didn't go to dean (which is what dean's maddest about because it takes away control): #he had no reason to think dean would help. and if dean actually thought about it he'd realize that. but dean's self-image is OFF the WALL #and cas in 4x18 is THEE idealized image of cas because he's breaking ranks to be with dean he's choosing dean and doing what dean wants #because dean is able to get through to him EMOTIONALLY ('we're done') which is what dean likes. rationality is nothing to dean #and dean denies 'are you god' not only because he's denying any former affection for cas. he's also denying that he would ever put anyone #(god. heaven. cas.) in an authority position above himself. only he can be the authority. because he's angry and so all the cracks in his #shell close up. he has to maintain his identity as a Real Man invested in Freedom and Power harder than ever. he can't be told what to do #oh and 'under the bridges of fame it's always nighttime.' that's about dean being The Protagonist. & the consequences cas suffers from that

[tacagen]

can we talk about how wrong the finish line ending is. can we talk about how barry sees snapping thawne's neck as their point of no return when thawne directly expressed hope barry can still live up to his idealised expectations several times and even spoke of how exactly he can achieve that. can we talk about how barry while having the best intentions fucks with thawne's speed and timeline resetting him to a humble curator with no powers and makes their situation a THOUSAND times worse when thawne comes back as reverse-flash because that reset is a direct and ultimate confirmation of barry's desire to forget thawne and make it like he never existed (the very thing that motivates thawne to mess with barry at all, the very thing he went insane about and which led him to becoming reverse-flash) and how thats similar to creation of the flashpoint which was done with good intentions and changed the world forever even after being undone. can we talk about how it also resembles lobotomy as in permanently fucking up persons brain and its necessary functions to make them more calm and controllable in their mental illness instead of actually helping them which takes a lot more time thought and effort and how that was a quick and seemingly effective but inherently destructive solution. can we talk about how barry by taking away eobard's powers also takes his freedom from societal expectations and standards of his time he clearly didnt fit in and 25th century in general. can we talk about how barry also took the only good memories thawne ever had aka their moments together and especially their first meeting which thawne saw as perfect and held very dearly just like any other interaction with barry including the reverse era ones. can we talk about how fucking intrusive, invalidating and selfish is the whole concept of erasing any kind of memories from another persons brain, no matter how hurtful or bad or self-sabotaging those can be especially involuntarily and how only the said person should have control over that because that is their damn life. can we talk about what such betrayal will do to a man who previously became the reverse-flash just because of one single phrase that he thought was something special only between him and barry. can we talk about how this time thawne paradoxically didnt even do anything to deserve that because he never met barry and never had such possibility in the first place. can we t

#reverse flash #eobard thawne #professor zoom #the flash #barry allen #eobarry ig? #listen i dont blame barry for that. thawne tortured him beyond any comprehension and the reset is understandable #that was one of the kindest solutions he could come up with considering the countless trauma thawne caused him. i get it. i see the effort. #but 1) im talking from thawne and his mental fucking issues perspective (and also my own bc he just like me fr) #like considering those HUGE ASS abandonment issues this is objectively the worst thing barry could ever do to him #2) also understandable but i cant believe barry (AND josh williamson.) didnt think ANY further than how Noble and Forgiving the reset is #he KNOWS thawne always comes back no matter what and yet he cannot make the logical conclusion that this will only hurt eo EVEN MORE #like my dude i get youre not on the best terms with timelines and changes to them but what youve done here is the ACTUAL point of no return #also i firmly believe that the 'peaceful' curator life is a fate worse than every death thawne ever experienced combined #there is so much potential in post!fl continuation where nothing in his life feels right and he can see the reverse era in his nightmares #i will make a separate post about it someday because i have So many thoughts on that that its a whole au at this point

[cruelsister-moved2]

also i dont want to overshare but when i was like 16 dealing with insane amounts of anxiety especially regarding men, and traumatised because of men, i saw a therapist who would mid session stop and be like "oh you're so pretty" and i dont want to label it as sexual harassment because maybe it was just more like a misogynistic attempt to make me feel better about myself as an insecure teenager, but it fucked me up worse than any belligerent harassment i ever got from a stranger or schoolmate bc of not just the authority they held over me but specifically the idea that this person is just here to help me and also all-knowing and can do no wrong, so i was aware it made me feel unsafe but wasnt able to process that the way i can if a guy yells at me on the street AND i didn't talk to anyone about it bc this was peak 'mental health acceptance' era and i didnt know how to talk about the way my therapist made me feel more unsafe than anxiety did. anyway i just think it's important to keep in mind that therapists are just people and some of the ways we talk about it involves elevating therapists themselves to a status that ignores the experiences of marginalised people in which their therapist was acting not as deity of mental wellness but as a white person or a man or a straight person or a cis person etc. acting like therapists always know what's best for you and even that they have your best interests in mind at all is dangerous and dismissive^_^

#the visceral memory i just got of him being like 'wow the light catches your eyes so perfectby that window' SIR WHY DID YOU SAY THAT TO ME!! #and my therapist at school was homophobic v_v #but that didnt mess w me as badly bc i could laugh about that hfgdhfg #like honestly misogyny always gets me way worse than homophobia #literally just being reduced to an object #and homophobia is like okay well ur not gonna stop me from loving bc youll say im ugly or hate men. i am and i do #but misogyny is like yeah u are going to stop me from going out alone after dark ever. im afraid #also i can turn off rbs on desktop now yayy #i dont thnk i even put it into words exactly but idk theres something about experiencing an -ism from ur therapist