#they found it more funny than anything

[cozylittleartblog]

a little Postlet. . because i Miss them

#deltarune #queen #rouxls kaard #lancer #art #doodles #comic #rouxls is a leetol different. for fun :) idk i drew him like that and i didn't hate it #Twelve Percent More On Model Than Usual #i have lil bits of dialogue scrawled down everywhere and i found that second one i thought it was funny #i have so many drawings and doodles and entire posts that ive started. that i just don't finish for so me reason #no energy. why do i have the energy to start them and go 'omg this is gonna be IT ill TOTALLY FINISH THIS' #and then i don't lol. why don't i just finish something instead of starting something else #its da adhd babey!!!! #anyway thats why this post is small #normally i sit and over-analyze things before i post them. are all the layers on. did i forget anything. does anything is badly drawn. etc #i'm not doing that. i am scheduling this for atime when i am asleep and it will be posted by the time i wake up #and whatever is in the art is what is posted. it is what it is.

[chloecherrysip]

"I hope you told your brother how much you loved him, because you're probably never gonna see him again."

"..."

"Was that too dark?"

"YES!"

"Sorry."

#mario movie #mario move spoilers #super mario bros movie #super mario bros #mario and luigi #super mario bros movie spoilers #cherrysip edits #i was gonna make a different gifset today but then i found that new trailer and WELL HERE WE ARE lol #TOAD SERIOUSLY CAN YOU READ THE ROOM HERE??????????? #first time in the town was kinda funny second time was genuinely a bit upsetting to the point that i gasped when i heard the dialogue #mario would prefer you Do Not Say Things Like That!!!!!!! #he is no way shape or form emotionally prepared to grapple with the idea of his brother being dead or never being able to find him #that would end him. that would destroy him. he would truly not know how to go on. so that is just firmly Not a Possibility in his brain #(and now i made myself REALLY sad thinking about mario remembering this conversation a little later and wondering #when WAS the last time he told luigi he loved him????? he can't remember. he loves his brother more than anything and anyone #but he hasn't said it outloud in so long and the realization of that is extremely painful. there's some more angst for you!!!) #anyway this is just a compilation of all the significant scenes where mario and luigi are actually together we've seen so far and I CRY #also the brand-new one of them running through town!!! omg it's perfect #with mario doing unnecessary parkour and luigi just diligently jogging along on the outside and avoiding the mess #the characterization even in the tiniest moments like this is truly CHEF'S KISS #will be working on more gifsets because my brain just needs to stare at all this until the movie comes out lololol

[kinos-fortress-2]

how'd you even fuck up a character design like this bro who even that bitch is

#sniper #tf2 #team fortress 2 #kino art #i know i have different ways of how i draw this fella but is so funny how i have found my way to draw him like a... sick creature idk #a drug dealer perhaps idk shes so ugly for me #also the way everytime i draw his hair it keeps growing more and more at the end shes gonna have a longer hair #damn im sorry i really cant draw anything else more than this fucker is already annoying he is just so easy to draw im basic like that

[iwritenarrativesandstuff]

Can't explain how funny an Odasaku and Adam duo would be. I know it doesn't work in canon but I think people who haven't gone through the narration in both Dark Era and Day I Picked Up Dazai understand how objectively hilarious Oda is without even trying to be. Add that to Adam's general weirdness and you have, I think, the set-up for an entire buddy cop movie, except it's an android who eats gum and thinks pretending to be a pigeon and telling android jokes are good ways of interacting with people (he's right actually) and a mafia member who refuses to kill and responds to events that would have any sane person quitting their job and moving out of the city like it's a passing breeze.

Imagine them working together. Imagine them investigating. They both think the other is entirely normal and connect over having to look out for their respective self-destructive teenagers they bonded with.

Said self-destructive teenagers are watching them from a distance, baffled and horrified, because neither of them is responding to anything in a remotely normal way.

And if they had the slightest bit more self-awareness, they would know that is literally exactly how everyone else, including the two men they are currently judging, feels about the two of them when they interact in any capacity.

#anxious to post this since it is so entirely self-indulgent but yeah #woe. my 3 am thoughts be upon ye #i absolutely love that it is canon that dazai of all people thinks odasaku is really weird #oda: calmly talking about how his job as a postman is pretty boring then following up by saying their warehouse got bombed #and he found a baby in a parcel #dazai: 🙂??? #and like a good chunk of stormbringer is just chuuya going ???? at anything adam does #i simply think they should hang out. out-weird them. you know? #bsd #bsd odasaku #bsd adam #bsd dazai #bsd chuuya #ok so realistically i know skk are more outwardly weird than either of these two #but i still think it's funny #storyrambles

[cinnaminsvga]

actual conversation i had with my dental hygienist

hygienist: so what did you study at university?

me: chemistry...

hygienist: damn, no wonder you look so sad!

#this is especially funny now that i got a new job and it has like... barely anything to do with my degree LMAOOOO #mostly bc the job market is rough rn and i kinda need the money more than anything... but damn LOL #and then he proceeded to give me a speech about his own road to becoming a hygienist #how he started in business but then hated it so he started dj-ing #then found that he got bored of it and so he went to med school. but found that too much of a hassle as well #so now hes in dental school and working as a hygienist as he completes his schooling and is NOW debating on changing careers again #and like noah fence to the guy i know he was trying to be encouraging about how 'ur degree shouldnt shackle u to one type of career' #but also his carefree nature is sending alarm bells in my head bc the only ppl who speak like that are people who can Afford #to soul search like that. bc if i knew my parents are there to catch me if my new venture failed #damn i'd do fucking whatever i wanted to as well!! but ofc idk if hes really rich like that #he did have an aura tho. rich people aura. they got a way of talking sometimes... especially western ppl.... #ANYWAY.... just wanted to share how i got scalped with my mouth wide open filled with blood thank u for listening to my ted talk #zee talks

[mewkwota]

After copious periods of staring at reference art, I had another Trevor Moment and realized Julius’ neckerchief got too far towards the middle. So that visible peek of his chest was not my personal doing-- it’s necessary.

(This comic is unrelated to the point of these sketches)

#I think a part of what I gotta remember is that you cannot really see julius' physique with that coat on #so I don't have to be too specific of anything else save for the overall shape of his shoulders #but y'know I get that issue with richter's little neckerchief thing too so I'll get better over time #I'm not just drawing this guy on repeat because of boo-boo-ha-ha reasons :V #(though I will repeat again everyone in this family is very charming) #. . . oh yeah so the comic #I just found that line to be more funny than it should be #you should know me by now making stupid comics out of tiny observations (see: that freaking doll) :) #doodle-daas #comics #castlevania #julius belmont #soma cruz #genya arikado

[halloweenthief]

Take it easy dude but take it

Okay so, as I said, it's pretty clear that Kosa won't pass or it will stay the place it is now for a while, even social media are opposing to it because they agree or not with their anti-lgbt+ stuff they realize that it would take away a lot of their users (For fucks sake, even Google seems to oppose) The main reason Kosa became a bigger problem this year is because a co-sponsor of Kosa managed to convince that the people who opposed to Kosa were on their side now, which was not true because he only convinced those people to be neutral instead of fully opposing And because we have been pretty loud and people of power are also taking action in making sure it doesn't pass, I will say, we are safe

However and here's where the title makes sense, because of one little inconvenient Kosa almost passed, which is why i'm gonna ask you, even after Kosa doesn't passes, please DON'T forget about it, chill out, take your time to be away from this issue and celebrate, but every now and then keep checking on Kosa to see the news because they're clearly not giving up

And at the very first instance that they will try to pass it again, immediately start sending emails, making calls and signing up against it, the more loud we are the more unlikely it'll pass

With that said, I will probably make posts about Kosa if something big happens that requires it, as I'm adding a Kosa thing on my pinned post in a minute, I also want to take it easy, I did everything I can which is signing up every petition (ONCE) against Kosa that I could find and wrote an email

#Oh btw this is something I found more funny than anything #So there's this article saying Kosa should be passes and said that social media are opposing to it #(Clearly they are) #And it puts companys like Google in the bad for #SQUASHING ANY PROPOSAL SIMILAR TO KOSA #And spending lots of money on it #Like they do realize that they're talking about Google and Facebook right #Idk if I was writing the article and saw that fucking GOOGLE is against the bill I would change my mind because fucking GOOGLE #Anyways #Kosa #Stop the kosa bill

[hauntingblue]

chopper has become catholic

#poor chopper :((( also sanji hutting soldiers with zoro lmao #how is chopper soloing perospero AND queen??? wtf someone help him??? #nvm sanji is here.... queen taking all the arrows cause sanji applied a tangential force to his neck ahdjahskajskq #helicopter helicopter..... 🚁 🚁 🚁 #sanji you tell em.... luffy will rise jusg like jesus christ once again. gum gum amen. #zoro bandaged as a cross represents his unwavering faith in luffy. sanji carrying the cross represents how strong his faith in luffy is. #oh jesus kinemon...... yamato come back...... yamato....... #kinemon you ate this child's father now..... konemon get up!!!! KINEMON!!!! #kinemon dead kiku dead and momo hears luffys voice... he will come back omg of course 🥺🥺🥺 i might have shed a tear.... but god... #i am more defeated than anything.... luffy won't die but kiku.... kinemon.... damn.... #talking tag #watching one piece #episode 1036 #YAMATOOO!!! YAMATOOO!!!!! momo to the sea too??... jesus..... #ZEUS SOUL HAS MERGED WITH THE CLIMA TACT???? #big mom and kid just yapping..... get to the fighting!!! law joined in!!! another yapper.... #toko....... where is hiyori.... #ULTI AGAIN???? ZEUS ATTACK!!!!! OH SHIT!!!!! END HER NAMI!!!!! #they found luffy <3 YAMATO GET KAIDO!!!! well get momo.... #episode 1037 #who designed the heart pirates submarine.... [DEATH]💀😁💀 [DEATH] #luffy is above water and so is momo..... oof. #nami's face naming zeus ajdhssjsbshs ooooh nami's bolts now have redirects akdhakajak YEAAHHH!!!! #tama what a powerhouse heehee #oh yamato.............. #episode 1038 #hamlet just beating up all his own soldiers... #the snake one too.... also his animal is so funny.... the snake makes both of his legs and also a cunty accessory.... #usopp ajdjahjsajaj sanji will save his babygirl... i know it.... YEAAHHH!!!! #CHOPPER TURNED EVEN SMALLER AKDHAKEJSK

[gildedmuse]

So, I just know all of Tumblr was wondering, "hey, you remember that really weird ZoLaw fan with the annoyingly overly stylized post? I wonder if she's seen this and if she has any theories or thoughts, an observation or two?"

Well, allow me to set your wandering mind at ease, fictional Tumblr fan. The answer is: No. No, I really don't.

I have like three hundred.

[I also spent time just trying to track down as many translations as possible. Is Tera A Criminal's Daughter or The Daughter Of Thieving Bandits! These are CLEARLY separate things and can ENTIRELY change how her utter nonpresence in Zoro's life shaped him! Though I can take comfort in knowing that, regardless of what kind of crimes her father was committing they were more important than anything his daughter ever did in her entire life.]

And, hey, as might as well jump right into that whole mess.

1. Wait, Zoro's mom is dead? Thank goodness, I was worried Oda forgot one!

(AKA: Stop. Murdering. Moms.)

I'll go first, I don't mind saying when I was wrong. True, in the past I may have suggested that the vast majority of female characters in One Piece come off as ever so slightly, "leaning into sexist tropes with unadulterated joy; it's the misogynistic tropes equivalent of a child running naked through a grocery store. It's right there, everyone sees it, yet people shut up and continue shopping in part because, well, these days you just expect most people to cover that junk! What would you even say? And if you DO speak up and call out the inappropriate, be prepared for blank stares and tantrums; but THEY don't mind! THEY don't think it's wrong! You're just being mean!"

More or less a direct quote.

However, I see now that I rushed to judgement and the reality of the situation is far more nuanced. With that in mind, I was just wondering if someone could help answer some of the questions I have.

Like: Why does Oda believe that it's illegal for (maternal) female characters to survive other character's backstories?

More importantly, why hasn't someone just reached out to explain the misconception!? It can't be that difficult. If nothing else, just have a lawyer or judge or other expert in censorship on hand. Or is the one of those cases where back in highschool his friends made something up and then kept pretending it was real to see if he'd believe you and not only did he fall for it, it took over 20 years before he learned that, what, no that's not illegal. That would be crazy if it were an actual law. Cause you know, after the first 10 years I think yeah you have to just lean into it. Pretend it's a creative decision on your part and definitely not because you were terrified of being sentenced to a slow and humiliating public death.

Just to be clear that's definitely what's up, right? I mean, I'm struggling to think of another reason....able excuse why a story that I really enjoy keeps playing the same old sexist tropes cards again and again to the point of absurdity. It would just help if I had a valid excus- explanation. I almost mistyped the word explanation.

....

....

So I imagine it went like.

"That's the third mangaka they've had to Publically Execute this week!"

"They've started taking this law way more serious lately."

"This one really deserved it though! I heard his main character has a mother in her late forties!"

"That does seem old to have your first child."

"No, he's the middle of three and 22 years old. The story even has flashbacks of defining moments in his childhood and never once did she try to sacrifice herself for him, get murdered by his enemies, or die in meaningless unrelated accidents."

"Damn, that's cold to be there for all the protagonist core moments and not die and help him develop and grow a character? They must have a very antagonistic relationship. Is she actually the villain."

"Not that we know, and when they asked about this being a possible plot twist since - obviously if she's evil no laws are being broken."

"Well, of course, that's the whole reason Statue 2-dash-57 exists; if creators can show they have consistently been building up to a surprise twist then the female character in question can continue to live so long as she continues to be unrepentant and unlikable until the resolution of her arch by the protagonist."

"That's the thing! Under oath not only did man present no evidence to support her identity as a secret villain, he went on the record stating he wanted to depict their relationship as one of a normal modern 20 year old and his mother."

"That can't be true! What publishing company would even print that!?"

"It gets worse. I told you he was a middle child? Well, according to those who've read the actual manga, his younger sister was really sick as a child."

"Oh, well, at least-"

"It was just a fish allergy. She's perfectly fine."

"Sometimes I feel this law is unnecessarily harsh but.... Then you hear stories like that, and you realize that some people really are monsters."

#So this was going to be one post three parts (because obviously) then I remembered even people who have purposefully followed me hate that #I took into consideration that not everyone wants a unmountable wall of Zoro meta analysis on their dash so now its gonna be 3 post style #keeping in mind I've already written it all up and will just be posting them one after the other so effectively the same result #only with the illusion of my empathetic nature #I do have a lot of thoughts on what amounts to a very small amount of scribbled lines and a couple doodles #he literally didn't even bother giving Kuina's mom or grandmothers a name like they didn't even have a identity #In fairness there wasn't a need for them to have any kind of identities or individuality or identifiable features #everyone knows only one trait really matters when it comes to adult females: they go down #into the ground....as a corpse. After ensuring that their death would be the best way to help their children grow. As characters. #I'm joking cuz its funny. It's obvious why Zoro's mom got a name & description: she gave birth to a protagonist and not a human sacrifice #But have considered why those specific qualities are what he chose to define her by - she's fictional he could have made up anything! #I'll have to talk about it in the other posts I'm wasting precious tag room #one piece #roronoa zoro #one piece meta #one piece sexism #this post is not for everyone; actually its pretty much just for me #conversations with fictional people #more opinions than anyone asked for about subjects they don't even care about #Oh! I found the blogs new subtitle! #author gets sassy then preachy then sassy again and then swerves sharply to the weird #oh these tags are way too much #Zoro's backstory #Zoro family history #amusing musings #why am i the way that i am #three post style: part one!

[6vaguebook]

I absolutely love turning running gags in my story into an emotional tool of social commentary and character development at the very end of my story, and never giving any sign that I'm planning to do it until it's too late and I successfully have you either bawling or talking about all the flaws in our society, if not both

#funny #writing funny #writeblr #writing #writers on tumblr #writing jokes #writing memes #I have this mustached twirling villain trying very hard and failing to be evil #No one takes him seriously #His sidekick (who is like his wife) is just finding ways for him to try to be evil she knows will end up doing more good than harm #He finds out the most popular hero is a terrible person #And he confronts him about it #But the public refuse to believe there's anything wrong with the guy #So now they don't like the villain and think he is in fact evil #So it's like THE ONE TIME I TRY TO DO GOOD YOU FINALLY THINK I'M EVIL #But also now the hero's sidekick is his kid #And the found family is complete

[aspiringnexu]

Just finished Rings of Power and there’s a lot I can say. Liked some of it. Disliked some of it. It got me back into Middle-Earth (like I ever really left, some part of me is always there, but like the Star Wars sequel trilogy (which I despise with no remorse) it kind of revived general interest and gave me something new to see in a world I love so much) so I am inclined to give it a chance but overall a mixed bag. I love the books, I love the movies, there was some stuff that should definitely have been changed (or left out) in the series but other than that I liked it. (And if you disagree, good for you)

But what got me in the finale was the misunderstanding. Those cult... lady... things- whatever they are. Them mistaking the Istar for Sauron. That is fucking gold. If he ever finds out what they did he is going to be so offended. The very idea that he, Sauron, would look like a bedraggled, bearded hermit. The gall. The insult. He is Sauron! The bitch who gave himself so many pretty names because everyone else called him Mr Stinky. The right-hand Maia to Morgoth himself. He may not have shown himself in the guise of Annatar in the show (something I mourn because I would dearly like to see a live-action slutty twink Sauron helping poor flustered Celebrimbor make the rings before using him as a banner) but Halbrand is an attractive human form. If there’s one thing Sauron values, it is his own vanity.

And they thought he was the hermit in rags.

He’s going to be fucking furious.

#rings of power #sauron #he is a vain bitch and no one can convince me otherwise #halbrand #the rings of power #I think my favourite part of the show is this and Elrond and Durin's friendship #it's so funny #sauron is a monster #but he's a petty monster #and i cannot think of anything he would find more insulting than being compared to a fucking wizard #I'm not entirely sure how they mistook him for sauron in the first place #or do maia just fall out of the sky all the time and they took the chance it was him? #still not over that one post that speculated the valar were catapulting the wizards into Middle-Earth #it would explain a few things #never thought 'were you dropped on your head' would be a possibly valid reason for Saruman losing it #rhadaghast got raised by birds or rabbits or something when he was getting his memory back then he found people #and immediately fucked back off into the woods #the early head trauma does explain a lot of gandalf's plans #the harfoots caused a distraction that let you escape and fight back #that doesn't mean Bilbo can fight a dragon #and I think the valar overshot with the two blue wizards #they never show up #they're just embarrassed that Orome shot them directly into a cliff face #Are they okay? #Hm? Oh they're fine. Totally. Just... reaaally reclusive

[pudgy-planets]

So I probably l deserved this, since I did have it as my profile picture, but one of my friends tapped on my phone and saw my lockscreen.

Whiiiich was this:

Yeah.

#mun says things #he didn’t really care he just found it more funny than anything but yeah

[the-monkey-ruler]

Jinling Shengmu is so cool I’d love to see her show up more as Princess Iron Fan’s mom. And I guess Huaguang since he married Princess Iron Fan. I was so surprised to learn there’s a small temple out there where she’s worshipped alongside him since the end of the Ming dynasty.

I just wrapped up Journey to the South but I'll be honest it was just... way too boring. It is supposed to be after the Journey to the West but legit there was never really a connection to the story besides Wukong being in the first chapter and being the one to take down Huaguang in the last chapter. Otherwise, it is kind of a rinse-and-repeat plot with no real development because Huaguang keeps making more mistakes. I even thought that Princess Iron Fan in this verse was just different as well because she didn't have the Banana Leaf Fan she had like literally Iron Fan and acted like she never had a husband or son, just always living with her brother and mother.

If we are ever to get Nanyouji media they best just make it about Wukong and his kids fighting Huaguang because literally, the only interesting story line I enjoyed was him going to the demon city to save his demon mother and trying to cure her of her desire to eat humans. But that is only at the end!

But I wasn't aware of the temple which is really cool! If you have a temple or local for the temple please let me know!

#anonymous #anon #anon ask #jttw #journey to the west #xiyouji #princess iron fan #jtts #journey to the south #I have my own headcannon that Yuebei Xing's skull is Wukong's skull he lost in the Three Daoist arc and he found it again after like #evil people were trying to use it to enslave a kingdom (usually bs) and he just “....oh man haven't seen this in a second” and just goes ho #sees that his baby daughter really like the skull and he just hands it over her crib much to the dismay of his friends #Wukong: It's my baby I should be able to choose her toys #Bajie: THAT IS A SKULL! #Yuebei Xing just playing with the skull like a child would play with a ball #Wukong: And shes HAPPY! #Wednesday Addams vibes #But I just thought that would be more funny than anything else #Wujing is the one to make it a necklace for her cause he is experienced in that #We love our local cannibals~ #ask

[im-no-jedi]

still forever funny to me that one of the ways my parents convinced me to go see TPM was by telling me that Vader and the Emperor weren’t in the movie at all, then later finding out who Anakin and Palpatine are like

#this was especially funny after I decided Anakin was my favorite character #I had a crush on him and everything #then found out he turns into my nightmare ROFL #I actually think that helped me more than anything #I was able to go into the original trilogy with that knowledge #and it made RotJ hurt that much more 💔 #star warz

[vulpinesaint]

absolutely unreasonable over this coworker that i rlly like rn. thank god i don't like men or i would have fucking Lost it by now! as it is i don't even know what has me so dkfjghsdf about him i'm just sitting there with my head in my hands going "he's so normal about trans people..."

#he's a like. fr nerd guy which i don't know if i have a value judgment for but! it gets me points cause i can pull out nerd shit too #thought he was Significantly older than me but he is only four years older than me and not the estimated six. so it's not that bad #once i'm twenty in like three months it really will not be that weird for me to be friends with people in their twenties. #YOU KNOW WHAT IT IS. HE'S NOT NERDY HE'S GEEKY. DIFFERENT VIBE BUT DEFINITELY MORE LIKE ME #like. ordered a working spiderman mask online but also likes my alt radio station. y'know #and he wants to be my friend too!!! we talk nd have similar senses of humor #and he says hi + bye to me every time he sees me AND says my name every time which i think is a like. positive sign #when people take the time to say 'hi [name]!' i think that's a like. 'i'm invested in being friendly with you' thing #AND AGAIN!!! HEAD IN MY HANDS!!!! HE'S SO NORMAL ABOUT TRANS PEOPLE!!!!!! #went 'wow. it's the ignorance' when one of the kids asked about my dead name (kid obviously did not know what being trans entailed) #and when i went 'i mean adults ask me that too' he went 'what??? fr??? people are so uneducated :/' like a little disgusted ab it #which. dude. what a fucking world. so normal about trans people that like. not being normal about trans people is a foreign concept #not EVEN transphobia just not being educated on what's decent to ask a trans person!!! NOBODY knows that stuff!!!! #except for skye my best friend skye apparently. this dude is so fucking normal about trans people #laughs at my jokes about being trans!!! consistently!!!!! is rlly cool about it!!!!!!! #made a joke about using my dual citizenship to go check on the girls who were taking a really long time in the bathroom #and he found it as funny as i did and like. that's a kind of joke u'd usually have to share with other trans/queer people... idk... #would also make that joke with my coworker who is gay. but he's also really chill about me being trans haha #anywayyyyyy i don't know if he's queer or anything (strikes me as straight) but it's. god. world-changing #AND HE HAS A GIRLFRIEND. WHO HE TALKS ABOUT A NORMAL AMOUNT. VERY POSITIVE THING #so i don't have to worry about things being weird at all :D #and he knows for sure i'm 19 and is chill about it. which. i was the only one making that a big deal but it's a relief all the same haha #asked how old i was (talking about graduating from college in a year nd a half) and gave me a FIST BUMP when i told him. #A FIST BUMP. WHO DOES THAT. #straight people. that's who. guys who are just guys. #guys who make me go 'oh so i DO want guy friends who are my friends in a 'we're both guys' way. those other guys just suck' #which i don't really want but ALSO. he's normal about trans people! so he recognizes me as a guy no matter what i look/sound like!! #my like. supervisor's supervisor made a joke about him being childish and like. girl. #idc frankly that's skye my best friend skye you can't tell me shit about him we listened to the radio while driving the kids to the beach #valentine notes

[chryzure]

whew, people get heated over their fav booktok book.

#memorie.txt #once you’ve read more you’re more willing to admit that you love a kinda poorly written book #by god i love jackaby. the writing style is a solid 3/5 and the plot stuff is cheesy as hell. #you get a better frame of reference for ‘this book requires an award’ style of good #and a ‘god this is so my dumb little niche that scratches all those weird little itches nobody else has’ style of good #one of my fav series is the ghost and the goth!! is it good?? i don’t know if i’d go that far!! #is it fun and does it make me think of trysi / chryzure stuff??? yes :) #i’m beginning to wonder abt ppl rabid abt their fav books. anyway this one person was losing their shit over ppl liking apollo #and aurora and i’m an aurora shooter but i digress #they were foaming at the mouth and im like Well. its a little not that serious . #he is letters on a page. and also mostly irrelevant to the story as a whole so im kinda confused as to why ppl feel so strongly abt him #it’s funny because most of my complaints stem from an outside pov #where i critique the worldbuilding / plot work / character writing and its inconsistencies #whereas ppl assume im encouraging villainy irl. it is quite seriously more that the villainy is unmotivated #or otherwise poorly done. i love to hate a good villain if the proper legwork is put into it #because i like observing how others work their craft!!! #but my irritation with stephanie is that she doesn’t work her craft well. it’s shoddy craftsmanship full of retcons or #convenience required for plot that otherwise hold no reasoning in the story #and i can admit that i find the series unsatisfying because it’s marketed as a romance (the romance had little chemistry that could be #understood by anyone that’s not straight. straight romances are always laziest because it’s the ‘norm’ so that equates to chem) #and also it was marketed as having plot when rlly the ‘plot’ was trying to put these characters in weird chemistry-less situations together #so yeah i’ll complain abt the villains being jealous shallow archetypes when it could’ve had depth. #i’ll complain abt a lot. but in the end it’s a silly basic ya romance series that isn’t anything unique #most unique stories will not be found on booktok. i’m sorry #i can show you the beautiful world of horror novels though! #or weird lil 80s fantasy novels that are actually quite long that my dad likes showing me #truly no romance novel will be better than the darkangel trilogy though.. that is what stephanie wanted to write. #but that’s lightning in a bottle ithink. #okay anyway. good night. i worked a long day and i have appts in the morning