#this felt kinda cool though ✌️

[primal-con]

Mkay my brain is working a bit better today so thoughts on Mirage! Namely his inclusion in the movie instead of Jazz and his change in personality

Rise of the Beasts spoilers below the cut✌️

Now like a lot of folks, when I first saw the trailer I was insanely pumped because I thought Mirage was Jazz. I think we all kinda saw the silver Porsche and lost our minds, and of course, I'm still bummed that we didn't get Jazz because I love him dearly and miss him more than words can express. But! Having seen the movie and had time to chew it over, here're my thoughts on Mirage's character in RotB.

So a lot of initial thoughts regarding the choice to include Mirage, and a very different Mirage at that, rather than Jazz, were of course very valid. But I think ultimately while I would've loved for Jazz to have been there, I understand why they didn't go with him. Cause tbh if everything about the movie had been the same except they called Mirage Jazz, I wouldn't have been happy.

While yes, on the surface RotB Mirage seems really similar to G1 Jazz, they're actually really different in the ways that count. Jazz is bright, sociable, charismatic, and more in tune with Earth culture than most bots. RotB Mirage is also a lot of those things! But the key difference is that for Jazz, that personality is a facade. He's an incredibly grim, ruthless person who's seen a lot and is capable of a lot of terrible things, and he uses that trustworthy persona to mask that and make people more comfortable around him.

Mirage comes off as much more genuine in his naivete. He seems legitimately young, impulsive, and vying for adventure. He does things cause they sound fun, not because he thinks it's a smart idea in the long run. The sad things hiding underneath his bright personality don't come from brutal experience and calculated manipulation, they come from a genuine loneliness and desire to explore the world around him. In a lot of ways he plays a similar role to Bumblebee in most other TF media, the naive young optimist who wants to see the best in people and be a hero. Which narratively makes sense considering Bee was out of commission for most of the movie. He's not necessarily stupid, he's just not wise, and that comes from a lack of experience compared to his so-called "hardass" peers. He sees the other bots as boring and overly serious which contributes to his desire to keep Noah on the team. He wants Someone who he can relate to, someone who's a little closer to him personality-wise, and he doesn't feel like his older and more grim teammates can fill that role.

Which I think also contributes to his likability! Because like I said, Mirage is so genuine. He doesn't usually think things through so everything he says is so honest and unfiltered. I love Jazz because of his complexity and how compelling that facade is to his character, but I ended up loving Mirage because he doesn't feel the need for a mask at all.

I think generally the choice to change Mirage's personality from his G1 characterization was because the writers didn't want too many serious characters? At least that's how it felt watching the movie. I mean even Bumblebee comes off as older and more mature than Mirage. And Transformers is very fond of its goofy, unserious kid-appeal characters who are closest to the token humans. I'm cool with it mainly because big changes between generations are pretty common and this wouldn't be the first or even the wildest change of pace from one appearance to the next. As for why Mirage and not another character, who really knows. Probably the fact that he hasn't had much of an established personality in any of his rare TV appearances. And using a known name is usually easier than making a whole new character, just fan-attachment-wise.

Anyways, sum total thoughts: I liked him! And the movie's enjoyable if you don't go taking it too seriously, though that could be said about most things. It's also better with a friend! It's no ground-breaking cinema, it's an action franchise movie and exactly what you'd expect from one. But the characters have chemistry and personality and that's usually what matters to me. So yeah, all nitpicks aside it's a net positive from me!

#rise of the beasts #transformers #maccadam #rotb mirage #rotating Mirage's goofy ass in my head

[illmetkismet]

I know i'm dropping outta nowhere but i'm so glad someone said that fandom isn't about arguaing what's canon and not. Because as someone that has been attacked for example for not seeing/reading Leon's relationship with Ashley as romantic, yeah, it's time to press the brakes with certain things.

Even though the source material was in fact that they were meant to be platonic, that happened to build a proper partnership bond. Not to mention my baby was only 2 years older than Sherry. My point is, it's alright to read things differently from someone else, what's not right is attacking them and calling their personal interpretation as a mere headcanon and bullshit. Oof sorry, just felt the need to share this! XD

Sorry about your specific fandom struggle, but yeah, that's kinda what I was trying to say. Any time you step foot in a fandom there are gonna be a million opinions and interpretations that you, personally, don't agree with. Why turn what could otherwise have been a fun experience into a crusade to prove that only the things you, personally, like are canon?? What does that get you?

Instead of starting shit and making people feel bad, just enjoy your own thing, and if you see something you don't like just tell yourself, "Oh well, that's their opinion, doesn't affect me," and move on.

Just to be clear though, there's nothing wrong with something you like being a 'mere' headcanon! The only difference between something being canon or a headcanon is who thinks that thought. Is some guy in Capcom HQ making two blorbos kiss somehow more 'real' than a person on the internet making two other blorbos kiss? I don't think so! It's all fiction baby, and with RE in particular even the canon is so self-contradictory or vague sometimes that it makes no sense to me to argue over the 'validity' of certain interpretations.

What CAN be fun though is what certain cool ppl on here do, where they dig through canon and find interesting things in there and then post them so everyone else can go, 'oooooh aaaaah', but basically, nothing in canon is legally binding and you can think whatever you want about a fictional work. Personally, my utopian vision of fandom is a place where interacting with the source material and other fans is exciting and fun and everyone is cool and respectful about it. Peace and love on planet earth! ✌️

[4shfur]

not really a vent im just talking about stuff so uhh no one feel obligated to look at this im just talking and its probably going to b extremely long and make no sense (because its late)

2022 is over honestly 2023 feels like its out of a dystopian film 😐 not very cool. i wish it was the 2010s anybody remember that? i loved that. stuff is changing a lot and idk if im ready for it. my new year resolution to do more stuff. like hang out with my friends more and do more things. idk about anything else. i want to do better in track but im not sure if i can. all my cousins are in track/cross country but theyre all better than me. my brother's only done cross country once but even hes better than me. its kind of petty to complain about it, idk i also wanna do better in school but i also hate school. its frustrating, i used to be really good at it but now im just average, it feels like. thats dumb to complain about too though because i know people who really struggle with school and im being sad because my brother got a better grade on the sat than me when he was my age. i think im a weirdo but not in a good way (transitioning topics) that sounds dumb but idk im not sure ive been thinking about it lately and i think maybe im actually really unlikeable. this isnt a weird internalized thing i think i might just be super annoying and idk how to fix it. its not on purpose. and idk how to ask my friends if they like me or not because thats super wierd????? and obv theyd say yes right bcs you cant just tell someone you dont like them. and im worriwd i come off as insensitive or pushy to ppl and they secretly hate but like?????? idk i dont ever know bcs i cant tell with people and i really dont mean to i really do like these people. i really dont wanna be that one annoying kid who keeps hanging out with people even though they clearly dont like them, but its not clear, and idk how to tell. also my new years resolution is to be nicer to people. bcs im kinda judgy about people (usually in my head but sometimes i talk mean about people) and i dont want to do that bcs usually im wrong and i dont have the whole picture and i just want to be nicer. (transitjon again) im actually doing better mentally i think, i guess i was just going through that whole "i hate my parents phase" everyone always talks about but i feel like i should be worrying about things more. idk its hard to explain but i wish i was worse. that sounds super fucked up 🤷 but im nostalgic for when i felt terrible all the time and hated myself, i guess. thats as simply as i can put it and idk whats up. i know people who are struggling and i want to help them but i dont know how and i hate that. ik this makes me sound super gross. but who knows. maybe ill get my wish and this year will be terrible or something. 21 days till for the future comes out though ✌️✌️✌️

#anyways i hope everyone has an amazing year #if things arent going so well for you right now im really sorry and i hope things get better for you (genuinely)

[jazzytrait]

So... I'm just gonna come out and say it because it will probably be obvious in my posts over time: I'm not a fan of kids. If you wanna go down this rat hole with me, keep reading.

In most people's minds that makes me some kind of asshole, but really. I just do not have the energy or patience for children. This is coming form someone who used to babysit, work in daycares and initially enrolled in school as an elementary education major. (That changed SO QUICK after the daycare job)

I don't have anything against them individually. I love my 8 yr old nephew (he's kooky af), but I can only deal with him for about an hour before I'm like "Ok someone please come get this kid."

I'm not a mother. At one point I intended to be, but life had its own ideas and it turns out that without some majorly expensive medical help that was not going to happen for me. I was also young and from a poverty home, so there was no money for such things. At first it was sad, but as I got older I saw all my friends having kids and watching them struggle. Their marriages fell apart because of the shift in focus and the stress, they had no more time for their interests or hobbies, they were no longer the same people I knew... they became "Mommy". It was kinda scary, honestly. I did a lot of research and found some studies showing that having a baby can often decrease happiness in a marriage by over 60% and it only ever recovers by like 10% on average. Couple that with the general "loss of identity" that many mothers experience, risks of health complications, things like post-partum depression and not to mention the financial implications of a child. I felt like I dodged a bullet in a lot of ways by being unable to have children. I've been able to travel, move to some great cities, enjoy some awesome experiences that would have otherwise been MUCH harder or more expensive with a child. I indulge in my hobbies and interests and give my attention and care (that would have been focused on a child) to my significant other. We focus on making our lives better just for us. It may seem selfish, but we get to exist and enjoy ourselves however we want and I wouldn't trade it for the world.

So, how does this relate to The Sims 4 and my gameplay style? I'm just not very kid-focused. My sims have kids to advance a legacy and that's really the only reason. The babies are just annoying little alarms that go off every so often that you have to hit snooze on (though that baby anim from the Behind the Sims Summit looks interesting) and the toddlers are SO MUCH WORK. They need near constant monitoring! It's stressful and annoying. For a long time I would just age up babies and toddlers immediately and move on. I find the interesting part of a sim's life really begins as a teen and everything else is just foundational.

So, I will probably never focus on kids. There probably won't be any adorable posed photos with the toddlers and my overall attitude to my sims having babies/toddlers is somewhere along the lines of "Please make it stop". I have so much respect for mothers who have more patience and grace than I. It's just not me.

There was really no purpose to this rant other than to just vent my frustration about it because... my sim is pregnant again and I'm already preemptively annoyed! But it's ok. There are all kinds of people and all kinds of simmers with all kinds of play-styles. Whether you're a family simmer and just can't get enough of them babies or someone who focuses solely on adults or any other measure in the spectrum of styles in-between... It's cool. Be you, play you, don't feel like any one way is the right way to play. Yadda yadda yadda... [insert platitudes]... ✌️👽

[mango-fizz]

1,5,6,12,20,23,27 for Agents 3,4,8, and Neo 3 from Splatoon

1. my first impressions of them where like whatever because theyre the player characters and are just kinda like eh. agent 8 was the first time i felt something for them though because DUH octo expansion is so 🤌🤌 and of course three was there too and they were so cool but eight was really the star of the show yknow so she was my favorite. i honestly started caring about them after watching john sandwich's videos dude they just really got me 😭💔

5 and 6. i dont really ship the agents they are like little babies to me

12. havent really thought about it honestly lmao idk whatever you want ! 👍

20. yo i have a whole post about agents headcanons dude idk which ones qualify as weird but you can check that out maybe ..?

23. this one is interesting. obviously we know three is the captain right so i think four gets a cool little cape like three had, and i think eight is like a special forces unit-- wait isnt this all also in my agents hcs post 🤨

27. i dunno this is too many characters i think they should join the silent protagonist club and all the silent protagonists who people have to make up personalities for can hang out together and itll be a chill time ✌️

#mangoask #splatoon #splatoon agents

[asterixer]

Awww Jace is so adorableeeeeeeee!

Question! Is he the type to put his own well-being on hold to help others? That’s the vibes I’m getting a little bit but maybe I’m wrong?

And yeah Mason has had my heart (and my detective’s) since day 1.

She’s also on the ex-Bobby route- and usually goes for Verda’s!

Tho I’ve had her go through Tina’s for a bit (and at first I was like heyo matchmaker for our bestie but my detective is super protective so she doesn’t really trust Adriana -or Adrian- yet) was Jace cool with the agent they sent for Tina?

She’s actually is also confused as hell with her feelings for M (tee-hee), she is used to casual flings (which is why she kissed Bobby in B2 oops 🫣) and does not know what her feelings for M are (well she kind of does but is pushing them away in good ol’ Adam fashion -oh god I’ve become what I dread the most-) !

My initial thoughts were “I will make this mf confess to my detective no matter what it takes” so she will definitely not be the first one to confess for that sweet drama :P but I also loooved Mason’s change in B3, especially during the shower scene, that got me feeling things 🥺

So Jace gets along with Rebecca? Oooh what’s their dynamic like? Is Jace alright with the secrets? :0 How does he feel about not being a detective anymore?

Theo is actually on the Rebecca hate train (naw I’m joking ahshsb).

She definitely loves her mom but it’s…complicated. Since she was usually alone a lot she came to resent Rebecca, especially with the whole supernatural thing, it did not help things. They used to (and still do) fight a lot, but I do plan to make their dynamic a bit friendlier in these next books- kinda build the relationship up again yknow? Rn she’s just dealing with a lot (post-Murphy- how did Jace do with that btw? Did he get bitten? And how’s he dealing with the aftermath?)

Sorry if I’m rambling a lot or asking a lot of questions tell me if it’s too much ahshsh

If you don’t mind I’d totally be up to ramble on messages, but if not it’s cool as well!

Mmm... It's situational, I'd say, in that he would be impulsive enough to risk his own safety to help someone else. But overall, he's a people-savvy person, so he knows it's also important to look after himself as well. Except, you know, all that untreated trauma from Murphy lmfaooo. That stuff he just kinda puts it to the side when he can - except it comes back to bite him in the ass sometimes and he still gets the occasional nightmares & chills when he thinks about it. He has the mental and physical scars (he got bit on the wrist) as mementos 😂

I actually did the Tina route with a different detective and he does NOT like that they sent an agent to watch Tina. Does NOT trust this agent. I actually was not a fan of Tina's route at this point myself (prior to this I loved it) so I haven't done it more than once. Couldn't say if Jace would be cool with it or not.

Jace is glad she told him, but wishes she'd told him much much earlier. He's not a fan of secrets, even if he understands (now being in the position he is) why she felt they were necessary. He's just glad he has his mom back, but he's holding her accountable for not keeping anymore secrets.

BWAHAHA GET HIM TO CONFESS FIRST, YESSSS...it's what he deserves. The friend that introduced me to TWC was banking on me either choosing A or M as my favourite & I have to say M does NOT disappoint. It's about that growth 👁️👁️

I LOVE ANSWERING QUESTIONS, I just hope I'm being thorough enough ahahha

We can definitely DM though ✌️ might be a little easier I think

[annes-room]

📘 June 28, 2023

I finally finished a book 😭 I've been reading this since March and finished it last week, it was definitely a struggle to get through

I'd give it 2.5/5 stars. the world building was interesting enough, but the pacing was off and by the end, I didn't really like any of the characters, save maybe two. I looked up reviews for this as I was reading it and most of them said it was a skip, and I think I'd have to agree 😅 I probably won't be rereading it, and I was pretty disappointed in the ending

onto my next book though!!

more review/spoilers under the cut

the biggest issue was that none of the characters were really likeable??

Sparks had justifiable anger at the end, and yes he made a mistake getting robbed at the beginning, but he didn't have to sidle up next to the queen as quickly as he did, especially considering how often he talked about how "hollow" she was and that it bothered him that she wasn't Moon even though they looked identical.

Moon definitely had a lot of drive, but why was she still so motivated to get back to Sparks after seeing him as Starbuck? she could've eventually gotten over him and focused entirely on the Sibyl stuff.

I also hate that they still ended up together. Sparks is never going to fully trust Moon again or forgive her, so the future of that relationship is going to be so rocky. I also can't look past the fact that they were raised as first cousins and believe that they are. even if they actually aren't related, they still believe they are at the end of the book and it kinda taints the whole book because that's the main reason either of them have any motivation.

Arienrhod was a decent villain/evil Queen, but her character didn't feel super groundbreaking. she has all the traits of a corrupt monarch: selfish, conceited, power hungry, technology and spies at her fingertips, but what else? granted this was written in 1980, so it could've been novel for a female antagonist character at the time, but the extra depth of character still felt lacking- I don't feel like a full reason for why she wanted to hold onto her power was given.

BZ was one of the characters I liked. despite the shame he knew he would get from his home planets society for what happened to him, he kept going. he wasn't going to let that perception stop him.

and the other character I liked was Jerusha. she had good intentions with wanting to change the policing from the inside, but she should've known she couldn't do it alone. even though it worked out, it wasn't fun to watch her suffer so much for so little payoff at the end. and it felt like she was the only character to make a decision for herself at the end as well, everyone else just seemed to go along with "fate" or what someone else wanted/told them to do, no one else showed that kind of autonomy.

the world building was definitely the most interesting part, I liked the establishment of the Hegemony and the cycle between the Summers and Winters on Tiamat. I also thought the reveal of the truth about Sibyls was cool and well set up, I felt like that was when the plot hit it's peak.

I thought the ending was too long and dragged on a bit though, just like this review is now ✌️ thanks for reading if you got this far

#annes room #my bookshelf #sbc2023 #the snow queen joan d vinge

[sitchurama]

🍟🤖🏳️‍🌈 HAPPY PRIDE FRENDER FRIENDS!

#futurama #frender #philip j fry #bender bending rodriguez #futurama fry #futurama bender #pride month 2021 #pride month art #FINALLY got this done SHEEEEEESH #I never know what the fuck to do for backgrounds lmaoooo #this felt kinda cool though ✌️ #sketchy sitch