#this sounds petty

[phatburd]

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#this sounds petty #but I'm seriously thinking of holding onto the next update of my wip #until October is over #because i don't want it to buried in -tober event spam #im glad people are having fun with kinktober or whatever #but it does no good to people who aren't doing that #and find their stuff bumped down real fast #ill probably change my mind again later #but yeah this is how discouraged im feeling at the moment #ugh #Panera bread is like the fucking best #for reading and writing #i can buy a smoothie and a croissant #and just sit here for hours #and they don't give a shit #yay

[unimportantweirdo]

he's got 3 hours before our snapchat streak ends so he better hurry the fuck up

#this sounds petty #and it is #but #i talk to him every day #for nearly 1000 days now #and yes i get hes busy with his job and his uni work and family stuff #but could he just send me a message? #like before his shift at work or if he's going to be really busy or just somethjng #*something #so my issues dont start thinking he doesnt want to be friends or he hates me or he just doesnt care about me anymore #ive been the one initiating conversations because im not busy and i like talking to him #i cannot lose him #but the spiteful part of me says 'he doesnt care so why should i'

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

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#poorly drawn mdzs #mdzs #jiang fengmian #yu ziyuan #wei wuxian #jiang cheng #Almost axed this comic but then I remembered I cut the previous argument between them and I guess they can have this. #and by 'this' I mean their toxic arranged marriage verbal battles. #As I previously mentioned in a comic I have chosen to see them as mlm and wlw in an unfulfilled relationship. #The yearning is for companionship. I think they do care for each other it's just something deeply complicated. And bitter. #I truly feel for JC and WWX in this scene because while it's implied YZY really pushes the limit...it's apparent this isn't new. #And it's so petty! Anyone who lived through a parent pitting you against a sibling can tell you that this stuff messed them up #regardless of what side you were on (the golden one or the fuck up). #It doesn't matter what is said. It matters that it was said at all. That you can't shake the concept once it was spoken. #The Jiang household is so much more miserable the deeper you examine what's going on and how they cope with it. #Knowing that a parent does not like you is just awful. I wish everyone who's been through it all the best. You didn't deserve that. #Next update is back to the jokes! Remember jokes? It jingled merrily...How I miss the sound of those bells...

[yugiohz]

idk i think they're equally annoying roommates

#so much to say abiout the league's living situation *stays silent* #those sheets look way too nice dabi would never but this is not about environmental storytelling #i know in my heart shigaraki plays otome games im not even woobifying him he has nothing else to do #like what did he even do before the launched his career as a terrorist he literall waited to become of age for that #my point it he's played whichever gamebä #he could get his dry hands on and this time its hatoful boyfriend #i read the plot summary it sounds crazy #bnha #shigaraki tomura #shimura tenko #todoroki toya #dabi #please no boy x boy tagging im very petty about this sorry #sketches #lov

[intheholler]

i know tumblr didn't just,,

didn't just,,,, put this on my dash days after me complaining about people using appalachia as little more than a shallow, misappropriated aesthetic

like

lmao please say psych rn

yes, i get it, it's an ethel cain song. that still don't help nothin. she's from tallahassee like. pls

so what part of appalachia is nebraska in?? who knew this whole time appalachia, home to the appalachian mountains, was flat as a plank with nary a single hill to be spotted

new ARC map just dropped i guess. i threw in a lil bit of south dakota there too since we're just making shit up now. it has "south" in the name so it counts as southern gothic too right

point being: 'appalachia' is not synonymous with disrepair and decay.

we aren't a catch-all for decrepit buildings. we aren't the sole owners of poverty. put this energy toward fleshing out yalls own regional gothic (and midwest gothic is actually so cool, why wouldn't you want to???) and give it the same intrigue that appalachian gothic has garnered instead of furthering the idea that all we have to offer here is forsaken rot.

#if i sound petty n bitter its because I AM #just because an old house is falling apart in a picture doesnt mean its fucking appalachia and that's a pretty fucked up thing to tag it as #'eh close enough. i associate poverty and desolation with an entire region' #also will not b arguing about this so have at it but i said what i said #appalachian gothic

[shih-coulda-had-it]

ok one more deaged at dagobah doodle

Torino: WHAT DID I TELL YOU BOYS ABOUT CHASING LEADS ON YOUR OWN?!

Izuku: Sorry, Torino-san.

Toshinori: We won’t get caught next time.

#shih’s drafts #deaged at dagobah AU #see i do think when toshinori was gallivanting on his own in the past #he managed to stumble into a lot of petty crime and trouble #but this is the golden age. they are prowling around musutafu #so vigilante summer really becomes more of a perceived hooligan summer #toshi: do you wanna hop a train and go to the big city and do this?? #izuku: that sounds??? even more bad??? #torino: no no he has a point. there’s too many goody two shoes here. you need some punks.

[detcoco]

Kogoro’s imitation of Conan’s infamous “ah le le!”

#they finally start making fun of the #ah le le? #and Conan’s vindictive dart at the end is everything #please he’s so petty #did i learn how to screen record with sound just for this clip? #yes #yes I totally did #worth it #this brings me so much joy #I watch this clip on repeat too many times to be healthy #edogawa conan #kogoro mouri #detco #detective conan #dcmk

[buddiebeginz]

Will never not find it funny that that ship has like 12 different ship names and not a single one of them is good. Not to mention none of them compare to Buddie it's like one of the best ship names ever. Plus like our ship name was literally picked out by one part of the ship which automatically makes it better.

#being petty about stupid stuff #but still what kind of ship name is b*mmy #or k*nley #sounds like the name of a rich person's dog #911 buddie #buddie #911!

[sorryimtoobusyprocrastinating]

#hear that? that clickety clack? that's the sound of crabs scuttling near? #queen elizabeth #is dead #rest in misery coloniser #uk #she died before harry could make it that petty bitch

[unknownteapot]

guys guys lets try and leave comments on ‘i live in your house’ that are not only amangela related. imagine being patrick and you’ve just directed your first short film and all people talk about are your two actor friends being pretend-married. its all good here on tumblr and in fan spaces and honestly i trust y’all, i know u guys <3 im just saying on his insta or in the official comment section of the video it’d be nice to mention actual contents of the film or their acting or something

#sorry i hope i dont sound too petty #I just know what its like to release a film and want to hear peoples thoughts on it #i live in your house #amanda lehan canto #angela giarratana #amangela #patrick mcdonald

[canisalbus]

I'm sure you get this a lot but because my cousin and I love that one Danny Trejo action comedy, I always have to snap my brain into the right position when I read Machete's name. Maybe I should draw them both chilling

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#I do get it a lot #people have been comparing him to that Danny Trejo character for 13 years #on monthly or these days weekly basis #sorry if I'm about to sound surprisingy pissy and bitchy and petty in the tags of your ask in particular #please don't think I'm not upset with you specifically #but I've been told this same thing three times this week alone and it's only wednesday #and it kind of stopped amusing me a long while ago I'm sorry #I know people mean well and find it funny #but having your longtime deeply personal oc continuously compared to some other unrelated fictional character #just because they happen to share a name #wears you down eventually #I never respond to them because I don't want to come across as needlessly nasty and overly sensitive #over something as utterly trivial as this #but if I never give even a slightest hint that I'm not particularly delighted by it anymore #I'm afraid it's going to just go on indefinitely #answered #rancidslime #I've thought about changing his name numerous times over the years just so I wouldn't have to hear about Danny Trejo anymore #but he's been called Machete for 16 years so it's not easy to let go of that name

[batfambrainrotbeloved]

Doctor Leslie Thompkins now has a thick Jersey accent because god forbid women have anything

(also because nothing infruriates me more than people who "sound dumb" just because they don't have a posh british or Yale accent- BUT SHES A DOCTOR SO NO ONE CAN SAY SHIT)

#leslie thompkins #my muse #doctor who?? #THE doctor #keeps these bitches alive #accents #accent debate #i will die on this hill #I dont need to “sound proper” for shit #aka im southern and petty #also accents are LOVELY #batfam #batfamily #bat siblings #dc #gotham

[fictionadventurer]

The more I learn about Civil War politics, the more I'm convinced that Lincoln's most impressive and useful leadership trait was that he never let his pride get in the way of doing his job.

Other people in Lincoln's position would have come to Washington with something to prove. They'd have resented the insults and tried to disprove them. They'd have tried to seize power and credit, rejected help, spent a lot of time trying to reach a certain level of respect.

Lincoln's response to, "You're just a backwoods lawyer with no executive experience who makes too many dumb jokes," was pretty much always, "Yeah. And?" He had no interest in petty personal power plays. He had a country to run. There was a war on. It didn't matter what people thought of him so long as the job got done.

He was aware of his personal shortcomings and was always willing to accept advice and help from people who had more knowledge and experience in certain areas. He presided over a chaotic Cabinet full of abrasive personalities who thought they were better and smarter than him, but he kept working with them because they could get the job done. For example: Stanton was absolutely horrible to him when they were both working as lawyers. Just incredibly mean on a personal level. But when Lincoln needed someone to replace Cameron, he swallowed his pride and appointed Stanton as Secretary of War, where Stanton proceeded to be mean to everyone in the world, but he whipped that department into shape and kept it running efficiently through a very chaotic war. Pretty much no one except Lincoln would have been able to put up with that. He could put up with people who were personally difficult if they could do the job he needed them to do--which he was only able to do because his own ego didn't get in the way.

Lincoln's example is a prime demonstration of how humility isn't underrating yourself--it's being so secure in your own abilities and identity that you don't need to attack anyone or defend yourself to prove your worth. He knew his shortcomings, but he also knew his strengths. He was willing to give other people credit for successes and take blame upon himself for failures if it kept things running smoothly. He was secure enough in his own power that he could deal generously--but firmly--with people who tried to undermine him. In a city full of huge egos, in a profession that rewards puffed-up pride, that levelheaded humility is an extremely rare trait--which is what made it so impressive and effective.

#history is awesome #presidential talk #so i went to a teeny backwater thrift store today #their tiny history book section just happened to have an old lincoln biography #i opened to the page about the cabinet #which describes the situation like 'seward was calling himself premier and lording it over everyone' #'blair was causing problems everywhere' #'welles was insulting everyone in his diary and especially hated stanton grant and seward' #'and stanton hated absolutely everyone in the whole wide world' #and as i was reading this i was internally kicking my legs with excitement and cackling with glee because this is the good stuff #i don't know why but i love these horrible petty men #they're like a bunch of raccoons fighting over territory in a dumpster fire it's so great #i read the whole chapter right there in the store #and it impressed upon me yet again how impressive lincoln was to put up with all these guys #(the writer was a bit simplistic and made a lot of these guys come off as worse than they were) #(like he made seward sound like a complete incompetent when he was a pretty good secretary of state) #(he had some grandiose ideas but the man deserves a lot of credit for keeping england out of the war) #(but for a one-chapter summary of these guys it wasn't exactly wrong and it was a ton of fun) #i very much did not want another book especially another american history book #but it was only fifty cents and i have a pouch full of spare change #and the writer's style was so much fun that i decided to take the book with me #i don't plan to read the whole thing (i'm sick of lincoln bios) but it's fun to dip into for things like this #and i had to talk to you about it

[ranchthoughts]

Hi! I'm working on a large stats project about the colour coding of superheros in a/b/o fics, and someone pointed me in the direction of BL as a possible similarity. You've written a Iot of cool stuff about BL symbolisms before, so I thought I'd reach out in case you have any insight.

I admit, I know next to nothing about BL, and while I do know the terms seme/uke have gone out of fashion, have you noticed any particular colour coding of characters in similar dynamics? In superhero a/b/o, for example, those in yellow, orange, or metalics are more likely to be alphas, where as those in brown, purple, and pink, are more likely to be omegas.

No pressure to reply, but if you have any thoughts (or know where to find some), I'd love to hear it!

Hi!

While I love data and analysis, I am not the person to come to for colour coding dynamics. You want @respectthepetty, BL Tumblr's premier colour coding expert and the true master when it comes to anything colour related.

What a fascinating question!

#tagging in the colour sensei petty... #and any of the other colour analysis folks on here - I know there are many much better versed than I am #bl meta #asks #thank you for your nice words about my writing! your project sounds really interesting

[grahamcarmen]

#red crackle #red crackle thoughts #carmen x gray #gifs #carmen x graham #gray x carmen #graham x carmen #see i can't help but go OOOOOH PETTI SPAGETTI SANWHICHES [while i eat popcorn] #but also the way dark! carmen slumps before getting up and calling him a traitor [whens the other traitor in her eyes IS important #and she never really got over it] #and ughh it sounds so petty BECAUSE she's hurt #or even how gray is distancing himself too when he says it #:( armed and dangerous and putting on his smugness #like he isn't gonna soft face twice smh #GAH he's like :( the cafe meant nothing but he's scoffing and smiling before putting it aside #also i was a loser and said wow...they're a pretty couple- #these two put me thru so much pain [enjoying the drama of it all] #if they can't be soft at the end of all this nonsense it will have been for naught i fear </3

[ducktracy]

proper reupload in the high quality this fantastic segment so deserves; eagle pig and duck bias notwithstanding, this will forever be my favorite variant of the fabled switcheroo (and a reminder that Daffy was first at his own game!) the committal on behalf of both characters--especially the sincerity of Daffy's feigned sincerity--really sets it apart

#that delivery of “don't you believe i'm a fish?” sounds so hurt and it's perfect #likewise i think there are few one-liners/toppers that make me laugh as much as 'i told ya i was a pig' #and that all knowing glance at the audience from Daffy doesn't feel obnoxiously smarmy or self aware #there's a friendly nonchalance to it. a very clear amusement and not in a way that undermines anything this segment is setting out to achie #again. my favorite buzzword: that sincerity! a sincere investment and amusement in watching Porky obliviously and endearingly make an ass #out of himself #and of course the cross dissolve and setup of the composition implying a story/sequence of events taking place within that time... #this short isn't my favorite P+D short--i still LOVE IT A TON but there are so many i revere--but i think it's one of the most definitive #if someone was looking to get a good understanding on their character dynamic this would be one of my immediate recommendations #i haven't had the bandwidth to spread my pig and duck gospel but please #watch Porky and Daffy cartoons #tangential but i've always loved the sound effect Treg Brown uses for Porky dropping the gun #good exaggeration/whimsy while also connoting Porky's stubbornness and that this stupid petty argument is enough for him to lose sight of #his motives and discard his murder weapon. all because of this joyously stupid argument. so i like the self awareness there with how obtuse #the sound effects are #because anyone who is not Porky Pig would have just shot him point blank #and that is everything i love about their dynamic and how Daffy's intoxicating charisma and ability to get people invested even affects the #very characters on screen #gee d'you think i ought to have said more about this scene #lt #duck soup to nuts #freleng #vid