#to put it mildly

[queerofthedagger]

the thing i feel people don't really take enough into account when it comes to arthur's supposed obliviousness regarding merlin's magic is that merlin is the absolute opposite of what arthur has been raised to believe sorcerers to be. merlin is clumsy and kind and - in the earlier seasons - like walking sunshine. he so obviously has negative desire for actual power, nor any respect for it, and while arthur absolutely knows that merlin isn't stupid, he 100% is an idiot.

and it's not stupid or ignorant on his part! people just do this, whenever they are taught someone who does or believes a certain thing is inherently evil! it's never the friendly guy next door who snacks half of your breakfast and then just grins when you complain, obviously not! arthur trusts merlin even early on, and beyond belief later on. of course merlin can basically do magic in front of him, because there is no part of arthur that actually thinks someone like merlin could have magic. you don't see what you're 100% convinced can't be there. if he ever got there, his already brittle construct of indoctrination and supposed repeated confirmation of said construct would crumble immediately! as it does in dotd after like, a day. it only doesn't in regards to morgana because as far as arthur is concerned, the moment she started using magic she became the cold and ruthless enemy he still couldn't bring himself to actually pursue! like.

it's very easy to think it's startingly oblivious, but one thing i really wish people would keep in mind a little more is that the viewer watches from a different point of view, and operates with a whole other set of information. that arthur operates under a certain worldview in an environment that does not teach to question it at all, and gives little opportunity to do so. it's actually wild arthur questions uther's teachings as often as he does, and considering that every time he does, they, to his knowledge, just get confirmed again (nimueh, morgause, morgana, uther's death, and so on and so forth), it's even wilder that he keeps doing it

#*mine #mona's rambling #bbc merlin #arthur pendragon #bbcm #yea yea once again in the arthur trenches but i've been meaning to say this for SO long so yk #merlin meta #like. it's not as if he can go google 'are sorcerers actually evil' #he only has people's words and people's actions for it and his overall experience on that front is. uhm. not good #to put it mildly #it's frankly a lil infuriating but also very on the zeitgeist how this just rarely gets taken into account #but like. let's not go there i've managed to be so nice imma shut up while i'm ahead and all that <3

[ducks-love-peas]

Crowley in the pub | [Aziraphale]

#good omens #good omens 2 #good omens 2 spoilers #crowley #the fact that this turtleneck was in only one episode is... supremely unfair #to put it mildly #look i'm as ace as they come #but that doesn't stop me from aesthetically appreciating david tennant wearing things and holding a glass of scotch ok #s2e2 'The Clue' #gifs #i made this

[canisalbus]

Is that canon!?! Was Machete just really naive/didn't really understand the implications of his relationship to Vasco? Did his mentor ever find out about them or discuss such things with him? I assume bc he didn't have parents, he kinda didn't get educated on sex or anything. Was it a big shock to realize he was "sinning"?

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#eh I was just exaggerating it for comedy because the page was so unintentionally funny and fitting #he might've been a little bit naive but was painfully aware he was in a relationship with a man and that it was forbidden #his mentor was all about asceticism and mortification and extreme self-denial #and had drilled it into his head that practically all romantic feelings let alone sex were foolish and sinful and should be shunned #so his feelings about the whole thing were complicated but in the end Vasco was more important #not to sound corny #but there was a hole in his heart that he had desperately tried to fill with god that never seemed to care about him #and once he got some of that love he had been aching for #from another living person #he had to do what it takes to make room for that in his belief system #how could such a tender fulfilling and healing thing be wrong #answered #anonymous #his mentor did eventually find out about them and wasn't very happy about it #to put it mildly #but by that point Machete had managed to mostly inch his way out from under his heel #he was graduating and getting ordained and wouldn't be going back to Naples #if it were up to him he'd never want to see him again

[five-of-cr]

ft. kuweis from the INCREDIBLE @inkwingart and @heartrender6 and jesper from the TALENTED @phy-be!!!

#six of crows #kuwei yul bo #jesper fahey #wylan van eck #kuwei my beloved #in this house we love and adore kuwei yul bo #if i see kuwei slander i WILL flip out #seriously though @inkwingart and i have been talking about all the hate he gets and how so much of it is rooted in racism #it is disgusting and alienating #to put it mildly #or even just lukewarm attitudes toward him #i get that he isn't as much of a main character but isn't fleshing out canonically underexplored characters what fandom is all about?? #anyway this blog is about to feature a lot more kuwei content because he deserves it #shadow and bone #crooked kingdom #sab #wylan hendriks #soc #incorrect six of crows #incorrect grishaverse

[unbidden-yidden]

Wish I could get my brain to think properly again. I've been having a terrible time organizing tasks and following through with them.

It's like, okay, for those of us who aren't talented and practiced artists, you ever just envision some piece in exquisite detail, but actually rendering never works out right? Like you can visualize it and understand the steps that you would take to translate that into reality, but actually being able to do that is not possible at your current skill level? And like, it's always a little confusing because you know what it should look like and you think you understand how to get there, but clearly you don't?

That's just me with every task right now.

#ADHD + anxiety + depression is a motherfucker at the best of times #and we are not in the best of times #to put it mildly #do you have any idea how smart I'd be if I could organize my thoughts? #if I could function executively? #::deep sigh::

[sarafangirlart]

Why wouldn't Terpsichore work with Apollon isn't it pretty much stated that he's beloved to all Muses? I don't remember him being a dick to any of them and he seems kinda humble witht hem. Like when he calls himself the follower of the Muses, when everyone else calls him the leader of Muses.

But what kind of dynamic do you think Ares and Terpsichore will have? I imagine Ares has a volatile personality and Terpsichore is all about discipline and order. Even without Aphrodite screwing them over, I feel like they wouldn't last long together.

I just don’t like Apollo lol

He’s too much like Zeus in the “lovers” department, if you know what I mean. Ares x Terpsichore is more of a vibes ship than anything, I don’t really expect them to be endgame, I imagine Terpsichore has a spunky personality like the one in Down to Earth 1947.

#to all my Apollo enjoyer followers I’m sorry #lol #I don’t hate him either I do think he’s an interesting character but there are tons of myths were he very much doesn’t respect women #to put it mildly #I remember hearing that Apollo wanted to marry all the muses but couldn’t bc that’s not how marriage in Greece works #which is hilarious but also strangely cute lol #maybe he should move to Egypt they’re chill with multiple wives #greek mythology #ancient greek mythology #greek pantheon #ares #ares greek mythology #ares greek god #ares god of war #rita hayworth #Terpsichore #down to earth 1947 #greek goddess #muses #apollo

[ruthlesslistener]

Rw discourse is everyone getting into fistfights over dubious content and how devs choose to advertise their own game (people don't like seeing devs have fun)

As for fp discourse it's really just making him an evil asshole (like pk) and some issues wirh over sexualization and infantilization.

Ah so you mean normal literary-inept fandom bullshit from people who have the reading skills of a third grader and the emotional strength to match, I see. Yeah I'm not really surprised by that lmfao thats every fandom that I'm in my dude

#the perks of only being into tragedies/dark fantasy is the amount of dumb bullshit i see from fandomgoers #for example: an elden ring fanzine banning any mohg-miquella content #despite that literally being a major plot point for their characters in the game #and one the game explicitly labels as evil #americans are...not intelligent people #to put it mildly #anon #reply

[cuprumbao]

Hey sorry if this is a sensitive topic, if it is then just ignore this, but i dont live anywhere near the place you said was your hometown, but why do you have to censor it?

hi! it'a a country and i censored it to show that i do not support it's actions, does it make sense?

#i don't like my country #to put it mildly

[king-of-men]

You know it's a good spaceship game when it offers, as a somewhat-situational method of getting the Khorne-blessed battleship off your convoy, the option of ramming it with both your heavy cruisers and pushing it into the nearby asteroid field. Making it take much more damage, since it's traversing the astroids sideways and also being constantly rammed, than your cruisers which are going bow-first! It eventually blew up, which admittedly did leave my cruisers in the middle of the aforementioned asteroid field, but nothing a quick micro warp jump couldn't fix.

#battlefleet gothic #not a simulation game #to put it mildly #but one of the few good implementations of a WH40K game #which actually offers some of the cinematic coolness of the setting in the gameplay #do recommend #too bad about the Eldar AI

[know-it-all-freak]

Paul's activity in October, plus some The Undertaker stills from IMDB.

Happy McGann Monday!

#Paul McGann #my love #participating in charities #and doing Q&A for The Undertaker's first screening in Bristol #also Paul in a white suit and pointing a gun makes me excited #to put it mildly #McGann Monday

[agentrouka-blog]

How does GRRM describe childbirth in the book????

Oh, it's not that he actually describes it in any particular detail, but you can tell he did zero research because he clearly has no concept of the details that go with it, like, say, the concept of postpartum bleeding, how healing afterwards works, the risk of infection...

The idea that Dany would even contemplate sex with Drogo within days of giving birth (instead of uncomfortably adjusting her matress-sized pads - let's not even mention potential birth injuries which are very common) would NEVER occur to someone familiar with the subject. Same with Gilly sitting a horse within hours of childbirth and no mention of her huge travel bag with necessary supplies for herself and a newborn on the road.

It's ridiculous to the point of utter hilarity.

#grrm critical #childbirth #artistic license #to put it mildly

[lilliryth]

Seeing as I just got my diagnosis of level 1 autism (what used to be called “Asperger’s”) coincidentally at the same time that my partner and I started watching NBC’s Hannibal series, I’ve been having a couple thoughts about neurotypical vs. neurodivergent experiences regarding “toggling” different emotional responses. Motivation, empathy, fear, etc. are malleable to some, fixed to others; and sometimes, to those who aren’t born with an automatic reflex in one area or another, it’s a little like breathing or blinking on purpose.

Sometimes (and I think this is the autism at play, now that I have a chance to reframe most of my behavioral tendencies in a new light), someone will tell me a joke, or mention something funny—you know how it is, something genuinely funny—enough to “tickle” my internal sense of humor. But sometimes, even though it does, I feel no physiological urge to laugh.

So, when that happens, I kind of just … pull one out manually.

Sure, some people might think it’s disingenuous. One might make the claim that I don’t actually feel any appreciation for the joke, and instead it is societal pressure to placate the other that motivates me to do it. But the thing is … it’s not. It just isn’t. Even if it doesn’t sound like amusement without dialing up my affect, I do find it funny. It’s just that sometimes a wire in my brain doesn’t quite connect, and I have to push to make the appropriate Human Sounds in order to indicate that I just experienced humor.

The sensation is there, but the action is mindful. Even if I slip up or forget or aren’t diligent enough with how it sounds, I know for a fact that I did find the joke funny, even if the teller thinks I’m only politely going along with it. From what I understand about identifying emotions, it would seem that there is no difference between a choice and a reflex.

This is one example. There are many others, and they all relate to different experiences and emotional deficits. Fake laugh? Ehhh. Intentional laugh? Oh, definitely.

And I think sometimes, for certain individuals, loving is a bit like that, too.

#so yeah basically i really want to believe in mister people eater’s ability to care #even if his demonstrations are #to put it mildly #avant-garde #hannibal #neurodivergence #autism #adhd #personality disorder #aspd #masking #empathy #in the real world too im a big proponent of divorcing ideas of goodness from empathy levels #the way iq is your comprehension and not your intelligence #and in fact #i try not to use the term ‘empathy’ at all #unless it’s literally in reference to how much a person can reflexively feel someone else’s emotions #because ‘compassion’ #the tendency to #by choice or impulse #put in the work required to understand and accommodate someone #is a much better word #if you’re severely antisocial and you have a friend #and the ‘only reason’ you keep them around is because they ‘benefit’ you #but you also understand that treating them like shit will make them not want to be your friend #and therefore make an effort to consciously act as though you care how they feel #guess what #that’s love #you’re willing to accommodate because you like the world better when they’re next to you #that’s love.

[loki-zen]

absolutely wild how the entire concept of Romance got chick-coded when men are the biggest saps who ever lived. would women have invented Courtly Love? well. i mean, they Did Somewhat, I gather. (were involved in the creation and popularisation of the canon of pseudo-historical stories that made it a Thing via pretending that men in the past had invented it) but some men very much did go out and Do That.

also, i have met them (men that is)

#men are the biggest saps who ever lived absolutely includes me #i think once upon a time i thought i wasn’t because i never super vibed with the way women are supposed to be into romance #to put it mildly #but nope i’m a huge sap about it i’m just a huge guycoded sap about it #shameful man-ape

[valoale]

Back at the hospital. It seems the infection is getting worse and the radiologist had read my CT scans sloppily and there’s free fluid in my abdomen and they don’t know why. They’re doing more tests to find out if my previous doctor misdiagnosed me because of the vague description of the scans

#this is what underpayment and rush and understaffing does to healthcare #malpractice #can’t stand how things are rn in my country #I’ve been living on and off the hospital for a year now and this bitch is tired #also I don’t know if my ulcer is bleeding or if there’s more #or if this is becoming a peritonitis #anyway I’m pissed #to put it mildly #and ofc they dismissed the fluid first as my endometriosis and didn’t question it further #and on top of that the radiologist didn’t even give a statement about my other organs like they only checked for the appendix #and didn’t even give a specific statement about it either #idk what the hell man #vee talks #cw: illness #cw: hospitals

[wetslug]

You simply do not get to complain about someone thinking you were attracted after you put a finger in their mouth.

Did you also ask them "oh wait, how big are your hands? Let's hold them up to compare?"

You get to be frustrated, but this is on you.

the context is we drunk af and im poking the hell out of em

#Understandable i am historically not good socially #to put it mildly #i dont experience attraction anymore but i forget that other ppl r still out there yearning n shit