#well shouting into the void

[arretoskore]

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#one of my dreams is to write a very chill fantasy novel #classical traveling story with a lot of protagonists #all from different POVs all travelling to the same destination #they were all friends when they were children and then they went on with their lives for different reasons #and have not seen each other in years #and then because of a letter of one of them they all travel to meet at a certain place #and of course the journey is a bit of a coming of age journey but more like coming of adulthood (???) #and i want evryone of these characters to be inspired by my childhood friends #the ones i've lost contact with #and i'd like to do a very nice worldbuilding for that #and also the ending is gonna be bittersweet bc this is gonna be a way to process some stuff #but it's been so long since I've actually wanted to be a writer like it was one of my childhood dreams #but i haven't actually written or even read anything that wasn't for uni in years #so i feel like it's one of those things where I'll always think about it but it will be technically impossible #well shouting into the void #idk why i felt the need to type it out but here it is

[zosanbrainrot]

zosantober day 12 - spicy

mandatory supplies stop

#this was my first thought #then I thought maybe I should just draw them making out #but Im posting these on ig as well and uhh idk #tumblr makes it so much easier to get through to fandom people ig is just shouting into the void but also irl people are there #ANYWAY #compo could be better but I think I made it work #also why did inktober spell it spicey with an E inside #is there sth I dont know I tried googling but it just says its an alt spelling #never seen that before #zosantober #one piece #sanji #zoro #zosan #inktober #inktober 2023 #my art #one piece fanart

[marvelyningreen]

Ryan pitching his passion project to Shane: “We’re gonna travel around the country looking for evidence of the supernatural.”

Shane pitching his passion project to Ryan: “I’m gonna need you to fistfight a puppet.”

#spoilers #puppet history spoilers #puppet history #ghost files #(seriously though that finale was fantastic XP. well shot/choreographed fight and masterfully executed brick joke) #watcher entertainment #just shouting into the void #ryan bergara #shane madej

[lurkingshan]

My one serious gripe with Gyeongseong Creature is that there are two different languages being spoken in this show, and the subtitles are doing nothing to indicate that. This is a story set during the Japanese occupation of Korea. There are both Japanese and Korean characters and they constantly code switch between languages to indicate status, class, and true loyalties. Sometimes the switches are subtle and fast, and if your ear is not well-trained enough in the differences between Korean and Japanese you can easily miss it. This is relevant for both character and plot, so it’s a pretty egregious oversight from Netflix.

#netflix dramas never have the best subs but damn this is a real problem #and it’s a real disservice to a show this well constructed and intentional about every choice #pachinko came out with color coded subs ages ago so it’s not like there aren’t good models for them to use #gyeongseong creature #kdrama #shan shouts into the void

[mukuberry]

This voting period really just feels like im watching a bunch of people force a gay man back in the closet

I know thats not people's intentions but literally how else is he going to take this guilty vote. "I just don't want him to think his lying was okay" he doesn't! And he's not going to think that! He's actively trying to stop lying! All guiltying him will do is tell him he should have kept lying and continuing his relationship!!

"I just want him to have some kind of consequence for what he's done" Was Hinako literally dying not enough??? Sure, he didn't love her, but he still LIKED her. They were friends, they lived together, he married her because he WANTED to love her! He is literally drowning in guilt because of her death, I think he's had enough consequences by now. He might not be wearing his ring anymore, but he still carries it with him, he is very clearly still grieving her death.

"Innocent votes have no effect on him" Yes they will!! It didn't do anything last time because we forgave him for the wrong reasons and because he absolutely hates himself. Assuming we're right about him being gay, which I'm pretty confident we are, having his 'true' self validated rather than his fake one will 100% have a bigger effect on him this time. Guiltying him will only make his self-hate worse and show him that only his false self is forgivable, so he should keep lying to be accepted.

I know most people's intentions are not to make him keep lying, but regardless of whatever intention you have, it doesn't matter how you want him to take it, you can not ignore how he will actually take it.

#milgram #kazui mukuhara #this was just meant to be a mini-rant but it turned semi serious so im maintagging :< #ik im just shouting into the void at this point but watching his vote go down is stressing me out;; #as always feel free to tell me im wrong ♡ i would love to talk to someone who wants to guilty him #ive seen a few ppl mention the album art as a reason to guilty him as well #i dont have too much to say on that but milgram also pushed us to forgive kotoko and look how that went #just because they're potentially trying to push us to guilty him doesn't mean thats the 'correct' option

[toughtink]

here's the thing about playing around with generative "ai" aka applied statistics based on stolen data: even if it's just for teehee haha laughs and funtime for you, even if you're not using it to replace real talent in a professional setting, it's a tacit endorsement of these shady as fuck, unethical training models and companies that will happily use your teehee haha generated memes to sell their tech to others who will then happily replace real creative people with technology that seeks to undermine them and then have to rehire those people at half the pay and with none of the credit to fix the absolute sludge they're generating in place of a proper job. and that's the optimistic outcome because the alternative is they say "good enough" about this meaningless, lowest-common-denominator sludge and send it out to consumers as is.

even if you're just the consumer in this system and not one of the creatives getting undercut, why in the world would you want to read or watch or interact with something that no one could even be bothered to make themselves? why in the world would you want to encourage that future?

#we need regulation asap #but also like.....we just need a cultural shift that actually appreciates all the art that the public has been happily consuming for years #as well as appreciating the artists responsible for it #let's have some goddamn solidarity across creative disciplines #fuck ai #shouting into the void #rant #ai #ai generated #chatgpt #stable diffusion

[daydreams-and-honeybees]

Been thinking about Atlantis: The Lost Empire lately so what if Milo x Kida but Huntlow

#like milo and hunter are basically the same #and badass warrior princess willow is so cool #he gives her his glasses like that one bit in the movie but turns out she really needs them so she just wears them from then on #like he just had them for reading sometimes but shes well past that point #i know they have that crystal that gives them longevity or w/e but just go w it #huntlow #toh #the owl house #willow park #hunter noceda #hunter toh #toh hunter #atlantis the lost empire #milo x kida #shouting into the void

[finniestoncrane]

i think tomorrow perhaps i am going to sit in the cupboard or ask my husband to make me a den or something i need to be enclosed and safe i need to be shrouded and TIGHT

#cannot WAIT to tell Margaret on Monday she’ll be like #‘oh finnie we talked about bubbles and maybe coming out of your bubble even though it’s scary’ #and I’ll go ‘Margaret i made another bubble but this one was physical’ #and she’ll go ‘well i think that’s great’ even though I KNOW SHES DISAPPOUNTED #i have no idea when my next fic is queued i think it’s tomorrow #fighting the urge to delete it and throw up :) #NERVOUS NERVOUS MERVOUS #why do i get weird mood swings like this what’s that even about lmao #finnie shouts into the void

[polysaccharride]

i like to think that kafblade could have a very tender dynamic. i just think the whole mara-spirit whisper thing they have going on is very beautiful tbh. i'm very obsessed with it. i want to believe that kafka may not have been the best equipped to deal with his condition and everything it entailed at first, like on an emotional level, but now im just thinking about her growing to care about him and learning to care for him. and on blade's end, finding comfort in her voice, her power, her presence - her, as a person.

i truly think they complement each other so perfectly. kafka keeps the monster at bay. blade notices her sad smile, and he listens to her. he remains steadfast and loyal. he looks out for her, a person who is incapable of feeling fear, and fights for her, protects her. he is a weapon full of cracks, but she hones him beautifully.

when they first met, they fought, and kafka killed him. she killed him and brought him back and the monster within him quieted to listen to her and he was then put back together, piece by piece, until he no longer resembled that of a wandering corpse.

she has power over him, undoubtedly, but she never takes advantage of him. they have a clearly outlined partnership. they work well together, and the cherry on top is that she also greatly enjoys watching him fight (it's a pleasure to witness, she says. okay physical chemistry!) and i wonder how it feels for her to have someone who trusts her so much.

his life is literally in her hands - the mara's tether is firmly in her grasp, after all. it's hard to say how she may feel about it. kafka is quite the enigma in general. it's clear that she's fond of the stellaron hunters, but i wonder how much that fondness is capable of growing.

now for someone who does not feel fear, i'm wondering if it's possible for her to grow to care about someone deeply enough to fear losing them. who knows. i wonder what elio promised her as well. does she want to feel fear? or does she have a completely different end goal in mind? only time will tell, i suppose.

there's a lot of potential for growth between the two of them on a personal and interpersonal level. blade is not a man of many words, but based on what we know about him from his interactions with silver wolf as well, i think it's safe to say that he's actually quite thoughtful and cares about those around him, and i think that kafka can be thoughtful and caring as well (based on her words to the trailblazer when they wake up at the very beginning of the game).

they just have such a juicy dynamic!! there's SOOO much potential! they can make each other better or they can make each other worse, but at the end of the day, they're sticking together - until the day blade dies ;)

#wrote about this on twitter but thought it'd be nice to have this here as well #kafblade #hsr #txt post #dont mind me im writing character essays and shouting into the void #if it wasnt obvious i feel very strongly abt them #i feel very strongly abt the stellaron hunters in general

[aobawilliams]

In honor of Finish Your Fucking Fic February and the fact Im on holiday I thought I might do that poll thing where I have to write a sentence for each vote or something.

But since I can't find the original post on mobile you'll just have to pretend you know what Im talking about.

Rules: make a poll with your WIP, then write a sentence for each vote received (or something like that)

Also tagging some people because its always fun, no pressure etc. though: @achairwithapandaonit @bloustorm @guesst @figurativepieceoftrash @arbitrarycategories @anyone who sees this and needs to Finish Their Fucking Fic February

#cro shouts into the void #cro makes polls #you get the shitty name edition because im on mobile and forgot half the names of my wip #im sorry for who the f- and noisy as the dead fan i didnt realise it has actually been this long #alternate title for some of these include the sad asl au and the sadded asl au #as well as old man yaoi real no fake #actually the asl time travel is called born to burn in my docs

[crystal-overdrive]

I was thinking about where I might go with the political aspects of Towards Tyranny and was trying to figure out where exactly Tav stands, so I took the political compass test as her! I think this could make a really fun tag game, to take the test as your OC and compare it with your own, but asking people to out their politics feels a little rude, so I'll just say if you come across this and fancy doing it, go for it and tag me so I can see!

Tavarina

Economic Left/Right: -1.0 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 2.0

I did suspect she might come out on the left despite the regime she supports. The "Waterdelvian values" she is accused of having are to do with business regulation and her unwillingness to turn a blind eye to the black market situation in BG. We've seen her twice now seize private businesses, once in a propaganda effort and another in an attempt to protect the people from Bhaalist chaos.

She uses a lot of populist rhetoric but uses really is the key word. Prior to taking the Grand Duke position she was definitely pro Lord's Alliance and now is only really using a stance against it to gain power. Power, of course, is important to her, and believes (or is being pushed to belive) in a militaristic state. I expected her to come out more Authoritarian, but I suspect her love for the arts and education is pulling that down. She was an academic for a decade and therefore has a propensity towards public funding of these things. I'd like to retake this once I've finished the fic; I expect we're going to see her drift further towards the top right of the scale as her corruption continues.

Gortash

Economic Left/Right: 4.38 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 3.23

This came out surprisingly moderate, but I think that's because his politics don't map well to modern day political movements. I clicked strongly agree for a one party state, but also on same-sex couples should adopt: the man is bi! (and Faerun doesn't have the same issues with patriarchy and homophobia as we do). So I think there's some averaging happening here. He's interesting politically, because he's clearly authoritarian right-wing but he's not a conservative. He wants to usher in a new age, something for the people, but only those people who claw their way up for it. He's very pro-business, in the Banite manner thinks that those who can take should do so. For him, his use of technology lets him - the Steel Watch gives him a large degree of control over the population. I think techno-fascist is the label I'd put on him if I had to.

He fucking hates the Lord's Alliance because he doesn't want anyone challenging his vision and doesn't belive really in any regulation, let alone regulation from outside of BG. Though environmental issues are not the same here as in Faerun, I put him staunchly against anything environmental considering the way the Iron Throne affected the sea in game.

Also...conquering the sword coast...obvious imperialism...bad... (I literally forgot about this in the first version of the post it's only like his entire deal)

Tav vs Gortash

A large part of Tav's story is her coming around to Gortash's way of thinking, so I expect we'll see her drift further right and authoritarian, but as it stands I think they might be on a path for clashing politically. Allowing Tav to seize the Bash rather than executing it's editor and letting it continue to run as a business was a compromise on Gortash's part, and he told Tav that what she did with the Dept. of Drains and Underways was non-Baldurian. If she pushes any harder on regulation and government control there's going to be a problem.

They line up in use of authority, technology, surveillance and propaganda. Elevating some above others is not something Tav is against, but she leans towards education, experts and, possibly subconsciously, social class, where Enver really is about pure money and power.

Me!

Economic Left/Right: -7.13 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.64

Surprise! I'm a massive lefty! Not going to go into my exact beliefs because this isn't a politics blog, but I am interested in talking about how my own political feelings are expressed in the fic because recognising and utilising the self in writing is probably the biggest thing I've learned from my postgrad studies.

So I originally took the test because writing Towards Tyranny was actually making me concerned about my political position. Tav is like barley two-steps removed from a self-insert: me if I'd never learned about the concept of class privilege, probably, and I was finding her political scenes alarmingly easy to write.

Her decline is influenced by how pointless and difficult it can feel to want change sometimes. I know a lot of people who sort of blame every problem on capitalism and say they want revolution (I don't know if this is a joke or not, being horrible at reading people is another self-insert trait Tav has lol) but aren't doing anything tangible about it. They often use "no ethical consumption" as a get-out-of-jail-free card and for a long time I was staunchly against this. I know individual change doesn't do much, but I felt it was at least valuable to live in a way I agreed with, it was the only way I felt moral. I reused and recycled absolutely everything, I was vegetarian trying to go vegan and I was donating to hunger and environmental charities. I tried to limit my consumption as much as I could. I was (and still am tbf) obsessed with my phone that has right-to-repair and fairtrade components.

But the vegan thing kind of broke me? It wasn't necessarily that I found it hard, but that I had to watch everyone else eat their meat and wear their nice new clothes and basically enjoy consumption while I was opting out for, what exactly? I didn't feel like I was making a dent in anything, changing the world, saving it, I was just depriving myself for some moral position that no one else cared about. My feelings on the environment are very much informed by my spirituality and I had some difficulties in my path where I felt I was pushed towards the darker aspects of my faith and away from nature-worship (guess what else inspired the fic 🙃) and that just added fuel to the fire of "why fucking bother". The material aspects that are depicted in the fic - the gifts Tav is given, the nice clothes, good food, imported goods - are really an expression of this. I'm still kind of in that place, I'm eating meat again and buying luxury skincare and I don't really know how I feel about it, but I think the ending of the fic is going to be very much dependent on where I eventually land with my environmental politics and my spirituality.

(Man, I wrote way more than I intended to here. I guess I needed to get this out aha.)

#I'm not super well versed in politics so if anyone who knows what they're talking about wants to chime in please do! #tag game #political compass tag game #political compass #political compass oc #towards tyranny #tavarina ammakyl #gortash #shouting into the void #this got personal

[againstthegrainphoto]

...is this legal?....

#seattle kraken #kraken #seattlekraken #phillipp grubauer #yanni gourde #krakenpraken™️ #holding #i really should publish more of my kraken photos #this is from last year #4/25/22 #this is from the first time i took my real camera to krakenpraken™ #bless the photog on flickr who told me that they allow full pro gear at practice #that's kraken hockey baby #is this where this page is headed now? #I just come to this godforsaken website to shout my bit into the void and then go away for months on end #....well plus my auto posts that come over from insta.... #philippgrubauer #yannigourde

[littleaipoms-rebagel-carpentry]

screw it!

Wish Dragon is one of my favorite movies. this very saccharine/sentimental goofy animated movie. Non-exhaustive list incoming.

I love:

it's sense of humor. (the villain that refuses to take his hands out of his pockets KILLS ME its such a good visual gag)

the animation. this one is deceptive because the art style is fairly simple and flat, BUT the way it is animated and moves is delightful. Long is an excellent example of this

the protagonist's severe head-in-the-clouds mentality. he is detached from reality and prioritizes what's in his heart over everything else. it's both really relatable and charming.

the way it avoids leaning into romance and focuses on friendship instead. it gives weight to how powerful and important meaningful friendships and connections are at their core, despite society usually reserving that importance only to romantic connections.

the way that it's portrayed that societal pressures & expectations are what interferes with people connecting with each other naturally. the pressure to perform well, study hard, make money, be seen as respectable. even the expectation that the protagonist is only after romantic love/wants to date the girl ends up butting heads with what he actually wants

how Long's friendship with Din is as impactful as Lina's by the movie's end. it's a well-developed layer to the movie.

how the story centers around growing up after high school. stories with hs-ers are overdone to death and as a young adult this detail made it all the more relatable.

how my first watching of the movie made me cry multiple times. both from the super cute+sweet opening, and the more dramatic emotional beats

how the movie somehow made a surprisingly painless and actually good liar-reveal.

the "endless sky" song is so sweet. credits song too.

how unapologetically whimsical and silly and warmhearted the whole thing is. it feels genuine at its core.

#wish dragon #i wanted this out of my system so i'm gonna shout into the void Real Quick #i watched it for i think the.. 4th time(?) yesterday. comfort movie..... #when i 1st saw it i thought 'wow okay that immediately just became one of my favorite movies' and it seems that thought aged well #postmadders

[shadyhouse]

i keep getting rejected from job applications and i have no idea what im doing wrong. i wish they would just tell you WHY you're getting rejected and ways to improve. its a guessing game that ends up making me feel even more worthless than i felt before

#like i have been nonstop applying for jobs for the past YEAR and ive gotten TWO INTERVIEWS #one of them i got kicked out of near immediately bc you werent allowed to be late to the job and i mentioned i take the bus (mistake i know) #and the other one i had to turn down bc they wanted to pay me $11/hr despite me already having the experience they needed #and i just reapplied to an old job i had a couple years ago that pays well but i got an instant rejection #not to mention all the other jobs ive been applying to that dont even TRY to contact me before rejecting me #and then my current job where ive been pretty much explicitly told i'm never ever going to get promoted and i keep getting my hours cut #for reasons beyond my comprehension like i dont know what im even doing wrong bc no one will TELL ME #JUST TELL ME WHAT IM DOING WRONG #WHY AM I BEING BAD AT LIFE. CAN YOU THROW ME A BONE PLEASE. #IM TIRED OF SURVIVING I WANT TO THRIVE #IVE BEEN SURVIVING MY WHOLE LIFE IM JUST EXHAUSTED I WANT TO FEEL GOOD ABOUT SOMETHING I DID FOR ONCE PLEASE #Sorry for venting im trying to hold back a breakdown and i have to leave for work in an hour and i just need to shout into the void about it #even applying for like medical based jobs hasnt worked out. you wont even let me be a RECEPTIONIST? #i feel trapped at my current job. even my coworkers have been telling me that ive had my position for wayyyy too long and im gonna be stuck #like tell me something i dont know!!!!!!!!!! tell me how to get a better job!!!!!!!!!!!!! bc im struggling in every aspect of my life!!!!!! #whoever cursed me its working i hope youre happy. the haters love to see it

[lurkingshan]

King the Land is for the people who just want a classic romcom and a good tropey time. They just did the oh my god she’s beautiful slow mo walk when Sa Rang wore her hair down for the first time in front of Gu Won and I am cackling.

#thank you junho for this blessing #i did need to see you in a series of well-fitted suits #king the land #kdrama #shan shouts into the void

[skunkes]

#SO ANXIOUSSSS ABOUT SAVING MONEY SPENDING MONEY. what a horrible world to live in #anybody know jobs stupid people can get that pay well and dont require making fone calls #*pjackk voice* u can say [no] because i know truth is supposed to hurt a lot for dumb fucks like me #talkys #ok sorry im already going to bed so i dont start freaking out and spiraling hut oughhh #all i do is save money bc i know im never ever going to have a good paying job. so spending money always makes me feel sick #goodnite everyone ^_^ #this isnt actually a negative post i jst needed to shout into the void for a bit i know the feeling will pass