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everythingispirates · 2 years

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watching a video essay abt misinformation rn and it's making me think many thoughts so like. sorry in advance but I'm gonna have to do some serious talk now, if very rambly.

the whole gay pirate divorce thing is like. it's funny I've very much settled on it being funny but it has also really opened my eyes to how misinformation spreads online. like believe it or not a lot of this was very carefully planned. I had ppl peer review the screenshots, I made sure to post it when I knew ppl were gonna be online and I recruited a bunch of friends outside the potc fandom to spread the post once it was done bc I knew it wasn't going to convince anyone within this blog's "circle". and the whole thing to begin with was very much like. shameless opportunism with ofmd trending like it did, I like to think I've made that clear. I was definitely shocked at how much traction it got which was why I freaked out a bit, but it was also in one way the exact reaction I had planned on, just on a larger scale.

and like a lot of people have gotten kinda pissy when I say they should have been wary of there not being sources and I do get that but also like it's definitely something to keep in mind for the future if you got tricked by the post. like, what ppl will say is that oh it's just a disney movie it's no big deal and that's def true but at the same time it's worth reflecting on which claims we consider worthy of fact checking you know? like if something feels like it should be true, or if it's something we want to believe in or just something we don't care enough abt to question like in this case we're def more likely to just take it at face value and pass it along. and in this particular case the debunked version of the post is definitely the most popular which is kind of a relief, but like it's common knowledge that debunkings or retractions of viral misinfo rarely get as much traction as the original claims.

the thing about me is like. I'm not particularly clever or anything. this wasn't a difficult scheme to pull off, all I needed to do was keep an eye on what tumblr was into right now, remember what they'd been into in the past and do some light photoshopping. like, the whole thing was very much designed for tumblr and it was honestly kind of fascinating watching tumblr take the bait so hard. and the thing is I might have fallen for something similar for the reasons I've already listed! like that whole dinosaur king post that showed up after mine is definitely something I might have read in passing and not questioned, I'm not writing all this to point the finger at people. I'm just trying to remind you how like. incredibly easy it is to get this stuff out there. like all you need is to know the platform you're on and its userbase decently well and have some creativity, then boom you're absolutely set. like not to rattle my own bones but need I remind you that pirates of the caribbean trended, if only for a short while? and once again that was after the post had been epically debunked but at that point it doesn't really matter anymore. if I were, say, paid by disney to do this for some reason which like for the record I was absolutely not, it wouldn't matter to them that the post got debunked bc people would still be talking about potc and thinking about potc and maybe even rewatching potc like do you get what I'm getting at here? when misinfo goes gigaviral it's gonna get whatever it's about a lot of attention, even when the original claim has been proven false.

anyway my point here is like idk trust no one I guess? or at least like. the next time you see a post that sounds reasonable but has no sources remember the time I out of all people managed to trick a good chunk of the tumblr crows into rewatching pirates of the caribbean

#elvy.txt #long post #god this is a lot and barely coherent but like. i need to talk about this like desperately #like i cannot with words describe the feeling of being like lol probably tumblr will fall for this hahah and then being proven So Right #like on most levels it's funny but it's also like. kind of bone chilling #like it's so easy it's so fucking easy to spread this shit it's actually nauseating #anyway food for thought or whatever i'm gonna sleep for a hundred years now

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beautifulpersonpeach · 6 months

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hello i came across your page and found you super interesting and a good source to go to when in need of some not sugarcoated opinions

im an army, been an army for a bit more than four years and just a few months ago i got super into enhypen and now well im obsessed

ive given other groups a chance… no one and when i say no one did it for me like enha i can’t believe they managed to turn the scale with bts for me im obsessed with both of them and now i have 14 babies

enha are really captivating and theres smth abt them thst idk its just special HOWEVER lets be real they are not doing so good with streams and charting and it pisses me off like crazy bc god do they deserve a lot more and i keep thinking what is it that they lack?

so i wanted to ask you do you think enha would make it big (armys pls dont come for me at the comparsion) but do u think they would make it big like bts? and secondly what are they lacking as a group in terms of everything (music, style, personalities, personas… etc)

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Let's get the obvious out of the way lol. Unless it's a group from Big3, it's going to be near impossible for any currently active group to become as big as BTS this decade. For Big3 + HYBE groups, it's possible but difficult. Enhypen surprisingly doesn't follow BTS's playbook as closely as some other groups do. The three boy groups most closely following BTS's playbook right now, are:

RIIZE - in their whole concept being a coming of age odyssey with a rap-spin;

Stray Kids - practically everything about Stray Kids is BTS-inspired (and it's something I've talked about before);

Ateez - it's in their lore-heavy branding and performance focus, also utilizing rappers.

The key thing lacking for those three groups in reference to following BTS's playbook, in my opinion, is the music. Other things too, but it's the music that's the key limiting factor here. This doesn't kill their momentum and I'm not exactly saying the music bad, just that going by my taste, there's a lot of room for improvement.

ENHYPEN doesn't lack at all in the music department. I'm probably biased but it's also true many of their songs are produced by BigHit's team of producers who made the music that got BTS this big and who generally make stuff I like. So, Enha's got great songs, but like I've said before, currently, they're not a rap-focused or even rap-present group, and it's unusual for vocal-centered boy groups to become massively popular unless they're from SM, and even then, rap groups still outperform... I mean, we've seen that movie before.

But to follow BTS's playbook, they'll have to mitigate this lack of rappers - Bang PD/Belift has to push for more involvement from ENHYPEN into their song-making process. Having members with writing credits helps to show a more direct connection between the members and the song. It adds to a sense of ownership and legitimacy for a lot of fans (whether or not it actually reflects it). So far, in ENHYPEN Jake and Jay have contributed to songwriting and it's been very good. Ni-ki also takes part in making choreography. But for Enhypen to grow massively, the members need to be seen having more direct and consistent input into the creative process, whatever form that takes. Also, if I were them I'd lean even more into their choral, hiphop sound. Nobody does it like them and it's pure magic.

Also, ENHYPEN's lore is somewhat clumsily tacked into their MVs, making it difficult for people to understand the group's identity. Enha is a 'concept group'. Their concept trailers are beautifully shot, frankly a work of high cinema, something beyond the quality of most MVs. But then, all that complexity and subtext kinda disappears in their main MVs. Maybe it's because I've never been a theorist, but the presentation of lore symbolism in their MVs can be confusing and difficult to parse even with reading the WEBTOON. Ateez's lore by comparison is in a sense, 'simpler'. People might struggle to understand what ENHYPEN is and connect with them, when as a concept-heavy group, their lore is difficult to understand. It's up to Engenes to better compile and present the narratives around the group, to get more people to connect with them.

ENHYPEN are easily some of the best performers in their generation, but because of their style of music (vocal-heavy, limited rap/chanting verses paired with intricate choreography and floor-work), live concert performances can be very challenging. They pull it off amazingly well, but I worry for them tbh. Here, Ateez has figured out a formula that works to keep their performance energy consistently high: rely on simple rap/chant verses, focus on open, simple choreography that travels across the stage, and utilize props to add to drama.

Like I said earlier, Enha's music-scape and choreos add a layer of difficulty that make it harder to replicate BTS in terms of performance, as they currently are. Enha's vocals would need to improve, as will their stamina, to bridge the gap. But they are well on their way to getting there. If thing's continue to improve like it has so far, within a year or so they'll be seen as beasts. They're already incredible, but if they keep growing it will become more apparent to more people the unique mix of talent that exists in Enhypen.

Because that's what you saw that made you write this:

"a few months ago i got super into enhypen and now well im obsessed

All seven of them are naturally, incredibly charismatic, and they seem to be very decent and talented people. That's why you're obsessed. Lol. In my view, Enhypen at their core is a high-performing hiphop team that does 'haunting and dramatic' contemporary pieces extremely well. Their performances are insanely intricate, and it frustrates me to no end that it's usually near impossible to translate all of what's happening in the practice to a stage performance.

Take for example their MMA2023 dance break:

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It's been a source of fiery debate in my group chat since it dropped and I'm not even kidding. The amount of floor work, the precision, Heeseung, Ni-ki, Jungwon, Jay, Sunghoon's dance styles show best in krump breaks like this. Ni-Ki and Sunghoon trained in ballet and as a figure skater, respectively, and you can see it in how they move. Jungwon is a powerhouse, and Heeseung and Jay embody the sort of dual charisma that one can only be born with. You either have it, or you don't. They're all special and this is a performance that is just that good. But with the camerawork of the main show, the clashing outfits with the backup dancers, the poor lighting, means so much of this performance can be missed. The boys still did amazing. But when you see the practice and see what it's supposed to look like, it hits you just how limited they are by their intricate performances not captured better on stage. Engenes can work around this by hyping up good fancams, and dance practices that capture their effort.

The final thing I want to say in where ENHYPEN is lacking, is one in which it physically pains me because this is easy to fix: American roadshows/interviews. BTS had only one barely fluent English-speaker but he was also the person often most involved in making the music, and so he could better respond to questions about it. The rest of the group also made up for not being fluent English-speakers by doing comedic antics while remaining as engaged as possible in the interview. The person who usually contributes to Enhypen's American interviews is Jake for obvious reasons, sometimes Jay, but each time I've watched Jake speak he seems worse than unprepared. To be blunt. It's not enough for a group to show up on Western talk shows, they also have to effectively communicate who they are and why they're special. Enhypen does this so much better in variety content like this:

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this too:

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But in situations like this interview below, it's clear Jake sometimes struggles to explain some things, but he recovers quickly later in the interview.

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Jungwon answers questions very well but speaks in Korean. It's fine, but working on his English can only be a positive in this scenario. For Jake too.

#enhypen #kpop music #engenes #engene #kpop fandom #bpp music posts

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randompaw90 · 2 years

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big time longpost abt the megas album get equipped under the cut

ill warn everyone in advance i have no structure for this

but to start i know in 'the message from doctor light,' rocks stated to have a "child's face" but ive always interpreted the megas vers of rock to be in his late teens at least (mostly bcs it makes more sense to me and it makes blue like you A LOT less squicky)

but i think 'the message from doctor light' is a good point to jump off of bcs i think its a good setup for the internal conflict that rock goes through during get equipped

light already feels conflicted for what happened in the album "megatainment" due to the reprogramming of rocks brothers, it clearly still lingers with him and is making him feel a strong guilt for having to make rock fight again, which are strongly reflected in lyrics like "but the burning in your heart i did not put there" meaning rock is already feeling hurt about having to do this despite his confident demeanor in the previous track 'i want to be the one.' but it's also likely bcs of the specific "sense of justice" that light mentions that drives him to need to be the one to protect humans.

and this becomes immediately reflected in 'the annihilation of monsteropolis.' the meme has always been that airman is the toughest mm2 robot master after all, so by putting airman first, i find it to be a super interesting move bcs right off the bat, rock is sent after the most imposing of wily's sons this tike around. and airman wants rock to know that, reflected in the fact that he very openly talks down to him whilst revealing his insecurities with lines like "do you know what it's like to built this way?! with only the power to push others away?" this becomes further accented with the lines he leaves rock with. "youve a heavy role to bare, do you think you can carry it?!"

and likely, that's the thing rock is left wondering as he faces off with metalman in 'metal dance.' as silly as metal is, giving rock more of a dance battle than an actual fight, he's probably still wondering if he's really suited for this life. and metalman even plays into his possibly building insecurities with the lyric "let's see which robot's better, let's see who built us best!"

as for 'carved from mighty oak,' i dont really have much of a comment bcs, kinda like 'metal dance,' it's a lot more light hearted. it can be inferred that, out of wily's sons, metalman and woodman are possibly the most laid back of their brothers. that doesnt stop woodman from being just as scheming though, noting "i would, if i could, destroy all that's good." showing that despite woodman's more lighthearted demeanor, he's just as intense as his brothers are in his intentions.

personally, i think 'promise of redemption' is a big turning point of the album's tone. if it wasnt dark before, it's clear that out of his brothers, bubbleman is extremely self loathing due to being taunted by his siblings for his abilities ("they call me a flipper snorkle-geek" or "i realize something as i sit here waiting, (that i'm the one who i'm really hating...)"). but i think its this fight in particular that really effects rock going forward. where he may have been unsure and insecure in the beginning, he sees bubbleman's longing to be more than his ridiculous powers and realizes. wily's sons are hurting just as much as he is and theyre just doing what their father built them for, even if they may or may not want to carry it out.

and immediately this carries into 'man on fire,' which makes it clear that heatman might not be all that well, especially in his intro with "in robot hell i'm not alone. in my mind i hear the voices cry, i've made them a promise that megaman dies!" it can be interpreted metaphorically, sure, but a popular theory with 'man on fire' in particular is that heatman likely was not all together before the events of the album, and the voices he's hearing cry out to him are that of his now deceased brothers. and i think that this, too, becomes very obvious to rock with lines like "this is the breakdown." that, like bubbleman, heatman isnt well. it's becoming more and more obvious to rock that he has to grapple with the fact that the robots he's fighting are just as tormented as he is. and it makes him feel extreme guilt, guilt that won't properly be tackled until the next album history repeating.

part of me thinks that, by the time of 'blue like you,' rock's been so worn down that flashmans offer of "hey megaman, join my side! and let me stop this moment in time!" actually sounds promising to him. though, just like his brothers, flashman's equally as flawed, as revealed by the bits in his monologue with lines like "what megaman and my brother's dont know, is that this flash is just all for show! there's nothing there and there's nothing to me, i'm empty and hollow" and "this flashy suit and this flashy stage, i use only to hide (the fact that) i am lonely and i need somebody, like megaman, at my side" revealing that flash is both very egotistical and vain, he's focused more on his looks and his interest in his enemy than actually carrying out his mission. but in the end, his vanity can only get him so far, as rock takes his weapon in order to move on to his next target, quickman.

in 'the quick and the blue,' i think it's come to a point where quickman actively doubts his abilities, despite being considered one of the strongest of his brothers like airman. rock's already taken out six of his eight brothers, meaning that all that's left is himself and crashman. yet, quickman doesnt back down. "there's too much at stake now [...] is what they say true, does death wear blue?" but with the mention of death wearing blue, he reveals that bit of fear gnawing at him. "would this be the day that he falls?!" and it seems like the others surrounding quickman, possibly his robot subordinates, recognize this by parroting "can he fall?!" and then "[his] circuits slow," indicating rock's used his brother's time stopper against him. yet, in his final moments, despite all his boasting, quickman seems humbled. "i'm not scared anymore! this is the moment that we've been created for! [...] i join the ranks of my brothers that have fallen before! [...] what they say is true, death DOES wear blue! he CAN fall."

and this immediately lands us at my most opinionated robot master song. there's a lot of interpretations of 'programmed to fight,' but i believe that, instead of a standard fight with rock, crashman does not fight him. instead, he offers his help. why? because he cant stand his father for how he was created, but crashman already acknowledges that today will be his end, but he may as well play it out how HE prefers to, and thats by being a hero. "my end has come and i welcome glory, no one will know the truth to this story!" its clear to rock that, like his other brothers, crash is very conflicted, and he wants to make a change ("everything changes. tonight."). he explicitly offers himself up to rock as an aid in his combat, knowing that his weapon will be of use to rock, but wanting to help and do something other than cause chaos for humanity by helping its savior. "to break wily's walls, you will need my power. but to your aid, an unlikely friend, programmed to fight to the very end!" he shows rock that dedication he has to his cause, but he knows the truth, he won't be surviving this fight. so, in the end, he joins in his fight for as long as they can, until they come to an impasse and they can no longer continue, not unless he sacrifices himself. "and so they fought, the clash of metal and grinding gears echoed across the night sky. victory was at hand, but in the end, his will overcame the program." despite being built for battle and destruction, by offering his aid to rock's purpose, he overcomes his programming by being more.

and that's what breaks rock.

theres a skip between wily's fight and to the finale with 'lamentation of a war machine,' in which we immediately see rock break down. yes, he saved humanity, but was it worth it? did he have to hurt the eight of them to do so, when they were just as insecure and hurting as he was? he breaks down to tears, wondering if it was even right to do what he had done, and it makes him question his very purpose. "if ive a heart made of steel, does that mean i cannot feel? remorse for everything ive done, my hands a smoking gun." ive always personally inferred that this was partially a monologue as well as a conversation with dr light that rock is having as he walks his waybhome due to the reiteration of "tell me dr light, why did i fight?!" but light cannot bring himself to respond. ive always pictured him at his desk, slumped over and face in his palms as he, too, is wracked with guilt for what his son has just been through. and when he arrives back at the lab, its then when he drops his helmet as mentioned into the grass. hes stopped talking to light, and is now sitting upon the hill, quietly wondering what more there is for him in life, or if he was just as awful as wilys sons, built to murder. "what purpose am i to fulfill? was i built to kill? [...] how many mist fall before there's peace for all?! tell me was i wrong[...]"

rock is left with this inconsolable feeling of guilt and nihilism for hurting others, and this carries right onto both parts of history repeating, where that guilt is still clinging to rock as he realizes that he's not the only one struggling with these fears.

#mine.exe #ive got so mich brainrot abt these songs

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formulaonedirection · 1 year

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crush talk here. idk if u remember but im the one who kissed their crush. so like one of our mutual friends actually brought it up w both of us (separately). mutual friend asked both of us if we were dating and apparently my crush said he doesn't know.

it's been a couple of weeks since then and i've so far baked him the cookies he specifically likes and he's given me his jacket.

according to our mutual friends to the untrained eye, we look like we're together. but we're not really. it's complicated.

he talks about me to his friends. ik this because our friend groups overlap. actually now that i remember it, he's been talking about me to his friends since 2021. it's just a bit confusing bc we've agreed it's a casual thing, but we talk abt a lot of topics that don't seem very casual. (like true love, getting married, childhood traumas, family problems, etc.)

Hellooooo sorry this took like 700 years for me to get too I'm goofy but thank you for the update!! I appreciate all crush talk updates.

Okay this is like probably unsolicited advice but one of my best friends went through the same thing too when she was dating this guy and just kept insisting no we're casual we're casual it's a casual thing while at the same time quite literally being In A Relationship because she thought making it seem like there's less investment would somehow protect her. It never actually does because you feel what you feel no matter how much you try to convince yourself otherwise!

And honestly your situation doesn't sounds as dramatic as whatever that whole thing was but I do think there's value in just kinda leaning into your feelings instead of that secure self-preservation cocoon of "it's casual". It sounds like you guys really like each other! It's totally fine if you don't want to tho cause again you're still young and obvy I don't know your whole life story!! But I think it's worth thinking about whether the two of you agreeing it's casual is more of a self-preservation thing than an actual reflection of what the situation is.

Whichever way, as long as you guys are happy and comfortable I think probably don't sweat it that much, sometimes things also just take time to really settle!

#again sorry this took forever but also I might be exaggerating cause i can't remember when you sent this #time is whack when ya brain is broke #anyway good luck with this it really sounds like you guys like each other!!!#crush talk

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eevyerndracaneon · 1 year

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Hey, I don't mean to intrude or anything, being a stranger on the internet and all. Don't feel the need to answer this ask or anything but, I just hope you can hear me out and maybe something I say can help a bit... I've seen some of your posts today, I'm sorry you're going through the ringer. I've got a good couple of friends who deal with the very similar struggles and whatnot, so I just wanted to say pretty much what I always tell them regarding some of what you're feeling. I dunno your specific situation, and I know a lot of things are way more difficult to just outright fix than some people will say it is, so I'll keep this more general. And some of what I will say you might already know, but I feel they bear repeating. First off, your worth as a person is not tied to your ability to make money, or work a job or anything like that. You are a person, and that makes you valuable. No person or thing can ever take that from you. Second, never feel bad about wanting to interact with your friends and loved ones. Even if you're in a bad mood, I'm sure they'd love to spend time with you. Social needs are just as important as any other need, so do not feel guilty of them, and don't hole yourself up if that's not what you need right now. A friend of mine (and I do also to an extent) does this all the time and after they always reflect that it only hurt them.

Third, I'm sorry about whatever issues you're dealing with, with family or otherwise, I know how difficult that can be. There are no easy solutions, but, like, you just gotta keep carrying on, you know? Even if there's no option out today, there might be one down the road. On a lighter note, I think your art style is charming! I think you could get some commission work if that's something you wanted to do, it's less on your skill and more on confidence and a bit of luck, I think. Even if today sucks, it doesn't define you tomorrow and not all days will be like this. None of what you're going through defines you or your worth as a person. You've got this, and your friends and loved ones have your back. Keep on being you, A concerned stranger

ah right i did vent really hard on here huh, thanks for sending this out-

i've been vague overall with my posts bc im just going thru it today so some of what you've said doesn't apply but i can't fault you for it, since i didn't rly explain anything

i've tried for a few years now to have art as a job that i could maybe help pay for rent with if i ever moved out, but i just didn't get enough comms to even get to that point. u-u i'd LOVE to just draw for money but it just didn't rly work out the way i expected. maybe i'll give it another shot, i dunno (I'd have to increase my prices again for 2023....)

the house i live in rn is the one belonging to my partner's family. so i live with my partner. my boyfriend is long distance (i'm polyam if that hasn't come across with some of my posts) and i desperately wish i could live with him as well. my partner's family is amiable, but not exactly super friendly or welcoming. especially not if i was openly trans. (they have a trans daughter but refuse to treat her with respect so she cut herself out of their life years ago) my life is kinda trapped in my partner's room, in a corner, so i really don't feel like i have a home. it sucks, but at least im surviving and have a roof over my head and food to eat and warmth in the cold and cool in the heat.

you're completely right on the social front. i think a lot of us forget this. my boyfriend and a friend of mine both reached out to me an hour or so ago bc they were worried abt how i wasnt around like, at all, and i basically got the same thing from them. "its okay to be around, we can try cheering you up"

and finally the big one. i understand capitalism is trash for making us all think we need to make money to deserve life. i hate that i need to make money to be able to live on my own. luckily im not sitting here thinking im worthless solely bc i cant get a job or make money. but i need money to get a place to live in on my own, apartments need rent, houses need mortgage payments, and then food and bills and all that crap. i need a job for that to get pulled off. and i've been trying to get a job! i've been applying to places since the beginning of december! but no place has accepted me. i've gotten like three interviews. nothing else. its just really infuriating. all of my friends, even my boyfriend, are getting new opportunities, new places to live, new goals new motivations new everything. and im just kinda stuck.

today was really hard. all of these feelings welled up over the past half a year and i think just finally crushed me into the dirt today.

so its just kind of a sad day. im doing what i can now to make it better even if only by a little bit. but oof.

thank you anon for popping in and checking up on me, it means a lot <3

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masked-puppetmaster · 3 years

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hey, i saw you asked a while ago why dream & techno apologists are apologists for those characters (and you liked a bunch of my posts concerning that, actually) i was wondering if you still have any more questions - and also i wanted to ask if you wanted to talk a bit about c!tommy and what makes you like him so much? like is it just the emotional attachment to him? is it the trauma? anything specific about the way in which he is written? i've always watched his pov & i'm very curious! / - red

yo yo yo hey! I think I understand it a bit more now, for the dream & techo apologists, I think I’m still a bit confused when it comes to technoblade. I see a lot about people only using him as a weapon/ him not being able to trust people / no one sticking up for him and I’m not sure where it comes from? In all fairness, I only know him as the guy who executed Tubbo / spawned withers but im assuming that’s in large part because I came into the story so late (iirc I didn’t really get into the dsmp until around doomsday, and I got most information of past events just by like. osmosis or reading wikis) so I might simply just not have enough information on techno to get it. Like, he executed Tubbo under a lot of pressure iirc but that doesn’t take away from the fact he did execute him? or things with the withers, I know technoblade doesn’t like the government and I’d go as far as to say he has a point, but was it really necessary to destroy lmanburg (iirc, multiple times). I know he was mad, but I feel like he shouldn’t have taken in that far, like from what I see and understand it’s like yes he had his points but he hurt people and doesn’t seem to care that he hurt anybody, just kinda stands there assuming he’s right about everything and not rlly looking at the situation from anyone else’s perspective. That being said like I said I came into the story really late and so my arguments might be able to be chalked up to just a lack of proper context, and even if I’m kinda annoyed at Technoblade’s behavior I still like him as a character & when techno does stream I enjoy the content so I’m not like a technoblade hater or anything I just don’t see why people can be apologists for him bcos from my pov he’s just kind of hurt people and not taken any personal responsibility for it (I mean this as in acknowledging to himself he was ever in the wrong; ex. The whole Tommy / techno betrayal situation which I think was a p complicated matter to be fair he just keeps saying over and over how Tommy betrayed him and it doesn’t seem to me like he’s even bothering to look at the situation from Tommy’s pov or rlly reflect on his own actions at all)

I just rlly like Tommy! I think at least some part of it can be chalked up to Tommy being the first streamer I watched in the dsmp and one of the ones I watch the most from (half the time I’m watching the dsmp it’s a Tommy stream) so there’s just gonna be some inherent bias towards him there like there is with literally any of these streamers. As you put it, it is kinda the trauma, haha. trauma and emotional attachment lol. I think part of it is I relate to him a lot, and I can see where he’s coming from on a lot of things, and I also just like the way his character is written. Smthn abt him that people have pointed out is that his trauma isn’t pretty and romanticized it’s ugly and yk he acts out and all that, which I appreciate. I can see where he’s coming from on a lot of things or at least understand why he thinks the way he does. I like seeing him learn and grow I like seeing his arcs both personally with himself and with other people. He’s an interesting and complex character and he’s been through a lot and I think it’s just super interesting to see how what he’s gone though affects his mental state and his actions as a character, like just from like a mental analysis standpoint there’s a lot to talk about which I think is pretty cool. this isn’t to say that he’s never fucked up or done anything wrong, because he has, but to be fair so has everyone else on this server I don’t think there’s a single member of the server who’s done nothing wrong (except maybe like. Charlie. Charlie my beloved). He’s made his mistakes but every good character fucks up that’s what makes them a good character is their flaws and so with the ways that he’s messed up and the ways he’s hurt people I’m an apologist because I can see why he acts that way, where the feelings and actions are coming from and I can forgive him for it because I understand the why. Also I just think the punishments he’s received for his actions are rlly unfair, easy ex with exile he did something many people on the server have already done at one point or another and was exiled and mentally broken down over it and rlly it’s just been like one thing after another and even if he’s made mistakes he gets way more harshly punished than I think was fair. I’ve seen people talk about how annoying and selfish his character is and when I read the posts (not all of them, there’s a nice chunk of people who are civil about it) it just seems like they’re not rlly thinking abt his character and his experiences. I’ll see people explain his signs of trauma and say it’s annoying because it’s not soft crying trauma it’s messy acting out trauma which it’s just like you do not understand this at all, do you? Or with the discs, I’ll be honest with you here. I will defend Tommy’s attachment to these stupid little music discs till the day I die. Why can’t he have his discs? They’re his , they’re not even that valuable outside of the fact that they’re his, why can’t he have things? why isn’t he aloud to have items he’s attached to without someone taking them for the sole reason of he likes them. And all I see is people saying he is selfish and cares about the discs more than people, which is literally disproven in the rp. Ranboo flat out says he’s not selfish, when Tommy takes the blame for George’s house (also keeping in mind here tommy and ranboo barely knew each other at the time, and if Tommy was actually selfish he could’ve very easily dragged Ranboo down with him) and when it comes to the discs he’s given up the discs multiple times in favor of helping other people (he gave them up for lmanburg, and then for Tubbo I think twice actually) and the one time he told someone the discs were worth more than they were, that was the moment yeah made him realize he didn’t like who he was becoming and he immediately backtracked and allowed the disc to be handed over. TL;DR he’s not selfish he’s just got a lot of strong attachments and his attachments are both his greatest strength and his greatest weakness. And he’s a kid, he’s been though a lot of things, he’s got a lot of trauma he’s dealing

with and it’s not always pretty but he gets better, he has his arcs and he gets better and learns from some of his actions, and I think looking at him and his yk. Timeline and character development and arcs and his whole like mental deal and just general character choices are super interesting and I find it fun, as someone who enjoys character analysis, and all in all I love him I relate to him in some ways and some of it also might just be emotional attachment and bias towards him as Tommy being one of my comfort streamers

& it’s fully possible someone could have just as much of an argument for c!techno, my deal w looking at c!tommy making mistakes and c!techno making mistakes and being able to be an apologist for Tommy and not for techno is more about me understanding tommy’s character better and understand the reasoning and the why behind the things he says and does, vs. techno who i dont really get and i can’t be an apologist for him if I don’t understand anything hes doing or why he’s doing it and then seeing him over and over dismiss other peoples perspectives and never rlly reflecting on himself (not to say Tommy couldn’t use at least a little of that himself- I am Looking over at his relationship w Jack Manifold lol) can be kinda frustrating but as I said earlier that might just be me not knowing all the proper context

I could probably write more about Tommy especially when it comes to the whole technoblade vs Tommy thing but this post is already way longer than you probably ever wanted to read so I’ll stop now I’m sorry I’m just hyperfixated haha and yk if anyone wants to like add arguments or points or if you or someone rlly likes technoblade or dream or whoever and wants to talk to me about that go ahead I encourage that like I rlly enjoy having those conversations w ppl provided theyre civil abt it bc like we’ve all said a million times over before eveyone in the dsmp is an unreliable narrator and you’re just going to automatically have a bias towards a character if you watch their POV most and all that so. Yk I am a tommy apologist but I watch his streams most and I’m also just emotionally attached so anything I can say has to be taken w a grain of salt bcos I’m biased towards his character

#Long post #ask #anon #red #tommyinnit #c!tommy #technoblade #c!techno #c!technoblade #DSMP #dream smp #Tommy apologist #technoblade apologist #I’m so sorry I talked way more than I intended to whoops !!!!#That’s my two cents

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hope this doesn't come off as mean or anything (i'm really not trying to be) but why did you chose for emma to be in the military of all things? i always find it to be an odd choice seeing as the US military is an active oppressor of latam and regina is latina. i don't think i could ever date a vet as a brown person bc of how they brutalize us. this isn't to say anything negative abt the fic of course since it's like just fiction, i'm just kinda curious

Hi anon! This is not mean at all - it is important and necessary. And I'm grateful to you for bringing this up, because it's been something I've wanted to address for a while but not been sure how to. So the fic came from two separate ideas which I'd been playing with for a while, specifically military Emma and ballet dancer Regina. I brought them together in this fic with the intention of creating a story about two women with wildly different lives who had both been through a lot of pain and grief and who helped each other heal through their traumas. I never had a fully fledged version of the original military au because I as a writer would in no way be able to do those issues justice. In After The End however, it's more about dealing with the aftermath of Emma's personal experiences. In the world of ATE, Emma joined because she was a very vulnerable teenager who was totally uneducated about these things and essentially fell victim to propaganda - she had selfish personal reasons, saw no other options, and had no idea about any of the deep systemic faults within that institution (again, simply white privilege and her personal vulnerability leaving her susceptible to propaganda). Still doesn't justify it, but hopefully explains it. I do intend for part of her journey to be her working through that and reconciling her feelings about it - which is, deep down, a whole lot of anger and guilt. Emma now knows how awful the US military is and she will have to deal with the fallout of that and of having been part of that institution. This will definitely not be to the fullest or most accurate extent - which I could never achieve in a romantic fanfic I write in my very fleeting spare time - but it will be there. Obviously, that's not the main storyline of the fic but that is a part of her trauma she will have to work through. If anything, the story of this fic should be condemning the military, and in no way apologising for it. As for Regina being able to be with her - not that she is yet - I think from what she knows of her childhood, Regina sees Emma as a victim of the military if anything. She has also fallen for Emma as a person and for her traits which directly contradict anything Regina might assume based on her service. Obviously she is only able to do this because she has led a very privileged life in this fic and I'm not saying that makes it okay. I'm not trying to make apologies here, and I'm not trying to make Regina seem morally worse either. Regina in this fic is very emotionally messy herself and handling her feelings in whatever way she can.

I sincerely apologise if any part of the fic has come off as hurtful and if anything in this message was poorly phrased either - like all of us, I still have things to learn and unlearn, and am working on this every day, as well as on becoming more articulate.

Again, thank you for raising this point! It is so important to talk about, especially in a fandom where we do seem to have an abundance of military AUs. I think it stems from Letters from War being one of the original epic Swan Queen fanfictions, and that leading to it becoming something of a trope within the ship.

Obviously, that is no justification. In fact, it raises a broader discussion within the fandom of starting to question why we want to write the things we do and whether or not we should write them at all - something I see on reflection I could have done better, and will do moving forward.

But in terms of After the End, it's out there now and I will continue to write it as I have planned, and see Emma's journey through.

Once again, I am so sorry if anything here on in AtE is poorly done/harmful, that would never be my intention.

#sorry this is so rambling and inarticulate #if you have any further concerns or things to raise please please let me know so i can learn and do better #the most important thing is educating ourselves and those around us #swan queen fanfiction

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100% agree with you about the misogyny in seb's fandom. I don't think I've ever cared who he's dated. I had to take a step back from him tho bc of *his* actions. He's taken *3* international beach trips in 4 months in the middle of a pandemic. Two of which are being used as loopholes to get his gf in the u.s. which has me side eyeing that aspect, but even then they're not quarantining properly in a high risk country before coming here. That's *my* issue w him rn-Covid needs to be taken seriously

yeah, i’ve not either. nor have i with any of the male celebrities i’ve been fans of, their private life has never been mine or any other fan’s business imo.

but of course, i’m still shellshocked from being a fan of benedict Cumberbatch and the treatment of his wife. which, even in fandom standards, is just mindblowing. and so when i see this behaviour by another man’s fans, i get on edge. and frankly, i don’t give a sh*t if she actually did smt r*cist 5 yrs ago, bc that’s also a huge problem, the way the left, which i assume most all sensible ppl to be on, behaves like ‘one strike and you’re out’, you’re not allowed to learn and grow, ever.

although, you know, hemsworth donned a warbonnet a few yrs ago, and apologised, but then he’s a guy, so. james gunn wrote ph*ophilic tweets, but eh, let him come back. rdj did ACTUAL bl*ckface in a movie, but hey, he’s fine. oh, and y’know, henry cavill basically said it was dangerous to approach a woman after #metoo, and that ‘a woman should be chased’. but he’s everyone’s f*cking darling. jason momoa said he ‘was lucky to get to rape beautiful women’ at a con. benedict cumberbatch used the word ‘col*ured’ in an interview back in, i wanna say 2013, yeah, he was crucified then, even if the word doesn’t have the same connotations in the UK, but eh, i can’t say i’ve heard much abt it since. anthony mackie? he said ‘a woman’s role is to make a man a sandwich’. but he seems all the f*cking rage these days. (i’m doing these off the top of my head, so there’s a lot of paraphrasing, but you’ll get the drift.)

and of course, sebastian himself doesn’t exactly have a stellar record, but you know what? he learned and changed and he became someone i’ve admired a lot for some of the work he’s done that has focused and supported women. point is, even when they were confronted with all that, they weren’t shamed and called slurs, were they? and the partners of famous women aren’t either, they’re just envied? they’re not called golddiggers or sl*ts or... i struggle to think of male slurs, which is just so telling, but whatevs.

(and no, don’t @ me, i totally think that all these men deserve more chances, not only for this but for many, many mistakes and unwoke things they have done and are gonna do at some point, because we all do. we slip up and do things we later realise was wrong, and we reflect and we regret and we evolve and we become better.)

but, no. not if you’re the girlfriend of an admired man. nono, then gods above and below, save you if you’re caught out bc you’re the f*cking devil. then you’re a wh*re and a b*mbo and a pr*stitute and a b*tch, it’s such fun! and if you wore a kimono at a party, something that’s encouraged by ppl in japan btw, then you’re a r*cist version of all those things. and honestly? whatever has been found on her since, i don’t give a flying f*ck. bc that was more than enough for the vitriol that ensued earlier this summer. no matter who he’s with, there will always be something. the way women treat other women, the way we’re conditioned to do it from birth, it’s just insane. it’s disgusting and hurtful and dangerous, why do we do it? i’m just. sick of it.

again, sebastian’s behaviour is dumb. it’s gross and privileged and stupid. i defended him somewhat after ibiza bc spain was trying to get back on it’s feet, i didn’t even catch that he was in, was it bermuda?, but now it’s getting harder. yeah, the filming and pics are stalkerish af, and i don’t condone that, not even a little, but also i do think it’s wrong to do what he/they’re doing. it’s disrespectful to everyone who’s still locked down for their life, and it’s potentially downright dangerous, depending on what measures that are in place. hell, i took a domestic trip a month ago, before cases had started spiking here, and i still feel guilty bc i know so many other’s can’t. and it’s especially galling to other americans considering the insane situation there, and yeah, kinda rich coming from someone ranting abt irresponsible beach goers in may.

huh. apparently i wansn’t quite done after all. but then, when am i really ever.

#ask #anon #sebastian stan #fandom #misogyny #a rant #and i tried to not be ghosted #hence the *s #but i don't have much hope #Anonymous

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headcanons-everywhere · 7 years

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thats luego

luego satona

hes gay / pan (nobody rlly figures out which. hes just in general Rlly Into Dudes) and he was one of the people in blu's friend group when blu was a human

and uh

ali ve

witnessed / indirectly caused blu's death (the entire group did but he feels the most guilty over it)

he had a crush on (imma call him blu until i figure out his human name btw ahA) blu even tho he knew blu was straght

he jokingly gives luego shit for it

like lue making kissy noises and acting like hes about to amother blu in love and blus just like "eW BRO STOP!!! KISSING IS GROSS UGH"

but he doesnt care if one of his best friend's gay or pan or w/e as long as he finds someone hes happy with

but blus just personally grossed out by affection in general so thats where the 'giving him shit for it' comes in, ie: laughing in faux-disgust while shoving lue's face away bc luegos still tryina sneak in n smooch him just to ruffle his feathers

stuff like that :)

tho after blu died

well

lemme copy paste

it woNT SEND

[hes tall

n blu uh

is sort of?

luego is def taller tho

kappital - 11/15/2017

hows he feelin about

dead boy

manic pixie dream tarantula - 11/15/2017

dunno the exact relationship yet so idk how hed react but

he was definitely Upset the night it happened

esp since im thinkin he was one of the ones joking like "bro ur gonna fuckin hurt urself" n such bc he was geuinly like "IDK IF THIS IS A GOOD IDEA GUYS" but was playing cool abt it

kappital - 11/15/2017

manic pixie dream tarantula - 11/15/2017

but when blu died from whatever happened (it was an instant accident kinda deal, like a stumble+fall or smthin) and everyone kinda freaked n left, luego was the last one to leave

bc he geuinly didnt know what to do n so he hung back just staring in horror and trying to think of some other option until the grouo called back like "dUDE LETS GO" or smthin n he judt made a rlly frustrated / upset noise before glancing over one last time apologetically / "this is so fucked" kinda look at blu n then turning to run with the rest

bc they knew if police or smthin showed up thered be a fuckton of trouble for them since they prolly had a p bad reputation around town anyways, so itd def look like a crime rather than an accident

so they just

ran

but luego was def one of the ones most fucked up by it tho

he felt rlly nauseated n guilty for a long time afterwards, even after all the rlly bad emotional stuff

kappital - 11/15/2017

thats fucking intense

ive had dreams like that thats scary

manic pixie dream tarantula - 11/15/2017

yE AH

but today like, at this very moment idk where hes at or what hes up to

that im still figuring out

or if hes even still around ngl

but after that most of the group splintered off into being rlly upset with one another n he was prolly the angriest out of the group bc he was the closest one emotionally w/ blu

so thats fun :) ]

OH there we go

he tried to uh

take himself out a few times but after a few failed attempts he was just like "fuck it this is stupid anyways. ill just. idk, ill try to...make the best of it. or something." n thats how he lived to where he is today

openly gay/pan, lived a slightly lavish life style that he liked to show off, drank socially but even then not that muvh bc alcohol is personally gross to him but its a good way to loosen up at big events or w/e

manic pixie dream tarantula - Last Thursday at 1:00 PM

i flip between present n past tense when typing accidently bc techincally "today" / "current" luego uh

died around 20 yrs or so b4 blu was summoned by alexander back into the human world

like he lived a full life n shit but died from some heart problems later in life

but he was p emotionally repressed abt what happened

wouldnt get much out of him unless you openly prodded him about him a lot

like sat him down n seriously tried to pull smthin out of him

but aside from that he was a p content guy :)

also sprry if the messages are fucked, wifi is awful out here aAAAAA

manic pixie dream tarantula - Last Thursday at 2:21 PM

but ye thats a summary of luego for ya

:)))

all his earrings on both ears are diff

no two are the same

n they all have a special meaning to them

OH also

all his earrings on both ears are diff

no two are the same

that all sent out of order omfg

manic pixie dream tarantula - Last Thursday at 5:56 PM

oK im back on good wifi i tjink :)

goo - Last Thursday at 8:37 PM

i've read some of this but it's been a busy day so i'm sorry i'm not ignoring you i just want to get home and read it there so i can elaborate my thoughts and questions to you haha

manic pixie dream tarantula - Last Thursday at 8:37 PM

no no dude ur ok

leila gave me a glimpse of what happened (like a chat screenshot between yall) bc she was askin if u were mad or upset or smthin

i kno ur not ignoring me n im honestly just hopin (if i have the story right??) whichever dog got the weed stuff on accident n ended up with leg spasms is doin ok!!

goo - Last Thursday at 8:40 PM

nah bandit just passed out from weed but miracle got the spasms and he'll be fine it's the usual for him

manic pixie dream tarantula - Last Thursday at 8:40 PM

oH OK

shit man thats still def stressful if at least on some level ahA

glad they sound likr theytr gonna be ok n shit

#blu #luego #alexander #Modern Universe #pre-modern universe

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