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iikelyy · 2 years

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the last one is the best option

#d3pression #depressing post #tw depressing stuff #tw s3lf harm #depressivethoughts #cvtt1ng #voice in my head #tw self destructive behavior #mental problems #mental health #baby cvts #cvt soft serve #cvs health corp #mentally ill #mental illness #su1c1dal #help #self h@rm #self h@te

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bbygirl-obi · 6 months

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Anakin: *teaches Ahsoka to act on impulse, to be independent to the point of acting without waiting or accepting help from others, and to ignore the council when he thinks it's best, and also models all of those things for her*

Ahsoka during the Wrong Jedi Arc: *digs herself into a deep ass hole and blows up her entire life by acting on impulse, being independent to the point of acting without waiting or accepting help from others, and ignoring the council*

Anakin:

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challengerblue · 1 year

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LORD ASRIEL BELACQUA, PUBLIC ENEMY NUMBER ONE

#they hate to see a mansplain malewife manipulator winning #his dark materials #hdmedit #*#asriel belacqua #it's me! hi! i'm the problem it's me!#marisa alone could take up a whole gifset on serving his ass and spitting at him

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anna-scribbles · 5 months

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truest thing gabriel everrr said was that adrien had emilie's flair for the dramatics

#<-girl who makes up things to say to herself about miraculous ladybug #but tbh I think gabe was just speaking his truth there. rare moment of unbiased honesty #their dramatics being: dying #adrien watching his mother dive headfirst into death and serve looks while doing it: I can learn from this #gabe excluding himself from that statement is where he had his blinders on though.#king you set the bar for drama in that household #gave your only son the silent treatment while you refused to accept the death of your wife which was entirely your & your wife's fault #and proceeded to make it EVERYONE'S problem forever #someone get these worms out of my brain #ml #anna rambles #thirteen

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transmutationisms · 3 months

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in general i don't really buy into the fear that modernity is 'too fast' (people have been saying this like since the railroads were built) but it does annoy me a bit that the presumed speed of information transfer is such that a person can legitimately be said to be out of the loop on something that occurred like. 8 hours ago. i don't think that's a great thing as far as, like, giving people the ability to think about things and collect relevant details before making snap reactive judgments lol

#i think this is not a technology problem per se (communication is generally good) but has to do with social and political forces that demand #speed in a way that tends to serve certain state and corporate interests.

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bonefall · 2 months

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I personally like Thunder's prosthetic. Explained it to my friend (who does use a mobility device, a cane and wheelchair, and listens to me rant and infodump about BB) and they agreed, it's important to know that not every person needs what someone wants to give them. It's another example of "bad ableist person does a thing that hurts a disabled person because they are bad and ableist".

Clear Sky got Jagged Peak killed and would have killed Sunlit Frost! He would absolutely force his disabled son to be "normal" and present it like a privilege. "I wouldn't do this for anyone else, it's special, why don't you want to be helped?"

Thunder Storm should toss it in Clear Sky's face. (I would say toss it into the river but we do not pollute waterways in this house)

Thank you for telling me this, and tell your friend I'm thanking them too! If they have anything else to add please forward what they have to say

Since BB!DOTC tackles some of the heaviest topics in the entire series because its canon equivalent is so dark, I think very carefully about what I do here and how I show it. I take feedback on its sensitive aspects very seriously. If I'm understanding the criticism properly, it's that I should avoid stigmatizing prosthetics by making sure Thunder Storm's not the only one with it-- which he's not! And I'll add even more.

I don't want to avoid something only because it's uncomfortable if the topic is important, and my portrayal is respectful. Ableism IS uncomfortable! There are some situations where a prosthetic is not wanted! I think the rejection of this particular one is both a good opportunity to show a type of ableism and ALSO is very fitting for the characters.

In BB!Clear Sky's mind, the villain, he's fixing an old mistake. He can't admit that he got Jagged Peak killed or take REAL accountability for it (though he will, occasionally, apologize insincerely), but deep in his bones, he knows what he did was cruel. He'll never tell anyone this because he doesn't really cognate it himself, but Thunder Storm NEEDS to take his gift.

If Thunder doesn't take it, it blows a hole in his newest story. You see, throwing Jagged Peak out was All That Could Have Been Done back then. It was a Tragedy and he simply Made A Hard Choice. He regrets it very much, But You Have To Understand.

But now? Now? Well, behold. Look at what he's accomplished since the tragic death of his little brother. His cats are well-fed, cared for, and stable enough to make such incredible advancements. If only Jagged Peak had been able to hold on longer, if only he could be here now, I could fix him.

Just like I can (MAKE YOU JUST LIKE ME) fix you.

"Everything I've ever done is for Jagged Peak. For Fluttering Wing. For you." Thunder Sky is SPECIAL, but if he rejects any gift, tries to turn down the "privileges" offered to him, in an instant that becomes ungratefulness and arrogance. He both forces him to be special, and then leverages it against him if it's rejected. "Spoiled brat, doesn't appreciate what I've worked so hard to give him."

It all goes back to him and his own guilt. He can NEVER be wrong. He can't accept his family doesn't have to be "normal" or reflect his own ability. He won't see himself as a bully, let alone a murderer. It was never about his son's comfort or finding out what Thunder Storm wants or needs, it was about his own ego.

...All that said I'm still taking feedback if there's anything else I should keep in mind, or if anyone has a counter point, especially if you also have experience here.

(In the interest of having a link trail for posterity, here's the critique/call for feedback this is in response to)

#ALSO also I will take suggestions on other characters who should have prosthetics #Sunlit makes sense and it will make a really nice character moment later for him to have one built #There's also an amputee in RiverClan few people talk about called Stonestream #I can give him one and bump him up into a bigger character. In BB he is the sibling of Willowshine #BB!DOTC #better bones au #Also just as a side note... I love writing BB!Skystar. My ire for the character comes from his redemption arc so I feel like I get to--#--write the character I WANTED to see #Same with Bramble in other BB arcs #cw ableism #tw ableism #ableism #They're fascinating in that they always have to see themselves as the victim or the hero #They believe every lie they tell.#If you ever catch them in a contradiction they will still try to find some way to turn it on you and YOUR lack of understanding.#Interestingly both of them are ableist. Sky's is just more obvious because he's LOUDLY bigoted.#But BB!Bramble is *notably* less close to Jay for a very sad and very subtle reason.#Jay just doesn't serve his ego like the others do until much later in his life.#unfortunately most bigotry is like that.#the type you have a hard time calling out because it's a deniable bias. the constant gaslighting of being part of a marginalized group #Maybe I need to address the criticism by adding a character with a prosthetic to THIS arc even earlier #Problem is that like... Thunder's small merc group is already full of disabled characters and their THING is forming in response to ableism #OH maybe I'll put someone in the Forest Cat group which is lead by Slash?#I need to finish that last book and then gather up all the cats for sorting into allegiances

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louroth · 15 days

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"It takes guts to grow up like you did-- thousands of years simmering beneath every kind of oppression man could think of."

"With the sky kissing the crown of my head, knighting me with space to roam and the bravery to explore it [...] Big, open fields of barley and rivers like slivers of silver, marbling my veins."

"And yet you prefer...?" "After all that life?" a breath, a laugh, caught between teeth. "Something cultivated by your own will-- the work, the dread, the sought resolution-- it is far grander than the possibility, the dream of it."

art by @fooltofancy (just. fantastic. look at them. !!!!)

#OUROBOROS #ouroboros-if #interactive fiction #yor/yana #go commission vin if you want to like literally sob. The lines! THE LIIIINES!!!!#I'm so happy I could snag these bdfhksjdbf AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA #never in my life did I think anyone could do Y justice in how I see them in my head. and here's vin absolutely slam dunking every line #I was very. emotional. when I got the art-- I've just been served with some dental problems and whatever the fuck else. been in a fugue sta #e when working on ouro (so much is getting done but endless tasks to do!) and this just. perked me up. (sobs) i love them so much. so.somuc #You haven't seen much of Y in the public demo but they have so many things !!! going on!! and I can't wait to share it and hear from you #often I wonder what peoples theories are on Y. I've heard the rumors #the pondering on a particular theory. and it gets me all giddy-- not bc it is wrong #but because it isn't always entirely right. sdlkfjhslkdjfhsd I love being cryptic LMAO bye. love u

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garfield-milk · 2 years

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“Sometimes life is like this dark tunnel. You can't always see the light at the end of the tunnel, but if you just keep moving... you will come to a better place.”

― Uncle Iroh

(click on the image for better quality)

#do you ever think about zuko in ba sing se #it was probably the first time in years he felt actually happy #what did he think while serving tea to those people #god i love him #also #this was my fist time ever drawing iroh #half of the speedpaint is just me trying to understand his design #hope y’all like it #it was fun to draw #zuko #atla zuko #uncle iroh #iroh & zuko #atla fanart #atla #avatar the last airbender #zukka #yes. I’m tagging this with zukka have a problem?

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4lph4kidz · 4 months

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i was thinking about your dirk and hal poll and i want to mention that i think your concept for ink and iron where dirk creates hal from his reflection by enchanting a mirror is so cool 😌

thank you! hal's predicament and purpose within the canon narrative is so fascinating and i felt it was really important to find a way to explore what i find most interesting with him. i can't take full credit for the concept though i took inspiration from a few placees (one of my friends pitched the idea of the mirror accidentally dumping him onto jake's doorstop for example) but overall i think the idea is very fun and i'm really excited to write more hal stuff!!! also i'm going to take the opportunity to share this oldish doodle i found:

the mispelling of angel as angle was NOT intentional (<- dyslexia haver) but it probably explains a lot. he's pointy

#obviously an AU is going to be different from canon #but i like AUs specifically *because* i have a lot of fun trying to translate canon ideas into another setting or genre in general #in this case its a riff on the fairy tale magic mirror #hal is still an experiment gone wrong/artificial being created to serve a purpose trapped in a non-physical form and denied personhood #as well as being an extension of dirk's selfhood and very literal expression of his self image #this time with extra gender problems as per my original intentions for the fic. which now feel more than a bit heavy handed but whatever #point is hal gets to play up the trapped demon/spirit/almost genie-esque angle isntead of the artificial intelligence schtick in canon #which i am having a lot of fun writing!#he is also a very important plot device. multitalented 💕#for anyone wondering i&i is NOT an abandoned project its just huge and whipping it into shape is slow going #i've taken breaks to work on other stuff too #ink and iron #i guess that's a tag i should start using #even though i'm not too happy with the title still. lmao

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prussianmemes · 5 months

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the glassy eyed 1000 yard western euro stare you get when you tell the people sitting in you and your visibly ill girlfriend's seats that they're in your reserved seats and they go "ach... ja but your reservation is not written here there is no r-"

excuse me you germano-frankish beady eyed cocksucker, we're on a čd train and my čd ticket shows us as having these seats, and your rootless ugly white and black deutschebahn fart app doesn't even have seat reservations because despite your national stereotype you have the same organization and respect for order a gypsy does.

don't give me your "mon dieu et iz not written here" - the train is chronically overcrowded because your third world national rail company can't book properly, you've been sitting for 3 hours from shitggart and have only been looking at your insta stories while pretending to study pierre von shittenlips. i have a visibly ill and weak passenger with me but beyond the former iron curtain, despite your supposed cosmopolitan love for all, you're like the rats in the paradise experiment who actually just viciously serve themselves first above all.

and the nerve to snicker and chat amongst yourselves once we get off... after very clearly sitting in our seats...: TOTAL WEST EURO CONTINENTAL DEATH.....

i believe now in celto-slavic racial superiority

#i fully understand edvard beneš now #i know why we killed 3000 of them with trucks in postoloprty #and it's a mindset not an ethnicity #the complete arrogant rootless cosmopolitan faggotry and proclaimed internationalism but being so rude and immediately self serving #i fully believe in a race war against everyone beyond the former iron curtain #ossies are fine because they have the eastern mentality and were protected #but seriously behead all le international cosmopolitan franco-germanic-spaniard expats going on tourism or living as le expats #complete shitbags #btw people always complain about anglos #but the anglosphere is so concerned with behaving polite i've never ever ever had a problem with them #they would have given up the seats #txt

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smallhatlogan · 1 month

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maximus isn't boring people just are tuning out the "selfishness vs selflessness+often questionable morality but ultimately wants to do the right thing+ also he's in a cult that he sees the cracks in but chooses to ignore because he thinks rising up in rank in the BoS is his best path to have the power to do good" arc

#also. a lot of ppl hating on vaultknight sound like reyIos #i think the biggest problem with his characterization is just that we didn't spend enough time focused on him? which sucks.#but you're not seriously pretending you think dane who's on screen for like four minutes and at this point mainly exists #to serve maximus's characterization is 'more interesting'.#logan watches fallout

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fuckmeyer · 1 year

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girl please, Charlie Swan is Team Werewolf and you know it

#it's like Bella has no conception of the socioeconomic symbolism attached to these monsters!!#girl why on earth would the middleclass police chief of a tiny rural town in Washington #choose the wealthy murderous parasites?????#OK besties as i'm typing that out i see why charlie might side with the wealthy murderous parasites #yes he IS an american cop so siding with the parasites does make sense #but think of all the paperwork he would have to do when the cullens kill someone! i mean. come on.#also it aint like cullen out there paying off the pigs so really what is Charlie getting out of this relationship #it's no bribes all paperwork? i don't care how American this cop is he is Anti Vamp and that's that on that #WEREWOLVES on the other hand......... besties let's review the cold fax ok #they're a blue collar blue jeans blue skies all day baby kinda monster. crack open a cold one with the boys kinda monster.#pull over on the road to lend you some spark plugs kinda monster. bring a dairy-based dip to the charity softball game kinda monster #big plus: they're on the DL. neat & tidy cover story. no killing. protect & serve yeah baby. no parasites here my boys WORK for a living #the boys are 0% paperwork (no killing) and 100% bribes (dairy-based dips)#Charlie's deffo Team Werewolf at best and turning a blind eye at worst #as far as this man's concerned the werewolves are the Olympic Natl Park rangers' problem #bear who???? don't know em #twilight #twilight renaissance #bella swan #the twilight saga #jacob black #charlie swan #eclipse read

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kirbyofthestars · 10 months

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i think when most people complain about unlikable protagonists they’re not really doing so in the vein of “i think all protagonists must be likable/sympathetic” but moreso “the author is trying REALLY hard to convince me that the protagonist is likable/sympathetic. they want me to like this guy soooo much. and they are doing a very bad job of it.”

#lorena.txt #when protagonists are unlikable/unsympathetic on purpose designed that way etc. it serves the story #when it Isn’t intentional then Well. You Have A Problem

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tippenfunkaport · 5 months

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something something, visited by three spirits that push you to reinvent yourself

and meanwhile, the three mother-type figures in Adora's life were all key to her to figuring out what she really wanted and who she wanted to be but literally...

Light Hope "died" trying to right a wrong from the PAST

Queen Angella died trying to preserve Adora's PRESENT

and Shadow Weaver died to give Adora a chance at a FUTURE

#I could say this more intelligenty with time but this just occurred to me and I'm making it your problem #Shadow Weaver as the terrifying faceless cloaked figure #then her last words being 'this is only the beginning for you' as she bought them time (in the long and short term)#light hope essentially ending the world because of old programming from a long dead race of colonizers #then letting herself be destroyed over memories that should have been deleted bc she regretted what happened with mara #and the way the way the crystal castle gave you a tour of moments of your past like the first spirit #meanwhile angella was just trying to close the portal to save the present aka the life they had right now #but of course her staying behind completely altered the present for everyone especially glimmer #and meanwhile each of these losses served as key moments in Adora's journey (pos change arc if ur nasty)#and she emerged on the other side realizing it was not too late to change and make a new world #spop #shera #she ra #queen angella #light hope #shadow weaver #adora #a christmas carol #meta #do you see what I'm getting at?#this all started because I was picturing the three of them as ghosts at the end watching her Star wars style

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uncanny-tranny · 7 months

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I think I've cracked why it makes me so irate when customers have this expectation that workers not only offer service to them but to Do It With a Smile.

It's this sense of entitlement that it isn't enough to have a service offered to you, but that it must never remind you why workers might not be chipper.

What people mistake is that this country is built off freedom that makes us All Happy. What they miss is that this country was built on façades and platitudes - the comfort of being shielded from any uncomfortable reality.

#politics #workers rights #kind of adjacent #but i've said it before: if you want chipper workers contribute to something that would ACTUALLY make us chipper #like... so many people think i'm Rude because i CAN'T HAVE A CUSTOMER SERVICE VOICE (nor am i paid enough even if i could)#and frankly... if they are providing the service without A Smile then what is the problem officer?#is the problem that you had to contend with the idea that... maybe they don't WANT to be here and probably have little choice?#is the problem that you contended with the idea that there's something miserable about that place?#is it the uncomfortable reality that people aren't absolutely elated and enthralled to Serve You?#the frustrating part is when somebody tells you that and you KNOW if you told them that at their placs of work they'd also Not Be Happy #and RIGHTFULLY so because (at least in my eyes) it comes across as needlessly entitled and demanding #had somebody ask if i was okay and i contemplated actually being honest (not a Good idea)

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yore-donatsu · 1 year

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“This script sucks...”

#Overwatch #ow #Ramattra #The Husbanbot #Sketch #Fanart #Well after the metalhead Rama - Now the actor Rama XP #The Omnium crisis never existed and neither did Overwatch #He was built to serve the Egyptian human army #but a manufacturing ''defect'' prevented him from remaining on the front line for long #He was returned to the civil registry after a multitude of examinations - checking that he could fit into civil life #No problem #After a change of look ( add the ''hair'' cables)#Rama did a few various jobs (I give you the liberty of imagining which ones)#One day at work he was noticed by an American producer #A Ravager with that look and that mentality/''energy'' (he probably caught Rama being courteous at first and then getting angry at someone)#The producer made Rama an offer to play a small role in a film called Overwatch. The first of a trilogy #Ref from the Storm Rising's end cinematic (and the OW's end movie in this AU)#ntrigued by this offer Ramattra accepts the role. And three years later the film was a huge success #Even if he didn't appear on the big screen for long it gave him a career as an actor #Playing all kinds of roles #He has a slight preference for playing badass characters and/or antagonists

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