I could never forget someone criticizing that wretched live action because aang’s actor is gonna obviously get older and that the original show only takes place in under a year. and the root of their criticism was that “kataang is gonna look less weird” 😭

when aang very obviously matures faster (both physically and emotionally) than the average 12 year old boy between seasons 1 and 3. (like you’re gonna tell me season 1 aang on kyoshi island and finale aang look the same to you??)

because, newsflash, aang is NOT a real human boy.

he exists in a fantasy world where people bend the elements.

and expecting a live action to realistically portray a fantasy cartoon child god correctly was your first and biggest mistake.

Ah, childhood memories (Patreon)

How about kissing noise instead will he still bite? >:) (on the cheek)

(I had a field day with this one)

He won’t bite.

But he will threaten

Poll because I watched a youtube video and am an annoying elitist

sorry to still be on those polls but genuinely some of those responses are so distressing to me. the belief that trans people should go through that self discovery process in monastic self isolation and never receive input from the people who love them Until They're Ready is so genuinely bleak and indefensible, regardless of whether or not you're ideologically consistent about which audiences you think the suggestion is "appropriate" for. and furthermore the idea that a cis person getting erroneously told theyre trans by One Person is somehow equivalent to a trans person getting coercively held to agab standards by The Whole World...... like come on. come on.

Sparrows is peak character design because she is the perfect mix between epic and cool but also the scrunkly

ah yes... The Pinnacle

she's just. to me she's just fail and cringe with a good heart n moral compass, for the LIFE of me i can't assign the words "cool" and "epic" to her ough -face in hands-

Do you have any comic recommendations for stories about pulpy-like heroes in fantastical adventures, a la Atomic Robo or Hellboy?

Those ARE my two big recs, which makes this difficult! Golden age pulp's unpredictable spikes of bigotry makes it hard to suggest to strangers as light reading, while modern pulp pastiches can feel overly self-conscious or just hollow to me (while continuing to import all the same old xenophobia.)

With those critiques in mind, though, I can name some more names.

Tom Strong is a 1999 creation by Alan Moore(!) It's not entirely free of... Moore-isms, but it's deeply sincere: no cruel twist awaits his science-action family or their casually fantastical alt-history.

Tintin is still translated and reprinted worldwide for a reason. IMO you won't find a more solid combo of research, jokes, action, and artwork in any other genuine vintage comic series. However, being written in the 30s-60s does show around the edges.

The Spirit, by comics legend Will Eisner, also dates back to the 40s. Post-Eisner, his legacy still pushes creators to get fun and experimental with format and storytelling. The role of racial caricature in the series history is a little harder to work around.

2000s Agents of Atlas is a team of '50s Timely/Marvel heroes. I have frustrations with its yellow peril "deconstruction" but do love the lineup: a secret agent, talking gorilla, Atlantean princess, Greek goddess, humanoid alien, and killer robot walk into a bar...

The Rocketeer is a popular throwback to the 30s that I find too mired in cardboard nostalgia to reach its full potential, but it's had some genuinely fun installments (and a movie!) so it's worth a look.

Sam & Max are mostly known for the point and click games, but they started out as comics parodying pulp adventure and I love their relentless cheesiness so I'm putting them here.

I also, as always, suggest exploring Franco-Belgian comics. (I think Spirou & Fantasio has decent English translations these days). The tone and formatting will be different; I tend to prefer BDs' longer "episode" length, higher density of physical comedy and puns, and more everyman characters.

And I'm always on the lookout for graphic novels which seem cool. Bone (which is honestly a very European series, stylistically), Bad Island, and Rapunzel's Revenge (+ sequel Calamity Jack) are some favorite one-off fantastical adventures I've picked up at my local library. Mostly from the kids or teens section.

I have a feeling, IF Gojo actually survives this and IF he loses his six eyes ability as some have theorized, we’re going to find out the answer to:

“Are you Gojo Satoru because you’re the strongest or are you the strongest because you’re Gojo Satoru?”

I’m not sure where Gege is going with JJK at this point, so I don’t know what purpose that would serve given everything that’s happened, however, I can’t lie and say that I am absolutely not looking forward to it being the latter (You are the strongest because you are Gojo.) which I wholeheartedly believe is the answer to that.

Talking to Selwyn has helped me narrow down how I want Telanthera to be, actually, so I’m putting it here as well (which gives me a chance to refine the wording a bit, and that’s also nice!)

Telanthera is the sort of person who always gives off the impression that she knows exactly what she’s doing, coming across as almost slightly smug or self-satisfied a lot of the time. This is because she has learned this is the best way not to be questioned on things, and she definitely has the intelligence to back up this quietly confident demeanour if someone does decide to try and throw her off - which, more often than not, just leaves them feeling like the fool. If she is uncertain about something, she’ll often be actively working to gather what information she needs on the fly, such as by picking up on cues from other people talking around her in a social situation and wording things very precisely to gain the most information in a way that sounds carefree. In circumstances where she can actually let her unfamiliarity with something show, it comes across more as curiosity than hesitancy, especially if it’s someone else (like one of the twins) kindly introducing something to her without making her seem unworldly or out of the loop for not knowing about it beforehand.

Additionally, the more ridiculously expensive something is, the more likely she is to be dismissive of it, unless it actually has good reason to be that expensive (such as a clearly-sentimental and lovingly-crafted item made using a delicate and fascinating construction method, as opposed to something gaudy with ten thousand gemstones shoved onto it purely for the sake of inflating the price). It’s the sort of attitude that just completely baffles a lot of the richer nobles, but I’d like to think it’s a trait that makes her much more likeable to those who don’t entirely centre their lives around money.

I hope that this makes sense!

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where's that post about being autistic and being told to not lie and then finding out so much of our working lives is telling little mistruths????

Unfortunately all chatgpt is good for is interview/job application stuff which I think says a lot about the hiring process as a whole

Me: I'm going to write my own updated, not-condescending guide to grinding for LP

Me, staring at a 4-page long document and I haven't even finished covering Bree-land yet

spent the summer prepping for and taking the worst exam of my life, riding out the lease at the worst place i've ever lived,* then being temporarily kinda homeless,** and getting dozens and dozens of job applications rejected. i had some fun in there, but my anxiety has been through the fucking roof on top of my regular summer depression.

then the last two weeks of august happened 😳

everything happens so much. somehow, i managed to find the perfect apartment for a reasonable rent, and now me and Books are living (together!) in a fantastic and charming new home- lots of space, big kitchen table, a balcony facing undeveloped woods, just off one of the major roads in the city that has my favorite grocery store and our favorite sandwich shop (where we were already regulars). plus, i've gotten not one, not two, but three (three!) job offers- and i can take them all!!! one is with a hospital where i did my favorite internship rotation, and i'm so excited that i get to go back there and get paid to do that job, it was a blast. another is right by my new place and it's similar to the other hospital, but it's slightly bigger and sees more complex cases, so i'll be comfortable and confident, but i'll still get some new, specific clinical experience in areas that i'm interested in.

and the third position is... literally my dream job. it's the job that's been the end goal since the moment i chose my field of study. grad school and the internship made me rethink all of my professional goals and push them back, thinking i wouldn't be able to get to them for so long because i'd need ~more experience~. but now i'm. uh. i did it. i did it??!

the two hospital jobs are just part time, but they both pay well. the other won't start for a few months bc my boss*** has to get insurance approval to add me to her private practice,**** but that's okay, because i have a lot of reading and learning i want to do in the meantime to prepare! and then it will start as part time working up to full time as i build up my case load, but i'll also get to decide my own hours and do some work from home. i'll get to work with my favorite kinds of patients! and i'll get fantastic professional development opportunities for specialization, if i want to. the other dietitians in the practice seem lovely, so i'm excited to work with them. and the pay is realllly good, gosh, for being fresh out of the internship, it's nuts.

so things will pick up as i go through orientation and onboarding for the two hospital jobs next month. but it'll get calmer again after that, so i'll have the time and energy to prepare for the more challenging work that starts later, which is really nice.

and in the meantime, i'll be tending the wee garden on my balcony and playing board games with the love of my life 💗

One thing I find quite annoying and sometimes flattering, is how confused guys get when they ask me about my dating life, and I tell them that I’m not really looking for a boyfriend. Be it a friend, a cousin, any kind of guy (apart from my dad I suppose that suits his convenience), they find it so incredibly puzzling and they take it upon themselves to set me up with someone, tell me to just try, or give me tips, once I even got belittled about it?! "you really think you can get that type of guy", when I had had multiple guys like that chase after me.

And I’m surprised too because I want a boyfriend and even though I’m not seeing anyone, I wouldn’t mind going out and dating. Why is it expected that I must want to have a boyfriend and whine about it to everyone. Honestly I don’t tell many people about my crushes because I believe in 🧿 a bit too much. Why do I get the vibe that I must go after any guy, doesn’t matter who it is, what his credentials are, I must be so desperate for a guy because how else am I living.

And um, I love having crushes and all the cutesy feelings, it’s not like I’m some sort of cold hearted bitch that doesn’t need anyone kind of person. Just because there is not much I want to share about, does not mean I am a bitter manhater. Generally I interact with surprisingly great men, because being shitty is not a gender thing it is a human thing. And even though I understand a bit chunk of guys that do this to me, know that someone like me would never give them a chance, but honestly we should not allow men to build their identity on how many women and what type of women they can pull.

highly underrated skill to be able to communicate with people who have different levels of technical knowledge without being condescending or shitty about it