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chirpsythismorning · 13 days

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#byler #stranger things #spoiler: their biggest point of comparison is the wheelers vs. the byers #*pretends to be shocked*#there are a bunch of essays in here #they were written post s2 #but they’re pretty interesting #Frankensteinian Exploitation and Weaponization of Female Bodies #is a good read #The Monstrous Queer Child #yes 'mike could be read as a queer kid' is a real line in this one #also reading this i felt like it was already canon will was gay bc like... they just get it #another must read #AIDS Homophobia and the Monstrous Upside Down #a lot of good shit pls check it out if you’re looking for something to itch your brain

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clandestine-j · 17 days

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can we not use the Tommy tag when we’re just making post about he’s a stepping stone for buddy?

Tommy deserves better

#911 abc #tommy kinard #like whenever I’m in his tag #it’s a bunch of fans talking about he’s just here to make buck open his eyes for tommy #Just full out essays on Eddie beings bucks no1 #Use the buddie tag

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tricoufamily · 4 months

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visiting the hometown

(want everyone to know this edit came to me in a dream and i changed the lore just to do it)

#in the dream i was like editing it but i was also there? it was weird. it started as a dream about lawson in a zombie apocalypse #ok important tags first so i can write an essay #ts4 #ts4 render #ts4 edit #the sims 4 #beckett #lawson #blood sports #but yeah if you haven't been here before beckett and lawson never knew each other as kids #if they did it would be a butterfly effect and mess w a bunch of other plot details. so i decided to work around it #also if ur new they've had a friends with benefits thing going on for a long time but lawson is in love with him. beck doesn't know #originally beckett was put in foster care as a baby bc of neglect and was bounced around foster homes for years #he was a troubled child always getting in fights a kleptomaniac undiagnosed autism etc etc foster families tried and just didn't want him #then when he was around 12 a very nice old lady named cora got him and they ended up forming a great bond they loved each other #she was going to adopt him then when beckett was around 15 or 16 his birth mother reentered the picture and wanted him back #it started a really nasty legal battle and cora died. we can't say for sure it was the stress of this fight but beckett certainly thinks so #anyway he did go back with his birth mother and things got really bad for him. he dropped out of school started doing worse crimes and so o #but none of that is what even changed #now LAWSON is also from west virigina like beckett. it's a small town lawson was new he had no friends #he was a very clingy possessive child who cried and threw tantrums so much #he met beckett and the rest is history. beckett didn't really mind how lawson acted he didn't really find him annoying like everyone elsedi #besides he didn't have friends either #lawson has wealthy parents they were welcoming to beckett at first if a little apprehensive. then he stole something from their house #and lawson wasn't allowed to hang out with him anymore. but he still did in secret. they still have no idea that beckett's even still aroun #or just how involved lawson is with him and his. activities 😬 they just think he's their good little college boy #in the original beckett moved to Not Gotham City when his mother got him back but in this version lawson is going to college there #and beckett's been distant from him for a while things are awful for him and lawson says hey. what if you gave the city a try. and he did #so really you could say the events of blood sports are all lawson's fault the end

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geodebiome · 8 months

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i think hannibal lecter's (tv show version) relationship with god is so cool to think about. love this fucked up little cannibal and how he keeps challenging god to show his face for once. will you speak to me if i turn this man into a cherry blossom tree?

#hannibal #seriously i just wrote a bunch of incoherent shit about jsut this topic on discord.#if i have the essay energy ill try to write it coherently on here #also specified the tv show cause i have Not yet read the book and the movie its been ages since i watched it #while ive been autism beast about the tv show since i was like 14

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fossilizedhysterics · 22 days

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angel Ɛ✦3

#hiiiii im posting my fursona here for the first time. very nervous #idk why. this is literally the Having A Fursona website #im just gonna. ramble about him for a sec bc hes my guy and hes very silly #his name is roadkill!! technically not but his actual name cant be comprehended by humans #he got that name because of how often he gets run over. he does it on purpose most of the time. he thinks its funny #hes a possum/angel/demon/eldritch horror/incubus/somehow part borzoi thing #and he can shapeshift #and he has a youtube channel where he murders people #hes very controversial. they make video essays about him. but still tons of ppl defend him #(dont ask me why his channel hasnt just been deleted)#but yeah!! he dies a bunch and kills people and tempts people to sin!#there is no like. actual story with him really. hes just a silly guy i draw a lot. dont question it #ok ill shut up now #furry #furry art #fursona #anthro art #furry fandom #furry oc #my art

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ferahntics · 1 year

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Giratina rant

So replaying Platinum and I picked up Legends: Arceus again, and I am in the mood to blabble about Giratina for a bit.

Spoiler warning for those who haven’t played Legends: Arceus - highly recommend it if you want more insight into Sinnoh’s lore. (I’d suggest playing DPPt first to get a feel for Gen 4, Arceus is much more enjoyable if you can pick up on the references!) Or just - spoilers for gen 4 all around, the movies, the games, you name it KJSHG

And this got dangerously long, and will most likely not make any sense skjgh get your tinfoil hats on.

So, the biggest thing about it, is that it was banished for its violence, right. So, it outright states it’s got a very destructive nature. I mean, in PLA it flat-out tore a rift in space-time to strike down Arceus, making some form of pact with Volo during the process, and it didn’t hold back in its fight against the player, either. It being violent is not a secret.

But then I think of the events of Platinum - when it interfered with Cyrus, and more specifically Cynthia’s text in Masters - where she believes Giratina to be a kind soul. Not to mention Laventon’s theory after you catch Giratina, where he states it was no match for the player - and chose to defend the world afterwards, rather than continue to destroy it.

And that makes me think - why would a creature that people see it as the definition of darkness and malice - do acts that are the opposite? Quite a few of these are in the Pokemon movies where it appears - when it helped Ash battle Zero, and help him escape the Reverse World. Or earlier in the movie, where it allowed Pikachu to sit on its horns (crown??) and even Shaymin, who was mortally scared of Giratina, grew fond of it. Not to mention it was surrounded by many Pokemon during the movie - this makes me think that, not only did they know how important Giratina’s duty is in the other world, but they feel okay enough to approach the bloody thing. If this legendary creature really was as violent as researchers describe it - or myths - then I doubt those Pokemon would be willing to step close at all.

Now, does this exactly redeem any past violent actions? Honestly I’d argue no, the damage was done - time doesn’t heal everything, and I imagine after the stories of Giratina being passed down for generations, Giratina might as well be a symbol of destruction, and few people might be willing to see its good sides. (Its certainly got the right appearance of a demon alright, the Asmodeus of Pokemon LOL)

I think its more a case of. Its heart is in the right place, but the way Giratina goes about it is where it gets conflicting. So, I imagine, in general its got a dangerously short fuse - that much was established in the dex entries. But I kind of imagine it to have a very black and white way of thinking. So, instead of seeing things that have both good and bad things - it views them as ‘you’re not a threat’ or ‘you are a minimal threat - but still a threat, and I’m not taking any chances with you’ and more often than not resorts to violent actions.

Heck, in the Sky Warrior movie, Giratina was pretty aggressive with Shaymin, even though it meant no harm and just wanted to break Dialga’s timeloop - it certainly went about it the violent way and tried to trigger it through fear.

You could argue Cyrus’ fate was a merciful one. Forever trapped in a universe with no other living being aside from him and its deity. No real sound, no sunlight, no... nothing. Like being trapped in a completely hollow terrain. His life was spared, but then the idea of being stuck in a completely different world that’s so huge, yet to hollow, is haunting to think about.

Would I call Giratina evil - definitely not. Its not a pure creature either, not by a long-shot. Its very heavily flawed and chaos follows it everywhere, it might as well be the embodiment of it. But after the events of PLA, we see it show many generous acts - if we take the movie (Giratina and the Sky Warrior) - it was very violent starting off, but after Shaymin healed it, and Ash fought alongside it - it stuck with it. It doesn’t forget kind actions. And it remembered that in the Arceus and the Jewel of Life movie, where it finally dropped its grudge with Dialga.

I think its a deity with a very rigid line of thinking, either you’re a threat or you’re not. It’s fully capable of forgiving (Dialga and Palkia after the Rise of Darkrai movie) even when it was hell-bent on fighting them, Dialga especially.

This entire post is me really stretching things like this is Mr Fantastic from the fantastic four, but - listen. I like to imagine Giratina to be a very complicated deity to understand. I don’t think it’s the pure manifestation of evil with no redeeming qualities, but I don’t think it’s a flawless, pure being either. It’s in that chaotic center - so really - I think Giratina, after PLA, does have good intentions, and does want to defend the world - but the way it goes about it is morally questionable, because, as we all know, it is violent by nature.

Now, put on a second tinfoil hat on top of the first one.

And that is what most likely earned its banishment - and that’s what might have caused it to become increasingly violent. Anger is an emotion that often comes out to defend you when you feel like you’re faced with injustice and don’t deserve this. Whatever it was, Giratina might’ve thought the destruction it caused at some point was justified or the lesser evil, done for the greater good.

Arceus didn’t see the devastation as justified at all, and thus banished one of the members of the creation trio. And Giratina became furious - because it thought it did good - it went to drastic lengths to do good. And is now being punished for what it thought was an act of sacrifice to protect the world. (what exactly this ‘destruction event’ was, idk, but if it deserves banishment it had to be nasty - you have pokemon that dissolve others with acid and drink their juices or kidnap children and those weren’t banished JKSHGD)

So this form of ‘injustice’ from Giratina’s POV, might’ve caused it to become vengeful, and increasingly more violent - and this might’ve been what led to its pact with Volo to destroy Arceus, and cause the events of PLA. Giratina, at the time, didn’t think it deserved this punishment. Perhaps only after the player in PLA defeated it, both at the Temple of Sinnoh and in Turnback Cave - it might’ve started considering that perhaps - perhaps - it was a suitable punishment after all.

And perhaps, after... maybe decades - centuries, even - of fury, grief, hatred and isolation, it did in fact, earn the title of ‘renegade’ and it was better off in its own universe - only allowed to interact with the real world under very specific circumstances. (Mostly when some form of ‘glitch’ happens between dimensions, either because of Cyrus, or Volo).

It’s a very chaotic being, both in terms of its actions and in terms of understanding it, and Giratina is aware of it - and I imagine it often struggles to understand itself.

#can you guess who my favorite legendary is #I made this unbelievably long oh my god #turns out i have many many thoughts on giratina #legends arceus gave good food #very delicious food #i may or may not have a bunch of 'platinum clan' concept sketches and notes cause oh my god the idea of a clan worshipping giratina is aaa #gotta find them tho i might share here #if anybody bothered to read through the entire thing and actually understood my thunderstorm of brain thoughts #massive applause skjdghsdh #Headcanons nobody asked for #<- that became an essay kjsdh #giratina #pokemon

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kirbyswarpstar · 6 months

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thinking about them again...

#i think pirate cookie has a bunch of trauma that he doesnt talk about and instead puts up a silly guy persona to cope with it #in this essay i will #also i need more content of these sea mewmaws. they mean a lot to me #sea grandparents my beloved #heres to hoping they get interact with each other in the new event #even if its just like. two secs #cookie run #cookie run ovenbreak #cr #crob #pirate cookie #captain ice cookie #cookie run fanart #fanart #doodle #art #KIRBYSWARPSTAR

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purgemarchlockdown · 5 months

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The temptation to vague about something in the milgram-confessions blog because its something thats bothered me for Actual Years about certain fandoms vs letting it go because when it is brought up its actually done somewhat tastefully and reasonably which makes me happy and this anon probably didnt mean it in the incredibly bad faith way I keep on seeing it be repeated so really Im getting upset over nothing.

#the answer is: ramble a bit in the tags just to get it out of my system #for some elaboration: Im asian! I have a knee jerk reaction when people go 'the westerners are projecting their values onto the east again'#because 9/10 of the times someone does that they're an American who wants to justify their weird racism/homophobia #by using the idea that asian countries (especially Japan) are backwards and/or ignorant but disguising it as 'being mindful of their cultur #and also then homogenizing them and pretending their all a monolith to be assholes to people!#and/or completely dismiss any possible criticism or interpretation for a series as a cultural values thing #this one fucks me up especially because usually there IS Merit in those interpretations/criticisms #but a concerning amount of people then go 'oh your just pushing your cultural values onto them' as a smokescreen to be a bunch of assholes #and/or discredit their ideas because Clearly All (insert x group here) think EXACTLY THE SAME and BELIEVE FULLY in whatever cultural #idea their using to justify this behavior #Ive Seen actual good discussion on differences in culture!#especially in another fandom of mine #but the worse option has happened so much that when I hear someone say those words alarm bells start ringing #its bad faith! I know its bad faith! But Ive engaged the worse option in good faith and came out wanting to punch someone A Lot More #Ive seen actually good faith discussions of cultural difference in this fandom sometimes! Its really nice but It scares me #cause im just Waiting for Someone to come in and ruin it #can you guys tell ive seen too many bad anime video essays? Ive seen too many bad anime video essays.

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lightbulb-warning · 9 months

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this is getting ridiculous there's so much stuff i wanna draw i need to clone myself immediately

#what do you mean i can barely stand up??? no that was me an hour ago im completely fine now and also am capable of drawing 70 things rn #<- I WISH #genuinely just talking at myself here #okay!! plan time: homework is 7 pages +dialogue. i sketched the rough layouts out already and i my teacher gave me the okay to do it digita #i don't think she realized she gave me the okay tbh? but i asked her twice and she said yes so no takebacksies!!!#i have a timer that only does 55 minutes. in 55 minutes can i rough out at least 3 better pencils? ill find out!#i should start with the ending because that's 1 birds eye view like three times and a car that explodes and a bunch of close ups so ez pz #i just gotta figure out one car perspective im giving myself 55 minutes for the car #lineart is gonna be a pain but when isnt it :')#hey did you know there's an entire ship month prompt list??? im seething that's such a dumb idea i wanna do it so baaaaad #whatever #ill figure it out #that's part one of getting boring shit i need to do done!! part two should be easier bc its just hospitals and the draft is already p detai #ok ok ok i can do this #the essay is an essay and the essay is getting fucked i will do it at GUNPOINT #aaaaa #shut up maiora #p.s. edit: i did some of it and ended up doing a completely different plan. sigh sigh oh well im doing my best

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the-witchs-cafe · 2 months

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Submissions are open!! Submissions are open, everyone!!

#only for the would witch out flags- i need to clarify #I am still working on the hau essay and a bunch of witch cards already- i am not in the mood to sob lmao-#Mod H.N Elly #will close...once I wake up!#I need to set up the time zones here lmao #mod elly is jordanian. so.#complete opposite of yankee doodle time #so do your best to surprise me!#i got john egbert and jade harley on the same chopping board as golden cheese cookie for tomorrow-#don't be afraid to vibe check my ass via psychic damage

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bigcats-birds-and-books · 8 months

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Books of 2023: DAEMON VOICES: ON STORIES AND STORYTELLING by Philip Pullman feat. the current knitting project!

Since I have both set aside my current revision project and successfully completed a beta read for a friend, I'm trying to catch up on knitting and reading! Said friend actually got me this book for last Christmas, and I've been waiting until I was between (writing) projects to start it.

#books #books of 2023 #daemon voices #philip pullman #i....don't actually love philip pullman lol #golden compass did not make a huge mark on me as a small and i haven't felt compelled to seek out anything else by him #but i also don't say no to gifted or otherwise free books lmao and i'm always interested in hearing what writers say about writing/stories #this is a deceptively chunky book also so i'll be chipping at it for a while probably #(and it's disconnected essays so that's okay to do)#but i'm enjoying my fiction read a lot rn and i need to do a bunch of knitting so....this one might fall off the radar intermittently #i'm not mad about it XD #my friend seems to be enjoying it so i'll give it a go!!#we read a george saunders nonfic last year together and i got a lot more out of that than i was expecting going in #fingers crossed for same thing here

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yellowocaballero · 10 months

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all these naruto references make me wonder how things would go if vash and knives met zetsu. lmao

I don't know what you're talking about and I don't know what a Zetsu is and isn't Naruto that thing on ramen I've never read it in my life why do people keep sending me Naruto asks when I don't know what Naruto even is is this funny to you guys pretending that I know what Naruto is when I have no idea what you're even talking about so I have no idea why you sent this ask twice I'm being publicly harrassed -

#there's legit a fic out there where vash meets obito which is interesting. haven't read it.#honestly somebody should type up the comparitive essay on pacifism in trigun vs naruto #somebody who isn't me because i don't know what naruto is #I recently read a fic with just an incredibly standout Obito #and a fantastic Tobi #did a bunch of difficult character work very deftly and it was super unique #now im sitting here pissed that I can't read any more of their character specifically #i think i know how my friends feel when they say it's annoying that I'm the only one who writes #some characters like I write them #*slams desk* give me more extremely good Tobi #[fic was kamui blues and the other stuff by the author]#my asks

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bookwyrminspiration · 7 months

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what kind of exam puts the big essay question in the middle??? what kind of hell world am I living in

#quil’s unholy underworld #found this in my drafts from earlier today #took a very shitty exam this was only one problem with it #it was 13 questions. 1 essay question #and it was question 5 out of 13???#and we weren't allowed to go back once we'd answered a question #i already complained to my mom about it but maybe i'll do so here again #the questions weren't. weren't even about the content of what we've been reading the past 5 weeks??#it was about a bunch of fucking tiny details #like 'which of these four authors was part of the english depart at this school?'#which like. yes we did mention that. but ONCE. and yes knowing author's backgrounds and accomplishments #especially from marginalized communities is also good #but thats??? not at all what we've been mainly focusing on???#we've been focusing on and analyzing their WRITING #for 95% of class every single class #WHY are we not drawing from that on the exam #I don't fucking know that one singular detail mentioned once in the documentary we watched once and can't access on our own!!#i didn't know I needed to memorize the smallest shit!!#the teacher is nice and the class is enjoyable but my professional (i've been a student for years) opinion is that that's not a good #exam structure

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justalittlebluetiefling · 2 years

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I’m feeling nostalgic today and I miss Fjord and his entire character arc and Jester and her entire character arc and then their relationship arc together and how they helped each other grow and then I also miss the Brjeaus and I miss Jester and Essek’s friendship and I miss Beauyasha and Yasha and Jester’s friendship and I miss Veth and Jester’s friendship and I miss -

#i just miss the mighty nein a lot today #the common thread here really is fjord or jester #i will admit that #i keep putting off a rewatch because i want to watch a bunch of d20 stuff #and then i want to do a calamity rewatch #but I may need to go back and watch the m9 again sooner rather than later #the mighty nein #nostalgia hours #i still owe people the forester pirate arc essay i promised ages ago

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eijiroukiriot · 2 years

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