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inkskinned · 1 year

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there are a lot of posts out there that are positive and healthy coping mechanisms for handling the holidays. this is not one of them :)

i think there's like. going to be times in your life you will be stuck in a social situation that you cannot escape from gracefully. i do not know why the internet doesn't believe these times exist. it's not always just that your physical safety is at risk - sometimes it's legit like "i just don't currently have the energy or time to put in the effort of responding to this." sometimes it's a coworker you hate so much. sometimes it's just like, fine, you know? like you know you can handle your aunt when she's cheerily horrible, but if you actually set a boundary around her, it's going to be weeks of fallout with your father.

i don't know why people think the answer is always just "cut them out!" or "don't let them get away with that!" because ... the real world is tricky and complicated. i think kind of a lot of us have an internal "radiation poisoning" meter for certain people. like - i'm talking about the ones who are absolutely giving you gradual ick damage. like, you can handle them, but you'll be exhausted.

and yes. you absolutely should listen to your therapist and the good posts about handling others and set good boundaries and take care of yourself. prioritize peace.

HOWEVER :) ...... since im often in a situation with a Gradual Sense of Ick person i cannot just "cut out" of my life (without losing someone else precious to me) - i have sort of developed the most. maladaptive form of mischief possible. because like, if i'm going to have to listen to this shit again, i like to have a little bit of private fun with it.

now! again, i am physically safe, just mentally drained by this man. you should only do this with people you are not in danger with. which leads me to my suggestions for when your Unfortunate Acquaintance shows up and says oh everyone pay attention to me.

my favorite word is "maybe!" said as brightly and happily as possible. whenever the Horrible Person starts in on a topic you do not want to go further with, particularly if they make a claim that you know to be inaccurate, do not respond to it. you and i have both tried to actually argue with this person, and it hasn't gone well, because this person just wants the drama of an argument. however, "maybe!" gives them literally nothing to go on. it is incredibly disarming. they are used to people having some response. they know they can't prove what they're saying, and maybe! treats them like the child they are. it dismisses them in the politest way possible.

i like to say maybe! and then, in their stunned silence, immediately change the subject. this is because i have adhd and i will have something unrelated to talk about, but if you can't think of topics fast enough, i recommend just pointing to something and saying, "isn't that lovely?" because fuck you let's bring in some positivity.

by the way. that second trick - of pointing to something and stating an opinion about it? - that just works on its own, like, 70% of the time. i picked it up from teaching preschoolers. it's an intentional "redirect". it stops children crying and it also stops grown adults from finishing their explanation on why women belong in kitchens. dual wielding!

keep it silly for yourself. i absolutely do not care if people think i'm fucking stupid (it's more fun if they do) and as a result i will purposefully misunderstand things just to see how long it takes them to realize i've completely removed them from the subject at hand. when they say "women aren't funny" i get to be like. "which women." "all women." "all women in america?" "no in the world." "like the mole people? the people in the world?" "what? no. like, alive." "oh are we not counting the mole people?" "what the fuck are you talking about." "you don't believe in the mole people?"

similarly, i play a personal game called "one up me." my Evil Acquaintance literally knows this game exists (my family & friends caught onto it and now also play it) and it always fucking gets him. i don't know why. you have to be willing to be a little free-spirited on this one, though. the trick is that when they make one of those horrible little bigoted or annoying comments they are always making, you need to go one unit weirder. not more intense, mind you - just more weird. "you don't look good in that dress." "yeah, actually, my other dress was covered in squid ink due to a mishap at the soup store." "you shouldn't wear such revealing clothes." "wait, what? oh shit. sorry, your son tears off strips when no one is looking and eats them. i swear it was longer before we left the building."

the point of "one up me" is to completely upend this person's narrative. we both know this person likes setting up situations where you cannot "win" and then they really like telling other people how badly you handled it. in a usual situation, if you respond "please don't say something that rude", you're a bitch. but if you let it happen, you're letting yourself be debased. they are not usually expecting door number three: unflappably odd. because what are they going to say when they're telling everyone how badly you behaved? "she said my son eats her dresses" ".... okay?"

if you can, form an allyship with someone whomst you can tagteam with. where they can pick up on your weird "soup store" story and run with it.

the following phrase is amazing and can be deployed for any situation: "oh, be nice :) it's the holidays!" i do not know why this works as often as it does. i'll say it for the most random shit. i think this is bc most of the time these people know they're being impolite, they just like to fight.

godbless. when in doubt, remember that you could always start stealing their pens.

the whole point of this is - if you can't escape. maybe see how long you can just be. like. a horrible little menace.

#this is objectively bad advice #don't listen to it protect yourself and do real work on yourself find one of the good posts i've made about this #but also. u know. if u want to have fun while u do the work of setting boundaries #.... it IS fun #i will say that my fear of him went SO down after i just started. fucking with him.#bc i used to get SO fucking upset #i'd spend WEEKS arguing with him. tearing my hair out. sick with anxiety and dread and anger about all of it #and now i just LITERALLY do not engage #instead i'm like '' haha :) mole people" and get the HELL out of any tense conversation #i kind of think some of these people are literally addicted to drama as a form of connection #they like the rush they get from arguing #but those arguments are incredibly damaging for me #so like..... i am in the process of literally rehabilitating this person to figure out how to find connection thru #NORMAL CONVERSATION #he doesn't get it yet #i also do talk to them like they're preschool kids lmafo . ''are you using a safe and kind voice right now?''#'' do you need a snackie? you sound a little upset. let's have some hummus and come back to playtime when we feel ready''

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reel-fear · 2 months

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Wow, so umm... This looks bad, not only is it inaccurate due to using the wrong ink demon design [unless this is confirmation BATIM Ink Demon has been outright retconned... Which would make me pissed enough to make a new post just about THAT] but from an art standpoint this is just... Confusing and poorly done.

I wouldn't care if this was fanart, of course you should support young, indie artists... But for a Graphic Novel making sure your cover doesn't look like something Butch Hartman shat out in an afternoon is kind of important. Remember they're going to be asking us to give money to them to read this. The artist likely won't see any of that money and neither do the authors most of the time, not to mention this art screams of the artist being underpaid and overworked.

Like they Had to get something on someone's desk and their boss said 'good enough'. A concept Joey Drew Studios is very familiar with considering the allegations of poor working environments that Kindly Beast. Not to mention Mike Mood admitting in a Reddit AMA that they did in fact rush projects like Showdown Bandit. [Which they sold at full price]

He also says they can in fact say no or yes to designs involving their IP. Either Mike or Meatly had to say yes to this cover, according to his own damn words.

And do you really think this company in particular would care enough about its fanbase to not sell them garbage? They have done exactly that on several occasions. It's not like they care particularly about art either, considering their previous use of AI Art. There was no apology or even posts addressing it... Instead, they just rushed out an archives update to their game to get people to stop talking about it... Even forgetting an entire character in it. Again

This company is [or at least SHOULD BE] on thin ice when it comes to being suspected of misleading their fans or rushing out crappy products to them.

So with all that context in mind, I'm gonna talk about why this cover sucks ass.

The light sources are all over the place? Why does it look like someone put maces or knight armor on his shoulders but it's just flesh?? It looks both gross and weird [not in a good way either]

To explain more I'm going on a rant below but sadly this seems to have been confirmed to not just be a rough pass but the final cover and man... I am not excited about this graphic novel just at all. This felt like it really drained any possibility of it turning out good for me and I already had expectations low.

Okay first point, the light sources?? And there is no consistency here with the shadows or lighting, it looks like there's a hundred light sources all at once but none of them are even consistent!

the arrows here represent all the different light sources I can make out and yet the the shadow clearly implies there's only one. I understand wanting to use highlights to give the character a more clear shape but then just give him one or two lights behind him or in front of him? No matter how u follow the light sources, the highlights make no sense and the shadows make even less sense.

Why are the shoulders like that? Like on the legs it's a little understandable, at least those are clearly very heavily affected by perspective, for me I think they are so exaggerated it makes it look like one of the legs is either huge or one is small but that's maybe subjective.

However, the shoulders are unjustifiable, what happened there, what did they do??

I could pick on so much more honestly, how the color choices of piss yellow with no other colors being used, and the harsh pitch black being used for every part of his body is weird. How it looks straight out of Butch Hartman's recent crappy art. But to put bluntly bad start! Also what the HELL is going on with this background??

Seems once again the Bendy team is fine with sending out stuff thinking it's "Good Enough" for Bendy fans and honestly the people trying to tell me to "Be Grateful" for this are just proving that no matter how many times you betray your audience some of em will defend you!

Which is sad tbh. If anything we should be putting MORE pressure on the Bendy team to do better. Cause we deserve better than this, honestly we do. There are amazing artists in the bendy community who could do so much better for a cover. They've employed their fan artists before... Wouldn't it be great to do that for such a lore important book? The book that gives us the identity of one of the main characters in BATIM? The character you spend the entirety of Chapter 4 fighting to save? Not to mention will give several major characters their human designs?

But I guess this is... Good enough...

#ramblez #batim #batdr #bendy and the ink machine #bendy and the dark revival #sorry I've been on a positivity streak with bendy I know but I have to be honest and being honest I think this sucks lol #Im sure plenty of people Disagree and while I would argue this is more objective than subjective people will ignore me if they want to #maybe Im just a hater idk #but I do know one thing I sure do hate this and Im pretty sure Ill hate this novel and its designs #but maybe I wont ya never know #anyways if they do retcon batim ink demon I will make a post abt how much I dislike batdrs ink demon design #and why I think all the people saying its better than the og seriously arent understanding #what made batims ink demon good or character design in general tbh #to put bluntly just bc something is popular opinion DOES NOT make it right or a good idea design wise #not everyone is qualified to be a character designer and thats just good advice in general tbh #anyways yeah thats it sorry im being mean today </3 #I simply think corporations shouldnt be able to rush out crappy products to their fans and get paid for it but ig thats a hot take now #but esp with how bad that updated employee handbook was too and it still had stolen renders from fans in it...#yeah I dont think theyve learned a damn thing

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chickenoptyrx · 2 years

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I'm just gonna post this cause I lost the train of thought a while ago

Thats as far as I got :T maybe I'll pick it back up later but. Eh.

#also why is raditz so gd hard to draw any kinda consistently #anyway i remember my original thought was just gohan not really understanding why he empathizes w the people they kill #but y'know not havin a word for it #namely tho how killin kids or unarmed civilians specifically puts him back in that headspace #of bein a helpless kid watchin ur loved ones die cause someone stronger showed up outta no where #and attacked em for seemingly no reason #aaand yknow maybe vaguely allude to the cognitive dissonance lil dudes gotta have goin on regarding his uncle #aaand yeah. no one likes it when theyre forced the try and reconcile contradictory thoughts thatr like p significant to who they are #hm.. am rambling. point is. im not focused enough for all that #or like capable of presenting an idea like that succinctly #also raditz was gonna have some just. TERRIBLE! advice XD #i think raditz would be that uncle that does legit try. does care. but is also just an objectively bad person w bad ideas #oh right the things the tags are actually for #saiyan squad gohan #uncle raditz

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nopoodles · 9 months

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I saw a post about world building and I didn't want to derail it becauseni don't think they're wrong... I just also don't think their perspective is the end of the story.

To paraphrase: they claimed that you need to know how food production works in your fantastical worlds because otherwise it undermines the entire story and world state. They referenced how Inca people didn't invent the wheel for transport because they lived in places it wouldn't have been useful and how thinking more widely can help make your fantastical world more well rounded.

And, fundamentally, the logic behind these statements is something I can get behind. Thinking more widely can and does make for better worlds and filling in facts or asking these kinds of questions can make for a better story.

But

And this is where I wanted to disagree and what triggered making this whole post

You don't have to.

If you want to make a story (whatever length) where you set it on the backdrop of a comfortably accessible landscape for you/your target audience, there's actually nothing wrong with that.

I know people say lots of things about it, there's lots of criticism levelled at fantastical worlds with no specific and on-page world building. But if you, like me, tend to skip description in books you might be intentionally very light handed with it, in which case there probably isn't space within the narrative to write where the grain comes from or why they have chocolate filled pastry but no coffee. Whether you, personally, know the reason and the logic is almost irrelevant if it never makes it to the page.

And again, it's fine that it might not make it to the page. Not all of your world building has to be on the page. You don't have to please readers who want that, because there are plenty of readers who don't and would actually be out off by that.

All this to say (as usual): take the time to figure out what works for your writing and also for the readers you want to attract. If you're going to use a comp title with heavy world building and not offer the same, you gotta make that clear. But, similarly, if you used my Guardian Cadet Series as a comp and spent pages talking about how the grain production worked, you'd probably end up with some frustrated readers.

#worldbuilding #none of it is objectively bad its all just preferences #which is why i made my own post and didn't hijack someone sharing their preferences #writing advice

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daisywords · 1 year

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actually my toxic trait is that I've never ever thought that my writing was bad idk what you guys are talking about

#not that this is a good thing!#there is something to be said for a healthy amount of self-doubt #or maybe self-doubt isn't the right word but you know. eyes to see how you could improve #I'm not good at taking writing advice and I'm not very willing to receive criticism #which is bad in terms of improvement #and I know this from my experience learning other skills which I'm not as confident about #but for some reason I'm like yeah no I like my writing and I don't particularly care what anyone else has to say about it #esp bc I feel like so much about writing is subjective and if my stuff isn't someone's cup of tea. well #I'm simply not going to take them as an objective authority #This is not to say that I think that my writing is some amazing fantastic better-than-everyone-else outlier #it's not it's just also not bad

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maeamian · 2 years

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I'll scream my little head off about this forever, but any post still mad about the 2016 election fundamentally needs to note that we fucking outright won that one for the email lady except that our allegedly democratic system of government does not award the supreme executive role to the person with the most votes. As much harm as Trump and did and is still doing, the people to blame aren't the marginal voters who didn't like their choices it's the fuckers who built the electoral college and senate, we need serious systemic changes to our voting to undo the damage, which is a lot harder of a fix than yelling at people about how they didn't vote enough when so many of us fucking did but live in a fundamentally undemocratic system that doesn't reward the winner of the vote with the office they were running for.

#If your takeaway was 'some people weren't enthusiastic about an objectively unimpressive candidate' that's fair #But if you then want to insist *that* and not fundamental problems with the system are why it went bad #IDK what to tell you learn more about how American politics works.#The electoral college is a fundamental problem and couldn't even do the one fucking thing people who excused its existence said it'd do #If it were an actual democratic protection they could've defected to the popular vote winner instead of the obviously fascist jackass #But it's obviously not designed as a protection for people who aren't deeply invested in the status quo #Fail country with cringe electoral systems.#Voting is a basic buy-in but like... maybe google disinfranchisment before being sure you're aiming your rage correctly on this one #Most of the states we lost it on engaged in that at margins easily enough to swing the fucking thing #It just rings a lot like Joe Biden's advice to out-organize voter suppression and I don't take kindly to it #I'm not saying don't be mad that election was a fundamental betrayal of the people of this country and should be treated as such #But you can't make it about the voters without acknowledging the system the voters were voting in #At least not if you want me to think of you as a serious person making as serious argument about American politics #But Jareth weren't you all in on Voting these past few months for the CA primaries?#Yes I think voting is good and important and that's why I think that the system should be set up to reflect the results of votes taken #Rather than the one we've got now.#Which does not meaningfully reflect the will of the voters in any way shape or form #Also CA's system is much fairer on the whole

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honeyblockm · 1 year

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1: the character everyone gets wrong

i just answered this but yeah it's fundy and ponk. come to think of it possibly also happyduo. the whole eggpire maybe.

8: common fandom opinion that everyone is wrong about

despite my best efforts i suspect i live in an echochamber but. spaces out for 10 minutes trying to think of common fandom opinions. you know i cannot really think of a take that has not caused awful awful discourse on my dash. i mean i guess re: the attachments advice that phil gave tommy that caused everyone to try to kill each other on my dash: i dont think it's that big of a deal? if phil gave some bad advice? if said advice was even bad in the first place? <didn't get too invested in that discourse

also i don't think las nevadas had to be destroyed for the. waves hand. narrative. or smth. it wasn't like. the root of all cquackity's evil or whatever. and i think it's good and reasonable that the LN arc ends with q deciding to build it back up again. sorry its my girlfriend

21: part of canon you think is overhyped

bedrock bros ^_^

#asks #las nevadas my babygirl my best friend my lover..#to clarify on both things in 8. the phil thing is more that i find a lot of objections to phil's character being based on whether u think #he's like. a good dad/person or not. or at least a lot of the arguments i saw were based around that #which is like yeah i think his character reaches into some touchy subjects so that's valid but i think he's fun. and the advice thing #is just. well you know that post that's like stop having your characters talk like theyre trying to get a good grade in #therapy? yeah and phil did not need to speak like he is trying to get a good grade in therapist #actually do i want to expand on the LN part. so the take i'm thinking of is the general idea that LN as a country was just #super super evil and had to be destroyed for q's arc to resolve and for him to 'learn his lesson' or smth #but i think LN can be multifaceted and i think having it be destroyed but Q choosing to rebuild with hopefully a new ethos in mind #isn't ridiculous or bad. he's all about ego death and remaking himself yknow

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lenievi · 2 years

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I think the reason why I tend to feel a bit uhm whenever I read people saying that it’s wrong to use excessive dialogue tags is because I grew up with and still tend to read old(er) books. Even some newer books I own, still use plenty of variations and “said” isn’t the default.

The problem is that I just don’t understand what people mean by these things, as well as, he thought, he wondered, etc. taking the reader out of the story. In what way? I just don’t seem to get it.

Probably because I tend to prefer when there is a distance between me and the character, that there is a clear narrator.

That’s also how I prefer to write. My fics have a narrator. I’m not writing as the characters, but I guess sometimes people can’t see the difference? (the amount of times when people indirectly imply that I should be using first names is a bit ...., but why should I when there’s a narrator? I don’t want to get too deep into the characters’ feelings and thoughts... I have a narrator who chooses what to reveal and what not to reveal in the moment...)

The thing is that 80% of stuff that ends up in my published fics is a conscious choice. There are probably things that aren’t (because sometimes I probably just don’t know the right synonym/word/word choice, or miss things), but most of them actually are...

I mean I don’t think I use excessive dialogue tags, but some people seem to believe that the only dialogue tag writers should use are only said and asked, which... sorry, can’t do that.

#leni's nonsense #eta: i think i should add that my biggest problem is that the rules and advices are generic and never say what type of narrative they're for #because each pov has different rules. omniscient and limited are different. subjective and objective are different.#also i'm not saying my writing is perfect. it isn't. there's plenty of things i need to improve but the thought that people think #it's bad writing just because it doesn't follow some weird standards is....#i already feel inferior because i'm not a native english speaker...#but i also like my end results #but anyway the most funny thing about this is someone being like 'excessive dialogue tags are a sign of a fanfics writer' and like have you #never read a book?

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biboomerangboi · 5 months

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More reasons why Zuko being the Firelord is objectively the funniest thing on earth:

HES SEVENTEEN

He hasn’t been civilised in 4 years, his entire teenage experience consists of living on a boat and sleeping rough. The most stable bed he has was probably in Ba Sing Se he probably will just nap anywhere.

He has customer service experience which means he probably uses his customer service voice on his minsters.

Additionally he probably just wanders into to kitchen to get his own snacks and tea because he forgets what servants do.

He probably has no idea why he can’t just chase after an assassin he used to hunt the avatar for Agnis sake why is the captain of the guard demanding he stay in his room he’ll find the guy first (he’s probably right)

Katara probably has a free pass on Eco terrorism because what’s he going to do challenge her, she’ll beat his ass.

If he saw a minster doing something shady he will either invite lady Beifong to detect their BS or commit B&E and look for evidence himself.

He somehow found a baby dragon and raises it.

He will be far to willing to give Kyoshi island anything they want cause he feels bad and Suki scares him.

He randomly insisted on giving some earth kingdom village 100 ostrich horses.

The Avatar will just show up call him Hotman and demand the go on adventures and the Firelord will just dip because he’s been confined to long and has the Zoomies.

He takes far to much advice from Sokka and will genuinely believe if someone doesn’t get Sokkas plans they must be an idiot because Sokka is 16.

Sokka and Zuko also get into a lot of teenage rebellion phases by accident.

Toph just walks in breaks a wall of his palace and demands a field trip that always involves the Firelord having to explain himself to the cops.

He somehow knows every dangerous teen in the world and they all come for tea uninvited.

He has broken into both the NWT and Ba Sing Se.

He has a really well documented facial scar and official portraits but still disappears to be Lee the tea guy like no one knows.

HES SEVENTEEN.

#zuko is the funniest the circumstances just happen character ever #firelord zuko #zuko #atla #avatar the legend of aang #avatar the last airbender #zee rambles #zukka #zuko meta

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alteredbeast · 15 days

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in the context of "learn the rules before you break them" and seeing people get really mad about it i just always think of the online art tutorial/advice industrial complex and how since you get taught the short version First you don't actually learn the theory behind it and they're at best incomplete at worst straight up Wrong

#i dont mean wrong in that there's a wrong way to do art. im talking about advice like NEVER shade with black. NEVER use dark yellow #the kind of thing that's not teaching you anything based in theory but it's presented as objective fact that makes any piece good or bad #there's not a 'get rich quick' scheme for art anyone who says so is a charlatan #it makes me just want to make more in-depth and accessible resources for art fundamentals if i ever have time to. you know

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punkedupclowns · 4 months

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I KNOW I AM NEW BUT DAMN AINT NO ONE WANT MY MOTHERFUCKIN ADVICE? I GOT GREAT ADVICE. 💪

#;ic #;ooc: He's only going to give objectively bad advice.

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crypticpatterns · 1 year

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I'm always left really confused when people say certain poetry is bad. Like, what exactly made it bad though? Poetry is so subjective, right? And yet everyone talks about it like it's obvious what poetry is bad vs what poetry is good and I don't get it. I guess I just don't really understand the medium despite being a writer, which maybe is kinda embarrassing.

#someone said marie's poetry is bad and like. it's overdramatic sure but I kinda liked it otherwise tbh #and then I just watched a vid abt jordan peterson's poetry and everyone is like wow this poetry is terrible #and yeah it's terrible bc of what the content is about but I'm kinda confused how it's objectively poorly written?#like how do you decide that. I don't get it #makes me feel insecure abt my own silly poetry I wrote for school lol.#esp bc i kinda. ignored most of the advice I did get in the class in the workshop bc I disagreed/thought the critique was dumb #maybe I'm the dumb one here idk #sera posts

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arthur-r · 1 year

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(arthur proofreading help as usual you can ignore if you want but help appreciated!!)

this is what i have for my resume currently is it good enough to submit to a scholarship?

#i forgot until just now that i had to put together a resume that they would like #i had an old resume that i was going to use to volunteer at the library (and then my mental health was shambles and couldn’t handle it)#so i just kind of revised it to be more general.. is it like. good and normal??#scholarship isn’t due until the fifteenth so i have a little bit of time #also is it better to have objective at the top or no? like ‘‘objective: ____ scholarship through ____ program’’#anyway this is just classic arthur asking for college help without expectation to the world but just vague hope #it’s fine if you don’t know what to do. but any and all advice is appreciated!!#i wrote four essays and got two letters of recommendation for this scholarship too - it’s not all counting on my resume #but want it to be normal enough that they think it’s normal and regular. so just. if it’s bad let me know shdhdf #oh and blotted out stuff is just organization names and addresses. no question that they should be included and too specific for internet #so anyway yeah. idk. i’ve been in my bed doing college stuff since waking up two hours ago. i think i should have some breakfast maybe #but yeah. help appreciated but not required. feeling very weird and strange lately i hope everyone is well #and yeah i should really go. thanks if you help and otherwise thanks for reading this far anyway!!#i’m vaguely around until i work at 4. so lmk if you need anything #me. my post. mine.#delete later #college talk #ask to tag

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heartsforhavik · 4 months

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what if the mk1 men were down bad for you…

upon seeing you walk into the room, johnny cage flexes his muscles ever so slightly and suddenly he’s telling the funniest story in the world to whoever he was already speaking to. he wants to catch your eye and gain your attention so badly. for you, he would make himself look like a fool. only as long as you look his way and give him even a slightest bit of attention, he’s satisfied.

when kuai liang notices you nearby, his entire body feels as if it’s on fire and he immediately worries about his appearance. does he look good? is his hair neatly tied up? he would make an attempt to approach you as soon as he got the chance, and try to strike up a conversation with you. if he didn’t at least say “hi,” he would feel like a fool for missing a great opportunity to engage in a conversation with you.

bi-han pretends he isn’t staring at you every time you’re in a room together. he is the grandmaster of the lin kuei, he must not engage in a romantic relationship. but he can’t help but feel his dark, cold heart light on fire at the sight of you. he yearns to go up to you and say something every time he sees you, but he holds back and settles for just admiring your looks from afar.

tomas vrbada is not afraid of showing his affection towards you. he believes that everyone should make the most of their limited lives, so he is very open about his advances towards you. the problem is, he’s a bit awkward and his efforts come across as more anxious than flirtacious. he would give himself a small pep talk before he talks to you, and he would be full of confidence and hope that the interaction would go well. but he would end up stammering or messing up his words when he speaks to you, and then he would just give up and run away. (he went to johnny for some advice after his mess-up, and it still didn’t work.)

zeffeero doesn’t think of himself as someone deserving of love. when he sees you close by, his heart beats fast and his face feels as if it’s on fire. he knows he has feelings for you, but he resists the urge to make a move. he could if he wanted to. but he doesn’t think he deserves to be joyful and in love after everything he’s done. he just hopes that someday you’ll be happy with someone that deserves you. he desperately wishes it could be him, but the last thing he wants is your sanity or reputation ruined in a relationship with him.

it’s very obvious that syzoth has feelings for you. his tail would sway from side to side, and his eyes would brighten as soon as they fell on you. he listens intently every time you open your mouth, and he never interrupts you when you are speaking. but he doesn’t exactly understand how humans court each other, so he would express his feelings in his own endearing way. for example, he gives you little gifts, similar to offerings. but they’d usually be shiny objects he thought was pretty and it reminded him of you.

raiden is so kind and humble, that he leads you to think his affection is strictly platonic. he’s been staring at you all day? oh, you probably just have something on your face and he’s too nice to let you know. he gave you a gift? he’s so generous, he probably does that with all his friends. no matter what he does to try to hint at his feelings for you, you would assume you weren’t special and he probably does it with everyone else he is acquainted with. he could even confess his love to you and you would just be confused on whether he meant it platonically or romantically.

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smallishdoggo · 2 years

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the criticism of FCG’s character that they force therapy on people is so funny to me because it’s such a wild overstatement of harm. FCG isn’t forcing therapy on people. He’s asking inappropriate or invasive questions and offering unsolicited advice. He is, at worst, being rude.

The character is not a medical professional. He’s not interacting with patients. They’re just a guy asking strangers how they feel. No one he interacts with is obligated to listen to him, none of them have to trust him, there is nothing forced. If an NPC doesn’t like what they’re saying, they can just tell him to shut up, or walk away, or ignore them, and there would be no consequences whatsoever for that.

It’s just so bonkers that people in this fandom are out here acting like therapy lingo is mind magic that can alter people’s brains without their consent, and FCG’s out here doing something deeply unethical in asking a stranger an awkward question about their feelings.

#on the subject of pcs #none of them are inclined to tell fcg to fuck off #some of them even seek out his advice entirely unprompted #one really interesting thing about how the character is presented is that sam outright knows fcg isn't a good therapist #but does laura or marisha or matt know that?#the narrative as it were has only ever rewarded fcg for butting into things #gus playing along with fcg's advice on his relationship and thanking him for it afterwards being the clearest example #i think people like projecting their negative feelings about fcg's whole deal onto the characters and world #but i don't think the narrative supports that #i think if matt knows fcg's not a good therapist he's not interested in punishing him for it #which tbh #good #imo it'd be pretty fucked up for people to focus on how fcg #the robot who lives in a world where he is by default regarded as an object #behaves badly towards people who do not see him as their equal on any level #interpersonal conflicts with pcs and npcs who actually respect him are one thing #but i think fcg is simply allowed to use the terrible mind altering magics of saying you should talk about your feelings #on anyone who doesn't respect their personhood #this character who thinks they exist to serve people is actually bad at their function which makes them a bad person unworthy of respect #is a shit tier take!! it's rancid vibes!!

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popfizzles · 1 year

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What started as a joke with @kittyacelia about making FNAF animatronics ACTUALLY kid-friendly, ended up snowballing into an exercise in character design and world-building.

We call them Nanny Animatronics (since "Toy" and "Plush" have already been taken). They're far softer with pastel palettes, rubber teeth with plush exteriors to avoid accidentally hurting children! They're all housed under a pizzaplex type building that functions Entirely as a daycare.

I'll add extra notes about them individually under a readmore!

Nanny Freddy is the one kids go to for advice and generic help. He's super comforting, makes his rounds across the daycare saying hello to everyone. He gives GREAT bearhugs and specializes in calming down tantrums or panic attacks.

Nanny Chica loves playing house with children! She teaches general safety, like how to properly interact with stoves or electrical outlets. She's also equipped with a database of every kid's food allergies, and makes sure nobody eats anything they're not supposed to! Her cupcake (unpictured) is named Sugar and is basically just a fully sentient stress ball toy that loves to be thrown and fidgeted with.

Nanny Bonnie is the music teacher, and loves to help kids stay in touch with their louder and excitable sides. He loves to listen to kids talk about whatever they may be interested in, and has a learning database equipped with trivia to hold conversations with kids about any topic. He's the one children infodump to!

Nanny Foxy is the smallest of the bunch, and he loves to run around with the kids! He will play pretend with children, and is even equipped with the ability to detect injury and proper First Aid knowledge to help if a kid trips and hurts themselves while playing.

Nanny Monty is the art teacher, and teaches kids to use their hands for good (like creating art!) instead of bad (hitting, pulling, or smacking). He's very good at breaking up fights and helping kids deal with anger in a reasonable way.

Nanny Roxy loves to play dress-up with kids, but her main objective is to be there for kids, and recognize self-esteem issues. She's ready to pep-talk children at a moment's notice. Everyone is a winner in Roxanne's eyes, after all!

The Mediocre Melody animatronics are all localized on a stage in the daycare, and take turns putting on different types of shows for the kids. Nanny Mr. Hippo loves telling stories for kids, even stepping in to tell naptime stories for the younger kids. Whereas Nanny Orville does small magic shows, along with his assistants Bonbon and Bonnet! The other Mediocre Melodies (Happy Frog, Nedbear, and Pigpatch) are present, but undesigned. When they aren't doing their shows, they act as an extra set of hands for the others.

Nanny Springtrap (modeled ONLY in design after a horror show attraction) is activated during October for Halloween events, and teaches kids that there's no reason to be afraid of monsters. He also advocates for safety around strangers, and that it's okay to always tell an adult if you see something scary. He (along with a currently undesigned Nanny Dreadbear) come every Halloween to give goodie bags to the kids.

#FNAF #Five Night's at Freddy's #FNAF Freddy #FNAF Bonnie #FNAF Chica #FNAF Foxy #FNAF Monty #FNAF Roxy #FNAF Mr. Hippo #FNAF Orville Elephant #FNAF Bonbon #FNAF Bonnet #FNAF Springtrap #FNAF Nanny AU #fizzles draws #kittyacelia

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