Underneath all of the hardships and/or trauma, you have such a beautiful and gentle soul, which I hope you'll never lose. So shine bright and keep your head up, my friend, so you can see the sea of other beautiful souls too. We're here to help you.
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Underneath all of the hardships and/or trauma, you have such a beautiful and gentle soul, which I hope you'll never lose. So shine bright and keep your head up, my friend, so you can see the sea of other beautiful souls too. We're here to help you.

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I often wonder what happened to authors of unfinished fanfictions.
I hope they’re having a nice life
we absolutely are not and that unfinished fic haunts us to this day
Reblog if that unfinished fic haunts you to this day
Ask our inspiring muses why they hijacked us on another project. Or cosplay. Or studying my butt off and hoping this time it's for good. Or adult life and Chirithy. Which is my cat. Goodest Boi.
I don't think Estinien ever worries about the WoL, not because he doesn't care, but because anything you do he just assumes you'll succeed, even if it shouldn't be possible. You brought Ishgard and dragons together, you and Alphinaud saved him from Nidhogg's eyes, and then you immediately freed two more countries, of course you're going to save this other world and bring the scions' souls home. He doesn't really understand it, but it sounds like you have it covered. The world is ending? Man it's a good thing we got you on our side. Fought a god of despair at the edge of the world? That's a Tuesday for you, right? The WoL is seemingly dying on the spaceship floor? Nah, watch this, they're gonna perk up in about ten minutes and give us each a high five. (Alisaie smacks him for saying this, but he's absolutely still right.)
Estinien may not be the smartest of the scions, but he is wise, and he may not fully understand what plot armor is, but he's definitely clocked that you got it.
X'cirha: *basically covered in blood on the Ragnarok floor*
Estinien: *holding X'cirha's glasses which are also holding on for dear life* "Does any of you Ways have any glue? Featherweight here will go into dire panic if he finds out he can't see shit"
graffiti discourse is so stupid why the hell would I give a shit if people spraypaint their names or do some cool paintings under a bridge
sorry didn't realize the bridge has to be plain beige concrete. that was a load bearing plain beige concrete if anyone tags it the whole bridge collapses
@woozymitts YES! this is my favorite!!!
I mean... It's all good and fine until it's actual art and not just crime (like, mafia) or insults or not-so-nice symbolism and most graffiti I see are usually that.
Me filtering out kinks I don’t like on AO3.

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reblog if you wear glasses. too many mutuals don't know they have glasses wearers in their midsts
claim your star
*this is not to shame anybody. if you used to use chatgpt in the past but have stopped, kudos to you, this post still includes you. if you are still using chatgpt, then I guess I can’t stop you — but if you ever decide to stop using it in the future, you may then claim your star too
PLEASE go see Hoppers in theaters.
It's delightful. It's hilarious, charming, has great messages, and just feels so much like a Pixar Renaissance era film!
It's also quietly woke as fuck in a way that will deeply resonate with older viewers who feel helpless and angry about... everything currently going on with the world. Like I'm obsessed with how they were able to subtly slip in a message that goes very much against the expected and tired "meet your moral opponents in the middle".
It's so subtle but not at all missable. And it's so on the nose you might want to scream when you realize what literally happens in the figurative message.
(TEARS THE DUCT TAPE OFF MY MOUTH)
SPOILERS for Hoppers because you really should just go experience this movie blind for yourself.
You don't understand. This entire movie's conflict is about the greed of corrupt officials. How even the most pleasant politicians can and do lie, cheat, and steal. How this doesn't just affect the initial victims, but primes the playing field to very soon go after you. How we all need to stand up together because that's the only way we can make things change.
But Hoppers doesn't stop there. It says hey, don't forget, politicians are people too! Then doesn't give you time to put up your finger before saying but that doesn't change the fact that harmful acts needs to be stopped. It quietly says that more local officials (like mayors) tend to buckle under social pressure the easiest, and can indeed be well-meaning while doing despicable things.
It looks you in the eye and says "Your anger is dangerous, and can get innocent people hurt if you aren't careful. But your anger is legitimate, and you don't need to silence it, just wield it carefully."
It tenderly holds your face and says "You've been told to be the bigger person, haven't you? That fighting back means stooping to their level? That you need to meet truly evil ideals in the middle, even when that means simply giving ground to dictators and fascists?"
Then it leans in and whispers "Fuck that."
Sure, Jerry is mostly off the hook (after having his life threatened, which, I'm just sayiiingg), but he's not the true villain.
Jerry is a mini boss. A foe that can be reasoned with, to a degree (or at least scared). The official close to home, beholden to his constituents in a far more immediate way than those higher up the ladder. Possibly even human, somewhere in there.
No, the true villain, was Titus.
Not just a nepo baby, but a king.
Someone who the hero (Mabel) tried to talk to. To give him a way out, to appeal to his humanity.
Except... he's not actually human.
And after Mabel did her best to try and find a reason for Titus' brutality, the wannabe dictator spat in her face and mocked her kindness. "Did you really think that would work?" He asks. Did you really think you could talk to me civilly and just change my mind? That I wouldn't already be doing this if I weren't truly evil? Did you really think this could be solved without force?
And Mabel replies "I really wish it had."
And then promptly begins the short cascade of events that ends in Titus, the rich king attempting to be dictator, being killed.
Eaten, in fact.
But the writers have made sure not to put a spotlight on this. It's a rather quick scene framed as a gag. But it's front and center, it's in your face, and it lingers for several silent seconds under the guise of comedic timing. Which does in fact work, it was freaking hilarious seeing Chekov's frog.
Hoppers gently pats your back and sympathizes with your plight. It tells you that you're not alone, that your anger is justified, and that some people can't be reasoned with. Mabel did what we all need to do--try our best to talk things out peacefully first. But if that doesn't work, if it's so serious that countless lives are on the line...
Well. We're not saying "kill the villain", but we very much did kill the villain.
Eat the rich, indeed.
Been at the movies in the local theater in my hometown. Loved the movie. Really. All I could think was "now this is cinema!"
For anyone who's played/playing the free trial for FFXIV and wants to eventually buy the game or hasn't bought the latest expac, it's on sale right now. $29.99 (usd) for the entire thing through Dawntrail. $19.99 (usd) for just Dawntrail if you have bought at least ARR in the past (I think.)
***Ignore the poor reviews for Dawntrail; it's a great expac that actually treats cultures based on indigenous peoples with respect for once (and ironically, by avoiding writing the WoL in the role of "savior" to them, it led to the complaint that the WoL doesn't seem important enough, sigh.) A lot of the bad reviews (a very vocal minority, I believe) are straight up trans-phobia and/or misogyny because one of the major new NPCs is voiced by a trans woman (one of my favorite new NPCs and one whose flaws would have been forgiven or even adored in a *male* npc.) Most of the other criticisms didn't give the devs time to set the stage for the post-EW direction of the game and ignored everything the devs said about DT leading up to the launch. Yes, there are some legitimate criticisms (can you show me any game that you *can't* criticize a little? Especially when it takes a completely new direction?), but I watched a concerted, almost coordinated, attack on the expac the day it came out among a vocal subset of streamers, almost *all* attacking one NPC. And that colored everyone else's attitudes who hadn't yet played it. I can't tell you how many streamers I stopped watching and even blocked due to their bigotry or attempts to stir up anger for more views. Sigh. I'd hoped for better from the FFXIV community.

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I was talking with my friend about zenos and I wanted to share some thoughts!!
if you don't like the character keep scrolling btw the post isn't for you!
*taking notes for Tails of Heroes*
Fighting with my ADHD brain to get things done like it’s a moody cat or toddler
Daily gratitude
I don’t have kids
I don’t spend money on nicotine
I don’t gamble my money away on sports
I’m not reliant on a chat bot for all my life functions
My books/CDs/DVDs collection is plentiful
They should add a mechanic to Titania where 2 circles spawn one marked she/her and the other is they/them. You have to get Titania's pronouns right or you instantly die
trying to stay mad at your cat is so very difficult

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honestly this goes for so many other things too, including the way we talk about things like ideas and creativity and innovation and all that as if the hard part is coming up with the abstract idea rather than the execution of thereof.
Look, ideas are a dime a dozen - they're everywhere, everyone's got them. We do not have a shortage of ideas. People absolutely contemplated the possibility of dinosaurs but alive today before the novel and then later the movie of Jurassic Park, people absolutely considered what if telephone but available everywhere before the first mobile phone - the hard part is and always was turning the idea into something that can actually happen, taking the steps from that simple abstract concept into something that can actually be created.
A story is so much more than just a vague outline - it is also characters, locations, plot beats, filler moments, structures and paragraphs; a movie takes scripts, actors, schedules, cameras, editing and so, so much more - and the amount of both technology, infrastructure, and work hours that all go into making our modern smartphones even work in the first place is nothing short of mind-boggling.
An idea is to creative work what a first guess is to problem solving - it's a place to start off before actually going anywhere. Generative "AI" represents the idea of creativity and innovation as something you pay someone else to do for you and then still take full credit for. It's buying a bunch of cheap, generic slop churned out by a factory somewhere and slapping your label on it as if you did all the hard work. It's a perfect encapsulation of the silicon valley "innovator" culture where inherited money and the ability to pay and/or abuse others into building things for you makes you a turbo genius and not just simply an odious pile of burning garbage.
everyone give thanks to the middle eastern and north african people of over ten thousand years ago for domesticating the african wildcat and providing the entire world with some of the best pets ever 🙏🙏🙏 it was probably the best idea any human has ever had.
you can honestly tell that this is the ancestor of all domestic cats. look at it. just a lil tabby cat. with long long legs.