ExplodingCookie

I’m really tired of seeing people broken up into labels of absolutes.

People are not just “good” or “bad”.

People are not a list of labels. 

People are complex, situations are complex.

I know, that makes it a lot harder when you want to just write off everything someone’s ever done as bad – but that’s not how people actually are, and it would do everyone good to stop pretending they are.

I am tired of hearing about the fear people have in putting themselves out there. And it is a scary thing! Putting yourself out there means subjecting yourself to people who want a really good reason to tear you down, who will jump at the first chance to feel “good” by labeling someone else as “bad”.

I reject this. I reject the idea that there should be fear in speaking up and talking about experiences and trying to reach an understanding of a situation.

I’m unhappy to see people spitefully urging others to cut off ties with their friends under the guise of “well, that person’s just inherently bad, so if you talk to them you’re bad too.” That is fucked up. You definitely have the right to let the friend know you don’t want to hear about whoever troubles you, but you do not at all have the right to decide who their friends should be. This includes guilt trips.

Anyway, just try to be more aware of others. Everyone else is a person like you. They might not have the same experiences as you. They might not understand how their words are harmful, or how what they’re doing is wrong. They certainly won’t if you never tell them.

Most people are trying to be good, but they’re going to mess it up sometimes. Try to keep that in mind. Even when people do really fucked up shit, sometimes they are trying to do good. “The road to hell is paved with good intentions” and all that.

Nothing gets solved, no growth happens when you put people into a box from which you’ll never let them escape.

Yes, you absolutely must be careful about people who have tendencies and patterns that are harmful to you. Sometimes people try to overcome those patterns and they fail, and you have to distance yourself from them: that is the sad reality of life. Sometimes though, they can overcome it. But they certainly won’t if the first thing you do is write them off after a fuck up. 

Reason:-

The logic of “whitewashing” is Black -> White = Racist. And yeah, I can see it. It’s making an unnecessary change to something that someone put time and effort into designing purely for the sake of the editor’s personal preferences.

The problem is, and this is what OP is pointing out. This is not being treated as a two-way street. For some reason, everything that I described “whitewashing” as entailing doesn’t apply in the other direction. Somehow, “blackwashing” is not “an unnecessary change to something that someone put time and effort into designing purely for the sake of the editor’s personal preferences.”

By their own definitions of discriminatory behavior, they are engaging in that very behavior. But it’s acceptable because… a white person is the target? That just… doesn’t make sense to me.

A friend of mine on discord talked about Cayde-6 filling his vanguard terminal with old video games from the golden age. And while it was an awesome take it ignited this whole idea of old video games and ROMs and how they fit into the world of destiny.

What I'm referring to is her, and by extension, future war cult's use of vex prediction technology... in the last city... that is currently under the affects of a massive vex simulation...

What really stands out to me though is the Leg Armor. Those are the Strides of the Great Hunt.

Also, since we're on this topic, people always say Shaw didn't "earn" his Last Wish strides because he has an idle line where he says that he would like to visit the Dreaming City some time, as he's never been there. So if he's never been to the Dreaming City, how was he able to do Last Wish?

And in my opinion, riding up to the Last Wish only is not exactly the same as "visiting" the Dreaming City. He could be referring to the fact that he hasn't been anywhere outside of the raid location which is mostly inside of a singular building and various trips to the ascendant plane. I think it's perfectly possible to have done Last Wish and still think you haven't really been to the Dreaming City because honestly, Dreaming City is so much more than just the locations of the raid, most of which are interiors.

@tiredarts-main yep!

“Light fades, deep within the Prison” is one Truth, referring to Cayde’s demise.

“Brother, ally once more, sends his regards” most likely refers to Uldren. But whether or not it’s a Truth or a Falsehood depends on if we factor Crow in.

it’s okay if you’re just on tumblr to have fun and reblog things you like or that make you happy.

Alfonse: LISTEN-

Ylgr: Not all of them 30 and 50 aren't spelled with an e in them

Hrid: oh great dragon of Nifl...

Ylgr: If you can split a number in half its even, 30 and 50 are odd

Alfonse: heavy sigh

Fjorm: 15 + 15 = 30, 25 + 25 = 30

Gunnthra: 25 + 25 = 30? You sure about that?

Hrid: Dragon have mercy

Kiran: B y e

Sharena: intense laughter

Eir: One, three, five, nine, and since everything else after that is a variant of these numbers, then all odds have the letter E in them

Peony: YOU FORGOT SEVEN!!

Lif: if just keeps getting worse

Mirabilis: what the hell is going on

Leavatain: You forgot about eight. A number with an E in it that is pretty fuckin even

Plumeria: Why would 8 be brought up if it's EVEN in a post about ODDS??? He said "every odd number has an E in it" not "every number with an E in it is odd" what the fuck

Reginn: Uh guys two is odd and doesn't have an E in it just saying

Veronica: Did- Did you just try to tell me TWO is odd??? I'm fucking crying this is why I need to destroy Askr-

Thrasir: TWO IS ODD??? PBFBT IM SCREAMING

Triandra: Wait, what about 0 that's an odd number right?

Otr: Okay but here me out 30 and 50 make up for the fact that they have no E for the way their pronounced. Thirt-E and fift-E

Hrid: WHY DO 30 AND 50 MATTER THEY'RE FUCKING EVEN

Eitri: What the actual fuck is happening

Hel: 1 is an even number

Freyja: I'm going to smack you

Laegjarn: -30 and -50 have an E in them

Fjorm: 0 isn't a number

Surtr: It can't be divided by 2 though can it?

Fafnir: It can??? 0/2 = 0

Lif: OD NUMBERS: onE, thrEE, fivE, sEvEn, ninE,

Thrasir: OD numbers huh?

Alfonse: Anything that ends with a 0,2,4,6,8 is even and the rest is odd, 1,3,7,9. Stop freaking out y'all

Triandra: YOU FORGOT ABOUT 5

Peony: What about 4??

Fjorm: What about it??

Peony: It doesn't have an E in it!

Veronica: THAT'S BECAUSE IT'S EVEN??

Sharena: ARE YOU GUYS OKAY??

Thrasir: IM FUCKING SOBBING

Mirabilis: I'm honestly so confused right now

Bruno: What is going on??

Alfonse: This is the height of our stupidity. It has to be or future heroes cannot exist

“What happens when you have heated tile flooring”

Y’all can blame discord for this