A heap of trash

[kryptonite-trashcan]

You ever try to explain something to someone and then watch them completely and aggressively miss the point of it and make a GIANT scene out of something that required 3 typed words and an emoji to solve. And as you try to explain further, they keep talking and talking and ignoring everything you've said about the conversation so far to the point that it very much feel like they're being willfully obtuse about it. But like, your rational brain still pings that, no, maybe not willfully, maybe it's just a response to some weirdly specific trauma or a lack of communication on both side of the issue and blah blah blah And you're *still* angry about it anyway because, fuck you, it would be so much fucking easier if they'd just actually *listen*. Because, for *once* you're right and they're wrong. And I don't mean like, *listen* in the kind of 'obey' vibe the word can have, I mean *listen* in the 'please take the time to read what I wrote and consider what I said and acknowledge that it's been said' because if they had done so... this wouldn't be a problem. No? Just me?

[kryptonite-trashcan]

Well, if you really want an abortion in the US, you can always send the kid to school after it's born, that seems like a pretty reliable option from where I stand.

[thebreakfastgod]

y’know I don’t think I can say anything new but I actually live in a state that has recently passed anti LGBT legislation and it’s going to affect real people that live here. Republicans are trying to kill trans people and all some of you care about is a trans woman rightfully calling you out for caring more about your favorite fictional character than you do about real trans people. I hope you’re fucking embarrassed

[fandomxgodess]

So let’s go through this.

Nicole, a trans woman and activist, posted about the horrific bill that has passed in Alabama criminalizing gender-affirming care for those 18 and under. It got little engagement from a certain fandom that has a tendency to be extremely performative.

She calls them out by saying they’d care if her posts were about their fav. They lose their fucking minds acting like she’s just threatened their parents.

She EXPLAINS it’s not about the character, but about their lack of outrage towards the severe oppression of trans people. They use whataboutism. “What about x country? Focus on that!!!”

So now she must offer to retweet any link they provide and does it—losing traction for her posts about the Alabama bill, aka the subject at hand.

They continue to ATTACK A TRANS WOMAN FOR TALKING ABOUT TRANS RIGHTS. All while claiming that they’re the real activists and she’s just clout chasing. Holy fucking shit.

It baffles me that they can’t see how monstrous their behavior is. If I’m this enraged and devastated, I cannot imagine how Nicole is feeling.

Please, if possible, sign this petition and donate to the ACLU: https://action.aclu.org/petition/take-pledge-support-trans-youth-now

They are one of the largest organizations protecting trans people legally and publicly in America. Trans lives matter. So much more than online pettiness. LISTEN to Nicole and the other trans people begging for allies in this fight.

Take the Pledge: Support Trans Youth Now

Show trans youth they're loved, supported, and are not alone in the fight to stop attacks on their safety and civil liberties. Join the ACLU

[kryptonite-trashcan]

I swear to whatever holy is left in this fucking plane of existence, you fuckers really want to be the center of everything so bad.

Listen, Nicole singled the fandom out with just a name and you made it about you! About how people are mildly mean to you over subtweets! There's legislation *KILLING* people on her end of the spectrum. Actual LAWS. Legal consequences for her existence and other people like her! This isnt fucking abstract to her! but your fucking ship will never be anything BUT abstract, EVEN if it becomes canon! Maybe get the fucking message for once and at the very least, MOVE OUT THE WAY. Stop tone policing, stop trying to make it about a fucking ship, stop making this about you. Show some empathy, understand the kind of fucking stress everything is for trans people and just fucking help!

The rest of the cast is barely even on social media anymore and it's this fandom's fault as a whole.

fuck your feelings.

[kryptonite-trashcan]

Ah yes, Supergirl, the show that queerbaited even though they had an Interracial lesbian couple, then have a Trans woman catch the bouquet from the black woman that threw it and then immediately suggest the trans woman would marry her current love interest. Like, yeah, they did queerbait with Supercorp, the finale made it abundantly clear with the , what, 2-3 allegories for coming out during a 2 minute conversation. (I do think it’s as Canon as they were allowed to make it by Warner Bros) But let’s not pretend the show didn’t make some effort either. All in all, the whole show was a mess and it being over just makes me sad anyway. complicated feelings.

yeah yeah, nuance and all that.

[kryptonite-trashcan]

After watching Critical role, I just wanted to point out a mistake & a bad call Matt made. Because I can and because everyone makes mistakes. I'm just pointing it out to offer solutions to ppl who would be in similar situations. No hate to him, it's just educational purposes.

When Orym disarmed the dwarf, Matt made him just pick up the weapon again with no cost or drawbacks.

Picking up a weapon from the ground is an object interaction, thus, an action. Meaning the dwarf couldn't have attacked with the sword. Much less 4.

It wasted one of the best ability the group/Orym had against him. For no other reason than Matt not wanting to lose a turn with the monster. Which is no fun for him.

But it wasted a significant portion of Liam turn, plans and ideas. This is what Orym does. You don't just randomly negate shit your players do. That's no fun for Liam either.

You adapt. 4 hits with the dagger instead! Or the guy just runs early, one of his minions could use its action to give it back to him, causing the dwarf to hold an action until that happens.

[kryptonite-trashcan]

I was wrong, but I shouldn’t be.  The maneuver should be useable on its own. And it currently isn’t. (I never ran use an object actions that way, ah well, mistakes, mistakes!) 

[whentheinternetmadesounds]

OMG 

“I was wrong, but I shouldn’t be”

LISTEN DUDE IT AIN’T YOUR FUCKING GAME

Matt said the dwarf used half his movement to pick up his weapon. It’s Matt’s fucking game. His fucking rules.

You also have to take a full action to drink a potion in 5e rules but guess who said it’s a bonus action in Critical Role?

MATT MERCER BECAUSE ITS HIS FUCKING GAME

[kryptonite-trashcan]

@5ndimefrankenstein​ you’re taking this WAY more seriously than I am. This stuff is me bitching about 5e in general, not just Matt. I’m just here randomly bitching about stuff I think could/should be done different. Matt/Brennan/Aabriya & can all do whatever they want. They’re good at what they do respectively, but that doesn’t mean like they can’t make bad calls/mistakes.  I make ‘em too! But they do it publically, so I’m going to randomly about it to people who feel like listening. I disagree with a lot of other DMs and how they do thing and if someone wants to listen when I manage to gather the fucks to type something out about it? Been doing D&D for like, what, almost 30 yrs now? (jfc im old) I know a thing or two about this. Keep your rage for something that matters, i’m not an enemy, just an annoying NPC.

[kryptonite-trashcan]

After watching Critical role, I just wanted to point out a mistake & a bad call Matt made. Because I can and because everyone makes mistakes. I'm just pointing it out to offer solutions to ppl who would be in similar situations. No hate to him, it's just educational purposes.

When Orym disarmed the dwarf, Matt made him just pick up the weapon again with no cost or drawbacks.

Picking up a weapon from the ground is an object interaction, thus, an action. Meaning the dwarf couldn't have attacked with the sword. Much less 4.

It wasted one of the best ability the group/Orym had against him. For no other reason than Matt not wanting to lose a turn with the monster. Which is no fun for him.

But it wasted a significant portion of Liam turn, plans and ideas. This is what Orym does. You don't just randomly negate shit your players do. That's no fun for Liam either.

You adapt. 4 hits with the dagger instead! Or the guy just runs early, one of his minions could use its action to give it back to him, causing the dwarf to hold an action until that happens.

[kryptonite-trashcan]

I was wrong, but I shouldn’t be.  The maneuver should be useable on its own. And it currently isn’t. (I never ran use an object actions that way, ah well, mistakes, mistakes!) 

[kryptonite-trashcan]

After watching Critical role, I just wanted to point out a mistake & a bad call Matt made. Because I can and because everyone makes mistakes. I'm just pointing it out to offer solutions to ppl who would be in similar situations. No hate to him, it's just educational purposes.

When Orym disarmed the dwarf, Matt made him just pick up the weapon again with no cost or drawbacks.

Picking up a weapon from the ground is an object interaction, thus, an action. Meaning the dwarf couldn't have attacked with the sword. Much less 4.

It wasted one of the best ability the group/Orym had against him. For no other reason than Matt not wanting to lose a turn with the monster. Which is no fun for him.

But it wasted a significant portion of Liam turn, plans and ideas. This is what Orym does. You don't just randomly negate shit your players do. That's no fun for Liam either.

You adapt. 4 hits with the dagger instead! Or the guy just runs early, one of his minions could use its action to give it back to him, causing the dwarf to hold an action until that happens.

[kryptonite-trashcan]

Supergirl tonight

So you’re telling me the writers did what they always do. Take a fantastic setup/idea and then deliver it in the most “meh” way possible. It’s not even that it’s actively bad, it’s just... so Mediocre most of the time, with little sparks of brilliance, that could have been the entire fucking show. I loved the Bachelorette party a lot though, that was fun, I’m just... so tired of Supergirl not being capable of saving the day.  Like, for real, when was the last time she saved anything. Ugh.  And ffs, really, killing a man of color for the drama? I mean, it’s not like he was the only person of color on the show, but ffs. (No, I did not like William much, but fuck’s sake, there’s ways to do things that don’t involve that).

[kryptonite-trashcan]

On some drama I’m barely aware of here, just because I feel like dropping my anger here. Supercorp is more popular because the two women in it are pretty white women. Dansen is less popular because one of them is a black woman. The fact that someone could prefer Supercorp for other reasons, sure. It’s possible. I’m not really that naive though, so try again.  “Oh but look, we support Dansen too!” Yeah, like, 20 of you and you don’t actively engage with Dansen fan content either.

When people complain that SC shippers don’t support Dansen, they mean that it’s mathematically obvious what people prefer and it’s rather obvious why too. We heard all of the excuses before! “The chemistry. I just don’t feel it. It’s different than what I like for ships. It’s too much of a slowburn.” 

Racial Implicit bias means your preferences in things shifts away from black people more easily. That’s why you don’t see the chemistry, that’s why it doesn’t work for you, that’s why the slow pace bothers you.

(I remember clearly people thinking Sanvers was going to be a slow-burn and being excited for it too)

I’m not saying you shout the N word in your head every 2 seconds, I’m saying we know why you don’t like them as much and we’d like for you to make a bit of an effort, if not to like Dansen, then at least to fucking stop trying to gaslight us into believing otherwise.

You have to go beyond “racism is bad” for that BLM mention in your bio to mean anything.

[kryptonite-trashcan]

For the people in the notes: the length of which the ships has had to develop is certainly one argument on why it’s more popular.  I’m not saying there’s *no* reason to prefer SC, i’m saying that the lack of interest in the canon ship is due to implicit bias because racism.  As I said, you have to go beyond “racism is bad” and understand what it *IS*. There is less interest in Dansen than there is in SC.  That’s just true.  Racism is not the only reason, but fuck, if you don’t think there’s something there, maybe you need to think about this shit harder. Racism is not “Just” being a screeching karen trump supporter. It’s a societal effect that touches everything and to say that it has influence on the fact that a fandom can’t find it in themselves to spare half the enthusiasm they have for SC for an actual, canon couple, is fucking delusional. FFS they *just* had a fantastic episode on JUST THAT on Supergirl! Sanvers wasn’t nearly as big as SC and that made sense, I’m not here saying Dansen should surpass SC, I’m here saying it doesn’t have the enthusiasm of people at least in part because half of it is a black woman and the fact that you’re in the notes arguing this using Brainia (which is it’s own separate kind of Queer rep, I’d like to remind you) is just discouraging. And no, my first post wasn’t this nuanced, I was angry and no one usually responds to my supergirl rants. I thought I’d be shouting in the void again.

[kryptonite-trashcan]

On some drama I’m barely aware of here, just because I feel like dropping my anger here. Supercorp is more popular because the two women in it are pretty white women. Dansen is less popular because one of them is a black woman. The fact that someone could prefer Supercorp for other reasons, sure. It’s possible. I’m not really that naive though, so try again.  “Oh but look, we support Dansen too!” Yeah, like, 20 of you and you don’t actively engage with Dansen fan content either.

When people complain that SC shippers don’t support Dansen, they mean that it’s mathematically obvious what people prefer and it’s rather obvious why too. We heard all of the excuses before! “The chemistry. I just don’t feel it. It’s different than what I like for ships. It’s too much of a slowburn.” 

Racial Implicit bias means your preferences in things shifts away from black people more easily. That’s why you don’t see the chemistry, that’s why it doesn’t work for you, that’s why the slow pace bothers you.

(I remember clearly people thinking Sanvers was going to be a slow-burn and being excited for it too)

I’m not saying you shout the N word in your head every 2 seconds, I’m saying we know why you don’t like them as much and we’d like for you to make a bit of an effort, if not to like Dansen, then at least to fucking stop trying to gaslight us into believing otherwise.

You have to go beyond “racism is bad” for that BLM mention in your bio to mean anything.

[kryptonite-trashcan]

CR diversity

CR is a company.  Stop saying otherwise. (No the twitch leaks aren’t scandalous in terms of how much money they make, stop bitching about it.) CR needs more diversity.  It does, stop bitching otherwise. CR being a company so act like it.  They’ll move and change at a company pace.  EXU was a test. It went down half numbers in 3-4 episode. They’re a company, so that means MONEY matters.  MONEY matters.  So they’ll move toward what they want, at a slower pace. That means any change toward diversity is going to come slow and drop by drop so they can ease the audience into it.all the racists into it  (I assume, if they don’t then they’re shit). they *SAID* on State of the role that the main table would change things around can mean different DMs, different players. That probably means new people, probably more diverse people.  (again, im assuming, if they don’t then I’ll roast them if I care enough too) 

[kryptonite-trashcan]

The Twitch leak shit: Stop bitching. These people make money out of: Ad revenue and people watching & willingly giving them money. NO ONE IS GETTING EXPLOITED. Your anger is useless and without worth. Not to say streamers can’t be problematic or cause harm, call them out and hold them accountable as needed

but making money off of people willingly donating it to you in exchange of the entertainment you provide is...  like...  such a basic exchange? Seriously, stop bitching.

[relentless-endurance]

ppl being clowns about the Opal and Ted scene…. please stop typing in chat forever

[kryptonite-trashcan]

JFC, the Anti-Opal sentiment is just fucking dumb.  Aimee is fine, Opal is fine, people fight WAY worse than that RL. people need to go touch some fucking grass or something, damn.

[kryptonite-trashcan]

Critical Role

Aabriya is a really good GM, but she has the same traits as a lot of other online DMs. This is not a callout for her, but I’m watching EXU and the constant repetitions of these problems over the place and I need to vent. Passive Perception, use it. Stop asking for random perception rolls. Roll your shenanigans behind the screen and then compare to the passive perceptions of the PCs. WAY easier. Only ask for a roll when they’re specifically looking out for stuff. Jumping, Athletics/Acrobatics, and movement have rules. Please familiarize yourself with it. It’s MOVEMENT, it’s 1/3rd of the combat. Please learn it, it’s basic. No, it’s not complicated. 5e is not complicated, nothing about it is complicated. *nothing* not even the spells. No, not even that. Stop it.  Sure houserule away to get what you want.  But if you want to do a public game, at least have the decency to fucking learn MOVEMENT at the very least. Or have a consistent rule or idea of how you’re going to do it.

[thebeaubar]

Saw someone saw Marisha and Ashley are fetishizing Beauyasha. Like seriously grow the fuck up, the CR cast are sexual people they’re fucking adults we’ve known this for literally years, Vax fucked Keyleth with his wings out for crying out loud. Vex and Percy’s relationship was insanely sexual and the cast always make sexual jokes. Beau and Yasha have had countless private emotional talks together, to act like every part of their relationship is sexual is beyond dumb and we all know from which side this is coming from again.

Seriously Marisha was just having some fun with the community and you all turn it into discourse. Beau and Yasha are only sexual yes I guess the campaign wrap up didn’t have them talking about starting a family together and how they fell in love. You give this a community a horrible name because you guys start useless discourse every fucking week it’s annoying.