Mermaid Song

[brightwanderer]

Absolutely obsessed with Clea Dessendre, who is apparently busy with a completely different anime plot and needs everyone else to STOP LARPING and GET IT TOGETHER there's A WAR ON OKAY

[onceuponalegendbg]

So, is an unpopular take that the romance aspect of the social links in Exp33 was completely unnecessary and I was actually so thrown off by it?

It’s not like it’s focused on a lot, it’s very minor, but it still feels like such an odd inclusion.

I was actually digging that we were going for like found family platonic vibes and then Sciel wanted to sleep with Verso and I was just like “wait what?”

Again, it’s very minor, doesn’t affect anything, but I find it weird.

[luciansuir]

tbh i’d find it strange if the possibility of romance dynamic were not an option. It’s optional so it’s done just right

[helga-grinduil]

‘i wish there was a third secret ending that would be maelle finding her own, different way to resolve the situation rather than it being aline-maelle’s solution vs. renoir-verso’s’. i wish there was a third option as well. and maelle and verso probably wish so too. but then it wouldn’t be a tragedy, which is the point.

there is no third option with grief and loss. you either live in denial and stagnation, or accept it and try to move on. life forces cruel choices.

[mini-wrants]

A woman went viral for being turned down for a next interview for a role, she asks the recruiter what she did wrong, the recruiter tells her they were “concerned about her lack of effort in her appearance.”

She explains she wore a freshly ironed blazer with a collared top. Her nails were painted a professional beige. She got a blowout for her hair, so a professional style. She had on subdued gold earrings.

The only thing she wasn’t wearing was makeup; she states she really doesn’t wear makeup, and only had chapstick on, as her skin is sensitive. Her lawyer mother has already explained she has no legal case against the company for any type of gender-based discrimination.

Just in case anyone wants to ask why feminists still refer to the “pink tax” or rail against more and more elaborate makeup trends being pushed on girls and women.

Women being punished socially for not wearing makeup is still a feminist issue.

[mini-wrants]

Little girls being taught by TikTok at 10 and 12 that they have to have a “beat face” or a “snatched body” to be adequately feminine will go on to become recruiters and HR employees and managers in a decade.

We already know that women who don’t wear makeup are discriminated against in interviews. The next generation of interviewers were raised by Sephora and Ulta; it’s going to get worse, not better, unless there’s a concentrated campaign on breaking the connection between makeup+professionalism.

[uglytshirt]

@closet-keys with excellent tags

[thesituation]

like i was a tomboy right out the womb and my mother was openly resentful of how difficult it was to get me to be feminine and made comments about how she “wanted a daughter but got a weird son” i was forced to wear pretty skirts and dresses meanwhile all i wanted was to look at dinosaurs and talk about the titanic. so when i hit middle school i resented femininity. then i got tumblr and was told by the other 12-15 year olds that i was actually a misogynist for feeling disillusioned with femininity, so until i was around 19 i threw myself into being as feminine as i possibly could, i wore glam makeup every single day, tiny skirts and dresses, heels when i could (i have a bone spur in my ankle that makes them especially hard for me) and i was fucking miserable! it was a mask! none of that was me, but i was so fucking popular and well liked and showered with attention and compliments. when i got to my 20’s i realized that none of that even does anything for you. it’s just confidence boosting but only in the short term, none of it is about YOU, its about how well you performed. i’m still proud of my skills in makeup and fashion and hairstyling but now i have confidence that comes from the knowledge that im a smart, funny, and genuinely good person. my looks have almost nothing to do with how much i love myself. i very much struggle still with accepting my appearance without changing it, in large part because the makeup and dress-up did nothing but damage to my perception of my appearance. i’m not talking about this stuff from the perspective of some bitter bitch who genuinely has internalized misogyny issues, i’m saying this as someone who was you once. i was a hyperfeminine girl for 9 years of my 25 years on earth. i’m leveling with you and telling you to just Think about it, try different things, don’t let attention and social pressure make you betray your true sense of self. don’t lie to yourself about it. you’re a human being not a piece of decor designed to be viewed and judged

[luciansuir]

If you are a woman at any age and you’re not into femininity, it’s because the definition of femininity is outdated and fake. Do whatever feels right to you.

[borsch-smetania]

GROCERY BAG IMPROVED | kitchen clutter kit required

I noticed that the bag which came to us with the newest Kitchen Clutter kit has limited list of groceries to buy, so I fixed this 🤓

With my bag, you'll see the extended list of groceries, including cc ones if you have them!

🍅 Available for everybody

[oidingus]

My heart 🥺

[zarosianzealot]

[strengthins0lidarity]

Sex work is real work and if you disagree, leave.

[292-ludovica]

Y’all really out here getting cucked huh

[noblepeasant]

Dude, he’s fucking the girl you jack off to. That’s the exact opposite of being cucked.

[fordtato]

The comments are full of people going “it’s not like they’re having sex in these examples or anything” so I’ll go ahead and bite the controversy bullet and add:

Even if a sex worker partner is having sex with clients, it’s also literally just work. It isn’t morally wrong. There is nothing wrong with it if both parties in a relationship are aware of the work, and if everyone is being safe.

Sex workers who have sex are no worse or “dirtier” than sex workers who provide other services.

[optimysticals]

Sex work is work and pitting different types of workers against each other only helps keep us all down.

[luciansuir]

It’s not even rare in some area husband demand their wives to do sex work for the income. The trap here is that the husband would lash out their displeasure on their wives, usually through domestic violence, and society would find them sympathetic.

[arciam]

Underrated JayVik moments/lines (17/∞)

[Blink-and-you'll-miss-it.]

So, "fun" story: When I first watched Arcane, while I had already seen approximately 10.000 gifsets of JayVik's final 5 minutes crossing my dash, I knew hardly anything else about them, or how they would get to that point.

...So imagine my surprise when I witnessed Jayce just straight-up murdering the guy that I knew he would end up gazing at like this:

(Though, as I imagine, it was probably not that much less of a shock to people watching the show as it came out.)

In hindsight, of course I understand that it's very much by design that the viewer is kept in the dark about Jayce's motivations until the last possible moment (whether or not I agree with this decision and what it meant for the characters is another topic entirely... as in, you will never convince me that Jayce, if not for plot-imposed secrecy, wouldn't have tried to explain things to Viktor and would instead really just go "so anyway, I started blasting").

I assume we're supposed to think, at that point, that Jayce is either possessed by some force like the Arcane, went fully insane, or is indeed just out for Viktor's blood for some reason.

Which is why, upon second viewing, I found it even more incredible how Fortiche rrreally squeezed the absolute most out of the facial animations and, in fact, gave us a myriad of microexpressions which are supposed to still show us Jayce's true feelings once you know what you're looking for.

He may be looking at Viktor like a rabid raccoon most of the time, but then there's also:

The first time he hears (his) Viktor's voice again.

This part of his "split face" right before he shoots Viktor.

The dead last frame of this shot after shooting him.

Not to mention this sequence of faces as he stumbles out. just kill me it would hurt less

It's obvious enough once you know, yet subtle enough to remain obscured if you don't.

Also, another thing I want to draw attention to is how Jayce's "madness" stops the moment the deed is done (and only returns when Viktor does) - he is already fully lucid by the time he helps Caitlyn and Vi escape from the commune.

Which to me, looking back, indicates one thing specifically:

Jayce's mind freaking out on him to the brink of collapse until this moment wasn't just madness, or PTSD, or the touch of the Arcane.

He was waging outright war against himself to the point of dissociating to be able to do what he did to Viktor.

(Again - was it necessary for him to do it? I don't think the show really took the time to show us why it would be... but that wasn't the topic of this post.)

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[luciansuir]

This is an older post but i just saw it…please allow me to add something. IMO the struggles and illusions were very likely more than Jayce’s internal conflicts and ptsd. Commune Viktor commented on Jayce smashing Salo, saying it wasn’t Jayce, that Jayce was under the influence of some being even he couldn’t decipher

That was the Mage, who charged the crystal with his power and embedded it into Jayce’s arm. Jayce had failed in killing Viktor at least in his timeline, so he worked on “nudging ” him into doing the right thing. It was part of Arcane’s self-annihilation in a way

[trans-ralsei]

[trans-ralsei]

[caughtthedarkness93]

I love my job, but reblogging employment jelly for someone else I love.

[pierisim]

Hello hello !

So excited to share the KNOX Livingroom with you ! I've been wanting to create this fireplace for ages, and also this kind of windows! It will be perfect for your fancy high apartments in San Myshuno or even shops ! I had great times working on the shapes and textures of those items, and I hope you will like the result! 😀

You will find a working bar, that requires the cheat code bb.moveobjects to place it on top of the kart. You will also find the same version as a decorative item, so you can place it wherever you want, and also each piece sperated so you can mix and match the bar clutter as you want!

I hope you're having a nice weekend 💚🥰

You can find the items by searching for KNOX or Pierisim in game.

Some items share the same textures so make sure to have the packages finishing by "texture" in your mod folder :)

All base game compatible.

unmerged and merged version available.

public 4th of June

DOWNLOAD (early access)

[luciansuir]

Didn’t see anyone bring this up but

Grindelwald was wearing the same tie he worn when they created the blood pact

[augureysfeather]

Alternatively, he has a VERY limited wardrobe. XD

(Granted, this is the early 20th centuy and we don't know how well off Gellert was, financially...)

[luciansuir]

Bro was riding in Rolls-Royce Phantom wdym he couldn’t afford a new tie

[velvet-apricots]

another reminder that Marika can

Love her kids, but be an abusive parent. She can love her children but neglect, abuse, and even abandon them because she never learned to sacrifice her own ego for her children's well being.

Have a tragic backstory, yet still inflict the same suffering and pain she endured upon others. She can be a victim of genocide, and turn around and commit genocide in turn because to her it's justice, or even a poor attempt to protect the world she is trying to build.

It's called being a complex, multifaceted character. She's not just "a poor sad victim" and she's not just "pure evil". Please stop trying to shove her into a box. she's not going to fit in it.

[luciansuir]

English community’s interpretation of Marika never failed in confusing me

[ot3]

to be honest there has never been a fictional character i’ve actually wanted to date. like. i want them to date each other. i don’t want myself as a person to be involved in this scenario whatsoever. what would i add to this narratively? what’s my thematic purpose in the narrative? immersion breaking. 

[allthingswhumpyandangsty]

Do you think people who are virgin should write smut? I feel like most of them don’t even know what they’re writing and just write what they think sex is

the implication this ask suggests that people who write about murders, cannibalism, politics, magic, royalty au, sci-fi, wars, supernatural, time travel, medieval era, werewolves, vampires, mermaids or goblins must be murderers, cannibals, presidents, wizards, royalties, astronauts, ghost hunters, soldiers, time travelers, knights, werewolves, vampires, mermaids or goblins in real life is so funny to me

[luciansuir]

it’s a funny question considering how unrealistic porns are

[savage-sinister]

I really don't understand how "without getting kudos or comments a fanfiction author is going to assume that people who clicked their fic didn't like it" became a controversial take.

I don't know why some people think an author should imagine, or guess that people who click their fic enjoyed it it when nobody is telling them that.

If you're re-reading a fic constantly, or leaving it up in your tab so that it re-loads every day for a hundred days the author is not going to know that unless you tell them. They'd love to hear it. It would make their day.

And if you don't tell them you liked their fic, there's no reason for them to assume you did.

[lucifers-legions]

Writers on AO3 when they see the hit counter on their fic go up and get an email that someone left kudos or a comment: Yay! People like my story! This made my day!

Writers on AO3 when they see the hit counter on their fic go up but the number of kudos/bookmarks/subscriptions/comments doesn't change: Oh. People are reading my story, but I guess they didn't like it.

Writers on Tumblr when they see notifications on their story: Yay! People are liking my story! Oh, somebody left a nice comment! Oh, they even reblogged it! That was so sweet of them!

Writers on Tumblr when they see 0 notes on their story: Nobody read it.

Also, just for fun, here are the stats for my fanfic with the most hits:

Almost half of the comments are my replies, so there are actually 27 individual comments. And almost 27,000 hits. So, basically a 1:10,000 ratio.

Do you still think writers are being unreasonable?

[idontlikeseagulls]

While 27 comments may not be much when someone gets them gradually, it's a lot to read through to make sure you're not contributing to unintentional spam.

[savage-sinister]

unintentional spam?? I'm sorry this is just such a foreign idea to me.

I promise you there are vanishingly few authors who would be upset to receive more than one comment saying the same (positive) things!

[treesramblings]

If I receive multiple emails of comments on something I write, there is an actual zero percent chance of me being upset by it. Literally would make my day, week, month. Love your authors! Comments do not have to be detailed analysis - something as simple as “<3” conveys so much. (In fact, the very first comment I got on AO3 was “<3” and I treasure it.)

[dancinbutterfly]

Spam your local fic author with comments. You never know what could happen.

They might fall in love with you.

Happened to the Goob author. Happened to me.

[prismatic-bell]

I made one of my dearest friends this way. And I bet she'd be completely unsurprised to know I still have her comments saved.

Tell 'em how long it's been, @sparklingganymede.

[albertavenator]

If I woke up with twenty-seven comments in my inbox I would be ecstatic

[kananeski]

I can't stress enough how fandom thrives when we are bouncing off one another. It's almost like playing pinball—where the goal is keeping your momentum, and therefore the game, going. Every positive interaction reinforces that you have made something enjoyable and drives you to create and share more.

And sure, some will point out there is the reward of a "high score" aka becoming a fandom name for consistently putting out a body of work. But honestly, since switching to a discord fandom space vs public social media I've been able to contextualize why I wasn't enjoying fandom much anymore: there has been a sharp drop off in online interactions. On discord, we are excited about the things we make between the 20+ of us. We blast emojis and gifs at each other, hyping one another up by talking about the thing we've shared and then spinning more ideas from it. We feed each other with our enthusiasm for putting Characters in Situations together and thus we continue to create more. When I shared the same work in public spaces, I was lucky to see even a comment or even a reshare. So steadily I just didn't share work publicly because it was more fun creating for this group of now-friends than the lack of community I was seeing in social.

Whether it be out of worry for being a freak on main, not wanting to bother a creator, etc, people are withholding their enjoyment of the fandom contributions where creators can see it. And I think it is a travesty to hoard that joy where the person who made it can't see the impact they had on you. (That's the ✨ magic ✨ of fandom!!)

And some will argue that artists and writers shouldn't chase the approval of others, simply enjoy the act of creating. To which, yes and fuck your weird puritanical purity standards. I am a social creature and I am allowed to love seeing comments about how/why people have enjoyed the thing I have made.

Because, like a pinball, without the sustained momentum, you can't be surprised when it all falls into the gutter.

[luciansuir]

Liking a fanfic or not is not always about the quality of the work, it has a lot to do with how you connect with the canon material on a personal level or how your head canons match others, and it can be very subjective. Even for people shipping the same pairs there can be many nuanced disagreements. Having either popular taste or unpopular taste is good as long as you enjoy it, sometimes you wrote down an idea for yourself and that one person who resonates with it

[rona-sims]

[RONA] Metal Frame Glasses Set 2

TS4

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[T.O.U]

Do not re-upload & re-edit.

Do not convert to another Sims series and another game without my permission.

Do not upload direct download link.

Do not generate income from my creations.

Do not claim my contents as your own.

　    

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