unfortunate kpop stan

ray!! they/them!! [ 23 y/o ] things im into rn: a whole lotta kpop hehe

[musicdork]

hello!

it’s about time i made an official intro post!

here’s just a bit about me, i have more stuff in my carrd!

name: ray (raegan)

pronouns: they/them

sexuality: bisexual (why did i ever question this)

interests/passions: writing, psychology/mental health, anime, drawing, music and some others! i'm currently getting into kpop!! was supposed to stop at stray kids but then ateez happened and then,,, yeah,, (2022 update)

current worry: when tf am i gonna write again?!

i tend to reblog a lot of things (mainly jjba, jjk + kpop writings n art pieces) and shitpost! i self ship on here but i made a separate blog for it!! it's @hellscrxsader !!

hope you enjoy your stay! <3

[romeoslaughter]

hey @musicdork ... ♡♡♡

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hey @musicdork ... ♡♡♡

[angeldrawsstuffs]

The way people are swearing left right and center that Jax isn’t trans is driving me INSANE. Like I wasn’t even an adamant believer in the theory (it was one of those “I can see it but also it could go either way” things for me) and I could see plain as day that the finale was very obviously saying Jax is a trans woman!

But, like all queer media, if you don’t have a character stare dead into the camera and state “I am [insert LGBTQIA+ identity here]”, people will swear all six ways to Sunday it’s “up to interpretation”. Fucking hell- during Pride Month, guys??

[bacteriumphage]

Important annoucement

[demilypyro]

No spoilers, just themes.

With the finale out now I think a central theme that I've recognized and really adore is "all of these characters are more complex than an audience would appreciate." They are all being squished into a child-friendly set of archetypes, be that by Caine, Jax, or metatextually, the fandom. Caine doesn't want them complaining, swearing or having sex, they just have to go on endless, mindless, youtube-monetizable adventures. He's the ringmaster, he puts them in a bright poppy's playtime ass stage and demands for funny to happen. Meanwhile, Jax doesn't want to address the dire reality of their situation and copes by playing along, treating himself and all the characters as flat archetypes with no internality, so that the elephants in the room can safely be ignored. The fandom, meanwhile, is quietly guilty of all the same things. "Why isn't my favorite character acting in accordance with my headcanon? Which characters are flatly evil so we can hate them? Will they achieve my perfect happy ending? Because if not I'll be mad about it."

It doesn't work. Because they're more complex than that. They're people, they need more, they have emotions and traumas and wants and needs. Ragatha isn't always cheerful, she's not just the mom friend, and she's not some manipulator either. She's a person, trying her best, and very often failing. Pomni isn't always anxious, she's a natural leader and she wants the best for everyone, but she's not perfect either. She's a person, trying her best, and very often failing. And Jax isn't just a villain, he's a very complicated ball of traumas whose consistent first instinct is to push everyone away, hurting others so that he won't get hurt himself. He's a person, trying his best, and very often failing. She might even be a girl. Zooble isn't just a grump, Gangle isn't just a wimp, Kinger isn't just crazy. They're humans. And humans aren't always good. They're messy, screwed up, complicated things. They're things that can't be flattened down to archetypes, no matter how much Caine, Jax, or the fandom wants it.

The fandom wanted a bunch of cookie cutter adventures with good guys and bad guys, but what we got is just a bunch of people, stuck together, their traumas rubbing up against eachother until something catches fire and explodes. And I think that's way more interesting. I'm glad the show is that. I understand not everyone feels that way, though. A lot of people wanted something less nuanced. But I don't think the show not matching your expectations is the show's fault. I think people just need to come at it with the right mindset. Meet the story where it's at.

People are always more complicated than an audience wants them to be.

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[innerchildabortionclinic]

[chipsah0y]

game of the year 2026

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[incognitopolls]

This is asking about the word "couple" as a quantity of things, NOT the term for people in a relationship. For example, "That will take a couple of days," "I ate a couple of carrots," etc.

Answer based on how you use/interpret it, not what you think is technically correct.

(1/2) US Americans, how many is "a couple"? What region are you from?

Northeast; a small amount, but not necessarily exactly two

Northeast; a couple is exactly two

South; a small amount, but not necessarily exactly two

South; a couple is exactly two

Midwest; a small amount, but not necessarily exactly two

Midwest; a couple is exactly two

West; a small amount, but not necessarily exactly two

West; a couple is exactly two

Non-contiguous US; a small amount, but not necessarily exactly two

Non-contiguous US; a couple is exactly two

Other

Not from the US/show results

Voting ended onApr 24

We ask your questions anonymously so you don’t have to! Submissions are open on the 1st and 15th of the month.

[lilyblisslys]

if I ever tell you “lmk what you think if you read/play/watch it!” I am firmly inviting you to send me a play by play minute by minute cataloguing of your thoughts about The Thing

[gooseworx]

Looking back on the show, what are you most proud of?

Every time I've hurt people.

[a-mel0n]

reblog if you’ve had an online friendship that’s lasted more than 2 years

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[quentims]

Cowgirl Mira

[psycheterminal]

Treat anything on Discord as media that will be lost

Do not use Discord to host your files. Do not rely on Discord to preserve your text. DO NOT RELY ON DISCORD FOR ANY KIND OF PRESERVATION OR HOSTING!!

It CAN be lost, it WILL be lost! You must consider Discord as a part of the Core Internet, controlled by one company that hosts the servers.

I thought it was impressive at first that it replaced IRC, but now I am horrified. If the company behind Discord went under today, how many friends would you lose?

How many relationships? How much writing?

You may think this won't happen, but I remember when AIM went down and along with it, entire novels worth of interaction with my oldest friend.

IT CAN HAPPEN TO YOU. IT WILL HAPPEN AGAIN. NO COMPANY IS INFALLIBLE.

Back up your files! Download anything you've saved to Discord NOW, before the API changes go into effect! And DO NOT RELY ON THEM FOR HOLDING IMPORTANT FILES!

[bright-eyed-sunshine]

Here is a program that lets you download any and all of your discord DMs, your servers, everything. You can set the format (raw text, html (dark and light), and others. You can even download the uploaded files not just the text, though that may be just for the command-line version not the GUI window version.

GitHub - Tyrrrz/DiscordChatExporter: Exports Discord chat logs to a file

Exports Discord chat logs to a file. Contribute to Tyrrrz/DiscordChatExporter development by creating an account on GitHub.

Please back up your conversations, your stories. I have a backup of everything I care about that runs once a week, with full attachment backups every several months. I write stories on discord, and would be devastated if someone happened to them. You have to have your own local copies of every file you care about.