A Wandering Woodlandian

Step inside. If you dare. (There’s probably only cats, trees, and an increasingly large Fire Emblem fanfic in here, it’s fine)

[terrifiedmouse]

Saw a post joking about the Awakening trio showing up in the new game by accidentally ending up in the wrong timeline.

[soundoftheirwings]

Gotta tell you guys something wild in the Chinese fan sphere

So some fanartist drew a “sexy” (read: booby) version of a (cartoon) character who is traditionally very non-sexualised. Fans of the character got mad about it because it’s kind of groundbreaking how that character is written and portrayed and this art totally ignores the entire point of the character. They demanded the art be deleted. In response to that other people said, well what the fanartist did may be distateful but they have every right to draw what they’re into. The two sides fight for days and each starts a harassment campaign and even report their “opponents’” accounts.

So far so typical. But things eventually come to a head and they decide that this will be settled by votes - not through a poll. Through donations to a children’s education charity via each side’s portal. Whoever can get the highest amount of donation wins.

And that is how this charity received over 1 million in donations in three days lol. Oh btw the “freedom of expression” side won by a landslide (960k to 40k)

[tlbodine]

From now on this is how all petty fandom disputes should be settled.

[flagellant]

[phantom-of-the-wapera]

I love how, whenever I sketch Gandalf, he's just triangle + wizard hat (and sometimes pipe).

[were--ralph]

[X]

we live in the worst times

[greater-than-the-sword]

My exact thoughts. Couldn't leave this in the tags.

[cesarescabinet]

To send a message, write a complaint and boycott the company behind Burger King and the other franchises it owns.

This includes Popeyes and Tim Hortons.

[transcyberism]

I'm also betting it's looking for "unprofessional language" in general and is almost certainly biased against AAVE, like, I would bet cash moneydollars on that

[nongunktional]

you actually can't read wheel of time it's not possible. you can only have read it. it is however possible to transition from not having read it to having read it by entering a kind of paraconsumptive state known as "reading wheel of time"

[nongunktional]

yeah that's where the One Power comes from

[terramythos]

oh okay! ^_^ i'm learning so much

[butwhatifidothis]

This is the only unit from FEH to ever break containment into my non-FE related twitter alt and by god almighty of COURSE it'd be him

I am never going to get FEH pass BUT JEEZ LOUISE

THE UNIQUE ANGLE. THE WINK. THE COCKY SMIRK.

THEY MADE HIM SMILE IN HIS DAMAGED ART WHICH IS ALWAYS SO MUCH BETTER AHHHHHHHHHH

[1121-redblack-chrome]

[faircastle]

Maybe we should be at Bel Tine. To light a candle for her. Whole point is to help guide her spirit back to us. Doesn't matter where we are to do it, really. How long does it take before the Wheel of Time turns someone's spirit back into the world again? Wish I knew. But I'm sure there's a reason no one can remember their previous lives.

[charlesoberonn]

Protagonist and Hero are not synonyms.

Antagonist and Villain are not synonyms.

To use the most clear-cut example:

The protagonist of Death Note is a megalomaniacal mass murderer who wants to reshape the world through fear.

The antagonists are the detectives trying to stop him.

[pikabelle]

Happy Valentines Day to this girl, her boyfriend, and Dimitri Fireemblem

[allthingswhumpyandangsty]

[catie-does-things]

People think the moral of Disney's Beauty and the Beast is supposed to be something like "don't judge people by appearances" but that's really not it. That is a possible moral of some other versions of the story but the Disney version has a different lesson actually and it's "people can change." And I think this becomes obvious when we look at the Beast and Gaston as foils to each other. Because they both start out arrogant, selfish, and petty. Perhaps most importantly, at the outset neither of them really cares about Belle's feelings. Gaston wants to marry her because she's beautiful, and the Beast hopes she might break the spell, but neither is really considering her needs or desires at all, at the start. But the Beast changes. He tries to make Belle happy. He learns to put her first, to love her unselfishly, which culminates in him letting her go. Meanwhile Gaston responds to Belle's rejection by plotting to coerce her into doing what he wants anyway. He never spares a thought for what she wants. He never changes.

But where it gets really interesting is when you compare their supporting characters. Because all Gaston has around him are sycophants who will tell him how wonderful he is. So he never sees any need to change. Whereas the Beast's servants - even though they are his servants - don't hesitate to tell him when he needs to clean up his act. They are constantly reminding him to mind his manners, control his temper, and consider things from Belle's point of view.

So people can change - but they need help to do it.

[homunculus-argument]

I know that I'll certainly never be someone they'd build a memorial for, but if I could get one, I'd like to get one of those park bench statues that are sitting on the bench. Specifically of me sitting casually looking towards the other seat at an angle, looking intrigued with a "surprised but not disappointed" kind of a look on my face. Kind of a "huh, won't you look at that."

I want that specifically so people can make it a meme to post pictures of themselves showing me stuff. Like memes off their phone.

Or maybe things that they are proud of but don't have anyone else to show them to. Like your school graduation papers, this cool knitting project you finally finished, your baby who's never going to see their grandparents.

And I also want a clause that they will absolutely fucking never put those anti-homeless things of any kind on my damn bench. So if there's ever someone who's got nobody else to keep them company, they can at least spend the night with me.

[princesssokphanny]

A once-in-a-lifetime shot — the moon perfectly framed by a rainbow. Caught at just the right time. 🌈 🌕

[vicetrevni]

MOON PRISM POWER

[sparemoon]

don bluth put the RUSSIAN HISTORY DOWN!!!!! (i love this movie)

[spirited-away-to-mandalore]

💀🐴SKELTON PAINTED HORSES🐴💀

[snazzy-hats-and-adhd]

Oh fuck, are those friesians?

[callmebliss]

GLOW IN THE DARK????

[madecunningly]

Okay but like if I saw a glowing giant skeleton horse do you know how fucking fast I would run away

[thenewborndeity]

Not faster than a horse i bet

[karcatgirl-vantas]

the default way for things to taste is good. we know this because "tasty" means something tastes good. conversely, from the words "smelly" and "noisy" we can conclude that the default way for things to smell and sound is bad. interestingly there are no corresponding adjectives for the senses of sight and touch. the inescapable conclusion is that the most ordinary object possible is invisible and intangible, produces a hideous cacophony, smells terrible, but tastes delicious. and yet this description matches no object or phenomenon known to science or human experience. so what the fuck

[skluug]

this is what ancient greek philosophy is like

[ace-disgrace-on-the-case]

False! “Sightly” is a positive word, so the default way for things to work is good as well.

The true most ordinary object is beautiful, horrible sounding, very smelly, intangible, and delicious.

I still don’t think it matches anything in existence but to truly understand a thing one must know its true nature.

[professionalchaoticdumbass]

"touchy" is also a word! however it's mostly used for things that aren't objects, like subjects of conversation. it either means "oversensitive and irritable" or "requires careful handling/wording, delicate"

i think the second one works well for our hypothetical object. so we can use that.

therefore, the Default Object is:

beautiful

makes a horrendous sound

smells absolutely awful

is very fragile

tastes delicious

and i still cannot think of anything that matches this

[and-a-pidgey-in-a-wepear-tree]

behold, the default object!

[ospreyonthemoon]

DEFAULT OBJECT FOUND