#silver's chatter

[beneathsilverstars]

grainjew replied to your post: ok newt as light works, but, why do that when you...

do i need to watch pacrim just to argue with you about this

you should watch pacrim just because it’s good, but YES watch it just to argue with me

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brightnessdavar replied to your post “I finally finished them! Buddies, pals, folks, I finally finished the...”

where's Orisa, Silver. where is she.

i wanted to add her, but im super burnt out and dont want to die, so... she might get added at some point but definitely not till i’ve enjoyed a nice break :’)

[beneathsilverstars]

renegadeshroom replied to your post “renegadeshroom replied to your post “i have over a hundred posts...”

#shoulda been more into newt then you'd be saved :/

sorry for having good taste ://

you SHOULD be sorry.... kin a nasty little scientist like the rest of us

[beneathsilverstars]

kogiopsis replied to your post “i can’t believe stacker thought the best way to keep his jaegers safe...”

my guess is that he's trying to conserve resources - theoretically CA and CT are more than capable, and that way they don't risk damage to Striker. they don't exactly have money to spare, so limiting risk to Striker is paramount if they're going to have it available for the Breach assault, which is on a tight schedule.

ok see it makes SENSE, but like - if cherno & typhoon are theoretically able to win just fine, then if you add striker to the mix they should theoretically be able to win even MORE fine and everyone will come out even more okay?

i guess even a solid win doesn’t mean no one gets hurt at all, but honestly, it still doesn’t seem like as much of a risk as the alternative. you can even order striker to prioritize its own safety but still let it, like, be out there shooting, yknow? going from 2v2 to 3v2 is just such a big advantage.. have the more expendable jaegers do the grappling, and striker can dart in for a punch and then fall back safely.

and yes, maybe, for example, cherno’s kaiju will break away and go after striker and cherno isn’t able to stop it and striker gets injured - but that means cherno isn’t doing as good a job as expected, and if striker weren’t there, the kaiju would’ve gone after typhoon, and it’ll definitely be able to do serious damage in that second of 1v2, and everything’ll go to shit and striker will get called in anyway and will probably get injured anyway bc now it’s not 3v2 it’s 2v2, etc etc.

so like i get the reasoning of not wanting to risk striker, it just, doesn’t actually seem like less risk, imo.

[beneathsilverstars]

voxeldogs replied to your post “now i have to redo my two part post with my new url”

you did it you absolute lad

i was like “well i dunno if this actually fits me bc really im just into newt and newts the one who’s kaiju on main” but turns out every single person in the pacrim fandom has a url about newt or maybe hermann so this was the closest i was gonna get and it IS a good url

[beneathsilverstars]

wan-shailu replied to your post: You're adorable and i hope you have a nice day!

Ooh what r u learning with duolingo

french! i had fun learning it in high school even though the classes themselves were shitty, and was always kinda sad that i didn’t have the time/energy/opportunity to continue.

every now and then i consider picking it up again - this time it’s because spotify recommended me a really catchy french song, Sur La Planche by La Femme. so here i am again!

[beneathsilverstars]

if you’re down to read really long books and are amenable to fantasy then i highly recommend you read the stormlight archive.. it’s so good....

brandon sanderson has been my favorite author for like ten years and he’s only getting better and better?? his worldbuilding and magic systems and plots are incredible and original, and his characters are so fucking good and real,

and like, bad things happen, but it’s never overly grimdark for the sake of it, his stories are always hopeful at the core,

and stormlight is just the best of the best... great neurodivergent rep from depression to autism to ptsd, cool ladies and men breaking the silly gender roles of their society, almost all the characters in this world are poc, so far there’s only a few minor gay characters but i have hope for more,

and all the characters are just, they make mistakes and go through such rough times but in the end they’re still good worthy important people, they fuck up but they’re trying so hard to do better and that’s what it takes to be a hero... (well ok there’s also bad guys, and morally grey characters, but like, the def-good guy characters are also complicated but also still good...)

and it’s just such a good entertaining enthralling emotional read! those thousand pages fly by, none of it’s boring filler (trust me he tries so hard to get these books as short as he can lmao), whenever i get to a section where it’s like “oh this character or plotline isn’t my fave” i'm still always really fucking into it by like the second paragraph because it’s all just so well done..

god i love those books

[beneathsilverstars]

discourse self-care of the day:

it can be #valid to be upset by acceptable content

(and it can be #valid to make content that legitimately upsets people)

Sometimes there’s a kind of content, be it a discourse or fan art or joking hot take, that’s really personally upsetting to you for pretty legit reasons. But sometimes the content itself isn’t actually bad; those legit reasons of yours are actually a little farther removed.

So maybe you assume they must be jerks, to make content that, while benign on its own, is obviously super hurtful in the context of society? Or maybe you’re filled with confusion and guilt, about who is actually in the wrong here? But really, sometimes it’s ok, sometimes no one is wrong. It’s ok that the content is out there, and it’s ok that you hate it and want to avoid the people who make it.

(Disclaimer that this doesn’t apply to everything. Some upsetting things are uh definitely unacceptable, and societal context and people’s reactions both do affect where the line is.)

Here’s a few examples of the thought process, that I have been on either side of, to show the type of situation I am talking about:

the content: A person doesn’t ship a canon gay ship that’s really important to you. the reason you’re upset: That’s something homophobes often do, of course, they makes excuses again and again but every time their real problem is that it’s gay. Seeing that some people in the fandom don’t like the same ship that the homophobes don’t like makes you feel hated and erased and surrounded by enemies. the disconnect: The person, who may be gay themself, actually only has other reasons for not shipping it. Maybe it reminds them of a bad past relationship, or maybe they just aren’t into the particular dynamic of those particular personalities. so, it’s valid: For you to be upset by criticism of the ship and dislike that people dislike it. but, it’s also valid: For people to ignore a ship they don’t like, and create content for other ships that they do like instead.

It’s ok that they don’t ship it, they’re not automatically homophobic because of this one instance. It’s ok that you don’t want to encounter anyone who doesn’t ship it, because like, those homophobic shippers are out there.

It’s ok.

the content: An ace person talks about how sex grosses them out. the reason you’re upset: You’re so sick of being told your sex life is gross, you get it from so many cishet sides already and the implications are here too and it makes you feel like shit. the disconnect: The person isn’t talking about you, they’re talking about themself, their own reactions and preferences. They also have to deal with being told they’re attracted to the wrong things and not attracted to the right things, it’s just a different axis. so, it’s valid: For you to avoid people who make sweeping negative statements about sex. but, it’s also valid: For people to be sex-repulsed, or even just not personally into certain sexual acts, and to talk about that fact.

It’s ok that they get grossed out equally by straight and gay pda/sex talk. It’s ok that you never want to hear about that because it sounds way too similar to homophobic shitheads who are grossed out only by gay things.

It’s ok.

here’s some more disagreements I’ve seen that I think this concept might apply to: headcanons on whether a character is gay/lesbian or bi, discourse between trans people on how to draw trans characters, ships that aren’t abusive but have imperfections that could grow into or be part of an abusive relationship, sweeping statements of retaliatory hatred, arguments on whether self care means ignoring responsibilities or tackling them, etc.

what to do about this whole thing: Remind yourself that both sides of an argument can be correct simultaneously. Don’t immediately assume malicious motivations or unreasonable scope. Ask for clarification before judging, if you must judge. Keep personal opinions personal. Try not to over-generalize. Remember that different people, even people with similar identities and experiences, can and will react differently to the same things. Find ways to express distaste that don’t include moral judgement. Curate your own online experience to avoid content that upsets you and people who your content upsets. Use block and blacklist as personal tools rather than statements of morality. Know that sometimes it’s ok to disagree.

It’s ok.