#went on a rant

[agentdagonet]

Hi I really like your blog but I was kinda shocked and disappointed to see that you reblogged that fic based on the USA gymnastics scandal? That's really insensitive to real victims of abuse, and using a real scenario that really hurt people for a fic idea is beyond gross.

sorry for the delayed response here- it’s been a few months since I’ve had the opportunity to check tumblr proper from my laptop, and mobile doesn’t inform me of new messages. This was by no means my trying to ignore your message. HOWEVER I think, somehow, you’ve come to the conclusion that people aren’t allowed to explore things through art and writing. Whether they’re affected by something of that nature or not, the purpose of fiction (not even just fanfiction, but visual arts and such as well) is to EXPERIENCE.  People use fiction as a means to process, a means to explore, and the writing or even the enjoyment of something FICTIONAL is by no means somehow belittling or taking joy from a non-fictional person’s suffering.

Unless, somehow, that fic is directly attacking someone or exposing secrets/experiences that someone has personally asked to be kept quiet? 

But if it’s just about the general idea of the scandal and the realities those people faced- pretending those weren’t real experiences, weren’t things that could happen to people, to anyone is what would do them a disservice.

To have things happen and, however horrific they are, be forgotten because of people being unwilling to speak of them even tangentially (for what creator hasn’t put at least a little of themselves into every creation?) would be the greatest disservice.

I don’t know what kind of content consumer you are, I can’t claim to know your story or your traumas and I have no need to. It’s YOUR responsibility to filter what you consume, and how you interact with someone’s creation. You’re under no obligation to enjoy what I do, and I’m under no obligation to cater to your subjectivity. I’m not going to apologise for enjoying something someone put their time/love/effort/energy into creating. I’m sorry if you believe otherwise and if it means you no longer enjoy myself as a being/content consumer/creator. But I’m not moving on this.

1- I am, incredibly unfortunately, American and that scandal is well known to me, I do not take their abuse lightly; 2- I come from a pretty psychologically abusive home, through every fault of my grandparents’ abuse on both sides making my parents unwilling to acknowledge their own gaping faults and flaws until recently though they’re working to be better now. Abuse takes many forms, and I would never dare to assume that I somehow know better or can understand something I haven’t experienced. 

But I’m not going to police what someone creates- it’s all subjective, and the standards to which modern fandom holds people to strike me as ridiculous.

I come from a generation of content consumers that was happy to have content at all. I’ve separated the art from the artist, or from the source material, too many times to count. You can’t say you love something, or live on this planet in the reality we face now, without being critical of it. 

But being critical doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy it anyway.

[needs-to-stop-looking-at-valves]

There's this thought about mute!Sentinel that's been on my mind, and I don't want it to be, but my inner optimist just won't shut up about it. Said thought is that maybe Sentinel losing his voice might be a good thing for him? Like maybe it can help him get redeemed? Like, If he can't talk anyone down, he has to listen to people. Listen to them point out his flaws and how to be a better person. Like maybe Jazz or Optimus or someone can finally get to him or something.

I. DESPERATELY want Sentinel to have a redeeming quality about him. While yes, this would be the BIGGEST 180 in history, i just dont realistically see it happening. Sentinel is too self centered, too close minded, to be of much use in the redemption area. The only traits he has is that hes hot, hes kinda funny, and he begrudgingly accepts Optimus's choices after he fucks up. After Blackarachnia, i just find it impossible to give him that. Im...kinda done with the possibility of him getting another chance? Anon i feel you, i wanna like him. But you just...cant with this guy. If anything, mute Sentinel would be MORE hostile, what with his new found insecurity. He cant speak, and therefore has to act. He WILL act out. He WILL lash out. Some people are good. Sentinel just...isn't one of them. Mute Sentinel is even WORSE than usual Sentinel. And thats why tfa, i feel like, needs him. Wasp had something similar to this, and i feel like Sentinel would do well here. A 'good' character gone full baddy. So in short. No. Him being mute would only make things worse. And thats the point.

[lesbiahaunest]

yooooo just cause ima stud don’t mean i’m emotionless and “hard” all the time bitches be having it twisted.. that shit for the birds i like my ass rubbed and fucking bubble baths and to be told i look cute tf.. i’m not a nigga i don’t wanna be a nigga and niggas should be able to get they ass rubbed and they bubble bath on and be able to cry on your fucking should if they want to fuck outta here with these bull shit ass social constructs. i take care mine when it come time to but everyone need to be able to let they guard down and just feel some shit sometimes...

[musicalcompanions]

Something that I’ve noticed is a lot of series, be it manga or comics or tv shows or books, start off great. But then towards the late middle to end they often decrease in quality and/or have a dissatisfactory ending. I hate to say it but it would be pretty normal if that’s how JJK’s ending goes.

Oh absolutely! I think a lot of things factor into this issue such as stretching the story for too long or, the opposite: rushing to the end, which is what I think is happening with JJK.

Also, when a story starts everything is new and exciting and it’s very easy to overlook certain aspects that might be problematic later on such as having a way too op character without giving them any weakness early on… or focusing so much on plot that characters never really develop to the point they need to be for the story to end well or the other way around, focusing too much on characters and too little on plot.

I think unsatisfying endings are also particularly common in fantasy shows because it’s very easy for the author to end up stuck in their own world building and plot and not find a way out unless they break the rules they set for themselves, which can feel unfulfilling. It’s like the work surpassed it’s creator in dimension and scope and tying all the loose ends in a way that respects the stablished lore becomes extremely difficult - this is what I think might be George RR Martin main issue with the last books of ASOIAF.

Some of the most common symptoms of the author struggling with the story progression, in my view, are stalling the narrative progression, so spending too much time on a certain plot point that could’ve been solved quicker - which I think is kind of what’s happening with the Sukuna fight, - and beginning to kill off important characters, especially op or traumatized characters, because the author doesn’t know how to move forward with them in the narrative and also to get a reaction out of the audience.

Another less talked about issue, in my opinion, is when an author depends on the fandom or gives too much space for the fandom to fill important blanks in the world and character building (this is very different than when the author purposely leaves certain clues and small details for the fans to add up). The main issue with this, and especially in big fandoms, is that at some point there’s going to be a mix between fanon and canon, which will create certain expectations that will never be met, because there’s a dissonance between the how the author sees of their own work and how the fans view it.

[unincised]

I mean if we're all being honest, I never found a good label for my sexuality or gender. Bisexuality is a good umbrella term for my attraction but it's not entirely fitting. Genderfluidity doesn't have the exact definition I think of myself as but it's easier for people to understand and another good generality that I can fall into. Truly, I should consider myself unlabeled, right? When I was still figuring things out I didn't even know being unlabeled was even an option! In the end, I guess, it's no one's business but mine. I'm me, my feelings are my own, and my identity is my own. I'm sure I'm not the only one who thinks this way. Sad to see so many unlabeled ppl on my dash and TL that feel invalidated or scared to be unlabeled because of what the community might think.

[thanakite]

Warning, this got long, went on a bit of a rant, essentially we need to be better with our music copyright laws (in the US, as I'm not aware of the copyright laws in other countries as much), this boils down to if we can show that music all has connections and that a lot of music will have small chord progressions or lyrical segments that are the same or similar and that short pieces should not be able to be copyrighted like that as it would be similar to copyrighting specific tropes in writing

I feel like these famous musicians who keep getting sued for non-sampling related copyright issues (as in they are not sampling someone's song and calling it good, but instead are being sued because of small segments of chords or lyrics that sound or are similar (or realistically even if they are the same)) would potentially benefit from hiring some people to go through and listen to music and record/write down/document/etc. All the instances in music where a part in one song are similar/the same as other songs

Like examples of this aren't hard to find, but if you are looking you could potentially connect a significant amount of music to other music and would likely result in a better understanding in the music industry of what actually qualifies as copyright and would help them stop wasting time and money on that shit

And look, I know a lot of these artists being sued are wealthy and can afford to waste that time and that many people believe the little guy is being screwed over or something in these cases, but if you actually look at these cases they largely seem like money grabs and a lot of them should be dismissed outright, but seem to not be because there is a lot of fuzziness (it seems at least, because to me this seems pretty basic) surrounding copyright laws, not only because these lawsuits are wasting time and while I'm sure people are like "well, lawyers and judges and court employees need stuff to do so why not ¯\_(ツ)_/¯" the reality is that literally should not be the concern, because this has to do with an important aspect of copyright law

As stated earlier, these lawsuits I'm seeing (and am specifically referencing here) in the news typically have to do with short segments of chord progressions or similar lyrics in small segments or a similar chord progression with similar lyrics in small parts

I specify small because these instances don't seem to last longer than a few seconds at a time throughout the song (if that), and that is some fucking bullshit. Like, unless significant amounts of a song are plagiarized (and I'm talking like whole parts are exactly the same in the same exact way with literally no change or potential that it happened accidentally) I firmly do not believe that should be plagiarism or part of copyright laws (again I am not talking about sampling where they take the original song and remix it into their song and don't provide any credit at all even though they literally just adjusted some levels or some shit, that is a whole other story and is definitely a copyright issue)

Saying that small parts of songs that are the same or similar is copyright infringement is like saying that an author using the same trope as another is copying infringement or that basic concepts are and is an incredibly dangerous and slippery slope especially because it logically makes no fucking sense, if people weren't able to take pieces they like from some music and use it to write a whole new song then our global pool of music would likely shrink drastically and if one of these lawsuits managed to make it's way through the Supreme court (gods help us if that happens because the supreme court agreeing to hear one of these case because that would literally be so fucking ridiculous and idiotic, and I'm mentioning it here more for worse case scenario effect) it would drastically change copyright law and would likely result in a sharp decrease in music as people would rapidly run out of chords, lyrics, etc. To put together that wouldn't apply in some way to the work of another and would be a huge fucking nightmare to manage as the rich would likely rush to copyright all the lyrical verses and chord combinations possible to force others to have to pay them to create more music

But also consider this, the reality is that people are not all fucking stupid, and there usually is a judge they'd see (ideally long before it got close to that point at all) that is going to realize that it's bullshit and call them out on it, and again if they don't the chances of the supreme court agreeing to hear a case based on a few seconds of a song are slim, so what is the fucking point?

For the people filing these lawsuits it seems that they hope to either get a settlement or that they get a stupid judge and it becomes not worth it to the artist to continue to fight them on it, and again that is fucking stupid and shouldn't be allowed, like people talk about frivolous lawsuits in America and then bring up completely valid cases that large corporations convince you aren't valid because they want you to think it's just bullshit and then completely miss these cases it seems (or ignore them because they hate/dislike the artist involved and want them to get punished for it) (For those of you who don't know, the woman who sued McDonald's over hot coffee is often brought up as a frivolous lawsuit due to McDonald's propaganda that doesn't want you to question why a spilled cup of their coffee gave an elderly woman severe burns that resulted in a ton of medical bills) these are the actually frivolous lawsuits and they set their own dangerous precedents even in cases where the artists settle or eventually give up or whatever because it convinces other people they can do the same and it is a slippery slope before rich and famous artists (or more likely the greedy record companies that control a significant amount of this) will eventually start insisting that artists that are up and coming are copying music that belongs to them and it will limit what songs can be made and who is able to make them (it will be used to keep minorities out of the music industry along with those who have ideas the music industry doesn't want to support in a way that is even more severe than it is now)

Which brings us back to my original point, hiring people to compile the music that has similar or the same elements to show that there is significant precedent that something like that isn't copyright, potentially even forcing clarity into the law that would specify how much of a song has to be copied before it is a copyright issue because that clarification will put a full stop to the frivolous lawsuits of this nature and allow a focus on actual cases of copyright infringement while also setting up protection for all artists in the industry because the way this is heading with this shit, musicians aren't going to be able to listen to the radio or really go out in public at all for fear that they may accidentally hear part of a song in passing, not remember that they heard it and then came up with a whole new song that included that small piece they heard but don't remember hearing and that is simply ridiculous

For those of you who don't know, there is a belief that there are only 7 original stories and that the rest are just based on them and as a result there is a decent amount of leeway with storytelling as a result and we need to acknowledge that in the end music is essentially the same

Yeah you are going to get sued if you take someone's story, change the names, and try and pass it off as your own (and I'm talking word for word exactly the same except the names or at least huge chunks of it that have essentially been copy and pasted) but you aren't going to be sued because your story has a similar scene or plot or a character with the same or a similar name or whatever unless the original author is particularly stupid, vengeful, and mean because again the writing industry has been forced to be clearer about this (and yes there are still problems with it, but it's still better than the way the copyright laws in the music industry are going) and these are essentially equal comparisons as small segments of music are essentially tropes and archetypes and themes and whatever else within the music and we need to adjust to that fact and stop acting like every song is some completely original piece

There needs to be pressure to force clarity on this or it will become a shit show as capitalism consumes it

[boopsyournoseboop]

Hey.... I love you...

sometimes with all the environmental strain on the planet I think....wouldn’t it be nice if we just completely self destruct? make the planet so uninhabitable the human race goes extinct? cure the earth from the invasive and parasitical disease that is us? maybe enough is enough and the universe decides to wipe us all out, let the earth quake, the waters rise, let the wind sweep us off of the face of the earth and let fire rain down from the sky!   wouldn’t that be nice!  

I hold these sentiments I hold them close, sometimes I long for it, I mean there is just so much hurt and there is no-one to blame because its its US!!! we did this... to ourselves to the animals the forests...my god the oceans......and I feel like we are so undeserving of such a gentle and hospitable host such as earth. as a species we have been terrible guests....its usually a bad idea to share these thoughts... when I express how I think it would be nice if half of the population could just disappear to lighten some of the load..... although I realize, now that I'm a little older that our numbers aren't the problem, I used to think there just wasn't enough to go around instead there is plenty but those with plenty are so terrified of losing their false sense of security and importance and wealth...that they rather watch the rest of us suffer and beg and eventually die......... we are killing each other OURSELVES.......

it makes me sad and I'm in a weird mood. they say climate change will be irreversible by the time I'm in my thirties.....I mean....im going to have to live through that...... i’m not having kids (not biological ones anyway) how could I in good conscious bring a life into the world when its like this? I personally can't justify it, its inherently selfish and therefore unloving, downright hostile if you ask me.....how could I ever look them in the eyes? “ yes I knew the world was going to hell and the anxiety that accompanies al these big events we have no control over heavily effects our quality of life, but I just really wanted to push you out of my vagina soooo :/   hahahha.........

I think about my mother country, the Netherlands if sea levels keep rising soon it might not even be here anymore....who knows right.... only so much a dam can do.

even so im still wholly determined to make the best of myself and my life! focus on the bright side ...I have so much love in my life now I never would have imagined being able to love and feel like this six years ago.... I made so much progress! like with my struggle with depression, technically I know i’m having a ‘bad’ day today, in the past that meant not getting out of bed neglecting myself not eating or drinking, feeding into my self-hatred, feeling generally gross and angry and sleeping the whole day hoping I would stop existing somewhere in between my naps..... and now I just feel neutral-ish not great but not so dark and heavy just neutral maybe a lil sad with a touch of self pity here and there :)                    yeah I spend the day in bed but I made breakfast, drank some water, I walked to the stores just now letting the wind sweep my hair around and the rain clear my head i’m talking myself up now a days! I know this won't last forever and I laugh at my self pity cus I know i’m being silly and dramatic and I'm okay...i’m actually OKAY... when I got back I settled back in with pizza and ice-cream and a Ghibli movie (Kiki’s delivery service) and I know tomorrow will be better wether I feel better or not because my work with myself is paying off i’m getting better i’m healing and my lowest low is like feels more like a shallow kiddie pool then the bottom of the cold pressing ocean....

so I guess what I wanna say is if healing on personal level is possible then I believe that we can heal as a species too....all it takes is a little bit of love and some courage and know that you are worth the effort because you are and I am.... I love you~xx

[thehollowprince]

That’s got me LOL at the Crylo excuses. My answer to Kylo apologists are Darth Maul and Galen Marek.

My answer to villain apologists is to... not do that.

Like I love my villains as much as the next person, I do, but I recognize that they are in fact villains. I hate, more than anything, watching people make up these pathetic excuses for villains all because they really just want to none the actor.

Kylo Ren is no exception.

He is a literal space Nazi. That's a direct comparison, because the Third Reich was the main inspiration for the First Order, same as the Empire. And yet people will look at the poster child for Right Wing extremists and see a pretty white boy (and let's be honest, they're always white for some reason) and proceed to coddle them and baby them.

Like, do people not realize the adoration of these fictional extremists are where real life extremists get the notion that people will love them? That they deserve and are owed that affection?

I know I try to mask it with humor, but the fact that so many people adore Kylo is extremely disturbing, especially when you factor in his "school shooter" status at the Jedi Praxium, and the neo-Nazi ideology and appearance. We have enough of that shit in real life and yet hardly any of these people adore those assholes.