Reblogging Bc It Needs To Be Said

how in the heck was Jane austen so good at writing dialogue. she's literally the best. I've seen no one better

Reblogging for two reasons

A: Never have I read anything more scarily accurate than this

B:OMGG BOOKS OF BEGINNING FANS IN THE WILD???

so, you know the nightmare before christmas? you know the three kids that are oogie boogie's henchpeople? the two idiot boys dressed as a skeleton and a demon, and the bossy done-with-this girl dressed as a witch? these kids:

they have the exact same energy as jake, beetles, and abigail

THIS is media literacy

"Sky is boring"

"They didn't give me a reason to care for her"

"She is such a self insert"

YALL ARE BORING!!!!! NONE OF YOU WOULD'VE SURVIVED FANDOM EARLY 2010S!!! NONE OF YOU THINK CRITICALLY OR CAN MAKE SHIT UP! "We know nothing about her, so fuck her." OKAY?! MAKE IT UP. READ BETWEEN THE LINES A BIT INSTEAD.

I'm sorry, but for real, you people are delusional. This is easily the most interesting dynamic right now in Arcane. Viktor NEEDS her. WHY? STOP ARROACHING THE QUESTION WITH ANNOYANCE AND INSTEAD THINK. What is SHE?! Is she the Arcane? Is she the guilt? Is she him? Is she a manifestation of the person he wishes she was? Is she herself just projected into the Arcane?

Today I had 3 conversations about Sky and what she is. All of them were fucking crazy good points of views.

OPEN YOUR MINDS A BIT. Stop expecting to be spoon fed. Some things CAN be up to interpretation and they don't have to be explicitly explained. To me, it's beyond romance. It's worship. He needs her because he needs something to believe in and she believed in him unconditionally. But that's what I think! CREATE STORIES, THINK.

Don't be fucking empty, passive watcher.

I have a political thought experiment that I would like to share with you all that I call "Persuading the serial killer," which is really just about how you'd persuade someone who exists outside of your moral framework.

This is inspired by the fact that I watch too much true crime, but the thought experiment goes like this: If you were faced with a serial killer trying to kill you or someone else, how would you convince them not to? Serial killers do not conform to common morals like "killing is wrong," so arguing "You shouldn't kill me because killing is immoral!" is not going to help you. They don't recognize your moral system as real or valuable, so you cannot use it to persuade them. I, personally, would argue like so: "I have a very regular schedule, and people have already noticed that I'm missing. My mother and I talk almost constantly. She alone is probably already panicking that I'm gone and has called the police. I also have serious medical issues on record, so they won't wait the regular 24 hrs to start searching for me. You have a chance to get away now, but not if you spend time murdering me and hiding my body." Straight practical reasons why doing what they want to do will bring about something they absolutely don't want, i.e. if you waste time on murdering me, a high-priorty missing person, you'll get caught and never kill again.

The way this applies to politics is that you're gonna encounter people who do not completely overlap with your morals - probably not serial killers though. Like most Republicans and most Democrats would agree that unprovoked homicide is wrong and bad. No one is trying to pass a bill to get murder blanket-legalized. But obviously, conservatives have different moral views on things like abortion.

You cannot argue with a conservative that abortion isn't wrong. Your opinion that life does not begin at conception or that the right to choose should be in the pregnant person's hands no matter what exists outside of their moral framework just like "murder is wrong" exists outside the moral framework of a serial killer. So if I'm trying to argue against abortion legislation with someone I know is anti-abortion, I argue that abortion laws don't reduce abortions or abortion-related deaths. That the real way to reduce abortions is to make birth control over-the-counter and available to teenagers without parental permission like in the U.K. That if they think that is bad because it "promotes" premarital sex, they need to choose which is worse to them: teenagers having sex or abortions happening because teenagers are still going to have sex. That more support networks for pregnant people who want to keep the pregnancy but worry about their ability to financially support the child would do more good, and that there are several run by churches (but not enough, perhaps they should start one at their church)! That anti-abortion organizations in Europe who crusade against abortion in these ways are more successful at reducing abortion than any country with laws on the books to stop it.

You can apply this with a lot of things, but in short, when arguing with someone with different political views or morals that are mutually exclusive with yours, it's a bad bet to appeal to "but that's wrong! but that's bad! but that's immoral!" Jump straight to the practicalities, i.e. "That won't get you what you want, and here's why," not "You shouldn't want this." This won't always work (ex: you might run through all those abortion arguments, not satisfy the conservative you're arguing with, and in the process figure out that they really just want to legally punish people for premarital sex and don't actually care about abortion). However, leaving your morals out of an argument is your best bet at getting through to another person who may not share them.

*Updated to remove use of the term "psychopath" because I'm told that's an outdated concept.

GIANTESS KNIGHT GIRLFRIEND x NOBLE HUMAN S/O

- she's incredibly nervous around you.

- being the personal guard of the most important person in her world the world would be nerve-wracking enough, but you being barely the size of her pinky finger only makes it worse.

- she insists that you ride on her shoulder or sit in her cupped, gauntlet-clad palms wherever she goes, regardless of how many times you say you're fine.

-it's definitely not an excuse for her to hold you all the time but whatever

-it honestly gets kind of annoying, or at least it would be if it weren't for the wide, awestruck look she gets on her face every time she gets to hold you.

-she works out constantly to stay in proper shape. Lots of giant-sized push ups, sit ups, and furious blushing when she realizes you see her dressed in athletic wear and slick with sweat

-She wouldn't ever forgive herself if she wasn't strong enough to protect you (even though she could literally solve most problems with a literal flick of her finger)

-its important to note that her nerves only flare up around you specifically. She's actually rather stoic otherwise.

- she speaks in a direct, simple manner normally, but her voice goes up an octave and she's a stuttering mess when she holds you or otherwise interacts with you; she goes from "I will give my all to the kingdom; my heart and soul to the crown!" To "I-Its an honor t-to be given the chance to serve you, y-you grace!" *punctuated with lots of flushing, averted eyes, and nervous laughter.*

-she's quiet around other knights. Not so much shy, but still noticeably nervous about the difference in size.

-the other knights don't help, they spend a lot time trying to use her index finger as a pull-up bar or wrestle her pinky

-there haven't been any injuries regarding her yet, a fact which amazes and confuses her.

- since she not-so-secretly loves it when she gets to hold you, she finds lots of excuses and situations where you could be "in danger."

-"Y-your grace, I understand that the neighboring kingdoms don't *seem* threatening, but as your knight I cannot allow you to go unaccompanied! And since it's a long way, I shall have to carry you to ensure you don't run out of energy. I won't hear otherwise!"

- if you go "missing" (disappear for a few minutes in the bathroom, take a few hours to yourself alone in the woods, etc) she panics.

- she's honestly pretty terrifying when shes scared or angry. while she usually tries to be gentle, the sound of her thundering footsteps has become a sign that she's knocking over trees, wrestling down nearby dragons and other monsters, or frightening any villagers or nobility who might know where you are. Her face hardens, her voice is low and threatening, and while she hasn't harmed anyone yet, she makes it clear that she very well could if she had to

- when she finally finds you, her face brightens instantly, and she simply attacks you with affection.

- *mwah* *mwah* *mwah* "Your grace!" *mwah* *mwah*"I was so worried about you-!" *mwah* *mwah* *mwah* - "Promise me you won't leave my sight like that again!"

-when she pulls away, you're red as a beet and slick with her saliva. She apologizes profusely for this but you both know it's going to happen again.

-in all honesty, you don't really mind

happy gt july!

the u.s. army.

so outside of kink and improv where are people available to express "cartoon villain emotions" with

I love my little sisters so much

I love my little brother so much

ENCYCLOPEDIA BROWN MENTIONED REBLOGGING IMMEDIATELY

There's the thing in kids' shows/books/movies where the kids always know what's going on and what to do where the adults are idiots, and in most shows aimed at adults the only roles for kids are precocious-yet-loving protag's kid, smart-mouthed pain-in-the-ass, or victim of the crime-of-the-week, so I think it would be funny to have a story from the POV a hard-bitten middle-aged cop or detective who mostly does hard-bitten-middle-aged-protagonist things like drink a lot and complain about his exes, but he always runs into this team of five 13-year-old amateur detectives on his job, and they seem to be just as good at it as he is and it drives him a little crazier each time.

"This is the part where the floor drops, right?"

Things to say in a crowded elevator, go.

I relate to this on an instinctual level and I don't know why

some eldest elves have a bit of a shit time of it