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Theoretically speaking...

@paradoxicalintheory-blog / paradoxicalintheory-blog.tumblr.com

27/F/Cis/GrayAce Personal page for blogging things that interest me.
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speaking of weird things eating my life

*while looking at pixiv art discovers a cute and innocuous looking Japanese boy idol gacha game*

Oh hey, what pretty art.  Just going to wiki/tv tropes this---

I THOUGHT YOU WERE A CUTE IDOL GACHA GAME WHAT IS THIS ABOUT ACTUALLY HAVING OVER THIRTY FLESHED OUT HUMAN CHARACTERS DEALING WITH THINGS LIKE SOCIAL ANXIETY,  SUICIDAL IDEATION, GENDER IDENTITY, WHAT? WHAT IS THIS SORCERY AND HOW DID YOU MAKE IT SO PRETTY

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hope you're doing well!

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Ah, thank you! It means a lot to hear that, given that I haven't been able to do much other than work and worry about money things so I haven't been able to keep in touch on here lately. I tend to go lurk-y/consume-not-produce when that happens. (And Danganronpa V3 came out and that was eating my life...). I'll cycle back to being active again eventually, but I'm riding out a wave of life weirdness atm. XD Again, thank you and I hope you've been well too!

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Don't have anything to say other than hi! Been awhile since I seen you on my dashboard, hope you have a good day~

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Oh, haha yeah. I've got a second job in retail, and the hours left me with little free time due to the holiday season. Whee....

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silverhawk

never have i wanted to read an article less in my life.

Suddenly I forgot how to read…

It’s one thing to ask audiences to suspend belief for this fairy tale, and it’s a whole other thing to ask them to consider for one moment that an otherwise sane woman would be so desperate as to fall for a creature who can’t even survive on dry land–not when there are actual men in this town.”

Haha man someone tell this dude that he is not the hot commodity that he thinks he is and personally speaking I for one am eager to get away from actual men and be whisked into the loving arms of a fishman.

id fuck a fish monster before even giving my number to a man who admits his best quality is being able to survive on dry land

I actually read the review, and it seems the writer is utterly unsure why any woman would want to fuck a fish. So I decided to explain why anyone would want to fuck Monsters. 

It’s explained why in the damn trailer. The lovely princess is practically hysterical when she says that the fish man doesn’t see her as ‘missing parts’. He never sees her muteness, the fact that she isn’t ‘whole’. The fact that her prince can learn to love, accept her, and show her kindness without any pity or seeing her as ‘broken’ is why she falls in love with him. 

In a society that is quick to judge who is ‘,broken’ , ‘fractured’, or ‘not right’, Monsters are appealing because they wouldn’t rely on human conventions to make the choice to love you. You can be beautiful, amazing, and well…you. The idea is that the Monster won’t spurn you, for being yourself. 

In this world full of people, how many can say that they were accepted for all their flaws and faults? Does this reviewer honestly think so highly of himself, to not be able to understand a basic lesson on acceptance? 

Very few people in this world are accepting. However the things not of this world, maybe they’re the keys to a happier future. 

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funsizedkola
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Aaaayyyy, who doesn’t like a cute avatar maker? :3

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Very cute!  I’m glad they had something lolita-esque!  Pale skin option is pale but... actually accurate for me.  I look like a real-life vampire.

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the signs as aesthetics

aries - dirty high tops, varsity jackets, sunrises, graffiti, pins and patches, lightning, live concerts, wide grins, lollipops, skinny jeans, matches, the moment before the drop on a roller coaster

taurus - flower crowns, oversized sweaters, mom jeans, mugs, leather, log fires, sunlight peeking through the window, leaves, succulents, journals, sleeping in on the weekends, messy buns

gemini - bright eyes, bicycles, overalls, new friends, art museums, iced coffee, infectious laughter, pastel colors, bubblegum, new books, speakers, yellow highlighter, singing in the shower

cancer - the beach, hair blowing in the wind, bath bombs, conch shells, balloons, the moon, soft serve, the sound of raindrops against the window, knee high socks, running barefoot, inspirational quotes

leo - gold stars, sparklers, mascara, romantic poetry, mirrors, sunflowers, running through a meadow, glitter, fairy lights, hot baths, monarch butterflies, sunny days, bright eyeshadow

virgo - french braids, calligraphy, bookstores, collared shirts, to-do lists, teacups, watercolors, mason jars, dainty hands, cuffed pants, fresh linens, classic literature, potted plants, bullet journals, clear aviators

libra - cotton candy clouds, bubble baths, cherry blossoms, lace, lip gloss, ferris wheels, gentle eyes, holding hands, pink lemonade, candy hearts, novels, birds chirping, strawberries, vintage cars

scorpio - sunsets, midnight conversations, driving on an empty highway, listening to the radio, rainy days, crescent moon, tv static, all-nighters, white sheets, the ocean

sagittarius - road trips, beanies, doodling, maps, getting lost, stargazing, forests, fireflies, polaroids, cameras, paint-stained jeans, light bulbs, messy ponytails, traveling the world

capricorn - architecture, silhouettes, sheet music, mountains, old books, coffee shops, high ceilings, history museums, skylines, nude lipstick, spiral staircases, neat handwriting, cobblestone

aquarius - combat boots, neon signs, geodes, starry skies, pool water, song lyrics, bulky headphones, space, telescopes, multi-colored fairy lights, smoke, activism, 24-hour gas stations, dyed hair

pisces - daydreaming, umbrellas, finger paint, sketchbooks, getting lost in your thoughts, ice cream trucks, earphones, leggings, sweatshirts, paint chips, swing sets, daisies, milkshakes, bubbles, scented candles

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maggiemerc

If you’re ever like “but what do fic writers even WANT.”

a book report

They want a book report.

They want you to get 9th grade English up in their shit. 

Remember having to write ad nauseam about the symbolism of that stupid conch in Lord of the Flies? They want you to do that about Steve Roger’s shield and Emma Swan’s jacket.

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tumblunni

WHoa seriously?? People WANT this? Holy crap, I always thought I’d be really rude to leave an overly long comment on something, or it’d just be super creepy for me to babble a load of emotional attatchment I had to their product, or all my wild fan theories which are probably wrong… I mean.. I know if I ever created something I’d wanna see comments like that, but I’m a weirdo and I haven’t even created anything anyway so what do I know? Umm.. yeah.. so… at my followers and friends and stuff: does anyone agree with this? Do I have permission to really ramble embarrassingly and honestly when I like your stuff, or would you prefer short and semi-rational comments?

I agree! I really like to read people toughts on my stuff, no matter the writing style.

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leonawriter

I always LOVE knowing that readers understand why I chose certain ways of getting things across! I also love seeing which bits OTHER PEOPLE liked best! Since I’m the author, I’m biased. I either think my work is brilliant or I have crushing doubts.

So - whichever you want, or feel comfortable with!

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elfpen

Long comments and rambles make my day so much you don’t even know

PLEASE DO THIS WITH ANYTHING I WRITE I CRAVE FEEDBACK AND I WANT TO KNOW HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT THE THING

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elidoo

Yep, co-signed. I try to drop a lot of symbolism and deliberate symmetry and I always wonder if people catch them.

Not that I don’t appreciate all the OMG YOU MONSTER YOU MADE ME CRY’s because it’s real privilege to make people feel something with nothing but words.

But I love it when you tell me your discoveries.

Abso-fucking-lutely! Long comments about symbols and meaning give me stupid grins for days. :D

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p1ratew3nch

YES!

WRITE ME A BOOK REPORT

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xxtc-96xx

Oh my gosh when I get the book report analysis on a comic page and whatnot I get as excited as a schoolgirl I love seeing those, that some people try and read between the lines and really analyze character expressions or actions :D

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#ourgeneration horror stories

  • They find a book written in Latin… one guy doesn’t take Latin and doesn’t want to mess up the pronunciation. The girl is studying Mandarin. Another guy recommends sticking it into Google Translate but that’s likely to land them with gibberish. They leave it alone.
  • The car won’t start. They call an Uber.
  • The vampire captures the girl and insists that she wears the gown to dinner. The gown is actually hella cute. Only problem is it’s not in her size. Oh, it only comes in 2’s and 4’s? Sorry, vamp, you want me in that dress you contact the goddamn company and tell them to get their shit together.
  • “How did you possibly know that? It saved our lives!” “I’ve got two degrees and I spend way too much time on Wikipedia.”
  • They encounter a spirit that gains power the more people believe in it. One girl makes a vine and uploads with, “fakest ghost ever!!! Right??” Twenty minutes later the spirit is destroyed.
  • The circus is in town tonight. Except she’s lived her whole life here and the circus has never come before… it’s also in a pretty sketchy part of town, not somewhere you’d want to walk alone at night. She goes to a movie instead.
  • “You’d need an ARMY to fight this evil!” “Okay. I’ve got 20,000 followers, lets see how many can make it.”
  • The Evil Whispery Voice of Doom tells the jock that it’s going to kill his pretty blonde girlfriend. The jock gets offended because, excuse me, Cindy and I are just friends. However, Marty over there is my boyfriend and I’m not saying you should kill him, just stop making assumptions yeah?
  • “This spirit tried to convince me it was Jerry when it texted but its texting style is COMPLETELY DIFFERENT so yeah that didn’t work.”
  • We could have easily gotten lost and ended up at some creepy cabin in the woods, but luckily we all had functioning GPSs. Beach party, we’ve arrived!
  • “We have to find a way to destroy it! We—what are you doing?” “Looking up ‘exorcising demons’ on Google. Oh look, first hit.”
  • The child she bares will be the devil’s spawn. Good thing she doesn’t want kids. Or if she changes her mind she can always adopt.
  • “How can we possibly outwit this serial killer…” “… There’s gotta be an app for that. Lemme look.”
  • Only the virgin will survive… Turns out they’re all virgins. One is asexual. One wants to wait until marriage. Two just haven’t found the right person yet. One is meh about sex. So we all survive, yeah?
  • The girl does not fall. She was on varsity track.
  • “Quick! We need someplace to hide the artifact. And then decoys to confuse the beast! What have we got?” “… I’ve got a hundred plastic bags stuffed into another plastic bag.” “PERFECT.” 
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thatadult

The Stanford prison experiment tapes were so stupid when I watched them in AP psych and so stupid when I watch this film about them. Literally they could’ve all sat and played cards and got $15 a day to tell ghost stories all day and be best friends. But masculinity and whiteness and power created this violent irrationality that positioned young ass men to be met with brutality and trauma and disrespect even when it was obviously taken too far. and it makes no sense. If someone put me in a room with Black girls and said I would get paid $90 a day (that’s the equivalent apparently) to be a prison guard, do you know how fast I’d be sitting with them and learning about them and exchanging Instagrams and like.. sleeping.. like what the fuck was the point of any of that…

My psych teacher introduced us to this study and literally before she showed us was like “don’t ever confuse a study based on one type of person (white men/boys) to be an example of an Everyman situation. There is strong evidence that if this was recreated with diversity, or even just with girls, that the results would have been drastically different. This is an example of bias and sexism in the medical research community.”

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redmagus77

“Other, more subtle factors also shaped the experiment. It’s often said that the study participants were ordinary guys—and they were, indeed, determined to be “normal” and healthy by a battery of tests. But they were also a self-selected group who responded to a newspaper advertisement seeking volunteers for “a psychological study of prison life.” In a 2007 study, the psychologists Thomas Carnahan and Sam McFarland asked whether that wording itself may have stacked the odds. They recreated the original ad, and then ran a separate ad omitting the phrase “prison life.” They found that the people who responded to the two ads scored differently on a set of psychological tests. Those who thought that they would be participating in a prison study had significantly higher levels of aggressiveness, authoritarianism, Machiavellianism, narcissism, and social dominance, and they scored lower on measures of empathy and altruism.” http://www.newyorker.com/science/maria-konnikova/the-real-lesson-of-the-stanford-prison-experiment

The thing about this study is that whether or not it’s generalizable to the public is debatable at best.

But it’s certainly generalizable to the population of people who tend to be drawn to prison system and law enforcement jobs because that’s exactly the demographics that tend to show up in those positions.

“But it’s certainly generalizable to the population of people who tend to be drawn to prison system and law enforcement jobs because that’s exactly the demographics that tend to show up in those positions.”

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it’s come to my attention that some people haven’t see this entire thing

so i give it to you, and i say: i am sorry you have to live with this knowledge now

I feel like I’m looking directly into the sun

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brainstatic

For people who weren’t here circa 2011. This site has gotten much better, now we share completely real stories of a mom berating her daughter for not shipping Reylo.

How is a dance pitch perfect?

i REALLY want a shirt that says 

Oppa Homeless Style

PLEASE!!

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The sign of high quality is the fact the book was banned by the government. Trash literature NEVER EVER had any troubles with the law.

50 shades of grey is a book that revolves around a sexually and emotionally abusive relationship, and it’s depicted as romantic and normal.

it is not banned.

but the above books, that make you actually think critically, are.

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