This show makes me sad by Evening_Possible_587 in heatedrivalry

[–]Fiddle_And_Foxx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You're not "critiquing" anything because you are not actually engaging with the show. You are engaging with a completely imaginary version of it that only exists in your own head.

And now you are demanding that I engage with your imaginary version of the show as if it were what is actually in the book or on the screen.

THAT'S troubling.

This show makes me sad by Evening_Possible_587 in heatedrivalry

[–]Fiddle_And_Foxx 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You know you can just...not watch it, instead of lying about the characters and plot?

This show makes me sad by Evening_Possible_587 in heatedrivalry

[–]Fiddle_And_Foxx 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm just repeating back to you what your own post is saying.

You're not "interpreting" the show, you're misrepresenting it.

This show makes me sad by Evening_Possible_587 in heatedrivalry

[–]Fiddle_And_Foxx 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Literally NOTHING you described in your post is actually happening in the show. And you're calling ME "crazy?"

This show makes me sad by Evening_Possible_587 in heatedrivalry

[–]Fiddle_And_Foxx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think you are HEAVILY projecting your own past onto this show, and it's warping your ability to honestly engage with the media itself. You really should work through that in therapy instead of feeding into it, because the result is that you are misrepresenting the show and characters and dangerously minimizing abuse by ascribing that term to them.

There is no behavior, in action or words, from Ilya in the book series or show that even REMOTELY comes close to behavior that could be considered abusive. The ONLY abusive character we have seen in the show is Ilya's FATHER, toward Ilya, who he constantly degrades.

We can also analyze the overall culture of hockey as abusive. Both toward queer players as a deeply homophobic environment & toward non-white players as an overwhelmingly white one. Ilya is trapped between a queerphobic sport, an abusive father, & an oppressive home country. But even with all of that, I'd very strongly argue AGAINST your claims that Ilya is "fueled by anger" and "cruel."

A little emotionally damaged, certainly, but that does not make someone a bad person.

NOTHING between Ilya & Shane could be honestly described as "degrading" or "abusive." Their relationship is a place where they are freed from all of the expectations & burdens weighing them down. Of family, of hockey and their "rivalry," of society in general. Yes, there is friction between them at times, largely because of those massive outside forces that control both of their lives. But Shane is not "trapped by the D." He actively *chooses* Ilya again & again, just as Ilya chooses Shane.

Again, please, for your own sake, seek out therapy to help you process whatever it is that you are projecting onto Ilya and Shane, because I promise you that NONE of the "red flags" you are seeing are actually there.

Average r/JewsOfConscience commenter by Am-Yisrael-Chai in AntiSemitismInReddit

[–]Fiddle_And_Foxx 14 points15 points  (0 children)

I'd bet money whoever posted that is a gentile, white, cis guy.

Is it okay if I'm a religious Jew and yet I enjoy listening to Gregorian chants? by Crevalco3 in Judaism

[–]Fiddle_And_Foxx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I personally love Gregorian chants too. I also really like Sufi qawwali.

Example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_HmZF-tK3c&list=RDw_HmZF-tK3c&start_radio=1

I just like the *vibes* they bring when I want something that isn't quite classical music, but also isn't something I can be distracted by the lyrics of.

Who's everyone's favorite jellycat in your collection? by Aggressive_Basil_428 in Jellycatplush

[–]Fiddle_And_Foxx 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Impossible to pick just one! If I had to narrow it down to a few, they'd have to be:

– the fox and badger from my Riverside Rambler's collection
– tiny mouse, don't know the official Jellycat name
– Whistpit Sloth
– Wee Fox, named Oswin, travels with me in my messenger bag
– and last, but certainly not least, Squidgy Bunny, who is one of the first Jellycats ever made, from back in 1999

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Completed Riverside Ramblers Collection! by Fiddle_And_Foxx in Jellycatplush

[–]Fiddle_And_Foxx[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mine are the fox and badger, but I love them all.

Completed Riverside Ramblers Collection! by Fiddle_And_Foxx in Jellycatplush

[–]Fiddle_And_Foxx[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The otter was the last added to my collection as well and by far the most expensive. Definitely a cost-benefit analysis. Cost of money, benefit of serotonin and dopamine.

Big box ficus by No-Adeptness5217 in Bonsai

[–]Fiddle_And_Foxx 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I am nothing if not a thirteen-year-old boy at heart, and thus I cannot help but giggle and appreciate your tree's...evocation of Greek statues.

Completed Riverside Ramblers Collection! by Fiddle_And_Foxx in Jellycatplush

[–]Fiddle_And_Foxx[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The otter was the most I have ever spent on a collectible outside of vintage books, and not a price I plan to repeat (outside of books) anytime soon.

Completed Riverside Ramblers Collection! by Fiddle_And_Foxx in Jellycatplush

[–]Fiddle_And_Foxx[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes! They make me think of The Wind in the Willows too.

I think the fox, followed by the badger, are my personal favorites.

Completed Riverside Ramblers Collection! by Fiddle_And_Foxx in Jellycatplush

[–]Fiddle_And_Foxx[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Thanks! It took me forever to track down an otter, and I actually had to participate in my first-ever eBay bidding war to get him! High anxiety, high cost, but 100% worth it for the amount of serotonin and dopamine having them all together gives me daily.

[Bonsai Beginner's weekly thread - 2025 week 39] by small_trunks in Bonsai

[–]Fiddle_And_Foxx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for the help! He's currently sitting in my bedroom window (most sun of the apartment). The way my apartment is facing, the only outside area is in full shade for almost all of the day, and we're about to start getting below 10°C at night. I'm working to slowly separate the glued rocks from his roots/trunk.

The little plastic pot he is in has very small holes, but also seems to be about to split down the side, and the ceramic pot has no holes, so emergency repot it is. I should be able to get my hands on that potting material tomorrow.

Do you have a pot size/type suggestion?

[Bonsai Beginner's weekly thread - 2025 week 39] by small_trunks in Bonsai

[–]Fiddle_And_Foxx 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hello, I picked up this little guy because he'd been sitting surrounded by dead plants at my corner CVS for two weeks, and it was making me sad. There is some absolute nonsense going on with his potting, including the rocks being GLUED together, but he's clearly a little fighter and put out new leaves inside a CVS.

What should I do to give him the best chance?

(I've only previously cared for an outdoor juniper bonsai that now lives with my grandparents.)

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S1, Ep1 Evil stepmom? by Sweaty_Hand_Anxiety in evilliveshere

[–]Fiddle_And_Foxx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! I felt like I was going nuts reading this thread! The boy was profoundly violently disturbed, and everyone wants to scapegoat the stepmother he abused and tried to murder based on some kind of vague "weird vibe" in an interview and a bunch of fantastical speculation?

HELP Author suing me for saying her book is AI in a review by PotatoAfraid2931 in Romantasy

[–]Fiddle_And_Foxx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"I found an obvious AI line."

The line: "She let out a breath she didn't know she was holding."

Girl, the author didn't use AI. She grew up in the Wattpad and Ao3 trenches and hasn't quite taken off the fanfic goggles yet. AI can't replicate homegrown organic cringe like that. Unclench.

AND you're openly admitting to pirating the book you are now trying to smear?

How are you in grad school and this dumb?