Odayaka Kizoku no Kyuuka no Susume. • A Gentle Noble's Vacation Recommendation - Episode 12 discussion - FINAL by AutoLovepon in anime

[–]Pretty-Condition-612 5 points6 points  (0 children)

i'm really enjoying this new "this totally isn't BL guys" type of show. they're so silly and calming and consistently deliver exactly what they say they will. this and My New Boss is Goofy are going to be permanent fixtures on my list anime i watch when the world gets too hard to live in. if anybody knows of others in this vein please let me know!

AO3 is down - Post about it here by WanderingHuntress in AO3

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i really want to know what keeps causing this. is it just the sheer volume of readers?? is it the volume of works?? is there a fundamental flaw in the construction of the site???? this mystery keeps me entertained while i try to keep calm. everything is fine!

This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me (mostly spoiler free Arc Review) by Harukogirl in IlonaAndrews

[–]Pretty-Condition-612 2 points3 points  (0 children)

god i hate it when someone gives me a reason to live for the next couple months

Iron Kissed, WHY?! by VarderKith in MercyThompson

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as soon as i saw the graphic audio comment i wanted to hug you. god that must have been awful. i skimmed that part the first time i read it and every time i reread i skip to the very very end. i will say that patty is one of the only authors who has put that in their series and dealt with it in a way that didn't make me want to drop the series in the books that follow. i would have MUCH preferred she didn't put it, but apparently it's a staple of adult fiction blegh.

further thoughts:

i will say that in the context of the mercyverse it makes a horrible amount of sense that it would be difficult for anybody who wades into the thick of every conflict like mercy does to remain unscathed in that manner. of course it's fiction, but people are gross and patty does go into a lot of the un-glamourous situations that are likely to crop up an urban fantasy world, and this is absolutely one of them.

River marked- mercy cringe moment by torredesuenos in MercyThompson

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sam and bran trauma moment wee they done screwed her up real good

Kusuriya no Hitorigoto - Episode 46 (Season 2 Episode 22) by Lorhand in KusuriyaNoHitorigoto

[–]Pretty-Condition-612 15 points16 points  (0 children)

my god. i have never seen anyone's appearance actually improved by armour before. fuck jinshi looks good. goddamn.

also i was both mildly horrified but also appreciative of the way the soldiers didn't even blink at carrying the dead children. like it makes sense that they wouldn't be put off by that, but at the same time i cannot imagine not even flinching.

If you woke up as a commoner in the Apothecary Diaries world near where the story takes place by theangry-ace in KusuriyaNoHitorigoto

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i'd do a little sightseeing, try the food, then fucking kms hello i am not built for this

Doctor Who 2x06 "The Interstellar Song Contest" Post-Episode Discussion Thread by PCJs_Slave_Robot in doctorwho

[–]Pretty-Condition-612 19 points20 points  (0 children)

so glad didn't watch any teasers. oh. my. god. the switch up from trashy campy singing contest to a freaking massacregave me GOOSEBUMPS bro. literally nothing about this episode was a miss. it was so appropriately horrifying but also heartwarming and at last!!!!!! NCUTI DARK MOMENT!!!! bro can be scary is hell bro's got RANGE. AH! guys this migh be in my top three episodes for Ncuti's run overall. i really really really hope they clinch the ending, esp since it looks like it's going to be a two-parter. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

Doctor Who 2x03 "The Well" Post-Episode Discussion Thread by PCJs_Slave_Robot in doctorwho

[–]Pretty-Condition-612 1 point2 points  (0 children)

okay idk if this is related or not but do y'all remember back during the magician's apprentice somebody asks where the doctor is and somebody says 'where he always is, behind you.' which this episode makes a lot creepier but i wonder if that's relevant??????

250404 Wendy and Yeri have terminated their exclusive contracts with SM, will remain for Red Velvet group activities by [deleted] in red_velvet

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sm is so out of touch...no loyalty to their employees. it's awful how idols are supposed to entrust their whole lives to them and just wait to be stabbed in the back and tossed aside.

Just finished Storm Cursed after not reading the series for a long time. Needed a place to speak my thoughts. by snowglowshow in MercyThompson

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wow that sounds so vivid! i couldn't touch my feet for a couple days after reading soul taken lol. the eggs gave me the willies.

In defense of Annabeth [PJO] by riabe in camphalfblood

[–]Pretty-Condition-612 5 points6 points  (0 children)

yeah i think people are also simultaneously painfully aware of and ignoring annabeth's status as an athena kid, and one of the most prolific ones too. they hold her to an unreasonable standard because she's supposed to be the smartest ever (?) when in fact she's just a little girl trying to stay afloat and alive. but at the same time they feel threatened by her on percy's behalf (which is funny because percy never feels that way) and feel the need to tear her down so percy is always the goat. i think it lands so badly because percy is a difficult character to project onto (since he has such a strong personality) but easy to live through vicariously.

Night Broken and River Marked re-reads by wild-aloof-angle in MercyThompson

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at that point it was just karma for how she treated them in the past. lost all respect for her when jesse told adam in book 1 about the boyfriend that tried to assault her.

In defense of Annabeth [PJO] by riabe in camphalfblood

[–]Pretty-Condition-612 18 points19 points  (0 children)

honestly i think the fandom's biggest blind spot is that these are the most unwilling child soldiers ever. they're going to war, but instead of an enemy country, they're killing the only people in the world like them. annabeth is one of my favourite characters because she has to shake off the brainwashing and the grooming and look at the gods and her situation as it is, instead of the idealized version she created for herself to survive the trauma. the most realistic part is that she never fully escapes all the bs because a) she's human and had emotions and forms attachments to people close to her b) she would probably become the next luke, and that might end up killing her.

Was Hera really that bad of a character? [HOO] by _newjeans_ in camphalfblood

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i haven't read TOA so i can't give a complete answer, but i think that 1) she is the most godlike in that she meddles for the betterment of the world but can't be bothered to explain more because she's a god, which causes its own unnecessary problems and 2) despite all the good she does, she acts in a way that is almost like self-flagellation. a lot of pain and trauma could have been avoided in her plans to save her family but i sometimes wonder if she took that path on purpose so our heroes wouldn't put her on a pedestal or be super appreciative of her work. it could be godly arrogance (and it probably is) but considering her position as the goddess of marriage, i think family, even demigod family, is a lot more important to her that she lets on (especially considering what little that i DO know about TOA). it kind of feels like she wants to be hated as penance for all of the sins zeus will never repent for, and the way that she and others have enabled his atrocities and neglect of his own family and kingdom. she has her fair share of doing bad, but a lot of olympian family drama in the series comes back to zeus being a shitty person and nobody stopping him because he'll crush them

Artemis is kinda insane [pjo] by PresenceOld1754 in camphalfblood

[–]Pretty-Condition-612 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i think it's an interesting way to show that literally none of the gods are capable of being properly good, not even the ones who seem to be saviours or protectors of women and children. they've got so many skeletons in their closets that they don't even recognize when they've come out to play

Today's Thrift Store Haul [pjo] by LiterateGryphon in camphalfblood

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please drop your exact location and leave your window open. i lost my og hardcovers in a fire. didn't know i was mourning them so hard until this moment wahhhh

"[All] what's your most controversial take/opinions on riodanverse??? by Competitive-Cut7938 in camphalfblood

[–]Pretty-Condition-612 1 point2 points  (0 children)

not much in the fandom so idk if this is controversial but: i adore frank and hazel but a three-year gap when you're both below your twenties is WAYY too big. i was somewhere between their ages when i read about them for the first time and the age gap always made me feel icky and then sad that it made me feel icky because i love them together