Poor Sportsmanship in League of Legends

⚠️ DO NOT DOX, HARASS, THREATEN, ETC.
XANTEUS2X IN ANY SHAPE OR FORM!

just because xanteus2x did something stupid and hurtful, that does not mean that I encourage people to bite them back over this. No, that’s stupid and wrong.

 

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Noriko Irie Is Toxic - Here's Why

This was originally a post on Reddit, elaborated on Tumblr.

Do you mind if I go on a rant about how much of a bitch Noriko Irie is?
That’s right - I said bitch.

Normally, I wouldn’t go that far, but the most infuriating element regarding Noriko’s character is the way she’s portrayed is supposed to be cute and supportive (and to some extent it is) but it doesn’t erase just how damn problematic she is. While she is the ultimate shipper of Naoki and Kotoko, right up to 11 out of 10 (arguably 15 out of 10), her reasons for forcing her son into the arms of the only girl who would ever want to have him are extremely selfish.

Yes, she admits in the manga that she finds Naoki and Kotoko to be a good match on the account of how much of opposites they are of each other (chapter 8)...

but here’s another reason at play that is presented, but not addressed: Noriko wants a girl in the family.

At face value, you might think that is a sweet sentiment and that it’s fine to want things.  The problem is that her handling of Naoki and Kotoko’s relationship isn’t the only time she goes up to 11.  On top of being the top person to insist that Naoki and Kotoko should hook up, she’s also responsible for Naoki’s childhood - dressing him up in girl’s clothes until he realized what was going on and finally protest.

 It would be easier to tolerate if this was something Naoki actually wanted, but this detail about his past is so embarrassing for him, it becomes something Kotoko uses later to blackmail him with into helping her study.

Why didn’t she just get him boy clothes? 

Because she didn’t want to throw out all the clothes she bought. 

She admits to all of this in chapter 2!

 It’s no wonder why Naoki has so much trouble opening up to people: the woman who was supposed to take care of him disregarded his emotional needs on multiple occasions (even when he says “no”) all for the sake of wanting a girl. To add insult to injury, she admits to this as well as if it isn’t her problem. 

And the dad? He’s sweet, but a doormat when it comes to his wife.

Upon reflection, Noriko is being extremely sexist here, but it’s supposed to be fine for some reason, because not only is the one she’s being sexist against is a man, but it’s pushing Naoki and Kotoko to spend more time together, so it’s totally fine, right?

As the leading couple, the ends justify the means, no matter how problematic you are in getting there… not.

I don’t think I’ve ever met such a toxic wing-woman for the leading female of a romcom like this before. Somebody should have sat her down and told her “no” and tell her she’s going too far over something Naoki clearly doesn’t want. That way, when Naoki and Kotoko’s relationship grows, it’s not because of environmental pressure, but rather them as characters.

The Case of the Crimson Wench

So if you've been following me on Twitter, 

there's a tiny chance that you might've asked, "Moon, what the fuck?

Okay, so word has reached me and I've got one thing to say to everyone who gave this artist unnecessary shit just for joking about Bruce Tim's artistic style:
Fuck you. 🖕🏻 https://t.co/42hfWrxuW7

— ✞ Moonspirit ✞ (@Moonspirit_X) August 27, 2022

Long story short: somebody was given shit for a joke.

I could go into the nuances about how she was right 

about Bruce Tim's artistic style... 

but I'm not going to do that: we can save that for another time. 

No, what I'm going to do is call out all of the people who went far over the line 

just for disagreeing with somebody!

There is a big difference between, "I don't agree with you" 

and calling that person names and attacking their character.  

I get that Bruce Tim is famous, 

but is that really license to give somebody stress 

just because they are one of the few people 

who don't particularly care for an artistic style the same way you do!?

There's a big reason why this kind of shit doesn't fly with me:

I was not only bullied as a kid, 

but abused by somebody I looked up to later in life.

I thank God that my abuser's husband stood up for me during said abuse, 

but I had nobody sticking up for me 

when I was being bullied in school... nobody.

I don't know if any of you were bullied while growing up, 

but you think that adults on the internet should fucking know better.  

You do not know what the individual is going through, 

and a calm, well-mannered critique or disagreement would have worked 

rather than pulling the shit you did by dumping all of your crap on 4Chan.

But no, instead of being adults 

you go out of your way other something that, 

in the grand scheme of things, was petty.  

 

Fuck every single one of you for being petty assholes 

and made somebody an actual victim over a joke.

It's Not a Plothole - It's Missed Details | A Response to TheEpicNate315's Video

As I've grown up over the years, I've come to accept that there's a lot of nuance to life, and that it isn't exactly wise to mentally tear into somebody just because their failure to meet your standards gives you the mental gymnastics to brand them an idiot... 

 

I mean, it was that kind of attitude 

that lead into a three month abusive relationship for me...

And all because she didn't know, 

nor cared to help me find out, that I had ADHD...

But oh, do I totally understand just how much easier it would be if I just did and be done with it!

If the title wasn't a big enough indicator, here's the thing: 

I was watching Skyrim videos and stumbled across TheEpicNate315, 

who had a video about five plot holes in Skyrim that made no damn sense...

 

...and to be honest, it pissed me off... at first...

Because the reality of the matter is that the one that stuck out to me did make sense...

 

But remember kiddies - nuance.  

Whether I liked it or not, there was a possibility (no matter how unlikely I thought it might be) that this individual either didn't play or watch any walk-throughs regarding Skyrim's predecessor - Oblivion.

So which of the five plot-holes do I essentially have a bug in my ass about?

The Dark Brotherhood encounters prior to joining said brotherhood. 

Basically, TheEpicNate said that it doesn't make any sense 

that The Dark Brotherhood would recruit you if you already have a contract against you...

Here's the kicker though: it does make sense.

 

While all of this can be chalked up to an obedience game for Astrid at the end of it all...

 

and I could be wasting my time due to Elder Scroll's natural ambiguity,

Astrid's general "fuck you", 

and nobody able say anything about it prior to the Dragonborn being revealed as the Listener...

 

I feel it is important to be enlightened on the spirit and parallels with the Dark Brotherhood prior to Skyrim.  Astrid may be an idiot for following her very specific idea of what the Dark Brotherhood looks like, but there are details that she (intentionally or not) follow through with that can be traced back to Oblivion.

Let's start with the Oblivion quest The Assassinated Man.

This is the one time in which you're not supposed to kill somebody: 

instead, you're supposed to help somebody stage a death... there own.

If you talk to Vicente Valtieri, he'll reveal a curious detail about the contract:

Francois Motierre offered his own mother for the Dark Brotherhood to accept his contract,

a detail that was handled by Lucien Lachance.

Why would the Dark Brotherhood do this? 

For the same reason Telaendril being able to join the Dark Brotherhood in the first place:

if you talk to her about it, she'll say this,

"Actually, Lucien did not try to recruit me. Not at first. He tried to kill me. My father wanted me dead, and he hired the Dark Brotherhood to do it. I escaped from Lucien, and paid my father back for his treachery. Lucien came to me again that night with an offer I just couldn't refuse."

Basically, there's a consistent theme of the value in souls.  Yes, even over gold.

Whether Astrid is doing this as some kind of power-play, or it's one of the rules she's cherry-picked into following as the leader of the Dark Brotherhood, there seems to be a general implication that implies what happened in Oblivion applies to Skyrim.

Now, while there isn't any definitive proof that Astrid cares about blood-price when she recruits you, the ambiguity of the game leaves it open as a possibility, and the laws established in the previous game cement this idea even further.  Top this off with your proof of value not only in killing Grelod, but every Dark Brotherhood assassin that's come after prior to starting the quest.

 

In fact, I'm convinced that the three hostages in the beginning Skyrim quest was deliberate: 

one to pay for your own blood price (the contract you had on your head),

two to cover the fact you "stole" Grelod the Kind as a target, 

and the third is more for shits and giggles, testing just how far the Dragonborn is willing to kill.

For those willing to sit down for about an hour, Camelworks did a video on this,

picking it apart down to the last annoying details, on top of what I mentioned already.

As I've said before, I chalk this up not to stupidity, but criminal neglect of details.  I checked his channel, and while most of his videos are about Skyrim or Fallout, I was under the impression that he would know better but didn't meet the mark. I mean, Camelworks was able to go in between games that are directly correlated with each other, I don't see how this would be a problem for TheEpicNate, who has done tons of videos on Skyrim.

At the end of the day, I suppose it's kind of funny... 

but funny in a lack of amusment kind of way.

Making A Deal With the Devil: An Elder Scrolls Theory

So, I have this weird thing of listening to videos while I'm working... 

If and when work will actually let me do such a thing. 

 

Among the the plethora of videos in that collection were a few created by Camelworks in his Elder Scrolls Detective series, including Did Emperor Titus Mede II ASSASSINATE HIMSELF? 

 

 

On a side note, while I like the commentary that he presents, I'm afraid I find his introduction a little too annoying for my tastes, and thus recommend you fast-forward a minute to skip it.

Getting back on topic, I had a bit of an epiphany in the form of two questions:

Why would Titus Mede II go through the trouble of getting Goldbrand?

More importantly, what did Titus Mede II give up to get it?

 

This all might be silly, but take into context what Goldbrand actually is: a Daedric artifact.

As far as I know, just about every Elder Scrolls game where Daedric artifacts are acquirable items (especially during and after Oblivion), the Daedra that are correlated with them sends the player character on some kind of quest: my point is, Daedra just don't give up the artifacts without some degree of compensation.

Now, the first question can be easily answered: by virtue of it being a Daedric artifact and how powerful they are in the Elder Scrolls universe, then it's no wonder why Titus Mede II would want that kind of power at his disposal when trying to take back a city (see Battle of the Red Ring), but you can't expect me to believe that a Daedra would care about the affairs of mortals, much less politics.

The answer to the second question came to me when I was watching the video you see above: 

I believe that the manner in which Titus Mede II assassinated himself was part of the deal that he made with Boethia to get Goldbrand.

On a moral level, as the video explains, I get why he would do this, but don't you think it's kind of odd that Titus Mede II (ironically) would do all of the very things that define who Boethiah is - the Daedra of (and I quote), "deceit, conspiracy, treachery, and sedition."?

 

As far as I know of Boethiah, (as a Daedra) doesn't care about mortals or what happens to them, but rather action (read Boethiah's Proving).  So, at the very least, the underhanded-ness that Titus Mede II did later on would, at the very least, be amusing to her, because anyone in game were none the wiser.

I imagine that the deal Titus Mede II made with Boethia was something akin to getting Goldbrand right then and there on the condition of his own soul, unless a conspiracy was part of the deal itself.  To kill two birds with one stone (giving the Empire a chance to be saved and winning Boethia's favor) he had himself executed in the following manner.

There is only one problem with this theory: according to the Battle of the Red Ring, it actually wasn't Titus Mede II who went into battle, but rather The Forgotten Hero in Elder Scrolls: Legends. 

 

To quote, "After informing the Emperor of Lord Naarifin's plan, the companions went to the Imperial City Arena, posing as gladiators in order to infiltrate the city. After their infiltration, they went through crypts until they reached the White-Gold Tower. Inside Lord Naarifin's study, they learned that Lord Naarifin had used the Orb of Vearmina to track the Imperial army. Lord Naarifin and Reive, however, arrived at the study and the companions had to fight them. Reive had been granted Goldbrand by Boethiah to destroy the companions."

 

Assuming this is true, that would mean that this theory crumbles into pieces.

Instead of making a deal with Boethia himself, chances are that The Forgotten Hero actually got their hands on Goldbrand through Reive, and it was one Daedra to another before it fell into the hands of mortals.  

 

Nevertheless, I wanted to talk about it because the ambiguity of the theory kind of made sense to what makes Elder Scrolls interesting.  Rather than outright saying that Titus Mede II had set up an assassination against himself, I feel like they should have done the same thing here.  That way, it would be up the fans to talk over what Titus Mede II actually did and what that actually says about his character.

Oh well, at least it was an interesting thought.

🔞The Mark | Review ☆☆★★

 

Summary

The Mark is a WildeHopps (Nick x Judy) fan-comic, drawn and written by Koraru-san.

"It's something like a ritual.  Some animals share their essences as a sign of belonging.  It's a bit primitive, but a huge demonstration of love.

Although it isn't surprising that you didn't know: it's only something that only predators usually do.

More easily... it's like giving an engagement ring."

- Benjamin Clawhauser

Judy Hopps, being a bunny, is naturally prey, so of course she wouldn't know the rituals concerning predator's ways of love.  However, this is a bit of a problem because the mammal she likes is her partner on the force... who happens to be a predator.

🚨🚨🚨 SPOILERS AHEAD! 🚨🚨🚨

If you don't want anything spoiled for you 

before reading this review, read the comic now! 

⚠️ Demographic Recommendation: No One Under 18 🔞

I feel like the themes that this comic explores isn't for children.  

There are a few obvious indications toward this recommendation: blood/gore (mainly through cuts gashes on the account of the violence, but also a dead body here and there), cursing/swearing, drug use, and a good chunk of this comic exploring various sexual theme(s) when not furthering the blood and gore.

Now, for the sake of honesty, I will say that they don't explicitly show the sex: this comic isn't porn.  Hell, I'd say that with the way sexual themes are handled, it reminds me of K-Dramas in a way, just way more sensual with a hint of anime flamboyancy in it, which is actually quite normal in fan-fiction.  However, the timing of the sex is definitely within the fornication territory.

Despite encroaching into that, there is an unspoken theme of sex (fornication or not) handled respectively by the mammals we're supposed to be rooting for, so that's a plus, I suppose. 

Nonetheless, my synopsis remains the same: I wouldn't recommend this comic to anyone under the age of eighteen and/or seriously immature, especially about sexual themes.  If edgy, sensual gore happens to be something up your alley, then I would recommend this comic to you: I will get into later about my explanation.

☆ Design/Drawing

As the comic cover will show, the drawing style isn't top-notch stuff.

There aren't many backgrounds, and when there are, it's only enough background to give you a rough idea of where the individual(s) in question are. It's recommended that you see the movie first in order to have a better context to where some things are.  Even then, there are some places that have no real context to the movies.

However, as information suggests, this comic was made in 2016, and the more recent art suggests that Koraru's art has progressed nicely. You can even see notable improvements over the course of the comic.  You'll see what I mean should you decide to read it.

½ Grammar

All in all, the grammar was relatively easy to follow.  The pronunciations weren't perfect and there are a few remarks that seem outside of the voices of the characters, but all-in-all I was able to read the comic without too much confusion of the point that was trying to be made.  It is exactly because I was able to follow the comic is why I give a half-rating instead of no star at all.

According to the information in the comments, there's another individual who looks over the grammar, so huge props to them for putting in the work to make sure that it's easier to follow.

★ Storyline

As I've said before, Judy really likes Nick, and that's made pretty obvious to the viewer in the first two chapters, sometimes with a funny hint sprinkled in here and there.  Even though she's handled animals ten times her size, given her job, she's having trouble telling Nick how she really feels about him: not as a partner or a friend, but as a potential lover.

We find out later in chapter three that Nick actually feels the same way about her, but it's complicated because he instinctively wants her under his cool-boy facade, and nonetheless afraid that one wrong move will make Judy want to leave his life forever.

Thus, as far as relationship dynamic goes, they are the type who are pining for each other, but both are kinda dense about it because they are used to each other.  Thankfully, there's another different-species couple that helps them along with it, mainly Eliot.

If the mascot of WildeHopps isn't Eliot, I don't know what is.

Getting back on topic, I believe that there is more saying than there is showing.  Given, there's a bit of both, but one shows up far more than the other.  Instead of just showing what the bad guys are doing, we're told what they are doing most of the time, and the showing element takes its time into showing its head later in the chapters, but even then it's mostly showing.

However, given the nature of the comic itself, if they did it the other way around, then I'm pretty sure that this comic would have gotten a stronger mature rating.

Anyway, because they told more than they showed, I would say it was pretty easy to follow. I wouldn't even call it deep: it's personal, which is all fine and well, but any depth is from the what simply hasn't been revealed to the reader yet.

I would argue that this comic is more emotional, sensual, and dramatic than deep.  Does it serve the story that it's trying to tell pretty well? Yes, I would say it is, but there really isn't a deeper theme to the story other than (maybe) "true love" since marking is the indication of a soulmate.  To put it plainly, marking another mammal, at least to a predator, is a really big deal, which is why it serves well into the tension of the story.

The only other thing about the story is the comedy.  There is a bit of comedy, and as far as easing off the tension goes, I'd say it wasn't too bad.  Most of it came from Eliot or the extra pages though: if you've read the comic, you know what I'm talking about, and why I say that even the humor has an anime element to it.  There's a good reason why he's a good WildeHopp mascot.

½ Personal Opinion(s)

Just so I don't repeat myself, I'll summarize my feelings to this: it's generic, but generic in a sensual, bloody way... I have reason to believe that edgy would be appropriate for this situation too, given the natural aura that this comic gives off.

I look forward to more from this artist, as making a comic at all, much less being so close to completing it, isn't an easy thing to do.  There are plenty of extra pages that don't have any direct influence on the main plot, so I'm getting the impression that the artist really enjoyed doing this.

Please understand that my synopsis might differ from other's personal opinion: there is a chance that this combination of bloody, sensual edge might be something up your alley.  There wouldn't be a whole lot of content for it in the fan-fiction communities if it wasn't something that somebody enjoyed.

Fat Acceptance is Death Acceptance | YouTube Comment

 

So among the videos that I watch from Dr. Shaym, one of them is Fat Acceptance is Death Acceptance, a response video to How To Get A Bikini Body — For Feminists!

 

 

In addition to his dry humor being pretty hilarious, there was a part about the feminist video that had... well, let's just say some very disturbing implications.

 

No, it isn't the obvious obesity meaning bigger graves for the just as big fat-asses: I mean the girl with the one leg.

 

Under normal circumstances, I would say that she's the most impressive out of all the girls in this video because in addition to being the only one in shape, her balance is on another level because of that one leg. I bring it up because while I was watching Dr. Shaym's response, I had a thought that I couldn't get out of my head: the implications of the girl with one leg telling me that no one can tell me what my body should look like.

 

 

And look, I get the point: no man an tell me what to do with my body, I get it.

However, and all it took was a few seconds, I had a "what-if" moment.  

I mean, there's no reasonable way that this woman would amputate her own leg for the glory of feminism... 

 

 

...and I'm pretty damn sure that's the case, but fat acceptance (intentionally or unintentionally) is accepting all of the consequences that come from being fat: heart attacks, diabetes, high cholesterol and, yes, even risking the amputation of one's own body parts to save the rest.

So yeah, while it was coming from a well-intended place to have her say this, they undercut their point by having her say that line.  This isn't trying to be racist or mean: it's showing the best way I know how of the implications behind the script she was given, and in a way, I kind of feel sorry for her for being wrapped up in this to begin with.

God's love, grace, and mercy be with you all. 🌙