Unlocking Sherlock mode from the depths of my being; 4th season of Ted Lasso that undoes it all and gives us something meaningful.
I'm all for writing a story of platonic soulmates, and letting your story end with the two main protagonists not falling in love just because they're a man and woman. Go for it, good on you. But the TL gang didn't Write a platonic story, they explicitly wrote a romantic story based on as many rom-com stories they could reference. Having your characters end up together sucks when they have no chemistry but they HAD IT! They wrote them to be practically made for each other!
The bait and switch at the beginning and the straight up referencing "oh this is a rom-com trope" at the airport. It's a slap in the face. If you weren't gonna have your characters fall in love don't base their entire stories on romantic stories. They could've been written platonic, but that's not what they did. They literally had to make Ted an empty vessel of a man to make sure that he wouldn't stay. That ending sucks. It's so much wasted potential.
Tedbeccas were given the worlds on a plate and then had it thrown in the trash. Also to the Tedtrents out there, big oof, I am so sorry to y'all.
I just got an ask about a Native spirit that many Natives have asked monsterfuckers to not use.
It starts with a W.
People from the culture it’s from do not say its name because in their culture, saying the name summons the spirit. Out of respect for my friends from that culture, I do not say/type the name either.
I would kindly ask you not put that creature in my ask box in the future. I know the person that submitted it likely didn’t know so there’s no hard feelings. It’s alright. I’m not upset.
I’m not really the best person to educate folks on this topic and I wish I had some resources on why that’s not a good thing for non-Native people to use for their fiction.
I’m sure even my wording here isn’t great. I know the spirit is from a specific Native culture (there’s a lot of them, for those that didn’t know lol) and I can’t remember which one(s) and my brain is still fuzzy from being sick.
So if any of my followers are familiar with this issue, please feel free to share the info of why this isn’t good.
Again, I understand the person that sent the ask likely didn’t know all this. I’m not upset. I just think it’s worth mentioning.
Ugh I’m trying to research to find resources of actually Native folks saying it’s bad for non-Native folks to use this spirit and instead I’m just finding Hot Takes like
“The *** may be a figure from American Indian mythology, but it belongs to all of humankind”
No? Like haven’t we (colonizers) taken enough from Indigenous people without also appropriating their spirits and misusing them? Fuck right off.
I’m too sick to deal with this shit today.
Hello! Hi! Yes! Maybe I can help here!
Here are some very basic things to help people understand this:
- The spirit in question, for those who can’t recognize it from the op (which is fair), is the w-ndigo (plural w-ndigoag). It is specifically from the Algonquin people, but it’s also been spread to other Anishinaabe tribes and cultures.
- (Quick side note: Algonquin is a specific tribe while Anishinaabe is the cultural group. Think of it like a country in a continent, like how Japan is an individual country but shares some cultural aspects with some other East Asian countries because of cultural exchange and shared histories.)
- We (Anishinaabe people) aren’t actually supposed to say its name, like the op said, especially in winter or at night. We believe that its name has powers and can call attention to it. Many people online censor it, while people irl will use other terms for it to avoid saying the name.
- Usually, we only talk about it in detail at specific times. It’s not something to be casually discussed or used as a fun character in movies and games.
- (We’re also taught not to whistle outside during winter nights because that calls its attention. It’s a running joke in a lot of Anishinaabe circles.)
- The most likely theory behind its appropriation is that people who were invited to Anishinaabe story circles and other cultural events, with the expectation that they would behave respectfully, took our sacred stories and shared them without permission, butchering them in the process.
- Everything about it in media is wrong! So, so wrong! In every way! The only accurate thing about in media is that it’s a cannibal spirit, that’s it.
- It’s not a deer. It has never been a deer in Algonquin or Anishinaabe folklore and the idea is wild to me. Where did that even come from? Its actual physical description varies but it’s always humanoid and that’s as much detail as I want to get into here.
- It’s very much a local spirit, based around the winters Anishinaabe tribes experience in the Northern US and throughout Canada. Trying to put it anywhere else… doesn’t make sense. This is aimed at you, Hazbin Hotel fandom. A w-ndigo would die from heat exhaustion in New Orleans.
- The w-ndigo itself isn’t just about cannibalism, it’s about greed and selfishness and how taking everything you want makes you stop valuing the people and world around you and stop caring about who you’re hurting. A person doesn’t have to be a cannibal to become a w-ndigo, they just need to be a selfish asshole (and, depending on who you ask, Anishinaabe).
- Many moden Anishinaabe people see the w-ndigo as just a warning and a metaphor; Potawatomi author Robin Wall Kimmerer used it as a manifestation of climate change and environmental destruction in her book Braiding Sweetgrass. Other Anishinaabe people, particularly those of us who are more spiritual/religious (like me!), believe the w-ndigo and other spirits to be real beings who deserve respect and care, not just scary stories.
- And finally, this spirit is sacred to us. No, sacred doesn’t always mean good. The w-ndigo is a vital part of our cultures and our histories and it deserves respect. Our peoples have been massacred, our children kidnapped, our dances and languages and religions criminalized, our lands stolen, our spiritual leaders murdered. Please just leave our spirits alone. Let us keep hold of what little colonization and genocide has left us.
Father/son shipper avrilcircus did the fantasy art for the latest MLB episode. So that's always fun to see.
The theory that the red heart is still a frisk/Chara hybrid is really good because for the most part it's coming with the conclusion that it's a NM heart. They moved on to do the same to the next world but youre not recreating NM run-you can't. The closest you get is Weird, and just fighting the rest. But that's not why I love the theory. I love the theory when you're pacifist. If the theory is it's a NM heart and you're playing pacifist in DR then it means Chara's influence from the player is undone and they're better. The soul got a reset and it's not the bloodthirsty soul it seemed to be when we controlled it last time. Again showing the ruthless decisions were player influence.
I love pics of Kris head just,, being in Susie's mouth lol. It reminds me of like tall friends leaning on short friends, or how people will just rest on each other in weird ways that are annoying/endearing. Like I just picture Susie just, as a neutral resting with Kris action, nomming on their head.
every couple a days I see another post a people going “omg what if susie actually had a tail, this headcanon is so fun haha”
she literally says she has one. noelle sees the fucking tail. it’s not a ‘what if’- she has the tail!
Love Kris fearing that Susie wouldn’t be friends with them without us controlling the soul.
Love Susie being afraid Kris wouldn’t be friends with her without us controlling the soul.
It is so dumb how many people think Toby would have incest in his big game.
This alone means Ralsei is not Asriel.
Why would they make Ralsei Kris' brother than put,, All That in the game?? Think!
Obviously there is a connection, but I don't think this is a Skywalker situation, and it'll be relieved it's a family relationship.
Personally I theorize Ralsei is the lost headband, and is representative of what Kris' wanted to be as a monster. Kris wanted to be like their brother so an anagram of Azzys name is what they kind of imagined in their head. (There are alot of monsters with similar naming conventions after all)
Regardless of any personal taste stop accusing shippers of incest when it would mean the DR team having incest highlighted so prominently. With what we have the game there is no indication that Ralsei is Asriel.
If you're still doing genderbends (yikes) at least do something different then guy > long hair + eyelashes, and girl > short hair.
Anyone catalog all of Lancer's comment for Deltarune ch:2? I wanna know what he says in any given situation but I did not wanna keep checking on him, calling papyrus was too much
Question for wendigoon fans, does he ever acknowledge that the vast majority of conspiracy theories are based on antisemitism? At all? He mentioned in one video that he didn't want to do discourage any theory because it ruins the fun, but when the fun people are having is theorising the Jews are naturally bad and Hitler was good, and Some People Simply Should Be Killed, is not my kind of time. How much of his fan base is composed of Nazis/bigots in general and has he done anything to discourage that viewership.
Hawk Moth is specifically targeting Lb & Can, they are the most important. If one falls victim it's over. This is the whole point of the two not knowing.
Adrien knows the identity of other heros cause they aren't main targets, they're straight up extras. Who cares- clearly not Adrien because he's doesn't seem to register that it's not a universal rule. It's just for the main two.
Also, Adrien is not dating lb/Marinette, stop drawing the comparison lmao. I keep seeing the whole "why is it okay cause they're dating???", Uh not related at all?? Adrien shouldn't be so entitled?
I'd get it if it was because Rena is now permanent that it's a bigger problem, and that she knows Mari is, and alya is spreading information, but more people are just pointing out hypocrisy that isn't there.