krystal-blossom
20 • they/them
165 posts
Latest Posts by krystal-blossom
Don't you ever feel like Twilight from this S1E2 frame
T-The Industwiaw Wevowution and its consequences have been a disastew fow the human wace. They have gweatwy incweased the wife-expectancy of those of us who wive in “advanced” countwies, but they have destabiwized society, have made wife u-unfuwfiwwing, have subjected human beings to indignyities, have wed to widespread psychowogicaw suffewing (in the Third Wowwd to physicaw suffewing as weww) and have inflicted sevewe damage on the natuwaw wowwd. Nyaaaa~~ >w<
The king of all cosmos got a twitter account around 2008/2009 to promo katamari forever and some of his posts are really good. He's like Dril to me.
A Linux user meeting someone with an old laptop is like an Evangelical meeting an agnostic
I keep seeing people have issues with old laptops and need to resist the urge.
No, that is a mouth, and you can't change my mind. The faint area around it is the stubble.
There are two problems with soulful-rodent's argument:
• The color of the mouth is merely a stylistic choice. Minecraft is very abstract.
• Alex also has a neutral expression.
Additionally, when you play Minecraft Bedrock Edition and use the character editor, the brown thing on the bottom of his face is explicitly shown to be a mouth. Changing the facial hair only removes/changes the stubble around it.
NO, YOU ARE NOT!!!! YOU ARE FAMOUS HOLLYWOOD ACTOR JACK BLACK!!! YOU ARE A BEARDED WHITE MAN IN A BLUE SHIRT!!! STEVE IS A SILENT, BEARDLESS BROWN-SKINNED MAN!!! YOU CAN'T FOOL ME!!!
I GOT IT THE FIRST TIME!! QUIT TELLING ME!!!
NO, YOU ARE NOT!!!! YOU ARE FAMOUS HOLLYWOOD ACTOR JACK BLACK!!! YOU ARE A BEARDED WHITE MAN IN A BLUE SHIRT!!! STEVE IS A SILENT, BEARDLESS BROWN-SKINNED MAN!!! YOU CAN'T FOOL ME!!!
NO, YOU ARE NOT!!!! YOU ARE FAMOUS HOLLYWOOD ACTOR JACK BLACK!!! YOU ARE A BEARDED WHITE MAN IN A BLUE SHIRT!!! STEVE IS A SILENT, BEARDLESS BROWN-SKINNED MAN!!! YOU CAN'T FOOL ME!!!
They fucking whitewashed Steve (again, but in the fucking movie, as fucking Jack Black) and made the characters look like the 2019 Sonic movie reveal shit but worse.
I don't like to base my identity around "Gen Z nostalgia", but my childhood doesn't deserve this.
So, it looks like that one artist who did the MLP comics drew Twilight Sparkle as a Nazi
Reblog so people are aware
To truly be at the Joker's level of insanity, he'd have to a desktop player on a shitty hand-me-down laptop that doesn't even meet minimum system requirements (like me)
if the joker were real (which he is) i think he'd be a vrchat type of guy
I have an extremely jaded attitude towards furry culture, but most most blogs I follow are furry artists lmao
With furry stuff, I'm like Deadmau5 on dubstep, but in reverse.
@sailorplutoirl
So, it looks like that one artist who did the MLP comics drew Twilight Sparkle as a Nazi
Reblog so people are aware
I completely agree.
Like, I love Starlight as a character. But her "redemption arc" is hilariously bad. Those she literally held hostage as part of a cult just welcome her back warmly. And Cozy Glow gets thrown into Tartarus (and eventually frozen into stone)?
And, like, having the creatures of other species rescue said racist chancellor and give him a change of heart is just fucked up. It's like it's a whole trope in media where bigots are supposed to be given a "change of heart" with friendship, ignoring the fact that actual hardcore bigots are fucked to the core (e.g. Steven Universe finale).
And the Yaks, I can't stand them. They're like a collection of stereotypes from other cultural/ethnic groups Frankenstein'd together, but you can barely tell what most of them are. The ponies attempting to make Yona speak and act pony-like for a school dance didn't help, even if the whole point of the episode was that it was a terrible idea.
Wait what--
So, it looks like that one artist who did the MLP comics drew Twilight Sparkle as a Nazi
Reblog so people are aware
This
As much as I like mlp, I can't help but feel like the higher-ups who actually worked on the show are a bunch of problematic cunts.
I can write an entire essay on how the show has been both implicitly and explicitly racist. And it goes deeper than just Zecora, some of the Pillars of Equestria, or even the Buffalo. The ponies are coded in a way to fit white standards of being "civilized", while other species are often portrayed as being backwards or barbaric. Hell, the entire School of Friendship is basically looking at the other species and going "your ways of life are uncivilized and barbaric; let us impose our ways onto you, to save you". I could go on.
It's no wonder why it would alienate people and only amplify white voices. It's in the very foundations of the worldbuilding.
So, it looks like that one artist who did the MLP comics drew Twilight Sparkle as a Nazi
Reblog so people are aware
I totally agree on the portrayal of Pinkie Pie and the nature of Pinkie Pie creepypastas.
I think the idea of going "haha crazy Pinkie Pie" and protraying her as some cannibalistic chainsaw murderer is just sanism.
As a sidenote, I really vibe with artworks that portray straight-hair Pinkie Pie as genuinely broken rather than some fucked-up murderer.
Source
Memories I Unlocked About My Little Pony (G4) That Made Me Realize Some Things.
(Image Description is in alt text. Post also contains minor spoilers for Arcane Season 1)
The "Party of One" Episode
Pinkie's portrayal in that episode felt like a fairly accurate representation on how mental health can fuck with you (Though, please note that I'm not a mental health expert, I just found her really relatable in some ways as someone who is undiagnosed). She has some of the most intense range of emotions, even going a bit overboard before and during the initial birthday party for Gummy to the point of exhausting herself, but her friends don't judge her for her behavior (Even if it's clear from the expressions on their faces that they don't agree with every decision she makes).
However, the moment that Pinkie feels like her friends are hiding something or trying to avoid her, her mental health begins to decline (Especially because she knows she's being blatantly lied to). Then we see her lack of emotional regulation and starting to overthink everything based on these interactions, assuming the worst. You can't even fully blame her for it because, again, no one is communicating with her properly, but the severity of her actions still showcases that her mental health is playing a part in her blowing the situation a bit out of proportion.
Plus, there's this quote-
Tell me that my friends are all lying to me and avoiding me because they don't like my parties and they don't want to be my friends anymore!
-which is a conclusion that she came up with herself. No one actually said this to her, but she assumes this is the case, and she wants Spike to validate her assumption even though he knows that's not true either. Spike gives in and tells her what she wants to hear, though, and she enters a depression because of it. This is now what she actually believes.
Of course, after this, we get the infamous facial expression that is this:
By this point, Pinkie is in the middle of having a mental breakdown. She's trying to isolate herself from her friends, now viewing them as enemies, and she's replacing them with random things that she's trying to use as a coping mechanism as she attempts to host her after-party for Gummy. The kicker is that these methods are failing. Pinkie much more rapidly shows signs of losing her composure as she puppeteers for these inanimate objects like they're real people. She keeps twitching, and then eventually it feels as if the objects have actually come alive, but in reality, the next conversation that takes place is all in Pinkie's head. These inanimate objects take the form of her negative thoughts convincing her that she's justified in believing that her friends are actually horrible people who think horrible things about her and that she shouldn't associate with them ever again, even though Pinkie herself doesn't actually believe any of that deep down. It's a very good visualization of how Pinkie's new view of her friends is still eating away at her despite her trying to shift to a new sense of "normalcy." This scene is honestly a child-friendly version of Jinx having "conversations" with the voices in her head during Arcane Season 1 (Her even going as far as to make inanimate versions of her dead friends), with Jinx also initially trying to hold onto hope that Vi still cares about her despite her mental health continuously declining.
When the other five members of the Mane Six are finally ready to talk to Pinkie, she explodes and tries shutting them all out. While they're all concerned for her due to the way that she's acting, they don't give up on her. At most, Rainbow Dash just calls Pinkie's inanimate object party creepy once she finds her, but she's still determined to drag Pinkie away from the unhealthy atmosphere (And mindset, in a metaphorical sense) that she's locked herself into. Dash takes Pinkie to the barn at Sweet Apple Acres, and it's revealed that there was a party waiting for Pinkie. Unfortunately, she continues to assume the worst of her friends, and by extension, the motives behind the party.
It's then explained that the reason why they were avoiding and withholding information from Pinkie was because they were trying to keep the party a surprise, and it was meant to be their way of celebrating Pinkie's birthday...which she forgot was that exact day.
When I tell you that I felt secondhand embarrassment-
Yet, it's not even unrealistic. A bunch of misunderstandings and a lack of having the full context to the situation led Pinkie to assuming the worst outcome and letting her negative thoughts consume her, which I think multiple people (Myself included) have experienced before. Pinkie is still given a rather mature moment, though. She perks right up after realizing that she was wrong about her assumptions, but then she feels ashamed and embarrassed for how she acted and for having doubted her friends so much. However, they reassure her that they hold no ill will towards her and make it clear that anyone can experience these types of misunderstandings.
Then we get the central message from Twilight: That good friends have your best interests at heart, and you shouldn't immediately assume the worst of them. I think it's a good way to encourage people to work on their sense of trust in others, as well as encouraging them to find ways to manage their mental health in any way that they can without necessarily demonizing those who are struggling with those issues.
I think this episode was why I was never the biggest fan of the MLP creepypastas, such as Cupcakes. I can definitely see that people had fun with this crazy portrayal of Pinkie (And I'm not going to tell you that you're wrong for liking it), but I think her canon portrayal is much more sympathetic to those who struggle with mental health issues.
Fluttershy Would Swear If MLP Had a Higher Age Rating
I remembered how upset she could get whenever she was pushed too far, and one of those moments was when Twilight brought up Discord early on in the series. Fluttershy saying "That...big...dumb...MEANIE!" with such vitriol instantly made me think that she (Or the writers, honestly) actually wanted to say, "That...MOTHER...FUCKER!" instead.
Then I decided to check out an episode from one of the later seasons that I didn't watch: The one with her brother, Zephyr Breeze. Fluttershy says that she's "peeved," and it's treated like she said a swear word. She absolutely would have said that she was "pissed" if this wasn't a kids show.
Does Fluttershy need to swear? No, definitely not, but it would be very funny and not all that unrealistic to me if she dropped a word or two whenever she got angry.
Flash Sentry Deserved Better
This boy got screwed over so hard that it's honestly really sad. He's a good example of MLP's consistent lack of development within a lot of its male cast, but it was much more noticeable with him since he was the love interest of the main character, and as a result, a lot of attention was focused on just him.
I honestly wouldn't be able to tell you much about Shining Armor (in the show, not the comics, which I have never read) aside from him being Cadance's husband and Twilight's brother, and then basically being used as a partial plot device so that Cadance could use the power of love to defeat Queen Chrysalis. The same goes for Big Mac, whose most defining trait was not saying much besides two words, and I believe that Soarin also has minimal development. I don't even remember that much about King Sombra in the initial first few seasons aside from what the cast members tell us about him (though I could be wrong here, it's been a while since I watched the show and I heard he gets more characterization later).
It seems fairly obvious to me that a large reason behind why Flash - and his dynamic with Twilight by extension - was not expanded upon later was because Bronies (and by that, I specifically mean a very vocal crowd of older adult men) within the fandom sent so much backlash over this character in Hasbro's direction that they decided to sideline him instead. It still astonishes me that grown ass men had so much influence over this show when they weren't even the target demographic, and that's not even the only time that they had ruined something for other people. Flash was not that different from what I just mentioned about the male cast members, meaning that it's not a "Flash Sentry" problem - It's a "Male MLP Character" problem.
I will, however, acknowledge that the decision to have main universe Twilight go to a universe where the cast members are highschoolers was a strange decision by the writers. A college setting would have been just fine, especially since Lauren Faust has said that Twilight might be at least around the age of a college freshman in human years.
As a kid, I liked Flash, and I used to theorize about what the writers were going to do with him later on. As I got older, I realized that way more people liked Flash than I thought (Especially on TikTok. Good lord LOL), and others were mostly indifferent towards him. It was upsetting watching him get sidelined, and I didn't like Timber, who I had assumed was supposed to be Flash's replacement but ten times more annoying.
Flash had become the fandom scapegoat and punching bag. I think it would be more fun to see people reclaim him and make content of him in their image based on their headcanons or whatever, like they did with several other characters in the show. I, for one, am definitely planning on doing so myself!
Rainbow Dash Is Basically Sonic For The Girls and I Owe Her An Apology
I used to HATE Rainbow Dash as a kid. I thought she was the most annoying out of the Mane Six (With Fluttershy as a second-least favorite but that was a whole other thing. I don't dislike her anymore, don't kill me LOL). However, it was not lost on me that people would constantly make comparisons between her and Sonic, and I'm now realizing as an adult that this makes more sense beyond them both having super speed.
Dash is sweet, but like Sonic, she can also be cocky, competitive, heroic, and reckless. She is the one who influenced the rest of her friends' lives early on (Via the Sonic Rainboom), just as Sonic did with his friends, eventually forming a tight-knit group. She gets up to shenanigans with a cheerful, pink-themed character (Pinkie, of course), and has a yellow-themed friend who decides to stand up for herself and can keep up with Dash when she puts her mind to it (Fluttershy). Like Sonic, she also loves reading, and her presence revolves a bit around having a cool factor.
It is kind of shocking, yet funny that I held this double standard against Rainbow Dash as a child, since she and Sonic share similar traits, and yet I thought Sonic was cool while Rainbow Dash was unbearable. Internalized biases have a chokehold on people, I suppose.
Sunset Shimmer Is a Reformed Villain Done Right
(Please keep in mind that it's been years since I watched the Equestria Girls movies, so I might have some details wrong here)
She started out acting like an arrogant, highschool queen bee type of person who thought she was owed everything, only to be humbled by Twilight. Then she begins to realize the error of her ways, and while the Humane Six forgive her right away, not everyone else does, and Sunset Shimmer simply has to live with that. The sins of her past continue to haunt her, but she still finds the resolve to strive to be a better person and help other people who need it (Such as SciTwi).
I think her arc was a realistic portrayal of someone who had done something messed up and then realized later that her mistakes will cause people to see her differently. Despite that, and despite knowing that some people may never forgive her, however, Sunset wants to keep moving forward so that she can make amends and help people heal rather than hurt them. I liked the message behind this as well - That people should continue to try to do good things, even if your past mistakes can't be reversed. The past shouldn't hold you back for the rest of your life.
I won't lie; for the longest time, I thought the Cybertruck was just a gimmick-vehicle to promote Cyberpunk 2077.
I am not kidding.
guys one of my neighbors bought a cybertruck.
this is hottest topic on the hoa facebook page since a house burned down during the beef festival a couple years back.
I struggle to get myself to like Gnome.
Like, if I feel more comfortable using Windows 8, then something is wrong.
Stop talking shit about Linux Desktop Environments!
KDE is Pretty! XFCE is Efficient! Gnome... Mate is Traditional!
This is Death Grips
I will not elaborate
A series where the viewer in question just ate the more problematic stuff (cause, like, it's there), and spat out the rest; latter of which including the actual friendship.
So, it looks like that one artist who did the MLP comics drew Twilight Sparkle as a Nazi
Reblog so people are aware
So, it looks like that one artist who did the MLP comics drew Twilight Sparkle as a Nazi
Reblog so people are aware
can't wait for biden to resign from the campaign this sunday, july 21 2024
Dr Eggman would totally have a Picrew pfp and a DNI in his bio
The cycle is endless