currently thinking about this one godawful take i saw about a year ago in the clashcord server where someone said- no, someone DEMANDED that you cannot ship cogs because they are evil and corporate.
the implication that shipping characters who are morally bad is problematic. the implication that because characters are morally bad, that they are automatically bad for EACH OTHER. the implication that characters who are morally bad cannot have a healthy relationship, even with another character who is morally bad and shares similar bad morals, which would likely make their bond stronger so what even is that load of dirty barnacles.
the FURTHER implication that every cog is flat evil with no nuance or complexity, completely erasing the depth of their characters. it just keeps going.
this is truly one of the takes of all time. this has LAYERS. several bad takes wrapped in one single sentence. this person publicly DEMANDED this in a busy chat in a big server. they thought they were cooking up a full coarse meal with this one. the confidence in such an abhorrent take is hilarious and it's stuck with me to this day. i still wish i could see their reaction when firesetter was officially canonized, and clearly treated as a ship that is, in fact, okay and encouraged to ship.
hell, lets use firesetter as an example:
Flint commits arson on a regular basis towards toons, the citizens of this town the company he works for is invading and colonizing. They seek confidence and pride through doing this as its the only place their arson is encouraged by the people they work for.
Graham is overlyconfident to the point of tearing others down for the sake of his own pride. Wants to take over the whole company one day just to fuel his ego, be on top, be the best, be praised by people that he sees as below him.
Meanwhile, these two are in a happy relationship in which Graham encourages Flint not to let people walk all over them while Flint is there for Graham in his more vulnerable moments (meeting of two minds when he was flipping out over the job). They are canon, encouraged to be shipped, have several references in the game and lore, and wouldn't you know it, their plushies are being released together with pride flags attached in like a week.
They're both shitty people and yet they love and support each other.
Make no mistake, this is not me complaining or being angry over this take. I was angry at the time it was freshly shat out of this person's mind, but nowadays it gives me a hearty chuckle. A guffaw even. A kneeslap perhaps. Getting angry gets tiring. Sometimes you have to laugh at it.
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It's always weird when people are like, "Oh, you being [x minority] made me stop hating/reconsider my bigotry toward [minority]!"
Not only is it weird from the standpoint of "wow, you hated me?" but it's weird to know that you displayed some type of behaviour that proved your humanity to them, and that if you stop displaying that behaviour for any reason, it's possible they'll just slide back into their hatred because they haven't fundamentally challenged why they hated you and your people.
It's fine to grow out of your bigotry, yes, but I'm completely understanding of people being weary of those who are so brazen about how much they hated people like you.
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Thinking about how deranged this thanksgiving was.
I hit a kid with my cane. I popped so many painkillers. I hit a kid with my cane again. I went black Friday shopping and came back only with things that weren't on sale. I hit that kid with my cane so hard in the shin he's gonna need a cane, too. I had a religious crisis. I threw my cane at that kid in the passenger seat because he said I don't need handicap parking. Some dude dressed in a really nice santa costume was just standing at the end of his driveway waving at cars and I barked violently at him. I fucking punched that kid. I spent more money on a dog than my family. I still bought that kid ice cream because I hate him but I hate the company I took the money from more. At some point I just fell asleep under the dinner table. I played Minecraft with that kid and he's a fucking loser. I had a whole therapy session in the car trauma dumping for the two hour drive home. I'm going to ruin that kids life I'm just too tired right now. It's been days and I still feel hungover. I didn't even drink.
Needless to say I think the spirit of doctor House possessed me for thanksgiving. Either way 10/10 would do again and Christmas is either gonna put me in jail or back on Lexapro
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How do you think Racheal and Fanny would be like as parents?
Not somehting I thought about much tbh.
I have most to like teenage-late teen years for how they grow up???
And then little old ladies.
God okay it depends, so like lets see here. Fanny is abrasive enough but she was raised with a loving dad so absolutely pride and joy for her kids (at this point the gender would not matter to her so theres that.) No one elses though. Well not like her dad way but legit would complain about other parents and how they raise their kids. Hilarious.
Rachel I know she was supreme leader but I feel like if she were an actual parent she'd be very anxious about it. Look at harvey. She's worried she won't do good enough, while she loves her kid/s she's the kind who over thinks it. (Ironic given she was such a good supreme leader, but years go by sorta deal.) She'd chill out years later though.
With Fanny as loving mom who WILL fight for her kid and drag every mom in the PTA and Rachel, anxiety as she is, is cool headed enough to keep it sort of together.
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