OniLink

The Other Girl with the Gall

I'm Violet/OniLink. Trans and autistic and just kinda doing my best.

Views do not reflect my employer.

I do informative Let's Plays on YouTube.

You can find me on FFXIV on Leviathan as Satora Lahnsi.

I run @WoLQotD here on Cohost!

I also have an IC blog at @satora-lhansi!

<3 @Gleam-Oria @catgirl-real @ann-arcana

Script Kitty :3 θΔ

avatar and header image from In Stars and Time by @insertdisc5



OniLink
@OniLink

wish more people would acknowledge that you can like and defend something while also understanding that it has flaws and wishing it were better

not fully happy with how many people i see acting like "liking and defending something" = "believing it is flawless and immune to criticism"

also not fully happy with how many people i see acting like "if something is imperfect or bad, it must be due to active malicious intent rather than people and/or circumstances being imperfect"


OniLink
@OniLink

is this post about <insert LITERALLY every [website/piece of media] i like>? who knows :3


OniLink
@OniLink

do i err perhaps too strongly on the side of "optimism" and "positivity"? yeah probably. but focusing on the negative aspects of stuff is just... so exhausting and has historically been extremely harmful to my mental health.

i'd rather focus on the positive stuff. the stuff that makes me think "this is why it's worth it to keep pushing forward and do even better next time".


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This is absolutely me with many of the anime and cartoons I watch, especially Steven universe. I find that show deeply and fundamentally flawed, and have many issues with the pacing even before the tomfoolery CN did to the team; yet I still love the show and it's characters, I still enjoyed watching and being apart of the fandom (mostly).

the default strain of online criticism being "hostile reading" has gotten so incredibly old, especially the way its mutated into moral panic.

Nuance exists, and there are more ways to engage with media than scouring them for excuses to attack people, but that doesn't get you clicks on social media ig.