tryin to write a joke that won’t offend anyone on tumblr
this is the worst post ive ever seen
if you have trouble making jokes that arent racist, homophobic, or misogynistic then you aren’t funny actually
This was a joke that’s not racist, homophobic, nor misogynistic. You got offended. You proved their point.
Wow. Lol, this is pathetic.
Honestly, I think the whole “don’t pay the writers” thing boils down to the notion that everybody thinks they can write. It’s the old saw about the novelist at a cocktail party having to hear someone say, for the millionth time, “I’d love to write a book someday.”
Someone–Stephen King? Pretty sure I saw this in a Stephen King foreword–once said they’d like to say to a brain surgeon, “Boy, I’d love to do brain surgery someday.”
We treat “the ability to put words into a sentence” like it’s just the same as “the ability to form a coherent narrative that engenders a variety of emotions within the reader and puts them in a scene and shows them what they didn’t see before”.
And that’s like me drawing a stick figure and saying I’m an artist.
Writers are constantly devalued because everyone thinks they have a book in them and don’t realize the level of skill and commitment it takes to finish even a short story, much less a whole book.
This goes well beyond fandom, but man, I would’ve hoped fandom would know better.
Okay but this scene is so important
Peridot, who’s lived her entire life on homeworld, who doesn’t know what it’s like to care about where she came from, who has only ever been a single insignificant facet number among millions just like her, has probably never heard that someone loves her.
And when Steven has the opportunity to say his last words, he uses them to let her know that he loves her. She matters to him. She isn’t just a disposable Peridot- she is somebody who someone loves. Someone who is more important to her than anything- even her previous leader, who she near idolized. And look at how touched she is, too. Her eyes water, she looses her panicked expression, and she looks genuinely grateful.
Steven was under the impression that this would be the last thing he ever did, and he used it to make sure that Peridot wouldn’t die never knowing she was loved. And that is so amazing to me.
Also people keep making jokes that she said “wow, thanks.” And it is funny but you guys need to understand that:
Steven told peridot before, “…I want you to feel nice! That’s what gifts are for. You give them to your friends to show you care. And they go ‘wow, thanks!’” She knew he was showing her he cared in the most important way, and this was her best way of showing her gratitude.
SHE LOVES HIM TOO
“i wish i lived in the country side!”
no u dont. You dont want to have to drive an hour just to get some McDonalds. There is nothing to do here and everyone is racist. My neighbour’s chickens got stolen last week
