#[[Interesting Partnership]]

[rachelazegler]

[iron-sparrow]

6.12 LOVING DAY

Tomorrow is Friday the 13th, but did you know today is Loving Day?

"Loving Day" celebrates the historic ruling in Loving v. Virginia, whichdeclared unconstitutional a Virginia law prohibiting mixed-race marriage — and legalized interracial marriage in every state.

The couple is given a choice: flee or go to jail

After they were arrested, the Lovings were sentenced to a year in prison. Then, a judge offered them a choice: banishment from the state or prison. They chose to leave Virginia at the time, but after several years, the Lovings asked the American Civil Liberties Union to take their case. Bernard Cohen and Philip Hirschkop, two young ACLU lawyers at the time, did.

The Lovings argue they just want the same rights

Cohen forcefully, but calmly argued that the Lovings and their children, just like any other family, had the right to feel protected under the law.

[kerryweaverlesbian]

When Eileen or whoever Sam's blurry wife is in a throw away line in a fic is pregnant to show that Sam's happy and doing good it kinda revolts me not gonna lie. We're really putting 2.5 kids on whatever woman shaped object is in Sam's love life? And on Sam for that matter? Who, by the end of the show, expressed zero interest in having a little baby and said he felt fulfilled by hunting, despite its downsides.

One of the reasons Sam and Eileen work well together is that they're both hunters and feel able to lean on each other in that regard, and yet pregnancy or motherhood is often the only thing we hear about Eileen in these cases. She's made into an incubator. Is the only vision of happiness she's allowed becoming Mary from the first minute of the Pilot?

[hallucinateonpaperspines]

if Ashley's for some reasons ever mentions/explains some human torture methods what would the cons thing of it ? Like are we more brutal then them ?

Well... this get dark. FBI Agent, I'm a writer I promise! This is all hypothetical! There is worse out here in the internet wilds!!!

I think for the most part, it's a game of orange-and-blue morality for a bit. There are things the Decepticons pull (Shockwave just existing) that immediately make human prosecutors start prepping the war crime cases and some things that humans do make the cons pause for a minute. At the same time, certain things the cons do, while horrible, just make humans nod because of course they would do that, and most human torture techniques just don't translate well to Cybertronian biology.

Like, the Decepticons would do things that are definitely against the Geneva Convention (and I think they would find our concept of a Geneva Convention laughable) so they would shrug off a lot of similar precedents humans have. Removing limbs, sensory depravation, experimentation, and electrocution are all familiar concepts so it is just a shrug of shoulders and a "why not?" attitude.

And then they look deeper.

In my mind, Cybertronians above all are efficient. Unless it's personal, or you are with someone who has a truly skewed brain module (Yes, Airachnid I am looking at you) the point of torture is to get information as fast as possible. Tortured to death, unless it's an accident, isn't efficient.

Humans, unfortunately, don't always care about efficiency.

They see the Human Centipede and the Terrifier, and bots are praying to primus like they've never done it before. It's entertainment, its art to mankind and it is some of the most protective vomit-worthy levels of shit they've ever seen. They see the Jigsaw franchise and Shockwave is joining discords and emailing directors to get notes.

It's fictional. It's fake. It's an unhinged level of creativity completely separated from ethics and morals, or in some cases leveraging those ideas to better stamp in some emotional torment. It's not just physically taking apart a victim, or trying to manipulate them mentally; it's full-on destruction. Complete evisceration performed in the name of delusional curiosity, sadistic glee, or self-righteous theatrics.

But, again, it's all fake! So what does it matter? Soundwaves says to himself as he bans any vore content from the Nemesis' servers and scrubs his drives

And then someone brings up Vlad the Impaler.

Imagine the horror as it just clicks. While Cybertronains may not produce excrement, they do have scraplets, so the concept of leaving someone in a tub to slowly rot or forcing rats to dig through bodies just sings a song of pain they are vulnerable to. Of slowly dying in a painful, inevitable method that's meant to leave a lasting mark.

And then a human starts thinking.

Art isn't efficient, but a masterpiece is never meant to be so mere as efficient.

Why not remove t-cogs? the element that helps these creatures transform, a crucible of their identity and self-worth?

Wait, that's not meant to be torture, that's just containment.

No. Torture is using small limbs to unwind and peel back layers of wiring. Torture is leaving portions of a frame to decay and rust, poking at the open wound, and flinging acid inside. Torture is pulling limbs off and reattaching them only to do it again. Torture is removing optics and turning sensors to maximum sensitivity before turning them off again.

Torture is taking those old methods and being creative enough to apply them on a blank canvas with new rules and no precedents.

The issue is not our brutality, it is our cruelty and creativity. And that's something that even the most vile Decepticon can respect.

They might even help you find a new muse, or canvas, to practice with.

[kremblor]

I cannot be convinced that Kathy Stabler disliked Olivia when Elliot gets stabbed with a pen by a kid and not only does she and Kathleen show up at the ER for him all "how dare you not tell us" and "what happened to Olivia". She isn't showing any annoyance about the question or anything. Like, that family sees Elliot in the ER and some new partner and was like "um ... no where is Olivia?"

[rimatsu]

maybe they're saving the effort for the next meet-cute

[anxiousapplepie]

I try to avoid asking shipping questions because everything about your Rose Knight stuff is cool and compelling and asking about romance feels like I’m brushing aside the nuance n stuff which I don’t want to do!!

But also I am. Eyeing some of these guys. And how you’re depicting them interacting with each other. And Considering. The Implications. Because I Get The Feeling You’re Going Somewhere With It.

KEHEHEHE I'm not giving you the roadmap I'm taking, but you can bet your fuzzy little socks and good tennis shoes I'm Going Places with the ships and you guys are coming along for the ride whether you know it or not XD

[freddyloyd]

Whats with people trying to rebrand the Dynamic Duo as Dick and Jason?

[vaguely-concerned]

every time gricko semi-mockingly imitates kremy by going 'and then kremy'll be like 'waddadoo waddadoo fellas etc.', years get added to my lifespan and my skin clears

[biblicalhorror]

Aroace Riz real but also Fabian is SO clearly in love with him and Riz has no idea

[shigayokagayama]

i love ritsu teru dynamic in my head so much i keep forgetting they barely have any canon interactions. like im sorry ritsu would Not hate teru for being in love with mob he’d be like “well as long as my brother is okay with it :)” and then go back to his sudoku. and then teru deliberately opens up like a 16x16 sudoku and starts working on it while friendly chatting. they have also been banned from doing 2 player puzzle games unless both mob and a responsible adult are in the room i think

FOR REAL like i literally do not understand where the idea of them not liking each other came from at all aside from like. people extrapolating ritsu being overprotective from him not liking reigen? when vitally reigen is a. a fraud b. annoying. every interaction we see between teru and ritsu aside from their first one is polite and friendly, reigen went out of his way to invite ritsu to teru's beach vacation which he would not have done if they didnt get along (hes good at reading people!!! he would know!!! he invited him because hes his friend!!!)

like even in the terumob scenario, the closest analogue we have is tsubomi where ritsu was more wary about her hurting his feelings than anything, and given that teru very much seems to be like. the one who would be making the first move in that scenario i feel like thats totally nullified.

ANYWAY one of my favorite activities is imagining those two in various competitive games against each other bc i have the entrenched worldview that in all other scenarios they get along like normal polite middle school kids but the SECOND ego is on the table it gets so serious. uno is a bloodbath. mario kart killed people. and then the second the game is over theyre like "wow good game ^_^ hope to see you again soon!"

[eddiegettingshot]

i will stop complaining now but trulyyyyyy what gets me is that. yes i have my own little fanon things but ultimately the largely-accepted fanon characterization is never as interesting as what’s actually happening on the show in canon. especially with regards to eddie’s sexuality!

[earthmixsclowderofcats]

Okay so I actually watched this a while ago but let's share my thoughts because, let's be unwell together

So, the thing is their first kiss is actually kinda awkward. And I put no fault of that on the actors, as we've established their chemistry is just going off at all times. But I believe this was also MaxNat's first real kiss, since he had just turned 18.

So it makes sense that it would be a bit awkward. i think that for whatever the reason for the slight awkwardness, it really works well for the characters.

Yi is so desperately in love with Diao and he also wants nothing to do with him, and we know it's from regret and guilt, but it's almost as if he's scared.

To begin

You can see his eyes are still open, while Diao's are entirely shut.

But then Diao pushes further into him and Yi allows himself to break ever so slightly. He allows himself to be selfish. He turns into the kiss more and fully grasps Diao's head and neck where before you can see his hand sort of reticently hovering.

This is interesting because you can see him both giving in and holding back. He pushes Diao down, he lets himself get in that dominant position, but you can still see the polite distance between their bodies. They're not too close. And you can see that Yi is unsure of where to put his hands. His hands travel up and down but never stay anywhere. Not until he grabs onto not Diao, but his sweater. There's still that distance, that half measure.

Meanwhile, Diao is just laying back blissed out for all of this. Or maybe in shock. But he's certainly not objecting.

And then, it's so interesting, because you can actually see the "oh fuck" moment register in Yi's head. Where he feels like he's made a mistake and crossed a boundary. That he has somehow taken advantage of the situation.

That is a man realizing that this is an official, defining, Before and After moment happening right then and there.

And Diao still has his eyes closed, looking blissed out, instinctually reaching for more even as the other man pulls away.

Then he finally opens his eyes.

And when they look at each other that's the exact moment Yi decides to nope out of that situation. And you can see that he has this sort of hungry, awkward, guilt about him.

So he leaves because feelings are scary and Diao is left there like this.

Confused and horny. (Also all the other emotional stuff)

[littencloud9]

bsd fandom has always mischaracterised kunikida to hell and back but the fact that i am seeing SO MUCH hate for his character right after his 'death' is insane

[dreamings-free]

sport events Louis has attended as a guest recently:

UFC championship, Las Vegas - Dec 2023 Australian Open (tennis), Melbourne - Jan 2024 UEFA Euros (football), Germany - Jun/Jul 2024 F1 Italian Grand Prix, Monza, Italy - Sep 2024 NFL Super Bowl (American football), New Orleans - Feb 2025

[008-b-8-b]

Is that why Jod ate before the children, maybe to be mean, but because he's starving and will put himself first. But he's somewhat nice, he made enough for them, he just got to eat first.