#Recent Posts

[flamboyantly-understated]

maybe this is just me idk

[yardsards]

everything in this life is temporary. except that fandom hyperfixation from when you were 14. that thang will be with you forever there's no escaping.

[megthemariner]

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[justscarfy]

Slay

[iliothermia]

[ahsokalegend]

One of my favorite choices the Apothecary Diaries made was making the Emperor a “normal guy” (as far as I know as an anime-only). He’s not evil. He’s not hindering Mao Mao’s journey. He respects the concubines.

If anything his lack of autonomy and presence as the most powerful person in the country further enhances the show’s themes of working within the confines of class and gender inequality.

The previous emperor was a horrible, horrible pervert. Okay, then this emperor only weds women of age… Until he’s forced to take his father’s precious wife due to politics. The current emperor reasonably avoids her.

Eunuchs exist? Bam! now the surgery is outlawed, but this will create a reduction in male labor around the palace.

The emperor clearly favors few women. Well, now he must recognize a concubine with a powerful politician father playing the system.

He supports Mao Mao toeing the line of social expectations for women, but hasn’t removed the law against women preparing medicine. It makes one think, if he wanted to, could he make the change at all? For every two steps forward, he’s forced to take one step back.

In this universe even the Emperor is limited by social pressure and the expectations of his station. His life and that of his children is out of his control, and if that isn’t such a compelling piece of world building I don’t know what is.

If that’s how the author twists the narrative of the Emperor you better believe her female characters dealing with women’s issues in this society are even better written.

[mroddmod]

they are like puppies. 2 me

[thunderc1an]

who are you?

[reidspng]

"Look at the sky, Martin... It's looking back."

[aomaoe]

deep in the trenches again.. so defeated my artblock with a tony

[anxeious]

[bllmak]

a very important conversation

[feimaosalmon]

[adobe-outdesign]

hey Neopets can you explain why you have an unreleased petpet that's just a human man on all fours

you can take your time but I do need an answer

[themilfking]

Do you think Israel set a precedent that you can attack civilians and nothing will happen? And India is using that precedent?

Yeah absolutely. What you're talking about is often referred to as norm erosion and it's a really good point to bring up in context to Israel/India but also it goes well beyond this.

What we've learned and seen time and time again is that if a state/actor is well aligned globally, they will be able to violate norms repeatedly without suffering any meaningful consequences. That's norm erosion in a nutshell

India watched Israel violate a dozen norms and violate every Geneva convention for the past 2 years and they were absolutely emboldened by it. India believes itself to be a very well aligned global power and so it used that playbook.

However the number 1 violator of norm erosion is the United States. A million deaths in Iraq (mostly civilians), drone programs (also numerous civilians), Afghanistan, Vietnam etc are all examples of what a well positioned actor can get away with.

In fact both India and Israel pull from "the war on terror" playbook. They pull from America's stance on "collateral damage" and "pre-emptive self defense"

We've essentially been watching this happen for a really long time. We're seeing what happens when we allow unmatched global reach, legal insulation to go unchecked.

[poon-nropay]

hi here's my boy Franky from One Piece.

[ID: fanart of Franky from One Piece. he's seen as his younger self, fully human, wearing an open yellow and red shirt and dark blue speedo. he's grinning brightly, hands on his hips, with goggles on his head and visible top surgery scars. his shadow is light blue, and shows his older self- Cyborg Franky, with large metal shoulders and arms. text above him reads "super" in all capitals, blue with red shadows. END ID]