#and use it as shock value shit

[dedusmuln]

yeah you support trans people but are you normal about trans men who choose to get pregnant

[pinkislouder]

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[thedickcavettshow]

I might write up a mini bio on Peggy Caserta because I'm still pissed at how all the articles covering her death have used very incorrect and downright offensive misinformation on her. It seems like when it comes to anything involving Janis Joplin, people would rather tell an "interesting" story than a truthful one, which results in people like Peggy being treated incredibly disrespectfully even in the reporting of her death.

[hirazuki]

Okay, see, the thing about your story ending on a negative/dystopian/'despite everything that's happened nothing has changed in society' note and doing so successfully? It needs to have been set up for that in the first place, and it needs to be done in an intentional manner.

I have nothing against works that reinforce how cruel/meaningless/pointless/etc. the world is -- I enjoy a fair few! -- but the works themselves need to be some sort of commentary about it; the plot might be demonstrative of the futility of everything, but the story never should. It should take that and build on it and use it to make a statement, underscore a point, etc. to its readers. Having everything carry on business-as-usual without acknowledging it, especially in a genre that's generally meant to conclude on optimistic, uplifting, and hopeful notes, comes off as callous and in direct opposition with the values it extols.

Plus, the story itself should never be futile because, then, well, it never mattered as a work and it makes no difference if you've read it or not. Which... that's just a badly written story lmao.

[motsimages]

Watched The Exorcist (1973) for the first time the other day and the demon part is scary but I was not expecting so much medical scenes.

I also understand that the 70s were Like That (and for many people things unfortunately still are), but what is this of making medical tests on a teenager while her mother is in the waiting room? And then, the mother hasn't been there, we the audience haven't been there either, and the doctor says "your daughter has used bad language" and the mother "that's impossible, she doesn't do that" but what is she going to do? She will trust the doctor, the expert, her daughter's character is changing so there must be something (not adolescence) going on. Long story short, your 12 year old, who is starting puberty, needs to take Ritalin.

This was harder for me than the actual possession. It then turned out that there was something terribly wrong with the daughter, but the way they presented this information was aaragadafsdfasdhjgla.

Also, they say the girl doesn't remember anything of the possession, so from her point of view she goes from undergoing a lot of medical procedures and being high as a kite over nothing to having scars all over her body (and very likely genital problems for the rest of her life, there is a whole thing going on down there that is never adressed). There is a whole different movie here of the daughter trying to find out which medical doctor actually disgraced her like this and why did my mother never sue them? Was my mother the one who did all this? "It was an evil possession". Right, so my mother is crazy and I paid for it with my health.

So yeah... it's a medical/psychiatric horror movie as much as it is a supernatural one.

[justsomeectoplasm]

Modern day horror anime: So there's this group of highschool students that are in a death game and they have to escape but there's literally 0 rising tension except maybe if one of the side characters die and also make sure it's not the fan favorite characters or the mc. Maybe add some excessive gore that it won't definitely turn into comedic with how over the top it is.

80's horror anime: Hey kids you want to see an animated horror story that's banned in 50 countries?

[cosmicsproutcake]

how do u feel about valentinos wings being his coat??

The same way I feel about Vaggie being an Angel; I saw it coming and it's mid at fucking best.

[welcometoteyvat]

ok very interesting quest in hsr

[things-about-cars-in-posts]

oh no no NO no no I am sorry my dear @thebirdtm you are NOT underselling one of the most seminal pieces of television of my entire childhood like that on MY watch.

"How is claiming they drowned a Hilux possibly underselling it" GREAT question.

To start with a little disclaimer, Top Gear's Hilux did not start off, as in the video above, in pristine condition. It started off with nigh-on 300k kms (for you yankees, that's about 8.4 million Boeing 737 wingspans) and a condition to match.

And it's only once careless driving around town yielded zilch in given shits...

(look, I found a local newspaper picturing it being driven around!)

...that they decided to drown it. Now, the underselling part: if you told me that they drowned a pickup the first place my mind would go to would be "driving it through a river a bit too deep for it, perhaps as deep as its height, until it stalls and then tugging it back out". You will concede that's rather different from tying it down on the seashore with the second highest tide in the world...

...and leaving it there until it engulfs the whole truck...

...only for the ropes to snap...

...and for the truck to be lost to the tides for FIVE HOURS.

(and for those wondering, yes, just as promised, well within an hour and the mandatory limits of basic tools and no spare parts, up the mechanic made the thing fire and away the presenter drove it - I must imagine doing a number on his clothes in the process.)

Oh also I would have mentioned the caravan.

Or at least the wrecking ball.

But hey, at least the fire was mentioned.

Still, I feel it's criminal to leave out how they celebrated it surviving all it did: by parking it at the top of a 23 story building for all to see! :)

Wait NO-

Well, that was uncalled for. Given what it survived, it deserved to rest in a museum instead of being unceremoniously cleared out with the other chunks of public housing that buried it.

Or at least, given that buried it wasn't...

...to be tumbled down from the rubble utop which it sat...

...and be fueled up.

"be fueled up", pfft, what for?, I hear you say. And you are right.

Look at that thing, you say.

Let's be serious now, however pretty of a story it would be that's not a truck that will do anything remotely in the ballpark of firing up, let alone running.

And again, you are right.

The battery was disconnected.

Sorted that, tho

"You can't be serious." Oh darling I sure can! "Well the presenters can't then" no no, I assure you, it lived. Go see it for yourself! It's at the National Motor Museum in Beaulieau, England!

I grew up watching Top Gear and it shaped me in many ways. My adoration of old Toyota Hiluxes is one of them.

cant stop thinking about this video

[majachee]

Deadass. Good notes from my mootie.

Gentle reminder: “bear witness” means “learn about what’s happening, so you can talk about it, agitate for change, and help where you can”

Not “you must watch X number of snuff films and look at X number of dead children, in order to be a good person”

[deathbirby]

Not all survivors of CSA are the same. Not all of them want to see the what they went through in some animatic on tumblr to song lyrics. Personally, as a survivor myself, I see it to be disrespectful. You may have done it for shock value, but you made a glorified edit of it. You put music lyrics over a tragedy. You simply cannot fully depict such things in a short animatic because they need to be handled with more care than you can put into one of those. About the song lyrics, ANYONE who does that sort of thing to a minor isn't any better than that. Anyone who does that to a child or ANY human person will never be better than that. They will always be subhuman, and nothing more. The entire thing is a spit in the face to people like me.

I never forced people to watch the animatic. It had all the appropriate warnings. You had to look at them and decide to continue.

I do apologize that it hurt you.

[apolloendymion]

i love lore olympus almost as much as i love calling it "laura limpis"

[the-pitt-dr-robby]

OMG he fucking would & it wouldn’t be the first time. He’d honestly pull that move sober too with a smirk on his face after at people’s shocked faces

Jack Abbot drunk one night arguing with Walsh...

(x)

[the-acid-pear]

its so hard to find a middle point between what is showing too much and showing too little and this isnt about skin this is about horror go with your tits out but always make sure the audience knows how painful whats happening it is but make it so they can Understand it too without fully showing everything ebcause you'll shoot yourself on the foot unless you're too good

[jasontoddsno1simp]

I agree with all of this, except for the Batkids. It's been shown time and again that that man has way too much power/influence over them to force any meaningful changes over that mans actions. Especially someone like Jason, who Bruce just pops out the woodwork to use as a punching bag every five to seven business days.p

I hate bad parent or “failing at being a decent parent” Bruce for so many reasons. It’s sad, it’s infuriating, it’s unfair. But mostly because it makes no f’ing sense. Part of it is because I can’t see his character being a bad dad for a number of reasons, but mostly because that would mean that he wasn’t the only one who failed those kids.

Thomas and Martha failed (not as much as everyone else for obvious reasons but still) for not showing Bruce a better example, for not setting higher standards.

Alfred failed the most after Bruce if the latter was a bad father. Because he was right there. Because he partially raised that boy into the man he was (I always blamed Alfred for Bruce’s unwillingness for showing physical affection to a certain degree. I can’t imagine how Bruce must’ve felt growing up with an always professional butler as a sole remaining parental figure). He failed to sit them down and forcing them to talk when the situation warranted it. He failed to lecture them all on their short comings. He failed to save them from themselves and each other.

Commissioner Gordon failed because I know for a fact that he knew some of it from Barbara who had been Dick’s go to person to rant about Bruce. Especially if Bruce happened to be really abusive.

Lucius Fox failed because he was a close family friend and knew about their home situation.

Leslie Thompkins failed because she’s a doctor and probably a mandated reporter. She should’ve seen, she should’ve interfered.

Clark failed. He was supposed to be Uncle Clark, Superman. He of all people should’ve known and he could’ve acted.

Selina failed. She was on and off in a relationship with Bruce for years. She should have done something.

Every member of the Justice League, sometimes even Titans, when they were no longer children themselves, failed. They were meant to be heroes. Heroes don’t leave children suffer.

Sometimes, to an extent, Dick has failed. Jason has failed. Barbara, Tim, Steph, Duke, Cass has failed. For letting Bruce take in more children and treat them the way they were treated. (Damian is often too young to know better). They were never meant to be responsible for saving their siblings, and they should never be expected to do so, but they could’ve spoken up.

None of them are good people or deserve to be heroes if they let those kids suffer for the sake of friendship or respect.

(This goes for other heroes as well.)

[lxvvie]

Couples shit with Simon Riley, Newlywed Edition:

You and Simon got married, and Price was the Best Man. Kyle stood on your side, and Soap was the flower girl. He blew bubbles instead of throwing flower petals because you and Soap thought it would be funnier. There's a picture floating around somewhere of Simon staring rather concerningly at a particularly large bubble Soap blew, too.

You two swearing you're gonna fuck all night long on your wedding night... only to crash as soon as you hit the bed. You didn't even take your clothes off. The sexathon came later. You two just woke up, looked at each other, happy as a pair of clams, and bloody hell, you made an honest man out of Simon fuckin' Riley.

Getting each other gag gifts as a wedding present. You were serious about getting him that cockring weren't you, love? Well, he has all the time in the world to make use of it.❤️

Noticing how relaxed and settled Simon is after you two start your married lives. Well, as relaxed and settled as Simon could be, all things considered, but he's not as anxious. He's... content. Happy.

Simon still can't believe it though. He's married. He's bloody married. You married him. A right bastard like him, at that. Simon makes a promise to himself and you to never turn what you two have into the shit show that defined his parents' union, promises to never become the asshole his father was, and it gives him all the strength he needs to combat his demons. He'll fight them every day if means seeing your smiling face, luv.

Simon also using the fact that he's married for shock value for everyone other than 141. He doesn't really tell the others but also doesn't bother addressing the news when it gets out. He just lets it be. It's amusing, though, seeing the confusion and shock on the other soldiers' faces when they find out. "Wait, Lieutenant Riley's married? He has a missus?" Correction: "I'm the missus."

He also jokes with the rest of 141 on some, "Sorry, lads, 'm an honest bloke now," which makes the others snort. Will also use a variant for you, too. "No can do, lovie, you made an honest missus outta me." Pfft.

You've also taken to calling him the Hubster ("Pretty cute, eh, Si-bear?" ".........") and you're banned from saying it in public lmao.

Similarly, you use the shock value to troll your associates. Your coworkers were not expecting Simon of all people to be the one you married. You call HIM the Missus? ("Sure do.") The way they see it, you two are polar opposites. Well, they do say that opposites attract.

Simon buying a chain for his wedding band for when he deploys because even with the gloves on, he refuses to wear his ring near his gun. It's a symbol of you, one of the best fuckin' things to ever happen to him, and he'll be damned if he ever lets the two touch.

You jokingly suggest that because Simon has really taken to the missus thing and ran with it, he should get it tattooed on him. This being Simon bloody Riley, he goes and does exactly that. The shock on your face was worth it all. Cheers, darling.

You two holding hands if only to look at your wedding bands side by side and bloody fuckin' hell, you're falling in love with each other all over again.