#why won't you last why can't you last...

[demaparbat-hp]

Here I am, pushing the Jian Li (Akai Kotou! Zuko) = Jinshi (The Apothecary Diaries) agenda.

[fall-dog]

the crowleyism of foolish love by rufus wainwright... having thoughts

[zvahlne]

a few more MiD memes ... my sillies.....

i love leif's confused face so much, it might be my favorite expression in the whole series

[ninja-knox-ur-sox-off]

I have an exam in like two hours and what am i doing with my morning? that's right i'm STILL trying to upload this amv tumblr hates me

[random-autie-fangirl]

Chara: I'm wanting everything to end instantly

Asriel: And I'm wanting to go on unchanging forever

🔥🔥🔥THE BEEF WITH LINEAR TIME SIBLINGS🔥🔥🔥

[youredyingthatsallthereis]

sweet tooth part four is up - JAWBREAKER! come get yalls soapghostroach :* (screenshot is also a link!)

https://archiveofourown.org/works/62839348

[demaparbat-hp]

Almost

[alongtidesoflight]

i swear my stepdad is so illogical AND stubborn it hurts

[brionysea]

if stranger things 5 comes out and they're like 'omg! the upside down has been a product of someone's dark and twisted mind this whole time! it's... WILL!' I'll immediately lose interest

[stinkrascal]

im not actually retired from simblr, im sure i'll come back one day. this extended break has been much needed. but i miss it so much too. i think about this community every day :(

[ihamtmus]

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[iniziare]

Reminder to self when I've done some more writing: Remind people that I'm canon-strict, what that means, and how I guess it means that I'm reclaiming yet another term that has been rendered as being something akin to negative by the masses. Better known as, a... 'lore purist'. Hi, yes, that's me! Hi, hello, my name is Sae, how do you do?

[pollen]

i've been diving a lot deeper into adhd symptoms and comorbidities and misdiagnoses and whenever i tell my boyfriend something i learned that sounds like me he responds with something like

[silvermeww]

12. An unpopular character you like? (and why more people should like them)

asdfghjk THANKS FOR THE ASK I'M GIVING YOU SO MUCH <33 RN

Ooh, hmm, this'll be fun. there are so many examples in pokeani and honestly some are a little eh, but then I remembered how almost every comment I see about 'worse' characters seem to include Max and I just don't get it?? How can anyone hate him??

(fun fact, when I was first watching him - in dub mind you - I also really didn't like him much. but I was coming off from the end of the OG, which was pretty sad considering who we lost, and tbh especially in 4kids early seasons dub EVERYONE was pretty unlikeable. I think I hated almost everyone back in the early gens at some point lol; I can be real vindicative but I think watching the whole thing taught me to take my time before judging stuff :v)

But yeah!! I really don't get the hate. Oh, so he said that Ash sucked for getting 8th place in the Silver Conference - can we all remember that a) legit kid and b) he's seeing this guy lose to an evolved starter from his own region of the SAME type as Ash's. It's like watching a Venasaur lose to Meganium if you're from Kanto; you'll be feeling pretty patriotic and stuff too ngl, especially if you don't have any battle experience yet.

But he acts so smart - Yes, and?? I don't see anyone talk about how Gary was coming up in the first season spouting random facts only to lose in the prelims and get a lower place than Ash. Again, I wish that people remember that Max is the kid of a Gym Leader, who reads and watches Leagues to make up for not being able to watc the Gym Battles taking place under the same roof, who dreams of becoming as strong if not stronger than his father. He's going to have high expectations. He's going to think that knowledge is everything. He's going to show off as much as he can, to make up for the fact that he's the only one in the group who isn't a Trainer. And I love how he learns that you have to actually interact with Pokemon to learn what it's all about, that you can't replace experience, that you can still experience things now even if you are too young to start. There isn't a limit to going out and interacting with the world. He doesn't have to wait. He's allowed to make mistakes and own up and not know stuff and grow, now and in the future. In a way, he's learning the same things as May, and I think that's wonderful.

And while I wish that he could've gotten a Pokemon while on the journey (one that he could keep à la XY with Bonnie), I'm fine with what he had in Advanced. He got to see Gym Battles. He got to travel two (2) regions. He got to see different aspects of being a Trainer, as a Coordinator and as a Breeder/Doctor. He got the recognition of his father in the end and was able to get into the Gym business. He got to play and learn with so many Pokemon and just act his age for once, instead of having to grow up to make up the percieved difference (wrongly percieved, might I add). Dang it, he brefriended two Mythical Pokemon (Jirachi and that other Deoxys). I dunno, he's doing pretty well for himself. Sure he's snappish and remarks on a bunch of stuff, but AG is full of that (ugh Ash was on another level, especially in Hoenn) (we don't talk about flat Brock) and S1 Kanto was way worse.

Anyways everyone go out and appreciate this goober. He did not bond with this Ralts for nothing and I swear I did not cry in this ep just for everyone to hate him. His character growth was awesome and if we ever get a Chronicles 2.0 I need to see his journey (the kids that go with Ash legit get such powerful Pokemon I fear for the competition lol).

[david-watts]

cool. my m*ther has casually forgotten why I had to come with her and ditched me! this is going to go so well

[free-luigi-mangione]

Oh, jury selection is extremely complicated. I’ve found the topic interesting since before Luigi’s case came along.

So jury selection relies pretty heavily on demographic sampling and stereotyping, but again as with humans there are no guarantees. This is something lawyers on both side of the aisle only pick up with experience I guess.

I remember reading about this defence attorney who once said that if his client is a rapist, he tries to get conservative older women with sons on the jury. This shocked me because you’d think the defence would want more men on a jury prosecuting a literal rapist, but turns out women are overall more forgiving of sexual crimes as well, even when committed against their own gender. Them being conservative = more likely to victim blame, them having sons = “boys will be boys”, they often worry the lives of their own sons could be ruined what they don’t think is a big deal.

He added that there’s a racial component here though, a middle aged white mom is not about to go easy on a black defendant accused of raping a white girl. Again, very heavy stereotyping but ultimately both sides want to win.

I also remember reading that jury members from detail oriented professions are tricky to deal with because they need guilt to be proven beyond a reasonable doubt, and require a higher burden of proof than your average juror.

Jurors from a healthcare background are assumed to be compassionate and on the side of “social justice” rather than a cut-and-dry verdict pertaining only to the facts of the case. However, this does not include those at the top of the profession like surgeons because those guys tend to display higher levels of Dark Triad traits and are more likely to relish in a harsh punishment, as long as it’s not a crime they could see themselves committing.

Like previous anon said, for his federal case they’ll actively be filtering for people who think the death penalty is acceptable. I have MAGA relatives who’ve suffered claim denials the same as the rest of the country but still do not have enough sympathy for Luigi to vote not guilty. I mean this is the country where Google searches for “did Joe Biden drop out” skyrocketed on Election Day.

NY is the best possible location for a crime like this to be tried, and I still think LWOP is more probable than execution, but I’m not holding my breath for jury nullification tbh. It’s very far fetched, even in a case as unique as this.

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i'll just post this because i learnt a lot of new things and i'm kinda horrified about a lot of things but that's beyond my control so... *deep sigh*