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You are inconsistent. You do not need to have a grand unified theory about what to do about Michael Jackson. You are a hypocrite, over and over. You love Annie Hall but you can barely stand to look at a painting by Picasso. You are not responsible for solving this unreconciled contradiction. In fact, you will solve nothing by means of your consumption; the idea that you can is a dead end. The way you consume art doesn't make you a bad person, or a good one. You'll have to find some other way to accomplish that.

Claire Dederer, Monsters

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walkable cities also means sittable cities send tweet

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*fills my own schedule with events and tasks that are fun or good for me*

Well what the fuck. Where’s my seven daily hours of dicking around time.

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listen. i know it’s not 2014 anymore and i know it’s just a throwaway line and that the russo brothers didnt intend for marvel action blockbuster captain america the winter soldier to become the tragic gay love story that never was but man. having steve say “it’s kind of hard to find someone with shared life experience” in a conversation about romantic relationships right before the bucky reveal is so cruel. it’s not just about steve and bucky obviously having the shared experience of being “out of time,” it’s the fact that they’ve both been stripped of their humanity in opposite directions. steve is a legend, he is an american hero and a national icon before he is a human being the same way that bucky is a weapon and a killing machine before he is a human being. steve knows that anyone who falls in love with him in the 21st century fell in love with captain america first, and that’s just not him. but then the one person who knew him first and knew him best and loved him (not captain america, that little guy from brooklyn) so much he died for it is alive, impossibly. and it’s a miracle because he’s back and it’s horrific because he’s back under the worst possible circumstances. but to steve, the winter soldier is worth tearing the world apart for because he’s always been bucky first. they find each other and suddenly they’re human again. and maybe, despite it all, being “out of time” becomes a blessing, because in this century they’d finally be allowed to love each other the way they’ve always wanted to. like real people do.

like. no. the captain america trilogy isn’t about two queer men traumatized and alienated by war and modern life rediscovering and reclaiming their humanity through their love for each other. but. i mean. it couldve been

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at the goth bbq eating corn on the macabre

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collection of posts for a very specific dynamic

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being a person is so weird bc i’ll be like “i wish my brain was kinder to me esp when i’m already having a hard time,” and then i remember that i’m my brain and i have to be kinder to me and that nobody else will do it for me

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I think more people need to learn the phrase "I don't know enough about that to have a strong opinion" its literally a cheat code for awkward conversations

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I bring a sort of "can't read social cues" vibe to every social situation that I can't tell if anyone likes or not

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even the top gets called a faggot

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lou wilson characters who forgive their terrible parental figures because they believe that someone being cruel to them is an ultimately beneficial thing hits me right where it hurts. pinocchio saying "sometimes you need a bad stepmom to let you know what's right". gunnie hugging norman and saying "you made me the man i am, by being mean to me and then being really, really, really nice". fabian's endless defense of his parents. as the stepmother says to pinocchio: "nobody needs a bad stepmom". none of you need bad parents. cruelty isn't good for you pleaaaase

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the fact that they BOTH feel the relief from having their wings extended. the fact that crowley denies himself that and, in fact, masks himself FURTHER from the vulnerability. the fact that aziraphale is just greedily reveling in the pleasure of the moment. when they have sex it’s going to go craaazzyyy there’s going to be comic book sound effects thrown on screen yakety sax in the bg the bookshop is going to bounce like jello from the outside half of london destroyed other half blinded instantly. can’t wait for s3

(gif credit @ricky-olson)

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its been one of those weeks pass the sadomasochism

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Girl. You know I love your theories about queer coding in television. But some times those two male characters are stood that close bc they need to get them both in the frame .

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somebody: so what do u like to do for fun? :)

me, very used to being mocked for my interests: ha ha, i dunno, i don’t do anything. Ever