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Call out Culture

So I have been watching a lot of interesting social things happen the past few years. Specifically people going out of their way to destroy others just because they can. Interestingly enough I found an article online from an Opinion Columnist named David Brooks. It is on the nytimes website. I’m going to copy and paste it to share with the community. I think it’s an interesting read and that it brings some things into perspective. Everybody at some point has done something shitty in their youth or had a rough time in their life where they were socially not a good person. My stance is that depending on the situation and what a person has done with their life people should just let the past be the past. Don’t try and destroy someone because it gives you some kind of validation or it makes you feel good. Calling someone out should be something you do only if the person is a threat to others or to a community at large. There was recently a call out on someone here on tumblr that I wholeheartedly agree with. But then there are call outs on someone for their mental illness utterly ruling them as a person for a while. Yeah, they were a shitty person. Yeah, they may have done or said some things that were pretty terrible. But if they went and got help, went to intentionally improve their lives after they realized what they were doing to not only themselves but those around them, what right do people have to try destroying them for something that happened three/four/five years ago?  That type of call out culture is toxic and just vicious zealotry. By doing that you are invalidating everything that person may have done to try and better themselves. You are telling them that all that hard work to better their mental state and their lives does not matter. That thing they did when their mental illness ruled them forever brands them as a terrible, shitty person for the rest of their life. Take a moment and step back to examine that. Realize how terribly shitty of a person someone has to be to totally invalidate the rest of someones life like that just because they *can*.  Anyway..that’s the end of my rant. Here is the article. 

_________________________________________________________ A number of months ago, I listened to a podcast that has haunted me since — because it captures something essential about our culture warrior moment. It was from NPR’s always excellent “Invisibilia” series and it was about a woman named Emily.Emily was a member of the hard-core punk music scene in Richmond, Va. One day, when she was nearly 30, she was in a van with her best friend, who was part of a prominent band. They were heading to a gig in Florida when the venue called to cancel their appearance. A woman had accused Emily’s best friend of sending her an unwelcome sexually explicit photograph. His bandmates immediately dismissed her allegations. But inwardly Emily seethed. Upon returning to Richmond, she wrote a Facebook post denouncing her best friend as an abuser. “I disown everything he has done. I do not think it’s O.K. … I believe women.”The post worked. He ended up leaving the band and disappeared from the punk scene. Emily heard rumors that he’d been fired from his job, kicked out of his apartment, had moved to a new city and was not doing well. Emily never spoke with him again.Meanwhile, she was fronting her own band. But in October 2016, she, too, got called out. In high school, roughly a decade before, someone had posted a nude photo of a female student. Emily replied with an emoji making fun of the girl. This was part of a wider pattern of her high school cyberbullying.A post denouncing Emily also went viral. She, too, was the object of nationwide group hate. She was banned from the punk scene. She didn’t leave the house for what felt like months. Her friends dropped her. She was scared, traumatized and alone. She tried to vanish.“It’s entirely my life,” she told “Invisibilia" tearfully. “Like, this is everything to me. And it’s all just, like, done and over.”But she accepted the legitimacy of the call-out process. If she was called out it must mean she deserved to be rendered into a nonperson: “I don’t know what to think of myself other than, like, I am so sorry. And I do feel like a monster.” The guy who called out Emily is named Herbert. He told “Invisibilia” that calling her out gave him a rush of pleasure, like an orgasm. He was asked if he cared about the pain Emily endured. “No, I don’t care,” he replied. “I don’t care because it’s obviously something you deserve, and it’s something that’s been coming. … I literally do not care about what happens to you after the situation. I don’t care if she’s dead, alive, whatever.”Editors’ PicksEvery Building on Every Block: A Time Capsule of 1930s New York48 of the Coolest Kids in New YorkIn 12 Minutes, Everything Went WrongWhen the interviewer, Hanna Rosin, showed skepticism, he revealed that he, too, was a victim. His father beat him throughout his childhood.In this small story, we see something of the maladies that shape our brutal cultural moment. You see how zealotry is often fueled by people working out their psychological wounds. You see that when denunciation is done through social media, you can destroy people without even knowing them. There’s no personal connection that allows apology and forgiveness.You also see how once you adopt a binary tribal mentality — us/them, punk/non-punk, victim/abuser — you’ve immediately depersonalized everything. You’ve reduced complex human beings to simple good versus evil. You’ve eliminated any sense of proportion. Suddenly there’s no distinction between R. Kelly and a high school girl sending a mean emoji. The podcast gives a glimpse of how cycles of abuse get passed down, one to another. It shows what it’s like to live amid a terrifying call-out culture, a vengeful game of moral one-upsmanship in which social annihilation can come any second.I’m older, so all sorts of historical alarm bells were going off — the way students denounced and effectively murdered their elders for incorrect thought during Mao’s Cultural Revolution and in Stalin’s Russia.But the “Invisibilia" episode implicitly suggests that call-outs are how humanity moves forward. Society enforces norms by murdering the bullies who break them. When systems are broken, vigilante justice may be rough justice, but it gets the job done. Prominent anthropologist Richard Wrangham says this is the only way civilization advances that he’s witnessed.Really? Do we really think cycles of cruelty do more to advance civilization than cycles of wisdom and empathy? I’d say civilization moves forward when we embrace rule of law, not when we abandon it. I’d say we no longer gather in coliseums to watch people get eaten by lions because clergy members, philosophers and artists have made us less tolerant of cruelty, not more tolerant. The problem with the pseudo-realism of the call-out culture is that it is so naïve. Once you adopt binary thinking in which people are categorized as good or evil, once you give random people the power to destroy lives without any process, you have taken a step toward the Rwandan genocide. Even the quest for justice can turn into barbarism if it is not infused with a quality of mercy, an awareness of human frailty and a path to redemption. The crust of civilization is thinner than you think. ______________________________________________________________

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@alaylaria You find some truly weird shit on Tumblr and I love it.

so you know the rule in fairylands where you cant eat or drink anything or you’ll have to stay there forever? does like.. .eating out/sucking dick count

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I feel so called out right now.  @pherarow @alaylaria

the signs as Final Fantasy jobs

Aries: Monk - “fight me” personified, cuts the sleeves off all their shirts, tries to suplex their way out of every argument

Taurus: Summoner - the horn may be impractical but it is a Look, communes with otherworldly spirits, “never speak to me or my giant fire-breathing son again”

Gemini: Red Mage - charismatic af, can’t sit still long enough to master any one thing, “hang on, I got something for this”

Cancer: Paladin - Martyr Syndrome, can’t decide whether to heal you or stab you, “pearls go with everything”

Leo: Bard - does everything with a ~dramatic flourish~, wears tights and makes it Work, “CON is a dump stat”

Virgo: White Mage - smells nice, the only thing keeping you alive and all too happy to remind you of it, “stay STILL so I can FUCKING HEAL YOU”

Libra: Dragoon - will launch themselves into space to avoid conflict, definitely not overcompensating for anything, “I totally have this under control” *does not*

Scorpio: Dark Knight - strong goth vibe, penchant for self-destruction, hottest person in the party even though you can’t see their face

Sagittarius: Ranger - knows your weak spot, loves to travel, always brainstorming new and creative ways to kill stuff

Capricorn: Black Mage - is all about the Hat, doesn’t believe in aggro, “what’s the most efficient way to explode the most things at once?”

Aquarius: Thief/Ninja - steals your gil, steals your spotlight, steals your heart; not afraid to throw random shit to win a fight; “i know a guy”

Pisces: Blue Mage - soft boi, lives for a good masquerade, casually borrows personality traits from everyone they meet

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I want this so hard. 

Then in episode 576 of this anime series they find the Legendary Magical Girl. Every magical girl anime has one. She goes through her transformation series and what does she turn into?  A Tarrasque.  The main Villain is just there like;

A magical girl series where the girls transform into their DnD characters. 

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Draecember day 1!

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I’m took a little break from drawing witches to draw a witches potion! 

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What if you are an MG player? How might we attend?

Grace of Elune (12/2/18)

A note written in familiar script but seemingly heavier than before appears on the message boards of the Alliance:

Brothers and Sisters,

The Goddess has not abandoned us! Though we have been scattered and lost, hers is the light which guides our steps, and keeps our heads high. The tragedies of this world break upon us like waves on rock- we have withstood far more, and we will withstand this.

Strength will be found within each other and within our allies, but more importantly, in our Mother Moon. She will always be with us, be it in the form of Mother or Warrior, and soon she will call upon us when the time is right.

You must not lose faith in these times. 

Join myself, Roraelis Autumnsong in the Twilight Grove to bask in her light, and to prepare ourselves for the fight ahead.

OOC:

Are we back? We’re sort of back. There are many exciting things coming for nelves, and it’s about time we prepare ourselves for it!

IMPORTANT OOC NOTE: While this will follow the same structure as previous events, with a sermon then ending with a blessing, the blessing itself will contain content that is bloody and somewhat gorey. The sermon itself will be PG and safe as always, and I will let you all know when the sermon ends and the bloody bit begins so you may excuse yourself if necessary. If you have any questions, please contact me in-game on Roraelis or here on tumblr.

When: December 2nd, 6pm Server time.

Where: Twilight Grove, Duskwood (picture below) **Should anyone need help getting there, please contact me prior to the event and I will be happy to fly anyone over!**

What: A brief sermon on the wonders of Elune, ending with a blessing.

Why: To prepare ourselves for what is to come, and to reignite our faith.

Who: Led by Roraelis, everyone is allowed to attend. While invites are not mandatory, they will be offered for those who need help in finding the location. 

Please note though- this is a sermon event with the focus on one speaker. During the sermon try to keep emotes and /say to a minimum so that the event text does not get lost in chat spam, and everyone can read what is being said. :)

If you have any questions, suggestions, or even requests on what topic I should cover, feel free to hit me up-game on Roraelis or here on tumblr! I also have a calendar event for it in-game so if you’d like to be added get in touch with me!

@the-royal-courier @wowrpevents @wraconnect @warcraftisastage

Exact location under the cut:

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Absolutely beautiful art.

people i saw in a dream some time ago

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_chevythepug on ig

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Awww yus Dryad goodness. 

Commission for @ art-by-cynaria!

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Reblog for great victory and gorgeous arts!

So I hit 10k followers a while ago and I’m very excited!  I never thought I’d reach such a milestone drawing my OCs in my spare time, and I’m honored that so many people would like my art enough to follow it.  In celebration, I’m going to hold an art giveaway!

I’m offering one full body, fully rendered single character illustration to whoever wins.  I wish I had time to offer more, but sadly my time is limited these days.  The style, if you don’t know, will be like the pieces below:

To enter, simply like and reblog this post!  Some rules:

- One like = 1 entry; one reblog = 1 entry

- I will only accept 2 entries per person

- You must be following me (and I will check)

- No giveaway blogs (if those are still a thing?? idk)

- I will draw basically anything.  Ladies with nice assets are my aesthetic, but don’t be put off if you have a cool male or anthro OC (or whatever) - I’m flexible

The giveaway ends on the first of March, midnight GMT (+5 EST/+9 PST).  That’s a ways away, I know, but I’ll be less busy in March.  I will pick the winner based on a random number generator and they will be notified via tumblr notes, so please have your notes open if you want to enter!

Thanks so much guys, I really appreciate all the support and lovely comments I get.  xxx

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Doin’ me a reblog. I don’t know what those numbers and the names mean, but here is the reblog. >>

Ok so I just reached 100 followers!!

To celebrate this, I’ll be holding an Art Giveaway!

There will be 2 winners:

1st Place:

A full-body, full-color digital drawing!

Any creature/being/whatever, but no copyrighted characters or real people.

2nd Place:

 Either a full-body, flat-color digital sketch, or a full-color headshot!

Again, anything but copyrighted stuff.

I will not draw nsfw things. Gore is eh..? Zombies are fine, but nothing over the top. And also, just a heads-up, I’m not that great at drawing humans, but I’ll do my best if needed.

Following is optional, but appreciated!

This giveaway will start today (11/1), and end on December 20. almost two months whoa!

Only reblogs count, but please reblog once, or that would be unfair otherwise.

I will choose the winners using random.org! 

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Temples are built for gods. Knowing this a farmer builds a small temple to see what kind of god turns up.

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I mean..why not? Lets see what happens.

i’m a paypig

mistress told me to send money to people because i don’t deserve it

ill pick a few people who reblog this post to send 1000€, i’ll post proof later today

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THIS. THIS. THIS. THIS. THIS!

“Depression is humiliating. It turns intelligent, kind people into zombies who can’t wash a dish or change their socks. It affects the ability to think clearly, to feel anything, to ascribe value to your children, your lifelong passions, your relative good fortune. It scoops out your normal healthy ability to cope with bad days and bad news, and replaces it with an unrecognizable sludge that finds no pleasure, no delight, no point in anything outside of bed. You alienate your friends because you can’t comport yourself socially, you risk your job because you can’t concentrate, you live in moderate squalor because you have no energy to stand up, let alone take out the garbage. You become pathetic and you know it. And you have no capacity to stop the downward plunge. You have no perspective, no emotional reserves, no faith that it will get better. So you feel guilty and ashamed of your inability to deal with life like a regular human, which exacerbates the depression and the isolation. If you’ve never been depressed, thank your lucky stars and back off the folks who take a pill so they can make eye contact with the grocery store cashier. No one on earth would choose the nightmare of depression over an averagely turbulent normal life. It’s not an incapacity to cope with day to day living in the modern world. It’s an incapacity to function. At all. If you and your loved ones have been spared, every blessing to you. If depression has taken root in you or your loved ones, every blessing to you, too. No one chooses it. No one deserves it. It runs in families, it ruins families. You cannot imagine what it takes to feign normalcy, to show up to work, to make a dentist appointment, to pay bills, to walk your dog, to return library books on time, to keep enough toilet paper on hand, when you are exerting most of your capacity on trying not to kill yourself. Depression is real. Just because you’ve never had it doesn’t make it imaginary. Compassion is also real. And a depressed person may cling desperately to it until they are out of the woods and they may remember your compassion for the rest of their lives as a force greater than their depression. Have a heart. Judge not lest ye be judged.”

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EVERYONE NEEDS TO READ THIS.

Depression is not a synonym for being sad or having a bad day/bad week.

(via stuck-in-the-labyrinth)

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I am reluctant to get my hopes up. Netflix has been notorious lately in casting culturally inappropriate actors for roles. Here is to hoping that they learned their lesson with The Witcher series. Listen to your fans Netflix, there is nothing worse than a bunch of angry nerds who's fandom you are bastardizing.

BIG NEWS. Very excited to be able to share this. And very excited to be working with Mike again on this simultaneously new and old adventure. Give him a follow too if you haven’t already, as we chronicle this journey: @michaeldantedimartino

Here’s our quote from the press release: “We’re thrilled for the opportunity to helm this live-action adaptation of Avatar: The Last Airbender. We can’t wait to realize Aang’s world as cinematically as we always imagined it to be, and with a culturally appropriate, non-whitewashed cast. It’s a once-in-a-lifetime chance to build upon everyone’s great work on the original animated series and go even deeper into the characters, story, action, and world-building. Netflix is wholly dedicated to manifesting our vision for this retelling, and we’re incredibly grateful to be partnering with them.” — Bryan Konietzko & Michael DiMartino

Huge thanks to John Staub for this beautiful concept art. https://www.artstation.com/dustsplat

More later, but for now: https://deadline.com/2018/09/avatar-the-last-airbender-live-action-series-netflix-1202467089/

Love, Bryan

💙

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The girl with the fish is me.

Magic  level 99999

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