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i was thinking about how the female characters died in two of the franchises i used to like. they died so easy – with minimal struggle, as a sacrifice, as a penance… as if it was natural that their male counterparts would live and they would die. it disturbed me.

not their deaths, but how their deaths were framed. it was framed not as a conclusion to her  story or her arc, but as an inevitable part of the story of their male counterparts – for his redemption, for his survival, for the final conclusion of his story. it was framed as a noble sacrifice or a heroic act. (the hero being the man, of course.)  

it was so… so peaceful. so quick. so easy. so effortless.

as if they were not killing a woman, but picking a flower. as if they were just swatting a fly. the women barely struggled.

she surrenders.

she surrenders to the inevitable – her death – it is the logical conclusion, after all. if they can be of no further service to the plot or the male characters, it is time that she died. it is economical.

so she dies, so readily. as if death is the natural state of a woman. she is still and obedient when she’s a corpse. so she dies, so facilely.

a gurgle of breath. a drip of blood. the music swells. she is dead. there. done.

the male hero is distraught though. this is about him after all, not her. either acknowledging her noble sacrifice, or lamenting his heroic act. he sheds the single lone tear that signifies that he is sad, while retaining his machoism. (there isn’t much to grieve over anyway, after all the woman was barren. there isn’t much value to her. she wouldn’t attain motherhood, so she isn’t that valuable. come to think of it, she isn’t a virgin either. her value falls further. you see, men in movies go berserk when their mothers, wives or daughters are killed. a woman ought to be fertile, loyal to a man, or a virgin to be truly mourned.) anyway, focus on the male hero – his grief, his doubts. he will get whatever he wishes, his happily ever after. she will be an afterthought, a footnote in his story.

that was her purpose throughout, she just didn’t recognise it, till just before her death.

but i wondered – what if she didn’t die so effortlessly? what if she struggled like any human? what if she didn’t surrender? what if she willed to live? what if she didn’t wilt like a flower picked? what if she didn’t die effortlessly?

what if she died like a woman? an actual woman? yearning for life and grasping it with all her might even as she is getting killed? what if violence against women’s bodies were framed as actual violence, instead of a narrative device? instead of a way to showcase the hero’s nobility or pain?

would these scenes still be “beautiful”? “noble”? “heroic”? would we look at the lone tear that the hero shed and empathise?

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Hello, I'm a very devoted BBC and an even more devoted Cassiopeia, and I really love WINNER, but I have one problem. Normally the YG fandoms are connected, meaning that if you stan Bigbang you also have to stan 2ne1 or you're probably going to be hated etc etc. Does WINNER/Innercircle have a thing like this? Because quite honestly I'm not really into the YG scene except WINNER. If I'm gonna be hated for it, I'd rather not get involved at all.

I hope this isn’t too late (haven’t been on tumblr in a while) but in fact, Inner Circle are the least “YG stans” in the YG fandoms. The majority doesn’t stan YG groups and I admit some YG stans are annoyed with that but well, IC don’t care and it’s better like that ^^ 

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Hey, I've been reading your interpretations on the WINNER teasers (I know I am a bit late) and was wondering if you were ever going to complete it. I've been trying to find detailed explanations of the teasers but yours was the only one I could find. And thank you for writing them, it was an interesting read ^^

lmao i’m so sorry. Yes i never completed the last teaser and honestly i don’t think i will. Thank you tho for your interest and understanding ^^

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what's the name of the song in your blog?

Puer Kim - I’d also love to see you dying

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Hiiii how are you? Why aren't you that active anymore??? I miss you

i stopped coming to tumblr idk why haha sorry

thank you <3

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adopt this beautiful child

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WE LOVE IT

Season 1: everyone is straight

Season 2: will and hannibal have girls just because they are in denial

Season 3: they accepted it. This is as gayer as it could ever be

...season 11: orange is the new black is nothing compared to the gayness of hannigram

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Ship vs OTP

ship: i visually enjoy this couple, they’re cute together

otp: I would walk through the fiery depths of hell to make sure you guys end up together

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Game of Thrones, Season 5 Episode 5 (or, SANSA NOOOOOOOOO)

Stage 1) THIS IS NOT HAPPENING THIS IS NOT HAPPENING

Stage 2) Ok it appears to be happening BUT ITS NOT ACTUALLY GOING TO HAPPEN RIGHT

Stage 3) ….it happened. IT FUCKING HAPPENED.

Stage 4) several hours later

Stage 5) THIS IS NOT WHAT IS MEANT TO HAPPEN (special book-readers stage)

Stage 6) I can’t even handle this.

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Empress’s costumes

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[!!] Please Help Spread This Post

Tumblr user tobikokaru / bbuyojuseyo​ also known as twitter user @kamjajorim has been missing for a month.

Kamji is an ikon global admin & translator. A very responsible and dedicated admin that is usually online on a daily basis, checking for ikon updates and helping with the things we do bts. If she were to go on hiatus or a break from the internet , she would inform us before time. If she were to be out of internet she would easily find a fast food/coffee place with free wifi to let us know. she wouldn’t just disappear. Everyone who knows her (online) has lost contact with her since march 22nd. We have all tried to contact her in every way possible and asked around to all the people that might know her but no one has seen her since then. We messaged her on Line and every one of us had our messages read but didn’t receive replies. This is very unlike her, and we suspect someone else is reading her messages. This is extremely worrying and we could really use all the help we can get.

Please, if anyone knows kamji personally (in real life) contact me (and/or kim-jiwoff & myeongbabo). 

you can also contact me on twitter @changsexual 

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All those lucky boys and girls.

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Ga-In - Paradise Lost teaser

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These are photos of Japanese capsule hotel called Nine Hours. They are located in the Kyoto and Narita airports. A capsule hotel that features a large number of extremely small rooms intended to provide cheap, basic overnight accommodation for guests who do not require the services offered by more conventional hotels.