#BECAUSE HE DOESN'T DESERVE IT

[idsb]

I had a situation with my boyfriend when we first started dating where he treated me in an undesirable way. I was wide eyed and new at relationships so I just accepted things for what they were. Then a year later, I found myself obsessing over it, over and over again. Cried about it to my therapist and she asked “well, are you mad at him”. Now, my boyfriend is a golden retriever puppy, sweet as can be and just the best guy you could ask for. So was I mad at him when he’s apologized over and over again? NO! I was mad at MYSELF for being okay with being treated that way. It wasn’t until I could forgive myself for basically not standing my ground that I could move past it. It took a discussion with him after, ybut I was finally able to move past it. I hope this is helpful or maybe insightful. We’re all here for you though :-)

this is sooooo parallel to my situation; obviously yours is lacking much more details than what I provided but when you boil them both down it's like the exact same thing. it's so helpful to hear this. this is really helpful. and really insightful.

[mikakuna]

i see this jason todd who actually looks his very young age (instead of the 30yr old man that comics like to portray)

and feel my heart breaking just imagining bruce beating him up, almost killing him, mind-breaking him, and just overall being a total piece of shit father towards him.

a huge chunk of the reason why people don't view bruce's actions towards jason as abusive or wrong is because jason doesn't look his age. he's drawn to be this 35yr old father of three who looks even older than dick (and way too on par with bruce) that people see their fights as one between batman and any of his regular rogues. when they fight, it just looks like batman is fighting a man his age and not an actual young person. it doesn't look like batman is fighting his son who's barely even drinking age (and who def wasn't drinking age in utrh). their fights are portrayed in a way that eliminates the very real power struggle between them.

this applies to jason's entire character as well. a lot of people don't sympathize with how he died or his actions as robin or his fights with the other bats because he doesn't look his age. he always looks older and scarier than everyone else. tim has many sympathizers from the titans tower incident because jason just looked like a grown man fighting a 12yr old (even tho i disagree, tim was built and like 17 lmfao).

anyways, i just wish comics would actually draw jason to look his age, which literally ranges from 19 to early twenties. he's young- so young, and it's so annoying to see him drawn and written as someone older than even bruce.

[ruporas]

being a little petty (ID in alt)

[bizarrelittlemew]

Finally gaining approval and popularity in a world you always craved being a part of vs. watching the other person enjoying the very thing you're trying to escape

One difference:

[mynnub-blog]

Why would they do that to him? 🥺

LIKE HE'S FOAMING AT THE MOUTH WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM??

[jcams88]

Buzzfeed really said We are going directly for the throat with this one, huh

[renmackree]

Derek just walking around as a wolf doing helpful things so people call him a good boy. Cause that girl who left her doll on the park bench? Yeah nice big doggo gave it back to her.

The man who needed help crossing the street, rests his hand on the dog's back and say thank you.

There's that kid crying cause he lost his mom? Naw, super sniffer brings them back.

In Derek's human form, everyone would be scared of him. But not the helpful pup.

But you know, Stiles has been watching and knows exactly who that is. And one night just when the rest of the pack is doing whatever it is they do just pulls him aside and goes.

"You are a good man, Derek Hale. And you don't have to be a wolf to hear it."

[orengesz]

Who the fuck gave kym illman the living right to capture Carlos from this angle??!

HIS FUCKING HIPS. I JUST CAN'T RIGHT NOW.

Knees weak, brain is mush.

The hip bone, the little squish bit, his shoulder blade through the shirt ruffles, the curve of his lower back 😭

[trek-tracks]

Do you ever think about how Kirk had a "best friend" on the ship before Bones in Gary Mitchell, a man who:

a) deviously manipulates him into heartbreak for Mitchell's benefit,

b) shames him for not being "fun" enough when he's in a position of power,

c) openly insults intelligent and powerful women,

d) treats everyone cruelly as soon as he gets power and tries to seize everything for himself,

e) finds it fascinating that he can stop a person's heart for fun, and

f) tries to murder Kirk instead of admitting that he's a danger to the universe,

and then chooses to replace him with Bones, a man who:

a) tries to save Kirk from heartbreak at every opportunity,

b) gets him to smile and relax by being genuinely interested in how he's doing and telling him that he's great and respected just as he is,

c) openly toasts intelligent and powerful women,

d) treats everyone kindly as soon as he gets power and tries to use it to help as many people as he can,

e) cries about how people suffered when medical treatments were less advanced, and

f) says, "Jim, I can't destroy life, even if it's to save my own. I can't."

because I do

[liam-summers]

4.03 The Harsh Light of Day ⥋ 1.03 In the Dark

[wizardsix]

just saw people on twt getting mad that gale said a literal god wasn't good enough for him . i need people to understand that he didn't mean it like "I deserved more than a literal goddess" he meant that his actions were foolish and made it LOOK like he thought himself above one. that he should've been content with what he had, but felt he had to prove himself to her.

if you romance him he literally realizes that he didn't need to find validation in a god but within someone who understands humanity more than a god ever could.

please learn reading comprehension before making yourselves look stupid I'm so tired of this

[invisiblefoxfire]

Big Boy Genius Plan To Get Attention And Money When Plan 'A' (Steal Everything) Has Failed

Make apology video. Make it suck, make up ridiculous excuses, give it a stupid title, fill it with ads. Truly make it awful.

Fucking idiots hate-watch the video over and over again, leaving angry or mocking comments and thumbs-downs which boost engagement.

Video rockets up the YouTube search results and recommendations algorithm.

Everyone starts talking all over the internet about how stupid the video is. The whole world is talking about you again!

All that discussion prompts more people to go watch the video, further boosting the channel in YouTube's algorithm.

Re-post old videos, make new ones, who fucking cares buddy? Your bullshit apology has gone viral and now you're at the top of the search results again!

New people who aren't aware of all the thievery you did will continue watching the videos (AD REVENUE $$$$$) and maybe even sign up for your Patreon.

You're back on top, baby! Everyone is watching, talking about, and thinking about you, and the money is rolling back in! Sure, most people are talking about how much they HATE you, but all that does is bring you more of that delicious (and lucrative) attention!

Seriously, don't watch the apology video and do not give him any more attention. Don't spend the whole day talking about this asshole. This is what he wants. Do not feed the troll. Go watch the playlist of queer youtubers Hbomberguy made instead. They are the ones who deserve your attention.

Your time on this earth is finite. Don't waste it on someone who doesn't deserve it.

[gotstabbedbyapen]

Does anyone consider why and when Ares resorts to violence?

You can't say Ares is "bad" for killing people in war. It's fucking war, where people have to kill each other as duties. If human keeps creating wars, Ares will still have a job to do.

Ares fought against Otus and Ephialtes, it's to defend Olympus. These two giants are trying to kidnap Artemis and Hera. Should he stand aside and let his sister and mother get in danger?

Ares killed Halirrhothius and was put on trial for it? The dude just assaulted his daughter, Alcippe! Of course, Ares has to defend/avenge her!

Ares also rushes down the Trojan War to avenge his dead son Ascalaphus, and you call him irrational. And I get that Ares' other son, Kyknos, was a dick and got what he deserved (Heracles killed him), but can you blame the war god for getting furious?

(When Apollo killed a Cyclops as retribution for Asclepius's death - who resurrected the dead and defied the natural order, he's seen as a grieving father. I don't hate Apollo, but the double standard makes me mad.)

People do love reading the myths, seeing Ares getting into fights, and concluding that he's a mindlessly violent god without ever thinking of the context.

[theaceace]

imagining a world in which Simon agreed to go with Edwin and try to escape hell, imagining Simon developing an immediate and very inadvisable crush on the cute guy that just threw a grenade at a demon and Edwin's reaction to that, imagining the reaction of Charles Overprotective Rowland when he finds out that the guy Edwin insists on dragging along with them is one of the guys that sacrificed him to a demon in the first place, imagining the Night Nurse's face when three dead boys pop back through the door instead of two

[whetstonefires]

Hey here's an angle on the Jiang family dynamic and its impact on Wei Wuxian that I haven't seen discussed:

Wei Wuxian grew up seeing Jiang Yanli routinely having her agency cut off and denied in both large (betrothal) and small ways. That were largely tied up in her gender, sure, but this was also a family containing Yu Ziyuan. A daughter in this household had every chance of having her gender treated as of secondary importance.

She just had to earn it.

The way Jiang Yanli was hemmed in and her potential as an independent actor dismissed was at least as strongly correlated with her failure to be a powerful sword cultivator.

So Wei Wuxian's total refusal to let anyone know that he'd lost access to his cultivation and his violent reactivity against being diminished or condescended to during his Sunshot-to-death period, when before he was pretty immune to being looked down on, could have a lot to do with having been presented with this clearly labeled diagram of how your personhood gets stripped away when you are, by the standards of your society, disabled.

[travisdermotts]

at this point I genuinely hope mitch gets traded to a west coast team and has a fulfilling life and career. and I hope that career leads him to the scf where he meets the leafs, who finally clawed their way to the end, and I hope he nets the cup winning goal that crushes the hopes and dreams of this miserable, miserable fanbase