#But this is so dystopic

[jvzebel-x]

here's an update for all the "tOuRiSm iS fOr ThE pEoPlE" fucks. always remember that the second anyone steps foot on that land in the name of "tourism" or any other haole institution, that is colonizing&that person is a fucking explicit modern colonizer who made the conscious decision to be one and has spent a lot of fucking money on that trip to get their title. only that kine want more of their kin there-- don't pretend that shit is for anyone else.

drop dead of spontaneous combustion specifically, not even the sharks would want that pīlau fucking meat.

[mediocrelanguagelearner]

every time I hear clips from the US election (rallys, debates) it feels like I'm in a dystopia. The way the candidates are speaking, what they are saying, how the crowds are reacting... it's just so surreal to me and it scares me a bit.

[mikimeiko]

The Expanse | Season 5 (2020-21), Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby

[polux-aka-hyakunana]

The tragedy of having my hands full of work until at least next week and suddenly remembering how much I love and miss Lies of P while living my Geats fever because I need stalker!Riders injected on my veins to keep living

[quemirabobo]

Ten years from now, you're watching a new show, the face on at the bottom on the screen is clearly angry, displaying that the behavior of the character clearly is bad. You find the scene appealing, does that makes you problematic? You mentally tell yourself to make a post about it later to see what everyone thinks about. The last scene begins playing, the tinny face is red and very angry, you've never seen it like this, the suspense is driving you insane and then, you hear it... "Unalive yourself" says the character before a siren starts to sound and the screen turns red, big letters saying "WE DO NOT CONDEMN THE BEHAVIOR OF OUR CHARACTERS, THIS IS VERY BAD, DO NOT DO THIS", screen goes black, the show is cancelled

[mihai-florescu]

Thats no better than a castle built of sand, you would know, wouldnt you

[alivehouse]

always great when you can feel yourself on the verge of a panic attack and its like Well i have to drive 45 minutes now so hopefully that does not happen. lol

[felteverywhere]

closed starter for @citrusfield

"i was scared you weren't gonna wake up."

[in---earnest]

What For?

I study. I study for my future. I study for my parents. For myself.

I study. And I study decently well. I work hard. And I bear the fruits of it.

I study. And I read. And I sketch and write and work and apply and am rejected and apply again. And what is it for?

It’s not for my parents. It’s sort of for me. But it’s mostly for my future.

I have a fantasy. It is not realistic, as most fantasies are. But oh, I have a fantasy, and it is one that I will be punished for voicing.

I fantasise that one day I will meet a girl. A girl with honest eyes, a girl with a genuine smile. Whose hair I could run my hands through. Whose waist I could put my arm around. Whose weight I could sink into. Whose words I could wrap around me, a comforting weight.

My fantasy is simple. To be somewhere, somewhere, somewhere I can say I love a girl and know I can have a future with her. Somewhere, somehow, sometime, I can spend my life with her. Or a few months. Or a few years. The luxury of loving who I want to love. Is that such a terrible amount to ask?

Why do you demonise me? Why do you tell me I should be grateful? Should I be fucking grateful that I have told all of five people and only two have kept my dignity? Should I be fucking grateful that I’m not a criminal as of five years ago? Should I fall to my knees and pathetically plead for you to give me rights, give me respect, give me a promise?

Give me a promise; one that you won’t break, won’t go back on, won’t consider unreasonable?

I must fight to exist! I am told that my living body is enough of a blessing, when I can never breathe a word of my desires. I am told my alternatives are some sort of concession on your part.

What harm am I doing to your precious democracy, your caricature of diversity, your farce of a progressive agenda? What harm does it do to you, every minute I die inside because I know I may likely marry someone I will never want to touch.

What is it? Tell me.

What does it feel like?

Is it a knife in your back, poison in your veins, a slit through your throat? Because you know as well as I do, your sadism knows no bounds. My people. Your people. The people who have turned and will turn on you. They met their ends the very same way, correct? You let them meet their ends in the very same way.

You acknowledge our existence only to call us a problem. A box of knickknacks in your attic. They’ll look nice on display, don’t you think? Oh dear, they’re so dirty with dust, coated with cobwebs, disgusting, disgusting, disgusting. A problem for another day, don’t you think? A problem for another lifetime.

Oh yes, you think i’m a problem. Of course, you think i’m a problem.

[emily84]

the fact that the Italian government will beat up defenseless students protesting peacefully for, well, peace. because apparently it's illegal to speak up against israel suddenly

but that same government still hasn't grappled, and never will, with its blood-soaked hands for italy's part in the holocaust

is pretty fucking telling of just how fucked up the future of italy's historical memory is, in the hands of these fucking people

[outofutopia]

Other thing that came into my mind regarding doctor who. I know there's a 9th doctor big finish audio about Metropolis but with the anniversary of the movie around the corner you could do an episode about the movie maybe.

I guess the public domain situation being different in the UK and other markets would make for a complicated situation but they did the Beatles.

Idk I'd love for them to go full dystopia in that way. I have a few different ideas of episode synopsis bc I'm obsessed that way.

(If you want me to stop talking about retro sci fi I can but that is literally my other thing, loving it and randomly long dead authors)

[heartofstanding]

tagged by @nebylitsa - Nine of my favourite books (well, 13 really since I included two trilogies in omnibus form), in no particular order.

tagging: @skeleton-richard, @oldshrewsburyian, @shredsandpatches @themalhambird @ardenrosegarden @themidnightcircusshow No pressure if you don't want to though!

[bogkeep]

i saw the hunger games prequel movie last night! i haven't read the book for it but i thought it was pretty good, especially the first part. i have a lot of fond memories from the heyday of the hunger games trilogy, so it was exciting and nostalgic to have a new experience.

that said 2 hours and 37 minutes is a RIDICULOUS runtime. remember when movies used to be 90 minutes

[dollyboned]

i want a hxh au where killua, gon and alluka are spies but alluka is a wheelchair user and they say "do you really think she could mean any harm?" when on the verge of being caught on a mission and she straight up kills people a while after they end the job saying "i do mean a lot of harm, you ableist bastard!". guess i'll have to write this one

[muslimintp-1999-girl]

I can't believe we are supposed to watch a genocide unfold without being able to stop it and take care of our mental health at the same time

[queer-obsession]

Something I wanna talk about real quick as a writer is enemies to lovers in revolution novels. (Sorry this isn't my usual content). This is something I've been seeing more of and I think it's important to talk about. Often times fantasy novels, sci-fi novels, dystopian novels, etc, are about a "hero" who is overthrowing someone or something corrupt and often this person, place, empire, etc, is often corrupt because they have engaged in colonization. So, often when there is the "enemies to lovers" trope in these novels it's often more like "colonizer and victim of said colonialism" which I feel is something people often overlook and are negligent in handling it.

Now, often the "colonizer" character undergoes reform and realizes the evil they've been apart of. However, that does NOT erase the trauma of the colonized person! While it's good to show this reform and character growth, it does not mean that these characters should jump straight into a romantic and intimate relationship. Colonization leaves long lasting trauma for generations. My family is Irish and fled to America because of British colonization. My great-great-grandfathers are the ones who fled, but the resentment of what our ancestors have suffered has not disappeared. My grandmother had a friend, I'll call her Jane, Jane's grandparents also fled Ireland (like my grandmother's grandparents) because of British colonization. Jane still is not a fan of Britain.

At my brothers wedding, when someone brought up England to Jane she proceeded to go on a rant about England, English people, and what they did to Ireland (granted she was tipsy). And Jane had been born in America. Colonization has a lasting impact for generations and resentment will not just disappear when the colonizer has finally decided to do the right thing after the colonized people have already suffered for GENERATIONS! My great-great-grandfather is the one who fled Ireland and I (sadly for reasons outside of my control) have not been able to go to Ireland, and yet I still am influenced by the history of my ancestors. One of the reasons I am such a staunch supporter of Palestine is because my ancestors are also victims of colonization. My ancestors died or had to flee and watch the liberation of their country from afar. It's not a snap of the fingers and everything is fixed like writers often interpret it (white writers specifically) and I need people to understand this.

If you want to have an enemies to lovers romance in your novel that is your prerogative, however if your characters are a colonizer (even if they're reformed) and a victim of that colonization then you must handle it with CARE! Jane, who was born in America and so were her parents, still holds onto that trauma. She definitely is not interested in going to England anytime soon, let alone being in a relationship with an English person. Also, often in these novels the colonizer has some sort of high position in the colonial entity (like a prince or general, etc) which further adds to the uneven power-dynamics and also adds another issue.

The world is not all happy, go-lucky once the colonizers finally are defeated or grow a conscience. If the colonized character enters a relationship with a reformed colonial prince, for example, do you not realize the implications of that? That would mean the colonized character now is with someone directly tied to the government that once killed and subjugated their people. One day, if the characters marry, she might literally be a leader in that country. Do you really think a colonized character wants to spend their life serving and rebuilding the country and/or people that oppressed them instead of helping and rebuilding their own home, people, and culture? Not to mention the dehumanization that colonial powers spew about their victims. The colonized character would likely face extreme discrimination and prejudice in the former colonial country. Don't even get me started on if the lover is a former general who probably commuted WAR CRIMES against her people not that long ago.

If you are going to delve into this storyline you must do it with extreme care and do your research. It's not something simple or something that ends immediately when the evil is "defeated" and it frustrates me to see so many authors treat this topic in such disparaging ways. It's something that is aggravating me more, especially as we watch the genocide of Palestinian's happen before our eyes at the hand of their colonial oppressors. This is not a topic to take lightly and I'm tired of authors treating it that way in favor of sexual tension, smut, and a fun trope. Treat the topic with the grace and honesty it deserves.