#JUST SOMETHING I THINK ABOUT

[thehollowprince]

One of the things I don't think enough people appreciate about Mace Windu was that he was essentially the leader of the Jedi Order. There's this weird misconception that Yoda, as Grandmaster, was the one in charge and that Mace was his right-hand-man or second-in-command, when in reality it was the other way around.

The title of Grandmaster was a title given to the oldest and wisest of the Order. Yoda is most definitely wise and powerful, but the title was given to him on account of his age and status within the order, whereas Mace was elected to lead the governing body of the Order as a whole.

To put it in more understanding terms, Yoda was the Head of State whereas Mace was the Head of Government. Yoda was the monarch (or more accurately, the President), and Mace was the Prime Minister.

[carefulfears]

thinking tonight about how much has been written over the past 30 years about the x files' subversion of gender roles, mulder as a 90s sci-fi hero who is the more emotional and open of the two, who cries on screen regularly, who is empathetic to a fault and deeply devoted to helping the vulnerable. scully as the rational one, the science brain, the person who is taken seriously. the unique view of a relationship to the paranormal and occultism, which, from its rise in the 1940s, was originally viewed as feminine and something irrational that women were comforted by. and how all of this is true and interesting but, to me, none of it is the biggest marker of gendered experiences in their characters.

at the end of the day, their characters both respond exactly as men and women in our society do, in the ways that they respond to violence.

mulder, in his mid-20s, started at the FBI working in the violent crimes division

where his profiling abilities, his way of being able to get into the mind of a killer, were revered

it's also where, in his words, he first saw monsters.

this show always deeply understood that the scariest monsters were not the vile creatures, they were violent men, and some of the most memorable villains on the show (john lee roche, luther boggs, john barnett) are resurfaced serial killers that mulder previously caught in his violent crimes days.

but mulder's background is in behavioral science, and he always wants to understand what makes someone how they are

and his positive worldview requires him to view every act of evil as the consequence of a larger cause, as not being senseless

which is why he wants to believe that men who are killing women are only doing so out of a biological imperative to survive

or out of a misguided attempt to SAVE them

meanwhile, scully is affected by the brutalization of women on an emotional level.

she hangs back at the crime scene and the police station to compose herself, while the men she's working with march up to a woman's desecrated corpse

she knows that even when mulder is right, even when the killer is acting out of a biological need for survival

that doesn't make it any better

because the impact on the women that he brutalized is more than physical, it's more than biological, it's more than any rational reasoning that he might have behind why he did it

she knows that it doesn't matter

and she doesn't need to try to understand. she doesn't need to know what the killer's reasoning is.

she already knows why men brutalize women

she's experienced it, she doesn't need to study it.

(you can read the second part of this post here)

[deconstructthesoup]

It's super interesting to me how the two catchiest Starkid opening numbers are 1) the first one and latest one and 2) both about school

But "Goin' Back To Hogwarts" is about how (totally) awesome going to school is, while "High School Is Killin' Me" is about how horrible going to school is

[dongslinger--420]

Did the BJHM universe actually know how close BoJack and Diane were? Like yes she wrote his book for him and Mr Peanutbutter said on live TV that they kissed but did they actually ever appear together publicly other than in the Philbert premiere? For all they know, Diane could've just been a fling that BoJack had while she was writing his book and not The most important person in his life.

[humandisorderincarnatedean]

i just think dean in purgatory s8 where’s the angel era and castiel in s9 giving up his angel army era is not the destiel evidence people think it is, because I simply don’t think those actions were specific to the other persons.

like imagine for a second if like, jo had fallen into purgatory with dean, and then disappeared. or kevin. no doubt in my mind dean would have gone looking for them, and refused to just leave them behind there while he went back, because he sees protecting other people - especially people he cares about - as his responsibility. he would’ve seen it as his duty to bring the other person back and back into safety, and not just have left them there while he and benny searched for the human-portal. similarly while cas has certainly done his fair share of morally grey things in order to accomplish a greater good, I’m not sure that at the point he’s in at the tail end of s9- if hannah had pointed at a random human on the street and told him to smite them or he would lose all the angels’ trust and support in the war against metatron- that he would be able to bring himself to do that. he would see that as a waste of life, and preserving a human life would be worth losing his angel army over to him. dean didn’t do that because it was cas, but because it was someone he cared about. cas didn’t refuse to because it was dean, but because that’s not within him.

[deathsbestgirl]

sometimes i also think of how the x files is perceived now. because it was made in the 90s, aired mostly in the 90s. the 90s were very different than today. it doesn't translate the same to people who didn't experience it. (and i was a child, i didn't even experience it the way teens & adults did then)

[milfyspamton]

at a certain point people who dont even have a foot fetish sexualize feet more than people who do

[darkestspring]

"Would you do it again?" The question from Aleksander wasn't accusing or confrontational, simply curious as they stood within the chambers that Maegara was being confined to by Aegon.

"If I had to suffer for an eternity just for the chance of meeting you again, I'd suffer a thousand horrible fates." Maegara reached up to cup his cheek, a soft look in her eyes.

"Why?" Aleksander felt like his heart was caving in.

Maegara laughed, her eyes full of tears. "Because I love you, silly boy. I've always loved you and I always will. Nothing will ever erase that. I will always hold you so dearly in my heart."

"I would go to the ends of this world for the slight knowledge of being able to meet you. I would never regret it for even a second."

[dragongirltongue]

I think the only time I like, take a random block personally is when the post that alerts me to being blocked is a screenshot of another website or something equally not original to OP, like, that ain't even your post I should be allowed to reblog it despite the block. It should be an acception to the rule!

[throwawayshorts]

Just thinking about how much fun you can have with a character with a long lifespan in captivity.

Just sitting in the same spot (maybe being tortured) for decades, centuries, or even a millenia just being able to FEEL the world changing and time moving on without them. Whatever they called home will be long gone by the time they get out (if they get out) because it’ll likely have changed beyond recognition.

Of course, that’s even only if they remember what “home” was.

[seasonsgreetingscreature]

rammstein in dildo ding dong

[evidently-endless]

i think we should remind musicians they can absolutely make up little stories for their songs btw. it doesn’t have to be about them at all. you can invent a guy and put him in situations to music. time honoured tradition in fact.

[sheepydraws]

The secret Dungeon Meshi sauce that's getting people to eat better is that it's so non-judgmental. Senshi and the rest of the gang never talk about what not to eat besides things that taste bad and literal poison. They don't even talk about "health" that much besides the importance of a balanced diet. It's so much easier to eat well when you think of food simply as something your body needs, and that it's often worth the extra effort to make it taste good, especially when you understand how to connect "things your body needs" with "things that taste good"

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

The math just adds up!

[frankierotwinkdeath]

Y’all want Taylor Swift to be gay so bad but you won’t even write femslash about her

[abisalli]

Jason but he wears this helmet 😼