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Just saw someone posting a pic from Shadow House were Patrick gives Emilico a bouquet of roses and tagged it "lesbian Patrick". This is the same comic where Ricky is embarrassed about his crush on on a girl (living dolls aren't supposed to have any feelings), and a fan took this as evidence of him being a trans girl. The same comic where multiple people head canon Patrick--who is the first character to internally admit his love for a girl, and then gets embroiled with another girl (it's complicated ;-;), and whose soot power literally manifests as hearts shooting out of him --and multiple people headcanon this guy as aromantic.
You know, maybe we DO need a straight awareness day?
#People see the most heterosexual character ever written and go 'there's no possible heterosexual explanation for this'#Like y'all know characters can be cishet right?#And it's ok to like cishet characters even if you yourself are you queer?#Most of the SH fandom is fine but this pattern is so weird#Almost as weird as the AA fan who said they headcanon Gumshoe and Maggie as both trans#Because I guess they couldn't stand that the one canonical ship in the series was cishet?#Like... Are you guys ok?#I seriously think it's people thinking they can only like a character if they can identify with them#And they can only identify with people exactly like themselves#Neither of which are true#Shadows House#Shadows House spoilers#Shadow House#Shadow House spoilers#Straight characters#queer characters#Fandom#fandom problems
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imagine faking being jewish
good thing im fully jewish then
#mine#jumblr#ask#antisemitism#first you guys accuse me of just lying and being a sock puppet now youāre accusing me of being someone in the middle of converting#neither of which are true#itās really sad to watch you guys defile our religion#tripping over yourselves#because there dare exist a jew who thinks differently than you#not to mention it makes me sad and scared for the people who are actually converting and disagree with you. i can take antisemitism#ive been jewish#but the thought of these poor souls getting absolutely shat on by blank faces bc you disagree with them is so upsetting
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At some point my phone added AI recognition for photos so it can identify and group photos based on the subject.
So now it has autogenerated an album for my dog and an album for my cat⦠except that I donāt have a cat, itās just my dog again.
#artificial stupidity#AI#it specifically thinks I have a corgi and a siamese cat#neither of which are true
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i really do think thereās a huge disconnect on here w/ people who have never used tiktok as to what it actually is and who actually uses it. the number of people iāve seen call it a āteen dancing appā is actually insane. it has not been a teen dancing app since i was in high school, around 2016 - 2020. the main communities i saw on a daily basis were 1) black history/anti-racism educators, 2) high school & college teachers sharing in-classroom strategies and frustrations with the education system, 3) local/state political leaders giving real-time updates on behind-the-scenes government decisions, & 4) community activism & leadership. like tiktok is an adult platform. almost every person i interacted with was my age or older. and yes it completely depends on your fyp and how you interact with the app, yes thereās still teenagers and dance videos and literally anything else you can think of. but these communities of adults arenāt insubstantial at all, they have literally millions of interactions on a daily basis. thereās about a million other types of communities that i could name just off the top of my head, because the range of users was SO diverse and thriving. itās a long-distance community tool, just like any other social mediaāand honestly much better than any other social media, because it relies primarily on the kindness of strangers. i saw at least 5-10 videos today of queer people in rural areas panicking because they donāt have any access to queer community on any other platform or in real life. and before i end this i do want to say i think tiktok is coming back, i think this is a highly orchestrated political move, etc., but i do know it wonāt ever be exactly the same. people are panicking about free speech violations because tiktok was a place where people fucking SPEAK. i have never seen mass mobilization and communication in this same way for as long as iāve been alive. it is the peopleās app, not just a silly teenage thing. if youāre not on tiktok and never have been, please stop talking about it like you know anything at allš
#idec if i look stupid for these posts i am fucking Mad#itās not about doomscrolling. be so fr. iāve had a time limit on for years and iāve done perfectly fine#peopleās jobs were on this app. small businesses were on this app. fucking CULTURE was on this app#project willow? bisan in gaza? like this is the most interconnected and fast-moving source of news we have#literally straight from the ground. from the places where itās happening#i know i can still read news. thatās not the problem.#the problem is that i have nowhere else to see the videos from my minnesota legislator whoās been giving daily updates on the republican#coup in the house of representatives. like. do you see the problem.#not to mention half the news sites are paywalled anyway.#and i saw someone say that this forces us to foster irl community which is true again. but you can still have irl community at the same time#as long-distance virtual community????#my best friends are long distance. if all social media went dark i could never talk to them again.#like we are in the fucking 21st century. we should be able to have both.#anyway. sorry for all the ranting lately except iām really not because i am fucking PISSED#iāll be on rednote and youtube for a while except neither of them are really the same.#genuinely nothing was like tiktok fr. i miss it already#tiktok#tiktok ban
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more about og tue timeline twins danny and dan/jamie
very touchy with each other. you might even say. ccclingy. its to be expected, they're two halves of a whole after all and all they've got of each other. worryingly co-dependent. do not separate. ever.
Danny was really weak and sick after the initial separation, and was for a while after. Jamie knew internally that if Danny died, he'd take the whole world with it. He was the one sole caretaker for him while he got better -- not for lack of trying on Vlad's part, but without his ghost powers he was nothing more than a feeble (albeit handsomely rich) man, and James looked ready to bite his head off if he got within ten feet of either of them.
Vlad is intimately aware that James (or Danny, if he tried) could snap his spine in half like a twig, and is uncomfortably aware of his own lack of ghost half now. It makes him feel self-conscious and exposed, so he never fully returns back to "cocky and self-assured billionaire Vlad Masters". Making deals with other brands feels a lot harder now that he can no longer possess them anymore.
Speaking of, he very quickly has to come up with a cover story as to why there's now a James Daniel Fenton to the public, when no records whatsoever of him existing existed prior. Lots of forging false government documents on his end. James and Danny do not help because it's his fault this happened in the first place.
(Regardless of whether or not Danny actually willingly chose to rip out his ghost half/humanity in canon is true, or if that was Vlad Masters speaking out of his ass, a large part of the blame still falls on Masters.)
(As his primary caretaker and guardian, it's his responsibility to ensure the health and safety of his charge, and since Danny was in clear emotional duress at the time, it can be argued that he was not in the mental state to make such a decision. And, allegedly, couldn't do it on his own which is why he asked Vlad for help.)
I chose "James" as Dan's name since it's a popular fanon middle name for Danny, and since he's half of Danny, it felt like it just made sense lol. Also because of the ensuing comedy of the two of them introducing themselves as "James Daniel Fenton" and "Daniel James Fenton". It's got the same energy as "danny with a y" and "danny with an i" and it's the exact kind of name bullshit you expect parents to give their twins.
I don't have their exact personalities down, but something I am actively writing into this au's bible is that I think Danny should be the quiet and (ig technically) meaner one. There's a lot to go into about interpretations for ghosts, halfas, and the incident itself, but TL:DW; Danny is technically soulless, or at the very least missing half of his soul (altho Jamie is too just in a different direction).
Pair that with the trauma of losing his family in front of him + having his ghost half ripped out + all the trauma he would've sustained as a hero, and he's not doing too hot mentally! i think if the twins met good timeline!Danny, Danny would've mistaken Danny for Dan and Jamie for the original half.
He comes off to others as pretty apathetic and indifferent to a borderline terrifyingly calm degree. He doesn't go out of his way to insult people, but he also doesn't care enough to consider the other party's feelings so he doesn't filter himself, which makes him come off as rude. The only times he looks truly comfortable is when he's near Jamie or talking to him.
His standoffish, ice prince demeanor makes Jamie look like a saint in comparison. When really he's not all that much better? He's more outwardly emotional than Danny, whether that be positive or negative, but at the end of the day he doesn't trust or care about anyone else any more than Danny does, and he's got a bit of a sadistic streak. Danny reigns him in when he starts becoming too destructive.
(Which I think makes sense. Danny asked Vlad to rip out his ghost half specifically so he could stop feeling his human emotions. Dan, despite his monotone voice, does exhibit emotions. He's smug when he asks Valerie if he likes his ghostly wail, sardonic when he reunites with Sam and Tucker, annoyed, shocked at Danny's ghostly wail, etc. He enjoys wreaking destruction and chaos.)
(If Danny had survived his encounter with Dan and if Vlad was successful, then I imagine he'd be rather apathetic to his other half as a whole. That'd be interesting.)
Overall though they're both hurt, bitter, and distrustful of the world around them, with abandonment issues a mile wide. They can get better and they can heal, but it takes time and patience and proper support.
On the DPxDC side of things, they do genuinely hold some kind of respect or regard for Bruce. They also don't become vigilantes for a while. Neither of them are jumping at the bit to enter heroism again, not when it was heroism that killed their family in the first place.
In fact when they find out Bruce = Batman they think he's foolish for it. They think its a fool's errand, and they've been so spurned by their time as Phantom that for a few weeks, Jamie even refused to call Bruce anything but Sisyphus. Danny called him Tantalus, and the two of them had a faux-argument about which one was more accurate.
Bruce does, though, worm his way into both of their hearts, and that's like, the main reason they become vigilantes to join him. So that they could keep him safe and not because of any desire to return to the heroic life. Relearning to care and finding satisfaction in helping others was an unintentional side effect.
(Bruce is so very smug)
Essentially:
The Twins: this is our squishy and fragile adoptive father. If anything happened to him, we're becoming mass extinction events.
Bruce: Nnno.
#danny fenton is not the ghost king#dpxdc#dp x dc#dpxdc crossover#dp x dc crossover#dpxdc au#danny phantom#the twins au#dan phantom#batman and his no-good terrifying little bodyguards. they're both like 5'2 and weigh 90lbs soaking wet and are capable of great violence#he can scruff them both with both hands. they're like two wet cats.#bruce: these are my children Daniel and James | the twins: *emanating little orphan tom riddle energy from behind him*#danny can experience emotions btw they're just dulled(??) to an extent. he doesn't feel them as intensely as Jamie does. in some cases#he knows he should be feeling SOME kind of emotion he just doesn't. being around Jamie helps amplify them. some kind of feedback thing#Jamie is a mischief maker. enjoys wreaking subtle chaos on other people especially people of his ire. laughs at other's misfortune.#neither of them are all that sympathetic when bruce takes them in. but they dO like. like~ him when he does. in some way. they prefer him#over vlad at least. by the time they become vigilantes they genuinely care about him. if not as family then at the very least as a friend.#which means. congrats bruce! you've unlocked the [ viciously protective sons ] perk! have fun with your mini ragnaroks :)#cannot express enough that the twins DO like and respect bruce. there's a genuine care and mutual friendship/relationship there.#yeah they dont need bruce's permission (technically) to be vigilantes but with the way they're set up why WOULD they lmao.#they have no incentive to return to the hero life and in fact comma have the incentive to do the exact opposite and avoid it.#so i give them believable incentive >:]#batdad aus go brrrrrrrr#referring to dan as a 'mass extinction event' is my new favorite way to refer to him <33 bc its technically true
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look i like to defend john winchester from fandom mischaracterisation as much as the next guy but āhe did nothing wrong he was only doing the best he could!!ā well thatās simply not true is it
#Like really what is āthe best he could.ā technically everyoneās always doing the best they can that doesnāt make it okayš#for some reason ive gone from constantly seeing posts about how john thought crying was for girls and beat dean for being gay to seeing#posts about how john was a good dad who always tried his best which makes everything ok :)#neither of those are truešcome on!!#spn#john winchester#oliver talks#supernatural
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Not clear equivalents, but-
Ceremonial magic is neoclassicism.
Wiccan magic is impressionism.
Chaos magic is modern art.
Folk magic is outsider art.
#in my brain this makes sense#it may be different for others#i think too often the conversation branches into sciences and which one is the most effective#which is a conversation to have#but instead of looking at them as branches of science#i think it feels more in my realm of experience to see them as art disciplines#not only reacting to the world and stimuli#but in conversation with each other#with new things on the horizon which are neither true nor false#but an interpretation of the world that we have yet to see
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Personal headcanon about the "you picked the wrong dellamorte" line, I don't think illario actually likes rook outside the context of them being someone close to lucanis. Like rook on their own isn't much to him, but when they meet it's yet another person talking about his cousin (why isn't he good enough for whatever job they're hiring for?) and on top of that they somehow bring him back from the dead (another whole can of worms for illario). Now he starts turning on the charm, but whether he's actually interested or this is just one more thing his cousin has that he doesn't and it gets under his skin, who knows. Either way, rook ignores illario, the guy who lives off his charm, and is instead interested in the guy who's never even dated before and thinks giving someone a knife is how to flirt. Infuriating
NO THANK YOU !! i am genuinely sorry if i have ever implied illario is into rook like i see some takes about it and unless it like ties into your rook's personal backstory i don't seriously think he's romantically jealous. at all. my enjoyment of that line stems from illario's pathological need to make it about himself and not see his strengths but what lucanis has, and therefore what he doesn't. he's annoyed enough to try and goad you in the middle of a fight about the 'wrong' dellamorte and completely blind to the fact that the venatori are at best, a stupid fucking alliance, and at worst, a cult that will devour the crows from the inside out and illario would have been the one to give them the keys. he sees lucanis make allies, needs his own, and instead of charming the other talons/houses as he should, he (probably spitefully) picks the venatori. or maybe he just thought it would be easier. ugh he makes me want to telekenetically throw him around
#and you raise a very hilarious point too LMFAO#not that he is jealous. just mad as hell its not working <3 I LIKE HIM VERY MUCH AND A NORMAL AMOUNT#to be clear i think his characterisation changed dramatically from wigmaker's job and a lot of his uh#very rash decisions about achieving power feels like they just needed a traitor character for lucanis#to really max out the use of spite. i really wish honestly that there was some canon support for illario#who would probably be a little more liked/popular than lucanis. bc lucanis is respected by the crows#but he's also a very distant 'dellamorte heir' figure. respect is not the same as being liked. so you know#there's the serious assassin with a rep for how good he is at killing#and there's a friendlier assassin with a rep for sweet talking#and neither of those reputations are necessarily true. but i know which one i'd be less afraid of#and i think illario would know that. and be able to use that. BUT WE DONT GET IT. WHATEVER.....#illario dellamorte#veilguard spoilers#answered#also we're introduced to an illario that understands being a crow. and has had all that drilled into him since childhood#why. would he. ally with the venatori.#why would he put himself into a situation that he couldnt control. other than 'the story needs a villain'#what im trying to say. is . there were the makings of a crow civil war here that ends with him tragically dead#if you asked me to expand on this i dont think i could. but like the main issue being the crows not standing together making#the antaam invasion worse (btw regarding this why the fuck were the antaam even invading) so lucanis' quest is#idk. something like uniting the crows together and potentially repairing his relationship w illario#or hardening him and convincing he needs to kill illario#this is me spitballing. dont even mind me#(glances at the 'illario mention' alarm going off in the background)#EDIT: AND ALSO IT JUST CAME TO ME#killing illario as an ending also makes lucanis first talon (oh we're really in the cycles now)#forgiving illario ends with illario becoming 'talon' tho he and lucanis work closely. like a ceo vs cfo#and ends with them repairing their relationship#in the ideal world lucanis would fully leave but im alright with crows making small steps towards becoming a bit healthier
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ultimate opinion on Silver and Flint's love is I don't think it was either platonic or romantic, but instead a secret third thing that can only be deciphered in an entirely different plane of existence
#its like attempting to comprehend the language between two eldritch gods. it cannot be translated by mere mortals#honestly I see Flint and Miranda's love similarly#and her taking on a supernatural characteristic as a ghost lends credence to that I think#argument can be made for thomas too. this guy haunted the entire narrative just by existing in a few scenes for 5 episodes#his spectre lorded over all 4 seasons. now that's godlike power#in the flashbacks miranda describes him as invincible which is like. so true bestie#even his romance with james was of mythological proportions. it catalyzed a war against an empire#we are constantly asked: are these men? or are they monsters?#well when it comes to flint's 3 loves and flint himself the answer is neither. they're demigods. hope this helps#black sails#silverflint#back on my rewatch bullshit
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I think the appeal of Teredio to me is that it isn't some special soulmatism "they were destined to be" kind of relationship. Their love wasn't written in the stars. Their meeting wasn't fated so much as coincidenceāhad Dion not awakened as Bahamut, had he died or been kept by his mother (assuming there's a reality in which she lives longer), there's no guarantee they ever would have met personally or started a relationship.
These two became friends because the necessary pieces were in place. But destiny? Dion's life is a medieval fantasy drama. His destiny, if not to die on the battlefield, is for the blight to take his life. His destiny is tied to the circumstances of his birth, his status, his duty. Amidst magic, people that can turn into powerful beings, endless war, Terence is painfully normal. He's just a mid level noble, with no special abilities or magic powers, no great status, who'd decided to follow the dominant who would be a prince to the end as a servant.
A lack of Terence's existence does not change Dion's duty, it does not change the common end fates of dominants who go to war.
But that also doesn't mean that their love doesn't matter. Far from it. It may not be written in the stars, Terence may not be a uniquely special piece on the chessboard, but it means much to Dion.
Terence isn't special becuase he's Dion's cosmic soulmate or because he's a special being (such as a dominant). He and Dion are together in part because of the lengths he'd go for his love. It was that someone history might otherwise remember as a nobody took it upon himself to work hard enough so that he could follow his best friend, so that he could match him in skill, so that he could show him that there is one person in his cornerāsomeone who truly does love him. Terence became a bit like a rock for Dion, someone who would worry for him, take the effort to understand him, and who he could look to for assurance in making difficult choices. And, on top of that, I think Terence is special because he isn't uniquely remarkable. I like to think that amidst the war, Dion's princely duties, and his identity as the dominant of Bahamut in this world of magic, Dion can find this simple refuge with Terence. When they're alone, especially once they get together, they don't have to worry about social status, reality, duty, magic.
Instead, in those moments, they can just be two men who love each otherāsimply Dion, and his childhood friend, Terence.
#teredio#flareknight#ffxvi#ff16#final fantasy 16#final fantasy xvi#dion lesage#terence#terence ffxvi#terence ff16#ff16 terence#ffxvi terence#sir terence#i just be ramblin#I know why people's gut instinctā especially with their otpsā is to make a case for them being cosmic soulmates#It has to do with a sense of proving your otp means everything and is elevated higher than other ships in some fashionā and also putting a#profound label on something to match just how much they make you feel#But to be honestā despite being one of my two ff16 otpsā I just don't think the whole cosmic soulmatism they'd meet each other in every#universe and fall in love thing really fits for Teredio#One of the only true soulmate pairings in ff16 is Joshua and Cliveā which is just straight up textually canon#I like Teredio because it's a normal loving relationship involving someone who isn't special looks or power wise#Because I know that even if this universe had soulmatesā they'd choose each other anywaysā because what they've developed and made together#is outside of destiny#Maybe they may not have met and ended up together if things had been differentā but it is *because* they did turn out this way that neither#would wish for things to be different.#They would not naturally meet in every universe due to cosmic soulmatism. But I know that if they retained their memories of this lifeā the#would seek each other out no matter what forces stand in the way.#I love them because they're normal people who are deeply in love and care about each other#I hope this makes sense#The sheer humanness and mundanity of it and the deep love that's there just compells me
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All Iām going to say I think now that my brain remembered part of what it was thinking is that Taylor and Joe went through a lot together (good and bad) and regardless of how it ended or what led to it they both seem to be determined to keep that private and not throw each other under the bus and in the end theyāre just two very, very different people whose outlooks in the long term were just never going to align and never has that been clearer.
#I AM NOT DEFENDING HIM JUST TO BE CLEAR#Iām just saying⦠he said a lot of nothing in those quotes beyond āpeople on the internet suckā#which is true#and both he and Taylor are keeping things close to the vest about it all#and just seems to me that whatever they went through together they are determined to keep it between them so thatās the end of that#(again in contrast to how she has no qualms about reading m for filth)#heās just some guy and now he gets to be just some guy forever#and she gets to be extraordinary#like yes the loving committed thing raises eyebrows given how much pain she was in#but like he could have shaded her about how it ended too and he didnāt#AND I AM NOT DEFENDING HIM#we know he was a terrible partner and she felt like shit#Iām just saying neither of them want to delve into the specifics and i think theyāre just moving into footnotes in each otherās lives now#like i want to make it clear AGAIN I am not condoning anything on his part here ā clearly there were huge issues#Iām just saying just because he may have sucked as a partner doesnāt mean the internet being cruel isnāt also true idk#and yes itās transparent why heās choosing to speak out now (or rather why the Sunday times is choosing to reach out to him now)#but like⦠idk i just canāt muster up any feeling about this man one way or the other lol#and take cues from Taylor (and even him) sheās determined to keep it between them other than the broad strokes#so Iām following her/their lead#(like I have thoughts about why but thatās not important and ultimately is just⦠itās the most normal of ltr breakups)#like he just sounds a little pretentious with his āreal lifeā which like⦠good on him keep living that real life you do you dude#meanwhile his ex is flourishing with every passing week and milestone and is living her unabashed best life#and theyāre probably both happier for it now
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I keep forgetting that Antares is her codename and she'd need a real name, hmm..
#on the one hand her position as an extra piece on the board sort of means a part of the point is that she doesn't have all she should#but it's more fun for me if I give her one because I can be symbolic about it. and she(?)'s me. so there >w<#now.. we do have one example of a character where neither their codename nor their true name is a star#as well as one whose true name is already a star and thus they do not *have* a codename in *quite* the same way#so while I *could* also make that the case for antares it wouldn't quite feel right#so.. maybe a planet..? or something to do with chess pieces..#I could also try and be more derivative. at which point an obvious symbolic name jumps out - that being āriaā#but i'm not super set on such#heart of the void#self-inserts#..#selfāinsert: meteor peacekeeper (antares)#one day that will actually save#of a city reborn (pokĆ©mon reborn)#I also still need to construct her reference model but thatās its own conundrum
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*puts my fingers to my forehead like a psychic levitating pennies* siffrin is 28 odile is 43 isa is 24 mira is 22 bonnie is 11 nille is 20
#mira learns nille's age and freaks out that she's only two years younger than her. not even a full two even.#nille ran away when bonnie was 4 and nille was freshly 14#siffrin is my age bc why not <3#odile is solidly middle age but not as old as she makes herself out as#isa is the age where you're two years out of college and go shit this is just the rest of my life now huh#mirabelle is the age where you're like oh god everyone else is graduating college right now but not me#obvs neither of these are literally true but it's the vibes of the age to me#idr odile's WoI age for sure. i recall 40-50 but it coulda been more specific in which case i'm sorry women#s.isat#s.siffrin#s.isabeau#s.mirabelle#s.odile#s.bonnie#s.nille#s.party
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I don't care what anybody says. To me, the most offensive of the Disney LA remakes is Maleficent. The Snow White one is right on par with it. I know a lot of people like and enjoy the former, but I've always had a strong dislike for that movie.
#disney#maleficent 2014#anti la remakes#txt#that movie was the true beginning of what we are seeing in modern disney#it becomes a really sinister movie when you take into consideration what the original was a metaphor for#hint: it's very much a christian story#the only saving graces of that movie are the visuals and costume design. i'll give the movie that#and angelina jolie was honestly a great choice#the movie was just ass and only the hardcore fans of the original called it out for how awful it is#it is still a remake just from maleficent's perspective#also ironically this movie has some serious misogynistic undertones#and they ruined my boy philip. he was reduced to nothing. the first disney prince with a personality possibly the first disney human male#that was ever treated as a serious character#no neither peter pan nor the ichabod character count. peter pan is an early teenager and the other one was meant to be humorous#tumblr did not call this out in 2014 but they should have#but i guess the thirst for angelina jolie was too strong for people to realize how ass the writing in the movie was#and what's worst is that the same woman who was behind 1991 beauty and the beast was behind this movie#which is further proof that howard ashman was the real author of that movie. idc what anybody says#listen i don't pedestalize howard but man he is a great part of the reason early renaissance movies are as fantastic as they are#anyways#fuck maleficent 2014#maleficent was meant to be a symbolization of SATAN and they turned into the empathetic being in the remake????#i see what disney was doing there
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I feel like when people ask famous personalities to participate in activism, they may be influenced by the parasocial relationships they have formed with these celebrities and not that they really care about what is going on. They expect famous individuals to act as role models or representatives of their beliefs. That's why I think, it is crucial to maintain a critical perspective and not depend solely on celebrities for activism. This can result in a passive approach to social change and disregard the significance of collaborative action and personal engagement. The majority of celebrities don't care lol even who speak up about it publicly. Their reality is different from ours, like Gigi Hadid also drank Starbucks the other day, Bella Hadid worked with a lot of Zionist brands and did a photo shoot with them recently, etc etc. And let me not start on stans culture... the worst thing ever
Okay this is fascinating because yes! I agree with you so much! But then I was completely floored by the choice of the HADIDS (literal Palestinians who never shut up about the cause) as examples- but actually I love it because I think it opens up two really really important points that maybe get to the heart of the whole issue. Gigi and Bella Hadid are, as I said, literally Palestinian, and have throughout their public lives (not just recently) never been silent or backed down in defense of Palestine even when it has very publicly lost them (Bella primarily) jobs and opportunities, and they both continue to be outspoken even while literally targeted and threatened by zionists. Pretty much everything anyone has wanted or asked for from any celebrity, right?! But here we have, first of all, Gigi having all of that discounted because she bought Starbucks, a brand that is not even an official boycott! I feel like this is a perfect example of prioritizing performative and symbolic activism over actions with material impact, if someone who has been so consistent and stalwart can see all that dismissed because they spent $5 on a coffee (that, again, has no material financial relationship to Israel). I personally think that on a scale of good done vs harm, Gigi can afford a lot of problematic coffees, and this is not even getting into the Hadid families finances which involve huge amounts of money being used and moved around in ways that do more to help the cause than any image choice can unbalance. And then you say that Bella has worked with zionist brands- I don't know anything about this so I can't speak to it. Given that we are also apparently considering starbucks a zionist brand despite the company not operating in or having any ties to Israel, I would question what this means. But it doesn't matter- I think the point is that consumer/ individual purity isn't possible! No one is making pure consumer choices, no matter how many brands they boycott, and certainly no celebrity can continue to be one without having unsavory connections. I think that BY DEFINITION no celebrity is politically pure because if they cut all those ties, THEY WOULD NO LONGER BE A CELEBRITY. Whether the pursuit of purity is realistic or desirable is a much bigger issue, but the point is that as you say, looking to celebrities to be activists will end only in disappointment. Their job is to entertain in specific ways and they do that; if that's not working for you, then consume some other celebrity's product (persona). As I have said from the start, if you want to stan Louis because he is talented and hot and kind and smart and fun then you are in luck! But if you are looking for an activist spokesperson, he is not going to be that, and yelling at him (or people who don't consider that a deal breaker) isn't going to change that.
#I'm aware that some people don't agree with me about what tactics are effective- welcome to activism! tactic squabbling is our signature!#but I do not appreciate having my opinions on tactics dismissed as defending a celebrities actions at any cost#which I don't think I have remotely done ever honestly I have repeatedly said that if you're looking for an activist#neither Louis nor any other celebrity is that or is going to be and I would recommend giving it up#I think dismissing my arguments as that is not only inaccurate but a bit of a bad faith topic change#but it is what it isš#blah blah blah#palestine#I have another ask that I will answer later and get more into the Louis part specifically#but first I'm gonna go do real life stuff! wild but true#starbucks discourse
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"Snufkin's spring letter is a promise of his return to Moominvalley after his wintry wanderings. š±
The 2024 Moomin's Day mug depicts this anticipated moment in fresh colours. The snow has melted, the first tulips and daffodils are out, and Snufkin gets to see Moomintroll again." (x)
#I linked the moomin blog post about it which neither the text nor video is from lol#video is from Arabia's insta and text is from moomofficial's insta. I just love that they specifically said SNUFKIN gets to see his best#friend again cause usually the focus is on moomintroll's happiness about the reunion (which is true for the other promotions for this mug)#merch
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