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[getinthehandbasket]

My breakfast this fine gloomy afternoon is a salad, some yogurt, and a croissant.

My younger self would be proud of me for eating "healthy" and trying to "lose weight." You know what? Fuck her!

I, in this moment, am proud of myself for eating the things my body tells me it wants - with no ulterior motives or desire to change the way my body looks, and no moral judgement on food!

I'll take the latter kind of proud, please, any day.

[manny-jacinto]

#the father the son and the holy spirit

[a2zillustration]

Gale and I had the exact same reaction when we opened that door.

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[maikhiwi00]

TRANSFORMERS: RISE OF THE BEASTS 2023, dir. Steven Caple Jr.

[drawnfamiliarfaces]

i....am so normal about them

[milkhorns]

Learning to sew 🪡

[emminachemuore]

shes so done

[aroaceleovaldez]

reminder/tip, particularly for newer pjo fans: do not crosstag!

for those who don't know, crosstagging is tagging irrelevant tags on a post, usually popular tags to try and get more views on the post.

Tumblr doesn't work the same way instagram or tiktok or twitter does. Crosstagging is considered spam, and your blog will be flagged if you do this.

particularly in pjo fandom, crosstagging includes tagging characters that don't actually appear in the post, tagging books or series unrelated to the post (like tagging "TSATS" on a post not specifically about TSATS, or tagging HoO on a post about first series specifically, etc.), tagging "pjo fanfic" or "pjo headcanon" or similar on a post that, obviously, isn't that, and/or tagging irrelevant ships. More recently, this also includes tagging the show (PJO TV, etc) on posts that are completely irrelevant to the show.

This mostly only applies for original posts - Tags you put on reblogs only apply to your own blog's organizational system, and has no bearing on the original post itself. But it's really annoying to the original poster if you spam tags, because it will appear in their notifs. It's pointless to spam tags in reblogs for these reasons regardless, so it's best not to.

just remember: crosstagging is not allowed on tumblr, doesn't work that way here anyways, and is just generally rude. so don't do it.

[crudemachine]

xiangli yao definitely strikes me as a switch vers. whatever your preferences and limits are, you can bet that he'll do his utmost best to please you.

as a service top, he always acts accordingly to your needs, which means you can trust him to not get carried away to the point he'll chase his high and forget yours. he'll be a bit flustered at times, but his sheer enthusiasm makes up for it. being with you in an intimate manner feels surreal to him so he hopes you'll understand. at the same time, he's down to experiment with something new if you want to. he'll still be loving and caring throughout it all of course.

as a submissive bottom, he'd be vanilla about it at first due to his lack of experience. for example, if you bring up liking impact play such as spanking to him, he won't shut down the idea, but it'll take him a while to get used to it; just be patient with him, however, keep in mind that he's tougher than he looks so it's in your best interest to not underestimate his strength as well.

if you want him to perform other roles like being a power bottom, then he'll gladly do that too. with enough practice, he'll be great at all of it so you'll never feel disappointed nor bored. after all, he doesn't intend to let his most beloved down anytime soon!

[circadianrhythmofthekiller]

Perhaps on of the false BB’s we see throughout the games, like the moral art BBs or one of the BB killer cosplayers.

day 33 - if you meet bb in the road…. you’re DEAD

[galatoma]

with how many people have stepped forward to say how manipulative that man was behind the scenes, i think it's worth it to say that more people should be careful about what we assume about creators. obviously if they defend him then fuck 'em, but silence is an indicator of nothing in a situation as complex as this one. please give people the time and space to process this. people finally feel safe enough to reveal how badly he's been treating them, this isnt something you can rush

[modmad]

What is your opinion on Mr. Puzzles from Smg4? I think he looks like RGB. KINDA 

once again I am asking people not to send me messages with any mention of this character or series in it because it instantly sends me into a bad mental spiral! thank you!!!! short explanation under the cut with tw of suicide mention

anon you probably didn't know but I nearly commited suicide over this character a short while ago and have recieved extremely violent and unpleasant hate mail from Smg4 fans for over 2 months (and yes that is still happening). so yeah please don't talk about this in my inbox or with me ever because I almost blocked you for this.

[sunnfish]

[ID: A digital illustration of Sissel from Ghost Trick. He is shown from a lower angle, as if the viewer were looking up at him. He has a hand close to the viewer and clutching a glowing soul core. His other hand is in his pocket, and he has a serious expression on his face. The background is the clock that appears when you time travel in the game, consisting of a glowing red clock face and glowing red lines radiating from it on a black background. The art style mimics that of the game’s, with sharp black lines and shading. The color palette is mostly red, with some light blue radiating from the soul. The artist’s signature “sunnfish 2023” is written on his leg. /End ID]

Change your fate.

[thompsborn]

harley, gay and nervous: do you wanna hang out maybe? no spidey stuff or school stuff, just watch a movie and have some snacks or something?

peter, stupid and constantly drowning in misplaced guilt: oh my god is the spidey stuff overwhelming? do you need a break? oh god all of our friends are busy of course you need a break it’s so much i’m so sorry and i’m probably your last choice so you have to make it clear that you don’t want to talk about spidey stuff or school stuff because you need a break from it all and i haven’t even noticed i’m such an asshole—

harley, even gayer: i’m literally trying to ask you out

[kybelles]

auguste & laurent

captive prince, c.s pacat // the song of achilles, madeline miller // c.c aurel // prince’s gambit, c.s pacat // kings rising, c.s pacat // after abel, dante emile // herakles, euripides (trans. anne carson)

[cyanide-sippy-cup]

Okay now that Anissa is in the show, I have to talk about THAT storyline. There's not much particularly new I can say that hasn't already been discussed but I need to gather my thoughts on what the show has to do to be successful in this regard. With that being said,

Spoilers for things the show has not covered yet

And massive Trigger Warning for discussions of sexual assault and post-assault trauma.

So first things out of the way, I do not believe they should cut it. The changes the show has made are ultimately pretty minor. A character change, order of events swapped. With them sticking as close as they are to the comic, I think it would be a massive problem to skip over it from a story telling standpoint.

From a real world standpoint, it's even more important. Male sexual assault is something that rarely gets depicted properly. It's usually a joke or a moment of triumph and that very much has had an effect on the way we look at it in the real world. And since Invincible is now a show pretty much everybody has their eyes on, choosing not to talk about it would be missing an opportunity to have a very real, very important conversation that very well could educate men on how to navigate and survive what they are going through.

I'm also worried that they'll be too afraid to actually say the word "rape". Lots of modern adaptations delete important discussions like Sokka's sexism or the gender discussions from Cowboy Bebop in order to avoid properly handling them and usually replace them with something worse in a sort of "all bark and no bite" liberalism. Directly saying it as it is is incredibly important to showing that talking about it is not only NOT shameful, but also necessary in getting the help you need and the healing that is necessary to survive.

And from a storytelling standpoint, saying it is important too. The moment where Mark tells Eve what happened is not only great in showing that telling someone is important but is also the moment where Mark is forced to admit the truth to himself. "She raped me." Those three words are a massive turning point for the whole story. Character dynamics change, this becomes a focus for most of Mark's loved ones, and it fundamentally changes his life.

Markus. This is a piece of the puzzle I don't see many talk about. While the rest is a showcase of what to do, Markus as a character is a showcase of what not to. It is so, so rare that a child conceived of a rape is properly depicted, nevermind discussed. From Mark's POV, he holds no ill will towards his son. He simply wants him to live a life on Earth with his family like he did and just can't be with him because he is needed in space. But to Markus, his dad hates him. He thinks his father keeps him on Earth so that he doesn't have to think about him. And this idea of his father's disgust contorts his image of himself. He begins to feel self-hatred, hatred towards his mother for making him this way, and hatred towards his father for abandoning him and leaving him to despise what he sees in the mirror. "You made Terra with love. I was made with hate."

Whether Mark meant it or not, his neglect of Markus ruined his early life. No matter how many friends he made, what groups he joined, they could never fill that hole. He idolized his father. I mean, how could he not? His father was, IS a great hero. A man who was out at that very moment leading the movement for universal peace. But because Mark barely visited him, he only had an idea of what his father was like. A man who sacrificed so much to help the world, who fought in space and yet still managed to save the Earth dozens of times. A man who had the time to help everyone and yet couldn't make time for him.

(Important edit: in no way do I mean to say Mark is obligated to be a part of his son's life, I meant that Mark chooses to be there but ultimately fails to do so and that causes issues)

And don't get me wrong, this story has some pretty glaring flaws. For example I think they tried a little too hard to teach Mark that the person who hurt him is human too and has positively affected the lives of many. Like absolutely there is a conversation to be had there but because they had to move on with the plot they kinda just went "HEY MARK DON'T BE SAD SHE'S COOL NOW AND ALSO SHE'S DEAD SO THERE'S NO POINT IN LINGERING OKAY BYYEEEEE". But I think instead of these flaws scaring the show away they should invite the show forward. It's an opportunity to improve on the story and discussions rather than shy away from it.

Oh and also harking back to my previous point in paragraph 2, there's another aspect that makes it stand out in an important discussion. If I'm remembering correctly, the comic makes it pretty clear that Mark could have overpowered Anissa but didn't for a couple of reasons, namely not wanting to hurt her. And that is SO important and SO rare. A discussion surrounding an assault victim who could have fought back but didn't where the victim is NOT portrayed as in the wrong and in fact just as worthy to be traumatized as any other victim is SO DAMN IMPORTANT and could legit change a lot in the way we look at these topics.

So yeah, I think the series should adapt it. Also I think it would be great if they brought on actual victims and experts and whatnot so their depiction could be just that much more focused around what needs to be said. Sorry if all this read as klunky, I have a lot of thoughts bouncing around up here that I kinda just spewed onto the page with no particular order. I'm also obviously not the most educated on the topic. My personal experiences with this were relatively minor and not something I've ever felt comfortable addressing. And yeah I know it's important no matter how "small" or "minor" it seems and I'm not trying to downplay any of that but I just don't really have the words to phrase that differently. Which is exactly why I think we NEED education and discussions about this stuff so that we DO know the words to navigate the topic.