#Vulnerability Recognition

[byemambo]

Did I mean so little to you? You were never supposed to mean anything at all.

SMART CHISANUPONG AS JIN

Top Form (2025) | 1.09

[charleemoon]

daddy will in the sense of hannibal craving punishment from a father who never knew his darkness, to feel retribution for the ways in which he was born and daddy hannibal in the sense of will being spoiled and coddled by a man who never provided more than necessary, who looked not at him but through him. do you guys understand

[crunchyspaghetti]

Ok, as previously established, I very much enjoyed Thunderbolts*. This post is in no way trying to minimize the movie or its characters.

however

if I see one more person talking about how it was so groundbreaking to have a superhero on screen where their superpowers don’t magically fix all of their problems and actually give strength to making those problems worse, I am gonna riot I fear.

While I would argue it’s not necessarily groundbreaking to superhero stories, generally. It makes me mad when people say this bc it’s not even groundbreaking to the Marvel universe. This exact concept was literally done so well in Agents of Shield (multiple times!!!!), upwards of like 9+ years ago… like… please I’m in the trenches here

[rxttenfish]

honestly i just sit and think sometimes over like, miravi isn't toxic yuri or anything, they're DEEPLY functional with each other and it's much moreso a cheetah and dog situation where they both get a lot more stable with someone to balance them out.

but the way it looks like is often a lot of arguing and them not being afraid to snipe at each other or call the other out on bullshit. and i keep feeling like everything about the current shipping Moment would suggest that this is toxic — even though this quality, in of itself, is what they like in their relationship and what helps them best. which is a form of relationship that very much works for people! and works well! there's a lot of benefit in having someone you can be upset with and show that upset with without them taking it personally, or in using it as a means to immediately point out and begin working out problems in a constructive manner, problems that would have become a lot worse if allowed to simmer, and the emotional vulnerability needed to do this in a constructive way with someone else! it's actually my preferred form of relationship, because i'm bossy and mean and contrary and i like not being forced to dull my edges and having someone who can dish it as well as they can take it.

it's a bit like arguing for fun, i think. for those who like it and find it really works for them, there's no hard feelings at the end, it's just a way to get everything on the table and debate over a solution. it feels good, giving the high of the exertion but coming back down with emotional reassurance to ensure it's really not any hard feelings. but, for the majority of people, it's so deeply concerning and distressing that they can't even imagine someone like that, that something has to be wrong because they cannot imagine ever doing it constructively, or they cannot ever imagine not taking it personally.

and it's just very odd sometimes, as someone who has a ship like this as a main ship, that people don't understand that kind of dynamic.

[1000rh]

A movement of the immense majority, in the interests of the immense majority, is very different from a cult of victimhood. By its nature, a movement of the immense majority against those who hold power and wealth will have internal contradictions. It will involve bringing together people who have viewed each other as others, rivals, and even enemies. Creating social capital out of suffering means that we have a perverse incentive to hold onto our victimhood, rather than work together to change the conditions that created it. It’s an inherently minority endeavour, breaking us down into the most powerless political unit of all: the lonely, frightened and untrusting individual.

– Ash Sarkar, Minority Rule (2025)

[allblognamesaretakenso]

Why are you getting worked up because someone pointed out with proof that your idol was not wearing a pin supporting transgender? The brand he wore never claimed its a trans right pin. So don’t try to take credit for something he didn’t do.

yeah ngl babe i'm more likely to believe vogue over you. also idk maybe do your fucking research? the joined male and female symbols have historically represented androgyne people, gender inclusivity or transgender allyship.

also before yall forced him offline luke literally posted explicitly about transgender rights so we know exactly where he stands anyway. idk why you're all gagging to claim otherwise. if you don't care about him respectfully leave luke fans alone, its that easy.

trust u lot to trivialise/weaponise for fan wars something as important as transgender rights. nicola has done SUCH incredible work, maybe focus on that instead? when trans rights are under attack across the world, why are u so desperate for someone in the public eye to be conceived as not pro-trans-rights? a weird fight to choose, tbh.

[hayconrisa]

feeling so upset about hayconrisa today. i just think that their reunion scene at the end of undivded should've been so much more heartfelt than a "he quickly hugged them both" because after everything, they all survived. the three of them survived. and they're about to change the world. and i think they would've been so relieved to see each other after not seeing each other for almost a year. a quick hug is NOT ENOUGHHHHHH

[ophernelia]

I know it’s said often, but in my case I genuinely mean it- I really love the small community I’ve been able to find and create. Major emphasis on it being small. That way I feel like I’ve been able to connect with a lot of you. I see certain usernames pop up and I immediately recognize it. I like that. I like being able to do that. It was never my intention to really have anything like this at all but I’m so grateful how things worked out! Thank you guys honestly. With that said, I do aim to keep it this size lol. Hence why I hardly ever tag stuff properly aside from just keeping my blog sorted. Finding Lykaia is meant to be like finding a hidden gem orrrrr dumpster diving and finding one really odd piece of trash. Idk depends on your preference.

[verved]

Ah fuck ive done it again.

[w-armansky-blog]

"Tenderness is the new punk for me. I need to believe that we can see the other. I need to believe that there is a sense of reconciliation, that polarization, anger and machismo isn't the only way forward here". Joachim Trier

The real strength is softness. It’s love, care and the courage to be kind.

[compacflt]

your use of names throughout your works is just sooo chef's kiss - I noticed that while you have the internal dialogue of Mav and Ice refer to themself/each other as Maverick/Ice and Mitchell/Kazansky for the majority of your fics, there are instances where they do call each other by their first names even before they 'talk about it'. I was wondering if you had any thoughts about the first time they called each other Pete/Tom? Any preceding events/emotions/conversations? Or did it just slip out?

LMFAO it’s when they first jack each other off LOL LOL

but aside from that the next times they call each other by their first names are: when bradley comes out to them (Pete), and literally 9/11 (Tom).

the whole “when they use names vs navy-issued identities” topic is one of those things I can’t talk about for too long without sounding like im sucking my own dick (bc im very proud of it) so ill just leave it there

[orpheusilver]

im very sorry for this. but im thinking abt how he mirrors madi as well

[sahirshanetrananda]

💫 The Radiance You Feel

Part 5 (Part 1 here) The feeling you get when you see them—that soft pull in your belly,the heat between your ribs, the silence behind your eyes—that is not them.That is you, recognizing yourself in their gaze.Not the self you show.The one underneath.The one still curled in longing, waiting for permission to come out.They do not give that permission.They only mirror it back.

[1000rh]

So, it’s time to be brutally honest about something that’s been happening on the left: we have absorbed the tenets of liberal identity politics. We have nurtured a culture that’s deeply individualistic, where to be seen as a victim, to be able to claim a marginalised identity position, gives you social capital. That capital, unlike its monetary equivalent, isn’t transferable outside left and liberal-leaning environments. It doesn’t prevent you from experiencing discrimination, injustice and even violence in the world outside. But within left- and liberal-leaning spaces, victimhood – a close friend of lived experience – gives one a perch from which to speak with authority. It’s understandable that people want to ‘correct’ for injustices by giving people from certain communities a boost, a better hearing, a bigger platform. But that well-intentioned effort can result in something that’s counterproductive, even corrosive, to the cause of liberation. Instead of fighting to liberate ourselves from harm, we end up attached to the social status that being a victim brings. We maintain a comically low threshold for harm, and a prohibitively high threshold for trust in other people. We turn individuals into standard-bearers for their entire identity community: whatever follows the phrase ‘speaking as a…’ is treated as nothing less than the gospel. We isolate ourselves, insisting that other struggles are simply too different to link up with our own. Attention is treated as currency, and a finite one at that. We are not comrades but competitors in a mad scramble for recognition.

– Ash Sarkar, Minority Rule (2025)

[poffinia]

I tuoi scatti oggi su di me.

[vzyee]

u know sometimes i would have these vague yearnings for gestures or gifts from other ppl that would signal they "rly knew me" or understood something which i had only, in return, signaled a very slight affinity towards..* & then feel guilty & a little frustrated knowing these gestures weren't possible bc they have more to do with how i understand myself than how They understand me or how we understand our shared relationship. Umm but each relationship is its own precious thing with its own terms & units and therefore so is my own relationship w myself & i can actually honor that w loving gifts & gestures among myself. Self-care shit ig but it's deeper than that! anyway i guess what i'd been craving was a collection of caroline polachek & raveena cds w their full albums intact so i can relisten to all the songs i love but in their og contexts with all the connective tissue of the misc other songs i dont get to hear as often <3