#and always doing the absolute most

[varpusvaras]

Bail/Breha/Fox is a fun ship also because it perfectly encapsulates the dynamic of three different people thinking that they are the most sane one in the relationship

[opashoo]

I'm absolutely losing my mind seeing "We need to not treat men and masculinity as inherently evil and worthy of hatred, and not fall back into biological and gender essentialism because that hurts everyone, including trans women" being misinterpreted as "Women need to stop oppressing men", "I think trans women are actually men" or "You specifically who have trauma around men need to get over it because men are the real victims". It's so willfully disingenuous. It makes me sick how willing people are to read in bad faith, especially how willing other trans women are to suddenly start harassing and dogpiling another trans woman.

I am a trans woman too, I understand what it's like to feel unsafe, but it helps no one this cynical attitude that crops up every time someone suggests being kind to men in our lives. "You could save a man you know from falling down the alt-right pipeline" is not the same as "It's your fault that men murder you". "There are people who could be on our side if we don't meet them with immediate hostility" is not the same as "You need to shut up and stop criticizing power structures for the sake of your oppressors' feelings" (I promise there are a lot of people who can be taught about their complicity in oppression without immediately shutting down but you need to work with them). This kind of attitude isn't somehow more informed or correct. It's just lashing out to avoid considering one's own agency.

Making a better, safer world for ourselves requires all kinds of work, but it's always work. It's hard to try to reach out to people who could very realistically harm us, it's work that not all of us can afford to or are able to do and that's fine because we're all just trying to survive. But some of you would rather condescend, tear each other down, and make more enemies before even considering it a possibility.

[suntails]

airplane!

[bunnieswithknives]

Oh I have to ask. In your Things That Crawl AU, what does Lyle think. I could see him having similar reactions to Hellen's. We know that even if it wasn't healthy, Lyle was the one who knew Sam the most, longer then anyone else, his constant stalking means he knew what Sam was like and they may have even actually worked together. I personally just can't see Lyle accepting this "New" Sam but I could be totally wrong, I'd love to here about Lyle in your au.

Oh yeah Lyle absolutely does not accept the new Sam

My first thought was that Lyle does what he always does when the going gets tough, and that's try to steal Sam's soul. I don't really like that idea though... cause either it works as both a cop-out and definitive answer to Sam's state of mind, or it doesn't and that's still an answer of some kind, which I don't want.

The alternative is really dependent on the extent of the powers I wanna give Visitor!Sam(? Idk if this is what I wanna call it but we're going with it for now) and how fucked up I want that to go.

POV: The benevolent god has an audio processing disorder and no idea what a human looks like

[egophiliac]

redesigning my headcanon for Sebek's parents, based on important new information (SCALES)

(you can't see it but they're both wearing crocs)

[cryptocism]

one of many compelling devils minion things 2 me is how it starts out as a horror story from daniel's pov and a romance from armands. like daniel gets tortured and stalked and deals with every possible moral & ethical inner conflict Especially wrt his own desires and self disgust, meanwhile armand has decided to cast himself in the role of manic pixie dream girl. (emphasis on manic)

and then as soon as armand realizes his remaining choices are to turn daniel into a vampire or let him die, there is a Hard Reversal and suddenly armand is living his worst nightmare while daniel is granted his greatest wish.

tvc is full of almosts and parallels but i do love the specific brand of tragedy inherent in the genre disconnect of the dm relationship. theyre perfect for each other and horrible for each other and they can never and will never be on the same page. any change you could make to their stories to make the relationship actually function healthily would necessitate an irrevocable & irreconcilable change in character. their love cant fix or change the people that they are. they keep loving each other anyway. it kills them both but sustains them like a curse. do u see??? do u see.

[imogearne]

imogen: *hitting on fearne* haha! fearne: *hitting on imogen* haha!

[vulpixenthusiast]

Im going crazy already about next weeks episode; I want lanfear to go insane. I want them to see she’s actually been on their side all this time; I want them to see how much of a problem she can be when she’s actively antagonizing them

“You made the whole world bow and the only one who didn’t was me” sorry going absolutely FERAL forever yes go girl demolish LTT

[fatedroses]

Two former military elites taking merc jobs perform absolutely hellish battle tactics together.

[loadingbnha]

THE MOMENT NAOMASA REALIZED THE EXTENT OF WHO ALL MIGHT ACTUALLY IS

For refrence; a side by side comparison of how Naomasa knows All Might vs how Toshinori is when he actually lets loose

[bennetsbonnet]

Criticising the characters in Pride and Prejudice because they don't perfectly live up to romantic ideals is like complaining that a book of soup recipes doesn't tell you how to split the atom.

Pride and Prejudice is not a romance. That is not what Jane Austen wrote. Pride and Prejudice is a novel of manners. It is far more of a social commentary than a love story. Are there romantic elements? Of course! But romance is far from the primary focus.

Reducing a story with the breadth and depth of Pride and Prejudice down to merely a romance not only undermines Jane Austen's genius in observing and successfully satirising the follies of human nature, her skill in balancing humour with dramatic elements and her talent in creating believable, relatable characters who leap off the page; but it also undermines the joy it has brought to the numerous readers who have loved the story for more than two centuries for far more varied reasons than simply its hero.

Why does Pride and Prejudice have such enduring appeal? For so many reasons beyond hysterical ladies suffering from The Vapours every time Mr Darcy is mentioned.

Personally, I enjoy seeing two flawed people overcome their personal shortcomings in order to live a happy life together, with plenty of hilarity from a cast of memorable and surprisingly relatable characters along the way. That's why, to me, it is so appealing. The characters are so layered that there is always something to be discovered on each and every re-read.

I am not a silly, hysterical woman reading it repeatedly to fill a void in my lonely, loveless life and pining for my own Mr Darcy. I enjoy the story for so many reasons and I am also fully aware that I will never find a man like Mr Darcy... because he is a fictional character from the nineteenth century written by an author born 250 years ago...

[lovecolibri]

Okay, but I am *obsessed* with these FaceTime calls because we have talked a lot about the Abby parallels/contrasts with Eddie leaving but still keeping in constant contact, but have we talked about the Shannon parallels/contrasts???

Like, we see a video call in Eddie begins where Shannon basically uses Chris to get Eddie on the call so she can pick a fight (forcing Chris into the middle of it) about something she KNOWS Eddie does not have the capacity to sit and discuss with her at the moment. Like, he's not at an office job dodging her calls and coming home late so they can't talk, he's literally in an active war zone and flying off to rescue injured soldiers and he is STILL trying to do the video call while being berated for being a bad dad and partner and feeling like a failure.

Contrast that with Buck being a calm, steady, reassuring presence every time Eddie reaches out, and affirms that Eddie can trust his instincts on what to do with his own son! He gives Eddie the support Eddie needs, and we don't see Eddie being forced into anything, or being caught at inconvenient times because they are communicating so clearly and talking whenever they can and working things out together!

It's just such a clear contrast to everything BOTH of them are used to from their previous partners and so full of love and support and having each other's backs like.....it's happening! It's happening on our screens before our eyes!

[neverenoughmarauders]

James would do anything that would make him appear like the hero he always romanticized about being... ergo he's not brave and it's not impressive.

I am sorry, what? We didn't read the same book series, I am sure, because at no point are the people working for the Order doing so openly, and they are not applauded or rewarded by the wizarding world at large. You do not become a hero working for the Order of the Phoenix!!

In fact, the Order was likely held in contempt by many, who secretly or openly agree with Voldemorts ideas, even if they weren't prepared to go as far as him.

“They weren’t alone either, there were quite a few people, before Voldemort showed his true colors, who thought he had the right idea about things..." 

The Order wasn't winning, and the odds of survival were pretty awful. I repeat: The good side was losing!! I cannot emphasise this enough. These poor Order members had their backs up against the wall:

"He was takin’ over. ’Course, some stood up to him — an’ he killed ’em. Horribly."

“He — he was taking over everywhere!” gasped Pettigrew. “Wh — what was there to be gained by refusing him?”

“I can’t promise no one’s going to get hurt, nobody can promise that, but we’re much better off than we were last time, you weren’t in the Order then, you don’t understand, last time we were outnumbered twenty to one by the Death Eaters and they were picking us off one by one...”

“[T]aking up a post at Hogwarts just now would be tantamount to declaring my public allegiance to the Order of the Phoenix! And while I’m sure they’re very admirable and brave and all the rest of it, I don’t personally fancy the mortality rate — ”

While Slughorn is speaking about the current climate, he's been on the run from Voldemort. He's not in a position to base this on the current war (which in any case had just officially started and so far had only one death, RIP SIrius Black). It is based on the last war. And declaring your allegiance to the Order of the Phoenix comes with a high mortality rate. (And I get that he says admirable, but he's not, is he? He's saying it the same way British people say: with all due respect. More than anything he is pre-emptively saying, yes yes, I know Dumbledore and you think they're great, but not for me, thank you).

Do you know who was seeking glory? Snape! Sorry, I don't mean to make this about him, he receives his own unfair share of bashing too, but I need people to understand that it was the people who joined up with Voldemort who were often motivated by glory/wanting to seem impressive.... And it just so happens that JKR spoke about this with regards to Snape:

Well, that is Snape’s tragedy. Given his time over again he would not have become a Death Eater, but like many insecure, vulnerable people (like Wormtail) he craved membership of something big and powerful, something impressive. He wanted Lily and he wanted Mulciber too. He never really understood Lily’s aversion; he was so blinded by his attraction to the dark side he thought she would find him impressive if he became a real Death Eater.

And we've got this as a reminder:

"Anyway, this — this wizard, about twenty years ago now, started lookin’ fer followers. Got ’em, too — some were afraid, some just wanted a bit o’ his power, ’cause he was gettin’ himself power, all right." 

It was the Death Eaters who joined up for a bit of fun - for a bit of power, and glory and all that.

Yes, I believe James romanticised about fighting against evil, and that father-like-son, he probably had a need to play the hero. I do see a lot of Tonks in him (which is why I cannot and will not accept that she's a bad fit for Remus, who adored James). Young, eager to be part of this anti-Voldemort movement, full of life. However, James could not have gone into it seeking glory because there was none to be found down that path.

We know that James Potter despised the dark arts, that he was desperately in love with a muggle-born girl and that like Sirius, he was not content to sit at home and let others do the fighting. This wasn't about seeking glory; it was about doing what was right even when you're fighting what may seem like a losing battle, which is, as I've discussed before, a big topic in the series.

[chanelle-lize]

I used to have a really hard time bringing up the fact that I graduated from high school a year late without feeling the need to explain why and insisting that it wasn't my fault while simultaneously kicking myself for how much I sounded like I was just making excuses for something I should take responsibility for.

Then I watched Dimension 20's "The Seven" and suddenly I could simply say that I was a super senior.

The first time I heard the phrase "super senior" was in reference to Antiope Jones, a Black girl who had been held back a year after getting kidnapped and imprisoned by members of a fundamentalist cult, and like, girl, same.

So, since then, instead of anxiously spinning out any time I tried to tell a personal high school anecdote, I could just say I was a super senior, and then my brain would auto complete that statement with "like Antiope Jones" and I'd feel good about myself because Antiope Jones Is That Bitch.

That's what the problem had been the whole time. I wasn't worried about how other people would perceive me; I had been struggling with how I perceived myself.

Thanks, Aabria.

[celestialbruise]

Light needing validation from his father for what he was doing as Kira, knowing he was never going to get it but still secretly, desperately desiring it…..Light secretly, deep down, needing L to *see* his work as Kira, understand why he did it and agree that he was doing was right even knowing that was impossible, not that L couldn’t see him, couldn’t understand him, because he did and he still thought Light was wrong, and knowing to the marrow of his bones that L would always be fated to catch and destroy him, not just Kira but the remnants of Light Yagami that were forged into Kira’s likeness, so unresectable that without Kira there would be nothing left….am I onto anything here?

[mikakuna]

i am once again begging for jason fic recs but this time i'm gonna be more specific. pls plsss share any fics you guys have read that doesn't include pit madness, jason apologizing to tim, jason feeling bad about what he did to tim, or anything to do with tim. if it has to do with tim, i hope it's someone acknowledging tim's role in badmouthing robin jason (literally impossible i think) or them only having a relationship if it's not built on jason feeling guilty and tim being a baby twink