#and often contradictory

[sebastianshaw]

TOTALLY RANDOM but I was thinking about how many folks who only read the X-Men have theorized that stories of gods/demons/monsters/etc were actually early mutants and like Yes, we have seen that, like Selene being worshipped as a goddess since birth, the Neyaphim and the Cheryarafim mutant strains being the inspiration for human conceptions of how demons and angels look, etc But also like Gods and monsters and vampires and werewolves all just literally actually exist in Marvel and always have. Literally every pantheon and a few fictional ones exist. It’s not just the Olympians and Asgardians, we’ve seen the Hindu pantheon, the Polynesian pantheon, the Finnish and Mongolian and Mayan pantheons, you name it, they have appeared, I can literally bring you citatons and images. Then there’s the OC gods, like the Elder Gods such as Cthon and Set, or the Vishanti, or Snowbird’s mom Nelvanna. Demons? Jotunn? Mythological monsters galore? Yeah, those have all shown up. Vampires and werewolves? Yeah, there’s the Russell family and like the entire Blade series, have you heard of it? Even MOSES is canonical actual fact in Marvel, the entire “Forever Yesterday” alternate history is based on his battling the Pharaoh’s sorceror’s as the point of division from the mainstream timeline, he lost in their timeline and history since was very significantly different as a result. And even when the actual beings themselves aren’t inspiring their own legends, there’s also a lot more superbeings besides mutants out there. The Eternals were frequently confused for various gods, due to their similiar names and godlike qualities. For example, Makkari and Mercury. And Sersi is indeed actually the legendary Circe, and speaking of werewolves and vampires, it’s mentioned she contributed to those herself by turning a lot of people into wolves and bats in Europe back in the day. Yes, that’s horrible, Sersi’s kind of an asshole like that. Deviants had an entire game called “playing devil” where they terrorized ancient humans and inspired a lot of tales of demons and monsters. And Inhumans used to mingle with humanity much more, hence why some humans had the latent gene to being NuHumans when exposed to Terrigen Mists. And like. . .merpeople? There’s the Atlanteans, the Lemurians, the Sirenas. . . My point isn’t “ancient mutants definitely didn’t inspire anything” but more “also these things just objectively exist in Marvel anyway and always have so probably they also inspired themselves too in addition to mutants, Inhumans, Eternals, Deviants, and a lot of other shit adding to it”

[kenobihater]

enjoying 2012 les mis is like. yes i love parts of it. yes aspects of it are absolutely sinful and straight up bad. the acting is terrific. the singing is dogshit (please give jackman a glass of water) except when it verges on angelic (redmayne, barks, and seyfried). the casting is iconic (blagden served cunt for his .2 seconds of screentime and barks is legendary). who let tom hooper direct this (it was mackintosh (derogatory)). why did they cut parts of the songs only to ADD an entire new number. would i recommend watching it? absolutely. should it be your first exposure to les mis? absolutely NOT. was it mine? you know it babes! is it the most well known/popular/easiest version to find? again, yes, but i'm begging you on hands and knees to watch it live or find a bootleg or the 25th anniversary concert or ANYTHING else as an introduction or i promise that the version of the musical that burns itself into your memory will include ugly singing (i speak from experience)

[sskk-manifesto]

Sure Akutagawa... 🤨

[noisytenant]

Being reminded once again that a lot of people have fucking sleeper cell agent triggers that make them instantly fail to see the human being in front of them, regardless of any personal history they have or any rapport. instantly, that person is an Enemy that cannot be reasoned with. Permanent fight or flight.

And that instead of this being seen as, you know, a rather maladaptive attitude to bring to your relationships that will permanently strip you of the capacity to experience full love and companionship, there is a dominant strain of thinking that this is a reasonable, righteous, moral good.

That a "boundary" looks like building an impenetrable wall that nobody can see but you; That conversation, negotiation, and collaboration aren't just avoided--They're treated with contempt. The very notion of trying to understand why another human being that you care about may suddenly act in an unpleasant or even monstrous way is spat upon and trampled underfoot. Complete abandonment is considered a first line of defense rather than a last resort.

I think we all need to do our best to get over this kind of thinking. And I don't mean that we should be push-overs; In actuality, moving away from this kind of rigid "boundary" often means advocating for yourself and fighting for what you think is right. I think we all deserve friends and allies who can compassionately challenge us when we adopt ways of thinking and behaving that hurt others without immediately assuming the worst.

[uncanny-tranny]

I wonder if the discontentment some people have with their gender stems from the contradictions in expectation for their gender.

I mentioned this in passing, but as a man, I've found there's this simultaneous expectation to be hyperindependent and hyperindividualistic while also being concerned about if the people around you accept your masculinity or manhood. It's an interesting paradox to both be expected not to care but also to care so deeply that it alters how you see yourself. It's the contradiction of hyperveneration and hyperscrutiny and, even, hatred of manhood.

This isn't even touching on the intricacies of nonbinary and intersex experiences with the way people enforce these (cissexist) contradictions of what you "should" be.

[prettyboysdontlookatexplosions]

too much discourse about whether it’s realistic for mina to distance herself from the New Woman, not enough discourse about whether it’s realistic for mina, an assistant schoolmistress in england in a novel published in 1897, to have much of an opinion on the new woman, a phrase [probably] coined by a series of dueling essays in a north american literary magazine in 1894, the latter of which, while we’re here - the one that actually used the capitalized phrase New Woman - was written by a financially successful female novelist who was using the concept disparagingly and didn’t think women should be able to vote

[diaries-of-a-deadbeat-dyke]

DC needs to pick one person to write Jason for like 5-10 uninterrupted years. Let someone actually make a character with him. Y’know. A consistent personality, consistent traits, an actual moral framework to work with. It’s gonna be divisive and people are gonna piss their pants if he isn’t a tragic softboy victim who does no wrong but whatever, grow up. Commit to something. He’s just not anything and never has been post-resurrection, despite having nothing but interesting potential. Let someone do something with him, and make it stick.

[ofide]

*opens video of someone explaining and defining a list of terms and the difference between them* "i've heard this... but i've also heard people saying it's not true... i'm not sure... that's what i've been told..." *closes the video*

[mercurytrinemoon]

Anyone else loosing their mind asking your tarot deck a bunch of small questions, trying to describe a situation but every time you pull the cards they just contradict each other? I ask a mix of yes/no questions and questions about a specific thing and it just doesn't make sense.

I CANNOT TAKE THIS ANYMORE HELP

HOW LONG TILL I FIND OUT THE TRUE ANSWER

AND WHY ARE THE CARDS CONTRADICTORY

😭😭😩

[wonder-worker]

"We therefore need to separate out the 'facets' of [Anne de Pisseleu's] life, the way she was perceived by different groups and individuals. According to these, she could be viewed as an ornament to the court, a grasping favorite, a desired patroness, an able businesswoman, later on as a pillar of the reformed church and cantankerous old woman. At different times and over a long life, Anne de Pisseleu played all these roles."

David Potter, "The Life and After-Life of a Royal Mistress: Anne de Pisseleu, Duchess of Étampes"

[fitzrove]

! Stephanie's "What a night! What torments, what horror!" is often presented out of context and taken as a sign that something very bad happened on her wedding night.

But considering what she says around it, about Laxenburg being absolutely miserable and cold, with outdated furniture (on a previous page it says everything was from 1856 - imagine if you the reader got married right now and went on a honeymoon in an apartment not updated or renovated or w its furniture not replaced since 1999) and only an unpleasant (in her opinion) and distant chambermaid to assist her, no plumbing or proper bathroom, no friendly faces or anyone to talk to her about her anxieties... It's no wonder she felt horrible, especially after travelling multiple days for this and having such a lavish wedding. Like, she was expecting to be treated well, because the people adored her and her parents and everyone hyped it up that she was going to be set up as the future empress of Austria. And on the carriage ride to Laxenburg, she and Rudolf didn't talk at all, they just sat in silence for hours because they were stranges that didn't have anything to say to each other!! Wild dhfhfjj considering that they just got married...

So um yeah, my interpretation is that what happened between her and Rudolf in the intimate sense was super awkward and cold, but probably not violent or abusive (see: "the cold silence and the mutual embarrassment seemed broken" the next morning).

[caffeiiine]

i would like to see either nikolai or sigma's sentences please :3 /nf

THANK YOU!!! YOU ARE FUELING MY TWO FAVORITE THINGS!!!

under the cut bc length. [it got REALLY long]

anyways, nikolai and sigmas prison sentences as they would be in michigan.

note: i’m not using the wiki for this. i doubt it covers everything, so im going back through the manga and analyzing everything from there. aside from finding out manga appearances, everything else is research and pre-memorized info.

note 2: i may have made a few mistakes with the sentencing but it should be accurate enough give or take 10 years.

note 3: there’s no minimum sentence since majority of research i’m doing leads to me picking the minimum years since it usually states “punishable by life imprisonment or any number of years” which is unspecific and sucks so i just dropped the category

nikolai!!! - crimes - sentence - reference state - references/citations

Crimes :

first degree murder [7 accounts]

second degree murder [1 account]

domestic terrorism [16]

mutilation of a corpse [1 account]

shoplifting [implied, counted as 1 general account/misdemeanor]

assault with/using a deadly weapon [1 account]

impersonation [2 accounts]

[1]

disturbing the peace

theft of public property [2][3] [1 account]

verbal assault/threat [4] [1 account]

aiding and abetting

aiding in prison break

drugging [1 account]

attempted poisoning [5] [2 accounts]

fleeing arrest [1 account]

[6]

robbery/general larceny [4 accounts]

unlawful possession of explosives

attempted first degree murder [implied] [7]

kidnapping [4 accounts]

aiding a convict

breaking and entering [1 account]

sentence :

at maximum = 14 life sentences + 61 years + 186 days and/or up to 7,063,000$ in fines; no parole

reference state : michigan

references via michigan legislature : [first degree murder] Section 750.316 Act 328 of 1931 + [second degree murder] Section 750.317 Act 328 of 1931 + [domestic terrorism not counted, i can’t find definitive punishments and it'd probably be with the supreme court] + [mutilation of a corpse] Section 750.160 Act 328 of 1931 + [shoplifting] Section 750.356 Act 328 of 1931 + [impersonation] Section 750.217 Act 328 of 1931 + [felony assault] Section 750.82 Act 328 of 1931 + [disturbing the peace] Section 750.170(?) + [theft of public property] section 750.356 act 328 of 1931 + [terrorizing/verbal assault/harrassment] section 750.411h act 328 of 1931 + [aidinh and abetting] section 750.450 act 328 of 1931 + [aiding in a prisoners escape/aiding a convict] section 750.183 act 328 of 1931 + [attempted poisoning] section 750.91 act 328 of 1931 + [fleeing arrest] section 760.479a act 328 of 1931 + [robbery] section 750.529 act 328 of 1931 + [unlawful possession of explosives] section 750.200 act 328 of 1931 + [attempted first degree murder] section 750.91 act 328 of 1931 + [kidnapping] section 750.349 act 328 of 1931 + [breaking and entering (with explosives)] section 750.112 act 328 of 1931.

Sigma!!! - crimes - sentence - reference state - references/citations

[8]

threatening an officer [2 accounts]

domestic terrorism [16]

unlawful possession of explosives

attempted first degree murder [1 account]

criminal negligence [9]

aiding and abetting

negligent attempted mass murder [10]

attempted first degree murder by proxy [several accounts] [11]

felony assault by proxy [12] [3 accounts]

[13]

attempted manslaughter [14] [2 accounts]

attempted second degree murder [15] [1 account]

aiding in a prison break

aiding a convict [1 account]

breaking and entering [1 account]

felony assault [3 accounts]

sentence :

at maximum: 5 life sentences + 45 years 93 days and/or up to 8,000$ in fines; possibility of parole

reference state : michigan

references via michigan legislature: [aiding and abetting] section 750.450 act 328 of 1931 + [felony assault] section 750.82 act 328 of 1932 + [aiding in prisoner escape/aiding a convict] section 750.183 act 328 of 1932 + [unlawful possession of an explosive] section 750.200 act 328 of 1932 + [attempted (any type of) murder/manslaughter] section 750.91 act 328 of 1932 + [breaking and entering (with explosives)] section 750.112 act 328 of 1932 + [threatening an officer] section 750.478a act 328 of 1932 + [criminal/gross negligence] section 8.9 michigan legislature

[im-getting-help]

you can't keep overanalyzing every aspect of this movie...

watch me.

[sudriantraveler]

Scary Jack Frost

Ok, so as many of us know, railroading in the snow sucks! On top of that, recently I’ve been thinking a bit about locomotive folklore, and I think I’ve come up with a sufficiently intimidating idea for the locomotive version of “Scary Jack Frost”.

A giant rotary snowplow with a gaping maw of long jagged icicles, and a tender full of snow. From its funnel belches not smoke or steam, but storm clouds for a massive blizzard which trails in its wake.

This depiction is not worldwide. It is most commonly associated with engines in the United States and Canada, particularly on lines such as the Colorado narrow gauge railroads which deal with particularly aggressive winters in which there have been many major struggles against the snow throughout history. This version of Jack Frost is by no means only found within North America however, a similar version can also be found in Scandinavia, Russia, and even in Scotland, as well as pretty much anywhere else where the winter months are often particularly brutal.

Scotland is somewhat of an outlier from the rest of the UKs railways, whose engines generally describe a somewhat tamer in appearance but still respected/widely feared interpretation of Jack Frost. This interpretation is a snow-white engine with a face surrounded by spikey icicles. Often it is said that their mouth contains icicle teeth as well. This is thought to be something carried over from the rotary snowplow interpretation described previously.

Incidentally, the subject of the Thomas and Friends episode Jack Frost did happen on Sodor, albeit with several differences from its TV adaptation (James’ terror was much more than Alec Baldwin’s narration implies for one thing).

While visual interpretations are different, the powers and abilities Jack Frost is credited with usually remain the same (though there is occasionally still some variation). As well as creating blizzards, they are said to leave behind a trail of ice, making rails slippery and freezing points and signaling equipment. Their whistle is often associated with cold howling winds, and their headlamp, far from being a source of a warm glow, brings a biting chill which is said to leave a coating of frost on anything its cold light touches as well as freeze diesel locomotive’s fuel and extinguish steam locomotive’s fireboxes.

Personality-wise the locomotive version of Jack Frost runs the gauntlet from being a sinister force to a troublesome mischief-maker to even occasionally a heroic figure, in which case they might freeze points to divert engines away from avalanches or other hazards or, in an act that is seemingly in contradiction with the rest of their description, protect engines left out in the cold from the worst of the winter weather. The latter interpretation is the most uncommon amongst locomotives however, with the most common interpretations generally being considered bad news for any engines to encounter.

As a final note, the previously mentioned incident with Percy and James is not the only notable time the subject of Jack Frost has come up on Sodor. Henry claims that after his Kipper wreck, as he was fading in and out of consciousness waiting for help to arrive, he could’ve sworn he saw a snow-white silhouette of something like an engine in the distance on the tracks ahead. He claims the figure disappeared shortly before the breakdown gang arrived, seemingly vanishing into a flurry of snowflakes.

[funnier-as-a-system]

Roleplay is about the only way we CAN express ourselves "openly" without actually being open as a system. Kind of ironic if you think about it. "Roleplaying" as oneself in order to be oneself.

They say tabletop roleplay games like D&D are a trans thing due to how many trans folk use them to test out living as other genders. Meanwhile, I think the plural community has the online section of roleplaying pretty solidly locked down for reasons like this.

And it is ironic, but hey, what's one more irony when you're already a walking contradiction to most people?

[puccafangirl]

We hardly ever see Scrat cry, but when we do, it hurts my fragile little heart. ;A;