#and they also talk POLITICS

[maripr]

Ah yes.

The biggest and most touching love story in Shoujo Cosette.

Oh, and Marius and Cosette are also there.

[inkskinned]

you know, you know. no gods, no masters, no kings on pedestals. everyone is fallible. death of the author. you know! you are balanced about your intake of media - you allow the wiggle room, the grace, the gratitude, the skepticism. nobody above criticism.

but still. a weird gut-punch feeling, something akin to betrayal. you read the article. surprise! an author you love is actually: a serial fucking predator.

well, shit. what now. no, you knew he was a person (all people are), but now you're wondering - what have i overlooked by accident? what messages have i internalized that are strange and cruel? and also, like, what the fuck?

his actions lay a thick glaze on top of everything. like each place is now ruined, opaque in a new way. but okay, fine, you've done this before. you knew better, right? you've been betrayed by many a cherished childhood author.

still, this stickiness. fuck. can you pick up that book again. will you read it to your children. you've recommended it to others - will you ever do that again? and of course, of course, no parasocial relationships. you were theoretically above this kind of sentiment. but the artist informs the art, right.

so it's not something as clear-cut as feeling he owed you, specifically (a stranger) better behavior - just that you kind of, in a distant and odd way... sort of trusted him to do better. it's not like a real trust or something speakable, just the faint hope that the product (good books) was a thin representation of the soul. now it feels like the product (good? books?) was a mask. in some small or insignificant way, your previous support of this person lent them power. your money and your time and your laughter.

and the thing is - you have this terrible, echoing sensation. how many times will this happen? over and over. you find out that the singer you love is actually a predator. you learn over drinks that your favorite high school english teacher is in jail for what he did to her. you listen to the news idly and suddenly discover that a woman you used to idolize has been abusing her kids for an actual eon.

what can you touch without the static melting off. you can't even really complain about it too much (you were supposed to know better, and besides, you don't want the same re-split "it's not your fault, love what you love" basic advice), but now it's here. somehow, it feels like - you let him into your life.

it's not that things need to be pure or an artist has to be like, endlessly perfect, mindful. demure. it's more just this terrible truth that has been replayed through your veins so often it feels criminally vain. power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely. did you want any one person to be worth that power?

it's just that he wrote books where he seemed to understand that. he seemed to know about hierarchies and unfair systems and bigotry and privilege. you thought they were books about what it means to struggle. you thought they were about having power and still using it for good rather than for control. he spooned you a narrative of being a good guy, a kind soul. you fucking bought what that fucking monster sold.

maybe that's why they were fantasies, after all.

[doomdoomofdoom]

fyi, Ukraine actually maintains a website with publicly available lists of their financial/material support and expenses.

anyone can also use it to donate to any specific part of Ukraine's war effort directly. in case any nations leaders recently humiliated their country globally, or something.

[theabigailthorn]

"Good" Acting

i have a theory that a lot of people say acting is "good" when they're emotionally moved by it, and a lot of cishet white people have a lifelong habit of not listening or empathising when minoritised people speak, so minority actors get called "bad" even when they display some pretty fucking amazing technical skill

[insomniphic]

TW: Attempt for Suicide and spoilers to the Wisdom Saga

I like to think that during Odysseus' attempt, he wasn't driven purely by emotion and still continued to think of a way out. It's simply because of his emotion that his actions are so drastic.

[enidtendo64]

Amphibia Falls, an AU where Mabel, Dipper, Pacifica, and Calamity Trio are whisked from their respective lives and universes into Amphibia for unknown reasons

Originally just an excuse to explore the hypothetical dynamic between Anne and Pacifica, it expanded to all six of these once I realized Mabel and Marcy would be cute together and also when I realized Dipper and Sasha maybe the greatest crossover bromance in the universe

[bruciemilf]

Currently swayed into the ‘Believe it or not, living with a British guy for decades WILL give Bruce an accent’ bandwagon.

It'd be so cute if it only slips out when Bruce does. He maintains a silence to Batman, when he prowls, — because Gotham isn't a gentle animal, so he can't be, either, — the lesser the chances to be recognized by voice, the better.

Nonetheless, talking can't be avoided forever. Especially not when dealing with scared people that have to be reassured.

“You know we’re basically CPS for adults, right?”

“Except we do our jobs.”

Martinez looks up at the sky, biting back a cackle, because he’ll be DAMNED if he laughs at this freak’s jokes. “I hate it when you're funny.”

He’s positive Batman frowns in confusion because he tilts his head, emulating a confused dog. “I���m not trying to be.”

“Oh, go FUCK yourself.”

Batman isn't interested in continuing their benter, much too busy with the crying child in the waiting room at the station. She's the tiniest witness there.

He must be the only vigilante carrying lollipops next to paralyzing gas.

The cadence in his voice simply burns off any dark intention associated with him. But if you listen as closely as Martinez does, you'll hear a poised arch in his accent.

“Here you go, love. Shall I get you a choccy while we talk to your father?”

Martinez sits and blinks for about a minute, which should earn him a record of some short.

[plightofthecentipede]

you know another thing that sucks about the tiktok white cottagecore sadgirl irish bogman treatment of hoziers music is it really ignores how many of his songs are for shaking ass

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

At your side [End of Season 2]

[First] Prev <–-> Next

[infinitelystrangemachinex]

massages forehead So Ambessa hid Mel away because she was a weapon in the literal sense, a mage. But Ambessa came to Piltover for Hextech? And Ambessa had nothing to say to Mel about her powers having visibly awakened? Even when Mel offered to go with Ambessa, giving her the ultimate opportunity to make Mel a weapon for real? And Ambessa made no attempt to find or retrieve Mel - not just her daughter and the remnants of the family Ambessa professes to love, but also her ultimate weapon - when she disappeared? And Ambessa trusted Singed and Viktor on their home turf - neither of them hiding how insane and self-serving they are with every reason to take over Ambessa's soldiers or just blatantly turn on her as soon as it benefits them - more than she trusted Mel? While Caitlyn (and by extension Piltover) was visibly and clearly falling away from Ambessa's teachings before Ambessa's eyes? (as if getting rid of certain people allows piltover to get rid of fascism but we won't get into All That)

Not only do I struggle to be hyped for Mel's powers beyond how amazing and beautiful she looks, but I can't help but feel like Mel is somehow less powerful in season 2 than she was in season 1, and not in an interesting way. As if Mel's ability to bend all of Piltover politics and economics to her will in season 1 now means nothing in season 2? You can argue that Jinx's attack led directly to Mel losing ground in Piltover - because I expected Mel to have to claw back that power without being able to rely on people who are too easily seduced by Ambessa and authoritarianism, and she would have to get creative to go toe to toe with her mother. I expected pushback to her mage identity that she would have to navigate. But instead this went either unwritten, or was ignored or discarded. Instead Mel is removed from the main plot, cutting her off from what made her the most interesting - only for all of Mel's very real talents, her very real powers and abilities, to be not only translated but REPLACED with magical powers she doesn't know how to control, and by the finale, those magic powers are the only powers that are considered real. Mel takes a backseat to Piltover's governing and decisions, a backseat to Jayce of all people who was not only new to politics mere months ago but made poor governing, strategic, and diplomatic decisions when he had that power. In season 1 Mel stayed off the "throne" but she did pull its strings one way or the other, and she makes no attempt at this in season 2

In my least generous suspicions, Mel was gentled and quieted to capitulate to an agenda for other characters who had to be correct and heroic - or wrong and villainous - no matter what the leadup narrative said, given her powers to help sell the game and set up future shows, and was effectively ejected from the Arcane story with faceless soldiers and a role she doesn't want because she was inconvenient there

[gingerswagfreckles]

Probably the only thing giving me any hope at this point is that every few days some random gentile posts in the Jewish subreddit something along the lines of "I think I'm going insane am I going insane what's going on why is every single comment on my social media feed straight up Nazism why does nothing get taken down when I report it why is my niece simping for a terrorist organization what's happening are you guys seeing this shit." And the answer is always yes ofc we have been seeing this shit for a while. But it's always nice to get some confirmation that someone else is seeing it too.

[kingorgan]

As Australia moves into an election mindset, I am begging you all to talk to the older people in your lives. Dutton is determined to control the conversation and the media is letting him get away with it. So it's up to us to redirect it to what matters.

Any time someone brings up nuclear power, the conversation needs to become about climate change, investing in solar and hydro and wind, implementing retraining and relocation programs for the coal miners who will inevitably lose their jobs.

Any time someone brings up the tax ride off on the company lunch, the conversation needs to become about breaking up the grocery monopoly, implementing 50c public transport fares nationwide.

Any time someone brings up government waste, the conversation needs to become about the wastefulness of the AUKUS submarine deal, the allowances federal politicians are given to stay in Canberra even if they own the house outright.

Any time someone brings up trans healthcare, the conversation needs to become about the importance of funding the Medicare system so GP visits become bulk billed again, the necessity of getting mental and dental into Medicare.

And most importantly - any time someone brings up minority governments, the conversation needs to become about how the Coalition is by definition a minority government.

Talk about it in person, post about it on your social media platform of choice, comment on news articles. If enough of us are having a different conversation, it won't matter what Dutton or the media says because we will be the ones in control.

[dark-elf-writes]

Wait still thinking of the deaged SQQ au and can’t stop laughing at the juxtaposition of genres everyone else is living compared to YQY

YQY is seeing the horrible truth spelled out and his entire world shattering right in front of him. He is faced with definitive proof the person he cared about the most in the world is so irrevocably changed that he is an entirely different person and YQY didn’t know for sure until that exact moment. He is faced with the possibility of reincarnation or other universes or god only knows what else as he realizes some form of Shen Jiu is this child’s older brother

The other Peak Lords, on the other hand, got attacked after a meeting and are now presented with a sad sickly child and “oh my god how do we keep the baby alive?” Someone has to grab Xiu Ya and be the mean gege. Do they even have disciple uniforms that small or are they going to have to make an emergency run to a tailor? How the fuck are they going to explain this to the rest of the sect? How are they going to explain this to the Qing Jing disciples who are all ferally protective over their mother Shizun after the whole failed demon attack thing? Who is going to watch him?! He’s too young to be alone or just with a teenage disciple in the bamboo house!

And, of course, Shang Qinghua is realizing this coughing baby is actually armed with his own nuclear bomb after he asks to watch TV in ANCIENT FANTASY CHINA

[notbecauseofvictories]

one of these days, I will not immediately out myself as a weird person who knows too many facts when meeting new people, or do so repeatedly when engaging with people I know---but not today. (tomorrow's not looking great either.)

[sparrowlucero]

this is the iconic dinosaur horror jurassic park wishes it was

[starealm]

I NEED CRASHITE TO BE ON TUMBLR I NEED AN EASIER WAY TO TALK ABOUT HIS ODY DRAWINGS

LIKE LOOK AT THIS NEW GEM

HES SO PRETTY and maid ody with penelope in a suit?! 💳💥🔥💯

OR THIS ODYPOLI