#and they go

[not-poignant]

Oh god Pia that latest Henton excerpt made me feel ill. You're so good at writing such insidious villains.

Henton's really just planning on force feeding Ef heat inducing pills and raping him as soon as possible huh.

My lord he's even more despicable here in UtB than he was in FFS because here we can see him. But I'm sincerely hoping we see him get his ass beat this time round because he kinda went unpunished in FFS.

Henton's awful.

In some ways I almost wish I could justify writing out his sessions with Efnisien in FFS to show how he works, because he had so much more time to use his actually pretty great abilities at manipulation and gaslighting. Partly because he is a good psychologist and knows where to show compassion and apply gentle pressure.

In UtB he is a lot more of a blunt object, in a way. He's an opportunist who sees an opportunity to get access to something he's been fetishising as he becomes increasingly bitter in his job. So same motivation, but different execution, because he doesn't have months and months to slowly work at someone imprisoned in the building like he did in FFS.

I do want to say for folks who wanted more revenge for Crielle and Henton in FFS, y'all are gonna appreciate where UtB goes on that front. :D

[waxwing-ed]

i feel like a halfway step for everyone sometimes

[mysticalskunk]

They bullied Cream until she started crying and then they had no idea what to do

[the-forest-library]

kill the imposter syndrome in your head because not only is there someone out there doing it worse than you, they’re also using chat gpt to do it

[voltaspistol]

[mallalada]

the voice of the devil

[beaft]

googling shit like "why do i feel bad after hanging out with my friends" and all of the answers are either "you need better friends" (i don't; my friends are wonderful) or "your social battery is drained, you need to rest and regain your energy levels" (i don't; i've got tons of energy, it's just manifesting as over-the-top neurotic mania). why is this even happening. it's like some stupid toll i have to pay as a punishment for enjoying myself too much

[podcastwizard]

sorry boss can't come in today i was on my way to work and then a gentle spring breeze kissed my cheek and reminded me it is a serious thing just to be alive on this fresh morning in this broken world

[penumbraphantasm]

ordering a pup cup for my chikorita in lumiose

[beemovieerotica]

MANIFESTING

[aropride]

(so mad i can’t see straight) Yeah i just don’t think chat gpt is a good classroom tool

[dr-paint]

Go piss girl

[cryptotheism]

X

[zeezeepearl]

ok im going to #seriouspost for a second here. I don't think Harry Potter is a manifesto. I think it was a flawed passion project that millennials latched onto because of the fantasy of sticking it to their mean teachers and arbitrarily categorizing themselves (hogwarts houses; it's the thinking millennial's astrology). I think the fact that the series got popular when and how it did was very much a product of its time.

I don't think Harry Potter is the biggest symbol of JKR's bigotry. I think the most flagrant sign of that was how she responded to critics. I watched her become radicalized in real time. I watched how she doubled down on her racism when she was called out for the ways she promoted her tragically mid fantastic beasts movies. I watched her chase marginalized teenagers with a double digit follower count off of twitter for daring to criticize her thought process, and no one with any kind of power standing against her because she was the one who was paying them. This isn't to say Harry Potter is without flaws. This is to say she really didn't give a shit about that. Getting rich and powerful is a hell of a drug, and she had enough sycophants that she had no reason to care about what her critics were saying.

She was convinced that she was a martyr; a voice for the unheard; a leader for the ages, so of course her detractors were the bad guys. And I think we should take this to heart. We should see this as an example of how easy it is to get radicalized; if you think of yourself as a paragon of virtue, you are going to think that whatever you see as good and right is an objective fact. Most people don't know this, but the majority of terfs start out as trans allies. You are not immune to propaganda! You are not immune to falling into dangerous ideologies!!!

This is why the most important thing you can do as an activist is to listen. Do NOT think you're above being wrong; do NOT develop a god complex; do NOT form an identity out of being right all the time. Involve yourselves in the groups you claim to speak for. Listen to trans women; share resources that help trans women; familiarize yourself with the diversity of experiences that trans people have and the struggles they face.

No, none of you are as bad as JKR because you don't have her money or her power. You will likely never have the capacity for harm she does. But check yourselves. Do not affirm yourselves into thinking you always have the moral high ground. Watch yourselves; humble yourselves; check yourselves for signs of cult behavior and internalized prejudice. You are always learning. You will always be learning. Do not allow yourselves to get a power trip from brushing off marginalized voices.

[meltymoth]

WHAT THE FUUUUUUCK ME ME ME ME ME ME