#bud nation

[4everbrookemarie]

Today is November 30, 2023. (11/30/23)

It perfectly aligns with the star trio jersey numbers of the Golden State Warriors. klay, Steph and Dray, thank you for everything you’ve given us.

Real fans appreciate. ❤️👌

[orcelito]

ok, i cant resist the urge to make a post about it after all, especially since it's related to a post i made prior

one of my favorite moments in trimax is By Far this part in chapter 35

[ID: Two pages from Trigun. The first starts with Wolfwood thinking, "Now that I think 'bout it, it may be one of the major differences between our species." That deep rooted dear I felt on the ship…" He thinks of Vash crying blood and, swearing, wonders, "Is he the one who can save humankind? That monster?" Wolfwood is briefly shown in resolution before someone calls, "Hey, Wolfwood!" and he looks up with surprise.

Vash sits with a smile at the edge of a rooftop, backed by the Fifth Moon and its prominent crater. Vash asks with a smile, "Just coming back now? You're a bit of a night owl, huh?" Wolfwood looks taken aback and wary. End ID]

Right Here. Vash is just sitting there, smiling like normal, but he's got the backdrop of the damage he caused on the moon set Perfectly behind him. it's a glaring reminder to Wolfwood of who exactly he's dealing with here, and that TERRIFIES him.

& the fact that Wolfwood still remembers that moment of crying blood as a moment of true fear. because for all the cheer Vash shows in the average moment, Wolfwood just recently saw him nearly lose control Again (at the Dragon's Nest). the second time he witnessed it, & the third time he would know about.

Vash is a walking atomic bomb with multiple charges. even with how cheerful & kind he is, he's shown Multiple Times that he does not have full control. he is decidedly something different, something Hazardous to humans, and Wolfwood knows this very very painfully.

for all that Wolfwood loves Vash, he is also terrified of him. and at this point in the story, that terror is potent enough to nearly eclipse his affection for Vash.

leading to some of the next most iconic pages:

[ID: The next page starts with Wolfwood standing behind the sitting Vash, his expression hard and the moon bright behind him. Vash seems sad and has one eye open. A close-up focuses on Wolfwood looking down.

Wolfwood thinks, "So easy to pull the trigger. So easy to remove half the problem." Another close-up with bright lighting obscures his face but for one eye. Then Vash turns around curiously and asks, "What's up?" Wolfwood sits behind him and says "Nothin'. Come on. Let's go." Vash seems surprised as Wolfwood scolds, "Don't get yerself tangled up in every little skirmish ya see. It'll be pointless if ya get yerself killed before ya meet him." End ID]

the manga frames it like Vash doesn't know Wolfwood was pointing the gun at him, but I think he did know. he's freakishly perceptive over and over again throughout the story. he HAS to be in order to survive like he has. he'd hear the movement of the gun & sense Wolfwood behind him...

he'd know. i really think he knew.

but he doesn't do anything about it. there is zero fear in his face. he turns to look at Wolfwood curiously, a bit confused, but not afraid. he never once thought that Wolfwood would shoot him. there's full faith and trust there in that moment.

Wolfwood pretends that nothing happened, & Vash lets him. they both move on, not talking about it, because they never talk about Anything of substance like this (not until much, Much later).

overall, it's just such a great example of their relationship's development. Wolfwood's fear & Vash's trust that he won't act on it... it's just. Man.

(EDIT: people have made some good points about how Vash's expression when Wolfwood points the gun at him shows that he probably did know and YEAH that's a good point! & probably why I was so certain he knew lol, I just hadn't realized it myself)

[holycrapitsbags]

I have come to the conclusion that Girl Genius is like the steampunk one piece of webcomics and I don’t know what to do with this information…

[dynjir]

"A human..."

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Anyone remember Law of Talos? Castle of Nations?

I got hit by a wave of nostalgia today and was like hmm yeah, I could go for some Castle of Nation doodles rn and then somehow it ended up becoming a whole fan comic of how my fav characters potentially met :'D

[whatareyoureallyafraidof]

[meadowlarkx]

One of my favorite things about the worldbuilding in The Left Hand of Darkness is the "perverts" in Gethenian society—those who are permanently in one of the kemmer forms. The "normal" person on Gethen goes through a kemmer cycle with periods of somer, but that's not every Gethenian. People whose bodies don't work this way get treated with repulsion. Genly compares them to "homosexuals" in his society, and that comparison is really instructive. Gethenians may not have gender roles and identities the way we do, but they do have societal norms, including about bodies and sexuality. And those norms leave people out. They are imperfect and sometimes they are unfair. I think this is part of the point.

In subtle ways, this theme is woven throughout the book's descriptions of Gethenian cultures. To stick to sexuality, something similar can be said about the different norms surrounding incest on Gethen and the empathic treatment of Estraven's past relationship with Arek. There is no taboo about incest between siblings on Gethen, only on siblings vowing kemmering, but if a child is born of it, the parents have to separate (and it seems like Estraven is separated from Sorve because of this). The reason for including this element, in my reading, isn't to impose our own moral standards by "showing" that Estraven's relationship with Arek was "bad" (in fact, we learn fairly little about it, beyond that Estraven cared deeply for him.) Instead, I think it's partly to demonstrate the dissonance between Gethenian mores and our own, and unsettle both. Because, like Genly, we see Gethenian norms as strange, we can notice that they bring about particular situations and cause particular hurts. Even the custom of vowing kemmering monogamously for life, which sounds more familiar, is shown as double-edged. Estraven breaks a taboo by making his "false" vow to Ashe, but was trying to build a new life with Ashe really wrong?

These things are not 1:1 to any "real life" issue, but like everything else in this story, I think they're chosen because they are provocative. It's really meaningful to me that even in terms of gender and sexuality, Gethen isn't painted as a utopia, but as a real place. Le Guin shows us two sets of norms and asks us not just "are our norms arbitrary and/or constructed rather than essential truths?" but also "are norms always socially constructed? Should we question them sometimes? What harm is done to maintain them? Who is being left out?"

[craycraybluejay]

who wants to make Fight Club irl w me

[meepmoopdraws2]

These loves are always on my mind and I will never stop drawing their heart eyes

[eraserheadadult]

political assassinations can be and are often extremely funny. james a garfield was my favorite until shinzo abe (im ranking them like a watchmojo list)

[sitting-on-me-bum]

Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah

Photographer: Uncle Bud

[dontmeantobepoliticalbut]

“This is the song everyone is singing,” Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) said about an anti-LGBTQ+ rap song from MAGA rapper Forgiato Blow, who calls himself the “Mayor of Magaville.”

The song, “Fock Bud Light,” is about the right’s anger towards Bud Light that started last week when trans influencer Dylan Mulvaney made an Instagram video with some custom beer cans.

The video opens with Fox News host Tucker Carlson misgendering Mulvaney, Blow shouting “Fuck Bud Light” over and over, and images of cases of beer on fire.

“If you’re gay, just be gay in your bedroom,” Blow raps. “If you’re trans, just be trans in your bedroom.”

Another rapper, Stoney Dudebro, performs the second verse wearing a “Blacks for Trump” t-shirt: “Fake news always spreading disease, like two queers with HIV.”

There is plenty of American flag and MAGA imagery throughout the video, as well as people pouring out cans of Bud Light, reminiscent to videos that conservatives have been posting to social media where they dump out Bud Light in protest of Mulvaney’s partnership with the brand.

“This is the result of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion,” Greene tweeted, sharing the video. “Bud Light chose a segment of the population that already has the same rights as everyone else and decided to join the movement that is grooming and sexualizing children and destroying women’s rights.”

“Bud Light should apologize and kick Dylan Mulvaney to the curb.”

Republicans have been tripping over themselves to denounce Bud Light for the partnership with Mulvaney, one of hundreds of partnerships the beer company has with social media influencers.

Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) said on Sean Hannity’s Fox News show this week that the U.S.’s allies will abandon the country because of the Mulvaney video. Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-TX) posted a video to social media announcing his “boycott” of Bud Light, only to get made fun of for showing his refrigerator full of other beers sold by Bud Light’s parent company, Anheuser-Busch InBev.

Conservative musician Kid Rock shot up four cases of Bud Light with a semiautomatic weapon and posted the video to social media. Fox News pundit and failed gubernatorial candidate Caitlyn Jenner – who is transgender herself – accused Mulvaney of “trying to erase women” for a Nike partnership that Mulvaney announced last week.

[buns-ttte-fixation]

Nice incest posts in your likes, buddy

girly pop what? Bud, if you’re talking about the Scott x Y/N x Gordon post my lovely friend spinks made then I need you to go check her blog. It’s clearly stated that the attraction is focused on YN not each other. It’s not that hard to figure out💀

And respectfully, if really still think it’s incest after reading the whole damn explanation. I beg you to close tumblr. Walk outside. And touch grass <3

don’t come into my dead ass blog and start shit that doesn’t even exist 😘😘😘

[orcelito]

Revealing myself as a 98 vashmeryl truther by how I write vash and meryl's interactions in itnl

[dbtucson-blog]

Some from Sunday, cholla-centric edition.

Waiting for a bird.

The desert is bone dry this time of year, and even though we haven't yet hit long streaks of days in the 100-plus range, resources as stressed. The wind feels like a hair dryer and wise men seek shade. I wore the biggest hat I currently own, long sleeves, long pants, sunblock, and yes, I mostly huddled in the shade. Less an indication of wisdom than experience.

I mostly stuck close to the area where I'd found that giant bird's nest a while back, hoping the occupant might swing by around sunset. The tenant of that sofa-sized nest never showed but in the changing of the light, many other things invited a closer look. And a little while to listen to the wind and the occasional bird (and absolutely nothing else), and to feel that deep heat from a shady spot.

[tempest-melody]

Hiking JBK National Grasslands in 120MM Film

[whatareyoureallyafraidof]