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[kyoomilovr]

leander is conventionally attractive and we know that but he's not as hot as he could be. You know what he needs? some hair. facial hair. and DIMPLES. WE NEED DIMPLES. DIMPL

[snake-spotted]

OK so I know scientifically snakes don't have the emotional intelligence to feel affection right

however

in my heart of hearts I feel like. they can still have affection. if they learn to trust you, is that not a form of affection?

sure they act in ways which would be affection by human standards but are really just survival instincts, I get the science and all but like... I really feel like snakes can *feel* yknow

ik I just have a broad idea of 'affection' but to me a snake enjoying my company, even if its just for my body heat or food or whatever...I feel like that *is* affection of some kind

[baba-is-blog]

Baba, gave you ever played Noita? I think you would like it.

NOITA IS WISHLIST

[damienshaas]

touchy touchy...

[thomas-the-goat-of-satan]

[1-jar-of-stars]

i hate when characters die on a show because wdym there’s no more canon content of them ever again

[the-offical-raishas-circus]

Peak ship dynamic is pretty lady and her hopelessly devoted religious wife who thinks of her as her goddess and follows her around like a lost puppy.

[bugcatcherkit]

Sorry more shige posting. I am tiredn

[apas-95]

like. okay yeah I have my own criticisms of bourgeois academia as an instrument of class rule, but some of this is a bit silly. a lot of people are acting as though academia refers solely to like, literature degrees.

like at a fundamental level, yes, the purpose of a degree is as a barrier to access - but that is not in and of itself always a negative thing! the proletariat also requires the ability to produce, assess, and verify intellectuals. all the 'why the fuck should I care if the student across from me cheated on their tests, never attended class, etc' talk falls apart when the question being answered by their possession of a degree is 'should this person be permitted to design and construct buildings'! fundamentally, yes, someone cheating on their exams devalues a degree, because the confidence in qualification granted by that degree is lessened - not to mention the inherent danger of a fraudulent qualification! (strangely, this argument hasn't been extended to driving license exams yet, though I'm sure the inevitable libertarian convergence isn't far away.)

in all the discussion of burning down the local polytechnical, i have seen vague mention to academia existing as a barrier to access, some scant reference to discrimination against poor and minority students, but zero mention of the actual role of bourgeois academia and the intelligentsia in upholding bourgeois rule! it's all simply coming from the point of view of the restrictiveness being bad because it prevents people from getting high-paying jobs or the like, and the vague notion of elitism. again, with all abolition discourse here, given the lack of any real class analysis, the question is - are we talking solely within the context of capitalism, of existing bourgeois institutions? if so, why? why limit our positions to capitalist realism, to an essentially liberal discourse? if not - then how have we not reconciled the real, practical value of these technologies (mass education, examination, qualification) with their specific characteristics under capitalism?

everything has both positive and negative aspects. bourgeois class rule itself, even, was once a truly progressive thing. we can acknowledge the negative side of bourgeois academia without ignoring its positive side - and still take it on the whole that it, along with all bourgeois institutions, should be torn down and replaced by proletarian ones. that, stripped of their capitalist character, these are useful barriers.

Fundamentally, the point is this: why is our focus on attacking the barriers keeping us from class mobility, from high-paying jobs, themselves; instead of on attacking the existence of the high-paying, middle-class jobs that themselves characterise a fundamentally useful, practical system like examination as an instrument of class rule?

[stjernec]

This Sebagni fanfiction in my brain is going so crazy. If only you guys could read my thoughts and I didn't have to put it down on paper.

[asphodelis]

it DOES go crazy though

[frownyalfred]

“the exact moment things began to go wrong --“ (cutting this line to not be actually spoilery)

I need you to know the second I read this my heart jumped in my throat and I almost threw up immediately from fear and concern all at once. I mean this as a compliment to your writing ability bc I was also too happy and having a great time. I should have expected this from you. My stomach hurts from anxiety right now I had to come tell you this before I even continue reading

I’m a big fan of getting the mood shift / big bad out there as quickly and suddenly as possible, to be honest. Spending chapters dreading what’s coming isn’t fun. But getting slapped in the face with that bad thing right when you’re relaxed and enjoying the fluff? That’s the perfect time 😈

[waahto]

I think. It may be time to make a self insert kww OC.

[olauivers]

"he might lose his pancreas 😱"

SO DID I MAN IT'S NOT THAT BAD GET A GRIP. IT'S BETTER THAN DYING.

[uss-edsall]

Love being surprised by fanfics that are suddenly Transgender unexpectedly. But also sometimes they do get a little silly. “I’m not a real submarine” is a line I really did read in a trans experience allegory, huh