#but seriously what a dork

[something-about-sunflowers]

Right, okay, I should have expected this tbh, uh. Fair warning, If you're one of the new people following me, presumably after my OFMD teaser post:

I am an Izzy bitch. I like and enjoy Izzy and I want good things for him. I do not like him in that ironic 'I want to study him like a bug' way, I think he's a compelling character who is not entirely in the wrong and reacted generally fairly normally for someone in the position that he's in for most (if not all) of the situations he found himself in. I don't think he needs redemption because I don't think he's done anything worse than any of the other mains to be redeemed from.

Ball's in your court. If you disagree with this mindset, feel free to see yourself out. Alternately, stay a while and maybe have your mind changed.

[angelwheat]

That feeling when your virtual bf gives you his shirt 🥰🥰

Jk... I bought this shirt over a year ago and forgot about it and I wanna wear it foreverrr 🖤🖤

[pangolinwithproblems]

Rewatching White Collar and my basic takeaway from this scene was literally just:

[lynher]

"KAMALA?? ARE YOU LYING AGAIN?"

AUGH. SHE'S SO CUTEE.

[tarnishedxknight]

{out of dalmasca} Okay some of you commented on my post from the other day that you wanted to see some of my fossil collection, so... I am indulging you guys below, haha. Tagging everybody who might be interested: @xstrengthxinxtragedyx, @rocklandjbrin, @starcchild, @illbringthechaosmagic, @celestialmantdonna

So, first of all, the mineral and fossil show was a-ma-zing. So many incredible specimens of minerals, crystals, gemstones, fossils, petrified wood, etc. And so much amazing jewelry and handmade crafts too. All in all, my dad and I spent about 7 hours there over two days. My grandfather used to hunt for minerals and fossils in upstate NY with my dad when he was young, and then my dad got me into them when I was little, so it's kindof a family thing on my dad's side. =)

Okay so, this is my trilobite collection that I've been working on since I was like ten. Trilobites are my favorite little critter fossils, I absolutely adore them:

These are my prized babies I just bought in the past year. I still have to make or buy little cases for them to protect them better. There's this big, beautiful boi:

And then these two friends:

I love them to bits, aren't they cool? And then I've got some cute lil' fishies. Apologies for the glare, they're under glass:

And then I've got an assortment of ammonites and other fossils. Those are some labradorite worry stones in that back case too:

I have a lot more than this, and I have minerals and crystals all over my house, hahaha, but those are some of my favorite fossils.

And then at the show this year, I got some nice pieces, but these blew me away... Triceratops has always been my favorite dinosaur and I've never seen fossils like this in person before. Usually you get the generic "dinosaur bone," and it's a brown lump and you're like... what even is this? XD There was this one table of actual paleontologists as opposed to sales people, and they had everything meticulously labeled and were happy to sit and talk to you about them, how they uncovered them, interesting aspects about them, etc. It was like I was my tiny five year-old self again, wanting to be a paleontologist before I found out that wasn't a viable career option for me. I was fangirling so hard. Guys they had a whole nest of velociraptor eggs and full-skeleton baby velociraptor fossils! They were about the sizes of cats. Really amazing stuff, I spent like an hour at that one table, heh. But, I digress. These admittedly were not cheap and my wallet will be hurting for a while because of this, buuuut.... loooook....

GUYS I'M FREAKING OUT, you have no idea. My inner child is screaming right now. XD You can see the actual internal structure of the bone if you look at the sides of the skull section. And you can see the graining in the horn section, I'm- That's it. I will never need another dinosaur bone again in my life, because nothing is going to ever tircera-top this. You see what I did there. XD

And then I got this, which... while not bone obviously, is still really cool. I'm not sure what kind of stone it is... maybe some kind of jasper? But whatever stone it is, it mimics the look of dinosaur bone, and the carving is just too cool:

I bought the carved skull yesterday and then the bones today. I'm going to give these babies their own shelf and have a triceratops display now because... how can I not?! XD

And there you have it! Hope you enjoyed this trip through my mineral and fossil geekery. =)

[cringelordofchaos]

And so what if I wanted to erase all the bad things a character has done purely so I can say that I relate to them? What then?

[silverbirching]

Love, Sweet Love.

So the Husbando and I recently went on our belated honeymoon (got married in a hurry last year because of the Supreme Court thing) and we picked up some prints by the talented Dan Elster (https://bigpicturegreetings.com).

Let me take you on a tour of our selections, and thereby give you a tour of my marriage. Please keep your greasy mitts to yourself, the soft furnishings are 'look don't touch' and I swear to god if you tap the glass on the aquarium and startle my chiclids I'm going to have a docent taze you.

My first selection:

Look at this pretty boy, peeking out from a tree! He is beauty, he is grace, he's going to leap down from the tree and eat your fucking face. V. Decorative.

My second selection:

Elegant, wonderful composition, slightly goth. Am I the only person who was keeping his fingers crossed that John Uskglass was going to crash King Charles' coronation and give him a wedgie? Not just me? Wonderful.

AND MY HUSBAND PICKED OUT:

THIS horrendous thing, a Cthulhu nightmare bird, which I will be looking at first thing in the morning every day for the rest of my life. His beady eyes watch me sleep. I cannot escape. If I wake up mind-flayed one of these mornings YOU ALL KNOW WHO TO BLAME.

[ct-hardcase]

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[melaclintbartoncorner]

That man is so unserious. 😂😂

[something-about-sunflowers]

Hot take: The people who are STILL insisting that Izzy is homophobic (despite the NUMEROUS instances of the cast/crew/David himself saying that nobody on the show is being targeted for their identity and ‘it’s not “I can’t believe he’s with a guy” but “I can’t believe he’s with THAT guy”‘ ad nauseam) towards Stede, Lucius, or Ed (I don’t believe I’ve seen anyone say anything about Fang or Pete, though I could be wrong, but I’m gonna touch on that in a bit too*)? They’re, unironically, being homophobic by stereotyping the characters and reducing them to just their sexuality.

If you recognize that Stede is a multifaceted character and you recognize the ways in which he is multifaceted - He’s a man born into wealth and raised on classist, colonialist ideals. Yes, he’s also traumatized by how he was treated by his father and peers but trauma doesn’t exempt people from blame when participating in, embracing, enforcing, and benefiting from classist and colonialist ideals - you will understand that Izzy is not being homophobic towards him just because he hates him.

If you only view Stede as a gay man and ignore everything else about his character then the only motivation for Izzy to hate him MUST be because he’s a gay man and therefore Izzy MUST be homophobic.

If you recognize that Lucius is a multifaceted character and you recognize the ways in which he is multifaceted - He’s a man who likely was born into some level of the middle class, given that he can read and write (It’s also possible that he was born into a working class family and he learned to read and write there, but it’s the unlikely option by default. None of the rest of the working class crew know how to read or write save Jim who was raised by a nun and would have been taught by her.), he also avoids doing work which is necessary for the function of the ship that they live on and depend on for their livelihoods and encourages the rest of the crew to do the same with his insubordination. He’s also in an unorthodox relationship that people who have not experienced the concept of consensual non-monogamy would not understand and might interpret as cheating - you will understand that Izzy is not being homophobic towards him just because he hates him.

If you only view Lucius as a gay man and ignore everything else about his character then the only motivation for Izzy to hate him MUST be because he’s a gay man and therefore Izzy MUST be homophobic.

If you recognize that Ed is a multifaceted character and you recognize the ways in which he is multifaceted - He’s a man of color, born into a working class family who worked hard to make a name for himself, to the point where he did not have to endanger himself or his crew to earn their livelihoods. He’s also some level of neurodivergent and understimulated by the environment he’s in (because he excels at his job) which leads him to make irrational and dangerous decisions and puts the lives of himself and his crew in danger. He’s also been making increasingly out of character decisions (corroborated by Fang and Ivan) by the influence of Stede - you will understand that Izzy is not being homophobic towards him just because he’s angry about his relationship with Stede.

If you only view Ed as a gay man and ignore everything else about his character then the only motivation for Izzy to be angry about his relationship with Stede (and only Stede, because he had no qualms about Ed and Calico Jack’s involvement with one another given that he sent Jack to get Ed out of the way of the English, but that’s another post I don’t have the spoons to make) MUST be because he’s a gay man and therefore Izzy MUST be homophobic.

If you IGNORE that Izzy is a multifaceted character and you IGNORE the ways in which he is multifaceted - He’s a gay (we’re not having this argument) working class man who earned his high ranking position on an extremely respectable pirate’s crew. He’s capable and is rightfully angry when he’s looked down on because of his class. He recognizes the importance of ship maintenance and is rightfully angry when those tasks are ignored. He doesn’t understand Lucius’ relationship dynamic and thinks he can use (what he thought was) him cheating on his partner (seriously, how is ‘I’m going to tell the man you were fucking that you were fucking another man’ threatening to out him?) as a motivation to make him do the necessary ship work. He is rightfully angry when his orders are ignored because he’s the highest authority on the ship next to the captains. He is in love with Ed and is jealous because Ed is in love with Stede - you can pretend that Izzy is homophobic because of how he behaves towards the other gay men on the ship.

If you ignore that Izzy has valid reasons for his actions (which does not mean that the actions are all entirely justified) then the only motivation for them MUST be because he’s homophobic.

(* The persistent neglect of Fang and Pete in these discussions is also rooted in homophobia. Fang and Pete are the only explicitly gay men on the ship who don’t, at any point, present ‘femininely’** and therefore don’t fall so easily into the bubble of the stereotypical gay man and so they get ignored in these discussions because they aren’t suitable to push the narrative that Izzy only interacts negatively towards ‘feminine’/’gnc’** gay men.)

(** The insistence that Stede, Lucius, and Ed are in any way, at any point, LEGITIMATELY presenting ‘femininely’ or are ‘gender non-conforming’ is ALSO rooted in homophobia - and I’d argue a touch of racism via Ed’s hair and beard as they relate to his indigenous roots. The assumption/association with those three being considered feminine comes from their identity as gay men. That is homophobia.

Stede wears men’s clothes. He wears RICH men’s clothes. Bright, colorful, patterned fabrics are worn by RICH men in the 1700s - if you want to argue that, say, king George presented femininely or was gnc because of the way he dressed be my guest but you won’t because he doesn’t and he isn’t. Lucius wears men’s clothes. His clothes are perfectly at place amongst the rest of the crew’s clothes. Ed wears men’s clothes. His leather is in direct relation to gay leather-men which is a hyper-masculine aesthetic in the same way drag is - typically - a hyper-feminine aesthetic. His appreciation for Stede’s clothes comes from the wealth and privilege that centers around the easy possession of those types and quantities of fabrics.

None of them behave in ways that are stereotypically feminine. Having and expressing emotions is not a uniquely or inherently feminine trait. Caring for and maintaining your appearance is not a uniquely or inherently feminine trait. Even if they were, Izzy also does those things. Izzy frequently expresses his emotions - yes, anger, a stereotypically ‘masculine’ emotion, but others as well. He also puts a great deal of care into his appearance, aside from the materials, the only difference between his and Stede’s outfits are the type of shoes and the presence of a jacket. If those traits are to be considered inherently feminine then it is disingenuous to not apply that label to Izzy as well.)

[thatmexisaurusrex]

What Second Bed?

This is for the @sambuckylibrary TFATWS Anniversary Event for the “First Time” fill as well as my "There Were Actually Two Beds" G3 fill for my @allcapsbingo card fill. This was also the one people voted on, so here's that fic 😆 It’s just a goofy little spiel. Enjoy! 🥰

What Second Bed?

| Pairing: SamBucky | Rated: E | WC: 2.9K |

Excerpt:

Sam blinked. He rubbed his eyes. He stared hard at the room. Because. “Wasn’t there a bed over there?” asked Sam, doing his best not to panic as he noticed that the bed to the left had conveniently disappeared. Had Sam imagined the bed? Wait. Was that – That couldn’t be the mattress from the left side poorly hidden under curtains, was it? Where was the frame to the left bed? “What? No. No bed over there. Never was,” laughed Bucky in that nervous way he did when he was lying. What was. What was Sam seeing right now? Was this real life? Was Bucky desperately trying to stand in front of the mattress he had definitely hidden behind that curtain?

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[randomnameless]

I always appreciated them as two different things. What I THINK they mean is when it’s adapted in a way that actually disrespects what came before it. Cowboy Bebop is a genuine example of this, or the Monster Hunter movie. Unlike say the Wachowski sisters Speed Racer movie which is a cheesy honest adaptation of Speed Race with its own spin on some things…that people didn’t watch despite how great it is!

I've heard many things about the MH movie but haven't seen it, sadly (?) - I heard there's focus on a Diablos?

Maybe I was a bit too negative with this comment lol, but imo it's completely unfathomable to me to adapt something if you "don't respect" the source material?

Of course adaptations can't be a copy/paste and sometimes things are done to make a movie more acceptable/viewable for an audience, like Peter Jackson's Lotr where Arwen - well, just Arwen. But I don't think PJ "didn't respect" the source material. Ultimately, there's a difference between faithfulness (that can be edited/removed bcs a movie isn't 3 books) and the sheer "respect".

Like, for instance, you can wonder wtf happened and if the people really gave a crap about the source material or even respected it, I can think of Dragonball Evolution.

But back to Mario, if there is a movie based on the Mario franchise, I'd expect the characters from the Mario franchise, maybe the settings and nods to the games. If I want a discussion on capitalism, taxes, diesel or butternuts, I'm not going to watch a Super Mario movie. Of course a Super Mario movie can have themes and have a broader message than "and Mario saved Luigi and called it a day!", but at its core, it has to be a Super Mario movie, with mushrooms, Toad(s), Bowser, Luigi, etc etc.

but maybe it's a personal bias, i usually don't like live action adaptations...

[heymrspatel]

How does one talk to you , you are so intimidating 🫣

you're doing it right now! look look! we're talking woohoo 🥳

[pimento-playing-hopscotch]

Well I rewatched the pilot again-

AND IT MADE ME FEEL ALL THE THINGS.

Like I knew it would but once again I am like-

I LOVE YOU BEAUTIFUL DORKS SO MUCH ALREADY

[sega-saturn-arcade]

The upside of clear audio memories: i get to hear whoever’s voice super clear :]]

The downside of audio memories: What the fuck was the context

[corvussy]

I'm reading remarried empress and I know comments sections of any website are Generally Wrong but everyone who vehemently hates rashta is certifiably weird