#disturbing reality

[mudwerks]

The Remains of Cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov, The man who fell from space (1967)

"In his diary, Nikolai Kamanin recorded that the Soyuz 1 capsule crashed into the ground at 30–40 metres per second (98–131 ft/s) and that the remains of Komarov's body were an irregular lump 30 centimetres (12 in) in diameter and 80 centimetres (31 in) long."

I guess his remains probably have a pretty good shelf-life.

[anonymouscheeses]

Just wanted to doodle Vaggie holding her girlfriend s all

[sprnklersplashes]

Israel's propaganda machine has turned brown people into the epitome of antisemitism and if you don't find this incredibly insidious you're not paying attention

[clotpolesonly]

Blue Lily, Lily Blue ch 31 // Mister Impossible ch 19

[lesbianrobin]

Seeing as it's Black History Month, I'm gonna take a break from your regularly scheduled girlblogging to be a film nerd and beg every single person reading this post to go and watch Within Our Gates (1920).

Within Our Gates is a feature-length silent film written and directed by black filmmaker Oscar Micheaux and it is a miracle that we have it today. The film was believed to be lost for years until a SINGLE surviving print was found in Spain, translated back into English, and recut to match the original as closely as possible. (This is actually not uncommon in the realm of old film a lot of lost films get found in random closets but ANYWAY.) The film tells the story of Sylvia, a southern schoolteacher who travels up north to raise money to keep her school open. It explores how her life and family have been affected by racism, abuse, and sexual violence, as she falls in love, works to save her school, and grapples with her place as a black woman in the antebellum south. If that's not enough to get you interested, the film is also kinda batshit. There are shootouts! Affairs! Someone gets hit by a car! It's wild and dramatic and incredibly engaging.

You've heard of Birth of a Nation, right? Maybe you've even seen it. That insanely racist piece of film history premiered in 1915. Oftentimes people will defend D.W. Griffith and the film itself as being "a product of its time." Well, Within Our Gates premiered in 1920, and it is a product of its time. It depicts white mob violence against black Americans, and how that violence destroys innocent lives and rips families apart. It is written and directed by a black man. All of its lead actors are black. It is an absolutely heart-wrenching, moving, and intelligent film, produced on a shoestring budget, that explores what it meant not only to be a black American in 1920, but what it meant to be a black woman. Different characters have different approaches to coping with racism and strategies for protecting themselves. It's complicated, and upsetting, and one of the most impactful films I've ever seen.

If you can spare an hour and twenty minutes, if you happen to have access to the film through a streaming service (in addition to being FREE ON YOUTUBE, I believe it's on Amazon Prime, Paramount+, MGM+, and some Hulu plans) or an institution (you may have access to Kanopy or a similar platform via your local library or university), it's worth a watch. Play whatever music you want in the background if your version doesn't have any added! Even if you can't watch it for whatever reason, I'd encourage all of you to look into Oscar Micheaux and the history of "race films," films created outside of the Hollywood studio system by and for black Americans.

Don't buy into the false narrative that the only black representation in historical film was minstrelsy and Griffith-style garbage.

[overelias]

It is my personal opinion that people should stop diagnosing/labeling fictional characters with mental illnesses and then calling people ableist when they disagree. You have forced a label on someone else’s artistic creation. Yes, you have the right to armchair-expert “diagnose” a FICTIONAL CHARACTER; but that means others have the equal right to say what they want about said FICTIONAL CHARACTER, even if that contradicts your own opinions. You do not own this character, therefore, you cannot canonize whatever you want.

Obviously, this conversation changes when a character is confirmed to have a mental/physical illness. Then yes, one should respect the artist’s portrayal of their character. But until then, it is up to interpretation, and you cannot go around accusing random people on the internet of being “ableist” just because they disagree with you.

Much love <3

[themcst]

      ᴡᴇʟᴄᴏᴍᴇ ʜᴏᴍᴇ!

            ᴛᴇʟʟ ᴍᴇ, ᴡʜᴇʀᴇ ʏᴏᴜ ʙᴇᴇɴ?

                  ᴄᴀᴜsᴇ ʏᴏᴜ’ʀᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴏsᴛ,

                        sᴏ ʟᴇᴛ’s ʙᴇɢɪɴ

indiependent & selective WALLY of WELCOME HOME - painted by abyss - 18+ & mutuals only - PERSONALS & MINORS DNI - credit

[lavendersartistry]

NOTE: non-canon reality!

Space Riders AU - @onyxonline

POV: You sneak into the queen's house at 2 am while she's in true form and she's plotting whether or not to kill you

[realian]

"Anthy being fought over like a piece of meat was really fun and good until the show revealed how it was trying to talk about such abuse and CRITICIZE the systems that objectify and victimize women! that's just YIKES!"

[mrkmciver]

#Keep It to Yourself

[taraxacum-vulpes]

why is everyone pretending like cyberpunk edgerunners is good. the writing is so bad i hate it

[ihatethiswebsite77]

When will the "Cartman has a crush on Kyle, but shipping Kyman is crazy" crowd realize that they make absolutely zero sense.

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IN CANON neither Cartman nor Kyle have a crush on eachother. What they do have is a deep and weird obsession with eachother. YOU are actively choosing to interpret that obsession as a crush Cartman has on Kyle, but that is not the "canon" dynamic or nature of that obsession. In the same way people who ship Kyman will interpret it as reciprocal (or maybe they won't, it depends), cause the thing is that Kyle is just as obsessed with Cartman as Cartman is with him. That's why you can interpret this dynamic as any shade from nonexistent, to one sided, to reciprocal.

If Kyle is as obsessed with Cartman as Cartman is with him, and you think that Cartman has a crush on Kyle because that's how you CHOOSE to interpret that obsesssion. Then it's just hypocritical to go off on people who use the exact same logic you did to come to that conclusion. You don't have to think of it as reciprocal, it's completely valid to see their obsession as manifesting as a crush in one and not the other, or to even see it as just obsession in both.

It's just god damn weird to be so nasty about it to other people. Both of them are obsessed with eachother in a way, and people are allowed to interpret each of their obsessions however they want. If people who ship kyman are delusional for interpreting Kyle's obsession with Cartman the same way you interpret Cartman's obsession with Kyle, then I'm afraid you are all sinking in the same boat load of delusional together.

[hanakihan]

tbh in light of there being Count and Edmond, all they need is to have Rider Edmond Dantes before his imprisonment being an enthusiastic starry eyed young man while his two other versions just stand there looking like they saw some shit in their lives (and they did).

Idek it’s just funny having two avenger edgelords and then at least one of their version is a genuinely sweet young man dreaming of marriage to his beloved and sailing hcbfjcndjdnjd

[ellzilla]

[downfalldestiny]

And after that he never disturbed her 💔 !.

[themcst]

                                              ᴀᴍ ɪ ᴀ ᴛᴏʏ ᴛᴏ ʏᴏᴜ, ᴍʏ ʟᴏᴠᴇ?                                               ᴊᴜꜱᴛ ᴀ ᴛʜɪɴɢ ᴛᴏ ᴘʟᴀʏ ᴀɴᴅ                                                        ᴛʜᴇɴ ᴛʜʀᴏᴡ ᴀᴡᴀʏ

"Well aren't you #THEMCST" - interested in interacting with a whimsical puppet whose likes apples, their favourite colour is RED and has rather ominous vibe to them? then you're in the right place!!!

this here is an independent and selective rp blog for wally darling from the webseries welcome home created by partycoffin. verses available for semi-canon, human, hh/hb and tadc with more planned for the future. - painted by abyss, 25+

                                         ɪ ɴᴇᴇᴅ ᴀ ʜᴜᴍᴀɴ'ꜱ ᴛᴏᴜᴄʜ, ʙᴜᴛ                                                 ʏᴏᴜ ᴅᴏɴ'ᴛ ɴᴇᴇᴅ ᴍᴇ                                          ɪ ɴᴇᴇᴅ ᴀ ʜᴜᴍᴀɴ'ꜱ ᴛᴏᴜᴄʜ, ʙᴜᴛ                                                    ɪ'ᴍ ᴏʙꜱᴏʟᴇᴛᴇ