#especially for young girls and women

[darling-hogwarts]

something shifts in hermione in prisoner of azkaban. the pink-sweater blue-jeans outfit brings out the fire in her and she’s suddenly way more than the brains-only-academic-scholar that everybody has come to know.

and it’s INCREDIBLE.

the fact that she’s been using the time-turner all year to make her classes, the so-deserved malfoy punch, her stepping between sirius and harry (while they still thought he was going to kill harry), the whole process of risking everything while on the rescue-buckbeak mission and throwing rocks to get their attention, luring a werewolf in their direction to get him away from harry and sirius, etc etc etc.

we obviously knew that she was wise and smart and stuff, but the bravery, courage and loyalty that landed her in gryffindor really came out in this movie and it was so refreshing to see.

[shsl-heck]

Thinking about the Chevalier interlude, specifically the inaugural team of Wards. Like in universe, they sell it to this first group of kids (and presumably the rest of the world) as a place for second chances, to find friends and mentors who understand what youre going through, where you can learn to use your powers safely while making good memories. The kids broadly seem to believe in these noble intentions of course, but what really gets me is that I've seen readers buy into it!

"Oh, it's such a tragedy that the Wards program became this awful thing that traumatizes kids even more, and expects them to die for the sake of civilians! It's fallen so short of what it was originally supposed to be!"

No it has not??? The fact that the triumvirate and Hero are saying it has this noble goal doesn't make it true. The Wards was pretty clearly always a way to increase the amount of bodies the prt could throw at threats, and we know this because it was started by the fucking Triumvirate as a part of the Protectorate! Alexandria literally came up with the idea of the Protectorate to legitimize the power of capes, and have a consistent source of heroes Cauldron could throw at problems. That is the whole reason for the PRT/Protectorate existing. So when we have this group of children brought in a subsidiary, there are 2 real options.

1). Cauldron and Alexandria decided they would be really niceys and created this program with no intentions other than helping these kids out.

Or 2). As things got worse, they realized the Protectorate didn't have enough manpower to do what they needed, and so they expanded it to include children (the demographic most prone to triggering). That way, they greatly increase the number of capes who they can send to fight and die as needed, and the ones who do survive their tenure in the Wards will be better trained when it comes time to join the actual Protectorate.

At the risk of sounding conceited, I think the second one is far more likely based on everything we know about Cauldron. Maybe it was originally a little nobler, and the goal was just to create more well trained heroes and cut back on young villains, but there's no way Alexandria, Doc Mom, and Contessa didn't factor in the ability to sacrifice the kid heroes if it improved their chances of success. That was absolutely a perk at minimum.

That's the real tragedy of the inaugural Wards. The kids were lured in with promises of safety, comraderie, and second chances like lambs to the slaughter. All the while, Alexandria and Cauldron knew that many (if not most) of these children would suffer abuse by the prt (like in the case of Reed), die, or face a fate worse than death like poor Mouse Protector. It's horrifying! The idea that they didn't know the danger these kids would be in is literally inconceivable. Especially when one of you is also the head of the prt! They knew, and they didn't care. It improved their chances at the end of the world, and so they did it no matter the cost.

[adhderall]

well as you can see besides being ugly as all fuck I'm also extremely bitter so that doesn't help at all in making me appealing. but it also comes with the territory you see, being treated as a hideous freak of nature for your whole life kind of does things to your psyche.

also going into shit in the tags as an extreeeemely jaded individual who's been on every side of the discourse and KNOWS it all VERY PERSONALLY so I know many people will find all sorts of different reasons to hate me (if they want ig) because I'm ~politically homeless~ at this point because I'm sick and tired of everything but whatever

(also fuck I ran out of space in the tags so another post maybe idk. )

[foccaccia]

does anyone have recommendations for fictional media that has like. actual lesbians in it. not like supergirl Two White Skinny Girls, One Blonde and One Brunette Kiss media, or "its implied lesbianism!!!" but just regular fucking lesbians

[thewindsofwolves]

Jon Snow & Sansa Stark Book Parallels & Mentions 41/∞ : Jon refuses to steal Sansa’s birthright 

"How can I lose men I do not have? I had hoped to bestow Winterfell on a northman, you may recall. A son of Eddard Stark. He threw my offer in my face." Stannis Baratheon with a grievance was like a mastiff with a bone; he gnawed it down to splinters. "By right Winterfell should go to my sister Sansa." "Lady Lannister, you mean? Are you so eager to see the Imp perched on your father's seat? I promise you, that will not happen whilst I live, Lord Snow."  A Dance With Dragons, Jon I

[gaylactic-fire]

I fucking guarantee you the whole "showing porn to children in school." point is literally just talking about regular sex education and how it's evolved from "Abstinence is imperative and you'll burn in hell if you think otherwise" to "Actually sometimes people have sex and you should know about pregnancy and STIs and consent, should you have sex."

[fauvester]

after a couple years of getting used to his bestie living on cardassia married to a cardassian with cardassian babies miles finally visits julian instead of the other way around and takes the whole family (keiko always wanted to get an in-person cardassian botany experience even after the Fire destroyed most of the local vegetation!) and the kids just LOVE him. will NOT leave him alone. young elim insists on imitating his accent which everyone but miles thinks is hilarious

[luthanraels-bignaturals]

every time lynnmanda is portrayed as the soft wholesome ship an angel plummets to hell

[sukibenders]

The way some people are reacting to the Oscar nominations, specifically in regards towards Barbie, and many other things surrounding it holds certain undertones, especially when they then start to go and deny America Ferrera's talent among other things, that are very concerning. Like let's not do that. Especially if you're writing an article for a newspaper (LA Times) that makes digs towards the other films and their nominees, mainly who were women, and say that that proves the point of Barbie. Even though the point of the film was that women have to work harder than men just to get their foot in the door, not about shaming other women, but I digress.

[bluejaybytes]

Anyways the last time I remember dreaming about zombies unfortunately had a long tangent in the middle about my stupid fucking squids. Being autistic sucks what do you mean the middle of my intense nightmare about trying to survive the apocalypse everything paused for a minute so I could look for stupidass figurines and argue with a minimum wage employee that I could pay her back for the squid merch I was gonna steal when the apocalypse ended and everything went back to normal.

[moonlightcookie]

"women live life on Easy Mode" but thru our entire lives its a neverending stream of: body hair on women is gross, dirty, and unnatural. you must be hairless to be desirable. but keep the head on your hair long, or else you'll look like a boy, or, god forbid, a lesbian. it must also be straight because curly hair looks unkempt and unprofessional. can't have any skin blemishes like freckles, moles, wrinkles, stretch marks, cellulite, acne because that's ugly and undesirable. cant be too pale because it's weird but also can't be too dark because that's also ugly. can't have stomach or arm fat but also can't be too skinny. can't be too tall because that's manly but can't be too short either. must sit, stand, and walk a certain way or else you'll be deemed unladylike. must wear skirts, dresses, and high heels but nothing too short or revealing because then it's our fault if we get raped. also our fault if we get assaulted or murdered for rejecting a man because we should've just given him a chance.

"women live life on Easy Mode" but our entire lives and worth as a human being are expected to revolve around men, be desired by men

[flickeringflame216]

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[twistedappletree]

yall really got me defending hobby horse girl on tiktok bc you weird ass cringey adults think it’s normal to bully a literal child for doing something they enjoy lmao

[bobzora]

yeah femc has some really solid romance routes but i just cannot be assed to care too much because there are some crazy level yuri goings on in this game

[plagasitize]

[jomarchswritingjacket]

me: *watching the 1994 little women* this is so delightful! it really holds up on its own

me: perhaps the one thing the 2019 version really has over it is-

*samantha mathis as amy appears*

me: she’s not in it