#hypocrites the lot of them

[gotham-response]

[postmail]

its all “free speech!!” and “saying whatever i want and you cant do anything about it!! constitution!!!” with republicans until somebody else says/ does something they dont like and suddenly we are doing book burnings and banning men from wearing dresses like we are trying to become the next fascist state lmao

[drunk-on-starlight]

It's interesting how Anakin broke every rule the jedi had and yet people still say those rules are why he fell.

[carrotkicks]

you’re so right that 16!chuuya wouldn’t like 22!chuuya. at that age even though he swore loyalty, he didn’t really want to be in the mafia. he only joined to save the sheep, and part of him wanted detective murase to save him and get him out of the mafia in stormbringer. seeing 22!dazai would prove to him in a way that he could leave, and yet 22!chuuya is proof he doesn’t. he’d probably have a lot of conflicted feelings about it.

Chuuya WAS given the chance to get out of the Mafia! He genuinely didn't want that life, even if he says otherwise, Even if he argued he chose to join the Port Mafia, he really DIDN'T. And every character he was close to in that era from 15-16ish was trying their hardest to keep him there except! Murase and Verlaine. Chuuya obviously hates verlaine but. Murase is an interesting case because the two of them obviously have a shared history! Chuuya does actually care about Murase, and he really deep down wanted him to bring him to the light and all that. But MURASE DIES! Right in Chuuya's arms, right before his eyes! And the only real chance of leaving dies right alongside him.

So now he's an adult, and he's accepted that "this is the way things are now" and while his relationships have changed, and they way he takes care of himself has changed I'd argue that Chuuya himself as a character hasn't changed much since SB (or even 15 tbh. for such a dynamic personality, he's kinda a static character). He's given up the idea of ever leaving the mafia, and sorta locked himself down, Chuuya /hates/ the idea of 'giving up'. I'm sure if 16 Chuuya looked at himself at 22, he'd find that he's still exactly where he was, just with a fancier coat, and IDK if he'd like that very much.

[samglyph]

Meowlevolent Day 1: Domestic

[fromtheseventhhell]

Interesting how the Trident incident is the only moment where people question Joffrey's capacity for cruelty. He is almost universally considered one of the worst asoiaf characters, with no redeemable qualities. No one ever attempts to justify his actions when he abuses Sansa, orders Ned's executions, or any of his other many acts of violence. It's only this moment, a moment meant to introduce us to his cruel nature, that people seem to believe him to be a rational character with limits. It's honestly laughable. It's evident that the people who think like this are just biased against Arya; the majority of these arguments are centered not around Joffrey's violence, but Arya's actions to defend Mycah. People seem to truly believe that the better option would have been to let Joffrey "have his fun" and torment Mycah.

Debating how badly Joffrey would've hurt Mycah misses the entire point of the moment. Joffrey attacks Mycah because he's lowborn, he finds amusement in tormenting others, and he knows he can get away with it. He was quick to pull his sword and draw blood and, from what we know of his character, he undoubtedly would've taken it further. Arya stands up to him because she thinks that Mycah is worth defending which is significant considering she is the only one to do so. She is also the only character who mourns him and is affected by his senseless death, even books later (Ned is affected by his death but I wouldn't say he mourns him, although it is a moment that influences his feelings towards the Lannisters and Robert). Even if, which is a very big if, Joffery hadn't intended to go any further he had already crossed a line by attacking Mycah. The only alternative would be that Arya simply sits by and watches Joffrey further injure Mycah...and that's somehow the "better" option?

The people coming to the conclusion that Arya was the one who escalated the situation (and that it's somehow not Joffrey pulling his sword on an innocent boy) are coming from the perspective of the classist society that they live in. Joffrey attacking a lowborn boy wasn't an issue worth action, but harming a prince is "wrong". Mycah being attacked, and later murdered, is seen as inconsequential to the other characters (and readers) because he is lowborn. That's the thing though. You aren't supposed to look at this situation where a young boy is murdered for no reason and think that the only one who defended should've behaved differently. This moment is a criticism of the classist society these characters live in. It is significant that Arya is markedly less classist than a majority of other characters and cares when no one else does.

Further, if Arya were truly in the wrong for her actions then Joffrey wouldn't have needed to lie about what happened. From the very existence of the "trial" and Arya being given the chance to tell her version of events, we know that there wouldn't be any punishment if the truth of the situation had been told from the very beginning. The only reason there was an issue is because Joffrey decided to attack Mycah, and then later lie about what happened. Arya is not responsible for Joffrey's cruelty, Cersei's enabling, or Robert's subsequent apathy. The fact that people can't seem to comprehend this is maddening. I've never seen people have the same attitude towards Sansa for speaking up for Dontos, even though it incurred Joffrey's wrath and would've escalated had Sandor not spoken up. Why are Sansa's actions brave and kind, but Arya's are seen as stupid and reckless? What happened to not blaming young characters for the actions of others?

This is one of those things where the fandom decides for themselves that they know the story being told, without actually looking at how it's written. They would rather debate on (baseless) hypotheticals than look at why George presented the story to us the way he did. It takes an insane amount of misinterpretation to decide that Arya's actions are the reason for Mycah's death and misses a, rather large, point being made by the author. Notably, none of these people can ever provide evidence from the book to support their insistence that Joffrey would've simply left Mycah alone. You would think that since that's the basis of their argument and they're so adamant that their analysis is correct, they would be able to support their reasoning. It's almost as though the books don't support their interpretations...

[earlgodwin]

#MY Cesare Borgia ✌️

[the-official-memester]

Something that always bothered me about DNI lists is that 90% of all Tumblr users aren't meticulously combing through the blog of someone else before they reblog their cute stim moodboard or funny shitpost.

Hell, I even got a DM from some pissy person who was mad I had reblogged their stuff while we were on opposing sides of the "sHiPpInG dIsCoUrSe."

So, just to make it clear: when I say DNI, I don't mean don't even glance at my blog or reblog a nice post of mine. What I mean is; don't talk to me.

Please for the love of God don't acknowledge me or the fact I'm an actual person whom you can choose to interact with, because I really don't wanna have to do the same for you. Otherwise, go stupid go crazy, lurk on my blog or whatever for ten thousand years for all I care.

Just please, please don't talk to me about it lmfao

[heartshapedcreaturefromcriptoon]

.... I'm sorry. I'm so sorry.

THIS FANDOM. HAS LITERALLY. NO DRIP.

THE PERSON WHO POSTED THIS IS GODDAMN FUCKING 31 YEARS OLD.

LIKE I NEVER THOUGHT I'D FUCKING SAY THIS BUT GO WATCH KILL BILL OR SOMETHING!

And don't get me started on the Chalastor discourse that I hear is happening right now as if I wasn't deep into the Daddy Kink Fanfic long before the show started as if the new episode combined with what Al said about Charlie in episode one doesn't fuel it for me.

But you know what? I'm glad that Medrano is having fun gaslighting the straighty straight puritans trying to turn this ship into the second coming of Starco because y'all deserve to be psychology messed with like that after what the fuck you did to this poor woman on her birthday.

Shame on you.

[aithusarosekiller]

Why are some lightning era fans so shocked when Dorcas and Regulus are my favourite characters 😭 'they can't be your favourite characters if they weren't even in it' sorry didn't you guys literally invent matteo riddle or whatever his name is and now you all say he's canon so you can be horny about him

And that other guy lorenzo

It's the exact same concept, leave my angels alone

[lesbiradshaw]

just started thinking about bradley as a teenager struggling with his emotions both pre and post his mother’s death/fall out with maverick but not wanting to reach out for help because a history of mental health problems can get you disqualified from enlisting in the service. happy saturday guys.

[not-a-mawmouth]

Hm. Something about how Avrana Kern partially despises humanity for its history of genocide, hates them for being so prone to ideological stupidity, and yet not only is she actively advocating for the genocide of humanity (despite those humans being victims of the same awful event that caused her to believe humanity wasn’t worth saving) pretty much the only reason the humans are willing to resort to genocide is because her “humans are bastards” ideology meant she kept trying to kill them. And refused to grant them asylum when they asked for it. And told the spiders time and time again that the humans were an ancient enemy that would inevitably destroy them.

So, naturally, the humans stopped trusting anything to do with her. Including the entire sapient species they had no idea existed as a result of her experiment.

[bayporwave]

I assume rakii will never meet humans in setting but if they did, what would they think of us? What would they think of our culture? And vice-verse?

You'd be correct, humans are not involved in Arro n Tontor, as rakii are in an entirely different galaxy, though much closer in years to hitting their galactic neighbor. So that's one thing we'd share in common.

Humans to rakii starting on appearance wouldn't be that weird. The closest sophonts similar to our bi-ped stride would be a bio-mechanical race called the Olac Verstic, or bio-mechs. So if one were to describe humans to an other rakii, that'd be their baseline to, a pink hornless thin neck bio-mech with only one set of arms.

As for cultural points, it really depends on who you ask and where. As rakii have internal culture wars already. For instance, for grasslands, it is highly against clan law to date or breed with members not in contract with your group. Friendships are along thin ice. It stems from what was more a familial value that got skewed and became everyone else's problem.

It'd be like if you were from Kentucky and someone found out you were dating a person from California. You would be forced to break that off in fear of giving away your good, Kentucky culture or falling to "icky California traditions". As some clans like to carefully hold their internal workings close to them and "trusted" affiliates. Yeah, it's a little silly. A lot of forbidden romances come from here though!

Anyways! From a general perspective, rakii would view us as, well, fine. Behind the times and dragging our feet a bit on becoming spacefaring, but otherwise we're on our way. They may question our two entire world wars and weaponry (they only had one massive war and the use of any nuclear explosives or weaponry wasn't even a risk they deemed worth the effort). Another would be our AI usage. And in this regard, they would see it as shameful or wasteful. While they were gift-wrapped their first artificial intelligence, they more wished to use it to get closer to their gods and possibly decipher old writings from them, while on the side using it to improve workflow, being automatic digital upkeep and ship control.

Vice versa, rakii would probably not be immediately taken seriously. Sure, on first contact best to show respect but being visited by big eyed smiley space raptors you can't help but giggle a little. Especially since the way they talk sounds like cat chittering with raspy tones. A thing we'd probably find most annoying if not flat out disrespectful is their stance with other religions outside of the students. Only recently did the largest city on Rek called Iot (eye-awt), pass a law that allows practicing of other religions within its walls, but only at home. They would see any other beliefs as uncultured or not very advanced thinking. Only because they saw their gods and their gods literally had a hand in their upbringing. Long story for future. They wouldn't try to convert people thankfully, but expect a weird scoff from a stern student believer.

[theinfinitedivides]

dear God restrain me from knocking out the teeth of every one of Pyeong Hwa's fake ass colleagues bc you know i will do it. you know i will do it Lord you have seen me attempt it before

[yeoldenfictionwitch]

Unimportant headcanon that amuses me:

Everyone in the chain occasionally says a pun or a dad joke.

They ALL do it.

Yet theyre also the same ppl that groan when someone ELSE does it.