#i hope people see this

[studdedchoker]

idk if anyone will see this or care but i have controversial things to say about renewing our flag means death.

i understand wanting more content, this show meant everything to me for SOOOO long so i totally understand wanting more and not wanting it to end. and i also understand the desire to keep it alive for the sake of representation. ofmd has been one of the best shows for representation that i have ever seen and that is so so so so so important!!!

everything the fandom has done to campaign to save and renew ofmd is absolutely amazing and beautiful and it makes me so proud to be a part of this fandom

but i think that ofmd had a very good ending (all things considered i think we can all agree that it was rushed but!)! the end of season 2 tied up most (if not all) of the loose ends that were left. every character got peace and resolution even if the fans didn't like it (izzy). but i really think that to bring back the show for a third season is doing it a disservice.

every character is doing something that makes them happy and i think that the end of season 2 set up all the characters for a happily ever after. a lot of shows in recent media have overstayed their welcome and the plot, characters, and quality all suffered from being dragged on after they should have concluded. not every show should run for 7+ seasons just so that the fanbase can be fed new content for eternity.

i think that it is better to leave the characters of ofmd alone and let them be happy. if the show was to come back for a third season, there would have to be some kind of conflict and introducing that conflict would take the characters out of their happy ending that they earned at the end of season 2.

idk i just think that it isn't the right move to bring the show back for a third season. idk why the execs made the decision not to bring ofmd back for a third season but i honestly don't think it needs it.

i want to know what other people think abt this!! i'm not trying to start any fights i just think that the renewal of ofmd isn't the right next step.

either way: we've written our names on one another in permanent ink <3

[cakegatedisaster]

Don't ever think that I don't understand Bruce Wayne's refusal to kill. It's a limit he sets for himself because he doesn't trust his own actions enough to stop killing if he does it once. It is, in his mind, a protective barrier against himself and other people, especially the ones he loves. After being exposed to death at such a young age, of course he'll never be comfortable killing, not when he believes in that it harms one's soul.

Now don't ever think that that excuses him for not wanting Jason to kill the Joker.

Bruce doesn't want to save the Joker, he wants to keep Jason safe from himself. But Jason should be allowed to make his own decision about what he considers harmful to himself.

The tragedy of Jason Todd is that, even if he vanquished his demon, even if he killed the Joker, the Joker would have won because he would have succeeded in corrupting Jason.

And even more so is that this would only be a tragedy to Bruce.

To Jason, it would be a triumph, a success, a way to finally resume himself that he's safe.

But to Bruce, killing and refusing to be remorseful for it will always be a sign of being tainted and of his own failure, instead of another individual choosing their own path.

Jason Todd's tragedy is only a tragedy to those who refuse to see his triumph.

(@jasontoddskris @jasontoddiess @artxmisreblogs thought you all might appreciate this)

[crazywolf828]

In honor of Friday the 13th, I think we deserve some black cat facts!

(it also gives me a chance to show off my kit😅)

We've all heard the myths and ledgends of how black cats are bad luck, but how did that come to be? To understand that, we need to see how it all started.

Of course, one of the earliest connections between cats and humans is ancient Egypt, cats often being seen as divine symbols. There was even an Egyptian goddess, Bastet, who had the head of a cat and a slender female body. She was the goddess of protection, pleasure, and the bringer of good health.

But how did they fall from divinity to being bad luck?

Well, they appear in Greek mythology, specifically related to Hecate, who is the goddess of magic, sorcery, the moon and witchcraft. Hecate was described as having a cat as both a pet and a familiar. (Y'know, the thing witches have in European folklore)

You can probably guess where it's going from here, but why did Europe end up hating them so much?

Well, it was the church (Shocking I know). The church insisted black cats were the incarnation of Satan.

It's also heavily linked to paganism which, as the church grew in power, pagans were considered direct threats to the church and thus accused of being witches.

My personal favorite quote is "Cats, like the women accused of witchcraft, tend to exhibit a healthy disrespect of authority" "They don't fawn, like dogs, upon even the unworthy. In the church, neither independent women, nor independent animals, were to be tolerated."

Of course we know Europe did more than that, but what else was there?

Well for one, they blamed the cats for the bubonic plague and started killing them on sight. Unfortunately we now know it wasn't the cats but the fleas on the rats and with very few cats to kill the rats, the plague spread like wild fire.

That superstition of a black cat crossing your path? Yeah that was also the church. It was supposed that if a black cat crossed your path it could have been a witch sending it's familiar to harm you. Similarly they believed it could have been the devil themself. So these peasants would run to the nearest church to ask for blessings. Naturally the church used this, encouraged it, and endorsed these 'bad omens'

These beliefs were of course brought over to America causing the Salem witch trials and countless more deaths of both people and black cats.

But wait! Not everyone thought they were bad!

In fact, they're helpful to your love life! In Japan it's believed single women who own black cats will attract more suitors. And, in Great Britain’s English Midlands, a black cat is the ideal wedding gift. They’re believed to bring good luck and happiness to the bride. (I'd be so happy to get a cat for a wedding gift??)

Not only can it help your love life, but historically sailor's have been known to bring cats, but specifically black cats on ships for mousing (and probably companionship). But why black cats? Well, they're thought to bring safe passage. Plus they've been noted to have a higher catch rate. It makes sense for the black cat to be a better night hunter, blending in and all.

Pirates also had ties with them, though it's a bit tricky. If a black cat was walking towards them it was bad luck, walking away was good luck, and if they jumped on and then off the ship it was thought the ship would sink.

However, black cat arriving at your doorstep signals prosperity, a common belief in Scotland. And a black cat crossing your path signals good luck in England and Ireland!

Okay enough superstitions, what about facts for the actual cat itself?

I'm going to ruin some hearts, but I'm counting this as a black cat fact. There's no such thing as a black panther, there's only melanistic jaguars and leopards. If you look closely they all have spots.

Their black coats may offer them some protection from diseases!

In fact, the mutations causing the black coat affect the same genes that offer HIV resistance to humans.

And since cats can experience some health issues we do (cancer, HIV, Alzheimer's ect.) they make perfect models for studying human disease. By figuring out how cats have evolved to resist diseases, researchers can learn how to prevent disease in humans!

Black cats can change color!If your black cat has a tabby stripe gene and loves to lay in the sun, its fur can turn a brownish color. Why? The sun’s rays break down the pigment in their fur to reveal the underlying tabby stripes.

Here's an example from my black cat! You can see how the half in the sun is far more of a brown color than the side away from it.

This got very long but I hope y'all enjoyed these black cat facts! :)

(and also the pictures of my cat)

[dollietoons-the-hunt]

I know it's been a little since ive talked about the au or posted anything about it so heres an update!!

I'm still working on this! Don't worry! Just progress is slow because of my physical and mental struggles (Currently mostly physical)! I would just like to warn y'all that sometimes pages may take a bit to come out due to this and don't take me drawing other things as a sign of me not working on this!! Because i promise i am, I'm just in pain so it's hard! I hope y'all understand! ♡

(Ironic because page one is heavily inspired by my struggles SOBS--)

[maria-greenwood-neighbour]

Happy spoopy season y'all

It's not a Halloween picture but I'm really proud of snow White wally

Also

I HAVE PROCREATE NOW

[elkitot]

Hello I’ve been thinking about posting this for a couple days and please feel free to call me out if needed Yesterday I saw the long list of celebrities who signed the pro Israel open letter to Biden and although most of the names weren’t that surprising there were a few that had me shocked. As more celebrities reveal themselves as pro Israel/zionst a question has been bouncing around in my head that I want peoples opinion on so if anyone actually sees this please answer honestly. I know that I should be worrying about more important things and worst things are happening in the world then this. The question is it acceptable to still like/support a character while disliking the actor? Or does separating the actor from the character work in this situation?

[aniverse-x]

here’s another shitpost for whoever wants it

That’s supposed to be oreki but the colored pencils didn’t really work well with the pencil lead

Hopefully my next drawing isn’t this bad

[lilyimmsim]

guys sometimes i forget that other people are humans too. there is so much bad in this world - that is true. but there is so much good!!!!! there was a little girl dancing at church, so beautiful and carefree and happy it made me smile so much!! there were women, on the train, laughing and giggling over who knows what but they were human and just living!!!! a guy at a sports game just chatted to my brother + i, so kind, joking with us, laughing. he was also human!!! a woman on a plane with me - i've never talked to her and i never will again - offered me some of her chocolates!!

people are good and people are bad because we are human!!! i forget that sometimes but i think its important to try + remember !!!!

[rockinginneverland]

See it’s the fact that more and more lately I’ve been angrier and angrier at the idea of romantic love or romantic relationships and I find myself frustrated not being able to understand this obsession with it or just sometimes the idea of romance grossed me out, there are many types of love but this society os obsessed with romantic love though they just like calling it love thought love is a vast term. When I was younger, must have been middle school maybe, I used to write letters for my friends and I would write quotes about how much they meant to me and how important they were but I guess somewhere along the way I stopped because I soon realized that people looked down on me for it because in their eyes I must have been in love with whomever I was giving letters to and they were scandalized by the prospect of a girl loving another girl romantically, though even if they was the case which it wasn’t but even if that was the case why would that have been wrong? I never looked at someone romantically and I part of me always knew I must be asexual and later on aromantic even if at the time I didn’t have a name for it. So I guess I grew up not knowing how to show people outside of my family members affection because I was afraid it would be mistaken for romantic love, my kindness for flirting, my attention for interest in perusing someone romantically, I also want to add that I didn’t know then that I was autistic. So you see there’s always been this confusion in me on how to show love, show affection, angry at the pity stares people use to give me cause I’ve never had a boyfriend and years where going by and I was still single, of being asked when was I going to have a boyfriend and later on when was I getting married or if I wanted to. I remember one time my brother asked me if I was asexual and I remember saying that I wasn’t because I wanted a boyfriend which is bullshit because you can be asexual and have a boyfriend, not feeling romantic attraction towards someone is being aromantic, which like I mentioned I discovered I was too farther down the line. I felt alienated because I was never looking to date someone or had an interest in it but all around me that’s what people where doing but I will say I was longing from companionship though I guess people would automatically take that as romantic though is not, though I guess society has made that the default.

I hate saying that I’m aromantic asexual not because I’m ashamed of it but because I hate people’s reaction towards it, as if it’s heartbreaking to realize I don’t feel sexual nor romantic attraction towards people as if I’m broken for not feeling it as if I will never be complete because of it… as of how can’t I not want a boyfriend… how am I supposed to get married if I don’t go out there and meet people… why is it not cool, bet… why it always pity on people’s eyes or not believing me when I say I don’t feel sexual or romantic attraction… as if is not confusing enough for myself as it is to have to describe what it means to not feel something that you’ve never had in the first place, how do you explain the lack of something? I’ve always felt lonely really and now the more I realize how to me friendships have always had much more weight than romantic relationships because I’ve never cared for them, or how even sometimes I find myself questioning my feelings because of how ingrained this idea of romantic love is in society and then being angry with myself for invalidating my own feelings when I know them to be true. They say the first thought you have when it comes to something is what you’ve been taught you believe and the second is your reaction to what you believe to that subject of matter and now I understand why there is a war sometimes in my mind because society has taught me and made me believe that a woman and a man cannot be friends so I when I’m reading a book and I love these 2 people and the relationship they have, always friendships, my brain always has to throw this thought at me… oh so you ship them? As in romantically?… it angers me because that’s society speaking not me so I need to reiterate how there nothing more than friends even though I shouldn’t because why is it romantic love the default? And why is it that is only valid for these 2 people to be friends, man and woman, if they each have partners? Because otherwise they would fall in love with each other… BULLSHIT… it’s almost 6am and here I am rambling about romantic love and being aroace and how hard it is to let go of believes that have been engrained in our minds and how frustrating it is for me now that I finally found what I truly believe in and my true feeling on the matter, how I love friendships more than anything and how when reading books those are the ones that stick the most specially those that are so deep and beautiful and raw that people have the need to ask if they are romantic even though friendships can be just as strong and beautiful and raw as romantic relationships, how they can just be friendships and be all that… because those are the types of relationships I want… the ones that are everything but don’t have an ounce of romance in them, the ones that people want to romance code because that can’t just be friendships… I like those friendships because they defy societies views and expectations when it comes to relationships and what is deem romantic… see I’m petty sometimes. See in books relationships like this would be Fenrys and Aelin for example. Just friendship and the bond they have is just as strong and beautiful and raw and deep as the romantic one Aelin has with Rowan. A beautiful friendship nothing more, nothing less. I fuck with those relationships, the one line Aelin and Fenrys but then again some people reaction towards it turn me petty and make me angry to see how you only believe is posible because one of them already found a romantic partner, their romantic soulmate forever because other wise you would be the first to ship it and ask if the single one has feelings for the other instead of just understanding that the relationship between these 2 people can be just a FRIENDSHIP…

So I’m here at 6am being angry and frustrated with romantic love and wanting to throw hands because of how suffocated it makes me more and more each time… see some days I can picture it in theory but never in practice… I’m just tired of romantic love being the center of attention when it is not the only type of love there is… I want to write letters to people and have it just be affection not romantic just my way of showing I care, my way of showing I appreciate you… like k appreciate the moon and the stars and the clouds and how I love the owls and the foxes and the cats, how I’m in love with all that but never romantically… why would that be the default?

So here I am not knowing how to show love or affection feeling angry at romantic love and feeling lonely and tired and wanting companionship and deep friendships and how even though I’m disgusted sometimes with romantic love I’m not with love because there are many times of love… so I guess I will fall in love with myself and with museums and the world and nature and letters and writing and people but never romantically, no never romantically…

[laniemae]

Hey, you don't have to respond to this if you don't want to, but if it's really stressing you out to be in the fandom right now, I do recommend leaving for a bit- muting the tags and such even if you still post in them. I think you should also make sure you block the ship tags? I could ask them to tag their stuff with that ship tag so you can block it. Mikoto got banned from the gartic phone because a lot of us were sick of drawing him, I'm sure that ship can be banned as well for the sake of boundaries.

Anyways, I don't think you should leave permanently if you still have things to say. Just something temporary to calm yourself down.

The main problem is even if I block people or block the tags I keep seeing reblogs about that stuff or untagged things and there’s no way to stop that in something like gartic phone. I think the Mikoto thing was more of a funny joke about him being so popular in the games that we had to boycott him. But in my cases ships like that make me very uncomfortable and even worse that I have very bad experiences with people who ship them and getting hate for pointing out how the ship can be creepy, so subconsciously I loathe and never trust anyone who ships stuff like that. And yeah the more I think about it I want to stay, but talking a break would be best for me mental health. I think that fandom I was once in has impacted how I act online so drastically that I feel like that experience was traumatic for me if you can call it that. And one thing just reminding me of everything that happened there just set me off the edge.

[southsidewrites]

To any readers of The Capitol's Jewel, I'm so sorry today's chapter is late. I ended up emergency babysitting for my nephew today and my stress is at an all time high with a new job starting soon.

(Also I'm a little drunk right now because of above reasons. I'm sorry.)

All that to say the chapter will be up this week. It's just a tough one, and it's not coming easy.

[the-ghost-of-a-spirit]

so, we were looking at very interesting things in class, and we had to write about them, and i found it interesting, so yay! and then i started to write, and then my 'friend' yelled at me :( (i wanted to cry, because she ruined my enjoyment of it)

so now i'm going to write it here, because yes.

so firstly, watch the video, if your not bothered to, its basically a what happened after in 3 little pigs, so the big bad wolf does the thing, i'll divide it into 3 sections

the beginning, wolf found dead, killed by pigs because he blew down their houses, in this bit, the wolf is bad and the pigs are good

next, they realise that the wolf couldnt blow down the house, and was innocent, pigs are bad, wolf is good.

at the end, the pigs said its insurance fraud, because mortgage, now the pigs are good, the banks are bad.

okay, so the question was "who is the villan and hero" which is at face value, easy, but also hard.

so there are a few stakeholders, the pigs, the wolf and the banks and the people (less so)

lets start off with the pigs, at first, their the victims, their house got broken into, and the wolf put himself at risk, because theres often fires at the bottom of chimneys. but they are the villans, cause they willingly let him die, since there were probably alternatives to boiling water, however, the wolf is an attempted murderer, so they killed him before he killed anyone, which can make them the heros.

next the wolf, he was killed by pigs, willingly killed by them. so he's the victim right, he brought all this to light, he's the hero (of sorts) but he's also the villan, because he did this willingly, he still climbed up the chimney.

the banks, their good in society things i guess, but they are apparently what actually caused all this, which makes them the villans. and now their under-fire by the people, which makes them victims i guess.

and now, the people, they have always been on the pigs side, except for the brief middle period. they are the ones who continued to push this further, they are not the victams at all here, but they are important

[alivenova]

I dream of learning about other people’s culture and languages

I want to learn about your mythology and culture

I want to learn about you traditions

I want to learn about your language and frases from it

I want to hear your stories

I want to learn about your country

I want to learn about it no matter what continent or country you come from. Tell me everything. Please I want to know

[pabitelphotography]

Thank you for answering! It's always a toss up of which photos to print for an event. I thought this might be a great way to gain some insight! Please reblog for a larger sample size.

[sealisstupid]

i feel like i should experiment with art more but i can never think of anything to try

[winterfromwof-alt]

I'm gonna name some of my ocs and you guys can make random ships of them

DHAU/ Demon-Human Alternate Universe(my universe thing): Eric, Emri, OneEye/Ariel, Daniel, Ghost, Dani (she's dead btw), Daniella, M(r)s.Jones, Mr.Jones (also dead), Ajax, Beth, Katie, Victoria, Jermacia, Chris, Lil'Killer, Mr.Killer (dead 3.0), Mrs.Killer, Lucifer, Mr.Arson, Mrs.Arson, Mr.Blaze, Zayne, Ava, Lunar, Solar, Planet, O, Starburst, Mrs.Valley, Mr. Eclipse, Mr.???(he died a while ago), Mars (basic name), Halo, Nyx, Valentine, Champagne, Michael (definitely not named after @mikeybuddha), *Some character that doesn't have a name yet 💔*, October(ALSO dead), Pumpkin, Jack/Mr.O'lantern, Mist, Mr.Blue, Baby Blue, Coral, Mr.Vine, Sherman, Seahorse, GlowFish, Mrs.Titan, Alex/Alexander, Alyssa, Mr.Titan, Wyatt, West (his last name is Ern), XX (a robot), TeaVee (also a robot), Clover, Dream (not the youtuber), Wreath, Mrs.Nature, Mr.Nature, Robin, Fire, Jay (guess what....ALSO DEAD!!!), Freezed, VFT/Venus Fly Trap, Cayenne, GoatSheep (wth is that name), Canvas, Unknown, Sora, Serpent (killed Mr.Jones), Narrator, Creator (god/nsrs)

Haunting House (another one of my universe things): Leshero, Morhero, Trypan, Arachnid, Clown (forgot her real name 💔), Scop, Hemo, Phasma (I think that's how I spell it), Agora

OSC/ object show community: TrafficCone (TC), Hoddie, Piano (nearly killed), Electric (Electric guitar), Extinguisher (fire extinguisher), Sticks(yes there are 2 of them), Pretzel, Star (ninja star), Weight (5 pounds), Weight (20 pounds), Tie (hair tie), Mephone14(II oc <3)

WoF/Wings of Fire: Silver, Slushie, Stormie, Nightmare, Gemstealer, Everest, Polar, Antenna, Insect, Dandelion, Light, Butterfly, Tranturla, Mango, Nightshade, Termite, Peach, Ocean, Puddle, Seashell, Sunshower, Heat-Wave, Cacti, Lumi, Kiwi, Weather, Hurricane, Berry, Bayou, Galaxyseer, Oyster, Honey-Dew, Flamethrower, Cardinal, Aloe, Reef, Rosy, Sage, Flamecatcher, Planetwalker, Mysterious, Seashell (all of the wof ocs are nearly killed, minus Oyster and Flamecatcher, they died)

Fairys (just some random fairy ocs idk): Clara, Yiona (not named after me), Gem, Lava, Lavender, Max, Ophie (my friend help me make her), Ienna (another one of my friend help me make her), Jack (another oc name Jack?? omg)

TMF (The Music freaks): Wednesday(not named after Wednesday Addams/srs), Nora, Noah, Lunar, Lillian, Nathan (dead), George, Rain, Taylor, Berry (another oc named berry?? omg), Carlos, Max (another oc named max?? omg)

That's it :D (I think)