#if a law is broken

[peppertaemint]

I don't know if you're comfortable addressing this, but what are your thoughts on the Soobin/Woozi/Mingi/Taeyong controversy over their being fans of Made in Abyss? I have fellow KPOP friends who are quite literally not speaking to each other rn because they disagree so vehemently over whether this is even serious; whether Made in Abyss is actually as bad as people claim, and whether it's possible for the idols to be viewing it innocently due to the mangaka's known pedophilic/loli fetishistic tendencies. I tend to fall more on the lines that people can consume content that's morally wrong without approving of it or even knowing about the author's background, but I find works like these to be pretty morally hazy (especially after reading the content warnings for the anime--I clearly am a horror lightweight bc wow it really made my stomach turn).

So, I'll just start by saying I haven't seen this anime, and it's not on my watch list. But, generally speaking, just because something like a movie or TV show has dark plot lines, it does not mean the viewer or even the writer is morally bankrupt.

My understanding is that this show is a) not pornographic and b) heavily censored in Korea. There are loads of horror movies, shows and books where terrible things happen to children or minors. For me, the question is whether minors are being exploited or if a crime is being committed, ie the production of child pornography. It's my understanding that this anime doesn't fall into either of those categories.

Just because a child faces horrible deeds in a fictional work, it doesn't mean to author is in favor of these things actually happening. I think there is a bigger issue about media literacy at play. What I haven't seen, or seen enough of, is anyone addressing what the underlying themes of this anime are. What is the creator trying to say or show? How are the main characters depicted, and how can a viewer/reader relate to their struggles? Like, I sort of can't believe I need to clarify this, but there is a huge difference between a scene about rape that is eroticised and pornographic in a non-pornographic film/show without any point/merit vs a plot line about a character suffering and recovering from rape, shown via various scenes.

[puppetmaster13u]

Prompt 251

Danny is tired and annoyed. On one hand, his parents took the whole ‘so I might be slightly dead’ pretty well! Which is good! On the other, they decided to send him and his sisters to their uncle while they take care of the Guys in White and refurbish the house to be, well, him safe. Which meant a ridiculously long flight all the way to New Jersey. 

A flight he was pretty sure happened to be illegal what with the fact that neither of them were asked for their IDs or anything despite having them with them. Hm. Y’know he’s not going to question it, he’s getting a nap the moment they get to Uncle Harvey’s. 

[attyattlaw]

when youre trying to be intimidating but youre trafalgar law from one piece

[spacedace]

Jazz, to Dan, Danny and Elle after they all move to Gotham to start their new lives: Okay, house rules!

Pointing at Danny: Don't add to the population.

Pointing at Dan: Don't subtract from the population.

Pointing at Elle: Don't end up in the hospital, newspaper or jail.

To all of them: If you end up in jail, establish dominance quickly.

*A Few Years Later*

Jazz, being rushed out of Gotham PD to the hospital because her water broke while she was in custody after killing the Joker - partially in self defense, partially out of revenge for her boyfriend Jason - in front of a bunch of reporters: Don't.

Elle, never caught for any of the shenanigans she got up to: ...

Dan, pillar of their local community that runs a soup kitchen and is in nursing school: ...

Danny, discovered his pansexuality and has been dating Tim ever since: ...

Danny: Did you at least establish dominance quickly?

[so11aris]

But what looks back at you in the mirror?

[antiterf]

Cops only exist to enforce laws that, if broken, would be a blue-collar crime. They exist for shoplifting, murder, illegal drug use, protests, an in-progress robbery, and more extreme cases of domestic violence, you get the picture. This service is paid for by taxes, and it's supposedly free to all citizens, but we all know that POC and other minorities fear calling the police.

Police exist to enforce crime associated with the working class. White-collar crime doesn't involve the police. You have to enforce that yourself and pay hundreds to thousands of dollars for a lawyer. You can be put in physical danger at your job, but the police do not handle that. They handle when you are put in physical danger at home, and that's even if the police always gave a shit and did their jobs correctly.

The police are not there to enforce all law equally, they are there to enforce laws that are broken by the marginalized. They are not there for you being denied housing, fired from work, hurt on the job, assaulted by your employer, going unpaid for your work, etc. They do not target the upper classes, that is not in their job description.

Cops exist and have always existed to maintain the current power structure. This is one of the reasons why the system needs to be removed entirely.

[tmntismdoodls]

💃 🕺 🐢

[morganbritton132]

Steve, unprompted in the middle of Eddie’s live-stream: I’ve only broken the law under specific circumstances. I’m not a criminal.

Eddie: Everybody breaks the law under specific circumstances

Steve: You know what I mean

Eddie: I do, and you’re still wrong. Your post-break up vandalism

Steve: I cleaned it up. Doesn’t count.

Eddie: That time Hopper arrested you and I had to pick you up from the station.

Steve: That doesn’t count. I still had a valid drivers license then and those charges with bullshit and dropped, Hopper was just being an ass.

Eddie: We broke into your parents’ house

Steve: To get my clothes after they kicked me out.

Eddie: We stole an Atari

Steve: They weren’t going to play it!

[benevolentcannibal]

"Is there a doctor in the house?!"

[growinguparo]

Thinking once again about the intersection of being aro / perpetually single and the Housing Issue. It is without a doubt the biggest issue I face as an aro person, particularly in fucking Canada.

In my province we have rent control on almost all rental units by default. Annual rent increases are capped at 2.5%, and though I have had landlords in the past try to break that law, they back down when you say "that's literally not legal lmao try again".

In my province we also have a type of lease called a group lease, where multiple people sign on as a group. This is the standard type of lease used in properties with more than one bedroom.

If one person wishes to remove themself from a group lease, that terminates the lease for all of the other tenants in the group. Therefore, in order to continue living in the unit they are already in and may have been in for years, the landlord can choose to force the remaining tenants to reapply, and upon signing a "new lease" they can increase the rent by however much they want. Forget 2.5%, they could double rent with no consequences and still get tenants because that's how desperate people are in Canada.

Seeing as that's fucking insane, I talked to multiple lawyers about it the last time this happened to me, and they all said yeah no, if someone wants to be removed from the lease then the landlord can choose to deny a takeover and force a new lease. You can prevent the issues that come with a new lease if everyone remains on the old lease even if they no longer live there, but that is rather precarious for everyone involved and also makes your landlord hate your guts.

Anytime a new lease is signed, landlords can increase by whatever they want, so renovictions are very common (I've been renovicted as well). With all these easy-to-access loopholes, "rent control" is a joke.

It is New Year's Day and I have received yet another email informing me that since one of my roommates decided to leave at the end of the lease period, our lease will be terminating and showings will begin next week. If any one of us wants to stay, we have to reapply at market rates with a replacement person already in the group ready to sign a new lease, or we have to all remain on the old lease.

I left my parents' home in 2016, and since then I have moved 15-17 times, depending what you count as a move, and lived in 12-13 different places. That's due to a bunch of forced circumstances, including co-op placements and illegal evictions, but many of those moves were because the roommates I was living with decided to move on with their lives, and I had no choice but to move as well.

When I tell people I've moved 15 times in 7 years, they are always shocked. I'm like, how have you NOT though? Having had this conversation many times, I start to ponder what makes me vulnerable to this type of exploitation, and what makes my friends able to avoid some of it.

#1. As a low-income disabled person, I am unable to afford "market rates". This means I'm always tryna get units that are below market rate, and those landlords are invariably very interested in removing their tenants to bring their busted-ass units up to market rate.

#2. I am SINGLE bro. No one is planning their life around living with me. Every time a roommate leaves, I get forced out too. I did have a long-term roommate for a couple years who bounced around 4 places with me, but eventually she moved city - as is her right - and I was forced out again.

Couples also have more options when it comes to affordable housing, particularly if they are willing to share a room. Sharing a room cuts your rent in half. It’s pretty rare to see just one person living in a 1bed because it’s just ludicrously expensive, but for couples it’s a decent option. During the searching stage as well, if you already have someone to live with it’s a lot easier to find places than if you also have to find new roommates (this part is especially brutal for me as a trans person). It is certainly still difficult for couples in the market, I know couples who have ended up homeless as well, but being alone makes you more vulnerable.

The housing crisis is a broad issue affecting literally everyone, but single people are one of the groups that is systematically disadvantaged, making it a significant issue for aros imo. It is the combination of being single and low-income that has made me so vulnerable to housing instability.

Edited with minor corrections

[im-still-watching-anime]

still so in love with how klapollo’s dynamic just rapidly oscillates between ‘god he’s SUCH a loser’ and ‘god he’s SO cool’

[ilovetvtoons]

Theme Song Takeover now joins modern Disney Channel Shorts to feature a short having Disney TVA shows having a crossover with other Disney TVA shows.

[disneytva]

In this cover of “I’m Finally Me” from ZOMBIES 3, Disney TVA's animated villains gather together to sing a power anthem about how good it is to be evil. “Evil As Can Be” features Darcy and King Andrias from Amphibia, Glomgold from DuckTales, Dr. Doofenshmirtz from Phineas and Ferb, and Lord Hater and Killbot 86 from Wander Over Yonder.

[ro-bee]

Posting all my Corazón doodles ❤

Still learning how to use tumblr 🚶so many things changed

[musicalchaos07]

Partners in Crime (multiple)

[smalltownfae]

I'm counting LotR as just one book so it's not here and I only read one ASOIAF book so it can't enter this.