#it's the least we can do

[yujeong]

A very kind reminder: no matter how accessible to western audiences KinnPorsche The Series is, we have to keep in mind that these characters are Thai, with a very different background and culture than most of us western fans.

Porsche's parents may have a grave in the show, but it is more common to cremate the dead in Thailand. Tawan is a metaphorical, as well as literal, hungry ghost, which isn't the same as the kind of ghosts we believe in the West. Vegas might embody the aesthetic of a Catholic with his Mary skull statue and general vibe, but he is very much a Buddhist. The show in general is full of Buddhism imagery, and it includes not one but three scenes in which characters are making merit. The VegasPete temple scene in particular carries a lot of significance for their arc, and the kruat nam ceremony is the main reason for that.

Pete is the most prominent example when it comes to this. He's a Buddhist and from the countryside; his pha khao ma and his preference for spicy food is proof enough. His whole personality and background is shaped around these two facts. His view of the world, his personhood, his actions, his motives, his feelings, his opinions, all of that and more are influenced by it.

I'm not saying it's easy to understand when you're unfamiliar with another culture that's so different from your own. God knows I'm a novice when it comes to this - I'm sure I've made mistakes in meta and fics in the past.

(I know of a certain one that's bugging me for years, but correcting it would mean changing its entire ending scene and I prefer to leave it flawed as it is.)

It's just a nudge to fans to think a little bit more before making statements about characters and shows that represent an entire culture that isn't their own, and that, of course, goes to myself too.

[trivojol]

I want to thank everyone who is boyc0tting the gen0cide funding products.

Zionists refused to listen to people's calls for a cease🔥, so we shall hit them where it hurts. Money.

Let's keep it up until Palestine is free🇵🇸❤🇵🇸

[trojan-war]

Please participate in the targeted boycott of the following companies highlighted by BDS! Consumer pressure works.

[radwhispersheart]

The massacre in Jabalya camp has wiped out several blocks with ×6 1 tonne bombs. More than 500 killed

[beaft]

it is legit bizarre to me how hard video game creators and film directors and showrunners try to pretend that fat people don't exist. can you think of the last time you saw a fat person in a lead role? god forbid a fat woman? i can walk down the street or go into a shop or restaurant and see fat people everywhere but then i switch on the tv and suddenly it's like a glimpse into an alternate universe where no one has a bmi over 24. insidious and weird

[batcavescolony]

Katniss is such an unreliable narrator. She says "Then something unexpected happens. At least, I don't expect it because I don't think of District 12 as a place that cares about me" girl you deliver strawberries to the Mayor, you hunt and trade for the district, when you fell at Prim being chosen someone caught you, when you went to Prim people parted for you, when you volunteered EVERYONE stopped. Idk how to tell you but I think you're a pillar of the community.

[nothazellevesque]

a man self immolated in front of the israeli embassy in washington dc yesterday. not just any man. an active member of the us air force. he live streamed his death, and said that he refused to be complicit in a genocide any longer. he said that compared to what palestinians were facing every day, setting himself alight was nothing.

let me reiterate. an active duty air force member burned himself alive because he was so disgusted by what the us government was openly supporting. he live-streamed his own suicide, so the whole world could bear witness as a man in his military uniform set himself on fire to protest his government’s complicity in the horrors that we have all been forced to watch happen in real time. he became a new horror. footage of the immolation blurs him out the moment the fire catches, but you can hear him. it is over in seconds, really, but you can hear him screaming. he shouts “free palestine” until his body physically cannot make any sounds other than guttural screams of agony. and then he falls silent. a police officer arrives and points a gun at his still burning body, shouting at him to get down on the ground. and it is over.

his name was Aaron Bushnell. he was twenty five years old. and he isn’t here anymore because the political ruling class has decided that genocide is perfectly fine as long as it preserves imperialism. in the coming days, people will try to discredit him. to say that he was mentally unstable. they will try to bury his actions to save face and defend israel’s propaganda. do not let them. aaron knew what he was doing. he knew what he was doing when he put on his military uniform, set up his twitch stream, and made his final walk up to the embassy. he knew what would happen to him when he flicked that lighter. do not let them forget. aaron’s blood is on the hands of the political ruling class.

[demaparbat-hp]

I mean—it's them, right?

[paracosmicka]

have doodle lol

functionally, i am alive, emotionally?? idk about that work has me crying almost everyday now chat idk if i can do this anymore

[drawnfamiliarfaces]

PnF Spirit Week 2: June 2nd - The Monograms

I always wondered how reveal of Monty dating Vanessa could have went, lol.

+bonus Monty ;)

[xxplastic-cubexx]

obligatory beach divorce doodling

bonus rough cover redraw of x-men #41 (1995) But Beach Divorce below cut

[feliville]

[OC] A drawing of the main character of the story I'm working on; Zayd, getting a retwist by his lover Santiago.

for @creatingblackcharacters' Black History Month challenge !

I wanted to draw something sweet + joyful for the challenge, and since Valentine's day also just happened, I've picked my main OC couple as the subjects : -]. Someone trusting their partner well enough to let them do their hair is such a sweet scenario, it's been stuck in my mind ever since I read it in this lesson.

To my Black audience, thank you so much for being here!! The amount of time and care given to learn how to properly draw Black characters will always be worth it if it means I can draw and write characters you like and can relate to; you deserve faithful and loving depictions of Blackness in any media you like 💜

Tagging @prozac and @6edbuge to participate if you wanna : -] !!

[violetwolfraven]

The timeline of the Tinkerbell movies is so fucking funny like Tink was out there getting bullied attempting to fundamentally change what she is and revolutionizing the talent of tinkering all within like. A week tops. of her birth. At the queen’s revue Queen Clarion goes “Tinkerbell sweetheart has no one explained?” (about tinkers not going to the mainland) and it’s like!!! No shit they haven’t explained!!! Homegirl was born yesterday!!!

[chapollynh]

I finished DS9 and here's my first offering to the fandom.

The show is just SO GOOD!! I wanna talk about it so bad, so I will spam the tags quite a bit... My bad. Also, the people who said Bashir would get better - you were right, he became a lot more fun! Plus he's got a teddy bear, that's peak character right there.

[ef-1]

I'm sorry I love Charles but its fucking crazzzyyyyyyy to me that Ferrari filmed him butchering the name of a POC— that he knows and has worked alongside in some capacity for 10 years— as a funny, quirky moment. Like do you understand how many pairs of hands and eyes this had to go through to be like: yeah this isn't tone deaf and eye wateringly cringey to show a white man be told he's fucked up someone's name for 10 YEARS and then goes on to mess it up again.

I know Zhou is laughing in the clip but like what else are you supposed to do after telling someone you've raced against for 10 years that they keep fucking up your name. The whole point of the video is that this is funny? Both the setup and the punchline of the joke is not learning the name of someone you've known for 10 years

It honestly made me deeply sad.

[genericpuff]

LORE | REKINDLED EPISODE 71 - HADES' HOME (MIDSEASON FINALE)

Previous episode | See you soon! <3

This was admittedly a very long wait for the last episode we'll get for a while (and I'm super, super sorry for that 😭) I'm hoping to have things rolling again by the fall, but in the meantime, Banshriek and I will be taking some much needed rest (and time to focus on other projects and real life obligations).

As always, thank you all so much for your support for this series and everything I do here. It's really come so much further than I could have ever anticipated, but I couldn't be happier <3

That said, while the comic won't be updating for a little while, I'll still be working on lots of cool stuff for it. Sketches and scripts for the remainder of this first season which I'll definitely be livestreaming over on my Twitch channel, bonus content for my Patreon lovelies, responses to the VERY long and growing list of asks gathering dust in my inbox, and even some sneak peeks of other projects I'm getting off the ground! <3 (if you know you know ;33) Hell, I might even be able to put out some new LO analysis essays ;00 (I've had some interesting ones I've been sitting on for a loooong time LMAO)

Rest assured, though we'll have to go right back to waiting for the next episode, it won't be without new stuff along the way <3 Peace y'all 💓