#let he who is without sin...

[philosopherking1887]

Rewatching "Let He Who Is Without Sin..." and Worf is being really weird and controlling. I'd forgotten how bad it was.

[project-star-trek]

Julian’s Risa outfit is downright offensive and I love it 🙌🏻

[quasi-normalcy]

Even worse, though, are the people who think that the 'Essentialist' pricks on Risa from "Let He Who Is Without Sin..." had a point with their hack-Spenglerian theories about how the Federation should be 'soft' and incapable of winning wars because it, what? Sees to its citizens' needs?

It’s not the episode’s fault, but I’m genuinely surprised by how many fans take Eddington’s villain monologue at the end of “For The Cause” as if it’s a scathing and accurate critique of the Federation, rather than the motive rant of a terrorist with delusions of grandeur. I’m sorry, but if you think that a voluntary association of worlds is somehow morally equivalent to forcibly injecting people with nanotechnology to delete their individual identity against their will, I don’t even know how to begin explaining to you why you are wrong.

[capsfromtrek]

[armandlovesgirlcock]

taking my tags from a different post and posting them because i do be having A Lot To Say

the thing about current discussions about censorship on ao3, and antis willfully or uncritically claiming that people who dont want censorship are just ‘pedophiles’, is that they are missing the whole goddamn point.

whatever you personally choose to read, if we allow censorship to take hold on ao3 eventually your preferred fic will be eroded. 

to demonstrate i present,

Things Antis Have Claimed Are Problematic and Should Be Banned:

the omegaverse - either for fetishising trans people or introducing hetero dynamics into queer relationships

chidhood friends to lovers - for sexualising children's friendships or shipping 'sibling coded' characters

age gaps between adults - from age gaps of like 40 years to age gaps of like six years (looks hard at anti-sheiths)

furries/anthro - because ‘bestiality’

enemies to lovers - for 'romanticising abuse'

any exploration of unhealthy dynamics done in a way that isnt simply 'one person is the victim and escapes their abuser'. 

mutually unhealthy relationships. power dynamics such as teacher/student or boss/employee that would be unhealthy or immoral irl. 

vent fiction that explicitly describes the writer's trauma - they claim people should just go to therapy instead of processing their trauma through fiction and sharing it online. (The Reality of This: i go to therapy - my therapist encourages vent fiction - i post vent fiction - i get told to die - rinse and repeat)

noncon fics that are written as erotica - i really need to impress upon antis that some people have noncon kinks! it’s not even that rare, according to one study, 62% of women admitted to fantasizing about being forced to have sex. IRL they probably explore this via consensual non consent or simply by fantasizing, and in fiction you can read about eroticised non con, get your jollies and it hurts no one in real life. 

The thing about banning ANY of these things is that everyone will have different opinions of what is 'moral' or 'ok to write about'. Everyone will have different boundaries and triggers and squicks. AO3 allows you to ACTIVELY AVOID things that squick you 

(and before anyone says ‘I’ve seen these things untagged’ - the AO3 rules require works to either be tagged with the relevant warning (Underage/NonCon/Graphic Violence) or ‘Author chose not to use archive warnings’. you can report improperly tagged works; they are literally against AO3s rules)

so truly the best option to keep works you like protected on AO3 is to accept that people will be writing weird shit on the internet, but you actively do not have to see it. Because otherwise they WILL ban YOUR weird shit.

*points aggressively at FFNet*

[thenotoriousscuttlecliff]

This episode is terrible, but I do love Odo and Sisko just hanging out at the Replimat being gossip buddies. 

[obscureoldguy]

SPOT ON!!!

Judge not lest ye be judged... Does that ring a bell?

[transrevolutions]

hey. uh. we put your classic lit boyfriend into the tumblr fandom. yeah, he's gay now and being shipped with his homoerotic literary foil. no, we can't undo it. if it's any consolation, they're making posts about you too. you're the girlboss who is the only one with the braincell. um sorry about that.

[captaincrusher]

We lost out on Quark and Julian skinny dipping in the hot springs.

[ddarker-dreams]

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[stopthatbluecat]

Reminder that fuck the padding they gave Bashir, we should have always been able to see his perfect frame. Risa outfit superiority

Mmm, those shoulders, that collarbone

[fraldariussy]

[gideonisms]

why did she ship john/karkat. who ships john with anyone

[enbyfication]

i sure tease people for being sluts a lot for someone who hasn't had sex yet

[capsfromtrek]

[kiranerysskincareroutine]

Every once and a while I’m sitting there, whether at work, home, out with friends, and the thought will pop into my head…

Worf killed a kid playing soccer.