#oohhh things are bad bad bad

[messengerhermes]

The US Supreme Court Shit is Real Bad Y'all

Okay

Okay look

I know I keep harping on this with like every US Supreme Court update post I reblog but please. Please.

I need y'all to understand this shit's real fucking bad.

Right now our tally in terms of SC rulings is at:

-Dismantles the precedent that protects indigenous sovereignty (which paves the way to destroy the protections of the Indian Child Welfare Act) (Done on June 29, 2022) Oklahoma v. Castro-Huerta

Repealing of Roe v Wade (which has led to 13 states enacting trigger bans on abortion, two of which--Louisiana and Kentucky, are being held back by the courts) (Done June 24, 2022) Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization

Severely limiting the Miranda rights by saying that a police officer cannot be sued if they fail to read someone their Miranda rights (ie "you have the right to remain silent") and then uses information that person shares against them in court (Done on June 23, 2022)

Overturned the precedent of separation of church and state in Kennedy v Bremerton School District by ruling in favor of a coach who led a Christian prayer on the football field (Done on June 27, 2022)

Restricted the EPA's power to limit carbon emissions from power plants. (Done on June 30, 2022) West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency

Ruled that people can carry handguns outside the home, without special reason. (Done June 23, 2022) New York State Rifle & Pistol Assoc. v. Bruen.

Ruled that private religious schools cannot be barred from accessing public funding, further damaging separation of Church and State (Done June 23, 2022) Carson v. Makin

Ruled that those who were detained and tortured in Guantanamo Bay do not have the right to ask details about their torture from the agents that committed the acts, or from the US Government (Done March 3, 2022) United States v. Zubaydah

The Conservative Bloc on the Supreme Court currently holds an egregious amount of power, and is using that power to rapidly dismantle a lot of "settled law" AKA shit that has longstanding precedents from prior court decisions. This behavior is generally considered a dick move in terms of legal shit, but is also a massive red flag. I'm particularly wigged out because 7 of these 8 decisions have happened this month. While it isn't unheard of for the court to pass a lot of rulings in a short time, the extreme nature of these rulings and the hard line most of them have between conservative and liberal justices indicates a rapid grab for power here. Congress can do a number of things around this:

Suck the power out of these upturnings by codifying shit like Roe v Wade into law.

Expanding the Supreme Court (which has been done before) to balance the current lopsidedness of the court.

Impeach the four Supreme Court justices who've lied during their consideration hearings.

Pull an Abraham Lincoln and refuse to recognize the legitimacy of the court rulings

This isn't a complete list, but one meant to point out that while a branch of federal government is off the fucking rails, that does not mean there is nothing to be done--or that we should accept apathy from our representatives. Shit to do:

Call/email your representatives demanding they do all or one of the above and stop asking your ass for money

Write a letter to the editor of a local paper publicly calling your representative to do shit since that's what their job is

Plug into mutual aid networks, around abortion, bail funds, and legal aid among the basic needs. The government's not going to save us, but community safety nets are in place.

Get a VPN and use it. Check out digital security and what it means when apps track your data.

Figure out where you might fit into activism. Movement work isn't just protests. It's child care, it's hotline networks and food programs, and clothing drives. It's support groups.

Get your oxygen mask on first. If your basic needs are not being met, if you aren't getting time for rest and pleasure and care then you're not going to be able to show up for long haul sustained work. Do what you need to stabilize and give yourself time before jumping into shit.

This is in no way a complete list, instead it's meant to be something you can grab onto if like me you're reeling with the barrage of frightening rulings and rapid escalation from the US government. All is not lost. The US has been a fascist mess invested in the exploitation of vulnerable people for far longer than this (you know, since it's founding, really). But there is power in community and grassroots movements have been working for decades to catch people who fall through the cracks of government support systems. Find them. Be each other's hope in the storm.

[kirnet]

At the speed I’m going it will take 10 calendar years but when I can put these next to actual comic panels you guys will be GAGGED

[blujayonthewing]

thinkin about how not even one of laios's closest friends knows him well enough to generate an even vaguely passable illusion double

[lesbiansanemi]

Hate hate hate hate fucking HATE contacting my reps basically saying shit like “I support Palestine, I want you to retract support from Israel, I support Palestine. I want you to stop what israel is doing in Gaza” over and over and them responding like “yes it’s so terrible we need a ceasefire but hamas is refusing to act civilized like our poor precious bby Israel” I hate America I hate America I hate it here hate hate hate hate hate

[d0d0-b0i]

do you understand. how many goddamn tags i have used to filter out that twinky sun and moon animatronic out of the fnaf tag because otherwise it’s nothing but them. and every time i think people cannot possibly use yet ANOTHER. DIFFERENT. TAG. for ONE CHARACTER. i am proven wrong. :)

[yukeet]

hope i'm never sick enough to need pain medication again </3 boy oh boy this sure is a start to 2024 fkdjgfdfjg

[perilegs]

imagining my girl ati mahariel in bg3 and by god she would get along with karlach. alarmingly so. they would absolutely annihilate something <3

[solardistress]

too much work im going to snap and cry and yell

[jerebearcat]

currently going through life's worst kill la kill phase and god help me i love ryuko. why does ryago's line in the evil anime ladies cypher go so hard

[heartthroblopez]

The things these fingers could do to me…

[necromancy-savant]

I have access to the manga Dungeon Meshi but I don't want to spoil things for myself in between episodes. I curse the weeklong wait, but it does allow for excitement to build up and for a continuous stream of discussion, art, etc. based on the episode of the week

[makuta-tobi]

It's funny that I still never got a clear answer on my diagnosis about whether or not I was autistic before my therapist had to stop seeing me

[femvaylin]

If you romance Vette we can't be friends

[tiredsadpeach]

Okay so update his bf apologized (the one I was talking to in the first place) but I haven’t heard from the friend since he asked me if I could come to one of his shows

[robodove]

listen.. it's Halloween season... it's almost my birthday too.. I'm gonna draw my stupid cliche au ANS NO ONE CAN STOP ME.

it's inspired by What We Do in the Shadows!! :]

(not really, he's still a robot but no one knows)

Yes, they argue over Twilight and are far too invested.

Lloyd is an uhm.. I'll think of something..

This all takes place in modern times! No elemental powers 💔 they were just all kind of desperate for housing and felt safer under Wu's roof since they can tell he's definitely not normal. (Unfortunately they did not realize there were other things under that roof..)

Cole and jay think they are soo cool and soooo discreet in their wolf shirts. Both of them have to have medicines hidden in a sandwich.

Cole was born a werewolf but Jay was turned some time ago! Cole felt kind of bad for Jay since he had no one to teach him the basics, so let him tag along with him. Jay thinks it's so cool to have a "pack."

Kai and Nya are also convinced they're being secretive everytime they order food and pretend to eat it going "oohhh, yummy! This is so yummers!"

Kai and Nya weren't born vampires and were turned the night they went out to celebrate Nya getting into college. (I'm considering having them be like. From the 70s or 80s? They entered a sort of deep slumber after being turned because they just. Didn't know how to cope)

Zane was with Wu before Cole and Jay arrived! He's a bit strange and doesn't smell like other people. Both groups make jokes about eating him and he does not appreciate it at all. Like in canon, he doesn't remember his past. Though, he does end up having fun with the others..

Kai calls him his familiar in settings with other vampires in an effort to ensure he isn't eaten. Though that doesn't mean Cole and Jay don't get upset since they've known him longer...

Lloyd isn't depicted but I'm considering having him be a goofy dragon kid

[jade-len]

bad svsss fanfic/au idea: random marriage/guidance counselor transmigrates into PIDW, sees the absolute mess of lord luo bingge and his harem, goes "jesus fucking christ", and makes bank.

and like. they're probably not even that good of a counselor. it's just that people lack any sense when it comes to bingge, and since he's the emperor, that means pretty much everyone. also because therapy doesn't exist. i'll give them some credit though, whatever they hell they're doing works.

now, while sqq and sqh are having a grand ol' time in SVSSS with their husbands, this random, average counselor has to deal with being in the care of lord luo bingge. no wife beam. no anything. all they have is some basic empathy and common sense people just tend to lack in here for some reason.

it's even worse considering the fact that they've arrived after luo bingge completed his plan and became the hailed demon emperor. now, while they've never full on read the entire thing, they've heard enough from a close friend who has kept up with it to know the main character is the literal embodiment of the cycle of abuse and heavy unresolved issues. like, it got to the point where they started to unironically use luo bingge as an example of how to not deal with conflicts and trauma.

really, how could people like bingge? seriously, it's just another edge lord main character with way too many glamorized issues and abuse. red flag! (hey, who the hell is peerless cucumber and why does he keep defending binghe? lord, have mercy on these impressionable young men...)

so, after being kidnapped taken in by bingge and his wives after the bunch claimed that they were a "wise man" or whatever (all they did was offer some basic relationship advice to some poor woman, who turned out to be ning yingying, who told the other wives, and it just spiraled from there), they were deemed "special" and given their personal office and a room! hey, better than being on the streets in this god forsaken hentai-ish world, i guess.

quickly, a routine was established. one that, especially, consisted of luo bingge outright ignoring them. which, they weren't complaining about!

wake up, eat, meet with multiple of the wives, spend their hard earned money on delicious delicacies, meet with more wives, sleep, repeat. the most interaction they had with the demon emperor was him ordering them around, but even then, that was uncommon. it was, surprisingly, easy to fall into the rhythm of this undoubtedly odd life. you're upset that lord luo hasn't spent much time with you? maybe you can ask! the other wives are being annoying? remove yourself from the situation. you're upset that lord luo has so many other wives? oohhh... yeah. uhm.

luo binghe only tolerated them, they knew that. and they're sure that, if not for multiple of his wives insisting on keeping them, they'd be dead for even daring to be so "intimate" with them. a little bit of a shock, if they do say so themself. like, insecure much (something that they'll probably never get used to is the fact that bingge built an entire little village for his wives, though)?

but that's not the most shocking thing, oh, no.

it's this.

"i- i tried.. i tried to take the.. hiic-- other.. other shizun w-with me.." lord luo binghe, the powerful, almighty demon emperor, trembles and sobs. "b-but he! he wanted to-- s-stay with that.. stupid, inferior version of my- hic- self.."

despite the mountain of gold they're getting paid in, is it really enough to deal with this? probably not. will they get killed for witnessing luo binghe's vulnerability? perhaps. is he a dictator, the embodiment of the cycle of abuse, and a crazily vengeful bastard? definitely.

"it's-- s' not.." his voice breaks. something else inside of them probably does, too. "..n-not, hiic- fair."

should they feel bad? they shouldn't. he's hurt much too many people. isn't it a little late? can he even be redeemed? because, they are absolutely not here to try and "fix" him.

and yet.

"can you breathe, lord luo? deep breaths, don't focus on anything else but me, okay? i'll do it with you too. can you do that for me? there, there. you're doing a very good job, do you know that? here, when i'm upset, sometimes i like to do something called, '5-4-3-2-1'. i promise it'll help, binghe. would you like for me to do this one with you too?"

they can't help but think about a small, lonely boy on qing jing peak.

. . .

after that, bingbing slowly starts to come around and develop an actual bond! cool!! he just,,, can't believe only his wives were granted the "wisdom". how foolish was he?

"i know i'm only a mere human, but i can tell that lord luo is... masking things. you can put that away for now, okay? i promise, everything you say here will be confidential information, and it'll never leak... no no there's no enemy spies here-"

"i'm not even going to question this. you go back there right now and deal with it yourself if you cannot respect me or the other clients. aka, your wives."

"no, it's not stupid. this is how people help themself, and it's okay if you want to do it. as long as it doesn't hurt you or anybody. it helps, and that's all that matters."

"oh? one of your wife confronted to you about it? i'm glad to hear that, she's doing well, i see. i'm also happy that you're listening too, really."

"yes, and when something like that happens, you--- no- don't pull out xin mo now. what did we say about that? good job."

"here, can i touch your hands, binghe? there we go. when you're unsteady, you feel the need to pick at your skin, correct? well, let's try a few different things to keep those hands busy! it must be quite stressful being an emperor. how about we start with crocheting! it's quite popular back at my hometown."

"your mother sounds like a wonderful woman, lord luo. hey, how about you take a small break and visit her, okay? you want me to come with you? of course, it'd be an honor."

and thus, the story of the poor transmigrator counselor continues on with luo bingge added to their schedule!! this could be read as romantic or platonic lol. but i was thinking of this as luo bingge obtaining his first actual friend. it takes a long while due to bingge's... bingge-ness, but eventually it all works out lmao