#regrettable asks

[regretisstoredintheme]

Hii jiji! How are you my friend? I hope you’re doing well, I missed uuuuu

I MISSED YOU TOO RAHHHHHH

I’m sorry I’ve been so inactive 😔😔😔 I’ve been really stressed recently and this week didn’t help!!!

I really wanna get back into writing, I’m so sorry I’ve clogged up requests so much :( ILL WORK ON IT!!!

[ofrandomthought]

soowon hair product commercial when

[txttletale]

How would you, as an ML, describe/justify Socialism in one country? Doesn’t revolution need to be international?

it provably doesn't! attempts to force socialist revolution in states that do not have their own organized revolutionary working-class movement at best create weak socialist states without mass support that collapse the moment they lose the aid of their sponsor and at worst end in abject disaster and pointless war. the moment a revolution succeeds, a global counterrevolutionary campaign is set against them and they cannot possibly fight that battle in an offensive capacity. history has proven that 'exporting the revolution' is not a viable or sustainable strategy for socialism, and every time it's been tried it's been a failure.

certainly there needs to be international solidarity between revolutionary movements and socialist states, and true communism requires the breakdown of national borders--but while bourgeois states continue to use anticommunist violence, repression, imperialism, and economic warfare to isolate and undermine socialist states, those states must make themselves as self-sufficient as possible and focus on their own socialist economic development for their own survival.

[gingermintpepper]

drop the link on that fic of Zeus being a good dad?

Absolutely my friend!

As you can see, it's called Trials of Fatherhood by the lovely @z-eusie and in-between my agonies and right now, she's actually updated the fic and now the Apollo chapter is live!! Everyone should go read this fic, actually! It's a wonderful little compilation of moments that allow for showing both the ugliness and beauty of the gods when taken from a nuanced, compassionate perspective and it's always been one of my favourites to go back to every now and then just because of how fond I am of it. I'm especially fond of the Athena and Dionysus chapters myself but I hope everyone finds their favourite one. <33

[ducktracy]

The Ducktators is a fascinating little cartoon, though not a particularly enjoyable one. It’s very hard to watch nowadays but your review makes its strengths as animated propaganda very clear. As always, a very nice review. Also, sorry to bring him up, but I always thought the racist stereotype Japanese duck was supposed to be Hideki Tojo (Hi-duck-i Tojo?).

THANK YOU FOR THE KIND WORDS!!! that really means a lot! absolutely, it's not a short i revisit for obvious reasons, but i'm almost glad for that "fresh pair of eyes" point of view because it definitely allowed me to view its directorial strengths much more clearly. in terms of pure cinematography and directing alone, it really shows that Norm McCabe had a lot of potential to be a great director if he wasn't bogged down so much by shoehorning topical references (ie propaganda) into his cartoons! like, this is a crazy shot

it is an extremely fascinating watch to see how they play on the psyche and psychology of the audience. cartoons are manipulative! i know this from working in them! i don't mean that in a bad way, but objectively: cartoons manipulate emotions of the audience and inspire them to laugh, to cry, to be scared, to be triumphant, they manipulate where you're supposed to look or how you're supposed to ingest--or NOT ingest--the information. it's almost comparable to a magic trick. even the most inconsequential, silly, stupid, "nothing" cartoon you can imagine has some sort of subliminality in it dictating how you are interpreting the information on screen. i'm being hyperbolic with my wording and i swear i don't mean this in a Dale Gribble conspiracy theory way LOL. it's just a fact! and it's so fascinating to me! and propaganda cartoons are really at the zenith of seeing how these subliminalities and playing on the psychology of the audience works. obviously, not always (and really, seldom) for the better, but it's very neat to study and see how that is accomplished. it makes for a very fascinating deep dive

I HAD ASSUMED FOR THE LONGEST TIME IT WAS A TOJO CARICATURE TOO.. i've gotten some conflicting information. cartoon wise, i plucked the voice credits from Keith Scott's book, who bills him as a Hirohito caricature, Jerry Beck and Will Friedwald's book just labels him as "a Japanese duck"--i've been getting a bunch of conflicting research, and it evidently seems that historians themselves are in conflict as to the extent of Hirohito's role in the war. i assumed that for the purposes of the cartoon, the duck was Hirohito since it seems he was considered one of the leaders of the Axis Powers, which is of course what the short hinges on. that, and that he was Emperor, whereas Tojo just reported to him. the general consensus seems to be that Tojo took the majority of the blame (obviously, given that he was hanged)--the website of the National WWII Museum points out that Douglas McArthur and Harry Truman seemed hesitant to charge Hirohito with war crimes since they were scared of a retaliatory uprising, given that he was the Emperor, and so publicity instead fell on Tojo.

I TYPED ALL OF THIS OUT BUT I SEEM TO BE PROVING YOUR POINT LOL Tojo seemed to be much more active on the militant side and received more publicity, so i guess that technically would make him a candidate... but given that Hirohito was at the very tip top and considered the reigning Axis leader for Japan, my assumption was that it was him for the purposes served by the cartoon. it'd probably make more sense for it to be Tojo though if he was more directly involved on the military side... that, and it's clear there's a little bit of a divide in power between the Tojo/Hirohito duck and the Hitler and Mussolini duck, but i also assumed that was a byproduct of the clear resentment directed towards Japan, and was just them jumping at any chance they could to belittle and humiliate them. riding on the catharsis of making such a big figurehead seem small and weak and easy to pummel and all that. (it also doesn’t help that the extent of caricaturing is “uhhhhh Japanese people have squinted eyes and big teeth right?”, both Tojo and Hirohito wore glasses and so that’s really the only visual clue… but i guess the duck also has a military cap that probably would be most associated with Tojo)

any historians who are obviously much more equipped to answer this, i welcome any corrections! it's obviously been a bit since my last World History class and i am genuinely embarrassed i can't give a more concise answer :')

[biowho]

i had a dream last night that i was hanging out with varric at a party but his necklace was made of toes not like severed toes like one long foot wreath and they wiggled whenever he laughed and there was a part where like he shivered cause we were on the balcony and the toes retracted into tiny ball shapes cause they were cold

you did not need to share this

[cienie-isengardu]

MK1 Sub Zero vs Kitana and Mileena Intro Dialogues <<&>> MK11 Noob Saibot vs Jacqui Briggs

[hollowboobtheory]

if your sense of taste is lost does that mean you can listen to the new taylor swift album

listen i am strictly neutral on her music. if it's playing in a room i'm in or someone is listening to her near me i don't have a problem listening to it. it's not actively offensive to my ears, i just don't really get anything out of it for the most part and it's not really my style. it's not bad its not good it's just here. and there's so fucking much of it

[n7punk]

I noticed you referenced Pokémon GO in some of your posts. Do you still play and/or do you feel comfortable sharing your friend code?

I don't share my code online due to it doxxing you (with postcard and raid locations) in friend interactions, but I do really enjoy playing it still! Had a ton of fun doing international GO Fest with Meta & co this month. I love the events and it gets me out of the house more.

If you are in need of more friends (especially in specific regions) I recommend using leekduck to find people anonymously! This is the only way I've ever used codes shared online before and I still didn't post my own but it was helpful for getting all the vivillons with my OT (yes I'm a formdex, my OT, aesthetic pokeball only freak)

[sincerely-sofie]

Twig owns mismatched silverware because she's anxious and broke. I own mismatched silverware because I exclusively steal it from people who invite me to parties. We are not the same.

(Referencing this post)

[yuri-is-online]

!!! I think I want nothing to do with that!!! *keeps playing the game*

what do you mean you don't want a naked demon man in your ceiling, he brought you skeletons. look he even dressed them up-

god what this conversation must look like to people not interested in fate

[regretisstoredintheme]

(You don't have to respond, just wanted to share my adorable little guys with people. Feel free to delete this ask if you don't feel comfortable.)

<3

[catboygirljoker]

i really wanna see a xig fight where he gets to go crazy with the no name blade tbh i want it to be horrifying how good he is w/ it. i wanna see videos of "vs data luxu critical mode (no damage)" or whatever. you see my vision

I SEE YOUR VISION. sometimes i really sit down and think about how xigbar is one of the hardest fights in the games and is norted and has scary space powers and is the second in command in organization 13 and then when he's defeated in 3 he says "if i had a keyblade, things would be different" and then there's That Bit At The End Of Dark Road and i feel . well ifeel perfectly normal. you understand

anyway yeah i wanna see him fight with no name. i want the xigbar fight in 4 to inspire the same memes/complaints/common wisdom that his fight in 2 did about him being really difficult. i wanna see him let his hair down. want his VA to get a lil feral with it. i want him to bulk up cuz hes using a different set of muscles. i wanna see his titties. who said that

[lanabenikosdoormat]

Sorry for being two months late to a trend, it will happen again

This is the most random thing ever, but it’s literally just @lixxqude and I’s favorite characters respectively LMAO

[apostate-in-an-alcove]

Listen, if you ever find a little voice in your head debating whether or not to rid yourself of any Beatles memorabilia, ignore it, that's the devil talking.

[rochenn]

how's Atrem doing?

Utterly splendid. Having a great time. I've been thinking about him and Serennian fashion a lot lately and planning to make some drawings about it!