#sorry I had to get that off my chest

[feminist-cult-following]

it’s honestly very frustrating to try and see people paint alicent as some sort of karen and rhaenyra as some sort of feminist icon. newsflash: none of the women in this show are feminists. AND THAT IS OKAY!! we’re looking at a story that predates those sort of progressive ideals and it’s not fair to hold either character to such a modern standard.

rhaenyra is out for herself and for her own claim, she’s not fighting for the right of all women to sit the iron throne. this is pretty clearly spelled out for us when she tells rhaenys that baela and jacerys’ sons will inherit the iron throne. but this isn’t a criticism of rhaenyra, she’s a woman living in an incredibly oppressive time, and while it could make for a great story, it should not be her responsibility to fight for the hypothetical claims of other women. as the the legitimate heir to the throne, her only concern should be fighting to take back her crown from the usurper.

as for alicent, she can really only cling to two things: duty/honor and trying to protect her children. her whole life has been nothing but miserable. losing her mother, being pawned off to viserys by her own father, being forced to have four children while she was still a child herself. and in the aftermath of all this, she’s lost her best friend and one true love. so of course she’s bitter and resentful, and of course she’s so preoccupied with duty. all she’s done since she was 14 years old is give and give, and it’s been rotten, thankless work.

it’s pretty easy to understand why both of these women are the way they are, and to acknowledge their deep complexity. sometimes it feels like people are being willfully obtuse in order to stay loyal to their respective “teams”, and I know it’s not that deep and the end of the day, but it’s still very frustrating.

[crastlefolke]

took this bit out of the previous post because it felt mean but like my god i hate that canary curse so much no one has properly looked at jimmy's character in the life series because its all about the curse like theres so much more to him than just dying first also its like 90% of the reason why people think he's bad at minecraft

[snnbnny]

i was just scrolling tumblr then saw something supporting Amber Heard and now im literally fighting the urge to start a petty internet fight.

Feminism isn't supporting and picking women over any one else any time, no matter what that woman has done. It isn't oppressing someone whose abused and beaten just because their a man and the abuser is a woman. If we side with Amber on this then we are basically just hypocritical assholes that not only support abuse but support misandry which is just as bad as misogyny. Hell she has abused women and men a like so don't even try and make it about "supporting women"

so yes tumblr user i will not name, we will look back in 10 years but not to say that we "failed Amber Heard" no we will look back and regret not placing charges, because she will do this again. She's done it to several people.

Oh and, "while joining in another smear campaign against another woman" is hilarious. Smear campaign? Really? is that what you call someone being abused coming forward and being supported is? Then yeah I hope theres more, because I know many people who've been abused by women and men and nonbinary people alike.

Don't you dare try and make this about supporting women or gender this at all because it makes you look so bad. Misandry is just as toxic as misogyny, and its just as distasteful. Pointlessly gendering and making something toxic about supporting women is not only disgusting but its shameful, not only to the movement but also yourself

[coiled-dragon]

I cant put it into words but i get annoyed when antis are all 'well if you're a victim of what you're writing about i guess we can allow it as a coping method.' I dont know if its just me but i dont care if bro writes a sexy fetish fic about something i suffered from that they never suffered from themself. Meh. Whatever.

Oh I TOTALLY Get you. Honestly, very few even do the whole 'I guess I can excuse it' thing anymore but honestly? When they used to back in the day it really fucked me - and many others - up because.... To 'enforce' this 'allowance' it requires people to come out and talk about the fact they underwent some heavily traumatic bullshit. The kind of stuff some people DONT wanna talk about! Shockingly! (sarcasm)

But you're right, it does NOT matter. It doesn't matter even if whoever is writing 'bad stuff' is only doing it because they get off on it! It doesnt matter if they're doing it to cope or for catharsis! It doesn't matter if you just Feel Like it! ITS ALL OKAY!!!! ANYONE CAN WRITE PROBLEMATIC SUBJECTS!

Like honestly if more of the internet could accept a 'who cares' take on so much of the fearmongering shit we see, life would be easier....

"They write rape fics because they get off to it" who cares?

"They're transing their gender because its a fetish" who cares???

"They're a violent person who writes this stuff because they can't do it in real life" LITERALLY WHO CARES??

Also I would MUCH rather people who do have violent disorders or paraphilias that are harmful to act write and draw out their desires versus like. Going out. And hurting people?

Literally.

Who Cares.

Life is too short to try and police what people are allowed to do what thing, and every piece of rule and morality is all made up anyway....

[anantaru]

HAVE U HEARD THAT NEW SONG??

“Hes so pretty when he goes down on me, gold-skinned, eager baby, blueshirt out the laundry”

IM LITERALLY DYING I PICTURE SO MANY GENSHIN MEN WITH IT GRRRR KAZUHA AND ALBEDO AND HEIZOU THO ONFFG

i want to ride all their faces while sucking them off while also cooking them a three course meal and then later I want them to call me a good girl because I deserve it and i'm a girlboss btw if you didn't notice by now

[celamoon]

WEHN KOMAEDA FALLS IN LOVE HE LOOKS AT HIS LOVER WITH THAT SPECIFIC TYPE OF LOOK THAT ONLY LOVESICK FOOLS DO

[demonichikikomori]

SEXUAL COERCION!!!!! DUBIOUS CONSENT!!!!!!!!!! BLACK MAILING!!!!!!!!! USAGE OF DRUGS OR ALCOHOL OR EVEN BOTH TO MANIPULATE AND GAIN SEXUAL FAVORS!!!!!!!!! USAGE OF FORCE!!!!!!!! GASLIGHTING!!!!!!!!!!!!! TOXIC RELATIONSHIPS!!!!!!!!!!

[cladnplaid]

I just love receiving unsolicited life and career advice from people who are miserable and unhappy🙃

Yeah sure, your advice must work because look how fulfilled you are(!)

[itistimetodisappear]

Yes we've all heard aroace people complain about the 'you haven't met the right person' line. But to the idiots citing this as the reason aroace people 'aren't oppressed’: No, micro aggressions aren't what's oppressing us.

I could talk about corrective rape, but I'm not going to because that's not what scares me the most. The worst thing about being aroace (aromantic, and asexual to a certain extent) is that society is set up for couples.

Being aromantic is a crushing economic disadvantage. As a couple, you can save more. As a legal couple, you can borrow more. This puts Mortgages out of reach for a lot of aromantics. Adopting too. Although aro people can adopt, you must have a similar income to a couple, which again, rules out a lot of aros. Don't forget Immigration, spousal visas will never be an option for us.

Being poor and aro means you're denied housing, family, international movement, basically anything that allos of a similar income would get. And anything you can get, you'll have to jump through many more hoops for. But we can't fix this by legalising aro marriage, like we did for the gays. Until our society's economic system is completely revolutionised, we'll be waiting.

It's impossible to compare oppression. You can't objectively say which minority group has it worse and I really mean that. But also I'd rather be called slurs and hated by Christians all fucking day.

[officiallyglamourous]

[GOD I JUST LOVE THE INFINITE LIGHTSABER AD ON TUMBLR DOT COM THAT MAKES ME HAVE TO RESTART THE ENTIRE APP.

ITS SO FUCKING GREAT.]

[spainy-spoon]

This whole submarine situation is a grim reminder that safety features are there for SAFETY rather than inconvenience, and that regulations are often written in blood.

The juxtaposition of the company going from "isn't it great that we built such a cost effective submersible without having to deal with clunky equipment or pesky regulations" to "we regret to inform you that 5 passengers including our CEO are sealed inside a death pod with very little chance of rescue" is absolutely haunting but is an outcome that you could have seen coming from miles away unlike the submersible due to a lack of safety features

[losticaruss]

im not one to pet any peeves but something that really irks me is when people use existentialism interchangeably with nihilism. existentialism is the "carpe diem" philosophy- nothing matters in life and we're all going to die, so do something memorable with your time on earth. nihilism is the "nothing matters and im going to die and nobody is going to remember me" philosophy. please please please stop calling it an existential crisis when youre talking about nihilism

[grooviestsadpapaya]

A v lazy fierce zaddy sketch, comic update soon <3

[die-rosastrasse]

I love you bad art, I love you amateur art, I love you self learning, I love you cheap art supplies, I love you journals, I love you crafts, I love you art available for everyone, I love you second hand art and objects, I love you free museums, I love you handmade gifts, I love you childish drawings, I love you art that nobody ever saw except for the artist, I love you taking time to learn a skill, I love you art history, I love you free tutorials, I love you art as a school subject, I love you things that took a long time to make, I love you art studies that are considered useless, I love you the human need to create and change the world around you to be more beautiful and more meaningful.

I hate you AI art, I hate you generated content, I hate you singe-use images, I hate you mindless consumption, I hate you stealing from artists, I hate you reposting without sources, I hate you lying about using AI, I hate you pretending like art is something unachievable and reserved only for the chosen ones.

Make art!! Make "bad" art that is actually special because you took the time to make it. Make art for yourself that you show no one. Make art for others that they'll cherish forever. See how your whole world changes, see how you start noticing beautiful and inspiring things all around you. Make things with love and devotion. Fuck AI.

[a-bee-stuck-in-my-shoe]

[poisonpercy]

“The changes are what Rick wanted so if you don’t like it, it’s on you.” This is literally a reply on a comment that I left on a tiktok that was explaining what someone did and didn’t like about the latest pjo episode 🙄 Rick can’t even remember what happens in his own books and has been butchering his own characters since the creation of heroes of olympus, that’s not the comeback you think it is. When a show is marketed as a faithful adaptation when it is more accurately a rewrite, people have a right to criticize the show. You aren’t getting a gold medal for liking the show in its entirety. Get off your high horse and let people discuss the show