#that’s literally the point

[heterophobicdyke]

doing feminism “half-assed” is not radical feminism 🤷🏻‍♀️

[littledreamling]

Comic spoilers and mentions of suicide!!

Something I’ve seen a lot of people saying (especially after reading the comics) is that it seems unreasonable and horrifying that Neil wrote a comic where the main character commits suicide (because Dream’s entire plan, from the moment he escaped from his glass prison, was to commit suicide and let another aspect take over). And I get it; a depressed person reading the comics might find themselves relating heavily to Morpheus as a character and recoil at the idea of him giving up so easily, of his only option being suicide.

But that’s not what Neil Gaiman intended (I can only assume), nor is it the message that’s being conveyed.

The purpose of Dream’s story is not to serve as a guideline. It’s not a how-to manual on getting out of depression. It’s not a kind word or a comforting blanket. It’s a fucking warning. It’s big red flashing signs that say “THIS IS HOW NOT TO DO IT!!”

The Sandman comics are about pain and trauma and death and feeling like you have nowhere else to go. But the message of them is the same message you may find yourself shouting at the pages: ask for help! talk to someone! don’t push people away! let people take care of you! let people in! don’t let your pride get in the way of your own health and happiness!

Those are the messages that the comics are trying to convey. Those are the messages you should be turning back to yourself (especially if you relate to Morpheus). Don’t criticize the comics because they’re dark and depressing; they’re supposed to be. Because life is dark and depressing. It’s up to you to make different choices, better choices, than the ones that lead Morpheus to his end. You can find the light, but you have to see what Morpheus couldn’t, and that’s why Neil wrote them

[always-aqua]

‘You expect him to go on the road with nobodies?’ YES, anon, that is largely the point of support acts. They are smaller artists and bands, going on tour with a bigger artist or band in order to increase their visibility and up their profile with a view to at some point booking their own headline tour. Now, it doesn’t always work like that. Support acts sometimes have already done their own small venue tour, but in playing support for a larger band or artist at a larger venue, they’re able to increase the number of people they’re playing to and therefore increase the possibility of their own following growing. I am begging people to stop thinking of gigs as mini festivals where you pay money for a ticket to see two or three bands and that those bands therefore need to all be at a similar level of ‘fame’ for want of a better word (genuinely I think this is the way some people view Louis’ shows a) because he’s been vocal about supporting smaller bands and b) because of him curating acts for AFHF) and instead think of gigs as the chance to see your fave perform whilst also potentially discovering a new-to-you band or artist whose music you might want to buy etc.

I would hope for SOME name recognition. I understand the point about people expecting mini festivals and I want to be clear I am not expecting that. However, in this day and age, it’s completely normal to expect an opener of a major world tour to come with some weight…a viral song/popular single. Something!!!

Louis’s status deserves to have someone better than a Lad or Garage Band. I would also like to be clear there is nothing WRONG with being a Lad or Garage Band, I just want an expanded potential audience for Louis.

But at this point it could literally be any Not-Male person off the street and I would appreciate it.

[muffinlance]

My baby daughter got her adorable puffin-print dress absolutely CAKED in mud crawling around the yard and my first thought was "oh no her beautiful dress"

And my second thought was "oh huh it really WOULD be easy to unconsciously steer her away from playing in the dirt. Unlike my son, whose outfits are usually some kind of solid dark easily washed pants plus a shirt that doesn't trail in the dirt like a dress does."

Anyway something something gender roles start getting shoved on kids from literal birth, but with a little time to think about things, YOU TOO can let your children of any gender absolutely destroy their clothes in the dirt pit they're digging in your garden

[zytes]

this manatee looks like it’s in a skyrim loading screen

[jeyneofpoole]

crazy face to make at one half of the couple you’re impromptu divorce lawyering for after you’ve just exposed seventy years worth of his lies including but not limited to aiding abetting and directing the death of two beautiful lesbians one of which was sort of his stepdaughter also btw this couple is comprised of nuclear warheads in the shape of beautiful men and you sort of had a thing with both of them that one time in the seventies when you thought you were going to get high and your dick sucked but instead got saw-trapped by a renegade botticelli angel with all mental illnesses in the dsm-5 and a couple others we haven’t categorized yet. daniel molloy you will live forever

[mystericmoon]

[cognitiveinequality]

So... a bunch of NFT grifters threw a party in Hong Kong this weekend and reportedly a bunch of attendees are now at risk of permanent eyesight damage because the promoters used unsafe lighting, and people are going to the ER...

[threefuckencrowsinatrenchcoat]

Myself included tbh

[fanaticalthings]

next thing you're gonna tell me is that the butts match 🙄

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[deathcation]

I say this without a single trace of judgement but botox who?

[stil-lindigo]

an ex-zionist jewish man recently went a bit viral on tiktok for sharing exactly how he sees zionism tie israel to the jewish identity and his personal experience with breaking away from it - I think it’s a really great watch.

He also made a follow up talking specifically about how he learned to humanise Palestinians, and a really integral part of it was his school, which would often bring in Palestinian speakers who’d share their perspective (here’s a link to it).

[secretdazedragon]

[gossippool]

rewatching deadpool & wolverine again for fanfic characterisation purposes (part 2) and can we talk about this scene where logan says "you don't want this"

all the other wolverines wade visited had no qualms with attacking him (even little miss cavillrine!) the moment he stepped foot into their space. THIS logan ☝🏼 was suffering not only from whiskey dick of the claws but also whiskey dick of the violence

this logan is the only one that hesitated using his claws on wade, or didn't at least respond with aggressiveness (by his standards). we talk a lot about how his blow up at wade in the honda odyssey is really just him projecting, but so is this. when he tells wade "you don't want this", it's him who doesn't want it—he doesn't want to fight anymore, doesn't want to hurt anyone anymore. look at the expression on his face when he says it. he's so fucking tired of it all

[southfarthing]

I'm imagining if tolkien lived now and publishers were asking him if he had enough followers on twitter and if he could film videos to market his found family elfcore magic cottagevibes worldbuilding fantasy book on tiktok. i think he would run them over with his car actually

[bajaja-blast]

you dislike Luke Castellan because he disagreed with an oppressive government system and actually took action to change the abusive ways him and his peers have been forced to follow for millennia.

I dislike Luke Castellan because in the Titans Curse he manipulated Annabeth, who he raised as his little sister, into holding up the sky, the FUCKING sky, for over 20 hours and had the audacity to walk away as though he was completely apathetic towards it while she begged and pleaded with him to help her.

we are not the same.