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[genshin-impact-updates]

"Starlit Letter" — The Web Event for Genshin Impact's 4th Character OST Album Is Now Available

>> Click to Take Part in Event <<

We parted in one melody

and reunited in another.

〓Event Duration〓

2024/01/18 12:00 – 2024/01/24 23:59 (UTC+8)

〓Event Summary〓

During the event, unlock 5 character tracks and share the event to obtain Primogem rewards.

〓Event Rewards〓

Primogems ×40

〓Notes〓

1. Players must have an Adventure Rank of 10 and above to activate the gift pack, and each UID can only receive the pack once.

2. The event might take a while to load due to the large amount of resources. Thank you for your patience.

3. As this event requires the use of the recording function, we recommend that you update your mobile operating system to iOS 12.0 or Android 7.0 and above, and enable voice recording-related permissions. When using the recording function, the accuracy and validity of the rating may be affected by network or force majeure. In the case of a misjudgment, you can ask Paimon for help to continue the event. Additionally, you will be responsible for any disputes or damages resulting from sharing inappropriate content.

(Note: Wearing headphones may improve your experience.)

[prlssprfctn]

Cryptid!Alfred, who is actually immortal. Like, he cannot die for forever - he did once, during the war, and after that... for some reason, he kept coming back, completely without any additional magical help. He sometimes dies again, and then mysteriously comes back on the next morning, as if nothing happened. Bruce used to it at some point, so instead of asking questions (Alfred has no answers, anyway) he just pretends that it is normal. He gaslights kids to think the same. Like, what do you mean he died, Damian? No, he is alrightish. Look in the kitchen, he is making us breakfast. It probably was just a bad dream.

So, when Jason dies and gets back? Oh, Alfred knows his grandson has the same curse/blessing. Because it wasn't the Lazarus Pit that brought Jason back after all, but some strange, unexplainable force. Perhaps, both of them are just bound to end up as guardians, as warriors and protectors - that's why they keep coming back.

...Nevertheless, it doesn't make their family less... anxious about the whole thing. These two from the other side? Oh, they absolutely enjoy their immortal hang-out hours.

Jason: What was your funniest death?

Alfred: I am going to say... that one time, when I was teaching young master Bruce using a hunting rifle, and he accidentally shot me. I came back in fifteen minutes, and, of course, a poor thing was sobbing, but afterwards he was doing all chores for a month. Wonderful days.

Jason: Damn, poor Brucie... My funniest gotta be that one time, when Roy and I got drunk, and I legit jumped off the building because I thought I can fly. Roy had never got sober that quick.

(The first time Jason dies on the family's watch)

Dick, sobbing: Alfred... Alfred... He died! His neck was snapped! How can I live-

Alfred, casually leaning to snap Jason's neck again: Wake up, my boy.

Jason, dramatically gasping for air: Damn, who made me a massage, while I was sleeping?

Tim: What. The. Fuck.

[shitpostingkats]

Oh english is absolutely not his first language.

[hinamie]

some quick jjk eye paintings

[abstractfrog]

Happy 1 year anniversary to Mr Sherlock Holmes! Here's a litttleee celebratory comic from me

[forgettable-au]

FORGETTABLE-AU (Page 61-64)

* I-I don't think we were talking about the same thing...

[BEGINNING] [PREVIOUS] [CONTINUE]

[zorangezest]

how do you draw yourself?

ok, now how do you draw the others?

here’s soundwave’s drawings without the vandalism, I imagine he does little doodles!

[lizardson]

I really love how brandon sanderson portrayed the effects of emotional abuse when it comes to navani and gavilar and the like. intentional erosion of her trust in herself and her abilities. the way we see navani's intense self doubt even after she's no longer with gavilar and she recognizes that he was not a good husband, the kind of systematic destruction of her sense of self hasn't left her. and sandersons always been good with not falling into the 'the perfect relationship will heal your trauma' trope but it's really nice to see with an abusive relationship specifically. i love that her relearning that she is capable and intelligent and a scholar had nothing to do with dalinar, or really any external validation, it was her having to rely on her own skills and her own competency through the tower siege. and I'm sure the homoerotic enemies to not quite lovers type relationship with the hot evil crab woman might've helped but. idk man I just love RoW navani so much

[adamoose-art]

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*Smiling giggling kicking my feet* these are so fun

og memes by @loop-lover-central under the cut!

My collection is growing

[irenespring]

Today I would like to shout out that one random Twitter person who made up that JD Vance bragged about fucking a couch.

Imagine making a random shitpost and less than two months later your joke is being used by a major party nominee for Vice President on live television at his introduction rally, earning him thunderous applause.

That poster must be having quite the experience.

[alicentflorent]

Simone and Lauren have every right to be pissed about the direction their characters were taken in. They got cast to play these complex characters and accepted their roles hoping to expand on said characters, just to be written out after the strike with no personal character development. There’s so much more they could have done and could still be doing with the adult characters, specifically Lottie and Van who never really got a chance to grow and find their footing.

[keptinshorthand]

I hate that despite Jonathan’s journal being of upmost importance for the plot, must often than not it loses its relevance on adaptations, either by being completely overlooked or just being used as a reference without giving it proper use for the narrative.

I think that giving the journal the same consideration it receives on the novel not only would help the narrative as plot device, but could also be used to enhance the tension that exists in the castle Dracula section of the story: by showing Jonathan’s fear of the journal being discovered and destroyed and the lengths he is willing to go in order to keep it safe from Dracula.

[jaggybot3000]

CHONNY'S CHARMING CHAOS COMPENDIUM FAUX ALBUM+BACK COVER!!!!!!!💥💥💥💥

AKA CONCEPT ART OF AN ALBUM COVER FOR A CONCEPT ALBUM OF A COVER ALBUM!!!!

(aka a final for an illustration class:])

some mockups+ illustrations without text:3

[hinamie]

theyre soft your honour

[y3llow-hoodie]

[lilacsandlillies]

I was going through the anti Jason Todd tag because I hate myself and want to understand where people who dislike him are coming from and one thing I kept seeing was annoyance at Jason fans who claim that Jason is female coded and realized that the term “female coded” might not be the best term to describe what we mean.

A female coded character in literature and media typically means a character that has no specified gender or otherwise does not have a gender but is obviously meant to be a stand in for a woman or female. Kind of like how Starfire has no specified race (due to being an alien) but is still obviously black coded based on the way she’s drawn and treated by the narrative.

This is slightly different than what we mean when saying that Jason is female coded. It’s not that Jason is literally supposed to be a stand in for a female character, it’s that the way a lot of characters treat him and a lot of the tropes used on him are things that usually saved for female characters, not big buff men like Jason.

To start with, being Robin is narratively (or at least was) very similar to being a woman in a story. Robin is a role made to complement Batman (who we all know is basically the ultimate male power fantasy). Robin’s role is to be an accessory to Batman. Robin can be smart, but not smarter than Batman. Robin can be strong, but not stronger than Batman. Hell, Robin is often kidnapped and used as a literal damsel in distress, a role often regulated for women as a whole.

What sets Jason apart from the other robins (except for Steph) in this regard is that they were allowed to be characters outside of Batman. Dick might not have been the “man” of the story when he’s with Bruce, but when he’s with the teen titans suddenly he’s the smart one who has all the answers. Jason’s Robin was never really allowed this.

Then we get to the most, controversial, part of Jason’s female coding. The fact the he was effectively fridged. Fridging is usually only referred to as frigding if it’s a female character, but Jason’s death checks pretty much all the other boxes needed. An incredibly brutal death that was more about Bruce’s feelings on it than Jason himself.

This is especially apparent when compared to the other Bat characters. For all the female coding, the only other Robin to actually be fridged was Steph (and we all know about the misogyny surrounding her death). Barbara was also kind of fridged during the killing Joke. The only female character to escape this is Cass (to my knowledge). When you look at it through this lens, the fact that the only other characters to be permanently damaged like this for Bruce’s story are female, it’s not hard to see where the idea that Jason is female coded comes from.

You can even find this in Jason’s origin story. Poor little orphan is saved by benevolent billionaire is a role usually saved for little girls, like in Annie.

Despite what you might think, this even continues after Jason’s revival. Jason is still used less as a character and more as a motivation for Bruce. He’s regularly called emotional and hysterical (terms usually used to refer to women).

Jason is first and foremost a victim. A role performed by women in most media. Men are expected to be stoic and “rise above” the things done to them as to not be victims, as continuously shown by the way characters like Nightwing are not allowed to be effected by the horrific things they go through. The fact that Jason is shown the be angry, and sad, and emotional, constantly, and the fact that he’s punished and vilified for it puts him in a place much more similar to a female character.

There’s a reason that so many Jason fans (that like him for a reason past “antihero with guns”) are female. For most characters, when you swap their genders there would be a pretty clear and big difference in the way their story takes place. If you swap Jason’s gender, the story takes place identically.

A lot of this is best shown in men’s reactions to Arkham Knight’s version of Jason. In that game, Jason is similarly angry and emotional, albeit for slightly different reasons. He is also still unmistakably a victim. You’d think the men playing would like him. After all he’s a big cool angsty guy with a lot of guns and muscles. Instead, a lot of men’s thought that he was whiny. That his feelings were annoying.

There’s also something to be said about how his autonomy is regularly undermined by Bruce (specifically in Gotham war) and how his decisions and feeling are constantly treated as if they’re worth less than Bruce’s, but that’s a discussion for another day.