#you're so correct and you should say it

[faggotry-enjoyer]

I didn't want to re-reblog and clog up ppls dash, but I saw what you put in the notes and we're 100% on the same page.

So many people will say "criticizing Israel isn't antisemitic" while like... actively denying Jewish ties to the Levant or saying that we control the media or something else stupidly antisemitic (theres been... a lot of blood lible thrown around lately).

Criticizing Israel isn't inherently antisemitic. It just seems that most people aren't capable of actually separating the two.

the notes being referred to here:

#when people are like "you can't criticize israel without being called antisemitic" it's like #yeah #because *you* are incapable of criticizing israel without being antisemitic #not everyone #you #<prev #criticizing israel isn't *inherently* antisemitic but that inherently is an important fucking part of the sentence #95% of the people who pull out 'criticizing israel isn't antisemitic' aren't even engaging in meaningful critique #just sweeping generalizations and double standards #you're not criticizing israel you're just hating israel and those are two very different things #the former? fine and good. the latter? is antisemitism dressed up in progressive talking points #and if you didn't know that on some level you wouldn't be so pre-emptively defensive #’i'm not antisemitic' is the refrain of antisemites and cowards

[essektheylyss]

Honestly, it is so funny remembering that Annabeth Chase's literal, stated, canonical fatal flaw is hubris.

Rick Riordan was like, "This clever, neurodivergent preteen girl believes that she is smarter than the gods, and she will get the chance to prove herself right," and he was correct. 😌

[disniq]

The thing is, I actually think it's a super interesting angle to look at the intersection of trauma and mental illness and vigilantism and coping mechanisms with Jason's character.

But, for me, if you want to seriously ask at what point does Jason need therapy more than he needs the vigilante lifestyle it's not Red Hood Jason you should be looking at. Red Hood Jason was literally murdered and the mysteriously resurrected. That's not something you can therapy your way out of! That's something that no amount of talking will ever help you understand, because it's a completely incomprehensible event!

No, if anyone needs therapy it's 12 year old Jason.

It's 12 year old Jason, who has poverty trauma and homelessness trauma and prison system trauma and parentification trauma and drug related trauma and, depending on your reading, potentially sexual trauma.

It's 12 year old Jason, who is taken in by Bruce - a man who is *also* severely traumatised (in extremely different ways) and chooses to dress up as a Bat and punch people about it instead of seeking healthy coping strategies.

It's 12 year old Jason, who Bruce decides - without psychiatric training or so much as a second opinion - needs the same outlet that "helped" Bruce and "helped" Dick.

And by the time aditf rolls around, Bruce is maybe just realising that he's made a mistake. But it's too late, because for two years he's told this child - a child who arguably feels indebted to him, a child who is extremely isolated and had very few if any other trusted adults to talk to - that violence and avoidance is how you deal with emotions.

I think that's fascinating to think about!

That Bruce's own failure to process his trauma left him blind to what Jason might actually have benefited from! That if Bruce had noticed Jason struggling earlier, if he'd reacted differently or explained himself better in aditf, Jason might not have felt the need to travel around the world alone looking for a woman he'd never met and only just learned about!

That if *Bruce* had been healthier, had been to therapy instead of throwing all his energy into vigilantism, none of this might have happened!

Reframe Red Hood Jason as a tragedy of Bruce's own making, not because of the classist bullshit that Jason was always going to end up a criminal and Bruce failed to stop that, but because Bruce's terrible coping mechanisms became *Jason's* terrible coping mechanisms and nobody likes to see the worst parts of themselves in the mirror.

[thatswhatsushesaid]

i do understand and acknowledge that most people who pick up mdzs and get really into it walk away from the experience with wangx!an brainrot that brings them joy and suffering (affectionate) in equal measure, and--unless they're assholish at me or my pals--i wish all of those people well and hope that the veritable cornucopia of wangx!an content on this webbed site and AO3 is everything they've ever wanted out of their fandom experience. wwx is the protagonist, lwj is his court-appointed soulmate, their happily ever after is what most people pick up the books wanting to experience, and that's, you know, fine. live your bliss etc.

i just hope that one day it won't be such a hot and controversial take for fans who didn't develop wangx!an brainrot, and who found something and/or someone else more compelling and engaging about the text, to be able to say as much, and talk about it as much as we want to, without generating a bunch of passive-aggressive--or aggressive-aggressive--commentary from hardcore wangx!an stans who seem to take our disinterest in the central romance personally for whatever reason. like genuinely i would probably not dislike wangx!an as much as i have come to dislike them if i hadn't been inundated with very rude reblog commentary or anon asks early on in my fandom experience just for saying /checks my notes, "maybe jin guangyao isn't evil, actually. maybe wei wuxian did some things wrong."

dgmw, i'm glad that lots of people here are able to like jgy, for example, and still enjoy wwx and wangx!an specifically. but for those of us who don't, or who are struggling to rediscover some affection for the main pair, this attitude.... did not develop in a vacuum lol. i would just like for people to bear that in mind, i guess.

[gender-euphowrya]

spell of explode all transphobes Activate

[goldenpinof]

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[oh-meow-swirls]

was looking through old posts and i'm surprised to see that i seemingly didn't have any commentary on anything in 3 in chapter 7, 8 or 9, the posts related to 3's story go from "my first reaction when i saw yopple-bot was 'i love you. but also you are definitely the boss for this chapter-'" to "i have been in hell all day. hell being bada-bing tower." funny to me cuz those chapters are like, the best ones sdfkljsdfjfsdkjlfsdjkl-

[bumblingbabooshka]

-Remembers how T’Pring looked as she watched Spock & Chapel vanish into the bathroom together after seeing them kiss on the bridge (which she knew was for a mission and didn’t hold against them but perhaps she could sense something there since they do have feelings for one another), maybe attempting to calm herself and her suspicions as she’s left alone again (and later finds she’s been left out entirely this whole time) and how she doesn’t know that Spock almost told Chapel he loved her then and there, with T’Pring in the other room waiting, and how Amanda and Sevet both think she could have more confidence in herself and how T’Pring thought that she and Spock were in this together (her holding his hand, subtly letting him know to pour slower so the tea flowers would bloom correctly, a whispered ‘well done’, the ritual is over mother) and how mere hours after she expresses to Spock how she feels: Like he doesn’t trust her, like he doesn’t care to include her in his life, how she’s trying her best to show him that she will accept him wholly, how she wants to be his partner instead of an adversary or an obstacle, after all this he’s found Chapel within the hour and is kissing her.-

[astridthevalkyrie]

everything you see ab being the oldest daughter is true btw why am i the family therapist AND punching bag smh

long ass depressing rant in the tags srry i got a wee bit emotional

[thedreadvampy]

guess who's in 🎶troooouble🎶

New Boss does not appreciate my Vile Insubordination (giving an informed opinion in an email chain where she said some factually incorrect things and got called out on it - I said hey yep you're right that what she said isn't true but here's why it's still important to listen to our team)

and now we have to have a Quick Chattette about my Behaviour and Unsatisfactory Response (didn't apologise for being correct)

[luciality]

had a "you cant be saying that white baby" moment today with my aunt

[magnusbae]

saddened when my concepts are turned into angst, saddened when my ideas are good 'but this is better', saddened that it's often 'yes but' with the things I make instead of "yes and" to build on top of it

[comikadraws]

basically, race theories like tobirama's theory of the curse of hatred may make sense in fiction, but definitely never in real life, right?

Disclaimer: I am white with no background in biology, sociology, or anything else in relation to this topic. I am definitely not the best person to ask and all of this is mostly just my opinion.

I suppose. Fantasy races work nothing like actual human "races" (or rather, ethnicities).

My reasoning for that is genetic diversity. As far as my understanding goes, humans have low genetic diversity between different populations with no significant differences between different ethnicities. This is precisely why the famous dog breed analogy is scientifically wrong. It's because human gene pools are not different enough to produce any meaningful differences between them.

We cannot apply this logic to fantasy settings, however, because obviously fantasy authors rarely adhere to science (evolution and genetics, specifically) and may even freely choose the degree of genetic diversity in their world (resulting in fantasy races like elves and orcs). These resulting races may not only be distinct in physical traits but psychological as well (ie. monster races). And without studies or statistics to the contrary (that we obviously cannot produce in a fictional world), the author's word is law, even if it is beyond unsatisfying.

In the case of the world of Naruto, Kishimoto likely intended that the Uchiha are genetically distinct from other populations to the point of producing different behavioral patterns.

I'd also like to add that some authors (not Kishimoto) will incorporate racism into their fantasy stories regardless of genetic diversity. Some of those stories will reject the notion of psychological differences between fantasy races entirely (e.g. Zootopia) to create an analogy for audiences' experiences and struggles. Meanwhile, some other fictional universes merely have psychological differences unjustly exaggerated or generalized (e.g. Beastars) to give it a twist. That's why we need to pay attention to the narrative to see whether racist ideas are held and perpetuated by a character (a canonical racist) or the author (racist lore).

I'd like to add that even if the story does not purposefully depict themes of racism, it is absolutely valid to headcanon, explore, or raise awareness using a story previously unrelated to or unconcerned with it. It is necessary, even. The problem only arises when said discussions miss their target (i.e. harassing fans rather than criticizing the author).

[ereborne]

Song of the Day: May 22

"And So It Goes” Billy Joel cover by Jennifer Warnes

[llycaons]

I got mad about how genuinely pretentious and condescending people on here about things that honestly don't even matter that much and so I went oh I know and I went to a mutual in law's blog because I KNOW they have the exact same views as me on them but they articulate them so much better and bam I got like six posts in a row of excellent compassionate measured responses to the very mean-spirited and meaninglessly cruel culture on here surrounding 'anti-intellectualism' and also calling people virgins in a derogatory way. like thanks! gotta jet

[scrawnytreedemon]

So many Tumblr posts, even joke posts, consist of ordering people what do do.