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[antitelemachus]

Our shortened attention spans due to the constant dopamine chasing and needed escapism benefits the government/people in power because if the media stops covering something people tend to forget about it. This is beneficial because if people forget about something, or the general populace does, the government can feel free to 1) Never bring it up again and 2) Distort the facts of the event/what actually happened.

Let me elaborate on 2, because that’s most likely what we’re going to see happen in the case of Luigi Mangione. As the attention shifts, the government will release information that either directly or indirectly opposes the true events, and soon enough that’ll just be “what happened.”

To combat this, we as a society have to begin REMEMBERING. The government consistently gaslights and will continue to gaslight us, and we must not let them.

This is true not only in the case of Luigi Mangione but for other instances as well, like January 6th and the election.

Do not forget! That is how we lose power and they continue to gain.

[antitelemachus]

Aang isnt a rapist and I barely see any zutara fans call him such but I think its a normal thing to acknowledge people can see traits of a "nice guy" in Aang during ember island players.

So first of all he nods when Actor Zuko calls Katara "the avatars girl." At this point of time Katara and Aang are not dating, she's no ones girl. But even if she was dating Aang it still a terrible use of language because she's a human being not a possession and so for Aang to nod as such especially in such an angry way it shows that he feels somewhat entitled to her.

Next is the moment where he says that if his chakara wasn't blocked he would be in the avatar state right now. He got this angry because he saw the actors Zuko and Katara together, it wasn't because of the offensive caricature otherwise he would have left earlier. No he got this mad because he wants to be with her.

And the next moment as we all know it is him not noticing her boundaries and proceeding to kiss her because he wants an answer from her, he feels entitled to an answer about her feelings. One thats she's not ready to give.

Now he is still young, its not like hes trying to be an absolute dick, but instead it was something that he was taught by the society, remember all those prisoners saying how of course aang would get katara he's the avatar. Theres the basic assumption of if your the hero you will get the girl. And while Katara is obviously a hero, she's also portayed as an person of interest to Aang, and as someone he will sway and win over.

Anyways I feel sorry for Aang. The fact that he's had to take on the mantle of being the avatar at such a young age meant that it was easier for these world views to effect his mind. He had no support, no guidance from an older mentor figure about how to deal with his feelings his emotions, instead he had to experience going through puberty learning from the sexist world.

hot take: i like the zutara ship but i HATE zutara fans sm for hating on aang and making up weird shit abt him for no reason, like NO aang is NOT a rapist for misunderstanding katara's feelings and kissing her that one time you weirdos

[antitelemachus]

remember when zuko projected onto mai the capacity and intensity to express her thoughts and passions that katara has

[antitelemachus]

ngl this looks kinda enemies to lovers coded

[antitelemachus]

Does anyone have a link to his tiktok

I saw tiktoks of one of his friends who was like there was a time in my life where I would pick up only one person's call and it was him and then she said something about him talking her to buy icecream while she was drink at 1am

And I think she posted a tiktoks of him with her and their chats and him being thoughtful and sweet asf.

I can only think about her when I read your prompts because imagine 😭

yea this is the vibe lmaooo

he’s a romantic. he really is. i imagine him very charming. ❤️

i think he’s a little goofy too, just enough to make him fun to write.

[antitelemachus]

[antitelemachus]

DENY DEFEND DEPOSE

(Assassins identity yet to be revealed, but regardless Luigi deserved freedom)

[antitelemachus]

Would ya look at that, my post on Luigi Mangione is doing numbers. I'm glad to see so many people agree with me! Honestly, it does me good to see such an outpouring of public wrath against the parasitic health insurance industry over the last week. But you know what would do me even better?

Civic action.

If all we do is sit around and post memes, jack fucking shit will happen. A single assassination is scary for a moment, but if nothing happens afterwards, then it means nothing.

Y'know what's really scary? Thousands and thousands of people yelling DEFEND DENY DEPOSE on the National Mall. Vigils held in front of health insurance companies where attendees recite their stories of preventable death and bankruptcy. Every Congressperson getting their lines and mail flooded with anger all at once.

I don't know why none of the healthcare advocacy groups are leaping on this; I assume no one wants to be associated with an assassin. Personally, I think the opposite. I think we need to remind the top .001% that the alternative to peaceful reform is violence. And if existing structures won't support us in these efforts, then we need to make our own.

I'll be frank, I have no experience in organizing these kinds of protests. I've done quite a few marches in my time, knocked on doors, made phone calls, the works, but I've never been in charge. I have ADHD, for chrissakes, organization is not my strong suit. Still, someone needs to start this conversation.

So what are our next steps? Who here is willing to march? Who has experience planning protests? What do we need to do to make these things happen? What organizations will support our efforts? What kind of demands should we make?

[antitelemachus]

DENY. DEFEND. DEPOSE.

ART WILL ALWAYS BE FOR THE WORKING CLASS.

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This is just to add upon the timebomb, powder highlights jinx's strength to Ekko, she makes him appreciate jinx for who she is and not what she could have been.

The Difference Between Jinx And Alt.(Alternate Universe) Powder

Since season 2 finished, I've had mixed feelings in regards to Alt. Powder and Jinx. It was mostly my Timebomb brain, but I was also trying to understand the psychology behind it all. Special thanks to @jicklet and @lullabyes22-blog Their combined post thread led me to a few realizations. So, here is what my brain decided to torture me with:

Alt. Powder And Jinx Share A Dependency Born Of War

The sudden loss of her parents, at such a young age, led Powder/Jinx to develop a reliance on Vi to play every role she needed in her life: sister, mother, best friend, confidante, provider, teacher, and role model. (Vander did step into the role of provider as well, but Powder/Jinx didn't show dependency on him like she did with Vi.) This dynamic, with Vi, has been mirrored in the majority of her relationships in Arcane. She has one special person that she latches onto, who becomes her world and her drive for everything. She takes her queues from them, gets motivation from them.

In childhood, her goal was to prove herself to her big sister. But, it was Vi who wanted respect from Piltover. Vi, who wanted to steal from Pilties. Vi, who wanted to fight the enforcers. The majority of Powder's input was in a supporting role to whatever Vi decided to do.

Jinx's Trauma Results In: A Fear of Abdandonment

As Jinx, this dependency and need to prove herself is more evident. Because after Vi is gone, she passes the role of "primary motivator" (or special person) onto Silco. And after he dies, she's aimless and drifting. Despite being pushed to fill his seat (by Sevika), she hesitates, unsure of what to do. She's playing around with Isha, but Isha doesn't become her "primary motivator" until after the arrest at the rally. What makes Jinx's relationship with Isha (and Sevika) unique is that it's the first time she's thrown into a leadership role.

The truth is, Jinx only ever reaches her full potential in a leadership role. Think about everything she's done and accomplished. When has she shined the brightest? Leading Zaun's calvary against Noxus. Freeing Isha and the other Zaunites from Stillwater. Sending The Grey back into Piltover with a colorful metaphor. Helping Sevika take down Smeech. Blowing up the council. Choosing the Jinx chair. Going rogue, while working for Silco. Whenever she's doing her own thing and making her own choices, she changes the world.

Her trauma is tied to her relationships, in the form of abandonment and loss. When she finally decides to 'break the cycle', it's because she's breaking the co-dependency with Vi and others from her previous relationships. She wants to detach, because she's tired of tying herself (her self worth, her happiness, her purpose) to people who can't, won't, or are unable to stay. Her trauma of abdandonment is triggered by the fear of letting go.

Alt. Powder's Trauma Results In: A Fear of Power

(Also known as Jonah Complex: "This fear prevents self-actualization, or the realization of one's own potential. It is the fear of one's own greatness, the evasion of one's destiny, or the avoidance of exercising one's talents." ~ Wikipedia)

This alternate version of Jinx seems to have it all: alive family and friends, a possible boyfriend in Ekko, a thriving city. Everybody seems to love her. She's helpful and stable (more so than even Ekko, apparently). The only thing of value that seems to be missing is Vi.

But as we look deeper into the dialogue, we see not everything is as rosey as it appears. Powder tells Vi's doll ["I got the 'not living up to my potential' speech from Vander again."] And later on, Vander tells Ekko, ["Powder's been raving about your Z-drive. Can't remember the last time I saw her so alive."] When still suspicious of Powder's nature, Ekko asks, ["And this invention, you don't have some alternative purpose for it?"] To which, Powder replies, ["You're the big idea guy."]

This Powder lacks the desire for personal achievement. Oh, she's helped everyone else with their projects, but she doesn't WANT to achieve anything for herself. But unlike Jinx, she is surrounded by potential motivators she can connect with: from her maybe boyfriend Ekko, to Vander, Benzo, Silco, to any one of her friends and family.

Then why you may ask, if she's surrounded by so many of these motivators, does she still not take initiative? And my response to that would be:

You know those ugly twins, Fear and Trauma.

Any potential motivator (despite her being attached to them) gets blocked by her trauma response...because Alt. Powder's trauma of power is triggered by a fear of recognition.

When anyone points out her potential or expresses a desire to see her make something of or for herself, she shuts it down. Thinking about it too long opens up her trauma. It upsets her. She rejects any thought that makes her special, even though everyone knows she is.

To me, this demonstrates a fear of power. Some behavioral symptoms include: downplaying one's achievements, self-sabotage, avoiding leadership roles, and avoiding situations where one might gain significant influence.

This episode showed us the reality of what Powder's trauma would have resulted in, had the tragedy took place at the apartment instead of the warehouse. The difference lies in the trigger: Vi's death was from an explosion Powder caused (by dropping the hex crystal). But! What makes this even worse, is that it was also caused by (you guessed it) the power of invention. It was an inventor's apartment they broke into and an inventor's experiment that lead to a death. From that point forward, Powder feared what she herself could do.

I think her time with our Ekko allowed her a glimpse into the life she'd have, if she wasn't so afraid of her power. We see Ekko openly admire how powerful his Jinx is, despite how often she's used that to hurt him. And when they want to experiment further with the Z-drive (despite Heimerdinger's warning), she makes a non-commital noise, before giving Ekko a mischievous smile. Ekko allowed her the freedom to question whether she wanted more, without triggering her trauma by demanding she change.

The last scene of episode 7, signifies Powder's continued choice to follow this path, unaltered. Earlier in the episode, Ekko went to the apartment, to gather hex crystal remnants to work on. He was picking it out of the wall with tweezers. This is all he got.

The real kicker?

She's had a whole bag of them, in her drawer, the entire time they were working on the Z-drive. The ones she stole from the apartment? Yeah, she kept them. They're there, in a drawer, sitting unused. The potential for power that—a fraction of which was able to build a TIME MACHINE—sits in a drawer untouched, along with a necklace from the boy who almost broke through to her, who almost changed the course of her life. This scene signifies the "unused potential" of both the hex crystals and the lesson Ekko tried to teach her. It too will be untouched for a while.

Alternate Universe Powder is worse off than Jinx, at this point, because Jinx is facing her trauma and finding new ways to break through it. This Powder may never "wake" again.

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[The End. Thanks for reading. Please, excuse the crappy photo quality. ...and probably writing. 🫤 Eh, who cares? This is for me and my brain demon anyways.]

[antitelemachus]

guys guys guys I finally finished writing the first chapter of my fanfic arghhhh kill me anyways umm enjoy

[antitelemachus]

act 2 got me dead

[antitelemachus]

mmm if telemachus = (little) wolf then i think Antinous = lion.

think about it, dominant male lions are lazy and rely on the lionesses to provide for them. i’ve connected the dots.

hm…

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I just gotta tell all five of you guys that I have a fanfic cooking and its gonna be good