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Omg, no. It was Titanic, when I was... 6? I'm still traumatised. I hate the music even if I objectively know it's good.

what's the first movie you remember seeing in theaters? don't try and be all edgy and cool and say like tetsuo: the iron man. be honest.

Go!!

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I have to watch the last season already.

My favorite episode of Miraculous Ladybug is Party Crasher, but only because of how hilariously absurd it is for Gabriel to get stuck in an elevator due to a power outage, transform into Hawk Moth so he can kick out the glass door, and then be like "I gotta use my evil super power to akumatize someone... so they can turn the power back on for me"

And then the icing on the cake is that one scene where he's like "ok time to akumatize someone to turn the power back on.. But wait, theres no negative emotions? Only.. JOY? IN MY HOUSE? IMPOSSIBLE, WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON HERE??"

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If space tourism becomes a thing the amount of fuel used can become another danger for the planet's environment.

I LOVE space and I LOVE space exploration. What I do not love is gilded plutocrats rocketing off into space just for kicks and clout. It’s a grotesque display of inequality. A space race between billionaires is morally unjustifiable in the face of a suffering planet.

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Found that How To Disappear Online post again, linking it here for anyone who might need it or know someone who needs it. This is very good information for people trying to escape abusers or stalkers, or who simply do not want to be found.

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And, as always, with this ideology asexuality doesn't exist and if man says he is asexual it is a lie to infiltrate.

TERFs are textbook radicals; unrevised ideas that discredits anyone outside and several contradictions to cover new TERFs that may still have some scruples left.

It is deeply, deeply beneficial to TERFs if the only characteristic of TERF ideology you will recognize as wrong, harmful, or problematic is "they hate trans women".

TERF ideology is an expansive network of extremely toxic ideas, and the more of them we accept and normalize, the easier it becomes for them to fly under the radar and recruit new TERFs. The closer they get to turning the tide against all trans people, trans women included.

Case in point: In 2014-2015, I fell headlong into radical feminism. I did not know it was called radical feminism at the time, but I also didn't know what was wrong with radical feminism in the first place. I didn't see a problem with it.

I was a year deep into this shit when people I had been following, listening to, and looking up to finally said they didn't think trans women were women. It was only then that I unfollowed those people, specifically; but I continued to follow other TERFs-who-didn't-say-they-were-TERFs. I continued ingesting and spreading their ideas- for years after.

If TERFs "only target trans women" and "only want trans women gone", if that's the one and only problem with their ideology and if that's the only way we'll define them, we will inevitably miss a vast majority of the quiet beliefs that support their much louder hatred of trans women.

As another example: the trans community stood relatively united when TERFs and conservatives targeted our right to use the correct restroom, citing the "dangers" of trans women sharing space with cis women. But when they began targeting Lost Little Girls and Confused Lesbians and trotting detransitioners out to raise a panic about trans men, virtually the only people speaking up about it were other transmascs. Now we see a rash of anti-trans healthcare bills being passed in the US, and they're hurting every single one of us.

When you refuse to call a TERF a TERF just because they didn't specifically say they hate trans women, when you refuse to think critically about a TERF belief just because it's not directly related to trans women, you are actively helping TERFs spread their influence and build credibility.

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Shrek? I think. That or Finding Nemo.

what's the first movie you remember seeing in theaters? don't try and be all edgy and cool and say like tetsuo: the iron man. be honest.

Go!!

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And this solves the conflict nicely. Also, cute.

He has not only two hands but two daggers 😭💔

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Hey everybody.

We need to talk.

For real. This can't keep happening. It can't. I've seen it in every fandom I've been in. It's this war of words where no one ever, ever wins. So just...just stop. Please.

Everyone has their opinion. Everyone is valid. Okay?

I know how you feel. I feel it too. This is our Void. Our voice. This is where we go to just scream into the dark, desperate for once to be heard by someone. Anyone.

And these lifeless echoes are the worst you can imagine.

Fiction matters. It matters to all of us. That's why it's come to this. To be like this. Because we all care. Perhaps too much.

We want it so badly we just...become something we're not.

We have to let go.

We want a canon gay ship because we want to be heard. We want to feel like we exist. We want to be validated. But clinging to it so much has made us into something we're not.

Fiction matters. We just want to feel seen. To be allowed to speak. To exist. To be happy. That is what a canon gay ship means to us. And that is what we've been fighting so hard for. But this has gone too far.

You feel hated. Lost. Alone. I know. I do too. Because we just keep screaming until our voices break and then...no one listens. The silence is deafening.

So it is time. To listen.

You get to see yourself in the characters. You should. You must. But you don't get to tear each other and the creators down because of it.

We've just been screaming at each other in the dark. It needs to end. We need to listen to each other. We need to believe in each other. We need to be honest with each other.

Because the reason we, at least I, really didn't ship Sylki at first, was because we were threatened by it. We wanted Lokius. Because we're tired of empty promises. We're tired of silence. We want to be heard. And having a gay couple in the franchise, while still another small step, would mean we were seen.

Fiction matters.

But so does real life.

We can't let these fictional wars break what's real. Or the alternative. Because they're interdependent. They are. Fiction matters. Fiction is that voice in the dark and fiction is being heard in turn. That's fiction. Fiction is freedom. It's pushing society forward through this magical thing we all adore...it matters. It has always mattered.

But so does reality. We can't hurt real people over fiction because we are hurt by fiction. It's an endless, senseless cycle, and it needs to stop.

We need. To respect each other.

Fiction matters, and reality matters.

They must. Coexist.

It's not a weapon we get to use against each other to tear each other down...it's an essence. Art is the very soul of humanity, and bearing your soul to the rest of the world is the hardest thing you can do. And having it invalidated is one of the worst things that can happen to you.

So everyone. Everyone. Just grow the fuck up. Because I'm sick of it. Okay?

I am sick of being invalidated because I've been upset by something in fiction. I am sick of hearing "it's just fiction." I am sick of seeing fiction abused as a means to push people's personal prejudices. But that's also why it matters. Fiction is everything we are terrified to tell the world. It's everything we need from the world too. Because fiction is not just fiction. Because someone. Cares. Someone has always cared. And we need to care. We need to see ourselves free in fiction so we can realize that we. deserve. to be happy in reality. We need to put ourselves into fiction to make sense of reality. We need it. We need both. So we need to speak, and create, and really, really listen to each other. Just stop. Screaming. Please.

Wanting Lokius to be canon is valid. Wanting Sylki to be canon is valid. But we need to stop screaming at each other. Because our words matter. They've always mattered. And when we think that they don't, we say things we regret.

It hurts, because we're scared. We're scared we've reached the end. And we're pissed this is as far as we've gotten. But there are always more stories to be told. Maybe one of them will be yours. You put yourself into this one because you're scared it's your last chance to be seen. But this is not the end. It's never the end. We need to keep moving forward. But we need to grow from this. We need to keep going. We need to keep calling out into the dark, because maybe, eventually, someone will hear. But we need to understand that this. is not. the end.

We deserve to be represented. We deserve our voices to be heard. But we need to think about what our words will be doing when they are heard. We need to make sure that while we're putting ourselves into fiction, we aren't losing ourselves in lies. Lies like it doesn't matter. Lies like none of it matters. Lies like you don't matter. Because you do. We all do. We all have a story to tell. And those stories will always matter. Always. Always. Always. Always. So make sure that it's the story you want. Sing the song. But do not lose yourself in the sound. Speak up for yourself. But do not speak over others. Because someone out there cares. Someone out there is listening. Even if you think they're not. Even if you think what you say doesn't matter, it does. And it always has. It always has. So speak up for yourself. But do it. Respectfully. Respect others' boundaries. Respect other's feelings. Respect other's fear, and sadness, and anger, as long as they aren't hurting others with it. But if they are. Tell them so.

I could go in circles all day. But at the end of the day, it's the same message.

You matter. They matter. Fiction matters. Reality matters. Everything matters.

Just say what you need to say. What you burn to say. But listen too. Because everything matters. But the most important thing is love.

All of this to say...

The only way forward lies in listening, in being honest, in being respectful, and in love. All of this hate, toward creators, toward fellow fans, it's all a guise because we're just scared that no one is listening. But the scariest thing of all is that someone is. And you've been screaming so much that you don't know how much of your voice even remains, how much you have left to go on with. How much of yourself is left. How much is left to give to someone else when someone else finally wants it. But I'm telling you, there's an endless supply. You. Are boundless. You are only empty because you have ignored yourself so long, been ignored so long, internalized ignoring everything, that when someone finally notices, you can't believe that, and you're not ready. So listen to them. Listen to yourself. Listen to love. And fuck hate. Because it's just someone else feeling hurt and lashing out out of fear. And that's their problem to solve. No one can be saved until they're willing to save themselves.

So at the end of the day. Choose love. Between fear and frustration, between loneliness and longing, between hate and love, always choose love. Because love is much stronger than you think it is. It will grow back. If you both allow it. It must be nourished. It must be loved. In order to bloom, it must be fed. It must be cared for. Patiently. Tenderly. Even when you think it will never happen. The only possible way it will, is if you believe, if you listen, if you never, ever stop growing yourself.

So choose love. It's the only thing that lasts.

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I lurked during the middle of second age and entered near the end of it.

After the ban I changed from looking for art (even good non-nsfw art has become scarce) to checking for memes and well-written posts, and changed my username with it.

Dividing up eras of tumblr

It just occurred to me that I kind of arbitrarily started referring to “first age” “second age” and “third age” tumblr one day because I realized during a discord conversation that it really can be divided up very effectively between a couple major events that changed the fabric of the site’s culture almost overnight, but nobody but me ever refers to them that way, so by way of explanation:

First Age: everything before Dashcon. Art communities were still largely thriving on the internet and social media still mostly existed out from under corporate monopolies, and people were just wildly guessing about how to use it. We were in the last hurrah of the internet wild west and lolcats were still a thing. Tumblr was just a fun and quirky place, we were blissfully writing unironic posts about tumblr university and fandom vs hipster and the “I like your shoelaces” thing, Hank Green wrote a goddamn song about tumblr, we were all like Adam and Eve dwelling in Eden unaware of their sin. Potterheads grab your wands.

Second Age: post-Dashcon, but pre-Purge. We have all eaten the fruit of knowledge and there is no going back. There are no more secret code or tumblr university posts because everyone knows firsthand how badly that would go. Fandom culture is forever changed. We are now aware that we live in a hellish cringetopia but have absolutely no plans to leave, because by now a combination of monopolies and a sneaky rise in purity culture has the internet by the throat (but not in a kinky way, that would scare off advertisers) so there aren’t a lot of better options, and at least our relatives can’t find us here. A lot of artists now have their primary presence on tumblr. The lax policies regarding nsfw and controversial content mean it’s a good space for queer creators and sex workers despite the many shortcomings we’re now aware of. The porn bot plague really kicks into full gear to the point that every time our follower counts go up we’re ready with the block/spam button like the uncles from Secondhand Lions picking off traveling salesmen. The drama starts to get really fucking weird, with classics such as the human pet guy and the bone-stealing witch.

Third Age: post-Purge. After changing corporate hands a few times, the drive to make the internet safe for our Good Christian Advertisers and hypothetical children has finally reached us, and brings with it TERFs, purity culture, and the Porn Ban, which was allegedly a solution to the porn bots except that it clearly wasn’t at all. The large community of sex workers and artists that was keeping tumblr afloat as anything resembling a viable social media site have made a mass exodus and a lot of the rest of the userbase followed them, mostly to twitter or a few doomed attempts at tumblr copycats. Tumblr is now a mad max clown car full of people too stubborn to pack up and leave for a functional website. It’s a post-apocalyptic wasteland whose only remaining merit is that even without the ability to post porn we’ve managed to make ourselves such a complete anathema to advertisers that we’re mostly just left alone. We’re all just tired. Some people still run art blogs but nobody outside of tumblr ever sees them.  Literally all we have going for us is that we’re not twitter and we have +5 resistance to capitalism. And Xkit.

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yelena belova is asexual, pass it on

seriously pass it on

she's canonically ace in the comics and one of like 2 ace comic characters

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I don't know... Nat's eyebrows are a work of art.

Who has the best facial hair amongst the avengers? #avengersrealityshow

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I'm not exactly a fan of Loki/Sylvie, but it's nice that they can relate with each other, that they have a confidant.

If I ship them it is as platonic partners. And it's great.

I’m sure who needs to hear this but “selfcest” is not a thing that is comparable in any way to any real life crime or wrongdoing and is therefore not setting a bad example about anything and is therefore not a problematic component that needs to be called out. Anyone can like or not like a pairing, but this is like the pinnacle of reaching to explain why the pairing someone doesn’t like is also “inappropriate” or “toxic.” Falling for (if you take the framing and Mobius’s words at face value) an alternate timeline version of yourself is not a thing anyone will have an opportunity to do nor is it likely that any impressionable mind is going to watch this show and then feel like falling in romantic love with oneself is the move.

If you are going the genetic route with this, the sci-fi on this is so vague that it’s not even concrete that they are biologically family even if they share some cosmic Loki oneness. Just the fact that Sylvie established she was born as the Goddess of Mischief and one Loki is Black makes their physical “sameness” a question mark that will probably never be answered (and yes, people of different races/sexes/genders can be related to each other before someone points out the obvious. That’s not the point I’m making here 😂) and really doesn’t need to be answered because it’s not pivotal to the story nor is it an action anyone can repeat in real life.

… Also apparently one of them is a fucking alligator or something, though I will wait and see if that is its natural form. If it is, they are definitely not biological fam.

Like or don’t like them, whatever, but do we need to construct completely made up “problems���? Some of y’all are saying “we don’t support selfcest” like it’s an epidemic that the show is now normalizing. There’s only one physical real life act you even could compare it to, and if you are reading this, chances are you do it to yourself. … If you are here on a regular basis, chances are you do it to yourself more often than the average person in lieu of someone to do it for you, and that is okay too.

Love yourself… like Loki.

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Ok, guess it's false alarm for now.

Disney 1994: Tries to copyright the phrase Hakuna Matata. The Swahili rightfully calls them out.

Disney 2017: Tries to copyright Dia de los Muertos, a Mexican religious holiday. They get called out on their bullshit pretty damn fast and cease on their attempt.

Disney 2021: They now want to copyright an ancient Norse pagan deity. (READ BELOW)

EDIT: Apparently the Norse deity thing was misinformation: Thankfully it seems they are only trademarking the fictional Marvel versions of them. The other shit they did is still real, though. Don’t ever forget they tried to do that.

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I overworked

I didn't stop

But my teacher

Wanted me at the top.

Good night

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Mmmmm... I guess I could use my grandparents' hoe (I mean the field tool, not a person guys). It's a bit beaten up, but it'll work in a pinch.

if any asshole tries to be racist to my beloved Wilson siblings they will be talking my knife and sword collection, I won't hesitate to absolutely cut a bitch with it

sam and sarah are just *chefs kiss* they deserve the world and all the love in it

I will join you with my stepfather's machete

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This is beautiful!

Commissioned @viria on Twitter! A very self indulgent piece of Tattoo Artist Haru/Florist Kyoko (they are gfs)

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Wasting time.

Aka. I just wanted to draw kitty cat.

#pascalcampion