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Sansa Stark + girls (insp.)

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Conclusion:Rasa lost to Gaara because of Plot Armor😏

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/“The Kiss” but gay, Evie Freel/ Eileen Myles, Peanut Butter/ Sappho, translated by Anne Carson/ The New Bracelet, Henryk Siemiradzki/ Radclyffe Hall, The Well of Loneliness/Orlando, Virginia Woolf/ Best Friends, Malcom T. Liepke/

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Try to have some respect the queen just DIED. It's not like she was evil or anything

And why should I do that for the head of a family that oversaw the British Empire's legendarily brutal concentration camps in colonialist Kenya during the 1952-1960 Mau Mau rebellion, has personally and repeatedly shielded credibly accused rapist Prince Andrew and tried to get the scandal to go away, personally paid Andrew's financial settlement while the family treated Meghan Markle terribly and gave her none of the same protection, exerted a huge amount of control over UK public finances without any transparency or disclosure (while also receiving huge amounts of that money), got to personally edit laws according to her likes and dislikes, enjoyed sweeping legal immunities that are described as a "threat to UK democracy," is the most visible figurehead of British colonialism even as her descendants put on a horribly tone-deaf Caribbean tour (twice in one year!) that was basically about unreconstructed imperial imagery of the kind that is poisoning Britain, while the entire country buys into the fantasy that she is an impartial, uninvolved, kindly and benevolent grandmotherly figure....?

Nah.

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So I just recently have gotten back into my Gakushuu phase. So here’s a long nuanced paragraph about why him being in E-Class would have made more sense!

Okay so for starters, as a lovely follower of mine pointed out Gakushuu parallels just about everyone in E-Class in some way shape or form.

He is a parallel of Isogai in terms of them both being leaders, struggling throughout the series to prove themselves worth leaders.

He parallels Itona in how both of them struggle constantly with the idea of strength and allowing themselves to be vulnerable and imperfect.

He is parallels Nagisa in how both of their parents are overbearing and abusive (though in different ways).

He parallels Karma in how they both throughout the series gun for first place.

There are probably more examples I could come up with, but these are just a few.

For this reason I feel like him coming to E-Class and seeing all of these people with similar problems to him could have helped further his development. He could’ve seen them handling these issues in healthier and more morally right ways (not that Gakushuu ever did anything extremely bad). If he has been able to do the same it would have worked wonderfully in terms of his development.

I also really enjoy the trope that I’ve seen a lot of people consider the “Fallen Angel” trope (I like to think of it as the “Zuko” trope). Basically a character going from having everything to having nothing and gaining extreme development because of it.

I think it would’ve been interesting to see this happen in the main series. It also would’ve been very good writing. It would’ve fleshed out the principal as being even more cruel than he already was made to be. It would’ve given us more Gakushuu and 3-E interactions as well.

I feel like having Gakushuu (one of the antagonists) be so far away from our main cast made him seem less threatening. It then made him a less effective antagonist.

If he had been moved down to E-Class he would’ve been moved out of the antagonist role and become more of an ally. It would’ve made more sense seeing as he wasn’t a very menacing Antagonist (which I suppose was kind the point, but more on that in a later post).

I also would’ve loved to see E-Class struggle with going from Haiti g Gakushuu and being his enemy to now needing in assassination attempts and helping raise their academics. The dynamic would be so interesting.

Overall it would’ve been so fascinating to see and would’ve added so much depth to not only his character but others in E-Class.

(And maybe I wanted to see Korosensei being a positive adult figure in Shuu’s life… I just want him to be happy 😭)

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The Tragedy of the Monster Lady

1. Ocean Vuong | 2. love Slowly Kills by Adrian Borda | 3. Anne Carson, from “The Fall of Rome: A Traveller’s Guide.” | 4. Julia Ducournau & Agathe Rousselle Talk ‘Titane’ And Violent Women In Cinema | 5. Monster (1994-2001) Naoki Urasawa | 6. Thus Spoke Zarathustra - Friedrich Nietzsche | 7. Mary Shelley ― Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus | 8. Henry Miller, from a letter to Anaïs Nin, featured in "A Literate Passion: Letters of Anaïs Nin & Henry Miller, 1932-1953″ | 9. William Shakespeare — Macbeth | 10. Henry Miller, from a letter to Anaïs Nin, featured in “A Literate Passion: Letters of Anaïs Nin & Henry Miller, 1932-1953″ | 11. "Vesuvius" Amber Spark | 12. “The Forbidden Wish" Jessica Khoury | 13. Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! (Russ Meyer, 1965) | 14. "11/11" Devi Mccallion | 15. Mahtem Shiferraw, Fuschia | 16. Rick Yancey, The Curse of the Wendigo | 17. Kristin Cashore, Graceling | 18. killer, pheobe bridgers | 19. Marie Howe, “After the Movie” | 20. La Faim by Félix Labisse | 21. Alberto Moravia, The Woman of Rome | 22. martha gellhorn, selected letters | 23. raw (2016) | 24. David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest | 25. Lily Chatterjee (attrib.) | 26. The Dark Knight (2008) dir. Christopher Nolan | 27. Joey Comeau, A Softer World (#642) | 28. Cormac McCarthy, All the Pretty Horses | 29. carmen maria machado, in the dream house | 30. nicole lyons | 31. wintersong, s. jae-jones | 32. nicole homer, “underbelly” | 33. Only Angels Have Wings, Nicole Dollangange | 34. Carol Ann Duffy, Medusa | 35. Khalil Gibran | 36. ocean vuong | 37. Ice Nine Kills, The Nature of the Beast | 38. Octavio Paz, tr. by Elizabeth Bishop, The Collected Poems, 1957-1987 | 39. Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941) | 40.Adrienne Rich, from Diving into the Wreck; “The phenomenology of anger” | 41. Franz Wright, from his collection God’s Silence | 42. Euripides, Medea | 43. Journal of Katherine Mansfield - Katherine Mansfield. | 44. the archer by taylor swift | 45. Kingdom Animalia by Aracelis Girmay (2011) | 46. Toni Morrison, Sula | 47. "As Consciousness Is Harnessed to Flesh: Journals and Notebooks" by Susan Sontag | 48. Björk - Bachelorette

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I was researching the events of Hamilton and got really emotionally invested in Maria Reynolds, especially since we only see Hamilton’s perspective on her and the affair which somehow makes him out to be the victim. I understand that the musical couldn’t afford to spend any more time on her, but I wish she got more sympathy and respect. “Say No To This” was only one section in her life, after all. So I… just went ahead and…

wrote the lyrics for a whole Hamilton-style song about her life. As you do.

Lyrical references to the musical under the cut!

The title (situated at the end of a line in the chorus) being an adjective referring to how Maria does and/or does not feel and related to her passion for Hamilton follows the pattern of “Helpless” and “Satisfied”, uniting the three “Me? I loved him” women.

Burr’s “the sinners and the saints” line in “Wait For It”, leading into how her life “takes and it takes and it takes”. Possibly foreshadowing of Burr’s significance in her life and her turn to religion in her last years.

“No one will read it” and “Burr, that’s why need it” in “Non-Stop”.

The ‘pawns’ line harks back to chess terms and references like “knight takes rook”, “stalemate”, “the sacrifices made in every game of chess” - Hamilton follows the chess players, Maria is just a pawn. A piece Hamilton is willing to sacrifice.

“I’m a diamond in the rough, a shiny piece of coal” in “My Shot”.

The “Alexander Hamilton” motif (all names are sung in their show cadences).

“Stay Alive”, the titular phrase of which is sung by Maria’s foil Eliza no less.

Eliza and Angelica repeatedly draw attention to Hamilton’s eyes being his most captivating feature that makes them fall for him in “Helpless” and “Satisfied”. So with Maria here it’s no different. She and Angelica both specifically sing that their situation is bearable because they can “keep his eyes in my life”.

Hamilton’s “I don’t want you” line in “Say No To This”.

The plea to “stay” both Eliza and Maria sing to Hamilton.

“Helpless”, another Eliza motif Maria borrows.

The “Aaron Burr, sir” motif. “…that I can, ma’am” is sung to the same tune, showing along with the title that Burr (a supporter of women’s equality) respects Maria as his equal.

“Say No To This”, in a proper reprise.

The “I am not throwing away my shot” motif.

“The world seemed to burn” in “Burn”.

“The Reynolds Pamphlet”, also a brief reprise.

“You lit my heart aflame” in “Satisfied”.

The “satisfied” motif.

The “enough” motif. Oh look, Eliza again.

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I hate how assassination classroom handled its abusive parents

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thinking about that time I was at some kind of diversity and inclusion thing that involved discussion in small groups and one straight girl said she really wanted to be a good ally but sometimes there were some things she just didn’t know and was too afraid to ask for fear of accidentally being offensive. and as the only queer person in this 4-5 person group I said well go ahead and ask me, I don’t care if you accidentally use the wrong term right now or whatever, it’s better to talk about it and learn something, I love talking about queerness and I’ll answer the best I can. and she just looked so nervous and in the end wound up refusing to ask for fear of causing offense. and it wasn’t just the group setting, I’ve known straight people to act similarly even when it’s just one on one

and just. you guys. this is what purity culture and the “if you don’t know something you were never a real ally in fact you’re a bigot in fact you’re worse than bigots because you pretended not to be one” attitude does. how can our allies be allies if they’re scared to talk to us? to ask questions, to make mistakes, to learn? can we please bring back the idea of “in good faith”? there’s way more to say here about identity politics and virtue signaling and acting like language is more important than action but I’m too tired for that right now

please feel free to add to the discussion (regardless of if you’re queer or not), I would love to hear about people’s experiences with this and if others feel differently about it

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Josuke Higashikata has anger issues and we should talk about that in a non-memey way.

We’ve all seen the memes. Josuke gets really pissed if you talk shit about his hair. But it’s a bit deeper than just irrational hairstyle rage. In this essay I will dissect an aspect of Josuke’s character that, despite being often talked about, is never truly discussed.  His anger. 

Keep reading

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At the end of my life

The things I’d say to my younger self-

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[[ Thought I could escape with not making sad fanarts for that date but guess not.]]

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// nsft mention, k*nk mention, abuse mention, k*dnapping mention, d//dlg mention, l*li/p*do mention, r*pe/r*pe k*nk/C-N-C mention, ED/drug romanticizing mention, let me know if i need to add more warnings.

i need to rant about this so bad it makes me so angry

will start under the cut

if you're one of those blogs that posts the lana del rey/lolita/etc type "aesthetic" (i think i saw somewhere its called 'coquette'?) in which there's pictures of """cutesy""" malnourished girls that are CLEARLY just th*nspo, "hard k*nk" where freaks get off to scenes of s*xual kidnapping, and C-N-C(if you don't know what this means, it stands for "consensual non-consent" aka roleplaying getting r*ped during s*x because you get off to it) and dressing like a child during s*x(using pacifiers, onesies, diapers, doing kids activities etc), abuse k*nks, drug content(specifically cigarettes or pills usually) and how they're "aesthetic" or whatever, dd///lg content, anything involving big men and tiny frail looking girls that is fucking OBVIOUSLY supposed to be "jailbait" p*rn, l*licon(even non s*xual. this includes stuff like art i just saw of a grown man holding a little girl tenderly.) etc etc etc. just know you are genuinely deplorable and the scum of the earth.

look i usually NEVER say this. i pride myself on my kindness and i always try to be open minded. but anybody who's posting, following, supports, is into, WHATEVER, that content, you disgust me. your content encourages violent r*pe culture. you're why little girls like me got taken advantage of and had our lives ruined for a long time. you're the reason why thousands of people die from starving themselves, from overdosing. you are a horrible fucking person.

i don't CARE if you're a victim of the actual depraved acts you're roleplaying, you are NOT "coping". your "coping mechanism" is just giving in to your trauma, convincing yourself that being r*ped or s*xually abusing children is okay or even 'hot' because you're unconsciously seeking to be abused more. it happens to tons of victims, myself included, but the difference between people like me and pathetic excuses for living things like you is we don't give up. we take the initiative to get better instead of posting snuff and acting like it's even remotely okay. YOU'RE NOT RECLAIMING SHIT. you are harming yourself and harming thousands of others. i hope you get off the internet and learn to be better than the waste of space you are right now.

you're a fucking monster. your actions are part of a process that has people dying. what you're doing is killing people. you're not quirky, you're not special, you're not important for posting what you do. nobody likes you and nobody wants you around until you learn to stop being the fucking rotting slimy mold clusters of human beings you are. fuck you. fuck you on behalf of me and everyone that was raped, fuck you on behalf of me and everyone that was a victim of pedophilia, fuck you on behalf of anyone who has ever gone through sex trafficking or kidnapping, fuck you on behalf of the innocent children who just want to be happy that are getting ogled by disgusting piece of shit old men, fuck you on behalf of me and everyone who struggles or has struggled with an ED, fuck you on behalf of anyone who has ever had to deal with substance abuse.

you are a stain on society and a failure.

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― Sylvia Plath, The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath

[text ID: I can never read all the books I want; I can never be all the people I want and live all the lives I want. I can never train myself in all the skills I want. And why do I want? I want to live and feel all the shades, tones and variations of mental and physical experience possible in my life. And I am horribly limited.]

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You know, I feel that Joseph would not be swayed at all by Ceaser's "sweet talking". I think on the surface he finds it funny. But underneath he probably finds it annoying because he feels that thise words are cheap and have been said to many other people before him. It doesn't make him feel special like it's suppose to. Caeser has to learn that Joseph values honesty and hates shallowness. I would actually like a fic like this. Where Caesar wants to get with Joseph and tries to put the moves on him only to get shut down over and over again. It is nor until he actually is himself that Joseph seems interested and Joseph has to explain he is not going to accept cheap words he wants something real.