#—《 via. heroicisms. 》

[elfcollector]

I've been lied to my whole life. And I was gullible enough to just believe it.

[blackcathjp]

can't stop thinking about newly turned vampire harry with his aching baby vampire teeth. he just needs to teethe on something, his fangs tingling to bite, to gnaw, to suck, to do anything to alleviate the discomfort. he's very good at resisting against his new instincts. and then draco (human, vampire, werewolf, WHATEVER), completely unafraid, grabs harry by the jaw and yanks his mouth open to look at his fangs, slightly scolding, "stop fidgeting potter." he brushes a thumb down a fang, turning all smug and cooing when harry whines at the sensitivity from his touch. "aww, baby can't handle the pain hmm?"

he purposefully nicks his thumb on the sharp point, crying out "oops!" a bloody cut forms, the blood so fresh to harry, so full of warm flowing life, smells so much of draco that he can't stop a moan from slipping out when a drop touches his tongue. draco smirks smugly at harry losing himself to it - his half-lidded dilated eyes, his euphoric expression like he just drank from an oasis in the desert - before the realization sets in that he just had a taste. he squirms against draco's surprisingly strong hold, whimpering as draco smears his bloody thumb across harry's bottom lip, the scent now more intense and intoxicating. sheer willpower helps harry fight against the desire, the need, to sink his fangs in, but the pain from resisting and retracting his fangs is beginning to hurt more than simply giving in to his instincts.

"come on potter," draco breathes heavily across his cheek, thumb still dribbling out blood. "just bite."

[scribefindegil]

me: so tired and stressed and understimulated that I am incapable of rational thought

my brain: you should write a sestina

[aingeal98]

I'm crying they resurrected Jason deliberately with lazarus fluid. How are you going to copy Steph's death in Batgirls but make it boring and pointless with zero emotional weight or acknowledgement of anything Jason has the right to be mad at Bruce about. He didn't even have a gay best friend kiss him as he died.

[mamawasatesttube]

i have to speak my truth. i think timkon clone baby aus fucking suck

[cosmicrhetoric]

i don't know if fishman island era sanji is genuine flanderization or im somehow giving him too much and too little credit at the same time. and maybe i was just frustrated that he regressed so bad after two years on Gender Island when i erroneously assumed (after watching iva + co at impel down express that queerness is as close to the ultimate ideal of freedom that one piece is about as you can get) that he would be better for the experience. and i know im going to turn around on him by the time i get to whole cake island but literally brother can we cut this shit out lmao

[grimlocks-noodle]

Tumblr NERFED me the last time I tried to write this so clearly I just need to think about it

But one day I will write something about Sins of the Wreckers, and how I like to think that Tarantulas curing Verity from her radiation sickness was both a Massive Snub at Prowl for seemingly tossing away everyone once they're no longer useful to him, (including this wonderful organic who is risking her life to fix his mistakes) and also a Huge peacocking thing (aka Look Prowl, aren't I still so smart and clever?? Look, I fixed your useful organic, remember when I was useful??)

The whole thing boils down to Tarantulas, essentially bringing a bouquet of roses back from the dead for Prowl. Unfortunately for him, Prowl has the emotional availability and intelligence of an amoeba, thus rendering it a Moot Point.

[innerchorus]

Okay ArSen fans what are the non-canonical duels you'd most like to see? Mine is currently Isfan vs. Zandeh!

[thenixkat]

so if we go with the alien Scarabs being alien tech AND magic as the Rebirth run, and the Egyptian scarab being a symbol of regeneration and rebirth then it would make sense if it could straight up revive fuckers from the dead.

thus Dan coming back from being dead. Whole ass zombie in like the actual real meaning of zombie (corpse reanimated with magic/rituals to do labor of the behalf of its summoner) and not the colonized ass rotting vampires that white people turned the concept into.

and also just being able to heal its host in general. Which we do see that Khaji Da can heal Jaime. If we go with it was also bonded to Ted just not able to do shit for him b/c broken (stated in the 2006 run) or going off of the Ted vs Dan fight in the 1986 run Ted being unwilling to actively use the thing that tried to take over his mind and revived his mentor back from the dead but evil I still think it should offer a healing factor for him. Like certainly not as quick as what it does to Jaime who it lives inside but something passive would be neat.

Like a backhanded, 'congrats for proving yerself worthy Ted! Here's a very minor power and better keep that will power strong or I will snatch yer body' kinda thing. Something he didn't want or need but now he's got it.

will be using the 1986 run stuff cause that's fun implications but altering the end of the fight to make Ted have to be the one to put his mentor back down using Khaji's power and very much not vibing with using the Scarab after coming back to himself fully. Idk i just think itd be fun. A dangerous last resort trump card. Also b/c I wanna turn Ted into a werebug. I just think it'd be neat.

[lavenderjiang]

finding shadowheart v relatable, im only at the start of act 1 so far in both my playthroughs, but i keep accidentally becoming besties w/ her bcos we agree on things

[weaverlings]

i hate capitalism so much it's unreal

[falesten-iw]

Being someone who fights for their family in a world that barely acknowledges Gaza’s suffering? That’s its own special kind of hell. Every time a loved one is injured, whether it’s your partner, your child, or even yourself, the doctors rush in. But don’t expect any miracles. The tools they bring aren’t fresh from pristine, state-of-the-art hospitals. They’re the leftovers of a world that has abandoned Gaza. Surgical plates aren’t delivered by some heroic supply chain. They’re pulled from the bodies of the dead, handed down like cursed heirlooms. Metal meant to heal now carries the weight of death, and infection waits to take what little hope remains.

Doctors are left with impossible decisions: amputate, scavenge through the dead for a plate to salvage, or wait for one that may never come. And the price? These plates cost more than most families in Gaza could ever afford. As resources vanish, everything becomes more expensive. It’s a cruel game with no winners, and we’re all stuck in it.

This is the reality for 26 members of my family, all just trying to stay alive. Two orphaned children. A loved one paralyzed by shrapnel that tore through her body. Her survival hinges on removing infected plates that shouldn’t even exist in her story. Every hour that passes steals more of her future while the world stands still. And yes, you’ve probably seen the video of her injuries shared before. In case you missed it: Link.

This isn’t just about my family. This is Gaza. It’s about a world that watches genocide unfold and calls it politics. A world that stands silent as families like mine scrape by with nothing but scraps, while doctors stitch together lives using whatever’s left behind. But here’s the thing, we won’t let this be the end. Hope is still a choice we make every single day, even when the world seems to have forgotten how to care.

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[reasonsforhope]

"Buried among Florida’s manicured golf courses and sprawling suburbs are the artifacts of its slave-holding past: the long-lost cemeteries of enslaved people, the statues of Confederate soldiers that still stand watch over town squares, the old plantations turned into modern subdivisions that bear the same name. But many students aren’t learning that kind of Black history in Florida classrooms.

In an old wooden bungalow in Delray Beach, Charlene Farrington and her staff gather groups of teenagers on Saturday mornings to teach them lessons she worries that public schools won’t provide. They talk about South Florida’s Caribbean roots, the state’s dark history of lynchings, how segregation still shapes the landscape and how grassroots activists mobilized the Civil Rights Movement to upend generations of oppression.

“You need to know how it happened before so you can decide how you want it to happen again,” she told her students as they sat as their desks, the morning light illuminating historic photographs on the walls.

Florida students are giving up their Saturday mornings to learn about African American history at the Spady Cultural Heritage Museum in Delray Beach and in similar programs at community centers across the state. Many are supported by Black churches, which for generations have helped forge the cultural and political identity of their parishioners.

Since Faith in Florida developed its own Black history toolkit last year, more than 400 congregations have pledged to teach the lessons, the advocacy group says.

Florida has required public schools to teach African American history for the past 30 years, but many families no longer trust the state’s education system to adequately address the subject.

By the state’s own metrics, just a dozen Florida school districts have demonstrated excellence at teaching Black history, by providing evidence that they are incorporating the content into lessons throughout the school year and getting buy-in from the school board and community partners.

School district officials across Florida told The Associated Press that they are still following the state mandate to teach about the experience of enslavement, abolition and the “vital contributions of African Americans to build and strengthen American society.”

But a common complaint from students and parents is that the instruction seems limited to heroic figures such as the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and Rosa Parks and rarely extends beyond each February’s Black History Month.

When Sulaya Williams’ eldest child started school, she couldn’t find the comprehensive instruction she wanted for him in their area. So in 2016, she launched her own organization to teach Black history in community settings.

“We wanted to make sure that our children knew our stories, to be able to pass down to their children,” Williams said.

Williams now has a contract to teach Saturday school at a public library in Fort Lauderdale, and her 12-year-old daughter Addah Gordon invites her classmates to join her.

“It feels like I’m really learning my culture. Like I’m learning what my ancestors did,” Addah said. “And most people don’t know what they did.”"

-via AP News, December 23, 2024

[synchodai]

Gortash is legit the funniest concept for a villain I've ever witnessed. You march with your heroic war band to confront the evil tyrant, fully ready to lay out his manipulations in the throne room in front of the city's government. You know, standard fantasy hero stuff. But then the evil villain goes "Best friend!!!! I'm so glad you could make it 🥰🤗 I missed you so much 🥺"

Honestly, what a power move. It doesn't even matter if he was exaggerating or outright lying. The man saw a threat coming and deployed a tactical disarming strike via the all-too universal feeling of remembering an embarassing thing you did in the past (him, probably) and forcing you to cringe into stunned submission.

[newsbites]

Тhе Веlіzе Соаѕt Guаrd hаѕ dеtаіlеd іtѕ rеѕроnѕе tо аn іnсіdеnt thіѕ wееkеnd іn Соrоzаl Вау whісh lеft ѕеvеn іn thе ѕеа.

Тhе ВСG Соnѕејо раtrоl rеѕроndеd аnd rеѕсuеd ѕеvеn реrѕоnѕ whо wеrе іn dіѕtrеѕѕ аftеr thеіr vеѕѕеl сарѕіzеd 10 mіlеѕ оff Ѕаrtеnеја. Fоur wеrе drіftіng оn аn ісеbох аnd thrее wеrе hоldіng оntо thе vеѕѕеl.

https://www.breakingbelizenews.com/2023/04/16/coast-guard-team-rescues-seven-in-corozal-bay/

[idkhowtopickausername]

I think it’s interesting in rgu how Utena’s aspiration of being a prince is not only hurtful to Anthy but also serves a sort of double purpose in Utena’s life wherein it allows her to express aspects of her gender expression and sexuality without having to really confront them directly, and a lot of the most important moments in her character arc are moments where she has to confront those things without relying on it.

Utena saying at the end that the only times she was really happy was when she was with Anthy is so important because it’s not just her presence that changes Anthy’s life but the reverse is true as well, and the idea that she is acting solely on some sort of heroic noble mission separate from her own feelings at times allows her to kind of sidestep the vulnerability of admitting that. It’s after Dios has urged her to give up, saying that she’s done all she could and giving her a way out and into complacency that would still leave her ego and dream of keeping her promise to Dios partially intact, but it wasn’t ever really her promise to Dios that mattered but her promise to Anthy both as a child and once she knows her that matters.

It’s also really interesting that the first time she says no to Akio she says it’s because she wants to stay true to her prince—it’s an idea that gives her a way to momentarily reject his advances without acknowledging that her own feelings should be reason enough, and shows how she feels that appealing to (even an abstract) patriarchal figure gives validity to her own feelings that they wouldn’t have on their own.

Episodes 12 and 37 are also really interesting in that they both begin when Utena has realized that she does not truly know or understand Anthy and feels betrayed by her, and she temporarily renounces her role of “protecting” her only to realize that her relationship with Anthy is deeply important to her personally even outside of that dynamic, as is her masculinity/gender expression, but in order to express this realization she ultimately returns to that dynamic (trying to protect Anthy via the dueling system) in both cases because she cannot yet imagine another way. It’s not until she fails at being a prince that she succeeds in expressing her true feelings and escaping the academy/the structure it represents (and inspiring Anthy to do the same) because those things were never truly compatible to begin with.