#‘the revolution’s not coming🙄’

[crptdkssr]

sorry but i think i should be allowed to vote in the american election just so i can withhold my vote specifically to spite pretentious liberal tumblr bloggers

[squiddlysquoo]

I want you people dead for real

[transrevolutions]

french revolution dashboard simulator

🐀 ami-du-peuple Follow

uh actually man has the right to deal with his oppressors by devouring their beating hearts. hope this helps.

🎩 departicle Follow

Hold up. Okay. Actually, fuck this. This sort of violent rhetoric should not be tolerated on here. Do you seriously think this sort of thing is going to make the nobility give you more rights???? You must be out of your minds! Reported.

🧵 seamstressproud Follow

reblog to devour this guy's beating heart

#username checks out lmao #politics #everybody point and laugh #common adp w

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organt-deactivated06151792

update: new canto out now!!! go check it out 😈😏🥀 (remember don't like don't read <3)

📜 sacredhostreceipts Follow

@centuriesandskies this you?? not such a great look for a convention rep ngl

🌄 centuriesandskies Follow

listen. I wrote this a long time ago, before I went into serious politics. the account is deactivated for a reason.

I was twenty. I did poorly. I can do better.

#sj.txt #if this is the worst dirt you can dig up on me #i'm way less corrupt than half the people in the convention these days #at least i'm not doing fucking. embezzlement. #also sacredhostreceipts if you're who i think you are #don't you have better things to do rn?

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🌎 landscape-showdown Follow

🌎 landscape-showdown Follow

why the fuck is everyone tagging this with french??? political figures?

#what the hell is going on over there #also maybe cool it with the death threats #I don't want this blog to get taken down #what's a girondin #is this some joke I'm not french enough to understand #showdown update

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⛪ progressivepriest Follow

Unpopular opinion but why is everyone so up in arms about the new Civil Oath? Literally all it's asking is for you to promise not to commit treason just because the Pope tells you to? I can see where people are coming from with the whole violation-of-religion deal, but can you blame the Assembly for trying to make sure the people aren't forcibly subjugated by the wealth of the nobility?

faith-first-alwaysdeactivated03011791

Sounds like something a heretic would say. To betray the Pope and king is to betray the will of God and your eternal soul! You should pray for forgiveness and pledge loyalty to the monarchy or have fun burning in hell. Sorry not sorry.

⛪ progressivepriest Follow

L + ratio + iirc the Bible says "it is easier for a rope to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter heaven" (Matthew 19:24)

🎻 lacarmagn01e Follow

occasional based catholic moment, go off OP!

🌊 sea-of-revolution Follow

looked the faith-first-always guy's blog, he's like a massive anti-huguenot too 🙄 why is it always the prot-exclusive radical catholics smh

🌊 sea-of-revolution Follow

LMAOOOOO HE DEACTIVATED

#religion tag #percs fuck off #anyways op makes a valid point #reblog #percs dni

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🛌 virtuous-bedtime Follow

she committee on my safety til I can't go public

🍊 springtimeofgovernment Follow

I don't understand the joke, can someone explain please?? 🙂 Thank you!

🧵 seamstressproud Follow

is that fucking MAXIMILIEN ROBESPIERRE?!!?!?!?

🛌 virtuous-bedtime Follow

oh my god citizen robespierre I'm so sorry this was not meant to break containment lol I didn't even know you were on this site please forget you saw this

#this is the most embarassing moment of my life #literally sobbing rn #the original post is /j i prommy #i cannot be known as the citizen who had to explain this to the government

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🪓 indulgentsfuckoff Follow

fabre d'eglantine is NOT your poor little meow meow citizens he literally falsified decrees from the national convention and embezzled money to line his own pockets. I don't care how uwu babygirl you think he is he is a CRIMINAL who should be ARRESTED

💛 i-give-people-bread Follow

🥖🍞🥐

#baguette #loaf #croissant #i-give-people-bread #indulgentsfuckoff #silly

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🧱 comic-sans-culotte Follow

fucking fed up with the constant threat of the swiss guard, I think it's time we got some gunpowder and weapons and took things into our own hands yknow what I'm saying

🧱 comic-sans-culotte Follow

I'm no longer joking about this btw

🧱 comic-sans-culotte Follow

update:

hopital

🧱 comic-sans-culotte Follow

ok bc I've gotten like 50 asks about this: I am not injured and I am not in need of medical care. the punchline was that we stormed the fucking hotel des invalides to get guns and powder. didn't want to clarify the joke before now for security reasons but everyone knows about that and the bastille thing by now. please direct your money to people who actually need it.

#shouldve clarified the last post was /j #however I assumed yall knew this joke already #anyways #revolution #personal #500 #1k

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🌾 nopain-nograin Follow

got so high at the festivial 2day i thnk i saw hte suapreme being

#robespiere speech was prboably 🔥 #unforntuately i camt rember any of it #grainposting #oipum ehre is somtehing else thes days #memes

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🎨 jldavid-real-moved Follow

incredible speech from @springtimeofgovernment today at the jacobin club. nobody should be permitted to use their positions as civic leaders to commit crimes against the people, even under the guise of revolutionary fervor. if it comes to it, I too will drink the hemlock with him. for france. 🤝🤝

🍊 springtimeofgovernment Follow

Thanks for your support, @jldavid-real

The situation over here is deteriorating really quickly, the representatives are getting violent and abandoning due process entirely. Anything you can do to stand with us now would be very appreciated. You do a lot of great work for the revolution, and I trust you completely.

🍊 springtimeofgovernment Follow

@jldavid-real are you still there? We could really use your help right now.

🌄 centuriesandskies Follow

boosting @springtimeofgovernment here, can confirm he's been injured in a skirmish at the hotel de ville, they're passing summary death sentences without trial, @jldavid-real where is the help you promised us??? the people of paris are our only hope now.

edit: of course he moved blogs. coward.

#sj.txt #disappointed yet unsurprised #marat would be ashamed of you #9 thermidor #update

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🎻 lacarmagn01e Follow

DNI if you support any of these groups/people or their actions: m0narchists, f3uillants, br1ssotins/g1rondins, th3rmidorians, b0napart1sts, h3nri du v3rgier (also goes by c0mte de r0chjacquelin), charl0tte c0rday, or lafay3tte

(h3bertists and dant0nists you're on thin ice. behave.)

#censored so they dont show up in the tags #dni #get your nasty ass ideologies off my page #won't hesitate to block and/or report any violators #pinned

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gracchus-babeufdeactivated05271797

reblog to make the directoire choke to death on their stupid fucking outfits

🌊 sea-of-revolution Follow

hey staff. yeah you. where did this blog go?? notfishgoujon and prairial-95 are gone as well?? cowards too afraid to show your faces lmao especially after the fucking mess the directoire's made of the country. bet you anything that staff are on their fucking payroll too iykwim at least the republic didn't tolerate fucking bribery

#this site's gone to the dogs since thermidor yr 2 #following the trend of the rest of the country tbh #i'll probably get nuked for posting this #if so i'm not making a new account #i'll just make a paleocities or smth #politics tag #reblog #don't play with me ik full well gb didn't delete his blog of his own free will #they also zero note glitched it #just when you think they can't stoop lower

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📕 spectrehauntingeurope Follow

it's been 50 fucking years since gracchus-babeuf (and the other CoE blogs) were deleted without warning and still no response from staff, the govt, or anything. the site's gone through a fuckton of ownership changes and still nothing.

we're working on a bit of a project (some of you might know abt it already), it's gonna be out prob in the next year or so. remember '89. remember '93 and '94. remember '97.

the people will rise again. it's only a matter of time. 🚩

-mod karl

[murfpersonalblog]

IWTV S3 - "Long Face" song lyrics (Lestat wants his wife back!)

This Count Dracula/IWTV joke was made while ago, too!

Lestat stays wearing his wedding ring, y'all!

The whole reason Lestat is even going on tour with Satan's Night Out is to redirect all negative attention & threats away from Mr. I Own The Night du Lac--Lestat saving Louis' life all over again.

Fake personality, fake face. Who is the REAL Lestat, behind the smoke & mirrors? ("Who are you, Louis?")

Cycles keep cycling!

Go as fun & campy as y'all want, Rolin--so long as y'all keep it GOTHIC and keep it HORROR. Take us to The Witches Place!

"Evil of my evil!" 😭

These vampires have a capacity for enduring--have FUN; and make the most of it; "I'm just getting started~!"

"Clipping of pianoforte, from Italian pianoforte, from piano (“soft”) + forte (“strong”). So named because it could produce a wide range of varied volumes note-by-note, in contrast to older keyboard instruments...." (Wiktionary)

"In classical music, it is customary to describe the tempo of a piece by one or more words, most commonly in Italian, in addition to or instead of a metronome mark in beats per minute. Italian is typically used because it was the language of most composers during the time these descriptions became commonplace in the Western musical lexicon.[6] Some well-known Italian tempo indications include "Allegro" (English "Cheerful"), "Andante" ("Walking-pace") and "Presto" ("Quickly"). This practice developed during the 17th and 18th centuries, the baroque and classical periods." (Wikipedia on Tempo)

Lestat's French Revolution lookin arse. 🙄😂 But I'm surprised by this--he sees Louis as his forte/strength and allegro/cheerful (my happiness/mon bonheur); while he self-depreciates as piano/soft and andante/moderate (but perhaps also more menacing/dramatic).

"Come to me.... You little wh*re~!" 🎶💜

Lestat is feeling JILTED, oof.

Louis & Claudia packed their bags and left your arse to rot in a dump in NOLA--then Lou left his arse in Paris--then Lou left him in a hurricane in NOLA again--oh yeah, Les is biiiiiiiitteeeerrrrr~! XD

🌈🏳️‍🌈🦄

Y'all heard Bi-con Lestat the last time!

In more ways than one! 🦇🩸🍆

THANK YOU, AMC, for being absolutely feral!

[hchollym]

Percy Weasley & the Weasley's Homophobia/Transphobia

I wrote about Percy having Oldest Daughter Syndrome in this post, but that got me thinking, and I realized something - out of all the Weasley siblings, Percy is the only one that doesn't fit into gender norms.

So I started going back and rereading to double check, and I was blown away by just how many traditionally feminine traits Percy has in the books that I didn't notice the first time I read them! 😱

It has me wondering if that was subconsciously - or purposely - a major contributor of why the Weasley children disliked Percy so much (given how homophobic/transphobic the Wizarding World is in general).

The Basics/Personality Traits

Percy doesn't play Quidditch (i.e. sports).

He enjoys Divination - a subject that is seen as silly by the popular characters & only people like Lavender and Parvati (i.e. "dumb" girls) enjoy it.

He's not great at chess: "He [Harry] suspected he wouldn’t have lost so badly if Percy hadn’t tried to help him so much." According to many studies, there is a stereotype that boys are better at playing chess than girls.

Percy is more organized and clean: ""Ron hasn't put all his new things in his trunk yet," said Percy, in a long-suffering voice. "He's dumped them on my bed."" This is a common stereotype for women, while men tend to be thought of as messier.

Descriptions/Word Choice

Percy is said to be, "fussy about rule-breaking and fond of bossing everyone around." Fussy and bossy are both sexist phrases that are commonly used to describe women who aren't accommodating enough.

Book 2 said, "Percy swelled in a manner that reminded Harry forcefully of Mrs. Weasley. “Get — away — from — there —” Percy said, striding toward them and starting to bustle them along, flapping his arms." It's not a coincidence that the other Weasley brothers are never compared to their mother.

In Book 4, it stated, "“Mr. Crouch!” said Percy breathlessly, sunk into a kind of halfbow that made him look like a hunchback. “Would you like a cup of tea?”" He is portrayed as being quite submissive and eager to please in his job (traits traditionally used to describe the ideal woman, particularly in the religious sectors).

Later in Book 4, there's this conversation: "“Maybe Percy’s poisoning him,” said Ron. “Probably thinks if Crouch snuffs it he’ll be made head of the Department of International Magical Cooperation.”" Poisoning is most often done by women, whereas men tend to kill someone in more aggressive ways.

His Job

Percy worked as an assistant/secretary to Mr. Crouch and then for the Minister of Magic - both of which are considered "women's jobs." This dates back to the Industrial Revolution, when more than 1.7 million women began working in this career, and it is still predominantly held by women (who make up almost 90% of secretaries and assistants).

Even his research was feminine:

“What are you working on?” said Harry. “A report for the Department of International Magical Cooperation,” said Percy smugly. “We’re trying to standardize cauldron thickness.

Cauldrons are generally associated with women because they were also used for cooking, and in paintings, it is almost always witches (women) depicted with cauldrons.

Then, there's this:

“I don’t reckon he’d come home if Dad didn’t make him. He’s obsessed. Just don’t get him onto the subject of his boss. According to Mr. Crouch . . . as I was saying to Mr. Crouch . . . Mr. Crouch is of the opinion . . . Mr. Crouch was telling me . . . They’ll be announcing their engagement any day now.”

A secretary falling in love with their boss and becoming obsessed... hmm, where have I heard this stereotype before? 🙄

Discipline

A research study on parental discipline found that, "“When it comes to disciplining the kids, there’s been a role reversal in the modern home,” the study concluded, with moms being more consistent in discipline than dads. The researchers found that dads are no longer the strict disciplinarians that they were in the ’50s and ’60s, and are more likely to let children get away with wrong behavior and less likely to talk through discipline issues with the kids.""

We certainly see that dynamic in the Weasley household with Molly & Arthur, and we continue that trend with most of the Weasley sons - Bill & Charlie definitely aren't disciplining anyone; they're the cool, "chill" brothers who contribute to the problem by smashing tables around in the air for fun.

Percy is the only one who disciplines the younger kids - especially at school and in the role of a prefect:

“Five points from Gryffindor!” Percy said tersely, fingering his prefect badge. “And I hope it teaches you a lesson! No more detective work, or I’ll write to Mum!”

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Fred and George were going the wrong way about cheering her up. They were taking turns covering themselves with fur or boils and jumping out at her from behind statues. They only stopped when Percy, apoplectic with rage, told them he was going to write to Mrs. Weasley and tell her Ginny was having nightmares.

Lack of Humor

“Yeah, well, Percy wouldn’t want to work for anyone with a sense of humor, would he?” said Ron, now starting on a chocolate eclair. “Percy wouldn’t recognize a joke if it danced naked in front of him wearing Dobby’s tea cozy.”

It is repeated regularly throughout the books that Percy isn't funny and can't take a joke, which correlates to the sexist idea that women aren't funny (or that men are much funnier).

Mother-Hen Tendencies

Percy has so many instances of looking out for his siblings (or noticing when something is wrong) and worrying about them (i.e. fussing over them):

Her Pepperup potion worked instantly, though it left the drinker smoking at the ears for several hours afterward. Ginny Weasley, who had been looking pale, was bullied into taking some by Percy.

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Dear Tom, Percy keeps telling me I’m pale and I’m not myself. I think he suspects me…

& After the Second Task in Book 4:

Percy seized Ron and was dragging him back to the bank (“Gerroff, Percy, I’m all right!”)

Compare this to Fleur's reaction only a few sentences later:

Fleur had broken free of Madame Maxime and was hugging her sister.

(In fact, Percy & Fleur share a lot of characteristics, but that's a topic for a different time.)

Relationships

Percy had a girlfriend, but he still broke the gender norms by writing love letters to her all summer and keeping a photograph of her. This type of romantic personality isn't stereotypically common of most teenage boys (especially in these books), but it is common of characters like Lavender, who bought Ron a gold necklace (and Ron was appalled at the idea of wearing it).

His Brothers

To compare, the only other Weasley brother who shows any traditionally feminine traits is Bill with his long hair (and I guess his one earring, but that became very popular among guys during the 80's/90's). This is a physical characteristic as opposed to an emotional/behavioral one, and Bill doesn't get any negative reaction, because he is masculine in every other way - He had a dangerous, exciting job for many years; he has a career working with money (74% of people working in finance are men); he married a much younger, attractive woman (think about Leonardo DiCaprio not dating women over the age of 25); and he had a completely heteronormative marriage.

To Summarize

Percy has an abundance of traditionally feminine characteristics in the books, as opposed to his brothers, who definitely do not. Given how society is in the Wizarding World, it is very likely that this contributed to his strained relationship with his family. 😥

[skaruresonic]

So Sonic 3's trailer finally dropped today. Any thoughts on it?

I had zero hype for this film because I didn't like the previous two and had no reason to believe this one would turn out any different. Lo and behold! ...it doesn't.

There's so much I could talk about.

• The shameless digging up of the corpse of my favorite Sonic game just to dress it up Norman Bates-style. Why yes, I love getting butchered adaptations of SA2 shoved down my throat. Keep 'em coming.

• The fact that the overly-furry aesthetic Paramount chose for Sonic and the other anthros still looks plug-ugly to my eyes no matter how much I try to get acclimated to it. In fact, it somehow looks even worse here than it did in previous movies.

• The fact that they ripped off a scene from Matrix Revolutions. Interesting choice, lmao.

• Jimbotnik continuing to register as "Jim Carrey in a costume" and not as Eggman.

• Agent Stone continuing to be a nothingburger of a character aside from being a living footstool for Jimbotnik. I thought everybody said he was going to be 3's main antagonist. Why is he even here.

• Jimbotnik calling Gerald "Pop-Pop," cutesy-ing it up for no real reason, when Eggman simply called him "grandpa" at most in the games. What, is his grandfather Mike Ehrmantraut now?

• The original game's "fuck the police" angle now being ignored in favor of maybe making GUN look like the good guys (what?).

• The fact that the ARK, an iconic location, is nowhere in sight is making me more than a tad apprehensive. Idk if this thing is supposed to replace it:

• This one really steams my hams: the fact that Paramount portrays Jimbotnik's weight gain via hateful stereotypes of fat men which the games do not employ in their overall portrayal of Eggman. It reflects a fatphobic attitude I could have told you was the case years ago judging by the fact that they cast a thin man in the role.

Games!Eggman is stylish and immaculately groomed, but Jimbotnik has to be a slob who dresses like The Dude just because he gained a little weight. Of course. 🙄

It really bothers me because Eggman is quite possibly one of the only examples of positive fat male representation I can point to, and they can't even let him be a little fat onscreen without literally exposing his belly with the intent to make fun of him in ways the games seldom do, if ever.

God fucking forbid he actually weighs the 281 lbs. he does in canon; Paramount would probably portray him like Fat Bastard from Austin Powers.

In lieu of being portrayed as dumb and weak, as is usually the case for fat male characters, Games!Eggman is portrayed as cunning, intelligent, powerful (physically and mentally), and stylish in a way that commands respect, despite whatever this Chili's says to discredit him. Eggman is fucking cool, and y'all are tripping if you don't think so.

• The fact that this movie is probably going to be cringe on the basis of its constant bathos-inducing insistence on making the characters crack mistimed jokes during serious moments.

• Doing a double take when Sonic called Shadow an "alien," possibly realizing that "alien" is the film universe's designation for anthros, then promptly short-circuiting and catching on fire. Can we not.

• Why does the trailer insist on making Shadow look like a wet cat? They did not deep-freeze my boy like they did in the games. Games!Shadow emerged from stasis minty-fresh, whereas Movie!Shadow looks like a newborn kitten yeeted straight out of the womb:

Disgustang. Stop that.

• The fact that everyone gives '06 flack for aesthetic whiplash but thinks Shadow looking like a muppet beside an irl little girl is fine, actually:

And the fact that said little girl may be killed just making dead Maria jokes 10x more uncomfortable than they need to be.

• They missed an opportunity for a fun visual gag by having the bathroom sign read "occupied" instead of "eggupied" or "hatching" (as in hatching a scheme. or a shit. maybe both, lol). Something like that:

They can pay homage to the Akira bike slide and the Super Burly Brawl from Matrix Revolutions, but God forbid we actually allude to Sonic games :v

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...But most of this can be boiled down to "Paramount gonna Paramount."

All in all, I'm likely to continue my time-honored tradition of seeing the movie when it releases in theaters because deep down, I'm still a Sonic whore and subsequently pretending the films don't exist thereafter lol

[generalluxun]

Miss Bustier being "concerned about Chloe" in Collusion: "Chloe, you're a fragile teenager who doesn't know love and is simply looking for attention."

Miss Bustier at the end of Revolution seeing Chloe continue to look for attention and continue to live a life not knowing love and continue being a fragile teenager: "Meh."

Ms. Bustier's outreach to Chloé in Collusion served only one purpose: To make Chloé look worse. S5 has systematically attacked every 'good' moment Chloé had and come up with a way to try and explain it away. They couldn't really DO that with the bracelet, because there is no reason she would have given it to Bustier when no one knew. So they just had her be silent, but they still count it as 'Bustier 'trying'(not really) and Chloé rejecting hero... to make everything forever Chloé's fault.

Ms. Bustier never even made any outeach after Zombisu herself. Heck, she wasn't even aware two students *in the front row* were cheating in her class for years... and yet we're supposed to consider her good and right and likely to be an excellent Mayor? It's so weird the bodies the show is willing to leave in order to demonize a child.

They could have left that scene out and missed nothing, Except they would have had one less 'Chloe=bad!' moment, and dear me, why bother going on with the show in that case. 🙄

Man I miss S1-3.

[odinsblog]

seeing people I used to like reblog from a fucking twitter tankie freak (all tankies are antisemitic btw idgaf) just cuz of their pro-palestine posts is making me wanna hallucinate. I am begging chronically online losers not to boost tankies just cuz theyre pro-palestine, also being pro-palestine and pro-russia is oxymoron. I wanna fucking die

Yeah, I agree.

Netanyahu and Putin are authoritarians who have both remained in power far longer than any true democracy would have allowed, and they are both using their militaries to colonize peoples and take land.

And tankies?

Unfortunately tankies are so easily manipulated that all you have to do is say America supports something and they’re immediately against it on that alone, with no critical thought whatsoever.

Finally, while I absolutely positively do agree that the Venn diagram of antisemites and tankies is almost a perfect circle, I need to stress, especially now, that not every criticism of Israel is antisemitism. But unfortunately, many criticisms of Israel’s war crimes in Palestine dO come from antisemitic people who have been waiting for the right moment to unleash their inner racist. So yeah, always gotta be on the lookout there.

That all said, I think that the main thing with tankies is, they’re authoritarians at heart. They’re perfectly okay with colonialism and imperialism and even ethnic cleansing and war crimes -as long as their side is the one doing it. Perhaps THAT is the main difference here, iMho. ( x )

If you look at any of the main pro-putin tankie accounts here on tumblrdotcom, the two things that you should immediately notice are 1. Despite some of their URLs, they’re almost all self-proclaimed “radical” 🙄 white dudes (sorry, but I’m Black and my personal belief is that ANY revolution for positive change ain’t gonna be led by a white guy, especially not the cringy ones who are stuck on Lenin), and, 2. Their hot takes on Russia and Putin are practically indistinguishable from Republican talking points.

Practically everything Tucker Carlson said, tankies wholeheartedly agree with. I’m surprised tankies haven’t made Tucker Carlson their pfp. But I guess that would be a bit too on the nose, wouldn’t it? To be clear, this isn’t me saying that anyone who disagrees with me is a Republican or a Russian bot, but have you ever read through a tankie skreed? Really read through it? I hear many of their exact same bullshit talking points on Fox News and from conservative news outlets. It’s just revarnished bullshit, wrapped up in ☭ for tumblr.

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[fina1chase]

Here's why I think Nagato was the real child of prophecy and not Naruto:

Nagato actually brought revolution to the world of ninja

They defeated Hanzo for the good of Ame and then closed the borders to focus on helping its people first and didn't mess with the rest of the villages (unlike Konoha 🙄) like ofc after being treated as a battleground in the war, they wouldn't want combat ninja coming in.

And the akatsuki started out with good intentions until Obito came and fucked it all up.

And Nagato was right for blowing up Konoha, but it felt like a cop out, having Nagato just up and die for a village THEY KNEW wronged him and wronged Ame.

But bc Nagato WASN'T from Konoha, they were just treated as another terrorist. Meanwhile Naruto as hokage hasn't even ended slavery yet

[novelcain]

YEESSSSS!!! EAT THE RICH BICHES!!!! And as an American.. can confirm, America sucks..

WARNING!!! RANT INCOMING!!!

I’m not even gonna do this on Anon.. this stuff makes me too angry for that..

So as a military brat, I know the military hasn’t been given a BASIC minimum pay raise in over 20 years.. and that last raise.. was nothing, but. A. SINGLE! PENNY!!!

Regardless of inflation and how much minimum wage across the board has been raised in that same time, as a matter of fact, they’ve been denied necessary payments for tasks they were TOLD to do by the government.. Basically EVERYTHING, IS, CORRUPT.. not even mentioning how many in the military are treated like a bunch of disposable lab rats..

One of my dad’s best friends developed bone-marrow cancer that he’s still fighting after about 16 years, the military Doctors refused to do any real tests to see what was actually wrong with him, and just decided to gave him some Tums… TUMS! And since his cancer wasn’t found until AFTER he retired, HE, GOT, NOTHING! NO BENEFITS!! Even my Nana’s pastor who suffers from severe seizures due to experimental medication he was given by the military, and then denied medical benefits..

The Government is Soulless! The military is so corrupt that they actively feed off the genuinely good people who sign up, then toss them out like trash.. leaving them to FIGHT tooth and nail for years, to receive the medical benefits they’re owed! Not to mention retirement benefits the military locks in their money purses like a Victorian stooge!

… sorry I just have A LOT! of anger towards the American government system… also I might be a little confused.. and dehydrated..

Brb I gotta drink some water 🎃~

Gurl

🔊 Say👏it👏louder👏for👏the people👏in👏the👏back!!!👏 🔊

Totally love this rant bestie and don't even get me started on how women, poc, and neurodivergents are treated in the military or I will literally start a revolution 🙄🤚

Istfg I can't stand America and people who suck the government's dick because they are either a part of the issue (*cough*elites*cough*) or too brainwashed to see there's a problem to begin with

Edit: completely forgot to say this but plz drink some water bestie or imma come for your bracelets

[fritzwilhelm]

Probably a dumb idea, but I am going to try and express this as un-annoyingly as I can. I will likely fail and possibly already have.

Yes, the U.S. electoral system is a very stupid game that is rigged in many ways. I don't like that and neither should you! It SHOULD be changed. Unfortunately, one of the ways that it is rigged that people don't always grasp, is that (while it exists as is) there is no real way of opting out on moral grounds. Do you know why?

>Because you cannot opt out of the consequences. It is not a game that you chose to play. You and I were born into a trolley problem with our hands duct-taped to the lever and a gun to our heads. Fucked up, but here we are.

>Because those in power don't actually need the complete mandate of all U.S. citizens to hold power. They just need to have all of the guns (and some of the duct tape), which they do and will continue to have even after you make a show of not voting in this election. You are not at risk of granting them "legitimacy"; the only kind that they need comes free, de-facto with all of the guns (even if many in government would like to dress it up as a beautiful act of harmonious democratic participation). The blood is not "on your hands". It is on the hands of the people with all of the guns that duct taped yours lever. Do not mistake coerced participation within the electoral system with advocacy for said system. (Also, some of you should stop advocating so hard for said system as though it is beyond reproach)

>Because those in charge only benefit politically (on the world stage and at home) by having the appearance of the mandate of the majority of their voting populace (amongst which most non-voters are often not cleanly counted as a solid ideological block performing an act of unified conscientious objection for a specific purpose; going to protests does help with this to a point, so you should do it).

I understand if you feel like you are being held hostage by the government or the democratic party. That is, because WE ARE! That's one of the shitty parts of what a government is, and one of the shittiest parts our current one.

But you probably already knew this.

The thing about being held hostage is that even once you've realized your situation, you are still held hostage after having that revelation. There is no saying "A-ha! I see your little tricks and you won't get me!" and suddenly getting a deeply entrenched political hierarchy to knock it off "Swiper, No Swiping!" style overnight. The gun is still to your head.

What's more, I and a lot of the people I love are being held hostage next to you! We would not like to be shot, so please help us by playing along despite your justified revulsion until we can come up with an effective way out of this.

And enough of us WOULD like to find a way out of this. Not trying to come off as defeatist here, just realistic. You SHOULD be practicing mutual aid! You SHOULD be donating to people in Gaza!! You SHOULD be furiously protesting the Biden administration for it's participation in a genocide (among many other reasons)!!! AND you SHOULD be considering lots of things that would require me to say "In Minecraft" after them ad nauseam. YOU SHOULD ALSO VOTE. These things have never been mutually exclusive. All forms of revolution done at scale, fast or slow, glorious or glacial (obnoxiously, pendulously glacial), are going to feel fucking disgusting at points. Voting is just another vector for this that is really costly to ignore.

I am seeing a lot of the usual 🙄 infighting in leftist spaces rn. Largely it's a partisan division built up around a false dichotomy. Apparently, you are either:

-A patronising Millenial/GenX neo liberal who is oblivious to the flaws of electoralism and US Imperialism and is OK with the zionist genocide. Someone who Hates on Mutual Aid solutions! Someone selfish in the face of real human plights in other countries.

OR

-A bitter, cynical 22 yr old tumblr communist whose ideals yield no practical solutions, who might EVEN be some kind of party traitor or #russian-psyop-chatGPT bot for criticizing the evident faults in the electoral process or daring to say they don't really like Kamala Harris.

You do not need to be a neo-lib shill who is down with zionism to agree with anything that I have said (Even if those fucking idiots will be in your voting block). And NO, the angry trans youth on your dash are NOT just Putin's patented Election Interference Bots that you can shout down like a boring off brand mccarthyist. We are already going to have to deal with the public fuckery on Elon's personal little billboard of a site this year so lets be careful not to risk making up more guys to get mad at.

I understand that you are routinely misled by the scale and immediacy packaged as the magical promises of voting blue by democratic politicians and their advocates. That bullshit will continue for as long as there are bulls to shit.

I understand that I am asking you to weigh, not just two memed-on dickhead politicians in suits, but instead two impossibly large oceans of human blood so big that they defy the human capacity for understanding of scale. I understand that I am asking you to pick the ocean that you think is smaller and put your face in it. I understand that it may not even work.

I understand that you have too much horror going on already.

But I am asking you. I will be stuck here asking you every few years until the system changes or we both are dead.

I am sorry that this place fails us so often.

[plutoids-thoughts]

I am bored so I decided I will share the songs on my megop playlist :3 (not many songs, but quality over quantity✌🏽)

Also if anyone has other songs in mind, I’d love to add them to my playlist

Lettuce begin…

Do I Wanna Know - Arctic Monkeys — it’s SOO ANGSTY. The late night rumination of what’s been lost and the temptation to just GO FOR IT despite being sworn enemies and knowing it’s probably not gonna have the best outcome. Yep, tfp megop I think.

Enemy - Imagine Dragons — Arcane was an objectively good series. I also think it’s a good representation of Megatron’s conflict with the upper class and Autobot fanatics because he’s made many enemies since he’s spoken of dismantling a system that had allowed them to perpetuate oppression to their benefit, and he’s determined to keep speaking up about it. Also just my little spin on it, but I think that it also represents his minor victim complex which didn’t take well to Optimus becoming a prime bc 1) he had many feelings for his “bro” and 2) he associated the primacy with the corruption of the High Council, and he felt deeply betrayed by Optimus because he thought Optimus would uphold the values of classism and corruption despite having fought by Megs’ side under his philosophy. He thought someone finally understood his struggle intimately, but then Optimus became a Prime so that OBVIOUSLY meant Megatron meant nothing to Optimus. Megs is so dramatic 🙄🙄

Reflections - The Neighborhood — so much ANGST!!! Each of them wanting the other to come back because they sold their soul for each other and believing the other just doesn’t love them anymore. The angst is scrumptious. Also it’s such a soft song, it’s giving “ruminating about your ex lover/revolutionary bestie at 3 am”

Star Walkin’ - Lil Nas X — Super peppy tune, it makes me wanna start a revolution!! AAAAA!! I think it’s representative of Megatron’s thirst to be recognized and to have power to change Cybertron’s corrupt authority, to champion a revolution fueled by the intoxicating idealism that would make Cybertron equal for everyone. I hc that Orion Pax and Megs when they were young would be brimming with idealism and determination and fall hard into whatever they set their minds to (including each other 🫣🫣). Obv as the war evolves and they find each other on opposite sides of the war, yes they fight each other bc they want to protect the ideals of their respective factions, but also because they’re constants in each others lives. Optimus Prime will always be a driving force in Megs’s life and vice versa. It’s a sort of weird camaraderie they share because they’re important to each other (not in the sense that they can’t live without the other, but like they’ve always been present in the others life).

The Heat - The Score — I almost didn’t put it on here because I feel like it’s very subjective, but it just reminds me of tfp Megatron’s obsession with Optimus, and like he wants him BAD.

Hold Me Down - The Happy Fits — so this might be a little OOC but I think what I hc as the early parts of Megatronus and Orion Pax’s relationship is what this song reminds me of. They’re just so in love but so awkward. It just hits you in the feels.

Centuries - Fallout Boy — do I even need to explain? also just more angst ✌🏽✌🏽

Run for Cover - The Killers — again, a very angsty tune and I love it.

Crossfire - Stephen — there’s a lot in this song. Firstly I see two perspectives in this song that I think fit well with Optimus and Megatron. One perspective is caught in the middle of a necessary war because of trying to fight oppression/corruption as someone who was a victim of that, and the weariness he feels, but also the fact that he has to continue fighting in order to protect himself and others like him from oppression (essentially being “caught in the crossfire”) — that’s Megs. The other one is someone who’s priveliged and mostly protected from oppression that has tangible effects on his life, but he still is conscious of others being oppressed and wanting to know why — that’s Optimus/Orion Pax. And in a way, megs and op find refuge in each other while this whole thing is going on because the lyrics lowkey reek of exhaustion to me, and it seems like both of them are exasperated/emotionally drained from this war. Eventually, as the war goes on, Optimus starts to question if he’s on the right side of the war. If he’s on the Autobot side, hes asking if blindly following orders is the right thing to do, kind of like in IDW’s Autocracy, because the destruction he’s bringing to the enemy doesn’t seem fair, because they’re just fighting for freedom. If he’s on Megs’ side, he’s questioning if Megatron’s brutality and totalitarianism is really the way to bring peace, even if he does love Megs and believes in Megs’ vision of a more equal Cybertron. There’s a lot of internal conflict that’s very characteristic of Optimus’s and Megatron’s rocky relationship and honestly it’s my crack.

If you actually read all this, *forehead kiss* I love y’all <333 thanks for listening to my half coherent thoughts

[vincentvangodot]

Today I'm being frustrated by the fandom convention of saying "There's always an apostate who betrays you".

1) Morrigan doesn't betray anything, she saves the Warden's life. Even if you tell her to leave, she comes back to make sure there's a way for you to stay alive. That she's doing this for her and Flemeth's secret reasons doesn't really matter, in my opinion. Do they just mean "She leaves after the final battle"? Because that's not a betrayal unless you count it as a breakup, and even if you romanced her you can find her and go into the eluvian with her.

2) Anders, also, doesn't betray Hawke! Maybe if you're not paying attention to a single thing he says or does during the game the chantry explosion can come as a surprise (even after he asked for salpeter by name 🙄), but it's not actually a personal betrayal that he has his own life and freedom fighting separate from Hawke's. He tells you he's part of the mage underground, he tells you he can't sit idly by when mages are suffering. Sebastian says "You've made no secret of your intent to lead the mages here in revolution", and he's RIGHT, all of Hawke's friends know his plans, and none of them help him! Even Merrill says it isn't her fight! (Anders is also shitty about elves; they're even there.) Who is he betraying when none of them let themselves be that close to him in the first place?

3) Solas… is the whole reason Corypheus got power, and would have destroyed the world anyway if Corypheus hadn't tried. So I can understand seeing that as a betrayal, except it isn't personal, is it? He didn't know the Inquisitor at all before they interrupted his plan, and he gave them the resources to fight his mistake. And then, like Morrigan, he leaves after the final battle. The horror. Trespasser is more of a betrayal, since he gets the Inquisition embroiled in a war. I'll accept that. I don't like Solas, but like Anders, having his own life and plans doesn't count as a "betrayal", to me.

Are we just saying all lies are betrayals? Because mages aren't the only ones who lie! Does Blackwall betray you? Is Leliana betraying you when she pretends she wasn't a Bard? Is Varric not talking about Bianca a betrayal? Why not? Why are people so fixated on this narrative?

[just-call-mefr1es]

(answer each individually) Out of Hypnos's 1096 moons, The major moons are only 8 moons. 5 females, 3 males. Those 8 are the only moons who have retained their personality even after being hypnotized. The Names of the moons are; Achlys, Ananke, Hemera, Nyx, Pontus, Mnemosyne, Menoetius, and Orion Females are Ananke, Hemera, Pontus, Orion, and Mnemosyne.

Males are Achlys, Nyx, and Menoetius. ---- Mnemosyne is the closest moon to Hypnos. She's the oldest of the Hypnoian moons and the main one that can be seen from a telescope. Mnemosyne used to be a dwarf planet, and was the first current-era moon that was hypnotized by Hypnos, and treated with absolute care by Hypnos. Hypnos always takes Mnemosyne's side when she is in conflict, and has always given her as much love as she can. That's right, we have another case of LESBIANS in the GAYnarum system.

---- Ananke is the older sister of Achlys. The two argue a lot, with Achlys always backing down. She's also pretty strong, having half the strength of Chloris and Galileo. She is Phanes' only friend. Hemera is basically the Triton of the Hypnoian moons. She's not really interested in most of the talk among the Hypnoian moons unless she has to take care of her younger siblings (which she has a HARD TIME doing. 1096 moons is no joke.) Pontus is the drama queen of the main moons. She always likes to have the center of attention on herself and also put on shows for the younger Hypnoian moons. She may seem snobbish on the outside, but is a very nice girl on the inside. Orion is a metal music lover. She has alot of punk motifs in her design, and has a big rock personality. Despite her loud personality, she's very friendly! ---- Achlys is the younger brother of Ananke. He's a "rowdy guy' type of moon; always looking for a fight and rough-houses a lot of the time. Strangely, he gets along with Chloris for no reason at all other than interest. Nyx is an odd one. He never responds to anyone except his friend Menoetius. It was said that when Menoetius formed, Nyx oddly got attached to him. He even said he loved Menoetius. He's still a very odd one, though. Menoetius is Nyx's only 'friend.' Called Meno by Nyx, he's the second most knowledgeable one of the moons. He's usually at Nyx's side, always willing to share new information with him. Rumour has it he was one of the key factors to stopping the Moon Revolution. this took 3 hours lol

YAYYGGY MOONSSSS

im totaleby not gonna write down those names to givr to my future grandchildren because theyre so badass whaaaa

oooo another moon that used to be a olanet?:00 super cool!! and the first? aweosme! awwww i find it so sweet how hypnos cared for herr tbsts adorable💗💗 and what is with these damned gays bro😒🤬🤬 come on🙄🙄🙄 /j

oooo dysfunctional sibling relationship i hear?>:333 god i love those. WOAHHH!?? half the strength as choris n galileo??? wowza that is STRONG. holy fuck i already struggle with one sibling, i cant imagine 1000 or so more😭😭 oooo pontus’ character seems rlly neat:O id love to hear more about her cjsndmsms. so with orion!! i jeed to see her design n chew on her grrr

DAMNN achlys😵‍💫 thats fery interesting. nyx i already love you. bro got emotionally attached to menoetius when he first formed, and said he loved him??? cutieesssss>_< WIAHHH MENOETIUS SMART AS HELL (even tho hes second knowledgeable but oh well) bro was oje of the key factors of stopping the moon revolution ????? thats sick asf i rlly wanna see how the moon revolution plays out in the GAYnarum system💞

three hours😭⁉️ holy dsmn🤕🤧🤧

[megkuna]

it is kinda weird that every time sb asks revolutionary leftists smthn along the lines of "what abt all the ppl that will die during the revolution" the only answer they can come up with is "well people are already dying because of capitalism susan 🙄" which isn't untrue but the callousness with which it is said is a little scary sometimes tbh. like it's kinda hard to trust any group of people who gives 0 thought to moral arguments, u know ... whether u agree a revolution is necessary or not ........ you have to at least give this some thought lol. if you think it's okay to let some people die as sacrifice and/or collateral damage to your vision of a better world you have to stand up and say it with ur whole chest. and then deal w the consequences lol

[beardedmrbean]

Oh dear, two weeks of hospital food? Damn

Oh yes i understand white people don’t want to be told they are inherently racist just like I don’t want to be told I’m a eternal victim

Actually you help fixed some stuff with the native wizards

So most natives wizards are usually from or left the reservations, but still have strong tribe roots. And they have traditional garbs, but I decided use Victorian area because I learn many Native Americans adapted to that style of clothing and mixed it with their traditional looks. And my natives wizards are usually young to middle age. So it much easier to carry around colonial or Victorian style clothing for repairs to easily fix very old stuff.

Now they are full blown shamans, but they are usually old and often on the reservations. Now I don’t want to be rude, but my native wizards tackle modern topics of what the tribe is now vs what more can they do. I would also make sure to have proper consalutes to the individual tribes I use

Side note, the other disporia are taught their parents traditions. But of course over the generations and years they have been modified. Also they usually have…outposts, think of Chinatown. Now the outpost’s usually have to make a compromise with the American Wizarding system. Though the ancestral wizards are often under persecution and in hiding, but they can’t leave their sources of energy

Ugh shit I’m mumbling

Now for traditional garb for the wizards and magical users across the Americas perhaps a century prior to the American revolution and later the other countries. Realized they are too different from the magical users from the old world. And they say glimpses into the future the colonial empires will fall.

So it was decided to make local I want to guilds or societies as they were very different from the old world and can control local ancient beings better. IE the 13 colonies guild wanted to have the lovecraft users “loyalty”

Now these guilds eventually became American and Mexican wizards societies. Of course they had like local guilds that left, merge and such. So traditional garb….very from person to place

Like east coast wizards may have better connections to colonial era stuff. But…FUCK, word building hard. But it was decided that early modern age particularly Victorian. So the stand idea of an American wizard is Victorian-1920’s. Because I love art deco and the prohibition is where most of the country united against the government which created the proper American magic

Thanks for liking my jokes, see not all Gen z have that Whedon snark or Rick and Morty Nilihism

Oh here another one

Black American necromancer: Yes! I finally brought back my civil war ancestor! Now he can tell me how he fought for the…

Confederate zombie: ugh where am I? Wait is this yankee land?!

BN: W-What?! How?! What slave you force yourself onto?!

CZ looking at his descendant: Oh hey me and Susie kids did make it out alive!

BN: Is that the slave you abused?!

CZ: Huh? She was my wife!

The other American wizard who also a civil war historian: wait hold on let me check my records…oh I think I found your ancestor. Is this you?

CZ: yep

AW: Alright, do some echo magic…Ah! This soldier married a freed slave after the war. They had 6 kids, 4 that have modern offsprings. Huh it says here they lived for for 60 years

BN : HOW THE FUCK AM I RELATED TO A CONFEDERATE?!

AW: 🙄, many Americans have both union and confederation ancestry. It was called a brother fighting brother war for a reason

BN: We’re in New York!

CZ: Oh it is yankee land, my youngest son said he was going to New York for work. But after Susie died, I was heartbroken and died shortly afterwards

AW: Ah, this must be him, it says here after your funeral. He stayed and died in New York due to the difficulty of the Great Depression

BN: Wait that my great great grandpa! Why I wasn’t told this?

AW: Oh your family knows, but your father told me to come with you as it seem your family confederate ancestry is told when the children comes to age

BN: How can I live with it?

AW: The Chinese American wizards have to deal with cannibalism urges due to a stupid spell a sorcerer did. And Andre 3000 wore a confederate belt in the Ms Jackson music video

Sorry for the long dialogue, it seem that a lot of African Americans are getting mindfuck with the ancestry dna tests

Um my fellow blacks…not every white genes is because of slave owners abusing slave women…and while we are mostly black, we aren’t inbred as hell.

Ya I don't think there's much of anything that won't taste good after this

Oh yes i understand white people don’t want to be told they are inherently racist just like I don’t want to be told I’m a eternal victim

Now if only the people making media could figure that out, was watching a episode of the 2019 revival of Twilight Zone since Amazon took X-Files away from me, but the whole tone of the episode was so heavy handed with the racist white cop narrative in that one I had trouble enjoying it, Rod Sterling was a master of getting the point across without jamming it into your face, usually the one about the commies was pretty in your face.

Actually you help fixed some stuff with the native wizards ect.....

So it was decided to make local I want to guilds or societies as they were very different from the old world and can control local ancient beings better. IE the 13 colonies guild wanted to have the lovecraft users “loyalty” Now these guilds eventually became American and Mexican wizards societies. Of course they had like local guilds that left, merge and such. So traditional garb….very from person to place

That works, gonna need to be a "school" uniform but this is America we can be a bit unique in the working world, at least in some industries.

Thanks for liking my jokes, see not all Gen z have that Whedon snark or Rick and Morty Nilihism

I came to the conclusion a long time ago that I will do my level best to treat people as individuals and not part of a group, unless they're scientologists because bleh, or communists because they've chosen to identify as part of a collective and respecting that means collective responsibility for the whole collective.

Oh here another one (scroll up to read)

AW: The Chinese American wizards have to deal with cannibalism urges due to a stupid spell a sorcerer did. And Andre 3000 wore a confederate belt in the Ms Jackson music video

Quality ending, wondering how this will work out, since you brought cannibalism into it, some of the various African wizards, potion makers really as well, no real gentle way to put it other than life would be hell for a albino African wizard, or complicated at least.

That or if they found a spell for regrowing fingers and such they could make a ton of money.

Suppose the choice would be if you wanted to go tragedy or comedy on that.

Cajuns in Louisiana probably would have a beef with the Haitians and possibly the Dominicans too.

Sorry for the long dialogue, it seem that a lot of African Americans are getting mindfuck with the ancestry dna tests Um my fellow blacks…not every white genes is because of slave owners abusing slave women…and while we are mostly black, we aren’t inbred as hell.

Jungle fever is a thing, also history goes a ways back and you really don't know who was trotting round in the Congo 2000 years ago, that and the Boers are a thing there was mixing there I don't care how racist people were or illegal it was, folks fall in love.

Humans been bumpin uglies a long time and if you think the only way it could happen between people of different skin colours was by rape you lack the capacity to understand love and are likely racist as well.

Come on now

Love these two

Most fun part is she's actually African so it's not like folks can speak over her on all the stuff she talks about

Video I saw "the coon and the colonizer" directed at her, they hate her cuz they ain't her.