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[idontmindifuforgetme]

Also during the precious temporary ceasefire the IOF didnt actually stop killing people so

Exactly!! People were celebrating that first call for a ceasefire… and then reports kept coming out about Israeli terrorists abducting and killing people, just at a lower volume (which, compared to the absolutely atrocious scale they’re operating on now, does not mean much). Even when there’s a ruling in place it’s not even enforceable

[s-p-r-i-n-g-t-i-m-e]

mayhaps this is a hot take but I truly dislike “Loid gets murderous and overprotective of Anya dating Damian” content

like. there are sm reasons I dislike it

first off, just fundamentally, I hate that trope. I think parents being protective of children in general is cute, and even maybe protective against their partners to an extent, but it rlly feeds into the Western (esp American) notion of parents owning their children. it gets even grosser when it’s the dad and his daughter, it’s just a branch of ‘women and their purity having to be guarded until they’re properly married’ sexism

secondly, if this is pre-reveal (either Damian comes over/talks to Anya in front of Loid and it’s p obvious he has a crush, so Loid, of course, course notices, OR somehow, post-canon yet not revealed, they get together), Loid would absolutely use that to advance Operation Strix lol

obviously Loid is NOT a bad or uncaring father, he is absolutely not that, BUT he does also very vehemently care about achieving world peace thru his spy work, AND ANYA UNDERSTANDS AND EVEN AGREES WITH THIS (to the highest extent she can as a child, at least). he would never partake in extensive manipulation that’d harm Anya emotionally (or even Damian tbh, his whole goal is to create a world where no children have to cry) but he would DEFINITELY encourage their relationship in order to eventually, somehow get to Desmond the ghoul-eyed freak

thirdly, even if this is POST-reveal, I still don’t think Loid would be unreasonable. sure, he may apprehensive due to Damian’s family and more concrete examples of Anya growing up (MAYBE bc honestly I think Loid would be ecstatic with every milestone in Anya’s life considering how genuinely supportive and proud of her that he is) BUT. but

he, again, not only wants to create a world where no children have to cry, so he clearly values the youth and their quality of life, but ALSO KNOWS abt how shitty Damian’s father is. personally, I think he’d be GLAD that Damian has a safe place to come to, with ppl who’ll support him (unconsciously, bc Loid is very oblivious to his own emotions lmao)

anyways, tldr; the “Loid being super hostile to Damian dating Anya” trope is tired and sucks and we should move onto appreciating a trope that honours the CORE of sxf, more found family, where Damian joins the Forgers, even before he and Anya potentially marry (even before they date if possible tbh)

[skyborneveggie]

There's something poetic about the parallel journeys of Ryuk & Light's boredom. Both begin the story by doing something incredibly rash to try to escape mundanity, and by consequence of that action, meet someone that alleviates that feeling and makes them feel alive again. Then they eliminate that person due to circumstance, without much consideration for the long-term internal impact that will have on their future; and slowly re-descend into boredom and meaninglessness, never fully realizing their attachment to the person they killed and that they might actually miss them.

The way they react in opposite ways to their person's replacement is interesting too, though. Light reacting to Near with disdain because he could never replace L in his mind. And Ryuk specifically choosing Minoru because he reminds him of Light. Choosing is interesting to me because it's something Ryuk scoffed at, and made fun of Light for assuming. And yet, here he's doing just that.

L changed Light, and while the bond between Light and Ryuk is of a different shade, Light changed Ryuk, too.

[fisheito]

Typing "capsaicin snake effect" into the search bar so i can figure out if yakumo can eat spicy food

[stop-breaking-my-heart-dragonage]

One of my favorite things that happened during my last mage Hawke playthrough was during the final battle against Meredith. Everything's going well. We're kicking her ass, she's got just this much health left, we're so close... but then everyone gets stunned dizzy.

Hawke is stumbling around all confused, seeing stars. The rest of his companions are stunned. I'm annoyed because I just want to end this fight. Don't know how or who did it, probably Meredith, but the situation's dire.

Meredith's standing by herself at the center of the Gallows, shouting nonsense and smugly believing the Maker's going to come down and make her his new bride after she murdered a bunch of innocent people.

Truly, this is the part of the story where Varric says they all thought hope was lost, that in the end, Meredith would pull a fast one on us and claim victory...

Until the REAL hero of dragon age 2 comes storming at her. I don't know why Carver was the only one to not be affected, but he literally jumped out of no where and just started bashing Meredith with his sword while everyone else was too dizzy to do anything until she was dead and the cutscene played.

"Hawke defeated Meredith-" LIES, VARRIC. I know the truth! I was there! Hawke didn't do shit! Carver Hawke was the main character all along! He got shit done and Varric gave Hawke all the credit!

I bring this up because last night I finished my warrior Hawke run and when we got to the fight with Meredith, I kind of hoped the same thing would happen where Bethany dashed in all heroic and got the killing blow on Meredith.

She did not.

She got squished by a statue.

But it's fine, Bethany Hawke was the true main character in my heart.

[genevawrenn]

I'm watching back Phil getting pranked and just...this mans [corvid?].

The lightning quick attack with his sword before it could explode, slaying it within seconds of being thrown into the situation.

The fact he then gets the loot and is like "oooo I got something cool out of it"

Fixes his inventory.

Complains about being now stuck underground instead of the trap someone[s] set.

Proceeds to dig upwards.

Finds a cave, goes exploring entirely unbothered and singing Radioactive by Imagine Dragons after he starts glowing green.

He's got that main character energy.

[lindenattic]

anthony green boykissing 2005. most of the clip is context but it's so worth it i promise. i PROMISE

this is a clip from circa survive's patreon podcast! for $5 you can get access to 15 podcast episodes that average an hour and a half in length and theyre all fucking insane. plus many many other benefits

[sashthesloth]

My wild magic sorcerer Tav just wants one polymorph wild magic surge effect instead of the magma mephit she summoned five times

[heich0e]

vampire geto buys your company and then immediately shuts it down just so you don't have to work anymore btw

[akkivee]

I've been thinking about this for a while now, but do you think if you poured water on Kuukou, would his hair go flat? Or does his hair defy all laws of physics and stays the same while Jyushi and Hitoya stand there like wet cats?

it defies the laws of gravity lmao like we actually got an arb card of this!!!!!!!

if you zoom in really really closely you’ll see that not even the force of a waterfall flattens that hair of his lol

[dark-orca-dynasty]

I've finished Tallulah's casual/ballet gear but now I am struggling to articulate the lore in a way that makes sense because I am Out Of Words, apparently

[zevranunderstander]

idk how to phrase this but like. people retroactively calling Fleabag a privileged, dissociative portrayal of feminism which is Bad, Actually, are lowkey deranged to me because, yeah, Fleabag IS about the expierience of womanhood. but like. through the lens of ONE woman? like, nowhere in the show is it ever implied that fleabag's expieriences are supposed to be universal, relateable core pillars to womanhood?

its almost like half of the population of the world is female and I think it's kind of weird that all stories about women always have to be feminist and activist, and can not just be an exploration of an imperfect woman, they have to be correct about *all* of womanhood?

i also think that the people saying this don't really understand the character of fleabag and i do think that the show is feminist in many ways, but even when no person working on this show would have had any intention of making this a "feminist story", i think that would have been their right to do that?

breaking bad, fight club, american psycho, lolita, etc. all tell the stories of white men who are objectively horrible people. and these stories still treat these characters with a level of empathy and understanding of how they got there and why they are like that. the stories don't excuse their behavior because of that, they are simply a fictional analysis of a person who is not virtuous or good in a lot of ways.

but women, people of color, disabled people, and other minorities are never given the same right to just tell a story about a character, the character has to be virtuous, a good role model, a representation of their whole group, likeable, flawed only in an "unproblematic" way, never make a bad decision, and its insanely limiting in what stories can be told by writers, when they want the approval of the general audience

and i so genuinely want more fleabag women, who may interact with feminism, but who are actual human beings in a real world, who have real flaws and who can be selfish and cruel, but who are still treated with empathy by the story

[angorwhosebabyisthis]

trying to lay out my interpretation of why brad and judy are simultaneously awful and really goddamn sad, beyond just having lost their baby under traumatic circumstances as already-traumatized autistic young adults with zero support system left but each other, is wild because it includes in full seriousness the word 'sheepnado'

[ruvviks]

marshall and posey are fun to think about. they're twins they used to be so close they haven't spoken in seven years the only reason they reunite is because of the death of their mother who they both had a difficult relationship with but for vastly different reasons they barely recognize each other anymore yet no one else in town understands them like the other. they wanna kill each other for leaving and they blame the other for losing contact with one another they don't want to see each other again because it's too painful of a reminder of the past but also the second they're apart they go insane. you understand

[divinerapturesys]

hey someone tell me this time next year to stay off tumblr when source shit is popping up cuz of the dates LMAO

- N 🥍

[nonchalantatall]

Ootori Hinata who picks up on wxs's mutual pining really easily while hauling them and 2 robots all over the greater Tokyo area while they're all sleep-deprived

She notices the way Nene talks to Rui and Tsukasa like theyve been married for years, and to her sister like she is the most special person in the whole world who Nene constantly makes exceptions for

She notices how intently Tsukasa pays attention to the others needs, offering them food and water and hand warmers with their constant traveling and performing for the whole day with no sleep from the night before. He constantly talks them up, reminding the others how amazing they are just before jumping out of the van to go perform in the freezing cold

On the ride from the mountains to the shopping mall, when the other 3 have fallen asleep in the back while it was Rui's turn to ride shotgun, she notices how fond his eyes are when he turns around to check on them every 10 minutes, and how warmly he speaks about them sleeping so peacefully

At the end of the day, when Emu returns home after performing the last show for the day at pheniland, Hinata tries to do some kind-natured older sister teasing and says something like "You and your troupemates really seem to get along well, huh?" and Emu replies "Yeah! We always have a really great time together!" and Hinata is like "So you really really like them, right?" and Emu, completely oblivious to what her sister is getting at, is like "Of course! I love them lots and lots!" with her biggest smile and flushed cheeks and thats when Hinata realizes Oh, They Really Don't Know what's going on....