#(but i digress)

[ainsi-soit-il]

Was going to say this same thing about Mardi Gras. I think we forget that the Christmas-Epiphany celebrating historically didn't officially end until the Feast of the Presentation of Jesus at the Temple on February 2nd. Lent can start pretty early in February. People would have had a lot of food to get rid of, and not a lot of time to do it, so the best way to do that was to have one last feast. (And looking at the recipes, that logic really shines through; I've made my own king cake for the past three or four years, and it's a great way to use up a lot of excess eggs and butter.)

Also historically, the purpose of Mardi Gras was partly about getting into the Lenten mindset of repentance and generosity. The English name for the season, Shrovetide, actually comes from the Middle English verb shriven, meaning "to make/hear confession", and the point of the medieval ancestors of Mardi Gras parades was to gather food from the nobility to give to the hungry at these big communal feasts.

you open yourself up to the devil by celebrating Halloween in the same way you open yourself up to the devil by celebrating St. Paddy's or Mardi Gras.

if you play ouija or try voodoo, you open yourself up to the devil. if you dress in a slutty costume or take psychedelics in a cemetery, you open yourself up to the devil.

likewise, if you get wasted on Guinness in downtown Savannah, you open yourself up to the devil.

if you twerk half-naked for plastic beads on Bourbon Street, you open yourself up to the devil.

these kinds of bacchanalia are by no means inherent to the holidays in question, and in fact, are extremely recent perversions of traditions which go back centuries. Centuries of Christian history.

[cuppajj]

My friend, who is reading MTME for the first time, said that their favorites are Tarn and Overlord and I responded to that “Okay Cuppajj” and then after a second they went “TGE COOKIERUN FANARTIST?!?!”

I thought this was funny enough to share

LMAAAAOOOOOOO oh no… they don’t know about my mtmte days… they dont know abt my overlord and tarn art…

[shiveringfrogspawn]

i have a (mildly) whovian friend that couldn't think of the word 'companion' the other day and referred to river song as an 'accomplice' instead and i'm still thinking about it...like that's literally what she is...an accomplice to all the doctor's war crimes...but fuck if that's not the cutest substitution i've ever heard

[cyber-corp]

The worldwide Miku trend is a testament to the insane and beautiful diversity within humanity’s culture and also a testament to Hatsune Miku’s versatility within her character design

[jingerpi]

i think the main character that differs transmisogyny from transphobia + misogyny, is the goal.

trans masculine individuals experience what we'll call "corrective misogyny", where they experience a derision of their chosen gender in an attempt to push them back into the class of [cis]woman this is transphobia + misogyny.

People I think confuse this with transmisogyny because it involves transphobia and misogyny, but transmisogyny is not "corrective". The point of transmisogyny is to push trans feminine individuals out of both the class of man and woman, into a gender underclass, a subaltern as some have called it. There is no premise of "rescuing" trans women. trans men are abused in attempt to bring them back into the protected underclass of women, while trans women are abused in an attempt at the opposite, the intent is explicitly to push us out of all protected classes.

[dapper-lil-arts]

I'm not the kind of person that's like "Here let me fix the canon" usually but like holy crap gen 5 implied a lot of messed up shit about our hero Twilight Sparkle lmao

[hyacinthsdiamonds]

A lot of you underestimate how prevalent British bias is not only in F1 but across sports generally, and even in other industries.

Max saying he has the wrong passport in the paddock is an accurate statement. Do you think he, Seb, or Michael would've been half as vilified by the British media if they had a British passport instead? Would Fernando? Do you think Yuki would get half as much shit about his radio "conduct" if he was British? Because it's the British commentators who consistently have issues with it, and say shit like it's "unbecoming" for a driver to speak that way, ignoring that 1 it's not his first language and 2 IT WAS ENGLISH PEOPLE HE LEARNT THAT LANGUAGE FROM. Sometimes people misspeak, but Yuki has always taken accountability and apologised if he has and if he caused harm. Martin Brundle did not get nearly as much backlash from the media when he misspoke and called an Asian driver a slur while commentating. He also never apologised for it.

Alex, one of the four Brits on the grid but who drives under the Thai flag, has said that the commentators only call him British born when he does well. He was completely excluded from the Silverstone publicity about the home crowd heroes, whereas George, Lewis & Lando were heralded, not only on race weekend, but for weeks leading up to it.

Alex's statement also reminded me of this Richard Harris quote, "When I'm in trouble, I'm an Irishman. When I turn in a good performance, I'm an Englishman." Genuinely, if I took a shot every time a British organisation/person claimed a talented Irish person was actually a Brit, I'd have died from alcohol poisoning years ago.

Hell, I see George wearing the poppy pin this weekend in the lead up to remembrance Sunday. Do you know the amount of shit James McClean gets every year because he refuses to wear one? And he has very valid reasons for choosing not to wear it, yet he's torn to shreds every year by not only random people on the Internet or on the streets but by commentators and the media too.

Because of how this sport became mainstream and because no one challenged Bernie Eccleston's monopoly on broadcasting rights back in the day (people were given the opportunity to buy a share of the broadcasting rights; the idiots said no), this sport has prioritised the British voice/perspective for decades. I know the other broadcasts are just as biased for their home team/drivers, but the British one is the biggest one, as it's the main broadcast for better and more often for the worst. It's the broadcast with the most reach and influence. Their bias has to be challenged eventually if this sport ever hopes to properly expand and grow. The British bias is so difficult to miss once you start noticing it.

[karlydraws]

💕Love & Peace with a Cowboy☮️

[agabus]

at the risk of sounding like an asshole sometimes you can really tell when bg3 fans don't actually know shit about dnd. like my favorite recently is ppl calling astarion's 10 charisma stat "low" and headcanoning him as a bumbling awkward moron basically based on his (imo) intentionally OTT pickup lines & that one cute shadowheart interaction. which is fine, but like, in case any non-dnd players need/want to hear this:

10 for any stat means a character is completely average at that thing. if you have 10 strength, you aren't any stronger or any weaker than the average person. stats influence each other in a lot of characters, for example jaheira has 8 intelligence, but 17 wisdom, so as a character she still comes across as knowledgeable/ "intelligent" (in the way we use that word irl).

so, yeah, astarion's charisma is average (not low, average), but he has high dex and int. basically, he's a really really good bullshitter, which works well on marks for seducing and/or scamming, but not so well on your friends who actually know you, i.e. tav or shadowheart.

[unitedstates0fdakota]

At some point a gal has so many posts labeled “Harry Du Bois coded” saved on her phone that she starts to think she might be the problem

[yuriwarrior]

if miracles exist, then the girl you hate is right. if miracles exist, then that means it's your own fault she's with someone else. if miracles exist, then that means you weren't doomed from the start. if miracles exist, then utena didn't win by chance. if miracles exist, you doomed yourself. if miracles exist, then the girl you love is right

[yingxtkm]

Listen I’m a Vincent truther but I saw this meme and cackled because this was the first thought that popped up in my head.

[blqstar]

Hii, I was wondering if you could do a story/ Drabble, with izuku or katsuki.

Where the reader trims their hair for them?

ofc, pooks! we gon do katsuki this time cuz i barely have anything written for this man. thank you for requesting and i hope you enjoy this piece 🤍

⋆.˚ ᡣ𐭩 .𖥔˚ CONTENT WARNING ; fluff , black coded , swearing , hair cutting , bakugo is absolutely triggered + traumatized by it lmao

“ don’t you dare come near me with them damn scissors ! “

“ kats , please just trust me with this , okay ? i got ‘chu . “

your man does not have faith in you. nor did he want to. after what the best jeanist did to him, he was still traumatized. he truly didn't want to look like a complete moron again.

you ran around for HOURS trying to catch this boy, finally getting to him after you found him hiding out in his dorm room. you’re glad you didn’t tie him down and muzzle him because you sure was thinkin’ about it.

you’re honestly even more lucky that he didn’t rip your arm off as soon as you grabbed the scissors.

“ why do you even wanna cut my hair ?! worry about your own hair , you damn nerd ! “

“ kats , shut yo ass up or imma do it for you . “

no words were spoken after that. he kept his mouth shut as you started cutting, pouting and mumbling under his breath through the whole process. and once you were completely done, you took him to the bathroom mirror.

“ you like it ? “

“ ….i guess…but it still looks uneven ! and too short ! “

“ you fuckin’ liar ! “

[bangchansbackohmygod]

I keep seeing posts about Mingi being one of those “loser in a hot body” types and like it’s the Truth so……

Loser!Mingi specific random thoughts:

-Loser!Mingi who literally starts drooling when you first show him your tits, head so empty that he doesn’t even think to touch them, has to have his hands guided by you to squeeze them as he gasps and stutters

-Loser!Mingi who has no idea how to get you into the mood at first because he switches from 0 to 60 in a second when it comes to being ready to plow, so you have to tie him to the bed and ride his face slowly, explaining the basics of foreplay over and over until his little pea brain can retain it

-Loser!Mingi who thanks you for every orgasm he gives you, showering you in gratitude and breathless kisses as if you just squirted all over his fingers just to be nice, too caught up in how lucky he is to notice that he’s fingerfucked the soul straight out of your body, your brain having lost function about 40 scrapes against your g-spot ago

[luimagines]

can I request the chain with a modern!reader that has a ton of knick-knacks from their era that the chain is absolutely obsessed with please? like wind loves their sunglasses, twilight is obsessed with their lip balm, sky keeps stealing their hand cream, etc. I'm super excited to read it ☺️🥰

OOhh!! Cute! I'll see what I can do! :D

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"....So.... what is this again?" Twilight takes the cap off of your lip balm and puts it back on. He does it again. And again.

"Chapstick!" You snatch it back. "If you keep doing that you're going to mess it up."

"I like these." Wind grins, playing with the sunglasses as they fit on his snuggly on nose. "I want some! Everything looks cool and dark."

"Well yes." You laugh a bit as you apply the lip balm to your lips, only vaguely aware that Twilight had been watching the movement. "That's the point of them anyway. They're meant to wear on very sunny and bright days so you don't hurt your eyes."

"How do I look?" He strikes a pose. He looks ridiculous. They don't remotely fit him.

"You look great, little buddy!"

"This smells nice." Sky rubs his hands together, smelling his hands again right after. You had been trying to do your morning routine when the boys had caught your various skin/health care items. You didn't have the strength to stop them as they fiddle with what you had and began to continue looking through your stuff.

"Good." You reply absentmindedly to Sky as you take your lotion back. "It's supposed to."

"But what is it for?" Warrior takes the bottle out of your hand and tries to read what's on the bottle. Naturally, he understands nothing.

"It's to keep your skin soft." You sigh and hold your hand out for it. Honestly, the least they do is ask. It's like trying to keep your brother's our of your drawer.

"Can I try?" Warrior asks, eyes bright like a child's.

You groan and face palm. "Sure. Go ahead. It's not like that's the only bottle I brought with me or anything."

"I'm surprised you brought it at all." Legend jokes, playing with one of your pens that has multiple inks on the inside. You think he likes the clicking sounds the most. It's not like he knows he can draw with it. "What good is all this stuff?"

"You don't get to say anything!" You accuse. "You brought three journals, two shovel and like five different magic rods!"

"Those are are tools!" He sits up at once. "They're to help when you're out and about and adventuring!"

"Well this is for my sense of routine and structure!" You fire back. "I need some sense of normalcy in this crazy messed up time wibbly wobbly thing I've found myself in! None of you know what a microwave is!"

"Did you bring it?" Wild tilts his head. "What's does that do?"

"I- No, I didn't bring one." You fight the urge to face palm again, "It's too huge and heavy but it's suppose to heat up food faster than a fire and it's convenient."

Wild grins. "I want one."

You sigh. "...I'll see what I can do, big guy."

"Yes!"

[saltpepperbeard]

#can my poor baby please stop having to row away in a dinghy by himself