#Better Communication

[buck-yyyy]

alright. i have very specific feelings about j*ncy versus st*ncy, but i’ve never actually articulated them properly so i feel like all anyone ever thinks of me is that i’m a st*ncy which is,,,,, not entirely true. so. gonna clarify even though no one cares lmao

i enjoy steve and nancy’s relationship in season one, and i think that their personalities are fun to play with together. i also think that they needed to break up in season 2, and that they shouldn’t get back together.

look, i’m the most casual of casual with them. never read a single fic, drawn or written anything about them, nor do i enjoy much of the fandom content around them.

BUT

i happen to dislike j*ncy WAYYYY more—but not for the reason that most st*ncys do?

a common belief in that community is that jonathan stalked nancy, took pictures of her nude, gaslit her into thinking it wasn’t a big deal, and then looked past the misogyny that she faced in season three.

all i have to say to that is: did you watch the fucking show

jonathan was out looking for will in the woods. he stumbled across steve’s house, where he saw nancy undressing and took photos of her, intending them to be art, not porn. was this a fucked up, stupid thing to do? yes. was steve kinda right to break his camera? also yes. BUT STOP SAYING HE STALKED HER.

jonathan didn’t gaslight her (do any of you actually know what the fuck that word means?). nancy joined jonathan in looking for will and searching for the truth, where he then apologized and explained what he was thinking, which nancy accepted.

it is up to personal interpretation whether or not you think that apology should’ve been accepted or not—but don’t fucking call it gaslighting. google is free, try a damn dictionary—we both know damn well that’s not what gaslighting is.

and with the whole “jonathan ignored the misogyny she faced at the newspaper!!11!1!!1!1!!!” NANCY IGNORED THE FACT THAT JONATHAN NEEDED THAT JOB TO SUPPORT HIS FAMILY!!!!!!! and while they both apologized, jonathan’s acceptance of her apology was presented moreso as a “i should never have questioned you because you were right and i should have known that”, which, with the context they had (literally just sick rats??) is, imo, NOT ENOUGH OF A REASON TO PRETEND NANCY WASN’T ALSO IN THE WRONG.

the reason i don’t like them together is NOT because jonathan is a piece of shit terrible pervert of a person, it’s because of the abundance of miscommunication (which is doubled down on in s4), the continued favoring of nancy girlboss moments in their relationship over actual connection and communication, and the decisions that the writers continuously make with them that i just really strongly disagree with.

anyways nancy should end up with robin (or be by herself for a while. also acceptable lmao), jonathan should go to NYU like he always dreamed of, and steve should learn to appreciate what he’s worth outside of a relationship in s5 send post

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[kookuweb]

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[thesaltyace]

Y'all I did NOT know this about Harris, and I think it's really critical that we all listen and understand as we approach this election. Video at the end.

This creator's video describes how progressive Harris was as a prosecutor -- actively going against the grain to the point she was accused of being soft on crime. Accused of being a social worker, not a prosecutor. She calls it being smart on crime. She's pushing for systemic changes to give real pathways to reintegrate incarcerated folks back into society and prevent their past from continuing to haunt them moving forward.

"Kamala's a cop" is a catchy dismissive response usually used to shut down conversation rather than add nuance. But this kind of reform is ESSENTIAL to work towards a present and future that treats incarcerated people with value.

I fell for it in 2020 and have thought "Kamala's a cop" without further inspection since - and I'm sobered by the realization that (you guessed it!) I'm not immune to propaganda.

A better system only follows liberal democracy, because library democracy allows for exploration of better systems. If authoritarianism takes hold, it will not allow for the exploration of better systems. We will have to fight tooth and nail just to try to get back to liberal democracy, and I suspect we could not achieve it in our lifetimes.

Harris isn't perfect. But she's a hell of a lot better than many leftists have led me to believe. Don't let perfection be the enemy of good. Don't let perfection be the enemy of harm reduction.

We can either help elect Trump and usher in authoritarian fascism, or we can help defeat him and pull things back in the direction we want to go. Not liking the choices doesn't absolve you from participating and doing the most good you can with the options available.

I'll link the original video in the replies. The original video has captions if you need them.

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[bimbogorewhore]

“I’m twice your age.” “I have tattoos older than you.” “I’m not the same as men your age.”

Ya that’s why you’re hot.

[savanir]

A sister's love

The justice league hurriedly responds to a call for backup at a little in the middle of nowhere place by the name of Amity Park. 

The situation had seemed so simple. 

A Star Sapphire had suddenly shown up on Earth which isn’t immediately cause for concern but she was unidentified, so a lantern was definitely going to have to look into it if only just to make sure that nothing bad was going on. There are two planet side green lanterns, Simon and Jessica. So they responded to handle the potential situation. 

Things rapidly spun out of control when they realized it wasn't just a Star Sapphire. 

"I hate to say this but we're gonna need backup" Simon tells Cyborg, "the Star Sapphire has brought something with her. My first guess was a white martian but..." The other one can do some manner of density shifting, and he can go invisible, but they know ways around that. Whatever this one is doing isn’t that though.

"Why isn't this working!?!" Comes Jessica's slightly panicked voice in the distance, "he keeps just going through my creations! dammit, think think Jess" She tried to contain him with a flamethrower construct but he just ignored it, like he’s seemingly ignoring everything else she’s throwing at him.

"Our constructs have zero effect on the other one, the alien, meta? man I don’t know he’s human shaped" 

"What is the situation other than the two hostiles?"

"Uh we got some government agents who are retreating because of the Star Sapphire wrecking their stuff. And the civilian people here seem to be falling under her influence, so she must be human. She's from here, she needs emotional connection to pull that stuff off."

The people are furious, the violet glow around them clearly indicates that the girl is using her ring to amp them up but if Simon didn’t know any better he’d say this was red lantern stuff.

Well there are more ways to whip people up into a frenzy, by hurting their loved ones for example.

There is a brief moment where it can be heard that Simon and Jessica try to get into a more advantageous position. 

Simon grunts, "dammit, those agents seemed to have weapons that actually worked on the other guy but the Star Sapphire used her violet constructs to shield him and destroy their guns and we've been struggling since" this whole situation stinks, he has a weird feeling about all of it.

"Simon this is really really bad, i can't keep restraining all these civilians, we're running out of energy fast!"

Cyborg tries to get a visual on the situation from his position in the Watchtower while he’s notifying any league affiliated heroes who are nearby and available. 

But all of a sudden he realizes there is just nothing, just a big lap of void where the two lanterns are supposed to be, there is no cctv footage, no cell towers, no internet connection. Just what the hell is going on here.

Then the audio transmission starts to violently crackle.

A new voice laced with static can suddenly be heard, "There you two are"

"Shit"

"Is the justice league coming yet? Are they finally going to do something?" the staticy voice continues.

"Stay back you-"

"Or maybe they still need more of a reason to act" 

The audio cuts out. 

"Jessica! Simon! Come in!" ... "Shit!" 

Cyborg finally gets a clear picture with the satellite cameras and now sees the entirety of Amity Park has been covered with a crystalized violet dome. It’s then that he remembers the story Hal told quite some time ago now about a Star Sapphire who managed to put a whole planet into love stasis.

They are gonna need more help with this one he thinks.

Meanwhile Jazz is still shakily trying to figure out how her new pink powers work, now that all the fighting is over (for now), the GIW forcefully expelled from Amity, and the two Justice league people captured and restrained.

Everything happened so fast, one moment the GIW had knocked out her brother and were forcefully taking him away and while she saw them drive off (she was pretty sure she was screaming) a pink thing just froze her in place, She was pretty sure someone said something about “great love in her heart” and then she was… well she was flying and- and there wasn’t really any time to question things then so she may have kinda gone and ripped into the van that had Danny.

She’s pretty sure she healed him, and then things just completely spiraled out of control from that point on. and now she’s here.

She’s pretty sure this is crazy villain behavior, she’s going to get put on some sort of watchlist and then she’ll never get to be a psychologist but it’s fine.

Her little brother is safe, that’s all that matters. And she will keep it that way.

[nupalcdc]

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[tossawary]

I just know in my heart of hearts that in "Star Trek" at one point, there was some moral panic somewhere on Vulcan (among the uppity sorts) because Human culture was "infecting" the local youth with their overly emotional, destructive, unproductive, frivolous, and uneducational ways.

And what was actually happening was that a bunch of Vulcan kids got really into 23rd-century "Minecraft" or something.

Small Vulcan child @ another Vulcan child: (in a tone that sounds flat to Humans but angry as hell to Vulcans) "You have compromised the optimization of my fortress. I am having an emotional urge to blow up your house... in Minecraft."

[itgetsbetterproject]

It's June again so this is your reminder that Pride is for...

People who are out and open

Those who aren't out yet (or ever)

Folks who can't be out right now for their safety

People still figuring this whole thing out

Someone trying out a new label or identity for the first time

Folks in various stages of transition or transformation

Those who came before, who made things better for us now

The generations after us, who inspire us to keep making things better

We see you, you're valid, and Pride is for you too. <3

[soahbee]

Older men's hands are the perfect jewelry on girls' necks.

[nobie]

#ineffable idiots

[petitelumi]

gentle, non-sexual acts of dominance. putting a hand on the small of my back to lead me. pulling me closer when someone passes by on the sidewalk. lacing my shoes. fixing my hair. inviting me to sit on their lap

[autismdeathglare]

Ya know what shout out to butches who wrestle with our butchness because we don’t fit the mold in some way. Butches who aren’t physically strong or naturally caretaking because of physical disability, who need to be cared for, who can’t hold open the door for a femme. Butches with long hair, butches with big hair, butches who express their culture via their hair. Butches who’s masculinity is shaped by their culture, who’s masculinity doesn’t fit the white eurocentric mold. Fat butches, butches with curves viewed as feminine, butches who don’t have skinny, boyish builds. Butches who don’t want to be sexualized, butches on the ace spectrum. Butches who don’t have traditionally masculine interests or mannerisms or whatever. Effeminate butches. Butches who take inspo from gay men. Butches who like the occasional dress or skirt. TRANSFEM BUTCHES!!!!! And any other butches who don’t fit a certain mold!! All butches are good butches and we are all valid.

[illuminchim]

“Between you and me, there is no need for 'thank you' and 'sorry'."