#Elite Narratives

[bixels]

The idea that uni protesters are "elitist ivy-league rich kids larping as revolutionaries" on Twitter and Reddit and even here is so fucking funny to me if you actually know anything about the student bodies at these unis. Take it from someone who's going to one of the biggest private unis in the US, 80% of the peers I know are either from the suburbs or an apartment somewhere in America, children of immigrants, or here on a student visa. I've heard about one-percenter students, but I've never met one in person. Like, don't get me wrong, the institution as a whole is still very privileged and white. I've talked with friends and classmates about feeling weird or dissonant being here and coming from such a different background. But in my art program, I see BIPOC, disabled, queer, lower-income students and faculty trying to deconstruct and tear that down and make space every day. So to take a cursory glance at a crowd of student protesters in coalitions that are led by BIPOC & 1st/2nd-gen immigrant students and HQ'd in ethnic housings and student organizations and say, "ah. children of the elite." Get real.

[hildegardladyofbones]

all the yt film snobs were kinda right about saltburn being a tumblr movie since apparently everyone on all other platforms thinks it's an "eat the rich" movie?? like girl did we watch the same movie

[idkwhatimdoingbutslay]

The Hitler and KKK jokes were never funny tbh

[lunarharp]

shirahama-sensei reminded me she has a thing for the teacher from pokemon s/v so i randomly went off on an au where qifrey is the professor. etc

[alwaysbewoke]

[arttypeomochao]

Did a random art meme I found lol

[chiraltalkswrestlez]

Mox looking fucking terrifying when Orange stood up to him good lord

[rotzaprachim]

shows which were cancelled before their time and I will never stop being angry about: the get down, bbc class, timeless, sense8, 1899

shows which I think had a decent run or did tell their story well but really wish at more people knew about because they are criminally underrated: bad sisters (only meant to be one season), station eleven (ditto and soooo good), good behavior (only two seasons but where it went in those two seasons…)

shows with decent early seasons which ought to have been put down seasons before they ended from sheer mercy: supernatural, élite, la casa de papel, misfits

[simplegenius042]

Which of my Favourite Fictional Characters Is the Worst One?

Tagged by @icecutioner and @voidika

I'm just catching up on tag games that I'd been tagged in. There'll be one more today.

I'd also like to hear your thoughts on why you think any of the characters above that you think is the worse are in fact the worst out of the lot; whether in the comments or the tags in reblogs. Not mandatory of course.

Tagging @inafieldofdaisies @shellibisshe @socially-awkward-skeleton @derelictheretic @shallow-gravy @direwombat @strangefable @rhettsabbott @josephseedismyfather @josephslittledeputy @imogenkol @cloudofbutterflies92 @skoll-sun-eater @cassietrn @carlosoliveiraa @adelaidedrubman @g0dspeeed @wrathfulrook @afarcryfrommymain @strafethesesinners @aceghosts @turbo-virgins @raresvtm @softtidesworld @starsandskies @ladyoriza @la-grosse-patate @florbelles @titiagls @minilev @yokobai @thewanderer-000 @omen-speaker @justasmolbard @alypink @thesingularityseries @nightwingshero and @noodlecupcakes + anyone else who'd like to join.

[prolibytherium]

Worlds #1 complainer about "dog motif" fans accidentally makes story with extremely central, predominant even, dog motif

[scootersscooter]

Oliver Mighty Med your strained relationship with goodness and deep seeded worry and concern about evil and not being seen as a worthy friend or hero in a time where that's all you want in order to avenge everyone you've ever held dear means the world TO ME

[dipplinduo]

Throwing the ball in your court this time!! You can feel free to add more thoughts in the comments too :) (You may also be interested in voting on this poll and this poll, which will affect Chapter 19 as well)

[rainingmbappe]

The rise of "let people enjoy things" is single handedly the backbone of the rise of anti intellectualism

[lonewolflink]

me, having slept ~5/6 hours a night for the last 10 days, working 16 hour days to try to finish this fuckass dissertation: brain no thinik good i can't do this i'm so tired also me: a statistical analysis of pierre-luc dubois x ovechkin's uptick in goals after finding a new stick he liked last season = ovechkin is going to score 50 goals this year and break the all time record (and PLD will hit 60/70 points as his centerman). in this essay i will also also me: ovechkin should sign a 1/2 year extension so he can hit 1000 goals, and piss off all the pittsburgh fans and xenophobic canadians haters who say he's an empty net/PP merchant

[yusuke-of-valla]

Someone talk to me about how plotwise it's an insane choice that for every Pokemon Game with a world ending threat, you, a child, have to stop, only two make stopping the world ending threat the climactic final fight.

The rest make the CHAMPION the big boss fight and like I get it? In that mechanically a full team of six Pokémon is a more difficult test of skill than one you are expected to Chuck a maste ball at.

But ALSO it kind of presumes that the thing the player is most invested in, narratively, is beating the champion and elite four and turns the MASSIVE WORLD ENDING THREAT into like a footnote. Like you do and sometimes you have another gym afterwards and that, frankly, has not been my experience. I kinda care more about every character but the one I'm playing as.

(It also raises questions about why you, random child are doing this when there are mechanically stronger trainers running around but that's less of an issue for me than the pacing problem)

But it's just. The wildest thing to do on the most basic pacing level.