#I DONT LIKE THE WHITE SUPREMACY VIBES

[llumimoon]

Every time I draw Scary internally I’m going she’s not white to ME!!!

[graveyardmouth]

lol if you call other people cuntboys unironically um. idk dude .kinda weird.

[butchyena]

ik that last post was a joke but its mindboggling to me how many ppl have told me they “fell in love” with me when we’d never had many if any conversations. and when id ask why because thats a batshit thing to tell anyone online theyd be like “idk just. your tumblr” like holy shit. esp when i was a minor for the majority of the times that happened. obviously now i know those people had Other Intentions but its happened since becoming an adult and its just. insane every time.

[uselessheretic]

Okay, so there’s a few things here I think are worth discussing so sorry for however long this is to anybody’s dash I’m clogging lmao

First, I know this probably goes without saying, but New Zealand and Australia have very different histories between the two of them especially within the context of the treatment of the indigenous population. From an American POV, I’m not sure many people here realize this and assume that since they’re near each other and both talk funny that they’d be 1 for 1 representations of each other, but the development of colonialism is starkly different especially because of the sheer brutality and sadism of Australia’s violence. There’s other core differences as well including Australia’s unique history of being colonized by convicts, and the difference in cultural development of their indigenous population (Aborginal Australians have been chilling there for about 60,000 years while the Māori migrated to NZ in the 1300’s!)

I wanna be clear that what my post is discussing is specific to the way white supremacy, masculinity, and violence interact and how the social roles enforced by them serve a purpose of reinforcing racial categorizations. When I am talking about colonialism, in this context, I am sticking towards a more strict definition of what colonization is and am not referring to how we view it in a contemporary context. During this period of time colonialism is active and literal as race is still being defined and the borders of whiteness figured out. It isn’t a blanket statement of “every white person is a colonizer” at this period of time because that’s just not true, at least not in the sense of its use today where even white people not currently acting as active agents of colonization are still passive recipients of its benefits and often descendants of colonizers.

I don’t find it useful to analyze things based off of “this just has suuuuch colonist vibes!” or “maybe he’s not a colonizer, but this feels like colonizing to me!” or whatever. Colonialism isn’t a vibe and it isn’t anything that makes a poc feel bad it’s an actual system of oppression. I would like to encourage white allies in particular to be accurate in their use of these words especially when contradicting poc on its application because idk that feels like colonization to meeeeeee!

Which I just want to clarify so we can draw a line between “Izzy does this cruel hurtful thing” vs “Izzy is colonizing Ed” as statements. A white man telling an indigenous man how to behave is, of course, always going to be shitty, however, being shitty =/= colonization. What I’m looking at isn’t the validity of Izzy’s entitlement, but the contradiction behind saying that Izzy wants Ed to be violent because of white supremacy.

It's true, Izzy values Blackbeard's intelligence, and that does go against the colonial caricature of Maori men. Nonetheless, we have seen that Izzy considers Ed impulsive, and that he sees himself as needing to 'manage' Ed. And the fact that Izzy values Ed's intelligence doesn't entirely cancel out the fact that Izzy is demanding Ed be violent and Ed doesn't want to be.

When it comes to Izzy viewing Ed as impulsive, it’s just kinda silly to say that Izzy takes this view because he’s racist. I mean. Ed is impulsive. Full stop there is no argument here Ed is an impulsive person. Ed gave up a 20+ year career in piracy to run off with some guy he met maybe a month ago who literally dumped in within the next 24 hours (puposeful or not.) Ed asked Jack to whip him in the balls! The balls! This doesn’t detract from the fact that Ed is an intelligent person, and Izzy doesn’t act that way either. Even in episode 4, what he’s asking from Ed isn’t to go shoot people, but to come up with a plan. It’s possible to recognize someone as impulsive, but also value them for their brilliance. It doesn’t detract from them as a person either, but demonstrates complexity.

And with Izzy “demanding Ed to be violent” when Ed doesn’t want to be it’s just? That doesn’t equate to racism. That’s Izzy being shitty, but it’s also being shitty while asking Ed to do his job. People can be shitty without it being racist, and asking poc to do something they don’t want to do isn’t inherently a racist act.

We could instead say that Izzy does this out of racist biases, but to what purpose does this actually serve?

Out of everything, this is what I wish white people would examine the most. When analyzing interactions of racism, how are the narratives being crafted used to uphold white supremacy? Because, once again, white supremacy does not function in a way where it demands for moc to be violent for violence’s sake. This isn’t just a fluke of the upper class, but consistent throughout, where the narrative of violence forced onto moc functions as an excuse to either civilize or genocide. There is no version of white masculinity which places itself in subordination to moc and that includes white working class masculinity.

The idea of the violent moc is used as a tool of control and conditioning. When speaking of it under a lens of anti-colonization, it’s a stereotype that’s utilized to justify the civilization of the population, or when that becomes too much work, give reasoning towards their extermination. White people aren’t hyping up moc’s violence because they think it’s more fun to have that as a boss. They do it to justify their dehumanization and give themselves the excuse to enact violence back onto them often through the police state. These stereotypes aren’t vibes or applied willy nilly, they serve a function within white supremacy and it’s important to understand this and how it all connects together.

Ugh this is getting long but a few things I just want to point out real quick

I just want to point out that this isn’t an accurate summation of the above text outside of the context of Ed/Izzy. Sorry, but I do think it’s important to not decontextualize this as being a statement regarding white men’s projections onto Māori men, and then summarize Māori masculinity as being about gentleness and compassion.

The full paragraph is:

This is the author speaking not only towards mainstream media portrayals of Māori men, but of the self-imposed culture of masculinity that has become normalized because of colonialism. When talking about the necessity of recognizing Māori culture as also being one of love and compassion, it is in reference to specific cultural tenets and it feels inappropriate to separate and simplify them especially when this part of the paper is addressing Māori boys learning of their culture outside of colonialist influence.

Many people read robe!Ed as feminine, even transfeminine. I think all of those readings are valid. I think Ed is flailing around desperately trying to work out who he is when he's had the rug pulled from under him. What's important to me in this context is that Ed is trying to be gentle, creative and incredibly fucking vulnerable and open.

Please be careful with what traits you associate with femininity and how that is applied to moc because none of these things are feminine outside of a white western context, and it’s frustrating to see western centric viewpoints and language around gender be applied to neutral acts. Crying and vulnerability isn’t something that’s viewed as feminine in all cultures! When we apply this viewpoint, we are also acting as agents of colonization and forcing western ideals onto moc.

Okay, so the paper about the formation of NZ masculine identity is a bit dense and covers a lot of ground. I think it’s a good resource to view as a way of contextualizing masculinity within the country and how that’s applied to its Māori population.

When it’s discussing the white working class and masculinity, it’s referring not just an identity, but a fetishization of the working class aesthetics. It’s a bit more complicated than just saying “NZ was colonized by the working class” and is another one of those areas where NZ’s history differs radically from Australia’s. Since Australia is infamous for the whole convict thing, meanwhile. NZ was a religious colony also colonized by missionaries. Within the country, part of what the paper discusses is how this working class narrative is utilized by the upper class and British colonials as a way of reifying class positions and incentivizing them to continue to exploit their labor.

Race on a global context is a bit funny, where over the last few centuries, race has become more simplified over time. There is a stratification of racial hierarchy where whiteness is broken into layers of acceptability, especially within a British context.

The intersection of race and class is often complicated, especially when trying to apply this to a character like Izzy who isn’t a kiwi. It’s hard to try and situate him in a situation of exploitation like this when trying to discuss him as an agent of colonization when he isn’t acting in that specific role. Of course working class white men are exploitative of poc, but we need to actually locate Izzy’s position within this accurately which isn’t as a kiwi colonizer, but as a Brit.

When I point out that Izzy’s brand of masculinity isn’t one that white supremacy is promoting as an ideal, that isn’t to say that it’s impossible for working class masculinity to be oppressive towards moc, but that there are specifics way that this relationship develops. Upper class British masculinity acts as a role model that both the working class and moc are thought of as lesser under it. Moc specifically are thought of as a project by upper class Brits to civilize. Especially in a NZ context where missionaries were attempting to force Christianity onto the population.

This same relationship doesn’t exist between working class white men and moc. The relationship between them is one that is antagonistic, as a dynamic that is purposefully set up by the upper class as a way of maintaining class positions. Again, when looking at what ideals are being promoted by white supremacy, it’s crucial to think of how this benefits the people in power.

White working class men and moc are pitted against each other throughout history not just by their communities and infighting, but through law. The most famous and instrumental case being of John Punch, the first person on official record to be forced into enslavement by the basis of his race. When three indentured servants escaped, all three were subjected to lashings, but only one was sentenced to life enslavement due to his race. This is one of the turning points in history where you see how relationships of solidarity become fractured as racism offers incentives to be maintained by white people also marginalized under systems of oppression.

This is relevant, because through this you can see the ways that white working class men utilize the brutalization of poc to better their own position within society. Example: how the Irish became assimilated into whiteness through the NYC race riots and the murder of more than 100 Black people.

Working class white masculinity cannot function as subordinate to moc. It is defined by it’s position as above poc and maintained by their continual abuse. When looking to examples of what this looks like, it’s often one that views moc as a threat and treats them as something that needs to be suppressed or eliminated. Think of white men fear mongering about the threat of job loss due to immigration, meanwhile the actual cause is corporations having high profits, yet continuing to cut costs and lay people off.

When thinking of Izzy in this context, it’s a contradiction to view Izzy as wanting to force Ed into a racialized role by asking him to be his superior. Racism isn’t vibes, it’s an interconnecting system that validates white supremacy, and being rude and a shit head doesn’t equate to racism. Izzy weaponizing white masculinity would be less “calling Ed a pussy and telling him he wants to serve him” and more “trying to force Ed into a place of subordination or discredit his accomplishments as flukes of his physicality, not his intelligence and skill.”

Honestly, a more straight forward way this manifests would be something like Black Pete’s frustration at Oluwande and Jim, two poc, being placed into leadership positions over him where despite not having the skills or knowledge they do, still valuing himself as superior. That isn’t me saying Pete’s a racist or anything, but that’s a dynamic far more similar to the way the white working class interacts with poc.

Tbh, these conversations are a bit frustrating because of how simplistic the predominant fandom views racism and white supremacy, condensing it into soundbites when convenient, and then never contextualizing it into the greater impact of the show. This is also a level of scrutiny that is rarely applied to Stede, or when done so as quick housekeeping of vaguely acknowledging “he’s a privileged white man!” while never considering what his role in white supremacy is on a deeper level and being eager to absolve him of it quickly.

If Ed is supposed to be trying to turn into a truer self that is free of violence and wants to become a softer person, this sets up a disturbing narrative of white savioritirsm on Stede’s part. This white savior narrative wouldn’t be purposeful or a deconstruction, it’d be a deep flaw of the story where I would severely question the writing as reinforcing racist stereotypes and positioning a white man as more developed.

This also positions Ed as someone so incapable of his own thought that he’s able to be manipulated by a 5’7 loser subordinate he’s never shown respect towards as soon as his teacher of proper masculinity is gone. Stede’s brand of masculinity is no better than whatever is projected onto Izzy, if anything, it’s one that holds more power. He fits far more into upper class society than Ed or Izzy ever will, regardless of how much he cries. This isn’t a subversion of masculinity, and treating it as a more enlightened pathway for Ed to take as an alternative to the wretched working class filth he comes from would really really suck.

In the end, Ed is violent. He loves a good maim! He’s a pirate! He’s impulsive and hot headed and he doesn’t fit within the softer less obtrusive ideals of upper class white masculinity. By taking these traits and dismissing them as a cage he’s locked in that only Stede can show him out of, we are forcing western ideals of acceptability onto him. Instead, we should recognize Ed for who he is, a multifaceted and complex character with flaws who engages with multiple characters with varying degrees of interpersonal conflict.

The more I think about it the more I dislike interpretations that Izzy is forcing Ed to be violent and The Kraken coming out is Izzy fault entirely where he’s manipulating Ed to be this way because of masculine ideals. I think I said it before, but white men don’t want moc to be violent. When it comes to racial stereotypes, they’re utilized as a way to hold up specific structures of white supremacy. For Polynesia, and the Māori specifically, viewing them as “savages” who idolize violence and are a danger was used as a justification for their colonization. It was a tool leveraged against them to push for “civilizing” the native population, where the focus on their body came with two goals: 1. Justify colonialism by saying that the Māori were inherently violent and in need of English intervention and 2. Isolate their physical skill as a positive where they could then funnel Māori men into roles of manual labor.

When talking about roles of masculinity, Izzy isn’t an example of British masculinity to be revered. In Britain, class trumps masculinity where Izzy’s distinctively working class demeanor could never be held up as an ideal. This is different than in American (and New Zealand too actually!) where working class aesthetics are fetishized and appropriated. In England, however, the ideal was to be stoic. You had control over your emotions, you didn’t swear, you were refined. Izzy’s outbursts and tantrums would never be held up as ways to celebrate masculinity, they’d be looked down upon as uncultured.

It doesn’t make sense to interpret Izzy as weaponizing race to force Ed into a position of a violent moc. This stereotype isn’t one that serves white supremacy in that context. The Blackbeard we know, which is violent, wild, vicious and brilliant, is one that the British hate. It threatens their livelihood and pokes holes in their view of whiteness as absolute and impenetrable. You can’t view Izzy as aligning with colonialism while also saying that he is forcing Ed into this racial stereotype. Especially when historically, you’re looking at an incomplete and decontextualized caricature.

Like I said before, Māori men were stereotyped (and still are) of having their bodies and physical skills valued above all else. This came hand in hand with diminishing their intelligence and painting them as mentally deficient. There’s a specific history of European colonizers forcing Māori schools to remove academics from their program and to only teach agriculture and other manual skills like that. When the stereotype of the violent native exists, it’s one that has to be careful to not threaten the inherent supremacy of whiteness, which means it gets coupled with this idea of “purity” of the native as well. They’re violent and brutal, but that’s because they’re closer to “primitive” and are acting out on their basic instincts. Therefore, they need to be pushed into the proper career fields where their physical talents can be used productively. There’s a romanticization almost, of viewing this violence as child-like and in need of correction. Hence, the need to civilize them.

I just don’t think this context works with the way Izzy interacts with Edward. Izzy is never trying to control Edward or to position himself as above him. He values him for his intelligence and his brilliance. He never wants to captain Edward, and happily accepts a role of subordination to him. This is a position that doesn’t fit within white supremacy where whiteness can never be seen as second class to a poc. Even when valuing moc’s physical skill above white men’s, it’s done with a caveat that this proves white men’s superiority because that means they’re able to best moc based on intelligence alone.

So, we know that the masculinity Izzy presents isn’t the one that is idolize. That Edward having angry outbursts and violent tendencies isn’t working within the ideals of British masculinity. We know that Edward’s violence isn’t something white supremacy would encourage because that’s not how white supremacy functions. And we know that the way Izzy interacts with Ed is at complete odds to white supremacist viewpoints where whiteness can never be placed as subordinate to a poc.

But, if you want to see a place that this white supremacy does show up, you can look to the British navy as a much more cut and dry example of how Ed’s violence and physical ability is treated under colonization.

At no point in the show do we ever see the navy talk about Ed as someone who is intelligent. He’s the legendary Blackbeard, yes, but that isn’t said with admiration. When the navy jumps to accept Ed’s Act of Grace this is because it represents a symbol of English superiority where Blackbeard is able to be brought down and under control. In the same vein, we can see how this can also be used as a way where Edward can act as an example of the civilizing of an Indigenous man. When Edward shaves his beard, dresses in uniform, and conforms to the rules of the navy, he is for the first time exemplifying British masculinity. Ideals of stoicness, cleanliness, rule abiding, orderly. These are all things that make up British identity, not anger or out of control violence. Edward’s surrender is valuable because it signifies that the British goal of “civilizing” poc is working, and allows him to act as an example of that. This goes alongisde a history of Māori men being valued in white society exclusively for their ability in either war or sports, where there’s a precedence of Māori men in the army specifically as something to celebrate.

In a way, you can view Blackbeard the pirate and Edward, the king’s soldier, as playing out a fantasy of white supremacy where this dichotomy showcases the binary view of Māori men and their masculinity. Consider this film analysis of Crooked Earth as an exmple.

There’s a distinct polarization here, another reason why I’d strongly disagree with the assertion that Ed post-Act of Grace is living his truest, most happy self.

So, again, I just? Don’t vibe with the idea that Izzy is forcing Ed to act out a caricature of violence. I think there’s too much complexity Izzy affords to Ed for him to view Ed as a caricature, and that him valuing Ed’s intelligence is inherently at odds with the colonialist view of Māori men. More than that, I think taking away Ed’s agency and portraying him as someone who is being manipulated into violence against his will, plays into ideals of presenting Māori men as mentally deficient in comparison to white men. It continues a viewpoint that they’re simply misguided and acting out on their baser instincts. By presenting Ed as a puppet to Izzy, Ed loses his autonomy and becomes a weapon in the hands of white men. (and also opens up a LOT of questionable assumptions about what it means to then view Stede as a gateway for Ed to escape that life by presenting aristocracy as an alternative which imo would be a much more cut and dry example of how the British view moc as a project of civilizing) When in reality, Ed has purposefully crafted his image of Blackbeard as a way of utilizing his reputation in careful directed ways to elevate his pirating career.

Also, because I’m trying to encourage people to always check sources and look things up for themselves but am too lazy to do in text citations, if you want to read more about Māori masculinity, colonization, and violence here’s a few sources! [x] [x] [x] [x]

(just saying but even tho I am a poc, I am not Māori and I’m also in the process of learning more!)

[all444miles]

can you please do 42!miles with a baddie like a Megan type vibe? SHE HAS A PINK JEEP

💗💗💗💗

— SHE A BADDIE

— pairing: e42!miles x fem!black!reader — genre: fluff — summary: what its like for 42 miles to date a reader with a "baddie like megan" vibe. — a/n : i felt like i was a lil lazy writing this, sorry ! can yall tell i got excited abt the jeep n the attitude part.. its litch what kept me writing this whole thing 😭 also, a car creeper is those lil things u slide under to fix the underside of ur car — a/n 2: changed the way i start writin a jus a lil, petition for head over heels 42 miles supremacy !! + this was so fun.. like i was writing this n i was like "lemme be this when i grow up" LMAOOO so ty for the request anonnn, mwah and enjoy !!

MILES FALLS IN LOVE with you every second. like, honestly, just do anything, he's wrapped around your finger.

maybe he'll try and hide it, but you make him fold 24/7. you dont even have to do nothing.

it's just something about your energy, the way you dont give a damn about nothing, he just loves it. y'all are like beast boy and raven.

"mama, you killin' me right now." "hm? did i do somethin'?" "i love you so, so much. i swear, you make me weak." "aww, hun, I love you more." "yeah, keep dreamin'. now, lemme love on you."

hype man, hype man, HYPE MANN

when I say if you want to do anything he's here for it, he's here for it.

you wanna get your hair done? he's at your service.

you wanna go to the mall? he's already throwing you the keys to your jeep.

you wanna get your nails done? show him your options (he always likes the french tips, esp this.)

"Y'know Miles, i think this set ain't looking too good no more.." "You wanna get new nails?" "Mhm, wanna help me pick?" "'Course I do, let's see em."

does not care what you wear, he's always gonna say you look gorgeous. plus, he can fight. but, he's always got his hands on your waist. always.

you're your own girl, he knows that. he spoils you, yes, but he'll always let you do your own thing.

he can't explain it, but when you refer to him as "my man", or your anything, really, it does something to his heart.

yk when latto goes "ty to my man"? yeah, that's you.

"My nails? Yeah, my man helped me pick 'em."

you have attitude. Miles doesn't mind, he's a "yes ma'am" kind of guy, but if it's to him, hes gonna shut you down.

a lot of the times, you won't care, and it won't end in an argument, becuase he's still shutting you down regardless.

"Miles, you lost your shit or sum." "Amor, drop that tone f'me, aight?"

you are a party animal, and Miles? He'll just be in the back, watching you do your thing with your friends. If you ask him to dance with you though, he will for sure.

Will he throw money on you? Yes, yes he will. (Not sexual btw !)

Your jeep. He has his own car, but he honestly loves yours the best.

He helped you decorate it, all pretty and pink

He will happily get in your jeep while you blast Megan or Rihanna because c'mon now, who wouldnt?

I'm insistent he's good with mechanics, so he'll tune your car whenever you need him to, bryson tiller or tory lanez playing while he does so. (i'm losing my shit rn.)

"Cariño, ¿puedes pasarme esa llave inglesa? It's to ya left." (Baby, can you pass me that wrench?)

he'd say, sliding out from the car creeper under the hood of your pink jeep, sliding back in after you passed him the tool.

and after about 15 minutes, he'd come back out, putting a dirty cloth over his shoulder, wiping the sweat from his forehead.

its a sight to see: white tank top, slightly stained with grime from fixing your car; his favorite gold chain glistened in the sun, adorned with beaded glints of sweat from his neck.

"Aight, i think she's good, you can start her up if you wanna." "Yay! thank you for fixing my car, baby, I love youu."

you'd squeal, wrapping your arms around his neck to plant a kiss on his cheek, your pink tinted lip gloss staining his face.

"Ain't no problem princesa, I love you too."

© all444miles 2023. do not plagerize, copy, or repost my work in any way shape or form, without my permission.

likes, reblogs, comments and asks are always appreciated !

[baeddelilluminati]

Do afabs have power over amabs on the agab axis? If so, this implies that cis women dominate cis men in agab-based social dynamics

dont think anyone other than terfs or others who are stuck in the same narrow conception of gendered dynamics think this is a coherent axis. like. theres so much to the medico-legal designation of gender and that interpolations following mechanisms of negative reflections of gendered binaries, plus histories before the present medico-legal birth certification that brings a long linage of complicated interrelations.

you're asking the wrong questions because theyre, to whats pretty unequivocally to me, steeped in so much gender hegemony thats just using AGAB terminology in place of more archaic terms as a way to either find some easy way through, around (out?) of the trouble you and i are in here.

with regards to the assumption that followed your leading rhetorical question, cis white women oppress black cis men in many cases, cis women oppress trans women in many cases, wealthy women oppress working women and men alike - while this doesn't have to even imply the absurd notion of a "misandry" just rather that gendered oppression cannot be separated from many other axis

cis and trans are axis that you wish to erase for your own simple minded worldview.

examples like the last point in ur anon that takes an ahistoric cis/het normative idealist situation as the crux from which to base that statement eclipses so many things even on idealist terms,

but in an historicised context, one that takes note of the role of colonialism (e.g very targeted transfemicide of indigenous populations), racism, xenophobia, global supremacy of western taxonomic models, imperialism, capitaist atomisation of family, specific materialised intersex babies and, to whom agency is over ascribed (when they are disempowered) vs who it is under ascribed (when they are empowered)... we just...

there is no way the reductive identity politics of the last 20+ years (not mentioning before then) is going to allow us to champion a world where we make impossible the violence that not just transfeminime people face but everyone else, by the very demands of nation states and capitalists to have homogeneous citizens, families, workers and underclasses to shift the harsher bunts of crisis to (like surplus population control/repression).

we are just one piece of a wider puzzle of LGBT+ solidarity through developing political thought. peoples opposition is expected, but 101 (assumedly bad faith?) asks like this allow for introspection for those of us invested in finding solutions for this conundrum where we seek to not do another version of what white usamerican feminists did to black women (not that its stopped mind you)

like the question is why this anon is backwards?

the implied false equivalence that transfeminine subjects are in the patriarchal club of male society because cis men and transfeminine subjects share one small moment after birth that some clinician saw a protrusion between their legs and then ticked a box on a governmental document completely and utterly undermines the lifetime of attempts to correct behavior and reinforce 'sex' dimorphism (that doesn't exist past unscientific generalisations), which has more time and particularities that doesn't just implicate fathers, but mothers etc etc in the social reification of gender.

colors put on them, hobbies theyre encouraged or discouraged, control over childrens bodies to drill into them their "destined" place in the reproduction and reinterpretation of norms that maintain the social order of this vastly violent and anti community world - its all a very large process that (c)AGAB alone can't manage alone nor can crude reductive ideas of a socialisation binary!

anon, this wasnt for you, but thank you for giving me something to chew on while i was vibing really hard with my cadre of shamanic priestesses.

[this was the draft we lost and now found]

[thatneoncrisis]

jade harley for the ask thing?

Sexuality Headcanon: pansexual

Gender Headcanon: trans girl

A ship I have with said character: davepeta supremacy

A BROTP I have with said character: june and jade is very special to me i also like her and dave and her and aradia

A NOTP I have with said character: eh i dont really care. her and dirk why not

A random headcanon: i love when people give her streaks of white in her hair its adorable

General Opinion over said character: genuinely one of the best characters in the comic if not one of the best characters ive ever seen and it kind of sucks how hard she gets shafted in act six but whatever. i love her passion i love her anger i love her silly vibe i love her house and her interests i want to be her friend

[mueritos]

Hey. Idk if this is me growing up or just being disillusioned with inter celebs etc. Im a 23 yr old trans man so I grew up and was inspired by chella on the YouTube community. But now I just…don’t like chella man anymore. I feel like…he became an industry plant? Over the pandemic asking fans for money to send to him directly to help others and not showing where the money was going exactly incident as well as just becoming older I noticed he seemed to almost want to become the next Keith haring or basquiat? He almost…now seems very fake? He takes deals with brands to be representation but doesn’t do much to call out certain brands for their faults etc.

Idk anymore

I give Chella credit in that he was one of the few transmen that I looked up while I was young, especially with him being BIPOC. Showing him to my family helped them understand me. But that's where the inspiration kinda stops, because it was painful to be surrounded by years-in-transition trans men online when I was absolutely nowhere I wanted to be. That was a me problem tho. But I also didn't know much about his whole donation incident.

Ig heres what I have to say. It's not great to view other people as your justification of your morals. We don't know how people have had to live or how they live now, we don't know what decisions they have to make, and we dont know what kind of fears or goals they have. Chella is allowed to do whatever he wants with his art or his modelling career, just like how I genuinely believe anyone else in the world is capable of making the right decisions for themselves (even if we dont like those decisions!). Im not really concerned with figuring out if hes an industry plant or a "class traitor" (lol) or even if he's "fake". To be honest, I'm all for BIPOC folks getting their $. Does that mean I enjoy seeing wealthy BIPOC folk perpetuate classism and racism? No. Just cuz someone is succeeding for themselves doesn't mean people cant critique them. I guess what Im saying is I see waaay too many people online take the things they enjoy and the people they follow as projections of their morals: "no! stop [Insert celebrity name] you're being problematic and its makes us fans look bad!" Like....Okay lmfao. People are grown adults and are going to make decisions for themselves. Just because you might enjoy a celebrity does not mean your morals are based on how good of a person they are.

and youre allowed to not like the same things anymore just like how people are allowed to change, for better or for worse. I think within online communities there is way too much pressure on "looking" like a good person versus actually being one...because sometimes BEING a good person makes you look absolutely vile in terms of online spaces/communities love of isolating, removing, and deleting "problematic" (and vulnerable) people from their spaces with no trial, discussion, or attempt at conflict mediation. Yea yea I do think people have every right to be criticized just as they have every right to make whatever decision they want, but what Im trying to get at is to really stop viewing anyone with a platform as someone you can other once they dont meet your standards. This is not the same as denouncing or critiquing someone for really egregious behavior (white supremacy, harrassment, bullying, interpersonal violence). Once you kinda start living by your own morals without needing other people's actions/behaviors to justify/define them, you learn to focus on building connections rather than destroying them.

again, this is a much nuanced topic and you prolly werent expecting me to go into this. but ive grown over the years and have engaged in some nasty and vile mob mentality behavior that i just dont vibe with anymore. im not really the kind of person now to speculate online or publicly what other people are doing or should be doing or whether theyre problematic or not. I don't really care about Chella man or most celebrities rn. People r just gonna be people, and I will always have empathy for those of marginalized identities. Free will, autonomy, and self determination goes both ways, but so does accountability, transformative justice, and reconciliation.

but also like kill ur idols lol

[pixeljade]

You know we (rightfully) dunk on flat-earthers a lot but i actually think the prevalence of flat earth theory proves how easy it is for humans to dig themselves into cult thinking by simply. Refusing to accept a basic premise they believe in COULD be wrong.

Like, its no secret that most flat-earthers are the kinda conspiracy goon that is like, white supremacy endgame. And i've seen it happen to a few folks sadly where they start out as just bland fucking conservatives who dont think too deeply about shit, but as you attempt to challenge their ideas about racism they double down and start turning to things like phrenology and eugenics to justify their shitty beliefs, and those ideas dont fully align with reality either, so they start believing that certain races are using supernatural means to counter the "science" (lol) of eugenics they were born with, and so on and so forth with conspiracy thought until they're chugging colloidal silver and rambling about nephilims and the Earth MUST be flat.

Like it doesnt matter how much actual evidence there is on the other side, because at each step, the answer cant be that you're wrong, just that your idea of the truth isnt 100% complete, and then you throw in more absurd shit that makes it FEEL more complete to YOU. And thats really all the human mind needs is to FEEL like its got a complete view of reality, or close to it.

Anyways thats part of why I do like reading about the occult and shit even tho i can maybe only vibe with the 1% thats not racist; because it represents this side of humanity that never learned deductive reasoning.

[dealingdreams]

The Acolyte s01e03: Destiny

Continuing on with my little watch party! Same pattern as before I'll condense my in the moment thoughts all in this single post then at the end do some final wrap up thoughts

Obviously spoilers for not just this epi but possible future episodes as well

Quick thoughts:

Osha has always seeked out beautiful and dangerous things

Mother Aniseya is so fucking hot.

I think it's interesting that when Mother Aniseya is talking to the girls about the Thread. When she's talking to Mae she says it 'it ties you to your destiny' and to Osha 'it binds you to others'

I think the phrasing of 'power of two' instead of 'rule of two' means something significant. In Mother Aniseya's lesson to the girls she has two of the other coven members link hands to block her attack. She referred to this as the power of two...but unlike the sith rule of two there wasn't a power imbalance instead it was used to make the pair stronger together.

Just a little info reminder...The Sith Rule of Two is states that there can only be two Sith, a master and an apprentice. For the apprentice to ascend to master they need to become strong enough to murder their master. It was the sith way of being power hungry weirdos...prevent too many sith in the kitchen but also make it so the sith would still grow in strength over the years. The training of acolytes was allowed btw they just could never be considered sith and often werent trained fully as they were considered disposable.

I wonder how often Mae spoke for Osha.

I think the ascension was basically a two fold ceremony. I think in part 'right of passage' to make it so the girls are tied to the coven as well, but also to establish the girls as the future leaders of the coven. i think this was also in part why the girls were created. to be a stronger pair together in a power of two situation to continue to protect the coven. similarly to Qimir i dont get 'take over the world' vibes more 'leave me alone' vibes from them.

I think that the fact that Mae was the only one to ascend might play a part in her future.

Sol handing baby Osha his saber when she ends up bleeding his crystal in the future is cool

Also the fact that Qimir kind of mimics Mother Aniseya's words about it not being about good or bad, but about power and who is allowed to use it...is interesting

Osha showing interest in the mechanical repairs Kelnacca was cute.

The Jedi's whole taking kids thing is creepy. I know they don't technically abduct the kids but it's weird to me that they are never allowed to see their families again. That whole no attachment thing is just icky. It's a little hard for me to divorce my world view when I consider this also...cause like removing people from their culture is a white supremacy tactic. Makes it easier to make folks conform.

Mother Aniseya was such a cool character.

In Osha's defense it wouldnt be hard to imagine that Mae was responsible for the covens death.

The Jedi ship looks so retro with the green color choice

That was so much loss for the girls to experience so young.

Final thoughts:

One thing I love that the episode title was just one name because the majority of the time we only get the perspective of Osha throughout the episode.

I don't think the coven themselves were these evil witchy women. Nothing like Mother Talzin at least. They seem rather balanced but possibly lean more forward the darkside of the force.

Osha always being the one that runs vs Mae being the one that chases is so interesting to me. Also there are so many folks insinuating that Osha doesn't know her own mind. I appreciate Mother Aniseya being willing to listen to what Osha wanted.

There are so many reason I feel kindred to Osha and one of them is for sure feeling like there was more for me out there than the town I grew up in. I feel like she could sense that there was something waiting for her out there so that's in part why she felt so restless.

This episode also showed us how prone to fear Osha is...she was so afraid throughout this episode. I think that shows how brave Osha is truly that she still was willing to speak out about what she wanted to her family.

[sevensfantasia]

edit: 9/7/2023

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[futurewife]

Realised lately i fell into a trap of imitating an idea of a girl I think my f/os would be interested in/find attractive which is extremely self defeating 3/10 do not recommend. i give it a 3 though because it can be beneficial to explore new things but I found overall that it made me feel not good enough and the self comparison to other girls insecurity machine spin out of control!!!!

I dont think it is wrong to take a partners preferences into account but my scramble to try and tick every box (for fictional men i might add) i think really comes from a place of fear and insecurity which is. not fun. t.swift m.irrorball etc

like did it never occur to me that there might be a chance that they could just like me at my natural default/style and people are capable of being attracted to others outside of a "type". but my problems lies in that being difficult for me to believe. like I don't think I have a winning personality or vibe so I have to repackage myself so he'll think im cute/"perfect" which NEVER ends well

there is some m.itski best american girl internalised white supremacy racism syndrome attached here too i think where i feel like i have 2 work EXTRA hard to be desirable in every other way cuz i dont have those eurocentric beauty ideals features mmm a bit messed up of me to do that to me 😬 I wish this wasnt so ingrained in me that i doubt my desirability based on race, going so far to it to impact my little made up relationships. But I want to try and be more aware of my own programming so I can actively combat it >:(

[alientoastt]

Specific shampoos for the mechs hell yeah sdfghgf what scents do you think the others would use? If you have any headcanons for that?

i do have headcanons for it.

okay so yknow how in shitty bodice-rippers the characters are over-described by scent? like. hot men always smell like woodsmoke and cologne and Man or whatever the fuck. consider this post my reaction to that trope

jonny

- as stated in a previous post i think he does just steal everyone else’s shampoo. if pressed for a fancy event he does wear cologne, but it just smells like leather and tobacco musk, so he ends up smelling like Jonny²

ashes

- somehow strikes me as someone who can actually pull of smelling like myrrh or some other incense and not evoking a priestly corpse. also probably not big on their haircare smelling like much of anything? just sort of. shea butter

brian

- he is a drumbot. that being said he probably does smell like polish and degrease after a good cleaning. tim helps him with his hair- it’s styled with like. plyers and a mini torch and a lot of patience and tim burning his fingers but it comes out well enough in the end

tim

- as previously stated. fruity white girl curly shampoo. coconut and Vague Tropical on this boy. it mixes weirdly, though not entirely unpleasantly, with the eternal smell of gunpowder/lazer burnt clothes/leather duster coat.

raph

- science. she smells of science. she makes her own haircare stuff. with science. (also a little like chloroform.) if glad0s was a human woman i think they would have a great spa day together

marius

- the most finicky about this kind of thing. he’s been wearing the same perfume (and it is perfume, not cologne) for 600 years, and it serves him well. it’s a little unplaceable, but something bright, a little like ginger and grapefruit and warm grass in the summer. the smell sticks to his coat. (does this fit 5′5″ thinner-than-a-broomhandle marius? a little. but please go look at my marius art and imagine this vibe)

- barring that extremely gushy description. he does also just like mint.

ivy

- cinnamon and ginger for this girl’s conditioner. or just vanilla. or all three! she likes a good single-note smell. she does mostly just smell like books, though.

nastya

- she smells like engineer. her shampoo is like. kirkland bulk. butch nastya supremacy

the toy soldier

- it smells of wood and tea and i dont think it needs to wash its hair but when it does because it Wants To it steals whatever jonny’s stolen. it did smell like dionysus’ club/cafe for a while after udad, though, which it rather liked- a little like honey.

[nightswithkookmin]

THIS IS RIDICULOUS

Billboard number one song competing with BTS??? REALLY? This is the conflict? This is how y'all marketing Olivia now?

What, the angsty emo teenage songs isn't enough? The Adele meet Taylor Swift in Genz twilight zone isn't enough? The perpetuating negative and toxic stereotypes of women tearing eachother up over some piece of dick and profiting off of it isn't enough?

FREE OLIVIA. FREE SABRINA

And how about y'all stop profiting off of BTS's fame and success. How about that?

This is the worst form of xenophobia I've ever seen! These cis white male marketers behind her need to hit the breaks. They are giving me Super M vibes. A whole group created to take on BTS- are y'all not embarrassed?

FREE BTS

It dont feel like a healthy competition no more, it feels like a purge. It feels like someone wants to get rid of the kpop world domination and infiltration into the US market. It feels like an industry trying its hardest to reset and reclaim their spot as the 'greatest' in the music industry. It feels like someone set out to target and dethrone the biggest most influential Mc for the youth.

It feels like someone is rallying up all the BTS antis they can find behind them to go up against BTS in a showdown on charts.

This is white supremacy at its finest.

Yall need to back off BTS now

I don't even get why they are pushing her to compete with A BOYBAND. They get that BTS is a boyband right?? I really don't get it.

Olivia has her place in the industry. She has her audience or is building her audience.

Let her cater to them.

BTS have their place too- it's right there on top of the charts😏

And they've put their backs into it. 8yrs and counting. It didn't get handed to them. No cis white man behind them pushed the radio plays on their behalf.

It dont have to be a competition.

THEY ARE THE BIGGEST BOYBAND IN THE WORLD PERIOD.

Signed,

A really pissed off BTS stan, GOLDY

[cishetsokka]

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