#I don’t remember the title

[aw0-files]

Was reminded of something I drew months ago during a watch party to mess with friends. So now y’all have to see it too.

[maramahan]

Sometimes I think about that book I read as a kid where the protagonist figured out the secret to human photosynthesis (by eating a ton of iron-rich food (like liver (which he hated))) thus turning himself into a plantsim & effectively solving world hunger But then the government shut him down because if nobody needed to eat food anymore the economy would utterly collapse and. there’s no point to this post. sometimes I just Think About It

[communistkenobi]

a very common mistake people make in political/social discourse is applying individualist thinking to some social phenomenon or theory. one of the most common examples is someone responding to the theory of white privilege with “but there are poor white people” or male privilege with “I’m a man but I have no power” etc. and in order to refute that properly you have to essentially get into a philosophy of science debate, to explain that the benefit of a given social theory is its ability to be generalised above the level of the individual, that what is being described is a social process, that human beings occupy various positions within a social space (a family, a neighbourhood, a workplace, a state) that are not individual. To be able to give an account of some social force you necessarily cannot be just talking about the particularities of a single person - if you were, all you would be expressing is an individual opinion about a single person. If you want to rise above the level of ‘mere opinion’ you need to actually provide an account that is general enough to apply to multiple people of varying social situations but systematic enough to be able to differentiate between who you are and are not speaking about. Of course data are lost in this endeavour - probably best summed up by the aphorism “all models are wrong but some are useful” - but the success of a given social theory is its ability to sustain its explanatory power despite these data losses. Like the whole game of generalisation is building a theory to figure out what data points to discard and which to retain. It is no more contradictory to say white privilege is real even though there are poor white people than to say the police are a white supremacist institution even though there are non-white police officers. In fact these seeming contradictions are accounted for in these same social theories - white supremacy has had centuries of policy development at this point, it is a fairly well-tested set of logics that have adapted to a variety of conflicts, problems, and political/economic/social developments (Sylvia Wynter talks about this in the context of the post-slavery US for example). White supremacy is thus resilient to these apparent contradictions (and these contradictions generate further social developments, such as the shifting meanings and locations of whiteness), which is why zooming into the level of the individual is often not helpful in explaining its effects on a social level.

Weber says that I need not know Caesar to understand Caesar - that to talk about Caesar as a historical figure and as a particular location in ancient Roman society is fundamentally different than a description of him as an individual. And nobody actually talks about Caesar as an individual anyway! Even psychological or biographical profiles of him are premised on the fact that Caesar is worthy of this profile as opposed to any other person living in the Roman Republic. The reason we all know his name is that his place in history is extended beyond the individual. A Roman general and leader is fundamentally not an individual, not a private person. The very fact that I can say “Roman General” but not say any person’s name and have people understand what I’m saying is evidence of this. By definition ‘Caesar’ the historical figure is not an individual in any meaningful sense, he has power that is only available through social institutions and formations, and that is why he is known even today. Even the most liberal Great Man Theories of history locate an engine of history within the general position of Great Man (this is a fundamental contradiction within this type of thinking, the generalised Individual). If there can be more than one Great Man in history then he is not an individual, he is occupying a generalisable position in human history that can be calculated, bounded, and studied.

So it’s very frustrating to deal with! It’s an attempt to refute an explanation of a social phenomenon with individual anecdotes, much of which is already accounted for in said explanation. It makes many, many, many discussions about the social and political world endlessly repetitive and uninteresting, because you are always stuck at litigating the most basic, atomic point of reference. And of course that is the point for many people, they aren’t interested in any of this because they are racist and they are misogynistic and so on. It is an extremely effective derailing tactic, but part of the reason why it’s so effective is because individualism is such a pervasive mode of thinking. All of the groundwork is already laid out for people who say white privilege isn’t real because the social and epistemic infrastructure necessary to get other people to buy that argument has already been built for them to make that type of claim. Which is why the people who smirk at the camera when they say shit like this are so pathetic because they behave like they thought of that all by themselves, unaware or (more probably) deliberately ignoring the fact that they live in a society specifically built to facilitate, automate, and celebrate the garbage coming out of their mouth

[banditblvd]

Uh happy holidays and whatnot take the bandit equivalent to a lump of coal

[puppppppppy]

Childhood

[doggogills]

jay ferin girl kisser

[the-unconquered-queen]

The cast of Blades of Light and Shadow and their Perfect Match types

Ever since I did my Blades/Elementalists attunement crossover to mark the anniversary of the Blades series, I’ve known I wanted to do something like this to mark the wide release of book three, and I love me some Perfect Match and the types system, so what better way than by incorporating that into a piece?

So the match types you see here are based on what we’ve seen of these characters up to book two, so any character evolution they may undergo in book three is not accounted for. You might also notice that, when deciding each character’s type, I went off of the core four traits instead of the match name or description, unless I needed a tiebreaker.

Finally, MC’s type is pretty subjective, as I’m sure everyone has a different idea of what their MCs are like, so for the sake of this edit set, Raine’s type is based on which traits she displays most in canon.

So, are you swiping right?

[doodlesdreaming]

Shooters are not my kind of ga-

*discovers Ghost and Soap*

Bloody hell….

[fisherrprince]

WIP GAME

Tagged by: @last-flight-of-fancy

RULES: Make a new post with the names of all your WIPs, regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous. Tag as many people as you have WIPs. People can then send you an ask with the title that most intrigues them - post a little snippet or tell them something about it as a reply!

I. I cannot tag as many people as I have current wips. AHKFKLS OK ALRIGHT WE MOVE

-IFIGHTFORMYFRIENDS.mov

-hollyfall.mov

-leftright.mov

-uminaoshi.mov

-36 years young.mov

-stars without number

-zine draft 2

-I SWEAR THIS WILL BE THE LAST ONE FISH TWO FISH

-Attempt 2

-A

-ferrisOOOOOO.mov

-scientificallyunadvisableheijihattori.mov

Not all of these are being like. Actively worked on. But they are all On My Mind Currently

being brave and tagging @thetwilightroadtonightfall @kamibitt @wodniars-void no pressure!!

[luna-the-cretar]

I finished yet another Frostbek fic (I’m on a roll with these apparently lol). Unfortunately, it’s gonna be a few hours before I can post it (bc I’m at work), but here’s a little sneak peek from my drafts (unedited)

It was pitch black. Or, it was, at least, before he entered, and illuminating the inside in a dim pink light from the Witchlight on his back. Frost was laying on his cot, eyes scrunched in pain as he tried to bury his face into the fabric.

“Frost?” Torbek whispered as he crawled to his boyfriend’s side. “Are you okay?”

“Hurts.” Frost replied curtly as he rolled over, facing away from the light source. “Light hurts.”

“Oh…Torbek is sorry…Torbek will go…” Torbek whispered as he started to go, before Frost gently wrapped his tail around the bugbear’s wrist.

“No, no it’s fine. Please don’t go…” Frost muttered, almost shyly.

[ao3screenshotss]

[drippyantagonistsltd]

Max Illustration URs from the deceased game,

Naruto X Boruto: Ninja Tribes

My server was ranked most competitive��� and it’s crazy that it got downed ‘cause nobody was toxic either. Maybe the game was canceled because we weren’t buying the micro transactions… *realization*

Were you in my server?? We had CareCrow- I like to think we were friends but nobody ever chatted, NoctisXIII- the best Sasuke main across the servers, me- the nerd with a name in kanji and the maxed out snakemen, and a generally unused chat board.

[athena-xox]

No you guys don’t understand the OBSESSION I have with cook and raven mother daughter relationship

Please someone give me a destiny that cook could have had because I have so many gk x cook hcs for them at eah together

[pestacular]

extremely low effort sand sibs ⏳

[kismetmoon]

I’d do anything for you, Mrs. Highness

[ID: a digital painting of two original stylised Flatland characters, named Atlas and Chief Jr.

Atlas is a stone grey isosceles triangle with a navy tail with a V-shaped end, navy limbs, one eye with a star-shaped pupil, a bushy black eyebrow, chipped top and bottom right corners, and scars on his left side and eye.

Chief Jr. is a light grey and dark purple circle with a crescent moon pattern on his body, dark purple limbs and a tail that ends in a C-shaped tip, a glossy eyelid and long beaded eyelashes. He is wearing a black crown.

Chief is walking in front of Atlas on a dirt path and looking over to the left, as if looking back at Atlas. He is posed mid-stride and both of his hands are held away from his body. His left hand is loosely pointing the index finger at nothing in particular, and his right hand is held out to catch a falling raindrop. Atlas is running towards Chief and holding out a black umbrella to cover him with. He is looking straight at Chief and has a slightly panicked expression.

The background is a dirt path cutting through a lush meadow. The sky is blue, but fades to white closer to the horizon. Some green hills are in the distance. There are some light raindrops falling from a cloud just out of view at the top right of the scene.

End ID].

detail close-ups / small symbolism explanation / silly thing under the cut

[ID: four close-up shots of the above image. The first shows Atlas’s arm. The second shows Chief’s leg and arm. The third shows the umbrella. The fourth shows the grass and shadows. End ID].

Obviously the biggest and most prominent aspect of this is Atlas doing his best to shield Chief from the rain with the single umbrella as quickly as he can, at the expense of being soaked himself. He sees Chief’s comfort as being far more important than his own, so he’ll be the one to provide that comfort to him. He could choose to cover both of them with the umbrella, but he prioritises getting Chief completely covered first (or even just partially covering both of them).

Another thing being their placements; Atlas is farther away, and thus seems smaller than Chief. Something something smaller = less important, despite the fact that Atlas is physically much larger than Chief when stood side-by-side.

The grass near Atlas is yellower than that near Chief. Chief is surrounded by dark green grass. In essence, the grass is in poorer condition near Atlas, while it is healthier near Chief to symbolise the different paths in life they’ve led thus far.

also some potential endings especially for my two pathetic little guys <3 romantic walk through the meadow ruined by natural causes

[ID: two digital monochrome doodles of Atlas and Chief Jr. on grey backgrounds.

In the first image, Atlas is holding onto the umbrella, that has turned inside-out due to strong wind, while being dragged along and scrapping his heels on the ground. His eye is closed and he has a strained expression. Chief is stood in the back with an unimpressed look.

In the second image, they are stood together with Atlas holding the umbrella over Chief. They are both looking at one another and blushing, with Chief’s tail wrapped around Atlas’s. The rain is hitting off the umbrella and Atlas. Under this illustration is a smaller one, showing Atlas and Chief in the same poses but with their tails separated and their umbrella obliterated after being struck by lighting.

End ID].

[sohemotional]

Does anyone remember seeing a Tyzula fic from AO3 that I swear was around about four years ago or so maybe even from before the ATLA renaissance - it was set post-ATLA, Tyzula are adults (iirc they were married) in a happy relationship and Ty Lee wanted a child so Azula wished to the spirits for this to happen and Azula iirc had to complete some task first. Then her wish was granted and Ty Lee became pregnant. Maiko were also in the fic and friendly with the two of them if I’m remembering right. I think it was either a one shot or two shot either way it was a short fic. If anyone has a link I’d be eternally grateful