#I won't hesitate to block

[bookishtheaterlover7]

I see why people make fun of team PR... / Same! Cause I swear the way they behave is literally batshit over the most dumb thing ever🙄. I can't imagine putting this much energy into trivial foolishness especially when you “know everything,”

It's the fact she puts 1000% rage, for me 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Like girl, no. You can talk to people nicely, unless they're being difficult and rude already. I'm starting to see similarities between her and my evil relative 🤭 ooh boy!

[yazthebookish]

Ruhn about Lidia vs Azriel about Elain

I don't even have to analyze the text, this immediately pinpoints to the issue I have with Elriel. Sexual attraction is absolutely normal but what else is there? and that's what we don't see with Az when he thinks about Elain.

It's a very simple thing that could've been mentioned, it doesn't spoil anything but the fact that we didn't is very telling. He doesn't even makes a comment about her joy or smile when he gives her the necklace. We don't get what Az thinks about Elain as a person and that's the issue a lot of readers have with this pairing.

I just found this to be a very interesting example.

[starmonsterrr]

[ * hey hello quick announcement I vibe with proshippers now (I have sorta nuanced views but I'm closer to being proship and I'm comfy hanging out with them so. If you don't vibe with that there's the three dots in the top right corner of this post, click that and it should give you the option to block me) ]

Edit 2: [ * HEY WHY DO I HAVE MORE FOLLOWERS NOW. THAT AIN'T RIGHT. THAT DOESN'T ADD UP. WHAT'S UP WITH THAT. I THOUGHT MORE PEOPLE WOULD UNFOLLOW AND MAYBE BLOCK. ]

[lemonxlimee]

DID is not a trauma disorder. Nor is it a plurality disorder (those don't exist).

It's a dissociative disorder. It's commonly associated with trauma but you don't need trauma to have it. Just like you don't need trauma to have any other dissociative disorder.

[jasontoddsno1simp]

If Jason Todd is a cop, then so is every vigilante in Gotham

They are ALL taking the law into their own hands - in case you numb nuts forgot, vigilantism is illegal. The only difference is that Jason is up front about the fact that he kills people, sometimes.

Instead of hashing and rehashing this stupid moral debate for the 3928281th time - like DC wants us to because they refuse to deal with the way they let one of their writers kill off a kid and the subsequently retconned that child's story so they could keep selling Robin merch - we have some fun with it.

Why does Jason kill?! What experiences in his life led him down this path?! I read an excellent post earlier about how Jason has all these monologues about Big Moral Ideas^TM and how that juxtaposes his actions. And instead of digging into that, people just leave it at "Oh, so you're a hypocrite, eh?! Got standards for everyone else that you feel you shouldn't have to follow, huh?!" as if that's an indictment of his character. And I mean, it is!! But why?! Why would Jason hold the heroes to standards that he doesn't deign to hold himself to?!

Could it be that he's positioned himself as a necessary evil?! That he's subconscious absorbed Bruce's inflexible moral framework?! That, according to that framewok, he understands that heroes must conduct themselves in a specific manner, else their heroism be called into question?! That he feels he's been called into a different direction?! That Gotham - Park Row - doesn't need another cape to save them, but rather they need someone who will avenge them?!

Jason, at his best, is jaded, but pragmatic. He doesn't rly believe in the hero community anymore, but he understands the necessity. He understands that he cannot be Batman, because he doesn't possess the moral inflexibility of Bruce. He doesn't feel regret after killing someone, because in his mind, that's what needed to happen to keep his people safe. And that makes him a villain. Something he does a lot of work to do to make himself feel okay about (which I don't think he does, but that's for later).

A more cynical interpretation of Jason would be that he doesn't believe in redemption. That once someone strays off the straight and narrow, their life needs to end. And I mean, in some cases that might be true. Humans are capable of some truly heinous shit and once you unlock that part of your soul, there's no going back. That's what I think, anyway. But to someone like Bruce, someone who condemns all killing, he'd make no room for any such distinctions. Especially with Jason being unrepentant.

And this is where we get into the meat and gristle of Jason and Bruce's dynamic - for Jason to operate under his own moral framework, Bruce must compromise his own.

In other words, for Bruce to sleep tight at night, he must strip his son of his agency. And Jason, someone who has had his agency stripped of him many a time in his life, is not too keen on that.

To me, Jason's story is about agency - about how those of us who aren't born into privilege must fight for our agency at every turn. As a child, Jason was stripped of his agency by poverty and doomed to be another lost cause by a system that isn't designed to help. Meeting Bruce and becoming Robin was a turning point for young Jason's life because it allowed him to claw back the agency that was stolen from him. Or so he thought. Because the second he didn't behave the way Bruce expected him to (and lest I remind you all that Bruce had been subtly adultifying this young boy since the second he met him), there goes his agency. Bruce strips him of the Robin mantle, therefore stripping him of his agency.

And before the Good Dad Bruce truthers come after me, I know this wasn't Bruce's intention - he took Robin away because he saw the way Robin was negatively affecting his son. And, to get a little meta here, Bruce probably clocked that even if he was able to get Jason the help he needed to manage his trauma, he couldn't allow him to be Robin anymore. Because Robin is a hero, and - according to Bruce - a hero's convictions must be unshakeable, lest their heroism be called into question.

And what makes for unshakeable convictions?! An inflexible moral framework with hard lines that must never be crossed. And if they are crossed, then said hero must throw themselves upon the sword in repentance.

Something that Jason refused to do.

And... if I'm being honest with you, there's no way forward with Jason's story without him reacting caustically to Robin being taken away. No matter how gently Bruce broke the news to Jason or how empathic he was, Jason would have reacted like a cat that had been slapped and thrown out the window. Because it was more than Robin. It was always more than Robin.

I'm gonna cap my analysis here because this has gotten way too fucking long, but my point is that if you're gonna do any kind of analysis or criticism of a character, I need y'all to reach deeper. Because what's the fucking point of shallow ass takes like "Jason is a cop cause he kills"?! Huh?! Not only is it fundamentally misinterpreting the character and his motivations - cops are authoritarians, something Jason is diametrically opposed to - but it's a dead end. It's a conclusion with no thesis statement.

[lesbiandemondaddy]

did you see that florence had to disable comments on her latest insta story bc there were taylor haters inundating the comments section shittalking taylor and shittalking flo for associating with her 😒 imagine calling yourself a fan and then acting that way... she's such a sensitive and gentle person, i really hope she's okay and not taking it personally 😩

Those people clearly don't know they've been friends since at least 2014 💀

[orphee-aux-enfers]

Deleted the ask but tbh I need everyone to know that I will not create a dni. If your vibes are wrong, you'll just get blocked. I curate my online space, not you, because I don't think a keep out sign would stop anyone

[masonscig]

can we stop fucking whitewashing f, n, and m? how is the twc fandom getting worse when we’ve rehashed this a million times at this point

[promisenolies]

One of the things I had always loved the most about BTS was how I could enthusiastically praise them, their messaging, what they stood for, the active role they had in their existence. I loved how they made me feel, how inspired I was to do better for myself, how passionate and talented they all were. How safe I felt, how seen and valid, how healed.. And I can't say that anymore.

This new trajectory of Jungkook is putting me in a really uncomfortable position because I just cannot get behind and support where he's at and what he's presenting to the world right now.

That man has infinite talent. He could have been one of the greatest stars ever - and he likely still will - but he's destroying a lot of the reputation he and the other six had cultivated over the last ten years. He's alienating a large chunk of the fandom right now.

From the discourse I've seen - most of us agree that it's not the explicit nature of the song that makes us react so strongly. It's the blatant racism and misogyny in Jack Harlow's verses. They are VILE. So objectifying and demeaning towards women. Women - the largest segment of their fandom is being told that all we're good for is to be lined up and be used as holes to masturbate into. Granted, Kook's verses were quite open and consensual and I'm ALL for that...but you can't separate him from Jack in this. You can't. Jungkook is a grown man, that is correct, but he's also a grown man that can be held accountable for the fact that this ain't it. He wants us to speak like friends? Well, friend, this is vile bullshit. This is offensive and hurtful.

I've seen more than a couple takes on what the whole champagne confetti means...and I guess if it's about getting a woman off - great, put in your time and get it right (so few men do) but if it's about ejaculating on someone's face I'm fucking appalled. That's such a degrading, humiliating act.

BTS changed my fucking life... and now I feel like it doesn't even matter.

And I'm getting real tired of the collective gaslighting and shaming this fandom does whenever there's the slightest hint of dissent. It IS that deep, and it deserves to be discussed.

[triangle-ears]

It's a good day to be an indoor cat.

[foundfamilyhq]

[bookishtheaterlover7]

Hey, everyone!

Shit has been going down these past few days, especially in CE Fandom. With trolls and haters unnecessarily attacking fans of Chris's work, and want nothing to do with the war that is waging in every corner of the internet.

With that said, Imma put a song that is basically me, in the middle of this shit storm. Also, because I'll be posting my thoughts and words about my "Captain America: Sub Rosa" reread in a bit, so stay tuned, if y'all wanna share in the appreciation.

P.S. I dedicate this song to @citronbun and all the other fans being attacked for not being part of the drama because it's probably been a bit of a rough day for them.

P.P.S. I will switch to Taylor's Version once it comes out, until then, this'll have to do.

[some-teeth-in-a-trench-coat]

It's not like I've ever seen anyone here have any filter for what political messages they reblog, people just see someone talk about a situation in a way that makes them feel like they know who the villain is and press reblog, without question or applying any prior knowledge to their interpretation, especially if it's something that doesn't affect them personally, and especially if it goes against what they think most people believe so they can stick it to the man and feel like they know better. It's not something new and I usually don't hold it against anyone, I'm definitely guilty of it myself, but man does it feel more pervasive than ever now that every 5th post is taking a very confident stance on a war they only know from news and social media, all saying the same thing, enraged that anyone would ever claim otherwise. And it never hit so close to home for me, it was always someone else's problem for me too, someone I didn't know, but this time I got to spend a day wondering if a loved one was still alive, this time I get to be careful in public so I don't get killed for someone else's crimes.

Can we just all (myself included) think a little more, do a little more research before we decide what nuance does or does not exist? I promise you that you're not obligated to post about everything, you're not obligated to have an opinion on everything, and I promise you are going to be wrong sometimes.

[kowtownart]

Been feeling a little down the last few days, so i drew something to cheer myself up a little. Put it under the cut so people don’t have to see it if they don’t wanna.

[lesbiansaltzman]

Welcome to the TVDU (The Vampire Diaries Universe) Ultimate Ship Bracket!

Link to the ship directory as well as the ever-updating bracket will be here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1_OS_d52233MucufFXor43DTbEY750urSuR8HRT1E68w/edit?usp=sharing

The Google Sheet will also have links to their respective polls once they're active.

Each poll will be open for 7 days and will be under /tagged/tvdu-ship-bracket

First polls go live today, Aug 27. This will continue everyday for every poll onward.

Have fun. Be respectful! And let the games begin!

[hazyjamie]

Hey gang, I'll be closing my asks for a while. I really didn't want to close it up but I've been doing pretty horribly lately. I don't want to force myself to do things that might fuck me up in the long run and I don't want to make my actions seem disingenuine. Still in college, still busy and a bunch of other shit that sprung up on me, I hope you all can understand my inability to catch up with what's going on in the world. I do my best to help others and that'll always be something I'll live by, but right now everything's too overwhelming for me and I have to distance myself for a bit and get my shit together first.

I felt that I have to make this post because I wanted to be clear, by the off-chance that someone out there would think that I'm choosing to be ignorant. I'm not, and I definitely don't want to be.

To conclude my message, I'll be providing links to posts and/or accounts that are more active on the matter if ever anyone wants to help, whether financially or through shares.

This isn't everything obviously but you can look up things like "palestine commissions" or "gofundme lists" here on Tumblr for more recent updates.

Thank you for sparing the time to read this message. Take care y'all.