#Just another day in America
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you motherfuckers have no concept of what "land back" or "decolonize" even mean. you're too busy demonizing entire groups of people, terrified, shitting yourselves, that they'll do even half of the horrors to you that you've done to them for decades or centuries. this shit comes off as hella racist for real. you hate arabs so much. you hate first nations people so much. you hate black people so much. even if you sympathize with them, you can't fucking bear the idea of them gaining freedom, independence, autonomy, safety, because you're so, so scared they'll hurt you back and cause chaos in the streets. these same people who just want to rebuild. who just want to go home. who just want to see their families again. who just want food. who just want medical care. who just want dry, warm shelter. you're so focused on the ideas of colonization, of "us vs. them", of one people displacing the other for a state to exist, that you cannot comprehend coexistence, and your only idea of peace is if an entire group of people were just gone and dead.
grow the fuck up. for the love of GOD, grow the fuck up.
#eli talks#rant#i just watched a video shared by someone i'd been following a while denying the genocide occuring in gaza entirely#are you kidding. are you fucking kidding me.#the video was trying to run with the idea that “from the river to the sea” means jewish people will be expelled from the region#no the fuck it does not you stupid motherfucker that's NOT what decolonization is#anyway. land back. decolonize. from the river to the sea. peace and love on planet earth.#stop razing olive trees. stop scorching the earth. stop bombing hospitals and schools. stop destroying the sea.#if i have to see another palestinian child undergo anesthesia-free amputation im going to start being physically fucking violent#if i have to see another mother with blood on her hands wailing and begging for her child to come back im going to start burning shit#one day all the people of palestine will be free. muslims and jews and christians and all and none.#one day all the people of sudan will be free. all the people in the congo will be free. all the peoples in the americas will be free.#and all the other occupied places suffering genocides and ethnic cleansings that the news neglects to mention. theyll be free too.
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The horrors I have to wake up to
#Colorado gay club shooting#Just another day in America#Just another hate crime#Just another shooting
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Ok consider:
A new hero emerges and the Justice League watches him for a while who make sure he’s not a threat. They see this giant clumsy man who moves like he’s not used to his body, smiles goofily every time he saves someone, and is clearly inexperienced with his powers and they’re all just like. Ah. This is a child.
Except they don’t think he’s a ten year old or however old Billy is at the time, no no. Clearly this hero came into existence shortly before his first appearance, just a few months ago. They don’t know how or why but It’s not the weirdest thing they’ve seen so it’s pretty easy to believe.
But they can’t just leave this toddler with the powers of a god to stumble around and potentially hurt someone by accident, nor go down the wrong path and become a villain. So of course they decide to ‘subtly’ guide him without alerting him to the fact they’re onto him.
They introduce themselves but instead of inviting him to the league they pop by every once in a while to ‘subtly’ teach him about responsibility and power, but also about love and humanity. They try to teach him to enjoy life and that he doesn’t have to act like an adult around them, instead encouraging him to enjoy his childhood even if it’s not an ordinary one.
(Too bad the Justice League suck at subtlety.)
Billy is certain they somehow found out he’s a kid before they even met him, probably because of Batman’s freaky know-it-all powers, but he isn’t very worried as they seem nice and don’t treat him like he’s dumb or fragile. They respect him as a hero despite his age so he lets himself act like a kid around them after a while.
When he gets comfortable enough to detransform Billy thinks that’s his identity reveal. The league thinks that he magicked himself a body that’s more of a representation of his true self and fits his developmental age better, possibly as a way to blend in with humans and experience what it’s like to be a normal child. Good for him!
Basically Billy gets a bunch of super powered parents and the Justice League get a newborn man that they think they’re raising from scratch lol
#billy batson#shazam#dc#dc captain marvel#justice league#fanfiction#fanfic#dcu#Diana’s idea of subtly teaching responsibility is to attack him before ever introducing herself#Billy’s happily helping a cat out of a tree then sees a sword rapidly approaching his face held by a terrifying woman#it ends with them both getting ice cream and discussing his tactics#Clark was one of the very few reasonable ones and just gave advice#hes not very subtle though#I mean have you seen him? he’s the most recognizable figure on earth#he’s often spotted on rooftops sharing homemade sandwhiches with Marvel as a way to encourage him to take breaks and be social#Surprisingly the most famous group of people in America who do flips in colourful spandex all day aren’t exactly masters of subtlety#Bruce tried to do an irl trolley problem to see how he would handle it#it was rigged so no one would get hurt and all the victims were well paid actors of course#but Billy didn’t know that#he stopped the trolley with his bare hands#he didn’t even consider any other option#he did not go to school so he's never heard of the problem and didn't even realize there WAS another option#Bruce nodded approvingly but was honsetly kind of disappointed#he wanted to know how a toddler with above average morals would solve it the intended way#maybe he’ll try it on Jon next#My writing
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Outfit check from day 2 of traveling! These pants used to fall off me, but not anymore haha. Also I’m pretty sure my ass is getting fatter because the stretch marks at the top of my butt are itching like nobody’s business
#just another day being a fat girl in america. It’s a thankless job but someone has to do it#oh yeah we went to this dinky little mini golf place too#it was really fun but it was way too hot so we stopped halfway through the course and went to get food instead#me#fatass tag
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oughhhh time to think about them really hard again to ignore. current events. hooray,,,,,
#wooooo tommorows the 25% chance of killing myself day isnt that fun#looking more like 50 rn but. the west coast has all the blue states and theyre not done for another two hours so.#joking. i shant do that not yet at least#america rahhhhhhhhh 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 i love it here!! i say with a gun to my head#kay ill shut up now im just. stressed !!!!#doodles#bill and ted#bill s preston esquire#ted theodore logan
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“Systemic Approach (Conclusion),” Avengers Unlimited (Vol. 1/2022), Infinity Comic, #65.
Writer: Mat Groom; Penciler and Inker: Caio Majado; Colorist: Pete Pantazis; Letterer: Joe Sabino
#Marvel#Marvel comics#Marvel 616#Avengers Unlimited#Avengers Unlimited infinity comic#Moon Knight comics#latest release#Moon Knight#Marc Spector#Captain America#Steve Rogers#(I at the very least) LOVE to see the mutual and very deep respect#what an enjoyable guest appearance#were there parts of this that felt a bit like a Saturday morning cartoon? I answer with another question:#what’s so wrong with that?#it was sweet and fun and most importantly respectful#and I would take that over an over-written overly-gritty pseudo intellectual comic that’s just plain insulting but wins an Eisner anyway#(we all have that oh so hated one) absolutely any day of the week
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Not to be a downer and this isn't an indictment of people celebrating this, but I remember watching an as-it-happened documentary (my favorite type of documentary tbh) on the fiftieth anniversary of the Moon Landing and then halfway into it the spell it had over me snapped and I just started thinking "What did the people fighting in Vietnam, both sides, think of all this? Where was that 'moment of global unity' everyone has been talking about for the last fifty years that was allegedly during this moment? What about the people slaving away in factories or in fields or prison during this? What about the people who couldn't afford a TV because of rampant wealth inequality? There was so much vitriol in this moment just for people who wanted to be treated equal but I'm told the world as a whole and America in particular had come together."
I love as-it-happened documentaries because I love putting myself in moments that witness history in the making, good or bad, but I couldn't reconcile this idealized version of what I've been told my entire life and the historical truths I knew were going on as Americans landed on the moon
#the very next day I came across the poem 'Whitey On The Moon'. which full disclosure I am whitey but it still stuck with me#also I had a smaller realization in high school astronomy class that we. America. really didn't win the space race because of this#like don't get me wrong human scientific achievement woo one small step for man#we powered thru this particular stretch of the race but that didn't really win the marathon when USSR did everything else first#also I always hated how this supposed monument of human achievement and ingenuity was always just one nuclear power flexing on another#one giant leap for mankind fuck you ruskies U-S-A U-S-A back to proxy wars U-S-A U-S-A kill kill kill#but like I said the proxy war in question didn't really end while this was going on#no magic moment of a Moon Landing truce as far as I'm aware#anyway the fact that the fiftieth anniversary occurred during the trump regime prolly had no bearing on my cynicism I'm sure
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happy (not that stoked) Labor Day to all the mfs that work today. especially if y'all aren't getting time & a half or double time. Thank you for working because it's what u have to do to survive. Labor Day is only a blue collar worker/office job kinda holiday, so bless you all that are working like it's any other day, I promise we see ya and appreciate y'all <3
#i do my best to just stay home and not go out on labor day for all the workers that still have to work#do your very best to not go to the store. cut the workers some slack and enjoy being you for a day without the help of capitalism#dont hit my askbox if ur gonna slander. only hit my ask box with real facts and real opinions or dont hit it up at all#m.#i bet all the overseas homies are like wtf is labor day and why is it a holiday? honestly you're so right.#its just a holiday to gaslight all 9-5 workers into believing theyre important to their job#thankfully im off but no one ever tells you thank you for doing your job or putting in the effort to make society flow easier.#no one!! so I'll be the one to tell yall:#life aint easy. and it definitely aint easy when you're providing for a family or those you love. especially in america on poverty level#or even lower middle class. the rich are shaking in their boots knowing we're aware of their abuse of the system and the ploy to keep#lower middle class/upper middle class complete different worlds than one another. but they're both essentially the same class???#firm believer of socialism or a sprinkle of communism. this shit is awful#imagine raising your kids to be able to navigate american economics along with their passion in life. oh shit. you cant? sounds accurate.#kids either kill themselves from the stress of it all or become just like their parents. like the world is in the 60's still#i really. really. really hate America and its politics. ive always wanted to kms to get away from it..#but it's not possible and i. unfortunately. have too much to lose. despite to popular belief.#but all you need to know is things will always SEEM worse but its really not. just keep pushing and believe in yourself ❣️
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You have been Located
#Grey Sac-Winged bat#bats of Central America#bats of South America#bat of the day#Daily Bat#Bat#bats#batposting#Cute bats#Cute animals#You love to see them#Look at that#So alert#So soft#I think there's another behind it#or it's just REALLY stretchin#You go#batto
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i will prob never visit the us unless for work reasons bc the thought of being there scares me more than the thought of flying there. i would love to go though... im just scared
#txt#i get scared bad things will happen to me no matter where i go (knife crime knife crime knife crime)#i think abt the acid attavks from a few years ago every time i step off the train in a city#and the manchester bombings#the us to me just in my head is everything in the uk with guns as well and 10000000000x more regular and horrible#id love to go to your museums and stuff though... and go on tours and shit. visit the cool places... such a big place id love to somehow#visit every state but obviously i never will... maybe some day ill go to cali or florida or fucking... idk whats another state#tennessee#but only for work not for leisure#<- that being said my dad wants to go to ny on his 50th and if he wants me to join then well. i wouldnt stop him#hmmm#i could also get a uni course that allows a year studying in another country i could always pick the us#i can make opportunities for myself#anyway#RAAAHHHHHHH I WISH A TRIP TO THE US FOR HISTORY WASNT IMPOSSIBLE... SMIFFLE :( I DONT WANT TO GO TO 5 GUYS I WANT TO GO TO THE UNITED STATES#OF AMERICA
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Wtf kinda resident evil spaces are y'all in that it's common to see someone "lament" Leon losing his job as a c*p. Maybe leave those places asap.
#Literally I've only ever seen one post ab it and it was just them saying smthn like “in another au Leon had a perfect first day”#Supposed to be sad ab his trauma or whatever#But even still most everyone in the comments was like no lol. Acab.#Like idk I feel like if you're seeing an overwhelming support for p*lice in an online environment you should leave it. Immediately.#Cater your tags better. Block people. Etc.#Also like. Not to state the obvious but y'all will whinge when people don't understand Leon's incessant need to help ppl no matter what#But when I say that Leon is still in the BOW workforce because he - subconsciously or not - does in fact choose to be#Y'all get mad.#Do you understand even if the govt never had a hold on him he would've eventually joined the DSO or at least some kinda BOW fighting Corp??#Do you understand he refuses to quit of his own volition bc BOWs still exist and still terrorise innocent people#And his stupid captain america complex won't let him leave so long as there's even one more person left to save#His compassion being his biggest strength AND weakness is literally such an awesome thing but y'all ignore it#Bc you wanna pretend Leon is serving against his will :'((( he's a poow wittol baby who can't escape :'(((#Get a brain.
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wanting to write a story out of a dream I had but it's really just american "battle royale"
#ljke my dream was college students on a school on an island for some spring or summer break study thing#and it starts off as like oh what if we did a weeklong game of manhunt/assassin to pass the time between academic stuff ^_^#and it very quickly devolves into murder. idk I could make some social commentary out of it there's plenty there#the american desensitization to violence and murder. at the end the killings aren't even huge news it's just treated as another day#in the u.s. of a. <- said like trevor singing his totally gay for america song. I'm totally gay for the u.s. of a...#anyway. probably other stuff about how violence is viewed through different economic and social classes. what people decide is#a killable offense weird systems of justice and I've just reinvented part of danganronpa despite never playing the games FUCK MEEE#head in hands. well I'll try to make something anyway
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if you're going to move out of your country literally the least you could do is try to adapt to your new country rules and traditions, and if you don't like it sucks for you gringo weón
#i'm sorry but seeing all of the shit that is happening in méxico has me furious#because what do you Mean you willingly moved to another country#and now are pressing charges against a restaurant for their traditions?#for playing mariachi music? you gringo imbécil are mad that they're playing Mariachi Music in México?????#it's the fact that they're all still getting paid their usa salaries that are higher than the mexican ones#so they can afford to pay more for houses and you know gentrification happens#like yeah sure latine america is cheaper for you but have you even considered the difference in salaries?#if you want to move to any country here just because it's cheaper for you kindly fucking don't#unless you're getting paid what we're getting paid and you literally don't go and destroy the housing market even further#like fuck this whole epidemic of gringos leaving the states just to find a cheaper country so that they can be more comfortable#is so fucking infuriating because it's so selfish!!! making shit hard for everyone just so they can accommodate you#because they're not even immigrating they still have their stupid ass job in the states#so what are they doing for the country they're moving into. nothing literally nothing but be bothersome#b.txt#rant of the day so sorry i'll be off
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guys what if i want to make my own apollo justice game.
#i need to write a prequel to aa4 pls pls pls pls pls#okay get this: so phoenix isnt disbarred yet and he doesnt have trucy. hes still taking and winning cases#one day he gets a call from edgeworth and hes all like ''wright i need your assistance'' and hes like what for and edgeworth goes#''ive been given the most ridiculous case and i think youre the only man in law who can take care of it''#so phoenix bikes his ass to the detention center and boom. child behind bars#and phoenix is like ??? hey kid what are doing here. and this kid is the most surly mfer on the planet like you couldnt get-#-a word out of him if you tried. hes kinda giving phoenix the stink eye too but hes just the littlest guy on earth#and phoenix feels bad for him so he tries to get a rundown of the case (maybe edgeworth gave him an autopsy report or smth beforehand)#but get this. the kid still wont speak. he hasnt even moved a muscle. and after some prodding you find out this little dude-#-doesnt speak english (i dont love aa6 but i think apollos tragic backstory can be interesting so we're going w that but taking it seriousl#anyways so maya is like omg this kid is speaking khurainese but hers is kinda broken bc shes not from the mainland and only knows it-#-from like prayers#so you only get bits and pieces of the kids testimony. plus he still doesnt wanna talk bc ''dhurk told me not to talk to you''#so you start following the new lead but you ask too many questions and apollos like oh shit i said too much and wont talk to you anymore#but now you have two leads: khur'ain and a man named ''dhurk'' plus the fact that this is kid might be new to america since-#-he cant speak english but is smack dab in the middle of california. its all v curious and phoenix wants to get to the bottom of it#for the rest of the case i feel like it would go in the direction of ''we dont know exactly whats up w this dhurk guy or where this kid-#-came from but we do get him acquitted and phoenix is able to save him from the dark path he was heading towards'' thus steering apollo-#-in the direction of law and giving him a wayyyy better reason than aa6 gave him <3#i kind of like the interlinked nature of ace attorney's storytelling. like everything leads into smth else and everyone is impacted-#-by another person before they even become properly entangled w each other's lives#like how mia faced dahlia years before she met phoenix but dahlia was the one to connect them#or how trucy gave phoenix the diary paper but she's also the one who ropes apollo into the waa. even before they know they're siblings#or how lamoire left apollo and trucy as children and when they reunite as adults they cant recognise each other but they all find each-#-other anyways#i could go on but i think this could be cool yknow esp bc i think the most interesting thing about apollo's aa6 backstory is his life-#-post dhurk. like where did he stay? was he a foster kid? was he put into the system? how did that affect him? what kind of ppl took him in#i just wanna know how that whole thing would have effected him bc like when yiu think about it how did he even get to america?? his dad's#-considered a terrorist. idk man i think its interesting and apollo and dhurks interactions are one of the only good parts of aa6
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Omgggg I rly did work with sm beautiful girls….
#miss cece I miss Steff I miss jade ahhh all of the girls from the spa looked like models I’m just 🧍🏾♀️ but I appreciated them all omg#still need to hang out with cece one of these days#she looks like a model but she’s not stuck up about it and is a girls girl like to the truest form I should text her#when I get some money my sis and cece gotta hang out for sure steff needs to be there omg I’ll rly have to dress up then they both look#like models skjssjs#I used to like riding the train back home from work with steff especially since the redline is so unpredictable and dangerous#cece mentioned that she wanted my sis and I to meet her sister… I just found Cece’s insta and her sister is so cute awww#I remember her talking about her sister and where she came from and getting emotional because of her being Syrian and how her family had to#leave there to come to America… and she rec me a movie called ‘swimmers’ or something like that#I’m trying to remember but ah man#rambling#she was so sweet! I know that she’s planning on going to med school and that she has a millionaire bf (we met him at a work party and#played ping pong with his white ass) he was rly nice even tho I got told some… things about him from another coworker… it’s a lot omg…#cece is one of the nicest ppl that you’ll ever meet in rl tho like she’s extremely friendly and funny too#like she looks very sophisticated and like a millionaires model wife is the best way that I Can describe her lol#edit: the movie is called ‘the swimmers’#I still want to watch it
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dark child by Marlon Williams will continue to make me SOB thinking about arthur and Alfred
#My little blond haired blue eyed boy#One day you’ll grow up and be distressed#One day you’ll grow up and reject everything I’ve set out for you#My only dear long wasteful son#One day you’ll wonder what you’ve become#One day all this could be yours if you only had the will to outlive your mother and I#like look me in the eyes and tell me that’s not Arthur now looking back at when every single day was a question of if the colony#if his son#Would live another day#and now he just… he can’t believe everything’s that’s happened#hws england#hws america#hetalia
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