#Rapha rambles

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Feng Lanxi's dedication to single-handedly destroy Huang Chao's entire army just because they dared bloody up Feng Xiyun's armor is like, GOALS. Know what I mean? Get you a man that's so entirely dedicated to you he'll conquer the world just to give it to you kneeling down at your feet.

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we better get pictures of licha and mason sitting next to each other on the plane or i’ll riot

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It's UNHINGED that Belle tests the acid by just pouring quite a lot of it on her own leg. Girl you did not have to do that!

The mad scientist vibes on this absolute weirdo, for real:

She just hangs out in her bedroom in a plague doctor mask for no reason other than maybe the aesthetic, since she's up to date on the latest medical developments and that's definitely not it

She deals with unwanted social situations by just dropping disgusting medical facts that will alienate people

She blackmails a criminal into training her as a surgeon

She's touched to the point where she looks like she might tear up when she gets to open up a corpse

When faced with an obstructive, incompetent authority figure she'll just get him out of the way by casually chlorophorming him then lying

Doing dangerous surgery is her favorite thing in the world

Letting her make the first incision is the most romantic thing ever and will get her to kiss you over an unconscious idiot she's about to do surgery on

She just tests new dangerous medical developments on herself and, after she gets it working, on her very startled loved ones

Mostly does it in the puffiest skirts ever that seem to have come out of my childhood daydreams

She'll just lie and pull rank to get what she wants, she simply ignores rules that are inconvenient to her, but otherwise she's all haughty and expects to be called milady

She's intelligent, passionate and stubborn, she's extremely confident, arrogant actually, a bit hypocritical, but she cares deeply and she's learning

What she's learning is how to do gory 1850 surgery, how to do CRIME, the wrongs of colonialism, and that making out in a hospital supply closet is hot

I love her so, so much 😭

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Absolutely nothing to do with the thesis I'm supposed to work on right now, but, hey, FirstPrince does annoyed banter and fond insults just as well as Merthur (The OG, don't @ me) does. One more point in the "Merthur walked so FirstPrince could run" column, I am so damn pleased.

Arthur to Merlin: "you're an idiot" (affectionate)

Henry to Alex: "you're a demon" (horny)

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That's what people who say we should abandon terms demonized by the right-wing and use a different inoffensive term instead get wrong

That will just lead to an euphemism treadmill, when they immediately start working on demonizing the new words, because their problem is not the terminology itself, it's with the content. They don't want social justice

When talking to someone directly you can and should adapt your language to communicate better with them, including avoiding buzzwords that they have already been taught to be scared or dismissive of

Your best shot is with people you have a connection with, who have a reason to listen to you and respect you. You might be able to make them agree with the actual idea and see why something is cruel, or you might just convince them they're being rude and tactless

But making everyone already on your side change their language won't help with that, it might actually get in the way. And trying to do this en masse instead of one on one will not work because the other side will catch on immediately

Of course this does require actually understanding the concepts and reasonings behind your political beliefs instead of just knowing the right social justice words, and sometimes weaponizing them :)

GRADE SCHOOL SJWS stop using social justice language to explain shit to your conservative parents IT’S NOT GONNA GO THROUGH now all they have are some new words to make fun of. don’t tell your mom she’s being fatphobic tell her she’s being a dick

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i think there is a new special kind of hell for me (has to know the exact way a character's name is spelled) due to the horrors (the complications of kanji)

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Gringo is a slur discourse mood board

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Yes, Luke is wearing a black tux, but he still made an effort to be on theme by going to my garden and rolling around in the dirt, integrating that into his little dandy outfit

It gives him a slightly off white shade that breaks the boredom of an otherwise traditional look, without going so far as turning that awful shade of beige that dominated last night for some reason

I think it's a simple but effective touch added to an elegant outfit that makes it perfect for special occasions, such as the Met Gala or rolling around on my freshly washed sheets

@sydneysageivashkov @thegoldenlily

Huey is wearing a plain black tuxedo tonight but we’ll forgive him because he’s so handsome.

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Brazilian judo fighter Beatriz Souza wipes the floor with israeli fighter, and the gold medal goes to a real country 🥇

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It's so great that after their first kiss Hilda is so happy she's basically floating, smiling and laughing, she gets into a bubble bath, looks the goddess of love and joy

Meanwhile Malthus is... I'm running out of synonyms for wet and pathetic and beautiful... Having an existential crisis and filling his back with self flagellation scars

I love them 🥰

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I'm not extremely knowledgeable, but what I know about hunter-gatherer societies is that they're incredibly diverse in their social structures. Some of them are closer to what could be considered "egalitarian" but some of them are very much hierarchical. They're all very different, including societies that are geographically close in the same period of time, and they are by no means inherently egalitarian (nor necessarily "simple").

And their ways of obtaining food and other necessities also varies a lot. These days most of the peoples who are left have been pushed out of their traditional territories by colonialism, and are in areas where it's much harder to meet their needs, but that doesn't reflect how every hunter-gatherer society always lived.

I completely agree that historical context can help denaturalize capitalism in an important way! I think there are a lot of examples that could have worked, including hunter-gatherers. Even when those societies are hierarchical the basis is obviously different from capitalist society, so it could work as an example of how the material reality affects politics.

I don't mean to be overly harsh about it. It's a very common misconception, you see things like that a lot. It caught my attention because it was something I was interested in, so I read a couple of books and articles. I won't say it doesn't matter because it affects how we see lots indigenous peoples historically and contemporarily, for example, and ideas of "primitiveness" and linear evolution of history. But it's also understandable, I guess.

the political compass is so funny i cant believe people take it seriously. “place yourself on the x axis based on how much you hate minorities and on the y axis based on how much you love it when there’s a dictator”

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Getting a tramp stamp that says "To the first worm that gnawed the cold flesh of my corpse"

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What is this show/movie with the gorgeous woman and the sad faces handsome priest and can I watch it anywhere with English subtitles

It's Hilda Hurricane/Hilda Furacão!

I just finished it, it's amazing, I highly recommend it! 🥰

You can watch all 32 episodes of the mini series subtitled here:

I hope you enjoy it!

Let me know if you watch it!!!

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It's really great that Mathus isn't even a priest, he hasn't made any vows yet, he's basically just a sheltered seminarist with delusions of grandeur because he was told he's saint his whole life

He goes through his very first temptation and turns into a pathetic wet cat, it's amazing, I love him

Vote Malthus!