#This hit home very hard

[spacecatdet]

Remember you are not at fault for the abuse you got. You are brave even if you don't feel like it if you have left, come forward, etc. You are brave if you are trying to escape or have to stay a little longer. You will get out you got this Support abuse victims. No separating the art from the artist, not wells or buts, show victims the support they deserve. But most importantly give them space, let them heal in peace and if they want to talk. Listen to them

[heartorbit]

make a wish! 🍃

happy 1st anniversary, in stars and time 🤍

[wingsofhcpe]

Today is the anniversary of November 17, 1973 in Greece when, during the military dictatorship of Papadopoulos (the junta, as it is known, coming in power through a US-backed coup- what a surprise, I know), a group of university students shut themselves up inside the Polytechnic School of Athens in protest to the government's cruelty (exile camps & torture bases of leftists/anti-dictatorship people in islands, indescripable suppression of free speech, military curfew, etc). In response, the government sent the army forces, accompanied by a tank, to break the protests. The tank shot into the crowd, and then drove over the gate of the school, on top of which many students had climbed. Our dead were many, and the right-wing government and its citizen supporters deny them to this day, but the truth can not be hidden. The crimes of the dictatorial rule cannot be erased. And our revolution will never be silenced.

As I see many of my US friends fearing a dictatorial era in their own country, I want to say two things to you. First, that a dictatorship does not come easy, not when the people are aware of its presence and ready to fight against it (and also when it's not sponsored by a global superpower). And second, and imo most importantly: only you, the people, can save each other. Biden won't save you. Kamala won't save you. Hell- not even Bernie or Jill Stein will save you. The people can only rely on the people- no government made up of rich, powerful people, no matter their background or identities, will ever care enough to put themselves on the line for you. If you want to be safe and combat Trump, then organise, uphold and support your local community, deny anything that may seek to divide you and stick together, no matter what the threat is. That's how my people survived our junta, that's how we won against Papadopoulos, that's how we're still fighting today even under the Mitsotakis government's second term. Nobody came to save us then, nobody's gonna save us now, and nobody will save you except each other.

The people can only rely on each other, whether in the US or in Greece or in Palestine or in China, or anywhere. That's a fact. And when we do rely on each other, we can achieve amazing things and keep each other safe. Never forget that.

Ψωμί, παιδιά, ελευθερία. Μόνο ο λαός σώζει τον λαό. We will get through these hard times if we only support each other.

[trashworldblog]

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[valdrinorm]

does anyone else. idk exactly how to put this. feel weird? about evan kelmp? it feels very strange and almost demeaning to hear the cast chuckle in pity at descriptions of evan's life and memories that are similar or the same as things i have experienced. and it's not that i don't think they understand the very serious and sad nature of evan's backstory? but idk. some of these little moments. these sad little oh evan is so pathetic and miserable moments. they make me flinch a little bit

[fluffyapathybunny]

*sobbing in the corner*

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

tell me why i wrote 4k words of fantasy au the other night but overall Absolutely Nothing Happened in it

[the-acid-pear]

What i enjoy about Talk To Me is how avoidable everything was, but not in the typical horror movie "oh dont touch the cursed artifact silly!" but in the more realistic sense. If these people could actually communicate with one another then everything would've been avoided. But just like Max couldnt save his wife everyone else was just a little too late.

AND to add to this; if you're of the ones to believe that Jade pushed Mia then this is even more reinforced. Mia was gonna stop, she could've been saved, if Jade simply stopped for a second and talked to her this would've been avoided, but it wasn't.

[canon-toaster]

LoTM chapter 946 spoilers :) (the drawing is below)

So uh I arrived at the fun rainbows and ponies chapters,,, I definitely did not have a mental breakdance on my couch

I have a little rant about the whole ordeal of me reading these chapters in the tags so bonne appétit

Also I have really no idea if i should hide the art behind a scroller if i did tag the spoiler but yk what I could never be too careful, I've seen people still reading on here so better be more cautious than not

[thiswaycomessomethingwicked]

Authors making literary choices about their characters that add an edge that could be hard for the audience to sit with is, in fact, a good thing

[self-shipper-snowdrop]

Asthma in media: *gentle cough cough* oh no 🥺 I'm having an asthma attack 🥺 🥺 *cough cough* 🥺 🥺 🥺 🥺 it's very hard 🥺 🥺 🥺

Asthma in real life: *on the floor, chest hurting from coughing, coughs sound like you have the black plague, wheezing after fits are over, still sticks out hand with thumbs up once it fades* "...I'm fine I swear"

[ladyinthebluebox]

why nobody warned me that my funky aging dragons game will make me think a lot about being inadequate in the eyes of my mother, huh?

[wiltedprayers]

re gen kill — excellent so far. episode 3 made me so sick like I honestly think it's much more raw & unfiltered than bob/maybe even the pacific.... shows that make you want to throttle the tv screen

[thresholdbb]

Call me a sucker, but I really like the latest Paramount+ Home of Star Trek commercial

THAT SAID - the Prodigy erasure stings. To me it definitely feels like Paramount is implicitly saying it’s not a part of Star Trek anymore since it’s not on the platform

But if Threshold taught us anything, it’s that you can’t remove something from canon just because you decided you didn’t like it anymore. Prodigy is Star Trek, and it will continue being Star Trek even with a new home

[tempestclerics]

[ID: A tier list of mostly sci-fi and fantasy book covers including the following:

S+ (I think everyone should read this) tier: The Archive Undying, Beowulf: A New Translation, Shield Maiden, Piranesi

S+ (I don't necessarily think everyone should read this, but reading it did genuinely change the course of my year for the better) tier: The Way of Kings, The Electricity of Every Living Thing, Stay True

S tier: System Collapse, Rhythm of War, Oathbringer, This Is How You Lose The Time War, The Alloy of Law, Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times, Tress of the Emerald Sea, Dawnshard, The Emperor's Soul

A tier: The Citadel of Weeping Pearls, Words of Radiance, The Raven Tower, Squire, How Far the Light Reaches, Yumi and the Nightmare Painter, A Prayer for the Crown-Shy, The Water Outlaws, The Tea Master and the Detective

B tier: The Anthropocene Reviewed, The Sunlit Man, Arcanum Unbounded, Edgedancer, The Navigating Fox, The Lost Metal

C tier: The Final Empire, The Well of Ascension, The Hero of Ages, The Bands of Mourning, Shadows of Self, Fireheart Tiger

I didn't DNF it: The Vanisher's Palace, Elantris, Mistborn: Secret History, One Woman Show, Warbreaker, White Sand. End ID]

I read a lot this year: 45 books, 67 if you count rereads. This included the entirety of the Cosmere (Brandon Sanderson) and rereads of the entirety of Emelan, Protector of the Small, and Murderbot (all of which would be are S+ tier). This is in no small part due to 1) reading books along with/recommended by friends and 2) using Storygraph and spreadsheets to track things! Including doing @strangetorpedos's dnd reading challenge! I'm doing the cleric one this next year!

Some big themes: Way more novellas and short stories than I usually read! Beowulf and retellings! Knighthood and armor and feminine kingship! Sentient constructs and mindships! Memoirs! Asian-inspired speculative fiction! Architecture and consciousness!

I just. Missed doing this regularly, and am very glad to be back reading a lot again. Also I'm building my TBR for next year so if anyone has recs based on what they read or wants to do something similar please I'd love to see!