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[dentarthurdent]

remember yellow from the game pokemon yellow

[enterprise-bee]

still thinking about how q and data struck up a friendship over both being outsiders to humanity looking in. something about data being the one who knew more about being human in that pair. something about q repeatedly telling data he wasn’t missing much when it came to emotions. something about data being consistently kind to q despite everything and q, despite everything, being kinder to data than he was to people around him. something very much about q giving data the gift of feeling laughter and glee as thanks before leaving.

anyway I think they stay in contact. data would 100% do space email back and forth with q and not tell anyone (see: that time he broke the prime directive because he’d befriended an alien child without telling anyone). q periodically like, sends data a rant and data replies with a picture of a cat. q asks why data is sending him a picture of a useless little creature and data says that he’d heard humans used them to cheer up. q says it’s pathetic that humans require even more pathetic creatures to be happy. data asks q if that’s why q keeps bothering the captain. q sends data a picture of a bizarre cat poster instead of answering. etc.

like I just think that them befriending each other was really sweet and want that to continue forward please tell me it turns up again,

[peculiardollart]

Patience of a Saint genuinely how does he put up with them

[melancholic-pigeon]

You guys may have noticed antisemitism is back on my blog as of the election.

This is because I want to put out some rent lowering gunshots, and I want to make sure that no Jew who stumbles across me in the next few days has to be scared that I'll turn on you and become a pogrom apologist or a nazi.

I'm not a Good PersonTM. I'm not actually convinced there's any such thing as a Purely Good PersonTM, and I think it's a cognitive trap; the second someone decides "I'm a good person", that makes it a MILLION times easier for them to then go "I'm a Good PersonTM, so this terrible thing I'm doing must be justified in some way, because the only reason a Good PersonTM would do this is if they had a Very Good Reason!"

So instead, I try to keep a consistent list of things I find morally unacceptable, full stop.

Threats of any kind.

Suicide bait.

Attacks based on immutable, inborn human characteristics

Unprovoked, disproportionate violence (that is to say, if someone shoves my friend, I'm gonna shove them back to get them away from my friend; I'm not going to shove someone for calling me a slur on public transit)

Human rights atrocities of any kind

Collective punishment of any kind

This is, of course, not a complete list. I just find it really appalling and sickening (though not surprising, not since October 7th; the fucking bodies weren't even cold yet when tumblr turned into a nazi rally) that so many people think this....but they put a big fat "EXCEPT FOR JEWS, THEN IT'S OKAY" sticker on top that then renders their supposed beliefs totally irrelevant.

Either you think human rights atrocities are bad or you don't. There is no context here that makes it better. There is no "but". There is no "what about". There is only cruelty and opposition to cruelty.

And I know what side I try to make sure my actions reflect.

[utility-cavities]

Appearing from the darkness to post something I've been hopelessly grinding yearly every October

[utilitymonstergirl]

Momcon cucking where your mom interrupts her scene with you to extensively rail a friend she hasn’t seen in ages

[overlysarcasticpolls]

Another for the Wrong Blog count... not that I know what it's at anymore, lol.

[cult-of-the-mind]

i know i'm late to the party but have we considered everyone in the bau is in a QPR with each other

[thisisallthehattersfault]

Today I am thinking about the Yin Hu Fu and The Ghost General and Wei Wuxian desperate self-reliance in trying to be both leader and protector and Wen Ning’s wasted potential.

A tally (Fu 符) was a two-piece seal used as proof of authority. It was kind of like an ID. On the more casual, day-to-day usage, you might get people given inexpensive little tallies made of wood or iron as like a security pass, proving they had the right to be in a certain area, such as the imperial gardens; these little pieces would all match up to the other part of the seal, which was held by whoever was in charge of making sure that everyone in a certain place was actually allowed to be there.

A Tiger Tally was different. Tiger Tallies moved armies. They were proof of rank among military officers. One half was held by the king, the other held by the general, and only when the two halves were joined could the army be raised and commanded. These things were rare; only three are known to still exist.

Wei Wuxian should not need to carry both halves of the seal. There should be someone else, there should be someone he can trust to carry the other half. Either a sect leader who can guide him or a subordinate he can rely on -- someone else, anyone else, should be able to hold the other half of the Yin Hu Fu.

But there’s no one. No one he trusts enough, no one who is strong enough. Even if Jiang Cheng or Lan Wangji had stood beside him during the war to the point that he might have been willing to hand part of the seal over, the resentful energy would have killed them, or at the very least done some real damage. They both have powerful Golden Cores; cultivating with resentful energy would be. Bad. And that’s assuming either of them would be willing to touch it in the first place.

But then, there is somebody. Somebody who would be perfect for this.

There’s Wen Ning. Wen Ning, who Wei Wuxian can trust. Wen Ning, who isn’t just strong enough to withstand the resentful energy, but would honestly be made stronger for it. Wen Ning is a dead thing, powered by resentment. Wen Ning is a capable fighter and, as we know, already has some experience leading -- there are disciples who follow his orders, there are Wen who are loyal to him, even if the books never elaborate or explore that at all we are told that he has people who will do what he says up to and including straight-up treason.

Wen Ning is called The Ghost General, but we never see him really do any General type stuff, and that makes me mad! He would be perfect for it! (Okay I mean I know I get it the whole point is that Wei Wuxian wasn’t hungry for power and authority and therefore did not ever consider leading people in that way and therefore would not have thought of appointing a General to make leading people like that easier and none of that is touching on his compulsion to do everything all the time for everyone because if he isn’t being useful then his life has no meaning okay I get it I understand but come on!!!)

I want more fics with actual Ghost General Wen Ning! I want more fics that talk about the disciples that follow Wen Ning! Doesn’t he also canonically have the ability to command resentful creatures that are weaker than him? (I honestly don’t remember on that point I might be making that up but still.)

Actual Ghost General Wen Ning holding one half of the Yin Hu Fu. Actual Ghost General Wen Ning!! Commanding armies not with an iron fist but with a gentle hand, soft-spoken and unassuming and merciful right up until the moment he isn’t anymore. Actual Ghost General Wen Ning who joins his half of the tally with Wei Wuxian’s half of the tally and proceeds to inflict an extremely thorough and comprehensive befuckening on everyone who has ever laid a hand on one of his people.

Actual Ghost General Wen Ning

He deserves it!!! He deserves it.

[dragongirlteeth]

If you saw that no you didn't

[noxcorvid]

okay I got two castlevania nocturnal criticisms 1) drolta wasn’t given as much depth as she could’ve had… like her backstory of being a priestess of sekhmet in life, presumably how she got the blood for What’s Her Name… like she ended up not having much of a character beyond being sexy and dangerous and White Vampire Jesus’ right hand. I wish she’ll get some post-mortem expansion in season 2, but considering she is Super Dead, I doubt it. Missed opportunity for commentary about PoC helping their oppressors, continuing with the themes of colonialism 2) why do so many main characters have British accents. Drolta. Richter. Maria. We’re in France why so other characters have French/German accents but main characters get assigned British

[oatmealcrisp-freak]

reminding myself that chronic illness, mental and/or physical, takes a sap on emotional stamina too and that i'm not a bad person if i'm too sick to 'care'

[cherryxblossxms]

I'm having way too many thoughts about this now and a priest!AU...

[declanscunt]

this summer im doing a new thing called mixing club soda with all of my juice and it is soooooo delicious

[aidenwaites]

Sleepy sleepy sleepy

[text-colorer]

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