#acab god bless

[nerdetiquette]

kissing you on the mouth, thank you for putting this into words. I could never really justify why I disliked Basira, but it’s literally because she never stops being a cop and policing Jon. Poor man just acts like it’s all for his own good too.

She really tried to pretend like she saw Jon as human, especially s3 when Daisy was on her whole Jon’s a monster shtick, but by s4 they’ve switched places. Basira is the one who treats Jon like a monster while Daisy treats him like a person.

Idk if this is a hot take or anything but I don’t think it’s a stretch to say that Jon didn’t have any friends (besides Martin) basically the entire series.

Sasha was nice enough but she was strictly professional. Tim was reasonable in the beginning and I like to believe they were friends but honestly he’s pretty wary of Jon s1. Melanie hated Jon the whole way through. Georgie was there for a bit before things got too messy, but the way she treats him s5 is like a time bomb. Basira treated Jon like a stove with a broken gas release, and Daisy, my god Daisy. I could go on and on about their relationship but it was really clear after the trauma she inflicted on Jon he could never truly trust her.

They all feed into the theme of Jon’s inhumanity, but I remember listening and being confused because I always saw ppl treating this like a found family when they never were.

[bpd-baddie-bracket]

no cops at BPD cracked #iansweep

[cowboyhorsegirl]

Thoughts on Victor Henriksen?

ACAB

[taviokapudding]

I am ot7

I promise

I swear

I stream the whole squad, okay? Bangtan Sonyeondan 7orever

But Yoongi’s voice scratches that part of my brain in a way very few male artists can & I-

*bangs fists on desk*

I have missed the original lil meow meow spitting bars in his smirk filled Agust D tone - it always makes my brain go ✨✨✨✨

[actualmermaid]

I did this for my ~spicy Christian memepage~ a while back, but I figure Tumblr will also like it

Wikipedia on Sts. Sergius and Bacchus

Blog post from a minister and art historian focusing on their queerness

My commentary (originally posted on Instagram with the meme): "The military saints are not usually very interesting to me, because ACAB, but I find Sts. Sergius and Bacchus super compelling for a couple of reasons. One, they were husbands. Two, it's one of the great "scandals" of Christianity that even the ROMAN OPPRESSORS can have a share in the Kingdom... but the price can be a lot higher than most of us are willing to pay. Even though we don't know their personal conversion stories, Sergius and Bacchus renounced their positions of power and privilege and allowed themselves to be publicly humiliated and tortured to death--just like Jesus, the poor Jewish peasant they revered instead of the beautiful and supposedly powerful gods of their boss, the Emperor. For this, their hagiography states that they were reunited with one another in heaven. Finally, I think their story can serve as both an invitation and a warning to modern-day gay men in societies where gay rights are recognized. Earthly power will not protect you from the savagery of Empire. Respectability (read: being cisgender, conventionally masculine, or otherwise "acceptable" to the mainstream) will also not save you. Not even the blessing of the Church will be enough to shield you from the corrosive hypermasculinity celebrated by fascists. Sergius and Bacchus were dressed in women's clothing and subjected to public ridicule before their martyrdom. Privileged gay men, like them, must be willing to "pull aggro" away from the more vulnerable members of our community, especially poor queer and trans people. Sergius and Bacchus shared in the Passion of Christ, and for this, they have risen beyond all earthly oppression.

.

Sts. Sergius and Bacchus, patrons of gay men, queer couples, and repentant imperialists, pray for us."

[wolfsbanesparks]

Hey, I just thought of, like, the singlest best Billy Batson hc I'll ever have so, here I go...

So, bc Billy grew up as poor, he would know what it's like to not know when your next meal would be, and even if odd jobs can get you some money to pay for one, it only goes so far. And also bc I love lil' Billy Batson with a longer-than-himself criminal record (of stealing from big corporation only) and a acab personality trait (I don't know how much I've seen Billy-steals-a-cop-car hc, but I dig it), mixed with a touch of feral Billy in it... *chef kiss*

So, all that, plus the hc that Persephone is like "(⁠●⁠♡⁠∀⁠♡⁠) a baby~!" at billy (I don't know where I've seen it before), and the fact that he would really feel like an hypocrite arresting some kid for stealing some basic necessities, like food or clothes, for themself when he probably did the same thing (probably to the same store) some time ago....

And so, came the idea to just grow it all himself,, like vegetables and fruits, and bc of magic (and HE'S magic, like the magic-est magic man around) he can grow more, faster, and also he's tight with Persephone (so she helps, like blessing him...?), and a hero, so who's really gonna stop him, right?

Like, I'd really like itty bitty billy, just breaking the economy(?)/capitalism(?) around food and basic necessities, bc let's be real, we all know that with the Wisdom of Salomon, he could probably pull off sewing some kids' clothes.

I'd just really love it if he, homeless, orphan, street rat Billy "I'm not 6 I'm 10" Batson, Champion of Magic, became the Protector of All Children (or something similar).

And also, if he had like some sort of ongoing truce with Poison Ivy, where when she is within Fawcett City, in Captain Marvel's domain, she isn't in Batman's reach anymore, as long as she Promise to help him grow his "little vegetable garden" (who's now like, decently Big).

'Cause I'm sure that billy "I lie to the JL for kicks but also bc I'm a kid with an adult body a word away" batson would be able to, not only weasel a Pact out of her (that would basically be sayin' "You are now my Slave" in small print, that would have her be in a do-or-die type of situation, with the 'do' part being "help me grow my plants", and the 'die' part being "you'll die horribly, and probably lose your soul too"), and also get a gigantic amount of respect, bc, like I said, he's tight with Persephone... the LITERAL Goddess of Spring, Grain, Nature and Destruction, and also the Queen of the Underworld, and Ivy grows plant so....

I'd just really like something like that in a fic, but I can't write, nor keep to a schedule (or even get it from start to finish with something on the middle) so... I just want this Billy Batson hc to be out there

Thx for listening (reading?) 😁👍

I love the idea of Billy getting fed up with capitalism and providing for both himself and his community. And I also love the headcanon that various gods and goddesses adore Billy (including Persephone of course). Mixing those ideas together is awesome! I can just imagine him having a few secret vegetable gardens throughout the city that various homeless people and people who are low income/don't have food security could drop by and take what they need.

I think that if for whatever reason Poison Ivy found herself in Fawcett City, he wouldn't even need to trick her into some contract, she would just see his garden and be like "wow what kind of fertilizer are you using to get your tomatoes so big?" And then she would give him tips on how to grow different things even when he wasn’t getting divine help. She would also teach him about native and invasive species of plants so didn’t plant the wrong ones. Setting up secret gurellia gardens to turn the concrete landscape of a city's abandoned buildings into lush thriving environments is her jam.

This is an excellent headcanon!

[lazy-dog24601]

Joker 2 was too long, and the musical segments were redundant and annoying. Obviously Arthur isn't the Joker, Joker is just a performance- The animated short at the start of the movie said all of this! And the rest of the movie fails to expand on it.

The Arkham Guards are comically evil and the worst part of the movie, they're so boring and one-note. They beat the shit out of people, they're all fat and white, they're rude, they fucking rape the Joker out of Arthur, and they kill a guy. Like, it's hard to get invested in Arthur's therapist failing to diagnose him or the Courtroom/Harley stuff when you have Officer Lard hamming it up like some kind of super villain.

But I guess that's just true to life or whatnot, right? I don't care, it was boring. Actual dialogue and analysis would have been better than "ACAB ALL PIGS GO TO HELL HONKYS ARE THE DEVIL'S SPAWN" and before you fucking say it yes ACAB yes all pigs go to hell and yes honky devils are a scourge on this Earth but it has nothing to do with Arthur or the Joker besides them all being white and the rape scene. Like sure you could draw a parallel between Joker killing all those people and the guards harassing their prisoners as a form of white male rage but those musical segments don't really play into it. What's the point.

I like parts of the movie- the courtroom stuff, the harley stuff, the first like, two musical scenes that establish Arthur's fantasies (again), the Joker goons trying to "save" Arthur, but the movie is just too long and burdened with redundancies and worthless scenes and characters. The movie is pure capeshit. It’s no better than The Flash.

Seriously, Joker getting raped by the guards is quite possibly the worst fucking way to show that Joker is purely preformative. Like good job pigs, you were able to accomplish what the therapist/lawyer failed to do- make Arthur regret being the Joker. God Bless Todd Phillips for using the "getting raped in prison" trope. Zack Snyder must be jealous.

[bigfuckingcrab]

God I fuckin love the sonic the hedgehod what a damn franchise I love the movies (even tho tom is a cop like ACAB for real) I love the OVA I love the games (except the special levels in sonic 2 fuck that shit fr fr stuck on level 5 of the special zones) im honestly crying I love Sonic I love Sonic X I love Sonic Boom I love sonic IDW I love Sonic Archie (despite its many many flaws) I love thos fuckin franchise I love you Sonic thank you Sonic *salutes Sonic instead of any aspect of the US military* I oove you Sonic I love you Tails I love you Knuvkles I love you Amey And Rouguhsha bat and Sonic god bless this stupid franchise

[wcrriorsmvlan]

i'll tell you all the things you should know so, baby, take my hand, save your soul we can make it last, take it slow, hmm and i can tell that you know i know how i want it, yuh but you different from the rest and boy, if you confess, you might get blessed see if you deserve what comes next i'm tellin' you the way i like it, how i want it and i can be all the things you told me not to be when you try to come for me, i keep on flourishing and he see the universe when i'm in company it's all in me you, you love it how i move you you love it how i touch you my one, when all is said and done you'll believe god is a woman and i, i feel it after midnight a feelin' that you can't fight my one, it lingers when we're done you'll believe god is a woman

MINHA CENTRAL DE CHARS

001.   |   𝐌𝐄𝐄𝐓 𝐌𝐔𝐋𝐀𝐍﹆   basic info

nome completo: fa mulan

conhecida como: a guerreira da china

local de nascimento: china

apelido: -

pronome: ela/dela

idade: 31 anos

signo: escorpião

alinhamento moral: neutro

mbti: istp (virtuoso)

profissão: dona de casa de chá e dojô

lealdade: mocinhos

sexualidade: heterossexual

traços positivos: corajosa, inteligente, leal, determinada

traços negativos: insegura, impulsiva, impaciente, perfeccionista.

conto: mulan

inspiração: mulan (disney) + vem aqui

face claim: ju jingyi

002.   |   𝐌𝐄𝐄𝐓 𝐌𝐔𝐋𝐀𝐍﹆   about her

mulan foi treinada para ser a esposa ideal, mas ela nunca foi muito boa em tarefas domésticas, muitas vezes sendo atrapalhada e causando alguma confusão, mas ela sempre foi próxima de seu pai, o ajudando e cuidando de suas necessidades médicas, ela gostava de gastar suas energias cuidando de seu pai mais do que se esforçar para conseguir um marido, mas muitas vezes isso gerava briga com sua mãe e sua avó.

quando seu pai foi convocado para o exército, sabendo que ele não teria condições de lutar, mulan não hesitou em tomar o lugar do pai, assumindo o nome de li, ela seguiu para a batalha, onde rapidamente tornou-se exímia no manejo da espada, até que foi descoberta e deixada para morrer, o que partiu seu coração.

infiltrar-se no exército como um homem com certeza foi algo arriscado para mulan, mas ela treinava avidamente, mais do que qualquer um lá. cicatrizes se fazem presente por todo seu corpo por conta dos constantes treinos e ela também quebrou alguns ossos no meio do caminho.

nas montanhas da china, mulan acabou sendo resgatada e treinada por um caçador de dragões, tornando-se mais letal do que era, e logo ela voltou para a civilização, onde localizou seus irmãos de armas e os ajudou a derrotar os hunos. com isso, o imperador a reconheceu como a primeira mulher a lutar pela china. 

em tão tão distante, mulan abriu uma casa de chá e um dojo onde além de ensinar artes marciais, ela usa como base de operações para planejar sua vingança e descobrir quem destruiu sua aldeia, além de claro, procurar por seus pais, afinal, família é tudo.

no entanto, ao voltar para seu vilarejo natal, ela o viu destruído e em ruínas, não sabia o que tinha acontecido ali, a dor de ver o lar onde foi criada, foi quase que abismal e ela não sabia como iria prosseguir, sentiu-de devastada. com a ajuda de seus colegas de exército começou a procurar por seus pais, ela não achava pistas em nenhum lugar, mas quando um de seus colegas lhe informou que havia pistas em um lugar chamado tão tão distante e que seus pais poderiam estar lá, mulan não hesitou em partir para o novo local.

003.   |   𝐌𝐄𝐄𝐓 𝐌𝐔𝐋𝐀𝐍﹆   extra info

ainda vou por algo aqui juro

004.   |   𝐌𝐄𝐄𝐓 𝐌𝐔𝐋𝐀𝐍﹆   the disclaimers

ainda vou por algo aqui juro +2

[bumblecrisp]

OHHHH MY GOD. oh my god. i have been waiting for this day.

I LOVE JOSEPH JOESTAR. he is my husband. we have been married for 47 years (about two months).

ok let’s start with the obvious. he is so fucking stupid. i like that in a man. he is so goddamn dumb he is an IDIOT💕💗💖💞💓💘!!!!!!!!!!! he has literally zero self awareness and that is deeply attractive to me 😁

not a thought behind those eyes. god bless

he’s really smart. now this might seem contradictory to point 1, but that’s exactly why i like him so much. he is a strategic genius, which combined with his ridiculous good luck makes him very successful in his endeavours. he is very intellectually smart but otherwise dumb - exactly my type lol

he is niceys‼️ bro is a rich white guy in the 1930s whose best friend is a black man (smokey brown, my beloved). they met when smokey pickpocketed him and joseph rescued him from the police and was like i like your vibes let’s hang out. he straight up attacked a guy in a public restaurant for being a racist ass hoe!! but he also extends a courtesy and respect to his enemies, like wamuu. he has a strong sense of justice and genuinely wants the best for everyone. he’s just a good guy ok.

acab. again he was way ahead of his time with this one

he’s so lame he’s just the worst 😩💕 like he’s sooo lame he can’t flirt for shit and i think that’s wonderful. he wants to be caesar sooooo bad

he’s cuuuuute he’s a cutie patootie! i personally am a pt 2 truther, i’m not really a gilf person, but he definitely has a tragic lifelong case of chronic babygirlism. he just has such a pokeable face, yk? he looks like he’d be fun to Annoy

also he’s 6’5”/195cm if that matters to you

and mega rich

i, personally, with respect, do not think i could ever date a 100% cisgender heterosexual man. while he does definitely look like a macho dude you CANNOT tell me there wasn’t something going on with him and caesar. he’s some flavour of queer i GUARANTEE IT. (personally i think he’s bi 😁)

this one doesn’t really do anything for me personally but i feel it would do him a disservice not to mention it. his stand creates vines which he can manipulate. do with that knowledge what you will

he has no fashion sense. look at this clown ass bitch. i NEED to m-[gets dragged offstage]

(i realize that this isn’t usually attractive to people. im just a little fucked in the head its fine 👍)

he is a douchebag. he’s loud and rude and boisterous and obnoxious and a little bit of a perv. but i like that about him. objectifying women is bad except☝️when it’s my pookie bear

he makes a fine ass woman and i’m tired of pretending he doesn’t. josie joestar can get it

like come on. she’s a smash for sure. (i should mention that, in canon, the whole ‘tequila joseph’ bit is clearly intended as a joke with transmisogyny as the punchline. that is, for obvious reasons, bad. however, i would argue that it is in this case a reflection on the author rather than joseph himself. in fact, given the strict gender-enforcing laws of the time, the fact that this was joseph’s first idea speaks to an surprising [for the time, in mainstream society] level of openness to exploring/playing with gender. or maybe im losing it idk)

crop tops.

i love him so much he’s the dumbest man alive and he deserves the entire world ☺️

Why do people find Joseph Joestar attractive? I always thought he was a douchebag, but that might just be me. I would like to hear the JoJo's fandom's perspective on the character because you guys seem to love him

Defend Your Blurbo #51

Please remember this post is about curiosity and genuine fandom discourse. Be kind with your answers because this is not a debate essay, this is a discussion between fans

Meet Joseph Joestar, the main protagonist of part 2 of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure and a side character of part 3 as Grandpa Joseph.

Have fun with this one. I have a feeling this will devolve into which version of Joseph is more attractive. So JoJo's fandom defend your blorbo

[meowtalhead]

Fuck I'm so frustrated. There's a guy I met in February at a concert who I instantly got along with, and got the sense we would be best friends almost immediately, he loves metal, he loves cats, he's really funny, he makes these great comedy videos with his friends on youtube, he's a pro wrestler, he said he'd fly all the way to Italy just to watch me get some ghost merch papally blessed at the vatican because it would be funny. But recently he's been sending these like, dark, edgy memes. Family guy clips and shit. At first I thought well whatever, probably just a symptom of him being a cis straight dude in his 20s, he hasn't sent me anything too bad and he seems like he'd be receptive if I talked to him about it. And he's just so nice to talk to. Then recently I sent him a picture of my cat and he said "aww so cute" and I said "very cute" and he said "she gets it from her owner" and that kind of recontextualized this conversation we had a while ago, where he asked if I was lgbt and I said "it's complicated, I'm ace but het so I kind of let the truth be in the eye of the beholder unless someone's like, trying to use my experience to exclude other het aces" and he seemed a bit disappointed for a second and said something about "I'm kind of clingy and like to be a certain kind of close in a relationship but if I really liked someone I'd still definitely try and see how it goes" and I mean, I like him too, he's EXACTLY my type, could not possibly be more my type if he tried, but he lives far away and I don't know if I have the time and energy for a relationship and I've never been on the receiving end of a crush before so my brain can't handle it and even if I DID return his feelings I'm afraid to enter into a relationship that might be doomed from the beginning from a fundamental incompatibility and lose out on what I'd be more than happy with as a lifelong friendship. But recently he's said some things that seem... off. He said his brother was listening to heavy metal one day and the neighbors called the cops because they thought the screaming they were hearing was domestic abuse. And I said oh wow I hope someone let them know everything was ok, and he said something like lol who cares my brother thought it was funny. And I get it, acab, I understand not being particularly sympathetic to someone who sent the police over to you, but they were genuinely worried someone was hurt or in danger, it feels wrong to make light of the situation and laugh at it even if no one was actually harmed, right? And then today he sent me a clip of a psa about school shootings from a meme page with a 😭 emoji editied over it. Like jesus christ. Is that supposed to be funny? That's fucking dark. Even if what you're laughing at is the editing or the over-acting or how aggressive the ad is that's still not at all something to joke about. How am I supposed to even respond? I really want to be friends with this guy but what the absolute hell. It feels like it was all too good to be true, I always felt a sense it was too good to be true, I think I've been ignoring it a while. I don't want another thing to go wrong and I really don't want the memory of my first powerwolf concert tainted by this dude turning out to be fucked up. God. Idk what I'm even supposed to do here. I've got too much other shit going on in my life to deal with this right now

[lasombr4]

Roman Vogt

Lasombra//Camarilla//Scene Queen

Working as assignment under the FIRSTLIGHT project to combat ‘domestic terrorism’, Roman had no idea what hit him when his mark decided to drain him dry. Nor did his mark expect him to bite back. 

Lucky that among the Lasombra such audacity compelled interest instead of offense.

[slugtranslation-hypmic]

Finishing the readthrough of the last of the drama tracks, ft. a translation courtesy of shinseimcd on Twitter. Thoughts upon initial read below a cut:

I love the energy Man A's bringing to the block party. He's here to have a good time, follow the rules, and tell cops to fuck off on sight. He's not even causing trouble; he's just a walking ACAB billboard. God bless. We should all aspire to be like him.

I love that Riou is defending Dice's atrocious eating habits.

"Gentaro said he’s got other business to attend to so he’ll come right before the show starts." I have a terrible feeling that Gentarou is up to no good. (Jk, he's probably doing some hooey with the manuscript he memorized.)

I'm charmed that Doppo and Juushi think Sasara is funny. Normie-ass senses of humor.

"I never would’ve thought that there’d be a factory in an abandoned subway." This sentence took me the fuck out. I wasn't ready. Never change, Hypmic, for your bizarre-ass circumstances.

"So, I hired a skilled hacker to track down the one who tampered with the registration records and got their IP address." ...Did he hire Saburou, by any chance?

"Kotosarai just released all the criminals that were held in the Special Prison." #prisonreform

"I’m heading to Chuoku now. I’ll definitely be back before the start of the festival." I love that the festival is still high on Riou's list of priorities. True Hypmic right here... "Oh fuck, there's life-changing plot going down... but I still need to rap, since it's the gimmick of the franchise!"

"Jyuto: Finally awake, huh?"

(Big thank you to my lovely friend Ashe who had no idea what this was being used for but willingly drew it anyway.)

"Zannen: Long time no see, everyone." Oh my god, they're back. I guess it's cheapest to keep reusing their VAs instead of getting new enemies of the day every time.

"Rosho: I’m done. I’m gonna do this." Roshou's inner punk is showing. Good for him! Good for him! Fuck 'em up!

"Guess I’ll join in the fight with my mic stand too!" As ridiculous as it sounds, I think Sasara's mic stand is probably one of the best to use as a weapon. It'd hurt like hell to get bopped with it. This is also very on-brand for Sasara...eagerly joining in the violence if someone he cares about is threatened.

"0123" is literally the least secure password in the world. What in the actual fuck? It couldn't have been, say, Rei's wife's name or something? Her birthday, at the very least?

"I’ll be waiting where a choice was given.” Ohhh they show this in the manga. It's something about joining Rei (to find out what happened to the Yamadas' mom...?) which Ichirou vehemently rejects. The location is always whited out, though.

"Samatoki: You’re [Riou] one crazy son of a bitch!" Couldn't agree more. It's his charm point.

"Rosho: Sasara, you got my back?! Sasara: Yeah! ‘Course I do!" Quit flirting in public.

"These are rubber bullets. They don’t have lethal power. They just lost consciousness. " If a rubber bullet hits you hard enough to knock you unconsciousness, you're probably not going to make it, but I guess this is well within the scope of usual fictional silliness.

Dice moments...

"Samatoki: Even if you and I clash at the end of our ideals, I won’t hold back. Be prepared for that. Nemu: Okay. Samatoki: See you. Don’t catch a cold. Nemu: Thank you, onii-chan." OOF... SAMATOKI AND NEMU MOMENTS......

"Ansho: Busujima! Kubiki! Rio: Commander! You’ve regained your sanity! Ansho: No, I don’t know if I’m sane. My consciousness gets clouded multiple times a day." Can confirm, this is how insanity works. Psychosis resigned!

"Kubiki: Busujima. Let’s take Commander and return to our base. Rio: I’d love to, but… Kubiki: What’s wrong? Rio: There is somewhere I need to go. Please take care of the Commander." The fact that this somewhere is a rap performance is so, so funny to me.

I saw some people talking about the Ramuda and Jakurai scene on Twitter. It doesn't do much for me, personally, but I am very amused because this whole scenario is a hugely popular trope in shoujo romance comics right now. Physically weaker (usually the girl in an M/F pair) character tries to stand up to the villain even though they don't have the strength to be effective just so their strong, handsome, can-do-no-wrong partner (usually the guy) can swoop in and do the ass-kicking for them.

"Relying on weapons is the mark of the weak." This is a jab at Sasara and his mic stand, no doubt.

"From my perspective, everyone else is abnormal." Damn... We really do live in a society.

I don't know how I feel about Hifumi attempting to understand Honobono's perspective. I am...very torn. And this scene is very anime.

"Do you remember when I used to make you miso-stewed mackerel?" OH... HIS FAVORITE FOOD...

The Rei/Ichirou showdown is very NGE.

Hell yes, Roshou and Sasara becoming a duo again on their own terms. You love to see it.

"Ichiro: And mom was killed in the midst of that, right!? Rei: I wanted to crush them right away…But as a fugitive, I couldn’t make any overt moves." I love how he doesn't answer.

"So, if three individuals, who share such a resilient connection in their spirits, were to truly understand each other…  Ichiro:  Don’t tell me, the true purpose of the Division Rap Battle is… Rei:  After experiencing the 2nd Division Rap Battle, I became certain. The six teams that made it to the championship tournament have strong enough bonds to master the True Hypnosis Mic." HAHAHAHAHA. HELP. God bless. I love contrived shit. Well, this explains how Jakurai'll wake up Yotsutsuji, I guess.

As a side note, I'm curious as to if Roshou and Sasara "truly understand" Rei well enough for the three of them to Pacific Rim pilot a True Hypmic.

Get in the True Hypmic, Shinjichirou.

"Rei: I’ll shut down the True Hypnosis Mic factory. So, no more complaints, right?" I do not trust this man to follow through on this for an instant.

"Sasara: And that’s when I woke up." If this was an ARB event, that's how this drama track would end.

"Sasara: It’s him we’re talking about, he’s probably somewhere out there watching us, right?" Man is getting his ass kicked by his eldest son....... I love how they're talking about Rei like he's dead and watching over them from heaven and not just getting fucking bodied in an abandoned lab somewhere.

"Ichijiku: Now, we need to think about how to recover our approval ratings." Ma'am, I think you have bigger issues to take care of first.

"Otome: I will be stepping down from politics." Good! First rational action of hers in this story.

What a goofy hell of a ride this was. I love Hypmic.

Hi Slug! If you've listened to the full songs in the new EP, have your opinions of the trailers changed? Also, the new dramas are HEAVY, so if you've listened to them, I'm curious to know what you thought of them. As always, thanks for the translations!

I like listening to Hypmic music on shuffle during workouts, so I've most of the new songs in full by now. I don't think my opinions have changed majorly. I really enjoy Black and White, and Move Your Body Till You Die is a phenomenal work of art.

As for the drama tracks... truth be told, I haven't even listened to the one that came out in April, so I'll read through some TLs now and record thoughts below the cut:

No One Lives Forever, translation courtesy of shinseimcd on Twitter

"Anti-Party of Words faction" Huh, like a government faction? I'm surprised the PoW allows other political parties or at the very least open dissenters. There was talk in some chapters of the manga of them punishing protesters, not to mention the way they crushed the TDD rebellion in its primacy. Either way, interesting, and I hope we learn more about this as time goes on.

Ichijiku and Nemu baking together is really cute lol

I love the way Ichijiku's whole personality shifts around Otome. Gap moe (????)

It's a cool tidbit that Nemu tends to prefer plainer outfits, as that tracks with how she dresses in TDD. Also, Nemu and Ichijiku shopping together is kind of bittersweet, since Ichijiku is clearly using Nemu as a replacement figure for her deceased sister...

Ichijiku secretly wanting to fall on the cute side of the cute/elegant spectrum is a pretty classic trope but a fun detail that's been hinted at already, since we've seen that she keeps a bow collection.

??? Rei's lab is on Battleship Island? Ohhhhhhhhh this is why Twitter was blowing up with controversy right after this track released... The IRL Battleship Island was home to forced labor of Korean and Chinese citizens during the twentieth-century push of Japanese imperialism which was later, iirc, denied in part or totally by the Japanese government to immense international backlash. Using this as a setpiece for Hypmic is oddly provocative, and I can't think why the writers would want to do that. On a much lighter note, this is also a headscratcher to me because isn't this a UNESCO World Heritage Site? The whole point of that is conservation, and I don't think building a clone lab counts as conservation... Unless they're implying the clone lab was built prior to the 1950s? Hm. Let's not go down this rabbit hole.

"I would like all of the True Hypnosis Mics. As well as all the Amemura clones." Oh? Are there more still alive? I thought Honobono ordered the death of the last remaining three... Well, that scraps a piece of writing I was working on LOL

"Your biometric data is required to access the mic storage facility" So how did the PoW get in?

Her? Heart stop beating? Oh for fuck's sake, is Rei's wife also in a coma? How many fucking characters are in a coma in this series... Whichever mfer invents a device that restores people from comas with no significant brain damage will make a fortune in this universe

"And I won't try anything funny." I do not believe this for one instant

Hmm, the framing of Otome planning this and the way she brushed past talk of countermeasures for the anti-PoW faction implies that Rei is heading this faction.

Oh, so they couldn't get past the biometric locks after all, I see.

I strongly dislike the idea of thirty clones for thirty mics and the nonchalance in which Rei goes, "Yeah, I'll ship them off to Chuuouku" like they're a parcel and not human beings, but that's my personal bone to pick w/ this character and setting.

I was intrigued by the notion of the PoW holding caucuses, implying there's some sort of democratic process in terms of choosing their own party members or positions, but the JPN audio doesn't specify that exactly.

"We no longer require the cooperation of Jakurai Jinguji." I know that this took like four years in real time, but in terms of the Hypmic universe... I mean, Jakurai didn't even do anything for them, did he? He went through all that moral dilemma for nothing, as far as I can tell. (I get that it sets up the reconciliation with Ramuda, but that's it? Seriously?) That's disappointing to roll it back so quickly.

"During the Division Rap Battle, the people of our nation will be focused on the tournament, giving us the opportunity to use the True Hypnosis Mics to mind hack the Anti-Party of Words faction who stand in our way, ultimately pulling them over to our side." Otome always has the most batshit plans. God bless. A consequence of her needing to drive the plot forward is that she'll say some of the truly silliest things I've ever heard. What a complete misappropriation of government funds lol. Also... is this stating there are only 30 dissidents (????), or can the True Hypmics brainwash more than one person at a time?

"Once that is complete, we will move on to other countries. And when we have taken over the world, then, in the true sense of the word, peace through the power of words will be achieved." LMAO? I'm sorry, this isn't very considerate of me, but in my initial impressions of this, I am well and truly gobsmacked. What in the actual fuck. How many clones will die for this? How much money will it cost? How does she think she stands any chance at governing so many people across such an area, even with a downsized population after WWIII? Homie... Never change, Hypmic, you are the wildest.

I can't believe Ichijiku is so whipped she's willing to go along with an absolutely nonsensical plan for world domination. Ma'am, Otome is not going to fuck you, and even if she is, it's not worth it! Ma'am!!! I'm sorry, I'm being petty and not giving this a lot of in-depth thought but LORD this is a trip on first read.

A FUCKING CLONE UPRISING AT THE HANDS OF REI? HAHAHAHAHA.

"World domination, huh, what a joke." Man after my own heart.

I'm actually quite interested in how this "mics are disabled forever" thing works. I guess the mics have a kill switch in them? I vaguely recall someone saying that in the manga years and years ago... Oh yeah, it was Ramuda in TDD 12. Huh, interesting if that was intentional foreshadowing (I'm not sure if I want to be that charitable). At any rate, can't everyone in the room just get new mics? Or does it affect their speakers and such too? I'm curious how that works, like if you build an affinity with a certain mic or some nonsense.

"looks like we won't be having any Division Rap Battles from here on out." Ah, and this is why the other half of Twitter was up in arms like "No more DRB??? End of Hypmic??" I guess.

The Block Party tracks are quite long, and since it's getting rather late for me, I'm going to leave off here for the moment. I'd like to continue this at my next available opportunity... WHAT a ride. Not sure when that will be, but I will add to this with a reblog when I can. And I know it's been months since this track came out, but I would love to hear other people's thoughts. I wasn't around much when it first launched, so I missed most of the commentary on it.

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Hi I found your blog and am going through it to bomb my group chats with some sick pics. God bless and ACAB.

ACAB indeed ��

[parcai]

LITERALLY EVERYONE BORN IN ENGLAND IS RACIST

THANK YOU. (And, to anyone reading this, don’t fucking say “well, not everyone.” Fuck off. It’s just like ACAB. Maybe not all, but MORE than enough that it’s a problem, and we shall say everyone if we fucking have to.

God, this is like the main reason I never want to study in London/the UK. I’m sick of them. I’m sick of my mom telling me Indophobic shit about how they took away all our rights, all our gold, all our treasures, all our values, all our culture. I’m sick of that bullshit. I’m sick of your preppy white boys with elbow pads. I’m sick of everyone romanticizing their accent and then throwing a stereotypically heavy Indian accents into TV shows for laughs (Big Bang Theory, I love Sheldon Cooper, but I’m looking at you).

I’m sick of movies pretending Indian immigrants don’t know how to use fucking elevator buttons (Million Dollar Arm and so many others). I’m sick of my mom being numb when she tells me how India was blessed with incredible natural resources, only for the British to come and steal it all away from us. I’m sick of listening to people talk about/quoting Ghandi with no fucking idea what they’re saying, and pronouncing it like “Gandy.” Wtf is Gandy. Get away from me. I’m sick of white people seeing pictures of modern India’s city, including Mumbai (where my parents emigrated from) and looking at us/it like we’re kicked puppies, like “oh, they’re so poor, and it’s so dirty, and wow, we should donate and give you hugs, you poor thing.” Like NO. Fuck you. You did this to us! You created the fucking caste system! You’ve thrown us into poverty with no remorse.

Even to this day, Indian culture is blended with British culture. And sometimes it’s all in good fun, like how my parents eat those digestive cookies (sounds gross, but are actually really good), except we call them Marie Biscuit, but sometimes it’s not. It’s really fucking not. It’s heartbreaking and exhausting and upsetting. I’m sick of people mispronouncing our names, disrespecting us, making fun of curry or bonus, calling us curry, making jokes about arranged marriages, doing the fucking Indian accent like a racist, asking us how to speak “Indian” or asking if we’re “Hindi.” I’m sick of people calling it chai tea. CHAI MEANS TEA. I’m sick of people making studying Asian jokes. I’m sick of people making fun of meditation and chakras and third eyes like idiots. You can’t have your seven chakras aligned, you dolt. You’re not an all-knowing being.

You’re an ignorant prick and asshole who appropriates our culture and thinks it’s funny. You only like our music and our clothes and our culture when it benefits you. You only “care” when it helps YOU.

And if you think I’m being “harsh,” you’ll find sympathy somewhere after shit in the dictionary. I don’t want you here.

@sunapollo This is for you, dear. Don’t you dare let your anons tear you down. I stand with you. ❤

[bernardolovesanita]

BernardoLovesAnita Watches 1961 - Commentary Highlights

As a kid I never appreciated the overture at the top of the movie and would always fast forward but Mr. Bernstein's music is so *chef's kiss*

I love the overhead shots of the city. New York City, my beloved. I miss you 😭

Ice (also known as Diesel) is the hottest Jet in this movie with Action close second.

I just love how everyone is scared of these white boys who just start fucking ballet dancing in the middle of the street. NOW that's not to say dancers can't kick ass. It's just funny as hell.

INTRODUCTION OF BERNARDO, MY BELOVED 🥰 Do I appreciate George Chakiris' brown face? Of course not. Would I still make passionate love to his Bernardo? YES! That red shirt. The hair. THE RED BRICK!

The fact that Loco can spit that far and accurately is a fucking SKILL

Action calling for the Jets was a bitch move though.

Baby John is the only Jet I will ever have a soft spot for besides Anybodys BUT GODDAMN HE DESERVED TO GET HIS ASS KICKED

The huge fight at the park barely looks like a fight. It's like these guys are just performers who never got into a fight in their lives 😭

BUT WHY IT SOUNDS LIKE SCHRANK CALLS THEM COCKSUCKERS????? I know that can't be what he actually says because it's 1961 BUT DAMN it's in character for him

The Jets and Sharks hated each other but they hated the cops even more. West Side Story said ACAB first.

The ONLY flaw with George Chakiris' portrayal of Bernardo (besides not being Latino) was the brown face. Because the accent was accurate. His performance was just so fucking good. HIS FUCKING SASS AS BERNARDO IS STILL UNMATCHED! "Would you mind translating that into Spanish?" THE FUCKING AUDACITY His Bernardo was solid. I don't give a shit.

The pause before "friends" YOU KNOW Schrank wanted to say some stupid shit like a slur. FUCK LT. SCHRANK! THIS IS A SCHRANK SLANDER BLOG!

Anybodys really didn't deserve the treatment they received. Whether they were Trans or just a tomboy the treatment was trash and they deserved so much better.

Baby John is like "I don't want to die so let's just leave them alone" Bless you, you confused little man. 😭

The Jets are definitely younger in this film than the remake. I always saw them as high school drop outs. Anywhere from 16-22.

So Tucker Smith plays Ice but he also sings for himself and for Riff. And BOYYY it is so clear that it's Ice's voice coming out of Riff especially when Riff leaves and Ice starts singing. He's got a good voice though so I'm not even bothered by it.

Richard Beymer gets an award for being the prettiest Tony.

Riff jinxed everything when he said the thing Tony is looking for might be at the dance. RIFF YOU BITCH!

The lip syncing in this movie is so good. Still could fool me if I didn't already know about Richard and Natalie.

RITA MORENO'S ANITA WILL FOREVER BE THE BEST ANITA OF ALL TIME

Maria: "What happens when you look at Bernardo?"

Anita: "Its when I don't look at him that it happens."

I see you, Anita.

Maria: "I think I will tell mama and papa about you and 'Nardo in the balcony at the movies."

BROOOOO THE FUCKING DRAMAAAAA! Because I doubt Bernardo and Maria's parents would have given a shit. BUT ANITA'S FAMILY! THE SHAME! Men were allowed to be mischievous and sexual. They were allowed to bring a pregnant girl home. BUT GOD FORBID A WOMAN HAS CONSENSUAL SEX THEN SHE'S BRINGING SHAME ON HER FAMILY! My mom and I were talking about this happening in our own family.

Maria talking all that shit about the dress as if Anita doesn't know what's she's doing.

Bernardo and Anita are so in love my heart can't take it 😭

Chino: "but it is a lady's shop"

Anita: "we won't bite until we know you better"

I would die for that woman.

THAT TRANSITION FROM MARIA DANCING TO THE GYM IS STILL.OME OFY FAVORITE FILM TRANSITIONS OF ALL TIME

Maybe it's because I'm biased but the Puerto Ricans dances in the gym are so much better.

The editing of this film for it being a '61 film is PHENOMENAL! Like the tunnel vision camera work or whatever it was when Tony and Maria see each other.

Tony is mumbling some nonsense and Maria is all "You're prettier when you don't talk MY HANDS ARE COLD"

There is a soft dumbness to Natalie Wood's portrayal of Maria that I always loved.

Bernardo coming in like a bat outta hell "GET YOUR HANDS OFF AMERICAN! STAY AWAY FROM MY SISTER!" YOU TELL HIM "There's only one thing they want from a Puerto Rican girl." THE SAD TRUTH BEHIND THAT STATEMEMT

I'm sorry but Tony's bitch ass going "don't listen to him" I KNOW YOU HAD GOOD INTENTIONS BUT THAT'S NOT THE WAY TO DO OT DUMMY

Bernardo is RIGHTFULLY protecting his sister. WE KNOW Tony doesn't have ill intent towards her but Bernardo doesn't know that. He just knows that Tony hangs out with the assholes. Which I'm sorry but by association makes Tony an asshole.

Since Riff says to meet for the War Council at Doc's store and Bernardo agrees does that mean Doc's store is meant to be the nuetral ground? Because I ALWAYS viewed Doc's store as solely the Jets hangout.

Anita telling Maria "he's the old married woman" after Bernardo goes off on her is such SIL solidarity. Anita and Maria's relationship is so 🥺

Anita: "Sometimes, I don't know what is thicker? Your skull or your accent."

I would die for Anita.

Pepe: "You came with your mouth OPEN"

PEPE WAS WRONG FOR THAT 😭

1961's "America" is so fucking good! And again I can't stress enough how much the rebuttals are STILL so accurate.

Anita's purple dress is my favorite piece of costuming of ALL TIME.

Speaking about the shots in this film, putting Bernardo and Anita in shadow is *chef's kiss*

They call It the balcony scene, but it should really be the fire escape scene

Why is Tony always atleast foot taller than Maria? I WANT A PRODUCTION WITH SHORT KING TONY

1961 "Gee Officer Krupke" has unmatched energy. It's chaotic and amazing.  And it does bring up a good point about how youth are treated within the system.

Casting Ben Cook as Mouthpiece in the remake was the wisest choice but they really missed a lot of opportunities with him.

Action got so much anger for such a short man. But like bitch me toooo 😭

Anybodys grabs Indio and his face is just like "wtf did I do?" 🤣

I know "w*p" is a slur for Italians but why my monkey brain went like Cardi B WAP???? But I mean if someone called anyone a wet ass pussy that could also be seen as an insult

Schrank is such a fucking CUNT! He makes my blood boil. Like Schrank talking so disrespectful to Doc. DON'T DISRESPECT DOC! NOT IN MY FUCKING HOUSE!

Poor doc. He's just in his store having to put up with the chaos of these poor bastards.

Anita: "After a fight like that, that brother of yours is so healthy."

Anita is thirsty AF for Bernardo but so am I 😭

Maria telling Tony to stop the fight is the biggest ask and the WORST decision. Because if Tony never showed up it would be JUST a fist fight. No one would have died. PLUS he promises her, but he doesn’t stop the fight and therefore breaks his promise.

The bridal shop wedding scene makes so much more sense than that remake's museum scene.

When Riff loses his knife and goes against the fence he literally yells "KEEP OUTTA THIS" before the Jets try going for Bernardo. WHY? Because it's a fair fight.

The way Bernardo looks down at the blade in his hand 😭 He didn't want it to go this way. And one of the Sharks telling Bernardo to run before Tony gets up. THEY KNEW NO MATTER WHAT IT WASNT GONNA END WELL FOR BERNARDO How could it? He was a brown man who just killed a white man. The law wasn't gonna treat him fairly.

Tony realizing what he'd done, turning over Bernardo's body and then screaming "MARIA!" hurts so badly.

Maria blissfully dancing on the roof before finding out the bullshit that just occurred. She's just in love and happy. Has no idea what Chino is about to tell her 😭

The fact that Maria asks about Tony before wondering ABOUT HER FUCKING BROTHER gets me heated. Chino says "’Nardo and a knife" AND ALL YOU CAN THINK ABOUT IS THE BOY YOU'VE ONLY KNOWN FOR A DAY????

The scene when Maria beats on his chest yelling "KILLER KILLER KILLER" has broken me everytime I've watched as an adult. But I'm still bitter how quick she gets over that he MURDERED Bernardo. She's all "Oh? He killed Riff? That's fine then" LIKE BITCH THAT WAS YOUR BROTHER

Ice is like "if any of you bitches don't calm down we're all going to jail"

I NEVER REALIZED ANITA BRINGS HOME BERNARDO'S JACKET 😭 Wtf? So that means even in the original film she must have been the person who had to identify his body. WHAT THE FUCK?????

ANITA'S FEELINGS ARE VALID! She is a broken woman. She just lost the love of her life. And yes, she is looking out for Maria's best interest. This is the hill I will die on.

Schrank really walked in like he owns the place FUCK THAT DUDE

The scene in Doc's store between Anita and the Jets always had me fucked up even when I was a kid and didn't understand what exactly was going on. It's even more disgusting and heartbreaking knowing the context as an adult.

Tony's death scene in '61 is so much better staged and written than '21's version.

When Maria drops the gun and just breaks down 😭

I love the way they did the credits. Written on graffitied walls. Perfectly fits the films's aesthetic.

Anyway 1961 West Side Story is still a masterpiece.