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cheesenchalk · 7 months ago

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i never know how to phrase it but something about the way beatles biographers and people in general view paul's reflexive placating persona and determination to smooth things over as manipulative or duplicitous and john's reflexive barbed persona and habit of lashing out as brave and subversive despite both being equally defensive mechanisms to shield themselves from the world that resulted in them saying things that weren't true says more about how we culturally view kindness or friendliness as inherently untrustworthy or flimsy and anger and carelessness as more believable as someone's true nature than it says about either of them in actuality

#the beatles #john lennon #paul mccartney #mclennon #idk if im explaining this well but it always gives me whiplash to read how 'beatles historians' elsewhere view them #bc it seems like for all that theyre able to make the simple connection between johns past and trauma to his behavior #as a protective mechanism to shield him from vulnerability #far fewer people make the equally reasonable connection between pauls past #with parents that never said i love you to each other or told their children about a serious illness #and an adult paul who doesnt examine his own feelings much less speak candidly about them #or stories like mike mccartney talking about being beaten by jim while paul yelled at him to just say that he 'didnt do it' so it would sto #and an adult paul who has clearly internalized the basic cause and effect of the things you say and the consequences that come from them #and how the truth is less relevant in those situations than the obvious path of least resistance that will spare you needless pain #idk i have a lot of thoughts and feelings on how people see paul mccartney #i want to shake some of these biographers and be like this mid-20s kid experiencing a level of scrutiny and pressure #the world had never seen before #was not puppeteering everything to meet his vision #he was trying to protect himself and his friends from the very real danger of public perception!!#my posts

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thealdersgateoffice · 3 months ago

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The Slow Horses (and Jackson Lamb) missing Slough House’s mother hen Catherine Standish 🐌🐎

#the tone in which marcus and shirley ask her if she’s back #i can almost picture two children clinging to their mother’s legs after she’s been gone somewhere for about five minutes #marcus sounds so happy to me when he says her name 😭#also shirley practically telling moira ‘well that’s now how my mum does it so 😌’#as if she’s a wicked stepmother daring to replace her #louisa being like ‘WHY ARENT YOU ANSWERING.. also hi mum how have you been 🥰❤️💕’#they all missed herrr #especially jackson #he does n o t want a new secretary because he’s holding out on ignoring those resignation forms because he knows she’ll be back #i do hope we get some kind of acknowledgment of her being back in the first episode of s5 #we should’ve gotten a scene with her and lamb at the end of the last one when taverner left #where they would’ve confirmed that she was coming back officially #so it’s only fair that they acknowledge it this time around #i have a feeling it’s going to be something to do with her fixing up the bullet holes or some other damage left by patrice #slow horses #catherine standish #saskia reeves #jackson lamb #gary oldman #river cartwright #jack lowden #louisa guy #rosalind eleazar #shirley dander #aimee ffion edwards #marcus longridge #kadiff kirwan #moira tregorian #joanna scanlan

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francy-sketches · 1 month ago

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hating on game of thrones in current year is a bit cringe like girl move on etc. However my complaints are more specific than the average person so I can at least feel like I'm bringing something new to the table. Instead of writing the one bilionth 'they butchered dany we were robbed' post I'm instead going on coke rants about how they character assasinated jaime by making him unfunny and how they didn't give my favorite irrelevant minor characters enough emotional depth and actually now that I'm saying it out loud that sounds worse

#.txt #got #omg I didn't share my show myrcella coke rant on here did I...#tldr her reaction to the incest is stupid+nobody cares about her death on either an emotional or political level which is also stupid #ok cersei cares but she's also super resigned about it and doesnt blame jaime at all even tho she should bc 'I knew she would die'#girl did they lobotomize you what the hell. my beautiful princess with a disorder speak to me 💔 I know you're in there 💔#people got kinda mad at me for the incest thing btw like 'omg you dont understand grrm at all you're so lame' ??? huh???#I just think she would realistically be less happy about being an incest baby is all. my bad I guess that makes me a puriteen 😔#also going back to the nobody cares about her thing the fact that tommen is like. completely unaffected pisses me off so bad #I get it neither of them are main characters but like. does that mean they have to not react like people #also like yeah tommen is not a main character but he does have quite a bit of screen time it'd be nice if he was written well #AND both of them are the kids of 2 mcs come on man make me gaf. I mean do gaf but not bc the writing is good. theyre just my canon ocs #getting dangerously close to 'they BUTCHERED baelon targaryen my prince would never' territory with tommen and myrcella lol #the difference is I kinda dgaf about them being book accurate I just want them 2 be well written 💔#like the reason I get mad at characters not being book accurate is bc the show version is usually worse/less interesting #all the love to my beautiful children ofc but it's not like they have that much going on in the books #so whatever do what you want with them. but do it well

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wishchip106 · 17 days ago

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in beach divorce feels again

I’M NEVER GETTING OVER THIS SOMEONE BRING MY PARENTS BACK TOGETHER AURGHSGSGA

look how gently Erik is holding Charles up like he’s worried if he moves ever so suddenly he’ll hurt Charles even more 😿

he loves him smmm…. i’m so sane rn

when you both want peace for mutant kind but don’t agree with the other’s methods 🧍‍♂️AHEHSGSGSHWUDHETTETSTSRWR banging my head against the wall rn

sorry i have no analysis about this or whatever i just miss these guys so fucking bad (was just yapping about them a few minutes ago)

#kinda wish i could have custom emojis everywhere… apple emojis don’t represent my emotions as well as i want them too #ANYWAYY #CHERIK PLEASE COME BACK TO ME THE CHILDREN MISS YOU #YOUR CHILDREN ARE DYING CHERIK PLEASE #sometimes i remember xmfc isn’t a gay rom-com with action found family themes and a sad ending #wdym it’s just a period superhero movie 😿#actually add period to the first description lmao i love period films #but also WHY ISNT CHERIK CANON???? IT BASICALLY IS BUT IT ALSO HASNT BEEN STATED YET #JUST DO IT WE ALL FUCKING KNOWWE #sneaking into the writers room of doomsday and adding a cherik kiss #i HOPE the director of the next xmen films knows what he’s fucking doing or istg…..#like yeah sure the rest of the xmen characters should be good and well written BUT CHERIK #need my old man yaoi inserted straight into my bloodstream thank you very much #i’ll show up at marvel studios or wherever with evil intentions if not #😁#err okay yap over lol #cherik #charles xavier #erik lehnsherr #xmen #professor x #magneto #xmcu #xmen first class #wish does not shut up

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millionsknives · 1 year ago

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bait / hook / line / sinker

#the hunger games #finnick odair #thg #the hunger games fanart #this was a very very weird painting for me.#like i have painted decapitated heads and severed arms and shattered ribs and guts falling out and gallons of blood #and not once have i ever looked up from my work and been disgusted or disturbed by what i’ve painted #but the first day i was working on this one i looked at it and just felt so sick i had to get up and take a shower to get away from it #HE WAS 14 WTF WTF WTF WTF #that is a baby. that is a little kid. turned into a killer and paraded around like a novelty and used like a toy.#but on the whole i am very satisfied with this propaganda piece it's just as beautiful and unsettling as i wanted it to be #ugh my mind. nothing in the composition is overt but all the implications are there #not just the capitol's sexualization and brutalization of children but the fetishization of the districts' labor as well #as my good friend and mutual theworldiswhispering said.#'the hard labor you do is not safe from being romanticized by the people who benefit from it at your expense'#and i think about that every day #wherefore art thou #thg reread #why he so smooth.. just like a shark #[katniss voice] mfs took all my body hair cant have shit in the capitol #i just know tumblr's gonna crunch the quality of these images but i worked on a canvas 4 times larger than the usual size #so a lot of the detail gets lost when i post it. oh well. click for quality i guess #his expression changes when you're far away #far away he looks kind of vacant #close up he's smiling. like the photographer wanted a specific cocky emotion from him and it was there #but when you zoom out there's just a thousand yard stare #i did think about turning these into prints or actual posters but um. i don't think i should do that

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my-name-is-apollo · 11 months ago

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Why is Hera so hostile to Leto in a manner that she isn't with the other lovers of Zeus? I can't think of any other woman who was targeted so much by Hera. One could say she didn't want Leto to give birth because her children would be a competition to Hera's children, but why bother her even after she had already given birth? Is it because Leto herself is also a threat to Hera?

Sort of I guess?

I don't think Leto would ever be a threat to Hera's role as the queen of the gods but Hera might see her as a competitor for Zeus' affection, even though I think Zeus would not marry someone else and replace Hera.

The twins are definitely a big reason why Hera begrudged Leto - it is outright stated in the Callimachus Hymn to Delos that the reason Hera especially targeted Leto was because she was told that Apollo would be dearer to Zeus than Ares is. Zeus is very proud of Artemis as well. As he himself puts it, he doesn't mind facing Hera's wrath for children like her.

But the continued hatred even after the birth of the twins (like sending Tityus to rape Leto) could have been for different reasons. This wasn't like one of those affairs Zeus would have with mortal women where he'd leave them behind once the child is conceived. Neither could Hera, despite her many attempts, get rid of Leto like she did with the other lovers. Not only did Leto give Zeus children that he loves dearly, she also stayed on Olympus despite Hera's hatred towards her (which isn't directed to any of Zeus' other divine mistresses, btw). It might have also been because Leto herself is dear to Zeus, if the way she's treated on Olympus is any proof. In the Homeric hymn to Apollo, Leto stands next to Zeus - in the Olympian assembly - to welcome their son. Hera is completely absent from the scene, as if Leto had taken her place even if temporarily. Now you could say this is because Apollo himself is such a powerful and glorious son in a way that no other son of Zeus is, so of course Leto would get such an honor (the hymn itself presents it this way).

But here's another instance - in the Iliad, when Hera goes to seduce Zeus, he is obviously very smitten but before getting into the action, he lists some of his lovers (I believe these were his favorite lovers, as a lot of others are not mentioned):

"for never has such desire for goddess or mortal woman so gripped and overwhelmed my heart, not even when I was seized by love for Ixion’s wife, who gave birth to Peirithous the gods’ rival in wisdom; or for Acrisius’ daughter, slim-ankled Danaë, who bore Perseus, greatest of warriors; or for the far-famed daughter of Phoenix, who gave me Minos and godlike Rhadamanthus; or for Semele mother of Dionysus, who brings men joy; or for Alcmene at Thebes, whose son was lion-hearted Heracles; or for Demeter of the lovely tresses; or for glorious Leto; or even for you yourself, as this love and sweet desire for you grips me now.’ (Book 14, trans. A. T. Murray)

Notice how when talking about most of them, he also mentions the children they bore to him but when Demeter and Leto are mentioned, he doesn't bring up their children at all despite them being some of the most accomplished kids of his. What's more, he takes Leto's name just before Hera's. I mean, this is an interpretation but it looks like not only did Zeus love Leto the most out of all his mistresses - giving her a place second to that of his wife, but also his love for her wasn't necessarily only because she gave him two amazing children.

Nonnus does something similar in the Dionysiaca (but this time Zeus is enamored with Persephone instead of Hera) but more notably, when Typhoeus attacks Olympus and Zeus is discouraged, Nike takes the form of Leto to encourage him and it's pretty telling of what Leto meant to Zeus.

One interesting similarity between Hera and Leto is that they both had a giant try to rape them. Porphyrion tried to violate Hera (Zeus inspired him to do this) and Tityus tried to violate Leto (upon Hera's order). Though both of them were killed, only Tityus got an eternal punishment in Tartarus of having his liver/heart eaten out by vultures so Zeus seems to have taken a greater offense at Tityus trying to assault Leto.

Again, I don't think Zeus would ever take anyone other than Hera as his permanent wife - she is irreplaceable to him. There's an entire myth about Hera leaving him and Zeus winning her back. Their relationship is obviously complex and involves all kinds of emotions including love and hate. But Leto is continually dear to him as well and that's something Hera can't do much about.

#Zeus #Hera #Leto #if you think about it Leto is like the opposite of Hera #she is a great mother #she bore children that Zeus is actually proud of #she never rebels and even begs for forgiveness when her son rebels against Zeus #she's generally mild natured and never lashes out #also if you look into this obscure myth of how Hera established an altar in the name of Leto #because Leto's name was used to cover up the secret relationship between Zeus and Hera #(which kinda sorta implies that Zeus was *maybe* courting or even married to Leto at that time)#it all gets even more complicated for both Hera and Leto #ALSO in the texts that record the syncretism bw Greek and Egyptian gods #Some authors make Hera the mother of Apollo #and Leto was Apollo's nurse #Those texts also mention that this Apollo defeated Typhoeus and became the king of Egypt #So he was like the ideal son of Zeus and Hera #And it's so interesting to me #how this Apollo - the perfect son of Hera - transitioned into a sort of rival figure to Hera in the greek myths #and Typhoeus who was defeated by Hera's son became the son of Hera in the Greek myths #on a different note #to this day I can't understand why Zeus would inspire Porphyrion to do such a thing #was it to get back at Hera for the Tityus incindent?#I shall headcanon it that way (even though I prefer to ignore this version)#well of course not that Zeus would have ever let Porphyrion actually have his way with Hera regardless of the reason #but yeah that was such move and it's wild that the mythographer didn't tell us that reason behind Zeus' action #I've also seen people hc that it was because Zeus wanted Heracles to save Hera so that she's accept him finally #which is also an interesting explanation #especially if you consider that Heracles was also given Hera's breast milk (without her consent)#anyway that's enough rambling ig

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bridgertonphd · 1 year ago

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colin 🤝 anthony: making an heir in s3

#the rest of my serious input is that i think this will be a flirty thread in a sex scene #esp bc in the book they have sex before they're married #but not so far before that they had to change the wedding date (although colin does but simply bc he just wants to be married)#i think it'll be the same in the show #except mirror stuff and also colin being like hey let's get in on this heir-making competition #and pen will be like colin! we're not even married yet #and he's like well do you want children? and she'll be like yes...#and he'll be like well our wedding is not so far out that starting now versus on our wedding night matters...#and pen will be like but my sisters are already pregnant #and colin will be like they could have girls! and i will love my prospective nieces very much but... we could still win this #and pen will laugh and roll her eyes and be like oh you bridgertons and your competitive spirit #and colin will be like we do like to win #(insert porn)#bridgerton #bridgerton spoilers #bridgerton s3 spec #polin #also. I DON'T SEEM SO DELUSIONAL NOW DO I!!!!!!! I FUCKING CALLED IT!!!!! I SAID THIS WOULD HAPPEN!!!! AND IT'S HAPPENING!!!!

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chiropteracupola · 1 month ago

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the consequences of what you did / we won't forget (are you ready, are you ready, are you ready?)

[a bit of fanart for @emilybeemartin's creatures of light trilogy]

#em draws stuff #creatures of light #gemma maczatl #celeno tezozomoc #colm alastaire #caption lyrics from 'are you ready' by nive nielsen and the deer children!!!#the original plan was to theme this piece around 'gingerbread' by nancy kerr but I decided partway through that I wanted to lean on canon #more than on my absolute post-reading desperation to figure out a way to let celeno live and to let gemma keep them both #IS there an elegant way that one could resolve all the col plotlines and keep him alive? well. months of pondering lead me to say No #but is he still very much stored away for safekeeping in the part of my mind where miserable agents of empire with opiate problems go? Yes.#less related to the Hnnngh Augh Emotions of it all I Did really have fun with the visdev side of it all #I really do like getting to play off the established visual language of the setting but also I've very much started putting my own spin on #it as well here... I tend to skew very 18th-19thc by default so I've switched up the seam placements on shirts and the like for a slightly #less defaulting-to-western-european construction than I did last time #& also I had a lot of Thoughts about fiber cultivation doing this (esp. wrt the big shirt here looking rather like canonical alcoran #mourning garb) so. maybe will have to draw something more for communicating that.#anyway. been saving reading floodpath for the summer but am really excited abt that... maybe more art........ bye now............

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brionysea · 10 months ago

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allison and five are actually fascinating to write together. allison is the sibling for checking on people and asking in plain english if they're okay but five would literally rather bleed out than show a shred of vulnerability

#he gets there eventually but it takes time for the trust to build #eg. viktor gets the apocalypse lore dump on five's first night back (not used to their insane lives so thinks he's crazy)#klaus gets answers if he asks questions (he doesn't) (he's barely paying attention) (ghosts are constantly screaming at him)#but diego doesn't get anything until his friend is killed by the commission. like paying back a debt. because five brought them here #same with five telling luther about his time in the commission after they attacked the house #ben is DEAD but they were probably close. which is. worse. it's worse than if they weren't #(all of five's first picks aren't an option for one reason or another - death; drugs; death AND drugs - which must be very frustrating)#and five. well. he does need to show some measure of vulnerability to get allison on board #that's interesting actually #they have the same driving motivation (I would kill for you/I would die for you/I need you here no matter what)#allison knows loss but five knows LOSS and once he reminds allison that Her Daughter will die too she's like okay screw this what do we do #because wanting to protect your children from harm is NORMAL actually #REGINALD.#the umbrella academy #allison hargreeves #five hargreeves #tv: tua

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brian-kinney-apologist · 3 months ago

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every day I'm reminded that people know nothing about how films/tv shows are made and what pre production is but want to act like they are the network employees all of a sudden

#made a mistake of reading some more on the situation bc i was bored and oh well #like do people understand there was a pre production for s1 and s2 as well???#they're literally writing a lestat album as we speak #what jacob has to do with it??#do you want him to go to usa to hold sam's hand while he's recording or what #considering that jacob literally just teased new music bc he's focusing on this now #plus he's aa father of two little children #pls bffr rn you all can't be serious #interview with the vampire

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necrotic-nephilim · 1 year ago

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If you want to be bothered. Maybe this for dick and Bruce???

i ALWAYS want to be bothered these are always the highlight of my day tbh you're a delight for letting me just yap <3

Dick. For the canon isn't real square I am Specifically talking about the Tom Taylor Nightwing run. Usually I ignore bad runs but given this one is ongoing (though about to end THANK GOD and get replaced by Dan Watters who i have high hopes for since i adored his Sword of Azrael (2022) run but i digress) so I counted it. Especially since it's so debated if that run is bad or not, for some reason. I'm a 90s Nightwing truther. I love Dick so dearly and tbh recently I've been more enamored with him the more I read his Discowing era, I didn't used to be as big of a Dick stan as I am these days.

Bruce. Honestly where do you even start with Bruce. I want to fist fight him and also patch him up. He got me into comics and superheroes as a whole but I roll my eyes whenever he shows up in a story. He's a bastard and usually not a good father but also complex and should be dissected under a magnifying glass. I love him dearly. He's also just the worst. I think that's why I love him. I'm always a fan of unabashedly Complicated Asshole Bruce who's generally not always the best person, particularly not to the Batfamily and that being the driving force of his relationships with them, especially in shipping.

And for bonus points, Tim. Because know above all else, I'm a Tim Drake kinnie /deg. He's been my number one for a decade and I've yet to uproot him from my brain. He's literally the Worst half the time and I love him for it. And the canon isn't real refers to Tim Drake: Robin because... that sure was a comic. And that's about all I can say about it. Pre-Flashpoint Tim I miss you so dearly. I think it's fun that I want to put him in a blender and drink the juice but also want Nothing Ever to happen to him.

#necrotic answerings #batcest #bruce wayne #dick grayson #tim drake #fandom tag #anyway the fandom is i guess mean to all of them #but like it's deserving.#everytime i meet a tim anti i'm like you're SO right. he's the worst. pls hate his ass more.#same with bruce. like never met a bruce anti who didn't have endless receipts for hating his ass.#(except for those using the shallow 'he's a billionaire beating up the mentally ill' argument which. i ignore)#(bc why are you. consuming superhero content if you just don't like or understand the genre. it's lazy pseudointellectual nonsense.)#and i don't think ppl are truly mean to dick. i think they just don't understand him.#which extends to the entire batfamily bc well. the state of the fandom and all.#like “everyone else is wrong about them” isn't in a “no one gets them but me” way #(except about tim truly no one gets him but me /j)#it's in a “oh y'all just want to fit them into neat boxes don't you” way #one more person call dick grayson “eldest daughter core” and i'm going to your house and eating the stuffing out all of your pillows.#first of all can we stop calling male characters “female coded” in any way please #women exist in comics too.#second of all it's just not true? and it's not the complex he has with bruce nor his “siblings” if you wish to call them that #and then bruce. where do you even start.#you dare say you think it's in character for bruce to hit his kids and *SOCIETY. society goes wild.*#like ofc it has to be in specific contexts. he's not just swinging.#and sometimes it *is* written very OOC bc bruce is written as a machismo self insert i give you that #but yeah a soldier who views his children as soldiers and has zero healthy emotional regulation or communication skills #is gonna sometimes swing in his worst moments. it is just how the superhero genre works everyone is gonna fist fight to solve problems.#why are you reading comics about ppl who hit other ppl for a living if you don't like it when they hit ppl.#also random hot take about dick's characterization #the young justice tv show did incredible damage to ppl's perception of him and i dislike the take it's the best adaptation of him

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shakingparadigm · 1 year ago

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horrendously sick and twisted btw

#IT TEARS ME UP TO THINK ABOUT THE METEOR INCIDENT. I AM GENUINELY TORMENTED BY IT #slipping through his fingers.#it's crazy they were actually crazy for the whole meteor thing whoever thought of it needs to financially compensate NOW #i love you so much ill break every rule if it'd mean you'd be happy with me. run away with me #here i am im setting you free im giving you everything you want. could i be part of that? could i be part of what you want #till slips through ivan's fingers. world has now completely shifted #and he can't even be mad. not properly #because this is why he loves till in the first place. he just cant give up on what he cares about. he'll never stop fighting for it #ivan smiles like. this is why it's you #a lot has been said about the meteor scene already but that doesnt stop me from going insane over it #freedom means nothing if till isn't there with me WHAT IF I SHOOK YOU LIKE A RATTLE BOY #ivan was well off. he was eating at feasts. given fine clothes. groomed clean and celebrated for his achievements #yet he was willing to throw it all away #thinking about how they'd probably live on the streets again. struggle to get by on their own as lost little children #their lives would be closer to the one ivan lived in the slums #except the difference would be till. back then he had nothing. if till ran with him he'd have everything #and yet till turns and runs the other way and ivan follows him because of course he does. theres nothing else he'd rather do #any kind of suffering is worth it as long as its for you #till is stubborn. he's persistent. he can't let go.#well fortunately (or unfortunately) so is ivan. incredibly persistent #so here we go again. back in this prison brushing past one another knowing we almost had it all #I WILL GRAB YOU BY THE BOWLCUT AND WRING YOU AROUND LIKE A JOYSTICK BOY!!!!#YOU MAKE ME ILL!!!! LEAVE ME ALONE!!!!!#alnst #alien stage #alien stage ivan #random ramble sorry i have Feelings

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unionizedwizard · 3 months ago

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backing up my files & just stumbled upon a very old journal entry (september 4th 2015) that is literally the biggest egg-in-denial copium ive ever seen. godbless

#but i don't have any masculine personality traits - for what it's worth in a patriarchal society where gender is the very fabric of social #existence #well naturally if i could be a man i'd do that in a heartbeat. but i can't pretend #i'd be a convincing specimen of manhood #17..... oh baby. i was right though....#“oh what if i just want to be trans to be interesting” beloved .#well !#it's so funny. it's really so funny #i barely remember writing this in the first place #fascinating that ever since day fucking ONE the problem was #it's true though. like i was right. but you Can be a failed man instead of a failed woman and it's actually preddy fun . so !#there's this “psychology test” by françoise dolto which - apologies - only works in french #but basically as an exercise to evaluate gender among young children #the therapist tells a child to pretend/perform a gesture accompanying each word #and one of the words is “tire !”. which you could translate as either “pull[on something]” or “shoot[something]”#and the conclusions were that girl childrens overwhelmingly pantomimed pulling on a rope while boy children mimicked shooting a gun #and my father smugly told me that he had done this experiment on me at around the same age mentioned by dolto and that i #always pantomimed pulling on something which in his eyes settled the question entirely. well #maybe the future is a world where boys don't care about guns huh. maybe i was destined to be a weird ass catboy this entire time. huh!#huh the order of these tags is all messed up. solve my jigsaw puzzle boy

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dangaer · 8 days ago

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dia.lovers being reje.ts main selling point / focus is so beautiful bc they literally get new content every month (just merch lines) which, for an oto.me game that last had a game release in 2019, is insane. like this is how many drops theyve had in the past few months: