#and for those of you doubting

[dragonpyre]

It's canon (to me) that Jason Todd has a baby face

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[butchfalin]

the funniest meltdown ive ever had was in college when i got so overstimulated that i could Not speak, including over text. one of my friends was trying to talk me through it but i was solely using emojis because they were easier than trying to come up with words so he started using primarily emojis as well just to make things feel balanced. this was not the Most effective strategy... until. he tried to ask me "you okay?" but the way he chose to do that was by sending "👉🏼👌🏼❓" and i was so shocked by suddenly being asked if i was dtf that i was like WHAT???? WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY TO ME?????????? and thus was verbal again

[chloesimaginationthings]

Was dissecting the SOTM trailer and apparently your monty is a mm member comic is now canon

ANOTHER WIN FOR MONTY ENJOYERS!!!

(Original comic)

[kittyprincessofcats]

ICJ Ruling

Okay, let's get into this.

First of all, I get the frustration at the court not ordering a ceasefire. I was disappointed and frustrated at first too, since a ceasefire was the biggest and most important preliminary measure South Africa was requesting - and of course we just all want this horror to finally end for the people in Gaza. So I get the frustration and disappointment, I really do.

However, I do think this ruling is still a major win for South Africa, Palestine, and international law as a whole and here's why:

The court acknowledged that it has jurisdiction over this case and completely dismissed Israel's request to throw out the case as a whole. It will now determine at the merits stage (that will probably take years) whether Israel is actually commiting genocide.

The court acknowledged that Palestinians are a "distinct national or ethnic group and therefore deserving of protection under the genocide convention". Pull this out next time someone tells you "there's no such thing as Palestinians, they're all just Arabs".

The court acknowledged very unambiguously that "at least some" of Israel's actions being genocidal in nature is "plausible". South Africa has a case, officially. Israel is accused of genocide, in a way the ICJ deems "plausible", officially. This is huge. (And seriously, how freaking satisfying was it to hear all of those genocidal statements by Israeli politicians read out loud and used as justification for this rulling?)

The court might not have ordered a "ceasefire" in those words, but they did order Israel to "immediately end all genocidal acts" (which includes killing and injuring Palestinians) and submit proof that they actually did. How are they going to comply with this ruling without at least severly reducing or changing what they're doing in Gaza?

In fact, this wording might actually be more appropriate for a genocide (vs a war), as author and journalist Ali Abunimah notes on Twitter:

He's completely right. Israel lost today, by overwhelming majority (I mean, 15 to 2? I heard people predict the rulings would be very close, like 9 judges vs 8, but instead we got 15 to 2 (and even 16 to 1 on the humanitarian aid). Holy shit.) The court disimissed almost everything Israel's side of lawyers said, while acknowledging that South Africa's accusations are "plausible".

And this is important especially because of Mr Abunimah's second tweet there^. Because the question is, where do we go from here?

This ruling means that Israel is officially /possibly/ commiting genocide and that should have huge international consequences. The rest of the world now HAS to take these accusations seriously and stop arming and supporting Israel - and if they won't do it on their own, we, the people, have to make them. This is THE moment to rise up all around the world, especially in the countries most supportive of Israel (the US, the UK, Germany): Protest, call your representatives and demand a ceasefire and an end of arms deliveries to Israel.

We now have a legal case to back our demands: If Israel is, according to the ICJ, "plausibly" commiting genocide, then all of our governments are, according to the ICJ, "plausibly" guiltly of aiding in genocide. And we need to hold that over their heads and demand better. We need to do that right now and in huge numbers. Most politicians only care about themselves and saving their skin. We have to make them realize that they could be accused of aiding in genocide.

(As a German, I'm thinking of Germany here in particular: After South Africa's hearing, our government dismissed their case as having "no basis" - how are they going to keep saying that now that the ICJ officially thinks otherwise? Over the last months, people here have been arrested at protests for calling what's happening in Gaza a genocide. How are the police supposed to legally keep doing that now that the ICJ has officially deemed this accusation "plausible"? I used to be scared to use the word "genocide" at protests or write it on my protest signs - not anymore, have fun trying to arrest me for that when the ICJ literally has my back on this one 🖕🏻.)

So yeah - don't be defeatist about this, don't let Israel's narrative that they "won" (they didn't) take over. This might not be everything we wanted, but it's still a good result. Don't let what the court didn't say ("ceasefire"), distract you from the very important things that they did say. Let this be your motivation to get loud and active, especially if you live in any country that supports Israel. Put pressure on your governments to not be complicit in genocide, you now officially have the highest international court on your side.

[hellspawnmotel]

epsilons

[xlmibby]

you might have the highest romantic expectations in the whole universe and rafayel will still make them happen.

you want a boquet of flowers every morning? he already ordered your favorites this morning and proudly says to the shop assistant that it's for the one he loves. you need someone to carry you back home after a tiring afternoon? he's having you in his arms before you can even complain about your feet hurting.

you need compliments? rafayel will say them more times than you need. you saw a cute dress but didn't have enough money for it? he already bought it and sent it to your apartment. you ask for a peck? he's kissing you so deeply it leaves you weak in the knees.

you want him to hold your hand when you're scared of something small? he'll gently reassure you because 'it's fine to feel weak and scared even as an adult'; and he'll stay with you until you calm down. you worry you're too needy? don't worry - rafayel needs you just as much, if not more.

when you're cold, rafayel will give you his jacket and kiss the tip of your freezing nose. his arms remain wrapped around your waist to give you even more of his warmth. once you're back in his place, he'll keep you close to him. for the warmth related reasons, of course.

with his chest against your back and his thumbs tracing soft circles against your waist, rafayel will mutter soft words of affection and place gentle open-mouthed kisses against your skin. again and again and again...

just to make sure you feel all his love.

[slfcare]

the most difficult thing about growing as a person socially, as in getting out of your shell and noticing that you are, is that there will still be times when it doesn’t feel like you’ve grown at all! times when you can’t really connect with anyone around you, times when you fail to enter into an existing conversation, times when you say the wrong thing (or nothing at all when in hindsight you probably should’ve). but that’s also kind of the best thing, because that’s the thing that helps you realize that sometimes, it’s not you or your lack of skills or any shortcoming. sometimes certain environments just aren’t for you and certain people aren’t your people, and that’s okay. that’s human. it’s okay to not feel the progress you have made all the time.

[asha-mage]

Something else I think people are overlooking about the Randfear dynamic this season is that Lanfear has a well established history of lying to manipulate Rand through pretty much their entire relationship.

The deliberate juxtaposition of the scene where Lanfear is talking to Rand at the inn vs her torturing Egwene in the cell is a excellent highlight of how she still is not trustworthy, even though she's nominally on his side. We see Rand drawing away from her and her clearly blaming Egwene for that but backing off anything more harsh then a mild insult....then hard cut to her absolutely beating the shit out of Egwene and using Egwene's psychological trauma's to torment her- venting a rage that has no other outlet.

Lanfear is trying to isolate and manipulate Rand and it is working, not because he's stupid or anything, but because he's increasingly emotionally vulnerable and she is several centuries and magnitudes of power his superior. But just like in season two where she plays the cool in control older woman to his face then lets loose her rage when she has the shield of deniability (the scene after the party she threatens him in his dream to 'never leave her again'), she is carefully hiding the parts of herself she knows will scare him off or make it harder to control him- and venting them at targets and in ways that show her casual cruelty and disregard for life.

[dearestgentlereaders]

colin bridgerton canonically writes smut fics for his wife

[trappedinafantasy37]

POV: Evil murder kitten tries to evil murder you in your sleep. She's desperate for a reason not to evil murder you because she does not want to.

[averagemrfox]

Momo and Okarun subvert the typical popular girl and nerdy guy trope bc they’re both actually fucking weirdos meanwhile Aira a deuteragonist with main character syndrome fits into those typical popular girl tropes better than Momo does and then Kouki Yukishiro is introduced and similarly to Okarun at the start of the manga she’s unpopular and ignored by her classmates and even her family talks shit about her. She’s been forgotten by everyone. Except for Aira. The actual stereotypical popular girl of Dandadan……..

[kingslionheart]

A good King relies upon good advice, Uhtred. I speak only as a man who has made mistakes before.

[swamp-cats-den]

This is so funny.

When the westerners see a post complaining of russophobia they imagine a young queer intellectual stuck in russia, hating the regime to the core and being all bleeding heart for the suffering Ukrainians.

Meanwhile, the same very person complaining of russophobia in one post boasts about literal war trophies brought from the occupied Ukrainian territories by their war criminal father in another, fills their artworks with modern russian military symbols, and tags the posts about their relatives participating in invasion with 'lol memes'.

It is honestly funny how much goodwill russians are still given for absolutely nothing while Ukrainians have to constantly prove that we deserve, well, to at least not be massacred.

[revvethasmythh]

You know what actually gets me about Liliana? This quote, after she was saved from Ludinus absorbing her: "I-I-I mean, I had no reason to doubt him. His methods and means are obfuscated and twisted in all manner of ways, but, I mean, I followed him because I believed him. For better or worse, I still do."

Like, at the end of the day, Liliana switching sides was 100% for Imogen and not because she had any meaningful ideological shift. Ludinus nearly killed her, would have killed her and not lost any sleep over it (one of his methods and means that are so "obfuscated and twisted" that she clearly knew enough about to call them "twisted") and she still comes out of the experience, white-haired, drained, in horrible pain saying, "For better or worse, I still believe in him."

I have no idea what Liliana's resolution will be like, or if her genuine belief in Ludinus' ideals despite all the horrors he's wrought will be touched upon or deconstructed or if she will be able to successfully do that later in her life. But I also imagine it would be difficult for the broader Exandrian Accord to make peace with the turncoat Vanguard General who has not lost faith with her mission despite all that it has cost her, never mind what it's cost the world at large.

[recent-rose]

yknowwww there is something... deeply uncomfortable about the way mel never speaks directly to viktor in the 'build hextech weapons' scene. she really only speaks to jayce. plenty of people have pointed this out already but like the one scene they actually share a meaningful interaction and she treats him like he's beneath her. all this after jayce has emphasized how important viktor is, that hextech is theirs, together. she unequivocally ices him out, there's no other way to interpret this scene. the way it's shot too - from viktor's perspective, looking up at her, as though to reinforce the same belief in him. like he doesn't even bother expecting respect from her - or anyone from the upper echelon of piltover. he's fully accustomed to being dehumanized by everyone around him at this point. sometimes even by jayce, despite the trust they clearly have in each other.

then of course after this scene is viktor experimenting on himself. it's pretty clear that he has internalized his own dehumanization. crazy.

[off-mozzarella]

Considering I deleted the original, thought I'd bring back home this drawing from 2019 xD it's the least I can do for my younger artist self