#and not justified under any circumstances

[larrythefloridaman]

slow and deliberate bong rip, as if sampling wine. prism and the ciblings are christian but theyre not christian but they are.

Their relationship with Spectrum is best understood as religious, they are the ciblings parent in the divine emanation sense and the portrayal of this is filtered at the meta level through the lens of ryan the creator's christian faith with the structure of Prism's faith, prayer and service to her master. Crimson, who loves to tightrope walk on the fourth wall without ever quite EXPLICITLY crossing it (atleast by the blurry standards of CPUK where the commentators exist as fictionalized versions of themselves and the show is about a show,) says in the same section of CPUK Orange where he foreshadows his spirit by cracking a joke about the college ryan went to and says that if the audience thinks he can't read the twitch chat then they dont know him at all, also calls CPUK Orange a christmas special in an ambiguous smarmy wink wink sort of way that leaves it unclear whether the joke is meant to be him sincerely celebrating but leaning on the fourth wall, him mocking the notion of him celebrating christmas given hes a god by being insincerely festive, or a combination of both, 'isnt it absurd that because this show's run by a christian guy I acknowledge and celebrate christmas, even though im supposed to be a demonic god of a pantheon structure that is fundamentally incompatible with christianity?' A type of ambiguity that goes on to strongly feature throughout the nccts with regard to how it handles the metafictional.

the ciblings are gods and so is prism in some respect but they also decidedly arent THE god, that's spectrum, whom Prism devotes her life to serving and uses the power of to oppress control and orchestrate, to both justify and enact violence, whom the ciblings, spectrums 'children,' have been raised to please, raised in worship of. Cobalt knew of the nelson, a vessel of spectrum's will and voice, as a thing of 'legend,' suggesting they were likely raised on stories of spectrum and the forms it takes. They were also raised to believe they were uniquely chosen, as 'gods,' to do their jobs as caretakers of the world and that they and their immortal souls existed uniquely above and beyond 'mortals' tiny lives and inability to comprehend. They are Superior in their secret knowledge and that is their Burden (which is their business and noone elses no matter who else's lives it may effect) as well as their Privilege (so mortals opinions can be discarded). Of course, this is a crock of shit that largely serves to isolate them from others and keep them under her thumb. Faith in a god of creation and connection's power and influence is warped, in Prism's hands, into a weapon, a tool, of division and suffocating restriction.

cobalt has 'altar boy with Doubts and Questions that keep getting shut down in favor of encouraging blind faith and belief in the unerring supremacy of the divine' issues and chartreuse has 'perfect church girl in love with someone the church categorically rejects' issues and crimson has 'my abusive mother who teaches sunday school and hosts cutesy church ice cream socials like she doesnt try to kill me regularly decided to name me judas did you honestly expect me to turn out well-adjusted' type issues.

But also spectrum definitely isnt a 1 to 1 reflection of any of the mainstream traditional conceptions of the christian god, at their closest resembling the gnostic esoterica concept of the pleroma but not even quite that because spectrum is an amoral gestalt being who Happens to support good more often than not (at least in theory) but also creates awful circumstances because kindness and hope in the face of despair is Compelling, and thats what its really wants, compelling feelings and thought, because it creates and then feeds on the ideas and feelings its creations elicit, which inspire new creations in turn.

[braintohisbrawn]

@ofnotavillainofmystory

{I was growing angrier and more hurt by Oliver by the second. I was initially angry over the fact that he took advantage of my loyalty. Like I was some kind of deranged labador retriever or something. The girl who would bend over backwards and toss away any semblance of a real life in order to support Oliver in all of his endeavors. Stupidly, I thought he appreciated my loyalty and support over the years, but in these most recent circumstances, my eyes were opened to realize that Oliver didn't. He wanted me there at his beck and call, and only seemed to react when I made plans that didn't coincide with some job he needed me to do for "Team Arrow." All of that made me understandably and justifiably angry, but in hearing him practically beat down my front door now and say the things he had about me, I was pushing the line from angry to hurt... Good to know how Oliver saw me. That I was apparently too much of a frumpy looking computer nerd for someone like Tommy to ever see me as attractive. For Tommy's part, I did appreciate his compliment, but truthfully, Oliver had managed to get into my head and mess with my insecurities, so at this point, I didn't know if Tommy meant it or if he was just saying it to further get under Oliver's skin} Oliver, get out! Get out of my apartment now, or I'll call security and have you physically removed. {Sure, I knew how stupid that threat sounded. I mean, Oliver's the Green Arrow, so logically speaking, security would have no fight against Oliver, but then again, I made my comment banking on the fact that he wouldn't give away his secret identity by fighting back against them} "Felicity, you need to listen to me. He's using you to get to me. Look, I'm not saying you aren't attractive. I'm just trying to make you see reason that you aren't his type. You'd know that if you paid attention to the kind of girls that he dates. He's angry with me and you're just a pawn in his game. You can be angry with me if you want for this blunt portrayal of truth, but you've gotta face facts here." {By now the anger and hurt had brimmed to the point of tears pooling in my eyes. Silently lifting my hand as I pointed to the door} Okay, Oliver, I heard you loud and clear. You made your point. Why would anyone so handsome ever like some frumpy dork like me? I get it. Clearly the only reason someone that attractive would like me is to make you mad. Chess game, pawns, and all of that. Sure. Fine. I heard you. Now get out, Oliver. {Oliver didn't budge. Stubborn ass. Maybe I should get my taser. I briefly considered as he got in Tommy's face} "Don't do that. I know you. I know this is a game. Leave Felicity out of our dispute." {Oliver said to Tommy} "Get out, Tommy or I'll remove you myself." {Oliver threatened and I had a sinking feeling things were about to go from bad to worse. Problem was, I didn't know what to do here and now. All I knew was that after Oliver's toddler style temper-tantrum, I had a feeling Tommy would never speak to me again. Really though, why would he want to? Who'd want to hang out with someone like me when there was a chance my idiot "boss" would pull a childish stunt like this}

@ofnotavillainofmystory

{Oliver was probably the most stubborn person that I knew. Ridiculous hot… especially when he was fighting crime and doing all of those pull ups on the bar, but still, annoyingly stubborn. Honestly his stubbornness and pride being the source and starting point of a lot of our fights… Today being a prime example of that, when I all but begged him to go and talk to Tommy, yet Oliver refused to. Yeah, yeah, I get that the two of them had a bit of a fight, but Tommy’s father just died, so given that Oliver was one of Tommy’s longest friends, now more than ever, Oliver should be there for Tommy. Nope. Not Oliver though. He told me to butt out, mind my own business, and then he went about his own Arrow, crime-fighting business} Butt out. Bossy, stubborn jerk. Nobody is going to tell me what to do. {I murmured out under my breath in indignance as I stormed out of the lair; making my way upstairs to the club, where I knew Tommy was probably working. Sure, I knew the club wasn’t technically open yet, but that didn’t matter, since Tommy was usually here early to work on inventory and stocking and stuff. As if that thought no sooner came to mind, the private elevator door opened up to the desired floor of the club; pressing the code into the keypad before the secret door opened into one of the storage closets. After a short walk then out of the storage closet and into the club, I found myself briskly walking toward the bar area in search of Tommy. Mind you, I didn’t really know him all that well, so I didn’t have the first clue what I’d say to him once I did approach, but that didn’t matter. He was mourning the loss of his father, so even if I just said, “I’m sorry for your loss,” that’s still better than Oliver annoyingly not saying anything to Tommy at all. I thought to myself matter of factly as I approached the back end of the bar, and then walked around to the front; greeting Tommy with a smile when I noticed him jotting some things down on the clipboard in his hands} Hey, Tommy… I don’t know if you remember me, but we met a couple of times through Oliver. The last time being here on the opening night of your club, which was great, by the way. A raging success, you could say. {I rambled nervously before realizing I wasn’t giving the right details currently, and I needed to remain on topic now} Anyway, not that any of that matters, but I’m Felicity. You probably already remembered that, since we have met a couple of times, but just in case you didn’t remember, that’s my name. {Here we go again. I thought to myself as I continued to ramble} Either way, Oliver told me about your dad, and I just wanted to say how sorry I am for your loss. I lost my dad, too. I mean, he didn’t die… More like, left me as a kid, but my point is, I know the sting that can follow. Yours being much worse than mine ever was though, and for that, I am sorry. I just wanted to say that I’m here for you, Tommy… You know, if you need a friend, or anything, I’m here. I’ve been told I can be a good listener, too, so you can always vent or talk to me, if that’s what you want or need. {I rambled on as I eventually perched myself onto one of the bar stools. Possibly prematurely though, since there was a good chance Tommy would send me on my way now, since I was probably getting on his nerves with all of my incessant rambling}

[gingerswagfreckles]

Lotta people on this website get a big kick out of yelling "PUNCH NAZIS!!1!!" and it's like. Babe. You are the Nazi.

Like if you see the brutal murders of literal children as "sad" but justified because civilian Jews are "invaders" who "don't belong"....I have some news for you about what you would have been doing in 1940s Germany.

[clarissaweasley-10]

This might be a controversial take, but l don't think Eve deserves or should get a redemption arc.

[angelsdean]

ruthlessly deleting old 2021/2022 posts (not by me) from my dean studies tag like *click* un-incorporating that from my beliefs system! also the way SO many posts have me like ok uh-huh good aaand then say one completely wrong thing that loses me. it's so many posts.

[dionysus-complex]

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[writhe]

im so sorry but like. does this anon think the prisoners are the one choosing the death sentence. for themselves. like

the argument was essentially that 1. the death penalty, when employed, should be more efficient/humane (sure but this isn’t the conversation we need to be having & the ways it is inhumane & cruel are connected to deeper rooted issues & not logistics) and, 2. that prisons are necessary to keep the population safe (bad take), and, 3. it would be merciful to allow prisoners to kill themselves as a visible alternative to incarceration (HELLO?)

[thecommunityoftrustworthysinks]

one of the most striking things about black sails is how LITTLE “characters i like” and “characters i agree with” actually correlate with each other, and how much that changes over the course of the show

[occasionaltouhou]

What do you think the effects of a nuclear bomb would be on a youkai? They are very mythologized weapons, not only regarding their destructive power but also like, their ability to cause mutations and stuff. Would a random nameless nuclear bomb still be enough to kill or mutate (could be the same difference for a youkai, I'd say) a powerful youkai just because of the sheer human belief on how ultimate of a weapon nuclear bombs are, or would it still need to be a "bomb made to kill youkai" to do the job?

this is a great question. this is like, the essence of powerscaling. who would win, a nuclear bomb or a youkai?

i would say that a nuclear bomb, used as a weapon of fantasy, would kill youkai, but it would also be vastly more destructive than an actual nuclear bomb (which is already pretty fuckin scary), because the general mythology of the nuclear bomb is "a weapon that kills cities and ends wars", neither of which is technically true (wwii was already in its closing stages, and both hiroshima + nagasaki have recovered)

it would also, definitely, create a godzilla. so it's impossible to say if it's bad or not

[navree]

do the people who cheer on/repudiate the healthcare ceo shooter only to turn around and repudiate/cheer daniel penny know that they're all massive fucking hypocrites. like, definitionally hypocrites.

[frazzledsoul]

I may be an outlier here, but I don't think a relationship where Rory is entitled to cheat on Jess at any time she wants (since it's justified whenever she does it to anyone else), he can never be forgiven for what he did in high school (although she is never responsible for any of the hurtful or cruel things she has done) and she is deemed to be perpetually morally superior to him is at all a relationship that I want him anywhere near. He worked hard to create a life on his own and become a stable, successful, reliable, and generous person as an adult. I do not want to see that person suffer under a relationship where he is going to constantly emotionally abused and deemed to be inferior.

Do I support a mature, adult relationship between these two individuals where they could admit their past mistakes, not judge either one to be inferior to the other, and genuinely respect and remain faithful to each other? Absolutely. However, none of that is possible if Rory is allowed to treat him the way she has treated her boyfriends in the past and all of the bad things she has done are deemed to be completely justifiable. The cheating, the lying, the gaslighting has to stop. He deserves to be treated with more respect than that.

This is not a new or unacknowledged dynamic between them. He said this to her verbatim in season 6 when she tried to manipulate him into being used to cheat and she agreed. He deserves better than this.

The cliche is still true. The person she was at the end of season 4, the end of season 6, the end of AYITL is too messed up to be good enough for him. Until she learns to grow up and take responsibility for her past mistakes, she will not be any good for him.

He matured: she didn't. Now it's her turn.

Oh, and while I'm at it, Logan deserves better than the relationship described above as well, even if he is just as much of a filthy cheater in AYITL.

Oh, and as a final note, it really isn't a sign of immaturity to want your favorite character to be treated with basic decency and respect. If Rory is too selfish to consider that because all she cares about is making herself happy and doesn't care who she hurts, then she really doesn't belong with him until she changes for the better.

[sleepygaymerdisease]

im trying to respond to people on my post who have questions or are confused but theres just so many 😭 i dont know how to explain the intricacies of classism or how hard it is to get a lawyer to start and WIN a discrimination case. especially since i dont know australian laws. but like... this behavior, denying someone a job for their outfit, is really common across the world. classism is pervasive and it's dangerous and it costs people their lives. we would have to change the capitalist system, change policies across the globe, and work on our internalized classist beliefs for the rest of our lives.

[bibliocharlie]

when ur dad starts defending slave owners, it’s time to leave the dinner table

[kyliaquilor]

You ever see someone post a really, truly, deeply noxious freezing cold take, and you want to ask them a question about a related topic just to expose their hypocrisy, but you also don't want to actually touch them with a fifteen foot pole to ask?

[garfield-mug]

I love letting spiders and other little friends outside.

[comparativelysuperlative]

All those zillion years ago, back in the state of nature If there's no LEVIATHAN, you'll find you must create 'er. How else can you escape this doom, the certainty that it is: To live like Hobbes'es ancestors, life nasty short and British? The types of sovereign to choose comes automattically: A rule by some or all is worse than good old monarchy. And if we disobey our King, to chaos it will damn us. So no dissent's legitimate, nor car-exploding hammers.

Anyway, (Philosopher) Hobbes' deal is that the state of nature sucks, war of all against all etc., and the way you get out of it is have some agreed-upon authority, and then obey that authority unquestioningly. Yes my religion is in the minority, so I'd change even that if the king told me to now please renew my grant Your Majesty.

And this doesn't have that much to do with (Tiger) Hobbes! Aside from having "a dim view of human nature" they're not all that similar.

Hobbes (tiger) is is Just Better than everyone else, but it's innate. It's because tigers are perfect, the epitome of good looks and grace and quite dignity. And yes his intelligence and taste are reasons why his orders should be heeded and his views embraced. But (P) Hobbes doesn't say kings are innately superhuman! He's a social contract guy! Kings become kings because the last king said they would, and it does not depend on his IQ or panache.

Absolutely nothing about (Tiger) Hobbes can be described as deriving power from "everyone." He is not the Leviathan. Of course, (Philosopher) Hobbes isn't the Leviathan either. The Leviathan is depicted as a dude who looks not unlike Charles I. You can't really swap his face with either Hobbes and have it make sense.

Hence the hat. (T) Hobbes wears it in his capacity as President and First Tiger of the treehouse club, and Calvin wears the same hat as "king and tyrant." That particular social contract was formed on page: at first nobody had any grandiose titles, then they decided to form the institution, and then they did. That hat is a crown, and it's how (T) Hobbes would depict being the ruler supreme in a way that comes from a social contract.