#and ready to have Opinions

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[solarpunkani]

Hot 4am take but I feel like if we want to get people more interested in making their yards a more habitable space for wildlife like insects, we have to acknowledge that ‘Don’t want bugs in your house’ is still a 100% fair and valid point of view. ‘Loves nature’ and ‘doesn’t want roaches spiders and mosquitoes in the house’ aren’t opposites.

And with that in mind, when we propose to people that spraying pesticides around houses is Not A Good Idea, Actually, I feel like we need to give an alternative asides from ‘deal with it.’

[owlheartt]

Something I really like about timebomb is that Ekko actually knows what he's getting into.

I'm not really seeing it get talked about but in season 1 they mention that Ekko and the firelights help people addicted to shimmer get off it and lead more fulfilling lives within the community. I should probably rewatch the scene for the exact wording (might be misremembering tbh) but that comment implies A LOT.

First: Ekko's mission is helping people where he can, he would probably try and help Jinx even if he wasn't in love with her

Second: He has experience dealing with severe mental illness as that often goes hand in hand with drug abuse, namely depression/suicidal ideation like what Jinx was exhibiting

Third: He's probably mapped out best course of action FOR dealing with this and has already figured out his own limits/boundaries. Meaning he knew what he was getting into trying to talk Jinx out of suicide, and was thus more equipped to deal with the aftermath

Fourth: He's probably helped ex members of Silco's gang. The firelights seem to have a theme of healing and repairing and recovering, so they've probably also learned to forgive. If they're mission is to rebuild the lanes into a safe space, they can't exclude people they don't like, they have to make room for them. I think they fought Silco out of necessity, and I doubt Jinx would be the first person they help who's killed one of them.

These all might be a bit of a stretch but I think it really fits. Beyond that, it shows that Ekko can ACTUALLY help Jinx. As much as unconditional love can do, Ekko has the tools for Jinx's recovery and a path ready for her. He also probably knows that her "healthy" will look different from AU Powder's "healthy." On top of that, I expect he knows how to respect her even in the middle of psychotic breaks and won't agitate her already frail mental state

[fantomette22]

Pretty accurate Bloodborne fandom discourse experience on Tumblr lmao

[bougainvillea-and-saltwater]

Fanart Alert!

“Have you read of Potema Septim? Scholars describe her as unambiguously evil; she killed people she didn’t like, subjects who disobeyed her, anyone who was against her, she was elated to trade the soul of her every living citizen for a little comfort. And this woman—was my father’s kin; and of… of my own blood.”

“Careful, Ysmir,” Miraak warns her, a little breathless, mouth slightly parted and lashes half-drawn in a haze. If someone could make love to his hands alone, that would be Jia now—this is how that sacred sensuality feels like. “You wrong your lips a great deal. The hands you name beautiful and kiss with such reverence are soaked in unspeakable amounts of blood.”

Chapter 22 of 🐉The Priest and the Dragoness🐉

OKAY, ALRIGHT. My most talented and wonderful friend @tesshere was inspired by my latest fic update and drew these UTTERLY MAGNIFICENT pieces of Jia, my Last Dragonborn and last heir to the Septim line! In the first one, we can see two versions of her, the one with a flower crown in her wild hair, simple and happy and free, and the other with the Empire's crown on her head, her neat hair and clothes, but with her eyes crying while wearing it. While a dragon is naturally inclined to dominance and rule, my Jia is very afraid of the legacy she carries on her back...

In the second one... Well, I think the excerpt is very self-explanatory, isn't it? 😼 Jia soothes Miraak's pain by tenderly and reverently kissing his hands, and as my friend Senu put it, "Miraak is well. Let's just say. horn".

[hijinxinprogress]

Whenever the JL starts complaining about YJs public image YJ just straight up gaslights them

[oatmealcrisp-freak]

"shipping saiki is aphobic because he's aroace!"

stares at you with my demiromantic asexual in a committed relationship eyes then looks at the camera like im in the office

[sskk-manifesto]

Bungou Stray Dogs: Dead Apple and how “ability users” (opposite to “normal people”) learning to accept themselves through the acceptance of their own abilities is a queer metaphor of acceptance of own's sexual orientation and gender: an essay by me

[bl-inded]

Unpopular Opinion Time!

Jun is right.

Okay! Okay! Put the pitchforks down! I'm not saying what he did was right, but I still think he has a point.

Thame is a 100% green flag. He's absolutely sweet, extremely adorable, and he always makes it a point to make Po feel important. And i fosho believe that for they are good for each other and deserve the best! They are endgame in my heart too!

Buuuut! I think Jun sees things in Po that he isn't even ready to see in himself yet. Idk if Jun likes Po romantically or not, and I'm not gonna speculate (though the delicious angst of that! Oof). I also think it doesn't matter because what we all should be focusing on is that he cares a lot about everyone, and he definitely cares about Po and Thame.

And for some reason, he has this screwed-up logic that making himself the bad guy is the best way to resolve the situation. He did it when he wanted Thame to escape the slave contract and go to Korea, and he's doing it now by making Thame and Po confront their feelings (I bet he probably did that when Dylan and Thame were getting close too 🤷🏽‍♀️ coz let's be honest Dylan- also very rough around the edges).

Now, I will always be a Jun defender. But, we as the audience know what happened to Po in his previous relationship that neither Jun nor Thame know (I don't think, correct me if I'm wrong). And Thame is perfect! But Jun puts in the effort to make Po feel like he's smart, talented and capable- Granted it's by scolding and teasing him- but it's still true.

I love love looovveeee the air hockey scene. Like so many things about it hit!! But I love it when Jun switches sides from being the red flag villain, back to Thame and Po's friend. Oooooooof.

Like, yeah. He's done playing the bad guy because the situation is resolved. Thame might think they both have an equal chance, but Jun knows that that's simply not true. And now he knows the right thing to do, so he does it. He concedes.

I know ThamePo is endgame. I accept it! So tell me WHYYYY!?

Tell me why this scene makes me hurt?!?!

I'm not going to speculate if Jun liked Po romantically. But I'd be damned if I let people go around calling Jun "annoying" and "unnecessary" without saying something about it. Because I think he is doing the best he can for those he loves the way he knows how. It's screwed up, but his heart is in the right place! And the minute he gets told there is a better way to help, he does.

Remember that scene in ep2, the whole perspective switch we got about him being Thame's number 1 hater? He's that kinda guy and I love him!

[beneathsilverstars]

if i failed to protect my kid during the apocalypse and they almost died wandering on their own but got rescued by a team of four competent, battle-experienced adults who cared about them very much and made them feel less scared and useless but refused to let them fight, i think that would be a pretty decent outcome and i'd be pretty okay with it. sure i could dream up a better situation but there's a hell of a lot of worse ones too.

[moreespressoformydepresso]

I really love how Greet The World With Open Arms is a show of how good a friend Polites is… and also how he’s wrong. His ideas sound nice, and they can be good when applied mindfully, but the way Polites goes about things nearly screws the crew over twice.

First, his greeting the world with open arms almost makes the crew eat a Lotus Flower that would make them slowly lose themselves and stay on the island forever. Only Odysseus recognizing them saves everyone from this fate. Then, he asks the Lotus Eaters for directions towards food they can eat, which sends them to the cave of Polyphemus. This moment, the decision to listen to the Lotus Eaters, is what causes the voyage to go wrong and kill everyone except Odysseus in the end.

The problem isn’t being open to the world around you, though. Sometimes, it’s good to relax and just enjoy the world as it is. However, completely ignoring the possibility of danger and trusting everything around you could lead to, say, eating poisonous plants or pissing off the wrong person. If Odysseus had stopped to consider the possibility of danger instead of believing in ‘goodness’ as he puts it in Luck Runs Out, he might’ve investigated the cave better or put someone on lookout. Or they could’ve taken some food for on the ship and dipped. They could’ve decided this isn’t worth it and instead tried their luck someplace else. They could’ve not killed the sheep and taken something else. If Odysseus had at any point been as on edge and suspicious of everything as he’d been at the start of Greet The World With Open Arms, this whole mess could’ve been avoided.

If Odysseus had kept in mind that blind trust could be dangerous like it had been when the Lotus Eaters offered them the fruits, things might’ve been fine and he’d have been spared 17 years of suffering.

Polites was right, Odysseus needed to relax because constantly being on edge is not good for you in the long run. But you also need to remember things can go wrong sometimes. It’s about balance, and Odysseus’s lack of balance is what loses him the trust of his men. He was too trusting with the Lotus Eaters, leading them to the Cyclops and causing the storm which made the crew weary (not helped by him dismissing their concerns with a “get over it and stop questioning me” without further elaboration). Then his total paranoia over the bag likely made them even more suspicious until Eurylochus opened it.

This post is not well structured, but it is a thought. Or something. Uhm. Balance. Please try to find a balance. No extreme will ever end up being productive.

You need a bit of apprehensiveness to avoid getting into sticky situations you could’ve avoided relatively easily, but sometimes you need to show a little trust

[puppppppppy]

i feel like im not making any sense but does anyone else feel like there are stories that let u run with them and ones that spell everything out for you

[bumblingbabooshka]

T'Pring and Stonn from the @startrekswimsuitspecial

[commsroom]

silly question for you: what would Eiffel think of deep dish pizza?

my instinct is to say he enjoys eating it, but he will still argue it's not "real" pizza. i think he kinda just likes feuding over pointless things, though, in the same way he's eager to defend the honor of pineapple on pizza. he wouldn't say that, for example, a pizza with a hot dog stuffed crust isn't a "real pizza"...

^ not directly relevant, but evidence of his regional pizza bias.

[meadow-mellow]

Was no one going to tell me how Magneto has an actual Hero/Good Guy moment in TAS?!