#apparently I'm serving

[spidybaby]

ur flop era is lowkey serving

what?

[rockpaperscissuhs]

HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH + BAND OF BROTHERS:

ANTONIO C. "TONY" GARCIA

Born October 15th, 1924, in Inez, Texas

Died August 18th, 2005 (age 80), in Burlingame, California

Tony Garcia was born in Texas but he grew up in Cheyenne, Wyoming. His parents were from Mexico and had immigrated separately into the States. Tony and his siblings grew up speaking English and Spanish. He decided to drop out of high school in order to enlist, and even borrowed a friend's prescription medicine to cover up a heart murmur for his Army physical. He was accepted for training in 1943, and he served as a Technician 5th Grade with Easy Company from Holland all the way through the end of the war. After the war, Tony returned to Cheyenne where he finished high school, then he moved to San Francisco, working and attending college. Later, he met his wife, Nancy, and started a family. They were married nearly 60 years, and had four children together. When he wasn’t working at the department store warehouse which he managed for three decades, he enjoyed spending time with his family, traveling, dancing, and reading. He was described as a kind, generous, and gentle man, with a “playful sense of humor that belied his quiet demeanor.” The Band of Brothers series bible describes him as “very gung-ho and game” and a “family man and extremely compassionate.” He kept in touch with several of his friends from Easy, and he participated in many Easy Company reunions and events in the U.S. and in Europe. His family has said that he was very reluctant to talk about his combat experiences, but he did like to talk about the people he met, and the families who helped him. Appears in Episodes 3-5 and 7-10, portrayed by actor Douglas Spain

Sources below

SF Gate Obituary for Antonio Garcia

[livebloggingmydescentintomadness]

my mother, seeing that an episode was going to air on pbs, innocently asked me a question about bbc sherlock.

thirty minutes later, she told me that she regretted asking.

[unopenablebox]

i admit that i find it a little bit frustrating how Wildly Astonished other antizionist jews act when i tell them my israeli jewish family have lived in the region since [some unknown length of time before 1800 when there start being records about it]

[cienie-isengardu]

I'm kinda weirded out that Bi-Han scars his brother and people act like him being a little mean to Tomas is his worst deed and he deserves to die for it or something. Bi-Han doesn't owe Tomas any love or respect. You don't have to like someone just because daddy said so.

I totally agree that hating Bi-Han for not liking or loving Tomas as a brother is pretty wild take on his character, because he did not ask for such a bond, the same as Tomas did not ask to be orphaned and adopted into Grandmaster’s family. Both were forced into a situation created by adults that apparently couldn’t act appropriately to the situation (e.g. killing Tomas’ mother and sister when the family accidentally trespassed on Lin Kuei territory and Grandmaster adopting Tomas out of shame / to save his honor rather than out of love/care for the boy). 

What is even weirder to me, Kitana and Mileena had in previous timeline(s) bitter relationship yet I don’t see fandom to hate original/alternative MK9!Kitana for rejecting Mileena ("You are not my family... you are a monstrosity!") and looking down on her because of Tarkatan blood (“[Shang Tsung] has created horrid replicas of me crossbred with Tarkatan blood!”). People apparently can acknowledge that Kitana was thrown into “sisterhood” she did not ask and the creation of “twin sister” happened out of her control and knowledge while also understanding it was no Mileena’s fault for acting and looking the way she was because it was how she was specifically created. If fandom can accept and support Kitana’s choice of rejecting “sister” on the spot without any empathy to look at the situation from her perspective AND AT THE SAME TIME can feel sorry for Mileena, then the similar treatment should be given to Bi-Han and Tomas, as they were presumably children who adapted to the unfamiliar situation in their own ways. However the main difference between those two scenarios is that Mileena is the “psycho” (so Kitana is excused for not wanting her as a sister) while MK1!Smoke is the personality-wise castrated version of MK9!Tomas who for whatever reason is now the fandom’s Cinnamon Roll that never did anything wrong and anyone who doesn’t melt at the sight of this cutie IS BIG MEANIE, boo!

A character not loving fans’ favorite does not commit a crime however fandom wants to present it as unquestionable proof of said character’s evilness. Fictional or real life, people are allowed to not like each other as the definition of family will vary from culture to culture, and from one person to another - it does not however allow anyone to abuse other people, but that should go without saying.

Bi-Han said mean things to Tomas, and Kuai Liang for that matter. He in general treated others in a similar, cold fashion. But objectively speaking he did much more questionable things over the course of the story, yet people are fixated on Smoke’s feelings alone - and to be honest, I'm not even surprised anymore by that.

But you know what frustrates me the most about fandom’s perception of Bi-Han and Tomas relationship? The amount of fanwork presenting Bi-Han as always mean, always abusive to the poor poor little Tomas which is not just the best proof the fandom is set to demonize kid Bi-Han for his adult self’s choices. It is the whole implication that Grandmaster and the Mother and like everyone involved in raising the brothers, all the masters and teachers did not act to prevent it from happening nor cared to correct Bi-Han’s action. And the most sick thing about that? Children imitate the behavior of adults. Do people really think that kid Bi-Han started saying "Lin Kuei blood only" bullshit out of his mind just to spit in the pitiful orphan's face? Like, really?

Stupid beliefs like that come from somewhere and children are taught by their parents and adult people around what “values” and traditions they should respect and follow. We literally know just three Lin Kuei characters and the fact that only Kuai Liang and Tomas rejected Sub-Zero’s leadership while the clan followed their Grandmaster implies Bi-Han’s beliefs are accepted and shared by the clan. So maybe instead of being so set on demonizing kid!Bi-Han - who so far was only said to be “always cold” to Tomas what is not equal to being abusive and cruel on purpose - maybe it is time for fandom to examine previous Grandmaster and the whole clan’s beliefs that A) were passed to Bi-Han to mold him into man he is today and B) apparently fucked up Tomas’ childhood so much.

[supercantaloupe]

kind of crazy that i went to see a new doctor fully expecting to hear the usual spiel of "you need to diet and exercise and lose weight more. we will not consider different medication options. go do more blood tests" and instead this one just say yeah what you're doing now is fine actually. i'm not worried. testing that much is overkill. maybe eat some more protein but otherwise just keep doing whatever you're doing

[ayakashibackstreet]

Wanna know something funny? When I saw the launch price for the Switch 2, I initially went 'aw, sweet! That's not much more than the OG Switch!'

(it's a v2 but that's how much I originally paid for my Switch near launch)

Then I started reading the discussion threads and I realised something was off. That's when it fucking hit me.

The OG Switch was $299? Did they seriously bump up the price that much for us, even though our minimum wage is way lower than the US minimum wage? (and no, it's not just VAT/EU stuff, even taking into account the taxes the price is still higher)

Man, gaming sure is fun, huh.

The only reason I was able to buy the OG Switch was because it launched around my 18th birthday and have a huge family. Everyone gave me a little something and I ended up racking quite a sum, decided to use the funds to get myself my first brand new console.

I'll be working full time soon. I will not be spending more than half my wage on a Switch 2. It's even worse for people in like, Latin America. I've seen the price comparisons there, it's a joke. The console is only priced reasonably within Japan. US Americans are complaining about the pricing, too, which is a bad sign. And physical games for up to $90?? I don't fucking think so, especially since Nintendo stuff hardly goes on sale.

Yeah, if I'll be buying anything, it will be a Steam Deck. And I think many people will pass on the new console, even if it has a new Mario Kart as a launch title. I think we might have another 3DS situation on our hands.

[paperlovesadness]

ALSO JUSTICE FOR JET SKIS

Last chance Alex. Last chance

[lesbiansforboromir]

oh OH hO spicey ohhh having a spicey little tantrum about the boromir tag don't listen to me at all do NOT listen I mean it I mean it this is so petty

[amberrockstar]

It is really embarrassing to realise one is no longer poor (there's a whole essay I could write about that statement). And to find oneself thinking about clothes in a way that's more than just "what can I afford with no budget that I can make fit the story I want my appearance to tell?"

And then embarrassing to realise that the reasons I'm embarrassed by that are mainly negative things, rooted in how a lot of us cope with being poor and in the misogyny + queerphobia + class stuff that makes aesthetics be seen as not meaningful and not art.

Anyway, my favourite paid friend* just called me out on some things and it turns out this maybe isn't just privileged whininess?

So, now I need you all to tell me:

If/how you've successfully rocked a unique aesthetic whilst living mainly from a capsule wardrobe. (And maybe tell me how big your capsule is, cos the internet has range on what counts as that.)

Where one finds clothes that aren't super cheap quality and are made to fit AFAB-and-not-on-HRT bodies. I'll worry about making them fit my gender expression once I find them.

* paid friend = therapists, coaches, and the like

[xproskeith]

Well it took 5 episodes for the show to finally make me go =/

[moe-broey]

Like what was the POINT. Of stowing away baby Reginn just to be SO MEAN TO HER. Because of your UNRESOLVED ISSUES‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️

[llumimoon]

Agree with you forever about hermie death your tags on that post are correct 10/10

WAUGH THANK YOU !! I've had like so many thoughts abt this. It's just really unfortunate !!!

[kermakatti]

My fursona gets a job at some seedy remote resort in Japan that does nyotaimori (the "eating sushi off of a naked person's body" thing) but it doesn't get properly briefed about the procedure and ends up eating all of the sushi before the guests arrive

[halfdeadwallfly]

i was just sitting in the kitchen eating breakfast, having greek yogurt with grape nuts - which i thought was perfectly normal - and my mom cam in and with complete sincerity told me that i needed to have some fruit with it because otherwise i was basically eating plain sugar. am i going insane here

[torgawl]

gege can't handle not making a toji reference every goddamn chapter. he kinda ate here though.