#banning straws

[littlesistersti]

... The amount of people in the notes and comments who are unaware 0__0

Gist: plastic straws are temperature and allergy friendly so it adds up to disability friendly, and actually reusable this whole time (unless it's those super duper cheap ones that break apart if you move it in the slightest, why did those replace the paper straws instead of going back to the initial plastic straws?)

& just because the plastic straw is a danger to xyz, doesn't mean it should be completely gone.

also straws were never meant for the wide market, it was supposed to be hospitals

[utilitycaster]

I’ve long noticed and previously commented on the odd fandom antipathy towards characters like Suvi of Worlds Beyond Number and Jonas Spahr from Midst; and simultaneously a far, far more generous approach to outright villains like Will Gallows, many of the witches, and Moc Weepe.

I’ve also commented on the favor and endless forgiveness shown villains before, and to get it out of the way, yes, a lot of this is due to horny reasons, and as someone who does not identify personally as a monsterfucker this might be part of my lack of interest. But I think it would be unwise to chalk this up entirely to people wanting to fuck the villains, and given that Suvi and Jonas are both extremely attractive as well it’s certainly not the whole picture.

Suvi and Jonas are born into and achieve positions of privilege - military/political no less - in imperial societies. They are both explicitly indoctrinated. They are not, in my opinion, brainwashed; but they are driven into who they become through competition.

I think a lot of people are really uncomfortable with characters shown to be complicit in and favored within this kind of society. I think Spahr and Suvi occupy a space that they find too close to home; too close to what they themselves are. A villain validates one’s beliefs: Weepe is ruthlessly self-interested, driven by profit, and terribly violent, and so it’s easier to be comfortable with him, ironically enough, because the story tells you he’s a bastard and you can feel good about clocking him as a bastard, and even like that this character is on a meta level telling you that you’re right in your beliefs.

Suvi and Jonas and those like them don’t permit you that validation. They participate in these harmful systems while believing it to be the right thing to do. They are also young people who grew up knowing little else, with unfathomably high expectations placed upon them. They are flawed, with no shortage of harsh edges, but they are also frequently kind and generous people who are incredibly important, as they currently are, to characters one might find more sympathetic. They are deeply human. And they are both the beneficiaries and the victims of a vast and complicated system. You cannot fit them into the box of a “stripped of choice” victim even though both have found themselves backed against a wall by their respective societies. You cannot avoid that the dissolution of their society would have devastating consequences, even if it might be right (which Midst directly explores; I suspect the Citadel might not be a thing to be dissolved). And while many people do so, one cannot in good faith and intelligent analysis treat them as nothing more than a shipping doll who needs to be programmed to become a mirror of the “correct” character of one’s choosing without ignoring who they are and what they bring to the table: a political savvy, a great deal of talent and intelligence, and a desire to embody the best parts of their respective flawed societies.

As Midst reaches its denouement, one of the core messages is that a harmful society is still one comprised of people: some upholding it, some actively furthering it, and some just living within it. While Worlds Beyond Number is nowhere near its end, Brennan Lee Mulligan’s body of work upholds a similar message; that one cannot lose sight of the personhood of people, even those involved in messy and damaging systems, and that people must be judged with that in mind. Suvi and Spahr are not cogs to be wrenched free and corrected, but characters to appreciate in their complexity. It is a shame that so many reject them in favor of those who consistently choose to do harm because it is less difficult and challenging to think in terms of Good Guy/Bad Guy.

[princess-self-shipping]

MY GIJINKA ITERATORS ARE FINISHED!!!

I'm not wholely married to some of these concepts, but I did just wanna get my general thoughts out of my head and onto paper. If nothing else, these designs will make sure I get some much needed practice in with drawing more human-esc shapes on occasion. Hope yall like em!

[chanrizard]

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[hijarca]

Monkey D. Luffy:

“I am going to save you even if it kills me.”

[katelynnwrites]

full on sobbing

[f0xthef0x]

Risen from the dead for the splatoon au of a lifetime, hear me out girlies!! I was enjoying my big run when i realized i have the power to draw Zoro wielding three freaking splatanas (a two handed weapon……) at once and decided it was so funny and awesome that i had to make an au about it. Heres my brainrotted thoughts, i might make it more coherent later but unfortunately i could not be bothered rn. Happy final fest to those who celebrate ^_^!!!

Unfinished stuff obviously but i hope u enjoy the scrawlings of a lunatic (yes i do intend on making them each custom weapons, they deserve weapons corrolated to them) if anyone wants, i can explain my reasonings for these, or i can just not and u can make an inference urself 👍

[loveshetlands]

[marvelsgirl616]

…..why can’t we at least see the TikTok’s we had saved? 😭 like at least let us have the saved ones

[astraskylark]

Convinced that after all this, when WBY see a tea cup it's going to activate their fight or flight response and they will yeet that shit out the window

[clannfearrunt]

One week from toothed extraction: I am in a moderate amount of discomfort and/or maybe pain

[t3rraria]

Based off what I did last night

Buck: finally, a caprisun where I can't miserably fail at putting the straw in.

Chimney: it has no straw

Buck:

Maddie: what have you done

Buck, angry: FOR FUCKSAKES

*throws caprisun on the floor, it exploded everywhere*

Maddie, laughing: OMG BUCK WHY

chimney, dying: STOP, NO MORE CAPRISUN

P.S

(yes I did actually do this last night)

[ohimsummer]

HIHII, smash or pass with satosugu ‼️🤓

Smash suguru but he’s smashing satoru so technically im also indirectly smashing satoru 🥰

[skunkes]

Answering dis ask chopped up too

thank u, but my situation isnt that dire! Thats where half the problem comes from, i struggle because its really not that bad here, i just would like to leave for the regular reasons anyone would wanna leave home (+ being trans), that joke about what you dont pay in rent by living with your parents, you pay with your mental health etc etc

[triforce-of-mischief]

i have firefox are you happy now

[tadhannahj]

one caused international tensions through subtle promotion of hegemonic expansionism, the other is oppenheimer