#before the... unpleasantness

[aethersea]

I do think Blazing Saddles handled its one depiction of native americans very poorly, and the full extent of its representation of chinese workers on the railroad is they were literally just there. not even one single speaking line. unclear if this is worse or better than the redface.

it's fucking phenomenal at lampooning antiblack racism though. extremely blatant, extremely funny satire, which is constantly and loudly saying "racism is the philosophy of the terminally stupid at best and morally depraved at worst, and we should all be pointing and laughing at them 24/7"

plus the main character is a heroic black man who has to navigate a whole lot of bullshit but is constantly smirking at the extraordinarily stupid racists and inviting the audience into the joke. the one heroic white character is a guy who was suicidally depressed until he met the protagonist and they just instantly became buds, and he's firmly in a supporting role the whole time and happy to be there. the protagonist saves the day with the help of his black friends from the railroad, and uses the position of power he was given to uplift not only those friends, but all the railroad workers of other minorities too, in an explicit show of solidarity.

anyone saying "Blazing Saddles is racist" had better be talking about its treatment of non-black minorities. it had better not be such superficial takes as "oh but they say the n-word all the time" or "they have nazis and the kkk in there!" because goddamn if that's the full extent of your critique I very seriously suggest you read up on media analysis. there is too much going over your head, you need to learn to recognize satire.

[hemlock-dreams]

PG rated question: Peter has organic webs in this universe, so he has spinnerets I assume? Does he have to wear bracelets or something to hide them? R rated question: Can they be used for purposes other than web slinging 👀

His spinnerets are organic, but Peter doesn't wear anything like bracelets/bother to hide them because the holes are usually small enough not to be noticed. However, they do expand when Peter engages in any activity that gets the blood pumping (sex/fighting/exercise/etc.)

The spinnerets themselves are pretty sensitive when engorged, and direct contact into the opening is way too intense to be pleasurable. Around it....that's a whole different story.

Unfortunately, because his webs are toxic, anyone putting their mouth to his wrists will end up feeling like they came back from the dentist.

The taste is also extremely strong and not necessarily pleasant. Godspeed Wade you insane mfer.

[s4ndg3m]

second round of regretevator icons! i meant to make an infected and uhhhhhhhhh emerson one to upload with these but that was 2 months ago so. yes. smaller versions (aka more upload friendly) below cut

Free use, no credit needed! DO NOT REMOVE SIGNATURE

i like prototype's the most. like yeah ur staring or whatever. i might get the infected + emerson + maybe some other characters done at some point if i ever feel like it, but don't wait up. feel free to COMMISSION THESE. because i do make them custom. i HAVE made one custom. they're very fun.

[rosesofenvy]

2m25s of Arthur Lester Falling (S3)

Tag your favorite fall! Mine is "a long, long fall (reprise)"

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[l3irdl3rain]

with that number of cats living together, is there something like a pecking order like with fowl and cows or do they just chill? also, how did your cousins visit with wee bug go?

I've had individual cats who considered themselves in charge, but I wouldn't really call it a pecking order. It's more like one individual cat thinks they're in charge and everyone else just lets it happen. Back when I had Chloe she was convinced she was the queen of the house. Everyone was a little leery of her but nobody cared enough to actually fight with her.

The group I have now just all get along. Every once in awhile Petunia will give someone (cough cough Bianca) a little hiss because they're annoying her. But nothing ever really escalates past that.

[hexational]

freak vs creature who will win

also clarifying jeremy isnt trying to beat clover with plez he is trying to stop clover from mauling unpleasant (who has the reaction time of a brick wall)

[wooahiexist]

Friend Hangout!! (づ ◕‿◕ )づ

[gotticalavera]

Ford: I can't believe you're with Fiddleford.

Stan: Yes, and?

Ford: You don't understand, Stanley! That man is dangerous and terribly jealous. He's uncontrollable!!!

Stan: Pfff! Anyway, he's better than most of my exes.

Ford:...

Stan:...

Ford: WHAT A HECK, STANLEY!?!?!

[slasherscrews]

im not supposed to be a regretevator only blog I need to chill

[lloydfrontera]

lloyd 'survived on one meal per day for years' frontera would absolutely see sharing food as a love language and javier 'lived in the streets for months as a child' asrahan would be fluent in it

i do believe there is a point in their lives where they both heal from the trauma of going through severe food insecurity but neither of them ever quite really forget just how important food can be. and when the other shares their food with them, they appreciate it as the show of affection it was meant to be

[kwillow]

regarding romance involving your characters, im aware you've talked about how you likely wont engage in making content surrounding that topic (WHICH IS ABSOLUTELY FINE obviously), but do you mind if others do? i personally find a lot of enjoyment in those kinds of scenarios and itd be good to know if thats something you're fine with when it comes to your own creations. (im sure you get enough asks about romance already, apologies!!)

and related to this, are there any strict boundaries or hard lines youd prefer not to be crossed when it comes to fan content of them? even anything that just makes you uncomfortable; if youre alright with sharing, that is <:-} i would really like to know just to be certain

Hi there! This is a very kind and conscientious message; thank you for that. ^^

Short answer: sure, I don't mind if people want to make romantic-themed art or writing with my characters. It's flattering!

I don't really have much in the way of hard limits when it comes to depictions of my characters (not counting nsfw/kink art, where I'm also pretty permissive but want to be communicated with in advance), but here are some personal boundaries when it comes to how people treat me, the human:

My characters aren't able to be "claimed" by people for exclusive shipping purposes (either with other characters or for self-shipping). When people get jealous of either other people who want to ship themselves or their characters with mine, or jealous of the characters' in-story love interests, it creates a highly uncomfortable situation for me.

I'm happy for people to enjoy their romantic fantasies with my characters, but I am not included in that bargain. Liking my character does not mean one knows or is in any kind of relationship with me, platonic or otherwise (especially not otherwise).

Likewise, I probably won't reciprocate a lot of self-shipping or Your OCxMy OC type stuff. Of course I'll comment and appreciate the effort and the expression of being interested in my silly stories! But I won't necessarily make a lot of ship art in return or trade head-canons or what have you (again, I just am not super into shipping and I have my own story stuff I already don't have time to draw orz).

My characters aren't made to be boyfriend material. I also have not drawn/written/shown every part of their awful personalities or actions. In the future, I might reveal something about them that makes them unappealing or unsexy. People can ignore the unpleasant qualities I give my characters in their fantasies/fics, but I won't change how I write or draw the character to make them better suited to someone's tastes (yes this is something people have asked me to do).

I feel like stating some of these things makes me look a bit neurotic, like "oh come on, that's not going to happen," but unfortunately all of these things have happened to me before when people got, I guess, a liiiittle too romantically invested in my characters.

So really, I don't have many boundaries in the way of content. Go forth and write or draw or just imagine what pleases you (general you). Write them getting married, having unrequited crushes, being one of the last survivors of the Titanic and sacrificing themselves so that the other character can live her best life beyond their doomed romance, etcetera.

All I ask is that the appreciation is centered on the character as an imaginary being, and I, the real and very boring human woman, am largely ignored in the equation and not pulled in to do matchmaking, officiate any weddings, or act as a conduit to manifest a tulpa.

[askblueandviolet]

Hello 👋

It is I I have two questions! What's with the raccoons soul, thing? Two, do you prefer rainy weather or sunny weather and no, you can't just say you hate society and don't like going out macaque.

Oh I almost forgot * hands macaque a googily eyed rock* a gift 🎁 (　・`ω・´)

* A second later, the rock explodes, releasing a mix of purple and blue glitter with the song " Can't help falling in love with you,"which plays in the background*

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[nostalgia-tblr]

stopped reading a fic just there because it was insisting that thor & co went on many violent adventures pre-movies but of course left poor feeble loki behind cos he's a) feeble and b) blessed with a better understanding of imperialism than the rest, and there are a thousand other fics that also think this is obviously what happened but i think i may just have hit my limit on this one :\

[gradient-jeremy-asks]

Something switched with these two

Baby Anon if you see this please sponsor me I made this just for you I worked everyday to make this just for you 🫵

[innocuously-ostentatious]

There’s a children’s ropes course in my home town, and I wanted to try and take pictures to lend it a sort of liminal and vertigo-inducing effect. I also wanted to make it seem morbid and dangerous, because I am kind of basic and predictable in that way. I feel I was successful in my goals.

I don’t consider myself a photographer, and in fact generally consider myself to be bad at the art form, but I like how these all turned out. It might have had something to do with using an actual manually adjustable camera, and not just an iPhone.

[techno-foxx-comixx]

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