#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.

[rosesofenvy]

2m25s of Arthur Lester Falling (S3)

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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)

[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.

[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

[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

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[crookedlyinnernightmare]

saiki's gloves are so thin that realistically he can probably feel textures pretty well, tho there's always gonna be a degree of dulling when you have smth on your hand. that aside if i want to angst abt saiki not being able to really truly touch things i will

anyway isn't it so fucked up that one of the only times kusuo gets to properly feel things is when the heat of the volcano is literally burning his gloves off his hands

[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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[techno-foxx-comixx]

Springfest yippie

[vimbry]

see this is the kind of thing that I prefer analogue horror to replicate. there's a point during an april fool's prank pulled by channel 4 in the '80s where a lead-in to an announcement sits on this ominous screen, accompanied by an eerie piano intro that quickly evens out into a relaxing jazz number. the suspense of being left to wait with no information, coupled with the continuity announcer's gentle voice and calming music as if there's reason to placate you, creates an unsettling atmosphere.

but nothing actually happens and there Is no threat. the prank itself isn't even anything frightening, but it does a good job of building tension before it.

[mayomkun]

Insane how many social cues humans have and you're supposed to know them all without being told

[stardust-falling]

Gotta make a post about the whole “YQY never takes SJ’s side and always scolds him” argument and how technically it’s somewhat true, but also not really because of an interplay of trauma-created habits.

[flecks-of-stardust]

wholeheartedly and with as much gentleness as possible, i truly think there needs to be more discussion about downpour in the community as it is now. for a variety of reasons.