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[butwhypants]

What I love about the titanic sub, is it's like the polar opposite of the Suez boat stuck incident

Where that was a minor inconvenience that no one person was really responsible for but affected just about everyone on the planet equally, this is a great tragedy for a handful of stupid idiots who built the world's shittiest submarine and they are the only ones affected by it in the slightest

[newspecies]

trying to think of a reason [ERROR] is so possessive of the OIAR crew and my current theory is that since the Archives are gone, this thing that might be a remnant of the other universe's Beholding is searching for something else to be the seat of the Beholding's power and took notice of the OIAR because Sam and Alice are the ones that released it (however unknowingly). The OIAR is not only doing something very similar to the Archives, but also clearly has SOMETHING akin to the Beholding attached to it with all the recordings we're hearing and the use of Jon, Martin and (possibly) Jonah's voices. So TLDR I think [ERROR] looked at the OIAR, said "close enough", and claimed everyone there. Anyway I think the tape recorders should bite more people

[gideonisms]

I also love people who are not quite sure if they count as lesbians due to the ever-changing definitions of gender and sexuality but who do have lesbian problems and lesbian relationship dynamics and who get weird looks from straight guys but also sometimes from other gay people and who can't really put into words exactly what they are because that's not exactly the point but it might be nice if it was easier to explain but it is what it is

[edge-oftheworld]

real talk though how much of their success was facilitated by the fact liz hemmings sees 'child with adhd' and thinks 'future world renowned musician' and just invested so much love and time and money into nurturing not only her own child's ambitions but also these two kids he brought home from school and the table drummer from her year 9 math class of 2009

[eternal-moss]

When people continually whitewash my favourite characters.

[ID: A black and white, rough digital drawing of someone sitting at a desk and clutching their head in their hands. End ID.]

^thank you @describe-things

[dreamsy990]

obligatory black mask redesign except i only changed like one thing and im not sure i like the final result

inspo for this btw

[icewindandboringhorror]

recent things and such~

[transmandrake]

Hmmm... Want to write my thoughts somewhere more coherent and formal... But for now a thought bubbling is that theres a general impression I get that people think that oppression and discrimination are like. Fixed, natural states.

That dynamics like misogyny are. Like some sort of good vs evil fight where it will always exist so you need to fight against it forever against the Other Side.

Like, we've made great strides against homophobia. Right? It's generally okay to be gay as long as you aren't too fruity or wierd. That's, nice for gay people who aren't too fruity or wierd.

It becomes more and more distasteful and unhelpful to pull the whole 'ugh, the straights' sense of humor and solidarity when straight people are. Just sort of Whatever about gay people 80% of the time.

Like I haven't seen that sentiment in a while. It's juvenile, parroting an old phrase to seem like you fit in, when you haven't experienced the discrimination that those phrases were backed by.

For me, this is where man-hating is at. It's also in an odd limbo where some people are still terribly affected by misogyny and patriarchy and are venting a frustration with reductive, community-signalling turns of phrase to affirm your common eperience.

But it just isn't as common an experience. The slope is starting to lower. I've met plenty of people whose whole schtick is man-hating when their experience with misogyny is entirely just... men being cunts.

Now. To be clear. Being a cunt. Can be just as harmful. But this is how it goes.

Oppresion is carried out and enforced systemically. You don't have to be a cunt to be an oppressor.

Being a cunt is often a response to *losing* systemic pressure over the oppressed group. You can lie back and relax when the system does what you want. When that system stops working, you need to do the work yourself.

I don't like men! I don't. 90% of them are huge cunts. But that is often because they are *losing*. That 10% grows. Even if that 10% is just indifference. If being a cunt is too much work for too little return.

The dynamic is changing. And so, the response, and tactics must too.

As more and more of the system is dismantled (and of course, this discussion is not relevant if the system is still in full operation for you.) you cannot treat an oppressive group or institution as absolute.

'Fuck all men' is not okay if being a man is no longer participation in an oppressive system. It is an identity that correlates with, not causes, unbelievable levels of cunt behaviour.

If you insist upon this sort of behaviour, then you are actively against *social* equality. These sorts of phrases are *systemic* rallying cries. Without a system, you are just rallying for hatred. You are a cunt.

To be clear, this is still systemic. Of course. But things are and have and will change. I do not automatically assume people who talk like this are cunts. But. It becomes less and less understandable and reasonable. It fosters an us vs them mentality outside of a dynamic of oppressed and oppressor.

It brings the system into your soul. And even when the external system is dismantled, you will still be under it.

[ettadunham]

sometimes i remember the hunger games and how nobody actually paid attention to what was in those books

[coldflasher]

started rewatching arrow and far be it from me to defend oliver queen but what the fuck is wrong with this man's family?? your missing son comes back from what you believe to be a five-year stint on a completely deserted island. alone. zero human contact and no concerns other than survival. and you want him to put on a suit and be in charge of a company despite having no education or training and being freshly returned from said deserted island

HELLO? do they realize what a miracle it is that this man is even coherent. he's riddled with ptsd! moira is like "oliver i am deeply disappointed that you didnt experience personal growth during your five-year survivalist nightmare. i thought you would come back and somehow not only be normal but also socially well adjusted." like madam the fact he is walking and talking and wearing clothes and acting fairly normal is astonishing in and of itself. he's been eating birds and sleeping in a tree. what does this man know about shareholders and ROI

[valiant-portabella-pirkko]

alright. know what? with Secrets of the Obscure right around the corner and plenty of new Mists-related sky island settings coming with it, I'll just bite the bullet and interest-check a little something I've been turning in my head for a long, long while.

would YOU be interested in a Mists-based GW2 roleplay guild that uses a lore compliant multiverse system to allow canon, canon-adjacent, lore-breaking, and otherwise 'contradictory' muses to coexist in the same setting?

simply put: every writer's cast would be set in their own self-contained universe. as such, everyone could bring whatever muses they want with their own personal headcanons, and no one could dictate what is or isn't canon for anyone else. so long as your muses are GW2-based, you're good to go! bring your Commanders, bring your canon-divergent OCs, bring your canon muses-- and yes, even the ones that are 'supposed' to be dead. who can say what might have happened in a strange world far across the Mists, after all?

neutral hubs and in-character safety guardrails would be in place to keep all muses on a relatively even playing field regardless of their power, history, and prestige, too. play hardball if you like, but it might not end quite the way you'd hope. the main rule would be to maintain good OOC etiquette at all times: no godmodding, no metagaming, no theft, don't blend IC and OOC, and so-on.

if that sounds like something you might have interest in, please interact with this post! and if you've got questions or concerns, I'd love to hear them; feel free to send an ask or a DM, or just reply to this post!

[edge-oftheworld]

somewhere running about in sydney is the guy who got absolutely destroyed on live tv about punishing kids (michael) for wearing the wrong socks. and idk i just think about it from time to time

[lesflaya]

Rambling but there is something so special to me about digitally created media that uses its digitalness to its advantage instead of replicating traditional. I love traditional mediums and I love digital that tries to represent traditionally as well. Art professors told us that “there is something about traditional that digital just cannot replicate” and I think it’s true to some extent, but also that maybe digital is something traditional mediums also cannot replicate. Digital mediums that utilize their digitalization to their fullest potential; ROMcorruption, glitch art, datamoshing, the crunchiness and freedom of old web interface and design, of adding human touch into computerized patterns. I used to hear in art school a lot “digital is too perfect” and “traditional lets you make mistakes” when it’s like, maybe you’re just approaching digital mediums wrong? Overusing an undo button is definitely easy but fucking with the foundations and code of a a digital piece is like carving into a traditional canvas with a knife to see what’s inside. There’s so much to break in and out of with digital art, so much to find if you’re willing to crack into it and not fall back on trying to make something perfect too.

[fadeintoyou1993]

having to explain to people things like. if i have to go out to do something and run errands i need to have it all mapped out and planned w like. at least a week in advance. and if i go out that day i cannot do anything else because That will be it. if i have multiple commitments that cannot be put on the same day i need one full day in between those commitments so i can rest and be recharged for that next thing otherwise i might have a breakdown in the middle of the street (again) and then That will render me unable to function for like a whole three days. and then people look at me like i choose to live like this?

[corvidaedream]

sometimes i get very passionate about my job and how important it can be to give an accurate history of a moment in american history that's frequently referenced but which the general public in america has a lot of misconceptions about

and other times i spend an unproductive day trying to explain outdated tax law to a child who isn't equipped to understand, but who is very intent on asking "why?" repeatedly and i think maybe i understand why this protest specifically gets misrepresented and glossed over in schools.

[emmavakarian-theirin]

god the amount of art i would pump out if i stopped letting lineart talk me out of it i would be unstoppable