#but i guess i'm incredibly privileged to live in a time where it *can* be just an interest

[gay-jesus-probably]

I feel like Zelda does not recognize that her actions have consequences, which is. A very bad attitude for a leader to have, and seems to extend VERY far back in the Hyrulian royal family. You're also very right about them seeming to think that Ganondorf was too far beneath them to do any real harm. They thought they were being clever, but they failed to recognize that he can be very dangerous if he wants to be. This is entirely in a "good for her" way towards Ganondorf btw. So basically I am shaking Zelda by the shoulders and screaming "WHEN WILL YOU LEARN!!! WHEN WILL YOU LEARN THAT YOUR ACTIONS HAVE CONSEQUENCES!!!!"

Oh my god, right??? I mean, I'm not surprised, that kind of shit is just par for the course with royalty. They're literally born into a position of absolute power and authority, and told that they deserve it because they are fundamentally better people than literally everyone else, and all these lesser people exist only to serve them. That is the philosophical bedrock that a monarchy is built on. And in the LoZ universe it's a thousand times worse, because now we're also talking the divine right of kings (divine right of princesses in this case i guess), except it is canonically true. The literal canon says that the Hylian royal family has actually descended from a goddess, and that means they get to rule the world forever, and anyone who disagrees with them is pure evil to be crushed.

I mean, don't get me wrong aesthetically I love a good fantasy monarchy, that's just an inherent guilty pleasure of the genre. But I like them being done well. I don't want my fantasy royalty to just be the beautiful well mannered people that wear fancy clothes and sit on thrones. I like them being written as a person in a mandatory lifelong political position, and taking their duty as head of state really fucking seriously. Yeah, they're rich and powerful and live in a cool castle, but the trade off is that literally their entire life is dedicated to the betterment of the kingdom, regardless of what they actually want to do. That's the deal. You get anything you want, but you don't get to be your own person. If you don't want to do the job, then you don't get to have the privilege that comes with it. Honestly, one of the best examples I can think of off the top of my head is Riju; she's the unelected leader of the Gerudo and took the throne as a child... and took her responsibility really fucking seriously. She's been an exemplary leader in all her apperances, and she's clearly dedicated to the idea that being the head of state means serving your people above all else. She's dedicated her life to the wellbeing of the Gerudo, and that makes her an incredibly good person; she's more than earned her position and the benefits that come with it.

...And then we have Zelda, who isn't so good at this. Honestly, I'd say her main problem is just straight up entitlement; not really surprising given her environment. I mean for fucks sake, just look at how the civillians in TOTK treat her; I'm still absolutely horrified by that one sidequest where a research team misheard her instructions, thought she told them to go exploring in their underpants, and instead of refusing or even questioning the situation, they actually fucking did it. Every single one of them stripped naked, and set off to do their job in the manner the Princess had asked them to. A job that included going into monster dens. Now of course this is all silly, because naked people are funny, but if you actually think about it for five seconds, it's actually not funny at all. A group of civilians believed that their ruler ordered them to throw away their weapons, remove all their armour, strip naked, and walk into a monster den. This is outright said to be suicide. And they were actually going to fucking do it, without a single complaint or word of question. And the game's actual response to this is just "wow, it's so great to see how everyone's so devoted to our princess! this is a really heartwarming story". No game, I do not consider it heartwarming that a group of civillians were immediately willing to throw themselves to a pointless, agonizing death for no benefit other than Zelda's amusement. Not that she actually told them to do it, but the misunderstanding spiralling that far says so much about the state of Hyrule, and how much accountability Zelda is being held to. Which is to say, literally none whatsoever. Even when the fake Zelda is raising hell across the country and actively ruining lives, the only response from her apparent victims is to get worried that they haven't been showing Zelda enough devotion which is why they must have deserved this torment, so the only response is to dedicate even more of their lives to her service! Nobody questions her, nobody even gets angry or scared that she's seemingly hurt them. They just grovel at her feet.

The point I'm making here is that Zelda has spent years in an environment where literally everyone tells her that she is the most important person in the world, she deserves all the power, respect and riches, and she could never do anything wrong. That would go to anyone's head, and let's be real here... the game never even suggests that Zelda's tried to get people to take it down a few notches. She isn't worried about the mindless worship, she's perfectly okay with her country being a goddamn suicide cult. And you can see the entitlement coming across in her actions during the game - she has the four sages swear that their entire races will dedicate themselves to serving the Hylian royal family, and specifically their still-unborn descendants will take up the role to do her dirty work. She thinks it's perfectly reasonable to ask people to sell their unborn children into her service, and there's nothing ethically dubious about making demands of people who haven't been born yet, with two of them still being children when they're ordered to take up arms. And I realize it's a serious situation, but the game doesn't acknowledge this as being a morally grey action; the new sages are swearing to dedicate their lives to the glory of their god-ruler, how could anyone find that alarming?

And her treatment of LInk is particularly infuriating, because let's remember her, the last time she sees Link is immediately after he's been gloom-fucked by Ganon. His entire left arm is dead, and his beloved weapon is destroyed. She saw it happen. He absolutely could have just died right after she was yeeted back in time, because again, he was mortally wounded and in an extreme amount of danger. And even if he did live, he's just had his entire arm ripped off; after everything he's gone through, it would make perfect sense for him to finally hit a breaking point and decide he can't stand to fight anymore. My man's literally died before, and now he's lost his dominant limb, how could anyone be expected to keep going after that? But Zelda never even considers that Link might not be able or willing to fight for her. She treats it as a given that he's perfectly fine, and will do exactly what she wants even if she isn't there to order him around. It's not like he can think for himself, that would be ridiculous. Link is denied any and all agency; he can't even form his own opinions about the main plot or influence it in any way; everything was decided several thousand years ago. He's just here to do as he's told.

It just... all makes me think of that one memory in BOTW where Zelda runs away from Link, and when he catches up to do his fucking job, she greets him by angrily declaring that obviously she's the only one with a mind of her own. That was supposed to be her being way the fuck out of line, and abusing Link to deal with her own frustrations. But apparently TOTK... decided that she was right. Zelda is the only one with a mind of her own. Link's just here to follow her around and swing the sword when she tells him to.

It's just so fucking bleak, I hate this story so much. I love the gameplay, but I'm having a miserable time with the plot, every new development just makes me more frustrated and upset. I'm working on the fifth sage thing right now, and gotta say, absolutely fucking hate how Mineru refers to Link as just Zelda's Human Weapon. Like thank you furry goat lady, I realize that Zelda chose me to be her personal bootlicker, but I sure as hell didn't consent to any of this, and nobody has asked me if I'm actually willing to put my life on the line for this woman yet again.

At least BOTW fucking asked me if I was willing to risk my life to stop the Calamity.

[gravitysgone]

My dreams are always so vivid. Last night I dreamed I was making the perfect road trip. One I dreamed of doing when I was younger. No itinerary and no rules and only my wit and daring to carry me. Much like all the other road trips I took as a wild child. This one was the big one though. San Diego, California to St. John's, Newfoundland.

It would have been my great adventure. I had gone east to west across Canada from Toronto to Vancouver more than once. And east to west from Toronto to Halifax a couple times. Also I had gone north to south as far down as Gainesville, Florida and east to west from Georgia to California. But that was the big one. And the one I never got to do. I guess life got in the way and then 9/11 and then the cost of being a vagabond became the realm of only the privileged. SO it never happened. But last night, in my dream I got off to a great start. And made friends who took me to a really crazy pub run by Tom Waits and there was Keith Richards at the bar. There was weird and wonderful stuff all over the walls and on the shelves and the beer was cheap and good. And Tom held court. When I told Waits what I was planning on doing he handed me an envelope and said "Ah can you give this to a guy in New York?" and I asked who, because there was no address on it, just a name, he replied "You'll know when you see him". Then I woke up. Which was a bummer. My dreams are always very musical and at one point before I went to the pub I had my ear buds in and I was listening to Blue Rodeo. This song in particular...

And I think I have learned that the music I hear in my dreams is a message. This one is a sad sweet one about lost dreams, people and places. And a life I used to live.

As the evening descends Your conscious of every breath And every moment is a crisis, I guess Starin' out the windows of your hotel room You lit one too many fires underneath that spoon Well I guess you deserve the chosen few Real life, just out of view If only...It would have been magical.

The song is one of my favourite songs. It actually is written about a friend of the band but makes reference first to Robert F. Kennedy's assassination "And there's a picture we've all seen, It was taken in the lobby of the L.A. Ambassador Hotel, It's the silhouette of a man in another's arms". And then about RFK's son David who died in Florida of a heroin overdose in 1984 "Yeah you forgot the lines of a part you rehearsed so well, Lyin' awake in the Brazilian Court Hotel". The song speaks to me deeply. And if you're not Canadian you probably never heard of Blue Rodeo. But they're an incredibly talented group of guys and wrote some of the greatest music ever to come from Canada. And they also were the house band in the movie "Postcards From The Edge" where Meryl Streep sings the song "I'm Checking Out" with them. Incidentally the book and movie are written by Carrie Fisher about her own life and she was a fan of Blue Rodeo. And another cool fact is the song Streep sings with them was written by Shel Silverstein. And so Jeff goes off on a tangent. because this is how my brain is wired.

[zilodak]

im a turkish person who lives in America and it honestly makes so giddy to see turkish artists online since i live in a part of the US that basically has no other turkish people. it gets a little bit isolating sometimes because I love our culture and our language but not many people here actually know about any of it.

To them you’re either European or Arab and it’s a little bit challenging to explain what being Turkish really is to Americans sometimes. It’s so funny when you’re like, “🤓 um actually the majority of Turkey is in Asia” and their whole world view is shattered because like how could a country ever be Eurasian i guess, what a foreign concept, “what? you’re Asian?????? No way man you’re white right?” and then the real bombshell is when you tell them it’s also a mostly muslim country that’s often considered middle eastern.

i can not tell you the amount of times people have just out of the blue asked me what my race is. i guess its because of how intertwined race has been with American society and their view of identity throughout history. white with an asterisk i guess. like white as in i have all the privileges that come with being a white person but also not exactly being what people here think of when they refer to you as white or having white experiences. and thats ok i guess since white is more of a flexible umbrella term used to identify who has more racial privilege and power in American society. shit gets bonkers confusing sometimes. they should give you a manual that explains all this when you move to america fr.

sorry that was long and a little bit embarrassing to write in a tumblr anon thing but uhhhh just ignore all that ig resimler süper ya!

Where's that one Tumblr post... ah here it is

It's been an interesting experience to come to America after the discrimination in Europe because American discrimination is very racially motivated, as in if you have white skin, and you're not visibly Muslim (eg. are not a hijabi) you're considered and treated mostly white in public spaces which is a great privilege. This is also present in Europe mind you, like very much so, the way they treat Black and brown people is just as horrible and present in Europe as it is in America but they're also incredibly nosy on top of everything, and they'll clock you the moment you speak the language or you look even the slight bit ethnic and start treating you differently no matter if you have white skin. On one hand it's xenophobia sure, but really it has been ethnophobia for me more than anything (I've been mocked for my big nose, bushy eyebrows, hairy body, thick accent, etc).

I did have one defining moment when I first came here in America, I must've been around like 6 or 7 and this was post 9/11 and I distinctly remember we were at a Walmart (we were tourists) and I think we had some sort of miscommunication with the cashier and my mom was speaking Turkish to me bc I didn't speak English back then, and I think she mentioned God and it sealed the deal for the white woman behind us at the line and she started screaming for security. I obviously didn't understand it at the time and now my mom laughs a bit when she tells the story to our relatives or strangers, but it was clear that she got really scared and worried at that moment knowing how aggressive police and security is in America. She had no idea how to deal with the situation, especially since I was there (my mom's a bit of a short fuse) and she did not want to put me in danger, is what she'd later tell me.

I'm privileged that I haven't experienced anything like that or what I've been through in Europe ever since I moved here. But it does hurt a bit when I try to speak about past experiences with discrimination ive personally faced and people try to discredit me because I don't look ethnic enough for them (which is weird bc these are all things I've heard white people say mostly and bc like I've mentioned earlier have been endlessly mocked for when I was younger), which I understand bc it's different in Europe than it is in America. I even had someone on twitter zoom into a photo I posted and perform some weird like eugenic analysis as to why I don't deserve to speak up abt topics I've had experience with before based on ONE photo I had edited bc I was again struggling with body imaging issues and hated my ethnic features. It was very weird...

Still I find it odd that many people don't consider the Anatolia as part of Asia because it was considered the Orient and exotic for so long, and white people saying that now just feels so very wrong to me bc it feels like they're trying to erase how much influence they and their words had on the people and the land through Orientalism. I mean, the first word of advice my mom gave me when I told her abt the weird stuff my classmates were calling me as a kid was "they'll always see you as a barbarian, don't bother" in such a tired and defeated voice.

[big-meows]

i want jamil and leona to be friends so bad man. i mean, they both have lived their life in someone else's shadows, hearing theyll never be good enough, wishing for more out of their life but not knowing how to ever get it. leonas a prince so could prob offer jamil protection from any retaliation jamil might face for abandoning his 'place', and jamil knows how to. do things so leona wont just starve on his own. let these two shadowtrapped messes go explore the world away from judgement

(Disclaimer: Obviously a great deal of character and story stuff is locked in vignettes on cards that I don't have because I've been playing for...two weeks! So take this all with a grain of salt. I'm still getting to know them.)

I hadn't considered that angle tbh! I guess because... I don't have a ton of sympathy for Leona, because where Jamil is being consistently made to nerf himself at every turn to maintain his place in the class hierarchy, Leona is in a place of incredible privilege and ...gives up because he can't be at the tippy top? Like yeah man it sucks you can't be king I guess, but Falena's right, there's still so much he can do? Maybe people wouldn't look down on you so much if you sulked about it less? Sorry you can't beat Malleus at sports, why bring your whole class down with you? Why roll over and give up?

I'd been thinking of Jamil being more similar to Ruggie, beholden in some way to someone of enormous status and privilege, keeping their lives running smoothly in exchange for some kind of social or material security? The difference I guess is that Ruggie kind of takes it in stride even though Leona is considerably less appreciative of him than Kalim is of Jamil, because Ruggie is just happy to be here, and that Jamil is not as content in this arrangement as Ruggie is because Jamil wants the freedom to be himself and Kalim's status is a constant roadblock to that. It's not that Jamil wants to be the BEST, he just wants a chance to prove himself capable after being made to play stupid for ...his literal entire life. Because actually, everyone knows how smart and good Jamil is! No one's really saying he's not good enough. They're saying you're such a smart kid, so surely you understand this is how things work and why you can't have this.

Basically, as I see it, the only thing stopping Leona from being great is...Leona. And a title, I guess? Jamil is intentionally being stopped from being great by everyone, all the time. Ruggie doesn't want greatness, he wants dinner. Kalim just wants everyone to have a nice time!

Don't get me wrong, I'd read that fanfic tho 👀

[taegularities]

Hi lovely Rid 💕💕

I'm coming in with one of my irrelevant and possibly annoying rants™ that I haven't done in a while.

But the part in cmi blooming where Jungkook was talking about how OC isn't even meeting his standards, she's actually building them made me think of my crush and :((

I'm usually so so wary when I talk to guys because in my experience, sooner or later, they always say something that makes me feel weird or uncomfortable, like they start being misogynistic or homophobic, or they start treating me weird. And don't get me started on the toxic masculinity!!!

So when I started talking more to my crush and realising I like him, I thought that the more I got to know him, I would find out something about him that would put me off, like it usually happens. But this man is literally too perfect????

He is so intentional with all of his political and moral views, with the activism he's doing, with the way he's intentionally defying gender norms. If someone says something weird, like sexist or any other kind, he'll be the first to call the person out on it. None of it feels performative either, just really intentional because he realises his privilege and uses it for good. And he's so kind and caring too, listens so well and remembers things about his friend's interests. Like his whole films watchlist is full of his friend's favourite movies and he must have a friend who's an army too because every time we come to that topic he knows so much 🥺🥺 I was nervous about giving him my discord because it's got a jungkook profile pic and everything but he just started asking like isn't he in the military now etc. Literally the biggest green flag of a person.

He's the one currently setting the standard for me! And the problem is that I really don't think he likes me back and now I don't know who else will meet all these standards lmaoo. But when I'm not feeling pessimistic and I look at it from the bright side, he has genuinely restored a little bit of my faith in men (just like bts actually) Because if he exists then surely there are others like him, right 😔

Anyway, this is a bit of an aimless rant, just had to get that off my chest. But of course, cmi Jungkook is the ultimate standard and nobody can surpass him!!

Thank you for listening as always, Rid. Love you 💞💞💞

hi ivi, my sweetheart 🤍

reading smth so wholesome after attending meetings of 4.5h is 🥹 the way you talk about him is so incredibly endearing and made me beaaaaam!! and it fills me with hope once again that such wonderful people do exist. even if you only remain friends, i'm so happy you've found someone who helps you restore faith in humanity. he truly sounds amazing :D and isn't it freaking amazing how knowing the right person makes you realise just what you look for in people? like, having no type but finding a standard in someone amazing is such a grand and irreplaceable compliment. (you should tell him how cool he is 🥺 he'd love that, i bet 🥺)

i was already going to mention it before you said it yourself, but i think he's the ultimate proof that not everything in this world is rotten. i know love doesn't always come easy to us, and somewhere in us, the fear of being disappointed is always present. i guess that's how you know how much you value and cherish your heart and that you won't settle for hurt 🤍 but, while everyone always says this to me, i want to tell you, too, that awesome people come into our lives at just the right moment, and that if things truly do not work out with your crush, there'll be someone one day who'll make you believe in the best in people, too and who'll love you in ways you soooo deserve (although cmon, your crush is tooootally missing out!! 😁). but keep holding onto hope bc love and tenderness do exist and we'll alllll get our very own cmi jk one day for sure, and he'll worship the ground we walk on just as he does with oc 🥺🤍

none of your rants are aimless or irrelevant and least of all annoying. in fact, more!! lol i always miss them when you're away!! i actually apologise for rambling, too like odidgsududh :') love you, ivi, thank you for putting a smile on my face bc this msg was the most wholesome thing ever <3

[softandwildx]

I live in the KC Metro, where Ralph Yarl was shot.

Today, an African American kid came to our house doing door to door sales. We talked with him about the product for a long time, and about Ralph Yarl. He told us about his experience in our neighborhood and how most people have been perfectly pleasant, but he's had run ins with jerks, too. My mom told him to "be safe, because I worry about you," and sent him along with some water.

He came back to our house tonight, sheepishly hoping we'd let him back in because he was cold, and hungry, and is thousands of miles away from home to be working out here. He asked if we'd be kind enough to give him a snack. He sat at our dinner table for about two hours, eating his first home cooked meal in weeks and laughing and talking about what's going on in the world right now. My grandma even asked him if his "friend was a serious friend." So basically, he's part of the family now. 😂 He's even coming back another day (maybe we'll have some KC bbq waiting for him 😋)

This might seem strange to a lot of people, and to others it might seem like I'm virtue signaling about bringing a black kid in our house or something, and that's not my intention at all.

Truthfully I am incredibly scared for him walking around here or anywhere, and I'm glad that he trusted us enough to come into our home and get warm and fed. I can't imagine nor could I ever try to understand what it must be like to be him in this country at this moment in time.

I'm mostly just writing this because yes, it felt good to open our home and see how appreciative he was. But I'm more just thinking about so many kids like Ralph Yarl who didn't get that. They got much, much worse. And it's not okay.

I hate this country right now. I'm terrified of it, and I am much more privileged than many. And I guess the thought at the forefront of my mind is that.. as bad as things are, as hopeless and frustrating and dangerous and horrible things seem to be getting, I can do something good and kind for someone in need. And someone whose safety is at risk moreso than mine, for certain. Maybe when he goes home, he'll tell his family that there was at least one other family who was kind to him in a sea of terrible, cruel people. Or maybe he'll forget all about us but at least he went home with a full belly and warm bones. Either way, I'm glad.

And that's enough to live on for awhile. And if we can do it, so can you.

Don't be standoffish and rude to salespeople, because they are just trying to do their jobs just like everyone else. Be trustful and kind and welcoming to everyone you cross paths with, because you have no idea what they're dealing with or the hardships they're facing. Be especially kind and protective of the people of color in your communities. If you have the means, do what you can to help them.

And for god's sake, don't be a fucking racist. And stop shooting black kids for walking up to you or simply because their existence "threatens" you.

[gontagokuhara]

I just read the most recent chapter... PERFECTION. I'll talk more about it when I leave a comment, but it was so worth the wait. I'm so interested in the lore of this story, it's definetly transcended both source materials and become its own unique thing! I have so many questions, but I just want to ask the ones that probably won't be revealed from the story itself to try and prevent me from bombarding you with them all😭

For now I'm gonna guess that Kaede knows Peko from a camp visit or something! I think it was also alluded that she/Tenko knows Chihiro/Chiaki as well. What's it like when the other Gods visit (or when the triplets visit)?

Also, I'm not sure how to phrase this, but how were the demigods born to established couples like Naegami/Sakuraoi? [Bc like, gay supremacy, obvi, but like, idk how😭] And also also, why did all the gods decide to reproduce like rabbits all at once 😭 I know that in Greek mythology they were all just freakin but like I'm wondering what caused it in pointy objects, did the y2k craze also get to them

(I wanna save most of it for my comment on ao3, but I really liked how we got an update on so many outside characters, as well as new characters! What happened right after everyone at the camp realized they were gone? I feel so bad for the other half of the kids💔)

hello hello!!! i very eagerly await your comment, but that's for later — for now, there's a few other things!

first: your interest and passion for my writing is so incredibly appreciated and enjoyed and inspiring and just !!! it means more than you know, and since *im* crazy insane about this fic too, i am more than happy to answer questions because my god the brain worms are so bad and they've been there for YEARS.

second: the answers to your current questions! for anyone who may not want to see (for spoiler or length reasons) the rest shall be under the cut <3

i love offering little insights on things that i just don't physically have space to put into the main fic, so that's where i'll start with your first question! godly parent-birth child interaction is a big no-no under junko, so the gods have had to get creative in how they make contact with their children. in the case of peko, kaede is familiar with her because tenko lives with her (with their relation being aunt-niece) except during the summers. as an aside, tenko and himiko also attend the same boarding school during the year, and so when it's summertime, it's often been peko that's dropped the both of them off at camp. however, kaede is also privy to maki's family situation in a way that no one else at camp really is, so she's aware of fuyuhiko being maki's 'godfather' and that he and peko are very close, and work together.

in mentioning chiaki and chihiro as examples, there's a few reasons for the other campers to be aware of them enough to like them. lots of phone conversations, first off — junko can do a lot of things, but monitoring every possible means of communication for every demigod is unfeasible — and boring (at least when not considering certain gods she has specific vendettas against). chiaki and chihiro are all around "better" parents than some of the others, and that naturally lends itself to them coming by camp on very rare occasions to visit their children. other gods also will (very occasionally) visit to speak with hajime and nagito, but the barrier and its ability to keep them from interfering is most of the time enough that they'd rather call a meeting. so, tldr: gods come around camp sometimes, but in very limited circumstances. it's mostly phone conversations, texts, and facetimes that are used between the demigods and their parents (though not everyone has that privilege. i'll leave it at that <3)

and VERY good questions, about the logistics of all these damn kids LOL. there are a lot of reasons for this, so i'll use a few specific examples to expand upon.

makoto and byakuya are first-time parents with rantarou. in godly terms, they've been together for a long time (though not nearly as long as others like hajime/nagito or sakura/aoi, whose relationships are actually ancient). however, for various reasons — hesitance on byakuya's end that he may be a poor father, hesitance on makoto's end to not only have a child as a Big Five god, but also to have a mortal child that he will outlive — they put off having children until relatively recently. sometimes it's as simple as they're just waiting for the right time, and that's what they did. in rantarou's case, he is byakuya's biological child, and his conception was the result of a very rigorous process of finding a surrogate both byakuya and makoto were comfortable with. and it worked out; they were given the child of their dreams, the center of their whole universe, and the very well taken care of surrogate is paid for all of the work she does and more, and she retires richer than god.

aoi (as angie's godly parent) had her in a very similar way — sperm donor, from someone she trusts on her home island where she lives with sakura and a few hundred mortal islanders that know of their status as goddesses and worship them accordingly.

and finally the VERY good question of Why The Fuck Are There So Many Demigods. there's a few reasons for this! a lot of the kids we see are the first children that a god has had — this is true in the case of gundham's child, rantarou, tenko, and a few others that will become important to the fic itself later. there were also several couples between the gods that developed relatively 'recently', which plays a role as well. others, who have had children before, grieve the ones they've lost and decide if/when to have another child in very different ways. this is a non-exhaustive list, but sonia, chihiro, leon, komaru, aoi, hiyoko, mahiru, and nekomaru are all examples of gods who have had children more than once. some — like sonia, chihiro, and aoi — make the choice to have more children despite the issues that arise regarding their immortality. and in the case of those three, all of them just happened to feel ready enough to have kids again at the same time a few spring chicken couples were popping out their firsts, and a few others were making questionable parenting decisions, and some had kids...without knowing they did.

BOY this sure got fun! but it was so fun to write. if this hasnt made it clear, i'm more than happy to talk about this fic for literally ever and ever — so long as i'm ducking around spoiler territory. your last question, about what happens immediately following the gang being discovered as missing, will come up to at least some degree in pointy objects. however, for years i've maintained a list of possible one-shot ideas that don't fit within the main pointy objects narrative, and that has been on there for ages. so if it's not expanded upon enough in-verse for my liking, i'll definitely either write something supplementary (WAY in the future tho LOL) on ao3 or lore drop here. we're a ways off from that, though!

but thank you again, and i hope you enjoyed this little offering! i certainly did <3

[phantomluck]

It feels important to note something here about the west coast and pacific north west in general.

I'm from Portland, I live pretty far away now but that's my home. And in a lot of ways it's been white liberal haven my whole life. Which, breeds insidious hate in itself. Its also an incredibly segregated city. The history of Oregon is essentially that no one but white people could come for a long time. The fucking Proud Boys are centered there.

I guess where I'm trying to go with this is that, even the "safe" places in the US are trying to take away rights. In some capacity. People often say voting in a blue state doesn't matter. And that's a lie to a degree. Because if it wasn't important, this wouldn't be news. It wouldn't matter.

Voting is not the end-all-be-all of being politically active. It is the least you can do. I get it. I do. I don't like either of them. I'm angry. I'm frustrated. Remember that one of these people wants to use nuclear war fare. One wants a complete nationalist cult of a country. I've also seen some "leftists" saying they want to elect Trump because they think we can all burn it all down if he wins this year. If you're an accelerationst, I beg you to think of the people who will lose everything and I beg you to check your privilege.

Okay. That's all. Go vote. Be careful. Don't let strangers touch your ballot. Some counties have a political party office that has an indoor ballot box if you're scared. I know I am.

they're burning ballots in the US now btw. in case you wanted to know where things are at.

Edit: to clarify, locations mentioned are Vancouver, Washington and Portland, Oregon. This news story does not involve Canada.

Important info: Context: Dropbox location was Fisher's Landing Transit Center near Southeast 162nd Avenue Hundreds of ballots lost, voters should contact the Clark Auditor ASAP Clark Auditor contact info: clark.wa.gov/auditor Can confirm your ballot was received on: vote.wa.gov

[imabillyami]

I 100% agree with you about how the Cody story is going. Realistically, it is a well written story with good character growth.

Unfortunately, that's not a story I think Cody is interested in telling. Cody comes out the type of guy who thinks he's going to be the next Cena and the company is has sacrificed others and kibd of done others dirty to support the vision. Unfortunately, for THEM WWE isn't in a place where they need a Cena, they have lots of sustainable baby faces. Some who get louder cheers then Cody. Cody has even gotten boos over it. I think that gibberish Cody spewed is the story WWE is trying to twist the story to like we didn't see this in real time. People are siding with Kevin and if anything I think this backfired in Kevin's favor.

I think your idea is the better, more logical story, but I don't think Cody is talented or interesting enough to tell it.

This turned into another essay, oh boy. But I guess I'm known for that. Well shucks, here we go:

I don't necessarily know about that last part. I'll admit that he's not interesting to me at all in his current form, but he has been in the past (pre AEW & pre current era WWE run). And I wouldn't say he isn't talented, to me he's just using his talent the wrong way/ not to his fullest potential.

He's had an incredible heel run in the indies, he was entertaining to watch as a heel for a long time. It's when he's trying too damn hard to be a face/ refuses to lean into his natural heel persona/ refuses to turn heel despite acting like one that the problems truly begin.

That was what pissed the AEW fans off and was the problem in the long run and that's also why a lot of WWE fans are turning on him/ siding with Kevin. Cause his heelish/political antics paired with his gaslighting tendencies and the way he always seems to be getting his way by using his political stroke/ influence backstage? The way he never shuts up about it either? The way he's too damn proud to admit to any flaws or mistakes? That paired with the good guy real proud patriotic American babyface character he presents simply doesn't add up.

And it's getting harder and harder to overlook and ignore when other characters present compelling argument after compelling argument as to why he's wrong and why they're right. WWE can try to bend the narrative in his favor all they want, the cracks will keep showing. Especially with a character like Kevin's.

Kevin's character has always been all about continuity and remembering all the things that wrestling amnesia usually makes characters (and the general audience) forget, so being confronted with that makes the plot holes/ holes in the character more glaring than ever.

Look, I'm happy for the Cody fans who like his current character and don't mind the discrepancies/ are willing to overlook them. And I'm happy for all the kids who get to worship their hero (though I have thoughts on that). I respect the fact that different people like different things, that's how being a fan works, that's how fandom works. Live and let live. I have a whole bunch of Cody stan mutuals and I respect their opinion just as much as they respect mine.

However, to me personally, and I agree with you on that, he's never going to be the next Cena or Roman or big superstar that can completely carry the company solely on his back. And that's not just a kayfabe character thing, but very apparent in the way he handles media appearances and interviews, always skating on the edge of outrage, always saying problematic bullshit (seriously please WWE give this guy some more media training or at least make him aware of his privilege and how to be aware of it).

And the true question concerning that is: Is the "one face of the company" strategy maybe a thing of the past and outdated? Cause times change, people get bored more quickly and turn on their favs more easily these days, especially with online spaces being the way they are. So after Roman leaves eventually - the last true "one face" of the company, does he really need that ONE successor like Cena did, or can a whole group of people fill that spot instead? We're seeing it happen already, Roman has shared the spotlight for years and I see it moving in that direction even further once Roman retires eventually.

The claim to be "the face" and "the one guy" is about as antiquated as some Wrestling fans' views on what wrestlers should look like and how kayfabe should be kept alive at all times. It's a thing of the past. And there's so much incredible talent that already carries the company right now, wouldn't it be foolish to put all your eggs in one basket when you can spit them/ distribute them in many equally as safe and compelling baskets? Why not share that spotlight and that success and be happy for everyone who reaches that level of popularity?

As much as Cody wants to be that oldschool "one true face" of the company, I don't think he'll ever fully get his wish in the way that he imagines. There's too many people with a legitimate claim to that position these days.

Anyways. I drifted away from the point a little bit.

Honestly, I just hope WWE will keep acknowledging the discrepancies between the character and his actions going forward. Cause frankly, it would be rather offensive if they kept gaslighting us or insulting our intelligence, acted like we're stupid and treated us like fools for questioning things that clearly don't make sense in the big picture.

I'm still hoping and praying for a (very unlikely) heel turn for Cody down the road, cause that way he could maybe finally become a character I could get behind again. Or, if they don't go through with that, they could at least make him a very lonely babyface who is faced with the consequences of his decisions.

[jupiterisaroace]

Listen, you better go 'cause we're really busy working. KEN: But it's our yogurt night! VANESSA: (Holding door open for Ken) Bye-bye. KEN: (Yelling) Why is yogurt night so difficult?! (Ken leaves and Vanessa walks over to Barry. His workplace is a mess) VANESSA: You poor thing. You two have been at this for hours! BARRY: Yes, and Adam here has been a huge help. ADAM: - Frosting... - How many sugars? ==BARRY== Just one. I try not to use the competition. : So why are you helping me? VANESSA: Bees have good qualities. : And it takes my mind off the shop. : Instead of flowers, people are giving balloon bouquets now. BARRY: Those are great, if you're three. VANESSA: And artificial flowers. BARRY: - Oh, those just get me psychotic! VANESSA: - Yeah, me too. : BARRY: Bent stingers, pointless pollination. ADAM: Bees must hate those fake things! : Nothing worse than a daffodil that's had work done. : Maybe this could make up for it a little bit. VANESSA: - This lawsuit's a pretty big deal. BARRY: - I guess. ADAM: You sure you want to go through with it? BARRY: Am I sure? When I'm done with the humans, they won't be able : to say, "Honey, I'm home," without paying a royalty! (Flash forward in time and we are watching the human news. The camera shows a crowd outside a courthouse) NEWS REPORTER: It's an incredible scene here in downtown Manhattan, : where the world anxiously waits, because for the first time in history, : we will hear for ourselves if a honeybee can actually speak. (We are no longer watching through a news camera) ADAM: What have we gotten into here, Barry? BARRY: It's pretty big, isn't it? ADAM== (Looking at the hundreds of people around the courthouse) I can't believe how many humans don't work during the day. BARRY: You think billion-dollar multinational food companies have good lawyers? SECURITY GUARD: Everybody needs to stay behind the barricade. (A limousine drives up and a fat man,Layton Montgomery, a honey industry owner gets out and walks past Barry) ADAM: - What's the matter? BARRY: - I don't know, I just got a chill. (Fast forward in time and everyone is in the court) MONTGOMERY: Well, if it isn't the bee team. (To Honey Industry lawyers) You boys work on this? MAN: All rise! The Honorable Judge Bumbleton presiding. JUDGE BUMBLETON: All right. Case number 4475, : Superior Court of New York, Barry Bee Benson v. the Honey Industry : is now in session. : Mr. Montgomery, you're representing the five food companies collectively? MONTGOMERY: A privilege. JUDGE BUMBLETON: Mr. Benson... you're representing all the bees of the world? (Everyone looks closely, they are waiting to see if a Bee can really talk) (Barry makes several buzzing sounds to sound like a Bee) BARRY: I'm kidding. Yes, Your Honor, we're ready to proceed. JUDGE BUMBLBETON: Mr. Montgomery, your opening statement, please. MONTGOMERY: Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, : my grandmother was a simple woman. : Born on a farm, she believed it was man's divine right : to benefit from the bounty of nature God put before us. : If we lived in the topsy-turvy world Mr. Benson imagines, : just think of what would it mean. : I would have to negotiate with the silkworm : for the elastic in my britches! : Talking bee! (Montgomery walks over and looks closely at Barry) : How do we know this isn't some sort of : holographic motion-picture-capture Hollywood wizardry? : They could be using laser beams! : Robotics! Ventriloquism! Cloning! For all we know, : he could be on steroids! JUDGE BUMBLETON: Mr. Benson? BARRY: Ladies and gentlemen, there's no trickery here. : I'm just an ordinary bee. Honey's pretty important to me. : It's important to all bees. We invented it! : We make it. And we protect it with our lives. : Unfortunately, there are some people in this room : who think they can take it from us

HE PINS YOU DOWN ON THE CARPET

[krs724490]

9/19/2024

the girl at naropa dressed like faerie reminds me. of the fantasy world that I chose to overlay over the world as I know it. The one that is just as real as the world as it is presented to me.

I've always had creativity. Since I was younger I believed in faeries and I pieced together collages that inspired me. I love pixie hollow and the way it is drawn. its so enchanting, warm, innocent. I can wander in the woods and go to a place where I am ancient. For some reason this place is always existing in another time period. Or in another realm such as alice in wonderland. It has never taken place in this time in this place in my clothes and in my body. I pray to spend just as much time cultivating this imaginary world than the one right in front of me. The imaginary world is more interesting to me. Its been so long since I've stepped into it. I kind of want to swing that way for awhile until balance sends me back to center. today as I was meditating in the woods, I felt myself drifting amongst the trees in a beige floor length gown. I was in no rush, just admiring the view. Gazing out lovingly on the soft filter that was seemingly laying on top of the scene around me. I was able to stay with her awhile as I descended down the mountain. Slowly space is cultivated. Even though all morning my neurosis was running. An empty morning to fill with whatever and my mind couldn't stop running with possibility. Opportunity to check things off of my to do list. and yet I checked nothing off. I couldn't return my shirt at billabong. There was no staff to let me pick up my parking pass. Its so funny the way my mind runs. I was craving a coffee all morning despite knowing I didn't need one. Where does that come from? Why do I want that bump? Why am I craving gummy worms right now? its borderline hysterical nonsensical. there is a place in me that is so proud that this is how I let the day play out. I went on a calm hike. I didn't get coffee but I did get a moderately caffeinated bubbly drink that costed less and fulfilled the need to get something extra. I ate the food I made in the fridge at naropa. It wasn't easy to get here, but I was paying attention. I loving placed my attention on the craving.

The modern day warrior princess in me exists in boulder and is so proud to go to naropa. living in boulder is such a privilege to have access to nature and resources that are more inventive/up and coming. I am doing exactly what I have always hoped for myself. I'm not sure what narrative I want to write from here. I don't have a sense of self. I kind of skip over myself which is beneficial because it means less ego, however, there is a place where somewhere to stand is helpful and necessary. but also I want to give so much space to the unknown to show me more magic than I can even dream up.

I guess I can say that there is a girl. She lives in Denver, Colorado in 2024. She is dating a prince, he is kind and handsome, patient, understanding, goofy, and loving. She works at her dream job where she gets to spread good cheer to those around her and assist others in doing so. She goes to a unique school. One that brings incredible, loving people together. One that really cares to make the world a better place and embraces the challenges that come with that instead of running to hide behind power and money. She is learning to sit with people. To truly sit with people, welcoming all of them as well as all of herself. She wears leggings and sports bras and tennis shoes. and she owns this pair of sunglasses that look like someone spilled blue and yellow gatorade on the lens. She has this insane hair that she cannot tame and is not even on the verge of trying. She has addictions and cravings - exercise, caffeine, sugar, curry. but she's bringing kindness and understanding toward them. she's learning to let go. and its becoming lived experience.

[mustachedmushroom]

- Hello, bee. This is Ken. Yeah, I remember you. Timberland, size ten and a half. Vibram sole, I believe. Why does he talk again? Listen, you better go 'cause we're really busy working. But it's our yogurt night! Bye-bye. Why is yogurt night so difficult?! You poor thing. You two have been at this for hours! Yes, and Adam here has been a huge help. - Frosting... - How many sugars? Just one. I try not to use the competition. So why are you helping me? Bees have good qualities. And it takes my mind off the shop. Instead of flowers, people are giving balloon bouquets now. Those are great, if you're three. And artificial flowers. - Oh, those just get me psychotic! - Yeah, me too. Bent stingers, pointless pollination. Bees must hate those fake things! Nothing worse than a daffodil that's had work done. Maybe this could make up for it a little bit. - This lawsuit's a pretty big deal. - I guess. You sure you want to go through with it? Am I sure? When I'm done with the humans, they won't be able to say, "Honey, I'm home," without paying a royalty! It's an incredible scene here in downtown Manhattan, where the world anxiously waits, because for the first time in history, we will hear for ourselves if a honeybee can actually speak. What have we gotten into here, Barry? It's pretty big, isn't it? I can't believe how many humans don't work during the day. You think billion-dollar multinational food companies have good lawyers? Everybody needs to stay behind the barricade. - What's the matter? - I don't know, I just got a chill. Well, if it isn't the bee team. You boys work on this? All rise! The Honorable Judge Bumbleton presiding. All right. Oase number 4475, Superior Oourt of New York, Barry Bee Benson v. the Honey Industry is now in session. Mr. Montgomery, you're representing the five food companies collectively? A privilege. Mr. Benson... you're representing all the bees of the world? I'm kidding. Yes, Your Honor, we're ready to proceed. Mr. Montgomery, your opening statement, please. Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, my grandmother was a simple woman. Born on a farm, she believed it was man's divine right to benefit from the bounty of nature God put before us. If we lived in the topsy-turvy world Mr. Benson imagines, just think of what would it mean. I would have to/negotiate with the silkworm for the elastic in my britches! Talking bee! How do we know this isn't some sort of holographic motion-picture-

if this post gets 5k notes before december 15th i will do my geography presentation (and present it infront of my class) before the due date

[sharkchanic]

Even if it's true, what can one bee do? Sting them where it really hurts. In the face! The eye! - That would hurt. - No. Up the nose? That's a killer. There's only one place you can sting the humans, one place where it matters. Hive at Five, the hive's only full-hour action news source. No more bee beards! With Bob Bumble at the anchor desk. Weather with Storm Stinger. Sports with Buzz Larvi. And Jeanette Chung. - Good evening. I'm Bob Bumble. - And I'm Jeanette Chung. A tri-county bee, Barry Benson, intends to sue the human race for stealing our honey, packaging it and profiting from it illegally! Tomorrow night on Bee Larry King, we'll have three former queens here in our studio, discussing their new book, Classy Ladies, out this week on Hexagon. Tonight we're talking to Barry Benson. Did you ever think, "I'm a kid from the hive. I can't do this"? Bees have never been afraid to change the world. What about Bee Columbus? Bee Gandhi? Bejesus? Where I'm from, we'd never sue humans. We were thinking of stickball or candy stores. How old are you? The bee community is supporting you in this case, which will be the trial of the bee century. You know, they have a Larry King in the human world too. It's a common name. Next week... He looks like you and has a show and suspenders and colored dots... Next week... Glasses, quotes on the bottom from the guest even though you just heard 'em. Bear Week next week! They're scary, hairy and here live. Always leans forward, pointy shoulders, squinty eyes, very Jewish. In tennis, you attack at the point of weakness! It was my grandmother, Ken. She's 81. Honey, her backhand's a joke! I'm not gonna take advantage of that? Quiet, please. Actual work going on here. - Is that that same bee? - Yes, it is! I'm helping him sue the human race. - Hello. - Hello, bee. This is Ken. Yeah, I remember you. Timberland, size ten and a half. Vibram sole, I believe. Why does he talk again? Listen, you better go 'cause we're really busy working. But it's our yogurt night! Bye-bye. Why is yogurt night so difficult?! You poor thing. You two have been at this for hours! Yes, and Adam here has been a huge help. - Frosting... - How many sugars? Just one. I try not to use the competition. So why are you helping me? Bees have good qualities. And it takes my mind off the shop. Instead of flowers, people are giving balloon bouquets now. Those are great, if you're three. And artificial flowers. - Oh, those just get me psychotic! - Yeah, me too. Bent stingers, pointless pollination. Bees must hate those fake things! Nothing worse than a daffodil that's had work done. Maybe this could make up for it a little bit. - This lawsuit's a pretty big deal. - I guess. You sure you want to go through with it? Am I sure? When I'm done with the humans, they won't be able to say, "Honey, I'm home," without paying a royalty! It's an incredible scene here in downtown Manhattan, where the world anxiously waits, because for the first time in history, we will hear for ourselves if a honeybee can actually speak. What have we gotten into here, Barry? It's pretty big, isn't it? I can't believe how many humans don't work during the day. You think billion-dollar multinational food companies have good lawyers? Everybody needs to stay behind the barricade. - What's the matter? - I don't know, I just got a chill. Well, if it isn't the bee team. You boys work on this? All rise! The Honorable Judge Bumbleton presiding. All right. Case number 4475, Superior Court of New York, Barry Bee Benson v. the Honey Industry is now in session. Mr. Montgomery, you're representing the five food companies collectively? A privilege. Mr. Benson... you're representing all the bees of the world? I'm kidding. Yes, Your Honor, we're ready to proceed. Mr. Montgomery, your opening statement, please. Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, my grandmother was a simple woman. Born on a farm, she believed it was man's divine right to benefit from the bounty of nature God put before us.

"this is... a lot of words."

[spicy-fappuccino]

I guess. You sure you want to go through with it? Am I sure? When I'm done with the humans, they won't be able to say, "Honey, I'm home," without paying a royalty! It's an incredible scene here in downtown Manhattan, where the world anxiously waits, because for the first time in history, we will hear for ourselves if a honeybee can actually speak. What have we gotten into here, Barry? It's pretty big, isn't it? I can't believe how many humans don't work during the day. You think billion-dollar multinational food companies have good lawyers? Everybody needs to stay behind the barricade. - What's the matter? - I don't know, I just got a chill. Well, if it isn't the bee team. You boys work on this? All rise! The Honorable Judge Bumbleton presiding. All right. Oase number 4475, Superior Oourt of New York, Barry Bee Benson v. the Honey Industry is now in session. Mr. Montgomery, you're representing the five food companies collectively? A privilege. Mr. Benson... you're representing all the bees of the world? I'm kidding. Yes, Your Honor, we're ready to proceed. Mr. Montgomery, your opening statement, please. Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, my grandmother was a simple woman. Born on a farm, she believed it was man's divine right to benefit from the bounty of nature God put before us. If we lived in the topsy-turvy world Mr. Benson imagines, just think of what would it mean. I would have to negotiate with the silkworm for the elastic in my britches! Talking bee! How do we know this isn't some sort of holographic motion-picture-capture Hollywood wizardry? They could be using laser beams! Robotics! Ventriloquism! Oloning! For all we know, he could be on steroids! Mr. Benson? Ladies and gentlemen, there's no trickery here. I'm just an ordinary bee. Honey's pretty important to me. It's important to all bees. We invented it! We make it. And we protect it with our lives. Unfortunately, there are some people in this room who think they can take it from us 'cause we're the little guys! I'm hoping that, after this is all over, you'll see how, by taking our honey, you not only take everything we have but everything we are! I wish he'd dress like that all the time. So nice! Oall your first witness. So, Mr. Klauss Vanderhayden of Honey Farms, big company you have. I suppose so. I see you also own Honeyburton and Honron! Yes, they provide beekeepers for our farms. Beekeeper. I find that to be a very disturbing term. I don't imagine you employ any bee-free-ers, do you? - No. - I couldn't hear you. - No. - No. Because you don't free bees.

3/21

[little-dandelionn]

the barbie movie was incredible

no because you guys (the literal 0 people who follow me) don't understand how much i loved this movie. it's genuinely one of the best movies i've seen in years, and here's why.

for one, it confronts the fact that patriarchy is not beneficial for men nor women, and in fact, it actually harms both. like ken says in the movie, he quickly lost interest when he figured out it wasn't about horses. but for real, i think ken lost interest because he realized that being "in charge" wasn't what made him happy. being an accessory to barbie didn't make him happy either, but figuring out that neither of these things fulfilled him pushed him into the uncomfortable unknown, a place everyone hates. i like how we didn't 100% see what ended up happening with ken, what he decided to go with his life, his purpose. i think it makes it feel more real and relatable because in reality, a journey to self-discovery is a long one. it's not something that can be resolved in a 2-hour time frame, and not showing how his story ends was an incredibly smart choice by greta gerwig, because really, our stories never really end, you know what i mean?

for women, i think it's quite obvious how the patriarchy doesn't benefit/harms them. of course, women have been oppressed in a much more obvious way than men have for centuries. but i think seeing barbie enter a world where she isn't the "most important" or whatever (i'm not really sure how to describe it, kinda like the opposite of patriarchy i guess) was really cool because we get to see how the realization of treatment towards women in today's society might look from an adult's point of view who's just learning about it, rather than someone who's grown up experiencing it. seeing someone experience it where it wasn't the norm for them was a really interesting perspective to see, something we don't often get to witness in films. this point also goes for ken realizing the privilege he has in the real world, it was really cool to see how that sort of realization would affect someone who's been treated as an accessory their whole lives.

i thought sasha's initial confrontation with barbie was a very bold, but good, choice. seeing a young teenage girl clearly acknowledge the issues in our society that affect women and young girls was really refreshing because we don't often see things like that addressed in highly anticipated movies. just generally acknowledging the unrealistic beauty standards that are set for women in our current society was a huge step and i admire greta gerwig for including that in the movie. she could have easily just made it so sasha made a vague comment about it, but i love that she decided to just go full throttle with it and acknowledge it for what it truly is. i know that from an outsider's view who's maybe only seen some clips, it looks like that's a huge part of the movie, but realistically, the confrontation of unrealistic beauty standards was actually a very minuscule part of the movie, really only included to help barbie realize that she isn't doing what she thought she was for young girls, which is why i commend greta gerwig for including it. she could have replaced that bit with something having to do with unfair wages and how people still refuse to hire women for certain jobs purely because of their gender. but she didn't.

i also absolutely loved how ruth handler made an appearance as a character in the movie, mostly just because i liked seeing how the perspective of the creator of barbie might have looked had she been alive and really put into this situation.

a couple small details i thought were nice:

at the beginning of the movie, we see sasha wearing full dark gray/black/monochrome clothes, and then in the last scene we see her wearing a pink shirt.

i thought barbie going by the name barbara handler at the end of the movie was a really cute detail. it kinda makes me feel like ruth handler sees this barbie as her own daughter (which makes sense because she literally named barbie after her daughter lmao).

some things i wish had shown up in the movie:

i do wish that they had used ken's character to at least show a little bit of how unrealistic beauty standards for men can affect them, but then again that wasn't particularly the point of the movie so i'm not mad about it. i would love to see a movie sometime in the future, just any movie, confronting those societal pressures, because i feel like not many people talk about how societal expectations for men can affect them and translate into toxic masculinity.

i would have loved to see a bit more of a discussion about beauty standards for women, but again that wasn't the point of the movie so i'm okay with the fact that there wasn't more discussion about it. i still love that there was any discussion at all about it though, so there's that.

[weedphd]

3am unnecessarily mean and annoying ranting below

holy shit people who live in los angeles are so fucking entitled and annoying its insane lol. i'm saving up for months to drive 7 hours to atlanta to see this band that has been my favorite and so important to me for 5 years now as a graduation gift to myself bc its as close as they get and only the second time theyve toured the us this far

meanwhile la bitches are like waa waa yall only play in cali literally all the time, like they have 5 cali dates in this tour but also they have la shows FREQUENTLY because charlie literally moved there and does live shows very often

and i am so lucky to be able to do this at all, incredibly lucky that i have friends i can crash with in the city and that most of my jobs pause for the summer so i dont have to call off work and i have the credit score to have tons of loans and credit cards to pay for shit and that i have a car to make this trip and honestly just lucky that the band is going this far south at all.

i am just so unbelievably grateful for this situation i'm in, that i have the ability to get there even if it's difficult and i have to plan my next few months around it and itll put me further in debt, and grateful that they are touring at all, but la folks are so used to being centered in everything they can't imagine trying to take a night off 2-3 months from now to see a band for the fourth time this year

it's kinda the classic southerner frustration i guess about others not acknowledging or appreciating how many options they have and the privilege they have in living where they live

am i making a huge deal out of what was supposed to be a joke? yes. but i don't care because i am jealous and mad that they're able to make that joke while i live in the deep south with lifelong financial anxiety