#but not a responsible one

[iztarshi]

While what Rise chose to do with Splinter is in conversation with the tmnt concept of Splinter in general I think Rise Splinter is specifically both similar to and counterpoint to 87 Splinter.

Both attain a prestigious position (movie star/head of the Foot clan) which they lose due to betrayal by someone they trusted (Big Mama/Splinter's student Oroku Saki) reducing them eventually to a state of isolation where they befriend rats (Big Mama's cell/New York sewers). They immediately take to some cute turtles and concern for the turtles leads to them getting mutated (destroying Draxum's lab/simply trying to get toxic goo off them) and leaves them responsible for young turtle mutants.

They are not good fathers.

They love their turtles immensely. 87 Splinter gives up his chance to return to being human to protect them. Rise Splinter was ready to give up the whole world.

They are also frequently absent, cryptic, sometimes unexpectedly strict, and not good at responding to emotional teenagers with comfort.

They are depressed and dysphoric, stuggling with becoming rat mutants on top of suddenly being responsible for children, and it leaves them withdrawn.

Rise Splinter is in some ways an opposite to 87 Splinter. 87 Splinter is quiet, refined and wise. Rise Splinter is loud, crude and silly.

This lets Rise ask the question: what if Splinter's behaviours weren't coded as wise? What if he was unavailable to his children because he was constantly watching TV rather than constantly meditating? What if barely interacting with the turtles for days and then demanding they drop plans to clean now was treated as a rug pull? What if teaching the turtles a lesson by frightening them wasn't wrapped in tropes about ninja spirit and was just kind of weird?

The other thing Rise asks is: what if the turtles, and by extension the audience, expected Splinter to be a father? The 87 turtles didn't really have a turtle tots stage. Splinter only calls them his sons in very emotional moments and they never call him their father. He's their teacher and they're grateful for that. There's never the tension that would come from them expecting more of him, even when he goes on meditation retreats leaving them alone for days on end.

But he's still the only adult they've got.

[chessb0r3d]

Analysis so bad you don't even know what it's talking about anymore.

[inkskinned]

the tradwife movement is the same as it has always been - back in the kitchen, back to breeding - it just has better branding.

when i was younger, i hated pink. i was not like other girls. this is now something i'm embarrassed of - this was not me being a "girl's girl."

but it was expressing something many of us felt at the time: i literally wasn't what girlhood was supposed to be. this is a hard thing to explain, but you know when you're not performing girlhood correctly. it isn't as easy as "i liked x when girls liked y" - because there were other girls that liked x, too - but i never figured out exactly the correct way to like x, or to be interested in y.

now there is the divine feminine. this is the same rhetoric it has always been: women are biologically driven to like pink and ribbons and submitting to our husbands.

the problem is that the patriarchy found a better PR team. because yes, actually, i want every woman to have the choice to be a homemaker. i also want her taken seriously for her legitimate home-making labor. i want her to be recognized as also having a job, just unpaid. i want men to have this opportunity, too.

but it is no longer "i made this choice and I love it." instead it is a sixteen-paragraph rant about how selfish it is that my generation isn't having kids. instead it's long videos about how if you feed your children processed foods, you're going to kill them. instead it is "this is what womanhood is supposed to be. i feel bad for any other choices you're making."

the shame spiral is just prettier. it is large houses devoid of personality. it is the implication: if you don't have this, you aren't happy. the solid, everlasting assurance: women are actually supposed to be submitting. this is the default. this is the natural state of things. all other attempts inflict suffering.

but you can no longer say i'm not like other girls. you can no longer reject this image completely. you cannot find it revolting, even if you know that the underbelly is toxic and festering. sure, it is the same repackaged patriarchy. but the internet does not have shades of grey. you should support and reward other women! your disgust is actually internalized misogyny. not because you are seeing a vision of yourself the way they're trying to train you to be. not because you feel her ghost pass within an inch of your earlobe. not because your father will eventually ask you - why can't you be like her?

because they figured out how to make it beautiful: women will sell other women on this idea, and we will find the singular loophole in feminism. sure, she's shaming you in most of her videos. sure, she implies that a different life is obscene. but she just wants you to be happy! you'd be happier if you were listening!

and the whole time you're sitting there thinking: i'd actually just be happier if i had that kind of money.

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Hey now, Let her cook!

[biggest-gaudiest-patronuses]

Of the 19 hijackers who carried out the Sept 11 attacks:

15 were from Saudi Arabia (a powerful/oil-rich country the U.S. works hard to maintain diplomatic relations with)

2 were from the United Arab Emirates (also a powerful/oil-rich country the U.S. works hard to maintain diplomatic relations with)

1 was from Egypt, 1 from Lebanon.

None of the hijackers were from Iraq.

None of the Sept 11 hijackers were Iraqi.

None of the 9/11 hijackers were from Iraq.

[hoshizoralone]

reflection

[cozylittleartblog]

"content creator" is a corporate word.

we are artists.

[perfectlyripeclementine]

calling my lover "mine" but not in the way that my toothbrush or notebook are mine, mine in the way my neighborhood is mine, and also everybody else's, "mine" like mine to tend to, mine to care for, mine to love. "mine" not like possession but devotion.

[blumineck]

Archery: expectations vs reality vs reality again! REJECT THE BORING VERSION OF REALITY AND SUBSTITUTE THE FUN ONE!

You can find the College of Arrows here join us and be an Archery Bard! Or something

[thedemonastrophel]

‼️Flash warning

Reblog to show your blog is a safe space, or don't, no bad vibes your way if you don't wanna reblog <3

[stinkybrowndogs]

I mean I get that’s it’s not the only contributing factor, but I’m curious exactly how much of the shelter dog over-population problem is actually due to poor dog ownership/management vs the housing crisis and economical stress. I’d be willing to bet by investing in social programs that give people the resources they need to care for their pets (cough cough affordable and free housing cough cough) that the amount of pets in shelters would dramatically drop. We can all sit here pointing fingers and screaming at each other until we are blue in the face, but if the owners basic needs are not being met, how can we hold them to a basic standard for their pets?

[stuckinapril]

It’s entirely inappropriate that Hani’s fundraiser has been stalled ~20k away from its goal for months now. I don’t mean to be so aggressive, but it actually makes me so resentful when I start thinking of the fact that ao3 fundraisers w triple that goal reached it in days. I know that Hani has done everything from showing proof of authenticity, to going into his family’s strife in detail, to even providing pictures—something he absolutely does not have to do. Ignoring that and allowing the campaign to stagnate entirely is so cold. Please share and donate what you can. Clearly no one else has been.

[dragon-hoard]

idk I find quite often with people interacting with wild animals you do kinda have to be the 'fun police' as an advocate on behalf of the wild animal

[relaxxattack]

dont try to talk her out of anything she’s SOOOOOO good at comebacks

[magicicephoenix]

Sun you wont believe it something crazy just happen wait crazy i was crazy once-

driving sun crazy insane!! ft. everyone’s lovely reactions 💕

(context)

[ruporas]

your love returns in tragedy (ID in alt)