#but we're doing it today folks!

[the-eclectic-wonderer]

You know what I haven't done in a while? Cried my eyes out, that's what! And what better way to compensate that lack than watching S6E9: Mrs George Devereaux? Stay tuned for my usual watch thread, and keep some good chocolate at the ready! God knows we'll need it!

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

alright im gonna need 5-6 business days to Absorb all of that and the maybe-implications

[july-19th-club]

i look like this

so that she can look like this

[whatislifebesidesrehearsal]

Lead Stage Tech: [video of mic check with clear audio and empty auditorium]

Production Manager: [video of speaking the audio from the parking lot behind the building]

[syn4k]

and hey gamers i cannot emphasize this enough if you wake up one morning and go "oh shit. something's wrong i can feel it. not sure i'll be able to get through the day without something bad happening if i go to school/work" you should probably listen to that

[gender-euphowrya]

my therapist telling me i'm his point of reference when he deals with other trans patients

[theinfinitedivides]

aight ok now that i've watched ep 7 i see some folks are review bombing KTL on MDL bc of the Arab prince storyline,,,,,, what are our thoughts

[allyooops]

TMI Tuesday: Favorite Halloween movies?

I just watched Trick 'r Treat with the lovely Fluxmod not too long ago too, that was fun!

[ereborne]

✨⚡️ Seven(ish) Sentence Sunday ⚡️✨

Tagged by @acountrygirlsfun (a couple times by now, though not actually this most recent time, but I figure it still counts!) Thank you, Caitlin <3 <3 <3

Helix took a deep breath in, counted four flashes of the desperate direct-@ lights coming in from his side chat panels, and breathed out.  His voice came out steady, and miraculously casual.  "We understand why you did it. You were trying to keep our brothers safe." He watched Harp's eyes go wide at the 'our' brothers. Like he hadn't expected the rest of them to claim the Corries. Because he'd been hiding from them just like from the longnecks, he had falsified his— Deep breath in. Two flashes, no time for longer, leave no silence for Harp to panic in.  Breathe out. Keep going. 

This is not seven sentences, but it's also largely not complete sentences anyway, and it is literally what I just seconds ago finished writing. Still counts!

No-pressure tagging uhhh @ialpiriel, @goingsparebutwithprecision, @anaclastic-azurite, anybody else who might want to play?

[unreadpoppy]

Nebulizing a dog is harder than it sounds let me tell you that

[999-roses]

unpacking 'sinophone' and its sinophobic roots

so. it never occurred to me to just type "sino diaspora" into google before.

and google is like "oi!! you meant sinophone yeah? here's wikipedia on sinophone" and here's like the other top results

I'm squinting. What the hell do you academics have against diaspora using the term diaspora?? I click.

inb4 this whole rant: I have no qualms with using sinophone as a language-family-use descriptor (like sinophone media), but coming from academia or as an academic field unto itself. but. the literature about wanting to use it as a demographics thing & separate it from "chineseness". just. looook if anyone knows that they're no longer like this let me know. with what im seeing, im having a bad faith moment

so... this is the academic that's hard pushed the term for sinophone.

"crit on orientalism might be complicit for allowing Chinese intellectuals to call themselves victim under an 'unreflective' nationalism" & "but the flipside may be a new imperialism" yeah?? any more unsubstantiated claims???

What a joke!! Clearly only takes authority about Chinese history from western sources, like literally has the uncritical echo of "X country doesn't deserve territorial integrity" that literally fueled western imperialism, and not just of China. Treaty of Nanjing 1842 ringing no bells? Sigh. National sovereignty is the barest basis against overt imperialism where someone just comes over and declares where you live their colony!!! ... is this a test in how far can you stretch the definition of imperialism or colonization? lmfao, China invests in poverty-relieving measures like building houses and improving infrastructure out in Tibet, Guizhou, Xinjiang, and you have the audacity to call that colonizing?!? 我真无言了。

different article by the same person:

laughable to think that the Chinese state even bothers to think I exist, let alone talk to me about my diaspora status. (I was born in the US)

also, people are really out there saying 'diaspora has an end date' huh

here it is. here is the 'scholar' conflating American or western imperialism with things Big Bad Scary Red China does.

Clearly mixing up concepts of tributary system with colonialism, and acting like historically (other than Yuan era under Genghis) that ancient China/Chinese culture was expansionist, going around trying to conquer peoples and set up colonies. Admiral Zheng He would spit on you.

Comparing the spread of culture and language in Ancient China to the colonization and subjugation that the French/Belgium did in Africa, or the British Empire, or the Spanish and Portuguese in Latin America, is so blatantly dishonest. The indigenous people of Tibet, Inner Mongolia, and Xinjiang still speak their own languages and use their own scripts, and yes, they learn them in schools alongside the national language... which is Chinese!!! Yes the Hanyu writing system was adopted and adapted by many neighboring cultures in ancient times, but you literally don't examine WHY? The fluidity in its system: frequently non-Han peoples invented characters to suit their language, like there's even some Canto-specific characters that are in use today. Another reason that Chinese writing system was so popular was because two Sinitic language speakers who do not speak the same language could communicate through the same script. Yeah, Ancient Chinese scholars and dignitaries often had an insufferable elite-ness and superiority complex, but describing their attitude as subjugating and forcing other people to adopt their system? What a wildly malicious mischaracterisation!

just... mask off, gringo butt-licker.

Please. where is the "Chinese containment" policy? The white papers reaffirming what the international community agrees, what Taiwan historically agrees (tho Taiwan held that it was the true capital/head of all of China), that Taiwan is part of China?? I know this article was written back in 2010s but are you seriously comparing American weapons deals and boots on the ground with Chinese military exercises in Chinese territory that haven't harmed a single civilian? "critical" my ass!

gotta love the title of this one. yeah, I know it, I've seen it before. the Chinese or feminist binary, pick a side /s

but hey in this piece she admits she's ignorant and unobjective and out of her league sometimes?

edit: found this:

yeah that about seals it for me. anti"diaspora" sinophobe

[bbdoll]

Opinions are like assholes...

everyone's got one.

[eusuntgratie]

six sentences on wednesday for seven sentence sunday bc progress is progress <3

thank you for the tag @onward--upward 🥰

Alex lets him run his hands all over his thighs, his chest, his neck, his hair. He feels frantic with the need to touch Alex everywhere, to let himself take and touch and taste something he didn’t think he’d ever be able to have, like something will come and snatch him out of Alex’s bed before he gets a chance to touch him everywhere he wants.  He’s dizzy with the force of Alex’s kisses, the way his hand spans his head, his neck, his waist as he grips him tight and kisses him hungrily. Alex makes a beautiful noise when he trails kisses down his jaw and his throat, pulling down the neck of shirt to expose more skin to his lips. He looks a little dazed when he looks up at him, but then that beautiful smile is back and he’s pulling Henry up to kiss him some more.  “Alex,” he pants, determined to get his mouth on him, “I need to- can I-”

tagging anyone who has words to share but doesn't want to commit to the wip wednesday game!

[astramachina]

scheduled myself off today because i thought i'd be too tired to get any writing done but oops banged out 1.8k in a completely unrelated project i started some two years ago but never finished. most of it was rewriting so it was probably less processing power (lie) but here we are, fucking around with gods and transing their divine gender like sorry bro i need you to be a narrative foil i guess.

[chaoticspacefam]

Blaesus: attempts to be threatening

Aria and Qyzen: Press X to doubt

also, reason 5786763769489 (/hj) why I love Ari and Qyzen’s friendship so much. Mans does not hesitate to be like “yeah really? you think so? we’ll destroy you :)” Aria really appreciates both how straightforward and how willing to throw-down Qyzen is. If she says “we beat the shit out of this idiot”, they’re gonna beat the shit out of that idiot and Qyzen is 100% down for that.

Get you a ride-or-die buddy like Qyzen fr 🤣🤣

[nettlestingsoup]

spending time with family is always a fun little test of how long it takes me to go from

'my family!!! i love these people i should spend time with them more often!!!!'

to

'my family are going to be the reason i decide to fake my death and assume a new identity far, far away so that i never have to speak to them again.'