#but yeah i agree with you anon!!!

[pluralhottakes]

sometimes pro endos and anti endos should just. chill. interact. don't limit yourself to only interacting with people with morals that are 100% the same as yours. everyone's all "no one is perfect" until the imperfection is that they don't agree with you on something. like no actually flaws aren't just skills people aren't good at, they're also moral things

tl;dr just chatting with people who disagree with you is ok and not everything is about syscourse

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[yourfaveisintersex]

Invader Zim from Invader Zim is intersex using it/he pronouns!

[words-writ-in-starlight]

just saw ur post about the odyssey and how fucking cool your mom was about it and um. almost cried! i love her please let her know how cool she is next time you talk to her. or like. thank her for being cool about this specific thing, i guarantee it'll make her day. wahh i love it when a parent encourages the weird shit their kid is into, not every parent is like that!! that's just SO GREAT, man

My mother is THEEEEE biggest nerd I know and I'm seeing her in two days to play D&D so that I can try to kill her and my partners with vampires. I had to interrupt my Odyssey tirade on Christmas to tell her to wait with her LOTR rant to see if I covered her point (actually I think I said "give me a fucking minute, I'm making a point here") and she immediately cracked up and went "I am SO proud of you actually" and I think it confused my in-laws even more than the fact that I had an Odyssey tirade locked and loaded. When I was a kid she told me that if I didn't like LOTR then I had to lie to her for the rest of her life. She fucking rules.

[fluffypotatey]

It's not a big deal, and I know jttw wukong and lmk wukong are pretty different, but I wish the fandom embraced pre jttw lmk wukong being super casual about murder. A demon slightly insults him, and pow head caved in. An inconvenience that could be solved with violence, pow dead inconvenience. Someone is flirting with his bestie, pow, swooning and blushing macaque bc he's also casual about murder.

WE! NEED! MORE! WUKONG OK WITH MURDER!

LET HIM FUCK UP A BITCH ITS OK THEY DESERVED IT

[the-way-astray]

Since you seem to be most familiar with the side of tumblr that isn’t afraid to express their opinions about characters they don’t like, I was wondering if you know any accounts on tumblr that talk about Fitz in a similar fashion? Or just anything “anti-Fitz” for that matter. I can’t find any. Thank you!

okay i'm not familiar with any "side" of keepblr that doesn't post in the main tag . . . and since there's never much fitz hate in the main tag, if at all, i don't know any fitz hater blogs whatsoever. i'm not like this because i'm on some general hater "side" of keepblr, i'm like this because i hate keefe and i want to shout into the void about it, regardless of whether people agree or not

having said that you asked nicely so i tried my best to find blogs that frequently post in anti fitz tags (like #anti fitz vacker, #anti fitz, #fitz hate, etc.). and i found four . . . i did a bit of scrolling to make sure they weren't like terfs or some shit. one of them did raise some red flags for me personally, so i won't add that blog here in the interest of not making a callout post (long story short. red flags to do with the stripper fintan instagram war situation. if you know you know) so i'm leaving that one off (if you really want that one, dm me). here are the others: @carcinized @cottoncandytrafficcones @turquoise-skyyyy . . . these three seem to have intense negative opinions of fitz

a fitz (and general character) hater green flag for me personally is when they can be friends with fitz (and general character) lovers and when they make jokes about being a hater and don't take it too seriously, and one of these blogs (carcinized) is friends with summer and also makes jokes in a similar vein to the way i joke about my keefe hatred. so that's a good sign i think. i wouldn't say either of them hate fitz in a similar fashion to me because for the life of me i cannot find a single post from either of them that explains why they dislike fitz, and i'm very vocal about the reason i dislike keefe. no paragraphs-long rants to be found on any of their blogs . . . i'm sorry anon i tried. and i'm also like 90% sure that none of them are frequent kotlc posters anymore. so that's also a thing . . . yeah i tried my best but i genuinely think that active fitz haters are just unicorns on tumblr

[ysaefinn]

what are your thoughts on exhibitionist!sugu? I personally really dislike it despite it being a really popular trope for him.

idk something about possessive!sugu wanting to keep you all to himself.......then showing you exactly why he's so afraid of showing you off...in front of a mirror......grr

Mdni :>

When i read the first question i thought "siiigh im gonna have to turn this anon down 😔" BCUZ YES SAME

I don't think he'd be into that, it's one of his "big no-no, no matter how much you beg" deals. Possessive suguru IS VERY REAL, he is not sharing you, ever. Even in a poly setting, he will still act territorial 😭

I have read something remotely similar last year, i don't think i can find the fic again <///3 but the whole point was cock warming him while his cultists bowed down, he would off anyone who snuck a peak IT WAS REALLY HOT BCUZ THEY WERE WORSHIPPING YOU AND ALSO NOT ALLOWED TO LOOK, but that was the most i can take <//3

THE MIRROR SEX THO!!!!!! Yeah...yeah. My fondness for it is very clear I think Suguru loves taking care of you and making you watch, he gets very possessive as well, asking you over and over to admit that you're his alone, that nobody can care for you like he can, that you're HIS baby, that he's the only man– scratch that, PERSON that you'll ever need, by this point your brain is all scrambled and you're just nodding along and he likes you best this way anyway!!!

[frameconfessions]

I hope the protoframes remain relevant even after this story arc for the Drifter concludes, but I also recognize how complicated things would get with how many characters they could keep trying to make stay relevant, leading to a Konoha 13 Naruto type situation where we have too many relevant characters from Umbra & Ordis all the way to Kaya Velasco.

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[vincord]

I wish people will fucking understand that cults often use Ritual Abuse Mind Control Abuse (RAMCOA) on children born into and brought into the cult and Amane is a victim of that and she’s thinking the way her abusers want her to

i wish people in general are more knowledgeable and educated about cults, rather than using it as a passing joke that they will instantly forget about.

[frnkiebby]

Lowkey feel bad for frank because he’s in a million bands but no matter what he’s always going to recognized as being in my chem.

kinda like the musician version of typecasting unfortunately~🎃

[crooked-wasteland]

With RedNote being popular, it’s a nice opportunity to have a great exchange of culture and languages. I wish it gets to stay as a Chinese app. We really need it especially when every media and how we perceive the world is often US-centric.

We often miss out on a lot of stuff from other countries. I also wonder how Viv and her stans would fare on the app if they were to try it. They’d be like those foreigners who hop into a different country and demand everyone speak English.

When people plan on migrating to a different platform, they should think of it like moving to a different country and consider whether they’re suited there. What are the pros and cons? What kind of culture and people live there? Will you be able to adapt to it?

For example, I’d tell them don’t just move over to Tumblr and expect to get popular through likes or followers (instead we get engagement through reblogs). People often expect everything to cater to them without putting in the work and using the right tools to moderate their online experiences.

They need to understand it’s not discriminatory to have certain topics banned in other platforms like LGBTQ+ themes, politics, sexual content, etc. They need to respect the norms and rules of that place. It’s like moving to Dubai and accusing them of homophobia because their religion doesn’t accept gay people (they’re a Muslim country, not America for god’s sake 🤦🏻‍♀️!).

So I am realizing I didn't finish my thought about RedNote. Please allow me to try again.

Thank you for the ask by the way, I felt this was connected to a Reblog that sparked my interest in needing to clarify it by Haru-Kuneko

Firstly, let's talk about Algorithms. Because we have been ruled by them for a little under 20 years. And GenZ is the generation who is most impacted by algorithms so far. Gen Alpha is not looking good. And the reason for that is because algorithms are woefully misunderstood by laymen.

Curating an online experience through algorithms wasn't designed for you or I to have a superior experience, it was designed to keep us on these apps and websites. They don't just give you more content that is similar to what you like, they trap you in that content and create the echo chamber. Part of the algorithm is intentionally designed to induce rage engagement for the sole purpose of reaffirming your existing algorithmic beliefs. It is designed to keep you engaged with the intent of putting you in a box. Your engagement, your attention, is the product they are buying and selling.

This has led to a drastic increase in internet tribalism and, just as capitalism has an end stage, so does algorithmic thought. With younger people who have never experienced an internet of their own interests, being force fed their beliefs and views that are reinforced by their communities they didn't necessarily choose. Algorithms take away from the act of critically thinking, and has pushed us past tribalism to Deindividuation.

(This video covers misinformation and disinformation, but goes into Deindividuation at timestamp 7:40 if you want to skip to that part.)

And algorithms have replaced personalities for younger people, especially those impacted socially by the pandemic in 2020. They are prepackaged beliefs and values that were primarily created for consumerism and marketing that has now sold our young people identities.

So entering RedBook, these people are, for most likely the first time, experiencing an algorithm that wasn't designed for them the way western websites use them. China's collectivist culture is all about conformity and cooperation. Rage content is not allowed, discourse is not allowed. It is a fundamental threat to their society as their values are not about stoking tenuous perceptions of freedom through false choices and beliefs that are actually predisposed to you based on your race, gender, and sexuality.

It's more about fitting in and being approved of, something Americans are desperate for in this era. They are so lonely that China's social emphasis on community is a fresh spring. And that's a bit of the problem.

Last night my spouse was on RedBook and I watched some videos over her shoulder. It's beautiful to see people connecting with others they are realizing they had a subliminal prejudice against. The US government has done a great job of ruining their citizens in this way where they think they are so superior and above everything, which is reinforced by other western nations. It's the first time for most people that they are in a space where America is not idealized like it is in the West, and they are feeling a genuine human connection because of the amount of curiosity the Chinese users have for them.

They are feeling seen at a time where their government doesn't represent them or care about their beliefs.

And at the same time, some people are swinging far out of bounds to the opposite extreme. People who were once firmly of the belief that the US was superior to China are now saying how amazing and perfect China is, when it isn't. There are some serious issues in China, specifically about corruption and the mismanagement of funds. One vide we saw was about “Green Growth” and how China has created extensive solar farms and increased production towards renewable energy, except Green Growth has been shown to be extremely unproductive in reducing carbon emissions.

That isn't to just dunk on China. Obviously, the same issues are true in the United States as well. Neither is worse than the other, to be frank. But because we have lived in a world devoid of critical thinking, the thing I was concerned about is happening: The extreme pendulum swings.

And to be frank, these extremist perspectives are natural and I am not inherently criticizing them for what they are, it's a teenager's mentality as they are being exposed to new social rules and learning how to integrate into a community. This is how a teenager's brain is functioning in high school and why they are so volatile. I'm not here to judge. Just to note that this is a dangerous thing, objectively. It is dangerous, but also natural and even necessary.

But that's what I meant by “lacking Dialectics”. The inability to engage with two opposing things being true is a dangerous place to be in and makes it extremely easy to radicalize individuals. China is far from perfect, but it isn't worse than the United States. My concern is how this lack of Dialectics, paired with the inherent tunnel vision of social media and emotional volatility of our emotionally immature and stunted society can just as easily breed fanaticism for some Chinese social paradise that genuinely does not exist.

(As an aside, I linked Dialectics in my previous post and realized that it probably didn't make any sense or was just very difficult to understand. So this link is a YouTube video of some guy explaining it to make it easier. My apologies.)

I'm overall supportive of this, hoping that it can radically change people's views towards the world and global communities. I hope this moves moderates to be more progressive and people to be more tolerant of other ideas, values, and societies. I hope people will be more interested in listening to my Marxist ramblings now that Communism is more about funny memes and kind humans and not some scary oppressive government. But there is always a shadow when you stand in the light.

(Which, to be frank, China is not at all a reflection of Marxism or Marxist Communism. The working conditions there are not any better here and labor is still exploited and expendable. They really are no different than the US.)

Don't forget about the shadow is all I ask.

[stex-anon-confessions]

I leave out the train part when telling people about stex now. I just tell them it’s a musical on rollerskates with racing (very simplified but you get my point). Loads of people I’ve spoken to have the same attitude to stex as they do with cats and while I do like cats I can see some people’s distaste for it, however I genuinely think you could remove the train aspect and with a little reworking it plays out almost the same. Yeah I prefer them being trains yeah it’s fun yeah I like the concept of steam diesel electric and the coaches and freights and on and on, and I don’t think it should be removed from the source but I no longer start with “so it’s about trains”. The train aspect can almost be ignored and once you’re into it I feel you’re fine with it. Everyone I’ve spoken to that was off putted by the train concept has now come around to it after watching it or being exposed to it. So I hate this whole “stex is cats but with trains” (it’s not) or “it’s a musical about singing trains” just start with “it’s a musical on rollerskates”

Also can we leave the Wembley costumes alone for a bit I wasn’t gonna add this but I feel people are being TOO mean like yeahs you can dislike them but calling them ugly or uninspired or anything and being rude to people who do like them because I could easily bring up my critiques with the older costumes but I don’t because I can appreciate them outside of my personal opinion

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[pynkhues]

I hope this doesn't seem like a pressuring ask but I was curious if you were planning to finish like a dogless bone? Under the circumstances it's understandable and within your right to leave the fic incomplete but I was wondering if it was going to be completed. And if you choose to update please update at your leisure, I support you whatever you decide and I know many other readers also support you and want you to be safe.

It doesn't seem pressuring at all, anon! Honestly, I haven't opened the doc since that last round of threats and harrassment on Thursday, which is kind of a bummer, because I suspect that was a part of the intent, especially given I increasingly do think those negative comments on Ungodly Hour were probably from the same cohort of people. I do still plan on finishing it though, and am actually even planning on having a look at it this afternoon, so wish me luck! :-)

[strideofpride]

i hate it when anti-dairs diss pro-dair shippers for wanting them to be endgame. like they act that chuck was an superior choice 💀 blair and chuck literally had to play games in order to make their relationship work yet they're so great together?.. "dan and blair are better off as friends" they always say. isn't it a good thing that you're best friends with your significant other? like blair and chuck were never even friends before. they were just in the same friend group and that's it. even if they genuinely tried (without falling back to old patterns) to be friends their friendship wouldn't even last. but ofc since 🪑 is the endgame couple, 🪑-shippers obviously don't give a damn about any of that

for me, it's just annoying cause like...they got their endgame lol. they fucking won - and they still have to be sore winners about the fact that not everyone is happy about them winning! like get over it god lol

[pokimoko]

Simon Petrikov

Anon-Orbo wants that Canon-Blorbo obliterated.

[jonahmagnus]

I really really really wanna be chill w june but i saw so much of myself as a transmasc in john that its kinda hard yknow? I wanna see june as herself! I wanna follow canon and see how june transitions if much of that is shown (i havent read it yet cause ive been BUSY and it sucks)! I just also saw a lot of Me in john and it makes me a lil sad at my own brain because we NEED more canon transfem characters in media! Any media! Like cmon brain!

Why are you telling me this. I dont care

[zeherili-ankhein]

Read a history book or Article rather being a blind radical.

1. Shambhaji allied with the Mughals (not shown in the movie),

2. primarily remembered for his affronts to the chaste virtue of brahmin women. Shibaji imprisoned him for this (not shown in the movie).

3. Used drugs (not shown in the movie).

4. Had association with Tantric priests of questionable integrity (not shown in the movie).

5. Maratha empire was built on blood. They used to plunder and collect taxes, murdered and raped other regions of India. Heard about Borgi? They were that.

Just because he was a Hindu king, doesn't make him great. Go read a book.

P.s. Read the treaty of purandar, 1665. Check who said this: I have come as a guilty slave to seek forgiveness, and it is for you to pardon or kill me at your pleasure.

Have guts then post this anon. Peace. ✌🏽

I'm a Hindu, and mythology buff for your record.

Did you not understand my point? The movie wasn't 100% accurate because it was based on a novel. Or did you not hear it at the starting of the movie.

Blaming the movie for some people going around dumbly trying to find “Mughalo ka Khazana” is the most stupidest thing you can do. Blame the illiteracy and sheer idiocy of people instead maybe?

I'm not trying to justify the movie (if there's anything to justify about) but your point really doesn't makes any sense to me

1. Shambhaji allied with the Mughals (not shown in the movie),

He allied with Diler Khan while he was mostly at the age of 21. The movie shows only the 9 years of his reign as Chhatrapati, he had became the king while he was maybe around 24.

Am I saying he didn't allied? No. But if you want everything to be in that movie. You won't get it.

2. primarily remembered for his affronts to the chaste virtue of brahmin women. Shibaji imprisoned him for this (not shown in the movie).

There were speculations about why Shambhaji was imprisoned by his father or if hw ever was imprisoned. From what I heard sometimes its also said because he was accused of plotting against Shivaji.

3. Used drugs (not shown in the movie).

Speculated and were proven false too accordance to what I have learned

4. Had association with Tantric priests of questionable integrity (not shown in the movie).

Again I am not sure how legitimate this is because I have seen people debunk this.

5. Maratha empire was built on blood. They used to plunder and collect taxes, murdered and raped other regions of India. Heard about Borgi? They were that.

OFCOURSE I have heard about Borgi. I am from Bengal, which was literally the main target of the Borgi plunders. The word itself came from the Marathi word Barchi. If you want to talk about this subject make different asks.

All the empires had goods and bads. Do I deny them and say the Maratha empire was all doodh ka dhula hua and never did anything wrong? No they had done several things wrong. But is it worth hating? In my personal opinion not. But hey you are welcome to do anything you want

Facts for you, I myself used to hate on the Marathas for a period of time in the past. (I still hate Raghuji Bhosle)

As for the movie. Again it was literally based on NOVEL. A NOVEL BY SHIVAJI SAWANT. IT WAS NOT LEGITIMATE HISTORY.

The Novel was ofcourse written in favour of the Marathas. Bruh thats obvious.

Also wasn't Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj forced to sign the Treaty of Purandar?? Because Jai Singh had besieged Purandar Fort???

Ok I am posting this anon as you asked now hisab barabar ig... 🤷‍♀️

Also I will ask the entire desiblr and who all are good at Maratha history to fact check if anything is wrong or write in this for me please

And sorry if I made any mistakes.

But my point still stands there's no point in blaming the movie untill it was said by the director itself it was historically accurate. Which is NOT.