#ch: everyone

[ninetyminutes]

thought: o’donoghue runs a fucked up social experiment where he tells everyone he put an aphrodisiac in the joint they just passed around. there’s nothing in there, of course, he just wants to see them all get hyper aware of all the sexual tension in the room

Oh but maybe he doesn’t tell them until AFTER because otherwise there’s no way any of them would take it. And then when they do and he tells them their eyes just get extremely wide. Lorne just puts his head in his heads and is like “what the fuuuuuck” which they of course all find funny because (supposedly) Lorne doesn’t really swear all that often.

Lorne would immediately try to remove himself from the situation though, like everyone is immediately yelling at Michael meanwhile Lorne just quietly gets up and tries to leave. And they have to come up with some super valid reason for him to stay because otherwise he’ll just leave. They have to be like “if you don’t stay, who’s going to make sure we all stay safe” or “do you really trust us to be alone right now” or something like that. And he’s just like “fuck that’s a good point.”

But another thing with Lorne is that whenever he took anything, including hallucinogenic mushrooms, “He never becomes noticeably different under any circumstances. You can't get through the glaze of brown eyes. You can't go behind them.” Like in 1975 before they moved out to New York, Tom Schiller marveled at how Lorne was able to seriously talk business on the phone with Dick Ebersol while he was high on hallucinogenic mushrooms. Knowing this, none of them would be able to tell if Lorne was feeling anything like at all, like he’s just so naturally aloof anyway that no one would be able to tell (even if he’s internally screaming). I’m sure that if someone got him started then he’d go on this rant about how romance in the eyes of society is a construct and that it doesn’t matter what your sexuality is or who you like or even how many people you like because it’s literally all something made up by people who think they know how the world works.

But also because they can never tell if he’s feeling it, I can totally see them all being like like “wait let’s see who can get him to break first.”

Imagine what would happen if Lorne gets a phone call during all this and everyone’s like “oh shit.” But he just takes it perfectly and has zero problems fielding this nbc executive’s unwanted input and then politely telling them where they can shove their ‘advice.’ And whoever/all of them are just like “ok that’s hot but tbf Lorne standing up to corporate blowhards has always been kinda hot.”

Dan and Rosie are probably just vibing though, I mean for sure Dan is. They’re both super open about that kind of shit, like they have no problems being like “yeah so and so is hot as fuck, I’d hit that.” Knowing them, they are likely the ones stirring the metaphorical pot of sexual tension, letting Michael just kick back and enjoy the show.

What if they get on the topic of who’s the best kisser and Rosie is like “Lorne, hands down.” And Danny or Chevy or one of the girls is like “I’m going to be the judge of that” and then is immediately like “No, yeah, he’s very good.” Because I definitely see Lorne as a very selfless lover in general, like he prioritizes his partner(s) above himself which might have less to do with kissing and more to do with other things…

[kyouka-supremacy]

Finally cracked what was going through their minds in these panels

[cairafea]

On the idea of Theseus's Ship: in the end, it's still his, isn't it? It was known as Theseus's, and it will continue to be known as Theseus's.

Even after he has returned to the ground which grew the wood of the hammer used to nail the ship's frame, Even after generations of new wood have rotted and the sails are rags clinging to threads, Even after millennia,

it will still be Theseus's Ship.

Thank you for bringing us home.

Goodnight, Phosphophyllite.

[heritageposts]

The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine, by Ilan Pappé (2006, p. 72)

The rhetoric from Israel and their defenders really hasn't changed one bit, has it? Months and months of terrorizing Palestinian villages, and the moment they retaliate, it must be because the Arabs are violent Nazis set to exterminate the oh-so-peaceful Zionist settlers for no other reason than them being Jewish

And what were the Zionists settlers - with Ben-Gurion's explicit approval - doing at the time?

Pappé (2006, p. 58)

Similarly, in the villages:

Pappé (2006, p. 57)

Still the same playbook, 75+ years later...

Also, it's important to understand that these violent attacks against Palestinian cities and villages - and there were many more in the winter of 47/48 than the examples included here - were part of a larger, deliberate operation meant to 'drive out' (i.e. ethnically cleanse) the Native population of Palestine. It didn't matter if the Palestinians were just quietly living their life in the countryside; if they were not Jewish, they would had to go. And if the Zionists could not find a pretext for retaliation, they would make one.

In the aftermath of the UN partition, this operation of ethnic cleansing - without 'pretext' - was not only openly discussed, but approved of, by Ben-Gurion and the rest of the Zionist leadership:

Pappé (2006, p. 64)

What we're seeing today in Gaza - with the collective punishment of 2 million Palestinians - is the continuation of this very same Zionist program of ethnic cleansing that Israel was founded on.

[lunapegasus]

more of this funny guy + his new bestie beepo

[geneticdriftwood]

persephone's in hell; a rooftop conversation

for @mysterycitrus

persephone's in hell, @mysterycitrus // white winter hymnal, fleet foxes // assorted dc comics

[galedekarios]

I didn't know you felt so strongly, Gale.

[ash-and-starlight]

and i’ll do anything you say (if you say it with your hands) chapter 10

“You came looking for me,” Sokka says. Zuko’s already soft eyes melt further.

“Of course I came looking for you,” he says. Like it’s obvious. Like it doesn’t knock the earth off its axis.

For a second, Sokka forgets about the pain, past and present. All he feels is a treacherous bubble of hope – inside his chest, under his skin, stuck in his throat.

or read it from the beginning if you haven’t

[joy-girl]

THE WAY I GASPED!!!!!

[sereinreality]

i feel like we need to start having a discussion about law and being dehumanized throughout his entire life

[felicitykings]

ALL CREATURES GREAT AND SMALL (2020- ) ↳ 5.07 All God's Creatures

[pavus]

Mentally, I'm still right here.

[faxxmodem]

og post: @dogmotif

[darlingod]

Thinking about how Jude said this about Cardan

Also really really really thinking of the quote “To love is to be changed.”

[blakbonnet]

and you've got two @xoxoemynn ❤️ have a great birthday, i love you!

[doriana-gray-games]

Ch5.2 public drop aug 2nd (Friday)! ✨🥳🍾✨

I’ll also put up around then a pov Watson thing I’ve been looking at on Patreon (if you’ve ever wondered about the moment when MC and W met) ❤️