#compass speaks

[24-compass-roses]

Hc that Vox asked Alastor out a few years ago before he left and that’s what Alastor really meant by “he asked ME to join his team!!!” in Stayed Gone bc he just. Wildly misinterpreted his archenemesis going “hey we should be together”

[24-compass-roses]

Don’t!!! You!!! Forget!!! About!!! Me!!! Don’t!!! Don’t!!! Don’t!!! Don’t!!!

don’t!!! fake!!!! your!!!! interests!!!! to!!!! make!!!! someone!!!! like!!!!! you!!!!

[plushiefucker]

i truly believe that most white USamericans have never had a conversation with somebody who doesn't speak much english irl, and that's why they are so nasty towards palestinians online - bc not only can they not fathom somebody not knowing "casual" (americanised) english, they also see palestinians (and let's face it, poc who don't speak english well / at all too) as being less intelligent for it too. this is because of racism 👍🏾

[mashbrainrot]

'Stańczyk' by Jan Matejko, 1862 // Alan Alda as Hawkeye Pierce, Mash episode 'As You Were', 1974

[24-compass-roses]

Good job everyone

We win

[moonshynecybin]

huge amount of respect to pecco for this (x)

[24-compass-roses]

Something about Lake. Something about how their first chosen name was MT, for Mirror Tulip—but they never intended to keep it. Something about following in someone else’s footsteps all your life with no choice or say in it, to the point that when you finally break out of the cycle even then all you have of your world’s perspective is the world through that person’s eyes—and so you name yourself after them even now, holding onto the pieces even as you shatter them.

Something about how every person who sees you views you as lesser—sliver, null, nothing at all—and how “MT” sounds so very much like “empty.” How you knew from the start that that wasn’t a name you’d be keeping, that there was a better one for you out there. How you planned to be something—no matter what anyone else said.

Something about living your life as someone else’s reflection and constantly being on the run from them even though they are where you came from. Something about choosing to leave the place and person that made you, because you can only be yourself when you are away from what your makers want you to be.

Something about chasing your goals and being so close to reaching them after all this time but having the people at the top look through you like you aren’t even there. Like you’re nothing. Something about that unique sort of frustration where you want someone to CARE, and so you take the nearest uncaring being and make them see you, and you tell them that YOU ARE A PERSON, tears in your eyes because that’s all you’ve ever been, but the world keeps refusing to see it. To see you.

Something about Lake. A reflective surface, something you’ve spent your entire life chained to and then running from the moment you got free. But it’s the first mirror you saw yourself in that didn’t make you afraid.

Something about Lake.

[bigquestionmark]

a lot of people act like xie lian was entirely unaware/ignorant to the power imbalance in his and mu qings relationship when he was probably the most empathetic and understanding towards mu qing. for example, he defends mqs behaviour to fx multiple times because he understands what causes it.

i think he just believed their friendship overcame this power imbalance (which was easier for him to do because he wasnt negatively impacted by it unlike mu qing).

whereas, despite how deeply he cared for xl, mq couldnt overlook it because he was literally xls servant and was faced with this power imbalance everyday.

xl saw mq as his friend first, however mq believed he was viewed primarily as a servant

[24-compass-roses]

Funniest thing about orv is that besides like the major spoilers about people’s identities (the author, sp, etc) all other spoilers are like. So specifically ingrained within their own contexts and arcs that when I see stuff about them it’s so startlingly baffling that I end up not getting spoiled at all. Which is hilarious lmfao

orv spoilers in the wild suck, but at the same time i cant take them seriously like. someone will comment ‘it really sucked when the bureau stabbed kim dokja with a stick and toasted him on open fire like rotisserie chicken to turn him into the empty vortex of destruction ball of destruction and bring down the end of this worldline as we know it’ like .that was an option???  that was something that could happen?? the problem of my current story arc is get a sword to fight a baddie and you want me to worry about the empty vortex of destructio ball of destruction? there isnt even a stick for them to stab him where im in right now ill just. get there when i get there man.

[zeb-z]

Something about Brasso being the kindness in this series. Warm, trustworthy, friendly, compassionate. He’s who Cassian goes to when he needs a cover, and he’s on the same page without question. He’s who takes care of Maarva the best he can while she’s still alive. He tells Bix to run the moment the Imperials are after her, no question or hesitation as he steps between her and the Imps. He’s patient with Bee when Maarva passes, encourages the old droid to help the Daughters, stays in the house with Bee when he’s asked. The first thing he does when he sees Cassian again is hug him, long and hard. He delivers Maarva’s final words, how Cassian is loved more than any wrong he could ever do. He walks Maarva’s brick down Rix road, he’s the first to start swinging at the Imps, and he drops the fight to rescue the poor kid (who’s name I can’t remember).

Something about him being the kindness in the series in the face of adversity. Loyal and compassionate. Something about how his role is crucial in this rebellion. And something about how, most importantly, he survives.

[rhymeswithumbrella]

you know what really pisses me off? so many people acting like he is the worst person out there and no one will miss him. A LOT of people are grieving now and missing him including people that these people supposedly follow and care about. liam was not the supervillain people wanted him to be. he was messed up and did messed up things likely because of what happened to him. this conversation deserves so much more nuance than people are giving it. and maybe it’s too early to have this conversation now but it’s helping me process and grieve so i’m really writing this for me. people are complex and doing bad things doesn’t make you a bad person or someone worthy of death without being given the chance to make things right. and another thing, it is SO hypocritical to make fun of him and look down on him like he’s the ultimate Bad Guy meanwhile i bet every single person you have ever admired in the spotlight has likely also done bad things or at least things you wouldn’t be proud of. fame is an illness and it can cause people to harm others because they were hurt themselves. human beings are a culmination of everything that they’ve been through and everything they’ve done. he is not only the bad things he’s done and it’s okay and normal to grieve him as a whole person, because he was one.

[mapsofnonexistentplaces]

to be honest cannot deal with jewish liberals that are like ‘don’t conflate zionism with being jewish you’re being antisemitic’ because to be honest zionism is nothing but beneficial to colonisers and the only people you’re targeting when you whine about being asked to negate your association with a genocidal mindset are the brown people who are direct victims of said genocidal mindset. with all due respect it’s completely justifiable to have people ask you if you are a zionist on first dates and whatever and it takes one second to say “no i am not” so throwing a fit about such a mild inconvenience because people might misjudge you rather than having empathy for palestinians and making said empathy blatant is laughable

[24-compass-roses]

An enemy defeated AND free venison

what's with people who don't like alastor... cooking him??

[eternadreeblissa]

Ok but then a thought occurred to me

*SPOILERS FOR NUEVILLETTE'S STORY QUEST*

Yall remember the imposter SAGAU? Reader has been accused of impersonating creator of teyvat and everyone is after their head?

Imagine being in Fontaine and youre crying or grieving over your favorite characters or so persecuting and hunting you, being homesick and at the same time sick and beaten. Your tears reach the waters or lands of Fontaine. So when Nuevillette goes to find you through the water searching for your emotions and all...

Imagine how he'd react?

Ah, suddenly, the rain cries alongside you.

[musical-chick-13]

This is the only thing I'm going to say about the election until it's over:

Anyone who did not vote for Harris or who attempted to dissuade people from voting for Harris, you are indirectly responsible for whatever shit Donald Trump does if he gets elected. That blood is primarily on his hands, yes. But it is also on yours. I hope you can live with that because I sure as hell wouldn't be able to.

[holyfacehead]