#correct views

[avkamfher]

I get questioned a lot as to why I install win7 on my computers when I don't decide on Linux.

7 is the last OS that MS produced that isn't utter trash and it is light weight enough I can install it on most anything.

Plus the antivirus that I pay for works on it.

[cosmicdebaser]

obsessed with every band of brothers episode being like here’s these guys going through absolute hell. oh and we’re gonna introduce one (1) new homoerotic situationship per episode as a b plot. you think the fanfic writers are tumblr-fying this show but they’re not at all it’s just Like That

[sparrowlucero]

genuinely think this is in part a matter of looking for representation vs looking for depiction - queer representation (imho) is going to be grounded in current ideas of queerness which are othered (usual western society disclaimer here, ymmv) and so stories that do not have othering (as part of being post- or non-oppressive) will fall flat as representations bc they have taken away part of what defines current ideas of queerness and are no longer tied to the current queer experience.

queer depictions on the other hand are not inherently tied to current ideas of queerness, and so queer depictions in a post- or non-oppressive society will sometimes look like "assimilation" because queerness in those cases is no longer tied to or defined by othering. in a society that has been constructed to truly remove oppression, queerness is going to, by and large, look like being cishet (or, in another way, being cishet would look like being queer) because any amount of othering would mean there is still oppression.

and i don't even know if the average sf/f author would recognize the difference between the two when writing, much less be able to portray it effectively, but i do think sometimes as readers we dismiss one thing as boring or failing to deliver because we're not actually looking for that thing, we're looking for something else

I think you might have missed what I'm saying a little- I'm not picking up random queer fiction and then complaining that it's failing to deliver what I actually want because I neglected to seek out stuff more in line with my tastes, I'm saying that I knowingly prefer one thing but that it's comparatively difficult to actually find because the sf/f really bigs up the stuff I don't really find interesting as the better (and even more moral) way to write. like you know if you search for sf/f stuff that deals with homophobia, you don't really get recommendations, you largely get recommendations for the exact opposite along with stuff like this:

[fatuifucker]

sunday seems to me like someone who would be an unintentionally controlling partner. he doesn't mean to. but the family has a duty to uphold. and as the lover of the oak family head, so do you. prim and proper is what you are expected to be. a noble just like him.

but in truth, he sees your strained smile and your tired eyes, your head heavy from the burdens of that metaphorical crown thrusted upon you when you chose to be his. such a sight does not befit you. no, he much prefers those rare instances where you rest your head on his shoulder; a genuine smile on your lips as you intertwine your fingers with him, wholly at ease.

if sunday could be forever... then you too would forever be at ease.

[kaylee68]

I don’t read many Red Hood comics. Like obviously he’s there in some of the stuff I read, but I’m self aware enough to know that he isn’t going to be written the same way as he would be in a comic more central to his own story.

That being said. I genuinely do not understand why some fans make Bruce out to be the devil for not killing the joker??

Like I get it for Jason. He’s a kid. He’s hurt. He’s angry. He’s upset. He died. Like he’s probably not thinking very rationally here, but that’s something you can eventually learn to manage with time and therapy.

However Bruce not wanting to put aside his own already well established set of morals and kill a guy is like completely within reason???

I’ve seen a lot of Jason Todd stans make him seem like this horrible father for not placing Jason’s morals above his own and killing the Joker and I understand that it’s very complex issues, because the man’s son died, but if anything that should only cause a more nuanced viewpoint on the conflict.

Jason dying is horrible and you’re allowed to feel empathy for the guy. Of course you are, it sucked, but that doesn’t mean that Bruce is suddenly obligated to start killing people? Nor does it mean he should turn a blind eye to Jason killing people, just because he was hurt.

Bruce is allowed to be selfish. He’s allowed to look in the mirror and say “I don’t want to become a killer” and he’s allowed to go out into the world and do just that without being called an abusive father.

Maybe It’s me just not understanding the conflict completely. Again I really haven’t read many comics and most of this is through a very internet heavy viewpoint.

But I also feel like a lot of the nuance of the situation has been sucked out over the years and reduced to Jason whining about how his own father won’t sacrifice everything he stands for just to avenge him as though Jason is in a morally superior disposition to half the people he fights.

I’m not even that big of a Batman stan. I just genuinely don’t understand.

Also damn I’ve been posting a lot recently

[beanghostprincess]

A bit tired of people complaining about Sanji's principle of "not hitting women" being misogynistic when it has been clearly stated multiple times that he does not choose it and it's heavily tied to his trauma and admiration for his dad and respect for women and definitely not from seeing women as somehow weaker than him

[libra-cant-just-dance]

Who wants to see me crash out over Just Dance lore in Wanderlust cosplay in front of a lecture hall for 45 minutes?

[mercifullymad]

i feel passionately about the need to enfold people experiencing (or diagnosed) with "just" depression or anxiety into the mad pride project. the more people who view themselves as mad, the better. much as the rhetorical move from "neurotypical" to "neuroconforming" emphasizes the artifice & social construction of "neurotypicality," so too will expanding identification as "mad" expose the sane/mad dichotomy as a false one.

it's true that (some) people with "just" depression and/or anxiety have an easier time navigating the psych system than people who have more stigmatized diagnoses. but this is not to say that they necessarily have an easy time — the carceral psych system is hostile to everyone subsumed by it, even the most "privileged" patients. we should of course critique & examine how our experiences are shaped by various intersections of privilege, but we cannot forget or ignore how someone with "just" a depression/anxiety diagnosis can still experience the full force of the carceral psych system brought down upon them (including but not limited to involuntary institutionalization, police intervention, & forced medication or other forced treatment).

we must encourage, if not insist, that those with the least-stigmatized diagnoses view their difficult experiences navigating the psych system as bound up with the liberation of people who have more stigmatized diagnoses &, often, a more violent experience of the psych system. we need more people to drop the "i have anxiety/depression but i'm not crazy" line and say loudly, "i have anxiety/depression & i am crazy. my access to just treatment is linked to the conditions of all other crazy people, who are my allies, peers, & friends. we are united in our cause & we all deserve a more liberating system of care."

[phantomrose96]

Fun bit of etiquette difference between Reddit and Tumblr is if someone misuses a word on Reddit (wrong "their", "peak"/"pique", whatever) it's common to see someone in the replies correct it and the OP will be like "oh thank you. edited my comment to fix grammar error"

If you do that on Tumblr you get mauled with teeth.

[mcytegg]

"to older lsers, trust isnt abt never disagreeing w ur friend or teammate" [immediate flashbacks to both zam and subz, separately, worrying that disagreeing with vitalasy's plan would already be betraying him]

thats exactly the point!! the REASON newer players like derap and kab have these unrealistic expectations of trust and what it means to be teammates is they havent had the multiple seasons of experience in lifesteal to find it out themselves like older players have. like yes that is how zam and subz felt back then but thats a result of both just who they were as people during s4 which impacted their view on what it means to be teammates. they both also got like mega traumatized by other people in that season as well which Led to them pushing their own feelings and opinions to the side in order to remain loyal until they broke.

it was after what they experienced in s4 that helped them better define what being teammates w someone means to THEM, and what it means to trust someone on the server bc working on the basis that u Need to agree w everything ur teammate says and does or else youre a traitor or a bad teammate only ended up hurting them, and putting them into terrible situations. like what derap is experiencing rn is exactly like s4 zam, aka who zam was before he started standing up for himself and realizing hes allowed to have his own thoughts and feelings and boundaries in his relationships. like the way derap hides his own desires and discards his own thoughts nd feelings on things In Favour of always agreeing w zam to make him happy is incredibly reminiscent of eclipse fed zam.

its a matter of growth and experience yet to be gained; the way trust is currently viewed on ls and the way teammate is defined is individual to each player BUT generally speaking most older lsers definition of them has grown to fall under the same general consensus of "someone you wont always agree with, but who you will stick by and return to in the end bc they are someone you can trust to be consistent in their actions and behaviours BECAUSE you have known them for so long"

[templeofshame]

im kinda encouraged by how i haven't seen discourse saying that it's bad that owen isn't played by a trans woman. which isn't to say there might not be valid points to be made there, but i think the role was well-served by not having the expectation of that conclusion or the sense that owen is notably feminine (idk if it was me but i think the movie visually emphasizes justice smith's adam's apple sometimes?) (and it can be complex to ask a trans woman to play a role in which she's supposed to read largely as a man). and casting an nb actor in the potentially-cis other lead role also combats the issue of employing only cis people (obviously also writer-director, some of the soundtrack, idk about other folks)

[sideblogdotjpeg]

i did this in five whole minutes so sol isnt a baby drake like he is in canon but um anyway thinking about this moment

[reksink]

Connection & Familiarity Found in What's Been Lost

Day - 18 & 20

[crystallized-cheese]

i would looove to hear more in-depth explanations about your choices ! :D

toriel being a pen while asgore is white out... i can tell there's powerful symbolism there but i cannot quite connect the dots on what exactly it means

I'm so glad you asked !! This May Be a rather Long explanation, so I will put it under the cut Like So !

I chose the fountain pen for Toriel because, like her, it's very Regal and Royal looking. It is Pretty Old, but was one of the Primary methods of writing, so it reflects how Toriel is a little Old Fashioned. (Or just, Old In General... she does call herself an "Old Woman"). You might also notice how Frisk is a Pencil-- A pencil's lines can be strengthened and made more Bold and Permanent with the help of ink, and I feel like this can represent how Toriel has this Motherly and Guiding nature. (She can be an Overbearing Mother though... if you use So Much ink over graphite, you can completely Stile it out !!) Nowadays, fountain pens aren't used too often in art, but I do notice people using it to letter Silly Messages/Signs, so that's kinda similar to Toriel's Sillier (and Cruder) side, making jokes and singing carols with "CURSED WORDS". Fountain pens just have a nice Elegant and Graceful vibe that I think really encapsulates Toriel's personality, while also having that balance of Goofy and perhaps even that Vulgar side that she also exhibits. (Sometimes, I like to imagine that she also likes waltzing, and her steps mimic the Swoops of fountain pen lines when one does Calligraphy...)

Asgore, on the other hand, is correction fluid because a lot of what we see of him is him Trying to make the Best of a situation or Fix a problem, even though it may not be the best choice. (He does have a Soft, Gentle, Caring side... I think that can be represented by how it is usually applied with a Teensy Soft foam brush...) We see him try giving monsterkind hope with Chara's arrival, and try rekindling hope in the underground after losing his children... If you have ever used correction fluid before, you would know that it can be Finicky-- the surface is too Tacky or too Solid... at least when I use it, it usually ends up a Goopy, Rough Mess (and Correction Tape isn't much easier either !)... Asgore lashing out and declaring war on humanity is like being too Heavy Handed with correction fluid-- a complete Overreaction and is Never the correct thing to do... (Also, I would imagine that the scene where he destroys the MERCY button is translated to him Covering it up with correction fluid...) He's really, a pretty bad Leader, but I feel like he does his Best to try to salvage the situation, or at least make people feel better In The Moment, like maybe using correction fluid and not writing over the surface anymore would end up less of a disaster than trying to go over it again?

Their relationship also plays a role in why I Decided them to be the Craft Supply they Are. Pen and correction fluid... it seems like the Perfect Duo, doesn't it? This is meant to symbolize how they were seen as a Perfect Couple in the past, all lovey-dovey and "Meant For Each Other". Until their disagreement... Like I mentioned before, Sometimes, ink and correction fluid can end up making a Mess, especially if they try to overpower each other, like their Opposing views. (If you try to use them together too hurriedly, or in a moment of high pressure, it ends up a grey mess...) Asgore was a Coward and didn't really plan on Going Through with fulfilling the plan to destroy humanity, so he just Waited and Waited on it with the Excuse of collecting souls towards Freedom and Patching it up with a Lie, Kind Of like trying to cover up a mistake and Waiting for it to dry, and not intending to Rewrite (Or Going Through With Correcting) your mistakes. Toriel criticizes this, making a jab at him and what he Would've Actually Done if he truly wanted to go through with this plan (suggesting that he would've planned on "Rewriting" sooner,,, but that would Never happen, being the kind of person he is). This is an instance of ink and correction fluid failing to work together as they had completely different views. Maybe if Toriel stuck around, he Might've had a better chance to Fix things?

I feel like Correction Fluid always Seemed like the perfect accompaniment to Fountain Pen... But there will Always be a chance it'll Mess Up and prove to be too bumpy of a writing surface or clog up the nib... Or maybe it just wasn't Meant to work perfectly with it after all..

Perhaps it might be Better to start over on a New Piece Of Paper...

[0507-worms]

shidou's last few timeline conversations feel a little too ominous for him to Not Know that something was coming; which just makes me wonder what made him let his guard down

[skibasyndrome]

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