#def corrupted cops

[tribus-semitae]

@lostusagis

She tilts her head to the side like some overgrown puppy, was there something wrong with the police force here? Maybe they were corrupted and this nice girl didn't want her to get involved with them!

That definetly must be it!!

"Thank you so much uhmm...truth to be told I don't know much but would love to look around so ...what would you recommend for a newcomer? Ah...I'm sorry are you busy? I could buy you lunch if you want!"

[bluastro-yellow]

if you paint "FUCK THE POLICE" on the wall Kim is dismayed but you don't lose good cop points. is that an oversight or

[newty]

ngl. if i was in court for unnatural sex crimes as a man in 1936. and my last name was ALREADY mycock. i would not want to be represented by a lawyer named LUSTgarten

[the-witchhunter]

YOU LOVE BEING BATMAN???

Bruce, you psychologically torture yourself because you feel like you need to be Batman because otherwise you'd be failing your parents and Gotham, what the fuck are you doing running around laughing and having the time of your life while you have a kidnapped child in your basement two hours after his parents died

Why the fuck is he laughing??? What the fuck is wrong with him

this is just what "blue lives matter" a-holes think the Punisher is but with less guns

Question! I have been getting into DC comics cuz of dpxdc, and I saw your tags on frank Miller on a recent post. One of my irl friends told me to read the dark knight returns and while it was occasionally hard to follow I assumed that was a result of when it was written rather than who wrote it? But I did overall enjoy it.

I guess what I'm asking is why you say frank Miller is a bad writer when it seems like the dark knight returns was so acclaimed?

(I saw the nazi thing too but that's something I can google so while it's news to me it's not my main question)

ok so. A lot of this is my personal opinion and I'm not too equipped to say shit about this because I'm not very political but I'm going to give it my best shot. Put under a cut so folks who don't want to hear about comic ranting can simply scroll past

I’m just gonna write a quick thing for the Nazi stuff, He isn't exactly a Nazi but boy oh boY does he set off many warning flags. Frank Miller is also the writer of the comic 300, if that sounds familiar that's because the movie you're probably thinking of is indeed based off these comics. The Spartan's ideology helped create the baselines of Fascism. Fascism is a pretty leading cause of commentary in Frank Millers work. In Batman: The Dark Knight he is a fascist. In Hard Boiled there's swastikas in the background every so often. (I even went back to reread it just to make sure and yep. they definitely were there) In 300 there's a shitton of Fascism... I could go on but still. His comics are incredibly gorey, have a discussion about a world gone wrong that can only be changed using force and weaponry (the whole Dark Knight "I am a surgeon" monologue for example), and the fact that he has Fascism as the main point of nearly all of the comics he's written... it doesn't sit right with me and it's a consistent pattern.

Now, onto the bad writing. I must firstly preface that these are my own opinions and that I didn't grow up reading Frank Miller's work. I think he was a good writer but isn't one anymore. His writing did incredible things for DC and you can see his influence in Batman even today. Works I've read and enjoyed of his are: Daredevil, Batman Year One, and Dark Knight. Nowadays you'll see many folks like myself talk about how Frank Miller has fallen off the deep end. A vast majority of Frank Miller's comics have reoccurring themes: politics, fascism, extreme violence, and so so much weaponry. Politics is in every comic book. There is no unpolitical comic, there ARE comics that are batshit wild with their politics and that's what I'm talking about. I'll get back to this later. He wrote many good comics, ones that first come to mind are Daredevil , Wolverine, Batman: Dark Knight, Batman: Year One, Sin City, Ronin, and 300. All of these comics are still credited by folks as amazing comics and hell, I recommend folks to read them go and check them out. Then 9/11 happened. That along with rampant alcoholism. Those reoccurring themes I mentioned? They become exponentially more blatant in his works. Especially on the political angle. You can see the difference between his works from pre and post 9/11. If you read Dark Knight and Dark Knight 2 back to back. It's night and day. He even made a comic during the post 9/11 panic called Holy Terror. The comic's title was originally pitched as Holy Terror, Batman! with the Gotham hero himself as the main character but it swiftly denied by DC, denied being published by DC, and changed to what it is now. The basic plot of this comic: A Vigilante named The Fixer fights Al-Qaeda after attacking Empire City. He doesn't even mention the word Al-Qaeda until 80 pages into a 150 page comic. The comic is some INCREDIBLY blatant post 9/11 propaganda that's ridiculously Islamophobic and anti-muslim. That isn't even my opinion, Frank Miller has said that's what this comic was. It is scattered with a ridiculous amount of hate speech written by a hate fueled man in 2007. Now onto comics that you'd more likely read. All Star Batman and Robin (2005). Oh boy. Let's compare shall we? Batman Dark Knight Returns (1986)

All Star Batman & Robin, The Boy Wonder #1 (2005)

mind you this is as Dick is being driven to GCPD for questioning RIGHT AFTER HIS PARENTS DIED. He gets kidnapped by Bruce out of the police car. Not calmed in his arms after the murder and brought to the manor. Kidnapped. All Star Batman & Robin, The Boy Wonder #2 (2005)

( a brief intermission of this sickass pose of a shirtless Alfred Pennyworth comforting Vicky Vale)

now back to the kidnapping:

[Skipping Bruce getting chased by the GCPD, Jumping the Batmobile ONTOP of a GCPD car, and laughing and talking to his car all the while Dick is absolutely terrified. They then use boosters that propel the Batmobile into the sky.]

Smashcut to #4 where they actually enter the Batcave.

I don't even think I need to explain myself. This is Spider-Man: One More Day levels of mischaracterization. Like seriously. Bruce kidnapping Dick after his parents were killed? Calling him a retard and hitting him during the aftermath (we can go on about how in 2005, the r slur was used commonly but this was just out of pocket), Leaving him in the cold batcave and told to eat rats? Frank Miller used to write some incredible works. Nowadays his writing is as decent as Rob Liefeld's art.

[minalblood]

I'm back and I'm so sorry! I won't make any promises for the last 2 ep of the Winchesters, but I will be reviewing/rewatching them anyways just ... who knows when, I dont!

But let's get started on You've got a Friend 1x11.

I hopefully will be a bit less rambly since O have a draft of my thoughts already written for this and its less... as Im watching (i can post that too if yall wanna but dunno if ull understand my handwriting)

We begin where we left off and I love that we have this scene of them needing to clean up, adds realism, adds dimension to the world. Love also that we begin with Lata being the Lata we all love - dejected in this case about her chimera paw was ruined. Queue Carlos with the teasing. The 2 of em banter a bit before Mary redirects us all to the matter at hand.

And Mary has come a long way in these episodes, because she may not join the banter (still closed off somewhat as opposed to Carlos and Lata's easy repartee) but she is going off of it and adding them into her area of interest.

But all stops when John come in blood soaked and in shock - Mary instantly worried he might be hurt, but nope, not this time.

I am so happy to see them portray the actual shock and numbness John is feeling, then the guilt and sadness, just all the reaction to Kyle's death really. And considering the survivor's guilt John is lugging around, it makes it even more heartbreaking. I also love seeing that Mary is the level headed one here - she,.imo, is clearly pushing down the grief to focus on John's issues here, hell we see very little of her grieving in this episode and everytime we do, she's quick to redirect that feeling into action - sometimes into violence point blank. She does it here, asking what the Akrida could want, she does it even moreso with Millie, where she does open up a bit since Millie is offering comfort, but then it turns into Millie coming with a plan which directly leads to Mary wanting to storm the police station guns blazing and the ep ends with Mary and John discussing Kyle (also god Mary looks absolutely exhausted here, fuck) but Mary derails it by saying they need to find Dean instead. She's def not allowing herself the moment to deal with Kyle's death which may prove relevant when discussing next episode.

I'd forgotten this ep was the Lata episode. Like ep 8 was Carlos', this one is Lata's. And god does it hurt.

1st, move the feather boa, Carlos!

2nd, I do genuinely believe Lata and Maggie were together. Everything in this episode points that way to me (but especialy the sweetpea nickname) We'll round back to this though.

The other thing we note in the sequence in Maggie's room is how close Carlos and Lata are to each other. Which we knew, but I always love seeing it again in action.

Before we continue with the emotional core of this ep, we have to get back to plot with Betty! I love Betty..I also can't blame her for being ....hesitant to say the least. Like imagine what she's seen so far: the guy who, before leaving to the marines illegally, proposed to her, is suddently interacting with, apparently, imfamous Mary Campbell, who is seen at several murder/investigation scenes suddenly appears ro have killed someone? And she already knows John had anger issues before hand. Like i get her here. And still shes trying to be nice while doing her job.

Which leads me to the next part, her job. So the detective... he's wording (even with him being really Akrida) echoes a lot of corrupt cop rethoric which only gets further emphasized when he later threatens to have John... killed 'accidently'. And, on top of them, speaking pf policw corruption even a 'good cop' like Betty becomes complicit simply because of the power the Akrida gained via the detective role cuz she was unwittingly helping them throughout.

But god, was John a bit too cocky here. (My notes have this marked as "this is why you let villains monologue, John!"). Especially since he actually doesn't have any info on Dean. (Love that we see the pic of Dean, missed him) l.

Meanwhile Lata and Carlos have found the bracelet and it's fucked them over. Also, I fucking hate the shadows thing, very creepy. Also also it reminds me of the daeva that Meg uses in s1 of SPN. I'm also reminded of SPN with the story the detective tells John about how they'll get rid of him - SPN's own crooked cop ep featured exactly this sorta plan too, but in killing Dean.

Really though, the main thing I found interesting upon rewatch is just how much Lata is our Dean mirror in this one. Specifically, in getting targeted by the bracelet she's forced to relive a trauma (Sania's death) via Carlos acting as substitute, only this time she succeeds where prior she thought she failed (which lemme make clear, no, Lata was at no point and in no way at fault, but she did internalize that guilt - much like Dean tends to internalize guilt) . Which Dean, much like Lata ends up doing when getting involved with this universe, ends up reliving a trauma (his parents death - Mary especially) of something he failed, in his mind, to prevent/save via rescuing this universe's Mary. And much like Lata, who can't undo what happened to Sania, but can "begin to make it better" (the Hey Jude line just hit me so I had to use it), so too can Dean. It won't change what happened in his life, wont save his mom, but it will help him heal nonetheless.

Adding to this Maggie? Who opperates as a Cas parallel here - she was Lata's person, who shared everything with Lata but Lata couldn't in turn for fear of judgement/shame, who notably is dead and thus Lata can't ever reveal her secret to. Well, it hurts is what it does.

But watching this I noticed another interesting thing though, for all that the bracelet seems to work like Osiris (pulling on the guilt the person feels is most agregious), the bracelet actually seems to want the wearer to get out. Carlos is taken just as Lata begins wondering which secret it's trying to make her face and is sent to Sania's room - direct answer. Then later,.even more blatant, using Maggie's face, tries to get Lata to disclose the secret, but Lata talks around it instead til the creature takes her too.

It seems like Erebus had a test for his warriors, one he wanted them to win.

Throughout all of Lata's story, I was seething. I truly hate her family and Carlos was 100% saying exactly what I was thinking.

Another thing I appreciated though, about Carlos, is the emotional maturity. Yes they were dying and yes it was urgent that Lata disclose her secret but Carlos made certain to reassure her throughout. Tried to give her as much space as possible.

In other thoughts, Lata's mom making that "vs family" distinction, uuuh it rattled sth in me only to them have Lata say "my parents would never look at m the same way"? In the Dean Winchester show? God, the echoes of John's shitty parenting were deafening. Bur yes to eveything Carlos said. It truly wasnt Lata's fault.

And I adore also the ending conversation between Lata and Carlos (both wearing blue and god I want Carlos' coat) because yes, this kind of stuff shouldn't be forced out on anither persons whim. Lata doesn't have to tell John and Mary anything, it is her story to tell, but also yes, Carlos is right to reassure her that if she wants to share it with them, they'll likely react well like he did. And yes the reason this particular scene hit so hard is partially personal, but because of that it drove me insane in SPN where there was a tendency for people to push other to open up at their own whim (and yes, Sam did it often to mutiple people, hounding them until they cracked and spilled whatever trauma they were trying to deal with but then have nothing to give in return, no comfort or even really reaction, and yes he most of all did it to Dean a lot and it did puss me off) So yea, love this episode for the Lata and Carlos of it all!

Also I have a few questions, when Millie was trying to convince Betty about the supernatural, at one point she said "it's not like-" and cut off. She was trying to defend against the accusation of 'playing make believe). Also, Betty says sth like "Mary, I expected.this from" with relation once more to her not believing in monsters soooo.... has Mary ever been taken in under suspicion of being delusional? Was Millie? Or John?! I've questions ok i need y'alls opinions on this one.

Also, I would've soo cracked if the Akrida asked about Dean, cuz I def miss him a lot and id fucking gush about him at that point.

Anyways, that's it for this one. See you guys next time where we'll be clowning (have I mentioned I hate clowns?)

@noybusiness thanks for push earlier this month, i needed that a lot and thanks for the support for this rewatch ❤

@shallowseeker thanks the new posts, been inspiring me to get back to writing this ❤

[marcusrobertobaq]

Gavin got everything to be the kind of cop that escalate the situations in police encounters just to justify illegal arrests and excessive use of force. Not only being a prick to "suspects" but also to work colleagues.

I think he's the type of guy that got a history of disciplinary actions esp during the first yrs but we all know disciplinary actions ain't nothing in DPD. They'll always justify it of minimize stuff to make it look not like a big of a deal, stack it up without doing anything esp if u got a "beat cop" history like Hank, for example. So yea, nothing really happened.

Although I believe after becoming a detective excessive force on police encounters stopped being constant his hostility and sense authority above civilians (the "I'm a cop" card) and even some colleagues may still be a thing, to the point of going for the gun or physical. The way he always come for the gun in "what he thinks is threatening" situations and try escalating things may be a signal, and also the way he just suggest roughing up a suspect like it's just another day. If he's a Carter Blake 2.0 then yea, he would def rough up suspects to extract info or to put 'em in 'em place.

Also the fact he just seems to be the type of character that would do that. Ain't an uncommon type. Cops in games can usually do anything they want without major consequences cuz it's a game, things that irl shouldn't be acceptable but they always get away with it. I think DPD is this type of department, esp with the focus on corruption the game has and also "toxic environment" and "minority repression" metaphors. Although things get registered, they're just... registered. Maybe even in a way to tone it down a bit to not become a major punishment or a scandal.

I believe the only way of getting people like Hank and Gavin out of the DPD for misconduct would be some heavy shit becoming public and viral. That's not happening, tho.

[lipglossanon]

how unhinged are you willing to go with any of the stepdad Leon’s? because like ovulating me is absolutely feral over the idea of one of the stepdads getting all dressed up as a slasher killer (pre consented to scenario is about to be described) and chasing reader through the woods and just going at it,,,, similar to the bunny fic, like just absolutely corrupt cop-esque scenario with a knife in the woods and idk if your comfortable with it but i can see one of them having a blood kink *cough* def not the dark one *cough* and i was the anon who sent the threesome with krauser ask and like the things i’d let them do to me in the woods are absolutely non describable

Hello, hello, anon!! 💜

And anon, I’m willing to go as dark as I can 🤭 well I draw the line at outright like murdering reader and then necrophilia (cause like how is that fun?)

but the threat of murder? 👍 👌

And oh my gosh, hello again anon! 🤩 I love your brain, so please continue to send in asks 😝

Oooh Krauser and Leon double team a la Scream-esque Ghost Face stalk and fuck? 👀🤭

[princessnijireiki]

like obvs this is a majorly anti cop anti military website, I can read the room and take the temperature of the room & the situation

but it is so fascinating to me the way the LGBT+ community and sphere online has such derision, disdain, and resentment for the people who came before them and ACTUALLY pushed progress in real life... like it's an "extremely online" phenomenon and is perched on such a pedestal, like a tier of unchallenged privilege & safety in these folks' real lives

like to pivot for ex to women's rights in the US, obvs there's soooo much tone deaf racism & classism still regurgitated, right, but we have concrete specific dates for things like the right to vote, right to independent finance, right to independent non inherited land & property ownership, rights to abortion or adoption or divorce, the criminalization of spousal rape, etc etc on top of racially specific laws incl slavery abolition, abolishment of anti miscegenation law, legal protections against forced sterilization, laws around informed medical consent re: experimentation or companies' retention of your cells, DNA, or remains

it's documented!

with racial stuff, the progress is also often so recent, like in a lot of places shit was still legally segregated when my parents were kids, def was segregated in my grandparents' and great grandparents' time, we see the lives & lived memories of our families' existence in this country, the Civil Rights Movement was recorded on video, audio, and in writing, despite Gil Scott-Heron's insistence that the revolution will not be televised, we watched... ALL of that!

and obvs there were & are activists then & now who rightfully point out that if you limit yourself to climbing that sheer cliff face to fight for your rights & for respect & equality within the framework of an oppressive culture, nation, or institution, you then limit the potential for truly radically demanding to be regarded as an equal by destroying & disnantling those unjust systems from the outside, because the master's house will never be dismantled with the master's tools...

but at the same time; there is room for more than "revolution or nothing," and no one secured full rights and killed racism in the womb in one fell swoop, sometimes you have to fight the unglamourous un-gloried fight from within the master's walls because that's where you fucking live.

the US military is not "good," no military is "good," and any military directed by a corrupt imperial/neoimperial racist state even moreso, but it is still the scaffolding through which many of us, our peers, our community, our comrades, must climb. the same as any of our other, many, corrupt institutions, particularly as engaged with the judicial branch of a government that does not care if disenfranchised, oppressed, and/or minority citizens or non-citizens alike live or die.

progress within an institution imposed upon me is still progress, progress within an avenue of survival of that institution, even while that avenue may be oppressive and imposed upon others itself, is still progress. two things can be true at once, and many more besides, if you are willing and mentally capable of looking beyond the limitations of your own life experiences.

[skiplo-wave]

Rank the Batman cape episodes

Episode 1- first episode and pretty much drops you right into Gotham. Batman is just starting everyone thinks he’s a myth. We get Oswalda, the penguin. Very much highlight of episode. Overall 9/10. Def want see Mama penguin in s2

Episode 2- we get introduced to clayface. Out the line up I say this was most forgettable for me. Like his design but can’t say much else. 3/10

Episode 3- Catwoman episode! One of my favorites. Seeing Selina and Bruce hit off. Then banter as Batman and Catwoman 💕💕 I say it was funniest episode too with Selina maid being sassy 10/10.

Episode 4- New rogue aka firebug an arsonist. Dark episode. Not only corruption of Gotham cops and city being what it is. Honestly this episode would fit perfectly in BTAS for dark themes. 7/10 only cause I hate they killed off firebug at end of episode :/ fuck Flass and Bullock all homies hate them

Episode 5- New harley debate episode. Love the take on Harley, Babs gets here time to shine. Another favorite episode of mine. 10/10 Harley def will be back s2

Episode 6- Pretty eh on this one. Ghost factor felt like saturday morning cartoon. The witch guy was neat but that's about it 2/10

Episode 7- Like got another Babs focus episode but Onomatopiea man was hugh let down. Bro didn't do shit but say sound effects >:/ What a waste. 2/10 only because like twist on hit be on Babs than Gordon.

Episode 8- Adore this episode. Batman saving kids always banger episode. And seeing the baby robins 🥺🥺. Natilia reminds me of Ace from justice league. another favorite 9/10 Bruce getting jumped by circus folks was pretty funny.

Episode 9- Harvey becoming two face. The acid thrown at him because he wasn't gonna cave for govenor dude was dark. Tbh not fan of two face design because his face borderlines messing with my trypophobia. 8/10

Episode 10- It's part 2 episode but prefer this one over 9. Harvey and Babs dynamic very neat. Tbh he reminds me of Telltale Harvey/Two face. Batman having a gun had me nervous, raw scene for sure. Bruce finally calling Alfred by his name 🥺🥺🥺 Lastly shot of Batman on building with lighting 🔥. And of course teaser of Joker. The batjokes and joker stan in me is ready 10/10

Series as a whole I say is a good 8.5/10. If you loved batman the animated series this good successor. New voice actor for Bruce and Batman did real good job. Can't wait see how new Joker voice will do ( he's got deep voice too) I hope see how show handle other rogues: Ivy, Mr.Freeze, Mad hatter, Scarecrow, etc. New rogues too!

I'm glad Warner bros decided to sell series than write it off. This show could fit well in toonami line up. It's been long time seeing guns in animated series for teens+

Highly recommend giving show a watch :D

[asymm3]

god i am in desperate need of cowboy!cyberpunk 2077

def not inspired by red dead redemption 2 i have no idea what you’re talking about

johnny and kerry as leaders of a notorious gang with a contract put on them for saburo arasaka’s murder

v as the bounty hunter who takes the contract as a suicide mission following the death of his friend/partner jackie

johnny and kerry are laying low (or at least attempting to) in/near a middle of nowhere town

it’s eventually revealed that v was imprisoned following whatever heist thing went wrong where jackie died but yorinobu pays the sheriff to have v go after johnny and kerry. in like one of those “you either bring these people or you’ll be executed” kinda thing. if he succeeds he is free

river is the deputy sent to watch v and kill him if he tries to run (river is a little too Good and Honest for the corrupt af sheriff so they’re hoping he and v will kill each other)

rogue runs the saloon in the town and is helping supply/hide johnny and kerry

i’m thinking that river and v (or maybe just v) try to infiltrate the gang. like they roll up to rogues saloon looking for “work” and being very worse for wear (v is fresh out of jail and mourning his friend/partner and river sends most of his income to his sister)

rogue takes pity on them and has them work for her for a while

something comes up where v and river prove that they’re trustworthy (maybe a bunch of worse outlaws roll up to rob the town?) so rogue introduces them to johnny and kerry as “hey these guys are competent and i sorta trust them)

and idk they go rob some rich people and trains and shit

v falls in looooove with johnny and kerry

river stops being a cop (good for him)

uhhhh they go confront yorinobu at some point after he sends more bounty hunters

river and v revealed as double agents *gasp*

v gets shot saving johnny or kerry

*cue emotional love confessions* (dw he’s gonna live)

they kill yorinobu (or something idk how they would get him accused of his fathers murder but that would be a better resolution)

everyone settles down in/near the town

joss and kiddos and river move there

v and johnny and kerry are very in love

happily ever after

ft.

vik as the towns doc ofc

judy as a gunsmith? or a blacksmith

evelyn runs lizzie’s, the towns brothel

panam as a rancher (the only actual cowboy)

[goblins-riddles-or-frocks]

I've heard that ninth house has racist stereotypes too but I haven't read so idk what were people talking about

shdhdhfg well I did say “better” not that it’s fantastic.

I think the main complaint tends to be that she wrote a black cop but like… the point of the story is grappling with being a part of corrupt and destructive institutions that hate you personally. I feel like that was meaningfully employed? The success of it can def be debated but I understand the choice at all.

And I felt like Alex‘s experience of being mixed race but mostly removed from her heritage felt genuine and realistic.

[imabiscuitinthousandworlds]

Headcanon time!!

Because I'm the only one writing about Jean DeWolfe (so far, imma convert some people just you wait) I can do what I want. So I've started heaping up headcanons. Credit also to my beloved spouse (@haveyoueverconsideredpiracy) and my friend/beta because they not only listened to my rambling but participated despite not knowing a single fucking thing about DeWolfe OR marvel noir. I love y'all.

The comic is set in 1933, and Jean looks about 40 years old, realistically. That means he would have been around 20 when WW1 broke out, and probably would have been enlisted. He's definitely a war veteran. I've decided that he's gotten away pretty well (...relatively) because he's one of the lucky ones on whom speech therapy was tried (cannot remember the term back then but i have Found Evidence) and he's had ~10 years to get over the worst symptoms of shell shock (PTSD in modern language)

his training/actual job at the FBI actually helps him balance that trauma out actually by adding more trauma

listen i'm not a psychologist we'll just keep it vague okay

he is absolutely incapable of normal human interactions. might have to do with the couple of years he spent isolating himself (it's the trauma babyyy) because no one he'd had a close bond with before going to war could even somewhat understand what he went through

this includes his best friend because i've decided that said best friend died in the war (look i'm sorry but it has to be)

(actually peter sometimes reminds jean of that friend)

jean is gay

don't ask why. i'm queer so all my blorbos are queer. let me have this as i said i can do what i want nobody can contradict me here, including canon bc canon said nothing

he's hella closeted of course. it's the early 20th century. he spent his late 20s/early 30s having a prolonged existential and sexuality crisis (he's convined that it's too late already for a mid-life crisis since that would imply he'd live to 50+ of which he's not convinced) until finally accepting it as a fact

he's never gonna have a relationship (bc trauma and also i think he's married to his job) but sometimes he likes to sit in a gay bar and just see people like him living and loving for once

ever since he watched the spider almost being killed by the sandman he's actually rethought his stance on vigilantes - they can get to places/people the fbi can't, spider is def just trying his best, and also spider is very much mortal *and* owes jean his life which is definitely reassuring

he has used his buzzer before to get a group of racist assholes to stop harassing poc. he usually doesn't involve himself but he's canonically very much not racist which is pretty fucking cool for the time (everything at the time was horrible tbh) and i love that okay

he has absolutely complained to higher-ups about corrupt cops or similar things he noticed, to no avail

every time he enters a (gay) speakeasy off the job (he has decided that when he's off the clock harmless crimes don't rly count bc u gotta draw a line somewhere) he absolutely has to stop himself from going all prohibitionist fbi agent

nobody who regularly works with him can remember ever seeing him without his hat

[enigma-the-anomaly]

7, 9, 10 :)

That’s a good one….I’d say partially ayato. I do have a lot of problems with him in canon but the fandom going nuts for him and ignoring my lovely wife ayaka is also a part of it.

While I def don’t hate them, “must pull” and meta characters like Bennett, Yelan, etc have been a little ruined for me. It’s just annoying. Same with Tingyun.

Would it be a cop out to say the worst parts of danganronpa is most of it? jfhgd but really, I think there’s a lot of good concepts but the execution is awful. Not to mention some bonkers writing ideas involving weird sexual stuff…who told them they could handle writing sexual trauma well, cuz they cannot. At this point dangan canon is just a vague list of concepts and characters I can grab and put in situations lol. I have nothing to say about dangan fanon cuz I’m not that involved in the wider fandom

One of the worst parts of genshin to me is the way we sort of pump and dump the nations, if that makes sense? Like we don’t rly revisit for big quests after the main one, the closest we got was perilous trail. I want more of that! So much! I already miss sumeru, I miss seeing these characters and experiencing stories w them!!!!!!!!!! I know we have events that revisit nations but I want permanent content!!!

Worst part of genshin fanon…….I mean I’m sure you understand when I say ppl simplify the characters a LOT. In general, ppl don’t utilize a lot of interesting aspects of characters and lore, i feel. Like divine knowledge AUs go hard, characters getting corrupted and fucked up is awesome. Kaveh’s mommy issues!!!! Alhaitham’s personal philosophy!!!! Ayaka’s pressure to seem sophisticated!!!!! Itto’s relationship to his bloodline!!!! There’s so many interesting things to explore, even just putting characters through stressful situations!!!! AUGH

so yeah :]

[seven-saffodils]

just watched L.A. Confidential (1997) for the first time and this movie! def the most ACAB cop movie, truly amazed they went for it. [spoilers/discussion under the cut]

i keep seeing reviews that are like, but why did the russell crowe character, whose whole thing is that he beats up abusers and protects women, punch his girlfriend kim basinger? but this is a noir (a genre about corruption and decay) about police. he doesn't just punch her out of the blue, he's in the middle of beating up a shady journalist for the police captain when he learns that there are pictures of her hooking up with his goody-two-shoes colleague. where once the captain had him intimidating gang bosses into leaving, now he's just the captain's all-purpose muscle, going from a kind of gray morality right into "just following orders" territory.

he's hopped up on violence that he's having some cognitive dissonance about, he feels betrayed by the one reminder of the ideals he hopes to live up to, and most importantly it makes thematic sense that he betrays her and himself by hitting her. the police force, which he had seen as the instrument of his vengeance on abusers everywhere, has perverted him into a tool of abuse even before he hits his girlfriend. as Audre Lorde says (in a completely different context but hear me out), the master's tools will never dismantle the master's house.

now. could this have been accomplished by him raising his fist at her with real intent and catching himself and crying about it? absolutely. but this is a 90s man movie for men, and also imo noirs are at their best when the audience finds themselves rooting for someone irredeemable. the tension that comes from that, the disquiet—we need more of that feeling about our big action stars.

or maybe i'm reading too much into it.

[raybizzle]

"Who's the Man?" (1993) is a comedic urban noir mystery film with a hip-hop theme based in N.Y.C. This movie is an excellent timepiece for black culture during the golden age of rap music. The film stars Ed Lover and Doctor Dre (not to be confused with the music producer), who were the hosts of Yo! MTV Raps in the early 90s. This film was at the peak of New Jack Cinema, so it incorporates some of the familiar characteristics of the era. New Jack Cinema is an alternative categorization of urban films from the late 80s and early 90s, generally associated with films out of N.Y.C. "Whodunnit" movies are rare in black filmmaking, with some of the most notable being "Together Brothers" (1974), "A Solider's Story" (1984), and "Caught Up" (1998). However, you can go as far back as "Mightnight Shadow" (1939) or "Murder in Harlem" (1935) if you want to explore this genre further. The film's cinematography is terrific, as the director filmed most of it on the streets of N.Y.C., particularly in Harlem. As a result, there are several moments where you get gritty looks into the environment while the soundtrack entraps you into the moment. The comedic value of the movie is everything the early 90s represented, featuring comedians Bernie Mac and Bill Bellamy, who gained attention from their performances on Def Comedy Jam. Several hip-hop artists made cameo appearances in the movie, such as Ice-T, Busta Rhymes, Run D.M.C., Guru, Naughty By Nature, Fab 5 Freddy, Queen Latifa, Flavor Flav, Pete Rock, C.L. Smooth, B-Real, Moni Love, and many more! In addition, the soundtrack to the movie is about as good as you can ask for from a hip-hop score. The soundtrack also features Notorious B.I.G.'s first single, "Party and Bullsh*t," which introduced him to mainstream audiences outside of N.Y.C. However, the official soundtrack only includes some tracks from the film. For example, "Follow the Leader" by Eric B. and Rakim is not on the soundtrack but was included in a chase scene in the movie. I grew up on this movie. I had the VHS tape, and I used to play it religiously. I still love this movie, and it's one of my favorite comedies from the 90s. It's a fun film and, honestly, a decent movie to research the culture. Director: Ted Demme Writers: Doctor Dré (story), Ed Lover (story), Seth Greenland (story) Starring Ed Lover, Doctor Dré, Badja Djola, Cheryl 'Salt' James, Jim Moody, Ice-T, Andre B. Blake, Rozwill Young, Colin Quinn, Todd 1, Bowlegged Lou, Bernie Mac, Bill Bellamy, T-Money, Denis Leary Storyline Ed Lover (Ed Lover) and Doctor Dre (Andre Brown) are hapless New York City barbers who test the patience of their boss, Nick Crawford (Jim Moody), one too many times and end up at a police academy to try out careers in law enforcement. Training under the tough-as-nails Sergeant Cooper (Denis Leary), Ed, and Dre eventually learn enough skills to become rookie cops. For their first major assignment, they attempt to thwart a corrupt businessman at odds with Nick over property development. https://www.daarac.ngo https://www.daaracarchive.org/2012/10/whos-man-1993_14.html Available on DVD and streaming services. https://www.amazon.com/Whos-Man-Maynell-Thomas/dp/B0000TWMWA

[tsikli]

Ðusyþ word of the day #188

hötsys (revolt)

/'hɑ.t͡səs/ ['hɑ.t͡səs]* ⟨hâstäsh⟩

*Standard Dialect

Etymology

Unclear etymology: bares similarities to the words hö'ö (city), hös (city), hösö- (desire derivational prefix). The second half is most likely ðys (to free). The most likely theory is that it is a corruption of hösötys (a desire to be free). First attested in the 800s.

Definition

n.

revolt, revolution

öngözhötsyllels xe'iraj, ôphe'isalduwfnail ek seim. want.PST-revolt-DEF freedom, democracy, and peace The revolution wanted freedom, democracy, and peace.

2. radicalism

3. (humourous) a minor change in lifestyle

xl'hötsys – ekhefnafuzörx nak, ej ernsqduwfnailz syhefnaf seizar. like-revolution - COP-gate-north broken thus use-NRFTR-everyone-must INSTR-gate east It's like a revolution – the north gate is broken, so everyone must use the east gate.