#dont take the bait

[critical-skeptic]

Do Not Engage With The Bait Directly

Instead, respond to it in broad, general terms. Dissect it, scrutinize it, ridicule it, call it out, or use it to illustrate systemic issues—but never engage with the post or comment directly. Doing so only fuels the orange clown’s omnipresence, which is precisely what he thrives on.

As a veteran and a proud hater of terrorists, dictators, authoritarians, fascists, rapists, traitors, and mobsters, let me make something crystal clear: absolutely nothing that bloated, diarrhea-orange blob of coagulated Cheeto paste masquerading as a "leader" has ever done—or promised to do—has been or ever will be beneficial to me, my fellow veterans, or my brothers and sisters in service. This includes even those too blind, too brainwashed, or too willfully ignorant to see through his paper-thin, jerky-tanned skin or remember the oaths we all took. For those of us who still understand what that oath means, it wasn’t some empty recitation. We swore to protect this country and its Constitution precisely from criminals like him and the terrorist cults that prop him up—"enemies foreign [AND DOMESTIC]." Read that last part slowly if the syllables are too complicated for your Cheeto-cult-addled brain.

No one, absolutely no one, owes you or your propagandist, bootlicking, cultist ilk a shred of gratitude. The audacity—no, the delusional entitlement—of you to demand it is laughable. What people actually owe you is a final nail in the coffin of your regressive, petulant tantrum of a movement, so you and your pathetic lot can fade into the dark, irrelevant corners of history where you’ve always belonged.

You are not supreme. You’re not special. You’re not outsmarting anyone but yourselves, getting duped—over and over again—by a con man who is the literal embodiment of the lowest common denominator. You’re a collective of entitled trolls, too stubborn to accept the reality that your so-called savior isn’t just a failure; he’s your failure. You fell for it. Again. And instead of self-reflection, you double down, dragging the rest of us into your dystopian delusions. In short: take your propaganda and shove it where the sun doesn’t shine. The rest of us are too busy fighting for a future untainted by your pitiful need to worship mediocrity wrapped in a spray-tanned con job. The history books won’t be kind to you, and they shouldn’t be.

[mercuryinjune]

as a femme i firmly believe i should not have to have a real job i think i should get to just fuck around full time and paint pictures of lesbians and watch shitty movies and go grocery shopping and bake cookies for a butch boyfriend to come home to. but Whatever i guess.

[ipostmysimpingstuffanonymously]

My submission to the SatoSho Discord's Weekly prompt: Kabedon

[looseinthecatroom]

Right. Let's get this REAL clear here, yeah? For as much as I hate diving into the clusterfuck of bad takes surrounding Nandermo, I gotta say something real loud and clear;

There is NO universe, none at ALL where I give a flying kaleidoscopic fuck if Nandor and Guillermo ""go cannon"". Or get together in some sort of idealized monogamous soulmates situationship. None.

What I DON'T like is how throughout the entire show run, the IDEA of Guillermo and Nandor as a couple was never explored. (other then as a joke once or twice)

PLEASE feel more then free, feel OBLIGATED (if you want them to be platonic) to bring up IN TEXT that they simply aren't interested in each other in that way. There are ten thousand ways to do it!

My kingdom for in the next episode (there is some weird... last episode thing still right?) it's mentioned that they got together for like a week before they both decided that just wasn't what they wanted. Or that they used to fuck when Guillermo was new to the vamily but it low key sucked.

My hand in marriage for a mention of Guillermo having, or specifically not having for whatever reason, a crush on his super cool idealized REAL VAMPIRE boss man when they met, but getting over it the longer they spent together.

My heart for ANY acknowledgement that these are two queer men deeply interwoven in each others lives in a show where the entire rest of the cast is constantly hitting on each other and having chill low key background sex on the reg, and if they are platonic (completely fucking fair) acknowledging in any way in text the idea that they could not be platonic if they wanted, but that they do not want that.

I DO NOT care about ~""shipping""~. There is a history far older then the medium of censoring, or even just being really fucking weird about, queerness, vs the decade or so of increased visibility we've just had. And all I need is simply to see the possibility actually acknowledged and then discarded in text if that's what the writers prefer. I need to see... actual explicit character development and acknowledgement of who these two are, what they mean to each other and why. Not this string along shit (with a side of making fun of the fans, because THAT doesn't clearly shoot any claim to good intentions/ignorance in the foot and lay out what kind of people are in charge) unless you ARE planning to pay off the "will they won't they" tension. (INCLUDING with a "they won't and here's why"!!)

[confemme]

all this talk about a butch taking their frustrations out on you but where are the femmes that come home from a long day and slam you on the couch and sit on your face until you're drowning

[humblepoet26]

Let's try something different, shall we? 💅

[qoldenskies]

prev ask abt donnie being all sparkly eyed abt twin sense and leo shutting his mouth and letting his (little) brother have this eeeeeeee /pos

also would love to hear you talk more abt raph+leo and donnie+mikey dynamics

i could talk for hoooours about raph and leo's dynamic specifically because they are SO interesting and im sure it shines through in the way that i write them at least a little, because i do like getting the chance to pair them together and make them riff off each other. what can i say, they're fun when they're bickering about nothing (or, they're actually bickering about something but leo gets offended and derails it and raph takes the bait) and they're fun when they get along and comfortably colead, or when they just have one whole braincell when they put their heads together

i also really enjoy the potential of a post-movie dynamic where when leo is more comfortably situated into a leadership role being a really important voice of reassurance for raph, more than he already is at least. leo could come in and help calm raph down and tell him it's not so bad/it's going to be okay, but i think raph KNOWING there's someone else who knows how to care of everything is going to seriously help his blood pressure lmfao. especially because leo responds to stress more competently and is a lot better at making structured plans on the fly.

honestly i would love to see more hurt/comfort or whump with these two where raph is the one going Through It especially because leo is actually pretty protective of him in canon, he always gets the MOST upset/offended when people fuck with raph in particular. leo knows very very well that raph is easily upset and he gets angry when people push him around and take advantage of that. unless he gets to do it but if he did raph totally had it coming (/lie)

and when i talk about how second oldest leo feels key to their dynamic i mostly mean when it comes to their conflict like ... raph holds leo to a higher standard than he does anyone else, at first at least. he's always telling him to take responsibility, trying to catch him out in a lie, and arguing with him about the way forward,, and like, leo having a more contrarian personality and being easily suspicious of people (especially because he's so perceptive) is a big reason for this, but i think raph and leo kind of being in their own camp as the oldest two would explain this trait and explain why raph puts so much focus on leo shaping up specifically. i also notice that raph is a lot more comfortable making fun of leo which plays into it LOL

^^^ and post-movie a lot of these problems are resolved-- raph learned pretty early on (in bug busters, probably) that taking things seriously and not listening to leo just for the sake of it was only going to lead them into danger, and in the movie leo learned that being uncooperative and petulant as a defense mechanism was only going to hurt his family and himself by extension-- but i also think there's a lot of angst potential in this dynamic on both sides tbh. it's pretty apparent they fought/fight so much because they fundamentally just misunderstand each other. leo is trying to 4D chess his way out of this unwanted responsibility but it doesnt work at all on raph who is so direct-- raph just keeps trying to lecture leo and make him understand because he's not picking up any of leo's cues at all. really all of their problems would be solved by direct communication but leo would rather die than do that (<- kind of literally? he comes close) and raph doesn't really strike me as someone who's very good at articulating himself and laying all his cards out on the table, he has a lot of emotions that are difficult to put into words. means they can scuffle lots and that's fun

[seepingfrommyskin]

Waiter, waiter!! More Farcille as Granmamare and Fujimoto from Ponyo, please!!!

(close up)

[coco-chip]

oh no de poor feesh🐟🏴‍☠️

some of u might recognize this as fanart for my fanfic Take The Bait!

[kaiju-krew]

idk just draw smth I guess?

my mom had a 10h spinal surgery this week so sorry for not being in the best headspace to be at your beck and call to produce art at your preferred rate pookiebear <3<3<3

[citrus-sours]

I like Henry Hotline bcuz he's SOOO clearly sexy bait, and that's so funny, like objectively mocking the trope of people always finding a horror game character to get horny over. But I love him because he's just a dude with a nasty ass headache. Let's take ibuprofen together ❤️

[starfruit-baby]

does anyone else have headcanons of how their dragon age protags feel about each other...

[lurkiestvoid]

social media leftists: typical do-nothing Dems 🙄 why aren't they DOING ANYTHING YET

Democrat federal workers on social media: HOLD THE FUCKING LINE EVERYONE, do NOT fall for the resignation bait, call your unions, blank your socmed profiles-- if you've been fired contact this person, if you're being loyalty tested do this, go here, talk to blahblah, etc etc

Democrat military members on social media: ALL ENEMIES FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC, these orders are illegal!! These orders are immoral!! Holy shit!! Leak the fuck out of it!! Do not comply!!! Fight!!!!

Democrat attorneys and legal workers on social media: FUCK THIS IS THE FOURTH ONE TODAY okay call Carol and set up a meeting, get Dave on the press release, I need forty-seven paralegals and an SUV full of coffee we've got towers of lawsuits to write already LETS GO PEOPLE, HUSTLE

Democrat politicians on social media: hey everyone here's another article/statement about the new thing this hour, stay calm, we're getting folks and papers together to fight this, call your reps, do not comply early

General democrats on social media: If you or someone you know has lost medical care/meds/been fired/etc reach out! We're organizing funds and mutual aid groups and support!! Here's a list of resources!! None of this is okay but we have to work together!!

social media leftists: ugh they're just letting him do everything this is why no one votes for democrats. we deserve this anyway. why isn't anyone grabbing torches? I'd grab mine but eh, it's on the other side of the room, someone come get it and light it for me and carry it please

[it has been nine days]

[kookyfemme]

just fyi: i get really good reviews on my cuddling skills

[24hrfrog]

its a crime they didnt give bob more personality/lines BECAUSE LEWIS PULLMAN IS A AWESOME ACTOR HE WOULDVE ATE

also maybe unpopular opinion but im not a big fan of “timid” or “shy” bob stuff, ik this dawg bites!! He and Nat can be mean girls real 💅

[the-game-spirit]

the. the fucking sadness in the daily silksong news guys voice today 😭

team cherry why do you hate us.