#expansionist

[mvmnbnv]

Vi before seeing the banners outside

Vi after

Sis is mad bro...

[asharaks]

not to sound like a redditor but this game having incredibly laboured and poorly integrated gender politics while perpetuating the series' unbelievable racism is. woof

[thedragonagelesbian]

you would think that harding & varric potentially being operatives for the organization that restored the templar order to its full authority would have interesting implications for their dynamics with a mage rook, but that would require us to care about what happened in the literal prequel to this game, so..............................

[chronurgy]

It's the modernization it's the mechanization it's the way the old world has to die for the new world to be born and by killing gortash you've slowed it down but you haven't stopped it because ideas can't be stopped and the industrial world that will destroy your way of life is coming and you can't stop it by killing him any more than the luddites could stop it by smashing up a few factory machines

[bravest-notts]

i spotted vax peering over the edge of my ottoman while we were playing dnd, so my DM made this (while still running a fight no less)--

"Meow do you want to do this?"

[tricoufamily]

stayed in a marriott for a business trip which if you didn't know is the main inspiration for the villareal hotel business so every time something was shitty i was just like this is classic jacques

[sleepy-bear-tm]

They're so pretty man wtf

[gothicprep]

Don’t forget the ones that have a raging hatred for you because your take on the guy that lit himself on fire for Palestine

that was actually nuts. that didn’t make life better for any palestinian, and I guess it’s a faux-pas to point that out.

[thisismenow3]

Jews are not Israel. Israel is an expansionist government committing genocide. There are people both Jewish and not in the country who dont support this. I see too many people backsliding into open anti semitism. And I say backsliding because the way it happens is similar to how people can’t just focus on what’s wrong with Trump and republicans, they have to call them fat, probably self hating queer, etc. Its an ‘ends justify the means’ mentality I think. But the ends never justify the means and part of that is how you go from overly focusing on one form of Zionism (the right wing Christian version that supports reactionary movements in Israel and strife everywhere) to saying all Zionism (even though some forms are merely about permanent safe space for Jewish people) to then saying certain kinds of Jews are the problem to then saying shit like they deserve to be attacked by Hamas and we can’t let a Jewish man be Vice President. Some of y’all were always this but some of y’all are too committed to ends justify the means, here’s a villain I’m allowed to do anything to and your old self would be appalled at what you’re saying and doing now. And some of it is based on whataboutism.

“Well, what about all these Jewish people here who refer to Israel as a Jewish state and say supporting Palestine is antisemitism? They say criticism of Israel is anti semitic!” Yeah, some people suck, but the way they suck is immaterial to your own bigotry. Your example is just someone who is wrong, and your response is to denigrate a whole demographic of people? A whole ass group just for the sins of a few people? Sounds kind of like the bullshit line the Israeli government is trotting out to justify what they wanted to do anyway.

The fuck man

[flora-bigs]

Oh no one in particular, just an abstract girl! But I'm open to suggestions...

what if a cute chubby clown.......

[bijoumikhawal]

I saw a dumbfuck post about how the only realistic options are that Palestinians or Israelis commit total genocide (what's going on now stupid?), they keep fighting until another country takes over and treats them both badly, or ~both sides forgive each other~ and how the last one is the only good option, and I wanna break that down but like. Lemme just say realistically immediately after the creation of a Palestinian state what will probably happen is 1) many Israelis will leave because they won't want to live in a state where Palestinians have nominally equal rights, and many of them have been indoctrinated to believe Palestinians are rabid 2) many of the Israelis who do stay will still hold economic privileges over many Palestinians and will as such hold sway in the government alongside Palestinians that have managed to build wealth and the popular resistance leaders that survive to see a Palestinian state

[hussyknee]

You are right on every account in that tiktk reblog tags, except for one thing. Putin maybe didn't veto humanitarian corridors, but he sure did shell them. Several times.

Oh. I knew he'd sabotaged them somehow but I forgot how. Hard to keep track of all his war crimes. I didn't mean to imply that he was better for allowing one, just that he knew how to play the optics better, which is what I meant by "how is Biden WORSE at spinning a narrative than Putin". I'm sorry if I gave the impression that I was giving him any credit whatsoever.

Also I started out by saying that the previous Israeli governments colluded with the US and conceded to ceasefires so that they could pick civilians off one by one while the US played up their PR by playing the mediator. I meant that context to be carried into Putin's actions too but I realize that wasn't obvious. The man only tries to look like he's playing ball if it serves his agenda better.

Imperialists are all like that tbh. If you want to know the difference between a fascist and an imperialist, it's that the fascist thinks too small.

[ovisiphorus]

Why are you people pestering some random from the Global South what to do about our election? You people are too fucking stupid to live. How can I trust you guys to make informed choices in the primaries and general?

[questioningespecialy]

Among her posts on X (aka Twitter) following Hamas’ attacks on Israelis, Khalifa wrote, “If you can look at the situation in Palestine and not be on the side of Palestinians, then you are on the wrong side of apartheid and history will show that in time.” She also posted, “I can’t believe the Zionist apartheid regime is being brought down by guerrilla fighters in fake Gucci shirts — the biopics of these moments better reflect that.” Khalifa also wrote on the platform, “Can someone please tell the freedom fighters in Palestine to flip their phones and film horizontal.” On Sunday, Oct. 8, Khalifa posted, “I just wanna make sure there’s 4k footage of my people breaking down the walls of the open air prison they’ve been forced out of their homes and into so we have good options for the history books that write about how how they freed themselves from apartheid.” (…) Kohn, in announcing Playboy’s partnership with Khalifa in February 2022, had said, “Mia’s fearless, direct, thought-provoking and fun-loving approach to life and her career make her an important addition to our Centerfold community. Freedom of expression is the cornerstone of our Playboy legacy, and Centerfold is all about empowering creators like Mia to express themselves in a safe, accepting environment.” —Porn Actor Mia Khalifa Dropped by Playboy Over ‘Disgusting and Reprehensible’ Comments About Hamas Attack on Israel (Oct 10, 2023) by Todd Spangler, Variety.com

Mia Khalifa has been one of the most vocal supporters of Palestine throughout the ongoing Israel-Palestine conflict. (...) In numerous interviews Khalifa has shared her struggles of racism that she faced, especially during school, that only heightened after 9/11. (...) Khalifa was recently fired by the company Red Light Holland after tweeting "Can someone please tell the freedom fighters in Palestine to flip their phones and film horizontal." "I'd say supporting Palestine has lost me business opportunities, but I'm more angry at myself for not checking whether or not I was entering into business with Zionists. My bad." Khalifa tweeted in response to her being fired by the company. Khalifa has also been sharing posts on her X/Twitter profile such as: "rooting for everyone resisting oppression", as well as another post writing "Hamas ≠ [not equal to] Palestine" and "Jewish people ≠ Israeli government". —Who is Mia Khalifa? Ex-adult star facing backlash over Israel tweet by Catherine Shuttleworth (Oct 18, 2023), indy100.com (The Independent)

[greenvertumna]

Yona: You can find Sidon at the peak of Ploymus mountain—

Link: Ooooh no lady, I’m not falling for that again, solve your own damn lynel problems.

[thedragonagelesbian]

i am also going to make a ferelden that hates the inquisition SO much...........