#feel free to add other examples

[floweryred]

Secret Life was built by the watchers to give the players hope.

Jimmy broke the curse, not by much, but now he has the idea in his head that he could survive. That he could win. That he is not doomed to die first every time.

He also came back, to talk to Grian, and in doing so managed to convince everyone that there was more after you died. That even in death you can do more. That maybe it’ll be you who gets to communicate with the living, so even dying isn’t the end.

The reds, though forced to be violent, rarely were ever forced to kill. Gem was, but her task was still a group project. It still had community. Most of the red tasks were along the lines of “do damage” which, while harmful, doesn’t feel as bad. It’s possible to do a half heart of damage and still be friends. The tasks were hardly ever isolating, except for Scar’s villain task, but it doesn’t matter how isolated he is because

Scar won. Scar, who nobody ever expected anything from. The poster child for people who could never win despite really trying. Scar, who wasn’t allied with Scott, unlike every other victor. Scar, who wasn’t perceived as a threat until the very end.

Not only that, but he survived. He wasn’t killed at the end. They were sending a message to the players. You could survive, just like Scar did. You will survive.

Secret life was encouragement for discouraged players who were tired of their curses, tired of not having a chance, starting to believe they didn’t have a chance. Secret life was a ploy by watches to give the players hope. Because it’s much more entertaining to watch someone fail when they truly hope they will win.

[youchangedmedestiel]

Another example of Dean's love for Cas

I watched a show. So far so good. But then I saw a scene where the girl tells the guy to get out of the room despite his brother telling him multiple times before and he does it when SHE says it. What happens in the very next episode? Well, he tells her about his feelings for her.

So what my brain did is that he thought about Destiel (obviously, of course, as always) and thought about how this could apply to them.

Are there times when Dean does what Cas tells him to? The answer is yes there are.

Episode 5x02, Castiel wants Dean's necklace to find God:

CASTIEL: May I borrow it? DEAN: No. CASTIEL: Dean. Give it to me. DEAN (takes off the amulet): All right, I guess.

2. Episode 15x09, their whole trip in Purgatory (before and during):

DEAN: Chuck has Sam. I'm not leaving him. CAS: Chuck's not gonna kill him. That's not the ending. DEAN: Wh— Then he'll torture him. CAS: Dean, will you stop? Just stop being so stupid. DEAN: What? CAS: If we attack Chuck now, we don't have anything that can hurt him. We get that Leviathan blossom, complete Michael's spell, build the Cage. That's our chance. That's the way we'll save Sam, and that's the way we'll save the world.

Boom! They go to Purgatory. Then, when they're in, this happens:

DEAN: [...] Okay. Let's split up. CAS: What? DEAN: You go that way. I'll go this way. We'll meet back at the Rift, alright? We'll cover more ground. We'll better our odds. CAS: Yeah. We'll also improve our odds of getting lost or killed. Come on.

Boom! Cas sets out, and Dean follows after him.

There might be more examples, that was just those I could remember. If you have others, please feel free to add them in comments or reblogs. Anyway, it's funny to see that straight from the start of their relationship Dean already did what Cas told him to.

Did Dean have feelings for Cas since season 5? Maybe, I'm not sure what my headcanon is about this yet.

[sturid]

i know that we all love the lovers doomed by the narrative but PLEASE i want to see more family doomed by the narrative

[jingerpi]

cursed to be perpetually aware of

"transmisogyny targets trans women -> it also hurts trans men -> anti trans panic also hurts cis women"

"the US and Israel are commiting genocide in Gaza -> the genocide is also hurting Palestinian Christians and white tourists -> this war money could be better spent domestically"

"anti homeless architecture makes it illegal to live without a house -> it also hurts disabled people -> ableist structures also hurt abled people"

it's weird because with some of these there are genuine points to be made and it's worth discussing the full consequences of things but I can't help but be aware of the human-value-hierarchy implicit in these statements and how attention is always brought away from those who suffer most from their own oppression. it's not really surprising and it's 100% the system working as intended but you really start to see it everywhere once you look

[azuriteknight]

I think it’s really cute that a lot of the qsmp members’ friends have also gotten attached to the eggs

Some of the eggs have off the server family they got to meet over call (Skeppy meeting Dapper and Tommy meeting Tallulah)

Gumi calling Bad asking him to tell Dapper she says hi and Sam resubbing to Bad asking the same (also threatening to never resub if Bad didn’t lol)

Tina always hearing about Foolish and Leo’s adventures on the qsmp that day when she and Foolish play Valorant and Moo (Foolish’s IRL sister) calling herself Leo’s aunt

Idk it’s just kinda sweet, something about these eggs just makes people attached

[scrumptiousstuffs]

“Boba eyes”

I can see why First effectively folds and give in to his bestie 🧡🤍🫣

[minipisi-is-dumb]

"The Icelandic government deports Venezuelans despite knowing the current situation in their home country"

the response:

"😂😂😂😂That's what other countries should do, send them back and let Maduro do his job ❤️❤️❤️ free the planet of them"

"All countries should do the same. Here in Mexico it is not an option for them to come"

"May all countries follow this example for God's sake"

"Maybe if everyone had returned (to Venezuela) for the elections, Maduro would not have won, I don't understand how they keep voting for him."

you know what the constant xenophobia from outsiders and violence from the government keeps reminding me of? let me give you guys a clue

you can see that inside the country, we're on stage 8. persecution.

outsiders want to relocate us, deport us and "send us back" from european nations to our own siblings in latam instead of doing anything. they rather.deny the diaspora their right of asylum. at best id call that a 5. at Best.

but of course, the planet would be better off without us

but of course, Maduro is what we supposedly chose

but of course, we deserve it anyway

right?

[feedthepigeons]

I will never get over the way Sir Terry characterizes people by describing their rooms! Like he did with Sybil Ramkin's bedroom or Miss Flitworth's living room. Makes me think about how the way your decorations (or lack thereof) tell a lot about you

[gaytobymeres]

Benoit Blanc's similarities to other fictional detectives

Specifically Holmes, Poirot and Columbo because I'm most familiar with them and saw many of their characteristics in Blanc.

Impeccable clothes - Poirot

Cigar - Columbo

Post-case slump - Holmes

Eccentric - Holmes, Poirot, Columbo

Detection as a means of helping people, not just for the sake of solving crimes - Holmes (and Poirot and Columbo to a slightly lesser extent)

Fun name – Holmes, Columbo, Poirot

Referred to by surname (almost) all of the time, even by close friends/partners – Columbo, Holmes, Poirot

Kindness to and deep respect for vulnerable women – Holmes, Columbo, Poirot

Said to be the best detective in the world – Holmes, Poirot

Fun American accent – Columbo

Hates rich people who abuse their financial influence – Holmes, Columbo, Poirot

Polite – Columbo (of course Holmes and Poirot can also be very polite but I don't feel like it's a defining characteristic for them the way it is for Columbo)

Rude to mean rich people in a way that is so polite the horrible rich people don’t realise they’re being made fun of/talked to rudely – Holmes, Poirot

Politeness and diplomacy that is often pushed too far and they explode into explicit anger – Holmes, Columbo, Poirot

Drama in resolution – all three to varying degrees, but especially Poirot

Understated and affable – Columbo

Involved in self-contained stories – Columbo, Poirot, Holmes (though a couple of Holmes stories do link closely to previous stories)

Uses the word 'afoot' – Holmes

Gay – Holmes, Poirot (I'll let you decide if this applies to Columbo)

[vimbry]

jumping off the back of the post about genres of song lyrics, another thing about tmbg's lyrics in particular is that even when they write about pleasant themes, they still manage to frequently do so through a sinister lens:

the experience of having children and looking after them:

a nice little nightlight protecting a child muses on the shortcomings it would have outside its assigned responsibility:

fantasising about getting high in the park with your crush:

[buriedpentacles]

Reminder that many new-agers and other neo- spiritual cults have appropriated so much from so many different religions. You are not immune to their terminology and ideology!!!

And even if something is an "open practice" (though it's rarely that cut and dry) you should still research the culture and history, you should still know where it originates from and how it has changed because neo- religions LOVE to ignore the true histories to further their agenda.

Think about terms you might use and research them, discover where they come from and if they're actually appropriate to include in your practice.

The western Chakras were appropriated in the 1800s from Hinduism and Buddhism.

Tarot was originally a Northern Italian card deck used to play card games like Tarocchini.

The "Qabalah" many occultists use today is stolen from Jewish Mysticism.

The "sabbat" names in the wiccan (or pagan) "calendar of the year" was mostly taken from Celtic cultures.

Smudging is an important ritual to many Indigenous communities and it is more than just burning some herbs. (Side note: White Sage is very sacred, and overharvested by Westerners)

Runes were part of Germanic languages long before they were used for divination.

Western Astrology stems from Mesopotamia, and Vedic Astrology originates in Hindiusm.

Things like Starseeds and Indigo children stem from the 1970s (not as ancient as new agers like to believe) and are similiar to the concept of fae Changlings - they're also very ableist concepts.

I'm not going to tell you what you can or cannot do or use in your craft. I have no authority and even if I did, I have no way of forcing you to follow it. All I am saying is please listen to these communities and their voices, and consider the history of the things you want to include. Make the best decision you can based on research and consideration, not what you think sounds cool. (Another side note: cultures, religions and communities are not a monolith, there will not always be one "right" answer, but that doesn't mean you get to cherry pick for the answer you want.)

[rouge-the-bat]

some people are so weird about talking about opression as if its just a very cut-and-dry idea that ONLY EVER affects These people and never anyone else. when thats. really just not how anything works.

and then people act like saying this is trying to silence people and not let them have a word to define their oppression or something and its like ??? thats not what is being said ??? have words for certain types of oppression absolutely! its good to be able to have a term to use to spread more knowledge about what certain groups tend to go through!

but oppression for different groups overlap. to claim that x thing only ever happens to y people is just fucked up, because then YOURE the one trying to silence other peoples experiences.

and of course, just having a word to define what oppression a certain group goes through isnt inherently saying no one else experiences it, but some of yall certainly act like thats what it means and that perception is only going to divide you from other people and what things they also go through that are the same or similar to yours.

and it can easily influence the idea in ones mind that x people is The Most Oppressed and everyone else is The Oppressor (when oppression is an action, not an inherent quality of any individual of a non-ideological group), even when theres so many people that are hurting right alongside you and yall can be supporting one another and FIGHTING FOR EACH OTHER instead of with each other. remember, people that are actively trying to oppress others will ALWAYS benefit from people being divided and infighting.

[hows-itgoagain]

its so tragic when a fandom has The Ship that completely overshadows so many other ships to the point that they’re entirely forgotten about by so many people and some people end up not even KNOWING about some other ships because The Ship is too popular

[comfied-chriterature]

What if we were expies that appeared together in each new narrative and found and fell in love with every iteration of one another? What if we were connected across universes, different dress and different roles to play but the same souls that yearn to be united? What if we were soulmates who began again and again as strangers, eventually drawn into each other's orbit regardless? I mean Idk just a thought

[asphodeldreams]

i’ve been reading a lot of rvb fics lately and i always find it so interesting the sorts of thing that tons of writers all just. agree on despite them (i don’t believe) ever actually happening in canon

like i’ve read so many fics where tucker and wash go stargazing together and while i agree they would and think it’s a very sweet idea, why do so many fanfic authors all do that? i don’t think it happens in the show anywhere (i feel like i would remember something like that)