#fixed a typo oop

[delora-draws]

remembered this post and thought of them

[tinartss]

helpful young gentlemen (request for the haikavetham gotcha for gaza)

[spookygibberish]

On Apathy

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FOR EVERY BLOW THAT BREAKS THE SKIN

A NERVE GIVES UP AND DIES

YOU’LL LET YOUR CALLUS BE YOUR TOMB

AND MAKE TREATY WITH THE FLIES

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[and-her-saints]

american who grew up protestant: all religion is bad because of [feature unique to christianity] and [feature unique to abrahamic religions]! i can’t believe all of us christians grew up being taught that [teaching unique to protestantism]! this specific religious issue affects everyone [by "everyone" they mean "americans"]!

like obviously there’s massive nuance to this but it’s sooo tiring hearing some american WASP or whatever discussing religion without knowing anything about religion in other countries, different cultures, Indigenous religions and spirituality, ethnoreligions, religious persecution, or religions other than christianity (or religions other than christianity, islam & judaism at *best*).

you cannot “destroy religion” your way into collective liberation.

you cannot argue for “a religionless world” without inherently and inadvertently calling for cultural genocide.

most of these exvangelicals don’t even care to explore the ways they’re still part of the cultural hegemonic majority. they don’t care to realize they’re still *culturally* christian, and that just because they now don’t believe in a god, it doesn’t mean their values, their perspective, their ethics, their cosmology, their politics *are no longer* influenced by their experience of their specific brand of protestantism/christianity. they are, most of the times and by all means, Christian Atheists™️

they have no interest in unpacking how their critique and disdain for “the Old Testament God” has historically affected and continues to affect Jewish people to this day. they have no interest in unpacking how their open mockery of Jesus also offends Muslims, not just their hometown church.

Christianity hurt you. but that does not give you a free-pass to be weird about all religious people and their beliefs. especially when their background, experience, level of privilege, geographical location, and religion practiced looks nothing like what you used to do. because, believe it or not, not “all religion” is the same. it’s soooo not that simple.

“end all religion” sounds like a liberatory chant when your ex-religion belongs to the cultural-religious hegemony of your region and has a strong political and social power (which IS to be criticised and dismantled, don’t get me wrong.) however, “end all religion” sounds a LOT less liberatory when you’re a persecuted religious minority. because “when” we do “end all religion,” who do you fucking think is going to be ended first?

TLDR: good for you for deconstructing. 👍 now, deconstruct some more. 👍 atheism is fine, anti-theism is a harmful pipeline.

[rox-of-iu]

also while we're on the topic of fics

[eriochromatic]

Do you have any speedpaints or process posts? I am absolutely in love with your coloring/lighting style!

If you don’t, would you ever consider making one?

Thank you for your time! ❤️

aaa thank u so much!! unfortunately my computer is quite old so recording speedpaints really take a toll, but here’s a breakdown of my process!

I do a couple different styles but its really just two different approaches (merge + paint OR line art -> flat colors -> shading), and then i just mix and match depending on mood haha

painting style:

cel shaded style:

combination:

hopefully that was helpful!! the painting style is the fastest for portraits and becomes slower the more overlapping elements there are lol (which tends to happen for half or full bodies) which is when I tend to switch to the cel shading style bc I'm impatient haha

[wavesoutbeingtossed]

Please dont ever become a stranger whose laugh i could recognize anywhere… I pace down the block I broke my own heart because you were too polite to do it

[t00muchheart]

The parallels between Dean verbalizing the way John failed him as a father in Dream a Little Dream of Me and acknowledging that he didn’t deserve what John put on him & Dean calling Mary out in Who We Are for making a deal that left them alone and put him in the position of having to step up and be a father and a mother to Sam instead of just being his brother !

Dean saying that he doesn’t deserve to go to Hell and letting himself feel the deep unfairness of the deal he’s made and the fact that he tells Mary he understands because he’s made deals to save the people he loves too !

The line “I hate you. And l love you. ‘Cause I can’t—I can’t help it” and the way it could apply to both Mary and John because Dean can’t stop himself from loving them, no matter how much their decisions hurt him, how he understands them in a way because he was raised to love by putting his own life on the line in the place the lives of those he loved, and how he sees how messed up that is but forgives it anyway because if he dwells on it, it might break him

[pehmokoira]

I have been thinking about this line since the cancellation.

Because, David Zaslav, what did you think was going to happen? What did you expect to happen when you take this show away from a group of misfits, who have been fighting their whole lives for their and their loved ones' right to exist and be seen and understood and accepted in this world? Did you think we were going to say "too bad" and move on?

No. This is about more than getting our pirate show back. This is about the right for queer, disabled, BIPOC stories to be told in media. This is inherently a fight for queer rights, and yes, there are much more important fights to be had within that movement, but this is part of a bigger picture. Because if we are not seen in media, in everyday life, if we are not normalized, then we will always be less than. And at this point, we are sick and tired of being told that.

So if you think you can get rid of us without us fighting back, then you're wrong. You don't know the first thing about our community.

People quote this line a lot, but it irks me that they often leave out the most important part: "...when the world has told you you're nothin'." I understand the message is much more universal without it, but I think by leaving it out the whole meaning of the message changes. Because minorities get told that they're nothing every fucking day and sometimes our community is the only safe place where we're seen as actual people. And WB/Max is telling us we're nothing right now, by cancelling a successful, critically acclaimed queer show with BIPOC and disabled representation just for the lolz.

Well. You know what.

You fucked with the wrong crowd. We're not going down without a fight. Now let's get our damned show back.

[thisintermezzo]

Fandom is so bizarre. People will be like "what if every single thing about every character and the setting was totally different?"

Bro that's OCs

You made an OC setting and some little guys

Please embrace it, because OCs rule.

[squiddieteam]

Captain goal!!

[swanno-arts]

And a quicker piece for my American Literature final project! bc im so tired GHSK

"What if I just made a Cygnus AU where he's supposed to be Yossarian in an AU Halo of Red where nothing is okay." YEAH. hes going through it.

also the first image is based on the first edition cover,

[ceytal]

thinking about him (kim dokja)

[letmeliedown]

i don’t know who needs to hear this right now, but if you think someone you love is being abused: TELL THEM

no one will know you condemn their abuser’s actions or think they are wrong unless you SAY IT WITH WORDS. your internal feelings that it’s wrong are not enough. when they tell you their partner hit them or screamed at them, don’t just say “oh no, i’m sorry”, say “that’s abusive and unacceptable from a partner”. don’t fucking soft pedal it. i know all the guides say you have to treat an abuse victim like a feral cat and let us come to our own conclusions but sometimes WE CAN’T, sometimes the fog is so thick we will never see unless someone helps.

if you think your friend is being abused, SAY SOMETHING.

SAY IT’S WRONG. SAY YOU CARE. SAY HOW WORRIED YOU ARE OR THEY WILL NEVER KNOW.

[porcelain-animatronic]

robots built to be as human as possible has gotta be one of my favorite genders

[milligramspoison]

Not me accidentally spreading a potential rumor that Mikey posted sim versions of FOB on his story 💀