#for god’s sake

[l8tof1]

you’re telling me this was a mini dress/skirt moment but you put pants on him

[ouidamforeman]

Okay if you hope Neil dies then stop giving him money, stop giving him indirect revenue by keeping his fandom alive. Say it with your whole chest or don’t say it at all

Fandom is not an advertisement and I haven’t paid for anything that goes to him for years 😌 Pretending all fandom is “indirect revenue” to anyone who created a piece of media whether it’s a writer or anything else is disingenuous and performative and trying to control others to your arbitrary moral standards. You are not only reducing fandom to consumerism but dismissing many other people’s work as well. Pretending that something this indirect is causing harm is performative when people do things and Actually spend money on things that do real direct harm. I’m also suspicious of this attitude of “cut all monetary flow to bad people” because well while celebrities absolutely don’t need that money and can often use it for harm, “someone did a Bad and therefore they should not be paid” is a bit iffy to me. The degree to which money is power in these situations is subjective and I know it’s uncomfortable but whether one’s money is going somewhere it’s doing harm or not is your individual decision to make. I’m not even spending money on NG myself and im skeptical of what practical good “no more money” would do in this case. It’s largely symbolic. There are ways to cull a bad person’s influence that aren’t harassing random fans of work that was never even solely made by this guy on social media. I and others are perfectly capable of enjoying a novel or tv show while cutting support and acceptance of a writer. Discussion of this and not letting the issue be swept away is how we do this, not nebulous “you’re symbolically supporting a bad evil guy!!”. He did harm with his power and influence which we can prevent without being reactionary and acting like a work of art or adaptation are synonymous with the person who made them (and never made alone, even!!!) Pretending this man is a sole auteur of good omens or whatever the fuck else is giving him power he doesn’t deserve, and causing wanton destruction because you feel powerless to stop harm that’s already happened is unbelievably foolish. Genuinely go outside and think about what good you can actually do instead of harassing people who are not even supporting the guy materially in any way and are in fact committed to finding ways of keeping him away from vulnerable people in fan spaces and calling for him to be removed from productions so everyone else’s work can be honored without more needless destruction, you know, something materially practical that isn’t moral posturing. You have literally made up that I am funneling money to this guy when I am not, and you know what? If he gets paid for work he did I don’t really care. I care about stopping the influence he had over people. I don’t think “something you did could possibly be construed as an advertisement for something he contributed to!!!!” and “Make absolutely sure none of your money is in any way even indirectly going to the bad evil person!” are the way to do any of this.

Also like fuck Terry Pratchett I guess, there’s no way one of his best works deserves to go in the trash because the co writer is a shit guy. Different people are going to deal with this in different ways. We all just want to prevent harm and people WILL disagree on what the best way to do that is. I think it’s getting him to step down from these media projects and not be involved in spaces where he can exert influence anymore. You may disagree, but do Not pretend you are ostensibly in the only moral right just because it looks good to you to say fake activist soundbites like this in random financially powerless fans’ inboxes. I keep joking that i hope he dies because i actually am mad and want him to stop! I’m doing what my moral compass says is ok. And that’s all I’ll say on the matter. Go do something kind instead of trying to control others

[ladyhawke]

daemon in season 1: resents rhaenyra and competes with her

daemon in season 1 finale: accepts rhaenyra as his queen

daemon in season 2: resents rhaenyra and competes with her

daemon in season 2 finale: accepts rhaenyra as his queen

[dougielombax]

Tech-Bros and grifters stop reinventing fascism for 5 fucking minutes challenge FAILED!!!!!!!!!!

Elon Musk keeps empowering these ghastly grifters and domineering dweebs with daddy issues (Syril Karn?) and it’s led to a whole new generation of frightened middle aged men and scared little boys embracing anti-intellectualism and media illiteracy.

As well as other ghastly shit like objectivism, white supremacist panic breeding, and so on.

Which in turn leads to them endlessly promoting said ideas using them to bitch about humanities degrees and ideas like equality.

It’s sickening shit!

These people need to choke on a bullet!

At the least.

Or send them on a one way trip to fucking Mars!

It can become their home. It will become their tomb!

It’s bullshit!

It’s like the second coming of Ayn Rand, just without the bitterness and a friendlier face.

It’s selfish, fascistic, philistinism dressed up as counterculture.

An empire pretending to be a rebellion!

End it!

Feel free to reblog this if you wish btw.

[1doesnotsimplyhavejust1fandam]

Toby and Josh have once again made me INCREDIBLY emotional, so remember when Josh is shot and Toby is the one to find him? I don’t think there is enough emphasis on the fact that Toby gets the news that his brother is safely landed from the Columbia space shuttle mere MINUTES before Josh is shot. Toby has a few minutes to feel complete and utter relief that he didn’t lose his brother and joke with the President about it before he’s hit with the terror that is finding his other brother, not blood, but no less his family, bleeding on the ground, dying. Toby gets one brother back, and it’s framed as being at the expense of his other brother.

[doinggreat]

@ psg

[toebeans-mcgee]

Imagine being so weak you’re offended by a tumblr ad... no wonder this country is going to shit.

Imagine being so weak you feel the need to leave an anon message instead of blocking and moving on like an adult. Get steppin’ honey

[miniatureliterature]

The universe can stop now. It can stop. I’ve had enough now, it can chill out. I’m good. It can stop.

[wellthatisbloodyfantastic]

^ AI-generated

One of the best shot of Total Solar Eclipse from 08-04-2024.

Via @nasa-official

[plaguedocboi]

I hate the “open floor plan” that everyone is obsessed with in houses now. I want nooks and crannies and bizarre floor plans. I don’t need to be able to see what someone is doing on the other side of the house. I want places to hide and lurk and dwell in the shadows. I am the beast who awaits in the labyrinth

[sneakertin]

the doctor, to the meep:

[lilislegacy]

imagine being someone at new rome university and not knowing percy is the same guy as “percy jackson, son of poseidon, two-time hero of olympus, former praetor” because the thought doesn’t even cross your mind. like… he’s percy. he’s a total frat boy. on a normal night, he walks into a party, refers to everyone as bro or dude, socializes with every living (and not-living) person in the room, makes at least 50 sarcastic comments, plays 12 rounds of beer pong, drinks way too much, and then skates around campus on his skateboard yelling “I LOVE NEW YORK” (which makes no sense, because they’re in california) until someone calls his girlfriend to come get him.

and then one day there’s an attack, and frat boy percy is all of a sudden a fighting machine. he’s yelling battle cries alongside the praetors frank zhang and hazel levesque as they lead everyone into battle. (why is he with the praetors? and why…. why in the world do the praetors seem to be following his lead?) his sword slashes through armies of monsters faster than you’ve ever seen. he’s controlling the entire river surrounding the camp, creating huge waves as tall as skyscrapers that crash down all around him, wiping out monsters and causing mass destruction to his enemies’ ranks. the sky is suddenly dark above you, ice-cold water droplets are slashing through the air, and the wind is blowing so aggressively that it’s making it hard to stand up steadily. because he’s somehow created a hurricane.

and he looks terrifying. you can feel the power radiating off of him. he’s like a god. or maybe a monster. it’s hard to tell. you’re a little scared of him, to be honest. but also in total awe, because it’s extraordinary. he’s extraordinary.

frat boy percy is not who you thought he was.

[rmelster]

“You should stop wearing fur, not because the fur industry is harmful for a certain number of animal species ever since the late Middle Ages, but because a random aaa man in the streets who you don’t know nor you will ever meet says that he doesn’t get horny if women are wearing fur (non-provocative clothes, actually) on 🥺.”

PETA can't come up with a marketing technique that isn't misogynistic & it's 2023.

implying fur isn't wrong due to any concrete animal rights stance but because "men don't want to hook up with women who wear fur".

it's sure better than the "rich bitch/poor bitch" and "20 dumb animals" campaigns promoted by LYNX and GreenPeace but it's still insulting.

[stil-lindigo]

frankly, the people whose kneejerk reaction to bisan asking for a global strike form the 21st-28th is to say that it takes years to organize a general strike are really unhelpful! no one is saying otherwise, but palestine will be a smoking crater if we all wait for years to do anything - bisan is asking us to do something now. Like are we only supposed to do something if we can do it perfectly??? At some point it’s a valid critique about the work that goes into social movement, and at another point I feel like some people are just trying to absolve themselves from not putting any effort into observing a week of economic inaction.

like idk! I get it, okay! People have bills to pay that don’t magically go away for a strike, we don’t have nearly enough social infrastructure in place to support people to fully stop going to work for a week. But fuck, dude! Stop immediately responding in such a defeatist way! Cut out unnecessary purchases! Try to shop local! Put more effort into promoting Palestinian voices online! Attend a protest, call a local rep, do something!

[dougielombax]

People want realism in game and then bitch when Gollum can’t spell or read good.

*THIS IS A JOKE!*

[time-woods]

theyre on very opposite sides of the depression spectrum

doodle from the eps today