#for the sake of the greater good

[kurithedweeb]

I just learned why Shad hates Irene in canon and knowing what I do now about everyone’s favorite the Matron, I can say with my whole heart,

What the hell, Irene

[jessieren]

In honour of the upcoming art exhibition including some of Shaun’s work, I thought it would be timely to present my very own introspective.

I’ve called it:

‘The way Evans holds glasses (and other drinking receptacles..)’

As you might imagine this has required some significant research and I am grateful for the many and varied contributions that others have made to this work over a period of many months (i.e. I’ve mined everyone’s post, photos and gifs…).

Here are some examples of Evans and cups/glasses of various liquids. All with the standard two finger hold...

Including this poetry in motion…

This technique is apparently also applicable to bottles…

There are however some notable exceptions…

The ‘fuck this is hot…’ three finger hold

The left handed four finger hold

And the loose women full hand grasp of mortification….

Here endeth today’s lesson

[liquidstar]

but for real i love adventure time bc in the face of shitty family members that are also space war criminals, most kids show protags would be all "guys lets not fight... we're family! we can be friends! peace and love!" but finn is like "im going to personally rip off my dads arm because i hate him"

[severinaprince]

u kno, I don’t think that people consider enough the possibility (and very high probability) that Snape wasn’t mean to student’s because he wanted to, but more so because he had to. Not saying they he was nice. That man sure as hell wasn’t nice, especially when reading from Harry’s point of view.

But let’s consider for a moment the objective circumstances: Severus Snape was a past Death Eater, who at 21-ish years old changed sides (something only Dumbledore knew to which extent and the reasons), and knew of the possibility of the Dark Lord coming back because Dumbledore told him, and anyone who listened honestly, that he didn’t believe Voldemort to be truly gone.

Now, Severus Snape knows that Harry Potter, this child who is the Dark Lord’s undoing, is alive and is coming to the school, as probably most of his contemporary schoolmate’s kids are also going, have been there a while and will come for various years after. Snape is still bound to Dumbledore by his promise to be a spy, and is bound to Voldemort by brand. And Dumbledore is highly suspicious shit is about to go down (which u kno, he was rights ‘cause even from the first year lil Harry started Going Through It™️).

Having that background: Severus Snape, Head of Slytherin, and presumed Death Eater (‘cause u kno, spy), who was never known to be openly warm nor kind, who was fiercely bullied and he retaliated when felt necessary, is supposed to seem impartial and nice to all of his students?

Morally, should he had been? Heck yeah. Any decent teacher and adult should.

Realistically, should he had been? Well, if he wanted his cover blown, sure. If he wanted all of the Death Eaters who had children in school questioning the hell out of him, yeah. If he wanted Voldemort suspicious of his alliance and current belief system (which would have been at odds with the Death Eater ideals), uh-huh. But that would have made for a lousy spy at best and disastrous war changing consequences at worst.

And let’s be really honest here: Dumbledore gave him the position as teacher, primarily because he wanted to use Snape as a spy. That was Dumbledore’s priority, not the teaching. Which is a little wild to think coming from a school headmaster, truly.

This theory (which personally extends from theory to canon, because that’s how being a spy works) does not excuse him from how his prejudice blinded him from seeing Harry for Harry and not James (but the case could be made that neither did Sirius, but that’s another topic). That was wild. However, at the same time, he looked out for Harry’s life.

Again, I’m not saying Severus was warm and nice and he certainly acted mean and cruel at moments, particularly with kids from the other three houses. I just think that was part of the tragedy. He had a role to play, he played it perfectly, getting himself branded as a coward and a traitor by the people closest to him. And because of him, they won the war.

[deus-ex-mona]

aiyuu canon. you agree. reblog

[videogamelover99]

Listen, I can write a whole thing on why I'm starting to resent the whole "evil pedo Mori" trope and it very much is that whole "banality of evil" thing where it's just not interesting, but it's also that by doing that, you inherently take away any and all complexity present in the character in the first place.

Lemme tell you about The Last of Us episode 8, ok? Spoilers I guess.

I don't care about David.

I don't care about his character, I don't care about his philosophy, I don't care about any question the situation might have posed about canibalism or survival or community that he presents. Why? Because he is evil. Because in the series he is shown to abuse and exploit members of his own community. Because he is a child predator, and because of what he did to Ellie, I stop caring about him as a character and start seeing him as a vehicle of evil for Ellie to overcome. Which is his role, his function in the story and it's what TLOU needed at that moment.

But everything I've listed about David is what people like to give Mori in fanon and I hate it. Because Mori is meant to raise questions. He is meant to be a complex character. He's not just there to be an antagonistic force for the other characters to overcome, he's meant to be a character in his own right who sure does a lot of evil, but there is a difference between a character who does evil and an evil character.

Not every character needs complexity, but to see complexity get taken away by derivative works is like. You're not just character asassinating Mori, but pretty much every other character that is influenced by him. If Mori is Evil and was known to abuse children, why the hell did Natsume pick him to help with his plan for Yokohama? Why did Fukuzawa partner with him? Why does Yosano have mixed feelings about him in the current arc? Why would Kouyou or Chuuya or any other PM member we see as sympathetic choose to follow him? And if the answer to all of this is "they didn't know" then what is the point of doing this trope in the first place?

[twinstxrs]

there’s probably something deeply wrong with me because every time i see someone react to the pok gukgak interrogation scene it’s like “oh no oh my god is riz’s dad a bad guy?” when the first time i saw that scene my only thought was “oh my god is riz’s dad HOT??”

[syn4k]

also uh while i'm writing something in this era of s2. are we ever going to talk about that time at the very end of the season that tucker literally murdered a bunch of defenseless children that were the last of what remained of ianite at mianite's behest and the only reason that any survived was because jordan and martha agreed on something for once in their goddamn lives and worked together to hide one where tucker couldn't find it? because im gonna be real right now: what the fuck was that. What the actual fuck. It didn't even lead to anything. Ianite wasn't even revived afterwards so narratively it was all for nothing anyways. Genuinely, what the fuck man.

[shizukais]

[nebulaad]

"inquisition is a game about being subsumed by your duty beyond your own recognition" inquisition is a game about how a group of devs suffered workplace abuse and mishandling of project time and resources by senior staff who were shortly thereafter exposed for their bad behaviour but did not stop said behaviour and didn't really have to because they weren't held accountable for it.

[cometblaster2070]

Since we are currently on the Ashlynn Ella brainrot, I’ve been thinking about something yk.

And like, it’s honestly so, so fucked up that when Ashlynn signed the Storybook of Legends, she did it knowing full well that she was signing her Mother’s death warrant and she couldn’t do anything about it for the sake of ‘destiny’.

Granted, yes, the book was fake; but Ashlynn did not know that when she signed. To her, this was it; this was her signing her life away due to the whims of some nonsensical tradition.

When Ashlynn Ella, who is no more than 15, signed her page in the Storybook of Legend; do you think she thought about her Mother?

When Ashlynn signed her page in the book and saw her story play out; when she saw her ‘happily ever after’, do you think she was burdened by unsurmountable guilt due to the fact that she knew that by signing, she had practically killed her own Mother?

When she saw her own last name as she picked up the quill and signed, do you think she thought about Cinderella, and how one day her Mother would die and she would one day become Cinderella; just a title. No longer Ashlynn Ella, no, simply another character repeating another story.

Do you think her Mother thought the same thing? Or her Grandmother? Or every Cinderella that came before?

How many generations of Cinderella have been forced to kill their own mothers before they put a stop to this?

[tumatawa]

Getting your sibling into reading dungeon meshi and all were drawing is Kabru and Marcille for 3 days straight

[dennistakesamentalhealthday]

man like i loved macdennis and i still do but the obnoxiousness of some shippers has put a sour taste in my mouth like i get people want to see the ship they like be Real And Canon On TV but it's getting weird and reeks of entitlement and not being able to see past your gay ship being gay. and tbh the idea of macdennis going canon doesn't excite me as much anymore because i just know if it did happen people are not going to know how to fucking act and make it weird!!! glob is fucking weird btw don't do that. i know ship and the potential of canon can be exciting but i need people to step out of their macdennis echo chamber and think about the way they talk about these real life men. like part of me doesn't want on screen, undeniable macdennis at this point because of the way people treat rob and glenn as dolls and extensions of their characters i KNOW people are going to be fucking weird if they get content like that

[feldsparite]

i know persona 5 symbolism is like symbols for babies but maybe i am babies because that shit has me hooked. thinking about the juicy dichotomies of the cop/robber and hero/villain and how their meanings shift throughout the arc... the dog/wolf thing isn't as contrasting but i'm glad they chose dog instead of lamb or sheep or whatever because it ties into the element of devotion better. which the knight also represents...

[chamerionwrites]

“There is enormous pressure for members of these institutions - churches, universities, other organizations - to cover up any scandal. To protect the witness of the church. To protect the brand. Just enormous pressure, because often these people have invested their own lives in these organizations. It’s their way to be faithful Christians; they are really dedicated to the mission, to the purpose. And so when the guy on top becomes enmeshed in scandal, there is a strong impulse to circle the wagons, to cover it up, to keep a very positive face forward and not let this scandal bring down the ministry because of what it could end up doing to the witness of the church, to the witness of Christ himself.

These forces are extremely powerful, and they end up creating really devastating results. We see countless examples of victims - women and children - who end up being blamed, end up being ostracized. Members of the community end up backing the perpetrator rather than defending the victims [...] And add to that this mentality of Us vs. Them. That they out there are out to get us - the media is out to get us, non-christians are just waiting for any opportunity to attack us, to mock us, to discredit us. And so you do not want to air your dirty laundry. You want to batten down the hatches, you want to protect the brand. That impulse has been incredibly powerful across American evangelicalism and within these organizations. So what happens then is that the problems that could be addressed before they turn into really horrible or horrific situations are not addressed. These abuses of power are allowed to continue, and they get worse and worse. Abusive situations are allowed to fester, and these really become toxic spaces, toxic organizations - and the human cost is enormous.”

Kristin Du Mez, quoted on Gangster Capitalism S3e3