#frozen conflict

[ohsalome]

— Timothy Snyder, "The Road to Unfreedom"

[themetaphorical]

Stalemate or Shift: The Unseen Costs of a Never-Ending War

Exploring the cost of a never-ending Russia-Ukraine war.

The perception of Volodymyr Zelensky as a dictator is largely based on criticisms of his actions during the war and his governance style. While many view him as a wartime leader defending Ukraine, others argue that his policies have eroded democratic principles. Here are some reasons critics cite when calling him a dictator: Banning Opposition Parties – In 2022, Zelensky banned several…

[wezgworld]

The Long, Forgotten War in Nagorno-Karabakh

The past year’s headlines have been hijacked by global conflict. The Russian invasion of Ukraine and the Israeli reaction to Hamas in Palestine. These two major wars have dominated. Yet a major, long-running war that has endured for 35 years came to a head in September 2023 when the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh officially ended. This Armenian enclave in the midst of Azerbaijan in the Caucasus…

[mollysunder]

The way Ambessa talks about the Guile is interesting. She speaks of it with such suspicion, dislike, and literal resentment. At first you'd assume that her attitude is driven by her fued with the Black Rose, but we don't know how long that's been going on, or if this was her own bias prior to it. Under the lens that these are Ambessa's own preconcieved biases before she got involved with the BR then it immediately becomes a critique on her own family. You just can't divorce her comments from how the show depicts her children, from Mel.

Almost every word Ambessa used to describe the Guile describes Mel, except "absent honor" of course. And when you understand that, it becomes clear just how doomed Ambessa and Mel are as mother and daughter. Ambessa indirectly, without the intention to imply Mel, states that her distaste for the fundamental aspects of Mel's personality. Ambessa loves her daughter, but she doesn't LIKE her.

[zoomclown]

i know it's late but HAPPY BIRTHDAY WARREN GODBY

[hopecomesbacktolife]

not me reading this definitely m/f romance novel but reading heavily into every interaction between the main character and her best friend…

[completeoveranalysis]

[3]

We resume in the Time Stop!

Visually I quite like how they’re differentiating this here - it’s harder to show that time is stopped in a still medium, because we view things as if time has already stopped. The pictures don’t move. But CLAMP have added a grey filter to the moments where time is frozen, and left the unfrozen parts looking brighter by comparison. It works really well! You can even see Evil Wolverine’s pretentious throne that looks like little wings because he just can’t stop himself. He cannot resist being extra for no reason. The man does not know the meaning of moderation. 

And VERY fun framing with Lava Lamp and Evil Wolverine visually divided by THE MOMENT where he didn’t grab Sakura’s hand, also cast over in grey. Evil Wolverine looking Peak Villain as possible, while Lava Lamp’s eyes are wide open in realisation. I’m not sure if it’s because of Who is talking to him, or the Pure Temptation of an offer that WOULD FIX EVERYTHING. He COULD do it. If he took this man’s offer he COULD SAVE SAKURA, which he has devoted literally half his life to already.

[allisonreader]

Sometimes I wonder what's the point of sharing my writing.

I share my writing because I want someone, anyone to get as excited about it as me.

I don't know if I've ever found that person yet...

[dyingroses]

PSA on deescalation

Listen to the person! Yes, when people are angry they don't always communicate clearly and sometimes say things that they don't mean. But they are still intelligent human beings capable of knowing how they feel.

Leave the situation! If it's safe, leave the situation! It takes two to tango and it's harder to fight when you don't have an enemy anymore. If the person is telling you to leave you probably should.

Also you should almost never trap or prevent the other person from leaving! Letting someone who is upset leave allows them to get some space alone, get space from the conflict, feel safer, and get some adrenaline out by moving. You may feel it's not safe to leave the person or let the person leave. But try to balance those concerns with the fact that it's not fair to hold them hostage in a situation they don't feel safe in, at that point you're antagonizing them. Also you should respect that person's autonomy and judgement, they know themselves better than you do and often they want to avoid the conflict escalating as well.

Validate the other persons emotions! This helps show concern and make someone feel heard, which helps stem the conflict and stress. You don't have to apologize or deny what they did is wrong but express understanding and compassion for the distress they are feeling.

Express concern not judgement! If you think they "need help" ask if they "are okay?" ask if they need help. But don't tell them to "calm down."

Communicate your concerns! If you're concerned that safety of the the other person or other people if you leave the situation let them know. You might be able to work out a deal so that they walk a certain way so that you can see them get away safe. You can give them resources. This also communicates concern.

This all comes from what I've learned studying psychology and education. As well as from working in schools and mental hospitals. I don't have time right now to include references but if you curious about things mentioned I encourage you to look up deescalation techniques as well as the individual techniques I've mentioned.

[thetimelordbatgirl]

Me and friend watched Rise of Red and have uh, two reviews: *It was a movie. *Descendants 3 actually looks more appealing as a movie then this...movie.

[leluxiboi]

thinking about my twst oc thats a shapeshifter and everything people know about him is an elaborate lie because he's been pretending to be his childhood friend who happens to be royalty for years ever since the Incident(TM)

yeah by the way he's in scarabia, which shouldn't be a surprise

[arolesbianism]

Oh fun fact! In my comicfrin au the big boss isn't the king, since y'know. He'd have no reason to be. So I made some shit up <3 girlies when they accidentally wishcraft themselves out of everyone's memories and abilities to comprehend them and proceeded to keep throwing wishcraft at the problem in a desperate attempt to fix it

[thecombustinggoat64]

yk what I wished they did with frozen?

like it's smth small and it's mainly a personal preference, cause like hans had no build up as a twist villain and stuff and I wish they did that but instead of having him fake his love for Anna it was real, at first he was using her just to become king and stuff but then he falls for her and stuff and idk you could have him be torn between his want to become king and how he wouldn't want to hurt his true love but eventually he chooses his desire for power over her and she's like 'i thought you loved me?' and he's like 'i do... I truly do anna, I have never loved anyone else as much as I do you...' and then she's like 'then why are you doing this..?' and idk how the rest would go and stuff but it would be way better than 'Oh AnNa, If OnLy ThErE wAs SoMeOnE wHo LoVeD yOu.' cause like up to that point it was just so out of left Field and made no sense but yea, that's all

[sinterblackwell]

shoutout to the sobbe (rosander 🥲) fic, the blood of both is my limbo, written respectively by the genius tokyometropolis (mesohorany) on ao3.

it’s been over three years since your last update and i still think of you to this day, bless.

[ivy-saurs]

not kramer getting rid of his fridge because he only wants to eat fresh food after his kidney stone incident 😭 king where do you think you're meant to keep the ingredients for your fresh food 😭

[gourde]

BAHAHAHAHAHAHA THE EMBERSTONE DEMOLISHED LOL THIS SHOW IS COOOOKED stuuupid. Dumb. "The item we were fighting over this whole time just broke but it doesn't matter cause family matters the most in the end :)" okay why should I care about anything in this show.