#getting ppl into this show is such a win for me

[lorephobic]

hiii gray i know this is so unprompted im appearing in your asks like the ghost of saltburns past but i watched all of manhunt in a day and. yeah. yep. i like to pretend im a bigger man than this but davey. man with the eyes and temperament of a fawn on the worlds worst road-trip

RIO!!!!!!!!!!!!! THIS IS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL ASK IVE EVER WOKEN UP TO IM SO GLAD MY MANHUNT PROPAGANDA CAMPAIGN IS WORKING!!!!!!!!!

u put it so perfectly. davey herold is SO special to me hes literally just a beautiful golden haired boy who got manipulated into ruining his own life because he wanted to mean something to his favorite actor. i love him sooo much i love manhunt SO much im so glad u see my vision here

[bitchthefuck1]

you know what, I actually will talk about this because it's bothering me. The issue with focussing so heavily on syd and carmy's potential for a romantic relationship isn't that there's something inherently unintellectual about romance or whatever, it's that a lot of people seem incapable of doing that without immediately flattening the story and ignoring or intentionally misreading any and all nuance for the sake of that romance. Every scene suddenly becomes about how it impacts their relationship, every analysis is done through a romantic lens, every frame or line of dialogue becomes about finding some easter egg or hint that "proves" these people should start dating. Their dynamic is absolutely a fundamental part of this show, but if you can only see it as a will-they-won't-they, you miss so much of what the story is actually trying to say with these two.

There are good versions of this story where their relationship is romantic and there are good versions of this story where it isn't, but as soon as you decide them being together is "the point," you lose the ability to actually judge the story for what it is, not what you want it to be.

[steeltwigz]

Saw a post abt the Sonic movies that was like "plz filter negativity posts better" which is GOOD AND TRUE you should be doing that. Ok. But then they kept going to imply that the criticisms of the Sonic movies are all entirely Personal and Ignorable and not like. Usually abt the horrific copaganda, misogynistic writing, and Paramount's disgusting zionism.... Guys a lot of ppls problem w the Knuckles show wasn't JUST a bastardization of Knuckles' character or thinking Wade was annoying or whatever, but like was focused on the grotesque Zionist message from that one episode 😭😭😭 you can enjoy something and still recognize that it has intrinsic and huge glaring flaws and talk abt them. I think actually you Should be speaking up abt the misogyny, zionism and propaganda the SCU supports and discusses, ESPECIALLY if you like the movies! Its important to be able to recognize these things in media and admit that even media you personally enjoy can be deeply problematic, instead of hiding it away and pretending those HUGE FLAWS aren't issues actually....

[highfantasy-soul]

I think what people are missing when they say "The girls took all the powerful moments from the guys!!" or "Egwene would never have been able to stand up to Ishy for even a moment!" is that...the women are never standing alone when they do their incredible acts.

I think even book readers forget the massive buff being near other ta'veren gives the characters in the books and the power of working in a team.

In the season 1 finale, unlike Rand in the books, Egwene doesn't demolish a whole army of trollocs alone, nor does Nynaeve, nor do any of the other women there. Egwene and Nynaeve don't even cast any of the attack weaves at all. They are linked and Amalisa - a Tower trained individual - uses the collective power of all the women standing there to demolish the battlefield.

in the season 2 finale, they set it up all the way back in episode 1: "Standing alone, a shield only covers part of you, the rest is exposed. But standing together, our shields cover each other and nothing can touch us."

When Egwene stands up to Ishamael, she's not attacking him. She's making a shield. And she's not doing it alone. Mat and Rand are there too, two more powerful ta'veren converging in the Pattern with her, with two more on the way.

It's amazing how quickly book readers forget the plot convenience power of ta'veren Robert Jordan very purposely wrote into the story!

In the final confrontations of both seasons, Rand IS the one who strikes the final blow - he's the one who has to mentally 'defeat' Ishamael. It's Rand's decisions that determine the outcome in both - not Egwene's opinions on the matter, not Nynaeve's. The idea that a random mass attack is a more impactful character moment than overcoming the temptation of Ishy's promise of a perfect world for Rand to live in, that Rand declaring firmly and to Ishy's face that he will never join the shadow never stop fighting for the Light, is just ridiculous.

None of Rand's actually impactful, story-defining moments are given to 'the girls'. The show is not 'pushing Rand down so the women can be made more powerful'. If that's what you think, I'd take a look at what you think is 'powerful' and then take a look at the actual story Robert Jordan wrote and what he had to say about what wins the battle in the end. Was it sheer, raw power that won the conflict or was it strength of self (internally knowing who you are and not caving on your morals for power or influence or glory), community, and compassion?

Yeah, Rand is the character with the most raw power - but that's not why he wins battles and I think his big power moments will mean so much more in the show now that we've seen WHO HE IS and WHY he's using that power.

This isn't to say the explosions of power that Nynaeve and Egwene get aren't meaningful - I think the way the show has altered them to be about community support makes that act so much more powerful than a single character floating above the battlefield and demolishing it all on their own.

So in conclusion, I don't think the criticisms that "Rafe hates men and is giving all Rand's important stuff to the women!!" are accurate in the slightest.

[tiercel]

When people say you "have to be the bigger person" this pic materializes in my head

[tariah23]

I rly don’t see how ppl be 20+ shipping kids anymore tbh… like, it’s so rampant and I don’t see the appeal to it anymore being as tho I’m in my late 20’s.

[dizzybevvie]

If I die within the next week know it wasnt an accident

[soupblr]

i kinda wonder how would other people rank their emotions/experiences in terms of what feels the best. for me definitely

#1 is the adrenaline rush/high when you push past your physiological barriers like i was talking about in another post, when you earn the feeling & actually feel invincible

#2 is the physical/emotional sensations when being intimate with someone you love (but you'd rate it as #1 at the moment you're experiencing it... that's just how it works...) oxyy/molly high are like echoes of the real thing (but still pretty damn close)

#3 is the shock of falling uncontrollably, especially at the very top of a rollercoaster. the fleeting feeling just as you're starting to drop, before you can feel the track under you again. that control is not willingly given except when you get on the ride this is important to note lol. there is no safe word on a rollercoaster (...yes i wanna go skydiving soooooo fucking bad lol...)

#4 is sadism (not really in a physical sense for me) like when i am in the zone being a piece of shit to my clients. manipulating the ones that treat me like shit is like an echo of that invincible feeling. i just don't do it very often bc of the effort required... like even for a feeling that good it's got a fucked up reward ratio most of the time so no thanks. this would probably rank higher if i didn't abide by a moral code/went further than i do but i can only imagine what that would feel like so it's sitting here instead. i refuse to find out in the interest of retaining some normal functioning in this area👍

#5 is masochism/exhibitionism lol it can feel aaaaaaaalmost as good as that split second on the rollercoaster & a bit of the invincible feeling. esp if it's kinda dangerous tbh that's most of the reason i even rank it this high. also very accessible because men are animals so the effort required to put myself in situations is very low lmao

#6 and beyond i feel like it's a bit more muddled but i'd rank most drugs here, followed by #7 being regular orgasm, #8 being when you're listening to music either dancing at a live concert or just on mushrooms/after smoking and having musical frission, enjoying it on another level like that. #9 being social reward maybe? i don't get that often but when i do genuinely connect with someone it feels at least as good as self harm (lmao that sounds kinda sad) and #10 being the endorphin high from having pain inflicted on me. not the same as where i put masochism though because it ranks differently when it's nonsexual. these might be reversed tho... social reward ranking depends a LOT on the person giving it to me

that's all i can think of tbh. maybe #11 would be like the feeling when you have freshly washed bedsheets and just took an everything shower with your routine completely taken care of + hair done and are kinda sleepy and not stressed about anything and drift off to sleep peacefully in a warm bed? that feels nice but it's also a lot of effort

are there any more good feelings in the world. lmk

[mercymornsimpathizer]

suffering

[arolesbianism]

Decided to draw some hypothetical employee id cards for my upper floor team captains <3

[giantkillerjack]

Ya know. I spent most of my life with horrible painful soul-crushing social anxiety.

And after about 25 years of continuous hard work, suddenly, people started pointing out - to my utter bafflement - that I had, in fact, achieved my lifelong dream of being charismatic. I'm 29 now; I feel comfortable in most social situations, and it is a very rare person whom I cannot make laugh.

I am, undoubtedly, finally, charismatic.

But do you know what I found?

I found that now that I have an understanding of which social rules serve which functions -- Now that I have an understanding of just how much damage my awkwardness was doing to people, well,

I found that, actually, my awkwardness never really hurt anyone at all. People were just judgmental dicks to me about it.

Now that I have the skill-level to (most of the time) creatively vocalize what is in my head as soon as I think it and without fear, I can confirm once and for all what I had always suspected:

I was worth talking to when I was quiet.

I was worth talking to when I was awkward, and when the words in my head took time and patience to hear, and when most of my jokes didn't land. I was worth talking to the whole time.

So I just... I hope that if you've ever wondered whether you are worth communicating with, the answer is yes. Absolutely yes. Each of us has a soul worth sharing - and if you and I were talking, I would happily wait for you to speak (or communicate in other ways) without condescending, and I would never shame you for that harmless awkwardness that so many people feel the need to violently stomp out.

You are worth talking to. You just are. And you deserve people who will speak to you with kindness, with patience, and with the basic immutable respect owed to all people.

(I talk about this with some frequency, both on tumblr and in real life. At some point, maybe I'll gather all my thoughts on the matter into one post. At some point, I wrote about my personal experience trying to build my social skill. But I felt the need to say at least a little bit tonight after seeing this other lovely post, and I'm glad I did. It will happen again.)

[jrueships]

DOES HE HAVE ANY REDEEMING QUALITIES OR AT LEAST A SAD BACKSTORY I'M CRINE

no, LOL

[imyourcomputergame]

Posting fanart is so scary like what do you mean people will actually see this.... get away from me

[izzy-b-hands]

Me to myself: you are SO behind on finishing your izzy bingo prompts. You definitely won't finish the whole card now, and you've gotten so little done today. We DON'T need to research if this roadside coastal motel in our head actually exists anywhere. NO ONE IS GOING TO GIVE A FUCK

Also me: Time to search google maps for coastal motels and hotels and cabins and things while my word doc that's got a nearly fucking finished draft on it rots waiting for me!

[snekdood]

Hey so uh.

I dont think voting is the only solution. Nor will it necessarily get us what we want immediately. And i think protest is more important and more effective.

However.

Conservatives. Would. Not. Be. Trying. To. Make. Voting. Impossible. And. Taking away. Actual voting places from marginalized areas. .

If it meant ABSOLUTELY nothing.

Hope that helps.

✌️

[thrilling-oneway]

Also shout out to the person who said in the tags of that airi post who said that half the debates in this fandom are over gender or sexuality because that’s true and it pisses me off immensely