#glorify Yourself

[marypsue]

Man, it's cool and all if you see a metaphor for marginalisation in the monstrous, and if you want the power fantasy of 'what if you could just eat anybody who threatened you/pissed you off'. Me too.

However, as soon as you start saying 'no, these monsters are a 1:1 on Specific Marginalised Group, and you have to treat them in the fiction like they are directly representative of real human members of the marginalised group', BUT you also, in the fiction, make them hurt/kill/eat humans? And then try to shame me, your audience, for noticing or engaging with the bit where they kill people, because you made them directly representative of a real-world marginalised group? You have lost me, and also, I think, the plot.

[novakiart]

spinneret fun! 🕷️ written by me & nevi

the rest under cut:

[virune]

i don't really get how other peoples' interpretations of fictional characters is such a huge point of contention on the internet. i've literally never given a shit about how other people play with their dolls in my entire life. it simply does not have that kind of power over me. fiction is kinda supposed to be exploratory and self-indulgent and the made-up people can't approve or disapprove of how you use them either way so. why fester over it. can't be good for your mental health

[jawz]

i saw the tv glow is legitimately one of the stupidest, most tryhard movies i've ever seen in my entire life. absolute dogshit. and everyone is pretending it's the most lifechanging thing they've ever seen LOL give me a break! the gall to claim this is inspired by fucking DAVID LYNCH??? i can't

[aro-culture-is]

aro culture is obsessing over and glorifying fictional love and romance because you know this is closest you’ll get to actually being in touch with the concept yourself

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mod comment: if you struggle with obsessive thoughts, aka something you just can’t shake and find distressing, here’s a helpful guide for some common practices around thought stopping.

[jasontoddenthusiastt]

Yeah, people like to think that (adult) Jason’s snarky, cutting, and unapologetic post crisis characterization and the (mostly) “watered down”, docile personality he’s had from N52/rebirth onwards are irreconcilable, and that the shift was just an editorial decision with the intent of marketing him as a “likeable” hero.

While that last part might be true, have they considered that textually it makes perfect sense that being consistently in contact with an abuser just does that to a person. Wears them down until they feel like nothing but a husk, without any discernible direction or opinions of their own. If it isn’t completely burnt out yet, they (consciously or unconsciously) suppress that part of themselves that thinks independently either for self-preservation or to keep the peace. Considering anyone, even “mentally strong” people could fall victim to mental abuse, it’s actually pretty realistic imo.

[bluegekk0]

I swear Tumblr must think that clicking "Not interested" or blocking someone counts as post engagement on the same level as liking cause I blocked like 15 accounts that post about ed glorifying it (all because I used White Lady's initials as a character tag for a while, which as it turns out is also a tag they use ._.) and it just keeps showing me more every time I refresh. And I can't block the tags cause there's like 20 censored versions being used.

I know it's getting annoying and I'm sorry for constantly complaining about this, but I just really had to rant about it. Cause what the fuck? I changed the character tag that I use but it's like Tumblr decided I want to see that part of the website forever. Fuck off.

[lexislazuli]

this is the outfit that urged my dad to tell me i “looked like the 13 year old son coming back from baseball practise in an american sitcom”. btw if u even care.

[tolerateit]

So Long London almost does it for me but a bunch of lines in it take me out of it. "I'm pissed off you let me give you all that youth for free", "White Knuckle Grip going down with ship / Pulled him in tighter" (While having a side dude), "My friends said it isn't right to be scared Every day of a love affair". I don't know I just don't buy it.

something about it comes off as very. inauthentic idk

[bandzboy]

people talk about the kpop industry like this as if it should be normal for it too be fast paced and competitive and that you have to mass produce music or you will "be left behind" and that is literally a myth. in the case of txt, they won't be forgotten because they take a longer hiatus and it's absurd to think like that. companies will say groups will lose fans if they don't take breaks and that's is where that anxiety is rooted from

this industry perpetuates that narrative and you people fall for it every time and act like that's what is realistically gonna happen. you think a group as big as txt would be forgotten by fans who have been here FOR YEARS especially? a group that is well loved by the korean gp and has been for years? this narrative is such a stupid lie and i'm tired of kpop fans spewing this shit solely because they put their entertainment before anything else.

you don't care about your fav group's well being. not when you keep saying shit like this. please stop lying.

[starpros-sunshine]

You can use a lot of words you know? You don't have to talk yourself around stuff like "It's famous Nazi code for an abbreviation for their popular motto which I won't be repeating here" when you really can just explain that 88 is supposed to represent the Hitler salute because H is the 8th letter in the alphabet? You don't even have to say the words but I mean wouldn't it make more sense to actually explain something instead of vaguely talking around it for some sense of...of what? What's the use in nor calling the thing by it's name? Won't that do more harm than good? I mean if people know they shouldnt do something but don't really know why then they won't take it that serious no?

[adhdwerewolfgf]

oh my god if i see being against romaticising pedophilia, rape, and incest referred to as "purity" one more fucking time im going to have a conniption

[ember-knights]

There is nothing that justifies attacking a Palestinian instead of fighting for Palestinian liberation. If you don’t agree with whatever motaz does for whatever reason, shut your fucking mouth and keep your opinions to yourself.

Maybe… just maybe, the priority is a ceasefire and support to Palestinians right now? The goal is a free Palestine? Justice for the thousands of men women and children being blown to pieces? End of the bloodshed? Maybe care about that rather than who took a photo with whom.

Maybe recognize that you are privileged to be in your home safe and warm and clean and well fed, and that this gives you a responsibility to fight for others instead of an invitation to show your ass and how much of a abhorrent piece of shit your really are.

[alaskan-wallflower]

rant about the fandom because i’m lowkey pissed

okay. let’s get one thing straight.

proshippers are not welcome on my blog. EVER.

If you romanticize abuse or are okay with literal pedophelia and incest this is not the fuxking place for you. I am not okay with it and the amount of blogs i see that are like ‘proshippers are valid <333’ is so fucked up. Proshippers are not fucking valid and if you condone this shit I’m gonna ask you to get the hell off my blog. Block me, unfollow me, i don’t give a shit. But you are not welcome here

i’ve seen so many people getting death threats and ‘kys’ anons so if you’re gonna do that to me, don’t be a goddamn coward, do it off anon and say that shit to me without the mask on. I’m not gonna do that.

The amount of Kyle x Ike and Karen x Kenny shit I’ve seen is fucking putrid. And Cartman x Heidi. Like that is not a healthy ship in the SLIGHTEST and people still ship it. What the hell.

Proshipping is disgusting and if you do it, fuck you. Get off my blog right fucking now.

[catcatb0y]

"This post makes a great blocklist" has done awful things to my psyche. Why do I keep wasting what builds up to hours of my time reading all of this dumb shit just to block people?? It's block and move on, not black and move and block and move and block and move and-

[aluminia]

I need to stand in the middle of the forest and scream