#i don't know about this one but ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[thresholdbb]

I have a gripe about the Star Trek mugs...

Picard's teacup is a delicate, fragile little thing held by a strip of plastic and a dream. That thin glass will break if you look at it sideways. And where do they put that ridiculous tiny cup? On the Enterprise, which is always being dragged into conflict

The DS9 raktajino mugs are hefty, wide-based things that are meant to not tip over. They're called no-spill mugs. They have a foam piece on the bottom so they don't slip. They're incredibly sturdy – meant for ships and traveling! Where do they put them? At the station, which is arguably the most stable place they could be cause DS9 rarely gets knocked about.

Far as I'm concerned, Janeway's the only one doing practical space mugs correctly. Come on, a metal travel mug that's as strong as her coffee is black? Takes a beating through 70,000 light years of bridge shakes fighting off the Borg and the Hirogen and still holds a hot drink? Now that's a space mug

[rdr2gifs]

I often wonder what sets Arthur apart and makes him particularly appealing to me compared to other characters (in general). One significant factor lies in how he perceives and interacts with women. Arthur views women as equals, rejecting any notion that he is superior because they often do tasks traditionally associated with women, such as laundry and other chores.

He also never doubts capabilities of women like Sadie, who perform tasks usually associated with men. It's essential to note that one of Arthur's initial scenes with Sadie may be misinterpreted, as Sadie herself belittles the work of other women, not Arthur.

Arthur maintains healthy relationships with the female gang members, with none of them serving as a love interest. He sees men and women as equal, believing everyone should be able to walk their own path in life. He treats women with respect and he doesn’t expect any reward for his behaviour (sadly this is how many men seem to think even in the current time). He doesn’t see women in the gang as a cover (Dutch) nor like a liability (Micah). He sees them as people and valuable members of the gang.

Even in situations where he has to help women, he never considers them any less capable nor downplays their abilities.

Arthur's respect for women is also shown in his interactions with individuals outside the gang, such as the circus lady and the rich widow. After the circus lady thanks him for his help, he’s quick to say she would’ve been able to do it without him. He encourages her to pursue her dream in a so far male-dominated industry. He doesn’t look down on the widow, who doesn’t know anything about survival. He doesn’t tell her to go back to the city where she came from. He tries to teach her in a natural and encouraging way, never acting as if he was better than her because he has more experience. He patiently teaches her without any condescension.

He initially doesn’t understand why Beau even tries to stop Penelope from participating in the women's rights march. I like to think this is because he thinks everyone should be able to fight for their cause/what they believe is right. Not to mention he very much enjoyed riding with these ladies and wrote about his experience with fondness.

Arthur's journal entries reveal his disapproval of mistreating women, recognizing the injustice in an era when women had limited autonomy. “He treats his daughter like a possession to be mistreated and abused as he sees fit. Strange creatures men.” It was definitely not common for men in this time to be thinking about women's autonomy.

I don’t want to praise Arthur for things that should be considered the bare minimum but these qualities definitely add more to his likability. And it’s great to see where your favorite character stands on important things like this.

⚘ While acknowledging that Arthur's antagonistic lines may be interpreted as sexist, it's important to consider them as optional elements mostly implemented to make 13 years old boys feel edgy.

[anormaladn]

would

would Yugo officiate the otomirga wedding

that'd be hilarious

[semiotomatics]

think i found a fake georgia o'keeffe painting lol

[sskk-manifesto]

:/

[blujayonthewing]

things that make me wanna do beautiful conceptual illustrations of melliwyk's party's bard's dad

[pokeberry5]

jpv!bats is so funny to me. my man is having an identity crisis and is making it Everyone’s problem. he sees nothing wrong with unintentionally dissociating and coming up to tech he didn’t know he could make. his solution to everything is beat it until it stops moving. he runs into a couple getting robbed on christmas eve and decides to leave them to it because they should’ve known better than to be out late in gotham. the batmobile isn’t fast enough for him so he steals an experimental vehicle and coopts gotham’s subway system and almost crashes into trains filled with civilians on multiple occasions. a minor antagonist during his run was a pair of twins separated at birth who both found themselves near gotham trynna make it big through armed robbery and then decided to unironically go around dressed as old-timey gunslingers. his background narration is more dramatic than bruce’s. he literally bricks tim out of the cave to stop him being robin. his version of the batsuit is the wildest shit i’ve ever seen after discowing—he’s got a garter and 80s powersuit shoulders. he was talons and i love them.

[loverboybrightsideghost]

i think i understand dating now. you find a person that seems cool and you become their friend but in a romantic way until you. actually love them. yes?

[lemememeringue]

many topics covered in therapy today.

[airenyah]

ok so today i had my first thai class after a really long christmas break and somehow andreas gabalier (an austrian folk singer) and his music came up. and i don't remember what exactly my teacher said but he made a comment along the lines of "andreas gabalier is considered a standard good looking dude here in austria, right?" (my teacher is from thailand, so he wasn't sure about austrian people's preferences)

and his question was met with complete silence, because the thing is... our class consists of 3 middle aged guys plus one more guy in his mid 30s. and then there's me. the only girl

and since no one answered the question about andreas gabalier's looks, our teacher then addressed me directly and following conversation ensued:

teacher: "[airenyah]?" me: (feeling slightly shy and embarrassed) ".....i don't know what andreas gabalier looks like 🙈" everyone: (breaks out in laughter) middle-aged classmate: (highly amused) "i suspect he's not your type..." (me: "oh 🙈") "you're not missing out on anything :D"

i really like my teacher but god, let me live. don't put me on the spot like that 😩😩😩

[monty-glasses-roxy]

I was like "YEAH I'm gonna do some stuff that's really GOOD now!!" and then I've been stuck in daydreams and brain fog all day. I've realised I'm probably seriously sleep deprived though so like. I maybe know the cause at least? Yay?

What daydreams? Meteors. What Meteors stuff? The same flavour the 'Scythe, the Broom and the Guard' post is. That wasn't about Meteors specifically, but god damn I can land some massive punches with it.

Oh and also turning blank slate book animatronic concepts into minor characters. That are also tragic. And the Submechanophobia animatronics. That aren't also tragic but are very cool and interesting from the perspective of Meteors.

[spacemilkbag]

not to be a jimmy mr.beast pos blog but if he could make the squid.game video in less than 2 months then surely ranb.oo could make genl.oss in less than a year right

[the-moogle-of-your-nightmares]

i truly love making people mad by applying basic reading comprehension to the words that are in front of me instead of using telepathy to intuit that a stranger means the exact opposite of what they said, using my block button, and moving on with my life

[dracothedeatheatingcupcake-ao3]

I can't say whether this is a good thing or not, but TPWP is now officially the top fic in the Ishimondo tag when you look at the number of hits. 🙏🏻

[averbaldumpingground]

Life almost disappears, those summer afternoons spent reading in the park, your head half-leaning on his shoulder. Those mornings in the spring, a little late for work.

It didn't matter then, the way he took two sugars in his coffee. The way you let your hair grow out too long.

But these, the memories we keep, crammed in a shoebox full of polaroids, saved somewhere on a half-forgotten hard drive, they're what remains behind. They're what your sister finds, the weekend that she helps you pack your life.

And then it's sitting on the couch, your kitchen stuff already wrapped in paper. It's styrofoam containers, soda cans. It's wine that she's already drinking from the bottle.

And you can't figure out whose silhouette that was, who showed up to your party with a boa. And she is pretty sure her ex has kids.

But maybe that's why you and I keep postcards. Somebody's bow tie, paperclips, that bit of string.

They don't remind us of some other time, exactly. They're pieces of the people that we were, they're feelings that we'd wanted to hold on to.

[blujayonthewing]

having OCs and projecting different things into them on different levels is really weird and stupid because on one hand I'll have complicated feelings about 'it feels really important and validating for me for [OC who looks nothing like me and is also average looking if not conventionally attractive] to be able to be seen as attractive and worthy of being loved but it also feels really vulnerable to try to present her that way... 🥺' and then on the other hand be like 'well it just goes without saying that [OC who is a fat cis woman with a beard and conspicuous body hair whom I'm actively projecting a lot of idealized aspects of my personality into] is sexy and lovable, just look at her'