#i guess the current state is

[stars-obsession-pit]

Danny Phantom was not used to fighting magic users. Ghosts, yes. But humans with powers? No.

So when a cult managed to successfully summon and bind him, he lacked the knowledge of how to stop them.

And they tore him apart.

His core was broken into pieces, each one then implanted into one of the most loyal cult members (or potentially sold off to another person to use…) to grant them a portion of Phantom’s many powers.

However, the cult didn’t entirely know what they were doing either. You see, it turns out that shattering Danny’s core in that manner didn’t truly end him. His soul still persisted, still refused to die even as it was trapped amongst the disparate shards. Though each individual piece lacked the strength of mind or power to affect their hosts, they would gradually forge themselves together anew should they ever be gathered back together.

And after Red Hood killed several of the cult’s members, that process began. Their shards, now freed, transferred to the vigilante, instinctively latching onto his proto-core. Though still not yet whole enough to form a truly conscious fragment of Danny, they are enough to start to nudge Hood in the right direction (bolstered in effectiveness by Jason’s connection to death)

Jason can feel it deep within his soul. There’s something more to this cult’s powers than just normal magic, and he has a growing need to find out what that is. To stop them. To burn them all down and dig their secrets from the ashes.

[bonesashesglass]

Long post ahead so sorry in advance but this is important:

So, the republicans have control of all three branches of the federal government now. First, and most important thing, is to not lose hope. Do not loose hope. Do not succumb to defeatism, they are going to have the power to do the worst of the worst, so we need to hit them back just as hard.

This means taking action, real action, not just complaining on twitter. Get out on the streets, haggle elected officials-republican or democrat, protest, march, break the laws if you need to. Most importantly, find people to build a community with. We keep each other safe, so go out into the world and create these safe spaces, places where we can empower each other to take action.

Second, no, this is not the fault of third party voters. I saw someone say once that liberals never say they failed, they are failed. I’m sorry but the Arab and Muslim Americans that refuse to vote for Kamala Harris because she and Biden killed members of their family are not to blame for Trump winning. I’m sorry but pro-Palestinian supporters that stand in solidarity with them are not to blame here. Democrats are not obligated to our vote. They lost because their policies are flawed, and for many Americans, genocide is the line they won’t cross. Do not act like that is something wrong and immoral, it’s not. Do not blame people for voting third party, blame the democrats for driving those voters away.

Now is the time to ~and excuse my phrasing~ capitalize on this loss. You wanna shout and yell and scream and have someone to be mad at? Aim it at the Democratic politicians that stopped even trying to appeal to their base. Their loss is their fault. Make sure they know it, and make sure they know that if they don’t change their policies it’ll happen again. Now is not the time to get mad at each other and separate, now is the time to unite and stand together, undivided.

Lastly, to any members of the LGBTQ community that may happen to see this, especially trans folk, I can’t imagine what you’re going through right now. But just know, that you are, just by existing, fighting back. The world is a much richer, deeper, beautiful and better place to be because you are in it. We need you, and we need you to be unapologetically yourselves. Please take care of yourselves.

Republicans may be elected, but that doesn’t mean they’re not going to be met with a fight when they try to take away our rights. Stand strong and stand together

[manfredthewarden]

my thought even before veilguard was released was that maybe they should just let the veil be destroyed and let the world burn and maybe from the ashes could rise something better and more meaningful

[moonlit-aura]

i think The Powers That Be (the big media) are failing to understand that not everything has to be a franchise. not every n years old piece of media needs a reboot, or a version in a different medium, a sequel or a prequel or a midquel, or a live action version.

and i think that we're seeing this at it's worst right now with things like the minecraft movie that is lacking soul enough that it makes our animal brains shriek and recoil because the uncanny valley sense lights up - but not in an 'it's a mask or a doll that's close to realistic but not close enough' way but in an 'oh my god, this is a corpse' way. it's shaped like something you love but doesn't act like it, doesn't move like it, doesn't feel like it. the main component of what made it it is missing. it's entirely money-motivated and we can tell just by looking at it, it's like a zombie.

(putting most of the post under the cut because it got like. long long. embarrassingly so.)

it just kinda feels like we're mid-stagnation of culture. original stuff just isn't being made as much anymore because it's seen as "risky" by the industry. and there isn't even any experimentation going on, just adding on things or getting rid of stuff, and the goal of all this is to make the final product more Digestible, but the side-effect is just this blandness. you're adding water and taking away the seasoning because what if it's too salty for some people, what if it's too spicy because some are more sensitive to that than others, and you end up with a vaguely tasteless sludge. nothing is gained. there's just a ghost of an aftertaste.

and the executives that mainly decide on all this want to continue doing this so much, and for the audience to be like little money-generating sheep blindly watching the same thing over and over again. but unlike sheep, we cannot regurgitate the same thing ad infinitum. we don't have the stomach for it. there's no substance and, arguably, no art in all this.

eisner was kinda onto something when he said that to make money it's necessary to make history and art, and some kind of a statement but it kinda feels like they're trying to skip this step, just keep serving us the same thing. but even the most delicious food, given enough time, gets old and boring, grows stale, and, eventually, goes bad and spoils.

i think that all that is additionally sad because it will inevitably lead to the current media cannibalizing themselves. they're already reaching for laughably young cultural texts like moana and harry potter. what will they do once they catch up to the point of history we're at right now?

[communistkenobi]

does anyone have reading recommendations that clarify the difference between liberalism and fascism? I’m having trouble distinguishing what is just like normal levels of imperial/colonial violence conducted by a liberal state and what pushes it over the edge into a fascist state. Is fascism simply mature liberalism? Is it liberalism in crisis? Can we only make historical, reactive judgements about what is fascist, which is to say, can we only know if fascism occurred after it has come and gone? I take the general point that calling all liberal states fascist can let them off the hook for types of violence considered normal or “just doing business,” invisibilising the daily violences they conduct as part of the regular maintenance of a liberal capitalist state. People are calling the US fascist for its direct participation in and funding of the genocide in Palestine - a diagnosis I don't disagree with, but if that’s the case, where do you draw the distinction between the US being merely a liberal state with aggressive global imperial ambitions and the US being a fully fascist state? Perhaps more bluntly, what’s the difference between a liberal drone strike and a fascist one? I’m struggling to understand the value of the fascist label, because everything it describes (ultranationalism, a theory of racial and cultural degeneracy/decline, paranoia about an imminent external threat expressed as violence against internal populations deemed to have insufficient loyalty to the country, a turn towards a mythologised tradition of the past, imperial expansion, genocidal projects against minority populations, etc etc) just seems to me like a description of United States in general lol

[absolutelybatty]

The mood for today is: Violence, blood, and malice

[icewindandboringhorror]

boy in silly sitting positions compilation

[fiona-fififi]

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[endreal]

Who the fuck does tumblr ad algorithm think I am? Anyone else using the mobile app or otherwise subjected to ads getting nothing but RNC, Cadillac, and Kayak (which I think is a travel site???) spam?

[very-lost-hobbit]

Nothing pisses me off quite like annoying guilt-trippy posts by idiots who cared about Ukraine for exactly five minutes in 2022 and have not thought about Russia's brutal invasion for so much as one second since beyond making posts complaining about the "~overwhelming support~" Ukraine has supposedly recieved compared to other ongoing world events and posts that go "IMAGINE IF THIS WAS HAPPENING IN UKRAINE then you would CARE but because it's BROWN people U WON'T" You are a fake activist you are a pathetic trend chaser & the people you claim to care about deserve better than the likes of you because your moral integrity could fit into a fraction of a fraction of a millimetre

[carcarrot]

having another one of my job-related crises

[maxlarens]

i can already anticipate the last four races are gonna make me soo mad at mclaren 😭 i just don’t respect what they’re deciding to do with lando at all. i think its very convenient for lando to be able to say shit like oh im not proud of having to do it while also reaping the benefits of shunting oscar to the side. and i understand the history. i understand his loyalty to mclaren. and i do think he could be deserving of the wdc on his own merit. but i don’t think this is the way that should happen. i think the time has passed for him to win it on his own and i don’t think they should sacrifice oscar just to try and claw it back.

[diamondnokouzai]

FEMINIST SCI-FI NOVELS FROM THE 1980S, NOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! DON'T DO IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! DON'T INTRODUCE EUGENICS AS BEING USED BY THE CORRUPT MATRIARCHY AND THEN JUSTIFY THE USE OF EUGENICS IN GENERAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THERE IS NO MORAL OR FEMINIST USE OF EUGENICS, FEMINIST SCI-FI NOVELS FROM THE 1980S!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[aventvrina]

took some time for myself cause sometimes you need to step away before you get burnt out. gonna say this here cause i've been feeling a certain way lately coming around so i'm gonna emphasize on a few things. this isn't aimed at anyone in particular, just something that weighted on my mind recently:

i'm doing this for fun, don't come for me if i'm replying to x or y i'm already busy as it is let me write what i have a muse for please

don't try to guess my level of interest based on written length or quality, it literally has nothing to do with it. it does have to do with my level of tiredness of the day so i will apologize for that but don't make it personal cause it is not

i generally don't care for portrayal accuracy, you won't see me coming for you about it so please don't do that to me too. work with what i offer not with what's on your mind about aventurine

don't be afraid to drop things, i'm not unreasonable i know that i'm making a lot of people wait and if it's too much to you it's ok you can break it off. like i said this is a hobby. no hard feelings over anything friend

saturday i'm gonna lock in after the gym and clear everything so expect a queue soon. after wards i'll work on owed asks and only then will i be open again to plot.

anyways, as always, have fun guys and good luck on all your pulls (oh and per @inominati's advise eat a pudding !! it works)

[caverncrooner]

Oh, that's nice of her. Since we just drained the innkeep and everything.

[simmersofia]

Me and all my sims just wanted to say THANK YOU for 300 followers! 🥹🎊❤️ it’s a small milestone for some but i am just in awe that anyone wants to follow this silly, messy and inconsistent blog so from the bottom of my heart, i appreciate you all! 💕