#i hate enlistment

[solitudeandseclusion]

my guy lee do hyun has amazing chemistry with my girl lee ji eun. put them together in another show 😭

[mapofthesoul20]

I just think The Astronaut is neat :)

[mueritos]

i hope we continue to see more protests within the US military. i see a lot of leftists and folks who are anti-military who have such an open disdain for the people who are in the military, yet neglect to considering the conditions this country makes to produce ideology, poverty, and the illusion of choice to make all kinds of people choose to enlist in the military. You ever see those videos of ROTC kids recording each other asking why they joined the military and everyone's like, "healthcare", "it helped me go to college", "I was bored" or "free ptsd lol". I hate to remind everyone but folks who are in the military are people, too, and they are the same victims and perpetrators of violence as the rest of you, we have all been shallowly conditioned to view each other as enemies just because one person is wearing army greens and the other is not.

some of the biggest anti-war advocates are those who engaged in war. Veterans who genuinely believed they were protecting the US against "terrorism" come back with blood on their hands, and they choose to realize that it was US imperialism that forced them to carry out violence, instead of doubling down and shielding themselves from the fact that they too are capable of atrocities... This is a class of people who are intentionally conditioned to be as poor and as ideologically aligned to US imperialism so that the military has a never-ending pool to send their youth to destroy other country's youth. The only people I have ever heard say "do not join the military" are those who ARE military.

This is in no way to ever excuse or explain away any of the atrocious war crimes and violence this industry and its people have committed against others. What I am saying is that we absolutely cannot cast aside the individuals who have been victimized within US imperialism, even if they are wearing army greens. I was speaking with my Palestinian classmate last week and another classmate--a member of the US air force-- walked up to me and struck up a conversation. My military classmate showed me her new bird, bid both of us goodbye, and left. My Palestinian classmate asked me if I was close with her, and I said we talked quite often, and she said, "I never met a person who's in the military. I still hate the military, but I never knew that they did, too. I didn't realize that they were also victims."

If my Palestinian classmate--one who is actively watching her own community die--can understand that it is not individuals who are the problem but it is in fact systems, US imperialism, white supremacy, capitalism...why can't we all? And she has EVERY reason to hate any individual military member. A lot of online activism just creates more barriers. if your optics look bad, complicated, or contradictory, you are cast aside. Everyone has got the be the perfect activist, you can never make a mistake or share a half-baked thought, you should always believe every word from a marginalized persons mouth (because being marginalized doesn't mean you're not entrenched in white supremacy too!) and you should never question what you see...Do you know what you sound like? The very imperialists who are convincing poor whites to vote against themselves. Perfectionism is white supremacy. Black & white thinking is white supremacy.

I'd rather have a military member who genuinely believed in the US imperialism machine but was disillusioned after being deployed as my comrade than some leftist who cherishes the performance of "being a good person". I don't want "good people" in our movements. I want humans who care. I want humans who make mistakes and who learn from them. I want humans who accept the messiness of a person. I want humans who hold others accountable and allow themselves to take responsibility for their actions. I want people who change for themselves and others.

fight systems, not individual people. we can change each other, but if we're too preoccupied looking like the World's Perfect Activists, we will only consume each other alive. Connect to your fellow humans, forever and always.

[uncanny-tranny]

The hyper-veneration and almost fetishization of the USA's troops have honestly given rise for some of the worst types of people who want power without effort, I think.

It's why you see some entitled asshole troop who think they can do whatever to civilians because we "owe" them for them "putting their lives on the line" or the type of person who thinks they personally will stick it to a random Afghan civilian for what "their people" did on 9/11 (a racist institution fostering racism? Colour me shocked (sarcasm)).

As a US citizen, I'm personally really concerned with this attitude we have toward troops. As somebody who hates the institution of the military, I also hate that it fosters a genuinely toxic mindset - it's much like the mindset that is instilled in cops; however, when you are overseas, the people you harm are not typically US civilians, so people can sweep under the rug the injustice of terrorizing civilians who aren't "like us."

[rotzaprachim]

the fundamental thing is that militaries suck very bad in general and we should get rid of them but mandatory draft militaries and “voluntary” enlistment militaries are equally bad and fuck up society in different ways where one isn’t actually better than the other

[someonecomegettheirchild]

Do you think Apollo caused 9/11?

In TOA he takes credit for the come-up for so many musicians so I wouldn't put it past him to single-handedly be responsible for my chemical romance. He spent 2001 cooking up the greatest chain of events in pop culture history.

[slytherinshua]

people need to stop celebrating the fact that scoups is exempt from military enlistment. people have started to only focus on the fact that he’s not going and ignore the fact that he had a serious injury which is why he’s exempt. real carats who actually cared about their artist’s health would much rather have the standard 1.5-2 year hiatus for military and a completely healthy artist than an injured one not going.

[seonghwasblr]

SVT coming to Europe for the first time ever in 9 years (not counting Gastonbury, cause that was sold out a year before they were announced, so carats didn't get a chance to go) and it's not even going to be ot13 should be a crime.. AND IT'S BECAUSE OF A SCHEDULE?!

[echoesofadream]

i feel like army as a fandom is going off the rails and i think bts needs to fucking disband or start making music people disagree with because this like endless influx of new fans and just making generally agreeable inoffensive Cough boring music is making for the worst fandom in the world

[captainsjack]

every time an author mentions ethan’s supposed military background i immediately have to close out of the fic. girl ethan hunt would not touch the us military with a mile long pole. clearly you never sat for hours on you basement floor on cold ass tile straining your neck up to look at the tv & click through all of the characters’ background files on the mi1 dvd special features . u don’t KNOW him

[irishhorse-blog]

Yoongi will begin his conscription into alternative services starting on September 22. He won't be home until June 21, 2025.

That's a long-ass time. I'm glad he's not going to be on the front line with his shoulder, but still....

[hoforwonho]

WONHO - DON'T REGRET

[meixiaotian]

still thinking about how each animorph's fate is directly related to how much they enjoyed the war

[ffjj5]

This is sh*t and I hate it

Jin's enlistment has happened whilst I have been blissful in the land of dreams, I knew it was happening today but I thought I would be okay. I'm not! Seeing it has made me feel a real mixture of emotions.

I saw this before I went to sleep

His goodbye is in true Jin style and I smiled to myself but with a heavy heart.

Then I woke up to this

And my heart sank. This man raised these guys and they love him beyond words and now they are being separated. I truly hope the future enlistments happen in pairs or groups so we can get this sh*t show done and over with.

He is highly likely going to be the only member to be seen off by all his band mates.

I can't help thinking we got a tearful JK with his face completely obscured like it is.

And Jimin looks to be on his way to blonde hair but that's for another day. Today is about Jin.

Hobi and Tae have posted on Instagram

And Kim Sunghyun ( BTS visual director) posted a short clip of Jin getting his hair cut

This hits a bit differently now doesn't it? 😭

Jin, stay safe, stay healthy and we will be waiting for your return.

💜💜

[cometblaster2070]

I’m not going to lie, but like, Cupid and Kitty have untapped potential to be one of the most chaotic duos Ever After High has ever seen.

I don’t quite remember if they ever interact in canon, or what their relationship is like if they interacted, but like, just think for a second.

Cupid is clearly against Headmaster Grimm and his whole agenda right, like, we all got that from True Hearts Day. Cupid believes that everyone should follow their heart regardless of destiny, while Headmaster Grimm is firmly against such ‘nonsense’ and believes that everyone should just shut up and follow whatever their destinies entail.

Then there’s Kitty, and her whole deal is causing chaos. She loves pranks and mischief, and generally just being a nuisance all over. Headmaster Grimm is someone who’s a stickler for the rules; of following things by the book (literally). I would like to wager that this both amuses and displeases Kitty, and she finds whatever way she can to make his life absolute hell while cultivating pure enjoyment for herself.

And that’s where they both come together. Because, bear in mind, Cupid’s destiny (if you could call it that I guess?) is to bring people together and help them fall in love. Kitty’s destiny as the Chesire Cat is to simply be as much of a hindrance to everyone that she can while partaking in several shenanigans.

Do you see where I’m going with this? 

Cupid and Kitty can cause so many problems together and when confronted, they can use the very viable excuse that they’re really just practicing for their destinies.

I would enjoy this friendship very much as it would lead to many moments of Headmaster Grimm almost having a stroke <3

We love Milton Grimm slander in this house.

[tvckerwash]

hmmm I'm thinking about wash's stance on the training accident and I think it would be so funny if he gave maine a lecture about it afterwards