#i'm soft uwu

[sapphicsparkles]

"Bo-Katan isn't mean" Okay because I'm so tired of hearing this:

[/mēn/] adjective: unkind, spiteful, or unfair. vicious or aggressive in behaviour. Not mean? Okay definitely not vicious or aggressive in behavior Like her first appearance where she's part of Death Watch, a terrorist group and slaps Ahsoka's ass without consent to demean her?

Or when she shoves Ahsoka to the ground and *laughs* in a tent where Death Watch (including Bo-Katan) has stolen women from the local village on Carlac and put them into forced servitude?

OR when she helps slaughter the village and burn down said village for asking Death Watch to leave them alone? (that's her on top of the roof)?

Or after when she tried to kill Ahsoka and Lux for trying to help the villagers and leave?

Or when she aided in a plot to cause intentional destruction and fear to manipulate the people of Mandalore into deposing her own sister and overturn Satine's very successful government that ended the clan wars (the Traditionalists then were given the lush moon of Concordia and their own political agency and government in which Pre Vizsla was the governor)? Then forcefully deposed Satine at gunpoint after she had abdicated because of the will of the people who no longer accepted her rule due to the manipulation of public perception by Death Watch.

While Bo-Katan was likely traumatized by the Mandalorian Civil War/Clan Wars at a young age and there's no solid canon evidence but It's widely believed by fans that Bo-Katan was groomed and/or radicalized by Pre into DW from a young age--even if you believe this, IT DOES NOT EXCUSE HER HORRIFIC ACTIONS. None of it justifies her wrongdoing. She still had agency.

Okay so what about unkind or unfair?

Surely that can't apply to her sarcastic comment to Ahsoka when approaching her after she had watched her struggle on Kessel and made no move to assister her, only watching her to use her to fight back against Maul and reclaim Mandalore. While she does respect and befriend Ahsoka by the end of the Siege, she still initially saw her as someone to be used for her agenda.

Or when she uses Obi-Wan's guilt over his relationship with Satine to convince him to aid her forces in retaking Mandalore, which Republic intervention would disintegrate treaties over a hundred years old and start another war on top of the ongoing Clone Wars. Which to her was a legitimate, even desperate method to reclaim her planet from Maul who was only serving his own agenda, but it wasn't a very nice way to do it. In some ways Bo-Katan is justified in how she is mean, but it doesn't make her not mean.

Then there's her anger towards Sabine after she discovering what the Duchess does and that Sabine created it (after hearing how guilt ridden she is and how she already destroyed it.) Was her anger valid, oh yeah. Was it kind and and fair? No.

What about in The Mandalorian you ask? She's not a literal terrorist anymore in the Mandalorian. She's surely not still spiteful or unkind. Definitely not when she insulted Din's religious beliefs and way of life and called the COTW a cult.

Or when she took credit for killing that one guy's brother without any remorse.

Or when she changed the terms of her agreement with Din and forced him into helping her by withholding the agreed upon information after Din upheld his side of the deal. Which was her plan all along. And then on top of that, mocks him by using his own mantra.

And then there's the disdainful opinion she has of Din and her own superiority.

Only agreeing to help Din save his kid when he has something to offer her to serve her own agenda. Which again, valid but not something she does out of the kindness of her heart.

Oh and then she's so direct and straightforward to Boba, not mean at all.

Then in season 3 when Din shows up to help her reclaim Mandalore the first thing she does is take out her anger on him and once again insult his religion/COTW and invalidate his belief that the Mines will restore his place in his religion. All unnecessary.

TO BE EXTREMELY CLEAR: I'm not discrediting Bo-Katan's personal progress into a better person or when she does do good--a hero even by the end of Mando season 3--that's the whole point of a redemption arc, you have to be redeemed from something. And at her core is a commitment to Mandalore, but you can't ignore the cruelty and ego and dare I say it meanness that has gone with it, that's the beauty of her complexity is that she can be a character that grows and evolves and becomes honorable and also still be bitchy. Bo-Katan doesn't have to be morally squeaky clean or a victim to enjoy her character and her sometimes ruthless determination for Mandalore or appreciate her compassionate aspects and letting go of her ego. She's not an easily consumable or morally black and white character. This is in fact, what I love about her.

Thank you @armoralor for assistance with the screenshots from The Mandalorian!

[three--rings]

I'm really disturbed by the fact that I'm seeing people post S2ep8 of IWTV still talking about Lestat as an abuser and Louis as a victim, period end of conversation.

Because I feel like we are explicitly told in ep7 and 8 that that is not the case but some people haven't adjusted their thoughts yet.

Now this is a show explicitly about the unreliability of personal accounts and what we see on screen is often proven not to be how things happen. So, obviously things are always up for debate. But.

We are shown the extended scene of what happened before Lestat flew Louis up into the sky to drop him. In S1 we saw that scene from Claudia's perspective, and she just heard crashing and shouting, and then saw Louis thrown through a wall by Lestat before the whole flight thing.

Ep 7 we are shown Lestat's version of events which are Louis physically and verbally attacking him over and over, slamming Lestat into things, while Lestat begs him to stop, warning him that he will fight back and he's afraid of hurting Louis, and Louis merely eggs him on. Then we get Lestat turning the tables and throwing Louis through a wall.

Now, obviously this is Lestat's version and probably a bit biased to be sympathetic to him. But Louis admits Lestat's version of Claudia's turning is the more correct one than his account and he admits to portraying Lestat intentionally as a villain in the interview, so...well I think the show is telling us that our impression from S1 is at least not the whole story.

Ep 8 underlines this with the scene with Louis and Lestat when Louis apologizes for the way he acted to Lestat in the past, saying "I tried to make nights awful with you. I wanted you to suffer."

We also see him throw Armand into the wall in this episode, which I get people feel Armand deserved, but I feel like the conversation around that has been weird as well. Like, people talk about that being a sign that Louis is stronger than Armand, as if physical violence is impossible from someone who is weaker than their victim. But this is also another instance of Louis using physical violence against his partner when (justifiably) angry.

Look, abusive relationships are complicated. Mutually toxic ones even more so. Reactive abuse is a thing, when an initial victim becomes violent or abusive in response to abuse they've received. It's complicated, and I speak from personal experience.

But I very much feel like the show is SCREAMING at the audience that things are not simple and that no one in this scenario is blameless, ESPECIALLY not Louis. He's not blameless in the case of Claudia. He's not blameless in the destruction of his relationship with Lestat. He's not blameless in his relationship with Armand, for all it's built on a lie, because he entered it to fucking make Lestat mad for god's sake and that's a terrible foundation for a relationship.

Raglan James says Louis is the one to really be afraid of. Louis at the end of the season with his "I own the night" speech. Much of the second half of S2 is ABOUT this.

The entire heartbreaking scene with Lestat at the end is Louis owning his part of the responsibility, and that's huge. Lestat accepted his responsibility and apologized on stage in Paris, and now Louis is as well.

So yeah, I think some people need to rethink their attitudes when they call Lestat Louis's abuser and Louis a battered wife. I read that and I go wait, we're not gonna interrogate that at all?

I of course feel at this point I have to put in a bunch of disclaimers about how this is not an anti-Louis post or trying to excuse the violence done by Lestat, blah blah but honestly some people who can only see things in terms of Good and Evil and Guilty and Innocent are never going to appreciate that kind of thing anyway. I just don't know why those people are watching this show, which is entirely about nuance and complicated interpersonal relations that are messy and resist easy analysis, BY DESIGN.

[jonathanrook]

would you let me chase you through the woods with the intent of mauling you to death be honest. also don't tell me the lighting in my bathroom is shit i am Aware.

[forgetful-nerd]

In there trying times have some cute pictures of Mikey and his brothers:

Just a little reminder that they love their little brother. And he loves them back.

[quiet-admirer]

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[animaldamnation]

Fat men that mock and degrade fat women should be hunted for sport.

[grimark]

the problem with a lot of f/f fic is that people will do things like tag it with the words "useless lesbians" and i will have to be like sorry i'm not reading that

[joyfuladorable]

Took a glance at Mikey's old site profile and kinda laser-focused on his fave book enough to doodle all this, lol. Just wanted to draw the turtle tots being silly and Splinter being best dad!

Profile of the silly dude ^^

[mekanikaltrifle]

Don't get me wrong I love that vampires are a great analogy for gay and queer experiences, and the Other in all its ways... But I feel there are certain blinkers that come on with this, and how it relates to vampire hunters.

I've seen a few takes that essentially say 'if vampire = queer, then hunter = homophobia'. Sure, if that's one way of looking at it, that's a facet. However, hunters are also often just as othered as the monsters they face in a 'beast I must be lest a beast I become' way, the mirror to the creatures that prey on humanity. Vampires are also predators, they're also the darkness, the unkind truth. Thus so, the hunters are retaliation, they are resistance.

If vampires are the power structure that consumes the unfortunate, if they are the ones pulling the strings, then hunters are the people who say no. The ones who see the system and try despite it to do something, anything even if it will do so very little.

I just feel like people are missing out when they decide vampire hunters are 'essentially cops'. They're very much not. Open your vampire world to new possibilities!

(I do not want any fucking clown opinions on this btw)

[moodyseal]

Still thinking about this dialogue from TSATS

[tossdoll]

My family is still staying in half of the church that wasn’t affected by the bombing because there is nowhere else to stay other than tents. They are limited to one small meal a day and one shower a week. They are sleeping on the floors, but no one can sleep since there is bombing everywhere around them. Even when there is no bombing, they can still hear the loud buzzing sound of the military planes above them, which would keep anyone who hears it awake. Along with everything, My grandma has diabetes and osteoporosis, so she can’t walk. She has to take her insulin medication along with many others; however, she has run out of many of her medications.” Am on my knees requesting for donation. Target $450

this is a scam, confirmed by here and here. 

here is the real gofundme. it's almost at the goal.

however, i want to make a statement.

don't let this be a signal that this means all asks like this are scams. no, it's not “fishy” that there are people begging for help in your inbox or on your posts, people are being genocided for already over a year now. it only takes a couple of seconds and thinking power to see if your ask is real or not.

don't want to answer them? fine, whatever. but don't publicly say you think these are scams, keep that to yourself. don't even bother pulling the “woe is me, i'm sorry, i didn't know” tone of crytyping text either. again, families are being killed and losing everything. a majority of the community here are white usamericans who have the privilege of one of the few only things they should worry about is “um but answering this ask will break the immersion of me being a rp account”.

seriously, i'm sick of you all trying to make it about yourselves. “the election happened, it's over for us” this guy has been in office for 4 years already before, you lived. you're fine. you will be fine for another 4 years. trans people have lived 20 years ago, 50, 100 before you. if you need a break, because you can't handle seeing this, then go take a break. nobody is forcing you to stay. this sucks, but you need to live. stop doomscrolling and stop being a doomer.

i understand a majority of people here are minors, and you might not have the money to help, but “how can i still”? just post about it. reblog. spread it around. if you want to help, but don't know where to start, here you go.

vetted fundraiser masterlist. gazafunds and helpgazachildren. palestinian children relief fund. free daily clicks.

[sillywillykarma]

hi

[kaban-bang]

OUGHHGH

[sillyfudgemonkeys]

Me, at my coworker: I finished both Kyoshi novels. Coworker: Uh oh. How you holding up? Me: I thinking about walking into traffic

[reikiajakoiranruohoja]

One of my favourite things in 40k has to be how the Khorniest of Primarchs, Angron, is also one of the most empathetic. And that is why he is terrifying. This dude grew up in slave pits as a gladiator, had violence-tubes forced into him that made him gain nothing from positive interactions. And still the man held dear his fellows to the point of staging a rebellion and refusing to leave his friends to die when a demi-god asked him to join them. Which made him all the more angry when he was whisked away while his friends died. The moment he returned to his old planet? He sought out the skulls of his friends and made a belt so their skulls would also feel the violence he committed. In many AUs, Angron who did not have the butcher's nails and had a happy childhood is often the nicest of the Primarchs. And given everything I just stated, it is hard to disagree. Angron is not a nice person, nor kind to his legion, nor a good person in general. But it is very hard to disagree with him when it comes to his reasons for joining Horus. It is from that betrayal that he draws his anger and that well is deep and painful.

[loserboyfriendrjl]

i want pandora to be the best at potions in her year because she knows all of them by heart but also because she's the one that doesn't stick to the exact pattern of making and tries everything, mixing up together the weirdest shit and exploding her cauldron on the regular. i want pandora to keep her maiden name and wear it with pride. i want pandora to wear big boots filled with gravel and jeans with grass stains and her hands and arms are always scratched from whatever batshit thing she's just done and i want her to smoke whatever thing she can nick behind the greenhouse and i want her to have playful fistfights with her friends. i want pandora to wear her heart on her sleeve and i want pandora to cut her own bangs over the kitchen sink and she always makes them just a tad bit shorter than she should. i want her to have dirt under her fingernails and choppy hair and she never wears makeup because she forgets to take it off. i want pandora to be unapologetically loud and confident, not caring about what anyone else thinks of her. i want her to be bright and colorful and i want her to love openly, to shout her love to the sky, to be happy and free and young, and to fight for what she believes in. i want pandora to experiment with everything she can get her hands on because she likes the thrum in her chest when she gets it right and the soaring of her heart when she gets it wrong, because she'll try again, she's not giving up yet.