#im sure there are many more of those out there too!

[mrradmccoolman]

just wanted to add onto here cuz i thought this was an interesting post- while the system is certainly an important part of what influences the choices characters in the movie make and why they are the way they are, it's also important to remember that living in a system doesn't excuse your actions when you contribute to that system.

to clarify, i don't believe OP is trying to say Mr. Perry's actions were justified. i do, however, think that part of what makes the movie so heartbreaking is that living in a system =/= being powerless in that system. this is ESPECIALLY important when it comes to Mr. Perry because he is a white cishet man in the 50s. unfortunately, people who benefit from a system- in this case people like Mr Perry, Nolan, etc- are more likely to listen to others exactly like them because they see minorities as lesser. because of that, it's the group in power who is extra essential when it comes to making real change, because they have the ability to make things different. yes, Mr Perry is part of a system, and he certainly has reasons behind why he does the things he does, but i would actually argue that those reasons are not good enough to provide adequate reasoning for his actions.

i do also want to make it clear that i don't believe Mr Perry doesn't love Neil. abusers (as i would consider Mr Perry abusive) are not single sided which is why Neil makes the choice he does. if he didn't love his father and place value in his opinion, things would have been different. would he have had more control? no, but perhaps he would've viewed things in a different light. Mr Perry treats Neil the way he does because he loves his son- or, because he loves who he perceives his son to be. he is cruel to neil because he believes it is what is best for him. now, pride and reputation are also factors as to why Mr Perry acts the way he does, but i do believe he loved his idea of Neil. in fact, he loved that idea so much that he was willing to sacrifice whatever it took to preserve it- even at the cost of his son's freedom and life.

i guess the point im trying to hammer home is that we absolutely can, and in fact should, fault Mr Perry for the choices he makes. he wants his son to succeed, and be better off than he was? sure. it was his parents first child? sure. nobody expects them to have the ability to be perfect. they do, however, have the ability to be better. by taking the blame away from characters who perpetuate the system they are in, we lose sight of how to make things actually change. Mr Perry had so many other options, yet he frequently belittles and talks over his son, insults him, bars him from the things and people he loves, and ultimately exerts so much control over his son's life that Neil feels so incredibly trapped that he believes the only way out is to kill himself! if that doesn't show how Mr Perry, albeit a complex character like you said, is at fault for his son's death, then im not sure what does.

i hope this doesn't come off as too agressive- im not trying to be rude here, or even say that your opinion is wrong- im just really passionate about this movie and wanted to provide my own two cents on it. im absolutely willing to go in more detail/have a discussion about this for anyone interested. thank ypu!!

Reminder guys! Mr. Perry was a complex human being with complex motives! We can hate him all we want but at the end of the day, he was just a father in a society that relies on status and we can't fault him for wanting his son to be better off than him! Sure, he went about all of it wrong but Neil was an only child, this was his parents first rodeo, they were doing the best they could with what they got. Sure, both Mr. and Mrs. Perry should've given Neil the space to follow his passions but in the 1950s art was seen as an useless journey in the attempt of making money and they were not financially stable enough to support that. They wanted Neil to be able to live comfortably, not scraping paycheck to paycheck just for a hopeless pipe dream. We can hate them, we can hate Cameron (tho I don't), we can hate Nolan. But at the end of the day, when all is said and done, it is the system that destroyed the boys, it is the system that put them down, it is the system that lead Mr. Perry and Cameron to do what they did. Does that excuse it? No, absolutely not, but it explains it. And as people who are still pushed down (though to a lesser degree) by said system, we should carry a little bit of sympathy for those who fall victim to it, both in rebelling against it and in leaning into it.

[liquidstar]

another request from cohost! my friend asked for traditional inuk hairstyle like qilliqti, which is what i ended up going with! looking up the hairstyles sent me on a sidequest of looking at a bunch of fashion designers with modern takes on traditional clothes, so i also used some of those! so credits for that under the cut vv

jacket- https://www.instagram.com/p/C3QiKIdO0Jp/?img_index=5 jacket 2 (full fashion show with more angles, and a lot of super cool designs, also really cool music)- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yp_eAzDu8xU patch- https://www.bradorfabrics.com/products/inukchic-iron-on-patches-celestial-narwhal hair originally from the film atanarjuat the fast runner, but the specific screenshot is here https://www.pinterest.com/pin/53480314313400875/

[pallases]

quite pleasantly surprised by wicked movie but i Will say we were robbed of elphaba leaning in close to glinda saying “come with me to the emerald city” followed by glinda’s “i’ve always wanted to see the emerald city” while looking deep into her eyes arms around her shoulders twirling elphaba’s hair

[puppyeared]

Gripped with ideas but….. the panelling………….

[ambagel]

Wait hold on, in his anniversary video Barbatos mentions the mc being the brother's attendant?

But in the other videos, it's implied that they don't remember the mc leaving (which is actually something im very disappointed about and really hope isnt the case in the actual story)

In these two specifically, it seems like they aren't aware of the mc's presence in the past/alternate timeline/whatever it is. The only other person who seems like they know is Lucifer

Which also lines up with the end of lesson 40, where he's the only one who says welcome back? So like?? Do only him and Barbatos know? Did they not tell anyone?? Diavolo would probably know as well but I haven't seen anything to show that yet. Anyways I don't really like where this is going, I would really prefer they not make everyone forget the mc disappeared

[luck-of-the-drawings]

when i was in highschool one o my biggest coping mechanisms was drawing all the kids i hated getting killed and eaten and killed. and well. time is a slowly ascending spiral. you will find patterns.(i work as a blackjack dealer. gamblers are FASCINATING

[all-thestories-aretrue]

Soooooo I wrote this incredibly self-indulgent thing about Miles. I have many feelings about how he keeps himself so tightly in control. It's gotta go somewhere.

Disclaimer it's quite dark, so mind the trigger warning and keep yourself safe <3

TW: self-harm, not what I would consider graphic descriptions, but it is the central theme and way more than a mention

The lock clicks. He slips his suit jacket off. Loosens then removes his tie. Untucked, buttons undone. It’s all laid out on the bed. Step by step. Shoes set to the side and trousers swapped for silken pajama pants.

The bathroom door closes behind him. The second lock between him and the world. The shower comes on. Towel laid out on the counter.

His drawer, second down on the left. He pulls out the small black bag. Gold zipper. Supple leather. Inside, his collection. Three packs of new razor blades. An open pack of blades; used ones tucked into the back. A single hypodermic needle. A crafting knife. Two unopened band aids.

The rest of the drawer’s contents is ignored, antiseptic and suture kits, butterfly closures and rolls of gauze, in favor of practiced hands sliding the tin of blades from the bag and the blade from the tin.

He sits on the toilet, lid down. Elbow straight. Fist clenched. The first slice with a small inhale. Bright and sharp and stinging. Familiar and comforting. Line after line as red blooms from the wounds. The ecstasy second only to the Kiss. Rivulets follow gravity down. Strategically placed tissues catch the mess.

Stained crimson, they fall into the waste basket. He flexes his wrist, testing the pull of the broken skin, blots the last of the blood away. Blade inspected and stowed; everything returned to it’s place. Pajamas folded on top of the toilet, he steps into the shower.

[opens-up-4-nobody]

...

[thedisablednaturalist]

Unfortunately all chatgpt is good for is interview/job application stuff which I think says a lot about the hiring process as a whole

[itsalwaysdark]

like i wouldnt mind like. Not having new linear games post 5 its judt that sims 4 wasnt even supposed to Be The Sims 4 it was a last minute pivot and the base code is so outdated and was broken On launch so like. i just wish we could have the final actual sims game be like. one that was always intented to be a major sims release AND be intended to be so long term . yk

[psychiatricwarfare]

i think sometimes people forget that there's more than one way to be trans & that bigots Do Not Care what flavour of trans you are, they want us all dead so can we please stop arguing over things that literally dont matter and lift each other up instead of tearing each other down? im sick of this afab vs amab, tme vs tma, transmasc vs transfemme, the total erasure of transnonbinary & trans intersex individuals (or just nonbinary & intersex ppl in general). im so so so sick of all these new boxes we're trying to stuff each other in when elder trans ppl fought so hard against those boxes!!

for fucks sake, no one trans group has it any better or any worse than any other trans group, we just have it different, the transphobes want us ALL dead - whether its for different reasons or by different means, dead is dead. they dont care if youre tme afab transfemme or if youre tma axab transfemmasc or if youre a god damn clown fish. its all the same "agenda" to them.

im so fucking done seeing posts saying "trans women have No idea what its like to deal with....." or "TMEs fuck off! you're not welcome here!" or any of that shit because THAT is exactly how white supremacists get a foothold in. THAT is how we lose this battle. fucking THAT is how we get divided and conquered. they want us to split up into smaller groups and fight each other, they want us to be too weak to fight back and the way to do that is to wittle down our numbers & until they can get away with outright killing us in broad daylight (more than they already have) they have to make do with splitting us up and turning us against each other

im just sick and tired of all the infighting, you're either with ALL of us or you're with the white supremacists, idfc if you are trans yourself. we need all of us to work together and put our differences aside. it is not that fucking hard to sit yourself down and go "ok well they may not know what it's like to be me, but i dont know what its like to be them either" and realise that turning against other trans ppl just bc "they dont understand" is ridiculous and just a bad move when we're in the middle of a fight for our fucking lives. who cares who's "more oppressed" this isnt the god damn olympics, this is the fight for human rights and right now we need to focus on keeping all of us alive. save your petty irrelevant fucking discourse for when we aren't focused on trying to keep our community ALIVE

[shinybulbasaur]

ONE MORE PARAGRAPH AND THEN IM FREEEEEEEEEEE (kinda)

[mikeylivesattheend]

That moment when Fiddleford has the personality nice & southern 😶‍🌫️😶‍🌫️😶‍🌫️😶‍🌫️😶‍🌫️

[marklikely]

sorry ive tried to avoid being a hater for no reason like . hating on stuff just bc i resent its popularity rather than actually genuinely disliking it. i try to avoid doing that now. but can the eras tour please just end already so i never ever have to hear about it again ever.

[frankiebirds]

sorry i don't have anything to say about the "to hell and back" two-parter! it's a really good episode with some great guest characters and some real emotions. but it's based off robert pickton and that's all i can think about. may he rot.

[fardf150]

fuck