#im thinking about this so much

[kingofpeacows]

This would be the worst for both of their situations.

[tasty-littl-snack]

They are soulmates and no one can’t convince me otherwise.

Whenever I think of the "This is a dessert and most of these cakes are sweet but some have wasabi in it" and Ryan and Shane are the only ones out of the whole group who end up with the spicy ones I am convinced they really have some soulmate stuff going on.

Even if you think about it, the fact that they met and started working together because they happened to sit next to each other is one of these meet cutes that most romcoms start off.

And then you get deeper and learn of the popcorn lore how before they knew each other and still lived in different parts of the country they tried to game the system to gain more popcorn and thought this was some innovative things because nobody else in their group did this. Like imagine going "hey did you know of this hack I used to do" "Yeah I did the exact same thing".

Sometimes fate works in mysterious ways and it's to bring two people together who were "destined to be..." (actual words from an audio commentary of mystery files).

All the hypothetical scenarios they come up with the other is always there... like how they were like "if you weren't doing what you're doing what would you be" and then they were like "theatre" and still meet... I think that's some soulmate stuff as well.

You think "oh Shane wouldn't haunt Ryan if he were to die" and you think "that's because he's a skeptic" but then he's like "when you try to resurrect us don't bring popcorn because it could bring back either me or Ryan". And that's an implication of "We'd both be dead together and our souls intertwined so if you try to bring back one the other will appear" as if their souls are connected and there are many other timelines where they also meet and are important to each other....

Also the whole bit about ghoul boys having a bond that lasts forever that's unbreakable, and how it can't be undone. Them taking an oath... what's that about (all things they said at one point)

All these things happened to them for real I'm not really exaggerating when I bring these up. So yes I also think they are soulmates and meant to be etc etc.

There's so many coincidences that made them meet each other and it all worked out in the end and now they also choose this life (to work together every day and also spend free time together? They have to like each other very much I think.) How they are always looking forward to the tour (spending even more time together than they already do???). I think that's what soulmates are in whatever way you want to interpret it but this is the closest to life partners you'll get.

[universalsatan]

was on the way to pick up my adderall, saw by chance that strange way of life was playing in half an hour at the art theater a block away from my house. impulsively ran back after in my jean jacket by myself like it’s the 80s to grab a ticket, some popcorn and a coke. literally the best thing that couldve happened, that movie was Made for me

[hinamie]

morning glory

[kittycowboy]

I am actually so serious I think it really messes with a childs creativity and joy to tell them to never make a mary sue OC. Like that unbridaled form of joy where you make a self insert OC who super cool and everyone loves them and they have every superpower in the world SHOULD be something a kid makes, it nourishes their ability to create things for fun and not be stifled by "oh but what if my character is too overpowered and cringey...". whatever

[puppppppppy]

Bridge to turnabout doodles

[fernsnailz]

some good future metal/neo pages i did while waiting at the mechanic yesterday

[iedistis]

He used to sing to the hallas

[endykelopaedia]

"black people are seen as hyper-masculine and face a lot of violence for it, so yes you can be oppressed for seeming or being masculine"

AHT!! lets talk! black people are not actually hyper-masculine. hyper-masculinity is a projection by people trying to justify anti-black fear and violence. it is not a true and then demonised observation about black existence. the hyperfocus on the masculinity of black people is itself racism!

when you call this issue of racism anti-masculinity or misandry or whatever, you are obfuscating the bigotry at play. ESPECIALLY given that it is overwhelmingly just white women's fear about black people's supposed hyper-masculinity that actually gets listened to & acted upon.

in addition, there are other addendums people tack onto their anti-blackness that completely cause this logic to fall apart when applied. Namely, adultification! black people, black children get adultified by white society.

We are assumed to be older & more independent, and thus less in need of the safety, care, sensitivity, accommodation one would give to a child, and this results in violence and neglect. it is directly observable in the way black children are more likely to get detention, suspended or expelled for the same behaviour as their white peers, s/a rates for black youth, and the arguments that 40 y/o cops give for brutalising & murdering black 20, 16, 12, 8 year olds who so much as breathe in their line of sight.

Given this then, following the misandry logic, we can say being recognised as older or as an adult is a form of oppression.

"black people are seen as older/more mature and face a lot of violence for it, so yes, you can be oppressed for seeming like or being an adult"

we can for the sake of this post name this oppression adultery.

i kid. but do you see the problem. being recognised as an adult is obviously, not itself a form of oppression, in fact quite the opposite, being recognised as adult can grant you a lot of privileges that children do not have.

and black kids are evidently, not adults or people who act like adults. they dont mature faster. black 18 y/os will also face the problem of adultification to justify violence against them. black maturity is not a true and then demonised observation about black existence. the form of oppression is racism, and adultification is the deployed means of enacting racism.

the means of combatting the adultification of black people would not come in creating adult positivity or "advocating" for adults or telling children not to fear adults. it comes in the form of learning about anti-blackness, unlearning anti-blackness, and actually directly combatting anti-blackness.

similarly the means of combatting the hyper-masculinisation of black people comes in the form of learning about anti-blackness, unlearning anti-blackness, and actually directly combatting anti-blackness.

Racism explains both of this phenomena far better than "misandry" ever could.

[walkerrenee]

sometimes i randomly remember how insane maggie stiefvater was for making ronan lynch—a man that can create reality—a man of god, when he himself is a god of a man. then to take this man and have him be not only in love with, but a literal soulmate of a man named adam. parrish. adam parrish. who, mind you, lives above ronan's very own place of worship. and is the namesake of the first of mankind that the bible says god made from the literal dust of the ground (adam parrish: comes from nothing, hair "dusty" in color) and appoints him to care for the garden of eden (adam parrish: sacrifices himself to ronan's sentient forest). then has adam viewing ronan as a god and ronan saying "maybe he dreamt (created)" adam???? like who just fucking writes that and goes about their life?

[1alchemistart]

dont got much to offer for The Holiday but have these sillies!

happy valentines day :D

[collgeruledzebra]

the thing about trying to recommend fiction podcasts to someone who isn't familiar with them is that not only are so so many genres represented but also the level of production can fall anywhere from "basically an audiobook" to "major motion picture minus the pictures"

[kaahmbem]

legend has it that the young witch circe and the once beautiful nymph scylla shared a complicated past...

[bunnyboy-juice]

you guys know butch =/= taking T right? you guys know dyke masculinity is not correlated to being transmasc right? you guys know that even your silly jokes where you flatten butchness to taking T/being transmasc is extremely transmisogynistic right?

[pixlatedvampire]

It’s best to introduce your Hag slowly through the door first to not scare the others

[ruushes]

a friendly little murder 😊🐦‍⬛🖤🗡️ the crows really said you're going to wear purple leather and you're going to like it