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toooster · 3 days ago
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I know most of the time when I post I’m talking shit or being an asshole, but I wanna take a sec to say who I’m thankful for this thanksgiving.
@elysianwayy77 , not only is she the best fake mom I could ask for, she’s also one of my favorite people. She’s always willing to listen to me yap about stupid shit, and for that I’m thankful.
@soft-likethesunset , is such a good role model, truly a great person. She’s welcoming to any and all, she gives great advice and most importantly she’s helped me bring out my true self. And for that, I’m thankful.
@theodditylacey , I could go on and on about how thankful I am for Lacey. If someone asked me who I wanna be like when I grow up, I’d say Lacey. Lacey has taught me more things than school has ever taught me, she’s smart, she’s mature, and she’s kind. If I had to have someone represent me in court, I’m picking her. I know she’d do anything in her power to help me, and for that, I’m thankful.
@iloveyapping , one of my absolute best friends. Liz is the reason I feel comfortable enough to be myself fully, if I’d never met them then I’d probably still be pretending to be a calm and kind person. I feel like I can talk to them about anything and not be judged, they are the definition of “we listen and we don’t judge.” And for that, I’m thankful.
@hxress23 , has made me realize that there are actually genuine people out in the world, people who don’t want to rain on your parade constantly. She’s the first person to complaint me, she’s the first person to ask me how my days been, she’s the first person that truly wants to know about YOU. And for that, I’m thankful.
@glxsyymads , Maddie. Mads is someone that I wish I could clone and give everyone one of her. She’s the kindest person you’ll ever meet, she makes me smile when I have a bad day, she makes me feel better about myself when I feel horrid, she makes me cackling at the most ridiculous times, she makes my life sunnier. And for that, I’m thankful.
@the-french-fry , we haven’t known each other for too long but every conversation with you feels like getting to see your favorite cousins after months apart, we never run out of things to talk about and you make me smile every time I see your account pop up, and for that, I’m thankful.
HONORABLE MENTIONS: @junefl0wers @cultclassic111 @viqwxcs @wish-i-were-heather @auntiejohn
Obviously I’m thankful for every single one of you but these are just the people that have hugely impacted my life in the small amount of time that I’ve been on this app!
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jellyskink · 2 days ago
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A fish out of water. (Idk I wanted to make the title reference Stan's Cipher Zodiac symbol but I couldn't think of a witty way how. Is it even a fish?? Idk I see a fish lol.)
("Wherever we go, we go together alright bro?")
Light filled the room as Stan flipped the lightswitch to his condo. Soft white light filled the room, a mixture of trash and trinkets littered the room in front him.
(Right... I forgot I've been needin' to take care of that. Eh I'll get to it tomorrow. The twins won't be back here until a couple of days.)
Reaching up to scratch his chin, a sharp pain registered as his hand scratched his chin and lower lip.
(OW Ffff-french toast... Figures I'd forget about the number that guy did on the old kisser.)
Earlier that day another jerk had mistaken him for his twin. The usual routine, of course he made sure to return the favor with interest though. There's no way that guy would be seein' anything with his left eye for a good while after the mark he left on it.
(Welp, better get to trying to fix this up. Mabel and Ford'll definitely worry even more than usual if this gets infected.)
Saying that, the old man shuffled over to his bathroom, dodging the miscellaneous items that covered the floor.
(Aight let's get this over with...)
The bathroom was a little disorganized, but everything was more or less the same as it usually was. Still, it was a bit of an adjustment to get used to having Mabel (and to an extent Dipper's) stuff in the sink cabinet along with his own.
Searching through the wave of clutter in the cabinet, Stan eventually found the peroxide he was searching for, to his dismay he did find he was out of normal band-aids, so he was forced to use the box of band-aids covered with designs of puppies, kittens, and narwhals.
(Really hope Mabel doesn't mind I'm usin' one of her band-aids...)
Stan knew she wouldn't, heck she'd insist he use them, but Stan couldn't help but feel at least a little bit guilty for needing to ask for handouts from her, a kid.
Cleaning up the wound was about as fun as it could be, but it wasn't the worst. God knows he's had to clean up way worse.
After quickly slapping a kitten band-aid with the words "Paw-Sum Dude!" onto his wound, he found himself staring at his reflection in the mirror.
(Geez, I guess I'll never escape bein' pointdexter's shadow sometimes huh?)
It was to be expected with being a twin right? Especially if one was more famous than the other.
Although these days that "popularity" was more negative than positive.
(At least it wasn't the dog treats n' cat biscuits thing this time. I HATE when they do that.)
Geez what would Pa think with how they turned out, what would MA think?
Times like these he really wished he could literally beat some sense into people. If he could only make people understand Ford like he did, or at least, like he THOUGHT he did.
(Shoot, he started thinking like this again.)
Like a slideshow in science class, bits and pieces of memories of his youth flashed by in a blink of an eye.
Fond memories of their times on the beach, their first day of school, to the awkward start of learning to box.
To the less wonderful times, the fights between their parents or the family in general, times the two got hurt defending themselves from bullies, to all of the times the two fought.
...
"This was no accident, Stan; you did this! You did this because you couldn't handle me going to college on my own!"
(Crap, I'm dwellin' on this again? Why? It's been years since that dumb mistake!)
And yet it wasn't just a dumb mistake was it? It was THE dumb mistake. The one that cost Ford his dream college, the one that ruined their relationship for so many years, the one one that got Stanley kicked out onto the streets by their Father and was forced to survive all those years on his own.
(If only I had manned up and had told the truth about that dumb machine earlier, we probably could've fixed it. I could've prevented all of the junk that I caused to the family, I probably could've PREVENTED Ford from ever getting involved with that dumb triangle!)
But... was their any truth to that? In a perfect world where Stan didn't screw up once again, could he confidently say things would've been better?
(Why didn't he say anything that day? Why didn't he stand up against Pa that day? Did I screw up so much he hated me that much?)
The funniest part about that was he could'nt even ask Ford about it. If he did, Ford got this distant look on his face while havin' a 50/50 shot of either spacing out for a good while or freakin' out for what felt like AGES.
Stan began to feel a tight feeling in his chest, his throat starting to close as it started to become harder to breathe.
The very same man who had carried so much pride in himself and his work, that he was willing to leave Stan out to dry when Stan had screwed up his chances at getting into his dream school, was now a shell of his former self.
(You threw everything away for... for... some dumb triangle with an eye! Your self respect, your family, you gave it all up for what??)
Tears began to flow down Stanley's cheeks.
(Damnit, I shouldn't be crying. A man ain't supposed to cry over something as small as this!)
As Stan tried his best to try and rebottle his emotions again, something caught his eye as he looked out in front of him.
It was Ford. His spitting image stared back at him, looking just as upset as he was while wearing the same things as he did.
His previous sadness soon began to blossom into rage as Stan found himself grabbing the baseball bat he kept in the bathroom for emergencies.
"Y-YOU JUST HAD TO HAVE EVERYTHING DIDN'T YOU!"
*Crack*
"AND STILL YA GAVE UP EVERYTHING TA BE WITH SOMETHIN' THAT DOESN'T TREAT YA BETTER THAN A STRAY DOG!!"
*Shatter*
"I-I"
The words "Hate you" hung on the edge of this tongue. He wanted to say those words so BADLY. Wanted to believe em' too. And yet he couldn't.
The mirror in front of him was shattered beyond repair, pieces of it still hanging onto it's frame as the rest collected into the sink below it.
From those pieces, Stan was able to see the ball of anger that stood in front of him. Ford's reflection wasn't there anymore, it was him again, yet with the way he looked in the mirror, he also saw his Father's stern look staring back at him, his rage filled eyes reflecting back at him in the triangular piece of mirror that stubbornly held on to the mirror's frame despite what a majority of the other pieces did by just breaking off from it.
("All you ever do is lie and cheat, and ride on your brother's coattails.")
*Clunk*
The bat fell to the ground as Stan felt himself fall to his knees, tears flowing even stronger as he found his body doing the opposite of what his mind told it to do.
A bloodcurdling roar filled the night, similar to a hurt angry bear, the sound afterwards followed by sobs.
Stan would eventually get to collecting himself enough to clean up the mess in the bathroom, afterwards falling asleep at his armchair with the tv on as whitenoise. The framed pictures of his family watching over him as his only companions that night.
It was going to be "fun" to think up a lie to tell the neighbors the next day about the noise coming from his condo, but he was too exhausted to worry about that right now. Right now, he just wanted to sleep, hoping the cravings for certain substances would leave in the morning, he made so much progress for the twins already, he didn't want to lose all of it due to some "hysterical episode" of his.
Of course, when Mabel and Dipper called the next morning they'd be none the wiser of what ailed their Great Uncle, he'd be matching their excited energy as they told them what mischief they've gotten into lately.
Ford would still be none the wiser as he embraced his brother when they metup that afternoon, although he would find it strange Stanley had trouble looking him in the eye that day, although he'd be quickly brushed off when he'd ask Stan if anything was wrong and if he and his Muse could help with anything.
Stanley was going to make sure that nobody was going to see or know the fragile side to him.
Nobody was going to know that "Stanley Screwup Pines" was struggling with personal issue.
If luck wasn't on your side you kept trying until it was, even if you had to cheat your way to winning.
You didn't just accept defeat when you're knocked down.
If there was something wrong with a performance you just continued onwards, winging it and acting like nothing was wrong because the show must go on.
He wasn't ever going to cry in front of anyone.
Cause especially if he cried,
SHE would cry along with him.
And he wasn't ever going to let that happen as long as his lived.
In a way you could say this was the greatest con Stanley Pines ever did.
Convincing everyone, even himself, that he was infact, fine.
(HEY BESTIES! I totally lost some sleep writing this but after seeing the latest post my Jellyskink about Stan I knew I had to try writing some fanfiction for Stan!
The 14 year old girl that possessed me is happy to say it was fun to try writing more angsty fanfiction, especially since that's a specialty for the Gravity Falls Fandom when it isn't being silly or comforting lol.
I hope this turned out decently! As I writing this I was thinking of two Marina songs to recommend but I couldn't decide on one so I thought I'd share both of them.
"The Family Jewels"
"Teen Idle"
Both by Marina.
I hope I kinda captured Stan's essence! I always kinda thought he gave off the "Bruiser with a soft side" trope and stuff!
He's so bbg, I hope everyone enjoys the very girlypop and slaytastic fanfic I wrote for him! Geez I'm having too much fun talking like this lmao!)
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THIS IS SO SADDD I LOVE IT 💔💔💔 POOR STAN!!!
(Pictured above: Ford's obliviousness has only gotten worse in his isolation from other humans)
(Also pictured above: the young twins are currently holding the family brain cells)
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lillotte17 · 22 hours ago
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Okay, I’ve done 2 play throughs and I’m well into my 3rd, so I feel like my review of the game can be (mostly) fair and not as emotionally driven as it was when I finished the first time. (this is very long >_>)
I want to start with the good things!
The game is beautiful. BEAUTIFUL. I was not crazy about the stylistic change of the graphics from DAI at first, but once I started playing, I really loved it. The maps are huge and unique. I find something new every time. I love all the little puzzles and sneaky little side quests you can find. I the little sneaky cameos of items and songs from other games.
I love the mechanics of being able to use companions’ special abilities when they are not in your party. I still wish we got 3 people in our party instead of just 2 for balance reasons, but otherwise I find the fighting really engaging and dynamic.
I love that they brought back specific banter spots, shortened the time between when the next banter triggers AND allowed for recovery of the conversation if it got interrupted by something. Thank you for my LIFE. Waiting for certain banters to trigger in DAI was awful lmao.
I really appreciated the effort they put into the CC, allowing for greater body type differences and the various gender options. Long hair, curly hair, please and thank! The CC took some getting used to, but once I got the hang of it, it’s fun just to build characters, lol.
I really liked the easy upgrades and enchantments for your armors, and I LOVED being able to wear whatever the best armor was, but have a different armor visible. Great call, team! Do that for always and ever. The only qualm I had was that I would have liked to be able to change the colors on some of the outfits, but really, there was such a good variety, this is a very minor complaint.
In terms of storyline, my favorite quest was the Blood of Arlathan, and I also liked the final push at the end through Minrathous. Big surprise that the things I liked best was actually getting to fight with Solas on my team again, lol. But those where also the times where it really felt like everything was on the table, you know? Weisshaupt was a strong contender, too. That quest was so fasted paced, it made it a little hard to appreciate just how much was going on around you. But asking your local assassin to stab a god-cloud is never not funny, so that one gets good points, too.
Overall, the gameplay is really strong. The rollout was really smooth. I didn’t really encounter any bugs, except for one time I managed to change all the subtitles to French? But I think that might have been a user error. If I was just here for a generic fantasy game, this would get 10/10. It’s fun to play and it’s pretty. You can stab stuff, and throw magic around, and there are dragons.
However…
The storyline and the pacing was a mess. Which is honestly baffling from a BioWare game. I am not saying this with spite or hatred, because I know that EA tried to kill this game repeatedly, so it’s kind of amazing that we got anything at all, BUT it’s still frustrating, because…I can SEE IT. I can SEE all the pieces of a REALLY good story. An AMAZING story. The story I WANTED to play!!! And it’s like…it all got put together wrong.
The nearly nonexistent romances are honestly the worst offenders here. Even if they wanted to keep the rating down to make it more accessible to a wider audience, there is no reason why I should only have ONE opportunity to kiss my love interest over the course of an 80+ hour game. SOLAVELLAN had more unique romance scenes and kisses than you get with Lucanis and he DUMPS your character before coming back to steal your hand. Not to mention the fact that it is possible for your LI to die before you ever get to actually say you love them or anything. Davrin was my first romance. At the end of Tearstone Island like…I wasn’t sad. I wasn’t feeling my PCs grief that her boyfriend whom she had kissed exactly one time was dead. I was PISSED. I don’t think I have ever been so mad about a writing choice, and I am a certified Tragedy Enjoyer. It didn’t even feel like a good tragic blow, because they didn’t take the time to build up the romance before killing him. And Rook hardly gets a second to mourn afterwards, so it was just kind of a nothingburger that made me feel like I wasted all the time I had spent playing for it. (I went back and changed it so he lived but jfc)
Speaking of killing characters: Varric. It was a mistake. I know what they were going for. I see what they were trying to do. But it was a mistake. First of all, they relied way too much on the idea that the player has played the other games, in the sense that the story just opens with Rook already with Varric, who they have known for over a year, and then they turn around and nerf him in the first act. There’s no time to establish how Rook feels about Varric, or how they feel about this quest they’ve been on for so long, you just get thrown into it without preamble. And then, Varric is just kind of… there. He’s Rook’s cheerleader, but he almost never has any real advice, and you almost never get to have a discussion with him. Which means, when you find out what happened to him later, the emotional blow is relying almost entirely on your attachment to Varric from previous games instead of the game you are currently playing.
Also, I figured out he was dead pretty early on, so the reveal had almost no impact, and felt a bit ham-fisted, if I’m being honest.
The second reason it was a mistake is that…it just felt like an excuse to make the player hate Solas. Like, it honestly feels like that is the only reason they did it. Which seems so unnecessary? The man is responsible for the fucking blight and the death of the titans and is currently trying to tear the Veil down, and you think that’s not ENOUGH motivation for the PC to want to give him the middle finger???
Which brings us to: Solas. I love this man. I love Solavellan. I love his story. I love THEIR story. But…if I had played this game first, I don’t think I would have cared about redeeming him. All of the companions tell stories about second chances and redemption and being able to change your nature, and I KNOW that was supposed to be in reference to Solas, I know it was but… It just felt like they did almost nothing to SHOW you how much he was trying to do the right thing every time he fucked up. How badly he wanted to be a hero and a protector, and someone giving wisdom instead of orders. When we saw his regrets and talked about them with the team, I really thought it was going to be relevant later. I thought it would come up in conversation with Solas, and depending on how you talked to him about the things you saw, you could slowly guide him towards choosing a better path at the end. I thought it would all be on Rook, and their choice to take a chance to try and redeem him or not. But in the end, it didn’t matter. It only unlocked Mythal. She was the only thing that made a difference. Not Rook. Not your Inquisitor. Not any of the other choices you made in the entire game or the one that preceded it. Don’t get me wrong, I am SO grateful they squeezed a Solavellan ending in there for us, really and truly. But the fact that he was so in love with her during DAI that he was about to give up everything without her even asking, and he’s so torn up about her during Trespasser that he can hardly let her close to him because just being in proximity to her makes him want to stop everything and stay with her, and then when she shows up at the end of Veilguard and asks him to stop…he pauses for even less time to consider the option than when ROOK asks. And then Mythal holds more sway with him by like 1000%. Just. Felt very much like a downgrade. (Also I wanted a hug. He needed a fucking hug and my Lavellan would have hugged the Bad Choices right out of him)
There are other things. Dwarves getting sidelined again. Slavery in Tevinter barely being touched on. The weird idea of the Crows being a good option for orphans with nowhere to go. The SUPER uncomfortable end of Bellara’s quest where a non-elf Rook can have an opinion on what she should do with the history of her people. But those are kind of like…small potatoes. Typical BioWare story flubs tbh.
I know, my complaints are much longer than my praises, but I really do like playing the game. Really and truly. It is a good game, and I am eternally grateful that they got it to us at all. I just…wish we could have gotten the story I think they wanted to tell us, instead of what we ended up with. But as they say: That’s what Fanfic is for. <3
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skaruresonic · 2 days ago
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Summed up in two images:
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Part of it might be the hipster urge to go "um ackshually," but for me personally, it's being sick of seeing Lancelot everywhere even when it doesn't make sense for him to be there and how gassed up he continues to be after a literal millennium.
My problem with Lancelot is twofold:
1.) He usurps the roles of other characters, including Arthur himself.
Cai was once Arthur's right-hand man, a loyal and shrewd if sarcastic guy, but Lance's influence slowly flanderizes him into a buttmonkey (Percival knocks him out for merely startling him and Gawain's like "welp" as he lays there unconscious) that is so coarse and lacking in manners that Arthur chides him for it. Really ironic, considering it's Arthur who insults Cai into leaving forever in Culhwch and Olwen.
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Bedwyr was Cai and Arthur's steadfast companion, a handsome one-handed knight skilled in battle.
However, whenever authors want to include a cheating subplot without revealing too much of an attachment to French romances, they simply hollow Bedwyr out and make Lance's spirit possess him instead:
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Which is an insult to Bedwyr's original character, and doesn't even make logical sense since A.) a casual reading of Culhwch and Olwen will reveal that Cai and Bedwyr were hella gay for each other:
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...and B.) Cai's right there? Gwenhwyfar sings his praises in The Dialogue of Melwas and Gwenhwyfar?
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https://www.maryjones.us/ctexts/melwas.html
Llacheu, Arthur's son, is implied to be a fine warrior and one of the island's best naturalists alongside Gwalchmai (Gawain). He gets sidelined because Lancelot needs to be the big hero:
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Arthur himself used to be Britain's resident ass-kicker until Lancelot's inclusion necessitated that he assume the role of a passive cuck. Because twagedy.
tl;dr Classic Gary-Stu being so awesome and important that the narrative makes everyone else look like a weenie problem.
Spicy take incoming, but retelling the same cuckoldry tale over and over again for 900 years and pretending it's hot shit this time around because the anachronistic French knight running around Britain circa 530 AD (Norman invasion whenst?) is now smeared in mud or the cheating is moved two inches to the left isn't creative. I don't find it particularly new or exciting whenever the narrative feels the need to include it just to include it for sake of audience recognition, especially if it shrugs and sighs "Arthur's not even pressed about it." What's the point, then?
It's tedious. It's tiresome. I get bored just thinking about it.
And that's before all of Lancelot's self-flagellation.
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2.) Lancelot has little reason to be in Welsh tellings, yet authors are so attached to this one plot thread of "best friend betrays the king by sleeping with his wife" that they cannot let it go for the life of them.
This drives me up a freaking wall. Even Arthuriana that purports to be historical or more grounded in Welsh tales cannot help but include Lancelot, such as Bernard Cornwell's novels or the 2004 Clive Owen movie.
Even in iterations where he's not there in the flesh, he's there in spirit, latching onto the closest analogue, because obviously we have to have a cheating subplot. /s
I'm of the firm belief that cheating is not a necessary element to paint the chain of events that culminate the Battle of Camlan as a tragedy. There are many equally relevant elements worth fleshing out and exploring, such as the blow Medrawt struck the queen (Welsh Triads), the messenger Iddawg stoking war by ferrying false messages between Arthur and Medrawt (Dream of Rhonabwy), or the climate shift that resulted in the year 536 AD being "the worst year to be alive" and possibly driving everyone mad with hunger and plague (Annales Cambrie).
Within that context, and considering how 537-539 AD is commonly given as the year in which Camlan occurred, suddenly Arthur and Medrawt eating all the food at their respective courts doesn't seem so cartoonish.
What was that experience like? No? we're just gonna have another cheating rerun? okay well fuck me then lmao
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all yall that dont like lancelot im curious why
i feel like its a really common opinion and im not really sure why? so like. if u dont like lancelot reblog /reply with why
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canisalbus · 1 year ago
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you say machete has to be closeted then why's he always wearing them little heels
Maybe he thinks he's a tiny bit nicer looking in them.
#no in fact he's just a little ahead of the curve let me try to explain#again I'm not a historian I'm just sharing what I've read I might be misremembering stuff so don't quote me on this#high heels became extremely fashionable in the early 1600's probably just a few decades after Machete's time#and they were originally worn by men#because they were inspired by Persian riding boots#if your shoes had heels you'd have easier time keeping your feet in the stirrups (think of cowboy boots)#Europeans saw them thought they looked snazzy and they became wildly popular in noble circles fairly quickly#for some hundred years or so high heels were the epitome of class wealth power and status and they were essentially genderless#remember that concepts of masculinity and femininity are fluid and change over time#things that were seen as manly a few centuries ago may seem downright effeminate to a modern viewer#it's all matter of perspective neither is objectively more correct than the other#they started to separate into men's heels and women's heels around mid 1700's iirc but the changes weren't massive even then#and only truly went out of vogue when the French Revolution hit in 1789#and people all across the continent were suddenly put off by everything that reminded them#of the frivolousness and extravagance of royalty and aristicracy#so in his canon timeline I don't think people are looking at him and going “hmmm that's pretty gay”#because heels hadn't become gendered yet#maybe he likes how they accentuate his already tiny paws and make his legs look even longer than they are#he's interested in fashion or at least likes to dress nicely in high quality garments#he tries very hard to look his best despite never really feeling comfortable in his skin#he was a real shrimp as a kid and even though he eventually grew up to be a beanpole he might still find the extra height appealing#no one's going to look down on him ever again#I admit the way I draw them is a lot more modern than the true historical style at the time but not outrageously so#artistic freedom and all that in the end I'm not aiming for 100% accuracy#modern au Machete has no excuses though he's just a little bit fruity#if the guy feels empowered by wearing little clip cloppers let him#answered#anonymous#Machete
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bogkeep · 7 months ago
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realized something earlier today. you know that trope where bilingual characters in fiction will sprinkle their native language into english sentences? and how i personally, while i can't speak for every bilingual person on the planet, don't really see that happening in reality pretty much ever, at least not with people who are passingly fluent in english? anyway i realized i DO mix languages, just the other way. i will happily throw english words and phrases into my daily speech when chatting with my peers in norwegian or czech like it's no biggie. because we all know english here, so it makes sense to swap in words if i'm falling short! but why would i say words other people don't understand in conversation...!
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stuckinapril · 11 months ago
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I admire girls who can pull off long nails bc it literally can never be me. I just don’t get how it works functionally
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drafty-castle · 2 hours ago
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I think this kind of thing is actually speeding up due to globalization and the exponential rate of technological growth. Societal upheaval probably took longer when information look longer to disperse and when technological innovation was slower. Remember, for most of human history we were hunter-gatherers of some sort. Then the great upheaval of sedentary agriculture happened only, what, 5-10 thousand years ago? For a species that’s been around for 300,000 years or more?
But also, it all depends on the society and culture you are talking about. Trans and gay people have always existed and were not always hated in all societies. Interracial relations as we know them were incredibly common and even expected in places like the Ancient Roman Empire due to the size of it, it’s intricate trade system, and the law that soldiers could not serve in their home lands - so there was a significant amount of human migration throughout the empire. It absolutely wouldn’t have been strange to see a North African born soldier marry a (what would later become) British or Greek or Arminian or French or Saudi or Italian person or any combination therein.
Social mores in modern society may seem set into stone but they really aren’t. They change and fluctuate with the culture that lives it.
In the 1600s, black, Islamic trained doctors were considered some of the best in Europe even as Europe was tearing itself apart during the 30 Years War. Before that, it was Sephardic Jews who all the rich and nobles wanted for their doctors because Christian ones had a bad habit of killing you.
The switch between Han and Mongol and Manchu dynastic rule over China brought much cultural and social political change - from clothing to hair to who could and could not do what job or marry who.
Similar changes have happened many times across all of the African nations, the Middle East, European people’s, and I’ll everyone knows colonialism fucked up the Americas.
I think the fact that culture and society isn’t static and can and will change is sometimes terrifying but it can also be incredibly freeing. Yes, people are having their rights revoked and are having to fight to even be viewed as human. Yes, with the recent election and the absolute betrayal of so many ignorant and out right cruel people who should be on our side, things feel hopeless. It’s fucking terrifying. But society isn’t static. Culture isn’t static. Everything evil humans put out into the world has been fought against in the past and can be fought against today.
What’s that post that goes around sometimes talking about how hope isn’t a delicate thing. That hope is mud under your nails and blood on your knuckles and a snarl on your lips as you say, “No, I won’t back down.” ?
(I realize that I’ve completely lost the plot on what the former reply was talking about, but I feel like my point still stands; if you want a future where being trans or gay is boring and the cultural upheaval is human/machine intelligence relations, you need to change the culture from the inside.)
You know what I think we really need is something fundamentally new. The kind of thing that renders all pre-existing divisions suddenly irrelevant and recontextualises everything we thought we knew. It should come upon the world like an unexpected blow from a baseball bat.
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goldenstarprincesses · 1 year ago
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ok ok I like and prefer older brother America
But i love and am obsessed with older sister America
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la-galaxie-langblr · 4 days ago
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maybe i am too disabled for this
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cerbreus · 2 months ago
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baking never feels more like science to me than when i'm trying to cobble together an intricate multi step recipe together from several different recipes and tutorials online because the recipe I'm imagining doesn't exist....
#genuinely feels like a science experiment making something fancier than a frosted layer cake#have to do all kinds of volume and weight conversions because one recipe is japanese and the other is indian and the other is english lmfao#none of the recipes are probably the exact volume I need so i might have to make some minis with my extra stuff#i have to find a very precise sheet pan size tomorrow for the patterned cake i'm gonna use as the outer bit#otherwise i'll have to make my own from parchment paper??? or tin foil??? man idk.....#i had to write out all of my instructions and ingredient lists so i don't have to go between 6 different websites tomorrow/sat#i had to do research on fucking. gelatine 😭because it's impossible to find gelatine sheets here and they're used in EVERY mousse recipe#and there's apparently a huge debate on what the ACTUAL conversion of sheet gelatine to powdered gelatine is for baking#I also had to type up like an exact order to make each component because most need a significant amount of cooling time#grayson im gonna try my hardest to make you this fancy ass lemon cake and i pray i succeed this time where i failed on my own birthday#2 yrs ago but also i think this will go better bc i'm not doing a jelly insert or a candied mirror glaze#I'm also making my own candied lemons and lemon curd even though i don't have to#mostly because i wanna try doing it and the sheer power of getting to say i made the whole thing from scratch *#minus the actual cake mix because i don't have a good from scratch cake track record and box mixes are so so reliable#and i have too many moving parts to worry about finding a new cake recipe#every fucking cake recipe now is a fucking genoise sponge for SOME REASON#which is NOTORIOUSLY DIFFICULT AND A HUGE PAIN IN THE ASS BECAUSE IT USES NO RISING AGENTS#i want to throttle whoever it was that made online recipe people turn to only using variations of a genoise sponge for their cake recipes#honestly i need to maybe join the baking subreddit and ask for some good old baking/cookbooks with reliable baking recipes#ones that aren't crazy labor intensive for fucks sake i'm not a french patisserie#my stuff#it would be cool to one day have baked enough and have enough know how of how standard baking recipe components work#so i can just come up with my own recipes on my own#and just use whatever flavors i want#i feel like i would enjoy being a baker except if i had to make wedding cakes
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fangssss2006 · 3 days ago
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Okay guys buckle up it's Fangs yap time again
If you also like marauders I apologize I do have some marauders rooted head canons in here
I make mood/vision boards I use in my Tik Toks and they all have hidden head canons so finally my time to talk about them
Teddy Lupin
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He definitely collects CDs and also burns and makes his own CDs. He also collects those pin buttons especially the space and NASA ones. He loves gummies, it got to the point everyone has a bag on hand if they know he's coming because they'll just end up at the store anyway if they don't have some. He plays guitar and he'll sometimes burn CDs and make some with his own music. He occasionally gives these to his friends and loved ones. I also think people tell him a lot that he looks like his mom and has her soul and has his dad's heart.
Victoire Weasley
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Loves those healthy breakfasts like oatmeal and smooth bowls and always reads a book while eating or she's outside or looking out the window just enjoying nature. LOVE taking pictures she always has a camera on her and has memory cards full of her and teddy. Has a trinket box she decorated when she was like 11 and adds trinkets all the time. Loves those beaded and braided bracelets but she hasn't figured out how to completely master it so her sister makes them for her. And you see how her and teddy have flowers in their pockets? Yeah they pick flowers and put them in their pockets then they'll go back inside and make cute little crafts or add another page to a scrap book
Dominique Weasley
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She has darker red hair but has blonde streaks. Loves to draw and write she has journals filled with drawings and writings it's all cluttered together but perfectly together that it's still extremely organized. Loves donuts especially the kind of ones in the picture. Has a strict skin care routine and night routine that she has to go through with doesn't matter the time as long as she does it before bed. She loves Paris she prefers it over any other place. When they visit she lives in the moment every second. She has a big fluffy white dog she takes every where don't ask why but she definitely does. She's definitely the "cold" sibling and has some depression (self projecting 🤞)
Louis Weasley
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He definitely prefers to read in French and always picks up at least 5 books every time they visit Paris. Loves fruit he can eat it all day everyday and loves coconut water? Idk man that's just what I'm getting. Wears a lot of rings strictly only silver. He also prefers Paris over anywhere else. He's definitely closer to Dominique they're always together especially after vic started hanging out with Teddy more (it's ok tho they love him and understand). He absolutely loves Dominique's dog, basically just both of their baby
James Sirius Potter
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Bro falls asleep constantly, if he's sitting down and starts reading or is being read to he's just out like a baby. He LOVES vinyl and is constantly trying to find his favs on it. He definitely started loving it after Harry decided to give him some of Sirius' old ones and some of his dad's he found. He doesn't play guitar but he collects guitar picks because he thinks they're cool. It started after teddy would give him his old ones after he would get new ones. Obviously he plays quidditch and he loves it. As much as he loves playing it I think he enjoys it more watching it and cheering. He definitely has a golden retriever that he's had since he was like 12. Just like Harry gets people saying how much he looks like his dad James gets the same thing but it's always oh you look just like Harry...and he looks like his oh my you're just like them both and he doesn't get sad about it he smiles big every time and says thank you they're the best guys I've known and heard of
Albus Severus Potter
(side note I saw someone head canon a name change of Cedric Remus potter. Idk how I feel about it but maybe some one would like it)
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He has a pocket watch that belonged to regulus all though Harry thought it was Sirius' because he would carry it around all the time. He loves sketching out mythical creatures and plants, also putting samples of leaves or fur or scales if he has any, and basically making his own magic guide books. He would wear headphones a lot or have them on his neck if they had them. He collects a shit ton of crystals and pretty much any little witch trinket from muggle spiritual shops (can't remember the name rn even though I literally go to them all the time) has Altoids tins or something adjacent and puts things he might use for spells be might find useful and keeps them in his bag or Pocket. Has a black cat that he got from the shelter when James got his dog, he originally didn't want one he just was excited about a dog being in the house but he saw the cat and she was the runt and stayed away from the rest and he just felt something about her so he asked and ofc they got her
Lily Luna Potter
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She loves fairy tales and loves the older style books because they're GORGEOUS so ginny always gets one when she finds them thrifting. When ginny gets new makeup or doesn't feel like something she got fits her she'll give it to Lily to use for fun because Lily likes to paint with them or just color things but she'll keep the red pallets to practice with. Her and Harry will pick little flowers on the side of the sidewalk on walks then go home and dry them in books and Lily tacs them on the walls of her room and Harry has some all over him and Ginny's room. Lily has colorful succulents everywhere and always comes home with some because professor Long bottom always gives her herbology plants. She definitely has that dog i saw her and was omg your definitely lily's. They just fit each other's vibe so well, I think she got her for Christmas one year. She also looks scarily like Lily when she was her age and people say it all the time and Lily also doesn't mind because she thinks Lily was absolutely pretty
Scorpius Malfoy
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He definitely reads fantasy books like LOTR religiously. I like to believe teddy sometimes visits with them because they're family and it was dracos idea. So one year teddy gave him a ds and he was OBSESSED. He definitely makes those decorative tube jars with flowers and bugs that are naturally preserved and has them around his room. This also isn't on the board but I think his ceiling has constellations on it and it has Sirius, regulus, draco, and Scorpius up there so in away he had family there. He definitely got the tin idea from Albus but instead put things he loves in there and puts it in his pocket or bag. There's no way he doesn't like those little calico critters he definitely has some. He also got a golden retriever puppy after the whole time travel stuff
Delphi Riddle
(side note don't come after me for adding her this happened on tik tok I think she's a very interesting character and like to look into that. I'm not saying I like her I just like interesting characters.)
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Gets nose bleeds a lot especially when she's reading while she's stressed so she has a lot of stains in her books. Prefers to just light candles instead of turning on a lamp It's easier on her eyes because she's constantly getting headaches and she likes to be extra and edgy. Has a pet snake or two I feel like that's a given. She collects snake skin and preserves snakes in jars if she finds them so they can still live in memory. She just has a weird connection with snakes just like her father. Has her father's and mother's jewelry that she wears all the time. She's constantly trying to look in the mirror and see them because she WANTS to be them. She's not worried about being them that's her greatest wish
I will have to do another part because I can't fit all the Weasleys on here but I'll work on more boards because I haven't gotten to anyone else but who's on here and the Weasleys yet but hopefully you enjoy my yap session. If you couldn't tell I'm extremely ill and autistic about the wizarding world (BUT FUCK JKR)
Chat I keep thinking about Harry Potter next Gen and I just want that fandom to be as good as the marauders please can we build it 😭🙏🙏🙏
I WILL start building it myself I already have headcannons
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longagoitwastuesday · 2 months ago
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Going through the Utahim.e tag had me checking several times if at some point I had clicked on the G.ojo/Utahim.e one instead
#It's mainly the ship and mainly ship art. Very pretty btw. There's people with gorgeous styles there#There isn't even a lot of x reader fics haha I guess people don't want to bang Utahime?#Anyway... lowkey wished this happened with Ijichi lol#I so wanted Ijichi to mention or even hint at a mention of Gojo one last time like they did with Nanami#If nothing else for the weight of it all. The weight of feeling your youth dying piece by piece alongside the people who made it out#And everything it implies#Art of Shoko dealing with Gojo's death even in a cold way always strikes hard for that motive but I always love it#with pretty much everyone of those years. There was one piece I saw once that was not explicitly or necessarily romantic about Utahime#being hit by Gojo's death and I don't recall exactly how it was (I think I may have queued it?)#but it moved me more than any piece more clearly emotional that I had seen before#I don't know. I thought it held the potential of that. That weird uncomfortable heartbreaking feeling#of hearing bad news about old friends or classmates and how it makes you realise the weight of time#They suffered and accident. They tried to kill themselves. They are very sick. Their sibling or parent died. And you knew these people#You saw them daily for years. Maybe you weren't close but you knew these people. They cut my bangs when I was eight and I punched them#I tripped over them playing hide and seek and we both lost at the same time. We both hated each other's favourite teacher#They borrowed my pen once and then never gave it back. I once drenched them at the fountain after PE and it was winter but they laughed#Their mother got mad though. Now she's dead. We were made to sit together in French class in middle school. They loved to keep their hair l#Now they're sick and have lost their hair#Their little sibling was so annoying always trying to make us play with them during recess too. It was kinda cute. Now they're dead#I don't know. That kind of stuff#Utahime boosts Gojo and then he dies. Shoko opens him up to make a tool of his body#Ijichi accompanies another kid to clean after him in the meanwhile. And then the realisation hits. He is dead#He was annoying. He was my friend. He was so rude#He had such a sweet tooth. He laughed so loudly. He used to lean over people when talking with them#We were kids once. We are here now. He isn't here anymore. Some of us haven't been here anymore for a long while. It's been so long#He was still young. I am still young. We felt so old. At times it feels as if the time back then didn't happen at all.#And now he's dead and oh it's true he was so annoying but he also had such a sweet tooth. I forgot. What do I do with this memory now?#At times it felt as if the time back then didn't happen at all but then at times it shone through. He brought it back#He asked me a favour knowing I wouldn't betray his secret. He still teased the same way. He still leaned on people. But now he's dead#I don't know if I'm explaining myself well xD I think it's a pretty common emotion when it happens.Oh I forgot to censore words again sorry
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website-com · 7 months ago
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devastating: the feminist essay didnt actually watch the movie
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justinefrischmanngf · 1 year ago
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i need to get over myself and learn the languages i want to learn if i want to learn them like i just need to do it if i want to learn them then i should go out and learn them and like . fuck whatever else any of it means . yes it IS embarrassing to learn a language like the ones i want to learn as an adult but who CARES and yes i KNOW my grandparents will never want to speak to me in those languages but who CARES if it's important to me it can be important to me anyway
#had a moment last night bc i was apparently having an identity crisis which was random#but i had a moment where i was like well even if i learn all these languages no one in my family is going to want to speak to me#in those languages because of [insert reasons i don't need to go into here] and so ultimately none of this is like . cultural Really#it's just me wanting to feel as though i am connected to something when i will never be#and maybe that's true or maybe it isn't but if i want to learn them i should learn them anyway like . at the end of the day#i DO want to learn those languages and i think it would be interesting and i would love to be able to speak to people#in those languages even if the people i speak to aren't related to me and i would love to be able to speak languages that aren't english#and that all stays true even if i am not able to have the cultural connection through language with my own family#like i can go on and on about how disconnected i feel from my culture bc of everything that has ever happened in my life#but how i still feel alienated bc i'm Not White to white people and all of that is true but not learning a language doesn't make it#any better and maybe learning a language won't make it better either but i think it's a better use of my time#ALSO !!!!! NO ONE EVER GOES OH WHY WLD U LEARN FRENCH OR SPANISH [OR INSERT EUROPEAN LANG HERE] u have no real cultural connection to it!!!#so like why is it different bc i want to learn asian languages??? it's not! except in my head! or maybe irl too but i'm just saying#that i think i make all of this a much bigger deal than it has to be#that being said i did just try to look up classes and they r all for children and about keeping children culturally connected 2 their famil#l m f a o but that can't be ALL the classes ............. i'll work it out is what i'm saying and i need 2 get OVER myself#bc none of it is that deep and i can feel conflicted all i like but i should fucking DO smth about it at least#anyway i am posting this in the hopes that i can beat it into my own head bc i am sick and tired of being weird about learning#languages and i need 2 get over my weird cultural identity issues if i want to like . live a life where i don't want to explode and die
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coquelicoq · 2 years ago
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my sister has me watching this french reality dating show and the subtitles always take a little while to kick in so at the beginning i'm just like mes amis...i do not know what you are yelling at each other...can u fight a little slower...pour moi...un petit ralentissement s'il vous plaît...un peu plus d'articulation...fâchez-vous si vous insistez, mais tranquillement...
#they're like i'm mad at you! therefore i am going to say one thousand words within one minute and only pronounce a third of the syllables.#that's fine. do what you need to do. but until the subtitles kick in can u maybe just stick to dirty looks or something 😩#literally when francophones talk fast i can't even tell they're speaking french anymore lol#i'm like dang what is this mysterious language? sounds tight#my sister loves reality dating shows and i...do not. but the premise of this one was sufficiently different that i agreed to watch#the first episode. and even though i think the people are all ridiculous i was like okay let's see where this goes#not sure i'm gonna make it much further though. the drama has started in earnest#and the problem is that the show is for couples where one of them wants to get married and the other one doesn't#so they come on the show and like swap partners and then at the end of some amount of time the person who didn't want to get married#goes back to their original partner and either says okay i'm ready to marry you (& they get married) (assuming the partner still wants to)#or i still don't want to marry you (and they break up)#and what i want to happen is for all of them to break up. because i think anyone who goes on a reality show because they can't agree#about whether to get married should not be getting married or probably even dating each other.#HOWEVER. i don't like how sad everyone is in the meantime!!!! everybody's watching their partner flirt with other people and#some of them are feeling very insecure about it! that's hard to watch#i really am just not cut out for reality dating shows lol. but my good ol' sis just keeps trying#television#anyway i thought 'fâchez-vous plus tranquillement' and was like oh tee hee hee that's funney
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