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the leftist sphere online and its insistence that nuance is critical while it completely waives it and transforms major issues into black-and-white is so….
#thinking of israel. the left (online) is so highly reactionary it’s absurd. the only thing that isn’t complicated is israel’s#documented war crimes against people within the near & middle east- particularly palestine of course#the military occupation isn’t complicated- though look even somewhat closely at any strain of its existence and that is complicated. heavil#leftism online with infographics and people “watching people learn and never learning themselves” is so frustrating#i am tired of people doing pop-research claiming to be authorities. you’re not on the ground. you have time in abundance.#do the hard work of giving justice to the stories of palestinians jews and yes even israelis since there#is a well-documented culture of revolt against the alt-right gov by its citizens- born and immigrated.#there’s so so much and so so much gets dismissed. if we were all on the ground this wouldn’t be an issue- but seriously.#we’re not. we only have time and conversation. and all of that is disregarded for easy reactionary targets#*this wouldn’t be an issue as in we would obviously have no ‘free time’ to divvy on research#i expect nothing from palestinian journalists and civilians but to do what they can even if that’s so bare as survive#it’s a hope rather than expectation#but if you’re in the west (if you’re reading this ik pretty much everyone following me is) you have an abundance of time to#remember nuance and history is real btw and especially that the history of jews and palestine pre-1948 is extremely intertwined#my one brief statement is you’re not decolonial if you want palestine to be drawn back to 1948. that’s quite the opposite really.#look into it man
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So since Ingo's name is a pun with the whole climbing thing in Legends Arceus, Emmet should be in Legends A-Z as head of a mining or underground construction operation or something to also be a pun
#I hope he's in it but will not be surprised if he isn't#Also like some people I do think this game takes place in the future rather than past#So he could just be working with trains again lol#IF he's in it. Once more tryna keep reasonable expectations#If the Legends Arceus protag and Ingo aren't mentioned then we still have no idea what happened to them and maybe never will :)#submas#pokemon#pkmn#pokemon legends A-Z#pokemon black and white#pokemon bw#pokemon unova#unova#pokemon emmet#pokemon presents#kudari#subway bosses#subway boss emmet#subway boss kudari#shitpost#pokemon shitpost#my ramblings
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https://www.tumblr.com/louisupdates/754934426217152513/goodbye-faith-in-the-future-world-tour-272024?source=share
did he or did he not lose fans then?
I will answer this because this anon actually brings a concrete question to the table rather than just "hurhur but you're a larrie??" (tell me you can't actually refute any of our points…). Anyway this post shows the decrease in Louis instagram followers between the screenshots taken directly after the release of Faith in the Future in Nov '22, when he changed his bio to promote that album and the tour tickets, and now, when he changed it again to mention the current release. But I'm putting that response under a cut because I'm tired of the actual POINT of all this nonsense getting lost in a sea of made up things people insist are important:
There is no rational argument you can make to say that Louis has less fans now than he did 2, 4, or 6 years ago. You don't need a spreadsheet of details you need to USE YOUR EYES! He has gone from filling theaters to filling arenas and stadiums. His second album made a higher chart position than his first album. His festival has doubled in size EVERY year of its existence. And for that matter: his insta post engagement numbers remain about the same (despite the fact that older posts should have way MORE likes due to having been there longer, even aside from follower counts.) SO WHO FUCKING CARES ABOUT HIS INSTA FOLLOWER NUMBER???? Serious question: what does the word "fans" mean if these things aren't what matters? ALL of this quibbling about what he should do to make things better and people can't even see that THINGS AREN'T BAD.
Anyway to address the specific question- (con't......)
NO- HE DID NOT LOSE FANS. HE LOST SOME INSTA FOLLOWERS. THESE ARE NOT THE SAME THING. As I said above, literally what does it mean to lose fans if that number change coincides with him having higher sales, more audience members, and higher engagement than ever before? Whatever he lost ISN'T FANS. I wouldn't be surprised if a significant factor was something like a bot purge, but also yes: I'm sure a lot of casuals followed him around the time of his big album release and later unfollowed him. That's extremely normal because that's how casual engagement works, and why the definition of fan really matters. Louis and his team understand this and have referenced it repeatedly, talking about how lucky he is to have *us* specifically, to have the kind of dedicated fanbase he has, to have the KIND of fans he does who will allow him to do what HE wants. @dogsliampaynedoesntinstagram named the issue of depth vs breadth with regard to fans a long time ago, and pointed out why having DEPTH is so much more important. It's like this- artists who are on top 40 radio have more numbers on things like insta follows, and for a time on sales and tickets. But those aren't FANS- they're people with a casual interest. And as soon as that person isn't being forced in their ears 10x a day, those people lose interest and stop supporting them, stop buying stuff and unfollow, and those artists end up doing the 'opener on the jingle ball' circuit rather than their own tours. One Direction as a whole, and Louis maybe most of all or near to at this point, have something MUCH MORE VALUABLE than that- DEPTH FANS. Louis has fans who will support him even if he takes years to release music, or stops parading around with a pretend girlfriend to stay in the headlines at least once a month, or completely changes his image and genre, and that is UNHEARD OF. It's ASTONISHING and worth SO MUCH MORE. And they get that! THAT is why he always bragging about us, why industry people he works with are always so agog about us, why he will do anything for US- not for randos. He is also growing his breadth- and it's OBVIOUSLY WORKING whatever his follower counts are, but that is always going to be secondary to doing things for THE FANDOM because that is his sustainable business model. That is what keeps him onstage and reaching number one. And not coincidentally, the things they do are also working to grow that- much more valuable- commodity. So the fact that that's exactly what these chuckleheads complain about- that he does things that are just fandom facing or serving rather than everything being aimed at recruiting casual fans- does nothing but betray how completely they, unlike Louis and his team, misunderstand the actual drivers of his (actual, existing, happening) success. Luckily for Louis, he and his team rely on their own data harvesting (they do a LOT of it) and growth metrics (they're off the charts) rather than the smug assumptions of random (mostly quite new to this) fans and the few bitter people leading the complaining about everything Louis does.
#louis promo#all this nonsense about this tag or that tag or this or that number is so getting lost in the trees#when the forest is RIGHT HERE: WHAT THEY ARE DOING IS WORKING#so for now#I'm pretty done with this discussion unless someone actually engages meaningfully with the content of anything I'm saying#rather than just repeating the same things- but he needs to tag more! or the even more boring-#but you're a larry! if you send me a bitchy response that doesnt actually address any points I've made#I will assume it is because I'm right and you have no rebuttal other than to act like a preschooler because deep down you know it#honestly the discourse around this makes me feel a little sad and scared about the state of literacy and reading comprehension#and just general analytical thinking#but I hope its just that no one over 15 spends their time sending hate anons about fandom#if I'm wrong please come engage in actual conversation! but otherwise... let's just... not#blah blah blah#anyway there's a reason Louis is always so afraid no one will be there for him and that he started out solo era playing those radio fests..#because we are IMPROBABLE we are UNBELIEVABLE we are NOT SOMETHING YOU CAN EXPECT OR COUNT ON#and making nurturing and maintaining that his number one priority ALWAYS is extremely correct and smart#actually#I was originally going to be like here are when there were bot purges here are other artists that have seen numbers go down etc#but then I was like WAIT WHO CARES. You're letting these people dictate the conversation... but the premise is stupid#it DOESNT MATTER#depth v breadth
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hava's memories of bellamew will haunt me all my days.
#seasparrow#graceling realm#kristin cashore#hava#graceling#bellamew#this book has one of my favorite depictions of trauma#it understands people can't go through horrenedous shit without carrying it with you into every part of your life#it allows hope for growth and healing without the expectation that people just surmount their trauma#this book carried the weight of a messed up character rather than just pushing forward through a narrative#it was definitely a character study and i'm so glad
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My queue is nearly full again (almost 1k posts!) so I've up'd the post rate and I also might step back for a few days as well!
#ooc#I've been queueing more screenshots rather than reblogging them directly#in hopes living through the broken mods of DT launch and what I expect to be a general lull in content output#because leveling#but you know#i feel silly announcing that i will....... maybe not be here#because why would anyone care !!!#but i know i am notifications p often and i don't want people to think they've *done* something#because no one did nothing i just have depression#if ur in the pits with me know that we'll get out of them together#happiness is fleeting but so is this feeling#you understand#editing my tags to add i hate that i called it content !!!!!#but you know what i mean orz
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Well another week of Tal and Ashley putting Callowmoore through the emotional ringer. I'm kinda okay with where it's at right now (okay less kinda but I can still see an end goal for them), of course it wasn't the most ideal direction I thought up in my head but it rarely ever is. There's time, there's room, and maybe in 2 3 (again guys? mental torment for 3 again?) weeks time - because no show on Thanksgiving and then Candela Obscura - Tal and Ashley will pull the trigger and not leave me an anxious mess like they have the last month and a half every Friday Morning when I have to work XD
#don't get me wrong I expected Fearne to show stress and it is good that Ashton apologized as personally as they could#I just desired a sweeter shippier flavour of events...but I can wait#not forever mind you I still crave the positive emotional payoff#kinda bummed after all that the shard rejected Ash though seems a bit like sour grapes from Matt - but it's his decision#like if you can make callowmoore a thing as an early birthday present that'd be cool just throwing it out there#Ashton did make some good character steps though and it was cool they had a talk with Percy#critical role#bells hells#ashton greymoore#fearne calloway#callowmoore#ashton x fearne#fearne x ashton#taliesin jaffe#ashley johnson#glad we can get rid of this manipulation discourse though they were pretty clear that it was just stupidity rather than manipulation#feel like they have to have their talk before going to the key so I'm hoping for something even more precious and irreplaceable being share#cr3 spoilers#critical role spoilers#c3e78#the whole feywild 'couples retreat' would be a good way for Fearne to realise her fear of losing Ashton is because she loves him#the whole 'love is enduring pain' theme being thrown in a lot this ep#While Ashton uses the feywild to connect to the earth and be better and realise that he loves Fearne and they're (k)enough as they are now#probably some Orym guidance/ass kicking needed for that too#idealism of course but I need to hope it goes good because if it goes bad it just ruins my week(s)/life#Chet was great this episode with the tough love and challenging Ashton to be better but of course Laudna needs to be kept an eye on#I accept the character directions but mentally and emotionally I am not okay
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i will say, despite my newfound burst of optimism about this game, a fall 2024 release date feels a bit ambitious, i was honestly expecting spring 2025 at the earliest given the changes the game has gone through in development over the past few years
#if it ends up releasing in november i hope it comes out on/around my birthday as a special treat for me#but i expect it will get pushed until 2025#that would not be good for bioware/ea image wise#but id rather have a functioning game on release#rather than a million launch week patches just to get the game to work#dragon age the veilguard#dragon age veilguard#dragon age 4#dragon age
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very very tired of all the many many things :')
#hello friends. it's the semi-yearly check-in.#school is rough this year but I'm hanging in there#I feel tired basically all the time and feel like all the motivation I have is what I can manage to scrape out from under my fingernails.#but I'm also very glad to be back at school for many reasons#I am working through some weird emotions that I didn't entirely expect (missing graduates from last year far more than I had planned to)#(a few specific people especially which is... interesting. I would much rather ignore some of that than try to interact with it.#but I'm trying to handle it as healthily as I can.#and I got to see a bunch of them last weekend for a little while and that was lovely)#(I may hop on and give some more detail about this later but for now that's where it's at)#I've been struggling with what people think of me/how to measure up LOTS more this semester so far and I really hate how it makes me feel#so if y'all want to pray for that... would appreciate it :)#also my roommate is having some really concerning health things going on and we're trying our best to muscle through but it's getting rathe#heavy for both of us. prayers for her would be appreciated as well.#also funny thing has happened -- i'm in a reading group thing with the guy I mentioned briefly here last semester#(the one I looked at and was like “aw shoot he's really cute” but didn't really know at all at the time)#so I've been able to actually have some conversations with him which is funny to me looking back now for some reason#he's cool; I hope we get to be friends eventually. :)#personal#tag post
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i sometimes get the impression that a lot of people forget that while our flag means death is a comedy, it does know how to handle trauma well within the narrative. we are shown it over and over with the flashbacks for ed and stede and jim. at no point do they play the real trauma of the situation for laughs, its treated with the weight it deserves, while still being part of a comedy show
#this is sorta tangentially related to my last post. mostly the tags bit#like ok. im not really expecting the toe scene to be treated with the weight that it would be in a more serious show#(id like it to be; but thats why we have fanfiction) mostly im Expecting it to be casually disregarded after some apologies#as though it isnt a serious disability like it would be irl i guess#the thing that would ick me is if it became the butt of a joke. played for laughs. its an issue izzy has and oh isnt it funny. you know?#theyve shown us they know how to handle serious and traumatic shit within the frame of the show and im hoping izzys toe falls more that way#rather than silly haha#idk. thoughts#nyxtalks#ofmd#lunchtime meta is apparently a thing im doing this week (instead of the hand sewing i SHOULD BE DOING!!!)#our flag means death#a certified nyx post
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when boys take an everything shower we spend 5 minutes washing and 40 minutes fighting the shower demons
#bishop.txt#dawg i do not miss the societal pressure of the everything shower#i never want to shave my legs again#i would rather die than shave my pussy again#the way women are expected to literally spend years of their lives making themselves look 'prettier' is so fucked up#i genuinely hope the everything shower does a horrible death#its not just washing your body and your hair its doing a billion things#i see ppl on instagram saying they do entire face masks and stuff in there while shaving every inch of their bodies its so scary
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Okay this is probably a sensitive topic but I find your blog to be really fair and balanced despite the drivers' fans from both sides may not think so. Anyway my question is that why do you think George should dislike Max (even Alonso) or refrain from hanging out with them? They're not great people sure but he's their co-worker. Not everyone can spend their careers isolating himself like Lewis has done, his reasons for doing so are justified so I am not blaming him at all, but George doesn't HAVE to do it. He can and should enjoy a relatively peaceful co-existence with his colleagues. He, Max, Lando, Alex have things in common too, they're in stable relationships, they are close in age, it makes sense for them to be casually friendly. He and Max will not be besties but I don't think it hurts to have a cordial relationship with your colleagues especially when you aren't personally affected by whatever they've done. Lewis is great but his burden is uniquely his, George or anyone else can't be expected to share it. I think it's a bit absurd to expect George to dislike his colleagues on Lewis' behalf especially when he will spend longer with them than Lewis. Lewis and George aren't even close enough to demand that sort of loyalty. I am sure Lewis knows and understands this too. I usually agree with a lot of what you say but I believe we shouldn't police who George can or cannot be friends with.
Because, I tend to not be friends with people who are dicks to my friends, particularly if those people are racist.
“Lewis is great but his burden is uniquely his” not to be rude anon, but no the fuck it ain’t. The burden is on everyone else to be anti racist, not on him to stand up to dehumanising treatment. That’s the bare minimum.
That’s all I really need to say- further rant under the cut because I was writing at 5am and it’s basically a given.
It’s a bit of an unfair twist to say Lewis has “isolated himself” when the treatment he’s isolating himself from is heavily laden in micro aggressions and on track behaviour that could have killed him.
Also, not to be that George fan, but if you really need a point not about Lewis - the vitriol aimed at Lewis and subsequently Mercedes ABSOLUTELY effects George. He has been subject to mocking and harassment from Red Bull fans from the SECOND he he was rumoured to have signed for Merc. He has spoken more than once about how horrible it feels to be Boo’d at tracks, because he is in Mercedes.
None of those fans gave half a fuck about him when he was in Williams, but when he became Lewis’ teammate suddenly his every interview was being called PR trained because it didn’t shit on Lewis or was actively praising. Some of you might not have been around for “PR63” but I sure was, and Merc comments would be full of homophobic tweets from Red bull fans, when they weren’t calling him a cry baby. Max may not be directly responsible for his fans- but he’s frankly never stopped them, if anything he ENCOURAGES them.
Max himself has also called George names, made thinly veiled homophobic insults, had people imply max wanted to attack him. Max said that George was being dramatic and attention seeking for being heartbroken after Sakhir, publicly undermined his efforts as GPDA director to increase safety, to the point George himself called him out for it, said that George should get out of his way when George wouldn’t just let him overtake in Baku, and more. On and off the track Max has insulted and belittled George, the people George loves (Alex, Lewis, Mercedes), and made his job both more dangerous and more boring.
Being cold to Max isnt out of the blue either- George was the first person to speak up about AD21 (literally while the race was ongoing, look up the infamous unacceptable tweet) and was one of the first to condemn piquet sr’s (Max’s defacto father in law) comments at the beginning of last year, to the point man other drivers copied his statement. My point is George has been frequently and outspokenly against stuff max does to the limit he is allowed to say. Shit I have friends who aren’t George fans who say they only thing they like about him is he will not fail to throw a dig at Red Bull and Max if he can- yes it’s for him but he is also using his privilege. Lewis doesn’t get to say those things or he’s labelled a bad sport, attacked by the press, sometimes even F1 itself and FURTHER ostracised. But George can say it, and often he does. It’s probably not “loyalty” that makes him do that, but just… basic friendship?
Let’s be real, I have to look the other way often about things both George AND Lewis do, they travel in circles I’ll never touch, and speak to people I don’t care for, and say shit I dislike. We live profoundly different lives and our bubbles are so different they might as well be on different continents. I don’t expect George calling him mv0 or telling everyone he hates him, the same way lewis doesn’t, because they work with him. But working with someone doesn’t grant them an automatic right to friendship. And frankly f1 drivers have this weird relationship with friendship vs teammates vs on track fights as it is
Just because someone is your coworker doesn’t mean they have to be your friend, especially if they’re a bigoted fuckin asshole.
#asks#anonymous#wank/rants#I have- very RECENTLY- stopped being friends with people who were being dicks to another friend#it’s the bottom line. it’s fucking uncomfortable sometimes#but it’s necessary and remaining neutral would have made me feel awful#im under no false belief george is running round thinking max should choke- those are JOKES#hell I bet if you asked him if they were friends he’d quibble before he said anything- I’m used to it#I live my f1 life by the adage ‘expect the worst but hope for the best’ and that’s how I see all f1 friendships#anti max verstappen#anti verstappen#I started writing this when I woke up in the middle of the night rather than going back to sleep#now I’m going to go back to sleep
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There’s a little flame between us. It’s always burning. And I’ve come to believe that tending a fire like that is purpose enough for any life.
#perioddramaedit#weloveperioddrama#periodedit#perioddramasource#lady chatterley's lover#lady chatterleys lover#period movies#shitty things i do for love#my only desire for this adaptation was it to be good enough for marg to be satisfied honestly#baby villetteulogy i hope it happened to be just that!!!!!#i kinda torn here because i loved it but ugh#the way this film trips out the social context and class detail of the book???#and with all that there go most of the psychological complexity of the characters too#i know it's not 1930s anymore but i see no need to play down class tensions#show me how connie and oliver struggle to overcome deeply ingrained prejudices and how painful and sloooow this process is#also constance suffered no inner dilemma about her class based sexu*l disgust and her blooming attraction towards oliver??#and his battle to find RIGHT words to respond to her as a woman he loves rather than a lady he serves???#gone gone goneeeeee#okay i stopped bitchin and now i can freely add that the movie is STILL a better adaptation than i expected#atmosphere! glimpses of an emotional depth!!! chemistry!!!! music!!!! IT'S HERE
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*clutching head* rodya and meursault would have such a good dynamic actually
I wonder if rodya would initially see meursault's indifference as like. a simpler version of her own feigned carefreeness and as a deliberate attempt to place himself as an outsider... only to realise that No, he really Is just Like That. and then she gets annoyed because it turns out that people who don't care about anything don't seem to be any fun.
(ofc he does actually care about a lot of things, just not necessarily his grander place in the world lol)
idk. nihilism vs absurdism. fun duo 👍 rodya would find meursault's genuine comfort with being a speck of dust in the universe baffling, while he would probably find her desire to assert her own importance pointless, but they could probably bond over little things like their shared desire to live in the present and appreciation of/indulgence in earthly joys. and meursault would probably listen if rodya wants to rant about anything without asking any uncomfortable questions. I think they could appreciate each other's presence.
#slamming my conspiracy board#listen it's not my fault meursault vibes with literally the entire female cast#rodya enjoyers help me out here please I haven't read crime and punishment am I talking out of my ass#I just think it'd be kind of interesting if like. rodya kills someone for a very specific reason (to assert herself as special)#while meursault kills someone for seemingly no good reason#but because of time place circumstance etc#meursault is the one made out to be the outsider to society#while rodya goes unacknowledged and all her motives backfire#like I'm not saying that meursault has Exactly what rodya wants or anything#but I think he Does possess a level of guiltlessness that she was trying to achieve through her self-confidence#also I find it interesting how pride is like. a big thing for both of them#like they both have excessive belief in themselves and their own abilities. in rodya it manifests as self-confidence or I guess. an ego#while in meursault it's more about. a belief in his own interpretation of the world rather than himself as a person? I hope that makes sens#also they both reject collectivist ideas which is. fun#neither of them perform to what a society would expect from them but for rodya it's an active effort to assert her individuality#while meursault just Doesn't Get societal conventions from the get-go unless they're explained to him#I think they also both tend to project a lot 💀 meursault expects his own indifference from others while rodya projects her own#experiences onto others' and makes assumptions based on that before knowing the full details#txt#limbus company#I feel too embarrassed to add more specific tags ngl 💀 💀 💀#lcb meursault#lcb rodion#lcb rodya#nvm. feelings of cringe are for Losers I am Strong
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rosary novena day 29 : sorrowful mysteries
meditation for tonight was on the reciprocal nature of the Passion. Jesus enters into our suffering, and invites us into His, thus effectively re-presenting our own suffering back to us in sanctified form.
It occurred to me at the monastery that mortification as a practice is not about punishing yourself or causing yourself pain because ""that's what you deserve"" in some nebulous sense, or in order to dissociate from the flesh in some hideously gnostic sense, but has to be done with love. An analogy would be a parent shaving their head for their child undergoing chemotherapy, or abstaining from cake because your partner's on a diet, or a pregnant woman delaying treatment for cancer until she can deliver the child safely. Mary practices mortification during the Passion by staying with her Son despite the incredible distress it must have caused her to watch Him be tortured, when Peter and the other disciples couldn't bear it and turned away.
This highlights the fundamental issue with penal substitution and other christologies that present the Passion as punishment rather than love. If Jesus is doing nothing but taking punishment on Himself, the only thing we gain by meditating on it is guilt for what we deserve, and a habit of suffering for its own sake. The Passion is Jesus taking our suffering onto Himself, not because we are so damnable and rotten that we all deserve to be tortured to death, but because we were already suffering, and when you truly love someone, you can't bear to see them suffer alone. Like Mary can't bear to leave Jesus in His suffering, Jesus does not leave us in ours, but enters it, participates in it, and says to us: my love is greater than your pain. In turn, we are invited to love Him more than we fear our own pain.
Catherine of Siena says, it was not nails that held our Lord to the Cross, but His love. The Passion is Christ's great act of mortification for love of us. Compassion, is co-suffering; suffering with.
Simon of Cyrene, and the carrying of the cross illustrates the principle. We are meant to bear our sufferings with Jesus, mutually taking up each other's crosses. Not avoiding suffering altogether, but suffering with and for the one you love.
In a way, I think you could say that Jesus' entire earthly life was His Passion. God suffered the whole mortifying ordeal of being human for love of you. Fulton Sheen has a good sermon on this called Kenosis, in which he explains that God condescending to become human is somewhat comparable to a human condescending to become a dog whilst maintaining a fully human understanding of maths, philosophy, and your capabilities as a human. Suddenly you have to sit and heel and eat out of a bowl on the floor and shit in the garden and all the while knowing the etiquette for meals with several sets of cutlery and what it was like to operate in the world as an adult human person with a job and a bank account and the capacity to talk about the Nicomachean Ethics. And the difference between a human and a dog is infinitely smaller than the great chasmic void between us and God. The only explanation for it is God's incredible love for us, that He would suffer all the little indignities of the human life cycle, culminating in every possible humiliation and agony, just to help us to carry the burden of it all as we go through our little existences.
#rosary novena meditations#rosary#catholic#jesus#Catherine of siena#this ended up rather longer than I was expecting#penal substition#is a heresy#hope that helps#mortification#literally who even reads half these tags#imagine going on Tumblr dot com and being like#ah yes#I will browse the mortification tag#st Catherine if she had a Tumblr probably
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Hi, just wanted to ask a honest question because I've seen you post about it a few times and I genuinely don't understand where you're coming from when you say this. How is remake Leon a misogynist?
Most recently I saw you point out him calling Ada heartless, but I don't see how that's him being sexist. He says that in response to her telling him information on where to find Ashley, having previously told him to leave her behind (to presumably die or worse), and I don't think its misogynistic for him to make a jab at her for that. Especially because Leon's big motivation is saving people, of course he wouldn't be a huge fan of anyone telling him to intentionally leave someone to die if he's able to save them. (This is also not to say Ada's a bad person for suggesting that, I love Ada and her character but I also understand why Leon would be upset by such a thing)
If there's anything else in the remakes that I've missed you point out I'm curious to what else makes him misogynistic because I just don't see it.
Also like a sidenote I guess almost all of Leon's misogynistic lines are from original re4 but Luis also has lines like this, so I don't understand why he gets to be distinguished between versions and Leon doesn't when you talk about their characters.
"honest question" and yet, you seem to have already formulated an idea of my answer (and an opinion of me) based off of one post where I casually mentioned it, and you decided to look no further before getting defensive about it. Are you even asking? Do you even care to learn? Or will you just ignore everything I say? And asking anonymously is very funny to me. Literally who are you.
I talked about it here, kinda joked about it here, and I very thoroughly detailed it here, as well as reiterated in the comments. I'm so tired of repeating myself. It's 1am now bc I took the time to find these posts for you lol. Maybe read them before you try attacking a straw man.
But to the Luis point? I absolutely do separate og RE4 Leon and remake Leon… Like literally my entire POINT is that no, remake Leon is still sexist, just differently, and here is why… I really don't understand how you came to this conclusion lmao.
The main idea is, Capcom thinks they've written out Leon's misogyny; but because Capcom itself is a very bigoted company, they perpetrate misogyny in everything they make and they don't even realise it! They genuinely think the way they wrote remake Leon absolves him from the misogyny when it doesn't, it just re-contextualises it in a way that Capcom deems palatable. They still see Ada as an extension of Leon! They still see Ada's worth revolving solely around how Leon feels in response to her actions. It's ridiculous. And the way Leon is written to treat her, the lines he's given towards her, reflect this attitude, and becomes misogynistic when he treats a male character who has done worse than Ada right in front of Leon with respect and empathy.
#begging people to stop and think and actually analyse things before getting defensive. Why do I have to keep doing the work it's exhausting#Like I'll keep doing it but damn.#Why does someone suggesting that your fave has misogynistic context make you upset?#Why are you defensive over that rather than over how he treats women?#I notice these things because I pay attention to the female characters and I value them equally as characters#Maybe if you valued Ada more and paid attention to her as a character and how Leon treats her versus how he treats Krauser#you'd see Leon's unwarranted cruelty towards her is misogynistic because of these differences in his behaviour#Maybe also stop seeing Leon as someone who can do no wrong and have no flaws when you expect the same of Ada fans.#etc etc#not tagging anything but I hope to God people stop asking me to explain. PAY ATTENTION.
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It's a real 'Duality of Man' situation with the Acolyte Re:View and the Salt Vampire video almost back to back, the two extremes of RLM, too into something they shouldn't be caring about VS too into something thats silly to care about (fun to watch)
Honestly I wouldn't mind at all if all videos of theirs became Salt Vampire-Nukie-etc. with the occasional Re:View. Heck, I'll even let them have their Spitballs passion project. I think the fact that these exist at all show that they possess a good amount of flexibility which I've felt like it's been lacking as of late, with me having the feeling at times like they're stuck in formats they don't quite like anymore, or struggle to stick to their established rules and motions (some HITBs and BOTWs feeling like half-hearted chores).
I think Mike's gotten too far up his own ass at times about having to give his 2 cents about absolutely anything and everything surrounding star wars "because the masses want Plinkett" or any other ideas like that he might have. But alas their channel so far has required of them to keep up more or less with the "important movies" so I get where he's coming from. Even though, the definition as to what said important movies are feels like it's crumbling slightly....and either way, with them having created BOTW after HITB to avoid being cornered into Just watching popular movies they're lent additional support.
#blortchmod#mike#they have enough money in the piggy bank to play with the toys they want now. no reason to stick to formats that make them look dumb#i could say something more harsh. that prob mike and jay expected to become better critics along the way with their word gaining more cred#but that didn't happen as they hoped. so they need to think of other ways to support their channel rather than just their opinions#to me it doesn't seem as though people took their word seriously often and go off of their personalities more#my view may be skewed cuz rlmblr but in my defense outside of it i havent been shown otherwise either#all this isn't to discredit them wholly. they've come up with some good things. but i can't help but notice this audience dynamic#in terms of... why watch them? their perspective? opinions? their personality? out of these which is more valuable to a viewer?#and what are they aware of? what are their assumptions? what do they personally believe is their selling point?
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