#it’s not even that I dislike the posts! it’s just! old!

[nessa007]

okay just referring to your reblog. I would say personally I am a casual fan of Taylor swift, but it is weird because I feel like people who dislike her would make it out as if I were a swifty (nothing wrong with that - I think each to their own - i don’t listen her music as much as other artists). But also people who dislike her are more obsessed with her than her fans? Like I don’t pay attention to the TS fandom and I am going to imagine it’s like any fandom. There are good sides and bad sides, but the loudest of them all are the people who actively hate Taylor swift. Like they bring her up more than actual fans I feel?

Anyway I don’t know where I’m going with this I just feel like and not to be stereotypical but there’s a certain demographic that seems that like to dislike Taylor swift because they have nothing better to do (old white men)

this is actually very accurate! i deleted twitter a week or two ago but when i was on there i swear stan twitter posted more hate tweets about taylor than posting about their actual faves and when their fave actually did something, whether it’s release something or win something, it’s never “huge congrats to x, y or z” it was shit like “LOL taylor lost” or “taylor could never” blah blah blah

they can’t even congratulate their fave without mentioning taylor 😆

she lives in people’s heads rent free and it’s just very funny at this point

[the-far-bright-center]

Further thoughts on film-Anakin vs. TCW Anakin....

(Anyone who really dislikes TCW, turn away now, this post is probably not for you!)

I've already covered most of this territory in previous posts, so some of this might be a bit of a rehash. But it's been on my mind again lately. I will preface this by saying that I truly understand why some fans aren't into TCW Anakin and I don't mean to suggest that anyone *has* to LIKE him or be totally happy with that version of the character. (While personally I adore the Skyguy persona, even I have major issues with how TCW writes his dialogue, at times.)

However. Sometimes I feel like certain Anakin fans are attached to an idea of the character that is not quite…expansive enough to factor in all his various facets. People forget that Anakin was first portrayed not only by the Original Trilogy actors (James Earl Jones, David Prowse, and Sebastian Shaw), but also by Jake Lloyd in TPM. TCW Anakin has a great deal of TPM’s little Ani in him, and I personally don’t mind that at all. Don't get me wrong, Hayden’s performance in AotC and RotS is iconic. I adore it and I will always staunchly defend his Anakin, who remains my own personal favourite. However, I think some fans mistakenly have this idea that film-Anakin is nothing but a perpetual sad-boi who is openly crying all the time. It’s simply not the case. It may come across that way since we mainly see him at pivotal moments in AotC and RotS -- these are huge turning points in his arc, when all his intense emotions boil over and spill out. But a) he is not like this every moment of the day, and b) he is not supposed to be a static character. Anakin changes greatly between AotC and RotS, that’s kind of the point. He grows in capability and confidence (with regards to his own abilities as well as his interpersonal relationships), and in his Force powers, too. It’s like people forget that Anakin Skywalker is CANONICALLY an extremely powerful Force user as well as a highly competent starpilot and capable and charismatic general in the Clone Wars. The RotS novelisation even portrays him as such. That famous quote about how he is the best there ever was and he knows it. Also that observation Mace makes that Anakin walks and moves and has a 'presence’ like the Holonet hero he is. And indeed, the fact Anakin is known as 'The Hero With No Fear’ shows that he has a very dashing 'persona’ that he is known for publicly but which merely masks the inner turmoil he’s experiencing. We see more of that inner turmoil in the films simply because, as the viewers, we are there to observe his private moments with Padme, who is one of the few people he actually expresses his emotional struggles *to*. Traditionally-masculine heroes are supposed to be stoic (not overly emotional) and self-sufficient (not needing to rely on anyone other than themselves). Ironically, this is what the *Jedi* want him to be. And Anakin’s tragedy is that he’s struggling to fit into the Old Order’s mold and adhere to it….when in reality it’s not what he needs. He needs the space and permission to openly feel and express his intense emotions before they overwhelm him. Likewise, he is repeatedly shown to desperately need the presence of his loved ones around him in order to hold onto the best parts of himself. A male character being portrayed as *needing* others at all in the first place is the very first sign that he’s not just some male power fantasy.

All in all, the idea that TCW Anakin is solely reduced to a macho ideal is not accurate. I still see him very similarly to film-Anakin: as a commentary on how attempting to mold a loving young boy into an obedient slave Jedi weapon of war will ultimately backfire when that young man is eventually consumed and enslaved once more by the very darkness he was fighting. While the literal shedding of his tears may not be shown on-screen during the TCW series, the intensity of his emotion is. The desperation he feels to hold onto his loved ones at all costs absolutely comes across. And, like film-Anakin, I would argue that TCW Anakin is portrayed, not as aspirational, but as a pathetic figure. (‘Pathetic’ as in the word pathos.) The sheer amount of times he is tortured and tormented on screen, shown to have various flaws and vulnerabilities, and the amount of times the audience is repeatedly reminded that he will eventually meet a tragic fate, all attest to that. The point of the Clone Wars series is to illustrate the famous line that Yoda speaks in the Original Trilogy: 'Wars not make one great.’

[atwoodsfemalefantasy]

the collective hatred of Taylor Swift by men and women who worship men will never not annoy me. even if i didn't like her, the deep misogyny so many people hold for her is abhorrent. i've seen people post that they want to see her publicly executed. i've seen men celebrate when a four year old Swiftie died from cancer, and comment that they hoped more Swifties would follow suit. young girls have been stabbed attending Taylor themed parties. terrorists have tried to bomb her shows, which are populated by 99% girls and women.

she's reached a level of fame where she's hated enough to become a scapegoat for our societies misogyny and no one even questions it. she isn't even a bad person (if you bring up carbon emissions, she was like #70 at the worst of it, and her ranks already fallen lower so shush). men just hate women, and they love when a woman becomes so universally disliked that they can be as vile to her as they like.

[sisaloofafump]

I think we’ve pulled such extreme a one eighty from “Dick was the sweet Robin and Jason was the angry one” to “Jason was the sweet Robin and Dick was the angry one” that we’ve once again collapsed the nuances in their personalities and are willfully ignoring half of their backstories to fit these moulds. I propose we take a one month break from the “I think it’s funny that [mainstream fans/comics] think that ___ was the ___ Robin, when actually they were the ___ one” posts. They’re only great when they are met in equal or higher amount with the content they are supposedly confronting. Let the mainstream fight back (on tumblr) just a lil bit. Then push back again. I promise it will be more rewarding if everyone doesn’t already agree

[nebulanightsky]

When you ship swadmare do you ship them as corrupted x swad or nightmare x swad?

I shipped them as Corrupted x Swad :³

[wonder-worker]

"The division between the two families [the Woodvilles and the Nevilles] and their allies can be seen in the royal charters that they witnessed. Warwick, Rivers and Archbishop Neville of York, while serving as chancellor and afterwards, were fairly constant witnesses to royal charters and consequently often appeared together. This was not, however, the case for other family members and friends. From 1466 to 1469, if Scales or Woodville associates like Sir John Fogge, John Lord Audley or Humphrey Lord Stafford of Southwick witnessed royal charters, then members of the Neville group, such as John Neville, earl of Northumberland, or John Lord Wenlock would not, and vice versa. Discounting the ubiquitous Warwick, Rivers and Archbishop Neville, of the twenty-four charters issued between February 1466 and June 1469, twelve were witnessed by men associated with the Woodvilles, eight by men associated with the Nevilles and two were witnessed by no member of either group beyond the two earls at their heads and the archbishop; only two charters, both from 1466, featured associates of both families.

Such striking segregation of witnesses suggests that something more than simple convenience or availability was at play. [...] The evidence of these witness lists does show the extent of the split between the two groups from early in Edward's [first] reign and of the need for political society to work with that cleavage in the heart of the Yorkist regime."

— Theron Westervelt, "Royal charter witness lists and the politics of the reign of Edward IV"

*This is specifically applicable for Edward IV's first reign; in contrast, the charters in his second reign displayed a great deal of aristocratic and domestic unity and cohesion.

[pixl8dstash]

HORSE GIF DUMP

Most of these are from Heathers Animations (I THINK) and the rest of them I have no idea.

[animalpetcel]

I love how Carnelian Blood made me re-fulfill my promise to return to the DL fandom (I left bc I had more passionate interest at the time and wasn't interested in Chaos Lineage but if it got new characters I told myself I'd return) and it's like stepping into a time capsule

things, for better or worse, have no changed

[made-nondescript]

thinking about how people on twitter call their banner and pfp a "layout" as if they're really customizing much of anything at all and how most platforms shove users into these extremely narrow boxes and maybe if you pay you'll get to use a gif instead of a static image and how everything used to be so hyper customizable the whole page yours to control and express yourself and now there are just two boxes you get to control and augh. i don't know. i miss you customization even if i didn't get the chance to enjoy most of it

[vonkarma2]

lit history class so bad it drives you to madness

edit oh my god i confused mercutio with horatio. i promise i know who both of those people are they just have similar names

[straycalamities]

okay realtalk

[arolesbianism]

So. Sit with me everyone. We agree that we need to stop worshipping a person or media on the sole grounds of being gay right. Can we finally agree that it's not homophobic to criticize gay ppl with large platforms. Can we finally actually learn to think critically abt how these ppl talk abt ppl outside of their immediate identities and to recognize that just because they say they aren't bigoted doesn't mean they aren't. Please.

[boag]

Her caption nearly made me cry likeee…. we LOVE to see it 🥹💖

[longagoitwastuesday]

This is the piece (and the sketch) I was talking about yesterday in the tags of that one other drawing in my previous reblog

[salmonandfox]

-points giant neon signs to the orange text above-

-Opt out is the point because there's already an article that these fuckers may have ALREADY SOLD stuff and it's the same reason, they put the opt out in an inconvenient spot-.

Also a friendly reminder that Glaze and Nightshade exist and for those things for which it doesn't...

Apparently feeding AI stuff that AI created makes it weird.

I fucking hate AI shit. But we a gremlin and we are legion and by gods a fucker better WONDER if we won't find a way to chaos them into submission.

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[corntired]

LMFAO

I had such a stressful day at work that the app connected to a smartband im usually wearing told me to listen to some calming music as it detected very elevated stress levels.

Lol. Lmao, even.