#it's a complicated relationship

[qqueenofhades]

Am now the sole academic program manager for the entire department (4 graduate programs) since two colleagues have left since the start of the year and the central office will not let us hire any replacements since tHe BuDgEt (but of course, still expect all the work to get done anyway). Have likewise applied for the second MA (may or may not ever hear back, cmon guys). So today, obviously, I decided that the best thing to do was also apply for adjunct professorship in the History Department. I'm sure this was a very smart idea and there will be no ill effects whatsoever.

[edgepunk]

yes The Witcher 3 has massive issues with misogyny, yes the game has made tasteless jokes, yes some of the characters are OOC compared to the books, yes it is still one of my comfort games

[mainepdf]

i think everyone now thinks i've evolved into a taylor swift hater having watched how hard i'm trying to bump her out my spotify stats 😭

[phantom-of-the-501st]

When it comes of the question of do I prefer sad endings or happy ones, I always say sad, because I find they have a higher success rate (when it comes to execution) than happy ones*

However, my dear friends, do not let this fool you into thinking that my response to every sad ending isn't WTF WHY DID YOU DO THIS WHY COULDN'T THEY JUST BE HAPPY AAAAAHHHH

*(I also just like angst)

[narbevoguel]

One of the things I like to do in Salmon Run is, that whenever I'm in a dicey spot, I let enemies such as cohocks damage boost me to safety. I'm not saying you should be equally stupid as me, but it does work most of the time.

I had my escape route planned (paint the side of the slopes, I always do that), so it would have worked here just fine.

But this...

Absolute...

JERK!!!!

[thehauntingofharrenhouse]

they're targaryens it's both lol

[lady-of-the-spirit]

Me: I love the Tenth Doctor!*

*thinks he's fine but annoying with Rose, is ready to fistfight him throughout season 3 for Martha, and loves him with Donna but could throttle him for erasing her memories without consent.

[blurred-cat]

my... associates... are huge Assholes and I listened to them whine about an unwillingness to accept that trans people are the gender they identify with and that they "shouldn't have to accept them" and i'm like... "well they shouldn't have to accept you." and it made them short circuit. so i can talk to these assholes because i don't believe that rejecting people with different opinions and views is always necessary. discussions can be fruitful and productive when everyone respects each other, which they do. i simply hope all three of their children remain cis and heterosexual. because they will never be able to understand the pain of not being accepted by people you thought were family.

[platosworstnightmare]

Adult Percy Jackson and Annabeth Chase are the most surreal power couple in the mortal world.

Annabeth Chase, world renowned architect who was entrusted with repairs and renovation on the Empire State Building…

…and her husband, this guy who was wanted by the FBI for blowing up the St Louis Arch seventeen years ago

[greykolla-art]

⚠️Please don’t touch the sexy deer, it’s not flirting with you. ⚠️

I’ve got a thing for Vox being a fuckboi who keeps thinking their tension is gonna lead to hate sex. 😂

[chloesimaginationthings]

The FNAF Mikes talk about their extended family..

[ragingtrees]

bro cannot enjoy his milk in peace

[abyssaldespair]

“What? Am I not your best friend! We hang out all the time! I do everything you say! I’m there for you when you need me, plus, when you get lonely I’m there! I even got us these!” Tobi hands him a best friend’s forever bracelet. @tobiisms

"I ... I suppose we are..." Obito reluctantly takes the bracelet, not knowing what to say to Guruguru. At this point it feels more like he grew up with these creatures and is stuck with them forever than he is friends with them.

[inkskinned]

you know, you know. no gods, no masters, no kings on pedestals. everyone is fallible. death of the author. you know! you are balanced about your intake of media - you allow the wiggle room, the grace, the gratitude, the skepticism. nobody above criticism.

but still. a weird gut-punch feeling, something akin to betrayal. you read the article. surprise! an author you love is actually: a serial fucking predator.

well, shit. what now. no, you knew he was a person (all people are), but now you're wondering - what have i overlooked by accident? what messages have i internalized that are strange and cruel? and also, like, what the fuck?

his actions lay a thick glaze on top of everything. like each place is now ruined, opaque in a new way. but okay, fine, you've done this before. you knew better, right? you've been betrayed by many a cherished childhood author.

still, this stickiness. fuck. can you pick up that book again. will you read it to your children. you've recommended it to others - will you ever do that again? and of course, of course, no parasocial relationships. you were theoretically above this kind of sentiment. but the artist informs the art, right.

so it's not something as clear-cut as feeling he owed you, specifically (a stranger) better behavior - just that you kind of, in a distant and odd way... sort of trusted him to do better. it's not like a real trust or something speakable, just the faint hope that the product (good books) was a thin representation of the soul. now it feels like the product (good? books?) was a mask. in some small or insignificant way, your previous support of this person lent them power. your money and your time and your laughter.

and the thing is - you have this terrible, echoing sensation. how many times will this happen? over and over. you find out that the singer you love is actually a predator. you learn over drinks that your favorite high school english teacher is in jail for what he did to her. you listen to the news idly and suddenly discover that a woman you used to idolize has been abusing her kids for an actual eon.

what can you touch without the static melting off. you can't even really complain about it too much (you were supposed to know better, and besides, you don't want the same re-split "it's not your fault, love what you love" basic advice), but now it's here. somehow, it feels like - you let him into your life.

it's not that things need to be pure or an artist has to be like, endlessly perfect, mindful. demure. it's more just this terrible truth that has been replayed through your veins so often it feels criminally vain. power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely. did you want any one person to be worth that power?

it's just that he wrote books where he seemed to understand that. he seemed to know about hierarchies and unfair systems and bigotry and privilege. you thought they were books about what it means to struggle. you thought they were about having power and still using it for good rather than for control. he spooned you a narrative of being a good guy, a kind soul. you fucking bought what that fucking monster sold.

maybe that's why they were fantasies, after all.

[rocktheholygrail]

Hannibal (2013-2015)

[sovamurka]

I think that Jinx and Isha's relationship will parallel three separate dynamics:

1) Sibling dynamic - Vi and Jinx. Obvious parallel with Jinx being an older sister this time around. Perhaps it will make Jinx reminisce about her childhood and make her understand how much Vi actually loved her.

2) Parent/child dynamic - Where do I start? Jinx and her mom, Jinx and Vander, Jinx and Silco, Jinx and... Vi (yes, if you didn't notice, Vi was also a motherly figure for Powder after their mother's death). It will possibly make Jinx not just take responsibility but finally realise why parents protect their children at all cost and are ready to give up anything, including their own life.

3) Old/young self dynamic - Jinx and Powder - basically Jinx accepting and loving her younger self through Isha. It is the most important lesson she may learn, actually!