#it's a fair cop

[105nt]

Been listening to some radio dramas while knuckling down to the sewing.

and binging It's A Fair Cop, which I love.

[cyanide-sippy-cup]

The idea that Duke is the super well-behaved and rule-following kid is really funny to me cause like, have you read Robin War? His bit in that book opens with him being arrested for wearing red shoes (long story, just know he was also wearing a red hoodie that apparently wasn't a problem) and he explains step by step to the cop exactly how he plans on escaping before executing that escape perfectly by jumping off a bridge. He fought an armored Jim Gordon, the Court of Owls, and Damian who had been manipulated into joining the Court. Duke managed to talk Damian down while getting his ass kicked and then kinda befriended the kid after. He also has defied Batman several times and was proven to be right. All with a healthy dose of sass.

But also I do like lil rule-following sweetheart Duke so I have a proposal. Duke Thomas who follows the rules he agrees with. Most of the time, he's the sweet little angel in the manor. He's polite, he's well-mannered, he's kind, and he does what he's told. However that's only because everything aligns with what he believes to be the right path. The moment Bruce makes a bad call or order, Duke takes it to 11 and becomes more impossible to order around than Jason. Chaotic Good Duke.

[e-vasong]

Interview With the Vampire (2022-) is one of the best adaptations of anything ever because it is clearly made with so much love for the original text but it also is very open about critiquing the books while also existing in perfect, constant conversation with it. every change made is a strong writing choice on its own, but it is also made 10x stronger when viewed not just as an alteration of the original but an evolution.

louis being black and a brothel owner rather than a plantation owner is a really fucking smart idea all by itself. but it also directly furthers the differences in worldview between louis and lestat from the books. daniel being older, smarter, keener - much more obsessed with the truth - is an excellent conceit on its own, but its even better when we know that this is round 2 of the interview. he's learned from the awful way the interview went in the books, and now hes here for the truth. devils minion being a dance that arguably stretches decades (even if there wasnt a chase arc in the 70s!) only heightens their game of cat and mouse. armand being an adult physically and also being a POC is fucking inspired, both for how it places him in contrast to louis, and also because it allows them to avoid casting a minor in a very sexual role while still keeping the same dynamic (i.e. the frequent infantilization/fetishization of POC, especially asians).

The fact that some people are mad about its adaptation style boggles my mind, because I honestly think this set a new fucking standard for what adaptations should be. I'm insane about it. If they aren't changing the game like IWTV 2022 who even cares anymore.

[maculategiraffe]

here's the thing. I have never gotten an accurate diagnosis from a doctor. not once in my entire life. everything that anyone has ever figured out is wrong with me I have had to figure out BY MYSELF, ON THE INTERNET. and then I either fix it myself or if I absolutely HAVE to have a doctor's prescription for the thing that will fix me then I will go do the little doctor dance where I pretend I don't really know for sure but I have a mutual friend who works in the mental health field and she really seems to think I have this thing. and then they are like well if someone else thinks it too then you are clearly bothering other people with your symptoms which is the criterion for whether you should get help or not. and then they prescribe me the correct medication because I have FOOLED them into practicing effective medicine on me. I have BAMBOOZLED them into properly diagnosing and prescribing for me. a doctor is not a wise or clever or well informed person who can help you figure out what is going on with your body. a doctor is the janky branch you pick up off the ground to whack your frisbee down from a tree because your arms are too short. it's not even a good tool, it's just all you've got.

[kacievvbbbb]

Honestly despite my feelings about how the last arc of MHA went down I really love Deku and his story.

I just feel like a lot of the time we get these protagonists whose whole philosophy is it doesn’t matter what you were born as everyone can achieve greatness. But then the series goes on and it turns out that actually it DOES matter because the protagonist has this really great lineage and these really great powers you can only have through birth they were actually born born, predestined if you will, to do this.

But MHA actually sticks to its guns. Midoriya wasn’t revealed to have some great connection to all might that the universe had put in place. He wasn’t defended from some great lineage that makes him uniquely suited to this. Hell All for one didn’t even turn out to be his father, there was no hidden powerful quirk he was always meant to have. He was just Midoriya Izuku a boy who was in the right place at the right time and simply decided to act while the world did nothing. And that’s what really made him a hero.

I don’t know, maybe it’s just me, but I believe him a bit more when he goes anybody can be a hero if you just decide to act

[piosplayhouse]

[nando161mando]

[Liverpool, UK]

Tomorrow.

[sidsinning]

Not to go too deep into a kids movie but did the cop Judy Hopps in Zootopia break the law and blackmail a citizen to improve her position in her career

Like sure what he was doing was illegal but like

as a cop

that's way more fucked up than selling stolen ice cream right

like,,,do you deserve your position at that point even if you solved the case,,,,

[existence-is-a-liminal-space]

same people that reblog shit about there being no morality in death or how their against punitive justice will say that killing the league was the best end for them. y'all hear how you sound, right?

[bugisawesomeasf]

you fuckers are really hating on travis when hes literally a he/him lesbian, also the wilderness is literally a metaphor for girlhood do you really think it wouldve let him survive if he wasnt at least a little girl coded ?

[sunburstsandmoonshadows]

This is a very specific problem to have, but every time Brennan or a player says the name "Cosmo" in NSBU my brain autofills that as "Cosmo Cola" from hit disney channel original movie My Step-Sister from Planet Weird as covered by hit podcast Mom Can't Cook, where two British men care way too much about dcoms.

[nina-the-ninth]

Imagine being Atlus and creating perfection and then not putting the outfit in Royal

[littlefankingdom]

I just finished Future State: Gotham and here are my final thoughts.

Things I hated:

Jason being a cop (at the beginning, it made sense because he was manipulated to be. At the end, nope, he should have resigned)

[SPOILER] The lack of reaction from the Batfam to Dick's sacrifice??? Only Barbara speaks about it with him, but Bruce is right there. You're telling me Bruce Wayne would not lose his marbles at Dick sacrificing himself for Gotham and Damian??? You're lying. He would not be okay with it! Especially when he said just a couple of pages earlier that Dick was the heart of the Batfam! And the lack of grief in the story afterward??? Bruce would not be fine if Dick was dead! He would not be okay! That's his firstborn!

Things I loved:

Talia's characterization was gold. She is badass, she is a caring mother, she is a Batfam's member, she is not evil. I love it so much. There's one moment when she stabbed Jason, but she explains herself later as being so preoccupied with Damian, she wasn't thinking, she had no time to lose, and apologizes. She's great. (Her and Bruce aren't together, btw)

Bruce and Jason's relationship. They love each others so much, they cannot communicate for shit. Jason being like "I will beat the shit out of Hush for impersonating my father, even if it's the last thing I do!" when he was like "Bruce is not my dad!" to Rose earlier. Bruce being like "Jason, my son, I'm so happy to see you!" when he sees Jason. Jason, half dying, accepting to stop fighting with the others to assist Bruce, also half dying, the parallel between father and son. Bruce leaving Gotham for Jason to protect. Jdizbztcforc, finally some good food about them FROM DC.

Bruce not being able to be a vigilante anymore at the end, after all the fights and the torture, with a cane, looking at his baby with pride.

Dick being fucking nuts. It's so funny to me, the man loses it when his dad is dead. He is also such his father's son, to the point that other batfam's members LITERALLY tell him "You are acting just like Bruce rn, and you know that's not a good thing." but he refuses to listen. He's high on drugs, fr.

Actually, all Bruce's sons lose their mind when their father dies. They all go "I'm gonna do something so stupid because I miss my dad, watch me". Batshit insane family over here.

[vague-humanoid]

Brooklyn subway rider struck in head by stray NYPD bullet has brain damage: family

[solarsolarpunk]

i know everyone is talking about imane khelif but theres something i can’t stop thinking about. The “i’ve never been punched so hard” line from the italian boxer, that left me in shock. It’s like she genuinely thinks that the womens category is inherently a lesser one where the weaker people go to compete, and that a woman has simply no chance against a man (even though imane isn’t one). To the point of forfeiting the match in 30 seconds. Even before the match media outlets were spreading misinformation against imane and saying that the italian ��would be massacred” if imane were allowed to compete.

To me this specific moment highlights just how much pure sexism there is in the trans histeria. It was never about protecting women, it is about putting women “in their place”. Enforcing gender stereotypes about women being naturally frail and gentle and bashing all women who don’t conform to these ideals.

Of course, because of how white supremacy and the patriarchy go hand in hand the biggest affected are usually women of color. If Imane were trans, intersex or cis should not matter, this is a case of policing women of color. Let’s not forget that the italian boxer is a cop with links to the italian far right.

They are using transphobia as a weapon.

[urjustaguyonahorse]

SUPER unpopular opinion but me and my homies love shoupe