#jerking it as we speak

[coolnonsenseworld]

Samurai and Ninja in crappy pics because December here is under a constant cloud and I just want y'all to see them all golden and cute without learning how to take aesthetic pictures 🥴 💙❤️😆🥰

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[ironworked]

TLDR: what if fandom's debating Tommy's racism and misogyny in the Begins episodes, but the writers intended for him to 'just' come off as a jerk (and that's how the GA took it)?

I'm not saying I'm representative of the GA, but I did start watching the show before getting into fandom and I didn't interpret Tommy's worst transgressions the way fandom has, which got me wondering whether this could be one of those cases where fandom is looking more closely than the show expects (and more than the GA does).

**Obligatory disclaimer: this would not absolve Tommy of his part in perpetuating the toxic environment during Gerrard's first captaincy of the 118, because icing people out and such behaviors are still not okay.**

The scenes:

1.- "Hey, Eli. You forget to tip the delivery guy?" -> I thought that was 'just' a dismissive comment, certainly more pointed and mean-spirited than the 'prank' they pulled on Buck when he arrived (pretending they didn't know who Cpt. Nash was), but in that vein. I only learned of the racist implications through fans who pointed out the food they were eating.

2.- NY bitchiness:

Chim: Seriously? I would have bet money that you were from the East Coast. You just kind of have that vibe. Hen: Thank you for the compliment? Tommy: New York bitchiness is a compliment? Chim: Whoa, nobody said anything like that, come on.

This one, I was convinced it was a West Coast vs East Coast (maybe even blue collar vs white collar) thing! I didn't even register 'bitchiness' as gender-related. Like before, I am NOT saying I was right, just that I'm used to that... rivalry being A Thing and that's how I took it. Like in Europe, if you are comparing someone to Parisians it's... not often a compliment 😬.

It's Tommy who Chim chooses to approach, which could be pure chance (he caught him alone) but still, when trying to ingratiate yourself into a group that hasn't been welcoming so far, you don't start with the worst ones do you?

Right after being rudely denied by Tommy, he finds Eli. Eli, whose only role in 9-1-1 will be 'Good Guy, Gives Good Advice', doesn't commiserate or warn Chim against Tommy (or anyone else). He takes Chim on calls, and back at the station says:

Eli: It's not personal, you know. Look, in this job, friends die and funerals are held. They're not gonna just give you their friendship until you earn their respect. They're not just protecting you, they're protecting themselves. You don't name a puppy until you know it's gonna pull through.

My point is that while those comments can be read as racist/misogynistic and I'm not telling anyone not to, I'm unsure if that was the intention (or if regardless of intent, if it was the GA's takeaway from those scenes).

You know, because there's a chance it's not that deep and the writers totally missed the implications. They did parallel Mara's storyline to that call about a dog...

[grimxark]

cannot get over how absurd Sunstreaker’s and Sideswipe’s relationship is in IDW. Sunstreaker’s like. this is my brother. I love him very much. I do love showing off and being a menace but I always try to include my brother in my stunts and i dont see anything patronizing about what im doing, im just trying to be supportive and nice. I am now currently being tortured through means beyond your understanding because I decided to be cocky and then I got kidnapped and now im here. I need you to kill me. I need to be killed. The pain is unbearable. I can’t stand closing my eyes. I do not feel comfortable in my own body, because it feels alien, it does not feel like mine, not anymore. I miss my friends. I want help. Please kill me. and while all this is happening Sideswipe is like i fucking HATE my brother. I want him DEAD. i hope hes DEAD. hes such a fucking show off and he loves doing better than me on PURPOSE. He includes me in his stunts and tries to get me to do things instead of him bc he loves throwing it in my face how much better than me he is. He says he loves me but i KNOW hes lying and doing it to seem cool and like a good person. I dont even actually want to LOOK for him. Im just looking for him because then i can prove im better than him. I just want to be the one to rescue him so i can throw it in his face. Then when hes rescued ill be mean and when were separated ill send him videos and voice mails of my mission.

Sideswipe was filled with so much hate and envy towards Sunstreaker while streaker was literally just chilling out and being himself he literally didnt even seem all that much of a show off. he was doing the same thing everyone else was doing and sideswipe hated him for it. but they were still brothers. do you guys think about how they were brothers and streaker left in the lost light to heal from the war and then when he came to Earth for his brother he found a broken and battered corpse that resembled a compacted soda can. Do you think about the simple difference of Sideswipe not so much as blinking when they find Sunstreaker as nothing but a head and nerves vs Sunstreaker yelling we cant leave my brother hes in there! and Sideswipe! what did they DO to you?!

[seakicker]

who remembers my enstars days because i have the most intense urge to write another rinne fic but the ideas are all sitting on the tip of my tongue... (the tip of my brain?) like there's the inspiration to make rinne nsfw again but no specific ideas... hmmm... .

[elwolfen]

God... Steven Universe is so good

[soldierandawar]

im most disappointed by Queer because i think we need more movies that are genuinely about male loneliness. the first 30-45 minutes of Lee trying to find companionship was the best part of the film and it’s the only time you could truly feel his longing. then the rest of the movie devolves into gowns, beautiful gowns.

Jason Schwartzman kind of fills that role as he spends the movie talking about his experiences with men who stole from him but he’s not in it enough to make a difference. they do absolutely nothing with Drew’s character. The boy doesn’t even get to be mad that this man is taking him around South America while going through withdrawals. He barely even has any dialogue and shines the most at the end when we get the look into his psyche while they’re tripping balls.

In the end, what could be a beautiful exploration of queer male loneliness is hollow and leaves me feeling empty. Not a great time!

[bunnyburrowsys]

all the taco hate for the new episode is making me so sad like...

guys, can't you just accept that she's going to have a redemtion arc? hate her all you want, but some o' ya'll are treating taco's redemption like its ruining the show imo..... ':{

[sciderman]

I would say you’re more of a Mr peanut butter type yeah

doggy doggy what now?

[kajiimotojiiro]

All I did was stand for too long. Also had a little drink. It's fine~

[forwomenbiwomen]

I've reached a point where I'm not just like "ew men amiright" I'm genuinely just like these things are dangerous. They're killers. I have negative interest in them. I'm no longer seeing it as just a matter of being hurt by them and being angry. I feel nothing but a combination of fear and disinterest. Like one would have of spiders or snakes. They're creatures.

[lesbianraskolnikov]

I am kind of glad the route to make rodya and sonya more explicitly romantic and have "couples quarrels" for lack of better words was cut out. I think...it works better

[hitsuyou-fukaketsu]

oohhh royal knight in training subaru and prince hokke oohhghh

[natasha-in-space]

Just woke up and I already get a makeout session from a cute guy. Neat. What's funny is that I remember this being a quick peck, but no. He went all for it.

Listen if I wake up with amnesia and a cute guy walks in and makes out with me, I'm not complaining. Orion does not approve though

[euclydya]

Something else about this is that it doesn't seem to currently effect the body much at all; the first time it was noticed, a few days ago, the body was extremely emotional, but now as it lingers it looks like emotions and corruption aren't connected. Hmmmmm.

[sssssaarn]

Cringe culture really did kill a lot more of the otherkin community than I think some people might think... KFF definitely played a huge role in the downward spiral, but I don't see people also point out how damaging cringe culture was to otherkins specifically. And that even if KFF never came around, there may still be beings who remain silent or quiet about being otherkin for fear of 'cringe'.

[fantasticalleigh]

*whispering* i'm still new to the WWE and its lore but i'm already so dead tired of the Bloodline story/faction. Also I like the Usos a lot but let them have their own thing that isn't betraying each other every other week because it's already so old.