#make a definitive statement

[artist-issues]

Mulan is not a metaphor for neurodivergence.

Because none of you can describe what “neurodivergence” is. You can’t make a metaphor for something that is undefinable.

If you think Mulan “looks at the world a little differently than everyone else,” then sure, it’s a story with that in it. But guess what? Grandma also looks at the world differently than everyone else. Oh! And Fa Zhou looks at the world differently than Mulan! And Fa Zhou’s wife looks at the world differently than Mushu! And Mushu looks at the world differently than Shan Yu! And Shan Yu looks at the world differently than The Emperor’s Advisor!

Heyyy maybe we’re all humans who have our own unique perspectives & responses to the world around us. Some of us have some pieces of unique perspectives/responses in common, like fabrics we like the feel of or topics we happen to be focused on in this season of life, and some of us, shocker, have different pieces/responses in common! Hey, we’re all alike and we’re all unlike—which means we’re mostly alike! Even in the way we think!

Maybe you don’t need a word that means “I’m different, but not in a specifically definable way, just in a way that makes me both like and unlike some people, somewhere, sometime, depending on how ‘seen’ I need to feel in a given moment, and who/what piece of media I’d like associated with me/that given people group.”

Unless you can define “neurodivergent” beyond what I just said. Then tell me how Mulan is a metaphor for that definition—of “neurodivergent” beyond what I just said.

[parasiticstars]

Friendly reminder that sexualizing/blorbofying Luigi Mangione and your support for him being a quirky little trending meme is exactly why 1. he's been almost forgotten about when any other time his actions would've had far more rippling consequences, 2. why nothing will ever get done in this fucking ass country, much less the positive-- if violent-- change we need, and 3. goes to show the sheer imbecility of the "lol be gay do crimes" demographic.

Where was your support for Briana Boston, who was falsely arrested just for quoting him? Oh, right, she's not a conventionally attractive white man for you to turn into your next Tumblr sexyman.

[doloneia]

we need to abolish the idea that ancient greek myths and legend have a coherent timeline. they do not. for any given myth there are like 10 heroes mentioned that feasibly could not have been adults or even alive. herakles keeps showing up in places where he should probably be dead. anyone could be a suitor of helen. even herakles. even theseus if you count that kidnapping stint he did. nestor is alive for 10 billion years. time is fake and anything beyond vague generational outlines is conjecture

[annamationsart]

everyone loves talking about little jon in correlation to mr. spider but no one ever talks about how insufferable this kid was. i wouldn’t wish sitting next to him in class upon my worst enemy

[hollowingearth]

not to be the friend who's too woke but I genuinely feel that the only reason the fandom has such a visceral reaction to people calling Vi and Cait's situation domestic violence is because Vi is butch. yes, DV is more than just physical harm, it involves repeating patterns of abuse, all of which can be found in their relationship. Cait is Vi's only access to safety and food, she's isolated, she has to constantly prove her loyalty to Cait and renounce any ounce of lingering feelings she has towards the only family she has left, she's left in constant state of anxiety because of it.

[guardian-angle22]

911 lone star -> 5.05 tarlos counseling scene pt. 2

[crow-caller]

I know it's a pointless thing to express but it really does kill me how many parents who fear and hate and want to cure autism in their kids will blame it on everything.... but genetics. It being genetics wouldn’t help this kind of person either, it just kills me because the autism is probably coming from inside the house!!

No we don't know everything about autism and where it comes from but it is very clearly genetically linked— like my entire family is autistic. it's just our understanding of autism is still pretty modern so it's hard for older generations to see and accept it. Some of those anti autism parents might be autistic themselves, just unable to conceive of what autism is versus what they've been told it is, because of a general lack of education (and a lot of misinformation)

[luzsadventures]

coming straight from my three page long notes app essay I wrote at 4am after seeing the barbie movie, some thoughts on why barbie is definitely aroace, and why that means the world to me tbh:

BARBIE IS AROACE. TELL ME IM WRONG.

barbie not wanting to be with ken is so important. she never has to explain herself. she’s just not interested. and that’s okay. she’s never shamed or ostracized because she’s not interested in ken. it's not played for jokes. there’s never even a moment of “well, maybe barbie will have a realization that ken's been there all along and they'll end up together”. nope, there’s never any expectation. and it’s not even in a girlboss feminism, “she doesn’t need a man” kind of way. she just doesn’t want that, and the movie respects that. the movie respects what she wants, which is something we don't see much when it comes to aroace rep (or like most rep when it comes to women tbh).

barbie also turns down ken in a way that makes it clear that she's just not interested. there's no hesitation or sugar coating to it. we see this in the "girls night" scene in front of the dreamhouse, when barbie says simply, she doesn't want ken there. even later on when she turns him down in ways that are a little nicer, she's still very firm in her decision. time and time again we see barbie knowing what she wants and asserting it. we live in a world where when turning down men women always feel the need to be nice about it and "let them down easy" either out of being polite or sometimes as a safety precaution. regardless, to see barbie be able to be firm in her decisions is so empowering.

I love how this subverts expectations, bc we know ken is (supposed to be) barbie’s boyfriend. she’s everything and he’s just ken (although we can get into the nuances of that statement some other time). that is the role ken has always played. so to have that subverted, to make it clear to begin with that barbie is not really all that into ken is such a nice change.

this is also SO important because barbie is a beacon of “stereotypical” femininity, and has also been historically sexualized. so the fact that the movie lets her be feminine and girly but she can still not be interested in ken is amazing. she is still allowed to be herself, and her femininity is neither tied to, nor does it detract from her want to not be with ken. the movie said girls can be feminine without being tied to male attention !! girls can be feminine just bc its fun !!

I can talk about this for hours it’s so genuinely healing for me. I doubt many others picked up on it, hell idk that this all was intentional, but I loved it <3

[kings-highway]

hiii what are your pronouns? <3

wouldn't you like to know, weatherboy.

[project-sekai-facts]

It is true that long ago, the eng fandom harrassed colorful stage translators to make them use they/them for mizuki ?

oh yeah, the fandom used to be super strict about mizuki's pronouns. if you used she/her it was on sight back when i started playing. i'm fairly certain that the shift from she/they to they/them in official translation was for this reason

[hajihiko]

ppl who commission me for the charity stuff often up the $ amount they strictly need to donate and I really appreciate that, it always feels somehow inappropriate to mention it too much (I don't live in a culture that does tips I'm not used to it lol) but I wanted to shout a general Thank You to everyone who helps out 💫🤍🤍🤍💫

Mostly unrelated but ppl who commissioned me recently, I'm gonna split it even between two organizers (less money lost between PayPal and GFM if you do it in big sums rather than many little ones) I'll still be sending receipts soon but jsyk

[enjoyvoidblack]

Calling the horror of being an Eye avatar the horror of knowledge is...a severe understatement, I think. It's not just information. The horror is knowing, as in understanding, being able to feel how visceral and consuming the fear and pain and disbelief of a person experiencing something far beyond their understanding or capacity is - and then only being able to watch. Knowing, and having your hands tied completely when it comes to doing anything but knowing. You are standing in the dreams of people you met and talked to and saw relieved when they told you their story. You are feeling their anguish in your bones and you can no more look away than you could stop drinking down water if you were dying from dehydration and somebody handed you a hose. They are looking out and they can see you and they are blaming you, should be blaming you, but your feet are glued to the ground and your hands are tied, and you can't deny the quiet sick fascination that bubbles up inside you, like you're watching the aftermath of a car crash as you drive by. You can't help but look. You can't close your eyes. You cannot stop, and you can't help. All you can do is know.

I'm not at all surprised the Eye was the fear to gain enough strength to pull off a ritual first, in the present day setting of TMA. I think we'd all be serving it a snack on a silver platter every few minutes spent scrolling.

[shelleysmary]

gotta laugh at everyone who has ever said that "~unLiKE tHe pEtEr jACkSoN fILmS~ the trop people don't care about tolkien, don't care about middle-earth, it's a soulless adaptation for the money just because amazon is behind it" because (and i say this while also saying fuck amazon, fuck jeff bezos. it goes without saying - two things can be true at the same time, i can't believe it bears repeating)

how do you think films and television get made?? hate to break it to you, but it's all for the money. new line cinema didn't say "we love tolkien, pj, let's do this for free!" they were literally looking for a franchise hit when they decided to take the films over from miramax - which is exactly what every studio and their mom is trying to do now!!! it's movie business, baby! to say the people behind trop - the actors, the casting directors, the production designers, the vfx artists, the art directors, the armorers, the costume designers, the set decorators, the makeup artists, the ADs, the carpenters, painters, prop-makers, steelworkers, laborers, animal handlers, sound editors, miniature builders, stuntpeople, craftspeople, movement and dialect coaches, trainers, lighting techs, jewelers, etc. - don't care about the story they're telling???? is a wild reach. obviously they work for the showrunners who work for amazon who care the most about making a profit, but so did peter jackson and new line!! wanting your project to be financially and critically successful is not an inherently evil thing, come on guys, are you still buying into the starving artist fallacy 😭

there are tons of little nods to the silmarillion and other parts of the legendarium in the rings of power. yes, there are also changes and goofs, but lotr and the hobbit film trilogies also had their fair share of changes and goofs. i just think that "these people didn't read the books/this is just a money grab/pj & co. cared about the source material while these losers clearly don't" are tired arguments used to justify subjective opinions, not to mention the way it reeks of revisionist history considering the way tolkien purists initially took great issue with deviations made in lotr and especially the hobbit.

it's almost like...the most hated tolkien adaptation is ever the current one.

[torchickentacos]

i will always shout praises of bi4bi but given recent discourse I feel the need to say that I love bi4het too! I just love bisexuality in general in its many forms, and anyone who only likes it when it's 'queer enough' for them is biphobic. Bisexuals should be able to bring their LaMe CiShEt BoYfRiEnD to pride without being made to feel like spectators and outsiders to their own event.

[sweetmapple]

Spoilers for Magnus Archives [142] Scrutiny

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The institute never allowed statements about dreams

Bashing my head against the wall of red threads and newspaper clippings

You’ve got to be kidding me, I thought that shit was just an off hand joke

Since Jon had compelled that traffic cop in America I always mulled over how funny it’d be if someone had come in to give a statement about a weird guy prying open secrets, but good god

This was so much more horrifying than I had ever expected

I-

I am speechless with chills running down my spine

Istg the writer is The Buried themselves cause this rabbit hole goes straight to the earths core. I mean come on, I feel like I’ve been slapped

I’ve made the hard decision to temporarily shelve Elias so I can put a new dubious creature in the spotlight of my mind

Gonna listen to that statement again

[popfizzles]

UH FIVE ISLE ANON HERE- THERE ARE FIVE??

ISLES ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, AND INKWELL HELL. it’s clearly labeled as it’s own Isle?? chat??

i will die on this hill guys

settling this like MEN