#mills opinion

[justadumblee]

《Credits to whoever corresponds!》

Hey there! This the introductory post for this blog (should have done this a long ass while ago)

♡ Name's Mills! Or well, at least the one I use on the internet >w<

♡ I certainly don't mind what pronouns you use for me, but I normally go by She/Her

♡ Part of the SFW tickle community! Lee leaning switch, to be specific.

♡Currently hyperfixated on.. SMG4

♡ Artist and writer :3

IMPORTANT STUFF YOU NEED TO KNOW!!

♤ I'm a minor, so be careful of your words and what your intentions are with me

♤ I am a strictly SFW blog, so for the love of HEAVENS, please be normal

♤ While I am open for RP, don't just randomly send an ask.

♤ Open to meet new people :3!

♤ You know the drill for basic DNI criteria: Homophobics, P3dos, Z0ofilics, that type of stuff

So, uhhhh, enjoy this blog ig!!!

Take care and drink lots of water :3

[justadumblee]

This dude is full of mischief and I freaking love it

since tiktok is dying in the U.S. i decided to round up all of the tickle moments from those self defense videos circling tiktok (op is @zacharyloft)

[dionrevel]

need more modern average unposed pics of james spader like this to fuel my sick awful fantasies

[philosophybits]

The usefulness of an opinion is itself a matter of opinion.

John Stuart Mill, On Liberty

[necrotic-nephilim]

Before reading the comics, thanks to sladixk fics, i genuinely thought that dick always lost to slade, now I know that most times when he's and adult he beats slade no problem but it got me wondering how you feel about this canon-fanon difference

OHH this is a good question!!

i think sometimes fanon makes Slade a little... too badass. i think something some fanon fans don't understand about Slade in the 80s/90s is that he was like... kind of a loser? like don't get me wrong he was a main villain of the Titans for a while and he was certainly meant to be a formidable villain but this reputation he has in fanon almost supersedes him. (for example with specific plots: the fandom interpretation of the Judas Contract is Slade as the mastermind, but the writers have said that Terra was supposed to be the big villain manipulating everything. which is a ridiculous thing to put on a teenage girl getting groomed but, it does depict the intention of who was supposed to be "at fault" in that story) and don't get me wrong, i definitely love playing up the reputation and aura Slade has, but he really is a general contract killer on the level of like, Deadshot. personally, i wouldn't even put him on Lady Shiva's level, i think she far outranks him.

and to be fair to some fanon, recent comics have... tried to badass-ify Slade. some of his more recent Deathstroke runs are really trying to put him as this guy with legions of men underneath him who's this *deadly* killer who can take on Batman and Superman and all the like. and i just find that... boring? like, do i enjoy him being a smarter-than-average villain with a lot of connections? yes. but i don't think anything in his backstory really lends him to being as formidable as he appears in some fanfiction that puts him on this untouchable level. i would personally go as far to say i think *most* of the Batfamily could beat him in a fight under the right circumstances. bc Slade really is just Some Guy who got a serum from the military and went AWOL. (there's certainly more to his backstory than that, but at a glance, he's really not a trained fighter from birth like other characters are) and whilst i do enjoy Slade being formidable i have to admit, it was sort of fun when he was a loser? and i've gotten a kick out of certain comics that point out he's only a terrifying villain when he's up against teenagers. (Ghost-Maker calling him out on that is one of the funniest things, to me) like could Slade give Batman a serious fight? sure, but i don't see him ever winning unless you *really* nerf Bruce. and i really don't see him ever winning against most of the Batkids once they've got some years under their belt. Slade's scare factor was always tapered by who he was against, and he was a *Teen Titans* villain. so he's a little ridiculous and sometimes just sort of a weird loser. and i say that affectionately.

furthermore, on the flipside, i think... sometimes, we woobify Dick a bit too much to my tastes. or, really any Robin who gets shipped with Slade but of course Dick is the standout in popularity and i find it's more prominent with him. it's really a general slash problem, in which one man must be the Strong Top and then other must be the Weak Bottom. and that manifests in Slade being physically larger than Dick (which in canon, ehhh i think the size difference would be largely negligible) and him being able to beat Dick. bc it makes for more fanfic scenarios where you can put Dick at Slade's mercy for porn, for angst, for whatever you'd like. Slade is a good pick if you want to really put Dick on the weaker side, bc you can play with healing factors and strength enhancements. so on a physical level, Slade will be stronger than Dick. does that mean Slade can beat Dick in a fight? historically, no. i mean, Slade trusted Dick to train his own daughter in the Renegade storyline, so i think this is a fact even Slade is aware of.

i don't think it's a bad thing fanfiction likes its big top/small bottom tropes. if you want to make Dick a submissive, pliant bottom who is going to lose in a fight to Slade for your dead dove porn, get it. i've probably written or will write the same. it's appealing and it's a very common trope for Dick. but it becoming the fandom norm does sort of nerf Dick, occasionally. i think some fans don't fully comprehend the actual level Dick is on, where he's very close to being an equal to Bruce, if not already Bruce's equal. in fandom Dick is sort of trapped in this "post-adolescence but not full adulthood" state that does not acknowledge he has been an adult running superhero teams for years. he was filling in for Bruce in the Batman mantle all the way back in the 90s. he can defeat villains like Slade, and usually without a lot of difficulty. to me the only time you can realistically make Dick lose and it be "in character" is either 1, to have Dick *very* early on in his Robin years (i think if he's past 16, he can beat Slade) or 2, very deeply wound Dick/have him in a psychologically altered state via drugs or something. otherwise yeah, i think Dick wins 99% of the time.

but fanfiction is fanfiction, and it doesn't *have* to be canon. esp if Dick losing to Slade is just a sexy prerequisite to porn. do i wish more fanon explored Slade as kind of a loser? absolutely. do i think Slade is *too* cool in most fanon? also absolutely. but those are my tastes and i don't begrudge anyone who just wants a strong, mean man to whump the shit out of their blorbos, which usually, is the purpose of Slade. i find most fanfic with Slade tends not to be exploring Slade's character. they're simply using him as an easy stand-in for a metahuman who's morally grey and very mean but has a nuanced history with Dick, or whoever else. which, very valid. not all fanfic needs to be a character study, but i do think it'd be cool to see more Slade-centric fics that *do* want to be character studies.

[justadumblee]

NO CUZ I WAS DRAWING SOME TICKLE ART ON IBIS PAINT AND WHEN I SAVED IT TO MY GALLERY I LET MY PHONE UNLOCKED AND MY FRIEND BEHIND ME STARTED SCROLLING THROUGH MY PHOTOS AHHHH 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

Whenever I’m writing a tickle fic or making tickle art or just looking at anything tickle related, I literally have my phone up my nose so nobody sees it LMAO, it’s so embarrassing being in the community sometimes 😭

EVEN WORSE WHEN SOMEONE IS LIKE “watcha lookin at” OR SOMETHING AND YOU’RE JUST THERE LIKE “umm…” SKSJSHSSJ

[manchblack]

whenever people talk about shows that they wish would've come out now instead of when they did, once upon a time is always on the top of my list. not because i want it to be better written but because the fandom would be batshit insane and it would be SO funny

[galarglory]

Giving Applins as a courting gesture has been a tradition in Galar for centuries. It's believed the tradition was started by the common folk of Galar before being picked up by the Nobles. The tradition has carried on for generations and lasts even now into the modern day with no signs of stopping or slowing down. If anything it appears to have grown in popularity. As the tradition has turned from a sign of asking for another's hand in marriage to being used as a way of simply showing romantic interest in another person.

During the Valentine's season Applin decor decorate the landscapes of Galarian cities and the windows of their shops with plenty of Applin themed merchandise being sold all over Galar. Applins seem to entirely take over Galar during the mid January to late February season. Of course it isn't just Applin decor that is sold during this season but Applins themselves can be found being sold as well.

Most still consider it traditional to catch a wild Applin to give their lover. Yet the abundance of this tradition has threatened the wild Applin population due to over hunting of them. Many people will hunt for them in order to give them to their lovers or to turn around and sell them for others to give out.

To combat this breeders have started breeding their own Applins to sell to try and protect the Wild Applin population. However this has introduced it's own set of problems. Like hunting Applins the breeding of Applins is a rather lucrative business in Galar with many participating in it. Though some breeders hold themselves to an ethical ground and take good care of the Applins they breed many others simply see the money that comes from it. With Applin breeding quickly becoming hazardous to the pokemon where many Applins are bred in poor conditions in order to quickly produce more Applins to meet the demands of the consumers.

This has only been made worse with the commercialization of Applin breeding with companies and breeders selling the bodies of Applins before the Applins have chosen an Apple to take as their home. This is often sold as a more 'customizable' option where the consumer can bring the Applin home and give it a different fruit or object entirely to live in. Where this sounds fine in practice in truth Applins survive off the nutrients of Apples and cannot easily adapt to other fruit nor adapt at all to an object that isn't fruit at all. Most of these Applins die within a few weeks of being sold.

These kinds of practices have raised concern amongst Pokemon Rights groups in Galar regarding the ethical treatment and breeding of Applins. However due to the tradition of giving Applins as gifts these debates are often swept under the rug. Though the wider public does seem to debate over if it is better to give a wild Applin that has been caught to one's lover or if it is better to buy an Applin from another source and give that to one's lover. There seems to be no real consensus to this debate with both sides having their own reasons to their argument.

[cyarskj1899]

she was right and you punished her unjustly for it.

unforgivable

The most disgusting thing about this documentary was Megan saying that Tory had the balls to text her and say she looked sad, and then not too long after make a whole album and release a video of him cutting up horse legs.. that is sick asf!!!! Deport HIM

[niobiumao3]

Claims of 'it's forced' every time a black woman is in proximity to a white/light skinned blorbo in canon when nothing has even fucking happened yet is my villain origin story.

[justadumblee]

I know I should be doing this myself, but still. I follow way too many people

If I'm following your blog and you don't want minors in it, please send an ask so I can unfollow you. I don't wanna break any boundaries because I wouldn't like people breaking mines. And, if I am, I deeply apologize, i should have checked out first before following/ interacting with you

[religion-is-a-mental-illness]

"The peculiar evil of silencing the expression of an opinion is, that it is robbing the human race... If the opinion is right, they are deprived of the opportunity of exchanging error for truth: if wrong, they lose, what is almost as great a benefit, the clearer perception and livelier impression of truth, produced by its collision with error." -- John Stuart Mill

[grtmnick]

I recently stumbled onto the linked conversation above regarding whether or not the writing for Emma Swan's character suffered a decrease in quality after season 1 of Once Upon a Time.

This is an intriguing question that I believe the SwanQueen fandom on Tumblr would be interested in discussing, so I have shared it here.

As for my own thoughts, I must admit my own bias in thinking of season 1 as the highlight of the series, at least for me. A close second being season 3a.

Season 1 Emma gave the impression as being written to be a more capable and competent person than what we sometimes see later in the series. Also, it is worth noting that her skills as investigator, developed as a result of her experiences as a troubled youth and improved upon during her time as a bail-bonds person, give her a sense of agency that she then loses in future seasons, despite how much those skills would have gave her an edge against future antagonists.

Food for thought thusly served.

[irhabiya]

why am i getting videos like this recommended to me now all of a sudden lol since when do any of you give a shit

[philosophybits]

To think that because those who wield power in society wield in the end that of government, therefore it is of no use to attempt to influence the constitution of the government by acting on opinion, is to forget that opinion is itself one of the greatest active social forces. One person with a belief is a social power equal to ninety-nine who have only interests.

John Stuart Mill, On Representative Government

[themattress]

Just putting this out there.

Whoever voice-directed this thing, I am disappointed in you.