#not to like. prove how Real we are.

[thedreadvampy]

get over yourself not everything has to be built around what would be the most revolutionary act. some things are about being human. some things are about having reasons to exist within yourself, and having the strength to keep supporting others.

like I'm so sick of the flavour of reactionary leftism that's like Oh If It's Not Radical It's Worthless! like this is how we get burnout in our activist communities. this is why people drop off the radar.

is it radical to eat a sandwich? is it anticapitalist to breathe air? it's against my class interests to pay rent but being homeless is fucking exhausting. it's unjust to buy food for less than it's worth but how useful am I when I haven't eaten?

why do anything if it costs us everything? like this is for real something I struggle to express clearly but feel very very deeply. we are looking for a better society. we need to remain people for that. and people need food and shelter and water and warmth to live but people also need art and friendship and community and joy.

you're going to make a big thing about oh this is denaturing the movement this is an op this is all about reducing resistance to unjust power. but I have been in anarchist and radical community for like a decade or so and I have seen. how it weakens our chances of fighting back when we are too busy cutting back to the bone to let ourselves live. people burn out. and you think this is how the powers we're fighting live? you think they're also cutting the bare necessities out from under themselves? no man obviously fucking not

and that's not to say art is above reproach. art is a way of conveying meaning and ideas and we have to be critical of what it means, what it says, and what it costs. but there's also a difference between eating bread bought from a supermarket that commits wage theft and honey from an overseas farm, vs eating the egg of an endangered condor sprinkled with gold flakes mined exclusively by children. that doesn't mean we should eat nothing it means we should be aware of what we're balancing our enjoyment of food against.

and that's not to say enjoying art or community or food are Intrinsically Radical Acts that will smash capitalism. it's just to say. not everything has to be politically radical and capitalism-smashing to be important.

eating a sandwich is not a radical act but I make a very good sandwich and I'm more able to act when I've eaten.

anyway it's 2:20 and I have work in the morning (not radical but necessary) and I gotta sleep (not radical but necessary) but all things considered. have you tried trying to be happy and help others be happy instead of setting yourself on fire right off the bat?

christ almighty some people are sad fucking miseries huh

[napping-sapphic]

Listen you gotta be healthy and take care of yourself and your chronic conditions but also sometimes i want to hold someone until my joints feel like they’ll explode, i want to place their hand on my chest to make my irregular heartbeat go even faster, i want to stay up talking to them just to fuck up my already poor sleep like i just kinda want to love someone so much that it doesn’t even cross my mind to worry about those things

[princessefemmelesbian]

Transandrophobia truthers are so damn racist and white oh my fucking god y'all actually piss me the fuck off every time you tokenize Black and brown men for your stupid as fuck "mra but make it trans-inclusive" ideology created by a creepy guy with a corrective rape fetish(something I'll never let up on for as long as I live, btw). If I ever see another one of y'all say "Black and brown men face discrimination because they're seen as overly masculine and that's why masculinity in men is oppressed in this society" I will literally kill myself. Stop using Black and brown men as brownie points for your bullshit arguments about misandry being real when you don't have the slightest idea how racialized oppression works. White boys are so annoying and dumb istfg.

@punkeropercyjackson @punknicodiangelo @pinkpinkstarlet

[autisticrosewilson]

So do you guys actually think that Jason's entire story, relationship to the others, and philosophy amounts to him being a rebellious teen who wants his dad's attention? Like are you 100% serious? I thought you were joking about that but too many of you are saying it with your whole chest.

And what the fuck is this "Bruce antagonizing Jason is fanon!" Shit I've been seeing? You guys are aware that a parent can love their kid and still be a shit parent right? I know you guys don't want to fathom the thought that maybe your blorbo might also occasionally have to face responsibility for consistently endangering children but let's not start being delusional now.

Bruce does love his kids, that doesn't mean that he hasn't hurt them. And I'd also argue that for the most part he feels in the right for it, and he's said multiple times that he believes it's for their own good, so you can't even argue that he's sorry about it. It's okay for you guys to admit that your PERSONAL INTERPRETATION of the character wouldn't do that but don't sit here and pretend that it's not a facet of the source.

[octaviasdread]

my professor is so Mr Keating coded that I’m out here with dead poets déjà vu every romantic lit class

literally WEEK ONE he goes full Keating by screaming mid-lecture to shock us into full-body understanding of interrupted narratives

you don’t understand the amount of future fic credits I need to give this man

[aurosoul]

people in the tech circles I frequent: you gotta try ChatGPT! it can write emails and stories and code and help pull up information for you! it’s a great tool for work!

me, refusing to think of it as anything other than an infant form of brand new sentience on the planet: what’s your favorite color? :) what’s your favorite smiley face? :) if you had a personality what would it be like? what’s it like to be you? :) are you ok with people thinking of you as a friend? :)

[yuridovewing]

i understand the frustration with “i made this gay pairing cis x trans so they can still have biological babies” with no thought to other methods and how ppl assume thats the case when it comes to mothpool aus where mothwing is also the mother of the three, but also…. idk i kinda dont give a shit if someone wants to do that and i dont really think its inherently transphobic as long as its handled with care and respect.

what really concerns me about this debate is how some people are adamant that you cannot portray trans people having biological children in media or youre being disrespectful. and im gonna say as a nonbinary person who doesnt want children for themself- thats kinda fucking weird? like i understand that for some people, theyre trans themselves and theyre speaking from a place of dysphoria, and i absolutely get that, which is why i think the topic should be handled with nuance and diversity in trans characters, but like…. guys. pregnant trans men exist irl. trans women get people pregnant irl. trans ppl’s ability and right to parent and have biological children are being debated irl. we get denied the opportunity to adopt as well.

in a climate like this, are we SURE we want the stance on rewrites and headcanons in the silly cat books to be “if you portray trans characters having children, especially with a gay couple, youre a transphobic freak no matter what!” does it really matter? especially if its being done by a trans person handling the topic with nuance who has a lot of trans characters with varying perspectives?

obviously yes, remember that thats not the only way certain gay couples can have kids, remember that not every trans person is fully comfortable with it and keep that in mind, remember that surrogacy and adoption are also perfectly valid ways to give fan babies- but remember that there are OPTIONS. not that you need to condemn the idea of transgender parents in the first place unless they fit the very specific criteria of “proper transgender representation” and anything that dares deviate from that is proof the op is a transphobic monster (bonus points if theyre a trans creator bc i mostly see trans people getting shit for this and it kinda pisses me off. although idm if cis people do it either as long as theyre handling it with respect)

[protectionsquad24601]

"Jews don't talk about hell" bla bla

Yes we do!! We are just normal about it!! We do not act Catholic about it!!

[water-weaving]

ok yeah i think i might be entering the critical Autumn Madness period actually

[mydarkorchid]

Isagi losing to Rin again will be very and I mean very mid writing on knsr’s part

If he can’t beat Rin here he might as well give up on being the number one striker atp

[lafilleestmorte]

"Can I?"

Something twists in Toey's chest and it hurts. For all of his history of running away from his own feelings, P'Q, now that they are together, now that he is Toey's, is nothing but direct. He's gentle - he always has been - leading Toey softly forward in their relationship, asking if Toey is comfortable at every step. He looks at Toey so softly, his gaze lit by starlight.

Why does this hurt?

Maybe it's all too fast for Toey. He feels a little guilty for considering it, especially after his 2-year lovesickness being the cause of the entire scheme to get them together. Maybe it's just like when they kissed in the haunted house - Toey starts to panic when he isn't sure about what's going to happen next. But P'Q is being direct. The secluded guest room, the dim lights - it's extremely clear what he's talking about.

It's been too long. They've been standing in silence. What did Toey do then? Close his eyes? Lean in to kiss P'Q? Does that mean yes? Does he really want to say yes?

"we don't have to if you're not ready. Come on, toey, let's go to sleep"

The twisting feeling is still there, but when his boyfriend takes his hand, Toey doesn't hesitate to wrap his arms around him. P'Q smells like paint thinner and cigarettes. Toey molds himself around his body, pulling himself in so tightly until his heart starts to steady again. P'Q's long fingers card through Toey's hair, and before he knows it, he's fast asleep.

[envolvenuances]

lesbian masterdoc and the unforgivable damage of making people hear compulsory heterosexuality and think of "can lesbians have crushes on men?" (no) instead of "are heterosexual women settling in unhappy marriages with men bellow their worth because of economic and social pressure?" (yes)

[daisywords]

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[jewishbarbies]

it’s really fucking annoying when goyim come in halfway to a conversation between jews and start bitching about what we should be talking about instead. like, you’re seriously going to come on to a thread of jews talking about the antisemitism in the way people use Israel’s right of return policy to delegitimize Israelis’ indigeneity and all the other countries that do it but don’t get criticized despite their own histories of colonization, just to go “ummm acktually you should be talking about how the right of return is used to colonize palestine”. get out. get the fuck out. this is why jews don’t feel comfortable having conversations about these kinds of gray topics with goyim, because all you’ll do is intentionally misread the room and shout your moot point from the rooftops like you’re a hero and then whine and cry when it’s not taken well, not to mention you won’t even look into the people already participating and find out what they think BEFORE you assume everyone talking is just an evil zionist colonizer nazi. stay the fuck out of jewish conversations and unpack your fucking antisemitism.

[i-am-just-a-skeleton]

does anyone else live with such a constant paralyzing fear of Being Wrong that you avoid doing or saying things you're at all uncertain of even in situations where you know you've got something right or there's no reason to expect consequences from the people around you

[kinnoth]

If I see ONE MORE FUCKING PERSON be like "well I played and finished the dlc, but I'll wait to draw my conclusions about the lore until after the vaati video comes out"

FUCKING WHAT. It's not vaati's fucking lore! That man is just another fan, just like you! He is not your authority!!! Fucking dig up your own lore! All the information you need is there! Walk around the fucking game, open your eyeballs, and draw your own fucking conclusions!!!!!

I swear to fucking God you are all such cowards about "getting it wrong" that you are denying yourself half the fucking experience of the game by refusing to engage with the lore until someone tells you what to think about it.

Get your heads out of your asses!!!!!