#not very hugely surprising to me

[lots-of-fandoms-ps-help-me]

just finished mister impossible btw what the fuck if you even care

[bumblingbabooshka]

Thinking about marriage/women's rights on Vulcan Some may think that T'Pring not being allowed to divorce Spock was because he was going through the pon farr but if she were allowed to divorce him at all she probably would have done that a long time ago, confirmed by T'Pol when she's speaking with Koss, who isn't suffering from the pon farr. She says that he can choose another mate (without invoking a fight it seems: note the difference between a 'mate' and a 'challenger') and after he makes it clear that nothing she says will change his mind about marrying her, she finally threatens to declare a kal-if-fee. It's clear that Vulcan women cannot divorce/refuse to marry a man they've been betrothed to under any circumstances if A) He himself doesn't consent to ending their marriage or B) She doesn't have someone else waiting in the wings to be given to in his stead. Though, if the challenger she selects fails to win the fight, she'll have to marry her betrothed anyway unless (again) he decides he doesn't want her after the challenge. That seems like an incredibly unfair system, heavily biased towards men. SNW is an alternate universe in many obvious respects but most egregiously in that T'Pring has a lot of non-canonical agency over her relationship with Spock. It's interesting to me that Vulcan society has women in many positions of power and treats women as equal to men from what I've seen despite these laws. We don't really see Vulcans exhibiting a misogynistic attitude towards women in general but in TOS (perhaps because of its general writing style but it's still interesting to note) both Sarek and Spock take on patriarchal attitudes specifically regarding wives. Amanda says that 'of course' Sarek commands her because "he is a Vulcan and I am his wife." It's worthwhile in my eyes to note that she specifies 'wife' instead of attributing this attitude to women as a whole. Again, with TOS' writing style it wouldn't be out of place for her to say "he is a man and I am a woman." Spock, while in a pon farr induced irritation, states that it's "undignified for a woman to play servant to a man that isn't hers" - again implying that there's something specific about being a Wife in Vulcan society which is different from being a woman in general and demands subservience to a husband. This could perhaps stem from the extreme sense of ownership that Vulcan law has permitted men to have over women. A woman legally cannot point blank refuse marriage. There is no option which guarantees she won't have to marry her betrothed other than death. When T'Pau speaks of T'Pring she refers to her as being 'property' and Stonn, before being interrupted, states he's made 'the ancient claim' - we don't know what this is because he gets cut off but it's obvious they're both using the language of Vulcan law. Men are permitted true freedom to choose. If a woman wants to choose someone else to be with there is no option available to her other than the kal-if-fee which might result in the death of the one she wants to be with. And, if her lover fails, her husband can still just decide he wants to marry her and she'll be forced to. T'Pring gives two scenarios: One where Spock 'frees' her and one where he doesn't - it's still ultimately his decision which is clear when he ends the conversation with "Stonn, she is yours." This again isn't just because of the pon farr as T'Pol also goes through this. Koss can choose another mate and when the option is talked about there's no implication that this would result in any sort of fight (both by the casualness of its mention and by the fact that there's no formal word for it unlike the kal-if-fee.) Also, the fact that Koss does eventually grant T'Pol a divorce and it's all fine means that T'Pol isn't lawfully required to have another man waiting if her HUSBAND doesn't want her. It's ONLY required if SHE doesn't want her husband. Tradition must take precedence over individual desire UNLESS!!! You're a man. Then it's fine. Like, your parents might not be happy but legally you're golden.

[hellobitchlet]

Ah yes, the yaocule, "is she supposed to remind me of Kiana?", "disclaimer: not a Sakura", and "more like Raven than her actual expy"

[zellk]

Forgot to share here.... old doodles of when I finally came around to finding a design I like for Qalaari's mom !!

[ikemenomegas]

good-ending!kakashi and itachi need to have a little former traumatized geniuses cooking club where they get comfortable with making little "mistakes" and putting imperfect dishes on the table and improvising without needing to explain themselves like it's life or death

[astronomodome]

Feeling conflicted about the cyberpunk thingy impulse is going for because like yeah it’s a great theme and I like the aesthetics a lot but what I really like most about cyberpunk is the themes of corporate alienation and/or transhumanism etc etc which I know will not be addressed at all and in fact it’s kind of stupid of me to expect that at all from a minecraft series. Does anyone else get that or just me

[vialae]

[dunhoof]

thinkin abt how dragons are represented onsite recently vs in the past what with regards to anthropomorphism and

yknow what that's what polls are for innit

*that's counting all moderns + abbys, gaolers, veilspun - simplifying a bit so that i don't have to think abt whether stuff like coatl tail wings technically count. basically i mean those with one pair of forelimbs, hindlimbs, & wings & nothing else that would rly affect locomotion

[my-current-obsession]

every time i see bakudeku compared to k/ance (now specifically in terms of them getting shafted in the ending and/or accused of queerbaiting) i take psychic damage

[foibles-fables]

a cool lil update—just found out that a poem of mine was accepted for publication (my first ever!) in a print anthology! I’m excited for every small step of this writing journey, and so grateful for the lovely support, enthusiasm, community, and camaraderie you’ve all shared with me so far! 💕

[deva-arts]

In a distant and unexplored future we see Sera doom spiral in real time. No, they do not lay eggs.

Nathaniel didn't expect a question like that. From Vincent? Probably. But Sera? He is trying his absolute best not to cry laughing.

He is experiencing the thorough breakdown of his paradigms regarding conception while also experiencing the miracle of life etc etc

He also refuses to move because the same hands that he has crushed pumpkins and skulls with are holding a tiny living squeaky thing and that kind of petrifies him.

What didn't happen:

[sexynetra]

If I had a nickel for every time a drag race stan account on Twitter screenshotted one of my fics and posted it publicly, I’d have two nickels. Which isn’t a lot, but it’s weird that it happened twice.

[sketchbuddy]

just woke up

checking the art I'm previously posted

300+ notes over just one night

....WHERE Y'ALL PEOPLE CAME FROM?????

[akaikali]

Okay so i definitely explained this in the beginning of this fic but I thought I'd write out my thoughts here

So in my headcanon, gerry was born in 1983. Eric delano successfully left the institute in 1996, when gerry was about 11. I know that canonically Gerry was two when Eric died but if Jonny and Alex can fuck with their timeline, so can I. That would put Gerry at roughly 31 when he dies (IF he dies, depending on the fic).

Now for michael, I headcanon him as being born in 1975 and starting to work at the institute as just a normal researcher in 1995. That way he would have met eric at some point before eric left, but it can also line up michael only becoming an archival assistant in 2003 when fiona law died because he only got transferred over after her confirmed death.

I know canonically, gertrude and gerry only met in 2013 so thats after michael's death and in some fics, i might go according to that timeline but im taking liberties here and saying that gertrude found gerry in 2008 not long after eric asked her to.

So yes, in my headcanon, gerry and michael have an 8 year age gap. if that bothers you, my interpretation may not be for you, and that's totally fine! For me, they're both adults when they meet for the first time do I don't see any problem with it

Anyways yeah gerrymichael timeline thoughts

(Also gonna plug my fic here too bc it goes according to this timeline)

[generalsmemories]

ya'll please i haven't even finished the 1k requests and we're already nearing 2k.

[tombware]

am i the only one that thinks this music change is bad. why even touch it