#nothing ever ends

[littleapocalypsekitten]

I wish there was a way for people to make others aware of their causes and /or to talk about not forgetting things in the shuffle of the mainstream news cycle so on and so forth WITHOUT FUCKING GUILT TRIPPING PEOPLE. I figure that some of you all just can't help it, you're frustrated. I'm not saying that you shouldn't ask people to care, what I'm saying is that guilt tripping is a very poor strategy. I personally react with a violent pissed-off mood to it. And again, to head off further GUILT TRIPPING, yeah, I am AWARE that I have privilege and don't "deserve" to get pissed off. But that's the thing - I don't actually care that I do not "deserve" things or "shouldn't" be a way, it is how my brain reacts - instinctively, muscle-memory. It's like how my father would yell at me to do dishes as a kid, including using guilt-tripping tactics. Would take at least a day and a LOT of yelling / fighting before the damn things got done. In my adult life, I still drag ass on that particular chore, in large part because of the fights with my parents over it, but I get it done and take care of myself because of other motivations, such as "If I want to cook yummy things, I must clean." It's a psychology and tactics things. What I am begging is PLEASE, INTERNET, can you find a way to motivate people without the guilt tripping? Some of us have that immediate hackle-raise in our brains when we see it that makes want to ignore things or to immediately feel hostile for no reason.

[lurks-no-more]

Indeed. And that applies to everything else, as well!

There is no point where all the problems have been solved, and all the bad people removed from power, so you can stop paying attention and stop voting. That will never happen.

As long as people live in a society, there will be politics. And as long as they live in a democratic soviety, there will be elections, and those elections will matter, and you will have to keep paying attention and showing up and voting, for the rest of your life.

It's just another part of being an adult. You have to do the dishes and do the laundry and cook the food and vacuum the floors, again and again and again, because that's life: it goes on until you die. And the same thing applies to politics and elections.

[xinyarui]

I finished reading Alan Moore's The Watchmen for a class, and I instantly want to re-read it. I don't usually re-read things immediately; I like to be reminded of things I missed a few years down the line, but the art and story were so fascinating. I think its a classic for a reason, and some of the quotes just had me staring at the pages blankly because I could so see both sides of dissonance in character actions/words/beliefs. So much of the comic was dialogue, but I enjoyed how the comic explored people's experiences directly affecting their decisions specifically in ways which elicited reactions from characters who would not be privy to the reasoning behind such decisions. I do always wonder in my day-to-day how much of the interactions I have were pre-determined by the past experiences of those around me. Cannot wait to see how my opinions on the comic change during this semester.

[yujateaandpi]

*gestures incoherently* Stan unhappy. Fiddle unhappy. Maybe they happy… together?

[malinaa]

if i think about the hunger games in peeta's perspective i WILL start sobbing

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Burning Rotten Bridges

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[ohtendril]

Pen and Eloise - 1.06 / 3.07

[boykingscourt]

supernatural writers after season 5

[a-scary-lack-of-common-sense]

Me when I really want to draw fanart for a fandom because it looks so cool, but I haven't the slightest idea about any deeper lore than surface level plot and symbolism

[jakeperalta]

★ countdown to christmas (take two) ★ day 17 of 24: downton abbey - "christmas at downton abbey" (2011)

[theresistanceneverquits]

There’s not enough people talking about how important Stephanie is to Damian’s growth pre-Flashpoint.

Bruce had seen Damian as a beast to be tamed, Tim sees him as a ticking time bomb, and Dick is far better with him but he’s still an authority figure for Damian to combat with. But then he meets Stephanie, a college-aged girl who nobody trusts and he bullies her relentlessly and becomes inseparable from her.

She doesn’t interact with him based on his past, but on what she can see. This 10 year old just threatened to kill her? Wow he doesn’t get outside much. He’s not old enough to have seen Gremlins. What do you MEAN you’ve never been inside a bouncy house before we are fixing that immediately.

They are like cousins to each other. They poke fun at each other for being lame and stupid and Dick has to tell them both to shut up. She doesn’t see him as a project to be molded and redeemed, he’s just a kid with a crappy childhood like her and if he’s nice to her for 5 seconds she’ll do something with him to let him feel like a kid. And he doesn’t look at her and see a liability or a failure or a lost cause, like everyone she’s ever interacted with does. When he’s awful to her, it’s because he’s an obnoxious preteen boy.

And then you get the “there’s room in our line of work for hope, too” scene. Because Damian has gotten to know Steph and he can’t fathom why she’s here. She obviously has had to deal with crap and is still working through being kept on a leash by Nightwing and Oracle, but she isn’t broken like the rest of them are. Damian is surrounded by people who were molded and shaped and torn down and broken to become the monoliths that they are, and then there’s this girl who seems so at peace with herself and is constantly making quips, and it’s so foreign to him.

And she tells him that she’s in his world because she believes people are worth fighting for.

[ullilya]

Best sister 💜

[abisalli]

Have some Dadneto with the twins. No take backs! 🏃‍♀️

[beanghostprincess]

Chainsaw Man has always been about power and control and a guy who has been stripped of his childhood and teenage years to then be constantly used and manipulated, forced to become hypersexual after being groomed and sexually assaulted, and losing the one bit of normalcy there's left in him.

Denji has no control over both his body and decisions and instantly becomes a vessel of what he thinks will fix him, the very same thing Asa is to Yoru, who keeps demanding war and respect and power and she knows what to do to make Denji lose his humanity.

The relationship between Denji and Asa is so genuine and human that using that against both of their wills is incredibly violating and dehumanizing. And that's why it is so good. And that's why it needs to be explicit. And that's why I am extremely surprised people are grossed out by this happening when dehumanizing and taking control of the lives of others is exactly what War would do.

[rystiel]

i feel like poolverine easily could’ve been one of those “they’re flirty but it’s mostly unserious” situations, and for most of the movie yeah they were extremely gay, but wade’s been like that with other guys and it was never treated as a serious type of relationship before. they’re willing to die for each other, but even then the romantic aspect of their relationship could be glossed over because it’s a superhero movie, that’s just what they do, and they’re working together to save a whole timeline—it’s not just about them. but then the movie doesn’t end with them saving the day and moving on. i think this’s really the part that sells poolverine as a genuine relationship to me… logan’s leaving, and wade calls for him. he can’t stand to let him go. then he introduces him to his family, and logan stays. he doesn’t really need to stay, but they’ve both decided they’re better off with one another than without

[slavhew]

i reread this scene and i could just. picture it. so vividly.