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lemonhemlock · 1 year ago

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I really think some Green fans need to get real and realize the show will never portray a clearly young girl (we don't know the character's age but the actress was 15 years old during S1 filming - it's just vile to pretend her character was making everything up) lying about getting raped and setting poor Aegon up. Also, he was never confused when Alicent confronted him about what he had specifically done, in fact, the dialogue between them heavily implies this was not the first time this happened. He also never denied the accusation which I think he would've if the "it was a set-up" scenario was true. Anyway I doubt Dyana will knowingly be involved in the B&C affair either like some people from the other side keep hoping for. If she's going to provide information about the hour Helaena and her children are visiting Alicent or anything of the sort then it will likely be the some manipulation from Mysaria's part. I highly doubt Misaryia is going to say to Dyana "I know he wronged you and you want justice. How about we kill his heir?" and she'll be like "yeah let's do that". Her being a part of B&C is the second worst arc she could possibly have after the fake rape plot some are suggesting (or just as bad) because in no way one can ever claim that an innocent child getting beheaded in front of his mother would be an epic revenge story the audience will be cheering. I don't believe the writers will choose either of these two options.

yeah, the reason aegon turns the waterworks on and looks confused is because mummy hit him, not because mummy unjustly accused him. i realise some fans are hoping against hope and there's nothing wrong with daydreaming about a perfect pro-green world (i wish LOL), but, unfortunately, there's no "fixing" the dyanna situation. portraying young girls as manipulative liars when it comes to rape is just way more damaging than portraying a rapist prince on screen. we need to believe women and normalize that in our media, not to give more ammunition to dismissive narratives.

if the writers, say, had a change of heart and realised the error of their ways (i know, bear with me) or regretted the lost opportunity they had with aegon or whatever else. AT MOST, they could maybe retcon the child fighting pits thing bc aegon is never actually shown in there, so, if they REALLY wanted, they could never mention it again and pretend it didn't happen. but dyanna already got a pretty emotional scene where she was scared out of her mind and pleading with alicent + aegon basically admitted his guilt in the very next scene, so there's not much to do about that, other than reshoot the episode or re-edit it to remove that sideplot, which is obviously never going to happen ever. also, say what you will, but it was a pretty big deal that alicent believed her, no questions asked, and provided her with contraception and financial compensation, instead of punishing her and going "nuh-uh, not MY son"

like, "house of the dragon fake rape plot angers SA survivors and women's rights organizations" is not a good headline to have unless their aim is to turn it into The Idol with dragons

the good news, though, is that aegon is not real, so, as beings who exist in three dimensional spaces & outside screen and paper, we can acknowledge it as a controversial writing choice, accept it as an L and just move on with our lives. you don't have to agree with it & there is ample room to critique it, but it's also time to (gently) advance with the five stages of grief. the damage is already done, i'm afraid, we just have to take it on the chin and carry on.

i also agree that dyanna actively participating in b&c would be a mistake and not smth aspirational for her character (i have already breached this topic in her tag for curious cats). but i'm not convinced i trust the writers 100% NOT to go down this path bc they have sure shown that they can have a very simplistic understanding of female badassery and emancipation sometimes, re: how rhaenys killing civilians doesn't matter. all the more frustrating, because, had they moved the set around a little, she could have flown out dramatically on meleys without killing anyone, while maintaining all the benefits of the scene. but it seems they're not immune to shock just for the sake of shock.

anyway, as with all speculation, i am simply just talking out of my arse right now and cannot judge any aspect of S2 without seeing it first. episodes can be filmed with more than one version for various plots and who knows what they'll choose in the end. dyanna's actress may be filming scenes, but do we have any assurance those scenes will even make it in the show? there's no certainty they won't end up cutting them and editing the episode around her. so she can act out the most Kill Bill variant of her character and by the time next year rolls around it's on the cutting room floor

#ask #anon #dyanna #aegon ii targaryen #i h8 this sideplot but the milk has already been spilled

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papirouge · 1 year ago

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your reblog of that pro-life post about "but what about 12 year olds forced to carry their rapist's baby" just reminds me of how much "pro-choice" rhetoric revolves around cases where, ironically, a woman doesn't actually have much of a choice in seeking an abortion

poor women, women who live in countries where maternity leave and postpartum/perinatal care and childcare are horrifically expensive, women who face severe pregnancy complications... not sure women are being allowed to make free choices here, a lot of this is just financial and medical coercion. the people who trot out "women were aborting before feminism" stuff cite the fact that women aborted in the past primarily because of resource scarcity and I'm just like. fam that's not a good argument for abortion. that just tells me women's needs are never really met and people don't care that they aren't. the same thing happens when women are aborting their very-much-wanted babies because they're afraid they can't make ends meet post-birth. and with the way so many women are mistreated in the workplace after having children, and the extreme costs of childcare in certain developed countries, this fear isn't unfounded. but it's not a good argument for "abortion at any time, for any reason" in the same way using late-term medically-necessary abortions isn't a good reason to have unrestricted access to abortion. many people really don't want to view this critically and it drives me crazy

The thing is, I think many pro lifers would agree that's a good compromise to have a law enabling abortion only for rape, but pro choicers wouldn't. That's how you know how fake they are for constantly bringing those rape situations up.

And I've said it several times but feminist pro choicers never came around the inconsistency of making totally acceptable to question *some* choices (over the fact they're rooted in "systemic misogyny" i.e plastic surgery, make up, shaving, etc ), and how some "choices" are not - such as abortion.

That's why they're hellbent acting like abortion was a "life saving" procedure and that pregnancy kills, because they can rationalize this inconstency by saying "we shouldn't question access to abortion because it saves lives!!". But the thing is, they have absolutely no idea whether women resorting to abortion do it for health reason. And if health was the reason women should access to abortion, then pro abortion should be okay with enabling abortion ONLY for health reason - but they don't 🙃 we're basically circling back to the beginning of this post lol

Those women do not care the slightest of women's health. Otherwise they would acknowledge that abortion is not harmless and actually have long term effect on women's health/future pregnancies. They're just moving the goalpost. Remember how a few years ago they were saying that fetus weren't humans? now that they realized how stupid and unscientific this argument was, they're now making contrived nonsensical takes about how humanhood is different from personhood💀

#let's not forget the gotcha type of clapback à la “EVEN THE BIBLE SAYS LIFE BEGINS AT CONCEPTION !!!” First #that's not true.#second not every prolifer is Christian so...#pro life #answered

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prolifeproliberty · 2 years ago

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I'm not going to be completely uncivilized like some people here. Help me to understand your views. What if a ten year old child is raped, and the child would die due to birth and pregnancy? What's your stance on trans men? Are you adopting kids who were put up for adoption? Are you funding formula shortages? I don't think that consent to sex equals consent to pregnancy. I'm pro choice, and I want to engage in normal discussion, because blatantly attacking pro choicers does nothing.

I appreciate the civility. I really do need to update a frequently asked questions page though to cover some of these.

- “What if a ten-year-old child is raped, and the child would die due to birth and pregnancy?”

First, if a child (or anyone) is raped, the rapist needs to rot in jail. Maybe the death penalty - that’s a conversation we can have, but it’s not currently the norm. What we shouldn’t do is punish the preborn child worse than the rapist, since the preborn child is not responsible for the circumstances of his or her conception.

In your question you set a premise that “the child would die.” There are no situations where the outcomes are that clear. There are certainly significant risks for a young child who becomes pregnant, but the pregnancy is by no means a death sentence. With proper medical care, the child can be monitored for signs of complications, and the baby can be delivered early by c-section if needed.

There’s a very sad article on Wikipedia called “List of Youngest Birth Mothers.” Reading it will break your heart. The youngest girl on there was five years old. Five. But she delivered a living child in 1939 in Peru, with very limited medical care access.

All of the children on the list are under 11. In so many cases, especially since many of them are from before DNA testing was a thing, the rapist is never identified or convicted. It’s awful.

What it shows us, however, is that with proper medical care there is no room to say “the child will die” as if there’s no hope.

In a situation where a child has been raped and is pregnant, there is no trauma-free solution. Abortion will traumatize her, as will giving birth. However, some rape survivors who give birth actually find it healing and empowering - but we can’t know whether they will feel that way until it happens.

What we can do is take the path that has less death, and that’s the path of not killing preborn children and doing everything possible to protect the lives and health of both of the children involved.

What saddens me is how many people think that the “easy” answer in these cases is to kill an innocent child.

- “What’s your stance on trans men?”

I believe that biological sex is determined at fertilization, and it’s not something you can change, even with hormones and surgery. What saddens me is how many young people have become convinced they are transgender because either A) they don’t feel comfortable in their body (and who does during puberty and adolescence?) or B) they don’t feel they fit into some arbitrary cultural standard of how men and women are supposed to act. A woman who doesn’t like wearing dresses or doing feminine things isn’t suddenly a man - she just has different style, tastes, and interests. Telling her she needs hormones and surgery because she doesn’t “fit in” with cultural norms is horrifying.

- “Are you adopting kids who are put up for adoption?”

There are two different conversations here: adopting from foster care and adopting newborns whose mothers chose adoption prior to giving birth or shortly after.

In your question, it sounds like you’re talking about babies being placed for adoption by their mothers as an alternative to abortion. There are currently long, long waiting lists for those children. It’s hard to get accurate numbers, but some estimates say as many as 2 million couples are waiting to adopt newborns at any one time.

Meanwhile, there have been around 1 million abortions a year for the last several years. There are about 100,000 children in foster care who are eligible for adoption. So those 2 million couples could adopt every single child who would have been aborted and every single child in foster care, and there would be 900,000 couples left waiting to adopt, not accounting for couples adopting sibling groups.

What stops all the children in foster care from being adopted is a combination of red tape and stigma. Children in foster care tend to have higher levels of need because of the trauma they’ve been through, and some couples feel ill-equipped to handle that.

I say all of this to explain that there isn’t a lack of adoptive families. I’m not in the best position to adopt, and you don’t need me to be. What we need is better education and support for couples adopting from foster care.

Also, for mothers who choose adoption for their child before or shortly after birth, there is no foster system involved. They can choose the adoptive parents and the child goes directly to those parents.

- “Are you funding formula shortages?”

I’m assuming this question is asking what I’m doing to help parents struggling to find formula. I donate to pregnancy resource centers which provide formula as well as diapers, baby clothes, and other resources to the moms they work with.

I also share resources like La Leche League for those moms who could potentially breastfeed but need support in doing so. Obviously there are many situations where breastfeeding isn’t possible, but it’s my hope that if those who can breastfeed do, there will be more formula available for those who have no other option.

- “I don’t think consent to sex equals consent to pregnancy.”

Here’s the thing - If you willingly engage in an activity that puts a vulnerable, innocent human at risk, you are now responsible for that vulnerable human’s well-being. Sex has the potential to create a new human life, which is inherently vulnerable and needs protection and care. If you engaged in sex, you are responsible for that human being’s circumstances, and therefore for that human being’s protection and care.

But setting that argument aside, it’s wrong to kill innocent human beings, no matter how they were conceived. The choice isn’t whether to be pregnant, it’s whether to commit an act of violence with the intention to kill a human child.

I would invite you to familiarize yourself with common abortion procedures and how they are performed, as explained by OB/Gyns who are also former abortionists. These are acts of violence against children, and we cannot allow them.

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papirouge · 2 years ago

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i do consider myself to be pro-death penalty because i don't think there is any other way of keeping children and women safe except to put down child molesters and rapists like the filth they are. if a bunch of innocent men have to die to keep thousands of children safe, then that's fine.

it's easy to pretend that's all wrong and Bad from a safe position such as yours. i've watched rapists leave prison & simply re-offend & come back & sit there for another few years before they get to go out & do it all over again.

but sure 'im a bad christian. unlike your make up wearing ass who spends all day on the internet

Sorry but your last sentence makes your sound clownish and unecessary bitter considering that I literally got flack for stating Christian women shouldn't wear make up🤡 and you should be the very least to lecture me about "spending all day on the internet" when sending mean spirited anonymous message is peak terminally online behavior.

NOW,

you can't call yourself Christian and in the same time disregard God commandments, of which is the condemnation of murder.

It's very telling how you can't possibly handle an alternative to killing people while granting people safety. So, let me introduce you to the concept of

🪷🌼prisons🌼🪷

I'm actually very pro incarceration and think this while "abolish prison" is ridiculous and dangerous. I also think we should put up harsher sentences for sex predators and lock up any violent offender (no electronic bracelet).

But locking them up has the benefit of actually leave room for them to repent and give their life to God to eventually live forever, free from sin.

What "Christians" like you fail to realize, is that you truly aren't any better than these felons. As sinners, we ALL deserve to die - eternally, in the fire pits of hell. You read the Bible professing God's love for Humanity but can't process this into reality. You are the type of Christians who love talking about God's love as something relevant only for "good people" (which is actually impossible because we ALL fall short from goodness because only God is Good).

I remember that post from a Christian blogger quoting Bible verses, but replacing the names of sinners with tangible people/demographics of our world, that Christians love antagonizing (such as the gays, BLM activists, trans people, liberals, feminists, the wokes™, etc.) AND IT MAKE CHRISTIANS SOOO ANGRY. WHY? Because Christians like you see God love as something 'virtual', and never as something palatable that we should apply to EVERYONE, INDISCRIMINATELY.

Never forget that Jesus died for the very same felons you want to see dead have eternal life. You are not special. If God made you live that long despite being a sinner at some point of your life (we are ALL born sinner), why should felons be killed for being in the same circumstances ? Why shouldn't they be granted time to repent and get right with God?

There are not a single crime that cannot be forgiven by God.

By asking to see them dead, you are no better than the hypocrites pharisees looking down "more sinful" people, and thinking they are so better & more deserving than them.

It's insane how you people have the audacity to call yourselves Christians when there's nothing Christlike inside of you.

And miss me with assuming I've been "safe" from witnessing sexual violence/offense retaliation when my own dad brutalized my mom & sisters, and almost killed my entire family when I was a baby. Stop thinking that because people aren't as cruel as you, we are sheltered individuals who never had to face evilness firsthand. But unlike you, I came through my anger and forgave.

#answered #Christian

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kkoffin · 5 months ago

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1) “twerp” lmao

2) I actually never said hamas was a terrorist org but good job admitting you actually are in full support of them: speaking of, what was article 7 of hamas’ charter? oh right,

(referring to judgement day) “The time will not come until Muslims will fight the Jews (and kill them); until the Jews hide behind rocks and trees, which will cry: 0 Muslim! there is a Jew hiding behind me, come on and kill him!”

3) I’m not arguing with you about palestine/israel, who’s right and who’s wrong or who’s being genocided. That is not the conversation at hand. The conversation at hand is that you are not pro-Palestine, you are anti-jewish.

4) Yeah Israeli women aren’t being rapists but anyways: Israeli men are. I won’t deny that, I never did. Israeli men are rapists and Palestinian men are rapists. Men are rapists. Nazis were rapists and Americans liberating the camps were rapists and the Soviets were rapists. The liberators of concentration camps were gang rapists, and murder rapists- thousands of women died from the injuries of their rape. Men are rapists and I thought any so-called radfem would understand that, but you want to deny their rape so fucking bad that you’ll act like all of a sudden every man is an angel who would never do such a thing! That, or you honestly don’t care about women and children being raped, all because of their race and the country they are born in.

I don’t know why it’s so fucking hard for you to understand men rape when given the opportunity and the power. No woman deserves rape. A feminist world never let a woman be raped in front of them and do nothing. Even “bad woman” don’t deserve to be raped. You disagree with these statements. You are not a feminist.

5) “Pro-hamas is pro-palestine” I guarantee you the entire pro-palestine community is fucking disgusted by this statement. This is an honest to god insult to them. So is ur use of the word “zionist” to mean anyone you don’t like. Your blatant jew-hatred is an embarrassment to their cause.

6) The jewish leftists aren’t saying an organisation that intends to wipe out their race is pro-Palestine hope that helps.

7) “Zio” is a slur for jewish people, made by neo-nazi David Duke, very fitting way to finish your post, I must say.

Anyways, keep embarrassing yourself, I don’t care. I don’t think anyone is taking you seriously anymore anyways so I’ll stop posting abt it.

who’s gonna tell vvitchscvm that pretending to care so much about Palestinian children being hurt and only reblogging posts about helping palestine won’t erase the fact that she clearly just hates jewish people and loves rape denial.

This anti-semitic rampage wasn’t because you love palestine so much, if it was, then you would’ve been posting about palestine instead. But you weren’t. You were posting about “antisemitism isn’t real” and how Israeli women aren’t people, and denying Israeli rape. The entire focus was on how much you hate people of a certain ethnicity or nationality, and how you want to deny their oppression and rape. You said these things because you hate jewish people and you want to deny their rape, not because you love Palestine.

You aren’t pro-Palestine, you’re pro-hamas. You can cover it up all you want now, say every person criticising you is just a “zionist”, and ofc keep these posts deleted but no one is going to let you forget. At your core you are an anti-semite, and we all know everything you’re posting now is an act to try to recover from letting that leak.

Being against what’s said in these screenshots doesn’t make anyone a zionist, it makes them human. empathetic. compassionate. It’s not “zionist” to see jews as human, and to remember the holocaust. You’re embarrassing the entire pro-Palestine movement right now by acting like this represents it, and nothing more.

I’m glad you’ve at least stopped posting feminist content though, since a rape denier obviously isn’t a feminist. Over 2 million women were raped by the same soldiers who liberated concentration camps in WW2 and provided aid. It’s not hard to not deny rape.

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nellie-elizabeth · 2 years ago

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The Handmaid's Tale: Safe (5x10)

This season happened so fast!

Cons:

I'm a little confused about Nick and Tuello. Basically, Nick agrees to turn spy for the Americans, because he knows that Gilead is trying to punish/kill June? But basically he connects with Tuello in exchange for a promise that Tuello will do everything he can to keep June safe... but like... wasn't that already a guaranteed outcome from the Americans? They weren't about to let Gilead kill June if they could help it, so what is Nick actually getting out of this? Is he planning on eventually getting the hell out of there, and joining June? I get it, that learning that June is in danger would frighten him, but it seems he's changing his mind and doing this crazy risky thing, all for a very nebulous return.

I was a little annoyed with Luke and June and Nichole fleeing and Moira not coming with them. We have so little insight into what Moira's life is these days, other than as a co-parent to Nichole, a real part of their nuclear family. So, especially since Luke was planning on turning himself in so his family could get away... why not send Moira along too? What is the point of her staying there in Canada, when she too is an American refugee that the Canadian people don't want anymore? And then there's just the unnecessary trickery and drama of Luke not communicating with his wife about staying behind. That kind of sucked.

In fact, just to tie a neat little bow on the Luke and June situation this season... they tried so hard to make me feel it. To get me wrapped up in the true love romance of these two spouses who had been unjustly separated and then reunited and worked through their issues to form a united front. And I... just can't get there! It's not that I think they have negative chemistry or that I see nothing compelling about June and Luke as a romantic pairing. It just doesn't click for me the way I can tell they want it to. Luke killing a man to protect June is, I think, supposed to be this sign that he's willing to join her in the intensity of her experience, that he "gets it" now in a way he didn't before. To me, it felt tacked on and insufficient. I just don't love watching the two of them together. I don't hate it, but I don't love it either.

Pros:

Janine getting to tell Mrs. Putnam - now Mrs. Lawrence - that she hates her was honestly enormously satisfying. It's a nice echo to the way June spoke to Serena. There can be kindness, there can be compromise, there can be moments of strained affinity, but at the end of the day, the Commanders and their Wives are rapists, they abuse and control the women who are forced to live in their homes and bear children and then have those children taken from them. It's always nice when a character gets to stand up and say that nice and loud and proud, lest we be fooled into thinking there's any real friendship going on here. We don't know Janine's fate yet, we see her being driven off, at Commander Lawrence's insistence, and against Aunt Lydia's protests.

I loved the moment where Janine found out about June being hurt. You could see her waking up, you could see that spark of defiance coming back into her after so long of playing docile with Aunt Lydia. Even for the chance to maybe be around her daughter in this very limited way, she can't just sit back and take it, not when she hears that June is under attack from the very place that has Janine under its thumb.

This episode really had a "fuck around and find out" flavor to it. You've got Janine standing up to Naomi, and you've also got Nick punching Lawrence in the face in front of a whole crowd of people. You've got Tuello helping June and Luke to get out of danger in Canada. Multiple characters who have had to toe the line, play the middle, and have now pretty firmly declared their allegiance. Nick isn't the good little obedient Commander. Janine isn't the docile little Handmaid. Luke is making his play, allowing himself to be arrested in order to keep his family safe. There's nothing half-measure left on the board, and for that I am grateful!

Despite my doubts about Nick's decisions this episode, I've gotta say, I did really love that final scene with his wife. "A good man wouldn't leave his pregnant wife every time his girlfriend calls." Like, get it, Rose, that was a great line. And it's so true. Nick can't fully commit to his life in Gilead when he is still so entangled with June. He loves her so much, it's a frightening thing. It's a life-ruining thing. That's the good shit; I'm still rooting for them against all odds.

Commander Lawrence, as I keep saying, is extremely interesting! Because we know he's conflicted, we know he's trying to make Gilead better, yadda yadda, but at the same time, he's never going to admit his full culpability. As he tells Nick, it wasn't his decision to put a hit out on June. And that's all well and good, but he didn't fight against it. And he had Janine sent away, and he married Naomi, and he had Nick locked up, and maybe he feels guilty forever and ever about it all but that doesn't change the fact that he's going along with it. That he'd sacrifice June and he'd sacrifice Nick and he'd sacrifice Janine. What does he care? What does it matter if he cares?

I knew Serena was going to be on the train. I knew it the second I realized Luke wasn't coming. I felt so smart when the baby started crying and it was Serena and Noah. But also this is such a cool setup for the sixth and final season of this show. After all the back and forth, all the power imbalances, all the times in which they've had control over one another in all sorts of different ways, they are made equal by circumstances at last. On a train, alone with a young child, heading off into the unknown to escape those who would seek to hurt them. Are they going to remain allies as they try to settle into a new normal? Are they going to turn on each other, and how? I for one cannot wait to find out!

So that's a wrap on season five. Just one more season of this show before we get our final goodbyes, and I hope we get some answers as to how the world might start to equalize, what the future is for Gilead, and America, and Canada, and all of world politics, for that matter. For those who have read the books, we know from the ending that Gilead doesn't stick around forever, but we also don't know the exact mechanism by which it falls... maybe we'll get to find out?

8/10

#review #the handmaids tale #the handmaids tale review #handmaid's tale #the handmaid's tale

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disturbedbydesign · 3 years ago

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The Widow and the Wolf - Chapter 1

Pairing: Bucky Barnes x dark!exWidow!reader

Summary: After Natasha Romanoff took down the Red Room, the former Widows scattered to the wind. Raised to be a killing machine and released into the world with nothing and no one, you decided to use your newfound autonomy to take down the bad guys of your choosing. But now Natasha is riddled with guilt for leaving you on your own. She wants to recruit you, rehabilitate you, make you part of a team again. But the rest of the squad has reservations, and no one is more against you than Bucky Barnes.

Warnings: Graphic violence; Mentions of domestic violence, rape, pedophilia, human trafficking, child sex trafficking; eventual Dubcon (not Bucky); eventual smut; slow(ish) burn enemies-to-lovers. [More warnings will be added as necessary but these are the Big Bads.] 18+ only, no minors.

A/N: This is canon-adjacent in that I just decided to pick and choose who I wanted to write for and what parts of canon I wanted to use. Best not to think too hard about where it falls on the timeline because the canon is a mess and we all kind of hate it anyway.

If you prefer to read on AO3, you can do so here.

Chapter One

You’ve been tracking him for days, not that it was hard. His patrol schedule is always the same, as is his after-hours routine: drinks at the Irish pub on Reade Street with the other boys in blue. It’s a cop bar but you waltz right in, looking lost even though you know the name, rank, and various misdeeds of every guy in the place. He looks at you, because of course he does—his wife assured you that he has a wandering eye, among his other sins.

You take a seat at the bar. “Double vodka rocks, please.”

The bartender pours you your drink and you take a deep pull, savoring the burn of it. Then you wait, but it doesn’t take long—it never does. Sergeant Thompson sidles up to the barstool next to you.

“Hey darlin,” he says, his breath reeking of cheap beer. “You lost?”

You turn to him with an innocent smile. “Evening, officer.”

“It’s Sergeant,” he says, tapping his badge, “but I won’t hold that against you. So, what’s a pretty young thing doing in a dive bar with a bunch of old men?”

“I was supposed to meet a friend for dinner but she bailed on me. Figured I’d grab a drink before I head home.”

“And where is home?” he asks, not that it’s any of his business, but cops think they deserve answers to any questions they feel like asking.

“Williamsburg,” you lie.

“You’re pretty far from home, then,” he replies, even though you both know that you aren’t. He takes a sip of his beer and the foam leaves a trace like a mustache before he licks it clean. “It’s late. Why don’t you let me drive you? Wouldn’t want you on the subway this time of night.”

“It’s only 8:30,” you say. “I think I’ll be just fine.”

He leans in conspiratorially. “Well, I really shouldn’t be telling you this—open investigation and all that—but we’ve been on the lookout for a guy in the area, serial rapist, real nasty piece of work.”

That’s one thing the two of you have in common at least.

“I’d feel a lot better if you’d let me take you home, darlin.”

“I suppose it couldn’t hurt,” you admit. “Can’t get much safer than the NYPD, right?”

He laughs and so do you, knowing that nothing is farther from the truth—especially when it comes to this guy.

Sergeant Thompson speeds across the Williamsburg Bridge with his flashers on, headed toward the address you gave him. Of course, that’s not actually your address—you don’t have a home anymore—it’s just one of many rundown warehouses in the neighborhood, variously used for impromptu raves and as drug dens and, in your case, a private place in which you can take care of business without fear of being interrupted.

“This is me,” you say, waiting for him to let you out of the back of the cruiser where he insisted you ride—caged in like a helpless animal, or so he thinks.

“This place?” he asks. “Looks like it’s about to collapse.”

“You’d be surprised what they can do to these places on the inside—gentrification and what have you. My rent is astronomical.”

“Still,” he says, “I’d like to walk you up. Looks a bit unsavory.”

“If you insist, Sergeant.”

The second you get up the stairs to the top floor, you inject him with the etorphine, straight into the jugular, and down he goes. It never gets old—how easy it is, when they think that they are the predator and you are the prey. You drag him into the loft where you’re already set up for a long night’s work.

When he comes to, he’s fixed to the chair with (among other things) his own handcuffs, mouth taped shut and a rag shoved in for good measure. You don’t want to hear him talk; it’s time for him to listen. His day of reckoning has come. He starts to squirm but between the cuffs and the duct tape and the sedative still coursing through his veins, he’s not going anywhere. Even if he did get free, you could take him down easy. It’s what you were trained for. It’s what you were born for.

“Welcome back, Sergeant,” you say, and he screams something unintelligible through the rag which, if you had to guess, would be some combination of “cunt” or “bitch” or any of the other choice words he likes to use on his women.

The tarps are laid meticulously around the room, placed strategically to catch any and all evidence of what you’re about to do. When he notices them, he goes still, because he knows. Part of him knows.

“So,” you say, pulling out the Thompson file, “this is quite the impressive resume you’ve got here, Sarge. Lots of civilian brutality complaints, including a few choice allegations from female prisoners. Oh, and then there’s the domestic violence and marital rape. You’re a real charmer, huh?”

There’s more muffled screaming but you ignore it—the last gasps of a dying man.

“Here’s the thing, Sarge. I know you think that you’re above the law, because you are the law, but you aren’t. Your wife is real tired of your shit, and me? Well, let’s just say that my motto is protect and serve.” You lean in close enough to smell the salty sweat on his brow. “And unlike you, I actually mean it.”

You pull your favorite knife from your thigh holster and slit him from ear to ear. “See you in hell, Sergeant.”

You sit on the edge of the table, swinging your legs and watching him bleed out. It doesn’t take long. The actual disposal is the real work. You set about chopping him into manageable pieces and you find yourself missing the days when you didn’t have to cover your tracks alone, when there was a clean-up team to take care of it for you.

But you’re freelance now. You’re not a Widow anymore. She made sure of that.

Sometimes—like right now, when you’re dripping sweat and every muscle in your body is screaming its exertion as you saw through bone after bone—you hate Natasha Romanoff. You know why she did what she did; you understand that, objectively, it was the right thing to do. But did she ever stop to consider the repercussions of her actions? She got out early and found a new family and became one of the Good Guys. But you? You entered the Red Room with nothing and you left with nothing.

They always said you were born to be a killer. It’s all you’ve ever known. So what exactly did she expect you to do? You may be free of the mind control, but you never had the chance to develop a mind of your own. Killing is all you know. At least now you get to pick your own targets.

Once you’ve got Sergeant Thompson all squared away, you pack him up in the trunk of his cruiser and drive upstate, listening to the 80s station you like. It occurs to you that most people have heard these songs a thousand times—so many times that they know the lyrics instinctively, can sing them without even having to think about it. It’s all new to you, though. You can’t decide whether it makes you sad to think about all you’ve missed or whether you’re lucky that you get to experience for the first time what everyone else is already tired of.

When you get to the farm, you dump Thompson in the holes you’ve already backhoed, then you hop on the Cat and fill them all in. You shoot a text to Mrs. Thompson from your burner—just a thumbs-up emoji—and she replies with a smiley face. It was only so long before he would have killed her; she knows it as well as you do. The only people that will grieve the dearly departed Sergeant Thompson are a bunch of assholes who are one false move from ending up in your web.

You didn’t charge Mrs. Thompson your usual rate—just what she could afford without drawing the attention and ire of the Mister. Sometimes, depending on the circumstances, you even work pro bono. After all, you only kill people for money who you would happily kill for free. You consider it a service, something for the greater good of society. You’ll take money, sure—you need it to live and to continue your work—but not from people who can’t easily spare it.

You have standards. You have a code. That’s the difference between the you that served as a mindless weapon wielded by others and the you that decides for yourself how to use the gifts you’ve been given. No women. No children. No collateral damage. Only Very Bad Men who’ve done Very Bad Things. You don’t see the harm in it, not really, and as you settle into bed you come back to the thought you often have before a fitful night of sleep: who’s the real avenger, Natasha?

*****

Natasha wipes her brow and throws the rag down on the mat, grabbing a bottle of water and chugging half of it before she wipes her mouth with the back of her hand. Bucky has barely broken a sweat from their morning sparring session, and he doesn’t even try to fake it. He’s in an especially grumpy mood.

“This is a bad idea, Natasha.”

“To some people, maybe,” she says, “but I want to bring her in anyway. I don’t understand how you of all people are against me on this, Bucky.”

“Uh, for starters, she’s a serial killer.”

“That’s a bit of a harsh assessment, considering the circumstances. And do I really need to remind you that the same could be said about the two of us? That a lot of people still say that about us?”

Bucky sighs, because he knows she’s right, but this is different—you are different. “It’s not the same,” he grumbles, but he’s not entirely sure it isn’t, and that’s what’s really bothering him.

“Look,” Nat says, taking a step toward Bucky, “I need to try, ok? I know what she’s going through because I went through it, except she’s completely alone out there with nothing and no one. You and I… we had people behind us, helping us.”

“And what if she says no?” Bucky asks. “Are you just gonna let her go on doing what she’s doing? She’s killed… how many is it now?”

Natasha mutters something under her breath and Bucky looks at her expectantly. “What was that, Tasha?”

“25 people in the last 6 months,” she states, her mouth set in a hard line.

“Exactly,” he says.

“I would like to point out that they were all very bad people. So...”

“Tasha,” he says, and he puts his hand up to silence her. “I can’t help you on this. I’m sorry. I want to, but I can’t.”

Natasha huffs out a laugh. “You know what, Barnes? You’re real high and mighty for a guy who–”

Natasha stops herself when she sees the ice-cold look in Bucky’s eyes. “Go on. For a guy who what?”

“Nothing,” she says. “I’m sorry. I’ll go on my own.”

“Well, good luck to you. Hope you don’t get your throat slit.”

Bucky stomps off and Natasha is left wondering if she’s about to make a huge mistake. She knows you’re volatile, that a part of you must resent her, but she needs to make it right. At the very least, she needs to try.

Natasha grabs her tablet and scrolls through the latest intel on your whereabouts. She’s just missed you in New York, but she thinks she’s got a jump on your next target: some coke dealer down in Miami with a predilection for underage girls. Just a brief glance at this guy’s file is enough to make Natasha’s blood run cold. She knows why you do what you do. If she’s honest, it doesn’t bother her one bit that you’re doing it. It’s the thought of you out there on your own, filled with hate and anger and thirsty for bloody vengeance, that frightens her. Because maybe one day—left to your own devices, lost in the chaos of your troubled mind—getting the Bad Guys won’t be enough for you. Maybe you’ll decide that some of the Good Guys aren’t so good after all. Maybe you’ll even be right.

She contemplates being honest with Steve and telling him where she’s headed but decides against it. Steve isn’t on board with her plan. Natasha doesn’t fault him for it—he doesn’t understand, he couldn’t. Bucky, though... that’s a disappointment, and it surprises her. If anyone knows what it feels like to spend your life as someone else’s weapon, it’s Bucky Barnes.

Natasha waits until nightfall to “borrow” the Quinjet, and she finds Bucky waiting for her when she gets to the hangar.

“I’m coming with you,” he says, “but only as back-up. She’s dangerous, Natasha.”

“Maybe so,” Natasha replies, “but only because she’s afraid.”

*****

You knew that she’d be coming for you sooner or later. Might as well get it over with. Your little stilt cabin on the outskirts of the Everglades isn’t quite set up for company but at least it’s tucked away and difficult to access. You’re surprised she brought him, though—that was a mistake. You and she could have a nice long conversation, but you have nothing to say to the Soldat.

You climb up the tree to your lookout platform and hoist your sniper rifle onto your shoulder, following their slow but steady progress through the knee-deep swamp water, trying to line up a decent shot as they weave in between the bald cypress trees. When you see your chance, you take it, and you put one about an inch from where the Soldat’s metal arm meets the flesh of his shoulder. It ricochets off, as intended, and he jumps forward to shield Natasha. You hear her laugh through your earpiece.

“Relax, Barnes. It was a warning shot. If she wanted to hit you, she would have.”

“She did hit me,” he snaps.

You smile as you descend from the tree to meet them.

“Well well well,” you say. “If it isn’t the Murder Twins. To what do I owe this unwanted visit?”

“You know why I’m here,” Natasha says.

“Yes,” you reply, “but why is he here?”

The man she calls Barnes looks at you with disdain and you give it right back to him. You can tell that shot in the arm really pissed him off and it pleases you to no end.

“He’s just watching my back,” she says. “That’s what happens when you’re on a team.”

“Right, The Avengers. How adorable.”

“Listen,” Natasha begins, but you stop her.

“Let me save you the trouble of whatever little speech you have prepared. I’m not coming with you. I’m not going to Widow rehab and joining your ragtag group of misfits. And I’m not going to stop doing my work just because you come here and bat your eyes and smile pretty at me.”

“Your work?” spits the Soldat. “Is that what you’re calling it?”

“Bucky, don’t-”

“Let him talk, Romanoff,” you say. “He obviously has some… opinions. Now that he’s got the mask off, he can finally speak for himself.” You take a step towards him, your rifle in hand but not pointed at him. “So speak, Soldat.”

He looks flustered and not a little bit angry. You can tell he doesn’t like to be called by that name. “Killing people isn’t work,” he says.

You huff out a laugh. “And what is it that the two of you do, exactly? Run a coffee shop?”

“We are not the same,” he says, and you smile because you know that he doesn’t actually believe that—how could he after everything he’s done?

“I think we are exactly the same, Soldat, with one huge exception: you’re still letting other people tell you what to do, and I’m done with all that.”

“This is pointless,” he says.

“Now that is something you and I actually agree on.” You turn to Natasha. “You should go while you still can. I have work to do.”

But Natasha just won’t let it go. “I should never have left you alone,” she says. “This is my fault. Let me fix it.”

“I don’t need to be fixed,” you snap, and you raise your rifle and point it directly at her head. “Leave, Natasha. And take your little pet with you.”

The Soldat grabs her arm gently. “Let’s go, Tasha. She’s hopeless.”

You feel a pang of something then—some indescribable form of melancholy. You try to keep it off your face but you can tell from the look in his eyes that he sees it. A minute tremble of your lip, the quick double blink—it gives you away, and now you’re really pissed off.

“Leave. Now,” you yell, and it pierces through the sweltering darkness. “I’ll make you sorry if you don’t.”

You watch Natasha and the bionic man make their way out of the swamp. You don’t turn your back on them, not that you think they’ll try to take you by force. That would be unwise and Natasha knows it. Once you’re satisfied that they’re gone, you return to the cabin. The bloodied man in the linen suit lays strapped to the bed where you left him, squirming and shouting around the gag in his mouth.

You have to stop yourself from making this a messy affair, but the anger you feel—at her, at him, at everything—is making it difficult to temper your darker urges. You’re not one for torture, even though this man absolutely deserves it for the horrible things he’s done. You almost give in, but you remind yourself that this is a job—it is work, despite what the Soldat may think—and you have to remain professional.

You grab the man’s file off the desk and pull a chair up next to the bed. “So, Mr. Garcia, where were we?”

CHAPTER TWO >>>

#bucky barnes fanfiction #bucky barnes x reader #bucky barnes smut #bucky barnes x you #bucky barnes #sebastian stan #dark!fic #dark!reader #the widow and the wolf

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the-king-andthe-lionheart · 3 years ago

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Babe, puritanism is a form of religious extremism that got women and lgbt people severely abused or killed. It’s not some teenagers or CSA survivors on the internet telling you your weird ass ships are weird, you're an old hag, grow up, children in real life can't bully you 😂 You won't be forced to perform a walk of shame or be publicly whipped because you read Wattpad fanfics about a 14 yo boy being sexually attracted to his 9 yo sister or fantasize about a 11 yo little girl being a rehabilitation center for morally repugnant adult men and drunkard rapists (you hate Sansa, why ship her with “honorable” male characters that you worship and prioritize lmao ? Besides thinking she needs to be humbled and wanting to put her in her place of course). Go to therapy or go ship Lolita and Humbert Humbert (who knows, him wanting to eventually get Lolita pregnant so he can rape his daughter Lolita the Second, and rape his granddaughter Lolita the Third may be a proof of his everlasting love), Daenerys zealots victim complex is so far removed from reality it’s not even funny, stanning that awful and boring white girl destroyed your brains, y'all sound like Polanski/Woody Allen defenders (whose attraction to underage girls was immortalized in his film Manhattan oops) or reactionary white men who said the #MeToo movement has lead to the spread of "man-hating puritanism.” 😭

Y'all want racial, feminist and lgbt representation in media cause representation matters but then turn around and romanticize pedophilia and incest and say that fiction doesn’t affect reality and fiction is created in a vacuum ? Make up your damn minds, which one is it. 😂

So let me get this straight, an obviously white Stansa, is trying to school me about oppression? Did you not even read my bio? I'm a bisexual, bi-racial indigenous woman. You do know that the Puritans persecuted Native Americans right? That they helped perform cultural genocide against Native Americans? That they were part of the reason why Native children were torn away from their families, their tribes, and shipped to abusive boarding schools in order to "civilize" them? Or how about when they imprisoned hundreds of Native American's on an island only for many of them to die from disease and starvation? So you need to shut your racist ass mouth. How condescending do you have to be to talk over me and to try to "correct" me. I have to say that it's very typical of a white girl who thinks they hold the moral high ground when they don't.

This whole message was downright deranged, but I highly suggest you go outside, touch some grass, reevaluate your sanctimonious, condescending bullshit, and grow the fuck up you literal child. I also highly suggest that YOU go to therapy. Obviously you have a hard time separating fiction from reality if you think reading and engaging with something in fiction will overwrite an adults moral code. I also highly suggest reading some books that are more your own speed. Obviously GRRM's material is too mature for you.

Pro-tip: If you don't like something in fandom, blacklist the tags and block the people you don't agree with. That is the sane course of action, but obviously your not actually sane if you think it's perfectly acceptable to instigate drama, to harass others, over fiction. Seek help.

#anti sansa stans

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thatonebasicfan · 2 years ago

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Banning abortions just make it worse for women.

What If she was raped? Nobady should be forced to cary they rapeist's child. This can traumatiz them more, and the rapeist can even take them to court for parental right for the child.

What about 12 year old little girls, who have been raped? The pregnancy, and giving birth could traumatiz them even more, and even kill her.

What about teenege pregnancy? This can ruin her life. She probably will be forced out of school, and never get to graduat. Before you say that I made this up, no. Where I live most girls who get pregnant and not abort it are leaving, and forced out of school by the parents, teacher, or how the people treating them. And most of them who do never can achive they dreams, and they are uncaplebol to find a proper job, because mature exem, which you can get if you are graduated, are needed for every job. And the ones who stay in school are have les time to learn, and this affectecs they greads significently, and if the father is helping, then both of them's greads will get lover. Which can mean that she, or they (both the girl, and the boy) greads are not good enough to go to write they the mature exemps, which means they will do it later, and have to repet the class the next year.

And what about woman who don't want children, who don't want to be mothers? Not everyone dreams, about having a family.

And what about woman who was told by doctors that she have to have an abortion? There are woman who can't givae birth, even if they can get pregnant. Abortion is needed especially if giving birth means eather the death of the child, or the death of the mother, or the death of both of them. What about them?

And before you say anything about adoption, one the adoption sistem is in bad conditions, people who work there physicaly abuse, sometimes even sexualy abuse child, and children sometimes even dinied food, and nobady does anything. I know this because I know two of them. One of themluckly got adopted, but the other don't, and he don't really got any education, and were raped there multiple times. Most children will grow up in there, and never will be adupted. Pro life, and careing about the child, but just until it's born, after it's born it doesn't matter what happands to them.

And one last thing. Banning abortion, don't stop abortions, it only stopes safe abortions.

(sorry for the grammar, and spelling mistakes English is not my first language, and I have problems with writing.)

Ok, so a LOT of the problems that you have listed hear are because of abortion. Once schools realized that teens might just end up getting an abortion, they probably made little effort to help the girl to still graduate and earn the credits that she needs.

Same thing goes with the adoption issue, I know that there are a lot of stories where children are abused by their adopted parents. But the solution is not abortion, the solution is reforming the adoption and foster care system.

But abortion to these two problems is a band-aid solution to a problem that is more of a large wound, that needs much more care than a band aid.

And the one about 12 year old girls getting raped and conceiving, and where doctors tell women to get abortions, just about every pro life person agrees that if it's to save the mother's life, then it's fine. But, often times, the procedure for a lot of the life saving treatments for like, and ectopic pregnancy is not an abortion, though there might be other cases where abortion would be the correct procedure, that I'm not aware of. And as for a 10-12 year old girl getting pregnant by rape, I don't think that there is any perfect solution to that, but if possible, an early delivery might save both their lives, because some fetuses can survive at 25 weeks outside the womb.

As for rape, it is a VERY small amount of women who get abortions for rape. But the child shouldn't need to pay for it's father's crimes. And as for the rapist trying to get custody of the child later on, I think that would be HIGHLY unlikely, because I'm pretty sure that violating a law like that would guarantee that he never meets the child. Plus, I have a hard time believing that any judge or jury siding with a rapist trying to gain custody of a child.

And for the last one, where a woman may just not want kids, the women just doesn't need to have sex, or use contraception and use the rhythm method.

(Also, I understood what you were trying to say, and English is hard, so just keep working on it!)

#abortion #asks #anonymous #adoption #foster care #reform adoption #end abortion

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this-world-of-beautiful-monsters · 3 years ago

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Someone disagreeing with your lifestyle doesn’t make them an awful or hateful person, how they treat the people they disagree with does. And if you treat them badly because you disagree with their views, you might be the hateful one. Many of the things you have said are hypocritical and you should take a look inside yourself and decide if this is the kind of person you want to stay as.

"Treat them badly?" These people are literally fighting for a bunch of strangers to control my body. And @lie-equalizer told me they believed an eleven-year-old girl should be forced to give birth to her rapist's baby (they're probably going to throw a hissy fit about getting tagged again, but what-fucking-ever). Which, by the way, actually happened to another little girl who was denied an abortion in Argentina, so she's even more fucking traumatized, and they don't think the baby's going to make it, because children are not fucking built to give birth to children.

And when other forced birthers were confronted with the possibility of this happening again, I got a lot of "it's a rare case!" by people who a) clearly haven't bothered to do the bare minimum of research about child sex abuse statistics b) are callous enough to think that once isn't more than enough for the victim and their families c) haven't considered the possibility that maybe this is happening because the children weren't being denied healthcare before and it might start happening a lot fucking more d) the very fact that they're fighting for sacrifice human autonomy to protect something the size of a grain of rice.

And they're going to be taking these "opinions" to the polls, the protests, the candidates nominations, because there's a world outside of Tumblr and if the people in power want their "opinions" to be laws, they will, and fuck everyone else. I think that voting to strip people of their rights is pretty bad fucking treatment.

But I'm the one who's awful? Why, exactly? Because I used my powers of free speech, which conservatives are so goddamn obsessed with until it's turned against them? That's the exact same thing the pro-forced birthers did, are you going to send your little lecture to them? They're the ones who brag about being "problematic" and "politically incorrect" (which is fucking hysterical considering that actual politicians are the ones they're getting most of their shitty talking points from). They're not sharing their opinions, they're begging to piss people off, and it's not my fault they lose their shit when someone takes them at their word.

You think that talking shit about someone is "bad treatment?" How about campaigning for a policy that will target people from a lower economic class? How about campaigning for a policy that punishes women for having miscarriages? How about campaigning for the right to attack sexual education and sexual health? (yes, some pro-lifers claim they're for that, but they're also fucking over the people who actually do it) How about screaming about the value of all lives while at the same spreading misinformation about vaccines or throwing a hissy fit when someone compares Covid-19 to the plague because apparently Covid hasn’t killed enough people for said "pro-lifer” to care about? Honestly, you’re naive and I’d ask if you were a chid, but most kids I know are smarter than this.

Being pro-forced birth is not an "opinion." It's not thinking blue goes better with pink than green. It's something that is ACTUALLY happening, that is being made law by people in power. Forced birthers do not need your fucking help. They're not some helpless little soft group uwu, no matter what they tell themselves. They're getting showered in attention for complaining about the "oppression" of having people disagree with them, while ignoring the actual people who are getting oppressed by the views they agree, spread, and fucking vote for.

If you think oppression is someone being mad at you, well...I'd tell you to go touch some grass, but seriously, you can learn about real suffering just for a walk on Tumblr. There are so many strong, brave, creative, sweet, funny, smart people here, people I keep coming back for despite assholes like you, and some of them are heroically dealing with shit that would blow your tiny mind. So many nightmares I haven't personally experienced, but I still don't want people to go through, because I have fucking empathy.

Listen, I don't give a shit about forced-birthers’ lifestyles. But forced birthers are fucking obsessed with mine. They're crazy about all the wild wild sex I'm definitely not having, and they want to turn me into a walking womb as punishment. They don't "disagree" with my lifestyle, they want it erased, and I don't know if you're genuinely too stupid to understand this or it's just a pitiful attempt at gaslighting.

Hating women is not an "opinion." And if you

- hate the idea of women having sex with anyone except a single cishet man

- hate the idea of caring about sick or disabled women who might actually die if forced to give birth

- ignore women whose partners fuck with their birth control, which is a thing that happens

- ignore the pain of traumatized women being forced to lose control of their bodies all over again

- hate women of color who are much more likely to get fucked over by abortion laws

- hate economically disadvantaged women who can't care for more kids

- hate women struggling with drug addictions

- hate women who don't want to give birth to dead or dying babies

- hate women who are not mentally ready for a child

- want women to be prosecuted for miscarrying

- hate queer women (that's what the "lifestyle" thing is about, right? or are you really stupid enough not to know your own hate lingo? and you're not the first forced birther to toss that shit at me)

- hate the girls who don't want to be baby machines

- hate women who don't need a fucking reason to control their bodies

you hate women.

And you hate trans men, and nonbinary people, and intersex people, and two-spirit people, and everyone else who is at risk of getting fucked over by these laws.

So yes, forced birthers are hateful, and if they're going to piss their pants over being told that they need to grow up.

And that goes for the women among forced birthers--because internalized misogyny is a thing, yeah. I'm sorry they're dealing with that shit, but I can't wait for my rights to be trampled while they figure it out. Your personal feelings on a necessary procedure, and even the fact that you might be part of a group affected by it, do not give you the right to campaign for how this procedure will affect everyone. We complain about cis men making decisions for a vast group of people because they're the primary ones in power, but if a few women started doing that for everyone and ignoring people who didn’t agree with them we’d be mad, too.

I don't want to "debate" them, because there's not a snowball's chance in hell of that happening until they get their heads out of their asses. I've tried to debate pro-birthers, and we go fucking nowhere. I want to them to think about what they're doing, even for a second, and if I need to scream in their fucking faces to do that I'll do it.

By the way, guess what? My most viewed post on this fucking blog is the one that gets the most hate. And you know what? I get over it. I put my big-girl pants on and don't recruit some random asshole to attack the people who were mean to me. Because I understand the difference between "difference of opinion" and "I want you and everyone like you to lose you to lose your rights so I can project my insecurities on something with the sentience of a tumor."

I don't know if you think you're a hero or a random troll jacking off to this, but either way, pro-forced birthers aren't damsels in distress. They're powerful people getting everything they want, and if you think calling them out on that is "bad treatment" you are so fucking privileged it's funny.

You wanted me to look inside myself? I did. I see a person benefitting from centuries of people fighting for my rights, and I don't want to see that fucking thrown away. I'm someone using her power of free speech, which would be much more limited for women if it weren't for the feminism you people hate so much. I see a person who's fucking glad her post has been hate-reblogged by all those idiots, who now have to face what happened to that little girl because of people like them every time they scroll down their dash. I'm someone who wants to do the bare minimum to protest while the people in power try to turn my country into a dystopia, and I won't be shamed for that.

I'm someone who is writing this not for you, because if you're anything like your fellow forced birthers you gave up on the opinions of non-zygotes a long time ago, but for everyone who's ever been told there's something morally wrong with them for not letting themselves be trampled by forced birthers and antis and exclusionists and feminism appropriating terfs and bigots and racists and queerphobes and nazis and the many, many breeds of asshole who infest this hellsite. We need to stand up to these people, before their politicians and votes and rallies turn "opinions" into law. And the fact that there are people out there every day, fighting for human rights in all their infinite shapes, is what's keeping me sane. And no, it's not being an SJW, it's basic preservation instinct.

That's who I am, motherfucker. I'm proud of it, and I'm going to stay that way until I die.

So.

Fuck.

You.

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darklinaforever · 8 months ago

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1. I'm going to teach you a very simple thing. The law is the word of the king in the GRRM universe. If Viserys decreed that Rhaenyra was his heir, then she is his heir. No more no less.

2. You spoke of royal men, not of noble men. Otto is not a royal men. And sorry, but House Hightower is not as important compared to other houses in the GRRM universe / in the ASOIAF books... Is just the true. Sorry.

3. My mistake for Vaemond, I don't wear my glasses, having forgotten them at home and being elsewhere. And... where did I get this ? Well in the book. You know, where Aemond, after having massacred the entire Strong house, took Alys as a prize of war ? Which involves rape. And I won't even bother explaining further if you don't understand how Alys is most likely the victim of rape by Aemond...

4. I'm talking about the children of the Greens team. The usurpers, therefore members of the Greens team, not survived and had descendants. It's literally karmic punishment. While Rhaenyra's lineage continued. And, are you aware that the show is not the books and that Daenerys and Jon probably won't get the end of the show at all ? Like, Daenerys isn't going to turn crazy and evil in the GRRM books, that's pretty obvious. The Targaryens are not the big bad guys in the GRRM universe. On the contrary Daenerys and her dragons are what will help against the White Walkers. The threat is cold and ice. And what can defeat that is fire, represented by Daenerys and her dragons. If you are interested, you should check out the Phoenix Ashes YouTube channel. But I'm pretty sure you won't go see it at all.

5. BOTH sides committed equal atrocities ? Really ? The canon is not agreed with you...

6. I've already explained my point of view on the books and you obviously don't understand what the books are about.

7. No. The people don't call her Maegor with teats because she's horrible. I already said why they started calling it that. This nickname was given to Rhaenyra after she raised taxes because the Greens literally emptied the kingdom's coffers. Demonstrating that a female monarch is always judged more harshly than a man even if she is clearly not an equivalent in terms of cruelty. At no time can the increase in taxes, the original reasons for this nickname, put her on an equal footing with Maegor. So yes, it’s a form of misogyny.

8. If the Greens are not the antagonists /villains, why did they start the war for the sole purpose of obtaining power that was not theirs ? Why are they usurpers ? Why has Alicent, an adult woman, harassed Rhaenyra, a child, from the moment she was named heir ? Why is Aegon II a rapist ? Just like Aemond is a rapist, who has also committed countless massacres, being borderline described as a little demon from birth while the dance is mainly told by pro greens sources ? Why is Criston Cole a man without honor ? Why did each member of the Greens team die a horrible and / or pathetic death ? (while most of the members of the Black team have dignified and heroic deaths ?) Why was their entire lineage extinct ? (I remind you that Rhaenyra's lineage is not at all extinct, Daenerys, still alive, is her descendant, just like Jon) If they are not the bad guys, why do they generally not give a damn about people ? Why are they capable of committing the worst crime in Westeros ? Namely killing their own family members ? Why a huge list of war crimes ? The Greens are the antagonists of the Dragon Dance ! They literally started shit for no reason other than greed for power. Why couldn't the Greens be bad guys ? They have all the characteristics. And GRRM has already written plenty of villains. Stop with the myth that GRRM only writes nuanced characters. Your comprehension problems are really big...

I would also like to clarify a few things.

Even if Rhaenyra and Team Blacks don't specifically fight for feminism and women's rights, if Rhaenyra becomes queen it will set a precedent for the right of women to inherit the throne! Unlike Aegon who will not help this aspect in society. (needing to change)

Then, the Blacks team, although fighting for their team and Rhaenyra to have the throne, it is not just a question of power. It is also the fact of respecting the law / the word of the king, of honoring his promises and his oaths. Fighting for the honor and future of their house and their family. Also, a form of technical change.

The Greens' fight is due to the pure ambition of power, to steal what is not yours / to be a usurper, to go against the law / the will of the king, that oaths and promises do not worthless, fighting for archaic patriarchal traditions with keeping men first.

Not to mention the purity of blood with their aversion to children born out of wedlock while the Blacks team essentially has nothing to do with it... (As proven by the fact that Jacaerys is not at all mostly contested as heir... And then also the simple fact that there is no real proof on the paternity of the children and that only the Greens were interested in this to discredit Rhaenyra)

You do not agree ? Not my problem if you don't have reading comprehension.

Honestly, you're probably one of the worst people I've ever chatted with on tumblr. You are completely biased. And I've clearly had my fill of your nonsense. Oh and also : Frankly. You’re everything that’s wrong with society. You disgust me. You are stupid.

Being a female viewer and hating Criston Cole is deranged.

I have to get this off my chest. The blind hatred that Criston is receiving from women is insane and I’m going to explain why.

For context, I am talking about Show Criston, not Book Criston. Comparing two standalone versions of a story is silly.

I cannot wrap my head around the fact that so many women, who are the primary victims of utilitarian relationships, would ever come together and shit on Criston for enduring such a situation.

I’m sorry, but how many of you have been used by men? How many of you have been reduced to one night stands, situationships and placeholder wives? How many of you have been deemed “not good enough” to be an exclusive partner? I log into tiktok and I see NOTHING but stories of broken women who are just used for sex, money, care and whatnot by men, and then they are tossed away like worthless trash while said men continue their pursuit of the ideal woman. Being used by men just for sex and being denied the status of girlfriend, let alone wife, is probably one of the worst plagues women are experiencing in the western world because the MOMENT we were emancipated, men understood that they don’t owe us shit anymore and instead of treating us with respect, they decided to grab whatever they can and give nothing back. Do not tell me that there are women out there that are fine with this arrangement because the multiple “GWM while I tell you about the guy that was with me for 12 years and then married someone else” tell a different story, one of multiple women’s dignities being trampled by hungry men. My heart breaks for every woman (EVERY woman, cis, trans, EVERY woman) who has been called by a man she loves just for sex, for every woman whose man never wanted to be seen in public with her, for every woman who had to hear that her man is not ready for a relationship only to witness him getting engaged to another woman 2 weeks after. I hope you overcome this and become stronger and I am glad that we are finally supporting one another.

How can we then, the women who are helping other female victims rise up and speak out against this kind of abuse, push Criston down and tell him to suck it up and accept being Rhaenyra’s plaything? Have we no mercy? Are we so hungry for revenge against men that we’d want them to endure the same humiliation that we did, as if one fictional man’s suffering would bring us justice? Are we so jealous that Criston didn’t sit down and just take it like the rest of us, but instead spoke up and removed himself from that situation? Or are we so gullible that we accept what the screenwriters shove down our throats and unknowingly support the patriarchic view that if you’re being used by someone you should just accept it?

I can hear some of you arguing that “Oh, this is different because Rhaenyra is royalty!” as if being used and tossed by a powerful person somehow makes the situation any better? Would it be okay if a rich person wanted to constantly use you for sex while he keeps looking for a better woman to be by his side, just because he values his wealth and status more? Rhaenyra straight up sneered at the idea of a simple life with him. She straight up told him that HE is not worth as much as her crown. OUCH. Even though I can’t even begin to imagine the pain of being told you are not enough by your loved one, it was Rhaenyra’s right to choose what her priorities are, but WHY would he have to accept being her sidepiece? “These were different times”: does this make it any less devastating for the victim? And he was a victim because Rhaenyra still used Criston and misled him by constantly complaining about how she HATES her duties for YEARS and then luring him to break his oath. Do you think he would have still slept with her if he was aware that moments ago, Rhaenyra was begging on her knees to be fucked by Daemon and only turned to Criston because her first option was no longer available? Like, the man was contemplating having sex with her and resisted her for a good fucking while, so imagine how quickly he would have turned around and walked out that door if he had that information beforehand. You know why? Because he loved her. He loved her to the point that he broke his oath for her, the oath of a station he FOUGHT FOR IN A WAR. He shed blood and sweat and risked his life for the mere opportunity to gain that position. This was ALL he had, he came from NOTHING and he was still willing to toss it all away for Rhaenyra not once, but twice. It wasn’t just sex he wanted because we never see him have sex again after that. He became vulnerable and gave up everything that he was to be with Rhaenyra. He was willing to abandon his whole identity for her sake. Is this not what the ideal partner is? Ready to abandon everything for your shake? Everything he fought for, tooth and nail? Was he unreasonable in thinking that Rhaenyra was willing to do the same for him? Was he crazy to think that because he was ready to put everything he FOUGHT for aside for her shake, Rhaenyra would also put aside a duty she was handed and actively seem to hate for him too? Fuck no! After hearing her constant talk about how she hates her father, her duties, her refusal to wed other men, how she is trapped as a princess, how people have no idea how much it SUCKS being her, why would he not assume that she’d be willing to give it all up for him, as he’d do for her We never see Rhaenyra even TRY to be a ruler, just complain about it. Of course it would be a fucking shock to him hearing her say “Lol dude, I actually do kinda want this”.

Criston was actually the only person in the series that wanted Rhaenyra for her, not her money or crown. I’m not saying she had to follow him, it was her right to refuse him, but his willingness to lead a simple life with just her has got to mean something. And don’t give me that “he only wanted to redeem his honour by marrying her” crap, because first of all Criston nutted up and admitted everything to Alicent and was ready to face death without EVER blaming Rhaenyra for anything, and second of all, oh no, how dare a human being have ethical values and desire to live with dignity in society’s broad light rather than move in the shadows as the princess’s secret boytoy! Bad, bad Criston for feeling you have to atone for your sins. Maybe we as people have become so corrupt that we envy those who wish to walk a virtuous path in life. Or maybe y’all have become so fond of the unhinged unapologetic character trope because it feels “original” (even if it’s ridiculously overused nowadays) that you’ve actually forgotten what characters with good morals are. Like, picking your fave war criminal and rolling with them because you enjoy good drama, especially in a show that’s meant to provide entertainment, is one thing, but passionately stating that Criston had to submit to that humiliation is something else entirely.

Finally, let’s ditch the Criston being a misogynist bullshit because he had NO issue obeying Rhaenyra before their affair or Alicent. And he is ALWAYS true to himself and his values, because even after everything he endured, he did not use Alicent’s anger as an excuse to take revenge on Rhaenyra and harm her children. Criston never betrayed her, Rhaenyra used him and he walked away and he went towards the only person who seemed to spare him some sympathy and understand him and not condemn him for his crimes even if he hated himself, which is typical victim mentality. And don’t get me started on the Joffrey incident because y’all tore Cole to SHREDS for it. Joffrey had it fucking coming. You don’t go up to people’s faces, especially ones you don’t know, threaten them by telling them you know their secret, a secret that SHAMES them and burdens them to the point they’re ready to commit suicide, and all but directly call them a whore. What the fuck did he think was going to happen? They’d shake hands? Piss off. Let this be a lesson to anyone that doesn’t know how to keep their mouths shut and their noses out of other people’s business. Also, mocking his suicide attempt makes my stomach turn. Just take a moment to consider all the young women who just like him, reluctantly surrendered their virginities to men only to find out they were nothing but sex dolls in their eyes, all these girls whose trust led to their secret being spread and them getting ridiculed and slut shamed for it: how many girls have taken their own lives because they found living with such a burden unbearable?

For the love of everything you hold sacred, please wake up sisters. The narrative that you can be used by someone powerful and you have to accept it because that’s the way things are is a man’s construct. Do not let them fool you.

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Let’s talk about Hazbin Hotel

So, I finally sat down and watched Hazbin Hotel. I’d heard so much about it and felt the need to launch myself headfirst into having my own opinions about it instead of just listening to other people talking about it. This is gonna be a long post, so I’m gonna put it behind a neat little read more. Please note that this is coming from someone who genuinely enjoys adult humour and edgy humour and themes. I’ve got no problem with something that’s all swearing and raunchy jokes. It just needs to be done right.

Point 1 - The Plot The plot is describes as the Princess of Hell trying to open a new hotel to rehabilitate sinners so they don’t get exterminated during the yearly heavenly extermination to deal with Hell’s overpopulation problems. This plot is quickly undone through a few things that anyone can notice during the first viewing. 1 - Overpopulation? WHAT population? The scenery is most often noticeably devoid of any signs of life, outside of when background characters are called for. The scene where Charlie’s doing her news presentation is the most notable example of background characters. After this scene, we see almost nobody outside of the main cast and those weird little egg things. There are a few throwaway demons but outside of that, the streets are devoid of people. There aren’t even the corpses we had just seen during that opening scene. 2 - Charlie may as well be a total nobody what with all the power being the Princess of Hell holds. Just look at how the other characters treat her. You’d think the Princess of Hell would have some kind of benefit that would sway people towards agreeing with this whole idea. Instead, she gets mocked by just about everyone for reasons I can only guess involve winning her sympathy points from the audience. 3 - At no point does she give any proof that redemption would work. She basically says, “Hey guys! I hate seeing you all die, so I have this idea that has no backing evidence, that may or may not work, to try and get you guys into Heaven! Let me sing a song about it where I insult you all!”

Point 2 - Presentation I applaud the animators. Must’ve been hard, especially for Charlie’s overly fast song that really didn’t need to be nightcored, or literally any time Angel Dust was on-screen. Frame by frame. No rigs. All those stripes. All those colours that blend if you stare at them too hard or squint even slightly while watching. All that unnecessarily constant movement. It’s no wonder the thing took four bloody years to animate. Outside of animation, there are too many unneeded details and not enough needed details. Seriously. 1 - The turf war. We didn’t need this. We didn’t need this at all. If you take out the entire opening to it and the entire actual fight scene here, the episode still flows smoothly and we get the same amount of information and worldbuilding. In a pilot/first episode, you should only give the audience necessary details. Leave them wanting more, yes, but make sure they actually know what they’re getting into from the first episode. Make every scene count. Make it mean something. Don’t just shove every detail you can think of together and call it a day, especially if you don’t actually give the audience much information from it. 2 - Why is Hell overpopulated? Why isn’t Heaven? Why can angels go from Heaven to Hell, but demons can’t go from Hell to Heaven? Why does nobody care about being redeemed if Hell is so overpopulated that Angels annually come down and kill people because of it? Why does everyone treat the Princess of Hell like she’s worthless? Why doesn’t Angel Dust know about Alastor if they got into hell within 10 years of each other? Where is this supposed overpopulation problem? Would redemption even work in the first place? Why should I care about most of these characters (who are mostly complete jerks with no redeeming qualities other than “PROTAGONIST”, especially when two of the fan favourites repeatedly sexually assault other characters and, in one case, is both sexist and racist at one point)? Why are there turf wars? I should not be having to ask these questions. Don’t hold the audience’s hand, but don’t leave every single question you present in the show unanswered. Some of the questions presented make absolute sense to leave unanswered. Why does Alastor want to help with the hotel? Why are characters like Vaggie and Niffty, who do nothing all that bad, in Hell? These are questions that make total sense to leave unanswered for now. 3 - What crime is too terrible to be redeemed for? Charlie seems to think that literally everyone can be redeemed. That means murderers, rapists, abusers, tormentors... Certainly her song holds some kind of key to figuring it out! “Inside of every creepy hatchet-wielding maniac” Hmm... Okay... “All of you cretins, sluts and losers, sexual deviants and boozers” Uh... “So, all your cartoon porn addictions, vegan rants, psychic predictions Ancient Roman crucifixions end right here All you monsters, thieves and crazies, cannibals and crying babies" Oh... Also, did she imply that mental illness, alcoholism, drug dependency, plant-based diets/lifestyles, rabies and enjoyment of sex were sins in that song?

Point 3 - Edgy for the sake of edgy Hazbin Hotel tries to be an adult cartoon, but comes off as something a mentally disturbed teenager wrote during their emo/scene phase. 1 - The swearing and sex jokes. Oh boy. I’ve worked with children under the age of 15 who swear and crack sex jokes better than the adults in this show. The swearing and sex jokes are the only reasons this show couldn’t be aired as a Cartoon Network show aimed at edgy teenagers. It’s so poorly done that it in and of itself takes away from the quality of the show itself. Also, we have a character who’s name is an actual sex joke itself. Vaggie, full name Vagatha - a lesbian sex worker, of course. Fun fact for those who don’t know, but all of her previous character drafts had her name as some form of joke on the word vagina. This isn’t an accident, this is blatant and intentional. Also, here’s a pro tip for you! You can make an adult-oriented show without having swearing, slurs and sex jokes taking up a solid third or more of your script. 2 - The... “Representation”. Yes, Hazbin Hotel has LGBT+ characters! Yes, it has biracial and Latina characters! Charlie is bi, Vaggie is a Latina lesbian, Angel Dust is a gay man, Alastor is ace and biracial, Husk is pan, Niffty is Japanese (YIKES). Except none of it actually matters. No, really. Vivziepop was all like, “btw you can ship w/e, idc! also, i rlly like the fanon version of human alastor (who is whiter than marshmallow fluff even though he’s supposed to be half black)! :)” and threw all that out the window because... Who knows at this point. Now, if you look at the connected series, Helluva Boss, you get Moxie and Millie - an extremely obvious and loving couple. In Hazbin Hotel, you get Charlie and Vaggie who you probably couldn’t tell were a couple without somebody telling you that in the first place, what with all the loveydovey-ness going on with them. In fact, the biggest hint we even get is literally one line. “Life ain’t a musical, hun.” But then again, I’d be more apt to believe Charlie and Vaggie are friends, or Vaggie is pining after Charlie. Also, Charlie is a really bad girlfriend! She lets Vaggie get abused by practically the entire cast without so much as a single word in her defense and ignores everything Vaggie says. It came as no surprise when I remembered hearing about how the only reason these two are a couple is because one of the people on the team thought they were during storyboarding and Vivziepop just went with it. Also, fun fact, Vaggie fits both the angry lesbian and fiery Latina stereotypes. Charlie fits the stereotype for the bisexual cheater, what with how she seems to actually like Alastor more than her own bloody girlfriend. Alastor is canonically ace because he’s too full of himself to be with anyone else. Speaking as somebody who’s ace... WHAT?! As much as I don’t like Charlastor, it’s partially more popular than Chaggie because Vivziepop actually made them act like a couple for an entire musical number. Also, he’s annoying. He not only kept telling Vaggie to smile (heck you dude), he also smacked her butt, which is a form of sexual assault, people. This was all played for laughs, along with Vaggie’s (actually very reasonable) anger. Niffty is Japanese. A yellow-skinned demon who’s boy crazy and obsessed with cleaning... Big yikes. Finally, Angel Dust. The kinky gay man porn star/drag queen/drug addict/prostitute who verbally sexually assaulted two guys. Where do I begin. When it came to this guy, Vivziepop must’ve been like, “Imma throw every stereotype for gay men on this guy and call it a character!” If you look a Helluva Boss again, you get Stolas, who verbally sexually assaults Blitzo over the phone and also cheated on his wife with him in the first place, so this isn’t a one-off. Also, he was originally AFAB, so that whole line about “Why are you all women?” is more than a little heinous and in extremely poor taste.

In conclusion, this show is terrible. Everything about it. It needs some serious reworking, because as it stands, it’s really truly not that great of a creation.

tl;dr: Needs a lot of work and “ThEy’Re In HeLl!!1!!one!!!eleven!!!11″ isn’t even remotely an excuse for the genuine problems in it. Remember, at least one actual human being on Earth, not in Hell, wrote this garbage fire. Also, the animators deserve a higher wage than whatever they’re getting to deal with these designs. I shudder just thinking about animating them, with or without a rig.

#hazbin hotel #hazho #hh #vivziepop #helluva boss #longpost #long post

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