#please vote out the monster in office

[tuttle-did-it]

ATTENTION UK VOTERS

Reminder that last year the gov't passed a law in voter suppression requiring photo ID.

Please watch this video from TLDR News explaining the situation, and then check if you have a valid form of ID to vote. The Tories are counting on the fact that you don't have a valid form of ID (especially if you're a student or young person, because statistically, young people are more likely to not vote Tory and not have an ID.

The Tories have been responsible for the rise of wealth inequality, more debt, the rising living costs, the dismantling of disability benefits, their intentional collapse of the NHS and privatisation that benefit their pockets, increase in homelessness, food bank use, rough sleeping, evictions, the housing crisis, the increase in student debt, the increase in hate crimes, the increase in poverty, the increase in knife crimes, the increase in suicides (especially by queer teens), scandal after scandal for behaviour of the MPs and PMs, and so much more.

The best way to start getting these Tories held responsible for their actions is to get better people in control during the election.

You cannot do this without an ID.

Please visit here to make sure you have a valid ID, and remember to REGISTER TO VOTE ASAP!

[renthony]

I hate US election season. I hate US election season so much. Both options are bad, both political parties are bad, and it's nothing but a giant hostage situation with an end goal of deciding who's going to kill the fewest people at the slowest pace. Yeah, "less death" is the better option, but it's not exactly a good option when a lot of people are still gonna fucking die. "No death" isn't even on the goddamn table, and we're supposed to just...roll with that.

And then you get screamed at if you ever say, "both candidates suck. This sucks. This shouldn't be our only option."

I'd be less frustrated by "you HAVE to VOTE BLUE!" crowd if it was accompanied by people willing to admit that, "yes, Biden is horrible. He is enabling genocide. He is a bad, bad man." The office of the US president is inherently drenched in blood, and I respect you infinitely more if you can bring yourself to be honest and say, "Biden is a monster, and I still think you should vote for him" than if your sales pitch stops at, "if you don't vote Biden, the evil orange man wins!"

[Image description: A screenshot from Futurama, showing Fry wrestling a hammer away from Frida Waterfall, who is holding an illegible protest sign. Text on the screenshot reads, "Stop making your point so ineffectively!!" in all caps. End ID.]

I met you "vote blue no matter who" people halfway. I voted Biden in the last election, I "did my part," I participated in the election circus. So can you meet me halfway and do things other than just vote? Can you join the IWW and start coming to meetings, and keep up the work after the election? Can you please try to break out of the "voting every four years is all we can do" mindset?

Please?

[dog-ending]

Poll time!

You are writing/developing your own furry/anthro world, totally populated by anthropomorphic animals. You put in a zoo. How do you make this work?

PLEASE SCROLL TO THE BOTTOM FOR EXPLANATIONS BEFORE VOTING!!! AND PLEASE REBLOG!!

Explanations:

1. This one's more about normal earth animals but could feasibly mean other made up animals. Like, if your furry characters are anthro pokemon, their zoo would have regular pokemon (i.e. anthro pikachus looking at canon pikachus at the zoo). Only pick this if its the normal animal versions of your furry characters.

2. This option also includes like... galleries of normal bugs? i have no idea what those are called and i ran out of space anyway. Pick this ONLY if you wouldnt have fish, plant, and/or bug-based anthros. If you have fish anthros, you could drop the aquarium and still pick this, same with the others.

3. This is assuming your anthros are based on normal earth animals. You would also pick this if you had the opposite situation i guess, with an alien setting and regular earth animals.

4. Exactly what it says. Different from option 2 in that theyre exaggerated in some way, like horse sized beetles.

5. Im picturing the humans well cared for and not mistreated, but their enclosures are based on their natural habitats, like an office building or the alley behind a gas station. Also this is a joke answer dont take it too seriously.

6. This option is for a setting thats all or predominantly anthros based off one species. Think: everyone's a cat, the zoos can just have any animal that's not a cat.

[atwoodsfemalefantasy]

WOMEN I NEED YOU TO LISTEN! this election rests on our shoulders. we have the power to beat Trump and Vance, and if we all work together to educate each other and understand how dystopian Trump and Vance will make this country for us, we can beat them.

Here's the facts:

-Trump and Vance want to get rid of No Fault Divorce. No Fault Divorce basically makes getting divorces possible without serious repercussions. No Fault Divorce saves women from abusive relationships ALL THE TIME. Trump and Vance plan to force women to stay in abusive relationships and are hiding it under the guise of "protecting families. Getting rid of No Fault Divorce ensures that women in unsafe and abusive marriages stay there and will lead to women being murdered because they couldn't get out. every voting age woman in america, take heed. Trump wants you to be forced to stay in abusive marriages. if you care about women's lives DO NOT LET HIM WIN

-JD Vance does not want women to be able to work. if you vote for Trump, women might lose their right to work, and along with it, their right to individual financial stability, and will be forced to stay in unhealthy relationships, forced to be homemakers, and have no choice in their own lives. do you want to go back to the 50s? do you want a man controlling your life? how long until they take our bank accounts again?

-JD Vance associates with people who say "feminists deserve rape". what do you think a man who associates with monsters like that will do to women in this country? first, we'll have to carry rapists babies, and then what? rape becomes even less punished than it is now

-Vance openly opposes gay marriage. are we prepared to live in a world where not only are we and our gay friends aren't allowed to marry but also aren't allowed basic rights like hospital visitation only allowed to spouses? and any queer person (like me) knows that marriage is not even close to being our biggest concern. it starts with denied wedding cakes. it ends with denied healthcare, and we all remember the last time that happened to the LGBTQ+ community.

-both Vance and Trump are openly transphobic. all those anti trans bills we've been proposed that never pass? they'll start passing. and if empathy for your trans sisters isn't enough for you to vote blue, remember that anti trans laws hurt women too. the second you drop your guard and don't look falsely feminine the way they want you too, you could be assumed to be trans and targeted. cis women have been beaten up for being in women's bathroom. cis women have been sent to mar jails because they're assumed to be trans. and to all trans people out there, we have the power to save this election. even if it seems pointless, even if you're losing hope, GET OUT TO VOTE. if you care about your rights, VOTE BLUE

-Vance and Trump want to get rid of ALL ABORTIONS with NO EXCEPTIONS! even if you're anti-abortion (i refuse to say pro lifers when abortion bans KILL WOMEN) THINK ABOUT THE RAMIFICATIONS. They want no abortion for rape victims. they want no abortions for incest. they want children who are pregnant to be forced to give birth EVEN IF IT WILL KILL THEM. women who will die from ectopic pregnancies WILL DIE if they can't get abortions. please, i am urging you, if you care about the lives of women, VOTE BLUE. even if you're pro abortion, the bans they want will kill women AND abort the fetus. A) zygotes are not alive or children. they aren't alive. B) even if you believe they are, please, you have to care about women's lives enough to trust them to make that decision for themselves. please do not be responsible for the women who will die. the women who will commit suicide. the women who will be murdered.

-Project 2025 includes cutting the department of education. do you want your kids to grow up intelligent and capable and educated? Trump and Vance don't.

-need any more evidence of Trumps racism? he wants to cut the EPAs office of External Civil Rights. actively cutting offices dedicated to equality and STILL he's supported

-i understand the concerns about Palestine. i hate the way Biden handled it too. but please, i need you to think. Trump, who openly hates middle eastern people will not handle the situation any better.

DO THESE ISSUES AFFECT YOU?

they should TERRIFY you.

Trump and Vance want to take us to Handmaids Tale America where women are forced to stay home to serve a man, have his babies no matter what, and never leave.

but we have the power to stop it. women, we account for more than half of this country. these men want to steal your rights away from you. DO NOT STAND FOR IT. we can beat those fuckers if every single one of us gets out to vote and votes for our fucking human rights.

we have the power, women. we have the power, POC. we have the power, LGBTQ+ community. if we protect our rights, we can win

[tsspromptmonth]

Rare Gift Pairings Announcement!

Thank you everyone for participating in our polls! It was a lot of fun and the mods were really surprised by some of the pairings and how they blew others out of the water! There were some pairings that were so popular they were voted at the top for multiple lists. We took the AU they were the most popular in and assigned them to that!

However! This means we’re going to have 2 more polls to finalize our choices! Look out for those and let us know what you want for the Post-Apocalyptic and the Coffee Shop AU! We’re so excited to see what you come up with for these rare combinations. Please remember all art is highly encouraged. Drawings, Writing, playlists, anything and everything you can come up with. See more below for the list of AUs and pairings.

1. Lawyers AU - Virgil/Janus

2. Futuristic AU - Virgil/Remus/Janus

3. Arranged Marriage - Patton/Janus

4. Werewolf AU - Roman/Logan/Patton

5. Superpowers AU - Virgil/Remus/Janus/ Patton

6. Post-Apocalyptic AU - Wait and See!

7. Soulmates AU - Janus/Remus/Logan/Virgil/Patton

8. Office AU - Remus/Logan

9. Dance AU - Logan/Remus/Janus

10. Merepeople AU - Virgil/Roman/Janus/Logan

11. Hospital AU - Virgil/Janus/Logan

12. Artist AU - Virgil/Roman/Janus

13. Tattoo AU - Logan/Janus

14. Vampire AU - Virgil/Janus/Patton

15. Flowershop AU - Remus/Janus

16. Fantasy AU - Roman/Janus/Patton

17. Circus AU - Roman/Janus/Logan/Patton

18. Coffee Shop AU - Wait and See!

19. Band AU - Virgil/Remus/Janus/Logan

20. Mob AU - Logan/Virgil/Patton/Roman

21. Writers AU - Patton/Remus

22. Monster Hunter AU - Virgil/Roman/Logan

23. Angels & Demons AU - Roman/Janus/Logan

24. Childhood Friends AU - DLAMP

25. Magic AU - Virgil/Remus/Logan/Patton

26. Bodyguard AU - Roman/Janus

27. Pirates AU - Patton/Janus/Remus

28. Crime AU - Virgil/Remus/Logan

29. Roommates AU - Virgil/Remus

30. Detective AU - Janus/Logan/Patton

31. Farm AU - Remus/Logan/Patton

[misrepresentedmorallygrey]

PROPAGANDA

The Darkling

Okay so this guy is the main bad guy of the series. He made “the fold” this barren wasteland of darkness and monsters dividing the land, causing like hundreds of thousands of people to die. He killed his mom. He psychologically manipulated his girlfriend (like, he caused her to hallucinate and a whole bunch of other crazy stuff). He made one of his followers (a young girl) use her body to slowly poison the king over time. He started a cult. He did a LOT of crazy stuff. However, we do see his backstory of him as a kid, and learn that he did all this in the name of equality, so people would stop torturing and killing the ‘grisha’ or the witches/magic users. Later, he fakes his own death and starts a cult worshipping him and acts as the leader of the cult, going by his old name Aleksander. He is a very complicated character. So tell my why everyone thirsts after him and is like “he did nothing wrong” HELLO?! He is NOT your poor little meow meow he is complies please please don’t sanitize him.

Mikoto Kayano

Mikoto is really kind and friendly, he gives people nicknames, and he tries to talk to everyone. He cares about his little sister and his mom; he doesn't want to worry anyone and will hide when he's really stressed out and try to act like everything is fine. He just laughs and hopes everything will work out. He overworks himself and thinks that he needs to keep working, even after he's already pushing himself too hard. He doesn't remember killing anyone and he's in MILGRAM because of it and he got voted to not be forgiven in the first trial which is making his stress worse.

Mikoto's characterization within the fandom is either sexy man or baby who couod never hurt a fly. Despite that in his introductory voice drama he folds a fifteen year old for several minutes abd the fact that he's now in a mystical prisoner for definitely committing murder. Like the entire premise of the series is contingent upon everyone who is in it killing a person. Mikoto has dissociative identity disorder the fandom uses this to basically go normal Mikoto the one Milgram arrested (the prison that can look into people's minds by the way) is the good one. He hates violence and I'd just a silly little office worker but the other one I'd the literal devil. An evil man who likes violence and just hates people real antisocial. The fandom is so bad at understanding moral ambiguity and dissociative identity disorder that despite his songs being called MeMe, Double, a line in the second song being literally "Just the two of us" and one of the creators puting out a statement after the seconds songs release saying "I wonder what will happen to the two Mikoto's now"- A good majority of fans have convinced themselves there is a third very normal and chill alter (because they seperate them by emotional states like this is fucking inside out for some reason) who is just a guy and consistently state Mikoto will be bad representation if there are only two. It's to the point that a good deal of the fanbase are fans of this character and not actually Mikoto. Only using his actual character for ship fodder to fuel their switch fetish. I don't know if it's not understanding moral ambiguity, just not knowing how to fucking read, or hating a minority of people simply based on how a dissociative disorder presents in them which is apparently a bias that the dissociative identity disorder community has had for a long time i.e treating people more poorly based on alter count but whatever it is I believe it's enough to qualify him for this.

[vote-gaara]

Headcanons you say? 👀 my Fluffdar has been activated.

He's a huge cuddle monster. I reject he notion that he's stony and distant. People who /actively love him back?/ The person who loves him /most?/ Pure fluff.

I also reject the notion that he wouldn't make much time for his S/O bc of his job. He will make time bc relationships are massively important to him??

He literally has so much fun doing nothing and being boring with his S/O. Napping or watching TV together all day? Yes pls

OHHHHHHHHH!

I LOVE the fluffdar and I'm HERE for it.

As for your headcanons...

He's a cuddle monster - YES! I think people who this he's "stoney and distant" aren't taking into account that subtle affection is affection. He may not be the type to flaunt PDA, but behind closed doors? You bet he wants to be as close to his partner as possible.

Office Job > SO - I also REJECT this notion, and will happily work to dismantle it with you. The whole reason Gaara spends so much of his time -spare or otherwise - on Kazekage duties is because of two reasons: One - He feels guilty for how he acted in the past, and is idealism and motivation to change the future for the better is how he has decided to repay the village. Two - (Sorry Gaara) but he doesn't have many friends he can actually hang out with, and so he gets all of his social fulfillment by tending to his village. This, of course, would certainly change if he had a SO.

Sitting around, doin' nothing - YES! Why? Because who doesn't like just doing nothing for the sake of doing nothing? Now given, at first Gaara would be a little leery...Surely he must entertain or amuse his SO in some way...Why else would they be over? But after he relaxed some more and he learned to settle down, he would absolutely look forward to and love chillin' and doin' nothing with his SO

My Repayment to You...Fluffy Headcanons!

Gaara would enjoy a sassy SO - Gaara of the sand? More like Gaara of the SASS. Gaara has a very sarcastic, dry and deadpan sense of humor, and he would really like a SO who could dish it out. Of course he's sweet and gentle most of the time, and he will always speak highly of his SO...But every so often, if the SO gives off a crack of verbal lightening in response to something he said....Well, that's always funny and always a thrill.

Gaara likes to stroke/pet his SO's hair - He doesn't know why, it just seemed like the right thing to do!

Always smiles at his SO or his crush - Everyone else can see it but he doesn't realize. Why are his siblings teasing him for liking this person? He wasn't being obvious! He treats them like everyone else.... It's the smile that gives it away.

Please send me more headcanons anytime! AND VOTE GAARA

[the-grand-author-ne]

Look, I want to drag Biden into the streets of Palestine and let him face the true horrors of what he has been supporting more than I can rightly express. He is a genocide excusing monster that deserves every terrible thing you can name. The fact of the matter is though that when the upcoming election is over either he or Trump will be president, and Trump. Is. Worse.

We know for a fact he is so much worse in so many ways, he is a self interested criminal who doesn't give a shit about the country at large and the only thing he'll think about the actions of Israel is how much money he could make by illegally selling them even more weapons.

There are only two possible results of the election, either Biden will get another term or Trump will. The only thing it is reasonable to hope for is that, if enough reasonable people are voted into OTHER positions in the government, if enough people vote not just in the presidential elections but also in the state and congressional elections, those people will be able to force Biden to stop supporting genocide. The president is powerful, and it is important we keep Trump out of office so his trials can finish and he can go to jail for the rest of his life like he deserves, but reelecting Biden 1: is not going to make things in Palestine any worse than giving Trump the office back would and 2: does not make him god. There's only so much he would be able to do if state and congressional governments were staffed with politicians that actually gave a shit about stopping genocide.

Tldr: please vote. Not just presidential, vote in your local elections and the congressional elections too. Or else things will only get worse.

[pettytiredandjewish]

( warning this will be a long ass rambling rant)

Hey y’all- please for the love g-d- fucking vote for this damn presidential election. Yes we don’t exactly have good candidates but out of the 2 that we have, Biden is the better option for us. I hate to say it but he is the lesser of 2 evils or however that phase goes. He’s not the best but we need to keep him in office.

And if you plan on voting on/or support that fucker (aka trump)- I have a question for you. Why? Why do you support someone who is a monster. And yes- he is one. I don’t use that term much, but in this case- I will use it because he is one. Not only is he a raging homophobic and transphobic ass hole (cuz he is), he is xenophobic to the point where he was ok with locking asylum seekers up in cages and splitting families up. He is a raging antisemitic/ islamophobic fucker (he really doesn’t care about Israel just so yall are aware. He’s a “politician” that claims he cares so he can get more votes- he’s a user who really does not give a damn about jews/Israel). Then there’s his treatment of women, which is a whole other issue- I won’t go into it with only because it makes me sick. Let’s not forget that he’s a white supremacies who fucking cheered on the neo nazies, or his treatment to those who aren’t abled…. Honestly his track record is too long but yall hopefully get the point. But why support him?

I mean Biden doesn’t have the best record per se but out of the two? Biden is not only the safer option but if he’s out- a lot of people are fucked. I remembered the 2016 presidential election (I was finishing high school) g-d I was scared (and I wasn’t the only one). I remember people going on about how he wasn’t gonna win or if he did win- nothing will happen. Well guess what yall- it was hell. Fun fact my parents was terrified and worried about my safety (since I’m trans and queer) that we were starting to make plans to leave the country. I know that if trump wins again - we all are fucked. I live in a red state. This state is trying to pass a whole bunch of fucked up anti lgbt+ laws. I know for damn sure that if trump gets elected and project 2025 starts to take effect- my states gonna jump on that right away and it will not be pretty. Not only will lgbt+ folks get fucked over, but a whole bunch of other people will too. Hell I’m about to start making a plan in case I need to get out of the country.

So please just fucking vote! And to those who don’t believe that project 2025 is real? Oh it’s fucking real all right- it’s not propaganda. Stop living in denial.

(Rant over)

[inverseinvert]

DGM Danny Phantom WIP

Prologue

AO3 link here

For a while, Amity Park had been debating going worldwide with ghosts. There had been full scale council meetings discussing the matter, with votes and paperwork and everything! (A few younger members of the public had even tried  to segue the meetings into repealing the Anti-Ecto Acts, but got ignored by the much older council.) 

The main thing stopping progress, however, was credibility. Or rather, lack thereof.

While yes, the Doctors Fenton had papers published in ectobiology and cryptozoology—that anyone could access with a quick internet search—and a few videos had made it to YouTube, the town was largely seen as a tourist trap and a hoax. 

Regardless, Amity was determined to go public. They'd take professional videos, update their website, whatever they had to do to prove to the rest of the world that ghosts existed.

But all those plans came to a screeching halt when an emergency alert broadcast worldwide. 

 Their need for funding, aid, and support against the nuisance of a ghost infestation became inconsequential in the face of true monsters.

Demons.

Akuma.

Hundreds of thousands were dead, thousands still missing and unaccounted for all over the world.

Originally, it was declared a series of bombings and terrorist attacks; but each incident was too varied. News agencies tried their best to sweep things under the rug and governments were clearly shaken; but amateur videos pushed through. Clips flooded the internet, showcasing the devastation as several dozen mechanical creatures descended with cannons, spewing poison and death.Killing without discrimination.

When it became obvious that this was no hoax, that the governments of the world could no longer deceive their citizens—there were just too many videos, too many witnesses—an emergency broadcast was published.

"The New World Alliance may seem ill-prepared; but I promise you, they're not." A dark-haired Asian stood behind a podium, white beret and coat (accented by black) reflecting brightly in the spotlights. Microphones from news stations around the world crowded his face like a pack of hungry dogs as he glanced down through grey glasses at a sheaf of papers. 

Even viewed through the screen of a television, the air of gravity was almost palpable. 

“My name is Komui Lee and I'm here because I'm the Chief Officer of the Black Order's European branch. Opperating under the direct command of the Vatican, the Black Order has been defending the public from the Akuma threat for close to a century. We've managed to keep collateral damage and loss of life to a minimum. Until now.” His voice turned melancholy, face drawing downward. Eyes staying locked to the teleprompter, he reached for a large ivory mug and started to lift it. Hand faltering just inches above the table, Komui's frown deepened. 

The cup was significantly lighter than it should be. 

“We are aware that in this instance we have failed in our due diligence; and for that, we ask your forgiveness.” At this, he set down the empty mug and took a deep breath, pushing his shoulders back and holding his head high. 

“We come to you in the hopes that you will understand the good work that has been done up until now and ask that you support our exorcists. In the interest of this, please try your best to stay out of harm's way and report any Akuma sightings to your local police or our helpline which should be displayed at the bottom of your screen.”

Attention shifting back to his documents, the worn man—who clearly had been running on pure coffee alone for at least the past week—began to list general safety procedures: what would be required for people to avoid attacks and what to do when they happened. 

Lifting his eyes, he ended the speech with, “I must stress that this is not a constant danger. Do not panic and do not engage with these creatures. Ordinary weapons will not work and they take specialist training to combat. Please let the professionals do their jobs. It is, after all, what we're here for.”

He swept a hand left and gestured to the two individuals standing at parade rest beside him. 

The shorter of the two had strikingly similar facial features to Komui, but softer, suggesting a relation to the man. Her hair was also marginally lighter and fell all the way to her shoulders. The woman's older partner, by contrast, had legs for days and a sharp expression, with long, blonde bangs hiding an expansive, jagged scar that surrounded her one visible eye. Clinging to her shoulder was a monkey that vaguely resembled a silvery marmoset, regarding the room with massive pupils.

Both women's outfits were made from a thick, black cloth, their accents and embellishments unique to each individual. They may not have matched perfectly, with one showing little skin and the other leaning more fanservice-gothic-lolita, but like a rook and a knight in chess, it was obvious they came from the same set. 

“All exorcists will be wearing uniforms like this when on active duty. Please leave them to their work and do not interfere.” 

“Thank you for your attention. We will not be taking questions at this time.”

Finished with the announcement, Komui gathered the paper sheets off the podium and aligned them with each other before placing them under an armpit. Gripping his mug in his other hand, the head Supervisor turned to the camera and dipped forward in a curt bow. As he exited stage left, the two women accompanying him copied the gesture and followed their boss off screen. 

When compared to the outside world, Amity Park suddenly was "A Nice Place to Live".

The quaint city enjoyed their haunted reputation, its many shops filled with gimmicky graphics and souvenirs. The citizens knew just what to do in a ghost attack and weren’t truly scared. Either the spectres would move on or Phantom would rescue those truly in harm's way.

No one had actually died in a ghost attack, despite many close calls, and ghosts could be reasoned with. They had personalities and morals (no matter how many people said otherwise).

Their town could never function the way it did if they had Akuma in place of ghosts. The idea of it was downright sickening. 

Akuma were fiends of true horror and demise. A distinctly alien mindset that could not be related to in any way. Trying to make light of them was nothing short of stomach-turning to anyone with sound ethics. 

So Amity Parkers forgot about trying to ask for help. They’d made it this far on their own and would continue to do so for as long as possible. Government resources should be spent on helping those actually in need. If staying off the map prevented more deaths, then so be it; they could muddle through.

They just hadn’t considered that the ghosts might reach out publicly before the humans would.

Please let me know what you thought. No promises on updates or when they might happen as I am still unmedicated for my ADHD 🥲

Also interested to see what people want to see.

MASSIVE thanks to @weshney for their incredible editing skills. They made sure this was actually legible.

[blackbirdsnonsense]

Well given that TWO X-Men cartoon themes fit over the opening for Adventures of the Ghoul Squad there's only one thing that can happen next:

Scientist: The heinous attack on our way of live the other night proved that not only are monsters real but they are a threat to our very way of life!

Councilman: I'm not sure I'd say "threat" or even "heinous attack". It was more mild vandalism at best. I don't think anyone even had their windows broken.

Scientist: That's just what they WANT you to think! Then when we let our guard down, they'll ATTACK us! Well I say we attack them first! With these! <Holds up diagram of a robot> My Sentries! An army of giant robots-

Councilman: GIANT ROBOTS?!?!

Scientist: Yes! With death lasers!

Councilman: DEATH LASERS?!?!

Scientist: Yes dammit! They will root out those vile creatures wherever they're hiding and destroy them!

Councilman: Sir, it sounds...it sounds like you're suggesting a genocide.

Scientist: OF COURSE!!! We must destroy all monsters!!

Councilman: Okay, well, first of all we're a city council so we couldn't even fund *one* of your giant death robots let alone an army of them! And I hope this goes without say but I *hope* everyone on this council would be *against* doing a genocide.

Scientist: Maybe you should let *them* decide for themselves.

Councilman: Okay let's take a vote. Everyone *against* the genocidal robots, raise your hands.

<Everyone on the council raises their hand save one>

Councilman: Well that settles that. And Gary, we are going to have a LONG after this meeting over.

Scientist: YOU FOOLS!! HOW DARE YOU REJECT MY GENIOUS?!?! YOU'LL SEE!! YOU'LL *ALL* SEE THAT I'M RIGHT AND THE MONSTERS WILL COME FOR *ALL* OF US!!

Councilman: Okay, officers, can you *please* escort this madman out of these chambers?

Scientist: <while being dragged off> LET GO OF ME!! I'M RIGHT!! I KNOW I'M RIGHT!! THEY'LL COME FOR US!! FOR ME! THEN YOU!! THEN YOUR CHILDREN!! YOU'RE NEXT!! YOU'RE NEXT!! YOU'RE NEXT!!!

Councilman: Alright then, now that we have THAT bit of drama out of the way, what do you say we send a strongly worded letter to the monsters that we *highly* disagree with the actions they took that night?

Other Council Members: Agreed!

Gary: Disagree!

Councilman: Dammit Gary.

[drkineildwicks]

A bullet point list of things I have observed thus far about the new writers’ strike, in no particular order:

now is a bad time to be seeking a writing job because corporations respect no one

now is a bad time to have been fired from my existing writing job because no one is hiring or even sending you an f u you didn’t get the job

seeing as how I was fired for sticking to my principles, good on these writers

the fun thing about capitalism is that these strikes work, you don’t get gunned down for your trouble like you would in, say, china

people really out here saying eff capitalism when it’s legit the only system where the bourgeoisies dictate the market instead of the proletariat

meantime socialism is for the corporations to get fat

but I digress

Jay Leno is delivering donuts to the writers on strike, which he did before

also I remember the OG strike, he mentioned then that he was writing his own monologues and kept waking his wife up at odd hours to pitch the jokes to her

TIL that Doctor Horrible’s Singalong Blog was written during the OG writers’ strike, this is amusing to me because Full Sail used it to teach students how to write scripts

corps really do be underestimating people’s backlogs

people be realizing that hard copies are desirable for a reason

laughing because we’re going into summer, when people won’t be watching TV anyway

really happy that people are finally channeling the energy of the captain from Wall-E, i.e., “I don’t want to survive, I want to LIVE”

I have legit watched no new TV since Big Hero 6: the Series went off the air and seeing what disney is doing makes me glad BH6 avoided that bullet

Thanks to the great pause of 2020 people have realized that yeah, we can wait for new if the new is good, no we don’t have the spare funds to pay for garbage

We got DVD copies of shows that are 10+ seasons long and crates of movies to watch, we’re fine

I got milk crates full of books I got from when all the bookstores in my area shut down for various reasons (stupid-high land rent being one of them) and games I haven’t even tried yet, plus I write

Fanfictions will be getting an upswing soon, I’m guessing

also I finally started playing DST with friends, that’s fun

we have a new puppy who is 1000% more entertaining than what’s on the TV

also torrents and downloads exist if the thing doesn’t have a DVD release

on that happy note, if anyone knows a link to the full series of shows like Tangled, Amphibia and the like please hit me up

I got BH6: the series downloaded I need others

Please send your money to the indie companies and the small businesses and individual artists instead of the corporations

yes you can vote with your wallet and it would be wise to do so

Also make sure it’s like an actual indie company instead of, you know, game freak

It’s a multi-billion dollar franchise, they can afford to hire more workers to keep their existing ones from dropping dead in the traces, they just…don’t

say it with me: there are other games in the monster-capture genre, I do not need to pay for a substandard unfinished game that literally kills people

Appealing to the one-percents alienates the majority money, trying to turn around to get the majority money alienates the one-percents, people prefer genuine jerks over two-faced shills

I’ve had the opportunity to work in California and New York before and passed it over because the cost of living versus what I would make would have me living in my car and I don’t want to get murdered

Yes John Lasseter slept under his desk but he was also heading a new company specializing in an art form in its infancy, also I bet his office had a lock

And the fact that people are abandoning Hollywood for Las Vegas, AKA sin city, should tell you everything about Hollywood that needs to be said

Focusing only on checklists to please the DIE, blackrock, vanguard, and the esg means soulless material that has no return on investment

No writers means no material to act for means no one works, considering how everyone is expected to work to the bone I fail to see a problem with them not working

love the fact that no new stuff means people will go to the old stuff and finally realize that no, it’s not the nostalgia filter talking, things were literally made better back in the day

There’s so much genuine indie stuff being put straight online by creators that Hollywood will hopefully die its much-needed death

also disney please die already it’s unpleasant watching the corpse flail about

On that happy note I’m working on new stuff and updating my old stuff, stay tuned and friendly reminder that I have both a ko-fi and Patreon

Also college debt

[steampunkskull]

Please remember that anyone telling you not to vote tomorrow is either a fascist, a bot, or a fascist bot.

If you value human rights, reproductive rights, lgbtq rights, and the lives of our veterans, disabled people, and elderly, get out there and vote.

I cannot stress the importance of getting these monsters the hell out of office.

[skepticbeliever-bookclub]

Good evening!

Ever wonder about the fics that don’t make it through the final round of voting for the bi-weekly read in the book club? You’re in luck!

The book club is structured so that we solicit nominations from our members, either based on a theme or a trope or simply a request for their favorites, and develop a list of ten nominations, which are then narrowed down to a top three. The top three fics end up in our weekend vote and the winner of that vote becomes our book club fic for that week.

Following our renaissance round, we decided to bring ourselves back to where we started from; our members. This week, we solicited nominations of fics written by folks who are member of the book club and whose stories haven’t been read by us in 2022. 

It was a joy to see people bring fics they love by book club members to our nominations channel in the server, and so, without further blathering, here are your runners-up for this round: 

Dissection of a Frightened Creature -  denimwrapped | 7.8k, M, complete 

It's been about a week since a monster ran out of the sea and trampled huge swathes of Los Angeles. It's left the city with ruined buildings, shattered lives, and the stench of death. Team Watcher were some of the lucky ones - they got out alive, and with half an office.

And with a bit more trauma than some of them are willing to admit.

And It Will All Fade To White - punk_rock_yuppie | 5.7k, T, complete

Something very strange happens to Shane while they're on location.

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[rebelpuff]

the   blip.

i've   mentioned   this   before   because   at   my   core   i   love   angst   and   no   one   can   ever   truly   be   happy,   but   please   blame   @thanksbarton   for   inspiring   me   to   actually   write   it   out.

the   girls   did   not   disappear   to   the   blip.   the   professor   did.   sara   bellum   did.

you   know   who   else   did?   the   mayor.   him.   princess   morbucks.   sedusa.   most   of   townsville.   almost   seventy-five   percent   of   monster   isle.   almost   everyone   who   made   their   lives   hectic   and   insufferable   was   gone. 

and   for   the   first   time   the   girls   could   rest.   like   a   weight   lifted   off   their   shoulders,   a   responsibility   they'd   accepted   as   children   suddenly   gone.   and   it   was…almost   nice.   buttercup   won't   ever   admit   it.   in   the   first   year   after,   buttercup   spent   an   ungodly   amount   of   time   trying   to   figure   out   ways   to   get   the   professor   and   sara   bellum   back.   she   woke   with   guilt.   she   sealed   off   the   professor's   bedroom,   terrified   that   he'd   come   back   and   something   would   be   missing   or   out   of   place   —   or   worse,   that   he   wouldn't,   and   there'd   never   be   any   proof   her   dad   had   lived   there   at   all.   but   after   a   while,   there   was   peace. 

townsville   had   forgotten   what   it   was   like   to   genuinely   be   in   danger.   the   collective   city   attitude   was   that   the   powerpuff   girls   would   save   them   eventually,   and   they   would   just   have   to   put   up   with   it   until   they   did.   the   blip   reminded   them   what   it   was   like   to   be   truly   scared,   for   the   first   time   since   the   girls   were   created,   of   something   more   than   the   interim.   they   started   to   genuinely   look   toward   the   girls   for   help,   for   guidance,   in   this   time   when   townsville   had   lost   so   much,   when   everyone   had   lost   someone. 

the   girls   were   treated   less   like   weapons   and   more   like   leaders   for   the   first   time…ever.

there   were,   of   course,   the   little   annoying   things.   timmy   had   finally   been   voted   into   office,   which   was   a   bummer.   there   was   still   the   occasional   monster   to   fight.   ace   still   got   on   her   nerves,   and   even   more   now   since   li'l   arturo   and   snake   got   poofed   too.   but   it   wasn't   awful.   it   was   the   first   time   buttercup   got   a   solid   eight   hours   of   sleep   consistently. 

the   sudden   lack   of   rogues   and   newfound   freedom   let   the   powerpuff   girls   focus   on   other   things,   for   once.   they   could   actually   leave   townsville   without   leaving   one   of   them   behind   or   constantly   pinging   their   locations   to   one   another.   and   so   they   did.   they   left   townsville   —   left   the   planet,   actually.   the   united   states   government   still   held   their   leash,   but   there   was   a   lot   of   slack   in   it   for   once.   a   lot   of   government   agents   were   gone   too.   the   powerpuff   girls   decided   to   get   into   intergalactic   work.   they   were   one   of   the   only   people   that   could   easily   travel   between   such   huge   distances   with   little   preparation   and   no   side   effect. 

they   worked   alongside   captain   marvel   a   lot,   in   the   same   sphere   of   influence. 

its   the   most   peace   buttercup   had   ever   experienced,   and   she   hated   it.   how   could   she   be   relaxed,   happy,   thriving   when   her   dad   was   gone?   when   her   sisters   were   still   mourning   him?   when   they   were   all   working   to   get   them   back?   and   fuck,   what   did   it   say   about   her   that   sometimes   she   wished   they   wouldn't.   because   fixing   it,   getting   everyone   back,   meant   falling   into   the   same   routines.   the   professor   and   sara   bellum   wouldn't   come   back   alone.   they'd   come   back   with   everything   that   made   life   so   goddamn   insufferable. 

they   were   on   another   planet   when   it   happened.   when   everyone   snapped   back   to   the   same   places   they'd   been   four   years   before.   buttercup's   first   thought   was   that   the   professor   would   be   home   alone.   that   he   wouldn't   know   what   became   of   his   kids   for   a   long   time.   her   second   thought   was   that   they   might   go   back   to   chaos.   to   the   city   on   fire.   again.   and   there   was   no   way   they'd   get   there   in   time   to   fix   it.

they   spent   an   extra   two   and   a   half   weeks   on   that   planet,   counting   its   returned,   helping   people   back   into   place.   buttercup   thought   her   sisters   were   dragging   their   feet.   and   she   couldn't   point   it   out,   because   she   was   doing   it   too.

buttercup   was   right.   things   went   back   to   normal,   and   too   quickly.   about   the   only   difference   is   that   timmy   is   now   mayor,   but   buttercup   doesn't   even   bother   to   acknowledge   that.   (only   half   because   she   doesn't   know   the   old   mayor's   real   name,   and   still   calls   him   “the   mayor.”)

during: 👊 ;; ˡᵒᶜᵏᵉᵈ ᵃʷᵃʸ ᶦⁿ ᵖᵉʳᵐᵃⁿᵉⁿᵗ ˢˡᵘᵐᵇᵉʳ ( universe viii )

after: 👊 ;; ᵍⁿᵃˢʰᶦⁿᵍ ᵗᵉᵉᵗʰ ᵃⁿᵈ ᶜʳᶦᵐᶦⁿᵃˡ ᵗᵒᵘⁿᵍᵉˢ ( universe ix )

[monriatitans]

Ta-Da! List: Sunday, June 16th

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I share my “Ta-Da! List” every day so everyone gets a daily update and I have a reminder of what I’ve accomplished.

To learn more about “Ta-Da! Lists”, and other ADHD life hacks, check out @adhdjesse’s book Extra Focus: The Quick Start Guide to Adult ADHD.

Abbreviations

- O&T: Opinions & Truth Blog - WGS: The Weekend Game Show - ASO: Artist Shout-Out - IG: Instagram - BMAC: Buy Me a Coffee - TDL: Ta-Da! List

Ta-Da! List

✧ June 15th: - on the bedroom setup: shared yesterday’s TDL to IG

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ✧ throughout the day: - kept emails manageable - loaded the dishwasher - filled out today’s TDL

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ✧ on the mobile phone: - YouTube: watched I’m Autistic, Now What?’s video “Autism Memes for When Your Life is Falling Apart (Like mine currently is)” - Hive: shared today’s ASO and Stream Announcement

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ✧ on the bedroom setup: - WGS: finished sharing catchup announcement posts and the Stream Announcement to the WGS Ko-fi

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ✧ on the office setup: - WGS: gave a human artist, TIVANIX, a shout-out by sharing it on O&T, Tumblr, and other social media; shared the Stream Announcement to The Titans’ Discord, IG, and other social media; prepared the ASO for tomorrow, June 17th - YouTube: watched, listened to, and/or began: 1. Jim Sterling’s videos “Grand Theft Awful”, “Bobby Kotick Is An Abusive Monster”, “Diablo Immortal: Activision Blizzard’s Latest Scam The Jimquisition”, “Scott Cawthon Simps Just Love To Hate”, “Exoprimal: A Great Game Pretending To Be Mediocre Garbage”, “Pokémon 2077”, and “Kotaku Was Right To ‘RUIN’ Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom” 2. Orion Kelly — That Autistic Guy’s video “Autism, Humour & Sarcasm — What You Need to Know” 3. Philosophy Tube’s videos “Why Do We Remember War?”, “Racism, Law, & Politics (Race Part 1)”, “Islamophobia, Racism, & Feminism (Race Part 2)”, “Should People in Prison have a Right to Vote?”, and “How to Deal with Tragedy — Stoicism” 4. BlackBeltBarrister’s video “This is terrifying!” 5. Ginny Di’s video “5 backstory bad habits that drive your DM nuts” 6. Adam Conover’s videos “Elon Musk Is An Idiot (and so are Zuck and SBF)” and “Why We’re Still Trapped on Twitter” - Gaming: played “Final Fantasy XIV” - O&T: shared today’s TDL to various social media

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ✧ chores and miscellaneous: - Food: had coffee, water, and cereal for breakfast and lunch; partner cooked potatoes and steak for lunch; had hot cocoa - Chores: washed the bedspread; started, then unloaded the dishwasher; swept the kitchen and guest bathroom; vacuumed partner’s office

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Well, these are all the updates I had for today! Thank you for reading!

May every decision you make be *in the spirit of fairness* and may the rest of your day *NOT go to $#!7*!

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