#punk ideologies

[waywardsou2]

Shitty photos but I wore my battle vest for the third time ever.

Little bit of backstory but I made this during December last year and never wore it because some of the patches on my jacket were "not appropriate" and my dad was "disappointed" with what I wrote on them, so I got really discouraged from wearing it. I wanted to wear it to my first day of College but he saw it and told me I wasn't allowed to wear it.

But today I said fuck it. It's been several months and I put so much fucking effort into this and I've never even worn it. So I did. And I felt awesome all day

The patches I have on there are

- "Fuck the system"

- "Dead men can't cat call"

- "cowabunga dudes"

- TMNT

- "the earth is our mother"

- "punks not dead"

- "If you aren't angry you aren't paying attention"

- "people before profit"

- "Punks respect pronouns"

- a spiderweb

- "we all bleed the same colour"

(feel free to borrow any of the sayings if you would like)

[stoned-in-shibuya]

An ecopunk idea my husband has said and is the most rebellious way to save the environment:

Make sure to carry seeds with you in the spring and just... randomly plant them to help out the environment.

Him: what are they gonna do? Arrest me for helping Mother Nature?

[aquaticfreakshow-sys]

It's punk as hell to defend a community from people making a mocking joke of it, actually.

No, don't fakeclaim people, but speak against harmful concepts and beliefs. If there is a community actively creating stigma around something, actively creating misleading information about something, it's punk as fuck to defend people.

[ - Max ]

[nightmaretour]

Anti-technology people who insist they're not ableist crack me up. What about people who rely on machines to breathe, eat, keep their heart functioning, or otherwise stay alive? "Well not that technology, obviously!" Ok what about AAC users, people who use hearing aids, or otherwise use technology to interact with the world in ways they otherwise couldn't? "Not that technology, obviously." Okay, my mobile phone is my memory, my sense of time, my sense of direction when I get lost, my ability to contact someone when I need help. It is my personal freedom because without it I would need full time care and supervision. But yes, that technology, right?

I hate how technology is made and utilised under capitalism as much as the next guy, but to pretend that technology doesn't greatly improve the lives of countless people, or even allow them to continue being alive, is to be willfully ignorant to the existence of disabled people. A world without technology is a world where a lot of disabled people don't get to survive. Capitalism is the problem, not the technology. Technology can (and should) exist just fine without capitalism.

[dreamspring]

question to my punk & goth friends out there - i saw this video saying that punk and goth are not music based subcultures and as someone who isn’t really engaged in either deeply i am so confused

here are some comments ???

[24-jay-42]

Ashton is not contradicting himself, in fact he is being incredibly consistent.

Ashton is a punk. Now we all have preconceived and general ideas about punk and what it means, But Taliesin has stated multiple times that punk in Exandra is different then punk in our world as The injustices in Exandra are different to the injustices in our world, at least where it concerns Ashton. Taliesin Has described punk in Exandra as quote:

“Life’s not fair. And either you believe that life’s not fair because life is chaos or you believe life’s not fair because there’s a bunch of interventionist assholes above you who have decided you don’t get to be a winner, for whatever reason.— Is it a world Where there are winners and Losers or is this a world where there are Interventionist gods who are like ‘You.’ ‘Not you’"

This is doubled down with the fact that there is seemingly no clear reasoning as to why the gods choose who they like and don’t choose who they like. At least not in any reasoning common folk know of and understand. 

Ashton also has always somewhat respected the Matron of Ravens, Because she is the only god that always keeps her promises and because she is the only goddess who will have to face every single mortal at some point while the other gods get to play favourites. 

Doesn’t help the fact that despite begging a god for help throughout almost all their life, the only time Ashton has actually witnessed divine intervention was when an angel was sent to smite him and his friends down for removing a colonial unwanted ministry from a Village. Of course that would fuel the perspective that the gods are self-serving and only interested in their own gain. 

Which is fair. Why is one person who cries out in pain granted divine repreval and guidance while someone else experiencing the same pain is left to fend for themselves? Why do the gods get to have it both ways where they can plead non-intervention in some cases but intervening in others when it serves them. 

This isn’t about being ‘Deities Specialist Boy’ This is about "Why do you get to decide who is somebody and who is nobody? Why do you decide who is ‘Special’ and who is not with seemingly no reasoning as to why? (other than self interest)."

Ashton literally said himself, to paraphrase: “The gods never chose me so i am not going to choose them. I will Listen which is more than They ever did”

Which he’s been true to. He’s listened to both the Arch Heart and the Raven Queen. The gods that approached him and the rest of the bells Hell and directly to ask for their help.

Which moves onto my next point: The Gods have No checks and Balances. So the gods are free to do whatever they like with no one able to stop them.

As we saw in downfall, and to quote Brennan Lee Mulligan “The Lord of the Hells and the Dawnfather have more love between them then either of them has for [Mortals]” and if you’re a mortal that is horrifying. Because no matter how much suffering they cause, no matter how much love the primes have for mortality, the Prime deities will never put a permanent end to the betrayer gods. They will always live another day to cause misery because the primes don’t have the heart to stop them.

And no one can do anything about that fact.

The Last beings that dared challenge the Gods, the Primordial Titans who were Exandra's original inhabitants and had much of a right to be there and have a say in what’s happening as the primes, Got smited into oblivion. There are no living Primordial Titans anymore. And why is that? Because When the primordials took issue with the gods giving the mortals that inhabited their planet magic and tried to do something about it and take back what was originally theirs, the primes buried them. 

Is there more nuance to it than that? Absolutely. But that is not a stretch of a viewpoint to come to. 

Of course Ashton is going to be attracted to these grand powers that are separate from the Gods, that the gods fear. The Primordials, The Luxon. Because these are the few things that might be able to keep the gods in check, because they sure as hell aren’t doing it themselves. 

And just to address one more thing before I Finish this post. I’ve seen a few post along the lines of “The Gods don’t owe Anyone anything/Don’t have to do anything for anyone”...

Then What’s the Point of having them?

[oh-look-a-homosexual-punk-bitch]

Friendly reminder that burning the American flag is the proper way to dispose of it, so don't be mad at the people burning them, there just following flag code^^

[nyc-looks]

Airianna, 22

“My New Rocks are my most comfy platforms. My belt is ape leather bondage belt, skirt is thrifted, pants I cut, top is also thrifted and edited and my jewelry is found hardware and collar. Today I wanted to be comfy and inviting towards fall but saying goodbye to summer as well. My style is inspired by punk ideology and hyper-fem blackness.”

Sep 21, 2022 ∙ Chinatown

[eskroto]

I redrew some old designs I had for the raisins in HP (Old concept)

[saturnniidae]

Modern au Astrid who is absolutely terrible at sewing so, after many failed attempts, she begrudgingly goes to Hiccup and makes him sew band patches and stuff on her jackets and pants for her

[waywardsou2]

Calling all fellow Punks

I've been doing some research recently and I've come to the conclusion that the punk opinion on school is. Ditch it. Don't buy into the establishment and don't feed into the government's scheme to keep us working for the rest of our lives.

Which I am all for

But...

Since I was little I had a dream of completing university. Obviously I haven't been punk all my life so I wouldn't have realised any of the corrupt shit that comes with school. But I still really want to complete university regardless. But it makes me feel like a little bit of a traitor. I really need to know if this as bad as I'm making it out to be.

@ace-up-your-sleeve @safety-pin-punk @coveredinredpaint

[fbfh]

god fucking dam it your magnus chase headcanons permanently altered my brain chemistry. what do you think he'd be like with a gf who died in the 70s who still wears flowy shirts with super deep v-necks and flared jeans and big hair and blue eyeshadow and plays queen and fleetwood mac etc.?

AAAAAAAAAAAH this is so cute. I don't usually do magnus chase asks since I haven't read the whole series but I feel like I can characterise Magnus well enough and this ask is SO cute so yes aboslutely. this is what he sees when he looks at you /hj. just soft big hair covered in flowers always doing shawl twirls covered in enough turqoise to get into stevie nicks's house (no questions asked)

magnus... he can't keep his eyes off you. like actually. you have his attention 24/7, anytime you look at him he's just... admiring you. he's lost on most of your media references and slang, but he's here for it. he dances around with you to fleetwood mack and donna summer. he lets you braid flowers into his hair and watches the way the shimmer in your eyeshadow catches the light. everything about you is so... flowy. you are hands down his comfort person. anytime he's stressed he just listens to one of your records you're always playing and he can feel the edge of all his problems falling away. he loves when you lay in his lap, cozy sunlight making you both glow. you ramble to him about the 70s, what your life was like, about how your parents just didn't understand you and what you believe in. then you tell him your takes that your parents thought were sooooo crazy and wild were "women should have rights, racism is bad, gay people should be allowed to exist in peace" and he realizes how far humanity has come and how far we have to go. more importantly, you're heart skips a beat when he agrees with you wholeheartedly. and like, dying wasn't great. it kind of sucked. but if it means you get to meet magnus and spend eternity together... you wouldn't change a thing. everything he does makes any lingering regrets about your time on earth just... fade away. you like that feeling, and magnus likes how he feels around you just as much.

[ghost-in-the-corner]

Also shoutout to Daniel Kaluuya to all of his anti-fascist characters. We love a man who consistently represents the struggle against authoritarians.

[just-a-weirdo-343]

[sinfulxmadz]

Remember, there will never be peace without a little bit of anarchy

[sunnylolli]

need more dad arthur au's in this household😭 do you have more? also would love to hear more about how he would balance his life between university and taking care of little Al, and if alfred feels a little insceure since his dad is so young and, as you mentioned; don't have much

Thank you for wanting more so I have an excuse to talk more 🥹🫶

In the way I see it, Arthur would make sure that Alfred would feel comfortable and unresponsible for the situation that Arthur (and by extension, both of them) are in.

And by that I mean, Alfred wouldn't feel insecure (Arthur, however...), he'd feel confident in taking steps to do everything he can do to be 'just as cool as his dad is', because Arthur is quick to assure him that poverty is nobody's fault but the government's and that all there is to do about it, is push for change, work the amount you're able and have fun in ways that isn't by spending money!

Alfred doesn't get to go out to eat often, he doesn't have a game console or games and he doesn't have the newest walkman or computer or anything like that, and while he kind of wishes he did, he has a lot of fun just hanging out with Arthur at home after school.

That's more than his friends can say that they do with their parents.

Arthur's work/Uni-life balance is dependent a lot on Alfred having play dated after school and that his school is so close to home, that Alfred eventually becomes able to carry a key in his bag and can tale himself home on the days that Arthur isn't able to come pick him up!

Alfred is able to walk home on his own and get himself inside when he's around 6 or 7 and while he's super proud of the fact and takes it very seriously to lock the door behind him and put his key in the keybowl, he does have a tendency to drop his stuff at random in his mischivious treasurehunt to look for Arthur's sugar-stash before he gets home.

Arthur on days where he can't pick Alfred up, he obviously feels bad about it, but there really isn't a whole lot he can compromise in order to make it on time. Especially not if he wants to be able to save up for Alfred going to school when he grows up and being able to give him some stable help if he needs it at any point. But he does do his best to prioritise it and he makes an effort to chat with the other parents,

particularly the parents Alfred visits often on playdates. He tries to set himself more favorably with teachers and peers so he doesn't get stamped as the negligent father who makes his kid walk home on his own everyday. And it does not make it better than compared to many of the other parents, he's by far one of the youngest ones.

Homework Arthur does after putting Alfred to bed or he does it at the dinner table together with Alfred, who sits with some drawings or something. It's also usually at that point the classic issue comes up with Alfred mentioning: "We're supposed to ask our parents to [Some time consuming task that would absolutely need more planning and scheduling] for school tomorrow, by the way."

Kicking his feet innocently and he brings that up at like, 8:50 pm on a Sunday evening.

Arthur's creative, so it usually ends up turning out alright, but there are times where Alfred just has to show up with a note from Arthur and usually the teachers are understanding, because the amount of times kids simply tell their parents at the latest possible moment is common.

Alfred also spends a lot of time with Gilbert because Arthur has to earn money somehow and works a job beside studying, but he tries to make his schedule so that he's mostly free during the weekend where Alfred is home so he isn't gone too much.

He doesn't want Alfred to be alone all the time (He knows how much being alone sucks, after all) and by the time Arthur graduates with an engineering degree Alfred is 9 and Arthur is 27, and from that point on things do start looking up more for their financial situation.

Arthur is still punk, even if he does grow out of the look. He sticks to buying second hand or from small businesses, but he does enter into a more ordinary wardrobe as he gets older and by the time Alfred's big enough to fit it, he gives him his old leather jacket which Alfred accepts readily.