#push the envelope

[tamarintoe]

EDIT: I HAVE FINISHED THE EBERT DOLL. I FINISHED IT LONG AGO. I JUST HAVENT POSTED PHOTOS BECAUSE I HAVEN'T TAKEN THEM. APOLOGIES. He is a very crude creation, but I like this. I love things that look endearingly shoddy and imperfect.

I haven’t worked on the Ebert doll for a while because I have not the pomposity to approach making the clothes and refining the dastardly paint job, so he’s been sitting in a heap for a few weeks in a condition not dissimilar to the one depicted in these photographs.

[superbeans89]

Mental contrast on that task. Consider the envelope pushed I guess?

[onyxheartbeat]

I hate all the roasting of Trump from comedians and show hosts. I can’t even laugh anymore. I want to live in a world where misogynists are brutally called out by famous men. Making it “funny” just annoys me. Be angry, for fuck’s sake.

[themandalalady]

25-032 Self Honesty

[that-glitter-chick]

SPOILERS AHEAD FOR ANYONE WHO HASN’T SEEN STAR TREK DEEP SPACE NINE SEASON THREE EPISODE THIRTEEN!!!

You have been properly warned.

In this very jammed packed episode, Nog joins Starfleet as its first non-federation and first Ferengi cadet, we get Odo confessing his love to what the audience is lead to believe is Kira in life or death peril, and what I find most important and impressive in this later in life re-watch, in a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it moment, Captain Sisko and Dr. Bashir discuss a Diplomat who is both male and pregnant. They’re happy for him, and the good doctor and Chief O’Brien are said to be planning a baby shower for the lucky fellow.

I don’t know if this is an “Alien/sea horse” kinda thing or if it was a subtle attempt at sneaking some inclusion underneath the network sensors eyes, but I prefer to think of it as the latter and it made me smile and say to my mother with pride “Star Trek is at its best when it’s ahead of its time.” 🖖♥️🪐🛸🚀⭐️

[starmocha]

Oh, brightening these caps was a good idea 🥹

[exeggcute]

btw did you guys see how the hannah arendt prize committee tried to revoke masha gessen's prize after gessen, a jewish journalist, wrote an essay about how zionists and zionist-sympathizing gentiles, particularly in germany, wield accusations of antisemitism to shut down anti-zionist jews... an essay in which they specifically quoted hannah arendt several times

[vigilskept]

ok i might be the only one who feels this way which. is fair. but i did actually find it pretty disappointing that the burial grounds we see in nevarra just look like a churchyard.

[simplydnp]

Hii as a passive fan looking in from sidelines, I read something along the lines that Dan and Phil did come out like few weeks apart but they haven’t confirmed or denied that they are in a relationship? I am confused as what is the official narrative from their side, can you clear this for me please.

I have no doubt of them being together just confused about official timeline, xx

dan and phil are embracing the ambiguity that is brought to them under the 'we know you know' mindset

you're correct in that they came out a few weeks apart (though, phil kind of did in his tweet supporting dan on the day dan came out)

it's funny you ask this, as we do have a recent answer to a reporter about their relationship:

this is the first time they've really been asked this since coming out, but it's important to note the context here: they're talking to a new zealand reporter, about their tour. to me, it reads as an aggressive fuck off signal to the media. ie, this topic is off-limits. so 'officially' their stance is that their lives are private.

unofficially? there's a year's worth of dapg videos that carry heavy implications. it's a lot of reading between the lines, it's a lot of interpreting jokes, it's a lot of paying attention to things both Said and not said. from explicit sex jokes to earnest moments to even specific games they've played, it's easy for an audience to pick up the clues because we're looking for them--cause dan and phil tend to put them there for us. it is important to note that there has been a significant change in tone of the gaming videos from the past vs the gaming videos now. while the language and the types of jokes have changed, so has the dynamic--in the best way possible. they're much more free and relaxed on camera now, both an intentional choice and the result of being out for 5 years.

they've got a mortgage together, alright?

in terms of them not directly commenting on it--at least at this point, it just makes things easier. they aren't usually on tour so reporters aren't usually asking them these questions, but even beyond that, they're incredibly internet famous. even they themselves were surprised about quote "how many people were horny for dan and phil in 2024". and sure, it isn't the same numbers as pre-hiatus, but there's definitely still a lot of people here. so while we champion for a hard-launch (since they keep moving closer) we also know that it's bigger than just saying it. it would be everywhere. everyone would have something to say. and then it's not about the content anymore, it's the relationship (though, one would argue their chemistry makes the content, but i would say their connection adds to it, but isn't the commodity they specifically sell)

in terms of the timeline in particular, we're days away from 15 years of dan and phil, in that they filmed and posted pinof 1 in 2009 at the end of this week. they've never intentionally specified any other anniversary, so we don't know (though we have suspicions), but it's unlikely it took That long to get there. coming out was the next Biggest step, one could argue, and you're right about the timeline of weeks between videos. what i reckon that's important to note is that dan 'appeared' in a phil video surprisingly soon after june, despite not having made any other videos since christmas of the year before. even though it was just his voice, it was enough. there were 4 ish years of limited joint content between them, but it did happen (mostly stories and podcast style things), up until the return of dapg last october. since then, there's been regular dapg uploads (crazy phrase) and dan's either been directly in or mentioned in every single amazingphil video since the return. it depends how much you think implications and indirect phrasing are evidence/signifiers, but there's been a Lot that's come out of gaming videos in particular that Mean Things to the fans, but aren't something able to be captured by the media and ran with (though, one article did see the 'dan and phil are getting divorced' title and reported on it as if it were true, despite it just being an 'it takes two' video)

[auggusst]

nagging machiavellian bitch and tired 'dont make this my problem' old man yaoi my beloved

[allegoryofthebeast]

I’m always kinda surprised when someone drops something Lestat did that was uniquely cruel to Louis during their relationship as a gotcha as though everything Lestat did wasn’t tailored to get some sort of reaction out of Louis either positive or negative literally their entire lives together

[honeyspotpie]

Hear me out... Dndads season 1 Homer's Odyssey motif dndads season 2 Dante's Divine Comedy motif. Yeah. That's what it would be if the podcast was peak /j

[themandalalady]

25-031 Self Sabotage

[poison-into-positivity]

just learned that David Jenkins’ first show, People of Earth, aired for two seasons and was greenlit for a third, and he scripted the entire third season before the network changed its mind and cancelled it. That is fucking maddening actually.

[shalom-iamcominghome]

It's actually fascinating what information organizations include for their demographics

My hospital profile lists me as lutheran (I'm not; my family are), and obviously they have jewish as a whole category. They have three different "types" of lutheran (I still don't know the differences between these), jainism, native american (I wonder if native religions have names; surely you can't lump them all as one big category when there are three lutheranisms listed?), and zoroastrianism (which is extra neat considering zoroastrians make up around 0.0029-0.01% of the population of the USA and we live in a very small town), and a few other options

But then the only ethnic background you can choose is ashkenazi jew? No sephardi, no mizrahi, just ashki? Yes, it is true that more ashki jews emigrated to the USA and therefore make up the majority of the population of USA jews, but ashki aren't the only "types" of jews with an ethnic background 😭

[muzzlemouths]

anon i can't answer your big brained ask because i gotta let everyone else figure it out themselves but know that i am looking at you. i am looking directly at you. like this