#really dropped the ball on that one

[im-fern-hi]

you know what pisses me off sometimes?? This obsession that some writers (some comics and in the fandom) have with “putting damian in his place” like???? first it’s the whole he’s a feral arab child who needs to be tamed by this white family (which is already weirdddd as fuck man) and then it’s like he needs to be constantly punished for his previous actions as if he was not a traumatised kid???? Sure the narrative can totally address those behaviours and how he’s changed and grown or needs to change and grow but why is it that he’s so often denied the grace of yknow having his story being treated fairly and with the same respect as other white characters?? That coupled with the whole villainising way recent comics (to be honest like the comics have been doing that for over a decade) treat the al ghuls and any storyline involving them just ugh reeks of racism and don’t even get me started on the orientalism problem in the comics (pre and post 9/11) cause I don’t have the mental stability to go through all of that

anyway….

sorry for the rant I was just feeling a kinda upset by all of this I really love the fandom and the batcomics but when I notice stuff like this it just tampers my enjoyment yknow :/

[bixels]

Now that Ghibli's new movie is coming out soon, I've been thinking about anime films and wanna talk about my favorite animated movie ever, Tokyo Godfathers.

TG is a 2003 tragicomedy by Satoshi Kon, following three unhoused people––an alcoholic, a runaway girl, an a trans woman––who find a baby in a dumpster and set off across Tokyo to reunite her with her parents.

If you like the sound of that, go watch it because the rest of this post is spoilers and I have FEELINGS about this movie.

URGHH, the fact that only two moments of true kindness, generosity, and care given to the three protagonists without any expectation of reciprocity are given by a Latin-American immigrant couple and a drag club full of queens and trans women. The fact that, despite her loud and dramatic personality, Hana is the glue that holds the team together and the heart of the whole movie. The fact that this movie pulls no punches at showing the violence and inhumanity committed by "civilized Japanese society" against the unhoused. The fact that Miyuki craves to be loved by her parents and ends up seeing Hana as her true mother. The fact that Miyuki starts off accidentally using transphobic language against Hana, but slowly begins calling her "Miss Hana" out of respect. The fact that, according to Kon, Hana's role in the story is as a mythological trickster god and "disturb the morality and order of society, but also play a role in revitalizing culture." The fact that Hana so desperately wants to be part of a true family, yet is willing to sacrifice her found family so they can be with their own, and is rewarded for her good deeds in the end by becoming a godmother. The fact that, throughout the movie, wind and light have been used to signify the presence of god's hand/influence (this movie's about nondenominational faith––faith in yourself, faith in others, faith in a higher power. Lots of religious are referenced, such as Buddhism/Hinduism, Christianity, and Shintoism), and in the climax of the film, as Hana jumps off a building to save a baby that isn't hers, a gust of wind and a shower of light save her from death. The fact that god saves a trans woman's life because she proved herself a mother, and that shit makes me CRY.

[heymacy]

IAN GALLAGHER + his journey with bipolar disorder

╰┈➤ “At times, being bipolar can be an all-consuming challenge, requiring a lot of stamina and even more courage, so if you’re living with this illness and functioning at all, it’s something to be proud of, not ashamed of." - Carrie Fisher

[yorshie]

[darqx]

THE WORLD

| Completion | Integration | Accomplishment | Travel |

Everything comes to a close and begins anew. He looks behind him to the past, whilst he moves towards the future, guided by four friends (representing the four fixed points of the zodiac, four compass points, four tarot suits, four seasons and the four corners of the universe). The circles of their halos merge, showing their intertwining journey.

[crimescrimson]

Albert Wesker in Resident Evil Remastered (2002)

[fallloverfic]

We see what you're doing manhwa team

We see it

Also because people are potentially thinking I'm just focusing on the similar color schemes with the yarn and the flowers, no. Spoilers for later novel stuff (at least later than episode 122):

For Hyunje's first birthday post-regression, Yoojin gifts him pink dungeon yarn as a massive joke. It becomes a recurring gag between them (mostly Hyunje, who brings it back with a vengeance), with Hyunje knitting various items out of it - sometimes gifting them to Yoojin - and at one point even appearing as a sentient ball of pink yarn. He even decorates his private plane in pink specifically for Yoojin.

[unicoo]

Every time someone says something about Alicent not doing anything about Aegon being a “rapist” it really pisses me off 💯

Like no shit Sherlock of course Alicent isn’t going to do anything to punish her son for a crime that was only wrote to make you gullible fools hate team green. Of course the writers wouldn’t have written in Alicent punishing Aegon, THEY DONT WANT YOU TO LIKE THE GREENS!!!!!!

And while I’m here I might as well say it, I hate when y’all get more mad at the characters for their actions and not THE WRITERS. You know the ones who keep treating us like we’re stupid & playing with our intelligence….

THEY MADE Alicent betray her family for Rhaenyra. WHY? Because they only want to center this story around Rhaenyra. Why? To make up for what happened with Daenerys & in doing that they’ve completely fucked up the story & the characters.

THEY MADE Rhaenyra seek peace & not war after her sons death. WHY? So they can keep pushing this “Rhaenyra is good” agenda, which makes her SO DAMN BORING 😩

THEY MADE Daemon an abusive wife killer. WHY? Because they want us to dislike him as much as they do. They want us to dislike Daemon, but not more than Aegon & Aemond, which is dumb cause those boys are just 2 different parts of Daemon 💀

THEY MADE Alicent, Helaena, Rhaenys, and Rhaenyra weak. WHY? Because they think that’s what real women are, peaceful and soft.

THEY WATERED the story down. WHY? Because they don’t think we have the ability to sort out complex problems (which in some of y’all’s cases they were right 💯🤷‍♀️)

THEY MADE team green incompetent and all over the place, why? Because they don’t care about telling the proper story, they want to tell their own story with half of the work.

THEY MADE Aegon a rapist. So y’all would hate team green & mission accomplished.

THEY played y’all like fiddles and it saddens my heart to know that y’all are willing to take less than what you, we deserve.

[kacievvbbbb]

Honestly despite my feelings about how the last arc of MHA went down I really love Deku and his story.

I just feel like a lot of the time we get these protagonists whose whole philosophy is it doesn’t matter what you were born as everyone can achieve greatness. But then the series goes on and it turns out that actually it DOES matter because the protagonist has this really great lineage and these really great powers you can only have through birth they were actually born born, predestined if you will, to do this.

But MHA actually sticks to its guns. Midoriya wasn’t revealed to have some great connection to all might that the universe had put in place. He wasn’t defended from some great lineage that makes him uniquely suited to this. Hell All for one didn’t even turn out to be his father, there was no hidden powerful quirk he was always meant to have. He was just Midoriya Izuku a boy who was in the right place at the right time and simply decided to act while the world did nothing. And that’s what really made him a hero.

I don’t know, maybe it’s just me, but I believe him a bit more when he goes anybody can be a hero if you just decide to act

[pinkfey]

remember how in dao there were always like multiple flirty options u could just spring on ur love interest and it wasn't something that was brushed past it would stop a conversation dead in its tracks to have a cute secondary flirty offshoot with small variations dependent on the flirty option u initially chose with a unique course correction to get back on topic after...... yeah.

[arumidden]

So many questions. Unfortunately, none of them can be answered, because even the editor couldn’t find the issue where they wrote this ridiculous idea.

How is quicksilver even flying? Did someone give him this power? Is it a temporary new mutation? Is he just flapping his arms at super speed?

I guess I’ll never know, cause not even Stan Lee himself could tell you where the latest writer came up with this bullshit.

(X-Men (1963) #44)

[butchdykekondraki]

she apple on my eve till i drop the crown of thorns. i ignore the pain as i step on them to run to her. she is confused when i break down. i do not understand. i do not know why she has done this to us. she sobs. she says she just wanted to help. i don't believe her. i don't believe her when she says she loves me. i do not believe in her. i am sorry. i am so, so sorry.

[thefloatingstone]

If anyone else watches Nexpo, he put up a new video 4 days ago about Petscop.

It's a very good video, but the only content warning at the start is for "Psychological abuse" and flashing lights.

However, because he failed to do so, in case this is seen by anyone who needs to know this and who watches him, please note the Petscop video contains in detailed discussion about a real case of child abuse pretending to be "therapy" which resulted in death including censored footage.

As the video makes no attempt to warn you about this and I had to get that brain poison unprepared at 2am last night, I just wanted to spread the word because it's genuinely upsetting. And I do not get upset about this sort of thing easily.

[spnintheyearofourlord]

Thinking about Sam and how central autonomy and violation is to his character. How many times and ways he had his choice taken away throughout the series. All the things we don’t know about his time with Lucifer, but are also so heavily implied that we do.

Imagining he eventually gets out of The Life and becomes a victim’s advocate. He ultimately decides not to try and pursue law school at this stage in his life—it’s been so long and so much has changed—but finishes his bachelor’s and pursues a master’s in social work. He never expected to end up here: the boy with the demon blood, no longer living out some doomed and twisted fate, helping people. He’s passionate about representing those made most vulnerable and unsafe in their own skin, supporting others as they come out the other side survivors, lending the compassion he’s always struggled to have for himself. Every time he listens to someone else’s story, helps connect them to resources, advocates for their case, he heals a little bit too.

[theswedishpajas]

Magma art dump of random gay Stanley things (Featuring me! Go figure!)

Anything that isn’t in some kind of blue or yellow is by one of my friends

[willowcrowned]

I do think game changer and d20 are fantastic, deeply funny, extremely well crafted shows. but that said I truly believe in my heart that dropout's number one artistic contribution to society is the neverafter adventuring parties