#selfsame

[dreadseadreams]

Starter || `°•\◇《 @draconicfool 》◇/•°`

Eden had, rather unfortunately, broken his sword in battle earlier. It may have been impressive, save for the fact that the result of shattered blade had been him having to finish said battle using his body itself as a weapon. It's nothing he hasn't done before.

But he'd really liked that sword.

A sigh escapes his lips, as he stands covered in his own blood. He lived to tell and that's what matters. But he really wishes a certain someone would stop making endless requests for hunting for dangerous creatures.

Such thoughts are broken by an unnatural sound alerting him to the presence of someone—or perhaps something—else in the vicinity. Eden tries to wipe the blood off his face, but only succeeds in smearing it.

“Uh, hey.” Eden greets whoever or whatever it is, trying to ignore the fact he's covered in blood not entirely his own.

[rudjedet]

as an aside it always tickles me when news articles say stuff like "this ancient Egyptian [artefact x] has lain UNdisturbed in the sands for thooousands of yeaaars" like yes mate that's pretty much all of them on account of the field of Egyptology/Egyptian archaeology revolving around shit that people haven't touched for a fuckass long time you see

[publicuniversalenemy]

android boy ^-^

[wapwani]

Seeing all of these Shaw fans bending over backwards to say how understandable his emotional outbursts and crappy treatment of others is, and what a great character it makes him and such. I’m wondering - where was this grace for Michael Burnham?

[octavianacidicbreastmilk]

sometimes a girl needs to watch a father be absolutely appaling towards his sons so she can cheer and shit herself and feel every emotion under the sun!

[attractthecrows]

[jinseinomerry-go-round]

had a dream last night that i was in a city where a whole district entirely consisted of fabric stores and yarn stores and 1 model train club & the architecture was lovely and there were trams everywhere

[aeide-thea]

[ID: Tag that reads

#washing the dishes tonight so i won't have to wash them tomorrow morning

/end ID]

ok well im going to build a good future for myself whether i like it or not

[dreadseadreams]

His daughter is giggling, reaching her arms up to be held. She's small for her age, like her mother. Even if they're not related by blood. "Mama said that! Next time y'should come with us, mhm. See the pretty flowers."

“All right, all right.” He lifts her up, standing to his full height. How could he ever deny such a small thing to one of the best things to have ever happened to him? She feels even smaller in his arms, but it's still a comfort to have her so near.

“Haha, is that so?” His voice is the same soft rumble it always is, but it's colored by an undeniable warmth. “Let's go all together next time. As a family.”

[prokopetz]

It's generally true that institutions don't make rules prohibiting things that nobody is doing (i.e., the existence of the prohibition demonstrates the existence of whatever it's prohibiting), but then I think about the moral panic back in the 1980s where people genuinely thought that shitty movies about white dudes dressing up in ninja costumes were teaching children to be ninja assassins, and passed a bunch of laws banning "ninja weapons" for which their only source of knowledge were those selfsame movies, with the result that, to this day, many jurisdictions have laws on the books prohibiting weapons which do not exist, and I reflect that every principle has exceptions.

[catboygirljoker]

an ad i used to get regularly right here on this website

how to explain to non-americans that the better call saul ads aren’t exaggerated for comedic effect they are super normie

[roadside-enshrined]

chekhov's gun is actually so funny to me. you point at smthng and go There. That Thing There. then That Same Thing Will Be There Again. preferably Violently,

[ploridafanthers]

bitches love me for my: knowledge of edible and medicinal native plants

[smashedpumpkinprincess]

I’m drowning in work and I just don’t know what to do. It’s so paralyzing.

[identityarchitect]

this could honestly be about any "the worst [xyz] on youtube" video bcs theyre all the same. its either an actual groomer with a title like "he DIDN'T know... why sminglebirb is innocent" or a preteen furry gachatuber with a title like "WHY I'M KILLING ROSEGOLDTHEWOLF IN REAL LIFE"

people will post shit like "youtube's most deranged psycho antisocial narcissistic animator" and it'll be like, a furry

[makingqueerhistory]

do you have any older examples of people playing around with pronouns (gender neutral or otherwise) in a queer way? most stuff I'm finding on my own is all mid to late 20th century :')

I think I have the perfect story for you! That of Zinaida Gippius, here is a quote from their article:

"A Russian poet, their discussion of their own identity is held within the culture and understandings of the Russian language. This is particularly relevant in the Russian language's use of grammatical gender, which is something that the English language is unable to capture in any meaningful way. Within their poetry, Gippius made a point to switch back and forth between masculine and feminine gendering, leaning towards the masculine. In the study of their poetry, this has been demonstrated for English readers through coloured text, with one colour used to indicate when they are using feminine gendering and another for masculine."

It was an interesting article to write, as there was a legitimate reason to use he/him/his pronouns, she/her/hers, and they/them/theirs, so we used all three.

Here are some interesting quotes about gender from them:

"The bodily differences between an actual man and an actual woman are important, of course. The body here should be viewed as a sign of the predominance in a given human being of the [Female] or [Male] principle […] the body itself is not integrally reflective of the [Male] or [Female] principle and, second, the body does not determine personality."

"I do not desire exclusive femininity, just as I do not desire exclusive masculinity. Each time someone is insulted and dissatisfied within me; with women, my femininity is active, with men-my masculinity! In my thoughts, my desires, in my spirit-I am more a man; in my body-I am more a woman. Yet they are so fused together that I know not."

"Thus, in all the tangled threads of reality—in all its minutiae, errors, and nuances—one may uncover the selfsame effectual Principles [pure masculine and feminine]: separated and conjoinable, conjoined and separable."