#so i abstained

[artemisbarnowl]

Sat at a bar seat instead of a table for last night's gig and this is cool and fine in every way except the one where because of the arrangement of my stool and the one uncurtained window in the simply lit jazz bar I was glowing like the subject of a renaissance painting. The only person not in shadow, so the only person in Full Colour. my skin was lit like the moon, my hair was Red not just dark. Gentileschi's 'Artemis putting in her loops before the show'. Caravaggio's 'woman with fan'. It wasn't like being on stage under a spotlight it was just, gentle illumination where people's eyes were drawn to me whenever they entered or looked back at the bar.

[essektheylyss]

It really is so fun that Essek started mentioning "my partner" like every three lines because he probably doesn't actually get the chance to talk about it that often.

I think there can often be an impulse when you really care about someone to want to shout from the rooftops all the great things you feel and notice about them, and Essek isn't really in a position to do that. The people who he can talk freely to already know him and Caleb, and the people who don't know them likely aren't safe to tell real personal details to. It's one thing to fabricate a parental relationship knowing that there isn't someone to trace that to, but it's an entirely different thing to tell someone honestly about the people you love when any small detail might put them in danger if it fell into the wrong hands.

The Hells are safe to say that kind of thing to—perhaps mostly on a meta level, in that the DM is aware that they are the protagonists—and they also characteristically tend to offer a listening ear to anyone they meet, and I think it's delightful that Essek actually recognized and responded to that.

[adventure-showdown]

What is your favourite Doctor Who story?

TOURNAMENT MASTERPOST

synopses and propaganda under the cut

The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances

Synopsis

Chasing a metallic object through the Time Vortex, the Ninth Doctor and his companion, Rose Tyler, arrive in London during the Blitz. While Rose meets "Captain Jack Harkness", the dashing Time Agent responsible for bringing the object, the Doctor finds a group of homeless children terrorised by Jamie, an "empty" child wearing a gas mask.

Propaganda no propaganda submitted  

Midnight

Synopsis

The Tenth Doctor and Donna Noble go to the leisure planet of Midnight for a simple, relaxing holiday. However, life with the Doctor can never be that simple, and things go horribly wrong for the Doctor when he decides to go off on a bus trip to see the Sapphire Waterfall, starting with the bus shutting down. When a mysterious entity infiltrates the shuttle bus, no one is to be trusted. Not even the Doctor himself...

Propaganda

Midnight is amazing. So thrilling. The monster was human fear and it cost the life of two innocent women. (plus two men on accident, well, more or less) And we never know what the midnight entity was. Perfect. My absolute favourite episode. The best thing is that it tricks you into liking the passengers before it slowly, slowly turns that into horror of what they're capable of. Chills every time. (Plus it's totally what inspired among us if you ask me) (anonymous)

[bibewilderedandbuck]

First time they say ‘boyfriend’ this or ‘my hot pilot’ that. What about the crew finding out tommy and buck fucked bc he thinks he cant donate blood?

Only the worker at the drive tells him that the only criteria for Not being able to donate in California is: close contact/lived with someone with hepatitis in the last three months, having tested positive for HIV, or undergone dental surgery in the last 72 hours.

Everyone looks at Buck expectantly and he nods holding out his arm. “Can’t believe i just told everyone that we had sex.” He doesn’t look the slighted bit ashamed.

Tommy slaps a hand on Buck’s shoulder and eyes the clearly visible hickeys that go from his ear to under his collar. “I think they already knew, babe.”

[pondslime]

Would you rather stay at the Waffle House as a waitress forever?

Elisha Cuthbert as Carly Jones HOUSE OF WAX (2005) dir. Jaume Collet-Serra

[stil-lindigo]

ABC News in Australia covers the story of how community groups all over the country are coming together as a community to provide for returning Gazan families.

El Rahman Inc. stands at the forefront of this community effort in Naarm/Melbourne, and on the organisation’s Instagram page, regularly posts updates on what supplies are currently needed. It accepts monetary and supply donations at drop off points (which are currently closed until the 28th Dec).

The PCIA has also been instrumental in organising resources for returning Palestinian families. For more widespread support not limited to Melbourne, please consider donating to the Arab Council of Australia, another independent non-profit which has a long history of supporting their community. They are based in New South Wales, which is home to Australia's largest population of Arabic-speaking Australians.

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ABC's news report also highlights that between October 7 and November 20, Home Affairs granted 860 visas to Palestinians, including those seeking to depart Gaza. However, what they fail to give proper attention to is the fact that Israel has been preventing Palestinians from leaving.

[ link ]

Of the around 860 visas distributed, only 143 Palestinians have managed to successfully arrive in Australia, with the number of new names being added to 'the list' falling to a pathetic degree. To understand the grave conditions of Palestinians awaiting safe passage, this is a great article to read. And although politicians like Penny Wong insist they are doing everything in their power to help Palestine in this time, Australia still shamefully stands by its strongest ally, the US, and actively provides military surveillance of the Gaza Strip to Israeli sources through Pine Gap, a military base in Alice Springs.

In this time, it is imperative to maintain pressure on the Australian government. Protest and vocal pro-Palestine movement is the only thing that caused Australia to eventually vote for a ceasefire in the recent UN resolution, after their cowardly performance earlier. Resources like vic_socialists on Instagram, regardless of where you may stand on their performance as a party itself, has been outstanding in organising regular protest movements across all of Victoria. APAN also maintains a list of pro-Palestine events all around Australia on their website, although I'm not sure at this point if it's exhaustive.

[polygarnstars]

'we get it gar you don't have to keep posting about it' until i get a functioning computer again and can draw her in a field of blue pink and white pnw wildflowers you Will deal with my 'roz is trans'-posting.

like this isn't 'yes we get it there's coding' this is Just Straight Up Textual

[catboydan]

[eridude]

eqitav...... im an eqitav truther btw tavquius? horse and bull and then they kiss on the lips or whatever (i think equius engraved a cuitemark onto tavroses legs)

HI EQUITAV IS SO REAL. equius literally built his legs that's gotta count for something.

[shelleysmary]

gotta laugh at everyone who has ever said that "~unLiKE tHe pEtEr jACkSoN fILmS~ the trop people don't care about tolkien, don't care about middle-earth, it's a soulless adaptation for the money just because amazon is behind it" because (and i say this while also saying fuck amazon, fuck jeff bezos. it goes without saying - two things can be true at the same time, i can't believe it bears repeating)

how do you think films and television get made?? hate to break it to you, but it's all for the money. new line cinema didn't say "we love tolkien, pj, let's do this for free!" they were literally looking for a franchise hit when they decided to take the films over from miramax - which is exactly what every studio and their mom is trying to do now!!! it's movie business, baby! to say the people behind trop - the actors, the casting directors, the production designers, the vfx artists, the art directors, the armorers, the costume designers, the set decorators, the makeup artists, the ADs, the carpenters, painters, prop-makers, steelworkers, laborers, animal handlers, sound editors, miniature builders, stuntpeople, craftspeople, movement and dialect coaches, trainers, lighting techs, jewelers, etc. - don't care about the story they're telling???? is a wild reach. obviously they work for the showrunners who work for amazon who care the most about making a profit, but so did peter jackson and new line!! wanting your project to be financially and critically successful is not an inherently evil thing, come on guys, are you still buying into the starving artist fallacy 😭

there are tons of little nods to the silmarillion and other parts of the legendarium in the rings of power. yes, there are also changes and goofs, but lotr and the hobbit film trilogies also had their fair share of changes and goofs. i just think that "these people didn't read the books/this is just a money grab/pj & co. cared about the source material while these losers clearly don't" are tired arguments used to justify subjective opinions, not to mention the way it reeks of revisionist history considering the way tolkien purists initially took great issue with deviations made in lotr and especially the hobbit.

it's almost like...the most hated tolkien adaptation is ever the current one.

[fluffydeoxys]

I was chatting with someone and they pointed out how jeb's plush actually doesn't have a unique description, which I felt was kind of a shame. So I took a crack at writing one myself!

The self-proclaimed saviour of Nevada. Jebediah purges the madness-stricken masses as a one-man army, brandishing the fabled Binary Sword. Their loyalties lie solely with keeping Nevada staved from insanity, leading to Jebediah temporarily partnering with some strange and unexpected allies. Much of Jebediah's aberrant power is derived from the halo atop their head; an artifact that they have a long and complicated history with. It was once the heart of a world-changing undertaking that Jebediah was part of roughly 30 years ago: Project Nexus. The repercussions of this project changed Nevada forever, most notably Nexus City, which has remained dilapidated and derelict for over fifteen years. A necessarily evil, Jebediah would assure. 

Unknown forces have deigned to see Jebediah grace another plane of existence in the form of a collectable plush. … Is this really as cute as they get?

[mostbelovedaewwrestlertournament]

Most Beloved AEW Wrestler Tournament 2: Week 4/Month 1 Statistics Dump

28 Days complete, 127 to go

Total votes thus far: 216,012 (average of 99 votes per bracket, down from 104 last week)

The Ties

While yes, Dax Harwood and Angelico tied and that was fun and cool, it was nowhere near as fun and cool (and awe-inspiring) as that time voters of this tournament somehow coordinated over 24 hours to create a perfect Balance Of Bucks

The Crushing Defeats

For some reason we're unable to have just one unanimous victory and every time it happens, they happen in twos

The Top 20

Below are the stats for the top 20 frontrunners for days 22-28

The Undefeated

While our unvictorious have halved from 6 to 3, our undefeated have remained the same 5 from last week. I'm not one to assume results of brackets before (I've definitely been surprised a time or two), but I'd have to guess that the only way they'll be defeated is by going up against each other, so here are the dates of those matchups

The Midcard

Because I thought it was hilarious that all three Gunns are in this situation, here are the wrestlers who have the same number of bracket wins and losses; the perfect midcard

The Stock Market

Kenny Omega - 1 - 1 (=)

Orange Cassidy - 2 - 2 (=)

Kris Statlander - 3 - 3 (=)

Adam Page - 4 - 6 (2)

Wheeler Yuta - 5 - 5 (=)

Eddie Kingston - 6 - 9 (+3)

Jon Moxley - 7 - 4 (-3)

Swerve Strickland - 8 - 7 (-1)

Willow Nightingale - 9 - 11 (+2)

Konosuke Takeshita - 10 - 12 (+2)

Toni Storm - 11 - 10 (-1)

Jay White - 12 - 8 (-4)

Chuck Taylor - 13 - 13 (=)

Julia Hart - 14 - 14 (=)

MJF - 15 - 18 (+3)

Mariah May - 16 - 15 (-1)

Samoa Joe - 17 - 17 (=)

Will Ospreay - 18 - 16 (-2)

Kota Ibushi - 19 - 19 (=)

Kyle O'Reilly - 20 - 20 (=)

Daniel Garcia - 21 - 22 (+1)

Matthew Jackson - 22 - 29 (+7)

Nyla Rose - 23 - 27 (+4)

Kazuchika Okada - 24 - 21 (-3)

Hook - 25 - 25 (=)

Kyle Fletcher - 26 - 26 (=)

Harley Cameron - 27 - 24 (-3)

Jamie Hayter - 28 - 23 (-5)

Kip Sabian - 29 - 33 (+4)

Queen Aminata - 30 - 30 (=)

Athena - 31 - 28 (-3)

Katsuyori Shibata - 32 - 31 (-1)

Nicholas Jackson - 33 - 47 (+14) MOST SPOTS UP

Hikaru Shida - 34 - 32 (-2)

Claudio Castagnoli - 35 - 37 (+2)

Christian Cage - 36 - 43 (+7)

Bryan Danielson - 37 - 35 (-2)

Evil Uno - 38 - 34 (-4)

Komander - 39 - 39 (=)

PAC - 40 - 38 (-2)

Brody King - 41 - 46 (+5)

Killswitch - 42 - 40 (-2)

Anthony Bowens - 43 - 48 (+5)

Buddy Matthews - 44 - 45 (+1)

Juice Robinson - 45 - 41 (-4)

Mark Briscoe - 46 - 36 (-10)

Danhausen - 47 - 44 (-3)

Riho - 48 - 42 (-6)

Jack Perry - 49 - 49 (=)

Powerhouse Hobbs - 50 - 54 (+4)

Emi Sakura - 51 - 50 (-1)

Mercedes Mone - 52 - 55 (+3)

Marina Shafir - 53 - 59 (+6)

Matt Menard - 54 - 64 (+10)

Lee Moriarty - 55 - 61 (+6)

Adam Cole - 56 - 63 (+7)

Darby Allin - 57 - 56 (-1)

Abadon - 58 - 57 (-1)

Isiah Kassidy - 59 - 51 (-8)

Mark Davis - 60 - 66 (+6)

Ruby Soho - 61 - 58 (-3)

Malakai Black - 62 - 65 (+3)

Hologram - 63 - 52 (-11)

Sting - 64 - 60 (-4)

Penelope Ford - 65 - 69 (+4)

The Beast Mortos - 66 - 68 (+2)

John Silver - 67 - 53 (-14) MOST SPOTS DOWN

Yuka Sakazaki - 68 - 62 (-6)

Thunder Rosa - 69 - 67 (-2)

Bandido - 70 - 71 (+1)

Anna Jay - 71 - 76 (+5)

Skye Blue - 72 - 72 (=)

Cope - 73 - 74 (+1)

Trent Beretta - 74 - 70 (-4)

Austin Gunn - 75 - 83 (+8)

Deonna Purrazzo - 76 - 73 (-3)

Red Velvet - 77 - 81 (+4)

Nick Wayne - 78 - 79 (+1)

Billy Gunn - 79 - 77 (-2)

Keith Lee - 79 - 87 (+8)

Dustin Rhodes - 81 - 75 (-6)

Leyla Hirsch - 81 - 88 (+7)

Lance Archer - 83 - 84 (+1)

Angelo Parker - 84 - 80 (-4)

Colten Gunn - 84 - 85 (+1)

Ricky Starks - 86 - 78 (-8)

Serpentico - 87 - 82 (-5)

Mr Brodie Lee - 88 - 93 (+5)

Shelton Benjamin - 89 - 86 (-3)

Matt Taven - 90 - 95 (+5)

Taya Valkyrie - 91 - 88 (-3)

Bryan Keith - 92 - 96 (+4)

Roderick Strong - 93 - 97 (+4)

Marq Quen - 94 - 90 (-4)

Dante Martin - 95 - 91 (-4)

Luther - 96 - 103 (+7)

Diamante - 97 - 100 (+3)

Darius Martin - 98 - 92 (-6)

Bobby Lashley - 99 - 94 (-5)

Kiera Hogan - 100 - 106 (+6)

Johnny TV - 101 - 101 (=)

AR Fox - 102 - 98 (-4)

Leila Grey - 103 - 99 (-4)

Big Bill - 104 - 107 (+3)

Max Caster - 105 - 113 (+8)

Ricochet - 106 - 110 (+4)

Alex Reynolds - 107 - 104 (-3)

The Butcher - 108 - 112 (+4)

Brian Cage - 109 - 102 (-7)

Lio Rush - 110 - 105 (-5)

Cash Wheeler - 111 - 111 (=)

Angelico - 112 - 116 (+4)

Dax Harwood - 113 - 115 (+2)

Rey Fenix - 114 - 114 (=)

Colt Cabana - 115 - 117 (+2)

Mercedes Martinez - 116 - 120 (+4)

Dr Britt Baker DMD - 117 - 108 (-9)

Tay Melo - 118 - 118 (=)

Brandon Cutler - 119 - 121 (+2)

Wardlow - 119 - 109 (-10)

Mike Bennett - 121 - 123 (+2)

Matt Sydal - 122 - 122 (=)

Scorpio Sky - 123 - 119 (-4)

Jeff Jarrett - 124 - 125 (+1)

Lee Johnson - 125 - 124 (-1)

Jay Lethal - 126 - 127 (+1)

Action Andretti - 127 - 130 (+3)

The Blade - 128 - 126 (-2)

Toa Liona - 129 - 128 (-1)

Dralistico - 130 - 129 (-1)

Griff Garrison - 131 - 134 (+3)

Peter Avalon - 132 - 133 (+1)

Ortiz - 133 - 138 (+5)

Michael Nakazawa - 134 - 140 (+6)

Chris Jericho - 135 - 131 (-4)

Rush - 136 - 135 (-1)

Sammy Guevara - 137 - 132 (-5)

Dutch - 138 - 136 (-2)

Bishop Kaun - 139 - 141 (+2)

Josh Woods - 140 - 137 (-3)

Vincent - 141 - 139 (-2)

Preston Vance - 142 - 144 (+2)

Tony Nese - 143 - 143 (=)

Paul Wight - 144 - 145 (+1)

Shawn Dean - 145 - 148 (+3)

Kamille - 146 - 147 (+1)

Saraya - 147 - 142 (-5)

Madison Rayne - 148 - 146 (-2)

Ariya Daivari - 149 - 149 (=)

Miro - 150 - 152 (+2)

Satnam Singh - 151 - 150 (-1)

Aaron Solo - 152 - 151 (-1)

Anthony Ogogo - 153 - 154 (+1)

Rebel - 154 - 153 (-1)

Nick Comoroto - 155 - 156 (+1)

Serena Deeb - 156 - 155 (-1)

MONTH DIFFERENCES

Now, since it has been a month (and change) since the tournament started, some changes in the roster have occurred. This will not affect the tournament, but they will be noted cause I feel like noting them

LOST:

Malakai Black

Miro

Ricky Starks

GAINED:

Megan Bayne

And finally, everyone's favourite part:

TAGS OF THE WEEK

@nylarose for summoning the forces politely

@dykecassidy for getting a good grade in tags

@fatal-3nvy for pitching a 2000s teen coming of age movie opening

@sendhook for staying on brand

@chuckstaylors for breaking it down for us

@lavosse for doing commentary of commentary

@himbos-hotline and @unseenbox for racing to the joke

@sumeriandeathsquad who stuck by a commitment and reblogged this bracket 12 times

@sarahcakes613 for learning a valuable lesson about tumblr

[cozymochi]

Nyoka has GYAAAT no reason to have a waist so grabable 🫣who said that

You did 🫵 I know what you are

[hotmess-exe]

"MY life has gotten marginally better or been unaffected under the current administration, so give the Democrats YOUR vote"

that's what y'all sound like. fuckin entitled. or do none of y'all actually believe in one person, one vote lol

just say that other people's problems, well-being, stability, and dignity is secondary to your fucking comfort under the status quo.

if things are "better under Biden" for you to such an extent that you feel entitled to other people's fucking votes, I got news for ya — you were probably fine under Trump too 🙃

[yourfatherjustinmcelroy]

As promised I’ve illustrated yet another scene from @lorelilly ‘s new shourtcer fic akdhskfskdhsk (two colour versions because I couldn’t decide if I wanted more realistic or more symbolic)

This is essentially all just my plea for the continuation of the love and other smosh games series on account of I am a starving man

Anyway shoutout to my continued struggle to depict real people in my art style

[heystephen]

I just hace one question, why did you hear the album before? why when it was leaked? I know that's not gonna make Taylor richer or poorer but it's kinda... weird. I just don't know.

if i had been in the garden of eden i wouldve eaten that apple