#some of you should seek help

[curdledbeefcake]

as an asexual

thank you to writers who are. vague as hell. when writing smut. like

WOAH MAMA!!!!

nothing gets me going more than a

skip to the next morning

has me on cloud nine, best night of my life

i will be seeking ya’ll out

[mrtequilasunset]

Highkey so sad to see Kim's character get butchered by people who see Harry as whichever addict wronged them in their life.

[crystalpallette]

I still can't believe they killed him like that

[daily-hanamura]

[rouge-fauna]

when tommy was talking about people from his pov that treated him badly that he used to be friends with and how he empathized with them for a long time, jack said it was about a lot of people not just dream which makes me think it was about wilbur as well and in that song tommy made theres lots of text on it and one of the text was "i cant watch my old videos anymore because all the people in them were not the people I thought they were" as well as messages about dependency. but just because tommys going through a lot doesn't mean he can treat dream horribly or blame what wilbur did to him onto dream. Same goes with tommy saying that he only made digs at dream to cope with his stress from dream as in "you can either laugh or cry." which is.... As for other mentors, Iirc logan paul was one at some point?, his mom he gets a lot of advice from and philza, schlatt. Other mentors maybe mr beast at a point, george, maybe everyone that has ever given him advice was a mentor to him

I’ll disagree with you that everyone who gives advice is a mentor. I don’t think that’s how mentors work. In my opinion, a mentor is not just someone who gives you advice but someone who helps you with your future but also has a deep relationship with you. A mentor is almost like someone who isn’t your parent, but has a parentish dynamic with you. Anyone can give someone advice but a mentor is someone who is supportive and helpful along with advice. If that makes sense. Wilbur is probably the main culprit here, Schlatt I think is more so his idol but perhaps falls under “people who were not who I thought they were” I think perhaps Logan Paul was an idol too, but I do side with Dream here that Logan Paul has been known to be problematic for a long time even before Tommy interacted with him so did Tommy really have a better perception of him? Not sure about Mr Beast I don’t think they interacted much, but I could be wrong. Generally, I can’t imagine what it must feel like to have so many videos with your mentor who died from cancel and your other mentor who was outed to be physically abusive. That has to be really hard, and maybe Tommy’s brain has categorized Dream as a mentor therefore - as dead to him/a bad guy. Because it’s easier to put everyone in the same box even when it doesn’t fit. Maybe too he’s trying to distance himself from the dsmp because of how painful it is and Dream is just an active reminder. Not that any of that justifies his behavior, talk about who needs to go to therapy. The fact that he felt like he had to stay with Dream and make digs to laugh instead of cry instead of just not being his friend, I think still highlights that behavior of using Dream for clout. Even if at the end of the day Dream did hurt Tommy it a) doesn’t excuse the shit he’s pulled and b) highlights even further his disingenuous Tommy is to only put up with Dream for the clout.

[juanabaloo]

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Being helpful means not sharing unverified shit. It also means not livestreaming as the default. Screaming "La Migra" or "ICE" is not always helpful. (Screaming that, especially if it's not actually a raid, is not only unhelpful but fucking traumatizing for some.)

If you aren't already part of a local immigrant rights group, that's OK. (You are the audience for this post btw.)

Note helpful details, exact date time and location. (Assume someone will read your post without context. Don't just say a neighborhood, say the neighborhood, city, state.) How many vehicles? How many officers, what type of agency is it? Have they finished and they are leaving?

Figure out who your local immigrant rights group is now so if police action starts in your community you know who to follow. Follow the lead of the immigrant rights org / immigrants / undocumented folks in your community. FOLLOW THEIR LEAD! They may say to avoid an area, or they may say to gather for a mass protest. FOLLOW THEIR LEAD! Especially if you do not know any undocumented people.

We know how the Nazis operate. They will love it if there are people re-sharing unverified videos, flooding everyone's feed, and causing mass chaos. Don't be part of the problem.

A plain text message from your verified local immigrant rights org or local immigrant rights lawyer is worth 100x a video without a timestamp with an unclear police action happening. Is the video from 2 days ago? From 2010? 2018?? 2024??

(And yes, ICE didn't start actions this month, they have been at work destabilizing our communities for years. And in their prior form INS, for longer than that. And yes, under both Republicans and Democrats. Undocumented people have been living with the threat of ICE for a long time. Not to say the threat isn't higher under Trump, but if you are brand new concerned about this, trust that not everyone impacted feels the same way.)

If you are documenting a past action that is now over then be clear about that when you share it. This is gonna be a helluva time for people already on edge.

Provide your source. Verify that it's real. Record as many details as you can. DO NOT SHARE INFO IF YOU DO NOT KNOW THE SOURCE. This goes double for videos.

TLDR:

DO NOT SHARE INFO IF YOU DO NOT KNOW THE SOURCE.

DO NOT SHARE VIDEOS IF YOU DO NOT KNOW THE SOURCE.

FOLLOW THE LEAD OF YOUR LOCAL IMMIGRANT RIGHTS GROUP.

[jasperwocky]

nah i’m gonna say it. whenever we talk about pedophilia the answer most people give is “just kill em” and they seem pretty content to leave it at that. no further thought. and like i get that, it’s good that a child’s assault makes us angry. but it really only deals with people who have already irrevocably fucked someone up, and only the portion of those that get caught. genuinely there needs to be less stigma about seeking help for the issue. people who come forward to get help are given basically the same ostracism as people who have actually offended without remorse. like how the fuck on earth do we expect anyone to get better if to do it they have to deal with the disgust you’re (tbh, we’re) feeling right now? are we just cool with a certain amount of kids getting molested if it means we get to feel better by beating their ass after? yeah they should probably deal with the stigma anyway and get help for the greater good. but they don’t, at least not enough. if your plan is “bad people try harder not to be bad” it’s going nowhere. yeah it feels kind of shitty to give care or support to pedophiles. but can we maybe suck it up if it means less kids get traumatized?

[im-out-of-it]

PSA KIND OF A RANT BUT ALSO JUST A GENUINE QUESTION BUT LIKE DOES ANYONE FEEL WEIRDED OUT THAT THE SHADOWHUNTER SERIES ARE KIND OF TARGETED FOR TEENS (I mean, aren’t they though)

I know I hate and shit on the shadowhunter series (SORRY IT DESERVES TO BE CRITICIZED) and y’all, I’m seriously okay with having characters have trauma and being complex (seriously I’m all for it!!!! I love those fascinating characters) but make these people young adults or something. because this should not be targeted for teens!!!!! LET ME REPEAT MYSELF!!!! THIS SHOULD NOT BE TARGETED FOR TEENS!!!!! I just don’t like the message it sends. I think it’s probably the worst in TMI.

oh if you’re abused or have a shit childhood, it’s okay to put that on others and make it their problem. oh if you’re boyfriend is toxic and emotionally abusive, it’s okay because y’all are soulmates apparently and your whole identity is about him!!!!!!! I don’t mind insane fantasy romances!!!! but don’t target it towards teens!!!!! I still get amazed that this incest toxic fantasy is for teens???????

I don’t know, it’s just weird that a 50+ year old woman is writing about teens having sex. like does anyone feel Cordelia was extremely sexualized????? there’s just so much problematic shit CC writes. and once again, I don’t believe that fantasy books should be “real” “make sense” or whatever excuse people want to use to defend misrepresentation, incest, or heavy topics (abuse, trauma) that are written poorly.

I don’t care if clary and jace aren’t actually siblings- they thought they were and they’re both toxic to one another, also the fact that clary is there to serve jace’s happiness is wild. so like if you want an outrageous fantasy world, that’s absolutely valid but don’t have it targeted for teens. this is my whole beef with the shadowhunter series (and more let’s be obvious) is that teens pick up these books and maybe they don’t understand (doesn’t a brain fully develop at 25 or something?????) and thinks the type of stuff that is in this book is okay or to be admired.

maybe I think too much of this (I’m a very heavy and emotional thinker/person who feels A LOT) and maybe teens don’t actually think this???? maybe they can differentiate that this is fiction and not to be admired? but it’s just weird reading about teens and all the problematic stuff they do. I’m in the young adult ish category so it feels uncomfortable at times for me. make them young adults or something!!!!!!

I’m probably just thinking too much into this lmao but does anyone else feel this way about the books???? and before someone says OmG dOn’T rEaD iF yOu DoN’t LiKe It- the only reason I read these books was because of show Malec and I stupidly thought it was going to be the same masterpiece and I was sorely mistaken- and then I read about the insane stuff CC has gotten away with (plagiarism, how she treated people in the Harry otter fandom, how she treats her own fans when they criticize her, like I think she’s actually insane) and I just feel like this fantasy world and some of these characters deserved better treatment and should’ve been put in the hands of an author who actually cared more. I’m just tired of problematic authors and writers ruining shit for us

[saetoru]

what an absolutely abysmal individual

[nozomijoestar]

Asuka is a tragic figure, a figure of mystery, a wild card, all because the only thing she wants in life is peace and quiet for herself and to feel in control- yet her secret heritage that may be hidden from her for her own protection and the reality that life is unpredictable and will go on with or without you keep ruining that delusion, that vision of how the world is meant to work to her, and she suffers regardless of what she wants, what she does, and how little she understands anything

She was born into a family preaching peace and balance and order while being a creature of violence, and puts a dozen mental locks and excuses over this truth to justify giving into her impulse for fighting by pretending she's justice when she does it

She keeps trying to build a place of safety but she's using sand and life is a wave that destroys, yet she stubbornly persists rather than give up, not drowned to the point of self centered suicidal loathing like Jin- there's contrast, where Jin is cloaked in death Asuka stubbornly clings to life and humanity as a normal person in a terrifying world

She's not a fucking narrative clone for Jun's own purpose, Asuka's purpose must be determined by Asuka herself

[verflares]

the other thing abt shipping they'll never tell you is that its funny and Engaging when theyre messy. YOU think its a problem they're exhibiting symptoms of toxic codependency or have communication problems. not me though

[reiiishii]

shockingly, this is the same person.

[a--bottled-star]

WHYYY did my mother have kids with my father if she can barely stand his ass (i can't stand him much either) and whenever she's insulting and berating us she finds a way to compare us to him in a negative way. I mean I get that at first he was nice and whatever but MAYBE she should have thought about it more before having me considering she had only known my father for a few months (like. not even a year and she's like "i wanna have a baby!!!")

[esterigermaine]

You learn about the damage to durge's brain and cranium from an easy to miss NPC in the underdark that examines them. Specifically that the cranium has suffered severe trauma and that it is a miracle that their brain functions at all.

Could you imagine the reactions you'd get if other characters discovered this damage sooner in the story?

[wormchaser]

the new wave of tcc wants to be so morally pure because of the way dominant culture (for youths) is at the moment .. of course pedo shit like that is wrong the whole way that community works is built to harbor bad people.. nothing wrong with calling out harmful behavior ? being that old and into dylan klebold like that isconcerning and you should get yourself checked out because you have something seriously up with the way your brain works. the same goes for anyone of any age experiencing that with anyone of any age whether or not they've killed people. it's just extra layers of fucked up to add real life dead people who died for no reason at the hands of a nazi and the fact that said nazi is 17... all of the tcc is fucked up this is just emblematic of the larger problem

[angorwhosebabyisthis]

analyzing hermes, emet-selch, the ancients and ascians, how they're written, and the fandom's reaction to them be like hm. emet-selch's role in this fuckery is compounded by the fact that his backstory as a genocide survivor is incongruous with his ruling a huge genocidal colonialist world power in the present da [ANTISEMITISM BLAST]