#special privileges

[palatinewolfsblog]

"Equal rights for all. Special privileges for none." Thomas Jefferson.

[eddiesgmcsierra1500denali]

IM KIDDING but idk why this gif came to mind lmaooo<3

you can tell me how much u hate tommy if you want 💓

[seeing-double0909]

i hate mikoto kayano /lh /j

-krowe 📍 [he/she]

[loveridden1999]

"celebraties aren't activists" so close. actually speaking against an ongoing genocide doesn't make you an activist it makes you a human with basic sense of empathy and awareness

[ambrosiagourmet]

Not sure how widely recognized this is but it’s fucking wild to me that miss kui just quietly snuck in the fact that most (if not all) of the differences between races only exist because of wishes they made to the Winged Lion.

Dwarves being strong? Lion wish. Elves being good at magic? Lion wish. All lifespan differences???? Lion wish, babey!

Not that the elves superiority shtick isn’t already BS, but it’s even funnier with the context that the only difference between them and humans is that, thousands of years ago, their leaders made a greedier wish to the demon that wanted to eat them.

[starflungwaddledee]

time flies when you're feeling loved. happy birthday, bandee! [x]

[nearestend]

clearly xeno does not understand this — well, he doesn't understand several things here — the appeal of a freely nomadic lifestyle and the fact that ellie bird simply cannot ally herself with dogs.

"i don't remember saying that, actually." to be fair, she doesn't remember most things unless they pertain to her immediate interests. "but if that is true, i am now currently at my limit. which means that there is no room for jack the dog. he's only here as a companion to you. a plus one, i suppose." although, xeno — please forgive the pun, ellie doesn't normally like puns — is on thin ice.

"i do think he's nicer than other jacks. other jacks are mean sometimes and they talk to much."

"enemies? how can you be enemies?" with wide puppy eyes of his own, xeno really is not getting it. they're at an impasse; nature boy and ellie bird, friend and enemy of dogs. nothing in life has prepared him for this. "i—i don't have anywhere to go, and it's not nice—"

but wait, there it is! a foot in the door, the twinkling of hope. (maybe not—definitely not—but xeno will cling to his own naivety.) "hey, hear that, buddy? you're allowed to stay!" he beams, cuddling jack the dog against his chest. to ellie, he raises an eyebrow, a grin propping up half of his mouth. "remember when you said we couldn't be friends, 'cause you were already over your limit? and look at us now, huh."

[springypaws]

I’ve disappeared because I’ve been off drawing little robots in my dark little corner all day

[lazorbeanz]

Sonic with Amy’s hammer >>>>>

[scribz-ag24]

I've recently seen again a post talking about the Sableye and Dusknoir's relationship so i'd like to put my two cents in the discussion, for I love screaming into the void about PMD. (this isnt meant to discourage any other interpretations btw this is just my take on theirs and Dusknoir's relationship, bc I think they're very fun characters and I am very glad the game actually gives these minions a bit of relevance in se5).

Tbh I don't buy that Dusknoir treats the Sableye nicely, at least not out of kindness. I don't think he's a tyrant or inexplicably mean, of course, and I think his minions ADORE him, but i also believe that doesn't mean he's nice to them, sth that i consider meaningful for their character arcs.

Throughout the entire game he's exclusively giving them orders, in se5 he concocts a plan that involves thrashing them MULTIPLE times (he's lucky Grovyle isn't one to try and kill enemies in battle ig), and the cherry on top is that the first time we see him being fully genuine he does this:

(yes, he is in turmoil in here, but there's not a single thing implying that 1. this is an unusual response towards the sablye, 2. dusknoir feels bad for it at some point or is surprised at himself, 3. this has any impact in the sableye at all. You can argue these reactions happen off screen and we don't see them, they don't happen bc they have pressing matters to attend to or they happen after they return to life, and that's perfectly valid, but i'm sticking with what the game shows us, here.)

I must say, though, the fact that the Sableye, despite having been almost mindless pokémon up to now, STAND UP TO AND ATTACK Primal Dialga for their boss and even try to look after him despite him ordering them to check on Grovyle and Celebi first is SO important to me. they are goons to the bone and they love that scheming ghost so much.

My own view is that Dusknoir is generally polite to them (you wouldn't randomly break your own revolver or weapon without any reason, would you?), but is quicker to get mean with them than with people he doesn't know or he is seeking to manipulate. He doesn't care about their behaviour as long as they get the job done, which is why I think the anime thing of the Sableye climbing onto his shoulder isn't that remarkable, rather it's a very cute moment, one that is showing how they've been working together for long and how their size difference affects their interactions, but it is not necessarily conveying an affectionate bond (this is a bit random, but it reminds me of Disney's Jafar with Iago lmao. throw your pet sableye at your enemies so they mock them and then return to your shoulder). Additionally, Dusknoir letting the Sableye onto his shoulder is probably as close as we are gonna get to a villain turning around in his chair while petting a cat in PMD lol.

[this isn't meant to be a one-to-one comparison, it's just a detail i find cute and shows that this gesture can have multiple interpretations, with none being the only right one]

Leaving that aside, I hesitate to claim Dusknoir trusts his Sableye as allies, as Grovyle makes a point in the main story of how the Sableye (your Sableye, he says, as if objectifying them; not friends, but tools, weapons at Dusknoir's disposal) are lacking compared to the way hero/partner/grovyle support one another (power of friendship and hidden information babyyyy). The Sableye are used to Dusknoir's way of doing things, though, I'm sure. They know what happens when he's displeased, after all.

I think, most of all, the Sableye are meant to look disposable: they are 6 identical pokémon that almost act like a hivemind, and we are not supposed to think at all about how we may hurt them in battle any more than we do with the angry Manectric pack or random dungeon pokémon. This, I believe, is why the game has them stand up against Dialga and gives them unique dialogue at the end of se5. They're meant to show their inner shine, just as Dusknoir managed to do. They suddenly gain an individuality they had never shown while they were working to maintain the dark future.

Where they abandoned Dusknoir in the Old Ruins, now Grovyle has motivated them to look for their dignity and fight for a better world, and that starts with protecting their leader from Primal Dialga's rampage, and supporting his new objective and allies in their quest to save the future. In their own small way, they've also grown as characters throughout SE5.

I believe that, overall, Dusknoir saw the Sableye as tools, but thanks to their growth and clear care for him, there's a possibility he might start to see them (and by extension other pokémon) in a more genuine, less pragmatic / objectifying way in the future. Now that Dusknoir has the chance to live a fulfilling life, he may learn to care for others without surrounding himself by so many walls. If anything, I think their future is quite bright. Not that the Sableye would mind if he still thrashed them around, though lol, they're clearly not bothered much by it (special episode 0 had a great depiction of the sableye imo, you can check that romhack if you haven't yet).

In conclusion, look at these little guys who adore their can-get-mean-but-is-mostly-polite boss and probably have a body count but now are good, they're so cute:

[maulfucker]

racism in star wars will have wikis saying shit like "this species that is inspired on a real life non-white people is just too stupid to use the Force"

[booasaur]

Special Ops: Lioness - 1x06

[unquietspiritao3]

a complete list of the 24 things james acaster reminds himself of before doing a gig:

(as revealed on the Always Be Comedy podcast, plus a couple he didn’t read there but did on the audio special for Hecklers Welcome)

it’s amazing you get to do this

one day, none of this will exist

acknowledge how your body feels honestly

you’re about to put your body into a fight or flight situation

they [the audience] all want you to do well

they’ve all got their own shit going on

it’s not up to them to make the show good

even the dickheads mean well

this is your job. you’re going to work now

you’re here to improve the show

the show is already good. it doesn’t have to be the greatest show of all time every single night

it might feel like a play but that’s okay. it might be bedlam but that’s okay. the crowd are free to react however they’d like

so many comics have been through whatever happens to you tonight

the first half will feel colder than the second half, so warm them up

focus on the people who are enjoying it

perform it like you’re filming it

be silly!

every gig you don’t throw is a win

you used to travel for hours for no money to die on your arse in front of five people for ten minutes and then sleep on a stranger’s sofa

you’re loaded and privileged as fuck

you have an amazing girlfriend

you love your cats

behave like an adult, respond like an adult, protect the boy

you don’t have to keep on doing this if you don’t want to

[abyssal-ilk]

the slide where it is says divine vivienne is only able to remain in power because of her friendship with the inquisitor does kind of. kill me a bit. in the same way it kills me that when vivienne gleefully states that she has never been forced to live anywhere, the places she lists (celene's palace and bastien's estate) are quite literally tied to people who hold her safety in her hands. her safety is constantly hinging on how much the people in her social circle like her, and unlike other people in the orlesian court, she does not have a powerful family of her own to fall back on. like okay. if she loses favor she's just. fucked.

[simplydnp]

guys im still so overwhelmed by how lovely that show was 😭😭😭

[frozencometx]

I will just drop this here and run

Also some related(unrelated) ramblings under read more

That whole Bowser and Zokket sitiuation is so funny, like Bowser is so ignorant towards the fact the Zokket plot is already resolved. I like to think he was a little upset he had to leave Concordia without getting to punch the guy, because Bowser is petty like that. Imagine Bowser learning about the second Uni Tree and thinking that this will be his chance to get payback, so he "secretly" tries caring for it. Mario and co. quickly learn of this and try to stop him, because they think he might destroy or steal it (he did consider stealing it but Jr. and Kamek managed to convice him otherwise), but realize what he is trying to do and leave him be. At this point everyone has given up trying to explain him the truth and if he somehow succeeds (nearly) everyone wins. Also Jr. is helping him, because he obviously wants to see Buddy again.