#that’s not how it works

[cykelops]

a degradation kink is the easiest thing to get away with unjudged like oh what are you gonna do humiliate me about it

[highfalutin-son-of-a-gun]

jack you can’t say you’re not in love with davey and then look at him with dreamy eyes

[thestarsarecool]

“I remember once having dinner with Gwyneth Paltrow and she asked if I had a Facebook page and I said I did but that I didn’t look at it very much. And she looked at me in horror and said, ‘That could be very dangerous.’ And I said, ‘Well, I suppose it could be, but I just can’t be bothered.’ All of this stuff, I dip into it, but it doesn’t really attract me. I’d rather just go off into a corner and try to write a song.”

— Paul McCartney, GQ Magazine, 4th August 2020

[goodluckdetective]

Okay a quick note:

Probably not Moral OCD: guilt or distress about suffering in the world when you aren’t facing that suffering yourself

Potentially Moral OCD: deciding that if you don’t spend almost every second reading the news that you do nothing but refresh the news. Taking a second to eat or drink water is unacceptable and every time you do, you rake yourself over the coals for daring to do such a thing. You must eat less next time in penance.

Probably Not Moral OCD: guilt or distress about your consumption habits and their impact on the environment

Potentially Moral OCD: such guilt or distress about your consumption habits that you refuse to throw anything out and begin hoarding items and or refusing to leave your apartment less you hurt the environment more.

Probably Not moral OCD: occasionally feeling bad or guilty about something you did wrong in the past

Potentially Moral OCD: obsessing about something you did wrong or bad in the past and spending hours and hours thinking about all the things like it you did wrong that you neglect basic tasks and functions.

It’s not just guilt. It’s perfectly normal (and mostly a good sign) to feel bad about bad things in the world. It’s feelings of guilt that lead to compulsive actions that do nothing to actually solve the issue you’re guilty about.

[factual-flittermouse]

“When does a comet become a meteor”

But it doesn’t, for you see

A meteor’s made of rock and metal

While a comet is ice and debris

What they’re speaking of is an asteroid

What they’re speaking of is an asteroid ~

[thenameisgul]

I don't know how to ask this exactly because I don't want to get into the weeds on politics, but I am really curious to understand more about what is fundamentally disagreeable about Misha's politics? As far as I can tell he seems like an average dude with a moderately large platform that he's trying his best to use in ways he thinks will better the lives of humans at large? While I could see there being individual points of disagreement on specific topics, I'm surprised to hear someone say the very fundamentals themselves are disagreeable? Feel free to not share if you don't want to- I'm not trying to start an argument, I just haven't really heard this take before and am curious to hear more.

Thankyou for being kind about it and not getting immediately defensive.

My problem with misha is his neo-liberalism. I don’t know if it’s the fact that he was a clinton intern or that he’s a white american but he has very centric views in a world that desperately needs to move to the left.

He’s extremely anti-trump but like all the democrats he doesn’t recognize that trump was a result of a broken political two party system and that he won’t be defeated by the same old moderate, old white men and women of the Congress.

He speaks out on Palestine but he expects the same people who’re preparing to send $3.5 billion in aid to Israel to stop the war. Like Ilhan Omar said, Ceasefire isn’t hard. Just stop sending the arms to the ones doing the killing!

He talks about Native Americans but believes that that the white colonizers who committed their genocide have the right to the land because well you can’t give it back now 🤷🏻‍♀️

I love the guy, I do. I know he has good intentions and he wants to do good in the world. Atleast he speaks out. He’s not silent like many of his co-stars but I also have the right to disagree with him. Those two things aren’t mutually exclusive. I don’t know why some of his fans seem to think that if you’re his fan you can’t ever say a bad thing about his opinions.

[gale-gentlepenguin]

Just because something is “Meta” doesn’t mean it’s good.

Just because something is “Meta” doesn’t mean it’s smart.

Just because something is “Meta” doesn’t mean it’s funny.

[miraculousdeservesbetter2024]

A lot More Derision Salt because no, I’m not done:

Like a friend of mine brought up, if Chloe traumatized Marinette so much (and keep in mind that I’m NOT downplaying trauma, I’m VERY anti-bullying), then WHY did she ever give her a miraculous in the first place then!? I can at least understand in the Queens trilogy why, but any other episode after that!? Why would you entrust the one who’s caused you (and supposedly so many others) so much pain with such a huge responsibility such as a miraculous??? In fact, WHY don’t you show similar trauma with Kim and even Sabrina!?

“Marinette was just trying to be nice/felt sorry for her!”

I don’t think that’s how trauma works if I'm being honest. I feel if anyone ever did that to me personally, I wouldn’t trust them. I could understand if this was low key/simple school bullying we were talking about here, but this is something that supposedly caused Marinette trauma? That’s also really irresponsible on Marinette's part, given someone who appears to be so conceited, egotistical, immature and selfish to her, a very powerful item just because they’re trying to be “nice”.

And before anyone tries that “Omg, It’s a kids show, it’s not meant to be taken seriously!” excuse, then fine. However, if that’s really the case, then WHY even include such a complex and serious topic in the first place? Just to make a middle school bully look worse/unrealistically more evil? Derision is poked with so many holes that it’s literally useless and wouldn’t have impacted the story at all if it was removed.

As for the whole “not to be taken seriously” argument, The writers (especially Thomas) only CHOOSE when they want this show to be serious. One minute it’s not meant to be over-analyzed or “be simple”, but the next minute they’re throwing out terrible morals all over the place just to justify its contradictory. They just want to do what they want to do without any criticism, that’s all there is to it 🙄

And that's their right to do the show the way they want. That doesn't mean it's correct though...

[violadesdragons]

Something is wrong here 🤔

[auroramercedes]

i can’t find the thingy rn but when motley said like, “if we were girls, we would probably be strippers” or whatever… like i’m not gonna get mad but cmon. you motherfuckers would still be musicians. idiots.

[whydidisavethistomyphone]

[mudshelf]

If i was Inumaki or I had cursed speech I would simply approach Sukuna and say 🗣️“KILL YOURSELF!” and that’d be that

[faecaptainofdreams]

What an absolute imp, i love how he even has to look back to make sure Sylvia doesn’t see him sneaking off to gossip. It’s also pretty funny that Mr. Non-Judgey McPoliteness is actively making fun of a race of people 😆 I can’t even fault him for it LMAO

[wistfullywaiting2]

I still wanna know what door Lucy’s key opens btw. Wdym she just has a mysterious key that she doesn’t know the door to.

[rainbow-beanie]

I dunno about everyone else, but I thought Sinsmas was a great conclusion to HB season 2. I think this whole season finale proves something I’ve thought about for a little while: Viv and her team are SO MUCH better at crafting a heartfelt story with earnest moments and great character work instead of letting out of pocket jokes and crude dialogue ruin any of that. I wish she would just let this show gradually evolve into something more like a dramedy like BoJack Horseman did instead of trying to balance out the raunchy comedy with the compelling drama because she’s not great at working on tone.

I hope Season 3 has more of that heartfelt stuff!

Okay I’m gonna make one thing clear. I don’t want this show to end up like Bojack Horsemen. It’s true that Bojack is one of her favorite shows, but I highly doubt she’s gonna sacrifice all the plot she’s made just to make a carbon copy of it. I for one like the way the formula is structured so there can be raunchy bits to scenes to balance out the serious moments, I think the show would be kinda boring if every moment was treated seriously, this isn’t a show like SVU. This is how the shows been since the start. And I highly doubt she’s gonna change that formula any time soon.

I will agree that sinsmas was a great way to conclude season 2, even with all the heartbreak. I’m willing to believe that viv is letting the show evolve the way she wants it to, it might not be what everyone wants, but it’s what SHE wants. And I trust that she knows what she’s doing with the story.

Also “she’s not great at working on tone” I think the way she balances tone is fine, sure there might be a scene or two that might not have hit right, but nobody said this show doesn’t have its mistakes, it’s imperfect. And that’s fine