#the evidence is hard to ignore

[bitchthefuck1]

I gotta say, it would be a lot easier to ignore my anxiety if it wasn't right so damn often

[grecoromanyaoi]

LRB but ppl rly see sexual violence as a "higher" or "more violent" form of violence than like murder or imperialism. its so telling how ppl try n draw a border between "regular" violence and sexual violence. which like, a. that border doesnt exist, different forms of violence often go hand in hand and b. when it comes to fiction and honestly real life too w the way social media is, ppl insist on differentiating sexual violence from other violence. they can blorbofy murder, they can blorbofy imperialism, assault, emotional abuse, literally any form of violence that isnt sexual. but then theres this line separating sexual violence. oh if u engage with it in any matter in fiction, the -phobia and -ism accusations jump out. its this almost holy form of violence that is somehow different from everything else, and cannot possibly be embedded into literally any other form of violence, or often acted out alongside it. does that make sense. im literally going insane.

[mamawasatesttube]

also kon's red mercy hallucination in sb11 #7 being written with cassie presumably dying some horrific death somewhere offscreen but kon witnessing simon killing tim in front of him. there are actually layers here and the extra nightmare of it specifically being tim as the one whose death he witnesses, tim as the one he couldn't save, is a metaphor for the queerness he has been suppressing for so long, and in this essay i will

[kkoct-ik]

the lesser known did symptom of not knowing anything about your life because not only do you not remember anything (and the memories you Do have are heavily fragmented so you have no idea when they occured), but you also consistently destroy all traces of yourself during dissociative episodes. rip every diary ive tried to keep and almost every social media account. i will never know what i got up to or who i was during those years

i have a spreadsheet i use for documenting memories that turn up before i can forget them again. where i also do my best to estimate what year or season or month they came from. but its all just such a mess. even 2021 onwards which are supposed to be my therapy years are very very patchy. i wish i could just know my life

[xaykwolf]

Beginning to suspect some of y'all have never heard of the sunk-cost fallacy

Or if you have, you've never applied it to the media you choose to engage with

[solivagantingrebel]

hey guys who wants another round of tmi

[chipistrate]

Not to sound rude- but I've seen people say that the parallel between the Scooper ending in Ruin and the Burntrap ending in SB is "just a coincidence" or "doesn't matter", and then go around and say that Glitchtrap is confirmed to be William Afton in HW2 because both him and Burntrap(who's not confirmed to be William) were in a charging station?

Believe GlitchWill if you want, do what you want forever and ever, but you can't tell me these aren't both at least on the same level and can both be used for theorizing

[bijoumikhawal]

only going "rape and torture are bad" when people defend Palestinians is pretty fucking scummy, speaking as someone who knows more than the average person on this site does about torture, and hates it real bad and knows a lot of people repeat torture apologia because it's deeply pervasive in modern culture

[fleetsonourgecentral]

ugh all I can think of lately is Fleetway!Sonourge. good job on spreading that to me

also thinking about the Freedom Fighters protecting Scourge from Zonic when he shows up. like, him trying to arrest all of them for hiding and protecting a criminal and all. how do you think the FFs would overcome him?

:3 it's spreading as planned

It would take a while for the zone cops to even come to the conclusion Scourge is hiding in the fleetway dimension, tbh. He's good at running from the cops, and knows lots of places to hide. It's difficult to track him down when he's not actively causing trouble, and the fleetway universe is quite a ways away from the dimensions he normally hangs around in. The zone cops are expecting him to show up in Moebius, or try to take over the Prime dimension again. They aren't going to be looking in the dimension with the evil Super Sonic that's thousands of miles away, because why would he be there? Even once they do investigate there, they're probably initially be inclined to take Sonic's word for it when he says Scourge isn't there. Zonic knows this Sonic hates lookalikes, after all. It would take a while for them to genuinely suspect the fleetway universe

Usually when Zonic shows up, the first thing they do is hide Scourge, which can range from hiding him elsewhere in the dimension (special zone included) or finding a way to get him out altogether, and he'll find somewhere else to hide until they leave again. The zone cops can't actually arrest him if he isn't there, and they can't prove the freedom fighters have been hiding him, since, well, he doesn't legally exist in the fleetway universe. The best they can do is ask around to see if anyone has seen him, but Sonic is always quick to point out that anyone could be a green hedgehog in a leather jacket. Metamorphia did turn into a green hedgehog, once. Without seeing Scourge with their own two eyes, the zone cops have no way to prove the green hedgehog in a leather jacket is Scourge and not someone else.

"Everyone around here is an idiot," Sonic will sneer if Zonic tries to point out that he showed a picture of Scourge to some civilians and they said they recognised him. "They'll mix any hedgehog up. Someone mistook Amy for me, once."

Technically, the circumstantial evidence is enough to bring Sonic and the other freedom fighters in, but there's always the risk of him turning into Super, if we pick the part of the timeline where they're one person. He's harmless if they get the collar around him, it's just getting the collar around him without being vaporised that's the tricky part. Even if they're separate people, well, if Sonic is gone, who will stop Super if he goes out of control?

If the zone cops decide to bring them in anyway, well. The freedom fighters are freedom fighters. They're going to fight, and they're going to fight dirty. Sonic alone is a pain in the ass (and, again, a huge risk if he and Super are one person) but everyone else will make it even worse. The cops could subdue them eventually, but... ultimately, I think they find it more trouble than it's worth to bring them in, especially when they have no surefire way to prove Scourge has anything to do with them. And if the freedom fighters were arrested, Scourge would work his ass off to bust them out. It could be a good way to trap him, but Scourge has escaped from prison once before, they don't want it to happen again

Ultimately, I think they decide to bide their time. There are other criminals to take care of, and they can't really spare the resources to go hunting for Scourge when he isn't even causing any trouble aside from "already being a wanted criminal", so they decide it's better to periodically check in to see if they can catch him unaware or wait until he causes a big enough problem to give them justification to go knocking on the door and arrest the lot of them. Unfortunately for them, the freedom fighters are protective, and will make sure that never happens

[tackrusso]

show tempe gang crossover with the morris islanders would actually have been the best episode of bones ever. btw

[mirdaniaa]

It is literally wild how many people love to tell me “I hEaRd ShAkEsPeArE dIdN’t WrItE hIs OwN pLaYs” considering the only academics who believe this are fringe theorists no one takes seriously

[urmomsstuntdouble]

not to be political but I've seen a lot of people saying that those who call Israel an apartheid don't know what they're talking about and um. As someone who has studied South African apartheid as well as grown up in a Jewish community. This claim has more merit than you think

[lacewise]

Many, many YouTubers are way too comfortable misinforming their audience because they want to take a “controversial” stance on an issue.

A protest that isn’t immediately focused on the issue protesters claim to be solving isn’t a protest at all—it’s bad performance art. You should not be platforming bad performance artists as if they’re serious people accomplishing a serious mission, especially uncritically.

Many people may be too young to remember this, but this is also how mass media radicalized people into ecoterrorists, and goodness knows how far back that set the public understanding and acceptance of climate change, because acknowledging it was happening at all instantly became a “radical” position instead of a fact. You can look for yourself and find people just… kind of hoping it would sort itself out.

Why aren’t these groups educating people so the public lobbies for change instead of pulling pointless stunts? (I’ll give you some hints, it’s because it’s much harder, takes much longer, and there’s a lot less glory in it—you don’t make nearly as many headlines. Not for decades. But if your goal is making headway instead of getting attention, it’s the way to go.)

I just watched a video that should be titled “Dunning-Kruger for Activism” and I’m… not okay after reading the comments. If the argument is “they’re not as bad as corporations”, the random people you meet on the street will never support them. Your “activism” has instantly failed. Your argument has lost and you have ceded ground. Ground you needed to get anywhere.

[urasawayaoi]

im not saying that lunge + tenma are the direct narrative foil of the liebert parents buuut lunge and franz both existing as observant, objective forces; despite their presence or the lack thereof their will and morality help mold the identity of the twins; franz sees them a source of inspiration, something he couldn't and shouldn't touch; lunge recognizes nina but cannot objectively see johan as human and therefore has to rationalize him otherwise. Both he and lunge keep a patient, close eye on the primary guardian (vera+ tenma) and at least one of the twins but rarely if ever directly intervene.

which brings me to tenma + vera which is also a rly fun parallel bc both of them have to make a difficult, life changing choice concerning the twins; one that haunts both of them long after they've made it.

i also think its interesting how tenma and vera are the most directly involved with the twins; while tenma doesn't raise them he certainly takes care of them whenever he can, or at least as best he can... and of course they seem to be taking the heavier emotional toll (up until their bum ass husband realizes). anyway ijust think its funny

[madigoround]

Some days it feels like I am just desperately trying to find reasons to live so I don’t jump off a bridge and it’s hardly even working

Edit: I have spent some very necessary kitten cuddle time and received some very sweet messages from people and I am feeling more sane, definitely recommend nice people and cats lol

[eyivibyemi]

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