#the hypocrisy is ASTOUNDING oh my god

[liesmyth]

What about when they pretended for a whole 2 months that rave parties were a massive social emergency deserving of an ad hoc legislative decree but that one MP pulling out a gun at a New Year's party is nbd

Also a current gvt minister is keeping her seat despite being involved in a high profile case involving fraud / accounting irregularities in a company she's a major stakeholder of. Another minister literally has a shrine to Mussolini in his home. Another minister was literally saying "Innocent until proven guilty :( uwu" about Putin today. But yes ofc the biggest issue we're facing as a society is singers calling for ceasefire at a music festival

in less than a year and a half the italian government has: worsened the living conditions for immigrants (which were dire already) with new "reception centers" that is really just a fancy word for a place that is worse than a jail; continued to let hundreds of people die at sea or deport them back to libya; cut the funds for public healthcare and education; favored the gentrification of historical city centers; suppressed and silenced protests for palestine all around the country; called for the arrest of peace activists; turned a blind eye on the inhumane conditions of an italian antifascist activist detained in hungary; called for a daspo to all singers (lmao???) who express their dissent (or literally anything even vaguely political that doesnt align with their ideology) on live, PUBLIC state tv; put forward their plan to leave the south in utter subservience to the north and made the police beat up the southern mayors and governors who protested against it; made the police beat up the students and activists who protested outside RAI (state tv) buildings in several cities against its shameless censorship of those that speak up about palestine, as well as its continued support of the zionist narrative through which the news are filtered; done absolutely nothing to mitigate the embarrassingly high percentage of deaths in the workplace or the even more absurdly high percentage of femicide.

and now they're trying to pass a law that criminalizes any critique of israel by lumping up antisemitism and antizionism in the same category so that if you even dare say hey maybe we should stop killing palestinians you could be legally prosecuted.

but they opened a few parks so i guess they also did good things

[appro880]

This is So Presidential: To Be Talking About Another Man's Dick Size at a Campaign Rally?

On Saturday in Latrobe, Pennsylvania — the city where Arnold Palmer was born in 1929 and learned to golf from his father — Trump kicked off his rally in the campaign’s closing weeks with a detailed, 12-minute story about Palmer that included an anecdote about what Palmer looked like in the showers.

“When he took the showers with other pros, they came out of there. They said, ‘Oh my God. That’s unbelievable,’” Trump said with a laugh. “I had to say. We have women that are highly sophisticated here, but they used to look at Arnold as a man.”

Now That's Really, "Sus"! And He Forgot to Conclude His Rant By Affirming, "No Homo"...

I Know There Are Still Trump Sycophants Who Don't Care What He Says, They Will Still Vote for Him!

Care to Hazard a Guess If Obama Had Said on the Campaign Trail, for Example, Oh Boy They Say That, Anyone Who's Ever Taken a Shower with, Shaq, Says He's Got a "Really Big One"...

The Hypocrisy is Truly Astounding!

[kmp78]

THIRTY FUCKING FIVE YEARS OLD. 💀

OH MY GOD!! LET'S NOT PRETEND AS IF COURTESY IS A MATTER OF SEX. YOU ARE A 40 STH WOMAN AND YOU SAY MUCH WORSE!! HOW MANY TIMES HAVE YOU INSULTED SHANNON AND CARA? HOLD YOUR OWN SELF ACCOUNTABLE BEFORE YOU THROW STONES AT ROCK SINGERS ( THAT WE KNOW ARE MORE RAW AND LESS PREPPY PEOPLE ANYWAY). THAT WOMAN WAS INDEED DISGUSTING AND NEWS FLASH THIS IS HOW ALL PEOPLE TALK WHEN THEY SEE THESE SPECTACLES. GROW THE FUCK UP. MAN THE HYPOCRISY OF YOU IS ASTOUNDING.

SL thinks fans "LOOK LIKE ASS" and JL calls them screaming fat girls.

But yes, I'M the problem. 🤷🏼‍♀️

[metella-sedet-in-atrio]

I posted 1,062 times in 2022

That's 1,048 more posts than 2021!

452 posts created (43%)

610 posts reblogged (57%)

Blogs I reblogged the most:

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@gunsatthaphan

@liyazaki

@respectthepetty

@trilliastra

I tagged 576 of my posts in 2022

Only 46% of my posts had no tags

#air watches kp - 86 posts

#air watches love mechanics - 67 posts

#air watches not me - 58 posts

#air watches big dragon - 36 posts

#air has a mental breakdown - 32 posts

#air talks abt gay ppl - 29 posts

#air watches love in the air - 27 posts

#air watches theory of love - 25 posts

#air watches bad buddy - 17 posts

#air misses kp - 17 posts

Longest Tag: 140 characters

#and he’s so damn passionate abt like everything from law to mf anarchy so the fact that he’s gotten reduced to chasing after black’s ex is..

My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

WE’RE FINALLY TRENDING

8 notes - Posted September 2, 2022

#4

It’s so bonkers to me how this bitchass fanbase outs an actor when he’s not ready even tho the show was literally abt not doing that.

Idc for heartstopper as a show and I care even less for the author but this fanbase is shockingly homophobic despite hailing itself as the peak of queer representation. Like this hypocrisy is astounding.

My thoughts go out to this dude, ik firsthand how traumatizing being forced to out yourself is.

10 notes - Posted November 3, 2022

#3

WE HAVE A RELEASE DATE WE HAVE A RELASE DATE OH MY GODODDDDDSJJSJSJDJDMDMDMD

The person I will become oh my fucking god

12 notes - Posted September 10, 2022

#2

I’m still mentally here btw

18 notes - Posted November 29, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

In the spirit of this blog’s main topic I am proud to report that I read the term engineering three times in this god foresaken test. Live laugh love homosexuality

26 notes - Posted October 12, 2022

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[lapis-lazuliie]

What's your favourite character from each episode?

Sorry, I know this will take forever 😂

aH wow okay

series 1;

sardines - carl. i love his dry humour and his outfit is just so neat to me lol. he seems like he would be downright hilarious to spend a day w/.

a quiet night in - ray. just how quickly fed up he becomes of eddie is brilliant 🤣🤣

tom & gerri - tom! he just seems like a decent guy ^ ^

last gasp - god they're all terrible people 🤣 but i do love sally. the absolute hypocrisy of her character is astounding and tamsin greig is such a wonderful actress

the understudy - ngl...jim. i like his quiet nature heh

the harrowing - oh tabs of course <33 i would go for hector, but...well, there're a lot of reeces characters on this list lmao and helen mccrory was just so beautiful,,,

series 2;

la couchette - hAHA shona

the 12 days of christine - christine of course!!! beautifully portrayed by sheridan

the trial of elizabeth gadge - ah mr clarke my beloved <3

cold comfort - hm....andy. again, another decent character who got involved in some traumatic shit

nanas party - pat. damn hilarious, and reeces wig was ugly as fuck lol

seance time - none. they're all intolerable 🤣🤣 but if i really had to choose....pete?

series 3;

the devil of christmas - idk, kathy?? i didn't really get attached to any of them, but the whole 70s film aesthetic was so excellently done and had such a charm to it <3

the bill - archiiiie my love

the riddle of the sphinx - oh god. honestly, charlotte

empty orchestra - janet!!! i loved her so much 💕

diddle diddle dumpling - david </3

private view - agAIN it's so tricky to choose when you're not invested in any of them 🤣🤣 but geez probably bea

series 4;

zanzibar - robert!! one of the few pure characters they've written

bernie clifton's dressing room - oh god tommy of course. a tragic silver fox,,,

once removed - ahahaha hugo, how i adore thee

to have and to hold - harriet. not sure how i could elaborate here

and the winner is... - paula, for sure. zoe did a thoroughly convincing american accent and her character was just as bored of the whole thing as a majority of the audience was 🤣🤣 not me though, i found it highly entertaining lol

tempting fate - i want to say nick, but it's come to my attention as of recently that he's a petty bastard bitch SO top place goes to maz, on the basis that her lines are funny as hell

series 5;

the referee's a w***ker - none!! the mascot i guess? 🤣🤣🤣

death be not proud - ahh maureen. i know she's a return character, but seeing reece play her is such a good time

loves great adventure - aw trevor </3 the guy just loves his family so so much and SHAME ON ALL OF YOU WHO WANTED HIM DEAD IN YOUR FMK GAMES,,,,,

misdirection - gabrielle! kudos on you for getting nevilles arrogant ass arrested. hmu for drinks sometimes

thinking out loud - awww aiden

the stakeout - haHA varney cause i'm a wh*re for vampires. and like...reece feeding on steves neck did awaken something in me 😳

series 6;

wuthering heist - scaramouche....weird little italian man❤️

simon says - ah christ 🤣 spencer? bc he's just. d*ddy

lip service - felix 🥺🥺 iris you Bitch

hurry up and wait - jaaames. you were just so wrong, sweetie. and that's okay

how do you plead? - would love for urban to be my nurse tbh <3

last night of the proms - ahah they're all bastards. boris the dog it is 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻

[golden-redhead]

My experience with spop was this - I knew nothing beforehand. saw how the Internet exploded over their kiss and thought "cute LGBTQ couple endgame? I'm in." started binging and I just kept waiting for them to grow closer but all I got was more abusive behavior? Then I finished s5 and just couldn't believe that that was it? That's how they ended up together? That's what got the Internet celebrating? I think knowing the endgame and how people raved over it made the experience worse for me tbh.

Oof, I honestly can’t imagine watching the show knowing how it ends, excited about getting some wlw rep we crave so much and then... that. I think some of the shows issues must get glaringly obvious if you actually watch it all as opposed to those of us who had to wait months before a new batch of episodes and had time to hype themselves out and just enjoyed the contents of s5 in this slight disconnect from the previous seasons. I am not entirely opposed against catradora (although I do not like it and do not ship it, I just dislike this kind of dynamic, it’s very clearly not my thing even if you completely erase the element of abuse and ignore the fact that they don’t hold the same beliefs or values like, at all), but the dedication with which the show did everything to avoid addressing all the shit that they should have addressed in order for the ending and Catra’s redemption to work is just... astounding, really. 

Like, imagine going SO OUT OF YOUR WAY and still not getting it right. 

For one, Catra never apologizes, not really, because I can hardly count her saying “I’m sorry for everything” as an apology. One of the rules of sincere apologies is that you actually acknowledge what you did wrong, apologizing for unspecified ‘everything’ is lazy and disrespectful and makes it look like some way to just take it off the list and be done with that part of Catra’s redemption. 

Two, talking with other fans really made me wonder how the supposed target audience, so kids aged 7 and older, perceive that ending, because I have an impression that they might have a hard time wrapping their head around it. I’ve heard that some kids are actually scared of Catra? And, honestly, I can see that, yeah. Not to mention just the message that all your abuser needs is for you to prioritize them and stay... Yeah. Um, nope. 

Three, my biggest issue as someone who genuinely loved the shows and the characters, my biggest complain is how everything had to be tossed aside in order to make catradora happen. Everything. Quite literally.

Scorpia getting over Catra, getting friends and appreciation she deserved? Accepting her role of a princess? Forming meaningful and healthy friendships and finding her place in the world? Fuck it, let’s chip her for like, half the season and ignore her conflict with Catra entirely. THE FUCKING DISRESPECT OF THAT.

Adora and Glimmer’s argument? You know, the driving force and main conflict of the entire 4th season? Yeah, yeah, let’s have Adora dismiss Glimmer’s apologies and never address that ever again, shall we?

Angella? Pff, who? Never heard of her!

Micah interacting with Glimmer for like, all of 2 minutes. 95% of that time fighting her while chipped by the bad guy. Um... okay. So much for the reunion with a daughter you didn’t see since she was, um, 5 at most?

Glimmer’s powers? The ones she’s been mastering and being insecure about episode one? Which were a huge part of why she even trusted Shadow Weaver in the first place? Yeah, they’re useless 3/4 of the season and then given to Melog. You know, that new character who is ridiculously overpowered and is basically Catra’s glorified moral support cat, despite being a sentient, intelligent being, the sole survivor of its planet. Of-fucking-course.

Oh, speaking of Shadow Weaver! The fucking HYPOCRISY of having a full season of Glimmer and Adora arguing over Glimmer choosing to work with her only to... Have Adora work with her. The entire season. And never mentioning it again. SURE. BECAUSE THAT MAKES SENSE.

(btw, I love how the show framed their conflict as something where Adora is basically 100% in the right... but when you think about it, Glimmer actually made much more solid points that actually turned to be true. the more you know!)

Mermista lost her entire kingdom because of Catra? Yeah, better let’s get her chipped too, before she has a chance to question why they’re working with the kitty lady who was about to murder them only 2 minutes ago. 

Adora spent 4 seasons trying to learn more about her past? Let’s drop it. Just because. Don’t question it, folks. Seriously, don’t.

Adora was about to die? Well, now she doesn’t! Why? Uh, um, what do you mean why, don’t you know that magical gay kisses fix everything? Smh. 

I just... This is bad writing, okay? 

And it feels like such an insult, because up until the last season I think the writing was really solid, the themes of abuse were handled very well, with respect and realistically, Adora’s conflicted feelings about She-ra, her destiny and her choice in all of this were interesting and believable, Glimmer was a great female character allowed to be (and do) things that female characters aren’t usually allowed to be, the supporting cast was strong and loveable and Prime... God, the way Horde Prime was set up as this intimidating, scary, bigger than the universe villain was genius. Hell, even at the beginning of s5 I had chills every time he was on screen. I was so excited about him, but every episode he was getting worse and worse until he became so meh I felt like crying.

And don’t even get me started on Catra saying that she saved Glimmer for Adora. This? This is when I knew there’s no saving this season. This was a slap to the face and the clearest sign that it was never about properly redeeming Catra at all, just getting her what she wanted.

And it’s a shame, too, because in a lot of ways Catra is a very interesting and compelling character who, despite what it looks like, in a lot of ways got the short end of the stick, because instead of telling a realistic, mature story about personal growth, they chose what was basically a instant forgiveness route and never showed Catra actually dealing with both what she’s gone through and what she’s done. Which is a shame and a huge disservice to Catra’s character.

So... yeah. Sorry about that rant, you are so valid, Anon, and I’m sorry. 

[anti-anti-stevinel]

Antis can’t accept defeat and it shows “tHe KiSs WaS PlAnToNiC” like -_- and I saw another post someone was like “this episode had big sibling energy between Steven and Spinel.” That’s how they view I don’t :3

Oh all of the hypocrisy on Twitter is astounding too, don’t even get me started.

And I’m sorry, but siblings? Dear god above if my siblings acted like that to me I’d be fucking panicking and confused.

[aegon]

talk about dissociative identity disorder us jonsas (indeed another jonsa here) shame kimilia shippers then reblog sophiexkit hug and tag it jonsa then call sophie kit relationship of a sweet brosis then compare kitsophie hug and jonsa hug side by side to show you just how similar they are. no bullshitting at all these gifs absolutely exists you can search if you dont belive me. pick a narrative!!! I am not so caught up in my head that I cant see the hypocrisy coming from my own part of fandom.

oh my god, no no I believe you, I’ve seen it before

the total lack of self-awareness really is astounding. I mean, sophie and kit are not only married to other people, he met her when she was what? 12? and he was 22? and he’s watched her grow up? shit, at least emilia is the same age as kit, that’s some next level grooming that makes me feel super uncomfortable

they don’t want to be associated with k*milias so they pretend it’s a brother/sister thing while tagging j*nsa, not realising that they’re either saying they ship sophie and kit, or they’re saying j*nsa isn’t romantic but just a sibling relationship

someone’s lying to themselves lmao

[notimminent]

closed ;; @curvedaim​

      OH SHIT.   talk about inopportune timing for her special gift to decide to stop working momentarily, right in the line of site of some random asshole that was trying to be a hero. oh, the hypocrisy in that thought is astounding seeing as she is also being one of those assholes at the moment. letting out a little squeak, she focused on disappearing from sight once more so she could complete the job. maybe he hadn’t seen her? he could’ve thought that maybe he was seeing things, right? yeah, totally. no sane person randomly sees a girl appear out of thin air unless they’re drunk or psychic and this lunk of man wrapped tightly in leather doesn’t seem like he’s either of those things. plus he was helping her out by going after some of the bad guys. 

double shit. someone was aiming something at him that he couldn’t see. they were doing a dirty shot! deciding to act before thinking, she ran and tackled the person to the floor. she didn’t see the knife flying through the air until it was lodged in the wall right where the person was. the person she was on top of. oh my god she could’ve been stabbed. 

“ what the actual f-- ” she materialized to give him a bewildered look,  “ did you just throw a knife at the person? what if you had missed? also-- you’re welcome. ”   realizing what she’d just done she once again made herself invisible. way to blow your cover and make it impossible to be written off as just seeing things, emma.

[tatselk]

The Untamed (陈情令) Review: Ep 23

!!! SPOILERS AHEAD !!!

Previous episode review: 1 and 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16,17, 18,19, 20, 21, 22. 

Oh shit, so the Yintie and the Yinhufu are two different things.  Somehow, I always thought that they were the same thing but that the live-action changed the name for some reason. Oh well, gonna use the pinyin from now on to differentiate them. 

Even though it happened completely off-screen, I loved how quickly LWJ was implied to have run up all those steps to catch the fainting WWX. :D

Another thing I really liked was the parallels of WWX leaning against LWJ in one scene and NMJ leaning against LXC in the very next scene. :) 

Oh shit X2, the NMJ and MY/JGY relationship is really acrimonious here. Maybe it is just me, but somehow it feels even more acrimonious than it canonically was. Like I actually winced and leaned backward in my seat when it looked like NMJ was going to run MY/JGY through with his sabre and LXC had to step in. So it makes it kinda bizarre since NMJ, LXC and MY/JGY still randomly became sworn brothers soon afterwards in the live-action...

Can I just say how my heart nearly stopped when I first heard LXC call MY/JGY "A-Yao"? And when MY/JGY kept holding onto LXC's sleeves/ robes?! Things sure have escalated quickly on the XiYao front. Of course, I already know this is all going to end badly but in the meantime, I'm just gonna ship XiYao as hard as I can. :):):)

Why... does it feel like JYL was trying to bring LWJ and WWX together when she kept mentioning LWJ after WWX woke up? Not to mention how she (conveniently) left them alone to apparently go look after the injured. Hahaha. 

I can hardly believe how slimy JGS is here. JGS basically didn't participate at all in bringing down WRH/Nightless City and now he rushed over just to deal with the Yintie and the Wen sect remnants??? Plus, within just what looked like a few days (based on how WWX KO-ed for 3 days), JGS did a 180 and went from refusing to recognise MY/JGY as his son to not only recognising MY/JGY as his son but also giving him a new name and deputising him to do stuff AND calling him "A-Yao"?! (OK, I might be a bit biased here because to me, it only sounds right when LXC calls MY/JGY "A-Yao" lol). Anyways, the sheer hypocrisy of it all was truly astounding. -_-"

OMG NMJ, make up your mind already. Don’t be swayed by LXC’s sad/disappointed face! Hahaha. Like one moment NMJ was all, “Xichen, you are too soft-hearted about the Wen sect remnants. What if they catch us offguard and attack us?” And then RIGHT AFTER THAT (and a moment of silence), NMJ was like, “Uhh, maybe what Xichen said makes sense too. We should let these defenceless people off.”

It is just hilarious to me how MY/JGY suddenly had his infamous (tall) hat on so soon after the fall of Nightless City. Seems to imply that MY/JGY had his hat stashed away all along and was just waiting for a chance to wear it OR he somehow had his hat made within the couple of days in which he was dealing with the Wen sect remnants. XD

OH SHIT X3. The foreshadowing in the scene whereby WWX and LWJ were on the cliff and discussing (cougharguingaboutcough) the dangers of using the Yinhufu etc.was just-!

What was really well-done in the scene whereby everyone greeted one another at the banquet was how it showed all the simmering tensions. Like the way NMJ was still (very) skeptical about MY/JGY and the awkwardness between WWX and LWJ. And, of course, the way WWX basically rolled his eyes at JGS’s attempt at consoling JC. 

God, do the Jins not understand NMJ’s character at all?! Or were they just trying to piss him off/test him? Did they really expect NMJ to sit at WRH’s throne during the banquet???

Heh, the live-action team just HAD to add that shot of LXC and JGY drinking with each other AND following it up with LWJ going out to look for WWX, didn’t they?

JGS, are you actually TRYING to make things awkward at the banquet or what? Why did you have to bring up the (broken off) engagement between JZX and JYL in front of everyone?! Why do you feel the need to assert your will and get your own way like that??? 

Overall: 10/10. Seamless blend of canon and non-canon elements of the Sunshot Campaign arc of the story. And this is DESPITE the fact that I was extremely annoyed by JGS throughout this episode. 

[kokichis-dead-dove-club]

It makes me giggle that itshotxxxtentacion’s blog bio says they don’t want negativity, yet they send death threats, sexual harassment, suicide baiting, etc. etc.

DOES IT REALLY???? OH MY GOD HDJSHDJSHSJF

god that’s so fucking funny, the hypocrisy is astounding omg

[ace-of-hearts-and-spades]

@spookyscaryslashy​

...I’m sorry are you fucking telling me that people are happy to ignore canon for Bubba’s sake, but when it comes to Freddy they can’t ignore something that ISN’T canon???

Oh my fucking God.  The hypocrisy is astounding.

Someone pls explain to me why so many people don't like Freddy Krueger. I've only seen the first two movies and he's already my favorite. ᰔᰔᩚ

[modernart2012]

I’m Friends with the (Monster)

@sumigakure Halloween Event 2017

Prompt 10: Normal Person meets Someone and finds out they’re a Monster

Word Count: 2107

Rating: T (for safety)

WARNING SPOILER FOR A WIP THAT INFLUENCES THIS FIC HEAVILY. IF YOU DON’T WANT THAT FIC SPOILED, SKIP THIS FIC.

On AO3

“Obito, you cannot be serious right now.” Rin sighs exasperated. “If this is the sign you're turning into Dr. Uchiha, tell me now so I can go get Shisui to do a refresher on ‘Normal Human Interaction 101’.”

Obito whips his head around from where he was stealthily peeking around the edge of the Uzumaki Special Collection Library, “Rin, there is absolutely something weird about Bakashi! Who else is that young and -and - aloof at University? This is the most prestigious University in the Elemental Nations and he’s walking around like he’s the greatest thing here!” He pauses and continues, “Also, Unce Kagami made that PowerPoint presentation you know.”

Rin boggles, but ignores that tidbit of information. “Kakashi is Dr. Benzaiten’s stepson. He’s a genius, and has probably spent enough time on campus to be comfortable. And even if he’s a little odd, well, he’s traveled all over and then some besides, he’s probably an amalgamation of different cultural norms.” She checks the time on her phone, “Look, I need to head to class. Dr. Senju and Dr. Kato are really strict about attendance at practicals; I’ll catch up with you later. Don’t get arrested, Chief Uchiha will flambe you alive and then Dean Senju will completely erase your existence from the space-time continuum.”

At the mention of his guardians, Obito has to pause to consider Rin’s point. Uncle Madara and Uncle Tobirama were both excellent parental figures, if easily distractible, but they often disapproved of any Uncle Kagami-esque shenanigans. Supposedly there was an International Incident involved, at least once, but Obito didn’t believe the University would give a PhD and then hire someone who caused such rampant mayhem even if the mayhem was in the name of Experimental and Theoretical Magic. It didn't matter, there was definitely something weird about Bakashi. And Obito was going to prove it!

Maybe. He’s got about an hour until his class with Professor Namikaze, and that’s his favorite class. He doesn’t want to be late. He goes back to nonchalantly trailing after Bakashi, who seems to be looking at nothing and eating through his mask. Which, why does he even have a mask that only covers the lower half of his face? The excuse of, “Protecting your mucus membranes from the elements is essential to proper health,” seems like a blatant lie, but Obito doesn’t know or want to know about what goes on in niche fitness nut circles to call Bakashi on it. And that asshole tries to tell Obito his (true! Verifiably true!) explanations for his tardiness are bullshit. Obito would like to call hypocrisy, thank you very much.

Bakashi is halfway through walking the Forest Quad Loop, after stopping a bajillion times to touch random knots of wood, or pet moss, or crunch leaves, or sniff a rock - at which point Obito had to seriously consider that Bakashi was onto him and just fucking around to mess with him - when a massive white wolf comes crashing through the forest. Obito is about to shriek in horror, because oh Fire God’s Eternal Flame Bakashi is gonna be eaten, when a terrifyingly strong hand clamps over his mouth.

It’s long - too long for anything natural - and scaled. Scaled like a pit viper from Kaze no Kuni. Which, since Obito has checked as part of his law courses, are non-native to any part of Hi no Kuni and illegal to import. There were rumors of Dr. Benzaiten having weird questionably-ethical experiments with human subjects and genetics and magic, but that was into ... regeneration? Can snakes regenerate body parts?  Or is this an escaped prisoner with a weird magic trying to take revenge on Kakashi because Colonel Hatake is part of the Rangers of the Hi no Kuni military and killed someone important to this person? The Army Rangers do do a lot of high profile and clandestine stuff, it’s not outside the realm of possibility....

“What are you doing following the Princeling, mortal?” Princeling? Who? Bakashi? Maybe he is part of a LARP group? Well, he seems the type.

“I didn't realize people LARP’d on weekdays. You know what, I like this answer. This explains everything.” Obito lifts up and ducks under the arm, then shakes the man’s (possibly, the special effects makeup is some of the best Obito’s ever seen) hand vigorously. “Good day sir. I need to get to class.” The man seems astounded, like he's just experienced something impossible. Maybe he thinks Obito is part of the LARP?

Obito thinks everything is going just fine as he heads back towards campus when the LARPer dashes faster than his eyes can track into his way, this time brandishing a knife that outright bristles with barely leashed offensive magic. Something that is powered by the ... power of blood, to drain whomever it cuts of their life and/or bind that person to the wielder's will, if Obito is reading the runes right. “Do you have a permit for that?” It slips out his mouth faster than Obito can think about it.

“What?” Maybe he didn’t hear him clearly?

“That knife. Do you have a permit to carry a magical weapon with a black magic enchantment? Because it’s a felony if you don’t. Unless it’s for ritualistic or religious purposes and therefore covered by religious exemption, in which case you still need a permit, but it’s stamped specially and registered with the government.” There is an objective downside to living with a cop, and it is this: you learn bits and pieces of law that have no real use outside of a government office. Obito didn’t need to know the precise breakdown of the law regarding enchanted weapons or items with aggressive intent before he started studying pre-law.

There’s no light of dawning understanding with this fellow, and Obito suddenly has the sinking suspicion this might not be a LARP when he starts gathering magic like its cotton-wool. People with that level of magic know better than to throw it around in broad daylight without protective barriers up, and as far as Obito can tell there is no protective barrier to stop the blast from affecting any unwitting bystander. Gods all dammit, why does Obito always run into the psychos?

Luckily, there’s no law against carrying an pre-prepared protective barrier, concealed or otherwise. At least there’s a bright side, he’ll be able to tell Prof Kushina if it worked or not. It takes three reflexive handsigns to activate, but it ripples out in a wash of violet beautifully. Just in time, as the scaled man lets loose, and Obito means that quite literally. He’s never seen such a large Air and Earth combo before, slashing winds and jutting earth spikes rising and falling and rising in chaos. He’s buffeted about, but otherwise unharmed.

He’s bracing for the next wave when a voice rings out across the path. “What’s going on?” He glances sideways to find Bakashi and the massive wolf watching.

“Bakashi! Get out of here! This dude’s gone crazy; I don’t know how long this barrier will last.” Dr. Benzaiten would be out for blood if his stepson was even the slightest bit injured, which meant Uncle Tobirama would be displeased, and Uncle Kagami and Uncle Madara and Dr. Sarutobi and Dr. Senju and Dr. Ogata would be mad, and then Professor Namikaze would do his squinty-eyed smile that screamed “justifiable homicide” and then Prof Kushina would be pissed because her boyfriend was in prison which would make Aunt Mito displeased and Uncle Hashirama would end up taking it out on foreign policy decisions leading the whole world into war. Really, it’s in everyone’s best interest Bakashi get away now. At least if it’s only him, then everyone will think there was some sort of accident and there’d be no war, right?

He’s met by a blank and dispassionate stare. The wolf even gives him the same look, and Obito is officially done with everyone giving him that look, okay? Animals shouldn’t even be able to give that look! Where was the justice?! “Uroko, what are you doing to Obito?”

The scaled-man, Uroko, bows deeply, “My apologies, Princeling. This mortal here was covertly following you and I wanted to be sure of his intent. The Lady would be most displeased with me if her grandson was injured on my watch.”

There’s a lot to unpack there, and Obito’s mind leaps from idea to idea faster than he can rightfully track. Kakashi’s ... grandmother, this Lady, was powerful enough, or important enough, that she was having people with rare magical ability protect her grandson. And she’s probably a Queen, if Kakashi is a Princeling. Which meant this ... body guard, probably of a foreign country, given his unfamiliarity with the laws of Hi no Kuni - Tetsu no Kuni, probably, they’re the only place with a monarch and such pale coloration - his only job is to protect Kakashi from threats. Like a stalker. Which, what Obito had been doing was legally stalking. Oh Fire God’s flaming balls, Uncle Madara is going to kill him, then Uncle Tobirama is going to erase his existence for causing an International Incident. Is it too late to beg for mercy? It’s not too late to beg for mercy.

He opens his mouth to apologize, but what comes out instead is, “You’re related to a Queen?!”

Uroko puffs up, proud, “The Young Princeling is the direct grandson of the Fair Lady of the Wild Hunt, Queen Sayaka of the Seelie Court.”

Obito had been following along into that last one. Seelie were only legends, Fae who were supposedly kinder than their Unseelie relatives, or the High Fae who were the cruelest of the lot. There was no way Bakashi would be - except Bakashi is facepalming as if Obito has just been some inconvenient truth, and so is the wolf, which really is much bigger than it actively ought to get in the wild but would be explained by the fact it’s Fae, and - “The mask is to hide something unnatural, isn’t it?”

Bakashi pulls down his mask, revealing a face that is clearly non-human in beauty, then bares a wolfish grin at Obito. And he means that quite literally - that smile is full of wolf teeth. Obito eyes them speculatively, “How do you even make words?” He had no idea Bakashi has a mole by his mouth - does Bakashi even know he usually gets rice grains stuck in the same spot? Or is that coincidence?

Bakashi corrects his mask, scowling. “That’s what you take away from that?”

Obito shrugs, “It’s either that or fleeing screaming into the pond.”

Uroko interjects, “The pond is full of kelpies and kappa.”

Right. Murderous water horses and turtles. Fire God’s balls. “I will not be fleeing into the pond, then. I’ll flee to Uncle Kagami’s office.”

Bakashi raises a skeptical eyebrow, “Can you even make it back down the trod without getting lost?”

His mother had raised him on the old stories, and Uncle Madara had a knack for retelling them in new and interesting ways, so Obito knows what a trod is, and where it leads. And there’s no way he’s anywhere near a trod. “This is the forest bit of Forest Quad. I’m following the loop, there should be no trod anywhere near the loop.”

“Did you not wonder why no one came to investigate the massive amount of magic just now? That amount of magic is usually a sign of impending disaster.” If Bakashi gets any more sassier Obito is going to punch him in the face, bodyguard or no.

“Fire God’s flaming balls.” Obito has managed to follow Bakashi down a hidden path through the Veil Between Worlds into the realms of the Fae. Which would be impressive, but only if he can get back to the human realm without going insane, getting back to about the same time as he left, and avoid being preyed upon by a more Powerful Fae. “Uncle Madara is going to kill me.” If Uncle Madara is even still alive when he gets back; he’s probably just jinxed it and now Uncle Madara is going to live forever. Oh, Twelve Hells.

Bakashi checks his watch, “Look, we’re going to be late for Professor Namikaze’s class at this rate. Let’s go.” He starts walking confidently down the path, in a completely tangential direction to where they came from, were going, or should be headed to return to campus.

Obito checks his own watch and yelps because they really are going to be late at this rate. He speeds after Bakashi, but can’t hold back a grin. Rin is never going to believe this.

[anti-kin-cringe]

*deep sigh*

I don’t know why I must point this out, but apparently it must be:

“Anti-kinnies” have a community built entirely upon hatred, a community built upon the idea that the otherkin community must be dismantled at any and all costs, regardless of what may happen to the individuals who are apart of said community and regardless of whatever must be done to said individuals in order to achieve such results, all because anything less than that would, according to “anti-kinnies,” result in the spread of beliefs they find intolerable. 

You deserve far worse then just some mere upsetting words in response to the things you have said and done, believe me. For some of the things I, personally, have been told from individuals in your community, i would sooner chase you off my property with my rifle and my dog than open the door for a reasonable chat if any of you came knocking. You are people who incite misery and praise violent and hateful language. Because you do not respect us and attempt to harm us, many strike back. if you find issue with that, perhaps you should take a look in a mirror....before slamming it over your empty heads, because you are clearly putting the blame on individuals who are not the issue in this situation.

I mean, even here you demonstrate a classical gaslighting technique! How often do members of your community (and I’m sure this blog in specific has done it as well! I would bet on it!) condemn otherkin for being mentally ill, claim that we should lose our most base, human rights because of this supposed issue, and even dare to put forward that your sickening words and phrases are legitimate because you’re “just trying to help?” All before turning around to claim that otherkin are actually mocking or faking mental illnesses and that, therefore, we are hypocrites?

And the art! Must I even go onto speak about the art, when this “anti-kinnie” blog in specific holds a moderator who stole art and was defended in their theft by other moderators on this blog! The hypocrisy! I cannot even begin to fathom how you can possibly function in the real world when you openly display an inability to function in a typical, logical way. The mental gymnastics needed for this post alone are nothing but astounding!

Oh, and as for the doubles... the “otherkin are mean to their doubles” issue is such an extreme minority when we remove the individuals specifically trolling from it, that it is not even worse addressing as a "serious” problem the community has. In fact, I can name far more pressing issues that otherkin, as a community, should actually be addressing, and one of them is the reverse’s implications and threat to especially the younger otherkin. But, I doubt you’d ever address something like that. Gods below forbid that you actually address something in a useful or sensible way.

But this is all pointless! Why? because “anti-kinnies” lost any sort of legitimacy in their criticism of the otherkin community from the moment they put their entire community’s basis around destabilizing and destroying the otherkin community. None of you shifty, sketchy worms are even half as trustworthy as a feral cat placed in front a basket of fried chicken. We would be stupid to trust you, much less to actually legitimize your hurtful lies and misinformation or give you ana ctual place to stand and scream them.

Why you haven’t yet realized this yourselves perhaps just demonstrates to what levels you’re willing to blind yourselves to logic and reason. It’d be heart-wrenching how stupid you all are if any of you actually had any “humanity.” But we’re the animals! Ha!

-Halcyon

[thescienceofapologetics]

I have to say, I understand that myopia is a large part of faith, but it is astounding to me that you all claim your imaginary friend is the only "real" one. You'll decry other religions as false, or say that Greek, and Roman--or even modern Japanese and Indian religions--are just stories, myths, fairy tales. Your religion even has the classic 'virgin impregnated by a deity' shtick, but yours definitely happened, none of those other did. How pompous can you be? Recognize the hypocrisy or shush.

Faith (noun); complete trust or confidence in someone or something.

Now, I don’t know about you, but if I’m going to put my complete trust in something, let alone stake my life on it, you had better believe I want to be certain, beyond any reasonable doubt, that what I’m putting my trust in is trustworthy.

Consequently, you bring up an excellent question. How do we know Jesus is the One True God? Let me counter with this. Out of any of the hundred upon thousands of other religions and gods, which…

Have a book written by over 40 different inspired authors, from all walks of life, from kings to shepherds, and yet it all fits together perfectly?

Have a book written over a span of over 1500 years and yet it all fits together perfectly?

Have a book that was written in multiple languages, in different countries, on different continents, in different cultures and yet fits together perfectly

Boast the most historically accurate and authenticated ancient text of all time, by an insane margin?

Turns enemies into friends, as was the the case of Paul and the early Church he set out to kill; or in recent times, Corrie Ten Boom and the Nazis

All of the other religions are work-based, Christianity stands alone in saying that humanity is incapable of good apart from God and there is absolutely nothing we can do to redeem ourselves.

If you can name just one other god who has done all that the God of the Bible has, I promise I will take it all back because you will have obliterated the foundation of my faith. Yet, the Bible stands firm, far exceeding its every challenger, because no one else can do what God has.

“My soul shall make its boast in the Lord;The humble shall hear of it and be glad.Oh, magnify the Lord with me,And let us exalt His name together.”– Psalm 34:2-3

[the-archpriest-and-the-outcast]

“Your ego is larger than even Kor Phaeron’s. Funny, that.” Lorgar’s smile came back. “I know you have favor, but you’re making it sound as though practically any Chapter of worth or note would come to avenge you. I doubt even the death of Commander Dante would stir that sort of reaction.” He snickered. 

“Oh, no, I never forgot Magnus. Magnus would never move against me over your death. Do you want to know why?” Lorgar inhaled, exhaled, then lifted his hands, creating a flickering projection of firelight. It was of two figures, one a towering giant in golden armor, the other somehow even taller dressed in beautiful azure robes. The second figure had a smile of fraternal affection on his face. “Magnus was the first of my brothers that I met.” 

The image changed, showing them somewhere deep within the Imperial Palace. Lorgar, dressed in the grey robes of a preacher, while Magnus wore robes of crimson and white, with gilded designs on them. Scrolls were lying about on a table, next to books, all in a vast assortment of languages, smiles on both of their faces. “We spoke on nearly every subject, even debating the very nature of existence itself and what it meant.”

It shifted once more, showing Lorgar upon the deck of the Fidelitas Lex, genuine happiness on his features as a hazy image of Magnus appeared. “After Monarchia, he came halfway across the galaxy for me.” It switched again. Magnus, in black-stained chain, while Lorgar was in the simple robes of a priest again. They were overlooking a balcony railing framed by silver blooms, Vharadesh opened out below them. “And we spoke once again. He listened to me. He tried to help. He made some semblance of an effort to understand what I was going through.” Lorgar’s expression hardened. “He even agreed with Leman Russ for the very first time, in order to save me and my sons from becoming yet another empty plinth our history.” He bored his eyes into Darius. 

“So, tell me again, that Magnus cares little for me. Tell me again of all your sure friends and allies.” The images in fire disappeared. “Tell me of your sure enemies. I will grant you the Death Guard, they forever hold grudges. But the Iron Warriors? The Black Legion? They care naught for you. Abbadon cares much more for Calgar and Guilliman than he ever would you. My Bearers of the Word care little for your vendettas or legacies. The gods see you as a potential Champion for them, but if you were to die, even they would not care. You can promise that everyone will care for you, but even you know I speak the truth.” Something was shifting. He could feel the Warp roiling around him, the daemons pressing in, the song itself beginning to change in anticipation for combat. Lorgar carefully pushed them back, straightening and regaining his composure. He would fight with his words, not his weapons. Not yet. 

“You speak without knowing any of what you are talking about. Your ignorance is astonishing. Your assumptions of the gods are what I would expect from someone who knows not of their true natures, and the way you so flagrantly assume that you know the gods better than even a mortal acolyte...” He rolled his eyes. “Your hypocrisy astounds me, how you can have the cognitive dissonance to still serve the Imperium and trying to fight for the common people yet fighting for the very systems that grind humanity and make their deaths worthless is something to confound even the greatest of thinkers. You’re akin to Corax in that sense.” The mention of the Ravenlord was acompanied by a snarl of disgust. 

“And your belief, you sure belief, that more than half of the Imperium would come for me, or anyone who just so happens to obliterate you and your Chapter... gods’ blood, I see why the Dark Prince likes you.” He let out a snort. “You most certainly would be an interesting Champion.”

[ @the-archpriest-and-the-outcast ] "You have demonstrated a considerable amount of strength, Darius." Lorgar regarded him with a piercing, appraising gaze. "The Warp's song sings of you, in a way it does not for many others."

“Should I be flattered or insulted?” Darius says as he whittles a stick.