#then theres this bullshit

[rawstrap]

I've seen people say terf rhetoric is any hatred of men and I've seen people say terf rhetoric is anything transphobic said by anyone. the refusal to actually engage with the reality that terfism is primarily focused on oppressing trans women is in itself a form of transmisogyny. yes they hate all trans people, but it is quite easy to see who they primarily target with their words, actions and policies, you just don't want to care about trans women. claiming someone is a man hater doesn't mean you get to call them a terf or a radfem, thats an obvious, willfull dilution and denial of what terfs are.

[skeleton-squid-b0y]

ever think about twelve being so sick of losing people, especially losing people because of their belief in him as a hero, like amy. so he strips off that mask and shows how cold and calculating he is willing to be with lives and he chooses a face that shows his age and stops hiding his danger behind a charming smile or a bow tie. he does it as a kindness, so Clara knows what she's getting into. and she does. and she gets into it anyway. and it makes him even more desperate not to lose her. so he breaks all of his own rules, everything he stood for because just once he didn't want to have to lose someone. he went to the end of space and time the long way round, he beat death and he betrayed the home he spent his life searching for to try save her. for once he chose what he wanted, her, over the universe.

and after all that, all he managed to do was make it so she lost him instead.

[heuldoch7b]

cephalophore eidolon shenanigans

[dakotac0le]

god the thing is. even if i dont even care abt 'going nonverbal' , even if i find the discussion about it nonproductive and annoying , even if i think it takes up WAY to much space in nonverbal nonspeaking communities , and is just stupid whatever terminology discourse. it literally doesnt matter. "nonverbal" as a word has been taken and twisted so much by speaking people that it literally doesnt matter if im exhausted by stupid terminology debates . cause the impact of it is always there ! ! ! !! i cant talk about my experiences without 700 speaking people taking my thoughts and words and making it about them. i cant use the label nonverbal without the disclaimer that i mean !! ALWAYS ! FULLY !! and its frustrating because there ARE similarities between speech loss and being nonverbal, there ARE similarities between being semiverbal and nonverbal and etc etc. and i WANT to be able to celebrate the commonalities and solidarity and everything !! but its so frustrating trying to talk about very specific parts of my identity !! who i am !! my life !! and always having to over explain and justify and im just very tired of online disabled spaces its so disheartening and frustrating

[glassesweirdo]

Imagine you are just a person who lives in piltover. The hamster dude that's been around for actually ever gets voted off the council, strange decision, but you have a life to live and it's not like you're petitioning to get the hamster back, you're more worried about the actual war brewing between the undercity (or you guess zaun now??? Someone in the market said that's what it is now) and piltover. And it been a bit since the lorax got removed, things are tense and enforcers are becoming even more dickish, and you're pretty sure a noxian war ship pulled up in the harbor at some point this month (but it's like a family visit maybe? you know councilor merdarda is noxian). It's night time, and ur sitting in ur living room wondering if you should contact ur family in demacia to see if they have an open room, when all of a sudden there the loudest boom ever and a bright ass flash of light comes in through your window, and you hear ur neighbor yell "DID THAT JUST HIT THE COUNCIL!?!" And you know he knows bc he's nosy and always looks at shit with binoculars. Other people are screaming, and you're like 90% sure you just witnessed piltovers 9/11, and you stand outside for like 30 minutes just starring at the destruction bc you live like 2 blocks from it, and then councilor talis?? Is running past you??? holding what definitely looks like a two week old corpse?????? Its fucking half purple??????????? And you start really pondering why you moved here in the first place, bc being close to the academy is not nearly fucking worth everything that has happened in the last 40 minutes, let's hope ur aunt has space in the country side.

[polkasharks]

I was giggljng like a fucking madman nearly the entire time I drew the O’Malley one that’s pretty ironic huh. This is the type shit I spend my time on

[demadogs]

some of you need to hate ai way more than you currently do

[s0fter-sin]

one of my favourite aspects of supernatural that you very rarely see in paranormal shows is that sam and dean are already versed in the world they live in. there’s no sudden discovery of ghosts and demons and now they have to learn about them along with the audience; they are born into it and already know all about it. it allows the audience to follow their personal story instead of also trying to figure out this new world and its rules

the first season is full of knowledge we never see them learn; “w*ndigoes are in the minnesota woods or- or northern michigan. i’ve never even heard of one this far west.” […] “great. well then this [his gun] is useless.” (1x02), “you don’t break a curse. you get the hell out of its way.” (1x08), d: “it’s a god. a pagan god, anyway.” […] “the annual cycle of its killings? and the fact that the victims are always a man and a woman. like some kind of fertility right.” […] s: “the last meal. given to sacrificial victims. d: “yeah, i’m thinking a ritual sacrifice to appease some pagan god.” (1x11)

almost every episode in the first season is a monster they’ve faced before that they then explain to the audience in a way that should feel patronising; like it’s the same speech given over and over again but instead, the audience almost feels included in the knowledge. it’s stated with such an innate confidence and comfort in said knowledge that it feels like we already knew it too; “spirits and demons don't have to unlock doors. if they want inside, they just go through the walls.” […] “the claws, the speed that it moves; could be a skinwalker, maybe a black dog.” (1x02), “it's biblical numerology. you know noah's ark, it rained for forty days. the number means death.” (1x04), “no no no, not the reaper, a reaper. there's reaper lore in pretty much every culture on earth, it goes by 100 different names.” […] “you said it yourself that the clock stopped, right? reapers stop time. and you can only see 'em when they're coming at you which is why i could see it and you couldn't.” (1x12)

they already know and, at least in the first season, already have what they need to kill whatever they’re hunting; already know to salt and burn bones for spirits, fire for a w*ndigo, exorcisms for demons, a silver bullet to the heart for shapeshifters. there’s only three times in the entire first season that they run into something new to them; 1x14 when sam gets his first vision that leads him to another psychic, 1x16 when dean calls caleb for help on the sigil he put together and he tells him about daevas, and 1x20 when they find out vampires are real- and they only don’t know that bc john thought they were hunted to extinction and not worth mentioning

(there’s also technically two half instances if you count one of them knowing something the other doesn’t - sam figuring out the tulpa in 1x17 and dean already knowing about the shtriga in 1x18 - but those still rely on sam and dean having prior knowledge)

even when they’re uncertain about facing something, it’s not bc they don’t know what it is; it’s precisely bc they know what it is and acknowledge that it’ll be a difficult hunt (“i don't know, man. this isn't our normal gig. i mean, demons, they don't want anything, just death and destruction for its own sake. this is big. and i wish dad was here.” 1x04)

so much of the tension in paranormal shows typically comes from the main character(s) not knowing what is happening to them/the people around them and having to find out how to resolve it. supernatural is unique in that it operates more like a police procedural. the tension comes from solving the clues and identifying patterns to figure out who (what) the killer is and intercepting before they can take another victim

it’s such a different tone to go for when compared to other shows that came both before, during, and after its run. it sets sam and dean on even footing with each other since they both have the same knowledge going in, and it puts them in a place of authority usually reserved for an outside character

the shows i compare spn to most is charmed, buffy and teen wolf; every main character in those shows are brought into the paranormal world knowing nothing, putting them on the same level as the audience, and they have their mc interact with others already knowledgeable about that world in order to overcome their problem/monster of the week. the audience organically learns about this new world as the characters learn about it. it’s a sound writing strategy that prevents “as we already know”-style exposition but something that complicates it is if your world building isn’t unique or intriguing enough, this slow introduction can become boring

we’ve seen shows like these before; sitting through the same tropes of characters learning to use their powers, struggling with no longer feeling normal/relating to the regular world around them, and not knowing how much they can trust the people already involved in this new world gets repetitive. all three shows eventually reach the same level of comfort with their new world that spn starts with but if the characters aren’t enough to draw you in, you can end up dropping it before they reach that point (and often, before the overarching plot can really kick in and evolve the show beyond the villain of the week format)

it’s the superhero origin movie in tv format; dragged out and overplayed. dropping the audience into an established world of course comes with its own problems but you also have the benefit of pre-existing established character dynamics that let the audience slot in like they’ve always been there instead of just getting to know all the characters while the characters also get to know each other

sam and dean already knowing about the supernatural lets the audience immediately get to the core of the story; the conflict between sam and dean, the search for their father, and the mystery of what killed their mother

[laswells-ashtray]

There's a storm, in Nikolai's professional opinion he'd say a pretty fucking bad one. Lampposts are waving in the wind, synchronised in their dance. Rain hits the windows with the symphony of a thousand bullets. Pets are kept inside.

Doctor's offices send our warnings, phone call appointments only. They can't risk people heading out in the weather. Schools, colleges, and universities all tell their students to take the day off. No education is worth the risk. Stores close, as do restaurants for no one bats an eye.

And in the midst of all of it, he catches John, looking between the carton of cigs in his hand and the window. Gauging the risk.

It takes little effort to grab the man and throw him over his shoulder. He has to fight to keep from dropping him as John squirms and fights in his grip.

It's like wrangling a spooked horse. Only the horse is a captain who views his livelihood at the cost of a cigarette.

Dragging him into their bedroom is a challenge as John reaches out, bracketing his form with hands clutched on either side of the doorway.

Maybe Nikolai would apologise for sinking his teeth into John's ribs later on, but why should he be compared to a bear and face punishment for claiming his prey in his ravenous maw.

Throwing the captain down on the bed is purely for his own amusement, sprawling across him and anchoring him to the bed is for John's safety and his own piece of mind.

"Get off me, you bloody muppet."

"I can get you off, but I won't get off of you."

He has spent years silencing John Price and his confident claims backed by his penchant for danger, he won't stop now.

[opal-owl-flight]

Some au stuff... mostly an exploration of 3s character -- what if they were born in a more loving family?

Theyre more happy and mentally stable (relatively), thats for sure.

The au has them being born as a sibling to @pastille-pain's version of Agent 3/Cap3, raised with love and care. They have a good childhood until their sibling has their Canon Event wjdjej

And then they are a little (turning big) thing that is so full of anger towards the world. Unlike main interp 3, they do not blame themself for the bad things that happen to them outside of their control. They are also way more proactive about living a good life that they want. No wallowing in self-pity. This squid wants to fight. And thats why their colors become a very angry orange.

The au mostly explores the sibling dynamic between the two 3s, how they were once so close, grew apart (due to the Incident), my 3s desire to protect and reconnect with their sibling, and eventual reunion in Splat3. They become Neo3 instead of the original. Compared to main interp, this one has less blood on their hands. But has the fury to match.

What keeps them as an interp of my 3 is this...desire of theirs to protect others to the point of self-destruction. This eternal vigilance, this desire to make the world a better place, their own dreams be damned. This version of them knows how to balance these desires relative to how main3 does it (they dont). Still, just changing one part of their backstory has already shifted them a LOT huh

[skin-slave]

I wanna say something and all I ask is that you read the whole thing before burning me at the stake.

There are always horrible things happening. There are always ppl who are suffering and dying. There are always corrupt politicians. There are always human rights violations. There are always tragedies. There is always misinformation and exploitation. War is always looming on the horizon or busting in the back gate. The world is always fucked up.

That fact does not mean that the lives affected matter any less than our own. It does not mean that we don't do what we can to help. It does mean that we cannot afford to put our lives on hold while a horrible thing consumes us.

I'm sure that, if your parent/sibling/partner/best friend had a medical emergency, you would gladly do whatever you needed to do to be there. I'm sure that you would sacrifice sleep, skip meals, call in to work, and be by their side until they were stable. You can afford to do that when those emergencies are infrequent and relatively brief.

You cannot do that with the world's emergencies. They are not infrequent. They are not relatively brief. You have to sleep, eat and shower. You have to pay your bills. You have to survive.

Daily life goes on.

It feels unjust. Of course it does. How can you possibly go about the mundane like nothing's going on? You Don't. You go about the mundane like there are horrible things happening. You make the adjustments you can sustain without sacrificing your well-being. You make drastic changes for as long as you can, when you simply can't take it anymore, and then you step back, take a breath, and go grocery shopping. You have to. If you don't, you won't survive the horrible thing.

No one who is going thru a horrible thing wants you to self-destruct. There's so much good you can do over the course of your life if you maintain that life. Adding your name to the list of casualties will prevent all of that good from happening. You have to survive.

And that includes the things that seem optional, bc those things aren't actually optional at all. You need to laugh. You need to watch movies and love your pets and go for walks. You need food that tastes good and clothes that make you feel confident. You need that show you'll regret not seeing. You need to get takeout and take naps. You need to have the weight lifted frequently, so you can heal the parts of you that get worn.

If you aren't living as well as you can, while making adjustments you can afford to make, you will not survive.

Please survive.

[astranauticus]

we're so back [x]

[nintendont2502]

yeah. yeah

[brotherconstant]

FOUNDATION | 2x05 | The Sighted and The Seen Welcome, Hari Seldon, Gaal Dornick and Salvor Hardin of Terminus. You are our guests.

[xxplastic-cubexx]

adding 'tentacles are in the walls' to my list of vague x mansion facts

(X-Men #25)

[whollyjoly]

hot in the day, hot in the night, hot as the coal coming to tread, light on your bed, here we go oh, listen whistle roll (baby the, the sun is getting low)

the bucktommy cowboy au nobody asked for part two (part one) (part three)

(song insp.)