#this fucking text cap

[hurristuff]

For this Disability Pride Month, I saw a post that was shittybad and it made me angry. So have this

[glittergroovy]

[chitinleg]

got him off-balance!

[ninacarstairss]

i can’t believe that no one prepared me for the amount of gay text — nothing sub about it but elphaba in that bed dommed by glinda — in this movie. like glinda and elphie longingly staring at each other on a bed, glinda and elphaba laying awake thinking about each other, glinda brushing that tear off elphaba’s cheek while they danced, the constant hand holding and touching. and then on top of this, fiyero comes in and winks once and my bi ass really cannot take all of this

[demigods-posts]

strongly dislike athena. because how are you gonna construct a daughter. someone who seemingly perfect. so perfect that they don't wound your pride. but refuse to acknowledge her existence for years. and then give her a crumb of a mother's approval. only to disown her like a year later. and then send her on a quest that no child of your has ever come back from. so much for the goddess of wisdom.

[jonsnowunemploymentera]

I’d honestly rather not talk about this topic because of the fandom toxicity that always surrounds it, but I think one of the more…should I say….interesting things to witness post HOTD has been the way fandom treats Jon Snow’s relationship with House Targaryen, and the effect that has on how they perceive his role in the larger (unfinished) narrative. Jon’s association with the Targs is more implied in the books because his parentage has not been revealed yet. But when you read the many companion stories released over the years like the Dunk and Egg novellas, The Rogue Prince, and Fire and Blood, you realize how much of House Targaryen is built around having Jon Snow as a foundation. I’m talking entire characters being Jon Snow clones or being created as a tiny hint-hint, nudge-nudge for ‘Jon the hidden Targaryen prince’. Sometimes, multiple characters within a certain period have elements of Jon; e.g., Jace, Addam, and Alyn Velaryon all being Jon Snow clones to varying degrees.

Jon was one of the very first characters ever created in this story many, many years ago. The first scene GRRM envisioned, of a family finding direwolf pups in the snow, gave birth to two characters who would be central to the entire series’ resolution: Jon and Bran. Then you read GRRM’s leaked outline and though he has since denounced it, it still says something important: Jon was always meant to be a secret royal prince. We can comfortably assume that he was created before most of the world’s history was set in stone. So when GRRM is building upon House Targaryen, which has thus far occupied the vast majority of the supplementary material, he injects elements of Jon into those characters. For example, Egg from D&E is very similar to Jon Snow personality wise. Bloodraven, who is from the same era and even has a role as Bran’s mentor in the main narrative, is created as foreshadowing for Jon Snow. Baelor Breakspear, also in these novellas, is how GRRM shows that Targaryen princes don’t always have the typical Valyrian look. Baelor favored his mother, as does Jon. Beyond just those novellas, he exists to inform on Jon, not just in look but in character too. Sometimes, Targaryen history is written to inform more tangentially on Jon’s own origins. Case in point, Prince Duncan and Jenny of Oldstones as parallels for Rhaegar and Lyanna.

Then we get to Fire and Blood which focuses so wholly on House Targaryen. And what I find interesting, and then frustrating at times, is how HOTD has morphed how we discuss this book. Because outside of HOTD, it’s easy to see how GRRM builds on Targaryen history with Jon in mind. And then we have the Dance of the Dragons. And this is where HOTD fucks up beyond measure. A lot of characters who existed during the Dance inform on Jon and his potential future. I’ve already mentioned the two Velaryon brothers, but I want to zero in on Jace because as one of the key players during this conflict, he is one of the most important ways in which GRRM links these historical characters to the (currently ongoing) main narrative. Jace is pretty much “Jon Snow if his Targaryen parent was actually the woman and he was raised as a prince”. He is so very similar to Jon in character, almost to the point of being an outright clone. And this important because one of his greatest accomplishments during the Dance was his alliance with Winterfell’s lord, Cregan Stark. This birthed the Pact of Ice and Fire, a union between the two most powerful and important families in the meta-narrative. This union went unfulfilled in Jace’s and Cregan’s lifetimes…..but Rhaegar and Lyanna flipped it over its head. Originally meant to be a union between a Stark lord and Targaryen princess whose children would have direct claim to Winterfell, the actual fulfillment of this Pact was that a Targaryen prince sired a son by a Stark lady. The result of this union, Jon, now has claim to both families’ legacies: Winterfell and the Iron Throne. Through the Pact of Ice and Fire, Jon Snow becomes one of the most important and most direct cases of narrative continuity between the current era and Targaryen history. The Dance of the Dragons unknowingly gives birth to Jon Snow.

What HOTD does is to entirely erase one of the most direct consequences of the Dance from its narrative. The show makes no meaningful reference to Jon, or the Pact, even though the author of the source material was careful in laying out just how important Jon is to the central narrative. What’s frustrating is how then they spend a lot of time talking about the prince that was promised whose song is the song of ice and fire. But then they erase Jon, the result of the pact of ice and fire, from the narrative. The worst thing about this is that HOTD has taken such a large space in fandom discussion, such that people use events from the show to inform how they engage with the written text. For all intents and purposes these have been two different narratives, but now I have to read the worst blood-supremacist takes about Jon; which is incredibly ironic given the subject matter.

I often see people celebrate that HOTD doesn’t talk about Jon, which has been a pretty big clue on either one of two things:

Many people who engage in fandom discussion post HOTD don’t actually engage with the text in its entirety. They’ve either never read the books and have only consumed them based on their online fandom bubbles, or what they have read is severely limited in scope.

Some of those who have read these books don’t like ASOIAF for what it is. They like it for what it should be for their headcannons and character-limited perceptions. Thats why they like it when certain sections of the text are outright ignored, because it’s better for their headcannons that way.

Beyond wanting new material, one of the worst consequences of these books going unfinished for me is that large sections of this fandom will be primed to ignoring one of the central characters, because all the material that’s been released outside of the published material has greatly mischaracterized the text itself. We’re now relegated to unhelpful (sometimes idiotic) arguments such as “HOTD says so, so it must be true in the books”. HOTD is taking creative liberties, and we should respect that. And we should also acknowledge that some part of HOTD is continued from Game of Thrones, which didn’t do a very good job of adapting ASOIAF or its characters in the first place. Cutting out the Pact of Ice and Fire (as far as we know) is one of the worst narrative changes made by the HOTD show runners in terms of establishing common context with the story many viewers are already aware of. And it sucks that with that show’s massive popularity, future ASOIAF adaptations will follow suit in completely disregarding important elements of the overall narrative. But hey, at least dragons look good.

[embroid-away]

What If: Captain America Were Revived Today? #44 (April 1983) by Peter B. Gillis and Sal Buscema; Original Image by John Romita Sr.

In this What If? Marvel tale, Captain America is unfrozen in 1983 rather than the 1960s. Without the leadership of Steve Rogers, The Avengers disband. Meanwhile, a Captain America imposter, who calls himself a "real American," has decided to use his newfound influential media status to publicly support a National Identity Card to "deal with illegal aliens,” to suggest that members of civil rights groups "ought to think seriously as to whether or not their actions contribute to the strengthening of communist enemies," and declare that if those groups tear the country apart with protests, martial law is justified "for the peace to find a solution.”

Neighborhoods with large black populations (e.g., Harlem) are walled off and forced into poverty, and one character even mentions that Jewish people are being “put back into camps.” The right-wing politicians make sure that things like this aren’t shown on television, keeping the majority of the American public ignorant of the horrors committed with their indifferent support. The public are simultaneously told that with some sacrifices, America can be free once again. The fake Captain America confronts a group of peaceful protestors, and he is shot by a sniper (in what reads like an inside job), allowing the police to have “reason” to attack the protestors. The imposter does not die and instead uses the attack to provide more reason for the violent crackdown against protesting groups.

When the true Captain America is unfrozen, he is horrified to see what America has become, especially with his emblem stamped all over it. He immediately seeks out the resistance forces (who clearly represent the Black Panther Party) and joins their cause, stating that "the wrongs [he's] seen will take much more than one man to right -- but [he's] got a name to clear, a costume to unsoil-- and a country to die for!!"

By the time Steve joins them, the resistance only has one chance left to stop the American downfall: a political convention where the "America First" party will be able to secure its support to sweep the national elections and allow them "to return America to the pure and great nation [the] forefathers envisioned."

The resistance strikes just as the convention begins. The Captain America imposter is no match in a fight against the true Captain America -- especially against a Steve Rogers who's fucking pissed. ("Get up so I can knock you down!!")

With the imposter knocked unconscious, Captain America addresses the convention crowd, warning that an America that does not represent all its people does not deserve to exist at all; that liberty can be "as easily snuffed out [in America] as in Nazi Germany" and "as a people, we are no different from them."

The crowd realizes that the man speaking before them is the true Captain America and cheers. Captain America holds his hand up and silences them, stating that he will not allow them the chance to simply replace one idol with another. He alone can’t undo the horrible damage, and he pleads that there’s still a chance for the people to “find America once again.”

Fascism doesn’t change its tune, just its singers.

A 2021 Marvel Trumps Hate ( @marveltrumpshate ) commission, completed on 22-count aida cloth with embroidery floss and watercolors on a 9" diameter bamboo hoop.

[ren-054]

Every day I’ll be so loudly aromantic, like I don’t even give a shit

I don’t see anyone in my circles who can do the job for me so I gotta do it, that’s the rule

ROMANCE LITERALLY DOESNT MATTER IF YOU DONT WANT IT TO BABEY!!! AND DONT LET ANYONE TRY TO TELL YOU OTHERWISE!! FUCK AMATONORMATIVITY AND FEEL WHATEVER YOU WANT TO FEEL FOREVER!! EVEN IF ITS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING AT ALL, THATS YOUR BUSINESS AND NO ONE HAS THE AUTHORITY TO TELL YOU HOW TO EXPERIENCE THIS LIFE 💥💥💥💥

NOW GOOD NIGHT!!!

[chelledoggo]

i am so mad i am so scared i am having a panic attack seriously i am at my FUCKING limit.

so you may recall the post i made about my stalker, ArMartz.

well SOMEHOW he's tracked me down to the Progressive/Queer-Affirming Christian Discord server/online church I'm in and joined days ago, and i'm just now noticing it. i have mod privileges there so i blocked him but... i feel so fucking violated.

like seriously i'm not even exaggerating.

this was supposed to be my safe space. my place of emotional and spiritual healing.

and he's thoughtlessly, carelessly, SELFISHLY infiltrated it. as if i'm not even a fucking human being to him.

i'm so fucking upset right now. like i'm gonna be sick.

there's no fucking STOPPING him.

i can't ESCAPE him.

i wouldn't put it past him to find out where i live and drive to my house and try to do something horrific to me.

ARMARTZ.

LEAVE ME THE FUCK ALONE.

I DO NOT LIKE YOU.

AT ALL.

NOT EVEN A LITTLE BIT.

I WILL NEVER BE YOUR FRIEND.

I WILL NEVER WELCOME YOU BACK INTO MY LIFE.

EVER.

YOU ARE HURTING ME.

YOU ARE A SELFISH, HEARTLESS, PSYCHOTIC FUCKING PRICK.

YOU DON'T CARE ABOUT ME.

YOU ONLY CARE ABOUT YOURSELF.

I DON'T CARE IF YOU HATE ME FOR THIS.

I DON'T CARE IF I HURT YOUR LITTLE FEE-FEES.

I DON'T CARE ABOUT YOU.

FUCK.

OFF.

[bottlehawk]

the best thing about going through old posts from 2012 is remembering how people on tumblr and the internet in general back then spoke EVERY other WORD in CAPS LOCK while reacting to things they vaguely liked as if oh my god. OH MY GOD. IT WAS THE GREATEST THING EVER!!!!! while PUNCTUATING THEIR SENTENCES with EXCLAMATIONS!!! but never splitting apart sentences word by word with them as we do more often now and instead

using

the

enter

key

vigorously

for emphasis so that you end up reading everything very dramatically with lots of PAUSES and changes in caaaaaaadence~ and an. ti. ci. PATION!!!

with quirky visual references to accompany this fanciful theater kid julliard applicant text. 2012 was the year of the theater kids and everyone including the theater kids knew it. and nowadays online we're all just lowercase derailing train of thought no punctuation no excitement just mumbling quietly to ourselves snarky hipsters and even when we get exCITED@!!! like this it's intentionally bungled so it's less of you being genuinely enthusiastic and more of you putting on a voice so that you can have the copout of being satirical about being enthusiastic. and this is due to the post-2015 mass surgence of dave strider influenced transmascs being released to mingle with the rest of society coinciding with the great cringe culture epidemic of the mid-2010s. in this essay i will

[palmtreepwr]

Hsr the only fandom that someone can say a very clear cut joke about Sunday wanting people to convert to Christianity/Catholicism and someone can say "Actually. Sunday made me hate this religion even more. This is very weird thing to say. Not funny at all. You are extremely strange. Sunday is not real" Like oh my god no way?? This is breaking news?? Should we contact friends and family?? Should we personally tell Pope Francis

[tanjir0se]

RIP Kyojuro Rengoku you would have loved emojis

[brainrotcharacters]

notice how as soon as Logan saw Wade wasn't gonna let up on the "I need you" bullshit, Logan started to self-sabotage?

[kirby-rarepair-tourney]

FINAL ROUND!!!!

THE FINALE!!!

WHO WILL TAKE THE RAREPAIR CROWN?

THE MAGITEK HENCHMEN TURNED STAR ALLIES, TARANSUSIE!

OR

THE BLOOD RED SWORDFIGHTERS WITH A HOT STREAK, DAMETABERGE!

WHICH OF THESE SHIPS IS THE ULTIMATE RAREPAIR?

VOTE!!!

Now, at this point, we should all be familiar with the "propaganda" offered, so I won't relay it all here. HOWEVER! I implore you all to drop your own propaganda in the notes for me to gather!

AND NOW.. THE VOTE!

[tuituipupu]

reading through emails i sent as a 13 year old dealt psychic damage

[king-midas-fortnite]

Journal Entry: New Beginnings

We've made it to a new island. A new chapter.

Another eventful night, another rift, and another island.

A few had been on my Yacht once again during the change. My crew naturally, along with Jules, Wade, a couple recent acquaintences, and Valeria. She had to leave the apartment I had only just gifted to her. Unfortunate, and I'm sure not pleasant for her either, but I'm not in the least bit disappointed to have her back on board. It's probably selfish of me to feel grateful for her consistent presence in the wake of yet another massive change that scrambles all of our lives. However, selfishness is one of my known traits. And Valeria provides me a peace I have felt so rarely in my life.

Perhaps on this new island, I won't make the same mistake of getting her a gift that Tina, Wade, Perceus, and just about everyone other than myself could see as me saying, "please give me space." (Insert a sigh here.)

I like to think of myself as an intelligent man. Evidently, there are still areas that need work. Work I am willing to put in. For her.

Anyway, it seems Jones and his "reality warrior" group managed their own safe passage through the rift. This might sound strange for me to say, but I am pleased to feel relieved. He and I are by no means friends, but we are not enemies. As well...he was right, after all. I had originally wanted to try and stop the altered version of my device from activating. I'd wanted to prevent another disaster like the one that lead to my death as the leading side affect to my failure. However, it was Jones who'd convinced me that it needed to happen. It was his belief that it's activation would put us all back on the correct path. Or at least, whatever path the Zero Point deemed correct. He was right, and here we find ourselves in a new place.

I heard the merit in what he said to me then. However, rather than directly help in the efforts of him and his team, I decided to "aid" them by simply not interfering. Aside from my usual sleuthing around to keep myself in the loop (haha), I stayed out of things. I could not bring myself to have a hand in causing the same event once more. Regardless, I am glad he, Evie and their group were able to make it over safely.

I haven't a clue if Kado made it through. I'm sure he managed, cockroach that he is. I do not know where he is, and I don't care for that. His unpredictable behavior was bad enough when I knew where it was coming from. I'll find out what little cave he's made for himself here soon enough. If I don't, I'm certain Valeria will. Whether or not she'll tell me is another question, but we'll cross that bridge when we come to it. As well, I will try and breach the topic of his incredibly suspicious actions once again whilest I continue to try and get to the bottom of it.

All of that aside; This new island is beautiful. I'll keep from getting too comfortable for now, given the frequent upheavals of my reality this last year, but I do admit that it's pleasant. I have not decided where we'll be docking the yacht long term (maybe hopeful to believe there will be a 'long term'). A bit more observation of this place is necessary, I think. A meeting with Empress Mizuki as well couldn't hurt, if she'll see me. I'll reach out to her soon.

That's all for now. Here's hoping that things settle for a little while. Not something I like to admit even in a private journal, but I'm starting to feel my years after escaping death, fighting with gods, skirting dangerous wastelanders, battling self-proclaimed bringers of Doom, defeating a devil, revisiting old memories, and being thrown about different realms.