#this happens repeatedly

[nightmareentertainment]

Nahhhhh because sometimes I be catching feelings that aren't romantic I just wanna be someone you value in a special way. Dawg I don't wanna kiss you can you explain this thing to me in detail in my dms and send me bad tiktoks. You can call me your boyfriend . I don't wanna fuck I wanna be special , you get me? AND NOT IN A JUST CLOSE FRIENDS WAY MAANNNN FUCK OFF MORE THAN THAT ITS SPECIAL

[scientistknife]

Started playing Baldurs Gate 3 with an idea of who I was going to romance and then Gale said the gayest thing I've ever heard and I went in my head "I can't not fuck him."

[saintofsacrilege]

i kinda hope kevjerejean goes canon in earlier drafts of the golden raven or the final jerejean book only for nora to scrap it later and just go with jerejean because that’ll mean kevin has been booted out of the protagonist’s throuple not once but twice 😭

[thedreadvampy]

Losing my shit about this article in which a transphobic Tory was so busy panicking about existing in the vicinity of a Trans that she almost certainly misheard "jeans" as "penis" and decided that not only was this a problem with the other woman, but also that the world must be informed of this pressing danger.

"a trans woman! I had to stand directly behind her....I thought, 'this is going well', I'm handling The Situation fine'..."

translated: I saw a tall woman with broad shoulders. How would I get out of this alive? I thought. she has a PENIS. PENIS PENIS PENIS. through some force of PENIS I mean will I managed to PENIS behave normally towards her. My hands were PENIS PENIS PENIS shaking as I tried to dry them. summoning up all my PENIS courage I said 'dryer's crap innit'. she turned to me and said " yeah I'm just goiPENIS PENIS PENIS"

It's been a week and I'm still shaking. This proves trans women are the problem and I'm not weird. I'm fine. It's fine. If you think about it I'm the hero hePENIS!!!!!

very this

[jomeimei421]

Even if TWSA had finished without the world ending, KDJ would have been okay

[a-very-tired-jew]

One of the common exchanges that we’ve all witnessed or been a part of is the general “the UN is antisemitic” discourse. Often we’ll point to the hypocrisy of the organization as a whole, its member states that commit arguable worse actions that Israel, the antisemitism of member nations, the double standards, and so much more.

A common argument is that the UN often employs established and well known antisemites in positions to “oversee” Israel. These persons barely hide their antisemitism behind professional jargon or obfuscations.

Of these persons one of the worst offenders is Francesca Albanese.

There is an ever growing pile of interactions, exchanges, actions, and writing that routinely show she is antisemitic.

I, unfortunately, got to witness this latest one, which is still up on Twitter.

Look at this interaction. Notice that Rene is stating "Jews are capable of eating human flesh" an age old antisemitic conspiracy that we've dealt with for centuries.

And what does Albanese do?

She doesn't refute it or call it out.

She says not to "attribute what Israel does to all Jewish people".

Meaning, "Israeli Jews are capable of eating human flesh, just not all Jews". Meaning, "If a Jew supports Israel they are capable of eating human flesh." Albanese is supporting this antisemitic rhetoric by basically implying anyone who is a "bad Jew" is subject to this hateful rhetoric. It once again shows that she is not, nor has ever been, an impartial observer as her position as UN Special Rapporteur dictates. She's been called out for her antisemitism and thinly veiled justification for it for years. This is just one more occurrence and shows that she either does not understand what her "correction" supports and justifies or she is willfully doing this type of stuff to signal to her followers and supporters what kind of hate can be thrown as Jews they label as "bad".

This latter position is the most likely because there's no way this has not been explained to her.

But like anything antisemitic with the UN, its personnel, and associated orgs, the well documented antisemitism is ignored and brushed under the rug and concerns ignored.

[worstwolverinesbf]

the batfam as things i and others have said pt 2

jason talking about his death: everyone has bad days, everyone gets blown up sometimes

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tim: dad, how old are you?

bruce: old enough

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dick: the moon is in a phase

tim: what is it, emo?

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jason talking about tims mental state: its being held together with zip ties and a dream

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steph when a bat appears: i hate when men do that… appear out of thin air

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bruce, deadpan: i was gonna say who has a mobile number (police number) but it’s the police

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tim talking about wifi: it keeps dropping out

jason: of high school?

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bruce: are you on something?

little dick: FREEDOM

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tim after scrolling on tumblr for too long: teenagers relate to murder

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dick after fighting slade too many times: he’s always down to kill kids and i respect that

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pt 1

[cybertron-smash-or-pass]

TF One Sentinel Prime

[heliomanteia]

I think Nico's ability to survive is less so about his will to live and more so about his refusal (less so personal and more so narrative-wise) to die. Nico, for the lack of a better word, is like a cockroach: you cannot kill him in a way that matters so he survives and keeps haunting the scene.

There was once a marvelous post on Nico's function as a narrative tool and it was so beautifully pointed out that he's a near-omniscient deus ex machina (to simplify) which cannot be overlooked when characterizing him. Nico carries so much narrative weight on his back (which arguably could be an example of either good or bad writing depending on your perspective) that he cannot just go and die.

His road towards healing (though definitely not walked alone/individually) is his own, that's his choice to make as a character, but his disposition as a guy that perseveres resides more within his function, in my opinion.

He's not the tragic prince doomed for self-destruction people often draw him out to be but his capacity for survival is also not a product of his continuous work as a character, at least not just that — but is rather a result of his narrative function. Simply saying, you cannot, narratively, kill off Nico di Angelo.

[aka-indulgence]

(TFP spoiler)

Me when they sent Soundwave into the shadowzone:

[unexpectedbrickattack]

"A Dad helping his kids beat a hard level in super mario land; 1990s"

Ref under the cut!

[ilk-insolence]

Raph Is A Great Strategist

Numerous times in the show Raph has shown to have a preference for straightforwardly punching his problems away rather than think up a more complex solution. Like how his immediate fix to getting Mayhem out of the mirror in Mystic Library was to punch everything in the bathroom but the mirror. However, when Raph understands the situation requires more in depth strategy, he’s shown to be an incredibly capable tactician.

(long post ahead!)

In nearly all the plot heavy episodes like Shadow of Evil, Many Unhappy Returns, and the season finales, Raph gets moments where he’s highlighted for his strategic thinking. In Insane in the Mama Train, he’s the one who figures out which eyeball-button goes to the front car with the dark armor, because “‘it was the only button [the Foot Clan] didn’t want me to press!’” [21:05]. He’s also the one who came up with the scheme to defeat all the (known) combatants in the train, with Leo specifically attributing Raph as the deviser during their mind meld [19:46]. In Many Unhappy Returns, after spending a single night waylaying the Shredder, Raph formulated a plan using all the tricks the team learned, seamlessly transitioning the mystic collar Leo acquired into it [19:53], to defeating the Shredder. Additionally, he’s repeatedly called for a retreat during fights, like in Shadow of Evil, Shreddy or Not (Finale pt 2), and the movie, when he can tactically recognize that a battle couldn’t be won. Each time, the show/movie implied that that was the right call, for the family to lose the fight but win the war.

And it’s not just that Raph is good at strategy when he’s pushed to be more serious; the show characterizes him as passionate about creating plans, he enjoys doing it. Literally in the first episode, Mystic Mayhem, after the turtles’ initial plan failed of getting Splinter out of the living room to touch his Do-Not-Touch Cabinet, Raph immediately started devising a new plan that involved “ten chickens [and] a gallon of rubber cement” [9:35]. It was convoluted, sure, and they didn’t end up using it, but it was inventive and the opposite of reluctant. This is also shown in Bug Busters, where Raph planned out dousing Mikey in honey to attract the oozequitoes [2:52]; Snow Day, with the idea to freeze Ghost Bear like in Jupiter Jim Pluto Vacation 4; and Raph’s Ride-Along (and also Bad Hair Day), where Mind Raph created multiple schemes to get the criminals arrested. The show wouldn’t have made Raph be so creative with his plans if they were trying to characterize him as someone who didn’t like strategizing.

So does why Raph do stupid shit sometimes where he doesn’t think things through at all? Well, even though Raph is good at strategy and enjoys doing it, it’s clear his immediate impulse is still “punch the problem in the face”. In fact, all the turtle boys contain the fascinating dichotomy of being incredibly smart in some areas, and the dumbest teenagers alive in others. Just look at Donnie. It’s also how Raph is a loving protective older brother, and the guy who shoved Leo into a wall so hard he disappeared in one frame for shits and giggles (The Mutant Menace x). None of this means that Raph is bad at strategy though.

tldr: Yeah, Raph has a lot of dumb and, frankly, insane moments in the show, but he’s still an incredible tactician who’s plans consistently saved his family and sometimes the world. He's a great strategist.

[prism-forgone]

okay there is something i need to talk about because i haven't seen much of this anywhere?

we know noelle and kris are childhood friends

we know that berdly attached himself to noelle and they are also friends (noelle mentions how he acts when there's no one else other than them)

and we know that kris and berdly at least hang out because checking him in his second battle tells us "he usually only gets this mad when you play games together"

so what i want to see is those three hanging out because i am of the opinion it would be absolutely hysterical

we have this little glimpse

and this is - i can't understate it - so funny. i think these idiots would for sure do this as an inside joke (my one lead is that noelle is often confused in battle and does stuff on accident - even in that battle she accidentally compliments berdly - but she has No Questions At All here as if this happened before)

so we have this insane dynamic of The Most Annoying Reddit Guy You'll Ever Meet, The Cryptid That Is Hellbent On Breaking That Guy's Sanity Through Whatever Means Necessary, and The Bystander Who Seems To Hold The Braincell (But Is Weird Enough That Internally She Finds All This Pretty Fucking Funny)

[dennisboobs]

7x10 // How Mac Got Fat

↳ Charlie & Dennis + getting high together

[qweerhet]

i loathe to use real-life individuals' trauma as fodder for anonymous philosophical musing on the internet, that said, it's essentially impossible to avoid in-depth discussion of this online right now, so i feel less personally responsible than i would normally with this kind of thing.

the gaiman situation is, imho, an unfortunately strong illustrative example of what i mean when i talk about how our current discourse on gender relations often obscures relationships to power and control; so much of the discussion around it actively obscures palmer's role in grooming, sexually abusing, and gaslighting victims, right down to how her role was framed in the recent article itself, right down to feminist discourses carefully excising mention of her actions whatsoever. the article itself engages in a sort of apologia for intentional systems of grooming palmer constructed (that network of "friends and fans" without distinction between the two categories is one that's been discussed in the goth & adjacent scene for decades now, one that scene plebeians with support systems have known to stay away from because it is blatantly predatory, and it is specifically built around palmer herself and her art); the article presents palmer's sexual conquests and violations as a gentler, softer contrast to gaiman's correctly-identified brutal violence, it softens the narrative with anecdotes about her concern for her son and her image as an avowed feminist and activist on the topic of misogynistic sexual violence. and i have already been seeing public discourses reproducing that exact same apologia in even more overt forms over the last twenty-four hours; framing this entire discussion through the lens of rich and powerful men, and carefully excising the fact that palmer is not only complicit, but an active participant, because that isn't politically convenient.

[sunanthrope]

pov you toss a chicken bone over the hill because you dont want me to have it because i'm stupid and will choke on it. i dig underneath the fence and go get the bone. you sit down to watch some TV and i proudly walk in with the Forbidden Chicken Bone in my maw. you sigh heavily.