#this is a conversation about history

[inkskinned]

it is genuinely and truly terrifying to watch trump and his apostles create a crisis and then "resolve" the crisis.

it is terrifying to watch right-wing media first say they love the tariffs, that "america is finally first again," that we don't need to be in a global economy. but then trump changes his mind. the media, in the next day or even hour - suddenly admits that the market was crashing, that we were in serious economic danger. but no worries because trump has saved us all! he's brought us back from the brink and stocks skyrocketed, something biden never did! trump's a hero! he loves us! he saved america!

i hate that the word "fascist" doesn't even seem to alarm them anymore. i hate that they treat it as a joke. i hate that others lift their noses and say triggered, libs? while lives fall apart. this is a man who has a religion behind him. this is a god-king. this is a man who has warped the soul of america, and they treat him as if he's just a goofy genius with a heart of gold.

within one hour of the tarriffs being announced, i already saw a commenter on instagram saying this is how we know he's playing chess, not checkers. but all the libs already sold their stocks, and i'm sat here laughing. i had to close my eyes.

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

I'm not going back to Gusu with you.

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[capripatch]

break from zs week to draw them..,,..,,

[reality-detective]

Less than a month after JFK’s assassination, Lyndon Johnson made a strange phone call to Jackie Kennedy—supposedly to console her.

In the recorded conversation, he tells the grieving widow that he wants to visit her and "spank her" around Christmas.

Jackie casually mentions taking “vitamin B shots”—code for the medical-grade methamphetamine that both she and JFK were reportedly addicted to. 🤔

[stagefoureddiediaz]

Eddie being shown hugging Ravi rather than buck in this scene has me up in my feels actually.

Especially in combination with the conversation about Eddie being in the army and having been to a lot of funerals like this.

Because Ravi is a physical embodiment of bucks abandonment issues and Buck is watching on when the hug happens but not when the army stuff is talked about and that’s significant. It’s Eddie embracing bucks fear of abandonment when he’s feeling abandoned by his pseudo father and trying to live up to his last words - that the others are going to need him. So Eddie embracing Ravi is Eddie embracing Buck - having bucks back as he always has done and which we get a further representation of when they are carrying the coffin.

[avnasace]

thinking about tommy who felt like he should've had a fresh start once gerrard was gone, but leaving anyway because maybe he couldnt shake gerrard's influence out of the walls of the station even when he was no longer there, or never feeling like he could reinvent himself into the person he wanted to be around the people he hurt.

and buck, who doesnt feel like the station will ever be the same without bobby, wanting to uphold traditions he started that the others find too painful, and always feeling like the shadow of buck 1.0, 2.0, 3.0 follow him around and stop the family he chose from seeing who he's really become. maybe choosing to leave to get out from under that shadow and reinvent himself.

[vigilskept]

Throwing my hat into the elves and culture discussion, I think one of the things that I find most... upsetting is _what_ Bioware took from Judaism to make their elves. Which is to say, not a lot. What they took was Jewish history - ghettos, diaspora, and blood libel. The bad parts. Stuff about our oppression. Not stuff from Judaism as a religion or Jews as a culture. We don't get to see elves celebrate any cognates to Jewish holidays. There's no equivalent of kashrut or Yiddish or Ladino (despite that not making sense with the Dales being around for four centuries). The two most defining features of Dragon Age elves, the vallaslin and the Evanuris, directly contradict Jewish teachings. Jews started writing down our history and laws as soon as we lost our homeland and independence to Babylon, but it's written into the fabric of Dragon Age that the elves didn't, and their story is one of obtaining a lost past, not preserving a remembered one. It's even indicated that the city elves largely worship the Maker.

In thoughtful hands this could be a story about how Jews are seen as a religion when it's convenient to oppress us one way and a race when it's convenient to oppress us another, but it's not. Instead the impression I am left with is that in the mind of Dragon Age, Jews are defined solely by our oppression.

thank you for sharing!!!!

this came up earlier when an anon asked about making an elven oc from a (marginalised) cultural context they themselves aren’t from and i think it always comes down to a question of whether oppression and suffering are the only things you’re interested in or whether you care enough to learn about community, family and joy. and bioware seems to fail to clear this bar every time it comes to the elves.

i truly think some of the most incredible work in this fandom has come from fans putting those things back into the setting.

[3-aem]

thinking about touch starved touch sensitive gojo again. Absolutely desperate for even the most grazing touches from getou and yet overwhelmed by it all.

[veerbles]

I know it's certainly been said before, but I just know in my heart of hearts that ronan (impulsive, romantic, religious, all or nothing) woke up with a ring in his palms the morning after he and adam kissed for the first time. and then he probably didn't dream for a while, after his mom and gansey and cabeswater and noah - but once he started again and also started sharing a bed with adam I just know that he dreamt rings again, and I just know at some point adam caught onto it, and I just know adam (practical, logical, love-skeptic, took a year to consider his feelings before making a move) freaked the fuck out. and I think that's hilarious.

[annikathewitch]

Upsides to making Garak and Bashir talking about Frankenstein a loadbearing part of my Garashir fanfic: Thematic relevancy, angst potential

Downsides to making Garak and Bashir talking about Frankenstein a loadbearing part of my Garashir fanfic: I have to actually write Garak and Bashir talking about Frankenstein

[blazing-arsonist]

I don’t think I ever posted these here???? Eh here ya go

[marzipanandminutiae]

I watch a fun IG reel of a maid getting dressed in 1790 vs. 1890. it's great! both maids are in practical, period-typical outfits with a few simple aesthetic touches because Humans Like Looking Good regardless of social class. you can tell they are maids because they put clearly functional aprons on, and the 1890s one is wearing a uniform-style cap. also the caption says they are. love it

I scroll down

the top comment: "but what did POOR women wear? you only ever show rich people's clothes!"

[curlyboys]

AU where s7!tommy is still closeted (he knows he likes men but isn't out and is struggling accepting he's gay) so when The Kiss inevitably happens, instead of checking Buck is okay and making plans for a date he freaks the fuck out ie. the fear replaces the want and he apologises and runs out of the loft before Buck can remember how words work.

[scribefindegil]

keep thinking about how the evil doctor last week was like "What's your goal here? Do you want to be able to work part-time?" and I had to be like well. currently my goal is to be able to feed myself and wash my own hair consistently. I don't think employment can really enter the picture here.

[marlynnofmany]

"The vikings were a mix of the mafia and pirates."

"Oh, so like 'I'll give you a walk-a the plank that you can't refuse.'"

"It's a nice farm here. Be a shame if something happened to it."

"Now I like you fine, but Olaf here, he hates -- where are we? England. He hates England."

[hawnks]

The thing about romance novels is that everyone loves to hate on them but they WILL save your life if you let them