#this is stupid and you might disagree

[possessedbydevils]

Let's talk about the Raising of Lazarus in Crime and Punishment

I think the Raising of Lazarus is a very clever way of showing Rodion being "raised from the dead". He is still connected to the murders he committed, but here, as Sonya reads the passage, he is alive again, he is not dead with the old woman and her sister. Now, this is actually something l would like to touch on because l really do believe that Rodion considers himself dead after the murders. He was unable to fulfill his desire, to prove his theory, just when he "helped" other people by murdering the old woman, he is forced to kill her little sister too, who did not deserve to be killed (this is something l said many times, but it's important). That is why Rodion is so surprised when the corpses are removed when he goes back to the apartment, his theory is that he is dead along with them but he is still there when they are not. Now, when he goes to Sonya, despite telling her she is not helping anyone but destroying herself for the sake of her family, he still wants her to not give up, he wants her to keep going and living, despite all the suffering. That is because he sees himself in Sonya, he, too, is destroying himself and betraying himself for nothing but, unlike Sonya, his reason for it is his pride, to be impactful in the world and to be praised for all the people who were the old woman's victims, while Sonya's reasoning is self negligence, she dismisses herself for her family, though her mother was going to die anyway and her siblings would be homeless no matter what. The main reason for Rodion wanting Sonya to not give up is to comfort himself, though he does not have a purpose anymore, though no matter what he does, he cannot be good anymore, he still wants hope and a purpose to keep living. That is what he does through Sonya, if Sonya can do it, why can't he? Their suffering is the same, their reason for suffering is the same, it is for no reason at all. When Sonya reads the passage, she gets more serious, and into the moment, her belief makes Rodion believe as well, that is why The Raising of Lazarus is not only Rodion's "raising", it is also Sonya's as well.

[mokeonn]

Before I go to sleep I leave you all with this piece of advice: sometimes you don't actually have to answer big political questions, sometimes you can just say "I am not smart enough to know that, I just know the small things I do to help." Like you can often times completely avoid making a fool of yourself if you just say you don't know.

[just-french-me-up]

Perhaps some of yall should go to the devil sacrament once or twice, actually, see the sights, loosen up a bit

[willbyersabyss]

some people in this fandom are so pretentious and rude

[applesandbannas747]

actually i think I am going to be a dick about this even though it's possible I'm being unreasonable. I think it's shitty to post art from behind Jo's paywall unless it's art you commissioned. Otherwise, you are denying her income from posting and/or posting something someone else bought, which sucks a little

[juniperberrypipebomb]

Decided to log into twitter (hell) and outside of everything going to shit as always i found this piece of shit as my banner

I dont even remember when i made this but i do remember that i did and i remember how i made it

I saw a picture on twitter w some kind of caption and decided that i could make it look like a banner

i tried to add the fire flaming text that i saw on some reposted to twitter tumblr posts where someome makes a grammatical error and someone corrects them in a form of flaming (sometimes animated) text (never change guys, gals and all of you magnificent pals lol) but at the time i didnt know the website that you all used so i tried to improvise and google

I remember half way thru the making of this text being so upset that it looked like shit but after taking a break for 20 minutes i said "fuck it, it is way funnier this way" and i kinda glad that back then i decided to "fuck it we ball" it

It looks disgusting and i love it

[dandunn]

Everyone needs to play the mother series I'm not asking. English patch/easy ring + MOTHER 1 + 2 for gba emulator, eshop/snes emulator for earthbound, English patch + gba emulator for MOTHER 3.

Again, not asking. Go. Do it.

[remma-demma]

Truly fucking insane to me how even some trans people have drunk the gender essentialist koolaid and think that trans men are like, inherently arms of the patriarchy and oppressors. Just like believing all cis men are each, individually responsible for patriarchy. Isn’t the point of feminism that the system and people’s unconscious upholding of the system are the thing to be criticizing?? Gender essentialism is still gender essentialism even if you do it to trans people.

I don’t know why people don’t understand that treating any group as a monolith whose experiences are all the same is like. Bad and harmful. Trans men are men but they are not cis men. Many of us have experienced girl / womanhood enforced on us by society and deeply understand the struggle. I don’t see why it’s harmful to acknowledge the fact that trans men experience misogyny!!!! Lots of trans men haven’t or won’t transition! I promise you even if we are men, see ourselves as men, the vast majority of society will not.

I really hate infighting and “calling out” whole sections of the community, and I guarantee I’m not talking about 90% of trans women who are normal but that other 10% act like trans men have betrayed women by “choosing to be men”. Isn’t that like, 1) literally gc / terf logic and 2) implying that trans people just up and choose their gender one day (not saying that some don’t but like. Being trans is a deeply personal thing that’s often not a choice.)

This is thinking that makes trans men guilty to be trans men. We’re used to hearing it from radfems but to hear it from people who are supposed to be our allies??? From people who we have something so deeply in common with? It fucking sucks!!!

[junk-culture]

ive been vaguely wondering if im autistic for like the past year or more but now that i have a job i feel even less motivation to go and get a diagnosis bc whatevers up with me if anything is obviously not something that prevents me from like working and stuff so i dont critically Need to know. so like whatever i guess. neither confirming nor unconfirming the allegations but an ambiguous third thing.

[biracy]

Everyone has the right to do whatever they want and to "curate their own experience" on here or whatever of course but like there is something to an artist in a circle you're in who you admire having you blocked. Like I say all the time I'm an annoying piece of shit but I don't like just how many people seem to have realized that I'm an annoying piece of shit lately LMAO

[tardis--dreams]

One thing you need to know about me is that I will never reblog anything that has the addition "this should be reblogged by everyone" or anything of the like.

[confinesofmy]

crazy that some guy named hasan is the end-all be-all for many people's opinions on current events but every time i look up his reactions to stuff they're buried 5 hours deep in an 8 hour stream, he's mid-conversation with a guest, trying to respond to chat (they sent him the clip), and distracted by his dog. so the relevant five minutes is just like "so i think this guy should've uhh... 'read gavin's 438' no i already did that last stream. i think that if this guy was actually serious about his claims he should've spent more time.. 😂 stop it! i think this guy shouldn't have said all that."

[lazyrezi]

I think it's good for you to be sometimes put in a room with people who are just. Very very different from you. It is all too easy to get sucked into an echo chamber online where you might end up walking around under the impression that your way of life/thinking is the norm. But if you go outside and talk to people you realise very quickly, that is not the case at all. Sometimes it's disappointing, and other times, it's hilarious, but I think fundamentally, it's important to know how to disagree with someone else. Because you definitely will. And there will be times when both parties are open to discussion, and there will be times when you should just let it be. And it's good to know the difference so you don't end up putting a lot of energy into something that is ultimately pointless.

[sugo1stuck]

its actually rlly hard for me to not be a little contrarian. as soon as someone says that i have to like something or someone lest i be stupid or reactionary its just like. woulnd't it be funny if i hated it instead. wouldnt it be cool.

[teamatsumu]

CRUSH (ushijima wakatoshi x reader)

summary: wakatoshi has a crush.

word count: 720

warnings: fem!reader, its all just fluff

tags: @keiva1000

Ushijima knows he has fans. He might be simple-minded and a little oblivious, but he’s not stupid.

He knows girls stare at him from the balcony during practice. And he can hear their giggling when he passes them in the halls. Tendou often calls him Shiratorizawa’s Golden Boy, which Ushijima wholeheartedly disagrees with, but never voices out loud. Tendou often says strange things. He doesn’t mind.

Ushijima doesn’t understand his popularity. Sure, he is a good player. The best ace in the prefecture. But most of these girls have no understanding of volleyball. So why are they spending hours upon hours in the stands, watching him play?

“They’re not watching the match, Wakatoshi-kun. They are watching you.”

Hm. Strange. His play is very consistent. Watching him do the same thing over and over has to get boring, especially when they aren’t watching for the sake of the game.

But then he sees you for the first time.

You are in his third year English class. In his three years of high school, Ushijima is sure he has never seen you before. Because if he had, there was no way he would forget you.

He is curious. And a little enamored by you.

You are, by all means, a regular girl. You sit on the same chair every day, bring your own bento instead of eating from the cafeteria. It is always wrapped in a pretty multicolored patterned cloth, done up in a knot on top. You have a small stuffed cat chain on the zipper of your backpack. And you wear your hair differently every day. Some days it is tied up, some days it is let down. And some days it is half-up and half-down. You have one pink bunny hairclip that you wear maybe once every two or three days that Ushijima thinks is very cute. Your uniform is always immaculate.

There are so many tiny details about you that Ushijima has learned, and he finally understands why girls would stay hanging over the gym balcony to watch him for hours, because he could watch you for hours too.

You are very smart, he could tell. You always answer correctly when the teacher would call on you, and he has glimpsed at your notes. Simple, but neat and easy to understand, just the way he likes it. There are no crazy colors and highlighters, and your handwriting is neat and beautiful, just like the rest of you.

You are also quiet. You have a select group of friends that you talk to, and while you are nice to anyone who interacts with you, you don't go out of your way to stand out. Again, Ushijima loves that. It seems he loved everything about you. All the minor details that make you a little bit more unique to everyone else.

When you show up at his game, he nearly loses his focus.

It in’t an important game by any means, just a practice match with another local university team. So why are you here? Have your friends dragged you along? Or are you here by your own volition? Ushijima feels how sweaty his palms are when he clenches his fists, and it surprises him.

Is he….. nervous?

Why? Because you are watching? How ridiculous. Ushijima has never once doubted his own strength, or his ability to win. How could your presence alter that? The thought annoys him, and he is determined to prove that you being here would not be a hindrance to his play.

Turns out, he needn't have worried. It seems your presence had sharpened his senses more than ever. Shiratorizawa won in straight sets, and of the 50 points they scored, 39 had been from Ushijima’s hand.

“You were on fire today, Wakatoshi-kun.” Tendou comments as the final whistle rings. Ushijima unintentionally glances at you in the stands, cheering for the team. Cheering for him.

His heart is beating a mile a minute, and he doesn’t think it is because of the game he had just played. He hears Tendou let out a dreamy sigh.

“Ah, the miracles of having a crush.”

He feels his lips tick up in a tiny smile as he throws a towel over his shoulders. Tendou is wrong. Ushijima doesn’t think he has a crush.

He thinks he is in love.

[kalikoke]

As someone who not born in the US, is very much also not white, and lived for some time in non-western countries (before moving to the US) and was thus also educated in different countries, it always cracks me up when certain people post shit like this on a thread from some fuckwit railing against Americans:

And then in another breath claim to be more enlightened than us stupid inbred Americans.