#this was literally a thesis

[artblocked]

...What do you mean by societal pressures on Earth? Nobody is forced into relationships on Earth, **especially** in the first world country of the United States, where almost every human in Homestuck is from. Nobody has to have children here! Or get married! Or even have a relationship! Hell, Jade and Jake only get their interaction via the internet before the game, they are outsiders to this society. Roxy and Dirk would be too, since they've always been alone, only knowing what humanity was like through the historical records. The humans are not shackled by society. They're shackled by their own perception of it. Again, post-Sburb, human society is fuckin' gone. Dead men can't talk, or pressure you into a relationship. Also, they're 13 to 16. Teenagers are notoriously bad when dealing with relationships. Especially traumatized teenagers who don't know how to manage themselves or their feelings, or know how to communicate.

Karkat is the exception, but he's also a dumb fuckin' ALIEN teen, hyperfocused on preserving his friends' species because he cares about them, not because he sees them as toys to pair each other with. He also takes into consideration his own species too! And let's not forget that Alternia has those mating drones. Procreation is MANDATORY there, or you die. If I were to say out of any species in Homestuck that are forced into relationships, it would be the trolls, specifically the Alternian ones. They get culled over not being in a reproductive romance by the age they're made to leave the planet because they would be useless in the eyes of the empire. But that society died post-Sgrub too, yet, the trolls that remain are shackled by their perception of that society.

The only really bad falling outs I can think of when it comes to human/human pairings is Jade/Davesprite and Dirk/Jake. Jade and Davesprite didn't work because everyone on that ship was an asshole to one another, and Davesprite was the biggest one in retaliation to the "not real Dave" thing, becoming exceedingly bitter and mopey as a result. Dirk/Jake didn't work because Dirk was emotionally abusive and Jake didn't have much of a say on anything, coming to other people about the relationship's problems but never doing much about it. If they were forced into it, why break it off when it didn't work? And, by your logic, that would mean the Striders are just horrible at relationships. But no, Dave/Karkat is healthy.

What I mean to say here, is that your points are flawed. Your use of "media literacy" is dull. And most importantly, let people have fun (reasonably). It's fandom for a reason, so take the salty potato chip out of your ass and light up. Your Homestuck will never be the same as somebody else's, so please, stop trying to make it somebody else's. If you don't like human/human relationships because you think they're all toxic, great! You don't have to like them, or explore them, or whatever else. You can stick to canon all you like!

Anyway, here's my favorite human/human ship (below). Have a lovely day and take care!

it's time we accept that the homestuck human/human relationships are fucking unhealthy. like come on people. let’s learn to use media analysis here. the story wouldn’t have gone out of its way to show us that every human relationship is toxic and falls apart unless that was true??

on earth, humans are forced into human pairs by societal pressure for procreation. karkat (the character most often wrong about romance) even tries to do this to the beta kids!

i’m so tired of people trying to make up ideas of "healthy" human/human relationships. especially since we have examples of ACTUALLY healthy ships that become canon, and ALL of them are human/alien. there's literally no reason a human would ever actually want to date another human, it is only something they are forced into. this is completely obvious if you know anything about media literacy.

[halfmoonstruck]

im late to the party..!!!

[and-corn]

11:49, december 2, 2019

[kyoshi-lesbians]

The Blind Bandit | The Bullpen

[video description: an amv of Toph as the Blind Bandit set to The Bullpen by Dessa, focused on her earthbending skills fighting in Earth Rumble VI. the ending sequence shows her leaving her home to join Aang, Katara, and Sokka. end description.]

forget the bull in the china shop / there's a china doll in the bullpen

[agent-troi]

[deadrlngers]

James Fitzjames + Caravaggio's Entombment, David with the Head of Goliath, Penitent Magdalene, The Incredulity of Saint Thomas, Death of the Virgin, Bacchus

[bertoyana]

charles and erik with each other: oh dear, oh dear. gorgeous 🥺👐 charles and erik with the villain of the week/the x-men: K1LL YOURSELF 🔥🔥🔥

X-Men: First Class (2011) | X-Men Apocalypse (2016)

[lydiaalin]

save me horror cowboy game ocs save me

[haejjoon]

wip for fanart for an AMAZING fic i read the other day. like it literally changed my brain chemistry go read once sighted twice seen by alicura on ao3

[tvlandofficiall]

[nathaniacolver]

i feel like tumblr NEEDS to know about Dr. Ally Louks, and the term "Olfactory Ethics"

(long post incoming)

storytime/timeline:

on november 27, 2024, an excited English Literature PhD recipient posted a picture of herself with her thesis, titled:

"Olfactory Ethics: The Politics of Smell in Modern and Contemporary Prose"

as you can see (on the bottom row, above), the tweet has been viewed over 119 MILLION times, and has received over 250k likes. unfortunately, within days (most of the replies dating december 1st), she had garnered what seems like every possible insecure man with a twitter account to post their vitriol and rage concerning the fact that a woman is clearly more well-researched than them. regardless, she tanked it ALL with kindness and with a smile:

AND I MEAN VITRIOL (queen of making boundaries clear):

(inserting reading break for the timeline's space's sake):

here's her abstract:

and in case the abstract wasn't clear, she has since (date: december 16th) taken the time to re-summarize her thesis for the layman (yes that is a link! click it! 3min read!)

she has repeatedly shown just the perfect amount of kindness and understanding for those who are simply Not Comprehending (mostly december 1st):

(the chatGPT hate in the next one is my favorite:)

has upheld an incredibly high moral standard of how she interacts with the situation (december 2nd):

ONE OF MY FAVORITE THINGS: regardless of this crap, she made it clear that as a professor, her FIRST priority at the end of the semester would be taking care of them (december 3rd)

(CAN SHE GET MORE BASEDDDDDDDDDD)

she stays both 1) educating the masses, and 2) engaging with pop culture as much as a normal person would (december 9th-17th):

she also supports a free palestine (WHO IS SURPRISED. NOT ME.) ((december 15th))

here's the BEST FREAKING THING ABOUT THIS. since this all has happened, RANDOM TWITTER USERS, UNKNOWINGLY, have REPEATEDLY proven her thesis to be true,

again,

and again,

AND AGAIN.

EVEN CARDI B DO YOU HEAR MEEEEEEEE

COMBATING MISOGYNOIR WITH HER OWN BARE HANDSSSSS

oh she knows she's mother

here's some more she never saw/commented on (INCLUDING SOME FROM TODAY. IT IS STILL GOING ON. EVERY SINGLE DAY LIKE CLOCKWORK SOMEONE POSTS SOMETHING THAT PROVES HER POINTS ABOUT OLFACTORY ETHICS):

THE WICKED MOVIE REFERENCE HELLO

apparently, OTHER academics are mad at her for being so famous and influential, but she stays unbothered (december 16th, and TODAY, december 19th):

and she's partially getting her post-doc on how people's sense of smell has been altered (december 1st):

and the best part is!

all of these screenshots i've collected are only a SAMPLE, illustrating dr. louks' indomitably kind and ethical character.

anyway. i want ALL of y'all to start saying, out loud, "olfactory ethics", or even better, "dr. louks was RIGHT" (something something women's names are erased something) every time you see something that plays into her thesis. never let her influence die. THINK THROUGH what you're REALLY saying when you comment on the smell of something, or how your perception has been shaped by society. USE THIS PHOTO IF YOU HAVE TO:

follow her on twitter (@DrAllyLouks) or bluesky (idk her handle, if someone tells me i'll edit it in)

AND SAY HER NAME!! DR. ALLY LOUKS

[satoruxx]

Erm. The brain rot took over.

Does hybird!Toji's tail wag when he's near us?????? And does he let us touch/groom it considering its a rlly sensitive part and he trusts us??????????????

OK YUP YUP THANK YOU FOR LISTENING.

(Your honour he gives my life)

YESSSS BRING FORTH THE BRAINROT NONNIE I'M HERE TO LISTEN :3333

tee hee yes it doessss !! toji's very subtle about it now, but it becomes more frequent once he gets comfy and actually starts falling for you !! there are a few moments in the past chapters where he will notice his tail slowly going back and forth, but refuses to acknowledge it bc wtf??? curse his animal body for betraying him like this.

but in the near future, he will allow himself the freedom to let it wag. especially if you're both joking around or he's trying to push your buttons, you bet he's subconciously doing it. it's just a sign that he's truly letting loose around you :(((

(that and he's quite literally obsessed with you and everything you do makes him so stupidly giddy.)

toji's so funny too because he will give you the most abrupt and grumpy responses and yet his tail is literally thumping against the ground... like bro who are you fooling??

(try calling him out for it and he will put you in a headlock.)

as for touching/grooming, honestly i don't think he would let you do it now. even once you guys are comfortable and shit i think he still has a lot of reservations about people touching him. and especially a part that is so sensitive and vulnerable... i think he'd rather take care of it himself y'know?? BUT once your relationship is in full swing??? oh babe touch him wherever you want he was always only yours anyway.

once you're dating him he quite literally will trust you with his entire being. wanna wear knives on your feet and walk all over him?? do it, he's laying down for you already.

i just think wolf!toji will always have that reserved stance with humans, and it takes the confirmation that you actually do love him and won't hurt him for him to finally allow you that privilege.

also i think a big thing for him would be the implications behind allowing you access to a part of him that is so vulnerable?? the idea makes his head spin... i think a lot of his reluctance also comes from embarassment bc god knows he does not want to lose his shit around you....

(and he will for sure.)

[spicyvampire]

4 MINUTES (2024) EP. 1

[mummer]

sacrificing sons to the nights watch is crazy like oh theyre crastering huh…………….

[gemsalive]

okay i have no idea where on the scale of Hot Take to Restating The Obvious this falls, but i remain entirely convinced that bonnie has never actually hated puns.

of course it’s a fun trait to play up for comedic effect sometimes, but the moment i saw them let out that unguarded little laugh at siffrin’s goof at the third floor door before catching themself and remembering to correct back into The Rage (TM) the possibility that said rage could be genuine pretty much instantly wiped itself from my mind. like ohh okay that is a preteen doing the classic preteen thing of overperforming an opposite reaction to hide how much they truly care, got it 👍