#veiwpoints

[sadalmostlesbian]

You know who doesn’t get enough appreciation? Like virtually none?

This mf man right here. Anyway this is my Boggs appreciation post because he is def one of my top ten original trilogy characters.

[breathtakingdestinations]

Madeira - Portugal (by Florian Meißner)

[buildingunderstanding]

Don't mind me, I just need to ramble for a minute.

I was just watching this video about who the concept of monotheism isn't actually in the Bible like I was taught, and I've seen several break downs about how the concept of the trinity isn't really an accurate idea.

Now, I was taught which verses to use as evidence for the trinity, and there was often a stress on being able to prove my beliefs, didn't matter what it was if I believed something about the Bible then I needed to be able to prove it with the Bible. I was also taught that the concept of the trinity was beyond human understanding and it was a concept that just needed to be accepted by faith. That while it could be proven through specific verses, it wasn't a concept that our human minds could fully understand and just needed to be accepted by faith.

This has made the shift to Norse Paganism specifically...almost comical? For example, I remember watching another video, that was discussing Loki and how examining different texts and different kennings for Loki, it's reasonable to draw the conclusion that Loki is actually Lođurr in the Voluspa.

Is this idea absolutely proven? No. Do I choose to believe it anyway? Yeah.

Because I was taught that I don't have to fully understand something to believe it.

The way I was taught faith and a lot of things about religion and whatnot from the church wasn't great. But it did teach me something things that have helped me adjust to this new way of faith.

I was taught that personal experiences with the Christian God and Jesus were evidences of their existence. By that logic, personal experiences with other deities are also evidence for their existence. Yeah, there are still things that I trip over now and again, like being taught that Satan is always looking for opportunities to deceive people, but if I can accept praying that I'd get home safely and seeing a rainbow as a sign from God that my prayer would be answered, then I can accept my interactions with Loki as real too.

The church messed me up in a lot of ways, but teaching me that sometimes you just have to accept things by faith wasn't one of them.

[johnentwistlesbassguitar]

It's interesting that you wanted to gain weight once you realized you're trans, because for me it was the opposite lol i wanted to get as skinny as possible to lose the "girly" shape yk? But getting bigger is valid too, tho in my case ut would probably make my dysphoria even worse

I had the opposite problem bc my whole life I was told that to be girly I had to stay skinny but I really didn't want to be skinny so it pissed me off and I couldn't figure out why then it all js sorta clicked into place 😭😭 I don't have dysphoria over my body really bc I like it alot even if it is very "feminine" my body doesn't define my gender I'm pretty loose with that stuff yk I'm a man bc I feel like one not bc I look like one, that being said I do wish I was more manly but being 5'4 and very petite I sorta had to let that go

[hospitaldoors]

now im just thinking about how ive had people be surprised i dont have horns AND dont eat dogs

[charli3emily]

When people say that Jalph is sexualizing children I loose so many braincells. Its never on the posts taht are actually the problem eaither. I've gotten so many comments on tik tok saying "they're 12" but then ignore the fact that there are so many diffrent medias that have children that age or younger who are eaither in relationships or have crushes. It's so dumb and I hate that people only associate queerness as being sexual. Queer kids exist and as someone who's known they where queern since 4th grade it hurts to see this negative veiwpoint continue

[heyitsnyixie]

I'm uber behind on Omniscient Reader's Veiwpoint, but I just got to the part where KDJ meets Uriel for the first time and I'm laughing my ass off because she headcanoned Dokja as the top.

This woman is barely holding her inner fujoshi back.

Godspeed Uriel. Godspeed.

[satisfactionbroughtmeback]

Danny stared at Ra's. Danny stared at the baby. This entire infant and now the second child of his created without his knowledge or consent.

At least this one was young enough to have not suffered as much damage. He had destroyed the first and largest Lazarus Pit a bit under 2 years ago and this child looked maybe a bit under a year. Or just over a year? He had not had enough time to pay attention with attacks happening during the unit for baby care in high school, and he could now say for certain the flour sack had not prepared him for this. Hopefully Frostbite would be able to help because otherwise he had no idea how he was supposed to figure out how to take care of an extremely liminal child not yet capable of expressing its desires.

"Yeah, no. I came here to close the portals and no, creating a baby me will not give you a weapon that will be able to open them again. How long have you even been planning this? And how did you get the material needed? Did you think I wouldn't be coming back to check my work when I noticed Realms energy that shouldn't be there? Just... what the fuck man."

Ra's glowered furiously. "You stole my pits! You had no right! And I will get them back. If it necessitates the creation of a child to remake them, so be it. You left through similar portals after destroying my property! Do not expect me to believe that they cannot be remade!"

Danny held the child closer. It's eyes were wide but they weren't fussing yet, thankfully, despite the shouting. "Portal creation is an extraordinarily difficult and rare ability! Even if you managed to create an exact clone, which this child clearly is not, they would not have been able to recreate those cesspools you were using."

Ra's expression, disconcertingley, lightened. "Maybe not for a being of your limited intellect, but I have worked to remedy the issue. Young Timothy may have refused to be my heir but I have ample genetic material and something with your abilities and his brilliance will no doubt be able to solve the issue. But further discussion is unnecessary. You are correct that the creature you are holding fell short of expectations but my research has found a way to contain your kind and I will be able to make better versions soon enough. Shadows!"

Phantom darted backwards scanning the surroundings as the ninjas he had seen previously at the locations he had been to destroy the faulty connections to the Infinite Realms filled the room. Ritual markings for bindings lit up the walls and floor and Danny was horrified to see one of the individuals kneel at cult leaders feet only for Ra's to slit the man's throat to power the binding. "What the hell are you doing!"

"Containing something that has caused enormous harm to my organization on a degree almost as destructive as the Detective. Fitting that a combination of the two of you will be used to bring it back to, and greater than, it's previous glory!"

The bindings grew stronger and settled into their final configuration. Phantom settled with eerie stillness in the center. Then the shadows cracked around him.. ̸͚̈"̵̨͖̤̓̆͐H̶̦̳̍̈̑ȧ̴̝d̴̩̀̓ ̸̤͕͖̽̌y̸̹̐̈́o��̼̎̏̚ŭ̷̮̹͌ ̴̧̰͑̇͝a̵̞͑͛͘c̴̡̦͖̚c̵̡̝̯̈́̏ē̷̡͎̣̂p̵͉̻̻̅͒̄ṱ̸̛̮̿e̸̗̱͐d̵͕͊ ̸̟̬̬̋l̷͖̜̹͊́o̴͉̚s̶̲͇͔̓̄͒ȉ̴̭̑̓ͅn̸̯̮̣̅͗͘g̶̢͖̼̐̓̊ ̵̤̙̚ț̷́h̴̪̦̓é̸̪ ̵̘̻̋̋h̶̡̼͉͆ǫ̴̰͗́l̴̡̲̚ď̸̺ ̴̪̼̄͒o̷̖͗̋́f̴͓̳͒̑͜ ̵̣͕̠̾̚ţ̸͗͝h̴͈͗̑͑e̵̡̨̻͝ ̷̫̈́͜Ȋ̷͉̭ͅṉ̶̚f̶̖͖͚̐i̴̪̇̉͠ǹ̵̬í̸͉̐ͅt̶̳̭͋̂ȩ̵̘͒̆̄ ̷̪͒R̴̹̠̩̂̃e̵͎̺͑͠a̴̯̱͂͝ļ̴̮́̂̽m̶̼̬͆̿͌s̵͍̓ ̵͚̆́̚w̴̯͛e̸͓͊́ ̴̠̦̏̿̚w̸̟͗̋o̵̮̐̅û̶̡l̷̡̼͍̐̈́ḋ̷͍̖ ̸̛̣̍̆h̴̻́a̸̽̓͝ͅv̶͉͈̊͆e̸̺͊̈́̿ ̸̺͇͔̅͆̿n̷̻̙̬̾͊̾e̵̙͝v̸̖̘̿̏̚ͅḙ̷̙̭̏r̴̬͓̻̉̔̎ ̵̨͉̽̈́̓ͅn̴̢͎̓͋͝e̶͙͒͒ḛ̸̮̹͒̈d̷̤̯͋͝͝e̵̺̗͗ͅd̷̠̝̜͆͆ ̶̟̹̂͒̈t̵͇͎͋̆o̵̢̠̗͆͝ ̶̧͎͖̋͂m̵̛͔̟é̶̹̮̈́͐e̶̯͑t̶̩̑̏ ̵̇ͅa̵͎̪͔͝g̷̻͗̉͊a̸̫̐̾͝i̸̗̇ņ̸̮̍ ̶̦͈̖̑̉̿ö̶̞́͝ṇ̶͉̰̔ ̴̢̹̭̓̇͠t̵̼̘̑͒͜h̷͓̻̋ͅe̷͕̾̒̉ ̵̳͇̌M̶̙̦͔̉͌o̵̥͎̤̾r̷̯͗̾̕ͅṫ̸̤̈́̈́ä̶̧̻̹́̇ĺ̸̠̭͌̈́͜ ̸͈͛̚P̶͉̩̗̈́̃͌l̸͔̘͎̀͐͗ă̶̠͈̈̈́n̵̞͉̱͘e̷̘̍.̵̼̟̥̽̂̃ ̵̘̘̿U̵̗͐͠ͅn̴͎̊f̶̛̬͙̃o̵̧͎͓͆r̸̯͕͍͌t̸͙̾̈́̎ͅǘ̶͙͎͉̃́ṉ̷̆ͅa̶̖͍̗̔̈͝t̶̨͈͗ę̴̣̌̒l̸͙̹̓y̶̝̰̺̿̂͂,̵̺͍͊͑̀ ̸̭̹̰̃͊̚y̷̺̭͝ö̴̯͚́ų̵̯̱̔͆͝ ̸̰̯̋͊͌h̸̢̪͖͆ā̶̩̣́v̶̳̼̍̾ͅe̵̯̞͆̔ͅ ̷͙͆͋c̷̢̱̺͂h̸̫̐o̸͍͕̓̋̕s̸̲̞͗̉é̵͓̮̀n̸̢̛̜̑͘ ̵̪̞̃͑t̴̪̽́̚ȏ̸̲͙͖̅ ̴̗͎̏͌c̶̗͊̒a̸͉̿ụ̷̋̊͘s̴̪͌͌̀e̸̯̹̾ ̶̞́̒̀m̷͚̓́̍e̷̢̅̀ ̷̟̿ẖ̶̔͝a̸̢̗̪̾̈́r̵͓̳̳͒̌m̵̘̳͓̀̅ ̴̼̚ä̴͙ͅn̶̰̘͇͝d̸̺̞̍́ ̴̝̅̂͠h̵̙͖̆̈́a̶̼͆̐͝ŕ̸̡̤̳m̵͈͔̰͆̈́̽ ̶̳͇̻̑a̶̮̪̓̈́ ̶̳̬̖̓͆c̶̞̈́͑͑h̶̛̖̣̟̀̾î̵̜̤̘l̶͈̱̉̽d̵̝̜̙͗̌.̵̲̍͝ ̶̝̑Ť̴̫̜̮h̷̗̆͗͂i̵̳̋̈́s̷̹͍̑͊ ̴̹̈͊̓ỉ̶̯͍s̸̫͋̐͗ ̴̝͍̝̆̿͆u̸̼̺̔́̇n̶̮̣̅̏f̶͕̮̪͂̌̈́o̶̳͉̮͒̃r̷͖̥̈͑̄ǵ̵̤̼̿͐ḭ̸̘̥̄̈́̿v̵͓̏a̶̹͑̐́b̸̨̜͊l̸̙̟͕̓ę̶̀̀.̵̨̆"̶͙̅̿̕

Ice crept from the corners of the room and fractures of green light became apparent as Phantom's form warped, child still held safely against what had been his chest before his being had changed into an ever shifting nebula.

̷̧̛̖̗̜͒͋̉̓̒͑̑̄̓̚̚"̷̤͛͌͐͂̐Y̷̗̱̯̞͔̖̱͍̯̜̣͐̉̓͐̾̓͝o̴̡̡̨̝͓͖̭͓̗̣̮̰̞͚̰̺̿͗̐u̷̢̨̡̬̪̞̟̙̯͖͙̘̲̭͕͋͑̋͝ ̴̢̟̺̦̤͍̭̥̥͕̯̩̥̪̮̥͉̒̇̀́̑͘s̶̜͌̇̈́͂͋̆̅͊̃͌̑̚͝͠͠͠a̵̢̻̭̮͓͙̙̗̩͌c̶̨̡̠̤̞͓̥͖̞̗͙͉͆́́̓̐̈́̓̏́͆̄̄ͅŗ̶̜̳̤̠͇̦̰͕̭̼͙͈̟̹̙̪̓͋͗ì̴̡͈͈̀͐͒̈́̋̽̅f̸̠͓͕͕̼̣̦̲̗̙̰̮̱̙̳̏̔̐̃̈́̎̾̈́͜͜͝͝i̵̧̤̠͖̿͐̑̓̾͂̇͒́́̉̎͗͘͝ͅc̸̢̛̬̳̯̀̋̿̓̏̽͛̔̈͂̎ę̵̈́̀͐d̸̙͐͌͗̈́ ̵̛̳͗̌͆͑̽̿̑̒͗͂̅̕͝s̵̢̛͕̘̯̹̻̰͍͍̠̆́̈́̆̇̔̌̄̏̿͌̀̆͒̈́̊o̴̦̳̘̝͛̓̆̿m̷̥̠͔̻͙͖̖͕͇͈͙̹͉̅̓̐̋̔͗͋̄͑̓͛͗̊̆̕ͅé̶̢̻̖̲͖̈́̎̓͋̉̆̍̍̅̌͊̎͆͜͝o̶̜̅̋̌̏͑̄̎̐̾̇̓͑͌̓̊̌͘͠n̷̛͚͍̥̘̱̲̘̟̲̉̃̿̇̑̓̿͋̊̐́͆͘̕ë̶̢̻̬̙̖̬̪͇̝͇̘̫̙̬͚̪̪͚́͆̃͋̄̈̃̆̌͛̈̊͛͘͝͠͝͝ ̴̢̡̡̛̠̝̩̼͔̩̰̼̦̘̣͍̠͑͐̀͗̎̽͂͘ȉ̷̞͉̳̳̹̏̄̈́͝͝n̴̢̢̧̧̯͙͍̥̹̺̞̭̱̱̽͊̾̈͒͒̽ͅ ̷̳̣̱̳̟̥̎̄̒̔͛́͒̀̉̓̇̕̚͠͝͝a̶̡̢̙̞͈̹̠̜͓͚̠͈̦̰̓͑̌̓̄̋̊̐͑̉̓̀n̷̢̢̧̡̰͉̙̙̤̺̩̟̲̝̱̽͊̄̏͐͒͋͌̀͆̊̎̚͜ ̸̡̜̙͇͔̣̭̝̞̖̈́̀́͑͝ͅạ̷̢̯̙͍̹̦̳̤̫͙͆̽̂͛̌̿̈́̾͐̒͊͑̌̀̒ṱ̶̪͋t̵̛̛͉̭̳͕͉̟̔͂̍̚͜e̴̛͎̟͕̗̣̣̭̣̱͔͓̰̬̐͂̆̇͆̕m̵̡͙̱͎̬̮̠̾̀̈̇̍͂͗̏̋̀̍̍̕͝͝p̸̢͎̲̗̟̞͌̂̒̉̄͆͘̚t̵̡̗̬̲̞̫͈̜̺͍̫͂̆̋̐̑̌͊͊͠ ̶̛͚̜͚̯͔̼̼̍͒̓̓̾́̍̈́͗͌̈́́̄̓̍̕ṫ̵̞̋̈̓̅͆̏̾̓͐͑̓́̑̚͘ö̶̯̤̜̘́̚ ̵̧̮͉͇̦̤͔̠͉̺̹̝͈̝͙̖͐̈́͒͊͆́̎͒̾̒̚͠͠c̶̜̝͙͍͙͍͈̬͍̔̔͜ḩ̴͙̬͈̪͈̻͙̻̯̭̲͍̻̤̞͎͎̌͋͂̉̅̓̐̓̀͋͠a̶͉͙͍͈̼͔͎͇̫̫̭̝̪̒̂͝i̶̧̛̠͉̳͎̣͐͐̓̄̓͊̎̓̚͝n̸̛̄͌̃͗́͆��̧̡̡̼͉̲͇̗̒̎̋̌̕͘ ̵̢̘̼͓̤͕͔̦͍̱̞̝͎̮̬̥̠̈́̏̈́̾͂̚̕m̵̢̧̜̤̦͒̈̈́̅͒̌̓͒̓͜ȩ̴̨̢͚̥̘͉̲͉̙͇̮̳̰̦̱̔͜ ̷̛̼̪̮͉̰̰́̋̋̈̍̆̈̽͗̕a̵̩͓̯̤̼͉̰̦͍͔̻͔͋́͒̾̒͒̂ń̴̻̩̳̙̼̝̄̊̃͒̇͆ͅḑ̶̢̢̛͍̞͉̘̬̜͕̪̟͉̲̬̼̥̟͗̔͊͋̄̂͊̾̍̂́̿̃͘͝ ̶̳͉̬͍̮͓̟̹͌̃̽̾̀̏̑͛̈͝î̵̝̣̝̼̠̱̅͋͘̚͝t̶̢̰̲̼̩̬͕̗̘̺̑̏͂̆͐͂̄͂̚͝ ̷̼̄̂͗̆̉͂̿͊̉̓̈̑͆͂͋̚w̴̘̮̲͎̝͇̠̗̫͎͓̣̙͋̄͒̔́̏́̈́̈́̓̔̂̉̿͒͘͝ͅȁ̷̧̢̡͔̼͍̺̱͈͉͚̹͉̈́̓͑͂̑̓́͂̅͗̿̌͝ͅs̴̨̛͎̭̦̯̜̻͔͔̈́̓͋̆̇͗̃̽͑̅́̚ͅ ̷͎͕̲̤͔̬͖͎̙̎̓͋p̵͖̃̆̂̔͋̎̏͌͠͝ǫ̸̧̰͚̰͍̗̺̞̣̒͊͛̉̀͋̃̄͆̓̐͑͑͝͝i̶̢̼̱͙̱̘̘̠̣͚̙͙͙̤̙͕̻͍͊̂͌n̴̢̻̰̜͇͚̝̂̏͜͜͜ẗ̸̡͓̰͔͍͈͔͙̦͖̩́̽ļ̸̧̢̛̻̣͖̤̃͋̀͋̇e̸̡͍̰̹̯̱̯̫̹̼̹͍͗͆͒̚ș̷̊̀̽͒̌̋͂̔͛́͌͂̾ș̷̦͔̘̀̓́͂́̉͑͋́̃́͘͜ͅͅ!̴͍̜̤͎̯̠̥͙̀̈̿̿̈́̽̊͝"̵̭̻͑̉͑

Phantom's voice could no longer be considered human. It crackled like electricity. Like ice breaking. Like the sun as it burned.

"̴̥̞̘̠͉̠̬̞̗̻̝̫̥̘͔̟̣̪̫͈̘̟͈̯̺̞̎͋̐̌̽͗̓̽̀̕͝I̵̡̨̧̪̗̳̬̠̫̱͍̝̬̝̗̥̗͕̯͇͆̏͑̈́ ̶̝̥͕͔̫̪̳̥̜̠̘̫̹͇̋w̸̧̮̣̙͚͓̦͖͙̘̼͉͔̼̜̭̗̣͉̲̜͈̘͊̈̈̓́͊̔̕͜͜ͅi̵̢̢̲̼̭͙͙̥̪͔̣̭̥̤̤̠̯̩̭̗̭̠̳̘̤͙̇̃̒̏͜ͅͅl̴̡̡̢̳̘̖̟̻̥̲̤̼̬̫̺͎̣̗̭͉̩͍̱̞̼̈͊̒͂̑̐̽̂͗̍̈̐̚͘͜͜͠ľ̵̛͇͙̭̪͍̱̬̒̈̓̔͗̏̐̈́̎̋̈́́̓͐̽̈̄̅͘͘̕̕͝͝͝͝͠ ̸̡̡̠̼̤̯͙̳̣̤̼̰̗̣͗̽͊̓̑̾̈͂̐̾̅̚͘͠b̵̨̨̡̛̫͕̮̘̣̺̳̖̠̜̻̠̗̘̖̭̯̳͙̫̱̪̱̺̥̟͙̻̗̲̓̌̓̆̀́́̿͒̾͋̋́̽̊̀͌̈́̒̅̆̓͛̊͗̃͂̚͝͝͠͝͝ͅȩ̷̧͉͍̼͉̙̘͓̯̻̻̣̤̣̩̗̹̬̙̪̺̼͊̓͋́̈̊̑̒͛̔̾̐͑̊̂̕̕͜͝͠͝͝ ̷̛̮̠̜̼̌͌̏̀͐͛́̌̊̉̅́̈̓̏͝͠b̴̛͇̮͈̥̥̣̯̫̻̞̙̟̼̹̞̈́͂̅̍͛͑̆̅̆̂̄̈͛̅̄͌̂̂͜͝͝͠͠ͅą̴̛͍̳̰̰̩͓͇͕̳̠̭̠̜̦͂̊͊̏͐̀̓̇͝ĉ̵̠̰̣͈̘̰̞͈͎̙̖̖̰̬̬̪͐̈́̾͆͋͂̊̂̀̍̈́̏k̴̡̨͉̪͔͎̼̳̖͈̥̝̺̟̝̭̩̮̣̳̼̻̮̹͗̈́̔́̿͛̂͐̓̒̊͝͝͝͠.̶̫͚͔͖̩͚͒��̢̨̱̱̣͓̳͖̗̞͎̬̳̬"̵̢̢̛̙̦̝̘̣̳̖̤̯͖̜͖̙͓͖̤̹̹̖̎͛̽̇͊́̊̒̏̀̀͊̑̌̈̌̅͐̒̄͛͌̒̀͒͋́̐̑̈́̕͜͝͝ͅ

A portal opened behind him and the ritual shattered, room breaking around it.

The portal closed leaving nothing but rubble behind.

Project R au except Danny is not the clone.

Instead Danny gets Ras Al Ghuls attention after overhearing that the baby in the tube was made from a bunch of "Robins/detectives" and a little of Phantom himself and looks the guy in the eye before using his intangibility to grab the baby-still not breaking eye contact- and saying, "Mine now." before disappearing.

Danny comes home and explains the situation to his sister and parents and they welcome the new baby into the family with open arms. When asked why they took dna from Danny, Jack immediately jumped in with, "Because we're Fentons!" As if that was all the reason needed.

Elsewhere Ras tells the bats about the clonenapping, conveniently leaving out the part about Phantom also being one of the babys dads. The bats go a little crazy trying to find out where thier baby is and why some no name villian (cause thats what they believe he is due to what little media coverage Amity Park has on him) wants with thier baby.

Then they learn about the ghost thing and then the research. At first they didn't believe it because they had dealt with ghosts before and they were nothing like that. But the more they looked the more they realized these weren't the kind of ghosts they were used to...

[acourtofthought]

An Elriel on Tiktok: Feysand, Nessian, and ELRIEL are all featured in the Acotar coloring book. The couples have been picked out for YEARS!

The Elriels in the comments: "I've been saying this for years!" "And it's THE truth teller scene!"

Me: That scene is probably in there because it's an important moment, not from a shipping veiwpoint but from a plot viewpoint. Azriel giving Elain that dagger leads to Hybern's death. Regardless of who you ship, it's an iconic moment, so of course it's going to be in the coloring book. Not everything is meant to be some kind of clue or confirmation.

And the coloring book features Feyre in her wedding dress with Tamlin yet Feyre and Tamlin didn't end up together! Elain with TT is iconic but only because she was responsible for stopping the King, for helping to stop the war. I HATE how they turn the TT scene romantic because everything surrounding that scene is anything but. First off, Cassian first offered Elain a dagger but she refused probably because as we know, cruelty bothers her. Then Az steps up and gives her TT but even then she hesitates. Even then she doesn't want to take it and even says she doesn't know how to use it to which FEYRE replies "I'll make sure you don't have to." A real romantic interest would say, "let me show you." Instead Az is like, "oh my super special knife does all the work so clearly your part is kind of irrelevant". And Elain only takes the knife after she takes comfort in Feyre's words, not Az's. What we should take away from that scene is a meaningful moment between the sisters, where Elain feels emboldened by Feyre, not Az. Then Sarah goes on to say "the ONLY bridge of connection, that knife." When an author says "only" it means that's all she wrote, there's nothing beyond that to connect them and she doubled down on that in ACOFAS when she writes, "Elain had pressed it into his hands as he had pressed it into hers and then she walked away without looking back." They'll say "of course Elain would return his knife!" but that's not what the author is telling us. She's telling us this extension of himself is something Elain wants no part of. She didn't ask for dagger handling, she didn't express pride over what she did when returning the dagger, she walked away from what Az offered to her and did not look back. Exactly what we saw when she returned his necklace and we were given zero evidence of her mourning him. But really, I'm not sure how anyone can still romanticize the TT scene when Az never once acknowledged what Elain did with TT. This oh so special moment for them yet he doesn't reflect on it in his POV, he gives Nesta full credit for taking down the king in HOFAS (though Nesta just brought up "her sister" in the paragraph before which means they weren't trying to hide Elain's identity to Bryce).

[jewish-vents]

My sister and father have been having serious disagreements (read: cannot be I the same room together alone) about most things but especially i/p. And like for the most part I agree with my dad (but not entirely, no 2 jews can EVER agree on a thing exactly) but my sister seems to think he's like??? Evil?

And I have been staying out of it but she brought it (i/p) (well, the encampments) up yesterday and we were talking (well, she was explaining her veiwpoint) and I started to say something like "well, the likud party has done XYZ shitty things that must be stopped" to which she went "oh I don't know anything about that and I don't want to" which is fair IF you then say I don't have an opinion. But she's saying "well I'm American I don't have a dog in this fight" while simultaneously refusing to acknowledge that there are 2 fights: the actual war and the fact that people are taking guns to Jewish schools in my city (not her city to be fair).

Anyways my dad said something like "she refuses to learn because I think if she actually did she'd agree with us" and I don't necessarily agree with that statement but I do think she knows she will have to fundamentally change her veiwpoint to be more in line with mine (this is a war, not a genocide, and systemic oppression, not apartheid, and these things are bad) if she actually knew who Benny Gantz was and what a caliphate was.

There aren't enough jews to have these fights in the open, but any gentile reading this I promise we are having them :///////

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[lilliths-not-just-httyd-blog]

one of my least favourite things about internet discourse nowadays is the "i'm not reading all that" precedent. like if you write paragraphs arguing for or against something, suddenly your point is deemed magically "invalid" merely because of its length. like bro could write the most nuanced take on a topic ever to be written only to be shot down because he dared delve into the depths and complexities of the topic, consequentially making his explanation ✨long✨. like you're literally not even giving bro a chance to explain his viewpoint by doing that, you're just being a little cunt. oh i can call this thing shitty with no explanation and be totally valid in my veiwpoints but bro over here writes four paragraphs on why he likes a thing, he must be reaching fr lol desperate. fucking hate that shit like where's the nuance? it's literally just a scummy shutdown technique at best and advocating for illiteracy at worst.

[dowotdashdotdot]

MAJOR STAR WARS ACOLYTE EP2 SPOILERS

ok.

i get that the scene where Mae "assassinates" the jedi is supposed to be a big moment. theres a deep complicated past here. this is a really serious and tense moment. i forget his name, but the jedi who hasnt spoken in ten years clearly had some stuff in the past.

BUT

from a certain veiwpoint, mae just walks up to him and says "i know what you are. kys" and i cant stop thinking about it any other way its just. i cannot take this moment seriously because of this. girl straight up tells him to kill himself and he just. does.

[jonahmagnus]

The most important thing about the character of Clara Cadaver is that she does not learn, change, or grow over the course of the book series. She might have marginal moments of change, but those are quickly washes away or overshadowed. She walks in with the same, unbothered confidence as she walks out, unchanged in her veiwpoints and her behaviors, leaving everyone else around her scarred or traumatized without repair or remorse. This is because I belive in womens wrongs.

[trashshouldnt]

also i know i originally tagged this with garten of banban but i did a rudimentary search and it turns out the game is satire in which case good job on them that ire really can sat 👍👍👍

just realised why the sanitized "mascot horror" games freak me out so much

it's not the real content of them, it's the lack of a soul. so many of them feel like unwelcoming liminal video games, something you play in-between more pleasant, enjoyable things. you can feel the absence of love (or any emotion) in them, the blatant cashgrabbiness

it's awful

[gooeysunman]

habit is my desktop wallpaper, my lockscreen, homescreen, the reason im growing out my hair, the cause of my sudden increased interest in my tooth collection, and has more than likely had affects on my personality and veiwpoint on my mental health. i made a paper doll of him that took me 3 days to complete, i got my parents to drop 100 dollars on merch for this. this game has had such drastic affects on my life in such a short amount of time, i am genuinely apalled. all that being said, i do actually brush my teeth now so net positive i say :)

[alpaca-clouds]

i am sending an ask to talk about solarpunk ^^

for my question: what do you think is a healthy relationship with between solarpunk and the natural. by this, i dont just mean the flora and the fauna, but the ways they, and anything else, are when humans arent involved. the dichotomy that arises when people typically discuss the natural is "this thing is (supposedly) natural and therefore must be preserved" and "we must change the world to be more exploitable useful". both of these are veiwpoints that i find wholly antithetical to solarpunk, but rule over so much discussion about the topic, so i think its definately worth some talking about

Alright, let's do the next question!

This really is a topic that cuts back to the very European idea of "culture vs nature", something that technically originated with the ancient Greeks, but really was brought up to the forefront during thr 18th century and then especially in the 19th century with the romanticism movement. With the general idea being that "culture" and "cultural landscape" is landscapes that is being created and touched by humans, while "nature" is untouched by humans.

This dichotomy ignores, however, that humans are animals and therefore a part of nature. And a lot of humans over the centuries have lived in a way that absolutely in alignment with the ecosystem around them.

One example that is often named in this regard is, how a lot of Northern American indigenous cultures managed to manage forest fires way better than white people do.

Hell, I would argue that for the most part even in Europe cultures did manage this quite good for the most part - especially in Eastern Europe - until the later third of the middle ages. (With the Roman culture being the notable exception.)

I think the general issue is, that a lot of modern people (especially white folks) always talk about the ecosystem from the perspective that "humans are not part of nature, but nature is there to serve humans". A lot of the white "nature preservation" movement wants to create an artificial "nature" that exists for them to enjoy, while the entire extractionist folks obviously think of nature as a ressource for them to enrich themselves. Both does not work.

Humans are a part of nature. Humans are animals. Given that right now we are the most intelligent species and admittedly also the one doing the most harm, we should act as custodians for nature, rather than profiteurs of it.

We absolutely can live in a way that we co-exist with the rest of our eco systems. We just need to actually put some effort into it.