#very impressive indeed

[tricorderreading]

Star Trek - The Wrath of Khan

During the review meeting for the Kobiashi Maru, Kirk needles Saavik hard with another impossible situation, with interesting results

I must note: spock wonders afterwards if Kirk intentionally gave this scenario due to saavik's past, but it also echos Kirk's struggle with the Tarsus IV massacre

Both of these can be described as "lifeboat ethics," which is a real thing!

[shiroselia]

Another day, another “Damn I can’t believe it took you This long to get diagnosed with autism, Manda”

[rottmnt-residuum]

Hiii, hope I’m not late for the party

I had a lot of fun drawing this

Here’s the original

BEAUTiful

[borgialucrezia]

RODRIGO BORGIA + his beloved sons

"I remember the joy of holding [Juan] in my arms. A brother for little Cesare at last."

[parlerenfleurs]

Starting to think, going by the MXTX fandoms, that a lot of people are comfortable with being a bit terrible and not thriving for an ideal whatsoever, because they really really reeaaally want to believe Xue Yang and Jiang Cheng are poor cuties who weren't lucky and the heroes are a bunch of holier-than-thou arrogant bitches who need to be taken down a peg when the text says the opposite, because then it justifies their own faults and hatred of genuinely awesome people who seem to have it better in life and isn't that sooo unfair and isn't it fair that they should suffer to learn what it's like to suffer like them, poor tortured, petty, flawed humans who see themselves in the villains rather than the heroes.

[sphacelating]

As someone who loves Andrew as a character and doesn’t hate on Ashley and recognize both of their flaws unlike most people, I feel like the fandom coddles and sympathizes Andrew even more after Chapter 3 because of his backstory.

Ashley’s behavior is largely a result of her parents’ neglect and lack of effort in raising her. They never made her go to therapy or address her issues, instead enabling her behavior and shifting the blame onto her brother. She never had birthdays celebrated, and her fake friends only used her to get closer to Andy. As a result, no one really supports her, and she never learned how to behave in a healthy way. So, it makes sense why she’d become so dependent on Andy when he’s the only one who’s actually tried to care for her and make her happy.

What people often overlook is that Ashley grew up in the same toxic, abusive environment as Andrew, but instead of being labeled as “evil” or “manipulative,” she’s simply a product of the neglect and lack of guidance she experienced. She craves unconditional love, doesn’t understand relationships, and wears her emotions on her sleeve. Meanwhile, Andrew sees through it, lets her behavior slide, and ends up blaming her for his own actions.

There’s a lot of sympathy for Andrew, to the point where people overlook some of his less admirable qualities—like how he treats Ashley, Julia, Nina, and others. But when it comes to Ashley, she’s dismissed just because her personality is harder for people to like. She grew up in the same neglectful and abusive environment as Andrew, but their personalities turned out differently because she was completely neglected, while Andrew was suppressed. This explains why Ashley tends to act out and demand attention, while Andrew keeps things bottled up. Yet people forget this, and only see Ashley as a product of the same toxic environment that worsened Andrew, without considering that there was nothing in that environment that could’ve helped her improve. She doesn’t know how to initiate positive, prosocial behavior because she wasn’t taught how to.

In many ways, Andrew’s behavior is just as problematic—he rarely does anything genuinely prosocial and sometimes behaves horribly toward people who care about him, like Julia. But because he’s more inward in his attitude and has a more fleshed-out backstory, people tend to accept him more easily. Ashley, on the other hand, hasn’t been given the same explanation or “justification” for her actions.

Ashley is clearly wrong for abusing and raping Andrew, and it's understandable that people sympathize with him because of it. However, let’s not pretend Andrew is some “innocent” person. He’s spied on his sister while she was changing, emotionally manipulated others, used Julia to vent his sexual frustrations about Ashley, cared more about the consequences of his actions than the lives he took, faked nightmares to sleep next to his sister, and continues to engage in inappropriate touching or flirting with her.

In the Shots and Such ending, Andrew wanted Ashley to get drunk with him so they could have "accidental" sex, and he ended up assaulting her while she was intoxicated, trying to repeat what he considered the best sex he ever had. In the Cliffhanger ending, it is implied that Andrew intended to assault his imaginary sister.

In the story, Andrew makes many sexual comments to Ashley but later takes back his consent. Despite this, Ashley continues to press him, which leads to the conclusion that this is rape.

Then Andrew has sex with a wasted Ashley. When she finds out, she has a breakdown. Andrew argues that she "wanted it," suggesting it wasn't rape?

Andrew violently beats Ashley and then becomes drunk. Ashley forces him to have sex with her. Later, Andrew admits he likes to get Ashley drunk to have sex with her and has been trying to recreate it over and over again.

Both individuals are terrible, but it frustrates me that Andrew is not held accountable for anything.

Ashley and Andrew both have difficult personalities shaped by their neglectful upbringing. Ashley seeks attention and is often criticized for her behavior, while Andrew is more reserved and people overlook his flaws. The key point is that both are shaped by their environment and should not be labeled as simply a "monster" or a "victim. "

If you feel sympathy for one sibling, you should show the same sympathy to the other. Similarly, if you dislike one sibling, you should also have the same feelings toward the other.

i don’t know what world you live in where people are sympathizing with andrew after decay and refusing to hold him accountable, nor why you’re dropping all these paragraphs in my inbox to tell me how much andrew sucks and ashley should be coddled more like i’m one of those people.

not a fan of anything you said on the topic of rape, either. mentioning it in passing only to bring up examples of andrew disregarding ashley’s lack of genuine consent after he was raped by ashley and she forced him into a sexual relationship as if to show that andrew is a worse rapist, even comparing his deeply repressed thoughts in cliffhanger to the act of rape by claiming thoughts = intent to act, all of that strongly comes off as trying to justify what was done to him and i am not here for it.

and making sexual comments does not in any way equal consent to sex, so andrew didn’t withdraw consent that he’s never given when ashley raped him. you’re definitely in “andrew wanted it so the rape wasn’t that bad” territory here and it’s extremely uncomfortable.

[vole-mon-amour]

"suspense" "terrifying" "best read ever"

me: yawning and rolling my eyes while reading the same book they're talking about.

[cosmogyros]

me, excited about fixing my sleep schedule: turns out the light at midnight last night

me at 3 a.m., after three hours of repeatedly almost falling asleep and then being jerked back into wakefulness by my upstairs neighbor seemingly jumping up and down on the floor right above my head so heavily it makes all the furniture rattle against the walls: finally gets out of bed and gets dressed and goes upstairs to pound on his door and ask him to pleeeeeeease go to bed already

[qsmprambling]

I can't find it, but someone on Twitter said part of the proof Bad didn't steal the furniture is because whoever did it didn't commit!

If Bad was going to steal all the furniture, he would steal ALL the furniture. There wouldn't be a single chair left in any house on the server and every room would be completely bare.

Whoever did this was too lazy to be Bad.

[publicdomainbooksdevotee]

When you're about to lose the rights to Hellraiser:

[rawmeknockout]

Kick skecth of mini seeker!reader and their woes (second time doodling mech. It's fun)

EL WIWI!!!!!!

[the-jam-to-the-unicorn]

Ze enters the stage and tries to jokes about Olaf speaking Ukrainian

[the-deadrobin]

Showed this to my brother, he burst out laughing then says "that's cool" and dips.

An embroidery of the Wikipedia page for embroidery.

[boyfridged]

Hi! I just wanted to know if you've watched alien stage? It's an indie production headed by 2 korean lesbians!

There's themes of humanity and their inherent nature of loving and the strength it gives them that I think you would adore. The characters are nuanced and lovely too. The latest addition felt like a love letter to humankind! I recommend it wholeheartedly! :) <3

i have not. but i'm on it, boss.

[capricciosso]

DEAN: You look exhausted.

EMMA: And starving. It's been a tough sweet 16.

[jaywritesrps]