#we need to fight like hell

[vintageseawitch]

anybody else remember V for Vendetta (lol)? do you recall this scene in particular? when Chancellor Adam Sutler sits back in his chair to relax in the evening with a warm glass of milk to watch the funny man Gordon Dietrich's sketch show reminiscent of Benny Hill but approved by fascists... only to find that the particular segment made the Chancellor look like a fool, & well, he took that shit personally.

okay. one of my favorite videos to come across while mindlessly scrolling are ones that make fun of jd vance, beyond any doubt. he just enters the room & any good vibes get sucked out. he's beyond weird, creepy, & off-putting. there's no doubt to these things & more. the problem is he's someone that is being underestimated. at first it sounded a little like he was being fed lines but it's really clear now that the evil batshit things he says are things that he believes & while i think an effective tactic to fight fascism is to laugh at fascists i also think that only seeing him as a joke downplays just what kind of evil he represents. i love good characters being underestimated only to come out on top when people least expect it. evil characters that are underestimated? they're the worst sort of evil by far. he has no political charm but that won't matter should trump win.

a content creator i enjoy is Josh Johnson. his style of comedy is a comical storyteller, where he talks about real events & offers thoughtful, engaging, & funny perspectives. i love his brand of humor. anyways so he pointed out in a recent stand-up talking about the debate between Harris & trump & reminded everyone that trump decided to run for president because Barack Obama joked about him. this walking joke who everyone thought was funny & ridiculous & not to be taken seriously then wildly made it into office. even he didn't seem to realize he made it (yet still complained he didn't win the popular vote). during the debate with Harris there seemed to be a moment where she was laughing at him (can't blame her for that) where she had an, "oh shit" moment. like deja vu or PTSD. there's more than one period in history that feels like is playing again it seems.

it doesn't matter that we already know what kind of person he is. everything he touches turns to shit & half the country believes we had it better when he was running even though he was riding on the coattails of the Obama administration. our legal system has been allowing someone who literally attempted a coup to run for president again & the polls remain consistently too close for comfort. even the vp pick jd vance hasn't deterred people that much even though a large portion of maga voters don't even like the guy but goddamn do they love their grifting, felon, allegedly rich conman of a candidate who previously treated the US government like his own piggy bank.

maga wants trump for president. they seem to think a man who is only a few years younger than "too old & senile" Joe Biden is more than perfect for the role & that he will "save us" from all the "woke" or some such garbage. they don't care about the hypocrisy they display when his slurring nonsensical word salad speeches make no sense & they don't bat an eye when he slips in alarmingly authoritarian rhetoric. he "tells it like it is" but when you literally quote him back to them he "didn't mean it like that." what are these fucking cult members going to do when he finally kicks the bucket?

it's clear now that trump is the useful stooge for the Heritage Foundation, the Federalist Society, a bunch of billionaires, & other nazis. he's gotten them this massive fanbase of uneducated, brainwashed morons who hate people who are different from them so much they're more than happy to hurt themselves in the process in order for people they hate to also get hurt. so while yes, he's useful, & allows them to finally be loud with their racism, misogyny, homophobia, & xenophobia, & they won't face any real consequences, his usefulness is also running out. if they win, we get him as president: a 78 year old showing clear signs of dementia who loves dictators & thinks getting compliments means they love him & aren't using him (lol) & jd vance as vp, the evil creep with a breeding fetish & strong hatred of women.

vance is in his early 40s. he's in his first term ever as a senator & seemed to come out of nowhere but he's a calculated choice make no mistake: paid for by peter thiel, looks up to curtis yarvin, is friends with kevin roberts. jd vance has been publicly talking about not just making up dangerous stories in order to incite violence & hatred but also that the government should be brutal. you just need to dig a little & the evil is in plain sight. the issue now is he's also incredibly off-putting & socially awkward. by himself, while booksmart, he would be forgettable. just another hateful white asshole man with mommy issues & believes in shit you'd hear some creepy incel that lives in a basement would believe in (only now there's a chance he could implement said evil).

people are making fun of him relentlessly. he's given us plenty of material. most of the time he sounds like an alien or a robot who only recently learned how to pretend to be a human being. now i don't have an issue with being socially awkward; i'm pretty awkward myself & know there's plenty of people out there who are as well but it's just so bizarre that the Republican vp candidate has the charm & charisma of period cramps or a horde of mosquitos. it's almost brilliant really. i don't think his awkwardness is an act at all but it feels like they're using this to their advantage in a way: he's being underestimated.

people are talking about it more: that vance is really who the Heritage Foundation wants as president. trump will get them into the White House should they win & they can start the horror & chaos they've been dreaming about for decades. vance is pure evil & i've been quoting from Letterkenny about him ("stand for nothing or you'll fall for anything") & the Ferengi Rules of Acquistion (number 98: "every man has his price"). it sounded like vance was once a decently progressive man. a close friend of his was a trans woman when he was in college with her. his radicalization probably started when he was in the Silicon Valley. anyways he gives me the impression that he's full of rage & other issues that he should get help for but won't since he's a white man who thinks everything is owed to him by merely existing & at first he may have been saying certain things because that's what thiel & roberts like but now vance is completely on the bandwagon. at this point it's a full speed, on fire train. he believes it & will take orders like the good little nazi that he is.

so in his being underestimated while being a complete weirdo clown, people have naturally been creating videos & posts making fun of him. they're so fucking funny. but as the election draws nearer i can't enjoy them as much. if they win they'll make the US into their version of V for Vendetta & it won't be trump who is the Chancellor. no, our Chancellor will be a guy with serious anger issues who doesn't like to be made fun of so publicly. he will make it everyone's problem.

it's only a matter of time before some people may get the Gordon Dietrich ending. these are weird, scary, uncertain times. i hope it turns out well.

[the-woman-upstairs]

It is driving me…cuckoo bananas that Daniel uses his job as a socially acceptable way to chase the high he used to get from drugs and Armand not only is fully aware of this, but he himself then PROVIDES that very high when Daniel beats him and exposes his lies to Louis.

[your-turn-to-role]

AT DAWN WE PLAN

[flintbian]

There's a disabled angel in good omens 🥺

[blueskittlesart]

*sigh* thoughts on Nintendo's botw/totk timeline shenanigans and tomfoolery?

tbh. my maybe-unpopular opinion is that the timeline is only important when a game's place on the timeline seriously informs the way their narrative progresses. the problem is that before botw we almost NEVER got games where it didn't matter. it matters for skyward sword because it's the beginning, and it matters for tp/ww/alttp (and their respective sequels) because the choices the hero of time makes explicitly inform the narrative of those games in one way or another. it matters which timeline we're in for those games because these cycles we're seeing are close enough to oot's cycle that they're still feeling the effects of his choices. botw, however, takes place at minimum 10 thousand years after oot, so its place on the timeline actually functionally means nothing. botw is completely divorced from the hero of time & his story, so what he does is a nonissue in the context of botw link and zelda's story. thus, which timeline botw happens in is a nonissue. honestly I kind of liked the idea that it happened in all of them. i think there's a cool idea of inevitability that can be played with there. but the point is that the timeline exists to enhance and fill in the lore of games that need it, and botw/totk don't really need it because the devs finally realized they could make a game without the hero of time in it.

[wilds-ponytail]

Legend, at the slightest provocation: I came into this earth screaming and covered in someone else's blood and and I'm not afraid to leave the same way.

[cyanide-sippy-cup]

Hamas attacks in retaliation, Israel is made out to be the victim. Israel attacks Sudan, Yemen, and we either don't talk about it or claim it was Hamas. Now Israel fires weapons into Iran and when they fire back, it's considered an aggressive and violent attack against the Israeli people.

Biden is dragging his citizens headlong into a war we should have no part in to support a country who does not care about collateral. He promised debt relief, gender care, pay increases, and we have seen NO positives on any of those fronts all while he desperately pours resources into supplying the murder of innocent Arabs.

You who support this war hate the Arab people, you're all just too much of pussies to admit it. So you hide behind these excuses. "Oh, Israel's just defending itself. Oh, that was someone else". You wish for the death of all the Arabs without any of the social repercussions of actually admitting that, so you claim anyone who wishes for the killing to stop is actually antisemitic and "wants to kill all the Jews".

Palestine will be free and the Israeli government will face punishment for the crimes they have perpetrated.

[seasideoranges]

y'all i gotta be honest for a sec, the "atla wouldnt change much if aang wasnt there, in fact it might be better" and "the atla finale wouldnt change much if aang wasnt there to fight ozai" debates is the funniest thing ive seen come out of this fandom

[danwhobrowses]

For anyone else who is gonna struggle surviving the next 3 weeks with the angsty and tense situation of Callowmoore here's a few things from the last 2 episodes that I feel were underrated and will assist in trying to keep me sane/emotionally stable: - Matching messed up hands built for holding - Fearne nervously playing with her hair as she approaches Ashton - Ashton wanted Fearne to be either the last thing they saw if they died or the first thing they saw when they succeeded - Fearne's admittance corroborates Ashley's 4SD revelation that Fearne is in love with someone in the party but doesn't know how to process the emotions - Fearne wanted Ashton to be happy, while Ashton wanted to feel whole so they would be worthy of the Hells - Ashton twice tried to lead a search for Fearne, and instantly clocking onto Chetney saying he followed Fearne - Fearne making herself look as radiant as possible before giving Ashton the cold shoulder - Ashton only rose to Chetney's provocations until he said 'You hurt Fearne' Use how you will

[arahdow]

HERE I GOT AN IDEA TAHT I WANT TO WRITE

What ifffff Shadow is totally protective of his space, you as his partner have been to his place BUT his room, he doesn’t let you come in for some reason. He doesn’t elaborate.

SO, one day, a threat comes into an island and the people need Shadow but he’s… Nowhere to be seen!! so, worried, you go looking for him. In his place, you try and look for him but he’s nowhere around… The only place you haven’t checked is his room.

With your heart beating fast, you quietly open the door just to find…

hear me out

SHADOW. ON. A. BED. NEST. SLEEPING.

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[book-stacks]

the acolyte is arguably the coolest star wars show to be released since the mandalorian and y'all had to go fuck it up

[words-writ-in-starlight]

You could say that I have strong feelings about this ongoing debate

[fizzytoo]

made a bottoms (movie)/“fight club” inspired oc :D —leah dawn (she/her, 21, physics major) joined her university's "secret" self-defense (fight) club to impress girls and get pussy 😞

[ratatatastic]

"what was it like to see ekky drop the gloves and see him just jump in there for you?" [proceeds to say you know and yeah like a lifeline until he can gather his thoughts properly.] "its just cool hes a good guy"

"i appreciate that but you know... yeah i would do the same thing to him"

post practise interview | 11.18.24 (x)

[valkyurii]

it’s funny how things have gone full circle with malenia. she was so hated when the game first came out, but then people grew to like her. then the dlc came out and now people hate her again lmao

[kaidanalenkosprmanager]

THE BEST OF SHENKO 1/?

The end of the world has a way of reminding you of all the things you forgot to say do. Mass Effect: Legendary Edition (2021)