#what is patriotism

[quietflorilegium]

“How does one hate a country, or love one? Tibe talks about it; I lack the trick of it. I know people, I know towns, farms, hills and rivers and rocks, I know how the sun at sunset in autumn falls on the side of a certain plowland in the hills; but what is the sense of giving a boundary to all that, of giving it a name and ceasing to love where the name ceases to apply? What is love of one's country; is it hate of one's uncountry? Then it's not a good thing. Is it simply self-love? That's a good thing, but one mustn't make a virtue of it, or a profession... Insofar as I love life, I love the hills of the Domain of Estre, but that sort of love does not have a boundary-line of hate. And beyond that, I am ignorant, I hope.”

Estraven, Ursula K. Le Guin, "The Left Hand of Darkness"

[bixels]

“America has no culture” is an inherently racist statement. Especially when talking about California, which has enormous populations (yes, plural) of Hispanic and Asian immigrants.

It’s such a self report that you see the American hegemony, the American monolith, as a singularly white entity that’s worthy of scorn. I want that person to look at the Black American NYC Miku design and tell me with their full chest that that isn’t culture. Especially when modern pop culture owes so much to Black American culture — hip hop, language, streetwear and fashion, pop music, jazz — as is actively erasing their roots, saying all of America has no culture is a dumbass statement.

Also, “all the US Mikus are dressed in generic casual street style for coolish weather.” The original Brazilian Miku is wearing sunglasses, a crop top, short shorts, a bikini, and flip flops you absolute dunce. If you’re gonna be rude at least be consistent.

[afera-bh]

Old but gold. I think this fanart might be good for a first postᕙ(ಠ ਊ ಠ)ᕗ

I'm gonna upload older works for now and then start with recent ones.

[foe-paw]

YOU THOUGHT THAT YOU COULD OUTSMART THE VERY THING THAT RUNS THE BLOOD OF YOUR KIND?

[avocado62524]

[maxedes]

nico rosberg on sky germany just said he‘d want to put sebastian vettel into the audi seat

[frogmansides]

machine girl

[reality-detective]

When asked if he fears assassination for taking on Big Pharma, the CIA, and the FBI, RFK Jr. answered with unwavering courage, stating that dying is not the worst fate—living as slaves, watching our children lose the freedoms that countless generations of Americans fought and died to protect, is.

He boldly declared that our generation must be ready to make whatever sacrifices are necessary to defend those freedoms, no matter the personal cost.

He emphasized that true patriotism requires standing up for what’s right, no matter the danger, for the sake of our country’s future.🤔

[ryuusea]

Happy birthday, Liam! More modern/reincarnation au

[soybean-official]

Compiled the Disco Elysium style MGS2 portraits into 1 post!

[thegeekcloud]

So tumblr has a very specific set of fandoms. So

Which fandom will win?

[courtesanofdeath]

WE ARE SO BACK

[toastsrambles]

i think the reason why only fred and louis went to sherlock before the final problem is just that they loved william as a human while everyone else saw him and loved him as more than human.

william was something Other to albert, and to moran, and to bonde.

he gave albert hope, and the motivation to achieve the world he always believed should exist. he freed albert from his past life and, although albert corrupted him, gave him the chance to fix the broken world that had scarred him so much.

he gave moran purpose, and a cause to fight for. after everything fell apart while he was at war, after the greatest tragedy of his life, william showed up, pure and with a fresh cause to fight for. young and brilliant, william became moran's north star.

he gave bonde freedom, a chance to do more. not only did william help him find a way to be who he really was, he also offered the opportunity to fix a world which bonde had seen hurt so many people he cared about.

to those three, william gave so much. he, purposefully or not, indebted them to him. made himself more than human.

but to fred and louis, he was just william. they could see past william's ideals and sparkling new world to see the person underneath.

since we don't know fred's backstory, it's hard to dissect why, exactly, fred sees him like this. but the hunting of the baskervilles provides some insight into this.

fred doesn't have unshakeable devotion to william; he doubts, he wavers. but he still makes the decision to trust him, and to work with him. it isn't devotion, and it isn't debt; it's just fred deciding that he'll help support william and his mission, because he believes in him.

and louis? louis had always looked up to his brother, but that's who william always was. his brother. nothing more and nothing less. does he place his full faith and trust in william? of course. but he knows better than anyone else that william is just human.

albert and moran and bonde would follow william to the ends of the earth, would do everything they could to follow through on his plans. and if his plan meant his death, then they would still help him, no matter what.

fred and louis would follow william to the ends of the earth, would do everything they could to follow through on his plans. but if his plan meant his death, then they would save him, no matter what.

to albert, moran, and bonde, william was more than human.

but to fred and louis, he was more than the lord of crime.

and that made all the difference.

[iwritetextsnottragedies]

I can't believe this didn't occur to me earlier

[jasonisaacs]

Jason Isaacs as Colonel William Tavington THE PATRIOT (2000)

[seeingteacupsindragons]

Sherlock and William literally swore vows to each other to live and struggle on together, and this one panel where Sherlock smiles fondly while talking about what a pain in the ass William is, is still the most Married thing they've ever done.