#when there are so many othet things going on???

[mvmnbnv]

Seeing all these braindead bozos boil vis decision to become an enforcer down to just wanting to fuck caitlyn is going to make me lose my shit

[kaphzzz]

so i saw a couple posts about how arthur is sexist and racist and i'm not defending him because ive got a filter on but i do think some things are debatable. a few things got blown out of proportion and overanalysed i think.

first off i agree by today's standards hes definitely got some views to correct such as gender roles and not resorting to telling a woman to go to the kitchen as an insult, but at that time hes about as feminist as you get from a man. he says he doesnt think women and men are all that different, and he doesnt show any doubt at all regarding the capabilities of the women in the gang. many times hes expressed his belief that the women such as tilly or mary beth are skilled and capable of fending for themselves. he frequently shows his vulnerable side to the women in camp. when sadie made it firm that she wanted to be a fighter he allowed her to do it, barely even hesitated. i think he only mocked her because hes irritated at the commotion she and pearson caused in the middle of the camp, and also when isnt he sarcastic?

about the womens suffrage march: yeah he goes only because he's getting paid but he doesnt mock them for their cause and isnt afraid to be seen among them or to be perceived as an ally to their cause. considering the amount of angry men gathered at the protest who would have died of shame if anyone thought they were allies to feminism i think the contrast is clear enough.

'arthur as a lover would force gender roles' i genuinely dont think he would. the girls in the gang do chores because ms grimshaw is in charge of them and arthur has nothing to do with it, hes in fact more assured of their mission success when the girls are involved. he trusts sadie in a fight with his life. he meets charlotte and offers to teach her, without her asking him, to handle a gun to hunt and be independent, not once does he tell her to go back to her cozy life in the city or find another man to rely on beyond offering to get her somewhere she can get food. he goes out of his way to help mary, even when he realises he has nothing to gain from it. these are his views on what a woman should or shouldnt do and it wont change just because said woman is his partner. and i dont even ship him and sadie but i totally get it, i think he'd love a woman who can handle herself both in life and in a fight. this is also why so many people thought he had insane chemistry with black belle and there are even fanworks out there of the two. he doesnt get to meet too many but he's nothing but impressed and respectful when he meets a strong woman. and sure, if his partner is and just wants to be a wife in a traditional wife role, arthur'd be totally fine with it, he'd probably love to have someone stay in their home caring for it and waiting for him. but i also think he wouldnt be opposed to someone who can accompany him when hes out and about and who he can entrust his life to either.

'he lost his temper at mary' okay why wouldnt anyone? thats an understandable reaction for anyone in the circumstances. he's gone to meet who is probably the only person he has ever loved romantically and still loves, and all she does is criticise him for his outlaw lifestyle while at the same time expecting him to help her using the skills he gained from that life. im not going to say shes using him or being manipulative but it comes close, which is a whole other debate and i dont want to get into it but mary isn't in the right either. they talk to each other as equals too, their argument and the way they talk to each othet just supports that. when he got angry he realises his mistake and tries to calm himself down immediately when mary tells him to be kind to her. any truly sexist man who believes in a man's role in a relationship wouldnt even have listened. there were and are enough men in relationships who dont listen to their female partners or accept criticism from them or would even escalate the situation but arthur is not one of them.

about him being racist - this is a no brainer honestly he wasnt racist in 1899 and not racist now. sure you can say hes ignorant and uneducated on racism issues but thats not the same as being racist or accusing him of racism. the only thing i see people have to support the racism argument is that he referred to javier as a 'greaser' during the boat heist, but thats i think the only time he says a slur and thats only because he's got a role to play and hes simply saying whatever the manager expected from his act. he thinks of javier as family and all of the non white people in the gang too, quite obviously.

and lastly yes i agree hes a flawed person, charles calls him out on not wanting to help the germans or the tribe of his own will, lenny calls him out on not realising that the south is dangerous for him and tilly and charles to be in, in fact many people put him in his place by telling him exactly where hes wrong. he is often offending people whether he means to or not, and in certain situations quick to lose his temper or resort to violence, but he is also a kind and caring and sensitive person. i dont think we need to be squinting so hard between the lines to know that hes a good person when he doesnt have to be the violent brute dutch shaped him into for the gang.

so anyway i totally agree hes not some pure pookie wookie cinammon roll capable of no wrong and definitely has a lot of flaws besides the crimes, but i dont think racism or sexism are among them.

everyone has their own understanding of a character, i dont normally want to get involved in debate but if anyone does want to discuss then do but keep it civil

[nalyra-dreaming]

I have to jump in on the Rockstar Lestat talk, because I have actually been meaning to post about it myself recently. I remember opening The Vampire Lestat when I was..much younger, and even then I was like "Lestat's a rockstar?" It was like a sign that all bets were off. Anne was going to go where she wanted with these characters, and we could go along for the ride or not. (Obviously I decided to stay.) It's crazy, but it's fun.

Very much so 😅

(I do hope the lyrics they will choose will be better though, sorry Anne 😬😅)

It was such a wild thing to open with, after IWTV ?!? and tbh I hope the show goes full in, merch-release-album for us, fake merch to buy, its own soundtrack, the whole enchilada, pretty please 😈

And I want those on vinyl, too. 🙏

But yeah… wild fun^^. I don’t think they’ll skip it in any kind of way but I do think it will stay in the 80s. Given the format of the show that shouldn’t make much difference though, right?!

And there are so many things they can play with there as well… what happened in the show, what did not… what else is contested?!

It could also easily introduce some of the othet big players, like Khayman, and of course, the backstory for Akasha, eventually….

Ahhhhhh, I cannot wait ^^

[kikudrakken]

Red vs Blue: Restoration was a red team story, through and through. Caboose had a lot of screentime but this, especially in the second half, was a red team story.

Have you ever watched a cast reunion movie? A movie that comes out long after a series has ended that, even if it's still high stakes, feels like it's simply there to tie up loose ends, to give a feeling of finality?

That's what this movie felt like. It had flaws, oh so many flaws, and you can look to othet posts for those. But honestly, even if I like the ending of season 13 better as an ending to the series? This is still nice. I like it.

I really don't have much to say on it. It's just.... good. It's a good ending. If you like red vs blue for the story, you'll probably like this. It's certainly a better ending that whatever the hell they were going for in seasons 15-18. It's funny that the statement of "RvB was at it's best when Burnie Burns was trying to end the series" still holds truth.

It's poetically ironic, in a way, for them to start and end with RvB, to start and end with the thing that got them big. I don't know if this project was conceived before or after they heard internally about their prospective closure. It feels like it is aware of the end of their company, though. My guess is that it was made before the closure was finalized but after talks had begun.

Sayonara, Rooster Teeth. You were a shell of your former self, but you were still you at the end of the day, and that doesn't change the good things you made. May your employees find new jobs safely and be able to move on to greener pastures.

Ain't that a bitch.

[ask-serendipity-sky]

I was thinking if JK completely changed his view about smoking won't the same be happening to othet things he said in that 2014 video?

1. Smoking - within 5-6 yrs from that video, he became a well known smoker lol

2. Girls - he said he's not intrested so get bored with them very quickly and breakup, now he might have turned into a fuckboy.. or atleast had many casual relationships (like all saesangs says 👀)

3. He mocked hyung line for being so flirty with those girls, I bet it's now them being in a commited relationship while he's fucking and flirting around.

4. Marriage - he said he'll never get married. I bet he will be the 1st one to get married among members lol. Not because he wanted but most probably he'll get one of his girls pregnant, so there's no other option other than marry them lol

1st one got revealed, others will probably join soon

Hi anon,

I didn't even get angry at your ask because the things you say in order to convince yourself that Jk is not with Jimin and he is the fuckboy that you want him to be are so amusing.

Let's break down some stuff:

1. Yup. You are right. He changed him mind and now he smokes and drinks. Such a revelation! Who would have thought? Not me...not me. (Sarcasm)

2. Yup. You are right. He changed. He is a long-term homosexual relationship with Jimin, who is a guy. Just like the sasaengs aren't saying... what?

Because contrary to popular beliefs, sasaengs don't go around revealing information. They keep what they find to themselves because it makes them feel closer to their idol and well, they can't exactly out Jk and Jimin. Although that garbage person Headliner did, remember? If you don't, please look it up and see the horrible things she said when she found out that Jk likes men.

You don't need a sasaeng to know what kind of stuff Jk is into, though. He tells you:

3. Yup. True. He flirts with Jimin and him and Jimin fuck.

4. Yup. He will probably get married first...to Jimin.

He even found the sound of "Jeon Jimin" amusing 🥰. So cute.

Anyway, it seems you are right. Jk is not the same person he was in 2014.

Hope this helps.

[pastara-cell]

FAVOURITE AU IDEA AAAA DAY 17 IVE BEEN WAITING IVE BEEN WAITING IVE BEEN WAITING I HAVE TWO ANSWERS BUT I’LL DO TWO SEPERATE POSTS BECAUSE IF I DO BOTH OF THEM IN THE SAME POST YOU’LL BE READING AN ENTIRE FIC AT THAT POINT

PART 1 (Double Life Au)

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Okay so, This is sorta similar to yesterdays thing, and also, I’ve literally posted about this, but now that I have my medication, i can ACTUALLY write it. TMF DOUBLE LIFE AU- Okay okay wait wait lemme recap then I’ll go into detail, because I dont want this to be a complete restatement of my older post, as its been more fleshed out since then.

So, for a recap, if you dont know what double life is, them it’s essentially the 3rd season in a mcyt series called “the life series/traffic life”. In this season, people are paired up with anothet person, their soulmate, and they take damage when the other person takes damage.

However, with that being the canon, many different headcanons and fan conceps have popped up for it, such as feeling everything your soulmate feels (Physically and mentally). I’ll only give one example because there are physically so many that i’d be here all day talking about them.

I would also like to take a second to say that i’m a firm truther in the fact that double life is an allegory for the fact that you cant be forced until love. Also, remember that soulmates can be platonic or romantic, or sometimes even enemies! (Not like im gonna make zailey soulmates, they could be platonic but Its just not my thing)

So what I proposed is that we take the tmf guys, and we throw them into the double life universe! This au was just a thought at that point, but I have it mostly mapped out now! So, heres a lil thing showing all the pairs ^^ (what no, I didn’t steal half these screencaps from rosypenguins and the tmf suffering bracket…LIESSS/silly)

(The letters to the side stand for what the pair is. R means romantic, p means platonic, q means QPR, and c means complicated)

Now im not gonna sit here and go over each pair, however, i’ll dump some headcanons for the au!! (If you end up using this au, which i totally dont mind, please change anything you want!)

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-The reason Drean is a confusing pair is because they dont know eachother, or atleast, not well. They’d probably not know how to properly talk to eachother at first. I could see this going from not knowing eachother, to platonic, to romantic, but any way works and they’ll be able to be interpreted as romantic or platonic

-Staisy QPR because yes.

-ran out of people to pair up, and decided “huh, okay then, sadie and maria” and tbh, why not. New rarepair. They go from mild dislike to loving eachother practically as soon as they bond.

-all the pairings in this are based upon canon friendships, my personal headcanons, and whatever I felt like putting together.

-Lia and Zoey are NOT friends in this au, well atleast not anymore. But they’re stuck together.

-Hailey and milly cause i need to see them interact more

-Milly and Elliot totally do a secret soulmate thing, like bigb and grian, but are super awkward about it. Hailey and jake know, and they think it’s hilarious

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Enough about the pairings, au facts time!!

-Drew is a past watcher. Take that as you will with your own watcher lore ^^

-Sadie is a listener, also take that as you will with your lore.

-Because I can and Because I will, Liam and henry live in the “relation-ship”. They’re the boat boys. No other pairing lives in the same houses as the original mcyts, Just those two.

-green, yellow, and red lives still exist. Yes they can die. Yes, my friends, this does mean angst.

-Will take place in the terrain of the double life map. Only things that are missing are the structures that were built by the mcyts, the cake does not exist, nor does pearl’s tower or anything. The relation-ship is there but thats an exception.

Mayyy update this, part 2 with my othet au may come out today or tomorrow, depends on how lomg it’ll take me to do stuff. ^^

[originalwinnercheesecake]

What if the 2003 Teen Titans were pokemon trainers Part II Titans East and other characters

When I made part one I acknowledged that the show was 20 years old and some laptop problems on my end resulted in it being posted months after my previous posts and about 2 months after the aniversary of the shows pilot so I understood if it did not get many views. I said I still wanted to make it because these lists are a lot of fun to make, and 2003 Teen Titans was one of my favorite shows growing up. I guess I am not the only one who still remmberes it fondly, because I got multiple likes and a couple reblogs in just a couple weeks (Thank you!). So here is my promised part 2. If you haven't seen Pat I (which has the main titans and Terra's teams) then I will link it at the end of this post.

A few things to go over before you see my lists. I am not giving any character more than three pokemon. These teens all have super powers (or in some of them's case, gadgets and martial arts abilities that rival super powers) and they go on missions and handle all bad guys/foes as a group, So I do not think any of them would have a need for six pokemon. Secondly I am basing my lists off pokemon that I think would work best for the 2003 version, since that is the version I grew up with. But the pokemon I chose could also work for the Teen titans go versions too, if anyone who see this perfers that version. Lastly I like to gove characters that have particularly significant/close relationships I like to give them both paralle or similar pokemon to show that. The titans are a pretty close knit team, so I wanted for them I decided to do a team mascot pokemon. the main/core titans all got a shiny pokemon. For titans East I wound up giving each of them a fairy type (for half of them it just happened, and once I saw that I rolled with it for the othet half). Okay that should be everything, so moving on to my teams below

BumbleBee

The Leader of the Titans East

Beedrill & Ribombee: Bee pokemon for the Bee themed superhero. One is ficesty with a sharp sting, and one is cute and sweet honey bee. Bumblebee could be both, depending on what angle she was working or how good of friends you and her were. Ribombee also takes the role of being her fairy type. On final thing, when I showed this list to friends before typing it out I was asked by two of them why I did not give Bumblee a vespaqueen instead of a beedrill. Well the answer to that is quit simple my dear Watsons: There can only ever be one queen bee per hive. Titans East's tower already has a queen bee, and that's Bumblebee

Pikachu: I was out of Bee pokemon. Bumble Bee is skilled election so I thought she should also have an electric type. I also deduced that it needed to be a small because Bumblebee always operated under the philosophy that smaller meant harder to hit. After that it was a no brainer to give her the pokemon franchises electric icon and round out her team.

Speedy

Robin's look-alike, and the second titan to prove you do not have to have powers to be able to keep up with other Super hero's

Dedenne: This is Speedy's fairy type. I picked it because both its color scheem and its electric/fairy type. Due to its small size and scrappy nature I like to picture Speedy's dedenne riding on top of his arrow and giving them an extra extra boost of electric charge.

Hitmonlee: Goes with Robin's Hitmonchan. as both Robin and Speedy are powerless hero's who rely on their own battle, so I am giving them both fighting pokemon that they can spar and train with. Speedy knows how to fight close range, but as an archer is more skilled at fighting from a distance. So off the field he and Hitmonlee can spar together and practice close range. On the field it stands in front of Speedy and keeps villains inside Speedy's archary range

Decidueye: I had to use this one, since its the only archery based pokemon. Speedy could probably learn to shoot its shed feathers, and it could maybe...maybe shoot a couple of his arrows (???). It has a rivialry/broship with one of Aqualad's pokemon; their relationship mirroring that of their trainers.

Aqualad

The telepath, hydro-kinetic, and pretty face of the Titans East

Squirtle: It's a tough water pokemon, can easily battle on land or in water, and is exceedingly brave. An all around good pokemon for Aqualad who's team would be made up of water pokemon.

Vaporeon: Vaporeon is another powerful watertype that can fight on lad or in the water. It also posses the power to turn its body into water and move through bodies of water while invincible. So its a perfect pokemon for stealth missions that are by the water.

Primaeina: Aqualad's fairy type and his ace. This is the pokemon that has the the rivalry/broship with Speedy's Decidueye. I like the idea of these two both having fully evolved Alolan starters

Mas y Menos

Twin speedsters who speak 2 languages

Okay so I gave them complimentary teams, since back when the show came out twins were often written to be the same character (Glad that has changed). SO I am going to list their pokemon together and use there individual symbols (+) (-) to show which one belongs to which.

Plusle (+) & Minun (-): I had to give them these two. They are basically the same duo in two different universes.

Ninjask (+) & Accelgor (-): Two bug types that are some of the fastest pokemon for these speedsters.

Galarian Rapidash (+/-): This one does not have a pokeball, it is instead close friends with both of them (similar to Meowth's relationship with Jessie and James). IT is still their fairy type.

Red-X

Robin's Anti hero Alter.

Murkrow: I said on Raven's list that I could not give her one even if it looked like her favorite bird, because its a thieving bird that either steals independently or to because it works for a higher crook (a Honchkrow). A dark thieving bird is something I could see Red-X really taking a liking to. He is the metaphorical Honchkrow for whom his Murkrow steals for.

Frogadier: Red X's ace. A strong, quick, and agil pokemon. It can use its tounge and cotton to take out servaliance cameras, and the ninja like way it moves is similar to Rex-X

Regular Absol: Robin has a shiney absol on his team. I wanted to give him and Red-X one pokemon that was the same and picked Absol since they both at times walk the line between good and evil. Robin's is a shiny though; to show how his friends help him keep his eye on the light. Red-X unlike Robin is a loner, without friends, because he prefers to in his words "look out for number 1". He is not a bad guy at root of it all. He is what Robin probably would have become had he stayed a solo act after leaving Batman. So its fitting then that Red-X would have a regular Absol as opposed to the Robin's Shiny one, because he has less light in his life and a less shining career.

Jinx

Villian turned to good in the finale season.

So Jinx did not have a lot of character. She was the girl hive member, had "Bad luck Hex powers"??? Basically she was like a punk witch. In her second to finale episode a hero flirts with her and she says something about "Wanting a chance" (Not necessarily a chance to be good or bad, just a chance) and that because of her powers "Good was never an option for me". Well from her finale appearance it looked like Kid Flash gave her a chance and she switched to good. This could arguably place her in the "Anti-Hero" category so I felt like I should put her on this list. I had a friend give me some help with her. They suggested picking "Witchy pokemon". Here are the ones we picked

Sableye: goes with Jinx whole spooky punk esthetic, and has types she would like

Mismagius: A mischeivous and powerful ghost. It was a Misdreavus for most for the series. Jinx evolved it with a stone after meeting Kid Flash, being given her chance, and switching sides.

Phantump: My friend suggested Pumpkaboo, but I have already used that one quite a few times on other lists so I decided to give a bit more love to Phantump. It is still "witchy" and might actually suit jinx more since I believe a comic once hinted to her being a fan of "The Wizard of Oz".

[tiutale]

Earendil kept his little hands curled about the handle of his basket. Ladden with snacks and a drink for the elf he was visiting he was very ezcited to be given such a monumental task! Keeping his pace controlled so as not to spill anything, the youngling grinned at the sounds of Rôg of the House of the Hammer wirking outaide today!

Tink

Tink

Tink

Tink

Hisssss

Standing on the appointed side of the guardrail for observers he patiently set his basket at his feet and awaited acknowledment. It did not take long. The large elf looked up wiping sweat from his sun kissed brow with a dirty kerchief. Smiling broadly at his visitor he set his tools carefully down on a work table and placed the metal back in to heat. "Good day young prince! What brings you to my shop on such a lovely afternoon?"

Earendil bounced on his toes giggling as his dark curled hair was ruffled by the very large hand. "Amme and Ada were lunching with Gorfin and Thel! Thel said you did not break fast. Amme was worried so we all made you a snack basket!" He tried to lift the heavy thing to the rail but could not quite make it. He scowled at his arms a moment. Whu do they never do what he needs when he needs!

Rog laughed opening his metal gate and stepping out to the little one. "Do not make such a face you will find more strwngth sooner than you believe. Now." He peered at the array of foods and drink and his heart fluttered at the care his dewr friends put into it. "Well now I could not possibly eat all of this. Though it looks wuite delivious. All of my favorites in fact! Come. That journey of yours must have been exhausting. You can share some of it with me."

Earendil squealed and and bounced on his toes as Rog scooped up the basket and they moved toward the wash spigget and a table. He happily scrambled onto a bench as Rog washed. Picking out the cloth cover he arranged things as best he could. Keeping one of the strawberry tarts for himself. He nibbled on some hard cheese as Rog dug into a large bit of bread and meats. He nibbled thoughtfully his eyes roaming the bare chested elf.

Rog was no fool he knew the elfling had a question. He had watched him ponder it for some weeks now. He had to hand it to Tuor and Idril. Their young one certaintly thought his impulses through before moving forward with any of them. He took a drink of the summer wine nearly groaning at the delicious flavor. He was far to thirsty from all his work today.

"Adar and you have similar marks. But Amme and Daeradar do not. Why is that?"

Rog paused as he went to go for the tart. His hazel eyes stared at the child who was thoughtfully tracing a scar on his tanned arm. He took a thoughtful bite of the sweet. "If your question refers to my scars. You are a clever and observant young one. Aye. Your father and I have similar marks. Though they come from very different situations." He swallowed his food and steepled his fingers. He did not think his parents would appreciate this but he would not lie to a child. Not their child especially. "You know well from the stories you are read there is great darkness in the world. That Darkness can do tremendously horrible things to another being. I have had the unfortunate experience of being held captive by one such aspect of that Darkness."

Earendil nibbled his tart slowly. "Adar was taken to?"

Rog nodded. "By something othet than what I experienced. Yes he was."

The elfling pursed his lips staring at his fingers. "I would yave rescued you."

Rog chuckled at the sudden words. "Aye I bet you would have young one."

"Do they still hurt? You have many more than Adar."

Rog grabbed his wine swirling it about a bit. "At times they can. But it eases as time goes by." He grinned at the child. "And when one is in such good company the mind does not dwell on it."

The young Prince furrowed his brow a bit lost at the answer. Eating the last of the tart he dusted his hands of the crumbs and smiled at the larger elf. "Can we go swimming! Galdor says his pool is finally ready!"

Rog laughed from his belly. This child was wuite an adventure. "Aye we may. Let me finish this and set the forge with another minder!"

Earendil gave a whoop of joy reaching for another bit of cheese. If he helped Rog finishe they could get to swimming sooner!

[misc-obeyme]

This is just a rant;

I think I realised that I didnt truly like any other characters in om but when thirteen was introduced i was in LOVE..like i like them all individuals and they have their own quirks, and its probably my own depression, but now its meh..and looking back, i think i need to be in mt feels like with Lucifer from othet media they intrest me and i dont know why i cant get that mindset in to OM, and im currently playing Twisted Wonderland and im in love, and when going back i feel the same...also same with Asmodeus a character and demon who i have been intrested in since i was a young teen...its the feels... i dont know if that makes sense.. i feel guilty for actually enjoying nightbringer than the OG, cuz i had so many memories with friends and this whole fandom,

but as the months and years went by with playing the game i just cant be bothered, but i love how the characters are presneted im fanart and fics.. i havent opened om in ages, amd im currently playing NB

Yeah thats it, rant over

Going to read a book and then read some fanfics

You are welcome to rant here whenever you like, anon! Sometimes you just gotta let it out.

I also love Thirteen, she is just so great. It's like the ultimate goth gf you know what I mean? Her hair, her eyes, her outfit, the way she giggles and gets all those sweet hearts whenever she's gushing about MC to someone... I just want to hug and kiss her.

But listen, I totally understand losing interest in a media that you've been part of for a while. It happens! Sometimes, you just don't get the same feelings from it that you used to get. I definitely get what you mean about needing to have the feels - it's not worth it, otherwise.

I don't know much about Twisted Wonderland, though I have seen people talking about it on here. I downloaded it for like a day but then I realized that there was no actual romance aspect to it. Not that this is bad or anything, but I just don't have a ton of time for games, so I have to be picky about what I play. And I like being able to romance characters lol. Making them blush is my favorite thing. But if it's working for you, then that's all that matters.

Also you should not feel guilty for enjoying Nightbringer more than the OG. I don't think you're alone in that, actually. I personally enjoy them about the same, but I also consider NB to essentially be a sequel of the OG, so they're basically the same game? Just some different mechanics.

I also think there's something to be said for remaining in a fandom after you're no longer interested in the media that fandom is based around. I think it's perfectly fine to enjoy fanart and fanfiction of Obey Me even if you haven't played the game in years. The only thing you might come across is spoilers if you ever considered picking it up again or possibly references to things you haven't experienced story wise. But other than that, I say continue to enjoy it!

[13thpythagoras]

I have heard this sentiment / meme for years, getting brought up again and again, I feel I have some energy to reclaim

Our problem isn't that "economic theory" is inherently greedy or broken, it's that our government regulations are divorced from economic theory entirely. Economic theory is like physics, it's not a moral thing, it's a law of science, supply and demand.

I got an econ-math degree and became a socialist, as to all the bloodless leeches who studied economics and became libertarians, that's really a personal shortcoming. I'm an FDR progressive, Green New Deal Ride Or Die.

But even the most prominent conservative economist in the USA (Larry Summers) is saying we need to raise taxes on billionaires and regulate business more heavily, it's a question of political will, not economic theory. All economists are screaming at the bus driver to hit the brakes or steer to avoid the upcoming cliff, and the GOP driver is like "hey fuck you goddamn uppity socialist scientists, driving over this cliff won't be so bad because this steering wheel has an airbag"

do we even have a government when it comes to billionaires? Zero political will to follow the advice of economists but let's throw them under the bus along with all the othet scientists, fuck the learned aristocracy right? hey wait a second

the knee jerk stuff will be having us hate our common man, economics is actually on our side, we just don't fuck with compost-based bio batteries yet and we should. (yes you can get plastic from compost. From compost you can also get glucose for sugar batteries. Sugar batteries are 10x as powerful as lithium ion. Having pre-charged bio batteries at refill stations enables EV drivers to swap out into a charged battery in potentially under 20 seconds, faster than a typical gas refill. This is just one small idea of many for a sustainable future- again apply this idea to shipping and we can have sustainable shipping)

Our problem is fascism, racism, and lacking empathy. Fossil fuels are choking out our future, and the dirty monopolies are strangling clean tech and then lying like "oh the economics just aren't there for EVs" when oil and gas gets trillions in subsidies, far more handout than clean tech. If all historical federal subsidies were removed and the playing field was actually level, we'd be living in the Jetsons future next year. But we can't have nice things, because petrofascists/billionaires are on welfare handout checks, always have been, but they get to masquerade as "pure economists" and pretend that petrofascism is good for any economy except Charles Koch and Warren Buffet's bank accounts, when again, we give more in welfare to corporate america than we do to human america. it's fucked, literally half of all USA oil and gas companies would go bankrupt tomorrow if it weren't for oil subsidies aka welfare checks to oil companies.

as someone who's studied physics, economics, and psychology, I want to remind people, economics isn't just "whatever GOP/billionaires want," it's an actual testable, verifiable science; our current whole corrupt system is based on monopoly power and yielding to monopoly, but that's not even an economic system, beyond de facto fascism.

Economists are begging us to regulate emissions more tightly, follow Robert Reich, it's not the fault of economists or any subset of scientists we're where we are, we need scientists to keep our future bright...what is polluting our future is monopoly, fascism, and tyranny...and greedy CEOs more beholden to the next earnings call than his kids' future

[lovereturns]

the concept of parenting is so strange? like sure there are pretty cool parents out there, but literally no one knows what they're doing? and everyone gets traumatized by their parents? and yet?

[yatsugareboyf]

hi :o,can i request soukoku headcanons with an adopted daughter? like, what kind of parents would they be for your daughter and how would they act in some situations? i really want to see this plss🥺

this is so cute 😭 btw (p/n) is just gonna be in place of like mom or dad just in case any of yall arent comfortable w mom/dad or any parental term and to keep this gender-neutral

nakahara chuuya and dazai osamu with an adopted daughter.

nakahara chuuya

hes so inlove. very inlove. not only w you but w his daughter :(

you probably got her when she was little, not even a year old.

her name is kian and shes currently a 3 year old introverted kid

she was orphaned at a young age because of an accident her birth parents were in:(( and you were friends w her parents and couldnt bare to give her away

"chuuya, remember my friend tht got in an accident recently?"

"yeah, what about it?"

"they left behind a kid, she's probably not even a year old. i- can we keep her?"

"what??"

probably had to think about it for a while before asking to see the child

and he fell inlove w her like omg :(

she was so small and fragile, not to mention how she smiled so brightly at chuuya when he carried her

he was silent the whole time while holding her, while kian was laughing up a storm

you let the worker in the orphanage take her back when it was time to go, and not even two steps outside chuuya went like

"let's get her today. let's just get her stuff before we go home. we're going to get her now."

and you couldn't agree more

so you came back and took baby kian with you home, driving by the mall to buy her a crib and all the othet things

OH BOY CHUUYA WENT ALL OUT GOD IDK IF HIS CARD IS EMPTY OR WHAT

almost bought the entire baby girl section.

on your first night, he refused to let kian sleep in her unbuilt nursery. so in the mean time, she slept in the middle of you and chuuya in your room.

she wasnt noisy or demanding, she was very shy and quiet which worried chuuya

"isn't.... isn't she supposed to be crying?"

"pls don't ask for it if she cries i dont know what to do"

at night she did cry a lot, probably realized that she isnt sleeping with her parents in their home anymore :(

it took a while for chuuya to calm her down, but she found comfort in chuuya and slept peacefully after that, whining whenever he had to part from her

HIS HEART IS BROKE <////3

probably swore over his dead body that he wont ever leave her side

which he know realized, after a few days, would be much harder than he thought it would

hes in the mafia, goddamnit, hes always on-call and hes gone most of the day and into the night so how the fuck will he see his daughter

he thought of bringing her with him at work but you refused, like so much it turned into an argument like

"she's going to be fine! the port mafia isn't kid-friendly but at least i'm there to protect her!"

"no fucking way, you just said it isn't kid-friendly, what if she walks in or sees something she's not supposed to see? she's gonna turn into a liability for the mafia? you are not bringing her there"

"she'll be in my office the whole time, do you think im stupid enough to let her run around a giant ass building? no"

eventually y'all settled down bcs poor kian was so confused why the both of u were yelling her name over and over 😭

you still didnt let chuuya bring her to the mafia but you also cant leave her since u have work/school too

finally, you decided it was best to let chuuya bring her, but only to have her escorted by you all the way to his office to ensure that she's in his office ONLY.

y'all couldnt hire a babysitter bcs kian alr had too many changes in her life and adding another guardian would probably overwhelm her

you worked it out and now kian is happily spoiled by his father 24/7

he wouldn't take any risky missions the first few weeks that kian was there so he wouldn't have to leave her, but once kian knew kouyou and trusted her enough, she started looking after kian whenever chuuya ran to do an errand

ofc nothing would compare to chuuya and the moment she would run to his arms when she saw him again is heartwarming

kian loves chuuya and chuuya loves kian end of story

dazai osamu

i think dazai is... indifferent with children

like, yeah they exist but he never rlly thought of having one? would he even live that long? yeah he didnt think that far

but when he met you, he almost immediately knew that you were taking care of someone at home

he wasn't sure if it was a child at first, but when you showed up one day with the sticker of a diaper on your sleeve, he deduced tht it was a baby, maybe even a toddler.

now tht u two are dating/in a relationship, you had told him abt your adopted baby boy and why u decided to adopt him

your friend loves attending events for adoption centers, retirement homes and charity events and you decided to tag along to some of them

one of them was at an adoption center where you met little baby tadashi, a baby who was abandoned by his parents because "they wanted to live their lives"

you adopted baby tadashi even if u didnt mean to adopt anyone in the first place, you couldnt seem to let go of him

dazai wasn't surprised ofc, he kinda knew alr

at first, he didnt really feel any obligation towards tadashi, like he was dating you and not your son

but the longer you two stayed together, he got to know baby tadashi and see him grow up

he didnt see tadashi that often but when he moved in, he couldn't help but watch him all the time

he felt a tiny connection with tadashi until it grew so much that he would prefer hanging out with tadashi more than going to work apparently

would take him out to the park when hes a bit older, since hes a bit energetic, or bring him to an amusement park to eat all the sugary sweets he likes and ride all the rides he sees

you were so happy to see them get along, but you always reminded dazai that he doesn't really have an obligation to take care of tadashi, since he's your child, but omg

"what do u mean? he's our child now, isn't he? he grew up with us two here with him, it'll be too confusing for tiny little tadashi to say that im not his father."

tadashi calls dazai "osa" ever since he was a baby (or how old a child can talk....) and he calls you by your nickname, never rlly by any parental terms

but when tadashi grew old enough to ask, you weren't afraid to tell him the truth, that he was adopted but you and osamu loved him very much

he didnt really mind it, but he started to try and call you by p/n and osa by dad

the first time tadashi called dazai "dad*, dazai probably cried inside ngl

"dad, can you come to my basketball game tomorrow?"

ofc he plays it off and just smiles at your son and goes "of course! what kind of dad wouldn't be at their son's basketball game?"

he hugged u for so long while tadashi was gone 😭😭

would definitely listen to every story tadashi had to tell

would to everything for your son, in general, whether it be learning to play a sport to play w him or teaching him math he never really learned or driving him to school or bringing him to play dates

he loves tadashi so much 😭 like that's the light of his life right there

probably a bit strict (?) just because he wants him to be safe

bcs of this, they probably get into arguments a lot and its just a while before one of them (or both of them at different times) come to you to tell their side of the story

but dazai is so gentle w his son and talks it out with him and in the morning they would get ice cream together just GAJFJFVJDJAJ

sigh. dazai w a son.

[sireniana]

More healed AU please?

Heck yeah let's go!!

-Alcina-

-Her daughters discover malls and the internet. She's totally doomed.

-Her new abode is a lovely yellow mansion on one of many low sloping hills. Her favorite thing to do is walk through the grape arbors as the sun sets and enjoy this strange new freedom.

-Since they aren't allowed human blood, she sets her daughters to the task of eliminating the pests that plague her grapes. When people visit unexpectedly they think Alcina has a bunch of cats. The girls like to leave "gifts" just to bug her.

-Absolutely a neat freak. Will randomly grap servants and lift them up to show them a dusty surface they missed.

-Spoils and scolds her daughters in turn, as tough as she tries to be on them they inevitably get away with several war crimes.

-Donna-

-Eventually she gets the courage to open a little arts and crafts store, since even though her Etsy was monetarily profitable, she was still very alone.

-Pretends Angie's her ventriloquist dummy while she's working, people stare a little but her wares are top quality so they don't mind too much.

-Her scar does disturb people a bit, but one day when she's very low someone tells her it "looks badass". She can't stop smiling for the rest of the day.

-Has on the phone spa days with Alcina where they paint their nails and lovingly harass each othet for "not getting out more".

-Once she realizes you can paint whole rooms their is no stopping her, ever room in her house changes color so frequently most people wouldn't recognize it a week after they saw it.

-Admittedly most rooms are various shades of purple but no one could ever guess her favorite color. Right?

-Moreau-

-Has a love hate relationship with large bodies of water now. He's loved them since he first toddled into the ocean, but there's.... less positive memories associated with them now.

-Constantly paranoid that he's going to change back at any minute, feels peoples eyes on him constantly.

-On a happier note, he gets to see musicals! Live!

-He goes to every performance for every show within driving distance (and he's not above driving several hours).

-Starts, eventually, working as a doctor again. It'll take a long time though. Trust, especially self-trust, is easily shattered and not so easy to repair.

-Enjoys the little things the most. Humming without choking on his bile, walking around without stares, ordering food from someone other than the Duke! He's over the moon for life.

-Heisenburg-

-Practically lives in junk yards. I don't know if stealing from them is illegal, but he could NOT care less.

-Prep talks younger mechanics in a supposedly threatening way, but he comes off as a gruff dad who's not-so-secretly proud of you.

-Makes giant coffee makers with unnecessary features "Of course it needs to be able to bissect someone in half with a hot stream if coffee, what if my enemy wants a cup o' joe?"

-Watches those "making fictional tech real" Youtube videos all the time and critiques people methods in the comments to the point that he's been banned on several occasions.

-Very perturbed by the idea of a bed, since he just falls asleep wherever his body decides. Makes side eyes at it as he passes out on the floor again.

[little-witchys-garden]

Harassing minors mostly latino minors for being in the encanto fandom is not " helping them "

Legit had to just deal with someone claiming they're standing up for " The Latinos " { yeah they said " the Latinos which feels very dehumanizing }

as they put it by supporting minors specifically poc minors being harassed for heascannons...

" because being a minor can't protect you "

This is a recurring thing I've noticed by the anti encanto people.. Like it's happening on repeat and it's making me so mad...

So as I've said that the encanto fandom is being harassed for

Kinning

Aus

Headcannons

Ships

And even fanart

This is something that is harming with poc and white minors that are being harassed specifically latino LGBT+ minors are being harmed.

Reading this persons comment was not only transphobic and down right had many racist/prejudice undertones { lots of white hate but also back handed comments about latino youth } again which is just a repeating action with these anti encanto people.

Supporting harassment by claiming you're

" protecting/helping the latinos " just feels gross. It feels like a savoir complex.

I've noticed that's the excuse a lot of ppl that hate and harass the encanto fandom use as a excuse..

Mostly when it comes to " helping " yes they often call their harassment and hate towards Latino minors " helping " which like no.. You bullying children isn't helping.

Because ya know they're just " helping those poor misguided LGBT+ kids specifically the LGBTQ+ latino kids " 😒

It gives off a " oooh those poor misguided poc I must save them!!" Vibes...

It really just got under my skin because not only do these people claim their harassment isn't harassment, claim it doesn't happen but also then claim " were helping/protecting them "

But I've also noticed they've tried circling it back into

" It the whites and the blacks fault!" Just out of no where. It always feels like they really try bringing white ppl and black ppl into it making them out as the problem { specifically making the black people out as the problem I've noticed } like to cover up the fact they're harassing latino minors...

That's always their go at when I'm like

" you bullying latino minors.... You're a creep "

They always circling the conversation back into

" Those darn blacks and whites!"

The amount these ppl try blaming white and black people { specifically black people, like a LOT of them blame black people I've noticed. } for them harassing children is very uncomfortable....

{ { issue part 2. I cover some othet issues with the anti-encanto in part 1 and 3 }

[p-antomime]

Hello kiki! May i ask for my version of your yandere!wakasa fic?

Your a year younger than him, and also the younger sister of his best friend. Your so madly in love with him, and he knows too. But your not yandere for him, so when you heard that he might have feelings for his ex you were heartbroken so heartbroken, she was so bold alt goth with piercings (my type 😶) so naturally like a sane person not like wakasa you began to distance yourself with him and began to paying attention to your many admirers since you have a reputation of being a college angel. I can imagine how Wakasas gonna lose it, he thought that things are going so well and that youll confess to him soon, but one day you just seem so cold and aloof and when you began to paying attention to othet men, oh boy wakasa snaps as he thinks all the horrible things he wants to do for looking at any other men that isnt your family or him. After the spicy punishment can we get a fluffy ending where he n his ex just sits u down and she tells u that shes fruity?☺

HI BB ! just finished writing your request and it's here !

hope u like it BECAUSE I LOVED writing it so FUCKING much like fr it was one of the one-shots i enjoyed writing the most, tysm for your request <3<3

[maan-is-done]

There are many people arguing about sk8 being queerbaited or not and yall have different opinions which are valid. You can think whatever you want no one can persuade anything to you.

Here is my opinion

I think the director has made really wise decisions about renga and the ups and downs in their relationship. There were obviously thousands of scenes with hints that renga is real.

And then, WE LITERALLY GOT A CONFESSION.

I myself genuinely assumed that they're officially canon and i was really happy for a whole week about it.

Obviously, when u get a confession you expect more renga being gay together content. Don't get me wrong. There is not a single scene that u can't tell they're gay. But there SHOULD be othet affirmations during the show.

But the rest of the show went on like just previous qbaiting animes.

So i think director is actually kinda getting away and saved herself with that confession.

We dont know why they make shows going like this. Maybe we do have Western expectations. But i do think that it was another anime that teased queer people, or whatever yall name it.

And i think it's pretty obvious when you also take a look at director's previous projects like free.

She knew it's 2021 and people are pretty aware of queerbaiting. Old tricks wouldn't have worked anymore. So she brought up a confession thing. So, many people can say that the show wasn't queerbaiting and it was canon.

It's like creating a safe area.

At the end i admire the director and thank het for making such a show that we all lived with it for a while and could make beautiful memories.