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[estelleuse]

The sheer number of posts blaming Ford for the way Filbrick treated Stan makes my eye twitch so. bad.

What a way to make it the child's responsibility for how their parents treat them and their siblings. Like, they know that Ford ALSO grew up in an abusive environment and was abused too, right?? Apparently not oml

Don't even get me started on the science fair incident. Like, he had every right to be mad, and it wasn't Ford that threw Stan out. Blaming a child for not standing up to their abusive parents for their sibling seems to be rampant in the Gravity Falls fandom these days

[jeahreading]

people are pro tamlin??

I'm sorry what are you ON???

[starreo]

listening to cigarettes after sex on a cold morning, tucked in your bed, hot cocoa in your hands as you stare out the window is truly a moment i cherish.

[thelaurenshippen]

so was anyone going to tell me that the mandolorian takes place over the course of THREE YEARS or did I have to figure that out myself by looking up star wars timeline articles!!?

[grimbluesins]

tangent time: secrets

hi! if you’re seeing this post it means you got stuck with ME and my insane ramblings!

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today’s tangent is about character secrets, typically involving something important to the character and story. one such example is superman and clark kent being the same guy.

so i was watching ‘my adventures with superman’ and noticed the shit going down in episodes 5 and 6 about lois (and technically jimmy) learning clark’s secret. between jimmy and lois, there was a BIG difference in how they approached it.

jimmy was the approach everyone should take. he still knew shit was up with clark but figured clark would tell him when he was ready. he was patient. he was understandably upset about lois being told first (which was not clark’s fault and clark should have explained the situation better), but he was still understanding. he didn’t push. we should all strive to be jimmy.

however, lois made me unreasonably angry. she was impatient and pushy and nosey, and she was making clark visibly uncomfortable with her superman investigation. she didn’t seem to notice or care that clark was uncomfortable and hesitant.

what’s more, when first learning about superman, lois declared she would spill all his secrets to the world and clark was rightfully terrified of that. she didn’t even clarify that she WOULDN’T do that even after figuring out clark is superman. she just kept pushing and pushing and even forced clark to out himself by JUMPING OFF A BUILDING.

clark had perfectly valid and understandable reasons for keeping his identity secret from everyone. he should never have been forced to share anything with anyone ever. he should have been able to reasonably tell them on his own time, but lois fucked that up and i am actually so upset at her.

on top of everything, clark apologized for being scared to share the secret. he apologized for not being open. and to some degree, i can understand him. he probably just needed a bit of a nudge, a bit of encouragement, but not a forced outing of his identity.

this is a problem i’ve noticed within a lot of media, especially tv shows and movies.

character A has a secret vital to the story and choose to keep it, usually for entirely good reasons. character B figured it out and is angry at char. A for withholding information and not trusting B. instead of losing trust for B, A instead apologizes for the shit that B did. it doesn’t affect their relationship very much after that.

this just… doesn’t happen irl! and it makes me so angry whenever i see this trope! imo this needs to die…

alright, off you go. you’re free.

[listen-to-the-inner-walrus]

i get what people mean when they say stuff "i dont think i need to explain to you why science is good" but dear fuck do sentences like these make me break out in hives.

i could probably write a 10,000 word essay on it if i sat down to do it. its just so frustrating and yet difficult to articulate because theyre not gonna listen when you explain that theyve just theologised science.

they treat the general concept of science as a religion, overlook any glaring issues within scientific disciplines, trust scientists whose conclusions fit with their existing beliefs while rejecting those that dont, and cherry-pick concepts from "science" as if its their holy book.

like mate, youve just created a religion from the thing you seem to believe to be the absolute opposite to religion.

[thetimelordbatgirl]

I swear to the gods, no one actually gave a shit about JJ Oliver or TomKat even having a kid until The Return was announced to be in an alternate universe with Tomberly and their daughter, now they suddenly care about JJ Oliver.

[fallenfawnn]

my brain is acting insane this morning so that’s fun -.-

[paintedcrows]

Did anyone tell Ford (bonus doodles: Family Movie Night, 70s Classics)

[nikoisme]

I hate it when people ask me what genre of music i listen to because i genuinely have no clue. It's called Music I Like genre. The best genre out there

[omegaverse-anesthesiologist]

why is ao3 is blocked on the hospital wifi????

[puppyeared]

filipina miku!! my mom helped me with her outfit ^_^

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Knowledge Revenge.

[bookwyrminspiration]

sometimes a theme recurs in your work without your permission. and sometimes it reaches a threshold where you're like. well now i think this is saying something about me against my will. don't know what though

[canisalbus]

✦ Pebble ✦

[butchfalin]

the funniest meltdown ive ever had was in college when i got so overstimulated that i could Not speak, including over text. one of my friends was trying to talk me through it but i was solely using emojis because they were easier than trying to come up with words so he started using primarily emojis as well just to make things feel balanced. this was not the Most effective strategy... until. he tried to ask me "you okay?" but the way he chose to do that was by sending "👉🏼👌🏼❓" and i was so shocked by suddenly being asked if i was dtf that i was like WHAT???? WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY TO ME?????????? and thus was verbal again