#white courage

[whereisyourpippinnow]

I won't forbid you, brother, to dance with the Germans, but I have no intention of joining you in this dance. So that future generations wouldn't say that Zawrats are traitors. And sons of a bitch. Tobie bracie z Niemcami tańczyć nie zabronię, ale ja nie mam zamiaru. Żeby ci, co po nas przyjdą, nie powiedzieli, że Zawraty zdrajcy. I skurwysyny.

White Courage (Biała Odwaga) | 2024 (dir. Marcin Koszałka)

[keepingupwithjakubgierszal]

JAKUB GIERSZAŁ (some time ago), bts of shooting Biała Odwaga (White Courage) via Marcin Koszałka ig 🎬✨

[tomorrowusa]

Volodymyr Zelenskyy's short vid is one of the great wartime speeches.

Some people are tough while other people with porcine mouths just like to talk tough while hiding behind bone spurs.

[sinnamonpork]

Teenage Shouto talking about his older brother that's "very emotional" and "is a big cry baby". Everyone in Class 1-A, especially those who have met Fuyumi, imagines Touya as this adorable angel who could do no wrong.

Cut to two weeks later and a black haired, piercing filled man with the most shit eating of smirks is seen at the entrance of the school, about to pick up Shouto. He almost got Bakugou to blow up one of the walls and definitely got the number of visiting pro hero Hawks while he was waiting for Shouto's class to end.

Class 1-A is very, very confused. This is the crybaby older brother Shouto was talking about?? Bitch where???

[ticklingtimetickstotest]

[leveloneandup]

To see the happiness on your face scoring after 2 years of working to get back on the pitch after 4 surgeries, I’m so proud of you my ⭐️🫶🏼🔥🔥🔥⚽️

[opti-mistic]

Studies from last year. I draw so much but NEVER post anything. Sheesh...

[ingravinoveritas]

The amount of hate David is receiving on X is horrible to read regarding the Baftas and NG/Good Omens. I’m glad he doesn’t use Social Media so he can’t read the horrible things said about him but i feel so sorry for him. I’ve been a fan of him since he started Doctor Who in 2004/5 and it’s upsetting to read how nasty people are. If people don’t agree with his views, that’s fine we’re entitled to an opinion but there’s no need to use such harsh words against him. It’s sad to read.

Hi, Anon. I agree with you that the hateful comments made against David since hosting the BAFTAs last weekend have been horrific. As I've alluded to previously, I don't think it's that David doesn't use social media at all, but rather that he has private accounts that are not for public consumption. Either way, I am also hoping he has not read (or had someone read to him) the nasty things that people have said.

So many of the attacks--largely in response to the Trump-related jokes that David made, but as you said, related to Good Omens/NG too--have been personal and veered hard into homophobic and transphobic rhetoric. Guilt by association as well--as if David himself wasn't horrifically betrayed and used by Neil. Because these days, and especially on social media, it doesn't seem like it's enough to just disagree with someone's views or have a differing opinion. It's now become necessary to tear someone apart completely--to dehumanize them, to twist and distort the truth for the sake of turning them into the "other" as a justification for lying and saying those nasty things in the first place.

I know this might not be much comfort, but another thing that I hope is helpful is to remember that X is an absolute cesspool at this point. It has now become a haven for the worst of the very worst, and so on that site, those voices are the ones most amplified. But just because they are the loudest, it does not mean they are the majority. Because David is receiving twice as much love and positivity on any number of other sites (Bluesky, Tumblr), and that more than counts for something.

The other thing is that David is 53 years old, and much of this has arisen from him deciding to speak up and stand for something. Something that, given the current political climate, has an enormous potential for backlash. But I think it's incredibly admirable and commendable that David has become so vocal over the last few years, regardless of the consequences. So as upsetting as the hate he's getting is, it's also encouraging, because it means that even in the face of such an onslaught, David is not backing down or apologizing for what he believes in. And that makes my respect for him grow immeasurably.

I hope this helps you to feel better, Anon. Remember, too, that David has a PR team and family and friends who love him, so he is very much not fighting this alone. So that is something we can certainly be glad for...

[fictionadventurer]

I got curious about the podcast you've been listening to, and I listened to the Snow White episode tonight. They got into this abstract discussion of motherhood, and I was surprised that no one brought up the fact that Snow White herself doesn't have a mother anymore (or a father, presumably), and the fact that she is an orphan contextualizes how she responds to others with motherliness. I just rewatched the movie, and it's notable what an especial compassion she has for anyone without parents. Before the huntsman makes his attempt, she's concerned about a little bird separated from its parents and helps them reunite. Later, she concludes that the inhabitants of the cottage must be seven children who are orphans, and it's clear that she's worried for them, and ready to step in to help them out--which in turn will help her out, because she's an orphan in need of care herself. No one has been taking care of this girl, and it says so much about her character that her response to this deprived upbringing is to make every effort to give others what has been denied to her.

I noticed the same thing during rewatch--Snow is constantly caring for others, especially children. I hadn't consciously connected it with her orphan status--I focused on the fact that she's a good mother contrasted with the evil queen as a bad mother--but you're so right. Snow White knows the pain of losing her parents and it gives her so much compassion for those in similar situations, and it's so impressive and says so much about her strength of character.

[nozomijoestar]

i really like the dichotomy of everyone respecting Nana as their friend off stage (and the darker feeling she has that they All take from her in one way or another except Karen) but inside the stage duels as performers with her as their ultimate test, they're all still prideful enough to treat it as every man's glory for themselves, making it so they can't hold a grudge against Nana outside the Revues because to everyone the Revues are Just Business and a space for words that don't belong outside it- which plays into the repression that's hurting all their relationships, they really thought of everything making this series

[keepingupwithjakubgierszal]

JAKUB GIERSZAŁ in between shooting of White Courage (Biała Odwaga) via Marcin Koszalka’s ig ✨ (some time ago)

[justinspoliticalcorner]

Right Wing Watch:

Pam Bondi, President-elect Donald Trump’s second pick for U.S. Attorney General, has ties to New Apostolic Reformation dominionists who worked hard to put Trump back in office and believe his election will bring about a spiritual “great awakening” that will help like-minded right-wing Christians take control of the “seven mountains” of influence in America—government, business, education, media, arts and entertainment, religion, and family. 

After Bondi left office as Florida’s Attorney General, she joined the America First Policy Institute, a think tank created by former staffers that, like the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025, has been laying the groundwork for a “revolutionary” plan to “seize control” and dismantle the “administrative state” -- federal agencies charged with protecting American workers, consumers, and communities from corporate wrongdoing. This year, AFPI partnered with dominionist Lance Wallnau’s Courage Tour, which mixed religious revival with Christian nationalist politics and pro-Trump political organizing. Wallnau celebrated the announcement of Bondi’s nomination as a “great pick,” noting, “She’s part of the America First Policy Institute, a great group I had the privilege of working with in the last year.”  Reflecting the MAGA movement’s increasingly aggressive Christian nationalist orientation, AFPI claims scriptural foundations for every aspect of its right-wing policy agenda, which it has called “10 Pillars for Restoring a Nation Under God.” 

Former Florida AG Pam Bondi, who Donald Trump tapped to replace Matt Gaetz for the DOJ head job, has ties to Seven Mountains Dominionists and Christian Nationalists.

[fantasyandromancelover]

The Wizard of Oz (My Version)

[mikyapixie]

3 years ago today Straight Outta Nowhere: Scooby-Doo! Meets Courage the Cowardly Dog was released on DVD!!!

This was the crossover of my dream!!! I loved every second of it!!! Especially the ending when Muriel give one last riddle to Scooby & Courage & give Courage a hug brought me to tears!!! It was like the last hug with her OG VA RIP Thea white!!!🥹🥹🥹

[haveyouseenthisseries-poll]

[chubphoe-linkclick]

I asked a while ago if anyone knew whether CXS, LG, and QL representing The Star Warriors of hope, courage, and wisdom respectively meant anything, and I got a phenomenal reply from shimmeringweeds. CXS and QL's themes just sorta fit the vibes of their characters for me. The only issue was that I didn't really understand why Lu Guang was the Star of Courage of all things especially if he wasn't the star of wisdom.

It was bothering me a lot because I just could not see it at first, and now I realise why.

The fandom often talks about Lu Guang time travelling back to save Cheng Xiaoshi to be an act of love and desperation and gayness, that he just couldn't go on without him and was willing to risk throwing the into disarray just to say his name once more (sobbing). But this only really looks at the angsty parts of what Lu Guang must have been going through and thinking about when he made his decision to dive.

This is because travelling back in time to save Cheng Xiaoshi also means carrying the risk of failing to save Cheng Xiaoshi, a very realistic and almost certain outcome that he will be there again holding his best friend as he dies in his arms, Lu Guang as helpless to save him as he was the first time (and every other time). There's no way he hasn't thought about that, watching the life sink out of Cheng Xiaoshi but forcing himself to sit through it so his best friend's final moments will be with someone who loves him, so he won't be doomed to be abandoned even in his final moments. Even if he's going to go back and change the timeline, erasing this death, Lu Guang doesn't ever want to leave him alone. For Cheng Xiaoshi, Lu Guang never wants to run away.

And so Lu Guang keeps going back, despite this certainty of failure and the soul-scarring consequences of it. It might not be an understatement to say that Cheng Xiaoshi's death was the worst thing that ever happened to Lu Guang, and that's a testament to the guts he has for facing that reality again and again for the sake of one he loves.