#why did he do this?

[birds-and-the-birds]

HELLLPP I WAS CHECKING TODAY’S BIRD CAM PICTURES AND I CANT STOP FUCKING LAUGHINH

[multishipperofgaydeadwizards]

barty who rolls over in bed, wrapping his arm around his wife and burying his face in the neck. the sun shining through the blinds. he's fully ready to fall back asleep until the door to the door get's pushed open and james fucking potter shows up in bedroom and snuggles up with the two of then under the blanket

[h3nr31ds]

i won’t lie to you guys this was fucking insane

[silvantransthranduiltrash]

Thingol was a Moron

No, seriously, can we take a minute to talk about how stupid he was?

Like this idiotic elf really said “yeah, ok, you can marry my kid if you steal the jewel from the devil’s crown and bring doom upon us by putting a target on our backs for the sons of feanor”

Like, what?

For all that he’s intent to protect his daughter and his kingdom, he really went out there and deliberately chose to have the silmaril be the bride price.

This guy knows the oath of feanor, knows his sons will do whatever it takes, including kill, to get it back, and he still went deliberately out of his way to provoke the beast.

It’s not coincidence, or ignorance, he had to have chosen, on purpose, for Bergen to retrieve the silmaril, despite knowing exactly what that means.

He couldn’t have chosen literally anything else?

Sauron’s head? The defeat of a dragon? Any other of morgoth’s jewels?

No, it had to be the silmarils.

He knew what it means, there’s no way he didn’t, and then still gets surprised and offended when it brings down massacres on his head. The feanorions never would have looked in his direction had it not been for silmarils, which he had no right to, no reason for having, and yet went out of his way to acquire anyway.

If he wanted an impossible quest for Beren, there were other ways to do it without putting him, his kingdom, and his daughter directly into the line of fire.

Also, this guy purposefully sent people and elves to their death in order to retrieve the silmaril, and then gets pissed when the sons of feanor are also willing to cause death for it.

I’m sorry, but I genuinely feel that thingol is also responsible for finrod’s and his companions death, bc they wouldn’t have died had thingol not created a suicide mission.

There’s a particular flavor of hypocrite surrounding thingol and it’s infuriating.

Thingol’s really like: “elves dying by my actions is ok as long as I am not the one actually stabbing them”

Technically his hands are clean bc he never raised a sword to another elf, but oh my god so many death are a direct result of his actions that I’d argue he might be worse than any of the noldor.

[boobpancakes]

@olli-online ily hope this gives you a dopamine shot

[fangs-4-fags]

remembering the time i drunkenly told a stranger i was a trans man and he started going off about alpha sigma and beta males and how each one was equally important no matter what anyone says and that i shouldn't feel pressured to be a strong alpha male because emotionally intelligent beta males were just as important

[inkskinned]

it's extremely critical that you see the photo of the perp walk for luigi mangione as being propaganda. i've seen so many people wave it off and instead fawn over his looks. and trust me, i know it ended up being kind of pathetic and weird - but please don't brush it off as a "modelling opportunity" for him. it's a fucking terrifying message the police are sending.

i want to make a few comparisons here, in case you're not from the US or familiar with why the perp walk thing is something to pay attention to. just to set the groundwork for why this is a purposeful, unusual, and cruel act by the nyc police - for why this is not a common occurrence and for why that matters.

the prosecution alleges the show of force is due to the charge of "terrorism." for comparison, in june 2015, tsarnaev was found guilty for the boston marathon bombing, which killed 3 people and injured hundreds. his actions are considered to be an act of domestic terrorism. i have spent the last hour looking through google for pictures of similar to mangione's perp walk - and so far, i have found zero. i also just do not personally remember a moment like that, despite living in boston at the time.

they allege that luigi is a stone-cold killer who carried out a longterm plan, making him particularly dangerous. again for comparison: in nyc, recently cory martin was found guilty of the killing of brandy odom. the murder was planned and premeditated to steal insurance money. and yet no staged perp walk. why didn't her life matter enough for a "show of force"?

but mangione gets paraded by a veritable army of police officers as if he is a rabid animal. for a single citizen who allegedly killed one other single citizen, the "largest perp walk ever" occurs.

so what is the "strong message" that the mayor and the police were trying to send here? the mayor speaks as if mangione is already convicted of terrorism. there is a very thin number of people who feel threatened by the CEO's death. none of us felt like mangione needs to be under massive armed guard.

the message is that you shouldn't resist. they are trying to "make an example" of him - that if you behave badly and kill a single rich person, you'll be treated as if you killed hundreds of people. you will be treated worse than a man who was found guilty of terrorism. you will be considered guilty without trial. the message is that the rich are a protected class, and you cannot touch them without massive punishment. they are trying to prevent a revolution by showing dominance and force against you.

the message is that the police are a puppet of the wealthy and that the law is not equally applied across class disparity. it is "some are more equal than others." it is "one life is more precious than another."

the show of force wasn't for luigi. it was for us. it was a warning. they are trying to remind us who is really in control.

[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

[batcavescolony]

Katniss is such an unreliable narrator. She says "Then something unexpected happens. At least, I don't expect it because I don't think of District 12 as a place that cares about me" girl you deliver strawberries to the Mayor, you hunt and trade for the district, when you fell at Prim being chosen someone caught you, when you went to Prim people parted for you, when you volunteered EVERYONE stopped. Idk how to tell you but I think you're a pillar of the community.

[pangur-and-grim]

one thing that took me embarrassingly long to learn is "sometimes when people say things, they will not be true."

I used to tell people about this revelation and they'd be like yeah.....duh.....but like, why wouldn't my base assumption be that you're communicating to me in a straightforward manner. anyway, I get scammed a lot.

[cup1d-ch4rm]

Five minutes before god games:

[cozylittleartblog]

"content creator" is a corporate word.

we are artists.

[ghost-bxrd]

Prompt:

Jason insists on being the bait for a joint mission with the Bats. But the moment he starts “screaming” during the interrogation process, Batman calls the whole thing off and smashes right through the window and into the first thug.

Absolutely nobody is surprised by this development. Except Jason.

[wordfather]

this is inexplicably my favorite tiktok ever it brings me to tears every time why did he do thatttt

[razzafrazzle]

I think that I've only drawn Ford like. 3 times in my entire life. so here's some Fordsy (and some Fiddsy. and a Bill I guess)

[image description: a page of drawings of ford, mcgucket, and bill cipher from gravity falls. near the top are two portraits of ford, one in the gravity falls style and the other in a more realistic style. next to that is a simple doodle of ford and mcgucket smiling and embracing with the caption "old man yaoi!" beneath them. in the bottom left is a simple drawing of a younger ford, and next to that is a drawing of bill with a speech bubble saying "i'm here too! also i'm hatless for spacing reasons". next to that is bill's hat, as well as mcgucket in an orange and brown 70s-style outfit and a braided beard, and he is sitting on the ground, lost in thought. end id]

[neo--queen--serenity]

Shuro talks a lot of shit for someone who just subjected Laios to one of the funniest examples of emotional whiplash I’ve ever seen.

He went from this:

To this:

Within the span of what?? An hour?? Less??

Yeah, sure. It’s completely normal to swing violently from “you disgust me I hate everything about you,” to “if you’re in danger ring this bell, and I’ll immediately get someone to to transport you to my country—where I have a great amount of power and influence—so that you can be safe forever.”

Poor Laios just went through a mixed signals marathon at the hands of this man, can you possibly blame him for misinterpreting Shuro’s behavior up to this point??