#why dont we do messages like this

[pierog]

[dukeofthomas]

I find the fact that the confrontation at the end of UTRH is often summarized as Jason asking Bruce to kill the Joker for him fascinating.

Because that's not what happened.

Jason holds a gun up to Joker's head, gives Bruce another, and tells him that if Bruce doesn't do something (shoot Jason), he will kill Joker.

Jason doesn't give the gun to Bruce so that he would shoot Joker. He isn't expecting Bruce to pull the trigger on the clown. He's asking Bruce to do nothing. To be inactive. Because that will still be a choice, and despite having done nothing, everybody clearly agrees that Bruce would still, at least in part, be responsible for Joker's death.

...And to me, this moment is a kind of- microcosm, of the rest of Jason's point. Because after being captured and carted off to Arkham, the villain will escape again, and will kill more people. The only way to truly prevent that from happening would be to kill them; Bruce refuses to do so, and I respect his right to choose such a thing for himself, but it is still a choice, and if we agree that Bruce's inaction during the confrontation would leave him at least partly responsible for the Joker's death, then we must also agree that his inaction in permanently preventing the Rogues from killing more people means he is also, partly, responsible for all of those deaths.

[humblefryingpan]

I think in obey me mc should get a few human friends. Or if they do have some, they should be able to text them sometimes.

Like I'd love a scene where mc's texting their friend like "DUDE I JUST GOT RESURRECTED 😭😭😭"

And the friend responds like "I swear to fuck if this is another one of those demons I'm dragging you back up here myself"

I'm tempted to write a fic about this idea. Would any of you want that or what

[sucresanguine]

not to be throwing stones but the way people talk about having a "female" childhood as a default good thing in queer spaces is bonkers. Like the amount of abuse I and many others experienced that was directly tied to that shouldn't have to be minimized as some kind of learning experience. I don't actually think suffering in one way makes you a better person for it. I'm not out here saying No One Ever Had A Happy Girlhood but for many people that shit was traumatizing and doesn't need to be put on a pretty little pedestal nor held up as something that made you necessarily more empathetic/feminist/radicalized because imo that really does carry the connotation that all those things were potentially good for you. Being someone who went through that didn't distinctly or directly make me a better feminist or ally, it made me a very very hurt person.

[lunarharp]

thingies

[monstersinthecosmos]

the most rancid drama starters in fandoms are always like "gee i wish this fandom was nicer, why do we have to fight all the time :("

[corvidaedream]

me to my coworkers: when you request time off, you should not give the assistant dept head any additional info on why you're requesting it, it's none of her business and may be used against you

me requesting time off after my requests keep getting denied/overlooked the past few months: telling kelly explicitly that this one is an oncology appointment bc i want her to feel bad :)

[suitsusboth]

Kathony fans are so whiny and disrespectful. Please understand that this season is about BENOPHIE, not about your stupid dusty ass couple who can't act. Stop whining about Simone not being in season 4 and stealing Yerin's limelight. We remember what yall did to India and will never forget!

ok?

[wormchaser]

you are complaining about complaining too much while complaining about the fact that maybe people dont like you because you complain too much while complaining about being alone. just stop complaining and do something about it. talk to people. reach out. dont just wait for someone to come to you first.

i have tried reaching out to different people in the past year or so but it never works. i understand its my own fault for letting relationships decay because of my own insecurities and issues but that doesn't mean i can just will myself to think or believe different things about myself. it's a self fulfilling prophecy ; i think people don't like me so i don't reach out so people don't like me etc . i am sure you do not want to hear me list all the things i want to say in response so i will put them in the tags.

[rigginsstreet]

stranger things fandom never heard the phrase "every saint has a past and every sinner has a future" and it shows

[maliciousalice]

Hear me out (or don't... it's fine I'm just venting and mean) yeah um I don't believe Chakotay was saved in Prod*gy s2.

[anxiously-sidequesting]

Wait so I know technology exists in the Spiral but like does Wizard City have phones. Like do our Wizards have any type of device of communication on them at all. Like how the fuck are we able to like know when anybody from out of our location needs us how do our notifications work. Is there like a Homing Pigeon System being funded somewhere or

[jrueships]

guess whos not going in at all this week, actually

[penisbilt]

one of my only surviving memories of one of the churches my parents tried when i was a teenager, the pastor spent like half the sermon ranting and raving and yelling about the blasphemic lady gaga and how she had recently sang "god bless the u.s.GAY" during her performance of the national anthem at like the superbowl or whatever and they unfurled a gay flag instead of an american flag or something and about how it was SO DISRESPECTFUL to GOD and our TROOPS and that gay people should be ASHAMED for this and how lady gaga must be the devil's attempt to influence OUR INNOCENT CHILDREN into doing EVIL. like turning them gay i guess. or something

[thoughtfulchaos773]

I might be way off, but I'm thinking about the biggest critique this season, and it's very valid. I didn't like it when the chefs were talking about their obligation to make lives better at the end - their experience- their purpose. It took me outside the show for a bit.

BUT ALSO

While the table is discussing their love for their work and their purpose, Carmy is looking at the guy who was partially to blame for his life outside of work coming to a stop. While they're talking about cooking and their signature dishes, he's thinking about his sole reason was making something with Mikey - something that will be theirs. He had a completely different reason than everyone else, who just mostly wanted recognition and to provide service.

We step out of that world - I cringe every time I watch, to be honest. Thank God we go back to Chef Terry, who has decided not to make work her whole life anymore. She is now choosing to prioritize making connections with new people over being the best, and she's choosing to live her life outside of work.

While Richie is asking questions not about being inspired at work but experiencing a fulfilling life outside the industry.

Then you have Sydney, who wants to make a name for herself in the industry, but she's walking along the same path as Carmy with the whole loneliness thing, making work everything.

So it leaves me wondering what will happen in the end. Is it all about balance? Is that the secret? It seems that connection is the real secret, especially from what Chef Terry says. it's about the relationships you have in your life that make it all worth it.

[emlos]

im going through a lot of new things emotionally for the first time in my life and i dont like it