#(All about making a statement)

[knifearo]

this year my challenge for everyone is to unlearn the association between love and morality. love is not something that is inherently morally good, and the absence of love is not something that is inherently bad. sex without love isn't morally bankrupt, it's just an action. people without love aren't less kind or less good, they're just people. when we can get past this false (and often unnoticed) dichotomy of good love/evil lovelessness then i think we are going to be able to take leaps and bounds in sex positivity, aro advocacy, certain discussions of mental health...

#and also. not the direct focus. but love doesn't make things good. you can be in love and do terrible terrible things. #people do bad things in the name of love and in despite of love all the time. #but!! imagine a world where people could exist as people and not be demonized. #sex positivity means being cool about All sex. reexamine your internal systems of moral judgement. #this goes for sex workers. for aroallo people. especially aroallo men. for aro people in general who might enjoy sex. #and frankly i think it can easily bleed into discussions about mental health disorders around 'not feeling' certain things #especially demonizing ppl who don't feel as much empathy. i think there's definitely a correlation between that and the emphasis on love. #our support needs to go out to Everybody and i think these things are all structured together in one way or another!! #it might not be immediately obvious but when i tell you it all leads back to amatonormativity..... little bit wild.... large bit wild.... #anyway. horror movie psychopath 'oh he can't feel emotions or love' damn alright. well. let's take a closer look at that. #silly that there's an association between lack of love and Murdering. feel like that might affect some stuff. #love is just an emotion/a feeling it doesn't mean anything about you one way or another #same with empathy. you can feel it all you want but it doesn't inherently change the actions you choose to take #anyway. thesis statement. there is a socially constructed link between love and morality. unlearn that. #kiss kiss (<— lovelessly) #aromantic #aromanticism #arospec #talking #aroace #aspec #sex positivity

[bacchuschucklefuck]

while teen while goblin while aroace while injured while doing your best

#fantasy high junior year #fhjy #riz gukgak #figueroth faeth #sklonda gukgak #dimension 20 #this. mmmmhhh this is so. I did Not know how to draw this really. #I am very normal about riz (<- lying) #it's a brennan-dm d20 campaign the bad guy is always capitalism (I am saying this with clenched teeth) #riz out of all of them being aroace fucks with me SO bad. bc its also established that elmsville specifically and probably the #majority of solace is not. made for goblins. and that becomes sklonda being worked to the bone and pok dying on the job #and riz spending all his time trying to keep his friends together. maybe to the point of it being injurous #like. do u get what I mean. its an economy of time it takes your time it eats up your time #not just the gukgaks but everyone you have to spend time to get to live and you don't have a lot of time left in a day #and you have to spend it carefully. you have to prioritize #you're somewhere without an established community and companionship is bought with your time spent working #this place doesn't take care of you. at the end of the day who do you have who'd prioritize you. do you understand me #the evolved aroace loathing where if your friends and family are granted more time nobody would have to choose. we live in a society #holds ur hand we live in a society. idk if Im making any sense #anyway . uhhh riz is my favourite that's my statement thank you for listening. au revoir

[sergle]

Aw man I love city folk so much

#i keep making myself laugh #girl how many more really wild statements do I have to make before it becomes apparent I'm not killing the bird #sergle.txt #everybody thinks I'm serious about the shredder tweet 😭 #girl please use your head!! #translation: these chicks were from a sexed batch and we wanted all hens. it's not super hard! cmon!

[bookstoresmp3]

it really pisses me off when people say “aang is a human trying to be the avatar and korra is the avatar trying to be human” because it ignores the fact that the “avatar” as a mantle is not something anyone naturally embodies. it’s a responsibility you’re randomly picked for, and every single avatar’s character arc is about learning how to “be the avatar.” that statement makes it seem like korra is just this unfeeling, piece of brawn that only knows how to punch things (which are things ppl already say about korra anyway) and that depiction of her versus aang feels….super off.

it just really dehumanizes korra, and ignores the fact that korra’s confidence and strong sense of self in season 1 especially is because she was surrounded by community and her parents were deeply involved in her life. korra grew up experiencing the best parts of humanity and one of her major character strengths is how much of a light she is. thats why the trauma she goes through in later seasons strikes her so intensely, because prior to that she was very sheltered and wasn’t expecting the extreme sacrifice and trauma that comes with having to bear the title of “Avatar.”

#lok #tlok #simi speaks #these are just my thoughts on that statement #like yes korra always embraced being the avatar #but her arc was about her misconceptions abt what it MEANS to be the avatar she was always v human 😭 #i just think that yall like to make korra this hard brawny idiot and aang this sweet summer child when in reality korra is a huge softie #and this is tagentially related but this is also why sooo many korrasami shippers like making korra the ‘masc’ in the relationship even tho #korra is pretty feminine and girly in her own way in tlok like she is v soft #korras arc was all abt learning how to be the avatar the world needed it was never abt learning to connect w her human side 💀 #one could argue that that was yangchen or even kuruk if we keep it a buck fr #atla #avatar korra #korra #korrasami #aang

[fortheloveofexy]

nothing will get me to block you faster than saying shit like "everyone who read aftg agrees that the series is awful."

like please for the love of god at least be original if you're going to be fucking annoying.

#to be clear #everyone is entitled to their own opinions about the books. I don't care if other people hate them #What I can't stand is people making blanket statements for the fandom as a whole. #Like #no #actually. We don't agree. Some of us actually enjoyed the series. #aftg #all for the game #the foxhole court

[chaoticwhoknows]

do you guys ever think about jamie tartt and sam obisanya bc i do. constantly. they take up so much room in my brain. going from “no one in my entire career had made me feel worse about myself than jamie did” to sam and jamie being comfortable enough to constantly tease each other like siblings and swarm each other during goal celebrations and SAM being one of the first people (along with roy) who we see being concerned about jamie in mom city. JAMIE WEARING SAM’S NUMBER WHEN HE PLAYED FOR ENGLAND. season 3 jamie and sam are so… just so… they’re soooooooo!!! and season 2 jamie and sam are like hey what if i reached out to you through a series of seemingly small gestures in very vulnerable moments of yours bc i don’t know how to properly show that i care about you given the history between us until eventually we were just completely in sync with each other? what then?

and don’t even get me started on the parallels between them. ladies and gentlemen THE PARALLELS. the JUXTAPOSITIONS. the OTHER WORDS. their relationships with their fathers alone is so much to unpack. them cutting to JAMIE’S reaction when ola walked in and hugged sam in the locker room separately from the reaction of the rest of the team. the creators knew what they were doing with that

#i think about sam holding back another player (i think dixon?) during The Hug at Wembley so much #bc that’s sam saying ‘jamie needs roy and not me or you so we need to give jamie space’ #AND him saying ‘idk what jamie needs rn bc we aren’t There yet but ik he doesn’t need This’ #like there’s care in there and there’s an inability to express it #and jamie with the dubai air protest don’t get me STARTED. #like he doesn’t make a gracious statement he’s just like ‘hey pass the tape we all need to wear the same kit’ #like ‘i don’t understand what exactly you’re going through but i care about u and want to support you’ #when i write the sam-jamie scene to the addressing jamie’s dad fic… #i think then i will heal of all that ails me truly #microdosing on writing the sam jamie fic by writing this #jamie tartt #sam obisanya #i need to rewatch s2 just to pick them apart #ted lasso

[thankstothe]

im...................

#house md #james wilson #lisa cuddy #screencap #s05e07 “The Itch” #long post #longpost #this convo makes me feral #am i supposed to be buying that this is wilson wingmaning? was that the original intent? not girls gossiping about their crush?!? #bc thats the vibe here #not only wilson starts swinging at her sassy style #he then asks “why not” with a look of a man who already went and rationalized why not #Cuddy lays it out - not only had she thought about it she is right on the money with her predictions #in hindsight even optimistic #BUT THEN #WILSON GOES “HEY WHAT YOURE SAYING ALL TRUE BUT SOUNDS GOOD ACTUALLY” #RED FLAGS? NOT TO ME #it also reflects core difference in their perception of house and their relationships #and wilson is right with his statement too because he sees house differently #argh

[bixels]

You guys remember when Dan Olson's "The Line Goes Up" video dropped and was so damning and incriminating that, overnight, hundreds of the most beloved content creators and Youtubers quietly dropped any and all mention/support of crypto in their videos?

#remember when jerma was sponsored by coinbase #remember when buzzfeed unsolved ryan and shane would make to the moooooon jokes #this isn't me making broad statements about these people that i don't know and often still enjoy and respect #i'm just watching the vid essay again rn and remembered #oh yeah being into crypto was extremely cool and normal for youtubers #until this single bombshell of a vid essay dropped and utterly embarrassed all of them. #personal #delete later

[noa-nightingale]

Despite, well, everything - I am still really excited about the new content. I want to see what it looks like when they don't have to change it for sponsors or youtube. I hope it gets a lot more unhinged. I hope it will be a lot more creatively fulfilling for them. I hope they have success with WatcherTV. I really hope things will turn out okay.

#watcher #watchertv #steven lim #ryan bergara #shane madej #i think they will soon make some kind of statement #some kind of reaction to all the backlash #i can't really say that i am looking forward to it #i am very nervous #but i am also very curious about how they will handle the situation

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

I'm sorry I let down my guard.

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#poorly drawn mdzs #mdzs #xue yang #xiao xingchen #God DAMN this scene was brutal. Season 2 episode 2 is almost nothing but misery and anguish #Helena by Nickle Creek does not quite fit the comic's vibe but it is absolutely a Xue Yang song so I linked it. #The change from “Helena don't walk away...(gentle)” to “HELENA. DON'T WALK AWAY (threat)” is fantastic. #And “Don't waste your pretty sympathy - I'll always be just fine”. Xue Yang core. #Okay now for the real meat. Disclaimer first: *I really like XY.* I think he's a great character. I think his actions consistently- #come from a place of deep trauma. While his reactions and actions put him in a villainous role he is still human about his hurt #and what I'm about to say is NOT intended to be a statement of causality or villianize a group of misunderstood people. #So with that said...Man oh man does Xue Yang have a lot of BPD traits. More that just 'character who is chronically manipulative'. #The impulsivity and emotional reactions and seeking stability makes him feel like he needs that control. What other choice is there? #The part that really gets me is how he *wants* to be safe and happy. But his past experiences tell him how thats impossible #He's the kind of person who goes 'if you don't like me then you better hate me for something substantial". All (pos) or All (neg) #''Love me entirely or Hate me. But don't you dare leave me or forget about me.'' #Not at all comfortable saying 'BPD coded'. Im not a psychiatrist. Just that he has TRAITS. Feel free to disagree or add your thoughts. #ppl with bpd also are not a monolith and everyone has very different experiences. Xue yang is very complex. People more so.

[kerizaret]

Strike week has ended so I'll be back to my normal posting too, but remember to still keep boycotting and spreading information about what's happening in Palestine

I'll also do my best to keep doing it as well

#i wanted rui to hold the watermelon also symbolically because he doesnt like these #but if he heard about whats happening he would do his best to help #and ignore his small dislike at least to make a statement #just like we all can forego our little cravings and likes like mcdolands or starbucks and boycott them #its the least we can do #wxs #wonderlands x showtime #tenma tsukasa #kamishiro rui #kusanagi nene #ootori emu #prsk #prsk art #prsk fa #kerizart

[hedgehog-moss]

The way Marine Le Pen cynically and relentlessly exploits every issue makes me want to throw up. She's all over this one, happy for the opportunity to side with her fellow far-right piece of shit politicians in Israel under the guise of caring about Jewish people, and denouncing the left for 'supporting Hamas'—which, yes, 1 far-left party made an inexcusable statement in that regard and it's not like there isn't antisemitism on the left, but still it boggles the mind to have Marine Le Pen smugly posturing as a moral authority on the matter, "these leftist hypocrites don't care if Jews die, unlike me and my fascist party funded by my Holocaust denialist father who speaks fondly of the Gestapo" CLOWN WORLD

#that florence foresti maisfermetagueule.gif flashes in my mind every time i stumble upon a statement of hers while scrolling down news feeds #one of le pen (father)'s biggest scandals was when he said the gas chambers were a ''detail in WW2 history'' #and marine le pen defended him and said ''well that doesn't make him a denialist'' #just a relativist i guess? #marine le pen preachy and smug yesterday re: the far-left's response to the attacks: ''being relativistic about this violates human values' #the bare-faced unprincipled opportunism of it all

[sergle]

I really truly, from the bottom of my heart, hate you bitches so much, because on the tiktok of literally COCK AND BALL jokes w brittany broski, there were a few notes/messages like this:

And I KNOW you don't think anyone's going to check. You had someone go into your askbox and say "hiii brittany broski is shitty about palestine she's really ignorant :/" and you went oh omg I didn't know!! thanks for telling me! So I checked! This is in reference to her talking in her podcast, because people were asking why she hadn't done any big press statements about Palestine, you didn't retweet this or that, you must not care, don't you care, what's your stance, etc etc please say more OKAY COOL. So what's going on there? What did Brittany say on her podcast? Is she a Bad Person? Can I have some transcript, please? ____ "Hey guys, before we get into this week's episode, I want to talk to you about the ongoing and prolonged suffering and loss of life in Gaza, in Israel, and the oppression of Palestinian people widespread. I don't ever want it to be a question that I would ever not be against the oppression of any group of people, that I would ever stand on the side of the oppressor." "There was a lot of fear of misusing my platform." ... "I will admit that I was nervous to talk about it, because I don't want to say the wrong thing. And this is too fucking serious of an issue to misspeak, or to spread misinformation, or to speak over or for someone." ... "So I want to take a moment on my biggest platform- which is this podcast, to say that I stand with the people of Palestine, I stand for the liberation of Palestinian people." ... "Every day, to log on to social media, and be just inundated with graphic, unimaginable violence, and loss, and grief, it's just--There are no words." ... "And I feel helpless. That's part of it too, when you feel helpless, the last thing you want to do is talk to people about it-- but visibility is a resource in and of itself. And I can offer that." ... "The outpouring of rage and passion online, and anger at what's happening, I would argue needs to be dedicated and focused on our elected officials. We live in a democracy- albeit an inherently flawed one- we live in a democracy where we have elected officials who were elected and put in power to represent us, and if we feel misrepresented, if we feel underrepresented in foreign affairs? These officials have public phone numbers and emails. There are scripts available online to express your disdain and your rage, and unfortunately that's one of the only ways we'll see actionable change."   "If you expected more from me, it's a terrible feeling- but I don't want to center myself, this needs to be all eyes on Palestine right now, where the real activism is happening. I would encourage you to follow journalists that are on the ground, people who are in Gaza, we need to be listening to them. I would also hope that we're at a point in this conversation where I can express my desire to stand in solidarity with the people of Palestine and that NOT meaning or suggesting or condoning anti-Semitism of any kind. There's a rise of anti-Semitism and islamophobia in the United States and it's just-- it's disgusting, and it's scary, so I want that to be said too. I just wanted to share that I am experiencing part of this collective sense of helplessness and hopelessness-- but it DOESN'T HAVE to be hopeless. I'm going to include a phone number in the description of this episode where, if you don't know the name of your senators or your Congressman, it's never too late to learn, and you can reach out to them." _______ Hm. What a bitch!! Yeah, just so ignorant and uncaring. Obviously she's not keeping up with anything. Should've retweeted more shit ig!

#sergle.txt #I will turn off reblogs on this so fucking fast I swear to god. I have a gun. I needed to complain about this #up in my notes and my asks bc you already didn't like somebody and you believe what ppl say on anon indiscriminately. #so what I'm hearing is she didn't talk about it enough / didn't put out statements soon enough. I see. #basically a criminal offense. she should get the electric chair ig #god I mean. if my thing was comedy and I had a big audience I don't think I'd know how/when/if to do basically a #Press Conference on Literal Genocide or if I should not make it about me and my thoughts? but do shit in the small ways I can #what do you even say... I think what she said here makes sense. but maybe I'm not reading it with enough bad faith #like oh my god. OH MY GOD #so no I'm not gonna delete the clips I posted what. the fuck are we talking about #''she was frustrated on ig stories that ppl were messaging her to put out a statement'' yeah... yeah. frustration. in response to so much #bad faith directed at you. hundreds of thousands of people all saying shit At You like it all rests on you #and being told to say these words so if you say them they will be empty. myeah what a bitch basically #I personally would not experience a human emotion in response to this.

[helpimstuckposting]

I haven’t seen anyone talk about this yet (though I’m sure someone has) but I’m obsessing over the ‘viability as subject’, ‘viability as agent’, and ‘viability as catalyst’ categories

To me it sounds like the magnus institute is specifically researching avatars and their rituals

Viability as Subject = Use as a Test Subject

Viability as Agent = Likeliness to be an Avatar

Viability as Catalyst = Potential to Start a Ritual

For the dice roller, viability as a subject is none because he died. His likeliness to become an avatar is LOW because he was in the early stages of becoming an avatar, so he’s unlikely to wake up as a full avatar after death. And the viability as a catalyst is medium possibly because of the power of the dice. A further example could be Jon, if Elias had been assessing him with this list I could see all the items being marked ‘high’

This goes really well with my original theory that the reason Chester and Norris are reading these specific statements is because they either are 1) TOLD by an avatar or someone becoming an avatar, or 2) involve an already existing avatar (or in this universe, an Agent)

Furthermore, the protocol sounds like the institutes reaction to anything that gets a high rating on their three check marks. It’s their job to shut down any potential rituals or avatars. In TMA, maybe the team stopping The Unknowing could be considered the same as the ‘magnus protocol’ in this universe.

If any of this speculation is correct, it brings up some VERY INTERESTING questions about when the magnus institute figured all this out, who figured it out and if the children they were experimenting on were potential avatars they were assessing or potential soldiers they were testing

#I’d have a fucking field day if any of this were right #I’m still seeing people talk about the desires theory #but I’m really just not feeling it #I think the statements being about avatars makes way more sense #when you put it all together with outside information we’re getting #I can’t stop thinking about this fkn show #tmagp #tmagp theory #tmagp spoilers #the magnus protocol #helpimstuckrambling

[mag200]

idk if anyone knows this but i love the magnus archives so so much

#ITS. A FUCKING PODCAST. #sorry im just hhhhhhhhgh #wrapping up my statement a day project is making me so emo about all of it again #tma

[tothepointofinsanity]

Sayaka is such a weirdo. To be honest.

#there are a lot of things to like about her #and there are a lot of things about her that are strange and whimsical #but also in the way that makes you think #that there’s definitely something off about her #maybe it’s just the way madomagi is visually presented in general #but the reason why I latched onto her in the end #was because there was just something really odd about her #Sayaka Archives #I feel like all of this is a nothing statement #but it’s just a [sentiment] I get every time I draw her