#I think the thing it drives home for me

[rustchild]

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#It’s kind of wild to see how people talk about mizrahim and the beta israel on here. Like. #people are Just Now discovering that people(s) who are colonial subjects #which they are #as much as anyone else from the mena region #can also perpetuate and have conditional gain within colonial systems #and there’s like… no awareness of how that works over and over again in colonial and immediately post-colonial societies #When in fact one of the most basic structures of colonial power #is pitting colonized peoples against each other through the construction of elaborate unstable racialized hierarchies #like #I think the thing it drives home for me #is how many people in the west a. Operate off of a purely binary moral framework #in which oppressed is good and oppressor is evil and no one is both #And b. Don’t know enough about the histories or current realities of the colonized world to draw meaningful conclusions about anything #And also c. Don’t know shit about Jews #of course #but especially non-ashkenazi Jews #it’s easier to view Israel as the embodiment of the sin of western colonialism #than to genuinely unpack and understand the structures that comprise it #and the ways in which they truly aren’t unique #and the sheer horror of that reality! #Y’all absorbed one (1) idea from fanon and really just stopped there huh #Anyway. The closest parallel to Israel in the world isn’t Algeria #that’s just the only one y’all know about because fanon wrote about it. #the closest parallel is maybe Liberia and that’s sure something to think about

[strangertheories]

I really despise the Marvelification of Stranger Things, because all the interviews nowadays are constantly referencing how fast paced and epic and big the finale will be but the reason people fell in love with the show wasn't special effects or long episodes; it was the plot, it was the characters, it was the mystery. Stranger Things 1 may have been a story about a government conspiracy and a monster, but that's not why we stuck around. The show can throw amazing CGI, Russians, a battle within the American army and an apocalypse at the audience with the biggest budget known to man but if they forget to ground it and keep it central, it'll just get lost amongst a plethora of other "epic" blockbusters. We want Steven King, not Avengers.

#i think s5 has a TON of potential to be great don't get me wrong #but they need to drive home the characters #make the final fight rooted in emotion not throwing hands at each other and screaming #s4 i think was getting there by exploring max's arc and the hawkins plotline was perfect #so don't take this as me saying s5 will be bad #but s1 and 2 are my favourites for a reason #im just getting nervous based on them constantly banging on about how big the finale will be #ALSO they need to put emphasis on the mystery around will and the ud being frozen #if they keep it central and focus on will and eleven i think they can pull it off #but i hope this makes sense #stranger things #byler #will byers #stranger things five #st5 #stranger things one #stranger things two

[gale-force-storm]

I'm really just Feeling Things tonight about the conversation with Gale after Elminster's visit and like. Gale is So Insistent that if Mystra says he needs to blow himself up, then it must be the best option. The only option. And of course he is! Because what's the alternative? If there's another way, any other way, that means either

1. Mystra doesn't care enough to consider whether there might be another option. Gale blowing himself up is the easiest solution, so that's what she goes with. Or, even worse,

2. She does know there's other options, but tells him to sacrifice himself anyways, because it gets rid of two of her problems at once.

Gale doesn't just assume she's right because she's a goddess. He goes along with it because of what it implies about him, and her, and how she sees him if there is another way. He has to believe that this is the only option. Because the alternative? That he's disposable at best and actively unwanted at worst? That's just too much to bear.

#bg3 #gale dekarios #gale of waterdeep #meta #i'm sure this is nothing that hasn't been said before but like. goddamn i've just been thinking about it and it hurts my soul #and tbh i feel like the fact that everyone else in camp is like 'that's a stupid idea we're not doing that' really drives the point home #even elminster has that line about how 'even the waves of fate can break upon the shores of will' #which is as close as you can reasonably expect him to get to outright agreeing that yeah this is shit and you should look for other options #but at that point gale is the one person who can't imagine that there's another way. can't stomach the thought #because it would mean some things he's really not ready to face yet #i'm like. banging my head against a wall the writing is So Good and it makes me So Sad

[theloveinc]

I am in love with the idea of sugar daddy bakugou, he would have to physically drag me out of bed to class, I set like 5 alarms and then still not go

IT'S ABSURD, like you can't even lie to him abt it either because he has your whole schedule memorized!! You think you've finally gotten away with missing one morning class just to sleep in and cuddle, but NOPE, after one hit of the snooze button he's pulling off your blankets and flickering the lights on and off.

You're like, "can't i just be your housespouse, stay home and do chores???"

And he's frowning, "first you were beggin' me for tuition, now you don't even wanna go???" (i'd immediately get up to argue with him but that's another story)

He is so annoying lmfao. Has an argument for all of your complaints, and will try to slap your butt if you don't get up. And the worst part is that he really does want you to do well !!! and get a degree in case you need to support yourself ever. Good LUCK not feeling guilty and trying to get out of homework, too.....

(and LITERALLY ME THIS MORNING, my alarm rang for an hour and apparently i just did not give enough of a fuck to notice😭😭😭)

#bakugo #youre like 'but i'm tired!!' and he's like 'you got an extra hour of sleep bc i drive you now' #you're like 'my bags not packed!!' and he's already packed it for you (poorly but still) #got dam!!! #it is funny tho the one time he does let u skip and u tell ur prof ur sick #only for them to see you on the hero billboards instagram with him #anyway was thinking abt this on the way home and i thought abt that one 'i'm tired of this grandpa!!' #you when he gets a peak at your notebook and starts trying to explain stuff to u #HELP ME PLEASE #thats u on the phone to kiri #hope this was an ok answer! #caitie things #anon #gen

[almondcroissantsandink]

was absolutely stopped in my tracks and BLOWN away yesterday at work when a coworker called me pure; I literally haven't been called that in over a decade and there's always been something about it that rubs me the wrong way

#diary comic #there's always been a weird connotation of infantilization about it that drives me absolutely BONKERS #i also think it might be because I don't like wine so i don't social drink with my coworkers and they take it to mean that i don't drink #and it's like no no i do i just drink various liquors and do that in the comfort of my own home lmao #but my god i was shot back to being a kid when i would just act very above board at school and ppl would literally apologize for swearing #like no bestie i'm screaming every obscenity i know just not within your earshot okay #interestingly this never happened at college or grad school #like not even ONCE #so idk what THAT was lol #comic #okay rant over I just holy cow i'm sure it's like a benign comment but what a weird thing to say

[boygirlctommy]

3 YEARS SINCE CTOMMY DIED... GOOD LORD

#my post #caps #I WAS IN SHOCK #NONONO I REMMEBER I WAS IN REHEARSAL WHEN THE STREAM AHPPENED SO WHEN I GOT HOME I WAS WATCHING THE VOD #AND I WAS HALFWAY THROUGH THE VOD NO SPOILERS WHEN I GOT A NOTIF OF JACK GOING LIVE #AND HIS TITLE WAS SOMETHING LIKE 'TOMMYS DEAD LETS CELEBRATE' AND I WAS LIKE ??? SURELY NOT???? SURELY NOT???????? #AND THEN HE DIEDDDDD AND I STARED BLANKLY INTO THE DISTANCE FOR THREE DAYS STRUAGHT #LITERALLY IT WAS ALL I COULD THINK ABOUT ALL DAY #I WAS LIKE OBSESSIVELY COUNTING TH EMINUTES SINCE HED DIED #LIKE AT SCHOOL SITTING IN CLASS LIKE 'it has been 37 hours and 42 minutes since ctommy died' IT WAS BAD #AND THEN ID DRIVE HOME LISTENING TO SAD MUSIC AND CRY BCUS IT REMINDED ME OF HIM.......... #I WAS DOING SO WELL. AS U CAN TELL. AS YOU CAN SO CLEARLY SEE. #TOMMYS DEATH DID HORRIBLE TERRIBLE THINGS TO ME AND IM SP GLAD HE WAS ONLY DEAD FOR 3 DAYS BCUS I WOULD NEOT HAVE SURVIVED

[doll-elvis]

I’m just having one of those days…

(crying over a man I never met because I miss him)

#forgive me while I rant #does anyone else have friends or family that tease you over your love for elvis #I got randomly really emotional and sad on a car ride home last night #we were driving by the beach and it reminded me of his last vacation to hawaii in ‘77 #and it made me think about how he passed away so young #how he was stripped of all the little joys life has to offer #like swimming in the ocean #feeling the breeze #relaxing in the sun #almost everyone in his group got to grow old and experience a lifetime of all the little things like that #but he didn’t #it’s just so unfair #and yeah then my whole family teased me and played unchained melody to purposely make me more upset #I know it seems dumb to some people to cry over someone you never met #but I just feel so sad for elvis #I know he had an amazing life and career but he deserved to enjoy it longer #I’ll miss him forever #personal rant #elvis presley #elvisaaronpresley #elvis #elvis fans #elvis photos #i love him

[rainyday-deer]

❌Do not repost!

Yeah. That's probably it. (And Niss was defs squinky.)

The instance of their death is a mix of Arackniss and Angel's old deaths, and the death we were given for Angel most recently! Obvs it's just speculation on my part.

#Hazbin Hotel #Charlie Morningstar #Angel Dust #Arackniss #Mo's art #;;Hazbin Hotel #Sweet and Sour #Apple Princess #Their old death was super interesting to me!! bc they died together but they were responsible for killing each other too #and while I know Arackniss was crushed by a crate I'm not sure if it was ever revealed HOW it was Angel's fault at the time #So I kinda smushed it together here as an Accident bc Angel got too high-- And since Niss was dead #Angel followed soon after with his 'OD' death mentioned in the Addict video #I really wanted to drive home that Arackniss HATES that he died the way he did #esp since in older art--which is all i have to go off of for him- he hated being a demon and blamed angel for it #whereas Angel was thrilled with the way things were after the fact #all this to say is that I think people should give Niss reasons to hate his siblings outside of 'Oh he's just like his dad :)'

[figofswords]

the post grad why did i get an art degree what am i even doing what do i want in life where am i going crisis has finally hit i want to. lie down in the dirt. or something

#WHAT AM I DOING!!!! #i get up i go to my stupid retail job i stick labels on bags they pay me fucking thirteen bucks an hour i come home i lie on the couch #too tired to draw in too much pain to go anywhere no energy to reach out to college friends to do anything fun #no idea where the even start with getting an industry job no clue what i even WANT at this point #trying to remember what i loved so much about comics i want it BACK i HATE this #WHAT IS THE POINT!!!! WHAT DO I WANT WHERE AM I GOING!!! WHAT COMES NEXT!!!!!! #there's no clear career trajectory i can't do freelance i need structure i can't work too much i need free time #my brain doesn't work every job requires me to move across the country the irs just took fucking three hundred stupid dollars from me #my friends live in different states i can't get a job without experience i can't get experience without a job #i can't work on my portfolio with no energy and no time and i dont have any money and everything is so expensive all the time #i can't get anywhere bc i dont drive and im too stressed to think about taking driving lessons again #and WHAT DO I WANT! #THE MOST INTERESTING THING I DO EVERY WEEK IS GO TO PHYSICAL THERAPY! #I AM EXCITED EVERY WEEK FOR PHYSICAL THERAPY!!!! WHY!!!!!!!! #anyway WHATEVER i need to go to bed #delete later #i got into spx. today. so. had to have a crisis about how i felt when i attended spx (energized. excited. a part of something. ambitious) #versus how i feel now (tired. unmotivated. kind of apathetic about art. disconnected) #i dont miss the stress of school but i miss being around other artists. ppl who speak your language and who want the same things you want #ppl who are excited abut art and that makes YOU excited about art. ppl who get you #i miss that i want that back #whatever. its 1am i gotta go shower i have an 8.5 hour shift tomorrow. wahoo. $13.50/hr lets go

[lemongogo]

@livindeddreamz-rbs-and-nonsense bro im litrly at work rn but i saw this and ive been dying 2 talk ab his trinkets SO BADDD‼️‼️

do u rmbr when when meryl hands back the stuff bernardelli confiscated from him in like chapter 67 or whatevr.fthrowinf UPPPP like we hardly see anything but .the little doll he has.. the pen from the sandsteamer/kaite arc T_T .. the key 2 idk where but somewhere he probably called home for a bit .. IM SICK!!!IM SICK

#SRY TO PULL THIS OUT OF EVERYTHING ELSE IM FR GOING TO GET BACK TO WHAT U WERE SAYING WHEN I HAVE TIME #DRIVING ME CRAZZYYYYY THE THINGS U WERE SAYING AB HIS CLOTHES BEING SIMILAR BUT DISTINCT ENOUGH #2 BE VASH!! THE STAMPEDE !!! the form fitting vs flowing stuff IM GOING 2 DIEEE #FRRR #trigun #trigun maximum #vash #this os stuff from generoa rock too like imagine he kept anything from his time w ww after yk .. #or when he visited home .. or from millie or meryl over the yrs .. Aughh. OUGHH.. #idr when generoa was but thats like .. dominique / fifth moon era rifht . or no. actually i dont know my timeline is all messed up. #i think so though.man im so sentimental over normal regular objects so seeing him get these back im lkkeSHUT UPPPPP #geneora*god damn

[itspileofgoodthings]

That feeling when I’m having a thought and loving the thought very much and then I suddenly remember that I can SHARE that thought—unparalleled

#makes me SO happy #me driving in my car on the way home having a thought about pride and prejudice and enjoying it greatly #and then suddenly realizing I get to tell people!!! !!!!! #insane. It’s my favorite thing I think #out of all the favorite things

[chirpsythismorning]

I See the Light (Mike’s Version)

#byler #stranger things #mike wheeler #will byers #st4 dna board #visual parallel being the shot of ryder to the right while staring longingly at rapunzel as she talks looking off into the distance #then we have the very technical artificial lighting which is what I think drives this parallel home for me #in this scene in rapaunzel they’re singing about being in the dark for a long time and NOW ‘seeing the light’ #and so the choice to illuminate will with light in 87% of the shots from mike’s pov here… is quite the choice #you’ll notice mike is not lighten up at all to this extent from will’s pov #this is bc mike is not will’s light! he is his heart (duh he just gave a whole speech about it) #for mike tho. will is his light!! #and so the implications that come with this song and the lyrics you just heard from ryder’s pov specifically #the character mike is being paralleled to here #are quite staggering #bc this choice could have the potential to add even more layers to what we are seeing here #this scene started with mike looking pretty depressed and hopeless as he has been looking for most of the season #this scene then ends with mike looking mesmerized. in awe and maybe the happiest we’ve ever seen him after hearing will’s words #and so what does this all mean? #was mike in the dark but now he’s starting to see the light? #at the end when the light is shining on will in the cabin and mike ends the scene resting his hand on will’s shoulder #is that to signify that mike is now in the process of stepping into the light with him? #the duffers saying in their emmy consideration that the show will end with the characters coming out of the darkness and into the light… #was that just a coincidence? #not at all related whatsoever to the culmination of two main characters taking 5 seasons to confront their feelings for each other? #after a season that made a point of focusing on their dynamic with light… #or is it really just that simple bc tangled is written and crossed off the st4 dna board? #like this is literally just one of several scenes that connects byler to romantic pairings from movies on the st4 dna board #basically #byler endgame

[icewindandboringhorror]

I was just thinking what a cool job this might be.. what if you were just the person who makes little still images of cute animal figurines doing various activities to post on social media...? like.. show up to work and just spend the whole day like "hmm... this table should be placed to the left a little.. let me set this miniature bagel down in this way... this tiny rabbit should be wearing a scarf", setting the backgrounds, the lighting, etc. ... dream job perhaps lol...

#I'm sure it probably doesnt pay much lol #but.. maybe in some ideal world.. #with my health and mental conditions and level of functioning there are VERY few Jobs I could actually EVER manage aside from #just being self employed and being able to set my own hours somehow etc... But every once in a while I come across something like this #and it's like... hrmm.... Yes... perhaps if I could align myself in this hyper specific scenario under hyper specific conditions in a #precise and predictable way and everything worked out perfectly and I had all the accomodations I might need.. maybe I could #do THAT thing then .. lol #Not just generally a 'social media manager' or something. I think that would drive me into the throes of madness #but SPECIFICALLY 'person who makes the images for the calico critters social media' and also #the place i have to go to do that is either my home or within walking distance of my home and also i rarely have to interact #with others aside from the posts probably going through some approval process and initial ideas where they tell me what #type of scene to make and also i somehow make $90.000 a year doing this for only 4 days a week with frequent sick breaks #dreamy sigh and so on and so forth and such and so on #ANYWAY........ #the idea of meticulously placing little pastries and miniature crayons and stuff around all day until the scene is perfectly crafted.. SO #SO so appealing to me... like designing environments in the sims except it's real and tangible.. And also imagine having access #to the FULL library of miniature items. to me that would be just as good as owning them #Like.. I get to use them and make little scenes with them and hold them and stare at them and everything except also #they're all kept at work so I don't have boxes of clutter filling home. #unlimited access to every little miniature food ever crafted yet none of the downsides (purchase cost and storage) #etc. etc. ANYWAY ... #Chuckling confidently as I add this onto the 'List Of ''Real'' Jobs I Could Do' which is just a notebook sheet of paper with only like 5 #other similarly unlikely hyperspecific scenarios scribbled down

[wazzi2ya]

Thinking about how the second Lucifer set foot in the hotel, Alastor immediately was filled to the brim with contempt towards him. We know it's because he can't tolerate not being the most powerful being in the room and just had to find a way to antagonize him, but you know what else is there? Everyone in the hotel knows at that point that Lucifer has been an absent father for some time.

Now what is the most common theory about Alastor's own father?

#i really want to get more info on his home life. it would explain so much about him #but i keep thinking he got to hell and saw the place in disarray under the rule of an--to him--incompetent ruler #and maybe he wants to reach the top to set everything under a semblance of control? #if alastor had an absent father himself it's v likely he was put in the position of “man of the house” at a young age #and grew up expecting to always take charge of things and to take matters into his own hands #the serial killing could stem from that if we assume he only killed abusive men as i've seen mentioned in some other hcs #as if he's got a misguided sense of heroism that is so complex and convoluted it does a full 180 and lands smack dab in villainy #hazbin hotel #hazbin hotel alastor #GIVE ME THE LORE VIVIENNE #idk he just. is so clearly evil yet genuinely wants to help the hotel. idk what he's thinking it drives me nuts

[mylittleredgirl]

trying not to get jealous when i look around at all the people in my life here in Sick Season getting sick and having a fever and then like the very next day they're Fine and going back to work and doing fun stuff after work and going shopping and then doing something else and then wondering why they feel a little tired after all that because they have already forgotten they were sick. like sick is a contained event. and then the day after that day they don't even feel tired at all. i'm still feeling the extreme effort of washing my hair two days ago!! technically i suppose i'm still feeling the effects of getting mono when i was 19! like i'm very lucky these people still think i'm cool and want to hang out with me and get excited whenever i feel better enough to do things! some of them are even super cool about masking up on my behalf! but like that experience of talking about illness in the past tense sounds really cool i'd like to do that again someday.

#the post-exertion malaise or whatever they call it is really not doing me a lot of favors #because i really think that Doing Things would help me to Do More Things!! #i yearn for exercise!!! #but the immediate and prolonged punishment is a deterrent that is hard to will myself through #like god i want to swim soooooo bad but i'd probably just waste away in my parked car after because i couldn't drive home lol #and then not be able to work for 3 days #the symptoms

[bizlybebo]

i am not going to get in stupid fandom discourse i am not going to get in stupid fandom discourse people are allowed to have opinions that differ from mine that is the beauty and wonder of the human experience i am not going to get in stupid fandom discourse

#/gen people are allowed to have different opinions. that is ok. we will not all love the same things and i’m glad there are— #—people who have differing opinions from me #i need examples of that so that i don’t get caught in an echo chamber #and this is literally the dumbest fandom discourse that truly doesn’t need any rant. #that being said. #‘vyncent doesn’t have much motive after xyz’ #HIS ENTIRE THING IS THAT HE’S SEARCHING FOR ONE !!!!!! #HE IS LOOKING FOR HIS PURPOSE NOW IN A WORLD TJAT IS NOT HIS OWN #WE GET TO EXPLORE THE POTENTIAL OF A CHARACTER WHOS ‘’’’’MAIN GOAL’’’’’ IS NOW GONE !! #HES A CONFUSED TEENAGER !! HIS ASS IS NOT ALWAYS GONNA HAVE INTENSE MOTIVATIONS AND DRIVES #HE FOUND HIS HOME IN THE OTHERS. THAT WAS LIKE A PUNCTUAL MOMENT FOR HIM. #HE IS CONFUSED AND UNSURE OF WHERE HE IS GOING WITHOUT HIS POWERS AND HIS HOME. #BUT HE FOUND HOME IN THE OTHERS AND NOW HE IS TRYING TO FIND OTHER WAYS TO CALL PRIME HOME #and that’s only one of the things they said abt him….. #i’m gonna channel thsi anger into drawing and thinking nice thoughts because arguing on the internet is pointless