#and now they are doing the same??? so blatantly?

[ingravinoveritas]

Oh FFS 🤦🏼‍♀️ did you see AL’s tweet? A 1:1 copy of Georgia’s haha OMG such couple goals post/story, again.

And why the heck would they of all people no want to see their own partners celebrated and encouraged? You know, those partners who ensure the nice cozy life they lead and who by their profession are dependent on the public and industry’s continued positive acknowledgment… Not that mutual support shouldn’t be present in any relationship, mind.

I'm in the middle of answering a few other Asks/writing a detailed post about some of Georgia's recent posts this week, so I will save a lot of my thoughts for there, but...yes. Yes, I did see AL's newest tweet, and I am amazed at her blatantly copying Georgia. Again...

I think the thing for me--other than the exact copying, which is just painful at this point--is that I would have zero issue with either one of these posts if it felt like there was even a smidge of affection behind them. If there is a joke here and that's how these posts are meant, they're somehow not reading that way at all. It also seems like both AL and Georgia think a joke and an insult are the same thing (and I realize that in British culture/sensibility that is often the case), but again, what makes it distinguishable is that underlying feeling of affection that is seemingly absent from these posts.

At what point does "Don't encourage him" actually start to mean, "I don't encourage him" or "I don't support him"? A person in a relationship can start to feel over time that their partner doesn't support or encourage them through their actions, even if the partner doesn't ever say those exact words out loud. And this would be no less egregious or worth calling out if it was Michael and David doing it to AL and Georgia, but it noticeably seems to keep being directed from one side to the other.

That is the other piece of this as well, that both of these posts are not one-off occurrences, but part of a larger pattern of comments that have been going on for years (which I've written about previously on my blog) and seem to particularly occur in response to David or Michael receiving any kind of praise or accolades in the press. The difference now versus in the past is that I've started to see some pushback in response to both. There are many comments on AL's tweet from folks saying that Michael deserves encouragement, and shouldn't it give one pause to consider that such a sentiment is so opposite to what his own partner is saying? That the one person who should be his number one supporter consistently reacts in the least supportive way possible?

And I agree with you as well about mutual support being important, which again is what makes all of this seem so unbalanced. David has frequently been supportive of Georgia, but with Michael and AL, neither one honestly seems that supportive of the other. For me it's also that Michael is so consistently and effusively supportive of David that it becomes even more noticeable when he doesn't do that with someone else. All Anna's tweet today did is draw even more attention to that and to the (less than positive) similarities between her and Georgia, and I imagine that is not at all what she was hoping for.

Those are my thoughts, at least. I know plenty of people will continue to see Michael/AL and David/Georgia as #couplegoals--and if that is how people feel, they are welcome to it--but for me, a relationship where the frequent centerpiece is putting down your partner on social media doesn't seem like one I'd want to be in. Glad to hear from others with your perspectives as well...

#lostkittyramblings #reply post #michael sheen #welsh seduction machine #david tennant #soft scottish hipster gigolo #georgia tennant #also at one point do we say that both AL and Georgia seem jealous of their own partners' success #because why else respond like this every time anyone says something positive about them #trying to provide a balanced perspective #but what's the old saying: when someone shows you who they are believe them the first time #anna lundberg #relationships #thoughts #discourse

[theemporium]

You don’t have to post this, I’m not trying to start anything. But you def have a stalker in your copycat. They have since deleted that one post that I mentioned was sorta okay, but not really. like it was super passive aggressively judgy of people in a sorority. but they only deleted it after it was pointed out that there was one left🙄

maybe they have my post notifications on then!!🤠totally not creepy at all!!

#cece answers #honestly the hypocrisy does make me giggle #because they gave me shit and sent me hate for apparently “copying” them #and now they are doing the same??? so blatantly? #like babe😭at your big age???? #make it make sense!!!

[icewindandboringhorror]

examining a seemingly normal image only to slowly realize the clear signs of AI generated art.... i know what you are... you cannot hide your true nature from me... go back where you came from... out of my sight with haste, wretched and vile husk

#BEGONE!!! *wizard beam blast leaving a black smoking crater in the middle of the tumblr dashboard* #I think another downside to everyone doing everything on phone apps on shitty tiny screens nowadays is the inability to really see details #of an image and thus its easier to share BLATANTLY fake things like.. even 'good' ai art has pretty obvious tells at this point #but especially MOST of it is not even 'good' and will have details that are clearly off or lines that dont make sense/uneven (like the imag #of a house interior and in the corner there's a cabinet and it has handles as if it has doors that open but there #are no actual doors visible. or both handles are slightly different shapes. So much stuff that looks 'normal' at first glance #but then you can clearly tell it's just added details with no intention or thought behind it. a pattern that starts and then just abruptly #doesn't go anywhere. etc. etc. ) #the same thing with how YEARS ago when I followed more fashion type blogs on tumblr and 'colored hair' was a cool ''''New Thing''' instead #of being the norm now basically. and people would share photos of like ombre hair designs and stuff that were CLEARLY photoshop like #you could LITERally see the coloring outside of the lines. blurs of color that extend past the hair line to the rest of the image #or etc. But people would just share them regardless and comment like 'omg i wish I could do this to my hair!' or 'hair goallzzzz!! i #wonder what salon they went to !!' which would make me want to scream and correct them everytime ( i did not lol) #hhhhhhggh... literally view the image on anything close to a full sized screen and You Will SEe #I don't know why it's such a pet peeve of mine. I think just as always I'm obsessed with the reality and truth of things. most of the thing #that annoy me most about people are situations in which people are misinterpreting/misunderstanding how something works or having a misconc #eption about somehting thats easily provable as false or etc. etc. Even if it's harmless for some random woman on facebook to believe that #this AI generated image of a cat shaped coffee machine is actually a real product she could buy somewhere ... I still urgently #wish I could be like 'IT IS ALL AN ILLUSION. YOU SEE???? ITS NOT REALL!!!!! AAAAA' hjhjnj #Like those AI shoes that went around for a while with 1000000s of comments like 'omg LOVE these where can i get them!?' and it's like YOU #CANT!!! YOU CANT GET THEM!!! THEY DONT EXIST!!! THE EYELETS DONT EVEN LINE UP THE SHOES DONT EVEN #MATCH THE PATTERNS ARE GIBBERISH!! HOW CAN YOU NOT SEE THEY ARE NOT REAL!??!!' *sobbing in the rain like in some drama movie* #Sorry I'm a pedantic hater who loves truth and accuracy of interpretation and collecting information lol #I think moreso the lacking of context? Like for example I find the enneagram interesting but I nearly ALWAYS preface any talking about it #with ''and I know this is not scientifically accurate it's just an interesting system humans invented to classify ourselve and our traits #and I find it sociologically fascinating the same way I find religion fascinating'. If someone presented personality typing information wit #out that sort of context or was purporting that enneagram types are like 100% solid scientific truth and people should be classified by the #unquestionaingly in daily life or something then.. yeah fuck that. If these images had like disclaimers BIG in the image description somewh #re like 'this is not a real thing it's just an AI generated image I made up' then fine. I still largely disagree with the ethics behind AI #art but at least it's informed. It's the fact that people just post images w/o context or beleive a falsehood about it.. then its aAAAAAA

[springlock-suits]

I think in a Pokémon au William and Henry wouldn't be trainers at all (at least at the start of the story) n be more like non-trainers or low level characters who just have 1 or 2

#on a pokemon kick my apologies #normally i love connecting every character possible to a legendary but i think its funnier if theyre doing all their normal crimes in the #pokemon universe without a legendary whatsoever #everythings the exact same but william has a buneary and azumarill now #do you think William could have a mimikyu. i think i could force it to work #it represents his jealousy #hmm. his need to be better too. based on the anime #so like what happens when you die for 30 years and come back as a ghost. all his pokemon are gone no doubt #hey how good of a typing is ghost/steel #dark/steel? ghost/dark? fairy is so hard to explain. maybe it could represent remnant. heyyy ghost/fairy just like mimikyu- #thats crazy hows that happen . wild how that fits so perfectly for springtrap and is also the same type as mimikyu #(i am blatantly making things up and forcing connections because mimikyu is my favorite)

[namorian]

#and i mean this in the most unkind way #doctor who hell #12doc hell #love michelle gomez but i want to hit moffat's characterization of the master to death with hammers #why would the master call himself MISSY this is just nonsense like no i'm sorry #and being so desperate for the doctor in a different kind of unhinged way that's like ONLY used on women is so vile #like yeah the master is always a Massive Freak about the doctor but this is only being written LIKE THIS bc she's a women now #moffat villains who give off the same rancid dogshit vibes #his run thus far in doctor who has been less shit than i'd anticipated i now see how people got tricked into thinking sherlock was good #it's less blatantly bad than i'd thought it be it's more insidious in it's dogshit writing but now that missy's actually Doing Things #i can see the seams more and more and not even doctor who being a trashy camp scifi hodgepodge can save it

[theghostiedyke]

not me seeing the same discourse the land back movement got being repeated for Palestine. 🤨 y'all aren't even trying to think critically.

#specifically i was seeing ppl claim from the river to the sea Palestine will be free as antisemitic #now can ppl be antisemitic under the guise of supporting Palestine? yes i have seen this blatantly #but to act like this slogan is somehow equating the destruction of the Israeli state ( i.e.) govt. with all jewish ppl is disingenuous #I've said it once I'll say it again i do not trust anyone who conflates Israel with all Jewish people #you cannot view israel as 'bad jews'. that black white morality is blatantly antisemitic #it is an unjust state. in the same way many other states are. including the U.S. #in the same way land back never was about kicking out all non indigenous ppl #from the river to the sea palestine will be free is not about the removal of jewish ppl #is the about the removal of an unjust state #problems that happen when non anarchists try to think lol #y'all see yourselves as part of the/a state so much you conflate the two #free palestine #no joke when i saw that post some of the reblogs had tagged israeli palestinian conflict. n had ppl admotting they coulfnt ever say #free palestine cause some ppl have been anti semetic with it 🤨🤨🤨 so you agree grouping large amounts of ppl together for the crimes of a #few is bad??? inchresting you sre doing that same thing

[peribirb]

oh no i am NOT huge on this new layout... this just feels like a coat of Twitter Paint tbh

#a UI upgrade is probably a good thing to do but this just feels really blatantly “We Need To Be More Like Twitter” #like all the side buttons are in the exact same place as on twitter come on #hot take i think a slight learning curve when joining a new website is fine actually they don't all have to act the same #keep tumblr unique and i don't just mean that as a “things were better back in my day” way #i mean tumblr needs to feel like a distinct website if it wants to actually stake out any territory in the social media landscape #i keep looking at the right side expecting to see horrifically transphobic trending topics #just because this layout tells my brain “this is twitter so watch out for Twitter Things” #i appreciate staff wanting to streamline things and like i said a UI refresh is good to do now and again but this. isn't working for me

[emily-mooon]

I feel mad >:(

#and it’s about the camera scene™️ and how people fail to. price the most obvious and blatantly clear apology known to man #*see #my man apologized for his actions there is not a whole lot he can do now considering it’s been like three years since it happened #people saying Jonathan should atone for it don’t get that he has a fucking character arch to complete #his conversations with Steven should not be about the camera scene and should be about actual relevant things to the plot #I never want to hear the camera scene talked about again after s5 cause it’s basically the same thing being said like thousands of times #that goes nowhere at all #all of those arguments really make me wish that scene did not exist at all #like I wish there was a different way Nancy and Jonathan team up together in s1 #but it’s too late now and I have to accept that and just try to ignore the hate my fav gets #I do agree that his actions were bad (who wouldn’t) #and idc if Jonathan is your least favourite cause that’s your opinion and you are allowed to have it #but all the camera scene arguments from people who have a more neutral stance on him needs a separate tag we Jonathan fans who are tired #and angry at seeing them can bloke so we can enjoy our blorbo in peace #*​block #anyways I’ve got work in a few hours so I’m going to go and eat breakfast and calm down #sending hugs <3<3<3

[localvoidcat]

lets be clear i think sarah tmc should get to maim and kill. but she should be a cringe failwoman too . with the confidence of a girlboss. i dont like how the fandom treated her shes not the badass mom friend shes a mess and she lets her anger get to her and she could kill you and shes in the right and shes in the wrong and. yeah.

THIS. THIS EXACTLY

#i’m so so sick of the whole. ‘omg this fictional woman is such a girlboss ^_^’ thing #like yeah okay you call fictional women girlbosses but are you like. normal about girl characters and do you treat them #with the same level of attention that you do with male characters #i know this is hypocrisy coming from the guy that’s obsessed with just some guy #but it’s so like. it’s so blatantly obvious in almost every fandom i’ve been in #that people just #do not care about them as much as their male counterparts. y’know #sorry this turned into a rant but i will never not be salty about this #moral of the story give them some love. go do it. now

[daxite]

artfight actually fix your website for once challenge instant fail

#can they seriously just like #shut the doors on the site for a year after the event ends #actually hire some outside programmers who know what they're doing #and just entirely fucking rehaul the website #because it's so goddamn obvious the reason the site runs like shit is because of a horrible spaghetti-code base #no matter how much maintanence or server upgrades are done it runs into the same problems every year it's so blatantly a fundemental problem #with the code #it isn't 'oh we can't keep up with the traffic' this has been a problem for like 6 - 7 years they should absolutely know how to handle this #by now it's so frustrating #dax rambles

[nerdie-faerie]

The audacity of my mum to ask if I've tried a new meal yet as if I would ever try a new meal for anything less than the pain of death

#+Extra #i hate trying new foods even if the main components are the same or is made up of things i like that doesnt mean im gonna enjoy the combo #im a very fussy eater and have a lot of texture issues with foods that i dont see why id risk a good thing on something new and #unpredictable also the stress of trying to figure out other options? id rather die no. not doing that imma keep eating the same safe foods #until im sick of the very thought of them i have the same usual order for all of the places we order from and then only changes when they #change that option. devastating every time it happens what the hell am i supposed to eat now? should i starve!? tf man so rude #also its blatantly false that just because you like the components of something you should like them combined like no those flavours and #textures should not go together hate that logic. i need so much reassurance before trying some new food/drink and if its not good? #ultimate betrayal why would you make me sacrifice something i enjoy for something thats no good? do you hate me? #anyway i work in food services so i get a free meal on my breaks so thats why she was asking if i had risked my free meal on #trying something new which obviously i havent. we dont just complusively try new things that arent hobbies in this house

[onfallingapart]

after six years in the stranger things fandom, throughout which I’ve been content to ship a variety of older characters and just wave at the kid-ships as they pass by, not judging any but thoroughly uninvolved, something has changed.

Antis made me a Byler.

#I love all the kids and just want them to be happy #so whatever makes them happy I support #but Christ the fucking homophobia #and the accusations of p*do shit #like you’ve never projected onto a character or thought about what it would be like if things were different when you were young #god forbid you do both at the same time I guess that makes someone a fucking predator?!?! #same homophobic propaganda different day #thanks for the push I needed #I want el to be happy too but I want all you fuckers to suffer #and I’m sure we could have both #(not sure we WILL have both cause I don’t trust a single tv writer but she could definitely be happy without him) #after this season it’s literally blatantly canon at least on one side and people have gotten even MORE angry? the fuck? #anyway I’m here now and im fully on board #and thoroughly enjoying all this content which is newly relevant to me #byler #also mikhailgate you guys are funny as fuck

[definetellynotavampire]

.

#. #vent bellow #im... so tired #everything is going wrong latelly in my life #and it doesnt help how blatantly im being shown that im the least favorite kid all the time #ive been asking for therapy URGENTLY since i was 16 #ive had to live with the worst thoughts for even lonher #longer* #even contemplating offing many times and almost doing it 3 during (terrible) highschool #even after showing them a way to get it free bc we were in poverty #they never even tried sending an application #now my brother is going to one full price bc he is struggling with the same depression i had at the same age #while im having to fight my way through to even get help with getting stuff that i medically need #im getting harrassed to get a job/study while im still BEGGING to get therapy bc the free healthcare one is an absolute moron and only see #him every 4-6 months #and i just... i feel so unwanted #my brother straight up refused to get any more gifts (cause he even got a 1k laptop..) until they gave me something #cause he's the only one in my family that gives a shit most of the time #and i just...I wish to be comforted so badly #but latelly I straight up cant when i most need it #i dont even have the confidency to ask anymore bc i just feel unwated #and i know it's not those pwople's fault #but i just wish i could be emotionally vulnerable with them #cause i havent been able to since...april? maybe more #and i know its bc they got their own issues to deal with and that stuff has been super rough lately #but i feel so alone #i feel like im falling back down because I cant get better wothout help #i feel like im just annoying anyone i talk to #and doesnt help that im struggling bc the hospital i need to call is legit not answering back #cause im getting extreme anxiety

[coockie8]

sounds like you dont really wanna see this guy :/

Glad you can fucking tell, 'cause it keeps going over his head.

#don't forget this guy was told to never contact me again and I avoided him for a year and a half while he cyberstalked me #and I blatantly told him the only reason I was letting him back into my life was I needed the money he was offering #I have not been subtle about that #so he should be fully aware that he is *far* from my favourite person #the money is very rapidly becoming very not worth it #I do genuinely feel like he takes advantage of my anxiety #but I've been in the Anger stage of grief for a *while* now #and I'm not the same person from when he was told not to contact me again

[heritageposts]

From the Freedom Flotilla, April 27 2024:

On Thursday afternoon, the Freedom Flotilla Coalition was contacted by the Guinea Bissau International Ships Registry (GBISR), requesting an inspection of our lead ship – Akdenez. This was a highly unusual request as our ship had already passed all required inspections; nevertheless, we agreed. The inspector arrived on Thursday evening. On Friday afternoon, before the inspection was completed, the GBISR, in a blatantly political move, informed the Freedom Flotilla Coalition that it had withdrawn the Guinea Bissau flag from two of the Freedom Flotilla’s ships, one of which is our cargo ship, already loaded with over 5000 tons of life-saving aid for the Palestinians of Gaza. In its communication informing us of this cancelation, the GBISR made specific reference to our planned mission to Gaza. It also made several extraordinary requests for information, including confirmation of the ships’ destination, any potential additional port calls, and the discharge port for humanitarian aid and estimated arrival dates and times. It further demanded a formal letter explicitly approving the transportation of humanitarian aid and a complete manifest of the cargo. Again, this is a highly unusual move from a flagging authority. Normally, national flagging authorities concern themselves only with safety and related standards on vessels bearing their flag, and are not concerned with the destination, route, cargo manifests or the nature of a specific voyage. Just like when you register your car, the authorities don’t require you to detail to them every place you are going to go with the car. Sadly, Guinea-Bissau has allowed itself to become complicit in Israel’s deliberate starvation, illegal siege and genocide of Palestinians in Gaza. Israel is showing the world the extent to which it will go to deny Palestinians the aid they need to stay alive, in direct contravention of International Humanitarian Law, UN Security Council resolutions, and two orders of the International Court of Justice. [...] without a flag, we cannot sail. But, this is not the end. Israel cannot and will not crush our resolve to break its illegal siege and reach the people of Gaza. The people of Gaza and all of Palestine remain steadfast under the most horrific, unimaginable conditions. We take strength from their incredible, inexplicable ability to maintain their humanity, dignity and hope when the world has given them no reason to do so. It is our responsibility to keep that hope alive. WE WILL SAIL.

The Freedom Flotilla, which was set to depart from Turkey on the 27th of April with 5000 tons of life-saving aid, has now been delayed because Israel and the United States has pressured Guinea Bissau to withdraw its flag from the Flotilla's lead ship.

Seeing as how their tactics worked on Guinea Bissau, organizers now fear that Israel and the US will exert the same pressure on whichever country the Freedom Flotilla attempt to register their ship under next.

To help the Freedom Flotilla reach Gaza, please keep an eye out for further updates from the organizers. Right now, as of April 27th, they're asking people to help boost their visibility, and to donate to their member campaigns.

For more info, see their webpage.

#from the river to the sea palestine will be free #free palestine #palestine #israel #gaza #freedom flotilla

[panicatthetwentyonechemicalboys]

OMFG THIS COMMENT. GUISE. THAT LAST SENTENCE IS SO FUCKING RAW

edit: i see a lot of people arguing over the 'eat the rich' thing and i'd like to clear up my standing currently! i know they aren't the same kind of fancy multi-million corporation that our beloved phrase talks about, and the reason i agree to a point with this comment is that watcher is evidently trying to become that. they're doing some shitty things in regards do disregarding poorer fans, and are seemingly blatantly ignoring the economic crisis by saying 'everyone can afford that!', all in direct contrast to their entire branding of being leftist and openly supporting things like eat the rich.

"You said 'eat the rich' then handed us the forks, laid on the plate, and expected us to spare you?" at least from my understanding isn't flat-out saying watcher are now the rich we eat, but are well on the track to becoming so, and are quickly developing the same ego.

BUT!! don't like people directly hating on steven like that!! they're all grown men who can make their own decisions, and pretending like shane and ryan are out little baby beans and then calling steven evil and whatnot isn't okay. they can all be held equally accountable. though i do somewhat understand being the most disappointed in shane, as he's the one who speaks on shit like eating the rich the most, and is generally more outward with his ideals, so it's perfectly reasonable to feel betrayed more deeply. but bottom line is they're all equally accountable for this decision.

some shit we can't take back. i probably got pissed and said some weird/uncool shit initially because of the intense emotions i was dealing with, which other people amplified. i do regret some of the things i've said to a point when it comes to being hateful, but i can't just un-say it all, so i'm not even going to try. i'm going to leave everything be and allow it to serve as something to look back on for what not to do in future circumstances. while this new path for watcher is, in my opinion, not the smartest and generally really shitty, they're human beings who make mistakes, and they deserve our acknowledgement of that.

in short, i don't like it but i'll stop being a bitch about it because they don't deserve that. also sorry for the wall of (probably incoherent lmao) text i got passionate <3

edit 2: guys. im screaming. the apology was amazing imo and i genuinely think they really mean it, like it doesn't seem bullshitted. i think they realized they fucked up for reals and feel bad. im so happy for them, but also for us as fans. yay :D

#watcher #watcher entertainment #we are watcher #shane and ryan #ryan bergara #ghoul boys #shane madej #i cant even bring myself to type 'all hail the watcher' as a tag anymore #sighhh