#anon and on and on

[snek-eyes]

Do you think Crowley is mean to Muriel? My gf says he is a little mean but tbh I don't see it. He wants everyone gone so he can have alone time with Aziraphale, and Muriel is not a friend. They're sweet and all, but they were happy to spy on Crowley and Aziraphale and rat them out to Heaven, and they adore the Metatron quite obviously. Muriel isn't evil, just incredibly naive and as caught in the manipulative system just like Aziraphale is, in a way, but they work for that system and they seem to do it happily. They did help Crowley in Heaven, but that doesn't make them friends especially since as I said Muriel is clearly pro Metatron or too naive to be against him. If I were Crowley, I'd want them gone as fast as possible, too 😅 And they don't get the hint the first time with Crowley talking about "us time" so he just gets a little more direct, but that's about as direct as he can get with Aziraphale, too, and as he is with Maggie and Nina, and it's never mean or rude, yk? Just grumpy, in his lovable way. That's how I always read it. I'd love to hear your thoughts on it 😁

* fogot to add: it's nothing personal, Muriel's just doing their job and Crowley knows it, they even helped him (more or less willingly) but they're still working for Heaven.

Hey there, really interesting question! or I'd say two questions: A) Is Crowley mean to Muriel, and B) is that justified?

imo, Crowley & Muriel can basically be summed up by this moment:

"Yay, bully for you." *turns away to go back to cursing heaven*

Crowley, well... he is mean to Muriel. But it's in the way you are when you recognize it's not the person's fault you personally find them annoying, and you don't want to actually make them feel bad. He knows! He knows it's not their fault they're such a neon sign of everything he hates about heaven, that they're so brainwashed and ignorant, and cheerful about it.

But the fact is, Crowley manipulates the heck out of Muriel! And he's downright disrespectful about it, doesn't ever bother to give them a good story, he just says confident nonsense, knowing Muriel has no choice but to take his word for it. He takes advantage of their naivete and uses them for his own ends. That's not exactly nice!

^ tell me that's not condescending as hell lmao

But on the other hand... Yeah, Muriel is a spy for heaven! Not only that, but they've been sent here knowing absolutely nothing about earth. Their very presence is an insult! Crowley and Aziraphale have been here for 6000 years, and heaven still thinks that just the baseline of 'being an angel' makes someone good enough to outmaneuver them? Rude af. So, it's not all that out of line for Crowley to give heaven the same level of respect they showed his side.

But that still leaves Muriel stuck in the middle, getting used by both sides.

I think Crowley is intentionally only seeing Muriel as a tool—one of Heaven, but one that he can use to their advantage. He doesn't want to be sympathetic to them—they are a danger, and Crowley's also got his personal issues around how he seems to have only let himself get attached to one other being.

Yet, there's this moment where he seems to sympathize with them, despite himself:

and another one, when Saraqael shows up and it seems like he's gotten Muriel in trouble, he starts to jump in to defend them. That seems kind.

"shh, don't say anything without a lawyer present."

That final bookshop scene is what you seem to be focusing on though, so let's get there.

Crowley has been hyped up on manic energy all night, all week really, and finally all of this is almost but not quite over, he just wants so badly to finally be alone with Aziraphale and re-establish their status quo. He barely has the patience to even be fake-polite to Muriel (especially now they're being bubbly about the Metatron, who's already on Crowley's shit list and just you wait buddy), he wants them to go away. Maybe it also isn't any fun to manipulate them anymore now he's sympathized with them that little bit.

The pretense is paper thin, but Muriel doesn't get it until he drops it entirely:

This is the first time Muriel's fully cottoned on to the fact that Crowley isn't being Nice anymore. And it's possible Crowley feels bad about it, because when Muriel still tries to stay in the bookshop, he gets dramatic about it, but still reigns himself back in for his next attempt.

The really interesting moment comes when Muriel actually asks for something. Asks to take an earth thing with them, asks to learn. That finally gets Crowley's attention, it's the first time he looks away from the window (Aziraphale) for a reason that isn't telling Muriel to shoo. Long enough to not only look at them properly, but give them enough personal thought that he recommends them a book.

Listen, I love Crowley, but he's kind of an asshole! He's impatient and condescending and manipulative... and yet, when it comes down to it, he cares. All of that can be true.

#crowley #muriel #good omens meta #v watches good omens #good omens 2 #vee replies #anon and on and on

[jicklet]

I habent watched the atla live action series yet but saw the art you reblogged and please please please tell me its what i think it is and they're gonna make zutara happen? What happened in the scene? 😍😱

So I just watched episodes 3&4 last night, and I have been trying so hard to not Pepe Silvia this, I could say I'm not strong enough to go through this again, but... who am I kidding, these are the fires I was forged in. This is fun to me. Let's go clowns!!

So the answer is technically no, nothing overt, but there are some.... odd... things.

Okay so the biggest thing is this scene: The Scarf™. Like......... There was no REASON for that?? She drops it later, and I thought, Oh okay, he'll find it and that's what he'll bring to June to track them, like her necklace in the cartoon. But, no??

(I haven't actually met June to confirm this, again I'm only 4 eps in. But he did not pick up the scarf and has left the city.)

There have been no overtly romantic Kątäang moments. They have some cute scenes training together (all these actors are truly adorable), but there's no real hint of a crush. And Aang wasn't even in the cave of two lovers with Katara, Sokka was, and they made it about general love instead of romance.

Speaking of the cave... You know how Oma and Shu have long been a Zutara symbol, with their outfit colors matching what they wear in the cave under Ba Sing Se. Well, they straight up changed the outfits to red and blue.

Haven't gotten that far, but from what I've heard, their fight at the north pole is pretty unchanged.

And look, I am taking this all with the biggest grain of salt. We've all been wondering what would make M&B leave, and I joked about this as a slim slim possibility with a friend. Based on the reviews, I kind of doubt we're seeing a season 2, let alone 3 (though I'd really be curious to see how they took the feedback and adapted). But it is fun to see everyone excited & getting out the conspiracy boards again. 💙🧡

#V watches avatar #Atla live action #Zutara #Avatar spoilers #This show is not exactly Good but I see glimmers of a better show in here I'd like to see them get a chance at #Vee replies #Anon and on and on

[kayforpay]

any thoughts on erinep...literally any quad for some reason theyve invaded my brain and wont leave

ohhhhh erinep is so good anon. so good

ok so the simple answer would be pitch but in my mind they're not Just pitch, which is to say they do it wrong. nepeta has a kind of energy where she sees a little fucked up loser and has to try and make them better, hence karkat and equius being her first two crushes

so nepeta would very much Try to stick to pitch but eridan is a little too pathetic for pitch to be a two-way rewarding thing; its more like he gets to feel good about freaking her out and she has to spend a week apologizing for stepping on his scarf when they were fighting.

and that just pushes her more into pale with him, but in a very pitch way. black diamonds u feel. like it all falls under things your moirail should do; making him take care of himself, making him clean up, making him get out more, etc. but it's all done in the sense of like.... that's what she enjoys about the pitch stuff? she's not going "ok eridan lets get in the bath now good job" its more like she tackles him and throws him in a shower

(equius is, of course, horrified, but he also knows better than to question anyone else's romance)

#kay talks a lot #thnks fr th qstns #anon and on and on #homestuck #erinep

[sirguyofdykesborn]

how are you a lesbian but he him

please... the pronouns is all i have left of my father

#ask tag #lesbians are the only people allowed to have he/him pronouns anon. educate yourself

[bulkhummus]

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#ask tag #anon

[gaylactic-fire]

#fires posts #zelink #I'll get anon hate for this surely but it's ok

[snaxle]

you should explode. this isnt a hate anon i just think you would benefit from the enrichment

this is single handedly the funniest ask ive ever gotten

#asks #anon #axle's best asks

[cahootings]

“their relationship is too deep to be sexual” what’s deeper than dick in hole. please tell me

#people missing context this was about the wwdits show runners pulling a 2012-era queerbait #and was a joke #also if you're going to send me an anon asking me why i hate ace people. miss me with your homophobia thanks

[punkitt-is-here]

Deranged transfem here. Im planning on making a custom virtual assistant, think siri/cortana, but it doesnt steal your data. Gonna give it my deadname and voice, so I can torture my parents by trapping their son's soul in my phone, and if they deadname me he reaponds so I can just pretend theyre not talking to me.

#my posts #asks #anon

[shinobicyrus]

Why do you need your earbuds to have a wire so badly?

I am assuming this is about a post I reblogged like six months ago when I went off on forced technological enshitification and the slow erosion of consumer options. But sure, I'll bite.

Why do I "need" my earbuds to have a wire? I dunno, Anon, maybe I:

Don't want to have to worry about recharging my earbuds.

Don't want my earbuds to be even easier to lose.

Don't want my earbuds to need separate accessories that are as easy to lose as the earbuds.

Prefer to have bluetooth turned off on my devices for security and safety reasons.

Like being able to seamlessly plug my earbuds into my computer, my MP3 player, or any other device with a headphone jack.

Don't want to spend 50 dollars on decent wireless earbuds when I can do all the above things with a pair of solid earbuds that cost me like $12 during the Obama administration.

Don't care about what kinds of headphones or earbuds people wear but don't like what it says about our society when other people apparently care what kind of earbuds I'm wearing so much they have send an Anonymous ask to interrogate me about it.

And I guess, more abstractly, because fuck Apple. That's why.

#Anon #Asks #Technology #Earbuds #Wired Earbuds #Headphones #Maybe I'm old and set in my ways leave me alone

[anonpolls]

Thanks for the question, Anon!

-submit your poll!-

#poll #polls #thanks anon! #Submitted May 7 #submitted by anonymous #anonymous #anonpolls #random polls #tumblr polls #poll blog

[snek-eyes]

What's your favourite Good Omens scene?

Hey there! Haha I feel like this should be harder to pick, but no, hands down for me is the scene in 1.02 where they're driving to Tadfield in the Bentley. It's got it all: At top level, it's a fun scene of husbands in the car that has some of their best snappy banter, but there's also some great character/plot seeds that get planted and blatantly left dangling to be followed up on later. this metaphor is a bit mixed but you get the idea.

We start with the fantastic zoomy shot into the car:

Some great heavenly disconnects with Aziraphale being cut off by Mr. It's-Not-My-Fault, We're-In-This-Together-Dammit Crowley:

Every time Crowley pushes Aziraphale like "no seriously what are we going to DO"...

...his brain runs into a wall and he falls back on losing his shit over Crowley's driving:

"wAtCh ThE rOaD"

Crowley: "mate I'm literally doing it though??"

The entire Velvet Underground bit is both silly on the surface, and also fantastic on the level of, this is probably the last thing Crowley wants to be trapped in a car with Aziraphale listening to

"Haha nahh bro nothing on there that makes me think of you, let's listen to Tchaikovsky's We Will Rock You instead"

The one time in this scene Aziraphale gets his composure back and of course it's when he gets the chance to be snooty:

[CROWLEY WILL REMEMBER THIS]

BONUS:

The way you just know they've had exactly this sort of "...and another thing!" a million times, having a few hours between this is nothing.

Aziraphale's little glare, he knows where this is going 😆

At first I was like, do you think they'd have to put down a moratorium over arguments from too long ago? But nah I doubt it, they love this shit. One of the pillars of their relationship is "I'd rather bicker with you than get along with anyone else."

Anyways, that is my favorite, thanks for asking 😄

#v watches good omens #good omens 1 #vee replies #anon and on and on

[jicklet]

Please gif more Megamind/Roxanne scenes!!!!!

Love to! 😄 Actually, if anyone has specific requests, let me know!

#From the new content or the og either way #Megamind #Vee replies #Anon and on and on

[kayforpay]

Aight thoughts on erirose and equirox the girls and their weird lil freakazoids

to be fair to the boys those girls are also weird lil freakazoids, otherwise they wouldn't be interested

got a bit long so readmore

I feel like erirose would honestly be best like.... pale. not even weird pitch-pale if anything flush-pale. rose sees a pathetic little guy and decides to fix him, but like, actually. implements a self-care routine for him and makes a point of discussing his good points and how to appreciate himself without being egomaniacal about it

in exchange he has all the rage and snappy attitude that she's had to soften for so long that she doesn't even realize she's doing it. very "she said no FUCKIN pickles wwhats wwrong wwith you"

once he stops sweating so much she needs gloves when they hold hand they slowly move on to cuddling and actual papping. he's extra nervous because he doesn't know anything about Good palemates and has to be reminded not to try and rush.

for equrox, on the other hand...

flush. they're in love love. he's a giant bear of a troll who would (and does) happily kneel by her feet so she can pet his hair. she calls him "my lil ponie" and even when he knows the joke he just likes it bc she means it in a good way

they get along not because they have a ton in common but more because they both really enjoy learning about things they're not good at or not very interested in. roxy can't do a Ton of robotic/mechanical maintenance but she loves to hear about how things work. she'd just point at like an excavator or something and go "what makes that 1 werk" and he'd go into infodump mode while she just looked at him starry-eyed

meanwhile he would lay his head on her thigh and watch her play video games and go "D--> Why doesn't the Genshin Impact East Alternian Queen not simply use her STRENGTH to stop interlopers?" and then happily listen to an hour and a half of lore on an anime game he has 0 intent of playing

between their combined cleverness and intellect they make him a sleeping scarf that has sopor in it so he can sleep with her in bed without putting her sobriety at risk by having a blanket/something that would touch her a lot, bc as soon as they both realize they're like For Real for real about it they move in fast as hell

I think their main argument is that equius' mess has an organizational method to it and roxy's mess doesn't, so when she gets into an adhd deep clean urge she messes up his bolt-stacks and things, but they manage

#kay talks a lot #thnks fr th qstns #anon and on and on #headcanons #erirose #equirox #anon I am obsessed with equius/hot girls it's unhealthy

[yaoiboypussy]

“I can’t be a trans man on the internet” go the fuck outside then dude. Signed a trans woman who has had enough of your bullshit posts

I’m gonna use this ask to make a point.

Trans guys if you get an anon claiming to be a trans women that says rude/bigoted shit, don’t believe them. Transphobes have admitted to pretending to be trans women and sending bigoted asks to trans men.

If you get an anon ask saying weird shit claiming to be from a trans women - always remember anons can lie about who they are! 9 times out of 10 it’s just some cis person lying to paint trans women as evil bigots.

And everytime I see a trans man fall for the bait and start saying transmisogynistic shit I just sigh.

#.txt #anon #asks

[endusviolence]

Rowling isn't denying holocaust. She just pointed out that burning of transgender health books is a lie as that form of cosmetic surgery didn't exist. But of course you knew that already, didn't you?

I was thinking I'd probably see one of you! You're wrong :) Let's review the history a bit, shall we?

In this case, what we're talking about is the Institut für Sexualwissenschaft, or in English, The Institute of Sexology. This Institute was founded and headed by a gay Jewish sexologist named Magnus Hirschfeld. It was founded in July of 1919 as the first sexology research clinic in the world, and was run as a private, non-profit clinic. Hirschfeld and the researchers who worked there would give out consultations, medical advice, and even treatments for free to their poorer clientele, as well as give thousands of lectures and build a unique library full of books on gender, sexuality, and eroticism. Of course, being a gay man, Hirschfeld focused a lot on the gay community and proving that homosexuality was natural and could not be "cured".

Hirschfeld was unique in his time because he believed that nobody's gender was either one or the other. Rather, he contended that everyone is a mixture of both male and female, with every individual having their own unique mix of traits.

This leads into the Institute's work with transgender patients. Hirschfeld was actually the one to coin the term "transsexual" in 1923, though this word didn't become popular phrasing until 30 years later when Harry Benjamin began expanding his research (I'll just be shortening it to trans for this brief overview.) For the Institute, their revolutionary work with gay men eventually began to attract other members of the LGBTA+, including of course trans people.

Contrary to what Anon says, sex reassignment surgery was first tested in 1912. It'd already being used on humans throughout Europe during the 1920's by the time a doctor at the Institute named Ludwig Levy-Lenz began performing it on patients in 1931. Hirschfeld was at first opposed, but he came around quickly because it lowered the rate of suicide among their trans patients. Not only was reassignment performed at the Institute, but both facial feminization and facial masculization surgery were also done.

The Institute employed some of these patients, gave them therapy to help with other issues, even gave some of the mentioned surgeries for free to this who could not afford it! They spoke out on their behalf to the public, even getting Berlin police to help them create "transvestite passes" to allow people to dress however they wanted without the threat of being arrested. They worked together to fight the law, including trying to strike down Paragraph 175, which made it illegal to be homosexual. The picture below is from their holiday party, Magnus Hirschfeld being the gentleman on the right with the fabulous mustache. Many of the other people in this photo are transgender.

[Image ID: A black and white photo of a group of people. Some are smiling at the camera, others have serious expressions. Either way, they all seem to be happy. On the right side, an older gentleman in glasses- Magnus Hirschfeld- is sitting. He has short hair and a bushy mustache. He is resting one hand on the shoulder of the person in front of him. His other hand is being held by a person to his left. Another person to his right is holding his shoulder.]

There was always push back against the Institute, especially from conservatives who saw all of this as a bad thing. But conservatism can't stop progress without destroying it. They weren't willing to go that far for a good while. It all ended in March of 1933, when a new Chancellor was elected. The Nazis did not like homosexuals for several reasons. Chief among them, we break the boundaries of "normal" society. Shortly after the election, on May 6th, the book burnings began. The Jewish, gay, and obviously liberal Magnus Hirschfeld and his library of boundary-breaking literature was one of the very first targets. Thankfully, Hirschfeld was spared by virtue of being in Paris at the time (he would die in 1935, before the Nazis were able to invade France). His library wasn't so lucky.

This famous picture of the book burnings was taken after the Institute of Sexology had been raided. That's their books. Literature on so much about sexuality, eroticism, and gender, yes including their new work on trans people. This is the trans community's Alexandria. We're incredibly lucky that enough of it survived for Harry Benjamin and everyone who came after him was able to build on the Institute's work.

[Image ID: A black and white photo of the May Nazi book burning of the Institute of Sexology's library. A soldier, back facing the camera, is throwing a stack of books into the fire. In the background of the right side, a crowd is watching.]

As the Holocaust went on, the homosexuals of Germany became a targeted group. This did include transgender people, no matter what you say. To deny this reality is Holocaust denial. JK Rowling and everyone else who tries to pretend like this isn't reality is participating in that evil. You're agreeing with the Nazis.

But of course, you knew that already, didn't you?

Edit: Added image IDs. I apologize to those using screen readers for forgetting them. Please reblog this version instead.

#transgender #trans history #transsexual #transphobia #Magnus Hirschfeld #holocaust #holocaust denial #book burning #j.k. rowling #jk rowling #just in case you missed what i mean by all this: go fuck yourself anon :) #trans people have always existed #and we will always exist #if you really wanna pick a fight with me over well-documented history then you better bring in some sources to back your shit #queer history #queer #lgbt+ #lgbta+ #lgbt #lgbt history #edit: i finally got around to those damn image IDs. i am so very sorry for totally forgetting that's my bimbo moment of the month #also real quick i thought about adding an image of the actual building but the only one i can find has a Nazi parade in front of it #it was taken the day of the book burning raid and honestly if i were to include it then i'd add it to the first few paragraphs #and i think the story's better told when you uphold the hope Magnus Hirschfeld and all the researchers he worked with had #also keeps being brought up: yes Hirschfeld was a eugenicist. it was a popular belief set that was only discredited after WW2 #Hirschfeld died in 1935. he literally didn't live long enough to see science turn against those beliefs and practices #considering how he changed his mind on transitions i like to think he would've changed his mind on eugenics too if he'd lived