#ed even says

[midnightmindcave]

wanna hear my head canons about the uber-story underpinning dungeons and dragons honor among thieves? well you’re gonna:

the players who created holga and edgin are indeed best friends but the dm who controls xenk is edgin’s partner and they created xenk specifically to annoy him in particular and everyone thinks this is hysterical. edgin’s player has been playing edgin for twenty years and his name is really ed, with holga’s as the runner-up at fifteen. and doric’s player was invited by simon’s player and indeed doesn’t know these people and has probably never even played before which explains how doric sometimes almost seems to break character. the older and more seasoned players have wagers on how long it will take those two to get together irl.

#dungeons and dragons: honor among thieves #ed even says #did you spell his name with an X because if you did i’m gonna divorce you #it is just as funny to think that holga’s and ed’s are married irl

[owlpellet]

doctors are so fucking funny; if you go in like "based on my extensive research and corroborations i think i have this Disease" they will immediately go on the defensive and ask you demeaning shit like "how do you even know this Disease exists?" but if you go in and play stupid and say "gee whiz i'm just a silly little bimbo who doesn't know a thing but i have symptom, symptom, symptom, and symptom" they will very eagerly be like "oh wow, that sounds like Disease!"

#true story btw my old doc asked me how i even knew about EDS #idk dude maybe having Symptoms and an internet connection and a few friends with it who keep saying #'dude i think you have EDS' #like okay even if i dont i obviously have SOME connective tissue disorder #if you dont think it's that don't just put me down

[piratecaptainscaptainpirates]

Ed: don't expect me to just melt back into your arms!! 😤😤

Stede: *hits him with that earnest whimsy*

Ed: *just melts back into his arms*

#ofmd #ofmd s2 spoilers #our flag means death #something about how he doesn't even know how unloveable ed feels and but he knows him well enough to say what he needed to hear anyway

[sunnibits]

“clean yourself up and come find me, we have much work to do” vs. “clean up your own fucking mess, I’m not doing it, been doing it all my fucking life”

two different scenes of Ed visiting a very vulnerable Izzy in bed… very different dynamics in both………

do you get it…. do you understand me……..

#I cant. i cant even express what I’m trying to say here but like #there are Paralells #I can fucking smell them. #I just cant put words to it yet #but like. I am so unwell. #blackhands #edizzy #ofmd #ofmd spoilers #izzy hands #ed teach

[inkskinned]

im gonna start a fight; and, at the same time, i need you to take this in the most good-faith way possible, but:

videos that involve body-checking and intentionally (and uncritically) show a mealplan of an unhealthy number of calories are just a revamped version of pro-ana food diaries.

and yeah, i know there's arguments. i address some of them under the cut. but at the end of the day, we're just coming back to romanticizing mental illness; we've just found a better platform for it.

this is already something we've done. we knew it was wrong and tried to stop it. and tbh. it just wasn't enough.

there are people who argue "well, what if you have an eating disorder, you can't help it if you don't eat!" except that as someone with an ED; we are not infants. we know what we're doing. part of having an ED is that you are like, maybe too self-aware. even if we can't help our own food choices, we don't need to fucking romanticize the disorder - something we've been warning you about since 2013. there are hours of setup, filming, and editing that go into these videos. they do not happen to fall into place randomly. there is a reason they are pieced together to be beautiful, bright, inspiring.

there's this woman who pretty much only posts daily plans under a normal amount of calories, and everyone defends her saying but it's better than nothing! and i'm like. except she opens those with images of her showing off her body and provides no context in the video or caption that suggests that she believes what she's doing is unhealthy. she has hundreds of thousands of followers on a platform designed for young kids and teens. i refuse to believe that by accident her content just happens to be cheery advice on "healthy" versions of starving.

for any other symptom of mental illness, we would be incredibly enraged by this kind of placid acceptance of a "tips and tricks" fast-start guide. imagine if people posted pink & pretty videos saying "best places to cut yourself" as if it was a fucking storytime. we, as a society, are so fucking fatphobic that we would rather accept blatantly harmful displays of self harm than admit that we are obsessed with a hyper-thin body type.

i am not suggesting someone never talks about their disorder. i talk about mine. actually, it's a plot point in my book.

here's the difference: i recognize it's a fucking mental illness. i am very careful to never mention a specific weight, eating pattern, or calorie plan. i always make sure to position it as something that ruined my fucking life. i do not put cheery music in the background and hearts and sparkles over my worst moments. i do not film it in bright light. i do not start each passage with an image of a thin body followed by "here's how to look like her."

eating disorders should not be framed as aspirational. and the problem is that society worships the "after" image, so long as you don't get too sick. there is a reason so many people who quit being "influencers" will later admit - i wasn't eating well that whole time; an obsession with food was completely destroying my life.

we let any uncredited, uncertified person write the most backwards, fucked up shit about how to get the body you desire! because the underlying, secret belief is: well, at least they're thin! and the real thing that fucking gets me each time - they make fucking money off of it. their irresponsibility and societal harm literally pays off for them.

"why do you care so much." "don't like it don't look." "so what if people experiment with new ways of thinking of food?"

thank you for asking. we're about to get extremely personal. it's because when i was 18 i discovered "thinspiration"/"thinspo." and it absolutely influenced, shaped, and codified my pre-existing eating disorder. i went from having some troubling habits and traits to being incredibly unwell within what felt like a matter of days. there were actual pages designed to train me on how to have an ED correctly. it was all so suddenly easy. i was sick; and the nature of the illness meant - i wanted to be sicker.

it takes an average of 7 years for a person to fully recover. i know this personally - even now, 10 years from the worst of it, i still fucking struggle. i am so much happier now and i eat what i want and i literally don't think about food at all (19 year old me would shudder) and yet - i still fucking know the calories of plain toast with butter.

an eating disorder is one of the deadliest types of mental illness. over 1 in 4 people with an ED will attempt suicide.

and i'm sorry. i just do not see the exchange rate of "high rate of engagement" versus "the value of a human life."

#and there's something else in there about like .... #tbh once i got over something like 1k followers #i stopped being specific about my ED for a REASON. #yes on ur personal locked blog that u use like a diary go ahead etc #but we are OBVIOUSLY not talking about that. we're talking about the sheer NUMBER of people i could be talking about #in that one paragraph. that you and i probably were thinking about 2 different influencers #bc they get to say that they're just posting FITNESS and if it's FITNESS it's OKAY and im like #jesus christ lord almighty #every person in recovery from an ED: this is incredibly dangerous holy shit do you know how much this would have triggered me #each of these ppl: how dare you!!!!!!!!! i am only harming those who WANT to engage with my content!!!!! #their followers: leave them alone !!! they can't help that they make an hours-long choice to frame their disorder as if it was #fucking cottagecore !!!! #like girlie this person needs THERAPY #again! i didn't even have that large of a following before i IMMEDIATELY deleted any specific mention of calories food etc #bc i recognize responsibility and i didnt EVER want to even ACCIDENTALLY encourage this #and im not even GETTING PAID FOR THIS!!! #aND THEY ARE!!! #something something something they know this content makes them money #they don't give a SHIT about u babe

[laniidae-passerine]

don’t understand izzy haters don’t understand ed haters they are intertwined they are broken into pieces they love each other but even the best they can do isn’t enough they are barbed wire they are a gold chain they are wrong for each other they were born to be side by side there is not one without the other and it’s terrible now but there’s a deep-seated need to fix it, they’re going to try fix it

#I CAN’T #like izzy would loathe anyone who hates ed. ed chooses izzy as his executioner because he still trusts him #they burn each other up they live by each other’s warmth #years!!! years together!!! #I LOVED YOU. THE BEST I COULD #the silence that was in the room when ed asked izzy to kill him. #the words they didn’t say #‘don’t you know I love you. if you don’t know I love you then what was this even for. why did we do this when you don’t even know’ #THEY DRIVE ME CRAZY #sobbing. #THEY CAN’T SAY IT TOO #they can’t bring themselves to say I love you to the other #it’s too much. do I have to name it do I have to say it #ofmd #ofmd s2 #our flag means death #ofmd spoilers #edward teach #blackbeard #izzy hands #edizzy #blackhands #I guess??? i can never tell how I want them to be but I do know there’s love there

[p4nishers]

yeah that's uhh that's definitely something

#'david jenkins is a neil gaiman fan' U SHUT UP!!! IM SO FUCKING SCARED RIGHT NOW U SHUT UP?!!! #the difference in crowley's and ed's expression tho. one is in complete panic and agony and the other is just numb #says a lot if u ask me #something something the demon (or demon coded) character shots at the angel (coded) character who has complete trust in them #something something i dont even know what this means #good omens #good omens s2 #azicrow #crowley #aziraphale #ofmd #our flags mean death #gentlebeard #stede bonnet #edward teach

[queenzufufu]

The interesting thing about seeing people discover Ed Gamble through Taskmaster is that some look at his desperation dedication to win, judge him by his general appearance and interactions with Greg and the rest of the cast, and pass him off as some stereotypical, overbearing "jock" character, when in reality he's a type 1 diabetic, asthmatic, ex-goth kid who used to collect salt and pepper pots and geodes, who dislikes sports partly due to bad school experiences, who loves food, heavy metal, comic books, board games, his wife, and his cat that he's allergic to, and who's talked openly about his mental and physical struggles with losing weight and managing his type 1.

I dunno, I just find it funny when I see people describe him as "a high school bully" or a "hostile competitor" when he's clearly just an over-excitable, super massive TM nerd whose dream was to be on the show and make love to some hummus.

#ed gamble #taskmaster #pig the cat #I've just finished listening to his audiobook and didn't think it was possible to love him even more but there you go #also I will never get over Greg saying he feels paternal towards Ed like thats so fckin cute #tbh i don't get any of the hate certain tm contestants get #lou sanders and dmc particularly #daisy running up to the window and demanding “where can i build my marble run” like a 5 yr old was peak tv

[madootles]

there’s just something about a good superior-subordinate professional relationship built upon mutual hate...

#they are both children #edward elric #alphonse elric #roy mustang #fullmetal alchemist #also don't tag this romantically that shit is weird...... #this is a mutually despised relationship between superior and subordinate and it's hilarious #yeaaaa I'm still on this... sorry unwilling followers ily #my art has to be funny because the source material is fucking dark it doesn't need more angst #genuinely I subscribe to the idea that roy and ed care about eachother but I also subscribe to the idea that they'd rather die than say so #mutual respect is the closest they will get #alphonse is really becoming my fave ... like ed is my fave bc idk he has nice fashion and he's very sad but alphonse is just so !!!!!!! #fma 03 #fma 2003 #fmab #even tho that's not what I watch #you are still welcome here I guesssssss :-) #k bye #tw blood

[bougiebutchbitch]

cannot believe that 'yelling at your boss when he repeatedly almost gets you and your crew killed and lies to manipulate you into staying when you try to leave, is not emotional abuse, actually' and 'there is such a thing as a mutually toxic and unhealthy relationship where both parties are incredibly shitty to each other - and this is obviously where Ed and Izzy stand until S2, when it becomes blatantly abusive' is a controversial take. But as this is Abuse Apologism And Ableism, The FandomTM, I really should not be surprised

Just.

I was deep in physically and mentally abusive relationships in my teens/twenties - including relationships that started out with mutual toxicity and bad decisions on all sides, but which became outright physical & mental & other sorts of abuse with myself as the victim. I know my shit.

I suppose I can see where 'Izzy emotionally abused Ed' comes from IF people give literally the most uncharitable interpretation to Every Single Scene, and assume Izzy shouts angrily at Ed and negs him all the time rather than this being how he acts when he's incredibly stressed by circumstance caused directly by Ed and at the end of his fucking rope? Which, as we see in S2... Is not the case.

It's not freaking emotional abuse when you're shouting at your boss who keeps almost getting you and your crew killed. Even if this is NOT a kind or productive way to help Ed deal with his mental health, considering that Ed's actions have consequences that he repeatedly and blithely ignores, it's pretty fucking justified!

It's not freaking emotional abuse if your boss OPENLY LOVES MAIMING PEOPLE AND IS MORE THAN HAPPY TO BURN THEM ALIVE and you encourage that, while upholding his right to not kill with his own hands. Even if he has private breakdowns after the fact because he suffers from black-and-white thinking, dissociates himself from any wrongdoing, and is afraid of his potential to become 'a monster'.

Are these choices helpful? No. Are they kind? No. Is Izzy demonstrating Model Citizen Behaviour? Definitely not.

But it's sure as hell not emotional abuse. And it doesn't justify the physical and emotional abuse Ed puts Izzy through in S2.

Nothing you say can 'make' him hit you. If he chooses to hit you (or... choke you out then repeatedly mutilate you and pressure you to commit suicide and makes you constantly live in fear for your life and the lives of people you care about) he makes that decision himself. Yes, even if you shouted at him first. Yes, even if you were arguing. Yes, even if you were in the wrong in that argument. Yes, even if he has a Tragic BackstoryTM and mental health issues. This shit shouldn't be controversial.

Signed: one of those actual abuse survivors.

#izzy hands #israel hands #the izcourse #ofmd izzy #our flag means death #ofmd #to be clear: I think Izzy was an absolute shitbag in S1! #but. as someone who WAS emotionally AND physically abused just. Idk. The amount of straws people are grasping at #that's... not what emotional abuse looks like. holy shit. #if they were trying to depict that then they frankly did a really bad job lol #I think he was jealous and also worried for himself and HIS crew (who weren't the Revenge crew at that point in time) #I think he egged Ed on. But as we see REPEATED THROUGHOUT THE SHOW #ED DOES ENJOY VIOLENCE #HE LOVES A GOOD MAIM #HE BURNS PEOPLE ALIVE #THEN DISSOCIATES - that's what makes his character so fascinating and relatable to me! but he absolutely kills people #he just can't handle the reality of that or what it says about him #Izzy didn't 'make' him do jack shit. S1 is heavily dedicated to showing just how much Izzy never can get Ed to do what he wants #'Ed was afraid of him'?? wtf where do you even GET that from #if anything Ed is afraid of HIMSELF in that final scene. And he has good reason to be! #That self-loathing and fear of the self is INTEGRAL to him! See: when he's ACTUALLY scared of the fucking kraken #Anyway stop making both Ed and Izzy fundamentally boring by making one wholly good and one wholly bad lol #Izzy did bad shit. He got a good redemption arc and died. a lot of his fans are tired of that arc. #Ed did bad shit. He didn't get a good redemption arc and a lot of his fans are pissed about it.

[pillowpetbee]

autism x adhd but they both have autism and adhd because i said so and they are just so silly hehe so silly i love them

and so so many more

#i don’t even know what i’m saying at this point #ofmd #our flag means death #community #abed nadir #troy barnes #trobed #ed x stede #ed and stede #aziracrow #ineffable husbands #ineffable wives #good omens #dana mythic quest #rachel mythic quest #mythic quest #nick and jess #new girl #nick miller #jess day #bubbline #princess bubblegum #marceline #adventure time

[phoenixduelist]

The only S3 opening I accept is Izzy literally clawing out of the grave, yelling: 'None of you absolute TWATS bothered to check for a pulse??'

In a show where every tiny movement has 26280 meanings and possible interpretations, I refuse to believe that this death has absolutely none.

And I also hope after crawling out, his first half conscious journey is into Ed's and Stede's inn, sending both into a cardiac arrest

#ofmd #ofmd spoilers #izzy hands #our flag means death #omfd season 2 #ofmd s2 #The reactions would be slightly better if he had gotten a death he and his arc deserved. Protecting the crew or even Ed after everything #That his funeral was somewhat respectful; the crew finally verbalizing the thanks for his protection during the Kraken era; Ed who knew him #longest also saying a few heartfelt words. and bury him in the sea maybe? instead of keeping him around like a garden accessory. #idk for some reason that also bothers me. that everyone got to live the life they planned; their freedom while he's trapped underground #Everyone got used to god tier writing; so what in the Game of Thrones finale & Avengers Endgame Natasha gets no funeral fuck was this??

[procrastinationaccount]

Look me in the fucking eyes and tell me this girl is not trans

#momentary break from tltposting because it gets more obvious every time I watch this movie #Like. Come on. #And it's so good! For her character and as a spider-man narrative and as trans representation (even if it's not word-of-god canon yet) #atsv #gwen stacy #I know it's pretty much accepted on here but every time I think about the dipshits who complain(ed) #about people pointing out the obvious subtext it makes me so angry. Like did we watch the same movie? What's wrong with you? #I would say 'why are you so resistant to the idea of her character just existing as a trans girl?' but. We know. It just sucks. #The creators should just confirm that she's intended to be trans in the next movie. Like look at this shot there's no way she's not.

[astranauticus]

a helpful graphic

+ one more entry i have in the black/white doomed yaoi category (and also an orv spoiler)

#orv #joongdok #lc #sgdlr #shiguang #alnst #ivantill #vnc #vanoe #yes i reused that joongdok/shiguang joke. what are you gonna do. sue me #the they should be at the club is a reference to like. cxs is 21 and i think ivan's 22? #both kdj and yjh are 28 they should be getting 8 hours of sleep. (???? #not even joking halfway through making this zero by lmyk came up on my spotify #as in. the vnc ed that i got that exact image from #if you wanna be a pedant i think vnc is more doomed yaoi than tragic yaoi tho cuz we just know noe's gonna kill vanitas but we havent #gotten?? there???? yet?????? #i love how much that sounds like a spoiler its literally the first thing he says in the fucking show LMAO #asto speaks #in a better timeline i wouldve typed this out instead of writing it by hand

[sunnibits]

no bc the fact that we went from THIS ^^^^

to this,,, I feel so fucking nauseous I’m gonna be sick

#something something blind loving devotion turning into utter despair and pain and brokenness and grief #and EXHAUSTION #he’s just so tired. you can tell. he’s so fucking tired. #izzy hands #ofmd #like… I’m not saying he was happy before… it’s not like he was healthy then. but GOD. god. #I still cant believe ed rlly hurt him so bad that even izzy is giving up. I cant.. I cant take this…..

[carrymelikeimcute]

I feel like if Izzy had made Stede stab him for his own (sexual?) gratification, at gunpoint, we'd be seeing posts calling him a rapist, is all I'm saying.

Because literally everything he does, short of breathing, gets spun in the worst possible way until you'd not even sure you're watching the same show.

#I don't think that scene is abusive #because it's clearly not intended to be in context #what I'm saying is that izzy seems to get assigned the worst possible motives #in every scenario #by certain corners of the fandom #while ed gets everything he does handwaved away as being not his fault or not bad to begin with #even when they do very similar things or even participate in the same action i.e. marooning the crew #edward teach critical #tw rape #izzy hands #izzy hands apologist