#i see this a lot

[somnambulic-thing]

just a thought: if you think Eddie is not cool because he is a loser, a dorky silly nerd boy with no rizz (whatever that means) and you end that sentence with: BUT I LOVE HIM SO AND I'D DIE FOR HIM... maybe, just maybe, you think he's pretty cool after all...? maybe, just maybe, cool isn't just one thing... maybe the whole point is that people can be into whatever they like no matter how niche and nerdy and the whole cool part is a matter of, I don't know, personality? and overall attitude? is the good stuff you get when you pry beyond the layers of denim and leather and DnD club merchandise?

can't for the life of me think of the guy from a troubled upbringing and low social status who just expresses himself the way he wants despite everybody giving him shit for it and for things he can't control and who gathers the other little outsiders around so that they aren't alone as a loser.

quite the opposite actually.

#just a little thought experiment #somna muses #something something forced conformity is killing the kids and so on #words matter #want to quote chuck palahniuk here but I won't #this is not directed at anybody in particular #I see this a lot

[phrog42]

I see so many people be like "will would be so mad if Nico turned up covered in blood that wasn't his" but I really think it would go something like this:

Will: why are you covered in blood?

Nico: its not mine!

Will: oh, ok, you want a sandwich?

Because Will is just happy his Nico isn't hurt. Like sure he doesn't *want* Nico to hurt someone but like at least Nico is ok.

#pjo #solangelo #solangelo headcanon #yall are wrong and im right #i see this a lot #but i dont think its true

[iverna]

btw embracing your sexuality and being open and not feeling shame about it etc is great, BUT there's a huge difference between that and crossing other people's boundaries and yes this applies to women as well

making sexual comments to someone you don't know, or someone who isn't into it, is inappropriate and uncomfortable at best but tbh most of the time it's harrassment, and it doesn't matter what your or anyone else's gender is

there's this idea that women being sexual is a matter of liberation and sure, it can be, but it stops being that when you're crossing the line into harrassment

if a guy makes unwanted sexual comments to a woman, is he "just being open with his sexuality" or is he being a creep? I say the latter, and that's a matter of principle, not of gender, if a woman does it then she's just as much of a creep

"I'm just open about my sexuality" is not an excuse for ignoring other people's boundaries, and that includes things like being lewd in public, making sexual comments to/about people, discussing sexual stuff around people who don't want to hear about it, etc

yes, even if you are female and they are male

(and while we're at it, objectifying or fetishising a man isn't any better than doing it to a woman, it's just that it happens more often to women so we talk about that more, but the solution isn't to "balance it out" by doing it to men more, the solution is to stop doing it across the board)

embracing your sexuality is about YOU, it's about being comfortable with yourself and your desires, getting to know yourself honestly without shame or guilt or any of that, it doesn't mean deciding that boundaries are for prudes and just doing and saying whatever you want

like, consent still matters, always, you can embrace your sexuality all you like but you can't just go shoving it in other people's faces without their consent

#i see this a lot #too often tbh #like yeah we're women #so we can do no wrong #uhhhhhh #yeah we can #we very much can

[22degreehalo]

The most bewildering like deeply ideological and not at all real-world realistic applicable I ever see expressed in fandom and which throws me for a loop every single time is like...

‘It’s bad when the Chosen One or Royal Heir (or whatever) has some kind of actual physical or magical superiority over normal people because it means that they really do deserve their position :/ and undermines any message the story might tell that oppression is Bad :/’

Like. Am I wrong or is this just. Actual uncritical might makes right thinking...???

A person having magical powers does not grant them a moral right to rule over others. Nor the same with fighting ability or general physical fitness or whatever. People are every bit as equally valuable and meaningful regardless of how ‘fit’ they are.

Like am I wrong or are the non-magical people in these scenarios basically just the in-world equivalent of disabled people. And so... obviously it should go without saying that these people aren’t necessarily incapable of having a say in the running of the kingdom or whatever. Like. There is just no logical reason why that should be the case.

And yet over and over I see this assumption made, that ‘hero has special magic’ somehow DOES imply, inevitably, that societal castes are right and good. That the only way to actually tell a story where people all have equal value is to make them all equally physically or magically capable (i.e., make nobody disabled).

IDK maybe it’s just me but it makes perfect sense that in a world where some people have special powers, they’d tend to oppress those who don’t. And that it would be harder for those who don’t to succeed or be able to triumph as heroes. Isn’t... isn’t that just literally how oppression works, IRL...?!

#I see this a LOT #but the most recent example (if I havent explained it well enough without one) #was to do with Fire Emblem and how in Three Houses the 'crests' are meant to be extremely important #in the sense that those born with a crest (just special minor magic) are venerated #while those without one are cast aside #and someone pointed out that it kinda sucks that in-game the crests mechanically do barely anything #and wondered how it'd be if those with crests actually did have a big combat advantage as units #and one reply said that it'd completely undermine the moral of the game that discrimination based on crests is bad #because the 'tragedy' of it apparently is that those with crests aren't actually any different #is it just me or is this??? saying that discrimination would be totally fine if some people did have stronger magical powers????? #keeping in mind that the discrimination in story is like... abandoning children. or abusing crestless kids in favour of crested ones. #does this person believe that it would be okay to child abuse a kid if your other kid has super strength? #it sounds so bonkers and yet I keep seeing it expressed as some deep and important progressive message #i just. don't get it!!!!!!!!!!! #fwiw fe4 DOES give the 'special' characters way bigger mechanical strength and I think that's cool haha #it sets up the 'traditional' kind of story where the noble kids are the heroes but you can tell a different one! #yes it is harder to make the commoners into heroes but that's the point! that's why it's satisfying!!!! #ANYWAY

[greennectarine]

like a man starved

#i see this a lot #it’s hilarious every time

[butchfalin]

the funniest meltdown ive ever had was in college when i got so overstimulated that i could Not speak, including over text. one of my friends was trying to talk me through it but i was solely using emojis because they were easier than trying to come up with words so he started using primarily emojis as well just to make things feel balanced. this was not the Most effective strategy... until. he tried to ask me "you okay?" but the way he chose to do that was by sending "👉🏼👌🏼❓" and i was so shocked by suddenly being asked if i was dtf that i was like WHAT???? WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY TO ME?????????? and thus was verbal again

#yeehaw #1k #5k #10k #posts that got cursed. blasted. im making these tag updates after... 19 hours? #also i have been told it should say speech loss bc nonverbal specifically refers to the permanent state. did not know that! #unfortunately i fear it is so far past containment that even if i edited it now it would do very little. but noted for future reference #edit 2: nvm enough ppl have come to rb it from me directly that i changed the wording a bit. hopefully this makes sense #also. in case anyone is curious. though i doubt anyone who is commenting these things will check the original tags #1) my friend did not do this on purpose in any way. it was not intended to distract me or to hit on me. im a lesbian hes a gay man. cmon now #he felt very bad about it afterwards. i thought it was hilarious but it was very embarrassed and apologetic #2) “why didn't he use 🫵🏼?” didn't exist yet. “why didn't he use 🆗?” dunno! we'd been using a lot of hand emojis. 👌🏼 is an ok sign #like it makes sense. it was just a silly mixup. also No i did not invent 👉🏼👌🏼 as a gesture meaning sex. do you live under a rock #3) nonspeaking episodes are a recurring thing in my life and have been since i was born. this is not a quirky one-time thing #it is a pervasive issue that is very frustrating to both myself and the people i am trying to communicate with. in which trying to speak is #extremely distressing and causes very genuine anguish. this post is not me making light of it it's just a funny thing that happened once #it's no different than if i post about a funny thing that happened in conjunction w a physical disability. it's just me talking abt my life #i don't mind character tags tho. those can be entertaining. i don't know what any of you are talking about #Except the ppl who have said this is pego/ryu or wang/xian. those people i understand and respect #if you use it as a writing prompt that's fine but send it to me. i want to see it #aaaand i think that's it. everyday im tempted to turn off rbs on it. it hasn't even been a week

[linktoo-doodles]

resurrection is sort of romantic, isnt it

#farcille #falin touden #farlyn thorden #marcille donato #dungeon meshi #delicious in dungeon #dungeon meshi spoilers #my art #Linktoo art #lets get that yuri on the road. who has a good analysis of these two. they have a lot of symbolism but I want to see like #someone get into the feelings they have for each other about how they see each other romantically. if that makes sense #tw blood

[elliesbelle]

emily gwen, the creator of the sunset lesbian flag that we’ve come to commonly use, still continues to live in poverty.

multi-billion dollar companies have used their design and made profit from it, and yet they have not seen a cent for their creation.

i’ve been friends with emily for years, and i have not once seen them be financially stable the entire time. i’ve seen them homeless, unemployed, starving. right now, they need our help more than ever.

please consider donating to emily’s ko-fi, especially if you’ve used their design to create something and profited from it.

#emily’s finally found housing after couch surfing at friends’ places for months #they’ve got a lot of debt rn on top of bills and rent #rn they don’t have food in the house and they’re starving #they don’t deserve this at all they are so kind and i literally hate to see them suffering #please please pleaaase donate and reblog #they don’t ask for much but they deserve the world #mutual aid #crowdfunding #donation post #belle speaks

[littlemsterious]

i was thinking about that post comparing Jessica Rabbit as an asexual to Barbie and an asexual and then i thought of the Neil Gaiman post (was it a post?) about Crowley and Aziraphale being asexual sexless and then this happened.

anyways. thoughts?

sorry it took so long I meant to do this a week ago but my brain is full of rocks.

[Image ID a three sided venn diagram. the big circles show Margot Robbie's Barbie sitting in front of a mirror, Jessica and Roger Rabbit from the poster of Who Framed Roger Rabbit, and Aziraphale and Crowley from Good Omens standing back to back. Between Barbie and Jessica Rabbit it says "sexualised by society". Between Jessica Rabbit and Aziraphale and Crowley it says "Knows what sex is". Between Aziraphale and Crowley and Barbie it says "no reproductive system(?)". the center is the asexual flag. End ID]

Also i haven't seen the Barbie movie as of this edit so at least please tag your spoilers.

#please enjoy this i made it look so pretty #barbie #jessica rabbit #who framed roger rabbit #good omens #ineffable husbands #crowley #aziraphale #asexuel #i will do an image id later I’m sorry words dont exist right now #i’ve had a lot of the same questions i will respond eventually. maybe. we’ll see

[adriles]

they are Cancelling me for dealing with my grief as best i can . also for the vicious war Crimes

#book 24 #the conversation between the gods at the beginning there is just this #greatest hits #all i say is vicious war crimes in a vague way #and you all start frothing at the mouth like rabid dogs #a lot of yall get the memo with the blorbo tags but also. seeing quite a few strange pulls #not exactly war crimes but Ok #sometimes normal vicious crimes can just be normal vicious crimes ok guys #can yall stop tagging this as israel u guys r fucking weird…. #if u see this and think it is a joke about actual fucking horrific war crimes and ethnic cleansing. u may be fucked up in the head #please be normal #will people stop commenting on this please. none of yall r funny

[the-dragon-girl-27]

It is the middle of a Sunday afternoon. You have nothing on, and aren't expecting visitors, deliveries or post.

Unexpectedly, there is a knock at the door.

you are greeted by...... her

#fairy vs walrus #walrus vs fairy #walrus #why is this so well textured its fucking shitpost art #like why cant i pull this off in my normal art it had to be the walrus fairy #meme art #things that would give people outside of tumblr a heart attack #maybe #has the fairy vs walrus debate breached containment yet #also that generic girl i drew ended up looking a lot like how i look irl (yes i look like an npc) #also that door is unreasonably large but i needed you to be able to see the walrus in all her glory #i wanted it to be bigger so you could see her wings #fairy walrus #dragon draws creatures

[badolmen]

WARNING 18+

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#ra speaks #it’s a silly joke/pun dw #we stay silly :3 #edit: #woahg. that’s a lot of notes. hi everybody o/ #10k. stop clenching your jaw and drink some water. #15k. eat some fresh fruit this week! I’m having kiwis tonight :] #20k. quit sitting like a shrimp it’s bad for your neck! sit up straight and do a little stretch every now and then #25k. I’m up at 2 AM but I’ll get to see the sunrise today :] if you can’t see that I hope you admire the sunset later today #30k. do something fun you haven’t done in a while. I haven’t drawn in months - I think I’ll paint a cat tomorrow :3

[oasisr]

after hearing "simply having a wonderful christmas time" by paul mccartney 74 times while working in retail, I came to the conclusion that they shot the wrong beatle

#meme #christmas #Christmas music #paul mccartney #the beatles #beatles #dark humor #retail #fast food #work #job #seasonal #seasonal worker #funny #lol #yes i am using a lot of tags because i want everyone to see this and laugh with me #welcome to the comedy of hate

[leupagus]

It's really fucked up when you treat characters like people and people like characters.

#this is about fandom but also just generally #I'm seeing a lot of this lately and I don't quite know how to talk about it yet #but man it's bumming me out

[evercelle]

bust... or maybe i'll take it all!

#honkai star rail #aventurine #ever makes art #as you can see. i have now caught up to 2.1 #i got a LOT of thoughts but they can be best summed up as: ouurughashdjsdhhh

[cozylittleartblog]

not that we didn't already Know belos was full of shit, but it's even funnier knowing the titan was still alive the whole time and probably judging him

#toh #the owl house #emperor belos #papa titan #the titan #art #doodles #comic #fanart #watching and dreaming #captioned #brief visit to ye olde days of memeing on belos... those still get spread around #i hope the titan saw him get his shit stomped in before they passed on #like yes luz was right there but did the titan actually get to see it. i hope so #shoulda been broadcast on penstagram too #there's a piece of fanart i wanted to draw after. i think o titan where art thou. but i never got around to it #because it had animation in it. and im regretting it now #maybe i will finally do it. and something else too #the whole titan reveal brings with it a lot of tropes and ideas that absolutely destroy me personally #and i need to Draw about it #edit - thank you anistarrose for the caption! #''he wasn't Really alive'' you're right they were a secret third thing. the heart still beats. they were still Somewhere #but it's easier to just say Alive. it's not Technically wrong #i try to keep my captions short ok