#like isn't it the whole point of society

[thesocialgremlin]

These days, I can't help but feeling crushed under the weight of the world. Everyone I know and love is burning out, I'm burning out. There is so much pain in the world that could be mended if we just taxed the rich and implemented a Universal Basic Income.

But no, let's just rob people of their lives by forcing them into activism. Either you fight or wait to be stripped of your rights until you find yourself in a camp.

#democracy #universal basic income #tax the rich #burn out #why aren't we making the world a better place for the next generation #like isn't it the whole point of society #i hate it here #they did it before and they'll do it again

[welcometogrouchland]

I understand that literature nerd Jason Todd is kind of overblown in fanon compared to it's actual presence in canon (a few issues during his pre (and post?)crisis Robin tenure that highlight it) BUT consider that I think it's hilarious if the unhinged gun toting criminal has strong opinions on poetry

#ramblings of a lunatic #dc comics #Jason Todd #batfamily #it's just a fun quirk! it's a fun lil detail and I simply cannot slight ppl for enjoying and incorporating it into works #like obviously jason isn't the only one. I'm a big believer in the batfam having over lapping interests they refuse to bond over #i know dick canonically used the robin hood stories (which are pretty flowery in their language far as i can tell) as inspo for Robin #and i know babs was a librarian and even tho her area of nerddom is characterized as more computery she probably knows quite a lot- #-about literature as well #duke is a hobbyist writer i believe? i saw a fan mention that- which if so is great and I hope he's also a nerd #(i mean he is canonically. i remember him being a puzzle nerd in his introduction. but i mean specifically a lit nerd) #damian called Shakespeare boring but also took acting classes so i think he's more of a theatre kid. #Tim's a dropout and i don't think he's ever shown distinct interest in english lit and i can't remember for Steph? #I'm ngl my brain hyperfocused on musician Steph i forget some of her other interests I'm sorry (minus softball and gymnastics!) #and then Cass had her whole (non linear but it's whatevs) arc about literacy and learning to read #went from struggling to read in batgirl 00 to memorizing Shakespeare in 'tec and is now an avid read in batgirls! #she's shown reading edgar allen poe but we don't know if it's his short stories or his poems #point to all of the above being: i know Jason's not the only lit nerd in the batfam #but also i do need him to be writing poetry in his spare time and reading and reviewing it #jason at the next dead robins society meeting: evening folks today I'll be assigning all of us poems based on laika the space dog #damian and steph who have been kidnapped and brought to jasons warehouse to hangout: LET US GO BITCH #speaking of^ random poem i think jason would like: space dog by alan shapiro #wake up one morning in an unfamiliar more mature body with a profound sense of abandonment. the last four lines. mmm tasty

[paellegere]

"their relationship is romantic" "their relationship is familial" "their relationship is platonic" you're thinking too narrow. their relationship goes beyond labels. the family is inherently queer. their platonic love is romantic. the erotic is familial. each one is the other and the other is them

#.txt #i've gotten to the point of relationship anarchy where i no longer understand the obsession with labeling relationships #there's a post floating around like 'it doesn't matter if you view them as romantic or platonic the point is that they love each other' #and i get the message. however may i propose that distinctions such as that don't even have to matter. consider #bold claim probably. but whatever i didn't have the choice to think about love in a normative way and as a consequence i have thoughts #of course i am thinking about wincest but it applies everywhere. jopzier even #jopson views crozier as a surrogate parent but in an inherently queer way. does that mean he want to fuck his mom? probably not #but the fixation and need for redemption turns the traditionally familial relationship into something far more #do you understand #once you leave the normative behind labels become useless #do sam and dean love each other romantically or platonically or familially? consider: it doesn't matter. there are no words to describe it #their love is queer in the sense that it extends beyond normativity. society holds no sway over them. they are ungovernable #i find it ultimately unhelpful to discuss fiction in normative terms when the characters themselves exist outside of normative society #shows like supernatural and the terror are perfect examples. sam and dean were never normal and franklin crew left normal behind #the arctic doesn't care if you fuck your mom. the impala doesn't care if you kiss your brother #this isn't really about anything i just saw that post the other day and i was like. why doesn't this Hit for me. well this is why #however it IS helpful to discuss fiction set within normative society in relation to normativity. it's relevant! #most stories are not however set within the bounds of normativity. that's kinda the whole point of a lot of fiction #baby i explore relationship anarchy in ways that you couldn't even imagine #<-tldr #i have a tendency to write essays in the notes every time i post something. sorry about that. it feels safer here and i am skittish

[drinkingdeadpeopletea]

and shout-out to weepe's guards! competent enough to move quicker than kozma's people, strong enough to overpower them despite being outnumbered, and seemingly didn't even blink at not just killing other people but at doing it with horrific weaponized tearror-blood. weepe found these guys in the fucking TRUST?

#midst podcast #midst #midst spoilers #midst podcast spoilers #i'm of two minds about it bc on the one hand kestrel astutely pointed out that there was no mention of valor or abacuses where you'd expect #and using the fold to tear apart a bunch of guards who are trying to stop their boss getting Murdered doesn't Seem very valorous by trust s #and weepe having a bunch of guys in his pocket who WEREN'T originally trust even if they've been pulled in seems like something he'd like #but on the other hand. where would he have GOTTEN a bunch of non-trust guys???? #AND they're referred to as a special king triangle 'Company guard' in 3.7 #plus i really like the idea that like...the trust really does have some VERY fucking competent soldiers #we've seen phineas do some genuinely impressive athletic stunts and we know costigan can uh. hold her own in a fight #and anyway it isn't the prime consector's unit's job to be the best it's their job to LOOK the best #of COURSE you'd want your really skilled guys protecting your upper trustees and your king triangle #hell it's just another angle of the non-trust society underestimating the trust (but that's a whole nother post) #and as far as the valor goes...well. we've certainly seen definitions shift! company guards stood outside the vault in 2.13 too! #and witnessed the devastation after!

[brittlebutch]

finally found a place to read With the Light online and i'm thrilled; if you haven't read this manga i do Legitimately recommend it

#N posts stuff #like don't get it wrong it Is Not a series about being autistic it Is a series about raising an autistic kid #but also don't be put off by that because it's legitimately a series that I feel Loves autistic people with its whole being #it's kind of a teaching manga so it showcases a lot of different opinions/characters/conflicts/etc. but the Framing is very consistent #in that the manga is Extremely of the opinion that autistic people are People who deserve to be Valued and Accepted As They Are #the onus for change is never put on autistic individuals the framing is basically Universal in the 'the World needs to change #to be more accepting' -- it's a very Social Model depiction of autism that ALSO never veers too far into the #'autism isn't even Really a disability' fallacy; it's very much a 'A lot of autistic people will need constant support in a variety of ways #throughout their lives but that isn't the roadblock preventing them from having their own lives; ableism in society is the roadblock' #the first two chapters are the hardest to get through bc they take place before Sachiko has any real understanding of autism and #so she's isolated and stressed out and the ignorance makes it difficult for her to care for Hikaru properly (there's also a lot of #other characters Blaming her for what's going on which goes unchallenged at this point though that changes later); but after she #understands what autism is she's Firmly in Hikaru's corner for the rest of the series - you can skip right to ch 3 without a problem #if you're not interested in reading about that initial conflict #there's still a Lot of conflict ofc but by then the chapters have some of my favorite moments so i don't want to advocate skipping #them; like Hikaru's daycare teacher explaining how Hikaru's difficulty speaking is the same as other kids' troubles with #things like jump-roping/etc.; and then a mother who has An Issue with Hikaru's presence in her daughter's class realizing the #depth of the problematic opinion bc Her mother (who had a stroke) faces similar ableism from her peers #i'm cutting this post off b4 the tags get Too long but if you're curious but still hesitant man. send me an ask and i will Happily #write an insanely long essay about how much i love this series; i have all the books i'm not excited about the online availability #for Me i'm excited bc i've been wanting to rec this manga for like almost a full decade and i can finally give you a link instead of #saying 'well. you can find used copies sometimes' lol

[quirkle2]

ALSO AKJFHBAKHDS had the image of wars, wild, and legend baking and ledge is like "if yall keep eating the cinnamon baking chips we wont fucking have any left to put in the batter" while wars and wild freeze in the background with their hands halfway to their mouths. absolute menaces, the both of them

sorry this took so long to answer i had to make this first GVIYAE

#qktalks #qkdraws #bluesmoth #absolutely adored the image that put in my head #linked universe #lu #lu fanart #lu warriors #lu legend #lu wild #wow i haven't drawn wild in a Hot Minute #wild is constantly eating stuff while making Any food #(''if i cook/bake all day and don't eat Any of it at any time until the end then what's the fucking point'') #and wars is just . a menace to society in general #he purposefully causes problems in the kitchen #and he's MESSY as hell. he absolutely does it on purpose cuz normally he's a very orderly and neat kinda guy but #he WILL lightly slap the container of flour and watch it get all over the counter. #and he WILL steal little dollops of the batter from the bowl every single time u turn ur back #what's the point in doin smth fun if ur not gonna be goofy the whole time :/ #this isn't like . wars and ledge qpr focused so im not gonna tag it as that #but i Did do it in the warm red-and-blue lines theme i have goin. the qpr Is there. they love each other #oh to bake something for ur cherished qpp while he looks absolutely Mesmerized by a bubble floatin in the air from the handsoap u used #it's a bubble idiot . stir the fucking bowl

[torgawl]

gojo's death has been way too controversial for something that has been premeditated for such a long time

#like... this was so coming #also the fact gege took every chance he got to say how gojo was still alive/not dead yet 😂 #anyways i hope shoko survives to see some change in jjk society #i was reading a few of my old posts and tags yesterday and i had written about how from the trio she was the most likely to survive #and how i hoped though her they got to see change in the new generation unlike they were able to experience in their youth #and i still hope that's true #maybe jjk won't have a happy ending but i hope it's just just pointless you know? #also i don't think megumi is dead i refuse to believe yuuji's big moment isn't coming and that his whole thing isn't saving megumi #i still have wishful thinking he'll be able to honour the 'then start by saving me itadori' #he's also the person that makes most sense to win against sukuna #people undervalue yuuji as a protagonist a lot although he isn't your typical shonen main character he still is one and for a reason #so i want to have hope he will be able to do soemthing to save megumi somehow #i don't care if i'm delulu but there's just no way kenjaku and sukuna's big final moments won't be with the main characters right? #there's no way yuuta isn't gonna try to kill kenny like he said and no way yuuji doesn't face sukuna methinks #at least that's what i'm kind of hoping for endgame i think it would wrap things up well maybe not but it makes sense to me 😂 #just wonder how gege wil wrap up some other characters #i think i'm preparing myself to be disappointed with shoko's fate i really wish she would be used in a relevant part of the story #i just think she had so much potential but that doesn't seem likely right? not at this point #but anyways just ranting #not just* #jjk spoilers #okay adding something: even if gojo didn't die or is able to be saved still he had to face death/be disabilitated for the story to go on #in my humble opinion. i just think this story was always about him passing the torch and not about him having any real impact in society #gojo's generation (and i'm including yaga here) has made the choice to help the youth which in itself is already breaking generational #curses but every single one of them has been doing the equivalent of putting bandaids on a fatal wound #obviously the story is much more complicated than this simple analogy but it was not up to gojo's generation to do anything #i just think the parallelism between them has always been pretty obvious about it #that gojo's generation was about intent and aid rather than being successful themselves?! #idk where i'm going with this but i really think this is a story about the youth consinuously trying to do better even if they fail #and they will fail because life isn't fair

[yurious]

I finished anna karenina!!! anything is possible believe in yourself etc etc

#anna and vronksy were punished for their wickedness #levin became religious and will live happily ever after with kitty isn't it all so perfect lol #well no!! this whole book was built on the contrast between anna and women like dolly and kitty #and vronsky and men like levin and alexei alexandrovich #which has its roots in misogyny so a reader like myself could've never liked this stupid ass book #the conclusion we're supposed to draw from anna's marginalization is that a woman should accept her situation #stay with her lying and cheating husband like dolly lol #but ofc to the modern reader the society of that time seems unjust #which makes it impossible to agree with the point the tolstoy was trying to make #بات چیت

[illithilit]

That moment when you realize that Mourndax is so flippant about everything bc ofc he is. Man's barely had any agency in his life under his parents' control, and he's less than five years removed from that. He hasn't exactly had time to learn how to make decisions of his own, and acting like you don't give a shit what the outcome is, or that you've simply changed your mind about it for no particular reason is a lot easier than admitting to still remembering how much the leash hurt when pulled on.

#the moral of the story is I will gut you if I need to; I will carve my way out with only my teeth // Mourndax headcanon. #all the world will be your enemy and if they catch you they will kill you -- but first they must catch you // Vhaeraun headcanon. #also probably why Vhaeraun feels like so much of a crutch to him #he's a control figure even if Vhae doesn't actively control him #but the idea of letting someone else make his choices feels safer #meanwhile I'm so sure Vhae's perspective is knowing that feeling full well and wanting to help dig Daxie out of it #bc while yes there are plenty of things you can say about Vhaeraun #he does actually care a LOT about his followers #he's canonically one of the most responsive of any deity #ALSO I think the fact that Vhae ISN'T controlling Daxie and being more of a guard rail to grip onto #while he figures out his shit and or at most gives nudges in certain directions #is legit why Daxie's as attached to him as he is #sort of like the whole father figure I never got to experience / son I never wanted type deal #also ALSO as a little thought on Vhaeraun??? #while I haven't actually decided how I'm going to view what happened between Lolth and Corellon #there's something SO intrinsically hurtful about helping your mother escape from her husband #and then she goes and forges a society built upon hating and diminishing a piece of what you are #like before the point he turned on her Vhae was nothing but a loyal son to her #even if I'm so sure her choices were more reactionary towards Corellon than anything to do with him I just...... #idk how you wouldn't take that extremely personally. that shit's devastating fr

[whenthegoldrays]

Perpetually in a love-hate relationship with Gerwig films

#like her little women is so good and beautiful and it has so much heart and I truly do enjoy it the most out of the adaptations I've seen #but then we get into the Problems #and I can't stand the Friedrich erasure #like he's there and we get the umbrella scene and whatnot but then she paints over it with the scene at the publisher's office #like did it happen? did it not?... #which is Not The Point!! #like magpie was saying in her barbie post the answer is love actually! #and yeah Jo still has her family but it doesn't hit as well when they tell us that the happy ending 'isn't girl gets boy but girl gets book #great for Jo that she has her book! that's incredible! but what you need is human connection! #and canonically she not only stays close to her family but she finds a husband who is her equal partner and whom she's madly in love with #which would round out her attic monologue so well #she doesn't want to be cornered into society's role for a woman as just a wife and mother #but she's lonely!! she wants connection!! the ending brings her full circle because she finds love AND an additional purpose outside of it #but then making it open ended or like she didn't find the connection she wanted cheapens the whole thing #elly's posts #little women 2019

[the-cat-at-the-theatre-door]

When it comes to Grizabella, I am extremely anti-vilification of her character, but I am also extremely anti-"uwu baby did nothing wrong"-ification of her character.

#Over the years I feel like Fandom just have had a *really* #tough time treating grizabella as 'human' character #it's either she's this irredeemable monster or she's the broken woman whom all the cats hate for absolutely no reason! poor baby! #like no #the point of this narrative is that both parties did or continue to do things that are wrong towards one another #it's about perception and rumour and betrayal #while also being about selfishness and pride being greedy all encompassing monsters #that can hurt the relationships with those around you #the macavity reading? garbage - turns her into this somehow betraying pariah but then simultaneously forgives others for the same thing #but then you say but oh jemi that's a commentary on how society treats older women - yes you are correct! #too bad she isn't portrayed as older anymore !!! #that strips that meaning right away #women can be complex too yknow - women can be simultaneously hurt from betrayal but also have been the *cause* of their own hurt #anyway i feel like when the fandom talks misogyny they ignore grizabella which is kinda funny actually #considering that misses the whole point #extemporize back chat #anyway idk why i got riled up about grizabella

[thesocialgremlin]

If I were in charge, first order of business is to taxe the super rich for a universal basic income.

Next, we're tying politicians wages to the average income of their riding. You can't represent people if you think yourself above people.

With that, we tie minimum wage to inflation and use it as a baseline to cap rent, utilities, insurances. Create a public record so nobody can rip you off.

End price gouging entirely. Enforce the retail/wholesale markup and investigate companies with suspicious profits. Tax businesses higher based on the CEO/Baseline staff pay gap - less than 30% are eligible for government grants, everything above gets taxed heavier with the highest gap.

No more super rich. Nobody needs that much money. Those people need to start investing in their companies and their people instead of making millions a day on the back of their workers.

Housing programs. Land allotments. You turn 25 years old, congratulations, here's a house and a plot of land. Do with it as you may, but you may not be allotted another plot for another 25 years if you squander it. Why's that?

You turn 50? Welcome to your retirement package? You want travel? You want crafts? You want a cottage in the woods? Ask and you get; you served your time, we've got you. Rest, enjoy the rest of your life. Spend your years doing what brings you peace. As long as you're not hurting anyone who doesn't want to be hurt, you good, boo.

#what a world it would be #politics #universal basic income #we can take care of each others #tax the rich #social justice #democracy #we're all human #we deserve better #we deserve rest #machines are already taking our jobs #the world can provide for us #but it cannot provide for greed #the only reason we can't all have nice things is so ten assholes can play gods #off with their heads #we need ubi and we need it now #make the world a better place #like isn't it the whole point of society #we could do so much better #if we just lived and let live #i hate it here #dream world

[crockersbian]

vrisrezi isn't fucking abusive and people who say it is probably jump to callouts every time they lose a friend

#'but she blinds/explodes her!!!' these actions were not done out of a desire to control the other person you nincompoop #they DEFINITELY weren't done out of a desire to stay together #'but they hated each other afterwards!' THEY WERE LITERALLY ENEMIES WHO MAIMED EACH OTHER AFTER THEIR FRIENDSHIP DISINTEGRATED #& THEIR DYNAMIC EVEN AT ITS *WORST* IS STILL THE MOST STRAIGHTFORWARD AND NON-MANIPULATIVE EITHER CHARACTER HAS #if anything they're. remarkably enabling when allied #the whole point of their arcs in relation to one another is reconciliation its- #it lets vriska off the hook a bit too easily in the retcon timeline but that isn't fucking abusive thats not what the word means AAA #you could say that vriska left terezi permanently maimed and as the higher caste bears responsibility for that? i guess??? #but given they didn't really CONTINUE that shit until they got meteorstuck despite having pleanty of opportunity but like #terezi literally took that L and turned it into a W. that power dynamic very rapidly ceases to exist #fellas is it abusive for a relationship to both have a roughly equal amount of power 'over' the other member and for them to have gotten #together out of a long-standing emotional attatchment that while corrupted by Society is altogether roo #rooted in positive affection? and for them to literally not hurt each other at all once they come to that conclusion??? #either verbally or physically???

[idiosyncraticrednebula]

I see that usage of the term "toxic masculinity" has waned in the last 3 years. Thanks God it's finally dying. People just aim that word at anything that isn't some super soft a$$ crap.

#overused terms #txt #i hope misogyny and patriarchy are next in the list of “words that are used so damn much they lost their meaning” #it might have been about pointing hypermasculine/macho/ultra-masculine behavior that people back then used to refer to as precisely that #in the beginning but then it became about shaming normal masculinity #because you know men are the oppressor class so everything they do is wrong #the same goes for white people heterosexuals cisgenders able-bodied people “neurotypicals” #they are all part of the oppressor category. f*ck nuance and having basic intelligence. just buy into retarded sh*t #like honestly. people simply used to refer to these kinds of men as a$$holes/jerks #if we go by how it was INITIALLY used. not how it is used now #that behavior had never been accepted by civilized society at large and still isn't #like rap was heavily criticized back then because of the “toxic masculinity” it radiated. people called it “hypermasculine”. this was #going on in the '90s. now we can get into how it was racially motivated but it proves how people have never accepted jerk behavior or the #perception of it. y'all think society accepts that crap when christianity and chivalry actually came about to combat that #cuz the society it resided in was really barbaric and needed it to be channeled for GOOD. they needed virtue and heart and care #it's the opposite of “toxic masculinity”. i mean christianity is still a “patriarchal” (in the actual traditional sense: role of fathers) #but it's the most benevolent that has ever existed and ever will. no society has ever been perfect and christian have still dealt with tons #and tons of issues but christianity is still the most benevolent and fair religion on the whole planet. it's not even up for debate #**culture #rule**

[cosmik-homo]

Lying in bed crying about Alfred's fucked up identity situation

#usually im like. Understandable But Still Yuck about his Samah Apologisms in the epilogue #but i read a quite good Luke Grappling With Vader fic and while not directly applying it did make me think #about how much i feel it's because of how Alfred still measures himself compared to Samah #in a fucked up way. #and how so much of his Issues- this is about the serpent mage emotional abuse but also In General i think he definitely #has some childhood baggage that the whole Last Sartab This Is All On You thing only. Enhanced into the complete. emotional ruin we meet #but all of that. All Of That is about Inadequacy it's about not being Enough in a society that justified it's crimes by its perfection #and then he detaches himself from that and chooses to align himself with the patryn. and. #you know. like. the sartan goverment did do awful things and v much everyone is complicit in privilege ways #but People Are People is the point of the series but the point of the series is also it takes time to drill that point in and this kind of #trauma and hesitance of the oppressed group is v reasonable and worth respecring in some ways. #you know realisticlly he's gonna have to smile politely while people accept his existence as An Outlier To The Still Ancient Enemy cuz #'you aren't really... (vauge handwave at all his stuff) A Real Sartan' and he isn't going to DEFEND HIS EMOTIONAL CONNECTION TO SARTANESS #TO A BUNCH OF LABYRINTH DWELLERS HE'S BARELY GONNA SEE AGAIN. #like even if he wasn't World's Most Confrontation Averse- who would do that #so he's just. yknow. forced to qgain internalize in a way this basic fear or belief he has #and even if he can now build himself a self worth that isn't tied to being A Good Sartan- and he can and he will- #that's still tearing something away so much from a new direction? #AND DON'T GET ME STARTED HOW THIS. LITERALLY CONNECTS WITH HAPLOS CORE CHARACTER CONCEPT #MAN WHO SHREDS HIMSELF TO BITS TO BE WHAT HIS SOCIETY WANTS A PATRYN MAN TO BE AND NOTHING MORE #AND. (gender redacted) who CAN'T. who is too much of all the wrong things but too little of the right ones- #actually no that's the goddamn serpent mage he IS a sartan ideal but #he isn't Granted that. #idk. he's just. his home is a person because they are literally so woven together into one story #but also. haplo very much gets his own community still belonging in and his love interest and. and Alfred just kind of has this. #both worlds and neither situation. #& hes disabled and effeminate and His People are gone and his people are right across the street and may or may not be inventing new slurs #for him. #OH AND HE GETS A GOOD PERFECT USEFUL BODY HE ISN'T SUPPOSED TO OVERUSE OR GET ADDICTED TO THE SOCIAL ACCEPTANCE OF. #just. how do you expect him to believe Samah was wrong about him if everyone agrees- he just Can't Be Enough?

[theghostofashton]

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#one day we will reach a point as a society where a person/character being racist will mean something lmfao #'x has done nothing wrong' why is racism....... not wrong #why are people so quick to not only forgive and forget but also expect everyone else to #the fact that book bans in this country are becoming more and more prevalent and they're fucking banning any mention of race #and yet people are still doing the whole racism isn't that big of a deal thing like i am just so tired #so fucking tired of having it be said over and over to me that this doesn't matter #that the struggles poc have faced as a result of racism don't matter #the absolute refusal to take this shit seriously is such a slap in the face #like i just. idk what the solution here is lmfao i'm tired #delete later