#nor liberal

[skeletalroses]

This was originally a comment I made on this post but fuck it, it’s getting its own post because this site’s teeming with shit idiot brain fungus.

I’m the sex-repulsed asexual (and romance-repulsed aromantic) people claim to be protecting when they say Pride shouldn’t be kinky or racy and should instead be Family-Friendly™ and “safe for aces and sex-repulsed people.” I’m not the kinky asexual, of which there are many thousands, or the sex-favorable asexual, of which there are also many thousands. I’m the stereotypical libidoless, “genitals are icky,” frantically-click-way-from-porn asexual who’s never so much as masturbated (or kissed!).

I want kinky, sexy, degenerate Pride. I want to get out there with my fellow queers and make respectable cishet society mad. I don’t want to win over conservatives; I want to scare them. I feel more kinship and would always rather hang with a bunch of kinksters in the sluttiest of kink gear than with any of you dumbshit assimilationist Pride police.

Where do y’all draw the line, anyway? Is my Turbo Virgin™ goth ass gonna get caught up in your sanitization sweeps because my leather, corsets, chains, stripper boots, and huge ornamental vinyl chokers I bought from a guy who makes bondage jewelry are too suggestive? I also love having my tits out. I’ve thought of getting nipple jewelry. Is that gonna be a problem? Am I too sexy in my sexlessness?

If you’re serious about competing needs, organize kiddie Pride events. Do things expressly geared toward minors or people who really can’t abide seeing sexual stuff. These are good things to do. But Pride is a protest. No one gets to demand that queers tone it down and make our show of force palatable to the straights. You sure as fuck don’t get to pretend you’re doing it to protect asexuals, as if we’re pure, fainting flowers who can’t handle seeing a harness or a dildo.

But then, we all know it’s not really about protecting asexuals, sex-repulsed or otherwise. Most of the people pushing to defang Pride aren’t asexuals. Lots of you are exclusionists, who maybe just got quieter about it since 2015 when “proud aphobe” was the cool thing to be. Pridecops are just throwing asexuals under the bus again as justification for their pathetic need to please the cishets and control other people’s expression. (To both lick boots and Dominate, if you will.) Aces (and aros!) who jump on the bandwagon of this time-honored aphobic tactic should be doubly ashamed of themselves.

“Clean” Pride crowd, there’s no difference between you and all the conservative adults who hounded me my whole life about not dressing and acting ~modestly~ enough. Who used to steer me away and cover my eyes whenever they saw someone that looked queer or “slutty.” You’re not queer and you’re not fighting for queers. You’re watery legbutt liberals fighting for marketability. Knock off your shit or get away from our freak club. Tell me or anyone else to cover up and I’ll fucking kill you.

#asexual #acephobia #actually asexual #actually aroace #liberals get the wall too #queer as in fuck you #why this is hell nor am I out of it

[banamine-bananime]

my concept of donut is like, he should be on a 1960s white america boyscouts poster but like, goofy about it. do you get what i mean.

like to me donut was basically cooked up in a lab to be a parody of the Good Ol’ Boy Back When Boys Were Real Boys who played outside all day with friends smacking each other with sticks playing space cowboys and aliens, rubbing dirt in all his cuts and knowing big boys repress all their emotions except Boisterousness, always says his yes maams and yes sirs and never questions authority (but also, y’know, boys will be boys so of course they’re up to Mischief when unsupervised, a bit of chaotic and violent rule-breaking fun is all fine and good as long as they’re respectful to authority and just accept their punishment with an “awwww, man! Shucks!” in the end).

a parody because it plays up how someone genuinely like that probably must be pretty stupid/oblivious/gullible to be so pliable to authority and follow dumb norms of “what is a nice polite young man supposed to act like” without any thought into “wait, what makes this something it’s important or nice to do? are there perhaps other things i could focus on doing that would actually be more important or nice to do? do i actually get or care what being nice and doing good is, or do i just like doing whatever i want without having to think about Ethics and then having a very easy set of rules of How To Be Nice to follow”.

and also a parody because he also is like, extremely gay, and he literally just does what he wants and acts how he wants and it’s simultaneously ^that whole Good Ol’ Boy thing and the most flamboyant stereotypically gay mannerisms and hobbies you’ve seen in your life. and he just fully lacks the interest in doing any reflection that would lead him to conclude anyone might see these as rather contradictory or subverting expectations. he’s exposed both to norms of good behaviour coming from conservative places and from progressive places and doesn’t really think about these perhaps being conflicting ethos, he just grabs this random patchwork of “hey this is something someone told me yayyyy :)”. he can enthusiastically follow the letter of many laws rooted in heteronormativity and toxic masculinity and also the letter of laws coming from Progressive Ideals but he fully does not give a shit to consider whether there might be a bigger spirit to any of those laws. dumbitchitis got him immune to internalized homophobia (no he isn’t actually. but he is quite certain that just Not Thinking About It means any negative emotions don’t exist. this is a foundational truth to donut’s understanding of the universe)

what i’m saying is donut should simultaneously give the impression of walking straight off a cheery WWI Join The Troops poster or 1960s boy scouts ad, but also of being absolutely A Pansy of the same era, but also of being the kind of modern queer who says “be gay do crime” not because they’ve given two seconds of thought to prison abolition but because they find doing crime really fun

#i know this is in line with neither the popular fandom interpretations of donut nor where they went with his character in later seasons #but his character has been so all over the place chaotic over the years which to me really speaks to just having no firm sense of ideals or #self and being highly highly impressionable and easy to influence and changing depending on who he’s with and Whims #and overall really my favourite donut is early seasons donut. i do not think he should be liberated of gender norms due to wokeness #he should be liberated of gender norms by how Soundly Fucking Asleep he is. zzzzz mimimi 💅 #rvb #red vs blue #donut #donut rvb #alexa send post

[greenlaut]

fuck it,

LIST OF INCENSES I THINK AC 1 - AC UNITY CHARACTERS WOULD LIKE

credentials: (1) incense is a big thing in my country both for daily and religious uses; (2) i have a shit ton of incenses bc i use them regularly

ALTAÏR IBN LA'AHAD — his most familiar scent is frankincense bcs either umar or rashid lit up a lot of frankincense (haha old man incense). BUT his favorite scent is jasmine because it's sweet and calming it's like a soothing balm to his running thoughts and worries. also the scent of jasmine here has supernatural connotations, so i think it's fitting for altaïr as the master assassin herald of death etc etc

MALIK AL SAYF — oud. definitely oud. very charismatic and heavy. definitely suits him bcs as soon u enter his space u will think he's someone not to be trifled with. it also has a family/brotherly connotation to it which suits malik. if u want combination; oud + sandalwood

KADAR AL SAYF — champaca. it's sweet and bright. reminds u of a singing bird maybe? if u catch a whiff of it in the wind it feels like napping in a hazy afternoon.

MARIA THORPE — jasmine with tuberose. almost woody? floral. probably reminds you of moonlit night with silk curtains blowing in the wind

EZIO AUDITORE DA FIRENZE — sandalwood. a classic. with frankincense and myrhh. this scent reminds me of church (our churches usually light these scented incenses). it's heady and heavy. if you smell it too much it can overwhelm you.

LEONARDO DA VINCI — citrus and agarwood. very playful and has creative vibes to it. it also smells very unique and reminds me of a warm person

CONNOR KENWAY — majegau. this one is very specific. majegau is a type of tree sacred to people in bali region (i'm from java so i dont know much). but the scent is very mountainous. it reminds me slightly of sandalwood but much lighter, and gives off a more foresty vibes. it has a very respectful but down-to-earth air to it that suits connor's person

AVELINE DE GRANPRE — citrus and vanilla. i'll be honest i never had this one, but i'm trusting what people said. it's apparently very unique and refreshing scent when burnt. kind of woody surprisingly with just a hint of sweetness to it. i also think aveline would like clove incense. it's sweet and has something underneath that feels like it's ready to strike

ADÉWALÉ — also an oud enjoyer methinks. maaybe oud + frankincense. i think smelling the incense will help settle down his thoughts and pain, bcs it's a very meditative and heady scent. charismatic vibes

EDWARD KENWAY — tobacco, clove, and cinnamon. it's smoky and heady. kind of pirate vibes. it's a very overwhelming scent to some people bcs of the tobacco

HAYTHAM KENWAY — i feel like he has a very old man taste so i'm chucking lotus OR frankincense. i think he'd like both bcs they're the most "classic" incense scents. definitely charismatic tbh

SHAY CORMAC — tobacco. smoky. just a classic "smokes and mirrors". it's kinda sad? it's a very lonely scent i think

ARNO VICTOR DORIAN — vanilla with sandalwood. it's heady and sweet with woody undertone to it. it has a european vibes to it that i personally dont like to light (vanilla doesnt smell good in humid weather to me), but definitely suits arno. it's sensitive yet strong, kind of tragic

ÉLISE DE LA SERRE — rose. definitely rose. cloying, floral, and sweet. has mixed receptions; it's a classic scent but i personally dont like it. i think it suits élise for her complicated nature. flitting and impossible to mistake

fin.

#this is obviously not all ac characters my brain cant do that #also im definitely biased with the scents with what i like #honourable scent mention: frangipani #i know a lot of people who like it. i really personally dont like frangipani incense. nor rose incense #i think theyre too sweet (for me) #late night ramblings bcs the nightmares are getting to me <3 my bad #notepad #asscreed #assassins creed #assassins creed 1 #assassin's creed #assassins creed 2 #assassins creed 3 #assassins creed liberation #assassins creed black flag #assassins creed rogue #altair ibn la'ahad #altaïr ibn la'ahad #malik al sayf #kadar al sayf #maria thorpe #ezio auditore #ezio auditore da firenze #aveline de grandpre #connor kenway #ratonhnhaké:ton #haytham kenway #edward kenway #shay cormac #arno victor dorian

[icarusxxrising]

Leftists aren't asking you to burn down walmarts or whatever shadow you're boxing we literally just want you to help us organize community support and mutual aid the other 364 days of the year you aren't fucking voting

#im so tired of asking liberals to do something and hearing the burning down walmart violence shit #its a strawman #help us help people NOW #You wanna be katniss then pick up the soup pot and lets go give people some food #you wanna be percy well grab that box of narcan we're going to hand them oit #stop fighting so hard to not do ANYTHING except what the system wants from you #Im not asking you to do anything violent and any leftist who says you HAVE to be violent to help people is a dangerous person to be around #We cannot create radical change from thin air nor violence we need help getting people things they need #you want a better world? stop complaining about the scary leftists and pick up the fuckin sharps box #leftist #leftism #anarchism #anarchy #anarchist #socialism #communist #communism #socialist #activism #praxis #fnb #food not bombs #food #mutual #community #community support #networking #liberal #vote #voteblue

[oddberryshortcake]

I’d say I want everyone to wake up and get rescued, but let’s be real, this is the best sleep Jamil is ever gonna have in his life. He can keep dreaming if he wants to.

#twst #twst spoilers #twst chapter 7 #Jamil Viper #like he does feel like the type to get paranoid and suspicious but being trapped in a perfect dream world must feel so liberating #that he doesn’t notice nor care to wake up #like Idia

[metamatar]

a lot of people come at so much politics in the realm of pure idealism, like they will conclude reasonable things like say nation states or gender are constructed and the construction of them excludes and oppresses and are perhaps worth 'abolishing'. except then they will take this to absolutely dumbshit ends.

this looks like a critique of anti colonial nationalism or trans liberation thats ends at saying that these movements (which are critiques of hegemonic notions of nation states and gender) are stupid bc they're still contaminated with bad ideas. we need to zap ideas with complex impacts on material reality out of existence somehow. when this position ends of upholding the status quo these people act really surprised.

#stoetzler's critique of palestinian liberation which goes neither israel nor palestine should exist bc nation states are bad #comes in this category #well i hate both british and argentinian nationalism wdym its bad that the uk is projecting military power in malvinas

[roobylavender]

This whole thread is so....

https://twitter.com/orikkunn/status/1754831427903074488?t=WbVE9Fu585pxZFXPbr_JlQ&s=19

It's pissing me off actually and I search the word hijab on their account and in one of their tweets they said "I think hijab is a bad thing" ??? I need non-muslims who speak on Islam without any knowledge to stfu

i'm going to apologize beforehand if this is upsetting in any way bc i'm sure you were expecting a different response but while i feel like op's wording could have been better in this thread specifically—i like their wording in this thread more—i do generally agree with them. i definitely understand there's a gut reaction to any critique of islamic practices esp in the context of modern orientalism and islamophobic sentiment, but i also think that muslims (and people of any religious faith, really) can simultaneously acknowledge that some criticisms of faith, while driven by racism and/or xenophobia, are also validly driven by a worthwhile contention with women's material circumstances over the course of history. in the other thread i linked above i think op is very much correct in that it's not constructive nor useful to criticize individual people. many individuals do choose to dress more modestly of their own volition and are privileged enough to have that available to them as a choice and nothing more bc of the environment they grow up in and the familial interpretation of religious tenets they're taught. but i don't think people are wrong when they acknowledge the larger context within which women are advised to dress modestly and how those standards of modest dress compare with those imposed on men in comparison. there's an undeniable dichotomy there and at least in my islamic upbringing i've been taught that the way some of these things diverge along the lines of gender is preordained and not meant to be perceived as inherently oppressive towards one gender or the other. a thing is simply bc it is. but religion isn't really something you can view within a vacuum much as that would be ideal. it is connected to the material circumstances of women in the real world and i do allow myself to sit with that reality even if it's weird to process at times bc i still consider myself a muslim and have no plans on ex-communicating myself

personally i like to dress modestly in the sense that i don't wear very exposing clothing. i've grown up wearing pants for my entire life. my parents are lax enough that i'm allowed to wear t-shirts but i can't wear anything where my armpits are directly exposed so that means no sleeveless tops. i can't wear anything with a deep neckline either unless i have a higher positioned undershirt on underneath. and again, i'm not particularly bothered by any of that. i do toe the line on a few occasions but generally i'm ok with how i dress bc by now i'm used to it. that being said, i know the reason i've come to be okay with dressing this way is bc it's how i was taught to dress, and towards the specific end of maintaining modesty and emphasizing on the shape of my figure as minimally as is possible without having to outright wear a bag lol. that is at large a structural reality of muslim practice towards women, regardless of what individual women choose to do in their own homes where they have the liberty to choose. and as i mentioned above, i do think we have to sit with that reality even if we acknowledge it opens us up to abuse by other people who may not have the best intentions. this is why, for example, i've really come to frown upon the way ex-muslims (esp when they're women) are almost mocked by the extant muslim community for logically reacting to patriarchal oppression under the guise of religion. bc at the outset, materially, there is no choice presented to these people. and even if there is ideologically a choice within the tenets of the religion itself, with respect to women in particular, there is still a defined gender dichotomy and hierarchy that cannot be denied and that is quite regularly used to perpetuate the oppression that many of them try to escape

what's hard to do and what requires a knowledgeable, concerted effort on our part as muslims is trying to balance the nuance of the oppression we are accessory to against the nuance of our own oppression for who we are. it's certainly cruel that we have to do so much to parse all of this because racist, xenophobic imperialists are incorrigible people who will co-opt anything if it's beneficial to them. but all the same, we do have that responsibility at minimum. we have to learn to sit in the uncomfortable reality that while many of us as individuals may choose to practice the way we do, that choice may yet be colored by how we grew up within organized religion, and it obscures our ability to recognize that while we think it's a choice for us as individuals, it's certainly not a choice on a structural level, and that's something we should vehemently argue against maintaining the status quo of

#again i apologize and i really tried to word this as kindly as possible so i hope my perspective is understandable #my relationship with islam is weird bc again i don't ever plan on Not being muslim #but i'm also very hyperaware of the fact that many of the things i do are a product of what i was taught #and i was taught those things with certain ideals and values in mind #which at present unfortunately do go against what i believe about women's liberation in general #and i will once more reiterate that the other thread i linked from op really hits the nail on the head #criticizing individuals isn't a solution nor should it ever be an endeavor we take. the focus should always be on a perpetuated system #our criticisms should be of institutions and organized religion as a structural tool of oppression #outbox

[athena5898]

I swear to god, I understand now why various political ideologies get sick and tired of "leftist" now.

If I see one more person call neo liberalism "leftist" I'm going to scream.

I beg of some of you to please do some research, especially on intersectionality!

I'm happy that a lot of you want better policies but "minimum wage should increase and healthcare should be free" is some pretty milquetoast shit tbh. Yall are going to keep getting taken advantage of, including people "on the left" if you don't figure some shit out, kill the cop/oppressor in your head, and disentangle yourself from empires.

Let these events radicalize you, but don't let yourself become ignorant.

Just please at least look into intersectionality and kyriarchy.

#leftist #no joe biden is not “leftist” nor has he ever been #fucker is a god damn conservative #neo liberalism is conservative! #the whole point is to keep the status quo but better asthetics #why do you think they hate homelessness???? #they hate everything “unsightly” #hell even sanders is consider middle by most other countries) #yall been sinking in a right wing country for so long yall think “hey we shouldn't kill people” is radical marxists leninist stalin maoist #it's not btw #american imperialism #fuck america #genocide joe

[essektheylyss]

if you must live, darling one — chapter 1

Chapters: 1/11

Word Count: 2,099

Relationships: Essek Thelyss/Caleb Widogast (Developing); Essek Thelyss/Original Character(s) (Past)

Summary:

For the last week of their excursion into Aeor, Caleb's companion has largely withdrawn, just when they'd begun to grow closer physically, even while they have avoided discussing what is between them.

Fearing he's overstepped, he follows Essek to the top floor of the Tower to ask, and finds him caught up in the fear of gaining a partner but losing a friend.

#critical role #cr fic #shadowgast #essek thelyss #this is fully developing relationship shadowgast for the record it's just like. the demi nonsense tangled up in it. cuz it's INTERESTING. #this is mostly character study with some thought experiment #me? capable of writing something short? THE WONDERS ALSO NEVER CEASE. #(we hope I am capable of it anyway lololol) #also for the record this is neither 'i think Essek is purely gay' nor 'i think Essek is perhaps bi' but a secret third thing #(recognizing that being aspec can be DEEPLY alienating and/or liberating from allo modes of relating to attraction) #so like. plenty of love in the past relationship! attraction? less that it's not present and more that the question of it is irrelevant. #but yanno. enjoy!

[skeletalroses]

Unpopular opinion/full offense but normies and libs need to quit throwing around the word “punk” as if anything and everything that would hypothetically make a landlord or a Republican politician do a frowny face is countercultural

#you're not punk bc you like dandelions or called your fucking senator. go steal something #punk #liberals get the wall too #why this is hell nor am I out of it

[menalez]

I'm sorry but if you're a colonizer while millions of people are oppressed and suffer just so you can enjoy their land... you literally have violence by the colonized coming and it is winning.Yes, that goes for Israeli women and children who are raped and killed, My Spanish ancestors that decided to colonize south America were also targeted when the colonized decided to fight back and started killing them.. And the colonized people were still 100% in the right to fight for their freedom. As I said, if you want peace gtfo colonized land. It's happened over and over in history. For example nobody felt bad for all the French people that got massacred in Algeria while they were tying to get their independence back bc wtf were they doing in Algeria to begin with. It is what it is. Get out of colonized land if you want peace.

how the hell is raping women and killing children fighting against colonisation tho bc that is straight up what ur arguing up here. and how do u suggest little children "gtfo colonized land" in order not to face violence?

#like where in the fight against colonisation is rape necessary even #how do kids who already exist with no autonomy nor even understanding of political situations leave #in fact where do u suggest jewish children go? bc if theyre leaving israel they dont rly have neighbouring countries that r gonna welcome t #either way u can support innocent ppl being murdered ig if thats what u want but i dont think thisll ultimately help liberate palestinians #anonymous

[padfootastic]

the worst thing is when like. someone on the internet hasn’t done anything wrong, is a perfectly pleasant person, but their vibes are utterly rancid to u. can’t escape them bc theyre on ur feed 84372 times a day and u feel very very weird blocking someone who’s literally not even looked in ur direction lmao

#like i *get* it block liberally etc etc and i DO #but sometimes it’s like. why. what is it *about* this person that bothers me #it’s just such tiny tiny things #and i really can’t escape it half the time #tumbles block system is great when ur the one blocked but now when ur doing the blocking #(which. wtf tumblr) #i’m still seeing people in reblogs #and like. again. they’re a nice person. not done anything technically wrong #but i have the most feral urge to growl at them thru the screen #like ??? wtf brain?? #since when do we care about vibes so much #it’s like that thing where if a person u don’t like makes a good point #but u can’t take anything they say in good faith lol #some of the stupidest things that’s made me feel like this is say. someone w a weird headcanon #or people who use <3 in that. tiktok girlie suibaiting way #passive aggressiveness #if someone’s *too* sensitive on the internet #idk the list goes on and i don’t wanna keep blocking people but i need to know another ways to manage this lol #i think one time i blocked someone for posting about how sirius is obsessed with remus lmao #i didn’t like the…tone…nor the words…. #there is literally no point to this i just saw something on my feed and got super annoyed s’all #something so irrelevant i’m gonna forget about it in 7 hours #i’m gonna compare it to a lactose intolerance #milk is wonderful and everyone around u loves it but it gives u gas so u stay away and give it a stink eye everytime #no one’s at fault but u feel like an over sensitive bitch lmao #(not me tho. love me my dairy) #so. ykno. #a lil rant. if u will. #pen’s whining

[whamss]

Thinking every now and then that I should put down a pinned or smth but what do I even put there that isn't in my bio? My classpect? List of traffic violations? Every Homestuck fanfic I like? Such a wonder

#talk tag #the only purpose that i can really think of is to put down a general epilepsy warning for the blog as a whole #idrc who interacts with me or whatever #(which is to say i block liberally and have no reason to make a public dni) #nor do i have a lot of public works or endeavors to share #pondering #also i like my current pinned

[mishkakagehishka]

You had valid argument about Westerners speaking over people from other countries, until it turned out that it was about Russians. If there’s one group of people that lost ability to be respected it’s them after they decided once again to try and kill all of us. Like they always fucking do. And yet that hey still always whine about themselves. And don’t do shit to change anything. Truly Russian soul is so mysterious. Yet to see another nation only capable of destroying and brining death and not able to show a once of sympathy to people that murder.

And you look at fucking comments and it’s only support, because fucking of course

I absolutely understand where you're coming from, but that's not what I was talking about. Seeing the comments on that post (bc that was what I was tagged in) was what inspired me to talk about this again, but it's a topic I've talked about whenever anything happened in peripheral and semi-peripheral countries that had Americans be annoying in the replies. That's why I said "countries" in my posts instead of pointing to one in particular (i think in the past few years, I've seen that sort of American response under news from everywhere from Brazil to France to the Philippines)

#you have every right to not gaf ab r.ussians i've seen the shit ''normal citizens'' say on fb and telegram #where i'm from ''i hope r.ussia liberates you'' is used as a curse even #but like. i'm not defending them nor even talking about them. i find it hard to care much myself Considering #posts made with ''that reminds me'' don't really mean ''i only mean it for this specific case'' #many of my balkan mutuals had to see the same responses under their posts too it's just festering annoyance i let out at one 1am #asks

[hussyknee]

I feel like I spend all my life screaming about genocide-abetters and fascist collaborators that nobody takes seriously until the genocide and fascism actually happens. The exclusionists, the antis, the radfems, the Zionists, the liberals and the Tankies— years and years of trying to make people understand that these people are equally dangerous and complicit in violence.

I'm so fucking tired of people not listening, not even my friends. Sometimes I think my falling out with them was a result of my current mental health being critically low, but other times I think cutting them all loose was the rational endpoint of an untenable situation. If you won't listen then I want nothing to do with you because not taking these fuckwits seriously has a body count.

#i will never forgive nor forget that you assholes didn't take Zionists seriously till now #and that you still platform and follow and reblog crypto Zionists and liberal Zionists #knee of huss

[suburbanlegnd]

*slowly backing away bc i've read marxist literature once or twice* 😔

NOOOO DON'T GO PLS I LOVE YOU BESTIE PLS DON'T HATE ME 😭😭😭😭

#I'm sorry #I'm just not quite fond of communism #and Karl Marx #I do agree with some of his points (esp. about religion) #but I quite disagree with others #being Polish has taught me that both capitalism and communism are equally bad #but I'm not a communist liberal nor a capitalist #I'd say I'm against politics politicians and all political parties in general #plus I hate monarchy ofc #the fact that you've read some Marxist books isn't bad #but people who are really obsessed with them and with communism are just a bunch of weirdos #just like all those people who think that all politicians care about them (spoiler alert: they don't!) #they think only of power over the people (especially those who voted for them) and money that shouldn't belong to them #ok i'm done #lol #stella 🏎️ #asked