#passion victim

[frankiebirds]

so. i love this line.

but i want to talk about her expressions after gideon asks if she's alright:

i dont know. throughout the first season, elle expresses the strongest negative feelings towards sex offenders (reasonable!) and sure, she came from a unit dealing specifically with that and that's her specialty (remember when all the characters had specific skill sets and specialties?) but especially this reaction here seems very personal. and this is pre-randall garner, so she doesn't yet have that connection to being attacked in her own home.

also. the team knows sexual offense crimes are elle's specialty. they know that's where she came from. but her response to gideon when he asks if she's okay after she goes off on scott isn't "i've seen a lot of this and it gets me riled up" it's to get defensive and evasive. if it was anger born of something the team is aware of, why hide it? her response to gideon and her expression afterwards very much read to me as someone hiding something.

#elle greenaway #obviously you dont have to be a victim to hate sex offenders #“i hate sex offenders” is a very normal stance #but elle's hatred seems personal to me #and again in a way that seems born of more than just her career #and then theres the question of why she chose to go into and specialize in sex crimes in the first place #to me that implies that that hatred was already there #ie. she doesnt hate sex offenders so passionately because she specializes in sex crimes #she chose to specialize in sex crimes because she hates sex offenders #i would be very curious to know what the planned backstory was for elle had lola glaudini stayed on #we get a bit with her dad #but throughout the first season i very much got the vibe that there was likely something SA-related in her backstory #either her or a loved one #not fic #criminal minds #criminal minds rewatch #character analysis #i think #criminal minds s01e15 #unfinished business #tw sex assault #favourites

[marzipanandminutiae]

i just reblogged that post about saying nice things abt prev but i wanna send an ask too, so: thank you for being one of the only people to be correct about the winchester mystery house and sarah herself!! so many people spread the stories of her being weird/crazy/whatever when she was just. a woman who suffered some tragedies and liked architecture.

i went on a tour of graceland recently and was intrigued by how they barely talked about elvis as a person, whereas winchester tours are basically a trap where you think you're getting to explore a weird fucked up house but actually you're going to hear about how wonderful sarah winchester was for an hour and if you say anything mean about her design skills one of the tour guides will push you out the door to nowhere.

i go through your winchester tag sometimes when i'm nostalgic and missing the house (i got laid off during quarantine) and it's just nice to see that even people who didn't devote years of their lives to the house can genuinely understand and appreciate it.

I'm so glad it's gotten better! Someone once anonymously told me the guides had to sign a contract saying they would only stick to the story made up by that ridiculous carnie family that bought her house in the 1920s, and even though it was an anon and therefore unverifiable...I believe it, sadly. For Profits often are more about...well, profit. As opposed to history. But it's good to know the guides care about getting the truth out there.

In Sarah Winchester I see a woman whose character assassination for being different(tm) has carried on after death. It's not that she was perfect- far be it from me to lay perfection at the feet of a white 19th-century gun fortune heiress -but she seems like a genuinely caring person in many ways, about her workers and her community. She was an unattached woman of means with an unconventional hobby (architecture), though, and that seems to have made wagging tongues nervous. During her lifetime that meant claiming she thought she'd live forever if construction never ceased (it did, several times), and after- well. The tale of the mad widow fleeing from invisible ghosts has come to prevail.

It feels unfair to me that she should forever be remembered by what her detractors said about her, instead of her own triumphs and setbacks, merits and flaws. And that her beautiful house, where she poured so much love and attention, should be so misrepresented. I'm glad people are trying to fix the narrative.

#sarah winchester #ask #winchester mystery house #lakesandquarries #spoiler alert for those who didn't know: she was NOT trying to hide from ghosts of Winchester rifle victims #she was just passionate about architecture and had the money to make that her Hobby #it's widely believed among historians that the 'doors and stairs to nowhere' are remnants of house sections destroyed in the #1906 earthquake and never rebuilt #the 'seance room' I've been told is just an attic storage room converted after her death- she would have held seances in the parlor #with tea to follow #like a normal Victorian

[sciderman]

How do you feel about the increase in really weird NSFW ads on here (advertising panels that look like sexual encounters, and AI art apps that pride themselves on porn) but will take down NSFW posts from their users, even if it isn't technically sexual.

i hate all social media and it's consistent prioritising the advertisers over the users and the internet simply was a better place before capitalism sunk its hooks into it

#i could write essays about how capitalism ruined the internet. #i was actually talking to someone earlier today about how youtube was kind of effectively ruined by monetisation. #and they were raised in the soviet union and we had a bit of a talk about how art was better because it wasn't for profit. #the people who made art made it because they wanted to do it and because they loved it. #she said that communism was terrible for every aspect of life for her. people's lives under communism wasn't pretty. #but the art was better. and i feel like it's true for the internet – it was better when it was a free-for-all. #the companies didn't know how to exploit it yet and turn it into a neverending profit-driven hellscape. #people created content because they wanted to. because they wanted to make something silly to make people laugh. #not for profit. not for gain. not for numbers. not to further their career. #i miss the days of newgrounds and youtube before monetisation. #capitalism has soiled everything that's joyful and good in this world. #people should be able to share whatever they want. #people should be able to tell any story they want without the fear of being silenced by advertisers. #that's what made the internet so beautiful before. anyone could do anything and we all had equal footing. #but now we're victims of the algorithm. and it makes me sick. #i'm quitting my job in social media. i'm quitting it. it makes me too depressed. i have an existential crisis every freaking day. #every day i wake up and say "ah. this is the fucking hell we live in #i'm so sorry i feel so passionate about this. #social media is a black hole and it is actively destroying humanity. forget ai. social media is what's doing it. #i miss how beautiful the internet used to be. it should've been a tool for good. but it's corrupt and evil now. #sci speaks

[awkward-sultana]

"But she has one quality none of you have: she has never betrayed me before. She has never wanted to replace me while I sit on this throne."

#Muhteşem Yüzyıl #Magnificent Century #mcedit #weloveperioddrama #Muhtesem Yuzyil #perioddramaedit #period drama #perioddrama #historical drama #Hurrem Sultan #Stressful Days #The Seeds of Doubt Are Sown in the Soul #New Shocks #The Execution of the Head of the Janissaries #Passions Run High #Everything Goes According to Plan #The First Victim of the Struggle

[carefulfears]

thinking about "you have a life" / "i don't know what i have" + "what do you want, dana?" / "i want everything that i should want at this time of my life" + the perceived shame in scully's loss of normalcy... "unlike you, mulder, i would like to have a life" + "do you believe in the afterlife?" / "i'd settle for a life in this one" + "don't you ever want to just stop? get out of the damn car? settle down and live something approaching a normal life?"

her friend ellen saying, "well, first you have to get a life." tara, pregnant with their christmas gift, saying that life before one grew inside her was "somehow...less, just a prelude," while barren dana cries in the kitchen. "i know you and dad were...disappointed...that i chose the path that i'm on."

thinking about how mulder said, "this is a normal life," and how she smiled. (he doesn't know any different). how, in the end, he said, "hey, scully? i know it's not your normal life, but thanks for coming out there with me."

(christmas before quantico, "i guess i'm afraid of making a big mistake. dad thinks i am." and missy's response: "it's not his life, dana.")

her application to adopt emily was rejected: "you're a single woman who's never been married or had a long-term relationship. you're in a high stress, time intensive, and dangerous occupation."

bill's reaction: "sounds like something your partner would say. this isn't about any little girl, dana. this is about you. it's about some...void, some emptiness inside you that you're trying to fill."

and mulder to the judge: "the fact that she can adopt this child, her own flesh and blood, is something i don't feel i have the right to question, and i don't believe anyone has the right to stand in the way of."

(that last christmas with missy before everything: "there is no right or wrong. life is just a path...just don't mistake the path for what is really important in life. the people you're going to meet along the way. you don't know who you're going to meet when you join the FBI. you don't know how your life is going to change, or how you're going to change the life of others.")

and ultimately, it all leads to a leather couch. and after contemplating that sacrifice of normalcy, what she should want, the decisions she could have made, she says, "i once considered spending my whole life with this man...what i would have missed."

she could've been a doctor, like her father wanted. she could've settled down, married waterston, had a normal life, like her friends and brother wanted. but what would she have missed?

"what if there was only one choice and all the other ones were wrong?" / "and all the...choices would then lead to this very moment. one wrong turn, and...we wouldn't be sitting here together."

#i truly believe that what's made this show so lasting and rich to so many generations #is how completely in touch with raw human experience it always was. there was always this kind of bleak undertone of...this is how it is... #and very rarely was it ever overcome or accepted or boldly subverted. it just was. #the pressures and the grief and the traps of abuse and trauma and power structures. this is how it is. this is how it feels. #'people thought the storyline and characters for x-files made it a 'dark' show but i never saw it that way. #i always thought mulder and scully were the light in dark places.' #my favorite quote about the show and why i think it's so comforting. it's the harsh reality of the world #of which mulder and scully are not exempt #but it's also mulder and scully going wherever they are needed with their unending kindness and their perseverance and their passion #and they bring all of those things to each other too. that's why she chose THIS life. despite it NOT being normal. #despite it NOT being what her father wanted for her. despite it NOT being easy. she chooses it over and again #because he is bringing light to dark places and she wants to be where he is and she wants to be doing important work. she wants to be #'on the side of the victim' #and that's rarely supported by societal structures and it's hard. but like she says #what would she have missed?? #txf.txt #you people make me crazy when you dismiss her decisions and act like she Ruined Her Life or mulder Ruined Her Life #congratulations! you've missed the point! #all things #emily #dreamland

[misted-buttercup-enjoyer]

"Cave Johnson here. Just figured I'd update y'all on my newest personal project: Wirewolves! Werewolves, but electronic. Basically we took the DNA of our wolf-men and injected it into the wires in some wolf-like robotic bodies. Turns out? Bad idea. In a few hours a dozen bloodthirsty and vengeful wirewolves were swarming outside my office making a bigger fuss than those OSHA enforcers that like to pester us. In a 'shocking' turn of events *chuckles*, Caroline took care of 'em all. Took off those pretty high heels of hers and used 'em to impale those pesky wirewolves right through the head. I'm safe, my office isn't messed up, less than twenty people died, and cold water'll take care of the blood that got on Caroline's dress in no time. We're moving that test to a more highly-regulated area. We're on to something! Cave Johnson out!"

#my siblings and I made this #i need more of caroline being a cute and deadly girlboss in this fandom so I'll be the change #seriously i LOVE Morally gray Caroline with a passion and i want to see so much more of it instead of her being just #“Cave Johnson's totally normal and boring cinnamon roll victim assistant who did absolutely nothing wrong a day in her life” #like ma'am she was a higher-up at aperture science and cave was planning on passing it to her after his death #please take a moment to think about this #not that she wasn't a victim in the glados situation #but victims can still be morally gray girlbosses #case closed if you disagree meet me at 3Am in a Wendy's parking lot and I'll be happy to beat you up #cave johnson #cave johnson portal #caroline portal #caroline #portal caroline #aperture science #aperture #portal #portal 2 #old aperture

[theshadowrealmitself]

Current thoughts: A Human (rightfully) punching a Vulcan in the face for something and the Vulcan actually immediately realizing they fucked up and agreeing with the Human that punching them was the most logical course of action and becoming their number one defender of the Human not facing consequences

More specifically, I’m imagining them passionately (for a Vulcan) petitioning for this Human not to get in trouble, citing all the logical reasons they should be let go, and after a long while of this, barely dropping the bombshell that they were the person who got punched by the Human

#I’m imagining the inciting incident being something where they were veering into xenophobia territory and not realizing it #then they get punched (followed by a passionate speech) #and realize ‘oh shit that actually was a fucked up thing they were saying wasn’t it??’ #and oh my god they were saying that to humans and probably making all of them feel so unsafe and everything #sometimes you do just. gotta actually knock some sense into a person. #jot them back into reality #*shock not jot #mostly I just like this scenario for the reveal at the end #‘you make a great argument but we should really see how the victim wants this to be handled since they were the one who was hurt’ #‘it’s me. I was the one who was punched.’ #everyone else in shock thinking maybe this was the human’s friend who was being a bit biased #nope. #Star Trek #Vulcans #Humans

[ballisterboldheart]

what was it you said would happen, if i crossed your line? before i crossed it again and again? you will beg for mercy. right. well. time to find out.

#cobra kai #cobrakaiedit #chozen toguchi #terry silver #ck spoilers #s.gif #insane innit luv xx #god i love this fight. sure it's not as physical as some of the other fights not as technically impressive #but there's something about the simplicity of it. #it feels like the Other side of the fight between johnny and kreese at the end of s3 #that was all burning passion that was personal #but these two? this isn't personal. they barely know each other #and yet it's the same. it's an execution. #insane. this show always leaves me on the floor like a car crash victim xx

[deuce-t]

Looking at you “the prince was 31 and Snow White was 14”

#I’m not saying the old princess movies especially don’t have problems or that there was no sexism #but if you have to make things up to make them anti feminist then they aren’t as bad as you want them to be #also all the constant bashing on the OG three especially is almost always victim blaming #or bashing women who prefer to be traditionally feminine and/or gentle and less assertive #and doing both of those things is inherently the opposite of feminism #i am very passionate about this #disney princesses

[starlooove]

I think what bothers me about ppl being surprised at removing the misogyny or making aang be responsible from the start instead of running away is that this is literally fandom trends representing themselves. Like when characters have to grow y’all run to downplay what they have to grow from! STICK WITH ME FANDOM SHIFT this is what bothers me so much about fanon Harley Quinn. Like if Harley never enjoyed or felt free or whatever with joker why are you calling her post relationship arc a redemption? Even back to heroics if bruce was never an asshole or close minded or ham fisted when it came to his kids where do you think the other identities started? What do you think their relationship is growing from? Like it’s so boring lmao

#And then you’ll create negativity that never existed as long as it keeps everything normal #no bruce was never suspicious of his precious baby Jason 🥺 #dick hated him with a passion tho! #like ok. get off Twitter. #get off ao3. #pls and thank you #And the Harley one makes me sick bc I adore Harleys redemption especially as a character MADE for joker breaking out and becoming her own #but then y’all are like ‘well she was never BAD! she was manipulated and brainwashed the whole time! and never contributed to anything #significant!’ #what is the redemption y’all are speaking of? #THIS IS ZUKOS FAULT #sorry I’m not getting into my opinion on his entire redemption #but like. he was the prime example of perfect victim #and that’s not BAD or whatever I think the progression of his arc was great #I just think y’all overstate ‘redemption’ #but not even Zuko Iroh! the way y’all collectively forgot or ignored that he SUCKED! #sorry I swear I ranted to my brother about this for an hour this morning actually #but I forgot every name I pulled #but in conclusion this redemption that’s not rlly redemption cause my fave was never bad thing is soooo #IK i shit on tim but Jason Stans step forward please #I was gonna say Damian but the reason I’m not is bc god forbid y’all actually let him redeem himself #like he feels so much guilt and remorse and y’all are like ‘the haughty princeling wanted poor wittle Drake DEAD at every turn’ #also he was ten #and yknow what I think bothers a lot of ppl #that even through the remorse he acknowledges that he was a child and doesn’t allow for the adults in his life to just skate by while he #wallows. which is what I’m sure so many of y’all would prefer to see as per ao3 #but no Damian does actually demand accountability from everyone involved including but not limited to himself! #but also I do adore his redemption arc bc yeah he did do that shit and it sucked #however I will never discuss it with fandom ppl who can barely name two of his friends that aren’t Jon. maybe they’ll know Colin and maya i #if they’re really about it…

[knownoshamc]

Okay but how can a fandom have such talented people but also people that stress the fuck out of me with their hate/takes

#ofmd fandom critical #ofmd critical #some takes on izzy and the way they are written are very hurtful to me #not just cause i love the old man but because of all the literal 'he had it coming' #passionate posts #they are never ever just 'I think that maybe....' #or 'this is how I see it' #it's all THIS IS RIGHT AND YOU ARE STUPID FOR SEEING IT DIFFERENTLY #if people see Izzy as victim of abuse because it reminds them of their own situation... #then who the fuck are you to tell them they had it coming cause #maybe they shouldn't have been assholes to their partner #??? #Ive had so many people in real cases #say exactly that 'well honey maybe you shouldnt provoke him. he is stressed at work'

[wizardnuke]

miss the early days of my tma listen when i was conspiracy theorizing and genuinely freaking out about michael distortion appearances. michael went craazy he is SO scary to me

#was passionately talking about this the other day #michael is barely an avatar. obviously he is but the issue is that he didn't like.. fall into it like so many of the others #he wasn't predisposed to anything in particular he wasn't introduced to the fears thru falling into them #like. avatars are most often drawn towards their domain. one way or another. jon wanted to understand. martin was lonely. etc. #michael was completely unaware. wrong place wrong time. and i mean that checks for spiral but you get what i mean #one day he was normal human michael abroad with his boss and the next he was an avatar he was Barely acceptable and that. that is why #the spiral got him but it's also why he was nuclear levels of batshit insane on top of being spiral #even helen makes sense. Extremely Normal Person who got baited in by michael - she overpowered him bc she was still like #somewhat normal in the head just in terms of awareness of whats going on #michael wasn't. michael was out of his goddamn mind. past the whole spiral situation he was part avatar and part victim moreso than a #lot of other avatars and that's why he was Like That. PLUS he worked at the institute and had a serious hatred for it #and i mean think spiral=psychosis=paranoia and him stalking first sasha then jon #but. such a good fucking character to kind of lead in the situation. here is a spiral of the avatar that you have to handle while you're #putting all the pieces together. he is extremely confusing. this is not because he is also confused but it is a part of it #he is not mindless but he is out of his mind. more than helen. more than any other avatar because he was grafted into the picture #while most avatars fall into it. here is the beginning of the end. he worked at the institute just like you. he is insane. more insane #than a spiral avatar should be. he is Weird and Wrong and he toys with people because he is angry. #poor jon's trying to understand the bigger picture and the best piece that he has is literally like a shattered mirror of a man #that hates him so fucking much #and that's all he had to work with. for so long. #poor sasha. had to try to explain an encounter with the spiral of all things. an avatar of the spiral that barely understood himself. #u get what i mean. #also the fact that he is SO fucked up. in design and how he acts. he's SO scary. rabid angry thing. #something abt helen psychically overpowering michael bc hes a fluke vs jon straight up stabbing elias bc he's like an avatar supersoldier #*tangled in red string tripping over a corkboard* michael and jon are mirrors. yes the mirror is distorted. yes that is the entire point #thee michael distortion. distorted. grafted into the spiral when its ritual imploded. even weirder and wronger than an avatar of the #spiral should be because he wasn't supposed to be one at all. poor fit. and then the avatar-victim jon licherally stabbing elias #narrative foils. impossible ultra freak of nature n his rage. and a skin graft of every single fear. with a knife. and his rage

[awkward-sultana]

Magnificent Century + Faceless: Nurbanu Sultan

#Muhteşem Yüzyıl #Magnificent Century #mcedit #Muhtesem Yuzyil #Nurbanu Sultan #weloveperioddrama #perioddramaedit #period drama #historical drama #Another Sister of the Sultan #Why did the lighting all her scenes SUCK #The Conspiracy #The Secrets of Fatma Sultan #MC 4x08 #Brotherhood War #New Regent of the Sultanate #The Illness of the Sultan #MC + Faceless Sultanas #Passions Run High #Everything Goes According to Plan #The Fate of Sehzade Mustafa #The First Victim of the Struggle #The Fatal Error of Nurbanu #Declaration of War #The Last Days of the Great Sultana #Suleyman’s Endless Winter #Battle of the Sehzades #The End of the Great Era #Awkward-Sultana

[wherenymphsroam]

do NOT think about leon struggling with identity issues. because he totally doesn’t. noooo way.

#he does because I’m projecting LMAOOOOOO (sobbing) #no but seriously #he went into the force just wanting to help other people #his sense of justice was so strong #literally tried to lock someone up in the middle of an apocalypse #refrained from freeing another prisoner even though his chief was likely dead #likely ​completely unaware to the rampant corruption both within the police force and the society outside of it #went through all that training only to have everything he knew and strived for ripped out of his hands on the first day #and for what? #to relive the horrors of that day time and time again? #he sees the same shit on basically every mission #fighting the same thing for fifteen+ years with no resolution in sight #he’s a victim of not only people greed for power but the governments corruption #how are you supposed to see yourself as a separate entity with a life and feelings and something to share #when all you are is a weapon? #when everything you are told you can give is your strength and your skills and experience #where does passion or love for something or someone else fit in there? #let alone appreciation or gentleness extended toward himslef? #yaps. ˚₊‧꒰ა ☆ ໒꒱ ‧₊˚˚

[kasumingo]

Got blocked by the OP of the diabetes post by saying that sugar IS considered one of the factors in type 2 diabetes 🥴

And it is super important to take it into consideration because eating refined sugar freely and drinking high fructose syrups and syrup-spiced drinks WILL fuck you up and potentially lead to life-threatening conditions in the long run

And that doesn’t mean cutting off sugar completely but be mindful what you put in your body lmao - you *do* need carbohydrates but carbohydrates do not mean white sugar and corn syrup - and your body can convert them from other sources AND healthier sugars

Feed yourself the best quality foods just like you’d your pets and loved ones

#ok whatever you tell yourself #i said to not shame people #and that other factors ARE in play #but you cannot simply say sugar is not the factor #you're misleading people #txt #this site is so fucking weird about sugar it's like it's holy to you #i've been a victim of fatshaming ever since i was little and yet i can understand that processed foods are #in fact #NOT good for you #and that the type 2 diabetes is at least partially a societal illness that is exacerbated by refined sugars syrups and processed foods #IN PART #sorry i'm fucking passionate about it #once again i DO think you should never shame anyone but also spread awareness about processed foods and its effect on people #this is not whether you're fat or not this is about health #americans man #that was a block speedrun #y'all hate being told you in fact have agency about your own health #it's so easy to say 'i do everything right why do i feel bad'

[hella1975]

hella do you think you could dumb bitchify aftg 🥺

(your making me want to get it but idk yet)

NO. GET HELP

#um. so basically i do not know how to even begin to explain aftg even if i am dumb bitchifying it. there's this guy #and he's on the run and he's on his own no family no friends but he's OBSESSED with a made up sport called exy #it's like a mental crutch for him it's the one thing he's really passionate about and he's willing to risk his brutal life #of survival and being on the run if it only means he can play. and this team of professional exy players called the foxes sign him on #and they're all messed up in some way bc the whole point of them is to be a refuge for societal rejects #we're talking drug addicts ex-juvie abuse victims etc etc the works and it's written in a VERY raw way #that often lends itself to making the characters feel very real but also does mishandle a lot of very sensitive topics as a result #and the series is basically about the found family of this team and them going from dysfunctional underdogs to national champions #except the fucking mafia is involved. and andrew minyard exists but i cant even speak of him tonight with the mood im in #i WILL shatter into a million pieces #ask #aftg