#see this isn't necessarily

[freddieslater]

how do you feel about elena casually sipping on tea reading how her dad tortured enzo for years (right after calling wes a monster for doing the same) and then defending it to damon knowing full well he was tortured for 5 years too?

i just…the way the show keeps elena’s parents as some saints and gives them peace like grayson didn’t torture living beings for decades

I... don't like it. That should be obvious though, considering how deeply I care for Enzo. You're totally right though, I never thought about it like that before, but the show does have a habit of keeping Elena's parents uplifted. Normally, a reveal as horrifying as her father secretly taking part in torture and experimentation for pretty much Elena's entire life would be treated as a major thing. Instead, it's... just kind of glossed over. Probably because the writers didn't care enough about Enzo to make it a conflict in the plot, but it certainly should've been.

I don't believe that Elena's reaction was necessarily in character for her. She has been horrified by much smaller things before, so surely she should've then looked at Grayson as she did with Isobel after finding out what she was truly like? Or at least, should've had some sensitivity when talking about how his "experiments" were "helping people" to Damon. I don't know, it's a really weird storyline and I absolutely do wish it had been treated better because Elena just deciding it was fine that her dad was doing that simply because it was ultimately "for a good cause" does not sit right with me. (Maybe that's why I wrote that fic about 7-year-old Elena freeing Enzo from the clinic's basement.)

#oh look a wild anonymoose #ask away earthlings! #the vampire diaries #enzo st. john #see this isn't necessarily #anti elena gilbert #but I'm going to tag it as such because it's at the very least elena critical #elena gilbert critical #maybe that's a better tag I dunno

[wasyago]

we're at it again🕺

#jrwi riptide #gillion tidestrider #my art #sketch #back on my bullshit woo yeah woo yeah woo yeah #genuinely a lot happier with this design than the previous ones. the lighter metal looks better on him #and this one doesn't have a lot of detail (or any detail tbh) so it looks more solid and fun i think #and you can see im trying to figure out how gill would carry his sword around #technically he should just carry it in his hands and don't have a scabbard because its a longsword and isn't supposed to be sheathed... #but like... its not practical to always carry it in his hands. especially in a day to day life. because he always has the sword on him- #but he doesn't necessarily always hold it? like. he needs hands for stuff #i think i like the back scabbard better (even if i drew the whole turnaround for the hip one) just because it doesn't mess with his tail #plus that way destiny's blade is higher up and gets to look around at stuff and i think its funny #but then like... the cape is a little awkward if it has to go above the sword... #but its not a big deal. if he has a cape and armor on he probably holds the sword in his hands anyway #am i putting too much thought into this unnecessary detail? yes #am i rambling in the tags again instead of making a separate post? also yes

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Chu Wanning, kit-tea man. (Part 2)

(for @onionlings)

#chu wanning #Erha #2ha #the husky and his white cat shizun #I do not know what to tag this (there are a lot of variations and I did not realize they were all for the same series...) #I'm going with my gut then #poorly drawn erha #There were a lot of requests for this series so I hope that people are happy even if they didn't necessarily 'win' the raffle draw. #I do not know this man but he looks like he needs a quiet room and a nice cup of tea. #Get it? Kit-tea man. Kitty man. That was all I had. I'll see myself out. #This isn't the last we will see of these characters. I have had this series recommended to me so many times - I'll be back. #First of the raffles done! Thank you all for being extremely patient with me.

[mintypsii]

they resumed fighting 2 seconds later as usual

#based on that one post i made earlier that kinda popped off #anyways transfem sanji ily #shes so #spinning in my head all the time #microwave moment #please help #this isn't necessarily ship but ill tag the pairing anyways if u wanna see itbtha way :3 #also lmk if you'd like to see more of her hhehee (i'll probably drawnher anyways tho. as a treat for myself) #op #one piece #vinsmoke sanji #sanji #zosan #sanzo #roronoa zoro #zoro #transmasc zoro #transfem sanji #fem sanji #t4t #sabaody archipelago #art #mintart #my art #theyre so silly

[intuitive-revelations]

It's one thing adding Classic Who (!!!) and the other spin-offs given all of New Who is already on iPlayer, but adding audio descriptions and sign language to apparently everything is wild!

I assume this implies the same things are going to be on Disney+ internationally too? Would make sense to apply the same work on both platforms.

(Although assuming they brought all the features on there too, I assume they'd do sign language again, for both BSL and ASL? I've never used Disney+ so no idea what accessibility options look like on there.)

#sounds like he's teasing the rumoured new spin-offs with that last line too #for better or worse - depending on what that looks like #sounds like they might indeed go for some sort of connected whoniverse branding? #which isn't necessarily anything new (see eg. the “Worlds of Doctor Who” label Big Finish uses #and has been co-opted somewhat by some of the unofficial direct-to-video spin-offs too #Class did something similar too) #and could honestly be good in some ways #although i fully understand why people are wary given Disney's involvement and the “cinematic universes” trend #Doctor Who #New Who #Classic Who #BBC Class #Torchwood #Sarah Jane Aventures #and I'm particularly excited for #Doctor Who Confidential #Russell T Davies

[emkini]

You are not passing their vibe check 

[ID: An illustration of Zuko and Azula from Avatar, roughly a few years older than their canon ages, sitting at a table. Azula sits properly, facing the viewer with a mischievous expression on her face. One hand rests on the table, while the other is held up so she can rest her chin on it. Zuko sits next to and slightly behind her on top of the table. He is in side profile, looking at the viewer with a very Zuko-typical irritability. One hand rests on the table, the other is out of view. Both siblings are dressed in ornately patterned robes. In the background are two golden pillars, with a wall behind them decorated in dragon-like patterns.]

#atla #avatar the last airbender #zuko #azula #fire siblings #atla fanart #if you see all the mistakes in this shh no you don't #I'm tired as fuck let me be #em draws #this isn't explicitly canon but like. it's not necessarily au either #idk it's just the result of various vibes I've been having #id under the cut

[classicslesbianopinions]

the thing about being a disabled grad student is that if you want even half a chance you constantly have to not only reveal but interrogate and explain your softest most vulnerable parts. while people around you act like this is just completely normal and actually that is not the softest most vulnerable part of you and actually you are exactly the same as all of them. so you feel like you are in disguise as exactlythesame while also completely exposed. and you just have to live like that. absolutely insane

#mod felix #general disclaimer that this is my experience and this is how i feel and not necessarily how everyone feels obviously #but . i feel this way . currently #well and i think part of it is that like... people act like the institution isn't actively hostile to like. any marginalized person really #i mean this post is about disability but i'm sure it applies to other people too #and if you read this and say 'this is also how it feels to be x' i see and support you #anyway. posting this here because like... i feel like as a blog with a relatively large (for tumblr) audience like. #i feel the need to be honest and transparent about my experiences in academia #because i know there are people following us who like. want to be in academia or who already are #and like . i really like the program i'm in and i'm learning a lot but it's also a very hard thing to do even if you're totally abled #which like. i'll be honest i think the sort of person who says 'i want to learn ancient greek for the rest of my life' #is unlikely to be totally abled #like i'm not the only disabled person in my program either. and most people i interact with like. #have a base level of understanding about disability #but it's still like... surreal to operate in like. an institution that puts pressure on everyone to act like disability doesn't exist #i feel like there's just like. constant dissonance

[autismserenity]

pretty please, my fellow progressives

Could we please all keep in mind that the concept of "The Jews In General, or A Specific Type Of Jew, Controls Education, Government, Media, and/or Banking", is a longstanding antisemitic trope?

And most of all, that it is false??

No, a marginalized group does not also control education, the government, the media, and/or banking?

No, Jews do not secretly control these things and just pretend to be marginalized? No, Jews have not secretly been accumulating power since the Holocaust, granted by too-generous gentiles, out of pity?

No, it isn't better if you just mean a specific subgroup or kind of Jews. It's still specifically Jews.

It's like when people who hate trans/queer people are fine with rich white cis gay men. So they think it's not bigoted to blame "people with blue hair and pronouns" for the downfall of society.

We all know this means, "I only see some of you as human like me. You have to speak and act a certain way to count. Everyone in your group has to pass a test to get into the Good group."

Doesn't work.

Sure, it gives them plausible deniability to the people who matter to them. But everyone else can see exactly how they feel.

We've all known for years that it's bad to think of a marginalized group as having some "good ones." Rein it the heck in, please.

Because YES, all of those examples are ones I've seen implied, or stated outright, over and over, within the progressive community. This month alone.

#antisemitism #anti-semitic #yes this is about how gentiles use zionism #yes this is about how fast it went from 'this isn't NECESSARILY antisemitic' to 'this ISN'T antisemitic' #yes this is about claiming that we claim antisemitism to deflect valid criticism #yes this is part of a larger pattern of violating every progressive standard but only for jews #none of us would ever say 'people are just claiming misogyny to deflect valid criticism' #we would never claim that trans people secretly control or “influence” the government #we would never treat Ukrainians like “'noble savages” who need us to speak for them #but we treat Palestinians like “noble savages” who need us to speak for them #we know to center the people affected and uplift their voices in every other situation #but in this situation we ignore the fact that we're supporting palestinians by talking ABOUT them #we swallow far-right Palestinian propaganda channeled through diaspora organizations #while Palestinians in Gaza demand completely different solutions and support #zionists echo Palestinian solutions and experiences because we know people in Israel and Palestine #and we get told we love genocide or just blocked #this is how Hamas propaganda is designed to work. Hamas has systematically silenced Palestinians for 18 years and now it's all you know #it is genuinely terrifying to see the entire progressive community sound exactly like the alt-right while it absolutely insists it's not #we also know to center marginalized people's voices about what harms them -- except the Jews? #honestly I think that progressives listened before Oct 7 and that the “no we just mean ZIONISTS are evil” has done wonders to reverse that #let's be real the zionists-not-jews trope comes from Hamas too #all it had to do was claim it definitely meant Zionists not Jews and that it was the Palestinian resistance and progressives flocked to it #its fighters were calling home from the massacre to boast about how many Jews they had killed. it has not changed. #i suppose that the zionists-not-jews thing gave freedom to unexamined antisemitism that people felt guilty about #but oh my god it caught on like absolute wildfire #wall of words

[angelsdean]

me, dean, and everyone else watching: ok sure, sammy

#vics spn rewatch #spn 1x10 #the apology is made worse by j*red's inability to actually sound sincere #he's doing his fake sympathy voice and it is so. grating #adds a fascinating unintentional layer to sam as we've talked abt before #and it's like not necessarily a Bad thing to perform rather than feel sympathy #but like. this is very much a non-apology and dean knows it and we all know it #sam DID mean those things on some level. maybe not as harshly as he said them bc his anger WAS being heightened by the ghost #but those feelings were real #and sam is allowed to feel them. but they are in many ways. a projection and also unfounded #sam literally could leave at any time and dean would let him go (as we'll see in thee very next episode!!) #just bc he feels those feelings doesn't mean they're inherently true #dean isn't keeping him trapped. dean isn't just blindly following orders. dean Does have a mind of his own #and in fact dean isn't being all that great of a dutiful son bc he actively is not all that interested in finding john!! not the way sam is #and you'd think for dean being the one to initially show up and ask sam's help that he'd be more invested in finding john #and making sure he's actually alive instead of following random coordinates to a case. and taking on every other case they find too #anyways. sam's feelings of anger are real bc he feels them and it's okay to feel things #but he's massively misinterpreting and projecting things onto dean #and then he feels guilty (like post-possession) and tries to swipe it all under the rug and claim he didn't mean any of it #but he Does. and dean knows it. everyone knows it. #his perceptions do not align w/ what's really happening. bc he doesn't have the full context. #bc he doesn't know just how complicated dean's relationship to john really is. bc he was sheltered from a lot of that. #he sees dean desperate for approval and a good little soldier #when in reality dean was playing peacekeeper and mediator and punching bag most of their childhood. #and rn dean doesn't really care that much abt finding john. he just wants to hang out with his brother #not samcr*t btw. we love all this abt him it's spicy it's crunchy it's tasty

[saline-coelacanth]

DTIYS Time WOOO!!!!

I've been wanting to do one of these for a while and the time has come where I finally made one! I don't really have any super specific occasion to be making this for, but January is very sentimental for me since it was the month I first joined the Ninjago fandom, and I find it very fitting that I made a dtiys with the very first Ninjago Au I created on here

There's no deadline or prizes for this, it's all for fun. Don't be afraid to play around with stuff like the colors or backgrounds, or even change up the poses a bit, just as long as you have Bad Ending Cole and Bad Endings Jay in there. The only rule is that you have to have fun!

Ok but for the actual "rules", please make sure to tag me as well as using the #salinedtiys so I can see it! I will reblog any entries that I see, so yeah make sure I'm able to see them :)

Now just to make sure this post isn't too long, I'm gonna leave my sappy message under a cut, so if you don't care to see me ramble you don't have to.

So I first joined this fandom at the end of Janurary of 2019. I made a couple of posts about Ninjago and didn't think much of it, but then so many people started to enjoy the things I made and they made me feel like the things I made were worth something. I didn't feel as self conscious about myself because hey, these people on the internet enjoy the things I make so I think that makes me pretty cool.

This fandom has been the absolute best fandom I've ever been a part of. There's so many nice and cool people here who just make me feel happy and welcomed. And even when I took a break from Ninjago, when I came back it was still just about as welcoming to me as when I left.

And it really is fitting that I drew BE!Jay and BE!Cole for this dtiys (with thanks to the poll I created) because I guess if this dtiys is celebrating anything, it would be my progress as a creator. As an artist and a writer, and as someone who just genuinely likes making stuff. Because when you look back, some of the earliest art I posted was with Jay and Cole because bruiseshipping was (and still is) my favorite ship in this fandom. And this silly little au where all the ninja are evil was the first au I made and it's still one I continue to make content for because I enjoy it and other people enjoy seeing it.

So yeah like I said, this message was gonna get sappy. But I really just want to thank the Ninjago fandom for being so great and all the people who come and look at my art and my silly little aus because you guys bring a lot more joy in my life, and I genuinely feel like my life would suck a lot more if I didn't have you guys.

🧡🧡🧡

#ninjago #lego ninjago #my art #dtiys #dtiyschallenge #salinedtiys #ninjago bad endings au #ninjago bad endings #jay walker #cole brookstone #bad endings jay #bad endings cole #pirate jay #ghost cole #bruiseshipping #i know i dont usually use the pirate jay and ghost cole tags #but i want more people to see this so i figured i probably should #also this drawing isn't necessarily ship art #but i feel like with me whenever i draw jay and cole it's implied #and also i want the bruiseshippers to see this so yeah i'm tagging as ship #basically im out here overthinking everything again like usual so yeah

[uncanny-tranny]

See, I do dream of labour, but what I dream about is labour that isn't soul-sucking, redundant, or bullshit jobs made to make the world a worse place.

#politics #i'm naturally somebody who's motivated and stubborn and persevering. which sucks when i work bullshit jobs (like what i have) #i DO dream of labour. but it's the kind that is meaningful to my community and my world #i don't dream of the labour i currently do where i am burnt out and exhausted and mistreated #maybe my concept of labour is different than how others mean by labour #i think a lot of people associate labour with capitalism where i don't necessarily see labour as synonymous with such #if we lived in my utopia at least labour would still exist #but it wouldn't be a fucking death sentence to not do like it is now #i don't mean the first tag in this rant to imply a sense of superiority by the way. it's just kind of a reality for me??? #being persevering or motivated isn't a moral success thing. it's kind of a neutral thing

[jahiera]

pondering on a meta diving into Gale's abstract brand of selflessness (willingness to go away to a corner of the world to die so that none of the faceless masses will be harmed by his mistake) vs his personal selfishness (willingness to stick by tav despite being repulsed by tiefling camp murder + general vocal approval or interest in accumulating more power) and Gale's status as someone who is good aligned but generally ineffectual at enforcing actual good (the way that wyll or karlach will actually leave the party) which is fascinating for a fairly good-aligned person. just love when the Good Guy is actually kind of fucking weird. edit: tumblr cut off my tags Okay. and how all of this ties back in an interesting way to his relationship and power imbalance with mystra. he was wronged, deeply, but he also desires still that ... status / closeness to divinity in some way, by her influence. Gale thinks that he would be a better god simply by virtue of his mortality but he cannot escape the appeal of holding himself apart from others and being more than, greater than, something closer to godliness and thus inherently removed from mortal values and standards of right and wrong, which the gods themselves don't adhere to in the same way.

#it's just one of those things that's really compelling about his character to me in terms of ... #Gale hesitates with the shadow lantern not really because he's put off by the magic #in fact if a sorcerer Tav condemns dark magic he rebukes it and argues that all magic is inherently neutral; some simply more #frowned upon than others #He appreciates good acts. he'll say We Should Do The Good Act. but he's not going to really fight FOR doing the right thing the way #others might; and when you get beyond the act itself he can very quickly rationalize #necessity. or mistake. or the value of power + strength behind it. #the dichotomy between his fearful willingness to die at Mystra's behest while not really tamping down his interest in power and survival #that peers out and I think (?) feels almost obfuscated behind his eloquence and his manners and charm and general clockability as a #guy who approves of good things. #and there are things he says & does that are further beyond the expectations of what you might expect from someone who is 'good' #the initial interest in a deal with Raphael; the approval of taking tadpoles despite the uncertainty and possible cost; the acknowledgment #that powerful forms (slayer form or ascending astarion) will be useful onward #His Fucking Speech to Tav after the grove slaughter where he's outraged and disgusted but can be swayed to stay #he's so... sunk cost fallacy too I think. at some point the ends must surely justify the means right #and his God of Ambition thing is sooo compelling because it really drives to the max the part of gale's personality that is always there #but obfuscated by his immediate insistence that he's a moral person right. you know him to be of sound judgement. trust him. #He likes seeing good happen and he's happy to go along with doing good things and he'll #state his opinion when he thinks something EVIL is happening. but he's not necessarily #going out of his way here either if tav isn't -- and to be fair game mechanics technically mean #no one is - but we can read from Wyll/Karlach removing themselves from the situation #(need to double check but can't Wyll also leave a slayer dark urge?) #that they CAN go out of their way #Wizard Apathy Baby! you feel benevolent toward others but you crave what is beyond humanity and #deeply rooted in the arcane; which you see as beyond too basic concepts of 'good' vs 'bad' magic; neutrality that sways with intent #you trust good actions but you didn't ACTUALLY use your power at the time For Others either; you probably could have but #you craved MORE. something BETTER. #and there's a lot there in how that interacts with his relationship to mystra too #his desire to achieve something closer to godliness and both thinking that he can do better because he's mortal but at the same time #has proven that he can separate himself or his technical moralities from a situation if it means exploration of power/knowledge Beyond

[shikai-the-storyteller]

Vegetta heard that some members of the server are scared of him and he was like "Why? I'm not even a tryhard, I was the last person to get slime armor" and I'm like... Vegetta people are already scared of you, WHY would you respond to that with "But this isn't even 1% of my true power''

#i talk #qsmp talk #Vegetta be like ''This isn't even my final form'' #Vegetta be like ''well if you're going to be scared of me at least let me give you a good reason for it /pos'' lmao #It's always so baffling to me (as a KarmaIand fan) seeing how Vegetta's depicted in Fool/igetta fanworks #because the way people often depict Foolish as this incredibly powerful demigod (only sometimes incorporating his actual personality / lore #is how people depicted Vegetta (minus the ''we're disregarding his personality'' part that sometimes happens) in Karmaland #Like it's almost a perfect reverse uno in terms of how people depict Vegetta in KarmaIand vs Q.S.M.P #I'm not mad about it or anything I'm just genuinely amused by how people manage to underestimate him and STILL are afraid of him #like oh honey....... whatever Foolish's ties to immortality and godhood are pale in comparison to Vegetta's #(This is nothing against Foolish BTW his lore on the previous server was fun and I'm bitter we never got to see more of it) #(The entire death totem thing was sick and also the concept of totem gods is so interesting) #The way Vegetta is depicted in Karmaland is very strange #he seems like a being (not necessarily a god but definitely something powerful) #who made their world then stepped back so he could be a part of it #So even though he respects the guidance of elders like Merlon #(to some degree) #and talks about the ''gods'' (admins) as higher powers #the world still bows to him #and that includes the QSMP world #realistically we know this is because every single admin adores Vegetta and grew up with him #but we're looking at this through a lore lense #I can get into this more later - I feel like I should elaborate on my thoughts here and add some canon backing to explain myself a bit more #but you get the jist #Me: let's post a silly little thought about the minecraft series I'm watching #Also me: LET ME CITE MY SOURCES - #Listen man you can't unlearn some things #I'm a professional writer it's in my nature

[yoinkschief]

I sometimes forget TomTord is considered an unpopular ship,,, I was there when people would call you homophobic for not shipping it 💀

#oh my god I still remember Dear Starboy #Everytime I close my eyes I see fanon soft boie Tord #Honey no that's a mentally ill rat not your flower crown boy #this isn't NECESSARILY tomtord / tordtom but can be interpreted that way #oh my god look I spelled necessarily correctly first try- #jay draws #eddsworld #ew #fanart #art #ew tom #Tom #ew Tord #Tord

[mikkeneko]

Shen Qingqiu at pretty much all times:

#world's most self-effacing narrator #like this isn't necessarily a low-self-esteem thing? I don't think? #he literally will just do anything to be Not Perceived #see my prev post about how reaching for a fan to hide his face is THEE very first thing he does when waking up in his new life #even BEFORE he realizes where and who he is #he haaaaates having attention on him #(which makes the fact that he's basically the center of Luo Binghe's universe a source of profound ongoing discomfort) #it's not that he thinks everyone hates him he just doesn't realize other people think of him at all #he has no sense of object permanence SPECIFICALLY regarding his own self in other people's minds #like this is the man who made 'I'll fake my death and that will surely not bother my loved ones at all!' his PLAN A

[monstrsball]

kenhina with kageyama is so funny to think about. there is a third wheel here but it's not kageyama. not that kenma really minds, i think he's happy to sit back and watch them compete over something ridiculous, bicker, play volleyball, etc.

#my headcanons #kenhina #kagehina's relationship is neither romantic or platonic. it's a secret third thing. #kenma gets it and is not threatened by this #in a way kageyama is their third but not really cause their relationship isn't romantic or sexual. kind of hard to explain to other people #but they get it and that's all that really matters tbh. they're happy!! #other people don't get it and they go to kenma like 'um. doesn't this bother you???' and he's like why would it bother me. in a tone that #clearly says he won't tolerate any more questions about it #also idk if i necessarily see kageyama dating anyone in this specific universe. aroace kags maybe?? #he will third wheel couples and doesn't even realize he is third wheeling.