#social elements

[see-arcane]

Van Helsing: “Mina you should not be involved any further for safety’s sake—“

Jonathan, thinking: Yes, she shouldn’t be put in Dracula’s reach, good good good—

Van Helsing: “—helpful as you’ve been every step of the way, you do still have a chronic case of Being a Girl and so cannot be trusted to keep up with us men and our man-work.”

Jonathan, personal heroes including Mina, Scheherazade, and Mina again, grinding his teeth into dust: …That Is. :) A Way to Frame It. :)

#there’s also the social caste element in play I think #yes the Harkers have been instrumental #but they don’t have the numbers and resources on VH and the Suitor Squad do #likewise their general standing #quick friends or not; the Harkers feel they have to bite their tongues now (and in ensuing scenes) when the social more wedge gets driven #between them ~for their own good~ #even so #you know these two are chafing #not looking forward to the next few days… #dracula #dracula daily #re: dracula #jonathan harker #abraham van helsing #mina harker

[tamamita]

Are the Kurds communist? If they are why do they work with the USA?

Saying all Kurds are Communists is like saying all Palestinians are Communists. It's a blanket statement that helps no one.

#if you're referring to Rojava then no they're not Communists in the ML sense they are Democratic confederalists #which is based on Bookchin's theory of Communalism and some elements of libertarian socialism

[ingravinoveritas]

More pictures of David at the press night for Plaza Suite at the Savoy Theatre.

#david tennant #soft scottish hipster gigolo #plaza suite #he looks so smol here especially in the second one #the second one makes me wish David had Michael on his arm #both to deal with the social element of the red carpet and also to physically keep him warm #his fashion choices just keep getting queerer #and i am here for it #love the glasses so much #god he is gorgeous here #far too much attractiveness in one person #the androgynous beauty of David Tennant #savoy theatre

[ninja-guy-yo]

So, the ninja weren't time-displaced, what we saw them doing when they first appear in Dragons Rising is what they've been doing for years. Did Lloyd just never leave the monastery at all? Is there a farm in the back or..?

But yeah, there's no way the ninja are less than their early-mid 20s now, the "grown-up teenager" days are over. Would've been cool if their designs changed a bit

#ninjago #ninjago dragons rising #ninjago spoilers #being an elemental masters makes you: #(1) immune to effects of social isolation on the psyche #(2) you only need to eat every 5 years #(3) you look 17 - 19 well into your 20s #(4) you can only identify people by the color of their clothes

[divinekangaroo]

Was contemplating the whole ‘Tommy has no friends except Alfie’ thing/thought (it’s my own internal running joke too) but it can't really be true?

Tommy appears to have this huge social network, groups of people he’s still in touch with from the war, including internationally, and including in the officer class; these supposed very reliable contacts in Ireland which I can only assume ties back to the family connections to Ireland and maybe some visit across in his past; the huge respect (and edge of fear) network in Small Heath extending broader into Birmingham; seemingly a very *useful* social-climbing networking he's developed to be able to get the mayor and various politicians to the Grace Shelby charity opening in S3, a society networking which he maintains and builds upon all the way through to Tommy being able to invite actual upper crust society to a ballet at his house (and people attend!)

I mean, there's a level of reserve (rank/war respect) or transactional basis (professional tit for tat society networks), but he also had more friend style connections with say Barney, Freddie (even if it’s soured by the time we see it) and Danny (again, changed by Danny’s own PTSD into that Sergeant-Major thing, but lots of hints it wasn't always like that).

I’ve imagined Tommy puts a significant effort into his social (and society) networking as he does into his business - staying in touch, staying useful, even to the point of using Arthur (or let's imagine his secretaries, his ministerial aides, Polly; picking the right 'hand' who can maintain that relationship for him) to ensure letters and communications keep happening so people remain aware of him, and he stays alive in people’s minds at any possible level of class. He'd have to be maintaining that network like a garden.

The party for Lizzie also didn’t seem like a first time thing for them so I also imagine he hosts quite a lot of social affairs to remain current and connected, which becomes vitally imperative in a different way as a politician compared to a businessman.

But I think that default inner joke, Tommy has no friends and is isolated, is sometimes the claustrophobia of the actual seasons/scenes we see, which are so zoomed into him, into the family, into the worst, that I sometimes double think myself. Just...there’s no way he’s as successful as he is without pouring buckets of effort into society. Admittedly, maybe hardly any of these networking connections are deep connections in the odd way Alfie became one, or Ben Younger could have been one, but Tommy would be talking and meeting and greeting and hosting and writing letters allllllll the time

#mr professional social butterfly; very possible that he still has no friends except alfie #but he'd have to be in society as a social well-connected man to hold his position the way he does #as a bookie or a gangster or a businessman or a politician or a patron of the arts or any of the various fields relying on networks #the next question is how naturally it comes to him or does he try to break it down into a formula and grit his teeth through it #i like to imagine he'd be quite social and entertaining if not constantly in a borderline panic attack due to Circumstances #i have writ elements of this in my fics and there is a theme here for me with Mosley mocking Tommy's social efforts as gauche/blatant #but yeah anyway i always run headlong into this wall of how close/claustrophobic his life/manner is shown when he'd HAVE to have personal- #-connections everywhere to work the way he does and would have an invite to some function or another every third day

[the-physicality]

https://thehockeynews.com/womens/pwhl/watch-montreals-full-pwhl-free-agent-signing-press-conference

i hope this is as new and wonderful to you as it was to me :)

#marie philip poulin handshake emoji laura stacey new line centered i'm sorry my french #pwhl montreal #marie philip poulin #laura stacey #ann renee desbiens #the hockey news dot com you are forgiven but only like 1/3 #because on the one hand i did find the stacey presser but it was in a different article #at the same time i also found this free agent presser in full which i appreciate #BUT you do not upload these things to you tube #AND they are basically impossible to download through inspect element #because the website is built in such a weird way #like just use wordpress like everybody else thank you #ALSO you only tag these posts as pwhl not pwhl montreal #so i can either search by player tag and potentially miss something team related #or i can scroll through every pwhl post you've ever made from newest to oldest #unfortunately some of these are literally ripped from the pwhl website which i think is a bad practice at least write your own descriptions #of the three stars of the week #if you couldn't tell i work in marketing by all my posts complaining about the social medias i hope this seals the deal

[cosettepontmercys]

begging people (authors, publishers, etc.) to realize that there is more to classic retellings than just taking the tropes in a book and lifting up very basic character information from the original plot without also trying to expand upon the original author's intended themes/social commentary

#post: personal #this is very bitchy and i recognize that and probably makes no sense bc my brain is mush at this point #but like .... begging emma retellings to realize that there IS an element of social commentary ! #begging people to realize pride and prejudice & r+j aren't JUST enemies to lovers #etc etc etc #also thinking about how some authors are like “i wrote a retelling 🤍 but i haven't read the original source” #this isn't about lies we sing etc btw i haven't read it

[chubs-deuce]

[Chubs will remember that.]

#I felt nothing bc this was digital but also felt everything bc it still felt so personal and real and the gesture itself was meaningful #I'm more socially deprived than I thought it would seem bc that hug sat glowing in my heart for several hours after the fact #vrchat #original art #my art #digital art #I can't recall what their avatars looked like exactly anymore but I know one of them had a custom one with short glowy purple hair #and I think the other one had red in it somewhere? #also not even sure if the purple one had any furry elements but p much most avatars I've seen do so... :'D

[unfriendlyamazon]

lol maybe how i hunt for fanfiction is different from everyone else but the thought of doing weird math to prove a fic is good or not when there's a million gems that don't enough hits/kudos for whatever reason you're going to get a much better indication of quality and appeal from the tags and summary than you ever will from stats like that

#also... don't be afraid to read something that isn't very good? #it's just a weird concept to me to guarantee freshness from a fanfic #you're asking a bunch of weirdos tip tapping away at their computers exposing their favorite storytelling elements for anyone to see #it's not all going to be award winning #it's not all going to appeal to you #and that's cool #i feel like this is a symptom of content based fandom of the new social media age

[compacflt]

Okay, so I was re-reading your Slider one-shot for like the twentieth time, and what really struck me (beyond the brilliance of your writing, and the way you’ve presented the disillusionment of growing up, expecting the world to be a certain way, only to realize that life doesn’t quite work out the way you think it will, when you’re seventeen), is the casual sexism just tossed ‘round by our main characters!! :o We have canonical evidence of both Ice and Mav being pretty sexist (what with “the plaque for the alternates is in the ladies’ room” and the downright stalker-ish behavior exhibited by Mav at the O-club…), but it still surprised me a lil’ when twenty-y/o Ice was just like: “The Soviet Union did the impossible and taught women to drive” —and I realized that ah, he truly was born in 1959, or something. There’s little scenes throughout your story where I find myself wondering, which one of them is better, in this sense: When Ice tells Mav that Sarah isn’t talking to him ‘cause of his combat kills, justifies it by saying: “You know how women are”, and Mav tells him all women aren’t the same… I thought that maybe, it was Mav; but then later, Ice shows a distinctive amount of empathy for Juno, sees and respects her for the skilled pilot that she is… and I thought that maybe, it’s Ice after all—he does seem to be more progressive and accepting than Mav, in general? It also made me wonder, that if either of them had been a woman, would they even have respected the other person enough to consider them to be a rival??—or would it have a been a mildly-amusing circus side show for them, to have a female pilot at TOPGUN?

Ty for the ask anon!! ice is more socially progressive than mav yes.

But—maybe this is my experience growing up in one of the bluest counties in Commiefornia and then going to one of the most leftist-coded colleges in one of the most leftist-coded cities in The World; uhh, even if a white man votes D all the time & has professional respect for women/minorities to their faces etc, get him in a room with a bunch of other white men, especially in a masculine and competitive environment like the gym or the navy, and uh. progressive or not, what you get is a lot of “The Soviet Union did the impossible & taught women to drive.”

And it was the 1980s. (As a reminder, in top gun’s 1986, less than 45% of Americans even approved of interracial marriage.) It sucks to say it, but if Ice was making fun of Cougar for quitting the navy cause of his psych issues such as they may be, and openly calling bullshit on Maverick’s MiG story in front of everyone, I am quite confident in saying he Would Not respect a female pilot to her face—if they were the same rank. At the same rank, it’s a competition. All weaknesses, even perceived biological ones, are to be exploited and called to attention. —But, once he’s advanced in rank, proven his own superiority, he’s more inclined to favor a meritocratic “sex doesn’t matter just fly good” attitude, ergo his relationship w/ “Juno” (she’s just a literary symbol to show that Ice may have respect for other minorities in the Navy “your career speaks for itself” but NOT FOR HIMSELF as a closeted man). This “who cares about gender/race just fly good” attitude is probably where 50s+ Maverick lands too, which is why no issues with Phoenix.

but jesus GOD maverick is a sexist in the original Top Gun. That’s why I wrote the prologue to WWGATTAI—a part of me definitely believes both he and Ice are definitively queer, but a part of me also wonders, are they just also conditioned to dismiss women as intellectual/societal equals because of their time in the 1980s male-dominated Navy? CAN they really only have a truly equal relationship with another man? I have no idea what my Ice’s sexual orientation is for exactly this reason. Yes, he’s functionally gay by the end of it, and that’s what I keep calling him—but sexuality is fluid & complicated. It’s definitely more-than possible he’s mostly straight and it’s just the circumstances of his wildly intense trauma-bond relationship with Maverick that led to their relationship as I wrote it. If you don’t LIKE/understand/respect women, and only feel at home/excited by committing acts of male-typified violence with the few men you respect, how does that bend your definition of the word straight? ...its still straight, but only straight-ish!

not to take it a step further, but WHY ELSE is canon maverick single in TGM? he canonically can’t make it work with women until he retires from the navy!!! he doesnt know how!!! His military environment is not conducive to normal long-term relationships with civilian women!!!

#and it’s well well documented that career military service does this to you! #Jesus look at cops. 40% etc. #yeah mil/LEO relationships with women are historically quite bad. #if you only respect men & then a man comes onto you—might be easier to sustain that relationship than with a woman you do not respect #I forget where i read it but this is the element of the homosocial vs the homosexual. i want to say Foucault but I think thats incorrect #EVE KOSOFSKY SEDGWICK. from her 'between men: English literature & male homosocial desire.' I think she's the preeminent homosocial scholar #if ur interested in 'further reading' not to sound like a geek #fellas is it gay to like women #after all…women kiss men…so if u kiss a woman ur kissing something that’s kissed another man…gay #ice (mid-makeout): well mavericks kissed women before so really this is the most heterosexual thing i could do #anyway #pete maverick mitchell #tom iceman kazansky #top gun #top gun maverick #icemav #asks #edts notes #mav is a social libertarian live & let live & keep the govt out of my bedroom (except for my marriage license uwu) #ice is a social moderate liberal. donates to actblue firmly believes diversity is the militarys greatest strength etc. #(i hope this isn’t too provocative to say but) look at ices outfit in tgm. libcoded. those gay little round glasses? solid lib. #the interracial marriage stat is from Gallup btw; 94% in 2021. weve come a long way. a lot has changed since 1986. #but our fav characters are FROM 1986 too so... we still cant forget that

[stories-by-rie]

hello :3 anyone doing camp nano and wants to be buddies? i'm looking for someone to maybe write together with and to motivate each other perhaps! so each their individual project but bonding over the writing together! maybe doing sprints together and stuff like that?

#writeblr #writing community #nanowrimo #camp nano april #i don't have the social energy to talk A LOT #but like gently nudging each other and just talking about projects and hyping each other up for motivation #just a real buddy :3 #feel free to dm me! #i'm writing steampunk fantasy with mystery elements!

[hoofpeet]

Fun thing to think about it regards to replacement ingo . Considering how bad Emmet is at lying/acting in general he'd probably have fucked up all his social relationships by like month 6. From one day to the next he's just?? Inexplicably adverse to his brother all the sudden. Doesn't really talk to him makes up an excuse to leave whenever he enters a room. Everyone assumes that they just had a big fight but as Emmet gets progressively more paranoid and withdrawn, probably starts being really loose with the coverup thing out of desperation to have any sort of healthy outlet for grieving and starts telling people that he [sugar] is NOT ingo. Which is true but probably makes everyone else assume he's insane

#still thinking abt this how fucked up would that be #1) need to establish that emmet is very much like. hyper anxious and paranoid #he completely withdraws from his social life and stops talking to depot agents. friendily #so like. he's the one acting weird and hostile while [sugar] is mimicking ingo well enough to pass as normal #so naturally everyone [except 4eelesa] assumes Emmet's getting weird and crazy #so emmet just gets progressively more withdrawn and holes himself up in his room all day #ofc mostly like. self punishment. bc he still believes he pushed ingo away #so keeps doing it to other people --> hates himself for ot --> does it to punish himself #also an element of i imagine. why is nobody noticing that ingo is gone !! why am i the only one missing him !! #(gets unreasonably mad that hes the only one grieving his brother)

[sayhoneysiren]

connecting with air spirit

1. advance your verbal communication skills. develop your verbal communication skills (words, speech, writing) and nonverbal communication skills (body language, laughing, crying, etc), to be better understood by others, and to also get a clearer understanding of other people as well.

2. bond. be open to companionship, friendship, harmonizing and building connections with others, as well as yourself. healthy friendships and relationships can truly bring out the chemistry of life.

3. create your reality. your word is the most powerful tool you have that manifest’s your reality. words are spells, so don’t curse yourself. speak of the heaven you wish to experience and you’ll have that.

4. don’t take life too seriously. be playful. be mischievous. be tricky. be experimental. be different. laugh. escape the drama. stay joyous.

5. take a different route. spice your life up by doing something different than you normally do. eat a new meal. drive on a new road. explore a new shop. watch a new movie.

6. learn more. when something peaks your interest, dive a little deeper and learn more about it. (ex: watch the animal channel. read psychology/spirituality books. take a class.)

7. teach. share your knowledge with others in a way that best suits you. (talking, writing, music, etc). being a mentor and sharing your spiritual knowledge and wisdom, can help assist others to a greater path.

8. be elusive. loose your self limiting perception yourself and just be whatever you want to be in the moment.

9. be innovative. forget the box you’re tryna fit into and create your own lane. combine and mix all the things that you love and own it.

10. find a solution. think like a scientist. there’s always a way to find a answer to every problem. try out everything and don’t be afraid of making mistakes, because in the end you’ll always have the solution.

#sayhoneysiren #air spirit #astrology #zodiac #astro notes #astrology observations #gemini #libra #aquarius #air signs #air #air element #airbenders #verbal communication #writing #reading #books #journaling #friends #socializing #extroverts #yang #masculine energy #masculine #divine masculine #witchcraft #air witch #elements #mentor #spirituality

[zytes]

brokenstate

#hard asf to format for social media; cropped significantly #I’ll post some detail images too - but it’ll be missing the stacks since they’re so tall #been planning this series for a while #fucked-up amalgamated man made infrastructure + pristine natural elements #my art #glitch art #aesthetic #art #artwork #glitchcore #webcore #internetcore #abstract #artists on tumblr #glitch aesthetic #abstract photography #infrastructure #architecture #abstract architecture #distortioncore #digital art #digital photography

[clonerightsagenda]

Bujold: In a few generations there will be an entire planet full of telepathic men who hate women religiously.

Me: Elaborate on that

Bujold: No

#kat reads the vorkosigan saga #Ethan closing the book out with malpractice on a planetary scale #yeah let's give everyone on the planet experimental telepathy for kicks! #though I suppose if they're not overdosing on that one chemical it doesn't matter #life on Athos is portrayed very chill and nice as long as you do not let any of these people interact with women ever #and YET I struggle to believe that a religious separatist group founded in misogyny and obsession with sin #does not have other fucked up elements #beyond the whole having to earn social credits to get kids thing but beta colony also does that so it's not unique to them #like. we can assume what kinds of people the founding fathers were. that's gotta leave a societal mark

[leolaroot]

lds church will have you shunning your nonmember family members but convince you its them shunning YOU.

#like not exaggerating they have you build wvery single element of your life into the church so even social family time is religious #and then tell you your family is acting unreasonable for not wanting to spend time with you and theyre trying to estrange you etc