#take these memes

[nakiaslilhoodoo]

Louis de Pointe du Lac when Louis du fond de l'océan walks in

#TAKE THESE MEMES #FUCKING TAKE IT #iwtv 2022 #loustat #louis de pointe du lac #lestat de lioncourt #louis de pointe du black #claudia #jacob anderson #it means Louis from the bottom of the ocean by the way

[ciderbird]

academic bias is so funny because you’ll be reading about the same historical event and one person is like “Despite the troubles that befell his homeland and near constant criticism of the court King Blorbo remained strong in the face of adversity” and the other one is like “after letting his people carry the brunt of his cringefail decisions Blorbo the Shitface refused to listen to any reason and continued to be a warmongering piece of shit. Also he was ugly.”

#historians are out there beefing with ppl who died over 200 years ago. good for them #history #history memes #this isn’t really about anyone in particular #but I did read the most hilariously bitter takes on alexander I #not that it’s hard to poke fun at his vanity and indicisive nature but like. he was just a poor little meow meow #although I have some weird grudges against dead ppl as well *cough* Catherine II *cough*

[talaricula]

Things I've seen tumblr memeing about James Somerton doing à la "How did no one see how bigoted he was!" as if those things haven't been a significant part of tumblr culture for over a decade :

Presenting untrue and bordering on conspiratorial versions of (queer or otherwise marginalised) history without any sources

Completely disregarding and disrespecting any expertise on socio-cultural topics/humanities and distrusting academics and historians (incl. acting as if no academics or historians could be queer or marginalised)

Downplaying the role misogyny played in the historical oppression of queer women and concluding that queer men must have been more oppressed than queer women

Bi women are, at best, not as queer as "real" queer ppl, and at worst, simply equivalent to straight women

Despite nominal trans inclusivity, transmasculine ppl are functionally women when convenient (combined with the above, bi transmascs are functionally straight women)

Despite nominal trans inclusivity (bis), shamelessly attacking, threatening and actively endangering any trans woman who questions them or smth they find important (often by unfairly presenting her as violent or as a threat)

Having absolutely fucking wild and reductive takes about ace ppl, the oppression they face and their place in the queer community

Stating that marriage equality is an assimilationist fight while completely ignoring its direct roots in the horrifying consequences of the AIDS crisis for partners of ppl who died of AIDS

Praising western media creators from the past for queer coding even under censure and in the same breath condemning current non western media creators for being homophobic bc their representation isn't explicit enough

Blaming China for all existing homophobic censoring in western media

Assuming all queer media would be better told by western creators and by western standards

Only out queer ppl get to tell queer stories

Heavily criticising almost all queer media created by women or ppl they see as such (see above points about trans ppl) or involving/starring a significant amount of women for any perceived or real amount of "problematicness", but fawning over and praising and negating criticism of queer media created by and starring mostly or even functionally exclusively men (even when it could be argued that, you know, not involving/seriously sidelining women is a pretty clear example of misogyny which should probably be considered "problematic")

And I'm probably forgetting stuff or there's stuff I have internalised myself and don't recognise as an issue

Like idk but I feel like the takeaway from Hbomberguy and Toddintheshadow's videos should maybe be "be aware of such patterns in your communities bc they definitely exist" and not "this guy is uniquely awful" and I feel like a lot of the discussion I've seen surrounding this has been severely failing at that. Most ppl who've spent any significant amount of time on tumblr prob either have internalised at least one of those thought patterns, have had to de-internalise them, or have had to be extremely vigilant to not internalise them (which is done by, you know, seeking out other sources, which also seemed like an important takeaway from the videos)

#Also I'm saying this as someone who actually watched quite a few of Somerton's videos #And noticed those patterns and stopped watching bc I recognised them from here #and had already learned to unlearn them after being so exposed to them here #And tbh I think anyone who hasn't had the luck or made the conscious choice to seek out ppl who pushed against those narratives #Would absolutely have fallen for this man's bullshit. Like let's not kid ourselves we see takes like this every day on this hellsite #2014 me would have. For sure. #This is next to the plagiarism issue which as Harris points out is an Internet wide issue and this includes tumblr #James Somerton #hbomberguy #todd in the shadows #This brought to you by a conversation with my wife yesterday #So many ppl on here don't deserve to meme or be this self absolvingly critical of this man #The call is coming from inside the house #The man has a tumblr it would legit not surprise me if some of the things he supposedly made up himself he did actually get from somewhere #And that somewhere was a tumblr post

[rrez-art]

My contribution to the show

#scott pilgrim vs the world #scott pilgrim takes off #scott pilgrim #ramona flowers #meme #fanart

[randomfandomss]

#good omens #go s2 spoilers #good omens s2 #good omens season 2 #good omens memes #aziraphale #crowley #aziracrow #aziraphale x crowley #ineffable husbands #lmao ive seen a lot of these going around idk if this has been done yet anyway heres my take #it is literally the reverse that happened #i joked about it before the season released that what if after every crowley gies to super mega hell whatever 😭😭😭😭😭 #did not age well

[diamondsunbursts-and-marblehalls]

"the dumb kids" otherwise known as

gatekeep girlboss gaslight

malewife mansplain manipulate

#they are a meme #this is them in that order #im not taking constructive critisism #percy jackson #annabeth chase #grover underwood #percy jackson and the olympians #percy jackon and the olympians #pjo #pjo tv show #the lightning thief #episode 6

[teathattast]

Thieves Guild

#cats #cat memes #funny cats #funny cat memes #cats of tumblr #taking it back to my roots

[16woodsequ]

#covid recovery is taking a long time y'all #writing #writing meme #fanfic #brain fog #fanfic meme #fanfiction

[silveme]

Step #1 to unlimited power: limber up ✅

#the hyperfixation is taking over #more spot art is on the way btw #the spot #astv #across the spiderverse #spiderverse #astv the spot #meme #spiderman #original art

[purplepixel]

I did the meme. The world is not ready for them

#tony would 100% adopt donnie #if i had a nickel for every character i obssessed over that solves problems through their intelligence and tech #and has a prosthetic like device they created #that could take over the world if they tried #bonus points if they accidently created an evil robot #rottmnt #marvel #rottmnt meme #steven universe meme #pixels tortle art #my art #rottmnt donnie #tony stark #mcu #rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #rise of the tmnt #tmnt #rottmnt fanart #marvel fanart #save rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #rottmnt marvel crossover

[ringosmistress]

#this is doing numbers #follow me for more beatles bangers guys #god john was on something back then #john can't possibly hate octopus's garden more than maxwell's silver hammer #poor ringo #what was paul's take on that octopus song #i love it though #loved that scene where george was helping ringo with that song #made me believe in starrison #peace and love everyone #the beatles #john lennon #paul mccartney #george harrison #ringo starr #beatles #memes

[dapper-lil-arts]

Was thinking of Applejack trying to resist Rarity's flirting to be gentleman-like and this came out lmao.

#rarijack #rarity #applejack #granny smith #YOU MUST RESIST HER FEMININE WILES APPLEJACk #pony posting #mlp #mlp gen 4 #mlp fanart #my little pony #friendship is magic #comic #meme #rarijack brain taking over #celestia #princess celestia

[bilesandthesourwolf]

me - any time i feel sleepy - in the year of our lord 2023:

#well take a nap #THEN FIRE THE MISSILES #if youre not old enough to know what this is then i cant help you #meme #dank meme #mine

[tadfools]

Make sure to check your kid's Halloween candy this year!!! I just opened my son's snickers bar and found an astral tadpole that could have unlocked his illithid potential!!!!

#baldur’s gate 3 #bg3 #baldur’s gate iii #bg3 memes #bg3 shitpost #baldur’s gate #if any of you clowns take this you better link it back to me #If I see another one of my posts on Instagram I'm gonna be mad #halloween

[claie171art]

Undertale but the meta narrative is a democracy

#my take on that chat what do we think meme #undertale #undertale fanart #ut fanart #frisk #frisk dreemurr #frisk undertale #chara #chara undertale #claie #my art #digital art

[biggest-gaudiest-patronuses]

going through my old journals as part of therapy homework and i'm reading a section written in the emotional wreckage of a full-on breakdown when i get hit with this line:

There is never a satisfying answer to ‘Why didn’t they love me?’

like wow babe. good fucking point

#like you were on the ground biting the carpet and dry sobbing while you wrote that and still. good fucking point #not a shitpost #cptsd #and it's true. there's never a satisfying answer #the truth is i know why i wasn't loved #i analyzed my parent's traumas and abuse to death. i understand why i alienated and was alienated from my siblings #i know why my mom was too overwhelmed to be capable of nurturing #i know why my dad vanished into addiction and avoidance #the details of our cycles of trauma and cptsd and family history i have a phd in all of it #i understood perfectly. i spent years studying and now i knew the answer #and guess what? IT WAS NOT SATISFYING!!! #because they still didn't love me! and i still couldn't change that! #it was still a completely unsatisfying state of affairs! #so like. when the people who are supposed to love you...don't. #when the people who are supposed to take care of you...fail to #you can look for answers and reasons and explanations #but that's not actually going to FIX your situation. #and it's probably not within your ability TO fix the situation. (and definitely not your job) #because you don't need answers--you need a new situation #*inserts Just Walk Out. You Can Leave!!! (Running Skeleton) Meme* #and yes. walking out isn't always possible. #but for you i hope it will be one day soon. and i hope you build the courage to take that leap. #stepping away from the people who failed to love you...it feels like being untethered but also like being lighter than air #new and scary. immensely relieving. the future opens up. empty but empty like a canvas. blindingly bright until your eyes adjust #like climbing out of a pit you called home and for the first time realizing how bright the light of day can truly be #when you aren't just getting glimpses from the bottom of a hole