#talk to a friend - slaves

[moghedien]

"Women who could channel were dangerous animals rather than people."

honestly cracking up laughing at this thought from Egeanin because like, famous last words for someone about to get Wondergirled

like she is so deep in her Seanchan indoctrination even like up to the moment that she met Elayne and Nynaeve, and they really just broke her by being nice to her and treating her like a person, all while openly claiming to be Aes Sedai

#like the evil marathdamane treated her more like a person than the seanchan slave in this chapter does #of course having Elayne and Nynaeve just talk casually with her #and bicker with each other in front of her in non-serious ways and chatting casually with 'servants' and commoners like they're all friends #and having little moments where they all reach for spoons and forks the second they're alone because they don't know how to use chopsticks #even though eating like that isn't supposed to be proper and they'er all like grinning because they know theyre gonna choose to be vulgar #like OF COURSE they broke Egeanin and made her treasonous #this is like the first time that people with even an ounce of power treated her like a human being #and these people are supposed to be the MOST corrupt with power being Aes Sedai and Elayne being royalty #of course they broke her #i love her so much #wheel of time #wot book spoilers #egeanin tamarath #shadow rising #elayne trakand #nynaeve al'meara

[emelinstriker]

bro i'm actually fuckin crying

i was having anxiety the entire night over more random people from the other blog pulling up in my inbox and harassing me over shit i've already explained, but i woke up to like 4 messages and all rather wholesome and aren't accusing me

the fact that i haven't cried a single fuckin time the past 1-2 weeks of me knowing about this bullshit and just bottled it all up- and it just all comes all crashing the fuck down after seeing the sudden overwhelming support of people that actually read and understand context

it's literally only 6am here and i'm bawling my eyes out

i love every single one of you who isn't blindly jumping in on the fuckin hate train i wasn't even supposed to know about :'D

will be responding to them once i'm back in my room after school! fghfndghdfg already read through them tho, but i gotta go in a bit and can't type it all out hgfdgnfdhgnhdfg

#emelin qna #esau qna #been practically crying for an entire hour at this point #the entire fucking time i felt like the only ones defending me were my friends i talked in vc with #and they all got pissed the more we saw of this #like we talked about the entire thing since the start and i was even going to post an entire response to the first vague rant #to clarify things and tag the blog involved since they didn't tag me #i literally still have the entire finished response in my drafts #but then the 2nd rant dropped and i saw how many people were just randomly agreeing with them fully #even when you could literally tell they never even investigated anything themselves #even people that used to interact with me decided to blindly join in #again- without anyone telling me about it even happening #and they're probably still looking for excuses to rant on me about “pedophilia” and “slaves” when i've literally already clarified shit #which is why i said that at this point the topic has hit a brickwall #cuz at this point they're just invalidating my own points just so they get more validation themselves

[moash]

i feel like the vibe of the wob is kind of just that brandon hasn’t really thought about it or considered that people still care, but the more people ask these kinds of things the more he will know we ARE waiting for him to deliver on these issues

#i think if you don’t want to write a story about class dynamics then don’t #but don’t write a story about class dynamics and then abandon it half way #when i was talking to my irl friend about this; he enjoyed that the society was flawed and didn’t think it needed to be fixed #as part of the main plot. and to an extent i agree. that it could get cheesy to just solve all of society’s problems #(like jasnah freeing the slaves IMO) #but at the same time brandon DID make the story ABOUT those issues with the kaladin and moash plot lines #he DECIDED to make the story about that already #he doesn’t need to solve all society’s issues #but if he fails to show a good continuation of those ideas then it IS bad writing #captain america tony you chose to do that gif #the stormlight archive

[hauntingblue]

Try not to make fights between two women look homoerotic challenge level impossible

#if franky isnt good with swords why does he have a sword on his mecha 💀 just for the shogun bit #inu inu fruit??? he is just like inuyasha... omg.... crossover of my favourite things.... yamato i love you..... #yamato eating the protector deity of wano fruit.... calling himself oden.... his father must be fuming he is the antithesis of his person #obv its very much on purposes but lmao rip bozo (kaido) you didnt think much about that one.... maybe the deity of wano wants its people to #be free and not slaves of a weapons industry idk.... #not olvia omg... and saul.... and clover... they changed little robin's name.... and her mom's voice is the same as hers lmao it's too much #robin said this is way too nice.... can't be real #once again thinking about robin holding her mothers hand..... and becoming an archeologist to make her proud.... the hands.... #but now it's not about her mom now its about her friends.... also her childish heart omg.... truly #talking tag #watching one piece #episode 1042 #robin defending sanji's honor akdjsks #robin that was so slay... take care tho.... ily.... until next time #luffy on the floor passed out having a tantrum about food. incredible #fucking caribou again.... DIEEE!!!! #MOMO FLY AGAIN!!!! GET OVER YOUR FEAR OF HEIGHTS #also yesterday i was showering and thinking about like dying like this cant be right... i am on thay level.... #episode 1043 #'i am not soft on women' oh yeah i bet... #see how good armor haki would have been here..... i have been saying this #robin's face..... strongest element in all of one piece..... #robin wanting to become strong for someone else.... just like nami..... #OHHHH SHIT!!!!!!! she said i wanna be with my friends 😁 -> 😈 #that was so cool. also black maria is DEAD. that was a CLUTCH WWE STYLE. DAMN. robin getting there by thinking about his friends :))) #what love and human connection do to a mf (positively) #OH SHINOBU'S ABILITY.... MOMO..... OMG #episode 1044 #robin ily that was so cool. call me any time btw.

[offsidekineticist]

💎💎💎 - Kadee for Gillys, if you'd like!

I am going to preface this with: I love Kadee. Every version of Theo loves Kadee. Qweck doesn't trust Kadee's power, but she likes Kadee as a person.

Giliys...is a hypocrite with unprocessed trauma and projection issues.

Giliys's expression closes off.  "Junior? She's done a good job hasn't she? Of convincing everyone she was Areelu's victim, I mean. Real slick PR team she's got there. Even Thay's fallen for it - he loves her. Would probably adopt her if she wasn't a grown-ass fucking adult.

Don't get me wrong, I wouldn't wish being raised by that bitch on anyone. It fucking sucked, i'm sure. But don't go and tell me that being tortured was all she fucking did. Areelu treated her as her kid, for fuck's sake. You gonna tell me the architect of the worldwound didn't teach her kid how to mangle a few souls? Nah. When someone like that's got her eye on you, it's not enough just to fuck up your insides. She makes you fuck up other people's insides.

And like, it'd be one thing if Junior fucking owned it, even if she hates herself for what she did and shit. But she just sits there playing the victim with the godlike powers Mommy gave her like she never helped her fuck up a "test subject" or two.

It's just fucking infuriating. Like, the way everyone loves her - is everyone fucking crazy? Like how the fuck am I the only one who gets how this shit fucking works? Do they nor get now dangerous she is? Someone that slick with divine powers - am I only the one who sees the problem? Just - ugh. Shit like this makes me get why people join up with the fucking red bug guys. They're fucking nuts, but they at least wouldn't fall for this shit."

#ok so tldr on whats actually going on here #giliys is talking about his own guilt and experience as a kid growing up in slavery #he tends to assume his experiences are universal #which they arent #even among Chelaxian slaves his experiences are unusual #so instead of seeing kadee #he sees himself #and hes not too fond of himself #hence this bizarre out of left field wtf thing #oc: giliys #friend's oc #oc: Kadira Storadottir #pwotr pals #pathfinder wotr #knight-commander oc #ask game #thanks for the ask!

[hella1975]

i know i complain about my job but that's bc it IS a job not a hobby alas there are silver linings to it and one of those by far is how genuinely happy my work friends are to see me whenever i come back from uni. like the one girl im really close with gave me a massive hug and was fuming with me when i told her im only back for the one shift (she also tackled me to the kitchen floor and all the chefs conveniently 'didn't see anything' when i appealed for witnesses 😐) and the Bar Boys as they've come to be named like a fucked up pub boyband (we obviously have a lot of bar staff but there's a couple lads that are there most often and are also around my age and are all like. the really endearing actually sweet kind of fuckboy? strawberry guy is one of them. im not proud of myself) were all so happy to see me bc a lot of us went out together on new year's and they all get weirdly excited asking about how uni is etc and it's all very flirty but like. the jokey platonic kind yk. and the kp that's SO rude to almost all of the waitresses except her favourites literally shouted 'oi where the bloody hell have you been???' over several other people when she saw me and she's so chatty to me to the point it impacts my work lmao and i was joking with all the chefs bc im mates with a couple of them and there was a lot of 'oh god she's back' from the lads and just excited squeals of my name from the girls and strawberry guy came over to me when i was having a drink at the bar after work and tried to convince me to come in tomorrow to see him again before i go to uni even though i live miles away in the sticks and yeah. i love them lol

#like coming back to my hometown has so few positives for me #if my mum wasnt here i truly dont think id ever fucking come back unless i was DRAGGED #so that's truly why i come back. to earn money and to see my mum that's IT #and that was always the plan when i got this job like i have a very healthy respect for the difference between a job and a hobby #and before this job id never even LIKED the jobs i did i genuinely just thought it was normal to hate your job and hate your colleagues #but as much as i slag the pub off i just really really like it #i love the work i love that im good at it and i love love love the staff #like this is the first time my colleagues are also my friends and it makes such a difference #bc we go out with each other outside of work and we talk about EVERYTHING (ive said it before and ill say it again #NO ONE has gossip like the floor staff of a pub do) and we have a laugh AT work #and it's FUN it's genuinely a fun way to make money #so when im in a town that i despise where i dont feel happy or even comfortable with my hometown mates anymore #it's very easy to feel lonely and depressed and all those things ive associated with my hometown #so yeah idk. i guess im trying to explain why all those things in this post that are just very basic friendly interactions #are actually so sweet and hopeful for me in particular #hella slaves to capitalism #hella goes home

[yellow-yarrow]

Ok I went and spoiled the rest of the Carol and the end of the world episodes for myself and I was right. It sucks

#i have an friend who i dont talk to often eho is depressed who said they liked this show.... #girl. this show is wrong about human nature & the economy & its painfully american plus its fake deep. take my hand #you wont find fullfillment in slaving at a pointless office job. the other alternative is not hedonism. there is a better way to live

[mj1343]

Do you ever see an analysis of a media so wrong that even though you dont normally care about the media you HAVE to come to its aid

#rambling #the stanley parable #a friend after playing the game for the first time was getting edits with the countdown ending pissed narrator #and was confused #because he didnt think the narrator was a villan #and some people were saying obviously hes a villan #hes manipulating you #the sadness when you get the out of body experience? #thats just him gaslighting you to get back on track #you are his plaything for his entertainment #and i was like. #this is the most dismissive reading of the story i have ever seen #stanley and the narrator are both dynamic characters #the narrator isnt GASLIGHTING YOU hes DEPRESSED about his friend dissapearing #you are his conduit to tell a story not his plaything slave #or the skip button #my friend said he talked about philosophy and things he was into for ages #and the person went. well what would you do if your toy broke? #he sat there repeating the same word for years #LIKE #HE SAT THERE BECAUSE HE WAS BROKEN BECAUSE HIS FRIEND BECAME STAGNANT FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS #HE HAD NOTHING LEFT #yes they fight but theyre foils #the compliment eachother #its SO dismissive to read the story as just #the narrator is evil. he controls stanley for his story. #plus EVERYTHING in ultra deluxe #if tsp is the nuances of storytelling ultra deluxe is the nuances of game design and legacy and and and #THIS IS NOT THAT SIMPLE OF A GAME #(and also the friend was getting tiktok edits of countdown ending narrator bc. of course. countdown ending.

[shiningclown69]

Stella is so funny in this panel she's just going off

"The AUDACITY of him to whine about not having a gf and then forgetting to respect his gf when he has one" she doesn't even wanna refer to his name 😭

Her sudden change in tone too...like

"Noooo baby you're really handsome and sweet 🥰😘😚 Unlike that NASTY, ANNOYING Riven 😡😡😡🤬🤬🤬" like she's about to punch this man for making Musa sad (again)

AND LOOK AT BRANDON DEFENDING RIVEN IM CRYINGGGG 😭😭😭😭

"You know what Riven is like....he has his 'off' days..." thats alot of off days no offense brandon

#it turned out to be justified #riven was a good boy all along #could have been better if he was more ok with OPEN COMMUNICATION #>:(((( #also the guys have male presenting n*pples amazing #the tv show could never #jester talks about stuff #also this plot is truly...um... #it involves kidnapping of young women to be trafficked as slaves #dodgy handling of topic aside musa almost gets captured thru an online love scam #but the worst part is riven trying to infiltrate the grp as a spy #WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS #if anyth this shows how poor law enforcement is in magix (just like irl! wow!) #riven is literally a minor!!!! you idiot just bc ur muscular doesnt mean you try this nonense!!! #musa is literally super powerful but still gets captured what do you think is gonna happen to you if your plan failed!!!! #this dumbass #everything turned out fine in the end but the plot is p harrowing and too real #i guess they were trying to educate children on the dangers of online friends and meeting with them irl #whether they handled that well is questionable

[lesbicastagna]

permission to bitch and moan about a random post by some self proclaimed historian on the site famous for its shitty and biased discussions of history?

prefacing by saying that i think this is actually a really interesting discussion to have and that i've seen and read actual historians talk about this topic with the nuance it deserves.

but i cannot help but perceive this type of posts in bad faith as the use of words like "glorifying" is completely lost:

also this kind of post is obv made to stir and attack and doesn't want an honest discussion about women in historical contexts so like. no point at all except being a "white rich women bad" moment which i can understand like this is a silly website. but it grinds my gears.

i'm taking the example of marie antoniette but obv this can be broadened to most major historical figures. discussion of her context and her personality and individuality and how it played a part in the first downfall of monarchy it's not excusing or glorifying her actions. ultimately we have a Lot more personal informations about and by "rich white women" than any other woman who lived in historical contexts because they were the ones who knew how to write. it's not some stereotype perpetuated by contemporary scholars to write and discuss about only rich nobles because they like it lol. and also if you actually studied history in any higher than high school level you would see the efforts that have been made to recover the voices and testimony of the lower classes and other marginalized individuals.

i dont understand the point of making this type of harsh complaints that not only suck out all the "fun" of studying history by realizing how and why all people during all eras were individuals with feelings like ours, but also that are just plain embarassing. you get all your history sources on tiktok that you think this treatment is given only to pretty white rich women? lol

#usamericans study their history at baby level and get away with who cares they all owned slaves lol 😎 im so very woke and nuanced #and then apply this to everything else like did you know??? that monarchies were problematic? so i wont study them LIKE #this is not in defense of marie antoniette whatever that means. as if shes my friend and i could possibly do that #but its not surprising that her figure still holds a fascination. id rather talk about that. how she became the simbol #of a dying concept of politics. she was prepared all her life for a role that was already on its dying breaths #executed for doing the exact same things her family and all european monarchs had done for generations #a #op is a writer btw. not fully historical from what i know thank god lol #WHAT you think versailles is interesting?? how dare you piss on the poor

[sappho-knight]

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#commentary #last night i was talking with a mutual about #how if my friends had to pick someone from their friend group to make a slave #i am top contender for servitude #and its living in my head rent free right now #as somehow one of the ultimate expressions of love #mutual also picked me to serve her #and then held me to sleep after #so #really #put a collar on me and hug me to sleep #and show me how much the world really loves me please #im so #uuu i wanna be that for a girl so bad begging....

[hauntingblue]

:)

#LETSGOOO MOMOOOOOOOOOOOOO #luffy grabbing lightning bolts... nami youve got competition.... #kaido saying roger and oden didnt have devil fruits and how you cant conquer the world with one... well they are also dead. rip bozos #NOOOO HIYORIIIIIII SOMEONE KILL THIS MAN!!!! #JESUS CHRIST THAT PUNCH!!! onigashima is on the way. move it. he is too used to zoro.... #talking tag #watching one piece #episode 1074 #the new opening is cute... wish the different scenes could be longer bc i have been sotpping to see them well akdhaks #can someone PLEASE help hiyori..... there are too many people just chilling DENJIRO!!!!!! FUCK YES!!!! but now pleaseeee finish him off... #omg the ballon ajdksjjs wish fullfilled!!!! YEAAHHH MOMOOOOOO #the samurais praying to luffy.... do i even need to make a post about luffy as a god now.... it's just like plain obvious and not bc of nik #episode 1075 #kaido lore??? did he betray rocks pirates??? the fucking witch again??? how tf did she orchestrate all this. #she started how the value of someone is determined by war. which considering this is a shonen and strength is everything... i appreciate it #which might be why kaido is such a good antagonist to luffy. he wants people to live as slaves to make weapons and create wars #the strong ones get to be soldiers and act out that war. and kaido enjoys fighting also.... luffy on the other hand sees people for what #they are and the freedom they should have and he will beat kaido by not engaging in his style of fighting to be the strongest but by being #the silliest. literally. its just too good. #<- official analysis for now i guess #oh jesus..... LETSGOOO MOMOOOOOO omg luffy can see the wishes..... FUCK YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH #luffy wishing for a world where his friends get to eat whatever they want.... oof..... tama..... #i have realised before the timeskip i cried bc situations were sad but ever since fishman island i have teared up bc of happiness.... #like at the end of fishman island and now... wait except wci but that was a drama so one exception #episode 1076

[noxtivagus]

i will never shut up about ffxiv huh

#🌙.rambles #[ ffxiv. ] #after finishing that emotional quest i am. #just afking a bit in the doman enclave to sell things as usual n. bro. i #peak 1 am i get emotional v easily #listening to cyan's theme brings back memories hehe. stormblood n hien.. i enjoyed that very much #oh n.. ah i just remembered an old friend sorry. that was last year. sigh #that aside i'm just really happy to play ffxiv again rn :( #i'll reply to one of my other friends later bcs she hasn't been doing well lately so i wna. offer some more words #now i'm just afking in sharlayan rn n it brings back so many memories #i remember very keenly. like emet-selch i really am a slave to sentiment #hehe going to sharlayan for the first time w apollo. christmas break. we finally bought endwalker. started msq #it was nighttime when the cutscene ended. we took pictures n marveled at the new sight. the music #the first time i heard the ost n then yk the chorus motif of flow in it.. i'd remember that first moment forever #how.. magical it was. a new adventure. heart filled with hope n love i was really happy then #fast forward i remember afking here a lot while waiting for pf to fill up for raid. i remember afking while waiting for frontlines queue #i remember everything in msq too. i remember doing that all still while we were in our old house #i remember walking around sharlayan a bit while talking to my friends in our lil cwls #i remember months ago earlier this year of how anxious i was. the burdening need of feeling like i have to catch up.. #the dread of falling behind. and then moving to materia from twintania i remember how lonely i felt #that lasted for a while. i'd miss the past so much. i miss ffxiv aaaa #i haven't really played actively in months now the thought of it makes me rather sad.. but i treasure every moment i have here #this game will always be here for me to return to. i have a new friend now on ravana yeah. we'll be making that fc in a few days #soon. more friends plan to play. hopefully. i love them all so v much :( i'm emotional rn ohgod ffxiv just. enables me to be vulnerable /po #i've had anxiety bcs like yk returning to the game after. not keeping up w so much content is so daunting.. it's scary #but i've already done so much. i'll continue to do what i can. endwalker's been out for nearly a year n it feels so weird #so much has happened since then but time's going by so fast it's really weird. but just. relaxing in this quiet moment is #it's enough for me right now. i promised myself many things. the least i could do is. do what i can for that #just like my wol here yk looking at her white rose :< i'll hold unto my youth. i shouldn't have to let go of it #flow's lyrics oh my god i remember earlier this year i wld listen to it when i was sad n stressed n it wld bring me to tears. comfort