#we should not be allowed to speak

[biscuithoney]

We watched the pilot episodes! I love the skeletons. My little boys, my sons.

We uhhh.. watch the rest of season 1 after episode 6 and have watched until season 2 all the way to episode 7 (20) in one sitting.

We're all in mutual agreement that Zane is best boy. Bro is funny as hell in the most literal way ever.

Girlie legit fell asleep, and the other one decided to take a shower, so now we have to watch this climatic episode all over again!

This is not helping my hyperfixation.

#lego ninjago #ninjago #Istg if she doesn't stop saying “they're gonna what?!” #each and every. single. damn time #i will kill them #ninjago zane julien is best boy #we have said some messed up things #we should not be allowed to speak #we are deranged beings of delusion and chaos

[lazylittledragon]

Not trying to be rude or anything but you shouldn't use the word 'manic' or 'manic period' etc. unless you actually have manic/depressive episodes because it downplays how severe those disorders can actually be. They're just words but unlearning harmful terminology like that can help destigmatise mental illness and I would hope youi would want to do that.

yeah it's almost like i used those words specifically because i DO understand how severe they are

#ramble #what's that post about how some people only see ideologies and concepts and not human beings #yes we should stop throwing terminology around like nothing but also #that is not the biggest problem neurodivergent people have right now #and also you're asking me to disclose my conditions to strangers so you can decide how i'm allowed to speak #also this isn't the point but i don't know anybody who uses the word 'manic' to describe their symptoms unless they have FELT IT #because it's. so specific and you do not use it unless you know what it means #for me a manic phase doesn't mean just a little energy buzz it feels like i'm on fire #anyway please don't waste your time sending me things like this because i don't like it #go after etsy shops who sell ocd merchandise not people talking about their own struggles

[ogord-fr]

also re: prev the ambiguity of the "should not adultify" section is also making me a little uneasy because like. sexually suggestive things are already not allowed in skins/accents to the point ive seen multiple people have to remove or heavily edit fishnets for clearly goth/emo/scene designs because All Fishnet falls under the no suggestive policy. like i get what they're Trying to do but it feels like we're about to go through something similar to the "xyz wounding on adults is okay but THIS is gore and is banned/THIS liquid is fine but THIS liquid is harm and needs to be changed" in terms of like. things that are feminine for hatchling skins

like i can for sure accept that if wolffe was a permababy i would definitely Not be able to make his accent for a permababy (for ref his accent is a harness like a working draft horse would wear for pulling a cart/a sled dog's harness) but there's also a degree of vagueness and an unfortunate reality for bad faith readings that i feel like they should REALLY have written an actual expanded guide for this.

#ogord speaks #flight rising #i am not saying we should allow like. sexual/suggestive stuff esp on hatchlings what i am saying is staff historically #has a HARD TIME with actually providing a concrete guide for whats okay and what will get flagged for people to reference

[boeing747]

like listen i dont think russia needs any defending but its amazing to me how "all russians are evil genocide supporting warmongers" mentality so often coexists with "every representative on every political level in my country is actively supporting a genocide in palestine and overwhelmingly anyone speaking out against it is punished and blacklisted and arrested" like ????????????????????????????? are we not on the same page? that our political systems as a whole inherently support the murder and disenfranchisement and ethnic cleansing of vast swathes of population for a nations own political gain?? how is my uncle being pilled by russian propoganda any different than your uncle being pilled by the every single Palestinian is a terrorist and deserves to die narrative being pushed out??? is it not a curse that we must collectively organize and fight against ???

#speaking on this topic because i am in fact russian-ukranian sorry guys my aunt lives in a fucking warzone and half cousins are refugees #and no. i dont think russians as a whole need defending because their daddy government is doing ethic cleansing obviously. what i mean is #the crazy cognitive dissonance that allows us to completely lose sight of solidarity. something that actually would benefit every anti-war #and pro peace movement in the world. #are we not only as strong as our unwavering principles of peace? #i simply do not believe that let the citizens of a country experience pain and repression and isolation and laugh until they overthrow thei #government somehow is a rational approach to solving global issues. and i feel like this should be overwhelmingly evident to most people

[boyfridged]

willis todd appeared in maybe 2 panels and yet he is literally the most political character

#i'm ignoring everything n-52 and post-52 and so should you. hence i said 2 panels #we don't even really know his face! no distinctive features. he's more an outline than a person #but not being allowed to speak nor have a personality or actual lore is what makes his characters so political. #willis.zip

[rongzhi]

Any good Chinese LGBT drama/ movie recommendations? And where to watch it?

Hmmm I thought I would have a lengthy list of recommendations but limited to just Chinese-language films/dramas, and ones that I would actually recommend, I realise that my list is a lot shorter 😅.

These are pretty much all going to be gay (mlm). Sorry for the lack of diversity 😔. Summaries are taken from Letterboxd for the most part.

Film Recs

(in chronological order)

霸王别姬 || Farewell My Concubine (1993) - China (mainland), Hong Kong - dir. Chen Kaige

Personal rating: 4/5 || [HQ link, EN subs]

Abandoned by his prostitute mother in 1920, Douzi was raised by a theater troupe. There he meets Shitou and over the following years the two develop an act entitled “Farewell My Concubine” that brings them fame and fortune. When Shitou marries Juxian, Douzi becomes jealous, the beginnings of the acting duo’s explosive breakup and tragic fall take root.

东宫西宫 || East Palace, West Palace (1996) - China (mainland) - dir. Zhang Yuan

Personal rating: 4/5

A heterosexual Beijing policeman and a young homosexual challenge each other’s sexuality.

春光乍洩 || Happy Together (1997) - Hong Kong - dir. Wong Kar-wai

Personal rating: 4/5 || [link, EN subs]

A couple take a trip to Argentina in search of a new beginning, but instead find themselves drifting ever further apart.

自梳 || Intimates (1997) - Hong Kong - dir. Jacob Cheung

Personal rating: 4/5 || [link, ZH subs]

Set in Hong Kong and China in the early 1900s, an older Wan and Wai travel through China in search of Foon, Wan's true love. Wai, whose on-and-off status with her boyfriend leads her into a struggle with self-identity, slowly learns about the life of the aging Wan. Through flashbacks, we learn about Wan in her early days and Foon, who move in and out of each other's lives.

美少年之恋 || Bishonen (1998) - Hong Kong - dir. Yonfan

Personal rating: 3/5 ~ 3.5/5 (I flipflop on this lol)

Jet is a gay hustler who one night spots a young man walking with a woman, and falls for him instantly. He does some research, and discovers that the man is called Sam, and is an apparently straight policeman.

蓝宇 || Lan Yu (2001) - China (mainland) - dir. Stanley Kwan

Personal rating: 5/5 || [HQ Link EN subs] [HQ link, ZH subs] - Bear in mind these are both the cut version of the movie. There are about 4 scenes cut from this version, which is unfortunately the most easily found.

A love story between a country boy in Beijing to study and a wealthy businessman set against the backdrop of the 1989 Tiananmen Square incident.

春风沉醉的夜晚 || Spring Fever (2009) - China (mainland) - dir. Lou Ye

Personal rating: 3/5

Hired to spy on a philandering husband, Luo Haitao soon becomes entangled in a clandestine affair with the other man. Along with Luo’s girlfriend, they succumb to the delirium of drunken nights, but how long can their tryst last?

谁先爱上他的 || Dear Ex (2018) - Taiwan - dir. Mag Hsu, Chih-yen Hsu

Personal rating: 4/5 || [HD link, EN sub]

When Sanlian’s ex-husband passes away, she discovers he has altered his insurance policy, cutting out their son in favor of a stranger named Jay.

叔・叔 || Twilight’s Kiss (2019) - Hong Kong - dir. Ray Leung

Personal rating: 3.5/5 || [HD link, EN subs]

One day Pak, a taxi driver who refuses to retire, meets Hoi, a retired single father, in a park. Although both are secretly gay, they are proud of the families they have created through hard work and determination. Yet in that brief initial encounter, something is unleashed in them which had been suppressed for so many years. As both men recount and recall their personal histories, they also contemplate a possible future together.

刻在你心底的名字 || Your Name Engraved Herein (2020) - Taiwan - dir. Liu Kuang-hui

Personal rating: 3.5/5

In 1987, as martial law ends in Taiwan, Jia-han and Birdy fall in love amid family pressure, homophobia and social stigma.

Extra mentions (haven't watched these ones yet but they have decent reviews):

夜奔 || Fleeing by Night (2000) - China (mainland)

Saving Face (2004) - U.S.A

盛夏光年 || Eternal Summer (2006) - Taiwan

Drama Recs

Most of the LGBT dramas I've watched are trash or censored, sorry to say, and I tend to watch movies over dramas, so what's left for me to recommend is just from the HIStory (Linked: wiki with summaries) Taiwanese webdrama anthology:

HIStory1: My Hero (PR: 3/5)

HIStory1: Obsession (PR: 3/5)

History2: Crossing the Line (PR: 3.5/5)

History3: Trapped (PR: 3.5/5)

#text #answered ask #movie recs #long post #all the movies i recced are dramas basically #there are a few movies out there (that i've seen) that are more lighthearted but also.... not good lol #personally i don't think a movie has to be 'good' but this is a rec list so... #unrelated but i ended up rewatching farewell my concubine for the first time in a while yesterday and one of the top letterboxd reviews #is a terrible take lmao #shoutout to sally on letterboxd you uncultured swine lol #but that's what happens to most chinese movies on letterboxd -u-' #either barely anyone has logged it #or it's popular to the point of there being a bunch of white film bros writing reviews where they manage to add something #offhandedly sinophobic #or otherwise add how they think the director became a sellout later uwu but THIS film is pure bc blah blah (yes this is about zhang yimou) #(white film bros - speaking broadly) #anyway. lol. #my letterboxd rant no one asked for. #i just think we should be allowed to downvote reviews on there that's all

[agrebel18]

let’s allow aspec people to be sexy and hot and whores and suck blood and lust for blood

#well I AM DEFINITELY not any of these #but we should be allowed to do anything we want <33 #speaking of I ALSO would like aspec rep in which a character is hot as hell. ok?? ok. #I'm meaning aspec rep in media ofc #aspec #aromantic #asexual #arospec #acespec #aggie posts

[nativehueofresolution]

gotta love how the arc where piccolo is the main bad guy literally starts off with him saving a mother and child. the writing was always on the wall lol.

these ingrates and some spectators even start screaming at him once they see his face, and all he does is step on the kid’s box! some demon king.

#there's no catch either he's literally just being nice. #when he said gohan was the first person to treat him w kindness he was right!! #piccolo #piccolo jr #dragon ball #i think he should be allowed to be evil as a treat he's earned it #but also. like if you guys had just maybe not jumped straight to AAAAAH A MONSTER maybe we could have avoided some stuff #kaitlin speaks

[dearest-lady-disdain]

take me to the lakes where all the poets went to die: boring, overused, factually incorrect, sung by taylor swift and referencing wordsworth who had foresaken his revolutionary ideas and became conservative

take me to italy where all the poets went to die: factually correct, slutty, fun, hip, referencing the objectively better romantics percy shelley and john keats who both had very cunty deaths

#i should not be allowed to speak in public but alas here we are

[scattered-winter]

working retail is making me remember how much i hate stupid customers btw

#so i work in a tiny nonprofit thrift store. right. #its one room w concrete floors and very compact shelving because there is just No Room for anything. #and our office/employee backroom/breakroom is a little corner with wood+canvas dividers separating it from the rest of the store #with LOTS of signs saying employees only nothing is for sale here etc etc etc #and there was a customer today who went through the divider to ''shop'' in the ''other section of the store'' #and we didnt even KNOW someone was back there until she brought up one of my coworker's purses to ask how much it was </3 #im so baffled. there are so many signs saying its employees only. #not to mention that the office is full of notes and paperwork and my boss's computer and filing cabinets and the fridge and microwave #its CLEARLY an office/break room. even if you ignore all the signs. and YET. #there's also people who will literally just steal. anything and everything #which like. i will always support shoplifting from walmart or another big retail company. in fact i encourage it. #but a tiny locally owned NONPROFIT thrift store that supports local arts ???? HELLO ???????????????? #gah. i should be allowed to throttle one customer per day. i should get paid to do so #most of them are so so sweet. we have regulars who are in almost every day and they are the NICEST people ever #but its just those few who are absolutely the worst most selfish stupid people to ever live #woes from work #winter speaks #all complaining aside i do enjoy my job quite a bit more than i thought i would #i like my coworkers and i feel like im actually connecting with most of them #and i love my supervisor. i have so much respect for her she's an amazing person #you win some you lose some i guess. cool job i actually like but with stupid fucking customers who make me want to MURDER

[gosuperdonnie]

“we think the legal age for weed should be 25 because that’s when the brain stops developing and also because weed is linked to some people developing schizophrenia”

look I am not someone who thinks cannabis is some panacea but holy fucking shit. one, that is Not How Brain Development Works and two, the relationship between cannabis use and schizophrenia is more complex than “if you smoke weed you will develop schizophrenia.” (The linked article, which is pretty anti-cannabis, states several times that while cannabis use can cause psychosis – which is different than schizophrenia – in some people, development of schizophrenia has a lot to do with other factors, like genetics, besides just “did you smoke weed?” We know that cannabis use is correlated with higher likelihood of developing schizophrenia, but that does not mean cannabis usage causes schizophrenia.)

also I think that if you are saying this shit in a ***policy/legislation position*** you need to show more proof and explain the complexity better than just spouting pseudoscience (the brain development thing) or oversimplifying a very complex topic (the “cannabis is linked to development of schizophrenia” thing). but what would I, a person with a public health background who does policy research as part of my job, know about that? after all, I’m just a crazy schizophrenic person with a schizophrenia-spectrum disorder so clearly anything I say on the issue is ill-informed and a sign I don’t have perspective on my illness! (\heavy sarcasm)

#I am going to tear the guest speaker who assigned these readings a new one in class tomorrow #also before you ask #yes of course this is a state NAMI chapter #as in the NAMI with such stunning policy positions as ‘we should get rid of the IMD exclusion and warehouse more people in institutions’ #and ‘no of course people with schizophrenia can’t be leaders in our support groups we’d never allow that’ #the professor for the class is like ‘yeah they have some sucky political positions but it’s important to let them speak’ #of course this is the same professor who let some guy come talk about his job as an RBT for an hour because he’s autistic #donnie talks #donnie vents #institutionalization cn #drugs cn #institutions cn #talking in tags

[thedreadvampy]

another day another 2 hour despair sesh on the phone with my mum about Palestine

#red said #apparently the British Society of Friends won't allow an epistle that mentions 'the war in Gaza' in case it upsets 'the Jewish community' #literally MENTIONING THAT THERE IS A WAR #bc mum and the rest of the meeting agreed to remove reference to it starting on October 7th WHICH IT OBVIOUSLY DID NOT there are concerns #about Appearing Antisemitic. by MENTIONING THAT IT'S HAPPENING WITHOUT BLAMING KHAMAS #the justification. apparently. is that we're already on thin ice with The Jewish Community because of Quaker activities in Palestine #which have been largely to do with challenging apartheid and trying to help broker peace processes #so me and mum are both like. ok so are we pro Palestine or pro genocide as an organisation? #because if we think Genocide Is Bad then we should not be afraid to say We Think Genocide Is Bad #and we can also say We Think Antisemitism Is Bad because SHOCK FUCKING HORROR not all Jews represent the State of Israel #in fact basically none of them do #anyway whatever the fuck happened to plain speaking i wanna know #when in history have the faction of Quakers who wanted to never upset anyone been the drivers of change? #wasn't the Quakers going 'obviously we are anti slavery but we shouldn't SAY that in case we upset White People' who we remember positively #they're also changing dates on a lecture Corbyn was due to give in order to avoid accusations of antisemitism #to which i have GOT to ask. 5 months into a genocide and we're STILL giving credence to the idea that criticising Israel is antisemitism? #i will scream until my lungs pop

[the-ships-to-rule-them-all]

It’s late so I have no real positive inkling about how coherent this will be.

I’ve been seeing a lot of posts engaging with the concept of “don’t look away, bare witness” and how anyone looking away by not reblogging or engaging is privileged and therefore a bad person. I reject this premise wholeheartedly for one very critical reason: the world will not get better if the only emotions we have are anger, exhaustion and trauma. None of those truly lead to anything productive in the long run.

This is not to say don’t engage with different perspectives, unlearn things or simply sit in the uncomfortable nature that comes from our global society. But learn to take breaks.

There is massive difference between “looking away” and “hitting pause”. It needs to be more acceptable on the internet to hit pause. To seek joy, to sleep and wake up rested. There is also the fact that our brains are not able to process the 24/7 news cycle - if we try, we end up making the nuanced into simple paradigms.

#abby speaks #my thoughts #barely anyone will see this #but I think it’s important #to know that you can and should allow time to NOT engage with the worlds problems or social justice #this isn’t saying don’t work to make the world better #or that taking breaks isn’t hard #hell I was just at a hockey game and the 30 minutes where I truly took a break was the bus ride #every stoppage and intermission I was on my feed or checking for updates #but you need those moments to remind yourself that better days are possible #we owe things to our souls #our bodies our families our friends and our communities before we owe a half empty vessel that is our being to strangers #those are my two cents

[trainingdummyrabbit]

the fun thing about character development* is that you can Character Develop t hell and back, but it doesn't like. fix the problem. it doesnt Un-Develop your Characters. you can realize all you want but the it doesnt change the fact that theres still something wrong. theres still The Issues. craziest part is, no one really tells you what t do after that. like oh congrats you do this n that for reason! Have Fun With That!

there is no conclusion im just kinda mad about it

#(* not in fact talking about characters) #trying so hard t minmax my fuckig stats but nobody gives any clear instructions :/// #<- should not be allowed to try to minmax their stats #anyway. crazy week ✌ #piktalk #crazy pulling my Character Development Card of th month n looking at it n going #'hm. no; we are not allowed to do that actually.' and gently but firmly putting it back (<- we cannot in fact do that) #one day i might get brave enough to speak clearly; but then again; should we really? #anyway. spitballing out loud so i dont drive myself crazy bc i Will do that. cheers ✌

[todayisafridaynight]

sorry if this is out of the blue guys but i think my brain just decided to convert me to being an adachi stan

#snap chats #again technically speaking #ANYWAY NO LISTEN THIS THE FUNNIEST THING EVER AND IM SO VERY CONFUSED #i havent had a dream that wasnt a nightmare about my mom in like Ever and the one time i do has got to be. The Coziest Shit #ive only ever had like one or three rgg dreams and half of them Vaguely had aoki in it so this is the funniest curve ever #you will read my dream summary we are at a sleepover motherfucker #do i even remember exactly what happened NO i just remember being in a lobby with some other bitches #and one of them Other Bitches included adachi. im pretty nanba was also there? iunno cant remember piss #point is i just hung out with adachi for like 80% of the shit. oh my god no i remember ichiban was there #and this is a significant detail for a thing adachi said to me BECAUSE ichiban was there and vaervLKjve #FUNNIEST DREAM OF MY LIFE but also the coziest one but also mr adachi... can we hang out again:( #blaming the fact i had my kirby plush for this one since it's round and soft like he was </3 #ok bye thats all i should be legally allowed to divulge bout my sicko dreams #it was just very funny waking up at the asscrack of dawn and being like Hang On....... What Was That..... #be yeah im an adachi stan now sorry team </3 maybe one day ill dream about one of my guys #tho i cant forget that period where i did just have ttm dreams for like. a week straight.... ok byebye fr now

[not-so-superheroine]

deseret book is more persistent than duolingo.

i ordered 2 books for a church research project on Black saints in the early Church and also in the Reorganization, on which the one book had a small section us and all had info from the our shared early church history, and it was an ebook too!

and i get physical mail from them once a month. i have no idea how to cancel.

herald house, the community of christ publishing house, contacts me much less, and i buy books from them all the time.

and oh their church book app reminds me to read my scriptures and the words of their prophets regularly if it's not in sleep mode.

i have to admire the effort behind it, ngl.

#tumblrstake #the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints #Community of Christ #latter day saint #deseret book #i highly recommend both books #black saints in a white church #and “My Lord He Calls Me” edited by Alice Faulkner Burch #she's really awesome so pls support her #i hang out with the genesis group bc i am playing with a similar group for community of christ #because the Black saints expressed interest #actually Black Saints in a White Church may have been elsewhere by Signature Books #you can read it for free on archive.org #and if you're at BYU you can access it too and papers on it #i'll promo them in another post eventually #white saints in my church don't get my vision bc their like “we never had a priesthood ban” #but i literally had to do the project bc they were speaking over us regarding anti-Black racism in our D&C #and people individually reached out. like Black church leaders. bc they be doing this. #we made so much noise and the first presidency reached out to ME bc i wrote a paper that spread through the church about it #wild moment. but yeah we need something like the Genesis Group and they were willing to help me out a bit #its too much for me to handle on my own tho. esp with the revitalizing our intepretation and use of the Book of Mormon projects #i always put too much in the tags. i should write a post about that and share my article #it was on our D&C 116 which is like our L-dS OD 2 on Race in the priesthood and specifically ordination of Black men #which they (some of the white saints) wanted removed 🙄 bc of the “ministers to their own race” part which led to segregation being allowed #but also explicitly affirms God calls people of all races to priesthood and also that Black congregations didn’t need white pastor oversight #so just leave it. and ig you feel guilty...cope #i personally believe it to be inspired but flawed #it was literally a mostly white church in 1865. not excusing tho bc some sects were always fully integrated like the Bickertonites #they had a Black apostle in 1915. representation at high levels of leadership #oh and women in the priesthood from the jump. if limited