#what a country we live in

[rubiscothegeek]

#i cannot interact with this tweet in any way on twitter #because we were all told not to do anything that might cause offence #but it made me snort-laugh very loudly so i'm sharing it with you all instead #what a country we live in

[embraceyourdestiny]

to any americans who feel "paralyzed" and "dont know what to do" to help with gaza:

reading a fucking book. i beg of you.

in a time of knowledge suppression is it your duty to arm yourself with knowledge.

read about americas occupations in the middle east.

read about 9/11 from outside of america and see how they inflicted senseless harm and violence to countless amounts of people and have been suppressing your rights for the past 2 fucking decades.

read about any of the countless wars from the past 30 years. especially from a civilian's. and the victims and survivors' perspective. listen to the horror stories and do not plug your fucking ears as to what your country is doing.

and read about fucking gaza and palestine and keep up with what is happening no matter how "sad" or "uncountable" you might get.

dont look away from this.

you dont have the right to be comfortable during countless active genocides.

if you're knowledgeable, you're powerful, and our current state doesnt fucking want that.

you have the power to change things if you open your eyes and scream to the world.

wake the fuck up.

Edit: please check the reblogs there are readings and ways to help

#og #truly if youre not about it your against it and i dont fuck with you because you're complacent #wake the fuck up #we're all responsible and dont you dare say you're not #americans need to stop living in the world with their eyes closed and their ears covered #look at what your fucking 'glorious country' is doing to people #everyone should be against america no fucking exceptions because america is violent and evil and needs to be stopped #then read about what america has done to the natives of their land #radicalize yourself #decolonize your mind #free palestine #land back #palestine will be free #theres too many fucking movements of just the past couple years all happening at once to act like the world is fucking fine #we are in a human rights CRISIS #WAKE THE FUCK UP PLEASE

[chimaeraonwards]

no ai generated content will ever compare to the absolutely cartoonishly evil plot to cut down trees to prevent workers from striking to get livable wage.

#tree law #sag strike #wga strike #also also it can be hard to admit but the US does set some industry standards so although im on the other side of the world its concerning!! #if bigwigs at US companies are screwing out their own workers what would this mean for those producing content in other countries? #what about our own local production companies that model american production houses? #oh we cant pay you a living wage cause thats industry standard. dont believe me? here is what a writer at X USA company at X TV show earns #also if you “cant afford” to pay your creatives a living wage then maybe you shouldnt be in charge #so yeah #i think this whole strike thing will affect more than just the US #just fucking pay your creatives

[arachnerd-8-legs]

really disappointing that bunjywunjy had to be pestered twice just to quietly remove their reblog after using their huge platform to encourage garbage like raving about the lesbian estonian soviet flag and how 'new pride flag just dropped' so people could go 'ooh pretty' about a flag that was forced onto us by ppl who wanted our culture gone and oppressed us for about a century in total if not more.

to say nothing or not show anything of the truth about that flag and quietly remove the reblog felt more like it was done out of obligation (and you didn't agree) rather than care for the subject matter that is still a fresh wound in our country's memory. it's only been 33 years since it ended.

I'd rather you make the mistake about something you didn't know (eastern european history is easy for westeners to overlook, because we're not a big country like them, we're not england or france or spain or germany) and admit/apologize for said mistake or even just outright state that you don't actually care rather than say nothing and quietly remove something so that people would stop talking about it

#regardless of your opinions on communism the ussr was a tragedy for much of eastern europe #and we still suffer under its effects today #did you know that when the ussr occupied us that estonians couldn't even be the majority of the population in our own country? #they flooded in and tried to make our country like them #they arrested anyone who wore the colors of our flag #and all while they settled into our countries (it wasnt just estonia but amywhere they occupied) they forcefully deported us out of it #into moving steel boxes of the trains in the harsh winter #people packed in like anchovies with barely any room to die from the starvation #but nobody talks about that #nobody cares about eastern europe #nobody bothers #so i get american tankies telling me garbage like how im just reciting 'CIA propaganda' #as if i give a fuck about what some yankoid organization in some unrelated country says #our families lived that shit #at the time i was born the only people who couldve gotten an estonian birth certificate were still children #what do you think our mothers and fathers and grandmothers and grandfathers lived in? #people only care that a flag looks pretty #and not what the flag actually meant

[tofixtheshadows]

I see a lot of people headcanoning that Marcille and Kabru will become friends postcanon over a shared love of gossip, but to me the biggest thing they have in common is that they're both deeply concerned with the inequality between the races.

I think before anything else, as the two people closest to the throne, they'll probably end up banding together over their shared desire to fix the divide between the races. Marcille has to give up on her dream of magically changing humanity, but she can help Laios achieve it Kabru's way, through political and social change.

#Dungeon Meshi spoilers #there's a lot of ambiguity over magic going forward and what the demons did to the different races.... #but I think it's overall a very “you can't always have the exact thing you want” ending #so I don't see the lifespans reversing as a possible outcome. for better or worse we find a way forward regardless. #you can't magic your way out of everything ... but you CAN get three meals a day and proper exercise! #anyway even if Laios didn't really think of it in those terms he did want to create a place for everyone to live in harmony #and I like the hints that he achieves that with the kids of different races shown in the epilogue #I think that would be something Kabru and Marcille focus on a lot #musings with Dea #I just love thinking about the Golden Country trio you guys

[urproblematicfav-arsonk]

I have a new essay for everyone its called "OFMD S2 is an insult to Con O'Neill both as a person and his legacy in his acting career as a queer man"

Like, this man did not spend his ENTIRE FUCKING CAREER playing almost exclusively openly queer or heavily, heavily coded queer characters to be treated like this??? In fucking 2023??????? He got better, more queer happy endings in the 80s and 2000s, the fuck?

I think it's incredibly telling that David felt like he had to hide what he was doing with Iz' character arc from Con till it was too late in filming. Hey, hey David? What did you think he was gonna do if he knew beforehand what was happening?? David? David do you think he would've walked? Do you think he would've used his leverage both as the fan favorite and integral part of the story to demand BETTER from you and everyone else writing the show?

Con has been making queer art since the fucking 80s when he was in his 20s. He has openly talked about trans rights and the fight against homophobia that we have been fighting for years and decades. I can't imagine what kind of push back he had to deal with to get all the gay shit he was doing to come to fruition. I can guarantee that at least part of the reason he doesn't have as big of a career as he absolutely deserves is because of how openly queer he has been since the start. I think if Con had been allowed to have some input in the direction of Izzy's character that something like this wouldn't have happened, at least not this messily and uncompassionate.

I legit can't imagine how fucked he must've felt after being given the genuinely very beautiful Unicorn scene and then be casually taken aside and told "lolol anyway Izzy is gonna die now, without love and without the acceptance he had already been given". But at least he was given a cuddle????

Anyway watch Dancin' Thru The Dark. Its on YouTube and it's about an openly genderqueer/bi man who goes on a sad but fun music adventure and it's actually really really good. Con sings and its a fucking bop AND he doesn't die at the end or watch Bedrooms And Hallways, it's a fun romcom about a found family of all queer people doing stupid gay shit. Also you can see Hugo Weaving's entire dick and balls in one scene and if that's not better gay rep then ofmd s2 then idk what is

#i did not fall in love with a gay man who lives in another country from me and is 10 years older then my dad to be treated this way David #how dare #i think we should do what s4 of castlevania did which is act as if s3 just didn't happen in the first place #ofmd s2 isn't canon #idk what ur talking about isnt ofmd s2 just izzy gets wrecked on ao3?? #poor Con #he was in a lot of pain dealing with that prosthetic and this is the end result of all that work? #i hope my husband is doing good now and gets better queer roles #ofmd spoilers #ofmd s2 spoilers #our flag means death #ofmd #ofmd season 2 #izzy hands #con o'neill

[nataliescatorccio]

what is it going to take for the uk to abolish the monarchy? what is it going to take to stop ignoring years and years of atrocities that this figurehead stands for? or to stop cheering at men parading in golden carriages while people starve on the streets? i'm so tired of seeing an outdated constitution glorified while the people i know live pay check to pay check, if they can at all, with constant concern that they won't be able to afford to live for the next month, let alone afford such things as their own home, while one family leeches off them just because they were born with a silver spoon in their mouth. eat the rich and feed the poor.

#uk politics #i'm just fed up today #sad of seeing the country celebrating about.. what? and why? #there's certainly nothing to celebrate to me #people cannot afford to live and we are celebrating a man who could singlehandedly feed the entire country? fuck off

[jewishdragon]

Fullmetal Alchemist (manga) and FMA brotherhood (anime), is like. it's amazing.

most of the conspiracy/reveal is halfway through the show, the villains just go "oh fuck these two kids and the military personnel they hang with are about to figure everything out so lets just tell them"

AND THEY DO. THEY TELL THEM. they tell them and do everything they can to shut the heroes up and split them up

and the rest of the anime if them having to sneak around more and get back together because the conspiracy is that the entire country was created for a Creature that was pulled from the void to try and eat god and they have to STOP THAT

and it slaps

#fma #fmab #fma spoilers #fmab spoilers #the complexity of the worldbuilding and politics #are really what shine in this show #the main characters are cool and all and their goals are important #but the deep deep conspiracy and world building and lore #are SO GOOD #i wanna know more about xing and alchehestry #we got JUST enough about other countries #to make the world feel fully lived it and complete #not just an isolated location

[tennessoui]

I can see hunger games Anakin announcing that he'll join whichever side gives him Obi-Wan back. Capitol? Rebellion? Random cult? Anakin really does not care.

no literally that’s unfiltered anakin

I feel like the rebellion goes through similar problems with anakin that they did with katniss in the books where she’s like really stilted when reading the scripts but good unscripted

Meanwhile anakin has the same sort of charismatic fire that people respond to and everyone KNOWS he’s a good actor because his entire hunger games was killing children and pretending to feel bad about it but the second he gets a script he’s like. Robotic. awful. Absolutely shit.

and the rebellion is like what the fuck are you doing??

and anakin is like I knew I had to act in order to get back to obi-wan. but you don’t have an obi-wan. No carrot.

and the rebellion is like don’t you care about the greater good???

and anakin is like. lmao. no.

#asks #hunger games au #some poor intern is like what if we put him in front of a live camera and get him to act naturally #and the rebellion is like he’d literally sell his sword for his partner #his live speech would just be telling everyone in the country that he’ll follow the person who gives him his carrot #(obi-wan)

[fideidefenswhore]

How different our history could have proved had Henry married his mistress Mary – a county-loving girl with no pretentions of power and who delivered him a son out of wedlock.

my therapist: pgregified history is not real and it can't hurt you.

me: *slides this article across the table like a $1 bill*

#i think they mean country but agtgrqfvshjfs #pretensions?? WHO WROTE THISSJKADNFDSLF #the portrayal of mary as a woman that disdained court life and only desired 'simple living' #is A) really narratively boring and B) not in the least borne out by the evidence we have..... #backlash against feminism ftw ig #'wouldn't it just be so dreamy if the woman upon who we have projected having 'no ambition' became queen #and was rewarded for her docile self-abnegation and humility by the crown....wheee' #also this line of reasoning im just...? reasons it would have been better for mary boleyn to be queen > bessie blount? #what are they?

[fortunatefires]

#It's not even on purpose it just keeps happening #What am I on? #Like my seventh?? #Right now it's alchemy of moonlight #And I'm getting why choose vibes #If it's why choose I'm going to lose my mind #But also there might be Betrayal which I also love #Either way I'm enjoying myself #Will there be smut? Perhaps #We shall see #Bookblr #Booktok #bookworm #Text post #Text #Personal #Alchemy of moonlight #A marvellous light #The secret lives of country gentlemen #Gentlemans guide to vice an virtue #The London seance society #The queer principles of Kit webb #the song of achilles #Granted some of them don't have aspects of magic #Oh wait #venom & vow #So this is ever after #Dude #There's so many #I really should sort my books by era

[vyeoh]

Having been through the exact airport they likely flew in through makes Jimmy's customs story infinitely funnier

#vio.txt #like i went through customs there as a us citizen will a full us passport omw back from an international flight #the agent is like why are you in this country. im like i live here. agent goes oh really where do you work? i say im a student #and my parents say they work in reseach. agent goes so what were you doing in [country] is there a lot of research there???? #i go. i was on vacation? we were literally there to see family??? at no point in the process did we ever say we were there for work???? #hate tsa so much ive never felt more racially profiled #the way its organized for non citizens was like infinitly worse as well #i think customs just attracts every high school bully that wants to live out their power fantasy #theyre treating u like a criminal for no reason 😭

[ninicaise]

damen and laurent ARE codependant but like. they never find out

#captive prince #damen x laurent #everyone else knows bc it's obvious and they ruin the lives of everyone around them constantly bc of this #but they rlly are blissfully unaware <3 either that or they just don't give a shit #thos mfs would commit suicide if thw other died and leave their countries in ruins with civil wars bc of how obsessed they r w each other. #like canonially. #me personally i love an insane couple. completely bonkers toxic bitches. etc #i just think it would be funny if they were acting Like That #and they were both like we are normal. what do you mean. this is how normal couples who aren't all the other has left in this world behave. #We Are Normal #sorry about the three thousand typos in the tags btw

[ramenwithbroccoli]

tbh it sucks so much we're limited by language barriers and other stuff. there are so many things and themes i'd like to mention, but only a bunch of people will understand. if a classic is written in a language different from english it's a hassle to get people from other counties to read it. sometimes it's translated without a care, sloppily, from a language that wasn't even the original one. sometimes it isn't even translated at all, left in obscurity

#this post is about wanting to talk to people here about literature but realising that nobody would know what im referencing #also translating can ruin stuff so bad. the callout in the middle is for Ferdydurke. that got its translation 24 years from the original #AND IT WASN'T EVEN TRANSLATED DIRECTLY. IT WAS TRANSLATED TO ENGLISH FROM FRENCH GERMAN AND SPANISH VERSIONS #IT GOT A PROPER ONE ONLY IN 2000. 63 YEARS. #sorry i just wish we had more diversity about the books we read. but im kind of a hypocrite aren't i #even i probably have more books in/translated from english than everything else. and i don't even live in english speaking country #eh #ramblings

[alicepao13]

The disrespect this show gets on a daily basis, from the production to the network(s) to even the pirates who prefer to rip shows like *checks notes* Big Brother Canada (same group)...

I wouldn't be calling them out if I hadn't done this myself, by the way. People who have never ripped a damn thing can stay in their lane. I have earned my stripes, I'm not someone who wants to talk shit about those who do this, and I understand the process involved. The webrips are a different story, as they are uploaded by Amazon whenever. The HDTV rips should be uploaded on time, shortly after the network airs the show, and it's the same process as it always has been to rip them. Uploading HDTV rips after the webrips has no value whatsoever, unless someone cares that much about the promo, which of course CityTV doesn't care enough to upload themselves, proving once again what a shitty network they are.

Hudson and Rex has an international fanbase, it shouldn't be so difficult to be able to watch it as an international fan in 2024.

#hudson and rex #this is now a whining blog #but what else can it be when nothing about this show is working as intended #I've been torrenting since 2005 #I've never had the misfortune of having to wait as long as I wait for this show through all these years #last season it took them three days to upload the season five premiere hdtv rip #the rip times are unbelievably inconsistent and they have been that way since this saw first caught my eye (season two) #the fact that there is a single group that does the hdtv rips means that if for whatever reason they can't upload it then we don't have it #the webrips are actually being ripped by one of the best groups out there so I can't complain #it's just that the streaming upload by amazon happens whenever they feel like it #once again I'm drawing similarities between canadian and greek programming which is so not in their favor #(I actually thought that by the time I'd finished writing this we'd have something but nope) #(ps I just saw a rip announce of family feud canada and I just... does someone actually hate hudson and rex?) #(pps do not respond to this if you live in a country where your government is actively combating piracy)

[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