#without any further context

[pizzaqueen]

Steve and Eddie dancing around Eddie’s trailer to Queen just wearing their t-shirts and underwear and Eddie acts out the lyrics when he can and Steve hasn’t felt this light in forever

#steddie #Steve x eddie #is a thing that I want to think about rn #and decided to share without any further context 🤣 #anyway queen is definitely the first band they figure out they share #I’m imagining don’t stop me now because that’s one of the best songs for pantsless dancing #pizzaqueentxt

[sonknuxadow]

Sonics real name is 'none of your business'

#StopTryingToDeadNameTheHedgehog

REAL

#my main issue with people spreading the ''omg did you know sonics REAL NAME is OLGILVIE MAURICE?'' stuff is that it was never canon #it wasnt even a situation of it only being canon in archie sonic but not anywhere else. it wasnt canon in archie either #but also. it WAS canon in archie that sonic is a chosen name and sonic hates his birth name and doesnt identify with it at all #to the point where he had his name legally changed to sonic #how can you see all that and go ''yeah sonic isnt his Real Name .'' #idk its just weird!!!! sonic IS his name and insisting that it isnt just feels weird #of course a lot of people dont have that full context they just believed whatever lies random people on the internet told them #without doing any further research themself. but its still weird to me. as someone who does know all that stuff #asks

[neodarkdark]

svern's name came to me in a dream. by which I mean that years ago neither my sister nor I could decide what to call him, so I lucid dreamed and asked someone in the dream what his name was and they said that his name was Svern. so his name became svern. prior to this we referred to him almost exclusively as The Dude

#in response to teddy's post about oc name origins #The Dude and similar variants is still an inside joke between me and my sister #mostly cause it's so vague but without any further context we both immediately know what/who it's talking about when we say it #who opened the box (ooc)

[signofthestriking]

I have this odd childhood memory of asking my mom if it was possible to get addicted to cough drops and she kinda explained the differences between a substance dependency and a psychological addiction, and she had no idea I was asking because of an edgy and highly explicit red medic fanfic i had stumbled upon

#the childhood experience of growing up without any adult *actually* monitoring one's online behavior is truly an interesting one #for further context i did not know what tf2 was at the time #i was going through a phase #so i just assumed it was referring to a creepypasta i'd never heard of before #and i had just learned what lemons were and was morbidly curious so guess what i looked up #its still up too as far as i know #not really my cup of tea tbh #like not cause the smut was bad theres just one hangup i personally cant let slide anymore #y/n would have gotten some kind of disease that's all im gonna say on that #shitpost #tw nsft #tw smut #smut fanfiction #smutfic #tf2 #tf2 medic #tf2 fans im sorry #smut fic #tf2 smut #tw addiction

[shomouno]

buck this buck that i keep thinking bucky barnes came out while staring at a destiel tag

#i don't know what 911 is #i mean i know it's a show and shit #but i had no idea who tf this character is #actually i still don't know #so whenever i see the name buck my brain is like #oh damn bucky? bucky came out? is he gonna smash steve? #and likw the damn destiel resurgence wasn't helping one bit #like fuck i kept seeing castiel and shit #so without any further context other than castiel and destiel and buck coming out #well shit i was clowned on by my own decision to not use google #text #mine

[lazuliquetzal]

okay i'm PRETTY sure I got all the missing image links in my fics but please let me know if i missed anything!!

#lazuli talks #for context discord image links can't be hotlinked to anymore and i have been procrastinating fixing this #until now! #because i had no choice! #also guys alt text on your images is so great #i just read the image description and matched it to the link without any further brainpower needed #use it for accessibility and for your future self should your image host go down and you need to know what went where

[worstloki]

if you can gush constantly about enjoying a piece of media but diss the idea of people disliking the same thing unless/even though they provide detailed reasoning or proof with citations... idk I feel like you need to reassess something

#''how can you hate on--'' it is a movie! and even worse - a marvel movie! and yet more even it's biggest crime yet - it is a terrible one ! #it makes no pretense of consistency with the rest of the 'cinematic' universe it alleges to come from ! #the character acts like nothing of itself in the previous movie appeared in ! #there is no character arc nor development of any character save for in the villain's final breaths ! the flimsy morality of such regret ! #the humour is subpar in that it is reliant on gags - a cheap and desperate tactic to make weak comedy appear stronger ! #for all that it speaks of love and grief the writing is poor and smart decent lines do not fit the context they are spoken in ! #nor the characters speaking them thematically ! #there is either too much unexplained occurring or nothing taking up too much time. this pacing and convenient exposition is bland ! #final denouement carries little to no weight ! #fight scenes are badly choreographed despite the genre + there is dubious camerawork in play on top of it which further breaks immersion ! #it seems unable to decide on the rules of the world it has itself established ! #ending cliffhangers can be good but in this instance feels as though done constantly solely to encourage watching the next product ! #character interactions leave much to be desired and motivation to move the story forward tend to be convoluted at best ! #what was once original characterization built on relevant events to flesh the character feels generic by both writing and presentation ! #outfits make no attempt to look like they're authentic materials (plastic? :/ ?) and the CGI is problematically attained AND poor quality ! #the 'inspiration' drawn from comic religious and myth source material is either offensive meaningless easter eggs or both ! #maybe the move was generic and formulaic and difficult to follow along without other pieces of media and boring to top it off ! #someone out there seems to believe sexualizing the men is a solution ! #characters I have interest in were sidelined or mistreated by the narrative ! #racist casting/roles have been given and the product did not reflect how it was advertised ! #maybe............. someone simply did not have fun watching it .......................... has that been.........considered................? #L + based + ratio + Ctrl+Z + must I say more? #no one owes anyone an explanation to their enjoyment or lack thereof of a piece of media and shouldn't be insulted for it smh #now if someone gives reasons and THOSE are dodge... but no this isn't about that. another time then

[jacksintention]

Automaton angel

#WHAT A CONCEPT #The imagery is soooo good #Anyway I caved. I've read the chapter without further context. I couldn't help it I loved the concepts it played with #Very Rufus the thing the guy with the brooch did at first. The panel of the archivist girl was so Lacie I could have kicked the wall #The play on the significance of names and existence and the role one plays in the world/notions of self I loved as well #And that is so 👀 when later on it's mentioned off-hand that... Olivier is actually named Romeo? Have I understood that well? #It was so cute that little throwback with him and Roland as kids. And that he knew of Astolfo meeting a friend but didn't tell due to that #And wow there was rape everywhere in this chapter? I didn't know Astolfo had been raped. I had heard about his... mother? sister? #But not him. I mean‚ maybe they were victims of sex-rape‚ but the talk about several vampires biting him and drinking his blood #and how the mark never leaves and how dirty and maimed in ever sense he feels sure seems to imply that at least metaphorically #The angel-like being also having gone through that is interesting again in its potential implications and ramifications. The very concept #Anyway... That pretty guy telling Astolfo that he knows what he's going through and recommending him to kill himself #because life is hell from that moment on... Wow he was so real and seemed so... sincere? But who knows. He sure is alive #That + the angel-like figure's words make it so intriguing given his position as chasseur? paladin? whatever the name was #Anyway I loved that he said that in any case #I liked Olivier on the verge of getting violent with the guy who was being a dick too I can't help it. Leave the kid alone #I'm rambling but yeah I loved the concept around this angel-like being both aesthetically and narratively for what we got #I talk too much #I should probably delete this later

[lucy-the-pirate]

thank you for expanding my world view

#i hadn't ever considered low poly paras #also now that I know you can just put images in asks without any further context I'm gonna start doing that now #thank you

[variousqueerthings]

A striking demonstration comes from research investigating the risks people perceive from technological, lifestyle, and environmental hazards (like nuclear power, smoking, and ozone depletion). These studies routinely find that women perceive higher risks to themselves, family, and society from such hazards.

[...] Flynn and colleagues then subdivided the sample by ethnicity as well as sex, and discovered that one subgroup stood out from all the rest. Society seemed a significantly safer place to white males than it did to all other groups, including nonwhite men. 

[...] Flynn and colleagues then established that it was a particular subset of white males who were particularly cavalier about risks: those who, in response to the social justice movement’s currently fashionable suggestion to “check your privilege,” would take significantly longer than others to complete the task. These men were well educated, rich, and politically conservative, as well as more trusting of institutions and authorities, and opposed to a “power to the people” view of the world. A number of studies have now replicated this socalled “white male effect” with other large U.S. samples, and the research points to it being “not so much a ‘white male effect’ as a ‘white hierarchical and individualistic male effect.’” 

[...]

Interestingly, a recent study conducted in the more socially egalitarian and gender-equal Sweden failed to find the “white male effect.” This national survey of nearly fifteen hundred households found that, all else being equal—and in stark contrast with the U.S. data—Swedish men and women had very similar perceptions of lifestyle, environmental, technological, health, and social risks. 36 The survey found instead just a “white effect,” with people from foreign backgrounds, who are subject to social disenfranchisement and discrimination, perceiving risks as higher than did native Swedes

- Testosterone Rex, Cordelia Fine

(bolded by me)

#cordelia fine #testosterone rex #i know some people in the tags are calling her a terf #but a. i cannot find any evidence of that (in fact she seems openly pro-trans) #and b. please do not throw the baby out with the bathwater #this is a very well-sourced text + i'd argue she's very much staying within her lane of research #can one go one further with all of this and point out ex. in this section #that it's not just dependent on race and sex but also (cis)gender #or that there being no distinct traits that one can say belong purely to men or women belongs within a trans politics #or that testosterone as an argument for either *men are all more powerful* or *men are inherently more evil* is considered bioessentialism #etcetcetc. yeh -- but that's not what this exact text is for #i am glad i read it after frans de waal because i think some of the things i was struggling within in his text #(that he would occasionally bring up a queer philosophical and/or political quote out of context without having the prerequisite #academic background -- or indeed quite the will -- to go into it in a wider context -- and he would therefore imo WEAKEN #his arguments accidentally by misrepresenting esp what trans people were/are saying about gender roles when actually #we're very much on the same *side* so to speak) #is exactly what she's doing the opposite of in her text -- she's sticking to what she knows #(this whole book is basically going *both bioessentialism and genderessentialism makes no sense we need to be more complex*) #if she DOES *reveal* herself as transphobic down the line i would be surprised but i would also still value this book/delusions of gender #im highlighting this moment in the book but she also doesn't go very deeply into intersectional politics beyond this point #whether that is a bug or a feature is up to you -- mentioning trans people and disabled people at this point might have been a good idea #simply as a way of highlighting that there are even more nuances to consider than sex race ethnicity #because a lot of her argument is *things are more complicated than the surface makes it seem* #however: might be worthwhile reading some trans and disabled writers for that focus -- those texts do exist #ramblerambleramble

[ottoline-otter]

I'm travelling home from uni by train & there's snow outside and I'm listening to the carol symphony music that was used for the box of delights theme, and I feel exactly like i'm kay harker coming home for the hols

#all i need now is for patrick troughton to appear as a mysterious old man with a dog and a missing ticket and a magic box #oh and someone to cryptically tell me that ''the wolves are running'' without any further context #the box of delights

[vvelegrin]

happy thanksgiving to the epoch times article my dad pushed on me about palestine lmao

#haven't read it yet #i might do a point by point breakdown for my personal edification and reference for any future conversations with him #that said i definitely dodged the 'discussing this further with someone who will not be reasonable' bullet pretty substantially #despite one of the things i wouldn't shut up about was various topics under the umbrella of 'political violence' #me listing various criteria that is met to more easily allow an individual to choose violence in various contexts #tears in my eyes as i fight to keep from referencing various current events #or doing so in an oblique way is funny because my dad will agree with me without realizing who i'm talking about #but hey also figured out some potential subjects for my master gardener project! #hanging out with my dad is 'talk for 6 hours straight about safe subjects or you die in real life' #where your opponent is a professional steamroller with bad opinions who doesn't realize how racist he is #that said there is something nice about talking VERY LOUDLY about things i want to talk about (and he didn't even interrupt this time! #a thanksgiving miracle #though of course we had our obligatory 'arguing with me about something i literally and actively am agreeing with you about' moment #but that's par for the course

[haltandcatchfiretothemax]

Donna telling Cameron, years later, about how when Haley cut her hair she told Gordon that all teenage girls should be put on an island until they're ready for society, and then adding, "And you know what, I stand by that statement! Teenage girls shouldn't go to high school, they should all get to live in a tropical paradise together, and by teenage girls I mean ME. *I* should have gotten to live on an island with other teenage girls"

#cameron pulling out her phone and tweeting 'my wife has truly outgayed herself' without any further context or explanation #i've said it before and i'll say it again: i know that it's supposed to sound mean #but 'all teenage girls should be put on an island till they're ready to join human society' sounds gay to me!

[thegladelf]

You know, this might be controversial, but I'm of a mind that maybe we shouldn't let nazis co-opt words and symbols that have no inherent fascist origins. Like, nah bruh, I'm gon a fight you that just like I'm gonna fight you on your crap ideology.

#for an example #please see the shit theyve done w the anarchist symbol #or one of them #cant remember which #that shit had a gpod long history before the recent nazi attempt to co-opt it #and anarchists rightly are like 'oh fuck no that's OURS' #context matters #i know the internet wants you to think it doesn’t #bc people want to just react without putting any further effort into it #but that’s not how the real world works bruh #and us stripping context from shit like that just helps feed into the culture those shitheads want

[tamarrud]

I know most of you have seen the videos of "Gaza before October 7" and it shows the beautiful sunsets, horses, gorgeous beaches of Gaza

It makes total sense that these videos are made by Palestinians living in Gaza

But it is suuuuuuper weird to blindly repost these without really acknowledging the enormous shadow looming over each of these wholesome, colourful clips

In the background of these clips is a population of 2.2 million, 1.7 million of whom are refugees, crammed in one of the most densely populated areas globally, often described as an open air prison

The same area has been placed under a brutal siege by Israel since 2007

This siege means that no one/nothing can enter or leave Gaza without obtaining permission from Israel which they more often than not deny.

This resulted in over 60% of the population being food insecure as Israel controls all the food that enters Gaza, placing the whole population on a controlled diet.

In turn, 80% of the population depends on humanitarian assistance.

This also meant that over 80% of people in Gaza live below the poverty line with ~50% unemployment rate.

When it comes to water and electricity, 97% of Gaza's water is unfit for human consumption and Gaza receives only 30% of its needed electricity.

On top of that, as part of the siege, people who need treatment outside of Gaza are usually denied permits by Israel and are left to die under siege.

So clearly Israel didn't begin bombing and destroying Gaza in October 2023, rather this can only be described as an acceleration of its ongoing violence and bombardment of the besieged strip, not to mention its regular shooting of fishermen at sea as another arbitrary act of violence against the besieged population of Gaza.

Yes, Gaza is beautiful despite everything and it will be most beautiful in the eyes of its residents. But we (us, you and me who aren't in Gaza) should be smarter than to just repost "Gaza before October 7" without any additional context, furthering the assumption that the history of the Palestinian struggle started on October 7.

#palestine #gaza #israel #text: palestine

[reignsupreme-inyourdreams]

There is a detail in Dracula that I think modern readers overlook, and I say this as someone who only recently realized the implications of this line.

When Jonathan wakes up after his encounter with the vampire women, he mentions all of the clues that Dracula is the one who put him to bed, and he specifically mentions his watch being unwound.

I never thought much about that detail, but my mother-in-law is really into collecting antique clocks. Last week I spent a lot of time at her house and every day, at the same time, she went around and wound all of the clocks. One day she missed one of the clocks and mentioned that she would have to fix the time on it. This made me realize just how important it was that Jonathan keep his watch wound in order for him to have the accurate time.

I don't recall Jonathan mentioning Dracula owning any clocks; if he doesn't, then that means that Jonathan's watch being unwound is the end of him being able to tell the time accurately. Without that context it seems like a minor slip up on Dracula's end that is evidence to him dressing Jonathan for bed, but with that context it seems like a deliberate attempt by Dracula to further sever Jonathan's connection to reality/sanity, as he has already messed up his sleeping schedule.

So, when you reread the book/listen to Re: Dracula, keep that in mind if you haven't already thought of that. It's an interesting thing to think about.

#dracula #dracula daily #re: dracula