#without us none of this runs

[queen-mabs-revenge]

i'm sorry but what are we doing what are we doing what are we doing??? 500 people in a hospital just slaughtered - pure act of genocide and what are we doing??? like, yes, just the fact that the numbers out on the streets are what they are is testament to unprecedented failure in the western propaganda murder machine, but at the same time what the fuck are we doing???

because this can't be another blm - record numbers of people out on the streets and what? what happened? what result but deepened reaction and further entrenched state violence? this is an acute genocide that is happening right now we're just gonna do the same shit we've been doing for a decade that we know does worse than doesn't work??

signs at protests shouldn't be begging biden to call for a ceasefire, they should be calling for unions to stand up and collectively refuse to handle genocidal war goods. unions representing newsroom crews and newspaper workers should collectively refuse to produce propaganda of genocide. the fucking politicians aren't gonna fucking stop this shit, it's only gonna be labor shutting it down that's gonna stop it. fuck letters to the senator we gotta stop the fucking death machine and labor is the ones with our hands on the levers.

#palestine #strikes aren't just for better working conditions #they're to show who has the power #without us none of this runs #labor has to step the fuck up and stop this now #we should be writing to labor unions i swear to fuck

[chirpsythismorning]

S5 opener REAL

#byler #will byers #stranger things #every season besides s4-5 opens with non main characters #for el we got a flashback of the lab followed by her perspective in the scene directly after #and I think for Will we will see something similar #with us getting the flashback of him in castle byers in the UD #followed by him in the present in the scene after #but what exactly would warrant that memory being brought up in association with Will in the present? #mayhaps his connection to the mindflayer and the UD run deeper than we realize… #it’s likely not something he could just rid himself of in s2 and now he’s all good #he literally still feels a connection to everything he is feeling #that means he is still technically at risk of being the spy in some capacity #the massacre at Hawkins lab also was a guiding force for El discovering the ‘truth’ in s4 #so it’s likely for Will this instance will operate in a way that re-contextualizes the events in the past up to now #like that time Will suggested they go to the hospital in s3 only for the flayed to be waiting for them #or how flayed Billy knew they were at the cabin… #all while Will was looking cryptic as hell in that scene watching over el #or the fact that he picked Billy in the first place the season after he focused on Will… #you know.. williams #I think the easiest way to introduce the castle Byers flashback is a dream honestly #specifically a dream within a dream #seeing that recent leak and Will looking like either he has a black or hasn’t slept in days #is giving very much ‘I am afraid to sleep bc I’m scared of what will happen’ #I think dude is not exactly possessed in the sense that we already saw in s2 with like the particicles #but he’s still vulnerable #the door is still ajar… #no but fr this idea of opening a door in your mind was so blatant in st2 AND s3b of teen wolf #I think a big part of it will be guilting Will over the fact that Will has helped him before without Will telling the others #hence his weird vibe in s3… like he’s already successfully fucked with Will post s2 potentially with us being none the wiser aka here we go

[lobotomyladylives]

people often assume when we all go out together that I'm my half brothers mom (I'm 20 years older than him) & that his parents are his grandparents & it's so funny bc I know it bothers them. old ass idiots

#my dad was 49 & his wife was 45 when they had him #the story behind his birth is actually extremely fucked up like everything else about their relationship #so my dad left her like a million times to try to go back to my mom (who kept telling him no unless he sorted out his issues) then he #would always run right back to her & she always took him back. anyways i guess he said smth along the lines of #''my wife (he was still married to my mom) will always be the love of my life bc shes the mother of my kids'' #and...she went off bc & on fertility treatments without telling him. then shes pregnant & he is still saying he wants to come back to us #so she said he will never see their kid & her son from a previous marraige THREATENED MY DAD AT GUNPOINT #and said if you ever leave my mom again ill fucking kill yoi #so then the divorce was finalized & they got married & my half brother was born. rest is history #for the record i dont feel sorry for my dad at all it was his fault too. the fucking hypocrite was having sex before marriage #and he knew she was nuts & far too attached to her #what a fucking idiot. all he had to do was get on meds & in therapy & admit he was wrong & he could have stayed with us #but he needed constant validation & to be in charge of everything & thats what his new wife gives him. she converted to his cult & now they #raise my brother in it. and she just does whatever my dad wants & lets him treat her like shit. i would actually feel sorry for her if sh #if she werent such a fucking awful person. and she tries to be all nicey nice w/us despite being a literal homewrecker. #and doing things like telling my dad he cant spend more than 50 dollars per year on each of us #while having him buy her a third car & a 1500 dollar fur coat. lol #theyre so much better off financially than us that its unreal. my mom doesnt get a penny despite how much we are struggling #but if i want a relationship with my half brother i just have to pretend none of this is weird or wrong. #anyways i just hope he never finds out the circumstances of his birth bc god can you fucking imagine

[unproduciblesmackdown]

getting gnc with it out & about at math meetup (or wherever)

#of course you have a zillion idea for faves' Looks. & also simultaneously none; if you're me #here's one: just the combo Different But Overlapping W/More Usual approach #easy to imagine winston Stays comfy to a sufficient degree &/or oft sticks to a Default kind of outfit approach. but anything's possible #like shaking things up gently for taylor too. always appropriate. ideal person from work to run into; as is often true #they can't make you link up that little taylor sketch w/any Sequence here. it can be its own independent taylor reaction lol #w/their slightly raised shoulders / all the more elevated [expressions i particularly like] it creates momentum like #well now i'd go and elevate winston's [expressions i particularly like] even more lol. the Especially Enjoyed trademarks/classics.... #and of course we do not have winston running into taylor without Also being 💖😳 about it. what's Ever going on around here #tayston #winston billions #corned beef #winston's little a gnc with it even just in his tees & cargo pants. no normativity out here. genderdivergent & neurononconforming #i Did move to add sparkly gold eyeliner?shadow? take your pick b/c [Autistacity Shoutout] #taylor's outfit coloration based on [picked a medium grey like a tanktop akd had] & then was going to have spun off from a deep purple or #more like the burgundy taylor wears but a much lighter color would've just been more helpful w/all the Other lighter colors; like the lines #namely the lines showing up against it....so; stunningly; a bit more light blue for us all lol #another moment of pencil lineart but this time drawn today vs months ago. some digital editing; all digital coloring #as inaccessibly discussed prior....epic highs & triumphs of spontaneous sorts of [existing outside work's hostile environment] meetups #yes this is hoodie vs hoodie moments (they would never fight) (they may kiss???) (go back several tags & peruse things)

[maskyartist]

No one understands the intricacies of Ozpin starting out as headmaster and huntsman and one of Ozma’s younger souls and lives as being extremely skinny and overworked, only to get not only fatter but happier and more relaxed as life goes on because he learns to rely on the people around him and trust in uncertainty and enjoy life’s little things while he still can before he can’t remember them at all like PLEASE UNDERSTAND THE INTRICACIES-

#masky says #professor ozpin #I’m loving the flood of chubby Ozpin lately but I need us all on the same page #as a fat bitch myself I’m obsessed with this trend #Ozpin learning to let go love himself and let himself just be without scrutinizing himself because of imperfections… #because he has this expectation put on him by Ozma and the council and teachers and himself #that he needs to look a certain way to be seen as professional as official as worthy of the attention and praise he’s gotten #working himself to the bone and being skinny but so worn down and exhausted and unhappy #bags under his eyes so deep it’s like he’s a skeleton #until he gets older wiser more tired and decides it’s not worth the struggle #keeping up with everyone isn’t worth it. he knows what he likes why can’t he run his school how he wants #why can’t he live his life and eventually this life as his own for just a bit longer #why can’t he just BE #so he starts…being. #enjoying the little things. leisure time that extra cookie after lunch baking and long naps #he takes it all in he lets himself love it all again #yes he’s tired. yes he’s worked to the bone. #but he’s softer now. less pointed. less ready to bolt at the first sign of peril. less likely to push those he loves away. #he learns to let life lead him instead of leading his life. #LIKE I AM SO FUCKED UP OVER THIS NONE OF YOU GET HOW MUCH THIS MEANS TO ME

[m1d-45]

sorry i've been mia i was busy rizzing up the kaeya and diluc ais. anyways imagine reverse isekai with ur main. i personally would have a blast being able to talk about minecraft and mystery flesh pit national park and warrior cats with people who do not even have the internet.

also my diluc and kaeya plushes arrived and now i need to make clothes for them so they won't be naked but i have to make sure they have an equal amount of clothes with an equal amount of effort put into them so that it doesn't seem like i'm favoring one brother over the other (this is the same reason why i bought the diluc and kaeya plushes together in the first place) - teddy anon

1) it’s ok 2) kaeya ai? 3) this idea oml

aside from the fact that showing them all the weird and obscure shit in our world would make them lose their minds (speaking of nobody tell them about organized religion. barbatos is surprised ppl follow him after a few hundred years of no contact well look at this right here-) they’d be fascinated with how you control them.

i imagine they wouldn’t appear in game, and you couldn’t like use them for anything. makes logical sense to me.

if you’re like me and struggle to form teams at all, let alone ones without your One Good Built Character, they’re borderline going to be apologetic at seeing how you struggle. part of them is proud they’re so needed, but the other part is sort of sad.

i literally only run teams w/o kazuha for the abyss because his playstyle and the team i run for everything else is so ingrained in my head. i genuinely struggle if i don’t have an anemo character on my team and always fumble for a while if it doesn’t have kaz because it’s like i forget i don’t have him. it’s a problem—

if you’re not dependent on a single element like i am, they love seeing you work around them. it’s simple, you explain, swapping to an alternate team, and they watch in awe at how easily you adapt to change. they marvel at reactions they haven’t seen, at how much this new team differs from the one with them in it.

if you try and show them how to, they’ll immediately insist that they’re fine watching, that they wouldn’t dare touch such a holy object or manipulate teyvat in your stead.

for some, this is true. for others, they’ll cave with enough pressure.

itto treats your controls with the most delicate care, very gentle with everything as to not break it. not really prone to gamer rage, more so just “your grace, i can’t figure this out :(“ and watching over your shoulder as he promises “ok, i’ve got it this time, swear!” he doesn’t, but the smile on your face as you watch him die for the nth time soothes any anger he feels. refuses to kill rifthounds btw.

mona doesn’t know anything. you could tell her sixteen times how to access the inventory and she’s still asking you which button it is. don’t tell her about the wishing system she’ll quite literally lose her shit. she doesn’t understand the value of items like dream solvent but refuses to spend even a single coin of your mora or your food. collects her own ingredients and keeps track to cook her own food because “i wouldn’t want anyone else touching what’s mine.” pls tell her it’s ok and losing some of your 2k sweet flowers isn’t the end of the world.

ayato wouldn’t directly play, but he does sit beside you and offer semi-functional ideas. “run a team with x y z characters,” “fight this boss without the element it’s vulnerable to/full physical damage,” “take on this enemy without a healer,” etc etc. he likes seeing you solve problems, and likes watching you explore. if you have low mora he’s incredibly confused, but doesn’t comment on it once he sees how much it is to level a talent or ascend someone. if you have like 7mil mora and go “why do i have so little :(“ he’s asking a few more questions, but overall is silent about it. you don’t have a job in teyvat, and get most of your money from chests or leylines. it makes sense you guys would view mora differently.

alhaitham doesn’t touch your device, but kaveh (yes he isn’t out at time of writing no i didn’t ask) could be convinced into exploring a bit. he refuses to engage in combat and always uses his glider, never dropping more than a second or two at a time. panicks if your characters get hurt at all and either runs to a statue of the seven (give him time, he forgets he can teleport) or triggers your healers skill. if you run a character that has hp drain he’s flipping his shit and either demanding to know how to change the team so they don’t get hurt or runs them and three separate characters. loses his shit when you tell him about the teapot. that’s all he does now lmao.

zhongli will tap at stuff a bit, get a hold of the general game, and then just. not play. you tell him he can do commissions if he wants or run domains and he shakes his head, “i will not interfere with a world i don’t own.” so silly. doesn’t understand why shops don’t give you stuff for free. speculates on how monsters dying gives you mora. refers to everything by their full names no matter what silly nicknames you have for anything. if you have a well-decorated teapot/generally take care to plant stuff or collect realm bounties or similar, he’s happy. if you mostly neglect it, he’s asking why. it’s an adeptal art, and he needs to know if it isn’t satisfactory.

yae would love to manipulate a world of her own, but the knowledge that the world you control is real and has real actions is a bit too much. yelan asks to see, but only because she wants to know what you’re on about when you talk about lag, ping, or hitting the wrong button. finds it funny even gods can mess up. yanfei fusses over whether she should even be allowed because of like divine right to rule and whether her interference counts as idolatry since she’d technically be playing god. you let her worry about it in the corner and don’t ask questions about where she pulled that giant book of law from.

if you allow him to, venti sits in your lap while you play. he’s very much just a guy that’ll sit with you and maybe play his lyre if you’re getting frustrated, and adores the ingame soundtrack. give him youtube and point him in the direction of the ost and he’ll obsess over it. within a week he has everything memorized and has composed at least three ballads about ‘the song of the heavens’. wont actually do anything directly, but if you’re running abyss and ask him for suggestions on fun team comps, he’s already got ideas. is a bit unnerved at first if he recognizes some of the people on screen, but rationalizes it quickly enough. if you’re like me and leave your characters sitting at a bench or table before logging off, he insists you sit them in the statue in mond.

neither childe or scara even entertain the idea that they’d be allowed to use your device, and just kinda watches from the side. scara laughs a bit if you get hit by an enemy. childe asks about what his build is prior to his vanishing and probably studies meta and like crit ratios and stuff (no i don’t know what meta qualifies as yes i’m just sayin shit). xiao’s worried his karma could infect through the screen, and wouldn’t dare suggest anything. if you’re doing it, it’s good, if you’re not, you have a reason. ask for his opinion and he’ll bluescreen.

#m1d : [chats] #m1d : [secrets] #teddy anon #i’m running into a problem called ‘none of my posts are good enough to be formal ones but i’m using all my juice on them anyway’ #a lot of stuff under the [secrets] tag is genuinely long enough to be a post but it doesn’t like. it’s not Good Enough to be a formal post #which is dumb but it’s a problem m runnin into anyway #like is this good enough to put a taglist on?? am i gonna put this on other peoples dashes?? #NO. but it’s still a lot of writing that i’m doing without getting the Full Post Benefits (even if they’re just psychological on my end)

[mumblesplash]

so i’ve been watching jojo’s bizarre adventure and i think i’ve figured out the source of all their powers

#this media analysis shit is easy #anyway fuckin love part 4 #like josuke is so Deeply fifteen in a way none of the other jojos are ever portrayed and it’s done so WELL #bc he’s not relatable at all! and i kinda love it!! #he’s genuinely self-possessed and confident enough that you really believe he would dress and present himself like that #and he’s easily grossed out but in a way where it makes his meticulously maintained appearance seem plausible but without making it his #Only Personality Trait for an easy running joke #and he’s got a realistic still-developing sense of right and wrong #but he’s a lil impulsive and greedy and you can tell when he’s encountering a new thing he hasn’t developed a moral framework for yet! #like he finds out aliens are real and immediately tries to use this knowledge to scam rohan #bc rohan is rich and they don’t get along and he doesn’t have spending money bc his mom put his lottery winnings in a locked account #bc he’s a kid!!! idk it just fucking rules the characterization is so unreasonably good in this season #the animation and visual presentation of part four is also especially cool it’s just good shit all around #i never thought i would be recommending any part of jjba for its mastery of facial expressions and body language but here we are #mumbling

[nereb-and-dungalef]

#friend thought it was cursed that i use a normal russian keyboard (none of that phonetic bullshit) but without russian keys #joke's on him now i type in english on a persian keyboard #for a minute my pen was running out of ink so half the keys were just blank #i think that'd be a power move tbh #but sadly i can't touch type persian #i mean i barely know the alphabet so. first thing's first

[united-under-skyfall]

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#i think one thing i really didn't prepare for w overnights is just how fucking lonely it is. like yeah 80% of the reason i took it was to #get away from customers but like. it worked. and the night shift team is v v small. there's only 4 of us and we've never been scheduled all #at once yet. and usually we're running around on completely opposite ends of the building going long periods of time without #radioing each other. and then i come home all amped up and the rest of my house is still asleep. and then when they wake up #it's just to get ready and go and we don't really have time to talk. and by the time they get back i'm sleeping #and it's my first night off and i can't fuck up my whole schedule i worked so hard to switch over to w them flipping me all over the place #so now i'm just like. sitting in the half light trying not to wake anybody up not doing anything. the only places near us open are #gas stations and i can't exactly loiter there and what would i do even if i could. and it's too cold to go for a walk or to the park #or something. and i feel like i haven't talked to another human being about something that wasn't related to work in years #and it's only been a week. #and we can listen to music or podcasts or something but our carts and machines are so loud you miss half of it. and we can't hold #super long conversations when we ARE in the same room for the same reasons. plus we all want to die so none of us feel like talking. #and just. im tired and lonely and want to sleep and im already regretting this but i'd feel bad for backing out now when they have so #few options and i volunteered for it in the first place #and then there's also like. even just doing my usual solitary thing at home feels so much more isolated bc there's not the noises #of other people existing nearby. the nearest signs of life are some coughing and then a car on the other side of the block #just. what am i even doing here. #tag ramble

[rowanhoney]

Ok guys I’m about ready to quit a job I love dearly because at this point I feel as though I’m being set up to fail

#even when we do everything right the boss purposely just. does something wrong. then blames us #for supposedly not doing something that has never been communicated in over a year #and also even without that. we asked for something we CLEARLY needed regardless. she let us run out so she pull this bs #this is combined with an impossible standard we’re expected to meet #the standard is literally just super high expectations and we can’t make a mistake at all or we don’t get a pay rise #to make matters worse on that front. they don’t want us to have a pay rise unless EVERYONE meets the standard #so if one person makes mistakes they say no sorry none of you can be paid £12ph #so I’m gonna apply for the salaried position #at the university

[hanzajesthanza]

shout out to milva and regis. got to be some of my favorite genders

#if i need to explain my gender to anyone i can just hand them baptism of fire i think #milva’s examination of herself is actually one of the more legitimately thoughtful pieces on identity #which actually takes into the vague definitions of gender that are created by social construct #like she is like how can i be a woman if i do not do perceived womanly things or fulfill the expected role of a woman in this society #which is literally… you fucking get it. bc we dont do anything without the rest of our society around us #none of our decisions exist in a vaccuum because we do not either #we do not make independent decisions bc we do not live independently #milva takes on gender from examining the traditional viewpoints and going to the root of gender expectations and roles #and regis takes on gender from the abstract in perceptions forms vague shapea and death life rebirth #is something alive or dead what if it regrows its head. what abt that. fit that into a binary #the witcher can be understood as multiple characters transitioning together #i wanted to talk abt angoulemes transitioning in toussaint but i didnt even get to it #basically having money = thanks i can present my gender as i want to now. runs off #the elbow-high diaries

[sp-ud]

FR I wanted to unplug my computer because of the second hand embarrassment I got.

i was watching ranboos pov and i am so glad they were barely in the whole event vc, the times they were was just...

anyways enough bitching about that, woooo charity!

Tiltify - The Festival of Voices - Week of Community

#asks #can u believe i used to be like 'george is actually funny but most people just see him as an extension to drm' #now that im reflecting on that i think it was actually quack/ity who was being funny and George was also there #semi related note. i dont think a lot of people are actually reading what the one of us foundation does #ppl think its cancer research and like. it does say they're partnered with the sfa but like if u actually read it its not that #not sayign that its not good its just a bit ... worrying that people don't seem to be reading about what they're donating too #i get that its techno/dad and we all love and trust him to not run a scam 'charity' but like. u should still check what ur donating too guy #its some kind of mentorship thing btw #'Through mentorship #scholarship #and global networks of support and community #Techno/dad and Stacey aspire to help young people across the globe follow in Alex’s footsteps by giving them the tools #resources #and personal empowerment to change the landscapes of their worlds just as Techno/blade did.' #copy and pasted that without thinking about the commas whoops #also the slashes are so none of this ends up in maintags

[hauntedfalcon]

@nonhoration right?! every time I think about how much a meatspace nonprofit could accomplish with the money AO3 is doing nothing with, steam comes out of my ears. flames! on the side of my face!

#AO3 discourse for ts #remember when that anon accused me of just being jealous because I wanted AO3’s money for myself #bro I’m not out here asking for donations and the only reason I was able to run a nonprofit without pay is that I was financially stable #bro I once got up at 6:30 in the morning to try to claim a Gates Foundation grant because they were giving away a total of $250mil #only to find they’d all been claimed in the first ten minutes #bro I accepted a grant for $300 one year because the grantmaking organization didn’t want to say no to anyone who applied #so every organization got less than what they were applying for. we couldn’t complete the project we pitched! the grant didn’t cover it. #bro I competed for my organization to be the beneficiary of an annual philanthropic event up against a foster agency #and an organization that arranged housing and employment opportunities for people with disabilities #among several others! ​we were all in it for the same fourteen grand because none of us could afford to pass up any funding opportunity! #that’s the kind of work you do when you are passionate about your cause! #so sorry not sorry but when I see AO3 firmly invested in their inertia? and every answer they give is a defense of inertia? #it really does make me sick!! #one person who gives a shit *can* pull off the sort of work I am talking about! I wouldn’t say so if I hadn’t done it myself!

[alltheselights]

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#if your first instinct is to get angry and spew vitriol about louis #over an update account #when none of us know the full context #that shit is.......very weird #do you stan louis or do you stan an ua #tbh i think it's unfortunate if any large ua gets blocked bc #louis' team is shitty and we need all the help we can get #but that ua was charging fans for rumors/info which might upset him #even if people are stupid enough to pay....let's not do that #and there may have been a misunderstanding about leaks/etc. #also people being like #'a block is too far' #i mean...it's twitter? #would you prefer he single them out and @ them or something #i would prefer he not block any account that's trying to help him #and i'm sure it's upsetting for the people who run it #but the speed with which people turn on louis #without even knowing his reasoning #is frankly bizarre to watch

[raekleindogpaintings]

I had a lucid dream a few days ago where my friend and I were in this very abstract, gray place that looked like the backgrounds artists who can't draw backgrounds draw and she told me that I should practice lucid dreaming because it'd provide me with more distraction and entertainment and you know what? Dream version of bestie is right that was so out of character she wouldn't encourage my fucked up escapist ways like that

#pretty sure this stemmed from me being sad over how my dreams have became so dull and repetitive #my dreams used to be insanely weird they were hardly ever ‘shot’ from my perspective and they were in animation form most of the time #I used to wake up like wow today's dream's art style was so good I wish I could draw like that #They were a genuinely enjoyable part of life to me. Even the nightmares that you wake up from sweating with your heart pounding real fast #It was all writing inspo to me. They were like neat little movies that my subconscious makes up every night #This year my dreams have become much less interesting and much less frequent #They're either retellings of the day I had or demonstrations of my feelings of helplessness #for example running around on a highway very late at night trying to find a ride back home #running away from a group of people which are trying to kill me over something very trivial #trying to escape an area where two gangs are fighting and shooting at each other without even being aware that I’m there #I think this says things about me and none of them are impressive #if you read all of this: sorry #very reliable posts