#women first witnesses

[aceredshirt13]

having read nearly all of the Jeeves short stories, it’s so funny to me that Bertie’s bisexuality manifests as casting a wide but shallow net at girls and a narrow but ridiculously deep net at men. He thinks girls are pretty on a reasonably frequent basis, and has tried to marry at least four women thus far (not counting the unwanted engagements), but when it doesn’t work out he’s over it in 24 hours. Meanwhile he shows absolutely no interest in and never gives flattering depictions of 99% of the men in his life, but will praise Jeeves to anyone who will listen, wax poetic about his appearance (and get defensive on his behalf about it when a child insults it), and is absolutely inconsolable when they are separated.

(also Bertie is in no way allosexual. he is canonically terrified at the thought of reproducing. and due to the narrow but deep net on the other end I don’t imagine he’s going around sleeping with loads of men, either. that man’s either demi as hell or just entirely ace)

#red randomness #jeeves and wooster #bertie wooster #reginald jeeves #wooves #jooster #100 and up neat #finally determined my take on Bertie orientation and had to get the thoughts out #granted I have only read the first three short story collections + Extricating Young Gussie (re: none of the novels or last two stories) #so I can’t speak for the few stories following that or any of the novels #but this is my StanceTM #curious to see what that pastiche Jeeves and the Wedding Bells is like and whether or not it matches this #because if it’s focused on a Bertie het romance then I have trouble seeing it #he truly doesn’t seem invested enough in women for it to carry a whole book??? #they’re more like crushes or cheery whims #while Jeeves is so close to his heart that he can’t bear to be without him. a source of comfort as a person beyond just what the man does #side note there are two pastiches I’ve heard about that put Bertie with Bobbie Wickham and that sounds untenable lmao #Bertie would be at his wit’s end #also I heard she gets a guy later anyway?? and at this point Bertie’s already fallen out of love with her besides??? #truly the greatest sin of those two pastiches is separating him from Jeeves though. good fucking luck #it also sounds like the show is kinda different?? but I’ve never seen it #anyway I’m rambling without all the information so maybe this is total nonsense but hey!

[designernishiki]

can you imagine during the in-between period of y4 and saejima going back to prison/kiryu going off the grid, saejima ending up seeing majima drop everything at some point to fight kiryu in the street or whatever and him just standing there the whole time watching this bizarre psychosexual ritual go down like. what the fuck did i miss in the last 25 years

#like they had a whole deep fate-entangled relationship form in that time #saejima wouldn’t know about ANY of it he’d just be witness to majima being truly Down Bad for probably the first time ever #which apparently manifests like. this #he’s a wise dude and he knows majima very well so I have no doubt in my mind that he’d clock what’s going on pretty quick #at least from majima’s end #but I can see it going both ways and him clocking kiryu as being not into women before even seeing him interact with majima at all #defimotley would clock kiryu before kiryu clocks Himself but that’s not surprising #saejima #kazumaji #rambling

[hadesoftheladies]

radblr is so myopic about religion and religious people it's dramatic

#the longer i stay on here #the more insanity i witness #half the time it's giving cringe reddit twelve year old atheists #like no one's asking you to be religious you don't have to be so insufferably smug about cultures you have fuckall knowledge about #“my belief is the one true belief and i am intolerant to anyone who doesn't think like me” is still hegemonic even if it's atheism #like every new day on this app i'm reminded that at least half of these women are empire apolgists #maybe jesus was in his bag when he told people to take the plank out of their own eyes first #im so bored of discussions like this #that and the virgin bullying and fatphobia

[blueskittlesart]

Hi! As someone who now kinda wants to check out Trigun because of the hype, do you recommend that I can start with Stampede? Or do I really need to watch the OG anime first to better understand/enjoy it? Thank you! 🙋🏻‍♀️

you can start with stampede! i'd say knowing the context of the original enhances the experience but isn't necessary to enjoy the show. I would consider stampede more viewer-friendly, especially for those of us who are used to modern storytelling conventions (the original suffers the consequences of general writing trends in anime at the time it was produced and of the fact that it was produced long before the manga was finished, so the story is somewhat disjointed and has a lot of filler which makes it REALLY hard to get into.) if you do end up liking stampede, however, I'd suggest trying out watching at least SOME of the original because it adds a lot of cool nuance and context to the story that stampede tells!

#your only REAL handicap is that you're missing out on references that clue you into the context of the story early on #and quite a few references in the finale. but none of those references are hugely necessary to understand the plot so you should be fine! #i didn't DISLIKE the origial and like i said im glad i watched it first but it was. REALLY hard to get into. #even as someone who understands writing trends & enjoys a lot of older anime trigun is. a product of its time. #there's almost no context given for the story you're witnessing until a good 20 episodes in. #the main villain isn't named at all until halfway through the runtime #and even TWO EPISODES BEFORE THE FINALE i still did not have enough information to fully understand what the hell was going on #vash was going into the final fucking battle and i still didn't know what knives WAS let alone what the fuck he WANTED #not to mention nick was FULLY DEAD and i still didnt know what his deal was. like ok go off king have ur moment bleeding out in the church #but can you EXPLAIN WHATS GOING ON BEFORE YOU SUCCUMB TO THE BLOOD LOSS PLEASEEEEEEEE GOD #stampede does that whole thing WAY better imo. it sprinkles the backstory more naturally throughout the show #again. part of this is 90s writing conventions. but there's only so much i can take fr #it was like comparable to evangelion in terms of LACK OF CONTEXT #anyways. this isnt supposed to be me complaining about the original. it had its moments. i watched 24 episodes of it like it was not BAD #but like. i think the story really benefits from the way that stampede chooses to lay everything out. is what im saying. #tldr watch them in whatever order but if you like stampede try the original #you might not like it more than stampede but you WILL feel cool when you realize how it all relates to stampede #asks #vash is also WAAAAAY sexier in stampede. HOWEVER. the women of the show are like 10 times sexier in the original. so. pick your poison ig

[jyou-no-sonoko19]

Reference to The Shining in The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina 4.1

#Chilling Adventures of Sabrina #The Shining (1980) #Michelle Gomez #Shelley Duvall #Jack Nicholson #I find the parallels between Wendy and Mary very *very* interesting #(and also the parallel between Jack and an obsessively driven being of murderous darkness) #Because both Mary and Wendy are women pushed to their limit #mentally and emotionally exhausted with no one to support them #left to try and deal with overwhelming threats on their own #women whose gentleness is treated as weakness #women whose obvious anxiety is either dismissed or diminished or down right ignored #In the Shining in this moment #Wendy has a knife to protect herself which she uses to slash at Jack's hand when he tries to open the door through the hole he has made #notably however #Mary has no weapon #she has her wits #and those remind her of what she recently heard about beings of darkness and about not clinging to the light for safety #When I first noted this parallel I was only thinking about Wendy and Mary's direction #but actually Jack and the Darkness herald walking steadily down a narrow hallway with their axes #passing beneath centred round lights #is also nicely paralleled #If only the caos director had kept the shot framed centre #There is one tiny other thing which is the shot of Mary's face peering through the slightly open door #the way the wood frames her face somewhat close to how Jack's face is framed through the busted door #when he delivers the iconic HERE'S JOHNNY! #And tho it may well have been an intended thing it just doesn't serve the theme very well #cw violence #Mary Wardwell

[allegorism]

dungeon meshi teaches a very valuable lesson in life: yuri shippers can be just as annoying as yaoi shippers.

#i do love farcille and i appreciate how one of the most important dynamics in dunmeshi is between two women #but then people completely forget about laios and falin which is the MOST important relationship in the manga #or don't even begin to talk about marcille and her father and how that relationship affected her #how that is the root of her fears #how laios is both the person who first witnesses those fears #and one of those who help her to get out of her own spiral #the most important relationships in dungeon meshi are platonical #yes i think there ARE reasons to complain about m/m ships because most of those ships were pretty niche before the anime dropped #so those growing and getting more shippers than f/f ships is... yea. yea. #but why are ship wars the focus. #mona.txt

[moesartblog]

Ok tumblr I’m now begging

BEGGING

That you start treating these “ridiculous drama” scenarios that get boiled down to one sentence the same way you’ve helped people treat “frivolous” lawsuits against major corporations

Because it’s been several times now I’ve seen shit like “chili lady cancelled for sharing food?! The worlds gone mad!!” Without actually knowing the real conversation that was happening about that incident.

Same thing with the DoorDash shit recently

And let me tell you the vast majority of these situations involve disabled people sharing their thoughts and feelings on a topic, and so-called progressives going “you’re fucking re- I mean uh ridiculous! Who would think like this!? Entitled lazy fucks!”

#I cannot stand seeing the chili neighbor thing in here when I saw first hand what went down with my own two eyes #like not even to mention she had a long history of being anti Black and harassing Black trans women for calling out racism in the white #trans community #which I witnessed #but the thing about the chili? #she was being nosy snooping around in her neighbors trash and decided because they get take out that they weren’t doing well #so instead of going to them first and getting to know them she just decided to make a random meal for them #which doesn’t make you the devil or anything #but plenty of disabled people kept pointing out that hey you should ask before you bring someone food for multiple reasons #like food sensitivity issues or smell or allergies #once again pointing out the importance of just talking to the people first #and frankly all of this could have been avoided if she didn’t feel the need to post about it to virtue signal to her clique #like it’s clear she was doing this to feel like a savior not to actually help people #it’s all the fake ally shit #you don’t ask someone what they need you just assume you know what they need #like please be fucking honest #and don’t even get me started on the DoorDash shit #and how much ableism has come out of that

[doingthechachaslide]

Your Honor: them

#they’re doing the lord’s work! #they’re so in love #I really thought the tension might be wishful thinking #harlots #lgbtq #gay girls #this is my first original Tumblr post #I finally have witnessed something the world needs to see #it’s like a cross between #bridgerton #and #ofmd #our flag means gay #I accidentally saw more gifs too and apparently it gets gayer #seeing two women in regency era clothing make out wasn’t something I knew I needed but y’all I really did #harlots spoilers #spoilers #lesbians #I like it better than Bridgerton 🤫 don’t tell

[britneyshakespeare]

Actually I must resign to the fact that The Country Wife (1675) by William Wycherley is unfortunately hilarious

#ive read almost all of it since noon #it's a quick read. i only have act v left #first i must say. harry horner is a bisexual icon #secondly i am upset that a man who trashed the legacy of aphra behn could almost equal her in wit #at least just judging by this one play. now this shit is raunchy #im still not as familiar with restoration theater as i am the elizabethan/jacobean eras but like? how is it that plays by women seemed #to get the greater criticism for being bawdy in the restoration era. oh my GOD wycherley #no but it is funny it is really really funny #tales from diana #the editor of this 1959 riverside edition of restoration plays. john harold wilson. he's kind of hilarious #i mentioned him in the tags of a post i reblogged about aphra behn the other day. how he called mary pix and delarivier manley #poetasters of the post-restoration decline in theater... that guy #in his introduction to the country wife he holds no punches for wycherley sdlfasdf #after talking about his four successful plays he says: #'he married unwisely; fell out of favor at court; spent seven years in prison for debt; and wasted the remainder #of his life writing bad verse.' SLDIFSDJIFLDIFSL #if someone said that about me. even though i was already dead. i would somehow find a way to kill myself #maybe 20th century literary academic snobs were funnyyyyy #misogynists granted. but when they attacked each other? funny #also even though i am praising the country wife this play is definitely definitely misogynistic like holy shit #k. ive said enough

[transgaysex]

amount of people ive had a hand in getting kicked out of a college gay club: 2

#wind howls #um. its not a goal of mine its just surprising that its happened twice #the first time was half for racism accusations and half for transphobia ? and also bc the girl didnt believe women were oppressed anymore ? #which is worrisome considering she was also in the feminism club. but not my business i guess that was like 3 years ? 2 years ago #but anyway remember last week when i was upset out of my mind and liveblogging racism live from gay club. #i talked to an admin and after they talked abt it with the other admins the person is likely getting the boot + theyre bringing in- #the schools social workers to make the rules against racism more strict (or at least enforce those better) #in the first case i wasnt the only one who witnessed it (a big argument happened in the messenger group and then miss girl decided- #she wanted to be transphobic towards me specifically so she got her ass kicked out after i talked 2 the admins) but this time around like #i wasnt the only one there ? but i guess im the only one who reported it or smthn idk. either way i dont go around telling admins- #'hey man kick this person out. heres all the shit they did and i want them out' i just tell them what happened and leave it in their hands #i guess im not used still in people actually taking me seriously and the other party actually like. gettinf a serious consequence #im always expecting them to just get a slap on the wrist. anyway #i hope this makes white people in the gay club more afraid of what theyre gonna say next when it comes to race ! #because im sick of them getting too comfortable ! you wanna act racist ? do that outside and stay there. anyway #this was just an update on that whole thing. leaving it to rest noe

[whats-ur-credit-card-number]

Been watching some (new) doctor who and wtf was up with s8e7. Most preachy transparent anti-abortion message I've seen and it's not even well-written

#love when the moral of the story is 'it's disrespectful for men to let women make their own choices' #and 'one unborn creature is worth more than all of humanity' #and the twelfth doctor was having such a good run before this too #sorry I'm just dizzy-headed at how much this sucked #rant #he talks #also it was just pretty boring and ooc from the start #plus blatant scientific innacuracies that any layman can point out! suspension of disbelief can only take you so far #isn't steven moffat supposed to be the sexist one. when this was the first episode of the series he didnt write and also the most sexist #story ive witnessed #i know i'm probably playing right into the writer's intended 'triggered sjw' reaction but jesus christ

[citrusitonit]

yall so this mornign i woke up at 1am but i fell asleep at 4am an isth i had a deep sleep an my dream ltryll had an actual cohesive movie plot

#i am a spy sent on a mission #but for the first time it isnt easy #i get trappd in a simulation from a disney virus calld 'king' #and it starts wit me tryn find my little sistr so we could leave #but she aint anywhere so i cant leave #and i find thagt the staff trappd me #and aftr beign trappd for 9 days i find out that ther are otherswho r trappd like me #so we devidsd a plan #but main 'kin' conductr finds me an puts me on a high watr slide tower #so me and 2 othr women find us trappd an make a plan #and so while one of us lure him in near the edge #we all pushd him #hes a virus he wont die but its a moment of weakness #so i immediately will ym unconscious body an close the open tab #and he therfore gets oblitrated disintegratin style #last words were'fuck' before oblitreration #then i wake up irl

[curlytemple]

bullet vibe left out on the table in the living room

i love the woman i babysit for

#this is not the first time this has happened #she’s 30(something) flirty and thriving #but actually her divorce glow up has been a joy to witness #her ex is a military guy 10+ years older than her and he SUCKS #when she told me i said is it appropriate to say congratulations? she teared up #i love women!!!!!!!!!

[brookheimer]

It makes sense for them to include the pregnancy plot line but it doesn’t make it good or revolutionary and I think that’s such a shallow take on the situation. Her entire storyline has been the whole “if only she was a man” thing, where her main plot lines have been hating other woman, fighting with her husband, and now being pregnant. If the only thing we end up knowing about Shiv’s desires and life revolve around her child, that’s not revolutionary at all. Kendall has kids, but he is also a fully fleshed out character that can exist outside of that. Acting like “strong girlboss lead who has never accomplished anything in the show and is reminded of how her womanhood limits everything she does has to reconcile the way her body and ability to become pregnant can also be weaponized against her” is actually a fucked up storyline. It doesn’t make it bad, the entire show is a fucked up storyline, but it’s not some beautiful win for feminism

wooooah okay i was not at all saying her entire desires and life would revolve around her kid but rather that being pregnant forces her to self-reflect on the fact that she is not, in fact, a man, which would likely have important implications for her relationships with both the men and the women in her life, help us understand her interiority better (which right now we don't because she's always been very very dedicated to convincing herself she's something she isn't -- it would help HER understand her interiority better too), and overall just be kind of the catalyst for introspection in a way shiv hasn't been, like, provoked to do before. also i'm not saying it's inherently good or revolutionary just because they included a pregnancy plot! i'm saying that it has the POTENTIAL TO BE, which it does.

as always under the mf cut

'“strong girlboss lead who has never accomplished anything in the show and is reminded of how her womanhood limits everything she does has to reconcile the way her body and ability to become pregnant can also be weaponized against her” is actually a fucked up storyline' .....i don't understand. for one thing, i did not say jackshit about her pregnancy being weaponized against her. that is not at all what i was saying she had to reconcile with. i was saying she had to reconcile with the fact that she simply will not be seen as a man, and that maybe that's okay, and maybe she can still be a ~girlboss~ while still yknow being a girl. why are yall acting like pregnancy is this inherently agency-robbing thing that only exists to ruin the characterizations of strong women? you do know that it exists in real life, right? like, is this what you think about women who are pregnant in real life? because, like, everything you just described is just... i mean, that's not unique to this plot point. that's just part and parcel of being born with a womb. that's just fucking LIFE. that's just how shit IS sometimes. like YES you can be a strong girlboss and still not accomplish anything because a) you're a woman surrounded by men b) you're desperately attempting to act like a man and in reality are only performing a parody of 'masculinity' that's more harmful to you than it is helpful, but you feel it's the only way to survive, YES your womanhood limits everything you does (so long as 'everything' means 'success in your male-dominated career aspirations among your misogynistic family'), YES your body and ability to become pregnant can be weaponized. that's not inherently a fucked up sexist plotline? that's just how life is for a lot of women???? so why the fuck is it bad to show a woman struggling to reconcile with that FACT because it is a fucking FACT?! it is a FACT that women are judged for being pregnant!!! it is not a fucked up plotline to acknowledge that!!!!! what WOULD BE fucked up is centering her entire character around becoming a mother or something, which i just really fucking doubt they'll do. instead, i think it'll be used as a way to explore parts of shiv we haven't seen.

also, saying shiv's main plot lines have been "hating other women, fighting with her husband, and now being pregnant" .... like. i don't know man. did you kind of forget the part where she was a political consultant or fighting to become ceo of a major conglomerate or something? i would maybe argue that... well, that fighting to become ceo of waystar is her main plot line. not... hating other women? really, the only thing we know about shiv's life and desires is that she wants to be fucking ceo of waystar so she can get logan's approval. that is it. that is why i would like to know more about her PERSONAL life. about her PERSONAL wants and needs and desires -- maybe it's to have kids, maybe it's to never fucking have kids whatsoever and jetset around the world. i don't care!!! i just want to learn more about whatever is underneath her veneer of 'masculinity,' whatever is outside of her relationships with men. aaaaaaaaaaand i think having to deal with something as personal and body-focused and life-changing as a pregnancy will force her to ask questions about herself she's always been too afraid to ask, and i'm interested to see what the answers are!!!

it's not revolutionary to have a pregnancy plotline. fucking obviously. what WOULD be revolutionary is allowing a character who has defined herself by, as you said, wishing she was a man -- allowing her to still be her same ole manipulative masculine whatever self while still allowing her to consider a life involving a family or love. just consider!!!! because i don't think she even has. her focus is ONLY on career, on success, on being respected. like, actually, the only aspects of her 'desires' etc that we DONT know are those related to love and family. we know what she wants career wise! why are you acting like she hasn't been incredibly career-focused this entire time? i just want to know what shiv roy wants on a human level!!! because i don't think anyone is JUST SATISFIED with career!!!!! not saying you need kids, god no idek if i'll have kids fr, but that there is more to life outside of that. so i want to know what she wants from life, because frankly, i don't think she's had the time or energy to even focus on that with how desperately she's had to fight to stay in the room. but now she has to actually start considering herself as an individual with a life outside waystar -- something she really hasn't done since she worked for gil in season one. ever since, her life has been waystar waystar waystar. but pregnancy.... well. that's something that's her own, especailly given that no one else knows about it right now. so i want to know more about shiv. that's all. and that's what i think this arc can tell us, and that's why i'm excited for it.

#sorry if this is bitchy it's just 2 am i have a fever and my inbox is flooded with some really really strange takes. not saying this one is #necessarily Horrible but there are some fucking weird ones in my asks rn. kiiiiinda feels like ppl just read the first two like sentences #let alone below the read more and then wrote angry asks. again not saying that's THIS anon just in general. c'est la mf vie #well. hopefully someone understood what i was getting at w the shiv post. maybe it's only something that makes sense to ppl who #have witnessed a lot of like really weird bad pregnancy/abortion plotlines for career women before. iiiii dont know #anon just know my frustration here is not actually entirely on you it's more just generally so sorry if i took it out here LOL. appreciate #you sending an ask anyways like i'd always prefer talking about shit than not. i just feel like i'm repeating myself a lot here and i wish #people could just. idk. read the shit i've already said in other posts LOL. but ya know. here we are! ok have a good night sorry for the #ramble this is certainly not gonna be my finest essay but am i going to read it over? no! i am going to hit post go to bed and then wake up #and be like why did i do that #so! hitting post and going to bed #guten nacht #casey shut the fuck up about shiv roy #asks #anon

[butchfeygela]

3 fully armed cops just showed up at work looking for a coworker i got kinda close w when i had tried to help when the managers where screwing her schedule over a few months back

#just texted her to give her a heads up #shes a Black women so my Hashem watch over her and get her through any interactions safely and whole #oh g!d #nikanie #im so worried #she was the first worker i was brave enough to offer myself as a resource to and went w her to meetings w management as a witness #we havent talked recently bc of how we're scheduled i hope shes safe

[fantasmagoricx]

.

#personal #we went paddle boarding (my first time) nd I was staring at her like 😳😳😳 the whole time #women r gay for arms #sigh I love being in love #there was this pier we rowed under and there was a clubhouse at the end of the pier just absolutely blasting #rockabilly #it was soooo fun #we saw a seal pop it’s head up near us and a jelly pass right by us #augh #I love her and I love witnessing the world by her side