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I like Star Wars, Danny Phantom, writing, and ~the environment~. Also lesbian. || My Star Wars art is on Instagram! @25centsoda

[eldritch-ace]

May the fourth be with you!!! 💫✨

[danielkahndyke]

the op linked the study in the replies & i’ve been skimming it & it’s actually rlly rlly interesting to think abt

https://e1.nmcdn.io/assets/pushkin/wp-content/uploads/imported-files/Wait-theres-torture-in-Zootopia_-Examining-the-prevalence-of-torture-in-popular-movies.pdf

[danielkahndyke]

like this sentence from the introduction alone is fucking crazy. “approximately half of adults in the united states think that torture can be acceptable in counterterrorism.” what!

[trans-girl-nausicaa]

we need a cultural revolution in america.

[headspace-hotel]

not to make this important post about my brain worms but this paper actually discusses captain america: the winter soldier at some length

in the appendix (which you can find by scrolling down) CA:TWS is listed as having one torture scene, which immediately made me wonder because there are two that I can think of.

further on in the appendix when the authors are discussing the criteria for including torture, they give the vault scene in CA:TWS as an example of a scene that isn't torture, with the justification that Bucky seems to comply with his captors, and given the information shown on screen we can't conclude whether or not Bucky is a willing participant in the "wipe." Willing participants cannot be tortured, therefore the vault scene is not counted as torture

That is a WILD take on that scene. "doesn't fight back" does not equal "not being tortured" come on now

now, I could see disqualifying the vault scene as being a torture scene on the basis that the purpose of the "wipe" is not to inflict pain, it just happens to be an extremely painful process.

That's an interesting take. Is doing something incredibly painful or distressing to a person torture when there is ostensibly a secondary purpose to the painful thing, even though it also clearly doubles as a way of inflicting suffering and asserting power? This is a really important question to answer, since a lot of instances of torture and mistreatment in prisons and military situations etc. seem to fall under this. e.g. a strip search is nominally for "security" purposes, but it is also forced nudity which is a common form of sexual violence inflicted as part of torture.

But disqualifying the scene because there is not enough evidence that Bucky is being coerced to do it is nuts, since immediately prior Bucky gets slapped in the face for not answering a question and doesn't retaliate, and immediately before that Bucky gets a bunch of guns pointed at him when he acts up

That's another important question. Does being forced to comply with or participate in your own torture disqualify it from being torture?

The answer is, to me, obviously no, and in fact this seems like a relatively common feature of torture: e.g. forcing prisoners to dig their own graves requires a good amount of compliance from the victim and that's a major reason why it's so distressing

anyways the vault scene was what got me thinking about torture in media and got me to rewatching jacob geller's fantastic video essay "analyzing every torture scene in call of duty" which actually cites this paper.

[headspace-hotel]

@dellerose peer reviewed tags

[dellerose]

[Image ID: tag that reads "#damn even the paper researching torture in media excuses torture in media we are so screwed"]

[headspace-hotel]

okay, for one thing, he doesn't "lean back," he is pushed by the scientists. also! the chair restrains him. but even apart from that, how do you watch that scene and get "active and willing participant." Pierce literally hits him when he doesn't answer a question quickly enough.

[headspace-hotel]

@deus3xmachinablog I think it would have to be the scene where the heroes throw Sitwell off a roof yeah. I kinda want to see the breakdown for ALL the movies listed.

[deus3xmachinablog]

i would be very interested in that, too! partly because I'm wondering which other Hot Takes of theirs I will disagree with (bc I am 1000% with you on The Vault Scene), partly for Academic Reasons (i miss being a cultural anthropologist) and... partly for Sicko Reasons

[headspace-hotel]

Yeah, like, as insanely high as the stats seem to be for torture in media, this weird victim-blaming take on the Vault Scene suggests that they underestimated the amount of torture, perhaps dramatically.

[batgirlsmell]

theoryslop. you only believe in it because it has evidence supported by and relating to the narrative and themes of the work

[headspace-hotel]

If I was to create an original work on ao3 I would do it for the express purpose of creating a universe/characters that other people could write fanfiction of.

Except it wouldn't be fanfiction exactly, because that would imply a Canon that is considered as the Correct or official version, It would instead be another contribution to the canon.

I've often tried thinking of ways to do this (create a fictional universe that everyone is allowed to write/create in)

Since I was 10 years old I dreamed of writing and publishing a book, but I don't care about it anymore. I don't want to be fixed in place in the "creator" role. I don't want to be the origin of everything about the characters and stories I create. And I don't want to own my ideas and stop others' stories about those ideas from being seen as legitimate.

[misanthropemom]

There is an old anthology series, collectively known as Tales from the Vulgar Unicorn, where a group of authors got together and did just that. They planned out the geography and the background politics and a few characters in the town, but other than that each author wrote their own story in that scenario. The series went on for several books and spawned more than one standalone novel, with characters from the original series, and it is one of my favorite series of books of all time. It is however old, it started in the 70s, so a lot of people have not read it, but it is awesome.

[stagni]

A more modern version of this, albeit with a more diversified ‘canon’, would be the SCP wiki and its sister site the wanderers library.

I also found Orions Arm which is a hard sci-fi version.

Like misanthrope said it’s prolly best to work with a small group to get a ‘seed’ setting to base other fics on.

[headspace-hotel]

YES!!!! SCP is one of the coolest things in online fiction and in speculative fiction and in fiction, period.

Ough every few months I get Back On my Bullshit with SCP and it's glorious. please read SCP-9997 "Shattered Land National Park" it's one of my favorites of all time

[hazard-symbols-that-fuck-hard]

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[hazard-symbols-that-fuck-hard]

christ i was NOT expecting to have to restock so soon!

i’ll try to make more either this week or next

[69shrimp]

why dont you make like a tree and feel the breeze and the sun and the changing of the seasons. and Grow

[tylostoma]

cold.. jealous of printer paper.. imagine getting slid through a machine and you come out all warm.. they don't even know how good they have it.

[yossyislandd]

[chilewithcarnage]

when the treat you treated yourself to is mid

[raichett]

liking a ship but disliking the distinct set of stock fanon that they have been assigned is like one of those punishments dante came up with when he wrote the worldbuilding for hell in inferno

[itseasytoremember]

(To the tune of Rasputin): BLEH BLEH DRACULA, KING OF TRANSYLVANIA, HE IS A BAT AND ALSO A MAN

[jakegyllenhaalsteeth]

whole lipstick on a pig is bogus to me because we put lipstick on a pig and this is what happened

[crabussy]

got told I didn't deserve to be gay because I thought lady gaga wrote money money money by abba. sorry men I am no longer attracted to you as of today. sorry abba sorry gaga sorry women sorry world

[crabussy]

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[crabussy]

this is becoming a really beautiful post

[kaioty-summer]

Hey, did y'all see this?

I saw this when running newpipe. But wait, it gets deeper. I clicked on the details buttons and it said as of today, we have 83 days left until Google rolls out this new requirement for apps inside and outside of the google play store. If any developer disagrees with their new terms and fees, they will be blocked!

I'll share some of the info below:

Looks like they're trying to nuke the remaining privacy and freedoms we have left on the internet.

What to do?

-Get your developer friends to not comply to their new guides

- Sign the open letter on the site and take action by checking out the full resources list on their website as well!

To summarize, this is all daunting especially when you feel all alone with unfair and inhumane regulations comming out faster than improvements but we got this working together!

Share the link with your friends, family and anyone who will listen!

Your phone is about to stop being yours. In September 2026, Google will block every Android app whose developer hasn't registered with them.

[yellowmagicalgirl]

If you're in the US, I created a petition to make it easier to contact senators and congressmen.

Google Wants To Control Our Phones

Join 1 people. Google is trying to make people hand over government id in order to make an Android app. If they don't, then that app can't b

If you're not in the US, see if your country is listed here for whom to contact.

[sibmakesart]

rbging this on the main blog cause its so important plz plz sign

[academicssay]

[alexaloraetheris]

I am printing these words out and gluing them backwards onto my forehead

[shadowsong26x]

image description: a tweet from Stephen Hopkins (@ phil_lol_ogist), timestamped 2:55 PM on 2022-09-16

five years ago, i looked at myself and said, "the worst dissertation is the one i don't write" before proceeding to write the second worst dissertation

[theehorsepusssy]

[ryebreadgf]

my dad is very intensely involved a battle with his city’s public administration over a playground they have tried to forcibly remove like five times in the past 20 years and DID remove once in like 2005 but then had to rebuild because my dad was such a pain in their asses and came through with undeniable receipts of the zoning plan from the 60s/the historic/cultural value of the urban planning…. like there’s a woman in the city office who is his arch nemesis. he is literally the daredevil of urban planning

[ryebreadgf]

everyone in the tags needs to stop saying they want to fuck my dad.

[i-dont-even-know-you]

Yesterday I was looking through my bead because I wanted to do some bracelets or charms for PHM since, as you know, I am currently obsessed. And I found these two bags of natural looking beads I bought ages ago:

And obvioulsy my first thought was It's Rocky and Adrian!

So I got to work. First I made a Rocky charm for the big project I was cooking up:

(It is an interpretation, okay? I know you have to be very imaginative to get it. I wanted to mix both the book and the movie designs into one but I had the resources I had and this is what came out, but I love him anyway)

But then I indulged myself and made tiny rocky and tiny adrian to put on my shelf and guys... They are just so freaking cute!

I love them so much I might actually cry!

[i-dont-even-know-you]

GUYS! I figured out tiny Grace, and I don't think you are ready...

Look at his tiny glasses! They were a pain in my ass. And I gave him a xenonite cane and everything, so he can walk on Erid 🥺

And don't worry, the tiny family is all together:

I love them so much! And it has been great to see all the love you've given them as well, thank you!