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23 | multifandom/shipper & inconsistent artist | art tag is #spoonsart

[galaxy-of-me]

hi, i love dynamics that r like “we make each other worse” on the surface but when u look deeper it is actually just “we understand each other on a level that no one else does and nudge each other out of our typical comfort zone” which just circles around to “we make each other better”. it’s abt the accidental growth just by being in each other’s lives. idk

[rose-the-nerd]

characters who are very weird and/or intense about each other in a completely platonic way my beloved <3333

[gayhockeyshow]

Hey…. Hey… Characters covered in blood, okay? You remember characters covered in blood?? You used to love characters covered in blood

[allthingswhumpyandangsty]

[zodiacbiologist]

Kevin Levin Details We Don't Discuss Enough

1. Kevin seems to have insomnia

2. Kevin will forego sleep to work on his car

3. Mrs. Levin needed a place to live, so Kevin gave her a house; He uses the garage there, but 'doesn't really sleep there'

4. Kevin loves fleen cakes and will accept them as payment. 

5. Kevin watched Captain Planet and X-Files

6. Kevin upgrades his car in his spare time. 

7. Kevin has been seen sleeping on a variety of strange(and uncomfortable) places, such as bleachers, a picnic table, and his garage floor. Gwen has scolded him for that last one. 

8. Kevin's deduction skills impress Max. 

9. There's a potted plant in Kevin's bedroom

10. Kevin's car is apparently from 1976. This isn't the only reference to Kevin liking things from the 70's (In the episode Pier Pressure, he teases Ben, saying,"Now remember, Benny Boy, your mother and I want you home by ten o'clock sharp or you can't go to the disco". When Julie asks about it, Ben says Kevin watches a lot of reruns)

11. Kevin watches a lot of reruns

12. Kevin helps Ben learn to use his new alien powers

13. Kevin has the blueprints of Ben's car pinned to his bedroom wall.

14. Kevin will only talk about his feelings when they pertain to his car(obvious) or a need. He's stated on multiple occasions that he usually only thinks about his car or food.

15. Kevin once lost his nose in a different dimension for 3 hours; This isn't the only time in the series that he's lost(and found) a body part. 

16. Kevin is a fan of The Princess Bride.

17. Kevin shows signs of PTSD at times.

[queenevanscent]

Hope you don't mind me adding,

18. Animals seem to like him. There's zed and also that fish from that one episode.

19. Kevin would care about his children's safety. We know this from that time they found that weird higher dimension toy and Kevin says " I would never let a kid of mine play with a toy like that"

20. Likes romantic vampire movies.

21. He doesn't believe people can change for the better, despite him becoming better. ( talked about simian and said a monkey doesn't change its stripes or blue fur or something, I think he talked a bit about Hex too in omniverse if I'm not mistaken)

22. Slowly starts incorporating Gwen's way of speaking. ( in " Eggman cometh Ben says how Kevin's starting to sound like Gwne and then both he and Gwen respond with" not remotely")

23. Likes blueberry(?) smoothies ( I forgot the episode but its one where Ben asks if he wants to try a meat smoothie and Kevin throws the cup away and asks for blueberry i think)

[luckyladylily]

I have considered for a long time how to best and most simply explain the critical elements of intersectionality, because I think it is among the most critical of ideas and so many people get it wrong. So here we go.

Intersectionality, at it's core, asserts that identities can not be broken into what we see as their individual parts, in particular when discussing the oppression and prejudice a person faces. Identities are more than just the sum of their parts.

The theory was originally laid out by a black woman to explain her own oppression. In short, she claimed that her oppression as a black woman could not be simply explained as black oppression + woman oppression. She also experienced black woman oppression.

Now, the nuances of the situation are much more complex, but this is the very basic idea. You always have to account for a person's identity as a whole, and not just the individual parts.

Black women are not just "black" + "women"

Black men are not just "black" + "men"

Trans women are not just "trans" + "women"

Trans men are not just "trans" + "men"

You always have to consider the identity as a whole, which may mean there are non obvious aspects of the whole identity that are not readily explained by the sum of the individual parts.

That is the basic explanation. Now let's get into one particular application I think is very important, at least on Tumblr, because on tumblr it has become extremely controversial.

A consequence of intersectionality is that specific kinds of oppression cannot be divorced from maleness. A black man's oppression cannot be explained as "black" + "male" oppression. There are aspects of the oppression black men face that cannot be separated from their identity as a whole. Even if you believe "men" suffer no unique oppression, intersectionality means you can't deny the possibility that "black men" suffer oppression that cannot be divorced from them being men.

This application of intersectionality is fundamental and the application of intersectionality to black men has been accepted for basically as long as intersectionality has been around.

A similar application can be made to trans men.

Now if you don't agree with this model, sure. Im not going to say it is fine because I think you are wrong, but no social model is above criticism. What you can't do is claim that intersectionality is anything else. You either accept that aspects of oppression can be tied to maleness, or you do not accept intersectionality. There is no secret third thing. This is a fundamental consequence of intersectionality as a model.

I think it is important to note that intersectionality did not start as queer theory. The roots of the model are in the study of sexism and racism. This is black feminist theory. And to put a point on it, trans feminist theory has no business trying to warp intersectionality to fit preconceived ideas about how queer identities and queer oppression works.

I believe that twisting well established black feminist theory into an unrecognizable form and then stealing the credibility of that well established black feminist theory by labeling your new theory "intersectional" is racist. We do not get to borrow their credibility while spitting on their work.

Again, if you do not believe intersectionality is correct, or that it does not apply to queer identities, that is an argument you can make. I would recommend you have a lot of very well sourced data backing up a radical claim like that, but no model is above criticism. But don't try to trade on the credibility of black feminists while disregarding their work.

[necroizu]

Farmer girl ectonurite

[my-dailydreams]

[iusedtobecharming-deactivated20]

Thinking about the countless times art and music and cinema and literature have saved and comforted me during difficult times i really owe my happiness to everyone dedicated to their craft

[armakillo]

There are a lot of issues with the Rooters arc but Servantis' "Be the Hero" speech to Kevin is one of my favorite moments in the series. Even though Servantis wasn't at all justified in anything he did, it's still one of the few times it's seriously acknowledged how much power Ben has as just a child. Even in the classic series before he got access to Alien X, Way Big could have easily destroyed a city. Even with just the original 10 Four Arms, Heatblast or Diamondhead could have taken out a few blocks before he timed out. We know Ben is a hero at heart and he'll always do the right thing if he was even a little bit more malicious not only could he have done a lot of damage but the universe would be robbed of the good the Omnitrix could have done.

[kariachi]

Sometimes you come across media crit and it's like 'folks who don't understand a person can become a better version of themself and still be an asshole' vs 'folks who don't understand that self-improvement and/or good intentions don't make a person not an asshole' fight to the death.

[sycamorality]

op disabled reblogs but i really wanted this post on my blog again

[aconfusedspoon]

That one Lucky Girl spinoff we didn't get lmao

[aconfusedspoon]

Shout out to that one comment under a tiktok video about [insert any female character who ended up with a male character for no valid in-universe reason rather writers' misogyny/ director self inserting] that said:

"she didn't fall in love, she fell in line"

[midnightskywrites]

writers really will spend twenty minutes pacing around the kitchen thinking “this scene is genius” and then sit down to type and suddenly remember approximately three words and one emotional vibe

[aconfusedspoon]

Everyday Gwenlie is wholesome because Gwen and Julie would simply study together in peace and quiet to then be each others' biggest cheerleaders at sports events

[frosttbitten]

they're so gay