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we dont have like, an itemized DNI because we dont think theyre very useful anyway and bc it'd just be like, 'dni bigots', which is pretty obvious. so DNI bigots ig. but keep in mind that we are adults!!!! i dont care about briefly interacting with ppl who arent but if i olly out respect that its nothing personal. were not planning on rbing very nsfw stuff but consider this blog to be r18 anyway just because were adults and this is our space. if u follow us and u have under-18/minor/whatever in ur bio we're gonna be soft blocking you. we tag any suggestive posts with #suggestive #nsft and #nsfw (but we dont use the last one very often cause we dont wanna get nuked by staff)
we rlly rlly love the epilogues and hsbc and talk abt the characters with them in mind. we tag upd8 spoilers with #upd8 and #upd8 spoilers !
idc about ship discourse. dont ask me about it. were too old for that shit!!! shipping is just not a big deal. i like what i like and you like what you like protect urself if you cant be around certain topics or themes just dont be dicks to each other peace + love on planet earth. fanart or fanfic =/= the artist's or author's morals or capacity to be dangerous. thats antifacism lvl1 read uppp. we'll still vent about fandom wank but its just venting about dumb stuff. we've seen TOOO much of the same arguments
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we'll usually sign off on text posts with our own tags or use colourful text but we don't use any fancy fonts. itll be pretty obvious whos typing usually probably
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Other sites also have the "Does anyone have this image?" posts, but only on tumblr you'll find "Does anyone have that mesopotamien clay tablet?" posts.
My favourite ever piece of Disabled Research has always been that, when it was noticed that a lot of schizophrenics own cats, some dorks were like, maybe the cats are causing the schizophrenia?? and came to the stunning conclusion that people must be eating cat poo and thus getting a kind of parasite that makes you schizophrenic.
And of course a lot of these studies suck. A lot of them didn't actually think to ask WHEN the schizophrenic acquired the cat, so it's just always presumed that the cat came before the schizophrenia. Most don't really account for the fact that a schizophrenia diagnosis is often a very slow and complex process due to specific regional legalities associated with having "doctors can turn your rights off whenever" disorder. Basically, the same scientific half-truths that surround the phenomenon of "drug-induced schizophrenia," that is the conflation of schizophrenics self-medicating before their formal diagnosis is set and the ambiguity of proving when symptoms onset in relation to that, has been completely replicated for cat-induced schizophrenia lol.
And I love this because it's kind of a perfect demonstration of how the stigma associated with schizophrenia works in medical and scientific settings, right. Everything becomes possible to pathologize, from smoking weed to owning a cat. While the science here is usually pretty bad, "science communication" outlets make it much worse because they run with the most broad dumbass versions of these stories and present them to the public as if there's a clear causal relationship between owning a cat and having schizophrenia, instead of actually reading through the research with an appropriate critical lens and demanding real actual meta-review of obviously flawed studies.
Which is not to say that schizophrenia can't be caused by cats or THC exposure, but that the standard for a concept to become "scientifically true" when dealing with schizophrenia is uh, let's say lower?
Anyway, the reality is that a lot of schizophrenics have cats because being schizophrenic is lonely so many of us want pets. Dogs are too demanding and require a lot of hands-on exposure time, but having an adult cat is like having a gay little roommate that occasionally breaks your shit and vomits in your shoes, so they opt for that. A lot of schizophrenics also have pet fish for similar reasons and the second psychiatrists learn that fact they'll start punching up studies about how drinking fish tank water makes you schizophrenic and how to some of us born of the degenerate brain it's completely irresistable lol. Then science communicators will be posting articles with like stock image white girls superimposed over a fishtank lookin thirsty, titled things like, "COULD FISHWATER BE MAKING YOU CRAZY?" lol
roald dahl was antisemitic and misogynistic. george orwell was openly homophobic. edgar allan poe married his 13 year old cousin. dr seuss cheated on his wife (and was racist as well as antisemitic!). hp lovecraft was racist as fuck.
anyways they’re fucking dead it’s not like you’re enabling their behaviors in the afterlife or something. then again I think they bleed into the books so uh keep an eye out for that
the difference between these old white guys and jk rowling is that the former group is all dead. jk rowling is alive and using your money to oppress trans people
the way that the main story very much 'descends into darkness' as it explores corruption and totalitarianism while the spin-off is pretty consistently lighthearted. their life was and still is both and tbh that's making what happens in the main story hit harder and feel much more dangerous in a believable way. you really start feeling like these girls have foster parents as much as they have masters to learn a craft from, near exclusively whenever we see qifrey's pov. tbh oftentimes more so. the atelier is genuinely a homestead- its even tucked out of the way of the nearest town, its really private and has tons of space. we explore a range of dynamics between a master and apprentice but the abusive ones are highlighted. idk how many master-apprentice households have warm, homecooked meals together nearly every night, who's live-in goverment assigned cps agent is firstly emotionally intimate with the teacher and is equally great with the kids. the atelier is a cptsd haver's dream home and dream childhood (everyone has cptsd). its very peaceful and there's tons and tons of space to run around and play and explore in. they go out on picnics together. qifrey learned ALL the best things from beldaruit and its fascinating watching how coco in a lot of ways is mirroring qifrey's own childhood and adolescence while also going down her own route. echoes of the past n all that
it means a lot to see a character who's an overtly gay man continue to find beauty and meaning and love and joy in life after everything he went through, AND who is willing to fight to continue to have it, despite virtually everything being against him, while he remains gentle and nurturing and curious. the fact that qifrey took in troubled students specifically to foster and hopefully nurture them back into enjoying life means a lot. the world hurt and scarred them all but there's still beauty to be found in it and you should stay to see it. yeah. its just really good
Can you elaborate more on why you think Bro Strider would have been receptive to someone calling out his behavior?
At the risk of being more of a loser for being passionate for a fictional dickhead, I will lmao
This turned out to be really long so I'll put it under a cut. But as a TLDR; just bc I think he would can be effectively called out doesn't mean he knows how to properly atone for what he's done, either.
I'm going to start with Dirk, who has absolutely no reason to have developed any kind of social skills for his survival. He was 100% alone from baby to age 15 and did not need to learn a damn thing about socializing to survive. It wasn't necessary under his circumstances (but huge detrimental to his mental health since we're social creatures.)
The 3 friends he does have think he's the shit. They look at him the same way Dave viewed his Bro, that he's extremely intelligent, strong, capable, and will spring into action to save the day as any hero would. He even references this in his talk with Dave. NONE of his friends call him out for his escalating controlling behavior. His tendency to be in his own head and hate himself for all of his actions is something he's always had. He can't solve social problems and he knows it without having to be around other humans to test this.
Bro Strider grew up in a major metropolitan city with one of the highest crime rates in the country after falling there on a meteor with nothing but a puppet. Unlike Mom Lalonde, who was implied to have been taken in by Grandpa Harley, we have no idea who might have taken in that dumpster baby, Bro Strider. Realistically, he'd have been discovered and given to the state.
In order to survive alone in a big city full of people who are all equally desperate to survive under a government that doesn't give a fuck about you, you have to learn street smarts and social skills. You have to learn how to pick and choose your battles. Bro Strider has MORE of a reason to know how to back down and how to reevaluate what his actions are and the potential consequences than Dirk would.
There's a reason Bro was isolated from the other guardians who also knew about the game prior. It was so imperative that Bro didn't have contact with the other adults BECAUSE he would have backed down just like Dirk does. Every single other beta guardian is seen interacting with each other and having known each other. Bro is the exception, why? Because he WOULD have backed down if he were called out.
Here's the twist, however.
Just because he would back down doesn't mean he'd suddenly switch to good person mode. Like Dirk, he'd take this to the extreme as well.
He might shut down even further and avoid Dave at all costs.
He might accidentally make Dave feel worse or like he should walk back his complaints by laying himself on the figurative anvil.
He may put all of the effort on Dave bc he doesn't want to overstep.
Maybe he'd refuse to explain his behavior at all for fear of sounding like an excuse, which just leaves Dave back where he started ie. No emotional connection and being a battle mannequin.
There's SO much evidence that he loves Dave so damn much and that it wasn't always bad, so I want to give him the benefit of the doubt that Dirk is correct and this is the result of no one around to check his behavior.
