vemödalen

✰ ✰ - your littlest older sister

[cadaverkeys]

colour of envy

[philoclea]

Tracey Emin I never Asked to Fall in Love - You made me Feel like This, 2018

[hitmewithcute]

The boulder feels conflicted about fighting a blind, young girl

[sticksandsharks]

WOLVENDAUGHTER: pages 6 - 13

Bent on destruction, the Beast cuts a terrible swathe through towns and countryside, accompanied by its lone herald, the Daughter. A fable about the cycle of ruin and rebirth, perseverance, duty, and a grim hope.

WOLVENDAUGHTER is a 48 pages comic and is available via Kickstarter! You can back it as part of the Quindrie Press 2021 Comic Collection!

[sticksandsharks]

30 hours left on the Kickstarter!!!

[kittykatninja321]

My hypothesis is that in like 10 years gen z is gonna have a big cult boom the way the boomers did in the 70s

[chazymandias]

It’s already happening on tik tok. There’s a fun new thing going round that’s citing common symptoms of depression and anxiety as signs you’re about to have your awakening and that you are actually an alien and the reason you don’t feel right is because you’re home sick for your own galaxy. So that’s fun.

[aleatoryw]

agreed, and i don't mean this in a "haha gen z is so dumb they're gonna join a tiktok cult lmao" i mean that conditions are perfect for the formation of cults right now.

high unemployment and a lot of underpaying, pointless jobs = people are looking for things to do with their life, a purpose

skyrocketing cost of living = most young people will not be able to live on their own, meaning some will end up in a group living situation with people interested in recruiting them

it's a time of great cultural and political upheaval, nothing feels real, people are desperate for meaning and human connection. cults promise that

there is a new wave of acceptance and understanding for ways of life outside the norm, which is great! ...except for when cult leaders tell you abusive and controlling practices are just their culture, their religion, their lifestyle, their beliefs, their tradition, and if you disrespect it you are the problem

social media influencers have already shown us how easy it is to build a cult of personality and attract people from anywhere in the world who are interested in the exact brand you are selling

spirtuality is having a boom, as are things like astrology, crystals, tarot, meditation, energy... those things aren't bad on their own but they are often used as tools of cult spaces

wellness. i think a lot of people are already in wellness cults. you can make people do a lot of things in the name of "wellness" and a big factor of maintaining a cult is keeping members in a state of decreased cognition..... like say, with regular fasting

i think people are just unaware in general of how cults function, especially because the satanic panic was a big stupid false alarm that convinced the youths that dungeons and dragons or doom were gateways to cults, which are scary evil child murdering, satan-worshipping gangs. people don't know how to spot them in real life.

[apple-dandy]

So if that's the case everyone remember with me the cardinal rules of not getting cult'd

SOCIAL BUFFER: Learn what healthy social boundaries are and develop relationships which are within those boundaries.

Be wary of those who step on your or others' boundaries. Be there for your friends, but don't be their therapists or parents. Go get coffee or juice or snacks & chat casually with a friendly crew on a regular basis.

ESTEEM BUFFER. Recognize that you and every other person on this planet are owed a baseline of respect.

Respect means that what you wear, what/who you take interest in, and who/what you are are things which you decide on based on your own reasoning. If anyone is trying to change your mind, make sure to think critically about their side and decide for yourself whether you want to change. Ask: Why do they want you to change? Is that valid to your situation? Who / what would benefit from this change? Do you want them / it to benefit? Then decide for yourself.

RELAXATION BUFFER. Take time exclusively for yourself.

Take care of your body and mind when it needs to be fed, watered, washed, or nurtured. Have a couple hobbies that are just for you. Have more than one interest. Think about more than just one topic. Cults keep you focused on them to the exclusion of all else, so don't allow yourself to be blocked in.

BUBBLE POP BUFFER: Learn from multiple sources, even ones you don't like or respect.

Read multiple sources' versions of events before you decide what you feel about something. Recognize that not all sources are valid, but understand what those invalid sources are trying to do. Are they misguided or malicious? Who are THEIR sources? What is the agenda? Who benefits? Why would they want to say what they're saying? Do they have a point? Who pays them? What do they care about? Then make your decision.

BEWARE THE B.I.T.E.: Cults control people via Behavior, Information, Thought, and Emotion control. BITE

Look up the BITE model and consider it against groups you wish to join / have joined.

Remember. You are the arbiter of your mind.

You have the blessing and burden of making your own decisions. Other people who will love and care about you throughout your life will want you to think for yourself and will think for themselves.

You are not alone. You are worthwhile. Your thoughts are your own and you have every right to control them yourself.

[crawfordwb]

[im-in-way-2many-fandoms]

King shit.

[astriiformes]

So are we all ready to contend with the fact that, if they get the boat unstuck in the next week, it will be a momentous event allowing passage through a waterway in Egypt……. during Passover

[bee-squared-official]

[picsthatmakeyougohmm]

hmmm

[rottingfacade]

POV: you are an uber eats driver

[prguitarman]

[the-endless-storm]

[pencilscratchins]

miles “who’s morales” morales’s biggest weakness is the cover story

[disregardcanon]

peter, lying out of his ass: i was, uh, married to his uncle aaron. he just never let you know

[fallenangelvictorious]

Jefferson, later: Do you think Aaron never told us because Peter’s…

Rio: …Tall

Jefferson: I didn’t think Aaron liked … Tall people.

[teapotsahoy]

Jefferson: “But listen: Aaron might have married a white boy just to annoy me, specifically. It’s a thing he would do!”

Rio: “I can’t hear you. I’m asleep.  I have a shift in four hours.”

[dracophile]

I really wish there was a way Uncle Aaron lived and came back to meet his “husband” at some point now.

Aaron: …Miles…I love you, and I am proud of you…but you are somehow the smartest and dumbest boy I have ever known.

Miles: Says the man who used his big brain to become a criminal when he could’ve been a black Tony Stark with that gear he made. And thought working for the Kingpin, who everyone knows will throw his minions away like tissues, was a good idea!

Peter: He makes a good point, babe, you did kind of mess up first–

Aaron: Call me babe again and see what happens. I’ll whoop you with a collapsed lung.

[christchex]

All I see is “fake marriage au, but it’s also enemies to lovers”

[randomingoftherandomness]

If I ever stop reblogging this post, assume that I have yeeted myself off this mortal coil

[twinkgirlboywife]

Miles: Peter I think we can stop pretending you’re gay, my parents already know I’m Spider-Man.

Peter: Who said anything about pretending?

Miles: What! You can’t do that! You’re supposed to be Spider-Man, not my gay uncle.

Peter: Well congrats kid! Now I’m Spider-Man AND your gay uncle

[thatadult]

you can be positive and break a bottle over someone’s head though. multiplicity of identity.

[thatadult]

you can be positive and break a bottle over someone’s head though. multiplicity of identity.

[papenathys]

desi pride moodboard: lesbian pride

"i guess my type is.....beautiful girl. which is a lot of them. most of them? pretty much all girls." // adiba jaigirdar, the henna wars

[ image ID in alt text. terfs dni. ]

[catsofinstagram]

[thecollectibles]

Art by Chiang Jaz

[grubarchived]

[chewbacca]

“If someone doesn’t understand me or my experience, it shouldn’t be my place to have to internalize their misogyny or racism or all of the above.”

KELLY MARIE TRAN for The Hollywood Reporter (March 2021)

[thotdior]