something but not necessarily significant

my age is phd, my pronouns are irrelevant. ao3

[flyingkoalaandsloths]

positive message from yellow parenti

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[flyingkoalaandsloths]

Just remember who has the source of power. When the people get together they have strength like nothing seen. When democratic forces move, forces of reaction must retreat. And these great generals, and dictators, and presidentes, who sit there in their big palaces with their Buddha, and their corruption, and bayonets, and their guns, and their spies everywhere… They get thrown off just as a stallion. With thrown off a little fly. So we speak truth to power, just remember that. Speak truth to power. Mobilize, organize, never be sad. Remember what the great Italian communist Antonio Gramsci said. You have a pessimism of the mind but an optimism of the will. You see the worst; you consider the worst; you work against it. But in [your heart] you work for what is freedom, what is justice, what is right. It is our destiny, is our future. The future itself depends upon it. Thank you.

[cherryjuicegf]

the way flint's literal first words in 1x01 are "it's done. wouldn't you agree?" what batshit insane idea possessed them to write this flint is done the story is done you can only watch it as it repeats there is nothing you can do to change it. wouldn't you agree

[satorugojowidow]

Which of the three remaining european countries in the World Cup colonized your country?

Spain

France

England

Remaining time: 5 days 16 hours

[thesundanceghost]

Black Sails XXVIII / Ernest Hemingway / Black Sails XXXV

[bring-it-all-down]

#things that make me crazy: jack wearing the same expression#anne looking at him the same way#the fact that this is the last time vane’s name is ever mentioned#the fact that jack really was the one to kill him a second time (via @ghost-grantaire)

Immediately before this second “Charles Vane is dead,” we get Jack’s conversation with Lydia, in which he attempts to tell her the truth about Vane while she is interested solely in civilization’s portrayal of him because “the truth isn’t nearly as interesting.” This interaction, then, I think is really what makes Jack realize that Vane is dead. Vane, as Jack knew him and as he really was, has been dead for a long time, much longer than the time he’s been physically dead.

I think Jack is thinking about this interaction with Lydia when he gives his “a story is true, a story is untrue” speech. Nassau has undergone a great deal of transition and progress (in Jack’s opinion), the catalyst of which was Vane’s death, and even with this new Nassau, the in-show historical record of Vane remains the one known to Lydia. 

[prokopetz]

You know, when I've remarked that a lot of the responses to my posts feel like people are just plucking out keywords they think they recognise based on the shape of them and replying to what they imagine the post says based on that, the possibility never occurred to me that this is actually how many American schools are currently teaching kids to read.

[prokopetz]

Like, my assumption this whole time has been that when folks go "I misunderstood this post that says [thing] as saying [unrelated thing] because I mistook [word] for [completely different word that happens to start with the same letter]", that was a bit. What do you mean they're teaching kids a reading method that's tailored to produce this exact error?

[buggyhuman]

Three cueing. Once you learn about it, a whole lot of very frustrating online discourse with US Americans makes so much sense 😭

How a flawed idea is teaching millions of kids to be poor readers

For decades, schools have taught children the strategies of struggling readers, using a theory about reading that cognitive scientists have

[honeyfaer]

"theyll hate you for this" "but theyll be alive" is THE juiciest thing to me

[honeyfaer]

i will ensure you stay alive above all else. even if what i do to make it happen is horrendous. even if it violates all your wishes or moral principles. even if you can never look at me the same way again, even if you hate me for it. because at least if you hate me it means youre alive

[starlightshadowsworld]

Maybe I’m reaching but Jean being sent to the Trojans because everyone was trying to convince him that he was worth more then he ever believed he was.

“You’re a fox you’ll always be nothing” and that’s why Jean couldn’t stay with them.

[chaoticgremelin]

I read the rich teen Kevin post and I don't want to engage with the post itself but I am so baffled I need to vent:

1. Thank you for fighting in the trenches 🫡. I love that you are doing what needs to be done.

2. Do they read the books or just read a few dialog and consider it done?

3. Neil literally has the exact same response and frequently he is the most unsympathetic of the main characters and he never gets shit why Kevin gets it? I don't get it!

4. I didn't stalk the OP but a trend I've been seeing is that people who share Foxes' view on Kevin (that he is an Exy nut and nothing else) usually also claim that they like him (and from the OP's wording I assume it is the for them) and I honestly do not understand it. The Kevin in their mind is so 1 dimensional. He is not interesting: if they like his character. If they like him like a real person (weird but whatever): then he is so annoying for the sake of being annoying. Why do they like him? If not, why claim that they like him?

5. In the rare cases which they hate him but looove the other 4: that also doesn't make sense since all of their faves like Kevin. Actually like him, want to be around of him. Neil gets grumpy when Kevin doesn't include him to his watch party. Andrew willingly entertains Kevin's requests unrelated to their deal. Jean is in love with him. And Jeremy thinks he is his brilliant unparalleled friend. So do they think all these people wrong and maybe under Kevin's ?? idk siren magic or something?

/end of vent.

Honestly, perfectly put

It is so funny how Andrew, Neil and Kevin are literally giving zero fucks about Seth's death, but only Kevin gets heat for It for some reason. Like, yeah, kids who grew up around violence are dessensitized to violence. Where is the surprise here??

And It is definitely very funny how flat they make Kevin seem for no reason, even though in reality Kevin is one of the Very few Ravens to have any interest besides Exy, has fought to study history, keeps on seeing potential in players everyone would otherwise dismiss, etc.

Yes, he is deeply traumatized and has learned to "only care about Exy" as a literal means of survival. He could either compartimentalize and push everything else aside or go completely crazy inside the Nest. But the same way Andrew tries to appear as If he does not care about anything so he can survive, you can see Kevin's 'I Care about nothing but the game' mask slipping so many times. But somehow they keep on insisting on portraying him like this flat annoying character that.

I honestly cant understand

[starlightshadowsworld]

Yeah Kevin is always there for every Andreil moment but also Andrew is always in the stands during a Kevneil moment and Neil is always nearby for a Kandrew moment.

And I love that for them.

[doesephs]

oh how i’ve missed drawing my abuse goblin

[prettyboyneil]

Jean would probably have the crashout of the century if he found out Andrew, Neil, and Kevin were dating he would think Kevin had no problem dating a guy it was just him he didn’t want he would see the way Kevin looked at them the same way he’s been looking at Kevin for years as for Neil his misplaced forever partner he was already robbed years with him and the brief time he had him he had to give him back to Andrew when he so so desperately wanted him to stay what did Andrew do to deserve them what makes him so special

[butchandrew]

saw a video on twitter that pissed me off about jean talking about being trafficked to the ravens as a teenager and then it cut to kevin being like well my mom died :/ and anyway not once in the entire trilogy does Kevin talk about his mom outside of 1) when Abby tells him she would be proud of him he spins it and says "not just me" (referring to Wymack) and 2) the interview he does outing Wymack as his father (something he never wanted to do much less publicly) he brings up her death in reference to joining the ravens, lmao fucking christ

in the words of Jean fucking Moreau keep his name out of your arrogant mouth

[princeash]

I hate when people hc kevin as being some kind of bigot bc yeah he has tried to warn his friends about breaking away from the heteronormative but he didn't do it out of bigotry but very real fear and care for the danger and difficulties it would bring. Also, mind you, he has been openly vocal about his admiration and respect for Jeremy (an openly gay player) and the Trojans (which has a large number of out queer players). Kevin might tell Neil it's easier to be straight or have tried to warn Jean about how the media and people treat queer players (mind you the nest was an extremely homophobic environment, esp riko and kevin was trying to PROTECT jean) but he would 100% stand by them and support them and argue that exy is for everyone

[ivvmell]

Fools always love fools. But I grieve for him as well. For the boy he was, not the man he grew to be.

[tajrishgp]

Bulgaria's highest court has ruled that civil site blocking is legally impossible under current national law.

lmaoooooo

[butchandrew]

I don't know how to really phrase it but I feel like a lot of Neil's canonical paranoia & trauma is turned into him being "sassy" or "Cool Quip Guy" and that feels like such a disservice to his character. He constantly has violent intrusive thoughts (either doing or receiving the violence) that he never talks about. He can't look himself in the mirror after Baltimore. He smells smoke just to feel closer to his mother.

Neil :(

[butchandrew]

Ok I have words for it:

The source of Neil's "quips" through out the series (Him on Kathy's interview, the banquet talk down @ Riko, etc) is not done for a cool guy moment but to center the fallout on himself / his own temper.

"Neil", as a persona, will be dead soon whether it be his original October cut off or when his father comes for him in Baltimore. If Riko / the Ravens want to hurt someone why not target him? It is some control allowing them to focus their anger/rage on a "dead man", and the fact that frankly Neil has anger in him. His anger gets the best of him more often than not. He is a very angry character.

The issue that presents itself is that the Ravens do not (only) punish the origin but the people around them. It all come back to partners and the team as a whole. Neil goes off on Riko on Kathy's show -> Seth dies. He goes off about Riko during the interview post nest -> the destruction of the Fox's cars. It is the lesson that Kevin tries to press on him again and again, "Jean will help you, if you help him.", Jean is still in the Nest, etc.

I think framing these quips as Neil just being a sassy guy who likes to get the last laugh robs him of both his anger and his self sacrificial / martyr complex. He is a character who knows he (Neil) will die in someway or another and is putting himself in the direct blast so that the others won't get hurt.

Unfortunately he is directing it at a person whose favorite means of torture is hurting someone and making you feel responsible for it. This is not the Butcher's direct cruelty, but Riko's psychological warfare.

[mikastormborn]

"If I look back, I am lost."

Art by @/mincy_art on twitter