My view of the world

Genderqueer bi-ace geek, named Alex (maybe Vali? Feel free to use it). They/him. I've been here for 10+ years and got here as a teenager, I'm not putting my age in bio, you do the math 💖

[notapaladin]

Reblog if it's okay for people to come into your askbox and ask about your OCs

Even if I’ve never spoken to them, even if I don’t know them from a hole in the wall, even if they’re on anon, people asking questions about my OCs make my day.

[thehmn]

I feel like people don’t give the Cornetto Trilogy enough credit for its female characters. They’re all very clearly written as women and even though, like the male characters, they’re written as certain stereotypes they still feel so real.

Even in Hot Fuzz when the majority of the cast is male you fucking remember realistically happily slutty Doris who has a harem of men at her beck and call. She could have been a male fantasy but she’s so aggressively in charge of her own sexuality you never hear male viewers sexualize her. It’s magical.

I didn’t even realize that Shaun of The Dead set the tone for me until I watched the movie again a few nights ago.

At 1:27 there’s a random scene where the only people helping Shaun are the female characters. They don’t make any real point of it but we get it. Liz and Dianne know Shaun is slightly stronger than them so they hand him the “spear” but they act as a team. Extra material on the DVD even revealed that Shaun, Liz and Dianne were the only characters who survived to the end (Dianne got away and hid in a tree apparently).

Women are in general far more capable and helpful in the movie and Shaun himself is the most “feminine coded” of the male characters. You’ll never see a male protagonist more honest about his emotions and more willing to be visibly vulnerable than Shaun I can tell you that much.

And in The World’s End we have Sam who has her own agency and doesn’t exist to be a price to be won by the main character Gary at the end of the movie, try as he might. She will help and save him and let him help and save her, yes, but the movie makes it very clear that doesn’t mean he has any right to her. She wants Steven and there’s nothing Gary can do about that.

The movies aren’t feminist masterpieces but together Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg writes some amazing female characters.

Side note; men also act a certain way around women in these movies that I can’t quite put my finger on. They don’t treat women as brilliant goddess or anything and can be downright inappropriate but there’s also a certain respect that feels unusual in movies? When Liz grabs Ed in Shaun of The Dead he doesn’t push her away or grab her back. He just sorta shakes her off without touching her in a “fuck off but I have zero interest in hurting you” way. I really don’t know how to explain it. There’s an understanding that “yes we are stronger than women so we can hurt them unintentionally but we know they’re our equals in both good and bad so there’s no reason to take advantage of that and women have had to learn to get the upper hand in other ways so strength doesn’t mean an automatic win anyway”. Just the way Shaun and Ed approach the girl in the garden before they know she’s a zombie. They’re afraid of her but not really and yet a little scared anyway. It’s…different.

[patrochilles-or-bust]

Shout out to all the Black ppl that can no longer participate directly in the fandom they love because of the stresses of racism 👍🏾 you contain multitudes of value and I'm sorry that the color of your skin and the power of your voice makes people not want to acknowledge that.

[patrochilles-or-bust]

Yes, nonblack people can reblog. I'd appreciate it, in fact, if y'all took the time to vocally support your Black friends/fans in fandom.

[sylviii]

was asked to make a transmasc version of the meme

[deimosbreakfrost]

Reblog to make more hot as fuck trans men exist in this world we're in

[the-haiku-bot]

Reblog to make more

hot as fuck trans men exist

in this world we’re in

Beep boop! I look for accidental haiku posts. Sometimes I mess up.

[prenbyw]

Spoon in the shape of a fish. Carved from some Sycamore I found just outside Wivenhoe, Essex.

[hinako-supremacy]

op i love your fish so much i made it a png

they are now a school of fish

[teaboot]

Posts that prove that despite about 300 thousand years of technological development, humanity at its core hasn't really changed all that much

[olderthannetfic]

I got a comment telling me "that's not how sleeping pills work". Annoyed, I said yes, that is, because when I take sleeping pills, that's how they feel. The commenter immediately switched tones from ugh to OMG as they asked follow-ups and then said I should talk to my doctor. I wasn't going to, but eh, I had an appointment the next morning, so i figured I might as well.

Turns out I'm allergic to a key ingredient in over the counter sleeping pills and I've been nearly dying on a regular basis. So. This is a PSA to commenters: your nitpicks are never too nitpicky to be said. They might save someone.

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Ahaha. Big "Turns out it was the carbon monoxide" reddit thread energy here.

My mom was once in a class with a guy who kept dozing off and annoying everyone with his snoring... until the classmate who was a nurse took one look at him and went "You're getting that sleep apnea checked out now before it kills you". You never know what you don't know!

[mysterypuppys]

U literally cannot save your mother like it cant be done

[fortunatelychaoticphantom]

I swear to fucking god. I would claw out OneDrive from my computer if I could. I would burn down their servers if I could. I would run down their stocks to the ground if I could. I hope every single one of their workers gets a better offer from a competitor in the next 24 hours. I hope every single one of their light bulbs explodes at the same time. I hope every single carton of milk in their fridge will always be expired.

Stop backing up my fucking files.

Stop asking me to back up my fucking files.

Stop taking my fucking files off my fucking computer.

I don't want a fucking reminder in three fucking days. Let me fucking say no.

Fuckers.

[prismatic-bell]

Friend, I have news you're gonna love. Here's a text tutorial to get rid of that shit on Windows 10.

Here's a text tutorial to get rid of that shit on Windows 11.

Here's a video tutorial to get rid of that shit on Windows 10.

Here's a video tutorial to get rid of that shit on Windows 11.

Go forth. Be free.

[ophilosoraptoro]

Reblog to save a life... and someone's sanity

[zhewhoisfate]

The free open-source software BC Unistaller (short for Bulk Crap Uninstaller) is great for yeeting things like One Drive and Copilot in a couple clicks. I use it every time I lobotomize windows :D

[hemipenal-system]

ublock origin is pretty funny. oh? you want to show me an ad? damn buddy that sucks. L + ratio + assets.tumblr.com/pop/src/assets/images/house-rightrail-premium-with-patio-47ce20b6.gif$image into my filters immediately

[hemipenal-system]

there's more, for all my followers who don't know this, you can get ublock to just make the custom filter for you

see an annoying ui item you don't like?

click this to get to the ublock origin menu

click this

and hover over the ui item you dont like, like this

click on it, and in the window that pops up, hit "create"

now it's gone!

[longshrimp]

no more talking.

[hemipenal-system]

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[the-big-mood]

At Toba aquarium in Japan, after closing time, some clever little otter pups help their grandpa tidy up their toys. As a reward, he gives them ice cubes

[chryza]

literally in tears at this video....such good helpers......

[warandpeas]

Stickers

Do you love stickers? Do you want to stick it to the man, or just stick it to everything in sight? Celebrate your love of worms, mother eart

[targetedknowledge]

[frankiesbullshit]

someone tell OP i did it, i spent about 3 hours on it

[depsidase]

[theaceofwords]

It's called the Global Justice Report, it is here. This is an actionable plan which can be sent to legislators and demanded of political parties. We could save the world within our lifetimes.

It has always been possible. It is still possible.

[angelsonneptune]

Mermaid -1982-Chakrabhand Posayakrit

[rongzhi]

English added by me :)

[pilferedinstagram]

[birds-in-posts]

California quail (Callipepla californica)

[vampirismutant]

i'm rewatching some episodes of granada holmes, and i was noticing holmes' apartment, of the adaptations i've already watched and noticed in the apartments this one in granada has always been my favorite, it's so clean and organized in a very holmes way, i would give anything for a tour or a floor plan of the apartment.