You bleed because you don't floss.

[maudit]

[profeminist]

RIP Marjane Satrapi, author of the amazing graphic novels Persepolis about living during the fundamentalist revolution in Iran in the 70’s and 80’s. She also created the animated movie based on the graphic novels, which is where these gifs come from.

Gifset source

[missbliss12]

Reblogging in honor of Marjane Satrapi, one of THE great graphic novelists. Her comic Persepolis was a crucial text for shaping my belief that comics can deeply explore identity, culture, politics, and history.

[anistarrose]

if you are a parent, or may become one, or you are otherwise likely to arrive in the situation of caring for a child while they eat, promise me this: if a child doesn't like a certain food or food group, you will ask them WHY. and specifically, you will pay attention to either confirming or ruling out "it makes my mouth itch" or "it makes my stomach hurt," both of which are medically important info that children may not provide unprompted. which i know because this PSA has been brought to you by "i spent my entire childhood and much of my early teens eating peas and lentils while wondering why everyone else liked the Violently Itchy Mouth Sensation so much, like were they a bunch of legume masochists or something, before i finally realized that Violently Itchy Mouth Sensation was in fact a sinister demon appearing only to me, and her true demonic name was: Legume Allergy"

[brainrockets]

Do not let your child suffer from spicy bananas!

[depsidase]

[not100bees]

They should invent a method of asking for reassurance that nobody secretly hates you that doesn't make people secretly hate you.

[god-monsterr]

this reply deserves to be here.

[sebbyisland]

drawing muppet issho sincerely improved my mood so im calling it a success

scrapped attempts under the cut, if that’s what you desire

[only-tiktoks]

[britney-j-christ]

[softservecanine]

You’re completely correct. Out of my way, able-bodied losers. Fuck you.

[yujateaandpi]

Was driving with my grandmother and in broken English she says “no eyes… no nose… no face. Don’t trust.” To which I looked around wildly in search of this omen of ill portend.

Cybertruck. It was a cybertruck.

[feminist-space]

The above is a video shared by smrchildsadness on Twitter, showing a person participating in a pride parade exchanging a pride flag with a person standing on his (am using his pronoun based on the TikToks/Tweets of what happened) doorway who had a Portuguese flag. There are sounds of cheers and crying and the two people hug each other as they exchange the flags. The man at the doorway then waved kisses to the crowd within the pride parade.

The Tweet says: "NO YOU DONT UNDERSTAND HE WAS WAVING THE PORTUGUESE FLAG BECAUSE HE DIDN'T HAVE A PRIDE FLAG AND THEY TRADED FLAGS AND HE'S SO EMOTIONAL TO GET HIS OWN PRIDE FLAG I'M EMOTIONALLY RUINED"

For context, apparently they were worried that maybe he's a nationalist because he was waving the Portuguese flag and some nationalists opposing the pride march were waving that flag. But upon interacting with him, it turns out he didn't have have a pride flag and he wanted to wave *a* flag in support of the pride march. So they had an exchange and now he has his own pride flag 😭🥹.

The image above is a Tweet by kunwara_ladkaa that says "I'm crying so much right now (Image taken by Manuel Fernando Araújo/Lusa)". The image shows the same man from the pride parade crying as he hugs his new pride flag.

The above image is a Tweet by dudz_zZzz that says "ainda não parei de pensar nele," which according to Google translate from Portuguese to English is "I still haven't stopped thinking about him." The image is a drawing of the person from the pride parade, crying as he hugs his new pride flag.

Posts were made on July 1, 2024.

[feminist-space]

One of the most joyful moments of 2024 during a Pride Parade in Portugal.

[sebbyisland]

do you ever think about how Kaisei witnessed Maikeru's Shin'uchi exam and was filled with dread because even with praise from Issho, even when passing the Shin'uchi test, it wasn't enough to meet Issho's insane standards. So what would that mean for him, the one bred to carry Issho Arakawa's legacy?

And then literally all of Kaisei's fears came true, except he didn't even get praise from Issho. Just utter humiliation. That was crazy.

Issho understood Kaisei's art more than anyone at that point. He not only sabotaged him during his exam, he purposely let Kaisei spend months practicing, preparing, performing, all while 100% intending to make sure he fails. The entire time, Issho intended to stab him in the back. For the plot. Most normal mentor ever. Totally well-adjusted old man behavior.

In the end, students of the guy his Master hates more than anyone get more respect from Issho than Kaisei ever has in his LIFE because Issho knows he's entitled to Kaisei's loyalty in a way no one else is, not even Ikken. He takes full advantage of the fact Kaisei is HIS child, HIS student, purely for his own benefit/artistic vision/lingering guilt.

"Kaisei" could have been any unfortunate kid, but for Kaisei, he only has Issho. That's the real tragedy of it all.

Imagine the audacity for Issho to approach him in the middle of his despair and confusion, standing in the rain much like Shinta Arakawa was after his expulsion, clasp his shoulder in a mockery of comfort, and smile as he says, "You understand now, don't you?"

As if Kaisei did not understand from the first day he was left out in the cold in front of Issho's house, waiting for his mother's savior to finally let him in. He was reliant on Issho then, and BECAUSE of how Issho trained him, ISOLATED him, even, with "only listening to the art," he still is now. It was all by design and it pisses me off so bad!!!

He's not a good parent, and he's not a good teacher. He's a manipulative piece of shit. He invites Kaisei out to a fancy dinner under the pretense of celebrating Akane's achievements, but uses it as an excuse to subtly chide Kaisei for feeling disappointed or upset about what happened. To indirectly tell him, "yes, I know you're hurting, and I made it so, but you have to grin and bear it, or else maybe you don't really deserve to be my protege" Yah man my eyes would be going blood shot red too.

LOOK AT ISSHO'S SMILE HERE. I WOULD START GOING VIOLENT.

And when Akane rightfully gets mad at Issho for his typical bullshit, he leaves the room and has KAISEI convinces Akane to participate at the Isshokai. Why not? After all, he had just finished GOADING KAISEI WITH THIS DINNER. He KNOWS Kaisei will be desperate for an opportunity to prove himself. Of course he gets to immediately leave the room when Akane starts asking questions when he has the luxury of his perfectly trained dog to do all the emotional work for him!!! And Issho gets to pat himself on the back afterwards when they both do a phenomenal job!! OHHH my god he makes me so mad.

Maybe Kaisei didn't expect Akane to grow as much as she did, but in the end, it doesn't change anything. As long as he's still seeking that man's approval, he'll never be free.

TL;DR Kaisei is built like an Eldest Daughter AND a Shojo Male Lead. Kaisei you have to break out. Kaisei can you hear me.

[moghedien]

I feel like I need to share this because idk if Europeans are familiar with the presence of Aldi in the US, but at least especially in my area they’ve been growing a lot recently. Like Aldi bought out some local failing grocery chains where I live (Louisiana) and have opened Aldis in all these somewhat rural communities and small towns, which for the record I’m fine with

But as a result of this they are advertising a lot more in my area and also in many cases, the people in these areas have never been confronted with Aldi or any European grocery store. So the ads that Aldi is pushing out to its new US customer base feature a cowboy shopping at Aldi who is explaining to new Aldi customers how Aldi works. Like this cowboy is explaining you gotta put a quarter in the shopping cart and why there are very little name brands. A cowboy is how they want to reach their American customer base. They gave us a cowboy

[moghedien]

Here he is, the Aldi Cowboy

[chimaerakitten]

So we all talk about being in fandoms for things that are charmingly bad, and being able to acknowledge that they’re charmingly bad. But of course some people are in fandoms for things that are Actually Amazing. There are people out there who write fanfiction for The Best Science Fiction Novel Of The Twentieth Century. Or who draw fanart exclusively of The Best Movie of All Time. And there are even more people who are in fandoms for things that are Actually Pretty Good, which is not quite amazing but is closer to it than to Charmingly Bad.

And sometimes, you have a string of fandoms that are Actually Pretty Good. And the danger of this—the very great danger—is that when you have a string of Actually Pretty Good and even Actually Amazing obsessions, you start to believe that maybe you have taste. Perhaps you are now immune to the indignities of losing it over something mostly bad.

And then it is shattering to discover that no, bad things can still stick a fork in your brain. 😔

[chimaerakitten]

So I understand why the “transformative fandom gathers around things that are not good because there being a problem makes people desire to fix it” model is popular. I even agree that it’s accurate in many if not most cases. However it is not what this post is about. Plenty of people do transformative and creative fandom activities for things that are very, very good. Simplified models do not encompass everything.

And frankly, it’s starting to really get on my nerves when people read “I think this thing is good. I wouldn’t change a thing about it and frankly I don’t even think there should be more canon added to it, but I am still going to write thousands of words of fic, make a cosplay, and draw fanart” and then completely misunderstand and respond with “yes I agree—I like things that are good too. But I never feel the transformative/creative fandom instinct for them because they are too good.”

Some people do not feel it. Other people do. Stop misreading me to avoid having to adjust your mental model of how fandom works.

[blessphemy]

one of the ways a Canon work can be fandom bait is by missing something that fans want to fix, i.e. "it's bad", but i think this is only one way out of multiple that something can be fandom bait.

compelling worldbuilding (invites interaction with the setting)

interesting gimmick (see: daemons, drift compatibility. subcategory of compelling worldbuilding)

shipping bait (duh)

original character bait (in-universe categories/factions and design elements that make it fun for people to create their own characters)

compelling narrative (invites interaction and tweaks to the storyline: AUs and fixits and so on)

basically anything that invites interaction and recombination. but fandom also has a sort of multiplying effect: the larger the interactive audience of fandom is, the more likely it is to generate ideas and works that draw in more participants. so:

network effect (the larger the established fandom, the more likely it has subfandoms and infrastructure that appeals to niche audiences)

[chimaerakitten]

Yes this exactly, thank you bless.

Things that have space to play in are fandom bait, but space to play in does not equal holes.

[maykitz]

when the snake women in xcom grab your lady soldiers and force them down on their knees while constricting them with their tails it's kinda

[maykitz]

i knew this would be the right bait to use on tumblr. everyone play xcom 2

[memingursa-deactivated20250625]

[luna-azzurra]

The most interesting question you can ask about any character is not what do they want. it's what do they believe they deserve. because those two things are almost never the same and the gap between them is where your entire story lives. a person can want love completely and believe they don't deserve it and that belief will destroy every good thing that comes toward them in ways they won't even notice they're doing. write the gap. the gap is the character.

[phaeton-flier]

Bear religion probably fucking rocks. You're a fucking bear, you're the deadliest thing on earth, once a year an endless supply of salmon just flings itself up the river to gorge on and then you nap for 3 months.

[phaeton-flier]

The most delicious food in the world is protected by tiny demons who can defend it from everyone except you. Your natural armor is thick enough that you can just eat the damn hive while they buzz around you. God's chosen animals right there

[theaudientvoid]

[centrally-unplanned]

Regular bears tell stories of angel bears sent by the Bear God, pure white and twice as strong as any normal bear could be, who rule the summit of the Earth and kill all who stand in their path.

And they are right, those bears exist and totally do that. Humans just have fake angels as a cope.

[lycaniums-room]

An ad for your deepest desires :)

[sweetcherryblossomswrites]

You know what I just admire the graphic design on this

It FEELS so much like a real ad I expect to be sold some sort of car tyre or something but it’s just about biting

1000/10 excellent job

[mxliv-oftheendless]

When I started reading Butter by Asako Yuzuki, I thought it was gonna be a dark social commentary that ended with murder—and instead I got such a personal, emotional story about realizing your own self-worth, absolving yourself of guilt and shame, refusing to let toxic people ruin your life, and healing yourself by reaching out and sharing genuine moments with the people around you. I 😭😭😭 oh my god. It is fantastic. It’s about connecting with others through food it’s about how everyone gets so wrapped up in society and standards and what we hate that we lose sight of genuine moments and true friends and what we love it’s it’s it’s it’s just SO GOOD—

[vitamin-zeeth]

The thing about Butter by Asako Yuzuki is that at the end of the day it's a story about a woman in her 30s who feels lonely and unfulfilled in her personal life and relationships discovering the importance of platonic/familial relationships and self-love over romance and deciding to chose the path that makes her happiest rather than forcing herself to pursue what's expected of her by society. And everyone should read it.