ROCK X GOTH X JASON TODD

Pick my brain Pick your poison If I’m to blame then I ain't the only one If I’m on the offense well I’m not sorry You haven’t exactly given me reasons regarding The way that you snap me in half, the way you stab me in the back The way that you front to my face and keep putting me in place Aw , But I ain't under your thumb, I ain't stuck in your shadow I’m on top of the world up here fighting my battles And I shoot to kill I play to win and baby I will

[marril96]

♫ Take a seat, the show’s about to start ♫

[ruthwaswrite]

I find true crime deeply interesting for two reasons.

The first is that women murder almost always kill for revenge or recompense.

The second is that men murder to rape.

Women will poison, smother, or trap their victims.

Men brutalise, rape, and mangle their victims.

Women often evade arrest for decades because of the care put into their crimes.

Men are typically arrested and charged within weeks or months because they were sloppy

Women rarely kill for pleasure.

Men almost always kill in chase of sexual pleasure that would be otherwise denied to them.

As a young woman I treat true crime podcasts like survival manuals. Young men likely use them as fetish.

How terrifying to think that I might be raped simply for saying no.

[tennant]

[tennant]

– I’m older than you. – Get away.

[improbabelle]

[-ryan]

[reubydoomsday]

Nobody’s immune to breast cancer.

Best. Ever. Get that on your blogs. NOW.

[zenm0de-deactivated20180127]

putting this on my blog for reasons.

[mutantsandaliens-deactivated201]

Reblogging for similar reasons.

[moralstormtrooper-blog]

[This is fucking awesome.]

[bossuspain-deactivated20120124-]

OOC: Very good idea!!

[notdaredevil2-blog]

still my fav

[prismatic-bell]

OKAY LISTEN UP BECAUSE THERE IS SOMETHING SUPER IMPORTANT ABOUT THIS CAMPAIGN AND MOST OF YOU PROBABLY DON’T KNOW

It’s the inclusion of Storm. (Storm? Pretty sure that’s Storm.) And in a way where, yes, representation saves lives.

See, here’s a weird medical fact: black women are more likely to get breast cancer and nobody knows why. It’s a medical mystery. Now, I want you to do a fun exercise: tell me the last time you saw a breast cancer awareness campaign that included black women. Go on, I’ll wait. Speaking as someone active with the cause whose aunt is even more active with the cause, here’s my answer: In eight years of working for awareness across four states, I have never seen a single black woman in any breast cancer campaign. Ever.

Black women are also more likely to die of breast cancer because they’re less likely to catch it early. That’s not genetics, that’s math. The sooner you begin treatment, the better your prognosis. Black women are less likely to know how to do self-exams and because of the socioeconomic divide, less likely to see an OB/GYN annually. And they’re ignored by awareness campaigns.

Tell your black friends. And spread this like wildfire. Because they are more at risk than you are.

[inkydandy]

From me to you! Hope you had a good one, whether it was appreciating your loved ones or giving yourself some self-care and love ♥

[inkydandy]

A couple of overdue New Year’s things! I feel like we all could use a Lazarus Pit to resurrect our desiccated bodies and souls left from 2020…I know I could. Here’s to hoping 2021 will be better.

[betterstayabsurd-deactivated202]

[bemusedlybespectacled]

Gomez gives out better relationship advice than like 90% of dudes.

[obstinate-nocturna]

Gomez Addams is a suave motherfucker who loves his wife more than his own life.

Everyone should want a Gomez. He’s p cool.

[breelandwalker]

Gomez and Morticia Addams actually have a very loving and extremely healthy relationship, both in the old TV show and in the more recent movies. They were also one of the first television couples to be shown to have an active (albeit offscreen) sex life. Their frank attitude towards sexuality was shocking in its’ time, but their relationship and their family dynamic is actually more functional and more…dare I say it…sane than most families portrayed on TV.

The comedy in the show came from the family’s “odd” lifestyle, rather than from infighting and petty bickering, or worse, as was common on other shows of the time, thinly veiled references to spousal abuse. They didn’t make fun of each other or act like their children were creatures from another world. Were they strange and outside of social norms? Yes. Were they united in creating a loving home and being good, supportive parents? Absolutely.

These two support and adore their children, care for an aging mother and an estranged brother, put family before everything, and they love each other, wholly, fiercely, without reserve. They are every bit as much in love after at least a decade of marriage as they were the day they met.

Relationship goals. LIFE goals.

[avotica]

Just remembered in the second movie when their third child became “normal” for a period and although they were shocked and didn’t know how to handle it, they didn’t mistreat the child or love it any less. They accepted the difference, even though it was hard for them. 

[drnerdlove]

Reblogged for truth.

[franklyunfabulous]

❤️❤️❤️

[endreal]

Posts about Gomez and Morticia Addams are almost always uplifting and I’m happy to have them on my dash, but I think my favorite bit about this conversation is what Gomez is actually saying to Fester.

It’s nobody’s surprise that many of the aesthetic and thematic elements of The Addams Family in its various incarnations are influenced by Gothic tradition (not goth, that mostly came later. And not Goth, that was much much much too early), and I think Gomez’s words are a dead bullseye in terms of Gothic mentality.

“Make her feel like she’s the most sublime creature on earth”

The sublime is a recurring theme throughout Gothic literature. Although the word (like “awesome”) has lost a lot of it’s original luster over the intervening decades, sublime doesn’t really mean elevated and lofty (or even heavenly) as it’s often used today, but rather something possessing the power and grandeur to induce awe and veneration in the mind of the beholder. Although less than divine, something sublime possessed a wildness and power that transcended human ability to control…or even to comprehend.

Sublime is standing at the edge of the Grand Canyon leaning as far as you dare over the railing and still not being able to see the canyon floor below. Sublime is warrior-queen Galadriel being tempted by the One Ring. Sublime is waking up in the middle of the night in the heart of a wild thunderstorm.

“Make her feel like she’s the most sublime creature on earth”

Gomez isn’t advising Fester to treat a woman he fancies like a princess, or even elevate her to pedestal of angelic nature (who’s idea was it to equate femininity with purity anyway? What a laughable and historically damaging idea. Shame on whatever dead (probably) white dudes promoted that!)

Gomez is advising Fester that if he truly loves a woman he must do everything he can to remind her of how she’s an untameable force of nature who’s grandeur brings him to his knees in awe and terror. Just like Morticia, for Gomez.

I’ll sign off with one of my most favorite quotes of all time, because it feels suddenly very relevant:

“When I find myself surrounded by so much beauty, I feel as if I am the eye of a hurricane.”

- -Sanjay Kulkarni

[coldalbion]

Reblogging for the commentary on the Sublime

[marxist-dykelectics]

@bbydreamer

[chronophobica]

I understood more about the sublime from this one post than I did from the entire unit we did on it last year in English class

[ultimatebottom69]

Couple goals

[gothic-batgirl]

Right, I gotta vent. For quite a while, the only thing that got me out of bed whilst living by myself was playing with makeup. I didn’t even have the motivation to grab a comic. After that sometimes I’d feel strong enough to pop to the campus co op and grab some food because I hadn’t eaten yet. Then maybe I’d be in bed for the rest of the day but I took comfort in the fact that I did a tiny thing. Sometimes I could only just make it to reception to check for parcels. Sometimes I didn’t leave at all but accepted a call from my best mate who called every night. It’s like war paint and means a lot to me. Yeah, loads of people find it silly but it’s helped me tremendously when I couldn’t even feel comfort from comics which has been my go to for so long.

[gothic-batgirl]

Merry Christmas 🎄💕 (and if you don’t celebrate it I hope you have a wonderful day anyway!). B.D

Thanks 😊

[gothic-batgirl]

Hope you’re doing well ❤️. You’ve always got people who care. Stay strong ❤️. (From the “😓❤️” post anon) BD anon x

Thanks for the encouraging words..feel free to pm me..

[gothic-batgirl]

I miss you too ❤️. There are always going to be people who care.

I kinda wish I knew who this was...

[gothic-batgirl]

no matter what's going on there will always be someone who cares

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[gothic-batgirl]

what's wrong?

A lot

[gothic-batgirl]

i miss you

Who are you ? I’ve been gone for so long ..

[gothic-batgirl]

I really miss this blog 😓❤️

Hey, sorry, been going through a lot, didn’t think anyone would miss me ...