Pin-Tips and Noodle Paws

Aro peep, no pronouns. Bounces from interest to interest. Ask Blog: askyoungstacy.tumblr.com

[heroofashesnot]

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TheOdd1sOut's Warrior Cat Wednesdays: #1-4

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Comics #5-9

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Comics #10-19

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Comics #20 and #21

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Comics #22-28

Comic #28 was captioned with the lyrics to Rory by Foxing, seemingly a nod to the beloved Ashfur MAP.

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Comics #29-38

[lovertm]

ceramic buttons by DesigningSisters

[curiositysavesthecat]

NOT talking about fanfiction. Do you prefer it when original novels don’t have pictures or illustrations of the main characters, so that it’s more convenient for you to imagine the characters however you want?

Yes, I prefer it this way, for this exact reason

Yes, I prefer it this way, but for a different reason

No, I don’t prefer it, but I don’t mind it either way. I don’t care about it

No. I actively want books to have pictures or illustrations of the characters

I don’t read original novels / poll does not apply to me

Remaining time: 6 days 23 hours

*This poll was submitted to us and we simply posted it so people could vote and discuss their opinions on the matter. If you’d like for us to ask the internet a question for you, feel free to drop the poll of your choice in our inbox and we’ll post them anonymously (for more info, please check our pinned post).

[chernobog13]

The animatronic Godzilla Cybot, constructed for 1984's The Return of Godzilla (aka Godzilla 1985).

Standing in front of the robot is actor Ken Tanaka, who played reporter Goro Maki in the film.

Sadly, forty years later this seems to be all that's left of the Cybot. Such an ignominious end for a once-magnificent creation.

[deepfrieddeltarunememes]

alright but we can at least bring the Floradinns back with us right

asgore doesn't need his weed stash that badly right now does he

[deepfrieddeltarunememes]

Asgore's weed is Shit

[miamaimania]

Tracery: A Symphony in Bronze by Timothy Cleary

[narcissistcookbook]

hey tumblr more of this sick filth please and thank you

[cykelops]

another history making marvel post I never see anyone talk about is “so is nobody helping blade kill all those vampires”

[cykelops]

found it

[json-derulo]

I'm not gonna articulate this well, but there's this phenomenon I keep seeing on the left that I'll call "bean soup rhetoric," wherein someone fails to understand that they are not the target audience for a particular message, or just can't conceptualize why a speaker would craft their message differently to resonate with a target audience that doesn't already completely agree with them.

"The 'God Made Trans People' billboard is stupid! God didn't make me! I'm an atheist!" Okay. The billboard sits along a major highway in Kansas. We can deduce that the target audience is not you—it's the centrist evangelical Christians driving along that road who could probably be persuaded to become allies as long as we choose our words carefully and don't make them feel attacked for not already knowing everything about trans rights issues. Another one I see a lot is, "We shouldn't be talking about how right-wing legislation catches [privileged in-group] in the crossfire when [marginalized out-group] suffers far more!" I know. I agree with you. Which is why you and I are not the intended audience of this argument!

The entire point of rhetoric is to win over someone who doesn't already fully agree with you. In this case, let's say that someone is Jennifer, the moderate center-right mom in your neighborhood who doesn't really know or care about transgender issues but would be absolutely horrified by the idea of her teenage daughter having to submit to an invasive inspection of her body just to be allowed to play soccer. Tell her, "Banning trans students from sports will inevitably subject all student athletes to invasive gender-policing," or "Legal restrictions on gender-affirming care will make it harder for you to access the hormone replacement therapy you take to treat menopause symptoms," and she is more likely to question her existing beliefs and listen to the rest of what you have to say than if you lead with leftist talking points that she already has a calcified opinion about or which she thinks do not personally affect her.

Tailoring the argument to the things she already cares about does not mean we're forgetting that she has more privilege than most—entirely the opposite, in fact. A privileged ally can be extremely valuable. Jennifer votes in every election. And so do all the other ladies at her book club, and church, and in the PTA, and those folks listen to Jennifer. There's a reason both parties were courting suburban women so hard in the last election cycle! If we can find common ground with her on this, if we can get her calling her representatives and talking to her friends and phone-banking and door-knocking and making a stink, that's how the needle starts to move. If I can convince her to take her support away from the candidates who are actively restricting my rights and throw it toward those who want to restore and expand those rights...then I'm sorry, but Jennifer is a more valuable ally to me than the people who agree that the legal boundaries of gender ought to be abolished altogether but refuse to actually do anything except complain online about how both sides are equally bad because the right is trying to force everyone to drink the cyanide kool-aid while the left keeps serving bean soup and they don't like bean soup

[vaspider]

"Meet people where they are" is Activism 101, and people seem to be allergic to seeing that this is exactly that.

"Bean Soup Rhetoric" is a very good concept.

[randomnoteforfuturereference]

A big one is the fact that the immigration crackdown and shutting our doors are having an adverse effect on the economy and agriculture. Not to mention your favorite local restaurant will close and raise its prices.

The purist would tell you that utilitarian argument is bad because it commodifies immigrants, and we should be arguing on ethical grounds.

Except... the argument that "immigration should be supported because it's the right thing to do" is preaching to the choir.

The people you're needing to convince are those who think immigrants are a burden. Of course, you're not gonna convince everyone, but the goal is to shift those margins.

The labor fight doesn't even have to come after, but it's still a separate messaging that its own thing.

[thegreatyin]

did you know the bazaar's masters are free. you can pick them up* and take them home and it can't stop you.

*you have to use a forklift because they are very large

[thegreatyin]

^ like this.

[startistdoodles]

Absolutely love it when powerful legendary Pokémon are best friends with a little girl

[lokidokeyartichoki]

Friends who have vision sensitivities do NOT go into the Odyssey unprepared. There are a LOT of lightning sequences that could count as strobing lights. The worst offender is obviously after the Sun Gods cows, but almost any storm scene has an abundance of lightning. It was almost too much for me in some places.

[uptownthots]

“it isnt something you have to read critically” well 😭

[uptownthots]

this technically is true but I think this also perfectly encapsulates why I am inherently distrustful of like. “”cozy”” “turn your brain off” fiction lmfao. like okay WHO gets to turn their brain off and who has to suffer through bigoted caricatures of themselves while everyone else is having cozy silly no brain time 😐

[woman-becomer]

imagine a goat with a hat

STOP-

what hat did you give the goat what is the instinctual hat you gave to this goat

[homunculus-argument]

More random tropes that I fucking love: Becoming the mask you wore.

Like oh shit, this character who was sent to spy somewhere under a false identity suddenly realises they've started to genuinely become the person they claimed to be? Someone who's been telling the same lies about who they are for so long that they're actually forgetting that the story isn't true? Finding themselves genuinely doing the things they pretend to do in front of people, when they're alone and nobody's watching? Answering to a name that wasn't supposed to be theirs without thinking?

Ooohh-hoh-hoh, you lost track of yourself in pretending to be someone else? You were only supposed to impersonate somebody, a plausible background and a name you came up with on the spot, and now that the people you were supposed to infiltrate have become your true companions? You lost yourself in the game you played, and no you no longer know who you truly are, and where your true loyalties lie? And both sides would mark you a traitor if you came out with the truth. On a scale of one to ten, how bad did you fuck up.

Fuck that is a good trope. Never seen it done badly. Pour that shit on a table and I'll chop it into lines and snort it.

[libraryofjoy]

Lady of shallot. Lady of onion. Lady of garlic. Lady of chives.

[skiptomy]

its 4am and I have no control over what i draw

[starfulstitches]

I took so many cute photos of Star Catcher. I hope you like them!