Meh

I've finally done it, I made a tumblr -- 28m

[bebsi-cola]

actually pigs shouldn't be at pride even outside of uniform. fuck those guys

[bebsi-cola]

if you decide to become a police officer then that outweighs any other marginalised identity you can rustle up like. not sorry, who asked you to willingly become a pig

[pekkhum]

I have heard of black people warning their kids that the race of a police officer is cop and you should not expect solidarity from them. The same applies to other types of minorities.

The sexuality of a police officer is cop.

The gender of a police officer is cop.

When you become the enforcer and protector of capital, you are making the deal to be slightly favored by the system over others like you, in exchange for being its servant. Your solidarity is with the system that you serve, even if it hates you.

If you want solidarity with those the system hates, you cannot be the system's servant and defender.

[gnurbot]

"Why didn't Spider-Noir just break himself out?" Well that's not as funny is it?

Need to catch this account up on my backlog of hamnoir art!!! This comic was made in like January 2025 but I originally sketched it in like 2020 which is crazy

[ermlady]

Yes, the ability to switch between Black and White and full Color is well and great for Spider-Noir, but I want to watch in the way it’s TRULY meant to be enjoyed: color but every time Ben is on screen, it switches to black and white like the Bringing Sexyback meme

[unfortunately-obsessed]

SOOOO SPIDER-NOIR IS OUT

let's talk about historical accuracies that I noticed.

Telephones! Hell yeah. Ben has a newer model than Joseph because of course! Even if Ben hasn't been getting jobs for months he's still in a job that overall pays more and he's GOOD at what he does. (Not to talk about the obvious racial pay inequality)

Joseph uses one that was far more common in the early 1900s to 1910! That's OLD by then. Ben has one that's average, (thus expensive), typical rotatory.

Now. Something far more interesting.

Nail polish! 💅✨

I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw this:

You see??? Half-moons, clean edge nails! Even if it first appeared in the 20s, this design was super popular in 1930 especially! Many theorize it was so chipping wouldn't be as noticeable, which makes sense!

It's trendy and practical at the same time which makes sense for a character like Vera Addison! She doesn't come from money nor socializes with the upper class of society, naturally, she is using what Hollywood stars use! Not to say it also saves money on nail polish itself, which might've been an instinct at that point. She's the newest money there is and styles herself like so

And we see Janet using the same design! See!? Popular. It's a very practical design as I said.

Quick detour about Mrs. Addison and her coat: at this point, even the fur in women's clothes were taxed! At the same time, Vogue said fur tells “the kind of woman you are and the kind of life you lead”. So hey, look! She got a fur coat! It's so slightly matted yet silly, uneven, tapered, in other words, EXPENSIVE

On the other hand... (Pun intended)

We see Cat having fully painted nails.

She doesn't have to save on nail polish! Nope. She appeals to another echelon entirely. She's not a person as much as she's a doll, entertainment– this is what her appearance says about her.

Her hair is always neatly pinned. Perfect. Always. Using a cig holder so ash doesn't fall on her clothing or stain her gloves/fingers. It tells a completely different story.

I also loved noticing how we don't see the ladies using their hairs down! We see the history so perfectly in this lady who has less than three minutes of screen

Hat hooked to her hair, the updo curls pinned and sprayed into perfection. The jacket shoulders, the ornament buttons! High arched dramatic eyebrows, smoky eyeshadows and powdery makeup!!

I just loved having that much realism. It really pulled you into the era and that's because I am not a historian at all! I'm sure it has its far amount of inaccuracies including those made to appeal to the modern viewer! But it's still.... So yummy

[ilbrin]

I want my girlfriend :(

[afurioushawk]

Like, I don't even read the Romance genre, so I really have no skin in this game, but y'all's grandmas were so much braver. Today's Romance covers are so vanilla that nobody knows what they're even buying.

Meanwhile, there was no mistaking what your grandma was buying when she went up to the cash register.

[ilbrin]

Your bunny misses you so dearly and cries for you at night. I need to hold you tightly in bed.

And I miss you mi amor. I forgotten how quiet my nights are without your voice

[ilbrin]

[human-rocket]

…meanwhile it’s something Anakin can fix in like 5 minutes

[sofarrrrrr]

Keep them together, not easy it is.

[lasagoofs]

x

[mmeiram]

07.13: everything goes right

@anidalaweeks day 1 prompt where Anakin and Padmé get to raise the twins and be happy.... my dream would be to draw a whole comig about this what-if. i didn't have time, so i did a piece that compiles all best memories from our favorite space romeo and juliet!! in my head, in this AU, Anakin leaves the Jedi Order after killing Palpatine and Padmé continues to fight for freedom across the galaxy. Anakin ends up working as a pilot and ativist (and a stay at home dad to). he loves his family dearly, no one tell him Leia will end up dating Han later on.

comms // tip jar

[shapelytimber]

Knight kneeling before her queen

[COMMISSIONS]

I had a vision

Quick sapphic AU recap below vvv

it's been a while huh

[now-you-sound-like-a-jedi]

If Obi-Wan had actually stayed on Mandalore with Satine after the Civil War and left the Jedi Order, it would've made The Phantom Menace and Attack of the Clones peak comedy.

Like, Qui-Gon would still be sent to Naboo and end up on Tatooine, he'd still meet Anakin and take him back to the Temple. But, in this AU, he survives the battle on Theed and takes Anakin as his padawan. And the entire Order would be making jokes:

"Congrats on the new padawan! Hope he sticks around longer than the last one!" "We'll keep this one off the bodyguard missions, eh Qui-Gon?"

So one day little Anakin’s like "hey master, what happened to your last padawan?" And Qui-Gon's like "oh he ran off with a girl, yeah he's royalty in the Outer Rim now".

And it's all fine and dandy until Anakin’s nineteen and they get assigned to protect Padmé, and Qui-Gon takes one look at this kid's face and thinks "You've got to be fucking kidding me, this shit again??"

[josephsaturn]

I think that “Anakin was a slave child who was groomed by Palpatine and raised by someone who wasn’t ready to take on a child, thereby leaving him in a social limbo state where he’s surrounded by people but only has a few close confidants, with the one he trusts the most actively trying to take advantage of him”

and

“Anakin was taught right from wrong from a young age, first by his mother and then by Kenobi, but any time he was presented with a choice, actively CHOSE WRONG EVERY SINGLE TIME”

are two sentences that can, should, and MUST coexist to fully understand Anakin Skywalker as a character

Edit: PART 2 of this post here

[josephsaturn]

OK so I’m gonna expand on this post a little bit:

Anakin Skywalker is such a Gordian knot of issues that if you want to have a genuine analysis of his character and where everything went wrong, you kind of have to address all of it:

You have to acknowledge he was a slave child until he was 9. Acknowledge that the dehumanization and lack of control left such a gigantic stain on Anakin’s psyche that he can’t even go to tattooine without getting angry

You have to acknowledge that Qui-gon, who was rooting for him and willing to rush Kenobi through the trials just to teach him, who was always in his corner, died. Not only that, but that Obi-wan wasn’t ready to take him on due to grieving qui-gon, but took him on anyway to honor his dead master.

You have to acknowledge that palpatine was doing his damndest to sink his teeth into Anakin since they met on Naboo. That a lot of Anakin’s behavior can be traced back to the way that palps has been trying to corrupt this kid and subjugate him, that nobody noticed because…well, the Sith have been dead for 1000 years and obi-wan killed the last one, why would anybody suspect palpatine?

You have to acknowledge that, due to all of these factors, Anakin massacred a tusken tribe. Watching his mom die, palpatine’s grooming, hell, even a lack of understanding of the Jedi code you could say, caused him to think murder, even of innocents, was okay. Yes, the decision was made in emotional duress, but also…Anakin still had a choice. He could’ve left the Tuskens alone, keeping that grief on a leash until he could bury his mother, and then let it out in a healthy way.

But he didn’t. He chose the immediate, convenient option: murder.

And then before he can properly process everything, before he can genuinely realize what he did was wrong (which he almost does at the larses), he’s thrust into saving Obi-wan, and then the war.

Part of me wonders if he ever got cognitive dissonance from leading the clones.

Part of me wonders if palpatine nipped that in the bud when he caught wind of it.

The thing is, Anakin has a hierarchy of people he cares about:

Palpatine and Padme on top, obi-wan and Ahsoka in the middle, Rex, the clones, and the Jedi third, and then the rest of the galaxy last.

This comes in clutch when he falls: he listens to palpatine’s machinations because this is the guy that he trusts, right? Palpatine’s never gonna lead him astray, right?

Anakin struggles with being a part of a group, feeling like he can’t be like that with the Jedi because he wasn’t raised from toddlerhood by them (at least, I believe). In the movie:

He feels that he should be put at the same position of respect as the rest of the masters, but they won’t do that because they know he’s not ready for the responsibility

Yoda (due to not having the context that Anakin’s worried Padme will die in childbirth) accidentally invalidates Anakin’s emotions by telling him that if she dies, she dies

Is told by the Jedi that he has to spy on palpatine (his friend!) because they fear he’s gathering as much power as he can (because he is)

It’s just little chinks in the armor.

Then, palpatine swoops in and assuages Anakin that Padme can be saved: all he has to do is learn sith powers, and she can be healed!

Throughout the movie, it’s just a slow roll of isolating Anakin from people he trusts, until by the end, Palp has him desperate to be his sithly apprentice.

But again, Anakin has a choice: he could’ve killed palpatine when the man revealed himself as the sith, he could’ve not killed mace either.

But he did.

Because the moment palpatine told him there was a way to save Padme, he had Anakin hook, line, and fucking sinker.

This is why attachments are bad. They’re not love, they’re desperation, clawing at your feet, sinking their teeth into you and filling your head with fear and paranoia.

Anakin didn’t tell yoda about his marriage because he knew Yoda would consider it an attachment, and scold him about it. He didn’t tell obi-wan about the depth of his dreams in ep II because he thought that as a Jedi, the concern of his mom dying would be considered an attachment and that the Jedi wouldn’t take him seriously.

But again, it was his choice to not give them the full context, because he was embarrassed that he wouldn’t be considered a true Jedi.

And that embarrassment, fear, possessiveness, everything, has left its bloodstains.

I don’t even know why I’m writing this, Anakin’s not even my favorite character, it’s just.

I’m tired of seeing fics where people boil him down to just “annoying idiot that everyone in his immediate vicinity tolerates because something something obi wan something something chosen one”

(And I have my problems with how fandom treats obi-wan so if you wanna hear them, lemme know)

I’m tired of people using the fact that he’s doomed to become darth Vader to just write him off and and do nothing of interest with.

Let him be happy! Let Cody or Rex or the Jedi or bail or whoever be genuinely interested in what he has to say!!! Let him be an interesting character and have him play with the other interesting characters!!!

But also let him be messy!!!!!

[ilbrin]

Jokes on you my love. You insta-reacted to my post about you. Now I know you're alive.

You activated my trap card