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g1ngerbeer

fnimally … i can read ……………… mbob psycho fanfiction

g1ngerbeer

reigen go to the FUCKING HOPITAL

phantomrose96

creativespark

Paul of Scotland, Destiny Is In Your Hands, 2020 pencil on white paper, 11.69"x16.54"

captain-starskull

DO NOT SCROLL AWAY. THIS IS NOT A PHOTO. THIS IS NOT OIL ON CANVAS. THIS ISN’T EVEN ACRYLIC ON CANVAS. THIS IS PENCIL ON WHITE PAPER!

phynoma

PENCIL?!?

demilypyro

Me when I've just spent a week or so being digested by a dragon and my girlfriend shows up and saves me and the first thing she does is make me take a bath with her, touch me all over and show me full frontal

yamada-ryo

xiketic

Something I haven't seen many people talk about in PHM is the fact that Eridians probably don't have the same attitudes towards time as humans do. Think about it: Erid is an inherently dayless place, having an atmosphere that allows no light and thus no concept of day or night. We don't really think much about how our entire lives are structured around this cycle that Earth life has been experiencing for eons. Erid life has no concept of this at all. Eridian sleep schedules are somewhat irregular and not synced to each other (they can't be, not if someone always stays awake to watch). They don't track birthdays like we do, they can't unless they're paying attention to their solar cycle, which I'd expect is a relatively new thing for their culture. Maybe they base age on their near-perfect memories or how many layers their carapace has or how big they are, or experiences/accomplishments. They may have an idea of an Eridian year, if their planet has seasons or something like that, but I doubt it has a whole lot of importance to them.

I'd image having an alien who relies so heavily on cycles and repeated patterns in order to function normally would be mind-boggling to the Eridians. What do you mean it celebrates the exact day of its birth every so often, just because? Wait we need to program a reliable change in light levels to simulate its planet, which has almost no atmosphere? And we have to schedule any interactions we have with it around this cycle? Wait it tracks its age by the scientific year, not by life experience and physical aging?

Constantly being reminded that this guy Rocky brought home that saved their entire planet is, in fact, a complete alien.

ghstwht

I heard you guys love PHM x Artemis II content...

habken

more grace

brucebocchi

hapafuil

This is how I feel about people calling Martha Wells a slave apologist or whatever, because her enslaved characters exist in well established systems of oppression and aren’t falling over themselves to lead the charge to end said systems.

Like it’s a series of personal diaries about a person learning how to person and find themselves/people to call friends and family.

Not every oppressed persons story has to be about dismantling the system that fucked them over. It can be them working the system to get what they want. It can be them finding people willing to help them move more freely within dangerous spaces. It can be them having their own harmful biases challenged. It can be them learning to trust others despite it all. It can be them realizing their suffering doesn’t make them a good person and sometimes they just aren’t. And if they want to be that shit takes effort. Especially in a universe where violence is always one of the first options and the rich are destroying literal planets for greed.

And Murderbot is not happily owned by Mensah. It says this repeatedly through the series. I don’t know why critics say that it is. Mensah is just 1000% more preferable compared to the company or any corporate. I see critics laser in on the inequality bots and constructs face but no one mentions how indentured humans have it just as bad or worse.

Pls. Yes tmbd is set in a capitalistic hellscape of exploitative labor and abuse. But that doesn’t mean the main narrative has to be about rebellion and the exploration of how to dismantle those systems. It can be about people doing their best within their current restraints.

If you want uprisings and rebellions The Murderbot Diaries are not that. Find something more your cup of tea instead of criticizing media in bad faith and calling the author names and a horrible person because they didn’t write the story you wanted.

uristmcdorf

I think it's also unhealthy to expect every story about awful circumstances to be about rebelling against and triumphing against those circumstances in a big, explosive way because it sets a wildly unrealistic expectation for what is involved in The Work of Making Change.

Those explosive stories are important because they are cathartic and motivating and inspiring. But no real human rebellion, transformation or change happened because One Hero Prevailed.

They happened because of people like the characters in TMBD who did the work of generations. Real world fights against slavery, exploitation, inequality and abuse as an institution happened not because of one hero, but because of countless thousands of people who each pushed against the world in whatever ways they could, big or small or even just through refusing to stop surviving in spite of it all. Most of them lived and died without seeing the ultimate fruits of their labours. And that means they also had to live, really live, the whole time as well. Not sacrifice their existence solely to the mission. Because their lives had value beyond what they contributed to any cause.

I think that's what people critiquing the narrative of TMBD are missing. Throughout every book, we see that the world is changing and transforming. Change is coming. Secunit is the cause of some of it, but so are the people around it, and many of them were already engaged in that work long before they met Secunit. And we see it going on around the characters in entirely disconnected ways. The secunit that Three liberates and who receives (begrudging, grumpy, frustrated) support from Secunit was having its own entirely separate adventure of liberation in the background of the novel, and there's a world where it is the main character of the story. How many other constructs will it then go on to impact? How many have Secunit and Three quietly helped over the missions they have taken - not as a direct goal of the mission, but because they both choose, wherever possible, to offer freedom when they can. How many other moments like that are happening that we don't see?

What I love about the books - well one of the many things I love about the books - is that they show the work is continuous. There isn't one Ultimate Bad Guy to fight - because the problem is inherent on a massive galaxy-spanning societal scale - which means there's no version of a Single Epic Fight that will fix it. Instead it's about choices, and the impact they have in each moment.

Secunit finding personhood and autonomy and healing through community is an act of liberation and does have weight on the direction of the world. Because of Secunit simply choosing to be a part of Mensah's world, and Perihelion's world, there are vast groups of people who will now understand and care about construct liberation differently to how they did before.

And a narrative that is about a survivor of slavery and abuse finding joy and safety and healing in an imperfect world is a story that matters.

pangur-and-grim

can I make a confession that might get me in trouble

pangur-and-grim

I save scummed through every variation of this guy’s dialogue tree because I really, really wanted him to perform unethical surgery on me. like I’m still so angry about this. WHY have the gross knife hand doctor if he can’t pull out your appendix and laugh about it??? what is the POINT

pangur-and-grim

wait hang on I’ll post a pangur photo. don’t unfollow

pangur-and-grim

this is starting to affect my personal life

fairycosmos

fucked that you can’t fix other people especially when you really care about them. Oh so im just supposed to be there for you while you suffer. like a useless cunt gargoyle

byjove

I can’t remember if I told you guys this but my grandpa paid a guy to put up a rock retaining wall in the backyard when my grandparents moved into their house in 1966. They live at the bottom of a mountain. The wall finally collapsed this year and my grandfather with dementia was PISSED OFFFFFF and he wanted so badly to call the guy who did it and chew him out for doing a bad job. My grandma is trying to explain that the wall lasted 60 years and the guy who did the work is probably dead and it TURNS OUT HE IS STILL ALIVE. Now we’re worried grandpa is going to get through to him (small town) and we’re going to see two 85 year old men come to blows over a rock wall that has been there since the mid-60s. My grandpa is a scrapper, he’s been to jail over a bar fight, the possibility that he WOULD fight this guy is high.

To top it off? The stone mason is the only person in town with one arm so grandpa would definitely recognize him if he saw him. If that is your grandpa, please protect him from my grandpa.

byjove

Then again, if it was given a lifetime guarantee and both parties are still alive, grandpa might have ground to stand on.

catnippackets

tried out a slightly different style a while ago

behaviornerdwithahat

In case anyone finds it helpful because mobility aids are horrifically expensive and inaccessible…

And for those people who have access to mobility devices but might benefit from a second chair they can abuse without risking expensive damage…

Erik Kondo has made a website, Open Source Innovations, that details plans for DIY wheelchairs. These wheelchairs can be made from common materials like wood, plastic, and pvc. They are lightweight and can be custom fit to the user allowing from the same degree of movement you would get from a custom chair. And they are durable and easily repairable. (he has been stress testing his latest design by dropping it down stairs, dropping it out of a car, launching it across a driveway, and throwing it off a deck). Its 12lbs and I think he said its was in the $200 ish range for parts.

He also is working on cheap, open source, accessible designs for beach chairs, off road chairs, motorized attachments (think smart drive), and so on. Plus he skateboards in his wheelchair. Cool dude, helpful info, pass it on.

sumi-sprite

It's incredibly sad people have to resort to this, but it's a damn good resource. Use it. Spread awareness. Maybe one day people with physical disabilities won't need DIYs like this. But until then, reblog and share.

this-is-accessibility

This is Accessibility!

That's so amazing! It is unfortunate that so many people will need this, but very very cool that it exists

organizationstationone4all

That other link seems to be broken.

this-is-accessibility

Thank you so much for putting the working one!

I will add it to my original reblog as well.

psychotic-gerard

knew this woman who used to be a gay man and when he was a gay man he liked ‘ironically’ referring to himself as she/her and so when he came out as a woman he decided the next logical step was to also switch his pronouns to he/him.

skarnish

tammog

fandomsandfeminism

This may be the best Pride merch I've seen from a major corporation.

Levi's said yes, actually. Assless chaps and a biker vest. Happy Pride.

And the assless chaps sold out on June 1.

aetherograph

They also specifically contacted members of the leather community, used them as models iirc, and donated $100k to Outright International. They talked the talk and walked the walk and put their money on it too. I don't really care that I can't afford and don't want this merch, I love to see my community getting the respect it deserves. Levi's said, "We make jeans which gays wear lots of jeans? Oh leather daddies? Let's call them."

fandomsandfeminism

I think Levi's donates to Outreach International every year too, as well as sponsoring pride events and other community support. They were offering Same Sex domestic partner benefits to employees in the 90s, and have been very public about their support for pro-lgbt legislation all through the 2000s.

So, you know, a giant corporation that walks the walk pretty consistently.