Geek For The 21st Century

Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, Marvel, Star Trek, Disney, Harry Potter, Supernatural, Sherlock, Being Human, Fantastic Beasts, The Flash, Legends of tomorrow, Would Involves, I take requests I also like Classic Rock but that can be found on my blogs at @bon-scott-ac-dc and @classic-rock-roller 

[laughingdrawingaces]

I'm in love with these covers for The Uncanny X-Men!

[omghotmemes]

I found it funny that a dude living in a cave for 20 years decided to vaccinate as soon as he heard about the virus for the first time

[redpandarascal]

you leave your cave and you hear that there’s a global plague, but good news, there’s a vaccine! but bad news, a lot of people won’t get the vaccine, out of jackassery.

if that was me I’d be like “shit like this, is EXACTLY why I’m a cave hermit.”

[yars]

[driverdaily]

Adam Driver in the trailer for Annette (2021) dir. Leos Carax

[memewhore]

[marta-bee]

I hope he’s having a nice day.

[cool-taya]

@cosmicrealmofkissteria

[bettydraperlookingpissed]

[goldkat-g0negrey-deactivated201]

reblog the Don Draper of getting a job he’s unqualified for and you’ll have 10 years of getting jobs you’re unqualified for

[royalhandmaidens]

(left: Princess Olga Orlova photographed for the ball of 1903, right: Padmé)

(left: prima ballerina Anna Pavlova in traditional kokoshnik for a photo shoot, right: the kokoshnik-inspired headpiece for Padmé’s refugee disguise)

(left: Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna in traditional dress of nobility, right: concept art for Padmé’s refugee disguise)

So, the more I think about the kokoshnik they used for Padmé’s costume, the more I think about the symbolism and I actually really dig it?

The кокошник (kokoshnik), is a traditional Russian headdress that many of us may already be familiar with - but what I find interesting is the reason why it was traditionally worn by women, and how that ties into a representation of Padmé’s past, while also foreshadowing her future.

These headdresses were worn for a variety of reasons (festivals, status, holidays, etc), by many different women, and at many different time periods throughout history. Most notably, it was often worn by newly married women, who were sometimes expected to wear it from the time of their marriage to the birth of their first child (though traditions and styles varied by region and time period).

As Anakin and Padmé set off on their journey, ultimately to fall in love and secretly marry, I wonder if perhaps the headdress represents their coming marriage as well as a hint towards the birth of Luke and Leia?

The gown is also interesting because it isn’t just Russian traditional clothing, but the clothing of nobility and court, specifically - possibly a nod to Padmé’s past as queen of Naboo and her status at the time of their first meeting.

Maybe I’m reading too much into it, who knows, but it’s interesting to think about!

[avengersandlovers]

Y’all better be protecting Anthony Mackie with the same ferocity you have for your white faves. He put everything on the line to say this.

Anthony Mackie Said Marvel's Lack Of Diversity Behind The Camera "Bothered" Him

"If you only can hire the Black people for the Black movie, are you saying they’re not good enough when you have a mostly white cast?"

[netflixa]

read this!

a lot of big businesses, including disney, will post a black square and donate some money but won’t actually make any changes to combat the racism in their own companies and its fucking bullshit

it feels like they haven’t made any other efforts towards true diversity because at the end of the day they just don’t care

also notice how it’s really only ever the Black mcu actors who bring up the racism/lack of diversity in marvel/hollywood ?

white hollywood saying they’re anti-racist/acknowledging white privilege ≠ activism

[cleoselene-deactivated20260315]

“reblog this or your mom will die”

“seriously judging everyone who doesn’t reblog this post”

“if you don’t reblog this post you have no soul”

“you reblogged something from an OP who is bad”

“i don’t care what your blog is about, spread this like wildfire!”

[manoessay]

I felt this post

[blancabitchcraft]

Just as you found this post, may you find money flowing effortlessly into your life from henceforward.

Blessed are you who read this. Manifest the receiving an abundance of money now. As the universe has been good to you, be good to another. Bless a friend and bless a stranger.

Reblog to cast and pass the blessing!

Blanca Bitchcraft

[jenny-jinya]

This was suggested months ago, I’m sorry it took me so long. It was extremely painful to draw. This is the sad story of “Roscoe”. Please know that so many dogs suffer the same fate.

[slavery]

[macbethz]

Fuck I’m at a fencing tournament and literally a minute after I reblogged this my dad told me that he talked to the point people and I’m probably going to win a medal.

[seananmcguire]

BURN BAGEL BURN

[gothiccharmschool]

OH WHY NOT?

[harukami]

I need to follow up to say I reblogged this last night, and this morning I got some of the best news of my life, like, a life dream come true news thing.

Bagel what are your powers

[acabosetotal]

FUCK, I though it was just another lucky meme but LISTEN. Since a week ago I was waiting a phone call to confirm me if I got a job or not in my university. I reblogged this yesterday’s night “just for fun and because I don’t want any bagel to be mad with me”, and today’s afternoon, while I was losing my time as always, the professor I was supposed to work with called me and asked me for my personal information to start working with her.

THE BAGEL POWERS ARE WAY TOO MUCH FOR THIS WORLD

[token-white-friend]

I GOT A JOB THE DAY AFTER MY QUEUE POSTED THIS THE FIRST TIME AND I JUST REALIZED IT WHEN I SAW IT AGAIN HOLY GOD

[noodle-dragon]

The bagel hasn’t let me down yet!

[blackcatgodess]

I got a job offer after reblogging the bagel. Believe in the bagel!

[anayely420]

🙏🏼

[sonsfantasies]

Worth a try lol

[theblizzardsix]

i could use some good news or even a good girl 

[pantspooplover]

Go lil bagle! Show me your power!

[itaachiyama-moved]

Okii then!

[blastlight]

THIS IS THE FIRST THING ON MY BLOG

I GOT ASKED OUT FOR THE FIRST TIME AFTER I REBLOGGED IT

[cuappatea-deactivated20200216]

wait but whats happening with the bagel tho

[dukemz]

It’s burning, as is everything I’ve hoped for whenever I’ve reblogged a post like this

[gone-dw-abt-it-deactivated20260]

I just kinda wanna watch something burn?

[dukemz]

Mood

[rip-paramour]

You guys didn’t listen when I said Bagels hold an ancient and wonderous power.

[teathattast]

Bagel time

[castielismyhusband2266]

I need this

[dwintu]

do it

[robinswraith]

I’m at an all time low I need this

[lancer-andlace]

Jack and Jackie in discussion on their wedding day - September 12, 1953

[tevivinter]

Writer friends, I discovered a fun website today. It’s called “I Write Like” and here’s the description: Check which famous writer you write like with this statistical analysis tool, which analyzes your word choice and writing style and compares them with those of the famous writers.  Let me know which autor you got! 

[tevivinter]

…I guess that’s it then 😂

[quiiescenza]

[twastheplague-deactivated202002]

Oh my god

[vaudevillianpersona]

I will never shut up about this

[quadraphonictypewriter]

I didn’t believe this, so I did it again with three different texts and I got Agatha every time.

What a compliment!!

[boogiewuhmun-deactivated2021072]

[rock-on-babes-deactivated202010]

[ubernoxa]

This was cool!!!

[smokeandmirrorz]

I got Stephen King! What an honor <3

[lancer-andlace]

Have you read any interesting books on the Kennedys? I’m looking for more suggestions but I just started reading a historical fiction book about Jackie called “And they called it Camelot” it’s really good so far.

Hi!

I’ve actually been thinking of buying “And they called it Camelot” so I’m happy to hear you enjoy it!

As for recs:

My top two favorites are Mrs. Kennedy and Me by Clint Hill and These Few Precious Days by Christopher Anderson

Others that I enjoy:

- Jackie, Ethel, and Joan by J Randy Taraborrelli

- Jackie, Janet, and Lee by J Randy Taraborrelli

- The Kennedy Detail by Gerald Blaine

- The Fabulous Bouvier Sisters by Sam Kashner

- Jackie’s Girl by Kathy McKeon

I hope this helps!

[nothing-more-than-hot-leaf-juice]

So I was thinking about Zuko and Azula's dynamic and I realized that maybe if he had given Azula the love she was missing from their parents, she wouldn't have turned out a total sociopath. What do you think?

Some of my thoughts on this are related to personal experiences and I want to get that out of the way, but I don’t think it’s right to lay the responsibility of raising and providing all emotional support for a child on a sibling. Just because she endured emotional abuse just like he did doesn’t make Zuko responsible for her well being. Nor do I think him showing her love would have helped her because simple emotional neglect wasn’t the forefront of Azula’s trauma. Zuko was dealing with as much abuse as Azula and part of his journey to healing was cutting himself off from the people that hurt him. Azula happened to be one of the people that hurt him and just because they had the same abuser doesn’t mean that she didn’t hurt him in major ways. That doesn’t mean she wasn’t sympathetic or eventually redeemable, but their relationship was poisoned in a way where I don’t think him offering her love and support would have helped her. 

The problem with Zuko and Azula’s upbringing over anything else was the concept instilled in them that love was conditional over anything else. Ozai’s approval, or what they considered to be ‘love’, was entirely conditional on how well they performed bending-wise. In this case, one of them was always going to be better than the other even by marginal degrees. The fact that Azula was a prodigy just meant that Zuko was falling behind even further in Ozai’s eyes and he was shamed for coming in second (see the backstory scenes from Zuko Alone). They were taught that in order to get father’s ‘love’ they had to be better than the other. Only one of them could be good enough (this is also how Ozai considered himself in comparison to Iroh). Thus sparked a competition between the two that Zuko was firmly losing and it wasn’t until he cut himself off was he able to gain some self-confidence and self-esteem. That scene where we see Azula smiling at the Agni Kai? We think that she would be horrified of what her father was doing to her brother, but no. Seeing Zuko getting publically burned and banished meant that she won and she was better. It meant that their father had picked her. 

But it’s not just Ozai. We also see this to an extent with Ursa. We see just how Ursa damaged Azula’s self esteem with the finale mirror scene. Azula has harbored this idea that there’s something inherently wrong with her. That she’s a “monster” undeserving of love. Ozai treated her as a weapon and valued her for being useful over anything else, and since she was firmly his preferred child, I wonder where she got that idea from? (”what is wrong with that child?”) There is a painful difference in the way that Ursa treated Zuko versus how she treated Azula, and it’s not just reacting to bad stuff Azula said/did. We saw Zuko throw rocks at the turtleducks and Ursa was still comforting and gentle towards him, but she didn’t understand her daughter’s lack of empathy or her fixation on perfection and she didn’t attempt to help her. Ursa just reprimanded Azula for how she was rather than try to help her develop empathy. In this case, Ursa picked Zuko and Azula was the one who was losing. She couldn’t win this conditional love. 

So here we have a teenage girl who thinks the only thing she’s good for is her military and combat ability because, again, Ozai used her as a weapon. And she wasn’t sweet or kind enough for Ursa, so she rejected the notion that she even cared what her mother thought about her. She looked at her situation and determined some things: their mother had left them and now there was only one parent she had to win the love of; she was better at bending than Zuko so she was firmly winning at being the preferred child; because she was the preferred child, a firebending master, and the next in line for the throne as long as Zuko was out of the picture, that meant she was okay. She convinced herself that as long as those things were true, she was okay. But those things eventually weren’t true anymore. Zuko learned to redirect her lightning. Ozai determined that he didn’t want her at the invasion anymore. She lost her crown. 

Azula and Zuko’s relationship was fractured and she was ultimately broken because her entire self-worth was based around being useful to her father because that’s what she was valued for. That’s kind of how she ended up viewing other people too (Mai and Ty Lee) and with their betrayal, it was just a confirmation to her that she wasn’t good for anything but being useful to people and the second they determined that she wasn’t good enough to keep around, they would leave her. This is what Ursa did. This is what her friends did. This is what Ozai did. The whole series she’s trying desperately to prove that she’s better than Zuko. That she’s the one who can successfully capture the Avatar and lock him away for being the failure. But along the way everything she does is rooted in her need to please her father: imprisoning the Kiyoshi warriors, keeping Bumi imprisoned in Omashu, and conquering Ba Sing Se. And in the end, she’s still desperate she’s desperate to prove to her father that she can “be the greatest Firelord in history”. She challenged Zuko to one last Agni Kai to prove to herself that she deserves the crown because she was better. That she had been better the whole time. And the reason Zuko providing her emotional support wouldn’t have meant anything to her because of her view of herself was based around the idea that as long as she was superior, she was worth something. She had to view him as weaker because as long as she was the better bender and Ozai’s preferred child, it meant she was okay.

But in the end, she did lose, and her entire self-worth broke at the seams because of it. Azula’s entire self-image was warped by how she was used as a weapon and simple ‘emotional support’ or ‘love’ from the person she was desperately trying to prove she was better than wouldn’t have gotten through to her. 

[jupitersmusings]

good things will happen 🧿

things that are meant to be will fall into place 🧿

[overlord-fire-bubble]

THIS ONE FUCKING WORKS. REBLOG IT.

[essenceofrose]

Okay I reblogged and got into the entrepreneurship program I wanted. This WORKS

[adamantiumdragonfly]

Welp