A Monster's Lament

Es konnte auch anders sein Pansexual Spoken for and in love with the world.

[thesnobbyartsyblog]

Positive Affirmations

[theartofanimation]

Gran Blue Fantasy

[misterrmonsterr]

This all looks like FF9 and I'm getting nostalgic over here.

[misterrmonsterr]

If I can give but one bit of advice to anyone who will listen. I would say to never let the words of others our the opinions of others defeat you. We are all brilliant and life is too damn short to be wasting the precious moments you have letting other people dictate how you live and how you feel about yourself. Stay strong, your soul and your heart are the foundation to the Future that you wish to see.

[codeboy-moved-deactivated201701]

full offense but the safety of trans ppl is more important than how cis ppl feel about being called transphobic

[prophets-of-prog]

[awesome-picz]

Kitten And Owlet Become Best Friends And Nap Buddies

[ruffletheseleaves]

@kodiak868 , @anderz-zombieslayer

[alexi-bear]

Fluffy muder machines.

[thefingerfuckingfemalefury]

The Hoot Beast and this Purr Machine are buddies :)

[mod2amaryllis]

ok ok ok ok ok ok can I just have a quick lil moment of your time?

This shit.

So Hunchback is far and away my favorite movie from Disney’s Renaissance, and it always makes me so happy that yes, people seem to appreciate it, people seem to love it, but I’mma go into exactly WHY it’s my favorite, and WHY I think it’s so crucial, and WHY I think it should be required viewing for young boys specifically.

We all know that a huge bulk of the media we’ve grown up with consistently has that one frustrating message:  Being the hero means you’ll get the girl.  Many boys let this mentality bleed into reality.  We have “nice guys,” who feel that their niceness entitles them to romance, when obviously that discredits a female’s personal choice.  We all get this, we all know this, and a lot of us get that it’s a toxic message.

So check out our hero.

He’s an incredibly good person who isn’t conventionally attractive.

Check out our lady.

Super good person, conventionally attractive.

The movie so deliberately builds up Quasi’s hopes.  There’s a whole fucking song about it.

But Esmeralda, who is her own person with her own motivations and preferences, chooses another man, who is also good and also attractive.

A lot of people criticize this aspect of the movie, the fact that Quasi doesn’t get the girl BECAUSE of his appearance.  But my argument?  This is the best damn message a movie could ever send.

Because when things get dicey, when Esmeralda’s life in in danger, when Quasi would be putting his own life on the line, he knows that romance is no longer within the realm of possibility.  He knows he won’t be “getting the girl.”  He knows this, and he allows himself a moment of bitterness, he risks falling prey to the “nice guy” trope, and he almost succumbs.

“She already has her knight in shining armor, and it’s not me.”

BUT THEN HE DOES THE RIGHT THING.

He has NO ulterior motive for saving her life.  NO ulterior motive for opposing the man who raised him.  And he doesn’t know that he’ll get any reward, he knows he could straight up get killed for his actions, and yet he still acts.

And there’s no bitterness. There’s still so, so much love between him and Esmeralda, pure awesome platonic love, and love between him and Phoebus, and just fucking love all around, it’s amazing.

I’ve heard so many people express distaste at Quasi not ending up with Esmerelda.  Like he was cheated out of some kind of reward.  But have they watched the ending?

Does that look like a man cheated of his reward?  Does he look like he “lost” to Phoebus?  No dude, that’s a man who has everything he ever wanted, and that’s also a man who didn’t “get the girl.”

If that’s not an essential message for young boys to hear, I don’t know what is.

[deeafrotailmisstress]

Originally posted by heckyeahreactiongifs

[musicalhell]

The writers described HoND as a “Rolling Stones” ending: Quasimodo doesn’t get what he wants (Esmeralda’s love) but he gets what he needs (freedom from his abusive guardian and acceptance by the city in general).  And yes, that totally counts as a win for him.

[thrandilf]

Incredibly Terrible Unfunny Borderlands Puns/Jokes

I should work for fuckin laffy taffy this is all I’ve done the past two days:

Why does Handsome Jack wear cologne? To mask his scent

What’s Nisha’s favorite dessert topping? Whipped cream

What does Axton like most about his girlfriend? Her guns

How many exes does Moxxi have? Just two

What size bed does Timothy sleep on? A twin

Why is Lilith so loud? She’s a siren

How many enemies know they were killed by the Assassin? Zero

Why does Tim love his digi Jacks? For their electrifying personalities

Why is Vaughn friends with Rhys? So Rhys can help him reach his goals

Why does the mechromancer scope out her fights? So she can gauge them

What was AI Jack compared to the original? Just an echo

Why is Jack so sad? Because he’s blue under his mask

Why does Wilhelm like Black Sabbath? Because he’s really metal

What’s Janey’s favorite mechanical part? Springs

LAST BUT NOT LEAST LETS NOT FORGET: Handsome Jack is Rhys’s RIGHT HAND MAN

[jasonviola]

Fear of Flowers Part 1

[commune-or-nothing]

Why Young Americans Are Giving Up on Capitalism

Should we really be surprised that young people are rejecting the economic status quo?

Imagine that you’re twenty years old. You were born in 1996. You were five years old on 9/11. For as long as you can remember, the United States has been at war.

When you are twelve, in 2008, the global economy collapses. After years of bluster and bravado from President George W. Bush — who encouragedconsumerism as a response to terror — it seems your country was weaker than you thought.

In America, the bottom falls out fast. The adults who take care of you struggle to take care of themselves. Perhaps your parent loses a job. Perhaps your family loses its home.

In 2009, politicians claim the recession is over, but your hardship is not. Wages are stagnant or falling. The costs of health care, child care, and tuition continue to rise exponentially. Full-time jobs turn into contract positions while benefits are slashed. Middle-class jobs are replaced with low-paying service work. The expectations of American life your parents had when you were born — that a “long boom” will bring about unparalleled prosperity — crumble away.

Baby boomers tell you there is a way out: a college education has always been the key to a good job. But that doesn’t seem to happen anymore. The college graduates you know are drowning in student debt, working for minimum wage, or toiling in unpaid internships. Prestigious jobs are increasinglyclustered in cities where rent has tripled or quadrupled in a decade’s time. You cannot afford to move, and you cannot afford to stay. Outside these cities, newly abandoned malls join long abandoned factories. You inhabit a landscape of ruin. There is nothing left for you.

Every now and then, people revolt. When you are fifteen, Occupy Wall Street captivates the nation’s attention, drawing attention to corporate greed and lost opportunity. Within a year, the movement fades, and its members do things like set up “boutique activist consultancies.” When you are seventeen, the Fight for 15 workers movement manages to make higher minimum wage a mainstream proposition, but the solutions politicians pose are incremental. No one seems to grasp the urgency of the crisis. Even President Barack Obama, a liberal Democrat — the type of politician who’s supposed to understand poverty — declares that the economy has recovered.

[kenyatta]

I know stuff like this has been a topic of conversation on my dash for years but this bit was a nice articulation:

Capitalism, in other words, holds less appeal in an era when the invisible hand feels like a death grip. Americans under 20 have had little to no adult experience in a pre-Great Recession economy. Things older generations took for granted — promotions, wages that grow over time, a 40-hour work week, unions, benefits, pensions, mutual loyalty between employers and employees — are increasingly rare.

As a consequence, these basic tenets of American work life, won by labor movements in the early half of the twentieth century, are now deemed “radical.” In this context, Bernie Sanders, whose policies echo those of New Deal Democrats, can be deemed a “socialist” leading a “revolution”. His platform seems revolutionary only because American work life has become so corrupt, and the pursuit of basic stability so insurmountable, that modest ambitions — a salary that covers your bills, the ability to own a home or go to college without enormous debt — are now fantasies or luxuries.

[intpandj]

INTP’s and their Puns Part 2

(You’ll actually feel betrayed when you find out all the puns come from INTJ.)

[the-bowieologist]

[krxs10]

ATTENTION IF YOU HAVENT ALREADY HEARD THIS IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT

[misterrmonsterr]

Pay attention people

[food-porn-diary]

T-bone perfection [570x711]

[pretty-castiel]

Reblog if you want a terrible, 3 sentence fan fiction in your ask, based on your url

[back-that-sass-up]

THIS HAS OVER 40,000 NOTES AND WITHIN FIFTEEN MINUTES I FOUND THIS IN MY MESSAGES:

“and then i saw him walk across the room. he got very close to me and whispered “back that sass up”“

[oroborochi]

80,000 NOTES AND I GOT ONE!

“ He descended upon me, that pink archangel, with those pink and ripe nipples. “

[anotherfirebender-deactivated20]

12 minutes “Oh not. Not another fire bender!” I said to myself. But then he came up behind me and grabbed my ass. So he’s cool now I guess 288,250 notes

[matt-the-blind-cinnamon-roll]

HALF AN HOUR AT MOST “Its okay,” he said leaning his walking stuck against the wall and removing the young man’s glasses “ let me frost your roll” matt the blind cinnamon roll blushes as his core softened for his new lover.

[lonesome-cowpoke]

Impress me

[jade-puppy]

Oh boy this should be fun

[misterrmonsterr]

Let's play

[daily-bad-jokes]

What do you do when there’s a sink standing outside your door?

You let that sink in!

[actuallycrying-deactivated20190]

I’m a Big Fan of watching people grow and become healthier and happier versions of themselves