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Soviet swimmer Maria Havrish congratulates her rival Elena Kovalenko, who defeated her in the breaststroke competition at the Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR in Moscow, 1956 (photo by Lisa Larsen)

lilkakow

thoughtportal

cleaning along desire paths

soundoftheirwings

Gotta tell you guys something wild in the Chinese fan sphere

So some fanartist drew a “sexy” (read: booby) version of a (cartoon) character who is traditionally very non-sexualised. Fans of the character got mad about it because it’s kind of groundbreaking how that character is written and portrayed and this art totally ignores the entire point of the character. They demanded the art be deleted. In response to that other people said, well what the fanartist did may be distateful but they have every right to draw what they’re into. The two sides fight for days and each starts a harassment campaign and even report their “opponents’” accounts.

So far so typical. But things eventually come to a head and they decide that this will be settled by votes - not through a poll. Through donations to a children’s education charity via each side’s portal. Whoever can get the highest amount of donation wins.

And that is how this charity received over 1 million in donations in three days lol. Oh btw the “freedom of expression” side won by a landslide (960k to 40k)

tlbodine

From now on this is how all petty fandom disputes should be settled.

flagellant

papayajuan2019

must feel so good to be soil absorbing rain

angelofthe2000s

I’m afraid some of ya’ll just don’t have the freak gene that lets you enjoy ACTUAL enemies to lovers. Ya’ll think that trope is just like coworkers fighting over a promotion or smth like no give me people that have tried to maim and kill one another or give me nothing

blackseablacksky

roman holiday gelphie is so exciting to me please say more

oh hi anon I’m glad you asked. spoiled runaway princess galinda x disillusioned grumpy reporter elphaba. 1950s rome rebranded as one short day in the emerald city. lots of smittenphaba and loooots of flirting. this movie is so gelphie I mean look at the material!!

anyway it’s coming along although it has been frustrating… expecting 4-5 chapters and hopefully a bit over 40k… should be up in not a terribly long while!

ca314159bara

if you're having trouble sleeping the best you can do is put a bright object close to your face and look at it for at least 30 minutes. if that doesn't work you can close your eyes but make sure to think really hard about a bunch of bullshit

sillyfairygarden

Woman without god I practice / the rites of faith in your voice / within the private space of your private nets / that means I don't do anything / I can remember the moment after

imoriginalvisual

Luke Skywalker in The Mandalorian but it’s Toxic by Britney Spears

gallusrostromegalus

I’m gonna propose something: if your combat/ass-kicking sequence can’t fit to a top 40 female-vocalist Banger like “Toxic” or “Mama Mia” or “I Need a Hero” you’re not Doing It Right.

fatsexybitch

At this point its starting to feel like Editors are using 140-150bpm as a standard for action sequences, and I cant say I hate it.

homestuckphobia

I agree wholeheartedly with every point above but I watched this first with the sound off because I forgot that was an option and what struck me most is how efficient Luke's lightsaber style is. Almost every flourish he makes and all of what, 2 entire spins?, is defensive to better parry blaster fire while nearly every offensive swing he makes is basically a head or chest level kill shot. If I had to make a guess about his character I'd say this vintage twink has probably Seen Some Shit and maybe comes from a background where resources are scarce and help is far away so if you get in a fight you have to end it before it starts or you're dead meat

screamting

deeply want a time travel fic where Luke visits the old republic and the Jedi are like “that’s not a dueling style” and luke is like “yea am not doing much dueling tbh”

rostekhorn

You know who Luke does resemble in lightsaber form? Vader. Vader's style is, by necessity, limited; he can't do many of those acrobatics that he used to do before he got burned, he can't run very fast, so most of the time he just settles for brutal efficiency.

Luke doesn't have the same limitations, so his style's not quite the same, but it's in the same ballpark. It's basically Vader's style, with a bit more agility and a bit less brutality.

a-selkie-abroad

the way he walks out of the fog is also VERY vader's introduction circa a new hope. and using the choking gesture on the droid to crush it. the black cloak. throwing stuff with the force which IS done by other charcters but it reminds me so much of vader throwing shit in especially the games. lots of vader homage in this honestly

its funny cause the Moff is trying to style himself after vader with his outfit. even wants the darksaber to himself. but then luke shows up and out-vaders him in every way possible

magicalgirlcrazycatlady

This is Just What Happens when you put a Skywalker in a corridor that is also a target rich environment.

jailcell9000v2

great things happening on Instagram

jailcell9000v2

great things happening on Instagram

real-language-facts

favorite type of word: names of genres that tell you nothing without context. literary fiction. popular music. interactive fiction. lets invent a new genre called experiencable media

blackmascara

#scenes that make me lose my shit 🫠

the-big-mood

Scientists at Cortical Labs have successfully trained a cluster of approximately 200,000 living human neurons, grown on a microelectrode array chip, to play the classic 3D video game DOOM.

villainessbian

ah sweet man-made gamers beneath my comprehension

virtualgirladvance

we made a brain from scratch, put it in a simulation of hell and gave it a gun

teaboot

Took Ollie to the vet today. And I'm not gonna say who. But ONE of us had a panic attack immediately after the checkup and wouldn't get out of the sink