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the tendency of making Fernand the main villain in The Count of Monte-Cristo adaptations speaks to the (mostly American) willingness to see bad things as something that individuals bring to life. meanwhile, in the book, Fernand has the least presence compared to Danglars (the evil of capitalism) and especially to Villefort (the evil of state corruption and the penal system). even Cadrousse, the silent bystander, gets more attention in text than Fernand as a person. Dumas' book is not about a personal tragedy, it's about the ease with which a random person can fall victim to the machine of the state. that's why the book is always relevant.

sentimental-bookshelf

It also really speaks to the notion that “a failed romance is the greatest tragedy of all,” which ignores all of the suffering you mentioned in your post. I think this is extra poignant because it is not Fernand that ends Dantés revenge era; it is the death of Villefort’s son.

So in the end, we know which was more important to Edmond.

loverboybrightsideghost

edmond dantès was imprisoned for fourteen years when he was nineteen and when he escaped he immediately became the joker and honestly who can blame him. franz immediately clocking his shit like "wow i can tell from your Everything that you are not okay" and dantès proceeding to give an even MORE joker-like rant à la "i'm actually perfectly happy, could a depressed person do THIS" is hilarious

loverboybrightsideghost

he's like a cartoon villain honestly. he's Not Okay At All, nor would anybody be after going through All That. it's funny at times, especially through other character's POV cuz his dark and intense rambling makes him seem odd, but if you think about it just a bit more it goes from sorta funny to really sad. he spent most of his young adulthood in isolation with effectively One person to talk to, and then he had to hide his identity from an entire crew of smugglers and pretend to be a person, and then he suddenly became crazy rich. THEN he found out that everybody he considered a friend is either dead, moved on, or was an active participant in ruining his life. he had fourteen years to scheme bloody hell on everyone who wronged him all while learning a bunch of languages and world history and math and stuff. people think he's a vampire because he's so pale and off-putting. he literally came back wrong. he never learned how to be a person really. edmond dantès is dead basically

#the book of all time honestly

blacktabbygames

play scarlet hollow

abby-howard

This is such a nice review yaaayyy

It's 25% off btw :]

#played through the demo yesterday!#lets you befriend (and have a conversation with) a possum #offer wet peanuts to literally everyone you meet #eat unidentifiable moldy sludge for no reason and throw up in front of strangers #what other game can you say that about #definitely buying it once I have the opportunity

dragon-hoard

if you are going to need some kind of sedative for 4th of july fireworks for your pets NOW IS THE TIME TO SCHEDULE THOSE APPOINTMENTS TO ASK FOR THEM

NOT WHEN ITS 2 DAYS AWAY

alex51324

I feel like to really get this circulating as it should, we need it superimposed over the picture of the turkey going in the fridge. (I can't do it I'm on my phone.)

amaditalks

figtreeandvine

With the 250th anniversary it's likely to be especially bad this year!

bebe-benzenheimer

AND FREAKING KEEP THEM INSIDE

Entrapta, but more based:

#she's already based but like imagine…#makes more sense too #She-Ra and the Princesses of Power #SPoP #Entrapta

wutheringheightsfilm

every day it just concerns me how little compassion people have. no compassion for those living in the global south. no compassion for immigrants. no compassion for disabled ppl. no compassion for addicts. no compassion for prisoners. no compassion for children. like holy shit ...

wutheringheightsfilm

i made a separate post about this but actually there are plenty of people cough white people who care about animals more than they ever do human people . not what i'm talking about make your own post

not-a-jackalope

the fucking irony though? if we be a bit more normal about this tag and extend some compassion to the person who made it, we may consider that they had a “yes and” thought process when making the tag, such as:

i agree with this!! i see this and it pains me too! i also think this sentiment extends to animals!

how does jumping immediately to anger and making an accusation that “well actually white people care about animals more than people, so stay off my post” bring humanity closer to achieving compassion? there is nothing more infuriating than being lectured by someone who does not practice what they preach.

wutheringheightsfilm

because every single time me or someone else tries to talk about the fact that there is not enough compassion for people who aren't cishet white and rich and from the global north it gets "and what about animals" "but what about animals" "animals too" . it's endlessly frustrating because as a latin american there are hundreds and hundreds of people out there who would rather see my people shot and dead but are like "oh but what about the poor animals :( what about animals :(" . why when i say no one has any compassion for those in the global south does everyone jump to "wow animals too!" what about this conversation requires animals to be brought into it

but of course no i don't practice what i preach and i'm just a big meanie right :( i hurt white peoples feelings and i'm not compassionate towards them so i'm not helping humanity :(

not-a-jackalope

how would your audience know you intended the post to be ONLY about humanities in the global south? your post reaches people outside of your follower bubble. that means people do not know who you are or where you are from. the language in your post went from talking about people living in the global south, to immigrants, to disabled people, to addicts, to prisoners, to children. those are broad categories that are not solely unique to the global south, which is why so many people are interpreting it as a general expression of grief, not as the specific pain you feel about the north or the globe’s lack of compassion for people in the global south and minorities living in the global south (which is how i’m assuming the post was supposed to be interpreted based on your response).

wutheringheightsfilm

"so many people" when i look at the tags and reblogs of my post because i can literally see every single one by so many people it's literally the one person who left that tag and like, you. somehow everyone else managed to catch my drift before my addition!

also literally do not speak to me like i'm fucking stupid i know my post leaves my follower circle thanks and i wish i remembered that i have to turn off reblogs on every single post i make because clearly no one can stop and think critically for about five seconds all together

not-a-jackalope

yeah i think turning off reblogs is likely your best bet after lashing out at the one person who was an imperfect ally in your tags and at the other person who said “hey maybe be compassionate on a post about compassion”

wutheringheightsfilm

i made a separate post about this but actually there are plenty of people cough white people who care about animals more than they ever do human people . not what i'm talking about make your own post

nourishedbytime

kiloueka

"there are plenty of people cough white people who care about animals more than they ever do human people"

They really don't. They like the concept of animals; they like to gawk at them, and pat themselves on the back for helping one pretty dog out of a shitty situation, and then turn around and torture them for food and clothing (that could have easily been plants in most cases). They'll breed them into increasingly unhealthy bodies for aesthetics or to increase production and chop parts off of them (often without anaesthetic) for 'breed standards' or to keep them from mutilating themselves from stress from being shoved in a warehouse with 30,000 others. They'll turn a blind eye to products created with animal testing, and harass their pets to make 'funny' videos to post online. They shove them in boxes and sell them as property. They'll kill animals they deem as 'pests' when there are other humane options to deter them or just leave them alone. They'll kill them in the literal Trillions (yes, Trillions with a T) every year for consumption, and most of it gets wasted. They let their cats run around outside, killing wildlife and getting eviscerated by wild animals, or tortured by humans. Entire sheds full of tens of thousands of chickens will catch fire, and people will only care about the egg prices. They'll gawk at them at zoos and circuses and roadside attractions where none of their natural needs are met. They'll throw a fit when animals are even mentioned in the tags of a post that's absolutely relevant to them, too.

They only care about animals they can pat themselves on the back for caring about. They care about whales now because it's popular to do so; back when whaling was huge, they'd be burning whale oil just like everyone else. They care about pandas because they're cute and funny, not because they're living beings that deserve respect and protection. It's selective outrage and interest, not genuine care.

There are millions of humans out there who give a shit about one specific marginalized group and are awful to every other; that's not unique to animals.

There was no reason to leave animals out of this post because some members of some species get some special treatment. That one dog got media coverage, but the thousands or millions of other dogs, cats, donkeys, and wild animals in Palestine are starving and getting blown up right beside the humans.

folklorespring

Oleksandr Dovzhenko National Film Studio in Kyiv, one of Ukraine’s oldest film studios. After russian attack during the night. The strike damaged the studio’s costume workshop and destroyed Ukraine’s largest and oldest costume collection (around 100 000 costumes)

sailor-moon-rei

And then ruzzians say that Ukrainians do not have their own culture. They are deliberately destroying our cultural monuments. THIS IS ALSO A FORM OF GENOCIDE. THEY ARE LITERALLY ERASING OUR CULTURAL MEMORY.

THIS IS YOUR FAVORITE great ruzzian culture or the mysterious ruzzian soul

#…#I don't even know what to say #I'm so tired

sa-x

how it feels remembering charlie kirk got shot through the neck and died

nostalgic-teddyy

and fuck anyone who tries to hold some moral high ground over you for feeling relief that one more white supremacist is gone🤷🏽‍♂️

mamoru

sorry to be brave on the internet but I think food labels should list every single ingredient and that there should be harsher penalties for mislabeling and deceptive labeling

existennialmemes

I too advocate for the apparently deeply radical notion that you should have to tell me everything that is in my food, so I can decide for myself whether or not I want and am able to eat it.

And if this sounds like an unreasonable request to you, then I need you to understand that humans can be allergic or have other kinds of adverse reactions to LITERALLY ANYTHING.

The only way to help ensure that your product won't inadvertently harm someone, is to tell us every single ingredient that's literally in there.

Not to mention some people just don't like to eat certain things and they have a right to control their own food intake even if not doing so won't actually, physically harm them.

We all deserve autonomy over the foods we eat

yoikami

Most people don't know how cheese is made because it's never specified (including vegetarians).

#so many unpleasant discoveries that could've been spared…

tieflingkisser

lesbianslimefriend

here's where to find it on windows 10

the-tiny-dragons-tea-room

Ugh, it was in mine. It's off now.

the-tiny-dragons-tea-room

IT GETS WORSE

I had to turn this off, but it's something that allows Windows and anyone using your device to generate text/images.

LOBOTOMIZE YOUR MACHINES

marougus-the-dragon

AI is a freacking plague, I share this for any windows user.

#kinda glad I'm stuck on Windows 10 lol

aropride

They’re letting people born in 2005 be 21

naptimewarrior

#turning 21 in summer… we'll see if they let me make it that far #I swear I was in seventh grade like yesterday

Ah, I see we're finally entering our Too Hot To Go Outside era, right on the heels of the Too Cold To Go Outside era. Really wish there was something in-between those things though.

#literally a week ago I was wearing socks and a cardigan indoors because it was so cold #now I fear I'll melt without a fan

yehoria-offical

By the way if you are pro-palestine but not pro-ukraine(or vice versa but one is more common on the left, which is who i identify with) you are a fucking hypocrite. Yeah, that's right, you are not morally consistent.

Russians use civilians as target practice for drone pilots, every couple months there's a documentary about civilians being tortured or raped while captive in occupied territorry(i won't call those prisons, the russian state kidnaps them), the russian state kidnaps our children, they ethnically cleansed crimea of its natives(for the second time, by the way, the soviet union did that before them)