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Yk I keep seeing this 'Why is everybody so dramatic about Jason Todd's death, when pretty much every other Robin died too!'. Idk probably because he wasn't supposed to come back. Idk probably because he died in 1988 and came back in 2005, seventeen years later? Compare to Damien, who was killed in a 2013 comic issue, and was resurrected in 2014. Steph, from 2004 to 2008. Plus, Jason's death haunted the narrative. No other death in the Batman comics is treated the way his is, except for Thomas and Martha Wayne.

Jason's death is treated differently because it WAS different.

dib

i ca;nt bleiev clowns r real.;;; wha tthe fuck….

zim

DID YOU JUST DISCOVER MIRRORS?

dib

SHUT UP!!! SHUT THE FUCK UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

eloise175

This specific instance of Penelope from Callisto’s pov is so dear to me

She is wearing the dress from right after the hunt when she visited Callisto in his convalescence, and to his insistence that she ask of him anything as a favor for saving his life. So Penelope had him promising to not kill her no matter what he heard (all the nonsense she spewed at the trial was sure to anger him), and he got offended by her implication

But even so, when she is essentially insulting him to his face, she was still the most beautiful to him in that moment

Callisto has always hated being reduced to just some ‘bloodthirsty killer,’ as well as all the nasty rumors circling around him, which was another load of bull most of the time machinated by his step mother to weaken his position and tear him down

That’s not what he is, Callisto doesn’t kill because he enjoys it but because he has to, for him it’s been ‘kill or be killed’ ever since he was a kid and his father shipped him off to war, it’s his fight or flight instinct at this point

That’s why he was so offended by Penelope’s words, her seeing him the same way everyone else does actually hurts. While he couldn’t care less about what society thinks of him, her opinion matters because she is dear to him

Penelope isn’t the one to change him, she never really put in effort in his route, she was her unapologetic true self and that’s what won him over in the end. Her honesty was a breath of fresh air for Callisto, given how used he is to fake platitudes and lies told with the intent to appease him and keep him good

But even when she does lie, Penelope is without fail disrespectful to him in a way that doesn’t betray who she is. She ends up doing what she wants anyway, which he finds amusing and oftentimes endearing, it’s part of her charm and why he fell for her

Penelope never really had to try and change him in that age old ‘I can fix him’ trope. Callisto is the one who willingly changes for her because he loves her and, in turn, wants to be loved by her wholly. She only gave him the criteria and he basically said ‘aight bet’

When I say that they understand each other like no one can, I mean it. Penelope’s understand of him comes slowly, (this is partly due to her being wary of him and her avoidance of his route). Piece by piece, small things here and there provided by Callisto himself that she holds on to and keeps tabs on—she remembers what he says and makes use of these little things to better understand him.

Whereas Callisto understands that Penelope’s tough act is just a facade from the beginning, because he did the very same thing growing up. To him, she is an open book if only one was interested enough to look past appearances and rumors. Her mean words and rebuttals matter too, he keeps track of what she hates so he won’t do it again

I find it so utterly romantic and almost intimate, because Callisto has played by his own rules from the very beginning. He is a proud man and he is royalty, but to win his place by Penelope’s side, he knows he has to be honest with her—a good example of this was his disastrous confession/proposal in the greenhouse

He was not being genuine about his true motives and circled around it, hiding behind the guise of a loveless marriage of convenience, Callisto was denying the both of them the honesty they deserved

From then on, he never missed a chance to voice his feelings aloud to reassure not only Penelope, but himself as well that what they have is real and that yes, they finally made it. They’re together and don’t have to pretend they don’t love each other anymore because they finally know they’re on the same page, the feelings are very much reciprocated, and can be themselves without any pretenses or lies standing in the middle

#Callisto Regulus and Penelope Eckhart love each other #callisto regulus #penelope eckhart #calliope otp #villains are destined to die #villains are destined to die spoilers

biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist

no more historic events this decade that is ENOUGH, i’m putting my foot down

alettertofutureme

History is not done with us yet my friend

biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist

I have received all manner of threat, up to and beyond “I will play a flute carved from your femur,” and yet this is the first time I’ve felt truly threatened

biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist

i knew posting this in 2022 was risky but holy fucking shit

azaablue

the best fanfiction you've ever read was written by a woman in her 40s before she made dinner for her kids. it was written by a teenager after school when they should've been studying for a history test. and a barista came up with the idea while they cleaned the espresso machine and busser fact-checked it on their break and the post-doc edited between writing grant proposals and the nurse apologized for typos in the notes after a long shift and behind every drabble and one-shot and multi-chapter fic there is a person with a wonderful and interesting and chaotic life and it is such a privilege that we get to be apart of it because they decided to do this thing we all share, for fun.

inkskinned

Every day I handle more money than I will ever make. Every day.

At the start of my employment, my boss showed me videos of people stealing, and we both had a chuckle about it. How silly they were! There was a camera overhead, and it’s not to watch the shoppers. See, we can’t actually stop shoplifters. They get away with it maybe nine out of ten times. But we, who are watched and tallied and witnessed? We are always caught.

At first it was hard to hold one hundred dollars bills. An amount I had never seen before. An amount that didn’t exist in my household. It’s normal now. Here is something that is not for me.

“What the hell, I’ll take another,” says the man, pondering our 200 dollar watches. What the hell. Total comes to 580 and not even a flinch in his face. I have been working for 11 hours today and made only 110 dollars. It will go to my rent. Today I work for free, it feels. When I get my check, I will have 35 dollars left for food and saving.

The six hundreds he hands me go into the cash register. For a moment, I imagine having money. Then I put it away, counting out his change.

I know for a fact we sell our products for double what they are worth. That I could be making commission. That they could hand me those 580 dollars and change my life and not even mark the difference in their checkbooks. He’s not the only sale they make today, but I am the reason they made it. He’s not the only one spending 600 dollars, but if I hadn’t spent two hours with him telling me about his life, he wouldn’t have spent any. I go home. I don’t own a watch.

I have watched and rewatched a video on how to make salmon four ways. My shopping list is always the same. Pasta. Rice. Tuna. If I can afford butter it was a good week. I dream of the world I will never walk in, where I can throw the best fish fillet in the cart with a shrug. I hold hundreds in my hand and look up at the camera. I put them under the cash drawer.

I go to work. I scrap together my savings. I eat my bowl of rice slowly. My manager takes a paid week off from work just for his birthday. He owns a yacht.

I’m not worth the cost of a watch.

inkskinned

i wrote this while i was working at orlando’s walt disney world parks.

i was part of their college program. i moved to the state for it. they legally owned the building i was living in and still charged me rent. i ostensibly was being charged to work for them. it was a 2 bedroom apartment and they placed 6 adult women in it in forced triples.

as many as one in ten disney employees have experienced homelessness while working for the company. despite huge efforts to unionize, strike, or otherwise demand fair treatment; disney has refused to increase employee quality of life.

disney admits publicly that a good portion of their success is because the employees (“cast members”) are dedicated, passionate, and selfless. this is never reflected in pay. even “face” characters (ie those that are princesses etc) make barely above a minimum wage.

at the time that i worked there, i made $8.50 an hour. at one point i was asked to create a human shield around a bag because a bomb dog had alerted to it. for eight fucking dollars an hour.

i now work a very cushy office job. i have bought the salmon and cooked it all four ways.

i go to the store. i am nice to the person behind the counter. she looks up at the camera while she counts out my change. there is nothing fundamentally different about her and i.

we are both worth more than the watch, anyway.

niknak79

odysseusyes

even with those four numbers there are countless possible combinations good luck with figuring out which one is the right one you punk

eatsleepcrap

*straightens calculator*

It’s pretty likely that it’s a four digit number, and as there are four digits chosen there, that means that there cannot be any repetition. This mean that there are:

n!/(n-4)! possible orders. As ‘n’ is 4 (number of digits available). 4!/0! which becomes 4x3x2x1/1 which simplifies to 24. That means that there are 24 possible combinations of codes. This would take you about two or three minutes to input all possible codes.

crashingsunlight

Unless an alarm goes off if you don’t get it right in 3 tries

eatsleepcrap

*straightens calculator again*

Kick the fucking door in

the-brave-little-blogger

well ‘technically’ the code is most likley 1970. statistically, a majority of people, when told to choose a 4 digit code will choose their birth year. and this key pad is obviously a few years old to put it nicely, thats most likley it.

everyonesfavoriteging-blog

some sherlock holmes shit just went down over here

the-neon-pineapple

No, no, no. Don’t base your deductions of psychology. Let’s talk chemistry. When you first press a button, there’s more of the natural oils on your skin, and therefore it wears down the numbers on the keys faster. Obviously 0 is the first one, then. Try 0791 first.

Sherlock out.

perks-of-being-chinese

woah.

panicrobot

it got better

twistedthicket1-deactivated2022

and this is why the sherlock fandom could either rule the world or end it….

ofthefantastic

Close, but not quite, I think. People will almost always choose a number they can remember. What’s memorable about 0791? Try 0719 - a birthday, 19th of July. That is more likely.

venatrix26

Those deductions are great and all, but unnecessary.

The light is green.

The door is already open.

party-gilmore

And that’s why we have a John Watson.

lotrlocked

This is “top 10 favorite posts” level.

moriartyfortheevening

Omg, it’s actually on my dash! This post is like a fossil!

oriocookie

@hellsite-hall-of-fame

baraphalloplastyclinic

I actually do think we should discourage women from becoming housewives. Do not become financially dependent on a man. That's how a lot of women ended up dead over the years. A man gets violent suddenly and you have to choose between homelessness or potentially dying at his hand because you have an enormous gap in your resume and no degrees or certifications or anything that will help you pursue a career that will allow you to be financially independent. He owns your bank account. His name is probably the one on the car. Try and leave and he can report it stolen. Where will you go then?

Don't become a housewife.

ladyfoxfire

And if you do become a housewife, take steps to protect yourself. Make sure you’re legally married, for starters; stay-at-home girlfriends have very little legal recourse to claim their partner’s assets in a breakup. Make sure your name is on the house deed/rental agreement, and have your car in your name, even if your spouse is paying for it. Have your spouse transfer money every month into an account solely in your name, so you can buy yourself things without needing permission, but also so you can save up to leave if needed.

If your spouse fights you on any of this, then don’t quit your job. The tradwife to poverty pipeline is real, and so is financial abuse.

dressedupliketheking

also, many women/people experience controlling behaviour and domestic violence from their partner for the first time during pregnancy. don’t risk thinking “he’s just stressed, it’ll get better when the baby comes” because it won’t. neither you and your child will ever be safe with that man. get out as early and safely as you can

charlesoberonn

orionsbelt-buckle

lighting my way to the bathroom at 2am with destiel fanfiction like god intended

#me #supernatural #destiel #spn #destiel spn

vampireapologist-archive-deacti

Anyway that’s why you wear wool and a life jacket babeeeyyyy

vampireapologist-archive-deacti

The important thing about wool is that it continues to keep you warm even when it’s soaking wet.

Other natural fibers don’t do this. In fact, quite the opposite. Campers and boaters are usually familiar with the phrase, “cotton kills.” If you’re wet in cotton or linen, your clothes actually sap heat from your body.

If you sink in a lake in late October like I did today, staying warm is important. I was rescued long before I would’ve actually died, but cold makes your muscles seize up, which isn’t good if you have to swim to land.

Which brings me around to life jackets. If the water’s cold enough, you may only have five-ten minutes until your muscles seize (today I probably had 40-60, more than enough time to get to land if I hadn’t been picked up), and you’ll drown.

In a life jacket, even in extremely cold water, you can float semi-conscious for perhaps another 30 minutes or so before you actually freeze to death, which is usually when someone rescues you.

What’s more, you probably know that moving around on land warms you up. Jumping jacks, jogging in place, etc.

In water, moving actually makes you colder. You need to stay still curled up in a ball, which you can only do in a life jacket.

In wool AND life jacket, you’re warm, and your head’s above water, which is pretty much your only and entire goal.

If you’re allergic to wool, synthetics are available specifically for this purpose. I know I always say natural fibers are the way to go, but when it comes to safety, wear what protects you!

vampireapologist-archive-deacti

Yep! A really simple “experiment” I learned as a kid and now use in my own courses is sticking your hand in ice water. Compare moving it around in the water to curling it up in a fist. The contrast is stark!

To increase your survival time in on cold water, you want to curl up! If you’re with others, you want to huddle!

Again, both are only possible when wearing a life jacket!

vampireapologist-archive-deacti

I know a lot of people are reblogging this for writing reference, but I like to believe that 7,000 people on this site were actually continually living in fear about this specific situation and that when the time comes, I’ve prepared them with what they need to know to survive.

#Lixy's Survival 101 #new tag I'm adding to organize my posts

mevil

nehirose

i'm still losing my mind over this, that is EXACTLY what the weed store in Splatoon would sound like.

mylifeisroosterteeth

you know what you shouldnt do? constantly tell your child how expensive they are to take care of. because eventually, that child gets scared of asking for money, and doesnt feed themself at school, doesnt go places with their friends that require money, because she doesnt want to be expensive. it really does get into their minds, that theyre too much money and that they shouldnt do anything.