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a feel like the new generation of fanfic readers NEED to understand that clicking on a fic (interaction) does nothing. ao3 has no algorithm. your private discord discussions of fic do not reach the authors. if you do not actively engage with writers they will stop posting. this isn’t social media this is community.

Whoa Canada

Well done, Canadians. Thank you for showing up and showing out and doing the right thing. Fuck you, Poilievre, don't let the door hit you on the way out.

#canada election 2025 #canada #mark carney #liberals #fuck poilievre

No, I didn't hate the episode. I think the people who are vowing to never watch again are doing the most, lol. But I get it.

I wasn't that attached to Bobby, and I didn't really see any chemistry between Peter and Athena. As much as I'd love to see Bobby at Buck's wedding or for them to have more scenes together, I'm excited about this new direction of the show.

I'm also glad he didn't die in a fire.

I'm kind of worried this could turn into a jump the shark moment if it's not handled well, but a lot of great things could come out of it. I just hope they let the good writers and directors run with it. Guess we'll see.

sammyhale

What do you think are the chances of Jack staying good for the rest of his time on the show? I mean, I can live with him having moments of deep confution and temptation, but I just feel in love with him very quickly and I'm already attached. Plus, Sammy would be heartbroken :( Knowing the Winchester's luck, Sam is gonna be forced to kill him in the end, but I love the potencial role Jack could have as a good guy :)

It’ll be interesting to find out, right? I’m already in love with his dynamic with Sam and am looking forward to seeing that grow between him and the brothers. I could see it going either way, but I feel like it’ll be more, Jack messes up or loses control a couple times but does his best to be good and looks up to Sam and Dean. Sam teaching him how to control his powers and fighting to see the good in him, etc, will help him, too. I hope we see more of that connection since Sam can see himself in Jack because of his history with the demon blood and his “destiny.” And nooo, he better not have to kill him!

shaindyl

Sneaking in to say that I think Jack is going to end up sacrificing himself killing Lucifer in order to save Sam’s life. I’m calling it now.

#Supernatural #Sam Winchester #Jack

autistichalfblood

INTRODUCING JODIE WHITTAKER AS THE 13TH DOCTOR!!!!!!!!!!!!!

#YAAAAASSSSS #Doctor Who #the future is female

atlinmerrick

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#bahaha #Doctor Who

wonderswoman

# Girlfriends

shaindyl

I would totally watch a movie featuring Antiope and her badass girlfriend.

#Wonder Woman #ANTIOPE #amazing women

vivienvalentino

Sameer and The Chief quickly volunteer as their time with Diana have inspired them to fight for a cause. Charlie, however, hesitates. You see Charlie can’t shoot anymore. His PTSD is too overwhelming and he’s afraid he’s become useless. “Maybe you’ll be better without me,” he says, pained by the idea that he’s too “broken” to help.“But who will sing to us, Charlie?” Diana asks. It’s a simple question that brings a smile to Charlie’s face, a song in his heart, and the group continues on their way.

On the surface, it’s a tender moment. One that shows just how close this group has become since dropping onto the front lines of World War One. But with one simple line, Wonder Woman has redefined what it is to be a man.

Patty Jenkins’s Diana, doesn’t ask Charlie to continue to fight for her. She doesn’t need him to kill for her. She doesn’t try to encourage him or make him feel guilty for not being able to kill anymore, or turn him away because he’s can’t. She simply asks him to do what he can. She simply asks him to sing, and tells us that we don’t need to fight to be strong enough to stand beside Wonder Woman. - “But who will sing to us, Charlie?” The Defining Power of Wonder Woman

#this #Wonder Woman #I love this movie

| Everlasting |

I can’t believe there are people out there that haven’t seen this before

paninimami

Throwback lol

mbflyer

@yblack2205 @black-geek-supremacy @lookalivezay @blackabsolem @philbo68zz @getlostinmymelanin

black-geek-supremacy

My childhood

tzikeh

Okay but you can’t reblog this without the “sequel” and an explanation.

The ad above, created by agency DDB Chicago, ran from 1999 to 2002. It is objectively a terrific ad, as it led to a spike in sales of Budweiser beer in the U.S. of nearly 9%, after a long stretch of flat sales for the company (in fact, an increase in sales was seen in several beer brands, and that has been directly attributed to coattails: i.e. people remembered that the ad was for beer, and had made positive associations between it and beer, but forgot which brand of beer was being advertised). It is also subjectively terrific; it won the Cannes Grand Prix for best commercial at the Cannes Advertising Awards, and it won the Grand Clio Award (it was inducted into the CLIO Hall of Fame in 2006). Plus, it was immensely infectious, which is what every advertiser dreams of; “whassuuuuuuuup” was everywhere for a few years. Admit it; if you were aware of this commercial, you totally “Whassuuuuuuup”-ed and “True. True”-ed your friends over the phone (and in person) at multiple opportunities.

So, consider: this ad first airs in 1999. Bill Clinton is the president. The economy is booming, and has been for most of his time in office. To say the U.S. wasn’t “at war” would be disingenuous at best (we sure do like to drop bombs), but the U.S. was not engaged in an active, ongoing hot war against another nation with boots on the ground.

In 2001, George W. Bush took office. You all know what happened later that year. The ad stopped running in 2002. The Bush Administration manufactured wars (two hot, simultaneous wars), manufactured nationwide fear (a new governmental department named Homeland Security was in charge of this; go look up the “Homeland Security Advisory System” if you didn’t live through those years, or if you were too young to understand), and manufactured white millionaires and billionaires on the backs of the middle class and the poor, especially poor people of color. They also manufactured the economic collapse of 2008 and ensuing double-digit unemployment spike, thanks to their lack of regulation allowing (read: encouraging) the sub-prime mortgage crisis. They committed multiple acts of negligent homicide of people of color in the unbelievable lack of anything resembling action in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. The DEA began restricting or simply killing access to serious painkillers under the guise of “preventing addiction.” (This paragraph doesn’t even scratch the surface of the harm the Bush Administration did to our country, but it’s the info that’s relevant to this post.)

People of color disproportionately made up the troops in Iraq and Afghanistan (not by percent of the military, but by percent of enlisted PoC vs percent of PoC in the total American population); people of color were what we were told to fear (and the Republicans sure did like to raise the terror alert level whenever they needed compliance, unswerving loyalty, or a distraction); people of color were more likely than white people to lose their homes when the “housing bubble” burst thanks to the predatory lending schemes allowable due to sub-prime mortgages (again as a percent of total population of PoC vs. white). People of color were left to drown in New Orleans and elsewhere after Katrina. People of color were the “suspected” drug abusers of the restricted medications, as well as the “suspected” dealers in the “illegal painkiller street sales.”

SO.

The interesting part of the story regarding the ad starts here: neither Budweiser nor the ad agency that produced the ad owned the rights to the concept (four friends on the phone to one another repeating the elongated “whassup” over and over, and saying “True. True,” in response to statements). This is because the ad was based on a short film, True, which was directed by Charles Stone III (who also directed the movie Drumline, as well as a number of music videos). Stone is the guy who answers the phone right at the beginning of the video. DDB leased the rights from him for five years from 1999.

In 2008, a “sequel” appeared on YouTube, seemingly out of nowhere. It is two minutes long, but the purpose of the video is unknown until a minute and a half have elapsed.

Since Charles Stone III owned the rights to the visuals and the (now-omnipresent) catch-phrase, he used the instantly recognizable concept in order to share his opinions about what had happened to America since the ad premiered. He called up the original actors. He called the original Director of Photography. They all agreed to do it – and do it for free.

Here it is. Trigger warnings in the tags. Please vote in the mid-term elections next year.

madlori

Rebageling for the excellent context and history from tzikeh. I’d never even seen the 2008 version.

#wow #i've never seen this before #very cool

superheroesincolor

Wonder Woman by Cutiepiesensei Cosplay

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#OMG YES #Wonder Woman #cosplay #this is amazing

madlori

Reasons why American Ninja Warrior is 100% Good and Pure

Awesome outfits

No fighting involved, despite the name

Everybody cheers for everybody

Men and women compete on the same course on equal footing

Even the best competitors fail, and take it in stride

“Akbar Gbaja-Biamila” rolls off the tongue in a pleasant way

You’re only competing against the course and yourself

SUPER FUN OBSTACLES

Holy shit how are these people doing any of this

The way Matt Iseman says “A-MER-i-can NINjaaaa WAAAAARrior.”

When you wipe out the worst that happens is you get wet

Adorable parents, kids and SOs in matching t-shirts on the sidelines, cheering

Many ripped and bare-chested men

Many ripped and goddess-like women

Badass competitors with day jobs like weatherman, flight attendant, and FedEx delivery driver

All the other athletes are SUPER PSYCHED when someone does awesomely

Kids with sparkly signs in the bleachers

The hosts shouting semi-incoherently when someone’s Killing It on the course

Successful competitors using their notoriety to start up foundations and help kids

So many long-haired hippie rock climbing types

Akbar’s infinite well of Dad Jokes

People who DIY up Ninja obstacle courses in their backyards or gyms

Only one sponsor, and they just want you to drink some pomegranate juice

madlori

IT’S NINJA WARRIOR SEASON AGAIN, BITCHES. So here are some more reasons why I love it.

Male competitors frequently cry and express lots of Soft Emotions™, not just about their competition, but about their families, people they’ve lost, people who’ve inspired them. It’s good, I think, to show these big strong Masculine Men showing emotion, and it being celebrated.

The show does a ton of building up athletes of color (men and women) and amplifying their stories

Men talking about struggling with depression and mental health - one of their most popular male ninjas has used his platform to talk about being sexually absed as a child and encouraging others to talk about their own experiences

Little girls looking up to the female competitors and their dads building them backyard obstacle courses

The super-happy and proud male spouses of the women Ninjas cheering on the sidelines with the kids

And this year, the show decided they wanted to give more women the chance to move on to city finals so they changed the rules. Usually it’s the top 30 competitors on each city qualifier who move on to the city finals, and it still is, but they added that ALSO the top 5 female competitors would move on (knowing that some of those top 5 may also be in the top 30 overall). This is a good method, I think - it doesn’t take away from the straight-up top 30 spots, it just adds a few more spots in the city final which are reserved for women.

I hear the MRAs whining that the women are being given an advantage, which is ridiculous. The thing about Ninja Warrior is that the course isn’t *necessarily* harder for women to complete. The obstacles are such that each one is harder for a different body type. Some obstacles are easier if you’re lighter, like the balance obstacles. Some are easier if you’re heavier, like the ones were you need momentum. BUT if there’s one single body aspect that puts you at a disadvantage, it’s being short - the male competitors who are short experience this too - but overall that hits the women the hardest. I don’t think it’s an accident that the most successful female Ninja ever, Jessie Graff, is 5′8″. So a minor correction for that is, I think, legit.

Also, consider the population demographics. They’re having more and more women apply for the show but it’s still an overwhelmingly male competitive field, probably because this kind of physical contest is something that’s prioritized for men by society, but not for women, so fewer women are in a position to compete or to WANT to compete. The mere presence of women succeeding on the course changes that, but it’s still pretty lopsided. So women have fewer chances to complete the course than men (plenty of female competitors outperform the male ones).

Anyway I’m just super excited that ANW is back.

i-will-not-be-caged

I would also add that Ultimate Spartan Challenge has a lot of similar virtues, plus TEAMWORK.

Last night’s episode alone included a guy who was on the winning team last year talking about his struggle with alcoholism, a black woman with alopecia, a team of veterans, including two amputees, and a team of Broadway dancers.

madlori

I’M GONNA WATCH IT RIGHT NOW. I was sad because I was out of DVRd ANW episodes but I’m saved!

#ALL OF THIS #my kids and I are obsessed with ANW #My daughter is starstruck by Jessie Graff #American Ninja Warrior