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Lint Roller? I Barely Know Her
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Them: Of course Iām in a fandom. Iāve seen the gifs and edits.
Me who devours fanfics after getting a minor obsession:
I'd very much like to punch a feminist.
Iād never, ever hurt a lady but Iād be happy to punch a feminist. Itād bring me great joy.
Iām 6ā2 and weigh 180lbs
ready when you are
Or if youād like to have some more optionsā¦.
Iām 6ā4ā 228 pounds and have 9 years of combined martial arts training and 3 years of being a Line Backer in football. Just in case you are looking forĀ variety.
what about a lady and a feminist. warning, combatives certified soldier.
im tiny, iām like 5ā²4 and 130 lbs but u can fight me too
Reblogging for the last one cuz thatās adorable
SO PROUD
The Fantastic 4 we deserve
OMG IVE ONLY SEEN THIS POST IN SCREEN SHOTS
We will all protect the small one.
Finally, a sane celebrity who doesnāt bend the knee to feminist bullshit.
Source
My god I love her.
I know people are gonna get salty af about this but by God sheās RIGHT.
When Brad Pitt did Fight Club, he was cutting weight for every single scene to maintain his physique at 155. Iāve youāve ever cut weight, you know how horrible that must have been. He did it because they needed a ālookā.
Changing Tatum said his Magic Mike body doesnāt last for more than five days. He starved down and dehydrated his already fit physique for a ālookā.
The male soldiers on Spartacus: Blood and Sand were eating pretty much chicken and veggies for every meal to maintain a ālookā.
Why is this such a big deal? Because all these characters are considered physical goals for men. These are actual unobtainable physical standards for men. Male body image issues get swept under the rug so often that some people donāt even think they exist.
You want proof? Just check out that scene in Captain America: First Avenger where Cap just transformed into that beautiful beefcake of a man. Agent Carterās actress just HAD to touch them muscles, it was completely unscripted.
Chris Evans had to wear shirts so small they physically hurt, and he dislocated a shoulder during the helicopter scene in Civil War. But who cares, girls got to wet their panties watching Captain America flex.
If we are talking about unrealistic physical standards of male fitness given to us by movies, I would like to mention HughĀ āWolverineā Jackman here.
Yeah, he is ripped, isnāt he?
Well, it is true, but to get that kind of definition, he went through 36 hour period of dehydration, which caused him to temporarily lose 10 pounds of āwater weightā.Ā
Thus during the fight scene he was filming, he was a hair breadth from blacking out whole time, just to look unrealistically muscular.
As he said during interview with Steven Colbert, āIf You go three days without water, You will die. Then, when You are halfway there they shout āRoll it!ā
Itās the same with professional bodybuilders whoĀ get into periods of extreme fasting and dehydration to lower their fat-to-muscle ratio to inhuman levels, all in hopes of making their muscle definition a bit better.
According to experts, healthyĀ body fat percentage for a healthy male ranges from 8% to 20%, depending on height, lifestyle and numerous other variables.Ā
Fitness model and professional bodybuilderĀ Helmut Strebl also known asĀ āWorldās Most Shredded Manā as he supposedly managed to get his body fat percentage below 5%ā¦
⦠But only when he partakes in competitions, since it is not humanly possible to live with such low fat percentage of oneās body for longer periods of time.
I mean, yeah, he keeps a draconian training regime, as well as a very strict diet even off-season, but looks much more human thenā¦
There are documented cases of incredibly fit and muscular bodybuilders fainting on the stage in the middle of their flexing routines, as well as several who outright died, because of cardiac arrest caused by their blood becoming too thick, due to long dehydrationā¦
And letās not forget about Muscle Dysmorphia, colloquially known asĀ āMegarexiaā orĀ āBigarexiaā.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muscle_dysmorphia
Yeah, itās a thing, but itās barely talked about, since itās apparently not manly to admit to having problems like that, which also creates problems with researching this particular disorderā¦
So⦠Thanks Hollywood?
I had no idea that most people who looked like this are dehydrated until I read posts like this.
dehydrated to the point theyre about a day away from actual organ failure okay so chris hemsworth is a absolute god of a man, but hollywood says āthats not good enoughā and for the thor movie he has to spend several days having the juice squeezed from his body untill he looses about a gallon of whats supposed to be him so that he can do 2 days of shooting scenes without his shirt, after which he has to have recovery time before he is hospitalized because i am not joking about āone day away from organ failureā thats the benchmark- look at chris hemsworth and process that he is told he isnt suitable for a shirtless scene without prepping for three days and nearly fainting
real feminism acknowledges the unhealthy standards that men are held to. radfems brush them off as non-existent
guys, feminism is for you, too. itās for all of us.
ok butā¦weāre talking about two different things here.Ā āObjectificationā andĀ āunrealistic body standardsā while related, arenāt exactly the same.Ā
Hollywood does ask unrealistic and harmful things of actors and actresses. The thing is, this is not objectification. Itās shitty and dangerous, but itās still not objectification.Ā
Hugh Jackman and Chris Evans and Brad Pitt were not objectsĀ in those movies, in these scenes. They are active, powerful figures, and while a person might get pleasure from viewing them, thatās not the sole purpose of their appearance.Ā
ObjectificationĀ is when a character or person becomes a collection of body parts, when a person is reduced to an object of sexual desire. Hugh Jackman as Wolverine and Chris Evans as Captain America are not on screen just to be sexy.Ā
Men absolutely can be objectified, but men are in no way objectified in pop culture to the extent that women are. Do an image search for perfume and cologne ads. How many headless women do you see? Legs, arms, perhaps. How many men do you see, staring in the camera while the women in the picture are gazing at the man, looking off to the sideābecause the women are meant to be lookedĀ at.
Again. While Chris Evans, Hugh Jackman, etc, etc, can and are objectified by these movies, thatās not their role in the movies. Their characters have agency and we are meant to see them as powerfulāif they happen to be nice to look at while looking powerful, thatās secondary. Female characters, particularly when they are side characters in action movies, are designed to look pretty first, and powerful second (and only if she can still be sexy while doing it)
Do these movies promote unrealistic body standards for men? Absolutely. But again, in media representation, men see more diverse body types than women do. But again, this is not Natalie Dormerās original point. This is not objectification. Unrealistic body types and unhealthy demands made of actors and actresses is not the same as being a sexy piece of furniture for the hero to win at the end of the day.Ā
The fact that this posts starts by talking about Game of ThronesĀ is wild to me. There is no frontal male nudity in GoT, but there is plenty of female nudity. This nudity does not advance the storyline. Itās not meant to show us how powerful these women are. Itās there just to be there.
Thereās a post, somewhereāit may even be in the replies of this postāabout how these body standards are, by and large, an extension of a male power fantasy, and that you can see this when you look at Hugh Jackmanās magazine covers for Menās Health vs. Good Houskeeping. On Menās Health, heās sweaty, ripped, looks like he could kick your ass, easy. On Good Houskeeping, heās wearing a sweater, his hair looks niceāhe looks like he just put a casserole in the oven and is ready to bingewatch something with you while giving you a foot rub.Ā
Everyday men arenāt expected to look like Chris Evans and Hugh Jackman ready to rip your head off. Again, this is something media shows us. Guys can be ripped and beefy and get the girl. Guys can be nerdy and schlubby and get the girl. Guys can be okay looking and rude and get the girl. Guys can be pervy and average and get the girl.Ā
But the girl, by and large, is always the same. Skinny, conventionally attractive, moderately fashionable. Sheās something to be obtained. Sheās a status symbol. She wears impractical clothing because sheās not there to be believable, sheās there to be beautiful.Ā
Thatās objectification.
(Iāve got nothing om Magic Mike, though. Iāve never seen it but Iām willing to accept other conclusions and say itās objectifying)
Like, for fuckās sake letās keep talking about Hollywoodās interpretation of a male power fantasy and how heteronormative it is! Letās talk about unrealistic body expectations and how nobodyās ever allowed to have stretch marks! Letās make noise about how thereās more than two body types: muscled and skinny! Letās talk about howĀ ācelebrity dietsā are bullshit because most of us donāt have personal trainers or chefs! Letās talk about being healthy instead of just looking healthy! Letās talk about fatphobia and eating disordersāletās talk about how toxic masculinity feeds into these unhealthy male body standards! Letās burn bullshit beauty culture to the ground!
But like, letās just make sure weāre all talking about the same thing and using the same vocabulary first.
I'd very much like to punch a feminist.
Iād never, ever hurt a lady but Iād be happy to punch a feminist. Itād bring me great joy.
Iām 6ā2 and weigh 180lbs
ready when you are
Or if youād like to have some more optionsā¦.
Iām 6ā4ā 228 pounds and have 9 years of combined martial arts training and 3 years of being a Line Backer in football. Just in case you are looking forĀ variety.
what about a lady and a feminist. warning, combatives certified soldier.
im tiny, iām like 5ā²4 and 130 lbs but u can fight me too
Reblogging for the last one cuz thatās adorable
SO PROUD
The Fantastic 4 we deserve
OMG IVE ONLY SEEN THIS POST IN SCREEN SHOTS
We will all protect the small one.
Tuvok laying down some pure Vulcan wisdom about recovering from trauma, that I think also applies to mental illness and a lot of other life events/situations.
You may never be the same as you were, but thatās ok. You will adapt. You will set a new course. You can keep going.
Reblog if you think a woman can be complete without children
breaking news: ur actually gonna make it through and everything will turn out just fine
Some days I just think about how NBC just wasnāt even worthy of this show. It was visual poetry. It was One of the most remarkable series Iāve ever seen. Definitely pure poetry !
It was beautiful!
But NBC had the stones to cancel Itā¦
It got canceled because small minds run everything now and people would rather watch mindless television than intelligent dramas .
Anyway They DONāT DESERVE IT .
Such an underrated show (masterpiece). Iāll never get over it .
We interrupt our regular broadcast to bring you ... Vulcan Kisses
I put together some vulcan smooches for you, because I love you.
Vulcan husband-wife kiss:
Adorable.
Vulcan mother-child kiss:
D'AWWW
Sexy vulcan makeout:
ooh yeah get some
Vulcanāwait what
what are are you doing
oh my god
stop
yeah so I donāt know what this equates to in human terms
but Iām pretty sure if you did it in public on Vulcan it would get you arrested
Double handed kissing. You sluts.
this is literally why nsfw is not allowed on tumblr anymore
bones in the background:
Can yaāll believe just how much fanfic has skewed with our sense of how long something is? Like my ass canāt sit down to read a 3,000 word document for class but I can look at a 70,000 word fic likeĀ āoh thatās not too long, I can read that in a few hours.āĀ
When did 70,000 words become SHORTĀ
Were legit out here reading entire novels a day
Spirk shipping level: William Shatner
spock radiates such powerful Gay Energy
āHarve asked me, āHow do you see Spock dying?ā and I thought about it for a minute, and looked over some of the preliminary set sketches, noticed the glass doors, and was suddenly struck with the notion that Spock and Kirk should say their final good-byes while separated by this invisible glass barrier. Unable to save Spock, unable to even embrace or comfort his old friend, the glass doors allowed Kirkās overwhelming grief and frustration to grow even more stronger, Spockās suffering a bit more upsetting, a bit more poignant. The glass would also act as a sort of physical representation of Spockās lifelong self-imposed emotional distance.ā
ā William Shatner, Star Trek Movie Memories by William Shatner, pages 127-128
Found this one. Itās even worse.
Why overwhelming grief? I mean, Kirkās lost crew before. Lost friends before. Lost loved ones. Lost a lot of people in his life. He doesnāt act like this. He remains proper, appropriately sad, mourning, sure. Why is THIS death different? Why is he destroyed? Devastated? Why? And what is so completely overlooked - KIRK WAS GOING TO LOSE HIS LIFE OPENING THAT DOOR AND GOING TO SPOCK. HE KNEW IT WOULD KILL HIM! The only reason Kirk didnāt go in was because THREE MEN held him back,and Scotty assured him everyone there would die too because the radiation would flood the whole compartment. Kirkās responsibility to each of his crewmembers working in that area was the only thing that overrode his desire to get to Spock, though it would kill him.
Thatās a huge deal that people overlook. KIRKāS FIRST THOUGHT WAS TO GO INSIDE AND DIE ALONG WITH SPOCK, COMFORTING HIM. WITHOUT HESITATION.. THREE MEN IT TOOK TO KEEP HIM FROM IT!!! Why? One word: TāHyāLa.