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@squint-at-heart
Tim Minear for some reason:
Bobby alive ❌
Ravi main ❌
Gay Eddie ❌
Buddie canon ❌
Another main female firefighter ❌
Buck saying bisexual ❌
Well thought out storylines with actual payoff ❌
Gerrard redemption ✅
Every character forgiving their asshole parents ✅
Spending a bunch of money on a helicopter chase no one cares about ✅
Athena and Hen in space ✅
So we can all agree 9x8 was a shit show and that Hen is completely in the wrong. But... why are we saying that Buck should have been the one to crash out?
Like, in a sense, I get it. Bobby was more than a friend to Buck, he was his adoptive Dad. And yes, Buck is the one whose grief has actually been ignored/belittled by some characters (which is simply not true for Hen--in fact, it's explicitly stated that at least Buck obsessively asked everyone how they were doing, including her. And I'm pretty sure there are scenes with other characters supporting her that I'm just not remembering off the top of my head). But like... guys. Athena is right there.
Bobby was her husband, soulmate, the love of her life. Yes, the show has done the best job addressing her grief out of everyone, so no, her giving Hen's speech wouldn't make sense--but that's the thing. It was a dumb ass speech. No one should have given it, even Buck. Because the belittling/ignoring of his grief seems to have mostly been an issue between him and Eddie, not the rest of the characters--and therefore should be solved between him and Eddie (which the show has clearly decided it already did with the shitty not-apology but I digress. It had nothing to do with the fire fam at large).
But back to my point, Athena having to hear her supposed best friend say all of that bullshit, all of which is just straight up lies... let my girl snap back!!! Please let her verbally smack some sense into Hen fr 😭 This is not the time for Buck, and Hen frankly would not listen to him regardless of if he's speaking sense lmao. But Athena? She would listen to Athena.
Idk. Just seeing people center Buck in the narrative (shitty narrative that it is withstanding) feels weird as hell, and I say this as a Buck lover. He's my fave character. But this moment should have belonged to Athena, if it was going to happen.
#meet the buckley-diazes
Elena comes out to Abuelita. Lydia getting over her homophobia in 10 seconds.
“…because you are so liberal and I’m just a narrow-minded homofallopian…”
One Day At A Time
Like. Look. Listen. I have taught introductory quantum physics at a university level, and I need you all to incorporate this into your trans advocacy: There are situations where you need to make a decision to prioritize being comprehensible to your target audience above being The Most Unassailably Correct.
You can try to teach a toddler about germ theory or you can get them to wash their hands because "yucky"
Teaching a toddler to wash hands because yucky when the Ethics Understander crashes through the roof. "STOP RIGHT THERE," the Ethics Understander shouts at me. "The disgust response is not a legitimate substitute for a considered value judgment, and in fact, weaponizing disgust instead of grounding those judgments in a more rigorous framework is fundamental to reactionary rhetoric!"
The toddler looks at me. "You are a fascist, auntie. I have seen the light and will now go eat chewing gum from the pavement, unless you can educate me on a rigorous framework on the microbiology of pavement chewing gum this very instant."
This is a hyperbolic example but here's a more real one:
You are trying to explain the trajectory of research on trans issues, and how the informed consent model came about as a wildly successful alternative to the gatekeeping model because time and again, people with clinical experience who actually cared about their patients found that just letting trans people transition was easier and the fear that it would lead to something bad was unfounded.
The Principle Understander is shouting at you that the medicalization of trans people is inherently unjust, and even the informed consent provider is still a gatekeeper, just a more lenient one.
You are already aware of this.
You are talking to someone who, as a first priority, needs to know what the worse gatekeeping model looks like.
The person you're talking to is asking "but isn't it good to give patients more time to think before making irreversible changes?" because they didn't hear the part where you explained that asking patients about their masturbation habits has nothing to do with anyone's safety. They missed it because the Principle Understander was on a tangent about the necessity of abolishing capitalism because paying for medication is bad, which again, yes but this is really not the time or place for that.
This has the funniest name btw.
There's an Emily Dickinson poem about this:
Tell all the truth but tell it slant— Success in Circuit lies Too bright for our infirm Delight The Truth's superb surprise As Lightning to the Children eased With explanation kind The Truth must dazzle gradually Or every man be blind—
This can also be understood as "speaking their language" or "meeting them where they are." And not to sound like I'm shitposting, but you want to know one of the best examples of this that's ever been posted on tumblr.com?
"What the fuck do you think freedom MEANS, Earl?"
Earl could have gotten an earful about gendered clothing colors being a social construct or how the queer community has its own clothing subculture, and he wouldn't have heard or internalized a word of it. But for the kind of redneck who goes to tractor-pulls? Yeah, "what the fuck do you think freedom means" really only touches the most superficial layer of Mister Pink John Deere Hat, but Earl heard that. And maybe next time he sees a guy dressed like Daisy Duke chilling at a tractor-pull he'll remember it and think "isn't it great to live in a free country" and mind his business. Maybe he'll even ask where the guy got his pink hat and learn something more.
Do you ever think about how so much of the deadly anti-science rhetoric that fills America today and is killing countless vulnerable people can be directly traced back to one fucking guy who decided to just straight-up lie about vaccines causing autism because it would make him a profit? Do you ever think about that? Because I think about it a lot.
I think about him paying kids at his own CHILDS BIRTHDAY PARTY for blood samples.
PSA:
Acetaminophen/paracetamol has a hard stop upper dose limit, above which it becomes extremely toxic.
That limit is 4g (8 “extra strength” (500mg) tablets) in 24 hours (about 2 tablets every 6 hours).
A single dose of 22 extra strength tablets can kill you.
Taking 12 or more tablets per day for more than a week can also kill you (this is about 3 tablets every 6 hours).
Symptoms of overdose take up to 24 hours to manifest, and are fairly difficult to distinguish from other problems. They include abdominal pain (especially right upper quadrant), nausea, malaise, and confusion.
The antidote (n-acetylcystine) must be given within 8hours of ingestion in order to be useful.
After 10 hours the only thing that will work is a liver transplant.
You might think “why would I ever accidentally take so much?”
Well, acetaminophen is in almost everything in the cold/flu/pain aisle. Migraine combos like Excedrin, cold and flu combos like NyQuil, basically anything that says “non-aspirin pain relief”, and anything that’s branded as a fever reducer. It’s all probably acetaminophen/paracetamol.
So the goal of this post is to get you to read the labels on your medications. Because taking taking Tylenol and NyQuil together for a week (like you might if you had the flu) could kill you.
Please don't forget this shit, after it happened to a family member, he died 8 years later because of the continuing health complications even though he survived the initial overdose
I didn't know this for years, and I took so many pills, sometimes 4 at one go, every four hours, like 16 a day, because of endometriosis and migraines. It took a migraine specialist to explain rebound headaches and overdoses when I was in my 40s. Then I went cold turkey on all OTC drugs to get off the cycle. Please, please, if a couple tylenol aren't working for you, talk to your doctor or find one who will listen to you if you can.
People love to say they “support neurodivergent people” — right up until a neurodivergent person communicates in a way that doesn’t fit their social script. Then suddenly it’s: let’s hang that freak.
You don’t support us. You support the version of us that makes your world easier.
Literally every single time I watch Psych the main thing running through my head is “this man has such intense ADHD and it’s sometimes uncomfortably relatable.”
Don’t get me wrong, I adore that this character feels like accurate ADHD representation whether it was intentional or not. The parts that get me every time is just overall the whole running theme of “Shawn is legitimately brilliant and the main reason he isn’t successful in a traditional sense is because he doesn’t take anything seriously” and it can hit close to home. Mostly because I know so many viewers would see it as exclusively his own fault. Which, uh, knowing how people perceive a character is not always a great feeling when you can recognize your own experiences in said character.
Basically:
Me watching Psych: “Based on my own experiences, it’s pretty clear to me that Shawn is very intelligent but gave up long ago on ever really achieving anything because he will always mess up somehow. He plays up his naturally carefree personality so that everyone perceives him as just a goof, which is much easier than trying to live up to other people’s expectations only to inevitably fail or fall short of the mark.”
Other people watching Psych: “Shawn is a fun character to watch on TV but most of his problems are his own fault. He’s clearly intelligent but he’s lazy and refuses to pull his act together or take anything seriously. He’s a screw up and would be doing so much better if he would take the skills he has and actually applied himself.”
Me: “…oh no.”
This post is getting notes again after lying dormant for more than 4 years.
4 years later and I still relate to Shawn, except now I have my own version of a psychic detective agency. It’s been a year and a half since I finally found a job that perfectly fits my skill set - one that requires both my attention to detail and my ability to jump from project to project. A job where people are aware of some of my quirks, but they still respect me as knowledgeable and competent enough to get the work done (eventually). They’re even willing to tolerate some of the ADHD traits that have gotten me fired from more jobs than I care to admit.
I’m not saying that’s it’s easy, or guaranteed, or the obvious answer, or that there isn’t a certain amount of luck involved, but for everyone out there who relates to Shawn a little too much? I want you to know that it’s possible. It’s possible to find people and places that value you for your unique skills and perspective, regardless of whatever idiosyncrasies may have caused others to dismiss you.
My wish for you is that you’re able to find your own psychic detective agency - and maybe even your own Gus to help you along the way.
4 times Ilya confesses his love for Shane in Russian + the first time in English
+ bonus
imagining chris also being a hangry lil guy and eddie one day looking at him sulking and him and buck trying to coax him into eating something and afterwards going 'man that was like pulling teeth, i don't know where he gets that' with zero irony and buck just stares at him incredulously for like a full minute.
(nods sagely) (nods basily) (nods rosemarily) (nods saltly) (nods star anisely)
THE THREE FALLS OF ANAKIN SKYWALKER
“…and I’m doing it for you. To protect you. “
Each of the Prequel movies shows Anakin kneeling and not only that, it’s him literally FALLING DOWN on his knees. The reason why he kneels each time is fascinating and downright heartwrenching considering the fact that Anakin, who was born a slave and lived like one for 9 years of his life, would rather not kneel in front of anyone his entire life, detesting this position of subjugation - HE DOES IT OUT OF LOVE, EACH TIME HE KNEELS IT’S FOR SOMEONE HE LOVES. His willingness to lower himself and give up his dignity and pride for nothing else but people THE WOMEN he loves is something that pervades the entire Prequel Trilogy and makes his fall to the dark side so much understandable and inevitable. Most people would sacrifice few to save many, Anakin Skywalker would sacrifice the entire Galaxy and his own soul to save the only one that mattered. And as much as I like Ben Solo and the similarities between him and Anakin, he couldn’t be more different than his grandfather unless proven otherwise, because so far his reasons for going to the dark side are selfish and weak at best. Ben had so much and so many people who loved him, while Anakin had so little and lost so many people who he cared about and because of it, he gave up his soul not to lose the one he loved the most.
1) It’s such a tiny but so significant and soul-stirring detail that in TPM Anakin is the first person to follow Padmé and kneel in front of Boss Nass, joining her in her plea for help to her people. Unlike the Jedi Knights and her subjects who serve the newly elected Queen more out of duty and respect, he follows her because he loves her and it’s love in it’s purest form - a child’s love.
2) 10 years later, the sheer grief and helplessnes at the death of Shmi makes him collapse on her grave. While his grandson is afraid of not being as strong enough as Darth Vader, Anakin’s greatest fear has always been not being strong enough to protect the people he loved. The sheer extent of that fear is revealed by his vow which he makes kneeling at the very grave of his mother, clutching in his hand the sand he hates so much and under which she’s now buried - NOT TO BE HELPLESS AGAIN. That fear and helplessness, all those vulnerabilities and insecurities, have been deeply rooted in him since his childhood which he spent living in slavery and when he couldn’t control even his own fate, when he couldn’t protect even himself because his life belonged to another and that’s why TPM is so vital for Anakin’s fall, why it was necessary for Lucas to show Anakin as a child - because their childhood experience it’s what forms people the most. It explains why he makes the decisions he does in ROTS and why he ultimately chooses to go to the dark side.
3) Anakin’s final fall turns out to be the most heartbreaking, because in order not to lose Padmé and his child he loses himself. This is not a man hungry for power and control - the only emotions in his tormented eyes are numbness, desperation, helplessness and agony. This is a man defeated, a fallen hero, losing everything in order not to lose the one thing that he loves the most. And his lightsaber, the weapon which protected and saved so many lives and which Obi-Wan called HIS life, has fallen with him, now fittingly lying at Palpatine’s feet. His greatest strengths - his ability to love and his loyalty - are twisted into his greatest weakness and his downfall is complete. CONTRARY TO POPULAR OPINION, I THINK THAT ANAKIN DIDN’T FALL TO THE DARK SIDE BECAUSE HE WAS MANIPULATED. OH NO, HE WAS TOO SMART FOR THAT, HE KNEW THE TREACHERY OF THE SITH. HE WAS EXPLOITATED AND EXTORTED BY SIDIOUS INTO JOINING HIM BECAUSE THE SITH LORD THREATENED HIM THAT IF HE WON’T JOIN HIM HE WILL LET PADMÉ DIE. IT WAS THE SAME AS IF HE WOULD HOLD HIS LIGHTSABER TO HER THROAT. That’s why Anakin is promising Palpatine he will do anything he wants him to and is BEGGING him to save her. He truly is the victim of the story. It’s ironic, really, because it was his ability to love which was the ultimate reason why he became the Chosen One and fulfilled his destiny - because only the love in him could defeat the darkness.
My personal experience with being asked this question and then given that line, is that the neurotypical person expected you to feel shame. I have some slightly less anecdotal evidence to back up this anecdotal experience. I took substitute teacher training once, and we were told that the best thing to do with middle schoolers "acting up," was to shame them, to figure out how to draw attention to them and this negative attention in front of their peers would shame them into good behaviour, or at least silence. I raised my hand, having already distinguished myself as the "weirdo" of the group, and said, "Is this the reason I spent a lot of time in the principal's office for truthfully, loudly, and clearly answering questions like, 'would you care to share your thoughts with the class?'" And was told yes, that was a perfect example, but I was the rare case where it backfires.
Since then, I have responded to that type of question with, "Do you want an explanation, or was your intent simply to indicate that I need to feel inferior, right now?" and it does tend to turn the tables a little bit.
