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I do think it sucks to blame ppl who are like "I don’t like either of this options and I don’t like that the system will only allow two bad options" when like. People who unapologetically support trump are turning out in such great numbers. Like if someone refuses to pick between two sexual predators you can’t call that a morally poor decision

That depends on how you frame a “moral” decision in this situation. The problem here is the perspective that’s painted by stan culture, by cancel culture–that to support someone is to support the things they’ve done in the past, and is also the means to the end in itself. But that’s not what the presidency, or any office of government, is–you’re not supporting a politician, you’re supporting their advocacy of you and the results that can be attained from their representation

I’m not going after Trump supporters right now because like, I imagine anyone who follows me by now realizes that I am not a big fan, and even if they don’t, I imagine most of my followers are themselves liberal bc why would you follow me otherwise haha so just bashing Trump followers would be like…pointless. It would be an echo chamber. It wouldn’t do anything. It would feel good, and we’d all pat ourselves on the back, and there would be nothing to act on and no introspection and no step forward. And I’m not “blaming” people for having trouble with the fact that it might be a shitty decision–I get that! But discussions like this do need to happen within communities of ppl–we aren’t a hive mind, we don’t have to just band together for the sake of making sure everyone feels good. We have to deal with the reality and what could result from our own individual actions

So here’s the situation: on one hand, picking between two accused sexual predators for the highest office in the country obviously sucks. On the other hand, this isn’t an opt-out–either the blue candidate or the red candidate is gonna get it, and we know who the red candidate is. Does that system suck? Absolutely. Is that still the reality? Yes. And I don’t know if you can call it a morally good decision to allow someone into power who committed all of the shitty, evil things we said he was going to do last time, and who would absolutely shift and grab power in whatever way he can, and who has a cult of personality that would follow blindly and allow it to happen. The consequence of a decision is also important in weighing morality, and I think the impact from another Trump presidency on the lives of many people who need healthcare, who aren’t being treated like human beings bc of what they look like or where they come from, far outweighs the personal bad feelings someone might have from being reminded that there is no way to avoid that from happening unless the other candidate wins

Again, no political office in the US is a “congrats for being a good person.” We don’t vote people into office just because we like them. They aren’t celebrities. And while it sucks that someone shitty might get the presidency, the reality is that good guys like Bernie Sanders will still be trying to do work in Congress, and if we have another red president and a stacked house/senate, he won’t be able to do anything. In this situation, a dem president would at least allow the people you want on your side to do the work they need to do; it would allow for a Supreme Court nominee who would protect your hard-fought liberties from being squashed again; it would prevent the sort of bullshit Trump had implemented against poor people, immigrants, lgbtqia+ people, etc. 

So like, I’m not saying it’s not a shitty decision, and I’m not faulting people for being morally conflicted about it. But it has consequences, and those consequences may change people’s lives for better or worse, and I think the greater moral decision here is whether or not it is noble to allow someone who would love to build a dictatorship to remain in power just because our heads are too stuck in the way it should be that we can’t react to how it actually is. Passivity is not the right answer here. Even if you hate the choices for president, still show up to the polls, and at least vote for all the other options in your favor to give ppl like Bernie a fighting chance, wherever they are on the ticket

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you making me wanna draw my fat ass no makeup having self as a witch for your movement

100% please do that, we need more representation for the fatass no makeup having powerful witch front, break some standards and embody that energy

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Hey! I just saw your BNHA drawing with homestuck godtier symbols! First of all, great job! Second, I’m curious to know what made you pick those tiers for each character? Thanks again for the awesome art!

Hey thanks! And for those who aren’t caught up on BNHA anime, there’ll be spoilers here, so skip if you wanna avoid those.

So Eri’s was probably the easiest to choose--her quirk is “rewind,” reverting things back to a previous state, so time seemed fitting, and the fact that it works on others seemed very rogue-like. Her quirk rewound Izuku’s injuries enough to allow him to fight at 100%, and it benefits others much more than it does herself, so Rogue of Time seemed to fit the bill.

As for Izuku and Mirio...I decided on hope for Mirio because he believes so powerfully in himself, in his ability to harness his quirk, and his ability to hang on to that positivity benefits others, including Tamaki and Eri. He was the one that people were recommending as the successor for OFA! Even after losing his quirk, he continues to be strong and positive for others who need it. He’s a protector, even when he experiences his own struggles and hardship, so Knight of Hope fits him well. Alternatively, Izuku is also hopeful and a beacon of positivity...but I think the comparison between Mirio and Izuku in canon outlined a lot of what makes them different. Mirio’s resolve is a force to be reckoned with, a seeming bottomless fountain of hope, but Izuku’s bright--he’s ambitious, calculating, sees the possibilities set out before him, and at his core thinks and seeks for the way he could make something happen. He’s also lucky, catching All Might when he did and receiving the blessing of his quirk. While certainly hope could work for either of them, to me it felt more like a natural house for Mirio, whereas Izuku’s most natural mode of operation seems like light to me. And heir is both a play on the heir to OFA, as well as the fact that he just kinda embodies the thinking-and-achieving-best-outcomes essence of Light so well to me

So! Eri as Rogue of Time, Mirio as Knight of Hope, and Izuku as Heir of Light

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The tough thing is that no matter what a post is about or how it’s worded, if it was made by a terf it has an inherent anti-transness to it. It’s hard to separate any of their ideas from that and that’s why it’s uncomfortable to reblog them anyway or even to "steal" them

Idk I think there’s a long-standing philosophical debate that comes up with stuff like that...there’s always a question of what point does someone’s philosophical or ideological leanings affect all things they say, and to what degree that actually implicates you. I mean, if you pulled up a random musical artist or writer or researcher or what have you, would you be able to tell what their philosophies are, or is it only when they inject those philosophies into their work? To what degree does agreeing with an individual point mean you also agree with a larger ideology that is not inherently present except through the author’s life and leanings? Are you responsible for investigating and studying each person that makes a statement you agree with, or can you consider the statement itself as a freestanding object? 

Personally, I think a statement is a statement, and an ideology is a series of statements and beliefs that exist together to make a larger conceptual whole. I dislike terfs, but I am a feminist--and as a result, there is some overlap in individual statements we may agree with, since terfs identify as feminists and will probably agree with some of the more basic, non-”radical” hate-filled aspects of feminism as well. That doesn’t mean that I agree with terfs just because I agree with those statements, and honestly it sounds stressful af to hold yourself to that standard

So while I’d def say keep up that critical eye on how ppl’s ideologies affect their content, I think it’s also fair to accept that a statement that is, by itself, agreeable doesn’t have to be complicit to an ideology if you have to hunt it down. It’s not realistic in the modern age to check every commenter, every meme author, every person you reblog from, especially when your agreement starts and stops at the post itself--the content on my blog is intended to be freestanding, and while I understand that there is some connection between posts and the millions of other blogs on tumblr, I don’t endorse those individuals unless it’s explicitly stated. I think it’s fair to say that a statement exists in itself as a post, and that if one of the people on the post is toxic in some form, that’s their own independent blog ecosystem, and I’m not endorsing the larger theme of their blogging experience. I’m still open to people letting me know if a statement is part of something insidious, esp if it’s p directly related, but as a rule, I believe it’s unrealistic, a little unfair, and sometimes unhealthy to hold people accountable for ideologies which they are not actually endorsing and that aren’t necessarily inherent to the statement itself, and I think it sets a person up for failure to say there’s an inherent ideology to a statement when it’s not apparent without investigating the beliefs of the author. And especially on a platform like tumblr where a reblog chain could have many authors, and you’re not curating a blog for a more directed purpose, idk if it’s reasonable to imply that casually agreeing with a sentence on a superficially topical post is to agree with the overarching ideology of an earlier reblogger’s entire blog

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bummer on the mead pal. hopefully next try will be more successful

Hey thanks! And no worries haha we suspected that it was going to be Bad so at this point it’s just kind of funny--we more or less botched something every step of the way, but that’s just the nature of firsts 

We have another batch in the works that hopefully will come out more like what it’s supposed to! Either way, it’s all for fun and experimentation, so more tries just makes it more exciting, lil tweaks and what-ifs 

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if you are very liberal with the block button, and by that i mean VERY VERY much, twitter is useful since there are so many people and artists there. many people also do things like not allowing retweets so that they can keep more peace or not allowing people under 18/20. if you have the patience to manage it could be cool!

I could be liberal w a block button haha usually I’m p good at not drawing a lot of negative attention, but that could be partly the way tumblr works...I’ll see if maybe giving Twitter a whirl with a lot of casual and a lot of no-bs might work out. I need to follow more artists on there too, my feed’s a little dry and that kinda makes it hard to get into...

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twitter is annoying af tbh, there js a lot of fun stuff but legit i compare it to the worst of tumblr amplified by x5. TikTok is kinda chill actually and Instagram is kinda bad for reposts, but otherwise i think its meh, not terrible not the best amazing

Hmm okay that’s good to know about Twitter...I’ve used it Very Lightly over the years and have kinda been considering trying to get into it more for posting but that gives me some pause :x Maybe just some stuff there then...I’ll probably scratch insta then too bc like I’m kinda meh towards it to begin w haha but yknow I have seen some cute stuff come out of TikTok so I been kinda considering...

Thank you, that was super helpful :) 

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Sorry to bother you, but just so you know both the commenters on that women are expected to be in their 20s post are terfs

Oof

Man situations like this suck bc on the one hand, it’s still a good point, but on the other, def not here for terfs. Part of me is like eh who really looks at commenter blogs but kinda don’t wanna give the option...I’ll go ahead and reblog from the source