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[rruffian]

just layers and layers to this thing, huh.

[residentevil-4]

the first person to introduce The Male Gaze as a concept to tiktok needs to be shot for inadvertently being the progenitor for videos like this

[plant-ago]

Something about how Steel was the only kid who couldn't stomach Slumber. A little girl who would grow up to be the architect of the Citadel's imperialist and domineering designs... and right from the start she was someone who didn't even drink the kool aid. She and Soft and Stone were brilliant, and they were rebels. Something was wrong, and they were determined to uncover what was behind the curtain. What drove them apart were their responses to discovering the truth: Soft and Stone recoiled, but Steel was taken in.

So of course when Suvi came to Steel in arc 4, her staff shattered along with her illusions about the Citadel, so much like her parents before her, Steel didn't say stop asking questions follow orders, she said, ah, you've figured it out-- so clever! Here's a title, an office; a share of our power. Come with me to see the thirteenth court and I will tell you our secrets. Come home.

If you're smart enough, and you start to see through things and ask hard questions, the hand of power will reach out not to smite you but to offer you a deal... if I stroke you enough to appease you, will you work for me? If I give you a bite of the roast will you help me carve it? It becomes stronger by absorbing the force of intelligence and will that would oppose it--after all, that's easier than striking it down by force. Evil's mightiest soldiers are not its zealots but the rebels who were made to believe they had won.

[hallofhelios]

I hope 2026 feels like this

[westernmassposting]

Queer Men of the Berkshires

Queer Men of the Berkshires host 20+ events a month in the Berkshires (the whole thing north to south, not just Pittsfield!), Hudson Valley, and Pioneer Valley. They run on donations, work with a lot of local orgs, and offer queer kinship to a lot of rural folk. Go check them out!

[saint-father113]

Okay, I've calmed down a bit.

Here's some art.

[greasyteeths]

been experimenting with doing sketches digitally but finishing the piece traditionally. feelin good about it!