I know people are saying Armand biting Daniel out of spite ruins their canon, but man the canon was out the window with old man yaoi. Also can I interest you in an even more dysfunctional, dramatic relationship between two divas? Because I love amc IWTV Daniel, he has spice. And amc IWTV Armand would be perfect for him.
Honestly at this point idk how transformers is still #1 in my mind. Like they are giving us NOOOTHING rn. And I have watched Project Hail Mary, Iron Lung, hell even The Pitt. THE ARTEMIS II LAUNCH!! IS SO COOL !!!! I am SO OBSESSED with all of that but NOTHING can beat down the pillar tranformers is on and I DON’T KNOW WHY. ???? There is NO reason it should still be up there.
I mean I think this is just it right guys like this is the hyperfix for me huh. The hyperfix is turning into special interest.
So yesterday was the 2 year anniversary of the worst attack on Jews since the Holocaust.
And I did something very Jewish: I mourned privately and moved with my pain.
On Oct 7th 2023, I woke at 7:28 AM EST to a message from my friend Lior, who lives in Israel. She was telling us (it was a group chat) that Hamas had broken through the gates.
I knew what that meant. I didn’t need to see lives. But I still couldn’t imagine how many days I would fear for my friends until they would respond for the day. We got photos of bomb shelters and news updates. Again, nothing prepared any of us for the news that would come out in the following days.
But every hour was hell and the world felt like it had tilted sideways.
Today, 2 years later, I’m struck by something. The Jewish people, my people, have survived so long through hardship and death and exile because we learned how to do it without missing out on the joy in the world.
I mentioned to someone at my temple the other day, “No one knows how to keep joy while fighting darkness.”
The Israeli people prove that. After Oct 7th, there’s still life, this still joy. And yes, there is still pain, but we’ve felt this pain before and we carry it with us not as a weight but a scar.
My father reminds me when the world is heavy that our family has survived so much. We’ll survive this too.
And my thought today after reading @queer-scots-geordie-dyke post about their post Oct 7th feelings as a non-Jew; none of the people being against Israel and Jews have joy.
Not really joy.
Not the joy you get from creating or being genuinely happy about something.
They sold their joy to feel temporarily good about their activism. It’s probably why so many get angry when Jews or Israelis are happy and enjoying their lives.
And I’ll end with this before I get too rambly: two years ago, Hamas decided to attack a people who have been pushed around and beaten up for centuries. We’ve outlasted empires and kingdoms and regimes.
As long as we stay true to who we are and keep finding the light, we’ll survive this as well.
This New Year was the start of the year 5786(!), can you imagine anything more bright than over 5000 years of history and culture to survive some of the worst things humanity could create?
it makes me so sad that oso san isn’t as popular as many other anime out there i mean— come on its so unhinged like its so funny— its also my favorite anime of all time 😕
yes i know its a bit popular in its native japan but in other parts of the world— its quite niche and its hard to see people talk about it 🥺
and yes the humor is crude but still— i wish more people knew about this hidden gem-
hell it even has a really funny english dub (its as funny as the original japanese version) that gives off major ghost stories energy (tho it only covers the first two seasons and idk if the third season or the upcoming 4th season will get dubbed at all)
this is an anime i highly recommend checking out if ya’ll are into gag humor— or just comedy/slice of life in general— though quick warning as i said before there are a lot of dirty jokes so please watch with caution
Uhhhh decided to make a collage things I've talked about in the past re: my complicated feelings about shipping Chief and Cortana and why I don't generally, because it seems like the topic has come up a lot lately.
I promise this is in good faith and I don't want anyone to not have fun.
But also I'm putting it below a cut so no jumpscares, only come in if you feel like it:
I have some other thoughts on this if anyone cares, but this is most of the old ones.
I used to ship them when I was younger but I burned out on it, and now I just don't see them that way anymore (at least as they were in canon.) Which... also isn't necessarily a barrier, especially because characters caring intensely about one another and being ready to die for one another is a great place to start, but it's not something I'm willing to do the work for at this point.
i find it very cool that homestuck inspires slice of life aus in a totally alien way
like, whatever other series still have alien cultures like ben 10 and the mcu and steven universe, but none of them have a 1.1 million word fanfic purely exploring the world and culture of an alien species from an insider’s perspective via trollstuck au
and from just the few drips of troll tech and powers and culture we get in canon you get troll culture, uniquely troll puns and social dynamics and an expression of troll romance that is treated as a whole facet of the characters’ lives. just because trolls are buggy guys
and i’ll have to say that besides Peace Is A Journey (tdp fanfic by spontaneite on ao3), Dayvhe’s Broken Diamonds Club (by Unda, also on ao3) is the most intensive, care-filled exploration and expansion of canon territory and world i have seen
