"A man's true ball is the mind"

22 yrs old, white, autistic, gay, demisexual, nonbinary they/them Ace people are lgbtq+ and if I ever mention women that includes trans women! dni @ transphobes, racists, aphobes, islamophobes, anything else I'm missing. If I ever say anything offensive please feel free to correct me but I'd appreciate if you can keep it constructive so I know how to do better for next time. icon made w https://picrew.me/image_maker/574511/

[stardvstbby]

On No.6 and resistance

A theme that stuck out to me on my recent reread of the No.6 manga was that the best way to combat militaristic authoritarianism is to stay in touch with your culture and the arts. Those are what what makes being human unique, and what colonialism seeks to eradicate to create mindless homogeny.

The act that began the fall of No.6 was Nezumi’s singing and spirituality. Those are the very same things that the leaders of No.6 attempted to steal and distort to use for their own gain as a method of control, but because it was false, it held no real power over the people.

Also, it may sound cheesy, but revolution is not achieved as a solo act. Nezumi would’ve never been able to destroy No.6 on his own. But because he had connections to others and refused to forget or suppress his culture, he was able to succeed.

[hampterrr]

WE ARE SO BACK GUYS

[novelrat]

Reminder of what No.6 is mainly about, guys.

I love Nezumi and Shion more than anything. Trust me.

But their relationship was always secondary to the novels being a political statement.

This is an actual interview with Atsuko Asano, about her inspiration for city of No.6. She quite literally said one of her inspirations for it was the political environment in the USA, following 9/11.

For her to choose to continue this series right now, after so many years, is probably not a coincidence.

Their struggles are eerily similar to what many real people face in our world all the time.

I have a feeling there will be some pretty important themes in this new series.

I hope those who read it can appreciate every element of it - not only our beloved characters, but the reason they have a story to begin with.

[fairycosmos]

they're making me work at work :(

[nighttimeebony]

Every time I rewatch No. 6, I learn something new about the different ways that Nezushi subverts trope expectations, especially expectations established by poorly written same-gender romance stories in anime.

For example, I realized today that despite Nezumi being so closed-off and emotionally distant with Shion (at least in the beginning), Nezumi is actually way touchier than Shion is.

In episode 1, after he tackles Shion, he keeps ahold of Shion's wrist even after he's gotten off of him.

In episode 3, he keeps touching Shion's face.

In ep 4, he puts his arm around Shion while they're leaving Rikiga's place.

And later in the same episode, he puts Shion's hand on his heart.

In ep 6, Nezumi is the one who pulls Shion to dance with him.

Nezumi can barely go five minutes without touching Shion in episode 9.

Nezumi initiates their kiss in the last episode.

And then, of course, there's all the times he grabs Shion's shirt when he's trying to get Shion to listen to him (seriously, it happens like once an episode).

While Shion does endorse physical contact with Nezumi and never shies away from it, he's rarely ever the initiator. There's only a couple of times where Shion is the one initiating physical contact between them, and even those few times are vastly outweighed by the number of times Nezumi is the one to initiate physical touch.

TL;DR: Nezumi's love language is physical touch and I think we should talk about that more.

[soberscientistlife]

[joy-crimes]

this “stephen king” guy is out here writing scary books that frighten people and we’re just letting him????????

and who made him king of the stephens anyways????

[poikaboo]

Really genuinely feel like we need to bring back internet safety classes.

[poikaboo]

like this isn’t about “no one on the internet is your friend” it’s about “everyone on the internet can be entirely anonymous and disappear at a moment’s notice and you need to be aware of that and be sure of people’s intentions” it’s about “that person might be really nice and giving or they might be scamming you and you need to be able to tell the difference” it’s about “you need to be sure that the link you’re clicking on is going to take you to the right place”

it’s basic stuff i’m not trying to scare people but you need! to practice healthy skepticism online!!

[cumaeansibyl]

when I was a kid it was “everyone on the internet is an axe murderer” which was not helpful but “everyone on the internet can be trusted with your full name, city, workplace, health conditions, traumas, and any triggers you may have” is also not helpful

let’s get somewhere in the middle with “if you wouldn’t walk up to a stranger at the grocery store and tell them this, don’t share it with the entire internet either”

[gaycop]

I accidentally follow people so much on this site that i dont know who half the people on my dash are

[gaycop]

[cafffine]

be pro-aging but wear sun screen. sun protection is not beauty industry propaganda it will save you. wear it. or else.

[rheumaticrhetoric]

[the-unseelie-court-official]

You know that post about how angels and telephone towers are biologically compatible? That’s how I feel about overgrown plants and industrial machines.

[the-unseelie-court-official]

These two things can and SHOULD make offspring.

[theatricuddles]

[ID: An image of a tunnel with every surface covered in cords and a series of trees with ivy covering all of them.]

[breebunn-deactivated20180414]

here’s an idea: notice toxic trends in your behavior and, idk, change them

[cptsdwillgraham-deactivated2019]

the fact that people are complaining on this post that they can’t change their behaviors that hurt others because they have x mental illness and We Can’t All Be Neurotypical Karen is absolutely fucking wild. do you realize your arguments have come full circle to being indistinguishable from the most crude, generic “mentally ill people are inherently dangerous and/or abusive” ableist rhetoric? you always have the agency to address the ways in which you are hurting others (or yourself). maybe not instantly. maybe not effortlessly. but it IS within your abilities and it is something you owe to your community and yourself

[randompolls]

Choose a superpower:

Invisibility

Telekinesis

Teleportation

Mind reading

Super strength

Shape-shifting

Flight

Healing

Super speed

Precognition

Voting ended onAug 29, 2023

[yyyyddmmsupremacy-deactivated20]

world's most transgender website

[dysph0rickitt3n]

I would turn into a deep see monster and terrorize scuba divers, idk what you'd be using your shapeshifting for 🤨

[yyyyddmmsupremacy-deactivated20]

that's the most transgenderest use of shape-shifting imaginable

[smoothjazzdigit]

Have you guys seen that clip

Go off Kermit

[juliathefacesofevil]

we're just normal men

[oddjoblin]

Why the heck is this dude trying to confirm if the frog puppet is hetrosexual???

[karnalesbian]

assessing the situation before he shoots his shot

[murielswedding]

clocked this entire website

[just-a-girl-who-likes-sharks]

Fun fact: if you look at a closed collateral vascular bundle it looks like a happy little fella and I think that’s great

In this picture: close up of a closed collateral vascular bundle in the stem of Zea mays (cornplant).

Picture taken by myself during a lab last semester, image enlarged by a lightmicroscope (10X10X)

[the-punforgiven]

Kinda wild to me the knowledge that there is a violent and vicious predator that lives in my house, who kills and mutilates other living beings nearly daily, who I have personally witnessed rip apart other living creatures with tooth and claw, who is also just the sweetest little baby who loves to cuddle and often yells at me if I don't pick her up and kiss her little forehead from time to time

[the-punforgiven]

The face of a killer