[hansoeii]

doomed yaoi found me again

[splitting-infinities]

we have GOT to get better healthcare for people with endometriosis y'all. the stigma for any chronic illness related to the utuerus is so bad. i keep seeing reddit posts from my chronic disease siblings on the same medication and dose as me, and we're all just bleeding for weeks straight and that's a "side effect" of the medication. we just have to live like that bc doctors just don't think that's a problem worth fixing. because bleeding that way is gross and well you already have periods so you're used to it, right?

you mean to tell me if someone who didn't menstruate was bleeding every day for 40 days and was, y'know, CONCERNED, doctors would just be like welp, sorry, you have to suck it up?

yeah i didn't think so

[glitter-stained]

Damian could in fact quit robin or vigilantism all together and stay an important character and have solo stories and even long ongoings on himself in the hero world. The reason this isn't going to happen is because DC is getting rid of all their civilian cast because they're centering vigilantism so much and fighting specifically so much. The DC universe would be so much richer if we could have stories with a hero/vigilante who was focused solely on on healing people, search and rescue groups, investigation journalism, certain kinds of private detectives, jury duty...

I'm not even getting into militant activisim and mutual aid despite the treasure trove about stories on heroism and wanting to help and commity with this stuff but even without those, DC just doesn't care about the massive amount of everyday actors who are actually essential to any kind of matter of justice. Obviously, DC always had a problem with that, but it feels like it has gotten so much worse recently with the erasure of civilan casts.

And before you tell me "it's not the genre!" John Constantine. John doesn't fight his battles. John is some kind of manipulative PI from hell. Oracle!Barbara doesn't fight her own battles. What the fuck is stopping us from having an investigation journalism mystery Lois Lane where she, with all her contact network and her own actual damn skill, navigates a work of action and mystery and takes down supervillains and fights can happen but victory isn't ensured by who punches the hardest but by the legal consequences of the revelations she publishes?

Wonder Woman was an actual ambassador for ages. I made a post about how I wanted to hear about the paperwork and actually just see her do diplomatic work and I thought I was just being a nerd but people reacted to that and actually you know what we do really much want to see stories about Wonder Woman as an Amazonian diplomat!

Damian having a solo run where he is a medical first respondant who uses the skills he learnt as fighter/vigilante to get into dangerous places and combat zones etc. to rescue and heal peoples caught in the crosshairs of whatever fight or catastrophe is going on. It would rock. It would be awesome.

Don't get me wrong I love cool badass fights, there are some genres and contexts in which I would actually want there to be more cool badass fights. But DC's universe is currently running on practically only that, in such a varied great universe and that's why they're running on steam and keep making dumb changes to try to keep the stakes high because they worry they're boring now. They're constructing a world where no matter what they claim, the only efficient force at play in any conflict is violence. They have no other angle and they're panicking because they're aware that it's turning them boring and they're flying forward because all their solutions to try and keep things entertaining keep erasing the richness of their universe in order to try and make things more thrilling because they do not understand the gold they are working with. Don't get me wrong, DC is big and we do still have writers pulling cool shit, but DC editorial is having an identity crisis. They're not even writing detective stories anymore!! Their name is Detective Comics. Why should we care whether or not Batman is the greatest detective in the world if Batman's number one hobby right is physically fighting aliens...

There is no cool power or crazy evil villain you can invent that can change the fact that there's a repetitiveness of turning a beautiful rich universe full of civilians with untapped potential into a plain giant Colliseum in which nuclear families come to compete in solo and group fights with random villains and eachother in a number of configurations. And of course, because it's implied in about any critical post I make about dc but just to be crystal clear: this is political.

[deathgasmic]

am i allowed to text friends i have not spoken to in awhile or will they gather and beat me with sticks send post

[emziess]

We keep escaping parties to hang out with each other.

Heartstopper, S01E03 - S02E06 - S03E04 & Heartstopper Forever

[killingerblue]

Guess i’m just on my power rangers bullshit now- I love these doofuses. Anyone recognize the reference used for the main trio? It kinda hit me how fitting it would be while I was thinking of what to draw.

Plus RJ cuz I love him terribly.

[kingdom-lian]

Cass in her ranger or sentai outfit, whichever you prefer to call it.

[kat]

i had a dream last night that the entire world used a currency (?) called angrypennies which as the name implies are obtained by experiencing anger. the stronger and more intense your anger was, the more angrypennies you'd gain. an all-consuming rage would earn you more than a slight irritation, etc. so people were always searching for ways to fuel their anger and purposefully keeping themselves angry all the time because they wanted to earn angrypennies. unclear if angrypennies could be exchanged for goods and services, or if they were just a collectible.

anyway, as if this wasn't heavy-handed enough, at one point british comedian greg davies appeared and explained that angrypennies couldn't be worth feeling angry all the time. this was a real revelation to dream-me and i was finally able to break free of the angrypenny grind and allow myself to experience emotions other than anger.

[kat]

it goes without saying that i will be using the word angrypenny as if it was part of the common vernacular instead of a term that my dreaming brain conjured up i.e. "he's all about the angrypennies" (derogatory way to refer to a guy who searches for reasons to be angry and possibly lacks introspection)

[randomitemdrop]

Item: Angrypennies

[herealaa]

The intimacy is when someone understands the walls you built for your own protection and approaches them with patience instead of pressure

[cucurb]

hey guysss so unfortunately the rumors are true and im leaving the narrative. Buttt the good news is my absence will create such a gaping hole in your lives that it will become a sort of presence itself, and so in a way it will kind of be like i never left! But i am. Leaving just to be clear.

[yenvengerberg]

INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE Season 1, Episode 4 | Season 3, Episode 5

[kookiedeadbutterflies]

You can tell the difference in Lestat’s intent based on who was telling the story.

In Claudia’s version of events, Lestat was being cruel by making her watch Charlie burn. Grabbing her with his hands and forcing her to gaze as his face melted. His face is serious as he tortures her with this lesson.

In Lestat’s memories, he was holding Claudia’s hand the entire time as she watched Charlie burn in front of her. His face is melancholic and tearful as he likely recalls Nicki being burned by Armand. He was enduring the pain with her in real time.

Claudia never knew any of this because she never looked back to see his face.

[arrow-ettes]

a conorkyle poem <3 for @thrakaboom who requested fan poetry for @dcforgaza

[arrow-ettes]

thought I'd try my hand at this format

[giadishere]

I am the meteor above it Writing your name in dust as I fall

[teapot03]

Im a lil conflicted on the Claudia scene. Some interesting ideas but i genuinely hated her calling Louis a slave.

[hamachibloodmagic]

First of all, what’s with the turtle and the cat😭

More importantly, I like the way Sydney refers to Carmy as Carmen and Jess refers to Richie as Richard in this scene😆

[missbliss12]

Feed her only ashes.