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Personal blog. Notoriously bad at tagging. Current fandoms are One Piece, Naruto (just the sns really), Dragon Ball (when I need my muscle alien fix)

[thesaurus-with-no-words]

Whoa I wrote something. Would ya look at that.

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Luffy falls in love.

The world trembles accordingly.

[pmamtraveller]

Vitaly Makarov - Fresh, 2020

[apolladay]

What constitutes a “fridging”?

* a character is brutally killed OR maimed for another character’s development

* A character is brutally killed for another character’s development

* a MINOR/SUPPORTING character is brutally killed OR maimed for a MAJOR character’s development

* A MINOR/SUPPORTING character is brutally killed for a MAJOR character’s development

* A character is killed in general for another character’s development

* A MINOR/SUPPORTING character is killed off in general for a MAJOR character’s development

* Some other definition/it depends on a case by case basis

* see results

Context: OP has seen people argue that Alan Moore’s The Killing Joke “doesn’t count” as a fridging because Barbara Gordon/Batgirl is a more important character to the Batman mythosis than her father and she doesn’t die in the story

What constitutes a “fridging”?

a character is brutally killed OR maimed for another character’s development

a character is brutally killed for another character’s development

a MINOR/SUPPORTING character is brutally killed OR maimed for a MAJOR ones*

a MINOR/SUPPORTING character is brutally killed for a MAJOR ones development

a character is killed in general for another character’s development

a MINOR/SUPPORTING character is killed off in general for a MAJOR character’s*

some other definition/it depends on a case by case basis

see results

Voting ended onMar 16

*development

Context: OP has seen people argue that Alan Moore’s The Killing Joke “doesn’t count” as a fridging because Barbara Gordon/Batgirl is a more important character to the Batman mythosis than her father and she doesn’t die in the story

[lizardsfromspace]

It's female characters. How did not one option mention that it's specifically about the treatment of female characters. It's about women being seen as disposable for a man's motivation. Has fridging really been diluted into just the concept of "a character dying"

[creekfiend]

iirc the killing joke is specifically used as an example in gail simones original women in refrigerators post. it's nonsensical to argue that it "doesn't count" lol

[madronasky]

Happy international women’s day.

They’ve removed the Women from the Fridge.

This feels deeply unsettling and vaguely misogynistic.

[tzikeh]

How in the motherfucking hell did someone take "fridging" and remove the "HERO FOUND HIS DEAD GIRLFRIEND IN THE FRIDGE" source of the name of the trope.

"Women in refrigerators" is a term coined by Gail Simone in 1999 to describe a literary trope which involves female characters facing disproportionate harm, such as death, maiming, or assault, to serve as plot devices to motivate male characters, an event colloquially known as "fridging". Simone's original list of over 100 affected female characters, published on the "Women in Refrigerators" website, sparked discussions on sexism in pop culture and the comic-book industry. The trope's influence extends beyond comics, with critiques of its presence in film and television franchises. Notably, author Catherynne M. Valente, inspired by Gwen Stacy's portrayal in The Amazing Spider-Man 2, wrote The Refrigerator Monologues, addressing the trope's impact on female characters in superhero narratives. The term was coined by comic book fan (and later writer) Gail Simone in 1999, named after an incident in "Forced Entry", Green Lantern vol. 3 #54 (1994), written by Ron Marz. The story includes a scene in which the title hero, Kyle Rayner, comes home to his apartment to find that the villain Major Force had killed Rayner's girlfriend, Alexandra DeWitt, and stuffed her into a refrigerator.[1] It describes a trend that Simone had recognized in comic book stories where female characters would be killed, maimed, sexually assaulted, depowered, or would experience other "life-derailing tragedies"[2] disproportionately more often than male characters.

It's about killing female characters to advance a male character's development. Jesus Christ, it already has a definition. What are we even doing here.

[little-grey-dowitcher]

So many people never learned to live with harmless discomfort at any point in their lives and holy fuck does it show

[little-grey-dowitcher]

“But I wanna know!” You’re gonna have to learn to be ok with not knowing some things, especially when those things involve personal details about strangers that they’re not comfortable sharing.

“But it’s confusing!” If you take the time to educate yourself it’ll no longer be confusing. Otherwise you’re just gonna have to learn to be ok with being confused.

“But it’s weird!” You probably do weird things all the time. Everyone does weird things sometimes. Life goes on.

“But it scares me!” Is it hurting you? No? You’ll be fine. Being scared and being harmed are not always the same thing. Learn to tell the difference and then act accordingly.

“But I want it!” And I want a million dollars. You can’t always get what you want.

[breelandwalker]

Addendum:

"But it makes me uncomfortable!" The world is an uncomfortable place and complete strangers are not required to fix that for you. Learning to endure harmless discomfort is a life skill for existing in public.

"But I don't like it!" There's plenty of things in the world and not all of them are fun or enjoyable or For You. This applies to everyone and we all have to deal with that in a mature fashion.

"But I want to do the thing!" You can't always do what you want. Most people learn this in preschool. Wanting something does not entitle you to be inconsiderate to the people around you.

[shadowen]

This is an anti-despair checkpoint! You must share something you're looking forward to before scrolling on.

[kingcatnine]

reminding everyone to wear sunscreen because the sun is a deadly laser: 😁😊

having to spend 10 minutes slathering yourself in grease just to safely be outside in the sun for 20 minutes. because the sun is a deadly laser: 😐👎

[shelleybel]

no idea what has her making this face

[shelleybel]

she remembered shes a little cat and has nothing to worry about

[allthingswhumpyandangsty]

it pains me that they’re still folks who don’t know about archive of our own 😭 babe come join ao3. it doesn’t have an app and it doesn’t need an app. but!!!!!! it also doesn’t have ads. it doesn’t have algorithm. it doesn’t have censorship. it allows the most filthy smut without plot. it allows the most shockingly dark and taboo fic (even if the fic glorifies and romanticizes dark and taboo things). it allows writers to write whatever they want, however they want. it has excellent tagging systems, anybody can search for or filter out any pairings, any characters, any tags they want. it allows anybody to download as many fics as they want to read offline. it’s completely free. it was created and is run by fans, for fans. with the main purpose to host fics that were banned on platforms like wattpad, and be completely against censorship. it’s a place of complete freedom. it’s a safe haven for all writers

[sologatos]

51026

[jadetheamazing]

@wishem cat with bug antenna. Maybe wings?

[wishem]

these count as bug anntena right?

[firesurgeon]

[sleepnoises]

"You Don't Bring Me Flowers Anymore," 54" by 54" quilt by Robyn Gragg of Lee's Summit, MO

The artist's description of the piece:

In the language of flowers, many species relate to grief, sorrow, and remembrance. My husband enjoyed surprising me with fresh flowers, but he has gone to Glory and I am lost in my grief.

Hand pieced, machine appliqued, longarm machine quilted, original design.

[underratedgrapeju1ce]

i'm so fucking over it

[underratedgrapeju1ce]

they didnt listen, by the way. because of course they didnt. theyre hiding domo ai from the member list and forcing them into private and public servers. use

/ban user:1153984868804468756

to get rid of it.

if you're interested in the Colorful support post i made regarding this, its under the cut. i'm livid.

[katana-kitsune]

adding this to the list… 🫩 5. 5 bots you have to fucking ban from discord that they added without your permission. What the absolute fuck.

Discord bots you need to ban

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[cosmicanger]

Petoskey stones ~ fossilized coral that lived 350 million years ago - the rocks rounded in the surf along the shore of Lake Michigan near Petosky, Michigan

[redstonedust]

may be a hot take but i think the fact minors can access 18+ content by just clicking a button that says 'yes im totally over 18 trust me' is like. totally fine tbh. its a non-issue. i dont care if curious teenagers are looking at porn. they've been doing that for as long as porn has existed. id rather teens explore their sexuality through images on the internet than rush into real life experiences when they're not ready for it yknow. the UK is trying to put stricter age verification in place (which in turn is becoming an online privacy nightmare) and like. for what. who is it helping. why is this a problem.

[bealittleimprobable]

People panic about "But what if kids pick up bad ideas from it???"

When I was a kid, Power Rangers got banned at school because we all thought it was incredibly cool and kept trying to kick each other in the head. No-one bothered explaining "Those are trained actors and it's all practiced, they don't *actually* hurt each other, and you're not good at that yet", they just banned it.

So we went to the park after school and read Kim's smuggled copy of the Power Rangers magazine and kicked each other in the head there instead.

(This is a metaphor, but it's also literally true. So much kicking in the head.)

God forbid parents actually talk to their teenagers.

[whitepeopletwitter]

[kalesrebellion]

So funny story actually. One of my friends was hooking up with this girl, they were friends with benefits. She needed a date for some work party so he agreed to go with her. Turns out her dad owns like 3 dental practices and she worked as the business manager for one of them.

Anyway my friend had some not so nice teeth and during dinner the father of his fwb was like “you work where you work, you sleep with him and his teeth look like that? Get him an appointment.”and then bounced. So his fwb made him an appointment at the practice she managed and my friend ended up needing like 3k worth of dental work and his friend with benefits just gave it to him for free.

So that is the story of how my friend not only got sex, but dental out of the friends with benefits deal.

[helloitsbees]

[spin-the-wheel-polls]

you were almost turned into a vampire, but before you could be fully turned, the vampire was staked. This left you with a vampire weakness, while still being human.

Spin the wheel to find out your weakness!

How much does this effect you?

Nothing changes

It's inconvenient but I can deal with jty

It will be hard to adjust but I'll figure it out

I don't know if I'll be able to live like this

Maybe I can find another vampire to finish the turning?

I might just kill myself

Results/other

Remaining time: 4 days 8 hours

thanks @theemmjay for submitting this poll idea!! Seriously it's such a cool concept I love it so much

[shizuoi]

the gaang as adults (from the ending credits of "Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender")

[empathicflowers]

my all-time comfort show since i was a child 🫶🏻