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[shop5]

let’s be real the pressure to use AI as an adult is exactly what they said the pressure the do drugs as a teenager would be like but the people that told us that caved immediately for the AI and definitely did not just say no

[shamebats]

"There's no thought crimes and no thought heroisms" is honestly such a good piece of life advice.

You could be having the most fucked up problematic thoughts 24/7 but if you treat people with kindness, the good you do is the only thing that matters. But if you have only the purest thoughts and all the correct beliefs, it doesn't matter one bit if you spend most of your time being an asshole to people.

[cardassiangoodreads]

#fandom needs this one

[twasjane]

God there really is a Terry Pratchett quote for everything

[discworld-heritage-posts]

Discworld Heritage Post

[authorbeloved]

I want a murderbot novella about a starlet on the entertainment feed who is being violently threatened by a coorperation for reasons. And suddenly a strange SecUnit appears and saves her. And it risks its own life and safety to keep her alive. And she's like "Why are you doing so much for me when I dont even know you?" And the SecUnit is like "You need to be alive to film the next season of World Hoppers for me and my friend."

[occudo]

They wear suits, but they don't even know basic etiquette.

Based on @cowardsexual 's post of a very sleepy phm science team and Grace's teacher instincts

[nuclearfaggot]

im asking you to stay here. i cannot tell you why, i dont have any other reason except i want to see you here. i want to see you as happy as you can be. please, do what you can to stay. to find happiness wherever you can. i know that it is selfish of my to ask this. but i’m asking you anyway. take care of yourself. if not for yourself, then for me

[aro-ace-chaos]

I’m so tired of the “why do people hate aspecs, they aren’t doing anything?” argument. I know that it is an attempt to support us, but it fails so spectacularly to understand aromanticism, asexuality, and any other aspec identity that it’s actively frustrating.

We are doing something. We’re rejecting allonormative ideals and that’s a massive thing to do. We’re actively fighting not just to help other aspecs, but to help everyone, because amatonormativity (and allonormativity as a whole) hurt everyone. Single people who want to find a partner but can’t also deserve to be able to exist.

There are so many issues with the expectation of marriage, including:

A single income isn't enough to get by anymore

Having a spouse is almost necessary under the current medical system

Society shames and pressures people who are single to get into relationships constantly

Rejecting allonormativity means fighting against these things that hurt everyone.

So, no, aces and aros and other aspecs aren't "doing nothing." We're doing quite a lot.

[slothful-rabbit]

I laughed so fucking hard at this

[paint-lady]

[bluegiragi]

the daeronlings

early access on patreon

[chilewithcarnage]

no amount of budgeting will make up for the fact that we simply do not make enough money

[raddagher]

no amount of therapy will make up for the fact that we simply do not make enough money

[moss-wizard]

no amount of working will make up for the fact that we simply do not make enough money

[yuumei-art]

Celestial Oak I painted this over a month ago and totally forgot to post it lol

I love the idea of each acorn containing it's very own universe 🌌 I've also been designing some acorn lanterns, photos coming soon!

[lucife56]

Inspired by In Service to the Princes of the Blood by mooms

[bluegiragi]

then and now

early access on patreon

[whitepeopletwitter]

[blanketfortarchitect]

[rebloggingistheenemy]

[inviernodel95]

Thank you. I hope everybody thinks this

[secondlina]

No transphobes allowed, only transborbs.

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[stealingpotatoes]

people raised some good questions on that marrocrow post about what vader would think of two inquisitors dating so here's some potential answers <3

[dorkery]

Must-know for Japanese fandom: the meaning of "proship" and the concept of "proshippers" in Western f｜オレンジア｜note

[TN: This is a translation of this note by Maromi. If you are able, I encourage you to read the original article for yourself as translation

I have never read a more excellent article

[todayiwrotenothing]

[brightwanderer]

This is a great take and I would like to adopt “Feelings Yakuza” in English actually, I feel like it conveys the whole thing way more obviously than “anti” (not to mention the muddled meaning of “proshipper”).

[thebiscuiteternal]

To avoid harassment, EA and SEA artists have started pre-emptively blocking users with "proship DNI" or any variation thereof in their profiles as a result of this article and said feelings yakuza are getting pissed that their DNIs are being hard enforced by the other side. How very dare.

[septmilleneurones]

I’m screaming with laughter at the actual Japanese term, o-kimochi yakuza. The “o” is an honorific indicator to indicate how prissy and self-important these people are being.

[moompl]

I think it’s important to recognize that Baelor is a politician just as much as he is a good person. I see a lot of people painting him as this honorable chivalrous paragon of goodness and while he certainly is good and does good for unselfish reason, he is still someone who is working within a corrupt system. Bertie even recognizes this and plays Baelor as someone who is sort of playing a character for the people around him, even if much of that character is true to himself.

Baelor is good but he’s not good like Dunk is good, and I don’t mean that as a criticism of him, but Baelor would never be able to be good the way Dunk is because of the station he was born to. Baelor has to know how to cater and mold the people around him, he has to know how to lead and inspire. He can’t just be good, he has to appear great.

What I am trying to get at is that Baelor is complex and he is not all good, and I feel like some people are doing him a disservice by trying to paint him as such. He’s more interesting when he’s a little self serving and underhanded.

[sansa-stark-is-me]

That’s actually a really important point people miss when they talk about Baelor Breakspear. The fact that he’s a noble in a feudal system means he’s always operating with competing interests and privileges. Yes, he’s one of the genuinely decent people in that world. He’s honorable and clearly cares about justice more than most nobles around him. But people sometimes jump from “good person” to “he would magically fix the system.” And those are two completely different things.

Baelor is still a noble prince of a feudal monarchy. He’s wealthy and part of the same aristocratic structure that governs Westeros. Even if he personally believes in fairness and restraint, he’s still a prince in a medieval kingdom built on hereditary tyranny.

People think that if he’d become a king he’d make Westeros into California 2026… it’s true a good king can make the system less cruel fewer arbitrary punishments, more mercy, maybe better mediation between lords but he can’t turn Westeros into a modern egalitarian society overnight. The entire framework of the realm is based on hereditary rule, noble land ownership, smallfolk with no political voice and power concentrated in aristocratic families. Baelor could soften that reality, but he can’t remove it without fundamentally destroying the system he himself belongs to.

And GRRM actually writes a lot of characters like this on purpose. They’re morally good individuals trapped inside flawed institutions. Their goodness matters, but it doesn’t magically transform the world around them.

So seeing Baelor as honorable and admirable is fair. But imagining that his reign would suddenly turn Westeros into some kind of modern, just society misses how deeply feudal power structures shape the story. In that world, even the best rulers are still rulers of a system that was never designed to be fair in the first place. Baelor can be flawed because being a noble comes with flaws that even the most honorable person can’t fully overcome.

[moompl]

@whateverthought Saw your tags and I have a post explaining my thoughts about Lyonel and Baelor and how peoples love for Baelor really blind them to the reality of the whole trial situation.

I likeBaelor and I do think he truly did want to help Dunk because he believed in the ideals of knighthood, but to deny that he didn’t also have other motives when lending his aid is a huge disservice to the character in my opinion. Lyonel was right about Baelor to some degree, he truly risked the least out of everyone on Dunk’s side; Baelor himself knew this and planned to use that to his and Dunk’s advantage. Which isn’t something that I disagree with exactly but Robyn had the right of it when he asked if that was an honorable thing to do.

Baelor was a good politician on top of being a better person than the average noble in Westeros. He wasn’t perfect and I really liked how Bertie played him as still having that Targaryen temperament even if he kept more at bay. He may be less quick to anger than someone like Maekar, but he is not someone whose bad side you would want to be on.

This is what makes a great character in my eyes, someone who is more than just good or bad, and has traits that muddy the waters of morality.

Trying to make it so that Baelor is just this great person with palatable flaws washes the story of its complexity, and in my personal opinion, makes Baelor’s character a whole lot less interesting.

[unabashedlysporadickryptonite]

Piling on to this!

Not only does Baelor think fighting for Dunk is the honorable and right thing to do on a personal level, but also from a political PR point of view. Think about it; a young, entitled dragon prince assaulted a commoner woman in a public venue, and that story is going to spread big time. They (the Targaryens as a both a family and political party) need to regain control of the narrative. Baelor, as the next political head and soon to be head of the family, counters the narrative of the spoiled and tyrannical Targaryens by fighting on Dunk's side, the side of the common folk and chivalric justice.

This doesn't even begin to get into the religious aspect. Don't forget that the trial of seven is supposedly decided by the gods. If Dunk loses, Baelor is still the even-handed man who felt he had to protect the rights of common folk and knights (side note, it never hurts to curry favor with the group of people that make up the best trained fighters in your army). If Dunk wins, then it is because the gods declared him correct and Baelor fought on behalf of holy justice.

Either way the fight turned out, Baelor could have used his participation to counter anti-Targaryen sentiment that Aerion stirred up with his actions. Politically savvy!

I like to think Baelor also thought Aerion was a little shit-stain and wanted Dunk to win on a personal level :D