Void

[They/Them] Streamer, Writer, TTRPG player, chainmail maker. twitch@Voidcatgaming - Ao3@Senket

[dear-ao3]

[ryhsrunner]

The four most interesting parts of time loop are when the person kills themselves for the first time, when they kill someone else for the first time (in a fuck around kind of way, this doesn't count if they already were killing people outside of the loop), how they break the loop, and the weeks afterward where they loose their fucking minds in an entirely different, significantly more damaging to the world around them way. And yet I rarely see anything done with that last one. People leave time loops and are all happy go lucky 'oh boy'. Where's the grappling with people you know who will never know you? Where's the knowledge that the safety of the loop is gone, and you can't fix any mistakes you make? That's the good angst I want

[lazer-exe]

I'm gonna say it, I do think that even the laziest person imaginable should have a roof over their head, food in their stomach, and access to healthcare

[lazer-exe]

a lot of people are reblogging this saying that most "lazy" people are actually just disabled or that the concept of laziness itself is a product of our society's obsession with productivity. this is all true, but it is not my point.

even if someone WAS just lazy and simply didn't want to do anything but lie on the couch and watch tv, they should still have these things. it's irrelevant whether some people aren't actually lazy because everyone, including hypothetical lazy people, should have their basic needs met.

if we have the resources to do it, there is no defense of letting people die because they don't want to work, and much less because they can't.

I don't want lazy people to have basic necessities because they "actually" deserve them because they ARE working or CAN'T work. I want lazy people to have basic necessities because they are people, and we shouldn't leave them to die when we have the resources not to.

[saintvoids]

Even if a person is purely lazy for the sake of being lazy what harm does that do anyone? That’s like the least offensive thing “negative” thing to be. Kill the Calvinist in your mind people.

[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

[gaydiation-poisoning]

It would kill half the 19-25 year olds online to realize "I can't help it I have trauma" is one of THE quintessential abuser excuses

[digitaldiscipline]

This is the 85 year old creator of Roger Rabbit:

[yeyinde]

Collins is gone.

Namaygoosisagagun First Nation/Collins has burned to the ground. The entire community is nothing but ashes after being quickly consumed by wildfires. They did not have any support from emergency services, and no one offered aid. The community saved themselves by escaping into boats because no one came.

Mishkeegogamang and Cat Lake have lost power. Families are ending up in shelters with nothing. Armstrong, Lac La Croix, Whitesand, Gull Bay, Lac des Mille Lacs are currently in the fires path and all members are being evacuated.

All this loss, all this devastation, and it was entirely preventable.

After steadily underfunding wildland firefighting and purposefully excluding Indigenous wildland firefighters and Indigenous wildfire organizations from wildfire operations, firefighter training, decisionmaking, and resource exchanges, in 2025, Doug Ford slashed the forest firefighting budget.

It's hard to ignore his decision to cut funding and leave us out of adequate fire training (even though we've lived with forest fires for thousands of years—far longer than settlers have been in Canada—and made sure fires like the ones we're all seeing today were prevented through kinisitotēn) when, despite making up less than 5% of the population, we account for 42% percent of all wildfire evacuations in Canada.

And when we are successfully evacuated, we face discrimination and racism—like Kashechewan—because it's always been easier to blame us than it is to blame the true culprit: denialism, corportate greed, and colonization.

The people of Collins and every other impacted community deserve better.

Right now, the AFN is currently accepting donations to help Collins First Nation. If you're able to, please consider donating.

ONWA (Ontario Native Women's Association) is another great place to donate to. They have outreach vans going to motels and inns and offering food, water, resources, and cultural support to those impacted by the wildfires.

Other places to consider donating to are Mikinakoos Emergency Fund, Red Cross, True North Aid, Indigenous Climate Action. You can also send donations directly to Whitesand First Nation via e-transfer ([email protected]) and they request that you add your full name in the e-transfer comment section to receive a tax receipt.

*Before sending money, verify that the appeal appears on an official First Nation, Tribal Council or registered charity channel.

If you can't offer financial support, please consider donating items of need. Moontime Connections is currently accepting drop-off donations. If you live in the Thunder Bay area, Namaygoosisagagun Health Office is also taking in donations! They can also bemailed to Superior Inn Hotel & Conference Centre at 555 West Arthur Street, Thunder Bay, ON, P7E 5P8.

items needed are: food, diapers, medical masks, men’s and women’s joggers (all sizes), children’s clothing (newborn to size 14), children’s shoes, summer clothing, men’s clothing, toiletries (lotion, Vaseline, toothpaste, toothbrushes, shampoo, conditioner, soap, deodorant, etc.), strollers, adult depends-all sizes, dog & cat food

wīya ispīh iyiniw-kiskīyihtamowin pasikōpayiki kāwi askiy ta-iyihyīmakan

[todaysbat]

'It's a miracle': First Nation members escape northwestern Ontario wildfire as community burns to the ground | CBC News

Namaygoosisagagun First Nation, also known as Collins First Nation, has been destroyed by a wildfire that spans over 350,000 hectares in nor

Posted: July 16, 2026

IQAir article posted july 15, 2026: https://www.iqair.com/newsroom/wildfire-map-spotlight-northwestern-ontario-wildfires-canada

[m3k-sketches]

‘Couldn’t have done it without you, Bode’

more bodecal

[practicallyoblivious-blog]

[shinethewaythrough]

This rapid slide from attempted machismo to sweet tender feelings is what happened to the show, too.

[plain-flavoured-english]

As a Greek, in response to the current controversy about Matt Damon being cast as Odysseus, I'd just like to share that one of the moments that changed my brain chemistry as a kid was reading a novelized version of the Odyssey and coming across the following description of Odysseus when Circe sees him for the first time and thinks he's hot: "his hair curled like a clematis and his eyes were very brown".

So may I present my own casting choice for Odysseus:

[plain-flavoured-english]

Excuse me???

[ruffboi-mags]

you are right and you should say it.

[instantduckninja]

Is this the face of a man who would put his own infant in front of a plow to avoid going to war?

Absolutely not

You know who would try that shit?

Is this the face of a man who would defy the very gods to get home to his wife?

You know who would defy the gods just to show he could get away with it?

[fluffmugger]

The last thing Penelope's suitors ever see:

[fellthemarvelous]

We need to talk about Jedi Fallen Order.

Specifically Cere Junda (I love her).

One of the main themes of the story is the fact that nobody is perfect.

Cere Junda: Every Jedi faces the dark side. And it’s very easy to fail. Cal Kestis: You’re still struggling with the dark side. Even after cutting yourself off from the Force. Cere Junda: We will always struggle. But that is the test. It’s the choice to keep fighting that makes us who we are.

This is what is means to be a Jedi. If falling to the dark side wasn't so easy, the Jedi wouldn't need to exist in the first place. Their strength is their compassion. They choose diplomacy first because their goal is to defend life. They share a deep connection with the Force, but they don't weaponize it.

Cere used the dark side to escape Fortress Inquisitorius and killed everyone (except her former padawan) to get out. Her rage was so powerful that she cut herself off from the Force completely and stopped considering herself a Jedi. She feared that if she connected again she would succumb to the dark side entirely.

That is the battle. It's not about perfection but rather restraint.

She used the dark side and it didn't make her evil, but she struggled with it for years because of her own guilt and anger. She stopped herself from falling to the dark side, but she didn't fully trust herself anymore. When confronted with Vader once again, she almost allowed the dark side to consume her, but Cal reminded her that she still had a choice and she chose differently. Instead of using the Force as a weapon, she used it to create a force field to protect both her and Cal. She stopped herself from crossing the line, which takes a lot of strength considering she was facing the monster she felt so much hatred for. The monster who had brutally tortured her, not just physically but also mentally. The monster who forced her to watch as her former padawan succumbed to the dark side and became an Inquisitor.

Resisting the dark side is not easy. The temptation is always there, even for the Jedi, but their ability to rise above and choose compassion and mercy over rage and cruelty is what sets them apart. Sometimes they stumble, sometimes they fail, but failure is part of the journey too.

And that's a lesson that is repeated throughout the story of Fallen Order.

Eno Cordova: Failure is not the end. It is a necessary part of the path. Hope will always survive in those who continue to fight.

.........................

Jaro Tapal: Get up. Try again. Padawan Cal: I just keep failing, Master! Jaro Tapal: Do you? Good. Keep failing, keep getting back up. That is the only way to succeed. Don’t allow yourself to be weighed down by ego and pretense. Let go of what you fear to lose and rise up.

..........................

Cere Junda: Failure’s a part of the journey.

Failure is hard, but it always teaches a valuable lesson. Order 66 pushed Jedi survivors to their limits and tested them in ways they'd never experienced before. Cere's failure with Trilla haunted her, but she didn't fail because she was bad. She failed because the pain and the anguish became too much for her to bear any longer, and her failure put Trilla on the path that led to her becoming Second Sister. Darth Vader used Cere's failure to make Trilla hate her former master even though it was his own sadistic cruelty that wore Cere down to begin with. Despite her failure, Cere kept going. She kept fighting. And she never gave up on the Jedi Order.

[free-my-mindd]

[homoidiotic]

Trans activist Jamison Green's passport photos before and after HRT. Left he's age 32 (1980) Right age 41 (1989) after being on testosterone for one year (x)

(read his autobiography here for free)

[homoidiotic]

updated the link to his autobiography because it was broken! here's some more pictures of him (first is mid 90s, second 2013 and last 2024)

there's an interview with him from 2017 along with some information about his life and activism. and he was interviewed on a podcast here. he's not super well known but has been a really important trans activist for decades

[fforsythiaaa]

Once when I was in undergrad, someone described something as “problematic” in class and our professor was like, “That’s cool, but ‘problematic’ doesn’t really mean anything. It means that the thing you’re describing has a problem, and in and of itself that’s not bad. Art, especially, should always have problems, or else it’s not interesting and not art, either. It sounds like you’re trying to say that this is bad, but you don’t want to say ‘bad.’ Is that right?”

So from then on whenever one of us called something problematic, he would make us talk it out until we could name the “bad” thing we were hinting at. In this particular class, 7/10 it was some type of oppression, and the remainder was like, “I’m uncomfortable because this is very new/confusing/pushing boundaries that made me feel safe.”

Once we stopped calling things “problematic” and stopping at that, class got way more interesting and... we all had to say, like, “that’s racist” or “that’s misogynistic” or “ew capitalism gross” out loud, which a lot of us had never done in a classroom before. Or we had to be like, “Uhhh... I’m not sure what’s so bad?” and confront our own beliefs and that was maybe even more useful.

Anyway. Whenever I see the word problematic, I can’t help but think of this professor being like, “Good starting point, now let’s get specific.” I think when we have to commit to saying “that’s ___” it requires a lot more careful thought about the truth and impact and complexities of whatever we’re claiming. Sometimes there really is some bullshit afoot, and also sometimes it’s art, and it should be full of problems, because that’s what art is.

[hypokeimena]

#'this is present in the text' is often a good first step #but those second and third ones (naming it; describing its function) are vital (via @elucubrare)

[staticbluue]

“People should pass a test before being allowed to have kids.” “Isn’t it scary how white people have this inborn capacity for evil?” “I’ll never pass because males and females have different skull shapes.” “Autistic people have a stronger sense of justice than anyone else.” “I don’t want AMABs in my space because they’re dangerous.” “You shouldn’t have access to hormones if you dress like THAT.” “Anyone who does something that awful isn’t human.” “Some people really shouldn’t be allowed to vote.”

This is eugenics. This is phrenology. THIS IS NAZI SHIT, YOU ARE A LEFTIST BUYING INTO NAZI SHIT. YOU ARE NOT IMMUNE TO NAZI SHIT.

[kaiokentimesten]

I love seeing certain takes about certain characters and going "congrats. You've fallen for the front they put up"

[breakfastteatime]

Still rewatching Stargate SG-1 in no order whatsoever. Just noticed in a S1 episode they use NETSCAPE NAVIGATOR. Fucking shoutout to the OG.