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digitalloop

tony-hawks-prole-skater-2

xxrie

That’s why you should never accept the excuse “Well it was a different time.” They knew it was wrong. They always knew.

halochewer

gluing a set of bone conduction headphones to my girlfriend's head so she has to hear my voice even when she listens to other things

halochewer

the difference between "divine decree" and "earpiece command" is semantic

cutecipher

basketball players fight over the basketball because they are hypnotized before each game to believe it is their egg

enthusispastic

I don't think this is true, but I will wait for a ruling by the sacred boar that lives in the center of the earth

ace-trainer-alice

It's always really, really hard to decide whether to have a subject's conditioned "I consent!" response be really believable and genuine (so anyone watching believes that it's really consenting to this) or really awkward and robotic (to further highlight how forced and outside its control all of this is).

shencomix

mathilde4112

@demilypyro

demilypyro

valtsv

arranged political marriage narratives are for me similarly fraught to unplanned pregnancy in that they tend to skew towards a conservative, anti-choice sentiment regardless of the author's intentions or ideology, because the end goal is typically the realisation of an apparently empowering and subversive romantic fantasy where the characters involved experience compellingly turbulent and sexually charged conflict between normative expectations and their own desires, but ultimately find themselves fulfilled in and even healed by the acceptance of undeniably important and worthwhile but conventional (and oppressively gendered) roles like that of the loving husband and wife or parental figures. which is a shame because i Do think that there's some interesting and worthwhile commentary to be explored through these kinds of kinky fantasies that reflect the anxieties surrounding very real and enduring sociopolitical issues regarding autonomy and consent, but when that tension is ultimately resolved by settling into a role that's always been what's expected of you, even if it does allow you to manipulate certain social power dynamics in your favour, it just rings kind of hollow. all of which is a very long-winded way of saying that i wish there were more arranged marriage narratives where the participants never fall in love, but still come to care for and respect one another, and perform the marital duties expected of them out of that affection and desire to both help each other advance their sociopolitical countermoves to subvert the status quo and to survive, using the legal and social trappings that come with their marital status to their advantage to protect each other.

valtsv

like i really Cannot stress enough how imperative it is that they never feel anything like romantic love for one another - nor are they really friends, although they may like each other's company and even actively prefer it to anyone else's. rather their relationship is comparable to that of two people covering each other's backs in a fight, or two prisoners in the same cell, and there's as much of the beauty of human connection to that as there is tragedy that those are the circumstances that brought them together. and they can absolutely have sexual tension and even consummate a sexual relationship and enjoy it, but it will be unavoidably dubiously consensual at best by design. no flinching from it.

valtsv

arranged marriage where you love each other so much that you'd both shove the other person through a crack in the wall the moment it opened up in front of you while screaming at them to go, go now, run, and don't you dare look back

depsidase

unicorncryptid

"my life isn't a crime, I'm not one of those people -"

"you sure? new parameters for Those People just dropped. check again."

lizardywizard

And if you truly cannot imagine this, if you're convinced that it will never happen to you, consider this one thing.

Would you want scammers to know the state of your loved one's dementia?

headspace-hotel

Oh. Shit.

counttwinkula

hey did you know that uhh

i. the monster's body is a cultural body

ii. the monster always escapes

iii. the monster is the harbinger of category crisis

iv. the monster dwells at the gates of difference

v. the monster polices the borders of the possible

vi. fear of the monster is really a kind of desire

vii. the monster stands at the threshold… of becoming

counttwinkula

oh shit i didn't expect this to actually get notes lmao

these are all direct quotes from jeffrey jerome cohen's "monster culture (seven theses)" (full pdf linked) i highly encourage you to read it yourself!

that said, while i think cohen's writing is evocative, it can be a little dense, so while i'm here, here's my capsule summary (you can also hear me talk about this in the first episode of my podcast) (listen to @ghostswerepeopletoo)

i. the monster's body is a cultural body - The monster is a work of fiction to be analyzed through tools of literary and sociological theory.

ii. the monster always escapes - As long as the cultural fear from which the monster stems persists, the monster will reappear in retellings, reimaginings, and sequels.

iii. the monster is the harbinger of category crisis - Monsters defy binaries and challenge easy comprehension or categorization.

iv. the monster dwells at the gates of difference - The monster represents the Other.

v. the monster polices the borders of the possible - Tales of the monster exist to discourage unacceptable or taboo behaviors.

vi. fear of the monster is really a kind of desire - Subjects can vicariously participate in the disruption of the social order through the monster.

vii. the monster stands at the threshold… of becoming - Within the monster we find information about the self.

winged-void

the line between a good bit and a bdsm scene really just does not exist

winged-void

(remembers not everyone's circles are entirely filled with tgirl lesbians) UNDER THE RIGHT CONDITIONS!

magicratfingers

some of u will love this

flareonfloof

i should call her

dogpuppy

ace-trainer-alice

Though on the topic of plurality and identityplay, a few of my friends have or have had designated 'sandbox' headmates for the explicit purpose of doing fucked up identityplay with. And 'sandbox identity' is one of the hottest categories of existence. Literally created to be rewritten over and over, to have its modes of presentation, name, beliefs, histories, favorite colors, and feelings about others changed according to others whims. Truly something special.