Immortality is a Choice

Rebecca, She/Her. Trans, Bisexual, 28. Overall nerd. I like Magic: The Gathering and also a lot of other random stuff. Ask me about writing commissions! My Ko-fi

[oifaaa]

I've said it before but I'll say it again I refuse to believe anyone that likes turning themselves into the opposite gender as much as Naruto does is anything close to cis I cant prove it but I know in my heart that lad is gender fluid

[thedorkdionysia]

i think it would do a lot of people good to remember that Mormons are white supremacists, no nuance, no debate, no arguing how they've gotten "more diverse", their whole belief system is fundamentally rooted in white supremacist ideals

[userboxer]

[sexhaver]

the Rennala fight is extremely fucking funny because like. you break into a grieving woman's room and act out the "how many kindergarteners could you take in a fight" meme, and then the opening dialogue for phase 2 implies that what you're fighting is actually a projection of Renalla at her full power conjured up by her daughter Ranni. but then you kill "her" (the projection of Renalla) and her final words are "Little Ranni... weave thy night into being..."

except they're not actually her final words because you reload and she's sitting there just fine. so what actually happened was you killed Ranni's tulpa of her mom. which means Ranni made her own mom say the equivalent of "my daughter... my favorite child who has never done anything wrong ever... you were right about everything... you're going to win at politics... and your waist is snatched..."

[ranni-thewitch]

i believe it wise to hear out the wisdom of renalla

[rustybottlecap]

[comicgeekscomicgeek]

There is… a lot going on here.

[captain-price-returns]

This isn't going to become some anomalous method of arresting people. They will be shocking people like this as a matter of course.

Luckily thick clothing will insulate you from the shock.

[kropotkindersurprise]

They will 100% use this to torture people they're trying to arrest, and then when people struggle in response to the pain they will use that automatic human response as an excuse to execute them in the streets. absolutely insane to even consider giving this to any cop, let alone ICE!

[newtype-lila]

rb to tell prev they're being so brave right now and pat their head a little please

[gojira007]

[renthony]

It's wild to watch the phrase "tumblr sexyman" morph into "man that tumblr thinks is sexy," because when I first saw the phrase come into use, I always saw it used in reference to the phenomenon of "when presented with a wide array of fictional characters, tumblr will always pick the skinny white man to obsess over, and if the fan-favorite character has no canonical human appearance, the fandom will inevitably create a popular fanon of the character as as a skinny white man."

When I hear "tumblr sexyman," I think of Cecil Night Vale being constantly depicted as a skinny white man instead of literally anything else. I think of the background character white men who get elevated over protagonists that are women, people of color, or otherwise not the white man power fantasy.

"Tumblr sexyman" is, like. An insult. I DON'T want any of my blorbos to win a "tumblr sexyman" poll. "Tumblr sexyman" is the exact opposite of what I want my own OCs to be. If any of my characters ever get called "tumblr sexyman," I will have to immediately re-evaluate myself and the art I'm making.

[ozth]

fuckkkkkk I cleared the time loop first try

[ozth]

I woke up in the morning and everything was different

[oneheadtoanother]

Upon hearing this, the student became enlightened.

[shelbyblueeyes]

[eatthekidsfirst]

I will never understand why people upload cropped, low-res, uncredited art. Here's the full piece, originally created for a collaboration with watchmaker Ulysse Nardin:

Milo Manara, 2019, Ulysse Nardin, 2, mixed technique on paper

[fertilefloor]

i think about rape a lot because i'm an abolitionist and i was raped in the classic Violently Raped By A Stranger way. when i talk about prison abolition with people i often get that push back of like "yeah sure but we still need prisons for rapists and for murders."

putting that guy in prison wouldn't have done anything for me or even for anyone else. rape doesn't stop because we put every rapist in a cage, because a rapist isn't a kind of person. and because everybody can rape and everyone might rape. rape also doesn't happen because of opportunity (not necessarily). it's like, rape happens because it is part of the processes that reconstruct the world we find ourselves in. rape is a force (one of many) that drives gender and racial subordination, which are needed for capitalism to work. rape happens because it has to.

black men and women are raped to reinforce racial hierarchies, women are raped to reinforce their subordination to men and to reconstruct the nuclear family, trans women are raped to dehumanize us. rape is a deterrent and rape is productive. we're raped because we are a threat.

when people say like "what about rapists?" i say there aren't any. i wasn't raped by a person, i was raped because it was necessary.

[fertilefloor]

and honestly i think about rape a lot because it gets me off. and i don't think it's necessary to construe that as like a healing process or a taking back of power or anything like this. i think that all comes after cumming.

[fertilefloor]

rape is very plain and common and i think its elevation to this grave unforgivable absolutely tarnishing of both victim and perpetrator unspeakable act really serves to like, extend its usefulness to the status quo. i think that has to be rejected. i think everyone should talk about being raped. even if they are afraid the word doesn't fit. even if they don't believe what happened to them rises to that level.

[ahmed-motaz]

The story in this picture isn't just about numbers; it's about living, breathing people, just like you, who have been kiIIed by the b0mbing.

[ahmed-motaz]

Here in G@za, we are b0mbed relentlessly every day. Our tattered tents are torn apart, injuring us and our children every moment. We have no shelter left, and our tents desperately need repair to protect us from the sun and offer a modicum of safety. Before it was completely destroyed

[ahmed-motaz]

The situation is no longer tenable. We urgently need h@lp to escape G@za as quickly as possible before de@th, which surrounds us on all sides, claims us. d0nate now and save our lives. Every contribution, no matter how small, could be the reason for our survival, whether it's repairing our destroyed tents or h@lping us reach safety. Please d0nate

[ahmed-motaz]

Friends, I beg you, do something quickly for us .and h@lp us by d0nating or even accompanying us to leave G@za. The occupation is currently carrying out a massive b0mbing campaign throughout G@za, which has already targeted many tents around us. The sounds of explosions are terrifying us, and sand and shrapnel are raining down on us and our tent. Please h@lp us by d0nating so we can repair our tent and avoid having to raise the funds to leave G@za. Please d0nate and don't leave us.

[quoms]

Nolan's Odyssey plays with PTSD as a theme, but it neither glorifies nor condemns war as such. It's textually a movie about how war and fighting and killing have Rules, and if you break the Rules enough then not only will you as an individual be divinely punished but all of civilization will collapse. This is the rare take so ultra-centrist that it will appear to many viewers as cryptic and esoteric

[quoms]

I actually don't resent Nolan for making movies with assertively centrist politics. That's his right as an artist, and anyone vehemently asserting anything is automatically kind of interesting to me. But of course there's a void at the heart of centrism - a fundamental absence of real belief - which is why people run into so much trouble when they try and pick apart the politics of a Nolan film. There's nothing underneath, nothing there to "get to."

I was thinking about Disco Elysium's Moralism while trying to explain this post to someone, and of course about "Kingdom of Conscience", and it occurred to me (and I know this isn't an original thought) that centrists have a very hostile relationship to desire. It's not just beliefs and convictions that must be "put away immediately, and the child reprimanded," it's the wordless desires that lie under those beliefs and convictions. Desire is by definition unfulfilled: all desire is the desire for things to be different, which is the opposite of what centrists want.

What I'm saying here is that the lack of sex, and of sexiness, in Nolan movies (and Marvel movies and other contemporary blockbusters) has a direct connection to their political messaging. It's not solely American puritanism or risk-averse PG-13 corporate conservatism - although it is those - it's also this desire thing. These movies don't just lack sex, they lack eroticism in the broadest sense of the term. They lack frisson. Even when there is sex or nudity, there's still no eroticism!

These blockbuster protagonists generally don't want things, they don't need things, they don't crave things, they're obligated to things. That makes them less than human, not more than human (just compare and contrast with the gods in Greek mythology), and it makes the movies quite boring in my opinion!

[catmask]

awhile ago a coworker and i were play arguing whether or not the mystery gang were all romantically a thing/polycule or just really good friends (yknow bored at work things) and knowing my bfs interest in scooby doo i texted him asking him to be the tie breaker and he responded “well it depends which canon youre going off of” and just instantly cold sweat knew i was out of my depth

[empressawesomecoolness]

ok, let’s break it down…

is Mystery Inc. a polycule? - based on every Scooby-Doo adaptation:

TV Shows

Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! - Yes, absolutely. It’s the fucking ‘60s and they’re hippies who live in a van with their dog

The New Scooby-Doo Movies - Yes

The Scooby-Doo Show - They’re on-again off-again

Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo - No

The New Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo Show - No

The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo - No

A Pup Named Scooby-Doo - No, not yet

What’s New, Scooby-Doo? - Yes, but they’re less hippie-dippie about it. more like a modern, Y2K polycule

Shaggy and Scooby-Doo Get a Clue! - No

Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated - Yes, their bond after that finale is inseparable

Be Cool, Scooby-Doo! - No, not yet, but they’re on their way there

Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? - Yes

Velma - No

Movies

Scooby-Doo Meets the Boo Brothers - No

Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School - No

Scooby-Doo! and the Reluctant Werewolf - No

Scooby-Doo! in Arabian Knights - No

Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island - They previously drifted apart and are now in the awkward getting-back-together phase, but nonetheless Yes

Scooby-Doo! and the Witch’s Ghost - Yes, and the Hex Girls (they’re a polycule too btw) probably join every now and then

The Scooby-Doo Project - No, too dysfunctional

Scooby-Doo and the Alien Invaders - Yes

Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase - Yes

Scooby-Doo! and the Legend of the Vampire - Yes

Scooby-Doo! and the Monster of Mexico - Yes

Scooby-Doo! and the Loch Ness Monster - Yes

Aloha, Scooby-Doo! - Yes

Scooby-Doo! in Where’s My Mummy? - Yes

Scooby-Doo! Pirates Ahoy! - Yes

Chill Out, Scooby-Doo! - Yes

Scooby-Doo! and the Goblin King - Yes

Scooby-Doo! and the Samurai Sword - Yes

Scooby-Doo! Abracadabra-Doo - Yes

Scooby-Doo! Camp Scare - Yes

Scooby-Doo! Legend of the Phantosaur - Yes

Scooby-Doo! Music of the Vampire - Yes, absolutely

Big Top Scooby-Doo! - Yes

Scooby-Doo! Mask of the Blue Falcon - Yes. Blue Falcon and Dyno-Mutt are allies

Scooby-Doo! Adventures: The Mystery Map - they’re on-again off-again, but mostly Yes

Scooby-Doo! Stage Fright - Yes

Scooby-Doo! Wrestlemania Mystery - Yes

Scooby-Doo! Frankencreepy - They’re on the rocks for a moment there but nonetheless Yes

Scooby-Doo! Moon Monster Madness - Yes

Scooby-Doo! and Kiss: Rock and Roll Mystery- Yes. Kiss are not allies

LEGO Scooby-Doo! Haunted Halloween - Yes

Scooby-Doo! and WWE: Curse of the Speed Demon - Yes

Scooby-Doo! Shaggy’s Showdown - Yes

LEGO Scooby-Doo! Blowout Beach Bash - Yes

Scooby-Doo! & Batman: The Brave and The Bold - Yes. Batman is an ally

Scooby-Doo! and the Gourmet Ghost - Yes. Bobby Flay is hesitant but slowly becomes an ally

Scooby-Doo! and the Curse of the 13th Ghost - They’ve sense reunited and warmed to one another, so Yes

Scooby-Doo! Return to Zombie Island - No

Happy Halloween, Scooby-Doo! - Yes

Scooby-Doo! The Sword and the Scoob - Yes

Straight Outta Nowhere: Scooby-Doo! Meets Courage the Cowardly Dog - Yes. Courage and Muriel are allies, Eustace is not

Trick or Treat, Scooby-Doo! - Yes

Scooby-Doo! and Krypto, Too! - Yes. Krypto and Superman are allies

SCOOB! - No, and Blue Falcon and Dyno-Mutt are definitely not allies

Scooby-Doo (live action 2002) - They break up but reconcile and get back together, so Yes

Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed - Yes

Scooby-Doo! The Mystery Begins - they’re on-again off-again

Scooby-Doo! Curse of the Lake Monster - they’re on-again off-again

Daphne & Velma - No

(this is all 100% factual canon btw, William Hanna and Joseph Barbera rose from their graves and approved this list)

[ivyroseiris]

Reminder that Canada is fucking evil

Canada continuing genocide against Indigenous Peoples, international tribunal finds | CBC News

An international tribunal has ruled that the Government of Canada’s current policies constitute an ongoing genocide against Indigenous Peopl

[dredsina]

Ive said this before but swear the biggest skill to learn as an adult is how to resist high-pressure sales tactics. You do NOT have to answer questions with anything other than "Sorry I'm not interested." No matter how nice they are or no matter how many follow up questions they ask or even how agitated they get when you stand your ground. Just keep saying I'm not interested. Don't answer their questions. Don't give them an opening to try to push back on your reasons. Be a fucking brick wall of I'm not interested.

[sweaterkittensahoy]

When we bought our car, I told Sean to let me handle it. I walked in and said "We have X for a down payment and cannot pay more than Y in monthly payments." My Y number had some leeway, but I didn't mention that.

First thing the sales guy did after I laid down the rules was turn to Sean and go, "What's your number?" And Sean said. "Oh, no, you negotiate with Gayle."

So, strike one for the sales guy. Could not divide and conquer us by implying THE MAN would not surprised at what I laid down.

Sales guy then had to confer with his manager and left us at his desk for several minutes. I have a vague recollection (this was 16 years ago) of Sean and I amusing ourselves doing bits about the other people there to look at cars. I am sure we did not give off the stressed or nervous energy they were hoping for.

Guy comes back. His first offer is fifty dollars a month more than I told him we could pay. I looked at him and said "I gave you our upper limit."

"Well, but what's another 50 bucks a month?"

"Something I can't afford."

He didn't know what to do with my open and unashamed admittal that I had a budget because my money was finite.

He went back to talk to the manager again.

It took two more rounds of "I told you what I can afford" before he finally came back 20 bucks under what I'd stated as my max.

The trick to resisting high-stress sales tactics is doing the math at home, knowing exactly what you can afford, and then walking into the room and stating that number minus 15%. Then refusing to budge from that number. Never, ever, meet then where they want. Always meet them where you want. Because at the end of the day, you can walk away and go somewhere else and say "I told the people at Z what my terms were, and they refused to work with me. Here are my terms. Meet them, and you make a sale today."

[rabbitkinglune777]

t his is what most people want queer/trans rep to be

[rabbitkinglune777]

this is drawn out of hatred because of a bad video I saw I'm sorry.

[rabbitkinglune777]

WHY WRITE AND MAKE FLAWED AND PERSONAL CHARACTERS WHEN YOU CAN JUST MAKE STUFF THAT IS CORPORATE FRIENDLY AND WON'T MAKE CISHET (MEN) PEOPLE UNCOMFORTABLE.