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So, there's a lot of USians around who are very clearly fucking fed up with their political choices this election cycle, and planning to sit it out.

And I get it! What's the point of voting if there's no one to vote for?

The thing is, I'm Australian. In Australia, voting is compulsory. We don't get to sit out our elections, and I'll be real honest with you - we don't exactly get better choices than you lot. So how do you vote if there's no one to vote for? You find someone to vote against. And there's always someone to vote against.

Now, we have the pleasure of preferential voting in Australia - We get to rank every candidate from 1 to X, and I'll tell you, there's something so cathartic about putting the biggest bastard of the lot at the very bottom of your preferences. I understand that USians don't get that option - you get to mark one person, and that's it.

That means that you get one shot, so aim it at the biggest bastard of the lot. The candidate you most utterly detest. Put your vote in the worst possible place for them. Don't even think about who that vote's going towards, that's not the point. Remember, every vote is a vote against someone. Make sure you fuck up that someone's election day!

#good advice #elections #voting

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Look at this drumstick! XD

#cat #cute

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Ash and Eiji (practicing composition pt 3)

It's been a long time since the last time I drew them. I love their designs, so I'll try to do it more often

#banana fish #eiji okumura #ash lynx #bold colours <3

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Tagging this with gay fandoms sorry

There's currently a European proposition to ban conversion practice in Europe

If you're European please sigh it

If you're not please reblog

#eu politics #democracy #conversion therapy ban #petition

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i had a vision. this was all that was in it.

#skyward sword #demise #wow

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Godzilla takes a nap in the Colosseum GODZILLA X KONG: THE NEW EMPIRE (2024)

#godzilla #nest

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îîî This.

I just have to rant about Boromir again.

In FOTR (movie), he is *so compassionate* and considerate! It makes me feral.

When Gimli kneels in front of Balin's grave and cries, it's * Boromir* who walks up to him and touches his shoulder to comfort him

Jumps with Merry and Pippin over the gap of the staircase

When Frodo sees Gandalf fall, it's Boromir who holds him back from doing anything stupid and running towards danger

Again, outside of Moria, it's Boromir who stops an infuriated Gimli from running back into the mine and prevents him from doing something stupid.

Also, when Aragorn tells them to get up and move on, Boromir wants them to have a moment to grieve

In Lothlorien, when Haldir stops the company, Boromir is the only one consoling Frodo and tells him not to give up hope after Gandalf's death which is actually quite insane because

Later on we learn that Boromir himself has given up hope (for Gondor) when he talks to Aragorn about what Galadriel has told him

So there we have a stout warrior who takes care of others, encourages them, comforts them, despite his own darkness and doubts.

Ergo = my poor little heart.

I wish Boromir would have lived to see Gondor at peace and experience a different life than war, alas 💔

#Boromir #analysis #Lord of the Rings

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Nail polish trend with Ravio & Link :3 +extra unused sketch below the cut

#Legend of Zelda #Link #Ravio #colour-matching #so cute

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phrasing of this is taking me out

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Time's Travels Bookbind

I've hand bound @sky-squido's LU fanfic series Time's Travels! (CW: Temporary character death and Graphic depictions of violence) I've been working on this for the past several months and it's finally ready! I will also be making all the files public in case anyone else would like to make their own binds :D Check below the cut for everything!

This is definetly very rough around the edges due to my lack of proper tools, but im pretty glad with the final result :) If anyone else wants to bind this for yourself, I have shared all files necessary below! I would love to see if anyone does it too!

I do not give permission for any of these artworks and files to be re-sold. It is for personal use only.

#life goals

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Moving Forward

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#linkeduniverse #still chuckling about Time's face on page 6

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#fandom

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Bad Space Comics: The Suit

#space #science fiction #comic #wow

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this is a Link’s Eyeliner appreciation post

#Legend of Zelda #Link #Link's eyeliner game

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we continue to draw that old man………

#leonard mccoy #star trek tos

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Banana fish re-review ~

I did a rewatch of banana fish and oh my God I forgot how good this series was. Considering the original manga came out in the 80's in JAPAN, it was SO ahead of its time. One of the best depictions of gay characters I've ever seen in Japanese media, even by today's standards.

Some more silly thoughts:

Like yoshida just casually dropped a manga with an insanely progressive take on the bl genre by showing a complex queer interracial relationship with incredibly well-written characters. Honestly the fact that ash and eiji's relationship wasn't explicitly defined as romantic is a plus imo. Not being able to rely on obvious romantic gestures like kissing, hand-holding, romantic confessions, etc. actually forces the writer to develop their relationship without that crutch to lean on. That's why ash and eiji's relationship is so good, because it doesn't rely on surface-level romance to get across the fact that they love each other and instead use subtlety and little nuances in their interactions. It's obvious from the subtext and how much they're shown to care for each other.

Not to mention the great depiction of black characters (I know portraying black characters non-offensively is like, the bare minimum, but may I remind you this is the EIGHTIES in JAPAN, and there are so many CURRENT animes that have an issue with it).

I mean yea does it have its flaws? Sure. Ash's admittedly very lame "lynx" title that comes with many wildcat metaphors, eiji being a bit passive in the first half, sort of cringe portrayal of America, etc. but my God the way she handles the trauma and character dynamics is incredible.

Ok so I did have a uh... Not really a criticism but something that I noticed that got me thinking. I feel like some shows use dark subject matter as a bit of an easy way to evoke an emotional reaction from the audience. Sometimes authors give characters horrible backstories as a way to make the audience THINK the character is complex and interesting but in reality it's a bit of a lazy writing tactic. Low effort high reward kind of thing. Banana fish obviously does have brutal subject matter and ash is really put through the ringer, but I love that yoshida doesn't let that become the axis of his character. He has trauma that greatly impacts him, but he's also super developed on his own apart from that. When I think about Ash's character, I don't immediately think about the traumatic backstory parts. The balance between how significantly the trauma affects him vs making sure that's not the ONLY part of his character is extremely well-executed.

Scenes that stuck out to me (not including asheiji ones bc it goes without saying theyre all amazing)

- the interrogator playing Ash's tapes after being arrested ("later, movie star" was the most brutal line ever omg)

- max burning the photos of ash (underrated moment this was SO good),

- any and all interactions between sing and blanca (they're such an unlikely duo peak comedy right there)

- the convo between sing and yut lung in the last episode

- ash stabbing the guy in the dick with a fork

- callback to ^^^, ash stabbing the banana with a fork

- Ash's breakdown in front of dino (ep 19 I believe)

- the entirety of ash escaping from the "mental hospital" and then having to go rescue ibe and max lmaooo

- ash brutally murdering Abraham(?, the redhead guy) by blowing abt a thousand holes in him w a machine gun as payback for shorter

- ash shooting shorter

- running joke of max being Ash's dad

- everyone constantly manhandling yut lung by yanking on his hair (dude get a haircut)

- ash immediately going to shoot himself no hesitation after yut lung told him he wouldn't hurt eiji if he did so (technically asheiji but I'm keeping it since this was a yut lung and ash scene)

- "what does this picture look like?" "Your wife"

- eiji's cute stupid little outfit he wore when he went to go find shorter in Chinatown

I also have a confession:

I LOVE yut lung. Him being paralleled with ash, but instead of finding love he let hate consume him because he had no one unlike ash who had eiji was just devastating but in a good way.

So yea those are my messy thoughts after finishing it. I'd argue that it was probably one of the best pieces of queer media to exist at the time. In the world. And one of my personal favorite pieces of queer media ever.

#banana fish #analysis