#they are scary

[skyrim-forever]

Morrowind affirmations #2

#tesblr #tes #the elder scrolls #meme #morrowind #morrowind affirmations #girl help #they are scary #saint juib my beloved

[arthropooda]

I want to be able to set a preference on Uber for no teslas >.>

#They are scary

[rewrittenfics]

I’ve given a friend a taste of the first Sonic Rewritten fic I have ever written.

(@star-critter-2-sonic-hq I’m talking about you)

#sonic rewritten #sonic rewritten au #sonic fanfiction #sonic fanfics #sonic rewritten fanfic #fanfic drafts #they are scary #this fic especially

[neshatriumphs]

Large birds are horrifying, but I'm fascinated by them.

#pelicans #vultures #emu #ostriches #birds #they are scary #i tremble in their presence #but like wow

[toucheholland23]

TV in a nutshell hah

Ft. Monty and my friend’s sona, Cast

#my art #my artwork #fnaf #five nights at freddy's #fnaf security breach #fnaf sona #tv [fnaf] #cast [fnaf] #monty fnaf #montgomery gator #tv is the kind of person that u don’t know wether what they sare saying is true or not #they are scary

[bad-polls]

#polls #bread #red flags #science #lesbians #one direction #they are scary #the fans #what is love #cottagecore #cottagecore lesbian #tumblr polls #my polls #bad-polls

[corviids]

do y’all ever have extreme vivid dreams? ones that are so realistic they leave you confused about reality when you wake up?

#they are scary

[lumoncholy]

frogs?

terrify me.

#im correct #They are SCARY #people who think they're cute r lying #frogs and toads #spooky guys

[xdb-fbi]

#askin nakk le vaar #quilge opie #bleach #im right #they are scary

[cccowboys]

who the hell designed these horrific beasts?? i need to know who to complain to because what ARE THESE?????

#kipo #kipo and the age of wonderbeasts #they are scary #WHO GAVE THEM ABS

[chronicsyd]

Belos and Horde Prime: Meritocracy vs Fascism: A “Discussion” of sorts...

Something I wanted to discuss for a WHILE now is how some people described Belos’ system as “authoritarian” but its portrayal of that definitely differs from what you’d find from things like Horde Prime from She-ra. When we the viewer and Luz reach the boiling isles, Belos’ system is seen as normalized, that this is how things are usually run within the Boiling Isles with the little to few outcasts like Eda the Owl Lady. Of course this is because Belos has been in power for so long and the people who are born on the Isles now are just born into this society, they don’t know anything different. Compare that to She-ra, when Prime reaches Etheria we see how Different Etheria and by extension Hordak’s Horde is from how Prime operates.

Now one of the ways that Belos is different from Prime is that the Boiling Isles operates moreso on the prospect of Meritocracy: A system stating power should be given to individuals on the basis of merit. And we definitely see this with characters like Amity (or well, specifically season 1 Amity) when she says things like “I have been working my whole life to get to the top”, Lilith who essentially has a breakdown when trying to figure out who she wants to be when redeeming herself and no longer apart of the Emperors Coven, and of course Hunter the Golden Guard. And that things like joining the Emperors Coven (the only Coven where all types of magic were allowed) was only reserved for best of the best. (One of the most historically known of is was back in Ancient China)

Compare that to Prime, who operates on a more Fascist regime: A Government with the basis of a powerful leader and state control and opposition is not allowed. And we truly see this in the way he treats Hordak when they first arrive on Primes ship “I made you in my image, but you have become an abomination.”, All of Primes other clones and his Chipped Followers. (And we all know that the most historically well known instance of Fascism was back in 1940’s Germany)  

(Not to say that other places like the US doesn’t or couldn’t fall into either one of these traps. Meritocracy being outright normalized where the more money, influence, and power you have the more successful you’ll likely be. But also not to say that the US hasn’t fallen into a Fascist trap either; Trump and MAGA as a whole being a good example of this as only two years ago an insurrection happened due to him and others demining democracy and the election results. However, this isn’t what this post is about. I am discussing “family cartoons” after all and that’s where I want to keep my focus at.)

We see throughout season one of The Owl House, we see the consequences of those who try and make their own path breaking out of the mold. Eda the Owl Lady being the paradime of Rebellion against Belos and constantly being persecuted by those around her. With characters like Amity, because she allowed her pursuit for success overtake her personality which definitely lead to her treating others poorly. Amity as a whole throughout season 1 is our gateway into this Meritocratic society, and why her breakdown after “Covention” is so meaningful. Because she tied her success with how the system was enforced; and if there are people who can do magic without following the rules set by this society it means that all the hard work and expectations that she has put on herself to be all for naught. We also see a gateway into the Emperors Coven as a whole through Lilith, who shares many parallels with Amity. See, the Emperors Coven desires loyalty over studiousness and while Eda could really care less about labels and the covens; not being selected for the Emperors Coven would have led to a disastrous blow from Lilith which is why she ends up cursing Eda, because she knew that she wouldn’t be able to beat her. But of course its not all sunshine and rainbows in the Emperors Coven, herself and her loyalty belonged to Belos with him making constant threats with banishing her and making her a covenless witch (with the knowledge of what punishments come with that). And then we get our third gateway with Hunter the Golden Guard. Throughout most of season 2, we see Belos keep hunter in line with both a myriad of threats but also ‘promises’ that “The Titan has Big plans for you” essentially keeping that Meritocracy in place with “do what you’re supposed to and you’ll be rewarded”. In this we see that Hunter is one of the most to have blind loyalty towards Belos as we see with the beginning of ‘Hollow Mind’ where he outright laughs at Luz’s accusation of Belos being evil and having other plans and Hunter also keeping the system afloat by enforcing Belos’ demands. Now of course we learn that in season 2 that Belos is trying to drain magic as whole, essentially killing all witches that have been marked with a coven sigil. Making a deal with The Collector that he’d free him in order to learn about the draining spell.

 Now, take All of that and throw it away for a sec while I go back to Horde Prime. Fascism sees the people within not as free thinking citizens but as tools, pieces of a machine if you will, “every part of the machine is of value.” Prime uses manipulation and indoctrination to ensnare followers and keep people dogmatic so that he continued to succeed in his conquest. And we see with Horde Primes hivemind, his chipped followers, and his clones, especially in the case of Wrong Hordak who is absolutely distraught when he is disconnected from the hivemind. Horde Prime presents himself as this omnipotent God and in the words he uses he doesn’t see himself as a conqueror but as more of a divine savior of sorts. And we see this from quotes like “He will set us all free, forever. A world of peace without end.” (which I Should bring up that that’s a Direct quote from one of the most well known Christian prayers. Sorry, the religious flashbacks are just Rushing back to me) Anyways, Prime Wants those two know that fighting him is a worthless endeavor and we are shown this with the things he says, how he’s designed as a whole, and how he is constantly portrayed from an angle to make the character he’s talking to and the viewer feel small and powerless against him. Prime uses tactics like the room of relics that he brings Glimmer to and the food from the extinct planet that he feeds to Glimmer and Catra to show the “weaker enemies” that couldn’t stand up to him. However one way that Prime is able to get others to bend to his will without needing to chip them is by chipping those that have a greater power than them. We see this with “Erlandia” when he sends the chipped princesses to wreak havoc on the town and being powerless to stop them, the town simply bends down to him out of fear. Another way that Prime represents Fascist ideologies is by creating an “other”, a “scapegoat”, “someone to put blame on” as to why people that are under control are suffering and he does this in the form of She-ra herself. In propaganda he blames She-ra as the reason as to why he must keep decimating Etheria and turn the people of Etheria against her. This is similar to how Hordak framed the Princesses in the beginning of the series, as he was desperately trying to replicate Prime’s empire. But the point is that there must be a scapegoat to put the blame on as to why things are going wrong, and if this other is out of the way then there can finally be peace. One of the main reasons as to why Prime doesn’t succeed is because he doesn’t take the time to learn why he failed in the first place (take Kritis for example) instead of learning what he did wrong he tries to whip away the past; as if it never existed. Which is why Wrong Hordak behaves the way that he does when Kritis is brought up. And in the end resistance from even one individual (Hordak) can upset the fragile hierarchy that Prime has put in place. And why at the end of the day, this leads to Prime’s downfall.

Honestly, I could talk about Prime as a whole for Hours but this is getting long enough now (if you wanted that I’d be more than happy to oblige) but that’s all for now! Thx for reading!  

#SheRa and the Princesses of Power #the owl house #Horde Prime #emperor belos #meritocracy #fascism #how these two operate #the emperors coven #discussion #think piece #lgbt #disney #dreamworks #villians #shitpost #some food for thought #i really wanted to discuss this #they are scary #when you really think about it

[ranchhater332]

this is what my commissioner send me im becoming their personal exorcist

#help me #they are scary #personal exorcist #gay #fruity #ink sans is gender

[thelightintheattic]

just added an entire song about love to my fall playlist for the singular line about being afraid of elevators

#they are SCARY #escalator superiority #bee thoughts #bee.txt

[skenpiel]

i hope i never ever ever see this image while im high or it will also straight up kill me. it would make me so scared my skeleton would run away And id be a boneless scared heap on the ground

#soooo fucking scary. what is that

[troythecatfish]

#threads #threads app #threads account #threads an instagram app #celebrity news #robin williams #zelda williams #ai #ai generated #aiartisnotart #ai is a plague #ai issues #ai is not art #ai is scary #ai is dangerous #ai is theft #ai is stupid #support human artists #disturbing #terrifying #unsettling #actors strike #sag afra strike #workers #workers rights #workers strike #support unions #voice actors #actors #actor

[artkaninchenbau]

Crocodile finds a strange stray cat an 11-year old Nico Robin (AU where they met 13 years earlier. Robin's been on the run from the World Government for 3 years. Crocodile's 27 and has not set up base in Alabasta yet)

It seems like I have become possessed. By some sort of demon.

Bonus:

#My art #One Piece #Nico Robin #Sir Crocodile #Y'all the OP brainrot is BAD #According to an SBS Crocodile would absolutely spoil his child rotten if he had one. *We all know how Robin's childhood went* #Scary mofo who does not know how to parent a child but boy does he have the spirit + Child who has never had proper parent in her life #They'd make. An absolute disaster of a duo. This AU concept is so fucking funny to me okay #But also sad because I would fucking die for baby Robin she deserves the fucking world #This poor girl has never been spoiled in her entire life AND NOW PAPADILE IS HERE TO SPOIL HER #You know it's funny. I know 11 yo Robin should LOOK older than 8 year old Robin. But Crocodile is a fucking giant so she's still baby sized #Also I just had too much fun drawing Robin looking as pathetic as humanly possible lmao #She's a like a wet kitten in the rain 😭