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This is a good analysis. I get the feeling that a big part of why we are getting such conflicting messages is that TDP really sees the environmental high-fantasy theme of mankind's responsibility over nature (with elves and dragons as representatives of said nature and therefore unchangeable) as its true theme. And it sees the war-story and generational trauma parts as flavoring to make their designated villains have more interesting backstories and their designated stand-ins for nature to have some interesting flaws. But it is still only intended as a backstory element which is why none ever addresses it. Elves and dragons don't have to actually address their cruelty because hey, that's just the way nature is and humans are the ones who have to learn to live with it. And the human villains may have had their homes and lives destroyed or threatened by magical creatures but our heroes don't have to care or engage with that because to TDP that is just a cool motive and their only concern is stopping the murder.

If Dark magic is set up to be morally wrong no matter what, we ought to be shown that anything is better than using it.

That Viren *should* have let Soren and the hundreds of thousands of people die starving, that Callum *should* have let Pyrrha and Rayla and Soren and himself and Ezran and Zym be tortured.

The characters must choose to not use it knowing what horrible consequences this choice will bring, and these horrible consequences have to actually happen and have dreadful long term repercussions, and NOT to be Deus-ex-machinaed away.

So no new Arcanum somehow unlocked or dragon somehow showing up just in the right time or anything like it. Just the plain consequences, however horrible.

The closest we got was Harrow's death way back in season one, and even it's consequences were Deus-ex-machinaed via the egg and the frankly insane gamble that Zubeia would agree to stop the war to thank the protagonists.

So far, every time someone used it, it was framed as wrong and unjustifiable no matter the circumstances.

So, okay.

Show us why not using it to save your kid, your friends, your people, and let all of them die, is actually the right thing to do, the right, moral, "no shortcut" path.

#the dragon prince #tdp #tdp criticism #tdp ezran #tdp critical #meta

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If Dark magic is set up to be morally wrong no matter what, we ought to be shown that anything is better than using it.

That Viren *should* have let Soren and the hundreds of thousands of people die starving, that Callum *should* have let Pyrrha and Rayla and Soren and himself and Ezran and Zym be tortured.

The characters must choose to not use it knowing what horrible consequences this choice will bring, and these horrible consequences have to actually happen and have dreadful long term repercussions, and NOT to be Deus-ex-machinaed away.

So no new Arcanum somehow unlocked or dragon somehow showing up just in the right time or anything like it. Just the plain consequences, however horrible.

The closest we got was Harrow's death way back in season one, and even it's consequences were Deus-ex-machinaed via the egg and the frankly insane gamble that Zubeia would agree to stop the war to thank the protagonists.

So far, every time someone used it, it was framed as wrong and unjustifiable no matter the circumstances.

So, okay.

Show us why not using it to save your kid, your friends, your people, and let all of them die, is actually the right thing to do, the right, moral, "no shortcut" path.

#the dragon prince #tdp #tdp critical #meta

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Top-Tier Villain Motivations

They will be safe. It doesn't matter who else or what else burns as long as They will be safe.

I will be safe. The hunger and the cold will never touch me again.

Fuck any bitch who's prettier(/cooler/better-liked/better at making dumplings) than me.

Yes, Master

Love me. Love me. Love me. Love me. LOVE ME!

I know the terrible things these so-called "heroes" will do if I don't stop them (<- is absolutely wrong)

I don't want a better future, I want a better past!

No other way to get performance art funded these days

#writing

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Fun fact: The basics of Nynork and Bokmål is part of the Swedish curriculum and it makes my students incomprehensively angry to learn about them every single year.

T thing/ explain to me why Norwegian has two written languages.

#scandinavian history #teaching #save for later

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#terfs #trans rights

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Oh to remember a time before the Chocolate Man arrived. When the concept of reality being replaced by delicious sweets was ridiculous and not disturbingly plausible.

We were so innocent back then.

AHH SOMEONE DREW THE CAKE HOPE

*****

@RadSpace_ on Twitter

#srpop #she ra and the princesses of power #the chocolate man #the cake meme

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Got to the end.

Thought this one was just kinda ok.

Then he lit the damn thing.

No.

NO!

NO!!!!

You can't fucking DO this shit chocolate man!

This guy always takes his chocolate art to the next level!!... Omg!!

(Source)

#the chocolate man

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Scorpia: Wildcat! Why is she unconscious?!

Entrapta: Hm? Oh, I think she fainted after she realized that I'm going to be her boss soon.

Scorpia: What?! Hordak's making YOU second in command?! What about Catra?!

Entrapta: No no no, he's not making me second in command of the Horde.

Scorpia: Phew! I'm sure Catra will be relieved to hear--

Entrapta: He's making me QUEEN of the Horde! I came down here to give you guys your invitations to the wedding.

#she ra and the princesses of power #spop #catra #scorpia #entrapta #hordak #entrapdak

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Entrapta: My research has recently yielded some interesting results. I have reason to believe that Horde Prime's clones and humanoid Etherians are more similar biologically than we initially realized.

Bow: That's fascinating! What led you to such an amazing discovery?

Entrapta: Hordak knocked me up.

#she ra and the princesses of power #spop #entrapdak #hordak #entrapta

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Adora: Catra you gotta help me! We found some documents Hordak signed when I first came here, and according to Etherian law he's my legal guardian!

Catra: Oh my stars. That's hilarious!

Adora: Catra!

Catra: Oh what's he gonna do? You're a grown woman, not a baby.

Adora: Hordak's not the problem!

*Entrapta busts in*

Entrapta: WHO'S READY FOR A MOTHER-DAUGHTER FUN DAY!!!

Adora: *screaming*

#she ra and the princesses of power #spop #she ra #entrapdak

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when I was a kid for some reason I thought Lola Bunny's last name was "Rabbit" and that she was actually Jessica and Roger's daughter. And the reason she wasn't in the original Loony Tunes is just that she wasn't born yet

I mean can you blame me. Look them and look at her. She's got a good blend of both of their features.

#who framed roger rabbit #space jam #roger rabbit #jessica rabbit #lola bunny

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#entrapdak

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WANT!!!!

3d printed start gate

#Stargate #stargate sg 1

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"in the original myth medusa was actually -" "well in the homeric version, achilles wasn't -" "no but in the real myth -"

read what you have just written. in the myth. myth.

these were not real people. myths change and shape to their contemporary situations with every retelling. whoever was telling or writing the myth put in or took out something different and new every time it was told. "accurate myths" are not a thing, I'm sorry. 'accurate to homer's version'? sure, go nuts. but they were never histories, and modern adaptations are not wrong for being different.

#mythology #greek mythology

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I gotta say that the "Biden does not deserve another 4 years" really encapsulates my biggest problem with all the "prostest voters" I have seen. They all view voting as a reward or as payment for a job well done, not as a civic duty and as a process by which we influence society. It doesn't matter who "deserves" to run the country (in my opinion no person can ever "deserve" that). What matters is that there is a job that needs doing and we need to put our efforts towards the option that can do the job better. Withholding your vote doesn't actually do shit except to make the person doing feel big and important because they can pretend to be the boss withholding a paycheck.

I Could Not Stay Silent: Annelle Sheline Resigns from State Dept.

I can’t vote for Biden and Trump would absolutely be worst.  Biden does not deserve another 4 years.  Plus he is too old and feeble.  Sit down Joe, you are done!

 What a tragedy of epic proportion in Palestine and in Ukraine.  Both of these insane conflicts could have and should have been avoided. US foreign policy has been a complete disaster my entire life.  Kids, this is why we are less safe.

It’s easy not to pay attention in America.  We need to change this in order to better hold our leaders accountable.

#politics #vote! #voting

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My favorite “humans are space orcs” idea is that trope where aliens kidnap some humans for their zoo, except it ends up like Jurassic Park. And the poor Alien Humanologists who were invited to the park are like:

“You mean you locked up a pack of curious, highly competitive persistence predators with NO enrichment in the enclosure? You FOOLS! If you had bothered to throw a basketball or half a box of Legos in there, KE-X9 would still be alive!

“Well of course they climbed the retaining wall! Did you think to study their evolutionary lineage AT ALL?”

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...he is weaving the chocolate. Do you copy, this bitch is WEAVING CHOCOLATE

#the chocolate man