Reminder of what an absolute monster Columbus was, and why we should not celebrate him in any way shape or form.
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I watched so many awkward underdog over-bullied middle schooler coming of age movies on the plane btw and the reason why those plot scenarios would never work with daisuke is because if anybody Actually started overly harassing him he would start #fighting. Hard. in the first place his ostracism is waaay more insidious than cliche school bullying and imo it’s a little more realistic for it. nobody is slamming dai into lockers or kicking him in the back of the school or scrawling mean shit on his desk but he Is mostly an afterthought to everybody. he’s just There. he’s the last kid to get picked in his gym class as a partner and is well known for being ‘incapable’ and clumsy and a bit of a weirdo and a loser, so nobody really talks to him and when they talk about him it’s just a little patronizing and belittling. he’s not being actively menaced just laughed at and left alone! but if people actually did start doing mean shit his secret stubborn temper(tm) would absolutely flare up and he would never stop yelling for ppl to quit and knock it off and might even start throwing hands lmao he’s easy to teasingly bully and lets go of a lot but he’s NOT free game if it gets out of hand by his standards
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A lie was not a lie if it was never uttered; questions that were never asked did not need answers. They would both remain perfectly content to linger in the liminal, endless space between truth and denial.
— R. F. Kuang, Babel
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Since your post about J/asper x reader fics (which I 100% agree) I'd like to know what's your opinion about Jasper calling Alice darlin'
ughhhh. okay listen, I am a hater by nature. sometimes I can’t help it. and I KNOW and acknowledge and respect that people often use “darlin’” when they write jasper. it’s a harmless and common pet name and there’s absolutely nothing wrong with it...
... however...... 🤢
and like!!! I know that I’m in the minority with this opinion! but picturing jasper saying 'darlin' (or 'baby' or 'honey' or most other pet names tbh) gives me the ick. it’s all personal preference, but I can not read fic where people emphasize his ~texan origins~ and interpret him as this bootleg country romeo. so it’s less that I hate him saying the word “darlin’” and more ‘a lot of people who write jasper write him as a straw-chewing thick-twanged casanova’ and it’s like…. in what world is this still jasper, yknow? I mean if it's for your personal fantasies or whatever, go off. but that is NOT the jasper I know and love and I need that man out of my house ASAP before snakes and demons start manifesting
but again: it's ALL personal preference. I just don’t want to read about a “southern gentleman” or whatever all these x r/eader people like. I want a quiet, low-key awkward war criminal. I want a slutty (retired) monster (also retired) whose current job is "hold wife's items and don't kill anyone". I want the man who has committed unforgivable atrocities in multiple lifetimes whose karmic punishment is a goddamn empathy superpower. I want the rabid dog that will go full scorched earth on someone for even daring to look at alice with any degree of contempt. the instant he starts talking like he does keg stands at ‘bama frat parties or is majoring in business at UT instead of someone who spent 80 years being a war machine, I’m instantly bored. that's why I can't stand most x r/eader stuff tbh, but I acknowledge that the reason there are jasper x r/eader fics on this site with thousands of notes is because there are some WHORES in this house (who just want self-insert OC jasper smut). and honestly, good for them.
to conclude, bc this is long enough; it's fine, it's valid, it's whatever, I just don't like it. but that doesn't mean other people shouldn't. remember kids: Your Kink is Not My Kink (And That's Okay!)
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“Are you battling a demon of addiction—tobacco or drugs or gambling, or the pernicious contemporary plague of pornography? Is your marriage in trouble or your child in danger? Are you confused with gender identity or searching for self-esteem? Do you—or someone you love—face disease or depression or death? Whatever other steps you may need to take to resolve these concerns, come first to the gospel of Jesus Christ. Trust in heaven’s promises. In that regard Alma’s testimony is my testimony: ‘I do know,’ he says, ‘that whosoever shall put their trust in God shall be supported in their trials, and their troubles, and their afflictions.’”
Jeffrey R. Holland, Quorum the Twelve Apostles, 2006
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Me: -suffering some intense writers/artists’ block-
My thesis reader (basically another professor thats grading the group that isnt our mentor): okay so like revise your entire thesis bc theres a lot of parts missing.
YOU. FUCKING APPROVED THE FIRST HALF OF THIS THING LAST TERM. WHY ARE YOU ASKING US TO OVERHAUL IT NOW. ALSO. IF YOU READ THE ENTIRE FUCKING PAPER, YOUD SEE THAT THE PARTS YOURE ASKING FOR IS RIGHT FUCKING THERE!!!!
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✨Me, making plans to get halfway through Babel today x my brain, deciding to make me go to sleep and forget everything about myself: a thread ✨
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hakari and kirara and this mc r the best dynamic i have ever had the pleasure of writing every day i roll up to the docs and wonder what war crime they r going to commit today
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31. The Thing You Carry Everywhere.
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Somedays she can't help but remember him at his worst. The things he'd say. The things he'd do. Zeke. A monster. She can hear his words, clear as day. She feels so small, so defenseless. She wonders if she'll ever feel like herself again. He's still the first thing that comes to her mind before making a decision. Will Zeke be happy with this? Will Zeke like this? What will Zeke do if he sees you dressed like this? What will Zeke say if he saw you doing this? Sometimes Rosaylie has to physically shake her head to knock those thoughts out of her head. She is not the same girl she was when she and Zeke started dating, so many years ago. She survived him, and she will survive anything else that follows.
Somedays, she can hear him in her own voice. Tellio Layeo. Her father. Her tormentor. Her best friend. Her other half. He used to be the only person that made her feel safe. But now, just the sight of him sends her into a panic. When he lingers in her voice, it makes her pause. Is she him? Is he her? Where does Tellio’s expectations begin and where does Rosaylie end? He's cruel. He's violent. The loving father she had, vanished overnight. She woke up to being force fed a future she does not want, but she will accept. He watches her with eyes like a beast, waiting to pounce. He'll get his way, he always does. She's putty in his hands. Just like her mother. Rosaylie will do anything Tellio asks, even if it tears her apart on the inside.
She gets phantom pains on her shoulder from where he scarred her, marking his territory. She is his and no one else's. Not even Rosaylie belongs to Rosaylie anymore. Rosaylie drowned in the ocean long ago, revived by Tellio to be exactly who he wants her to be. She is a cog in his machine. She fights against her fate, only to be pushed back twice as hard.
Two men have completely broke apart Rosaylie, piecing her back together again in the way they want. Tellio hates Zeke. Zeke hates Tellio. They fight over their Rosaylie. It doesn't matter what she wants, she's not a person and she hasn't been for years. She is the personification of failed love and being second in command.
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