does anyone have reading recommendations that clarify the difference between liberalism and fascism? I’m having trouble distinguishing what is just like normal levels of imperial/colonial violence conducted by a liberal state and what pushes it over the edge into a fascist state. Is fascism simply mature liberalism? Is it liberalism in crisis? Can we only make historical, reactive judgements about what is fascist, which is to say, can we only know if fascism occurred after it has come and gone? I take the general point that calling all liberal states fascist can let them off the hook for types of violence considered normal or “just doing business,” invisibilising the daily violences they conduct as part of the regular maintenance of a liberal capitalist state. People are calling the US fascist for its direct participation in and funding of the genocide in Palestine - a diagnosis I don't disagree with, but if that’s the case, where do you draw the distinction between the US being merely a liberal state with aggressive global imperial ambitions and the US being a fully fascist state? Perhaps more bluntly, what’s the difference between a liberal drone strike and a fascist one? I’m struggling to understand the value of the fascist label, because everything it describes (ultranationalism, a theory of racial and cultural degeneracy/decline, paranoia about an imminent external threat expressed as violence against internal populations deemed to have insufficient loyalty to the country, a turn towards a mythologised tradition of the past, imperial expansion, genocidal projects against minority populations, etc etc) just seems to me like a description of United States in general lol
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It’s Fucking Cold
Eddie hated hotel rooms. He loved taking trips and exploring new cities. He enjoyed trying new food and drinks. And he lived for hitting the grungey music bars. But he didn’t like hotel rooms at all.
When he and Steve went on their trip to Chicago nearly a year after that fateful Spring Break, he was ecstatic. He could practically taste the deep dish pizza as Steve drive into the city and he could already picture the crappy gay bars they were going to hit up.
As soon as he stepped foot into the hotel room though, his excitement faded slightly. The room was picturesque, it looked nice and the bed was made. But it was the complete opposite of their room at the trailer. Eddie strived on chaos and this room didn’t have any.
Sleep was always hard to come by when he stayed at a hotel. Eddie was usually the type that could fall asleep anywhere. However, the hotel room was fucking freezing and even the body heat that he leeched from Steve wasn’t helping.
When he groaned out of frustration and punched his pillow once again, Steve woke up.
“What the fuck, Eds. What time is it?”
“Time for you to get a watch, hotshot. I’m cold, cuddle me.”
Steve grumbled just a little bit before pulling Eddie into his arms. He always ran warm so having Eddie clinging to him like a human icebox was always welcome, even in the middle of March.
He pressed a kiss against Eddie’s hairline and tugged him in closer. “Why aren’t you asleep?”
Eddie sighed, “it’s too cold. I know you’re a psychopath that doesn’t feel it but for us mere mortals, 65° is just a little cold for the AC. And in March? Why the fuck do they even have the AC on?”
“Eds… I think that means the heater is broken and it’s cold because the room isn’t getting any heat.”
“…. You know, that makes more sense.” Eddie blinked, that had not come to mind.
“…. So I should go talk to the front desk and try to get another room?” Steve asked him, eyes still closed and on the verge of falling back asleep.
“Yes, immediately.” Eddie said, completely deadpan. He wasn’t going to freeze if he could help it.
Steve groaned as he pulled himself out of bed. He threw on some clothes and lobbed a sweatshirt at Eddie’s face. A sweatshirt that Eddie obviously did not catch.
“You’re lucky I love you.” Steve joked as Eddie flailed in the bed after getting smacked by the hoodie.
“I know, I remind myself everyday. Now move your ass, I’m getting hypothermia.”
Steve just laughed as he made his way out of the hotel room. Oh, what he would do for love (like waking out of a dead sleep to go hassle the front desk for a room with a working heater).
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MAN THE MUSICAL NUMBERS CAUGHT ME SO OFF GUARD I HAD TO PAUSE AND STARE FROWNING okok!!! so the thing was that one time agessss ago you said liking ml fanfics is just wanting to read the same story over and over again and after that textbook 2016 post reveal final kiss that sentence just flashed in my mind and everything that happened in the movie (the ladynoir patrol fighting in the rooftops, the adrien snapping at his dad, gabriel being actually decent) just shifted in context for me and the realization of how fanfic coded the movie is and how that directly related to my enjoyment was so clear i couldnt stop laughing hdhshsjs
WOW ACTUALLY
i remember saying that and its STILL TRUE!! And honestly you're putting it in perspective for me, thats why i liked the things i liked about the movie. like the ladynoir patrol fighting on the roofs also did lowkey make my dreams come true they could have done whatever they wanted in the rest of the movie, that scene is what i live for.
And that last scene really did feel like it was out of a fanfic, A 2016 FANFIC, its OLD FANDOM VIBES. back when we were still chewing up the concept of a reveal and not picking apart the bones of adrien's identity like mad scientists.
I remember thinking im sure ive read this scene somewhere. idk where but i have. all of it in different pieces a million times.
Anyways thank you for sharing this i love it?? good take
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Little Siblings
All Tags Below Cut!
Fandom: Pokémon
Character(s): Alain, Hop, Leon, Mairin (Mentioned)
Ship(s): -
Platonic Ship(s): Alain & Hop, Alain & Mairin, Leon & Hop
Rating: General Audiences
TSME Week Day 3: Family
After getting asked by Hop if he has any siblings, Alain thinks about his relationship with Mairin.
“I’m Lee’s little brother, after all!” It was obvious Hop was trying to stamp down his ego after the compliment. The sight was quite amusing. “You’ve any little siblings yourself, Mr Alain?”
Alain stopped himself when the image of a certain girl flashed into his mind.
READ HERE ON AO3
Tags
•Fluff
•Family
•Platonic Relationships
•Not Beta Read
•Mairin does not appear physically but is spoken about throughout the story
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