#and innocent bystanders

[aropride]

REBLOG if you think they FUCKED RAW !!!!!

#text #sui joke #sry 2 the innocent bystanders (random ppl clicking tbe post to see the original) #im not even really a frerardie but one guy in my notes got mad abt it so i was like WELL I AM WHEN ITS FUNNY ! #so srry abt this post U understand

[biggest-gaudiest-patronuses]

*tries to organize my thoughts*

*remembers i'm not in school and therefore beholden to neither heaven nor hell nor any man's grading system*

*joyously shredding & tossing all my carefully arranged 3x5 mental notecards into the air like so much beige confetti. raising my arms in victory, cheering raucously until i accidentally inhale bits of homemade confetti*

(*coughing up itty bits of paper like a cat evicting a hairball with a firm understanding of tenants' rights*) wait wat happens next

#i marie kondoed my thoughts and *i* feel great. but now my stream-of-consciousness has escaped containment #so many innocent bystanders at stake #every time i try to organize my thoughts i run out of plastic bins and have to make a trip to the container store where i get even more dis #racted so. you can't just hand me THIS brain and NO catalogue OR library classification system #and expect me to single-handedly sort through all this nonsense? bad form but fucking form not in my job description #aNYways. formal education sure did a FUCKING NUMBER on us huh #(a number i measure not in gpa or dollars of student debt. #but in the number of therapy sessions & medical debt it will take to recover.) #seriously folks. our education systems are...innately traumatizing for a huge number of students. and we NEED to address this. #the fact that it is culturally common for adults to have anxiety nightmares about school/exams...even decades later? #that is not cute. it is Alarming. #no one--much less entire generations--should be spending their developmental years in an environment of chronic stress & pressure & strain #and yet that is the reality for millions and millions of pre-teen and teenage and young adult students #this isn't healthy and it serves and empowers NO ONE #...except of course the many exploitative educational & financial & debt-collecting institutions thriving from the current balance of power #and of course it's a nefarious and powerful way to sabotage/erase the middle class #which billionaires and the wealth-inequality creators they finance couldn't possibly have any noteworthy interest in whatsoever #it's not like there's an elite group of people with huge financial incentives to drain/steal resources from the masses... #anyways sorry for going all Conspiracy Theory on you. #obviously the billionaires who control the vast majority of our resources and news and political campaign funding #are not tied to every single itty bitty social issue and i'm a silly billy to imply it #please tell elon musk to ignore this tweet i am so subservient and acquiescent #mr musky u r so good at inheriting slavery-built mining fortunes & buying other people's companies #& building rocket ships & fancy cars that do NOT explode/catch fire & also NOT running billion dollar companies into the ground #mr musky u r so talented genius billionaire playboy with 10 kids and ex-wives who find you creepy af babe u r basically iron man

[ceilidho]

#wink wink about stealing something he wants #maybe a band of outlaws holds up a train and when he and Simon come to confront them #he sees a girl shaking in her seat and decides she should come home with him

WHY WOULD YOU HIDE THIS IN THE TAGS????????

Soap says he’s taking her in for questioning and he’s very apologetic when Price asks him later on where the witness went. Must’ve given him the split at some point when his back was turned, maybe didn’t want to get involved with Johnny law. Price gives him a stern talking to and nothing more, since they’d captured most of the men from the train and they could just interrogate them. No need to involve some poor frightened girl.

Anyway that’s what Soap tells her when he comes back home to his cabin out in the middle of nowhere. No one for miles around. She doesn’t need to worry about what happened on the train and he’s not particularly interested in why she was there in the first place. Johnny takes very good care of the things he takes.

#ok Johnny law was a stroke of genius I love being me #actually I’m sort of in love w the idea that she was part of the gang of outlaws and was pretending to be an innocent bystander #but she really didn’t mean for Johnny to take her #he’ll be sooooooo amused when he finds that out down the line

[willosword]

gotta get this out of my system but the fact that nolan's instinct whenever he experiences Big Anger is to use his son as a punching bag and that it's actually become A Pattern at this point makes me wanna start clawing at the walls

#before last episode he's always had the excuse of training mark or teaching him a lesson #even if his anger made him punch harder he was still doing it to further a goal of some kind #but episode 4 was the first time mark literally did nothing but stand in the vicinity #an innocent bystander he could vent his frustrations on #it's so fucked up. also the way he choked mark harder when he started to talk back. GOD !! #nolan is on THIN ICE rn if he so much as gives a nasty LOOK to mark in the future i'm done with him #invincible spoilers #invincible #willow whispers

[flyingmintbunny0]

Vash the Stampede Wedding Crasher 🌊

#trigun #millie thompson #meryl stryfe #vash the stampede #nicholas d. wolfwood #Vash promised Meryl he would not get up to shenanigans at her wedding... that went about as well as you would expect #Wolfwood was an innocent bystander until he wasn't #Tell me Vash's inherently unlucky nature wouldn't rear it's ugly head at the most inopportune of times lmaoo

[cheesebearger]

a lot of people will play dragon age 2 and they'll be like... whoa.... anders is truly a grey character who does both good and evil......

when in actuality anders blowing up the chantry was not only good but based, sexy, and inspirational and he has never done wrong a day in his life

#dragon age #anders #i refuse to believe the non-game added lore by dave gaider - via his tumblr blog - placing several hundred orphans in the chantry #there are no fucking kids in that building in the game. if we were meant to care about a bunch of fucking exploded orphans they'd be there #if we go just by who we the player see in the church a bunch of fucking shitty pastors got blown up #and given the chantry is the nonviolent part of a military org #theyre not like blameless or innocent bystanders lol #any attempt to put children in the chantry is simply an attempt to justify the violent oppressive theocracy they represent #by adding 'innocent bystanders' for anders to additionally kill #thus making him look more violent compared 2 the banality of the true horror enacted by this military theocracy's oppressive violence

[tsubaki94]

Phantom Comic Ch.3

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Begining

Masterpost

#Phantom comic #Danny Phantom #Danny fenton #Sam #Sam manson #Tucker #Tucker foley #high school #drama #innocent bystander #disabled au #disabled danny #wheelchair #wheekchair au #friendship #art #fanart #comic #fancomic #Sam being a Manson #Realised a minute after posting that I forgot to add Sam's choker #I always see things like that after I've pressed pose #you can still see what I missed in the last pannel because I couldn't be bother to go back and fix it

[soup-scope]

hey y’all the relationship between warden and vega fucking fascinates me

cause honestly i have absolutely no idea on how to characterize it

like yes he calls them ‘darling’ yada yada but he almost takes a paternal(?) role when it comes to nurturing them????

he rescues them, he feeds them, he tries to reconnect them with the demonic habits they were shamed out of expressing, he teaches them and tries to subtly influence their behavior towards a possible corruption arc and just

this isn’t me trying to make their relationship weird or smth i’m just saying i have absolutely no idea how vega and wardens relationship actually works between them… not every listener and character are destined to end in a romantic relationship so that’s why i’m thinking that the relationship between warden and vega won’t become romantic and more of that weird friendship you have with your 50 year old coworker who smokes 2 packs a day.

#pls lemme know what y’all think about this cause i’m going crazy. #i mean i wouldn’t hate it if it becomes romantic i think their relationship as is just fascinates me #and i don’t really. want it. to go too much further than it already is #i feel like warden is like a mini project for vega or smth lmao #literally every warden and vega video has a [MANIPULATION] warning so #idk how to really feel about them #so i’m very excited for any future vega update that explores the intricacies of their relationship as a whole #i’ve also been indoctrinated to enjoy old man yaoi in the form of brachium and vega #brachium and vega after accidentally adopting and completely altering the life of an innocent bystander 🫣🫣 #anyways #redacted asmr #redacted audio #redactedverse #asmr boyfriend #boyfriend asmr #redacted vega #redacted warden #redacted darling #redacted incohate #redacted carpe deus

[plasma-packin-mama]

If you call Boone a bootlicker I'm stealing something out of your house!!!

#this post needs to stop getting notes. #especially bc nobody is reblogging the version where i clarified that he isnt uwu innocent bystander #the point is that hes a victim AND a villain and u cant flatten him down to one or the other #summarizing him as an ncr bootlicker strips away the literal entire point of his character and it just gets on my nerves #but also i will literally kms if my legacy on tumblr is 'boone did nothing wrong' #bc i do not fucking think that

[sugarcoatednightshade]

Israels actions against Palestine make me sick to my stomach. Every time I look at the news I see some new horror they are committing, and see how they are justifying the inexcusable, I feel sick to my stomach with rage. But now, in the heart of Ramadan, the word angry feels too small for the fire I feel in my chest.

Palestine will not be able to properly celebrate Ramadan this year. Trying to explain the situation to people who have never interacted with the community is difficult. Even when thinking to myself, I have the urge to compare it to what I know. "Imagine if there was no Christmas." "Imagine if someone took away Easter." "Imagine there was no food on Thanksgiving."

But Ramadan is not any of those things. The fact that there is no Ramadan in Palestine should be enough to make you angry.

I've been living in a muslim country for six months now. Ramadan is not nearly as festive as Eid was, but its presence is unmistakable. You can taste the joy in the air. Children here get out of school early this month. There is a school across from my home; I hear their laughter every day. String lights hang from the balconies of my neighbors, wrap around palm trees, dangle from streetlights. In the news I read that the Sheik has pardoned hundreds of prisoners, paying off their fines himself in the spirit of charity. Shops here are decorated to match, with cut out stars and crescent moons and streamers. Many shops offer discounts. "70% off home delivery."

There are festivals in the streets and lectures in the colleges.

It is wonderful. And the people of Palestine do not have this. Their fasting is forced, their children out of school by force, their houses lit by firebombs and not crescent moon LEDs, homes that smell of gunsmoke instead of oud.

I hate Israel. It feels childish to admit this. It feels like a shortcoming; hate is what causes this crisis, I should be able to focus on loving Palestine instead of adding more hate to the world. But it is a word I can't help but feel when I think about what Isreal has done, is doing, will do to the people of Palestine. What injustices they will force upon them next. Hate. It's not something I say lightly, but it is something I feel I must say.

I am not disappointed in Israel. I am not sympathetic to their 'cause.' I will not censor myself to sound more moderate, to convince the undecided. I hate Israel. I hate Israel. I hate Israel.

#free palestine #palestine #of course i sorrow. but there is a time for sorrow and it is not now. now is the time to fight #so that those who may yet be saved will be saved #also in case it needed to be said: I DO NOT HATE JEWISH PEOPLE OH MY GOD PLEASE DONT GET ANTISEMITIC ON THIS POST #I AM REFERRING TO THE COLONIAL STATE OF ISRAEL WHICH IS CURRENTLY OCCUPYING PALESTINE AND ENACTING GENOCIDE ON THEM #honestly im not even referring to all zionists. if you have some 90yrold auntie zionist living in nowhere canada i dont care what she think #i dont care what john and jane doe think in the privacy of their own homes. #I'm pissed at all the people in power who are currently using that power to support a genocidal government. #and the government who is gleefully committing that genocide #also yeag tho fuck the notion that civilian israelis are uwu innocent bystanders who cant help but live in a colonial state. #yall did actually choose to live there. and i've yet to see evidence of guilt from most of you

[anxiouspotatorants]

This whole «Lorelai is evil and so is Rory and Emily is the real MVP of the show» shtick is getting on my nerves.

Like don’t misunderstand me, I love Emily and Richard. They are interesting and complex characters with strengths and weaknesses and a whole lot of baggage (like almost everyone in Gilmore Girls, except maybe the Town Troubador). But they aren’t this perfect well meaning couple with an ungrateful daughter who refuses to accept help and grow up.

Lorelai is not perfect either by any stretch of the imagination. She’s presumptuous, stubborn, used to getting her way and struggles to see things from more than one angle, but she’s also kind, hard working, supportive and able to strike a balance between being open and setting boundaries. She’s a complicated, flawed person, like all good protagonists should be (as opposed to heroes). And she doesn’t fight with Emily or cut her parents out because she’s being immature, she’s doing it because they genuinely hurt her several times.

Imagine if things had gone exactly like Emily and Richard wanted things to go. A 16 year old Lorelai would be married against her will to a guy who would likely then spend the rest of his life under the thumb of his parents for the «mistake» of having Rory. Her social life, her work, her education, all of it would be heavily monitored by Emily and Richard, as they would insist she only engage with what they deem respectable work and social circles. Lorelai in the DAR, Lorelai running charity functions, Lorelai staying married to a Hayden. So much of what makes Lorelai herself would be gone: the inn, her friendships with Sookie and Michel, cooky hobbies and a band of semi-adopted misfits and Luke.

Certain people (not many but still some) seem to forget exactly what it is Emily and Richard ultimately criticize Lorelai for, because it’s not her childish remarks at Friday Night Dinner. They criticize her for her lack of university education. For her lack of a high status job even though she runs a successful inn that she co-owns herself. For her terrible pick of men - not because of how they might be as lovers but because they’re not high society and not the kind of wealthy guys who could let Lorelai retire to the life of an affluent housewife (like did we forget that one of the times Lorelai cut them out was because they refused to accept LUKE?). Hell, they usually don’t criticize Lorelai for reasonable issues with how she raised Rory, they criticize her for not controlling Rory’s love life more.

I do think Emily and Richard love Lorelai and Rory, and that at the end of the day they want them to be happy (otherwise none of these characters would fight so hard to stay in each other’s lives). But time and time again they let their love of status and fear of a bad reputation stand in the way of recognizing their daughter and granddaughter for what they love and for what make them happy. Dislike Lorelai all you want, Rory too, but don’t come here and tell me that Emily is the one in the right.

#I almost never see this take in the Tumblr circles I run in so that’s good #but there seems to be a lot of it almost everywhere else #so I felt like screaming into my personal echo chamber for a while #also I didn’t get too much into Rory or how Richard specifically does this too #because they deserve their own posts #but yeah people do this to Rory too #and Richard isn’t an innocent bystander which is why I write him in with Emily as a unit #gilmore girls #the potato rants #Gilmore girls discourse #lorelai gilmore #rory gilmore #emily gilmore #richard gilmore #not tagging anti because again I am not anti

[hearts4juzi]

Nothing in a superhero story hits me quite as hard as a superhero seeing their sidekick/computer guy get hurt

#me when i accidently drag an innocent bystander into it #not just anyone either #my FRIEND #someone who was helping me #but i couldnt help them #im the hero its my job to protect people #but i couldnt even protect my best friend #tzu rambles

[diamondcitydarlin]

also honestly kudos to derek, the more we learn about him the more I love him, I 100% believe if Guillermo had just showed up with no money asking to be a vampire Derek would've totally done it for him anyway bc he's just that chill and imo a really good friend it seems, he's almost at the point where I WORRY about him getting messed up with this group as much as I'm loving his and Guillermo's blossoming friendship like no I love you but YOU NEED TO RUN, RUN AWAY but also don't bc I like you here

#wwdits #derek wwdits #wwdits spoilers #nandor and guillermo still somehow involving innocent bystanders in their 15 year long foreplay smh

[me-sploh-rada-imas]

adorable!!! [x]

#joker out #jure maček #nace jordan #jan peteh #jan as an innocent bystander and the other two being ginger cat annoys golden retriever #haven't seen the full video of this on here so enjoy #novi val

[tennessoui]

April Ko-Fi! Superhero Anakin & Obi-Wan AU

hello this beast almost defeated me if i'm being honest i've had weird real-life-being-busy and then brain-not-working-when-it's-writing-time writer's block but i'm super happy to post the superhero anakin au fic on ko-fi to all the monthly ko-fi supporters :D

in this bad boy, based on this root post of mine, anakin is a mechanic by day and a vigilante by night - everything's going normal until he starts noticing the same face at his crime scenes, over and over again. then things take a turn for the worst when that same man shows up at his auto repair shop. too many coincidences means only one thing can be true: obi-wan kenobi is a criminal mastermind and also anakin's arch nemesis. if only he'd drop the stuttering, softly spoken civilian disguise and act like it.

here's a snippet!:

“You,” Anakin breathes. The first time they’d met, the man had been in the middle of a bank robbery. As a victim, mind, looking roughed up and kneeling on the floor of his bank, checkbook still sticking comically out of his front pocket. His lip had been busted. He hadn’t been wearing glasses, and his right eye had been swelling rapidly. Out of all the bank hostages, he’d been the only one hurt. After the robbers had been tied up with their own grappling hooks, threat successfully neutralized, and actual police on the way, Anakin had stopped to examine the civilian’s wounds.  “What did you do, try to escape?” he’d said, tilting the stranger’s chin up to get a better look at the cut across his upper lip. The stranger’s breath had been warm across the exposed half of Anakin’s face. He had quite startling eyes, Anakin couldn’t help but notice. “No,” the man had replied. “But I’ve been told I’ve got a smart mouth. Suppose they weren’t fans.” “You…did you, the hostage, give lip to the hostage takers? The ones with the guns?” Anakin had asked. “Sir,” he’d added, because he’d never be a cape but he was a goddamn professional.

quick rundown of these kofi fics: to see the posts in my gallery on kofi, you’ll need to be a monthly supporter. BUT at this point, there are 8 ficlets on there, all 4-6k, that you can read if you subscribe and then you can cancel that subscription immediately (i hold nothing against you for doing that tbh) (it should go without saying that i also hold nothing against you for not subscribing at all) and still have access for the whole month (which means you'll likely also have access when i post May's because I try to post them within the first week of each month!)

#kit's kofi fics #obikin #oh to be clear: obi-wan is not a supervillain #anakin keeps getting butterflies in his tummy around him and thinking that's his #spidey sense (aka his 'bad feeling') about being in danger #it's butterflies because he's attracted to obi-wan #obi-wan meanwhile is a reporter but not on the superhero beat #he's a weird mix of bad luck leaving him caught up in crimes as an innocent bystander #and also seeking out crimes cause he has a lil crush on vader

[grahamcarmen]

#red crackle #red crackle thoughts #gifs #carmen x gray #carmen x graham #gray x carmen #graham x carmen #complicated complex feelings about the one writer who did this to me an innocent bystander #and this text post is so funny this is the same person reblogging from themselves in this exact order #but like cant sleep they need to be together or the world just stays wrong #carmen sandiego 2019