#dirty power

[awesomecooperlove]

OBAMA OPENLY ENCOURAGES ILLEGALS TO VOTE

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#obama #voting #deep state’s plan to destroy America exposed #crimes against humanity #dirty politics #corrupt politicians #corruption #puppets #clowns #bad actors #criminals in power #lunatics #psychopaths #sociopaths #Jewish mafia #save the children #defend human rights #fight for justice #speaktruth #standup #speak up #truth #please share #wwg1wga

[bestboy-huan]

The girlboss-ification of Galadriel bothers me so much. In the books, in Tolkien’s works, Galadriel is a powerful political leader, even by the second age. She is a princess of the Noldor, the daughter of Finarfin. She is proud and respected.

In the Rings of Power, she is nothing more than a bitter commander in Gil-Galad’s army. She can’t even control her own subordinates. (They call her “Commandeer Galadriel” not “Lady Galadriel”!) She is ignored by Gil-Galad and condescended to by Elrond, she is dismissed and rebuked. She has no influence and no status of her own. So far in the show, her motivation is just vengeance and her own trauma, there is no greater consideration of the fate of Middle-Earth, no political aspirations, no nothing. Her identity becomes one of being Finrod’s little sister, not a leader of her own.

In the Unfinished Tales, there are many inconsistencies in Galadriel’s history, but none of them suggest this powerlessness and this humiliation.

I don’t care if they make her out to be a warrior or not, I don’t care if she leads people into battle or not, I do care about her political power.

They say they are centering female characters, which would be great, except they are disempowering her. I would much rather see a woman in a position of influence and respect, than one who is good with a sword. This is Galadriel, who refused Feanor, one of the greatest elves of all time, when he asked for a strand of her hair, and in Rings of Power she becomes a cast-away who is thrown around, ignored, and manhandled by those around her.

I understand the need to have room for character development and growth, but this is not that. It’s such a performative attempt at feminism, she is a classic 2010 female protagonist. One who is good at fighting, who is the underdog, who doesn’t allow herself to be kind or gentle or have emotional vulnerability, because the writers forgot what female empowerment actually looks like. A woman with dignity and political power is so much more important than a woman who can carry a sword.

#SO HELP ME #center female characters without making them powerless #tolkien never would have allowed Galadriel to be ignored and dismissed like this #she was one of the most powerful elves of ALL TIME and you’re going to do her dirty like this #rings of power #trop #i hate it so much #also no worries #i watched it in a way that was maybe not so legal #lotr #tolkien #galadriel

[shadowsight]

the magic system (or lack of one) in warriors is so funny. like the sisters have hereditary powers (except sometimes I guess rip to needleclaw's powers that she doesn't have) but then sol is just some guy who maybe has powers but maybe is just really persuasive and somehow knows about astronomy but then the three have powers that were given to defend starclan but starclan doesn't know where they came from either and also leafpool and squirrelflight are telepathic but only for like a month??

#yelling about warriors #wc #warrior cats #waca #the sisters one is the funniest imo like why did they do needleclaw dirty like that #it's such a big plot point that her brother inherited powers from their dad #their dad that they both have #it'd make sense if only the female members of the sisters could pass on the powers (so the powers stay in the group and their immediate #offspring I guess) #but then rootspring wouldn't have powers!! #the sisters

[panharmonium]

Mama, please, the phone.

#gilmore girls #gilmoregirlsedit #lane kim #lane and her mom are one of my favorite dynamics on this show. just. so good. so thematically on point #not much hits harder than the scene where lane's mom finds out about her secret life #standing in lane's room with the floorboards pulled up and the bed flipped over. like. god #lane had such a compelling and powerful story for so much of this show #makes me endlessly frustrated to think about how dirty they did her later #*

[wroteclassicaly]

I feel like people forget that Nancy did cheat on Steve. And she didn’t want him for an entire year. She basically stayed with him as backup. She “waited” for Jonathan. I’m not saying he’s perfect, but if we wanna compare actions… he was treated like garbage too. Neither of them are saintly, but I feel like his being cheated on is always overlooked.

#I love both nancy and steve #but that boy was done extremely dirty #and the fact that he’s crawling back now that he’s worthy… and that Jonathan is gone #irritating and awful writing #let them both be independent pls #give nance the career she deserves #she’s too powerful to be tied down

[monocub]

you think dadan would have dressed up as santa and gifted the asl boys coal for christmas and those little assholes would've complained and started throwing it at her

#and shed never give them anything (directly) again #they do her so dirty LMAOOO #im not a power-scaler fan buuuut dadan is the strongest person in op and that's from dealing with those grelims #imagine raising the future second division commander of the white beard pirates AND pirate king AND chief of staff of the revolutionary arm #AND THEY WERE LITTLE SHITHEAD KIDS THAT DIDNT SHOW YOU RESPECT #dadan strongest woman in op #asl brothers #asl bros brainrot

[bicheetopuff]

I think the people complaining about AFOs back story have forgotten what his character represents.

He’s a manipulative rich old man that wants to own and monopolize every major resource in the world so that he can be considered a god.

His entire being is a metaphor for major corporations and every politician and billionaire ceo ever… so him being a narcissistic and greedy kid isn’t at all surprising. He doesn’t have a traumatizing backstory because he’s a manipulative power hungry chump like he has been the entire series.

#he literally grooms children to his dirty work for him #he’s taken over orphanages and hospitals to create mindless monsters to do his labor for free #he’s manipulated people by giving them fractions of power so that they’ll bend to his will #he’s irredeemable and idk why people are surprised #also you mfs trying to compare him to Katsuki need to reread the series #there’s a difference between a spoiled kid dwelling in the praise he received from adults around him #and whatever the fuck afo is #Katsuki didnt fucking kill people #and he was never a narcissist #he wanted to be top hero because he was told his whole life that he could be #also Katsuki never viewed Deku as his property wtf are y’all on #bnha #bakudeku #bkdk #bnha spoilers #bnha 407

[devilheartsblog]

Important thing

Thanks writers for forgetting about Bloom’s healing powers she used to revive Sky in Season 2. Can’t work on a wizard oh no no no

#fanart #art #digital art #artists on tumblr #fan comic #winx club #winx season 4 #winx bloom #winx stella #winx duman #winx gantlos #wizards of the black circle #they did duman so dirty in season 4 #poor guy deserves better #thanks bloom for not using her powers that literally revive the dead

[awesomecooperlove]

America’s Buried History of White Slavery

The best way to forget history is to rewrite it. And in the rewriting, to carefully delete references to any historical events or circumstances we find uncomfortable.

Thus, American history books are totally silent on the matter of these white slaves, mostly of European stock with a great number of Irish, but also English and Scottish, who were kidnapped or otherwise forcibly deported to the US as slave labor.

In fact, an examination of available documentation indicates that white slavery in the Americas was a much more extensive operation than was black slavery, and the numbers may be severely under-estimated

Source

Join us: t.me/cruelhistory

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#white slavery #hidden history #hidden knowledge #dirty politics #slavery #discrimination #exploitation #politics #knowledge is power #crimes against humanity #exposing truth #true history #speak up #fight for justice #speaktruth #standup #truth #please share #wwg1wga

[bismuth-soup]

confession: posting selfies on the internet is the only reason I exercise/clean my room

#I think that's kind of pathetic because I'm not even fit and my room is still dirty #does anyone have that meme that goes something like #“Sometimes life gets hard and if you need master chief motivating you to clean your room so that you can power through it then so be it” #196 #femboyposting #femboy #tummyposting #tummy

[natjennie]

just seeing brennan and nathan in the same room in "pencils down" has taken my desire for a drawfee d20 season from a want to a need.

#drawfee #dropout #god fuck i need nathan on more dropout shows #nathan and caldwell both. #nathan julia jacob karina on dirty laundry #jacob on make some noise #please god i need it so bad #if there is a higher power nathan filmed other shows while he was there. um actually. #please. please.

[ivansocute]

AmeRus silly doodles I did few days ago

Also I'm new to hetalia fandom in tumblr, nice to meet you. You can call me Eepy I guess-

#aph america #aph russia #hetalia fanart #hws america #hws russia #amerus #aph fanart #russia having dirty thought #ivan braginsky #alfred f. jones #aph amerus #hetalia axis powers #aph #hetalia world stars

[falconfate]

Hello ranger’s apprentice fandom can we talk real quick about the stupidest thing Flanagan ever wrote

It’s about the bows. Yanno, the rangers’ Iconique™️ main weapon. That one. You know the one.

Flanagan. Flanagan why are your rangers using longbows.

“uh well recurve arrows drop faster” BUT DO THEY. FLANAGAN. DO THEY.

the answer is no they don’t. Compared to a MODERN, COMPOUND (aka cheating) bow, yes, but compared to a longbow? Y’know, what the rangers use in canon? Yeah no a recurve actually has a FLATTER trajectory. It drops LATER.

This from an article comparing the two:

“Both a longbow and a recurve bow, when equipped with the right arrow and broadhead combination, are capable of taking down big game animals. Afterall, hunters have been doing it for centuries with both types of bows.

However, generally speaking and all things equal, a recurve bow will offer more arrow speed, creating a flatter flight trajectory and retain more kinetic energy at impact.

The archers draw length, along with the weight of the arrow also affect speed and kinetic energy. However, the curved design of the limbs on a recurve adds to its output of force.”

It doesn’t actually mention ANY distance in range! And this is from a resource for bow hunting, which, presumably, WOULD CARE ABOUT THAT SORT OF THING!

Okay so that’s just. That’s just the first thing.

The MAIN thing is that even accounting for “hur dur recurves drop faster” LONGBOWS ARE STILL THE STUPID OPTION.

Longbows, particularly and especially ENGLISH longbows, are—as their name suggests—very long. English longbows in particular are often as tall or taller than their wielder even while strung, but especially when unstrung. An unstrung longbow is a very long and expensive stick, one that will GLADLY entangle itself in nearby trees, other people’s clothes, and any doorway you’re passing through.

And yes, there are shorter longbows, but at that point if you’re shortening your longbow, just get a goddamn recurve. And Flanagan makes a point to compare his rangers’ bows to the Very Long English Longbow.

Oh, do you know how the Very Long English Longbow was mostly historically militarily used? BY ON-FOOT ARCHER UNITS. Do you know what they’re TERRIBLE for? MOUNTED ARCHERY.

Trust me. Go look up right now “mounted archery longbow.” You’ll find MAYBE one or two pictures of some guy on a horse struggling with a big stick; mostly you will actually see either mounted archers with RECURVES, or comparisons of Roman longbow archers to Mongolian horse archers (which are neat, can’t lie, I love comparing archery styles like that).

Anyway. Why are longbows terrible for mounted archery? Because they’re so damn long. Think about it: imagine you’re on a horse. You’re straddling a beast that can think for itself and moves at your command, but ultimately independently of you; if you’re both well-trained enough, you’re barely paying attention to your horse except to give it commands. And you have a bow in your hands. If your target is close enough to you that you know, from years of shooting experience, you will need to actually angle your bow down to hit it because of your equine height advantage, guess what? If you have a longbow, YOU CAN’T! YOUR HORSE IS IN THE WAY BECAUSE YOUR BOW IS TOO LONG! Worse, it’s probably going to get in the general area of your horse’s shoulder or legs, aka moving parts, which WILL injure your horse AND your bow and leave you fresh out of both a getaway vehicle and a ranged weapon. It’s stupid. Don’t do it.

A recurve, on the other hand, is short. It was literally made for horse archers. You have SO much range of motion with a recurve on horseback; and if you’re REALLY good, you know how to give yourself even more, with techniques like Jamarkee, a Turkish technique where you LITERALLY CAN AIM BACKWARDS.

For your viewing enjoyment, Serena Lynn of Texas demonstrating Jamarkee:

Yes, that’s real! This type of draw style is INCREDIBLY versatile: you can shoot backwards on horseback, straight down from a parapet or sally port without exposing yourself as a target, or from low to the ground to keep stealthy without banging your bow against the ground. And, while I’m sure you could attempt it with a longbow, I wouldn’t recommend it: a recurve’s smaller size makes it far more maneuverable up and over your head to actually get it into position for a Jamarkee shot.

A recurve just makes so much more SENSE. It’s not a baby bow! It’s not the longbow’s lesser cousin! It’s a COMPLETELY different instrument made to be used in a completely different context! For the rangers of Araluen, who put soooo much stock in being stealthy and their strong bonds with their horses, a recurve is the perfect fit! It’s small and easily transportable, it’s more maneuverable in combat and especially on horseback, it offers more power than a longbow of the same draw weight—really, truly, the only advantage in this case that a longbow has over the recurve is that longbows are quicker and easier to make. But we KNOW the rangers don’t care about that, their KNIVES use a forging technique (folding) that takes several times as long as standard Araluen forging practices at the time!

Okay.

Okay I think I’m done. For now.

#to be VERY clear. I Am Not An Actual Expert. #i AM however drawing from my own experience and research #and literally i can find Zero literature about recurve arrow flights dropping faster than longbows #all i could find was that recurve range is worse compared to compound bows #which. OBVIOUSLY. compound bows CHEAT. #(said lovingly. ish. if you use a compound more power to you but also It’s Doing All The Work For You.) #this article was literally all i could find from a couple hours’ search comparing recurves and longbows #anyway recurves are cool. flanagan why did you do recurves so dirty. #for that matter why are all your women blonde. #(i’m not including brotherband here sorry) #(but also why did it take a spinoff series for him to create a named female character that wasn’t a blonde) #(flanagan explain) #god these books have so many problems. truly this is my ‘i could fix him’ #thank you flanagan for getting me into this special interest. now Tell Me Why You Did It Wrong. #rangers apprentice #anyway if you REALLY want to read about some bangin historical horse archers #look up the parthians :) #specifically how they fucking Decimated an entire roman contingent :) #crassus getting absolutely demolished by mounted archer parthians is definitely my favorite bit of roman trivia

[unsanctitude]

fuck them kids

#i might be evil bc she is 98% of the reason i rewatch the show #good good good character done so dirty in the finale #i want that god awful woman to live to become a better person #shadow weaver #light spinner #castaspella #spop #she-ra princess of power #my art #fanart #but all the evil stuff she did was perfectly valid too 😋

[forget-me-ghost]

Do you guys ever think that Alastor was beefing with Lucifer wasn't only bcs he was intimidated by him, but also out of fear of being replaced?

He did get really defensive about parts of the Hotel that Lucifer didn't like, because he made those parts. The bar? He brought it there. Even in the song he was trying to prove to Charlie that he is useful, that he did so much already and is still helping with the Hotel.

Tbh, it's very reasonable for Al to be mad at this. Like, what do you mean I've been here since day one and this deadbeat father will take my place? Even if Alastor is there only bcs of the deal he made, he still did a lot of things while Luci hid in his palace on the end of Hell (or wherever).

Personally, I think about it a lot.

#hazbin hotel #alastor #hazbin hotel alastor #alastor the radio demon #lucifer hazbin hotel #outsid of the typical daddy issues and not liking Lucifer bcs #a) Lucifer is a bad dad and reminds Al of his own (its a hc) #b) Alastor doesn't like not being the most powerful in the room #I think that Alastor not wanting to be replaced is an interesting route to go #bcs lets be honest we saw the state of fhe Hotel in the pilot #if Alastor did made the place be like it is in the show then he had to get his hands and shadows dirty #and now Lucifer shows up and dares to criticise all this work? #say that Charlie *clearly* needs help from the big boss of Hell himself? #like dude I would get pissed too

[logandria]

✨Medusa ✨

(an illustration for a silk scarf)

#athena did medusa SO dirty omfg #athena is the patron saint of internalized patriarchy #rage #grief #power #medusa #Gorgon #gorgoneion #roman mythology #illustration #greek mythology #art #digital illustration #digital painting