#equality before death

[stigmatam4rtyr]

Equality Before Death (1848, oil on canvas) | William-Adolphe Bouguereau

#art #fine art #painting #oil painting #19th century #equality before death #william adolphe bouguereau

[archaictorsoofapollo]

William Adolphe Bouguereau - Equality Before Death, 1848

#william adolphe bouguereau #equality before death #art #painting

[thejasontoddarchives]

Batman (1940-) #426

Batman (1940-) #427

Task Force Z #6 (2022)

You tell him, Jason.

#the mistakes in question: trusting and trying to help someone who was supposed to love and protect *him* #and wanting a parent/family who wants and accepts him #all things considered (re: gotham war) I think I can safely confirm his biggest mistake by far was trusting Bruce #jason todd #robin jason #red hood #dc #batman: a death in the family #aditf #task force z #tfz #aditf was just Jason having all of his worst fears confirmed before dying an equally *physically* painful death #he is not a priority to Bruce. Bruce doesn’t understand his pain. his biological mother heartlessly sold him out. he is without a family. #but also #how the fuck do you accidentally run into your 15 year old kid who fled to a foreign country after you two had a fight #accidentally.

[gifti3]

well...

congrats to lucifer's overwhelming "win"!

#it was a luci sweep #listen i thought it would be more even cause “two most popular” u know? #(and i was gonna do malleus vs lucifer originally but knew hed get smeared across the pavement and switched to mammon to be more fair) #but i underestimated how much people love mams #so lucifer got demolished in a day #so are yall impressed by my gif making skills. #...okay its not my strongest suit! #obey me #obey me nightbringer #obey me lucifer #om lucifer #obey me mc #death note #i wanted to doodle asmo as misa misa and satan as L but didnt have the time #maybe in the future if i remember #okay ive run out of poll questions so imma slow down on all the drawing before i tire myself out lol #lucifer: do you have any favorites? #mc: of course not! i love everyone equally #mc once lucifer is out of earshot: *grabs mammon* it's you and by A LOT #my art

[stranded-labyrinth]

you know, i don't think Hannibal would ever in his life anticipate being someone who could fear a spouse's anger.

then post-fall he hears "What did you just say?" and in that moment a bolt of unmistakable fear surges through him and he wonders if he'll survive the evening

#knowing all that Will is capable of at that point and having that anger directed at HIM? death by anything else is a better option #he's never exactly had an equal before so the premise of genuinely being able to die if things get ugly #probably makes him sort himself out REAL quick

[bonefall]

Better Bones: CW List

Can't believe I have to make this disclaimer, but here we are

Better Bones is not a project that aims to fix canon by making the Clans wholesome and unproblematic. Though there can be fun and kindness in it and my philosophy is an optimistic one, It's not an escapist fantasy. It is a story about semi-realistic cats of human intelligence in a violent, war-obsessed theocratic dictatorship, and how they attempt to change it over the years.

Clan Culture is flawed, that is on purpose. Addressing and changing this is what the story is about.

I am very disappointed I have to state this because it should be obvious from my main post where I explicitly say that my goal is to "Address (Canon's) Problematic Elements." Not remove.

If you cannot handle themes or depictions of;

Physical and emotional abuse; Domestic, authoritative, and familial

Child abuse and inter-generational trauma

Somewhat graphic medical discussion, such as abortion, wound infection, and the use of leeches and maggots

The killing and processing of small animals into food, including tanning and butchery

Semi-realistic cat behaviors, specifically marking things with urine

Ableism; both externalized and internalized, Clan culture treats disabled cats poorly and this is something several characters struggle with

Xenophobia; to a violent degree, including stochastic terrorism, hate crime, and discrimination

^^^ read that one again. Consider that on this list twice.

Politics; Authoritarianism, fascism, and liberalism as an enemy, discussion of dog whistles and ideology

"Redemption arcs" of people who did bad things

Cosmic horror and supernatural curses

Graphic violence, including against innocent bystanders, through assault, poisoning, drowning, falling, and even being eaten alive by large fish and demigods.

Animal abuse; Human beings harming cats on purpose and Clan cats generally being terrified of all humans, even kind and loving ones

Clan cats, both villainous and culturally mislead, glorifying these things in-universe, not immediately staring at the camera and breaking character to tell you "This Is A Bad Thing!"

Then Better Bones may not be for you. I would at minimum rate this project as PG-13, but PG-16 would be a more accurate bet.

I have sympathy for you if these are not topics you can handle. My project tackles very upsetting real-world issues and not everyone is looking for something challenging; that's understandable and there's no fault in that. I try to tag appropriately but can't promise to catch everything, so please keep yourself safe.

There are other, softer projects out there run by cool people if this is not for you, and you can add #Better Bones AU to your tag filters and this project will not show up!

But, I'm not responsible for your comfort with my art. If you followed me under the assumption that BB is "Warriors without any ableism/xenophobia/violence" you were mistaken. If you don't have the maturity to act responsibly when something upsets you, or DO have the malice to read a disabled person's work with the most bad faith interpretations you can muster, LEAVE.

#It's better bones not Brand New Bones #better bones au #cw list #masterpost #I'm dead serious get the fuck out. I don't want people like that here #I'm not writing this for the people who couldn't handle steven fucking universe #This is NOT a feelgood happy story with distant lackadaisical problems #A guy gets gutted on-screen and then they sing a song about how cathartic his gruesome death was #Because they all watched him equally gruesomely kill a bunch of innocent people including kids #Bumbs was going to get MURDERED before ThunderStorm bowled in #Really can't believe I'm saying this but guys there are some fucking People out there #Hi! I'm a random weirdo who doesn't follow you type shit #Clans are XENOPHOBIC. #THEY TREAT FOREIGNERS BAD #There is going to be a WHOLE THING about Berry the Evil Educator and how she uses 'proper grammar' to shame and demonize Heart's guardians #christ

[scramratz]

Aye got my first death threat for being a transmasc lesbian!

#got a lot of bullshit for it but never death threats! #level up ig #it’s disheartening that I’ve gotten more hate from within the community than outside #anyways non-binary people exist #transmasc doesn’t always equal trans man #and learn lesbian history before you talk on the matter! :)

[maegalkarven]

No but I'm obsessed with the situationship where Durge and Karlach are friends, Durge and Gortash are lovers and Gortash and Karlach can't stand each other.

Also,depending on Durge, the Durgetash reveal can be messy af with both Durge and Karlach reacting violently, Karlach at the fact what her friend is the architect of that mess and Gortash's lover and Durge at her and the team's reaction.

Bonus point if Durge is loyal to Gortash to a fault bc they went against their Father's direct wishes bc of the affection towards that man, and everyone having an awful time dealing with it.

#bg3 #the dark urge #gortash x durge #durgetash #listen I've never let go of any thing in my entire life #figures my durges would not be able to let go of their...situationship with gortash #bc it's such a defining part of them #stabbed by Orin bc of connection with Gortash #Bhaal probably ordering banite's death and Durge resisting for the first ever???? defying their father their god??? #insane #the whole reason Durge even tries to break out of Bhaal's hold is because Gortash started a domino effect with being only one equal to durg #his nearest and dearest too #sorry for the team but neither of my durges are different people than before tadpole #they're more ruined but the core is the same #I esp love conflict between durge genuinely caring for the team and knowing deep in their bones gortash is The One #the only one who could catch up to them #literally Durge's folly is having a Feeling for someone #and bhaal being like “not allowed”

[comradekatara]

i've seen some people say that sokka should've gone with katara and zuko in tsr, and while i think the ep is perfectly fine as it is, i was curious to know your thoughts on that

yes, i've seen this mentioned before, as well as the somehow even worse take that "katara should've gone along to the boiling rock." i think this type of criticism betrays a fundamental misunderstanding of narratology, seemingly forgetting that characters are not real people, but rather components of a larger narrative that serve a function.

"the southern raiders" is an episode about katara confronting her grief, guilt, and rage; it is the apotheosis of her character arc, the same way that "the boiling rock" is for sokka (and, though that's not the point of this post, that apotheosis could not occur if katara were there). the reason that zuko accompanies katara in "the southern raiders" is not because yon rha killed zuko's mother, but because zuko's mother died for zuko in the same that katara's mother did for her. yon rha is to katara what ozai is to zuko, ursa is to zuko what kya is to katara. sokka also lost a mother, but she did not die for him. so going to confront yon rha, a man whose face he never saw, a man he does not feel any sort of personal connection to, would not make thematic sense.

kya's death is personal to katara in a way it isn't to sokka, but it is personal to zuko because he knows what it's like for his mother to be killed in his place. it's why he takes katara's revenge mission so personally, in a way that aang and sokka do not despite also having experienced unfathomable loss. it's also why i hate seeing people say that zuko only took katara to yon rha so that she'd forgive him; he genuinely thinks that this is what she wants, because it's clearly what he wants, we see that in "sozin's comet" when he quite aggressively expresses to aang that he should kill ozai (contrasted with sokka's logical detachment, zuko's desire to see ozai dead is a personal one).

the way he glares at yon rha as katara walks away demonstrates that he isn't yet comfortable with the thought of sparing this man, but he nonetheless respects katara's wishes and doesn't hurt yon rha himself, just as he respects aang's decision not to kill ozai (he doesn't think it's his place to kill them, and probably couldn't do it himself if it came down to it, he would rather outsource the killing). sokka does not feel guilt over his mother's death, he is under no illusions regarding life as a teleological narrative with heroes and villains the way katara and zuko are, he has probably given exactly zero seconds of thought to avenging his mother's death (whereas you know it's a scenario katara has fantasized about before); there is simply no compelling thematic reason for him to be there.

if the episode was about honoring sokka's desires in any way, katara and zuko would've just stayed home and talked out their feelings in a safe space moderated by licensed therapist wang fire. but the boiling rock was last week, so now it's katara's turn to be unreasonable (sokka was literally suicidal but also more productive, so it ultimately evens out) and learn an emotional life lesson about accepting her own humanity with zuko! it's really not that complicated.

#dogsinspaces #asks #katara #zuko #sokka #analysis #katara&zuko #before anyone asks: #yes ursa is dead #yes every 'field trip' episode is as important to zukos character growth as it is to the character he is with. this is crucial to understan #and no sokka does not want revenge for his mother's death. katara does not consider the day of black sun her personal failure. #just bc they have the same parents does not mean that they have equal thematic claim to those parents! #one million other links provided in case anyone has ANY MORE questions. somehow

[figs-oliomedley]

You know I always wondered what would happen if Creation broke the balance for once. We know what happens when there’s too much Destruction, but how does one have “too much” Creation? Anyways, I think the Merge might be exactly what I was looking for.

Side note, but how many more people do y’think died in the merge?? Ninjago barely got clipped off the top, but what about the other realms? Surely they all weren’t just singular continents floating on a ball of water. Are there just *chunks* of the other realms missing? Are they just on different sides of the globe? Or did they also get... overwritten?

#*creations all over them* #I made that tag before adding the second part lol #Chima with its mountain floating over more mountains: #that's a hell of a lot of casualties #also assuming that ''destruction'' doesn't necessarily equal ''death'' seeing as how Overlord never just starts murking everybody #also overwritten like when you're in a 3D software program and you just sorta place one model over another #blipping out the part of the first model that overlaps with it #y'know? #maybe they were all just MASSIVE continents tho #would totally track and make sense actually (no sarcasm I'm being serious) #anyways #ninjago #ninjago spoilers #ninjago dragons rising #ninjago season 17

[krourou2]

Y’know everyone’s always "Ace Attorney crossover!" and "Professor Layton crossover!" about Ghost Trick, but you know what I think would be extremely funny?

Detective Conan crossover.

A guy who doesn't believe in ghosts, a girl who's terrified of the supernatural, and a guy who IS a ghost.

#Oh my gosh shut up krou #posting this before i can back out #Honestly Conan or Ran either one being the main point of interaction would be equally but differently funny. #''Ghosts aren't real Ran-neechan.'' ''Y-yeah… right……'' (They're real and one narrowly prevented her death with Rube Goldberg shenanigans.) #versus #''[mind whirring at a thousand mph]'' ''Hey can you maybe calm down over there? I'm trying to save your li— … You. Are NOT a kid.'' #Bonus points if Shinichi instinctively snaps back into Conan shape (to Sissel’s bafflement). #(​There's absolutely no way any of this is in-character but when has that ever been a strong point of mine #I say knowing that it's something I nitpick myself over even with my OCs) #putting fandom tags on this at gunpoint by a friend #Detective Conan #Ghost Trick #THERE ARE YOU HAPPY IS THIS SUFFICIENT #… ​fuck it. #Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective #Case Closed #Meitantei Conan #DCMK #DetCo #krou content

[sailorsally]

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#since I talked in the tags a lil before #i also need to say that the political situation in Georgia has been a big pile of shit lately #that’s mostly why I don’t have the energy to engage with anything atm #everything is so hopeless #I just try to play video games these days to take my mind off stuff #but to explain it a bit #there is this one law the parliament already tried to pass last year but then didn’t because thousands came out to rally against it #the law is about ‘foreign agents’ and it’s directly copied from kremlin’s law in Russia #where the govt basically uses it to just cleanse the country from anyone they don’t like #So now this law is back and they have voted a yes two times #and will vote a yes third time #which is absolutely devastated news for anyone here #because if this law is instituted #basically say bye to foreign scholarships #to ngos financed from foreign countries that work to protect queer and trans peeps #rehabilitate refugees domestic violence victims etc #there will be no new roads in removed highland villages that rely mostly on international financial aid #no education opportunities for poor kids etc #this law literally equals death #and it will be heavily used to just cleanse Georgia of people who don’t think like Kremlin #and I am so fucking scared rn #There have been protests for 3 days #tens of thousands of people on the streets #but parliaments just keeps ignoring people #Or using police brutality against them #they are beating people up #jailing them for peaceful protests etc #it’s absolute nightmare #I’m just so tired of Russia #why won’t they die with everyone who supports them I wanna cry

[thejasontoddarchives]

DC is just so silly! This:

Batman #423 (1988)

Came exactly one issue before this:

Batman #424 (1988)

But we get this little reminder at the end of 423, of what the core of Batman really is and what we should ultimately keep in mind:

Meanwhile the latter was left to be framed in this light:

Batman #425 (1988)

Ah yes. The established empath calling a SA victim foolish.

If we take what Jason says at face value then what he did to Garzonas the rapist isn’t much different from what Batman did to that addict/thief (and what he does to countless other opponents he doesn’t deem deserving of salvation). The difference is Jason didn’t have a police officer pat him on the back and vouch for the goodness of his character for wanting to protect women and children.

#tw suicide #tw addiction #as if compassion and empathy aren’t at the heart of Jason’s rage #I know this storyline was part of the larger plan to make Jason out to be irrational and irresponsible before his death #but it really doesn’t read that way #even if Jason pushed Garzonas I can’t say what Bruce does is morally superior #making someone wish for death/torturing them until they feel hopeless and broken is equally fucked up. #Jason doesn’t sugarcoat and present himself as a good person/hero (neither does the narrative). #but fans perceive him as such ​based on the decisions he makes. #re: the streets run red panels. he explicitly calls himself a ‘bad person’ for doing the things he does. #does he care about child victims and their wellbeing? absolutely. does he think that absolves him of his self-proclaimed wrongdoings? no. #personally? yeah I think Jason's good at heart. in fact him keeping himself in check automatically elevates his character #but the point is *he* doesn’t go around parading as a ‘hero’ after committing acts of terrorism lol #jason todd

[whatafuckerybro]

Ed turns a bit into the kraken once he thinks Stede might be dead or in danger. But this persona doesn't come from a place of self-hatred. This is him. He is an ashole. He is a pirate. He kills, everyone does. He was a hypocrite for a long time until now. Don't you guys remember he implied he didn't kill the people he burned alive? The fire did it? Come on.

That was good because he let's go of the idea that this side of him is a monster. He can be both. He can be Ed and soft. He can also kill and use his skills when he needs to. He doesn't need to be Blackbeard for that. He doesn't need to run away from this side of himself anymore. He can be loved, Stede loves everything about him, its fine. It's life.

#yeah im implying killing people is not biggie because in the context of the show it is not #he was struggling with his guilt but he killed a lot of people before without acknowledging #killing shouldn't equal toxic blackbeard persona #also this post is very badly written and sorry about that #our flag means death #ofmd season 2 #ofmd s2 #also also fuck yeah give me a man who turns into a killing machine for the love of his life #i love the drama

[cleromancy]

all else alside genuinely always baffled when people say "canonically when tim is sleep deprived and exhausted, he'll fall asleep at random/inconvenient places" as an argument AGAINST him drinking a lot of caffeine

#like putting aside the canon zesti thing & how adhd makes caffeine not ncs keep you awake #if this is what happens when hes not caffeinated most likely he is going to try something to remedy it. #also like theres a time when before bruce died hes getting coffee thinking about not becoming bruce and when u think about like. #other xhanges he made after bruces death esp stuff for his image as tim drake wayne ceo. #why is swapping out the energy drinks for espresso where u draw the line. #look sometimes ppl exaggerate it to the point it gets on my nerves too but #can you put some of that energy into defending jamet from the equally widespread way worse fanon that she was comically evil mayhaps. #dc #...*janet

[glomscrooge]

I understand why people carry dt17 scrooge's teasing into glomscrooge content based on the show, but please consider how embarrassing it would be for him to admit that he likes this glomgold. I'd kill myself honestly

#scromtxt #I like to think that while scrooge does figure out that glomgold likes him before glomgold himself does #he figures out his own emotions first #and is absolutely inconsolable #he like. starts off with furious denial but is smart enough to get over that quickly #so then he just sinks into complete despair #not because it's unrequited or anything. but because it's glomgold #at this point in my head #scrooge subconsciously sees glomgold as an equal and holds a bit of respect for him #but he hasn't consciously caught onto that fact yet #so he just fucking hates himself. he thinks this is a fate worse than death #he can't tease glomgold properly now because he knows glomgold won in the stupidest way possible #do I think dt17 scrooge can admit that he *cares* about glomgold? yes. he literally wants him to be happy #do I think dt17 scrooge would rather dig himself a shallow grave than admit he wants to hold glomgold's hand? also yes. sorry #dt17 #scromgold #dt17 scrooge #ducktales 2017 #I hope this isn't too much of a hot take or anything #<- man who is deathly afraid of conflict finds himself having Opinions