#everybody can change

[knifearo]

this year my challenge for everyone is to unlearn the association between love and morality. love is not something that is inherently morally good, and the absence of love is not something that is inherently bad. sex without love isn't morally bankrupt, it's just an action. people without love aren't less kind or less good, they're just people. when we can get past this false (and often unnoticed) dichotomy of good love/evil lovelessness then i think we are going to be able to take leaps and bounds in sex positivity, aro advocacy, certain discussions of mental health...

#and also. not the direct focus. but love doesn't make things good. you can be in love and do terrible terrible things. #people do bad things in the name of love and in despite of love all the time. #but!! imagine a world where people could exist as people and not be demonized. #sex positivity means being cool about All sex. reexamine your internal systems of moral judgement. #this goes for sex workers. for aroallo people. especially aroallo men. for aro people in general who might enjoy sex. #and frankly i think it can easily bleed into discussions about mental health disorders around 'not feeling' certain things #especially demonizing ppl who don't feel as much empathy. i think there's definitely a correlation between that and the emphasis on love. #our support needs to go out to Everybody and i think these things are all structured together in one way or another!! #it might not be immediately obvious but when i tell you it all leads back to amatonormativity..... little bit wild.... large bit wild.... #anyway. horror movie psychopath 'oh he can't feel emotions or love' damn alright. well. let's take a closer look at that. #silly that there's an association between lack of love and Murdering. feel like that might affect some stuff. #love is just an emotion/a feeling it doesn't mean anything about you one way or another #same with empathy. you can feel it all you want but it doesn't inherently change the actions you choose to take #anyway. thesis statement. there is a socially constructed link between love and morality. unlearn that. #kiss kiss (<— lovelessly) #aromantic #aromanticism #arospec #talking #aroace #aspec #sex positivity

[elbiotipo]

Calvinism is a branch of protestanism that says that God has already chosen who will be saved and who would go to hell, without anyone having any choice in the matter. (Predestination) If there is a theology I deeply, deeply and genuinely despise to my very core, is predestination. It goes against everything I genuinely believe, the possibility of change, redemption, and choice.

I cannot believe it was the official religion of many countries. The doctrine of "some people are just born to go to hell no matter what you do". If you ask me about one theological belief I genuinely hate, it's this.

#cosas mias #one of my deepest beliefs is that people can always change grow and take choices #that nobody is destined for evil (or good) and it results from the choices we make and that everybody can change for the better #and thus eventually everybody will achieve salvation #predestination is completely anthetical to what I believe #(this is why I also dislike astrology. my fate is not written anywhere thank you.)

[sharlsainz]

while everyone is moving where lewis is, ill be moving wherever carlos is

#ill still be a ferrari fan everybody is a ferrari fan right red is my color i love the color and charles #but i also want to see carlos thrive so yea this can coexist #no hate to lewis i love him and i hope he's gonna give good changes at ferrari im just sad that carlos has to pack up and leave #carlos sainz #carlos sainz junior #lewis hamilton #ferrari #formula 1 #f1 #cs55 #lh44

[cluescorner]

I gave myself a writing challenge and I am fascinated by it

So basically I put the robins in a randomizer to give them a new order/role (because I just...kinda wanted to see what would happen + I like role-reversal AUs) and got results that are giving me a fucking brain blast.

Stephanie, the first sidekick who defines the role

Tim, the sidekick who dies and comes back wrong

Dick, the sidekick who saves Batman from himself

Damian, the sidekick who was never supposed to be a sidekick but would go on to prove everyone wrong

Jason, the youngest sidekick who is still the Kid Wonder

...So this is fucking wild. I've got some ideas and several of these fit perfectly (Dick's role is pretty similar to his one in canon), but some of these are fucking INCREDIBLE to explore (Steph being the first Robin is something I never even considered but tbh I kinda love it).

I probably won't write a fic or anything because tbh I don't like publishing my writing that much, but I might expand this into a full AU and post about it. I might randomize other stuff too (ie, stuff that I cannot change vs stuff that I cannot keep the same) but this fucking rules as a starting point.

#uhhh what am I calling this?? #randomizedrobinsau #stephanie brown #oh my god I am so excited to figure out how tf to write this. #because she's my favorite of these characters and having HER be the first sidekick + the one who has a mentor/older sister relationship #with the others?? kickass. though I'll probably keep her and Tim's relationship as 'dating-then-exes' because I think it's funny #and then SHE can be the Robin who Tim got fixated on + figured out her identity?? holy fuck and then the angst of Tim later dying #Tim Drake #tbh I kinda wish he'd gotten a different position because 'sidekick who dies' Tim has kinda been done a lot with the standard #reverse robin aus. But it'll still be fun to write. Definitely going the Joker Junior route with this because Batman Beyond kicks ass #Dick Grayson #He'll honestly probably be the easiest. Like...his role has not changed much outside of being younger/not the one who defines this #But I still think it'll be good to see how well I know Dick beyond his eldest brother thing (which is my best way of relating to him) #Damian al ghul #damian wayne #oh this is gonna kick ass #Bruce does not want his son to be a sidekick but Damian just kinda forces his way into that role #and everybody doubts him because of his history with the league but he later proves himself more than capable #to the point that he can set out mostly on his own and still thrive #Jason Todd #Jason being the baby of the family is also something I have never thought about but holy shit it could kick ass #I really hope that I don't roll 'Jason must die' or 'Robin 5 must die' on the randomizer. I just kinda want Jason to live this time #But unfortunately I double-screwed him because he's on the 'must happen' wheel twice now. I did not think these prompts through #TBH I am so happy that none of them rolled their OG roles. because that would have been so fucking boring

[janahanooo]

Mc: If I had a grim for every person that called me "Babygirl", I would have two. Wich isn't a lot, but it's weird it happened twice...

Asmo: wait.. I call you bbg, but who is the other one?

Mc: it's Diavolo. He heard you call me that once and I had to explain to him what it means.

Dia in the distance: Babygirl! Asmo! Come join me! Barbatos and I are going to watch Barbie!

Asmo:

Asmo: y'know... he's the real bbg.

#obey me #obey me nb #obey me mc #obey me diavolo #obey me asmo #diavolo is a big daddy with baby energie #diavolo is a bbg and no one can change my mind #asmo too #i mean come on #at this point I think everybody knows who I love in obey me

[achirding]

SatBK Prompt Week - Day 7: Peace

Even knights take days off, and what better way to enjoy a peaceful day that to share stories and laughter over some hot tea and snacks?

#satbk #satbk sir gawain #satbk sir percival #satbk sir lancelot #satbk lady of the lake #sonic and the black knight #satbk nimue #achirping #sonic the hedgehog #satbk2023 #satbk promptweek #shadow the hedgehog #amy rose #blaze the cat #knuckles the echidna #everybody just chilling and having a good time! C: just hanging out!!! i lvoe them v much so easy to forget king arthur is a tragedy at tim #like this and that they are all fated for bad things. although sonic flipped the script so who knows maybe their destinies have changed for #the better too! We can only hope. C: #a day behind will upload dragon tomorrow! C

[sciderman]

What does Loki even do in your universe?

his lokiest

#loki man. loki man. does whatever a loki can #sci speaks #I guess he does evil things sometimes . but mostly he just vibes I think . #not every character is really in my jurisdiction. there wasn’t a loki blog but. #like. I wish there was. I wish there were other blogs left in 9319… sighs. #I miss everybody. I’m so lonely. #I think the whole loki messing with deadpool and telling him he is his father definitely happened in 9319. #most of deadpool’s comics canon is canon to 9319. with some minor changes here or there. #which makes loki and wade’s sexcapades even more insane.. #but like. Wade’s sexcapades are absolutely batshit insane. #nate would frown so deeply if he knew everything wade got up to while he wasn’t looking.

[spacedlexi]

i forgot how weird people get sometimes when you add minnie to clemvi situations :/

#she is NOT a threat to their relationship. she is barely a blip on the radar #shes literally just here to cause problems #vi makes it ABUNDANTLY CLEAR that clem is her top priority she is so disgustingly painfully in love with clem its embarrassing #like girl i never doubted you for a second dw 😭 #but its like people want to see vi hate minnie.. like they cant grasp that shes moved on without her saying she hates her or smth #all the conflicting feelings are just so narratively juicy :) some people cant appreciate this it seems #and then theyll use it as an excuse to say clemvi sucks like okay everybody pack it up #people projecting their insecurities perhaps? (i know the answer) #and like even a captured vi who was manipulated into trusting minnie ends up getting her eyes burned out for it #like they both went down there but only vi got hurt?? and separated from minnie? hm interesting #clem fighting her own trauma of trusting the wrong people with vi continuously reassuring her nothings changed she loves her #clem would appreciate that. i definitely think shes fighting jealously demons but is just good at pretending she doesnt care #she makes too many Faces about it for me to think shes casual about the whole thing #but i think after their conversation in the dorms in ep3 clem isnt worried anymore. and vi proves she can trust her again and again #THEY LOVE EACH OTHER SO MUCH theyre disgusting its disgusting :) #minnie isnt a threat to their relationship shes just a threat to their lives :) #twdg #it speaks

[starflungwaddledee]

What Starstruck Dee theory have people made that is your favourite?

there have been quite a lot, and i genuinely love them all!

early on i think the most popular theory was that she was possessed or had been possessed at some point, most likely by dark matter. she actually debunked this theory personally, but i think people just assumed she was lying! 😂

my favourite part is not any one theory, but watching a shift in thoughts over time as more things are revealed, and seeing people share theories/work together in comments and reblogs. i like the "OOHHH WWWWHAT...!?!" moments a lot; whether they are a reaction to my storytelling or to other folks' detective work!

early theories revolved around how she was weird for a waddle dee, or at least a native of popstar. despite my never explicitly confirming anything to the contrary, theories have now broadly shifted to assuming she is not from popstar at all, and most people do now generally agree she's not really a waddle dee.

i don't recall exactly who first came up with each theory (though some big players are @the-void-is-a-disappointment who did a huge amount of early deetective work and encouraged me to build it as a story for solving, @shibuya-toasted-with-extra-cream, @graycoin and @jojo-schmo) and i'm not sure which of these theories are still held by anyone

but here a few of my favourites, roughly in order that they started appearing...

♻️ she's a total mimic species like kirby or void, copying things around her either by intent or by accident 🗑️ similar to above, but she's an incorrect copy or a "beta" mock-up type of a waddle dee 🧚 that she was just born different, like a fae changeling, and might have been hidden away when young as a result 🕰️ she is something totally inorganic and/or mechanical, created by or like the clockwork stars or stardream, perhaps wish contingent 🥇 sometimes attached to the above, she was created to serve some sort of Greater Purpose. she might have failed at it or been flawed, and was subsequently discarded on popstar 🌠 a dozen and one wildly different things connected to the "falling star that hit her". alien life form on the meteor transferred into her on impact. infection by intergalactic bacteria/dark matter. simply massive concussive trauma that fucked up her signature (back when we thought that was the only thing wrong with her). the star was magic and fused with her. she hatched from it and is literally a star herself. probably missing some here. 🪐 waddle dee from a different place/planet. this one is quite a sensible theory, given that we do see many quite different dees! 🤍 she is a fragmented piece of void/void termina. this one in particular i know is @shibuya-toasted-with-extra-cream 's ongoing theory and she's put in a lot of really cool work towards it! ⚔️ she's somehow connected to the heroes of yore. this theory i think has only started popping up since galacta knight has become a reoccurring visitor in her storyline and we've started asking questions about her familiar looking magic spears, but you can certainly 1hko @moonverc3x with this one 🧿 she's connected to the matters. sometimes soul, because it's sometimes star themed and lacks a token representative. where as a connection to dream might link her to fecto forgo/fecto elfilis in some way (a creature also well known for a catastrophic meteor attack). i've also seen folks confident that she's connected to heart matter as well, probably again due to everyone's favourite grumpy swan showing up

this is all i can think of or locate right now, but there's been a pretty wide range of things. i feel there has been a rather interesting transition over time from "she's a messed up waddle dee" to "she's probably connected to a universal superpower of some kind" which i am genuinely really really thrilled about?! 😂 what a glow up for a pathetic little wawa!!!

i'm also personally really fond of seeing how people's existing biases influence what they can find and draw connections in. for instance: i know @jojo-schmo loves the forgotten land and elfilis, and digs into those connections and draws out some really cool stuff because her knowledge is already so specialised! i think this is the true highlight of working on this story for me, people theorising and engaging in the lore, and laser pin-pointing things that tie into our personal faves-- the way we tend to do with kirby lore as a whole-- is such uninhibited delight

i sincerely hope people will enjoy where starstruck's story does go, in the end!!

#starstruck dee #asks #🎀🔍 #i will say that more than one of these theories holds water! some of them more than others. #some of them are indeed dredging the ocean. #i will actually say one thing regarding one of the meteor theories...... “she hatched from it and is literally a star” #<- this WAS actually her Very First original concept when she was “Just A Sona”. she was a literal unalive star who watched everybody-- #having fun on popstar and wished to be alive to join them and feel joy & love. this is a very personal narrative to me and appears lots in- #my sonas and works. it's a fairly simple and basic backstory that would have required no further development or held no real mystery! #once i realised she was developing beyond sona-exclusive status and i was purposefully building a ~mystery~ it changed. #so it's no longer her backstory or relevant in any way; and it hasn't been since before most deetective work has been happening. #just thought y'all might enjoy it as a little bit of Deep Hidden Lore! #sorry also for pinging many folks in this wall of text; if i knew i was referencing a theory of yours i wanted to credit you is all #please just lmk if you'd like me to remove your url at any time!! as always i'm so grateful to everyone who likes starstruck or weighs in! #this kind of engagement is so new and exciting to me and it means more than i can say. i hope i can weave a fun story for you!!

[uncanny-tranny]

It's just... odd to me, I suppose, going from "what is in my pants is completely irrelevant to most anybody else's life" to the expectation that you must be completely open, essentially, about what is in your pants.

I think a lot of people understand the general idea of why it's bad decorum to demand people offer explanations for private information like this, but they don't analyze exactly why it's bad besides, "asking directly is just rude" and not "asking in any way still enforces the often violent nature of gender and sex, and putting people in the 'right box' is a part of that violence."

It's especially odd when seeing other trans people enforcing the idea that "what's in your pants?" is a genuine, good-faith basis for interacting with others.

#trans #transgender #lgbt #lgbtq #ftm #mtf #nonbinary #what i mean by the last paragraph is... WHY does it matter? #if i lied to you right now about what is in my pants... how would you know OR how would you change how i am treated by you? #and also. i would absolutely rather lie about my *own* body than be put in danger because it is a trans body #if worse comes to worst i genuinely don't care if somebody is mildly insulted that i didn't 'trust them' enough with that information #it's just weird to see people go from 'only tell doctors that info; it hardly matters outside that!' to... #...'you need to tell ANYbody - even in social and platonic situations where you don't think it matters'... #...can you see how believing in the fundamental idea (that your sex and to extent gender is not your own and belongs to everybody else)... #...doesn't really mesh well with the idea that trans people should be able to live an autonomous life wherein their information is *theirs* #and can you see how for people who aren't trans but have an 'its complicated' with the broad 'what's in your pants?' would ALSO be hurt? #because even if you don't word it as such you still present the fundamental idea that - again - your sex and gender are required informatio #and that it must be judged to be 'accurate' so others can place you in whatever direction they want to treat you with #anyway lying about this shit isn't Inherently Evil and the idea that it's like. a boogeyman is weird actually

[snekverse]

MCD time!! Starting w the main cast, got 3 more full lineups to do 😎

#lmk what u think + if there are any specific charas u wanna see in the future!!! #already got the next 30 charas planned but id be happy to make a few extras when i get some extra time :3 #i think u can really see where i steuggled w design #it DEF does not help that i dont have all their backstories and whatnot planned out bc some of them will be changing i think #with the exceptions of aphmau and laurance these are everybodys first appearance fits if that makes sense #i also excluded some outerwear such as cloaks and zanes veil for the sake of showing u the fit :D #as always i would love to talk abt these characters and my designs for them so feel free to ask <3 #aphmau #minecraft diaries #aphmau minecraft diaries #aaron lycan #zane ro'meave #garroth ro'meave #laurance zvhal #travis valkrum #aphmau dante #aphmau katelyn #aphmau kawaii~chan #nana ashida #aphmau lucinda #snek sketches #my art #aphmau fanart

[james-sunshine-potter]

James has a thin scar on his neck. 

It runs from the base of neck to the hairline which is behind his left ear.

How did this happen? 

He got nicked by the whomping willow when stopping Snape from going into it. 

It’s a constant reminder for the entire group the deep effects of the prank, and how it effected everyone. 

#even though i do believe it had the buggest effect on sirius and remus relationship #i do believe it really tore the group apart #because peter nor james would properly until remus did #but i can only begin to imagine the tension that got into the group afterwards #peter and james both picked remus' side fully #it was the sort of change everybody noticed #remus lupin #sirius black #james potter #peter pettigrew #remus lupin angst #sirius black agnst #Peter Pettigrew angst #james potter angst #the prank #wolfstar #marauders era #jsp- marauder era #the marauders

[zellk]

Funny romance charts - Dangerous Babygirls edition (empty chart)

#i know i did spriggan and mitas but really i mostly wanted to do these two #but it always takes longer to complete for these two because i have to THINK so much more fkmdjhsmgkjh #helps me develop them properly tho >:) so it's good #lana #rena #lanare #renaiel #paracosm #symphonia #oc #ocs #zellk oc #zellk ocs #i am laughing SO fucking much at how fucking toxic Lana has the potential to be #like it's also hard for me to fill these (esp for her) because she changes SO MUCH as she grows through the years of her story #(and gets to a point where she can have a “healthy” relationship with Rena) #(healthy between quotes because they are both unhinged but together and for each other so it causes slightly less trouble to everybody) #(they do sorta balance each other out fr fr) #(but they also cause unhinged behaviours in each other and i love it kfdmjshgmkjdhgmkjh) #anyways when they were younger Lana was an abusive gaslighting bitch - glad she got reality checked a few times and grew out of it #someone told her “be better” and she took that personally

[boygirltreehouse]

I'll never be over the fact that being batman it GYAHHHH! so when bruce becomes batman and makes his vow to get justice for gotham, to make it so that no one else has to experience the devastation and loss he did the night he lost his parents- being batman means well his job, his mission requires overexposure to death crime and tragedy in order for him to prevent it, and like yeah he never truly ever left crime alley, but that wound is constantly being ripped open. Every person, every ally, every one of HIS KIDS especially that he loses in pursuit of this mission makes the injury new and fresh and red.

this isn't news of course but everytime it hits me that because batman is built on grief he's destined to do it forever I just ☹️☹️

#had the very unoriginal experience of listening to i bet on losing dogs while thinking abt batman and his kids #bruce you are the embodiment of that quote abt not loving wisely #batman #bruce wayne #thought bubbles #the haunted house #batman is such an old concept such an old idea #hes been doing this going through this for so long and not stopping anytime soon #batman functions the same way gods do in a lot of media where as above so below like the people and what they believe shape the entity #dc comics can do whatever they want change in any possible way they can make his character unrecognizable #it doesn't change the fact that when bruce is eight years old he watchs his parents get shot in an alley way and Something Else is born #bcs thats the story everyone literally almost everybody in the world knows one way or another #and thats the way batman will always exist in the global consciousness #haaaa #dc comics

[ninja-knox-ur-sox-off]

Macaque about Wukong: he’s selfish, he only cares about himself, he always wins, he always gets exactly what he wants, I let him use me, he knows exactly what he’s doing and every decision he makes is purposefully made to make the people closest to him miserable until he’s done using them to get what he wants, and what he wants is power- get out while you can

Azure, about Wukong: he’s selfless, he cares so much about his people and his friends and puts them before himself, that’s why I followed him, he’s powerful, he would make a glorious ruler of the heavens, but he doesn’t know what he’s doing and he fails and was tricked into making the wrong decision but that’s why he needs me-

(i’ve only watched up to ses 4 episode 8 please no spoilers in tags)

#love these unreliable narrators telling us all about monkey king #:'D #lmk s4 spoilers #Monkie Kid #LEGO Monkie Kid #Azure Lion (monkie kid) #Six Eared Macaque (Monkie Kid) #thinking about changing up how I tag things #ANYWAY THO #its crazy how just two different peoples takes on monkey king can contradict the other so much #this is why we can't trust what literally anybody in the show says about monkey king at this point because everybody seems so freaking #unreliable #NAYWAY GIVE ME AN UNBIASED NARRATION OF MONKEY KING I BEG O FYOU ITS DRIVING ME INSANELGNMLSMFWE #who is monkey king? we'll he's a selfish unselfish thoughtful thoughtless self aware oblivious unsaken by others easily manipulated monkey!! #:D #WOW ITS SO CLEAR #VALUES HIS FRIENDS SO MUCH #WORST FRIEND ALIVE #its just interesting how different they both see him #Macaque viewing him as the capable smart disloyal powerful terrible friend with only his own interests at heart even if it hurts others #and Azure viewing him as this selfish almost perfect figure who just needs to be corrected slightly because he was lead to the wrong truth #its like he's seen as a villian vs being seen as a toddler #W I L D #Monkey King: a villan. a toddler. an agent of chaos. a hero #WELL WE KNOW WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE HTINKS OF HIM CAN WE PLEASE GET A NARRATION THAT ACTUALLY TELLS US WHAT HE IS IN THE SHOW #W A I LS #okay i'm rambling now MOVING ON HAVE A NICE DAY #THE NARRATION OF EVERYONE TELLING HIM WHO HE IS AND DECIDING WHO HE IS. IS ONLY FUN FOR SO LONG ITS BEEN FOUR SEASONS P L E A S E #i was gonna wait till i watched ep ten to complain about this a bit but heck now i'm rambling in the tagshgklmsdfaow;ef WE'RE DOING GREAT

[sparky-is-spiders]

Jonmelanie would communicate near exclusively in arguing and nobody would find out that they were dating for three years.

#everybody who has to be in the same room as them takes 2d6 psychic damage per round #they’re ride or die but they also butt heads all the time so everyone thinks they hate each other even after they learn that they’re dating #s1 era or au it’d be fun bickerflirting that nobody else picks up on #s2 there’d be more bite to it in a way that made everyone uncomfortable but if anyone said anything jonmelanie would join forces to yell at #whoever was brave enough to say anything #s3 they care so much but there’s so much baggage and they’re so similar. they repel each other like identical poles of a magnet #but everything is so horrible and changing so fast that they can’t let go either #s4 and they still never let go but melanie had to anyway #they’re barely on speaking terms but it’s so obvious the love isn’t gone #i think it ends when melanie gouges out her eyes #it just can’t work after that. #but even then they never stop loving wach other. maybe they can have a Moment (TM) during the eyepocalypse #jonmelanie isn’t always my fave jonship but sometimes it tickles my fancy #jonmelanie #jonshipping #jonathan sims #jon sims #tma #the magnus archives