#i will once again make this joke

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

My Lawyer is going to Get Your Ass.

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#poorly drawn mdzs #mdzs #jin guangyao #jiang cheng #nie huaisang #wei wuxian #lan wangji #elle woods #That's right. All this time I was building up towards this punchline. #The pink legal eagle Elle Woods is canonical to the PD-MDZS universe. This will make no sense if you are new around here. #The phone lwj pulls out of his bag of holding has one function. And it's to call Elle Woods. An omniscient and legendary cultivator. #The mandarin is very messy but probably self explanatory. I can only hope it is legible... #Referencing Danganrompa (Sore wa chigau yo!) and Ace Attorney was not on my bingo card for things I would end up doing- #-but it has happened and I am rolling with it. Even if it means a lot is going on in this comic! #the core joke here is that wwx finds himself in a impromptu court and gets a lawyer involved. #A lawyer AU fits these characters so well I am once again blinking long and slow at everyone who’s made an AU for it #Not a single whisper of story analysis in these tags today. It's pure whimsy on the menu. #I am placing a little treat outside of your door. It's a cold world out there and there is so little whimsy to be found.

[secretmellowblog]

The thing is, Jean Valjean’s “nineteen year prison sentence for stealing a loaf of bread” from Les Mis isn’t actually unusual….not even today! I see people talking about it as if it’s strange or unimaginable when it happens every day.

In modern America — often as a result of pointlessly cruel (and racist) habitual offender and mandatory minimum laws— people are routinely sentenced to life in prison for minor crimes like shoplifting or possession of drugs.

The ACLU did a report in 2013 detailing the lives of various people who were sentenced to life in prison without parole for nonviolent property crimes like:

•attempting to cash a stolen check

•a junk-dealer’s possession of stolen junk

metal (10 valves and one elbow pipe)

•possession of stolen wrenches

•siphoning gasoline from a truck

•stealing tools from a tool shed and a welding machine from a yard

•shoplifting three belts from a department store

•shoplifting several digital cameras

•shoplifting two jerseys from an athletic store

• taking a television, circular saw, and a power converter from a vacant house

• breaking into a closed liquor store in the middle of the night

And of course, so so so many people sentenced to life without parole for the possession of a few grams of drugs.

And we could go on and on!

Gregory Taylor was a homeless man in Los Angeles who, in 1997, was sentenced to “25 years to life” for attempting to steal food from a food kitchen. He was released after 13 years. The lawyers helping to release him even cited Les Miserables in their appeal, comparing Taylor’s sentence to Jean Valjean’s.

And there’s another specific bit of social commentary Hugo was making about Valjean’s trial that’s still depressingly relevant. He writes that Valjean was sentenced for the theft of loaf of bread, but also that the court managed to make that sentence stick by bringing up some of his past misdemeanors. For example, Valjean owned a gun and was known to occasionally poach wildlife (presumably for his starving family to eat.) . So the court exaggerates how harmful the bread theft was—he had to smash a windowpane to get the bread, which is basically Violence— then insist the fact that he owns a gun and occasionally poaches is proof that he is habitually and innately violent. Then when Valjean obviously becomes distressed traumatized and furious as a result of his nakedly unjust sentence and begins making desperate (and very unsuccessful/impulsive/ poorly thought through) attempts to escape…. the government indifferently tacks more years onto his sentence, labels him a “dangerous” felon, and insists that its initial read of him as an innately violent person was correct.

And it’s sad how a lot of the real life stories linked earlier are similar to the commentary Hugo wrote in 1863? Someone will commit a nonviolent property crime, and then the court insists that a bunch of other miscellaneous things they’ve done in the past (whether it’s other minor thefts or being addicted to drugs or w/e) are Proof they’re inherently violent and incapable of being around other people.

A small very petty fandom side note: This is also why I dislike all those common jokes you see everywhere along the lines of “lol it’s so unrealistic for the police to want to arrest Valjean over a loaf of bread, there must have been some other reason the police were pursuing him. Because the state would never punish someone that harshly and irrationally for no reason. so maybe javert was just gay haha”. (Ex: this tiktok— please don’t harass the creator or poster though, I don’t think they were intending to mean anything like that and its just a silly common type of joke you see made about Les mis all the time so it’s not unique in any way.) because like.

As much as I don’t think Les Mis is a flawless book or that its political messaging is perfect….the only way that insanely long unjust sentences for minor crimes is “unrealistic” is if you’re operating on the assumption that prisons are here to Keep You Safe by always only punishing bad criminals who do serious crimes. And that’s just, not true at all. Like I get that these are just goofy silly shallow jokes, and I’m not angry or going to harass anyone who makes them. but it feels like there’s an assumption underlying all those goofy jokes that “this is just not how prison works!” “Prisons don’t routinely sentence people to absurd laughably unjust pointless sentences!” “Prisons give people fair sentences for logical reasons!” When like…no

Valjean being relentlessly hounded and tortured for a minor crime in a way that is utterly ridiculous and arbitrary in its cruelty is not actually a plot hole in Les mis. It’s a plot hole in …..society ajsjkdkdkf. And the only way to fix that is to fight for prison abolition or at least reform, and (in America) stand up against the vicious naked cruelty of habitual offender and mandatory minimum laws.

But yeah :(. I hate how Les Mis opens with a prologue saying the novel will be obsolete the moment the social issues it describes have been resolved— but two hundred years later, the book is still more relevant than ever because we’re dealing with so many of the exact same injustices.

#les mis #lm 1.2.6 #Jean Valjean #anyway sometimes lm 1.2.6 makes me sad and sometimes it makes me angry #today I feel both #: ‘((((((((((((((( #but yeah #also again I don’t hate people who make the goofy ‘lol valjeans prison sentence was so unrealistic javert must be gay’ jokes #i get that they’re jokes #and that they’re mostly made by people who like watched Les mis 2012 once #but also #but also but also #:’’’’( #I don’t know the tragedy of valjeans story and the continued relevance of that social commentary Gets to me #Les mis letters #Les mis daily

[clambuoyance]

[DC] 🎵How I find myself without you that I’ll never know, I let myself go🎵

#lyrics r from Honeybee by Steam Powered Giraffe🥺 #I cried like 30 times while drawing these (I’m not joking I was fighting tears) #I’m pretty sure this is like the third post based on adventure comics 3 that I’ve done but I will never get over it. never #the second one was me practicing hugs bc hugs r the best but they r hard to draw #urghhh sorry my brainrot is soooo. it has a chokehold on me they r just very erm. relatable. #like the wanting just one person to believe in you and be by your side. #once I had a dream where I was on trial against the world and the only one who stuck w me was my bff…oughhh making myself cry again #clam draws #dc clamics #dc #tim drake #conner kent #timkon #kon el #kon el kent #my art #timkon fanart #ignore the tags I’m being sappy #kontent

[archersartcorner]

I think the Bad Kids deserve to cry a lil. As a treat. IT’S CATHARTIC!!!!!!!!!!!

#my art #described #dimension 20 #fantasy high #fantasy high: junior year #the bad kids #ima be tbh. I did mostly just wanna draw Gorgug crying WJDBDJSB #I hope we get any kind of acknowledgement about what Gorgug saw in the forest… I’d love to see a scene where he asks digby & wilma about it #ALSO I LOOOVVVEEE THAT THEIR PRONOUNS ARE THEY/THEM BCUS THEY ARE A SET. DO NOT SEPARATE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #also. hope that the time thing Brennan mentioned is an actual plot point and not just A Convenient Retcon Function #like pls brennan… I respect ur storytelling so much I do. if I wanted retcon excuses I’d go back to TES and read about the dragon breaks #especially since like. I love the seven so much. I’ve joked before like. t7 is frankly FHJY for me. we can skip right to sen. year JY is T7! #so if hes walking stuff back esp stuff that was established in T7… idk im not gonna be like. mad. I have a Life lmao. but maybe a lil sadge. #ANYWAY zac once again making one of my fave PCs. gorgug is so sweet guy… #also hope we get to see the artificing class & teacher!

[cappurrccino]

#//juri speaks #the martian #this came to me in a vision as i was making potatoes #once again using my mediocre photoshop skills for dumb niche jokes with a target audience of me #anyway me 🤝watney: save me potatoes

[clxckwork-sun-n-moon]

a couple of little somethings for @scarredlove's Fool Moon from their Royal AU because ho boy Moon got me acting a fool for him

#clockwork doodles #king of fools au #he's probably making a joke in that top image like 'I knew pages were in books but not quite this much' #once again I am silly for silly jester man #I am not immune to the Moon

[mansplainmanipulatemalewife]

Unrepentant spoilsport Kim Kitsuragi

#it's okay kim we all know you secretly enjoy all the shenanigans we won't tell anyone #art #disco elysium #kim kitsuragi #once again I'm just doodling on silly tweets instead of revising or making actual high-effort art #i don't actually know if kim drinks but like... for the purposes of the joke lets assume if he does he's willing to lie about it

[multifandomsoftness]

i am ONCE AGAIN asking: what the actual fuck is going on?

#IS THIS SOME SORT OF INSIDE TUMBLR JOKE THAT I DONT GET?????? #CAUSE ITS LIKE THE THIRD/FOURTH TIME I DO THESE KIND OF POST LIKE #also once again loving the crossovers #very cool loved to see it but wtf you know??? #i feel like this is gonna be a default trending once in a while #just a crossover of things that have nothing to do with each other making everyone so confused #but at this rate I’m just not gonna question it #anyways let’s put these random tags together #ace attorney #breaking bad #and it gets weirder #phineas and ferb #the addams family

[moeblob]

You know, when I kept getting asked "so you didn't ever have severe pains before now?" in the hospital and I kept replying "I have a high pain tolerance" I meant it. However, there is only so much pain my tiny 4'9" body can hold... (aka I am sweating and in agony bc I'm getting told to use LESS severe pain meds so I don't rely on them too much and it is AWFUL)

#moe talks a lot #i was shaking earlier and despite the fact i sound like im gonna cry #and the fact that my mom can pick out im about to cry from pain bc im trying to take less pain meds #LIKE MY MOM IS INSTRUCTING ME TO DO #shes like well why arent you taking any pain meds #BECAUSE THERE ARE TWO AVAILABLE OPTIONS AND ON A SIX HOUR TIMER #i cant take both at once or else what happens to me if i hurt before the six hours is up #i have to manage them in a way that allows me to benefit from both and being told im doing it wrong #after being told well its your fault it got so bad because you never complained about pain before #YEAH NO JOKE? REALLY? I NEVER DID? because everyone acts like im too young to feel that kinda pain #oh youre hurting? just wait until youre older #and its currently agony to breathe again but that i guess is also my fault bc im trying to use pain meds #holy moly i just want to not get dizzy standing up cause wow dang #sure would be nice if the multiple incisions in my stomach didnt THROB every time i sneezed or coughed or cleared my throat #but since i didnt use much pain meds before because i would be mocked for being too much of a baby its like #welp damn now i could really use some and im being called out for being too reliant #anyway time to sleep more because that means im not noticing my pain #im literally smaller than most children and so i do understand my body size makes people worried about the medication intake #but can i please just go a day without being asked how much im taking or when i last took it or if im gonna cry #anyway sorry for the excessive rant today never really had surgery or anything so this is brand spankin new suffering

[stardestroyer81]

When Pizza Granny doesn't find herself misplacing her medication, she regrets it once she recalls the grueling process of taking it.

#⭐ Star's Art ⭐ #Pizza Tower #Pizza Granny #Pizzahead #Pizzahead Pizza Tower #Redraw #Sprite Art #Coolness #Open up... it's time for the pill! #My very good friend panurei-derogatory and I found ourselves discussing Granny Pizza and her hub world dialogue yesterday #Specifically her dialogue on the third floor where she makes mention of losing her medication 'again' #It didn't take long for my brain to go 'what if I redrew the one scene from Spongebob where Mr. Krabs takes the pill but with Pizza Granny' #One concept sketch turned full-on art piece later... here we are! #This was a good enough reason as any to draw Granny Pizza for the first time #Plus I wanted a reason to draw Pizzahead again seeing as I've drawn him only once before. Very recently too #I swear every time I draw in the Pizza Tower style I get a step closer to perfecting it #I'm really proud of this even if it started out as a simple joke sketch! 🍕✨ #Another thing I'm proud of are the little pizza buttons I added to Pizzahead's overalls #Probably not the first person to do the such but I think it looks cute!

[bumblingbabooshka]

Headcanon that Seven of Nine and Naomi actually find Neelix’s cooking to be fine because it’s the only food they’ve ever eaten/their first introduction to food and when they get to Earth everyone’s so excited to show them Alpha quadrant foods but neither of them likes anything they’re offered very much. Seven doesn’t really care either way except that she has to get used to a whole new palette and Naomi likes the obvious (Ex: candy, cake) but frequently complains that nothing tastes ‘right’. Naomi: -pushing away a slice of pizza- I don’t like it... Tom: You’re kidding me. You don’t like pizza? Naomi: It doesn’t taste right! Make it how Neelix used to. Tom: You want me to put gerhalorian beets and yuk mushrooms in the sauce so it congeals into a lumpy, slightly sour mess? Is that what you want, Naomi? Naomi: Yeah :(  I want Naomi and Icheb to work tirelessly together on a side project for years until finally doing it - being able to communicate clearly with those in the Delta quadrant! Icheb uses it to speak to the other borg children (now adults) and Naomi immediately uses it to call Neelix and ask him to find the nearest time portal and toss a big box of leola root into it. She’s been craving it for years! No one told her the Alpha quadrant didn’t have leola root, she wouldn’t have gone otherwise!

#Naomi's suffering through the worst case of 'food you had ALL the time as a kid but can't get as an adult' #Her next goal is constructing some way for ships to pass through the quadrants quickly and safely so Neelix can come visit her and also #Voyager's crew can stop getting themselves hopelessly lost and presumed dead out there #Naomi's favorite joke is that if she knew the alpha quadrant had/didn't have X she wouldn't have come! Her mom doesn't love it v_v #st voyager #Naomi Wildman #Seven of Nine #Neelix #I also think every member of the crew has a certain food they really loved but can never eat again v_v either bc alpha quad doesn't have the #ingredients or the replication abilities or bc it was something that was given as a gift by a delta quad alien or Neelix was only able to #make it once etc #I believe Neelix's cooking is a mixed bag. Some of his dishes are earnestly not good and some of them are for a palette that #the crew doesn't have...but after seven years you develop a palette. Like they still PREFER alpha quadrant food but every so often they're #like DAMN...do you remember when Neelix made-? and it's always a happy conversation #OH and also he has limited ingredients bc of Voyager's situation and doesn't know what the human foods they ask for are or what they should #taste like so it's trial and error babey!!!

[lo-shouldve-been-an-email]

Wtf is this expression.

This looks more like a face Hypnos from hades would make than a lady facing her abuser.

This is a face you make when you’re giving the himbo prince of the underworld advice not when killing the man that r**** you.

#anti lore olympus #anti lo #lo critical #lore olympus critical #lo criticism #lore olympus #I’ve seen fastpass spoilers on Reddit but wtf #also that design?does not slay #I’ll make a separate post on how much I hate the design later #at this point lo is just a joke #but then again I have a rewrite to learn how to draw for and I like to analyze these things so ehh it’s not that bad #I just hate this chapter it’s not even funny #is this what the others who’ve been in the business feel? #the worst part is that the monologue is cool in theory but once you think of it for more than five seconds it becomes stupid #but anyways I don’t want to save the actual rant in the tags so yeah

[5hrignold]

reminder

#rewatched this sneak peek for the first time since i first saw it and ugh. UUUUGHHGGHHH. #it hurts me a lot I’m ngl….. like to see charlie be so critical of something pim likes #except this time it’s even more painful because it isn’t just that pim likes it he also thought charlie would like it too and he literally #took him out and did this just for him because he thought he’d like it. he thought charlie said something so he went out of his way to #organise something to show to him to make him happy. and also how like… expectant? charlie is acting in the clip #like the way he just kinda frowns at pim whenever one of the dudes says something particularly out there #and it’s like. dude what the fuck #ive Said it once i’ll say it again i think charlie needs to lose pim during an episode or something. itd humble him #i mean that KIND OF happened with the finale but look where they are in s2 #as usual what i always say. absolutely no actual complaints. if anything i Love this because it’s very clearly like #im so excited for this particular episode because you can just TELL its gonna be such a good one for their relationship #like looking into it analysing it n stuff #literally anything with them together has me screaming and cryjing they’re one of my fav duos ever #ok my hands are shaking bye #smiling friends #💝 #smiling friends spoilers #also this is just Such a cute clip. the way pim runs and how charlie slugs on close behind him looking all grumpy #and how happy he looks to be calling him his best friend… actually peak i fear this is the peak of the season (joke

[deemacs]

regarding oceangate, i do want them to survive a little bit just for them to absolutely sue the shit out of the owner, i want the greedy people to fight to death on my tv screen, telling us about the horrors they had to endure, finally doing something for the public by entertaining us. turning from kings to jesters.

#txt #oceangate #titanic #i won't whole heartedly wish death on them but i won't be too sad if they died #either way there will be at least one movie and ten documentaries about this #it's all a joke it's alll ridiculous it's all stupid and it's utterly utterly irrelevant #the way it's being reported of is so disproportionate #so what if they die? hundreds of people die on sea and they don't pay 250k to do so #but that's when the media is mute #the only thing that kind of makes this relevant is the exposure (once again) that there are people seen as more important #that's the only thing to take from this #edit 1 week later: why did no one tell me that jester is spelt with a j 😔😔😔 #looks like i'm the fool #(get it cause hahha anyway)

[cartoontees]

someone has to tell taylor swift that there were no private jets in the 1830s hahahahaha

#this will be my one anti swift post i make in retaliation against her trending hahahaha #once again no hate to the fans cause its not that serious i just personally find her very annoying and cringe and i like to joke about it #tee.post

[crispywizardtale]

#once AGAIN JoongDunk makes EVERYTHING look so natural #this was such a soft yet such a natural act of clingyness #and everything about this suits their characters so well #from the in love look that Joke is giving to bit annoyed but loving every second of it Zo #i love the fond smiles and heart eyes #they really give off a young in love couple #they are so comfortable with eachother it really show on screen #this was so domestic i need more if this #Joongdunk owns my heart #hidden agenda the series #hidden agenda #joong archen #joongdunk #dunk natachai