#it's such a polite question mark

[elizabethrobertajones]

If your WoL got an archon mark, where would it be but more importantly what was their thesis that earned it.

#ffxiv #wolquestion #wol questions #obviously still thinking about Frog and Erenville FEUDING #I think she was never interested in a formal education #but damned if she isn't going to go get an archon mark in amphibians somehow #starting with a comprehensive list of the ones she's fished and the ones she's fought #(Once she's done reading that out all the thesis supervisors are asleep so she can say anything and they'll pass her out of embarrassment) #Anyway then she gets the archon mark on the back of her hand #you know so when she flips him off he has to see it :P #(... no I think she'd get the Urianger) #tbh we should all be allowed to just have a Circle of Knowing tattoo after all the work we've done #like that's just a political statement not gated behind a thesis right? #Anyway I am rambling - hit post

[erasawordsmithofsorts]

during my all nighter a few nights ago i said something that was mildly concerning to my friends but a daily thought to me:

"i pledge allegiance to the boy bands that didnt form in america because fuck this country and fuck this government. get that flag away from me and replace it with pics of 5sos and 1d"

like what? you guys expect my ass to LOVE my country? hell no..

#5sos #5 seconds of summer #5sosfam #luke 5sos #ashton 5sos #calum 5sos #michael 5sos #luke hemmings #ashton irwin #calum hood #michael clifford #slight politics mention? question mark? #slight politics #era's blog #era posting #-era

[misspeppermint2003]

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada

President Emmanuel Macron of France

Prime Minister Mark Rutte of the Netherlands

President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak of the United Kingdom

#fandom #fandom questions #character quiz #quizzes #rounds #world leaders #politicians #politics #lolitics #justin trudeau #emmanuel macron #mark rutte #volodymyr zelensky #rishi sunak #servant of the people #sluga naroda #sluha narodu #sluga narodu #kvartal 95

[real-total-drama-takes]

shit I accidentally impersonated a anon I didn't know existed,

Sorry question mark anon :(

#question mark anon #anon identity politics

[itwoodbeprefect]

every single day of every single week i think about that moment in i coulda been a defendant when ray complains about having to see francesca every day and having to pretend she's his sister (which he finds difficult because she's hot, is the very clear implication) and fraser just so completely fucking earnestly goes "this makes no sense, ray. all women are our sisters" like he's pleasantly trying to explain to ray how the printer works.

#if you look very closely during this exchange you can SEE the polite cartoon question marks pop up over fraser's head #strong contender for top 10 how can anyone watch this show and come away thinking fraser might be a neurotypical straight man moments #and honestly. i wish all ace people the unflappable confidence to look men being vaguely inappropriate about women in the eye and go. #'this makes no sense.' like everyone totally knows that it doesn't. duh (politely). what are you even talking about #the world would be both a slightly better and a MUCH funnier place oh my god #* #due south

[warabola]

now that i've done all of the ambitions at least once, the less-picked rewards/endings keep tumbling around my head like rocks in a polisher

please rant at me if you've got one of the less common endings i can't get enough

#the implications of the 3-Fingered Society and how it stretches to Surface politics and the all-encompassing bloodshed #and the way you've been given the onus of either preventing continuing or manipulating it #also how the Regent is left up in the air with big question marks alongside Power #cause how is a Regent going to interact long term with the royal family? with other royal families? #the way i'm tempted to do BaL and Seeking AGAIN just to see the tie-ins with the Long Dead Priests

[variousqueerthings]

the thing is there’s bad shows that have fascinating characters and arcs and set-ups and inbuilt lore from the start and interesting good accidents all the way through due to Tensions in gender and sexuality and intersectional politics that naturally occur when the writing challenges the belief systems of the writers (whether or not they allow it to change them is immaterial, the writing is what it is and its potential always supersedes the limitations of those writing it) and even the fact that the writer isn’t really up to the task to be honest about what the writing is asking of them, even the fact that they back down and take the story to incomprehensible places due to not knowing how to react when challenged and so the answer is reactionary and clumsy and even ignorant-

even that is interesting, because seeing the threads that make up the story, seeing how they pull -- sometimes with deliberation and sometimes with fumbling fear of unknown territory -- relates right back to all those things that were put in there, accidentally or on purpose

which brings us, of course, to cobra kai

taking out all the boring stuff about why this or that happened (we know why, the writers are three middle-aged straight white cis dudes who have large blindspots about what they’re delving into and accidentally made the most interesting dynamics same-sex because they believe martial arts should be segregated and don’t know how to write characters who aren’t using their fists to progress their story and they’re afraid of Politics) and then think about why does it happen in the story?

(the alternative of course is to go “I simply erase it from the story,” which is a strong choice, and it also asks the question: what do these key changes do to the trajectory of everything)

why does it happen in the story? Not “why do some other (paid, flipping paid) writers want it to happen,” but what would it take for it to make sense for you?

what gods of that universe, or longform stories, or subversions, or tricks, or missing scenes, or, or, or, do you need to make it work?

the story is still there, the writing is still interesting for knowing concretely what the flaws of the writers are (some people picked up on that early, I’m an optimistic soul I’ve been told) -- so what loose threads need to be picked up on, what questions have gone unanswered or hurried through or answered incorrectly?

what do you need to do to make it work?

#ck #cobra kai #what do you need to do to make it work - me asking johnny this question is EXACTLY one of the unanswered questions that interests me #what is the function of an ouroboros in a story -- that's another one #where did miyagi's ghost go? and another one #how does daniel feel about violence after that violence is enacted? #why did sam return to miguel and did she actually find out what she wanted? #does carmen want a baby? is the baby REAL? #what makes terry silver tragic? #has robby recovered from his past? #what is miguel's function in the story? (is he aware of this?) #a SLEW of questions relating to tory of course and to tory in relation to sam (we know this) #and of course -- what themes are of interest to you the potential writer of fanfic or fanartist or edit-maker or meta-writer etc. #also to be clear when I say 'gender and sexuality' im not necessarily saying trans and not-straight #im saying not-examining masculinity and femininity in a text often leaves a big question-mark especially a text like this #'politics' here encompasses everything from how the show handles vietnam korea japan and okinawa #to how it writes its scant characters of colour #to its (lack of) acknowledgement of the ways that racism impacted miyagi's character #to its unexamined sexism and misogyny and throwaway 'politically incorrect' jokes put in the mouth of johnny #to its examination of violence (when is violence good and when is it bad) #to its stories about addiction and mental health and physical disability #to the way it writes police and law enforcement and criminal punishment and poverty #to of course... its creepy pro-life sentiments #im sure ive missed some there -- but for a show that attempts desperately to avoid any politics it sure decided to write politics #cks5 #cobra kai spoilers #cobra kai s5 #cobra kai season 5

[sintreaties]

Uh wtf was that other anon. Anyway yeah it’s from honkai lol and that’s like their goodbye after beating the shit out of each other. Funny that when my bro was showing it to me he was like they’re best friends but they had to fight bla bla and when i started seeing things on twitter I’m like “smh some hets really can’t see that this two are more than just friends”

The fact that they beat the shit out of each other only makes it more romantic— wait what do you mean their goodbye?

Do they not get to be gay together afterwards?

#sintreatiesreplies #anon #honkai impact #honkai impact spoilers #? question mark #I know so little about Honkai that I confuse it for Genshin sometimes #also don’t think too hard about the other anon #they were throwing a tantrums over otap — throwing themselves on the floor #screaming #maybe even shitting themselves a little #which gives me a chance to say that this askbox has been open since the very begginning and it will probably remain like that until the end #there’s nothing wrong with expressing your opinion even if you disagree with me or what I do #the only thing I ask is for my anons to be polite and reasonable #I’m okay with being the ring leader of this circus — but I won’t deal with any weird ass jerk clowns!

[pceexistsinthevoid]

idk if this is anything, but for those who had/have a Newsies phase and/or hyperfixation:

also important disclaimer because i have no idea how many people could possibly end up seeing this: to my core i dislike being noticed more than necessary, it just so happens that to my core i also want answers to questions that for some reason i've never seen asked. one of these won after a weeks long fight to the death, don't make me regret it.

What? you're still here? anyway i'm considering doing another one about newsies and actual involvement in unionization efforts, because that probably says more about the impact of media than this, but we're starting from square one on the fight between the different parts of my brain. so even if you want it...don't count on it for at least a couple of weeks

#newsies #doing a poll #local intense introvert does a poll #newsies broadway #newsies 1992 #92sies #newsies uk #west endsies #art and politics #i'm very fun at parties i swear (he lies) #pce allegedly exists #pce's Newsies obsession #this is scheduled in advance #so i don't have to actually deal with it for a few hours #wanted to add some judgmental question marks to one of the answers but for some reason i cared about survey bias #and now that it's buried enough to be initially hidden i also wanna add: if my knowledge of this website is correct #it's probably not really a question which sentiment they'll be in but i still wanna know how people got there y'know?

[psychlocke]

SHE'S SO RACIST I CAN'T STAND HER ASSSSSSS

#dgs #i love her design don't get me wrong + i understand this is logical for the politics and environment in this game BUT OH MY GOD.... #— semi #dgs spoilers #question mark bc this is the first case

[badley]

yellowjackets s1e4 taissa 🤝 adam parrish

#seeing things at a political fundraiser is one of the most important moments an ambitious motherfucker can have #game recognise game question mark?

[misspeppermint2003]

⭐️ Weekly Fandom Vote (Round 1) ⭐️

#fandom #fandom questions #character quiz #quizzes #rounds #films and tv shows #american films and tv shows #canadian films and tv shows #oceania films and tv shows #cartoons #world leaders #politicians #politics #lolitics #spongebob squarepants #nickelodeon #nicktoons #mark rutte #dutch politics #european politics

[quatregats]

One of the books I have been sporadically reading is CLR James's Beyond a Boundary and it's very different from The Black Jacobins but I think I could easily be equally obsessed with it. The first chapter is such a beautiful treatment of the tension between parental/societal expectations and the actual reality of being a smart kid, I don't even know how to explain it but he Gets It and I'm fascinated by it.

#tried to explain gave up will just post a passage #may or may not be reading the cricket book because had thoughts about cricket au but also i've been meaning to read it #it's the book that my dad brought up when i was like i'm reading clr james for class and i was like ???? #he's known for writing about cricket and we're reading him in Big Political Philosophy Class?????? #but no the man's just a genius that's all #a lot of his stories remind me of my best friend tbh like there was something about an essay he wrote at school #that everyone was obsessed with and actually he just randomly picked the essay topic and didn't even care #and my best friend did something similar with the state test essay question where she made up a book to write it on #and they still gave her full marks on it #similar energy of brilliant people but their brilliance is what makes them fundamentally incapable of meeting society's expectations #like you can't expect someone who's always ahead of the curve and outside the box to want to stay in with the crowd y'know #idk i'm just thinking my thoughts out here #perce rambles

[woahajimes]

how was your history test

mine was. well i guess it could’ve been worse

LOL! (<- me too ..)

#no so listen. we are given 3 extracts from like random texts. and one political cartoon. (source I was the cartoon. source J was a letter f #rom the time/event. source K and L are like. much later written sources about the event #our event was the treaty of versailles so all the texts and cartoon were abt that right. in the actual ib exam (not this may but the next) #we would have 1h to answer 4 questions #1a: what does source J say about german [bdfkjhfkfhg]. (3 marks) #1b. what does source I say about {sdkfjhdfkds} (2 marks) #so u gotta make 3 points for 1a and 2 for 1b. easy pz. QUESTION 2. #''Considering the Origin. Purpose. and content. determine the values and limitations for a historian studying the treaty of versailles.' #(4 marks). but he wants one paragraph for values and 1 for limitations so 2 paragraphs #btw ques 2 is in relation to source J. #anyways Q3! Make a compare and contrast paragraph about Sources K and L #so another 2 paragraphs <3! woth 6 marks so basically 3 points each paragraphhhh #Q4!!! MAKE A MINI-ESSAY DEPICTING... #idk what the actual q was because we didnt do that lol bc it was a practice paper but still worth for marks yk #ANYWAYS we were given the extracts the weekend b4 so we could technically write the whole thing at home but then that wouldnt help at all #with the actual IB exam next may #so i just did background info and made starter sentences right #i wasnt even panicked like i admitted defeat ngl #hashtag over it. #OH BTW ON THE ACTUAL MAY EXAM. YOURE NOT GIVEN THE EXTRCTS BEFOREHAND so u go in with pen and paper and u rlly rawdog it #THIS IS PAPER 1 BTW. there's 3.... #previous years got only 1 and 2 bc of covid but today we gotta do every single paper im so mad #theres three papers for each subject. i have 6 papers. #subjects**

[chabbit]

I caved and decided to watch FFXV Kingsglaive before finishing the game and tbh I think if I were Regis I would have just stabbed the emperor at the signing instead of playing cute little word games. Like at that point he knows Niflheim isn't actually aiming for peace. The emperor chose to go to the peace signing and sit directly next to a guy who can famously summon like a hundred sword at once, if he gets stabbed that's on him. Empire can't fight a war and go after Noctis if they're dealing with a succession crisis. Let them eat each other alive, it's not your problem.

I mean obviously it wouldn't have worked because no one knew about Glauca or I guess Ardyn at that point (was he in the room?), but crucially I (as the fictional king of Lucis) also would not have known about them. I would have just stabbed that motherfucker. Regis my guy you are a warrior king. You can summon a hundred swords!! That's more than enough for all the higher ups who, crucially, are sitting in the room with you!!

I mean yeah it's a bad look to kill a bunch of foreign leaders "unprovoked" during peace talks but who's left to do diplomacy with anyway? Niflheim?? Who don't actually want peace anyway??? Maybe they'll think twice about fucking with you if you cut the head off the snake. Literally.

#ffxv kingsglaive #spoilers #perhaps this post is more a sign that i should not be given supreme political power #than a sign that the politics in that movie were bad #but i do think it was a little limited by the fact that they needed events to play out in a specific way to match what happens in the game #speaking of what happens in the game. you meet ravus so early??? #what was the turnaround on that prosthetic? did niflheim just have one chilling in a box somewhere??? #explains why he's such a bitch tbh that shit is fresh he's gotta be like mega mad about it #anyway i have to actually finish the game now. i really should stop doing side quests but the question marks taunt me

[405blazeitt]

da pump working with m.c.A・T again is great, but i'm so intrigued by the color choices here

#issa gets political question mark