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singingcicadas · 1 month

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Megatron's Opposite Day

"I free slaves"

This is Soundwave binding Ratbat but seeing as Megatron did the same thing to Pentius by putting his spark into Trypticon and reformatted Rumble and Frenzy into cassettes against their will I think he approves a lot of this practice

Megatron on Optimus and humans, after his defeat in All Hail Megatron ⬇️

he really salty

"I implant ideology" aka brainwashing

Decepticon cause = Megatron. nuff said.

"I liberate cities" says the person who let Nyon burn to make a point

Cities are too small, think bigger

Holding New York hostage.

"Like Autobots, they believe in the sanctity of life" which he doesn't. Kudos for being honest.

Allowing troops to do free-rein massacre is a reward for conquest. Nothing like some easy murder for de-stressing.

The Simanzi massacre which halved the Cybertronian population is off-screen so it doesn't deserve its own pic

"The revolution"

"We only feel good when we stand with a blade in one hand and a throat in another" "Let's make the entire face of the planet into our new gladiator arena"

What nice, confidence-inspiring revolutionaries. I'm sure they'll rule the population with benevolence after they've killed all the Necessary People with Necessary Violence. Final interpretation of what constitutes as Necessary is reserved for the sole discretion of Megatron, ofc.

Good goals.

Sentinel might be an absolute asshole but at least he's got one thing right: they're literally a gang of thugs who gets high off murder.

"The people are my utmost concern"

'The people': ................

"Battling for freedom"

Freedom of what? Function? Autonomy?

Religion?

the ability to choose whether to fight? on which side to fight?

Idk why they used the word "pogrom" for this, it's way too specific

Anyways it doesn't matter, they won't be missed.

Good for Bumblebee for calling him out. Screenshotted this just to appreciate Megatron's bitchy face ⬇️

Other urban legends:

"Megatron loves Cybertron" let's just burrrrn it

He did fight to save Cybertron in Chaos Theory but also made it pretty clear why he did it. It's not out of the goodness of his heart or any sentimental reasons like that. It's an ego/dominance thing.

Plus his wording when he's trying to convince Optimus to let him go with the Lost Light: "I broke the planet. And that, Optimus, is why I owe it to you - to everyone - to find a replacement."

Replacement.

In other words: I made a mess and can't be bothered to clean it up, so I want to get away from it and find somewhere new to start clean.

I don't think Optimus appreciates the favour.

"Megatron tore down a corrupt government" which is true, just too bad that he's worse

He's also, um, a closeted Zeta admirer?

"Megatron advocates equality" ???

Megatron x dictatorship is literally his OTP. They were inseparable for four million years. A lot of people died trying.

"Megatron cares about the Decepticons" no he doesn't. Not his troops nor its cause.

Like for one thing he treats them with complete scorn

Admits that the most useful thing about keeping Starscream around is that he can bully underlings into line

Wants to use the humans' nuke to get rid of his troops and reformat them into peaceful drones after they outlive their use because they were "too ruthless" for his perfect peaceful society

Has zero scruples about fighting Deceptigod, just affronted that his own soldiers are being used against him

And basically just drops the Decepticons like a bag of vermin after he surrenders. He never once mentions them of his own accord, other than to insist he has nothing to do with them. Even his surrender speech is something Optimus makes him do as exchange b/c he wants to go on parole. He wasn't planning on making a public address otherwise, he was just going to leave them hanging.

Looking at the publication timeline, Megatron started out as an established Evil McEvilson-type villain similar to how he is in G1 and it's not until Chaos Theory in 2011 that JRo really gave him a sympathetic backstory that drew his characterization away from the bloodthirsty pugno ergo sum warlord into someone who once held ideals about societal reform and remains convinced of his own moral supremacy throughout the 4 mill years of death and war, adding worldbuilding such as Functionism/oppression/government corruption as justification for the beginning of the Decepticon movement. But because the start of the Decepticons was already written in Megatron Origins and every evil thing he'd done up till Chaos Theory can't be retracted and they had to keep Megatron as a villain until his story was no longer central to the Autobot-Decepticon war line, and JRo didn't try to downplay the atrocities he'd committed (some of the most sadistically disturbing things Megatron did were exclusively in MTMTE flashbacks), but rather tried to distance him from them and placed the focus on the juxtapositions to emphasize change, this as a whole just resulted in Evil McEvilson getting turned into Hyper McHypocrite.

#That being said I genuinely enjoyed Megatron's redemption arc in mtmte/ll. It's one of those stories that's very poignant and moving #on an emotional level #even though the plot itself doesn't hold up that much under close scrutiny.#moved this to the tags to make the post cleaner #I would've liked it more if LL used a few more panels to show Megatron Actually Making Friends #instead of shunting him into a parallel universe for idk how many issues in an already limited run #transformers #idw transformers #maccadam #megatron #trying to clear out more screenshots

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ravenkinnie · 3 years

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TW: Drugs, substance abuse, murder, violence, the Punisher

Another potentially unpopular opinion I've seen on here (and one that I'll actually rant about) is that, Jason is the only good vigilante in the Batfam because he kills people (think the direct quote is "unlike those other feckless bitches" and something like "when you get saved by Red Hood, you know that you'll never have to worry about getting attacked by the same person again". I don't know how to explain to people that killing the type of criminals Jason killed in canon is wrong and harmful (thinking about the 80 Blackgate prisoners he poisoned - hmm you know the American prison system is pretty fucked up i'm sure they all totally belonged there /s). Like. Jason killing the Joker is one thing, but he literally hasn't killed the Joker - Dick did that, Bruce tried to, but Jason hasn't. But like some people make it out like oh, Jason being a killer is fine because he only kills people that deserve it - who, tell me who he's killing? Sex offenders and drug dealers seems to be the most common reply. And I won't touch the sex offenders but drug dealers? Have you heard of the War on Drugs? Have you seen what happens when people in power decide it's okay to openly promote the killing of drug dealers? I don't understand why people think it's fine for Jason Todd to go around killing drug dealers, as if they don't have families, don't have other things that put them in a bad situation. There's a reason why cops in the US (idk if they do this elsewhere) use the Punisher skull as their emblem - and if you advocate for a Jason Todd that punishes criminals, don't be surprised when the right wing weaponizes him against minorities and the red hood helmet starts to get painted on cop cars.

I wrote a paper on the Norwegian prison system which rehabilitates and releases even the "worst" of criminals and just... I live in the US and it seems like we (specifically white people) have such little compassion for anyone who commits crime. Even after the War on Drugs, even after we learned it was a scam, people fall for the crime and punishment rhetoric time after time. Like I live in a suburb where people are so scared of drug dealers my mom literally called our neighbor because someone cut through our yard (and she thought he looked high or something idk). Which I get it, my cousin died from a fentanyl overdose, I understand you don't want that near your kids. But incarcerating or killing drug dealers is not the answer, and I can't stand it when people take that stance on Jason. You can try to explain the 8 drug dealer heads in a duffle bag any way you want, but at the end of the day, I think the batfamily fandom needs to be more careful addressing this issue because demonizing drugs/drug dealers/drug users is literally one of the ways the American government destroys black communities.

And to think, the Jason Todd stan that this opinion came from replied to me because I commented on how Jason likes to run around in Dick's old clothes - something that has absolutely no bearing on his morals, other than he's thrifty which is a good thing actually, something like 85% of clothes ends up in landfills. Sorry for the rant, you asked for it. Sorry if anyone who sees this likes Jason Todd and is offended, you're not bad for liking him, he has an interesting story, just please don't advocate for murdering common criminals, specifically drug dealers.

AAAHHH NOO BUT IVE SEEN SOME OF MY MOOTS DISCUSS THIS BEFORE

sorry it's late and fucking hot I don't have the most comprehensive reply dbdnhd and I do acknowledge that at the end of the day this is fiction but opinions real people hold come from SOMEWHERE - and I think we have a very ingrained belief that crime/bad deed has to be punished and that there are good and evil people and good people only do bad things when influenced by evil people which is exactly the core of jason's belief - and that's interesting for a batfam character, a former robin!! I like when him and bruce are contrasted based on ethics but I don't like when it's meant to show that jason is right and bruce is wrong

batman is an extremely popular and fascinating character because at his core lies the idea that systems that are in place to 'protect' people are corrupt and it's down to individuals who can do something to go against them and look out for others - that's something that will resonate with people even if irl solution can't be to dress up as a bat and beat tf outta people shdhhshs

I have two points to make here:

a) I'm straight up a fucking anarchist who lives in the woods, thinks aliens are listening, and doesn't trust the government but I don't believe systems are corrupt, I believe they operate the way they are meant to operate to punish and control the populations that the system needs to be controlled to keep up the status quo - war on drugs is such a good example for that. drug dealer also exists as this boogeyman, this idea of an evil person waiting to corrupt and destroy the good people but the fact is: people don't get addicted to drugs bc drug dealers exist, people get addicted to drugs because something, not someone, compels them to do drugs, because something (literal us gov) introduced drugs to their communities and drug dealers are just tiny pawns in that game. additionally, many dealers are addicts themselves who got roped into selling to pay for their own use or who got pushed into the margins of society so much that drug trade is the only way to survive they can find

there are like, whole papers and books and thesis done on this so I'm not gonna act like I can analyse it in a tumblr post dhshsjsj but yeah people who think jason is right usually show this weird superiority of 'oh batman doesnt get how to fix gotham like jason does' and like... no, jason gets played like a fiddle by the system the way people he kills do, and whatever he does will always just hit the other pawns and never reach those actually at the top, those who are profitting from finding scapegoats

and like, batman comics don't have to address that bc it's comics, you can write small lmao but don't argue that jason is somehow more enlightened than bruce for killing

b) this brings a question of, if we decide that there has to be punishment for every crime, who gets to decide what punishment is right for what crime? cause there's not a single person who's infallible enough to dictate what the best approach is in every situation

and batman works best as a traumatised man who's loves his city sm he tries to work however he can to protect people from corrupt systems and offer them second chances wherever he can bc that's who batman is at his core - batman is not a punisher he is a protector and he should never be pushed into a role of the punisher bc he's not edgy enough

also bitches are so hard acting like they would kill every villain cause rip to batman but I'm different, y'all are too scared to tell the waitress your order is wrong shut the fuck up lmao the closest any of y'all have been to being batman is getting your ass beat behind the club on a saturday by brenda in her boohoo jumpsuit

#asks #drugs tw #long post

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usernamesuggestionsarefunny · 3 years

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Hot take: I unapologetically like John Walker, like, not even in a "he is morally gray and interesting" kind of way. He was brave and had good intentions, he just wasn't as quick to search for peaceful solutions and had several realistic flaws such as being insecure, ambitious and quick to follow orders for the establishment. Most people (on tumblr) just hate him because he is white so he must be evil or symbolically represent male white priviledge or something, because he didn´t romanticize terrorism as the writers made Sam start doing, and because he “unfairly” got the shield (The shield the dumb ass writers made Sam DECIDE to give up so they could have that sweet drama? THAT shield?). People say that Steve Rogers would have never done what John did, not even after his literal best friend was killed in front of his eyes, ehem... did we even watch the same movies? Did everyone just forget about that scene in Civil War after Tony tried to kill Bucky?

His reasons for murdering that terrorist guy that took part in the killing of his best friend and for wanting to apprehend a potentially dangerous group were waay more understandable than any of Karli's actions AFTER she started killing innocent people "to send a message" while still claiming to have the moral highground instead of, you know, keep stealing and distributing food and medicines like they were exclusively doing at the beginning or something.

I get that it sucks the writers made the flag smashers the villians (I hate what they did with the good hearted and idealistic Sharon Carter as well), I myself would have prefered if Karli had been writen as an anti-hero or even new hero who teams up with Sam and Bucky, maybe the flag smashers could have been divided into different factions, some more extremist than others, and a government guy could have been the real or worst villain, but that sadly didn't happen. The moment they wrote her blowing up that building full of unarmed people though, she was a self-righteous murderer just like Zemo, which would have been fine if that was the point of her character.

I was very irritated by the way the show writers, via Sam, tried to minimize her actions and make us feel sorry for her, dehumanizing the people she had killed in the process. We barely ever see her victims, they are mostly faceless entities who don´t matter in comparison to “poor well intentioned baby Karli”.

If the writers wanted to send the audience a message about “doing better” for refugees they could have done so by making the flag smashers the heroes that have been unjustly framed for the terrorist attacks (Which would have been an AMAZING plot twist), or writing them to be more complicated by making most of its members stand against the extemism of certain factions of the group, or by showing the good things they do, making them fight armed guards only. They should NOT have made terrorism seem “cool” and “trendy”, the deaths of civilians “necessary”, and the terrorists the “real” victims of... *gasp* being called... terrorists! The poor babies, noo, so offensive! The correct term is freedom fighters, nooo!

Needless to say, the woobification of the poor baby terrorists didn't work for me and I wasn't exactly horrified by Karli´s death or impressed by Sam´s corny victim blaming speech where he doesn´t actually give any practical ideas on how to solve the refugee crisis caused by the snap but sure does love to say the government officials all, indiscriminately (Maybe AOCortez or someone was there? I mean, idk), deserved to feel powerless as hostages because that, apparently, will make them sympathize with the people that made them fear for their lives instead of, I don´t know, seeing them as way too unreasonable to negociate with??

Now, I would have preferred for John Walker´s actor to play Lemar and viceversa, because I get that black characters get killed to motivate white characters far too often, so it would have been nicer to see it done the other way around for once. For John Walker to be the new flawed yet good hearted war veteran who has to redeem himself after making a huge mistake born out of pain for the loss of his friend, someone who has to develop and learn different tactics other than violence in order to defend people, someone who has to learn to question the status quo... and he just happens to be black like Sam. Their rivalry would not be even implicitly about race, but exclusively about differences in methods and about who gets the Captain America legacy. We could still have Bucky hating on him, the funny rivalry moments, no changes.

But sadly the writers needed a character to represent the white that didn't deserve Sam's shield but only got it for his race, or for looking similar to Steve, which is an important theme, but one that was perfectly explored already with the plotline about the original black supersoldier who was erased from history, and one that didn´t work for me because they made Sam give up the shield willingly BEFORE it was given to John, a war hero, so all I am getting is that simply being chosen for something important and accepting it because you think you can do the job, wanting justice for a friend, and not trusting terrorists to change their murderous ways is what made John “less than” Sam and Bucky.

I guess what I am trying to say is that John doesn´t deserve half the hate he gets and maybe if the writers had changed his race from the comic books then his character would have suffered less from being placed into a specific “personification of white male priviledge” box here on tumblr. No offence to the actor though, he was great.

#john walker #lemar hoskins #the falcon and the winter solider spoilers #the falcon and the winter soldier #anti karli #sorry not sorry #the falcon and the winter soldier rant #the original supersoldier who was black was a good plotline though #i love the ending at the museum #pro john walker #john walker positive post #john walker positivity

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samwxlsxon · 4 years

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worried glances.

summary: You are a tech analyst for the Avengers. After the events of The Winter Soldier, you tracked Bucky down out of curiosity. Your relationship blossomed in secret. Now that Bucky has been arrested by Joint Counter Terrorism, your secret relationship is in jeopardy of being outed.

pairing: bucky barnes x f!reader

word count: 4.2k

warnings: language and bad writing if you count that

sidenote: hi! this is my first fic of any kind so if it sucks, i am truly sorry. it is definitely going to have a part 2, but idk how many parts after that?? i hope you guys like it! any feedback is appreciated :))

read part 2 here!

If you could describe Berlin’s Joint Counter Terrorism Centre, hot certainly would not be in your description. The glass walls and empty spaces allowed for easy flow of air. Like any government building, it was surely freezing. It was the middle of summer so the AC was up full blast.

But you were melting. Your face and ears were burning and you were sure you would melt a hole in the metal handles of the doors when you pushed them aside. You were in a sundress and a light jacket, but you felt like a furnace.

You entered the building behind Tony and you couldn’t help the nerves that had overcome your body. A man, who would later introduce himself as Everett Ross, greeted you as soon as you entered.

“Tony Stark,” Ross shook Tony’s hand and acknowledged you as well. “Glad you decided to come to your senses. The Accords are good work.”

Tony rolled his eyes and responded while looking at your distressed form, “Tell that to blondie and his goon of a friend. And to this one over here. Can we get her some water? I don’t need another medical bill.”

As you were led through the glass halls, you tuned out their conversation and focused on the ringing in your ears.

The Accords had everyone on edge. Tony and Steve had obvious tensions and they seemed to have dragged the rest of the team down as well. It started to become obvious whose side you were on when you refused to attend the signing. You had stayed in New York, making adjustments to online data units just to keep your mind off things. You weren’t much for arguing. Besides, you had slightly bigger problems-- problems that involved a criminal with a metal arm.

To say you had curiosity towards the Winter Soldier was an understatement. So much so, that you managed to stick a micro-tracker to his arm during the fight on the highway two years ago. Steve and Sam chastised you for getting involved, but you didn’t care. The nasty black eye the Winter Soldier had given you was deemed worth it now that you had secured his location.

The technology was virtually undetectable-- your creation, of course. You could only notice it if you were looking for it. You knew you needed to keep a tab on him. And when you found out that he was Steve’s long-lost bestie, that only solidified the need to keep him under watch.

But the longer you stared at his location, the more you wanted to find yourself in Bucharest and knock on his door.

You wanted to talk to him, to put the pieces together- to learn about the HYDRA technology he’d seen. It would be a breakthrough. It would finally give the Avengers a boost ahead of the enemy.

You knew Steve would never look your way again if he found out you had this information or if he even knew you were thinking of paying Bucky a visit. But curiosity killed the cat.

So that’s why, a little over a year ago, you showed up on Bucky’s apartment doorstep with a black journal and a nervous smile. You figured you’d give him the journal as a peace offering, hoping that he get some use out of it. You knocked a couple times, but he didn’t even open the door as he told you to go away.

‘So much for hospitality’ you thought. The hot, dry weather made you start to regret wearing jeans. "Um, I don’t know if you remember me,” you crossed your arms and spoke against the door. “But we met in D.C. I’m a friend of Steve’s.”

There was no movement for a couple minutes. Then, you heard clicks coming from the locks and the door creaked open. He stood in front of you with a face that looked far from amused. He looked tired, metal arm mostly covered by a jacket despite the heat. His hair was behind his ears and stubble crept up the sides of his face.

He silently stepped aside, inviting you in. He watched carefully as you entered, shutting and locking the door behind you. The apartment was dark despite the florescent lights hanging from the ceiling. The kitchen area was cluttered with dishes and boxes. The couch was small and the walls were missing chips of paint. The bed on the floor looked like it had seen better days. The apartment looked like someone hadn’t thought of cleaning it for quite some while.

There was a table in the corner next to some shelves and then a singular bathroom. You looked from Bucky to the space. ‘Fitting.’ you thought. At least it matched his style- rugged and confused. You walked further inside and placed the journal on the table, sticking your hands in your pockets.

“What’s that?” he asked gruffly. He eyed the journal and leaned against the front door.

“It’s nothing, really.” You sat down on the chair next to the table and tapped on the cover of the book. “I thought you would like something to write things in. Like the stuff you learn...about yourself, or something.”

The newspaper that covered the windows prevented most light from entering the apartment. The lights on the ceiling were doing minimal to accentuate his features. You really couldn’t tell if he was even showing emotion.

He slowly removed himself from the front door and walked towards you. He was weary to pick up the journal, but when he did, he held it in his hands for a couple seconds and flipped through the blank pages.

“Thank you.” he responded. It was straight to the point. His voice didn’t waver or give any indication of what he was actually thinking. If he completely hated it, you wouldn’t have known.

You nodded and put your hands on your lap, intertwining them. “Yeah no problem.” you breathed, following the statement with an introduction.

“James. But I go by Bucky.” He took a seat in-front of you at the table. He left the journal in the middle of the table and eyed you as he got comfortable. “I know you didn’t come here to give me a journal. So what do you want?”

So then it started. You explained to him your curiosity; your curiosity for him and your desire to help him remember his past. You didn’t dare mention HYDRA. You wouldn’t want him mistaking your interest for something evil.

It quickly turned into a conversation. You asked him how much he remembered and what actually happened to him. You told him about Steve, the Avengers, New York, Ultron, everything. And he was interested. He would occasionally chime into your stories with a comment or a memory that was triggered by something you said. It was the first real conversation Bucky had in over 70 years.

And things sprinted from there. You visited him as often as you could, a couple times a month if things allowed it. You told the team you were out with friends for the weekend or visiting your family at home.

You wired your phone’s GPS to match your made-up location and found yourself at the very door you once wouldn’t even think about knocking on.

Bucky was stoic and downright intimidating, no matter how often you visited. But as you continued to bring him old pictures of Steve or excerpts from military documents at the time of his enlistment, he started to open up.

He started asking you questions about his past-his family. You had done your research on his origins, prepared to tell him everything.

He and Steve grew up in Brooklyn. His parents were Winnipeg and George Barnes. He was an officer in the 107th. You had all this information but you were so hesitant to tell him. You felt like you were robbing Steve of his moment.

You didn’t want to lie to Steve. Ever since D.C. he had longed for his best friend. It broke your heart that you were going behind his back. It felt even worse knowing that it was Steve who was supposed to be sharing these memories with Bucky.

But it was too late to tell him now. The more people that knew about Bucky’s location the riskier it would be. He was a wanted criminal after all.

But when Bucky gave you a look of curiosity and confusion, you knew he had been through enough pain to be withheld an answer. He would drink up the answers you gave him, engraving them into his memory. Every new discovery would be written in his journal.

Slowly, he began to anticipate your arrival and dread your departure. You were his first real friend in decades.

And so it went on for months. The visits and the talks. You were too intrigued to leave him alone, and at this point, you don’t think you could leave him if you tried. Slowly that friendship began to escalate. You would spend nights in his apartment instead of at the Marriott down the street. You would sleep on the couch. It was not the most comfortable sleep of your life, but you didn’t dare take the bed. He didn't deserve more discomfort.

He would greet you with a smile and a hug when you would arrive. Although the hug was brief and hesitant, it was a start. You would go on walks throughout the city and he would point out the Romanian architecture. He would teach you bits of Romanian and Russian. Common words like ‘coffee’ or ‘restroom’.

It would keep you both occupied. He would never admit it out loud, but he was grateful for your company. Loneliness and his trauma didn’t mix well.

It was like someone had taken your relationship, once so distant and weary, and turned it completely upside down.

Something as trivial as an accidental brush of his hand on yours as you reached for a french fry at dinner would stay in your mind for hours. You would lay next to him as he hesitantly wrapped his human arm around you, too scared about the unpredictability of his metal one.

He would tell you stories from his childhood involving Steve and you would laugh at the amount of times that man had found himself in alley fights.

Eight months into the visits, your relationship took a turn. You stood inside of his apartment about to leave for the airport. He had grabbed your hand and turned you to look him.

You were close. So close that you could see your reflection in his beautiful blue eyes. After a moment of staring, you did the only thing fitting at the time. You leaned in and kissed him.

He was so shocked, he didn’t move. It had been years since he had any amicable human interaction. His days had been filled with torture and pain. To see you treat him with such care and understanding made him question everything. You helped him remember.

Realizing that he wasn’t reciprocating, you pulled back, apologizing profusely. You had ruined everything. As you made another attempt for the door, he grabbed you and kissed you again. It felt right. It felt comforting. His lips molded with yours like they were peices of a puzzle; like they belonged together.

It was as if he was communicating to you all the longing and ache that was inside him all this time. Longing for affection.

So here you are, exactly six months from the kiss. The kiss eventually turned into more kisses. Those turned into feelings. He was different around you. A good different. Happy.

It became an unspoken relationship. You two obviously cared for each other. No one ever found out, no one ever could find out, especially not Steve.

If anyone discovered you had formed a secret relationship with a wanted Soviet criminal, you would be in more trouble than you cared to see yourself in.

The Avengers never really saw eye-to-eye with anyone trying to impose on them. They were independent, autonomous. But now, things were different. Tony, Rhodey, Vision, Nat.

They all agreed that the Avengers were overdue for some checks. That allowed an outlet for world governments to ease their way into putting the Avengers in their place.

When you got a call from Natasha saying something along the lines of Steve and Sam arrested, bomb at the signing, and Winter Soldier, you were on a plane to Berlin in a heartbeat.

With half of the Avengers teamed up with the government, Steve and Sam had no choice but to surrender. The Avengers were splitting.

So yeah, you were nervous. With Bucky on max-security lockdown, he would be just one question away from outing your relationship. While you never think he would, a slip-up could make you lose your job; a slip-up could have you arrested.

Ross led you and Tony to a glass office in the middle of a control center. Sharon was already inside and gave you a small wave as you made eye contact.

“You can wait in here until they arrive. Rogers and Wilson have had their gear impounded. I’ll make sure you get a copy receipt of what was taken.” Ross gave you a nod and turned to an agent beside him, ordering her to give Tony the write-up of the suits.

Tony’s ringtone made you turn your head. “It’s the Secretary. Shit. Go inside, I need to take this.” He sighed, pinched his noise, and walked towards a quieter area.

You turned around and opened the door to the office. There was a TV hanging from the ceiling. It was playing news coverage from Vienna.

‘Jesus,’ you thought. You sat down in-front of Sharon and gave her a worried look. The chair squeaked as you leaned back.

“What the hell happened?” You bit your finger nail and waited for her answer.

“A bomb went off at the signing. Large casualties. Killed the king of Wakanda. Security cameras caught Barnes on the scene. He’s the main suspect. The clean up for this is going to be insane.” She shook her head, thinking of the amount of press calls she would have to take after this was over.

You were speechless. How could it have been Bucky if he hadn’t left Bucharest in months? You had removed the tracker from his arm and apologized a long time ago, but he surely would’ve told you if he was planning on leaving, incase you came to visit.

She leaned back in her chair and crossed her arms. “Steve and Wilson tracked down Barnes. They insisted on bringing him in instead of authorities. And look where that got them.”

Now that peaked your interest. “How did they find him? Steve has been looking for him for months.”

“They got a tip, I guess.” You noticed something in her voice when she spoke. She was too quick to answer and it sounded rushed, like she wanted to gloss over the topic.

“Next thing we know all four of them are beating ass in a public highway. Lots of damage, but what’s new.” She gave you a dry laugh.

“Four? Who else was there?” You asked.

“T’Challa. Wakandan. He’s the kings son.” She paused. “Well, king now. He has a superhero gimmick of his own. They call him Black Panther. Seems like everybody’s got a toy these days.” She rolled her eyes.

You were about to say something when there was a knock on the glass wall. Ross was standing there signaling for Sharon to come out.

“They’re here. Stay and I’ll be back.” She got up and left the office. As she opened the door you could hear the commotion going on outside. Phones ringing and people talking. Ross’s voice barking orders made you chuckle.

You stared at the TV for a moment. A reporter stood in-front of the rubble and spoke. It was muted so you couldn’t hear what he was saying.

You thought back to what Sharon had said. A tip. Someone else knew where Bucky had been. That meant that they most likely saw you coming and going from his apartment. He was being tracked. He was being watched.

“Fuck.” You mumbled. You leaned your head back to stare at the ceiling.

You were an idiot. Of course he was being watched. He’s a ninety-something super soldier that worked as a brainwashed killing machine for Soviet Inc. since god-knows-when. To think anyone even let him get away was crazy.

You began to think of Bucky. He cannot catch a god damn break. After the time you’d spent with him, you couldn’t picture why people saw him as a threat.

“Well maybe the part where he’s killed people.” you mumbled while you put your face in your hands. He was so different around you- caring and gentle, nothing like the man who had once punched you in the face.

You spun around in your chair a couple times. You wondered how he was feeling. A pang in your chest hit you as you thought of him being carried away like a killer.

Mid-spin you spotted Tony and Steve walking towards the office. You stopped yourself and let your body adjust to the slight dizziness. No sign of Bucky. Of course not.

You bit back a worried look as they entered through the door. You didn’t realize you were holding your breath until you opened your mouth.

“Biggest idiot award goes to you, you idiot. Emphasis on stupid.” You got up and gave Steve a slap on the shoulder. He probably didn’t even feel it.

Feeling slightly bad for the slap, you engulfed him in a tight embrace. He chuckled and hugged you back, having to bend at the waist a little to match your height. “Compromise. I’ll leave all the idiot with you next time.”

You pulled away and glared at him. You weren’t necessarily a mean person, so you hadn’t had much practice in the art of menace. The glare was futile. Hopefully he got the message.

“She’s right.” Tony sighed as he sat down in the chair you had just gotten up from. “You made things worse. So much worse. What the hell were you thinking? I had calmed Ross down about the whole Accords signing for now. He was so close to giving you more time. Well, if you thought the Secretary was on my ass before, you should see him now. He wants you and Wilson prosecuted, Steve. And I don’t think I can get you out of this one.”

You shot Tony another of your infamous looks of concern. “Prosecuted? Now that’s a bit much. Tony he barely did anything wrong.”

He scoffed. “Barely? Captain Righteous chased a wanted national criminal and Soviet assassin through a highway in a country he’s not even from. There was fighting. There was damage. Not to mention the sweet media blowup this is all going to get.

“I told you we needed checks. You cannot decide where you want to exert your power. The Accords, Steve. This isn’t a free for all.”

Steve rolled his eyes and started walking around the space. “I understand that Tony. You-.”

“No!” Tony’s hand slammed on the table, making you jump and rest back against the glass wall. “I don’t think you do understand.” Steve stopped walking and looked at him.

“You are not understanding the true consequences of your actions here. For too long you, we, the Avengers, have caused chaos all around the world without so much as a slap on the wrist. No consequences. No repercussions. We think in our own self-interest.

“And just to show how little you’ve learned, you get yourself involved in an arrest that no one asked you to meddle with! You need to be checked, Rogers.” Tony rested his hand on his mouth.

Steve slowly sat down in-front of him and spoke, “We help people,Tony. As much as we don’t want to, there will always be casualties. We do it our way because our way works. We will be limited under the hand of the government if we let them control us. We take risks for the better of the people. Sometimes our judgement is the best judgement because we train for things like this. Under order of a third party we give up our right to decide.

“Bucky is my best friend.” Your stomach flipped when you heard his name. “He doesn’t deserve to be locked in here like an animal. He was brainwashed- tortured. HYDRA kept him for years as a pawn in one of their sick experiments. I’d be damned if it wasn’t me who brought him in.” He intertwined his hands on the table.

Tony pushed his chair back from the desk to give him room to lean back. “You’re not allow-” he started.

“Is he okay?” You spoke quietly from against the wall.

Both heads snapped towards you. Tony gave you a funny look, probably wondering why you even bothered asking.

Steve turned his chair slightly towards you, silently thankful for an escape from the argument.

“For now. He isn’t hurt or anything, but they have him locked up. They’re giving him a psych eval and then shipping him off.” He looked down and shook his head.

You bounced off the wall. “They’re moving him? Where? Why not just try him here?” You crossed your arms and got closer to the table.

“I don’t know.” Steve shrugged. “He has pending warrants in like 3 other countries. Not to mention he is accused of killing a Wakandan king. He’s going there first. And he never really committed a crime in Berlin so he had no reason to stay.”

“So much for keeping an eye on him. ‘M sorry, Stevie.” You muttered and gave him a sad look. He nodded and gave you a small smile in return.

In reality, you weren’t sad. Not sad, but angry. You had no right to be. He was wanted. He had to go through trial. You were mad at HYDRA. You were mad that those slimy motherfuckers put him through all this. They crafted him to be a perfect weapon but didn’t think of the consequences on his life.

Tony was about to speak up when Sharon and Sam entered the office.

“Bird costume? C’mon.” Sam exclaimed, trailing behind Sharon.

She rolled her eyes and walked to the table and picked up the TV remote. “Shut up, I didn’t write it.”

Grumbling, Sam sat down next to Steve after shoving the paper in his pocket.

Sharon gave Steve a quick look and pressed a button on the remote. She changed the channel on the TV. The news network from before now gone and replaced with live footage. Live footage from inside Bucky’s cell.

Well, if you could call it a cell. It was more like a block. A block with wrist and ankle cuffs and glass that looked like clear cement. He couldn’t escape if he wanted to.

Your jaw dropped and you let out a small gasp.

“His evaluation should start in about twenty minutes. I’ll leave this up here for you. Just don’t go blabbing that you saw this, please.” She gave you all a pleading look. Everyone nodded but Steve. He was too busy staring at Bucky through the screen.

Again, you felt the guilt in your chest from keeping the tracker secret from Steve.

Sam let out a low whistle. “They weren’t kidding about the security, huh.”

A small smile crept on Tony’s face but he didn’t look up from his phone. Steve silently got up and walked up close to the TV. He sat against the table, his eyes never leaving the screen.

You tried to not let your face give away your emotions. Bucky looked lonely. You wanted to touch him. Hold him. Tell him that everything was going to be okay. But those were empty promises because everything was absolutely, most definitely, not okay.

You were about to lose the man you loved to a jail cell for who-knows how long and there wasn’t anything you could do about it. Kinda fucking blows.

You had to casually rub your eye in order to stop the tears that were about to flow freely down your cheeks.

But the footage was short lived. Sharon saw two agents approach the office door and immediately changed the TV back. You wondered why she was so picky about that, seeing as the walls were made of glass.

Wondering why the channel was changed, Steve whipped around fast enough to see the agents walk in through the door. You rested your finger tips on the side of the table and picked at the wooden edge, too entrapped in your thoughts to truly process their entrance.

However, you turned around slowly as they addressed you.

The agent on the right was taller than the other. He looked important. They both did. While the rest of the agents in the building were dressed in casual business wear, these two wore suits. When you were walking through, you had only noticed suits on people like Ross- it signaled importance in your eyes.

When you didn’t respond, the tall one called your name again. Now everyone was paying attention. Tony had set his phone down and eyed them carefully.

“Yeah?” You protectively crossed your arms and stood up straighter.

This time, the shorter one spoke. “Ma’am, if you could please come with us. We would like to ask you some questions regarding Mr. Barnes.”

And your heart stopped.

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maxwell-grant · 3 years

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Fellow brazillian here. If The Shadow existed in Brazil today, would he go after Bolsonaro, seeking to bring him down?

Sim. Se tem alguma pessoa que mereceu a ira vingativa do Sombra em cheio, é o cara que está chacinando uma nação inteira. Acompanha o post comigo:

This is gonna be the first and only time I'm ever going to talk about a potential "The Shadow deals with real life politician/figure I hate" scenario. Assume that, yes, he would find a way to stop them and achieve a decent-if-not-ideal outcome because he's The Shadow, and it's your fantasy to do as you please. I'm only making an exception here because it's Bolsonaro.

Putting this one below the cut, and I was gonna write this one in Portuguese but, idk, maybe some gringos should read it too.

Generally I'm not in favor of stories about fictional characters going after real people or addressing "real issues" because they are very rarely done well, but Bolsonaro crossed whatever thresholds of decency and nuanced discussion long before he even became president. I don't want to call Bolsonaro a monster because I like monsters, and there's not a single monster in fiction who deserves a comparison to that vile shrieking beast and shitstain on humanity that has made everything worse for everyone here ever. I want all of you who don't live in Brazil to understand that, yeah, Bolsonaro might be a joke to you guys, and rightfully so. But he is not "diet Trump". He is WORSE Trump, in literally every single regard, as a person and a politician and a (loathe as we are to admit it) human being, and I don't make that claim lightly. He's guilty of every crime conceivable and there isn't a single Shadow villain worse than him.

The Shadow would not gun down Bolsonaro personally, as appealing a fantasy as that might be to literally anyone living in Brazil right now who didn't vote for the fucker or regrets doing so. Because, one, Bolsonaro is not the ultimate perpetrator of evil, he is mainly the loudest one. Scumbags like Mourão entrenched more deeply within the government and able to get away with more heinous shit because Bolsonaro soaks up all the attention, those are a bigger problem, because those guys will weasel their way out of their fuck-ups, while Bolsonaro is (hopefully) on his way out as is now that he's an active liability even to his own government and we are, FINALLY, reaching another election.

And two, the sheer repercussions such an act would have for the population are not something The Shadow would risk, if he didn't plan for those and for who would have to take over. Last thing he would want is to further revive Bolsonaro's public support by making a martyr out of the man. The Shadow Knows better than to just assume a government's problems will go away if the president dies, and even if he can't possibly be expected to fix the metric shitton we've been in for decades, he's The Shadow and this is a fantasy story, so ideally yes, he would know better than most what to do.

All I'm gonna say further on the matter is to just post excerpts from the end of Dictator of Crime, which is a story where The Shadow helps oust a dictator from a South American republic, by aiding efforts to restore the former president and manipulating the gangsters he's been hunting throughout the story into gunning down the man.

Earlier, The Shadow had silently disposed of Castenago's bodyguards, but he didn't specify whether he had handled them individually, or in pairs.

The trail suddenly became very hot, for it was leading to the place where Castenago expected sure refuge; the banquet hall

Out of breath, the bulky dictator staggered into sight of the astonished guests, panting for guards to save him.

For the benefit of the guards about the banquet hall, Castenago turned and gestured toward the door, gasping for the guards to hurry and block off his enemies. He hadn't finished the words before the enemies, themselves, appeared.

Murk and his men saw Castenago, and they also spied the guards, who were grabbing for rifles. Murk didn't wait for any ceremony.

He fired straight for Castenago, and the other thugs copied the act. As swiftly as they had murdered Durez, the quick-triggered assassins disposed of Castenago.

They were turning away while the bulky dictator still was swaying on his feet. A moment later, Castenago toppled, lifeless when he struck the floor

The Shadow's laugh denoted no surprise

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honeyvbarnes · 4 years

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Clean Slate

*gif not mine*

Pairing: SamBucky x Enhanced!Reader

Summary:What happens after the end of the world? Start a new life, what else?

Warnings: Polyamory, little angst, little fluffy words tbh

A/N: I did it… Idk how, but I did IT. This is 100% inspired by the 0.5 seconds of tfatws content we got from the Marvel “Big Game” spot during the super bowl. This is in no way, shape, or form based on the actual plot of the show (because we don’t know that yet), so this is solely based on my hopes and dreams. ALSO since I got such amazing feedback from my first Stucky one-shot, I figured it’s the perfect time for some SAMBUCKY!! Hehehe, ENJOY!

P.S. Shout out to that anon that helped create this idea! This one’s for you!

The world swallowed you whole, and spit you out. That was before the “blip.” A rough life, you were different from everyone around you. As an enhanced individual you stayed in hiding most of your life. The way the world itself was changing, with alien attacks, secret nazi organizations, and almighty superheroes, you decided it’d be best to stay out of the spotlight. Never using your powers for evil, nor good, you hadn't learned how to control them, so you stay under the radar. Yet karma was never one of your close friends.

Sam Wilson had found you one late night, in a small alley way of your hometown. Drenched in blood, surrounded by your attacker’s corpses. Five bodies splayed out, limbs dismembered, and spines twisted in inhumane ways.

“I- I didn’t mean to.. I swear, I-“

He stands frozen as he studies you. You stand before him in a pool of crimson, doe eyes wide with uncertainty and guilt, your hair wild sticking up every which way. He can tell by the bodies that you didn’t use your bare hands to murder, and the assorted weapons on the ground indicates whatever you did was out of self defense.

“I believe you, honey.” He says as calmly as he can, hands lifted up in show of no harm.

You’ve never killed anyone before, nonetheless hurt anyone. You agree to go with him. He promises help, a new life, and you allow yourself to trust, something that doesn’t come so easily.

He takes you under his wing, or wings, and promises to keep you out of the spotlight of the government. While the Avengers are away on missions, he has time to train you, to build your confidence with your powers. He respects your decision of not wanting to join the team, he understands because he hasn’t agreed to join the team either.

“I’m more of a soldier than a spy.”

As the years go by, your love and adoration grows for Sam. He saved you, and kept word to all his promises. Sam kept you safe, you’d stay devoted to him until your last breath.

The word turned upside down. Thanos, the plague known to many planets and galaxies alike. Sam tried to warn you, he tried to keep you safe. A quick call to keep you updated as the earth was under attack.

“This is the big one Sweetheart, the end of the world. Stay hidden, and only use your powers as needed, just like we practiced. Everything’s going to be okay, I promise. I love you.”

His words seep out of the phone with desperation, every syllable laced with worry. He tries to assure you that they’ll win this war, but you both know the truth, there’s no denying it. His voice is the last thing you remember. You hold onto it as everything around you turns black, and your body to ash.

It doesn’t take Sam long to track you down. Only two weeks after “the blip”, you now know it’s been named, he finds you. You’ve been on the run, completely lost, and unsure where to go. You nearly topple over at the sight of Sam. He stands across the street, struck with amazement that he even found you in the first place. The ground shakes with the intensity of your emotions, the control of your powers go untamed as you cry out for your lost lover. He runs to you, scoops you up into his forgiving arms and holds you tight. Apologies falling from his lips as if he is the one to blame for the end of the world. You reassure him with kisses of every kind. A sweet reunion that you’ve only dreamed of for everyday since your resurrection. It’s only when he’s set you back on your feet that you realize he isn’t alone. “Sammie, who’s uh- who’s this?” You ask, anxiety peaking, but you catch the apologetic gleam in the man’s crystal blue eyes. He’s breathtakingly gorgeous, you can’t deny it, but he stands with his shoulders slumped, hands shoved deep in his pockets. You can tell he’s nervous too. There’s something utterly familiar about him.

“Y/N, this is Bucky. We’ve got a lot to discuss, baby girl.”

“So you’re like Captain America now?”

Sam had explained everything, from coming back from the dead to help Steve fight, to the quantum realm, which is to your knowledge just a time machine. Steve had given Sam the shield, a symbol of new hope. Not to put any pressure on the man, but to assure him of how much he deserved it.

“Well, not entirely. I’d never live up to Steve as Captain. I’m not even sure why he gave it to me, if I’m being honest.” He snorts.

“It’s because you’re a good man, Sam.” Bucky speaks from his seat at the table. A gentle smile adorns his face.

The three of you sit at the kitchen table of your new home. Sam said it was a safe house Tony Stark had built a while back, and it sits just a couple miles outside of the old compound grounds. It’s a quaint little house really, charming decor that reminds you of how a grandmother would decorate, far from anything modern. It’s secluded, not another building in site. You think you might like it here.

“So what now?”

The next couple of weeks fly by. Sam decides it would be a good idea to stay low for a couple of months. Give the world time to rebuild after a long five years of depression and uncertainty.

You spend your time getting to know your new roommate. Bucky is charming, and you decide immediately that you’re quite fond of him. He’s quiet and shy, but he has a side to him that just exudes charm and wit. You get along well, and you make a special place for him in your heart, right next to Sam.

You’re not quite sure when it happens but the three of you fall into an effortless love. The already existing relationship of you and Sam accepts Bucky with open arms. You watch the way Sam and Bucky talk to each other. The way that Sam encourages Bucky to be himself, and the way that Bucky explains every single reason why Sam would succeed in being Captain America. There’s a beautiful love blossoming between the two men, and you keen in watching it grow.

For a while, it was unspoken. Some nights you’d spend with Sam and the others you’d spend with Bucky. You’d tend to each of them with a full heart. It was easy, the way you’d love them both, and they never once had an ounce of jealousy in their bodies. They showered you with affection in return.

Both men know they’re in love with you. They expressed it one evening after you made them a special dinner. Sam was the first to speak it into existence.

“We’re not saying you have to choose between us baby girl, we both love you to no end.”

“Yeah Doll, we’re happy with the way things are right now, and we don’t want to pressure you into choosing.” Bucky adds.

“Can’t I have you both? Don’t you love each other as well?”

Bucky tenses up, his shoulders pulling back forcing him to sit stiffly. Sam, in contrast, lets his posture slump. They both stare at you as if you created life itself. Wide eyes, mouths agape, Sam starts to say something but it comes out in stutters, so he stops.

“What are you sayin’ Y/N? You want to be with us both? I want to be with you, just as much as I want to be with Sam.” Bucky speaks, eyes quick to filling with tears of joy. He reaches next to him and takes Sam’s hand in his.

“You- You want to be with me too, Buck?” Sam hesitantly asks. When they meet gazes, your heart nearly explodes. The adoration both men have for each other speaks volumes. They answer their questions with a passionate kiss. Years of tiptoeing around each other, the teasing and the banter, finally explodes between the two. They love each other, just as much as they love you. Suddenly you’re being pulled into their laps, huddled into one heap on the couch. They both kiss you, pouring their emotions into each kiss. You’ll never tire of the feeling of both of them on you.

“James, Sammie, I love you so much.”

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fishoutofcamelot · 4 years

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(for the ask thing) any book/tv show/movie/song recommendations?

BRO! I heckin got you man! Now, I’m gonna skip the song and book recommendation bit because that sorta thing isn’t really my scene. BUT! In terms of TV? My rec list is like a mile long. I’m gonna include a read-more line, actually.

BBC Merlin: You know I had to put this on the list. But the fact that you’re on my blog means you’ve probably watched this one, so I won’t go into detail about it. Available on Netflix

Mob Psycho 100: Just a cute, sweet story about a bunch of psychic kids trying to kill each other. A story with this much fighting has no right to be so wholesome. Mob is just a good boy, he doesn’t deserve all this! Fair warning, its messages about identity, self love, and growth WILL make you feel Emotions. Available on various anime pirating websites

Red vs Blue: The found family game is SO strong in this one. By far the best found family plot/dynamic I have ever and will ever experience. The characters are all so solid, yknow? Like it took me three rewatches to understand the plot, but I didn’t even care because I loved the characters SO MUCH. It’s also really, really funny (although some of the jokes have aged a bit poorly tbh). Basically about a bunch of space marines who goof off and accidentally dismantle corrupt governments along the way. Available on Youtube

Supernatural: Is it cringey? Yeah. Does the fandom suck? Also yeah. Is Destiel overrated? BIG yeah. But it’s got monsters, magic, family, and a plot that doesn’t revolve around romance - and really, what more could you ask for? And sure, a lot of people don’t really like the later seasons, but idk I actually prefer them. Season 15 has me THRIVING. I mean come on - character vs author?! Fighting the guy who literally wrote you into existence because he doesn’t want to give your story a happy ending?! Say what you will about Supernatural, but it’s one of the most imaginative shows I’ve ever seen. Available on Netflix

Avatar the Last Airbender: You like stellar animation, intricate worldbuilding/magicbuilding, and a perspective on war that is surprisingly mature for a kids show? Check it out. This show is without a doubt one of the best animated series of all time. Go on. Watch it. It’ll change your life. Available on Netflix

The Umbrella Academy: Time-travelling assassins. Superheroes. Ghosts. Talking monkeys. Murder mysteries. Baller soundtracks. This show will never give you what you expect. I don’t even think I could properly describe it to you. Available on Netflix

Detective Conan: An anime. It’s about a teen detective - think Nancy Drew but bloodier - who witnesses a crime and is fed an experimental poison in order to keep him from telling anyone. But instead of killing him, the poison turns him into a 6-year-old. So now he’s got to solve crimes and take down a criminal organization while in the body of a child. Naturally, shenanigans ensue. Fair warning, the main character becomes a bit of a Mary Sue in later episodes, but the first 300 or so are pretty fun. A few episodes are available on Netflix, but not any of the good ones. You’ll need an anime pirating website for that

Knives Out: My favourite movie ever, of all time. It’s a murder mystery that both subverts and pays homage to its parent genre in all the right places. It’s funny, it’s intelligent, and has a spectacular ending! Although I do wish the fandom would stop being so horny for Ransom, I mean he’s literally racist...No clue where you can find this tbh, I saw it in theatres

Derry Girls: Now I’m not normally a big fan of realistic fiction/sitcom stuff. Despite how funny they are, I’ve not even watched The Office or Parks and Rec because that normal daily life stuff just doesn’t peak my interest. And yet, somehow this story about a group of Irish high schoolers just has me enthralled. Very funny, very well-written, give it a watch. Available on Netflix

Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood: Another anime. Phenomenal animation? Check. Fascinating plot and characters? Check. Detailed magic system that gets my lore-obsessed heart fluttering? Big heckin check. So basically two kids try to use Fantasy Science to bring their mom back to life, only the experiment fails and has some pretty nasty consequences - one boy loses his arm and leg, while the other loses his entire body and has his soul bound to a suit of armour. Now they gotta go through government conspiracies, ethical dilemmas, and Daddy Issues to try and get their bodies back. Available on Netflix

The Disastrous Life of Saiki K: Yet another anime. I know, I know, I’m a nerd, get over it. This show doesn’t have a complex plot or even complex characters, tbh, but what it does have is some amazing humour. It’s extremely funny, and it’s also just a nice show to kick back and relax to. Basically this guy who’s so op that he could rewrite the laws of reality on a whim is stuck dealing with relationship drama in high school despite being very, very asexual and very, very tired. Mostly he just uses his powers to avoid people and eat junk food, which is honestly a mood. Available on Netflix

Scooby Doo! Mystery Incorporated: Honestly I’d recommend almost anything that’s Scooby Doo-related because that was my childhood obsession. I used to have like 20 of the movies on DVD before my mom gave them all away. To this day I still love Scooby Doo, and watch it whenever I get the chance. But if you ask any SD fan, they’ll probably tell you that Mystery Incorporated is the best, most intelligent, most creative installment in the franchise. And they’re right (although I do wish there was less relationship drama...) Available on Netflix

Evil Genius: This is a documentary series about the Collar Bomb Robbery. Now, despite what the above list might indicate, I actually watch a LOT of documentaries, and if I were here to recommend all of them then we would be here all day. Not really ‘funny’ like the other entries on this list, it’s actually rather tragic, but definitely a cerebral viewing experience. Available on Netflix

Screwball: Now this is a documentary that IS funny. It’s about drug scandals in baseball. But the dramatic scene re-enactments are done with child actors that are all wearing fake beards and pretending to be drug dealers. It’s not only a fascinating subject, but it’s got amazing editing and visuals that have me in awe. Available on Netflix

Behind the Curve: Yet another documentary. This one’s about the rise of the Flat Earth movement. You’ll spend most of the time on the verge of having a stroke because of how stupid it all is. Available on Netflix

The Movies That Made Us: Okay okay okay last documentary on the list I swear. This one’s exactly what it says on the tin. It’s a series talking about the behind-the-scenes production of iconic movies like Home Alone and Ghostbusters. I eagerly await the second season. Available on Netflix

Monster Factory: If you’re familiar with the McElroy brothers and their brand of humour, you’ll love this. Griffin and Justin team up to make the most disturbing avatars they can create using video game character creators. The origins of the Final Pam meme. If I had a shirt with a quote from Monster Factory on it, I’d die a happy man. Available on Youtube

Baman Piderman: The dumbest show I have ever watched, but it’s so adorable and stupid and I love it so much. It doesn’t really have a plot, but later episodes allude to the presence of one and I’m upset because there are so many mysteries/questions hinted at and we’ll never get answers because it’s been abandoned. PLEASE watch it. Available on Youtube

Stranger Things: Okay, season 2 was a bit of a let-down imo, but season 1 was ICONIC and the Scoops Troop subplot in season 3 deserved its own freakin spinoff. I’m not joking. I didn’t even like s3 all that much, but the only reason it’s my favourite is because the Scoops Troop plot was so great. People call this show ‘horror’ but I don’t think it’s scary enough for that, although it is admittedly kinda spooky. If you like 80s nostalgia and the horror aesthetic, then I’d give it a watch (Do it for Scoops Troop. Do it for Robin). Available on Netflix

Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart: Despite my overwhelming love for this film, I’ll be the first to admit it’s kinda mediocre. The plot is weird and the romance feels forced, but despite its flaws it manages to be one of my favourite movies. Mostly I just like it for the unique concept and beautiful ending. Also the music is off the par man. Probably because the writer/producer of the movie was the lead singer for a French band called Dionysus (what? I do my research). Available on Netflix

Wakfu: I haven’t seen past season 3, but so far it’s pretty good. You go in thinking it’s just a wholesome action/adventure show about a kid who can create portals - but then it just. Sucks you in. From its bopping theme song to its fantastic found family to the unique worldbuilding, you very quickly fall in love with it. It’s got a cool plot and also talking dragons, and it doesn’t get better than that. Available on Netflix

Mystery Skulls Animated: Technically not a TV show so much as it is a series of animated music videos with a plot, but I’ll be damned if this isn’t one of the greatest things of all time. It’s basically Scooby Doo but if Shaggy got possessed by a demon and killed Fred, causing Fred to become a ghost hellbent on revenge-killing Shaggy in return. And if Scooby was an ancient Japanese spirit that bit off Shaggy’s arm, forcing him to wear a metal prosthetic. Yeah, MSA is wild. It’s only got three videos out so far, with a fourth one coming out this October, but there’s already so much lore! Available on Youtube

Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared: Ah yes, yet another cringey entry on this list. But you know what? Cringe culture is dead!!! And despite its fandom being...like that...DHMIS really is a cool show. Think if Sesame Street was like haunted or something. The episodes about creativity and telling time remain the most unsettling, imo. Definitely worth a watch. Available on Youtube

Inanimate Insanity: Oh boy. Am I seriously recommending you dip your little fingies into the object fandom? Yes. Yes I am. This show is so obscure it makes freakin Detective Conan look popular. At its core it’s a parody of Total Drama Island and Survivor but with anthropomorphized inanimate objects as characters (hence the name). Season 2 is actually really, really good and surprisingly competent. You just gotta get through season 1 first. Available on Youtube

The X-Files: Wow, a live action series on this list? Who woulda thought??? But seriously, this show is really fun. Memes and jokes aside, I love it. Scully and Mulder are fun characters with great chemistry (both platonic and romantic), the Lone Horsemen are hilarious, and every episode is a unique adventure into the most creative acid trips the human mind could conceive of. Phenomenal from start to finish (if you ignore the last season). I have no clue where you would watch this. Pirate it, probably

Buzzfeed Unsolved: Two idiots investigate cold cases and haunted locales while being utter dumbasses about it. You know the “hey demons it’s be ya boi” meme? That came from these guys. Available on Youtube

Kingdom: Ngl, I didn’t go into this expecting zombies. Or for it to take place during Korean feudalism, for that matter. But mediocre dubbing aside, this show has such a clever concept. It takes the zombie apocalypse genre and gives refreshing, unique twists to old tropes that they feel like something new. Seo-bi is my wife and she deserves all the love and appreciation in the world, and those are just Facts. Available on Netflix

My Hero Academia: Superhero high school anime. I personally am not a fan of later episodes/arcs, but the first three seasons are pretty dang good. Diverse, colourful ensemble cast that you easily grow to adore, interesting commentary on disability (although I’m not qualified to give any actual takes on that), and a school curriculum that makes me very, very concerned for the wellbeing of these children. Plus all the superpowers - aka ‘quirks’ - are super imaginative and, well, quirky! I just wish people would stop shipping the main character with his childhood bully...You’ll need to pirate this one too lmao

Danny Phantom: The highlight of this show is its ‘phandom’, because unlike someone (*cough* Butch Hartman), we’re not a bunch of cowards. It’s about a guy who messes around with his parents’ lab stuff and accidentally acquires the ability to die! Well, half-die. He can turn into a ghost and fight other ghosts. Although the show never explores the existential, traumatic fallout of being kinda-sorta-dead, the potential for something deep and emotional is there. Plus there is a LOT of accidental subtext for a Big LGBT+ Metaphor. So much so that the Trans Danny theory is basically canon. Uhhh not available on Netflix anymore so it’s time to whip out your pirate hat, matey

And there you have it! Like I said, I have a lot of TV recommendations. And I just KNOW I’m forgetting a ton, but this is already really long so we’ll have to cut off here.

Thanks for the ask! <3

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grapesodatozier · 4 years

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Heyy cami 🥺 how are u?? 💕 Ik this is random but what do you hope happens next season in st? I'd love to hear what you think :]

oh man i have THOUGHTS on this lmao. buckle in im on my laptop i mean business and i am gonna get obnoxious okay here goes lmao (potential spoilers under the cut as i talk about tweets and set pics)

okay so something ive been saying since the day i finished s3 is the american is brenner!!!!! not hopper!!!! yes, hopper is there, but brenner is the american. alexei says they figured out that the gate needed to be in hawkins. HOW would they know that if they hadn’t captured brenner?? also im p sure ive been confirmed right on this bc the actor who plays brenner has tweeted in a way that p much confirms hes gonna be in s4. so with all that considered, my biggest/most probable prediction is that brenner and hopper are gonna have to team up to escape the prison together. my hope is that we get a moment where brenner learns that hopper was housing el and hes all smug and evil like “does she know you’re the one who sold her out in the first place?” bc i need!!!! that!!!! to be!!!! acknowledged!!!!!

and. if anyone listens to me shout into this void. you may know that my biggest, most self-indulgent, unrealistic dream is a mike/nancy/karen team up. let the wheelers be smart badasses together!!!!! karen picked nancys lock with a hairpin!!!! she knew not to trust the government in s1!!!! bring back s1 karen and her intelligence and her love for her children and let her in on the monster hunting!!!! seriously if karen never finds out in this show what her kids have gone through im going to be so upset

which brings me to mr clarke!! another point i harp on every time i get the chance lmao. he has helped saved the world 3 times!! and he doesn’t even know!!!! he deserves to know!!!! perhaps it would scare him but im proud of him and he deserves to be proud of himself as well lmao

even more personal/self-indulgent but i really miss becky and terry ): they’re such amazing characters and el deserves to have a relationship with them, i think it’s so unrealistic that becky would never reach out after el’s visit. like she knows who to call!! hopper and joyce went to see her!! and also she knows el has super powers so like, she’s in it lmao. and terry!! is so badass and lovely!! and also has superpowers!! i want to know more!!!! is this motivated by me being gay and wanting to see them bc they’re both ridiculously beautiful? perhaps lmao

also, on a s4 spoilers/set pics note, there have been set pictures of every main characters whos in hawkins shooting except for mike!!!! where is my boy!!!! why is he alone!!!! he better be with nancy bc (from what ive seen so far, pls link me to set pics proving me wrong if u have them) nancys only been pictured alone (ive heard she was with someone else who sounded like robin at one point but there haven’t been set pics of them together) and we haven’t seen mike yet, so i hope they come together. also i want mike angst bc yes hes my favorite but yes i love seeing him suffer lmao

in terms of the byers family, i want more protective jonathan. i also want el to get her powers back, though i admittedly dont know why i want that lol. but yeah sibling bonding is a big thing i want, like jonathan and will are so close and im really excited to see el getting in on that. i think she and will are gonna be super awkward around each other tbh, but i think they’ll form a friendship once they walk through all they’ve done for each other. and i loveee protective jonathan ): such a good older brother i love him. i do definitely want more will roasts tho lmao “is that why you dont have any friends” was so iconic

and obviously i want lots and lots of mileven lol, tho unfortunately idk how likely that will be with them separated /: but im really hoping mike and nancy will bond over missing their s/o’s

i also want lumax to get back to their s2 dynamic. they were such a good team in s2 i miss it ):

im a lil nervous about all these new characters, but max and robin are both amazing so im not actually too pessimistic about it.

and i want more of mike being super smart, that’s my strangely intelligent son and i love him!! seriously my dream team is nancy/robin/mike/lucas, they could get all the shit done so quick they’re all so smart lol. although nancy, mike, and lucas are all super stubborn too so robin might not have a great time lmao. also max would be great on that team.

tbh i don’t have many hopes for steve and dustin?? i feel like the writers found a fan favorite team in them that they’re never gonna mess with bc it’s universally loved lmao

ty for the ask!! i cannot wait for more set pics and promo and of course the actual season to come out!!

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brazenautomaton · 4 years

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My Libertarian Principles

idk for some reason I feel like I should explain my political views because... because idk. I think we need to stick a lot closer to libertarian principles, but anarcho-capitalism is not the solution.

this gets long and rambly

I like the free market. The free market, and capitalism, are extremely good things. I am pretty sure I heard that the invention of the smart phone has helped the Third World more than all the foreign aid money the US has ever spent, and I believe it, because the ability to coordinate isn’t free! I also believe that people make incredibly bad decisions most of the time. Capitalism is good because it says “Hey, anyone who identifies a problem or need? You go ahead and try to address that, and if you happen across a good idea by accident, people will reward you for it and emulate you.”

People making bad decisions is not a case for government regulations to force them not to make bad decisions, because government regulators ALSO make bad decisions. And then those bad decisions get locked in and everyone has to follow them. With one set of regulations, the odds that “someone accidentally had a good idea” is much lower. The regulations become calcified and eternal because there is much less feedback of “this is not working and you are failing try something else”. They are subject to Goodhart’s Law like whoa, using imperfect and gameable proxies to measure imperfect and gameable proxies..

One example is things like OSHA. OSHA is supposed to keep people safe on the job. This is a good thing that we like! But OSHA regulations can’t say “Make sure people are safe”. How do you define safe? How do we define safe? What’s a reasonable expectation? You can’t answer shit that fuzzy with black-letter law. So OSHA has a bunch of very specific regulations on individual types of workplace and equipment. You need railings everywhere and they need to be this high and they need to be this far from the wall. You need to store everything capable of this kind of reaction in a container this thick. Eye wash stations need to be every X feet. Et cetera, et cetera. There are a lot of regulations, they are not always clear or in the same place, they are expensive to ensure compliance with, the overwhelming majority of them don’t make anyone any safer, the ones that DO sometimes make people safer cannot adapt to situations or conditions, and it leads to obviously absurd outcomes like “you have to treat water as a hazardous material”. It’s not a good system.

Libertarian OSHA, an idea I bring up because it really stuck with me how clever it is, is “There are no regulations on workplace safety or construction whatsoever. Anytime someone dies or is injured in your workplace, even if it clearly is not your fault, you pay us fifty million fucking dollars. If you do not want to pay fifty million fucking dollars when people keel over from heart attacks or commit suicide or die in ways that aren’t your fault at all, well, then you should get some employee death insurance. Those employee death insurance companies would then be incentivized to inspect your workplace and ensure it’s actually safe, instead of if it adheres to an arbitrary list of criteria that are an imperfect proxy for an imperfect proxy for safety.” So, should we institute Libertarian OSHA? Well, that’s the thing.

My philosophy is “The free market will solve everything... eventually.”

Because the free market is people not being actively prevented from solving their problems, people will keep trying things to solve a given problem until they happen upon it. But seeing what works takes time. The first thing probably won’t work, because people make bad decisions. It takes time for someone to chance upon a good decision by accident. Once they do, it takes time to prove itself. Once it does, it takes time for everyone to adopt it.

So in once sense it is unfair to go up to ancaps and say “Well what will you do about contract disputes” and make them say “well uh uh private contract syndicates that are voluntarily joined!” and look dumb. Because the point of the free market solving problems is, you’re an idiot, we’re all idiots, someone is going to have a good idea by accident, we don’t know what that’s gonna look like because we’re morons.

But in the time it takes people to figure out “oh hey, this is a really good system we can use to arbitrate disputes without a government” once it is invented, that need for dispute resolution will go unmet. And that could cause a lot of heartache and misery and destruction in the meantime.

The poor have no healthcare? There are a lot of poor people so serving them is in fact a very good idea to make money (Walmart, big evil corporation, got so huge because it served poor people). Usually it’s onerous regulations that make it a bad idea to serve poor people. So there is a need there, and there is an incentive to address it, and as long as we’re not actively preventing people from solving the problem (like when we got very upset that HMOs, which kept costs down by not paying for extremely rare or experimental treatments or treatments with low success rate, were not paying for experimental treatments or treatments with a low success rate, so we made them stop providing affordable health coverage altogether), someone is going to eventually find a way to address that problem because they get rewarded if they do. But until someone does come up with that solution and it gets widely spread around, a LOT of poor people in Ancapistan are going to die from lack of healthcare.

So that is why I am not an ancap. In theory, Ancapistan will eventually arrive at an optimal solution for everything. But no it won’t because in the time it takes to solve those problems things are gonna get really really bad and the free market’s solution to shit being awful is going to be “make this stop being ancapistan” and then the state is going to exist and will start micromanaging people’s lives because that’s human nature.

So that’s why I think we need a state, but it should adhere to libertarian principles. There are things where it is actually valid to say “Yes, the free market could find a solution to this eventually. But we as a society are not willing to pay the cost in lives and unhappiness that it would take to give the market time to sort that out.”

But the thing is, a state with libertarian principles needs to A: be aware that they are doing this, that when they make decisions it is to put into place a bad and inefficient system so we won’t have to pay the staggering human cost of waiting for the good one. This means “I don’t like that people do this, there ought to be a law” is not sufficient grounds to make a regulation. This means you need to be aware that there are a lot of times you can see people hurting, or being exploited, and you should not intervene because you should know by now that your intervention will make it worse.

And B: a state with libertarian principles should, whenever possible, allow the free market to still have the chance to come up with a better solution. This is why I am for the public option. People need healthcare. The government says “Okay, everyone needs healthcare. So here is this insurance plan we have, everyone can join it, but because we’re the government it’s kind of a crappy plan. If anyone else can provide a better plan, you can go ahead and do that. If you can’t provide a plan that’s better than this crappy government plan, well then fuck you you deserve to fail.”

So Libertarian OSHA needs one more step to work. All the onerous, shitty OSHA regulations that are expensive to comply with and don’t really make people safer are still there, in one book, but OSHA is now OSHIA. Occupational Health and Safety Insurance Administration. If you comply with those shitty, costly regulations, then you’re covered by the OSHIA plan, and our adjusters will gauge your premiums accordingly, and you don’t have to pay fifty million fucking dollars when someone dies or is injured. But if someone comes along and has a better idea of what keeps people safe, that takes less money to comply with than OSHIA’s regulations, then you can join their plan and not care about OSHIA’s rules at all.

There are legitimate purposes of a state with libertarian principles. Sometimes, solving coordination problems is a very good thing that a state can do because it creates shit-tons of value that can’t be effectively captured by the coordinator as a reward. The fact that we have roads and a postal service enables great amounts of economic growth, but the road-makers can’t be effectively paid for it (toll roads suck and are only profitable in high-traffic areas, but we want roads to connect everywhere), and the postal service is allowed to have competitors who can offer to do a better job than the postal service. But again, you gotta *know that is what you are doing*. You can’t just say “People need something, the government will give it to them!” and you certainly shouldn’t do the thing America does where it goes “People need something, so the government won’t provide it but WILL tell other people they also can’t provide it!” You need to be saying “People need something, and the government will facilitate their ability to serve their own needs.”

Libertarian principles mean you know what the government should intervene in, why it has to do so, and only do so when warranted, cognizant of the fact that your interference is by necessity deforming incentives and taking away people’s ability to solve their own problems better than you can. (Even Libertarian OSHA creates deformed incentives; namely to cover up deaths or injuries in your workplace. Not sure how to solve that.) You can’t create regulation because you’re upset or you think you know better than people. Money isn’t fake. Money is resources, and the freedom to expend one’s own resources however they need to is a vital freedom for human beings. You can’t just blow off the consequences of your regulations because “pfft, it’s just money, you care too much about money, something something capitalism greed”. Increased costs have a cost.

You can’t say we need to end the drug war, and then advocate for a bunch more policies that are driven by that same “I know better, I should make decisions for them, they aren’t using their resources the way I want them to!” impulse.

Like let’s look at a justified case of state intervention. Segregation. Now the free market could have absolutely solved segregation in the South, because refusing to deal with a significant portion of society means you’re just leaving a lot of money on the table and businesses that leave money on the table will fail compared to businesses that don’t. The incentives of capitalism are not to discriminate because the Almighty Dollar doesn’t discriminate. But even without existing bigots being able to enlist the state to enforce their bigotry, it would take a long time -- multiple generations -- for the money you get from serving the whole population to outweigh the penalty of going against the social system and the customers you lose from that. That’s much too long to ask people to live in an area that hates them and discriminates against them, and though there may be a more market-based solution to the problem (”you can discriminate all you want but it’s gonna fuckin’ cost ya until you give up on it of your own free will” and “you can discriminate all you want but also we just pay for black people to leave so they don’t have to put up with your bullshit” are xamples) they also have their own serious problems, and it was a legitimate reason for a state, even one with libertarian principles, to intervene.

But the intervention didn’t stop at what was necessary, it didn’t do the bare minimum to allow people to solve the problem themselves or nudge incentives so that they were encouraged to solve the problem. One of the most egregious examples was “busing”, which was the practice of assigning kids to schools outside of the school district where they lived, so as to achieve a better mix of racial integration in each school. This was one of the shittiest ideas ever and everyone who was actually affected by the system despised it -- you had to get up super fucking early and get home super fucking late because your bus ride to a distant school was way too long, and when you got there, you were surrounded by people you didn’t fucking know and couldn’t hang out with because they loved too far away and this was an era where kids played with neighborhood kids! So you got to be exhausted and lonely and miserable so someone else could nod approvingly at the racial percentage of the school. It didn’t help at all and just built resentment. That’s the easiest, most uncontroversial example of how legitimate reasons for intervention easily go too far. The regulators and those demanding change, as they often do, completely ignored what the costs to affected people would be because We Know Better. And they thought their job was to change people’s minds, instead of to allow people to solve their problems, so they piled on more feel-good policies that did nothing but hinder people. That’s the kind of restraint and self-knowledge I am talking about when I talk about having libertarian principles. “It sure would be nice if people of different races got exposed to each other more and felt more comfortable around each other. But doing that is not my job, and I know I won’t be able to do it well, so I’m just here to ensure people aren’t actively causing harm and have opportunities to solve their own problems.”

#long #politics #personal

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twilightofthe · 4 years

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For the Star Wars questions- 16 & 19. :)

Thank you!!! (y’all this got ridiculously long for two damn questions lol)

Send me a number and i’ll tell u my fave/least fave:

16. Book/Comic (Aight, so I’m actually not a huge comic reader in general, most of my comic knowledge comes from other fans on here posting about them, so this is gonna be mainly book-focused)

FAVE: Welllllll, since I’m literally incapable of narrowing down my favorite anythings, I’m gonna do faves for both canon and EU novels.

Canon-wise, it’s a tie beween A New Dawn and Ahsoka. I know I don’t post about them as much on here, but I truly have a super soft spot for Kanera and Kanan and Hera’s characters, they’re just so GOOD and I love themmmmm aaaaaaaaa. You get super good insights to how Kanan was running wild and traumatized and trying to repress everything and how Hera was a little naïve but still tough as nails and she had a dream and she was going to make it happen or so help her, ugh I just love how the story showed how they’re strongest as a team working together and I just love character dynamics where the two are so obviously married and kinda snark at each other sometimes but they have each other’s backs through everything and know each other like the back of their hands and uggghhhh this is just such a healthy good ship and such a good book. The Ahsoka novel is just fantastic all on its own because it shows Ahsoka as a young adult, kinda floundering and lost in this new world, full of guilt over what happened with Anakin and the Order, trying to do what she can to help people and just enduring because she’s a survivor, she was raised (by two argumentative, adoptive parents who love her very much SO SAYETH THE BOOK) to be a survivor and handle herself, but that doesn’t mean she’s not lonely as all hell. And oof I just fucking adore Kaeden Larte and her relationship with Ahsoka (who absolutely comes back and marries her once the war is over oh yes) and her relationship with Miara and ugh just all of it is A+++++. E.K. Johnston is just an amazing author in general and her other book, Queen’s Shadow is one of my two canon runner ups because I am in love with her Sabé and her Padmé. Other canon runner up is A Certain Point Of View, if only for the “Time of Death” chapter. Don’t get me wrong, the rest of it is also fantastic, but oh god it kills me DEAD OBI WAN DESERVED SO MUCH BETTER AND I CRY I REALLY CRY

EU-wise (oh god, I haven’t even gotten to least-faves yet), it has to be the Revenge of the Sith novelization. Without a question. Y’all it’s SO FUCKIN’ good, and in my personal opinion should be considerrred canonnnnnn (look I think the reason they gave for excluding it is that there’s no mention of Ahsoka or Rex or Mandalore or any of the stuff that happened literally the day before which is valid, but I counterpoint that Anakin is a mess with A Lot Going On At The Moment, he could have just forgot? He forgets most of his morals, all of his common sense, and three of his limbs by the end of the story, Snips could have just slipped his mind! xD). Anyway, besides the fact that it’s like 99% written in Obikin-colored glasses which really just makes me happy as a person because I love it being acknowledged just how important they are to each other, it really offers a deeper insight INSIDE the chaos going on in Anakin’s head, the mess, just why he falls so quickly and so awfully. I love it gives the Padmé plot that got cut on screen some validity. The beautiful beginning and the goddam introductions to Anakin Skywalker and Obi Wan Kenobi are just A++++++++++++++ and oof other people can more accurately describe just how good this book is, but I love it a Big Lot ok?

LEAST FAVE: Okey doke, here we go.... So firstly for canon, I’m not the biggest fan of how Claudia Grey writes Leia’s character. She’s a wonderful storyteller and I love her worldbuilding, but just the way she characterizes Leia herself never felt... right, ya know? Idk, I can’t really explain it, but it makes it difficult for me to enjoy her Leia novelsWarning right now that this is a VERY unpopular opinion and my opinion alone, please do not yell at me! So as skilled and admired an author Timothy Zahn is, I don’t like the Thrawn books. I’m sorry, I don’t. To me, Thrawn is just.... ok so he’s like BBC!Sherlock but in space. The plot makes a big deal about how “oooh cool and intelligent and Literally Better Than Everyone Else” Thrawn is, but the only way they really show his “cleverness” is by either him solving problems by pulling together information that literally no one but the writer knows and then acting like it was oh so obvious and in front of everyone OR, the story dumbs down other characters to make him look smart. And maybe it was because the one Thrawn book goes after Anakin/Vader in particular to do the latter is what kinda ticked me off on Thrawn books in general, but y’all, it really ticked me off, because Anakin is like the lowest hanging fruit for an author to pick to make their character look good in comparison, and therefore it is done All The Time (LOOKING AT YOU, CLONE WARS), which I think is lazy and an insult to Anakin’s character. Look, I am fully aware Anakin Skywalker is a dolt to the highest degree sometimes, but he is ALSO A GENIUS. He is SMART. IT IS CANON THAT HE IS SMART. So when the Thrawn book has Thrawn constantly one-upping Anakin The Useless Doofus (and Padmé a bit!!!) and then doing it again once he meets him as Vader, that just makes me hmmmm.

The canon comics are actually gonna be featured on the list here a bit because if y’all don’t already know my hatred for That One Particular Vader Comic (not the rest of the series run as I have not read it and from what I hear, it’s excellent and I’d probs like it a lot) doing the implication in a dream sequence where it says that Palpatine used the Dark Side to impregnate Shmi and create Anakin, well I HATE IT. Look, I know the plot was literally about Sidious trying to mess with Vader’s head and that dream shouldn’t be trusted, but it fooled all the fans too and now like 60% of Star Wars fans actually believe Sidious fathered Anakin and I am so damn tired of hearing about that. Yeah, now that Reylo is canon, that comic’s authors are trying to do damage control by saying that no, Sidious isn’t Anakin’s father and Rey and Ben are not second cousins, but they’re still being mysterious about it and “oh well it COULD be this--” so now there’s just more fans who are digging into that theory just because they don’t like Reylo and I don’t really care for the ship either but I really HATE the entire “Born of the Dark” concept for reasons I can explain more separately, so I’m pissy at that particular comic for spawning it. I know it’s petty but I do.

EU-wise, well, this is gonna be unpopular too, cuz I haven’t read most of the EU stuff, and from what I’ve heard of it, there doesn’t seem to be much that I WOULD like. The movie novelizations all seem good, but everything else??? “Obi Wan prequels but guess what, he had a shitty childhood too!” uh, no thanks, the rest of his life sucks enough, I want to see him happy. “Mandalorian worldbuilding, but they’re all a bunch of stoic, overpowered badasses who are Good At Everything And Better Than Literally Everyone and the plot bashes the Jedi left right and center!” ehhhhhhhh pass. “What happened after Return of the Jedi, except the Skywalkers still don’t get a happy ending because the galaxy goes to war again, Han and Leia’s son turns evil, Luke Suffers, and Palpatine comes back again!” nah, that sounds too depressing-- oh wAIT :) :) :)(at least the EU actually lets Han and Leia grow old and happy together okay okay that’s enough sequel salt for one day)

19. Outfit

FAVE: Everything Padmé Amidala wears in the movies. No I will not narrow it down. I am in love with her whole wardrobe and I want it.

I also love the standard Jedi tunics and tabards and cloak (c’mon, the cloak completes the picture!) It’s just such a signature and unique look that’s supposed to combine medieval European knight tunics and samurai warrior clothing and just the #aesthetic is oof, just wonderful.

Also Sabine Wren’s armor and its various paint jobs. It’s just so uniquely her and bright and beautiful and badass in all its stages and yes good I like it.

Also Lando Calrissian’s cloaks! Swooshy and colorful and good! I love cloaks!

LEAST FAVE: Gonna go with my petty, silly ones first, and those are all of Padmé Amidala’s outfits that are only seen in the The Clone Wars TV show (so not the ones that were based off of movie costumes). Eh, actually three of them were nice, her orange outfit she visits Mina in, her white casual housedress, and her black slinky Clovis dress. All of her other series-only outfits made me highkey pissy because they were either A.) Wrong for the situation she was in, B.) Defied the laws of physics and should not have held the shape they did/stayed on her body, or C.) just plain UGLY (the highest crime of all), and for the animators to have the audACITY to put any of those things in the mere vicinity of the most stylish woman in the galaxy is an insult to Padmé, an insult to ME, and an insult to Star Wars as a whole (yes, I am mostly joking, but come on!). No, I will not give the designers the excuse of clothing being difficult and expensive and time consuming to animate because I have SEEN the fancy, PRETTY outfits of the other ladies of Padmé’s status on the show. Everything Satine Kryze wore was intricately beautiful as all hell and I loved it. Riyo Chuchi’s two outfits were lovely and fashionable. Heck, I’m pretty sure I liked Mina Bonteri’s outfit too. There were tons of people on that show with stylish clothing! How hard would it have been for the animators to remember Padmé doesn’t wear exposed midriffs on official government business? That dresses with no sides or back cannot be sleeveless or they will not stay up? Not give her hairstyles that looked like either a goddam tuning fork or like Jimmy Neutron’s mother? That beige jumpsuits are BORING and adding a mauve vest is NOT enough to make it exciting!!!! xD xD xD

Aight, now in more seriousness, I also hated both of Ahsoka’s outfits in the original TCW show. Enough people have spoken on why sending a fourteen year old into an active warzone in a tube top and miniskirt is a BAD IDEA, but like it just makes me extra mad when you remember her older and more experienced at Not Getting Pulverized Masters were both in full concealing robes and chest and shoulder and shin armor, so you can’t even pass it off as Jedi not getting hurt as easily. Her updated outfit was only slightly an improvement because her Masters STILL got at least fully covering robes and arm bracers, while Ahsoka still had her entire back exposed, leg holes exposing valuable arteries and stuff, and a goddam boob window that basically signals “shoot me here”. Look, I know the animators goofed, and I know how they have learned from it because from Rebels on, they never show her as improperly covered for battle, in the new TCW season both outfits are cute and practical too, but seeing her running around in her red outfits actively impeded and took me out of my watching experience because I was cringing over her having a lack of protection, that it made her that much more vulnerable to injury.

Finally just gotta give a standard raised finger to the Slave Leia Bikini. Carrie Fisher hated it so I do too.

#thanks so much!#now i'm all worked up over Padmé's TCW costuming jeez #like there was one other outfit of hers the purple midriff exposing dress that was pretty i liked it #but like.... it was NOT something she would wear to meet the fucking Queen of Naboo like seriously #@ liz i got your ask too don't worry but it is a wee bit longer and i'm still working on it lol #asks #nerdgatehobbit #star wars #star wars stuff #queen of my heart #snip snap #ahsoka tano #padme amidala #ship: space parents #space cowboy #mvp (most valuable pilot)

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aimmyarrowshigh · 5 years

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You do know that warsaw ghetto was ruled by German nazis and Jewish police? And not poles/poland? And that warsaw was occupied by nazi germany so poles had literally nothing to say during that time? You do know that polish government asked for help numerous times (France, great Britain and others) yet nobody helped (even though they had promised to do so)? And that polish people actually tried to save people from ghetto during warsaw uprising?

If as many Poles actually tried to help the Jews as you’re pretending, why did 90% of Polish Jews die during the Holocaust and the years AFTERWARDS, when they tried to GO HOME?

Why is the Polish government literally STILL trying to pretend like they were the real victims when they were, and actively still are, 100% complicit in the genocidal war crimes committed on their soil, even though yes, technically the German soldiers were of course the men at the top?

(Also, do… you think that there’s a misunderstanding about how war works or something? Like… do you think that war in real life is like Endgame and Hitler was the Big Bad like Thanos and he was literally one dude who snapped his fingers and Holocaust’d all by himself and everyone else was a hapless, guileless, good-guy victim and/or a brainless pawn who had no role other than to get clobbered by the Hulk and had no actual stakes of their own? Because that’s… not… how war works, my guy. The Nazis were the bad guys. And also the Poles were bad guys, when it comes to how they treated, and treat, Jews, despite being victimized by the Nazis on their own level. And also the Italians were bad guys. And the Japanese, especially to South Koreans. And the United States were bad guys to Japanese-Americans and also to European Jews, even though they were good guys to European goyim, except the Germans, to whom the US were bad guys. I know that every single piece of media that comes out anymore is the Monomyth, but like… Hitler wasn’t Palpatine, single-handedly responsible for All Evil. There was no One Ring that ole Adolph found while making a shitty painting that suddenly made him decide that It Was The Jews’ Fault That Art School Didn’t Work Out.

And… like I know it’s a hard concept that you can be victimized by war while also being seen by other victimized peoples as a full-on 100% villain on par with YOUR villain but like… Polish goyim were full-ass reveling in committing a genocide that you’d been hard at work on for literal centuries all on your own and now had additional tools and funding for because of your vanquishers and like you didn’t WANNA thank your conquerors for anything but ALSO now you could burn 90 bodies at a time and that was super useful for getting property that you’d wanted for a long time and had to let gross YIDDEN have, sooooooo… I’m just saying, y’all did not exactly have a great track record with pogroms before 1938, either. Killing off all of Warsaw’s Jewish population was not something that you guys were exactly SAD at the Nazis about, and that makes you pretty fucking shitty. And villainous. Putz.)

Why pass fucking laws in the year fucking 2018 to cover your shitty ass from the truth coming out coincidentally with the discovery of the second volume of the Ghetto archives, and even if it HADN’T been found – because the third probably never will, since it’s under the Chinese Embassy and that’s a whole international incident waiting to happen – why do goyim need SO BADLY to control the narrative and pretend like you weren’t watching a genocide happen in your backyard and, at best, just… letting it? And, at MORE FUCKING LIKELY, turning in your neighbors and classmates and friends to get better treatment FROM THE NAZIS YOU FREELY ADMIT WERE OPPRESSING YOU? YOU THINK I DON’T KNOW THAT THE NAZIS TREATED POLES LIKE SHIT? OF COURSE THEY DID, FUCKING DUMBASS. THAT’S ONE OF THE BEST WAYS TO GET YOUSTUPID ONE-BRAIN-CELLED CONSPIRACY-THEORY-LOVING WHITE MOTHERFUCKERS TO COLLABORATE FASTER AND WITH MORE COMPLIANCE. The worse the Nazis treated the goyim in the countries they had military victories over, the more antisemitic those countries STILL. FUCKING. ARE. Look at y’all. Look at France. Look at England. You STILL seem to think that if you eat the asses of the goose-stepping hordes, they’ll give you a couple more ration stamps, and when it doesn’t work, you can still safely pretend like it was all their fault that you had to take ration stamps in the first place and that you were the one REALLY suffering because you had to stick your tongue up a Nazi’s asshole. :( Poor. Fucking. You.

You know what the Jewish police were doing in the Warsaw Ghetto most of the time? In real life, I mean, not in your Alex Jones frothy-mouth tinfoil-hat “I had psychosis about pizza-fucked dead children and that’s why I’m being sued by GeOrGe SoRoS!” world? Moving the bodies of people who starved to death on the fucking sidewalk out of the way so people could walk. And keeping out goyishe Polish sightseers who saw the Ghetto as a freakshow, like a zoo, to go watch the entertainment of exotic Jews dying. Another fun thing that Polish goyim liked to do in the Ghetto was to raise prices on water and flour to the equivalent of hundreds of today’s dollars, or wait to sell until it was rotten and then take that as proof of antisemitic canards about Jews eating garbage. But I’m sure that it was heartbreaking for the vendors with casks and casks of clean drinking water to watch children die on the sidewalk and still refuse to let them drink. Christian principles, or whatever.

Were there some individual shitty Jews in the Ghetto? Probably. But that doesn’t excuse, like, 30,000,000 shitty Polish goyim. Fuck you.

You know the images that you fucknuts idiots like to point to and say, “Ugh, SEE, those Ghetto Jews, they had no dignity, it was WE REAL POLES who were suffering, those FILTHY JEWS DESERVED IT,” like the wartime postcards made by the Polish government and, oh, idk, the Nazi fucking Party that showed things like Rabbis having their beards combed and shaven as though for lice or shrunken-in, starving Jewish women fighting each other over scraps of bread? THEY’RE FUCKING NAZI AND POLISH PROPAGANDA, YOU FAKAKTA SCHMEKELE MORON. WE WERE NEVER THAT. YOU STAGED US TO BE THAT WAY BECAUSE TO YOU, OUR SUFFERING WAS FUNNY AND YOU KNEW THAT WHEN WE LIVED, IN 50, 75, 100 YEARS, YOU WOULD NEED TO HAVE YOUR VERSION OF THE STORY IN PICTURES TO TRY TO PROVE IT WAS THAT WAY. But it wasn’t. That would be like looking at Trump’s twitter in 70 years and believing that he really was a stable genius. (Of course, you probably think he IS a stable genius, because you’re a very fine person.)

Unfortunately for you, and for all of fucking WWII-era Poland, and fucking now-era Poland, you forgot that Jews remember their history. We’ve been through it before and we kept a history of our own. And two of the three Archives have been unearthed and they are public and they have been translated and your antisemitic, disgusting government (and, like, also the American disgusting government, I’m not pretending like the US government isn’t ALSO disgusting, this just isn’t about that at the moment)

Get fucked on your swastika dildo somewhere else. I know more about life in the Warsaw Ghetto than you ever will, because your government is literally lying to you because of national pride and antisemitism and you’re lapping it up like good white-dick cum. Get. Fucked.

The Polish goyim who STILL refuse to return property they couldn’t wait to steal from their neighbors were far from helpless do-gooders.

If the choice is “collaborate with the Nazis or die,” you choose to die. You always have a choice. That is the moral choice. You choose. To die. Rather than collaborate. Period.

FUCK.

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jobethdalloway · 5 years

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brief rambling stranger things thoughts (spoilers below the cut, obvs!)

-I did not feel like the emotion of that finale was earned. I felt like this season was less cohesive than the others, idk? Maybe it’s because I was so annoyed with the EVIL RUSSIAN COMMMIES GRRRRRRR that took over like I know it’s the ‘80s but we’d already ridden 2 seasons on this subversive concept of being like “hey our government messed up” and suddenly what, did that become too real? I hated when Hop said something to the effect of “see, OUR government wouldn’t do that!!!!!!” when it’s like do you remember Eleven??

-I guess also that’s what I mean about cohesion - I know they only have so much time to do stuff but it bums me out that the only Hopper & Eleven interactions we got in p much the entire season were angry? We rarely saw Joyce with Will? Also Will got sidelined this whole season?? It robbed the emotional payoffs of a certain sincerity imo

-Suzie and Dustin singing The Never-Ending Story was surreal and they were very cute/I feel like the set designers missed an opportunity for Mormon kitschy stuff but that’s a minor issue. That was fun to have her help save the day (what a great bookend) and I loved Max and Lucas singing the song later

-I’m still really grossed out by Murray? Like last season after he plied teenagers with vodka and told them to have sex - that was worse than this time, I guess, where I dunno I just hate the whole “you two are arguing all the time!!!! Clearly you just need to have sex!!!!!!!” bullshit. How much more meaningful would that finale have been if Hopper hadn’t been such an ass to Joyce the whole season? Explicitly assuring her their meet-up was not a date and then getting pissy and confrontational about it when she didn’t make it? It’s like as soon as the concept of them being together became a reality they were like “oh shit!!! We better make sure he’s a douchebag and she’s a nag!!!!!” How could you do my girl Joyce dirty like this? Wherefore?? Joyce deserves someone who was as sweet to her and loving as Bob. I loved him. I loved their love. I hate this tropey bullshit of fighting = romance

-the straight-baiting with Robin was pretty great. I loved her repartee with Steve, they are an amazing brotp. Her coming out scene was really well written and well acted. I also love that Max and Eleven got to be friends. Although it seemed ooc for Max to be like “let’s go shopping” instead of “hey why don’t I teach you how to skateboard, it’ll be sick”

-soundtrack full o’ bangers, as always

-probably the most visually striking season yet but also incredibly disgustingly gross. I thought the body horror last season was bad (and it was) but this was just next-level disturbing? Like ew. So much ew.

-I should’ve known they’d try to redeem Billy but I just don’t care. On the one hand it’s nice to think of a (girl) kid trying to offer him some redemption but then they kinda ruined it by having “she was pretty! she was SO pretty!!” like be the thing that got through to him. Why not something like, “you were so happy and she was so happy. She loved you. She loved you so much”? God the power this show could have if more women were involved

-there were a lot of things in the previous season that hit home for me and resonated emotionally, I’m sure that’ll be sure for someone with this season. I guess I felt spoiled! The kids all continue to be great, I’m glad the B’way singers could sing, I still care about the characters (except Jonathan ugh no I will never like him)

-actually I didn’t like Mike this season, either. I never loved him and Eleven as a couple so seeing them make out was uh hmmmm not my fave. I know technically he apologized for being possessive but did he? does he get it. does he know why he deserved to have his ass dumped

-the fireworks at the finale were a great visual but what exactly were they hoping to accomplish? Didn’t they see when they cut up the monster earlier, that part of it sequestered itself away in Eleven’s leg? So wouldn’t have blowing it to smithereens just meant there’d be thousands of those evil little squiggly things everywhere? Or

-it’s probably for the best that the Byers are moving and goodbyes are sad. the letter was beautifully written

-huh I guess despite some things I quite liked (passing the bechdel test! a lesbian! Cary Elwes!) this was not my favorite season haha

#stranger things #stranger things spoilers

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ahvulon-nightingale · 5 years

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Rules: Complete all the questions you want, expand and explain your answers as much as you want, and have fun!

If you can, tag some people you want to join in on the fun!

Tagged by: @mamichigo (I’ve never done this before but this is for you Mandy! It’s probably not as insightful as you were wanting haha)

Tagging: no one haha, I’m not bold enough

What ability would you have in the BSD universe? (What would it be called? What’s its purpose? How does it work?)

Oh man, I’m not clever enough for this. I’ve always thought attraction/repulsion powers were interesting. “Marking” two different things and having them attract or repel each other, controlling the intensity. No idea what something like that might be called haha.

If you could claim someone’s ability in BSD, whose ability would you want?

For The Tainted Sorrow would be great, ngl. Do you know how many things I could do without getting out of bed??? Flight AND peak laziness??? *Pacha meme* Not sure if I want to deal with Corruption tho...

What group/organization would you join? (ex. Guild, Port Mafia, Armed Detectives’ Agency, Rats, etc.)

That depends, if I join the government, can I have a safe cozy desk job? Where there is no one trying to cause me physical harm? Please I’m nervous enough as is. If not I’d probably go for ADA. I’m too much of a wimp for the others haha.

Which BSD character do you identify with the most?

Atsushi (stereotypical I know). His struggle and learning to accept himself is my journey through middle and high school.

Who are your top five favourite BSD characters?

Atsushi (cinnamon roll who does not deserve the shit he goes through someone get this kid a nap and a three hour hug)

Chuuya (hey google how do i look intimidating even though i’m five feet tall and look like i’m eleven does he count as a problematic fave?)

Odasaku (he deserved so much better he had kids man)

Dazai (chaotic dumbass)

Yosano (queen she scares me I love her so much)

Are there any authors that you’d want to bring into the BSD universe that hasn’t arrived yet? Or do you have OCs?

Uhhhhh..... no? Idk Brandon Sanderson or Leigh Bardugo maybe? Based on the books they’ve written I think they’d have some pretty badass abilities!

Favourite Scene(s)?

I really liked Atsushi’s entrance exam. The instant suicidal selflessness that is the core of his character is shown here Atsushi please value yourself more I’m begging you. He was obviously scared but still willing to die to protect these people he’s never met before instead of running and saving himself. Even though it really isn’t shown, I think he was shaken up about it for a while after, seeing as he couldn’t let go of the fake bomb--showing that just because he’s brave doesn’t mean he isn’t scared. He’s shown in a very human way, especially after the previous episode where he’s “mindless man-eating tiger”. All in all, a nice scene.

The interactions between Yosano and Ranpo when they’re in Poe’s book and after they get out. Their relationship is so cute!

Favourite Quotes from the Authors/Characters?

“If both sides are the same, become a good man. Save the weak, and protect the orphans. Neither good nor evil means much to you, I know... but that’d make you at least a little bit better.”

--Odasaku, Episode 16

“Am I a fool? Is it worthless of me to want to escape from those memories?”

“It is. The words of your past are fundamentally unrelated to who you are now.”

--Atsushi & Akutagawa, Episode 23

Who would you want to bring to life to be your best friend? Waifu/Husbando?

Atsushi would be an awesome friend, always looking out for the people he cares about. Mom-friend Odasaku pls I need him. Gin, because she can teach me her adorable ways but also scare off creepy people.

I’m, uh, not one for marriage haha. but if I had to friend-marry one of them for tax benefits? who has the biggest paycheck

How has Bungou Stray Dogs changed you as a person? Did you learn anything from it?

I don’t think it has? Except maybe put more authors on my radar haha

#no clever well-thought-out responses we die like plebs #sorry for the chuuya love mandy

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citrus-feline · 6 years

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good ideas for society dont work cuz there are people who will take advantage of the goodness in other people’s hearts. thats why i want to live on a small island with people who won’t be shitty and destroy everything through their selfishness. the problem of these concepts isn’t the concept itself but the people who take advantage of it. things would be so much easier if people were just nice and thought about others instead of just themselves. but that can’t work because of how so many people aren’t that way. the reason it goes to shit is because awful people do awful things knowing full well they are awful!!! its not a flaw of the concept its a flaw in the people involved!!! thats why we cant be fucking accepting of every single idea we hear. some go waaay too fucking far and that needs to be shut down or whomp whomp our government formed for peace and freedom is now taken over by shit heads calling for genocide. when ppl give communism shit i just wonder if they think that the problem is the thing itself. cuz most do. people think communism is evil and disgusting. thru like all of high school all i heard about it was “it looks good on paper but not in practice” okay? but why?? why can’t that translation be made? the answer is... SHITTY PEOPLE!!!!!! EVERYTHING WOULD BE BETTER IF THEY DIDN’T BE SHITTY BUT WOAH THERE THEY GO!!!!!!!! stuff goes to shit in history with that kinda thing because the original intentions for equality and fairness is kicked down by someone who can’t fathom being nice to anyone ever and cant stand the idea of being equal to others. people who go grabbing at power like that in a society where there isn’t SUPPOSED to be power are shitty, awful, disgusting people who ruin the entire concept. we should just go back to having villages, man. that’s so much easier to handle. you got big ass societies like this fuck hole and you can’t keep track of fucking anyone unless u r the big bad gobernment owo!!!!

theres too many fuckin people in every given place, dude. look at chicago. and even in such a dense place the contrast in people is so fucking noticeable. like homeless people out in the freezing cold begging for food money a block down from where a big ass fancy apartment building is that is sooo rich that it plays on that “futuristic” “totally clean” aesthetic. man fuck that. fuck that so much. some ppl confuse me so fuckin much with how they can’t fathom equality. how they are scared of it. how they think that the younger generations of today starting to move in that direction shows how “evil” they are. no! fuck off!! that’s the exact opposite of the intentions here!!!! is it so bad to want everyone to have a home and food on the table every night?!?! if u really feel the need to be better than others then cool good for fuckin you yknow how you do that? idk fuckin save up ur money to buy a cool car or something. fuckin whatever. as long as there arent people on the fucking streets and people going without food or healthcare. why is that such a fucking crazy concept to some of yall!!!!! humans are supposed to be kindhearted and look out for each other but so many of us have lost that to this competitive and toxic society we grew up in!!!!!!! just fuckin think about what it would be like to be in someone else’s shoes for a sec! like idk about u but i ask people in similar situations like me what they would do if they suddenly won the lottery and got tons of money and the answer 98% of the time is “help provide for people i care about and make their lives livable.” kind people exist dude!!! we are all fuckin here! rich people take advantage of others, if they acknowledge it or not!! the system is bent and twisted so they can get to that completely different life style compared to everyone else!!! that shouldnt be a thing! that shouldnt be celebrated!!! even with the “good ones” that donate money, they are still fuckin up there. so it doesn’t maaatter. having differences in wages can be fine if its small differences and even the ppl at the bottom are able to live safely but thats not how it is rn. if those “good” rich ppl care sooo much about people in poverty rn then why are they still rich?? like im not even fucking kidding rn if i won the lottery or some shit i would try to provide a nice home for me and my boyfriend and it would be humble and comfy and enough that we wouldnt have to worry. the rest would go in savings and go to people who need it. the concept of so much excess money is so fucking stupid to me. savings are important but that isn’t savings thats sitting on a resource that people would kill each other for just so you can feel better than others. “look at all this money i have!!! oh? am i going to use it for anything? well. some things. but mostly just having it so i feel better than everyone else”

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its annoying dude

i literally had a convo with my brother yesterday and he said his goal in life is to be able to provide for his family. that is so fucking kind and sweet?? he works two jobs and i dont really see him much cuz he works so much. and that’s his thoughts when he’s working. he has a tendency to blow things out of proportion and have expectations way too high and yet despite that he still has this capacity to be a kind person. hmm. perhaps thats how all people should be??? everyone should have room for kindness in their hearts even with differences in personality??? like why is it so stupid for me to say that!!! “oh niko ur ignoring how the real world is ooohhh ur just making things seem worse by wanting the best” FUCK OFF!!! i want the best for people because i think humanity has a capacity to be kind and help each other!!! yeah i obviously cant do fuckin anything about that with how i am rn cuz i have like $20 in my savings rn but come the fuck on!!! dude! why am i a radical for thinking people deserve things???? why am i suddenly a bad person for saying that i think people should be equal? like of course its not that easy for yall it has to become a long ass conversation about how im shitty because blah blah blah and in history blah blah blah okay but bitch!! you aren’t LISTENING to me!!! humans are creatures with needs!!! if we are a society the goal should be to meet those needs!!! i shouldnt be fucking scared of my government!!! i shouldnt be fucking scared of the system that is supposed to protect me!! and yet i am cuz i feel like im just a number to them!!!! that’s all i fuckin feel like i am!! i try to be a kind person and im not sure why im given so much shit for that!!! everyone deserves food and water and a home!!!!! why is that so weird to say?! im just frustrated how people can think that! im a bad person for wanting people to be better off?? okay???? but... how? because my ideals are similar to an outline that hasnt worked in the past due to BAD PEOPLE taking ADVANTAGE of the kindness that others give? wow! doesn’t really fuckin sound like its MY problem!!! sounds like its the shitty people who are the problem!!!!!!

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crystalklk · 7 years

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itachi and sasuke rant under the cut bc im Pissed

if you like itachi but not sasuke i’m gonna side-eye you bc danzo is just itachi turned to extreme. and i bet u anything if itachi wasn’t attractive no one would actually like him, and in addition if danzo was even slightly attractive everyone would like him

idk it pisses me off that people will give itachi “let me torture my brother 50 times because i love him” uchiha a pass

but sasuke “i’ve known nothing but anger and revenge due to my brother’s decisions and as a result all of my own decisions were irreversibly affected due to my trauma associated with my brother. and yet i forgive him because i realize not all of that was his fault, but also because i care about him too much and need the cultivated anger (which itachi cultivated along with other fucked up people in sasuke’s life) to be taken out on someone other than him and madara/tobi/obito manipulated me into thinking destroying konoha was a good idea” uchiha is somehow irredeemable

i mean, i know that sasuke is shitty to sakura and other individuals and trauma isn’t a be-all, end-all argument when excusing/explaining behavior, but like, him lashing out bc no one ever really cared about him beyond who he was on the surface makes more sense if you take into account that most people literally only recognize him as “the uchiha survivor” like, buddy

imagine being 7 y/o and already being known only for being the younger brother of a prodigy who murdered ur clan, that’s... gonna fuck with your perception of priorities in your life

like, Jeez, i know itachi isn’t really “at fault” for what happened but acting as if he didn’t literally manipulate his brother into (at first) becoming a pawn for konoha (a corrupted system), and expecting said brother to be okay with that and not react in an unfavorable manner (”hey maybe i’m the only one willing to be compliant in this corrupted system, nah, if sasuke finds out nothing bad will happen” says itachi, a person who is never able to predict how sasuke will react beyond a general gist of sasuke’s motives/end goal), as well as like, bottom line itachi made the decision to kill his clan, even if they would’ve been killed anyway by an assassin or the ensuring civil war, itachi did, in fact, kill them, and doing it “under orders”/“for the good of konoha (and my brother who i will now torture into being motivated to kill me because killing me is a good addition to top off his trauma already caused by me)” doesn’t absolve him from the literal massacre of his family

like, people don’t understand that itachi is abusive to his brother and absolving him of inflicted trauma that he caused to his brother is like... really unnerving bc he did cause the death of his entire clan, tortured his little brother, murdered gaara and A Lot of other jinchuriki, and somehow people don’t think these actions are reprehensible and yet sasuke’s are (during the pain arc he did some... Not Good things but like his kill count through the series is much lower than itachi and he only intended to kill 4 people meanwhile itachi’s kill count is likely in the 100s)???? come on

sasuke, traumatized boy who has only really made bad decisions as a result of his trauma caused by the person who he trusted beyond anyone else in his life when he was betrayed: *does fucked up things almost exclusively as a result of his trauma and tried to kill five (might be more) people (other than his brother) only because they got in the way of killing one person (danzo) who, imho, deserved death, and could only go through with killing... three people and one of them he failed to kill (karin) and likely intended to save if madara hadn’t suggested killing them*

people: he’s awful and irredeemable because he did like 10 mean things when he was 13 because he places no real value on being nice, likely due to his upbringing being somewhat not-positive, itachi (the only consistently positive, kind individual sasuke knew) literally betraying him at a young age, kindness being a weakness according to most ninja, and growing an emotional shell due to aforementioned betrayal.

itachi, traumatized adult who murdered his entire clan as a kid as a result of a fucked up system: *literally forces his brother into a position of killing him because he thought sasuke was the only one who he’d be okay dying to, murdered several jinchuriki, took part in a literal terrorist/mercenary group because... idk, continually tortures his brother beyond what his brother needs to be motivated to kill him, tries to kill people, kills people for no reason, does incredibly messed up shit for no reason other than maybe keeping up his “cover” which like, no, not a good enough reason for murdering people*

people: god, he’s so deep and complicated and i bet he was so nice before he became a literal terrorist, man he murdered people but he had one (1) gay scene with itachi and it was all danzo’s fault. even though itachi’s a literal abuser he did actually care for sasuke and was nice despite showing no real kindness other than him being resurrected one time and outright saying to sasuke that he doesn’t expect to be forgiven for his, objectively speaking, heinous actions towards his brother.

idk this pisses me off i’m sure people aren’t like, “oh we don’t care about survivors” or something, but itachi is an abuser imo so like, forgiving him because he was “ordered” to do these things (he def wasn’t ordered to torture his brother, But Okay) and somehow being a literal terrorist (even if he was sent as a double agent, he did murder several jinchuriki, and never tried to sabotage the plan even though he is a master of subtlety)

like. idk this makes me mad that people are willing to accept any evidence of itachi not being evil and call it a day but sasuke does like, anything morally gray/bad and no justification matters to some people, it’s like, infuriating because sasuke isn’t a nice dude or necessarily a hero/good guy, but like, idk itachi will do Anything for the sake of the village but sasuke’s motives are strictly “for the sake of revenge and justice based on my view” which like, sasuke’s views aren’t unusual it’s basically “hey don’t murder an entire clan, i don’t care if a civil war is possible murdering an entire clan is fucked up”

idk sasuke’s motives make more sense to me bc his motives are based on human emotions and what he believes to be just and his belief of achieving his goal no matter what’s in the way (during the pain arc it’s “no matter what or who is in the way”, but, again, in his point of view all of the people in his way were potentially complacent to the despicable shinobi governing system which has... So Much Corruption) and danzo being the leader of konoha may have convinced him that konoha was irredeemable (which... idk he’s not 100% wrong, konoha Does, in fact, Suck Balls)

but itachi is just “my brother and my village, but mostly my village, i won’t do anything to fix the corruption or help my brother fix it because imo this system isn’t corrupt enough to make me desire trying to change it, so i will continue to fight for this village that destroyed my life and ruin my brother’s life as long as it results in my brother working with the village and believing it’s safe” which is like, not #relatable imo

which, btw, is different from naruto’s “i want the village that hurt me to recognize me and i want to become hokage” which later seemingly becomes “i want to change this village by becoming hokage”

so yk, idk i just could never get behind liking itachi

#this isn't really anti-itachi but i'm kind of hard on him #kendra is speaking #ask to reblog #1 #2 #3 #itachi uchiha #sasuke uchiha #naruto #long post #naruto spoilers #it is kind of anti-itachi thoooo

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