#may i politely say

[badnewswhatsleft]

(x) glassesless patrick is sometimes simply like a different creature entirely to me. just the biggest wettest shiniest anime eyes

#some may say neglected pou……… and they may not be wrong #just. his huge silly dark powder blue glittering doe eyes like for fucks sake he is so cute 2 me #idk how many more 'i will make an exception because he looks very polite' i got left in me #mailing letters #media blitz

[thelaurenshippen]

yeah, sorry, I can't come in to work today. yeah, I've got to think about how the tv adaptation of the last of us expertly made you comfortable with joel's violence through making you care about ellie enough it all feels justified so that by the time he gets to the hospital, you're genuinely conflicted about the carnage he enacts, some of which may not have been strictly necessary at the level of brutality he carries it out. yeah, it's gonna be all day

#the last of us #the last of us spoilers #tlou #tlou spoilers #joel miller #look #I just have a lot of feelings #and it's possible some people will look at this and be like #'no! it wasn't brutal! joel was protecting his babygirl!' #to which I would say #politely #you may have missed the central point that neil druckmann is always driving at in these games #which is: how much violence is okay in the service of love? #would you kill the world #would you kill any chance you have at having a fully trusting relationship with your child #just to keep them safe #also the way pedro played the whole thing....like sir what was going on in your head I must know!!! #idk if it was bc you're not playing joel #but it felt so much harsher than the game! #in a REALLY interesting way #full compliments to mr pascal #but like..........the clear eyed completely cold stone killer he turned into #the LACK of apparent fear and desperation #like.....what would ellie DO if she saw THAT guy! esp now post david #and the fact that that is the same man who was so careful with her #trying to draw laughs out of her and getting her attention without touching her #bc he knows she's still scared after david #and then the creeping realization that the thing he wanted to save in saving ellie #this burgeoning relationship with this daughter #is already unable to grow from the same place

[chalkrub]

lino print as part of an art trade with @gollygeesir ! dwagon

#my art #dragon #illustration #linocut #quite obsessed with lino at the moment. carving out lino with my specially produced lino cutting tool is like heaven #making the subject matter Conform to the Rectangle is also good #this fella was extremely fun to do and sat very patiently for me as you can tell from his polite smile #his name is hank everyone say hello to hank NOW #i've got some art trades to get through over on toyhouse but i may do some more in november.....WINK #(if you would like to Trade Art then keep eye peeled. if you want to do a TRADITIONAL art trade then keep eyes especially peeled)

[yourhighness6]

It's funny to me when people insist that "ATLA was really feminist" as if there wasn't really only one feminist message which was the very generic "girls can fight too" spiel that every 2000s show had going on whenever they briefly tried to jump on the feminism bandwagon or whatever

#the main female characters who ended the show in relationships had all of their depth removed because of those relationships #I'm talking specifically about katara and mai but suki was by no means exempt from this either #also the only way female characters were ever shown to have an empowered role in society was in fighting #whereas male characters were political leaders strategists inventors ect #and its also worth mentioning that even though female characters could supposedly fight just as well as men #there were never any women in high ranking positions in the military and we were only shown any women in the military in breif cameos #and that was only in the fucking fire nation which sends entirely the wrong message #atla #avatar the last airbender #anti bryke #anti kataang #anti maiko #katara #mai #suki #toph #ty lee #ty lee is actually a really feminist character but I would say shes probably the outlier here #sexism #atla sexism #fandom sexism

[uncanny-tranny]

In political spheres, I so often want to ask, "is what you're doing 'punching up,' or are they just an easily-available, acceptable target?"

#politics #because i find that it's oftentimes... not punching up #so often i see 'punching up' as 'whoever i can sink my claws into without being chastised' #and i think it's a fundamentally reactionary mindset to think 'who can i attack without recourse?' #it isn't punching up to the patriarchy to exclude and chastise trans men* for example... #...and too often people hyperfocus on the 'how does it make ME look?' to do this rather than on... #...who would be affected by their actions and what they advocate for... #...maybe it wouldn't make somebody look bad to say that trans men* for instance should be ran out of every space because it's 'punching up' #...but how exactly would that affect the marginalized group (being trans men*)... #....anyway that's an example i've seen (and experienced) of this in case it makes it clearer... #...no this isn't solely about trans men* and no this isn't saying that only trans men* are affected by this... #...it's something a lot of marginalized people both experience and may even perpetuate on individual levels... #...because it often feels GOOD to 'punch up'. you're told that it's 'showing them what's what' and maybe sometimes that's the case... #...but i've seen it too often where somebody is actively damaging a marginalized person/group as a means of 'punching up' #and that's why i ask... okay is this punching up or is it an attempt to gain control in a powerless situation through any means necessary?

[llamahearted]

couldn't rest until I saw the gang reacting to the second Stampede trailer

#updated disclaimer: this was from october 2022 / the second trailer ahahah. ok you can proceed to read the old tags now #VERY EXCITED BTW #I may want to stuff stampede!nico into a locker but you know what #I kind of want to stuff 90s nico into a locker anyway so I will find a way to accept this twerp into my heart #trigun #milly thompson #meryl stryfe #vash the stampede #nicholas d. wolfwood #kuroneko-sama #I think meryl would find her design really cute but try not to say anything out of politeness AHAHAHA #vmmw

[greenbloodedskink]

Now it's time for the Silas x Cheline crowd (check out Phantomarine)

+ two more "suggestive" ones below

#phantomarine #phantomemes #cheline #silas #silas silenus #chelsilas #when i say suggestive i really mean just that. suggestion of horny. there's not even a single adult word #but let's be mindful of whoever may end up on the tumblr tag #because i'm just that nice and polite :v

[kaibacorpintern]

tips and tricks on writing the kaibacorp environment

yes, this is pedantic. but more than that, YES i love small background details that lend a greater sense of accuracy and structure to a fictional world. this is not a complete or exhaustive list. (you are, of course, free to ignore and do whatever you want.)

Kaiba Corporation does not have "clients" - Kaiba doesn't do project work for hire; he's not an attorney or a consultant or an architect, he doesn't do billable hours. his meetings are most likely with his investors or business partners like Pegasus, with his board or c-suite executives (e.g., his chief technology officer, his chief legal officer, his chief human resources officer, etc.), various departmental meetings he might find interesting, and so on. Kaiba Corporation does have customers (the people who BUY the duel disk)/consumers (the people who USE the duel disk) but people who go to Kaiba Land will probably be referred to as visitors or guests. his primary responsibility, as the CEO of a publicly-traded corporation, is creating (financial) value for his shareholders and investors. (whether or not he gives a fuck about this responsibility is up to you.) .

Unless it's something he is responsible for, like quarterly earnings calls and shareholder calls, Kaiba doesn't have to finish or work on reports; he has very few deadlines he himself has to meet; he is not reviewing anything except the most important documents. Even then, as the CEO/president, someone is probably writing the most important documents FOR him and then handing it over for him to present or read off later - which he might revise/adjust as he likes. Kaiba's workdays most likely consist mainly of meetings where people report on how things are going to him, setting business strategy with the c-suite, meeting with the more heavy-hitting investors (for the drama: 'we will withdraw our investments unless you do X,') and writing a bajillion emails. .

Kaiba and Mokuba do not do any hiring or interviewing except for c-suite positions, because those are the people they work with most directly every day, and the people they most need to know are capable, qualified, and competent. they are way too busy to sit down with each one of the 38783 entry-level candidates Kaiba Corp combs through every day. for positions like their executive assistants or chief of staff, who might manage day-to-day schedules and do things like order lunch, an HR manager narrows the field to several qualified candidates and THEN Kaiba would make the final decision on who he wants to hire. .

No one is getting past the front desk at a place like Kaiba Corp without an appointment or a badge. Any given visitor X has to check in at the front desk - the front desk receptionist will look them up in the appointment register, give them a badge, and then let them through. For the c-suite level, or anywhere Kaiba takes his most important/official meetings (like his own office), there might be a second lobby/second desk controlling access. .

Some important dates on Kaiba's and Mokuba's calendars, when the pressure is on and they might be working much harder than usual (for the stress and the drama): - end of quarter/EOQ (4x a year) - end of fiscal year/EOFY. may not be aligned with calendar year - for example, the end of fiscal year might be march 30 - quarterly earnings call (4x a year) - yearly earnings call. Kaiba himself, or someone very high up, like a c-suite exec or a VP, will lead these calls - for things like duel disks, the months leading up to the holiday retail season (when they're preparing for greater demand on consumer product goods) and the holiday retail season itself - for things like Kaiba Land, the summer vacation season, but largely dependent on where their parks ARE (southern california when the weather is nice year-round? tokyo when you have colder weather in the winter and slightly lower attendance? etc.) .

VERY IMPORTANT: Kaiba has an office minifridge. imagine whatever you want in here. his executive assistants or office managers will keep this well-stocked. .

Kaiba, or Mokuba, might lead the quarterly "all-hands meeting" - which is an internal meeting for all employees. for a place like kaibacorp, which KT said has ~2,000 employees, this might be held in a large hall/auditorium. things that might happen at the all-hands meeting: hiring updates (we hired 300 new people in the EMEA region), new mission statements, reiteration of core company values, sharing the company's progress on various OKRs/objectives & key results or key targets (duel disk 2.0 released this year to great acclaim and we made 34.5 billion dollars! suck it nintendo!), public (and potentially anonymous) question-and-answer session at the end, where Kaiba or Mokuba might field employee questions. .

Kaiba or Mokuba might also be responsible for a weekly or monthly all-staff email keeping the entire company apprised of announcements, new partnerships, new business ventures, progress on whatever, new investments, etc. again, someone else (like a marketing manager) might write this for them and send it over for their review/adjustments, but the email officially comes from them. i personally like to imagine Kaiba writes some absolutely bonkers staff emails

#intern memo #this is not to say 'YOU'RE DOING IT WRONG' but instead 'if you want kaibacorp to feel real and accurate this may help' #enjoy. i welcome any additions or polite and friendly corrections

[reactionimagesdaily]

#if a person says they don't follow politics or w/e then I feel like it means that they're happy with the status quo (whatever it may be) #reaction image #reaction meme #daily reaction images #image mood: called out

[i-hear-a-sound]

this may be a misworded take but: watching (white) conservatives cover the current israel/palestine conflict happening and act as though they’ve always cared about jewish people antisemitism yadda yadda is so fucking (un)funny like. no. no. no. you don’t care about any of that shit. you don’t give the slightest fuck about jewish people, you’re only pretending to care about them because right now the people in israel are currently bombing and genociding the one group of people you hate more

#free palestine #palestine #israel #yesterday I saw a clip of some fuckers on fox news the so called “unbiased news service” #say they wanted the people protesting for palestine’s freedom “in strait jackets” and “locked in a psyche ward” #hope every one of those ableist racist pieces of shit get hit by cars I’m not joking. fucking despicable #news #politics #israel hamas war #*calls ppl wanting palestine’s freedom antisemitic* #*will then proceed to regurgitate the “there is a secret group controlling the world the economy etc” conspiracy theory like its nothing* #again this may be misworded. but idk. just all this shit makes me soo mad #hamas #current events #genocide mention #gaza

[compacflt]

wip wednesday: made a HUGE amount of progress this week (for context—purple is unfinished & yellow is finished; last week all of them were purple) … i am in the home stretch here

#and then… it will be time for me to say goodbye i think #some darkstar politics in here #driven by an essay I read last year titled tinted blue: Air Force culture & American civil-military relations #everyone has a different idea of what modern warfare will look like #1 & 2 are from the same section obviously… i just think it’s interesting #& i wrote elsewhere in may maybe that ice & mav would be on opposite sides of this debate #ice with his big picture managerial perspective… it’s good for warfare… mav with his specialist pilot loyalty POV #obviously their conversation predates the russia-ukraine war which has shown drone warfare in its fullest to date potential #4. is… idk. does it help to tell you it takes place in 2014? #3. * #pete maverick mitchell #tom iceman kazansky #icemav #top gun #top gun maverick #top gun fanfiction #sorry for the like defense ethics conversations if that’s boring #i just think that stuff is philosophically so interesting

[maripr]

Ah yes.

The biggest and most touching love story in Shoujo Cosette.

Oh, and Marius and Cosette are also there.

#valvert #jean valjean #javert #les Miserables #les mis #shoujo cosette #marius pontmercy #cosette #this is only half joke #bc i think marisette is actually very sweet in sc #there's the brick compliant stalkerish behavior at the beginning #but the two actually take the time talking and knowing each others #and they also talk POLITICS #and Cosette stays a character instead of becoming a merely a narrative device and at one point she wants to go FIGHT AT THE BARRICADE #but jvj says no #and Marius is committed to the cause and also very moe #this is from yamato shop's box set containing both the italian dub and the japanese original audio #which are both excellent btw #but i may have some complaints about the dvds which i need to check first #there's a nice booklet tho #containing sketches of some characters #not the amis tho thats disappointing

[cienie-isengardu]

Honor: Bi-Han’s disillusion vs Kuai Liang’s idealism

Did you notice how Bi-Han in the previous timeline barely talks about honor in contrast to his younger brother?

Like in Mythologies: Sub-Zero, Bi-Han does not describe himself as honorable man or part of honorable clan, as in his own introduction he calls himself mortal, then thief and assassin before Lin Kuei warrior and Sub-Zero

When accused by Raiden for putting Earthrealm in danger, only says "I was just earning my living" - considering how he balances between death and life, as he either fulfill incredible difficult missions or he will be killed for failure sounds to me more like "I'm trying to survive" kind of argument.

The Elder Sub-Zero mentions honor only when facing the Grandmaster

"Grandmaster, in honor of the Lin Kuei, I bring you this sacred Map of Elements."

as Lin Kuei custom demands and MK11 Noob Saibot's BIO points out Wraith's desire to reclaim the honor that was forcibly taken away from him

Mortal Kombat 11: "Shadow of the Netherrealm. In life, Noob Saibot was known as Sub-Zero. Unjustly murdered by Scorpion, he was resurrected by Quan Chi and granted power over darkness, but as Quan Chi’s slave. Now, Quan Chi is dead. Noob Saibot is finally free to reclaim the honor that was stolen from him."

and that is basically all? None of Noob’s intro dialogue directly uses this word but honor (and honoring someone or something or alternatively, dishonor) is one of Kuai Liang's constant used term, from 

Mortal Kombat 9

"[...] assuming Bi-Han's identity is the best way to honor him."

or

"I am his family and clan! I fight for his honor!"

Mortal Kombat X

"Our honor is indeed stained. Please. Sit."

&

"After you and I were freed from Quan Chi's control, I sought out my clan. I had hoped rebellion from within would have quashed the Grandmaster's plans. But Sektor had realized his father's vision. The Lin Kuei had been fully cyberized. I pledged to kill Sektor and his followers. Reform the Lin Kuei and restore our honor."

&

"When I finally killed Sektor, I discovered the Lin Kuei had not sacrificed its honor with the Cyber Initiative. We had abandoned it long before."

 to Mortal Kombat 11

Erron Black: That's some outfit. Sub-Zero: It honors Lin Kuei tradition.

or

Liu Kang: I admire your discipline, Sub-Zero. Sub-Zero: And I your honor, Liu Kang.

or

Mileena: You're so cold to me, Sub-Zero. Sub-Zero: Because you are utterly devoid of honor. Mileena: Who needs honor when you have power?

or

Sub-Zero: Can Tarkatans be redeemed? Baraka: My tribe seeks no redemption. Sub-Zero: Then it has no honor.

or 

Sub-Zero: You serve Shao Kahn. Kollector: And I am well compensated. Sub-Zero: Wealth without honor is pointless.

to name few examples.

And this seems to be carried out to the new timeline even though the games don't exploit much this difference between brothers, the Bi-Han’s disillusion vs Kuai Liang’s idealism. Previous timeline gives the feeling Elder Sub-Zero was more aware of Lin Kuei's true nature, as he witnessed Grandmaster and Quan Chi's deal that resulted in death of Scorpion's clan but Kuai Liang would not believe Lin Kuei could be responsible until he found a hard evidence how wrong he was. Now, one brother sees Lin Kuei servitude as enslavement while the other blindly believes and chose to honor the tradition passed down for generations.

At the same time I feel like original timeline Kuai Liang, the same as his elder brother, was much more disillusioned about Lin Kuei but I will leave that subject for another time.

#mortal kombat #bi han #sub zero #kuai liang #this difference says a lot about both brothers #i think the difference is in part how they react to their trauma but also how bi han as the most cunning lin kuei had different insight int #clan inner politics and matters #the insight into dark side of lin kuei than kuai liang #and wonder if mk1 bi han as the eldest son and heir was more involved in their father's duties than kuai liang and tomas were #original bi han and kuai liang from games may be both disillusioned but bi han in the oldest comics had more to say about honor #or honorable acting #interesting

[mothbeasts]

hi. going to speak on something that's been bothering me for the past... however long, since it seems like complaint posts have been cropping up lately. putting this under the cut.

Maybe I'm reading too far into things. Maybe I'm wrong. But I feel like there is a massive difference in how this fandom treats the women versus the men.

Again. Maybe I'm wrong. I sincerely hope I'm just wrong. It's hard to think that, though, when I see the differences in how people treat the major antagonists of the series.

John Juniper is a fandom favorite. I feel like people have talked about him more than any other character I've seen, save for Agent Phoenix and perhaps the Handler. I see people come up with any reason for him to not actually be as bad of a person as we see in canon - despite the fact that he wants to launch nuclear weapons. He wants to kidnap and impersonate public figures. He's having a good time playing the villain. I've seen his actions excused in any number of ways.

Meanwhile... When people do talk about Solaris, it tends to be to remind people of very surface level information, rather than to do any sort of in depth analysis style posts. I see information that's incomplete or just not really true passed around a lot. The Fabricator is flattened down so incredibly often to just one character trait - her anger, typically exaggerated to be comical hatred of John Juniper in particular or just... Violence in general. And yes, she gets angry frequently, but I never see her given the same depth to that anger as John Juniper is given to his. And Prism? An antagonist that gets as much screen time as Juniper, if not more? I hardly see her mentioned at all these days. And even when she was talked about, I don't recall seeing many people analyze her character. Or talk about her motivations. Definitely not in the same way Juniper gets talked about, at the very least. All three of them are mischaracterized often, from my observations, flattened to pave the way for... John Juniper, mostly.

And that's not even getting into the background women who aren't talked about at all when compared to the men with similar story roles.

It's... Frustrating. I surround myself with people who enjoy the characters I do, who find it interesting to talk about the women in this game. I make the content I want to see. But the last time I said anything outside of those close circles, I was told to... Make the content I want to see. To engage with the content that's out there. And that frustrates me, too. Because I'm making it. I had been making it. I was actively working on Biomechatronic at the time. I was drawing, posting my art, and ever since I entered the fandom I've focused mainly on the women - The Fabricator, in particular. And I don't make art just for views or internet points or what have you, but it is discouraging to feel like the fandom doesn't care about what I have to offer.

Like whatever characters you want to like. I'm not trying to tell anyone to stop making the art or posts they enjoy making. But... I have noticed a trend, and it's one I find somewhat concerning. That's all.

#ieytd #i cant sleep. i had a pretty bad day. if anyone wants to argue please know that i may not respond. #and if i do i may not be perfectly polite. #this may not be the most coherent. but. i wanted to say it. #and these arent even all of my complaints - im not going to get into the others. #well. i will say one thing - as a trans person the fandom space can feel... not exactly hostile #but not entirely welcoming either. #much like in any fandom. there are issues. and it feels like nobody is willing to point them out. #im going to try to sleep.

[charlesemersonwinchesteriii]

#I say no! Because it's clearly against his wishes and I am a strong advocate of children's rights. #He should have been able to decide for himself whom to live with and I would've hoped the enlightened future world of the Federation #would have recognized that :( #Star Trek: Deep Space 9 #And now I'm wondering what everyone else thinks so! Poll time! #As I'm writing these tags after rewatching the episode I realize the decision may have been due to political stability reasons #(i.e. trying not to antagonize the Cardassians; a smart move at this point in the overarching story) #or even (as Sisko mentions to Pa'Dar toward the end) trying to encourage the Cardassians to take care of the actual orphans on Bajor too #but in that case I wish it'd have been made more clear in the episode #& the point would still stand: are either of those reasons sufficient justification for taking Rugal away from his family against his will? #Starky's Original Posts #polls #posts where you can really tell OP lived in constant fear of being either sent or taken away from their parents as a child #and it's getting in the way of enjoying what's truly important (garashir). sad!

[officialthelonelycandaian]

Just because I feel like not enough people realize this or have accepted it into their heart. But mai is a girl boss political player, but she did not love zuko

She saw zuko as a venue to power, and she played her cards well, and before you go,

"but boiling rock"

No, that was a political gamble that she knew would probably pay out well for her and it did

Remember we learned that episode that her uncle is the warden of that prison and that her family had ties within the military she knew that even though she would be arrested , She would be having an OK time in the prison

And the reason why she decided to make that gamble with zuko ties back to the ember island in which she's testing the boundaries of how much zuko will allow and how hard she can push. That's what her behavior in that episode at the party is, it's her testing, And she finds that it's a whole lot more than azula Would ever grant her because azula is also incredibly politically literate and knows Not to give power so freely, zuko however does not have that literary and gives power freely (too freely If you ask me)

She knew that if she could get zuko to love her, she could be fire lady, and that was all she wanted. She couldn't care less about zuko as a person, and she certainly could care more.

Anyways, I find it incredibly sexist that instead of appreciating the incredible talent and skill that she has for political maneuvering and emotional manipulation, this fandom largely just reduces Her to a childhood Crush on the Prince.

#atla zuko #atla mai #avatar the last airbender #atla maiko #atla analysis #I have to say I respect the play though #She is so startlingly competent When it comes to politics And it is way to overlooked #atla #avatar: the last airbender #avatar: tla