#morally you shouldn’t

[redkelpfish]

Jason Todd is a damn good example of how superheroes can’t be parents. I’m not saying heroes should be forbidden from having children, but the moment you do, you choose one or the other. You either cease to be a hero or you must fundamentally fail your child.

Because that’s the basis of being a parent—choosing your child. Day in and day out, no matter what. There is no bigger picture, no greater good. Between a bus full of people and your kid, your kid has to count on you to be the one person in the world who would let the bus fall. A hero can’t do that. A hero shouldn’t do that.

Jason Todd so desperately wanted Bruce, his father, the one person he needed to let the bus fall. But Bruce had chosen “hero” two decades ago, and there was no room for Jason Todd, son. So Jason Todd, Robin died a martyr with no one left to carry the cause. An unfortunate casualty. He came back as the only thing left, the only version of Jason Todd that a clown didn’t beat to death in warehouse in Ethiopia. Jason Todd, son. And there was no father. He kept reaching and reaching and there should have been something to meet him. But Bruce Wayne was a hero. And Jason Todd was a son.

#sorry I’m tired and weirdly emotional about children of superheroes #because that’s the thing #you shouldn’t let the bus drop #morally you shouldn’t #it’s hard to look at a hero doing the right thing and go ‘you chose wrong’ #because that wasn’t the choice they fucked up on #it was a thousand choices before this moment #it was one choice in the middle #i love the robins #i love superheroes with children #but fundamentally someone has been failed in that situation #and unless you’ve been in the running for the flash mantel at least once #it’s probably your kid #dc #batman #bruce wayne #jason todd #dc comics #superheroes #clark kent #i think we all know why he’s tagged #justice league

[milimeters-morales]

no but literally we need to take Prowler Miles away from these 20 something year old white women until they stop making him their “gangsta boo” just because he has cornrows and is the Prowler 😭😭 yall don’t even try to hide your disgusting feelings and attitude towards a young black kid and it’s honestly sickening. Why is he all of a sudden a toxic boyfriend? Why is he all of a sudden borderline or downright abusive to people? Why is the 15 year old black latino boy, that we know next to nothing about, all of a sudden fitting the worst stereotypes for black/latino men? Do you have any legitimate reasons for any of this besides, “he seems like the type?” Because you know what that sounds like, right? And i can’t even filter these out for my own peace of mind because you don’t tag your shit properly.

#and i don’t give a fuck if aged him up for a smut fic it’s pedophilic and you know it #you bitches see a black boy with an accent and unleash all the racism in your body onto a fucking tumblr post i hate yall #it’s exactly the same with miguel! you fetishize his latino AND his black side and you turn him into a piece of shit person based off of #literally nothing. all we know is that he’s the prowler and he is trying to intimidate miles. that’s literally it. #and don’t even try to deny the racism part! because everyone can see it !! #and i shouldn’t need to say this but it’s not just white people but they’re the worst about it. #miles morales #prowler miles #miles g #across the spider verse #across the spiderverse #spiderman atsv #atsv #atsv spoilers #the prowler #earth 42 miles morales #earth 42 miles #miles g morales #miles 42 #miles morales 42 #m&m posts #god: tags were so true they inspired this post. #had to get it off my chest fr fr

[sailorsally]

SHIPPING RPF IS ACTUALLY OK!

Here are my thoughts on this:

1) the F in RPF stands for FICTION

So guess what? Every biopic you have watched? RPF. Every book you have read about people that have existed? RPF. As longs as it’s to some degree “based on real story/people”, yup, you guessed it! RPF

2) it's nobody's fucking business what you ship

As long as you don't bug the 'real people' of the ship about it, you are good!

Hope this helps! 👍

#I’m sorry but I had to #cockles #Also left this out bc this doesn’t apply to all rpf #but if the actors themselves ship it why tf shouldn’t you #rpf #morale police

[designernishiki]

it’s kinda funny to me how that dumb scene in kiwami 1 of majima getting shot and left for dead in the harbor was basically just added as a half-assed way to explain majima not being around for a bit of the plot, but they accidentally(?) just made it seem like start of a chain reaction where majima ended up feeling slighted and heartbroken after being abandoned like that and then lashed out about it via smashing a big truck into the building kiryu was in. and yeah that isn’t inherently a romantic thing as-is but then they go and add the part where majima grabs a hostess and performatively hits on her as in-kiryu’s-face as possible, she says she’s already in love with someone, and majima lets her go immediately, no questions asked, making a big fucking point of it just to say see THAT kiryu? I appreciate when people are HONEST about their FEELINGS. people who won’t just BACKSTAB someone who CARES about them to save themselves. is that so crazy kiryu?? huh??? anyway make it up to me get down here and fight me right fucking now

#I think on another level he was sorta saying like ‘hey kiryu. you’re making it extremely clear that you don’t trust me and my intentions #and I’ve been trying to show you- over and over again- that I’d do just about anything for you and your safety #but I can’t just let my mask fall off in front of everyone- I need to keep up the unpredictable morally grey wildcard act for both my sake #AND yours. because disguising my helping you as crazy random violent outbursts and weird stalker behavior #is the only way I CAN help you. do you think it would go over well with shimano or literally anyone else if I was outright helping you out #of the kindness of my heart and fondness for you? stop being so fucking dense and look past the crazy wacky nonsense for a second and #maybe you’ll realize that all I do at the end of the day- really- is help you and put my own life and reputation on the line for you. #I am an honest guy when it comes to my real values and when I told you I wouldn’t let anyone kill you unelss it was myself- I meant it. #I’ve taken a knife and a bullet for you now. can you REALLY not see through the act yet? am I REALLY that unpredictable when you think about #it?’ #that was a longer explanation than i intended but. it was difficult to put into words #I basically feel like it could be read as him implying kiryu shouldn’t backstab the people who put themselves on the line to help him #and/or pointing out that he’s never actually done kiryu dirty and has stuck to his word protecting him in the ways he can #trying to say yeah all this is a crazy act and all but when it comes down to it you Can trust me #it really makes sense when you think about it that he’d have to help kiryu/show affection towards kiryu in unpredictable convoluted ways #at that point in time because. I mean. there’s a reason he was the only person who showed up to welcome kiryu when he got out of prison #and that’s because A) he sticks to his word and his loyalty to people he cares about and B) no one else had the balls or the batshit insane #mask to wear to ward off anyone asking real questions like majima did. because ANYONE associating themselves with the supposed #patriarch-killer was a HUGE NO-NO at the time. someone important showing up for kiryu and welcoming him back outright could’ve caused #all-out warfare probably. except majima. because majima was dedicated and smart enough to use his widely-feared wildcard persona #(that everyone tended to view as incapable of having any Real agenda to worry about) to his And kiryu’s advantage #does that make sense??? I feel like it makes a lot of sense if you get it to click in your head #kazumaji #majima #kiryu #yakuza #kiwami 1 #yk1 #rambling

[working-dreamer]

It’s wild how shipping culture has changed so drastically over time on the internet.

In the old days people shipped characters who either had only one line of dialogue with each other, never even met, or not even from the same piece of media. It was the wild west and sure some ships were uncomfortable but people had the mindset to just block the tag and stay away from ships they didn’t enjoy.

Nowadays? It’s more like people have to clarify that their ship isn’t canon compliant, character adjacent, and story irrelevant otherwise they get a flood of comments saying “but this character isn’t like this in canon” and some people legitimately get angry if you’re not following the canon.

Like- shipping and fandom culture from what I understand it is about engaging with media in a way that caters to you. And if you don’t like a ship or show just… block the relevant tags and don’t engage in the ships? The internet isn’t supposed to cater to us- we have to cater ourselves to our internet environment. And no matter how many times people may harass others over a fandom or ship they don’t like, those ships are not gonna disappear.

The internet has just been getting worse when people have decided to place morality in their opinions by saying things like “if you enjoy the ship then you support (insert horrible thing here that’s usually completely unrelated to the ship itself)” when it used to be “eh, not my thing” and people just moved on.

And for the record this isn’t about a specific ship or anything- just an observation of how fandom has evolved (and regressed) over the years and I find it fascinating from a sociological perspective cause we still don’t know how having the internet from birth affects the development of kids and how that affects how they interact with others- isn’t that scary?

I know that’s slightly unrelated but the way people engage in media has been changing over they years and that also involves fandom and the maturity level thereof in the internet space and someone smarter than me could probably write a whole thesis paper about fandom culture and how the internet has hindered the social development of people and how that affects community specifically from a fandom lens.

Just- for your sanity younger internet children: it’s not worth harassing others over something as trivial as ‘it’s not canon that this character kisses another character.’ Just find ships you like. Block ships you don’t. And just enjoy your time doing what you like!

You can���t control the internet but you can nurture your little corner of it.

#shipping #canon ship #non canon ships #reader x character #self ship #I get so tired of seeing shipping posts and the comments or reply tweets are nothing but ‘but this isn’t canon tho!!!’ #sonny when I was your age we shipped characters who never even met in canon! #even with ships I don’t like- I get exhausted seeing people get bombarded by fourteen year olds who haven’t developed critical thinking yet #every day I agree more that people under 18 shouldn’t have access to the internet #this can also apply to people who act like ‘if you dont reblog or boost this post (insert social issue here) then you’re a bad person!!’ #like… no #you don’t have to apply moriality to a stinkin’ reblog button! #sure informing people is important but you don’t have to take the responsibility of the world’s issues #we’re all doing the best we can and you don’t have to prove your morality to be a good person #it’s okay to not engage with those kinds of posts if it makes you uncomfortable- that doesn’t affect your morality in any way #For example: ​I’m never gonna reblog gory posts showing battle zones #does that mean I support war? absolutely not! #I’m just protecting my mental health! and you need to as well #the internet is yours to make it how you want and if you want it to be an escape from the horrors of the world that’s okay #protect your happiness fam

[whydoifeelthisquiet]

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#abby doesnt shut up #being a swiftie rn is incredibly conflicting #like I have all this love for someone who is dating someone with so much hate for ppl like me & ppl I love #and we’ve been waiting so long for this tour #and cool things are happening #and then he’s there and taylor supports him #so how do u even have fun anymore #then you feel shitty for going to tour at all even though it’s your dream #and you think about how all of her promises and morals have flown out the window #then you’re like oh great this is my only safe space and I’m mad but cannot leave #and then I love her #and then she doesn’t speak out #and then she’s pictured with that monster #then I want to protect her from the tiktokers stalking her #then I’m sad again #and I say this just being disabled. I cannot imagine how other marginalized swifties feel. #so please just be gentle with everyone rn. this is not cut & dry and ppl are allowed to feel multiple things at once. #if I see you yelling at marginalized fans for going to tour it’s ON SIGHT. they shouldn’t have to bear this burden and lead the way by - #-giving up their tickets. we all still love her and that’s why we’re angry.

[oldmemoria]

What if I just

(Miles) Sparkflight- nightrain-wing (usually appears black like a regular nightwing, but particularly likes using his rainwing power of color change to blend into environments. He has future sight powers, but he hasn’t harnessed them very well yet.)

(Gwen) Snowdance- icerain-wing (she has Snow White scales that look water colored blue and pink in some places. usually they’re very light, easy colors in the eyes, they rarely change to anything too harsh unless she’s really emotional. She treats her scales like a canvas.)

(Hobie) Ivy- rain-wing (lets his scales change color freely, no one really knows what his base scale pattern is like because he’s not one to cover up the emotion in his scales)

(Pavitr) Petrel- skyrain-wing (similarly to Swordfish, he only has select scales that can change color, but he really likes changing them. His base scale color is a true red tone, and he usually has blue and gold highlights on the scales he can change.)

(Miguel) Swordfish- Searain-wing (like a dark, dark blue, where only his light up scales change color. Being one of the only seawing he uses that to his advantage and communicates with himself under his breath with his light up scales. He basically looks like an rgb keyboard lmao.)

(Jess) Stardrift- night-wing (a dark, violet-black scaled dragon, her star scales on her wings look like shooting stars. Mind reader.)

(Peter B.) Petalite- sky-wing (average red skywing who’s adorned with little trinkets)

(Mayday) Malachite- skywing (a bright red flamescale, Petalite made everyone gloves that they can put on their talons to hold her.)

(LYLA) Limpet- lucky for her she’s the only human (scavenger, in this case). One of swordfish’s. . . Friends. . . found her one day and decided not to eat her so she (the friend) gave her to him as company. She thinks Swordfish is her pet dragon, Swordfish thinks she’s his pet scavenger. Everyone is very confused in this scenario.

(The Spot) Polka Dot: fucked up little rainwing who somehow got his hands on an animus talisman. Oops.

(Margo) Seawhisper- nightsea-wing (she’s a dark blue, lighter than Swordfish for reference, and has very gorgeous ombré sky blue to light violet light up scales. She has mind reading powers :3)

(Kingpin) Strongwings- big fuckin nightwing. Like huge. If you think Swordfish looks big for a dragon you’re not prepared to see this guy— er— this corpse, I guess. He’s dead.

They’re all connected through being animus. Other than Strongwings and Polka Dot, of course.

See it as like.. the talons of peace but everyone is less mentally stable.

I’ll come up with their dragon names later probably, and I might draw a few of them.

#nightwing naming conventions are hard #like I have to think of a defining trait and if they have powers #Seawhisper came to me first though since she can read minds and she’s part seawing #that’s a bad ass name #also I use “drift’’ a lot with Jess mainly because I equate it to her motorcycle #can you drift in a motorcycle??? idk you probably shouldn’t doesn’t sound safe- #also a limpet is a type of aquatic snail #they’re very cute :3 #atsv #across the spiderverse #miguel o'hara #miles morales #gwen stacy #hobie brown #pavitr prabhakar #peter b parker #jessica drew #mayday parker #lyla spiderverse #margo kess #the spot #kingpin #atsv au #wings of fire #wof #wof au #wings of fire au #spiderverse au #au idea #obligatory 30th tag because I can

[bookishfeylin]

This bit from my Calanmai analysis feels very relevant.

#But anyway you can’t apply real world standards to a fantasy series and expect it to go well unless you want your audience to hate everyone #For acting on fantasy morals #Because they all live in a a fantasy world #So *gasp* they’re not going to abide by our morals #You shouldn’t expect a fantasy book to teach you about abuse SA or even mental health #anti acotar #anti sjm

[willowser]

honestly if i had a bigger brain, i would write an entire android shouto fic

#I JUST HAVE SO MANY SCENES IN MY HEAD #you fix his faceplate but cant get him a better eye so he just as this neon blue light #he's always saying things like 'my mother used to read to me when i was young' #and you're always like 'you don't have a mother. you were never young.' #bc you've spent your whole life afraid of machines and how overlord-esque corporations have used them to implement their beliefs #they've taken away so many jobs they are unfeeling they are ruthless they are judge jury and executioner #they're given more power for the sake of being morally grey but they're really just EMOTIONLESS BEINGS THAT SHOULDN’T MAKE CERTAIN DECISION #and then you find him 🥺 #and at first you want to sell him and make a quick buck but his face is all fucked up and then he starts TALKING #telling you he can feel pain and sadness and love #and you're like !!!!! no you cant !!!!!!!!! #and then someone tries to bother you in some bar and shouto smashes his face in — literally smashes HIS FACE IN — #and then someone tries to stab you and he moves in the way and takes it and HE BLEEDS AND HE CRIES AJFHSIAKALAL #AND YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT TO THINK !!!!!!! #WAAAAHHHHH #but it would be so in depth i couldn’t do it justice honestly akfbsjakqk #GOD i wrote too much in these tags #✿ willow writes #✿ shut up willow #✿ thoughts: shouto #✿ theme: android shouto

[dykebeckett]

can you people be normal about red states for five minutes please

#I just saw somebody say that wyoming shouldn’t get to make its own laws like. at all. because of a wretched and sinister anti trans bill #how about you think about how you can advocate for or offer help to queer people in red states before you write them all off as lost? #don’t go thinking your californias and new yorks are perfect havens of the pure and good you dumb cunts there are bad actors everywhere #geography is not morality you dumb fuck. I’ll kill you. how about HERE’S HOW YOU CAN HELP #or HERE’S HOW IF YOU’RE IN THAT STATE YOU CAN CONTACT A REP or HERE’S A TRANS ORG THERE TO HELP OUT or LET’S RAISE AWARENESS #instead of well they chose to live in one of the parts of the map that is ontologically evil or happened to get born there so sucks for them #fuck off. shut up if you’ve not got anything helpful to say #some of you care less about trans people’s health and safety than you do about getting a good zinger off and dunking on republicans

[cpunkhobie]

white middle class to wealthy people are so crazy to me like. How are you so alienated from the system you live under

#jonah with a megaphone #Ik why it’s because of the racial and class hierarchy and how the system is built to support certain people and harms others etc etc etc. #ik why #But like. On a personal level howd u lack just that much critical thinking. Why dont you get that we hate the system but still live under #It. This is mostly about that post that got mad at people for hiring cleaners and then tried to say like. The people who did were lazy #Etc. but then the conversation devolved into how it was actually racist to hire undocumented people as cleaners or anything and like. #You understand conceptually that undocumented people deserve the same rights and privileges and protections as documented citizens but you #Don’t. Get structurally. and realistically. That we are still living under a system where those rights aren’t available to them #So you’re saying that they just. Shouldn’t be fucking hired??? That people shouldn’t fucking pay them for their goods and services??? #im not talking about like. Walmart which is a megacorp where the morals and standards we view them are completely different #im talking about immigrants running their own businesses and people saying people using those services are exploitative like. Do you hear #yourself. You’re saying they shouldn’t be fucking paid. You’re saying they shouldn’t be getting their own work. Do you hear yourself #your ideas of race and class is so alienated from actual reality it’s baffling. How do you live like that #mixed kid rage

[wisecrackingeric-2]

Ok. Ok I see why everyone says Don Quixote is a really. Really gay piece of media now HABAHABWHSBSHSNSHS

#fellas is it gay to moan with your male bestue as he’s feeding you a meal you shouldn’t morally have

[princeofyorkshire]

i can’t believe piracy is such a sensitive topic on tumblr dot com i can tell you guys are not latin american

#since i was a kid my two options were: you either buy a pirated copy off the street/park or you don’t get this thing at all #and today it’s pretty much the same especially if i have to buy stuff in a different currency. i can’t afford it most people can’t #i’m from argentina. the economy is beyond fucked. but that doesn’t mean i shouldn’t be able to listen to my favorite artist. like be fucking #serious for a moment. people focus too much on charts and streams that forget that some people genuinely cannot help with that and it’s not #because we love him less or we are just cheap assholes we literally can’t afford it that’s our reality #i’m glad it’s different for you! i wish that was my case but it isn’t. i can’t do anything about it. #however i’m not gonna deprive myself from enjoying something because it’s morally incorrect or whatever. we are talking about a millionaire #here let’s not forget that small detail! now i’m gonna go listen to those links that dailytomlinson has shared. thank you goodbye 💋 #*

[cheapcheapfaker]

now that im bringing a child into this house I need to be a responsible gun owner and lock these bad boys down #staystrapped #smithandwesson

#I’m hardcore decluttering but like. obviously I’m keeping these. #nerfs are fun but rubber band welts are funner #you know what’s another toy they probably shouldn’t sell for ethical moral reasons but #was unseasonably fun? those pop cap guns #omg I remember getting those at gas stations and shooting them off #(that doesn’t sound safe now that I think about it)

[callixton]

you can take the boy out of catholicism or whatever

#if i say thought crime isn’t real constantly it’s bc no part of my brain is fully free from believing i’ll be damned for thinking . anything #if not religiously then conceptually. morally perhaps #and it’s not like there aren’t things you shouldn’t think/thoughts that are right to react to negatively. but that is not what this is about #it’s also the line there is soooo contextual. but whatever goodnight i’m trying again #ted talks

[slimslamflimflam]

“think of the children!” no. you aren’t. the people in power couldn’t give two shits about the children. the people in power look away when it comes to genuine concerns about children the second it impedes upon their lifestyle, their beliefs.

and you know what it is that bothers them so? children wanting safety. children not wanting to live in fear of being murdered. children who want to be loved and accepted for who they are. children who are raised to be those kids you hear others complain about on social media because nobody was there to teach them better. they don’t know better because they quite literally can’t.

oh but it’s for the kids, right? protect the kids, right? turn a blind eye to death and discrimination and neglect, right? that’s how we’ll protect them, right?

#i’ve been stewing on this for so fucking long it is exhausting the state of this stupid fucking piece of shit government and how much worse #it gets day by day. i am so sick of people with superficial titles shoving religion into places it shouldn’t be INSISTING they are #protecting what matters and yet in the face of such examples they couldn’t care less. i am tired of people like them using these moral #arguments as a GUISE to enact whatever they want just because they’re upset over some tiny thing. #no one could give two fucks you saw two men kissing on the internet and got personally offended. no one could give a singular #flying FUCK you’re upset people want to ban things that harm so much more than they do good. if you’re going to be such a genuine #piece of shit awful person do it without a safety net. fucking cowards and snakes. #jesus christ man. sorry for the tangent but this kind of shit never fails to irritate me.