#not allowed freedom

[quetzalpapalotl]

Humanformers IDW1 Arcee and Galvatron were child stars

#you know because they were gladiators in canon #objectified for entertainments #not allowed freedom #not getting to mingle with children their age #always at the whims of adults #galvatron internalized all the wrong things and now keep trying to get the glory of those days back #but managing himself now #doesn't care who he has to step on #arcee was always criticized for being weird and rude (austistic) #she was happy to fade into obscurity #but her transition made it to the news and suddenly everyone had an opinion on that #coupled with her doctor being the fucking worst she had an atrocious time so you can imagine how she reacted to the public (justified) #this may or may not be inspired by oshi no ko #quetzal rambles tf

[greenieflor]

Hey maybe a group of creatives deciding that they want control over their content and don't want to waste time and resources begging for ad revenue is like. A good thing

#lav rambles #watcher #its literally just what dropout did #i understand being upset at having to get another subscription #but did yall watch the video? #this is something theyre excited about #that will allow them to make more and better shows #and youtube just wasnt working for them anymore #like honestly id rather have a couple small subscriptions to companies i love #and want to support #than get their stuff for free with countless ads that hinder their creativity and freedom

[captainkirkk]

Another favourite angst trope: When a character is so used to being treated badly that they don't see anything wrong with it and talk and think about it very matter-of-factly

Until they meet the other characters and see how HORRIFIED they are every time they reveal another detail from their past

#my posts #tropes #this trope is also great when paired with the 'not used to freedom' trope #like a character very matter-of-factly asking if they're allowed to eat lunch because they've already eaten breakfast #and they werent previously allowed regular meals #but didnt realise that that wasnt normal #whump #ive made a few 'favourite angst' trope posts #should i make this a series

[craycraybluejay]

I also heavily resent the ever-present implication in mainstream media that at all touches on trauma that we cannot have any sympathy for Bad Victims. That it's evil to write a sympathetic Bad Victim. Hell, that it's bad to portray one at all at times. Writing a victim of trauma who's an addict or self-destructive is already an edge case-- writing trauma survivors who end up actually hurting someone else, being chronically "treatment"-resistant or having inconvenient ptsd, perpetuate the cycle, or are just kind of a total dick is considered an evil move. Instead of like. An actually complex and interesting artistic choice.

Idk. It pisses me off a lot how often Bad Victims[TM] are brushed under the rug and if you dare to speak of them/make art of them, let alone SYMPATHIZE with them you're an irredeemable monster. And that's just fictional characters. Don't even get me started on the way people treat actual people who have ptsd in a way that's at all inconvenient and problematic in their opinion.

#bad victims #trauma #purity culture #cultural christianity #cycle of abuse #the invisible victims #trauma survivor #ptsd #purity wank #freedom of expression #dark topics #media criticism #trauma in media #please can i get one traumatized blorbo that isnt purity poisoned #like you're not writing a moral guidebook for small children. you're allowed to write anything at all forever

[alkalamity]

Hear me out. Ratiorine AU where Aventurine is a mer captured by a group of researchers and Ratio is the scientist brought on board to teach him how to speak and access his intelligence levels.

#aventurine #hsr aventurine #dr ratio #hsr dr ratio #hsr #honkai star rail #star rail #ratiorine #raturine #aventio #mermaid au #mer!aventurine #see ok listen #aventurine is a very smart fish and while he cant speak Human #he can communicate by impressing the idea of something on someone #which is why his speech bubbles are all abstract things bc he communicates by sending the idea of what he wants to say to ppls brains #and hes clever hes our cunning merchant gambler #so while he was initially captured by some researchers to be studied #hes able to charm them up and get them on his side... thus allowing him to have more luxury than the average experiemental subject #ofc none of this reallt matters when the researchers wont let him go free but its the smalle victories... #eventually hell work his way up to freedom #ratio is the poor sap who was dragged into the study half way to teach aventuring how to Be Human basically #he accepts the proposition bc everyone deserves to have knowledge! even fish! #my art #comics #scribbles

[bear-cubs-art-things]

"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it"

-Evelyn Beatrice Hall, The Friends of Voltaire

The first amendment allows us to say what we want, whenever we want, without our government punishing us for our words. KOSA, therefore, is violating our first amendment rights. It's mass censorship of the internet, and our right to freedom of speech is being suppressed BY THE GOVERNMENT. Our founding fathers created this as THE FIRST AMENDMENT, and clearly thought this was important. Oh, wouldn't they be disappointed to see what their descendants are doing now. KOSA, a mass censorship bill that will contradict our constitution as we know it. KOSA, which instead of protecting the kids is in fact putting them in harms way. KOSA, which will put so so many people in danger. And we can stop it, but we have to fight. We MUST fight

To hear one voice clearly, we must have the freedom to hear them all

#kosa #stop kosa #fuck kosa #anti kosa #internet censorship #internet freedom #censorship #censorship bill #first amendment #freedom of speech #kids online safety act #kids online safety bill #bear rambles #this is so important. We HAVE to fight for our right of free speech #We MUST. #We can't allow the government to take away our rights. #and this whole post is based on my knowledge that I've accumulated. It may not he entirely accurate but it's pretty damn close

[hypewinter]

Here's a little double the trauma for the price of one story for you folks.

So basically Danny got captured by the GIW and was experimented on / tortured until he died and was reincarnated as Danyal Al Ghul. He attempts to adapt to his grandfather's teachings but just can't get behind them unlike his older brother. This culminates in Danny getting caught trying to help an injured animal.

When he refuses to kill it, Ra's decides he's had enough and strikes Danny down then and there. Damian, who was watching all of this go down, disobeys his grandfather for the first time and attempts to resurrect Danny using the Lazarus pits. But Danny's body sinks to the bottom and doesn't return. This devastates Damian and Talia when she gets back.

Meanwhile Danny opens his eyes to find himself in the one place he never wanted to be again, the GIW research facility. The Lazarus pits had responded to the traces of ectoplasm within his body and opened up a portal back to his home dimension. All across the spider verse style you could say. Anyways Danny spends the next decade being experimented on while Damian spends it pretty close to canon albeit with a little more resentment towards Ra's and a little more grief towards the batfam (he feels like he's somehow replacing his little brother by hanging out with them).

Eventually a prison break happens within the GIW facility. Whether because they captured a powerful ghost like Pandora or something or because Clockwork did something, it doesn't matter. What matters is that Danny takes advantage of the chaos to go back through the very portal he got spit out of all those years ago.

Imagine the league's surprise when their youngest heir suddenly comes crawling out of the pits without looking even a day older than when he was first thrown in. The reason for this is because the scientists at the facility thought that Danny was growing in order to simulate being human and gain sympathy. He was always severely punished for this until the remaining ghost part of him eventually adapted to stop his human half from growing. He's now pretty much stuck at the age of 5 or so. Don't worry as he eventually heals from his trauma, he'll start growing again.

Anyways the league, especially Talia is trying to keep it on the downlow that Danny is back. She knows that if Damian finds out, he'll immediately come and try to take back his little brother. Unfortunately for them, they were a little too quiet and Damian gets hella suspicious. So he goes on a solo mission to see what they're up to. He sneaks into Nanda Parbat in the middle of the night and finds a sleeping boy in his baby brother's old room. At first Damian thinks that the league cloned his brother. But when Danny wakes up and stares at him with those big blue eyes he just knows.

So Damian takes Danny with him back home where the batfam is absolutely baffled about where he got this kid from. They're also flabbergasted when Damian speaks to the boy in soft Arabic and has the most gentle and loving expression on his face. This can't be the same demon brat right?

#dp x dc #dc x dp #dpxdc #dcxdp #winter's tales #despite mentally being in his 30s or something at this point #danny still very much acts like a kid #at this point a good portion of his memories include being strapped down to a table #so now that he's allowed freedom again #there's a lot of things he must relearn #also he's still in the body of a child #and children can be very emotional because emotions are confusing #or sometimes it's the only real method of communication they have at their disposal #for younger children at least

[brw]

"but hamas is getting funded by extremist islamic hate groups!" do you think the U.S. government and military giving funding for israeli's war efforts against palestinians is a morally neutral and inherently righteous body that had no influence in the politics of southwest asia as a global colonial superpower. do you really think anything you can say about the people resisting oppression can't be said about the oppressors.

#brieuc.txt #palestine #this isnt me justifying it but it is me pointing out the double standard how hamas' funding is antithetical to the freedom movement #but the u.s.' influence and financial support is completely fine and doesnt need to be brought up at all #''hamas doesnt have the best interests of palestinian people'' may be true but the alternative is not allowing an apartheid state to exist #also its a ridiculous thing to say because thats a common thing in most countries #neo-nazi groups r a major problem in the Ukraine military but nobody questions ukraine's right for freedom. #the double standards keep on piling up #im not saying you cant criticise these groups but is it criticism or is it propaganda #are you talking abt how war radicalises and changes n traumatises people or are you implying every palestinian is a dirty terrorist #etc #and do you understand that in an active war zone n worlds largest open air prison violence is guaranteed and is brutal. #or do you think that if the people with no electricity and water just Werent So Stubborn And Talked everything would be okay? #and do you consider white people fighting for freedom martyrs but brown people doing the same terrorists

[paper-mario-wiki]

Do you get thirsty asks at all? (are you okay with it?)

i do! i do not respond to them, but i'd be lying if i told you i DIDN'T enjoy receiving little love letters. it's cute! and it feels nice.

#anon #i will never turn off anon for things like this. cuz most of the ones i get ARE anonymous. #i am more than happy to delete the bad stuff to allow that freedom to the people with good intentions. like for stuff like this!

[ardentpoop]

for real going to cry thinking abt sam and bones

#spn #help im not joking 😭 #dean gets to relish his memories but sam's not allowed to bc it hurts dean that sam's best childhood memories dont include him #like LOOSEN UP buddy. sam learns abt and empathizes more and more w/ dean's perspective but dean does not extend that same understanding #or even the Attempt at understanding as the series progresses... to sam #he needs to be centered!!!! #it's an affront that a memory that was for dean traumatic and stressful was to sam his first taste of freedom and autonomy #and then dean can't grasp why sam wanted to get away lmao #5.16

[dooblez]

i feel like they would hate the shit out of each other at first and then they get nice

#SCARAB WITH BEETLE LEGS YEAH <33333 #i like it when they are beastly it allows more creative freedom/hj #and also because i’m a furry so i’m just better at drawing crechurs ahdkdkakdkg #scarab is pissy because grrrgrrrgrrr he wanted to be wishmaster only him >:( #and prismo is pissy because he is ??? trying to do ??? his job?? #and this bitch beetle man keeps hissing at him so rude </3 #prohibitedwish #prismo #scarab #at:f&c #fionna and cake #adventure time #my art

[phenikas]

I hate him so much (affectionate)

#he's a little stinky shit #can't believe gay people are real #also yeah Jack's there as a goddam statue because Rhys is an asshole and he WOULD just put him up like a goddamn trophy #*me if I was allowed creative freedom and worked at gearbox* sigh #rhys strongfork #handsome jack #rhack #borderlands

[eobard-thawne]

honestly? if i could choose to play as an apostate, i would.

#insanity #i go insane whenever i rmbr this #they were not even allowed to clench. their. fingers. what the fu-- #destroy the circles destroy the chantry destroy the templars freedom for all mages !!! #dragon age inquisition #dai #da #dragon age #pro mages #anders was right #just throwing it here anfjskfjg

[tangledinink]

Do the boys just never take off their cloaking charms? Between showering sports and just childhood shenanigans... how?

Yep! The long and short of it is that Splinter invested in the good shit. (How did he afford the good shit? Donnn't worry about it. Same way he was able to cut a deal with Big Mama...)

The Cloaking Crystals are specifically designed for long-term wear, the bracelets are small and minimal so as to not get in the way of day-to-day, and are enchanted so that they fit snugly and won't fall off by accident-- they have to be deliberately removed with intention. Splinter spent weeks teaching his sons how to wear bracelets without bothering them (even before he got the actual cloaking brooches) and drilling into them how important it was to never ever take them off.

After a while, the brothers just got used to having them on, and really didn't have any reason to ever take them off. I imagine that there was at least one occasion (when they were still young,) where one of the brothers (probably Leo...) started messing with his, but...

Dad didn't even get mad. He yelled a little, sure, and he stopped Leo right away, but... They could tell he wasn't angry. He was scared. They had never seen his face look like that before.

... They kind of decided after that that they really shouldn't ever take the bracelets off. Dad said it kept them safe, and it seemed like he meant it. Now that they're older, they mostly just chalk it up to it being some kind of superstitious thing on their Dad's part, but they remember how important it is to him, and that he told them not to, so... They just haven't.

Not yet, anyway.

#rottmnt #fidgetwing #asks #sorrywhatnowau #anon #tmnt #their dad is pretty lenient and allows them a lot of freedom #he enforces very few rule let alone any HARD rules #and this is a really easy one to follow? so #like sure there are rules that you can just BREAK and its nbd but then there are some rules that you just dont and they know it #splinter had to have THOSE rules when he was raising mutant children in the sewer #not to mention that the bracelets are small enough that youd have to put in an EFFORT to take them off #which the brothers just attribute to 'well we've had them since we were small and we've grown into them and thats why theyre like that' #which is not necessarily WRONG

[creekfiend]

I just really need ppl to integrate the fact that Jews being explicitly racialized and violently targeted for elimination under white supremacy is in fact the reason this is all happening to begin with so perhaps rhetoric which conflates is with the group of people who have been ethnically cleansing and genociding us for centuries is like, not the hottest thing to do idk

#its not NECESSARY to claims this is WHITE PEOPLE VS BROWN PEOPLE to advocate for Palestinian freedom or hold the state of israel accountable #it is not TRUE firstly which i wish was reason enough in a lot og leftist spaces lmao but #like. its not helpful. #its allowing white westerners to lazily map racial dynamics they feel familiar with #onto a situation they know nothing about #which is dangerous for diaspora Jews. it is dangerous for us. your rhetoric is DANGEROUS TO US #GOING TO THE CEASEFIRE RALLIES WITH HORSE BLINDERS ON SO I DONT HAVE TO SEE GENTILES SAY HATEFUL THINGS #FUCKS SAKE

[tiredsurvivoronmain]

Noticed something random about Wesker's outfits post RE1

The outfits Wesker wears when he DOESN'T encounter Chris:

The outfits Wesker wears when he DOES encounter Chris:

#idk why but it amuses me #chris apparently isn't allowed to ever see him in a suit/fancy clothes lol #makes sense though he can't fight chris in normal attire #i mean he CAN but his outfit would rip and split from his movements probably #tighter and stretchy outfits give him more freedom to move #wesker #albert wesker #chris redfield #chrisker