#personal political views

[attheexactlyrighttimeandplace]

Reality these days has been about drifting from one catastrophe to another: from the annihilation of Gaza/Palestine to the anxiety-inducing countdown that climate change has become.

Yesterday I watched a program broadcast on an independent media, on the theme of climate change. The three guests: Yamina Saheb, Jean Jouzel and Wolfang Cramer are french (I don't know if Yamina Saheb is still Algerian, she may also be binational) engineers and scientists recognized as very competent climate or energy specialists, having participated in the drafting of IPCC reports.

Their speech was mostly frank and brutal: 2030 is the deadline they put forward for keeping temperatures below 2°C (we are already at 1.2°C and global warming is accelerating, the objective of the Paris Agreements to limit warming to 1.5°C is therefore already a failure).

2030 is tomorrow: we are 3 months away from 2024. And I had the strong impression that this date of 2030 was already an optimistic projection. It was given by Jean Jouzel, the oldest of the participants, and his reluctance to announce the closeness of the coming catastrophe was evident.

On YT, a commenter said of him:

"you remain desperately moderate in your expression!! You cannot make a sentence without highlighting a positive aspect even if you know that it is artificial, that it is a manipulation by the opponents of change (to adapt to the climate change). You systematically defuse your own comments and recommendations in advance. Given your well-deserved scientific credit, you have the right, and even the duty, to adopt an uncompromising speech!"

The idea that 2030 is the most optimistic hypothesis, which Jouzel chose to retain so as not to despair the public, therefore seems really credible.

Yamina Saheb did not contradict him on this point even if she was much more direct: had no hesitation to call the Climate Conferences (COPs) between States as a masquerade, in particular the next one which will be held in Dubai and will be chaired by the boss of the largest company of fossil fuels from the United Arab Emirates. She also shared in an intense moment of emotion, almost an admission, that she imagines a very dark future for her 3-year-old little boy in which he would probably not live until 70 years.

What will happen before 2030? Based on the various scientific books aimed at popularization that I have read on the subject, a lot of chaos and conflicts as water resources disappear, heat waves will become more deadly and make entire regions of the world uninhabitable, that the collapse of biodiversity will accelerate, dragging us down with it since we cannot survive without plants, whether for our food security or for our oxygen needs.

It's very selfish to say it but I need to say it: I feel at peace on a personal level with these pessismistic projections, because I think I have experienced everything I could aspire to, and I have not other expectations beyond what I have already experienced.

It goes even further: I look forward to the coming of these catastrophes to put an end to the current world. I want to see the collapse of capitalism and the inequalities that it has exacerbated to an unbearable level, the dismantling of Western empires and especially that of the USA, the destruction of Israel, and the final end of colonialism based on the brutality and domination that they have together established as the only possible relationship with the rest of the world.

I want to see them destabilized and in chaos before they have the opportunity to attack Iran, as I think they will after they finish liquidating Palestine. For me, they planned a 3rd World War in the Middle East including an attack on Saudi Arabia (the attackers of the World Trade Centers were largely Saudi and Saudi Arabia exfiltrated its nationals complicit in the attacks before any investigation and arrest were ordered) in retaliation for 09/11/2001, the humiliation of which they have still not digested (Biden stealing all the money from the National Bank of Afghanistan during the departure of American troops in 2021 and redistributing the funds to the families of those who disappeared on 11 /09, while leaving the Afghan population prey to hunger even though the Taliban did not take part in the attacks, is striking proof that USA is only motivated by dehumanization and contempt for Muslims and will create more wars to satisfy this obsession ).

The end of Westerners and Jewish Zionists will be more horrible than ours: while our living conditions have already been degraded for a long time, their fall, the gap between what they thought they were (exceptional nations with an unique destiny) and what they will become (victims of their own deeds like the victims they made) will be a frontal shock of exceptional violence because it is unprecedented for them, and because they are still denying its existence despite all the signs (fires, drought, floods, etc.).

More horrible because Muslims still have a religion, a faith to support them, the very strong conviction that we are only passing through this world, that we belong to God and that we are returning to him, while Western secularism does not offers support in the face of an immense and implacable universe, emptied of all meaning and purpose, and the extremist religious fervor of evangelical Christians, and Christian and Jewish Zionists will very quickly reveal itself to be an empty shell, when the end of the world does not give rise to the predictions that they fantasized to the point of supporting the very real and material destruction of the Middle East to make them come true. All together will no longer draw any satisfaction from their victory born of violation of all the human rights that they claimed to embody at one time, their military force reduced to haunting a world where there will be little left to dominate, will leave them face to face to their demons: insatiable greed and frustration, with no more material comfort to hope for with the definitive end of the myth of abundance.

I don't know if this makes me an unworthy believer or a cruel human being, but my only wish today is that this vision of divine punishment for their crimes which would be for me the only form of Justice in this time/world may be the one I take with me.

#personal political views #personal #climate change and palestine

[tastesoftamriel]

Friendly reminder that this page is not involved in sharing real world politics and social events. There are literally thousands of blogs on this hellsite that specialise in that sort of thing (including my personal).

Tastes of Tamriel is a refuge from the real world. Simple as that. I'm not "showing my privilege" by keeping this space a haven for those of us who need to escape from all that for just one hot second. This. Is. Not. The. Place. For. Politics.

And if you're concerned about my views? Let me put it in context. I am a POC woman social anthropologist trained in the past ten years. Do you THINK that is the right sort of person to be calling secretly a LGBTQ+ hating, genocide supporting, colonialism glorifying atrocity to humankind? Do you even know what an anthropologist is?

Come onnnnn please develop critical thinking skills. Not everything has to be about pain and suffering. It is not illegal for those of us looking for a reprieve from it to do so. Food and fantasy bring us as a fanbase closer together regardless of our differences and social background.

Take your politics and get off my blog. It's mine to curate. I for one scoff at the accusation that I am somehow problematic for wanting to keep this place free of problems. No sweetie, that's all you. ~Tal

#Fwiw FREE PALESTINE AND CEASEFIRE NOW #That is the ONLY political statement I will utter right now and the rest of my views are my own #If you really must stalk me to see if I'm problematic go see my personal

[susansontag]

I refuse to take responsibility for other women’s reactions when they hear my very ordinary, run-of-the-mill thoughts on patriarchal beauty standards lol. it’s not my problem that they feel guilty or morally compromised. I don’t go around shaming women for their individual choices but I won’t lie to appease anyone. not every choice is feminist. quite frankly the fact saying this is deemed controversial reveals the pitiful state of feminist discourse in the general populace. like who in their right mind would raise this charge against marxism

#won't feel apologetic just feeling more confident. never been more proud of my views my level-headedness my compassion #not my problem you're struggling to reconcile your politics and personal choices #moth.txt

[dinoserious]

baby arc bigger. the arcs/wheel will connect where they typically do, eventually, but this is a not quite mature design. i like to roll w "pla protag is dppt protag" bc i think it is fun, and this arceus went with akari when she went back to the future. they are wearing akari/dawns survey scarf :)

#they can access their bag w light based hand/arm constructs. they figured out how to do those recently #they ARE very polite btw. a very pleasant young ladsie #i think that they are generally just called ark. the letter difference bc i call original arceus arc sometimes #they are both their own person and an extension of the original arceus #arc doesnt bother controlling them and ark is like. aware of its presence as it views the world from their eyes #baby arc #pokemon #arceus #sketch

[local-limebug]

jason todd has so many underrated canon love interests. essence, isabel, artemis, and rose are all characters i love with him. like those are good ships. why is everyone ignoring them?

#look. i have Opinions on this matter. #i know that fandoms have incurable mlm fetishization disease which is why jayroy is so much more popular than these ships #and i like jayroy but. come on. jayrose solos. #but fr like 😭 ik we all hate whatever he had going on with babs and kori because what the fuck (i hate dc writers) #but jay/essence was a good ship!! it would have added more focus onto who jason is outside of being a vigilante but still being a warrior #because its p much canon that he has magical affinities that dc pretty much ignores now #and isabel! jay/isabel was such a good ship too for showing the more civilian view of the red hood and who jason was as a civilian #jayrose is my personal fav solely because they're one of the few duos we've seen as good friends and i just love their interactions #and rose has that anti-hero (?) potential right. i think jayrose is a good ship for who jason would be as a vigilante outside gotham #ik i'm focusing on jason more than the love interests when i talk about why these ships are so interesting but rn that's just because i'm #trying to figure out why these ships are so ignored among jason fans in favour of ships like jayroy or jaykori or jaybabs or batc*st #because imo these have so much more potential than those ones :/ #i forgot to speak on jaytemis. i love jaytemis because i think jason deserves a woman that can yeet his 6 foot brick wall body with ease- #but more than that it really would have been a very fun idea to explore the amazonians' moralities and politics more #because jay and artemis were supposed to parallel bruce and diana. i just think there was again potential there for jason to break off from #the batfamily #yk? #limebug's original posts #jason todd #rose wilson #artemis of bana mighdall #isabel ardila #essence #sorry to any jayroy shippers that might see this even tho i didnt individually tag jayroy. i'm one of you i promise i'm a multishipper #if anyone wants to discuss this my dms and askbox are OPEN

[uncanny-tranny]

I think when people talk about things like desirability, they can miss the deeper point of why it can be important to analyze why people are seen as undesirable. It isn't just that a type of person is just... not hot... but often, it's the dehumanization of a person based on marginalized features.

For instance, I had a conversation with somebody about disability portrayal in media, and we had agreed that, historically, disability had been portrayed as a horrific ordeal. However, I think they missed the point as to why the "undesirable disabled" character was so appealing to a broader audience. The idea that disability is other, inhuman, and something that depersonalizes somebody from society is partly why those ideas were and are prevalent in mainstream media and culture. It is the idea that "nobody likes you. Nobody needs you. Nobody wants you" because of the person's marginalized body or experience or whatever it may be.

It isn't some superficial "oh why aren't I seen as pretty by everybody?" It is the knowledge that you are portrayed as undesirable in this way because it is a way to separate you from everybody else. It isn't about beauty, nor is it a selfish desire to be wanted by somebody. It is the desire to be seen as a person - an equal, regardless of who desires you or who does not.

#beauty culture #desirability politics #ableism #ableism tw #i brought up media but it doesn't solely apply to that and the same with disability #i just thought the conversation perfectly encapsulated my frustration with how people interact with desirability #because some people go at it with the assumption that it is shallow and vapid and vain to want to have people change their perspective... #...about how they view a marginalized status #like when trans people have criticism of desirability favouring cisnormativity fot instance - people assume it is vapid and vain... #..but it is us asking to be seen as PEOPLE even *if* we aren't fucking ~desirable~ by everybody. your desires shouldn't impact us like that #our lives shouldn't hinge on us fighting to be seen as human beings - we shouldn't need to fight tooth and fucking nail for it #i've been thinking about that conversation for a while now and it's kind of nice to somewhat flesh out my problems with it all #i have no ill-will to the person i was talking to and about. we just went at the premise in different ways and i have different ideas #i don't think the person is Bad and Horrible. i think that they AND i are impacted by this and we have different experiences

[sanyu-thewitch05]

Me watching the LGBT community who almost never rarely gives black women and girls, asexuals, or aromantics genuine respect, pretend we’re all friends and have always treated us right the minute it’s June 1st and want to use black women(mainly darkskinned) and girls as their little poster girl:

#asexual #aromantic #It’s always coming from the non black people(including other racial minorities) too #and the stuff coming out of the lgbt community towards black women and girls has gotten real nasty #i have seen numerous people(although they’re mainly black) say that black people are inherently queer because we’re unnatural and strange #in the eyes of white supremacy and white people #like are you ok in the head??? why do you want to say that black people are inherently strange and we defy every social standard #as of our existence is a social statement #I personally think the worst thing I’ve personally heard(from yet another black person) #was that black women and girls would get seen as men or trans women because our hair is nappy #what does our natural hair have to do with getting seen as men or trans women?? #and the white lgbt people just applauded them and hearted their tweet #it annoys me how for some weird reason political and social movements will mainly use black women especially darker black women as rep #and It’s almost always by a non black person #like why don’t you use a girl or woman from your own race in your political and social justice artwork #oh wait that’s right #because in general the lgbt community views black women and girls as magical negras who will be their ride or die sista soulja #who will mule and fight for them no matter how badly they outright insult us or sneakily talk badly about us #pride month is basically another black history month when it comes to how everyone reacts to it #every reaction to it is superficial and they’re only celebrating us because they feel like they had to or wanted social points #had it been any other month they would’ve been focusing on the group that they belong to

[miraclemaya]

i dont really like the word queer but i think it is very strange to go you can be trans but not queer? is this not just a blanket term for a particular social relation no? under which all trans people would fall under

#i mean i know the answer is that this person views 'labels' as like personal identifier instead of something for political organizing #or even just analysis

[sarahjacobs]

punk spot and goth sarah stuff 🫰

i also made playlists of the kind of music i think they'd listen to :') you can listen to spot's here. most tracks fall under the hardcore subgenre, but there's also a good amount of ska and pop. generally has a chaotic, garage, and/or dated kind of sound, really wanted the kind of stuff that scratches my brain in a specific, rough way

there's also sarah's playlist, which i'm less confident about because i'm wayyy more immersed in punk subculture and music. but. i tried! some gothic rock, mostly punkabilly and gothabilly. i feel like she'd be into music that has that campy slasher feel, so that's the overall mood i was gunning for

#newsies #92sies #uksies #sarah jacobs #spot conlon #drawings #confession idk anything about uksies this is purely based on vibes bcuz the concept of a pinoy nonbinary spot has charmed me #anyways more nerdy stuff ahead i am so sorry >>> #i heart thinking about what characters would be like if they were punk it is so fun #i view sarah as punk usually so it's interesting to compare & contrast her and spot #like sarah i personally cant see modifying her hair or her body much. she'd mostly stick to diying clothes and jewelry #so while she IS punk she's not the kind of punk that most people auto think of #but spot feels like someone who'd /really/ want to lean into all the trappings of punk. being intimidating AND cool #so they're spiky all over. hair piercings jacket are sharp #sarah's battle jacket is a comfortable corduroy material. it's colorful and has random scraps of fabric bcuz the goal is #to make the original jacket last as long as possible #whereas spot's has more inflammatory patches and is strictly black and white and has the sleeves cut off #and has non fabric stuff attached like the spikes and studs and also soda can tabs #because they also strike me as someone who collects random odds and ends. hence the bottle caps repurposed as pins #i also wanted to play around with adding chains and safety pins onto their jacket but alas #ultimately had to prioritize readability #same thing w sarah i wanted to give her layered necklaces and more maximalist elements to her outfit but it ended up muddying everything up #anyways. im insane but specificity is very important to me for punk stuff just because i think #'punk versions of xyz' tend to water down what punk actually is by prioritizing the aesthetics of rebellion without being specific #in What they are rebelling against. which is why these headcanons lack inflammatory political ideas and punk bands #or like they'll just have the circle A sign and it's like ok but do you know what anarchism is and what anarchist praxis looks like #also spot would not be an anarchist tbh they read as more of a commie #they are not doing nonhierarchical based organizing iykyk

[backjustforberena]

Rhaenys Targaryen + the Strong boys

#look it is a complicated relationship #and barely explored on screen #but i do come to the conclusion that Rhaenys does love those boys and consider them to be her son's sons #she calls them that publicly and privately #the ISSUE is a purely political one and a gut feeling one #its not personal #and the solutions she comes up with #namely the one to disinherit laenor #is crafted in a way to not shame the boys or endanger them #and so there's no vendetta or hatred #they're kids #it's not their fault #anyway there are other little moments i could have put in here #but i'm interested to hear other views as always xxx #lucerys valeryon #jacerys velaryon #rhaenys targaryen #eve best #my gifs #house of the dragon #hotdedit

[papakhan]

I think in game it's kind of presented that Julie Farkas thinks poorly of, if not outright dislikes, the Great Khans which I guess is fair enough but also reeks of the attitude of the writers viewing drug addicts and raiders as subhuman. And I don't think really it lines up with either the Khan/Follower relationship depicted in game nor does it Follow Julie's reestablished personality. I think she's a little exasperated with them but not enough to warrent the "who? Oh you mean those raiders who used to clash with the vegas tribes 🙄" line that she has about them like cmon girl 1) people are like your only allies outside of Freeside and 2) why are you taking the Three Families side in this??? They're causing just as many if not more issues than the Khans even Arcade has lines about how the Families are exploiting Freeside and I can't think who else she means by "vegas tribes" Anyway. It does make sense for her to be annoyed with how they're causing more drug problems in Freeside but i don't think it makes sense for her to be written in a way that makes it sounds like she's angry with the Khans for *using their precious medical knowledge to make the evil morphine rather than the morally good morphine* when really she should be more angry with House/The Families for causing the poverty in Freeside and the NCR for forcing the Khans into the precarious position they're in while disallowing the Followers from truly helping them. The fact that by the time that Fnv comes around the Followers and NCR's relationship has broken down should be enough for the Followers to revisit relations with the Khans since, as I said, the Khans have been the only truly consistent allies of the Followers and more importantly, the NCR JUST MURDERED ALL THEIR CHILDREN. In this essay I will

#I'd love to explore a potential rewrite with her yknow with the Khans as I view them #Idk when but I'd like to I think Papa and Julie could have an interesting relationship #Txt #I used to get yelled at a lot on here for saying that the way the Followers are written kinda makes them look bad in the whole situation #With the Khans #Because shunning a group who just experienced a genocide because they're not following your morality is. Bad actually #But people get really heated about the Followers because they associate their own politics with them and take my critism of them personally #Anyway #It's their writing that I think makes them look bad and if I was rewriting them I would make them different #yes there are plenty of medical professionals esp those in emergency medicine like Julie who think addicts are evil #But I don't think Julie should be written like that and the writers were wrong for doing her dirty like that #She deserves to be a complex character who is politically minded as well as medical #And personally I think her fighting on the Khans side just makes more sense #And getting them involved instead of the garret twins would have been cool #But yeah the way the Followers and their interactions with drug addicts in game is blatantly written by someone who thinks poorly of addict #Sorry

[mikakuna]

batman really just be saying shit. "killing the joker will make you the same as him"

like oh yes of course. you're definitely on par with a man who's killed thousands of innocents because you killed one person. bitch please. you're telling me bruce being a pussy enabler is why thousands of people die at the hands of one person? he should just go to therapy after killing the joker if it's that big of a deal. if you're gonna take on a role as serious and God-like as Batman/hero, you need to accept that you have to do immoral and messed up things. there's no reason to really make batman so strictly Moral if the supervillains he fights really show no shame in mass murdering and torturing innocents- innocents in a city that he swears is his and his to protect.

in a universe like dc where supervillains (+people who work with chemicals that aren't usable in the real world) exist and absolutely cannot be tied down in prison, killing is likely one of the only ways to keep cities safe. like sorry but batman has to kill the joker, a mass murderer, if he wants gotham to become a safer place. it's that or create an indestructible prison that no villains can escape from no matter what. which surprisingly hasn't been made yet, from what i know, despite all the amazing tech bruce has and can afford

#i came across an instagram reel captioned somethjng like #pov you're a civilian watching the main character let the villain go because killing them makes them equals #and the comments were all like saying how this argument is so stupid #because it is. #people try to bring in real world political issues into fantasy worlds where supervillains continuously escape jail #the death penalty can't be argued in a fantasy world because the rules are totally different #and realistically.... civilians will not view batman as a murderer or horrible person/be scared of him for killing the joker #they'd be relieved #they'd feel sooo much safer #and fine batman doesn't wanna kill whatever #weird for a guy who took on a vigilante role and seems to suck ass at keeping his enemies locked up for the rest of their lives #but to stop others from killing the joker????? why are you getting involved bro #it doesn't involve you anymore. if someone wants to kill the joker that's between them and the joker #batman isn't in the argument #if he's that much of a Good guy who can't let murder go free of punishment no matter what #then lock the person up for killing the joker #but let them fucking kill him first #no blood on your hands bud #jason todd #red hood #batman #dc

[metamatar]

based on one of your recent posts should i still be vegetarian especially if I was born into it?

you can do whatever you want forever!

the tags clearly said the vegetarianism that you were born into bc of your caste position isn't about animal liberation. im also extremely skeptical of any politics that centres personal choice instead of political and economic changes in meat production. anti meat taboos and the social censure of meat eaters in india is basically just an avenue to lynch and discriminate against dalits and muslims. your politics must be one that engages with that material reality, of living in a hindu fascist state where the politics that center anti meat food habits esp through the lens of personal moral goodness and purity are a reactionary force. your vegetarianism and/or veganism should remain a personal choice, that you make about your own body but the politics of what that represents is located in a highly specific context and its presentation.

#i personally try to minimise my own meat consumption #but i don't view it as a political position. #i live in the pacific northwest of the us atm. im surrounded by people for whom veganism is political action and its frustrating bc #the rhetoric they use is kind of. pointless and would be reactionary as hell if they were any kind of hegemonic force #asks #anon #veganism

[kingofmyborrowedheart]

If you’re so disillusioned with who Taylor is as a person and believes she’s changed for the worse, why are you still here as a fan? If you believe her “activism” isn’t up to your standards, are tired of her not using her platform, see her as an uncaring and callous billionaire, why are you still here and engaging in fan spaces if you’re no longer enjoying her and her work? Just disengaging completely if that’s the case; find something or someone else to pour your time and energy into.

#taylor swift #I’m sorry but Taylor isn’t an activist or politician follow the people who actually do that stuff if you’re looking for it #Taylor is a singer-songwriter she did not get into music to get into politics stop expecting that from her #like it’s not that hard to disengage if you truly believe she’s a bad person and isn’t the same person she was 5-10 years ago #don’t put expectations on people and place them on a pedestal because they’re never going to meet exactly what you want #it’s funny because people outside of the fandom view her ‘activism’ calls to voting as huge and doing enough #we’re the only ones harping on her to do more #if something isn’t bringing you enjoyment stop doing it #my friend and I were talking about Stan culture and stuff and agreed that people want celebs to speak out on issues is so they can feel… #morally good in supporting them and know that their values align and that they’re not problematic or whatever and that’s not a great… #mentality to have. like if people are only speaking out for the sake of optics it’s not genuine and doesn’t contribute to anything really #I’d rather celebs speak out about issues they have experience with and not regurgitating things to look good that they have no knowledge of

[fluffypotatey]

Shadowpeach's reaction to believing the other is dating again

ANON I AM SO SORRY T^T i meant to reply to this the moment I read it then got distracted and now it’s almost 1am (edit: it is now 1:30 lmao)

anyway,

you have come to ask me, a girlie who is a sucker for unhealthy shadowpeach and long time lover of the jealousy & possessive tropes, about shadowpeach’s hypothetical reactions of the two monkeys believing the other is back in the dating scene?

well, obviously, they would be completely fine. absolutely no negative reactions or breakdowns or obsessive thoughts hindering their ability to function and be mentally healthy. of course.

jk i lied: THEY WOULD BE SO HORRIBLE LMAO

however, i feel like swk would be more subtle about it. like maybe he hears something out of context said by MK or Mei or Tang or Red Son or Sandy (who might have also jumped to the same conclusion) and is like “oh……” and then is oddly quiet for maybe a month, freaking out MK

also, SWK would have his own internal battle of wanting to see Macky to confirm but also not wanting to see Macackle because the confirmation would break him. but he would make so many excuses to see Macaroon by visiting Pigsy’s noodle shop then chicken out when the time does come (the funny part of me says that Pigsy is the only one aware of SWK’s true intentions and is very annoyed about it)

the anger doesn’t really come until SWK feels fed up with Macaroni’s “mixed signals,” meaning Macky’s very bad attempts at being civil/flirting. because “if Macky thinks he can just use my feelings while being in a relationship he can think again!” (despite Macky never being in a relationship but Wukong never confirmed this so is mad for the sake of this hypothetical SO and himself while struggling with his own very messy feelings. because he likes it when Mac has his attention on him, he likes it when Mac tries to woo him the same way he had tried when they were younger and ignorant, he likes it when Mac cannot help but look at Wukong, he likes it when he makes Mac forget all about that stupid significant other because Wukong and Mac used to be something and could still be that something if Mac just gave Wukong a chance or if they had never ended their old relationship like the way they did. if only, if only, if only, if only, if only—

with Macky, ahahahaaaaaaa hoo boy.

not subtle. very unsubtle. like, yes, even Wukong can see and notice Macky’s very unsubtle and unstable self but unlike everybody else who is aware of the reason, Wukong would just be confused on why Macky is always weirdly snappy and grabby and always feel the need to mention Wukong’s love life????

anyway, Macky would not react well. 1) because it feeds into his angry theory that Wukong found their relationship to be superficial and temporary 2) he has been revived for, uh, *checks watch* not very long, so imagine going through a severe break up and dying them being resurrected and trying to enact revenge on your ex (of whom the feelings are still too raw) but you’ve been out of time for so long that you cannot process shit 3) it is my belief that Macky had nobody else as close to him as Wukong was

so, Macky hearing through the very botched grapevine that Wukong is back in the dating scene? man’s is not handling it well. house/apartment/whatever establishment he was staying in is trashed. he replans his revenge against Wukong. he stalks Wukong obsessively bc he has to see that bastard in the act because maybe then he’ll be free. he would sabotage any and all attempts of demons, humans, whoever that whispers about pursuing Wukong because….reasons

(obviously the reasons are not the fact that Wukong moving on terrifies him, the fact that he can be so easily replaced hurts, the fact that he cannot let go despite everything, the fact that Wukong still smiles the same, that Wukong still laughs the same but it’s so much lighter, that he understood what it was like to be loved and cared about by Wukong. to have all of his attention on Macky, to hold him so gently even though these same hands could break him (and have), to be treasured and desired by someone so powerful. how could Mackarell give up something so precious? he is still selfish and has been deprived for f that love for too long. why on earth would he ever wish for someone else to have a piece of what he once had?)

so yeah i’d say they would be coping sO well :)

#this is a side tangent but shadowpeach deserves some more fics with both or either of the two idiots being jealous #please #for me #ley them simmer or wallow in their personally inflicted angst/pining soup while i giggle and read with delight #and when i say i’m a lover of this trope i also mean i’m a connoisseur of this trope #i have tastes and am picky about it #bc there are some…….not great works that try this trope (to put it politely) and it hurts bc i KNOW it could be written sO good #also funny note: this reply was supposed to end after I shout ‘they would be so horrible lmao’ #but then I thought nah lemme share my elaborated thoughts #another side note: I am sure y’all notice I call Wukong and macky’s thing a relationship instead of friendship or situationship mostly bc #a relationship can mean many things and my view of shadowpeach is both romantic and qpr #like the vibes fit for both of them and I’ll just roll with either #but i struggle to call their thing a friendship because to me that takes away some of the aspects of swk and macky #do i think they even dated in the past? no but i DO think the two were so attached to the hip that to outsiders they saw 2 boyfriends even #if nothing was technically official of their relationship being romantic or platonic but it blurred the lines so well nobody could be 100% #& even in the current plot their relationship is STILL blurred to me so i can’t pick and like both options (both are severely unhealthy ofc #lmk #shadowpeach #asks #anonymous

[uncanny-tranny]

Here's the thing about politics, and ultimately, the world: you are going to be biased, and you are going to have a limited understanding of others to an extent. The key is to not deny that this exists because you will be ignorant when you are biased and limited in your worldview.

Yes, absolutely listen to multiple voices and points of view and a variety of different types of people. But know that this isn't the same as erasing all biases and "self-centered" views. Strive to do better without denying that you are fallible.

#politics #this is how growth happens too #it is natural to be almost self-centered because you both live with yourself but also view the world as a self/selves #and it IS better to strive to remember inclusivity and sensitivity but that doesn't mean that you will NEVER betray those goals... #...and that's not because you are Bad Person Number One but rather because you are fallible... #...you will try your best and sometimes fall flat on your face regardless. that's the POINT of being alive... #...what you do is recognize that you're fallible and learn how you fumbled and remember that for next time... #...arm yourself with that knowledge and you will be better for it. #you can never reach this magical point where you Never Do Wrong because that Doesn't Exist #so what you do is learn. and keep learning. and challenging yourself. and not blame yourself for being an Actual Person #i would rather somebody stumble but ultimately mean well and actually learn than somebody who assumes that... #...'oh well because i say i believe and do Good Things that means i'll NEVER do ANYTHING bad EVER' #inspired by me realizing that a question i had stemmed from a limited worldview because i live As Me and don't know anything else truly #even i am fallible much to my chagrin (lighthearted)