#setting people on fire

[teaboot]

When I was a kid, I regularly lost reading privileges for "having an attitude" and "acting out".

It wasn't as simple as being told not to read during other activities- one of the first times it happened, I remember being six years old, watching my stepfather pull fistfuls of books off my bookshelf and throw them to the floor in a heaping mess while I cried and asked him to stop.

It was weird. Every other adult I knew described me as exceptionally well-behaved, but at home, it was the opposite, and it was blamed on "learning bad habits from that shit you're reading".

Because I couldn't read at home, I spent all my free time at school in the library, reading with my friends.

When I grew up and moved away, I realized that my family life was toxic and abusive, and the "attitudes" I was being punished for were standing up for myself, standing up for my younger siblings, and resisting actual, real-life psychological abuse. Because I'd learned from what I'd read that my family wasn't normal, not like my parents said it was, and in my stories, the heroes were the people who spoke out when it was hard to.

It is insane to me that there are students right now who can't access books. It is insane that books are being outlawed. It is perverse that we are stealing away an entire generation's ability to contextualize their lives, to learn about the world around them, to develop critical thinking skills and express themselves and feel connected to the world or escape from it, whatever and whenever and however they need.

That is not how you raise a compassionate, thoughtful, powerful society.

That's how you process cattle.

It's fucking disgusting.

#I know this is old news but Jesus #Every day I hear more about school book bans and I feels less real #Restriction of information is restriction of freedom #People need stories #Even bad stories #Even tragic or problematic ones #We need to set purity culture on fire I'm not kidding #Abuse mention #Abuse tw

[thecatpajamas]

chat and tubbo during his open minecraft server events

#beevil rp #setting people on fire #creating an unbalanced economy #making assassins

[molsquinn]

#set a building full of orphans on fire #created a portal into another dimension out of egotism #is (currently) trying to get into someone’s head to kill them #is trying to invader earth (same character also stole a bunch of peoples organs) #ate a kid reincarnated as a nome then ate a woman just because she was hungry #fed people children #slapped her sister which in turn made her sister a villain #I think it’s time for me to stop

[malpracticinghomosexual]

dr malpractice and his boy best friend

#blorbos save me #ive been rewatching house bc of the worms in my brain #it’s been two weeks and im already a few eps into season 4 what kind of mental illness is that #i love when people have soso much wrong with them and these two are sooooo insane #so have a little doodle from me to u #they’re bickering abt pop culture and the ethics of setting a patient on fire to raise their body temp #house md #medical malpractice #malpractice md #gregory house #greg house #dr house #james wilson #dr wilson #hilson #hilson fanart #house md fanart #doodle #evvy does art

[nell0-0]

Artblock be like:

A+ for effort, he's trying.

HC: Mask just has never tried this before. The most experience he's had with drawing was helping carve the tree with Skull Kid and drawing stick figures in the mud with a stick pfpfpf

#linked universe #pre lu #lu mask #oot link #mm link #young link #lu warriors #hw link #time travel shenanigans #tloz #tloz fanart #my art #ngl this was me mostly projecting on Mask lmao #Warriors is getting concerned #Meanwhile Mask is trying to figure out if the people in the drawing are even recognizable #And if he should add more flames #or set the drawing on fire and forget about it #Mask being the type of kid drawing the sun in the corner ksksks #Tune left his art supplies lying around on purpose to try and give the kid a hobby #never could have expected these mixed results

[hussyknee]

So...what seems like the entire voting public of Sri Lanka is out on the streets today to demand the President and his government step down, despite the lack of public transport due to the fuel crisis. People are forgoing trains and buses to walk to the protests on foot, and the streets of the capital are already thronging with them, despite massive police and military presence. They're already boxing in them in by the thousands and attacking them with tear gas and water canons. Unfortunately this is shit is old hat by now, even with the weapons-grade tear gas they're using, because state brutality has been a mainstay over the last three months of massive protests. Protestors are even now overwhelming cops in riot gear and hammering against barricades. There's simply too many of them of hold back any more, and I'm guessing supplies of crowd dispersal equipment are running low after three straights months and an empty Treasury.

EDIT: HOLY FUCK THE CROWDS. THEY LITERALLY BUSTED DOWN ALL THE BARRICADES AND SCALED OVER THE PRESIDENT'S MANSION.

EDIT 2: IT'S LIKE THIS IN EVERY SINGLE CITY. PEOPLE ARE RUSHING THE COPS THROUGH THE TEAR GAS, BUSTING DOWN THE BARRICADES.

EDIT 3: THEY GOT HOLD OF A WATER CANNON AND TOOK IT APART LMAOOOOO

EDIT 4: This post got huge so go here to get all the updates.

#sri lanka #sri lanka protests #power to the people #GoHomeGota2022 #අරගලයට ජය! #knee of huss #I HAVENT FELT SO PATRIOTIC SINCE THEY SET THE MPS HOUSES ON FIRE 🇱🇰🇱🇰🇱🇰🇱🇰 #ACAB

[thepeacefulgarden]

#kindness #compassion #your compassion is incomplete if it doesn't include yourself #self care #self compassion #self respect #mental health #self love #self care is not selfish #boundaries #codependency #martyr is not in your job description #you are not required to set yourself on fire to keep others warm #people pleasing #fawning #there's only so much “you” to go around #put your own mask on before helping others with theirs #you matter #you cannot serve from an empty bowl

[puppetmaster13u]

Prompt 168

So. Apparently halfas are like phoenixes or something, which Danny would’ve really liked to know. 

See, usually with ghosts if they’re forced to retreat to their cores they reform as was, but apparently, since they’re still partially living, schrodinger's people and all that, halfas have to regrow their body from scratch. At least that’s what he’s understanding from Frostbite. 

But how come he has to deal with it? It’s Dan’s fault for trying to pull such a stunt! Oh, it’s either him or Vlad? Well fuck, he might have calmed down and is going to therapy in both the living realm and the Zone, but he’s waaay not equipped to raise a child except for like, monetarily wise. 

Well dammit, how long will this core incubation thing last, he has his new job in… let him check which offer he accepted again… He has his new job in Coast City that he needs to finish packing for and then all the rest of the stuff to do. 

What do you mean it’ll take months?! He doesn’t have months?! Urgh, fine. At least being a mortician isn’t that exciting, nor dangerous. Just hand him Dan’s core and he’ll figure things out for the living side of things. He’s sure Tucker and Sam wouldn’t be against helping, if only to try and claim favorite aunt or uncle spots. 

#dcxdp #dpxdc #prompts #Coast City is where Hal Jordan lives hilarious enough #I just chose a random city but honestly a green lantern city is hilariously on brand for where Danny would choose to move #He’s just a cheerful space core dude who is glaring down several ghosts & helping others move on while he’s working #He’s also slightly uncanny valley to people outside of Amity & doesn’t realize it #He runs into a reporter Wes at some point & okay the fact he looks like the lady doing math meme when seeing Dan? #Utterly hilarious #Danny holding a newborn with matching slightly pointy ears and claws :) #Wes who is *pretty sure* Danny is cis but is second guessing everything now: #Danny is going to do his best to avoid any hero BS #He’s trying to do his JOB #Who cares if he brings his baby to work he needs to eat and he isn’t going to hire a babysitter #Bby Jordan tried to set the house on fire during his last tantrum do you THINK anyone else can deal with him? That’s what he thought now ou #Ellie visits as well & straight up melts out of the wall sometimes like a horror movie #She has weaponized her goo powers and is also excited to show her dad her new gravity ones #Space Core Danny + Fire Core Vlad = Sun Core Dan #Ellie has a Moon core (something something phases of the moon & travelling across the night sky) #Danny is encountering so many rogues and heroes and just doesn’t acknowledge it because he has a literal BABY who can destroy the entire JL #He’s very tired and would like a nap now

[adamshallperish]

the constant transphobia ethel cain faces is deeply horrifying to me as a trans person, don't get me wrong, but i do find it funny and a little ironic that any attempt to remove her identity when referring to her is impossible. terfs and radfems and the like keep calling her "mr cain" to try and degender her because they don't know her deadname. but like. ethel cain is her persona. "cain" is, in a sense, a chosen name of hers that is inexorably tied to her being transgender. you cannot strip her femininity from her in a way that matters. and i think that's really powerful.

#on another note i think she should be allowed to start setting people on fire #ethel cain

[fictionadventurer]

Maybe the problem with Christian fiction is that it's non-denominational. People are just "Christian", with no effort put into showing what practicing that religion looks like for them specifically. No indication that there are other Christians who could have different beliefs. No wrestling with differing ideas and the struggle of how one should live out their Christian faith. And that makes it unrealistic and unrelatable.

#me reading any christian historical fiction set in england: why are none of these gentry anglican?? #they ARE all anglican and if they are not it is extremely plot and character relevant you can't just have them using evangelical buzzwords #but i'm also thinking of this because i started another charlotte yonge book #that is by far my favorite of the things of hers that i've read #because it has characters who have different upbringings and religious opinions #instead of just 'here's a bunch of high church anglicans judging people who don't live up to their victorian standard' #you have the very high church anglican rector whose wife is worldly but still a very good person #the girl raised in a very strict protestant family who is more scrupulous than the anglicans but is still recognized as a good person #you have people who are trying to work out the nuances of different issues #and that makes it so much more realistic and so much easier to integrate into the story #(the politics though are hilarious) #(most of the classics that survive are the ones that were 'ahead of their time' in politics) #(so it's equally fascinating and refreshing and a bit infuriating to see one that is very very of its time with regards to women's rights) #('why did this woman get up at the meeting and explain her very good ideas for rebuilding after the fire? she should have had a man do it') #(meanwhile i'm just screaming 'why on earth SHOULDN'T she???') #(it's almost enough to make a feminist of me)

[atthebell]

opened twitter yesterday to look for cellbit birthday art and was immediately bombarded by people calling him phil's son again because of his stupid joke slip-up i think we need to abolish the term found family until people actually learn what it means. also perhaps learn what a fucking joke is

#bell.txt #im so fr im gonna set something on fire #HE WAS FUCKING JOKING #ITS A JOKE!!!! ABOUT HOW HELPFUL PHIL IS!!!!! #KNOCK IT OFF!!!!! #it makes me sad that they're living so close which sucks bc i adore them both #but if people are gonna keep saying phil's his dad i'd rather they live nowhere near each other

[notbecauseofvictories]

just came off my shift as an election judge and I honestly think we should make people do this. I support abolishing the draft, and I even think that jury duty can get complicated, but everyone in the country should be forced to learn about election procedure, then have to sit around for 14 hours and practice being customer service for democracy. I think that would fix us.

#is it fascinating scintillating work that will set you on fire for political discourse? no. #in my experience it is mostly making amiable conversation with elderly citizens #and occasionally complimenting people's penmanship #are some people....strange? absolutely yes. #and I heard even WEIRDER stories from my colleagues who were pollworkers before. #not even about the voters; about other pollworkers! #but I spent 14 hours (and some change) in a too-hot room half falling apart; I set up voting booths and counted colored tags #and was polite to everyone even the people who didn't talk or needed detailed explanations of every step. #I feel like it's victory enough. #anyway. enough on this subject! onto other things. #............................................at least until november when I'll do it again. #man's unending search for freedom

[ziracona]

I can’t include them all so here’s a combo of ‘came to mind first,’ ‘talked about positively most often by fans,’ and ‘stuck in my head’.

Public Apology Big Iron isn’t here. There were a lot that didn’t make the cut but that one specifically I stg I put in and only realized after posting had not. It was 100% meant to be on this list and I’ve failed us.

#fallout #fallout new vegas #fallout 4 #fallout 76 #tumblr polls #I know I Don’t Want to Set the World on Fire should be here bc it was a trailer song but I don’t really like it so Heartaches by the Number #made it instead I’m sorry ✊😔 #I FORGOT BIG IRON. that’s a sincere mistake I stg it was 2 on the list SHIT #why are you people so agreassive??? it’s not a ‘best fo song’ poll it’s not even a ‘favorite fo song’ poll it’s literally just a ‘pick a #song and hit a button fun time??? stop yelling in the tags about songs that aren’t there there are 12 slots on a poll I don’t control this #make your own stupid post and get rocks thrown at /you/ for only having 12 songs. also some of you can’t read ‘why isn’t X on’ IT IS!!! some #of the ones you’re complaining about are ThERE read #I’m gonna turn off reblogs and delete this maybe Jesus Christ it’s not even a competition it’s a song blunt rotation can’t you all be friend #ly about anything? Tu

[kaltacore]

the way cole makes varric conflicted is so delicious i think. most of the characters are uncomfortable around him because they're genuinely terrified of demons and the fade and magic in general but varric is a completely different case. the thing is, he doesn't see cole as a demon at all because he doesn't want to.

he acts like he doesn't care about this stuff. that's a little weird kiddo around here and he wants to befriend him. teach him something even. why not. that's a little guy who's a little too good with knives and can't pick up a single social clue at the same time.

but there it is. the "he could have been a person" line if cole is made more spirit. varric is so upset about it because it's not like he saw cole as, well, a spirit who got a little too human. for varric, he was a human first, a weird kid second. the spirit part didn't even come into consideration because. well. it would make him question things. you know where it goes.

every time he starts bitching about anders he brings up justice. justice drove him mad. justice took over him. justice this, justice that. justice is a scapegoat because the thought that someone varric was friends with was actually willing to blow up the chantry and it wasn't just some evil demon's wish is a very unsettling one. varric's friends may be crazy but they're cool and make no irreversible life decisions of that extent, don't they? blondie turned out this way because he let a demon possess him and make him do terrible things. completely out of the blue.

it's either varric's ex-friend has never been driven crazy by some inherently evil entity and there was a whole other person around him all along and that anger he used to mock was coming from the same place as compassion's urge to become a killer or that little weird but kind kid he started to care about has never been and will never be a real kid. he can't have both. a bitter pill to swallow for someone who has never picked a side in his life

#got a lot of cole thoughts yesterday. can't help myself #anyway. varric really must have not just apostate issues but also spirit issues now. a whole existential crisis #i mean. yeah. he was backstabbed (from his perspective) by his apostate buddies twice #but he also almost adopted a spirit guy. and before that he never took another one seriously for 6 years up until he and his host teamed up #and set varric's favourite city on fire. well i guess he has some mental gymnastics to do from time to time now #because cole is nice. he also kills people but who doesn't these days. also these people are bad so it's fine. #he wouldn't blow up a building for a greater goal or something. or would he if he becomes a spirit again #or maybe it's not about spirits and humans at all. i guess varric would rather not. find this out. #ofc his problem with anders is understandable on a character level and it's not only about justice. but he brings him up. well. a lot #and he never was interested in justice as a separate person. he was like. an evil unhinged anders for him. and then cole happened. and. yk #cole #varric tethras #dragon age

[actual-changeling]

reblog to punch an ableist in the fucking face

#alex talks good omens #muriel good omens #muriel #good omens meta #good omens #good omens season 2 #go2 #im going to commit a crime and set myself on fire what the FUCK is it with people #and just straight up spewing euthanasia rhetoric

[supjello]

thinkin' about caspar...

#thinkin' HARD #pentiment #andreas maler #caspar of salzburg #august maler #my art #can i do the thing you're not supposed to do and explain the piece #i'm really proud of the idea #there's four sets of drawings in this #each pair mirrors each other in composition/subject with one representing the start of the second act and the other representing the end #and they're tiled to work chronologically #(super super spoiler warnings for act 2) #so you start top right with the ghost of august #who's standing behind haunting andreas' interactions with caspar #as he holds caspar's shoulders and takes on that lost fatherly role #near them is andreas' masterwork and what's probably a copy of it in progress by caspar #you move on to see andreas leaving caspar alone by the fire at saint john's eve #flanked by three people masked to protect themselves from spirits #and then transition into caspar pulling andreas out of the fire at the abbey #(with his hands on andreas' shoulders now) #then caspar running into the fire toward three spirits- with andreas no longer waving goodbye but trying to call him back to him #then the books caspar saved #and then the ghost of caspar- mirroring august as a son andreas lost #and no #no i'm not ok!!!! #please talk to me about this arc i can't get over it 😭