#silence is betrayal

[rawralittlerawr]

Are you a facilitator of evil?

In my humble opinion, I believe the answer to this question is YES for waaay more people than most would care to admit.

People who ordinarily (or otherwise) would be considered a "good person." BUT...

They stand back and refuse to get involved, because it makes them uncomfortable.

Or they intentionally wear blinders and pretend like something doesn't exist just because they aren't (personally) affected by it.

Basically they don't speak up!

By not speaking up they are not only siding (even if unintentionally) with the fascist, oppressor, bigot, racist-(or "insert example of evil here"), they are also betraying the people (their friends, family, neighbors) who literally have no other choice (because they are different in some way) but to stand up and fight and defend themselves. And let me tell you, that shit is EXHAUSTING!

Trying to do it alone while all your other "friends" or family are just talking about everything BUT, and la-la-la'ing through their (often privileged) days is absolutely exhausting and discouraging. Especially when their only excuse is something like..."well, I don't follow or get involved in politics," or, I don't choose sides, or (and I think this one gets to me the most) they do the whole "both sides" thing.😒

Last time I checked, human rights, equal rights, and the right to be able to just be yourself without...yanno, certain people screaming that you deserve to d*e because your skin color is different from their own, or because you are a loving, two mom or dad family trying to just live your lives happily together, is NOT political. Or at least it shouldn't be.

No matter how you try to shade it, SILENCE IS BETRAYAL!

In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends. -MLK, Jr.

Oh, and btw, I'm not trying to say everyone who doesn't speak up is a bad person. And I'm not saying it's the ONLY thing I think people should talk about or focus on.

I'm just saying that if more good people would speak up when the situation or circumstance calls for it, it would make a huge difference.

Or in general, occasionally make it a point to talk about/post about/blog about difficult (and sometimes, yes, uncomfortable) things, so that the people in your life know for sure where you stand. Let others know you support them and that you'll have their back if needed.

More people need to make a clear stand against evil and then maybe the world wouldn't seem like such a dark place for those of us who have no choice but to defend ourselves. We'll stand alone, but imagine the impact if we didn't have to.

#facilitator #silence is betrayal #difficult conversations #MLK #quotes #do the right thing #BLM #trans rights are human rights #gay rights #justice #speak up #speak out against evil #lgbtq #marriage equality #equal rights #roe v wade #womens rights #love thy neighbor #practice what you preach

[unforgottenalcoldcases]

In case you haven't caught it yet, #UnforgottenPod Episode 11's case, featuring George Erick James who disappeared from Millbrook, AL, is out for everyone to listen! Join us on Spotify or wherever you find your favorite podcasts! https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/RSPuv87rByb #WhereIsGeorgeErickJames #GeorgeErickJames

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#ALCCA #IfYouKnowSomethingSaySomething #silenceisbetrayal #nomorecoldcases #Alabama

#unforgotten #alabama #alabama cold case advocacy #missing #GeorgeErickJames #IfYouKnowSomethingSaySomething #silence is betrayal #nomorecoldcases

[chamerionwrites]

Also idk but I feel it is important, for reasons of genre understanding, to recognize that good old fashioned murder is like the least violent thing anybody ever does in a proper spy story

#it's about the CORROSION it's about the INSTRUMENTALIZATION it's about THE PSYCHOLOGICAL BRUTALITY OF PREMEDITATED BETRAYAL #it's about human frailties fed into the engine that creates or sustains systemic power #it's about how you can kill with a pen or a lie or a spreadsheet or a silence #such that by the time actual blood is spilled that's merely the last domino falling in an outcome that's already long foreordained #spies #on writing #my posts

[tinta--branca--art]

i dont think im gonna finish this one so here,, be free my sons

#one piece #one piece fanart #trafalgar law #donquixote rosinante #donquixote corazon #donquixote doflamingo #donquixote family #op #god !!! this one stopped being fun so im putting a pin in it for now #i got what i wanted across but i need to go become more comfortable w rendering i think #anyway !! these guys. goot lort #i keep thinking about them they make me so sad so !!! hhh !! yknow #listened to era mata-lo by paus for a lot of this because. i mean. it fits #get u a crime family that silences you out of love hatred betrayal care #okok i go think abt them some more uwu #tintabrancaart

[constantvariations]

Rwby's biggest sin (outside of its infinity gauntlet of bigotry) is by and large its incuriosity

The story presents so many amazing concepts only to explore exactly none of them. Systemic injustice and the many ways to combat it, societies that live alongside man-eating monsters drawn to negative emotions, whether or not someone's unique ability reflects them as a person, four kingdoms with a long and bloody history needing to come together to deal with an apocalyptic threat, so on and so forth

That's a major factor in why people keep coming back to rwby, why its most consistent criticism is "wasted potential", why this show garners so much attention for better or worse

The audience is curious and the writers are not ¯\_(:/)_/¯

#rwde #watching khadija mbowes video on feminine rage and it got me thinking abt anger as a 'negative' emotion #particularly in regards to the entirety of the white fang plot. yangs anger being glossed over in v4. qrows anger not getting closure in v6 #all these examples are a direct response to a wrong: systemic injustice. literally loses a part of yourself. betrayal a close friend #and rwbys overwhelming answer is 'get over it' #ive never liked the idea of 'negative' emotions anyway. its usually used to demonize and silence people w legitimate concerns #hence the examples above #emotions arent inherently good or evil but your expression of them can be #i think itd be way more cool of grimm if they could be a genuine reflection of any emotion #the more chill the people are the more chill the grimm are #maybe people think theyre only drawn to negative emotions bc grimm get more active the more riled people get #idk man. rwby would be good if it was good yknow?

[torgawl]

i keep thinking about how “is this what justice means to you, answer me neuvillette”, despite having been used in a case all those hundred of years ago, was probably a question that haunted - and still haunts - neuvilette during the entire time he has been chief of justice. i keep thinking about how they highlighted his struggles through time with both carole and wriothesley's trials. how guilty and powerless neuvillette must have felt for not being able to support and save those he recognised as vulnerable and victims before a system that corrupted their fates but that he wasn't able to change despite his position. the theme of being a casualty of a system no matter if you're the victim or the perpetrator in its eyes. the way neuvillette took, in both cases, things into his own hands. even if it was too late to fix the hurting carole and those who cared for her went through, even if it was too late to save her life; even if it was impossible to change wriothesley's past, his verdict and subsequent imprisonment; neuvillette went above and beyond, making use of his influence, to allow both melusines and wriothesley the opportunity of a better future - to melusines by making sure they weren't discriminated, to wriothesley by supporting his attempt at a second chance in life. i think part of the reason he's so intriguing is our awareness that this internal conflict he's bound to have is so complex. you have a chief of justice, or a judge, that is supposed to be imparcial and follow the law stictly confronted with situations of social injustice, unable to protect those who rely on him. you have someone who understands better than anyone what it means to be an outcast, being able to relate to those who are ostracised and have their pain weaponise against them. you have, in vautrin's case, a friend who cannot even showcase his own pain and is still expected to fullfil his juridical duties despite being personally related with those involved in the case. someone who people constantly turn to but whom he feels like he has no right to turn to himself. it's about the conflict between his feelings and his duty, between what's expected of him and what he can actually do. i think that's why the end of his story quest is so emotional and why it's so heartwarming to have him realise he isn't an outcast anymore, that he has a community there for him too. because a system is a system and he will probably never be able to save everyone, because yes he isn't human, but it doesn't mean he doesn't deserve to belong or that an active demonstration of love towards individuals and people he can relate to rather than the theoretical concept of humanity isn't meaningful. in fact, i'd it's a lot about that, about finding ways to be kind and how community gives meaning to life; how personal relationships and targeted kindness can shape society, or at least i think so

#i don't know if this makes sense but i like how character's stories in fontaine are interconnected in the perfect way that they're used to #give depth to each other while also existing perfectly independently #i forgot to add navia's story to the post but that's also another scenario used to characterise neuvillette #the same way wriothesley's backstory exists independently but it's also used to give depth into neuvillette's character and his motivations #the same way navia and clorinde's probably will as well #i always headcanoned (is that a verb 😂) neuvillette and wrio's friendship stemming from neuvillette trying to atone to his silence during #wrio's trial. i think it makes sense. i think it probably meant a lot to wrio too to have someone be so trustworthy after everything he #went through the betrayal from his adoptive family and his only aid through his life being the melusines who aren't human #and neuvillette being that sort of comforting older figure especially probably feels familiar to wrio #i have no idea what i'm trying to say actually i have a big headache at the moment and i feel almost delirious but i just love the concept #of neuvillette as a character and i think a lot about his friendship with wriothesley how it began and the grief and guilt neuvillette #probably still carries #but also about how he also gets the chance to a brighter future and how he achieves it so naturally without even realising #how he never expected anything from his compassion even if he saw it as duty and didn't interpret his own kindness as anything other than #his own responsabilty towards others #like idk am i making sense??? #he's just so cool 😂 #like yeah there's a layer of there's no reason he would have any animotisity towards humans because they're not at fault for the primordial #one's actions but from that to actually actively being so empathetic and compassionate goes a bit of a long way?! #okay i'm over i'll shut up this is probably si confusing i apologise if anyone read this mess shsjhs #this is also influenced by my tbk brainrot because loving others actively is a big theme and i just think that's beautiful actually #genshin thoughts #genshin impact #my post

[in-tenebris-et-in-solitudine]

There are silences harder to take back than words.

#silence #words #regret #communication #relationships #hurt #betrayal #healing #recovery #personalgrowth #selfawareness #selfcompassion

[altitudeofalcatraz]

I would love to hear about your iterator ocs!

Alright!! Once again, gonna try keeping it as simple as possible, nothing too detailed! (Copying RI and WOTM from the post before this, using this as some sort of master list i assume)

There is art in this as well!! Might have been too much but I like being extra about my ocs

Haphazardly Throwing Needles HTN is the third eldest iterator of the local group. Back when the ancients were still around, they always had a distaste for them, thinking they were making too much of a fuss over the cycles. If they were really good enough to transcend, then they should be able to do it themselves without the help of supercomputers. They always were bitter towards the ancients, refusing to help them as much as they could, which sparked a multitude of arguments. When the mass extinction happened, HTN felt immense relief, as the ancients only ever caused negative effects on them. 

Even before the extinction, HTN didn’t bother much with trying to solve ‘The Great Problem’, preferring to research the local flora and fauna instead. With the ancients gone, they could focus even more time into this. When they first found out about the rot, they grew curious about its creation and upbringing, and in a careless experiment, purposefully tried to grow the rot in their systems. It ended up working, and unlike many iterators, HTN was quite content with it. Over time, they modified the rot and helped it grow, creating an almost mutualism relationship with it. The rot would feast on the fauna around the superstructure, and in turn protect and surprisingly keep HTN in good conditions, causing them to be one of the most resilient structures of the local group. There is little life in the superstructure besides the rot, due to the constant feeding and absorption. The Machine does visit HTN, and is almost always met with rudeness and bitterness. This comes from a place of care, though, as HTN is concerned about Machine’s reckless travelling around something dangerous like the rot, as they still don’t have full control of it around the superstructure.

Sight Through Blindness STB is the eldest of the local group, and is treated with the most respect. During the time of ancients, she was rarely chatted with, left to focus by herself. STB was built by the ancients with no overseers nor sight, as they believed being able to see the outside world would only distract from work, and that being confined to herself would make her work diligently and quickly. She had been reinforced over the course of the cycles, making her more resilient to outside forces. STB did not mind the lack of outside stimulation, doing as she was ordered and working tirelessly to help with whatever was needed.

After the loss of the ancients, STB finally opened up, establishing connections with the local group more often, now helping them with problems instead of the ancients. She still works on trying to solve the great problem, even if she herself doubts it ever working, since that was what she was made to do. She is very thoughtful and patient, taking time to listen and help the iterators with whatever they are troubled with. This makes her a very popular go-to for the group when they are stressed or overworked. Surprise visits from The Machine are always exciting for her, as they are the only thing to have ever entered her chamber for more than just maintenance. She is very gentle with them, and makes sure to always prep Machine for their next journey.

Deafening Silence DS is the fourth eldest of the local group. The relationship with the ancients living on top of him was very straightforward : he provided them with their needs of living, and they provided him with the same. There was never any conversation between them, a very silent relationship. All he did was work, never communicating with anything, including other iterators. Some wonder why he was even given access to communications, with the lack of activity from him.

After the mass extinction, DS almost immediately stopped working on the great problem. He had no purpose to do it anymore. In his eyes, it was worthless, only doing it because the ancients were around to watch him. For many cycles now, DS has essentially been doing nothing. The only thing he worked on after the extinction was finding a way to hack into the chatlogs and gain access to private chats between iterators. All he does nowadays is sit at the bottom of his chamber, acting lifeless, watching chatlogs of the local group without ever responding. The group is aware of this behaviour, and have tried countless times to contact him, never getting any replies. Some have sent overseers to his chamber in the past, but he almost instantly deactivates them, causing most to give up on that route. The Machine has never directly interacted with DS, as he has found ways to block Machine out, such as clogging pipes and tunnels to deny access.

Denial Of Normality

DON is the second eldest iterator of the local group. When she was first built, she wasn’t instantly put to work, given a bit of time to study and get used to the world around her before fully indulging herself in various problems and tasks. Due to this, she grew very intrigued in the surrounding fauna early on, taking any free time she could to play around and research it. Ever since her creation, she’s always been the most prideful and egotistical out of the local group. Constantly she separates herself from her puppet when speaking, having to remind anyone that talks to her that she is in fact, more than any simple creature can understand, and her puppet is just there so they can comprehend her. Her pride does not mean she doesn’t have kindness, as she is very active within the local group, and is welcoming to help out when needed.

After the extinction, DON ditched any work the ancients wanted and focused on studying and creating genetically modified creatures from the fauna nearby. It was messy at first, but she got the hang of it, creating many experiments from whatever her heart desired. Most of the life around her superstructure is said modified beings, very little creatures from beforehand exist, as they have been killed by the newcomers or have fled to new land. Overtime, her experiments have gotten more drastic, creating some things that shouldn’t be possible by normal standards. At some point, she began to practice modifying already alive creatures, starting by experimenting on her puppet and overseers. She was the creator of The Machine, originally making it for VSH and WOTM since they had no experience in genetic modification. She gets visited by them sometimes, often engaging in training and playing with them to keep up on their skills. 

Violent Sky Hues

VSH is the fourth youngest of the local group, made shortly before WOTM. they were made unusually high up in the sky, far above the clouds and other superstructures. This caused the group of ancients living on top of them to be isolationist towards other groups of ancients, communicating only with those on the structure. VSH was frequently talked to and communicated with, the ancients treating them as simply another member of the civilization, making them very fond of the ancients. Despite them originally being built with the great problem in mind, when they were actually finished the ancients instead simply gave them the task to provide for them and keep them company.

When the mass extinction happened VSH was saddened, but their sadness turned into curiosity, beginning to start a hobby of collecting, reading, and archiving pearls left behind by the now gone civilization. They could not easily gain these pearls, so with the help of WOTM they convinced DON to make The Machine for them, as a way to transport pearls from structure to structure. VSH considers themselves Machine’s “dad”, getting visited by them the most due to the frequent pearl shipments. VSH gets very violent if something tries to remove the pearls from their chamber, resorting to instantly killing the thing that attempted it. Besides that, they are very lighthearted, and talkative, constantly in some sort of chat with WOTM.

Harmless Abandonment

HA is the youngest iterator of the local group. When the ancients were still around, they had begun building HA, only to abruptly stop due to reasons unbeknownst to the local group. They had most of the necessary equipment to run, minus communications, but suffered from constant malfunctions, buildup, and breakdowns. They were also never equipped with overseers, causing them to be unaware of the outside world. For a long time, they were not powered on, laying dormant in the background.

When the ancients disappeared, the local group took it upon themselves to try and power on HA. Using The Machine as their carrier and messenger, they slowly transferred materials from their own cans to HA, in an attempt to build as much as they could with the slugcat, and get him running again. The main contributors were VSH, WOTM, DON, and STB. RI wanted to help, but the group fought against it as he was unstable already and could pose liabilities if transferring stuff from him to HA. After countless cycles of work, they had finally gotten a response from the unfinished iterator, using Machine to retrieve messages from him. After his initial awakening, Machine has been sent a multitude of times to continue helping to repair and fix whatever they could. During these adventures, they would bring outside items they found to HA, who often used them to decorate his puppet. Since HA does not have access to communications, VSH and WOTM both have a couple overseers near him at all times to talk and check up on him, which he appreciates. Occasionally the other iterators also send over overseers to have a chat, but those overseers don’t usually stay for long. Since their main communication is through overseers, HA rarely interacts with STB, as they have to communicate either through another iterator or Machine.

Requisite Betrayal

RB is the second youngest of the local group. When built by their iterators, they were specifically designed around the kill code taboo, both subconsciously and consciously doing whatever they can to keep their superstructure in perfect conditions. They were meant to exist for eternity, the ultimate guide and solution to the great problem. The ancients did constant work and repairs on them, keeping them constantly up to date and working 100% functionally. They were built in such a way that they could survive even with minimal water, by running on something similar to a ‘battery saver’. They were rarely treated as a living thing, ancients too focused on making sure they were physically intact to care about their mentality.

Even after the extinction RB continues to run in excellent conditions, facility having modified creatures within to do minimal repairs wherever they can access, keeping them ahead of the other iterators. They are very blunt and logical, not understanding jokes or casual chatting and preferring to have discussions about work and other scientific things. A while after The Machine was created, RB had made his own purposed organism, The Rogue. It’s purpose was much like the creatures inside of their structure, keeping RB in as perfect condition as possible. They were occasionally sent on missions to other, older structures of decaying iterators to ‘borrow’ (steal) things such as neuron flies and rarefaction cells to use as replacements in case any of RB’s parts were damaged and unable to be repaired. The Machine occasionally visits RB, but when The Rogue is around they usually don’t stay for long.

Reckless Infatuation

RI is basically a middle child in terms of iterator ages, directly in the middle of eldest and youngest. During creation, he was very haphazardly put together, as the ancients building him weren't very fond of the work they were doing, and so "gave up" during the process. This caused a lot of mechanical failures to happen, most notably the seemingly random miniature explosions that happened around his superstructure, especially frequent inside the chamber where his puppet was. Due to these unpredictable and sometimes dangerous explosions, he was deemed unfit to live on, and so he never really had ancients near him during their existence. The only ancients that he ever came into contact with are those sent to try and fix his failures when they occurred, and even then that was sparse. This sparked some form of clinginess in him, as he was very social and constantly sought attention. Anytime the ancients would come into his chamber he would try and prevent them from leaving in any way he could, causing strain on him and his puppet. The last visit he ever had with an ancient ended up with him getting ripped off of the arm that connects him to the wall (cords/umbilical still intact.)

He currently still has access to communications, and constantly pesters any iterator in the local group when they care to listen to him. It's mostly STB, VSH, and WOTM that he talks to, as they are the most open to the constant chatter. RI loves The Machine, labelling it as one of his best friends, becoming ecstatic whenever he sees them. The Machine, on the other hand, isn't too keen on visiting him, as he has a habit of trying to cling onto and prevent them from leaving, which never feels good.

Whispering Of The Many

WOTM is the third youngest iterator of her local group, made shortly after Violent Sky Hues (VSH). The ancients that built and lived on her were lively, very. . . "Dramatic", in her words. They'd always have some drama, some argument, some issue going on, and WOTM was all ears to listen in and learn about the situation. Many would come to her for problem-solving, second opinions, or even just to rant and ramble. Over time she basically became the iterator equivalent of a gossip girl. It was a common occurrence for her to talk about the latest argument or problem to the local iterators, and sometimes other iterators entirely. Not only did she listen in on all of this, but anything interesting that she overheard was likely to be written into data pearls, for safekeeping (she thought it was fun to record all of this and look back at it, since there was never a dull moment in her civilization and she wanted to keep memories of it.)

After the mass extinction of the ancients, she entered an almost depressed-like state for some cycles, she was unused to the sudden silence of the world around her. With the help of the local iterators, she quickly left this state, and now spends most of her time chatting with the local group or helping VSH archive pearls. She treats herself as The Machine's "mom" of sorts, despite not creating them, and takes great pride in her relationship with them.

#rainworld #rain world #rainworld downpour #rainworld oc #iterator oc #art #altitudes art #altitudes chats #rw haphazardly throwing needles #rw sight through blindness #rw deafening silence #rw denial of normality #rw violent sky hues #rw harmless abandonment #rw requisite betrayal #rw reckless infatuation #rw whispering of the many #rw the machine #rw the rogue

[altitudeslocalgroup]

[CONNECTION ESTABLISHED] Asks are now open! I’m fine with a majority of asks, serious and non-serious, but if I don’t feel comfortable I will deny the ask. The available characters for asks are currently : [VSH] - Violent Sky Hues {they/he} [RI] - Reckless Infatuation {he/they} [HTN] - Haphazardly Throwing Needles {they/them} [STB] - Sight Through Blindness {she/her} [DON] - Denial Of Normality {she/they} [WOTM] - Whispering Of The Many {she/it} [HA] - Harmless Abandonment {he/him} [RB] - Requisite Betrayal {they/them} [DS] - Deafening Silence {he/it}

The Machine {they/them} The Rogue {they/them} The Companion {they/them} Information about the main cast is found here.

#rainworld askblog #rainworld #rain world #rainworld downpour #rainworld oc #iterator oc #rw violent sky hues #rw reckless infatuation #rw haphazardly throwing needles #rw sight through blindness #rw denial of normality #rw whispering of the many #rw harmless abandonment #rw requisite betrayal #rw deafening silence #rw the machine #rw the rogue

[ahhale-werewolves]

my own personal little headcanon that just makes me giggle and kick my feet is that in S3b when Will asks if Hannibal is in love with him to Bedelia, he 100% always knew this man’s been in love with him. he just wanted to be a shit and make bedelia say it.

#hannigram #hannibal #hannibal lecter #will graham #headcanon #like will is a genius and you're telling me that when hannibal was crying over him in the kitchen after saying he let will SEE him... #WILL DIDN'T KNOW RIGHT THEN THAT HANNIBAL WAS IN LOVE WITH HIM?? #and honestly even earlier than that #maybe it wasnt like an oh he's in love with me but more of like a feeling #and we know Will is good at FEELING #i personally believe it was sometime during one of their late nights in hannibal's office when they're drinking wine or something #they're just sitting there in comfortable silence for a moment and will happened to finally catch hannibal looking at him and it hits him #will is like 'oh shit he loves me' #which is what prompts will's complicated feelings during the remainder of season 2 and why he ultimately wanted hannibal to escape #he was fighting with what he knows is 'right' and what FEELS right #which is why the ending of S2 is such a betrayal because will's not only betrayed by hannibal but he did betray him because he couldn't #not partially follow through with the plan to catch the man but he tried to warn him to get him out of there because he regrets it finally #idk this show is literally so beautifully written.

[hauntingblue]

Choose your favourite reaction

#'we will take the trial of hell i know you guys will make it' luffy enablers 1 and 2 zoro and robin: I'm in #SANJI JUST BROKE THE FOURTH WALL!!!! #nami too!!!!!! #why did luffy jump for choper akdhaksjsk #luffy just letting nami hit him and acting like an annoying child... yeah.. #also this 3d pov shot is cool as hell #everyone is so dumb in this movie akdhsksjsk #the humor in this movie is just misunderstandings and silences and it works so well..... #chopper that was some fine acting lmao #zoro and sanji fighting instead of trying to win the game... they want each other so bad .... #usopp saying betrayal is namis specialty... #sanji jealous of the bbq guy akdhajaj and nami keeping the goldfish guy drunk after robin ajdhak that slap!!! #'you don't have the right to eat bc you wernt cheering me on' SANJI!!! KISS HIM ALREADY!!! #i love the turmoil. luffy does not. that is why he is gonna go apeshit #zoro said fuck that kid. in particular. he has a nice voice #damn chopper couldnt you have caught the child that soil looks hard #STOP IT WITH THE HOLES!!!!!! #the style gives me sabaody vibes and well the plot too #this is torture...i know the last one to be eaten will be nami... for dramatic effect bc thats his twin... i know it... #i checked and this was BEFORE sabaody??? incredible... #zoro is the last... of course... well i insist... sabaody vibes.... luffy this is so bad #the head going to zoro.... omg..... how did they know about luffys abandonment issues before the manga.... i mean of course he would be hurt #luffy jumping like a little goblin.... MORE!!! luffy going insane i love you... this is so fucked up... but so good #luffy has suffered more than jesus christ.... this isn't canon but it is confirmed to me... see the wounds on his hands.... crucified #this is a tuskly so good..... the villain is compelling and everything its kinda sad #that ending :) that was so good actually everyone watch this #its the baron omatsuri and the secret island movie ask me about where to watch it #talking tag #watching one piece #watching one piece movies

[rawralittlerawr]

It used to get under my skin when people called me an alarmist, a drama queen, or woke, for speaking the truth and making a stand.

Now I simply remind myself that doing the right thing is not always easy or comfortable, and that silence can be a facilitator of evil.

#do the right thing #facilitator of evil #antifascist #woke #black lives matter #equality #lgbtq #personal #kindle #dystopian #books #journal #reading #tw #diary #alternate history #kindle vella #silence is betrayal

[holdoncallfailed]

#interesting that the tone of the updated version is so bitter and particularly vicious toward lou because i think it was published in #the extremely brief interim between the flop reunion and sterling's death #so there was no room for reminiscing and the betrayal of lou fucking up the reunion was too recent #so weirdly it feels like maybe one of the only truly honest accounts of that era #cos i think sterl's death threw everything into relief like it's so hard to resist mythology once there's a death involved and #one of the major voices is silenced forever. especially when sterling was probably the least interested in maintaining that mythology in th #first place #GOD!!!! i'm sad. #the velvet underground

[little-lanterns]

ohh this thing killed me. alright.

[voidartisan]

Yet ANOTHER addition to my modern au where Leia brings Han home and Anakin is very upset and overprotective and Leia is not having it and of course bc they’re skywalkers they have a huge argument in front of everyone that goes something like this:

Anakin: WHY DON’T YOU HAVE A PROBLEM WITH OBI-WAN?!?! HE DOESN’T LIKE THIS EITHER!!!!

Leia: BECAUSE UNCLE BEN DOESN’T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH ME DATING, HE JUST HAS A PROBLEM WITH ME DATING HAN!!!!

Anakin: THAT’S NOT TRUE

Literally everyone in the room, including Obi-Wan and Han: Yes it is

#Satine is sitting on the couch in the next room rubbing her temples and trying to ward off an incoming headache #Luke is sitting in gay silence eating popcorn and refusing to take sides #much to Han’s betrayal #Korkie and Ahsoka are vaguely amused #Padme is not #Cody and Rex are staying out of this thank you very much #star wars #sw #the clone wars #tcw #modern au #tcw modern au #i can’t remember how I tagged my other modern au posts

[labyrynth]

ok probably hot take but i’m gonna say it anyway : zu//kka is dumb, ppl that shout about how “zu//kka is better than zu//tara!!” are obnoxious as hell, and the sudden newfound popularity of zu//kka as a ship has more to do with a superficial* desire for queerness (and resistance against het i.e. “non-queer”** ships) than it does with any actual perceived canonical chemistry or compatibility***

*i call it a superficial because it is not a general desire for queer characters, but rather a desire for slash ships (specifically m/m slash). there is nothing fundamentally wrong with this.

** “queer” and “het” are not mutually exclusive. trans people exist, bi people exist, and aro/ace people exist, yet there is a tendency to ignore queerness outside of same-sex relationships, instead implying that they are “not queer (enough)”, and/or that slash ships are better because they are “actually queer” or “more queer”.

***the desire for slash ships in spite of canon also existed in early days of atla fandom (see: jet/zuko). if there was any notable chemistry/compatibility between sokka and zuko, it would not have taken more than ten years after the show ended for fans to pick up on it.

have fun, ship whatever you want, i’m just getting really tired of seeing ppl acting as if this galaxy brained revelation, the writers were cowards for not making it happen, obviously the superior ship, blah blah blah and not just like. yaoi brain.

#moi #salt is salt #quite frankly i can’t stand seeing it anymore bc ppl have been so fucking annoying about it #honestly a lot of it just seems like ppl chomping at the bit to bash k.atara #like idc what your ship is but it is laughable to say that there is more substance to sokka and zuko’s relationship #than katara and zuko’s relationship #like idk guys what has more emotional weight: enemies who have been imprisoned together and are trying to open up #immediately followed by a betrayal? #helping the other find closure over the murder of their mother? #literally jumping into the line of fire to defend the other? #or ‘my first girlfriend turned into the moon.’ *awkward silence* ‘that’s rough buddy.’ #anyway #now that THATS out of my system