#something about dignity and

[freeasfishes]

Pakistani designer Emraan Rajput and models stand in solidarity with the people of Palestine at a fashion show.

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#palestine #pakistan #ahsan khan #emraan rajput #it was to showcase mens wedding attire #and then he had all the models also have a keffiyeh #cant really put it to words why this makes me so emotional #but something about the Palestinian men who had their dignity attacked and they were photographed without clothes #and then these men showcasing beautiful clothes standing for them

[sparring-spirals]

imogen fumbling shit is just eternally good fodder for memes, alright. and its at least partly BECAUSE of how powerful she is. someone tripping while using a nerf gun? funny. someone dramatically hoisting up an outfit matchin heavy death laser gun and then immediately tripping and landing on their face? phenom. sometimes she goes "GROVEL" and the enemies grovel and we all go "oooooh" and "aaaahhh" and sometimes she just gets fully ignored and gets so huffy and petulant and ineffectually burns a cantrip just to be petty about it. sometimes she smites her enemies into dust with one move and renders a tree in half after threatening and other times she fucking. falls down a flight of stairs and accidentally sets everything on fire. fires a gun at her own team. loses all her hair. turns blue. etc.

Imogen lifts a humongous sand squid into the sky with her mind powers. Imogen is also falling out of a sky ship and landing on the desert sand far below and just. lying there. while her friend plays the flute in the background. epic hot failgirls NEED the HEIGHT to FAIL FROM. u gotta swing and miss sometimes!!! AND you gotta be REAL petty about it when u miss!!!! fucking fantastic.

#its like how fjord with no dignity is fantastic because fjord is Hot and Charismatic and ClearHeaded under pressure but also #has never had a good experience with an animal despite being wild mother follower. tried to yell a flower into submission (and failed). #u have to take ur hottest and most powerful warriors and make them eat shit every now and then with the same zealousness that they #absolutely wreck shop #I apologize I know I've reblogged like four posts about it its just so delightful #critical role #c3e58 #cr spoilers #imogen temult #shitpost #spar speaks #god with fjord and imogen there's just something about extremely powerful anxiety ridden Universes Personal Joke characters huh #whoops. I guess I might have a weakness after all. #theres a separate post about how her fucky morals and general anxiousness also collide hilariously but i realized i was losing the thread #what portion of it i hadnt already lost at least

[keikakudom]

i am not above objectifying my own design to get past creative blocks

#is this cursed oh lord #well you got #bamf/silly/cool rr!au vox #it was about time for whatever this genre is #au: reset resort #also ummm peep #velvette #valentino #hazbin hotel au #just think that they had a sponsors day or something for the resort #by objectifying i mean as much as a demi is able to #take that as you will #my art #vox #ok unironically #rr!au vox the kind of guy to understand the assignment #he's unapologetically fake #just makes sense that for showmanship his dignity knows no bounds

[canisalbus]

To me, Machete kind of has the energy of a secondary villain/coldhearted side character in someone else's story that a lot of fans latch onto, moreso than the protagonist. Question is, would he be the villain in anyone's story?

Why, thank you! I'm actually glad to hear he gives off that vibe. I don't think he set out to become a villain but a lot of people certainly view him as one.

#in the 16th century canon he starts out as an introverted but sincerely well meaning guy that never quite manages to find his social niche #he was a sensitive kid and when subjected to enough pressure #his insecurity fearfulness and powerlessness mutate into distrust resentment aggression suffocating repression and self-restraint #I don't think he's a bad person in fact he consistently tries very hard to do the right thing #do his job properly avoid letting people down and get through life with a sense of dignity #but he is supposed to come across kind of cold impersonable and difficult to be around if you don't know him personally (and very few do) #people can sense there's something wrong with him and are put off by it #Vatican is a nest of vipers and as the stakes rise he retreats deeper into his coldblooded untouchable work persona #he has no choice but to start lying scheming blackmailing and eliminating his enemies #in order to maintain his position keep Vasco safe their relationship under wraps and his own head above water #essentially playing by the same rules everyone else in the holy see has been playing with for centuries #eventually he loses his spot as the secretary of state and is manipulated/forced to take on a role in the roman inquisition #and if people were sort of iffy about him before being the authority overseeing trials torture excommunications and executions doesn't help #and since he has so few allies and such an infamous reputation he's an easy target for scapegoating whenever necessary #towards the end it dawns on him that he's become the kind of twisted cruel corrupt person he used to fear and despise #and the guilt moral injury and abject self-loathing had largely sapped him of his will to live by the time the final assassin gets him #answered #anonymous #Machete #Vaschete lore #he thought his dream of priesthood would make him a better person more worthy of admiration safety and love but he climbed too high #and got roped up in the dangerous games that take place under god's nose and slowly got strangled to death

[animentality]

I know everyone wants stories with happy endings, and they all hate when the main characters die, and insist well what's the point of the story then, it didn't matter at all! they died!

but.

I don't know. do the stories of those who die at the end not matter at all?

because if that's the case, I have news about the stories told by everyone who has ever lived in this world.

we all die at the end. we are all doomed by the narrative.

but our stories still matter.

#writing #writers on tumblr #writerscommunity #listen it can be done well it can be done poorly #but i dont get this hatred of characters dying at the end and everyone not getting their happy ending #its not about realism #its about what the author is trying to say #some characters die because they need to die #because it fulfills their character arc it enhances it #it makes a difference #and there is catharsis in understanding that sometimes people die for a good cause for a glorious purpose #we all die #isnt there relief in seeing a story where our special friends die but it mattered in the end and death was something meaningful #if it was embraced with dignity #am i making any sense #i just know my own death wont matter #i like following stories where the mc dies but #it meant something the way mine will not #and the vast majority of people do not die for a good cause or with purpose #and those who do are heroes in our reality #but why are they so reviled in fiction #let your characters deaths mean something

[hellenhighwater]

Is your face ok? Flying cats and phones hurt

yeah I'm fine, the noise was mostly because she managed to get me in the mouth and also I was wearing a tank top, so lots of claw-to-skin contact.

No bloodshed. This time.

Also, you know how when you meet a person who has the same name as you and you immediately have to mentally determine which of you would win in a fight to the death, either physically or psychologically? For the first time in my life I met a potentially Superior Hell. This was a couple weeks ago now, and Potentially Superior Hell has sent tribute in the form of several entire cowhides, which I assume is so that we can be friends forever instead of eternal nemeses. Either would be lovely, honestly.

I think I'm gonna need to take some of that leather and work on making some kind of shoulder armor so Malice doesn't maul my left arm entirely off. Her balance is not always to be trusted.

#potentially superior hell honestly rocks and i think shes awesome #step one. learn to make armor #or at least specifically leather armor #i would just get something from an armorer but the way mal tends to sit means it would need to extend further down the back and chest #than is typically done for just a single shoulder piece #and it doesn't really neeeeeed to cover the bicep at all #but obviously there needs to be a sense of balance to it #it needs to be pretty snug because she's heavy and she needs to feel secure #not sure what that might look like but it would be handy #been thinking about this for a while #nim never needed it because she had dignity and poise #which malice categorically does not

[paranorahjones]

"It is mortifying to be caught wanting and devastating to be found needing. I have wanted and needed you more than my soul can bear, and the worst part is that you know it."

-something i wrote just now

#thinking about how love and humiliation are often two sides of the same coin #at least in my experience #sincerity is scary #being earnest involves risking everything #expression of any kind invites derision #i go back and forth on whether it's all worth it #i look back on my history regarding love and all i can see is how many times i made a fool of myself #and i wonder at what point does love become something you don't pay for with your dignity #anyways

[marcusagrippa]

oohhh.... feeling evil might mess with some roman genders.......

#i read this book when i was little where one of the characters was born a girl but their mum brought them up as a boy and hid it from them #to avoid discrimination or something/i can't fully remember..... so obviously im now thinking of that .with some roman guys + their mothers #looking for opportunities to socially advance. like if the family used to be great but had fallen into obscurity and they needed a seat in #the senate to claw back some dignity and the mum has like six girls before saying 'fuck it' and just bringing the last one up as a boy #to get that seat.like #idk im finding it intriguing to think about..... obviously there would have to be a lot of precautions taken and stuff but i think it would #be interesting to explore! #not sure if i should make my own guy to do/explore/write this with or make up a sneaky little backstory for an already existing guy #either way. thumbs up emoji #yapping

[theoppositeofprofound]

#israel #palestine #child death mention #sorry but this keeps messing me up #the children from the same families #the silly modernized names #the religious ones #the children who weren’t named yet #there’s an Al-amash in there #a former us rep named amash lost family #sheltering at a church #there is something about losing a name when you’ve just been given one #I have such mixed feelings about the usual brands of Look At This Sad Baby tragedy gloop #which so turns the worst moments of a child’s life into clicks #save the children fearmongering of all breeds is usually to be avoided #especially in an environment rife with anti-semitism #but there’s also a return of dignity from reading the names of the dead #and dead children have so few people who remember them to mourn #I’d encourage reading the document #there is nothing more devastating than the names of the dead

[mariocki]

Seeing a lot of jubilation over the resignation of Boris J, which is all very understandable and correct - I'm as glad as anyone that he's on the way out, albeit disappointed it isn't at the end of a lamppost - but I worry too many people are thinking this is some kind of victory, or that things are going to improve somehow.

On the contrary, the scum-rising scramble to replace him already seems to be focusing quite heavily on trans rights, with multiple contenders coming out swinging with transphobic rhetoric and homophobic dogwhistles, including multiple euphemistic references to 'traditional values' and 'protecting women and children', not to mention the racism and classism that's endemic to the party.

Also something I worry is being lost in the celebration: the next PM will be chosen by tory party members alone, roughly 0.3% of the UK population. This article gives a very good (if distressing) breakdown of that <200k people (the bbc actually suggest 160k, other sources are closer to 180k); they are 97% white, 70% male, nearly 60% live in London, 40% are over the age of 65 (the average age is 57), they are disproportionately wealthy, pro death penalty, anti youth, overwhelmingly suppport brexit (two thirds supported no deal brexit). The next leader of the UK will be decided by a miniscule, but fervently right-wing and bigoted group of people who have paid money for the opportunity. The next general election is potentially 2 and a half years away. That's a long time in which to enact an inordinate amount of damage.

All of which is to say, I too am glad that Johnson is gone; but he will fall into after dinner speaking, and his old 'journalism' jobs, and an inevitable book deal and tv appearances. And his replacements in government are potentially as dangerous, and the fire isn't out it's still raging, and now is not the time to be complacent, particularly in support for marginalised peoples and particularly trans people. Things are still fucked, this hasn't unfucked anything, it's a sideshow to the overall circus which is the current landscape of UK politics and the steady erosion of democracy

#uk politics #i'm gnashing my teeth and pulling at my hair and by the time i post this i guarentee another candidate will have spewed something about #'biological women' or sports or bathrooms or safe spaces as if they actually give a damn and it isn't just another salvo in the morally #bankrupt culture war against basic dignity‚ here identified by tories as 'runaway wokeism' #i scream and i scream

[4ce-of-2pades-inkwell]

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#casino cups #cuphead #mugman #cagney carnation #back three years ago #I make this exact mistake so many times I had to draw a comic about it #I know that in Brightgoat's canon they only fought each of the debtors once because they won each time #because otherwise they would be dead for good #but I like to think that Mugs has been having a long string of short awkward conversations every time they try to start fighting Cagney #where he runs away every time he says something embarrassing #and Cagney has to wait five to ten minutes for Mugs to regain his dignity so the brothers can come back and try again #eventually they finally manage to fight each other when Mugs decides to just not speak at all for the next hour #his fighting is fueled by the fury of mortification #three years later Mugs lies awake at night remembering that time he said “Cagney Canary” and regretting everything

[pyxisspeaks]

It’s 2024 and I’m tired of pretending and acting like being attracted to fat bodies is shameful.

I struggle to feel attractive simply because of my weight and that’s what’s shameful.

We are lovely and gorgeous and hot and sexy just like skinny people.

There’s a million things I could say here but really what I want to say is that you absolutely should love fat people for how sexy our bodies are.

And that’s it. That’s the moral of this story.

Be fat it’s sexy.

#loving myself shouldn’t be so scary #and I don’t want anyone to think that I don’t love my skinny babes or midsized cuties #all bodies are good #bodies are beautiful #body posititivity #fat positvity #fat is sexy #fuck off if you’re gonna say something rude about it #and if you’re gonna make fun of me for the way my body looks you’re giving me permission to be rude back and I have no problem being mean #I can be mean as spit honey so don’t go there if you wanna leave with your dignity

[fishareglorious]

the last time i was this excited at seeing a character trailer it was when molar office outis dropped and i was eating in a mang inasal...

#windsong #reverse 1999 #certified storm moments #why the fuck js she so handsome.... goddamit #anyways this was the cgs i was talking about posting something very down bad for. i may post those on another time #or do you people want to see me horrifically down bad on main rn. kill two birds (my pride and dignity) with one stone #Youtube

[vorbarrsultana]

Don't close the doors, take me, While I still know you, Truth! Having fulfilled His Design, not knowing it's price, I thank you for opening up to me!

Maxim Rakovsky as Finrod Felagund | Finrod Rock Opera

#tolkien #the silmarillion #finrod rock opera #finrod zong #finrod #maxim rakovsky #musicalgifs #listen LISTEN #maxim is 100 % my favorite finrod #the fairest and most tragic of them all #i know we all love sunshiny finrod but there's something about his finrod who is like a silmaril (as someone pointed out in yt comments) - #pure light caught into glass of dignity - that makes me go: yes that's MY finrod #and i love that maxim's finrod never loses composure during his duel with sauron #and the steely notes in his voice are !!!!!! #(yes you can tell that /солнце взошло над лесною страной/ from april 2nd concert still lives rent free in my head) #and then AND THEN HE LOOKS SO HEARTBREAKINGLY YOUNG WHEN HE SINGS “THE TRUTH” #HE'S NOT KING FELAGUND HE'S JUST FINROD WHO HAS NOTHING BUT ESTEL - IMPOSIBBLE HOPE THAT DYING FOR BEREN WOULD BE ENOUGH #i'm just...... #a) i love maxim b) let him play finrod in leithian too i want to see the difference #(because maxim's raistlins from vita (we saw little but still) and etherius productions are very different!)

[kujakumai]

One of the most definitive Marik Ishtar Character Moments, to me, is that time he's puppeteering a ghoul and making his evil speech to Yugi but stops partway through to go "hey do you wanna watch me make this guy do a stupid little dance?"

#something about the over the top villainy that loops around to funny and difficult to take completely seriously #and abrupt childishness and how he really is a stupid teen with too much power #and the terror of oh he really doesn't think of this guy as a human being. they have no dignity. they are toys to him

[gynecologistmsfrizzle]

Hmm I believe I remember learning a few years ago that when one is asked to acknowledge that they’re impacted subconsciously by systemic racism/sexism/homophobia etc, or is told that they’re behaving in a way that’s bigoted/harmful, “no I’m not” is the wrong answer. So I think some of you should get less excited about saying that when Jewish people tell you you’re being antisemitic.

#guess what. Your views on Israel and Palestine ARE in fact going to be influenced by the fact that one of those nations is Jewish. #Just as it’ll be influenced by the fact that one of those nations is majority Muslim. #Just as your feelings about police shootings will be influenced by the majority of victims being Black or Indigenous. #Just as your feelings about EVERYTHING will be impacted by the social forces that have shaped you and colour your perception. #Antisemitism actually DOES colour the words of people insisting that targeting Israeli civilians was a legitimate act of resistance. #Just as racism and Islamophobia colour the words of Israeli politicians and soldiers who insist that wiping out Gaza is a fair price to pay #for wiping out Hamas. #it has been absolutely staggering to see person after person on this site #casually assert that rules of war do not apply when the civilians they protect are Israeli #and refuse to consider even the SLIGHTEST possibility that the ease with which that assertion came to them #might have SOMETHING to do with an internalized belief that — say — #there is no such thing as a Jewish civilian? that all Jews are inherently loyal to other Jews above any loyalty to justice? #that all Jewish people wield a sort of inherent power that makes them less vulnerable and therefore acceptable targets? #Of course you’re antisemitic. Yes. You. I am too. We all are. We live in an antisemitic society. #And if you‘ll acknowledge that societal racism and sexism and homophobia inform your subconscious beliefs #and you’ll critically reflect on THOSE #but you won’t afford antisemitism the same dignity #I think that probably says something about something. #Just to be clear this actually isn’t a post that says anything about my stance on Israel and Palestine #because my stance on that is actually extremely simple— FTR it’s ’apartheid and war crimes and forced displacement are bad things’ #but this is about the internet’s RESPONSE #and the downright celebratory glee that I saw people have on oct 7th #and the fucking twisted excitement they’ve shown treating further Israeli war crimes like ammunition to justify it #and the simple truth that — while I’ll believe you MIGHT still have condoned it — #I do not believe any of you would have CELEBRATED the massacre of thousands of civilians in a period of minutes #if. those. civilians. had. not. been. Jews. #Rhi talks #palestine #antisemitism #Yeah and I’ll post this one too. Anon is still on. String me up.