#what is this torture

[louisplumpyass]

i am going to start barking and stuff like i feel the itch in my throat harry you need to stop your man

#kiddinghksjksms #but #HE IS WHISPERING Y'ALL I NEED TO SIT DOWN #what is this torture #when i say he's whispering in my fics this is exactly that #this is it #louis tomlinson #faith in the future #lt2 promo #fitf #harry styles #louis and harry #larry stylinson #stylinson #harry and louis #larry #larries

[marchenmusika]

Yuki istg I only have around 3 or 2 10 pulls😭😭 pls I worked so hard to finally earn some dias after being away from the game for so long😭

#AND I HAVE TO GET READY FOR THE TWIN’S BDAY WHICH IS JUST IN A FEW HOURS😭😭 #and I’m planning to get Tenn as well and not just my bb Riku #i’m gonna go die now bye #pls heliosr is not making this any easier😭😭 they just had to put 3 out of my 4 fav characters in the saem event #and TWO OF THEM IS GONNA HAVE A 4 STAR WHILE MARION HAS A 3 STAR CARD #BUT HE JUST HAD A 4 STAR CARD ON THE PREV EVENT #WHAT IS THIS TORTURE #and I’m trying to rank on the bandori event since it features my fav character although i give up on pulling for her card #tysm arb hypmic for having mercy on me #rip windbo i love you but i hate your gacha system

[nabulsi]

ok can i say something bothering me real quick. uh. Palestinians don't need to be seeing the violent fantasies u got for zionists and iof. like. wishing death upon them is one thing but sometimes non Palestinians put such visceral things in the tags of our posts that are uncomfortable and disturbing to read. can you please not do that?

#paptalk #like i don't want them tortured before they die that's not a fantasy of mine #I like to think that's what sets me apart from zionists

[littleoldme-posts]

she just fucking rhymed Aristotle with Grand Theft Auto😭😭😭😭

#taylor swift #taylornation #ttpd the anthology edition #ts ttpd #torturedpoetsdepartment #the tortured poets department #So High School #what

[anctherdayofsun]

t.s - the tortured poets department🌙

#i woke up this morning and thought ttpd's color scheme is giving moons #so this is what this is😭 hope u like it #taylor swift #tswiftedits #the tortured poets department #ttdp #taylorswiftedit

[mikakuna]

i see this jason todd who actually looks his very young age (instead of the 30yr old man that comics like to portray)

and feel my heart breaking just imagining bruce beating him up, almost killing him, mind-breaking him, and just overall being a total piece of shit father towards him.

a huge chunk of the reason why people don't view bruce's actions towards jason as abusive or wrong is because jason doesn't look his age. he's drawn to be this 35yr old father of three who looks even older than dick (and way too on par with bruce) that people see their fights as one between batman and any of his regular rogues. when they fight, it just looks like batman is fighting a man his age and not an actual young person. it doesn't look like batman is fighting his son who's barely even drinking age (and who def wasn't drinking age in utrh). their fights are portrayed in a way that eliminates the very real power struggle between them.

this applies to jason's entire character as well. a lot of people don't sympathize with how he died or his actions as robin or his fights with the other bats because he doesn't look his age. he always looks older and scarier than everyone else. tim has many sympathizers from the titans tower incident because jason just looked like a grown man fighting a 12yr old (even tho i disagree, tim was built and like 17 lmfao).

anyways, i just wish comics would actually draw jason to look his age, which literally ranges from 19 to early twenties. he's young- so young, and it's so annoying to see him drawn and written as someone older than even bruce.

#the way everyone in jason's robin run saw him as this adult despite him being 12-15 #like what the fuck #just because a child has experienced more than the average adult doesn't make him any less of a child #it's like the typical groomer thought process #if jason was shown younger in arkham knigjt for example there'd be less people calling him whiny #they showed 15yr old jason's torture scenes like he was a 25 yr old #he should've been shown as the small child he was #it would've put more perspective into how cruel and fucked it was of the rogues to torture a literal child #and then bruce almost killing him in rhato... #now imagine if jason looked his age there #honestly this all just feeds into the idea that jason feels too small for his big body #imagine being this tiny kid growing up and then dying and coming back to life as this tank #arghhhhh!!!!! #jason todd #red hood #batman #jason peter todd #bruce wayne #jason todd deserves better

[hoaxghost]

Watched the new Madoka movie trailer and blacked out until I finished this pic

#puella magi madoka magica #sayaka miki #pmmm #madoka magica #we only see her like this for a single shot in the trailer but aaauugh what happened to u girl #the torture never ends

[nerdpoe]

Superboy wakes up in a prison. In the cell, sitting across from him, there's a teen that looks like another offshoot clone of Clark.

He learns in bits and pieces that he's been captures by a shadow government organization hellbent on ridding the world of anyone "ecto-contaminated", or anyone who has ever been dead.

Since he'd died before, even though he came back, he set off their sensors.

He doesn't remember how he got caught, doesn't remember what he was doing prior, but the walls are made of a weird material that glows green and cancels out his powers. It also doesn't hurt him.

Diluted kryptonite? He'll have to steal some and give it to Tim.

According to the kid, they've been forcibly detained to "serve their sentence for illegal immigration from the Realm of the Dead to the Realm of the Living" by way of routinely allowing themselves to be subjected to medical procedures. They are always being watched, they aren't the only ones captive, that apparently his entire high school had been condemned to it as well as some literal ghosts, and if he struggles then they won't give him the mercy of sedation while they do their experiments.

And Kon can't use his power to escape, or free this kid, or free any of the other prisoners. It's the worst case scenario.

Thank fuck he's best friends with a paranoid Bat that might have more contingencies than the Big Bat Himself.

Kon activates the only subdermal tracker he'd allowed Tim to place under his skin, and settles down to wait.

A prison of this design, but more high tech and with less privacy. Apparently the idea behind it was that you couldn't see the guards, but they could see you, and the lights would move at random to make you think they were paying attention all the time.

So psychological torture on top of imprisonment.

#dpxdc #dcxdp #dp x dc #dc x dp #phanfic #story prompt #pow tw #prisoner tw #prison tw #trapped tw #torture tw #medical malpractice tw #psychological distress tw #psychological torture tw #imprisonment tw #Young Justice making a teamup to break their friend out #and also the HUNDREDS OF OTHER PRISONERS WHAT THE FUCK #you can bet ur butt the Justice League will be hearing out this violation of meta and human rights #ecto shielding has the same power dampening effect as kryptonite but none of the pain

[kojitheopossum]

the doctor

#anyways . what #srry for lack of posts school put my ass in the torture nexus #docm77 #doc #docm77 fanart #hermitcraft #hermitblr #hermitcraft fanart #hermitcraft season 10 #hc s10 #my art

[aminondalia]

Gets crayons and automatically rearranges them to be right

#art #artist #reletable? #somehow these companies always arrange them almost correct to put one (1) crayon into a ridiculous place #what is this torture

[lemonycranberries]

hey guys. be careful. lock your windows. taylor swift may be watching you at any time

#like i get what she meant #but it just sounds so funny lol #i look in people's windows #song: i look in people's windows #taylor swift #the tortured poets department: the anthology #the tortured poets department #ttpd #ttpd the anthology #ttpd: the anthology #ts11 #my posts #v rambles

[crucifiedcastiel]

still cannot believe that they aired this on live television then continued to be upset about people shipping destiel

#truly and utterly WHAT was all that then??????? #spn #destiel #torture labyrinth of a show

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

He was just being a silly little guy!

[First] Prev <–-> Next

#poorly drawn mdzs #mdzs #jin guangyao #wen ruohan #nie mingjue #lan xichen #JGY's character is the zigging and zagging guy of all time #We love a little meow meow that can bite and scratch and kill you. #We also love a little meow meow that can mewl pathetically! #'He's evil now and torturing his former friend?" ZAG TIME: He's a spy and feels soooo awful about it!! #ZIG TIME: He (probably) didn't need to go that deep into the role and kill as many people as he did. #Something I really love about the sworn brother trio is how they reflect how our feelings distort our perception of others. #Lan Xichen represents how when we love/care about someone -anything they do can be endearing. They aren't manipulative: they are clever. #Its less about rose tinted glasses and more about reframing every look you get of them. The constant justifications you make for them. #They just need a space to be loved! “They care for me so I will stand by them no matter what to show them I'm there for them!” #While NMJ represents how when you dislike someone - Everything they do is an affront or proof of their foul character. #Everything is a sign. Everything is 'proof' they are just as awful as you want them to be. Every 'good trait' is twisted. #The problem is that most people are just human. They are flawed and they are capable of good and bad things. #Meng Yao's motivations are very complex. Yet he's extremely human all the same. He isn't the saint nor the monster of the story.

[al8estos]

Comic based on the headcanon that scout is actually really good at drawing (kinda based on expiration date) mixed with my experience being the only artist in the family

#working on this comic was both torture and very productive #anyone else have a mom who loves being supportive but doesn’t know what you draw? #I love my mom #I’m sure scout loves his ma too #I’m projecting #my art tag #fanart #tf2 #comics #my comics #fan comic #tf2 scout #tf scouts ma #tf2 ma #scout can draw

[yoyokslut]

she was like "yeah, i don't give a shit" 😭

#taylor swift #the tortured poets department the anthology #the tortured poets department #she's damned if she does give a damn what people say

[turnallthemirrors]

Death of the Tortured Poet

Taylor Swift and other poets in conversation with Roland Barthes's "The Death of the Author" (1967) and Michel Foucault's "What is an Author?" (1969)

I want to say thank you to @ttpds @youmeetyourself and @ohdorothea. This post would not exist were it not for your musings on the topic, our conversations, and your encouragement. Seriously, thank y'all.

Sources:

Unless otherwise noted, lyrics are from Genius and screenshots/scans/etc are from taylorpictures.net

Barthes, Roland. "The Death of the Author"

"delicate" music video

"Dear Reader" lyrics

Foucault, Michel. "What is an Author?"

"Style" music video

"mirrorball" lyrics

Barthes

Taylor Swift before singing "betty" on the Eras Tour in Glendale, AZ on March 17, 2023 (text from @cages-boxes-hunters-foxes)

Siken, Richard. "The Torn-up Road" in The Iowa Review

Promotional image for The Tortured Poets Department from Swift's social media

Savage, Mark "Midnights: What we know about Taylor Swift's songwriting" for BBC.com

Foucault

reputation prologue

Barthes

Promotional image for The Tortured Poets Department

Barthes

Halsey. "Gasoline" lyrics

"mirrorball" lyrics

Barthes

Florence & the Machine. "King" lyrics

"Dear Reader" lyrics

Foucault

"22" lyrics

Foucault

"Out of the Woods" music video

"...ready for it?" music video

"Anti-Hero" music video

"look what you made me do" music video

"if you're anything like me" from the reputation magazines

Foucault

Album covers for the Taylor's Versions of Fearless, Red, Speak Now, and 1989

Taylor Swift in Musicians on Musicians: Taylor Swift & Paul McCartney for Rolling Stone

"look what you made me do" music video

"the lakes" lyrics

Foucault

"look what you made me do" handwritten lyrics from the reputation magazines

"my tears ricochet" lyrics

Foucault

"my tears ricochet" lyrics

"look what you made me do" music video

Foucault

"hoax" lyrics

"why she disappeared" from the reputation magazines

Barthes

1989 prologue

Foucault

#alternate title: what if you got so invested in fandom discourse that you read literary theory and got really weird about it #alternate alternate title: oh michel we're really in it now #taylor swift #the tortured poets department #sydposting