#where are the wise men?

[femmeconomics]

legitimately i think men underestimate how boring misogyny is in media. like yes it can be gross or uncomfortable or upsetting or whatever else but for the most part it’s just boring. like we know this stuff. it’s not sooo controversial and revolutionary and new to the scene and edgy. it’s violent sex and women not being treated as people. like we know. we’re already living in it babes. the fastest way to make a piece of media boring is to make it misogynistic. and this especially applies to fantasy for me, because you’re over here getting immersed in a different world with different types of people and places and societies and then it’s just oh, the author didn’t actually make anything new. they took what they know about the real world some hundred years ago and added magic powers. or this was all just a really long intro to a dnd themed porno. the male characters sacrifice complexity because their motivations are just.. misogyny. which is at its core very simple and unimaginative. rape or violence or degradation or abuse aren’t really all that shocking or complex to see on screen. they’re in loads of movies with varying levels of quality in handling and i’m not particularly upset by them. they’re in some of my favorite movies. this isn’t an issue of sensibilities or fear. it’s just so boring.

#obviously if you do get upset with the misogyny that’s entirely legitimate #i’m personally kinda over it #i sympathize with the actresses above all #but media wise it’s honestly just such a drag and i’ll lose interest #and alternatively to the blatant misogyny they’ll just try to pretend women don’t exist #because you don’t have to own up to your male centric worldview if the men never encounter a woman! #and it’s like well now it’s kinda boring innit #where are the women

[powpowchaos]

Only fools fall in love.

#sonadow #sonic the hedgehog #sonic fanart #shadow the hedgehog #PowPowChoas #Fools rush in where wise men never go But wise men never fall in love So how are they to know

[kil9]

everyone agrees that the patriarchy teaches men to hide their emotions, and that this is a bad thing, so why is it that when men actually show an emotion everyone jumps to call him an abuser or manipulator or whatever :\

#99.txt #im so sick of this #you all have no faith in people. you just see the word boyfriend or he pronouns and go !!ABUSER!! DUMP HIM! and dont see how there could be #any negative reprocusions of that................ #i still cant forget that ANONYMOUS message where someones boyfriend was worried they were cheating. & the person who got the ask was like #''wow HE'S definitely the one cheating.'' #on an ANONYMOUS message ????? how could you possibly say that with confidence with ZERO information ? #some guy was worried and thats what you have to say ????? and you act like you have no hand in men supressing themselves ? #someone who might have had mental health problems or have been cheated on before and been hurt. like. #whoa call me a red flag or whatever for saying this but. no one would say that if it was a woman ! no one ! #we all have a hand in society and we all have a hand in the patriarchy and if you dont get your head out of your ass and wise up #then ur just gona get more people hurt #i know circumstances are different sometimes but you actually DO need to consider how you would feel if the tables were turned !!!! #if you still feel the same thats fine ! it was a good thought exercise !!! #but you need to consider these things even if they are uncomfortable to you 🤨 in order to challenge your mind #this is how we get those bullshit ''crying is a manipulation tactic 🥺'' takes #im SICK OF IT !!!!!! everyone use your brain NOW !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #stop assuming everyone is the worst person NOW !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[takiki16]

A Fine Chain

UPDATE: Chapter 17/?

Fandom: Jupiter Ascending

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Beta: @gallifreyburning

Relationships: Jupiter Jones/Caine Wise

Additional Tags: Alternate Universe, Light Dom/sub, Power Imbalance, Royalty, Slavery, Collars, Leashes, Other Additional Tags to Be Added, Don’t copy to another site, Dark

Summary: Caine Wise, disgraced ex-Skyjacker and convicted criminal, is suddenly inducted into the service of the enigmatic Queen Nea-Seraphi, mysterious new Recurrence and puzzle to the Entitled social circle. While figuring out the boundaries of his new station, worrying about his old commander, and nursing old wounds from his court martial, Caine finds himself slowly being drawn into the confidence of his royal employer. What could Her Majesty possibly want with a defective splice?

from @had-just-ten-hours-training: on the link between royalty and bees:

"This would seem to have been King Lalibela, whose early infancy provides yet another mysterious link with Rennes-le-Château and the Arcadian Treasure. A prodigious swarm of bees surrounded his cradle and his mother called out "Lalibela!" which meant literally that the bees recognized his supremacy. The bee was also a vitally important Merovingian symbol, and the Merovingians are inextricably intertwined with the Arcadian Treasure of Rennes. King Childeric's burial place, for example, held a 'swarm' of 300 golden bees surrounding the royal body."

#jupiter ascending #a fine chain #ja fic #ja fanfic #caine wise #jupiter jones #BEES #that scene where jupiter stands in stinger's garden surrounded by sunlight and a swarm of bees is one of my favorites #it just so specifically encapsulates an emotion #also: WE MUST NOT LOOK AT GOBLIN MEN WE MUST NOT EAT THEIR FRUITS

[unexpectedbrickattack]

was human pizzahead's design influenced by the president from shadow the hedgehog (specifically his appearance in lythero's shadow the hedgehog vids)?

Im going to start collecting these bc theyre so funny to me. All White Men look The Same

#answered #chattin #the answer is no and it is SO funny thay i already saw that video so i knew what u were talking about #someone else said jerma and i got pissy about it but now its just funny #all white men look the same! im sorry! #if u think he looks like [insert white man] it is bc they all look the same to me hfjfbdjdnksnsks #but a serious answer is no #inspo was a mix of the dr from princess and the frog (personality wise and body type wise) #and like #i couldnt get a proper ref #but i was thinking of the very specific way older white men who are ‘clean shaven’ look when they would normally grow full beards #and they look almost….squishy?? that is NOT the word but im using it #the closest ref i can give u is brian//wecht #he is. so handsome to me….and i was thinking of him and some other white dudes ive seen irl #bc unfortunately most of my inspo is from people ive met irl #thats where most of my inspo for realistic peppino comes from lol

[scorchedcandy]

Every year my parents put up a nativity scene on the wood stove and someone made the unfortunate error of getting me an ornament of the Fonz years ago and so he has been attending the birth of Jesus Christ ever since

#the one christian tradition i really still engage with bc im committed to the bit is this nativity scene #im very glad my religious parents put up with my whimsy #such as including arthur fonzarelli in the birth of christ #and calling pontius pilate of JCSS 1973 fame the fifth beatle #they actually put him there on their own now #this year my mom hid him behind the three wise men #“bc thats where she could get him to stand up” a likely story smh #but he has been returned to his rightful place of honor #he has never once been put up on the tree #he clearly approves 👍 #nonsense #dont ask where jesus is its december 17 hes still in the womb ie. the drawer

[variousqueerthings]

*sighs in post mildly broke containment again* there's nothing wrong with reading willow as a lesbian, this is a piece of fiction, and the post I made took on a jokey tone for a reason and is ultimately more about underlying bi-erasure on tv than anything else kaybye ✌

#im watching btvs #jeepers creepers but btvs is bringing out the *taking it all very seriously in a very morally high-and-mighty kind of way* crowd #and i dont mean about shit that matters such as discussing racism or misogyny in fandom #just about whether you agree or dislike someone's read of a situation - move on my friend if you dont agree #i mean i could go on a rant about HOW the show portrayed willow-the-now-lesbian #(and while im at it why i hc buffy-the-apparent-heterosexual as bi too but nobody has disputed that part oddly enough) #but that would be an effort im truly not interested in expending on this day and possibly never and has been written before #im mostly just live-blogging and moving on #if im writing anything fanfic-wise it'll be about kendra and that'll be my full fandom contribution #ok but the ONE thing i'll mention is the fight willow has with tara which is one of the rare Ls for tara #where she basically admits that she's afraid this is a phase because willow has loved men/been with oz #and that's just an interesting fight from a meta perspective because the idea that bi women have to *choose a side* #and are consistently questioned and doubted by their lesbian partners #is a core element of biphobia within a gay relationship that many people can attest to #hell it's a big part of bisexual rep that is conscious of itself that at some point there's a plotline where the person is questioned #about their true loyalties and asked to take a side #btvs ofc is NOT conscious of this underlying tension and in fact i would argue is agreeing with tara that this is what needs to happen #for several other reasons as well #but literally people have WRITTEN about this im not saying anything bold and controversial here AND it doesnt take away #from lesbian willow reads to acknowledge the flawed approach of the show to her sexuality like come on #willow rosenberg

[bumblingbabooshka]

Chakotay leaning on the fact that he was Maquis to play-flirt with Janeway as they work on reports after hours and Janeway laughs, waving him off with a smirk and at the moment she says something like “I haven’t been charmed by the bad boy routine since I was in 8th grade” she turns to see Tuvok (also with them, has been there the whole time) looking very much charmed by the bad boy routine. (Only she can tell this.)

#Tuvok: -looking at Chakotay with a neutral expression- / Janeway: -bisexual pride flag in the background- ~!????? #play-flirt means he means it but also he's joking #anyway...Chakotay & Neelix could have had Janeway & Tuvok if they respectively let their hair gray and played up their criminal past #Tuvok: I don't want to get involved with people #Hot morally dubious guy who struggles with himself: Hi can you- / Tuvok: Yes. #Teen Tuvok wrote sooo many self insert fanfics where a hot rebel came to take him away from the temple to kiss and say 'society sucks!!' #and after he left the temple and achieved inner peace he rewrote them so that he eventually got the hot rebel to see the light and renounce #his rebel ways bc Tuvok is sooo smart and wise and handsome and correct #He wouldn't feel this way about Chakotay (Tuvok has grown and Chakotay is too stable and kind) #but that doesn't mean there isn't a little twinge of that badboy allure every now and then (Tuvok /hates/ this...Chakotay must NEVER know) #Tuvok: We should technobabble technobabble. / Chakotay: How long will that take? / Tuvok: Approximately one hour. #Chakotay: We can't wait that long. -does some on the fly big brain bullshit- There. -grins- That's how we did it in the Maquis. #Tuvok: -pupils fully dilated- .......Need I remind you that I was /in/ the Maquis Commander? -walks past him- #Chakotay: -calling after him- Then you do it next time~!!! #this post can be about chakotay/tuvok or the whole polycule <3 #Janeway #Chakotay #Tuvok #Janeway & Tuvok constantly question each others taste in men but they sync up to say 'Commander Chakotay' before losing it again

[collectorcookie]

@anotheraverageotaku i appreciate your manifesting but...as much as i also don't want it, unfortunately i think there's no way it wouldn't be a christmas event.

Trickstar has star symbolism and christmas also has star symbolism so it's not too far off. Stars of hope and all. The ingredients are already there.

That's no longer my issue tho, i came to terms with the possibility of a christmas story. Now onto the real horror: how biblical do you think they will make it?

#God knows how much they loooove bringing the bible into everything (pun intended) #Also...godfather priest apostle and gatekeeper...maybe they'll get mentioned too? #I can only imagine eichi rei and nagisa as the three wise men lmao #Not to mention considering that makoto hokuto and subaru all have family issues.... and christmas is supposed to be a holiday where #People come together...there is so much potential for angst here i don't like it #enstars #ensemble stars #trickstar

[lesbiradshaw]

height differences in ships stop being fun when you have to start rewriting history and doing backflips to force it like omg.

#me personally i enjoy a good height diff ship when it just. occurs naturally #& i think the ones where its like an inch difference vs TWO FUCKING FEET like you see in certain fanart is cuter cuz its barely there which #makes it even more aggravating to be teased about. #also when did we get to a point where shorter automatically = skinner ? like. has fanon never heard of being short & stocky #i think most of my ships that have a height diff the taller one is lankier and little bit more leanly built #while the shorter one is a bit wider/more muscular. and that is so personal to me. #i knew we were doomed as a society when bucky barnes and jake seresin started being portrayed as 5’6 120 pounds…those men are GIGANTIC #they have MEAT on their bones. they eat steak and potatoes every night. they never miss a meal without complaining. #i think its also funny that people will force height differences between characters so hard when there are other ships in the same media #that ACTUALLY could give them what they want height wise 😭😭😭 like if u like tgm & you want a height diff ship payback n fanboy r right there #anyways. #that post ab making your middle aged favs look at popular fanart of themselves to give them body dysmorphia #carolcore

[stellerssong]

Last Line Challenge

tagged by @two-hands-toward-the-sun to post the last line (or, like, chunk, if we're being indulgent) i added to a wip! for my own part, tagging @eri-223, @sunsorbit, @honeyteacakes, @subjectsix, hi kip, uh...i don't know who else hasn't done this who wants to...so like. if you're seeing this, now is your chance! tell them i twisted your arm! tell them you had no choice!

and god damn, wouldn't you know it, the last wip i was digging around in is for a fandom i know for a certainty no one here is interested in. so we'll make it a twofer, just to keep the people hyped up.

first off, a loose sequel to my extremely normal P6 + P7 au for Control (2019, Remedy Games):

“So here the boy is, crying, sad, because that’s his only knife, and when you’re just a nobody-shepherd good knives don’t come easy, so he’s thinking, ai, what am I gonna do, I can’t just go and buy a new knife, my moneypurse is dead as the stone. And the tears fall down in the river, plash, plash, plash. Salt in the good sweet water and all. And the god of the river tastes them, and—” “The what of the river?” “Jahaa.” Ahti gives Jesse a sly smile, like a fox in a picture book. “Your funny man didn’t teach you that word?” “No. What’s it mean?” “Hmm. It’s like a—big man. Or lady. Or both. Or neither. Who got a big job to do. And all the little people, running around under his feet, they tell the god, hey, now, I need your help with this and with that. And the god, well—sometimes he helps, and sometimes he doesn’t, but the important thing for him, and the thing what makes him what he is, is the big job. Making the winds to blow, and the tides to rise, and the sun to rise in the east and set in the west, and the dark to come in at night.” “Casper says the sun rises and sets because of plan-et-ary ro-tay-shun.” “Plan-et-ary ro-tay-shun, saatana,” Ahti grunts. “Your Casper says a lot of things, eh? Some of them might be true, even. Smart man, smart, smart man. But he wasn’t there when the boy dropped his knife in the river. So you gonna believe him, or Ahti?” “Were you there when the boy dropped his knife in the river?” Ahti fox-smiles, and doesn’t answer.

AND, for your trouble, the next bit of the mansand werewolves au, where Dream is, as always, having some kind of a motherfucking day:

“Is…everything all right?” “Yes.” “Do you need a minute, or—?” “That might be for the best, thank you. Just sorting out a few things.” She squeezes Dream’s right paw, and Dream knows to his bones that she’s just trying to hide the fur and claws there, but the weak little creature deep down inside of him lets out a happy whine at the comfort of her touch. “We won’t be long. And you’re welcome to ask Tiffany to help sort the request items if she can mind the front desk while she does it. We’re a little short-staffed at the moment. Gearing up for finals, you know.” “Right. Yeah, no, of course.” Gwen takes a nervous step back. “I’ll, um—I think I’ll get started on the requests on my own, actually. It’s not that much material. And if I pull Tiffany right now, we’re gonna have masters’ students climbing over the front desk to steal each other’s holds when they think we’re not looking.” “It’s surprising how aggressive they get, sometimes,” Lucienne agrees mildly. “Though I’ve had some dark nights of the soul myself when I couldn’t turn up what I needed on JSTOR, so perhaps it’s not my place to judge.” “Been there, babe.”

#chatter #tag games #f: mansand #f: ctrl #AHTI MY GOOD FRIEND AHTI #awake alan 2 is an extremely good game that unceasing jumpscares aside i am liking quite a lot #but my main takeaway from it so far has been ''GOD i wanna play control again. I MISS JESSE FADEN WHERE IS JESSE FADEN'' #as for the wooves. gwen is here! everybody say HI GWEN WE LOVE YOU GWEN. #the reason that gwen is here is that every time the fandom says something unnecessary about [REDACTED] #i add another woc to the cast of the wooves au and/or make an existing woc more important. #at this rate dream and cori are the only white men in this au and they are fighting for their lives as is good and proper. #in tonight's performance the role of gwen is played by aubin wise because i receive my facecasting inspo directly from the god apollo #and yes i am the pythia before you ask.

[fauvester]

realistically I do not think that anyone on cardassia would want garak in charge. I do not believe for a second that garak would want garak in charge. but perhaps that is what makes the idea of postwar castellan garak so funny to me. nobody refuses to budge an inch on their preferred candidate so they all collectively throw up their hands and choose the option that would make everyone equally unhappy

#dee s 9 #camera zooms up to the half destroyed stands of the cardassian senate #to where garak and bashir have been watching the castelliary debates and narrating like the old men from the muppets #garaks face caught in a perfect moue of horror and surprise 😶 #he always wanted to serve cardassia. but not like this. NEVER like this #natima lang like ha ha well bitchboy. try shooting me now while everyone’s watching huh. least we can keep an eye on you #garak is going to do his level best to be cardassia’s george washington just to spite every single other politician #reinvent himself into a benevolent wise sisko president. julian losing his shit at how funny this is

[cakemoney]

i don't want to put my uninformed foot in my mouth or get involved with the Discourse but i've been seeing the two extremes of reactions to the korean low birth rates issue (on tumblr and twitter both) and i'm just kind of like. look. i feel like "low birth rates (in many countries but especially japan and korea as part of this conversation) are more broadly the result of capitalism/a culture of overwhelming overwork that makes social relationships and having families incredibly inaccessible to young people" and "low birth rates are very much a part of the current conversation about misogyny and social expectations for women in korea especially in the context of reproduction as 'unpaid labor' for women" are statements that can both be true

#laughs awkwardly #gender #especially considering the ways patriarchal expectations and capitalism very much intersect in terms of quality of life for women #ex. women being expected to have kids / raise kids / do all the housework and cooking in a relationship #while ALSO existing in a society where women (even married women) have to work demanding jobs to deal with the high cost of living #AND women are systemically discriminated against in terms of pay / job availability / work environment and harassment #all of these things add up. these conversations are not opposing points of view. you know? #and also like. not super comfortable with how TERFs are discussed in terms of non-white cultures #TERFism / radfems as a MOVEMENT (and a cult) is very much rooted in white supremacy / ideals of womanhood #again. multiple things can be true at the same time. yes i do see (from my perspective involved in taiwanese social media) #some east asian feminists engage in transphobia in ways that approach radfem rhetoric ('women are victims of men' 'men are predators' #type generalized sentiments which you can imagine gains a lot of traction among women traumatized by patriarchy) #but movement-wise i don't think it's fair (or just in good faith) to generalize radical feminists from non-white countries #to straight up TERFs. which again. rooted in white supremacy. keep feeling like i have to remind people it doesn't make sense #for asians to be white supremacists and that not all oppression on earth stems directly from white people. you weirdos #'what are you talking about' in east asia the type of feminist statements called 'radical' are stuff like. #women shouldn't have to wear make up every time they go outside. women shouldn't be expected to do all housework. #should men pay for women on dates. debates that i think in the states we kind of take for granted as stuff settled years ago #even if some feminists might be transphobic it's not necessarily Transphobia As Core Tenets Of The Movement. does anyone get the difference #basically what i'm saying is. wow these tags got long. maybe let's not apply uniform standards of 'correct language and values' #to non-white people and attack them when as all movements they are fluid and influenced by the people living in it #TERF-style transphobia is not the predestined course for them. maybe it's more productive to have open discussions about transphobia #to work towards inclusivity and solidarity in these movements than to prescribe White Internet Morality to them #and declare that they're evil when they are still very much having conversations that need to be had. thanks i think that's all #essentially. i find that 'how dare a non-american movement not have morally pristine vocabulary priorities and membership #as determined by white leftists' to be in itself kinda a racist attitude

[marklikely]

im only secure saying this on tumblr because you guys know so well that i am not one of those guys that gets upset when movie have girl in it but the kens were far and away the best part of barbie. this is my message

#idk they were very funny. and their stuff was the part where the feminism and look at patriarchy worked best #like it was the right level of absurd and hilarious yet hitting on something true. to be a good satire of patriarchy #in a way where a lot of the stuff about the barbies just didn't really. work for me. it didn't suit the tone of most of the movie. #i think it was intentionally incongruous to like not make their experiences into a joke? but it failed to land for me entirely #i did really like the main character barbie's ending that was nice. but overall i preferred the kens #again i can only tell this to tumblr because you guys know im not usually like this i tend to focus on women and be more lukewarm to men #(fictional character wise anyway. but fuck it in real life too i guess i tend to get on well with women more than men) #avpost #movie diary

[crunchycrystals]

ok now realizing that post i made that one time ab imagining being w a woman more often than a man despite being demiro and not having a preference probably coming from a part of my brain that wants to be openly queer but now im also just realizing. im friends with more women generally so

#crunchyposts #lgbt #i love men !!!!! i have guy friends i can be attracted to any of my friends #but. when it comes to friends im generally more gravitated towards people similar to me #and the easiest way for me to know if im like someone is obvious external gender #the other things for me are being queer and neurodivergent and thats something you only really get to know once youre #acquaintances/ friends #but obviously not just that id prioritize politics and interests over this generally but its just nice to be around people who get it #also race isnt a factor bc maybe 5% of the school population isnt asian lol #but if i ever like move somewhere where i become a minority race/ ethnicity wise it Will become a factor im sure

[wandaxpietro]

i like that it's a relatively popular (as in i have seen several people draw it; not many in the grand scheme of things but more than a handful!) headcanon for wanda to be chubby bcuz it feels so right to me. i need her btw

#fat wanda......... save me fat wanda............... fat wanda save me #she's so beautiful she deserves it #it goes so far that in my head that's just real and i'll see official art where she's skinny & i get confused for a moment LMAO #anyway! let more superhero women be chubby! (and men)! #(seriously why do some of these super strong muscly guys not have a stomach like realistically they would #why does THOR not have a tummy..... also personal agenda that has nothing to do w anything i do on here but sab.retooth should also have on #and wol.verine. anyway that got off topic sorry) #teehee #i love human bodies guys. also tall n lanky/wiry pietro w the runner legs and tiny round wanda is so great like shape wise #they match <3 etc #anyway i'm done #txt