I feel like people miss the point of the "war is bad" message

What it's supposed to mean is that war is terrible, it's destructive, it ruins lives, it leaves scars, and you should only partake in it when there are no other options, because even if you win, even if you survive, you will not be the same, which is why the phrase used to be more commonly known as "war is hell"

But "war is bad" seems to have been construed by people in fandom into "any fighting is bad, if you fight you're morally terrible and impure, you should not fight at all, no matter what", this is annoying in fandom, as it often misses the point fiction is trying to make, but what's worrisome is when people apply this to real life, as I have seen people do regarding russia's invasion of Ukraine

And that's almost never the point of "War is Bad" works

Works like Lord of the Rings, Avatar The Last Airbender, Transformers, The Clone Wars, Halo (especially Reach), etc all have themes on how horrible war is, but they categorically do not say it is wrong to fight, what they say is usually along the lines of "war is terrible, and what makes it so terrible is that we have no choice but to fight, it would be ideal if we didn't have to fight at all, but we must fight, because not fighting is not an option, because not fighting, not opposing tyranny, conquest, and evil only allows those things to exist unimpeded"

@ fic authors what do you personally consider a successful fic? What’s the bar?

i want 60 thousand votes by next thursday

My friend sent me a pic of this baby cow, and it made me think of what baby banthas might look like. 🥺 Hence this drawing. I bet he had some baby bantha friends on Tatooine.

This is the cow pic that inspired the drawing lol look at this little guy

Norris on Sprint Races

"I don't think it's too bad for us as drivers, honestly. I don't think we can be the ones to complain at all.

"It's the hundreds of mechanics and engineers that have to travel so much. It's not healthy for them. It is not sustainable.

"So, the problem is not with us. People should look out more for the rest of the team."

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Sorry don't want to be rude, but my god VCarb you need to fire whatever graphic designer you paid to design these 🤮

The urge to scream or cry when you don't feel good and you have to put out computer dumpster fires because Microsoft Office isn't working like it's supposed to.

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Look if Newey goes to Ferrari 2025 would be crazy enough but 2026 will be an absolute banger of a year. Lewis and Charles at Ferrari with a Newey-designed car? Against Max's skills and whatever Red Bull and McLaren and Merc manage with the new regulations?

Lewis going to Ferrari was one thing but this would be the most monumental butterfly effect F1 has seen in years.

its snooseday!!!!!! (snoopy tuesday)

small beast wants to explore my cardigan

This is the future of Formula 1 (I love it)

Forth Eorlingas! by Jenny Dolfen

the description of something looking "like a renaissance painting" is wildly overused and makes me twitch BUT that shot of the marshals trying to move valtteri's car genuinely had wild composition

Saying “my friend” is just much easier than saying “this person I follow on tumblr” so you’re all my friends whether you like it or not okay