I will only ship Paul with Feyd if he is already in a throuple with Chani and Irrulan.

I think the reason for this is the same reason Feyd has three freaky cannibals in his harem. Feyd-Rautha is such an intense mix of manwhore and manslaughter that it takes three people to handle him.

I don’t think either Paul, Irrulan or Chani has enough girlboss energy each survive him without each other.

This is my main takeaway from the dune franchise.

Hangman: So when you wake up alone in the middle of the night do you miss me desperately, or, is it more of a quiet sort of pining?

Rooster: You know the whole point of divorce is that we don't have to talk to each other anymore.

CHALLENGERS (2024) dir. Luca Guadagnino

talking to people while holding a beverage is awesome because you don't have to know what to do with your hands and when you don't know what to do with your face you can just take a sip

well have you considered that maybe the unstoppable force is in love with the immovable object

Watching Zendaya dom and humiliate these two loser bisexual boys against the backdrop of an obsession to win at a sport is literally everything ive ever wanted in a movie.

Tashi was hurt when Art told her that Patrick wasn't in love with her, I mean, she was angry but because she was hurt.

You won't be able to convince me that she wasn't in love with Patrick

thinking about how they already had their beds pushed together

I am absolutely obsessed with this movie

Congo: The Genocide that implicates us all

Heavy fighting erupted in 2023 between the Congolese Army and several armed groups, most notably the M23 militia, escalating an already disastrous situation. Thousands have been killed, and hundreds of thousands have been displaced. At present, there are 7.1 million displaced people in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Violence of this scale is not without precedent, with the conflict in Eastern DRC leading to an approximate 6 million deaths since 1996.

In November 2023, an unidentified man in the capital Kinshasa set himself on fire while holding a sign reading “Stop the Genocide in Congo.” Another man, Cedrick Nianza, did the same in 2011 while shouting Congo na nga, Congo na nga (my Congo, my Congo).

Violence and conflict inflicted on the people in the Congo is not new. Over a century ago, one of the worst atrocities in recorded history occurred with King Leopold II’s genocide of 10 million African people to control the rubber trade during his colonial rule over Congo from 1885 to 1908.

The modern conflict includes ethnically motivated killings, which have been a frequent reality in Congo since the spillover from the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi people occurring in their neighbor country Rwanda. Thirty years later, the M23 claims to defend the Tutsi from further acts of genocide.

Along with the ethnic divisions, the modern conflicts are fueled by a diverse constellation of internal, regional, and international actors with the essential factor driving the violence being control over resources.

Almost all new technology, especially what is described as ‘green tech,’ requires materials such as lithium, cobalt, copper, and tin. The Eastern regions of the DRC are rich in these materials – as well as in diamonds and petroleum – and are thus subject to fierce contestations by local militias, backed by foreign governments (such as Rwanda in the case of the M23 militia), and international capital. Those that mine for these materials experience horrible conditions, with many accounts of slave labor and child labor. These same minerals are bought by international companies and create technologies such as smart phones, laptops, electric vehicles, solar panels, ear pods, speakers – basically anything with a battery.

Many activists are calling for a boycott of new tech and insist that the transition to green technology – a phrase used to indicate a switch to more ecological forms of energy production – cannot be built with the blood of Congolese men, women, and children.

This is the third in a series visualizing genocides across the globe created by Hisham Rifai and Ayman Makarem. See the first two specials, Resisting Starvation in Gaza and ‘Zaghrouda’ in the Midst of the Sudan War below.

The artistic duo has also created the Revolution in Every Country comic series on revolutionary movement events and ideas in the SWANA (South West Asia and North Africa) region.

my actual favorite characters in Challengers are the older gay couple in the motel where one was crushing on Patrick and the other was like, "eww he's such a loser" (i'm on his side) and then proceeded to the reception desk to throw shade at how the motel doesn't look like the one they booked and that maybe they should update the picture on their website

when I see something dated 2019 I think “oh that’s not too long ago” and then I remember that 2019 was not only five years ago but those five years have somehow contained several lifetimes

Happy international superhero day ! ❤️ 🦇🦸

Here's a wholesome story about Val from the granddaughter of the original batman creator himself Bill finger! 🥺😍

Val is a favorite of both batman creators 🥹

Here he is with Bob Kane on the set of batman forever 🦇 🖤

art would gladly pillow princess for both tashi and patrick but neither of them would ever let him just lay back and relax. they’re always goading him on and pushing him around. born to be a lapdog forced to run the track. he’s the most exhausted sub in the world

Tashi Duncan: