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azertyrobaz · 2 months

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[stormtrooper shrieks]

#the bad batch #tbb #the bad batch spoilers #tbb spoilers #tbb season 3 #stormtrooper #star wars #this was my second favorite scene of the episode #I can't explain it #my edits

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sgt-dignam · 2 years

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we are a family, aren’t we? i’m the dad, he’s the pet and you’re--you, the dad? no. come on. if anyone’s a father figure, it’s me. no, i even keep little pictures of us in the house wallet.

#don't hug me i'm scared #dhmis #duck dhmis #dhmisedit #dhmis spoilers #never paid attention to this before #but i love puppets #so i watched the new show #and i look at this duck and feel joy #i can't explain it

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geekynightowl1997 · 6 months

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Sophie: Who would live a normal life outside of this job?

Eliot: Me. It would be me.

Me: *thinking about it*

#leverage #eliot spencer #sophie devereaux #who would live a normal life?#definitely eliot #I can't explain it #i just feel it in my bones #sophie can't stop stealing #hardison plays WOW #parker is parker #and nate can't function without sophie #so eliot has a point

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thinkgazer · 10 months

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Came across this HUGE rolling promo quite accidentally. Wait for the end. Istg I have never come so close to irrationally losing my mind in such a public space.

#witcher netflix #geralt of rivia #yennefer of vengerberg #witcher ciri #jaskier #season 3 promo #on a massive screen #aptly placed above a Pride art installation #I'm sorry but that eyebrow raise #there's been a heatwave in this city #but those few seconds on a four storey high screen #did more to melt me silly than the humid hell of this city #joey batey #respectfully #i can't explain it #but please keep doing what you're doing #total love rat #indeed

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star-anise · 1 year

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So I've been watching this series of videos where a research-focused psychologist goes through Jordan Peterson's work to see which of his ideas and arguments are based on solid empirical evidence. I love it, even though she does mistakenly say his background is in counselling psychology (my field) when he's actually a clinical psychologist.

Anyway, that's got me thinking about Jordan Peterson, and how his response to criticism is, "People have been after me for a long time because I’ve been speaking to disaffected young men — what a terrible thing to do, that is. [...] I thought the marginalized were supposed to have a voice.”

So, here's my theory: Young men of the 21st century have grown up in a culture that is specifically hostile and punitive towards them. However, I think that while girls and women can participate in this culture, it is as much or more the work of boys and men. And I think that the problem with Peterson is that he's not particularly good at helping his audience escape the maze they are trapped in--and he's absolutely opposed to any attempt to dismantle a maze that is actually of fairly recent manufacture.

Case in point: The metrosexual.

The word "metrosexual" was coined in 1994 by Mark Simpson, a gay writer whose settings seem to be perpetually fixed at "critique the shit out of it".

"Metrosexual" describes heterosexual men who might be mistaken as gay, because they are interested in things very common among gay men, including: Caring about whether they're attractive; caring about how their hair is cut and what products they use in it; caring about what clothes they wear; working out to make their bodies look better; frequenting nightclubs. To be "metrosexual" was, in some people's opinions, to be a "man-boy" searching for his "inner girl".

To be metrosexual was, in some ways, to be called someone who looked gay.

The term didn't really catch on until the early 2000s, when media became briefly obsessed with talking about which celebrities were "metrosexual" or not. In that era of hotly divided opinions over the acceptability of homosexuality and queerness, it was implicitly asking, "Who looks gay? Is he gay? Tell me, fellow broadcaster: How gay does this guy look to you?"

(They got to have their cake and eat it too. A liberal audience, desperate to gather as many LGBTQ+ people and allies as possible in their race for 50% acceptance of gay marriage, cherished any signs that people with social clout might be on their side. And a conservative one, watching the same discussion, would heartily enjoy seeing a rogues' gallery of degenerate Hollywood types paraded before them, their every effeminacy pointed out in loving detail.)

Which of course got us: The Retrosexual!

When everybody's helpfully compiling lists of all the things a man can do that look gay or unmanly, dudes who don't want to get the shit kicked out of them by homophobes know all the things not to do!

Therefore, being "manly" became strictly defined by what was off-limits. To be a Real Man meant you shouldn't care about whether you're attractive, or what soap you use, or how your hair is styled. You shouldn't enjoy dancing or get too enthusiastic about music. A Real Man cares about sports and beer and being on top! Dominant!! A WINNER!!!

And, so like, here's a secret: In Anglophone culture, we are very affected by the Puritan legacy that says pleasure is inherently sinful. Vanity and pride--caring about how you look and whether you're attractive--are literal gateways to the Devil. Gluttony, and therefore seeking pleasure at all, is another such. And in Puritan religious theology, women are inherently more sinful. Yes, it goes back to Adam and Eve, and how Eve was tempted into sin first. Long story short, things associated with women became associated with sinfulness, and sinfulness became associated with effeminacy. And for centuries, you haven't even needed to be religious to drink these attitudes from the groundwater.

Okay, that's not the secret, this is the secret: Pleasure is not inherently sinful.

And liking how you look and feeling attractive and paying attention to your sensuality and your emotional life and connecting with art in a real and vulnerable way can feel really good, if you're able to handle it well.

Being raised to be a Real Man in a world where masculinity is perceived to be actively under threat is so uniquely painful, I believe, because every attempt to define yourself as "not gay" means denying yourself one of life's pleasures, and telling yourself you never even wanted it in the first place.

And then those desperate to be Real Men found a way to take some of those things back in what is surely the most painful context possible: They are allowed strictly as tools of your heterosexuality and masculine need for dominance. You are allowed to care about grooming and dancing, etc, purely as a strategy in playing a game called "Getting Girls", where you either score or you don't, where not scoring means you're worthless and unlovable, and scoring is often... strangely unfulfilling and certainly not enough to fill the aching void inside of you.

The mistake both Peterson and his fanbase make is that they get to this point, and then think: The reason I feel so empty inside is... I just haven't gotten enough girls!

Maybe some guys get out of the maze by finding a woman who is allowed to care about things like affection and love and dancing and looking nice, and their connection with her lets them express all the other parts of their souls that didn't fit in the Real Man box, but can come out in roles like Boyfriend or Father.

But humans aren't telepathic, so relationships can only "fix" you so much as you're willing to do the work of nurturing your own soul in a safe environment, so for a lot of men the maze never ends, and sometimes they don't even get the fleeting joys of relationships or sex, since they're so fucked up about them!

At this point, I as a queer woman am like, "Solution's obvious! Dismantle the maze."

And Peterson, who has worked his whole life to achieve the status of Best Maze-Runner in All of Christendom, is clinging to it like, "NO! DOWN, YOU DARK CHAOTIC MOTHER! THIS MAZE GIVES MY LIFE MEANING! THIS MAZE CONNECTS ME TO MY FOREFATHERS! I CANNOT LIVE WITHOUT THIS MAZE!"

At which point, like... what can you do but just leave him there?

At least he's not in my area of specialization. The world would be too unkind if I had to deal with him in any professional capacity. I wish Clinical Psychology all their continued joy of him.

#feminist discourse #masculinity #jordan peterson tw #to be honest #the moment I learned he was from Fairview and went to the UofA I was like 'OH IT ALL MAKES SENSE'#it's not that all of Fairview is one way because Rachel Notley and other very fine people come from Fairview #but there is a specific breed of Guys Who Come From Fairview #Who Study Psychology At the UofA #Who Like To Monologue About Conservative Politics #I can't explain it #it's a type #iykyk i guess

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hotwaterandmilk · 9 months

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Series: Hotaru no Yomeiri Artist: Tachibana Oreco Product: ‘Hotaru no Yomeiri’ Volume #1 TSUTAYA Tokuten Colour Illustration Card (06/2023) Source: Scanned from my personal collection

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dragonpyre · 4 months

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The only reason I need Jason to be in the in with the rest of the bats is cuz I think he and Cass would make the most unhinged sibling duo imaginable

#i can't explain it #i just think they would feed off the others insane energy #cassandra cain #jason todd #red hood #black bat #batgirl #orphan dc #text post #jason: hey wanna go buy every donut at the bakery #cass: hell yeah #cass also has no understanding of money so she also accidentally feeds into Jasons need to swipe and use Bruce's platinum card

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rdr2gifs · 12 days

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#he's so kitty #i can't explain it #it just came to my mind #anywa so pretty #arthur morgan #rdr2 #red dead redemption 2 #my gifs #rdr2 gifs

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thatgirl4815 · 7 months

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Sand thinking there was no way Ray would ever drive 2 hours into the wilderness in the early hours of the morning just for him, and Ray actually doing it, only to immediately curl up on that small-ass cot and fall asleep is just...the purest thing to me.

#I can't explain it #he's so precious to me even though I want to rip his hair out #only friends #only friends the series #sandray #raysand #sanray #raysan #sand x ray #ray x sand #ofts #only friends episode 9

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ruedesfillesducalvaire · 7 months

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[me entering the les misérables fandom]

victor hugo really said gay rights like...literally every gay ship goes so hard.

valvert? redemption....remaking oneself....the shifting hierarchy....punish me monsieur le maire....bondage chicken at the barricade....the decades-long pursuit....enemies to lovers...

rating: SLAPS.

enjoltaire? canon comparisons to achilles/patroclus....not to me not if it's you....be serious i am wild....anything for you....

rating: SLAPS.

éposette? we grew up together but never really knew each other....i was cruel to you but we were children...do you even recognise me now...you are kind to me even though....

rating: SLAPS.

courfius? well obviously when marius doesn't get with cosette, he absolutely hooks up with courfeyrac after he's done sulking. marius is the epitome of a useless bisexual.

rating: SLAPS.

#i started with the old men. now i have.....more #[arms full of fictional 19th century french people] I Just Think They're Neat #also to be clear i definitely have m/f ships in other media?? there is just...something inherently gay about this book #i can't explain it #it's a certain je ne sais quoi #les mis #les miserables #les misérables #les mis memes #les mis shitposts #the brick #valvert #enjoltaire #eposette #courfius

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meatcatt · 2 months

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I ship siffrin x loop but only in the context where they are divorced

#meat talks #i can't explain it #i dont ship them at all but i think loop should pay sif alimony every month #they bicker like one #the party can be the kids #sif took the family in the divorce #in stars and time

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freitag1607 · 4 months

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annabeth splashing percy with water to heal him from the poison has the same energy of her asking percy if he has a pen in hoh

#i can't explain it #that scene in hoh still makes me laugh btw.#like why did he never put the cap on that damn pen i can't #percy jackson #pjotv #percabeth #100

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easternlonging · 4 months

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james and regulus are enemies (one-sided) to lovers

remus and regulus are enemies to friends to lovers

barty and regulus are friends to lovers to friends

#I can't explain it #moonwater #starchaser #bartylus #regulus black #james potter #remus lupin #barty crouch jr

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opal16trash · 11 months

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genuinely one of my favorite scenes in the entire film. Sure it's short and goes by quick but it's super sweet.

- Lu bringing Mario's food to him and giving him a soft "hey"

- Luigi kinda handing him the plate but Mario denying it due to being too upset from his fathers words

- "You're not bringing me down. You know what? What do they know, huh?" Lu trying to comfort/reassure his older brother is so sweet. He knows how much that hurts as Lu was probably affected by his fathers words as well

- "It's not just them. Our whole lives everyone was tellin us we can't do this, can't do that.. just sick and tired of feeling so small." This is probably the first time that we ever see Mario at a low and vent. Luigi is silent, listening, and understanding

- Mario, and Luigi too, has been beaten down for trying to achieve his dream. Although he kept going and had Lu for support, he just wants to prove them wrong

God I just love this scene and their relationship. I also love what they did with Marios character. He's so determined and just wants to prove that he's capable of doing anything that he's willing to do.

#the super mario bros movie #mario movie spoilers #mario movie #super mario bros #mario #luigi #super mario #dont tag as ship #istg #But this movie is so good #I can't explain it

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rudolphsboyfriend · 1 year

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I think my favourite greek tragedies are the ones that. Sum up human nature in all its beauty and grit and ugliness and love and idk if what I'm saying makes sense but. Orpheus turning back to look at Eurydice. Icarus flying too close to the sun. Achilles sending Patroclus to his death in his own armour.

You get it you get the themes you get the poetry tattooed on the skin of all these stories. Humans at their best. at their worst. Humans existing and feeling and tragedy arising from the desperation that is so inherent to human emotion.

#i can't explain it #these are my three favourite greek myths #a bit basic ik but they're popular for a reason i think #it's juat #the human condition #achilles #patroclus #orpheus #orpheus and euridyce #icarus #patrochilles #greek mythology #brainbow vomit

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blanketforcas · 4 months

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i feel some sort of queer euphoria in this chili's tonight

#doctor who #doctor who spoilers #i can't explain it #but you prob get me #i think it's also the combination of having watched a lot of new queer shows lately and then this big name family show.. being so #unapologetically queer in the best way #i just!!!!!!!#idk i get a little emotional about it

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