alright there is this Italian series, I'm currently watching, called "Un professore" ("a teacher"), in absolutely no way it is related to dead poets society, EXCEPT for the fact that there is this teacher, not a normal teacher, if you catch what I mean, that is trying to let escape his students out of their shells. for example: there was this boy, who cannot leave his room, because he was afraid of the world outside, even if he knew that his life sucked. in one way or another the teacher succeeded to let him leave is comfort zone.

but the thing I want to talk about is the dynamic (which is very complicated, I'm not going to explain the details about it) between him and one of his student, which is also his son, Simone.

the teacher always try to talk to his son, even if Simone hates him because of his past, through his lessons.

Simone is a boy who step by step is figuring out to be in love with his male best friend, and is trying to accept the fact that he has no chances with him.

his father (the teacher), discovered this, and for let him know that he accept him, and it's okay to explore sexuality, he did this alternative lesson, in which the students had to walk, however they wanted to, in the empty gymnasium of the school, for making them realize the power and the dangerousness of conformity, by quoting michel foucault, a gay philosopher of the 50s.

and now you might think "gio, well, this is basically what keating did-" EXACTLY, that is the point, they're basically saying that neil and todd, were killed by conformism, as much as Simone was being killed. and that the society in that time couldn't accept someone like them, so they had to find their own voices, and scream as loud as they can, without being afraid of who they are.

man I really just need a moment to sit down and talk about Nimona

like it’s so weird to have a character that speaks to me so deeply

and it was one scene that ONE SCENE that hit me right in the soul to the point where I had to pause the movie and sit there. The one scene where Balister and Nimona are talking on the train.

“Wouldn’t it be easier if you were just a girl?” “Easier for who?”

look I’m agender I don’t care what pronouns people use for me, I kinda just feel like a body with a mind. Sure there are factors that still play a role in who I am. I’m afab, I’ve been socialized as a girl.

and it’s taken my a really long time to figure that part out that I look like a girl, I’ve been raised as a girl, sure I have breasts and a vulva I’m not going to change that because I don’t care what I have I don’t feel any one way about my body, but I’m not a girl.

it’s super weird, I still feel slightly judged when I tell people I use all pronouns or I don’t feel any one way about my gender. And I kinda wish that their reaction was more like the scene where Balister learns that Nimona can breathe fire. Slight surprise and then just rolling with it. I still feel that momentary pause of judgement, that pause, or that moment of processing and it’s just a little… upsetting.

and I feel a bit like I’m making a fuss out of nothing, but I still feel bad after that. Then I start to think that maybe I should introduce myself with one set of pronouns to make it easier for them. But I don’t want to do that I want people to know that they can use whatever. In fact I want them to change it up.

it’s strange looking at something that just SCREAMS to you and then it hurts a little bit because you feel like you can never achieve that.

Something I just wanted to talk about is that I’m bisexual. I don’t hide that on here but irl no one knows. Not a single person in my life knows this and I’ve always just wanted to keep it to myself because I didn’t feel like anyone needed to know. I don’t really know how to properly explain it but it just feels weird telling my friends and family. I don’t necessarily think anyone would be mad or not accepting, but I do feel like I’d be looked at and perceived differently and I don’t like that. I’m not really one to express strong emotions in front of family and I feel coming out would be like talking about my feelings which I hate doing (which is odd since I do it here all the time)

I don’t know why I have this problem but lately I’ve been feeling like it’s something I need to overcome. I’ve kind of been struggling with it, debating whether I should just say fuck it and add women as a preference to my (very unsuccessful) dating profile. But this problem always stops me. I try to just wave it off and say that I can just date men, it’s no big deal but it’s starting to feel like a big deal and I think I’ve been pretending it’s not so I don’t have to come out. I did struggle a long time to come out to myself for this very reason.

Like I’ve never considered telling anyone before. The only person I’d thought to tell is if I ever made queer friends irl or to my significant other (which would be a man) but I am seriously considering it. It is super scary but not living my life the way I want is far scarier. I need to stop living my life for other people and start living my life for me.

just to set the record clear it’s not that dico hates flying bc he’s mentioned he doesn’t give a shit to fly if it’s to go somewhere he likes but he hates doing it for mtv lmao

If only there was some kind of website that would answer all the existential questions I have that keep me up at night

You know I used to think "tumblr's absolute refusal to actually engage with the Trolley Problem in favor of insisting that there must be a third, morally pure option that doesn't require them to make a hard decision and anyone who asks them to make a binary choice is just a short-sighted idiot is really fucking annoying, but I guess it's not actually doing any harm".

Anyway that was before we asked tumblr at large to decide between "guy aiding a genocide but making progress elsewhere" and "guy who would actively and enthusiastically participate in a genocide and would also make everything else much, much worse for everyone elsewhere" and the response was that there must be a third, morally pure option that doesn't require them to make a hard decision and that anyone who asks them to make a binary choice is a short-sighted idiot.

LOOK I JUST REALLY ENJOY THEIR FRIENDSHIP OK?? You can't tell me they wouldn't hang after their respective personal quests (spawn ending ofc)/emotional breakdowns over their own mortality

EDIT: I forgot to watermark these so now more than ever PLEASE don't repost

A h-heartfelt reunion..?

Bonus

When Senshi was young in the dungeon the majority of the adults he were with ostracized him. All except Gillin, who died to make sure Senshi had something to eat: unseasoned boiled meat that may or may not have been one of their comrades.

It really puts into perspective why he was so nurturing towards Chilchuck. When Chil reveals he’s 28 to the party, Senshi responds by telling him that he thought he was older. Senshi was in his 30s when he and his comrades got trapped in the dungeon, so it’s safe to assume that he thought Chil was at a similar age.

He met a young boy who was, from his perspective, forced to do dangerous work in the dungeon just like he was, and so, Senshi made an effort to look after Chilchuck in the same way Gillin looked after him.

Mind you, when Senshi was young in the dungeon he had to starve for weeks, eat the horse he loved, and finish it off spending the next i don’t know how many years wondering if he committed cannibalism.

Senshi understands first hand the value of nutrition and proper eating, so when he’s with the party he makes an effort to make sure they’re all eating a full and balanced diet. Not only that, but Senshi INVOLVES them in the process of getting food to eat, always preparing it in front of them and narrating every ingredient in the process so that there’s no doubt about what they’re eating.

when we’re done with our overwhelming grief we’ll eat i guess

"content creator" is a corporate word.

we are artists.

To illustrate this post by @mayahawkse I would like to visualize to you the difference:

A post in 2023:

A post in 2014:

A zoom out of the same post:

This is what a community looks like.

See how in 2023 almost all of the reblogs come from the OP, from their few hours/days in the tag search. Meanwhile in 2014 the % of reblogs from OP is insignificant, because most of the reblogs come from the reblogs within the fandom, within the micro-communities formed there. You didn't need to rely on tags, or search, or being featured. Because the community took care of you, made sure to pass the work between themselves and onto their blog and exposed their followers to it. It kept works alive for years.

It's not JUST the reblog/like ratio that causing this issue, it's the type of interaction people have. They're content with scrolling and liking the search engine, instead of actually having a reblogging relationship with other blogs in their community.

Anyways, if you want to see more content you like, the only true way to make it happen is to reblog it. Likes do not forward content in no way but making OP feel nice. Reblogs on the other hand make content eternal. They make it relevant, they make it exist outside of a fickle tumblr search that hardly works on the best of days.

If you want more of something, reblog it.

letting celebrities think they can and should "use their platform" to speak on all current events and political issues regardless of how educated they are on them was a grave mistake

Listen, you should never film strangers in public without their consent, but I swear there need to be fines or something for people who do that shit in some spaces. For example: I had to go to the ER last night, and some jerk filmed a woman who just came in and was clearly having an asthma attack. She immediately got to go back, and he was unhappy about that. Believe me, I get that it sucks having to wait when you're in pain, but you don't get to pick who deserves care when. The medical system in the US is a nightmare, and the ER could be the worst moment of someone's life. No one deserves to be recorded because some jack ass believes someone doesn't look like they need care.

This is fine to reblog. People who film strangers should be shamed if nothing else.

Oh. God.

karlach and the benefits of having a sorcerer gf