#antis says the darnedest things
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Why do antis think that closeted people don't exist? I noticed that the ones who argue that Harry and Louis are straight also think that everyone else is straight. Is it because that by acknowledging there are closeted people they are acknowledging that Harry and Louis could be closeted and that is a threat to their het fantasies so they pretend closeted people don't exist. I'd also like to mention to your anon that Billie said she was straight many times and is now out as queer, and Kit also previously said he was straight.... like many now out queer people, so wow...... celebrities can lie just like everyone else. Shocker.
Hi, anon!
I think it's a combination of them wanting their idol to live up to their het fantasies, not believing they would lie to their fans and a heavy portion of gaslighting. If they're gay they won't marry or sleep with you, have babies with you and a white picket fence. They need them to be straight for selfish reasons. Or they're just down right homophobic, but i think that's rarely the main reason why.
It's also about your idol lying to you. He said he's straight so we must believe him, because my idol wouldn't lie to me. He loves his fans. I can't be a fan of someone who led me astray and made me believe we could get married. He sang songs about loving women. I belived his emotional delivery.
And they're gaslighted by the artist in combination with the media. The media tells you what you're supposed to see. "Harry Styles looks loved up on romantic bike ride", "Shawn Mendes looks smitten as he tanned on the beach with his new flame". They might actually look dead on their feet and annoyed and people will gush over them.
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I’m not the one who “cute uwu yaoi-fied bottom soft kawaii gay person”-ed him. He just looks like that.
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i think forrest gump only made so much money because of the track list
#and buying a movie ticket was cheaper than buying an album from every artist in the movie#or some shit#like i know its a zemeckis movie with tom hanks and other big 90s stars so there was Star Power™ that also lead to its success#im just saying that whenever i watch it i have a hard time 'getting it'#like. there's just a lot of 90s shit in it that's hard to swallow as someone in 2024 who didn't grow up watching it y'know?#like the whole movie being tom hanks faking a disbaled accent and playing a Manic Pixie Disabled Man#who's just sooo dang cute and says the darnedest things 🙄#or like. the film's weird treatment of black people. esp the black panthers#i know the anti-communist stuff is supposed to be tongue-in-cheek (at least it was in the book)#but the whole vietnam chunk of the film leaves a bad taste in my mouth#and overall while the visuals are decent i can't stand the writing#i can't put a finger on way it just. sucks lol#idk im running out of tags. but while i know this movie was trying to say something sweet and thoughtful and poignant#about the recent history and the politics of this country through the life story of this sweet disabled man#about the little people in our big world and all its Big Events. or some shit#i just think it sucks and isn't a very good movie#mickey.txt
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THE MAGNUS PROTOCOL. oh my GOD, the magnus protocol. (marginal spoilers up ahead for the tmp trailer + arg)
….i have a theory. its based on other possibly improbable theories but please indulge me as i connect the dots nobody else can see with red string and declare it a masterpiece.
WHAT IF…. something was trapped in the database? yes this is absolutely inspired by the theories bouncing around saying J.01 + M.01 are jon and martin- and possible J.02 is jonah. yes im going insane about it. yes i am distraught. BUT- what if its not just our silly little jarchivist and martin ‘knife crime’ blackwood trapped in the O.I.A.R. database? what if theres something that the O.I.A.R. takes ‘incident reports’ of to contain (and perhaps categorise) in encrypted files or the like in an attempt to rid the world of this something for good?
what if they had figured out a way to trap… the fears themselves in the database?
okokokok hear me out- it sounds insane but i promise i can provide evidence that proves with sufficient certainty that theres definitely SOMETHING (or someone) trapped in there. as to what that something is- i cant prove that for sure but i can absolutely try my darnedest! and whatever you choose to believe is up to you.
PROOF #1: THE ARG EMAILS
1. in the tmp arg, there was a small message at the end of every email. it read as follows: ‘In accordance with governmental guidelines we encourage you to consider the environmental impact before printing this email.’ All in all, this doesn’t seem too suspicious, right? Probably just rusty quill trying to be eco-friendly, right? right??
2. but that’s not all. in the middle of the environmental impact text in the first email sent, there is a section of random german text. it reads: ‘[NichtdurchkommenlassenEsistwichtigdasswirdieKontrollebehalten 🜶]’. this translates to: ‘Do not let (pronoun missing on purpose) come through. It is important that we remain in control 🜶’. Pairing the two makes it definitely seem like theres a reason for the O.I.A.R. to not want people printing things off of the internet that is absolutely connected to making sure certain things contained on internet in some way do not escape…
PROOF #2: THE TMP TRAILER
now that the arg has been solved, we now all have access to the tmp official trailer. i could rant about the contents of this trailer alone for HOURS but right now i just want to focus on a few specific details i noticed.
1. the epa pollution preventer. when the program is initiating, up in the top right corner there’s a logo for some company advertising anti-pollution… something. im mentioning this as this only furthers the strange obsession the O.I.A.R. has with protecting the environment, this incessant need to keep everything digital.
(SIDE NOTE: i have two other theories as to where this environmental obsession stems from:
1. paranoia from the archives burning down in this universe calls for the usage of any flammable items to record important data is STRICTLY forbidden!
2. the extinction has become the leading fear in this universe, prompting this very interesting concern for keeping eco-friendly.
these theories are enticing and i would love to expand on them later if i have the energy lol all these theories are rushing through my head and driving me even more insane.)
2. the files. THE FUCKING FILES!! yes, the ones that we are PRAYING contains our dearly beloved jon and martin (and probably jonah, but i doubt anyone else is as excited about that compared to the happy couple). this got me thinking- what if they trapped something ELSE in the files? something that maybe took the burning of the entire magnus institute, all those fears open and barely contained on paper, to contain digitally? something that maybe needs to be encrypted in files to keep it away, and to further contain it recordings of incident reports statements are made and also placed in the files archives? just saying. its a possibility.
PROOF #3: WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT JONNY
1. after listening to all the Q&As and extra content to recover from episode 200, i have LEARNT a few things. specifically, i know our good friend jonny sims loves creepypastas. fun fact- the actual s5 finale was itself inspired by creepypastas!
2. plus theres many episodes that do also have distinct creepypasta influences, one of which being mag 65: binary. this particular episode is about a fictional creepypasta/internet rumor about a man who placed himself and his sentience into a file on the internet that turns out to be true. internet horror stories often involved something trapped on the internet, interacting with users on the internet to attempt to escape or achieve whatever their goal may be. seems…. interesting. hmm. what if this sort of thing is influencing the podcast yet again? its a thought…..
IN CONCLUSION:
im insane. and-
#the magnus protocol#the magnus universe#the magnus protocol theories#the magnus pod#the magnus archives#the magnus institute#tma#tma theory#im going insane
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The spy x family au may be about political subterfuge and the interpersonal drama of a dangerous lot who at many points have to try and kill each other in a bunch of configurations, but also its about June becoming increasingly desperate to let her friends know that their kids have SUPERPOWERS and absolutely NONE of them taking it seriously bc they're too busy thinking that they're the best at being normal
Roxy straight up makes her veggies disappear into the void and June is desperately pointing at the plate going "???? You daughter just sent her veggies into the ether?????" meanwhile Rose has 100% missed it bc her boss slipped a secret code into that evening's newspaper that only she can decipher that says she has to take on an extra mission investigating a chocolate factory being a front for a Prospitian smuggling operation, while dressed as a theme park mascot, and Rose is now congratulating Roxy on finishing her least favorite food, my, isnt she just so mature?
Jake pulls a fully functional sonic screwdriver out of his toy chest bc he saw an episode of Doctor Who and hoped so hard that it was on Amazon that it just Was, for 19.99, and June points it out to Jade but Jade is the foremost nuclear scientist and just has no gauge for how much normal people know about space-time mechanics, so she just is going oh haha you know kids! They find the darnedest things online!! Wild that they're making these now huh? Then again, she's sure that the average person has a pretty alright basis of the quark phenomenon, so it makes sense! June is like what the fuck are you talking about and Jade is like wait do you not know about the paradox of atomic movement? And June's like why? Would I know that?? And Jade's like but everyone learns that dont they????
Dirk though. He's the worst offender. Because he hears June's thoughts about the superpower thing and waits until Dave leaves the room and then he looks June dead in the eye and repeats June's exact thoughts back to her. And then tells her that Dave will never believe her. And it all sounds very ominous but actually this is Dirk's version of a prank. And Dave doesn't believe her! Even as June is going "Dirk is LITERALLY REPEATING YOUR THOUGHTS," as Dirk repeats Dave's thoughts Dave is like oh haha isnt he smart? Kid's a natural at catching subliminals, which is good because of the propaganda. and June is like what and Dave is like what. And June's like you said it was because of the propaganda? And Dave's like whoa did I say that? sounds too fancy for my blood as hes like kicking the script to his latest anti-imperial dadaist SBAHJ fueled mockumentary-expose under the couch
At least June has Jane there to nudge her with a stick and ask about dinner when June inevitably sprawls over the floor at home in a defeated heap. That usually helps take her mind off things.
#homestuck#sxfstuck#june egbert#rose lalonde#jade harley#dave strider#roxy lalonde#jake english#dirk strider#jane crocker#part of why shes so desperate to show her friends their kids powers is bc then#then maybe she could talk about janes powers. and not have to worry about them wanting to use jane for their own weird missions and goals#but as is? she cant let any of them know that jane has powers too#or else it might put the kid in Even More jeopardy
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thanks for the quick reply. i first heard it from a guy clearly making an anti-geno comment and thought this was just another blame it on geno thing. but then i head it from a gal who stans geno, so i got confused, maybe i missed something. my impression has always been that geno loves rusty... problem being that sid loves rusty too 👨👨👦
people on the internet! they say the darnedest things! sometimes true, sometimes not, but we can all agree that rusty is the coveted linemate that sid and geno are fighting over all the time
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AFFECTIONATE AND AFFIRMING PROMPTS
@fukushn said: ❝ you have a beautiful mind and a wonderful soul, don’t ever let anyone make you think differently. ❞ Marusibs pls uvu
" Heh... Takuto, you always say the darnedest of things. " A smile tugs at her lips while her tired eyes show light once more hearing her brother talk. One of the few people in her life that matters to her talking with her... of course it makes her eyes seem to light up a bit.
" The same can be said for you y'know... you've always had a kind heart full of love to give. Me on the other hand... I've always been the anti-social letdown, the freakish kid who looks like she's a corpse walking. I may have a beautiful mind and soul but, this beautiful mind and soul is curses to walk around when it should've died at birth. I'm special for all the wrong reasons but yet.. you've never seen that. And I can't understand why. "
To her this isn't self-deprecation, no, it's just stating plain facts. Takuto has seen how badly she was outcasted and shunned by people in school. Sure it's different now because she's a grown woman and sure people may find her very attractive or to have good qualities but... she can't believe it from most. Not when she spent the majority of her youth being treated poorly. " But that's okay. Because.. well, it's you. And I know you mean it because it's not anyone else saying it. And even if I can't understand it... at least I can know you mean it. "
#fukushn#peace within the death╰┈➤ MARUKI MUKURO#heart to hearts ≪•◦ IC ◦•≫#( MARUSIBS MARUSIBS !!!! )
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It's hilarious how half the Rwby simps will say 'No, you don't understand! Ironwood's a classic example of how a good man can become evil!' and the other half will say 'No, you don't understand! Ironwood's a classic example of how an evil person can hide in plain sight for years!' Even the simps and bootlickers can't agree on the moral of his story
Honestly, I and other RWDE posters have consistently got contradictory 'explanations' for tons of stuff. And obviously, part of the reason for that is that RWBY fans - and even RWBY simps - do have different opinions and think different things and come to different conclusions just like RWDE posters do.
Of course, there are some big differences between RWDE posters and RWBY simps. Most IW fans aren't demanding that everyone else love him, whereas anti-IW people try to bully others into hating him. Most RWDE posters aren't demanding that everyone hate RWBY, or stop posting about liking it (although there are a couple exceptions,) but a lot of RWBY simps frequently demand that everyone like RWBY or at the very least stop posting about why they have problems with it. But that's not quite the point.
RWBY simps have lots of different ideas, but it is funny to post or to see other people post criticism of RWBY, and then to see multiple people in the comments tell us "this is the obvious solution to that so it isn't a flaw" while all of them are presenting different solutions. For instance, the Penny problem! Many people were complaining that Penny getting a flesh body didn't make sense, and had both people saying that obviously Penny's soul had just conjured up her own flesh body by using its aura, and people saying that obviously Ambrosius had made her a body because he was preventing himself from killing. In both cases, the RWDE posters complaining about the problem were mocked and treated like they were stupid or lying for not believing the 'obvious' conclusion that others had drawn.
For another example, Yang not being shown telling anyone about Raven being the Spring Maiden. People were complaining that Yang being furious at Ozpin for keeping information secret while she herself had yet to tell anyone about Raven was hypocritical, and they had both people telling them that obviously Yang had already told everyone about Raven off screen, and people saying that obviously Yang would tell them later when it comes up again, and also people saying that obviously the Raven information didn't really matter anymore because it'd never come up again so it was unfair to say Yang had done something when said thing would never matter to the plot now.
And then obviously, with Ironwood, we got loads of completely contradictory 'explanations.'
"Ironwood losing his arm was a sign of his lost humanity not because of the arm itself, but because he was impatient and had it removed unnecessarily," "Ironwood losing his arm was a sign of his lost humanity not because of the arm itself, but because Ironwood was internally ableist and saw having prosthetics as a bad thing," "Ironwood losing his arm was a sign of his lost humanity not because of the arm itself, but because Ironwood didn't care about losing his arm, proving that he's heartless," "Ironwood losing his arm was a sign of his lost humanity not because of the arm itself, but because it represented Ironwood embracing/relying on mechanics and robotics." (Side note, I'll never get over the ableism in some of the replies there that I and others have got, and the constant attempts to justify the ableist comment the writers made.)
Of course, none of the people demanding that RWDE posters believe their headcanons ever demand that other Anti-IW people with different headcanons believe them, or call them stupid for not having come to that same conclusion. Because it's not actually even about people agreeing with them on how, it's just that they want everyone to believe the narrative of the show. So it doesn't matter to them if someone comes to the conclusion "Ironwood was always a villain and he was only ever lying when he did anything good in order to manipulate people into following them," or "Ironwood's fall makes sense because of the emotional and physical exhaustion he was going through," even if they're yelling at and berating others for not believing "Ironwood's fall to villainy was about him becoming power hungry over time and turning into a dictator even though he started the show as a good person." Any theory is fine, so long as it's Anti-IW, because if it isn't, then you're clearly saying the show isn't perfect and are therefore point blank wrong (even if their only 'explanations' are based in headcanons.)
But what's even funnier are the people who either change their 'explanations' mid debate, or contradict themselves mid-sentence!
"Ruby is different from Oz because she only lied to James because she didn't know if she could trust him, and once he proved himself and she was on board with him, she let him in. Ruby knew from the start that there was something shifty going on and never really agreed with him, she was only working with him out of necessity and didn't want to write him off right away, she was showing she trusted him by working with him, but he wasn't trusting her back."
"Ironwood was over-emotional and over reacted, so how were Ruby and the others supposed to trust that he'd do the right thing? Ironwood relied way too much on his mind and was blocking out his emotions, which you can see contrasted in characters like Ruby, Nora, and Robyn. And he's clearly way too compromised to be in charge in the first place, I mean, he's so affected by his fear that he's letting it control him, that's why Ruby needed to take charge."
"I think it was actually really heroic of Ruby to denounce Ironwood because she had seen he was already acting like a dictator, I mean did you miss that he had soldiers in Mantle, and was clearly trying to enforce things like a curfew? I don't know how anyone can believe Ironwood was good in volume seven, what with how he wasn't doing enough to protect the people of Mantle and keep them safe from the Grimm. And on top of that, he wasn't getting global communications restored fast enough, which proves he doesn't care about uniting the world like Ruby does."
Like, guys... It's actually really funny. Ironwood can't do anything right for RWBY simps, they'll try their very darnedest to convince people that everything he did was the wrong thing and that everything that Ruby and her team did was the right thing, even if they're literally contradicting themselves. And tbh, these conversations can end one of two ways. The nicer conversations will end with a 'well, agree to disagree' or a 'well, I can't see your point and you probably can't see mine.' I've both gotten and given these statements, and I'm actually fairly happy with them, because it's at least peaceful (this is most common with people who are just fans, rather than simps.) The meaner RWBY simps will leave with 'well, you're just stupid,' or 'well, you're just stubborn,' or 'well, you're just too busy simping for Ironwood to listen to reason.' And the meanest ones will send hate anons! I've only gotten a few, but others experience literal harassments, like regularly receiving anons from people who are attacking them for criticizing RWBY or liking Ironwood. RWBY simps, just like Ruby herself, will consider anyone the enemy if they don't agree with her and don't want her to be able to do what she wants with no arguments.
They rarely ever admit they're wrong about anything, even when their contradictions are pointed out to them. Luckily, I haven't gotten many comments from RWBY simps lately. I think I've blocked most of them that are regular posters these days, but I still see them on other people's posts sometimes, and it's always fun to see the comment sections of other RWDE posters, and see them responding to someone that I can't see lol. I'm always like "Oh, I must've blocked that one! Sounds like they're saying some trippy stuff."
#rwde#anti rwby#rwby hate#rwby bashing#pro ironwood#pro general ironwood#pro IW#anti fndm#dadmiral ironwood#general dadmiral
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As an an YH/SR anti, I need to say that I ONLY have problem with the ship, the anime, and the ones behind the production of this non-canon abomination. I don't have problem with shippers who mainly kept to themselves (and I can ignore even the most obnoxious one as long as they aren't causing anyone harm) so they mainly aren't part of conversation (unless they invite themselves in). That being said, I don't condone any form of harrassment towards shippers (even if they are harasser themselves) and I won't hesitate to call anyone who cross the line out, given the chance.
I also want to ask for basic courtesy to blur shippers' name everytime you take screenshot of whatever they say on the internet because I am honestly not a fan of that behavior.
I know shippers do the darnedest things too and while I comment here and there about it once in blue moon it's mainly shippers job to take care of the rotten parts of their own.
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Rp where Leon’s so done with the world’s shit.
So as an alternative to the last idea where he breaks down, he instead throws in the towel and just disappears after a mission debrief. Just disappears completely off the grid.
At his apartment everything is neat and in order, it looks like a showroom with only his phone and his gun neatly laid out on the coffee table along with his work laptop and a sticky note that just says ‘I’m sorry’. For whom the note is intended or what he’s sorry for isn’t clear. His accounts have been emptied, his Mustang still in the garage.
Besides that, he’s just gone, like he was never there. A ghost the way the government had intended.
Years later after fruitless searches, there’s a collaborative event in Thailand (probably in Bangkok) between the various anti-bioterror organisations and afterwards they’re permitted to spend a few days there before returning to their various places of origin.
One (or more) person(s) winds up along the coast, passes a group of kids local and foreign playing with sticks and you know how kids say the darnedest things?
In stitled english, one of them says ‘I’m gonna be the American who moves like water!’, points in a direction off down the beach and starts awkwardly trying to replicate some kind of series of quarterstaff moves.
Intriguing, no?
There, a ways down the beach enough to be separate from the local settlement and the tourist resort on the other side of it, a cabin, set back on the edge of the beach and raised off the sand in case of high waters. And a man outside it, doing quarterstaff forms in the sand.
On approach, it seems the man doesn’t notice, intent on his exercise. As they approach, mouth opening to confirm the man’s identity, suddenly their feet are taken from under them, a sandy foot pressed to their chest to keep them down and the end of the quarterstaff at their throat.
#wishlist#leon disappears#intends to just let the world burn#sooo i'm actually really hung up on this idea#like i have a mighty need#someone write with me
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Innocence Reserve
I don't know when I noticed that the culture had been filled with veterans - not necessarily of the military kind, although the word always carries something of that connotation. News stories might mention veteran bankers, veteran lobbyists, there are veteran reporters and veteran bloggers, you can go listen to talks by a veteran game designer. The word "veteran" in this context seems to imply not just experience, or longevity, but a certain kind of experience, a world-weariness. The veteran tag carries the suggestion of having dealt with the uglier parts of an industry, the backroom politicking and desperate fixes that might not ever be officially acknowledged. It made me think of the line used by the film critic Vern as shorthand for all those melodramatic revelations in recent action films, that mutants are real, or vampires are real, or transformers are real and they secretly fight the vampires at night - "your world is just a sugar-coated topping...."
The funny thing about these movies is that the protagonists nearly always end up fighting to leave the topping intact: to make sure the general public remains blissfully ignorant of the real world beneath the surface of the everyday. The protagonist encounters the secret knowledge and then fights to prevent the burden of this knowledge being passed on to others. If the classical action narrative is that of public violence in the service of maintaining private innocence, the postmodern action narrative is that of private violence in the service of maintaining public innocence. As a recent american political candidate (and, yes, veteran) has remarked, he personally carried an assault rifle "over there" so he would not have to carry one "over here".
The anti-veteran is not the rookie, but the civilian - the person who isn't even aware of the continuum of knowledge of which the veteran stands at the top. If the veteran is defined by knowledge and expertise, the civilian must be correspondingly defined by ignorance and ineptitude. They are figures of contempt, pity. But as the veteran is now also defined as an ambivalent attitude to that knowledge and expertise, the civilian becomes an object of yearning, a state of innocence. Old man action movies and dadified videogames tend to involve reluctant but extremely capable professionals who put their skills to use for the purpose of keeping some innocent other out of the cycle of violence that they themselves are trapped in. The value of non-expertise can be accepted and celebrated, but only after the value of expertise can be demonstrated yet again. The civilian here has nothing to do but offer their respect and benediction towards the sacrifice of the veteran: the essential passivity of this role is reflected by the fact it tends to be played by a child.
I think of this, watching gamedev documentaries, reading postmortems, where the emotional payoff comes frequently in the "cut to child" - where all the tribulations of the developer, the second mortgage, the 80 hour weeks, the ergot poisoning from eating nothing but pot noodles for the past four years, are redeemed when we finally see the finished work played by a smiling and appreciative moppet. And, yes, it is heartwarming - but as filmed, or photographed, there's no room for ambivalence in a child's response. We don’t watch for it – the child is not an individual creature, here, but the stand-in for a general condition of childhood, defined socially in part as “an ability to take pleasure in videogames”. When I last wrote about dad action games I felt they reflected a lack of this ability, a deep exhaustion with the format coupled with an inability to break away from it. The characters are tired of doing this shit, the players are tired of doing this shit, the developers are most certainly tired of doing this shit - but here we go again, with the vague hope that this indefinite, looping deferral of meaning or consequence will basically run itself out. And if not, the unblemished victims of one game can be converted into the haunted, compromised veterans of the inevitable sequel.
What does it mean to reframe public life as a kind of innocence reserve? No longer a place of discussion, argument, violence, history, but a frozen Main Street USA, a vision of the right life accessible to the lucky in brief trips before they go back to the private grind that constitutes their ticket of admission – something that both absolves and basically justifies the horrible conditions around it, and is defended all the more zealously for that reason. Our existing moppet reserves may not be adequate. One of the more jarring political features of recent years is seeing real kids – school shooting survivors, those growing up under climate change – taking up explicitly political positions, as their own experiences diverge ever more wildly from the state of undifferentiated innocence our bold private-industry veterans have supposedly been fighting to protect. What is the game developer without the player, what is the designer without the end user, what is the policeman without the innocent, what is the soldier without the folks at home?
Well, perhaps automation holds the answer. The task of performing a loveable naivete is increasingly outsourced to artificial intelligence systems anyway, either real or mimed (as with the briefly popular “neural network composes seinfeld script” type comedy format). Robots say the darnedest things, they compose funny pictures, they latch onto words taken out of context and reuse them in humourous ways etcetera. What if a robot learned about Star Wars? What if a robot played Mario 1-1? The possibilities are endless and delightful. The ceremony of innocence can be preserved for another generation – and another generation of “veterans“ will get the satisfaction of simultaneously pitying, celebrating and absolving themselves for the empty work they define themselves around by churning out a public culture of sacrificial kitsch.
(image sources: Breath Of Fire, Captain Commando, Crime City)
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H & L have power in this. They can refuse to release music. They have enough money to get lawyers and slip out of that contract. They are as much responsible as anyone enforcing this. And don’t tell me I can’t speak if “I don’t fully know what’s going on” because larries have been pointing the blame at whoever the fuck they want for years, y’all just have an issue when it makes larries look bad.
Hi, anon!
I will never tell anybody that they can't speak on an issue even if they don't have all the information. People form opinions and beliefs and make decisions with little or no information all the time. We might have different information or different ways of interpreting the information, and that will lead to different opinions and beliefs. You can believe whatever you want and i'm free to disagree with you. You're also allowed to disagree with me.
If you feel like H and L got options they're not exploring to end this, or there are actions that H and L can take to help this situation, but they're not doing it for some reason or other, then you're free to believe that. From what i've seen or learned about them and their situation through the years i've come to learn that they are between a rock and a hard place and they're trying to not make things worse, while resisting when they can. It's that god damn evil contract and Sony's absolute hatred of their relationship that's gotten them in this situation. They refuse to break up though, they'd both be miserable and all they've fought for over these years would be for nothing.
I can only speak for myself. I try to place the blame where it's deserved. The issue is that nobody involved here is all good and blameless, or all bad and evil. It's not black and white, so don't try to make it so. I've explained why Louis ending his career won't make any difference in regards to bg. Harry can't end his career because he's under contract with Sony. They'd sue him for all he's worth and then some if he refused to release music and Sony would win and he'd have to release it anyway. Other artists have tried that before. Sony could also retaliate by making another bg or creating a engagement narrative. If you think bg is bad, it probably could be a lot worse. They own both H and L's asses.
Also, Sony/Syco was smart when drawing up H and L's initial contracts (i've talked about all this before). It states that they have to pick their lawyers out of a goup chosen by Sony/Syco. We know all this from the leaked txf contract. So it was not a free choice. L is still with the same lawyer to this day and that leads me to believe he can't seek outside council without being in breach of contract or something. Or maybe i'm wrong and they've tried but found no way out. Best case scenario is that they've been building a case for years and it's about to blow up. I very much doubt that.
#i don't understand what you mean by that last part of your ask#i've had an issue with bg from day one#so has every larrie i know#antis says the darnedest things#babygate for ts
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Rant mode on: Heroes, Fluff, and Good Guys
ARE SO MOTHERFUCKING BORING.
I don’t hate heroes per se, but chances are good that if an appealing villain is nearby, I’m going to be basically ignoring them. Not in the case of, say, a Deadpool, of course, but while I may be able to appreciate the visual loveliness and lively humor of Thor, I’ll always want to see more of Loki.
Villains are just better. I don’t know any other way to put it. The only time a hero is anywhere near as interesting as a villain is if they’re morally grey or start off in a baddish place and have a face-turn. Tony Stark, basically. Also helps if there’s no good villains around, which again, usually Tony Stark. His best villain was in his first movie but Obadiah Stane was STILL too one-dimensional despite Jeff Bridges doing his darnedest and anyway now he’s dead. ‘
I don’t like or read fluff unless it’s unusually well-written. I don’t give a shit about Loki owning a coffee bar where Thor works at or Tony getting the flu so Steve Rogers has to nurse him back to health. I don’t read things that make characters I think I know suddenly act like somebody from a Korean romantic drama. OOC love-smitten villains are especially the WORST. So. Much. Dislike.
So it grinds my gears when people get upset that OH MY GOSH that guy who acts and walks and talks like a villainous duck actually turns out to be one. No, Lotor is not suddenly a great guy who just wants peace and love. No, David Haller is not just a sweet little cinnamon roll who has no emotional damage or mental turmoil brewing behind those big blue eyes. Loki is always gonna be a self-obsessed, bitter, opportunistic prick, even if he does secretly love his brother and crave everyone’s praise. I don’t care if he’s hot and you like him, Light was still a meglomaniacal psychopath and he was WRONG. Ok I’m starting to digress here.
The fact that a villain can either a) very effectively fake being a likable, charismatic, and decent human being for a while or b) be not only evil all the time is what MAKES THEM INTERESTING. Heroes usually can’t pull off those tricks, not unless they’re anti-heroic anyway. And just because a villain is morally grey-to-black it doesn’t make them unlikable. I think many people have trouble with that concept. It’s too hard for them to detach themselves and look at things from a storytelling standpoint. Heroes-turned-villains are intriguing, as are villains-turned-heroes (unless the character gets softened to the point that they become a lame shadow of their former self. So Spike, basically). Straight up good guys can rarely switch moral alliances as easily as a villain can.
There’s almost always lots of hints that an “iffy” character who seems like a decent person for a while isn’t gonna stay that way (exception that proves the rule: Prince Hans from Frozen). If Lotor hunts down Allura like a dog in one season, be suspicious when he’s giving her flowers and shit a couple of seasons later. When various characters refer to a sympathetic protagonist as a “world-killer/breaker”, take that as a hint that a heel-turn is likely in the offing.
Will they permanently switch to black? Depends, but if they’ve been given some “human” moments, most likely no. They’ll get a chance at redemption, sadly often right before they eat it and croak. Because we don’t like people who do morally reprehensible things to survive, even if they have a change of heart. We’re all so fuckin judgey with fictional characters.
This is why Game of Thrones is so refreshing for everyone. The Hound is just fucking awful for most of it and he kills children, gets rapey with Sansa, etc. for the longest time. Then he finds God (well basically he realizes he’s not a monster like his brother and that he actually possesses a conscience) and now we fuckin love him because he’s still a grumpy, sass-master killing machine, but he’s OUR grumpy, sass-master killing machine.
I always will like Lotor and Loki and Spike several hundred times more than their more acceptable and clean counterparts. I’m just built that way. I’ve been crushing on villains since I was like fuckin’ five. I just wish more people could accept a great character as a great character, despite what fictional shit they do. I know that when David becomes Legion it’s not, like, the end of our lovable character forever. David is still inside Legion, just like Legion was always inside David. He still loves Syd and, yes, she still loves him, even if she can’t be with him. It doesn’t matter who screwed over who for what reason.
Sorry if I’m offending anyone. It’s just been a lot of angry bullshit online lately. I’m tired of it; I’ve had it, offic-ially. The rape apologists and fictional girlfriend haters and morality witch-hunters are just wearing on me.
#legion fx#david haller#spike#loki#lotor#SAVE THE TRASH PRINCES#LET VILLAINS BE VILLAINOUS#mcu#the avengers#marvel#voltron#buffy the vampire slayer
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Progressives say the darnedest things!
A followup to Part #1
“Just give us some free food and beer and we can end this now. You don’t want 600 people to come here and destroy your business and burn it down. The cops are on our side. You notice that when you call them, nothing happens to us.” — Devonere A. Johnson, the “Black Jesus.” (According to the criminal charge.) [Nice little place ya got here; too bad something should happen to it.]
“I have asked for Devonere Johnson, also known as Yeshua Musa’s, initial appearance before a judge to be expedited so he can be released on bail. I recognize that we need better options to de-escalate situations and offer restorative justice in our community.” — Soon to be recalled Mayor Satya Rhodes Conway (Progressive Dane) on the mayor’s official city website.
“As to the situation at Cooper’s Tavern, the police should have just explained to Devonere Johnson that there is no First Amendment in a private restaurant, and told him no more bats and bullhorn use in Cooper’s. They shouldn’t have even given him a ticket. … Yes, he technically broke the law, but it has to be judged in the current context and what the impact of arresting him would be for the safety of the overall community.” — Madison Ald Tag Evers (Progressive Dane) approvingly quoting an attorney friend.
“Remember when Sheriff Mahoney took a knee .. that shit was funny. … If this M-F* * *-er rally make you uncomfortable and we yell in your face to make you say Black Lives Matter. … Let’s move. Let’s go fuck some shit up.” — Sire Gq (aka Marquan Clark) “a person of interest” through a bullhorn in front of Cooper’s Tavern 06-22-2020. [Now that is some funny s * * *.]
Carpenter was unfortunately attacked after continuing to film against the protesters’ will. … As the night went on, two statues fell.— Rena Yehuda Newman – described as “a recent History graduate of UW-Madison.” [Because, gravity.]
“Stop looking for excuses to delegitimize the movement and start looking for ways to make the movement move. Unless you’re out in the streets *with us*, I do not want to hear your criticism of protesters’ behavior. You were not there. You did not show up for us when we needed you most.” — Andi Janeway. [Expect a visit if we do hear your criticism.]
“Very disappointed to see what happened to my friend Sen. Tim Carpenter … individuals can’t be reduced to collateral damage, especially those on the proper side.” — Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes. [Yes, a real shame.]
“Hey David, shouldn’t your racist ass be losing a local election? Or making yourself look like white trash scum on TV? That’s what you’re good at, so its interesting seeing your cowardly ass offer any brain dead chickenshit thoughts on something important. Interesting as in pathetic and stupid, not actually interesting. Be careful if you ever work up the courage to come downtown again.” — [email protected]. IP #172.220.7.81 [Any time, any place.]
“Just because he was anti-slavery doesn’t mean he was pro-Black.” — University of Wisconsin student demanding statue of Abraham Lincoln be removed. [Maybe Al Sharpton?]
“I use ‘Forward’ in my UW-Madison classes to help students grasp how celebrations of conquest and white male domination became embedded within the daily fabric of American life.” — UW-Madison professor Walter C. Stern, justifying toppling the Miss Forward statue, a representation of strong women leaders. [Proctor of the UW School of Terrorism]
“The reality is Madison is the capital city of the most racist state in the nation.” — Ald. Tag Evers in a blog to his Vilas/Monroe Street constituency.
“While KG and Gregg have been released temporarily, Yeshua remains incarcerated. All three face severe, lifelong charges invented by a white supremacist police department to shut down resistance.” — Party for Socialism & Liberation, Madison.
Blaska’s Bottom Line: Fret not, the BLM crazies and their supporters at Progressive Dane are writing Part #3 as we speak.
What’s YOUR favorite knee slapper?
Quotes from the battlefront #2 Progressives say the darnedest things! A followup to Part #1 “Just give us some free food and beer and we can end this now.
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Good to know! Actor Mark Ruffalo stands ‘in solidarity’ with Marc Lamont Hill against ‘the Jewish establishment’
And on today’s episode of “Lefty Celebs Say the Darnedest Things,” Mark Ruffalo is using his pull to gin up support for anti-Semitic professor and ex-CNN commentator Marc Lamont Hill:
Criticizing the actions of Israel is not anti-semitism. Since when is advocating for human rights a fireable offense? Join us in standing in solidarity with Dr. @MarcLamontHill: https://t.co/5Sd3b1qdBK
— Mark…
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4, 5, 9, 10, and 11!!!
Hey Kelly! Hope you’re doing well and thanks for the ask! I think because I haven’t mention either in a while, I’ll answer on behalf of Aaron from The Island and Lucifer from Come Hell or High Water.
4. Do they like cuddling?
Aaron: Yes! Not other humans though because he gets nervous and becomes a sweaty mess. In one of the first few chapters, he cuddles with his beagle, Bagel.
Lucifer: Unless that cuddling leads to something a little more R-rated, it’s a no for him.
5. Do they have a secret handshake with anyone?
Aaron: In all honesty, Aaron and his best friend, Kat, should have a secret handshake. It might just be a-not-mentioned-in-books-but-still-canon thing. Along the same vein, they have a “secret” form of communication. They used to pass notes to each other in high school whenever Kat got her phone taken up. The notes were written in Morse code which is basically various lengths of dashes and dots to convey a message. They’d write the notes in Morse code so that no one could read them. This is the method Kat uses to reach Aaron on the Island and it gives him serious leverage over Wolfe, the antagonist/anti-hero of the story.
Lucifer: Nope. Lucy doesn’t believe in keeping secrets of any sorts. Feed your demons. Let them out. Tell your wife her cooking sucks.
9. Do they have an artistic talent?
Aaron: It’s something that should probably expanded on in later drafts, but Aaron can draw. Nothing too intricate, but a little more artsy than stick figures. He drew Calypso a map of the U.S. and explained to her the major cities, what some states is known for, etc.
Lucifer: He would say yes but if you click the link above, he is clearly not. He is mediocre at piano and that’s being generous. He can’t play string instruments but he insists on it. It’s not even like he’s practicing because he’s had all eternity to learn if really wanted. He just does it to be annoying. He is not half bad at the saxophone since jazz is his favorite genre.
10. What is their favorite room to be in, in the house they live in?
Aaron: Aaron doesn’t have a favorite room in the house. His favorite room is outside, where his parents and sister aren’t pressuring him to pursue a political career.
Lucifer: His throne room, definitely. It has a nice view of Hell and all its lovely residents having the time of their lives. Sarcasm intended. He has plans to convert the throne into the Game of Thrones one and he’d also like a bust of himself if possible.
11. Do they believe in luck?
Aaron: Hard to say because poor guy is extremely unlucky. I think he believes life has its ups and downs but if you see those downs as mere inconveniences, you might be lucky.
Lucifer: Absolutely...not. Silly humans make up the darnedest things to explain simple coincidences.
So those are my children and their responses. Feel free to send in more asks but other than that, thanks for reading!
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