"Licking the sand" was a euphemism for doing the dirty work/something no one else wanted to do. I said, "Well, someone had to lick the sand," as I was murdering my boss.

my gift for @amaranthinecanicular for the mcythorrorgiftexchange! Part of it, I guess. The bulk of it is the fic

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MONKEY MAN 2024, dir. Dev Patel

tbh i think my biggest problem with "batman not killing the joker makes him responsible for his crimes" is that batman isn't the only person choosing not to kill the joker-- so here's a quick list of people who could easily kill the joker but don't:

the u.s. government. the death penalty may be illegal in new jersey, but the joker has crossed state borders to commit his crimes, which makes it federal baby, and you can 100% get the death penalty at a federal level.

every single gcpd officer. they interact with him constantly, and even have him in custody sometimes; they could literally just shoot him. it would not be hard. also, they wouldn't get in any trouble; cops get a slap on the wrist for killing innocent people, if one killed the joker they'd be lauded as a hero for the rest of their life.

arkham staff. they supply him with food and care, and it would be really easy to poison him or even shoot/stab him and then claim it as self defense.

every other superhero. they are all equally as capable of killing him as batman is.

literally every civilian. they could just buy a gun and then go kill him. he's smart but he's also just like... a guy.

dc editorial. the real reason no one has killed the joker yet is because he's a popular character who makes a lot of money. why are we blaming batman for this he is a fictional character with no agency i am begging you to start acknowledging that comics are a collaborative medium that are written over decades by multiple people and are also made for money. please consider this and it's impact when analyzing comic characters.

and just for the record, i am pro-batman's no killing rule, anti-death penalty, and honestly think the best solution is dc figuring out how to de-escalate the joker's crimes so he's more on par with batman's other villains.

also batman is completely justified in stopping other people from killing the joker. murder is murder.

For the theme

(tw death mentions, grief)

Etho doesn't mind being tall, but he does wish he was a bit shorter sometimes. Being over 6 foot in an apocalypse really isn't as advantageous as the movies make it look.

Joel however, wishes he was taller. He knows how impractical it is, from being friends with Mumbo and... Whatever he is with Etho, but he still wants to be tall. He thinks people will take him seriously that way. They won't, but no one has the heart to tell him that.

The apocalypse isolated Joel. He didn't have time to find anyone to hide with him, except some ghosts, (Lizzie, Jimmy and Scott) but they started to mess with him and it made him question his sanity so he reluctantly kicked them out.

Etho had a group, but they all either died or got infected. They all knew Scar wouldn't last two days, but it still hurt to lose him.

Joel, in an attempt to not go insane, went outside.

Etho, trying to clear his mind, also went outside.

That was the first human interaction either of them had in ages. Months for Joel, a week for Etho.

Etho couldn't bear to go back inside alone, and stare at Scar's empty chair wishing it were him. Joel offered to take Etho back with him. It'd give them someone to talk to, and take Etho away from the place his son died.

It was only meant to be a friendly gesture, but it turned into something more.

They like to joke about how well they complement one another. Etho is able to see over objects, Joel is able to fit under them! But really, they've provided each other with something they desperately needed. A sense of understanding. They may not talk about their pasts often, but when they need to, they're there.

They know it can't be healthy, relying so much on each other, but hey. The world as they knew it has ended, being alive is about as healthy as they can hope to get.

Barry being drugged when Iris dies makes the whole thing more horrible actually. The way Eobard takes the opportunity when he’s disoriented to catch her alone so he can kill her without interference. The way he rushes to her side but collapses when he tries to lift her. The way he doesn’t realize she’s dead until long after, when he’s in the hospital. The way he nearly kills Bruce and Hal because he’s disoriented and grief stricken and out of his mind with the lingering effects of what must have been a truly insane amount of PCP. It’s all agonizing.

Dear Kat, I've been following you for some time and wanted to ask for your perspective on a subject that's been on my mind lately: euthanasia. (If you'd rather not answer this, you may delete it.)

I recently learned from the news that a woman from the Netherlands, Zoraya ter Beek, plans to die next month because she could no longer bear living with her mental pain. She was reported to be depressed, autistic, with borderline personality disorder. And as I dug deeper into it, I found even more stories of women like her seeking and obtaining assisted suicide. Over and over again, the testimony from the women and their families indicated that it was better if they died.

Needless to say, this was highly distressing to find out, as someone who is also autistic and has dealt with anxiety and depression off and on since I was 13. I've been bullied for the former even before I got my diagnosis and was fired twice in a row because of it. Now I'm seeking a career change and I'm running into the same fears. What if my current employer decides I'm not good enough no matter how hard I work, all because of this thing I can't change? Is this rejection going to follow me for the rest of my life, no matter where I go?

If I recall correctly, you're from the Netherlands, and you strongly believe in supporting bodily autonomy. Should the right to this autonomy include self harm, even suicide?

No, I am not in any current danger in that regard. I want very much to live and educate. My issue is that so many people like me are choosing to end their lives, and the people around them seem to be encouraging it.

I'm not from the Netherlands and euthanasia isn't legal where I live. That being said, I am highly critical of the countries which are implementing euthanasia programs for various disabled individuals while simultaneously cutting down on resources and programs which would allow said disabled people to live full lives while being disabled. I do not think the solution to disabled people suffering immensely in this society is euthanasia, and especially in places where there aren't adequate opportunities for disabled people to actually live full lives, I am actually very critical of offering euthanasia as a solution. Not because I want people who don't want to be here to be forced to suffer, but because it seems like making euthanasia avaliable frees governments and health care systems from making sure other options are actually accessible and adequate. So while ideologically I am in favor of people's right to bodily autonomy, even when used for self harm, I think legalizing and effectualizing euthanasia in this kind of society is very likely to be a slippery slope and an excuse not to invest in disabled people beyond allowing us the freedom to die.

Still can’t believe what happened….

RIP.

🕯️😢💔

(It was by ghosts. Tragic.)

The Walking Dead 6.03 — Thank You

aaron bushnell knew exactly what he was doing. he states his intentions with total lucidity and sense of purpose. he knows what he's about to do is extreme--he says so. he speaks calmly, but he's clearly terrified. he takes a deep breath after pouring the accelerant over himself. he has to psyche himself up to light the flame. he struggles with the lighter. he says "free palestine" normally once before he starts to scream it. even through his agony he manages to say it one last time before he stops being able to speak at all. this is a man with total conviction. he wanted to help people, in any way possible. this action was a moral one, and any news outlet painting this as simply a mental health issue is a disservice to his memory. he knew what he was doing when he burned himself in uniform. he knew that there was a chance that sacrificing his own life could go on to save many others. this was the ultimate act of selflessness, and it should be treated as such. may he rest in peace.

I went back in time to meet The Beatles and was so annoying I made John Lennon kill himself.

ideal ways for me to die

1. old age, peacefully in my sleep

2. after a long and illustrious career i am at a rooftop gala hosted in my honor. i am wearing a beautiful gown, holding a glass of red wine, standing by the railing. a scorned lover approaches and, after a passionate spat, they push me over the edge of the building. the wine glass goes flying, splattering their outfit in red as a visual metaphor for the blood on their hands. as i descend my gown flies around me like two beautiful wings, a bird in flight. a photographer on the street manages to take a photo before i hit the ground and that photo wins the pulitzer. a new york times think piece is released regarding whether or not it's moral to profit off a photo of someone's death. the think piece also wins a pulitzer.

3. sex accident.

i accidentally napped and had a dream (nightmare?) where a new update for stardew valley released where everything was the same except on a random day in year 3 Evelyn would just straight up die. There was a whole cutscene that started in her house where she collapsed, and then transitioned over to the hospital where Harvey gave George and Alex the worst news of their lives. However, they got to speak to her where she said something along the lines of "Yoba will protect me, and I am sure he will let me watch over you."

Alex and George would not talk to the player for more than a few words for a full season after this event. George would spend most of his time in the bedroom, so if you had less than 2 hearts with him, you could barely ever speak to him.

And Alex... oh my god, poor Alex. If you were married to him during this event, he just stayed in bed all day. Otherwise, if single, he would just stand on the beach most of the time, staring off into the ocean. If you tried to interact with him, it would just say "Alex is grieving... Better leave him be."

There was also other NPC dialogue like mayor Lewis saying "I haven't seen the community in this state of mourning since your grandfather passed..."

there was also a glitch where you could make Evelyn live forever and there were entire guides for the "immortal Evelyn glitch" that got patched out in the next update. If you tried to perform the glitch after the patch, mr. Qi would tell you that "hey, it happens to all of us. We can't prevent it, and neither can you, no matter how hard you try."

A murder has occurred

might be heaven and it might be hell

the fact that the report [ file available at the bottom of this page ] listing every person who has been killed in palestine since oct 7th is over 210 pages long is fucking insane. the first of the 88 names are from one family. after that, the following 72 are from one family. one family. i am asking you from the bottom of my heart, do not become desensitized to these numbers. 7,028 killed. 2,913 of them children. thousands missing under the rubble. do not ever let these numbers be anything but shocking and disturbing to you.