I'm just gonna put it out there because I know there's gonna be outright brainrot takes but if you are basing saving what's left of the world on a killing of a teenager (who is already deeply selfdestructive and suicidal), that's a giant red flag and I 100% would not want any of your shit…fuck yo terrorist ass.

Guess I have to reblog this again because I am already seeing the ten years old brainrot cropping up again. Ya'll learned the word 'agency' and have not shut up about it since without thinking shit through. Lemme tell you something, until you are of age parents make decisions for you whether they're good or bad. And that is what Joel is to Ellie. A fucking parent.

First person (besides Riley who doesn't count as she was a teenager herself) who actively gave a flying fuck about her and her alone, which says a lot considering it's a world in which it's basically each person for themselves.

And since some of ya'll like to yap about consent, it's interesting how it's always shoved aside that she is brought into the hospital unconscious and is kept like that all the way until they try to hack her brain open. So unless Fireflies are suddenly telepathic, she didn't give consent at any point.

Also, if anyone thinks a suicidal teen is in the right to consent to a lethal surgery regardless of which circumstances we're talking about, fictional or real ones, someone is very fucked up in the head and quite frankly scary.

Self-reblog because I just know there gonna be brainrot disk horse tomorrow evening after the finale comes out.

Random Worldbuilding Questions

a lot of people who shit on x reader could never write it even if they tried because it's genuinely very complex to write well narratively in a way i dont think shipfic with two pre-determined characters is not

the second person pov is very powerful in it's ability to evoke peoples emotions but it also has the complex problem of needing to be extra careful not to break the readers immersion so they get the full experience.

the experience of self-inserting is less about being yourself word for word but being able to vividly picture yourself in an environment the author makes. you can argue that all good writing should do this, but x reader and second person allows people to bridge the gap. you're not a voyeur but an active participant in the worlds story and it's my job as the author to foster a dynamic enough space that the immersion persists all through-out.

it's not even like a video game where you make active choices to feel that. it's all up to the author to invoke that in you and that, on it's own, is a hugely difficult ask and a specific skillset that takes time to develop well

So talented

Flat tire

(via)

"Whats considered thick, I don't know, but don't ask a man. You'll get conflicting evidence."

Apple cider cookies - 1973

So talented

A) i was a church organist

B) i made cereals w beer instead of milk

C) i can hold my breath for 40 seconds

Which one is a lie

First one to answer right gets a free shitty drawing

@antifamutantdown what do u want me to draw shittily

This is too much power but I’ll go with a Pikachu trying to murder Winnie the Pooh, and thank you.

FUCK

Op, you said SHITTILY

winnie the pooh heritage post

Get Rid Of The Clown With uBlock Origin

if you have uBlock Origin installed, you can right click directly on the clown image, and from the drop-down menu select Block element (the one with the uBlock logo). then from the window that opens after clicking that select Create. it should get rid of the clown.

[Image ID: A screenshot of the Tumblr dashboard. uBlock Origin has been installed. The clown pop-up from the Tumblr dashboard has been right clicked, and from the dropdown menu that appears, Block element... is highlighted in red with an arrow pointed to it. /End ID.]

[Image ID: A screenshot of the Tumblr dashboard. uBlock Origin has been installed. The clown pop-up from the Tumblr dashboard has been right clicked, and the Block element... option has been selected. This brings up an interface that allows the user to block the asset. The Create button from this interface is highlighted in red with an arrow pointed to it. By selecting the Create button, the user will no longer see the clown. /End ID.]

If anyone wants to add the process for other adblockers feel free

DO NOT LET SOCIAL MEDIA TURN YOU INTO AN AMERICAN

As an American: Seriously, please don’t

ok well i don't

"Americanization" is a real phenomenon, and how non-Americans should be cautious of it is taught in different countries at school. It's taught in Greece and people from other countries told me their elementary or middle school teachers (using the American grades, to make it make sense to the majority on the site) talked to them about it.

It's common sense here, except for USians, so I'll analyze it a bit more for the dominant demographic here. In a globalized setting, the most dominant culture affects the others and sets the trends. The way our language works, how we think, our levels of politeness and intimacy, and our levels of respect. (flash news, they are going down 😂)

I don't want to imply that there is nothing good in the US. There are plenty of positives in the country. It's just that for the rest of the cultures online it's a constant daily fight to not forget our roots, with the degree US media and brands have permeated our lives. In Greece at least we watch more US American media than Greek media nowadays, and many of our shows are rip-offs of USian ones, with little adaptation to Greek reality and culture.

And to demonstrate the amount of this exposure, a 22-year-old Greek asked me the other day "if something happens we call 911, right?" This might have literally cost them their life, in a dangerous situation! Because all the movies and songs they consumed (not an unusual thing for the Greek youth) were what they knew. And I found a similar comment in this comment thread.

Lots of Americans in the notes failing to understand this post. It's not about not liking the US. It's not about you feeling ashamed or guilty for being American. It's not about you.

It's about American media drowning out native language media all over the world, and workplaces requiring the English language in your repertoire more and more. It's about proper translations and foreign language dubbing of films disappearing because "everyone speaks/should speak English anyway." All of this is leading to the deterioration of native speaker groups of languages worldwide.

In my country, Dutch language courses can't find enough people who want to study the language, while English language courses are overflowing with people who want to study the language. There is even widespread distaste for the Dutch language for being crude or sounding rough or what have you. That's our native language!!! That is our culture in its purest form!!! That is knowledge we inherit from our parents as they did from theirs!!! That is how we learned fairytales and folk stories and myths!!! That is the language that shapes our communication and our way of thinking!!! To hate your native language is to hate yourself at the deepest level.

And yet it's so normalised. Droves of foreigners living in the Netherlands will never learn a word of Dutch, because "everyone speaks English anyway." We are the world's leaders in non-native understanding of English, but it comes at a cost. A grave cost we will continue to pay.

If you're looking to support your non-American friends in any way that is not performatively shouting "I hate being an American" into the void, first of all, unlearn that hatred of yourself and your culture. You are of no help self-flagellating, and there is a difference between holding your country accountable for its issues, and denying yourself your culture because your country is doing and has done bad things.

(I am not going to get into arguments about whether or not US American culture exists. It does, and if you think differently you are welcome to change your mind.)

Secondly, learn about other countries. Learn a bit of Chinese. Take an interest in the Italian political system. Ask your friends about their countries' folklore. Watch documentaries about art from Nigeria. Absorb information that is not fed to you by American media.

And thirdly, quit expecting your non-American friends to communicate in a way that appeals to you. The French and Dutch will always seem rude to you because our way of communicating is far more direct than the way you communicate. People from other cultures may seem vague to you because their way of communicating is far more indirect, and you're not used to that either. Quit being frustrated when you don't get what we mean exactly. Quit assuming we mean the absolute worst thing you could imagine just because you didn't get what we meant the first time. Ask us to explain if you need us to, and learn to accept that we are different from you.

We are already adapting to your culture 100% of the time we are online. It's your responsibility to adapt to us, too. At least do your friends the courtesy of learning about and adapting to them.

We are already adapting to your culture 100% of the time we are online. It's your responsibility to adapt to us, too. At least do your friends the courtesy of learning about and adapting to them.

You know, I bet the Ferengi have someone like Ea-Nasir and he's like. a saint or something

By the Prophets this can't be happening

Ear-Nasir.

IT WAS A MISTRANSLATION ALL ALONG!

Honestly we really need to stop being weird about older adults who are virgins.

& not even purely in a "I'm sex repulsed &/or ace &/or not into the idea of so I willingly didn't have it" but also in a "I'm 80, I would've loved to have sex, but it takes two to tango & no one wanted to have sex w/ me-" and in a "I'm 60 & I wanted to, but I had anxiety so bad I just didn't put myself in a situation where I could've" way, etc. [But yes also the people who are like "I'm a virgin because I never wanted to have sex"]

Someone made a post about having their 40th birthday & still being a virgin & someone commented about how it was heartbreaking... [The OP talked about all their other achievements they reached & how they were happy - just never had sex btw. They weren't lamenting about how they never had sex]

You don't need sex/sexual intimacy to be happy. You don't need romantic intimacy to be happy. [Obviously having those may add happiness, but like you won't live a sad depressing empty life if you're single forever &/or never have sex]

Shipping discourse trying to force some ridiculous 'equality' to every arguments in relationship dynamics because fandom has brainwashed itself into believing that if one character is more wrong than the other then that means one character is an abuser is really ruining some people's media comprehension.

“Aziraphale also got rejected by Crowley and the latter's proposal was just as bad.” No, it wasn't, Crowley wasn't asking Aziraphale to fundamentally change what he is to go back to stale white-nightmare of a totalitarian office so he could feel better about wanting said office's approval. Aziraphale's offer was both offensive and tone deaf and just period. There wasn't a good around it, which is why Crowley flat out rejected it. He didn't reject Aziraphale's feelings, and if you think his feelings for Crowley go around him wanting Crowley to conform with Heaven/God's idea of goodness again... Then maybe Aziraphale's offer isn't as selfless as you preach or maybe your idea of his feelings is more fucked than canon.

The idea that Crowley also rejected Aziraphale's feelings just for turning down that horrendous proposal is... laughable. Like, Aziraphale didn't confess his feelings at all. The only time he even suggested it it was wrapped by 'be my second in command' and 'we can be together as angels doing `good', only when he starts slipping with the 'I need you' because he doesn't have any more black and white Heaven rethoric to wrap the conversation in.

Like, how was Crowley supposed to react to that proposal with anything but flat out refusal? It's like people saying that Elizabeth was wrong for rejecting Mr. Darcy repeately insulting her during his proposal.

There was nothing insulting on Crowley's confession. Yes, he asked to run away but that's mostly panic talking because we know for the previous scene that he had no intention of doing that. So, no, sorry, the two proposals are not 'equally bad'. Aziraphale was wrong, that doesn't make him an abuser, it makes him a character in the middle of a character arc. Like, you can't go around saying he has religious trauma and then with the same breath go with 'Oh but his horrendous proposal wasn't that bad actually.' Like, pick a struggle people.

i really like looking at google image searches for “firemen rescuing cats” or something because you get super cute pictures like

AND THEN THERE’S THIS ONE

“THAT’S RIGHT TWAS I that set the house ablaze!!!”

Dying.

Every fucking time I know what’s at the bottom and every time I still lose my shit.

I’m so happy this post is back again asdlkfjsa

HAPPY TEN YEARS TO “TWAS I THAT SET THE HOUSE ABLAZE”

@hellsite-hall-of-fame @hellsite-hall-of-girlfriend

2 million

2 million f☆☆king notes.

How

grown adults will get on the internet and say things like “why is this movie about the protagonist, the titular character?” just walk into the ocean i cannot help you

"That villain was so problematic"

Yeah it was their job

Just realized that the reason I love making friends on tumblr is because it’s exactly how you make friends on the playground as a six year old. No, I don’t know their name but they love mermaids too and built this awesome sand castle. No, I don’t know their age but their imaginary cheetah is friends with mine. You like this show? You like this character?? You can sing the theme song really loud??? Here is a flower crown. Here is a juice box. You can share my time and I might never see you again but part of you stays in my soul forever. In my mind we’re still on the swing set and the sky is blue and nothing will ever be wrong again.