Still Flying Half A Ship

Simu Liu and his Stock Photos

I forgot there even WAS a con today

pov you're the spn fandom and it's september 5, 2021.

the theme that always resonates me the most in stories is “the world is cruel; therefore I won’t be.”

If you're ever asking an autistic person to do something, be sure to explain why you want them to do it.

When I was a kid, I always kept the windows open when it rained. I saw no reason to close them even though my mom kept asking me to. She never gave a reason, so I never listened. She'd say it let the rain in and I'd think "no shit" and continue to keep them open. Eventually, she explained that it could cause mold. That made sense to me, so I started closing the windows. Simple as that.

When we first got cats, they kept jumping onto the counters. Once again, I saw no issue with this. My mom kept chasing them down and I couldn't figure out why. She'd get annoyed whenever I let them stay up there. Once she told me that it was unsanitary, I thought that made sense so I stopped letting them stay on the counter.

To an outsider (and probably to my mom at the time) it may have seemed like I didn't understand the instructions or was being intentionally difficult. But I can't just follow an order without a reason. I must decide for myself if the order makes sense before I follow it, and I need the logic behind it to do that.

So if you're asking an autistic person to do something, explain why it needs to be done. It's very hard for a lot of us to override that part of our brains.

Not to detract from this being about autism but this is something everyone always should have practiced all the time with everybody. “Because I said so” isn’t a valid reason to listen to anyone; not a parent, not a partner, not a boss or a cop or a whole government.

THE GREEN KNIGHT + landscapes

Okay, i'll say it: i do not like Sylki's dynamic being romantic in spite of them being the Variants of the same being.

No, i like them being in a romantic relationship because they are the Variants (well, this is one of the reasons i love them together).

First of all, i have said it countless times, there is nothing in the real world that could be in any way comparable to the relation that the alternative universe versions of the same being would have. THIS IS A PURELY MADE-UP, SPECULATIVE, FICTIONAL CONCEPT.

Hypothetically speaking, if there really was such a thing, then we still would have to come up with the brand new and specific attitudes towards such occurrences because there is no already existing equivalent for them. They are the Variants of the same being but two completely different people on DNA, genetic and molecular levels. WHAT THEY DO SHARE IS THE SAME SOUL. So, in our world's standards, they would be considered to be the two pretty much unrelated people. BUT AGAIN, MEETING THE ALTERNATIVE UNIVERSE VERSION OF ONESELF IS NOT A REAL THING!

Moving on, why do i like the idea of Sylki in this aspect? Well, i am a huge SciFi and Mythic Fiction nerd. Oh my, i can't describe how much i love these genres (i was basically raised on Star Trek, then took like, 5 different courses on Mythology). I also believe that mixing these genres up has a huge potential but it is incredibly difficult.

However, the creative team of Loki managed to do exactly this and they did it perfectly. How? By making Sylki romantic. Loki and Sylvie's love story tied together SciFi and Mythology in the most deliciously perfect way (why not make their relationship platonic? Romance works better as a metaphor bcs it has more intense implications).

Their dynamic is the most perfect way to explore the concept of the Soulmates in Mythology inspired SciFi.

This is only one aspect of their relationship. I love Sylki for many other reasons besides them being the Variants thus exploring SciFi.esque possibilities of romance and having parallels with mythology. This pairing is very multilayered. You could just love it for multiple different reasons: Loki learning to love selflessly, Sylvie meeting someone who cares about her (for the very first time in her life), them being Enemies to Lovers, Soulmates, this somewhat being a Hurt/Comfort relationship, them being a bisexual pairing.

Besides, their relationship was developed very well. It is a slow-burn in spite of Loki having only 6 episodes. The way they delivered the love story relied on the Female Gaze and subtle hints as well as the incredibly believable performances and the magnetic chemistry between the actors.

Four Lokis and a Mobius

Loki Appreciation Week: Day 2 - Favourite Episode

LOKI APPRECIATION WEEK

Throwback to all these Jesus comics I drew in 2012…

Good post OP

Good post, OP, and if you ever decide to do another may I please suggest “NOT IN HEBREW IT DOESN’T” as a punchline? So much of the Old Testament is HORRIFICALLY translated from the Tanakh, it drives me batty.

WAIT WAIT WHAT DOES IT SAY?????? I NEED TO LIKE,, DESTROY MI MUM FOR BEING REALLY HOMOPHOBIC

Okay, so, strictly speaking, the infamous Leviticus 18:22 does say “forbidden.” Here’s the thing:

Apparently tumblr mobile doesn’t want to show @prismatic-bell ’s long and in-depth essay, so here’s the screenshots, because it still shows up on mobile browsers:

Much appreciated.

I love when scholarship and history debunks bullshit

…I sadly have more bullshit to report.

“removed for violating guidelines”, EVERY screenshot.

…goddamnit

Let’s try this again

I am horrified that @prismatic-bell keeps getting censored + this info is gold.

Many thanks, @pulmonary-poultry. This isn’t the only Jewish post of mine that’s mysteriously stopped showing up in searches and/or vanished from my blog entirely, but it is the one I get the most requests to repost, so this saves me from having to rewrite the whole damned essay. @the-invisible-self, thanks for bringing it to my attention that someone was able to preserve the post!

STEVE ROGERS + TV Tropes

i know a lot ot us have that "what if i'm actually annoying" fear, and while i COULD self-soothe with affirmations like "i'm not annoying, it's okay" i prefer "it is my human right to be annoying and cringe"

i put this in my tags but i feel very strongly about this (not to be serious on a funny post)

Image text transcription: #NO UNIRONICALLY THIS #i have a thing about being annoying or a burden and smth and my therapist told me #is that that’s love!! being a burden and leaning on one another and being an inconvenience and irritating and annoying or whatever the fuck “thats what it is to be human baby!! we r not self sufficient beings #we’re pack animals #of course you’re going to be annoying “babies bond with their mothers by being dead weight for years and that’s GOOD and HEALTHY #it’s your god given right to be annoying #anyway. this is not very eloquent but i think it gets the point across #lean on one another be burdensome #that’s how you build trust by being an imposition #this took a turn

finding out several clone wars eps were written by george lucas' then-teenage daughter is putting me in absolute shambles they were making episodes written by a high schooler

this is my villain origin story

here’s the thing though - she actually has a writing credit on FIFTEEN clone wars episodes, some of which are the most iconic ones: ventress’ nightsister dathomir arc, maul’s return arc, the planned final ventress arc that got made into dark disciple, AND THE ICONIC FIVES CHIP ARC.

in hollywood you see some famous man’s fucking son get opportunities constantly and do mediocre shit, and in this case george lucas’ daughter did the exact opposite and wrote OOPS ALL BANGERS

@apollonkondric

Katie Lucas. She was also a target of attack from dudebros who blamed her for the series continuity issues, even though those issues had been going on before she was brought on as a writer. She also managed to be the writer who BEST assimilated the older less-canon works into the Lucas canon - Asajj Ventress’s species and origin story were almost wholly changed for TCW, and yet Katie Lucas adapted the best parts of Ventress’s comics origin story so that she remained the same character for the most part. And she was in high school.

Good for her.