I'm not sure if people are paying attention to Kanye West's appearance on InfoWars, but you should be.

"Why should I care what one right-wing nut job says to other right-wing nutjobs?"

BECAUSE THIS IS A REAL THING THAT HAS TANGIBLE IMPACT ON JEWISH LIVES

Kanye West denied the Shoah on the program. He said that he "loved the Nazis." He said that he "loved Hitler."

Yes, he is mentally ill. That does not excuse this at all- especially because this is going out to his fans.

There are more fans of Kanye West than there are Jewish people on Earth

Kanye, along with Nick Fuentes- a white supremacist- said some shit so atrocious that Alex Jones was the one trying to pull them back- an insane turn of events.

This will have an impact on Jewish people. People are going to be more antisemitic- already, antisemitic hate crimes are rising around both the United States and the world.

Listen to your Jewish friends. Listen to the people impacted by this hate speech.

We will outlive them.

Am Yisrael Chai.

i work at a synagogue and we’ve had an uptick in antisemitic phone calls and emails and people threatening to “visit” us. kanye’s words and actions are having real tangible effects on real life jewish communities, and i need people to stop pretending it’s just the ramblings of some random guy.

As a Brit I'd like to clarify that, while I do know exactly what you're talking about, it's a perversion restricted to upper class English people and none of the rest of us abide by it

If someone says "will you be mother?" while looking at you over a teapot, you're in the room with someone whose father has enough money to buy yours & you should throw a scone in their face and run for the hills

Or you’re in a room with someone who wants to be perceived as upper class even though they very much are not (the Hyacinth Bucket “it’s pronounced Bouquet” type) and in that situation you should also throw a scone at them and run.

What if you grab all the scones (because they're probably really good ones, if the people serving them are the pretentious sort) and run? Shame to leave all those scones behind.

shoving breadsticks scones into my purse: sorry I have to go

A moment of appreciation for C.S Lewis.

It was Lewis with the Eucatastrophe at the Black Gates

DANNY PHANTOM ARTSTYLE X BLEACH 

I’m always curious how Gandalf, who has grown used to how effective smacking rulers heads together until they FIGURE IT OUT is in middle earth, transitions back to being a minor Maia with maybe a little hero-status in Valinor. 

Like, the Valar are objectively BAD at managing the Eldar, if any of the Eldar are making decisions based on… being people and having normal emotions and stuff, and not blind obedience to divine rule. Gandalf is objectively FANTASTIC at managing people who think he’s just a nuisance, let alone a virtual god.

So I imagine Gandalf returning to the lands ruled by his fellow Ainur, who he of course loves and respects, and CRINGING at the way they phrase certain things, or expect elves to just understand the reason for this decision or that, and straight up not dealing with people questioning them. Like hopefully they’ve improved since the first age, but honestly what are the odds?

And Gandalf (Olorin I guess, but no. Gandalf.) Actually owes the Valar loyalty and fealty. He’s not a concerned third party who is secretly an emmissary from the gods anymore. Calling out his superiors is slightly more precarious for him personally than it was on Middle Earth.

I still think he’d do it, I just imagine there would be a lot of internal screaming while he lays everything out respectfully and patiently, two things he is not good at.

And oh yes, he brought Bilbo as a “companion for Frodo” and “to meet the subjects of his historical writings” and “to heal from the effects of the ring,” definitely.

Definitely not because Bilbo showed aptitude at cutting through bullshit and saying what needs to be said no matter how high and mighty the person he’s talking to is.

I imagine Gandalf just shaking his head at Manwe being like “Can’t believe he talked to you like that boss. What can you do, he’s a heroic old hobbit, they don’t have filters, very unfortunate. He did make some good points though if we could just discuss…” and then he turns around and subtly gives Bilbo a thumbs up.

Gandalf packed his two best problem solving hobbits when he went home. Frodo genuinely needs to recover, but the moment Bilbo’s mind gets back to being as sharp as it ever was (I imagine this is inevitable in a land of perfect memory) he is ABSOLUTELY going to be strategically and gleefully deployed by Gandalf. And he’s going to be 100% aware and pretend to be annoyed but be utterly delighted.

Oh this is why every gardening person I know keeps trying to give me the food they grow

That, and we love you. Homegrown produce is a love language.

Unless it's zucchini. Then it's a cry for help.

Tomato (June) - I think highly of you; treasured friend

Tomato (September) - you are a warm body that is nearby

Fresh new asparagus - romantic love

Artichoke - fondness

New rhubarb with leaves removed - flirtatious potential

Rhubarb with leaves left on - the bloom is gone

Swiss chard - I have made mistakes

Perpetual spinach - declaration of animosity between our houses

White-fleshed potato - you are a neighbor

Blue or red fleshed potato - as above, but with overtones of camaraderie/affection

Kale - you are a person who was nearby when I had kale

Raspberries - you are a person I admire

Strawberries - you are a treasure

Onion - I am confused

Young French beans or young peas - I thought of you especially

Runner beans - mild criticism; familial ties; gift from parent to child

Pumpkins - overt romantic, sexual or childhood-bestie interest; highest declaration of loyalty

Prettily coloured popping corn, I.e. glass gem - let this seal the breach between our houses

Zucchini/courgette - cry for help, resignation

Novelty pumpkins - marriage proposal

some random thoughts during reading & browsing

1.  Tolkien used to write the Quenya & Sindarin translation of the Lord’s Prayer, which can be found in the Tolkien Gateway together with other Quenya translations like Litany of Loreto.

So it should be possible, when everyone else is saying ‘Amen’, you can repeat with ‘Násië’ …… and then maybe Eru will hear that.

2. Tuor has another name ’Eladar’ which is translated as ‘Starfather’ because he is, well, apparently, a star’s dad.

Can’t help to think that maybe Idril will have a name like ‘Elamil’, star-mom; and Elrond and Elros can have a name like ‘Elanon’, star-son……what a superstar family.

That will be seriously amusing.

3. The ship name Vingilótë came from another old English legend Wade’s ship Guingelot, but of that, we know not much, because the one whose work got survived today, had thought this story was so well-known and so long, thus he just ‘pass it over’. 

Then it got ‘passed over’ , maybe forever…

4. Elrond and Elros actually grew up in a multilingual family, Elwing spoke at least the Sindarin of Doriath and the language of Beor, while Earendil could like, speak every single language you can tell (though the Quenya of Gondolin will be his childhood speech). 

So when the twins started to talk, they might speak like: ‘Nana, 今日breakfast是啥子么? 吾欲食べるgâteau au chocolat.’

And only Elwing and Earendil can understand what the hell these kids were talking about, for that will be some kind of ‘Peredhel only’ conversation.

That is how Elrond become a master of language in later history, certainly.

sometimes i think about númenor and to evil end shall all things turn that they begin well and on the house of fëanáro the wrath of the valar lieth from the west unto the uttermost east, and upon all that will follow them it shall be laid also wonder if elros escaped the doom of the noldor after all

Pokemon headcanon that once Absol are studied and people realize they prevent disasters instead of causing them, particularly dangerous workplaces get themselves a workplace Absol and it also decreases accidents.

Construction sites and fishing ships and factories will have one that pretty much just lazes about until it just gets up howling one day and knocks a dude down. They almost never figure out what would have happened but they're always like "yes absol thank you absol I am so grateful to be on the floor right now. Can I offer you a treat in this trying time"

[ID: Absol wearing an orange hard hat and a badge that reads "30 hour OSHA trainer". End ID]

Never mind the “Who shot first?” stuff; THIS is the defining moment of the Han Solo character:

Everyone else was just like: “Oh, fuck: It’s Vader!” and standing around in shock and terror when Vader was revealed. Even Chewie.

Most people, I suspect, would have that reaction. 

Meanwhile, Han’s first reaction, instinctively, in less than a second, was to grab a gun and try to flat-out end the guy.

He failed, of course. But God Damn if you can’t appreciate the effort. 

Also, he grabs his girl’s hand. Not only is he going to end Vader, he’s going to do so while reassuring the woman he loves that this monster who tortured her won’t hurt her again as long as he’s there to do something about it.

The point of this scene:

Han was nothing to Vader. Not really. Han was just a normal, average guy. Vader didn’t think too much of him. 

“I have superpowers; you don’t!”

But then: doesn’t Han show more love, affection, guts and courage in this moment than any Jedi warrior ever could? 

Thus, Vader is shown up.

Attempting to kill an evil wizard with a regular gun is one of the most Han Solo things ever. I don’t think most people would even bother trying, because you can’t just shoot Darth Vader, right? Of course not. But Han’s gonna goddamn try it anyway.

Yeah, basically’ Han tried.

Sometimes that’s all you can ever ask of someone. 

Just one of many reasons I love this man

With Han, you never have to wonder, “Why didn’t he just shoot them?” Whenever you’d think that, he shoots them.

Han Solo is a practical soul and if he’s got the chance to just shoot them he’s gonna take it

#ironically this turned into a thesis on why han probably shot first

emperor kuzco was clearly gay

hes 19, with unlimited power, and he ain’t got a gf. the only time we see him interact with any women his own age is when he’s rejecting like 7 of them rapid fire. he pretends to date pacha in a gag that lasts like 10 solid minutes. listen to me god damnit

Okay, but just in case anyone is coming to tumblr dot com for my hot takes on 20+ year old kids' movies: Kuzco super WAS gay (or at least coded as such) and of course, I didn't get it until I watched it as a gay grownup.

He is played obviously camp and dramatic, for a start, and there is the aforementioned "hate your hair/not likely/yikes yikes yikes/let me guess you have a great personality" summary dismissal of all his potential brides. Then he spends dinner asking Yzma about Kronk ("so he seems nice? He's what, in his late twenties?") and otherwise being slightly obsessed with him.

Then there is the whole Adventure of Doom with Pacha, him being ever huffy about the Kiss of Life, and then the restaurant gag where Kuzco takes to playing Pacha's fake wife and dressing up in ladies' clothing with great gusto (reinforced by the waitress' "bless you for coming out in public" remark when Pacha says they're on their honeymoon). Then when he is finally de-llamafied, we don't see him paired off with the obligatory girl from the lineup earlier, as might otherwise be expected in a Disney movie. Instead he is still single, but goes to found family it up with Pacha, Chica, Kronk, etc, which dare we remark is a very queer trope.

In short, I have no idea how a Disney movie with no white people (all the characters are Indigenous/people of color), a gay king, cross-dressing jokes, and the most offbeat plot of all time actually ever got made (can you imagine the Family Friendly Mouse doing that today? Let us also talk about Kronk because he is a brilliant deconstruction of both toxic masculinity and the musclebound henchman stereotype.) Other than that this was the Chaos Hour of animated movies in the late 90s/early 2000s, and yes.

So yes. There you have it. I will not be taking criticism at this time.

In response to the question “How did a movie like this get made at all much less by fucking Disney?” there was a recent Vulture article that outlines the whole shit show of a history behind this film according to everyone (writers, directors, VAs, Stings) involved. The gist of the story is that they fucked up making a whole, true-to-form Disney musical that never came to see the light of day SO BADLY that Disney switched directors, locked the writer’s room, and didn’t review a single script until weeks after the film was in theaters.

Please, read this article if you have some time. This story is wild, and involves directors being pitted against each other Bake-Off style and a shockingly intimate documentary created by the wife of Sting who, himself was heartbroken by the decimation of the songs he wrote for the film including cutting a fantastic Yzma villain song sung by Eartha Kitt that is SO DAMN GOOD but would not ever have fit the more nailed-down Yzma we would eventually come to know and love. It’s so catchy though, I’m doubling up on calls to action but please listen now:

holy shit read the article. it’s worth it and completely batshit

This is fucking insane

I've never adequately appreciated the batshit brilliance of this joke, I've taken it for granted

Missed drawing Kassandra

Terminal Hanaki? Boring. Chronic Hanahaki? Exciting.

Not enough chronic illness in fanfic. Shout-out to my folks who spend 6-8 weeks of the year in the hospital.

Prof you fucking genius is it seasonal? Like it happens in spring cause the flowers bloom? Imagine it hitting hanahaki season and looking around a room and seeing whose missing, who’s out on sick leave, thr curiosity the DRAMA

It’s like how everyone with autoimmune disorders disappears during flu season! Except with even more drama.

[http://www.asofterworld.com/index.php?id=539]

#this is honestly how I initially thought hanahaki in fic worked #coughing up flowers for years because you won’t cop to your feelings? #that’s the stuff #the dying thing puts on really uncomfortable pressure for me #like ‘love me back or I’ll die’ is uncomfortable as hell for me #whereas ‘ADMIT YOU’RE IN LOVE YOU JUST COUGHED UP A BOUQUET!’ #hanahaki-suffering person: ‘no’ THIS IMMEDIATELY IMPROVES THE ENTIRE TROPE!  I had really disliked Hanahaki because it’s almost like the other person - if they’re a good person - is sorta blackmailed into either having feelings or being responsible for your death which is Not Romantic, but I can totally get down for FEELIGS made into an aggravating physical metaphor that you could potential deal with if you’d either confront them or get therapy or something.

This puts the song “I Won’t Say (I’m in Love)” in a completely new light.

I am in awe at how much this tweak changes the trope of hanahaki from something I quietly detest from a distance into something I would gleefully read and giggle about to others.

More and more people/bands/whatever are going to be doing NFTs and you need to be mindful of not burning out on caring about this, because it's exactly what they're trying to do. They're trying to overwhelm you until you stop caring about it.

You're gonna be disappointed, surprised, angry. You're not silly for feeling this way. You should take time to process those feelings. But famous people are not on your side, and parasocial relationships are simply not worth shit compared against the harm NFTs do to our planet.