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Just finished rewatching Maleficent and damn I forgot revenge is bad narratives can be good.
Like, ultimately the formula they follow is person A gets hurt by person B (often scarred for life/grievously injured) -> person B moves on and starts a family - A becomes bitter and angry and gets back at B -> but eventually decides not to go through with it because B has a family/it would make them just as bad, or they do and then feel empty/it’s unfulfilling.
And I hate it. I hate that the implication is that if you hurt the person who hurt you, you are just as bad as them. I much prefer the Inigo Montoya route: revenge is my purpose because someone did something bad to me -> I get revenge and this is great, I have achieved my goal.
And I could never pinpoint why that was the case until I was rewatching Maleficent with my sib and realized that it’s because most “revenge is bad” narratives center around the harm it will cause to person B. It centers around the harm it causes to the bully, the abuser, the perpetrator. It centers around B’s family, B’s friends. It never centers around A.
Maleficent, though, does center around A in a way I don’t see too often. Maleficent got hurt by Stephen. Stephen moves on, while Maleficent can’t. Maleficent becomes bitter and angry, and gets back at Stephen via cursing Aurora. Then Maleficent decides not to go through with it/regrets it.
But Maleficent makes the choice after. After Aurora wakes up, Stephen attacks Maleficent. He burns her, he chains her. Maleficent escapes, and then she doesn’t continue attacking Stephen. She throws him on the ground, moves to leave, he grabs her near her wings(the main source of her trauma and mirroring when he hurt her) and she pins him up against the wall. She can choose to kill him.
She doesn’t. And it’s a culmination of her healing, that she moves on. She leaves Stephen behind. And he can’t accept that, so in the end, he causes his own death.
It’s beautiful because it’s clear Maleficent is a victim, it centers around her trauma and her healing. Maleficent choosing not to kill him isn’t that it’s bad to get back at Stephen, that he doesn’t deserve death, it’s about the fact that she doesn’t want anything to do with him. He’s irrelevant.
And there’s the fact that he suffers, which is nice to see. But his obsession is another post. As is the parallels between this movie because I could rave all night about that.
My auditory-challenged ass should NOT be a barista but fuck it, we ball 😈
Me with an auditory processing disorder applying to a job where im taking people's orders
J Scott Campbell
BOSS FIGHT
I love going through situations that cause me to feel both angry and sad at the same time!
And I can't let it out completely because I am a volcano waiting to erupt, and once I erupt it creeps into everything (even to the point that I'm angry at work) because I have underdeveloped emotional regulation skills!!
It's so much fun!!!! [Sarcasm Intensifies]
😀🔪
As much as I want to support ethical farming practices I will be buying the cheapest bag of frozen chicken thighs as much as the next frugal/poor person which is why animal welfare needs to be legislated, not left up to the invisible hand of the free market or some bullshit. Invisible hand of the free market finds itself around a lot of throats.
Pornal 2
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Portal is a horror game.
It posits itself as this fun, quirky puzzle game, but that's so clearly not what it is even 5 minutes in. This supposedly bustling science facility is completely silent. No one is watching through the observation windows, the test chambers are visibly dirtied and worn, and the only voice you hear throughout the entire game is the "Pre-Recorded" GLaDOS, who is consistently glitching and saying things that are slightly ominous. This feeling is only amplified by Kelly Bailey's masterful soundtrack, which similarly to Half-Life 2, creates this feeling of loneliness and abandonment. It all comes to a head in Chamber 16 when you finally see Doug Rattman's writings for the first time and realize "Something is VERY wrong here." Afterwards, you learn more and more about how fucked Aperture really is, like how the water in the test chambers is actually a result of flooding, how the Turrets are very much NOT a testing element, and how the Iconic Cake is in fact, a lie. This all comes to a head in the final chamber when the illusion completely falls away and GLaDOS is revealed as a killer, leading into the game's final act. However, even after the Reveal, Portal still manages to keep its horror elements, as GLaDOS slowly hunts you throughout the facility. Stalking, waiting. It's still quiet, still lonely. But now the danger is real, and it's coming for you.
PotatOS, having just been freed from her Crow Oppressor: So, how exactly did you find me in all of this mess? Chell, not missing a beat: I put 'Bitch' into the GPS and it led me straight to you.
Katara is canonically punk:A short meta/analysis
Explicitly a noncormist against toxic traditionalist roles(i.e her wanting to be a girl but not like is expected of her by the misogyny in society)
She works hard to disprove them too and encourages other girls to do the same
Runs her mouth 24/7 but especially to authority figures
Does direct action and literal eco-terrorism on a regular basis
Changed the system as a result(Became the chief of her tribe and helped decolonize the non-FN countries)
Super kind to younger people and has a strong sense of community
Intersectionalist who is respectful of all cultures except the Fire Nation and instead does reverse racism against them for being imperialists('Ash Maker' was reperations)
Had a crush on Jet because he's an experienced revolutionary and Aang had a crush on her for the same reason
This
^^^^Little Miss Punk Tactics herself
I'm not fucking the guitarist, I AM the fucking guitarist!
me performing with my band, Fangbanger
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Leor Galil of the Chicago Reader wrote an article highlighting the work a handful of us have done lifting up the legacy of Tina Bell. In it, he also unearths more information about Tina’s life and Bam Bam’s story. It’s a long, important, and celebratory ready!
having slow auditory processing is chaos, it makes me come off as jerky, like i promise when i ask 'what' and interrupt you half way through repeating yourself with a response, its just bc im slow and i need captions for everything.
I hate how the current state of this fascist and heartless administration has made me yo-yo between being filled with rage and having to ignore the news and social media for a day or two to keep from losing hope entirely.
I keep seeing activists I follow post about "not letting the doom and gloom keep you down", and I know. I know that's what MAGA people want, to shut us down. To keep us quiet, scared, and feeling powerless.
I also don't want to look like one of those apolitical idiots who willfully avoids speaking up because of their "good vibes only" bullshit.
But I only have so much energy...
My scientist nerd goth queen 🤩
Best NCIS character
abby and her black umbrella make a beautiful combination
New Crow Time - When you drink from silly fountain you get cartoon powers.
If you love Crow Time, consider supporting our comics on Patreon! You can support all our comics for $5, or just Crow Time for $2! What a steal!
Me at work (grocery stores are sensory hell)
Tips when talking with someone who has auditory processing issues!
(Brought to you by someone with auditory processing issues because the thought of making this post popped into my head and now I can’t fall asleep! Be aware these may not apply to everyone and are just things that I find helpful or would like people to be considerate of with me)
First and foremost! PLEASE be patient with us. I know it can be annoying having to repeat yourself multiple times but we literally can’t help it. Sometimes someone says something to me and it literally sounds like another language. I promise it is just as frustrating for us as it is for you.
Things to do if we ask you to repeat yourself:
Speak slightly slower
Annunciate your words a little more
Most of the time this is all I need to be able to process something I couldn’t before. My issues are often that the person was speaking too quickly or slurring words together, both of which make my native language sound like a different language to me.
Things not to do if we ask you to repeat yourself:
Say the same thing at the exact same speed (doing this is just going to cause me to not process it again and have to ask for it to be repeated again, causing lots of frustration on both sides)
Say the same thing but louder (this might be different for other people, but for me this does not help. I can hear you just fine. Hearing you is not the problem)
Repeat it like you’re talking to a child that doesn’t understand you. (Yes, people do this. Yes, it always ends up being condescending and rude. This is often done by drastically slowing down what you’re saying, saying it louder, and drastically over annunciating. I stated earlier that what helps is speaking slightly slower and annunciating a little more, and those are the key words: slightly, and a little. You don’t need to talk to us like we’re children that don’t understand you. (Plus you really shouldn’t talk to kids like that either))
This one goes along with number 3: Dumbing it down. You don’t need to change what you’re saying! It’s not that you’re saying something too complicated for us to understand, we literally just are not processing the words you are saying as actual words. Again, you don’t need to speak to us like children and change what you said to be easier to understand. You just need to speak more clearly. This one is also always rude and condescending.
If we ask you to repeat yourself, please repeat the whole sentence and sometimes even a sentence or two before that as well. Don’t just assume that we only didn’t process the last half of the sentence or the last word. I can’t tell you the amount of times I’ve asked someone to repeat and they just give me the very last thing they said. E.g.: what I heard “shkhdtivc arthzjk after styjkufbjjssfjjcsukg house?”, I ask them to repeat. What they repeat “at my house?” What they needed to repeat “Do you want to hang out after school at my house?”
If you ask us something and we say “huh?” or “what?” so you start to repeat yourself but then we cut you off with the answer before you’ve finished repeating yourself, please don’t get upset. We’re not trying to be rude or ask you to repeat yourself for no reason, or cut you off for fun! Sometimes we just needed an extra second or two to process what you said before responding and didn’t actually need you to repeat it, though we’re very grateful that you were willing to repeat it for us. And sometimes we did need you to repeat it, but had only not processed one of the words and as soon as you said that word we were able to understand and respond.
Please don’t give up and say never mind! It can be very frustrating for us when we just needed it repeated once more, but you give up on the entire conversation instead.
Some helpful tips for the people with auditory processing issues!
Instead of asking “what?”, “huh?”, or “can you repeat that?” when I don’t process something, I instead get more specific and ask things like “sorry, could you repeat that a little slower?”. I find that asking them to specifically repeat it in the way you need can help a lot and leads to not having to ask them to repeat it multiple times.
This also applies to asking what you specifically need repeated, like “could you repeat the beginning of that sentence?” or “could you go back a few sentences?” or sometimes I’ll even repeat what I heard back to them and leave it open for them to repeat the word I didn’t process like “sorry, I only caught: do you want to…” and most of the time I’m met with a response similar to “oh! Sorry! Go to the mall?”
With people that I am close to that are aware of my auditory processing issues, I tend to say things like “I didn’t process that” or “my brain isn’t working” because they no longer need more specific instructions and know to repeat it a bit slower and more clearly when I say that. (Though oftentimes I do still need to specify just how much I didn’t process, like if they need to repeat the last couple sentences they said or just a word)
That’s all I can think of for now, but feel free to add on what helps you or if you have anything you want clarified!
I hate the "higher price = better food" logic. It is SO classist/elitist.
Paying more for fancy labels and acting like you're above fast-food/takeout doesn't do anything to help working-class people who literally cannot allocate that much of their budget to "clean eating". for every single meal they eat. Who can't afford things fancier than CostCo.
It's just giving people an excuse to look down on others and act like they're better than those who can't afford that lifestyle. (Nutritionists and dietitians who use teachings from 30+ years ago and are guided by white supremacist "health" rules, I'm looking at you)
But wait!! There's more!!
I also hate how obsessed people are with calories. High-calorie food does NOT mean unhealthy food.
As somebody who was raised in a "low-calorie, high food value" household...it's bullshit.
Low calorie, mostly plant based meals aren't good for everyone. And I'm tired of pretending that they are.
Anyways, I'm gonna go eat my fast food and high calorie protein and carbs now.
Rant over
Or radicalize your friends
They can come after us all they want but it's not like they can ever stop us from existing. That's just stupid. 🏳️🌈🏴☠️🏳️⚧️
It is absolutely amazing to see people joining together en masse to stick it to these big corporations.
As a punk who has boycotted Amazon for years, welcome to the movement everybody!! Great job
9-1-1 is returning in 1 week!!!!
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