Rise Up, Oh Heart, For There is Another Battle to Win

element-of-change:

marauders4evr:

Does anyone else remember the time that Bryke was mad at the Avatar toyline? Because the company just kept demanding more and more ludicrous ideas for action figures? (But still refused to make female action figures.)

And one day, the company asked them to make a battle outfit for Aang.

And Bryke was just like, “…The airbenders were pacifists?”

And the toy company was like, “Just give us something!”

So Bryke literally told everyone in the studio to come up with all of these ridiculous ideas and they actually combined them all together and made this:

Needless to say the toy wasn’t passed.

I think about this a lot.

this is just the classiest and most hilarious “FUCK YOU” ever

mexicanfood420:

givemesomeknope:

Some

BODY

if i don’t reblog this everyday assume i’m dead

xizark:

the-ice-castle:

keeping up with the american elections while not being american like

keeping up with the american elections while being american like

theuncoolkidfromnj:

quidditchconsent:

… Ask “can I kiss you?” or lean in halfway and then wait for you to close the gap.

… Tap the item of clothing and check to see if you’re okay removing it.

… Respect your boundaries *without* pointing out how “nice” and “patient” they’re being and how very hard they’re struggling to be okay with it.

… Surprise you with kisses *only after* you’ve told them how much you enjoy getting surprise kisses from them.

… Remember where you don’t like to be touched.

… Appreciate your body as it is and when it changes.

… Communicate before, during, and after intimacy.

Here’s to the people who make consent a natural part of relationships, as it should be.

fiftyshadesofshe

squid-sisters:

do you read HP as health points, hit points, heart points or something else? write your answer in the tags, i’m genuinely curious

thevictorinox:

the-ice-castle:

keeping up with the american elections while not being american like

keeping up with the american elections while being american like

Originally posted by weirdnessisgood

androgyn:

androgyn:

the tidal wave of hate for halsey was one of the weirdest things i’ve ever witnessed on this site. during the time in between room 93′s release and badlands’s hype, she was admittedly less popular, but people were psyched. here was a black, bisexual, bipolar young girl who was incredibly open about her identity, who was advocating for herself and finding moderate success, and it was really cool to see. 

and then people started disliking her really loudly and vehemently, and it became the Fun Cool Popular thing to do. it was so strange. when she released the wlw version of the “ghost” video there were SO many people accusing her of seeking attention, pandering for views, “acting” gay, etc. there’s been an incredible amount of racism. there have been an incredible amount of people Calling Her Out for writing about her experiences of not being neurotypical. it’s so fucking frustrating to watch and frankly she deserves better.

like, this happened less than a week ago: she admitted that she’d attempted suicide after her bipolar diagnosis, and 90% of the responses on twitter were “good,” “who stopped her,” etc. i’m so angry that this girl is only 21 and she’s being put through so much shit.

suckmybatman:

i find the idea of platonic soul mates so fucking amazing, like imagine finding someone who you feel complete with but you don’t have to worry about losing them to messy romance because they’ll be your best friend forever instead

tonynstark:

In this time of Marvel civil war turmoil, I would like to publicly declare that I 

really miss Thor

lurkinghistoric:

blackstump:

notcuddles:

Since I know there’s probably a fair amount of you out there who haven’t seen the first three Mad Max movies, I’m here to tell you a li’l secret about them:

All the people complaining about how Max “isn’t the main character” in Fury Road are big ol’ Fake Fanboys cause Max’s primary character trait in literally every movie is “I hate this, why is it happening, please leave me alone to brood in the desert in peace”. 

He’s much more the central focus of the plot in the first movie but in Road Warrior and Thunder Dome he basically just gets kidnapped or beat up by wankers in weird bondage outfits and spends the rest of the movie trying to leave as soon as possible while other people are like “please solve our absurd post-apocalyptic problems”.  There is not one single point where Max actively seeks out being a hero until it is forced upon him.  He ACTIVELY TELLS PEOPLE WHO ASK HIM FOR HELP to take a hike.

Mad Max himself would like nothing better than to never, ever, ever be the main character.

He would also like for people to stop stealing his fucking car.

Nobody wants to escape his own movies more than Max Rockatansky. 

He understands better than his own fanboys that his life sucks and you don’t want to be like him, to be Max is humiliating and painful. Every time he gets dragged into a conflict, he ends up worse than he started. Max seems to realize no good can come of this, and is weirdly genre-savvy because he’s always trying to make a getaway at the first signs of encroaching Plot. I find this darkly comical and endearing – at no point does he snap off witty quips and save the day and get the girl. Ever. He’s perpetually a weird desert loser with terrible luck. It’s great.

What makes Max a badass is the ability to survive to the end of any movie he’s unfortunate enough to find himself in.

@blackstump’s tags:  one of my fave things about the series tbh mad max road warrior beyond thunderdome fury road lololol max rockatansky straight up the part in fury road where he chooses to catch up with furiosa and the vuvulini and convinces them to go back? i saw a lot of oldschool fans being like THIS SHOW OF AGENCY SEEMS A LITTLE OOC.

mikecliffordd:

We still 28 states and territories to get through! And we have hardly covered the western states (only Nevada, which Hillary won by a hair) and the north, which tend to be more liberal!

Here’s the schedule for Democratic primaries and caucuses!

Tuesday, March 22
Arizona (primary)-85 delegates
Idaho (caucus)-27 delegates
Utah (primary)-37 delegates

Saturday, March 26
Alaska (caucus)-20 delegates
Hawaii (caucus)-34 delegates
Washington (primary)-118 delegates

Tuesday, April 5
Wisconsin (primary)-96 delegates

Saturday, April 9
Wyoming (caucus)-18 delegates

Tuesday, April 19
New York (primary)-291 delegates

Tuesday, April 26
Connecticut (primary)-70 delegates
Maryland (primary)-118 delegates
Pennsylvania (primary)-210 delegates
Rhode Island (primary)-33 delegates

Tuesday, May 3
Indiana (primary)-92 delegates

Saturday, May 7th
Guam (primary)-12 delegates

Tuesday, May 10
West Virginia (primary)-34 delegates

Tuesday, May 17
Kentucky (caucus)-63 delegates
Oregon (primary)-73 delegates

Saturday, June 4
Virgin Islands (caucus)-12 delegates

Sunday, June 5
Puerto Rico (caucus)-64 delegates

Tuesday, June 7
California (primary)-546 delegates
Montana (primary)-27 delegates
New Jersey (primary)-127 delegates
New Mexico (primary)-47 delegates
North Dakota (caucus)-23 delegates
South Dakota (primary)-25 delegates
District of Columbia-46 delegates

Make sure to REGISTER to vote ahead of time! CLICK THIS LINK IF YOU NEED TO REGISTER!

nonbinaryjoanofarc:

I hereby propose: the dark spring aesthetic

bright green budding trees against a backdrop of heavy storm clouds; daffodils dripping with rainwater

songbirds singing before the sun has fully risen

cherry blossom petals fallen on asphalt, crushed by footprints and tire tracks

opening the window on a sunny afternoon expecting warmth but instead being met by a cold thawing stillness

impossibly purple crocuses, a deep saturated violet

bon-bon:

The older I get the more I realise there are no grown ups and nobody knows what the fuck they’re doing.

hermuis:

really nothing nicer than someone saying “saw this and thought of you”

boobcanvas:

theearthsays-hello:

Casual reminder: Bernie has lost 16 states to Clinton. Obama lost 21 to Clinton including Florida and Ohio. Bernie is also projected to do pretty well in the next two primaries. Please keep the faith and please keep voting! We failed him today big time, but he still has a chance. Please get out there and vote, because if we give up on him now we will really be failing him. Be loud, be proud, and speak up!

WE CAN’T LOSE BERNIE PLEASE FOR ALL WE KNOW THIS IS HIS LAST CHANCE TO RUN FOR PRESIDENT AND HILLARY CLINTON IS NOTHING COMPARED TO HIM AND GOD BE FUCKING DAMNED IF I EVER VOTE FOR DRUMPF OR ANYONE ELSE

ogress:

in case you don’t know, Gail Simone wrote Deadpool

in fact she relaunched Deadpool

There are those times when you just want to yell about how stupid people are.

And then there are times when all you can do is go “yikes” with a lot of feeling.

shadowcat:

people who laugh so hard at their own jokes that they can’t even finish the joke because they’re laughing so hard are my favorite kind of people

lupinatic:

captainbluebear:

captainbluebear:

tbh marginalised men deserve to be protected, and it’s good and valuable to talk about the specific issues that effect them

i’ve been staring at this for ages trying to work out if it should be affect or effect someone help

affect, I think

Definitely affect.

penfairy:

Consider this: Gwendoline Christie playing the romantic lead in a Jane Austen adaptation, or indeed any period piece. Nothing else changes. Nobody draws attention to the fact she’s a woman. It’s just two solid hours of Gwendoline Christie on a horse and wearing a suit and sweeping maidens off their feet

swearydroid:

tentaclabia:

give me a fandom and i’ll reply to you with my:

• lowkey otp
  
• highkey notp
  
• [softly] don’t notp
  
• highkey otp but i’m scared of saying it because it’s not a very popular choice
  
• highkey otp and anyone on my tumblr knows it
  

pls drag me

edcynic:

Back during a time when my mental illness was at its worst, I was extremely emotionally, verbally, and physically abusive to my now husband, then boyfriend. Behaviors I would exhibit (and am not proud of):

• Slapping him
• Name calling
• Throwing furniture
• Guilt tripping  him
  
• Shaming him
• Becoming extremely possessive over him, checking his messages, emails, and becoming irrationally upset when he would communicate with any female
• Become extremely resentful when he would spend more time with his family than me
• Text or call him at inappropriate times and would become suspicious angry when he wouldn’t respond ASAP
• Blame him for all of my shortcomings (if he wasn’t so _____, I wouldn’t behave this way!)

That’s just a SHORT list of the things I put him through, not even taking into consideration the eating disorder part of my mental health.

And to make it perfectly clear, there was nothing my husband ever did to warrant or justify any of my behavior. That man has never hit me, yelled at me, manipulated me, shamed me, called me names, become jealous, kept me from spending time with other people, etc. He’s treated me like a queen for the last 11 years, and it wasn’t until I did some deep recovery work that I realized 100% of my behaviors had all to do with me and nothing to do with him. I’m surprised he stuck with me, and although I am eternally grateful that he did, it took a long time for me to not only make amends to him, but to change my behaviors in order to finally come to a place of sanity within my relationship.

Here’s the thing:

Even though a large part of my behavior had to do with mental illness, my husband deserved 0% of it. Regardless if you are sick or not, your behaviors affect other people. If your illness “makes” you abusive, you are still abusive. If my husband decided to press charges for me slapping him in the face, telling authorities, “BUT I HAVE A MENTAL ILLNESS!” would not absolve me of the fact that I physically assaulted another human being.

People are hurt all the time due to the shitty things people do because of their illnesses, and they can’t just tell themselves, “Well, they are sick, so I have to deal with it.” or “I can’t let it affect me because I have to understand they are sick.” Like, no. People do not have to do that. They are not obligated to support and/or stay with you if they cannot deal or cope with how you act within your illness.

People are not obligated to be punching bags just because you are sick, especially if you do nothing to change or manage your behaviors.

cwote:

battooth:

I don’t think people realize how much strength it takes to pull your own self out of an anxiety attack or a panic attack. So if you’ve done that today or any day, I’m proud of you.

^^ very important y’all ^^

nationalshitpostingagency:

suzie-guru:

donzs:

we-all-eat-death:

fyeahteamgents:

karlosmadera:

factfiend:

Fun fact: According to Greek legend there was a famous prostitute who managed to avoid a death sentence by showing the judges her boobs and arguing that it would be a crime against the Gods to destroy something so beautiful. 

Before you ask, yes there are paintings of this. And yes, they’re amazing.

Read more.

I love history.

Role models tho.

The gay one

No, but this is one of my absolute favorite bits of history! 

The courtesan named was named Phryne and she was indeed a renowned beauty, and was indeed was put on trial for a capital crime. And yes, the sum of her defense consisted of her stripping in court (helped by her lover/defendant) and asking the jury (all males) if they were prepared to destroy this. 

But this is actually a very interesting case of Values Dissonance - the capital crime she was accused of was blasphemy. In Ancient Greek society, exceptional beauty was a sign of favor from the gods, and they took the idea that beauty indicated goodness with great seriousness. They even called their nobles Kaloi k'Agathoi, “the Beautiful and the Good.” 

So by showing off her great physical beauty, Phryne was being very clever indeed, her argument essentially being “How could I possibly commit blasphemy if the gods have given me this body?“ 

God, I adore history. 

”If these tits are legit, you must acquit.”

othellc:

One thing I’ve learned: when people end whatever they’re saying with “idk, I’m probably not making any sense,” it usually means they are telling you something very close and personal to them, something that’s such an integral part of their being that they have trouble putting it into words that do it justice.

kaijuno:

kaijuno:

Observation: I have never broken a bone
Hypothesis: I am boneless
Data: I appear to have broken at least two bones in my foot slipping on the ice
Conclusion: I have at least two bones. Strong evidence suggests the possibility of a third one. 

I’m an astrophysicist. 

THAT IS MY FAVORITE COMEBACK EVER.

silvercistern:

After a lot of consideration over AO3′s rating system, I’ve decided how I’m going to categorize my fics from now on:

G - no dicks. Just none. Well, maybe a small baby with a penis pisses on the person changing that baby’s diaper (oh the family friendly laughs!), but that’s it. We’re the better for it.  

T - dicks are alluded to, perhaps even mentioned, especially in respect to angst over teenage masturbation (heavy heavy angst), however, we know no details. In most cases, we don’t want to because it’d be a little creepy. 

M - dicks factor heavily, and we know in pretty specific detail how those dicks are being used, and the direct results. But selections from the full spectrum of dick-related details are, tastefully or tauntingly, left out. 

E - we know this dick. We know its veins and contours and twitches better than we know the back of our own hands, the smiles on our mothers’ faces, or the smell of our childhood homes.  

klefable:

anabundanceofstilinskis:

klefable:

what happens to all your teen angst when you’re 20… like where does it go

they diagnose it as anxiety

when u make a post as a joke and someone gets too real on it and it blows up

mrsklemzak:

gloomy-optimist:

Challenge to writers: describe your characters (esp female ones) without ever describing their general attractiveness…none of: cute, sexy, beautiful/gorgeous/ugly, appealing, etc. Instead, describe their features, and let the audience/other characters (through their interactions) make their own judgments about those features. Aside from being meatier (show, don’t tell), this may help you avoid stereotyping features as “pretty/ugly”–different people are attracted to different things, so why should your characters be different, right? Explore attractiveness of a wide variety of features, explore attractiveness as an opinion that some characters have and some don’t, explore attractiveness as something that isn’t just a convention everyone agrees on 

Great advice! Called subjective description.

chiouart:

angelrin89:

angelrin89:

Seeing a fanfic that has potential from reading the premise.

It also has great grammar and spelling.

The characters are all in character!

It’s a completed story!!

oh my god this speaks to me.