Green Lantern during a mission in Gotham: I am too old for this.

Red Hood from where he is vaporizing into the shadows: Then retire.

Batman is the background shadows of this: I raised you well.

Prince: I wish to marry!

Queen: Only if she can pass my test: failing to sleep on a bed with a pea under it!

Prince: Why are you screening for princesses with sensory issues?

Queen: She must be true royalty! Only the most autistic girl in all the land shall marry my son!

The phrase “most autistic girl in all the land” popped unbidden into my head last night and I couldn’t remember who had made the joke and had to Google it

Alright. So. I have a confession to share with you. In middle school, I strongly identified as a libertarian. In my defense, I was 13 and I had autism. Against my defense, I was literate, and capable of using common sense. I confessed this to you willingly, so go easy on me.

One thing about this that I can share with you is that I, as a 13 year old boy, read Atlas Shrugged. I read it as someone very committed to the ideology, who wanted to believe it, who wanted to like it, and there are two things I can share with you about that book from that time period.

I was going to rant more about this but I kind of lost my train of thought. The book fucking sucks. It was propaganda of such remarkably low caliber that it actually helped me move out of those circles. Every time someone talked about liking the book, I'd reply with something along the lines of "Yeah, I especially loved the part where she destroyed the post modernists by unequivocally condemning affairs", and if they agreed with me, they would have lost my respect forever, and if they looked very embarrassed, I could at least acknowledge that they had a soul, albeit small and malformed. I had dozens of people claim that they read the book, and only three or four actually passed the test.

And now, goodnight.

Reminder that Ayn Rand had many affairs, didn’t get rich and ended up on Medicare, which she applied to under a fraudulent name so people wouldn’t find out about it.

@cuprohastes anytime you reply to a post of mine, you improve it AND give me a fun fact. Mutual of the day award. Thank you.

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every day people tell me that the untamed is good, i’ve seen the first episode, stop gaslighting me

okay i’m giving it another shot. time for episode two.

i’m sorry? why is this exactly like naruto? this is so stupid. time for episode three.

update: i would die for wuxian

i am: so invested. whenever i’m not at home i can only think about getting home and watching the untamed.

lan zhan you have to find wei wuxian and give him back his sword!

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That “I would die for Wuxian” stage is so real

Wooooahdude I just found this out but you're heirloom tomatoes actually. Did you know this

Because you're so

imagine having a personality so morally bankrupt that the pope himself said "i'm telling god" and headed out

new femme-only 7-11 opened on my street

Some things in Chapter 51 of Mo Dao Zu Shi (ExR translation) that caught my eye for various (but often disturbing) reasons:

“-Are you the same as others? Who knows which sewers other people will be splashing in, but you’re going to be the leader of the Jiang Sect!”

You can really see where Jiang Cheng got his sense of superiority and classist view from.

Wei WuXian stood forward, accustomed to it. Madam Yu scolded, “You’re like this again! If you yourself don’t seek progress, then don’t drag Jiang Cheng along to fool around with you. You’re going to be a bad influence to him.”

Wei WuXian looked startled, “I don’t seek progress? Why, am I not the one with the most progress in the entire Lotus Pier?”

You tell her!!!

And more proof that Wei Wuxian doesn’t have low self confidence and has no problem standing up for himself.

There’s also something extremely pointed about Madam Yu saying this after the narrative just had Wei Wuxian display archery skills better than everyone else in the sect.

And also they’re literally practicing their archery??? Which is a form of training? I don’t see the problem. There isn’t one really. It’s just that Madam Yu has to makes a problem out of everything even when one doesn’t exist.

Hearing this, an air of hostility appeared over Madam Yu’s forehead. Jiang Cheng hastened, “Wei WuXian, shut up!”

He turned to Madam Yu, “It’s not that we want to shoot kites in Lotus Pier but, right now, isn’t it that none of us are allowed to leave? The Wen Sect assigned all of the night-hunt areas to itself. Even if I wanted to night-hunt, there isn’t anywhere for me to go. To stay at home and not go outside to provoke or fight for prey with the Wen Sect—isn’t this what you yourself made clear to Father?”

You know, I think this is one of the only times I’ve ever seen Jiang Cheng try to defend Wei Wuxian. And even then, he’s not so much defending Wei Wuxian specifically here as much as Jiang Cheng is justifying his own presence and actions. In fact Jiang Cheng makes a point to phrase it as if they are all only doing this because they have little choice and not because it is an enjoyable activity. And notice the switch from ‘we’ to ‘I’?

The sentence just as easily could have been, ‘Even if we wanted to night-hunt, there isn’t anywhere for us to go.’ And yet Jiang Cheng makes a point to only refer to himself here. And the reason this is noticeable to me is because nights hunts are normally done with a group of disciples so the other way would make more sense wouldn’t it? As a sect heir I doubt Jiang Cheng would be allowed to night hunt alone after all.

Even Jin Ling (with one uncle apparently actively sabotaging him—looking at you Jin Guangyao) usually took night hunts if not with Jiang Cheng and his disciples than at least with them nearby. And Fairy was normally with him too.

So unless this is a translation thing he’s clearly making a distinction between himself and everyone else to try and stay in his mother’s good graces.

There’s a lot of interesting nuance anytime the Jiang family interacts with each other because their home life is so fraught.

Wei WuXian, “Well, they think they’re the sun shining above all sects. It’s not the first time that the Wen Sect is so shameless. Taking advantage of their large sect and strong influence, it had been prohibiting the other sects from night-hunting ever since last year. Just how much prey, how much land has it stolen?”

Jiang FengMian was sitting at the foremost seat, “Watch your words and eat.”

Wei Wuxian, speaking the hard truths no one likes to hear like always.

And that last part is interesting because Jiang Cheng and Yu Ziyuan always made it sound like Jiang Fengmian treated Wei Wuxian like he was above reproach but here, in our second meeting with Jiang Fengmian, we clearly have him scolding Wei Wuxian. The text is literally directly contradicting their words before we’ve even heard any accusations of favoritism from them at this point to try and give us an unbiased account before we hear their imagined grievances.

And the text did this earlier in the chapter too when it displayed Wei Wuxian’s prowess as an archer right before Madam Yu accused him of not seeking progress. All this is to clearly show how reality differs from Madam Yu’s and Jiang Cheng’s viewpoints because the ones they have are incredibly biased.

Madam Yu scolded, “Of course you’ll go! Or else would your sister go? Look at her, still happily peeling lotus seeds. A-Li, stop peeling them. Who are you peeling them for? You’re the mistress, not somebody’s servant!”

Hearing the word ‘servant’, Wei WuXian didn’t mind much. He had finished all of the lotus seeds in the dish all at once, chewing as the soft, refreshing sweetness filled his mouth. Jiang FengMian, on the other hand, raised his head slightly, “My lady.”

It’s really amazing how little Wei Wuxian seems fazed by the Jiang’s having an argument right over his head. He doesn’t even react at all. Especially when the text seems to imply that Madam Yu is saying this specifically to undermine Wei Wuxian’s heritage.

And noticeably it’s this implied insult to Wei Wuxian’s father that has Jiang Fengmian speaking up in contrast to how he later stays silent when Madam Yu insults Wei Wuxian’s mother in a much more frank and crass manner. I didn’t even have to put the ‘My lady’ in bold. The text already had that there to emphasize how serious he is here.

I think it’s supposed to illustrate which one of Wei Wuxian’s parents Jiang Fengmian cares about more. And it’s not Cangse Sanren.

It’s also possible that I’m reading too much into it and Jiang Fengmian is simply reacting to the slight done to Wei Wuxian himself. But we also never really see Jiang Fengmian take active steps to cease his wife’s behavior towards Wei Wuxian normally. So why does this veiled slight, of all the many different insults Madam Yu has directed towards Wei Wuxian’s person, the one that spurs him to scold his wife?

Madam Yu laughed harshly, “How wonderful. He can go if he wants to. If he doesn’t want to, it’s definitely possible for him to stay. Why is it that A-Cheng has to go no matter what?-“

She says as if she literally didn’t say so herself a few moments earlier that Jiang Cheng had to go because the Wen Sect specifically asked for one disciple from the clan (presumably meaning from the main family) to be sent along with some of their disciples. Wei Wuxian get’s a choice precisely because he is not a member of the Jiang Clan. Which is exactly what Madam Yu wants in the first place—for Wei Wuxian to not be considered part of her family.

The novel even follows it up by saying this:

There was resentment within her heart. She simply wanted to let out the rage, even if it made no sense.

So the “favoritism” she’s apparently perceived Wei Wuxian getting clearly isn’t what’s actually happening right now.

“-Just how did I give birth to a son like you?!”

- Madam Yu, direct quote.

Glancing around, Wei WuXian remarked, “As expected, people came from Gusu as well.”

He didn’t know why, but all of the boys sent from the GusuLan Sect looked somewhat pallid. Lan WangJi’s face was especially pale, but his expression was still as frosted as usual, distancing him from everyone else. The sword Bichen on his back, he stood alone, with nobody around him. Wei WuXian had wanted to go up to him and say hello, but Jiang Cheng warned him, “Don’t cause any trouble!”

And so he could only forget about it.

Just Wei Wuxian immediately zeroing his attention in on Lan Wangji like always.

And just Jiang Cheng being a roadblock between Wangxian, also like always.

With confidence, Wei WuXian unstrapped his sword and handed it over. At the same time, he couldn’t help but glance across at the GusuLan Sect’s side. He originally thought that Lan WangJi would definitely refuse to hand it over. Unexpectedly, even though Lan WangJi’s face was frighteningly cold, he unstrapped his sword anyway.

Wei Wuxian’s confidence in himself here is very sexy.

Also it’s just a little funny how Wei Wuxian really can’t seem to help himself when it comes to Lan Wangji being the focus of his attention.

The one who suffered the most was Jin ZiXuan. He grew up having been cupped within the palms of his parents. He had never undergone such humiliation before. If not for how the other disciples of the LanlingJin Sect stopped him and the fact that Wen ZhuLiu wasn’t easy to deal with, he would have willingly killed himself along with Wen Chao on the first day. On the other hand, Lan WangJi seemed to be in a state of inner peace and absolute indifference, as though his soul had already risen out of his body. And, Wei WuXian had been through years of Madam Yu’s diverse methods of scolding when he was at Lotus Pier. He began to laugh whenever he stepped off the platform, hardly blinking an eye to such moments.

There’s something about this paragraph that is really amusing and just highlights the differences between these people.

You have Jin Zixuan, who is used to being spoiled and getting what he wants, and also simultaneously doesn’t seem to grasp the full seriousness of this situation, nor the consequences his actions could have. It is almost, cut and paste, the same traits that led to his death. Both his misjudgment and mishandling of the situation leading to him being killed and escalating the situation to something worse. Here, at least, he has people to stop him.

Then you have Lan Wangji, who is painfully aware of the consequences his actions could have after the burning of the Cloud Recesses and seems to have just completely shut down and dissociated.

And then you have Wei Wuxian, who is just so used to such treatment that he can laugh it off with a smile. Take a moment to think about that.

Wen Chao’s treatment of him here doesn’t phase him because Madam Yu treats him worse daily. Wei Wuxian even describes such treatment as ‘diverse methods of scolding’ when Madam Yu does it. Even though the text quite clearly sums up how Wen Chao’s treatment of them is abhorrent and meant to humiliate them. The implications are chilling.

Given how Wei Wuxian downplays his own suffering we can safely assume that ‘scolding’ is a massive understatement and ‘abuse’ would likely be the more fitting term. A literal indoctrination camp is literally no worse than the way Wei Wuxian is treated at Lotus Pier. Absolutely horrifying.

ANOTHER cis guy with the power to joke about trans-ness.

#an innovative new twist on healing cock?

fondly remembering when pope francis said he hopes hell is empty. top pope francis moments. right up there with him saying some seminaries are too faggy

here's the caravan's 42 page report on the murder and torture of civilians in Kashmir by the Indian army that the Indian government has asked them to take down as of 13/02/24. Please read and download and circulate.

I see no reason why I can’t be both the love interest and the antagonist

Something that’s awesome about tumblr compared to other sites is that we’re still passing around images and things that people posted on here upwards of 15 years ago like I saw this amazing photo on here earlier with only like a thousand notes and the timestamp on the post was like this time of year in 2010

Everybody is just on here sharing cool stuff that they enjoy and there’s no shelf life on posts here. I love that

i keep trying to reread wyrd sisters but i can't get further than this cause every time i see it i have to turn my phone off and close my eyes for twenty minutes.....this is SO funny. you just know there's a little recipe book in goodie maysherestinpeace whemper's old cottage with an entry that says RECIPE FOR HOT LEAD BONES: step one you get some lead step two you put it in their bones

Everyone says maysherestinpeace whenever they say Goodie Whemper’s name because they don’t want to even contemplate what might happen if she was NOT doing so.

This is such a leap that "boy that escalated quickly" does not even begin to cover it