name: tas pronouns: she/her fandoms: mostly dragon age, but also mass effect, the elder scrolls, star trek, whatever i’m vibing with at this particular moment
this is not a fandom-only blog and i will blog about current events, social justice issues, etc. i try to tag distressing content (bigotry, violence, etc) and if you need anything extra tagged let me know through my inbox!
But for today, just don’t answer your boss’s call off the clock.
We know you believe in ACAB and think they all should get the wall.
But for today, just don’t call 9-1-1 on the guy screaming outside of your apartment.
The memes are fun. The memes are aspirational and keep us reaching for the horizon.
But look down, too, at what actually is.
Endure pains now—suffer the inconveniences now—knowing that they likely involve unpleasantness.
The Revolution™ is fun to imagine and involves no pain. But the real world does involve pain, and it’s necessary to exercise the muscles needed for future work and opportunities.
Other quick or easy anti-capitalist and anti-cop quick steps to toss into the mix off the top of my head:
Don’t buy that silly thing you kinda want but don’t need. Whatever it is, just…don’t buy it. And keep not buying it.
Join your local Buy Nothing Project page and participate in a currency free economy of generosity and reuse.
Of course, support strikers and organizers. Listen to labor leaders about what each striking workforce wants from you. NEVER CROSS PICKET LINES, NEVER SCAB.
Implement a full scale “I don’t talk to cops” policy and just. fully. stop. talking. to. any. of. them. ever. in your daily life. Seriously.
Identify if you “fix things” by a) spending money or b) by being creative. For me, it’s been too often spending $ that I don’t even have. So if you’re like me, that means you gotta try to get more creative…
Reuse and repurpose: figure out a way to “solve problems” with the stuff in your house or your friends’ houses already. Like, need new storage containers? Repurpose old boxes and craft them to being cuter. Need new reads or clothes? Set up a book or clothes swap w/ friends or other community. Need a gadget to trim a tree? Borrow from a neighbor.
Tell someone who would benefit why criminal defense attorney’s aren’t slimy by default and in fact, many are actually doing the Lord’s work.
Reserve judgement about others and work on distinguishing between “this is a modern convenience that is critical for me to access” vs. “this is a modern convenience which represents me putting $ into the economy that I cannot justify.” For example, someone is buying pre cut fruit because they lack the physical ability to wash and process raw foods is REAL DIFFERENT than someone who always pays a premium for Whole Foods delivered groceries because that makes them feel fancy. Buying and drinking exclusively bottled water because “it just tastes better” is way different than buying bottled water because you live in a community w/o access to potable water by tap.
Stop seeing all cops as your helpers (this is usually only a default to my fellow white people.) Lost in public and need directions? At an event and need help? Seek out your fellow average person in the crowd to ask for assistance, not the cops uniformed at the periphery.
Don’t let someone talk shit about other’s bodies around you. When they do, draw that straight line for them between beauty culture and late state capitalism
Do something that brings you immense pleasure but has NO associated costs, at all.
If applicable, disavow yourself from thinking of “second hand” items as “trashy” or whatever other classist nonsense.
I love the new dragon in Tears of the Kingdom so muchhhhhh!!!! ;u; I thought I would draw a lot when the game released but I was wrong, I’m sorry!! I hope you like it!! hehehe
I’m seeing Long Video Essay Discourse start to rear its head in Twitter so I’m gonna head it off at the pass now: I fucking love super long video essays, they’re an experience I’m happy to tune in to, Youtube recently added chapters to videos so it feels much more segmented, I love this shit and I don’t care if it’s not for you.
I still can’t fucking get over how cetaceans adapted to spend their entire lives in the water and just never bothered to redevelop water-breathing. there’s motherfuckers who spend an hour or more diving and the evolutionary solution is just “breathe a lot on the surface and then lower your heart rate to a near-hibernation level while actively cruising the seafloor for stuff to eat”. totally insane solution to one of the oldest solved problems in biology
If Hugh Jackman can deadlift 405 pounds, he shouldn’t have settled merely for Marius. He could’ve picked up Enjolras as well. You know what, add Eponine. Street gamines can’t possibly weigh that much. Man let’s just add the whole of Les Amis (including Gavroche). It’s Hugh Jackman. He can take it.
“yes my child I forgot what your booby of a young man looks like so please pick one from the pile”
*tries to subtly tilt the more sensible looking ones towards cosette*
#but imagine him trying really hard to get her to choose combeferre
“Look, Cosette, this one is practicing medicine! And he seems to have an extensive reserve of facts on things from moths to space!”
“Papa, I think that is Marius beneath him.”
“No it isn’t. But look at this Combeferre, his glasses truly frame his face.”
“Papa-”
“Cosette. P L E A S E.”
The best part about this is that Valjean has no idea who his daughters dating, but damn it he knows it’s one of them, so he just takes everyone. The young doctor? Coming. The drunk one? Hopefully not, but bring him anyways. The small child? Might be the brother of whoever Cosette’s with, better bring him just in case. This young woman? Well, Cosette’s already proven she doesn’t tell Valjean everything, so she’s coming too.
And then the final confrontation between him and Javert. Valjean comes staggering out of the sewers holding a pile of people.
“IT’S YOU JAVERT, I KNEW YOU WOULDN’T WAIT TOO LONG!”
“Valjean, what the fuck-”
“THE FAITHFUL SERVANT AT HIS POST ONCE MORE!”
“How are you balancing all of them.”
“THIS BOY AND THIS BOY AND THIS BOY AND THIS BOY AND THIS BOY AND THIS BOY AND THIS BOY AND THIS GIRL AND THIS BOY AND THIS BOY AND THIS CHILD HAVE DONE NO WRONG, AND THE NEED A DOCTORS CARE!”
“I’m not dealing with this, just go.”
“COME, TIME IS RUNNING SHORT!”
“I said you can leave!”
“LOOK DOWN, JAVERT, THEY’RE ALL STANDING IN THEIR GRAVES! MAKE WAY, JAVERT, THERE’S ABOUT A DOZEN LIVES TO SAVE!”
This is a dub of @demi-pixellated animatic, thank you Demi for letting me dub it! I’ve been a huge fan of Harvest Moon for years and I thought this animatic was adorable! I’m also a voice actress of 3 years so I wanted to give it ago; this will also be up on YouTube and Instagram later. I’ll update with links when I post it
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Special thank you to my other VA’s too; I voiced Pony but I can’t do make voices so I definitely needed their help haha
