RAAAAH Guess Who’s Back On Their PJO Grind

I have online friends who *are* transgender, i'm just stupid so i forget about pronouns all the time

Reblog if you’d be okay if your friend came out as transgender

let’s see how many transphobics we can weed out

AMEN HALLELUJAH

Me: *reading a post that makes the joke “Peeta dropped the baby bomb, Gale drops bombs on babies”* haha good one

Also me: you’re missing the point! You’re missing the point! YOURE MISSING THE POINT! He grew up starving. His best friend almost died of hunger. Most of his people live in poverty. He watched children die in a bloodbath every year for the capital’s entertainment. The girl he loved went into the games. Was tortured by the capitol. His district was bombed out of existence. Nearly everyone he knew was killed. Their only crime was being fed up of being hungry and oppressed and sharing the same district as Katniss. All those innocent people. Murdered. He had to take refuge in a district that was bombed out of existence and forced to live underground. Of course he joined the war effort. Of course he designed unethical bombs and battle tactics. He wanted revenge. He wanted the capitol to have a taste of their own medicine. He wanted the rebellion to succeed. And tell me you could live through what he did, and that no part of you would be screaming for Justice and vengeance. Gale is you. You are Gale. He represents a part of feelings and actions that reside within us, even if you don’t act on it.

“But he killed prim!” Exactly! Gale loved prim. She was a second family to her. He looked after Katniss’ family. He saved them from the district 12 bombings. He loved her. He never would’ve put her in danger. He never would’ve put in order for a bombing if it would kill Prim. But coin would. And did. She took what was meant to be a tool of Gale’s righteous revenge for all the suffering he and his people suffered through, only for someone in power to take it and use it to kill someone he loved.

There’s some many lessons to take. We can’t control the things we create. War spares no one. Even justifiable rage and actions can end up rebounding and hurting those you love instead of your targets.

“He drops bombs on babies” is too simplistic of a takeaway and does a disservice to the story and Gale.

[Odypen first meeting]

Penelope: *reading under an olive tree*

Odysseus: 😳

Athena: You want to talk to her?

Odysseus: Yes.

Athena: Go on.

Odysseus: *nods*

Athena: Oh, and Odysseus?

Odysseus: Yes?

Athena: Don’t come on too strong.

Odysseus, gets on one knee: Come home with me.

Penelope, smiling: Who are you?

Odysseus: The man who’s gonna marry you.

Athena: *facepalms*

ZUTARA NATION WE ARE SOOO BACK

y'all

señor orange cheeks??????

Y'all

Im not on tiktok and never have been, but I downloaded RedNote just to see what is up, and I am witnessing something truly amazing

The Chinese user community is giving the American tiktok refugees an overwhelmingly warm welcome, meanwhile the American users seem to have collectively agreed that not only will they not let the app be taken over with English and they will provide Mandarin subtitles for everything, they are LEARNING MANDARIN. Ive scrolled through so many videos of Americans offering greetings in Mandarin to try to acclimate to the new environment and be respectful, and speakers of both languages are posting lots of tutorials on language basics and internet slang in Mandarin

My God, there is an AMAZING outpouring of curiosity and delight among everyone to learn about each others cultures and daily lives. People are posting videos of landscapes, cities, towns, and natural areas in USA and China, posting recipes and traditional foods, vlogs of everyday life, and reaching out to find people with similar hobbies.

And it's not just young people! There are loads of videos from middle-aged American guys who have come to post about fishing or motorcycles and are now happily chatting with Chinese users sharing the same interests using Google translate

One American guy who was like. in his 60's had a comment on one of his videos that was like "Red Neck?" and he replied "Yes!" and I just about fucking lost it

Also the Chinese users love, and I mean LOVE, Luigi Mangione. He is apparently broadly adored in China. There is SO much fanart and SO many edits.

There are many threads initiating Chinese users to ask questions of American users about the USA, and vice versa, and everyone on both sides is clearing up a lot of misconceptions. Some of the questions I saw a lot from Chinese users were: "Is it true that American parents kick you out of the house as soon as you turn 18" (not often, but sometimes) "Do you all really wear shoes in bed" (NO!!! Apparently a lot of characters in American sitcoms are shown lying in bed with shoes on which I never noticed before!) and "are there really guns everywhere" (yes).

For the most part Chinese content creators seem just overwhelmed by the sudden influx of hundreds of followers that are super enthusiastic about what they're doing. A lot of them have made posts about how initially they thought the uptick in follower count was some kind of error, or that there was some kind of joke or prank, but then they realized the interest and enthusiasm was genuine and now they're welcoming all the newcomers.

I found several posts by Chinese users saying that this felt like a really profound historical moment, where these previously separated worlds are suddenly smashing together and suddenly there is freedom to learn about each other's cultures and connect. One of them said something along the lines of "This is a 21st century Tower of Babel and even though I'm an atheist I hope God lets this tower stand." OUGH MY HEART.

The app itself works a little bit like a video-based version of Pinterest. It's not really my thing so I probably won't be on there long term but it's been amazing to see what's happening.

imagine taking the time to send someone an ask under anonymous that just says "so i hate you and i'm going to attempt to make that your problem now actually but i don't even have the balls to do it under my real username" lmao

Hey so you're fucking disgusting!

according to most popular ao3 fics, characters say this to each other before they have sex. but as much as I’m flattered by the courting, I’m afraid I don’t fuck someone who looks like this

but good luck though! maybe the next person will be desperate enough to take you under their sheets ❤️

alr alr so hear me out in the agni kai vs azula TECHNICALLY katara was the one to defeat azula and TECHNICALLY the stakes for that agni kai were becoming firelord so...

WHAT IF

HEAR ME OUT

KATARA HAD TO BE THE FIRELORD AND ZUKO HAS TO MARRY HER IN A MARRIAGE OF CONVENIENCE TO BECOME THE FIRELORD AGHHHHH

pls someone write this fanfic or else point me to it if it already exists or i'll have to write it myself

ok thank you for coming to my ted talk.

uhm

!SPOILERS!

“I don’t cry much in general. Only when people die, and then I cry hard and fast and ugly, which is what I do now. Because Louella is dead and I was supposed to look out for her and I didn’t. And while Lenore Dove will forever be my true love, Louella is my one and only sweetheart.”

Excerpt From Sunrise on the Reaping Suzanne Collins This material may be protected by copyright.

So like.....Haymitch definitely called Lenore Dove "sweetheart", right?