Swooping. Is. Bad.

The thing about Lord/Knight gay romance is that there’s no way you can cut it that doesn’t make the sex hotter. At a baseline, the Lord is allowing his subject to be his equal partner behind closed doors in a society defined by hierarchy their physical love a blaspheme against the laws of feudalism, but if the knight is dominant, they’re literally upending the fabric of society by having the Lord follow his Knight’s orders and that’s hot and if the Lord is dominant than it’s just another expression of his Knight’s sworn devotion to be at his lord’s service at all times and that’s hot and if it’s historically accurate Christianity then they’re not only desecrating and perverting the Knight’s vow, they’re making sinners of each other in the process and that’s HOT

no i dont ride my horse into battle what the hell is wrong with you she could get hurt. she drops me off and then she stands on the sidelines with a gun

OP this is a gorgeous post and I’m so proud of you

wait...if you're manipulating me, and im manipulating you, then who's interviewing the vampire?? 😱

Do you ever interact with someone and you realize “this person has never had to consider or think about what their place in the world is, and why they believe certain things or act certain ways, this person has never considered society at length” and it’s just terrifying

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i have this unrealistic fantasy in my head where if you calmly and logically explain something to someone perfectly they will understand your position and gain knowledge from the exchange. unfortunately in the real world this does not happen often

I enjoy that from the little glimpse we saw from his parents we know exactly why he's that way. His Ma is headstrong and firm in her beliefs and his dad is a "mush"- a very kindly man who doesn't know a ton but believes in the good of humans and how important it is to care.

i cant believe that there's still gamergate STANK on games that women enjoy. NASTY misogyny residue. stardew valley is in fact a video game. animal crossing is also a video game. so are otome games and dating sims and twee little cozy games. sometimes a bitch doesnt wanna play bloodborne that shit's hard

guys who mainly play 2k and fortnite will still be like oh youre not a real gamer for having 1000 hours in stardew. mother fucker you're larping as a basketball player

It turns out that actually standing by "men and women are not inherently very different" is a reliable way to bother absolutely everyone. Left or right, cis or trans, feminist or misogynist, all cling to the binary for dear life.

My mom, who is a left-leaning, generally feminist woman has many times expressed opinions that she thinks men and boys are more likely, based on biological traits, to be more violent and rude. It bothered the shit out of me because my sister and I are both assigned male. And when I'd express that to her she'd say she's not counting us, or something to that effect, but that always felt like a copout. She couldn't except that it was a learned, cultural thing, she just thought my sister and I were exceptions. If anything, it was a little othering. It was especially bad when she applied this to children, which she did because she worked in childcare. And I can kind of understand her viewpoint, assuming she saw patterns in the ways boys behaved in her years working with them. But the thing about that is that biology is not an adequate explanation for that behavior, because, prior to puberty, there is very little difference in the levels of sex hormones of males and females. She would use the word "testosterone" a lot, as if young boys had significant testosterone in their blood. They don't. Hearing her bullshit time after time has only radicalized me. If you want to make social progress for women, for trans people, for people as a whole... You need to accept that male and female humans really aren't all that different from each other.

Someone described the modern difference as such:  Fear is knowing that a werewolf is hunting you.  Terror is when you see it and it charges at you.  Horror is realizing that your feet are stuck to the floor.

lust is

I’d like to thank the brave sniper that stopped that final comment

smoking that shit that makes you cry about the horrors of car-centric infrastructure

hey yeah i get it but youre harshing the vibe rn nobody wants to hear about the irreversible damage that cars have done to North America and the whole world by proxy

showing your girl pictures of nasty ugly parking garages at the function

this is not a joke or exaggeration but a cry for help btw I've been watching 3 hour youtube videos about concrete like I'm somebody's autistic dad

yeah no sorry I can't go out tonight I have to read the rest of the 2023 Ford corporate sustainability report no not for a class I'm just nosey

no babe I thought it was hot that you got into and won a debate with my dad about the viability of high speed rail in north america

listen I'm sorry that your dad went home, researched highspeed rail, and started the argument with you again when I wasn't there umm no I'm not going to apologize no I actually umm yeah I've been brushing up on my talking points sorry but bob doesn't stand a fucking chance he can meet me in the market place of ideas

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