ramble on

I really appreciate seeing it without the lion costume, so you can see what an AMAZING feat of athleticism it truly is.

Wushou dancers are 100% drift compatible

i literally cannot convey how long i fucking laughed after i realized that boobytrap backwards is partyboob

i really hope that this does not end up being the text post that defines my entire tumblr career

I love when Leverage stops in the middle of an episode to explain a corrupt system or law or whatever so they're sure the audience knows exactly what's bad about it before they execute a cathartic revenge upon someone exploiting it. They're like hang on let me take a minute to explain the private prison industry and why it's so fucked up. Okay now back to the jailbreak and fucking over the rich private prisons guy

I need to figure out how to share my spreadsheet connecting Leverage episodes with Last Week with John Oliver episodes without doxxing myself, because there are at least 10 that cover the same subject matter.

sometimes the absence is more compelling. let's lack something and then feel its presence forever in the empty space where it should be.

like many people have said this better than me but no it IS odd that we've come to think of potatoes as so quintessentially european that their presence in historical fantasy where they're anachronistic doesn't jar. and yes people are trying to have the trappings of post-colonial europe without engaging w the icky colonialism part and yes people are neglecting to imagine what a european cuisine without potatoes would be like.

im fully in favour of 'let people have fun w their fantasy world' but is considering how the potatoes got there in the absence of colonialism not a fun exercise? maybe every year the dragon riders go on a great transatlantic potato pilgrimage

parents are allowed to straight-up torture their kids with zero consequences. they can withhold food and water, lock you out of shelter, confiscate your belongings, bar you from human contact, attack and harm you and exert complete control over your physical appearance. and this is just the norm. if you speak out against it you're seen as a delinquent or a predator. even otherwise progressive people get uncomfortable with the idea of dismantling the nuclear family unit because they still see it as the best way to keep kids safe when that simply couldn't be further from the truth. it's evil.