Antis: “The ages are concrete. You can’t interpret them differently in fanon, regardless of what you personally thought before ages were mentioned by anyone. You can’t interpret ages differently for ships. It’s still wrong even if you do.”
Production team: “Allura is a teenager.”
Antis: “I never saw Allura as a teenager so I’m going to continue to interpret her as an adult and continue shipping Shallura. It’s not wrong if I interpret her age differently. I can still ship this ship if I want to.”
This is like, a perfect example of how tricky charitable acts by the ruling class are. Take most of something then give back a small amount.
Seriously. This is what it looks like when conservatives say private charity will replace the social welfare state. The generous billions of dollars taken from the rich to spend protecting the poor and the environment will be replaced by a slight trickle of millions, given only at the pleasure of the rich.
this is also the perfect example of the idea of a CEO being a perfect administrator. Trump’s never confronted an issue that can’t be solved by his own money or by firing people, so to him it makes sense to like throw them a little donation even though “money that’s a lot to a millionaire” is fuckingly small to a government
Have any of you ever wondered why the creators decided to give Shiro a scar across his nose? I mean, of all places, why there?
I did. Then I compared this picture of Shiro:
To a picture taken from the original Beast King GoLion anime during Shirogane’s death:
… Well, you can get inspiration from just about anywhere, I suppose!
I… I don’t know what to say about this.
You want to know something better? Look where the blood is coming from.
He has a wound up at hairline height, and seemingly another wound on the bridge of his nose.
Now, for GoLion’s Shirogane, those wounds killed him and he never healed.
But VLD Shiro has a white strip in his hair right at the hairline level (white hair can be caused by scarring) and another scar across the bridge of his nose. We’ve never seen a flashback of him with one and without the other, which suggests they could have been inflicted at the same time- and Shiro’s hair would only start to come in white afterwards, which is to say this would make it very likely there was a point in VLD Shiro’s past where he looked like that image of GoLion’s Shirogane- just Shiro survived.
VLD also takes joint inspiration from GoLion and DotU, and in DotU, Sven survives that scene and recovers to make a future appearance (while in GoLion he’s at one point replaced by his brother) so I think there’s something very thematically interesting that VLD appears to have given Shiro, as a fixture of his character design, scars from the wounds that killed his GoLion counterpart, but that Shiro survived.
I feel like the reason certain dog-lovers insist cats are evil is because they read their body language as if they were dogs. So here’s a very basic guide to common “mean” things cats do that actually aren’t mean at all if you know what they’re thinking.
Rolling and exposing belly- attacks you when touched Does not mean: Give belly rubs! – haha I tricked you! Actually means: I’m playful! If you reach for my belly I’ll grab your arm and bite it because I think we’re playfighting!
Lazily exposing belly – still attacks when touched Does not mean: tricked you again! Actually means: I’m showing you my belly because I trust you. Please don’t break that trust by invading my personal space. I might accept a belly rub if I’m not ticklish and I know you well.
Snapping at you while being pet Does not mean: I suddenly decided I dislike you! Actually means: You’re petting me in a way that gives me too much restless energy. Please focus on petting my head and shoulders instead of stroking the full length of my back next time.
Is in the same room but makes no attempt to interact Does not mean: I’m ignoring you Actually means: We’re hanging out! I’m being respectful by giving you space while still enjoying your company.
Slapping/scratching your hand when you try to pet them Does not mean: I hate you! Actually means: You’ve failed to establish that we’re not playing, or the way you’re approaching me scares me. Be calmer, speak more gently, make eye-contact and blink slowly at me before you try again.
I love this post omg, thank you so much. As a lifelong cat person, dogs perplex me because they’re so completely different behaviourally.
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