please kill this idea that just because a female character is not physically strong and does not physically fight that her very existence is, by default, a sexist portrayal of women in media.
the “damsel in distress” trope is only harmful when that aspect of the character is all there is to the character. if the writers give attention to her backstory, her feelings, her struggles, and her development, then she’s not a faceless prop just being used for male empowerment. she’s a person. a person who happens to not fight.
there’s nothing wrong with that. and to push this notion that this is somehow bad and wrong and that women should never need saving, even in war and crime fiction, is ludicrous. it swings the pendulum too far in the other direction and creates the problem of only showcasing women who are physically fit, or butch, or masculine.
people come in all shapes, sizes, temperaments, and ideologies. stop worrying about stupid tropes and focus that energy on questioning whether or not a character is actually well-written and cared for by the author instead.
I’m honestly in tears. I am incredibly upset, I am shaking, I am furious. I need this post to reach as many people as possible, because I want everyone to be aware about this and we need to work together to help bring this young girl home safely. I have a lot of followers so I’m hoping this will spread quickly so more people are aware of this.
This is Kennedi High. You may have seen her circling through your dashboard. She’s 16 years old and she has gone missing, and so far everyone has pieced together through her snapchat story that something is really, really wrong. She’s acting funny, and recently her snapchat story has been updated: “I’m with this other man and he telling me I’m never going back home to see my family.” A lot of people think this may be a case of sex trafficking, and it most likely is, and I’m honestly terrified for her.
She’s originally from Baltimore, MD, though it’s said that she may currently be in the Mountain View California region. Please spread this if you can, reblog any other posts you find about her and get this story out. I’m absolutely sickened and shaken and I just want her to be safe. This is so important to me.
Not to mention, there’s been reports of over 64,000 black girls missing across the United States, and it’s most likely due to sex trafficking. 64,000 black girls. That’s just crazy. This is terrifying and needs more media coverage, this needs to be spread everywhere. We need to protect black girls. They need our help.
If you guys have any more information to add to this post or correct, please please feel free. I’ll try to add any other updates I find on the situation. In the meantime, if you can, please this reblog or any other posts relating to Kennedi and spread the word. Tell everyone about it. This needs everyone’s attention.
narrator: Mewtwo was created in a lab almost 20 years ago
me in a theater full of children: I WAS THERE!
this is the most sophisticated phishing e-mail I have ever received and if they had sized the logo correctly and actually proofread the fucking thing I probably would’ve clicked that button
jack kirby’s dreamland
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For anyone even remotely interested in sci-fi, today SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy launched a Tesla Roadster into space. Don’t Panic is written on the Dashboard, the radio is continuously playing David Bowie’s “Life on Mars”, and the dummy in the driver seat is called Starman. EDIT: As a bonus, here’s a livestream of the driver. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2p55BmwmJM
So I suddenly developed a much greater appreciation for the Mega Man Mastermix #3 variant cover by Josh Perez when I realized it was a tribute to Rock & Rule.
Happy 30th Anniversary! This is the linework I did for @rockmiyabideusexmachina and his Mega Man 30th Anniversary collab event. My partner was the inestimable (and inestimably patient) @ingopotato, who did some marvelous color work with the pieces (and helped shore up those positively barren buildings). The premise of the piece is a riff on the aerial chase segments of both Mega Man 8 and Mega Man X8, swapping in the flight crew from classic in for X and company on their air speeders as they hunt down Gigabolt Man’o’War. This was a fun piece for the sheer novelty of some of these character designs and poses -- mostly I draw from other sources of inspiration, so I’m not used to playing with the classic or X characters. Not since a certain Dr. Wily Sand Castle Contest anyway.
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