Latest Posts by clock-of-the-leaf - Page 2
First Felon is going 'full Russia' on US citizens.
First Felon is building a concentration camp at Guantanamo, Cuba.
It had a previous capacity of 800, but First Felon wants to increase to 30,000.
This is a call to action.
(Quds) Three newborns died in Gaza due to extreme cold as Israel continues to ban entry of mobile homes and tents.
This is performative.
It's unconstitutional.
An executive order is not a law. Republican lawyers know this is a joke, but they let First Felon cosplay.
Context:
So the National Park Service removed any mention of trans people from the page on the Stonewall National Monument. And removed the word 'transgender' from the page on Sylvia Rivera.
Hell no. Trans women of color built the gay rights movement. Full stop.
Check my Mastodon for a version of this at 300 DPI printable resolution! Take copies to a Stonewall protest and hand them out, if you're going to one!
And all together we whispered;
Die, die, die
Americans, I know we're going through it, but why do I keep seeing stuff like "I'm sorry world, we'll fix this in 4 years"? But like... what do you mean "4 years"?
We have midterm in 2026, yearly local elections, special elections, primaries, etc.
We have the right (dare I say responsibility) to contact our representatives and the right to organize and protest if/when they don't listen.
We need to find a meaningful way to educate people about propaganda and media literacy. We need to convince people to be willing to educate themselves. The habit of only checking in to politics on presidential election years needs broken.
I understand how defeating today feels, but we, especially those of us who could conceivably make it through these four years unscathed, need to stop this proactive surrender.
I wonder who that handsome qpr might be/silly
Hi ! I'm part of the population that apparently no longer exists since an orange man said there were two genders ;-;
Please Reblog is Your Blog is Safe for Non-Binary People.
If my mutuals can’t rb this then we can’t be mutuals
edit: join the subreddit for updates, i think thats where most of the planning is happening. it seems that the date may be changed to allow more time to organize and plan
second edit: you can also follow on bluesky
another edit: i reblogged this with a link to more info but i think most ppl haven't seen it so im gonna leave it here
I can't even go on the og account... That's weird
Anyways yeah hate Trump, draw a caricature of him in art class :]
this blog hates donald trump
Look how many people hate him. I’m pretty damn happy about that 😁😁😁😁😁😁
Thinking about how some modern comics writers (Tom Taylor) write the batfam and why it doesn't sit right (this post centers around the robins because of their training but some of that reflexion would definitely fit for Barbara and Cass as well.)
The thing with writing a team of people with similar training and strength is you can't take the easy route of "well this one is the smart one! And this one is the flexible one! And this one is the strong one!" .... which is obviously reductive to all of their characters. Obviously, they have interpersonal differences; Dick, being raised as an acrobat, is the most flexible, but that doesn't mean that every single one of these little fuckers doesn't like to bend, twist and somersault to dodge bullets like an annoying worm on a string being flung around in the sky. They're Robins. Obviously, Jason is the bulkiest, but that doesn't mean they don't all go through hardcore conditioning -Tim is only considered "frail" when you put him between Bruce and Jason, this guy would bench-press you any day, come on. (And DC editorial can lie to us about the girls' weights and heights and make them at the limit of ed-territory even though they're doing parkour and hardcore martial arts every day but I know the truth, Steph's strong as hell, homegirl's got bazooka-level guns). Obviously Damian was raised in the League and is proficient in a bunch of martial arts, but they all received training from a bunch of different experts, including, for all of them, the same guy (that they are all so normal and chill about.) Obviously, Tim is the one who used detective work to figure out everyone's identity but you're kidding yourself if you think he's the only intelligent/detective one amongst the robins. Being smart and a detective is a defining part of all of their characterization, and so is being a leader and a strategist. And then of course with that kind of simplified characterization we end up with Steph being "the girl robin" and Damian "the assassin one/stabby one" and Duke "the meta one" (yes this post counts Duke as a Robin. They trained him and also just cause I wanted to. I love him.)
And even if we make an effort and try to dissect it "this one is the detective smart one! And this one is the strategist! and this one is smart in a more techy-way! And this one is the leader! And this one- hey what kind of intelligence do we have left..." obviously doesn't work either. Duke was a exhilarating strategist in WaR already, Jason's strategic work in UTH and detective in Lost Days is thrilling, Damian is a fucking child surgeon (do I need to develop how intelligent that kid is), Dick was the first leader of the Titans and is always doing detective work like, that's an inherent part of his character, Duke was a cute-ass baby doing puzzles and planning to defeat the Riddler himself, Steph literally became Spoiler to stop Cluemaster (girl knows to solve riddles that would make Nygma shit his pants), they've almost all lead a team at some point, etc, etc. All of this is great and cool and a character being great doesn't take away from the skills of another character! Stark contrasts cannot possibly be the only interesting team dynamics, especially since they already have their own teams of contrasting skillset and personalities.
Imo, best robin team-up dynamics is them stepping on eachother's toes with their plans, getting into rapid-fire brainstorming sessions where they're all finishing eachother's sentences, reaching a conclusion and saying it out loud at the same time, one of them having a crazy ass plan and suggesting it to the other and the other saying "i like the way you think" to that person who thinks exactly like them, getting mad at eachother for being stubborn while also being a stubborn little shit, pulling complicated acrobatics together, and just thriving solving a good old complicated mystery with other people who are just as competent and enthusiastic about detective work as them but not a carbon copy, with extremely specific strength and weaknesses and quirks (like Dick's ability to recognise heroin by putting it in his mouth, Damian's uncanny voice imitation ability, etc.)
Of course, this doesn't even begin to touch the family drama, but honestly we get so much family drama angst with no real consequence rn, I'd really love just a robin team-up, relatively low-stakes (aka nothing taking over the city, the world, no past traumas unearthed to haunt them or parental abuse or secret cults etc etc.) Just a very elaborate murder mystery and a good excuse for all the robins to be there and a story that works with their similarities and their potential (both comedic and in terms of plot) rather than erasing it. It would be so much fun!
Oh Eloise you are willing to change the world ? But you couldn't help a girl out of a wedding with an old man ?
This writing is inconsistent and bad
“Pen I'm so grateful for what you have done for me”
And what exactly did Penelope do for Eloise ?!? Talk shit about her before even thinking about telling it to her ?!? Wtf is this writing
its not a trend
My thoughts on Michaela
Ok first : disclaimer, I have read the book, ok angry Michael fan ? I have read the book, I read all of them.
You can guess where my thought is going : it definitely could work.
There's just something about Francesca being startled by Michaela but quickly stuffing those feelings down. She's a married woman and she DOES love John, in some way.
And then when she need Michaela the most, she vanished. (And maybe married to have a baby with some lord for the succession ?... To think about)
Then she comes back and Francesca starts to feel things but no she can't. It's John's cousin for heaven's sake she's betraying John again, she tried to have a child with him !!!She wants children, you need a man for children.
And it's wrong she's a woman, a lady. She always followed societal rules she does NOT like women. She is different enough, she doesn't need something else.
Then there's Michaela. She always liked Francesca, from the moment she saw her.
But it's impossible, she's John's wife, her almost brother's wife.
Francesca is a good woman she likes following the rules, she wants children, she's a perfect lady. No way she is like Michaela, attracted to girls.
And getting with her isn't just betraying John, it's betraying Francesca. She's already cast away from society, she wants children and she deserves it. John would want her happy and no way is Michaela going to make this impossible.
I've also seen people being worried because John was supposed to be Francesca's first love. But he can still be, sure she has a spark for Michaela but nothing more. John and her have a connection something deep, that's going to leave a real hole in her life.
And if anything worries about sex scene you can have consensual sex even if one isn't into it (an example that strikes me is in “The day of a fallen night” which is the most interesting, on a writing level, sex scene I've read)
Eloise was literally like that in part one
And you're going to tell me that in the laps of one or two episodes she doesn't eveb bother to listen to Cressida telling her that a 70y old man wants to marry her ? That the friendship was “falling appart" ?!?
I can't bring myself to watch the last two episodes
I just finished the episode “Tick Tock” of Bridgerton and what the actual FUCK. It wasn't THAT bad but Eloise ?!?
I'm sorry but “I wish I could do something" girl ?!? You're telling me you can't help ? Can't talk about it to your family? Mind you nothing would be my priority but helping a girl get out of a marriage with a seventy years old man.
Eloise should have been the villain in season 3
Listen, I'm the biggest Eloise apologist ever but I can't keep on defending her. She should have been the villain and it could have solved SO MUCH of the issues with the stories.
Eloise has been rejected by society the reality hits her hard after Penelope, rightfully, called her on her bullshit with the “not everyone can be a pretty Bridgertons” speech. And when she was at her lowest she learned that her friend is the one that betrayed her.
She was trying to make amends and to listen to her friends... And where did that get her ?
She's tired of society, she's tired of trying to fit in she just doesn't care. She's mean, she's unapologetic, she laughs when a suitor asks her to dance with him. She's gone. Because what's the point anyways ? She has already lost everything.
There's a lack of drama ? Eloise will GIVE that drama right into the household. Plus I mean a Bridgeton villain? With their capacity to get away with everything ? And it frustrates her because she's just proving Penelope right but she can't stop, she's on a rampage.
And here comes Cressida, always the mean girl, who sees in Eloise the reflection of what she is inside and she makes the first step towards her. What's more beautiful than her and Eloise both evolving out of this cycle, maturing hands in hands.
Eloise learns that people CAN change and as Penelope doesn't write about any of her wrong doing, she starts to see the light.
But she doesn't need to become directly bff with Penelope again, it's not realistic. People change and mature (which is an undertones of this season I'm kinda seeing ?). Things will never be the same again.
Also their friendship wasn't benefiting for none of them. Penelope and Eloise need to make their own space their own friends and grow.
The good news about this is that I'm getting TONS of idea for my rewrite lol
I didn't even watch a full episode and WTF ?!? ELOISE ?!? YOUR NEW BFF IS TELLING YOU THAT SHE'S GOING TO GET ENGAGED TO A GRANDPA ?!? Why aren't you doing anything ?!?
Like that is character assassination
I didn't even watch a full episode and WTF ?!? ELOISE ?!? YOUR NEW BFF IS TELLING YOU THAT SHE'S GOING TO GET ENGAGED TO A GRANDPA ?!? Why aren't you doing anything ?!?
Like that is character assassination
Man I cannot wait to be done with exams because I have t h o u g h t s to share about Bridgerton.
Starting with talking about wtf I have seen and saw spoiler of with Benedict (I have already rewrote the scene with the Mondrich). Following by Eloise because what the fuckkkk did they do with her ?!? And then Polin (didn't like them in the book, don't like them in the show) and obviously Michaela.
I haven't got to watch part 2 of Bridgerton but oh boy what I'm seeing.
Please free my girl Eloise from the Bridgerton writer RIGHT NOW.
Update on my friend Amani from Gaza! Things are getting very dire and she has asked me once again to relay her story to you in the hopes that you will be able to help her and her family.
Amani is a 32 year old mother of 3 boys. Originally from the north of Gaza, their home was completely taken away from them by Israeli bombardment and they were forced to evacuate to the south.
Currently, Amani's family has had to evacuate 5 times and is forced to live in a tent with even the barest necessities unavailable to them. Her children are deprived of nutritious food and clean water as well as medicine and healthcare. And everyday they are at risk of losing their lives whether it is to illness or to the Israeli heavy artillery.
(ID in Alt)
Amani needs to evacuate herself and her children across the Rafah border. She is asking for $17,732 and has gotten very few donations so far!
Please help Amani get her boys to safety and out of harm's way! Every moment they spend in Gaza their life is at risk and the trauma they gain is lifelong. Donate what you can and please make sure you share!
Well this aged WELL
I've heard rumours, and sobs, about a potential Michael genderbent
Soooo here's a thought
-Fem Michael and Francesca walking arms in arms in the street-
-Creloise doing the same-
-They just walk into eachother and Eloise and Francesca slightly nods-
-They know it-
Them>>>>
more creloise doodles before S3 part 2 implodes them forever.
A rewriting of the scene between the Mondrich and Benedict (and the introduction of someone 👀)
-as Benedict stop talking someone scoff-
Mystery guy
Oh please what nonsense.
-Benedict turns around, surprised-
Mystery guy
-as he walk to join the conversation-
Please Lord Bridgerton do tell me. Do tell me do you see Lord and Landy Afwrich?
Mystery guy
Benedict looks perplexed
Mystery guy
If my memory is good it has been two years they haven't been seen. They were incredibly impolite always with eachother, really never talked with anyone... Now I wonder, pray tell me mister Bridgerton you know the Chatilley right ?
Benedict
I'm not sure I can place them ?
-smiles as he knows he's winning-
- Benedict seems to come to a realisation. The mystery guy smiles emphatically to M and Ms Mondrich-
I think the last time they've shown themselves you were just starting Eton mister.
(to the Mondrich)
But you should ask lady Cowper miss and mister Mondrich, she knows a great deal about them and their red nose. But oh well you won't see them.
Mystery guy
M and Ms Mondrich I think you know better than everyone how... fragile the great experiment is. How old people kinda stay... attached to their values.
-the Mondrich looks at eachother then at the mystery guy-
- Benedict looks highly offended-
I can imagine that people were hard with you and they will continue to be harder and harder.I beg of you to think about your children, especially Lord Kent... Do not listen to a man with such a name that his family get the privilege to erase every scandal that seems to happens every week in their household.
Benedict
Now excuse me bu-
- he gets cut off as a Lady arrives-
The mysterious Lady
-ensues everyone bowing to each other and the Lady being named Lady Roseton-
Ah M Beauchateau!
Beauchateau
- between his teeth-
Talking about family name that can avoid scandal...
The mysterious Lady
There you are I've been looking for you everywhere.
Lady Roseton
M and Ms Mondrich I've been looking for you two everywhere ! I heard you do not have a french tutor for your children ? I highly recommend this young gentleman.
Benedict (still offended)
And he's accompanying you to a ball ?
-The Mondrich looks at him as he looks and sounds quite mad, he smiles-
And what a suspicious french name for someone with such a good English accent.
Lady Roseton
Oh I feel so alone with my husband and all my children dead or away... And I know, It's probably a secret identity but he's a good french teacher so who cares.
-She chuckles and And M Beauchateau chuckles too-
M Beauchateau
C'mon Madame we must make hast it's getting late for you.
-They both leaves with Lady Roseton's hand on his arm, he looks back at Benedict and smirks-