I’m Not Exceptionally Good At Any One Type Of Craft, But I AM Slightly Above Average At Several Things.

I've talked before about how Scott sacrifices for others out of love, and because he doesn't want to lose them. Which is true.

But I also think there's another aspect that isn't discussed often. That being the fact that Scott is often pressured into giving.

Scott's teammates often expect him to protect and provide for them, to listen to them, to forgive them, to support and back them no matter what. There are multiple occasions, especially in early seasons, where Scott is overtly hesitant to do something, and is pressed by his team to do it anyway. Not intentionally, usually, but just because..Scott is always on top of things, so people expect him to be there to help.

People act like it's a surprise, that Scott is so ready to die, again and again, for other people. But it's really not. Of course he devalues his own life, everyone expects him to. Scott's always okay, always there to help, always a team player. He makes truly astounding compromises and forgives blatant disloyalty like it's nothing. He gives away his own life like it's nothing.

And then some fans read him as being "selfish" and pushing his self sacrifice onto his teammates, as if he's so giving as a power play or something, as if it isn't very much learned behavior.

Idk I just noticed this immediately. Also, THE TRAUMA BIT, NOT THE ONION BIT

I was searching for some pretty Hanukkah gifs to schedule a post tomorrow wishing my Jewish followers Happy Hanukkah and I found a fit/shape/body building site that posted this

And I thought to myself, I simply must show my Jewish followers fit Menorah Man

fun thing about herding and/or generally neurotic breeds: they are really good at following rules you have instituted, but they will also make their own Dog Rules they will follow stringently whether or not you like it

dear usamerican high schoolers looking for a way to resist fascism: sit through the pledge of allegiance.

no getting up. no looking at the flag.

everyone will be looking at you. you'll be sweating like a fucking hippopotamus. your teacher will sternly tell you to get up. you'll feel stupid and that maybe its not worth it because you're just a kid in a classroom. but I'm here to remind you that there are no real life consequences to detention. there are however real life consequences to resisting a thoughtless performance of nationalism.

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Just why?

Seems like it.

would love to read a fic from an outside perspective in 3rd life being concerned for grian and thinking he has like stockholm syndrome and that he's being held hostage and then everyone just realises oh they're actually in love and they're cute together and loving

I would love love love to see the Traffic Life Trivia as Um Actually questions. I know it wouldn’t have worked given the nature of Um Actually, but I can imagine a bonus episode where they just answer Triaffic Life trivia questions in the Um Actually format, where three players are called to compete against each other to answer questions in rounds and the winners then compete against each other in a tournament style. Cherrifire hosts it. Martyn yells “GET IN THE COMMENTS” every time he isn’t given points for his answers. The players who are not actively answering questions are behind the camera reacting to answers. Every time the answer to a really hard question is revealed, you can hear everyone else in the background going “OH COME ON” “HOW WOULD WE HAVE KNOWN THAT”. Sometimes the players behind the camera try to pantomime the answers. Without remorse, Cleo, who watches Dropout, keeps stealing answers from players who keep forgetting to say “Um Actually”.