Author: kirkwallhellmouth

fuckyeahaveline:

katiebour:

ilikelookingatnakedmen:

So a couple of people have reblogged my John Abraham pic and raved about a film called Dhoom 2, so I thought I’d treat you to a sample. I can feel a Hrithik Roshan spam coming on… 

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Nothing says action flick like a dance sequence in the credits, right?

Also, UNF. ❤

Oh shoot, I got mixed up, John Abraham is in the original Dhoom. Though Mr. Roshan is also delightful, as is Aishwarya Rai.

Dhoom 3 comes out next year, and I am super excited.

I cannot NOT reblog, because I love this song and dance. And this film.

(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)

re: “remember when people were real fans and didn’t criticize things?”

tuchanka:

It still blows my mind that people seriously believe that if you criticize something, you can’t possibly be a fan.  If I’m ragging on Vampire Rain for being the second worst game ever released for the 360 because the gameplay is a joke and… well,  you know what, the whole goddamn game is a joke, that’s one thing. I’d say it’s pretty obvious that I do not see anything redeemable about Vampire Rain.

But a lot of the time when people criticize media, it’s because we do like it.  We like it and we want to see it become better.  I’d say Tumblr is a media oriented website, and there’s a pretty solid fandom presence here.  It’s full of people drawing fanart, making graphics, posting screenshots, fanfiction, whatever—everyone’s engaging with the canon in their own way.

Some people engage with media through criticism and a critical eye, or (god forbid) a different perspective.   Fandom attracts people of all genders, all sexualities, all races, and different walks of life.  When someone calls something that happened in a canon racist, sexist, homophobic, etc—this does not mean that they necessarily hate the canon.  Most of the time it means that they like the canon and are sick of bullshit in something they enjoy.   They wanted it to be better than that, want it to be better than that, and are going to offer their piece on the matter.

You know what else? Sometimes people are just sick of seeing the same thing happen over and over and just want to express how pissed off they are about it.  This is a perfectly valid thing to do.  Someone angry about a harmful stereotype being shoved into something they enjoy for the 500th time has every right to talk about how (and why, if they choose) it pisses them off. 

Media of any form does not exist in a bubble.   It is created by real people for real people. Stop that, “it’s just a game/comic/tv show” bullshit.  Just stop it because you are wrong.  These things didn’t just magically pop out of thin air overnight.  Even if they did, they’re still being processed and analyzed by real people.

When you’re on a media oriented website with a strong fandom presence, addressing issues you have with the source material should not be unacceptable behavior.   It should not be a requirement for “fan status” that you hug everyone and tell them how nice they are if they’re saying something that is offensive to you. It should not be a requirement for “fan status” that you shut your mouth and “let everyone else have their fun”.   Take that shit back to Kindergarten (or just about anywhere else, since there’s nothing revolutionary about telling marginalized people to shut up for everyone else’s sake in any situation).

So I mean, if you’re complaining about what people say and think they should stop because, “it’s just the internet,” maybe you should take your own advice and turn off your own internet instead of complaining about people expressing themselves. 

Or don’t. I love the smell of hypocrisy in the morning, what can I say.

This is an awesome post, especially the “STFU about ‘it’s just an X’.”

katiebour:

THIS LOOKS SO COOL ❤

This is a pretty badass-looking take on the Evil Queen, and I think Kristen Stewart is hot in armor. There, I admitted it.

Also, I don’t mind her as an actor, even if I haven’t watched her in anything non-Twilight but Speak. I watched the first Twilight film with a RiffTrax commentary, and I honestly think that’s the only reason I made it through. I don’t think the actors in Twilight are bad actors, though: I think the issues lie with the writing and direction.

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shewalkslikethunder:

goddessofcheese:

Goddess of Cheese: tuchanka: goddessofcheese: tuchanka: i still want to know why the…

subitoallegra:

tuchanka:

goddessofcheese:

tuchanka:

i still want to know why the OMG-Ashley-is-Racist brigade never says anything about…

Also, if you have Ashley with you when you (if you–I never did it until yesterday on my “romance no-one and hope for more female s/s options in ME3” Shepard because I didn’t realize it was there) confront Charles Saracino at a Terra Firma protest, Ash will outright call the guy out because most of his party’s supporters are, in her mind and most of the rest of galaxy’s, nothing more than a bunch of racist human-supremacists.

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To be up after midnight and to go to bed then, is early: so that to go to bed after midnight is to go to bed betimes.

Sir Toby Belch in Twelfth Night.

This is, admittedly, more fitting when I go to bed around 5 or 6am. But. I still love the quote.

katiebour:

ouyangdan:

stfuconservatives:

iamateenagefeminist:

raveras:

 #that’s queen nancy to you bitch

Nancy Pelosi has always gotten it, she has always had the Republicans’ number and that’s why they hate her so much.

-Joe

Every now and then I love her a little.

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I lolled. 😀

As a Southerner, the “bless their hearts” makes me smile. I kind of want to hug her for using it. And hug her for dealing all the shit she has to deal with on a regular basis.

Diabetes: There’s more to it than just a man with a mustache.

Yes, the title of this post is in reference to Wilford Brimley, who to some people is best known for Liberty Medical advertisements and his particular pronunciation of diabetes as “di-uh-beet-us.” The commercial has spawned numerous cat macros, as well as continued laughter over the pronunciation. I am sure Mr. Brimley’s commercials helped many Americans, but the part where lots of other Americans have turned it into a joke? Not really helping anybody.

The trope that “X is so sweet it’s gonna give me diabetes,” when X is generally some over the top cute or twee (when it’s not food related) or when it is just really, really sugary (if it’s a food)? Not really that funny either, because it perpetuates the misconception that too much sugar causes diabetes.

It’s so much more complicated than that. There can be genetic factors, environmental factors, factors that include how a human body reacts to certain viruses, and yes, weight can be a factor. But it isn’t always.

Both Type 1 (insulin dependent–meaning a person has to give herself/himself injections of insulin using syringes, syringe pens, or an insulin pump) and Tye 2 (usually–but not always–treated with something other than insulin injections) are on the rise. Both are on the rise in children, for whom it is especially not a laughing matter.

Two major organizations that advocate for increased research into better treatments for diabetes are the American Diabetes Association (www.diabetes.org) and the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (www.jdrf.org). The ADA covers both types of diabetes, while the JDRF focuses on Type 1. Both of these sites have excellent information on symptoms, treatments, and how to cope with life with diabetes no matter how old or how young someone is when they are diagnosed. They provide information on coping with health complications that can arise when blood glucose levels are not controlled (and controlling blood sugar levels is not always easy: there are so many things that can influence them, a lot of which people can’t control like stress or hormonal fluctuations), or things that people with diabetes are just at a greater risk for.

I plan to post more on diabetes during this month, as I said in an earlier post. This is a start. It can be an emotional topic for me. It’s been part of my life for almost fourteen years now, and it will be a part of my life for however many years I have to go.