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Post your favorite Lord of the Rings character. Wrong answers only.

Wait what? I'm just now learning that McFarlane had anything to do with Johnny Bravo lol

Comparing TV shows alone, that might be true! Also interesting as Batman is based in no small part on Zorro. Batman as a whole is way more of a franchise juggernaut than Family Guy tho

Legitimately, has ANYONE else ever done this

How many actors are able to establish an iconic version of a popular franchise character, and then go on to parody that exact role in an even MORE iconic performance in an even MORE successful franchise?

In the biz we call that a Banderas

Reposting with alt text.

YUUUP

It’s not about changing with the world, it’s about doing what’s right. It has never been good for kids to invalidate and shame them

Most of you didn’t uh… watch Elio, so allow me to inform you that his separateness, rather than coming from queer identity, comes from his mom and dad being FUCKING DEAD.

Says a lot that these concerned parents would rather be in the ground than have to acknowledge their children might be gay.

Okay, director of Inside Out. 🙄 Then what you did to Elio was (at best) corporate cowardice and it showed in the final result.

By joining MAGA’s project of erasing LGBT representation from family entertainment, you are in fact making millions of dollars for therapists!Congratulations 👏

They don’t need to bother apparently, the law doesn’t apply to billionaires

Really wish more people could see this. AI is not being relentlessly pushed on us just so YOU can be empowered. For now, it's all just a smokescreen so they can cut jobs and give us TRASH in exchange before - God willing - regulations put a stop to this grift

bawwwwww

still a good catch

My fellow Guild members have been working on this as a means to encourage animation development in the heart of the American film industry.
The field has been struggling to maintain and, speaking from experience, part of why is the monetary breaks businesses get elsewhere.

What conservatives can never understand (while still remaining conservatives) is that there is NOTHING weak about being disadvantaged.

In fact, nothing is weaker than having every advantage in the world and still being a chickenshit freak who refuses to stand for anything but his own pitiful ego.

The NYT style guide

"Those who should be protecting me are determined to harm me instead" is not a belief that the mind is well-equipped to absorb, even when it's unmistakably true. In many cases we would sooner attribute the blame to ourselves and endure the harm to preserve the fiction.

According to payment processors, purchasing fictional sexy art is grossly immoral.

Betting on school children getting blown up is fine though.

send sam altman to jail pls

Picture of Marjane Satrapi alongside a quote from her. The quote reads: The world is not divided into countries. The world is not divided between East and West. You are American, I am Iranian, we don't know each other, but we talk together and we understand each other perfectly. The difference between you and your government is much bigger than the difference between you and me. And the difference between me and my government is much bigger than the difference between me and you. And our governments are very much the same... - Marjane Satrapi, Iranian-French graphic novelist

Thinking about this quote from Persepolis creator Marjane Satrapi again.

I continue to believe the main goal of fascism is to bring so much unhappiness to the world that the soulless ruling class feels somewhat happy in comparison. This, as much as anything else they do, must be resisted: through community, not through consumption.

If you have the means, please donate to the Trans Continental Pipeline right now. They are a Colorado based org that helps trans people relocate and they are overwhelmed with requests. Colorado borders Kansas, and TCP has the infrastructure to help get people out.

tcpipeline.org

Bobbi's ready to go to poundtown! I love this horny lil' bobcat so much!! 💚 #Waffl'haus #fanart 🧇☕

Bobbi belongs to @baphypaws.bsky.social

obviously y

It goes by many names, mostly it's called conservatism

Good. 👍

Sedusa

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Twitch is requiring new Affiliates, before their first payment, to give government photo ID and a separate photo to Persona, the same Persona that has connections to government mass surveillance programs. When I asked Twitch support for another option, they said there isn't one. #twitch #persona 1/4