intosnarkness:

chloerozo:

jewishdragon:

shakeshackspeare:

I can’t believe Into the Spiderverse casually made Peter Parker canonically Jewish. I feel valid in this chili’s tonight.

in case you missed it, bc I did, when Peter says that he “got married”, the animation to go with it shows him stomping on a glass: 

which is what you do for a jewish wedding 

Spiderman has always, always been Jewish!! It’s especially apparent in Stan Lee’s original writing of course, but even the 80’s cartoon references it from time to time. Not just Peter Parker himself, but the whole story is full of Jewish literary themes, values, and tropes. Examples: with great power must also come great personal responsibility (as opposed to wondering what God’s Plan is, noticeably absent from Peter’s way of thinking); growth through self-reflection and connection to your community without involving God or Temple (worship isn’t an important part of Peter’s life and doesn’t have to be); and friends who love each other but are also a flawed petty drama nest of dumb idiots (ever seen Seinfeld? Or any Jewish-written group of longtime friends really? Yeah. Peter, Flash, Gwen, Liz, Harry, MJ, all of them are dumb sluts originally). The concept of “righteous VS sinful,” or a Savior or The Devil or Temptation that usually at least flavors most Christian characters or writing, is conspicuously absent from Spiderman once you notice it’s actually not there. There’s no “commupance,” Sin, Fate, or Hell. Most of the time, characters are their own worst enemy, or victims of circumstance. Very often even THE WORST dudes still have redeeming qualities, even if it’s just being hilarious, or catastrophically unlucky. (The word for that one is schlimazel, and Peter himself falls into that particular Jewish trope A LOT). Even Spiderman’s iconic reflective internal running monologs during webslinging are themselves a very Jewish hero thing. Tevye from Fiddler on the Roof does the same thing: casually rants at God like he’s personally wronged him, no deity presence or formality. Peter Parker is emblematic of immigrant reformist Jewish Americans in New York; he may not be religious, but he’s still significantly influenced by his Jewish heritage. Including it in new media not only retains where Peter comes from, literally and literarily- it makes him more human. And the other side of this coin is that he’s decidedly not Christian, which also explains and informs his perspective as a character. When he tells Miles, “It’s a leap of faith,” he clearly doesn’t mean Christian faith; he means a faith in something that must be found on the inside, not the outside. Faith in oneself, and facing the abject fear of jumping when nobody can catch you but you.

I would even say Spiderverse’s “Spiderman belongs to everyone - anyone can wear the mask,” is a very Jewish theme. There is no one savior; you can be your own savior. Sharing knowledge and not just letting it be adapted, but celebrating the re-examination, change, reinvention and growth that comes with combining perspectives of different cultures and histories - reform Jewish all over!

@allofthefeelings

littledarkfairywitch:

sereneswan:

erlqueenshunt:

littledarkfairywitch:

I keep fantasizing about how cool it would be if humans were supernatural creatures and their powers and physical features were based on their sun, moon, and rising sign.

Hear me out: sun signs determine the basic physical features like nails that are strong like claws or goat horns or gills that can be activated and deactivated. Moon signs determine what powers you have; Aries moon can have pyrokinesis, Gemini moon can multiply, Leo moon can manipulate heat and fire solar beams, etc. And the ascendant can determine your color scheme, physique, and secondary characteristics like hair and eyes.
Hehe sorry, excuse my brain fart

If that were the case, I’d be a psychic centaur with water and empath powers with a gryffindor color scheme.

….Write a book about this. Now. I want to read it.

okay no maybe not a book but like make a chart!!!!! with all the stuff!!!! please!!!!!!!

Alrighty as promised I’ll make a chart of this

Aries

• Sun: Ram horns regardless of gender, strong foreheads, and bones are stronger than average since they’re prone to injury
  
• Moon: Pyrokinesis, quick self healing factor, or precognition 
• Rising: Red and orange color scheme, hair often curly but can be any “natural” color, eyes are either a warm red or a bright orange, most are average height or smaller

Taurus

• Sun: Bull horns regardless of gender, large hands in proportion to their bodies, and stomachs and immune system allow them to eat anything without harm
  
• Moon: Super strength, stone manipulation, or can communicate with any mammal 
• Rising: Brown and green color scheme, eyes could be either color, hair often thick and usually black, green, or brown, often either chubby or beefy physique (some more or less thick than others)

Gemini

• Sun: Second set of arms, eyes can zoom in and out of long distant range, and have a much easier time learning other languages than others
  
• Moon: Super speed, can shapeshift into any human form, or physical duplication
• Rising: Color scheme is light blue and yellow, eyes can be either color, hair can be any “unnatural” color, physique varies but they have long legs proportionate to their height

Cancer

• Sun: Hands can morph into crab claws (color determined by rising), skin glitters when exposed to moonlight, all of them are empaths
  
• Moon: Lunar abilities ( produce and shoot lunar beams, control tides; however this can only be accessed at night), psychic absorption (can absorb and use one power at a time, this only tires the victim) , or producing force fields
• Rising: Silver and shades of blue color scheme, eyes can be either color and are very glossy, hair is either blue or black, tend to be short

Leo

• Sun: Feline like canines, nails are long and strong like claws, skin glitters when exposed to sunlight
  
• Moon: Solar abilities (produce and shoot solar beams and control heat; this can only be accessed during the day), laser eyes, or sonic boom roar (explosive, can physically push away anything in its close range)
• Rising: Gold and red color scheme, eyes are often gold, hair almost always big no mater the length, can be any “natural” color, either really tall or really short

Virgo

• Sun: Large feathered wings (color determined by rising), they look human otherwise 
  
• Moon: Portal creation, telekinesis, or poison manipulation
• Rising: color scheme is green and yellow, eyes can be either color, hair is either brown or black base with any second color, physique varies but all have longer than average fingers

Libra

• Sun: Skin on the hands and forearms are metallic gold or silver, have glowing eyes (color determined by rising), can always tell if you’re lying
• Moon: Plant manipulation, siren song, or sonic scream (not explosive but can stun any living being in its range and break close enough objects)
• Rising: Green and pink color scheme, eyes are either pink or yellow, hair is either white, brown, or pink, are often tall with wide hips regardless of gender

Scorpio

• Sun: Fully functional scorpion tail (proportionate to their body), can easily see in the dark, very silent walkers who can sneak up on anyone
  
• Moon: Shadow manipulation, mediumship (includes the dead and powerful spirits), or selective mind reading (can’t communicate mentally)
• Rising: Black and red color scheme, eyes are either dark blue or bright red, hair can be any dark color, can easily blend in with their surrounding 

Sagittarius 

• Sun: Can switch from biped to centaur and back, keeps their tail in any form, hair grows long and fast
  
• Moon: Can shoot energy arrows or spears, light manipulation, or power jump (can leap as high as 50ft off the ground)
• Rising: Orange and brown color scheme, eyes can be either color, hair is red or dirty blond, often tall but short ones are faster runners

Capricorn

• Sun: Goat horns legs and hooves, pretty much satyrs 
  
• Moon: Ice manipulation, telepathy, or temporarily slow time
• Rising: Brown and black color scheme, eyes are any shade of brown, hair is black but can have any secondary color, often average height and have a very fit physique but that varies, they throw some of the hardest punches

Aquarius

• Sun: Are the most human looking of the signs but they always have at least one robotic body enhancement, can retain more information than the others
  
• Moon: Electric manipulation, technopathy, or wind manipulation
• Rising:  Electric blue and black, eyes are any shade of blue, hair can be any bright “unnatural” color, often tall but body type varies

Pisces

• Sun: Can switch from biped to mermaid and back (scale colors determined by rising), have a set of gills that closes on land, often have scales grown on stray parts of their body that shows even on land
  
• Moon: Water manipulation, aura manipulation, or invisibility 
• Rising: Sea green and lavender color scheme, eyes can be either color, hair can be any shade of blue or purple, physique varies but they have large glossy eyes

sophisticatedloserchick:

therainbowhero:

It’s what it deserves 🌻

quiinnsy:

if hayley kiyoko is lesbian jesus

then ellen degeneres is lesbian god

and ellen page is the lesbian holy spirit

glorianas:

my fave bit of black dog folklore is that in some folklore there is a belief that the first person buried in a cemetery stays there and doesn’t cross over and helps other spirits move on and protects them from evil spirits, now naturally people want to avoid this fate for their loved ones and themselves so they would sometimes bury a dog first and it would return in the shape of a big black dog and protect the newly dead from evil spirits and occasionally the living as well

this kind of spirit is called a church grim

azzandra:

Me, when a sci-fi introduces a desert location: SHOW ME THE WORM

*giant sand worm burst from the ground*

Me: YESSSSSSSS

hllucinate:

so is anyone secretly in love with me yet

mutantapologist:

No one is allowed to say anything mean about miles morales. People who don’t like miles morales are not protected under the constitution and if you say anything I WILL find you and you’ll be sorry

carry-on-my-wayward-artblog:

ghost-with-the-toast:

carry-on-my-wayward-artblog:

Batman is cool and all, but how does Bruce Wayne treat his low wage workers

Pretty well, if I remember rightly. 

I’m working off memory here, but he hires ex-cons and former sex-workers (giving one young woman a business card as Batman and telling her Wayne Industries was hiring receptionists), pays for his employees’ scholarships, hires people released from Arkham, made sure no employees were sacked when WI took over GothCorp after their CEO was fired, hired a bunch of homeless guys he met while undercover as a homeless guy (investigating the kidnapping of Gotham’s homeless, which turned out to be a slavery/human trafficking ring).

He also runs the Thomas/Martha Wayne Foundations, which provide cheap medical clinics and soup kitchens across Gotham. Both fall under the Wayne Foundation: The primary aims of the foundation are, globally, to enhance healthcare and reduce extreme poverty, to expand educational opportunities and access to information technology, and to fund scientific research and help altruistic people with research by providing facilities and training.

According to Wikipedia, his company is researching cures to HIV/AIDs and alternative fuel sources, if that helps any.

Excellent comment 10/10, good to know Batman is awesome

aegontargaryen:

*thinking of tragic backstory for your OCs*

smallest-feeblest-boggart:

trashfirefallon:

trashfirefallon:

trashfirefallon:

trashfirefallon:

Hairdresser: We’re going to have to use a color remover to take out the blue pigment, then apply more pigment to allow for the proteins in the hair to adhere to it. Then possibly mix three different types of toners to reach the goal of your natural hair color.

Hairdresser: pretty simple

Me: this is chemistry

Hairdresser: yeah, but people don’t like when we talk that way

Hairdresser: so you’re a mortician?

Me: apprentice

Hairdresser: do you know why formaldehyde is used in clothing?

Me: I didn’t know that was a thing

Hairdresser: I think it’s due to the preserving qualities? But I don’t think that’s right.

Me: It’s not just a preservative, it’s also a disinfectant ‘cause it destroys bacteria as well as their food supply. It’s also a dehydrator. 

Hairdresser: why not just use alcohol?

Me: good question. Formaldehyde is super cheap, so probably to cut costs

Hairdresser: is it really a carcinogen? 

Me: yeah, I’m going to have so much cancer

Hairdresser: so you’re going natural to work at a funeral home?

Me: yeah

Hairdresser: while still in school?

Me: well we work in the funeral homes so we have uuuuh … experience with cases

Hairdresser: you can just say bodies it’s fine 

Me: oh thank god

Five Minutes Later

Me: yeah so we don’t do autopsies it’s one of my pet peeves

Hairdresser: what if someone wakes up while you’re embalming them?

Me: there’s a huge difference between a living body and a dead one

second hairdresser: I think we should add more toner, but yeah I think rigor mortis would make it pretty obvious

Me: that and being in a fridge for a few days you will be dead by the time you get to us

Hairdresser: I think pumping them full of a carcinogen would help with that

your hair is going to look incredible