#shots fired
*Omera, a woman of color, interacts with Din*
Y'all: I HATE HER OH MY GOD SHE’S SO ANNOYING
*CV, a white man, interacts with Din*
Y'all: oh my god….they’re fucking
Hella mood. Personally, I didn’t feel any sexual/romantic tension *at all* between these two. If anything, it felt reminiscent of his relationship with Cara—comrades. But Omera and Din have distinct romantic tension unique to the whole series…and y'all sleep???
This. Thiisss. THIIIIIIIIISSSSS.
It’s this kind of SHITE that makes fandom a frakking dump truck, y’all.
Not to mention the fact that like 99% of reader insert fics are written under the assumption that the reader is white
Look, it’s fine if you don’t ship Mandomera but you should definitely take a good hard look at why you don’t like Mandomera or just Omera as a character but are totally fine shipping Din with Cobb or Cara aka basically the whitest characters on the show
when martin gero met with the writing gods before writing blindspot:
writing gods: so we can give you 10 angst tokens, 10 fluff tokens, 10 sci-fi token, 10 romance tokens, 10 horror tokens, 10 action tokens, 10 comedy tokens, and 10 suspend your disbelief tokens to use over five seasons
martin gero: ok cool. I’ll use up the 10 angst tokens in s1 and s2, spread the action tokens over the five seasons, use a few fluff tokens early on and save the rest for later and I’ll spend them mostly on turning kurt weller into a teddy bear, I’ll try to spread out the romance tokens over the five seasons, BUT PATTERSON DOES NOT GET ANY! I’ll use just one or two of the sci fi tokens and a few of the horror tokens and if you don’t mind I’ll exchange the rest to crack tokens, mix them with the comedy tokens, and use just those for the last two seasons, m'kay?
writing gods:ok…
martin gero: and i am gonna need like sixty more of those suspend your disbelief tokens
(Photo credit: Karen Huntt / Corbis, TIME.com “Babies Vs. Chimps…”)
Environment, not evolution, might underlie some human-ape differences (ScienceDaily, 15 July 2019)
Apes’ abilities have been unfairly measured, throwing into doubt the assumed belief that human infants are superior to adult chimpanzees, according to a new study (published in Animal Cognition) by leaders in the field of ape cognition.
[Researchers] say it should come as no surprise that apes raised in institutions would not perform well compared with humans raised in western families, especially when tested with western cultural practices, for example, gestures such as pointing…
“Most studies, comparing apes with human children, for instance, have been poorly designed, with different relevant experiences given to each species, testing them at different ages in many cases, and then claiming to have found a difference in social cognition between humans and apes, but the species haven’t been treated similarly before or during the tests.
"These studies suffer from the same type of prejudice that once existed in studies of human intelligence, which started from a biased position of assuming northern Europeans were innately more intelligent than southern Europeans. We argue the same type of bias is apparent in cross-species studies…”
The researchers say it’s vital scientists realise that environmental experiences vary among humans (both between children and adults, and between people with different cultural experiences) and among apes (also from young to old, and between apes with different experiences).
"…To truly understand the abilities of each species, research needs to examine specific individual learning histories within specific ecological circumstances for both humans and for apes.
“We urge researchers to stop using fallacious research designs and reasoning in studies of comparative cognition.” (full article)
Story Article:
University of Portsmouth. “Environment, not evolution, might underlie some human-ape differences.” ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 15 July 2019. <www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/07/190715094847.htm>.
Journal Reference:
David A. Leavens, Kim A. Bard, William D. Hopkins. The mismeasure of ape social cognition. Animal Cognition, 2017; 22 (4): 487 DOI: 10.1007/s10071-017-1119-1
It’s Caesar you pleb
So all jokes and fun aside.
Daddy; your my everything. You’re my sun, stars, and moon.
I’m so grateful that god gave you a second chance at this life thing. Well…. more like 7th chance lol. You are my inspiration and the reason I wake up everyday and try to look at things as if they aren’t shit. The only way we can go from here is up my love.
I cant wait to see how you fulfill all of my fantasies. I’ve never had someone that made me feel as good as you do.
Orgasm #43 tonight lol or something like that.
You the best. Even with 5 bullet holes.
Love you daddy
