It is important to get a democratic majority. If you ask yourself why some non-US citizens care: We have to share the planet with you. Your politics affect us. Trump lead to an increase in far right politics all over the world. Nationalism, xenophobia, sexism, and racism are on a rise. Far right extremists use him as an example and role model.
The changes in foreign politics and his opinions about climate change affect all of us. The world is a more dangerous place. We are in the middle of a trade war with ever increasing vocal threats and insults that might lead to more.
We are afraid. We can’t trust the USA any longer. The world order is destabilized and not for the better. The EU now turns to China as their partner. A country where human rights are disrespected. Events like the murder of Saudi-arabian journalist Khashoggi are only vaguely addressed, because the international community fails to find an united voice.
We need stable and sane USA. Not for their military power, but for their voice of reason.
So please vote democratic, so that we can all hope for a better future. We need you.
How is that renowned Republican brand working for you? The pictures above are a reminder of past and ongoing Republican actions and inaction so that people will remember them when they get ready to vote.
I was tagged in a Seven Sentences and a WIP meme ages ago (one was from @veliseraptor and I’ve lost who the other was) but I missed the opportunity to use my Bottom Thor Day fic when it was still a WIP.
So fuck it, here’s some Venom-inspired Symbiote Thorki (you heard me.) I’ve got three chapters and an epilogue mostly written, so it may actually get posted, unlike most of my WIPs…
CW: Incest, symbiote!Loki, nsfw. This bit is pretty tame all things considered— just two norsebros in one body, fighting over who has the better masturbation technique. (I’m not sorry.)
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For Audhumbla’s sake, Thor. You’re going to break it right off if you keep that up.
Thor can’t help it—he laughs. Loosens his grip on his cock. An idea comes to him— one he knows he shouldn’t indulge. “All right then,” he agrees, folding his arms back behind his head and looking down at his red, throbbing prick with a smirking grin. “Your turn. Show me this special technique of yours and maybe I’ll change my ways.”
He can feel Loki becoming flustered, making his own heart beat faster in reply. Don’t be absurd, Thor.
“Well, someone won’t stop being a backseat wanker so I figure I may as well let you take matters into your own hands,” Thor replies, voice light and unconcerned, though his heart is racing. Let Loki draw his own conclusions. “Unless you really are all talk…”
There is a moment of silence.
Fine. Just don’t be bitter when you realize I’ve bested you in yet another skill.
Thor feels that uncanny sensation as Loki takes control of his right arm. It is incredibly jarring to see his hand working himself with a touch not his own. His fingers, his wrist, all moving now with Loki’s mannerisms— that odd, particular grace of his. Thor bites his lip as he watches Loki run his thumb over the head, rippling Thor’s fingers up and down the shaft in a way that makes him shiver.
See. Nothing to it, if you know what you’re doing.
no but seriously I still get chills thinking about turning off my headlamp in the cave and The Hand That I Did Not Actually See, and it’s been twelve years since it happened
it’s such an unreal experience
like
you turn off your light in a cave and wave your hand in front of your face
and
you can see this shadowy thing moving in the black space where your hand is
it looks like the same shadowy thing you would see in your room at night if you waved your hand in front of your face, it’s there and vaguely hand-shaped, and your brain recognizes it as your hand because your brain is aware of where your hand is and what it is doing
But You Are Not Seeing Anything
Inside a cave, there is No Light. No matter how far your pupils spread, there is no light for them to draw in, no light to put an image on your retina.
But your brain just Fucking Assumes that because it knows where your hand is and what it is doing, clearly it can see it.
So it creates a shadowy thing for your eyes to be seeing.
Brain is like “there’s a hand there”
Eyes are like “yup sure thing brain I can totally see it”
Brain is like “nice”
but there is no hand, you cannot see the hand, you are seeing a literal actual hallucination in the cave because your brain thinks it knows best
Caves are awesome, but also terrifying. Thank you for coming to my TED Talk.
we once went spelunking, and a our guide said that once he was in a cave with a stream, so he could hear running water, and his brain was like ‘oh, running water? that means there must be Ducks out there’. and he saw like…low light shadows of ducks. that his brain just Put There.
As a cave guide: we call that ‘cave blindness’! True darkness absolutely wigs your brain out – we’re such visual creatures that after a while our brain throws a hissy after not seeing anything. Sensory deprivation is a very real kind of torture. We have a huge, deep cave system at work and there are a lot of places where you’re hundreds of meters in solid rock in this tiny, dark, still space.
I like to turn my torch off, sit down with my back against the wall, and wait to see how long it takes before I start seeing things or feeling like the ground is moving, or hearing things. Because I know I’m not – I’m in complete darkness, utter silence, sitting in rock that hasn’t moved in hundreds, if not thousands, of years.
Proof that brains are Ridiculous and over-react to a lot of stuff!
I want to add to this that people who lose their hearing as adults have reported hearing music “being played loudly from somewhere”, and other auditory hallucinations, bc the brain will just panic and put your brain’s ipod on *fucking shuffle* if it’s not getting any input
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