Springald's Leaps

lowkeat:

Today in science we learned that you can never gain cold, you can only have an absence of heat; and it made me think that maybe hatred doesn’t exist, and there’s only an absence of love.

this is the realist shit I’ve ever read

St. Augustine defined evil as absence of some quality of goodness. For him this is because God lacks nothing, but God is in no way evil, so evil becomes the quality of lacking (certain kinds of) things.

kieradoe: indiancrownaffair: eat-lay-grub: indiancrownaffair: ...

Sun, 19 May 2013 18:56:10 -0400

kieradoe:

indiancrownaffair:

eat-lay-grub:

indiancrownaffair:

thirstrani:

“you’re khan? are you sure? you look like a baiganbharta cucumberraita to me” - mohini

BAINGANBHARTHA CUCUMBERRAITA IS OFFICIALLY A THING

SABASH

also adding more khans

Aamir Khan would’ve been great as Khan, seriously.

agreed

all I can say is JJ Abrams really lost out with this casting

Man… no disrespect to the rest of the wonderful Khans up there, but I would’ve been here forever if Aamir was cast, to be quite honest. -sigh-

I hate that Abrams-Trek chose to white-wash the best villain Trek ever had rather than cast one of the above pictured actors, or a South Asian actor with a different surname. BUT!

The character in “Space Seed” and Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan played by Ricardo Mantalban does not have the surname Khan. Khan is his given name, or perhaps a title. His surname is Singh. Which is supported by the fact that the Starfleet anthropologist in “Space Seed” identifies him as a Sikh.

And yes contemporary Sikhs often use Singh as a “middle name” but as you can tell from his clean-shaven face and cut hair, Khan Noonien Singh is not, by the standards of the mid-20th or early 21st century, an observant Sikh.

tl;dr I agree with the point, but I had to kill the joke for some reason?

May I come in?

Sun, 19 May 2013 18:00:57 -0400

Niles Caulder is very direct in interrogations. Especially if someone uses an ableist slur.

Doom Patrol #22

Build me a time machine. Secret Avengers v1 #20.

Sat, 18 May 2013 18:00:49 -0400

Build me a time machine.

Secret Avengers v1 #20.

olgaulanova: tomcatltd: westcoastavengers: Animated Covers by...

Fri, 17 May 2013 23:57:55 -0400

olgaulanova:

tomcatltd:

westcoastavengers:

Animated Covers by Kerry Callen

Oh, man these are crazy!

Ok, the Daredevil and the Dark Knight ones are amazing.

thehappysorceress: jordangibson: Happy 75th Anniversary, Lois...

Fri, 17 May 2013 23:56:36 -0400

thehappysorceress:

jordangibson:

Happy 75th Anniversary, Lois and Supes!

And he’s wearing the Super-Briefs - Yes!

Power Beam Strength = k(Willpower) Green Lantern v2 #20

Fri, 17 May 2013 18:00:36 -0400

Power Beam Strength = k(Willpower)

Green Lantern v2 #20

thehappysorceress: mysecretorigin: jaba-the-slut: The wisdom...

Fri, 17 May 2013 00:31:10 -0400

thehappysorceress:

mysecretorigin:

jaba-the-slut:

The wisdom from movies you never notice until they are transformed into a gifset.

One of my fictional doppelgängers is Velma from Scooby Doo. The other is Edna Mole.

You’re not THAT short!!!!!

The way the second gif is cut it looks like she doesn’t quite make it into the chair, and has to keep trying. forever.

Photo

Thu, 16 May 2013 19:54:41 -0400

jordangibson: “At least I got help.”

Thu, 16 May 2013 19:53:54 -0400

jordangibson:

“At least I got help.”

The amazing thing about Josh is how nothing really phases...

Thu, 16 May 2013 18:00:52 -0400

The amazing thing about Josh is how nothing really phases him.

Birds of Prey v1 #58

"54. These statements function as claims to performativity rather than as performatives, whereby the..."

Thu, 16 May 2013 17:00:38 -0400

“54. These statements function as claims to performativity rather than as performatives, whereby the declaration of whiteness is assumed to put in place the conditions in which racism can be transcended, or at the very least reduced in its power. Any presumption that such statements are forms of political action would be an overestimation of the power of saying, and even a performance of the very privilege that such statements claim they undo. The declarative mode, as a way of doing something, involves a fantasy of transcendence in which ‘what’ is transcended is the very thing ‘admitted to’ in the declaration: so, to put it simply, if we admit to being bad, then we show that we are good (see also paper by Hill and Riggs in this issue). So it is in this specific sense that I have argued that anti-racism is not performative. Or we could even say that anti-racist speech in a racist world is an ‘unhappy performative’: the conditions are not in place that would allow such ‘saying’ to ‘do’ what it ‘says’.”

- b o r d e r l a n d s e-journal

Fracking has really gone too far guys, Even Hal is...

Wed, 15 May 2013 18:00:42 -0400

Fracking has really gone too far guys, Even Hal is concerned.

Green Lantern v2 #20.

newyorker: Richard Socarides shares his experience coming out...

Wed, 15 May 2013 17:00:47 -0400

newyorker:

Richard Socarides shares his experience coming out to his father, who was a founder of gay-conversion therapy: http://nyr.kr/Y9vfpa

textsfromthe-avengers: Submitted by themerrymasquerade Even...

Wed, 15 May 2013 16:00:59 -0400

textsfromthe-avengers:

Submitted by themerrymasquerade

Even Loki isn’t sure where the dog statues came from.

jonesmadeatumblr: asgardiancherrypudding: WHERE IS YOUR GOD...

Wed, 15 May 2013 00:29:37 -0400

jonesmadeatumblr:

asgardiancherrypudding:

WHERE IS YOUR GOD NOW, GENDER ROLES?

This is actually probably the best way to do things.