asoiafuniversity:

souberbielle:

For purposes of fanfiction, I counted every appearance of “Cat” as a nickname for Catelyn Tully Stark in A Song of Ice and Fire, as well as uses of “Catelyn” by people who also call her Cat. Here are my conclusions:

• Edmure Tully never calls his sister anything but Cat, no matter who he’s talking to or how formal the context.
  
• Catelyn herself names herself “Cat” only once in dialogue and twice in narration. Two of these instances (”It’s Catelyn. It’s Cat, Father.” and “Lord Hoster’s little Cat”) are directly in reference to her father. In the third instance, she calls herself Cat in the narration, after she’s been spending all her time with her father and has recently verbally identified herself as Cat to him. This might suggest that she used to think of herself as Cat, making it a habit she can easily slip back into. So, Riverrun-era Catelyn could feasibly be called Cat sometimes in her POV, but canon-era Catelyn definitely shouldn’t.
• Hoster Tully, when (knowingly) speaking to his daughter, calls her “little Cat” exclusively. He also calls her “little Cat” when he thinks he’s talking to Minisa. When mentioning her to anyone else, he just says “Cat.”
• The only other person to use “little Cat” is Brynden, when first greeting Catelyn in the Vale. Afterward (maybe influenced by her objection to being called “child”) he never says it again. He calls her Catelyn once when addressing her and three times to Jaime Lannister. Otherwise, the Blackfish is a Cat person.
• Lysa, when speaking to her sister, calls her Cat. When talking to Sansa, she uses Cat three times and Catelyn seven. To everyone else, she just uses Catelyn.
• Petyr Baelish is the first person in the books to call her Cat - and, before she accepts him as family again, she considers it “familiarity” she must ignore. Unlike Edmure, though, Petyr often refers to her as Catelyn to others. A breakdown: when he addresses her, or speaks of her to Lysa or Sansa she’s only Cat. To Ned, he calls her Cat four times and Catelyn or Lady Catelyn four times. In front of the Small Council, he uses Lady Catelyn once and Cat once. He uses “Catelyn” and “Lady Catelyn” once each to Tyrion. 
• Ned only calls his wife Cat to her face once, versus Catelyn four times. He uses the nickname in dialogue only one other time, to Varys. Every time he mentions her to anyone else (five times to Littlefinger, four to Robert, and once to Jaime) she’s Catelyn. In his narration he thinks of her as Catelyn twenty-six times and Cat only twice. 
• Nobody who isn’t on this list (unless we count Arya’s “could I be Cat?”) ever uses Cat in any capacity. It’s a family nickname only - and that family is House Tully, not Stark. Also, nobody ever calls her “Cat Tully” or “Cat Stark.” It’s more analogous to “Lya” for Lyanna than “Ned” for Eddard Stark.
• So this is this and that is that, and that’s how you address a Cat.

#there is little cat tully and lady catelyn stark #i also think the contrast between ned and petyr is intentional (via @onionjulius)

tinyhatonapumpkin:

onpoli:

CityNews has been reporting on a loophole in Ontario’s rent control laws that landlords are exploiting to evict their tenants and raise rent costs. By claiming that the landlord or their family members need to move into a certain unit, landlords can evict the tenants living there without providing any proof. Some landlords are forcing evictions solely so they can raise the cost of rent for their next tenants.

Anyone facing eviction who suspects their landlord is lying about needing the unit can contact the Federation of Metro Tenants’ Associations for help. Landlords caught evicting tenants in order to rent the apartment to someone else for higher rent costs face a fine of $25,000.

THIS HAPPENED TO ME AND I ENDED UP FUCKING HOMELESS!!

The only roommate with a job was moving out, and the landlord said he didn’t want to rent to a bunch of people on welfare, we pointed out that that’s illegal, he started coming up with other equally illegal reasons, until eventually he pulled this shit. I couldn’t find a place in time, so I ended up fucking homeless. And then in the YMCA which is where I still am. 2yrs later. Waiting for subsidized.

IT’S FUCKING BULLSHIT.

armed-joy:

(Source: paxamericana)

there’s also the whole “does this support objectivism?” debate.

My favorite Incredibles discourse. A great take that sums up my stance is here from Renegade Cut:

basically, the Incredibles espouse objectivist values only so much as any typical film from a capitalist, individualistic, corporate media culture? being anti-govt regulation and pro-indivudalism is part of but not entirely specific to Objectivism. And what eliminates this as a “Objectivist” movie is Bob and Helen ultimately value Altruism and self-sacrifice above everything, and don’t really put any Real value on the merits of capital and profit

Ayn Rand would think the Incredibles are self cucks for devoting their lives to helping people and she would also probably fuck the Wallace Shawn boss character before they break up and then she blacklists him 

If they don’t teach Pixar The Incredibles in film school as an exemplar of how to perfectly balance different tones in le cinema, they should. This movie begins with a guy attempting suicide and then yelling at protagonist, “You didn’t save my life, you ruined my death!”, and then has a scene where the protagonist discovers all his old friends have been murdered by the same serial killer, all lured to the exact place he’s standing right now based on promises of rediscovered purpose in their lives, and then for a good chunk of the film this protagonist thinks his entire family is dead because of him, and then they turn around and go “Honey? Where is my supersuit!?”

polararts:

the-bi-writer:

killerchickadee:

truth-has-a-liberal-bias:

zeshuetoral:

pewresearch:

As of April, 59% of U.S. adults who are eligible to vote are Gen Xers, Millennials or “post-Millennials.” Yet if past midterm election turnout patterns hold true, these younger Americans are unlikely to cast the majority of votes this November.

Time to break the mold! This year, everyone votes!

The only (peaceful) way to keep Trump and the Republicans in check, is to vote.

Register to Vote and Confirm or Change Registration

If you’re not voting against these people then you’re voting for them. You can’t bitch about what Trump is doing to this country if you’re not even attempting to do something about it.

listen i say this every time i see a voting post, but if there’s a barrier that keeps you from physically voting (like, you go to college in a different place than your permanent address, you have work/school, you’re home with kids, you’re disabled, etc) YOU CAN GET A MAIL IN BALLOT. 

It’s called “absentee voting”, and over half of states don’t even require any sort of documentation for you to get one. You can literally just. Request one. And then you can vote by mail ahead of time, saving yourself So. Much. Stress.

[info on how to get an absentee ballot in each state] 

Oregon has mail in ballots for everyone, and we consistently have high voter turn out, which is why I spread this info, every chance I can. 

Note: Also, technically your employer has to give you a couple hours off on election day if you’re working more than a certain number of hours, but losing paid hours isn’t an option for a lot of people. So get on that absentee request!

I’m going to get political for half a second and say absentee voting is really easy!

If you’re a little lost on who to vote for: This app assesses your political views and shows your % matches.

+A list of everyone who voted against net neutrality (Avoid voting for, so the internet stays free)
+Environmentally Supportive senators 

Save me from upper-middle class East Asian people who call my Southeast Asian ass “divisive” and think we can have postcolonial justice without an insurrection of class division 

Why are “Mixed race people experience oppression” and “mixed race people who are part white and have some white-passing features experience privilege and social advantage for being prized subjects of assimilation” not considered two real, valid, conversations that can happen at the same time without being shitty?

celestrious:

My Brother, My Brother, and Me but it’s a crappy thriller.

Tonight, I learned I completely hallucinated a passage in The World of Ice and Fire where they say a young Tywin Lannister slapped his dad Tytos. 

Or did i??? I scoured the book again and I can’t find it, so i’m pretty sure that episode does not exist…or maybe it’s in another source? @ Lannister history experts, I’m truly really freaking out here!!!

For my sake, let’s ignore how I haven’t updated my posters in 3 years.

cedrwydden:

malvoliowithin:

themalhambird:

skeleton-richard:

stripedroseandsketchpads:

shredsandpatches:

I HATE DAN JONES SO MUCH

(the article in the link, which he didn’t write, is pretty good though, even if it’s a bit reductive about Paul Strohm’s discussion of queenship)

I…do not see this at ALL tbh but then again this from a man who evidently thinks Edward II’s death is hilarious for some reason.

And whatever he thinks of Richard II’s death…

Based on his assessment of Henry VI, calling him the villain of the Wars of the Roses, Dan Jones has a very poor understanding of morality.

HOW THE FUCK DO YOU CALL HENRY VI A VILLAIN HENRY VI IS AN ABSOLUTE SWEETHEART HE’S LIKE THE ONLY STRAIGHTFORWARDLY NICE PLANTAGENET KING WE HAVE 

Yeah he said Henry VI was the “villain” of the WotR. Which, I don’t even think they HAD a villain per se since it wasn’t a good vs evil thing, it was just a political squabble and a bunch of petty battles over Who Should Be In Charge Now but still. Henry VI didn’t cause it he just failed to adequately stop it due to his ineffective policies and mental illness. 

I don’t see how Melania is a badass, either. She’s not running the country in the stead of her disabled husband (but, seriously, we’ve had at least one First Lady who did… why not Edith Wilson…?) she’s just… there. And Trump obviously isn’t disabled, he’s just a spoiled, entitled moron. 

And this means he’s comparing Henry VI to Tronald? Yikes…

cursedgarfield:

my friend bought a box full of miscellaneous forgotten toys for $10, and we found this treasure  

snarthurt:

verycooltrash:

people who bought front row tickets to my funeral: lmao nice cuck box