tag:dreamwidth.org,2018-10-14:3433871 peace was never an option erik 2024-07-17T16:14:22Z tag:dreamwidth.org,2018-10-14:3433871:628 2024-07-17T15:16:43Z 2024-07-17T16:14:22Z pensive public 0 its times like these that i understand the difference between &quot;blogging&quot; and &quot;microblogging&quot;. the visual flavor of dreamwidth makes me feel like each post needs to be an <em>event</em> in a way tumblr does not. im not sure i knew how to use <em>livejournal</em>, in any personal capacity at least, because when i used it during my heyday it mostly just served as a place to host links to each chapter of my tween self's deranged beatles slash fanfiction (non-derogatory....formative. it built character, as calvin's dad would say).<br /><br />that's neither here nor there though. what <em>is</em> here is me just reposting <a href="https://twitter.com/bikenesmith/status/1800346479388766407">a thread i wrote on twitter</a> about the similarities between (616) emma frost and charles xavier's philosophies re: The Mutant Plight, as well as their similar traumas. feels long enough that i don't feel strange posting it here.<br /><div><div style="margin-left: 40px;"><br /><span style="display: none;">&nbsp;</span><br />its interesting when people declare &quot;emma is right&quot; in response to the &quot;magneto or xavier&quot; thing with the intention of implying that she is a radical other&nbsp;<br />&nbsp;</div><div style="margin-left: 40px;">because, if compared to (the false dichotomy of) magneto &lt; &mdash; &gt; xavier, emma is closer to <em>xavier</em>&nbsp;than she is magneto</div><div><br /><span style="display: none;">&nbsp;</span></div><div><table width="200" border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1"><tbody><tr><td><img src="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GPwdlPsWMAApHR8.jpg" width="350" height="395" align="middle" alt="" /></td><td><img src="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GPwdlPzWYAA3kti.jpg" width="350" height="358" align="middle" alt="" /></td><td><img src="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GPwdlQ1XMAAjN1x.jpg" width="350" height="376" alt="" /></td></tr></tbody></table><div><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">(&nbsp;</b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://eviklehnsherr.dreamwidth.org/628.html#cutid1">Read more...</a></b><b class="cut-close">&nbsp;)</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div></div></div></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=eviklehnsherr&ditemid=628" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments