spcsnaptags:

wolvensnothere:

kurtiswiebe:

This perfectly summarizes why I love the Simpsons and hate Family Guy. 

Yup.

So this.

I watched that episode with my family and I could just feel how uncomfortable everyone was. Honestly, it was a really jarring, unpleasant episode.

Homer is a terrible dad. So is Peter. But Homer’s saving grace has always been that he tries—he’s bad at it and he fucks it up a lot, but he loves his family and he wants to be better than he is.

One of my favorite Homer moments is in “Diatribe of a Mad Housewife.” Tl;dr Marge writes a steamy romance novel starring herself and Ned, and when Homer finds out, he chases down Ned and, rather than attack him, asks him to teach him how to be a better husband.

There’s some part of his stupid self that wants to do better.

I never got that impression with Peter. Instead, the family has gotten more and more abusive towards Meg. It’s really unsettling for me when I started realizing that’s what happens sometimes in abusive families. Abusers sometimes single out one child to abuse, and quite often the other family members take the abuser’s side. After all, it’s easier to side with an abuser than to run the risk of becoming the target yourself.

There’s never really a point where it seems like Peter cares at all that his shitty behavior impacts his family. It actually seems to have gotten worse over the years. He expects everyone to clean up his messes because that’s always what happens; there’s really no reason for him not to be shitty.

And it’s easy to see how Meg is affected. She doesn’t have much of a character, really, because so much her screen time is devoted to being abused. The bits of character development all seem to hinge on her being this sad, neglected person who’s trying her best but never really gets any help from anyone. Quite the opposite; there have been a lot of episodes where her family sabotages any attempts to be herself.

It can be easy to forget how awful this behavior is when the only context is the show itself (frankly, everyone on Family Guy is kind of terrible). Seeing it played against the Simpsons, who are a flawed and dysfunctional but ultimately loving family, was painful to watch.

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punkasfrick:

punkasfrick:

“Son,” the father says, examining the broken petri dishes littered about the floor, “I’m not a mad scientist, I’m just a disappointed scientist.”

I don’t even care what you think this is the best post I’ve ever made

juilan:

*parent voice* what’s so interesting on that computer of yours?

piraet:

Ollie Renee Schminkey & Wyatt Kat Fleckenstein - “Small Towns”

handaxe:

FALSE. Fathers who ask for sole custody are far more likely to get it. It’s just that they don’t ask, mostly women do. Men win custody over women even if they are ostensibly unfit. More and more, judges and parents rule in favor of 50/50 custody. In fact, in the past ten years, the men’s rights movement has been devastating to women seeking custody in court and women are awarded sole custody about half as many times as men.  

So find a new fucking myth. 

(Source: undercovertacobell)

thatiranianphantom:

cappinglesmis:

You might recognize the melody playing when Javert pins his Legion of Honor medal on Gavroche. It’s the melody from Bring Him Home, corresponding with the lyrics “he’s like the son I might have known, if God had granted me a son”.

#i came to the gavroche tag to have a good time and i’m honestly feeling so attacked right now

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catsandwich:

catsandwich:

OH IM SORRY MOM DID THE MIDDLE OF MY SENTENCE INTERRUPT THE BEGINNING OF YOURS?!?!!?/1/!?!?1/!/1?

i told my mom that this post started gaining me followers when i first posted it and she got really mad because she was offended and she actually interrupted me to tell me how rude it was 

(Source: collxtion)

growlithed:

i wish my parents got me into a sport when i was young and kept me committed to it so id have a nice body but instead i ended up on the internet and im gross

(Source: lotad)

barebackinq:

Me: Mom I don’t think I am getting any better, I still feel sick…

Mom:

Keep reading

kinglycrow:

the song of achilles + name’s meaning

mishakoalins:

A default ring tone is heard. 100 moms look at their purses.

(Source: moodleshoodle)