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The one thing about gender is that frankly my ideal gender situation has very little to do with me and infinitely more to do with everyone else on the earth who cannot be fuuuuuuuuucking cool about anything ever

setulose

The one thing about gender is that frankly my ideal gender situation has very little to do with me and infinitely more to do with everyone else on the earth who cannot be fuuuuuuuuucking cool about anything ever

consulships

i do think theres something sad about how largely only the literature that's considered especially good or important is intentionally preserved. i want to read stuff that ancient people thought sucked enormous balls

literaryreference

Time to take this post entirely too seriously:

I often wonder if this is why you so commonly see the sentiment that we are in an era of uniquely bad literature, or at least that the fact that most books don't have artistic aspirations and are not aiming to be anything other than mindless entertainment is new. In fact what's new is the idea that everything is worth preserving (and also the internet making it easier to preserve it). The dumb artistically unambitious trash books of the past have survived only sporadically, because people thought of them as literally disposable.

When I was in college I had a professor who was an expert on detective fiction. He had a longstanding beef with the idea that "Murders in the Rue Morgue" was the first detective story. He thought that it seemed way too polished to be inventing a new genre, and also that the whole orangutan business had the vibe of someone subverting preexisting audience expectations and maybe engaging in a bit of stealth parody. With the help of some student volunteers, he went trawling through old magazines and newspapers and found hundreds of detective stories from the early 1800s that just hadn't garnered enough individual attention to be remembered. This was because most of them sucked balls. He created an online archive of them, so you too can read these mostly terrible stories.

tricky-pockets

I've spent a ridiculous amount of time on Project Gutenberg sifting through forgotten old fiction and lemme tell ya. a lot of that stuff sucks ass.

asteroidtroglodyte

Tremendously comforting, really.

memeuplift

mossspores

life if comes fucks me

epiphainie

slow burn where they're already having sex. such a beautiful combination i cannot put it into words

actualized-animal

one of the most annoying ripple effects of fandom culture is the way so many people can’t seem to keep it in perspective that at the end of the day they’re just talking about art. it feels like i am trapped between people who are like “if you dare criticize the thing i like you are basically personally coming into my house and stealing my dog and shooting my jewelry” and people who are like “global communism is being stopped from succeeding because steven universe is on the air.” and call me a centrist but i don’t think either of those things are true

actualized-animal

in fact, steven universe has been off the air for some time now. that’s why i’m confused

parkchanwoohoo

therealbeachfox

I also enjoy video of this man’s dead wife

clara-the-cat

The glare from the sun occasionally obscuring her face does kinda make me think that the viewer is struggling to remember her

unfunny-trans-girl

The immediate cut to the most dead wife video ever took me out lmao

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greelin

saying something you know will make people laugh. And they do laugh.

zoesupreme

Christopher Nolan almost allows colors into his mythical epic shot on 70mm IMAX film. thank god they stopped filming in time.

limnaea

What people think the x files is like:

Mulder, on the phone at 3am: Scully have you ever realized that the white pedestrian symbol looks just like the sighting of Bigfoot on the Patterson-Gimlin film?

Scully: ohmygod Mulder please go to bed

What the x files is really like:

Mulder, on the phone at 3am: Scully have you ever realized that the white pedestrian symbol looks just like the sighting of Bigfoot on the Patterson-Gimlin film?

Scully, on the phone at 3am: Mulder, of course it does. The ambulatory pattern of species descending from Homo erectus, zoological or cryptozoological in nature, does not differ. In fact, this similarity lends even more credence to the idea that said ‘bigfoot’ is just a large man in a suit. Now, please, let’s go to bed.

#the x files #txf

itsdappleagain

people in my replies arguing for their fav white guy???

itsdappleagain

CRITICAL THINKING QUESTIONS:

1. Do you think a post pointing out an issue with fandom racism and misogyny is an appropriate place to bring up your favorite white male character? Why or why not?

2. Did this post call you racist for relating to a white male character? If you thought or think so, consider why you got defensive.

3. Think about the disproportionate amount of art and writing about white male characters in fandom spaces. Do you think this is, across all boards, due to them being written better or more relatably than the POC protagonist?

a. If so, consider why you notice the writing of white male characters more often. Are white male characters written "better" than the POC protagonist, or do you have an internalized fear of relating to non-white characters that you need to work through?

b. If not, consider what ingrained biases might lead to this phenomenon in fandom spaces.

c. If you read a. and thought that white male characters literally just are usually or always written better than the POC and/or female protagonist, accept you are wrong and consider some self reflection.

4. Have you researched how to write and draw characters that are non-white and/or non-male? If not, does this limitation lead you to gravitate towards characters you feel "qualified" to make content about, therefore inflating the issue?

5. If people are telling you to reconsider your point of view in my replies section, did you stop to consider what they said apart from your human instinct to be defensive? Have you considered that arguing against those trying to educate you about fandom racism and misogyny, which can be difficult to see in yourself, in the notes of a post talking about fandom racism and misogyny, might be short-sighted and counterproductive?

6. If you are inclined to defend your favorite white male character, pause. Are all of your other favorite characters also majority white? Are they majority male? Are they either of these and NOT the main character of the show, movie, or game they originate from?

a. If not, this comic is not for you. Please move on and give it a reblog if you're feeling generous.

b. If so, consider this pattern. If you want to break it, ask someone for a reccomendation for characters or media similar to your favorites. Expand your horizons, and engage with your community rather than fighting against them.

#the way i am constantly fuming bc of this #mc is a poc? not a man? ahah good look finding fandom that cares abt them.#its all gonna be the twinky white side character and that guy he interacted with twice ever #am greatly thrown back to the 9-1-1 fandom bc that place is doing it so so badly

transgenderization

blumineck

How do you make a bow safe for cosplay, stage, etc.?

Please remember that bows are dangerous tools, and if you ever have ANY doubts about whether you’re using one safely, please consult someone who knows what they are doing!

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