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If you see this on your dashboard, reblog this, NO MATTER WHAT and all your dreams and wishes will come true.
Oh hey! Haven’t seen this in forever! Didn’t reblog it when it came across me before, not gonna skip it this time, I need some good vibes.
Ffs sometimes metalheads in the 80s just liked cool bananas with skulls on them. It's not that deep!
Yes, sometimes people just like things and are unaware of any potential subculture they may be unintentionally mimicking or signaling.
However you’re being purposefully obtuse.
If you want to reference Eddie’s black bandana in his back left pocket, and say that’s all it is.
Fine.
Think the curtains are just blue and not consider it any further in the context of the show.
HOWEVER
I was talking about it in direct correlation to the “Bottom Eddie Munson” tag on AO3 I was showing in the first image of that post.
To which you cannot simply go “sometimes people like things”.
No, in that case you DO have to go “gay guy in 1980s” + black bandana in back left pocket = Hanky Code.
BECAUSE
1. We are assuming Gay Eddie Munson due to the tag.
This covers the first half of the equation. And does NOT need elaborating. Find me ANY example of a Het Ship using top/bottom tags and I’ll reconsider, but until you find such a unicorn, I stand by that one.
2. Bandana placement is deliberate, most people don’t wear their bandanas out of their back pockets anyway.
This is the first half of the of the second bit, and regardless was a deliberate choice by the costuming department. Most people in this era either wore them around their neck, like headbands, OR around their arms, the placement in his back pocket was a choice made.
3. Color choice is deliberate when you’re queer in a society determined to pretend you don’t exist and that will get violent if they think you are. This is what signaling IS.
This is the 2nd half of the of the second bit of the equation, again is a deliberate choice by the costume department. Is the fact that they’re skulls rather than the typical pattern an Eddie Thing? Absolutely, but again color is a choice, especially if it’s something you wear regularly. I recognize this style of bandana, it came in black, red, a very dark blue, grey, and some other color that I can’t remember off the top of my head- maybe another shade of blue or red- but point still stands the choice to go for black was intentional.
Thus,
Hanky Code applies.
Y’know I thought I was over the mischaracterization like this.
I was like, people can be stupid, it’s okay.
But y’know what, NO, I’m STILL mad about this!
Like this isn’t queer baiting, this isn’t even queer coding. This is just a gay guy in the 80s being a gay guy in the 80s!
Learn to use your eyes.
I know what this means, I don’t need to look it up, but I understand not everyone does.
So, if you don’t know something, look it up!
Seriously, it’s okay to not know things, but if you see something in media and you go “I don’t know this” THEN LOOK IT UP!
If you don’t know WHAT to look up, I assure you so long as you’re not within the first like 24hrs of the release date of an ep someone will have posted something about it. It’s just on you to know how to navigate the fandom space to find information.
I promise it’s not rocket science.
Usually it’s as simple as “why does Eddie Munson wear a black bandana in his back pocket?”
Especially for queer things, people jump on those deliberate choices of costuming or acting and turn into digestible information for those who don’t understand in short order.
Sasaki & Miyano
Hanzawa-senpai
I haven’t read the manga yet, but just re-binged the anime & movie, but Hanzawa’s Aspec, right?
Seriously.
Like, I don’t know why, maybe I’m just projecting, but Hanzawa has always clocked as aspec to me.
I don’t know if he’s on the ace or aro spectrums, maybe both, but he is definitely on at least one of them.
If you can give me a solid, canon, answer but it is a spoiler, tell me anyway. Don’t give me context, just a yes or no.
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It is not 100% foolproof. Their job is to direct you to a program they believe will help your current issue, but it's still a step up from praying random strangers online will give you enough cash before a deadline! The added benefit of these community programs, which get funded by the local government most of the time, is if there are more people using them then they can get more money to help more people.
You're not taking resources from other people if you use your community services. Your taxes pay for them. Use them.
Dial 211 first to see if they can help, and if for some reason they can't, then make your donation posts!
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Hi I work for my state's 211 service. It really breaks my heart how many people only know to call us at the last minute. 211's can provide a whole wealth of resources to use before things ever get to a cut off utility, eviction, or homelessness!
I can't speak for all 211's but most should also have a website detailing all the agencies in their database. if you don't like phone calls, this can be something to reference instead.
If you don't have health insurance but you need to see a doctor, reference 211! We list clinics that provide free or discounted general care, vision, and dental services to low income households and people without insurance! Many hospitals also have financial aid policies that can severely reduce your bill if you had an expensive procedure!
If you're stuck in a dead end job or need educational resources reference 211! There are a lot of programs focused on providing basic adult education as well as trade skills or other high demand fields! State governments are generally more interested in funneling people into work than providing benefits, but you can still use this to your advantage especially if you have some form of disability but are still able to work. That includes if you're neurodiverse or have mental health issues! Most of these programs are extremely underutilized.
If you believe you qualify for public benefits but the bureaucracy of the process is in your way, reference 211! There are agencies specifically geared towards helping people obtain the benefits they qualify for- for free!
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Not enough young people know about or utilize these services but they are there for you!
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Fem-Boy Damian Wayne
Idk why but this idea has been a brain rot that WILL NOT let up for the last like year and it needs to go somewhere.
I’m talking 15-17yr old (mid growth spurt) Damian going undercover as a hyper-fem girl for A Bat Thing. And while he comes out of it 110% sure he is not a girl, he finds he really likes femininity.
He could already tell from the bit of his growth spurt he’s had that he is not going to broaden and bulk up like his father, and his facial structure has changed enough that he’s clearly a mix of his parents’ features.
And for the first time since he realized he’d jumped from 5’0 to 5’8 and nowhere near done, but not gaining his father’s broad shoulders and chest, where his muscles hadn’t disappeared but stretched enough to make them look smaller (until he flexed)…
It doesn’t bother him.
He grabs Maps, who snags a few other girls from their expanded friend group, on a random-ass Tuesday and convinces them to play hooky to teach him how to shop for cute clothes.
They have fun, helping Damian find his style, figure what he likes and what he doesn’t. Figure out how to go from lazy-day casual to “Yes, I’m Damian Wayne” dressed up.
He leaves with enough clothes for a month, enough that he can ease himself into it at home and out-and-about.
He has a standing expectation for study sessions/ teaching-him-about-makeup for the following Tuesdays with no known end date with the girl he hadn’t known the best before today.
For the first time he not only cares about he’s going look, but he’s excited to wear his new clothes and how he’s going to compliment them with makeup.
He’ll consider growing his hair properly out, later, for now he’ll play with shorter styles that he can either pull off now or he’ll grow into in a few weeks.
What if one of Danny’s parents (probably Jack) was related to the Wayne, which makes Danny related to Bruce.
Could play it as Danny takes him in when his parents pass and tries to be there for him, even supporting his fighting and traveling when he’s a bit older.
Or…
Of course the classic the Bats find out Danny is blood related to Bruce and he’s on the run or hiding and they help him and Bruce takes him in.
Okay, I WISH I was joking but I was just thinking about this literally last night before stumbling across this.
If we want keep Danny nearer canon age- which I where I like him, bc I will take any and all excuses to ignore Phantom Planet and rewrite The Reveal- then I say let’s do one better.
Jack isn’t just related to the Waynes, he’s Thomas’ illegitimate affair child who is actually older than Bruce (I headcanon that they had fertility issues before Bruce finally came around, it’d track with their ages at their deaths in the DCEU, at least), thus had to be adopted out anonymously and Thomas’ will had to exclusively cut him out after they had Bruce.
Jack does not know this, so he doesn’t know to tell his kids.
[He also does not know that not only was his wife a child soldier and spy, but also a child assassin. Mainly because Maddie doesn’t remember that as clearly- basically not at all and passes it off as nightmares of Not So Theoretical punishments that she never went thru- as her older sister does. If the LOA had an American branch, Maddie was in it, she and her sister may have also- theoretically, of course- been Children of The Demon. Until her sister took her and bolted, and while being the government’s child soldier wasn’t fun, it was better than before.
Danny knows neither of these things.]
All Danny knows is that he’s getting weird looks from SO many people at the stupid gala Sam coerced him and Tucker into getting dragged along for. (He’s happy to be Sam’s support, but none of them enjoy it, they’d much rather be chillin’ at Sam’s place. Tucker’s here for the eats, mostly.)
It reminds him of Vlad, but a little to the left.
He does not like it.
When he sees the bundle of black hair, light eyed Wayne kids, he understands the looks.
But while they’re focused on him compared to the other kids, he’s got his eyes on Bruce Wayne himself, because he looks A LOT like his dad.
He is having thoughts and he is NOT enjoying them.
Bc, y’know, his parents did almost succeed in vivisecting/disecting Phantom 2 years ago and kicked both him AND Jazz out for helping “it” escape.
He has feelings about seeing a guy who looks so much like his dad being the one people have been constantly comparing him to all night.
He makes it a pointed fact that he is not going to interact with a single Wayne at that gala.
They aren’t making it easy, but he manages via using his powers, and having the world’s best friends/partners.
When someone makes a universal language
Make sure each letter makes ONE, SINGULAR sound.
Not three!
Also, silent letters/letter combinations can take a long walk off a short pier.
French
OH! And obviously no 2+ letters should sound the same!!
I made a post about Amatakka where I discussed Pinyon Marks, diacritical marks, and other letter modifiers or tone markers needing to be included in Fan-made languages to convey pronunciation.
This is should also just be a thing when we get around to making a universal language.
Marks I’m referring to:
I have jumped face first into the deep end of @fialleril Amavikka world building and even further into @booklindworm Amatakka dictionary and a thought has occurred to me.
With a phrase a heavy, both culturally and literal, as “dukkra ba dukkra” (freedom or death) I can’t help but ponder the further possibilities of how a change in the pronunciation of “ba” (or) could open this sentence to even more meanings.
I am by NO means an expert in ANY language but I’ve been exploring tonal languages- specifically how to pronounce the different tones nearly the same letter could pronounce depending on how it’s written- especially when comparing to more Eurocentric letter modifications.
(1st thru 4th tone marks or pinyin vs the vast spread of diacritical markers vs tones and accent contours. [see below cut for examples] Or something adjacent to those. All while considering consonant modifier options [specifically things like “ß, ł, ń, š, or ż” comes to mind].)
With a language as- theoretically- old as Amatakka and a culture as vast as Amavikka (looking specifically to A Call For Help by BarinSidhe on AO3 and specifically how the “freedom” euphemisms/terminology/ phrasing changes from one planet to the next [as is logical in my mind and nifty little tidbit {and it remembering Obi-wan’s time on Bandomeer which most fics seem to forget} I love this fic for] and can thus lead to some minor misunderstandings even amongst fellow Amatakka speakers and Amavikka who have been further removed from their culture when moved to new planets) I would be less surprised to find out that such things simply fell out of use and have changed greatly over time than I would be if it stayed consistent.
One of the things I’m considering that could’ve fallen out of use is tonals. Not entirely, of course, but I’m wondering if once upon a time Amatakka had words with far more nuance to them but in order to make it easier for newer learners the tonal forms of many words fell out of use, and new- different- words took their place.
Returning back to “dukkra ba dukkra” (because I SWEAR I have a point).
One: I’m half convinced that once upon a time Dukkra would’ve had two (or more) pronunciations, even if it was just the newer Amavikka doing so & it tended to fall out of use the longer they were enslaved.
Two: imagine if different pronunciations of ba had different meanings, different tonal sounds that could lead to the word meaning something entirely different than simply “or”.
Meaning, hypothetically, “dukkra ba dukkra” depending on the tones used could go from “freedom or death” to:
- freedom is death / death is freedom (these two feel okay to interchange)
- freedom from death
> death from freedom (I see a few ways this could swing interestingly)
- freedom and death / death and freedom (gotta love the implications of listing order)
- freedom of death (see next)
> death of freedom (these two are SO different that I think you’d need to have pronunciation differences between each “dukkra” to clarify which is which)
- freedom in death (largely implied already in Double Agent Darth AU)
> death in freedom (I just think this is an interesting concept)
Etc.
And Three: as a midwestern American I have the unique standing of hearing how even those of us on the same continent (the same country, the same region, the same state even) have minor changes in pronunciations of the same word that while it doesn’t change the meaning of the word it can immediately tell everyone around you where you’re from and truly shows off the limitations of the written word to correctly convey sounds in a way everyone will understand. (Long vs Short “a” sound in the word “bag”, if you want to get specific.)
While we know this occurs in Star Wars due to IRL ascents (ref: Leia), I’m ignoring it. As it leaves several more pronunciations up for grabs.
(But it also leaves me kinda scratching my head if I’m even approaching nearly half the Amatakka dictionary correctly. Which is why I bring the concept up in the first place, because I think for a Conlang these types of things need to be conveyed.)
But… yeah, that’s what’s been rattling around in my brain for the last few weeks.
Thoughts?
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BLESS EVERYONE IN THIS POST.
COOL.
I feel the need to point out that supernatural never showed what color any angels’ wings were, we only the saw the shadows.
Yet somehow the coloring never clicked in my head til now.
Now I’m imagine whose wings would be which color in the show.
Do the color brightness change depending on the vessel being inhabited? Like they’re the same colors but maybe when Michael is in Adam the blues are more sky blue but in YoungJohn they’re more navy? And then when Lucifer takes over Cas do they meld?
I’m not going to be only one who gets dragged back into this fandom because of this post!
Who would be what color(s)?!?
Hey all, I figured I’d give the update here because I don’t know where else to go with it since I don’t have my Wattpad anymore.
(I’m thinking about trying again on another email, don’t know if I will or not.)
But for everyone who has my google link to my YJ scripts folder, I just did over half of Ep 25 of season 1.
(Yay!)
I apologize for the long delay, but I think I’m finally getting back into it. Properly.
So if I can be selfish and ask for comments I am.
If you would like the link PM me & give me your email address so I can add you.
Also if you think there’d be somewhere better to post these let me know!
I did it, I'm back on Wattpad.
I'm ImpulseToImpling.
Hey all, I figured I’d give the update here because I don’t know where else to go with it since I don’t have my Wattpad anymore.
(I’m thinking about trying again on another email, don’t know if I will or not.)
But for everyone who has my google link to my YJ scripts folder, I just did over half of Ep 25 of season 1.
(Yay!)
I apologize for the long delay, but I think I’m finally getting back into it. Properly.
So if I can be selfish and ask for comments I am.
If you would like the link PM me & give me your email address so I can add you.
Also if you think there’d be somewhere better to post these let me know!
yo!! I just realized ur YJ script on AO3 got taken down D: do you still have a copy of it by chance?
Yes! I still have copies, and am slowly working my way through them- getting them booted really hurt my mental health and confidence ngl- in order to at least finish season 1 in its entirety.
If you would like to be able to view all of the ones that are currently finished you'll need to PM me with your email so I can share the link to my google drive folder (tho there is going to be some minor changes to it in the near future just so you know).
You won't have the ability to edit, but with commenting ability you should be able to still copy/paste and move forward from there.
Otherwise they are actually still up on FFnet (up to ep20) and I don't think they're at risk of being taken down from there.
Thanks for still showing an interest.
I live in India. If any of us needs medical attention if infected, I'm quite sure we won't survive. Delhi is a large capital city, MP's have to tweet and beg to get medical attention for their loved ones. We have the record for highest single day infections.
This video by the BBC India bureau is pretty distressing and summarises the issue quite effectively: supplies, infrastructure, vaccines.
A crowdsourced list of fundraisers to donate (<FF> for campaigns that accept foreign funds, I'm also matching donations upto Rs 20000, DM)
If you have time this weekend: volunteer to collect information of the status of beds
Unfortunately, money will not solve all of India's problems. This is the activism I'd encourage you to pursue if you're not Indian:
1. The United States refuses to lift a export raw material ban on vaccine products even temporarily. Note that India exported 60 million doses of Astra Zeneca abroad before this crisis.
2. Angela Merkel threatens future retaliation against India for focusing on domestic vaccines.
3. There's also a WTO bill that would waive patent monopolies *temporarily* in addressing COVID
I call all of this genocidal colonialism by another name. Please organise. India is the producer of vaccines and pharma that is intended to go to middle and low income countries, as long as the crisis continues here, it will have knock on effects in South America and Africa. The virus mutating through 1 billion people will get deadlier and find you too, so it's probably in your self interest.
Campaign #PeoplesVaccine to support the WTO bill
If you live in the UK: petition to sign (on 500/10000 signatures)
If you live in the US: find your reps here
Edit (thanks @ataratah): Text "sign pkslvl" to the RESISTBOT (50409) to get on the petition and send a letter to your reps to lift the embargo. It's super quick and you don't have to be eloquent or talk to a single human!
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I'll update with resources for more countries as I find them.
When someone makes a universal language
Make sure each letter makes ONE, SINGULAR sound.
Not three!
Also, silent letters/letter combinations can take a long walk off a short pier.
French
OH! And obviously no 2+ letters should sound the same!!
I call upon the fan fic writing gods to bless you with the perseverance to finish one of your unfinished drafts.
May your fingers dance along the letters upon your device with ease, may the devil of distraction stay far from you, and may your work not need much editing.
I pass this blessing upon every fan fic writer out there.
