[sadiekqne]

at this point idgaf about the actual pjo books i’m just hanging with my heavily romanticized versions of the plot and characters

[drawinglobster]

Actual real dragons!!

[aelinbitch-archive]

if we’re being completely honest i can’t quite put my finger on why dorian havilliard bothers me so much because he’s nowhere near as objectively bad as chaol and a lot of his bullshit is resolved by the last book… i just feel like he listens to the weeknd and thinks it’s about him 

[bitchryver]

sdjdjfjh I agree ... I’ve never fully been able to say why I literally couldn’t stand him from book 1 page 1..... just his bad vibes I guess :/

[lj-writes]

From what I can see misogynoir in fandom doesn’t always look like tearing Black female characters and fans down. It can also look friendly and benign on the surface.

Like, take some of the additions to the very welcome news that Chris Hemsworth and Tessa Thompson are considering doing a remake of the 1992 hit The Bodyguard together.

One commenter on this post, for instance, thought that Chris must look up to Tessa like a big sister after having worked with her.

Uh, really? Big sister? Chris and Tessa are the same age, both born in 1983, and if you want to split hairs Chris was born in August and Tessa in October of that year. Yet this commenter somehow assigned the elder sister role to Tessa. I wonder why. Could it have anything to do with the fact that Black people tend to be seen as older starting from childhood onward? Also with the fact that Black people are frequently cast as caretakers and supporter for white people?

There’s also the really interesting fact that this commenter’s mind reflexively went to “brother and sister” when faced with the possibility that Chris and Tessa might be playing the leads of this blatantly romantic movie. Where have I heard the implied comparisons to incest before? Oh yeah, in response to every fucking Black/white ship ever. Because SOMETHING about these ships immediately brings some people’s minds to incest, i.e. an abomination. Which is a pretty hypocritical hill to die on, given how much fandom loves its actually incestuous white ships, your Wincests and Joneryses.

Then there was the addition to that same Bodyguard post saying that this was only valid if Tessa was the bodyguard and I’m like… *heavy sigh* Look, I agree there’s a certain girl power appeal in the delicate and petite Tessa being the bodyguard of that hulking humongous hunk Chris. If we were talking about a white woman I’d  love that setup. But the thing is, that commenter is–probably with the best of intentions–perpetuating the idea that a Black woman is automatically a caretaker to a white dude rather than someone who is herself cherished, vulnerable, and protected. What is progressive and empowering for a white cis woman is not necessarily so for other women.

I don’t think the people saying these things were malicious, nor would they think they’re hating Black women. This isn’t a matter of intent or personal morality, though. Sometimes racism, misogyny, and the toxic combination of the two don’t look like hatred, but more like unchecked assumptions to unpack and unlearn.

[lj-writes]

Gonna bring this essay back every time some dipshit tells me this is a non-issue and that I should stop writing about what I fucking want on my own blog :)

[beyonslayed]

noah fence but how do ppl 5′5″ and under like survive….

[coolxatu]

elaborate tunnel system

[jerks-deactivated20200603]

dude what if we 😳 i fucking killed you?

[emptytheroll-deactivated2020052]

men always want to make me feel stupid. no. i am stupid on my own terms

[kristina100000]

im sexy so watch your tone

[memory-is-treachery]

u heard him ladies

[bitchryver]

bro don’t stage a coup and save my life so you can ascend to the throne of the wastelands ur scaring the hoes :/

[bitchryver]

princess lysandra 

[bitchryver]

stop rb my post about liking tog not making u immoral ur all just looking for validation without actually wanting to be accountable and recognise tog is bad sometimes goooo awayyyyyyyyyyyyy

[bitchryver]

wait sjhzjzh can irish americans seriously not interact?? i’m bad at reading sarcasm sorry

hmm ok so: irish americans have willfully and continuously done serious damage to irish ppl like they’ve contributed to the endangerment and trauma of decades of women, poc, lgbt people and especially NI people who literally paid with their lives. much of that damage continues to be done.

here’s a better explanation of what i mean abt the irish-american white ethno state complex

like im sure ur very nice, and i was being like… a lil saracastic but putting out that ur irish on international platforms is like bait 4 the racist suffering gloryfying patronising ia’s that think only they can speak 4 irishness and irish culture, while getting it wrong literally 90% of the time thats who im trying to ward off. again, im sure ur lovely! this is not an attack plz dnt take it that way!  interact all you want but please try to understand why irish ppl are wary of the american diaspora. 

[bitchryver]

(aquarius-nesryn) Hi saw you reblogged my misogyny + tog post and I just wanted to clarify that I wasn’t trying to @ you or other Aelin fans. I love your blog & I know you always bring up the issues of tog w/o trying to erase other ppl from the conversation. I was referring to ppl who either a) excuse things like Nehemia’s murder bc “Nehemia ~chose~ to die” or b) only talk about her in the context of Aelin’s grief (bonus points if they’re like Nehemia brought her to Rowannnn!)

oh no of course not i didnt mean to imply that!!!! i mean like ppl like me who love aelin have to remember to be careful not to be like ‘her happiness in her story > everybody elses’ but thank you!!

[driflloon]

marithe francois girbaud ss04

[themakeupbrush]

Dolce & Gabbana Alta Moda F/W 2019

[baldwinpdf-archive]

dolly parton, 1988