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So, Rhapsodic is finished. At long last, my behemoth of a story is done and I am crying tears of joy as I type this now.
I hope so much that you love this story as much as I do.
you sure are
If you would report an undocumented immigrant to ICE you would have reported me to the Nazis and I don’t fucking trust you
A note:
I live in a state where you “have to” report anyone you suspect of being undocumented (that wonderful hellhole of Arizona). Now in practice this law has fallen far short, thank goodness. But if you live in such a place and they start enforcing it, here is how you get around it:
Assume everyone who doesn’t speak English is visiting.
Never ask about their job, because if they tell you they work here then you know they’re not visiting. You see them a lot for several weeks or months? Hm. Someone in the family must be ill. That’s terribly tough. They always dress in old, ratty laborers’ clothes? I feel you, my dude, I can’t afford new clothes either, and my dad has the fashion sense of an aardvark, so sometimes it’s not even about “affording” them. They say they’ve been here for years? You must have misunderstood. Spanish isn’t your first language, after all. First and last name? It never came up, or you don’t recall–you meet a lot of people.
And then, if you’re asked: no, you haven’t seen anyone residing illegally in the United States. Just people visiting.
Very good very important addition
Essentially, this is the civil society version of a work-to-rule strike.
Don’t do more than is expressly asked of you, and do what you are asked with such an intense attention to protocol that not asking you at all becomes more effective than even bothering.
In this case:
“Have you seen an illegal immigrant?”
“Could you describe an illegal immigrant, officer?”
*officer describes a person who is in the country without appropriate paperwork, or who has crossed the border illegally*
“No, sir, I haven’t seen any illegal immigrant.”
And this is correct. You have NOT seen an illegal immigrant, because you have no way of knowing if Jose Fulano is here legally or not. And since you can’t see his paperwork (or lack thereof), and did not personally see him cross the border illegally, you are only answering precisely the question asked.
I’m not American, and I have like, three followers, but this is important.
So, I’m a lawyer, who deals with immigration though does not specialize in it. But here’s the thing(s):
1) Even someone who’s working could be here on a migrant (or other sort of) visa (hey, there are a few thousand per year, and *someone*’s got to get them, right?) or could be waiting for their case to resolve in immigration court, after having come to America to join a born or naturalized American family member.
2) Even people who are working improperly could have come into the country legally – and just overstayed their visa or be violating the conditions of their visa, and you have no idea what the niggly little regulations that govern that might be.
3) If a law enforcement officer asks you about a neighbor/friend/etc., take this moment to remind them that, unlike them, you cannot ask a random person off the street for their ID and be entitled to a response.
4) Even if someone has told you that they are undocumented, you still don’t know, do you? Humans lie all the time. How could you know for sure? You can’t, because they can’t prove that they have a lack of papers. Just because you haven’t seen papers doesn’t mean they don’t exist!
5) Don’t ever talk to cops in general. Why are you talking to a cop? Stop that, as soon as it is safe and feasible.
Love,
a very tired public defender
Well then. Apparently personal space was busy this weekend and couldn’t be there to get in between them.
via @angiee82 on twitter
@ THE SPN WRITERS:
LET HER COME BACK, YOU FUCKING COWARDS!
Yesterday I got an angry Anon after posting this, so now I’m gonna have to reblog it every day until Meg is back on the show, I’m sorry, angry anti-Megstiel Anon, you’ve forced my hand!
Just so we’re clear: if I see you making some asinine comment about how you “love Rachel” but “Meg was such a bitch” and “Megstiel is toxic” and “I don’t want Meg back”, I will, 100%, fight you. Make your own damn post and leave this one alone. In this house, we love and appreciate both Rachel and Meg.
@inkbleeder I think every time someone tacks that bullshit onto your post, you should reblog it an extra time. Just drown out the hate with these beautiful facts. 😂
@casa-neurotica You’re absolutely right, and you know what? I’m just gonna keep adding screenshots of tweets about Rachel and her inevitable return, because WHO’S GONNA STOP ME?!
Definitely not me! I might even add some of my own. Like this one:
Oh, that’s a really good one. How about this one?
This is adorable, but doyou guys know who read scripts? ACTORS. WHO AREN’T. RETIRED.
You heard her. SHE BEGS TO DIFFER!!
I’m literally just going to keep adding these until they a) bring her back already or b) SPN Season 15 is over. At which point I’ll print them in three giant banners and hang them in front of Jim Michaels, Andrew Dabb and Robert Singer’s houses.
IF THEY CAN HAVE BOBBY IN A FUCKING WHEELCHAIR IN SEASONS 5 & 6 AND HE’S STILL BADASS, THAN THEY CAN HAVE RACHEL BE A BADASS IN A WHEELCHAIR TOO
I’ve argued this point before but Wheelchair!Meg is better and more important than Wheelchair!Bobby for (at least) two reasons: 1. This time it would be a disabled character played by a disabled actor, which would not only be better representation for the disability community but would be a more authentic and accurate performance because she’d be drawing on her own experience, and which also leads to 2. She would be immune to the “magically cured” trope that claimed Bobby’s storyline.
admittedly I don’t normally like modern shakespeare adaptations but once I went to see my cousin in a midsummer night’s dream and it opened with a high schooler saying “I don’t wanna read this play” so he sits down and eats an entire chipotle burrito on stage and then immediately falls asleep and the play begins but instead of the forest the faeries all hang out in a rainforest cafe TM and at one point in the middle of a scene the guy from the beginning just slowly drifts across the back of the stage on a skateboard, staring at all the characters as the events of the play transpire in the form of some sort of chipotle-induced coma lucid dream
THAT is EXACTLY what Shakespeare would have wanted
I swear if this isn’t floating around on the internet I’m gonna cry
Oh buddy IT’S ABOUT TO BE. I am like, 98% sure this was my high school’s production and I’ve got photos and video clips like craaaazy…
Here are some fun additions… the Mechanicals were also based on the characters of The Breakfast Club (here I am below, eating an actual Captain Crunch and Pixie Stix sandwich on stage.)
…and the one on the longboard was actually our Puck - he rode it through the whole play in the background. Please note his “Forest Cafe” shirt… which we also had logos for on the cups.
…and we had both a flash mob at the end AND an interlude where myself and one of the other Fairies danced to “Sexy and I Know It” while we were cleaning up the tables at the cafe.
I will post more of this later. I have a DVD at my house and will endure cringing at myself to bring you some quality clips… there’s probably one of K eating the burrito before the start of the play, too.
@hullaballoons Here is more Ktown Lore for you
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Here ya go kids… all 2h20m. if you make it through the whole thing once, that’s probably more times than any of the cast watched this DVD. You can probably see why. Tbh if you watch this, I am sorry in advance.
Important notes:
- Chipotle burrito makes a cameo about 30 min in,
- the end has a flash mob and a “commercial” for the Forest Cafe,
- unfortunately, the lunch scene where all the mechanicals whistle like the Breakfast Club got mostly cut for some reason?
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@vampireapologist in case you have any interest in reliving this… at the very least you can prove to any doubters that there was, in fact, a Chipotle burrito onstage.
I cannot even fully conceptualize, much less put into words, how wild this chain of events has been.
I have dozens of posts going around that have broken 50,000 notes, and plenty that have broken 100,000.
On every single one of these posts, there are hundreds, if not thousands, of comments and tags calling me a liar and the story fake, but none so much as this post.
This post was my most doubted of all.
And you came in………
with a Two and a Half Hour Long video.
I’ll never forget this.
We have a bond forged in fire and spirit now.
being single is like… it’s just you and your bottle of water
Girls who love girls know 😉
*finishes coffee* I really want more coffee
So, Richard may be an actual angel. I had my first photo op today and it was with him, and I purchased it entirely on a whim (I came with my Jensen and Misha ops pre-purchased and saw Richard’s and went for it), and I was so incredibly nervous. I was shaking, my heart was pounding, and I kept wringing my hands and telling myself to calm down, but my nerves were really getting the best of me. So basically I’m this kid in combat boots with a pentagram necklace literally flipping shit internally over meeting the man who once played an angel on the TV series that saved my life. When I actually got up to him he held out his arms for me and smiled, and I didn’t immediately come forward. I knew rationally that I had to, but I was so scared that it took me a second to walk up into his arms, and I mumbled that I was sorry because I felt guilty for taking up more time than I was supposed to by hesitating, and he leaned in and said, “Why are you sorry?” This whole time he had an arm around me and was looking at me directly, and I said, “I’m really nervous.” He then responded with a, “Why are you nervous?” I said it really quickly, and I was half-hoping he hadn’t heard me, but my response was, “I really like you.” (Because I am a writer and words are my lifeblood) But he just smiled and squeezed me against his side for a second and said pretty much directly into my ear, “Don’t be nervous, okay?” And then I smiled and nodded and reached out to hold him in return and the photo was taken, and as I released him he said, “Thank you, sweetie.” And I know this will sound silly, but he really sounded as though he meant it, and he never looked away from me while he said it. He was so kind to me, and I am so grateful that he didn’t make me feel bad for being anxious. He was perfect, and I love him more than I did before. So, basically, if you are thinking of getting a picture with him, do it ❤️
Reblogging because I love Rich and still cherish this memory 💕
Crowley and Deanmon would have made good friends 😂
Update
For anyone who is at all interested in my life updates or how I’m doing: I’m doing well! I finally went to therapy last year to come to terms with the r*pe and my PTSD and things have been much improved. I’m very thankful for my therapist. I left my former fiancé as her behavior didn’t really improve over time and the emotional damage was reaching a point where I wasn’t sure if I would be able to recover if I stayed. I am still heartbroken, but life goes on, and no relationship is worth withstanding emotional abuse. I have a full time job that allows me a reasonable accommodation so I can take personal time when my mental health issues act up, and I’m also able to work from home, which has been a blessing. Things are much improved, for any of those who cared for an update ❤️
Castiel said first: “I love you.” Then he broadened the declaration to “I love all of you.” Three guesses as to who the first iteration was aimed at.
Bringing this back for nostalgic purposes.
A Risky Experiment…
Hi, you dont know me, or if you do, you probably dislike me and my blog content, which I’m fine with. I wouldn’t choose to post in these tags unless I had a genuine question that I am hoping for an honest answer on.
You are browsing this tag “destiew” because you dislike the Destiel ship. I’m not looking to start drama or get into a fight here, I promise you that. I’m looking for opinions. Fandom is a fickle and easily explosive thing, but I have a genuine curiosity and so I come here waving a white flag.
Destiel is my ship, I adore it. Because of this I spend all my time in fandom circles that also adore my ship. Its a bit of a bubble. I genuinely want to seek out reasons why people dislike the ship. What makes you hate it enough to browse anti tags?
I want to stress here that I wont argue with your opinions, I wont force counter arguments on you or try to get you to change your mind. I’m not here to shame you or set you up as a target of some kind (seriously I would never do that and neither would any other shipper I know), therefore I’ll only respond to your opinion if you say its okay for me to do so. Otherwise I’ll just make note of your answers.
I genuinely want to know why you dislike it so much? Is it the fandom? Is it one or either of the characters? It is due to a conflicting ship? Or is it just the gay thing? I would really appreciate an honest answer to this question because otherwise how am I ever supposed to understand the opposing opinions? I don’t like living in a bubble, I’d rather understand all view points.
I welcome honest, polite discussion, but I dont want hateful aggressive responses from anyone (including other Destiel shippers) on this post. Aggression will be blocked.
I look forward to reading any responses I get.
Thanks.
I wasn’t searching that tag, but a friend of mine shared this and I thought I would respond as a multishipper who’s first SPN ship was Destiel. I’ve always loved the ship and I’m currently in the process of finishing a 200k word WIP for the pairing, so to say it’s a ship I love would be a bit of an understatement. That being said, though, my pleasure and love of the ship has been somewhat dampened by my foray onto twitter and the things I see. I ship Destiel, J2, Wincest, Sabriel, and Sastiel, though I only write fic for the first 3. I try to make friends with people who have every ship and try to connect with each community, though I quickly discovered that I was for the most part unwelcome in Destiel fandom and had a hard time finding friends who would actually follow me back and interact with me. This hurt my feelings more than I care to admit, as I wanted to squee over my fic but couldn’t find people to do so with. But I wanted to be a part of the community so I did my best and followed people that shipped Destiel and Cockles despite the lack of reciprocity. But what I saw in that part of fandom was somewhat alarming to me as more time passed. To simplify things, here is a list of the things I personally have found unreasonable and upsetting within Destiel fandom specifically that have lessened my interactions: 1) several people aggressively telling folks who don’t see Destiel as canon or subtextual that they are stupid, lack comprehension skills or are homophobic (even LGBT folks) 2) equating shipping Dean and Castiel with activism and being an ally to LGBT folks and simultaneously disregarding the canonically queer characters we have seen on the series as inconsequential or meaningless. I very dearly loved and related to Charlie, so I will admit this may just be a sore spot for me personally 3) treating the series as a whole as if it should be a perfectly healthy, nurturing, and unproblematic entity and that any fan who enjoys problematic ships, dark headcanons, or tragic endings as a morally bankrupt person who deserves to be dragged, harassed, or spoken to as if they’re a societal reprobate. This may be my background in literary theory and content analysis speaking, but I think fiction is the place to explore dark and morally dubious ideas and concepts safely, and that those of us who want to save the healthy and sane stuff for our everyday lives shouldn’t be treated as if we’re monsters for disagreeing with people who feel the opposite. In a nutshell, the black and white thinking that I tend to see strikes me as toxic and oppressive, not positive or progressive. I don’t consider myself an extreme person, though I am extremely left-wing in my political views, but I find myself disagreeing with the main points of discourse too often nowadays to be involved much in the community anymore. I will still write and enjoy my fanfics, but that’s the extent of it nowadays. Anyway. That’s my piece. I hope this makes sense.
We Have Always Lived In The Castle dir. Stacie Passion
Why is literally everything he says so cute?
Painter and transfer student Castiel Novak is adjusting to life at university, where he knows no one and is hours away from his hometown. Haunted by his dysfunctional family and a painful adolescence, Castiel soon meets fellow art major Dean Winchester. Dean is a scarred, quiet, and handsome abstract painter who may be more haunted than Castiel himself is. What sorrows and secrets lie hidden behind those grass-green eyes, and can Castiel help Dean overcome them before his own finally bleed through to the surface? This is a story of loss, friendship, and profound bonds.
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I just updated Rhapsodic! After this I only have 2 more chapters to write. So excited <3
Reblogging bc I’m still dying of excitement!!!
