The Still Voices

27 and tired. Current obsession: Song of Achilles 😭

[lifeisablackhole9]

you fuckers thought i forgot about elf practice didn’t you?

[kartoonatic]

The Jake Paul fight against Anthony Joshua gotta be a prime example of how desperately conservative wealthy douchebags like JP cling to the fantasy that they are physically the strongest, toughest winners of society. In what fucking world would a man like AJ lose to someone 5" shorter and 20 pounds lighter with no professional heavyweight experience. JP is convinced he can pay for the experience of beating someone at the top of their field, because that's what he wanted out of this. He paid for the ability to say "I can beat Anthony Joshua." He genuinely forgot there is something called the love of the game, and if this look in Joshua's eyes ain't it idk what is

[patrochilles-or-bust]

He got to live the fantasy of being the "find out" part of racists "fucking around". The dream, the moment.

[johaerys-writes]

THE OFFICIAL ODYSSEY TRAILER IS FINALLY OUT AND IT LOOKS REALLY BAD LMAO

[pancakesprince]

i apparently never posted this or tagged this in a way i dont remember?? anyway i still have a few prints of these that I might just give out

[endangered-justice-seeker]

Cudjo Lewis, the last surviving captive of the last slave ship to bring Africans to the U.S. 

https://www.history.com/news/zora-neale-hurston-barracoon-slave-clotilda-survivor?utm_campaign=Echobox&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#link_time=1525373347

[revolutionarykoolaid]

It’s so significant too that this narrative was collected by Zora Neale Hurston, one of the greatest authors and anthropologists of her time. She was shunned by the “gatekeepers” of both of these professions, largely because of her Blackness, her womanhood, and her uncompromising commitment to honoring and showcasing both in her works. She died penniless and alone in a state-run institution in 1960. All of her works had gone out of publication by then. It took more than a decade before she was rediscovered. A young author by the name of Alice Walker had come across her work and was deeply inspired by it. “In 1973, after an exhaustive search, Walker came across Hurston’s unmarked grave in Ft. Pierce, Fla. She purchased a headstone for Hurston’s tomb and had it inscribed “A Genius of the South.“”

It is through Zora Neale Hurston’s pioneering sacrifice, and the acceptance of that inheritance by Alice Walker that we have found this missing piece of our history. Without the courageous and unfailing work of Black women, we wouldn’t have Cudjo Lewis’s story. We are slowly regaining a narrative that’s been hidden from us, one that continues to be lied about. Trust Black women to lead the way.

[acapelladitty]

I know it's a hot topic but would you ever think about using AI to finish a fic you're finding hard to write?

Honestly? I'd rather put out an open campfire with my clit than use AI for anything creative.

[acapelladitty]

an honour

[creatingblackcharacters]

I always remember a post I saw along ago about Greek Gods being portrayed as Black.

They can accept beastility but drawn the line at a mythological figure being Black

[creatingblackcharacters]

I think what annoys me so much is that you're telling me that these are gods that represent the entirety of humankind, but somehow they have to be white (and apparently not fat, now) otherwise it's a problem, and... Somehow that doesn't reveal your racist standards? That to be Divine is to be White? It's not obvious in that belief, alone?

Because being Afro-Greek is not impossible. Perseus saved and married Andromeda, known Ethiopian. But apparently Scylla and Charybdis are more believable than the presence of Negroes in Greek Mythology. "Well it's not ethnically accurate" just say you're mad that the whites only classics club is getting broken into and move on.

[howthegodschill]

Thanksgiving.

[shegottosayit]

34 and ready to score!

[sandmandaddy69]

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

You're right but don't say it like that

[giveamadeuschohisownmovie]

Now that we’re 6 episodes into Dispatch, you can really tell that this was originally a TV show that was converted into a game. Obviously, it’s Telltale, their games always had an issue with making your choices matter. But as of episode 6, it’s clear what the original TV show idea would look like:

1) Invisigal was very clearly the lead female protagonist / lead love interest in the original concept. She gets the most screentime and character development of all the female leads and, curiously enough, you see her reactions if Robert chose to be with Blonde Blazer. For example, the house party scene. If you danced with Blazer, you see Invisigal looking sad in the distance. If you danced with Invisigal, it’s Chase who looks at you. You don’t see Blazer’s reactions to Robert dancing with Invisigal at all.

It really feels like Robert and Invisigal were going to have a “will they won’t they” type of relationship (coughWestallencoughFitzsimmons) in the original show idea. Blonde Blazer would then be the temporary girlfriend who Robert is with for a couple of episodes. In fact, it’s very telling that Blazer’s screentime gets progressively smaller as the series goes on.

2) Even if Blonde Blazer isn’t a twist villain, she’s still being written as a short-term love interest that you’d see in these kinds of shows. She shows up, is immediately interested in our lead hero, and gets together with him quickly (if you choose her route). Honestly, it’s giving Patty Spivot from the CW Flash show (anyone here still remember Patty?)

So if we’re to follow this as an actual superhero show, either Blazer is a hidden villain or she leaves at the end of season 1 because of something.

3) Now that I think about it, this would explain why Invisigal’s romance path feels like less progress than Blazer’s path. If this was going to be a show with multiple seasons, you bet your ass that the writers would stretch out Invisigal and Robert’s romance. Meanwhile, if Blazer is intended to be a short-term fling/secret villain/temporary girlfriend in order to make Invisigal jealous, then it makes sense that Blazer’s romantic storyline has a ton of forward development.

Again, using the Flash as an example, it took multiple seasons for Barry and Iris to get together while it took a few episodes for Barry and Patty to become a thing.

[mostevilfujo]

rot in piss dick boy

[lestatdeslioncourt]

!!! @ mosessumney

[petitelappin]

This child who came to my house tonight is literally the funniest human being on the planet. She complimented me on having both lollipops and mini Three Musketeers available because "a lot of houses these days don't give you a fruit flavor option." She was very solemn about this.

[nyokoko]

I really hate that fandom racism is something we as Black people are told we just have to accept as endemic to fandom rather than something people should be actively working to eradicate from fandom spaces.

"I understand that you face harassment and virulently racist threats in the space where you draw pictures and write stories for fun and community but have you considered that that's just the way things are?"

Some of you should get your asses beat the fuck up I'm so serious.

[korrioak-deactivated20260717]

Patrochilles wip because I miss them

[silly-little-pal]