And a hard-boiled egg

Call me Robin/Rob. They/them. I'm also on StoryGraph @datsderbunny if you want to see what I've been reading recently! Discworld sideblog: @ankh-morpork-times If you ever discover new media through seeing content on my blog PLEASE tell me, I always love to hear that people were inspired to watch/read/listen to new things because of my nonsense <3

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Every time I reach this part on a Feet of Clay reread I have to remind myself that this is actual canon

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"Dead? Nonsense!" and then he's just lying there like:

o_/\__

[gandalfsbignaturals]

isnt it really cool how your memories can just physically attack you at random

[depsidase]

[lilacs-in-the-wind]

The showrunners chose to make Louis and Claudia black and experience life in the Jim crow era. They chose to do the full race swap in season 1, not just making the characters but also the story black. They chose to racialize the violence that both Louis and Claudia face throughout the first season. No one was forcing their hands and they got praised for the stuff they did in the first two seasons, for bringing in the added nuance of systemic racism. So why should I as an audience member of colour give them any grace when they choose to write dialogues containing numerous racialized and gendered micro aggressions not just towards Louis or Claudia but also towards minor characters like Dee or Lemuel who weren't supposed to exist as they are (black) in the show?? Why is Daniel (a white man) who is supposed to be a Pulitzer prize winning investigative journalist who was lecturing Louis on his own story about the racism he faced referring to him as a "bucket of Louisiana fried chicken"?? Why is Armand textually belittled for being a CSA victim while Lestat is endlessly provided with grace and understanding in the text of the show for his victimhood?? Who thought it was alright to adapt a scene from the books involving white characters talking about parental betrayal and insert racially charged dialogues (that too old school racist shit not even the n word) when it was unnecessary to preserve the nuance of the scene?? Why is this show denying the racialized nature of domestic violence that they chose to portray in S1 ??? (Lestat getting mildly annoyed that Louis didn't enjoy going to the operas in nola when he had to act as Lestat's servant to be allowed in tf??) Why is Gabriella like that??

I cannot help but look at this season of the show as a sign of the times tbh. IWTV aired during a very liberal era of entertainment and now that fascism and white supremacy are on the rise everywhere white entertainers have become comfortable enough to fall back into old habits. Never thought this show in particular would have this problem when I watched the first season but it is what it is I guess

[elierlick]

I love it when they frame something so beneficial to society as though it would be the end of the world. They're one of JK Rowling's representatives, by the way.

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omg

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3rd place in a 1v1 🥀

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Which of the following would you prefer to win the by-election in Clacton?

Count Binface

Nigel Farage

Neither

Don't know

Remaining time: 6 days 22 hours

[sapphicides]

if that was “the best claudia scene [they] ever wrote” then i don’t think anybody involved in it should write again

[officialpenisenvy]

the thing is that. they want to have the book claudia cake and eat it too. cause book claudia would've spouted that triumph of the will shit and lied about the train and looked down on louis for his perceived spinelessness. but that just doesn't align with show claudia as a character! in the sense that sure show claudia might feel those things and she certainly hated louis but it's never been her main motivation or stance. it just reads like two entirely different characters. which is not to even get into the racial component

[dykecinema]

The way I am kinda glad they renamed the show now like let Interview with the Vampire stay separated from this mess. I still believe the first 2 seasons are some really great television and still do recommend them. But like yes good let it be untainted lol

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I'm about to go for a little walk and - not to brag or anything - I think it might be cool enough here to put a jumper on

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I might just - not to brag or anything - actually sleep under a duvet tonight

[tackminyard]

affirmations for my printer:

you are not out of paper

you have so much paper

it’s okay to function as intended

you are not out of ink

i just refilled that cartridge last month

you can connect to that computer you’re supposed to connect to

you’re allowed to print things

[cal3ris]

is this gonna get me fired you think

[exhuastedpigeon]

The first rule of fandom is have fun. The second rule of fandom is find an enabler and become an enabler. Yes you should write that fic. What if it was even hornier? What if it was angstier? What if you wrote it just for me?

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Every time I reach this part on a Feet of Clay reread I have to remind myself that this is actual canon

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I'm about to go for a little walk and - not to brag or anything - I think it might be cool enough here to put a jumper on

[mousidy]

very strange cottage industry on youtube of giving exhaustive "critiques" of harry potter that amount to things like "the magic school is dangerous and that's bad!!!" and treating that with equal severity as the fatphobia or the slavery apologia, then patting themselves on the back as if this amounts to some kind of praxis

cinemasins is not praxis lol. how about materially supporting and protecting trans people from joanne and forgetting about her wizard books