And what if I said that having a young lead male character that openly expresses his emotions and fears and tells the people he loves that he loves them is more important in this political and social climate than fully accurately adapting Percy's cluelessness and his (comparative) lack of emotional maturity in the books
When we were children, my sister had private music lessons at her violin teacher’s house. I only visited there once, but I still remember that afternoon. The teacher had an artificial pond in her yard, a large beautiful thing with lily pads and plant life. And in the pond, there were goldfish. I had never seen such enormous goldfish.
I spent several minutes just staring at them (and trying to convince them to bite my fingers.) When my sister’s violin lesson ended, her teacher came out to the yard and explained that these goldfish were the same small creatures that were often unfortunately sold in plastic bags at state fairs. They were only about two inches long apiece, when she bought them and put them in the new, empty pond. In essence, they were like every goldfish I had seen before, but they had been given a much larger, much richer environment in which to flourish. As a result, they had grown into some of the most remarkable, vibrant creatures my twelve-year-old self had ever met with. All because of a pond.
Funny what lessons children remember. My sister doesn’t play the violin anymore, but that was the first time I caught a glimpse of the overwhelming extent to which it matters, the way the world treats us.
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"When we see strong-willed, self-determined women, particularly women of color, presented as symbols of female desirability whom men should aspire to make themselves worthy of, paradigms shift in the culture. When we consider women who follow their callings just as admirable as those who follow their hearts, we all win.
More Sydneys, please."
Los Angeles Times - Opinion: Why did seeing a strong Black woman on ‘The Bear’ make me cry?
rip to the people who don't want to see romance on the bear but i'm different. i came to see mess. they opened the sydmarcus pandora's box and had sydney literally vomiting at carmy's inability to commit to the restaurant. i need to see that manifest. i need to see marcus be sydney's claire and carmy going unhinged about it for reasons he cannot explain. why don't people want to see this. hot people want to see this
The first round of the seasonal The Bear writing challenge is here! And we are starting with the Fall Challenge.
You will find all neccessary information and rules here. Please read it carefully to avoid any confusion. The asks are always open to any questions, suggestions or comments in general 😊
🍂The running time/posting period for the Fall Challenge is October 18th to November 8th.(You can post your work anytime within these dates, and it will be re-blogged directly to Yes, Chef Challenge)
And the prompts for fall Yes, Chef challenge are:🍂the dialogue prompt:
"Don't lie to me!"
🍂the trope prompt:
Characters who are not together are mistaken for a couple.(the characters don't have to end up together or be involved romantically at all)
🍂 the very seasonal prompt:
Preparing a meal containing pumpkin or apples.
Kinda fucked up that we all coo and sympathize with "former gifted kids" but never talk about the students who had to stay late after school or over the summer for remedial classes/clubs, who struggled to get above a C, who were given up on or punished. Who tried so hard to understand or just couldn't. Who were grouped with the "stupid kids" (a classmate called us that in remedial math btw)
Autistic kids and adhders who can't relate to their gifted peers and are constantly alienated by them. Kids who struggled in school due to dealing with a chronic or mental illness or physical/learning/developmental disability. Those of us who have had to drop out of highschool or college. Kids who worked so hard and wanted to be seen as smart, but never were. Who watched as their peers seem to fly by them in school, while they were left behind. Who were bullied and put down by those in the gifted and honors classes. Whose confidence was absolutely destroyed by education.
I love you all and I'm so sorry the school system failed you. I'm sorry you weren't properly accommodated and given the education you deserved. I'm sorry people put you down for something that they never had to fight for.