Unable to shut up

Writing, meta, and ramblings blog, because if I keep annoying my friends and family with my nonsense they might stop talking to me. Born 1999. AO3 & Dreamwidth

[jazzedforthefall]

YEAH FINE WHATEVER SYNONYM MAKES YOU HAPPIEST

[pspsappho]

& honestly there's no debate to be had the zendaya earrings are orders of magnitude worse than kim kardashian wearing that marilyn dress. yes that piece was a one of a kind unique textile made so specifically for marilyn monroe she had to be sewn into it. at the end of the day it was a ~70 year old usamerican cultural artefact being repurposed by an american for an american cultural event and everyone involved knows exactly where the dress came from + what happened to it + where it went afterwards. zendaya is wearing the looted (or forged) cultural heritage of a people her government is currently bombing & whose lives they have been deliberately making unliveable for decades to a movie premiere that has fuck all to do with iran. we don't know where those discs came from where they were found or by whom & we never will. AND the jeweller appears to have altered them substantially from their original condition. destroying a people's cultural heritage at the same time you destroy their country + their lives so you can look good on a red carpet One Time i want to fucking hurl

[uhhhhmanda]

Zendaya’s The Odyssey premiere earrings spark ethics row

The earrings, worn by Zendaya at The Odyssey press tour, are believed to be 2,000-3,000 years old and come at a time when the US is bombing

An archaeologist quoted in the article says "the point of these earrings is not to showcase legitimate ancient artistry, it is to fetishize the past, to be a commodity, stolen from the elite, circulated illegally, and immorally…this is about class signalling."

[tobermoriansass]

some other residual thoughts:

the problem of racism in tolkien fandom will not be resolved for as long as people believe that the mere act of critique is a violence in itself, and that therefore having made a critique, the person who has made a critique can either be unpersoned or that norms of politeness no longer apply. of course, this fandom is too "polite" to do slurs in askboxes for the most part, but there are other mechanisms of rude communications that fly in the name of "debate". do you think its polite to misread someone and then accuse them via that misreading, of not extending enough grace to a dead historical figure? personally, i think that's quite rude as a quibble, not least because of the total disengagement with the actual arguments being made. do you think its polite to send people snide asks for weeks on end, insisting on them defending their viewpoint, their specifically racial critique of the canon? personally, i think not! but you know, ymmv.

the problem of racism in tolkien fandom will not be resolved for as long as it takes (primarily) non-white fans doing the careful work of exposition and critique in order to uncover and engage with tolkien's racism and genealogies of his thinking for any non-apologetic engagement with tolkien and race to occur in fandom. and what do i mean by non-apologetic engagement? i mean that so far outside of a very small selection of tolkien academics (and a tiny handful of white fans) who i can all roughly count on my fingers, very few expositions of race in tolkien's work are not accompanied by a cringing apology that insists that a) tolkien was not racist himself personally and b) he was a man of his time and c) that there clearly were "exceptions" to his racial ideology in his works. this defensive pose allows the protective psychological mechanisms of political whiteness to continually step in and therefore absolve itself of engagement with race in tolkien's text. to put it plainly: i am claiming that the problem of racism in tolkien fandom, in specifically making tolkien fandom a hostile space for fans of colour, will not be resolved for as long as white fans cannot call tolkien a racist. if that sounds hardline, so be it.

the problem of racism in tolkien fandom will not be resolved for as long as it is largely only non-white fans investing the time and energy in expositing and critiquing race and tolkien specifically within a fandom space. it will not be resolved for so long as non-white fans are forced to rehearse and explain racist ideas, histories and thinking to white fans who refuse to do any amount of research themselves, or who settle on an anodyne "listen to non-white voices". believe me it is not very hard to do the research if you are actually interested in creating a non-hostile atmosphere and space for non-white fans. but that process has to be co-creative. i am inviting you to participate in actually doing this hard work of critique and conversation because you care about race and because, hopefully, you care about your non-white brethren within fandom spaces.

the problem of a hostile atmosphere towards non-white fans in tolkien fandom is not a problem that non-white fans can resolve, but one that i think falls to white fans to police, resolve and make socially unviable. if there is something i want to communicate persuasively, i think it would be this: what exactly do the norms of "politeness" in the fandom serve? how are you thinking about what is polite and what is not? what feelings are you prioritising when any attempt to engage with race is treated as "hurting" people's feelings or making things "less fun"? what feelings are being prioritised when discussions abt race in the texts are labelled "fandom discourse" or "fandom wank"? what feelings are being prioritised when a non-white fan is being asked to extend grace to a dead white historical figure? are you able and willing to police such communications even internally, even when you think non-white fans are absent from your conversations? when they aren't watching? or is it only something you become aware of when a non-white fan turns their eyes on you? these are questions i would like liberal white fans to ask themselves and to have a serious debate about.

lastly, all of these things have been said many times before in many other fandoms and even within tolkien fandom. i think that should invite some amount of reflection.

[pansyfemme]

sometimes i struggle to use the word ‘bootlicker’ in a negative sense because of sexual desires i will not disclose here

[bagofcoldnoodles]

Is it licking boots?

[pansyfemme]

because of sexual desires i will not disclose here.

[marzipanandminutiae]

-Hannah Cullwick, probably

[endless-natterings]

the asoiaf/got fandom is more a spectator sport for me but I would love to hear your thoughts on 11 & 22 for the asks please!

Keeping it as a spectator sport is in fact wise, we're all going a little mad here! And thank you for indulging me!

11. Favorite Bastard:

Tough pick because I do have many! So I'll do my top five!

Mya Stone: My sweet girl with her mules and the memory of a man smiling at her and throwing her so far up into the air she could touch the sky. She is alive and she is safe (safer than a lot of her siblings lets be honest) but a big part of that safety comes from being ignored and forgotten. I want her, Sansa, and Myranda to run away into a better story (they all deserve the world).

Sarella Sand: I subscribe to the theory that she's studying at Oldtown as Alleras and I need her adventures at the magic university yesterday. How could I not love a too-curious-for-caution girl with a love for history and archeology?

Alys Rivers: Grew up in the most cursed castle in Westeros and is (allegedly) a witch. Might have been a nursemaid for at least one of her younger (and legitimate) brothers and most likely saw the doom of the Dance coming a mile away and still got involved. I need to take a peek inside her brain.

Jon Snow: His incredibly melancholic teenagerisms compel me. This is a boy who thinks hope is for children and he is no longer a child (he is 16 at most). His best friend is his dog, he keeps making political mistakes (such as anouncing he is about to desert and commit treason shortly after becoming an elected official), and he was born for middle management and forced to be a commentary on Aragorn's kinghood. Has been lying dead on the ground for over a decade now.

Joffrey Lannister Waters Baratheon: Was he a little monster? Yes, but he was also a kid. His death scene haunts me to this day and I think it's a great example of how GRRM does not really want the audience to root for punitive justice in the story. Could have been a decent kid, instead he made other people's life miserable.

22. A character so queer-coded you’d argue it to GRRM’s face:

There are far too many to list (this is a very popular discussion topic in my house), but I will die on the hill that Cersei is transmasc and you can find some absolutely fantastic examples of dysphoria in those POVs. I think maybe Jaime and Cersei should try switching places again, see if that helps their mental state any.

asoiaf asks

[bonivers]

pushing back against oldest child stereotypes by making unwise choices and not being dependable

[trickstarbrave]

[lanotteviene]

my best friend linen my brother in arms cotton my partner wool my beautiful sister silk

[lanotteviene]

our sick deranged enemy polyester....

[threeture]

the demon lord, prince of lies, "Vegan Leather"...

[patrocles]

🐺ASOIAF Themed Asks 🐉

(feel free to include TWOIAF as well!)

Favorite Great House

A minor (or extinct) house you need more lore on

Favorite sigil/house words

Favorite Valyrian sword

A dead female character you need to save

Which book or character did you not like at first but eventually grew on you?

Which Free City are you retiring to?

Build your own Kingsguard with any characters alive or dead

Build your small council with any characters dead or alive

A quote so good it makes you crazy

Favorite bastard

Who are you traveling the ravaged Riverlands with?

A death that still hurts to think about

Who are you bringing back from the dead with the power of R’hllor?

Favorite parent

Favorite sibling dynamic

Favorite theme

A mystery you need solved NOW

A theory you’ve adopted as canon

A theory you pray never comes true

A moment that made you cry

A character so queer-coded you’d argue it to GRRM’s face

Two characters you need to interact

A ship that gives you the absolute ick

A crackship?

Favorite “problematic” ship

Favorite canon ship

If you write fic, is there a ship or au you would like to write for, but haven’t yet?

If you read fic, what’s a trope or interpretation of your fave that you absolutely can’t stand? Which AU/trope will you read every time?

A POV character you wish wasn’t

Who would you elevate to a POV character?

A fancast you absolutely can’t stand

A fancast that just IS a character

What’s something people get wrong about your favorite character?

A character you just don’t get the hype of

What’s something you wish GRRM handled better? (a character/theme/world building etc)

An event/era in TWOIAF that you would love to see a film/tv adaptation of

Is there a house would you fit in with based off your own looks? A house you would fit in with based off your personality/ideals/vibes etc?

Your Drunk History topic (a character/theory/event/etc)

Be honest, are you still waiting for TWOW?

[wifegideonnav]

gonna be honest i don’t know how many more ‘enter the 6 digit code we sent to your phone’s i got left in me

[814519]

i will not have any beast harmed

[pregnanthudsonwilliams]

not naming names but some of you are so creative and talented it's an honor to have you in my phone

[tsumugiology]

random question:

what was your first exposure to prev and what made you decide to follow them?

[firefly-artwork]

Incredible portraits of the main characters of my novel done by the amazing @mandhos ! ✨

I'm so happy to see them drawn by someone else, it makes them feel more reel somehow ! I've admired mandhos' art for so long, I feel blessed I finally got to commission them 🫶.

The characters are Misty, Alstroemere and Adonis in that order. (I write in french so it's probably not very usedul to talk about it here but I just wanted to share the gorgeous art with you!)

[dagny-hashtaggart-deactivated20]

That particular disappointment of the more literate-than-average child upon discovering that “gaol” is just pronounced “jail”

[digitaldiscipline]

what

[currentlycryingaboutlancelot]

the achilles scene in the odyssey is haunting tbh. the whole iliad being about men dying to have honor and glory to be remembered after death and achilles is just, just getting to the point where he believes maybe there’s more to life than dying and maybe he doesn’t want to lose his life in this pointless war and then him getting pulled into it anyway, dying the homeric hero he never wanted to be, then meeting odysseus in the underworld and telling him a slave’s lot would be better than his own because at least he would be alive

[currentlycryingaboutlancelot]

the odyssey as a direct refute to the entire iliad is insane. achilles ultimately choosing the short life with glory over the long one without. achilles choosing, painfully, to never go home. and it’s a mistake

[currentlycryingaboutlancelot]

odysseus is literally surrounded by the souls of heroes who died before him in glory and achilles looks at him and steps out of the iliad and into the odyssey and says it’s not worth it. it’s not worth it to not to go home.

[lady-of-imladris]

Last Line Challenge

tysm for tagging me my beloved @obiknights <3 <3 rules: share the last line you wrote and tag people

no pressure tagging @endless-natterings @allpinkandgoldandglittering @icarusofathousanddays @neeeeeeeeeklaus <3

from my Kinktober Day 19 WIP

"I was just going to keep living my life like I did before, just… without the pain."

[proudtoehaver]

“I was on a strict diet during Episode VIII, and she was like, ‘Kid, get into that fridge and take some chocolate bars. I have many there.’ And I did,” he recalls. “I failed my diet because Carrie Fisher told me to. And it [felt] great.”

-John Boyega on Carrie Fisher

[fuocogo]

This is the Carrie Fisher post of body positivity reblog for a chocolate bar from her fridge