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I finally reached critical mass on Tumblrs I was following via RSS feed. Also, this is how I bookmark stuff I run across mobile browsing Twitter or Facebook for when I get to a desktop later. You can expect to see lots of Avengers and Sherlock getting bounced along, among other fandoms. (ASoIaF/Game of Thrones, Doctor Who, Harry Potter, X-Men, whatever.) And lots of cute animals. Especially bunnies. Also a fair amount of NSFW content.

[thesilicontribesman]

Ilton Temple, Masham, Yorkshire, 14.8.17.

[writterings]

so a traveling shakespeare troupe came to my school today and performed romeo and juliet and it was just so good and

-the actor playing romeo was hella short and the actor playing benvolio was hella tall. at several points he just picked romeo up and moved him around the stage/out of his way.

-when the nurse delivered juliet’s letter they played it up like she was flirting with mercutio but mercutio just looked at her, wrapped his arm around benvolio, and more or less gave her an expression that said “i’m gay”

-when mercutio and benvolio were making fun of romeo for being Heterosexual™ (aka for loving juliet), benvolio picked him up and mercutio gave him a purple nurple

-juliet wore no shoes throughout the entire show except during the wedding when she wore these giant sparkly pink pumps with platform heels

-when mercutio gave the queen mab speech they had benvolio stand behind him and click castanets and go “ooooooooh” every time he dropped a dramatic line

-they had friar lawerance and the nurse say the prologue and the end lines and like…..that changed the impact of the lines and their character significantly. i’ve made a post or two about this before but i personally interpret romeo and juliet as a story about two kids too afraid to come to their parents with a problem because they’re afraid of repercussions. but what about the adults in their life that DID try to help with them with their problems, but still ended up failing them? let’s just say it hit hard and was very telling when the friar and the nurse choked out the last lines of the play while sobbing.

-whenever there was a fight scene, mercutio and benvolio were constantly trying to keep romeo away from the action, as if he was their younger brother who they didn’t want to get hurt in a brawl. during mercutio’s fight with tybalt, benvolio was shielding romeo with his body and physically picked him up and held him back at times. that really changed the dynamic of the three of them and made it even funnier when ben and merc were teasing romeo about his crush on juliet.

-romeo killed paris by hitting him on the head with a flashlight

-the apothecary that sold romeo poison was dressed up as your typical TV drug dealer and he acted like one as well

-while benvolio more or less disappears from the written play after romeo is banished, they kept him around this time and he followed romeo around to make sure he was okay but didn’t say anything. it was implied he didn’t talk because he was still grieving mercutio. (he also wasn’t there when romeo killed himself)

-i was watching it with a bunch of freshmen who hadn’t read the play before but when juliet killed herself nearly half the room started screaming because they were so shocked

honestly this cast was just so good. i’ve also seen them perform julius caesar set in a modern politician’s world and m*cbeth in a post-apocalyptic setting. i absolutely loved this production and i hope i can see more of their work soon

[anaugustbreeze]

WHAT COMPANY WAS THIS OMG

[rhythmic-idealist]

I know this is already half the notes, but I really, REALLY need to know what company.

[petermorwood]

A classic demonstration of why Shakespeare’s plays keep being performed - because “always the same” is one thing They Are Not.

[paramud]

Just a gentle reminder

If you’re a Norse heathen and believe that “race mixing” is bad

remember that many of the gods are born from interracial pregnancies between the Aesir, Vanir, and Jotunns.

If you’re a Norse heathen and are transphobic or homophobic

remember that many of the gods will alter their forms drastically, the most notable being Loki changing into mare and being impregnated by a male horse, and later giving birth to Sleipnir

If you’re a Norse heathen and fascist

remember that vikings were largely democratic and would regularly hold votes to decide legal matters, and were incredibly accepting of other cultures

[danishheathen]

Re-blogging this for the Nazi who just started following me <3

[norse-forge]

Great post, I feel the same way @danishheathen !

[ancailleachanmoved]

If you’re a Norse heathen and believe that excluding people with disabilities is fine

remember that all deities deserve the same respect, even the disabled like for example Hödur

if you’re a Norse heathen and think being misogynist is cool

remember how Freyja would slay you, how Skadi insisted on her revenge

[interwovenllc]

If you’re a Norse heathen and think people with disabilities don’t deserve the gods:

Tyr is missing a hand asshole

[danishheathen]

Time to share this again!

[paramud]

Wow, it finally hit 5,000 notes!

[follower-of-odin]

Not to mention Odin is missing an eye, and also went on transgender sexual exploits.

In any case, as far as the disabled are concerned, let’s turn to Havamal, shall we?

Now granted, people have translated Havamal in so many ways, although often the ultimate meaning is intact. Anyway, verse 71 says:

The halt can manage a horse, the handless a flock, The deaf be a doughty fighter, To be blind is better than to burn on a pyre: There is nothing the dead can do.

This may be referring specifically to warfare, but the main point is still discernable: so long as one is living, they still can play a part in this world. And let’s not forget that the book is ultimately a guide on how to be a welcoming, kind person, while not tolerating injustice (although admittedly, verse 75 is a bit sketchy, as is the distrust of women. It’s a product of its time.)

In conclusion, Nazis are asshats, and we should be kind to people except them.

[northern-seidmadr]

Reblogging again for good points.

[paddysnuffles]

And among the many interracial gods, Odin and Thor themselves are mixed race, as their mothers were Jötnar (Ice Giants).

If you’re a Norse heathen and dislike transvestites, may I remind you of the time Heimdall and Loki talked Thor into wearing drag.

[trollpogo]

Multiple Gods. No Masters.

[capricorn-0mnikorn]

Once more with feeling, so Jojo Moyes and the gang behind “Me before you” can hear it:

The halt can manage a horse, the handless a flock, The deaf be a doughty fighter, To be blind is better than to burn on a pyre: There is nothing the dead can do.

[theshyion]

tl;dr no you can’t use ~~mythology~~ to justify abhorrent views, you hats of rectal origin.

(even if it was accurate it would still be terrible but it’s also incorrect)

[joyeuse-noelle]

This made me think of @lady-feral.

[coldalbion]

Look, I’m a crippled brain-damaged bi guy who was born nine weeks early, after hanging/strangling on his umbilical cord. I’m an Odinsman, Study the lore, and I’ve got all the right signs for it. I’m a storyteller, writer, published poet., If you’re disabled in any way, please, understand that the Norse Gods will still welcome you to the fire.

Young and alone on a long road, Once I lost my way: Rich I felt when I found another; Man rejoices in man,

A kind word need not cost much, The price of praise can be cheap: With half a loaf and an empty cup I found myself a friend,

[eclecticwitcheryafoot]

Not a heathen, but if any followers are…please read this…and stay away from @pagansuncensored because it is a shitshow right now

[jennity-blogs]

Most Norse deities are disabled. Hell, Odin, who is probably the most well known except for arguably Thor? Both disabled. Norse gods are incredibly human in that they are flawed in character and body, just like we are. So anyone who isn’t on board with accepting others but claims to follow Norse deities? I call bullshit. 

[the-dm-diet-steve-blog]

If you’re using Norse symbols and you’re a white supremacist, you literally deserve Mjölnir to the face. Literally the most accepting belief system and you’re using it as a position of hate, step off your high horse and you’re weird interpretations and kindly fuck off.

[angrymohawk]

Nazi punks, FUCK OFF.

[thejusticethatissocial]

[finnglas]

you don’t need purity in the material you consume

you have a brain, you are capable of critical thinking, you can sift through the material and keep what is edifying for you and discard what isn’t

flaws don’t necessarily make material worthless

[finnglas]

all right i queued this last night because i was already posting a lot and didn’t want to flood anyone’s dash but you guys i need to talk about this more.

like, okay. i grew up REALLY STRICT christian. like. every piece of media i consumed underwent a fine-toothed comb by my parents to be sure there wasn’t anything “sinful” in it. I got into a tearful, screaming fight with my mother over whether I was allowed to watch a piece of educational children’s material on PBS because one of the characters said “damn” once.

(I’m still not sure they did. In retrospect, I think my purity-focused mother misheard something and, having her suspicions confirmed that you couldn’t trust any “secular” source not to be sinful, reacted accordingly.)

(Pay attention, that parenthetical was also relevant.)

Do you know what my teenage rebellion was? Listening to the oldies station in the car when I had my driver’s license and could go places on my own. That was my big fuck-you to my parents: listening to the Beatles and Simon & Garfunkel and the Fifth Dimension when they couldn’t tell me how I shouldn’t be listening to them because the creators of that music were drug-addled, free-loving atheists whose own disregard for God and religion might just infect my impressionable spirit. Like I was gonna listen to “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds” and go do LSD and become an atheist. This was my teenage rebellion in the year 1999.

I’m 35 now. And all right so I became agnostic. But I didn’t become a drug addicted prostitute because I loved listening to psychedelic rock music as a teenager. (And you know what? Even if I had become a drug addicted prostitute, I’d still have worth as a human being, so dissect that one.) And it wasn’t even the psychedelic rock music that turned me agnostic: It was Christianity itself. But that’s another story altogether.

My point here is: Y’all are on here acting like my goddamn parents, “don’t watch this” and “don’t listen to that” because this character does XYZ problematic thing and this author said ABC ignorant thing two years ago at a con when they were put on the spot in an interview. If you watch this movie where a teenager falls in love with someone five years older than them, you’re going to become a pedophile! If you read this book by an author who once used an outdated term for someone in the trans community, then you’re a transphobe!

Y’all need to sit the fuck down and stop acting like nobody ever taught you to think for yourself, because I know damn well that you’re capable of critical thought and you don’t need your media chewed up and spit into your mouth like a baby bird. And I’m an adult and I sure the hell don’t, so stop telling me I’m going to choke because I’m consuming something complicated, complex, and not already pre-morally-dissected for me.

Thanks for coming to my TED talk.

[end0skeletal]

A baby wallaby sits in a zoo attendant’s lap at Edogawa Natural Zoo on August 4, 2009 in Tokyo, Japan. The staff of the zoo have raised the young wallaby after her mother neglected her. (x)

[argumate]

When no-fault divorce was legalized in the 70′s, the states that legalized it saw a decrease of 8 to 16 percent in married women committing suicide and a 30 percent decline in domestic violence.

(from @aisandetsarepeopletoo)

[aprillikesthings]

this is why worshipping the so-called “traditional family” is a load of fucking bullshit

[petals42]

Wait, wait wait. What is this intriguing Publish to AO3 Google Doc? I write all my stuff in Google Drive, but I agonize through fixing the formatting when I paste it from there into AO3. Have I been missing something magical?

THIS IS ABOUT TO CHANGE YOUR LIFE.

So, on the AO3 “Cool Stuff” FAQ, there is a link to this document under “Posting and Managing Works.”

THIS IS THE BEST DOCUMENT IN ALL OF HISTORY. Basically, it has a script in it that has a “Post to AO3″ option and it will go in and fill in ALL the HTML you need - italics, bold, paragraph breaks, you name it!

It has directions in it for how to use it, but it’s real simple. You just always chose “Make a Copy” when you start writing to make a new document that you can then re-name. Change the language to American English (or whatever language you use) and type away. Then right before you post, click the button, get all the code in there, copy, paste, AND POST. 

It is literally so, so glorious and I want to tell everyone. 

(Also, the AO3 Cool FAQ page has some other cool stuff too!)

[lemonsharks]

REBLOG TO SAVE A LIFE

[stumblinginstarlight]

O_O    Oh dear Lord.  *angels singing*

[asparrowsfall]

Been using this for years and I tell everyone every chance I get about it! ♥

[tastefullyoffensive]

(photo via Leeloo Malinois)

[badsciencejokes]

…I almost killed myself

I put on my sunglasses, to hide my swollen eyes, over my tears. I cried all my makeup off. Went inside to have a milkshake. I don’t know why. I wanted something to drink as I figured out what I would do. I got a soda and a milkshake. Medium. The cashier looked at me and with a line around the corner of the counter he rushed away from the counter “Hold on “ he yelled to a coworker.

I filled my soda and went back and saw him looking all over. I go up and he gets close and says “I made it a large”.

That was seriously enough for me not to do it. His kindness. Someone went out of their way and as I went back in my car to cry I realized I could muster through a few other days. A few more weeks. Then I came down from that panicky high of anxiety, depression, and pain. I finished my shake. And it was enough time to let me feel better. I… I’m alive. I’ll make it through.

Try and be nice today. Tomorrow. Something as much as a smile. It helped so much.

Thank you man at McDonalds.

The milkshake saved my life

[blackheartseverywhere]

I hope you all can read this and remember to be kind

[the-quiet-priestess]

The smallest of gestures can save a life. My Mum answered her phone when I called and I am alive today because of that.

[badsciencejokes]

I’m glad you’re here.

It’s a phone call, a milkshake, a friend.

[badsciencejokes]

I feel like I shouldn’t keep reblogging this but when I do more people see what kindness can do…. I don’t know. Love everyone as yourself.

[nunyabizni]

Nah, keep rebloging it. It gives hope.

[risarodil]

Happy International Women’s Day! 

[domhnall-na-feannaig]

[keatulie]

the best picture of Patrick Troughton is the one where he’s proudly showing off a wall collage of all of his acting roles, but it’s in the bathroom and he’s sat on the toilet looking at the camera in a way like he’s just daring you to say something.

[keatulie]

this one

[pvrrhadve]

yike, the greek goddess of passive distress and mild horror

[underrmyumbrellaella]

My favourite Irish insult is “Go ndéana an diabhal dréimire de chnámh do dhroma ag piocadh úll i ngairdín Ifrinn!”

[beanie-betty]

Translation?

[underrmyumbrellaella]

I hope the devil uses your backbone as a ladder to pick apple’s in the garden of hell

[beanie-betty]

Holy shit Ireland are you ok

[underrmyumbrellaella]

There’s also one that directly translates to :

May your friends have a fine day - burying you

[beanie-betty]

That’s metal as fuck

[underrmyumbrellaella]

Cursing in Irish is like actually putting a curse on someone

[artmagine]

The amazing concept art of Black Panther by Vance Kovacs, Phillip Boutte Jr.,  Rodney Fuentebella, and Karla Ortiz.

Marvel’s Black Panther: The Art of the Movie

[rejectedprincesses]

Candace Jean Andersen on Twitter

“Hey Twitter I'm on a mission: The woman in this photo was an attendee at a 1971 International Conference on Biology of Whales. She is the only woman, & the only one captioned "not identified" in the article I found the photo in. All the men are named. Can you help me know her?”

Holy shit, y‘all. This Twitter thread is wild, and inspiring.