then I defy you, stars

facts: ace, she/her, irl married to @hard-noct-life, writes a lot of poetry, drinks a lot of cocktails. alleged facts: cries too much over fictional characters, ampersand snob, "they're herbal soothers"

[killtheteendream]

i can still quote fran’s response word for word

[kohl-yis]

she

she just

she just did that

[bigtonguebiollante]

[felixvile]

4YO understands superman better than Zack Snyder

[ilikeit-art]

[mav-exe]

Ok so this is just amazing

[shadowknight1224]

@kedreeva

[kedreeva]

Cannot believe this person just welded a forking peacock

[ynngaa]

I’m so hooked on this right now

[lazylittledragon]

maybe it’s time i watch the gay pirates

[lazylittledragon]

oh this is like GAY gay i thought we were all just fantasising again

[lazylittledragon]

i’m not the same person anymore

[mckeaning-deactivated]

are there still beautiful things?

[politijohn]

The world stands with Ukraine

Tbilisi, Georgia

St. Petersburg, Russia

London, England

Paris, France

Thessaloniki, Greece

Rome, Italy

Berlin, Germany

Tokyo, Japan

Montenegro

Mumbai, India

[politijohn]

Warsaw, Poland

Lebanon

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Istanbul, Turkey

New York City, United States

[politijohn]

Toronto, Canada

Vienna, Austria

Binnish, Syria

Dublin, Ireland

Barcelona, Spain

Melbourne, Australia

Riga, Latvia

Tel Aviv, Israel

Copenhagen, Denmark

Bern, Switzerland

[politijohn]

Sarajevo, Bosnia

Ljubljana, Slovenia

Tallinn, Estonia

Stockholm, Sweden

Helsinki, Finland

Reykjavík, Iceland

[fthgurdy]

Even symbolic support is not meaningless; with every such gesture you are preventing the claim that no one cares, no one opposes, no one disagrees, no one minds.

[florencemachines]

Costume appreciation series: Keira Knightley’s Period Drama Cinematic Universe

King Arthur (2004): costume design by Penny Rose and Louis Joon

Pride and Prejudice (2005): costume design by Jacqueline Durran

Pirates of the Caribbean (2003-2007): costume design by Penny Rose

Atonement (2007): costume design by Jacqueline Durran

Silk (2007): costume design by Carlo Poggioli and Kazuko Kurosawa

The Edge of Love (2008): costume design by April Ferry

The Duchess (2008): costume design by Michael O’Connor

A Dangerous Method (2011): costume design by Denise Cronenberg

Anna Karenina (2012): costume design by Jacqueline Durran

The Imitation Game (2014): costume design by Sammy Sheldon

Colette (2018): costume design by Andrea Flesch

The Aftermath (2019): costume design by Bojana Nikitovic

Misbehaviour (2020): costume design by Charlotte Walter

[coolsaddad-blog]

Roses are red, that much is true, but violets are purple, not fucking blue.

[feels-for-the-fictional]

I have been waiting for this post all my life.

[marzipanandminutiae]

They are indeed purple, But one thing you’ve missed: The concept of “purple” Didn’t always exist.

Some cultures lack names For a color, you see. Hence good old Homer And his “wine-dark sea.”

A usage so quaint, A phrasing so old, For verses of romance Is sheer fucking gold.

So roses are red. Violets once were called blue. I’m hugely pedantic But what else is new?

[ineptshieldmaid]

My friend you’re not wrong About Homer’s wine-ey sea! Colours are a matter Of cultural contingency;

Words are in flux And meanings they drift But the word purple You’ve given short shrift.

The concept of purple, My friends, is old And refers to a pigment once precious as gold.

By crushing up molluscs From the wine-dark sea You make a dye: Imperial decree

Meant that in Rome, to wear purpura was a privilege reserved

For only the emperor!

The word ‘purple’, for clothes so fancy, Entered English By the ninth century

.

Why then are voilets Not purple in song? The dye from this mollusc, known for so long

Is almost magenta; More red than blue. The concept of purple is old, and yet new.

The dye is red, So this might be true: Roses are purple And violets are blue

.

[squeeful]

While this song makes me merry, Tyrian purple dyes many a hue From magenta to berry And a true purple too.

But fun as it is to watch this poetic race The answer is staring you right in the face: Roses are red and violets are blue Because nothing fucking rhymes with purple.

[cryoverkiltmilk]

[last-flight-of-dickarus]

Hirple - To limp or walk awkwardly

Cirple - An old Scots word for the hindquarters of a horse

[nobodybetterhavethisoneoriswear]

“Roses are red, violets are purple,

My boner for you has caused me to hirple.”

…

My, how romantic!

[wouldthatcreationhadformedmeman]

DYING. I AM DYING.

[kiranovember]

Calling theshitpostcalligrapher! We need @theshitpostcalligrapher

[theshitpostcalligrapher]

@kiranovember u better buy this as a commission lmao

[simonalkenmayer]

This post has evolved.

[minotaur-in-my-labyrinth]

I am 100 percent all for every part of this thread. I have laughed loudly and long. Thank you, thou glorious purple-hirple rhyme.

[not-a-unic-fandom]

I never expected it to take that turn … But I love it

[dduane]

When I am old

I will wear purple

(and then take it off

for that guy with the hirple)

[rockshitty]

Does this fanfiction make sense? Hold water? Not an ounce! Does that mean I’m going to stop writing it? Not an ounce! I’m a moron with a keyboard and half an idea and that’s your problem now. God couldn’t stop me and neither could my dad, and now I’m on your screen with another thousand words of whatever the fuck this is. Bon appetite bitch!

[rat-girl-big-tits]

I love how fandom has gone from something natural and organic, something built because of a love of something that you share with others, a hobby project about a little slice of story, to being a completely astroturfed industry. Love how even our discussion of something needs to be monitored and controlled by the entity that created it. love how enjoyment is now manufactured.

[rat-girl-big-tits]

You cannot tell me that this isn't the most cynical thing you've ever heard. It's not just "creators and artists engaging and encouraging fans" anymore, it's turning your love of anything into a measured and controllable resource. It's controlling not only your tastes but the way you engage with and enjoy media. It's trying to turn every piece of media into something safe and marketable to make sure a "fandom" is possible to grow around it and give more money. It's the MCUification of everything you love.

[chiribomb-deactivated20220820]

We’re all gonna have to take one for the team and start churning out ABO furry fic and shipping inanimate objects again

[dduane]

(muttering) The whole concept of manufactured fandoms gives me the creeps. :/

[sartred]

[frecklef0x]

my relationship with the inevitable march of time is Healthy

[ot3]

to be honest there has never been a fictional character i’ve actually wanted to date. like. i want them to date each other. i don’t want myself as a person to be involved in this scenario whatsoever. what would i add to this narratively? what’s my thematic purpose in the narrative? immersion breaking. 

[pengychan]

#im the director bitch not the actor

don’t hide this in the tags that’s exactly it

[aidaronan]

Why do people stop commenting on fics if they’re more than a week or two old? Please comment on old fics. Tell me you like my one shot from 2014. Tell me you like my old multi-chap I finished in 2016 that I spent a year writing. I will be fucking thrilled.

[thefeistydragon]

Fics are not social media posts. There’s no “stalking” someone’s “old posts”. They’re meant to be found and enjoyed years down the line. No need to be nervous.

[plaidadder]

I reblog this message every time it comes across my dash because it’s true. And also: 

When I first started writing fanfic, back in the mid 1990s (yes! the late twentieth century!) one of the discouraging things about it was that people treated fanfic as if it was disposable. It seemed like what most readers wanted was a constant stream of new content, whereas I tend to produce one big work every 6-12 months. It made me sad that people seemed to think there was no point to re-reading or saving old fic. There is no sell-by date on fiction! It does not get out of order! It can still work even years or decades later! 

So yeah, I have stories up at ao3 that are literally a quarter-century old, and every time someone leaves a comment on them I am very pleased to get it. We get attached to our stories and it cheers us up to see that they are still finding readers. It means that they are still ‘alive,’ in some way. 

[ruffboi-mags]

AO3 is not social media, it’s (essentially) a library.

You’re meant to engage with any and all of it, regardless of age.

[dduane]

This. (And you could make a case that the older the fic on which feedback is received, the more it’s appreciated…)

[normal-horoscopes]

do you actually believe in tarot?

Y'ALLS INCESSANT BINARY THINKING WILL BE THE DEATH OF ME

[normal-horoscopes]

I THINK THE HUMAN MINDS ABILITY TO FIND PATTERNS IN CHAOS IS ITSELF MAGIC

[pinkdogplushie]

Ok, um.

I've seen a lot of discourse regarding neurodivergent and LGBTQ+ headcanons in Encanto.

On one hand, it is true that a lot of fans (usually white, abled people) are reducing the characters to only their sexualities and genders, assigning foreign meaning to traditional objects, behaviors and color patterns. This comes from ignorance and white-centrism, and should be unlearmed if they want to engage in a fandom made for latinxs, by latinxs. I'm especially bothered by a trend I've seen of infantilizing Bruno. He's nd-coded, particularly autistic and OCD, so some fans have been trying to turn him into an uwu boy who can't stand up for himself and needs constant protection because he's fragile. Come on, folks, the man is 50 years old and has mad parkour skills, he needs family support and validation, not babying.

On the other hand, just because we should give significance to the cultural aspects of the characters doesn't mean we can't also headcanon them as neurodivergent and queer. We can do this without detracting from their main conflicts. Because latinx people can also be queer and nd. Bruno can have compulsions born out of superstition, things he did initially to bring good luck but now does because he's urged to. Isabela feeling obligated to marry Mariano can be both because of familial pressure and comphet. Camilo can have issues with his identity both related and unrelated to his gender. People are nuanced, motivations can be complex, and just because a character is working through generational trauma doesn't mean they can't have issues related to their personal identities. In fact, they can and will intersect, because personal identities oftentimes clash with cultural and familial expectations born out of trauma.

And before you start decrying me as white, let me tell you: I'm Argentinian. I'm brown-skinned, of Italian, Spanish, Arab and Indigenous descent. I'm autistic. I'm OCD. I'm trans. I'm bisexual. I can't claim to know how Colombian folks feel about this movie, but I do know that I want to see characters like myself, even if it is in fanon.

TL;DR Don't reduce the Encanto characters to just nd and queer hcs disregarding their cultural baggage, but also don't dismiss the significance that neurodivergent queer latinx characters can have to neurodivergent queer latinx fans. Both angles of their identities can be explored thoroughly and respectfully, including how they intersect

(This post can be reblogged by white folks, but I made it mainly for POC and Latinx fans. Please refrain from adding your opinion if you're not POC or Latinx).