Just A Lot Of Ramdom Stuff

[ikindalikehockey]

I’m so tired of all these “Trump wouldn’t have let x,y,z happen” people.

Please. Give me specific examples. How would he have fixed any of this?

He would have stopped the war in Ukraine? How? Be specific. Because from where I’m sitting, it looks like Russia has been threatening in invasion since long before Biden took office and instead of helping, Trump withheld aid from Ukraine in an attempt to blackmail them into giving him dirt on a political opponent.

He would have saved gas prices? How? Because to me it looks like corporations are making record profits, and still raising prices because they KNOW people will blame Biden and not corporate greed. I can assure you that Trump would have no problem with corporations making record profits.

He would have prevented the overturning of roe v Wade? Are you stupid? He appointed 3 of the justices who spearheaded the movement.

For the love of god, politicians are not your favorite character on a TV show. Their actions have real world consequences and you standing here acting like they’re God is disgusting.

[ikindalikehockey]

I vote every pro life person in America gets put on a list and whenever a child needs an organ, graft, or transfusion, we legally require them to donate it, even if it will kill them because it’ll save a child and children’s lives matter more. Sorry Brad, little Amy needs those lungs more than you. Sorry Karen, little Alex needs your heart.

We should also make them pay all the medical bills themselves, and refuse to let them take time off of work to recover (you know, if they survive lol).

Y’all don’t like that idea? You think it’s a violation of your rights to have your bodily autonomy stripped even if it keeps someone else alive? What an interesting concept… I wonder how no one has ever thought of that before.

[ikindalikehockey]

Y’all I-

Some man, some literal cis-man, like without a uterus, just said to me “You just don’t understand how pregnancy works.”

My dude… I’ve been pregnant 3 times. Had one miscarriage. Recovered from pushing a whole full term child out of my body and am currently pregnant again. I think I’m significantly more qualified than you in this area but go off I guess.

[mini-wrants]

Another consequence of overturning Roe: charging mothers who don’t provide the absolute ‘best’ environments for their babies.

In 2019, a pregnant woman gets into an argument, and the other person shoots her in the stomach 5 times - obviously the baby is lost. The pregnant woman (who got shot) was charge with negligent homicide for ‘bringing her baby to the fight.’ It took 7 months of protest for her charges to be overturned.

Now that Roe is overturned? Can a mother be sued if she doesn’t take folic acid pills and her baby is born with spina bifida? What about the mom who doesn’t realize she was pregant until the 2nd trimester, drank in the 1st, and decides to keep the child? If her baby is born with fetal alcohol syndrome, is she charged with negligence for not keeping her body in tiptop shape, even though she didn’t know she was pregnant?

These are not hypotheticals. If a woman’s body is no longer her body, but *always* either a potential or future baby carrier, then we’re in for a whole host of crimes against pregnant people.

[ikindalikehockey]

I think a lot of people who have never been pregnant and support these laws fail to realize how difficult it is to not do anything that could harm the baby during pregnancy. A lot of it comes down to weighing risks and benefits and that looks different for everyone. I tried the “follow every recommendation perfectly with no exception” thing when I was pregnant with my daughter and I was miserable the whole time. (Also there is a lot of conflicting info out there that makes it impossible to follow everything perfectly) So sending people to jail for eating deli meat or runny eggs, drinking caffeine or forgetting to take prenatal victims is really, REALLY not good.

[december-rains]

Unfriendly reminder that reproductive rights are BOTH the right to have a child AND the right to not have a child. "Legalizing abortion will make eugenics happen" a) no the fuck it won't, and b) even if it did the person carrying the child gets to make the choice

The solution to the slaughter of disabled infants is not ban abortion it is to create support for disabled families you absolute truckknuckles

[ikindalikehockey]

I’m so sorry that this is so long, but I have so many thoughts on this. TLDR at the end.

ALMOST everyone I’ve ever heard make this argument is an able bodied, nuerotypical, middle to upper class person who has no disabled children, friends or close relatives.

They like to ignore that a huge percentage of families can either not financially or not emotionally support an extremely (or even in some cases moderately) disabled child. We have a horrible health care system with insurance companies that often deny the therapy or in home care disabled children (and adults) need and ignore the fact that most families require more than one full time job to afford basic necessities already which leaves no parent able to stay home with the child who most daycare centers won’t accept (depending on the disability). They scream “adoption” while ignoring that most disabled children (especially POC) put up for adoption end up bouncing around foster care until they age out of the system and then end up as the people they hate so much who depend on the government for (what is usually subpar) basic care. Then they fail to see the irony that the policies they support are the main reason people would choose to terminate a pregnancy after finding out about the disability.

I’m pregnant (very unplanned) and idk what I would do if faced with that choice. Not because of eugenics or that I wouldn’t love my child, but because this country really isn’t friendly or supportive to disabled people/children/or their parents. People have to have fundraisers to afford things that should be provided by the government or at the least insurance companies. My husband and I barely make it by financially as is. We live in an apartment complex that is not even remotely accessible to people with any physical disabilities that prevent the use of stairs and can not afford a single other place within a 2 hour drive of our places of employment. I have to beg, plead and fight for my insurance to cover any of my mental health meds or appointments and still end up paying ridiculous deductibles and often have to switch from meds that work to ones that don’t or cause side effect with no warning bc my insurance randomly deiced the ones I was on were to new/expensive/experimental regardless of how much my I, my doctors and pharmacist try to fight them. I don’t even want to think about the fight they would put up over potentially significantly more expensive therapies and treatments. Actually I know already because my cousin is on the exact same insurance plan as me and has a nonverbal son with the most severe level of autism and neither her or her partners insurance will cover a single god damned therapy or service for him or support for his parents.

TLDR: screw this country and screw the people who use this argument to shame people who made or considered making what they decided was the best choice for themselves and their families in a country that refuses to support its own people.

[ikindalikehockey]

I wonder how many bookstore employees have had to move “The Handmaids Tale” out of the current affairs section this week.

I will not confirm or deny whether I have contributed to this phenomenon.

[ikindalikehockey]

I want to fight. I want to dress up in a red robe and white bonnet, drive to the state capital and carry around signs about how the government is killing us and how we are about to have less of a right to our own body than a corpse because if we don’t fight, it won’t end here. They’ll come for access to birth control, LGBTQ rights, interracial marriage, voting rights, the religious freedom of anyone who isn’t Christian. The list goes on and on.

But I’m scared.

I’m pregnant, and I have a 15 month old daughter. I want to fight for my children to have a better life, and I want to fight for the rights of everyone with a uterus but I’m terrified that I’ll end up in jail for peacefully protesting and leave my children without a mother, that I’ll be hit with a rubber bullet or tear gas and lose my pregnancy, but most of all I’m scared that protesting won’t work no matter how hard we try.

BLM protest went on for months all over the world and no progress was made. Yeah, it spread awareness, but when it came down to it the media moved on, politicians ignored us, and nothing was improved. We screamed and begged “defund the police” and they laughed in our face as they raised their budgets. Police where I live just killed a 17 year old black child and faced no repercussions. It barely even made it onto the news.

We live in a dystopia where people are jailed for protesting peacefully. Where the government doesn’t care what people think, and the scariest part is that a huge chunk of the population either doesn’t see it or doesn’t care because it doesn’t effect them yet.

I’m done. I don’t want to be a hero. I want out. For me and for my children. I want out of this hell hole of a country.

Anyone who knows how to go about getting citizenship in another country, please give me some advice. Where should I try to go? What do I need to do? Who do I need to contact? I don’t care how much family I’m leaving behind. I want out.

[ikindalikehockey]

Here’s the thing pro-lifers don’t understand.

I don’t care why you’re pro-life. You’re wrong.

It’s against your religion? I don’t care. Mind your own business. Freedom of religion applies to everyone, not just you. Abortion is a protected right in many religions. Aside from that, religious freedom does not mean you have the freedom to force everyone to live by your religions rules. Quite the opposite actually.

You’re infertile and somehow feel entitled to other peoples children? I don’t care. Your lack of ability to carry a child does not give you the right to force someone to go through the trauma of pregnancy and childbirth so that you can fulfill your need to be a parent. Hire a surrogate. Take in one of the 400,000 children in foster care. I don’t care, but leave people with a uterus alone.

The fetus is alive? I don’t care. So are cancer cells, bacteria, cockroaches, wasps, spiders, mold, grass and trees. Unless you’re going to refuse cancer treatment, stop washing your hands, stop treating your home for pests and mold, and mowing your lawn or cutting down trees, sit down and shut up.

The fetus has bodily autonomy? No it doesn’t. If it requires the life of another person to survive, it does not because the rights of a parasite do not supersede the rights of a living breathing person. Doctors can’t legally harvest organs from a corpse without the consent of the dead person or their next of kin. They can’t even legally compel them to give them up. It doesn’t matter if little Sally is going to die without a part of Greg’s liver. You legally can not take it without his permission. You are literally arguing for a corpse to have more rights than a living person.

So in conclusion, if you’re pro-life, you’re wrong. I don’t respect you or your opinion, and I will fight until my last breath to ensure that the rights of all of my fellow uterus owners stay in place despite your dumb, dark ages opinions.

[ogsideh]

mental illness is you sitting exhausted in a corner and you’re like, “hey brain can you just shut the fuck up and chill for a sec” and ur brain’s like “fuck you” and runs around setting the house on fire

[raynraynrayn-blog]

literal actual professional doctor: you have xyz mental thing

me: are you sure i’m not faking it for attention

[ocdfeels]

hahaha but like why am i such an insecure paranoid piece of shit

[callitgoodwriting-deactivated20]

The 5 Stages of Grief-- I Mean of Plotting a Book

(And a masterlist of blog posts that help along the way)

All plotting styles are different and these are just the 5 stages that I go through and think are most common.

I will be updating this with links as new posts are published, so bookmark this post if you find it helpful!

1. That little idea

The little idea can come from literally anything. That’s the beautiful thing about a creative mind. The idea is also usually very, very tiny at first. It’s a character or a setting or a bare-bones plot or a prompt. But it’s an idea!

Prompts Masterpost Using an Image as Inspiration

2. A bigger idea!

This is where you flesh out the little idea. I braindump (i.e. writing down every little idea I have pertaining to the story, including plot points) during this time. This is also a good place to figure out the central idea/question/themes, and important characters.

The Ten Genres 50 Character Name Ideas OC Names of the Day #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 How to Make a Story File (w/ template)

3. Setting the stage

Now is the time to flesh out your worldbuilding, characters, arcs, and relationships.

How to Make a Story File (w/ template) When You Have a Large Cast of Characters The Anti-Villain: A Study in Motivation My Personal Character Files: The 6 Box Method (w/ template) Some Worldbuilding Categories ½ Some Worldbuilding Categories 2/2 Worldbuilding in Detail Vol. I: Flora and Fauna Worldbuilding in Detail Vol. II: Religion 7 Worldbuilding Tips Little Quirks and Habits for Your OC Words to Describe Dress of a Character (Semi) Master List of Character Motivations

4. The Worst Puzzle Known to Man

Now you’ve got to start arranging the plot points you have into a cohesive-ish order. I find this is also the time I get tired or bored of my story, so I’ve included my post about beating writer’s block. Because, as we know, it can happen well before you even start writing. 

Tips of Writer’s Block 5 Better Ways to End Your Story Raising Stakes

5. 5 Seconds to Launch

A working outline should be ready for you to work from now. You’ve ordered the plot points, filled in the gaps, your characters and their relationships are ready to go. While I have a “working title” from the get-go, this is when I settle on the final title.

5 Ways to Find Your Novel Title Gillian Flynn: A Closer Look at Two-Word Titling Some Titling Formats and Examples

Reminder: I will be updating this with links as new posts are published, so bookmark this post if you find it helpful! Please let me know if any links are incorrect!

[tikkunolamorgtfo]

I don’t think a lot of people understand that no matter how progressive or well-read you are, there are always going to be moments in your life where somebody pushes back against something that’s so culturally ingrained you never even considered it before. And you’ll say “Huh, it never occurred to me to challenge this but you’re right,” and that doesn’t mean you were “morally toxic” before, it means you’re a non-omniscient human capable of growth.

Also, some preferred terms for things will change and evolve, and terms we prefer now might eventually be considered gauche or even offensive, and that doesn’t mean you were a bigot at the time for using them. It means we evolved as a society and chose new terminology to reflect that change.

Nobody is a fully formed realisation of progressivism that can predict all shifts and modes of thought. The world will always change, and hopefully you will, too

[pancakeke]

For anyone not keeping up, Trump held a rally earlier today, told his supporters to storm the Capitol building with him, then went to hide in the White House.

Protestors tore through 4 layers of barricades and are fighting cops to get into the Capitol building. A possible bomb was spotted and the Madison and Cannon buildings have been evacuated while a bomb squad was called in. And just now the Capitol has gone into lockdown.

But also Pence issued a statement that he is not doing anything with the electors and McConnell denounced Republican senators’ efforts to stop counting the electoral votes.

And as I was writing this, the protesters breached the Capitol and Pence was pulled from the Senate chamber.

[pancakeke]

The Senate just recessed due to the Capitol being breached.

Cops are doing pretty much nothing to stop any of this from happening btw. Protesters are outside the Senate door.

[pancakeke]

OK everything got a lot crazier really fast.

Trump lashed out at Pence for not stopping the vote. He is not telling the protesters to leave but instructed them to “support the Capitol police and law enforcement”. Trump later told protesters to “remain peaceful” despite already storming the Capitol.

Ivanka tweeted out calling the protestors “patriots” but then deleted this tweet and replaced it with one saying violence is not patriotic. Meanwhile Rudy Giuliani’s messaging to protesters is to be peaceful and that they are on “the right side of history”. Neither acknowledges the violence.

The Department of Defense denied a request by DC officials to deploy the National Guard. Supposedly it was because they were beholden to Trump and only acted when he decided to deploy them about an hour later.

Guns were drawn by police on the Senate floor as protesters break through windows in an attempt to reach the room. One women was shot in the chest (GRAPHIC VIDEO). It appears she was with those trying to break into the Senate floor. Later reports state that that 5 people have been transported to the hospital, including at least member of police.

Police are making “attempts to deescalate”.

Ted Cruz is sending fundraising text messages to contest the vote despite the escalation of the riots. Screenshot of one here.

Mitt Romney called the riots an  “insurrection”.

Emergency procedures were emailed to all Capitol staffers urging them to hide.

Mayor Bower issued a 6pm curfew.

Protestors are climbing all over police vehicles without cops stopping them. Maybe because they’re too busy taking selfies with the protesters.

The potential bomb has been detonated by bomb squad.

Trump is refusing to condemn the protester’s violence despite being urged to do so by staffers which is a stark contrast to his attitude toward BLM protesters. His aids can’t convince him to do anything and the White House briefing room is empty with no preparation to address the nation to be seen.

 Only Pence is stepping up to call for an end to the violence and for protestors to vacate the Capitol.

President elect Biden is calling the protesters a “mob” and an “insurrection”.

Chris Christie has been attempting without success to contact Trump and convince him to tell his supporters to leave.

As I finished writing this Trump finally posted a video telling people to go home, but also repeated his false election claims. In it he also calls his supporters “very special” and his opponents “evil” ??

[maxximovssolo-deactivated202009]

So for years black girls have had to read fanfics where y/n was automatically described as being paled skinned with long flowing hair and blue eyes. We couldn’t relate to it exactly, it excluded us, it ignored us. But we read it cause it was all that was out there. Now when we start writing fanfics for other black girls to feel included and represented, now you all are saying that you ‘‘can’t relate to it” therefore don’t support black writers when we were supporting your work all those years even though you were acting like we don’t exist within these fandoms. 

[merppppppppppppppppp]

That’s why my blog is for the culture ALWAYS

[astrablossom]

It’s incredibly frustrating because I’ll be reading about the characters turning shades of pink and I’m like. I don’t turn pink. Black people don’t blush. If this is suppose to be reader insert why the hell is it saying that? I don’t have blue eyes or flowing hair? The actual heck.

Bruh don’t get me started, we’ve come a long way but why are ppl complaining when we got something to ourselves? Jeez. You have trillions of stuff, let us have our own.

[ashbelero]

Ways to describe a gender neutral, ethnicity-neutral character:

Blush = cheeks/face heating up

Describe how skin feels instead of how it looks

Hair being soft instead of long/flowing/silky

Maybe don’t even describe hair. Running one’s fingers through it doesn’t require a length or texture.

Why are we describing an insert’s eye color anyway? “I’ve always loved the color of your eyes.” There you go.

It’s so easy to have characters admire someone without relying on their appearance.

If you can’t, then maybe you’re not as good a writer as you think you are.

[discofriend]

Harry Potter AU in which Fred and George are in different houses and they steal and wear each others ties whilst doing stupid things in hope of the others house losing points

[thatwriterchickyouknow]

Finally a Fred and George AU that doesn’t make me want to set myself on fire.

[lytefoot]

AU where Fred and George are in different houses and they get their hands on house ties from the other two houses as well. By the end of their first year nobody knows which house either of them is in and just take points off a random house whenever they see a redhead getting up to something.

The confusion runs so deep by the time Ron starts that Snape once takes points off Slytherin for Ron fighting with Malfoy.

[chippish]

There’s a few months in Fred and George’s second year when they successfully convince most of the school that they’re actually quadruplets, one in each house.

[roseverdict]

“George! Why are you wearing a Slytherin tie?”

“What? No, I’m Edward. Y'know, Slytherin’s resident Weasley?”

“Wh…huh???”

“Next you’ll be telling me you don’t know Hubert!”

“?????”

[doctorgeekery]

After this confusing quadruple mess, a conspiracy theory emerges that Fred and George are actually just one person, and there were never any Weasley Twins. To add fuel to this theory, Fred and George make a point to never be seen together (publicly).

When asked about this theory, Fred/George subtly insinuates that he used Polyjuice Potion so that there could be multiple versions of himself at once. This goes around the Hogwarts Rumor Mill like fire. The Weasley family says nothing to dispute it, not even Percy.

[hippocrates460]

Percy makes polyjuice successfully for the first time in his fifth year, when he finally has sufficient motivation. Fred, George, Edward and Hubert walk into the great hall one morning, identical but for their school ties, and the chaos is so great that nobody realizes Percy and Ron are missing.

[emmybrown]

this is canon harry is just oblivious to all of this

[ikindalikehockey]

My biggest pet peeve about tumblr is people who preach about the growth and development of their favorite players but then make posts calling less popular players trash for something they did literal years ago. Yes people grow. But people you don’t like grow too. Don’t act like you were born the person you are today. I was a complete asshole up until I was like 14 and I didn’t know any better because that’s what I was raised around. I was lucky to make friends in high school who tought me a lot about being a good person. Even public figures should be allowed the chance to become better people without their past being constantly thrown in their face.