Ramblings of a Loon

Let us see what trouble is to be found! This blog may include, but is not limited to, the following: SwanQueen, Doccubus, Rizzles, and Clexa! However, it has grown further over the years, so there might be some surprises here and there.

[difty-dift]

Want you guys to know that my love for skunks is so strong I straight up forget they spray stink, they're just cute lil buddies in my eyes! like people will be like "ew but they smell!" or "you must have a high odor tolerance huh?" and I'm like "wha? :)"

[difty-dift]

[whichcraft3]

Literally how could you avoid this, thats a cat

[the-final-sif]

Tbh I don't understand people wanting to scare off twitter users. Like, I enjoy the jokes and all, but like.

Guys. We want twitter users to come here. We want as many people to get off of twitter as possible. Tumblr's pride and joy is costing verizon a billion dollars. I'll put up with a million more annoying people if it means I can be a part of costing Elon Musk 44 billion dollars. Bankrupt that mfer. Let the bird app become a desolate wasteland. Let it be the new myspace.

Welcoming twitter users and teaching them to not be dicks on this website is an important step in costing Elon Musk 44 billion dollars. Do your part to make his investment worthless.

[tienriu]

If we all work together, we (and probably several other social media platforms) can contribute to costing Elon Musk 44 billion dollars.  Forget costing Verizon hundreds of millions of dollars, we could hit the big time. 

[sophelstien]

HELLO?? HELLO???? HELLO????????? HELLO????????

[sophelstien]

I AM IN TEARS

[sweatermuppet]

[gripping the edge of the sink with trembling hands, eyes bloodshot] i do not need to be good at the things i love to do them

[gorgynei]

doodle of my modern au laudna because now im attached to this concept. and i miss her

[auniqueandexquisitecomplication]

I'm sure this has been said before, but I want to see Taliesin DM a one-shot as Percy with the cast playing all of the De Rolo kids.

[mywritingcannotbestopped]

Is this a problem?

[gae-bolg-alternative-dot-exe]

[traditional-latin-math]

[draculas-husband]

[dduane]

...All of the above?

(headclutch)

[what-marsha-eats]

[thestoryofaslut]

not gonna lie, this actually looks like a good idea.

[mrsdaphnefielding]

Another gift by the unnamed fan whom I now suspect to secretly be an immortal art patron from the renaissance era with great taste in ladies - they commissioned @pandacapuccino once more for this moment of The Key, ch. 7 (which is an obscure little AU some of the elder nerdsbians may still recall).

Thank you both so much for this Bering & Wells moment! *very happy sigh*

(it is all there, look! - the almonds! The glasses! The 18th century editions! The 3 open buttons! The inlay on the dagger! The checkered shirt! I mean…!)

My first question, after “thank you!” was, of course, “may I share this with the group?” because this is for all of us, really.

[fantasyamazon-deactivated202605]

[id: screenshots of tiktok captions. the images say, “but the only reason we still love princess diana is because she did not have the time to disappoint us.”]

begging queer kids to read up on princess diana’s involvement with the community. yes, she was a rich, pretty monarch. yes, she died young.

but the reason why queer people love her is because she used her privilege during the aids crisis to advocate for sick queer men, when very few others would - much less someone of her status.

diana spent years advocating for the health and care of queer people with hiv/aids. in 1987, at the height of the epidemic, she opened the first specialist clinic dedicated to treating aids patients (the first clinic of it’s kind in the uk).

she also fought public hysteria by hugging and shaking bare hands with aids patients, at a time when aids was thought to be spread by skin to skin contact. not only that, she visited patients in the clinic regularly and even comforted them through their sickness.

and when queen elizabeth told her to try focusing on “something more pleasant”?

diana ignored her and kept fighting.

and this is only her work towards the aids crisis. she publicly called out the royal family, brought attention to numerous world issues, and was known as an advocate for empathy and kindness. she’s known and loved as the people’s princess for good reason

[sepdet]

Diana also literally walked across a minefield (through a lane cleared by the humanitarian organization HALO Trust, which she was promoting, but there was still some risk). She used the paparazzi who always followed her around to raise awareness of the plight of landmine victims in Angola, met with survivors who still talk about her visit, advocated on their behalf to the UN, and then went to other places suffering the same problem.

Her advocacy was instrumental in helping push forward a treaty to ban the use, production, and export of land mines. She was attacked by British politicians for meddling in government policy, but the Ottawa Treaty was signed by 122 countries including the UK three months after her death. One of the anti-landmine groups in which she'd been involved received the Nobel Peace Prize.

Diana's support was 'turning point' in landmine ban effort

The princess's backing brought the campaign wider attention, says the founder of an anti-landmine group.

I remember the photos of her holding hands with dying AIDS patients, of her sitting by them and listening to them like fellow human beings, at a time when tolerance was radical and most people feared AIDS was transmissible by touch.

I also remember her holding HIV-positive babies, when most people were paranoid about fluids from AIDS patients— and let's face it, babies leak. (There was a brutal subtext to criticism of Diana's AIDS work: was she neglecting, even endangering, the heir(s) to the throne?)

Like Carrie Fisher, Diana wasn't a perfect human being. But she did indeed use her privilege to advocate for and amplify the voices of those with none.

[distraughtlesbian]

straight friend groups be like *blonde girl* *chad* *the funny one* *kyle* *brunette girl* *frat boy* *matt*

gay friend groups be like *omniscient narrator* *poly commie* *professional woman respecter who also makes music* *fashion designer with blue hair and pronouns* *medium rare ugly asshole* *guy who needs therapy* *girl who unironically frequents witch tiktok* *grossly hardcore harry potter stans who need to read a different book* *random teen* *the teen’s army of rats* *woman who will undoubtedly be eaten first when we eat the rich* *taleisin jaffe* *woman named after a 2012 indie pixel horror game* *anarcho-socialist* *the anarcho-socialist’s unacknowledged minor cult of personality* *evangelical vampire hunter who i think i could fix even though he would undoubtedly call me a slur in a tim hortons parking lot*

[take-a-dip-in-the-deadpool]

Lilith: Edalyn! I’ve tried everything you’ve suggested. I even offered to eat *shudder* voles. And nothing. My owl beast wont let me transform into a harpy.

Eda: Really? Well, your beast form was more of a raven than an owl right? I wonder if it wants somethin— OooooOoooOoo i got it!! *runs off*

Lilith: Where are you going?

Eda *coming back*: Ok Bird! I know you can hear me! Let Lilly turn into a harpy and i’ll give you.. this!! *Holds out shiny pebble*

Lilith *Already a harpy*: Edalyn! Take this serious— oh. Ok. Shiny things.

[liezowlhouseau]

TOH AU

Eda takes King home to Raine against her better judgement

Screenshot redraw

(I made Eda's dress a mix of her current dress and her flashback with Raine dress)

DO NO REPOST ON THIS OR ANY OTHER PLATFORM

Reblogs are greatly appreciated

[fswitchinghour]

Long Time No Post

Sorry for the small hiatus, but no worries we are still in the sound booth making content! Up this week:

Apple | Spotify | Other

Need a distraction from doom scrolling? Why not check out our latest podcast recapping a legendary show from a simpler time? We review 3 classic eps of #XenaWarriorPrincess with guest Alex Cranz (@alexhcranz on Twitter) from The Verge.

In this bonus episode of the show, we rise to the challenge laid down by Eden S (one of our patrons) and recap several episodes of the queer fantasy classic and greatest show of all time, Xena: Warrior Princess. We knew we’d need back up before taking on the absolutlely legendary two parter “The Debt” so we called in the lovely Alex Cranz to help us discuss both episodes, plus the season 6 classic “When Fates Collide”

Hear us break down all the campy queer action, discuss Xena’s place in LGBTQ+ fandom and whether it still holds up, and revisit our more innocent past selves who somehow thought Xena and Gabrielle were just really good gal pals. Even if you’ve never seen an episode of the show give it a listen.

[tiktoks-for-dead-pope]

[unamedwatcher]

It hurts, but she's right and I respect her for it

[frostyemma]

my new favorite chick

[ultimate-marysue]

I'm seeing a lot of people start the shipping really hard and, all jokes aside, don't?? We've only had 3 episodes thus far and you need a lot more time to properly gage the difference between "pals being pals" "found family" and "lovers". Don't get me wrong, I do have a lot of ships and headcanons already but I'm not kidding myself into believing I hold the absolute truth.

I'll be discussing Queerbaiting, LGBTQ+ rep, and Critical role campaigns 1 to 3 so there might be Spoilers below. For new fans and veterans alike, these are my reflections upon having lived through this bullshit plenty of times before. Feel free to disagree, but please do so respectfully.

The one I've seen the most is Laudna and Imogen being already a canon couple, since they've known each other for years. I just want to say that I ship it but also, maybe that's not what they're going for. Laudna is presumably much older than Imogen, so their relationship could be "surrogate daughter/weird mother I found in the trash can". I can see it from both points (or even just a "she's like a sister to me"), with the "my girl" comment and Laudna being so proud of Imogen.

Most people will take a look at Imogen and Laudna and ship them without being pricks about it. But sadly, I feel like fandom spaces have become really hostile towards shipping, specially what's canon and what's baiting. As an ace+aro person, I can confidently say that you can have really intense platonic relationship too without it being "bait".

What I'm trying to say is, and please don't cringe, manage your expectations. I don't mean it in a dismissive way, but please understand that just because something seems obvious to you, it doesn't mean those were the cast's intentions. Accusing them of Queerbaiting just because they don't match the projection you've made of their relationship is a bit weird.

I swear I'm not trying to be patronizing or invalidate your perception of the show. I've just seen the same mistake again and again (specially in this fandom) and I would love to see us grow from it. Remember we are only 3 episodes in, if you really have super strong feelings about a thing (that has not been stated by the cast) being canon, maybe rethink it.

Queerbaiting is a weird subject with a lot of grey area, but please let's remember that one of the main components is "maliciously hinting at a main character being LGBTQ+ just to not have any representation at all (or just a really minor character) as not to lose the homophobic audience".

This can't be true for Critical role since Vax, Tary, Beau, Yasha, Caduceus, Molly, Ashton and F.C.G. are very openly queer. Even if you don't take Caleb into account because some people really didn't get him, that's still at least two openly LGBTQ+ characters per campaign. They clearly are not trying to keep the homophobic part of the fan base.

And of course, please don't interpret this post as "CR cast can't make mistakes and good intentions is all that matters so we should forgive them any mistakes". I think the people who explained to Matt and Liam that the Shadowgast epilogue might not have been as clear as they thought it was were right on the money. Engaging with media critically also means being able to properly articulate why some representation falls flat for you. I didn't even had that much of a problem with the Shadowgast thing but I really appreciated reading other fans perspectives and getting to see their point. Constructive Criticism is what taught Matt that "they/them" where better than "it" for a nonbinary character, amongst other things.

Conclusion: take a step back before unleashing hell it self upon the cast to reflect whether your expectations (realistic or not) may have gotten in the way of your judgement.

[fswitchinghour]

Where To Find Us

Hey guys! Just figured we would do a small PSA about the Podcast! We’ve been getting a lot of AWESOME reviews lately, but what’s interesting is how many of them DIDN’T know where to find us before! Or how creative you can get to listen. 

Where: So you can find us on Apple Podcast and Spotify, those are sort of our primary platforms. BUT you can also catch us on BuzzSprout and either listen there or hop to another platform of your choice! 

How: Some of our fans have gotten SUPER creative! Many listen on their computer, phone or tablet of course. BUT we have also now heard of someone listening to us on their Playstation! So check out your gaming system’s store and see what fun apps you might be able to find us on.

When: During season runs we do upload EVERY week, during off-season though we do switch generally to a bi-weekly format. We will keep ya’ll up to date!

Why: Honestly no clue, we’re just two nerd talking about a REALLY awesome show. We love all the fans though, we obviously wouldn’t be here without you guys!