Comic Book Nerd

29. Intersectional feminist. Queer as fuck. Ask me about my pronouns. Yarn bender.

[knittingcountess]

This past month, Boo Knits has hosted a Mystery Knit-A-Long (”MKAL”) for a shawl appropriately named “Apparition.” The colour, bead, and yarn choice were ours although certain yarn choices were recommended. Decided to go with one of the recommended yarns, DyeforYarn Tussah Silk in the “Königin der Nacht” (translated “Queen of the Night”) colourway. The colour of the yarn looks blue in the pictures, but is really a very deep purply indigo. For the bead choice, I went with the recommended Miyuki triangle size 5/0. To carry the “night sky” theme further, silver seemed the logical choice. 

[eighthdoctor]

American(ish) Wizards

Ok but pueblo schools where vaquero children go and learn to read and write and tell where water’s going to be in 3 months; they’re open year round but each student only has to come for 9 months so they can still help with the cattle drive

Northwest longhouses where everyone sits together and tell stories and show carvings; the carvings move and some of them tell their own stories, the totem poles out front speak if you’re polite. Salmon come from the river and go back to the river, everyone has their preferred spell for netting salmon

The Cherokee are still in Georgia. They have a very nice clapboard school, two hundred years old, educates all the Cherokee children from all over the country and nobody else. They are very secretive about it and insist it’s actually in Oklahoma.

There’s a voodoo school in New Orleans and a Beauxbatons branch in New Orleans and a traditional African school in New Orleans and a catch-all native run school in New Orleans. They don’t acknowledge each other’s existence.

The oldest European school is in Massachusetts except that the NYC school maintains they weren’t really a school until they got their charter in 1704 and so therefore the NYC school came first. There’s a very expensive school in DC that’s not any better than the black teachers teaching healing for free on the streets

If you want muggle studies there’s nowhere better than Waterrise which has branches in San Francisco and Los Angeles, they specialize in magic that can be performed on and around muggles without detection. It is very very hippie.

The Inuit have two schools and one is located in what ought to be Russia; the Inuit also maintain their own political organisation and a wildlife refuge

The reason the Europeans insist the Massachusetts school is the only one is 1) a long running and extremely vicious political  fight between them and the NYC school that resulted in two new magical species and a blanket ban on self refilling vials; as a result Massachusetts tried to run off with some of NYC’s students and the Europeans just threw up their hands and went with whoever got there first 2) every other school is very very relaxed. Not about everything but about muggles and about light vs dark magic and how hard you should try to keep magical creatures out of muggle eyes (”Statute of Secrecy? Whazzat?” a logger says, wand sticking out of his overalls, as he loses control of a yeti again)

[lonelymountainking]

This post is everything.

THIS is what I’d always imagined American Magic would be: the acknowledgement of the many different cultures we have, our landscape, & our history.

Not only are we populous enough to warrant more than one school, surely, it’s the American spirit to have more than one! The distance alone between coasts should warrant it; or the fact that we have provinces, islands, Alaska! And how culturally different things are depending on which coast or in which geographic quadrant you live.

I just wish Fantastic Beasts felt more relevant to America the way the HP series felt to the UK.

[grrrbarrowman]

-There is a nation-wide ban on discussion of US politics in the schools.

-The American Minister of Magic’s way of communicating to the president that they Need To Talk is that the eagle in the seal on the carpet in the Oval Office tells him so. Using a distinctly Gilbert Gottfreid-esque voice.

-The American Ministry of Magic is under Broadway. Camouflage is nearly unnecessary there.

-The school in New Mexico is also a research facility for integration of magic and science. Their test runs of new flying vessels in the 60s were the actual UFOs.

-Whenever an American school that isn’t Ilvemorny and one of the European ones get into an argument, the Canadian schools are called upon to intervene. The last time, however, it (literally) blew up in their faces and the Canadians are seriously considering staying out of it from here on out.

-The school in New York isn’t in the city. It’s at Niagara Falls, and the entry is through the sign that explains how the Falls were created by nature. One of the dining hall’s walls is the waterfall.

-The Jewish school, however, is in New York City. The entrance is next to the Lions of the New York Public Library - the People of the Book (the actual school is on Governor’s Island). They find their choice of entrance incredibly funny.

-You know that myth about the butterflies that turn at a specific part of Lake Michigan for no reason and scientists decided it was because there was a mountain there millions of years ago? Nope. There’s a school there.

[animatedamerican]

“WHY COULDN’T IT BE ‘FOLLOW THE BUTTERFLIES’”

RON WEASLEY IS UNKNOWINGLY 100% CORRECT ONCE AGAIN

[wannabeminotaur-deactivated2018]

Except there’d be at least three Jewish schools. Probably more like seven, because there’s the girl’s school, the boy’s school, the integrated ones (modern Orthodox, conservative, & reform), & then the one that nobody would be caught DEAD in (disagreements as to whichever one that is). 

[darkersolstice]

And again, Jewish wizarding summer camps.

[knitmeapony]

Every single one of these sorts of posts is 100000000% better than the actual canon.

[gehayi]

My headcanon:

Florida and Puerto Rico have a running war over which locale’s magical school is older. Florida says that it’s the one in St. Augustine (founded 1568, three years after the city itself), making it the oldest European-style school in the lower forty-eight states. Puerto Rico maintains that the magical school in San Juan was founded in 1523, which makes it the oldest European-style school in American territory. The Native-run schools in the U.S. (including the Aleut and Inuit ones in Alaska and the Pacific Islander-run school in Hawaii), Canada and Mexico all think that they’re both being ridiculous, as anything created by Natives antedates the 1500s by hundreds, if not thousands, of years. The only thing everyone agrees on is that the oldest school in North America is emphatically NOT Ilvermorny (founded circa 1620).

[galaxybi]

NYC Pride 💗💙💜

[pattsy-deactivated20240911]

here’s a thought: muslims don’t have to perform brave and heroic acts in the wake of tragedies to justify their existence & why they shouldn’t be horribly persecuted. 

[every-kiss-begins-with-potassium]

a) perfect example of people discrediting clever idea & intelligence of a female due to her appearance, and b) all these people wouldn’t have noticed her kit, which was her goal in the first place

[rnightiest]

Lol “she also wears sexy clothing to distract people from the bulky shoes” She’s a genius, really

[destinedforthewest]

^^^^^

[kerryrenaissance]

“I will distract men with my boobs.”

Men: are distracted by her boobs.

[datvtdnded-deactivated20191123]

Thats SexyCyborg! She posted on reddit not all that long ago and she’s super proud of her boobs. She even has a little 3d printed doll made of her that she was stoked on. She’s also smart as fuck. I mean, some of those people are mediocre at best for going for the obvious go-to joke, but whatev.

She’s also the same person that made that light-up skirt a while ago.

[thefingerfuckingfemalefury]

I love this woman and I love the fact that the dudes here literally proved her point for her

[mostlyharmlessdesigns]

Sailor Moon Mug Cozy by Lena Stone

Free crochet pattern!

[microsff]

Tweetstory

“I want to run,” she cried. “Run to or run from?” her grandma asked. “At.” “Ah.” Her grandma opened a chest and took out a sword. “Here.”

— Micro SF/F stories (@MicroSFF) June 27, 2017

via MicroSFF on Twitter https://twitter.com/MicroSFF June 27, 2017 at 12:40PM

[hippiebirdmom-deactivated201807]

hey if you identify as a woman and you don’t shave your legs everyday and let your stubble grow free and natural for long periods of time could you reblog or like this post, I’m trying to make a point here, cause apparently I’m a weirdo for not shaving for weeks or months at a time

[knittingcountess]

I confess! (I’m lazy and wear slacks and long skirts between - OUCH! - waxings!)

[gogomrbrown]

Someone give this man a megaphone.

[bdell1]

Reblog the hell out of this - please. Even those of you who are not in the US. You have Us followers and this is obscene.

[verycleverboy]

Important numbers: 

H.R. 1628 (the laughably-titled ”Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017″)

[phone]. The US Capitol Switchboard. Find out who your Senator is and let them know how you feel.

Senator Casey is still finding awful things in the bill and posting them to Twitter, so pick a few and let the Hill know how you feel.

[politicalprof]

Well, there you are.

[bellygangstaboo]

A white kid in America illegally selling lemonade VS black kids in America illegally selling water. Who can spot the difference ?

[theartisalie]

♥ Happy Pride ♥

[nijadiva]

[goldenlust]

Who made this goddess? I love her! The eyes,nose,lips and that haiiirr

[talesofthestarshipregeneration]

anyone know the artist?

[christel-thoughts]

looks like Mark Newman. 

http://marknewman.deviantart.com/gallery/?catpath=/

^^ this one is called “Grandpa’s Favorite”. 

^^ this one is called “Iris in Bloom”.

he’s awesome. 

[fatalperfume-deactivated2015061]

You never see classical inspired sculptures with POC.. So this is really something to me. Absolutely beautiful.

[luvmocha]

Beautiful, you just have to admire.

[rosslynpaladin]

Go look at his art

[94949012]

being a trans man in love with another trans man is amazing and doesn’t make you both lesbians

being a trans woman in love with another trans woman is amazing and doesn’t make you both gay men

you’re not confused, you’re not ‘roleplaying’. you’re valid, and powerful, and your love is incredible and anyone who’s trying to invalidate you because of you being with someone of the same gender and being trans is a fucking asshole and wrong

[thefingerfuckingfemalefury]

<3 ALL OF THIS <3

[blackness-by-your-side]

this 👆🏾

[kn0ttykn1tt3r]

😂

[lagonegirl]

[enoughtohold]

the fact that you know they wouldn’t kick people out of d*ke march over an american flag (or the very popular rainbow version) should tip you off that this isn’t really about anti-imperialism or anti-colonialism, it’s about anti-semitism

[podkins]

Pattern for Knitted Cup Cakes 

Tracy from the blog patchwork chickens shares her free pattern for these amazing little cupcakes.  Seriously, love! Click through the link for more.

[kn0ttykn1tt3r]

Look at how squishy they are! I want to squeeze them, and pet them.