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@lovaestrvckfool
Hii!! Hello!!!
Welcome to my Tumblr!!!
I'm Moon! Or Fool! Whichever you prefer!!
I'm not that active in posting on here but I'm always lurking 👀 feel free to send me an ask whenever!!
I love to talk and ramble about anything that might catch my interest!! And use copious amounts of exclamation points. lmao.
I also have an ao3!! I write very sporadically but!! I do write!!
So far I have fics for Lego Monkie Kid and Cookie Run: Kingdom :3
Tags I use under the cut!!
genuinely I do love katara and sokka as a representation of how Indigenous people can be written in a fantasy setting and it was nice to have something like that in a childhood that was spent consuming a lot of media set in fantastical worlds. however I think if those are the only fictional Indigenous characters you can name, especially like as an adult, you should really make an effort to also engage with stories that portray real Indigenous people and cultures in the real world
actually I’m going to add to this and say something that I know will be very controversial on tumblr but. if the only fictional Indigenous characters you as an adult can name in general are from solely children’s media, you should really make an effort to engage with a broader range of stories that portray real Indigenous people and cultures in the real world. sorry. I know this is a touchy subject. This isn’t meant as an indictment of adults who engage with children’s media overall. I just think those shouldn’t be, like, the only Indigenous characters you’re exposed to. respectfully. you’re going to be missing out on a lot of aspects of our stories, frankly. no matter how deep you think that story tailored to a child audience is. it very well may be. it was still written with children in mind first and foremost. please attempt to broaden your horizons.
and if I’m being really honest? once you’ve finished listing fictional Indigenous characters you’ve heard of? my challenge to you, white tumblr user, is to name at least one work of non-fiction (book, essay, documentary, etc) created by an actual Indigenous person. you’re allowed to use search engines you just have to name one. and then you have to engage with that work, if you haven’t already.
currently represented in this list: Mi'kmaq, Blackfoot, Mohawk, Cherokee, Anishinaabe, Cree, Haida suggestions always welcome
here's a list of 120 movies to get you started!
Sketchbook drawing be upon ye !!
This was actually supposed to be Shamil and a manifestation of the SoulJam, which ended up looking like Fount because I liked that idea
I am very fond of the concept of having Shamil be depowered (if not fully to at least an extent) so he'll finally get to live without having to hold up the roles that are tightly tied to his powers <3
Hi tumblr, I bring you my thoughts on the Tadc finale and Jax's character specifically <3
This whole thing comes from messages I texted my friend when we were discussing it so excuse me if the beginning feels a bit disconnected
Talking about Jax, I've seen various trans people I follow, mostly people who are in their 30s or still closer to adulthood than they are to teenagers talk about how they recognize that much of the criticism for Jax's characters and their transness (at least the one that's simply not transmisogyny disguised as criticism) comes from very young queer people that have a very idealized and linear view of transness and "how it's supposed to look like"
When in the real world, that kind of expectations and ideals aren't realistic, and obviously stories don't have to be realistic to be meaningful, but in this case, it feeling so tangible (to me at least) it's what makes it even more meaningful
Many young queer people expect that once you start to realize you're queer and/or trans, the next immediate step to take is to embrace that and fully embody that identity
But, for once, identities aren't static and even more so queer ones, so the first bias to tackle is that need to still fit someone in a box and have them look like, in Jax's case, how one would "expect a transfem person to look like"
When that's still pushing people in labels and boxes and have them conform to your (general you) ideas of what trans people look like, just because it's not heteronormativity doesn't mean that they aren't trying to push a normativity on them, and we're still talking about a character here, but this behavior is well and live in the community itself
And this kind of expectations also push to put a deadline in which a trans person has to fit in to be accepted by the world, with the community itself being part of that oppression and pressure to "not waste time in the wrong body once you realize"
And that's such a harmful rethoric, besides it being actual bullshit
People can transition at any fucking age they'd like, hell they could spend their whole life experimenting, or never settling on a label or feeling the need to explicitly state it
And we rarely see trans people in media as a whole, let alone just like in this case, trans people who are still figuring out who they are and what that means to them
We see Jax as being a personalization of Lee's worst traits and lowest mental state that they've been in, and then, we get to see how the person behind that trauma actually had the chance to grow and is trying to build a life for themselves. At the time of the scan they were 22. Barely in their 20s, and yet just a few years later we're able to see them have a job and a space that they frequent with people that make them feel safe
Us getting to see where each character was in their life in the years after their conception is such a light of hope in this story, the proof that it does get better, even if one may feel hopeless and at rock bottom, it gets better
We saw pictures and posts with Lee smiling and having fun, they have their whole life ahead to figure out their identity, and we as an audience don't need to see that, because at the end of the day, it doesn't concern us what that identity will look like for them, all we had to know is that they're happier now than they ever were in the Circus, and for now that's enough
And obviously this whole deal goes for everyone in there, Grant having a happy family, Abigail opening up and gaining friends, Suzie being in a fulfilling career from her own efforts, Zoey surviving a suicide attempt and pursuing her passion while recovering, Riley holding a safe space for people in their community who might need it
And the characters being able to move on and build a life for themselves inside the Circus after seeing what they managed to overcome in the real life is such a genuine and hopeful ending
They were able to move on and be happy in the world, so they are allowed to grow and be happy and feel fulfilled in the circus too
And sure, it's obviously not a perfect story, but does it have to be this grand overachieving narrative for it to be impactful? I don't really think so, if anything, we really need more hopeful and grounded stories in today's world, we could do with some more hope
Beach Day
Hey, did y'all see this?
I saw this when running newpipe. But wait, it gets deeper. I clicked on the details buttons and it said as of today, we have 83 days left until Google rolls out this new requirement for apps inside and outside of the google play store. If any developer disagrees with their new terms and fees, they will be blocked!
I'll share some of the info below:
Looks like they're trying to nuke the remaining privacy and freedoms we have left on the internet.
What to do?
-Get your developer friends to not comply to their new guides
- Sign the open letter on the site and take action by checking out the full resources list on their website as well!
To summarize, this is all daunting especially when you feel all alone with unfair and inhumane regulations comming out faster than improvements but we got this working together!
Share the link with your friends, family and anyone who will listen!
Your phone is about to stop being yours. In September 2026, Google will block every Android app whose developer hasn't registered with them.
If you're in the US, I created a petition to make it easier to contact senators and congressmen.
Join 1 people. Google is trying to make people hand over government id in order to make an Android app. If they don't, then that app can't b
If you're not in the US, see if your country is listed here for whom to contact.
I wish I could make white people(and not just white Americans) understand how diverse the pre-columbian Americas were. The history, religion, culture, politics was at least as complex as Europe's. There was the full gamut of religions, from monotheists to animists to ancestral religions. There were city building empires, village farmers, nomadic traders, and so many other ways to live. This is all just based on what we know, the fragments left behind and the stories of survivors of an apocalyptic plague. All this before the most extended campaign of genocide in history was waged in an attempt to wipe out those survivors.
Over 500 years spent trying to cut down a whole trunk of human culture.
Do you understand how much poorer our whole species is because of it? Can you imagine where art, religion, and science would be if we still had these vast bodies of knowledge? The stain of the colonial project will never be fully washed clean. We owe more than just the land to those we stole from. We owe them a whole future, a future that could have been brighter for all of us. If only greed and fear weren't allowed to rule this land.
hey boy don't kill yourself. green's dictionary of slang is available online and allows you to explore 500 years of english vulgarity. you can search by part of speech, source, time period, etymology, and usage. there's a whole category for gay slang. they even have specific citations listed so you can see the exact context for yourself. boy did you know that in 1927 "to kneel at the altar" was slang for "to sodomize"
some other hits:
Princess: an effeminate and relatively youthful male homosexual or lesbian (1931-4)
Daffodil: effeminate young man (1925)
To throw a fuck into: to have sex with (1919)
Top sergeant: a masculine lesbian (1939) [‘she takes command of the girls’ privates’]
Lily: penis (1919)
Wolf: sexually aggressive man (1847); a homosexual top (1918)
Soul kiss: a deep kiss, involving putting one’s tongue into one’s partner’s mouth (1907)
Tom: a lesbian (1909); [in 'old tom'] prostitute catering to lesbians (1966)
Church mouse: a male homosexual who frequents crowded churches in order to fondle any potential sex partners. (1941)
Discover one's gender: to accept or acknowledge one’s homosexuality (1941) / Lose one's gender: To return to living as a heterosexual
Minty: a masculine lesbian (1941)
Also a lot of early 20th century vulgarity is recorded in Letter from My Father, which is a collection of letters published by a man who's dad was, in short, a major slut and human disaster who wrote about his sex life for his son. It's insane. You can find copies of it online & it's a wild fucking read (literally!) and I think a really interesting look at the life of a person who goes against our stereotypes of what people in the past were "supposed" to be like.
Anyways feel free to add y'all's favs to this post. & if you use this for gay historical fanfic please share with the class
#OH THIS IS EXTREMELY EXTREMELY HELPFUL#writing#resources#saving for later#maybe i should move my 1920s story from '25 to '27 because..... bro..........
note for writers: these are dated to the first time they were recorded, not necessarily to their first use. I imagine for many of these, they came about naturally through spoken language before they were written down anywhere. This is especially true of more underground slang because it's probably being recorded (in ways we still have) the least. So if you wanna use a term but it's a little off date-wise, give yourself some wiggle room.
also gonna take this moment to highlight two more i found recently:
Best boy: a sweetheart, a boyfriend, a husband. (1893) [w the obvious equivalent term 'best girl']
Honeydripper or honeydrips: a sexual partner (1917)
Like. Honeydripper?????? That's so horny I can't stop thinking about it. We need to bring THAT back
updates to miscellaneous page - added link to green's dictionary of slang
Hey do you know what rumination is?
Rumination is probably the most common type of OCD compulsion, but I rarely see anyone talking about it. I've talked to multiple people diagnosed with OCD who didn't even recognize it as a compulsion.
Basically, if you have OCD you have terrible intrusive thoughts. They can be about anything, but common themes are fear of being a bad person, fear of hurting someone, fear of contamination. etc.
Rumination is when you get stuck in a spiral. Rumination is when you spend hours catastrophizing, overthinking, analyzing, telling yourself it's going to be okay.
I'll say it again:
Rumination is a compulsion.
Rumination is a compulsion, and that means you have to stop doing it.
I did ERP (exposure response prevention) for my OCD with a therapist! For 9 months! And it did help, but the idea didn't really click until I found this website a couple years later.
And Oh My God. It made things make so much more sense, and I was able to pull myself out of an episode even though I wasn't in therapy or on meds at the time.
Genuinely if you have OCD, or even if you suspect you have OCD, I'm begging you to read some of these articles.
Like this was genuinely life changing for me.
Here are some of the ones that were most helpful to me:
Defining Rumination
How to Stop Ruminating
ERP Exercises for Compulsive Rumination
What to Do When You're Triggered
Just want to add that if you're on the spectrum, you may also experience Autistic Rumination, which is distinct from the obsessive variety, despite the two having some overlapping characteristics!
"Maws of Deceit"
Doodle made during a study break
After drawing First Milk and Shamil as a scene from Isat
It was only fair that I followed up with a Fount and Flour redraw from a Start Again: a Prologue scene that mirrors the In stars and time one <3
I just love when I present a lettuce leaf to my hissing cockroaches and they go from depressive to ecstatic really quickly. The way their antennae move towards the leaf is so adorable.
concerned for op....
Why. because I’m capable of loving the unloved?? huh. Oh OP treats insects with love and care that’s concerning.
It's not that- it's that it makes you sound like you're someone who lives in filth and your only friends are said bugs. Nothing against cockroaches, theyre special in their own way and equally as important <3
So what if I live in filth eating lettuce leaves with my trusty roach friends /j
Biggest loser behavior I've ever seen I'm sorry???
Gold medal in jumping to conclusions I can't even begin to imagine the kind of reasoning one would need to get to such conclusions what
Plus the straight up bullying disgusting attitude with the heart at the end??
Don't even want to call this child-like behavior because I know kids way better mannered than this and it'd be insulting to them
Embarrassing embarrassing embarrassing
Sending a heart and lots of lettuce to snack on for op's critters, your pets are lovely <3
A HANDY CHART FOR THOSE OF YOU WONDERING WHAT THE FUCK IS UP WITH THESE. NOTE THAT THESE ARE ALL THE INFORMAL AND YOU IS THE FORMAL SO LIKE YOU WOULD ALWAYS ADDRESS YOUR SUPERIOR/ OLDER PERSON/ SOCIAL BETTER WITH YOU BUT WITH YOUR BUDS YOU CAN USE THESE.
when two musicians sing into the same microphone and lean in very close to each other… like omg are you guys gonna kiss now to relieve the homoerotic tension?😳
THIS IS NOT ABOUT ONE DIRECTION I DON’T KNOW WHO THIS “HARRY” PERSON IS GO WATCH BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN AND CLARENCE CLEMONS KISS ON STAGE RIGHT NOW
op is the only valid person i’ve ever met. everyone else needs to come to the light
Okay, but this is really important: Bruce Springsteen occupied this really weird place in music history. His songs were all from this pessimistic, nihilistic view of an America that had let him down:
Just like the anti-Vietnam War protest songs that we associate with the 1960s, or the early nihilism that spawned punk music in the 1970s. But he didn’t *sound* like a punk anarchist; he sounded like a country rock singer. When he released Born in the U.S.A. people completely misinterpreted (or possibly ignored) the lyrics in favor of the tone of the music.
Politicians used his music to promote their ‘Murica Yes! brand, and he had to literally explain that that was not what he was about. He’s over here asking when we’re going to have jobs and heathcare, not stanning the politicians who weren’t helping the people.
It was also kind of a big deal that he had an integrated band, because even as late as the 1980s music was still kind of segregated and MTV was straight up racist. They refused to play and promote black artists and then claimed that were no black artists in the first place. Michael Jackson’s record company had to threaten a boycott of their white artists to get MTV to play his Thriller video.
Plus, the first black/white interracial kiss on TV was in 1968 (OG Star Trek). Also it took us until the 70s to get sympathetic gay characters on screen, and the 90s to get gay characters to kiss onscreen. And all of those firsts were met with outrage.
So keep that in mind when you see Bruce Springsteen not just playing with an interracial band, but engaging in an interracial, gay kiss on stage repeatedly.
Passages from American Popular Music by Larry Starr and Christopher Waterman
I used to think that Bruce and Clarence kissing onstage was exuberance, showmanship, and telling racist homophobes to fuck off. Like, they picked up a certain kind of audience and went “Racist homophobes? Not in our house!” And started the kissing then but then I actually looked it up and
https://www.gq.com/story/this-fucked-me-up-bruce-springsteen-singing-about-clarence-clemons
It was a story where… we remade the city. We remade the city, shaping it into the kind of place where our friendship and our love for one another wouldn’t have been such an exceptional thing. - Bruce Springsteen
It wasn’t about showmanship or rejecting bigots or anything it was just. Damn right that was one of the loves of his life and damn right he was going to kiss him onstage
It gets me a little that Bruce has had a divorce, that he’s been married twice, but he loved Clarence for the rest of Clarence’s life and will presumably love him the rest of his own
Clemons said in one interview. “Bruce and I looked at each other and didn’t say anything, we just knew. We knew we were the missing links in each other’s lives. He was what I’d been searching for.” In another version of the story, Clemons says “He looked at me, and I looked at him, and we fell in love.”
I’m having some emotions about it!
“He was elemental in my life,“ Springsteen adds, “and losing him was like losing the rain.”
Not just! I love you pure and deep and true but! I am going to love you like that in front of the whole damn world!
We have fewer narratives about taking risks and making statements for platonic love rather than romantic and supposedly it would be easier to downplay this onstage than romance and! They refused! They fucking refused! In front of hundreds of thousands of people, over the course of years! In the spotlight, in word and deed, I love you!
God I’m not okay about it
Now I’m mad that this is not among any of the things I was ever told about this artist.
I knew about this in general (& via all those fabulous photos), but this just adds even more beautiful context <3
Just to add to the pile: this was the cover of Springsteen’s break-through album Born to Run, in 1975:
I mean, will you LOOK at this:
This was the pic chosen for the album cover from an extensive photoshoot, too. A few others:
There’s a lot more online if you search. They’re all pretty amazing. But the photographer is right, the one chosen for the album cover just pops.
plleeaseeeeee give me my yearning guys back please please please i need them back pleaseeeeeeee
i love polyamory i love aromanticism i love QPRs i love communal child rearing let’s all get weirder forever
