ATTENTION Ā | 1k words
Bucky joins the reader for some late-night TV after she cancels on a date.
DAMAGED WIRES Ā | Ā 700 words
Buckyās metal arm is damaged during a mission, and his crush, a Stark Industries lab technician, is put in charge of fixing it for him.
RUSSIAN CONFESSIONS | Ā 800 words Ā | Ā prompt 2
Bucky doesnāt know the reader can speak Russian, and therefore regularly showers them in compliments.Ā
loki laufeyson
HOARSEĀ |Ā 1.6k words
You spend some quality time with your boyfriend when you get sick and lose your voice.
peter parker
AUTUMN LEAVESĀ |Ā 1.2k words
Summerās coming to an end, and that means a lot less Peter in your life.
tāchalla
THE QUEENāS AFFAIRS (SMUT)Ā Ā |Ā part 1Ā |Ā part 2 and 3 are wip
Tāchalla and his queen have a day off, and decide to spend it having a bit of fun.
thor odinson
CHRISTMAS LIGHTSĀ |Ā 2k words
You and Thor spend your first Christmas as a couple together in New York City.
tony stark
PLAYLISTĀ |Ā 900 words
Tony is offended by his girlfriendās choice in music.
Geralt, a very tired and very overworked librarian, finds an eccentrically dressed man asleep in the library right as they're about to close.
Jaskier, a very tired and very overworked educator at the local museum, accidentally falls asleep in a library whilst doing research for an upcoming exhibit and is awoken by a devastatingly attractive librarian.
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By the time closing rolled around, Geralt really, truly, honestly just wanted to goĀ home.
In general, Geralt preferred to not work closing shifts. The library stayed open until 7pm most evenings, but he liked to be home with Ciri as early as possible; Lambert was always happy to watch her until Geralt got off work, given that Lambertās job in Dol Blathannaās Public Works department wasnāt a traditional 9-to-5, but, well. Geralt missed his daughter, is all, and was perhaps a bit clingy when it came to her. Sue him for loving his kid.
Despite his reluctance to work past 5pm, Renfri had caught the flu, and Geralt had agreed to cover her shift while she recovered, meaning he would be at the library until about 7:30. Of course, by the time it was half past 5, he was itching to get homeāby then, he would normally be pulling into his driveway in Upper Posada, and Ciri would be running outside to greet him while Lambert watched them with poorly disguised fondness from the front porch. He would pick his daughter up, balance her on his hip, ask her about her day at school and what she and her Uncle Lambert had been up to since she got home. He would get to kiss her on her forehead, and cook dinner (lately, she had become a big fan of dinosaur-shaped chicken nuggets), andā
Anyway. Enough of that.
The minutes and hours ticked by with relentless, deliberate slowness, and Geralt felt nothing but relief when it was finally,Ā Ā finally timeĀ Ā to start closing. Zoltan offered to organize the information desk and the front seating areas while Geralt swept the shelves for any stragglers and re-shelved any books sitting around.
Geralt worked quickly, eager to finish up and return homeāin the back of his mind, he wondered what Lambert and Ciri had eaten for dinnerāand he was returning a book of traditional Temerian recipes to its rightful shelf when he heardā¦
Well.
It seemed to be somewhere between a snore and a snort, in all honesty, and Geralt could only sigh deeply and brace himself before rounding the corner.
He had been expecting any of a number of things, really. Typically, it was elderly people who would fall asleep at the tables, but in his years of working at the library, Geralt had practically seen it all.
Still, he was surprised when, in one of the cushioned wooden chairs, slumped down onto the round table and surrounded by a veritable pile of books, was a man with a mop of brown hair actively using an open book as a pillow. There was a peaceful expression on his face, features soft and neutral and relaxed, and he seemed to be drooling onto the book just a bit. His clothing wasā¦ colourful, mostly. He wore a pair of bright purple slacks and brown loafers. On top of a short-sleeved button down, he had on a sweater vest with a garish blue leaf pattern covering it. There was a well-made leather satchel slung over the back of his chair, and Geralt spotted an assortment of silver rings on his hand.
Right as Geralt finished looking him over, the man released another ungodly snore from deep within his chest, and Geralt had to resist the urge to snort in amusement as he walked over and shook the man gently by his shoulder. Almost immediately, he grumbled into the book and began to blink awake, and Geralt hastily removed his hand, waiting patiently as he got his wits about him.
After a quick stretch in his seat, the man twisted to face him, still blinking the tiredness from his eyes, and Geralt was shocked by just howĀ blueĀ they were as he stared up at Geralt. The man froze for a moment, looking a bit like a deer caught in the headlights, before he seemed to take in his surroundings and look properly embarrassed.
āSorry,ā the man grinned sheepishly, then paused to yawn and rub at his eye before continuing. āI mustāve fallen asleep. Do you, uh, happen to know what time it is?ā
Geralt looked down at his watch, then back up at the man. āFive till seven.ā
āOh,Ā fuck,āĀ he cursed, standing up. (Geralt was slightly ashamed to admit that he hadnāt realized until just then that the man was of a height with him.) He began hastily stacking books and piling some in his arms. āIs there still time to check these out? I can come back tomorrow if not, but I was really hoping that Iāā
āCalm down,ā Geralt said, raising an eyebrow at the manās hurried, panicked flurry of movement. āGo to the desk. Zoltan can help you. You can leave anything youāre not borrowing here.ā
Relief and hope flashed though the manās unnecessarily blue eyes. āYouāre sure?ā
Geralt just nodded stiffly, watching as the man thanked him profusely and gathered his things, carrying a handful of books with him as he rushed off toward the lobby. Once heād disappeared and his shuffling footsteps faded out, Geralt rummaged through the rest of the titles heād accumulated. They all seemed to be on art and music across the Continentāa book of Aedirnian folk songs, a history of Kerackian musical movements, an encyclopaedia of Kaedweni sculptors. Geralt hummed under his breath, then began the monotonous job of putting everything in its rightful place.
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In his defense, Jaskier really hadnātĀ meantĀ to fall asleep at the table.
Ever since heād moved to Aedirn, he found himself exhausted more often than not. His life had consisted of a series of rather sporadic, spontaneous moves ever since he decided to leave his family home in Kerack to pursue the arts. Heād moved to Redania years ago to attend none other than Oxenfurt Academy, and had spent his summers gallivanting around the countryside with his schoolfriends. After three years of study, he graduated with degrees in Music Performance and Art History, and a year later, had earned a graduate degree as well. He had then promptly departed for a year of backpacking through Temeria, after which heād returned to Oxenfurt to teach for a term. Most recently, he had uprooted his entire life to move to Dol Blathanna. Heād decided on a bit of a whim that he needed a change of paceānew places, new sights, new people. As soon as he had a job lined up as an educator and program developer at the Dol Blathannaās Museum of Art and Historyāwhich, everyone had to admit, was truly a perfect fit for himāhe had packed his things and been on his way.
However, there was no time to rest! He had been tasked with a laundry list of assignments at work in order to prepare for the summer; the museum always put on educational programming and enrichment opportunities for children when schools were out of session, and Jaskierās job was to propose and develop said programming. Thus, on one of his rare days off, he had gone to the library to do a bit of light research; he had a handful of ideas for some interactive exhibits, but he needed to flesh them out a bit more.
The research ended up being less light than he had planned, because ofĀ courseĀ it had, and soon enough, Jaskier had a pile of books around him. By the time he had finished flipping through the third book, he was becoming rather tired, andā
Okay, well. Look. Hereās the thing. Jaskier wasĀ tired,Ā and he had been up until very early in the morning because heād played a gig for some swanky hotel bar in the central business district, and the library was just cold enough that it was making him drowsy, and the sounds of people flipping through pages and trodding up and down the aisles was soothing him, and the books were, in all honesty, starting to bore him, andā
He fell asleep. He fell asleep, okay, and in his opinion, that was a very reasonable consequence given the clusterfuck of a headache his week had been.
Next thing he knew, he was being shaken awake by a man gorgeous enough that Jaskier, for a brief moment, froze in place and forgot entirely where he was. (HeĀ froze,Ā which heĀ neverĀ does.Ā Julian Alfred Pankratz does not freeze, gods dammit, but sweet Melitele, who could blame him? The man wasĀ stunning.)Ā He was tall and broad-shouldered, his long white hair tied messily into an updo with a few strands framing his face; he had honey-golden eyes, a strong brow and nose and jawline, and a few faint scars decorating his face. He wore a white button-down with the sleeves rolled up to his elbows, and aĀ veryĀ flattering pair of black jeans. He also, much to Jaskierās embarrassment, had a name-tag; in large letters, it readĀ GERALT RIVIA,Ā and underneath, in smaller text,Ā LIBRARIANĀ . The libraryās logo was depicted to the left.
A very gorgeous man, and a librarian to boot? Unfair.
Though he tried to appear smooth and suave and generally like a competent, put-together adult, Jaskier knew he fumbled through his interaction with the man, and he felt a bit like a fool the entire time. As he practically scurried off with his handful of books, his face and neck warmed with embarrassment. At the desk, he found the āZoltanā individual Geralt had spoken of, a short, stocky man with a mohawk and full beard, and Jaskier hurried through the transaction before practically fleeing from the library. It wasnāt until he had returned to his apartment nearly twenty minutes later that he finally felt like he could breathe again.
He went through his evening routine of taking a scalding hot shower, changing into pajamas, and lounging on his couch with leftover takeout and a glass of Est Est. (Est Est was definitely beyond what he could afford at the moment; that particular bottle had been a farewell gift from Essi.) As he ate and drank, he flipped through the books he had checked out and wrote out ideas, notes, and questions in his work notebook. And if he occasionally remembered his downright embarrassing encounter at the library and then buried his face in a pillow as he tried to emotionally recover, that was nobodyās business but his own.
As the hours passed and the clock crept closer to midnight, heād come up with more questions than anything else, which was. A bit of an issue.
Even with his extensive studies in art history, Jaskier didnāt know as much about Aedirnian artistic customsāhis studies had placed a focus on traditions in remote, mountainous regions of Redania and Kaedwen. He could talk for hours about the production of Redanian watercolour paints, and had quite literally co-written one of the most comprehensive books on Kaedweni folk music, but heād wanted the museumās summer programming to have an emphasis onĀ localĀ arts, which meant that heād need some help.
He then realized that this probably meant asking one of his new coworkers for direction, which he would, to be quite frank, rather perish than do, because he felt that most of them already thought he was silly and foppish and deeply unserious, with the way he was always running to and fro with his head barely attached to his shoulders, never seen without a cup of coffee and bags under his eyes. However, it was either facing his coworkers, all of whom had chronic cases of stick-up-the-ass-itis, orā¦ going back to the library, and potentially facing the tall-gorgeous-intimidating librarian again. (Geralt,Ā his brain supplied helpfully.)
Neither option sounded particularly appealing, and both avenues would undoubtedly lead to Jaskier making a fool of himself, so he decided that he would simply go to the library as soon as it opened at nine in the morning; he severely doubted that the man would be working from nine to seven on a daily basis, so he was probably in the clear.
ā¦Probably.
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AN: hey y'all! hope you enjoy chapter 1!! keep up with me on my ao3, found +here, and my twitter @nottveth. chapters 2 and 3 are already written and posted on ao3, but will be updated here over the next few days.
I wake up, my debt is all paid off, my bank account is full, my relationships with my family are healthy, and Iām able to travel anywhere in the world.
Destroy the idea that dark skinned girls canāt have pastel hair. Burn it. Delete it from your head forever. Fuck the āit doesnāt compliment my skin toneā bullshit. Thatās just some lie white kids made up to derail your confidence and keep you from doing what you love
my afro is blonde rn and i am loving it. black girls, we look so good with funky hair colours and i live for it. lighter hair colours frfr make our melanin pop
Iāve written out four different posts about Steve Rogers and his canonical ending and Sam and Bucky and SamBucky and feelings I have about all that, but I just keep deleting them as they approach paragraph three of my screed because I donāt want to talk about the MCU that muchĀ
But if I was going to talk about it Iād talk a bit about how the decision to have Steve travel to the past is so bad for such a lot of reasons already discussed but also in cool new ways as seen in the winter falcon show where every character is likeĀ āwell Steveās goneā because they canāt get Chris Evans in old person makeup to talk to his best friend but they also canāt commit to saying he died off screen, AND it cements Steve as this paragon of goodness who never made any mistakes which would be fine if that was just how Bucky viewed him or how Sam viewed him or how America viewed him, but the hagiography of Steve Rogers is so complete and pervasive in the narrative. Itās boring! Itās bad! And also Sharon is right, she should have gotten a pardon a long fucking time ago! Bucky and Sam were blipped out of existence for five years, meanwhile I guess Steve just forgot she existed after Civil War. And furthermore yeah letās circle back to the time travel thing because thatās so ah FUCK GODDAMN IT I DIDNāT WANT TO DO THISĀ
Thereās a collegehumor sketch about someone who wants to go back to the 90s for pop culture stuff but once they get there, spoiler warning for the twist I guess, the radical time wizard is likeĀ ānow that youāre here you have an ethical obligation to stop 9/11ā³
Steveās canonical ending is him being likeĀ āoh time wizard, I care about neither the larger geopolitical events such as the Vietnam war or nor smaller atrocities such my best friend who is currently at this time a brainwashed tortured assassin who is going to kill JFK which I also donāt care about. I am just here to wear high waisted slacks and have heterosexual missionary sex with a character who used to have a TV show and now doesnāt even have lines.āĀ
okay fine thereās another paragraph in me, ALL THIS TO SAY is that while we are told again and again that Steve and Bucky are friends, all their moments are Big and Heavy with very few small fun moments, AND apparently Steve has apparently no issues or concerns about leaving his friend alone in the 21st century, the exact same thing that Steve experienced and apparently hated so much he HAD to go back to the past (despite the fact Bucky, Iām sorry, had such a fucking worse trip to the 21st century than MrĀ āOoops Iām in an iceblock lol thaw me out in 2011ā³).
(also Wanda constructing a fake 1950s to live in versus Steve just fucking off to the 1950s, fight)
And Steve doesnāt have to structure his life around Bucky, of course not, thereās other reasons Steveās ending is stupid, but Steve doesnāt seem like he considers Bucky his best friend and brother. They say that theyāre friends but the way that the MCU is written, they donāt get to hang out or be friends. They exist in a perpetual state of separating and reuniting but never being together. And the separations and reunions are at a faster and faster clip as the MCU goes along, with diminishing returns and less and less time actually spent together.Ā Ā
Hangout time: Childhood friends. Separation: Buckyās going off to war. Reunion: rescue from the POW camp. Hangout time: Theyāre in a unit together. Separation: BuckyĀ ādiesā. Reunion: no heās the Winter Soldier! Separation: but he runs away from Steve. Reunion: whatever happened in Civil War before the last ten minutes I donāt know this fucking movie is a blur. Hangout time: they speak to each other about weighty emotional issues.Ā Separation: Buckyās going into cryo sleep. Reunion: Team up against Thanos! Hangout time: one line of banter?Ā Separation: oops got snapped. Reunion: no longer snapped! Hangout time: seriously did they even have a hangout time with this one or did they jump straight to separation.Ā Separation: Steveās going to the past. Bucky looks on sadly. END. THATāS IT.Ā
And this could be tragic! This could be aĀ āoh how the world keeps us apartā. But because theyāre never allowed to hang out, because Bucky does ALL HIS EMOTIONAL RECOVERY AWAY FROM STEVE, because Steveās happy ending for himself doesnāt feature Bucky at all, I believe that theyāre close but they seem like, well, like what they are in canon: childhood friends who ended up having vastly different experiences in life and are only friends as adults because of their shared history. I understand the intellectual appeal of Steve and Bucky as a ship, but itās so exhausting in the actual. Itās all Big Moves with no small moments. Iāll grab a helicopter youāre flying away in, but I wonāt grab lunch with you. Itās a flaw of the MCU that the characters rarely seem like friends, but while I wish the Avengers acted more like they liked each other in general, I think Steve and Bucky is the worst manifestation of that flaw.Ā
I went on a thirty minute run in the hopes that would burn out my desire to talk about the MCU and unfortunately it did not but I am also very tired so Iāll keep my ship manifesto here at the end very short. And also to be clear this less about sambucky uwu forever and more like the better writing choices that have been made for them, at least as viewed by me, someone who has never liked MCUās stucky.Ā
The writing of Sam and Buckyās relationship is different in really interesting ways than Steve and Buckyās. The obvious big one is that they donāt have shared history so we are not told repeatedly that they are friends and have been for a long time look what good friends they are. There isnāt a gap in the canon between what is stated about them and what we see. Secondly, Sam and Bucky are allowed (because neither character is treated by the canon as a deified flawless saint) to have arguments where each states his needs. It means their relationship is a way to deepen each of their characters, instead of one person serving as a plot point in the otherās character (stagnant) character development. Thirdly, Sam and Bucky have conversations about small things. In the special effects spectacular of Civil War, truly the only thing I really remember isĀ āCan you move your seat up?ā/āNo.ā Itās funny! Itās pointless! It characterizes Sam as something other than the most patient man in the world and Bucky as something other than the saddest traumatized victim!Ā
Fourthly, and this admittedly is where the shipping goggles really tighten around my head and this does become slightly sambucky uwu forever, Sam and Bucky do not have the infuriating separation/reunion pattern. We know Sam is reaching out to Bucky in the beginning of the TV show because Bucky is avoiding his texts, which is already such a more mundane and relatable way of chasing after Bucky. And Bucky, frustrated with Samās decision to give up the shield, tracks Sam down and then he like. refuses to leave. It is them bickering about stupid stuff and arguing about important stuff and continuing to work together nevertheless.Ā
The MCU seems to think that the most interesting part of Steve and Buckyās relationship has already happened in the 1930 and 40s, and Steve canāt be happy with present day Bucky because Steve canāt be happy with the present day. Steve can only ever long for the past. He longs for his childhood friend, he longs for the world of his childhood. Actually spending time with Bucky would undercut theĀ āMan out of timeā thing the MCU was obsessed with and could never move on from. So Bucky willingly chooses to do his emotional healing away from Steve, first in the two years between Winter Soldier and Civil War, then in Wakanda. His relationship with Steve is āIāll go away until Iām better.āĀ
Ā The core of (the good parts of the overall okay experience of) the show is Bucky and Sam learning to work together. The core of the way MCU depicts Steve and Bucky is two people who worked together well in the past and learned how to do it off screen and are never allowed to do so again. Meanwhile, Sam and Bucky are learning how they work together on screen.Ā You see him replicating pattern of running away with Sam (the dodged texts) but then Bucky breaks that pattern. Bucky goes from āI donāt want to be a bother to Steve,ā to āSam, Iām here to bother you.ā
(You might notice that Iām not talking a lot about what Sam gets out of this, and thatās mostly because Iām talking about a particular writing focus of Buckyās relationship dynamics. Sam has more relationships than Bucky. Heās got Steve, heās got Sarah, and heās depicted as being a part of a community. Bucky is depicted as being intensely isolated, both in terms of the number of people he knows and the shallowness of his relationship with them. He cannot allow Leah to get close to him; being honest with Yori ends their relationship. His friendships are singular: first Steve, then Sam. Otherwise his relationship to people is how he hurt them.
In the show, while Sam and Bucky are both grappling with their identity, Sam is not dependent upon Bucky for interpersonal characterization like Bucky is upon Sam. Sam doesnāt need Bucky for his good ending. Bucky desperately needs Sam.)Ā
Thereās much less narrative dissonance between what the relationship is said to be and what the relationship is actually shown as. Bucky and Steve are always professing to care about each other while splitting apart. Bucky and Sam are always bickering while coming together. Bucky and Steve exist in a shared past. Bucky and Sam engage in a shared present.Ā
Look, I know a good number of you are from the US and things aren't amazing there either, but my country is literally on the brink of collapse. So I'd love it if we could talk about that for a minute.
If you can't do anything else, please just read and reblog.
A second COVID wave has taken out the healthcare system. There are no more hospital beds. There's an oxygen shortage. There's a critical vaccine shortage. The Central Government has thrown its hands up and is passing the baton to the State Governments to do what they can.
There are over 16 million covid cases. A record 330,000 new cases reported yesterday - comparable to the US at its peak. 187,000 dead as of today.
There is no plan.
Mass cremations are taking place. The cremation grounds are running day and night and they are short on wood. People are watching their loved ones die while waiting for a hospital bed, and then they're unable to give them the proper burial rights.
Hospitals are overwhelmed. Patients are being confined, two to a bed. They're the lucky ones.
We are on the verge of people dying in the streets.
This is the second-most populous country in the world. The largest democracy. A country that encapsulates over 15,000 years of recorded human history and has endured everything from famine to invasion to colonisation.
We might be at the end. This might be the thing that does us in.
People are dying.
People are dying.
People are dying and there is no plan.
More good news? Variants are popping up. A double mutation strain has shown up. It is resistant to current vaccines. This will not go away. This is the devastation they warned of when the anti-maskers were out protesting the minor inconvenience of covering their face in public.
My country is on the verge of an emergency state. Our government has failed us. This is as dire a situation as it ever could be.
Look. I don't do much with my life. I write fics, some of you have read them and that's pretty much it. I spend my days with my head in the clouds because that's where I like to be.
But two days ago, my grandmother tested positive, had to be taken to hospital and the ambulance caught fire.
She barely made it to the urgent care she needs.
So, here I am, using whatever meager platform I have to cobble this request together. Because I have to do something.
Even a small amount of 5 or 7 or 10 of foreign currency will help a lot. Our government has essentially abandoned us. People have turned to social media for help. WhatsApp groups and DMs on twitter/insta is where we find help. Our helpline is a Google doc. Situation is so dire that hospitals are discharging patients due to lack of oxygen. Every night the same story, oxygen running out in hospitals, citizens running around to somehow arrange for oxygen with minutes to spare. Last night, we had manged to get oxygen to a hospital with 14min to spare.
Reblogging with more links. Listen to @groundzero-and-deku āļø they know what they're talking about.
Some of you in the US have asked what else you can do. I'm not the best person to answer this since I'm not from there, but I do know that Biden is being urged to ship supplies to India. Maybe a more informed person can chime in with how best you can help but calling your representative and registering your concern sounds like a good starting point.
From one democracy to another, thank you. Please keep this going, you're all amazing.
EDIT: Reblogging with some more donation links from @spacegirlstuff
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Y'all, this is a good time to mention that I am not affiliated with any charity or donation centre, and am not receiving donations on behalf of anyone.
This is a list of resources compiled by me and more importantly, other people who have a better grasp on the situation than myself. They are to the best of our knowledge great resources but
I still encourage you to do your research and put your money where you believe it will be used best.
If you find more ways to help or donate, add them in a reblog - let's get as much information out there as possible.
Much love and please stay safe
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except this child got jumped by the other girls present. she was afraid for her life enough to grab a knife and call the cops herself.
let me repeat that.
the black child that they killed was so afraid she called the cops herself.
they killed the very person who asked for their help.
and before you flip over the knife, they didnāt even ask her to disarm. they got out and immediately opened fire on her and shot her four times with deadly intent.
iām such a small blog but iām begging yāall to spread this story. i canāt speak directly to this- no matter how hurt and angry and thrown by all of this i am, my voice isnāt the one that matters. i recognize that. but iām still begging for this to not be overlooked. say her name, remember her- remember that this fight never ended, and keep fighting it.
derek chauvin being found guilty is a victory, but we canāt let that blind us to the fact that this has kept happening and never actually stopped. even if the protests went quiet, that doesnāt mean things changed. we have to hold them accountable and we have to remember those who have died and will continue to die beneath the shadow of everything else thatās happened this year.
i was doing my usual ājump down the TERF rabbithole to increase the database for shinigami eyesā and i encountered a TERF that had deliberately added āTERFs DNIā to her bio, and then she bragged about it in a post a little further down her blog.
while I knew right away that she was a TERF, because she reblogged exclusively from known TERFs and the posts were direct rhetoric, I think itās important that I spread this information for people who are not as well-versed in the way TERFs operate on this website.
TERFs hide in plain sight. it is not unusual for a TERF to put āTERFs DNIā or āTMEā (transmisogyny exempt) in their bio. In fact, some joke that āTMEā stands for ātransmisogyny enthusiast.ā They do this in order to avoid being reported and banned. They also do this in order to trick people into feeling safe and following them. That way, more people will be exposed to transmisogynist rhetoric.
Just because someone has āthey/themā in their bio does not mean they are not a TERF. Nonbinary people can be TERFs. GNC women can be TERFs. Donāt let pronouns lull you into a false sense of security.
Crypto-TERFs are a thing. These are people who follow and reblog from TERF blogs, but avoid reblogging posts containing direct rhetoric so as to not be detected as transmisogynists. Someone might have a blog full of pretty pictures and art, but when you look at WHO theyāre reblogging that art from, it becomes very clear that they endorse those beliefs. They also serve as a bridge between the TERF community and tumblr at large. You may follow someone because they reblog poems or art, and then feel inclined to check out the blogs they got that content from. This is deliberate recruitment tactic. Ā
TERFs will sometimes have an about page or a pinned post insisting that they āarenāt a TERFā and āsupport trans peopleā but then proceed to write THE most transphobic garbage after it. The idea is to have someone skim the text, read the ānot a TERFā part, and move on, while the rest of the text is intended to signal to other TERFs that they are, in fact, a TERF.
how to spot a TERF:
reblogs from other TERFs (obvi)
URLs that reference reproductive organs (like uterus, ovary, vulva, vagina, pussy, cunt, clit) are almost always TERFs. Iām sure exceptions exist, but I have never encountered one. Also keep an eye out for āradā and āradicalā (in reference to āradical feminstā/āradfemā - which is what TERFs call themselves.) Also, a dead giveaway, but I HAVE seen it: āTERFā orĀ āTerveā etc. in URLs.Ā
TERFs are radfems. Radfems are anti-sex work, lesbian separatists, bioessentialists, and misogynists. They spend a lot of time attacking other women for shaving or wearing makeup, for doing sex work, for dating men, and doing other things they personally disagree with. They also believe that men are inherently predatory. If a blog is spreading radfem beliefs, theyāre either a TERF or a crypto-TERF. There is no such thing asĀ ātrans inclusive radical feminism.āĀ
use of āTRAā (trans rights activists), āgenderistsā (transgender people), posts about āmen invading womenās spacesā (they mean trans women), use of the word āfemaleā - ESPECIALLY āadult human femaleā which is a well-known TERF slogan in the UK , use of this emoji š (āonly two gendersā), the phrase āsex-based oppressionā, salem witch trial references (āweāre the daughters you didnāt burnā), and references to suppression (āi will not be silencedā), mentions the āS.C.U.M. manifestoā (a manifesto insisting that āthe male sexā should be ELIMINATED. the author attempted to KILL andy warhol.)
bios containing: XX, radfem, adult human female, female, gender critical, terven (TERF), ex/former TRA, febfem (āfemale exclusive bisexualā - TERFs who consider all trans men and transmascs to be women/female. they are chasers unable to reconcile their sexual feelings for men.)
Letās talk about why thereās that shitstorm about ādonāt make Bucky centric postsā
Since day 1, this is the biggest drama in this fandom. (We got Stackie, our two favorite characters sharing the screen and working together and some āfansā are still trying to ruin this! But nevermind ig.)
I think the problem is that weāre looking at two radically different things here.
On one side, you got a fictional character - Bucky. For some reason, itās our comfort character for a lot of us (I know my reason, itās called being ND). Heās a complex character though we always had too little content - until now. Heās also heavily traumatised and finally addressing it for our greatest joy as little angst simping shit. Sam, however, thereās not so much to talk about him. Heās the loveliest character of all and heās got some shit going on but mostly as much as everyone else.
On the other side, you got a real issue transcribed in fiction - racism. Hereās where Sam character is the most interesting but not by itself: because he highlights the issue. And with that, you got the lack of recognition for Anthony Mackie, the talk about racism within the fandom, race question in the creative process and so on.
If you prefer: on one hand you have an absolutely interesting character whose discussions around it wonāt change a thing in real life and on the other hand a very problematic, absolutely not fictional issue that needs to be addressed in real life.
And you know what? Thereās nothing we could do about that. We canāt make long ass meta post about Sam Wilson like we do about Bucky Barnes and we shouldnāt be shamed for that (or attack others on that). Because in term of character complexity and/or deepness, theyāre not on the same level. (Iād place Sam on the same level as Kali, maybe Sharon and Zemo. You get the gist: the emo one is Bucky.) The same way Bucky Barnes is absolutely not on the same level as talking about racism in real life.
We have to acknowledge the multi layering of this show.
Because with that in mind we would be able to: post long ass posts on how Sebastian Stan portrays Buckyās trauma, how many looks is Anthony Mackie serving, whatās the best quote/action of Sam in the lastest episode that showcase his current thought process, what scenes addressed institutional racism and how all the characters reacted and what that says about us and them, shipping sambucky whether platonically or romantically because deep down they care about each other, talking about the music or the aesthetics (this last episode gave us so much tbh).
Tl;dr This show has so many layers, itās an insult to it to want the fandom to focuse on one aspect only or think certain aspects donāt need to be addressed at all.
(Or like that weāre forgetting to address some. My dudes, I watch the episodes several times and donāt think I notice everything. So by all mean, share what you found BUT WITH POSITIVITY DAMMIT.)
Okay, first of all, who said donāt make Bucky-centric posts? Fans who are critiquing the series and fandom have been calling for more appreciation for Sam Wilson. For example, Sam is out here breaking the law (at Buckyās request) and all everyone was talking about was Zemoās little goofy ass dancing. No one talks about the lengths Sam goes to in order to be there for friends. Itās always Bucky this, Bucky that. I get it. I love him, too. But hardly anyone, outside of fans of colour, namely us Black fans, are talking about Samās issues.Ā
Secondly, excuse me? I mean, really? Sam Wilson isnāt as complex a character as Bucky Barnes? Why not? Why is Sam less complex? Because of Buckyās trauma? Buckyās trauma is not a character trait. It is a result of awful things that happened to him. Fandom romanticises Buckyās trauma to a really uncomfortable level. Itās almost fetishised, to be honest.Ā
You are saying complexity of character is based on how much the character as suffered and thatās really an odd thing to do in this case. Why is it odd? Well, it proposes that the PTSD of one character outweighs the pain and trauma of another when their experiences are completely different. Bucky was a POW who has been tortured for decades. Sam has lived with the implications and detrimental effects of systemic racism all of his life. Sam has lost people he cares about in battle. Sam was dusted, too. Sam was traumatised and brutalised by Bucky (in WS mode), and yet you assert that itās just not that deep for Sam? Interesting.Ā
You relate to Bucky? Thatās fine. A lot of us do (he and I share the same birthday and I think thatās just neat). But you donāt have that same empathy for Sam? Sam, who you say is lovely. Meaning he is good and kind, yes? Why is him being a good person something you see as less deep and less complex emotionally?
I am not one of theĀ āfansā trying toĀ āruinā anything. I am one of the fans of colour who has to constantly see characters I love and relate to being called shallow. Thatās what youāre doing here. You are calling Sam, the man who Steve Rogers gave the shield to, shallow because you canāt relate to his trauma and pain.Ā
Sam is not there to serve looks or make funny little quips. He is going to become Captain America, and I donāt understand why you canāt make long ass meta posts about Sam Wilson like you do Bucky Barnes. No, actually, I understand completely. You donāt make them because you donāt want to make them. Plain and simple. You do you, but donāt come and try to reprimand and chastise those of us who are calling out for more posts about Sam.Ā
Not ppl thinking Sams PTSD (because yes he does hv ptsd from war, the blip, being black in america) is less āintrestingā than Buckys. Why is that? Someone answer me quickly. How is there not much to talk about with Sam??? Hes got just as much if not more issues than Bucky???? Yall just REFUSE to pay attention to it the way yall pay attention to Buckys.
And Sams more than the racism he experiences?? Sams giving, and helpful, and thoughtful of literally everyone and he wants to do the right thing with what little he has. Hes funny, hes witty, hes a clown, he can dance better than the rest of the crew and the only thing yall can find to talk about him is racism? That yall dont want to do because its more boring than Bucky?? Yall cant see who he is outside of that??? Very intresting. Just like Bucky is more than his ptsd??? Why are yall so focused on Buckys trauma like the only thing he is IS his trauma???? Its very unhealthy.
And to echo Sian, who tf told yall not to make Bucky-centric posts?? Where are yall getting that from?
I will never wrap my mind around how its easier for yall to delve into FICTIONAL MIND CONTROL than RACISM. You can talk about both. You can 100% talk about both. Lmao just because Steve couldnt catch Bucky on a train and he was supposed to die does NOT make him somehow a deeper character than anyone else š„“š
And how the fuck can u sum up Sams issues (systemic racism, death of family, death and disappearance of friends, life turned literally upside down, still has to save the world over and over regardless, no one checks on HIM when he checks on EVERYONE) as shit mostly everyone else has going on???
You know what? Again echoing Sian, yall dont make more deeper Sam posts because yall just dont want to. Yall couldnt give a rass about him. Which is fine. Keep making posts about Bucky. Just stay put of our way when we call for, want, and make more for Sam. And leave him out of yall shitty takes like these. Washing my hands off of all of yall in this fandom. This is a fuckin mess.
When tfatws was about to come about I saw some posts along the lines of āyou better support Anthony as much as Sebastianā and things like that and I thought they were being dramatic. Bucky has been one of my favorite characters since the first avenger but the thing that sparked this show and letting them work together were the press junkets for civil war. I still watch videos of those but you have to admits that Anthony is the one pulling the weight, he and Sebastian play off of each other really well, but heās the one pushing most of the jokes. This is what really made me start to respect Anthony so much more and enjoy his acting as much as Sebastianās. I figured that yāall would do the same.
Then the first episode came out, and I saw a lot of stuff about Bucky and not a lot about Sam, and I get it, Bucky has the bigger fan base to begin with, but I thought it would level out. I see people being devastated by Buckyās remorse and mental turmoil, I see next to nothing about Samās guilt and the pain of being denied because of racism, I understand itās a less comfortable topic, but it shouldnāt be.
Next episode comes out, any talk about the huge, really painful for me moments that deal with serious racism not only in general but in America, gets talked over by people either complaining about John Walker or complaining about people harassing Wyatt Russell. I get it, he sucks, but not as much as blatantly racist police š¤·.
The third episode comes out, and this was the last straw. I see people talking about Zemo, ZEMO, and his fun little dance and his coat and āZemo is... kinda hot?ā And NOTHING about Sam. Yāall will literally simp for any white man over a black man, huh. Iāve seen people are due that everyone has different preferences but when those preferences only exist because you were fed racist views then theyāre not an excuse. It hurts extra when youāve seen Anthony Mackie say that every white man he plays opposite of gets rocketed into fame while he doesnāt. Look at his work and tell me it isnāt happening. I know a lot of us are already invested in Bucky and have been for a while, but it is a choice that you can consciously make to reflect on what youāre saying and posting and if you really payed attention to Anthony or any of the other characters (it hasnāt slipped my notice that no one is talking about Sharon either). Do better, be aware, make an effort. Alright Iām done.
āPart of why Pattinsonās performances in The Devil All the Time and The King rise above his hapless costarsā is because it seems as if he frequently operates on a totally different page than the rest of the cast and crew. In the moody and atmospheric The Lighthouse, where he plays more of a true co-lead, for example, Pattinson claimed that he ādidnāt really think it was a horror film, because I thought it was so funny.ā Some believed he was trolling with his over-the-top French accent in The King. Mashableās Angie Han, in sharing her pan of The Devil All the Time, suggested that Pattinson was actually doing a sort of meta-performance with his campy, whining reverend, claiming he was the only one on set who seemed to recognize how comedic the movie actually was. Though I felt more generously toward The Devil All the Time than she did, Iām convinced by her argument; Pattinson stands out because his performances are often cleverer than the movies heās in. When thatās the case, his more earnest costars donāt stand a chance.ā - You donāt want to be in a movie with Robert PattinsonĀ
Hi can you please do a fandral the dashing x gf reader NSFW alphabet thanks.
hi there!! unfortunately, i don't really know a lot about fandral since he doesn't have a whole lot of screen time, so i'm not certain i could do him justice. if you ever have requests for other thor characters / marvel characters that i might know a bit better, you can totes let me know and i'll do my best!!
