This is a bad land for gods.

Sass. Playing happily in the corner since 1980-something. Personal, multifannish space. Occasionally I like to write words down.

[astrohearts000]

[dirtydirtychai]

watching Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries finally and so far she has adopted a maid, two communist drivers, a daughter, two policemen, a butler, and a chicken. 

[sathinfection]

contemporary roman writers slutshamed julius caesar that’s your ides of march fact for today

what an absolute unit ol’ iulius was

[chipper671740-deactivated202006]

how could you write this and not say WHY he was getting slutshamed

julius ‘husband to all wives and wife to all husbands’ caesar was a thirsty, thirsty bottom

[sathinfection]

suetonius: i heard that caesar was a big slut and also he liked buttsex and oral

[chipper671740-deactivated202006]

cicero, to the gathered senate: CAESAR TAKES IT UP THE ASS

for historical context, cicero publicly called out jc for bottoming for king nicomedes of bithynia. they first met when caesar was 20, the king was at least twice his age. i am not saying sugar daddy but sugar daddy. the sex was so good that when nicomedes died he left his entire kingdom to rome, i am not making this up this is  t r u e

[langernameohnebedeutung]

listen it’s one thing to slut shame Caesar, but Cicero went around speculating in public about Caesar and the king doing it on a “golden couch arrayed in purple” where “the virginity of the one sprung from Venus was lost in Bithynia” so I don’t think good old Iulius is the only one who’s got to ask himself some serious questions here.

[casanova-lives]

Julius Caesar was stabbed for being a bottom, please share for bottom’s rights

[sinful-saint7-deactivated202601]

I missed all this is world history class…

[moremisterniceguy]

Bottoms are not only the backbone of this society Bottoms are the backbone of history.

[thebyrchentwigges]

Archive your fandom stuff

As we sit on the cusp of changes to the Internet, after your other activities to support Internet freedom, archive your fandom stuff.

Save the electronic files of your favorite online fandom works. Consider print-outs of your favorite online material. And save paper ephemera from fandom events.

Why save? Because you put the effort into a fanwork. Because you may be surprised when a fandom stays alive for years, or gets revived, or when an academic asks to cite your work. Because it’s stupidly hard to find items on Tumblr. Because, lo, in ages past, many fandom archives have risen and fallen, taking favorite fics off the ‘Net. Because it made you happy, makes you remember. Because you never know.

What can you save?

Fanart

Stories you wrote

Epic comments on stories you wrote

Stories you love that other people wrote

Meta and meta-related discussions

Translations others did of your works

Physical items: paper ephemera, clothing, accessories, art prints and drawings.

Behind the cut…saving from Tumblr and AO3, delving into lost web sites, how to save computer files for the long term, and why I’m glad I saved physical fandom items from 10+ years ago.

Keep reading

[megkips]

So I am going to add onto this because there is, in fact, a professional archival interest in preserving fandom as well.  I’ve spoken with some people about this before, but here’s the bottom line: PROFESSIONAL ARCHIVISTS WANT TO PRESERVE YOUR STUFF!  HELP THEM DO THIS!

There are pre-existing fandom archives.  Where are they?

The University of Iowa Special Collections.  U o I is partnered with the Organization for Transformative Works (which runs AO3) to help collect and preserve fandom.  They’re one of the biggests out there.  Here are some of their existing collections   Pete Balestrieri, who curates the collection, is the man to talk to about this.  Please consider giving him your stuff!  

Marquette Archives has all of J.R.R. Tolkien’s materials, which includes a fandom content as well.

The Library of Congress has been archiving select webcomics, and now maintains the Web Cultures Archive which includes sites like Cosplay Paradise.

These are the big institutions doing collecting, but the archival profession and fandom need to start talking more.  Born digital material is always at risk, and at present, it is mostly Western fandoms being preserved!   Moreover, some facets like cosplay are currently overlooked, and that is something that needs better documentation!

[voldiebuns]

If you’re interested in archiving of fannish material, especially in relation to the OTW and it’s Open Doors project, I highly recommend reading this transcript from 2016.

The transcript is from a chat between Peter Balestrieri (mentioned above, curator for the Science Fiction and Popular Culture Collections at U of I), Jeremy Brett (curator of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Research Collection at TAMU), and Nancy Down (head of the Browne Popular Culture Library at Bowling Green). It’s a really interesting read and they give a lot of information (and links!) about their archival work, how fans can get involved, pop culture and fannish history, and more.

To quote Jeremy Brett:

Fans, some of you may not think so, but what you create, it’s part of our shared cultural history. It has value, it has merit, it has future significance.

Archive all the things!

[quinintheclouds]

I don’t know what a WIP is and at this point I’m too afraid to ask

[storytellerofuntoldlegends]

Pssst it stands for “work in progress”

[theonlyjelly-iwillput-inmybelly]

Oh I always thought it was the sound manuscripts made when authors smack themselves on the forehead out of frustration

[dreamwishing]

I mean that is also correct

[kosemsultanim]

Phryne Fisher’s costumes in 1.02 Murder on the Ballarat Train

[princeoberynn]

[archivemol]

notice how Russell T Davies saw his companions as women

and Moffat saw his companions as girls

I think that says a lot

[christinedieae]

#No but it does #by painting Amy and River and Clara as ‘girls’ #Moffat puts them in positions with less power #He infantilizes them and reduces them to side-characters in their own stories #Because nothing about these ladies is about the #*them #it’s all about the Doctor #and how he reacts to the puzzles they supply #for god’s sake Amy’s pregnancy wasn’t even about her #It was about how the Doctor was going to figure out what was wrong with Amelia #Did you notice that when he’s worried about her #he calls her Amelia #he makes her a child again to remind her (and himself and the audience) of her real position: #as the girl who waited #THE GIRL #the CHILD he met first (via isilienelenihin)

[lookforastar]

Not to mention that the Doctor named Amy/Clara whereas Rose/Martha/Donna earned their titles.  It’s a subtle distinction because, technically, Amy “earned” her title by being a girl who did wait, but it’s the impact of these monikers that’s troubling.  Rose became the Bad Wolf when she ended the Time War, Martha became the woman who walked the Earth after saving the planet, and Donna was the most important woman in the universe because she saved it.  Both Amelia and Clara have been heroic and saved people, but their titles don’t reflect that.  Their titles reflect who they are to the Doctor—not who they are as individuals.

[scifi-feminism]

Very good point! They lose their autonomy when the Doctor becomes the decided factor in their titles, instead of going out and earning them for themselves. 

[frozenfoxtails]

I’d like to talk about Rose for a second, because when she became the Bad Wolf, she not only destroyed the entire newly risen dalek army, but she scared the doctor. He cowered before her. And even when she lost the connection to the heart of the tardis, she was marked. The werewolf could sense that she was different and powerful, and she threatened alien with the story of her defeat of the dalek emperor and they thought twice before fucking with her. Because of HER, not because she was with the doctor. 

[solrosan]

There are notes and a more readable version of the wiki page under the cut.

Keep reading

[lorcadraws]

A young king resplendent, so bright that the eyes overbrimmed just to look at him. -C.S. Pacat

[einfrost]

Another Laurent, because drawing Captive Prince fanarts after works is really relaxing for me.

[rain-tea-coffee]

[theadamantdaughter-deactivated2]

I- I just can’t get over Zuko and his arc. Everything he did - everything - was out of this insane drive to prove everyone wrong, to prove that he was worth something, and it amazes me that he never realized just how valuable he already was. 

His sister tells him ‘You waste all your time playing with knives. You’re not even good!’ and he masters dual swords.

His sister is a prodigy and he’s told he’ll never catch up. He learns from dragons. He trains the Avatar. He takes her down (with the help of a very skilled waterbender)

He’s left behind by his mother, cast out by his father, hunted by his sister, and Zuko still learns unconditional love. 

His father tells him he’s worthless and unloved, that he was ‘lucky to be born,’ and he becomes a man that the world is proud of. 

Anything his family said to him, he managed to turn around and build on it. He thrived on it, exploded from it, turned all the negativity into a positive path and it’s just… it’s amazing.

There’s just no end to my love for this character. No fucking end. 

Bonus: The weak, banished prince has fangirls for all the ages. Take that, Ozai.

[jnc--ink-deactivated20210205]

Zuko has the best redemption and development of ANY character I’ve ever encountered.

[okaywork-deactivated20141118]

[leslieknope]

#i’m just trying to get through this

[stcrwarss]

Me: I don’t have the energy for this

Someone: For what?

Me: *gestures vaguely*

[msjessicaday]

[lucyindiesky]

#and i bet he leaves the greatest reviews on ao3#“THE WAY KIRK TOOK OFF HIS APRON AND PROPOSED TO SPOCK IN THE COFFEESHOP MADE TERRY CRY!”#“TERRY DOESN’T SHIP IT BUT TERRY LOVES THE WAY YOU WRITE THEIR DYNAMIC! TERRY GETS THE APPEAL NOW!”

[bowtiewizard]

Kingsbros watching Harry Hart doing.. literally everything.

[getinthefuckingjaeger]

SOMEONE MAKE.ME.THAT.SHIRT. I NEED IT.LIKE.I NEED.HARTWIN.FICS.

[campaignofmadness]

An egg with his flower 🌼 💞 🐥

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