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cobwebkitten-deactivated2020101

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velvetvexations

Weird Fantasy (1950) #18 written by Al Feldstein and drawn by Joe Orlando, with editor Bill Gaines

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So he said it can't be a Black. So I said, "For God's sakes, Judge Murphy, that's the whole point of the Goddamn story!" So he said, "No, it can't be a Black". Bill just called him up and raised the roof, and finally they said, "Well, you gotta take the perspiration off". I had the stars glistening in the perspiration on his Black skin. Bill said, "Fuck you", and he hung up.

Al Feldstein, Tales of Terror: The EC Companion

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Just to add context for those not aware of the impact of this story.

The reason it was so important for narrative purposes, was that the plot concerns the visit of the Astronaut, in his completely opaque spacesuit, to a planet populated entirely by self-aware robots (originally from Earth) who have built their own society and are petitioning to be allowed to interact with Earth again as equals.

They have a democratic government and free choice of careers etc. as the orange robot serving as guide tells the Astronaut.

The Astronaut notices that there are two different types of robot on this world; the orange ones, who are in charge, gifted access to all information and facilities. and the blue robots, who are seen as more limited in function, have less access to information and resources, and are not allowed positions of power or as wide a choice of employment opportunities. Even transportation is segregated.

The Astronaut investigates further and discovers that the blue and orange robots are actually structurally identical, there is absolutely no difference between their potential or capabilities, and it is only because the orange robots are instructed by their Educator system to consider themselves superior, that the difference exists.

The Astronaut tells the robots they are not ready for re-alignment with Earth, until they come to terms with their own unfairness, and how Earth had had to deal with this issue themselves. When that time comes, the robots will be able to ally with Earth.

Then he leaves in his spaceship, and it's only in that one final panel that we see the Astronaut is black.

Not subtle, nor should it be, but for 1950 this was a breathtakingly powerful statement, perhaps the first of it's kind in the genre.

The black character was not a caricature, or comedy relief, he was a main character in his own right, a human who "simply" was black.

assortedinsanities

Ok, but this story is sadly revolutionary even now. That is not just a human who happens to be black, as far as every other character in this story is concerned this is the most important, maybe even the only human they ever see, who happens to be black.

As depressing as that is, but a black person just casually representing the entirety of humanity is a breathtakingly powerfull statement even today, a quarter of a century later.

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alex51324

reblogging for Black History Month!

ruinedchildhood

I wanted to make a gifset ... but nothing would do this scene justice.

sekrain

It always uncanny to see a Malcom scene in its original english.

Good to know they sounded like that in that scene

skinny-dipping-sasquatch

Reblog daily for health and prosperity.

corvigae

"I hated Alphinaud in ARR bc he was insufferable!" Okay but that was the point. You get that that was the point, right? He's a rich privileged kid with a whole lot of idealism and big ideas. He's literally 16. We've all met that teenager who's recently gotten really into social justice and due to the fact that they are an inexperienced teenager believe that they have all the answers and that they alone will fix the world. Alphinaud is what would happen if you gave a Tumblr kid the money and power to try their shit out for real and then immediately get rocked by the real world and humbled to shit. And I personally love that about him.

sekrain

And also because that is his whole point in ARR his introspective growth during Heavensward, him facing a new set of challenges to his now weather idealism in Stormblood, and in Shadobringers when faced with the twisted mirror that is Eulmore to him its why there is more than a tangible character development.

By Endwalker, he still holds strong to his ideals but each step he takes is informed by his past mistakes. He is still that idealistic teenager in Garlemald trying to help but he is an idealistic that will lend a hand for others to find their better future instead of what he believes to be better for them.

biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist

i'm begging you guys to start pirating shit from streaming platforms. there are so many websites where you can stream that shit for free, here's a quick HOW TO:

1) Search for: watch TITLE OF WORK free online

2) Scroll to the bottom of results. Click any of the "Complaint" links

3) You will be taken to a long list of links that were removed for copyright infringement. Use the 'find' function to search for the name of the show/movie you were originally searching for. You will get something like this (specifics removed because if you love an illegal streaming site you don't post its url on social media)

4) each of these links is to a website where you can stream shit for free. go to the individual websites and search for your show/movie. you might have to copy-paste a few before you find exactly what you're looking, but the whole process only takes a minute. the speed/quality is usually the same as on netflix/whatever, and they even have subtitles! (make sure to use an adblocker though, these sites are funded by annoying popups)

In conclusion, if you do this often enough you will start recognizing the most dependable websites, and you can just bookmark those instead. (note: this is completely separate from torrenting, which is also a beautiful thing but requires different software and a vpn)

you can also download the media in question (look for a "download" button built into the video window, or use a browser extension such as Video DownloadHelper.)

biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist

if the "Complaint" links are not visible for you:

Option 1: try the DuckDuckGo search engine instead (bonus: dedicated to privacy! doesn't track your data!)

Option 2: go directly to LumenDatabase.org (the website that collects the complaints--and therefore the removed links) and search for the title you want. look for results titled "DMCA (Copyright) Complaint to Google" featuring the media you're looking for. Proceed to Step 3 (above).

awkwardinnocent

personally, i'm a huge fan of r/FREEMEDIAHECKYEAH. they keep their links up to date and they also rank them, basically. they also have all kinds of little pages explaining how to safely pirate shit.

biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist

^^^^what they said. I'm surprised people are still reblogging this post now that google's flushed itself down the toilet. so here is your

2026 UPDATE:

just go to r/FreeMediaHeckYeah and r/Piracy. it's easier, more reliable, and will take care of all your piracy needs!

hornestoothgap

T. Kingfisher - What Stalks the Deep

shamansantics

LOL

sekrain

Relatable

megthemariner

@ryebreadgf / The Truth About Grief, Fortesa Latifi / bone deep, m.v.e / Sidewalk, Richard Silken / unknown / 60 hours, m.v.e / @itsblackleader / Salt, Nayyirah Waheed / @heavensghost

theevilresident

please listen to Bert’s nephew i am begging you

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florence-is-gay

I will never stop hearing this noise in my head now.

Thanks.

sekrain

Such a sounds needs to be shared

queer-as-city-folk

You have this post till midnight September 1st 2025, you may do whatever you like with it, but afterwards reblogs will be turned off

dearsweetleela-deactivated20250

sturgeon

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sekrain

I've never put thought into the idea of how a platypus walks, yet somehow that wasn't what I expected.

10/10 creature, nature needs more of these weird chimeric animals

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thetygre

Pathfinder 2.5 keeps trying to seduce me. It keeps sensually rubbing my shoulders and whispering in my ear, “Don’t you want character options again? Don’t you miss feats? Baby, it’s all feats now. Archetypes are class agnostic. You can make a tiefling pitborn dhampir kobold. The fantasy setting and sci-fi setting now share the same base rules set. I know what you waaaaant…”

And meanwhile my 5th edition books keep looking at me from their chair in the corner of the room pleadingly.

sekrain

DnD 5th is alright, but when you get 3rd party involved it improves potentially.

Just like Pathfinder, when options are given for players to be creative beyond the standarizes ideas and gives them in-system tools to have Their Stories, when it truly empowers the players (DM included), then a roleplaying game truly shines

queer-as-in-slightly-odd

I cannot believe that this is a hot take but:

"dedra meero represents the struggle of being a woman trying to succeed in a man's world and starting life with no support or prospects. it is thus unjust that her male colleagues did not receive the same consequences she did"

and

"dedra meero actively upheld a fascist regime, and she deserved consequences for her part in planning and enacting genocide against the ghormans. it is thus cathartic to see her receive some of the same treatment she inflicted on others"

are statements which can coexist

sekrain

We can recognize the pain, suffering, and injustice a person has lived through imposed by the world they are growing by no choice of their own, and also judge them for the consequences of their actions that continues the systematic violence they only know.

I felt terrible for Dedra when she mourned Syril because poor woman NEVER had the tools, the care and support system to deal with such lose but also she is 100% guilty of that.

Remember that in your pursuit to face and fight the injustices of the world, to stand firm against those that want to silence us for who we are, we should exercise what they lack: Empathy, for us and for them.

jack-abbot

"Light it up."

ANDOR (2022-2025) // ROGUE ONE (2016)

johnlockismyreligion

Those parallels will be the death of me.

sekrain

I did Not needed this after last night spending most if it repeating in my head the sad notes of Luthen's theme when he gets into his Corusant persona, that same tune that they repeated at his literal death bed... just another body, just another corpse piled onto the masses that the Empire left.