Violet Purple

Side blog to secretagentofcaos. Tumblr ancient. Pilotaparda @ twitter/bluesky, fosfomifira @ ao3. SAS rogue heroes, webgott BoB, The Pacific gay dads because I’m in my wwii era, The Terror forever. Art, artefacts, assorted boat media, natural history, photography, polar exploration, politics & fandom.

[catsofyore]

A greeting for negligent penpals and procrastinating authors. Postcard from my collection, 1911.

[soundoftheirwings]

Gotta tell you guys something wild in the Chinese fan sphere

So some fanartist drew a “sexy” (read: booby) version of a (cartoon) character who is traditionally very non-sexualised. Fans of the character got mad about it because it’s kind of groundbreaking how that character is written and portrayed and this art totally ignores the entire point of the character. They demanded the art be deleted. In response to that other people said, well what the fanartist did may be distateful but they have every right to draw what they’re into. The two sides fight for days and each starts a harassment campaign and even report their “opponents’” accounts.

So far so typical. But things eventually come to a head and they decide that this will be settled by votes - not through a poll. Through donations to a children’s education charity via each side’s portal. Whoever can get the highest amount of donation wins.

And that is how this charity received over 1 million in donations in three days lol. Oh btw the “freedom of expression” side won by a landslide (960k to 40k)

[tlbodine]

From now on this is how all petty fandom disputes should be settled.

[flagellant]

[robertocustodioart]

Florence Welch by Autumn de Wilde 2022

[selfconsciousfangirl]

Why can’t this person also be my friend. I’m so old. It shouldn’t bother me and yet I feel all wistful about it. Am I a flawed, uninteresting human because this person doesn’t interact with me. Have I been judged and found wanting

[rs-archived]

Right now, I'm going to go for a walk.

[bakugeorge]

sas rogue heroes is objectively a pretty ok show. the pacing is ridiculous and the emotional beats swing so wildly and there's ac/dc and judas priest as needle drops and half the cast is woefully underused and it's homoerotic and it's mind boggling military propaganda and dominic west plays himself and it's high art, actually, i've decided.

[fuckyeahchinesefashion]

OP: The carp leaping over the dragon gate 鲤鱼跃龙门 is a classic Chinese folk symbol. It stands for people overcoming hardships to achieve success. We often use it to wish others a bright future and smooth progress. If you spot a carp leaping over the Dragon Gate, good luck will come your way.

[apolladay]

Have you ever been to a celebrity's grave?

yes

no

Remaining time: 2 days 8 hours

Define celebrity however you'd like.

[mithrandirl]

'What do you fear, lady?' he asked. 'A cage,' she said. 'To stay behind bars, until use and old age accept them, and all chance of doing great deeds is gone beyond recall or desire.'

[selfconsciousfangirl]

IT HAPPENED TO ME. I WAS ABLE TO TELL SOMEONE THAT VIGGO MORTENSEN BROKE HIS TOE DURING THAT TWO TOWERS SCENE. THERE IS BEAUTY IN THIS WORLD, MR FRODO

[voidsmischief]

The Lord of the Rings ➯The Two Towers

[liittlecreatures1985]

[cloudyfacewithjam]

To send men to die like cattle is not my human purpose. I am human fighting human, and I draw the line in the sand with my human feet.

SAS Rogue Heroes - Season 2 Episode 3

[pointless-letters]

One of the best letters I’ve ever seen just popped up on my Facebook memories. Still makes me laugh.

[pointless-letters]

As today is the 50th anniversary of the moon landing, it’s a great time to revisit Dinah from Devon’s memory of this historic event. And yes, still makes me laugh.

[pointless-letters]

Today is the 54th anniversary of the moon landing, but Dinah’s diary entry is still absolutely magnificent.

[pointless-letters]

57th anniversary of the moon landing and the best diary entry in the history of diary entries. Sit down Samuel Pepys, it’s over. UGH.

[postcard-from-the-past]

Cats on a vintage postcard

[pissbataille]

We imagine incest as an action — an assault a perpetrator enacts on a victim. But incest is much more diffuse than that. Incest is the background context, and it structures the entire family system. Incest is a dynamic of power, control, domination, sexualization and eroticization within the family. All the adults are taking part in the incest dynamic unless they are actively and permanently removing the children from the dynamic. All the children are victimized by the incest dynamic whether or not they are the direct target. Sometimes children go on to become perpetrators in the incest dynamic too. Incest denies the victims appropriate differentiation, separateness, and boundaries, and exposes the victims to adult sexuality. Incest denies the possibility of empathy and attunement and completely violates the expectation that home and family should be spaces of safety and protection. If there is a child that is perpetrating incest, that child learned that incest dynamic from somewhere, and somewhere along the line it was learned from an adult. Incest is never an isolated event. Incest is always a family dynamic.

clementine morrigan, the realm of unreality: an incest memoir in essays

[putrefae]

Sue Zhao, 'I loved you in all the ways that I could'