Mostly Fandomness

they/she, eternally obsessed with Star Trek and the PWHL but also reblogs Leverage, LoTR, Broadway, etc

[chanth-thara]

okay, i’m curious. let’s play a game. reblog this post and put in the tags the name of a fictional Indigenous character.

No headcanons, no ‘coding’, only CANONICALLY Indigenous characters. You have unlimited time. Go.

[chanth-thara]

if another FUCKING person mentions the fucking werewolves from twilight I'm going to burn this whole site down and take you all with me

[pharmersonly]

alicia crank was really holding it down making sure the bw in this draft class were seen, heard, and asked thoughtful questions during their media availabilities and i really appreciate that

[unoqlo]

Katelyn Roberts on being the first Black woman drafted by the New York Sirens | 2026 PWHL Draft (-)

[grantmentis]

Not to be that guy but I don’t love the like post draft media / photo shoot stuff for players being them pretending to put on makeup for most of them

[pharmersonly]

these excerpts from hilary knight takes control: her identity, her dreams and the fight for what’s next come to mind

[birdplushie]

they should make it illegal to end your story with an epilogue where your main female character is suddenly randomly married and has children when she's never once expressed a desire for this previously

[teashoesandhair]

I'm in a little local cafe and the women behind the counter started griping to each other, "Oh Christ, Stephen's back again," "It's him, is it? I thought he'd stopped coming," "It's definitely him, look, it's bloody Stephen on a Thursday morning," "Do you want me to get rid of him or are you going to do it?" and so I was peering outside, trying to spot this nightmare customer, this pestilence of a person, this pox upon the cafe trade, and then one of the women from behind the counter ran outside, clapping two trays together loudly and yelling "GET OUT OF IT, STEPHEN!" and it turns out that Stephen is an absolutely gigantic fuck-off seagull who hangs around outside, menacing people for crumbs

[nezbeanz]

i like the funny doctor man

[the-quasar-hero]

Very generally speaking, when you see a black man in a piece of media, be it tv show, movie, video game, etc. there’s something you often see a lot of writers do. To go against the stereotype of black men (and black people in general) being dumb and lazy, you’ll see this black male character being smart and an achiever. 

The Black Nerd. A common character type, the nerd will always be very interested in all things nerdy: science, video games, mathematics, etc. In an continued effort to combat stereotypes, the Black Nerd will be lack athleticism, probably being asthmatic (the nerdiest of conditions). The Black Nerd will dress smartly, suspenders and bow ties. They’ll always talk smart too, using proper English with complex words.

Now, I don’t have a problem with a black character being a nerd, indeed black people are a people; we aren’t all the same and we all have varying personalities. The problem I have is that too often we see a distinct disconnect between Blackness and the Black Nerd. The Black Nerd doesn’t listen to hip hop or rap, only classical music. The Black Nerd only has white friends, the only other black characters are into not nerdy stuff. The Black Nerd never ever uses AAVE at any time in any context.

And again I must say that Black people, not being a monolith, there are no hard fast rules to being Black. I’m more than sure there are Black people like what I’ve described above, I’m not saying it’s impossible; what I’m getting at is that the only Black Nerd we see. There are Black Nerds that play basketball, that bump Kendrick Lamar, and use AAVE since it’s an ever changing dialect. I’m just saying there’s no one way of being a nerd and no one way of being Black.

[the-quasar-hero]

Well @dumbey, seems we’re in similar boats

[the-quasar-hero]

This ain’t about him, this is about Black/Asian solidarity. Focus.

[schr30der]

edwards not being in the top three is actually racism i don’t believe there’s a single other reason for it

[tea-and-hockey]

No you’re entirely right. Her level of play is INSANE how tf has no team picked her up

[pwhl-mybeloved]

[pharmersonly]

getting tired of laila only being a throwaway mention to these people lol

[pwhl-mybeloved]

[emmamaltais]

ohh so theyre actually erasing laila what 😭

[nycscribbler]

For WNBA players of African descent, deciding what name to go by is a choice born of pride, preservation - Andscape

WNBA players discuss their relationships with their African names and how they’ve navigated presenting themselves throughout life.

I thought this was a really good read, and it'll be a better listen when I'm home and can hear everyone say their name properly.

Names mean things! Names matter! Names should be pronounced and spelled properly!

[talahui]

such a great article. this bit ⬆️ is one of the worst bits. what do you mean you do this professionally & you can't be bothered to learn to say someone's name correctly

[bobdylanyaoi]

tell me, frodo, Do you belive in life... ...after love?

[witcheryen]

[pinakotekams]

They had not been seen together in the museum galleries for quite a while. Monet’s “Women with Umbrellas” are once again side by side in the Impressionist gallery.

[peggaboo]

AND THEN THEY LIVED HAPPILY EVER AFTER THE END!!!!

[atenderofsycamoretrees]

ok every time this post comes by i resist geeking out on it but NO LONGER so these women are probably the same woman and that woman is monet’s wife camille doncieux. he painted her a LOT. but fun fact: monet had this asshole friend named ernest hochede, and ernest racked up some debts, and like an asshole he basically just fled the country, leaving his wife alice and their six kiddos behind. monet immediately got alice and kids to move in with him, camille, and their two kids. at this point, monet, alice, and camille became my favorite probably historic poly threesome. they lived together, taking care of the kids. they were so poor that alice and camille took turns wearing the nice dress so they could go out with monet. when camille got uterine cancer and began dying, alice helped monet cope and took care of things while he painted camille over and over. when camille died, alice is the reason monet was able to survive. when ernest finally died, monet and alice married, and remained married until alice died. at that point, blanche, the oldest daughter, took care of monet until he died. anyway, the point is, the umbrella ladies are probably the same ladies, but as far as i’m concerned, there WAS a historically queer poly family in that household and they were wonderful.

[possumberries]

this is a fucking joy