Just a little 'hello & welcome to my blog' post.
Most people have a pinned introduction post & I thought I should probably get on that. This will also double up as a FAQ post too.
Also, if you wanna buy me tea, you can -> (green tea of course)
First & foremost: FREE PALESTINE! I won't hear any different, go argue with a wall (no it's not performative, as I have been accused of in the past (all because I criticised actors/singers/etc.), I've attended marches, signed petitions, written to my local MPs, attended meetings & help set up fund raising events, so fuck off with your 'performative activism' buzz words, I'm not here for it).
As I run a Stranger Things page, it's worth noting that I do not support the zi0nists/pro-isr*el folks in the show, most notably No*h Schnapp (tagged as 'he who shall not be named (you can blame his stans for that tag)) & Br*tt Gelman (tagged as 'the other 'he who shall not be named''. I honestly think he's downright insane). If you're one of these people that downplays what was said & done by them then this page probably isn't for you. And since some children in the fandom can't tell the difference between criticism and hatred/being an anti, I don't hate these people (well maybe Gelman because he's actively causing my community a terrible reputation), I just hope that through education & compassion they see how wrong & hurtful their words/actions have been.
Thankfully, I've been educated my whole life about isr*el through the Holocaust legacy we have in our family, my great-grandmother having survived it & actively fought against the idea of isr*el, how it's just going end up brainwashing so many youths into thinking they can just turf indigenous people from their literal homes. I've unfortunately been to isr*el when I was a child because my dead beat father seemed to think it was a good idea, even if my beloved great-grandmother pleaded with him not to. Luckily my mom did the right thing & left him & my step-father has been great. He used to blindly support isr*el until he finally educated himself & has felt terrible that this was his mindset for so long. Change can happen, but you need to detangle yourself from isr*el's cluthes & realise that it's more important to protect the real indigenous people of Palestine. Listen to the Rabbi's out in the streets, protesting. Listen to the Jewish Community when we tell you that Zi0nism is a dangerous thing that has weaponised Judaism & played the victim to use as a shield ... okay that got heavy. Moving on!!!!!
Secondly, Hi, I'm Kay (she/her), I'm a veteran of Tumblr, unfortunately. I love watching films, I love to draw, read & have green fingers, yes I'm a plant mama, I just love plants. My prized plant is my monstera because she started off so small & now she's doubled in size. So happy! I also put the B in LGBTQ, I'm very proud of the bi community & love being part of it (biphobes, especially within the queer community, are truly baffling to me - so take your biphobia elsewhere, or better yet, you know, educate yourself? It's not a hard thing to do). I also have crippling anxiety & I'm irritatingly shy, I wish I wasn't but I've always been shy, so if you want to talk to me, you're going to have to be the one to reach out otherwise I'm radio silent (I'm working on it). I'm an adult, so if you're a minor, sorry, I won't be forging friendships. But you're awsome, just know that!
I used to have Texts From Last Night (TFLN) blog for Stranger Things a few years back that was basically the same as this blog (except back then I had thousands of followers *sigh*). I deleted it because a) people were annoying about it, b) people didn't seem to understand that this wasn't to be taken seriously & c) I got chased off the site because apparently labelling Mike as bi was a death sentence. I said fuck it, & deleted. I started it around when season 2 came out & deleted just before season 4. But I'm hoping the fandom is a little more mature now & I can start up with a fresh, new Stranger Things TFLN blog again, mainly because I miss making edits. Making edits helps take my focus off my anxiety. Yay anxiety.
I take texts from the site Texts From Last Night (it's no longer being maintained, unfortunately), then I take screencaps from my own laptop or from a site called screencapped, then throw it altogether (if you want to look at the site for yourself, just a trigger warning, some of the texts are either gross or bigoted - so just a heads up, I obviously filter out those ones from my blog, I don't want that on here).
I do sometimes edit the original TFLN to fit the screencap, so if the original TFLN mentions a name, I'll change the name to say, for example, Lucas or Nancy. I'll change it if it includes ages & place names too, just to fit with Stranger Things. I also sometimes add my own Text to make it flow smoother, for example this one with Steve & Eddie (the post), the original TFLN only had the 'Eddie' part but I didn't think it flowed well, so I made up a 'Steve' text with a made up area code, so it made more sense that 'Eddie' was responding to 'Steve' rather than just having it as a stand alone text (I really over-complicate my descriptions, huh?).
The numbers on the posts are area codes, & the texts aren't colour coded, I just use what ever colour stands out against the background. I also don't do it by ships; I'll find a text that I think is funny & find a screencap that roughly matches up, so please don't request ship/character posts. I'll maybe do submissions at a later date, where you can send in your funny texts but right now, I'm just making my way through the TFLN site.
Not a particularly interesting introduction post but there you go. I ain't got much to say, I guess. But I will say thanks for your support so far on here, you guys seem to be enjoying the posts & that's all that really matters. Much love!
Kay
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