#gettingmedieval

Swan (he/him) | medievalist who stumbled into the Age of Sail and is not going to leave it any time soon | queer | writer and occasional artist | also SwanFloatieKnight on Ao3 | icon by myself | Polar Exploration | Tolkien | Arthurian literature | mainly reblogs of whatever my current obsessions are | feel free to reach out to me any time, I love to chat :D

[swanfloatieknight]

Close is nothing.

It's worse than nothing.

It's worse than... anything in the world.

[killowave]

[supremeshogunrj]

The longer it takes for this to come across your dash the funnier it is

[libraryogre]

Which will fade first? Memories of the Area 51 "raid", or memories of Internet Explorer?

[str8aura-no-not-that-one]

Oh my god....

[puppyms]

i have noticed new accounts here lately and i must let everyone know that gifmakers don't particularly like their gifs being reposted and if you do that you'll likely end up blocked by most gifmakers, so keep that in mind...

[sayuupi]

Sketching some bears from the bear cam! 🐻🐟

[definitely-not-iorveth]

@swanfloatieknight

[houndmother]

society if “nonsexual nudity” extended to trans women

[houndmother]

society if this button actually did anything

[raylangivins]

[guerrillatech]

[lemoncat101]

[wholesome-animal-images]

[its-tea-time-darling]

@swanfloatieknight

[billymayslesbian]

i really need people to be so fucking careful in and around discussions of literacy because stuff like "this culture didn't develop a written language ergo they are mentally inferior to us" and "people with this disability are unable to read ergo they are mentally inferior to us" have been eugenicist talking points for a very long time

[writingdose]

being a writer is fun

[wokefrogvirus]

let’s have a blast with mama

[oblivioustoast]

photographer credit from the notes!

[augustdementhe]

YAY, CREDIT. Go buy a print from him, if you're so inclined:

SHOP | kunalphotography

[swanfloatieknight]

@larksuibian

[plushworldz]

trust i got yall fr 💯💯💯

[zukkaoru]

[image text: Got a really crazy fic coming up in the next 7-8 years. Stay tuned. /end]

[lifeafterpsychiatry]

If you're comfortable accusing anyone of faking disability, you're not a real ally to disabled people

[teaboot]

One time when I was a kid a group of girls and I had to treat another student for hypothermia by ourselves because she had so many invisible health issues that the adults we asked for help didn't believe us. The student in question was actively hallucinating. When I finally ran for help the people I grabbed were slow as shit to respond, casually joking about how "dramatic" the person in question was.

The kid was picked up by an ambulance 30 minutes later.

Now as an adult working in security I get SO MANY folks- upper-middle aged mostly- coming to me to 'rat out' people they think are faking it.

I was once sent into a bathroom because a client demanded that the "fucker won't get out, so go drag them out"- I was NEVER going to do that, so I did a wellness check instead. You know who it was? A person recently released from the hospital after a car accident. They had a hole in their skull and major hearing loss. They couldn't answer the owner because they couldn't HEAR the owner.

Another time about a homeless man who got around town by kicking the ground from his wheelchair. "You know he doesn't actually need that thing, his legs work fine, it's just for pity points"- Oh, so he's not paralyzed, his wheelchair is performative? Funny story Dale, I actually know that guy, he was backed over by a truck and has chronic pain from his shattered pelvis. But sure, let's make him stand up and walk everywhere so nobody feels too bad for him and tries to help him or something.

"She doesn't need that scooter, I've seen her get out of it."

"Look how fat he is, because he just rides around and refuses to get up."

"She doesn't really need that cane- she comes here without it all the time"

Sincerely, truly, from the bottom of my heart- as someone who isn't physically disabled but hears this shit all the time- fuck off

[sillylittleouppy]

I LOVE MY PLUSHIES REBLOG IF YOU LOVE YOUR PLUSHIES

[himikochan]

Do you say “how goes it?”

Native English Speaker- Yes (plz include your region)

Native English Speaker- No

Non-Native English Speaker- Yes (region would still be cool imho)

Non-Native English Speaker- No

Remaining time: 3 hours 25 minutes

Can’t figure out if this is a regionalism, because a lot of my friends and acquaintances don’t say this and are transplants to where I live

Is this just my family?????

[yamada-ryo]

[yamada-ryo]

[cungadero]

here’s my one whole discourse post for pride month. you fucks will never ever ever wean off the radfem shit if you keep trying to give “cis men are evil” nuance. no, it’s not bad because they could be closeted or questioning, it’s bad because gender essentialism is a fucking brain poison and it makes you stupid

[harrypotterfuryroad]

this is “not all men” cloaked in progressive-sounding vocabulary

[cungadero]

harry potter blog.

[retro-system]

[blackmagicbambii]