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Well, just my AO3 right now. I'm perpetfic. You might know me from Speirton or Phlint or Barisi or many other options. I've been around a long time.
Currently very deep into Masters of the Air with no signs of slowing down. Including OCs, which is a new one for me.
Oh, and prompt-taking status! Prompts are: OPEN
I think my bio covers everything else.
I don't know why I'm super tired today, but I'm gonna lean into it and let myself rest. If you wanna show me something neat, messages are open.
here is a corner of a room that has a penis and balls
i have truly posted some things online
to the window to the walls to the corner dick and balls
Spot a phantom cock from the mezzanine Set in caulk by the support beam I’ve done glanced that way about a million times Checking the popcorn ceiling with the panty lines
Love when people message me the corner cock and balls. It is very important to me.
Típico de belgas malinois
Good video showcasing exactly why these dogs are not suited to 99 percent of households.
They've gotten very popular recently and I suspect theyre also being dumped in shelters at a high rate
I can confirm they are.
Which is one of the reasons I reblogged this, I vaguely hope it might make someone somewhere reconsider their choices
The #1 thing you can do as a dog owner, I think, is to know your limit and be realistic. I would never, ever have a dog this smart. This dog would break out of house, commit wire fraud, and chew a tree down just for fun. That is too much dog. See also Huskies, Kelpies, Collies, and honestly most large working breeds.
"Magneto can't be a Holocaust survivor! It's been too long!"
"Magneto can't be young and a Holocaust survivor in the new X-Men movie because the Holocaust was too long ago!"
Secondary mutation, functionally immortal. Brought out when he was experimented on in the camps but did not realize until he got older and didn't die or got older and didn't age.
Fixed it. If Emma Frost can turn to diamond, Magneto can be an immortal Holocaust survivor.
Sean: ::starts giggling::
Sean: "I'm high, and I just remembered No Nut November exists."
Sean: ::continues giggling::
Hey, don't worry, anyone! We got Rocky a protective bag to enjoy con!
Well, shit.
In my defense, the yarn is on sale.
IT IS TIME
First of all, the original wolf pattern does not have the fox eyes, so I am figuring that out. You can only buy the fox cardigan in a kit, which is why I'm using the original pattern since I didn't want to use the Mary Maxim yarn. Nothing against it, but I've never worked with MM yarn, and I wanted to work with something I know since so much of this project is gonna be me fucking around.
Anyway, the eyes.
Purple is marking where I am adding black. The grayish/white is marking where I am adding white.
RIGHT FRONT:
LEFT FRONT:
I am not making any changes to the eyes on the back because it looks like they're the same for whether you're doing the fox or the wolf.
Yarn is listed above, but so you know what is meant to match what:
Gamay (dark red) = the gray used for the wolf fur
Werewolf (dark gray = paws and eyes
Framboise (it's fucking red) = tongue
Desert (off-white = background color
I suspect I may need more of the off-white since I'm working single crochet rows instead of the equivalent of slip stitch rows, but we'll see.
The called for hook sizes are 6.0mm and 4.5mm. When I did my gauge test, I decided on a 5.5mm for the larger hook, so I will be dropping down to a 4.0mm for the ribbing hook.
Gauge is approximately 3 stitches per inch wide and 1.75" for 5 rows using the 5.5mm. This is larger than the gauge in the pattern, but by working the smaller size, It will come out about the same width as the original but about 10 inches longer. We'll see how right I am on that.
Which brings us to the first part of the pattern. Starting the back. I'm supposed to work long rows of ribbing until it's 3" tall. I will do this as follows:
Using the 4mm hook, Ch 69. (nice)
Sk first chain. SC 68 across.
Turn. Ch 1. SC in first 2 stitches. Back-loop-only (BLO) in next 2 stitches. Repeat across. Repeat this row until band is 3" tall.
OFF I GO.
WAIT.
Since it's 68 stitches, the final stitch is a BLO. So, when you turn, you work 1 BLO for that first stitch, then work the 2SC, 2BLO across. You're stacking like on like.
So, after the second row, the third row works like the first row, and the fourth row will work like the second, and so on until the band is 3" tall.
11 rows for 3 inches! I'm not sure the stitch pattern actually worked to add a little stretch, but that's something I can figure out next time (Mary Maxim has a LOT of vintage sweater patterns with this kind of color work). It'll get the job done for now.
Moving onto the main back. I just realized the wolf/fox is outlined with black, so the dark gray I'm using for the paws/eyes will also be used for that.
Back piece paws are done! I gotta make bobbins for the rest of the back. I carried the yarn along for these since they go all the way across, but it will be easier to do the next part if I'm not wrangling whole skeins.
Also, turns out I was working on 67 stitches to start. Not sure how I dropped one, but I snuck it back in.
Will update again tomorrow after I get the bobbins started. There's only two rows between the paws and the start of the foxes, so there's not much more to do tonight.
Good morning! Not only did I finish the first background skein, it finished perfectly on a row end!
She's beautiful.
Now, I am very much enjoying the back, but I also want to get a sense on if I need to prepare to get more of the background color, so I am going to set this aside and start on the sleeves. They have paw prints at the base and then just the off-white (it's actually more tan in person; my computer monitor is a fucking liar) all the way up.
I will be tweaking the sleeves slightly. You're supposed to do another 3" tall ribbing with them, but the sleeve is meant to be 24.5" in gauge, and with my gauge being larger, I will be cutting most of that ribbing out in order to shorten the sleeve to have something like a better fit. I expect it will still be extra long for me, but also Sean may end up stealing this one to wear, so it may fit him.
Onward!
On the plain part of the sleeve, and I just wanna note that you wanna pay attention to the chart because the sleeve increases several times:
I've highlighted it throughout so I don't miss one. The decreases at the sleeve top are one on top of the other, so much harder to miss.
FIRST SLEEVE DONE
It took just under 2 skeins of the Desert, which means I will very likely need more to finish the whole thing. I have nine skeins total and have now used most of 3.
No biggie. Just noting for later when I might reference this for another project.
Of note, I'd have used more than 2 skeins if I had not cut rows:
Between the last increase and first decrease, there's 13 rows of just working even. Since I knew the sleeve was gonna be extra long, I just skipped them. There's multiple work even rows between all the increase rows, so if I ever make this again and need to shorten the sleeves, I can cut from those as well to get an exact measurement.
Gonna rest up and probably get back to the back tomorrow. My perfectionism is starting to irk at the stitches on the tapestry parts not looking absolutley perfect, so no more of that tonight.
Update:
I am in yarn bobbin hell
I am in slightly less yarn bobbin hell. But I did did manage to us the wrong red on the one paw. I am not going back.
My perfectionism is twitching, but I am ignoring it. My issue isn't actually with my stitching but in how tapestry crochet works in general. It's okay if the color shows through a bit, but it BUGS ME.
Haven't gotten through the fourth skein of desert yet, so no idea if I'll need more. Hoping to get to the armhole decreases for the back tonight.
No photo tonight but I got through to the armhole shaping on the back (yay!) only to realize I'd done the armhole shaping on the sleeve wrong (boo!). Which means I will have to undo the upper part of the sleeve and fix it (boo again!). It's not difficult, just annoying. It's an alternating row decrease, not a straight decrease, but alternating row decreases are not super common, so I didn't think to check.
Hopefully will have the full back to show off sometime tomorrow, and then I may fix the sleeve and make the second sleeve before starting on the front because I am soo fucking tired of color changes.
This is all the colorwork I have left for the back. I am so close to getting the back done. OMG. I made need a couple of days away from this whole thing before I tackle the rest.
OH THANK FUCK
My perfectionist brain does NOT like the beige showing through the red, but this is what happens in tapestry crochet sometimes. I know it's not something other people clock, but I can see it, and it bugs me. This is why I tend to intarsia. But these sorts of projects are not made with foresight. These sorts of projects are made by going "I dare myself" and then refusing to think through more than the basics.
And, I mean, the back is done, so results are results.
I'm going to need more beige to finish. I maybe have just enough to finish the body of the sweater, but I will still need some for the collar. I'm going to make the first front side next to figure out how much I need for that, then see if I can find the yarn anywhere in town. So far, no. It's a collab between Lion Brand and a knitting creator, so it may be only available on the website. Hoping it's not, though, so I can just pick up exactly what I need locally.
Ended up adding another extra bit of white to the eyes for the front panels:
That's the left panel. The right panel is all marked up with my marking finished rows, so it's just easier to show you the update eye shape even though I'm working on the right front.
Anyway, I may have given the fox anime eyes:
But looking at the fox version photo from the Mary Maxim website, I think it's pretty good:
Front panel has been much easier because it's only one fox head not two whole fucking foxes. Also, the way the colors lay out, there's very little intense overlap where you need to carry all the colors at once. Impressive design work.
Tomorrow, I hope to finish up to the ears, at least. I'm still on the first background color skein for the panel, so no fresh yarn order yet. Apparently, the particular yarn is not really sold in stores. I may have already said that. I don't know. I organized all my yarn by project today, and well, that took some time:
There are 42 projects here, and 2 standalone skeins with no plan just yet. I also have 5 projects in process besides this sweater. If you were wondering what it's like to hang out with me.
Front panel finished!
And I went back and got the sleeve redone:
I have enough background color to get through thr colorwork for the left front panel, but after that I am waiting on my yarn order.
I realized last night that con is basically a week and a half away. No one talk to me.
I can do this. It's all very complete-able. Just may not be doing much else. But an occasional cosplay crunch is good for the soul or some shit.
Getting through the fucking colorwork--excuse me; FUCKING COLORWORK--on the second front panel and looking up the shipping on the rest of the yarn like this XKCD:
I am out of beige, but:
ALL THE COMPLICATED COLOR WORK IS COMPLETE
I WIN
There is one more set of paw prints for the second sleeve, but that is a single color, not needing to juggle three or four strands at a time.
Now, back to staring at the shipping info and waiting for my yarn to get here.
Well, shit.
In my defense, the yarn is on sale.
IT IS TIME
First of all, the original wolf pattern does not have the fox eyes, so I am figuring that out. You can only buy the fox cardigan in a kit, which is why I'm using the original pattern since I didn't want to use the Mary Maxim yarn. Nothing against it, but I've never worked with MM yarn, and I wanted to work with something I know since so much of this project is gonna be me fucking around.
Anyway, the eyes.
Purple is marking where I am adding black. The grayish/white is marking where I am adding white.
RIGHT FRONT:
LEFT FRONT:
I am not making any changes to the eyes on the back because it looks like they're the same for whether you're doing the fox or the wolf.
Yarn is listed above, but so you know what is meant to match what:
Gamay (dark red) = the gray used for the wolf fur
Werewolf (dark gray = paws and eyes
Framboise (it's fucking red) = tongue
Desert (off-white = background color
I suspect I may need more of the off-white since I'm working single crochet rows instead of the equivalent of slip stitch rows, but we'll see.
The called for hook sizes are 6.0mm and 4.5mm. When I did my gauge test, I decided on a 5.5mm for the larger hook, so I will be dropping down to a 4.0mm for the ribbing hook.
Gauge is approximately 3 stitches per inch wide and 1.75" for 5 rows using the 5.5mm. This is larger than the gauge in the pattern, but by working the smaller size, It will come out about the same width as the original but about 10 inches longer. We'll see how right I am on that.
Which brings us to the first part of the pattern. Starting the back. I'm supposed to work long rows of ribbing until it's 3" tall. I will do this as follows:
Using the 4mm hook, Ch 69. (nice)
Sk first chain. SC 68 across.
Turn. Ch 1. SC in first 2 stitches. Back-loop-only (BLO) in next 2 stitches. Repeat across. Repeat this row until band is 3" tall.
OFF I GO.
WAIT.
Since it's 68 stitches, the final stitch is a BLO. So, when you turn, you work 1 BLO for that first stitch, then work the 2SC, 2BLO across. You're stacking like on like.
So, after the second row, the third row works like the first row, and the fourth row will work like the second, and so on until the band is 3" tall.
11 rows for 3 inches! I'm not sure the stitch pattern actually worked to add a little stretch, but that's something I can figure out next time (Mary Maxim has a LOT of vintage sweater patterns with this kind of color work). It'll get the job done for now.
Moving onto the main back. I just realized the wolf/fox is outlined with black, so the dark gray I'm using for the paws/eyes will also be used for that.
Back piece paws are done! I gotta make bobbins for the rest of the back. I carried the yarn along for these since they go all the way across, but it will be easier to do the next part if I'm not wrangling whole skeins.
Also, turns out I was working on 67 stitches to start. Not sure how I dropped one, but I snuck it back in.
Will update again tomorrow after I get the bobbins started. There's only two rows between the paws and the start of the foxes, so there's not much more to do tonight.
Good morning! Not only did I finish the first background skein, it finished perfectly on a row end!
She's beautiful.
Now, I am very much enjoying the back, but I also want to get a sense on if I need to prepare to get more of the background color, so I am going to set this aside and start on the sleeves. They have paw prints at the base and then just the off-white (it's actually more tan in person; my computer monitor is a fucking liar) all the way up.
I will be tweaking the sleeves slightly. You're supposed to do another 3" tall ribbing with them, but the sleeve is meant to be 24.5" in gauge, and with my gauge being larger, I will be cutting most of that ribbing out in order to shorten the sleeve to have something like a better fit. I expect it will still be extra long for me, but also Sean may end up stealing this one to wear, so it may fit him.
Onward!
On the plain part of the sleeve, and I just wanna note that you wanna pay attention to the chart because the sleeve increases several times:
I've highlighted it throughout so I don't miss one. The decreases at the sleeve top are one on top of the other, so much harder to miss.
FIRST SLEEVE DONE
It took just under 2 skeins of the Desert, which means I will very likely need more to finish the whole thing. I have nine skeins total and have now used most of 3.
No biggie. Just noting for later when I might reference this for another project.
Of note, I'd have used more than 2 skeins if I had not cut rows:
Between the last increase and first decrease, there's 13 rows of just working even. Since I knew the sleeve was gonna be extra long, I just skipped them. There's multiple work even rows between all the increase rows, so if I ever make this again and need to shorten the sleeves, I can cut from those as well to get an exact measurement.
Gonna rest up and probably get back to the back tomorrow. My perfectionism is starting to irk at the stitches on the tapestry parts not looking absolutley perfect, so no more of that tonight.
Update:
I am in yarn bobbin hell
I am in slightly less yarn bobbin hell. But I did did manage to us the wrong red on the one paw. I am not going back.
My perfectionism is twitching, but I am ignoring it. My issue isn't actually with my stitching but in how tapestry crochet works in general. It's okay if the color shows through a bit, but it BUGS ME.
Haven't gotten through the fourth skein of desert yet, so no idea if I'll need more. Hoping to get to the armhole decreases for the back tonight.
No photo tonight but I got through to the armhole shaping on the back (yay!) only to realize I'd done the armhole shaping on the sleeve wrong (boo!). Which means I will have to undo the upper part of the sleeve and fix it (boo again!). It's not difficult, just annoying. It's an alternating row decrease, not a straight decrease, but alternating row decreases are not super common, so I didn't think to check.
Hopefully will have the full back to show off sometime tomorrow, and then I may fix the sleeve and make the second sleeve before starting on the front because I am soo fucking tired of color changes.
This is all the colorwork I have left for the back. I am so close to getting the back done. OMG. I made need a couple of days away from this whole thing before I tackle the rest.
OH THANK FUCK
My perfectionist brain does NOT like the beige showing through the red, but this is what happens in tapestry crochet sometimes. I know it's not something other people clock, but I can see it, and it bugs me. This is why I tend to intarsia. But these sorts of projects are not made with foresight. These sorts of projects are made by going "I dare myself" and then refusing to think through more than the basics.
And, I mean, the back is done, so results are results.
I'm going to need more beige to finish. I maybe have just enough to finish the body of the sweater, but I will still need some for the collar. I'm going to make the first front side next to figure out how much I need for that, then see if I can find the yarn anywhere in town. So far, no. It's a collab between Lion Brand and a knitting creator, so it may be only available on the website. Hoping it's not, though, so I can just pick up exactly what I need locally.
Ended up adding another extra bit of white to the eyes for the front panels:
That's the left panel. The right panel is all marked up with my marking finished rows, so it's just easier to show you the update eye shape even though I'm working on the right front.
Anyway, I may have given the fox anime eyes:
But looking at the fox version photo from the Mary Maxim website, I think it's pretty good:
Front panel has been much easier because it's only one fox head not two whole fucking foxes. Also, the way the colors lay out, there's very little intense overlap where you need to carry all the colors at once. Impressive design work.
Tomorrow, I hope to finish up to the ears, at least. I'm still on the first background color skein for the panel, so no fresh yarn order yet. Apparently, the particular yarn is not really sold in stores. I may have already said that. I don't know. I organized all my yarn by project today, and well, that took some time:
There are 42 projects here, and 2 standalone skeins with no plan just yet. I also have 5 projects in process besides this sweater. If you were wondering what it's like to hang out with me.
Front panel finished!
And I went back and got the sleeve redone:
I have enough background color to get through thr colorwork for the left front panel, but after that I am waiting on my yarn order.
I realized last night that con is basically a week and a half away. No one talk to me.
I can do this. It's all very complete-able. Just may not be doing much else. But an occasional cosplay crunch is good for the soul or some shit.
Getting through the fucking colorwork--excuse me; FUCKING COLORWORK--on the second front panel and looking up the shipping on the rest of the yarn like this XKCD:
Look at this fat mushroom that popped up in my yard. Poor lad is already shrinking, but look at this champ.
The last thing I'll say on the matter for now:
@hbowartournament had time last night to make two vague posts about how I'm mean to be annoyed at no updates and then their use of the tourney blog to talk shit (my responses are here and here). The mod had time to reply to several asks that were only about how much they were appreciated.
The mod has still not made one single sentence post saying "Hey, polls will be up soon-ish. I'm still very busy."
Which is literally all I have asked for. And literally something any event coordinator should be able to do when the promised schedule (my response to that is here) has a hiccup.
I stand by what I have said about the mod's tone and attitude. Especially in using the tourney blog to air this out and farm for sympathy while still not completing the very basic event task of providing a brief update on when the next round of polls is going up.
That's all I have. Here's a photo of my dog.
"I wonder if the anon who got pissy at me for saying the hbowartournament mod's tone was rude when answering a question about when the next poll was going up still thinks I was rude to ask for information."
I do!!!! And not bc you asked a question but because its truly not that deep and the world doesn't revolve around you 🫶
Hey, @fuckyoueugene, I can't prove this is you, but based on what @hobwartournament has suddenly decided to show up and post after 9 days of not providing any communication about the event to anyone participating (I have literally requested a single sentence update several times), I really do think this is either you (@fuckyoueugene says this isn't their anon; as the user is willing to say so and promise further thoughts later, I choose to believe this answer. I appreciate the effort.) or @mildlycrankycorvid (@mildlycrankycorvid has also reached out, and I do believe that this anon is also not from them). Can I prove it? Absolutely not. Which is what cowardly anons expect when posting on cowardly anons. Honestly, my personal view is that it's fuckyoueugene, since there was big talk in the reblog about not being silent but also, sounded similar to the anon and this anon.
BIG EDIT: I made accusations with zero proof, and both people have reached out to me and spoken in ways that make me feel like a 100% deserved huge asshole because within my annoyance/anger at this situation and my general annoyance with anons showing up to pretend and brag about being tough, I let myself make the mistake of deciding anyone I saw showing kindness MUST be part of the problem. That is absolutely my mistake, and I am genuinely sorry to both fuckyoueugene and mildlycrankycorvid. I failed my own litmus test of not being a fucking problem, and I will do my best to not repeat this sort of accusational behavior.
I want to thank both people for reaching out to me and taking the chance that I would listen and take them seriously. That's a big ask of someone who has been dragged into something in this way, and I respect them both for doing so. They weren't required to, and they did anyway. That's commendable.
To the actual anon: What you are seeing here is someone (me) saying shit and taking responsibility and the consequences for the shit I say. Which you continue to not have the backbone to actually do. Continue to go fuck yourself.
"It's not that serious!" "The world doesn't revolve around you!"
This is meant to make me feel bad for politely letting someone know (second reblog kept because I stand by what I say and don't grayface in any situation), as a fellow fandom event coordinator myself, who tried to offer gentle and useful criticism that the response was rude. Instead, the first time @hbowartournament decided to show up and say a single fucking thing to anyone on the event blog after 9 days was to bitch about how I'm the problem.
I am not the problem. Asking for information in an event is not the problem. Painting this like I'm being unreasonble for asking when the next polls would go up in a poll tourney that had not been updated for two days before I asked and has STILL. NOT. BEEN. UPDATED. is not unreasonable.
Also, @hbowartournament talking vague shit about me when there has been a whole "I won't tell anyone how to talk about the event or other fans" bit from the mod this whole time as fans have said shit like "you shouldn't get to participate if you haven't seen all three series" sure says a LOT about what the mod actually cares about.
You want me to stop refusing to let you and your friends say bullshit about me, you can block me. Go fuck yourself.
If you are going to reblog this, please reblog this version. I was absolutely in the wrong to make accusations, and I am sorry I did that. Both accused people reaching out to me is beyond the absolute nothing they owed me, and I respect them very much for doing so. I am genuinely sorry I made those accusations, and I hope I don't fall into this easily-self-set trap again. My annoyance/anger is for the actual anon and the way the larger situation has been handled by the person running the hbowartournament event. People wanting to provide support and reminders of kindness for someone they see going through a rough moment are not the problem. My falling into the absolutely dusty thinking that anyone defending them must be sending anons is the problem.
The anon is still a coward and an asshole. I stand by that. I do not stand by my wild accusations.
Muslims shouldn’t have to be compatible with Western, liberal values to get respect and recognition though. I’d argue it’s especially important for the ones Westerners find most repugnant to have their voice too. There’s nothing inherently less respectable about someone with “Death to America” as a watchword as “God bless America”
No one should have to adhere to certain beliefs or opinions in order to be afforded basic dignity and rights, I'm 100% fully on board with that.
"There's nothing inherently less respectable about someone with 'Death to America' as a watchword as 'God bless America'" -No. Absolutely not. You have completely lost me here. Proudly and publicly calling for the death of an entire country and everyone who lives there is inherently less respectable actually and it fucking should be.
There is such a thing as moral clarity and giving space to genocidal rhetoric and violent extremists who actively want to kill you because "their voices should be heard too" is not it. Good fucking God.
Tolerance is a peace treaty, not an expression of surrender.
Or in other words: tolerance works both ways - I will tolerate you, even if I don't agree with your beliefs, so long as you're willing to tolerate me, even if you don't agree with my beliefs. Calling for the death of an entire nation is not even vaguely an expression of any form of tolerance - and people therefore shouldn't be expected to tolerate it.
Let's talk about "God Bless America" became a general statement pepole shared due to Irving Berlin writing a song of the same name. Here are the lyrics:
[Prelude]
While the storm clouds gather far across the sea Let us swear allegiance to a land that's free Let us all be grateful that we are far from there As we raise our voices in a solemn prayer
[Verse] God bless America, land that I love Stand beside her and guide her Through the night with a light from above From the mountains to the prairies To the oceans white with foam God bless America, my home sweet home God bless America, my home sweet home
Do people use it differently now? Yes. It can have very heavy religious connections to forms of Christianity that--in my opinion--fucking suck.
But, put a pin in that.
Let's look at the song itself and the man who wrote it.
irving Berlin was born in Russia in 1888. He wrote God Bless America in 1918 (it was made most famous in 1938 as a fuck you to Hitler). His family immigrated to the US in 1893. Why? Because of pogroms against Jews in Russia. His family fled Russia to America to take the chance of a better life where they would not be hunted for being Jewish.
Was it perfect? No, absolutely not. I don't have any particular situations to give you. I just know how antisemitism works and particularly know how it worked in the US pre-WW2 because I've read/watched things about WW2 and how it happened from every direction for 30 years.
BUT.
In 1918, the son of Jewish immigrants, Irving Berlin--a Jew himself--wrote God Bless America identifying himself as an American and America as the land of the free. He called it his home.
Now, in many places for even modern-day history, an immigrant calling their adopted country their home was and is still met with derision and possibly country-wide violence (which I note specifically because the US does NOT have country-wide violence against immigrants in the modern day). One of the things that makes the USA stand apart from the rest of the world is that while our politicians love to try and pretend like we are not a country that loves and wants immigrants, our population in the majority (again, a terminology use to show I know we've got anti-immigration assholes in the population) wants to hold that ideal and protect it fiercely.
God Bless America is played at baseball games. High school bands learn it for football seasons. It's been covered and re-covered by much lesser artists than Irving Berlin, and it has (to pull the pin) 100% become a thing the worst Christians in the US say while missing the fucking point.
In fact, Americans in general believe in the right of immigrants to come here, build a life, and become American so much that we do not fuck with the idea that we should be culturally sensitive to acts that harm other people in that culture. In general, if Americans find out an immigrant has harmed someone in their own community, the excuse of "Well, their culture says it's fine," the response from American is "Well, they don't fucking live there now, do they." If your "culture" allows harm to another human being in your communities, Americans tend not to be for it.
I cannot stress enough that I am NOT saying the USA has a perfect record in this. I was 18 in 2001. I remember plenty of shit. I have read the history of my country. I know where we have failed. I am saying that, in general, American citizens will support and be friendly with their immigrant neighbors as long as their neighbors are willing to assimilate to the point of American expectations of not harming other people. Depending on the American, that expectation can shift (For example, no, I do not think anyone should be forced into an arranged marriage. However, fundamentalist Christians would likely find a lot of common ground between arranged marriage and their ideas of "courtship").
No one who says "Death to America" should ever be respected in the United States. But also, no one who says "Death to America" should be imprisoned just for saying it because we have free speech in our constitution and that includes the right to say shit that implies violence that is NOT a direct call for violent action. That being said, if someone uses their own free speech to show the "Death to America" free speech person that they'll get punched in the mouth for the shit they say, the puncher should 100% be arrested for assault and face charges, but also, on an emotional level, I get it.
If you are standing in America saying "Death to America," there is absolutely and completely something inherently wrong with you as a person in America. It is the absolute opposite of what anyone (including the fundies) mean when they say "God Bless America." They are saying "I am so glad and lucky to be here." And "Death to America" is saying "Death to America."
Deadly egg recall
The FDA has upgraded an egg recall issued last month to “Class I,” its highest risk level, as it warns the public that consuming the products could cause “serious adverse health consequences or death.”
The recall of 1,589,577 dozen white-shell eggs and brown cage-free shell eggs was initially issued by Midwest Poultry Services in late July, which warned they might be contaminated with Salmonella Enteritidis.
According to the company, the eggs were produced and distributed from farms in Texas between June 6 and July 3 and have sell-by or best-by dates between July 20 and August 17. The recalled egg cartons have either the code P-1950 or 0840962 and Julian Dates between 157-184.
source: X
Please go to the link to see the list of places. They are all in the Southern US.
I think it's really important to point out one of the major flaws in that highway analogy:
Eminent domain requires payment.
The government cannot come in and merely seize your land under eminent domain and pay you nothing. There is a process & they have to pay you market value for your land and the buildings on it. A couple of my former clients went through this about 15 years ago when the 202 Bypass went through in Montgomery & Bucks County in Pennsylvania. Their houses and land were taken via eminent domain so that the highway could be built, but, I need to say this again: they were paid.
They were paid and there was a process in which they were informed ahead of time. They didn't just drive home one day and find out their home had been snatched, too bad, so sad, no money for you, you should have put your house in a bank vault.
Just taking someone's shit like that without compensation has a name, and it's not eminent domain or anything like it:
It's fucking theft.
(I'm not interested in hearing the same tired shit about how copyright is inherently bad and only protects corporations, because as someone who deals with protecting my livelihood from scammers and scrapers via copyright every goddamned day, this isn't a fun mental exercise/philosophical debate for me, and you're absolutely wrong. Fucking save it for someone ignorant enough and with time to waste on that.)
At least that guy was immediately banned and reported on both reddit and discord. Seeing as how he openly admitted to 12 million counts of theft, taking data without paying despite explicit lack of consent, here's hoping he'll face criminal charges too.
Ooooh, a new verse for the "fuck you pay me" song. I hate it but also I love it.
"I wonder if the anon who got pissy at me for saying the hbowartournament mod's tone was rude when answering a question about when the next poll was going up still thinks I was rude to ask for information."
I do!!!! And not bc you asked a question but because its truly not that deep and the world doesn't revolve around you 🫶
Hey, @fuckyoueugene, I can't prove this is you, but based on what @hobwartournament has suddenly decided to show up and post after 9 days of not providing any communication about the event to anyone participating (I have literally requested a single sentence update several times), I really do think this is either you (@fuckyoueugene says this isn't their anon; as the user is willing to say so and promise further thoughts later, I choose to believe this answer. I appreciate the effort.) or @mildlycrankycorvid. Can I prove it? Absolutely not. Which is what cowardly anons expect when posting on cowardly anons. Honestly, my personal view is that it's fuckyoueugene, since there was big talk in the reblog about not being silent but also, sounded similar to the anon and this anon.
"It's not that serious!" "The world doesn't revolve around you!"
This is meant to make me feel bad for politely letting someone know (second reblog kept because I stand by what I say and don't grayface in any situation), as a fellow fandom event coordinator myself, who tried to offer gentle and useful criticism that the response was rude. Instead, the first time @hbowartournament decided to show up and say a single fucking thing to anyone on the event blog after 9 days was to bitch about how I'm the problem.
I am not the problem. Asking for information in an event is not the problem. Painting this like I'm being unreasonble for asking when the next polls would go up in a poll tourney that had not been updated for two days before I asked and has STILL. NOT. BEEN. UPDATED. is not unreasonable.
Also, @hbowartournament talking vague shit about me when there has been a whole "I won't tell anyone how to talk about the event or other fans" bit from the mod this whole time as fans have said shit like "you shouldn't get to participate if you haven't seen all three series" sure says a LOT about what the mod actually cares about.
You want me to stop refusing to let you and your friends say bullshit about me, you can block me. Go fuck yourself.
okay just received this @ and I gotta say im confused. i dont know you, ive literally never seen ur account b4 😭 unless im being dense but man I dont even follow u. I dont type like that anon, I dont use those emojis ask lit anyone i talk to
genuinely guys this is tumblr come on. i was defending someone who people keep asking when the next round is but its seriously jsut a tournament. people have lives.
im barely roped in on this shit if anyone has info like seriously dm me but ive not been active on this, I just reblogged to defend hbowartournament.
yall can be irritated that the next round aint out cuz youre excited but u dont gotta be pricks come on now seriously. im excited for the next round but I aint gonna get all pissy cuz at the end of the day this is for FUN. its meant to be fun and some people aint seeing it that way
idk if they were mean or harsh I really havent seen it that way, but clearly they are busy and havent had time. just be patient like I said in one of my recent reblogs and yall will get it eventually. at the end of the day, they can just... not post the next rounds if you guys keep up aggravating them. this is for the fandom and to be some fun come on
I get what ur saying asking for info isnt unreasonable but like I said I dont know half of whats going on i haven't been online except to reblog posts ab hbo war, the outsiders and shameless. if people were rude that aint my issue, people have off days and clearly its an overwhelming thing.
just seriously be patient guys. people get busy. people have lives. you cant expect everything ASAP, shit comes up
Thank you so much for answering me directly. I really appreciate that. I knew I was possibly tagging someone who was not involved, but the new anon coming in about the previous anon and the timing of your response to the mod and the other response made me believe it was one of you. I do 100% believe it's not you. I have left the text under the cross out because I am a record keeper and will be able to see exactly what I said originally.
I want to repeat (yet again if anyone is looking at their dash) that my original post was about the way the mod's tone did not sit right with me. I waited a couple of days after the reply to the ask before I wrote my first response. I know my tone in tonight's reblog wasn't going to be everyone's thing, and I didn't care. I found the complete lack of communication inappropriate for an event runner and have kept my feelings on it private until tonight. I don't expect everyone to know everything that's going on. You're here to have a good time, and you're waiting for more info. I've just simply run out of patience for very basic information and updates that acknowledge a stated deadline was missed and that the mod is still working on it. I have never asked for a new deadline or a set deadline. I have only been waiting for any update at all. Which has not been provided.
And I wouldn't have had any opinions about the mod being pissed at my reblog tonight that added my decision to quit because I'm tired of waiting for basic info and I'm tired of seeing that they're online in my messages sidebar while not providing a single-sentence update in nine days if they hadn't posted about my post in a vague post on the event blog. I don't know who the event coordinator is. The blog isn't set up to show that (and doesn't have to be), so I have no clue.
But I do think putting personal beef on an event blog rather than a personal blog is rude and immature and inappropriate as someone who has run several events myself. I am not trying to get a bunch of people to agree with me or boycott the event or go after the mod. I made the wrong decision making a guess on who was the anon who had come back to stir shit again, and that's my responsibility to not repeat. I will do my best to not repeat making a claim like that. Thank you, again, for answering directly. I hope you have a great time with the rest of the event.
When does the next round start?
my friend ive gotten this ask about 3 days in a row and if you're separate people my bad but regardless i regret to inform you that i have a job irl so the next round will be posted on the weekend when i am free and available to do so
Gentle reminder that the organizers of the events we love are people with jobs and families and real world obligations outside of fandom.
It costs nothing to be kind and give the people who are spending hours/days/weeks of their limited free time to host events some grace.
I've run a few fandom events in my time as well, and what this organizer has set up is honestly impressive and they deserve recognition for it. It can be easy to forget because they make it look easy but this event is more than just posting character polls and reblogging creations. They're monitoring DMs, Asks and Tags and tallying up points with six different types of media and monitoring their own posts to ensure that harassment is dealt with.
They've hosted a number of great events. They deserve to take time to themselves without receiving backlash or pressure to justify themselves.
Here's my original post with tonight's addition where I also said a lot of what the reblogger here said.
I did not get reblogged because the mod clearly did not like what I said. But people who will only provide compliments after the mod decided to use the event blog to vague bitch about me? That'll get an instant reblog.
The mod is showing you exactly who they are. Mild criticism and basic questions about the event? Rude and mean and what if the mod had been traumatized somehow and wasn't posting because of that????? No reblog or any updated communication about the event, even. Someone fawning and justifying rudeness after mod has used the event blog to talk shit? REBLOG INSTANTLY.
