#deniselle

[lemonison]

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I agree that Danaerys is kickass, but she's also a blonde white girl who fits our perceptions of Western beauty. I felt that when the Dothraki were first introduced, they were everything that people have associated with Africans: unruly, violent, sexually insatiable, etc. Scary dark men. I think it was meaningful that Danaerys fell in love with his husband and became the queen, but you're right that it doesn't really break the otherness. She brought them peace and civilization, or something.

totally! and now there aren’t even any dothraki around and there haven’t been for a while. they were the plot point around which her character developed. in the first episode with all the sexual dothraki dancing i was like NOPE NOPE NOPE this is an AWFUL representation. the only people of color in the first episode are exoticized and dehumanized and it’s disgusting and it’s all about making dany look like this pure innocent and good little lily teaching the evil barbaric brown people how to be decent. i too like that she turned that relationship around though.

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TAG, you’re it! The rules are to state ten random facts about yourself. Then send this to fifteen of the nicest people you know on tumblr. :)

Aaah I forgot to post this when you first messaged me forever ago. Sorry! These are not random because I am picking them, but that is ok, we can pretend they’re random.

I can turn my feet all the way around so the back of my ankles point forward.

I am reaaaalllly good with song lyrics, like, there’s a 95% chance if you turn the radio on to a top 40, adult contemporary, or classic rock station, I will know all the words to the song.

I have to shower before I get in my bed. Thinking about anyone getting in my bed without showering makes me feel like I am going to vomit.

I count the rats a lot, pretty much any time I walk by the cage. I have to count them once before I shower & then once after I shower. Every time I count them, I also check to make sure the door is locked.

When I was little, I was obsessed with the movie Home Alone. I watched it over & over again, multiple times a day.

I had to go to speech therapy for several years when I was young. You can’t really tell that I have anything wrong with my way of speaking most of the time now, but if I get too excited, I’ll start stumbling over my words really bad & get incredibly tongue-tied & I have to close my eyes & calm down until I can get the syllables out properly.

I fall asleep abnormally quickly, like, within 30 seconds if I am lying down & comfortable. It’s basically like flipping a light switch. Sometimes, the need to sleep will hit me really fast in the middle of the day (especially if I’m outside & it’s sunny), & I literally can’t stay awake. I have to pull over sometimes if I’m driving on a long car trip & nap for 10 minutes. As long as I sleep for at least 5-10 minutes, I’ll be fine when I wake up & feel completely refreshed.

I wear a necklace everywhere with my deceased dog’s tag & a dog tag that says “BADGER” & has Wolverine (from X-Men)’s dog tag number on it.

I have a green stone heart that my ex gave me that I keep in my pocket all the time. I have to pat my leg constantly to touch it or I get freaked out.

I say really mean things to the rats all the time because I am not good at talking about feelings, even if it is just to the rats. So when I want to tell them I love them, I say awful horrible things instead. This means that bb Alan responds to “I’M GOING TO DROWN YOU IF YOU DON’T STOP GROWING!” & they all get real excited when I say “Imma kill you rats, I have grown so tired of having rats & I will replace you with oatmeal or guns or tomatoes!!!” because they know that means “I love you very much & I could not imagine not having you because you are little balls of sunshine.”

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coeurdesfeuilles replied to your post: Someone just texted me

Maybe someone had your number before you and never bothered to tell some people about the switch?

I've had this number since 8th grade and have never had anything like that happen until this year, so I'm not really sure, haha.

deniselle replied to your post: Someone just texted me

I suggest you respond something like “what’s up? the number of sexist jokes all over the internet! We need to stop this!” Or sth else like that. Go political, always a good idea. It might make them less likely to ask in the future. :D

That could also work, haha. Usually I just ask them who they are and they're like "ope wrong number bye."