I am sick and having a hard time with words but am thinking about how the idea of "locking up" alters is so common and it's bonkers to me like idk why are we jailing headmates without trials. Have we considered the magnificent time-out first at least. Like theoretically I could see a situation in which a system feels like they have no other choice but it's not really gonna help in the long run is it. And it's not really about these fringe theoretical cases it's the fact that it's just?? Something well-known?? Like "we isolated and locked up this alter because we couldn't find any better solutions" sounds like something you'd hear about in extreme cases but no locking up headmates is somehow actual advice given to any instance of system conflict like what. This is all over the place but do you get what I mean. It's not the locking up (although that is also bad) it's the fact that it's touted as just another option and not the absolute last resort for survival. Am I making sense.
Note: This was written a while ago while we were sick. We are well rn. Just posting this as-is because, yeah, it's a little messed up when you think about it.
Always funny to me when a ‘please spread this information/awareness’ post has an unrelated DNI on it. “Please be aware of this food recall but if your niche queer discourse opinions don’t align with mine, do NOT share this with your followers.”
So mini-biggish? rant about Remmick, Sammie, White Culture and just media literacy. Because, no, Remmick cannot be just popped out of his heritage and the historical context of greater Irish relations with indigenous and black communities. I have thoughts that are all over the place and TBH this shit is gonna be all over the place, sorry.
Also-- I'm very fucking disappointed in the people calling Remmick and his actor ugly. Like, I'm sorry, if you don't like a character? That is not an excuse to target a real persons characteristics.
So proud to be one of the people shipping Remmick and Sammie. Like people are fr MAD MAD and saying etc etc about it being white fujos meanwhile I'm blocking all these miserable as people.
Literallly hanging out with all the black folks in the tag thirsting over Remmick and also shipping like, uh-oh? Do I smell a party pooper? BloCK! Anyways, Remmick would be so pro-swallowing---
He is an antagonist but sorry I don't think he's the VILLAIN of the story and YES I have read Coogler's interview where he basically says the same shit. Also, people keep reducing Remmick's desires when he said very explicitly that it was to be a two way street. You can HEAR in the soundtrack ( which I've been listening to multiple times ) the intermingling of beats in Remmick's jig.
He wants what Sammie has and he is trying and he MAY have been able to form that kinda community that Sammie was capable of in life, but he's just not that guy. If he could do it on his own he would have and the music playing for him does imply a mixing does occur.
ALSO?! Since when was it said that he was trying to use Sammie's music for evil or to make other fucking vampires? XD He's trying to bring back the spirits of his ancestors and community experience - not turn more people into vamps with Sammie's abilities. As Coogler said, the intention of love and freedom is 100% true and not a disguise for anything. The issue is, is that Remmick only sees himself as the savior. He is an antagonist that thinks he's the protagonist.
You can have an antagonist that does evil things. He can be the villain of someone's story, and through his actions, his forceful nature, he is villainous. But the goal isn't straight assimilation 'I don't see color and we're all gonna be Irish now' because he looks at black culture and loves and it wants to see it mix.
"I want your stories. I want your songs. And you're gonna have mine."
Additionally, I love when Remmick gives his 'mock' baptism. Like, he said he'd gone through all that stuff and been taught it but uhhhhh he seemed to be VERY angry at it even being mentioned and attempted. Sympathetic. But so pissed. Cuz remember, the vampires of this movie are people who are stuck in their bodies and downright fueled by their anger and lust for satisfaction.
And I'll be honest! Remmie acts like a normal ass vampire? He's very Dracula coded. ( keep in mind Dracula was written by an Irish author and so was Carmilla )
Two of the most aggressively sexual and hungry ass vampires we continue to obsess with. The nature of a vampire is sexual, obsessive and, literally, hungry for life. Remmick saw a community that was alive and keeping on no matter what they were going through. They were still being themselves and I wonder if there's a chance that Remmick may feel a particular kind of way about how other Irish are this time assimilated into a 'white culture'. We have this conversation every other week that 'white culture' is a force that seeks to erase people's backgrounds to reinforce white supremacy.
At least in America, perhaps to Remmick, his community is dead. They have assimilated and erased their heritage to fit into this larger pool of racism.
Would be interested to see a poll to see which poly flag is most generally liked by everyone
I agree the results would be interesting. But I will not be the one to publish such a poll! Its a super divisive topic and one I don't want to give any side ammo for disparaging the others.
Some are more popular than others, but as far as I'm concerned, they're all our flags!! Use whatever flag tickles your fancy
as much as discourse around shipping has been going on in the mcyt community lately, my experience has honestly been that its refreshingly not as ship-fueled as every other fandom i have ever even looked at.
just watched tadc for the first time and tried to look up fan stuff without romance but my god its impossible. people can ship what they want and it will always happen but it is nice sometimes to have a community where thats only like. part of it.
like scott's my main pov for most series he's in and i end up seeing less ship stuff about him (and he's shipped with every man in a 5 foot radius) than i do in everywhere else outside of mcyt.
(not to say the issues brought up in mcyt havent been important, and this is about shipping culture and not the actual stories theyre telling) (this was on my mind after watching tadc and i am not trying to talk about the actual problems happening)
making this post in response to circulating claims about "transmasc privilege" and a noticeable gap in some of y'alls understanding of oppression.
positionality can be thought of as the way society perceives and treats you, and what privileges you are afforded accordingly.
identity can be thought of as your internal sense of self.
for most people, the two do not line up perfectly. your positionality depends on what people immediately see, not what you tell them. your positionality may also vary day to day based on a number of factors including but not limited to the people you are surrounded by, the space you are in, and the positionalities and identities of those perceiving you.
privilege is based almost entirely on positionality, not identity.
a good example is the diversity within the transgender community. if you take three transgender men at different stages in their transition they will each have a different positionality. one may have the positionality of a gender conforming cisgender man, the second may have the positionality of a transgender man, the third may have the positionality of a gender conforming cisgender woman. the gendered privileges these three people are afforded are vastly different despite all three of them having an identical gender identity.
if you have the positionality of a certain marginalized group, you will be targeted with the same oppression as them whether or not you share an identity with them. the fact that you don't share the identity doesn't suddenly make that oppression go away. you can be oppressed based on a positionality that does not align with your identity.
if you have questions on positionality vs identity i urge you to reply to this post instead of ignoring the gap in your knowledge.
