#lucyclairedelune

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I’m Albanian Muslim myself, and while I’m “technically” white (to Americans) I related to Joe a lot. And Nicky. People from the Mediterranean often are ignored, or horribly stereotyped in fandom. Joe and Nicky ARENT but people in this fandom are ruining that. Joe is turned into a religious renaissance man who has no flaws, and Nicky is often portrayed as some idiot. It demonstrates a huge lack of knowledge or care in either character, and then they also go and obsess over position. It’s ridiculous.

But I can’t say anything without having people hurl accusations of racism to me because, to them, I’m white. Doesn’t matter that I’m Muslim. Doesn’t matter that I am seen as “less” because of where I am in Europe. The American/British/Canadian/Australian view of race is that I am as white as they are, and therefore my ethnicity doesn’t matter. An American woman knows more about Mediterranean identity (because joe IS from the Mediterranean) than I, somehow who can literally see the Mediterranean from my house does.

I’m sorry for ranting at you, and you don’t have to publish this. But you seem like you’re thinking about this stuff, and not just deciding that anyone who doesn’t agree with you is racist. The whole fandom is making me not want to create anything, and I LOVE these characters.

Hi anon! So I had to think about this one because it IS a bit of a thorny subject isn’t it? And don’t feel bad for ranting! Sometimes the healthiest thing you can do is vent your frustrations, and I’m very honored that you’ve chosen me to rant to! XD

So, diving into the heart of the matter... I highly recommend reading what @lucyclairedelune  (here and here) and @youneedasoultraveller  (here and here) have posted on the issues of Anglo-centrism in fandom. They run amazing blogs and I definitely recommend going to them with any questions that you have too! 

Honestly though, I think the worst problems we’ve faced in this extremely volatile fandom in the last few months stems from the USAmerica-centric mindset that’s literally all about black vs. white, and allows for very little nuance. The issues in Europe are not the issues of America, which are not the issues in Africa, and so on, and it’s extremely insulting to bunch them all together and slap the same label on every problem. 

Are there problems with racism in fandom? Yes. Is the issue top/bottom sex positions of an interracial mlm couple? Mmmmm, yeah I don’t know about that one. Seems to me like a more nuanced approach is needed. 

Because you’re right, Joe and Nicky AREN’T stereotyped at all. They’re beautiful, diverse characters in a cast filled with other beautiful, diverse characters, and I hate to think that people are losing the love they felt for The Old Guard because of nonsense like the top/bottom content gap statistics. Especially when I don’t think the OPs of the “statistics” said anything compelling by publishing their “findings.” 

Honestly, my most earnest wish for you would be to block the people who make you uncomfortable and focus on what drew you to this fandom in the first place. (Charlize Theron’s arms for me, thank you XD) Fandom should be fun and interesting and shouldn’t make you want to bang your head against a wall day after day. I hope you’ll find the motivation to create, and I hope you’ll DM me when you do so I can promote you on my blog and cheer you on! 

[calvinandhobbes]

Since you asked, Abigail songs for me are Pomegranate of a Dead Girl by Gloombug / Who Are You by SVRCINA / In Flames by Digital Daggers / Sweet Ophelia by Zella Day / Don't Stop the Devil by Dead Posey

!!! i have so many new songs to listen to im so excited 😚😚

[oldguardbigbang2021]

Hi! Silly question but I'm filling out the summary form and wondered where do I put the story's title, is there is a place for it? And do I submit on the 20th or before it?

You can include it either in the summary field or the extra info field, if you like. And you can submit any time between now and the 20th!

[awsugar]

Music ask thingy: 1, 3, 19, 23

thank u!!

what song off a otherwise popular album do you think more people need to hear? i don’t know what this means by otherwise popular album. i’m very stupid <3 but i’ll just say a song i think people need to hear is tennis shoes by hotel mira who do you think is/ are the most overrated artist/ band? hmm. idk why this is the first thing that came to mind but radiohead. i’ve heard they’re dicks too and i can’t get into their music. also this is a majorly unpopular opinion but i’ve always thought beyonce was overrated. she’s extremely talented but her music itself generally doesn’t do much for me. what artist did you know about before they got big? hmm. state champs. i mean they’re still not huge but i saw them when they were opening for all time low and i was like the only person there who knew their songs. oh duh twenty one pilots. i saw them when they opened for fob and panic and that was well before they blew up. like after that tour i saw them on my campus in a venue that has about a 1000 capacity and they could only sell 120 tickets. its one of the last small shows they ever played. i’m not really a fan now but i can brag about that to people who are skdjfskdf what artist can you absolutely not stand? LOTS. i’m having a hard time thinking of one though for some reason. i hate tones and i’s voice. the one that has the song dance monkey they wouldn’t stop playing on the radio. i fucking hate it. there’s literally so many artists i don’t like but none of them are coming to mind right now.

[nobodysuspectsthebutterfly]

@lucyclairedelune reblogged your photoset and added:

Please tell me this movie includes C.S. Lewis, I want to see their debates and critiques of each other’s work so bad

Per the IMDB page and this article, it looks like the movie’s timeline ends too early for C.S. Lewis (who Tolkien met in 1926), but it seems like there will be plenty of nerdery with his “school chums”.

[nobodysuspectsthebutterfly]

Do you have any meta on what would have happened had Cersei married Oberyn (and Jaime married Elia?)

I don’t think I have much (just a comment re my Duskendale AU), sorry, but @joannalannister has quite a bit. I recommend her to you. :)

[nobodysuspectsthebutterfly]

Do you have any theories about House Velaryon? Or anything about why we don't hear much about them or why they don't play a larger role when they have Targaryen-Valyrian blood / history / features / dragonriders, etc. and then there was that pitstop with Aurane Waters, who Cersei compared to Rhaegar, and not much else? Do you think any of that is going to be significant, concerning them? Thank you <3

Hey, please read this post here, it’s pretty much everything you need to know. (Please follow all the links, too.) The only thing I didn’t include there is that the current lord of House Velaryon is a seven-year-old boy, still loyal to Stannis, but almost certainly not with him, rather at Driftmark. But other than Monterys and Aurane, we don’t know anything about the current status of House Velaryon, so there’s really nothing to theorize with. I mean, sure, you can theorize about Aurane plenty (he didn’t actually look that much like Rhaegar, btw, Cersei was fooling herself while he successfully conned her), and I have, but that’s not really theorizing about House Velaryon as such. Some houses just have a decline in fortunes that’s hard to bounce back from, y’know?

[fakeoldmanfucker]

∞ for the song shuffle 💕

Thank you for the ask!!

The song is Four Walls (The Ballad of Perry Smith) by Bastille

There's no view from here, All you see's the sky Clouds passing by

Send me a ∞ and I’ll tell you my favorite lyric from a random song on shuffle!