[kyoodledoodle]

I’m making a kingdom, fill out the polls and rb with your character :] ⚔️ 🍄 🐉 🛡️ 🐦‍🔥

What are you?

human

elf

Merfolk

Dragon folk

Gnome

Werewolf

bird folk

faun

orc

fairy

Remaining time: 4 days 15 hours

[kyoodledoodle]

What is your job?

blacksmith

carpenter

Gardener

Royalty

Magic practitioner

Knight

townsfolk

doctor

Animal specialist

chef

Engineer

Remaining time: 4 days 15 hours

[prettygirlwyattrussell]

John Walker is the face of yearning missionary

[swampthingy]

[actuallyapathy]

[the-lumpfish-queen]

I love environmental storytelling

[belphegor1982]

[hotlegsharker]

[berlynn-wohl]

[harleyklawz]

Its fucking hieroglyphs with you people

[necronomipod]

Can't just leave this in the comments

[starcanwrecked-confessions]

as the first anon to point out the ableism in Tomb Quest on here, and as far as I know the first person to bring it up on my personal blog too, its been both so good and so taxing to see it discoursed about on here. so i just have a few things to say

I agree with the discussions happening about Corey's casting as Ben and how it comes across as a bit insensitive. But also, it's not my call on how to fix it or deal with it or perceive it.

Regardless of casting, I cannot get behind this "you're judging a show that we know nothing about" argument. Like, maybe Ben is a really major part of the story, great, Corey gets to play a big role. Again, it's not my place to weigh in at all on that conversation. But, regardless of how it's written or how present Ben is in the story, it doesn't take away that the story's foundation is ableist.

I would have this complaint regardless of casting. This complaint only came out after Corey was cast because his casting reveal was also where Ben's disability was revealed. Jon is understudying the role, and that doesn't change anything.

You cannot write your way out of the inherent ableism of your story's basis being "after a young man dies from a lifelong chronic illness, his dying wish brings his friends together". Adding platitudes like "well he outlived his original life expectancy" does nothing but comfort ablebodied people, and wash away their rightful discomfort that the only dead person is disabled.

Saying things like "are disabled people not allowed to die anymore" and "do you want him to die from another cause" is ridiculous. Yes, I would love for disabled characters to stop dying to progress stories. The same way I want female characters, characters of colour and queer characters to stop dying to progress stories. I get the feeling you wouldn't be saying "are gay people not allowed to die anymore" or "are women not allowed to die anymore", why is it only black and disabled people that are expendable?

There is no way to make the trope non-ableist. That is the crux of the matter. It has been around for centuries in everything from Stephen King (Duddits from Dreamcatcher) to Charles Dickens (Tiny Tim from A Christmas Carol). It sucks that this discourse has to happen around a black character, which there are already so few of, but it's not okay to let unchecked ableism go around in media.

I'm not saying they shouldn't perform Tomb Quest, or that they should rewrite it. It's too late. I just ask that the fandom please engage with it respectfully and understand that a group of ablebodied people trying to portray disability as a cheap writing trick to kill a character off at a younger age (when there are many reasons 30 year olds die that aren't disability, like car accidents or reckless behaviour) is not okay. They are fallible.

Listen to **physically** disabled people about the ableism in the script and listen to black people about racism in the casting. These are two separate conversations, but in both cases, you are not doing yourself any favours by forming opinions without listening to the people this impacts. That's all I have to say on the matter. I'm sorry this is so long. Just, please, I beg all of you, see that no one is incapable of writing bigoted things, even if you respect them, even if they are talented writers. Listen to the people who have to see themselves die over and over again.

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[entity56]

"Don't eat all of that sugary food..."

"...You'll gain weight" 🚫

Wrong

Body negative

You need way more calories than a slice of cake to gain even one pound

"...You'll get sick" ✔

Correct

Sugar is good but if you eat too much you get stummy ache :(

Better when eaten in moderation anyway

Prioritizes listening to your body

"...Without me" 👀

Secret third option?

Encourages community

Get sick with someone you love

World's best bonding activity

[goth-queen]

[sugarskies]

[acefuruya]

thinking about post-movie nikki who will forever be terrified of losing her autonomy again. nikki who will forever doubt every thought that crosses her mind, every emotion she feels, because is she sure she's the one in control? what if the entity is still there, lurking, puppeteering her to think these things, say these things, do these things? nikki, who will forever question if anything is real. if she is real.

[dogposts]

[fudemushi]

If you met someone with the same last name as you, how surprised would you be?

Not at all, it's very common

A little surprised, but wouldn't immediately assume a connection

I would be surprised and assume there was some relation

I would be very surprised that I *hadn't* met this person, we must be related

Does anyone else with this last name even exist?

Voting ended onJun 3

[mothras-in-my-belly]

You know how some celebrities talk about rpf like it's something so weird and outlandish and how they don't understand it? Not Alex Horne. He is name-dropping fics from the seventh page of ao3 and referencing scenes from chapter 12 of said fics on national television. He is writing songs about the contents of said fics. That man is so odd and i need to look at his brain under a microscope do you feel me

[teaboot]

Names that are normal for old people but weird when you're a baby:

Bartholomew

Dolores

Norman

Harold

Magnolia

Names that are normal for babies but weird when you're old:

Maddison

Tanner

Skylar

Mckenzie

Logan

Names that are normal for old people and normal for babies:

Elizabeth

Mary

Michael

Finnegan

Peter

Names that are weird when you're a baby and weird when you're old:

Radish

Kerosene

Australopithecus

Anthill

Hegemony

Names that are weird when you're normal:

Balthazar

Romulus

Clandestia

Persephone

Kremulon

Names that are normal when you're weird:

Al

[druidshollow]

HAVE THAT CHARACTER GAIN WEIGHT AS A SIGN OF HEALING: NOW

[ametristee]

actually insane to me that tumblr is a place where you can be so good at being horny you make friends about it

[disterra]

cocky trans cowboy bob comm i did for the brilliant and talented @prettygirlwyattrussell 🤠

[aphel1on]

sometimes i get really overwhelmed by love for blorbo and start saying things to myself like I need to gnaw his head off

[vosquitransitis]

the great thing about tumblr is that you can meet people you'll vibe with on a level you have never vibed with anyone before and the tragedy about tumblr is that they almost certainly will live in another country

[aroace-ryland-grace]

when you're trying to work on saving your planet but your best friend won't stop throwing a fucking circle at you

[aroace-ryland-grace]

rocky not fucking like ball. warning.