Marie

"their kindness matters". Kevin Day my beloved. Amateur human being. 27. [They/she] 🍄✨

[tuherrus]

you don't even have a dog

[viralfrog]

[batmanisagatewaydrug]

sorry to be a broken record every month but christ menstruation is a stupid concept. oooooh excuse me for not getting pregnant, why the fuck is there goo falling out of me about it? grow the fuck up and reabsorb that shit for nutrients.

[ronnanlynnch]

RPGs, or relentlessly persistent girls by cassandrha

[gvaine]

MERLIN REWATCH ✦ 1.09 Excalibur

[maraleestuff]

Arthur: I’m in love with Gwen!

Uther, who thought Arthur and Merlin were in love this whole time:

[gwenscharm]

Quote from (Lyra Wren)

i hate you uther pendragon. (#utherhatetrain)

[nevergonnabemuchmorethanweather]

I honestly believe that Uther simply assumed very early on that Arthur and Merlin were fucking, and would in fact have been shocked and appalled to learn that they weren't.

Like, wait, you're telling me my son takes that bizarre peasant boy around everywhere and lets him get away with whatever he wants and protects him against even me because he just... likes him that much? As a person?

Disgusting.

[merthurtrenches]

So this was about them.

And them.

[seizethegay420]

My favourite Merlin episodes are the ones where Uther is going to die and everyones like "just let him die already omfg" but Merlin is like "if i let him die thats murder :(" and then his plan to stop Uther being killed. involves. murder

[secondstar-acorn]

how insane must it have felt to be an actor table reading for bbc merlin. alright anthony this week, you are driven mad by memories of the children you killed in your genocide. next week? bald.

[tiredcowboyy]

merlin has more strength than me bc if I heard uther pendragon bitch and moan about how magic only brings harm after I just saved his sons life for the ten billionth time that year with my magic and almost died yet again, I fear id accidentally turn him into a log

[loosethreadsofyoursoul]

the degree to which magic in bbc merlin is an allegory for queerness is insane. what do you mean people with magic hide in fear for their lives because it’s illegal. what do you mean merlin’s mother sent him away to the big city bc she was afraid of what would happen if their small town found out he had magic. what do you mean merlin is taken in by an unmarried old man who used to practice magic but can’t anymore. what do you mean morgana was morally on uther’s side until she realized who she was and that he was wrong for wanting people like her dead. what do you mean anti-magical propaganda spreads misinformation that all magic is evil and everyone who practices it is also evil and should be killed. what do you mean there’s a recurring underlying theme of magical being solidarity

[secondstar-acorn]

love that magic is a metaphor for being queer in bbc merlin because it makes arthur being born of magic even funnier. yeah you’re goddamn right he’s born of magic nimueh rawdogged ygraine and that’s how she got pregnant. don’t tell uther

[sexuallyfrustratedavocado]

everyone talks about how strong and great Aragorn was for refusing the ring when Frodo offered it to him as if this man has not spent his entire life dodging leadership and responsibilities like bullets in the matrix 🙄

[lesspopped]

[basileater]

ive always been willing to die on the hill of cis women being able to beat cis men in sports so nobody will ever ever make me concerned about trans women in womens sports even if i was delusional enough to believe that was a comparable situation. do i think a cis woman could beat a trans woman in fucking pickleball or whatever? Buddy I think a cis woman could beat a cis male bodybuilder in sports. You will not get me

[domsdickey]

this feels too important (and correct!!) to leave in the notes

[catboybiologist]

Why Women Have Beaten Men in Marathon Swimming?

Research has shown that women, due to specific reasons, have regularly produced faster times than men in marathon swimming.

Women often outperform men in Olympic shooting. Is it time for open events?

The sport’s governing body says there is little difference in performance between genders. Should men and women compete head-to-head as indi

Men’s and Women’s Gymnastics: Exploring Differences in Olympic Events

Uncover the unique differences between men’s and women's gymnastics at the Olympics. Explore how these events contrast in style and rules.

Women outperform men in many sports, and in many instances, the men's versions of these sports are rewritten into completely different versions so that they can't be compared.

And if your reaction to this is "well women don't outperform men in skills that we typically find impressive" I would implore you to think about why things women tend to be better at than men are valued less by society.

If your reaction is "well that's cherrypicking examples, its such a small handful of formalized sports" I'd implore you to think of why so many popular sports are structured around the specific set of skills men are better at.

Because the answer starts with m and ends with isogyny.

[m4gethecat]

Worth noting with olympic shooting specifically it was a mixed event, until a woman started beating them, at which point it became gendered. Gendered shooting is like gendered chess, it's not even a game of strength.

[goth-queen]