Spoilers are tagged #gos2 spoilers Was previously a Good Omens only blog, now a smorgasbord. Shit at tagging but trying to get better. NSFW is tagged lime. Header image by YumeUshka * icon by wargoddess9 *
fanfic isn't an act of activism by the way. it's a fun hobby. writers write whatever they want for themselves as their silly little getaway/self-care. if you want "more representation" of something in fanfics, then you write fanfics about that thing you want. nobody is stopping you. but saying other fanfic writers as a whole are "the problem" or are "to blame" for "not including xyz" or "not writing about xyz" just isn't how fanfics and hobbies work.
the human mind is prone to catastrophizing when left unoccupied. And thatâs why itâs important to always have a little Blorbo to rotate in your head. It acts as a protective charm of sorts to redirect your imagination away from harmful spirals
thoughts without Blorbo: oh my god I was so cringe in seventh grade why did I do that
thoughts with Blorbo: I havenât considered the interactions with bleebus; I must rectify this immediately
affirmations for writers: i know how to write. i have seen sentences before, and i know how to make one. i can identify up to several words and their meanings. i am not afraid of semicolons.
(this list is mainly ways non-locals can donate but by extension offers a lot of resources and places to volunteer in the Twin Cities + there are specific ways to donate time under the cut which can be adjusted to your local neighborhood)
Memorial Blood Center declared a blood emergency on Tuesday, Jan 13. MBC is the blood supplier for both tier 1 trauma hospitals in the metro area (Hennepin County Medical Center and North Memorial Health).
Reach out to your neighbors â especially if you know they are staying home right now â and ask if they need groceries or toiletry items. Offer to pick up prescriptions, give rides, or shovel their driveway. If you know them well, bring them a treat that you know they'll enjoy. Or just ask them how they're doing and let them know you are there to support.
Connect with any of the orgs above and see if they are looking for volunteers.
Connect with a church or mosque in your area. From u/MuddieMaeSuggins: "I know a lot of regular Redditors are not religious (myself included) but like it or not this is a where a lot of community organizing happens, especially in immigrant communities."
Connect with your local school's admin office and/or their PTA. It's ok to reach out even if you don't have kids at the school. PTAs are organizing mutual aid for school families, safe rides, school observers.
Find an official protest or other event via Indivisible, 50501, FREE AMERICA, or MIRAC. Students at many high schools are staging walk-outs; if your local school is doing this, reach out to school leadership or the PTA and ask how you can support as a community member.
Join the effort to stop Hilton from housing ICEÂ by booking hotel rooms and then cancelling at the last minute. This action can be done from home! The effort is being organized by Sunrise Movement, who are telling activists to target specific hotels one-by-one. More info:Â SHUT DOWN HILTON
Find people in your area who are actively monitoring ICEÂ and/or stationing themselves in high-traffic areas and ask how you can help. Check for local FB events where people are organizing and just show up.
At minimum, read the COPAL Handbook before you go out to observe. The DFL, Monarca, and other orgs have been hosting online trainings for constitutional observers (though these fill up quickly).
When you see ICE in action, start recording. Be as loud and as disruptive as possible: honk your horn, set off your car alarm, blow your whistle. Let people know that ICE is in the area. If you see someone being detained, try to get their name and a phone number to call their emergency contact.
If you do not feel comfortable observing ICE in person, there are ways you can support from home. Just ask the people who are organizing in your area. I have social anxiety, and I had never participated in any kind of political action before this past Saturday. If I can do it, you can!
Local organizers are requesting that people who help monitor ICE DO NOT participate in 1-to-1 mutual aid efforts, as these can put the families you are helping at risk.
If you have friends/acquaintances who are sympathetic but not politically active, reach out to them. Show them that they're not alone in feeling helpless. Pick a few low-commitment actions from this list and do them together.
maturity in fandom space is understanding that people will have their own characterization and interpretation of the fictional characters you love, sometimes you will see their opinions on your favorite fictional characters that you donât agree with or outright believe is wrong, but instead of getting into an argument with them or insulting them, you choose to scroll past things you donât like and mind your own business. itâs all play pretend anyway. I promise you it wonât affect your life in any way, shape or form if a random stranger doesnât sympathize with a misunderstood villain you love (and I say this as a villain lover who loves and sympathizes with so many misunderstood villains)
letâs keep fandom a kinder and less toxic space.
I agree with this wholeheartedly. Fandom should be a space where people are allowed to explore, interpret, and enjoy fiction in their own way without being policed for it. Different characterizations, headcanons, and sympathiesâespecially toward villainsâare part of what makes fandom creative rather than stagnant.
You donât have to agree with someoneâs take to respect their right to have it. Scrolling past what doesnât resonate costs nothing and preserves everyoneâs peace. At the end of the day, this is shared play with fictional worlds, not a moral referendum.
Let people enjoy their misunderstood villains. Let others dislike them. Thereâs room for all of it. Fandom is healthier when we mind our own business and let others have their things.
Computers are very simple you see we take the hearts of dead stars and we flatten them into crystal chips and then we etch tiny pathways using concentrated light into the dead star crystal chips and if we etch the pathways just so we can trick the crystals into doing our thinking for us hope this clears things up.
why would this distress you friend the dead star crystal chips are just singing to each other with invisible ripples in the fabric of reality itself perfectly normal stuff
there are many things tumblr as a whole has to learn but one of them is âsomeone can reblog a post without them endorsing every action the op has ever taken, we are not beholden to do background checks on the producers of every shitpost on the internetâ
Anyway, daily reminder from a culturally isolated Romani person.
Gypsy does not mean wanderer.
It literally means âpeople from egyptâ or similar, as europeans believed Romani people were from Egypt. It has become known similar to nomad due to how our ancestors have been forced to be nomadic due to racism and ostracization, but it is a SLUR.
Romani people are STILL being forcibly sterilized.
Romani people are STILL being forced into ghettos.
Romani people are still facing violence and danger in countless European countries- and recently, Iâve seen the beginnings of the extremes in the United States.
Have a little fucking respect and DONâT USE A SLUR THATâS BEEN USED FOR CENTURIES AGAINST US.
And for the love of whateverâs up there, ESPECIALLY do not use it to describe your witchcraft. It is playing on the âmagic gypsyâ trope, and is EXTREMELY insulting.
Now that Iâm studying bio, may I just say how fervently I wish my primary association with the words âalpha, beta, omegaâ was literally anything other than what it is
My nutrition professor was talking about vitamins and said, âthe only reason you all even know the words alpha and omega is because of sororities,â and I wanted so badly to raise my hand and be like âif youâre gonna be a dick for some reason, please let me explain to you in depth my immediate connotations for those wordsâ
Iâm in training to become a phlebotomist and at my last class we did blood typing and let me tell you when I walked into the lab to see A/B/O written in massive letters on the whiteboard I felt six years come off my lifespan
once I used a phrase alpha and omega of something during a lecture and one of the students giggled so hysterically I *knew* and I looked at her and she looked at me, and let me tell you, this was the most profound moment of horror and understanding I have ever shared with another person
People will be like âthis movie is evil and gross because it depicts a predatory relationshipâ and then you watch the movie in question and itâs about how preying on young women is bad and impacts their lives negatively
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