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Must admit that one thing that changed the way I see fandom discourse is realizing that a lot of fandom is just… playing with dolls. We’re playing with dolls. Shipping? Playing with dolls. AUs? Dolls. Darkfic? Dolls.

Lotta people very agitated about the other kids playing with dolls wrong.

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Headcanon

In the s4 StF episode 'Through the Looking-Back Glass', Sofia suggested to Calista that they tell Cordelia all the great things Cedric did, so she can finally see what a great sorcerer he truly is.

This undoubtedly includes when Cedric nobly let himself be captured by Morgana in the s3 episode 'Gone With the Wand' (the first episode Calista appeared in) so that Sofia and Calista could safety get away, and helped Merlin defeat Morgana in the same episode.

It would seem that Calista and Sofia hadn't told Cordelia about Cedric's heroic deeds from that time, indicated by Sofia's suggestion to Calista in 'Through the Looking-Back Glass' about telling Cordelia all the times he proved he was a great sorcerer. And, of course, indicated by the way Cordelia absolutely trash-talked and belittled him in 'Through the Looking-Back Glass'.

I used to wonder why the girls wouldn't have told her. They were undoubtedly proud of Cedric!

But then I realized Cedric likely swore the girls to secrecy about their entire involvement with Morgana because he might have been worried Cordelia would only blame him for her young daughter getting mixed up in the scheme of the infamous evil sorceress on his watch, like she blamed him for everything else!

(And honestly, it was VERY irresponsible of Cedric to bring Calista- and even Sofia- with him to Morgana's tower to get back the wand of Merlin's that Morgana stole; he's the adult, so he should have made the girls stay behind where it was safe, despite it being Sofia's idea they do it together. And YES, I know the episode wouldn't have happened if he'd gone alone or just recruited the aid of Merlin like he should have done- I'm talking from a realistic view because I'm a geek).

@fantadym @bettathanyou @sweetmariihs2 @cedric-my-beloved @omgselinabeckendorf @moonypears-blog

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yall gotta be nicer about m/f  bc sometimes u guys like the blandest gay sutff ive ever seen in my life

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I honestly and truly believe all good AUs should be a little “”””ooc”””” in the sense that good characterisation involves understanding that changes a characters backstory and circumstances will have an effect on how they respond to the world around them

Good characterisation isn’t about creating a perfect 1:1 canon replica it’s about understanding why a character is different in your work and about grounding the changes you do deliberately choose to make in canon character traits

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Comm for @fantadym

Her alastor redesign in my own art style!

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I'm very frustrated by people who think that religion itself is the problem and should be eradicated.

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Wait this would be so fun, yeah!!!

Okay, here goes nothing x')...

Kinda wanted to do like an interactive QnA about my Swann x Cedric ship? Like making them answer some questions about their story and dynamics...

Ik I'm not gonna get much interactions so I'm asking wherever I can x) I'll consider myself happy to just get one lol

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the ghost of one specific homosexual cowboy regularly possesses Tumblr gays

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idk who needs to hear this but when your english teacher asks you to explain why an author chose to use a specific metaphor or literary device, it’s not because you won’t be able to function in real-world society without the essential knowledge of gatsby’s green light or whatever, it’s because that process develops your abilities to parse a text for meaning and fill in gaps in information by yourself, and if you’re wondering what happens when you DON’T develop an adult level of reading comprehension, look no further than the dizzying array of examples right here on tumblr dot com

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Shows you should save physically immediately

Over the Garden Wall -- It's being pulled from HBO Max on August 31 and knowing HBO, there's a chance it'll be pulled sooner. *I have now made a Google Drive of all the episodes of OTGW. Please, please, please, PLEASE, save these on a physical device.

The Owl House -- Disney has tried to bury this show many times (giving it a weird release schedule, cutting the budget, etc) and has even cancelled the show. Also, Disney+ is going to nuke their catalogue soon and I doubt TOH will survive*I have now also saved all the episodes of TOH. Click here for the posts with all of the episodes

Amphibia -- I know less about the behind the scenes BS than TOH but Amphibia was screwed over by Disney mainly by poor promotion. Also since one of the protagonist is openly bisexual*, like TOH, I really can't imagine this would survive.*Amphibia has also been saved. Go here for the post with all the episodes.

Steven Universe -- Cartoon Network cancelled Steven Universe and gave it a weird release schedule, it has also just been pulled from HBO Max.

Gravity Falls -- Once again, Disney+ is going to nuke their catalogue at some point in the future and between Wendy being canonically bi, Sheriff Blubs and Deputy Durland being in a relationship, and Alex Hirsch (being the amazing man that he is) constantly calling Disney out on their BS, I imagine that Disney would be more than willing to nuke Gravity Falls. *I’ve also saved Gravity Falls now go to the main post here to see all the episodes.

and most importantly

Every single show, book, game, fanfiction, movie, etc you've ever loved

We now know that at any moment's notice, streaming services can and will just nuke their catalogue without hesitation. If it's digital, it can be removed and there's a likely chance you'll never see it again.

So, please take some time to save anything you love on an external device. It could be a box set (it can be official or fan-made one), a USB, or anything.

If you have a physical copy of something, it's yours forever and no one can take that away from you.

*Edit because I’ve seen some confusion about this. Read this again, it’s “one of the protagonists” not “the protagonist.” Sasha is the one who’s bi, Anne’s sexuality hasn’t been confirmed.

Also in addition to this, people have reblogged this to say Steven Universe is still on HBO. Since I don’t have HBO, I’ve been going off of what people have been saying and I’ve seen it mentioned that HBO was taking off SU. You should still save it though.

*Edit 2 if any of the links here don’t work, check the original post as I might’ve changed/updated them. If that still doesn’t work, send me an ask or DM I’ll give them to you.

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Drawing in mspaint? Cool, impressive,  But whenever I see that, I think about the person who makes their art in power point  Every time I see them it boggles me

(their account)

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DONT STOP TALKING ABOUT PALESTINE! DONT STOP TAKING ABOUT GAZA!

DONT LET THEM MAKE YOU FORGET!!

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So I just saw a post by a random personal blog that said “don’t follow me if we never even had a conversation before” and?????? Not to be rude but literally what the fuck??????????

I’ve had people (non-pornbots) try to strike conversation out of nowhere in my DMs recently, and now I’m wondering if they were doing that because they wanted to follow me and thought they needed to interact first. I feel compelled to say, just in case, that it’s totally okay to follow this blog (or my side blog, for that matter) even if we’ve never talked before.

Also, I’m legit confused. Is this how follow culture works right now? It was worded like it’s common sense but is that really a thing?

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New Crow Time 🐦‍⬛🦊🌟

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Knowing that trans women of color started the movement in the united states and were literally immediately erased and excluded from what they started is the most deeply jading knowledge.

It is the original sin of the so-called queer community and it damns it from the cradle.