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maybe cain wldnt have killed abel if they had video games to healthily channel the violence between siblings. unfortunately back then the only smash brothers they had was smash brothers head in with a rock

#as a non-religious person bible posting is the 2nd funniest thing on the planet #right behind trans puns

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#free palestine #signal boost #mutual aid

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at risk of sounding just fully out of touch with the common man I do fully forget a lot of the time that other women like for serious wear bras and do makeup daily and shave on the reg for real. like that's so silly that's only in movies. but no it's real. I see a hairless leg and get jumpscared.

transphobes I can't stop you from reblogging this but I despise you.

#op at this point you just need to get off the internet #there'll be no peace for you #@ folks in the notes: y'all are fucking insane #i have giant bazongas and do 2/3 of these things and didn't assume op was personally coming to shoot my family

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Wait what did Freydis Moon do? :( I've read their books and really liked them, but I don't follow them anywhere online, so that last ask you got worried me

Freydis Moon has been exposed to be Taylor Barton, a white person from the state of Oregon, someone who had a history of faking their race, being racist, and general abusive behavior. You can read more here about this Taylor person here, and you can find an incredibly long thread here.

Freydis was a colleague of mine, and they took me under their wing when I entered the indie book scene. They presented themselves as a Latine, mystic, queer trans author — who was older than me, I should add — so I deeply admired them and confided in them. I don't think ABM would have ever gotten much attention if I hadn't received their guidance.

There had been some whispers that Freydis was really Taylor, but I'd seen Frey's seemingly darker-skinned hands and heard their real name, which was supposedly Daniela.

Two things I should say before the big reveal: Freydis briefly hired a publicist named Cordi, who was also an agent with their own agency, named The Lynne Agency. Cordi, very randomly, decided to leave the industry and left their clients, and Freydis, hanging. Someone else to mention is Saint Harlow, an author of gay, cannibal erotica. On twitter, Saint was known for peddling a lot of drama — sometimes, he was on the good side of things and sometimes the bad, but he tended to be a massive bully. Freydis allegedly comforted some of Saint's victims.

And the reveal:

Freydis is the race faker Taylor Barton. The evidence is substantial, but most notably, some of the files they shared with other authors, including me, had metadata with the names of Taylor Barton's other identities. I was able to check the files myself to confirm.

They were also Saint Harlow. Meaning Freydis was bullying people secretly on one account and comforting them on another. And the bullying was a lot more disgusting than you might think, but for the sake of the victim, I won't share details.

They were also the publicist/agent Cordi. Why did they pretend to be an agent at all? I'm not sure but they wasted a lot of authors' times, that's for sure. Were they just looking to plagiarize off manuscripts sent to them? Who knows. (A friend of mine who sent their manuscript to them fears so).

There were a lot of interactions between Taylor and I that are much much weirder in retrospect. They critiqued the industry use of #ownvoices, which I agreed about, but blew the issue out of proportion, like thinking #ownvoices gay-trans author book lists shouldn't exist because of potential outing, mlm books by mlm authors lists shouldn't exist because of potential outing, and that lists of books by people of color about people of color also shouldn't exist because... potential outing? Taylor was, to me, oddly sympathetic toward certain authors accused of racism and shot down my concerns of a certain book with what I felt to be pro-colonizer themes inconsistently — their response to racism seemed to depend on whether they already disliked a person or not.

I could say a lot more but as someone who spoke to Taylor in private at times, there were a lot of things I was unsure about even when I was on their side of things. To some people, apparently, Freydis had said they were part Mexican, but only ever told me they were Peruvian (they might've known I'd clock them as a faker). Regardless, when this all came to light, their response was shockingly dismissive.

This may be more info than you asked for but TLDR:

Freydis Moon faked their race and ethnicity, bullied and manipulated many readers and authors using various fake identities, took advantage of latine author resources, and so on.

#important

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i knew the world was cruel and unfair and i thought i'd become numb to it by now.

turns out i'm not yet. 😶

#the more this situation gets talked about the worse it gets #at this point this person has like. 8 aliases? #and the scam gets progressively worse the more aliases come to light #it'd be comical if i weren't incredibly sorry for the latine authors they manipulated and used #not surprised that a racefaking scumbag would use other people but y'know. still sucks #really sorry for dc guevara. rafael nicolás and dn bryn who seem like they got the worst of it

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so in case people on here aren't on twitter/ig and won't get this message: we recently learned that prominent dark romance indie author freydís moon is, in fact, a catfish. they've been brownfacing under several aliases for years and there's speculation they've taken on other identities to pretend to be industry professionals for their own nefarious ends.

this is important not only due to the deception, racism and manipulation but also because they've been using their various aliases to bully fellow authors, particularly neurodivergent authors and tarnish their careers and torpedo opportunities for them. d.n. bryn, also known as brynwrites, was one of their many targets.

if you're interested in learning more i direct you to the following twitter thread:

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Hey everyone, please consider buying the 2024 itch.io Palestinian Relief Bundle- it's 373 games, game-making assets, tabletop roleplaying games, zines, and comics for a minimum of just 8 USD! They have a goal of 100,000 USD, and as of the time I'm writing this post, they have 8 more days to reach it.

Link will be in the reblog!

#free palestine

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If I ask nicely will people reblog this and tell me what their most common breakfast is? Not your favorite necessarily, just what you have for breakfast most frequently? 🙏🏽

#bread with this one specific cream called nocciolata (no milk type) #and whatever fruit i have in the fridge on the side + tea

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went on someone’s blog who didn’t post in over a year and their last post was about getting married. like your marriage is more important than posting on tumblr? grow up

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this bigoted piece of legislation passed by our far right government will be financed using EU covid recovery funds

#la cosa dei fondi dell'ue me l'ero persa #raga quando lo facciamo esplodere palazzo chigi? #(per non dire porcodio che comunque ho detto) #italian tag

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Rationally I know that the whole "progressive hottie" type of love interest in romantasy is just a power fantasy because the audience wants a sexy bad boy who also respects women (albeit in theory you should show it and not just tell it but shhhhh), but my annoying self can't stop of asking where they got their progressive ideals since most of them are those hypermasculine alpha men who spent most of their life killing people around. Did they read Judith Butler between a battle and another? Did they get a sudden divine enlightenment a là Saint Paul on the way to Damascus and suddenly realized that Women Are People too? So many questions!

#glad op was inspired by rhysand because that's literally what i thought about as soon as i read this #i refuse to type 'bat boys' as part of a serious sentence but yeah. those three. #grew up in misogynyland but invented women's rights trust me dude #also at least in sjm's case these super progressive men are written by a misogynist racist zionist queerphobe etc etc so...

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the US education system isn't even that bad. many countries have objectively worse-funded education systems, but don't display the same belligerent idiocy as them. the fundamental issue is that USAmericans have no real reason to care about the rest of the world, as it will never meaningfully affect their lives unless they decide to go on vacation or take part in an invasion. their lack of intellectual curiosity is because the rest of the world never really registers as a real place.

#prev: la scuola italiana va sempre peggio EPPURE noi non andiamo in giro a dire che la cina è la capitale di pechino o cazzate varie #i probably reblogged this post already with more thought-over tags #(either that or it's /buried in my drafts/ with more thought-over tags) #but i'll reblog it again because my dash needs its scheduled dose of usamerican hate

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you know what would just be so cool and I never even considered it before?

making ocs for mutuals' worlds

one of the coolest parts of fandom (to me) is people interacting with a piece of media and thinking it's cool enough to put in all the effort of creating a whole new character to put on the board. not even interacting with the plot the og writer originally placed down, sometimes. just being a part of the world the writer created because it's such an interesting place to be, and they want to explore that world, whether it be through a self-insert or a new character or whatever

I just think it would be cool

#we need to do this at some point #if anyone made an oc for any of my worlds i might actually die on the spot

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Tbh Basilio is in love with Giacomo. Like it’s obviously not healthy and doesn’t stop him from being a complete bastard to Giacomo literally all the time but if you really forced him to sit down and examine his innermost feelings….he would learn he’s been pining

#i'm glad he's not aware because i feel like if he were he'd act WORSE

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Thanks for reminding me that you guys pronounce "Circe" like "sir-see". Absolutely cursed.

#i DID wonder if it was a spin on circe but it always evades me that y'all pronounce it like that

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Welcome!

You can call me Cammie.

Here I’ll be sharing updates and information about my existing and upcoming publications in The Essence of the Equinox series, as well as other stories set both in and out of the universe.

Publications

In Pursuit of Perfection in Fall into Fantasy 2022 Amira has always demanded perfection—of herself and those around her. Her quest for absolute control takes her on a journey to the hot deserts of Seraj where rumours permeate that humans may have rediscovered the ancient phoenix. Should its power be harnessed, the fire witches will be unmatched. Amira thinks it time they re-learn who the true supreme being on earth is. 

When The Stars Alight (16 June 2023) Book 1 in The Essence of the Equinox (Buy Indie | Other vendors) Star princess Laila travels to a cursed island to uncover a legendary race of demons. There, she finds herself up against a tyrannical king who rules without a heart. To spare her country from his warmongering ways, Laila must play the role of charming diplomat aided by the prince and his bastard brother. But soon it is her heart she must keep from being torn between their dangerous rivalry for her affections.

Two Halves Of A Whole in midnight & indigo (31 October 2023) (Purchase) Lucille Bonnaire finds herself becoming the new bride to vampyre prince Ilya Likhanov. Unfortunately, she is unaware of just how nefarious his intentions are towards her and her magic.

The Sanguine Sorceress (1 December 2023) Prequel in The Essence of the Equinox (Other vendors | Buy Indie ) A blood-soaked tale of feminine rage following the journey of Serafina Stilia, as she attempts to claw agency for herself in a society where all the power is held fast in the grip of a male-run imperialistic regime. After her reputation is left in tatters by the unwanted advances of a suitor, Serafina must carve a path to liberation from the fury of her honour-driven father, or die trying.

Upcoming

We Will Devour The Night (22 September 2024) Book 2 in the Essence of the Equinox (Read Early Access on Substack | Ko-fi) Since that fateful voyage north, negative sentiments have only grown against chaos magic and the creatures born from its origins. Laila returns to Mortos with the aim of salvaging her dynasty from those who wish to wrangle the throne on a platform of magic-driven bigotry. She finds herself once more crossing paths with her old lover and confronting the whirlwind of emotions that twenty years apart have done little to settle.

And The Age of Summer Will Rise (Winter 2025) Book 3 in The Essence of the Equinox Summary to come

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Some people do get confused (mostly on my personal blog, I have no idea why since it only has an Italian name and an Italian blog title LMAO)

I am American

I studied Italian in college and I read a not insignificant amount of Italian fantasy novels, my reading level is much higher than my speaking level (although I've been slacking recently)

I studied Norwegian in college and do not remember it

I study Mandarin off and on by myself and can read decently well and can converse okay if people are patient with me

If you talk to me in Italian or Chinese, I will do my best to respond to you in kind but I am by no means fluent in either one of them

#finally i found someone else who learns languages mostly to read books! #not that i need to widen my tbr lol #but as much as i like to have my skills as even as possible my main goal is to consume native content and especially books