#just after he left the library

[notonlymice]

rumbelle + twilight au moodboard

#gold was turned into a vampire a very long time ago (accidentally or against his will) (soon after he married milah and they had bae) #and he hates it #milah left (naturally) (probably because he refused to turn her) #but at some point he just had to turn bae (he was dying or something) #and though gold tried to hide it the volturi killed him (immortal children and all that) #gold moved as far as he could (storybrooke maine) #a couple hundred years later miss belle french moves to storybrooke too and starts working in the library #and she is very intrigued by the mysterious pawnwhop owner... #it's all because whenever I see rumple's sparkly scales I can't help but think about twilight lol #bonus: “how long have you been fourty seven?” “A WHILE” #blood that doesn't look like blood lol #rumbelle #rumbelle moodboard #not only mice but also moodboards #my rumbelle things #my things

[silenthillbunni]

📓🖊️🧸

#i feel so lonely now bc i have no one to talk to sksksk #my sisters gets mad whenever i try to talk 2 mom and she just slammed doors nd got irritated at me #nd my mom is so stressed nd in a bad mood so she just got annoyed when i tried saying smth to her #so ig i should just vent to my bestfriend beloved diary confidant thats been here for me for 5yrs<3333 #anywayyy today was rough.. i woke up w a headache after 3hrs of sleep :(( #but still had to get up nd get ready nd eat boxed mashed potatoes for breakkyy 🤢🤮 (it's so gross after eating it everyday lol) #then w my hunchback nd achy stomach i went to school. it was frustrating bc ppl r so fkn rude #they bumped into me at the bus nd i had to sit like a weirdo caging my left stomach side from everyone. had to elbow some dumb fkn guy bc he #pressed his backpack into my side. so i had to basically push it away from me lol he thought i was so weird. but move tf away asshole?????? #got to school nd checked myself in the mirror nd i was so pale i look like absolute garbage its annoying :(( #it was next to insufferable to endure class bc my head hurt so bad (it was the worst part i think) nd i couldnt sit up straight so my back #hurt so bad too sksksks :< #but i managed to write a little but on my assignment #then i left a bit earlier bc i couldnt stand it anymore i was feeling so bad #wrnt to the library bc i had to return some books. could only carry two small ones tho so have to go back multiple times sksksk #felt soooo bad but ate some more disgusting mashed potatoes nd took a nap w an ice pack. took a migraine pill even if it upsets my stomach🤣 #now a few hours later i feel better physically #buuuuuut im so miserable im not even kidding #idc if it sound pathetic or fatty but genuinely that moment w a cup of coffee nd a small chocolate treat everyday makes me feel sm better #like im not kidding!!!!! it does a lot for my peace of mind sksksk T-T #im so miserable bc i cant eat anything still im so hungry :(( #and im weak. im pale. my skin's dry. it's itchy bc of malnutrition... i feel faint nd dizzy nd slow nd just not good at all #im so frustrated i hate this sm i wanna feel strong and healthy!! i dont wanna be constantly hungry. i wanna go to the gym nd go for walks #i wanna be able to sit up straight nd not get back pain!!! #i know i know it's only been 8 days since surgery and it takes time to heal i get it..... :( #but theres just too much going on and im so sick and tired of it all #mostly i just wanna be able to eat and feel strong bc i feel so weak nd i miss food so much sksksksk

[bambiraptorx]

Part One

Draxum and Mikey:

Similarly to Raph, Draxum struggles quite a bit at first with adjusting to Mikey's nigh-on ridiculous learning speed. However, Mikey's main 'barrier', so to speak, is that scheduling specific times for lessons as Draxum prefers to do doesn't work well for him. Sometimes it works out, and Mikey progresses in leaps and bounds, but other times when his focus is exhausted? Sure, he can kind of force himself to pay attention during their lessons, but that only works so well and for so long. It is not, by any means, an effective way to learn.

The real issue isn't Mikey's ability or potential to learn, but that he's never really had to learn how to consistently engage with something even when he doesn't feel like it. He's never really had to force himself to keep working on something when he isn't really feeling it. Which isn't inherently a negative trait, but it makes it harder for Draxum to teach him, as Draxum has most definitely learned how to force himself to do things and doesn't immediately realize that that's not a universal thing.

The problem Draxum has here isn't so much about getting Mikey to focus, but rather not only figuring out how to create an environment that is continually engaging enough that Mikey can focus, but also knowing when to just call it quits. Some days are fantastic, others just don't work out for training, and there's nothing wrong with that. He might end up kinda just showing Mikey a wide range of the ways that mystic powers can be used and hoping that some of it sticks.

Draxum and Leo:

This might seem a be counter intuitive, but Leo is actually the one who Draxum can train most effectively (at least, given the specific context of Minor Interference). See, based on the point in time that this story diverges from canon, Leo is still struggling to figure out how his powers work and, although he doesn't want to admit it, deeply insecure about his place on the team because of that.

That, combined with his tendency to latch onto paternal figures (see: Jupiter Jim and Tim Dunkman) means that Leo actually really does want to learn from Draxum and sort of starts looking up to him. "Sort of" being the key phrase here, as Leo doesn't want to admit to himself that he craves the approval Draxum happens to be offering. So Leo wants to learn from Draxum, but at the same time, he doesn't want to get too close, if that makes sense.

On Draxum's end, Leo's training is the easiest (at least in terms of technique) because Draxum is teaching him a skill set that he himself actively uses: portals. Draxum knows from first hand experience how tricky portals can be to use and how hard they are to learn, so he actually has more reasonable expectations for Leo than Leo himself does.

However, what makes training Leo difficult is that Leo continually ignores the safety rules Draxum tries to teach him. This is partly because Leo's already broken most of those rules with little to no consequences and doesn't see why it's such a big deal, but also because he can tell it's extremely frustrating for Draxum when he breaks those rules.

What Leo doesn't really realize is that Draxum's frustration comes from a place of concern about his wellbeing, because portals can be very, very dangerous, especially when you're as reckless with them as Leo is. You can get lost somewhere, you can get portal-jacked, you could portal chop yourself, etc. Portals are not a form of magic to be taken lightly, and Leo's a bit too cavalier about how he uses them.

#rottmnt #rottmnt au #minor interference au #minor interference lore #rottmnt baron draxum #rottmnt mikey #rottmnt leo #michelangelo hamato #leonardo hamato #rise of the tmnt #rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #as i said in the tags of part one #a lot of how draxum ends up training the turtles becomes highly dependent on how his neurodivergencies interact with theirs #and how he interacts with their lack of formal education #no shade to splinter whatsoever because he had literally no resources for teaching his kids #but like. he probably left them to fend for themselves education wise after a while #like how is splinter (a rat man in the sewers) supposed to homeschool his kids when he can barely even go to a public library? #at some point i think he just let them figure out how to teach themselves about their interests like cooking circuitry etc #not to mention that he may or may not have the knowledge and background needed to effectively homeschool four kids #but that's another can of worms entirely

[braidwoods]

i hope mc makes mal wear a wig or im not buying a single scene with him in bolas2

#@ character designers who think its a good idea to have a male character with long hair cut it: why are you like this #oh im loving how angsty this book will be in the first half ugh!!! with all the lis its rough #tyril spent a year wandering around mourning feeling like he failed kaya only to watch mc vanish before his eyes not being able to help the #nias just figuring out who she is as a person and loses mc and her whole support system who helped her dismantle her entire worldview #mal never really trusted anyone besides his sister before mc and the rest of the group came along. hes abandoned #just like he was when his mom died. left all alone again after forming the first meaningful bonds hes had in over a decade probably #imtura had her crew obviously but i hc that there was always a divide between her and them bc shes never known what she should do #be herself away from the pressures of her mom and flotilta (flotila??) or reluctantly step up and accept she has to sacrifice herself #and kade!!!!! he spent months being tortured then he gets saved by his sibling only to have them be kidnapped in front of him #he knows whats capable of happening in the shadow realm so hes spent the year in the library poring over tomes for something anything #theyve all spent the year constantly thinking about mc being tortured or worse but kade has to blame himself for all this. after all if he #didnt get trapped mc wouldnt have absorbed the blade of light and wouldnt be a target. just ugh!!!!! fantastic angst

[arthur-r]

as usual i am up late into the night planning my future when i should be: getting a good nights sleep so that i even have a future!!

#i have work in seven and a half hours. so i should really be getting to bed #BUT i officially made my final definitive degree plan!!!! i mean not the actual classes but all the requirements i have to meet and how!! #(in order to earn: history and information science double major. with certificates in material culture and classics) #and i’m genuinely excited for every single class i have to take except for human-computer interaction #just cause i know it’s gonna get overly technical in ways that won’t quite apply to my future #anyway every single other thing i’m gonna do is very cool and exciting. so everything is good really #but i should be sleeping. and i’m not. as usual 🤧 #idk wish me luck!!!! i’m so hyped about my degree plan though #i’ll go into more detail another time. i’m very excited #ANYWAY goodnight!!!! can’t be so busy planning my future in library science that i DONT GO TO MY SHELVING JOB #kind of important to actually go to work for the library that employs me…. #and then i might go see a first-printing roget’s thesaurus!!!! or i’ll sleep. we’ll see #followed by lunch with GUY WHO IS THE WORST KILL HIM WITH HAMMERS #(there is nothing really wrong with me he just keeps kind of being mean to me and also expecting me to fall in love with him. but like #extremely passively and not manipulatively it’s just like. hey buddy you’re doing this friendship wrong….) #anyway then i have a class and after that i have an hour to rest. and then a phone call and then a lot of homework #(ten page paper draft due in a week and a half!! so it’s time to start writing the actual body of it) #and then i sleep for a LONG time and then work again on saturday. and then sleepover with somebody i have a crush on?? #and then be normal all day on sunday and do a little more paper writing. and programming homework. and whatever else #and then keep up with the slog for three weeks!!!! and all of a sudden it’s summer!!!! #projects left this year: material culture paper (entirely unstarted. but may research the thesaurus and just win!!!!) #history project (draft due the monday after next and real paper due a week after classes end) #one more programming assignment where i adapt my recipe doubler project (probably. it’s getting stupid at this point but it’s what i got!!) #and a programming test in two weeks and then the final a week after that. then no more programming #and then i just have my weekly latin tests and a latin final on may 5th. and then EVERYTHING IS DONE #ok i got this. sorry for walking through my schedule in the tags it’s how i remember what’s real #can’t believe my fucking partner just kind of walked out on me there hello???? like. we should be powering through finals together #but i’m genuinely better off without him so i guess it’s just whatever. trash took itself out or something?? #anyway. i’m so regular. and i have work in the morning. and i’m going to sleep #thank you world. goodnight

[blue-madd]

Made an AU for Ian and Naïl where they're called Jack and Eden bc why not

After the "barista x vet assistant" version, here's the "bass player x influencer" version~ (+ their lil apartment)

Plot was so simple : influencer finds himself at a concert and compliments the bass player for his skills who instantly becomes obsessed w him and casually starts crashing at his place

Also the apartment was made based on inspo I found on Pinterest so really no original idea for this one (I have never been so uninspired lmao)

#I like the idea of making other AUs with them since I'm struggling to keep a paracosm entertaining for too long #soo we got the coffe shop AU we got the band AU what will come next i wonder #my mind is screaming library AU but aint no way Jack reads shit (he came out so different and yet so similar to Ian i cant explain it) #Ian is like a fancy version of Jack but i feel like Jack has the original personality #and i have just decided that he doesnt know how to read which means library AU where the bookkeeper teaches him (or fails huhuhu) #also very important note : Jack only started wearing pink bc thats Eden's fav color lmao i love him he is so simple #like the 1st time they met Jack casually signed Eden's top while adding his number (which he never used) #& 2nd time they went to an after party together and Jack drove Eden home and was like #'so this is where u live. ok. can i come over when im bored?' then came back the very next day & basically never left #and Eden was like 'i aint looking for nothing romantic/sexual/etc' so Jack went 'ok lets be friends then' #and Then Eden was all 'i wanna try smth new' so Jack went 'ok lets be lovers' like he is so Chill he just wants to hang out w him #i love their dynamic #madd #paras rant #paraportal #i need to find a correct name ugh #paracosm : mixed AUs

[official-rolli-und-rita]

Also to the old french guy at the library who loudly corrected my pronunciation of montréal (the t is silent), you're absolutely right, but i hate you now. Who cares about canada ihave never spoken about canada to another french person in my life how was i supposed to remember that?

#yes i know the t is silent!!! i know the basic rules of my own language! but it's hard to translate it into danish and also i only ever #hear people say it in english and in english the t is not fuckign silent so suck my d #most embarassing moment of my life istg #my students didn't give a shit tho they just thought the guy was weird and he left right after so that was good and the library was #mostly empty anyways so who cares #work stories #GT

[void-tiger]

Dream’s kinda his own Worst Enemy in that in denying his own needs, he’s also denied the needs of the dreams and nightmares he created…to not be manipulated further by Desire and Despair…to not become overwhelmed by the dreamers’…to not overwhelm the dreamers…to not be alone.

And it utterly backfires.

#dream of the endless #morpheus sandman #…yES I want this guy to live even tho he doesn’t and the Softness he denies himself gets to go to Washedout Ass Frikkin Daniel #sorry but I prefer a different story #and I think it’s telling that altho Daniel has his own fanbase? #MORPHEUS is the one who’s actually iconic and used in like. all the old marketing and library/bookstore bookmarks #not to mention the one comics spent The Most time with #sorry daniel who. #(let the grumpy wet skrunky cat finish his arc) #(if he truly ‘wANTED tO dIE~ TM’ he’d have removed Death’s Seal on Orpheus around the French Revolution #(there’s kinda more…Proto Aspects. than Just Daniel. Daniel’s just the only annoying baby convieved in annoying circumstances we see) #(and like. it’s kinda like the Kindly Ones were just /waiting/ for Morpheus to fail. #(instead of. idk. euthenizing Orpheus themselves? if they truly cared? #(what IS their relationship with Calliope anyway.) #anyway. maladaptive stuff backfiring is Fascinating #BUT. let the guy grow and heal. otherwise…well. you can tell it left the taste of rancid peanuts in my mouth #…anyway. my other Take on Morpheus!Dream? ‘eh. he could be worse.’ #LiKE. Desire is worse. Despair is worse. Poor Delirium is worse. Destruction is worse in that he fucks off and leaves his friends to BlowUp #and Destiny is…kinda who Dream models himself after? (not thay he’ll ever admit it.) #Destiny gets to be distant. The younger Endless get to fuck around. #Destruction gets to LEAVE (and oh look. World Wars and MORE Epidemics and Technilogical Booms turned surveilance states and WORSE wars) #but no…the only one who Finds Out is the guy with depression who’s finally trying to heal #and for as Terrible as he self described and Desire Especially describes him? is. kinda Just A Guy #idk. fascinating pieces. but I don’t really care much for how they were fitted together thematically #if I was supposed to like Daniel Instead then idk. show Dream pulling the same shit as Desire and Despair and Delirium #vs just. very occationally lashing out. (and the only one who didn’t deserve that was Nada.)

[beautyofloneliness]

Just read the most recent chapter of Exlibrium! FINALLY, I WILL LEARN WHAT THE FUCK HAPPENED TO SASHA AND INGA. FINALLY, I WILL LEARN WHAT KIND OF MYSTERIOUS SHIT FUCKED THEM UP! FINALLY, I WILL LEARN WHAT MADE THEIR HAIR TURN GRAY-

#also: finally got a confirmation that Inga is in fact dyslexic #and that all this shit happened when Sasha finally found a book that was suitable for her #in his own words that's what best friends do: help each other and find ways to enjoy things for one another #and I'm crying T-T because they didn't deserve this shit. they deserved to just live and go to mcdonalds and libraries and stuff. #and the fact that a huge amount of guilt Sasha has is connected to what happened to his bff Inga because of him??? #like he legitimately wanted to end his life after that happened but he had 'a reason' to stay #and that reason is heavily implied to be Inga #AND NOW I FEEL THINGS- #and like- he has a LOT of reasons to feel guilty about it! #1) Inga had to endure the ink poisoning process because of him #2) Inga had risk her life and bind herself to what I can only call a 'magic trauma university' #(or otherwise 'pretty accurate depiction of what philology students in russian universities go through') #3) Inga had to be tested (like him) by the shitty council AND IT WAS NOT A PLEASANT EXPERIENCE #4) When Sasha got fed up with the council's lies and basically fell in love with a book character he started keeping things away from Inga #and even left her alone on the New Year's Eve that they were supposed to spend together #(action that arguably broke Inga's heart because we see everyone celebrating NY with their friends/families/lovers except for her: #she walks alone in the cold looking into her phone and crying - THAT WAS MESSED UP) #which caused her to wonder why her best friend started behaving like this because he never tried to do sth that will hurt her feelings #(and considering to what lengths he went just to find that damn book it's no wonder why she loves him so much) #and she got worried. and everyone judged her for trying to find him. #except for one person. that person happened to be the one who helped her find Sasha. #and this person also died in the process because went there. now imagine if Inga decided to go to that place instead of him. #imagine amount of guilt Sasha felt after that. yes he feels guilty enough because his friend died. #but imagine how much worse it would be if it was his best friend Inga who was just worried for him! #actually that's the worst thing that happened to them. #and the worst thing about it is that Sasha still can't accept Inga's unconditional love for him because he feels like he doesn't deserve it #but she continues to express her love anyway #and that's the reason why their emotional moments are while rare are still the most earnest raw and personal #sorry it turned into a rant #I am emotional today

[dialphone-archived]

oh my god.... redux ending.....

#six.txt #i know i talk abt redux the most bc it hits me closest but.... #ignoring all the chaos and insanity of p2 it really. seems like a guy just doing his best to please everyone but somehow always failing #his wife treats him like shit. he got fired after working for one day for no reason. he goes to church and it gets shot up. - #- he tries to return a library book that wasnt even his and gets attacked by protesters as if he can control the damn library #he gets his wife a christmas tree because he knows itll make her happy even though its july #he does all these things for everyone and still it isnt enough and he snaps and he shoots himself #but of course hes burdened by the narrative and lives anyway #fucking whatever? #redux ending fucks me up bad. it reminds me of the trope of getting revived and coming back wrong but the biggest punch is he never left. #and then brain damaged. its like. this big goofy thing right but its literally actually a battle with his inner demons. fucking crazy

[waitingforminjae]

anyone else haunted by the shame of goodness they did not deserve to receive or is that just me

#this isn't abt thinking u don't deserve good things or kindness this is abt me being a girl's only friend in elementary school #and abandoning her for these other girls (who bullied me for yrs) #and years after she had left the school i ran into her again bc he lil sister was in my dance company #and she always treated me like nothing ever happened and we were still friends every time we would cross paths at performances #and it rlly.........truly abashed the devil stood and felt how awful goodness is or whatever #anyway she just walked into the library and asked me a question at the desk but idk if she recognized me or not #she still loves pokemon apparently </3 #noise pollution #i have one great sin in my life and it's abandoning her like that.

[safyresky]

how's everyone else's friday going? 🙃🙃🙃

#dani speaks #fiance woke up yesterday after i left for work #and was sore af #i was like THAT'S SUS bc we didn't do any hard work yesterday after work #though he's been nonstop like all month #anyway he came to get me from work and i could tell we were face to face with Sick Richard #who is like an old man zombie #so he was like yeah i was standing in machine shop for three hours and im freezing cold and tired and everything hurts #so im gonna take a hot shower and nap and do a covid test #fellas. his nap went from about 5:45 to 9:30pm. PM. #he finally gets the energy to test halfway through critical role when i bring him ones we have downstairs #and he tests positive twice!! TWICE!! #i tested negative but now miss rona is IN my HOUSE and I'll feel VERY BAD if i spread it to my coworkers #AND THEN THE REST OF THE LIBRARY BC OUR FALL EXHIBIT OPENS TODAY #Last time this happened-the first nickle-we went to vote and the news was like yo. people at MY VOTING LOCATION there was a covid!!!! ah! #that was last september #and our fall exhibit last year opened in september #the day my fiance and i went to get tested and stayed home sick to make sure we were SAFE #so yeah. friday's going. somewhere. #HOPEFULLY i manage to just scratch by and NOT catch it from fluffs #though that's unlikely

[sysig]

Such interesting happenings between page turns (Patreon)

#Doodles #More page complaints to fill out Hell Boxes because I hate them and get impatient lol #And then a silly blushy vent pfft sometimes even I think I act ridiculously but I still do it anyway! #Natsuki energy lol #I wonder if the fic ones properly portray my excitement lol it was a very positive reaction #I saw a fic that just by description looked interesting and something I'd be curious enough to read #But then I saw that it was 60k+ words and that curiousity and interest got upgraded to an intense desire to engage #I have however limited myself to only reading after I've done some Other reading! Lots of reading lol #Since I haven't been able to read Animorphs in book form for a while because the library doesn't have more than a handful of copies - #I've been reading the online PDF versions which are good but they're not books y'feel #Well I finally had the galaxy-brained idea to ask what volumes were available and work my way through the digital copies until I hit one #So I had about four books to read through to catch up and I'm through two so far! And they've been really good btw!! #Tobias' book was so good ahhhhh my beautiful boy ;; He deserves the best and I'm so bittersweet happy for him #And then I'll get to both read a physical book and the fanfic that I'm interested in :D Win-win! #I also picked up Frankenstein for the lols since everyone's into Dracula right now haha #The long simple-scribbly set is me realizing some hubris I had set myself up for earlier /that day/ #I did literally lay on the floor and laugh #Sometimes it's all you can do #My life has some of the weirdest and most out of left field contrivances for someone who does not lead the most active day-to-day #''Haha like that would ever happen!'' *happens* '':0'' #And capping off with yet more pages - I'm so close to being done with my current notebook! So so so so soooo close!

[endusviolence]

Rowling isn't denying holocaust. She just pointed out that burning of transgender health books is a lie as that form of cosmetic surgery didn't exist. But of course you knew that already, didn't you?

I was thinking I'd probably see one of you! You're wrong :) Let's review the history a bit, shall we?

In this case, what we're talking about is the Institut für Sexualwissenschaft, or in English, The Institute of Sexology. This Institute was founded and headed by a gay Jewish sexologist named Magnus Hirschfeld. It was founded in July of 1919 as the first sexology research clinic in the world, and was run as a private, non-profit clinic. Hirschfeld and the researchers who worked there would give out consultations, medical advice, and even treatments for free to their poorer clientele, as well as give thousands of lectures and build a unique library full of books on gender, sexuality, and eroticism. Of course, being a gay man, Hirschfeld focused a lot on the gay community and proving that homosexuality was natural and could not be "cured".

Hirschfeld was unique in his time because he believed that nobody's gender was either one or the other. Rather, he contended that everyone is a mixture of both male and female, with every individual having their own unique mix of traits.

This leads into the Institute's work with transgender patients. Hirschfeld was actually the one to coin the term "transsexual" in 1923, though this word didn't become popular phrasing until 30 years later when Harry Benjamin began expanding his research (I'll just be shortening it to trans for this brief overview.) For the Institute, their revolutionary work with gay men eventually began to attract other members of the LGBTA+, including of course trans people.

Contrary to what Anon says, sex reassignment surgery was first tested in 1912. It'd already being used on humans throughout Europe during the 1920's by the time a doctor at the Institute named Ludwig Levy-Lenz began performing it on patients in 1931. Hirschfeld was at first opposed, but he came around quickly because it lowered the rate of suicide among their trans patients. Not only was reassignment performed at the Institute, but both facial feminization and facial masculization surgery were also done.

The Institute employed some of these patients, gave them therapy to help with other issues, even gave some of the mentioned surgeries for free to this who could not afford it! They spoke out on their behalf to the public, even getting Berlin police to help them create "transvestite passes" to allow people to dress however they wanted without the threat of being arrested. They worked together to fight the law, including trying to strike down Paragraph 175, which made it illegal to be homosexual. The picture below is from their holiday party, Magnus Hirschfeld being the gentleman on the right with the fabulous mustache. Many of the other people in this photo are transgender.

[Image ID: A black and white photo of a group of people. Some are smiling at the camera, others have serious expressions. Either way, they all seem to be happy. On the right side, an older gentleman in glasses- Magnus Hirschfeld- is sitting. He has short hair and a bushy mustache. He is resting one hand on the shoulder of the person in front of him. His other hand is being held by a person to his left. Another person to his right is holding his shoulder.]

There was always push back against the Institute, especially from conservatives who saw all of this as a bad thing. But conservatism can't stop progress without destroying it. They weren't willing to go that far for a good while. It all ended in March of 1933, when a new Chancellor was elected. The Nazis did not like homosexuals for several reasons. Chief among them, we break the boundaries of "normal" society. Shortly after the election, on May 6th, the book burnings began. The Jewish, gay, and obviously liberal Magnus Hirschfeld and his library of boundary-breaking literature was one of the very first targets. Thankfully, Hirschfeld was spared by virtue of being in Paris at the time (he would die in 1935, before the Nazis were able to invade France). His library wasn't so lucky.

This famous picture of the book burnings was taken after the Institute of Sexology had been raided. That's their books. Literature on so much about sexuality, eroticism, and gender, yes including their new work on trans people. This is the trans community's Alexandria. We're incredibly lucky that enough of it survived for Harry Benjamin and everyone who came after him was able to build on the Institute's work.

[Image ID: A black and white photo of the May Nazi book burning of the Institute of Sexology's library. A soldier, back facing the camera, is throwing a stack of books into the fire. In the background of the right side, a crowd is watching.]

As the Holocaust went on, the homosexuals of Germany became a targeted group. This did include transgender people, no matter what you say. To deny this reality is Holocaust denial. JK Rowling and everyone else who tries to pretend like this isn't reality is participating in that evil. You're agreeing with the Nazis.

But of course, you knew that already, didn't you?

Edit: Added image IDs. I apologize to those using screen readers for forgetting them. Please reblog this version instead.

#transgender #trans history #transsexual #transphobia #Magnus Hirschfeld #holocaust #holocaust denial #book burning #j.k. rowling #jk rowling #just in case you missed what i mean by all this: go fuck yourself anon :) #trans people have always existed #and we will always exist #if you really wanna pick a fight with me over well-documented history then you better bring in some sources to back your shit #queer history #queer #lgbt+ #lgbta+ #lgbt #lgbt history #edit: i finally got around to those damn image IDs. i am so very sorry for totally forgetting that's my bimbo moment of the month #also real quick i thought about adding an image of the actual building but the only one i can find has a Nazi parade in front of it #it was taken the day of the book burning raid and honestly if i were to include it then i'd add it to the first few paragraphs #and i think the story's better told when you uphold the hope Magnus Hirschfeld and all the researchers he worked with had #also keeps being brought up: yes Hirschfeld was a eugenicist. it was a popular belief set that was only discredited after WW2 #Hirschfeld died in 1935. he literally didn't live long enough to see science turn against those beliefs and practices #considering how he changed his mind on transitions i like to think he would've changed his mind on eugenics too if he'd lived

[asjjohnson]

I was numbly scrolling through job listings and happened across the kindest-sounding job page I've ever seen. Saying there was no requirements at all (besides being happy or something), that they'll walk you through everything and train you. And that they're happy to hire anyone, no matter how young or old, whether it's your first job or you want a little extra money on the side or you're retired and want something to do.

The feel of the wording was like, "Aww poor baby—here, have a blanket and a hot chocolate and I'll make everything better." While the job listings I usually see are like, "Working nights, weekends, and holidays are required. And if you don't know these five obscure things by heart and have eight years of experience, don't even bother applying."

And the place is close enough that I should be able to get there easily on rollerblades (if I can finally get use to the pair I bought awhile ago).

...But then I'd mentioned to my dad that I might apply for a job, and he reminded me that I hadn't wanted to be tied up during the day of the eclipse, and suggested I wait to see if it's still available after that.

...And then I checked my desk calendar and saw several other days I need to be free for scattered throughout the next two months.

...I'm beginning to think I'm just not cut out for working.

#asj just being silly #I forget if I'd posted about the time I applied for a barista job or if that was before joining tumblr. #The only thing I could think to put on the application was that I lived around the corner so I could come any time. #I assumed I wouldn't be called. So the belated call for an interview took me by complete surprise. #And I got there a few minutes early as is proper and was told to just sit at any table and wait. #And he was so late and I had no idea what he looked like and then someone walked in the front door and asked me if I was someone else #and I didn't know if that was him or someone on a blind date or what. But then he got my name right but I was already panicking by then #And he was yawning because the employee I'd talked to called him and woke him up. ...And I felt so inadequate talking to him. #I think the main reason I didn't get that job was because I was very noticeably nervous. #I couldn't bring myself to smile naturally or sound happy after sitting there so long. He'd mentioned that. And also my age. #...But it was also the only time I've ever gotten to the interview stage so it was a step in the right direction? #There was the time I applied for an easy sounding job at the library that had perfect hours. #Days after putting in the application the Coronavirus reached my area and the library tossed all applications & shut down (for some time). #There was the time I thought about applying for a nice job at a weather station. Nice hours. ...alright drive. & I'd had 2 related classes. #I took too long thinking about it & trying to make my short resume look desirable. The listing disappeared before I submitted it. #I don't think I've ever made it past looking at the listing page for any web developer job. #I keep telling myself I'll read up on new practices and learn all these languages I hadn't learned. But I always lose motivation quickly. #I wish I took the two electronics classes I'd thought about in college. I was afraid of being the only girl. #...And I've always been nervous around walls. #But there's always work for electricians! And I really like playing with resisters and building circuits. ...Only time I got to was in HS. #And if nothing else I could finish the job the electricians left half done at my house years ago. They wouldn't return any of my calls.

[niennanir]

Listen to your elders

So last week I posted abut the importance of downloading your fic. And then three days later AO3 went down for 24 hours. No one was more weirded out by this than I was. But while y’all were acting like the library at Alexandria was on fire I was reading my download fic and editing chapter eight of Buck, Rogers, and the 21st Century. And also thinking about what I could do to be helpful when the crisis was actually over.

So first off, I’m going to repeat that if you’re going to bookmark a fic, you really need to also download the fic and back it up in a safe place. I just do it automatically now and it’s a good habit to get into.

But let’s talk about some other scenarios. Last October I lost power for over a week after hurricane Ian. Apart from not having internet or A/C I did find plenty to do, I collect books so I had plenty to read, but maybe, unlike me, your favorite comfort reads aren’t sitting on a bookshelf. So let’s do something about that, shall we?

In olden times many long years ago around 1995 we printed off a lot of fic. It was mostly SOP to print a fic you planned to reread and stick it in a three ring binder. And that’s totally valid today too, but you can also make a very nice paperback with a minimum amount of skill and materials.

Let’s start with the download; Go to Ao3 and select your fic, we’ll be working with one of mine. This method works best with one shots, long fic tends to need a more complicated approach. Get yourself an HTML download

Open up the HTML download and select all then copy paste into any word processor. Set the page to landscape and two columns, then change the font to something you find easy to read, this is your book, no judgement. This is all you have to do for layout but I like to play a little bit. I move all the meta, summary, notes to the end and pick out a fun font for the title: 

No time like the present to do a quick proofread. Congratulations, you’ve just created your first typeset. On to the fun part.

Now you’re going to need some materials:  8.5x11in paper ruler one sheet of 12x12 medium card stock (60-80lb) scissors pencil pen or fine tip marker sheet of wax paper white glue two binder clips 2 heavy books or 1 brick butter knife

You’ll also need a printer, if you’re in the US there is almost a 100% chance your local library has a printer you can use if you don’t have your own. None of these materials are expensive and you can literally use cheap copy paper and Elmers glue.

Print your text block, one page per side. Fold the first page in half so that the blank side is inside and the printed side out:

use the butter knife to crease the edge. Repeat on all the sheets. When you’ve finished, stack them up with the raw edge on the left and the folded edge on the right. I used standard copy paper, because you’re only printing on one side there’s no bleed to worry about. Take the text block and line everything up. Use the binder clips to hold the raw edge in place.

Wrap the text block in the wax paper so that the raw edge and binder clips are facing out. I’m going to use my home built book press but you don’t need one, a brick or a couple of books or anything else heavy will work fine.

Once the text block is anchored down, take off he binder clips and get out the glue.

You can use a brush but you don’t need one, smear some glue on that raw edge.

Go make a margarita, watch The Mandalorian, call your mother. Don’t come back for at least an hour

In an hour smear some more glue on there and shift your brick forward so that the whole book is covered. This keeps the paper from warping. While glue part 2 is drying we’ll do the cover. Get out your 12x12 cardstock

Mark the cardstock off at 8.5 inches and cut it. Measure in 5.5 inches from the left and put in a score line with the butter knife (the back edge not the sharp edge)

Carefully fold the score line, this is your front cover. You have some options for the cover title, you can use a cutting machine like a cricut if you have one, you can print out a title on the computer and use carbon paper to transfer the text to the cardstock. I was in a mood so I just freehanded that beoch. Pencil first then in pen.

Take your text block out from under your brick. Line it up against the score mark and mark the second score on the other side of the spine

Fold the score and glue the textblock into the cover at the spine. Once the glue dries up mark the back cover with the pencil and then trim the back cover to fit with your scissors.

Voila:

I’m going to put this baby on the shelf next to the Silmarillion.

The whole process, not counting drying time, took less than an hour.

If you want to make a book of a longer fic, I recommend Renegade Publishing, they have a ton of resources for fan-binders. 

#fanbinding #fanfiction #Nir paperback