#make America read again

[iwtvdramacd18]

I used to think that most people had more sense before I got into this fandom because the way people just completely disregard Louis' (and Claudia's) blackness in a show that is an adaptation of a book where the main character owned 2 plantations and hunted slaves for food while talking about his hatred and fear of those he enslaved is like incredible. And to not understand that the show is taking aspects of its source material to task. And to come in with such a superficial understanding of how gothic romance is depicted in Western media, to imply that Louis being put into a role that is almost always taken up by white women is something that's to just connect to a more common audience? Like do you hear yourself? And I KNOW many of yall don't engage with black gay art I KNOW you don't listen to us and often think us outside of queer experience but at some point you are going to need to contend with the fact that there might be something deliberate with the way Louis talks about his relationship with Lestat. The way Claudia interacts with him vs Lestat before and after ep 5. The words she uses to describe the two of them. The books and art put on screen. The costume design. At some point you need to realize you don't know what the fuck you talking about

#drama txt #the biggest thing that gets me is why would you put it in the tags? #but once again if you don't consider blackness as something that matters ofc you gonna look at something like amciwtv and have vapid takes #ofc you're going to see the de Lioncourts photo and go oh welp. here they are making the gays het!! #and not for a moment think about what it means for a black gay man to be PUT into that position of “housewife” #while married to a white man #IN JIM CROW DEEP SOUTH AMERICA LIKE THE SHOW IS SO OPEN ABOUT THE THEMES #it is so obvious about it and heavy handed at times but now I see its not only necessary but not enough the way people are actively dodging #and lets not even get into how few other queers will even consider a trans reading of anything louis is going through

[sciderman]

I’m sorry you’ve had to deal with so much Iranian hate and drama <:[

oh anon. hate to break it to you (a lot of people make this mistake) but iran and iraq are two entirely separate nations.

and also i think reducing it to the words "hate and drama" kind of doesn't cover it, anon.

#i think if people were. just a little bit more informed. then maybe people would see that the people from this region are humans actually. #so anon. please. like... look at a map and do some reading maybe. if you care just a little. #i'm sorry anon but i'm a little bit at a loss for words over this message. like it rendered me speechless for a little. #but it's so common in my life that i've been called iranian and i constantly have to correct people on it. c'mon man. #i mean i have SO many iranian friends even though iraq and iran you know. aren't exactly bedfellows. politically. #but those politics don't really follow me. like in my day to day. iraqis and iranians in the uk of this generation. are again. #pretty divorced. #but it's kind of really frustrating that people Without Fail make this mistake over and over. #it's like how people just refer to “africa” as a whole. instead of recognising there are seperate nations there and. #it's not just a homogenous “other” #please. there are humans there. it's not just “foreign”. #i don't know if you're american anon but i see it a lot that anything outside of america is just “foreign” #and i mean #even as a brit. americans are constantly surprised i'm british because they forget anything exists outside of america. #i think it would be so so so so sexy of you anon to take a look at the globe tonight. give it a spin. #look at the world. it's so full and so beautiful and there are So Many Nations. #i'm going to look at my globe tonight too. i have a really cool old one. it spins so good. #and i'm going to pick some countries i don't know a lot about and do some reading about them. for funsies.

[kenzan-kiwami]

Your malware as requested

Got Damn he really put his entire pussy into that :miku:

#LOVE MALWARE THANK YOU... i will always accept malware in my inbox #from anyone who knows what i mean when i say malware #tumblr mobile sucks and is bad so i can't scrub through or even play it again until i post this so i may edit with more commentary soon #but god i love how much heart everyone puts into these games #(not sega of america) #I ALSO CAN'T READ THE REST OF THE CAPTION beyond 'is mot' so i should definitely just psot this now and worry about speaking my piece later #shishido kosei #audio #gaiden #i yearn for the mines #or. well. masu does #i yearn for them too but i don't think i can post these things from mobile and i'm too cosy in my bed to go back to my computer #anyway noises i make while throwing hanawa in the air like a battered cat toy

[somedaytakethetime]

He's literally obsessed with kicking the ball at this kid in this fashion lately... show off..

Bonus of my favourite, precious dansk rotte:

#the way i learn words just to be able to use them when referring to this man.. #also if that's not correct? i don't care 😤 come speak my language and find out it's not so fun either #anyway in totally unrelated news today i have that song from Barbie stuck in my head #you know that one that Billie wrote for it? the really depressing one? #yeah that one.. you don't understand the melancholy i'm living with besties.. #meanwhile Kasper is posting about the beach on his stories while i'm out here rotting away #and it's sick and twisted because i KNOW he's about to hit that sauna again.. my man *is* obsessed with it.. and he'll never post about it #he'll never drop a little selfie like he did.. totally shirtless... i miss that... #enough sorrow let me get back to work #Kasper Schmeichel #king thicccness #danish captain america #actually now that i think about it.. #i could have written min yndlings dansk rotte.. but i don't know how to say precious yet #i'm poor on complimentary vocabulary.. or vocabulary in general 😅 #edit to add: learning that that is not correct is hilarious #so if i want to say it that way then I'd have to attach possibly dansk rotte to it too? #because apparently yndling is a noun so you have to add the s and make it into a compound word? #there's also favorit and that's an adjective which makes it simpler because i can just write 'min favorit dansk rotte' but #favorit doesn't necessarily mean it's my personal favourite from what I'm reading and Kaspy is definitely my personal favourite so.. #min yndlingsdanskrotte? min yndlingsrotte would likely be more correct? HOW BIG CAN THESE DAMN COMPOUND WORDS GET?? #learning is hard and I'm too old and dumb 😔😔😔 #i genuinely don't understand this language and it makes me want to cry but anyway 😂

[dirt-grub]

If you’re currently ONLY posting about the Israelis that are doing good things for Palestine/are against what their country is doing and pointing out when certain protestors that are not affiliated with the whole of the free Palestine movement are being antisemitic know I can fucking see you. Obviously these are important things to talk about as Israel does not equal all Jews and antisemitism should be called out every time because it’s fucking serious and disgusting that another entire group of people is being blamed for this genocide other than the colonists in charge and Zionists supporting it but you’re telling on yourself as only interested in covering your own ass and it’s embarrassing. I don’t know how you can see hundreds if not thousands of entire bloodlines being wiped from this earth and instantly think well um hashtag not all Israelis and that’s it. Again. I don’t blame the majority of the Israeli people for what’s happening I blame the governments tied up in this and those in the military who happily post bragging about the shit they stole and destroyed on tiktok. You may not have technically done anything pro Israel but like I said you’re obviously only interested in covering your ass and continuing to be seen as a good person without engaging with the absolute horror the apartheid state of Israel is carrying out and checking your pre existing beliefs.

#charlie talks #again. please READ this post #I’m talking specifically about people I’ve seen and unfollowed for only posting about the good Israelis who are helping and protesting #obviously a government does not define its people #I’m American I’d hate if anyone judged me for what my country does because I stand for none of it and contribute only by taxes #which is literally illegal for me to not do #it’s just very very obvious when you have a specific agenda towards protecting yourself and your image first #it’s like. embarrassing #also. I am Austrian. I grew up in America #every single piece of Shit nazi has been brainwashed that it’s us or them #like OG nazis. neo nazis are a different story #you think you’re being smart by saying well Israel has a right to exist because of the holocaust #poor Austrians thought the holocaust was great because ‘foreigners’ many of which had lived there for generations #if not most of them #we’re supposedly to blame #because they were starving. they were very obviously horrifically wrong. but it is factual they were starving #it is factual that the holocaust displaced and murdered millions of Jews #but colonizing displacing and murdering Palestinians is not anywhere close to an answer that will solve anything and pretending it’s valid #is insane. theres nuances to both situations that make comparing them a bit reductive but both were genocides #and genocide is always justified by the perpetrators in the ways some of y’all are claiming to be an exception this time #stop falling for it. this is game of money and power not Jewish liberation #when my grandparents cheered as hitler killed the baron who’d been keeping them poor guess what? their neighbors started going missing #and they new government kept them just as fucking poor #you’re being used #free Palestine

[hella1975]

i don’t think my mum appreciates my bargain hunting

#JUNE IS ACTUALLY COMING TOGETHER IM BITING MY FUCKIGN FIST #like not to deep it but seeing the hours and hours u clocked from ur MINIMUM WAGE waitressing job finally pay off #is actually so emotional like i suffered more than jesus working the holiday season #and I’ll have to work reading week and easter despite exams again #but it’s actually starting to be WORTH IT #like america on its own is the first big thing I’ve ever saved for #but doing newcastle AND london in the DAYS leading up to it? to say sam fender and harry styles in concert? #*see #like that is so spenny I don’t DO shit like this but i AM bc I worked hard and will continue to do so #v proud and excited <3 #also if u don’t know the context of these texts #when me boom and hannah went to london together we got a dirt cheap Airbnb by CROYDEN #and the police got called on someone else staying there 😭 we literally locked our door and were trying not to make any noise lmfaoo #and my londoner dad was just like ‘wahey that’s the big smoke for you 💪🏼🍺🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿’ when I told him like ZERO fucks given #rwbt 2.0 #<- not rlly but oh well #more like the pres for rwbt 2.0

[loki-zen]

incidentally will be forever fascinated to know how that one black Revolutionary War soldier got my (extremely rare) surname but i can’t exactly post about it on tumblr without doxxing myself

#the surname exists p much solely in one area of england #which all recorded immigrants to america of that surname emigrated from #my aunt was able to make contact with several US families of the name but not all of them #the americans outnumber us significantly at this point #you know like the irish #iirc from when i poked around a while back the union soldier probably has living descendants who may not be visibly black #you know what i am now doubting my memory #and think i might have got the wars mixed up again #for union soldier read soldier for America in the Revolutionary War #anyway the point was i could only get as far as his grandkids or something but there were enough of them that the odds seemed good

[jorgecrespo]

those pesky oscars are always keeping me on my toes

#not to sound better than everyone but this is literally my thing so reading other people'sopinions makes me mad because i'm better than them #first of all: a snub is not a snub when they've barely been nominated in any other award show #that's just poor campaigning go talk to someone else about that #second point: just because you didn't see a movie doesn't mean it's not deserving #you can't see two movies a year and get mad about shit #THIRD: you can't spend literally six months hyping up ryan gosling only to be pissed he's nominated #and everyone is gonna bitch about barbie while completely ignoring america's nom #also we literally need to stop talking about barbie it was a cute movie ruined by everyone talking about it constantly #which is actually why it probably got less noms than i thought #you the people did this #and maybe me too because here i am talking about it 😦 #literally shut up no more talking about barbie in 2024 let's talk about some other movie #you can decide which one #if you've read all this hello!!! my offical predictions will be posted later today #this year i'm pretty confident even tho some noms are surprises #but again ..this is my thing so spirits are high

[daydreamerdrew]

The Hulk! (1978) #24

#comparing to that issue I read earlier today where a woman is easily able to get the Hulk to help her #by saying that men had taken something that belongs to her #because the Hulk immediately relates because he too has been bothered by men #this issue is comparing the Hulk’s experience always on the move being chased by the army #to the experience of Native Americas being moved from reservation to reservation #and often dying in the process #there’s been a good amount of stories already published by this point that paralleled or contrasted the Hulk’s experience #to the experience of Black Americans #but I think this is the first ever story that connects the Hulk with Native American people that way #it stands out that once again the Hulk is the one to make the connection #the stories’ handling of race aside #it’s interesting to me that the Hulk is able to empathize in this way on his own #when he’s so often frustrated with and dismissive of humans #marvel #bruce banner #my posts #comic panels

[lilydvoratrelundar]

sometimes comic writing is silly in that “they’re all shooting off one-liners while they punch each other” but the thing is when its done badly you NOTICE. the reaction isn’t "oh yeah i guess this is media for children but also this is spider-man.” when its done badly the response is a) about five seconds trying to understand what the joke is meant to be, b) a slightly baffled “is that meant to be... funny?” and then c) they would NOT say that they would NOT

#lily dot tee ex tee #that one post about incorrect quotes but it really applies to comics writing in general #reading AXIS now. god knows why. but loki's here and he is really not loki #like u cant write the line 'that's the kind of oversight that gets you uninvited from fondou parties' #and then slap that in the fucking asgardian font #like thats just WRONG #also the central idea of this series is 'all of your favourite characters are acting completely out of character' #i dread to think of how the tie-ins handle this #iron man looks interesting and i've read the loki aoa one and those two do INTERESTING things with the ida #like 'iron man reverting back to before he got character development' #and 'loki being heroic makes him a dick and drives away all of his friends and if this is the only time he's considered worthy #then what is that actually worth' #but like. oh no the x men are fighting again. oh no captain america is evil. oh no havoc and wasp broke up. sad. cry. #marvel #616

[netherzon]

Conflicting headcanons:

Zoom School by Syntax-N introduced me to the idea that the nations can’t leave the surface of the earth for too long because it fucks up their physical forms. That they’re spiritually connected to their people, but physically they’re living crystals who need to be close to the core of the earth because that's where their body heat comes from, so flying makes them all violently ill or worse. This is also used to explain the teleportation powers some of them have in canon. They use a different plane of consciousness called “the nation state”(punny) to bend space and time pretty much.

Its just such an interesting idea to me, there's so much potential for other kinds of fun weirdness there, but of course this means any nations interested in flying have to make do with flight simulators and drones on the ground (rip Alfred)

#I love Alfred as a pilot to be clear #I've read too many fics where Alfred IS a pilot not to #I just get brainworms for the exact opposite idea whenever it comes up now #my first thought is #'yes but what about this other thing that makes the first thing impossible huh?' #I want to say “yes AND” dammit #urgh #hetalia #hws america #fic recommendations #what do you call this again? #nation mechanics #or something?

[evergardenwall]

i love reading about canadian french dialects that have specific slang as well as anglicisms. like, it scratches a Specific itch in my brain and reminds me of the process i go through when i use anglicisms when speaking irl due to spending a lot of time on the internet....

#not exactly the same process of language mixing ikno but i genuinely love canadian french #quebec french being the dialect i'm the most familiar with because i grew up reading the aurélie laflamme books and have been listening to #a lot of podcasts its author was invited in last year when i was revisiting these books #also asdjska back when i was in elementary school i would end up using quebec french expressions irl because of those books... #but with my parisian french accent.... lmao #anyway that's why i have a lot of affection for this dialect :') #and i love the way it makes to think differently... like i am in a specific mindset when i read or listen to quebec french speakers #again: it really does scratch that itch in my brain TM #don't understand ppl who make fun of the quebec accent btw. sorry for enjoying accent diversity i guess but i'm just built different <3 #(in other words: the adhd won today and i'm currently reading wikipedia articles about french dialects in north america lol) #entries

[donuts4evry1]

Portuguese person from portugal hello 🥺 I loved your portuguese little meme doodles omg

Its always fascinating to me when ppl seem interested in our language, even if its the brazilian Portuguese

// Ok but in all seriousness, I'm glad you enjoyed them :)!

It's been a real blast learning about Brazil and Portuguese (though now that I think about it... I think I just broke my streak in duolingo lol), and @nautilus-that-eats-hyacinths has definitely made things so much more fun :)

#there's a separate course for brazilian and portugal portuguese which tells me there are probably a. lot of big differences #but ig it's pretty much the same as Castilian Spanish and Latin American Spanish #actually there are. a whole ton of differences between spanish dialects in the south america #i would know. a cool 70% of my school was hispanic or latino haha #anyway the rabbit holes that this game have led me down are real fun :). you would never expect to learn this much stuff from a video game- #-hehe #i learned so much about reading kanji and making names with them #(still not perfect tho. actually I might even end up changing names again.... just bc my names kinda stink... haha) #like ''mizuya'' uses the kun reading for water but the on reading for 8. #and usually numbers are used at the beginning rather than the end #so yeah definitely might change haruto's last name.......... #sigh #sorry lil guy #it just wasn't meant to be #but anyway it's been really fun learning about Brazil! and Japanese born in Brazil! #ask #mun rambles #ite! it's jellyfish love! #momoka amahiro #my art #i think that's all i wanted to say? I can't remember it's 1:30 am in the morning haha #thanks again for liking my content in portuguese !! I am trying my best

[shithitsmynipples]

Every time I pay out of pocket for a medical expense I get a little closer to going completely off the rails and never coming back. Someone citizenship marry me before I commit a crime

#I’m currently trying to get an antibiotic that’s supposed to cost $1800 #you read that right #18 fucking hundred #and the person who ordered the test that led to the diagnosis can’t prescribe #so I have to go to another doctors office #they called the pharmacy who said whoa this expensive let us call your doctor #radio silence ever fucking since #now I have to call them both again and phone calls make me want to DIE #america is a fucking joke

[trollprincess]

“Nobody’s going to want to sit on high-speed rail for fifteen hours to get from New York City to LA.”

Me. I will sit on high-speed rail for fifteen hours. I’ll sit on it for days. I’ll write and read and nap and eat and then do it all over again. I’ll stare out the windows and see America from ground level and not have to drive. I’ll see the Rockies and the deserts and cornfields and the Mississippi River and your house and yours and yours too. I’ll make up stories in my head about the small towns I see as we go along. I’ll see the states I’ve yet to see because driving or flying there is a fucking slog and expensive to boot. I’ll enjoy the ride as much as the destination. And then I’ll do it all over again to come the fuck home.

[sleep-deprived-person]

So apparently KOSA (2024 edition) is getting either thrown out until next year or put into effect in six days. That was a guesstimate based on a different person saying that's when Congress is back in session and may be false.

Update that's going in the main post at the top: it has enough support to pass Congress.

It failed the last two times because people were voting against it.

This time, KOSA has traction among the pro-LGBTQ parties. Because nobody is fucking calling their bullshit and screaming from the rooftops that calling it the "Kids Online Safety Act" is misleading.

What will it passing do?

Nothing much, only prevent any education on LGBTQIA+ (it's that stupid fucking argument about us grooming kids again), shut down nearly every fandom space on the internet, and make it required for most big tech companies to have your ID.

Want to have resources for kids to discover their identity readily available? Yes? Then fucking speak up against this stupid fucking bill.

Fandom spaces like Tumblr, Twitter (? I thought the MAGA assholes liked Musk?), Tiktok, Archive Of Our Own, and any other website that hosts fanfic or fanart? Either shut down permanently, forced to uproot to a different country and down for a while (best case scenario, and they likely won't be able to send any data, and therefore fanfics, to the US), or gutted so that you only get to put G rated cishet ships on there, if any shipping at all. How to avoid that? I've already said it: Call your fucking representatives.

Want to avoid the fucking dystopic task of being legally obligated to give big tech your government issue ID? Again, cause an uproar. Call your goddamned representatives.

If they can pass this, the ripple effects could be catastrophic.

So, for fuck's sake, any Americans that can impact this stupid fucking bill and see this? Do everything in your power to shut it down because you have until February twenty sixth (26th) to send this bill back to where it belongs.

And if you can't do that? Reblog, copy my tags, and boost the signal.

Sorry not sorry for ranting, making you scroll through that, and swearing a probably excessive amount, but KOSA is a bill with a GLOBAL IMPACT being passed by ONE COUNTRY because some old people are scared of two guys with who were told they were girls kissing within five hundred miles of a child. Fuck this shit, I shouldn't have to worry about bad bills in America but I fucking do because I use the internet and would like to avoid mass censorship. Fuck this, fuck conservatives, and fuck the fact that some boomers make your country's policies.

Now, if you won't mind me, I'm going to be up until three in the morning downloading fanfiction or copying and pasting them into a a text file if I can't so I can read them by the end of the week.

#kids online safety act #media preservation #kosa #kosa bill #ao3 #archive of our own #tumblr #tumblr meta #fandom psa #fandom spaces #fandom #important #psa #bad internet bills #twitter #internet censorship #internet #very important post #anti censorship #anti conservative #signal boost #fanfic #fanfiction #<- these tags are relevant because they will be lost for god knows how long if this stupid bill passes #stop kosa #stop kids online safety act #tiktok #i don't like that one but censorship is censorship dammit and it's on the list