#the boy and the bindi

[desi-lgbt-fest]

hi! im recommending the book "beyond the gender binary" by alok vaid-menon. theyre an indian-american author and their book is really good about deconstructing the gender binary!

also recommending the book "the boy and the bindi" it's a really pretty and queer children's book about a boy who wears a bindi

Oh this looks really good!!!

What an icon!!!

And the boy and the bindi is an illustrated book! Also a terrific visual

#beyond the gender binary #the boy and the bindi #alok vaid menon #vivek shraya #queer literature #desi queer #desi lgbt #transgender #nonbinary #anonymous #asks #og mod

[swweatervvest]

I keep seeing PBS Kids shows getting love, but what about all the Discovery Kids folks out there like plz ｡(ﾟ´ω`ﾟ)ﾟ｡

also i know i left off Peppa Pig, The Magic School Bus, and Totally Spies! , but everyone knows those ones and i wanted to see if anyone remembered the rest T^T

#me talking #polls #i have such vivid memory of watching Tutenstein and Time Warp Trio #oml and Trading Spaces was soooo fun like that was my HGTV fr #and no cap i still watch Pocoyo today like that shit is so cute and fun and silly ?? ily the blank white background a lot honestly #discovery kids #tutenstein #pocoyo #peep and the big wide world #kenny the shark #time warp trio #hip hop harry #growing up creepie #trading spaces #boys vs girls #trading spaces: boys vs girls #animal jam #bindi irwin #bindi the jungle girl #hi-5 #childhood

[mudlarkspur]

catch you!Donnie's roughly end of series fit.

#rottmnt au #catch you au #i just edited concept art with a touchpad #i know its kinda jank but i like it #she's not wearing a bindi it's a tilaka #she doesnt know what the pins mean but she got them as a gift and won't take them off #this boy is a very tired girl #she has so much jewelry she switches between Leo is seething he cant take her earrings because he doesnt have ear substitutes

[wyrddogs]

hi! sorry if you’ve talked about this before but I was wondering how it is owning two male dogs, especially one being a terv who i’ve heard can be prone to same sex aggression? i love boy dogs and am interested in owning a belgian some day so i was just curious

Sure thing!

The correct temperament for a Belgian shepherd is to be aloof towards other dogs, but same-sex aggression is definitely a thing that can happen, so it's a thing to be on top of. We've got multiple intact males in this house, not just my two, so it's a matter of managing both the dogs and our expectations.

It also comes down to the individual dogs, some are more cool with other dogs than others, and some are more cool with dogs of the same sex than others. I know someone with a malinois who cannot be around other dogs, much less males. So you'd have to look at the parents and lines, and talk to your breeder about this. Or if you're getting from a shelter or rescue, make sure the dog has been evaluated.

With my boys I did not have to crate-and-rotate at any point like I did with Bindi (bitch who disliked other dogs) and Kermit (male 1/10th her size as a puppy, 1/5th her size as an adult). Kermit and Zaku really like each other and enjoy each other's company, which I feel very lucky about. As Zaku continues to mature, I'm watching them very carefully and I don't allow them to be in situations where they might feel the need to challenge each other.

Same for Zaku and the intact male greyhound puppies. We are very careful when they interact to never let them get into a situation where there can be friction. As the three of them mature, we may have to be even stricter about their interactions, but right now they are still very amiable with each other.

When one of the bitches in this house comes into heat we basically go on lockdown. My boys are largely separated from it because I live upstairs but that will change when I get my own bitch. I plan to crate-and-rotate during those periods, and will crate her downstairs in a separate room with a closed door when I have to leave the house. No shenanigans allowed.

So yeah it's basically not allowing bullshit while also rewarding good behavior. Sometimes dogs will be incompatible-- Kermit loathed Too (intact male corgi) because Too was rude and a bully-- so we finally had to separate them for good. But he largely gets along with other males, intact or not.

A lot of people will add a dog of a different sex because it's easier that way. That's actually the main reason I'm getting a bitch as my next dog. Zaku and Kermit are both pretty confident high-powered males, and adding another male of the temperament I like could be dicey. Adding a bitch will be much easier, so I'm going that route.

I hope that answered your question!

#canine management #I'm still pretty new to owning multiple males #but 12 years of bindi has taught me micromanagement #so things have been going very well #I'm of course prepared for teenage bullshit #but zaku has been a good boy so far

[shift-shaping]

It's really fucked up that animals can get sick

#off topic #sad shit #this sounds like a shitpost but I'm actually very sad #loki the bearded dragon my longtime son and boy has cancer #and he's pretty old #so the vet isn't confident he'll survive the surgery #I'm laying here holding Bindi and being sad #beardies are such good little guys #how lucky we are to be on earth at the same time as them

[itsabouttimex2]

I have seen many yandere parental figure so how about yandere offspring? Like Yandere mk/nezha/redson/mei to his parental figure? How would their parental figure to their child "strange" behavior?

Yandere Children:

Red Son and Ne Zha

(This is the first time I’ve written romantic yandere for Y/N. Not too surprised that it was for Bull King and Iron Fan.)

I like to think of this particular Y/N as a demon born of ice, someone who owes a serious debt to Princess Iron Fan.

When she finally calls it in, you head immediately to her fortified residence, seeing the former celestial standing outside with her husband, a small bundle in his arms.

You expect the worst, and prepare accordingly. The favor you owe is great- no task is beyond her asking. Your blessing, or a fragment of your power. Your service as a guard or war companion. Your compliance in a murderous scheme. But Princess Iron Fan does not wish for any of that.

Instead, she wants a babysitter.

“We were hoping… that you might be a suitable caretaker for our son. It could be that your natural affinity for ice will help to neutralize Red Son’s wielding of the Samahdi Fire.”

So the little boiling bundle is pushed into your icy arms, steam hissing and filling the air on contact.

His temperature lowers as yours rises, the little baby cooing and laughing at the humid mist swirling around you.

“…I didn’t know you had a son,” you say, poking the plumpness of his little scarred cheek. “And what a big and healthy thing he is, too.”

“A worthy heir to my throne!” The Demon Bull King proudly announces, watching closely as you handle his cherished son. Gently, you press a kiss to his bindi. Pulling away slowly, your lips leave a glittering ice-blue mark upon it, reading simply: 凛.

This is the life you settle into, a mostly peaceful passing of days spent playing with the growing boy and helping to tame his deadly flames.

Any time they grow out of control (and it happens frequently) you quickly reapply your blessing to his forehead, chilling his internal temperature and forcing his body to redirect the fire to heat himself up.

His parents watch on in awe, seeing you so easily and calmly reign in something so deadly and uncontrollable. You quickly become more than a temporary babysitter, given a lavish room furnished with every luxury that a demon could desire.

(Let’s be honest, there’s some real poly energy with you’ve got going on with PIF and DBK. ‘Live-in babysitter’, my ass.)

As the three of you grow closer, so swells your bond with Red Son, serving as primary caretaker and educator. He’s a prodigal learner, taking quickly to magic especially. You learn that the boy has a knack for putting things together, spot-welding any pieces of metal he can find. These little jagged creations are often gifted to you, and you have a shelf entirely dedicated to displaying them. Often will he reject his own bed to sleep beside you, finding comfort in the coldness of your skin.

But, in spite of all sweetness…

Red Son is still a demon, things that are horribly powerful and often violent or deceitful, if not outright murderous.

And he grows to see Y/N as being something that belongs to the Demon Bull Clan. And sure, with the nearly unpayable debt you owe to Iron Fan and your budding relationship with his parents, he’s not exactly wrong.

A caretaker, a maid, a teacher, a mentor, a friend. These are all things you have become in grateful service to this powerful family. And eventually, all those things bleed to what they really what:

A spouse and a parent.

It’s hard to tell exactly when the shift in their perspective occurs, because their obsession is a slow, drudging creep. But the shift in their actions once they realize their obsession is instead blindingly quick.

One day you’re sitting down with Red to teach him calligraphy, gently and reassuringly fixing his brushstroke and complimenting every line he gets right, all while he demands to sit in your lap.

Then night falls and it is made very clear to you what your new role in the family in, complete with a shift in sleeping area and clothing.

You’re pressed flush between Iron Fan and Bull King as they slumber, dressed in a red silk gown and bearing purple-jeweled rings across many of your fingers. Red Son sleeps on your chest, his grip immovably tight.

And this is the new life you must grow accustomed to, either to repay your debt or perhaps… because you have come to like it.

Loved isn’t the worst thing to be, after all.

(Personal headcanon: befitting his status as the Third Lotus Prince, most offerings given to Ne Zha consist of foods containing lotus seeds, lotus root, and lotus paste. At this point, he’s grown somewhat sick of the sweet taste. He actually prefers meat and vegetables.)

“Ne Zha,” you call, exploring the halls of his palace. “Little one, it’s time for dinner!”

All that meets your words is the clanging of metal and the tearing of leather. He’s training again, as always.

You push aside a silk curtain embroidered with many lotuses, revealing a well-stocked armory lined with dozen of training dummies.

And in the middle is a very worn-out Ne Zha, the little prince dripping with sweat.

“Little one,” you say, causing the boy’s sash to stand to attention, startled upwards like the tail of a cat. “What did I say about training so late?”

“I, um… I’m not supposed to train… so I won’t want to sleep in late to, um, make up for lost energy.”

“That’s right, sweetpea. Come on, let’s get something in your stomach. And then you’ll need a bath.”

“I already took a bath today,” he huffs, slotting his dual-tipped spear face-down into a holding pot. “I don’t need another.”

Timed to the click of your tongue, you swipe a finger across the young boy’s forehead, dragging a line in the built-up sweat. “I think you do, Ne Zha.”

“…hmph,” he pouts, his little cheeks puffing out. Though the prince is much too polite to outright refuse or go so far as to throw a tantrum, he still shows his displeasure in a quiet and mild way.

It’s one of the things you cherish most about him. Ne Zha is well behaved and rather mature, to the point where you have to encourage him to play and take breaks. It feels a little unfair, really, that someone so young has been saddled with so much responsibility.

You ply the Third Lotus Prince with plushies and paints, allowing him to explore avenues of creativity and make-believe. It’s nourishing for both his mind and body, a period of well-earned rest to slowly recuperate from the constant training he’s so insist on enduring.

In turn, he’s viciously protective of you, and often asks for your explicit attention over any other maidservant in the Celestial Realm.

Expect him to ward off any would-be suitors by challenging them to duels. It’s a lose-lose scenario . They either somehow win and beat the hell out of a little boy, or, more likely, get the hell beaten out of them by a little boy. Either way, it’s not exactly something that endears them to you, watching grown men and women raise their blades to your protective charge.

Kissing his wounds and fixing his hair, doting on the little lotus prince as your would-be suitors seethe, wishing that they were the ones receiving your attention.

Eventually, Ne Zha will properly dress himself (that’s a lie, he needed your help) for an audience with several important deities in the Celestial Realm, he asks for your permanent placement as his personal parent maidservant.

And what reason do they have to deny such a loyal warrior?

#Platonic Yandere #Romantic Yandere #Yandere Lego Monkie Kid #Yandere LMK #Yandere Red Son #Yandere Princess Iron Fan #Yandere Demon Bull King #Bullfam #Yandere Ne Zha #Yandere Nezha #Yandere Son

[ramayantika]

I was in no mood for studying. Every time my eyes glanced at the page of my textbook, I would try to understand the concept, but my efforts were in vain. All the words flew above my head, and my mind was cluttered with a hundred different things.

I was humming a tune with my feet tapping to the beats. My fingers tried to rotate an empty pen flawlessly as my mind raced with thoughts about the upcoming tests, with catchy tunes from Instagram reels serving as the background music.

Sighing, I placed the pen on my open notebook, scribbled with equations and definitions, and grabbed my phone from my bed. I peered outside the window, silently admiring the quiet roads of my society. It was 11 p.m., and I could see a few balconies lit with golden LED lights that looked warm and cosy.

Below my window were green bushes and jasmine plants that were filled with white buds, ready to bloom at dawn. I plugged my earphones into the phone and opened YouTube to play my favourite go-to songs to soothe my mind.

And just like that, my body began swaying to the familiar tunes, and a smile graced my lips. Deciding that I could no longer stop myself from dancing, I quietly locked my room from the inside and unplugged my earphones.

Opening my braid, I let my hair fall loosely down my shoulders. Admiring the curly ends that had formed because of the tight braid, I smiled at the mirror and admired myself in the mirror.

Dressed in a long grey sleepwear T-shirt and black capri, I wasn’t a sight to behold at eleven in the night, especially for someone who had spent all her day studying. I looked exhausted after all the mental labour my brain had to do, but the open hair and the light breeze from the window did make me feel a little refreshed.

Aankhon ki gustakhiyan came up, and I grinned at the mirror. I twirled in the room as gracefully and quietly as I could. Kavita Krishnamurthy’s part came up a while later, and I was ready with katakamukha mudra to enact a woman shyly opening her veil to her beloved.

Aankhon ki sharm-o-haya maaf ho

Tumhe dekh ke jhukti hain

Uthi aankhen joh baat na keh saki

Jhuki aankhen woh kehti hain

I pretended to peer down while darting my eyes for a second at my imaginary lover in the mirror at the last line. Taking another twirl, I began practicing a few hand combinations for the instrumental part while practicing an easy-going, graceful smile in the mirror.

Quickly lining my eyes with kajal and applying a bindi to the centre between my eyebrows, I hurried back to the middle of my room, which acted as my imaginary stage, and giggled to myself while blushing hard for the upcoming stanza.

Kajal ka ek til tumhare labon pe laga loon

Haan chanda aur suraj ki nazron se tumko bacha loon.

I dabbed some kajal from the corner of my eyelids and applied it below my lips, and then I acted to be completely besotted with my beloved.

Har dum tumhe sochti hain

Jab hosh mein hota hai jahaan

Madhosh yeh karti hain

Moving my fingers around my kohl-lined eyes, I closed them a little and curved my wrists in a spinning motion to show the state of being drunk in love.

My eyes for a second moved outside the window and went downwards at the bushes when I found a boy staring up at me. I gasped and averted my eyes while scurrying back to the door to calm my racing heart.

I counted the rapid beating of my heart until ten and tip-toed to the window again. Hiding half of my face behind the curtain, I peered down the window to check if the boy was still standing there or not.

He was!

“No use hiding. I have already seen you. You dance really well.”

Blushing at the compliment and at my embarrassment, I replied, “Thanks.”

“What’s your name?” The boy asked.

The white lights were dim, and some were already switched off. I could barely make out the boy’s appearance. I could spot a bike and the boy standing beside it, all dressed in a sleeveless grey tank top and black trousers. His hair tousled because of the wind, probably from the bike ride, and his face was half hidden thanks to the dim street lights; he looked no less dreamy.

I wondered how I hadn’t seen this guy before.

“Sameera. Yours?”

“I will tell you if you agree to meet me at the society park tomorrow evening. I am new here, though.”

Taken aback and slightly amused at his forwardness, I said, “I have my dance class in the evening.”

“When does your class end?”

“At 6.30 PM.”

The boy thought for a while before saying. I silently looked at him, wondering what in the fictional novel world I had actually seeped into when he looked up at me again. “I will see you around 7 then. Goodnight.”

Passing me a two-finger salute, he sat atop his bike and sped off towards D-wing. After a minute, I tapped my head and stood in front of the mirror to contemplate what had happened in these ten minutes. Aankhon ki gustakhiyan had finished a long time ago, and Dekha ek khwaab had begun playing.

I rolled my eyes while trying to hide the bright smile on my lips as I glanced at my reflection. Hiding my face in my palms, I closed my textbook and notebook. Placing them on their rightful shelves, I made my bed, and with a strange, warm smile, I went to bed. My mind was now fixed on the boy on the bike outside the window.

***

Taglist: @alhad-si-simran @ramcharantitties @jukti-torko-golpo @navaratna @krishna-priyatama @inexhaustible-sources-of-magic @krsnaradhika @kaal-naagin @houseofbreadpakoda @aesthetic-aryavartik

This was supposed to be a short story par nahi hua so maybe with enough motivation I might just end up writing this in parts to fuel my writing with end sems kyunki dimag isn't dimaging well :(

IT'S 1 AM NOW?? HOW BYE I WILL GO SLEEP AND WAKE UP TO STUDY TOMOROW

Also if you want to be added in the taglist, do let me know

#samridhi writes #desiblr #stories #romance #fluff #my writing

[bishh-kanya]

Things Desiblr made me realise & do :

That it's actually really cool to be a Desi .

Old Bollywood movies >>>>

Every Desi girl should wear saree and wear bindi and feel like a retro Indian movie star.

Indian history supports queer people , so whenever your aunt is being homophobic , proudly say her , she knows nothing !!!!! If you wanna know more read "Shikhandi " by Devdutt Pattanaik .

What as an Indian man are you doing if you aren't writing poetry?

That nothing can compare to Indian humour .

Indian goddess are the actual baddies .

Haseena's and brown munde's >>>>> rest of population.

Ittar >>> perfume .

Urdu & Persian poetry are top tier .

Kannada devotional writers like Akka Mahadevi are like diamond in the dust .

A gajra >>>french kiss.

Jasmine & lotus are not just flowers .

Pasoori rules the world right now .

Be free like Geet and bounce back like Bulbul .

Madhubala is the embodiment of being gorgeous and cute at the same time .

Rekha is a Siren .

Learning Sanskrit is a rich experience .

Draupadi's vengeance created wars , so can yours .

Kishore Kumar for rain , Lata Mangeshkar for prem .

Alka Yagnik for feeling confident .

Indian rap is richer and sounds more poetic .

96 sanskrit words for love >>>>> the word love .

South Indian movies have the perfect balance of romance and action .

Khanjar is mightier than a sword.

Ye Maharani banke kaha ja rahi hai >>>> you look beautiful honey.

The tension between me and a cute boy at a puja pandal >>>>>>> speed of the earth rotation .

Gold >>>> any other metal

Chandni raat is for romance .

Talk to me in ghazals and geets only !

And many more .......

Writing this made me love being an Indian more !!!!!

If you want add yours , I'd love to read.

#desiblr #desi tag #desi dark academia #desi academia #desi culture #desi aesthetic #indian academia #queer #writing #rekha #madhubala #kishore kumar #lata mangeshkar #alka yagnik #bollywood #devdutt pattanaik #thoughts #indian aesthetic

[fandomshatepeopleofcolor]

Kinda venting here but I honestly hate how Raven from the og teen titan comics used to wear saris, was based off a Indian actress, had a bindi dot, came from a place inspired by Indian culture, and was the oldest of the team! But now she’s been deaged to be a white goth girl cuz of the cartoon, the bindi is gone, and she’s forced into a romance with beast boy even though he was the youngest of the team,, wish instead of just awkwardly erasing her indian inspiration they made her. You know actually Indian

So I don't follow the comics or the show but i'd never heard about this whitewashing before??? Not doubting you its just that from what I've learned about teen titans has mostly been on tumblr and what comes up in my dash... but like just goes to show you no one cares about Raven being a desi girl.

mod ali

#teen titans #whitewashing #raven dc

[wyrddogs]

One of the biggest reasons I really dislike infant puppies is so much time and energy is dedicated to making sure they get training, and socialization, and playtime, and physical and mental exercise. And you have to be on top of them 100% of the time to make sure they aren't harassing your other dogs or chewing power cords or inventing new ways to kill themselves.

Which means when the infant is down for a nap I have to do my chores or rest, which means that my adult dog and I are not getting the physical exercise we are used to/need. And I'm too tired to give my adult dog the mental exercise he's used to/needs.

So I'm playing with Zaku so he'll be tired enough to nap and Kermit stands a few feet to the side and just barks at me.

Things will get better once I can take this puppy for walks, but man, this first month is rough.

#some people love raising infant puppies #and by god I am not one of them #I will say my puppy blues are not as bad as they were for kermit or bindi #kermit was the worst blues I've ever had #full sobbing every day for weeks #I'm INCREDIBLY anxious with zaku but I've only cried once #not having to manage the bindi/extremely tiny puppy dynamic is making this easier #anyway this post was brought to you by me sitting on the floor with zaku for Designated Bonding Time (tm) #and he jumped up and bit me in the face #and I was like 'boy I am so tired of you right now' #it'll be fine #he'll be an amazing adult #and he's a really great puppy #my patience is just very thin right now #this has been an inane post

[sunchasingstar]

Hc that James’ favorite color is red because it was the color of Effie’s sari and bindi in his earliest memory of his parents, because he is definitely a mamas boy

#james potter #james & peter & remus & sirius #sirius and regulus #jegulus #regulus black #james and regulus #starchaser #james x regulus #marauders headcanon #marauders #sunseeker #effie and monty #effie potter #euphemia potter #james fleamont potter #Fleamont Potter #James hc

[jasclearwaters]

Hey so I was wondering if you did headcanons for Robert irwin??? Like what would it would be like to date him and such? If you can't that alright!

@emily-writes-posts

Dating Robert Irwin Headcanons 🐊

- First off, I think Robert won't meet his special someone until his 20s. This boy is so dedicated to his work that dating is the last thing on his mind.

- And when you both meet, neither of you are looking for love, it just finds you.

- Unlike with his parents and his sister, it's not love at first sight. You don't hate eachother but it's strictly platonic.

- Maybe you meet at Steve Irwin's Gala Dinner, or another event that Robert attends for the benefit of the zoo. You both have completely different careers, but share a passion for wildlife.

- Like I said, the connection is strictly platonic, at first. You get to know eachother inside and out. Despite any culture differences you just click together. Whenever you're not both captive to your demanding lives, the two of you are side by side.

- Robert falls first. He confesses first too, because lord knows he can't keep a secret. Especially not from you.

- You're hesitant. Robert is your best friend, and you couldn't bear for that to change. After some pondering, you agree to go out with him.

- After that first date it's all history. Nothing important changes between the both of you. You remain friends, but now lovers intertwined with that. Your evening talks at sunset concerning future plans and dreams explicitly involve eachother.

- You're an adventurous couple. Your favorite thing to do together is go on roadtrips. You love escaping the world together and blasting your favorite songs as the wind blows through your hair. You frequently have to tell Robert to keep his eyes on the road though, as he can't help but sneak loving glances at you.

- Still, you also enjoy quiet nights in. Robert is the best hugger and cuddler. His strong arms become your safe space after a rough day. It goes both ways. Robert can become insecure about how he's taking care of things woth conservation. This often leads to you running your hands through his hair while his head is in your lap and giving him reassuring words.

- He compliments you any chance he can get. And he brags about you to everyone. Physical touch is also one of his top love languages. You will likely always be holding hands, fingers interwoven.

- When you're apart, you're still in touch. He sends you things throughout the day like memes and pictures of cute animals. He also loves to paint for you.

- Of course the family loves you. When you start going out, "finally's" pour from Terri, Bindi, Chandler, and the rest. Grace definitely calls you Aunt Y/N. You're a goofy bunch, always laughing and sometimes playing pranks on eachother. Especially you and Bindi vs Robert and Chandler.

- He's serious about you and plans on marrying you. You support eachother always, in career or otherwise. Anything that happens in life, good or bad he wants to experience with you. He always makes that clear.

A/N: Rushed bc otherwise I'd overthink it and it would never get written. Here's dating hcs for your fave modern croc hunter! Hope it's satisfactory. Not proofread.

#robert irwin x reader #robert irwin imagines #dating robert irwin would include #robert irwin hcs #robert irwin #robert irwin headcanons #robert irwin gf

[ya-world-challenge]

YA Books from 🇦🇺 Australia (mostly indigenous)

Continuing the country lists for the YA World Challenge! Firstly, there is no way I can list all the YA books from Australia - there's too many! For that reason, I'm sticking to indigenous books only for the individual books list.

If you want to find more Aussie authors, look for the #LoveOZYA tag, google some lists, browse some goodreads lists, and follow @thereadingchallengechallenge. Also check out the following anthologies to find your new favorite Aussie author:

Kindred: 12 Queer #LoveOzYA Stories Hometown Haunts: #LoveOzYA Horror Tales Begin, End, Begin: A #LoveOzYA Anthology Underdog: #LoveOzYA Short Stories Meet Me at the Intersection

Indigenous YA The Things She's Seen, Amebelin & Ezekiel Kwaymullina (alt. Catching Teller Crow) 💚🦋 The Boy From the Mish, Gary Lonesborough (alt. Ready When You Are) 💚🌈 The Upwelling, Lystra Rose 💚🦋 Tracks of the Missing, Carl Merrison & Hakea Hustler 💚🦋 Swallow the Air, Tara June Winch 💚 Ghost Bird, Lisa Fuller 💚🦋 Songs That Sound Like Blood, Jared Thomas 💚🌈 Calypso Summer, Jared Thomas 💚 Sweet Guy, Jared Thomas 💚 My Spare Heart, Jared Thomas 💚 The Interrogation of Ashala Wolf, Amebelin Kwaymullina (series) 💚🦋 Secrets from the Dust, George Hamilton ⌛ My Father's Shadow, Jannali Jones 💚 Too Flash, Melissa Lucashenko 💚 Killing Darcy, Melissa Lucashenko 💚 Grace Beside Me, Sue McPherson 💚 Brontide, Sue McPherson 💚 Wraith, Shane Smithers & Alex Smithers 💚🦋 Fog a Dox, Bruce Pascoe 💚 Njunjul The Sun, Meme McDonald Shauna's Great Expectations, Kathleen Loughnan

Middle Grade Bindi, Kirli Saunders 💚 Sister Heart, Sally Morgan 💚 Black Cockatoo, Carl Merrison & Hakea Hustler 💚 Ubby's Underdogs, Brenton E. McKenna (GN) 💚 Wombat, mudlark and other stories, Helen Milroy 💚 Wylah the Koorie Warrior, Jordan Gould, Richard Pritchard

Memoir & Nonfiction Growing Up Aboriginal in Australia, Various Authors 💚 Remembered By Heart: An Anthology of Indigenous Writing, Various Authors 💚 Blakwork, Alison Whittaker 💚 Jandamarra & the Bunuba Resistance: A True Australian Hero, Howard Pedersen⌛

Coming of Age Becoming Kirrali Lewis, Jane Harrison 💚⌛

💚 First Nations Author (based on author's bios, may be missing data) 🛩️ Immigrant or diaspora 🏖️ non-native characters in or about the country (ex. vacation/adventure) ⌛ Historical 🦋 Fantasy or Paranormal 🌈 LGBT

If you know of more titles I could add, just leave a comment! (I hope my sources weren't too outdated)

#book list #australia #ya world challenge #reading books #ya books #booklr #bookblr #bookish #book recs #indigenous #loveozya

[danny-chase]

I've read the Jason figurately coded posts and they aren't really any different from other coded discussion. They also usually do talk about actual female characters like Steph. I mean you can like canon black or indian characters and still talk about Raven's literal black/indian coding.

To me - my understanding of coding is when something is intentional. My understanding of Jason having female mentors, or getting killed off for man pain, was that it wasn't intentional commentary. I think those things are coincidences. I think if the writers wanted to make Jason a female character, they would have made him a female character, but these were back in the good old boys club comics days (which exists until now) and I'm kinda sus about any conversation that claims male characters written by men in the comics industry are female coded because. Well. A lot of writers were super sexist/racist/homophobic, and unless there's interviews of the writers explicitly expressing their intent to code a character... it's more just people looking at coincidences or parallels between characters and making assumptions that it was intentional coding. Don't get me wrong, the coincidences/parallels are interesting, but to me they're more indicative of how the male power batman fantasy makes the story lame and annoying not proof of coding taking place

Raven is a completly different situation than Jason, her creative team explicitly based her design off of an Indian women (has been verified in interviews), gave her a bindi, had scenes where she wore traditional Indian dress, and if I'm not completely mistaken or talking out of my ass I believe Marv took inspiration from different Eastern religions while writing her story. Now whether this is coding or cultural appropriation is kind of a fine line. Judging it by standards now - I'd say it leans more towards cultural appropriation, even now Raven still has what looks to be a bindi for aesthetic purposes (depending on the story it's associated with her evil father which is... questionable at best) while still remaining a white character who's both percieved by the audience and by the creative staffs at white. Judging by standards at the time? It's a bit more complicated I guess, I wasn't alive in the 80s. Does this mean i think future iterations of Raven should stay white and stop appropriating Indian culture? Not exactly - i think they should take a restorative justice approach: acknowledge that hey, we fucked up, and then give Raven to an Indian writer/creative team who can showcase a more authentic experience and come up with ways to incorporate her ties to the culture respectfully - say by making Arella Indian, and showcasing parts of Hindi culture on Azarath

I've quite literally never been a part of online fandom before DC so i haven't seen too much coding discourse. Obviously, there is coding in comics. But so many times I've seen people claiming coding exists without looking at the very clear authorial intent behind why the characters say what they do. One example not related to either character: people claiming Chuck Dixon queer coded Tim. I'm sorry. He's literally a raging homophobe, and Tim not wanting to have sex in his run is Chuck using him as a mouthpiece for his abstinence campaign... not queer coding. The context matters, and I'd rather people be honest and just say "hey i thought this was interesting about the character, here's my interpretation of it even though it's not what the real author intended" than lie about the content that's there. Coding in comics does exist, it does happen intentionally by certain authors. But making it up when it doesn't exist doesn't exactly feel productive to me... it just feels misleading and like you're trying to justify why your fave is the best

#asks #anon

[god-in-the-middle]

Desi dark acadmia for humanities, because u haven't come across any :

Having all girls class because no boy has opted for humanities stream

Sitting with your 'kaleshi' friend group and gossiping because your teachers late again

Feeling like a God because you wore bindi, kajal and French braid against your school's protocols

Sharing tiffin with other class's friends because your teacher said not to go to their class for lunch

Having a deep and friendly yet heated debate with you classmates on political and historical topics during classes because your teacher is cool and supports debating

Discussing national and international topics with your group like a pro economists

Analysing psychological cases with teacher and relating it with real life

Sitting with your group silently while sketching and scrbbling notes because it's a free period

Showing your friends your sketch and them correcting them

Solving riddles and mysteries with friends because together you are much more smarter

Talking in sophisticated English but cursing in hindi then next minute because some idiot decided to piss you off

Standing outside of school gate and chatting with all standard friends until the guard kicks us out going home together because on off them had a vehicle and you want to save money

#desi dark academia #chaotic academia #group friend #bollywood #politics #humanities #arts stream #philosopher #school life #school friends #dark school life #the great debaters #artist group

[lady-lazagna]

Say hello to the Otori/Ndukwe kiddos, 27 years after Fury's end!

Koa is a very sweet boy who loves his family and wants nothing more than their collective happiness. He's very empathetic and understanding towards others; in fact, he's so empathetic that when he was younger, every time one of his baby sisters cried, he would cry as well- something that, while sweet, only added to his parents' terrible headaches while trying to soothe their daughters.

Nowadays, he's a strong and enthusiastic blader in the competitive sphere, determined to make the same positive impact on Beyblade that his dad has. However, his sensitive nature makes it hard for him to work through tough battles with particularly rough opponents, so once the insults start rolling he struggles to keep his focus on the battle. Tsubasa helps him learn how to drown out his opponents words, while Madina teaches him some good counter insults (though he rarely uses them).

Fun facts: Likes collecting gold jewelry and wants to get as many piercings as possible. Loves going on a nature walk with his dad or playing the piano with his mum. Autism.

Kyoko inherited most of her personality from her mother (in fact, if you look back at Madina's intro post, I think you'll notice some similarities) in that she's very chilled-out, logical, and snarky. However, she also inherited her father's sneakiness and observation skills, which makes it easy for her to devise nefarious little plots against those she dislikes.

She does not give a rat's ass about competitive Beyblade. She got into the mechanics of beys because some of her earliest memories were watching Madoka and her apprentice Maru repairing them and finding the process very relaxing to watch. However, unlike Madoka, she absolutely will charge money for her services (despite her father being the CEO of a company- "it's about the principal" she says).

Fun facts: Instead of fighting with a bey, she will brandish her trusty metal baseball bat. She was named after Kyoya due to the circumstances of her birth🙊 Autism.

Yuna is a shy little lady who likes to spend most of her time playing make-believe with her teddy bears. Her favourite game to play is pretending that they're in school and teaching them Pythagorean theorem... yeah, she's a bit smart for her age. But not a lot of people know it because of how shy she is. The only people who she really feels comfortable showing her smarts around are her family and her special syncrome partner👀

She's less into Beyblade than most other bladers, but she loves the science of it. She's fascinated by all the different ways that different beys function, so she loves watching Kyoko analyse and repair them.

Fun facts: She has one special teddy bear that she takes with her everywhere, named Bindi. She was named after her uncle Yu. Autism.

Feel free to ask questions about them or any other fankids I may or may not have in the works👀 And here are some bonus Proud Parents™ for those that made it this far <3

#big big post #imagine naming your kids after your homies🙄 #mfb #metal fight beyblade #beyblade #tsubasa otori #mfb oc #beyblade oc #my art >:) #lazagna ocs