Does anybody else get legitimately worried when a fanfic author who was updating regularly just suddenly disappears with no warning? Like, is it a serious case of writers block or are they in a coma? Did they just up and quit? Was it me? Were my reviews not good enough?! Did they die 😳?! Were they kidnapped? Do I need to file a missing persons report? Excuse me officer, there’s been 13 weekly updates and now nothing for months! Find them! What’s their name?! Name!? I don’t know their name but they write 3k+ chapters and I need them safe and back in my life!
I am a little high but what if people proposed with beautiful, intricate knives. Ladies would gather around the table and be like “guess what finally happened!!” And pull this beautiful, intricate dagger out of her purse and all the other ladies would gasp and congratulate her
Because I have a tag for pretty weaponry, some knives I’d accept as proposals follow:
I said yes!
(but, actually, hubby bought me a dive knife when we got married so this works…)
I can 100% get behind this as a new tradition.
Ok but this is amazing becuase knives are dangerous and you can use them to hurt other people but when someone proposes with one it’s symbolic like “yes I love you and trust you so much I’m asking you a very vulnerable question with something you could hurt me with but I know you won’t”
It is our duty as feminists to protect and respect women in Hijabs
Now. More. Than. Ever.
Question: if I see someone pull off a Hijab, what should I do? I know there are reasons they are worn so I want to if i should stand in between them and who did this, should i protect them from view somehow, or something else? This has been happening a lot so I feel it’s something everyone needs to know.
Good question! I cannot correctly and effectively answer, as I am a white, non-Muslim person; however, I will reblog in case any of my followers can answer.
I asked my Hijabi friend, so here’s one Hijabi’s answer:
“my opinion is, definitely try cover them or give them something to cover themselves with. And perhaps shoo off the person, without putting oneself in danger! God forbid, if that happened to me, I would like someone to come and comfort me and give me something to cover my hair with and then help me report it to the cops
“
(Followers, if any of you are hijabi and would like to expand on this answer or offer alternatives, please do.)
If u see it happen to 1 of us, pls cover our head + hair with a coat or shawl or any piece of cloth, while hugging us in comfort. Please don’t get hurt by lashing out @ the perpetrators in any way, coz if they dare to do that, they’re probably too far gone in their own hatred to listen to any reason. Much love + Thank You to anyone who supports us.
yes !! everything said here is important af. if you see someone pull off a girl’s hijab immediately cover her hair and provide comfort. don’t talk to the perpetrator but try to get the woman out of there if you can. maybe if you have a scarf on you at the time give it to her so she can wear it until she’s alone and can replace her hijab. please please protect muslim girls because we already had it hard before donald trump became president and now its gonna be worse with people going around thinking their violence and cruelty is justified
for my other white ppl who might have a hard time, it’s my understanding that a hijab is like a major item of clothing, not an accessory like a hat or a scarf. so think abt it more like if someone just ripped someone’s shirt or skirt off. u don’t want to be left there exposed or have to walk home without it.
everyone, even outside America needs to protect our Muslim sisters in these times.
as a man, what would be the best thing to do? should i turn my head and avoid looking at their hair? can i still offer a jacket or something similar?
^I’m hoping someone has an answer islamaphpbia is on the rise in my town and I want to be a good male non Muslim ally
For men, yes please, we would prefer it if you avoided looking at our hair, and if we don’t have something to substitute as a hijab at that moment, anything you could lend us, a jacket, etc, would be very appreciated.
Also, since most girls avoid physical contact with men they’re not related to, please do not hug them, but rather shoo the offender away if you can, or at least escort the girl to a safe place. You can still offer words of encouragement and support. Furthermore, understand that the victim may not be very welcoming towards you because she’ll obviously be shaken, and won’t know where you are coming from. If that’s the case, please still give her something to cover herself (hijab is very important, think of it as someone ripping your shirt off) and stand some distance away until you are sure she’s in safe hands.
Thank you so much for your support, we really appreciate it, god bless all of you.
In the horrible climate we’re currently in, please take note of this.
Reblogging this again for the guy-instructions
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If you’ve got an emergency kit for events/rallys/etc, an inexpensive/thrift store shawl or scarf is a great addition to it. It can keep you/someone else warm, it can be used as a makeshift sling or bag, and it can be used for this! Something light but opaque that can be folded to many sizes is ideal.
I often hear the argument that having major characters die is more
realistic than having them always come through unscathed. Of course it
is. But I personally don’t want my fiction to necessarily be “realistic”
– I want my fiction to be entertaining. For me, that means watching
engaging characters I care about get into and out of dangerous
predicaments, working and thinking together in order to defeat the bad
guys. While some authors (and readers) like the tension of wondering who
will live and who will die, I prefer the tension of seeing how the
heroes are going to think or work their ways out of each difficult or
impossible situation they find themselves in. If I want realism and the
deaths of people I care about, I can turn on the news.
–Timothy Zahn, interviewed by TheForce.Net, 2008
Tim Zahn just summed up my entire issue with adult movies and fiction
I do not want to get invested in a character just to have them die or be violated or whatever, I don’t care that it’s dramatic. It’s not fun, it just leaves me angry and frustrated that I wasted my time on this media.
Cheat on each other or anyone else (especially not if the cheating is portrayed as romantic).
Die tragically, violently or AT ALL.
To all the people in the notes going “but but tragedy is a valid form of…” Yeah, sorry, straights broke it with decades of nothing but tragedy for LGBT characters. This is a moratorium on all such tragedy films with tragic endings for at least the next 50-75 years at which point there will be a review to determine if mainstream media has EARNED it.
From 1922 to 1968 the Motion Picture Production Code(commonly known as the Hays Code) enforced rules regarding the treatment of gay characters in tv and film. Homosexuality and gender nonconformity could be acknowledged, but it had to be punished to show that consequences would come from such “immorality.” Showing these characters as creepy, predatory, unfaithful, etc etc was common, and for decades pretty much every queer or queer coded character was brutally murdered. The homophobic tropes born from the Hays code are pervasive in media today. The sheer amount of tragedy and violence written into queer media in the last century has in the long term damaged people’s perceptions of what queer stories are “supposed” look like.
New Bechdel-like test for gay/lesbian romance films: If your queer piece of media complies with the Hays code, start over.
And we’re off! The third – and, we hope, the biggest and best yet –
year of the Fandom Trumps Hate auction is officially open for signups.
Even if you’ve participated in FTH in prior years, please read our FAQ.
We’re always trying to learn from past experiences and oversights, so
some things have changed from the first (and even the second) year.
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We have changed the list of non-profit organizations we are
supporting, as well as the way that creators can identify organizations
to support. Please read about it here.
Because
this year’s organizations are all small operations, at least a few of
them are likely to be unfamiliar to you. To help everyone get to know
these amazing groups a little better, we will be posting about each of
them in turn. So watch this space for those introduction posts over the
next week or so.
And please reblog to spread the word far and wide, to make sure all your favorite fandom creators are aware and involved! tumblr still has the best mechanisms for spreading information quickly, and we’re hoping to get the word out as widely as possible among folks who are still here.
- skewed sense of time eg; i can easily get there and back before my eggs cook!
- altered sense of reality//tendency to get sucked up in daydreams and temporarily lose track of real life
- extremely vivid daydreams// alternative realities
- feeling really lonely but getting the urge to isolate yourself for no reason
- getting overwhelmed by too many choices and freaking out
- hearing the instructions but not really being able to hold onto them
- people cant speak to you while you’re really focused on something because you can’t hold on to multiple things in your brain at once
- repeating things over and over in your head to try and remember them
- feeling like you never really appreciate things as much as you should because you get too sidetracked
- getting super excited by small things but sometimes feeling indifferent towards the things everyone’s raving about
- being self conscious from everyone telling you you’re annoying but being scared you’ll come off as boring
- getting hyperfixations on a certain person and getting really wrapped up on them regardless of if they like you back
- putting too much into things and getting disappointed when it’s not reciprocated
- constantly being told that you’re too intense and need to chill it out a bit
- ^ thinking you’re cool and desperately wanting to just be chill and laid back but your personality is just 24/7 overdrive
- building things up so much in your head to the point that it gets stressful because what if it doesn’t live up to expectations??
- extremely over-emotional (this includes when it’s inappropriate such as giggling at sad things and then feeling really bad after)
- feeling when you just don’t know when to stop
- getting increasingly uncomfortable in a situation for no apparent reason until you feel like you’re gonna cry or scream but you do none of that and just sit there
feel free to add on!
Repeating to remember is such a mood, I’ll go into the kitchen to get water and food and put the water by the doorway, then spend the entire time it takes to prepare the food repeating “remember the water” in my head so I leave with both food and water. Then I forget my phone
Hello, welcome to the RDJ spectrum, a super scientific analysis and categorization of film icon Robert Downey Jr.’s fashion hits and misses, co-authored by myself, @downeylove and @downeyverse, with special contributions from @codeflaws. This is based on science and math, so our conclusions are sound and shall not be questioned.
First, we have Bobling. Young RDJ, whose outfits can all be excused because he wasn’t old enough to know better and tbh, under the influence for the most part. Generally, anything from 1995 and before falls under this category.
Next up: Bob. Everyday looks from our favorite trash bag caught in a category 5 hurricane. He looks like a mess. A disaster. Pants and shoes don’t match. What’s up with the hat? Are those crocs? There’s no good explanation for why he’s wearing what he’s wearing, other than the fact that he’s Bob. He does what he wants.
On to Bobert. Red carpet fashion disasters, including any formal events that require a photo op in front of a step and repeat. Consider him a garbage disposal filled with rich people clothes that should be donated, burned, or repurposed with a very sharp pair of scissors. Thankfully, Bobert only makes rare appearances.
Then we have Bobby. Not Good but Not The Worst every day fashion. He’s the in-betweener, can be found in almost any situation, from being out and about in the neighborhood to formal events. He looks good. He brings us so much joy. But……. something is off. There’s always a “but” with Bobby.
We’re finally getting to the good stuff. We have The Bobfather next. He comes in serving Looks on the red carpet, like award shows and big premieres (anything that has a press line and even livestreaming on YouTube). He’s beautiful. He can do no wrong. You’re ready to kneel before him and kiss his feet.
Another winner comes in the form of Boberino. This man serves looks with everyday fashion. You’re in tears because for once, he doesn’t look like he went dumpster diving on his way to meet up with his friends. He’s out on the street slaying with his good looks and clean outfits. You’re so proud of him.
And finally, we have Robert. The quintessential RDJ Look. He’s at events that aren’t super formal, but not too casual either (e.g. talk shows). He’s being himself. He looks amazing. He’s just Robert. Everyone wants a piece of him.
We also have special categories including: Buttbert, where his outfit enhances Dat Ass; and Bobbo, photoshoot outfits where he has absolutely no say in how he’s styled.
And that concludes the RDJ spectrum. Thanks for coming to my TED talk!
Respectfully, can we add a new category called Baebert? It’s when Jeannie Yang and stylists of Hollywood band together to force him into rly drop dead sexy clothes for the specific purpose of photoshoots. They’re like the true, unsung heroes. Evidence below.
