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The mayor of Butler, Ohio (population 941) ‘accidentally’ struck a wanted pedophilic rapist with his car as the man attempted to evade the police. Right in front of the rapist’s grandma too. Based on previous news coverage of the rapist in question, he seems to be the local menace. Truly an entertaining read and a breath of fresh air in comparison to the rest of the current news cycle.

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“Oh, it doesn't make sense to replace Snape with Paapa, so he's rejected for his appearance. Snape isn't rejected for his appearance, but for his behavior.”

Really?

In the story, Snape does need to be rejected for his physical appearance as well, since he is described as visually unappealing and becomes a target because of it. The problem is that with this actor, he wouldn't be rejected due to lookism, but rather due to racial prejudice — racism rooted in the color of his skin and the history of a social group to which he belongs. And that changes everything.

He must be despised for both traits, because he is a blend of them. Likewise, if they had cast a conventionally attractive actor as Snape, that would have been just as wrong. Appearance is as much a part of someone's story as their personality. And it influences how we are seen and treated — far more than we may care to admit.

To say this doesn't exist in the story is hypocritical. To deny the presence of lookism is to deliberately close one's eyes to the undeniable.

What are the words James uses to bully Snape, highlighting his hair, his skin, his nose? Why not simply call him a future Death Eater or criticize his behavior, if that was truly the problem?

Snape’s main nickname in the story certainly wasn't something that referenced his behavior — it was about his appearance.

What words does the narrative use to describe Snape from Harry’s perspective? They are far from neutral or merely objective.

Harry’s physical description of Snape — as a biased narrator — and Snape’s entire story are deeply intertwined with his appearance, shaping how the reader perceives him. I would argue that his appearance is just as important as his personality, as both are described with almost equal emphasis throughout the books.

When I have time, I might write an essay on this, highlighting the many passages where his appearance spoke louder than anything else.

This doesn't justify replacing him with a Black actor, since the rejection he faces is not based on racial prejudice. Nor does it mean that his appearance is the sole reason for his rejection.

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"you don't owe anyone anything" You are a tar pit. Speak for yourself. I personally owe the cafe employees my dishes put away and my friends a listening ear and small scared insects a cup and a gentle trip outside. Hyperindividualism is a rancid infection borne of capitalism and willfully misinterpreted therapyspeak and I will defy it by continuing to be kind regardless of whether or not it benefits me personally

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😈 You are not bound by the Hays code.

😈 You are allowed to have evil characters who are not punished by the narrative by the end of the story.

😈 You are allowed to have evil characters who win.

😈 You are allowed to have evil characters who make evil look fun and cool.

😈 You are allowed to make your fun, cool evil character the protagonist.

😈 You are allowed to glorify, romanticize and eroticize evil characters and villainous acts.

😈 You are not obligated to teach your audience a moral lesson.

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So, the other day, when I was discussing AO3's policy on solicitation, a tumblr user came at me saying that AO3's "no monetization/solicitation" rules were "bullshit" because nexus mods allows fan created mods to get paid.

Look at me.

Look at me right now.

AO3 protects you.

AO3 protects you and your works. 

It protects your works from copyright strikes and DCMA takedowns.

It protects your work from advertisers.

It protects your work from overzealous legal challenges.

It protects your right to post adult content.

AO3 is non-profit and AO3 will never try to use you or your work to make a profit for themselves and AO3 will go to bat for you if someone tries to legally challenge you or your works.

Please respect AO3 and its mission.

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I love that every fandom does this with non human characters. Just oh this isnt human. It purrs. Or give them other cat qualities.

I do find it really funny that the movie never once states or even implies that demons have the ability to purr and yet some random person on the internet was like "what if Rumi could purr" and the entire fandom went

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bring back tumblr ask culture let me. bother you with questions and statements

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Yeah. If the series is a success and becomes popular, Snape's image will be permanently changed for the next generation. My last hope is that my group of six Tumblr girls and I will continue reading and writing fanfics featuring Snape from the books

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People know that the whole "don't portray [harmful action] because viewers might recreate it" thing is a rule for children's shows right? It's supposed to be shit like "don't show peppa pig playing with fire so we don't get sued if a kid watches it and burns their house down." Not like, fanfiction for adults.

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unhealthy codependency is really a top tier dynamic. like they need each other to survive but god. should they.

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This happened in @tswwwit au 100%

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lassiter adjusts his stance at least fifteen times. leaning against his desk seems too casual but standing and just, well, waiting seems weird. he's just decided to just lean against the wall when the door opens.

everyone knows henry spencer. henry spencer was a legend. he had one of the most impressive records in the sbpd. and his son took up the spot when he retired. the youngest-ever detective in the sbpd, with an almost perfect clearance rate (99.2%, not that he's counting), a perfect score on the exam.

shawn spencer overshadows his dad, pretty much all the time. when given the chance to work with him, lassiter had jumped at it, nearly tackling the other detective who'd dared to ask if he could.

shawn spencer, he'll learn, is a fucking weirdo.

the door opens and some guy in a bright green t-shirt, sunglasses, and jeans that sit a little too low for comfort, walks in. he's got earrings, too. "hello." shawn smiles. "i'm detective extraordinaire- detective ring-ting tingling."

"aren't you spencer?" he asks, frowning.

"well, fine. you've seen my jig. and you've upped it!" shawn promptly pushes his sunglasses onto his head and takes a seat on lassiter's desk, beginning to flip through a case file sitting there.

"i'm lassiter."

"shawn."

"yes, i know who you are." shawn flashes a grin.

"yeah, you do." he's tanned- there's tanned smile lines on his face and on his strip of exposed stomach. lassiter does not look. he's wearing rings, three bracelets, and a necklace. how is this the best detective on the sbpd?

"where's your case file? your notes?" he asks. he's stuck staring at shawn, his distracted smile and easy, open attitude.

"pfft, notes!" shawn laughs. "lassie, i keep everything in the big old brain." shawn presses two fingers to his temple. "i sense you're a stickler for the rules. it's fine! you can keep notes for me."

"detective spencer, do you really not have any notes? do you think that's the best practice?" anybody aside from spencer wouldn't get away with that. but chief vick likes him and he's clearly good at what he does.

some say he has a genius IQ.

"probably not. but it's okay. now i have you, lassie. let's go. murders don't solve themselves." shawn hops off the desk. lassiter watches as he saunters off, stopping to talk to juliet, staring at her computer. lassiter joins. "i think, jules, that my spidey senses are saying we should work together- talk about your case, maybe get dinner."

"nice try, shawn. enjoy lassiter, he's fun!"

"take that back," he snaps at her. she smiles and shawn snorts.

"bye, jules. ask if you need any help. with anything." he clicks his tongue, winks, and leaves, pulling out his phone. juliet is a bit red.

"is he always like that?" lassiter asks, looking down at her.

"uh, yeah. he does that with everybody too." she grins. "shawn's weird. but he's good." lassiter nods.

"how is he the best detective we have?"

"well, he's got a frickin' genius IQ and he's really analytical." she's about to continue but shawn peeks around the corner.

"lassie! let's go, you have the keys! and you're my note-taker!"

"have fun," juliet smiles as he turns to go. "and don't fall in love with him!"

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seeing people on other social media talk about tumblr as if not a single soul uses it anymore makes me feel like i faked my death and now i’m eavesdropping from the coffin

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Omg I was arguing with some one on tic tok about snapes worst memory because they were saying it was that bad that james isnt a bully and james didnt hold snape down and gag him with soap.

I gave them a screenshot were it showed yeah they used a spell on him like roap.

They either blocked me or deleted my comments lol.

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there are many things tumblr as a whole has to learn but one of them is “someone can reblog a post without them endorsing every action the op has ever taken, we are not beholden to do background checks on the producers of every shitpost on the internet”

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‘no one uses tumblr!’ ‘tumblr is dead!’ no there’s at least enough people for us to point at each other and go ‘10k notes!!!!!!’ and it can happen