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No rest for the wicked

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“Monsters? They look like monsters to you?”

- Father Vincent, Silent Hill 3 (via togaytowalkstraight)

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Life is Strange.

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“You could be great, you know, it’s all here in your head, and Slytherin will help you on the way to greatness, no doubt about that.”

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Reblog this if you think writing is an art

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Arcadia Bay more like Arcadia Gay.

(And I’m a crying disaster)

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So pretty ❤️

Happiness hit her like a train on a track Coming towards her stuck still no turning back

If I may interest you in some Ginny Weasley x Luna Lovegoodness.

@byzantinedaniel @halemcdreamy new otp!!!

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Yaaaaas

Femslashing It Up 2k17

To start off 2017, let’s take a look at where femslash is at right now. Here’s the current number of fics for the top ten pairings on AO3:

Drarry: 20,358

Wolfstar: 9,183

Snarry: 7,914

Ronmione: 5,543

Hinny: 4,356

Jily: 4,065

Dramione: 3,953

Snape/Hermione: 2,280

Snape/Lupin: 2,111

Scorbus: 614

Note the complete lack of f/f pairings in the top ten. Also wtf is up with all this snape crap? After clicking the f/f box, here are the stats:

Drarry: 512

Linny: 443

Ronmione: 353

Ginmione: 292

Hinny: 275

Wolfstar: 256

Pansmione: 238

Hermione/Luna: 167

Jily: 162

Fleur/Hermione: 97

So, um, yeah. The top “f/f” ship is Drarry, and only half the ships in the top ten are actually femslash pairings. Of all the fics in the HP fandom, only about 1/10 are femslash. So then we arrive at the question: why?

Common excuses reasons I hear for having so little femslash:

The protagonist is a guy, so it only makes sense that the top pairings include him. Yeah, true, but…they don’t. Seven pairings in the top ten don’t.

The fandom is full of straight girls fetishizing gay men. Fetishization is definitely a problem–in every fandom, not just HP. But it also isn’t a good reason for so little femslash. To start, generalizations like this are negative and damage fandom unity, pinning people against each other. Second, if the entire m/m category was fetishized smut for people to masturbate to, this might be the case. But…it’s not. There are thousands of meaningful, in-character m/m fics that people of every sexuality can enjoy, because fanfic isn’t just about sex (though that can be a major factor, and that’s okay, too!). It’s about reimagining canon and seeing your favorite characters face new situations and go on new adventures and fall in love and more. So if we can have non-fetishizing m/m fics, then we should be able to have f/f fics that meet the same criteria.

That stupid nonsense where people hate female characters that get in the way of m/m ships. Like??? Femslash solves this??? But so often it’s part of the reason there isn’t any. Think about it. Ginny doesn’t have to be the raging, jealous ex in the Harry/Draco equation. She can date Luna. Simple as that.

Femslash is never as well developed because the female characters are two-dimensional. Sure, female characters don’t interact with each other very often in Harry Potter, but in no way are they two-dimensional. Part of the magic of Harry Potter is that JKR develops even her side characters extraordinarily well. If that’s not being conveyed in f/f fanfic, then that’s our challenge–to bring JKR’s beautiful, dynamic characters to life.

Straight up sexism. There seems to be this idea that sex and relationships aren’t as meaningful or important if there isn’t a man involved. I don’t think this really needs an explanation–can we all agree that’s just…wrong? Cool? Cool.

Now that we’ve established the issue and rebutted the inhibitors of f/f pairings, let’s look at the reasons we should all contribute to the femslash revolution:

To get rid of the stereotype of objectification. Lots of the f/f out there is fetishized rubbish, and it gives sapphic women a bad name (remember when commotion with the lesbian tag? yeah me, too). By creating more realistic, meaningful femslash content, we can start changing those stereotypes and normalizing sapphic relationships. Yay!

vAriEty… Let’s make this simple. More pairings, more diversity, more fics, more content, more.

Equality, anyone? There’s so much sexism in the world without us contributing to it. Hermione wouldn’t stand for it. Ginny wouldn’t take this sitting down. (funny how those two expressions mean the same thing) Neither should the rest of us.

It’s awesome. Like seriously. Writing femslash. Reading femslash. Creating femslash art, aesthetics, headcanons. Viewing femslash art, aesthetics, headcanons. Amazing. 10/10. Would recommend.

Reminder: You don’t have to feel guilty for m/m pairings. My blog title is “Riddikulusly Drarry”–not going to judge. The purpose of this isn’t to keep you from shipping your otp. It’s to bring awareness to the lack of femslash and encourage the creation of more. We’re trying to lift f/f pairings up, not bring m/m down.

So…what now? We make it happen. Here are a few ways you can contribute:

Like and reblog this post to spread the word

Follow blogs supportive of or devoted to femslash (ie. @hpfemslashweek @femslasharmy @harrypotterfemslash @nymphadoravtonks and @ginnys to name a few) and reply with your personal favorites if ya like!

Read some femslash. Either you’ll be lucky and find some of the beautiful gems out there, or you’ll see why we need a revolution. Win-win.

Support creators of original femslash content by liking, reblogging, and following

Create your own femslash content! Write a fic. Draw some fanart. Make an aesthetic or a photo manip. Create headcanons or write a chat between characters. Write and record a song. Note: I track the tag #owlswithfins and I’d be happy to reblog any original content you create. Submissions are also open if your blog isn’t HP oriented.

It’s a new year, and we have the opportunity to make a difference. Like, reblog, and start femslashing it up!

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To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.

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Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.

Martin Luther King Jr.

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Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.

Albert Einstein

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Close to Her (linny)

[ Educational decree no. 31 - boys and girls are not permitted to be within 8 inches of each other ] 

That night Luna was visiting Ginny in her dormitory after hours, like she usually did. Mostly it was just nice to study together on Ginny’s bed with the curtains closed and candles lighting their faces while the other Gryffindor fourth year girls slept. They always cast a muffliato charm so they could be free to talk and laugh when they didn’t feel like doing homework anymore.

Tonight they were giggling about the newest educational decree that scumbridge put in place after lunch.

“That toad thinks she’s so smart, keeping the boys and girls apart. Does she not realize half the students here aren’t hetero?” Ginny mused.

Luna grinned. “Yeah, Seamus said he’s excited to see the look on her face when he leads Dean into defense class tomorrow, holding hands.” Luna went on, “But… when you say half the students, who do you mean? I know there’s me, and Dean and Seamus, and… Harry for sure, even though he won’t let himself believe it yet…”

“Well, then there’s me,” Ginny added, her heart suddenly beating harder. She had never told anyone, not even Luna.

“Really?” Luna asked, surprised. “You …like girls?”

Ginny felt a blush rising to her cheeks. “I … well, I think I just like who I like, I guess. I know I’ve liked boys before. And I’ve found myself liking girls before, too. But I’ve never liked anyone as much as I like you,” she said quickly, glancing down at her hands, fiddling with a quill.

Luna’s eyebrows rose higher. “Me?”

“Yeah Luna. You.” Ginny looked up again, smiling, feeling a little shy. She wasn’t particularly used to that feeling. It excited her, gave her butterflies. She chewed on her lip and watched her best friend’s face go through several emotions. Shock. Confusion. Relief. Happiness.

As Luna’s mouth formed a pleased grin, the flickering glow of the candles illuminated her beautiful light blue eyes - Ginny was gazing into them and couldn’t seem to look away. They were perfect, bright, shining. How long had she been staring? And slowly, slowly leaning in closer over her lap? Ginny blinked abruptly and looked away, tucking a bit of hair behind her ear in embarrassment.

“Sorry I don’t know what I - you probably don’t even feel the same. I made it awkwa -”

Luna cut her off with a swift little kiss on the nose, withdrawing quickly to look at Ginny’s reaction. The redhead was wide eyed, deer in the headlights. Her heart couldn’t beat faster, even in a nosedive play during a big quidditch match. Nothing could compare as she tried to comprehend what that feathery kiss meant. It could only mean… Her expression softened as if to ask, Really?

 Luna’s soft smile grew. That was enough to tell her answer. Their eyes met and they leaned in. As Ginny’s eyes fluttered closed, she stole a glance at her best friend’s approaching lips. Her brain hadn’t even processed the image before she felt them brush against her own, in what could only be described as the softest, lightest, sweetest kiss she had ever experienced. Oh she could never go back to boy kisses. Oh, Luna. After just a few seconds of a kiss, they broke it but didn’t move apart, didn’t open their eyes. Ginny felt Luna’s mouth hovering less than a centimeter away from hers as they both drew shaky breaths, foreheads touching. Ginny’s hand reached up, fingertips brushing along Luna’s cheek.

“Luna…” she whispered.

“Hmm?” Luna murmured, enjoying the sensations and closeness.

Ginny pulled slightly farther away to ask, “So, you’re saying you like me? Tha-that’s what I got.”

They both grinned into another kiss.

After that, Luna still snuck into the Gryffindor common room each night - but she often seemed to forget her study materials.

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childLucy back at it again

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Silent hill part of comics and stickers!

I love silent hill so much! I am preparing a sticker and a comic book for my own satisfaction.

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I missed drawing Sath so much

Not a day goes by where I don’t thank the lord for these lesbians

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