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I think my favorite part about dai is that iron bull, a professional spy whose name literally means liar, is like “I’m not even gonna TRY lying to something called the inquisition they’ll definitely find out” and blackwall, the guy who barely even knows the grey warden motto, is like “yeah I can pull this off”

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Oh this art. I forgot about it and it just punched me hard in the chest. Maybe Flowershop would be a good way to finally break out of my heinous writer’s block...

some ppl rly look u in the eyes and say with their whole chest “the until dawn kids are straight”

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Female Gowron looks like Allison Harvard from America’s Next Top Model...

Part 3 of Ds9 but they look like this.

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St*phanie Meyer: Vampires are all sexy heterosexual white British rich kids who are geniuses and—

Taika Waititi: Shut the FUCK up every vampire is bisexual and a MORON

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(None of the girls except Hannah and Ash are straight and even Ashley is negotiable.)

some ppl rly look u in the eyes and say with their whole chest “the until dawn kids are straight”

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MY GIRLS.

the ladies of until dawn…

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Casual reminder of the time Ursula.K. Le Guin destroyed JK Rowling's entire personality in the most graceful way possible:

"This last is the situation, as I see it, between my A Wizard of Earthsea and J.K.Rowling’s Harry Potter. I didn’t originate the idea of a school for wizards — if anybody did it was T.H.White, though he did it in single throwaway line and didn’t develop it. I was the first to do that. Years later, Rowling took the idea and developed it along other lines. She didn't plagiarize. She didn’t copy anything. Her book, in fact, could hardly be more different from mine, in style, spirit, everything. The only thing that rankles me is her apparent reluctance to admit that she ever learned anything from other writers. When ignorant critics praised her wonderful originality in inventing the idea of a wizards’ school, and some of them even seemed to believe that she had invented fantasy, she let them do so. This, I think, was ungenerous, and in the long run unwise."

Ursula K. Le Guin, "Art, Information, Theft and Confusion"

http://www.ursulakleguinarchive.com/Note-ArtInfoTheftConfusion-Part2.html

And a reminder that if you're shattered by JK Rowling undressing her transphobic nastiness for the world to see, then you should re-examine why a book series that depends so heavily on racist stereotypes, ret-conned diversity, and an explicit valorization of classism speaks so much to you.

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kinda wish people would stop talking about how jk rowling should "act like someone her characters would be proud of" or that she's "letting down her own protagonists" like lol her characters arent real. harry potter has no thoughts or feelings about this because he isnt real. besides, her characters weren't accepting or progressive. they were for the enslavement and oppression of human-equivalent magical species. they judged each other based on which houses they got sorted into. harry becomes a fucking cop after he graduates ffs. the only character who wasnt casually bigoted was hermione and she was painted as a daydreaming, lunatic killjoy nobody else wanted to be around. that is what jk rowling thinks of social justice.

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Borderlands is simultaneously SO GOOD at representation and SO BAD at it at the same time. I’m not really sure how they managed that, but they sure as fuck did.

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Apparently, but I truly don't understand why.

Does anyone like Vic Fontaine, though?

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Being in a long-term fandom really makes me wish we had like, Fandom Supreme Courts, just so that every time the same stupid discourse rears its ugly head for the umpteenth time in ten years, we can just be like, “Actually this argument was settled in the 2006 Fandom Supreme Court ruling in the case of AngelPotter vs. Xx_goth1c-r0se_xX, so everbody can shut up about it now.” Imagine the wank reduction.

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oh and i should mention mythica is full of heteros but like,,, they have healthy arcs so for once i didnt care

anon you don’t know how hard i laughed at this like straight warning 

ive not a problem with it being full of heteros especially if theyre healthy relationships; i assume most media is going to be that way going in 

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Mythica had the potential to be SO GAY

But then it wasn’t.

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I've watched the first two Mythica movies now and although I am entirely delighted by the pure campy dnd goodness of it, the main character has been harrassed for having a disability at least a dozen times.

This is including being told by the only other prominent female character that "it's a mark from the gods to show how evil and messed up you are." Like... that's not even much of a paraphrase- it's phrased pretty much exactly like that.

Oh, and another of her party members got drunk and mad, shoved her, and called her a "cr***led bitch." These are the good guys. The ones we're supposed to like.

Maybe it'll get better about it? But two movies in, I'm not feeling optimistic.

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Hi! Let’s talk about Audio Description/Descriptive Audio.

Do you know what audio description is? If not, read on. If you do, maybe read on anyway, just in case. I know this is long, but please spare a minute to read this.

Audio Description is a super rad thing that’s becoming increasingly available for various forms of media. Essentially, it describes visual elements that blind/low vision/visually impaired folks might miss. This often includes describing gestures, facial expressions, major movements, fight scenes, set or costume elements, and more!

Many shows/movies even work to ensure that the person providing the description has a voice and tone that fit with the mood of the show. Although it can be strange at first, especially if you’re not used to it, it’s much like close captioning - very quickly, it just becomes part of the experience and is remarkably non-disruptive. Care is taken to ensure that the description doesn’t happen on top of dialogue. All Netflix originals now have descriptive audio and I encourage everyone to check it out, at least for a few minutes, to see what it is and how it works!

Even people who know about this might not be aware, though, that descriptive audio exists in other artistic settings too! Many theatre productions also provide live audio description at select showings. This often means that people who would like to take advantage of this service wear unobtrusive ear pieces so that they can hear the describer during the show. I actually volunteer to provide this service for some shows at the University of Montana, although it’s currently a work in progress.

There are also systems of description for dance shows, studio art gallery shows, and even firework displays, although it is much less common! I want to challenge all of my artistic friends (and I know I have many) to think about ways you can work to make your art accessible. It isn’t difficult and can add great depth to your work. Be creative. Don’t think of this as “something I HAVE to do to check a box” but think of this as “how can I make this accessible in a way that ADDS VALUE FOR EVERYONE.”

Consider a dance show. What could come of a collaboration between a poet and a choreographer? Consider your sculpture. If you wanted to communicate everything you thought was important about the piece to someone who couldn’t see it, what would you say? Think about your work. Think about the value of your art. Don’t you want it to reach as many people as it can?

I know I would.

[Thank you for reading this. Feel free to share it if you want. That would be rad.]

[What does this mean for tumblr specifically? Descriptive captions on your images are hugely helpful. If you’re confused about how, I’m always open to chat about it!]

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Honestly I agree with the theory that Kyle’s birth name is Ben Organa and that Han took Leia’s last name but I disagree that it’s just because Alderaan is matriarchal, like, A. you’d better believe Han would’ve taken Leia’s last name no matter how patriarchal her culture was, and 2. Solo is the name of a notorious criminal with all sorts of bounties on his head, but Organa is a name associated with royalty, meaning Han could show up in sweatpants at any restaurant in the republic and get a table for Han and Chewie Organa without a reservation

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cannae even put into words how much i love the 9th doctor. he really was just out there loving humanity that son of a bitch