Person B shattering their calm composure as they thoroughly check Person A for injuries. Person A can’t even respond with “I’m fine/They didn’t hurt me” because they’re too distracted watching B fuss.
Bonus: it’s in front of all their friends and they’re stunned into silence too
A point that I think is very overlooked regarding Finn’s Wrestlemania entrance is what his support for the LGBT community means for people in non-Western countries. The WWE Network is available in 135 countries, the list of which you can see here.
Included are many of the 72 countries in which homosexuality is criminalised, like Egypt and Algeria and Ghana, and also some of the 8 in which it is punishable by death, like Saudi Arabia, and Nigeria. Less than a year ago, Egyptian police arrested and detained 7 people at a concert where a member of the crowd raised a Pride flag for ‘promoting sexual deviancy.’ Public opinion is also against the acceptance of same sex relationships and transgender people consistently and intensely.
It’s also shown in countries like Russia, where there’s a federal ban on what’s referred to as ‘propaganda for non-traditional relationships’ which means it’s illegal to publicly support LGBT rights, defend them, or distribute material relating to the culture or that displays symbols like the rainbow flag. It has been ruled as discriminatory by the European Commission of Human Rights, and since the was law passed in 2013 hate crimes doubled.
As someone who is fortunate enough to be a member of the LGBT community in a country where I face no legal challenges and am accepted by most people I meet, I think it’s important to keep in mind those people who aren’t so lucky. A lot of discussion within the Western LGBT community doesn’t really involve the lives of those in countries that aren’t affluent and secular. I understand that learning about the suffering of people in those countries can be disheartening but in moments like these, happy, hopeful, moments, I’d encourage people to broaden the conversation. Finn’s message of inclusivity and acceptance for all doesn’t include borders, and I don’t believe our response should either.
Attention fanfic writers: If you use Google Docs to write/store/back-up your fics, you might want to download anything you don’t already have backed up elsewhere. Google is apparently invading and deleting people’s personal drive content thanks to the FOSTA/SESTA bill that recently passed through Congress. Essentially, it criminalizes ANY platform where sexual content could be placed.
It may also be worth making sure you have offline back-ups of any and all fics you have posted here on Tumblr and on AO3, in case Yahoo get antsy (they’ve been cracking down on the porn bot tumblrs already) and OTW face a legal challenge to take down AO3. I’m hoping that’s not the case - but I was on LiveJournal during Strikethrough in 2007 and I remember the way that whole communities as well as individual LJ accounts were deleted and purged; it was instrumental in the founding of AO3 in the first place. That was a widespread purge of fanfic writers and communities, LGBT+ communities and writers and more, all due to legal threats that SixApart, the company that owned and hosted LiveJournal, received due to allegedly hosting paedophile content. After Strikethrough was over and LJ admitted they’d gone OTT, there were a number of communities and accounts that didn’t get reinstated. I’ve always been quite careful not to have my Tumblr flagged up as NSFW in part because of that. Given the number of Facebook accounts that get temporary or permanent suspensions thanks to malicious false reports, I have very little confidence that Tumblr’s staff won’t make mistakes.
I’m not sure what this means for collaborative fics; but Google Docs probably aren’t a safe platform for that anymore.
it warms my heart that spud is encouraging people to watch the preshow but at the same time it infuriates me because he shouldn’t HAVE to be doing this!! mustafa vs. cedric SHOULD be on the main card!!
Getting ready for the March for our lives this Saturday! I am brimming with ideas for the posters. This one is probably too complicated to duplicate on a cardboard but oh well, it was fun to draw! I have a few more ideas that I can’t wait to draw. I will post them up soon. Hope many people participate in this march against gun violence wherever you are. Stay safe and support each other!
if wwe won’t mention these then i will be the change i want to see in the world, and in my wardrobe specifically. PLEASE shower these men with millions and millions of dollars. thank you
wwe: @mustafaaliwwe is going to #WrestleMania to face @cedricalexander1for the #CruiserweightTitle! Take a look at what transpired moments after Mustafa Ali came back from the ring!