#I will be thinking about this all day

[ecstarry]

i need marauders love island au okay i need theeeeem idc if i have to dumb them down i want them all going from couple to couple and for everyone shitting on production aka dumbledore like pls just picture their confessionals okay this is the chance for every ship ever to have it's moment

[balkanradfem]

I love you and all the things you write. When I see your username on my dash the world stops because I know whatever you've written is about to be so insightful that I'll ponder it for the rest of the day or so articulate that you've explained something that was fuzzy in my mind for weeks

That is one of the nicest things you could have said to me. So much love for you anon.

[goldensunset]

i swear i can’t go a week without a shadow clone of myself attacking me

[wolfsbanesparks]

you could make a case that Blaze and Satanus want the Rock of Eternity not because they need it for anything, but because it's the only thing left that Shazam could give them. he's denied them care, affection, guidance, and he definitely doesn't love them, so what is left to take but his power?

even if Shazam had raised them, he most likely would not have given them the Rock of Eternity. that space is reserved for his champion. but they feel that they're owed something from him, and at this point it doesn't really matter what that something is.

also if you're running with the idea that Billy was orphaned as a result of a relative cheating him out of his inheritance, it makes for a nifty parallel.

I think this is a really good way to look at it. And a great way to add nuance to their characters.

A lot of Blaze and Satanus's anger at Shazam stems from his rejection of them and the deliberate refusal to give them what they believe is their birthright as his children. It think it makes a lot of sense that those feelings are compounded by the fact that Shazam made the choice to deny them any affection, condemning them because he sees them as inherently evil because of who their mother is.

At the heart of a lot of the evil the two of them do is this need to prove themselves, to prove that they are as great if not greater than their father. Controlling the Rock of Eternity is equal parts a power grab and a middle finger to Shazam. Which is why they are doubly angry that some random human child was granted the one thing they believed Shazam could give them.

And not for nothing, by rejecting them at birth, Shazam all but guaranteed that they wouldn't have any good influences in their lives, which made his belief that they are evil a self-fulfilling prophecy.

And I absolutely love the parallel you've drawn here with Billy and Ebenezer! It's such a good way to create understanding and empathy between them! Billy may initially see them as pure evil (as Shazam had) but this may be a way for him to understand that things (and people) are so rarely black and white. Even if that empathy doesn't go both ways, Billy would know what it's like to have someone who was supposed to care for you take everything from you at a very young age and would try to make things right.

[lunarlegend]

how to make myself unemailable

[novelconcepts]

Polite reminder that even if the rest of your comment is the nicest thing in the world, if you’ve layered in something you don’t like about the story/author, that sentence

✨in size 500 font

backlit in neon

dancing about in a top hat✨

is probably gonna be the only bit the author takes away from your otherwise lovely comment. It is generally kinder to just…omit that part, if you’re trying to get appreciation for a fic across.

[pussypopstiel]

i showed my 19 year old sister (who’s a boomer at heart) that i forced to watch supernatural (and ship destiel) your profile name and her smile just. faded. and she was like “w. what does. huh?” so thank you for that because it was amusing.

HELLO

[crowisinthetrash]

[the letter is paired with a small bouquet of freshly picked wildflowers and a bag of sweets]

To my dove,

Happy Valentine's Day. Do not fret about spending the day without me. I should be there not long after this letter arrives. I could not imagine spending such a holiday without you, my love.

I have missed you dearly. I do have plenty of new stories from my travels if you're open to hearing them. Maybe over a picnic or over dinner, I could tell you them. We shall do whatever it is that you want today, alright?

I love you so much. No matter where in Teyvat I roam, my home shall always be wherever you are. As such, I shall return to your arms time and time again. It's been so long since we've last been together that I'm tempted to stay with you a while longer this time. I doubt you'll mind that, hehe.

I'll see you soon, dearest.

Yours,

Kazuha

[Hey, Crow! I hope you have a wonderful day today! -- violetsareblue-selfships]

AWWWW THANK YOU ^^

and to those who see this, I hope you had a great Valentine's Day ^^

[xivu-arath]

it’s always difficult parsing out which of my vivid memories in an equally vivid dream might have actually happened before and which were made up whole-cloth for the story

[bumblingbabooshka]

Vulcan teen on Vulcan [tiktok] saying "I have just lost track of my father in the grocery store." The camera turns to show the viewers the grocery store in which almost every single older middle-aged man has a bowlcut and long robes. Camera turns back to show the teen's face which is expressionless and yet communicates all it needs to.

[endusviolence]

Rowling isn't denying holocaust. She just pointed out that burning of transgender health books is a lie as that form of cosmetic surgery didn't exist. But of course you knew that already, didn't you?

I was thinking I'd probably see one of you! You're wrong :) Let's review the history a bit, shall we?

In this case, what we're talking about is the Institut für Sexualwissenschaft, or in English, The Institute of Sexology. This Institute was founded and headed by a gay Jewish sexologist named Magnus Hirschfeld. It was founded in July of 1919 as the first sexology research clinic in the world, and was run as a private, non-profit clinic. Hirschfeld and the researchers who worked there would give out consultations, medical advice, and even treatments for free to their poorer clientele, as well as give thousands of lectures and build a unique library full of books on gender, sexuality, and eroticism. Of course, being a gay man, Hirschfeld focused a lot on the gay community and proving that homosexuality was natural and could not be "cured".

Hirschfeld was unique in his time because he believed that nobody's gender was either one or the other. Rather, he contended that everyone is a mixture of both male and female, with every individual having their own unique mix of traits.

This leads into the Institute's work with transgender patients. Hirschfeld was actually the one to coin the term "transsexual" in 1923, though this word didn't become popular phrasing until 30 years later when Harry Benjamin began expanding his research (I'll just be shortening it to trans for this brief overview.) For the Institute, their revolutionary work with gay men eventually began to attract other members of the LGBTA+, including of course trans people.

Contrary to what Anon says, sex reassignment surgery was first tested in 1912. It'd already being used on humans throughout Europe during the 1920's by the time a doctor at the Institute named Ludwig Levy-Lenz began performing it on patients in 1931. Hirschfeld was at first opposed, but he came around quickly because it lowered the rate of suicide among their trans patients. Not only was reassignment performed at the Institute, but both facial feminization and facial masculization surgery were also done.

The Institute employed some of these patients, gave them therapy to help with other issues, even gave some of the mentioned surgeries for free to this who could not afford it! They spoke out on their behalf to the public, even getting Berlin police to help them create "transvestite passes" to allow people to dress however they wanted without the threat of being arrested. They worked together to fight the law, including trying to strike down Paragraph 175, which made it illegal to be homosexual. The picture below is from their holiday party, Magnus Hirschfeld being the gentleman on the right with the fabulous mustache. Many of the other people in this photo are transgender.

[Image ID: A black and white photo of a group of people. Some are smiling at the camera, others have serious expressions. Either way, they all seem to be happy. On the right side, an older gentleman in glasses- Magnus Hirschfeld- is sitting. He has short hair and a bushy mustache. He is resting one hand on the shoulder of the person in front of him. His other hand is being held by a person to his left. Another person to his right is holding his shoulder.]

There was always push back against the Institute, especially from conservatives who saw all of this as a bad thing. But conservatism can't stop progress without destroying it. They weren't willing to go that far for a good while. It all ended in March of 1933, when a new Chancellor was elected. The Nazis did not like homosexuals for several reasons. Chief among them, we break the boundaries of "normal" society. Shortly after the election, on May 6th, the book burnings began. The Jewish, gay, and obviously liberal Magnus Hirschfeld and his library of boundary-breaking literature was one of the very first targets. Thankfully, Hirschfeld was spared by virtue of being in Paris at the time (he would die in 1935, before the Nazis were able to invade France). His library wasn't so lucky.

This famous picture of the book burnings was taken after the Institute of Sexology had been raided. That's their books. Literature on so much about sexuality, eroticism, and gender, yes including their new work on trans people. This is the trans community's Alexandria. We're incredibly lucky that enough of it survived for Harry Benjamin and everyone who came after him was able to build on the Institute's work.

[Image ID: A black and white photo of the May Nazi book burning of the Institute of Sexology's library. A soldier, back facing the camera, is throwing a stack of books into the fire. In the background of the right side, a crowd is watching.]

As the Holocaust went on, the homosexuals of Germany became a targeted group. This did include transgender people, no matter what you say. To deny this reality is Holocaust denial. JK Rowling and everyone else who tries to pretend like this isn't reality is participating in that evil. You're agreeing with the Nazis.

But of course, you knew that already, didn't you?

Edit: Added image IDs. I apologize to those using screen readers for forgetting them. Please reblog this version instead.

[soaked-doors]

the history book on the shelf is always repeating itself

[spookberry]

boxy got em 😔

[hinamie]

surprise it's yuri!!!in 2024

[keymintt]

a comic/zine about coyotes

[s-ccaam-era-crepe]

i think everyone who's ever had migraines should be financially compensated forever btw