#shit about me

[morgana-lefay]

Hello, people!

There's some of you that joined lately, mostly, I assume, on the Rammstein side, so I feel like giving a little introduction (if you haven't found my "about me" page, that took me forever to make). Hi! Welcome to this madhouse!

My real name is not Morgana, but I enjoy going by it online, as I'm using it since the dawn of times. I joined this place first in 2011, my main focus being Guns N' Roses. I was very active for about 3 years, adding obsessions to the list until I disappeared back in 2015 (can't remember why) and reappeared in 2016 to bitch about Guns N' Roses' Coachella reunion, to only fall into darkness yet again. Last September I decided to resurface, this time piggyback riding on 6 German Weirdos. Be advised, though, my old loves/obsessions never disappear, so, even though this might look like a Rammstein-themed park, if you stick around long enough, you'll realise there will be more. Aside from that, what else can be expected around here:

First off, I talk too much (as it might have been noticed thus far) and I'm an opinionated person (this is, above all, a personal blog). Stating my thoughts and views in a succinct way was never a quality of mine. Which means, there will be text posts from time to time, so if you're expecting an image-only blog, this ain't it (though I love photography, so that's a plus in the matter).

The base language in this place is English, but it's not my mother tongue so don't be surprised if, sometimes, you read something you don't understand. It might just be Portuguese.

I love making gifs, although I'm no expert and, coming back, I realised I forgot how to make them entirely, so I'm relearning everything. Nonetheless, if we share fandoms/interests (you may check here) and you want to request something, you're more than welcome to leave it in the inbox and I'll try my best.

I perform entire monologues in my tags.

I regret nothing. 😊

Enjoy your stay!

🖤 The Management.

[constantbellpepper]

My spotify wrapped !

(I got time traveler btw if anyone cares)

[smzeszikorova]

15 Questions, 15 Mutuals

Truth be told, I'm really not on this app that often, so I'm not entirely sure who's done this already. Hopefully this reaches a few of you who haven't done it yet.

Tagging @dragonedged-if, @infinite-survivor-choco, @nanashi23, @j-1173, @penspiration-writing, @late-to-the-fandom, @rexxles, @bardic-tales, @kiraofthewind, @angelasscribbles, @harinawa, @writersandpoetsunited, @isabellebissonrouthier, @alwaysastrophel, @writingpotato07.

And thanks again to @dogmomwrites for the tag!

My answers:

Are you named after anyone? I was. For trans reasons, I'm not anymore. I mean, unless you want to make a case that I was named after myself.

When was the last time you cried? I almost cried rereading Castle Swimmer just this afternoon. Does that count? (More importantly, are you intrigued? You should be. It's a very good Webtoon.)

Do you have kids? Newp. At this point in my life, that's not something I really want.

Do you use sarcasm a lot? Who, me? Never.

What’s the first thing you notice about people? Kinda depends on the person. If I'm just observing, could be hair, height, outfit, etc. Whatever stands out. If it's someone I'm talking to, I usually notice the sound of their voice first.

What’s your eye color? Blue. I always wished my eyes were brown as a kid on the basis that "blue eyes are scary". A quick Google search taught me I'm not the only one who thinks that, but it definitely confuses everyone I know irl.

Scary movies or happy endings? Yes.

Any special talents? I like to think writing and art are a couple. But as for stuff I don't post about regularly . . . I guess songwriting?

Where were you born? Texas, but I've got no memory of it. Didn't grow up there.

What are your hobbies? Writing, drawing, watching cartoons, finding a way to insert my characters into every conversation I have, collecting stuffed animals, making Spotify playlists.

Do you have any pets? Not technically mine, but my mom has a few, and I love them more than I love food, which is saying a lot. Two cats, one dog.

What sports do you play/have you played? So many. God. Softball, basketball, cross country, track/field, gymnastics, karate. I stuck with none of them.

How tall are you? Shorter than @adrielcastlyre, unfortunately.

Favorite subject in school? German and writing. 1000%. Every other subject I've ever been interested in became boring the second it was for a grade.

Dream job? Writer, surprising no one.

[actualalligator]

Tagged by @voxofthevoid

Relationship Status: a chronically single pringle

Favorite Color: teal/turquoise, basically any color that is some mix of blue and green

Song Stuck in Your Head: "If We Ever Broke Up” Mae Stephens

Favorite Food: Does coffee count? I’m so weird about food that it’s hard to come up with something, lol. chicken strips? 

Last Thing You Googled: I google “if we ever broke up” because I couldn’t remember who the artist was

Dream Trip: Somewhere with water. The ocean. I don’t care where. 

Anything You Want Right Now: a vacation to the ocean 

Tagging with absolutely no pressure to do this: @booknerd0612 @livingoutload @joohie-ice @just-another-history-lover @longhornletters

[over-rated-cheese]

my first word was balls

I hope this influences the way u think about me

[ink-the-artist]

Love the contrast between the Americans’ “Apollo” and the Soviets’ “Sputnik.” You got the Americans naming their rocket after a Greek god trying to communicate the grandness and importance of this rocket. And you got the Soviets naming their rocket “fellow traveler.” Like a friend you go on an  adventure with together. This rocket is our little friend lol 

[a1sart]

if there's one thing this last episode has affirmed for me about Alastor it's that he FUCKING HATES being reminded that he's not the most powerful creature in hell.

Like, he hates being ignored by Carmilla when she says she doesn't care why he was gone

He hates Lucifer ON SIGHT

He threatens to KILL Husk when he dares to mention that Alastor is working for someone more powerful than him

and now this.

Alastor freaking out because he almost died. Something almost killed him. He can fucking die. There is something more powerful than him out there. And it's not something he can ignore or brush off because it almost killed him.

Alastor hates the reminder that he's not as powerful as he tells people he is. He isn't indestructible, he isn't invincible. And he fucking hates that.

[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.

[kelddaa]

I was plagued by a vision

[morgana-lefay]

18💚

18 - A memorable meal this year I think my year has been a bit uneventful in the meal department. 😅 Let's see...without the meal itself being anything much, I'd say two weeks ago, a lunch with 3 of my girl friends, in a little typical Portuguese place we call "tasca". It started as hangover lunch, went on to an afternoon snack and ended up with late night drinks after dinner. And I had decided I wasn't even going to get out of the house that day...🙈

Thank you for asking! 😊🖤

[constantbellpepper]

Shout out to laying down after a long day. I love laying down, it fucks.

[payasita]

being a manager sucks balls half the time but the cashier kids im in charge of trust me enough to dick around in front of me so ive been keeping a running list of the shit they say that makes me laugh randomly: -"guys, is it cheating if you play fortnite with your ex" [4 seperate others, immediately]: "YES" -"there must be like… infinite sentences" -"bro what bro what the fuck bro what's that mean bro why'd you say that bro what" <distraught response to a girl randomly greeting him with 'hey there big boy' in an old timey transatlantic news reporter accent

[artkaninchenbau]

A h-heartfelt reunion..?

Bonus

[cabbagegunk]

I personally think that all whale sharks should be put on Mickey’s Dick Smasher.

WHAT!!!! they are such gentile creatures why would you say thst…

[cozylittleartblog]

not that we didn't already Know belos was full of shit, but it's even funnier knowing the titan was still alive the whole time and probably judging him

[nat-20s]

Ten and Donna end up on a fucked up deadly space newlyweds show despite uh. Not being newlyweds but they get almost all the questions right. They start to sweat when the final question is "what's one secret desire you have involving the other?" And Donna writes "sometimes I wish I could occasionally shrink down the doctor real small so I could carry him around in my pocket and make sure he doesn't get lost' while Ten writes "sometimes I wish I was small enough that Donna could carry me around in like a cat backpack or maybe a shirt pocket" and they look at each other like AYYYYYY because not only are they deeply drift compatible they're also fuckin weird about it 💖