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THIS WAS SOOOOO GOOD AND CLEVER ON HOW U INCORPORATED SO MANY DIFFERENT FAIRYTALES OMG so sad when jungkook and her WHOLE ENTIRE FAMILY DIDNT RECOGNIZE HEr idgnjdjfgfjd but her whole relationship came along w jimin sigh

[the messages answered below including my responses include SPOILERS]

*SPOILER ALERT*

Hell yeah! Thanks for noticing! I knew I definitely wanted to add in fairytales and I started organizing as many as I could fit in. I think it’s super powerful that the first time any fairytale is introduced is Beauty and The Beast (when OC goes knocking on that door as the ‘enchantress’ and he fails to give her a room). He was turned into a beast, much similarly to OC. And the curse OC uses on the end for her and Jimin is the same curse she uses to curse that child (with the parents who ripped her flowers) - it’s supposed to be Sleeping Beauty’s curse.

Anyways, yeah, super heartbreaking that Jungkook didn’t recognize her....

Anonymous said: Sorry, I don't know if i missed something, but how did Jungkook realize it was OC in the end? Was it because of Jimin? Or was it just a gut feeling?

I imagine both had to do with it, but more so gut feeling and he finally looked at her. Basically imagine from Jungkook’s standpoint - this witch ends up insisting that she’s your fiancee and you tell her to fuck off basically and you go kill her. But oh! She disappears instead! What. the. fuck. but fine, no revenge - at least there’s peace in your kingdom again.

Fast forward, your baby gets fucking kidnapped. Fast forward more, you find out that your kid is still alive, actually living well, and is being raised by someone. You’re like ??????? wHY. you go there and it’s THE FUCKING SAME WITCH. why would she take your kid? why should she raise your child so well and not harm her? 

That, plus Jimin’s appearance and you finally look into her eyes and then you’re trying to make sense of it.....you’re adding all the things up...her continued insistence that she’s your ‘dead’ fiancee and the way she calls your name...

gee golly, it must actually be her! :O *insert surprised pikachu mee* 

Anonymous said: Why does A Kiss Of Poison reminds me of Shrek 😂 Just the anti-fairytale aspect of it. Anyway, do you think that if OC actually received true love’s kiss, the spell would be broken?

Woo-hoo! You’re right! I love messing with superhero tropes and I love messing with fairytale tropes too! I feel like there’s so much to do on both those tropes compared to how it’s usually presented in a very cookie-cutter manner.

It actually wasn’t inspired by Sherk tho. It was inspired by two things...which I’ll talk about down below. To answer your question....I don’t know. It’s up to you to decide. Jimin is definitely not OC’s true love. The only person who could’ve given her true love’s kiss is Jungkook...the question is: would it have worked?

I left that up for you to decide.

Anonymous said: Hey, I just read A Kiss of Poison and I really liked it. It was a sad fic, but I think in a way she did end up getting her happy ending-even if it wasn't the one that she hoped for at first. I liked how you incorporated different stories and characters into this one fic, and how it shows you the "villain's" perspective. The poor girl suffered so much because of one mistake.

I knew from the very start I wanted OC to end up in a dream or a dream-like state or a dream-like heaven. It would be too cruel to let her die after all that and I knew it would be cruel to leave her in that world she was living in too. I really like bittersweet endings for angst, so glad you liked that. Indeed, OC ended up getting her happy ending. Maybe not the fairytale ending she had initially hoped for, but the one she ended up wanting more.

And honestly, I LOVE writing from the villain. I think Tears of A Villain proved that. I feel like there’s so much more to villains than the regular protagonist. Actually, A Kiss of Poison was inspired by my two favourite villains of all time.

The Witch from Into the Woods and Erik (the phantom) from Phantom of the Opera.

I feel like most times, villains in stories are either very shallow or they got a sob story which sort of explains how they ended up like that. Like there’s a small flashback which shows their mistreatment or the villain is like “my mother abandoned meeeee!!!!” and I’m like....”well alright then”. But with The Witch and Erik, their sadness and grievances are more so embedded into their actions. The things they do, the things they say, you can see the sadness and devastation in their lives.

A Kiss of Poison was directly inspired from these two characters, so if you have some time, you should listen to these:

This was actually the height of the movie for me. It’s so fucking emotional. From the witch’s anger to her desperate plea. I feel like what makes her different from Mother Gothel from Tangled is that Mother Gothel has something to gain from Rapunzel - her magical hair that makes her younger. She actively lies to Rapunzel to keep her around, but the witch from Into The Woods really has nothing to gain from Rapunzel staying. She begs her to stay because she genuinely cares for her, and the witch fails to realize her love is suffocating.

I think the most powerful line is: “Who out there could love you more than I?”

She’s kind of screaming it in pain, sadness, anger. It’s just so powerful.

The second is:

I love Phantom of the Opera oml. Phantom does some fucked up shit, let’s be honest here. But he just desperately wants to be loved by Christine and in his circumstances, you wonder if you’d also be crazy enough to do the things he’d do.

I just love the final song in Phantom of The Opera cause it goes from anger to this chaos to this pity and then beauty and my god, I just love all musicals because there’s so much emotion in the music and lyrics and it legit tells a story.

I think the most powerful lines are: “This face, which earned a mother's fear and loathing.” // “The world showed no compassion to me!” // “Pitiful creature of darkness. What kind of life have you known?”

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HWANG HYUNJIN in COLOUR — For my beloved @hyunpic​! Happy Birthday my dear!

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hey i was wondering if you had evidence of the historic place of mspec lesbians/gays in the queer community. i keep hearing people claim it’s historical but then i’ve never seen any evidence. i’m not hating just genuinely curious!

I have a resources page and this specific post that have links to info and source compilations on mspec lesbians/gays.

But because I’m in the mood to, here are the direct sources on mspec lesbians/gays dating back to the 1970s that I know of.

Heads up, this is indeed a long post.

We Walk Alone by Ann Aldrich (1955)

“Another sort of lesbian is the so-called bisexual. [...] The bisexual lesbian is indeed often love-hungry, not necessarily because her appetite is any larger than other females [...] Unlike many homosexuals who simply talk bisexuality, this lesbian lives it.”

“Bisexuality” by Trisha Miller, Lavender Woman (1973)

“What is a Lesbian? To me, a lesbian is a woman-oriented woman; bisexuals can be lesbians.”

“Trans-Sexuality: Bisexual Formations and the Limits of Categories” by Josephine Ho (2004)

“Even within the lesbian community of the 1970s and 1980s, gender/sexuality coloring exerted very different effects on bisexual lesbians with different gender images.” (This source is from 2004 but it speaks of the 1970s and 1980s.)

“Gay-identified bisexuals” by The BiVocals, Bi Women Quarterly (1983)

“We are a group of radical gay-identified bisexual women who have meeting together for almost a year.”

Against Patriarchy (1984)

“Events took a dramatic turn when I then became very attracted to a bisexual Lesbian, who I shall call Robyn.”

“Bisexual Women” by R. Drew, Bi Women Quarterly (1984)

“How many bisexual lesbians are there? [...] Here’s one way for you to guess how many bisexual women exist in the lesbian community: The next time you find yourself surrounded by lesbians, at a workshop, a bar, a party, a dance, a benefit, a rally, a rap group, a class, ask yourself how many women would still be there if all the bisexual lesbians got up and left. [...] It’s just a hypothetical situation, since bisexual lesbians are a large and irremovable part of the lesbian community.”

“Colorado college environment alienates homosexuals” by Sharon Brady, The Catalyst (1984)

“‘If I have to be labeled’, said Sam, ‘I’m a bisexual lesbian. I don’t like men in bed but I have very strong relationships with men.’”

“Pro Choice” by Marcia Deihl, Gay Community News (1984)

“One of the most important things I tell new friends is that I am a gay-identified bisexual.”

“Study Group” by Barb H., Bi Women Quarterly (1984)

“We started by trying to define some terms, specifically ‘feminism,’ ‘gay-identified bisexual,’ and ‘bisexual’. Alot of us were amazed to see how many different interpretations each term, especially ‘gay-identified,’ could have. Is someone ‘gay-identified’ because they devote a majority of their time, energy and emotion to the gay community? Or does an individual’s radical critique of heterosexuality make them ‘gay-identified’? And does ‘gay-identified’ also imply ‘women-identified’? Some people felt that one could be gay-identified, and still not be woman-identified. And exactly how many Meg Christian concerts make you ‘lesbian-identified’?”

“Bisexuality & Discrimination” by Lani Ka’ahumanu, Bi Women Quarterly (1985)

“It is important for me as a lesbian identified bisexual woman, who is politically dedicated to and active in the feminist movement, to discuss bisexuality as a valid lifestyle, to challenge the prejudices and encourage people to come out. [...] My political consciousness is lesbian but my lifestyle is bisexual.”

“Impression of the Second National Conference on Bisexuality”, Bi-Monthly Magazine (1985) (Reprinted in Bisexual Lives by Off Pink Publishing in 1988)

“It was really important too to hear for the first time the terms ‘lesbian and gay-identified bisexuals’ and to know that my own instinct to ‘identify’ as lesbian, while wanting to be accepted and acknowledged as bisexual, had a political validity and context which others were long aware of.”

The Slang Thesaurus by Jonathon Green (1986)

A list of derogatory terms for “female homosexuals” includes “bluff (bisexual lesbian)”.

“Bi of the Month: Betty Aubut by Robyn Ochs”, Bi Women Quarterly (1987)

“I call myself a ‘bisexual lesbian.’”

Lesbian Psychologies: Exploration and Challenges edited by Boston Lesbian Psychologies Collective (1987)

“She calls herself a ‘bisexual lesbian’, presently interested in women, but acknowledging an attraction to men she may someday choose to act upon.”

“Andy, 27”, Bisexual Lives by Off Pink Publishing (1988)

“I see myself as gay and bisexual, they say this cannot be. However, my lifestyle having developed over the last 10 years as an ‘out’ gay man, I am not going into the closet. I am still gay.”

Bisexual Lives by Off Pink Publishing (1988)

“Gay-identified bisexuals have to cope with ‘coming out’ on two fronts, to both the heterosexual AND lesbian and gay communities.”

“David Burkle, 45”, Bisexual Lives by Off Pink Publishing (1988)

“Not only could I technically be bisexual, I could identify as gay and grow to be proud of it.” / “I began to feel that the right way for me to identify was as gay politically and bisexual behaviourally.”

“Pink Dandelion, 22”, Bisexual Lives by Off Pink Publishing (1988)

“It was at this time that I met a bisexual lesbian, i.e. someone whose culture and identity was lesbian, but who did feel something for some men. I suppose I saw myself as a gay bisexual.” “I argued that you could be gay AND bisexual.” “The second was the setting up of the Radical Lesbian and Gay Identified Bisexual Network, which was ME. Also there were ten other wimmin and men. At last I had found people to relate to.”

“Contributors’ Notes”, Sinister Wisdom (1989)

“Sharon Sumpter is a bisexual lesbian activist and psychotherapist who works with women survivors of abuse, institutionalization and sexual oppression.”

“1990 National Bisexual Conference” by Liz Highleyman, Bi Women Quarterly (1990)

“There were workshops aimed at married and straight-identified bisexuals, as well as gay- and lesbian-identified bisexuals.”

Bisexuality: A Reader and Sourcebook by Thomas Gellar (1990)

The list of alternative labels includes the terms “bisexual lesbian”, “gay bisexual”, and “byke”.

“Bisexual Women and AIDS” by Alexis Danzig, Women, AIDS, and Activism edited by Marion Banzhaf (1990)

“I define myself as a lesbian, but if I’m feeling really brave I’ll say I’m a lesbian-identified bisexual. Three years ago I was definitely a lesbian. Now I think of myself as bisexual, sometimes.”

“Privatized ‘Recovery’ Versus Collective Action” by Leonard Tirado, Gay Community News (1990)

“As a gay-identified bisexual man, my anger is compounded by the nagging feeling that the entire lesbian, gay and bisexual community is being suckered into losing sight of the social aspects of dependency, chemical and otherwise.”

“Another Senseless Loss” by Dolores Bishop, Bi Any Other Name by Lani Ka’ahumanu and Loraine Hutchins (1991)

“When Alan Rockway died of AIDS in November 1987, our bisexual community lost one of its key leaders. His was another senseless loss. Alan, a founding member of BiPOL, had been very active as a gay-identified bisexual organizer. He co-authored the controversial Gay Rights Ordinance in Dade County, Florida, which spurred Anita Bryant’s Save Our Children Campaign.”

Bi Any Other Name by Lani Ka’ahumanu and Loraine Hutchins (1991)

The glossary includes “gay-identified bisexual” and “heterosexual-identified bisexual” and “lesbian-identified bisexual”.

“Bi Bi-Love, Hello Happiness” by Rachel Pepper, Bay Area Reporter (1991)

“Although I really do think of myself as a woman with ‘dyke’ energy, and have been calling myself a dyke for years, when I think about it, maybe ‘bi dyke,’ a lesbian-identified bisexual woman, better suits me.”

“Bicoastal Introduction”, Bi Any Other Name by Lani Ka’ahumanu and Loraine Hutchins (1991)

“More and more lesbians and gay men are examining and openly exploring their bisexual behavior, as are some bisexuals within heterosexual closets. This is due, in large part, to the public lesbian- and gay-identified bisexual pioneers who began the work of bisexual pride in the early 1980s.”

“A Bi-Coastal Partnership: An Interview with Co-editors Lani Ka’ahumanu & Loraine Hutchins” by Naomi Tucker, Anything That Moves (1991)

“Alan had always been an inspiration to me as a gay-identified bisexual organizer, because he had incredible chutzpah and feminist politics.”

“Bisexual Lesbian” by Dajenya (1991)

“I am not just bisexual. I am a lesbian. I am not just a lesbian. I am a bisexual lesbian. [...] I have the right to claim my lesbianism and my bisexuality even if it confuses you. I am a lesbian. I am bisexual. I am a bisexual lesbian. Deal with it.”

“The Bisexual Revolution: Deluded Closet Cases or the Vanguard of the Movement” by Carrie Wofford, OutWeek (1991)

“Ka’ahumanu describes herself as ‘a lesbian-identified bisexual woman who is politically dedicated to and active in the women’s movement.’”

“Bi Women, Lesbians Meet in Fence-Mending Bid” by Nancy Boutilier, Bay Area Reporter (1991)

“At times the emphasis was on shared experience; at times it was on differences. Women referred to themselves as bidykes, queer, lesbian, bisexual — one called herself a bisexual-lesbian while another saw herself as a lesbian-identified bisexual.”

“My Life As a Lesbian-Identified Bisexual Fag Hag” by Ellen Terris, Bi Any Other Name by Lani Ka’ahumanu and Loraine Hutchins (1991)

“Myths/realities of bisexuality” by Sharon Forman Sumpter, Bi Any Other Name by Lani Ka’ahumanu and Loraine Hutchins (1991)

“Most bisexuals consider themselves part of the generic term ‘gay.’ Many are quite active in the gay community, both socially and politically. some of use terms such as ‘bisexual lesbian; to increase our visibility on both issues.”

“The Queer in Me” by Carol Queen, Bi Any Other Name by Lani Ka’ahumanu and Loraine Hutchins (1991)

“Before I became sexual with women, I was worried about calling myself bisexual. Now I’m worried because it seems so imprecise. I deal with it by saying ‘lesbian-identified bisexual’ (or, when I’m feeling perverse, ‘faggot-identified lesbian’), but then almost no one understands.”

Sexual Democracy: Women, Oppression, and Revolution by Ann Ferguson (1991)

“Although lesbian separatists have been resisting the change, other lesbians are coming out as bisexual lesbians or as lesbians whose lovers are bisexual and who are tired of separatist politics that exclude them from the lesbian counterculture. As a bisexual lesbian myself, I applaud the development in the hope that the struggle against heterosexism can be strengthened by the inclusion of more who consider themselves hurt by it.”

“Who Are We? Establishing and Reclaiming the Bisexual Community” by Loraine Hutchins and Lani Ka’ahumanu, Anything That Moves (1991)

“There is no one right way to be a bisexual; there are many. [...] Some of us are proud dykes and faggots.”

“The 1993 March on Washington for Lesbian, Gay and Bi (yes!) Equal Rights and Liberation April 25” by Lani Ka’ahumanu, Anything That Moves (1992)

“Rebecca Hensler a Queer Nation/ACT UP bi dyke from SF.”

“Bisexuals in the Queer Movement” by Carol A. Queen (1992)

“A great many bisexual women, particularly those who are feminist and lesbian-identified, have felt both personally and politically rejected and judged by the separatist sisters.”

Closer to Home: Bisexuality & Feminism edited by Elizabeth Reba Weise (1992)

“The women in this anthology give themselves many names. Bi-dyke, bi-lesbian, bi-feminist, lesbian-identified bisexual, bisexual, bi-affectional, lesbian, and formerly-lesbian bisexual.”

“Evil Companions”, Bay Area Reporter (1992)

“Danielle Willis, ‘bisexual lesbian vampyre’ weirds things up with her stories.”

“The Invisible Sex” by Noreen C. Barnes, Bay Area Reporter (1992)

“She defines herself as a bisexual lesbian, and says, ‘in theory, I enjoy men and women, but in reality I share my life and my bed with only one woman.’”

“Activating Bisexuality: Towards a Bi/Sexual Politics” by Jo Eadie, Activating Theory: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual Politics edited by Joseph Bristow and Angelia R. Wilson (1993)

“‘To the five life-styles recognized in the 1950s at least three have been added: the lesbian-feminist, the lesbian mother, the lesbian anarcho-squatter’. Not the lesbian-identified bisexual or the lesbian who sleeps with men.”

“‘Aunt Tessie’ Isn’t Lesbian Enough” by Marijo Readey, Anything That Moves (1993)

“Enclosed you will find a copy of a letter of rejection which I recently received from the lesbian journal Common Lives, Lesbian Lives. Please note that the story which I submitted was openly rejected because I acknowledged my identity as a lesbian-identified bisexual in my literary biography. The story was lesbian-oriented and had no male-oriented content.”

“Bisexual Women Pushing the Limits” by Beth Herrick, Sojourner (1993)

“As most of the writers are ‘lesbian-identified bisexuals’ (one of several labels used for the sake of convenience), the definition of lesbianism is also reevaluated. Is a lesbian a woman who relates emotionally and erotically with women or a woman who does not relate emotionally and erotically with men? Must a woman fit both criteria to be considered a lesbian?”

“Breaking Silence: Toward an In-the-Life Theology” by Elias Farajaje-Jones, Black Theology: A Documented History edited by James H. Cone and Gayraud S. Wilmore (1993)

“There are men who would define themselves as ‘gay-identified bisexual men,’ women who call themselves ‘lesbian-identified bisexual women,’ women and men who are ‘queer-identified bisexuals’ and those who would label themselves as ‘heterosexual-identified bisexuals.’” “I live in a loving, caring, nurturing family with my companion of many years, a lesbian-identified bisexual woman of color and (until the time of his death on January 10, 1992), with my partner, who was also a Black gay-identified bisexual activist AIDS educator.”

“LBGA Rallies for Commitment: National Coming Out Day Held at Student Union” by Deborah White, The Massachusetts Daily Collegian (1993)

“Dvora Zipkin described herself to the crowd as a ‘white, Jewish, lesbian-identified bisexual, graduate student concentrating on social justice.’”

Street Zen: The Life and Work of Issan Dorsey by David Schneider (1993)

“He’d also taken up with a new companion, a woman named Stormy Reaves: ‘She was a whore and a bisexual lesbian.’”

Women and Bisexuality by Sue George (1993)

“8 women chose dual sexualities: 4 identified as heterosexual/bisexual; 2 as heterosexual and lesbian; 2 as bisexual/lesbian.” “I am a bisexual lesbian feminist.” “Sexually I am bisexual with a strong lesbian identity; politically I identify as gay/lesbian.” “That women identify as both bisexual and lesbian can advance the cause of both movements.” “Within bisexual communities, particularly in the US, some women are now calling themselves ‘lesbian-identified bisexual’, to show where their political allegiance lies and where they choose to place their energy and have relationships.”

Contemporary Psychology (1994)

“Burch focuses on differences between lesbian women in sexual orientation and defines two points on a continuum: a primary lesbian (more exclusively oriented toward female partners) and a bisexual lesbian (sexual orientation is often oriented to both men and women).”

“The Gadfly Bi: An Intentionally Annoying Column to Stimulate or Provoke Thinking by Way of Persistent Irritating Criticism” by Adrienne David, Anything That Moves (1994)

“I’m assimilationist because I’d one day like to move up the income ladder so I make enough to call myself a bi-lesbian and not a bi-dyke.”

Images in the Dark: An Encyclopedia of Gay and Lesbian Film and Video by Raymond Murray (1994)

“From riding through L.A. escorted by Dykes on Bikes through her controversial centerfold modeling in Playboy, we see the self-acknowledged bisexual lesbian as a new force in feminism, a none-too-comforting thought to traditional minded feminists without a sense of humor!”

“Tippecanoe and Ka’ahumanu Too” by Lani Ka’ahumanu, Anything That Moves (1994)

“‘Lani Ka’ahumanu — an ex-housewife mother of two from San Mateo, a mixed heritage lesbian-identified bisexual feminist’ — would compete with Geraldine Ferraro and then-Mayor Diane Feinstein for the Vice-Presidential nomination of the Democratic Party.”

“Untitled/Dajenya”, Anything That Moves (1994)

“Dajenya is a self-defined bisexual lesbian and African-American Jewish writer, single mother and psychology student.”

Vamps & Tramps: New Essays by Camille Paglia (1994)

“Well, I’m a bisexual lesbian who’s also monastic, celibate, pervert, deviant, voyeur.”

The Very Inside: An Anthology of Writing by Asian and Pacific Islander Lesbian and Bisexual Women by Sharon Lim-Hing (1994)

“She is a bi-dyke woman-of-color-identified woman of color, specifically ABC (American-born Chinese).”

“Bi in the Sky” by Beth Elliot, Bay Area Reporter (1995)

“Some of us don’t see ‘lesbian’ and ‘bisexual’ as mutually exclusive categories (because we view lesbianism in terms of one’s own passion for women instead of how passionately one avoids intimacy with men). It seems to us that Maria’s angst about her lesbian credentials could be soothed by embracing one of the incredibly truly adventurous articulations a girl in love can adopt, like ‘bisexual lesbian,’ ‘bi-dyke,’ or ‘lesbian-identified bisexual,’ instead of complaining about not getting lesbian props while holding hands with her boyfriend.” “So, we developed ‘bi-dyke’ nomenclature to make a couple of things clear: we’d absolutely, positively be without sisters if the proverbial chips were ever down, and our bisexuality was an adjunct to our lesbianism, not incorporated to water it down.”

Bisexuality and the Eroticism of Everyday Life by Marjorie B. Garber (1995)

“Susie Bright, editor of the lesbian pro-sex magazine On Our Backs, has described herself as a bisexual, or ‘bisexual lesbian.’” “‘I dislike labels. My past is heterosexual, my present life is mostly lesbian, and my future is unknown.’ writes Dvora Zipkin, who characterizes herself, selecting what she regards as the best available choice, as a ‘bisexual lesbian.’”

“Chicks Goin’ at It” by Anastasia Higginbotham, Listen Up: Voices from the Next Feminist Generation (1995)

“My favorite term (other than plain old ‘queer’) is ‘bisexual lesbian.’ It just works for me. I don’t expect a man to understand me; I don’t applaud him if he does. My heart and my mind belong with other women-loving women.”

“Don’t Assume Anything” by Amy Wyeth, Bi Women Quarterly (1995)

“Unfortunately, many of my experiences as a lesbian-identified bisexual woman have said to me that having an appearance or demeanor that diverges from the expected means I will not be accepted as truly belonging in the lesbian community.”

Dual Attraction: Understanding Bisexuality by Martin S. Weinberg, Colin J Williams, and Douglas W. Pryor (1995)

“I have felt gay all along, along with feeling bi. [...] In terms of identifying, I feel like a citizen of the lesbian, gay, and bi community. Sexually, and in my heart, I identify as gay. Emotionally and personality-wise, I want to emphasize and have support for my relationships with men and with women, to identify with the community and as bi. People don’t always fit into discrete categories. I insist on identifying with both.”

“Introducing Jessica Meredith Xavier”, TransSister: the Journal of Transsexual Feminism (1995)

“Jessica is an out lesbian-identified bisexual transsexual woman, a transgendered and queer activist, and songwriter/poet.”

Out in All Directions: The Almanac of Gay and Lesbian America edited by Lynn Witt, Sherry Thomas, and Eric Marcus (1995)

“Lynda Moore, network news anchor for ABC Radio. A lesbian-identified bisexual, Moore says she believes if not for her presence and that of a gay person with AIDS (PWA) editor, there would be much less attention paid to gay and lesbian issues at the network.” “I am bisexual. I am a lesbian. I am a bi-identified lesbian. I am a lesbian-identified bisexual.”

Plural Desires: Writing Bisexual Women’s Realities by Bisexual Anthology Collective (1995)

“Lesbians like to ask me if I am a lesbian-identified bisexual.” “She is a bi-dyke ABC (American-born Chinese) born, raised & planning to die in the San Francisco Bay Area.”

“Power and Privilege Beyond the Invisible Fence” by Brenda Blasingame, Bisexual Politics: Theories, Queries, and Visions edited by Naomi Tucker (1995)

“The first step is to move toward building alliances within our bisexual communities. Many communities are united by a commonality of the oppression. This is not so in our community, partly because of the different ways people identify as bisexual: gay-identified, queer-identified, lesbian-identified, or heterosexual-identified.”

“Which Part of Me Deserves to Be Free?” by Dajenya, Bisexual Politics: Theories, Queries, and Visions edited by Naomi Tucker (1995)

“Personally, I am unable to separate out the various ways that I am oppressed (as a woman, as an African American, as a bisexual lesbian, as an impoverished single mother) and say that one oppression is worse than the other, or that I desire one form of liberation more than another.”

“And on Publisher’s Row” by Jenn Tust, Feminist Bookstore News (1996)

“Joan Tollifson relays her struggle to make sense of her life and her spiritual awakening in Bare-Bones Meditation. Born with only one hand, she grew up feeling different, found identity and purpose as a bisexual lesbian and a disability rights activist, but struggled with drug and alcohol addiction.”

Article by Jennifer Moore, Outright (1996)

“Some behaviourally bisexual people do identify as lesbian or gay - sometimes in conjunction with a bi identity (e.g. ‘gay-identified bisexual’ or ‘bi-dyke’).

“Ambiguous Identity in an Unambiguous Sex/Gender Structure: The Case of Bisexual Women” by Amber Ault (1996)

“Many women in this study define a dyke as ‘anyone who is not heterosexual,’ and lesbian-aligned bisexual women often use the term to describe themselves. This move allows bisexual women to participate in lesbian contexts without either the onus of deception, since ‘dykes’ includes bisexuals, or the burden of the bisexual stigma.”

Bisexuality: The Psychology and Politics of an Invisible Minority by Beth A. Firestein (1996)

“In her ongoing study, Paula Rust did find substantial numbers of women identifying as both bisexual and lesbian, using a variety of labels, such as bi-dyke, bisexual lesbian, and so on, to name their own particular social, sexual, and political realities.” “Most of the remainder identified themselves as bisexual in combination with other identities, for example, as a ‘lesbian bisexual,’ a ‘gay-identified bisexual,’ or a ‘bisexual queer,’ or preferred alternative terms, such as pansensual.”

“Fitting” by Charlotte Cooper, Generation Q: Gays, Lesbians, and Bisexuals Born Around 1969’s Stonewall Riots Tell Their Stories of Growing Up in the Age of Information edited by Robin Bernstein and Seth Clark Silberman (1996)

“I am usually either bisexual, queer, or a bi-dyke.” “Growing up as a fat bi-dyke, I didn’t fit in anywhere, and fitting was paramount.”

“From Personal Therapy to Professional Life: Observations of a Jewish, Bisexual Lesbian Therapist and Academic” by Sari H. Dworkin (1996)

“I often come out as a bisexual lesbian when I believe it is therapeutically beneficial to the client (as a role model, to illustrate the working through identity issues).”

“Facing the Body on the Cross” by Robin Hawley Gorsline, Men’s Bodies, Men’s Gods: Male Identities in a (Post) Christina Culture edited by Björn Kronendorfer (1996)

“I am a gay-identified, bisexual father. [...] As a gay-identified bisexual man.”

The Gay Almanac by The National Museum & Archive of Lesbian and Gay History (1996)

“My girlfriend is a lesbian-identified bisexual woman who sells sex toys to dykes at Good Vibrations.”

Lesbian Friendships: For Ourselves and Each Other edited by Jacqueline S. Weinstock and Esther D. Rothblum (1996)

“I have been ‘out’ as a lesbian for approximately six years and ‘out’ as a lesbian-identified bisexual for one of those six years. I suppose I include my year of bisexual identification within my six years of lesbian identification because I feel very ‘lesbian’ and it would be dishonest to imply that I no longer identify as such. It seems I currently identify as both ‘lesbian’ and ‘lesbian-identified bisexual.’”

Preventing Heterosexism and Homophobia edited by Esther D. Rothblum and Lynne A. Bond (1996)

“In my current research study, the most common sexual identities among women, after bisexual and queer, are lesbian-identified bisexual and bisexual lesbian. Similar identities are bi dyke and byke. These identities are often used by women for whom lesbian and bisexual identities each accurately reflect some aspect of their sexuality but do not completely describe their sexuality. Most commonly, these identities are used by women who feel attracted to both women and men but who, for political reasons often related to feminism or personal reasons involving their emotional feelings about women and men, choose to express these feelings only toward women. Other women use these identities because they previously identified as lesbian and retain the lesbian identity as a reflection of their political commitment to women or to the lesbian community. For them, the term bisexual is a more sexual and apolitical term than lesbian, so bisexual identity alone would not suffice to express the political meaning of their sexuality. But they feel attracted to both women and men and might be open to or actively engaged in either same-gender or other-gender activity, so they also use the term bisexual to express their sexual essence.” “Other increasingly common identities are gay bisexual among men.”

The Second Coming: A Leatherdyke Reader by Pat Califia and Robin Sweeney (1996)

“Lori Selke is a young butch bi dyke currently living in Chicago, somewhat to her dismay.”

“Sexual Identity and Bisexual Identities: The Struggle for Self-Description in a Changing Sexual Landscape” by Paula C. Rust, Queer Studies: A Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Anthology edited by Brett Beemyn and Mickey Eliason (1996)

“She also reported that she ‘just recently felt justified in calling [her]self a ‘bi dyke’ among lesbians.” “A woman who calls herself a Bi-dyke said, ‘I think I made it up for myself (as did many others) out of necessity.’”

“The Art of Creating Change” by Lani Ka’ahumanu, Anything That Moves (1997)

“Jennifer Haekin Kim, a Korean-American bi dyke youth activist from Atlana.” “I identified myself as a Korean-American bi-dyke queer.”

“A Committed Bisexual: Who Says Bisexuals Can’t Be Monogamous?” by Julie White, Anything That Moves (1997)

“Julie White identifies with the following labels: queer, mother, lover, health educator, friend, bi dyke, femme, vegetarian, dominant, writer, butch, activist, submissive. Sometimes all at once.”

Gender Blending edited by Bonnie Bullough, Vern L. Bullough, and James Elias (1997)

“In the mid-1970s, I had a three-year relationships with a gay-identified, bisexual, female-to-male, preoperative transsexual (he was the dominant, and I the passive, partner). [...] Then, several years later, in 1982, I had a brief, but intense, love affair with another ‘new man’ (also preoperative, gay-identified, bisexual, and dominant).”

A Girl’s Guide to Taking Over the World: Writings from the Girl Zine Revolution by Karen Green and Tristan Taormino (1997)

“Squealworm ‘a girl-produced zine by me—a young bi-dyke who loves her bicycle, various girlfriends, turtles, and eating well.’”

Jump Cut: A Review of Contemporary Media (1997)

“As a self-appointed, bisexual-lesbian spokeswoman for the LIVE GIRL, Bright occupies a more marginal position on the campus roadshow circuit than Dines, whose institutional affiliation secures her status as a legitimate educator.”

Lesbian and Bisexual Identities by Kristin G. Esterberg (1997)

“At that point she thought that the term ‘bisexual lesbian’ would fit her situation.”

Music: Discipline Analysis: Women in the Curriculum Series (1997)

“Cathay Che, a self-identified Asian American bisexual lesbian.”

Real Live Nude Girl: Chronicles of Sex-Positive Culture by Carol Queen (1997)

“Trying to reconstitute my identity as a bisexual lesbian in that small community was difficult and painful.”

Queerly Phrased: Language, Gender, and Sexuality edited by Anna Livia and Kira Hall (1997)

“Certainly, the emergence of bisexual identity has encouraged much lexical innovation (e.g. bi, biphobia, monosexual, gay-identified bisexual, byke).

“Engendering Femme” by Rachel Lanzerotti, Anything That Moves (1998)

“Yet if I can call myself a tomboy femme bi-dyke in San Francisco, that might mean something important to a dyke reading this somewhere, who might suddenly have a new word to recognize and describe a piece of herself that isn’t quite described by ‘dyke’ alone.”

“Married Women Who Love Women reviewed by Elaine Miller”, Anything That Moves (1998)

“As a woman who spent eight years in a committed relationship with a man before coming out as a raving bi-dyke, I found this book oddly touching.”

“Moving From a Lesbian Separatist State” by Kaseja Laurine Wilder, Anything That Moves (1998)

“I’ve tried on queer, bisexual, dyke-identified bisexual, womyn-identified bisexual, lesbian-identified bisexual; none really fit.”

My Gender Workbook: How to Become a Real Man, a Real Woman, the Real You, or Something Else Entirely by Kate Bornstein (1998)

“I’m a Poetess-bi-dyke-drag-chick (sometimes I crave dick)—Gasp! Laugh.”

O Solo Homo: The New Queer Experience edited by Holly Hughes and David Román (1998)

“I am a one-breasted, menopausal, Jewish, bisexual lesbian mom, and I am the topic of our times.”

“Labelous Statements” by Anne Killpack, Anything That Moves (1999)

“Be a bi-dyke or a bi-gay or a bi-androgyne or a bi-anything-that-moves-you.”

Sex & Relationships: An Anthology by John P. Elia (1999)

“Even though many of my partners have been male, I like to call myself a ‘bisexual lesbian’ to make clear my allegiance to the queer community. This community is a safe place for me to express the diversity of who I am sexually. There is no comparable term in the heterosexual community.”

“To Love Women, or To Not Love Men: Chronicles of Lesbian Identification” by Hinda Seif (1999)

“Dahlia identifies as a bisexual lesbian; Aviva used to identify as lesbian and now calls herself as a lesbian-identified bisexual woman; Donna considers herself a ‘bisexual who identifies as a lesbian.’”

The Mad Monks’ Guide to California by Jim Crotty and Michael Lane (2000)

“I was lesbian-identified bisexual, or however we were terming it there in the late eighties.”

Revolutionary Voices: A Multicultural Queer Youth Anthology by Any Sonnie (2000)

“I know who I am. Being unable to fit into a narrow category defined by someone else is not confusion. I know that defining myself is not so simple. If I collect all the labels that apply to me—Jewish-pagan-vegan-bisexual-lesbian-queer-woman-girl-womyn-grrrl—I would quickly fill up a book. Everyone’s sexuality is unique, just as no two maple leaves on the trees surrounding my parents’ house are the same as they transform into fiery red, orange, and yellow each autumn. That is part of what makes us human. The unnatural society we have imposed on the natural world is based on polarity and dichotomy. But we are constantly transforming, developing, and changing. Nothing is as simple as yes or no, right or wrong.”

Encyclopedia of Criminology and Deviant Behavior (2001)

“Others are unable to limit themselves to one identity, and therefore adopt ‘fractured’ or ‘compound’ identities, for example, ‘bisexual lesbian,’ ‘heterosexual-identified bisexual,’ or ‘byke’.”

International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences (2001)

“Most people are familiar with the labels ‘heterosexual,’ ‘gay,’ ‘lesbian,’ and ‘bisexual,’ but not ‘unlabeled,’ ‘bi-lesbian,’ and ‘not straight’—terms that current cohorts of youth, particularly young women, are likely to assume.” “A mixture of bisexual and lesbian attractions (‘bi-lesbian’).”

“Postcard from the Middle: Sex and Lassitude in New Orleans” by Jack, Anything That Moves (2001)

“Me and my bi dyke buddy Wolf.”

The Masks of Mary Renault: A Literary Biography by Caroline Zilboorg (2001)

“Her sexual identity as a bisexual lesbian, as Julie’s partner, was threatened by her nusring, by the war, and by the Englishmen who came into her life and to whom she was attracted sexually as well as intellectually and emotionally.”

“A Member of the Funeral: An Introspective Ethnography” by Nancy A. Naples, Queer Families, Queer Politics: Challenging Culture and the State edited by Mary Bernstein and Renate Reinmann (2001)

“I remember the satisfaction I felt when I read Ann Ferguson’s (1991) conceptualization of her own bisexual lesbian identity. The category worked for me as a shortcut to describe my sexual history, although I have been lesbian-identified since 1980. Categories, as misguided as they may be to a postmodern sensibility, can be quite comforting and useful at times. Yet I also realize that while I adopt the term ‘bisexual lesbian’ to make sense of my personal history, it serves only as a fleeting comfort. It fails to capture the processes of negotiation and redefinition embedded in my ongoing identity construction.”

A New View of Women’s Sexual Problems (2001)

“In recent years, younger generations of sexual minority women have adopted diverse and newly constructed self-identifications, including queer, lesbian-identified bisexual, bisensual, polyamorous, and bisexual lesbian.”

Romancing the Sperm: The Screening and Making of Alternative American Families by Diane M. Tober (2001)

“I’d say I’m a bisexual lesbian. Politically, I identify more strongly with the lesbian community, but sexually, I find myself attracted to women and men.”

Same Sex Intimacies: Families of Choice and Other Life Experiments by Jeffrey Weeks (2001)

“F45 Ebony is a 34-year-old black dyke (‘technically a bisexual lesbian’).

“Sometimes a Cigar...” by Betty Blue, Anything That Moves (2001)

“Betty Blue is a polyamorous, Pagan, masochistic, pierced and tattooed bi-dyke and single mom.”

Writing as Reflective Action: A Reader by Duncan A. Carter (2001)

“One lesbian transsexual explained why she calls herself a ‘lesbian-identified bisexual’. ‘I have always been attracted to and loved women only. I thought I was a straight man. Now I’m a woman but still love women and not men at all. Yet lesbians all reject me as one of them because I’m genetically male. Bisexual women, however, fully accept me.’ Excluded from lesbian contexts, she adopted an identity that was available in a bisexual context where she was accepted.

“Bi-Gay, Bi-Straight, and Bi-Bi: Three Bisexual Subgroups Identified Using Cluster Analysis of the Klein Sexual Orientation Grid” by James D. Weinrich and Fritz Klein (2002)

“Another group consisted of 250 women on the heterosexual side of bisexual, whom we called Bi-Heterosexual. There were, similarly, 197, 115, and 63 women in groups we named Bi-Bisexual, Bi-Lesbian, and Lesbian, respectively.” “This cluster analysis showed an easily interpreted division into five subgroups, which we named Gay (consisting of 121 men), Bi-gay (176 men), Bi-Bisexual (222), Bi-Heterosexual (277), and Heterosexual (221).”

Bisexual Women in the Twenty-First Century edited by Dawn Atkins (2002)

“I’ve been thinking about the baby bi-dyke I was 25 years ago, how it would feel to her if I could time-travel back and tell her that in spite of all the trauma of trying to be a proper lesbian, everything would turn out all right—that, as Madonna sings, I’d ‘live to tell.’”

The Encyclopedia of Modern Witchcraft and Neo-Paganism by Shelley Rabinovitch (2002)

“She is a bi-lesbian.”

Affirmative Practice: Understanding and Working with Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Persons by Ski Hunter (2003)

“Terms also develop and change with socially available sexual identities. Today among bisexual women the most common identities not only include bisexual and queer but ‘lesbian-identified bisexual’ and ‘bisexual lesbian’ or ‘bi dyke’ and ‘byke.’ Some bisexual women include the term lesbian in their current identification because of a previous lesbian identification or a political commitment to women or to the lesbian community.” “‘Gay bisexual’ is a recent identification among men.”

Same Sex Intimacies: Families of Choice and Other Life Experiments by Catherine Donovan, Brian Heaphy, and Jeffrey Weeks (2003)

“F45 Ebony is a 34-year-old black dyke (‘technically a bisexual lesbian’).”

Liliane, Bi Dyke is a comic that ran from 1992-2004 by Leanne Franson, who is also a bi dyke.

This twitter thread is full of photos of banners/signs from dyke marches saying things like “bi dykes” and “bykes” and “i like girls and boys” as well as screenshots from the websites of various city chapters of dyke marches that are explicitly and intentionally inclusive of bi/mspec dykes. (This doubles as a counter to the arguments that mspec people can’t say dyke and that this identity doesn’t exist in real life queer spaces.)

If anyone has some sources that aren’t here, please do share and I’ll add them!

[catawampuscorner]

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[luthienne]

hi :) i love your blog so very much. i can’t sleep and im feeling horrifically anxious and i was wondering if you have any words that i can use to wrap myself around. anything that feels like being held ♡

Callista Buchen, “Taking Care”

Pat Schneider, “The Patience of Ordinary Things”

Kim Hye Rim

“Come, let’s stand by the window and look out / at the light on the field. / Let’s watch how / the clouds cover the the sun and almost nothing / stirs in the grass.”

Danusha Laméris, The Moons of August; “Thinking”

Heather Christle, “Then We Are in Agreement”

Holly Warburton

Ross Gay, from The Book of Delights 

Jenny Slate, Little Weirds

Bernadette Mayer, from The Way to Keep Going in Antarctica

Ben McLaughlin, The Train

Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet

Joy Harjo, from “For Calling the Spirit Back from Wandering the Earth in Its Human Feet”

[lucianalight]

A question about the comics because I haven't read them but is Loki really powerful in them or not? I see many people say he's not and that the likes of Amora, Wanda and Doctor Strange could easily beat him and that the show is staying true to his powers in the comics. I also see people who say that he is.

Since the loki show I've seen some of the pro-series fans have spread ridiculous lies about coimcs including Loki being in love with a version of himself, him not being genderfluid and the existence of an alligator Loki in comics. But this one is the most hilarious lie of them all. Like the nerves of these people saying sth that anyone even a little familiar with comics would instantly know it's a straight out lie. Smh.

Anyway, yes Loki is super powerful in comics and I honestly don't even know where to start listing everything he has done. But let's start from small things, shall we? Like that time he disappeared a magical bar with only a thought, or when he sent Mjolnir to Valhalla to bring Thor back from it. He once stopped an atomic bomb just to amuse himself. He is nearly as powerful as Dormammu. He easily time traveled from future to change the past. You can find a list of some of the other things he has done in @worstloki 's post here including his strength, his powerful illusions, defeating Strange and killing Nightmare easily, and my favorite when Loki takes all the universe and preserves it to save it from the gods of who sit above and feed on stories, and then frees it later.

Like you can't top that.

Speaking of Strange, not only Loki defeated him easily in older comics, in the recent ones Strange goes against Loki again and even with help he can't defeat Loki. While Loki uses powerful magic and spells that Strange was unable to do, like freeing a spell from someone's soul without killing them, and returning all the magic of Earth to their rightful owners.

Loki is considered one of the big guns when it comes to power and magic, in and out universe. Here are the power grids of the characters you mentioned taken from Marvel's official site.

While Loki matches them in magical ability, he has has the advantage of thousands years of knowledge and practice, higher strength, speed, durability and intelligence over them. They would have a really hard time defeating Loki. (Although I have to say I have no idea why Amora's intelligence and fighting skills are rated higher than Loki. Loki has mostly surpassed her in them as far as I remember).

Finally let's see the list of Loki's powers and abilities from both of his wiki pages(Classic Loki and Ikol) with my comments in parenthesis.

Powers

Superhuman Strength: Loki, without the aid of anything, through his own biology, possesses superhuman strength that is substantially superior to that of an average Asgardian male. (meaning humans can't beat him up and throwing him around like he is a ragdoll) He possesses sufficient physical strength to lift up to 50 tons.(that's about 45359 kg, the wight of an adult whale, two trucks or half a house) It is possible, however, that he can further increase his strength through mystical enchantment on a temporary basis. He once even managed to destroy a large building with a single punch.

Superhumanly Dense Tissue: Like Asgardians, Loki's bodily tissues have roughly 3 times the density of the same tissues in a human being. While he has the looks and physical proportions of a much smaller person, the increased density of his body actually makes him several hundred pounds heavier than he appears. This increased density also contributes to his superhuman strength to a limited degree.(again that makes tv show Loki in comparison extremely weak, as humans can throw him around easily. He is even weaker than his OG appearance in Thor 1 and Avengers. Loki could go toe to toe with Thor easily and Cap had a hard time fighting him)

Superhuman Durability: The tissues of Loki's body are superhumanly durable and are roughly equal to those possessed by the average Asgardian male. However, at times, Loki had imbued himself with magical abilities that enable him to withstand injuries that would prove fatal to another Asgardian if hit. He is able to withstand high caliber bullets, falls from great heights, powerful impact forces, exposure to temperature extremes and powerful energy blasts without being injured. He has proved in past to be durable enough to withstand energy blast's from Mandarin's Rings and several blows from Spider-Man without so much as a blink.

Regenerative Healing Factor: Like all Asgardians, Loki, although he is inhumanly durable, at least by human standards, can still obtain injury, also like all Asgardians, his metabolism enables him to rapidly regenerate damaged tissue much faster and more extensively than a human being. However, through the use of his sorcery, Loki's ability to heal himself is far above that of other Asgardians. His magical energies are so imbued into his body that he can reattach severed limbs and, while still a male, even reattached his own head at least once.

Superhuman Stamina: Loki's Frost Giant metabolism grants him superhuman levels of physical stamina in practically all activities. He can exert himself at peak capacity for about 24 hours before fatigue begins to impair him. However, much like his physical strength and durability, Loki can temporarily augment his stamina through magical means.(that means he wouldn't be tired of a long walk and complain about it like he did in the show because He Is A SpOiLeD pRiNcE)

Superhuman Longevity: Like all Asgardians, Loki ages at a far slower rate than humans. However, unlike some other god pantheons like the Olympians, who stop ageing completely at a certain point, Loki isn't fully immune to aging. Although he has recently been "reborn", he still has his memories of his previous life. While he is several millennia old, at least, he has the appearance and vitality of a young Asgardian man in his physical prime. Loki is immune to the effects of all known Earthly diseases and infections.

Sorcery: Loki has extensive training in sorcery, giving him the ability to generate and control a great quantity of mystical abilities for a variety of purposes. His magical abilities are equal to Karnilla, the most skilled sorceress in the Asgardian dimension. He has also once used his magic to turn Invisible Woman's psionic shields against herself, and has been able to break free of Celestial technology in possession of Apocalypse. Loki has also imbued himself with magical abilities that enable him to withstand injuries that would prove fatal to another Asgardian, such as being beheaded by Balder. He has also been shown to be immune to the Controller's control disk, the mental influence of the Voice, and the power-sapping abilities of Rogue. Loki’s power has been said by the Silver Surfer during their early encounters as sufficient to “decimate a planet”. Telekinesis: Being a telekinetic, Loki can influence the movement of objects and people with his mind, and as such, this power proves to be devastating and chaotic in nature. Mystical Energy Blasts: Loki can project powerful beams of concussive force. Mystical Force Fields: He can generate highly durable force fields. Illusion Casting: His illusion casting can fool cities, and powerful entities such as Surtur. Teleportation: Loki has the ability to teleport himself or others across dimensions. Psionics: Loki has demonstrated powerful psionic capabilities, the full limits of which aren't known. He has demonstrated the ability to project his thoughts telepathically across great distances, even across dimensional barriers, as well as potent hypnotic capabilities. He is able to communicate with beings telepathically, though his ability to do so is greater with beings that serve him. Shapeshifting: Like a number of gods or goddesses, Loki possesses highly developed shapeshifting capabilities. He is able to adopt almost any form imaginable whether it be animals, other humanoid beings, or even inanimate objects. The thought has been raised that his current form is merely a shape Loki has decided to remain in. Despite this being the a well-known ability of Loki's, he has commented to himself, as he struggled to escape from Dormammu's mystic cage, that this is his "most soul-draining" power, apparently meaning it is more taxing than his other magical abilities. He has become such animals such as a snake, eagle, mouse and bee, gaining the basic natural abilities inherent in each form. While he can take on the likeness of another god, giant or human, he will not necessarily gain the special physical or mental powers of the being he imitates. Transmutation: Loki can also transform external objects into other forms and substances by magic; for instance, he has turned clouds into dragons and even changed cars into ice cream. He has also once cursed Deadpool with an indestructible Tom Cruise's face, which proved to be powerful enough to withstand being run over by a train and direct contact with a nuclear rod without receiving a single scratch. Physical Enhancement: His magic can be used to further enhance or augment his physical diagram, like his speed, strength, and stamina, but only temporarily. Enchantment: Loki can also bring inanimate objects to life and mystically imbue objects or beings with specific but temporary powers, and bestow superhuman attributes to living beings or inanimate objects. For example, Loki has augmented the might of human criminals like Cobra and Sandu. These magical effects remain only for as long as he maintains the spell that created them.

(Instead in the show Loki is shown with one percent of his magical abilities listed above. He somehow forgets to wear his illusion, messes up his spells and struggles to do enchantment, an ability OG Loki already had)

Abilities

Genius Intelligence: Loki has a genius level intellect and possesses a great deal of knowledge of the mystic arts. He is also extremely cunning and skilled, an expert battle strategist, and highly skilled and charismatic manipulator, which is evident by the ease how Loki repeatedly succeeded to regain the trust of his fellow Asgardians, despite his numerous crimes. Loki possesses a brilliant intellect, with some knowledge of technology, as illustrated by the time when he created a machine to amplify Iceman's powers, and when he attached devices to the Twilight sword to tap into its powers. Loki is an expert manipulator and schemer, frequently using pawns in his plans.

(In the show Loki is shown utterly incompetent and easy to predict and none of his plans work)

Allspeak: Thanks to the Allspeak Loki can communicate in all of the languages of the Nine Realms, Earth's dialects, and various alien languages. (So he should have been able to understand people from Mongolia)

Skilled Combatant: Loki is a formidable combatant in his own right, particularly as a swordsman or in the use of his various energy manipulative powers in combat situations, enough to hold his own against Thor on numerous occasions and beat the Disir into (literal) submission. He is sometimes armed with a sword, a whip, or a three-pronged spear and has used magical items (such as the Norn Stones) to enhance his powers. (Loki's fighting skills are incredibly nerfed in the show in comparison to OG Loki as he nearly always fails in the show)

Hacking Skills: Loki was shown hacking the most top secured database of Avengers. He also hacked into the casino security system, using the identity of "Trixie the Hacker."

He is also a skilled cook :D

If you're interested in comics, here's Loki reading order for more information on him.

So considering all the things I mentioned, did the show stayed true to Loki's powers and abilities in comics? The answer is a big fat no.

[izusun]

short bkdk messages

[trzee]

GeorgeNotFound, the catalyst of the DSMP.

By being being the first person to log on the server with Dream, George is the co-founder of the DSMP.

In the beginning of the SMP, Ponk griefs George’s house, trapping and killing him, in revenge George decides to burn Ponk’s lemon tree, while being supported and motivated by Dream. George first burned Ponk’s small lemon tree, but after getting informed by chat that Ponk had a bigger lemon tree, he decides to go there. He kills Ponk’s chickens and burns his tree to the ground. This would be the kick-starter for the Disc Saga.

During the L'Manberg war, George was Dream's second in command. “Look, George. Everything the light touches is our kingdom. King's time as a ruler rises and falls like the sun. One day, George, the sun will set, and my time here will rise with you, as the new king.” - Dream.

During the L’Manberg election, he was Quackity’s running mate for SWAG2020, however George slept through it (because he wasn’t told the actual date of the election. Sorry Quackity, you can’t blame him for that). “When this was a simpler time, on this server, we all lived in harmony and it was very nice, very peaceful, we loved it, and then, you (Tommy) came along. You started wars, battles, killings, the list goes on, and simply, my opinion on conflict is, we should keep it to a minimum, but clearly in your mind, you want it to the maximum. I don't agree with that, at all.” - George. Due to George sleeping through the election, we got Quackity siding with Schlatt and starting the new era of “Manberg”. This would be the start of the Manberg x Pogtopia Arc.

George was the first one to talk about the server as "one big happy family”. “I mean, there is a lot of power that he (JSchlatt) holds right now. But removing the wall, y'know – the wall was something that, in our original argument. […] Yeah, we wanted to remove the wall. I mean, now he’s doing it, the policies are in action. But we’ve got to make sure he doesn’t get out of control. Now there’s no wall, “L'Manberg” is now, y'know, just part of the server. And it’s - it’s just one big happy family now. There’s no… uh… y'know. You know what i’m saying? Look at it. It looks way better now that there’s no wall. It blends into the environment…” - George.

George was Jschlatt's co-vice president of Manberg, however he moved away from Manberg to stay with Awesamdude.

During the Manberg Rebellion, George decided to build his mushroom house instead of participating in it. His neutral instance in regards to the wars and fighting made Dream make him the king of the SMP.

By griefing George’s mushroom house with Ranboo and angering Dream, Tommy got exiled of L’Manberg. This would result in Tommy's exile arc and reach its conclusion with Dream's imprisonment.

When George decided to join Quackity and build Mexican L’Manberg/El Rapids, Dream didn’t appreciate his instance, as he was no longer neutral, and decided to dethrone him. One of the reasons why Dream decided to dethrone him was because he wanted to keep George safe. However, due to an argument with Tommy where Dream stated that “he didn't care about anything on the server”, Sapnap mentioned this to George, making it seem like Dream was only using that "he cares about George" as an excuse to dethrone him. This would begin a time period where the Dream Team got separated on the server and Dream got deeper on his villain arc, visiting Tommy constantly in Logstedshire.

During the Disc Confrontation on Dream’s base, George was the only member of the original (active) members (Ponk, Awesamdude, Sapnap, Callahan, BadBoyHalo) to not join and side with Tommy and Tubbo. George was also the only member that didn’t have an “attachment” on Dream’s museum.

When Sam Nook was building Tommy’s “Big Innit Hotel”, he gave Tommy the task to tame some cats to be placed around the site to scare creepers away. During one of George’s streams — when Tommy was already stuck in prison with Dream — he punched one of the cats outside the hotel, this would end up resulting on the cat transporting to the cell and Dream getting attached to it. Tommy kills the cat in front of Dream and that is one of the triggers that lead Dream to take one of Tommy’s life.   

It was explained by Lore Man that George sleeping through big events on the server was the result of a sleeping curse that had been placed on him. It still is not clear what are the implications of his “slumber/greywaren” status, but George is protected by DreamXD (protector of The End and the DSMP) who gave him netherite armor and tools during one of his dreams and George was able to bring back to “real life”.

[aborddelimpala]

Carry On Anniversary Week | Nov. 17th | The Barn Scene

Dean's speech was emotional from start to end but the one line that dit it for me was the one that resonated with my favorite scene of the show : the church scene in Sacrifice. It's always been you. I chose you over and over and no one else.

[ninanirina]

mmm big bird for the magesmith? si queres 🥰💜

@queerdetectiveblue obvio que sí 💚

do you ever think that maybe the Magesmith uses protective googles for their eyes in the forge...and probably looks like a huge Nerd™ with them?

i’m never ever again trying line-less colouring this was a nightmare and you can def tell i lost the battle

[searidings]

hi! i admire the way you write. it feels like every sentence is intentional and necessary to the story you're telling. i'm equally in awe of the stories you spin and your characterisation, but do you have any tips regarding the more "technical" side of writing? of course, practice is important, as with any craft you want to hone, but is there specific "rules" you personally like to keep in mind?

alright as always i have no training in creative writing this is just some of what i personally do after years of practice and trial and error. buckle up, this one got long

- read what you've written, then read it again. if there are parts you stumble over or that feel clunky when you read through, change them. if they're clunky/unclear for you, they'll almost definitely be clunky/unclear for someone not following your thought processes. if it helps, read it aloud, especially dialogue. does it sound like something a real human would say? double check every time

- avoid repetition. personally, reading the same word used multiple times close together drives me crazy. don't use thirty "said"s in a row, but don't use thirty "gasped"s either. mix it up. thesaurus.com is your friend. double check the meaning of new words if you aren't 100% certain on when to use them. i personally expand my vocabulary by like 10 new words with every fic i write. unexpected, funky words stick in people's minds and add interest

- show, don't tell. pretty sure this is the cardinal rule of every form of writing, but it bears repeating. don't tell your reader how someone is feeling, highlight why they might be feeling that way and then demonstrate that they are feeling that way through body language, interactions etc. don't treat your reader like an idiot. inference is a gift

- sensory details!!!!!! not just what a character sees but also what they smell/hear/taste/touch. nothing makes writing more immersive than dragging the reader in by making them engage their own five senses by proxy. jarring sensations especially capture attention. the taste of blood, the sound of nails on a chalkboard, the smell of burning plastic. not everything has to be neat and pretty. things that are gritty and real can make stories more grounding, more realistic

- mix up high and low imagery. i personally approach stories by imagining the scene as if in a movie in my head, then do my best to describe it so that others will see what i see, but the key is balance. you can absolutely wax lyrical about how the breath shudders from your character's lungs like the divine chorus of an angel on the wing, but don't do it all the time. bring it back down to earth with low imagery. mention the smell of coffee in the background or the freezer humming in the kitchen. for me, imagery is a balance between taking people out of the real world and allowing imagination to run free in an abundance of gorgeous metaphors, while simultaneously tying the scene to reality in such a way that your descriptions don't become inaccessible and unsubstantiated

- pacing and content. does what you're writing add something to the story as a whole? that's not to say every single word has to advance plot. but it has to advance something. does it give us a new insight into a character, expound on some background info, provide a break of comedic relief? great. but is it just a paragraph you kind of like, something you've probably said before in slightly different words? then maybe you don't need it. i approach fiction the way i approach academic essays. at the end of every paragraph, what should your reader have taken away? is there a clear message, or at least a clear link to an ongoing message? if not, do you really need to say it?

- adverbs. the great love/hate relationship of my existence. people who say you can't ever use -ly adverbs (quickly, happily etc.) are not the kind of people i need in my life. however, it's very easy to over-use them. if every single verb in a paragraph is followed by a -ly adverb, you might be overdoing it (i frequently encounter this problem). use them, but sparingly. try and find alternative ways to communicate the same message. adverbial phrases are your friend

- get creative. put words together in fun new ways. not everything needs to be literal. for example, the phrase "poison courses acid-bright through her bones". acid isn't bright. it's got nothing to do with light at all. but it paints a picture, conjures images of white-hot burning, adds to the overall effect. and, most importantly, if it's a little weird or out of the ordinary it catches people's attention and sticks in their minds. it can take some time to figure this one out but have fun with it! play around with language! all words are are puzzle pieces. try and put them together to create a picture no one's ever made before

- as always, think about what you like to read, and take from that. think about phrases that have stuck with you or moved you. why? what techniques work on you as a reader? can you do something similar as a writer? can you recreate things you've liked with your own personal twist? i figured out what i like to write by first figuring out what i like to read, and then writing it for myself. cliché, but it worked for me!

[soup--champ]

god what i loved about that lore stream the most was how small c!wilbur sounded after c!eret yelled at him in the museum. like it audibly rattled him to be told all that, it was brilliant.

[roachclit]

hi ! Sorry if that's weird to ask this, but I honestly don't know who to talk to about this .

Okay, so I saw in your bio that you're an ex nb. I've identified as a trans guy for like, 5 years, and decided to detransition because I don't agree with all this and want to live as a woman. However I still have dysphoria and it's very hard for me. I don't know what to do, what is normal, I'm kinda Lost and not sure if what I'm doing is good or bad.

How did you do ? How did you live this yourself, and do you have any advices ?

So yeah. Thanks for reading .

Hi anon! First off I’d like to clarify that I’m desisted, not detrans, meaning that I never made any permanent changes to my body. So my answer will be coming from that perspective.

I wouldn’t call your decision “good” or “bad.” I don’t think morality has anything to do with the decisions you made. You weren’t bad for identifying as a trans man, and you’re not bad now for reconnecting with your womanhood. You’ve just had a major shift in your worldview and your view of yourself, so things probably feel really scary and uncertain right now. In times like this when your foundation feels shaky, I think one of the best things you can do for yourself is build a community of support. And when I say community, I don’t mean in the way that many trans circles view community, where everyone has to have the exact same opinions. Something that I’ve noticed since joining radblr is the attitude that we’re all learning and it’s ok to be wrong. It’s ok to question things. It’s ok to struggle with perceiving yourself as a woman and a lot of us are here for that exact reason.

Reidentifying as a woman took a long time for me. I kept bouncing back and forth between woman and non-binary/transmasc, second guessing myself over and over. I hadn’t called myself a woman in five years, and it felt like such an alien word to me. This might sound cheesy, but I really did have to say to myself, out loud, “I am a woman,” for it to really sink in. I’ve been desisted for almost two years and it still feels strange to say sometimes.

What really helped me during this time of uncertainty was centering women in my life in as many ways as possible. I read books by female authors, listened to female musicians, looked at art by female artists, and tried to interact with only women as much as I possibly could. And what I discovered was that women could be anything. There was no right way to do it. You could be the most grizzled, masculine, hairy woman alive, and it wouldn’t make you any less female. I looked at photos of butch women and fell in love. I used to hate the way my breasts and hips looked in men’s clothes, but seeing butches just existing with their undeniably female bodies, while presenting however the hell they wanted, was a huge source of inspiration for me. I couldn’t possibly hate myself for having the same qualities that these women possessed. I discovered self love through my love of other women.

Physical activity was also important in alleviating my dysphoria because it helped me reconnect with my body. Dysphoria is perceived as a disconnect between the mind and the body, but this mind-body dualism is a fallacy. Your body is not just a vessel for your mind, it’s not a meat puppet that you pilot like a robot. You don’t just own your body, you are your body. Lifting weights, hiking, practicing yoga, doing activities that made me feel strong and capable - these all helped me appreciate my body for what it was. Instead of dissociating from my body, I felt grounded and present. I started to accept that my body is me, and I can’t run away from myself.

It was also critical for me to learn about the experiences of other detrans and desisted women. I think the first detrans person I listened to was Elle Palmer on YouTube. This was back when I still identified as nb but was starting to have some doubts. I was on a waitlist for top surgery and in the process of getting prescribed testosterone, and it finally truly hit me that I was planning to change my body permanently. I felt like I needed to examine my desire to transition more deeply before I committed to it. I honestly can’t remember how I stumbled upon Elle’s channel, but I’m so glad I did. She was insightful and kind and, most importantly, learning how to forgive herself. I’m linking one of her videos here because I think you might need to hear it. She was a great source of comfort for me in times of uncertainty.

https://youtu.be/E6US5tpfKvQ

I realized that having dysphoria didn’t make me less of a woman, any more than it did for her or any other detransitioner or desister I came across. Redefining my dysphoria as a female issue, rather than a trans issue, helped me feel more solidarity with other women. Trans people told me I had to change my body to be happy, but these women learned how to make peace with their bodies despite wanting to escape them. I don’t think any woman feels completely at home in her body under patriarchy, and that’s something that everyone female has in common, trans or not.

I think it’s important for you to talk about this to as many other women as you can. I’m really glad that you reached out to me, but keep in mind that I’m just one person, I’m not even detrans, and my experience is probably quite different from yours. I’m mutuals with a handful of detransitioners and desisters who all have their own unique perspectives, and hopefully some of their experiences will resonate with you. Some blogs I can recommend off the top of my head are @testosteronebutch @macroclit @riverxdaughter @swag-fem @shedwarf @annielesterf and there are so many more out there! You’re not alone in feeling this way, and you should be proud of yourself for finding the strength to reclaim your womanhood despite your dysphoria. It’s not going to be easy, but with time, support, and self-compassion, it will get better. You will feel like you’ve come out of hiding and returned to yourself, and that’s an incredibly powerful feeling. I wish you luck on your journey anon ❤️

[posi-pan]

panphobic dogwhistles

people have been criticizing posts that give examples of this for being easily misunderstood as biphobic due to the examples not being blatantly panphobic.

but the whole point of a dogwhistle is that it isn’t blatant. it’s a way of expressing a controversial or offensive opinion subtly enough that it doesn’t appear so and therefor doesn’t attract a negative response.

most panphobes are blatant, but sometimes they say something that appears completely fine, but are actually expressing panphobia with it. they laugh and brag when pan people/non-panphobes share/like these kinds of posts.

posts that give examples of panphobic dogwhistles are letting people know that certain statements have been and are used often enough by panphobes to indicate or imply panphobia, so they should check to be safe.

they are not saying those statements in and of themselves are inherently panphobic and everyone who says them are panphobes.

(and when it comes to panphobes strawmanning, they misrepresent pan and/or pan people through generalizations and exaggerations to make it/us easier to attack/criticize.) 

[lucianalight]

Why can't I help feeling that if Mobius had shown Loki this memories he would have said Odin had died because Loki had banished him. Same about Thor. Your brother is dead and you too are dead because of Mad Titan. These memories were very well manipulated. Loki doesn't know Odin would have sentenced him to death. He doesn't know that he would stay in a cell for a year. That Frigga defend Odin's bad parenting. That Frigga died because of Aether, not Loki's words. That Thor is alive!

I completely agree with you. That is what Mobius would have done. What he did was psychological manipulation and gaslighting. He lied and explained the events in a way to break Loki's walls and make him vulnerable to accept his POV and offer. Which is actually a method of torture in interrogation that is specially used on political prisoners where I live. The part when Mobius lied that Loki was responsible for his mother's death specifically reminded me of them and made me sick to my stomach. What they do is that during many physical and psychological torture sessions they tell the prisoner who is been kept in isolation from the outside world for so long(in solitary confinement with no contact to their family), that one of their parents(usually their mother) has died as a result of their political acts of resistance and fights(because they couldn't bear so much worry and anxiety for their child in prison). This usually results in the prisoner breaking and accepting whatever they want from them and in some cases it cause them to commit suicide.

Now imagine what kind of psychological torture Loki went through by what Mobius said to him, right after his time with Thanos and his history of suicide. Which is why I'm baffled that many fans and also the creators consider it as therapeutic and what Loki "needed"! I don't expect that people be aware of this form of torture. But I thought the difference between psychological manipulation and a therapy session is obvious. Apparently not. I guess they think Loki needed that because they see him a villain who deserve this.

And don't get me start on thinking that Mobius cares about Loki, or according to creators he is inherently good! You don't constantly belittle, manipulate and insult the person you care about. Mobius is an agent specializing in catching dangerous variants. So the way he sees Loki is a tool to help to him catch this variant who is escaping TVA and for doing that he uses every way he knows like psychological manipulation and using Loki's weakness against him.

The idea that Mobius is inherently good is laughable. He is working for a fascistic/totalitarian organization that inflict its will on people, killing them(according to Miss Minutes introduction for sth as unimportant as being late for work!), doing acts of slaughter an genocide because someone dared to break the rules of their "sacred timeline"! Rules that no one knows exist in the first place! And he is OK with all of that and has the audacity to condemn Loki for his actions under mind influence and torture. And he doesn't question his ideology. Even when Loki challenges him to do so, because it gives him his glorious purpose. He is the example of every person who works in corrupted systems because it gives them some privilege and they're so lazy and inconsiderate in thinking, that they don't care how it affects the people who are suffering or being oppressed. Sure, he shows care and emotions towards some people, but selected morality is not inherent goodness. To TVA and Mobius the law breakers are not even people, they're "variants" and they don't treat the variants like beings who have right to exist and choose their own path.

In fact, Mobius and on a larger scale some of the TVA agents are the exact examples of the concept of banality of evil . That evil acts are not necessarily done by evil people. Instead, they can simply be the result of bureaucrats dutifully obeying orders. People who don't consider the consequences of their actions and don't question the propaganda and ideology they have been brainwashed with.

[icewindandboringhorror]

one of the bad things about having such low social energy/social anhedonia/little interest in interacting with others in any capacity/ Hermit Disease™ is that like.. once every FIVE months here and there I’ll get fleeting bursts of social energy and will message one or two people to catch up with old friends or etc. and then it’s like... 

tfw you message someone and then wake up the next morning to see that they REPLIED to your message so now you’re actually supposed to message them back, which is an obligation you were somehow not expecting despite the fact that YOU sent them a message