#y’all remember Hobson?

[vigilantesyd]

hello kids, are you ready to learn about privilege today??

okay so since it’s not the responsibility of poc/lgbt/etc. to educate other white people, as A White myself, am going to try to compile a masterlist of resources so y’all can educate yourselves instead of burdening anyone else. i’ll update this as i remember or come across new resources. let’s get educated people!!!!!!!

Racism:

color blind or color brave? a ted talk by mellody hobson

are all white people racist?

racial microagressions in everyday life

a talk about racism and sexism by john dovidio

how we’re priming some kids for college and others for prison. a ted talk by alice goffman

13th, a documentary

how to overcome our biases? walk boldly toward them. a ted talk by verna myers

Homophobia:

what the bible says about homosexuality. a ted talk by kristin saylor & jim o’hanlon

coming out of your closet. a ted talk by ash beckham

Transphobia/Complex Gender Issues:

walking in your truth as an lgbt youth. a ted talk by daniella carter

redefining realness: my path to womanhood, identity, love, and so much more by janet mock

Sexism/Feminism/Intersectionalism/Toxic Masculinity:

why gender equality is good for everyone, including men. a ted talk by michael kimmel

we should all be feminists. a ted talk by chimamanda ngozi adichie

everyday sexism. a ted talk by laura bates

the hunting ground, a documentary

men explain things to me by rebecca solnit

the mask you live in, a documentary

Ableism:

overcoming ableism. a ted talk by naty rico

as i said before, this is not completed, this is just what i could compile pretty quickly!! if you have a problem with any of the resources or would like to suggest them yourself please shoot me a message!!

[vampxrebarbie]

anyway so here’s that sparknotes post abt my legion of ocs (just whalers and guardians for now ill do others if y’all want)

WHALERS:

DERRICK HOBSON

ex-overseer

basically got kicked out of the order and got the heretic’s brand by being a little too critical of the tenets and the abbey’s philosophies

was picked up by daud on the streets

spends years in self-loathing because the abbey brainwashed him and now he’s an actual heretic

grumpy asshole, hates everyone, hates himself more

eventually comes to terms with who/what he is, takes the outsider’s mark, and takes over leading the whalers after daud vanishes

SPECIALTY: has the best instincts, stealth and reconnaissance, and is the most talented at transversals

TRIP

morlish and has the most OBNOXIOUS accent to show for it

pretty much a ray of sunshine 24/7 with enough energy to make the energizer bunny jealous

sends presents he collects while on assignments back to his little sister in morley

got his name by nearly botching a mission because he tripped and fell right into a bunker of overseers, and then proceeded to lead them on a merry chase around the compound

loves to pester hobson

SPECIALTY: easily the most likeable and unassuming of all of them, tends to play the distraction as a result

MISHA

trip’s beleaguered best friend

very mild mannered

when trip was kicked out of his home by his father, misha packed a bag and left home to stick with his best friend

despite having lived in morley, his family is gristolian

is about 80% of trip’s impulse control

SPECIALTY: best swordsman in the group, best at playing civilian for undercover work

BERTHOLT

a Lying Snake(TM)

seriously absolutely no one at all trusts him and for good reason

he’s an arrogant shithead

lives to (good naturedly) torment trip and misha

lives to (not so good naturedly) torment hobson

is probably the only one that doesn’t mind being arond Vas, but he knows when to get the fuck out of dodge just in case anyway

SPECIALTY: intelligence gathering

LUX

an ex-sailor who became disillusioned with the methods of peacekeeping his superiors used

typically a guy with a bright disposition

isn’t afraid to challenge orders he’s given

he gets emotional over small animals

kicks hobson’s ass into gear when he’s being particularly assholish

respected daud but didn’t ever trust him

SPECIALTY: bruiser, usually the one that’s given the smash/break/intimidate jobs because Him Big

VASILICA/”VAS”

the literal youngest, he’s like 17 during the events of DH1

is the son of a witch from Serkonos who was killed by Overseers

spent time on the streets and got Real good at shady dealings

is very, very scary and almost always has a scowl on his face

he has a different sort of scowl that usually tells the other whalers when they should be running in the other direction

very little regard for the lives of others, up to and including the other whalers

SPECIALTY: poisons and explosives as well as general assassination

BRENDAN AND BRYANT/THE TWINS

around trip and misha’s age (at least, people think so)

along with hobson (prior to him taking over leadership of the whalers), are never seen without their masks

usually play pranks on the other whalers and rope trip into it

they always remember to leave coins of 5 in the bolt holes of their fellow whalers on their birthdays

no one knows how they know when those birthdays are

will wind up staring at people in unison and finishing each others’ sentences and it creeps the shit out of people

SPECIALTY: sleight of hand and similar maneuvers, i/e planting something incriminating in a mark’s home

GUARDIANS:

GIL-23

is a certified grade-a titan Dad(TM)

very gruff and tends to speak very plainly, and doesn’t have much regard for giving apologies when he offends

sentinel/defender class titan

is a hero of the battle of six fronts and is a friend to both zavala and shaxx

despite his gruff attitude he does care for his teammates and other people, he’s just not great at emotions

of most exos, he’s probably one of the few that actually acts a bit more robotic in thinking

his ghost’s name is andromeda, and she’s typically very warm-hearted and friendly

LUKE

one of the first stormcallers to be revived in a number of centuries

loves his warlock mom aka ikora rey

also loves his titan dad aka Gil-23

is VERY young as far as guardians go--he’s only been around about 20 years

struggled after being first revived because he couldn’t seem to learn either the voidwalker or sunsinger/dawncaller path; after ikora operated on a hunch and sent him to learn stormcaller, he excelled

gil-23 and shaxx were the first mentors he had that actually believed in him

he was revived with an ancient mp3 device that his ghost scanned and integrated, which lets luke abuse team coms to play pre-collapse music

his ghost’s name is Gibson, named after the famous guitar brand, and is perpetually vexed by his guardian’s reckless streak and unconventional methods

KELLAN/”KEL”

CRAWWWWWLING INNNNN MY SKIIIIIIN THESE WOUNDS TH

he’s incredibly closed off, emotionally. with gil it’s a simple inability to process emotions properly--with kel it’s an intentional distancing.

is a gunslinger class hunter--was previously a bladedancer/arcstrider

he’s one of the very few guardians that remember their past lives, although arguably he’s got one of the worst cases considering he remembers everything

he frequently sees hallucinations of his dead wife and little girl

is pretty much only close to gil, who’s been his de facto partner since the battle of six fronts; after gil dies in the taken war, kel kind of loses his mind a lil bit

finding Thorn didn’t help

he tries to hate nikon on principle because nikon is taking on gil’s spot in the team, but nik’s got a good head on his shoulders and a ferocity to defend people that is a bit too familiar for kel to shake

his ghost’s name is echo, and she’s a quiet little thing who doesn’t actually speak in words but in bright trills and chirps and other such noises; kel and gil are the only ones able to understand her

NYX-14

basically the ‘hello children i am the fairy squad mother’ text post from this site

super short

is nightstalker hunter class

worked with a warlock named Ji-Hun prior to leaving City walls; has held a grudge against the vanguard--mainly ikora and zavala--ever since they denied her request for support in defending an outside settlement. Ji-Hun was killed.

has a semi-soft spot for cayde because he was the only one of the vanguard to vote in favor of sending in support for the settlement

hums to herself when she’s sniping

basically attached at the hip with Nikon after she rescues him and leilani

her ghost is named Kessler, and he’s real sassy and spirited, and a bit of a dork

NIKON

anger issues: the autobiography

despite being a walking textbook definition of ‘hair trigger temper’, nikon is actually a sweet guy. he cares a bit too much and has a bad habit of not filtering himself when he talks, but he wears his heart on his sleeve

is a sunbreaker titan

up until nyx rescues him and leilani, had never actually set foot within City walls; hed opted instead to guide and defend a group of nomadic settlers with a few other guardians and spent 2 centuries doing so

don’t touch leilani if you want to live.

keeps small toys and trinkets that leilani gives to him in his room in the fireteam’s apartment

has absolutely done a fastball special with nyx

his first ghost is named Bit and he’s a bit abrasive and sarcastic; his second ghost is named Rue, and she’s pretty even-tempered and calm and is as fond of Leilani as he is

ROLAND

ANGER ISSUES: THE REDUX

unlike kel, his assholish behavior isn’t to purposefully keep people out--he is, in point of fact, an asshole

even if it’s just because he hates himself a lot

he’s an arcstrider hunter

pretty suspicious and nervous around new people

used to be a hireling to a warlord that went around killing survivors outside the City’s walls; eventually turned tail and fled to the City himself when that warlord’s cruelty started getting too much for him

coincidentally, that warlord is the one that massacred the group nikon was protecting.

nikon doesn’t like him much.

his ghost is named tesla, and she’s a direct opposite to him personality wise--very friendly and warm. tends to apologize a lot for his behavior.

YVELZIK

he’s a Fallen captain from the House of devils

very grouchy

NOT a guardian but he winds up working with my fireteam

was exiled from his band because he took a liking to a human girl and instead of killing the girl, actually met with her frequently and learned about humans

has a very rudimentary ability to speak and understand english because over the course of ten years the little girl started teaching him how to speak it

btw, that little girl was leilani

(nikon is also not happy about this when he finds out)

is about as protective of leilani as nikon is, which eventually brings them into a mutual understanding and grudging respect