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which is definitely not an omen

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I love this so much, but also, I think that euphimia and fleamont can both be desi. During the 19th century, the East India Company brought thousands of Indian scholars and workers to Britain, where many then married British women and had children in the UK. This could be how Fleamont got his fixed generational wealth (if his grandfather was one of these workers) and would also explain the really English name. Euphemia is a Greek name, and this also makes it pretty possible for her to be Desi, given the rough time period. In WWI and II, many Sikh people served with the Greek military. Many then moved there, either for a short amount of time before returning to India, or permanently, so you could sort of go two ways with Euphemia. Either her dad (or mum, although that’s probably less historically likely) served with Greece, and him and his family moved there after the war, where Euphemia was born, or (my personal preference) he returned to India after the war, but gave his daughter a Greek name for sentimental reasons, or because he planned to return later. (This is my personal preference, because it means that Euphemia is raised in Punjab, so is more likely to be fluent in the language, and practice some traditions and festivals, which I’ve always imagined she does. That said, obviously all of this can still be true if you go for the other option, so whichever feels more right to you, I guess.) In terms of religion, if you want to maintain the Greek name, Euphemia’s family is most realistically Sikh, but it’s up to you what religion you want Fleamont to be, and then how that mix of religions is reflected in James.

Advice wanted for writing Desi James

I'm working on a new AU-marauders fic. I love the fan-canon of James being Desi but I want to keep it accurate to histories of migration and reflective of a specific culture. After looking at migration patterns to the UK, I've decided it makes most sense for the James to be Punjabi. I am not sure about religion, most Punjabis as a whole are Muslim but it looks like most Punjabis in the UK are Sikh. If anyone has knowledge and can advise on this (and anything else that I've word-vomited below) I'd appreciate it!! I see two options for explaining his family history in a way that makes sense and allows for exploration of Punjabi/British Desi cultures:

Option 1 is that Fleamont is the son of some type of British serviceman/colonizer + his mom was Punjabi and they had Fleamont after going back to the UK. Euphemia may be white, may also be Punjabi. I don't know enough about the day-to-day history of British colonization in this region to really detail this option.

Option 2 is that Fleamont is white and has a wealthy family in the UK. Euphemia is Punjabi, they meet in the UK after her family migrates during the 1950s-1960s.

Currently I'm leaning towards Option 2. One problem: WHY WOULD HER NAME BE EUPHEMIA?! I think that name just has to go. I'm deciding between Fahima or Faajal. I wanted something that may have been shortened to "Effie", although I really feel uncomfortable doing that if the whole point is to actually write a Desi character and not just "add diversity for internet points".

And for our main man: James Falak Potter. I think they would have liked sharing a first letter and would have wanted to include James in that. I did look and it seems like James is a name used in Pakistan, India, and other South Asian countries. But the very prestigious site of "baby names direct" could have lied to me, so please correct me if I'm wrong.

This all feels important to think through because of the histories of racism in the UK, the very structure of immigration/commonwealth, and the fact that in the 1960s-1990s, there were lots of social and cultural movements led by ethnic and racial minorities in the UK that have had a lasting impact. Ex. Bhangra music!

For background, I'm white and from the US. Mistakes are made out of ignorance and I welcome feedback!!

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the Bowie jacket is my entire soul at this point, if we’re honest with ourselves…

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moments in bottoms (2023) that have permanently altered my brain chemistry in no specific order

"omg ive always wanted one of these" *holds up a normal grey hoodie*

hazel's "why would you lie to me :(("

when complicated by avril lavigne started playing and we got a scene of josie walking broodily and sad while kicking a can on the ground

"so maybe ill buy a gun" "noOo"

"im gonna fuck up some football players and im buying a gun"

"YESSSSS YESSSSSS QUEENSSS SLAAAAYYY YESSS"

"is it because i said amelia earhart was a fake hero?"

when pj basically attacked hazel with her tongue

that kiss also being like the best kiss ive seen on tv in the last 10 years like unironically im so serious

josie and isobel making out covered in blood

the guy who wanted to blow the school up and literally wrote "BLOW UP SCHOOL" in his diary

"i know you're a black republican but you're the smartest among us"

"im not (gay). i just like gay porn"

hazels mom sleeping with jeff

"i FUCKED your mom" when the mom joke is actually real but also it makes your gf break up with you

hazel

just hazel she's so pretty pls give me a chance

that whole final fight scene

the football team that would kill a player every 20 years and was going to kill jeff by putting pineapple juice, to which he is deadly allergic, in the sprinklers???????????????????

"yes hazel, let's do terrorism"

*does the terrorism*

TWICE

again the guy that wanted to blow up the school who went THAT WAS MY THING after the tree blew up. he was holding a bomb button thingy. where was the bomb. what. let's go back to that for a second. hello. where was the bomb

horny freak #1 horny freak #2

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Corn dogs are named for their traditional meat, the unicorn. As unicorns are now extinct, they can only be referred to properly as ‘Corn Dogs and not “Unicorn Dogs” as they were prior to 2009.

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youre not yaoiful at all

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feeling like maybe this wasn’t meant for the vegetarians in the room

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ive seen (and made) posts abt how there's no straight explanation for phoebe literally removing her soul from her body to be w/ melody but you know what's even gayer? The way melody betrayed her to bring about the end of the world and phoebe was just like "i can fix her"

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Q: What does a lesbian Ghostbuster bring on a second date?

A: A spirit-extraction device.

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Mr Gaiman what is your favorite ice cream flavor?

I think the ritual of stabbing Julius Caesar on the Ides of March is an important Tumblr tradition that needs to be maintained for coming generations.

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UBI needs to happen. via antiwork

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^medical aid for Palestinians, information, and donations^

petitions, and emails for good causes 💛

💛💛💛💛 Please send me any others to add 💛💛💛💛 Petition for NHS pay rise    http://chng.it/jwgjZHVdbG

A Petition for a life sentence for police brutality  http://chng.it/

Petition to ban conversion therapy in the UK https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/556653 Petition to protect LGBT+ rights in all US states http://chng.it/vxwnf4vBvf

Petition to stop child trafficking on porn sites (USA only https://traffickinghubpetition.com Petition to ban rubber bullets http://chng.it/GF9pC6XWG8

 Petition to allow trans kids access to hormone blockers in the UK https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/318025/signatures/new

A petition to stop immigrants being poisoned by ice http://chng.it/KjcVxpXQ4B Petition for the decriminalisation of sex work https://prostitutescollective.net/petition/

Petition for women’s human rights in Iran https://www.amnesty.org.uk/issues/womens-human-rights?utm_source=google&utm_medium=grant&utm_campaign=AWA_ACT_WMHR_womens-rights&utm_content=womens%20right

Email to send to the Hungarian Parliament to protect Trans rights (in Hungary) https://www.amnesty.org/en/get-involved/take-action/hungary-trans-rights-gender-recognition/

Petition to renew the UN cross-border aid to north-west Syria. https://www.amnesty.org/en/get-involved/take-action/demand-aid-for-north-west-syria/

Email to send to the Saudi Embassy about freeing the women who fought for the right to drive https://www.amnesty.org.uk/actions/free-saudi-women-who-fought-right-drive

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I really despise the Marvelification of Stranger Things, because all the interviews nowadays are constantly referencing how fast paced and epic and big the finale will be but the reason people fell in love with the show wasn't special effects or long episodes; it was the plot, it was the characters, it was the mystery. Stranger Things 1 may have been a story about a government conspiracy and a monster, but that's not why we stuck around. The show can throw amazing CGI, Russians, a battle within the American army and an apocalypse at the audience with the biggest budget known to man but if they forget to ground it and keep it central, it'll just get lost amongst a plethora of other "epic" blockbusters. We want Steven King, not Avengers.

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We don’t talk about this Starbucks feminism enough.