#*harfor

[aimmyarrowshigh]

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[agoldenlily-archive]

*leaves some honey cakes for elayne* 😉

Surprise touched her expression as she saw the lone plate there on the table in her room. She had only just come in from the rain that had been falling outside and she was ready to towel off and get into a new dress immediately. There were plenty of things to do today - one being with those that had come to swear to House Trakand, a nuisance really but an important one. She would keep her composure no matter if she wanted to scream at the top of her bloody lungs! But this! This was a nice and lovely surprise. A small plate with the honey cake at the center. When she had first returned to Andor Mistress Harfor had fussed over her, saying she needed to put some meat back onto her bones but now that she was used to the Palace's kitchens again she had been eager to taste every dessert again as though it were her first time. She could almost hear Lini chastising her about her sweet tooth, she didn't need to hear it from Mistress Harfor either! But just one taste wouldn't hurt anyone. Besides someone must have left them for her, she couldn't let it go to waste. That would be just rude and she had been taught better than that.

With a look about herself she practically skipped over to the plate and pulled off a piece of the cake with her fingers, putting it into her mouth. "Light, that's good." She exclaimed softly so that no one, if anyone were on the other side of the door, could hear. She had loved her adventures but there really was nothing like being back in Caemlyn.

[markantonys]

wot glup shitto?

i can't keep up with all the kids' lingo these days, i had to look up what this meant 😔 so i am going off the definition of "character known and praised by hardcore fans but unknown to a general audience" and saying juilin and lini if they count as obscure enough, but if not, then my crew of Senior Citizens Who Run Caemlyn: mistress harfor, essande, and norry. that one moment where mistress harfor's like "oh that guy unfortunately broke his legs :) in an accident :)" and elayne's like "umm girl????" lives in my mind rent free.

[cannoli-reader]

Haddon Mirk?  Do you mean Far Madding?  Otherwise, I was thinking of things like, going to Rhuidean, using a portal stone to do it, staying in the fight in Cairhien, going after Rahvin, going after Sammael right after coming out of a coma, attempting the Cleansing, even, to a certain extent, going to visit the rebel camp where he got stabbed by Fain.  Next to most of that, you can see why he might start ignoring well-meaning cautions as he does in pressing the campaign against the Seanchan, and then stubbornly refusing to give up the sunk cost of the Far Madding gambit.   He takes the wrong lesson away from that because he’s in a bad head space, and misses the point that with the help of Cadsuane & co, one of the two problems he mentions to Min when they sent out on their journey in the Prologue is actually solved for him, while his efforts to solve the other problem in Far Madding were futile. 

As for Elayne, eh... the tightrope walking has the possibility of death, but so does horseback riding, and she practiced.  It’s dangerous but manageable.  She cheated with the Power until she had it down,  If the Aes Sedai are just going to huck their students into ter’angreal they don’t understand and assume they are fit for the job if they come out and that’s an acceptable risk for the Daughter-Heir, so is a little tightrope walking. Regarding the battlefields, Sanderson is a shit writer, knows nothing about combat or politics, and seems to be writing to validate his own fan perspectives in a few cases. With Jordan, the only battlefield she was on was the flank attack on Arymilla’s force assaulting the gate, and in that case, her presence was kind of necessary for moral reasons.  Note the the people who wanted to haul her back to the Palace and safety had all the same information she did, but she was the only one who could put together all the facts to see that this was her chance to win the war by catching Arymilla.  She had previously told Mistress Harfor that the location of Arymilla was the most important datum she wanted, back when she sent her spy into the camp.  

And, too, there is the point that Min’s viewing does mean she will survive.  Elayne knows this and knows what it means.  Jordan is subverting the trope whereby prophecies are always misunderstood, and people who rely on them have it blow up in their face.  Elayne, in contrast to her worrywart entourage, is well aware of the limitations, and grasps them better than most others.  She is very aware that the viewing does not cover her or the babies after they are born, and knowns that SIDS is a thing. When Aviendha activates the ter’angreal in her presence, Elayne first warns Aviendha of the danger of doing that, and when Aviendha translates danger as “threat to our babies” and freaks out, Elayne reassures her, citing the viewing.  What she thinks, but does not say out loud, is that the viewing does not cover being burned out, which is a known possible consequence of ter’angreal experimentation. 

As for the Black Ajah house, I will die on the hill that Elayne Did Nothing Wrong, because I have never yet seen a good argument for a better course of action.  These people were picking off Kinswomen one at a time via Careane.  “Mellar” is known to be a murderer several times over who has not ceased his predations.  Elayne, as a claimant to the throne, and an Aes Sedai of the Green Ajah, has a solemn duty to protect the people of Caemlyn from crime and violence, and to protect people in general from Shadow-sworn channelers.  If the moral aspects are not enough, there is the point that Elayne is relying on the Kinswomen for critical logistical support that has been the sine qua non of her success against a much larger army. She also is aware of massive amounts of money in the hands of her enemies, providing them the means to bribe her mercenaries, and giving an incentive to turn their creditors against Elayne, which in turn means a serious assault is in the offing and she has no idea what the Darkfriends in the city will do when it comes. Elayne was in a ticking clock scenario, and if all her enemies moved against her at the same time, she had no guarantee of being able to counter them all.  When she got the news of the location of the Black sisters, it was incumbent on her to strike, and fast, while she had the opportunity to give that matter her full attention and before they managed to make her situation worse. 

Elayne did as much as possible to manage the risks.  She had “Mellar” arrested so he could not interfere nor warn his allies.  She arranged so that both sisters she was not sure of had no ability to act on their own, being linked with her and Vandene whom she did trust. She brought guards as far as would be practical.  Bringing the warders into the house with them would not have changed the outcome one bit, since the other Black cell had the stun/death ray ter’angreal. Which was wielded by a sister who understands the Warder bond.  She would have been smart enough to stun the warders on overwatch, to prevent them alerting their Aes Sedai - note that Birgitte & the other warders could not tell when their Aes Sedai were stunned - and just killed the rest of them that much more easily, plus there is Chesmal with her anti-Healing weaves.  She could have marched an army through the house and ended up with only corpses of her team.  The only person who was going to go in to that house and leave alive, was Elayne herself. If she just sent everyone else in and waited outside, they would all be dead, and she would have no way of knowing what happened, and not be any closer to solving the problem of Black sisters weakening her from within. Elayne did not rush in all foolhardy to the house on Full Moon Street. She took every possible precaution against every reasonable danger.  The notion that there might be a second cell of Black sisters out there is the sort of hypothetical that if you followed it to its logical conclusion, would leave you paralyzed and unable to act, for fear of wildly improbable possibilities.  

Remember Pedron NIall’s rules for information, which included, “Never believe you know everything. And never wait to know everything.  The man who waited to know everything was still sitting in his tent when the enemy burned it over his head.”  Niall died because he failed to balance those rules.  Elayne won, because she did not.  This is a situation where because the readers know something else is out there, want her to keep looking.  But several men have died trying to follow "Mellar,” and it took a man of extraordinary stealth talents to succeed.  Trying to follow and spy on Aes Sedai who have heightened senses with the Power and can weave wards or cast eavesdropping spells is ridiculous, and Birgitte flatly refused to do so when Nynaeve asked her in Salidar. So what was Elayne to do on the recon/intel front?  Just keep having people patrol the streets in case they have secret reinforcements they don’t mention when talking between themselves?  Spying on the house they found would not have revealed the existence of Temaile, Asne et al, because Shiaine and her crew had no idea they were out there.  And that group of Aes Sedai managed to get into the house without Birgitte, the other warders or the soldiers spotting them.  We, the readers, also know the Marillin Gemalphin managed to evade the Aiel and Saldaeans who searched the city for her, specifically, while Rand held Caemlyn.  Elayne had good reasons to move at once and no way of knowing the reason why it might have been a good idea to wait and keeping looking, and even the readers who do know, should also realize how unlikely it would be for her people to actually find anything useful. 

As with Rand, though, more often than not, Elayne finds herself in a situation where she realizes what must be done, but other people reject the idea emotionally, and can’t or won’t see the need, or are not as fast to pick up on it, so to them it looks like Elayne is rushing off, when the reality is that she has already thought it through, weighed the risks versus reward and made her decision rationally. Such as when confronting the Borderlanders, going after Shiaine’s crew, going into the Tel’Aran’Rhiod nightmare to rescue Sheriam and the other sisters, or unraveling the gateway between the Kin farm and Andor.  In each case, Elayne took a calculated risk, and saw the pros and cons better or faster than her companions and acted on it. 

Rand or Elayne: Look! It's a bear trap! I can step in it without springing it because I'm Invincible™️. Wanna see?

The rest of the cast, shaking their heads in horror: This is a really bad idea. Don't you think it would be better to use a stick instead of your foot? Or maybe walk around it?

Rand or Elayne: No, no, I'm good! See?

(the trap closes over the foot)

The rest of the cast: goes and rescues the fool.

Rand or Elayne: I was 100% correct. Everything worked out fine. Let's do this again sometime!

The rest of the cast: sighs in exasperated horror

[wheelofmeta]

A kinda sad realization I had while rereading a bit of Towers of Midnight; Reene Harfor probably died in Caemlyn’s fall. She most likely had still been at the palace, since she wouldn’t exactly have anything to do at Merrillor. There’s a chance she escaped with the rest of the refugees, but it’s most likely she died. Actually, I imagine a lot of the palace staff did, since it was likely harder for them to escape the city due the palace being in the middle.

[haemosexuality]

What's an unpopular opinion you have about whatever fandom you're into at the moment?

SIX IS NOT EVIL SHE DID NOT DROP MONO TO BE EVIL.

And she wasnt just using mono for whatever ok. Look. she's 9 years old, for starters. maybe even 8 in the second game bc we dont know how much time passed between the end of ln2 and the start of ln1. you Cannot treat her like an adult, or someone that makes rational logic based decisions with a developed brain. shes literally a little kid.

plus like, take a look at the world she lives in. its a post apocalyptic monster filled world where everything and everyone is out to kill her, and she has to be constantly on the run, with no house no food no change of clothes and no certain company (because whoever shes with could always be killed). no one is there to teach that kid whats right or wrong. every single example she has on how to live is Kill Or Be Killed.

she has been to Several traumatic events. getting kidnapped (THREE times), being kept locked in a room, being tortured (probably) by the porcelain kids, getting her body deformed broken and stretched and her mind deteriorated by a probably really painful experience and then having the one person she trusted continuously scream at her and cause her extreme pain, etc. its impossible to go through all that and come out mentally sane, to not lose touch of what is and isnt okay to do.

and she did care about mono, ok?? you can see that through the game. they probably werent like, Best Friends For Life, or Loved Each Other, bc they both knew each other for a very small time and have like no examples of any type of relationship (yeah mono was very die harfor her but hes described as "naturally protective", i think he would have done that for any kid) but you can see that she cares for him. she continuously saves him from the tv, from falling, waits for him, even when the thin man is coming out of the tv and she is clearly terrified she stays and keeps trying to get mono to run with her for as long as she can before survival taking over. if she truly was just "using mono for her own gain" she would not have put her life in danger for him so many times, especially that last one. plus the whole monster six part, where even in a monstrous form where her mind is probably more animalistic than rational, she still recognizes and trusts him. and if she was, why would she drop him there?? he could still be useful after that??

there are a Lot of reasons why she could have dropped mono. theres no way of knowing which one is right, or if it was bc of another reason we didnt even think of, so its up for personal interpretation, but all signs point for it being for a Reason other than "oooh shes manipulative and evil and wanted to cause him harm for no reason". like, here are some facts

1-she had just gone through a Very Extremely Traumatic thing. she got turned into a monster, and brought back to normal by pain. immediately after she had to run from a gigantic mass of eyes and flesh. shes 9. she was not in a state of mind to make rational thought out decisions, she was probably not even thinking much. her minds was probably clouded and running on pure panic and survival instinct

2-mono has just Continuously Caused Her Pain. you can see that while he was breaking the music box, she was screaming and flinching and desperately trying to get him to stop. that hurt, a Lot. plus he kept screaming at her, which she also visibly flinched when he did. he literally just beat her up and yelled at her, when she had just gone through something very traumatic and was trying to cling to the only bit of peace/escapism she had

3-talking about escapism, the Little nightmares official twitter hinted at it being related to the reason. ln 2 whole message is about escapism, and thats what the signal tower provides. to the viewers, it was the tv, for mono, probably isolation- for six it was the music box. she was like brainwashed by it. ln's twitter said both that "extracting someone from a fantasy can be very painful", and that "more of us understand the pain mono caused six than we know" (when we cope w the ganes ending by making fan content where Nothing Bad Happens And They Live Happily Ever after. and like, yeah, from our perspective, we know the transmission was actually harming her, and from monos perspective, she saved her, even if he had to hurt her to do it. but what about her perspective? (which is also something the creators said a lot- we know our side and monos side of things, but we didnt look through what happened with six's eyes, we dont know what stuff looked like from her perspective. thats why at first, it seems like the betrayal came out of nowhere). as ive said again and again (sorry i dont know how to write without being repetitive), she went through a Bunch Of Fucking Traumatic Things In Her Life, and the signal tower has giving her peace, for one. in the game, its implied that the room monster six was in and the music box etc are all actively malicious, but the way i interpret it its also like, a safe space her own mind created for her to retreat to and escape from that nightmare. she was safe there, no danger, no pain, just a comfy room with all her favorite stuff and a soothing music box (the canon version is the same but malicious and brainwashing instead of good lmao. it doesnt matter the point is how she felt). only for mono to come in and rip all that away from her in a very painful way, both physically and mentally. he dragged her back to a life of endless suffering.

4-mono Continuously put her in danger throughout the game. he was the reason she got captured by the hunter (as seen in the comics), he got her repeatedly shot at, the reason why the bullies got her, he freed the fucking thin man, and coward under the bad while she stretched her hand out for help before being taken by him. yeah, he saved her all those times, and many werent really his fault, but again shes 9 and hurt and is not gonna have the most rational of brains. plus her perspective is different from ours. also, mono has Magic- a Lot Of It, and magic has never been good for her. she only saw a bit of his magic (the whole tv thing), but she was shown distancing herself from him every time that happened. she was Scared. six's whole thing, this Worlds whole thing is about survival. thats the most important thing, bc anything will get you killed. as i said, kill or be killed, and mono got very close to getting her killed multiple times, as well as sharing a trait with the things that usually try to kill her.

5-some ppl also say that she could have recognized him as the thin man, or could be gettung hungry and trying to spare him, but those theories dont make much sense to me (especially the hunger one bc her hungry escalates through the first game. she doesnt jump straight into eating people. so itd make no sense for her to think she was going to eat him as nothing like that had ever happened.)

and like probably more that i forgot or didnt pick up on!!!!! why dont people analyze stuff instead of just jumping to "ShEs eViL"!!!!!

and i think a lot of the fandoms perception of Evil Six comes from the fact that they acknowledge she kills people in the game, but see mono as a uwu soft pacifist boy when hes???? not????? he has killed more people than her. hes ruthless. he absolutely killed anyone tht got in his way and in no moment showed any hesitation. he pulled the plug on someone bc they needed a distractio. shes as ready as six is to kill, and no one paints him as evil, just as someone doing what it takes so survive. which he is!!! but so is six!

i could talk about the first game too but then this would be even longer so i wont. anyways if anyone actually read all that i want to study you in a lab how much free time do u even have. thank you tho bye ❤

[revolutionarywarhistory]

The story of the Extra Regiment's ordinary soldiers: From McCay to Patton [Part 6]

Continued from part 5

The year of 1818

Map of Mount Pleasant, Jefferson County, Ohio. Courtesy of Google Maps.

Many of the soldiers whom we know of, were in "reduced circumstances." John McCay was living in Baltimore County, 54 years old, showing he was born in 1764 and wad described as "very poor." All the way across the county, in Mount Pleasant, within Ohio's Jefferson County, William Elkins felt similar pressures. He described himself as 85 years of age, which means he would have been born in 1733 or 47 years old in 1780. More likely he is 63 or 65 years old. In 1818, a person named Marren DuVall, living within Warren Township in Jefferson County, Ohio, [9] said that in 1784 she

resided in Frederick county Maryland, – that the aforenamed William Elkins, in that year[1784] came to the house of my father, William Duvall, a captain of the [Frederick County] militia, who had served two tours of duty in the service of the United States, and that from the frequent conversations, between the said Elkins and my father and other revolutionary soldiers, I sincerely beleive that the said Elkins served more than one year in the United States service – I further testify that I have heard my father and many other Revolutionary soldiers, positively say, that they had known the said Elkins while in the service of his country

Furthermore, his pension noted that he was paid $78.40 for "pay from the First August 1780 to the 1st Jan’y 1782" and $80.00 of pay from Jan. 1, 1782 to Jan. 1, 1783, along with another $43.30 from Jan. 1, 1783 until Nov. 1, 1783 when his military service came to a close.

Reprinted from my History Hermann WordPress blog.

Furthermore, William Groves, living in Allegheny County that year, was 63 years old, meaning he was born in 1755. He said he was in "reduced circumstances" and that he was in "need of the assistance of his country for support." The same was the case for Jesse Boswell. That year he as living in York, South Carolina and asked the "assistance of his country for support." A few years later, he applied for a new pension certificate since the old one was destroyed when his home burned in November 1820.

Courtesy of Google Maps. York is in northern South Carolina, only 30-36 miles away from Charlotte, North Carolina depending on the route walked.

In 1818, Philip Huston was an "old man." He described himself as "unable to work for my living and besides in extreme poverty so that I need the assistance of my country for support." The same year, the land office of Maryland noted that he was a drummer in the Maryland Line and hence was entitled to "the Lands Westward of Fort Cumberland to Lot No. 402 Containing 50 acres." He never claimed this land as records attest. There were similar circumstances for Thomas Gadd. He argued he was in "reduced circumstances" and needed the "assistance of his country for support" while living in Baltimore. While it is clear that Mr. Thomas Gadd lived in Anne Arundel County in 1810, and moved to Baltimore sometime before 1818, there are two Thomas Gadds within Queen Anne's, Maryland and hence, it is hard to know which one is him.

The Marylanders: John McCay, William Simmons, William Groves, and John Newton in 1820

John McCay was in horrible circumstances. At age 56 in 1820, he was living in Baltimore without any family, was propertyless, and of ill health since he had to quit his occupation as a sailor, only obtaining "a bare subsistence by labouring about the country." His pension further added that he was entered into a Maryland hospital and became "utterly incapable of labour" and needs to assistance of "his country or from private or public charity" due to his circumstances. Since his name is so common, it is not possible to use Federal census records in this instance. Despite that, there are people with his name consistently living in Baltimore from 1790 to 1820, and he is likely among them.

Fellow soldier William Simmons who had been at John McCay's side, was living in Harford County in 1820. At 61 years of age, he only owned $47 dollars with of property. These included one Cow, one young Cow, four pigs, rush bottomed chairs, one pine table, two iron pots, and some trifle of "Crockery ware," among little much more. He also purchased a horse for $20 and horse cart for $10 but neither is paid for and rented about 10 acres of land for $50 per year. His pension further explained that he was married to a thirty-year old woman named Elizabeth (born in 1790), and had three children with her: Joseph (born in 1810), James (born in 1813), and John (born in 1818). He argued that without the state pension he could not support himself since he was "greatly afflicted by Rheumatic pains." Six years later, he had moved to Stark County, Ohio to "improve his situation." Further records of Simmons are unclear.

Then there is William Groves. In 1820, he owned one old Spay Horse, one Cow, one Colt, and one Pot, even less than William Simmons or William Elkins. Living in Allegheny County at 50 years of age, he was a farmer but was "infirm and unable to do more than half work." He lived with his 50-year-old wife, Mary, a son that was 14 years old, and another under age five. Following the census information, it is possible that William lived in Charles County after the war, as the 1790 and 1800 censuses indicate, specifically in Durham Parish, with his family. [10] Furthermore, records indicate he lived in District 4 of Allegheny, Maryland, specifically in Cumberland, Maryland. He was described as an 83-year-old veteran in 1840, meaning this says he was born in 1757, only two years off what he said in 1820, which shows that he was sharp even in his later life, which is impressive. [11] Other parts of his pension indicate that he lived in Allegheny County from 1812 to 1849, with his wife Mary was living there in 1853.

In 1820, the Maryland General Assembly passed a law to pay him for his military service in the Maryland Line. He was to be paid the half pay of a private in "quarterly payments" as the law indicated. [12] He also received land in Western Maryland for his military service. He specifically received lot 1744, which was, at most, 12.7 miles miles away from the Northern branch of the Potomac River, in the middle of Garrett County:

Using Google Maps, we can pinpoint the location of his land in present-day Garrett County. His land is, by straight shot, 35.5 miles from Cumberland.

This shows where his lot is in relation to the Potomac River. Black dot is where his lot was. Courtesy of the Library of Congress.

Zoomed in focus on his lot

This shows where he lot directly was located, what it looked like on a map.

Hence, he likely did not live on this land as looking at that approximate location shows no evidence of human habitation. There is only the vast expanse of forest and some new, modern houses.

In 1820, John Newton, age 60, was living in Prince George's County.  He was a laborer who would be paid $40 per year for his pension. In his reduced circumstancs, . John Newton: writing he is "reduced circumstances" while writing in Prince George's County in 1818. The census records are no help in this case, as he is not listed. [13] However, there is strong evidence he was living in Maryland that year. This is indicated by the pension list and legislation, although there are other records that must be weeded out. [14] He specifically received pay in 1818 from the state of Maryland for his revolutionary war service. The law which granted him this pay [15] was as follows:

Resolved, That the treasurer of the western shore be and he is hereby authorised, to pay to John Newton, an old soldier, or his order, during his life, a sum of money annually, in half yearly payments, equal to the half pay of a private, for his services during the revolution.

This petition was nothing new. He had petitioned the House of Delegates in 1805 and 1806 on the same issue. [16] In those, he stated he had been wounded in battle, serving from the year 1780 until the end of the war, saying that he was with his wounds,

together with the infirmities of approaching old age, he is rendered incapable of obtaining a maintenance for himself and family

Hence, he received payment at the time, but perhaps he felt it was necessary to apply again because it did not pass the Maryland Senate. It is also worth mentioning that he married Eleanor Callean in May 27, 1781 within Prince George's County. [17]

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[markantonys]

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seems like thats where ppl are enjoying themselves.  i dont want to do that.  and im not enjoying myself.  im not jealous, i feel like a different type of things.  im glad for that, but also , dont fit in.  so i say whree is the fun?  for me.  ugh..  what do you do? glug. we know not, smoke, we know not.  im so werid.  but.. i also see ppl working hard, hard jobs.   I think if i got along with ppl better it wouldnt be so harfor me.  I’m unemploiyed.  every other job is  ascam. I’m applying for a job to work with handicapped ppl.  im afraid of them not liking me.  i hope maybe ill be more their pace.  or my pace.  i see tellers, working for small wages.  families in tiny dingy apts.  i knkow this is whinging, but, i guess some have plans to movce somewhere else at someo point.  terminal misery, i know im not the only one.  but i dont relate to any of them.  whats the answer? eat.  philisophical dillema.

[aimmyarrowshigh]

Panfandom Hanukkah Bingo 2023 @hanukkahbingo

K4. Anti-Assimilation - Han Solo @ AO3. Han hangs a mezuzah at the door of their senatorial apartments. One of the neighbors timidly informs him that it's crooked.

[aimmyarrowshigh]

Casual but less friendly reminder/adding on that everyone who assumes Adam IS Jewish literally only does so because he has a large, downturned nose, and that’s antisemitic. Adam Driver’s career profits from generalized antisemitism because he gets cast in the roles of Jewish (and/or Jewish-coded) characters over Jewish actors, purely because his looks remind goyim of a stereotypical Jewish man. That’s FUCKED. Adam, a tall goyishe white man, has been cast in multiple films in roles that are specifically written as Jewish characters, whose Jewish identity is central to their character arc.

(And no, I’m not counting Star Wars, because Judaism doesn’t exist as-is in Space, but fwiw I DO think that Ben Solo having been the child of an Alderaanian survivor is important to the backstory/backdrop of Kylo Ren.) I’m counting BlacKKKlansman, Inside Llewyn Davis, Frances Ha, Tracks [I think?], This Is Where I Leave You, and The Meyerowitz Stories.

That’s an awfully large chunk of his career made on playing Jewish characters as a non-Jewish white guy... and that’s, again, even discounting that somehow two Jewish actors have a goyishe son in SW. (Although again, it’s not really a thing in space, given, like, Carrie Fisher being Mark Hamill’s twin. But still.) And yet, how many people in, and outside of, fandom complained when all of the final shortlist actors for Young Han were Jewish actors? You know, the ones who don’t get to play the Jewish characters that Adam plays?

Don’t even get me started on how WASP-y Adam Driver can join the imperialist US military to, quote, get revenge on Muslims, and no one gives him any shit, but Gal Gadot gets slammed with basic-idiot-level literal blood libel from people who should KNOW better, constantly, just because she is Jewish.

Even BB-8, voiced by Ben Schwartz, is more Jewish than Adam Driver. As Oscar said at the Oscars -- BB-8 speaks Yiddish. ;)

Casual Reminder that Adam Driver is not Jewish. Yes, he portrays a Jewish man in BlacKkKlansman, and yes, he portrays the son of two Jewish actors in Star Wars, but he is, in fact, NOT Jewish.

Casual Reminder that Oscar Isaac IS Jewish, IS a POC, and IS Latino. 

If I have to remind you that John Boyega is a POC, then a casual reminder isn’t going to be enough.

[agoldenlily-archive]

( DANCE )

he had agreed to stay for this one moment, sending a few of his Redarms to see about rumored skirmishes along the Cairhienien and Tairen borders. he had stayed behind in Caemlyn while he waited for his men to report back through the Gateways that the Kin would make. Elayne was almost certain that it would be okay and that rumor would remain rumor and nothing more. it hadn’t been that long since The Dragon’s Peace had been signed why would anyone want to go against it so soon? or at all?

so to make sure that no one in Caemlyn were bothered by rumors she had listened to the advice of Master Norry and Mistress Harfor and had decided to hold a feast, something to busy the nobles as well as the Common people. it was a splendid idea and she was glad for the distraction herself. she was simply sad that Thom had not been able to make it on such short notice. but they did have different Gleemen and Bards and even people good enough to perform in Luca’s bloody menagerie. not many of her friends could make it and so she had sat her throne, smiling as her twins were thoroughly preoccupied with the Gleeman’s juggling. it was a welcome sight. her hands smoothed out the skirts of her gown, watching the light play over the roses climbing up along the folds of it. Buttered Onions! she wasn’t going to lie and say she wasn’t bloody bored. but then Mat had come in, in a good coat and a smile on his face. her breath didn’t hitch she was glad that she would have someone to talk to. he had asked her to dance and the nobles and commoners alike were glad to see her heading off with the General of the Light out into the thick of dancing.

“it’s a good thing that I wasn’t already preoccupied. what would you have done with yourself then?” she asked with a small laugh. she meant to turn her head away but his hand tensed somewhat on her lower back and he drew back just slightly to look down into her eyes. he’s nearing her and - light, was she even breathing? he’s too close. far too close. his shadow has fallen over her face and her hands mindlessly toy with the fabric at his shoulders. “or maybe I should have just entertained myself and shown these bloody acrobats what a real one looks like.” and he smiles at that and she can’t help but lower her eyes. there was nothing to be said about the near flutter in her chest or the way she tried to inch herself closer to him. nothing at all.

leaning in closer while they are slow dancing with mine.

meme - @luckhissoul

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