just saw a post talking about how good libraries are and that they are like, the last free thing people have access to. I'm so so so glad to be brazilian. Truly a hellish experience sometimes but mostly it's so good
To me, Carnival Ragatha, especially once she's reset, reminds me of all the shit I heard as a kid about 'how girls should behave.'
I was given a sticker book for Christmas called 'All Things Pink for girls, which was filled with stickers of makeup, shoes, dresses, and other stereotypical female things. As a kid, I did like pink but I was either up in the tree or sitting in mud/sand. I hated makeup and shit like that. My aunt who no longer is my aunt (fuck you Linda) would buy me everything in pink, everything that was 'for girls'. It made it hard for me to openly like anything else.
I dont wear much pink anymore. I like blue. It's a better colour.
Fuck being told that girls wear pink. We can wear what we want.
sorry for the rant. I love her design. Give Ragatha more knives please. Let her fuck more shit up.
My headcanon is that once she baked with Pomni and they both ended up having a flour fight after Pomni accidentally dropped some flour onto Ragatha's dress.
more lore for what ive got going on with carnival hero, for those who wanted to know why he doesnt particularly like kinger.
i like to think kinger was working on the code to remove the collars for a hefty amount of time. poor kinger tried so hard to perfect the code to release his people, but it was particularly hard for obvious reasons. he tried it so many times ; and when it finally worked, it was like a miracle. queenie, along with everyone else was overjoyed!
of course, it wasnt entirely perfect. sometimes, things go wrong when you take your excitement for granted. sacrifices get made, sometimes accidentally. the lovely king ends up forgetting about this sacrifice that was made, like he always does. the reason why shes gone fades in his mind like a bruise.
but others dont forget, nor forgive. hero never forgot this unnecessary sacrifice. he understood everything clearly after that. the collars are there for a reason. sometimes its better to be safe, to stay in ones own lane. to stay confined where you belong, where to remain unchanged is promised. for the greater good.
Trinidad & Tobago's Carnival has always embodied creative resistance and radical joy as protest, since the first days our African ancestors used masquerade as social critique and as an expression of resilience.
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So, we stand in solidarity with all oppressed people of the global South!