#Cw fascism

[malewifemanhunter]

România's first round of presidential elections ended with an actual nazi in the running, and he got in with more votes than any other candidate. The final round of voting is happening this weekend, I'm terrified for the future of my country, but I'm also really fucking exhausted and I just wanna make "haz de necaz". So

and of course he believes global warming is a scam, women don't have the capacity to be president (the person he's running against is a woman) we have to leave the european union and NATO, the wisdom of the Russian regime is vital for the Romanian people and the only science is Jesus Christ.

.......... how the fuck did we even get here man, I have no words left. I don't wanna panic, so I'm holding into hope, but so many countries near us turned to extremism.... I don't know I really don't

[bonefall]

Can I hear more about Villain Thornclaw? The way you described him is a really cool take on his character.

He exudes a sense of detached ruthlessness, something happened and he just never got over it, most of the time he is a model warrior, but sometimes he says something or gives a cold look, and that hints just how much he is willing to do for his beliefs

The first warrior that Firestar named becomes his most insidious enemy.

He was too young to clearly remember Clawface snatching him and his little sister, but he does remember the way it became an early fixation. His favorite games were always reenactments and play fights, and his father Lionheart and kidnapper Clawface would be characters in them. He often would go too far and play rough, actually biting or scratching his playmate.

We, in the real world, may recognize this as a way kids often process trauma. But they don't have cat therapy here.

And quickly these fixations became unsettling. Brightkit didn't like these games, and their older siblings were disturbed. Frostfur reacted strongly and tried to intervene, but it didn't help the way they wanted.

He got good at hiding it, and he got better at finding other ways to express his fixation. He never knew Lionheart, but he DID know Grandma Speckletail, and she would tell him all about the ways he could be like his dad. When you don't know a person, they can be anything you want them to be.

Turns out if you dress up "I'm obsessively xenophobic of foreign cats and want to rip them to shreds" as "I will ferociously avenge my father and uphold his legacy," suddenly you're golden! It's that simple!

(it's almost like clan culture didnt actually value peace or kindness and just encourages you to channel ur violence towards specific ends)

Thornkit went from Grandma Speckletail to Mentor Mousefur, and she continued to cultivate this. There's a time and a place for aggression. Be good to your clanmates. Use words in camp, not claws. She made a good soldier out of him.

When ThunderClan had a reckoning with Tigerclaw and his ideology in TPB, during his coup, the line of thought that went through Thornpaw and the cats like him was that Tigerclaw was the problem. Who could have known! A shock! Sickening!

...for a while they were "better," devastated by his betrayal, more openminded. But minds don't always trend towards progress.

Eventually, Thornclaw backslid. Let's not throw out the kitten with the tonguewash, here. Yes yes, Tigerclaw was a damn traitor and a hypocrite, but there's worse cats to look up to, you can't deny his nobility, that some of his ideas were great for ThunderClan, that there were lofty ideals he merely took from our grand and glorious history and we can return to those days...

What is so terrible about being a thistle? To lash back when you are attacked? To defend the meadow for you and yours?

We can have Tigerclaw's good aspects without the bad, surely?

And Firestar...

You must understand it's nothing personal. Firestar's a fine cat, for a kittypet. There is no hate for him. But we can't have a leader who stops ThunderClan from engaging in honorable combat. The Clan has become too mixed, and he punished him simply for expressing his concerns. What other choice is there? To do nothing as the clans are destroyed from the inside out?

Bluestar brought wildfire to the forest, to burn it to the ground. Firestar is Thornclaw's natural enemy-- and so is every cat like him.

[marnanel]

Last night, Elon Musk gave the Nazi salute to the crowd-- twice.

Unless you're all right with using an app run by someone like that, stop supporting X. Delete the app. Don't post on the site.

Shares appreciated. Musk fanboys will be blocked.

[sauroff]

I want to bring up something serious here for once, because I joined a new Silmarillion group on FB (I'm old, ok?), and it's a particularly inclusive space BUT, because of that, there is a lot of debates going on. And I wasn't allowed to make this point there because the admins were saturated with risky posts.

I have seen a lot of people say things like "Tolkien wasn't racist/anti semitic because he was against fascism!". And I'm not here to discuss the logic on that, or accuse Tolkien of any of those. I'm here to bring up the fact that Tolkien supported Franco.

I get that to most people (even to me) he is not as well known as Hitler or Mussolini, but still. Tolkien supported him, a fascist and a terrible dictator, because of anti communism and very Catholics views. Franco's opposition burned catholic churches and killed nuns and priests. Now, I don't want to get into detail about the reasons behind that, and how different those actions are viewed depending on your history (For Tolkien, to whom being catholic make him part of a minority, this was very different to what it's for people from actual catholic countries in general and latin Americans in particular, in which the church, as an institution, was always complicit of dictatorships and oppression).

Even Lewis had called Roy Campbell, a poet who fought with Franco, as a sort of catholic fascist. And Tolkien considered that Lewis was just under the influence of red propaganda, believing only the things said against Franco. He couldn't understand Lewis reactions to Campbell's stories about his fight

This is mostly talked about in letter 83 which, I must admit, I haven't read. I have read other people's summaries of it. If anyone knows of some place where I could read it, please reach out and tell me.

My point here is not bashing on Tolkien. I've decided long ago I prefer not to engage too much with his personal history, since my position as a latin american, born so many years after him, raised as a catholic in a catholic country, with a VERY different history around it, makes my personal views very opposed to his in many levels.

My point is to bring awareness on the fact that Tolkien did indeed support one fascist regimen, and this is ignored by most people. I think it's not just that Franco is not as known for some as the other two, it's also that he seems to have a very different weight for those that speak Spanish and those who don't. For starters, this facts it's not included in his English wiki, while it's included on the one in Spanish. For me, that I usually try to read the English sources for English themed things, this meant that I didn't know about this until some days ago, and I learnt it through a meme.

So yeah, I just needed to tell this in case some other people are just as ignorant as me on this. Because the whole "Tolkien was against fascism" is something I have read too many times and never questioned, tbh. But maybe it was just me.

Picture of the Spanish wiki just for attention

[soupedepates]

Poppyn Hillar belongs to @corneille-but-not-the-author

CW Fascism

Listen, I am Tite Caius and a client of gens Asmelia. I am just a faceless person.

The gens emigrated from Kamino - blessed be our land - to Ink because of financial opportunities. I am just a client, I have nothing to say. To be frank, I just followed my parents in Ink, the gens needed fae executives to keep everything going smoothly.

In Ink, there are neighbourhoods for every ethnicity, so naturally we moved in the fae neighbourhood and I went to fae school. We partook in every Laresen festivals in the neighbourhood and we lived just like back in Kamino. Of course, I learnt Inkan culture, and how to be a good Inkan citizen, but we lived according to fae customs.

I married two fae, my wives Fulvia and Decima. Loves of my life. I didn't marry to keep the land or the heirlooms, I married because those women mean the world to me.

We stayed in the same neighbourhood because that is where our community isi.

We had three children, three daughters, my pride and joy. Helvia, Cloelia, Blandine.

I never voted. Our patrons of the gens Asmelia advised us to abstain because we would lose a part of our identity. It would be betraying the work of Poppee Augustissima and her descendants to restore our culture. So when Poppyn Hillar got elected, I thought nothing of it. We were speaking faeric in the streets, my wives wearing our traditional jewels, my daughters going to fae school. I continued working as an executive for the gens' company in Ink.

We then learnt that the state will stop funding the schools. The Korn schools, the vampire schools, the fae schools... It was a bummer, but it was private education anyways so Fulvia sold some of her jewellry for us to pay the raise of the tuition.

And later, my girls came back home from school crying because policemen shouted they were bad citizens and separatists, that they wanted to destroy the nation from within. I called my patrons, to ask for advice and protection, and Sir Aquila gens Asmelia went with me to the precinct to settle scores. He was ready to take the matter to court, because apparently I am not the only one of his clients to report that kind of incident recently. They answered: "but send the children to Inkan schools, it would be easier for you, them, and everyone".

They closed our local school some months later. I learnt Sir Aquila gens Asmelia has had problems with the Hillar administration, and is now in detention, as well as his wife, his husband, and their adult children. A policeman told me as I was going to work that "the state is retrieving the company and rehiring new employees. Sorry, my good sir, but the Asmelia are a threat to the state and trying to rise a separatist movement. I am truly sorry you had to lose your job that way, but I can assure you that the Hillar administration will compensate and gives you a good opportunity to build your life again". I thanked the man and went back home. I broke down crying in front of Decima.

Fulvia was arrested on Augustissima Diei, one of our most important holidays. She was wearing our traditional clothing and partaking in the procession. That's because Fulvia was raised as a Vestal in Kamino before going to Ink at age 15, so she was playing the role of the High Priestess in the procession. They said it's because we are trying to destroy what it means to be Inkan by being communautarianist and separatist. They arrested a lot of people. Fulvia is not afraid to speak her mind and to fight back. She has disappeared for days and I don't know what to do. Decima took the decision to write her name on a banner put on our front door, "Hic lacrimus Fulviam. Matrona, uxor, femina Vestaque pura" . She disappeared for so long now. Decima decided we should properly mourn now. For us. For the girls.

The banner lasted a week before the police came and ripped it off. The girls were playing in the yard and they saw it. They tried to prevent them to do it but Helvia got hit in the head. I headed outside to fight back. I shouted. I pushed. But they had destroyed the banner. Did they really know what they were doing?

That they were trying to erase her twice?

Helvia got hit so hard she was bleeding through the ears. Decima stayed by her side. Cloelia took care of her younger sister while I was trying everything to get a good doctor.

Helvia closed her eyes forever and I grabbed the gun my father once used to hunt with our patrons and other clients on holidays.

As soon as I could recognise the man at the precinct, I shot. I dropped the gun soon after.

I didn't resist arrest.

I am in the train, a train full of people. I think of my Helvia. Of my Fulvia. Of my Cloelia, my Blandine, my Decima. What should we do? What can we do? Our patrons have disappeared. We can only defend ourselves with our own hands by my arms are so weak...

I cry.

I don't fear to forget because you can't forget the pain. But people will forget me. I am Tite Caius and a client of gens Asmelia. I am just a faceless person.

[recreationaldivorce]

huge fascist rally in rome (content warning for video)

from red.:

Hundreds of fascists marched in Italy doing the Roman salute used by the fascist leader Benito Mussolini until his death in 1945. The mob gathered on the anniversary of a far-left ambush attack against the youth organization of the far-right Italian Social Movement (MSI) party, the de facto successor party to Mussolini’s regime. The attack by militant revolutionaries in 1978 left two dead outside the MSI headquarters during the violent power struggle period between communist and fascist groups, dubbed “the years of lead.” Another member of the MSI youth wing died in the ensuing riots on the same day. The recent ceremony was also attended by local authorities, including Francesco Rocca, president of the Lazio region, and Miguel Gotor, the Councilor for Culture. Leaders of the ruling far-right Brothers of Italy party also expressed their support for the tribute. Italy’s current Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni, also took her first political steps in the MSI youth movement at the age of just 15. Her mother was also active in the MSI and later joined its successor party, National Alliance.

[leitereads]

Hello hello! I'm here for the QnA tag game! I'm a very big vampire fan and loved the quotes from Eugen Schulze. I would love to know more about him and maybe some insights on your vampire lore. Anything you wish to share!

Thank you!

Hello hello! Goodness, I have so many question to ask you as well!

I am really glad that you enjoyed his witty side. It has been really fun to roleplay as him, because I get to be this witty, but that is only his coping mechanism for all the morality he is trying to regain.

Some info about Eugen:

As bad as it is, back then he worked as a doctor/scientist for the Third Reich. The reasons behind this are, in fact, many, but the most important one, and the one he was the most apologist of, was eugenics. He truly believed in medical racism. This is, until he started to realise that his experiments weren’t consistent with what he considered to be true in the beginning, And he shifted his beliefs to a simpler one: all humans are weak, and they do not possess the control to be the best version of themselves. From this moment on, he abandoned his racist views, adopting a more neutral/pessimistic view on Humanity.

His character arc is based on regaining the Humanity he lost during WW2, though I don’t think he’ll be able to reach the end of that arc, since he still thinks quite poorly of the human condition. He also think poorly of the vampiric condition and the 3 basic curses of it (sun, fire and only being able to feed on blood). So, currently, he is doing scientific and esoteric research on how to surpass those curses and get only the best of the vampire condition.

During his decades of slumber (torpor), he started to have visions based on Gnostic beliefs (God, the false god, spiritual enlightenment as the key to “Monad”, etc.), and currently he is part of a cult that worships this god, that’s more akin to an Eldritch being, this Monad. However, the ones that are part of this cult (at least the guy that presented it to him) is not well-intentioned, so I think that this cult sold Eugen a false truth. This depends on the Storyteller, so I am still waiting to see what will come out of it.

Despite his misanthropic tendencies, Eugen actually enjoys people. Sometimes. He just wants to leave his mark on Earth by making it a better place, by sharing his knowledge with others. The ways in which he does so… however… are very morally grey…

Some other random facts about him:

- he collects coupons and he always like a good discount. You can find all of that in his jacket/coat.

- he is a goth, usually assuming a goth look when not working (long straight black hair, leather jacket and/or overcoat, combat boots, spikes, chains, black nail polish, etc.).

- when he was alive he suffered from an incurable neurological disease, that left him truly incapacitated. His sire (the vampire that transformed him) did so so he wouldn’t lose his memory, preserving the knowledge he was able to gather in life.

- he still works with his sire’s wife. It’s… very awkward at times…

- Eugen is a cleaning freak: if everything isn’t tidy around him, he starts stressing out (which happens frequently, because most part of our coterie - vampire group - is quite messy).

- regarding his political believes, they shifted around, quite much. He considers himself apolitical nowadays, and indeed, he left his old ideals behind, since they don’t make scientific sense to him anymore.

The lore around Vampire: the Requiem is biiiiig. Very, very big. But here are the basics:

- he is from a vampire clan called “Mekhet” (known for being scholars and for lurking in the shadows), more specifically a bloodline called “Norvegi”. Norvegi, generally, don’t have vampire fangs, feeding through touch (from their hands thousands of small needle-shaped projections emanate, sucking the blood of the victim they touch). Not all Norvegi are like this, and Eugen does have fangs, indeed.

- Vampires have many different powers, and clans usually have affinity for a certain set of powers. Eugen has Auspex (super-human intuition/clairvoyance), Protean (fleshcrafting) and Obfuscate (being one with the shadows).

- by spending some of the blood (Vitae) he drinks, he, like any other vampire, can pretend to be human (Blush of Life) for a limited time period.

- From his coterie (vampire group), the person he likes the most is Sue Jackson, and old vampire lady from the US, who has no clue on how to speak German and that walks around with false $500 dollar bills (as if they even existed).

- His two touchstones (the things that tie him to Humanity) are Alina, his therapist and Noah, an elderly man suffering from brain cancer, a survivor of the concentration camps, someone who crossed paths with Eugen back when he was alive and that he is trying to save at all costs, since he is hospitalised at the hospital where Eugen works in.

The whole point of Eugen’s character arc, in my perspective, is that, despite changing and being a new person, that does not erase the mistakes/horrible things he did in the past. And he knows that. But he is actively working towards the fact that those mistakes are not the only thing he’ll leave in the world, before suffering the Final Death. So, although I don’t think that there is any possible redemption for someone who was so inhuman as Eugen was, it is quite ironic and cathartic knowing that, as a vampire, he is more human than he was as a human.

Hope it helps to get a new perspective over Eugen, and if you have any doubts regarding any of the info, please just hmu!

[justlisalisa]

Another post while the Americans are asleep:

I am terrified. I have been educated about fascism all my life, by virtue of getting my A-levels and taking the mandatory history courses, by learning from survivors of the Second World War.

I live here, where everything that happens in America right now was perverted and brought to its ugly light in 1942. I see memorials of the war and its victims every time I walk past my city's train station. It's a harrowing sight, yes. But it's necessary.

I resist. I criticize. I would love to hide and run away, but I have to persist. If I can stop even one person through meaningful discourse from voting for fascists in the February elections, then I will. I will call out Nazis. I do not tolerate intolerance.

I am so tired. I am just one person. One, deeply flawed person with lots of their own wounds to heal at this time. For anyone else who feels like giving up: I understand. I also want to.

But we can't. We can't let them win. We can't let hate and fascism win. If you can't fight for yourself, fight for your loved ones. Your pets. Your friends, who may be the target of heinous racist acts under these politics. Because, once everyone is gone, the people who endorsed this behavior are next.

Please don't give up. If you won't, I won't.

[flock-of-cassowaries]

So I saw this tweet reposted by one of those automated meme-aggregator accounts…

…and it reminded me of an acquaintance of mine, who was recently overheard telling a relative that she hoped the rapture would happen soon, because she and her husband didn’t want to have to declutter their large house.

Which would be one thing as a flippant joke, but she seemed totally serious, and she’s one of those super-devoted Christian Evangelical QAnon true believers. So…

Like, very cool, Sharon.

Just go ahead and invite the end of the world so you won’t have to declutter, or face the reality of your own mortality.

Fuck your grandchildren, right? And anyone who hasn’t been ‘saved’. Let’s ✨accelerate✨ those end-times!

It really makes me wonder how much of the current absolute political shitshow is attributable to a temper tantrum by people who, as boomers, have been the central focus of western society for their entire lives, and would rather flip the table and scatter the pieces on the floor than face the reality that the game might go on without them.

I do think that, to some degree, this explanation is just wishful thinking on my part. It implies that all of the current bullshit may be, in some measure, at least, a self-limiting problem, and that’s super-comforting to me right now.

But, on the other hand, if I’m being critical of my own hypothesis… fascism always requires an out-group, and there does seem to be a long history of people being seduced by fascism when things are going badly. I do not dispute that late-stage capitalism is going badly.

But still… it does feel like there’s a frankly embarrassing level of rage towards their own children and grandchildren present in a lot of the right-wing adherents’ rhetoric.

[anti-rq-gumi]

wow, I've been going through your blog and you guys are actual monsters, its horrifying. you dont seem to understand how fascist you sound huh? dont even bother replying to this ask I'm not coming back to your account

I’m accepting of paraphiles and people with atypical dysphoria. I don’t tolerate things like racism, ableism, abuse or their encouragement. I report accounts that break TOS and none that don’t. What would I be fascist against.

I know you said you’re not coming back I’m just. ?????

Against what???

[e350tb]

Italian citizens when the cost of living doubles because the government decided to go to war Ethiopia for no reason

[bonefall]

heya! i've been reading a lot of your rewrite posts and i'm fascinated by everything, especially love the medical side of it. i read the first post about thistle law but i don't quite understand it. what exactly does it mean or is there another post that explains it? thanks!

Thistle Law is the name that I've given to the harshest possible interpretation of the warrior code! There are three names for the "ideologies" that Clan cats have now; Fire Alone, Traditionalism, and Thistle Law.

This post has a brief summary of all three.

In BB, I try to make sure that all characters (even background ones) have a consistent "political profile" of beliefs and leanings. Like real people, no cat is a perfect 'reflection' of their ideology and individual values are very important to understanding how they'll act in response to political happenings.

For example, tigerHeartstar leans Traditionalist on social issues (interactions with humans, her interpretation of the Queen's Rights, the utility of battle), but Fire Alone on diplomatic ones.

Thistle Law is what ur-fascism looks like in Clan society, adapted and simplified for the culture. When Thistle Law is popular, something is very wrong with the political climate. I have This Old Post explaining it in depth + my authorial intentions with it, but keep in mind it's a liiiittle outdated with the links.

[starmeadowsystem]

I've had a game idea bouncing in my head for a while but i don't have the skills to make it and probably won't for the foreseeable future, so instead I want to make it a collaborative comment-driven roleplaying project.

Content Warnings include, but will not be limited to: fascism, genocide, intense violence, fear-based imagery, (possible?) sexual content, major character death, torture, and strong language.

The story is an adult dark fantasy horror where you play as a mysterious winged rabbit in the nation of Veldant, a country currently in the process of exterminating its rabbit population. Your task will be to survive, take care of your kin, and (by extension, hopefully) stop the genocide against your kind. Along your journey you will encounter horrors and mysteries alike, as well as a bunch of survivors who you can form ties with.

You will run, you will fight, and maybe, just maybe, you will be able to thrive.

So what does everyone think of this? It'll probably still be a little while before I figure out everything, so this may take a short while.

-Stella

[soulsfthebrokenwarrens]

About

Ran by: @starmeadowsystem, with aid from @rougewitchfox

Age Rec: 17+

Content Warnings: genocide, fascism, torture, blood, intense violence, dismemberment, fear-based imagery, mild/potential sexual content, major character death. This is not an exhaustive list, and more tags will be added as the story goes on.

Genre: dark fantasy, horror

Synopsis: You are a mysterious winged rabbit. You don't have access to your past, but you do know you're still alive for a purpose far bigger than yourself.

For years, the nation of Veldant has been killing rabbits and has already left a large body toll. They have made it clear that they won't stop until they're all dead. The task at paw is clear, is it not?

Maybe you can live a little, too.

So this is going to be like an interactive comic/cyoa with at least one image per decision because honestly I really want to tell this story in some way and I think this would be an interesting medium for it. The only problem with hosting this on Tumblr is that it may not be its permanent home. Who knows thus far tbh.

Archive under the read more click.

Prologue

Start

>Naturally rugged look, couldn’t groom themselves even if they wanted to. Friendly-looking face. Pale gray, a dusty blue speckle. Dark eyes. skinny, hungry frame. Long twitching ears. Old bite scar on the flank.

>?????

Chapter 1

>Fly up to see if you can spot anything in the distance. Find a nearby vantage point of some kind (a rock or small hill) and get a good look of the surroundings.

>head upstream along the river, where it should be narrower, in search for a crossing.

>Brace yourself and prepare for an attack.

>Take a moment to get your heartbeat back under control. "It's ok.. You're also alone, I can ask you the same question"

>Juniper and his warren seem to be the only chance we have for survival in this desolate land, we should follow him. "Sure, why not."

>Despite just meeting this guy, you trust him. Plus mysterious blue orbs won't hurt you... Right? Go in.

>It’s probably best to break this awkward silence. “Uhm.. hello there. Could someone please tell me what’s going on?”

>"...are you sure that was me? I don't remember living on an island. Then again, I don't remember much in general..."

>We start walking along with Juniper, waiting to be shown around. “Uhm.. I- why do we need to travel outside? Isn’t it dangerous up there?”

>"Den cause that seems cool"

>Let’s walk up to some friendly looking rabbits, hopefully we can make some friends, that would chime in useful.

>"I just want to talk, are you busy?" Friendliness engaged, also s h e

>"Yes.. What happened up there.. To all the rabbits?"

->

[june-egbert-official]

So I recently finished Owl House and I have some thoughts on how it handles the final boss better than Steven Universe.

Two things.

1. Spoilers for one or both series ahead. I'll tag it, dw.

2. This isn't putting them against each other. I fell out of SU due to unrelated trauma and Owl House is one of my favorite shows. This isn't dunking on SU.

So. The finale for SU everyone kind of hated, yeah? Because Steven basically talked to the Fascist Space Rocks that wanted to kill everyone. A lot of people were upset with it. To the point they made a follow-up series amounting to "Wow you've had a shit life dude that sucks".

Meanwhile, TOH has a finale where the Colonizer White Guy who wants to literally ascend to Godhood and kill all the Witches gets...fucking blasted. With a character we explicitly saying "I know we talked about friendship but this dude has to fucking die".

And that works better because sometimes in life it doesn't matter how much you like making friends...Fascism doesn't give a shit.

But that's why the two series are so different.

SU is about interpersonal conflict and growth. So many of the biggest moments are about Steven being true to himself, or accepting a truth he doesn't like or something. It's interpersonal. Which is IMPORTANT. It's GOOD to learn how to tell someone "I know things are kind of bad but we're still friends okay?" And "I am my own person and I love you, Mom/Dad, but I'm going to be ME."

But that fell apart when the enemy was a Fascist Space Rock. Because it was bigger than just interpersonal drama. But that's just a flaw with trying to tell a personal story with galactic stakes.

But TOH has the Collector pretty quickly handled by convincing them "You are hurting people even if you don't know it". But the major conflict was solved with destroying the evil. Because it accepts "Fascism can't be defeated with the power of love. You have to throw a fucking punch. Or a massive spell."

So when the Collector was stopped by telling him stories and showing him kindness, Belos was a fascist dick trying to murder people and thus "Hey making friends is about being kind" doesn't fucking work.

It fits the narrative and realistic expectations better. The idea being that someone like Emperor Belos/Phillip can't be talked down. You can't talk down a Fascist or a Nazi. You can't be their friend until they be nice.

And it's refreshing to see a show get that part right.

[dkettchen]

TIL that the Weimar republic had "transvestite certificates" to excempt trans folks from anti-crossdressing laws