#Probably more to come

[brainstirfry]

im making a thread of things that happened in the wolverine's canonical lifespan. Cause they had movie that was supposed to be his ORIGIN story, but it gave 5 minutes to one experience in his childhood and 45 cumulative seconds to like THREE major wars he was in. So just to highlight how rich this character COULD be with culture across actual CENTURIES here's some shit that Logan Howlett lived through since he was born in the year of our lord, 1832. (By the way, as of earlier this month, that makes him 192 years old cause I think some people just wanted him to have the same birthday as hugh jackman which is great and I support it but I also can't find any evidence that it's actually true.) the last note I will make is that 1832 is neither the date supported by the comics and I've heard that it's not even true for Origins, but it's the most commonly cited and I think it will all be okay. it will all be okay in time. Oh yeah, and spoilers for x men origins Wolverine.

- For historical background, 1801 in America saw the election of Thomas Jefferson, who was the THIRD ever president of the US, so just for context the revolutionary war was just under 30 years prior and the events of Hamilton the musical will shake out within 3 years.

- Anyways in Canada after the American revolution the British split the territory in half, upper and lower Canada and all the British loyalists in the North American colonies went up there. 20 years after the split was the war of 1812.

- Washington Irving was alive during what would be Logan's parents? Time? which I mention because I think Beast would quote him and it would send Logan into a flashback that's the only reason

FROM HERE OUT Logan was probably alive for these things:

- Charles Darwin visits the Galápagos Islands in 1835 but it's hard to say how that really fits in with there being 'evolved' mutants but it's an interesting thought.

- Telegraphs were being widely used by the 1840s. Cool

- there's the Great famine in Ireland late 1840s which kicks off a lot of immigration to the US, in time for the gold rush starting around 1848. Also during this period Edgar Allan Poe hits national fame

- Ok finally getting to the First fucking thing we even see in Origins after the initial opening scene. This is being shown WHILE credits are rolling: the civil war. (1861-65) (Idk if him and Victor are still living in Canada at this point or if they've emigrated to the US after being on the run(?) but it doesn't really matter since Canadians did fight in the war regardless, mostly on the union side, obviously. By this time, they're both certifiably adults. Also Abraham Lincoln is assassinated.

- the late 1870s had graham bell's telephone and Edison's lightbulb. And wax cylinders for music on phonographs. Battle of Little Bighorn in Montana in the summer of 1876

- 1886 I wrote "statue of liberty put up. damn."

- 1890's: Wounded Knee, Carnegie hall OPENS, Sherlock Holmes first appears in a newspaper. kinda thought that was interesting. 93 there's a depression in America that foreshadows the Great Depression, then oh this one is important,

- 1894 has the first motorcycle production in the US! wow.. later Logan will buy his favorite '48 panhead "new off the line"

[noorahqar]

Too depressed to function these past few days which means (obviously) I'm having @bonus-links Loft brainrot

[befuddled-calico-whump]

masterlist

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[silver-venus]

First Dance

Alex & Henry drabble

“Get Low is not our song!”

“What are you talking about? Of course it is! It’s the first song we danced to on the first night we kissed.”

“First of all, you drunkenly dragging me onto a dancefloor against my will does not constitute us dancing.”

Alex made a face, cutting his eyes over to a bemused Nora.

“And second,” Henry continued. “I will remind you once again this is partially a royal wedding. There will be no use of the word ‘balls.’”

June gave a snort at this, and Henry shot her an et tu look.

“Fine,” Alex said, dragging out the word in a pout. “What song do you want for our first dance?”

“I Can’t Help Falling in Love with You,” Henry said as though it were obvious, and yeah, it absolutely was.

“Oh,” Alex said, his mouth hinging open. “Yeah.” The night in the museum came flooding back to him. Three years. It felt like yesterday. Alex looked up to see Henry giving him his exasperated-fond look. A look that said, “How did you forget our song, you daft, beautiful thing?”

“Okay,” Nora said, crossing First Dance off the list Alex gave her. “That’s settled then. Now we have to decide on the cake.”

Alex and Henry groaned.

[spooky-space-kook]

Things I have questions about.

Does Bowie is gay. For real, is this character an active participant in the tension between him and Yonoi or is it one sided desire? Given how worried he was about reputation, would he have ever even said? Or would he have said because his character was trying to grow from that one great regret from childhood?

Why was there so much focus on the flower cigarette that went unsmoked and stashed in Hara's pocket. I feel like I missed something there. What does the flower symbolize? Did I miss it showing up again later? What's the symbolism, if any, behind Yonoi smoking immediately and Hana choosing to save it for later?

Yonoi's punishment for Hara. It was either very light or very harsh. Light because it was just isolation and no physical beating. But harsh because it separated Hara from his friend and maaaybe sent him to guaranteed death? (Maybe? I don't understand military scenarios.) I wonder if it was a punishment for getting too close to Lawrence OR to prevent him from protecting Lawrence in future?

When the Extremely British POW leader (whose name I can't remember) asked what school Lawrence went to, he walked away without response after hearing the answer. Was the school poor? Was he doing a classism? There's cultural context I'm not getting here.

AND SPEAKING OF CULTURAL CONTEXT I did NOT get the schoolboy days in Africa (England?) In Cellier's backstory. I just don't understand anything to do with the school or the hazing that was happening at all.

When Cellier first wakes up he looks into Hara's eyes and calls them beautiful. This is meant to say something about Cellier but I can't tell what. That he can see beauty in the Japanese people (and possibly implying the culture in saying that?) Is it to imply he's attracted to men? Or that he's maybe a romantic sort of man?

Circling back to the extremely British fellow, I' assuming he's meant to be the avatar of English/Ally views on Japanese culture at the time. He's an ignorant boob but he's well intentioned. He thinks he knows everything but he actually knows fuck all amd his attitude is part of why he knows fuck all. It feels like commentary and I wish I understood the context and culture of the time to better understand this character's message. Mostly because Cellier choosing to protect HIM of all people could carry a lot of meaning.

What is a Batman. Not the millionaire. The other guy. The fella who died for trying to kill Cellier. What was his deal.

The men at the beginning of the movie. I get that they're meant to play out the consequences for fraternization between a solider and POW, and that they set the stakes for our mains (all four of them.) But I still don't understand. Was there romantic feeling there or was that Dutch man actually assaulted as the accusations claimed. I genuinely can't tell. He seemed to have PTSD but I wonder if it's more as a consequence of being fucking gay bashed by the other POWs every goddamn night. (Before anyone who's definitely not reading calls me stupid, I'm pretty fucking sure it was consensual given the Dutch man bit his entire fucking tongue off when the Korean (???) soldier committed seppuku but there are a couple weird signals that again make me wonder if there's a thing I'm not getting here.)

[cinderduck]

Our party has a deck of "Bearot Cards" with owlbears instead of people. I fell in love and drew some out!

[hinamie]

post-graduation trip airport looks

[the-alexel-lucas]

I just realized I'm going to have to deal with the Georgine parallel's ghost at some point, oh well, it'll be good characterization for Curatreast.

[platoapproved]

louis + cruelty

[fairuzfan]

Please consider spending time to learn more about Afro-Palestinian experiences and living under occupation while Black and Palestinian, along with Afro-Palestinian resistance efforts throughout the years. Here are some valuable articles and resources:

Articles:

In the heart of the Old City, generations of Afro-Palestinians persevere in the face of occupation by Mousa Qous

Putting the pieces together: Fragments of oral history in exile by Samah Fadil

‘Afro-Palestinians’ forge a unique identity in Israel by Isma'il Kushkush

The Africans of Jerusalem by Mousa Qous

The History Of Afro-Palestinians, Past And Present by Fayida Jailler

African-Palestinian community’s deep roots in liberation struggle by Electronic Intifada

Remembering Fatima Bernawi: Historic Palestinian fighter and liberated prisoner (1939-2022) on Samidoun

Fatima Barnawi, founder of Palestinian Women's Police and veteran prisoner, dies at 83 by Middle East Eye

On Fatima Bernawi, Women's Struggle, and Black-Palestinian Solidarity by Elom Tettey-Tamaklo

Afro Palestine: the African Diaspora in Palestine (not an article but a quick video summary of Afro-Palestinian history)

Note: highly recommend checking out Mousa Qous, the founder of the African Community Society, for his writings above all!

African Community Society of Jerusalem:

Their website— organization centered around the Afro-Palestinian community in Jerusalem.

General info about the group

ACS's instagram to learn more about Afro-Palestinian history.

Here is a write-up about the African Community Society, their impact within Palestinian society, and Afro-Palestinian history in Jerusalem specifically. Highly recommend taking the time to read this if you can.

Please take the time to watch this Documentary by Stephen Graham about former Israeli prisoner Ali Jiddah where he takes the viewer on a tour throughout Jerusalem and describes the unique struggles the Afro-Palestinian community face. He is quite a friendly guy and very funny:

[tossawary]

This is petty fandom salt, BUT... I've been chewing on this phenomenon that I've been calling "Fandom's Darling". It is related to things like "Author's Darling" and "Mary Sue / Gary Stu" and "Protagonist Halo" and all that jazz, where one character gains a peculiar narrative weight in a story.

"Author's Darling" is when a writer has a favorite character, and the world and all other characters sort of get... warped to put the Darling in the spotlight. It's most noticeable in TV shows with multiple writers, when a character you personally like suddenly has their previous characterization destroyed to make another character look good somehow. Every other character might become weirdly incompetent. The Darling's feelings are treated as The Most Important Feelings in any given situation. The logic of the fictional world seems broken past suspension of disbelief in order to validate this one character's beliefs or skillset or some other fantasy. And so on.

"Fandom's Darling" is what I've been calling the pattern where a fandom essentially crowns a New Protagonist for their fanfiction stories (it's often a side character rather than the original protagonist, but it can also happen to protagonists). This character becomes the self-insert for all sorts of indulgent fantasies, gaining special powers or backstories, and/or becoming the focus of extreme whump, and/or hooking up with all the various hotties, starring in all sorts of tropey AUs, and so on. They're not always an obvious Mary Sue version of themselves, but the character's original personality and interpersonal relationships tend to get warped or dropped completely, and other characters tend to become a little flat around them. I call it "Fandom's Darling" because it's not just one self-indulgent fantasy fic (you do you! Have fun!) with characterization choices that I don't vibe with (I have neither the time nor the desire nor the authority to police anything, I am just venting), but rather a prolific mini-fandom of sorts revolving around this empty doll / fanon version of the chosen vessel character, so it becomes a little unavoidable.

I am salty about this (mildly frustrated) (imagine a soft sigh of disappointment before I just go do something else) because you are FUCKED if you actually liked the canonical version of this character and their interpersonal relationships. It's almost worse than liking an obscure character that no one cares about. There's about a thousand fics starring your fave, but maybe only about a dozen of them are actually rooted in any kind of recognisable canon.

[chloesimaginationthings]

The day FNAF Charlie Emily was shut out..

[abisalli]

"I have to be there when he needs me. He forgot to tell me. --Do heroes cry?" - Detective Comics #618 --- 90s Tim Drake Robin run you will always have a special place in my heart <3 <3

[egophiliac]

was this anyone else's first thought, or

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