#and im like. what are you doing here. In My Indigenous Notes.

[flaticeball]

anyways this is a reminder that if you are a fan of or if you post positively and uncritically about the chicago hockey team you are invited to unfollow me immediately and i hope the door hits you in the ass on the way out.

[ppnuggie]

　　　　　　XENOMORPH KING x gn reader

　　　　『　king ,, gender neutral reader 』

　　-> xeno king hcs | meeting him

　　— fluff ,, sfw ,, yautjas are in this universe ,, featuring my ocs panther (yautja talked abt later on in the hcs) & king (the xenomorph ,, briefly mentioned)

　　— here are the hcs :D this is kinda somewhat an introduction to meeting king and more hcs will come soon ,, introducing his brothers of sort ,, im making their refs slowly 😭😭🫡 so hopefully those will be up before i decide to actually turn these hcs into a story n stuff

| • it was an assignment from your higher ups ,, heading to a lesser known "shake and bake" colony located on a distant planet where the habitable zone was way out from the sun surprisingly

| • usually habitable zones for planets would be in the middle ,, but this one was farther out ,, though it also made it more dangerous to be on

| • the winters were hot and the summers were cold ,, temperatures would get quite extreme but for the most part humans could somewhat live on there

| • you were sent with a team of two other scientists ,, along with an android ,, to examine and study the planet more

| • it was on one of your more routinely walks and expeditions around the more countryside of the planet that you stumbled upon something that hadnt been picked up before by scanners or drones

| • abandoned and trashed ,, a lab that was quite dark and gruesome to look at stood in the middle of nowhere on the barren planet

| • you werent too sure of what happened there ,, though it was evident it wasnt anything good judging by all the dried up liquid stains ,, the broken glass and scratches all over the wall

| • some of the furniture and walls looked melted ,, like somewhat poured lava on it and left it there

| • alone on this expedition ,, you took your notes and marked the location on a map of the planet ,, making a mental note to come back soon

| • the more you looked around the more frightening and on edge you became ,, finding skeletal remains of creatures you werent too sure what they were

| • vials were stored away in a broken down freezer ,, or you assumed so based on their labels in an unknown language and strange color

| • there were vials with many strange colors ,, making you second guess if it even was blood inside them ,, vials storing blue and green and orange

| • none looked indigenous ,, as the most the planet had to offer were these strange rodents that burrowed in the ground most the time ,, almost like those naked molerats from your own home planet ,, except these ones werent as terrifying to look at

| • though the more on edge you became the more curious you got ,, wondering what happened here exactly

| • documents were spilt on the ground ,, scattered about and dirtied up ,, some ripped apart and some with strange prints on them

| • without much of a second thought you took them ,, hoping that maybe you could decode the foreign language and figure out what was happening in this place before it became abandoned

| • you gathered what you could of the place ,, taking a few of the vials and gathering photo evidence of the area

| • while doing so ,, you werent aware of the fact you were being watched ,, stalked and observed by an unknown creature in the vicinity

| • when you got back to the base and showed your findings your crewmates were interested ,, the android apart of your team quickly recognizing the language in the documents

| • it belonged to these creatures called 'yacht-ja' ,, or something of those sorts ,, but he wasnt able to provide much else about the documents other than that

| • you planned to go back to the lab the next week ,, wanting to gather as much information on the area as you could before you left the planet and headed back to the mothership

| • after all ,, you were here for only research and study ,, all your findings on the planet would be taken back aboard the mothership for examination and peer review from other scientists aboard

| • the goal was to gather as many samples as possible ,, document as much as you could ,, and return to your station to head to another planet and repeat the process

| • packing a large lunch in case you stayed longer than expected ,, or did too much running around and had little food ,, you headed off back towards the lab with storage for as much information and to store as many samples as possible

| • your camera was ready ,, taking as many pictures as you could whilst also grabbing more vials from the lab itself ,, storing them away in your vehicular device to take back

| • you didnt pay too much attention to the time ,, more focused and fascinated with the lab around you ,, documenting all the rooms and trying to map out exactly how big it was

| • though something about the place did feel uneasy ,, almost like you werent meant to be here at all in the first place

| • not focusing too much on the feeling you continued ,, going through all the documents and photographing the bright green stains on the wall from who knows what

| • there were a few times you thought you saw something in the corner of your eye ,, almost like a figure yet when you looked there was nothing there ,, like a ghost was playing tricks on you

| • the longer you stayed ,, the more uneasy and skeptical you became of the place ,, not feeling the once comforting and interest as last week

| • when you had finished you gathered your equipment to head back to the base ,, noticing how cold and dark it had gotten and hoping you'd be back in time before the base was put on a lockdown for the night ,, usually for safety precautions as not much was known about the nightlife on the planet

| • unbeknownst to you the scene you would come back to ,, a foreign ship not of any human making was perched ontop of some of the houses whilst the rest of the place was up in flames

| • those yautja creatures you'd been told about earlier had visited ,, wreaking havoc wherever they went as they quickly went through all the humans living there ,, killing them quickly

| • with the base nowhere in sight you didnt bother sticking around ,, heading away from the place and into the countryside once again

| • though it wouldnt help ,, being followed by one of the creatures as they latched onto your vehicle and slashed at the metal and tires ,, quickly putting an end to your escape a few miles away

| • dark skin clashed well with his bright purple stripes ,, large scar over his eye and covering his body in general ,, with a bright colored chest

| • he didnt stare for too long before trying to get at you ,, chittering something in his language as he slashed away at your windows

| • adrenaline filled you ,, now positioned in a fight or flight situation and your gut told you to flee at that moment ,, crawling over the passenger seat and exiting out the door as you made a run for it into a nearby forest

| • it wasnt too difficult for the yautja to keep up ,, right on your tail as he ran after you

| • though his chase would be cut short ,, a large creature coming from out of the bushes and tackling him

| • too worried you'll be next ,, you didnt bother to stop and look back ,, continuing to run even though your legs burned and your lungs were on fire from how much cold air you were breathing

| • somehow you ended up at that same lab ,, almost like it was tied to you now that youve discovered it

| • it felt like a scene from coraline ,, where she walks away from the house and towards where the old well would be except it all turns white

| • though there wasnt no white barren land here ,, just the same abandoned lab

| • you weren't complaining though ,, as you'd rather be somewhere sheltered than out in the open ,, making your way through the maze of rooms and hallways before settling in a far away one

| • you collapsed to the floor ,, panting heavily as you shivered ,, sweat gathered at your forehead from the running and sudden near death experience

| • your eyes felt heavy ,, drowsy and exhausted yet you stayed awake ,, keeping guard and not trusting yourself to sleep in this place ,, not when there was too much happening

| • without your knowing ,, you had fallen asleep and left defenseless in the room ,, the creature that had taken out the yautja had followed you there

| • it gazed at your sleeping form ,, noticing your unconscious shivering and making a decision in its mind

| • curling its tail around your body ,, warmth slowly started to surround your body ,, somewhat ceasing your shivering

| • it could only wait for you awaken ,, resting its head on the cold ,, harsh ground as it kept you company through the night

[aurorasilverthorne]

White Noise

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Disclaimer: I OWN NOTHING!!! Hazbin Hotel and all of its characters belong to Vivziepop and Amazon Prime.

Note: Tipsy is my OC. She belongs to me. If you use her in fanart or fanfiction, please remember to credit me as her creator. Thank you.

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The Radio Demon and The Cannibal Queen made for quite a pair as they strolled through the streets of Hell. Alastor twirled his radio staff whistling an upbeat tune while Rosie carried her parasol. Every now and then he’d make a joke or say something else to get her to smile. She’d laugh at his quips and swat him gently on the forearm or shoulder. “Oh, my stars! Alastor, you are so bad!”

Nobody bothered them. Crowds parted like the Red Sea upon their approach. Alastor Dubois ignored them. He only had eyes for Rosie Hunt and she for him. Their afternoon walk took them from Cannibal Town to the Jazz Quarter then onward to the Hazbin Hotel. They reached the doors and he held one open for her with a polite bow.

“Such a gentleman,” Rosie smirked, resting a hand on her heart as she playfully bumped his hip with hers before stepping into the lobby.

Alastor tensed when he noticed her freeze in the entryway. He couldn’t see it, but he knew by her rigid posture the smile had fallen from her face. “Rosie?” He closed the distance between them shutting the door behind him. “Darling, what’s—” The question died on his lips at the scene unfolding in front of them.

Three overlords stood in their foyer along with the hotel’s staff and residents. Velvette was screaming obscenities into her phone while Charlie and Vaggie ran about grabbing clean towels, hot water, soap, ice packets, and a first aid kit. Angeldust and Husk ran in, one carrying a steaming bowl of broth, the other a glass of water. Lucifer himself was bent over pouring what they could only assume was healing magic into some poor unfortunate soul cradled in Carmilla Carmine’s arms. Zestial lingered nearby standing vigil with a solemn, pensive expression on his long, narrow face.

It was only when the king shifted that Alastor saw what Rosie had already seen. Their adopted daughter, Tipsy, covered in bruises. Blood poured from her nose, ears, and the multiple stab wounds along her chest and torso.

Rosie dropped her parasol and her skull handled cane. “My baby!” She ran toward the unconscious impala-caracal demon slipping more than once but never falling on the smooth polished tiles that comprised the hotel’s floor. She barely stopped in time to avoid slamming into Velvette who was still screeching at whoever was on the other end of the line.

Rosie sank to her knees beside Carmilla, fearing she’d accidentally harm Tipsy if she reached for her. Alastor remained by the doors, his eyes darkening from red to black as the irises shifted from circles into radio dials. The lights began to flicker, alerting everyone to his presence. They stopped what they were doing and turned in his direction.

Alastor’s already unnerving smile widened, his dagger shaped teeth elongated, and the antlers atop his head grew several sizes larger as his body twisted itself to resemble something akin to the wendigo of indigenous folklore. Static crackled, his voice a menacing growl when he spoke. “What happened?”

“Fucking Valentino happened,” Velvette spat unafraid despite being well-acquainted with the Radio Demon’s brutal reputation. “Cuntsucker told me we were going out to lunch. The next thing I know, he’s trying to drag your foster bitch into our limo. Threw me out of the car when I tried to wrestle the knife from ‘im.”

“My daughters and I were attending to business when the onslaught occurred,” Carmilla added. “We happened to be passing by. I sent Odette and Clara home and brought Tipsy here as quickly as possible.”

Alastor’s gaze shifted to Zestial who offered nothing more than a nod of confirmation.

“Where is Valentino now?” Alastor demanded.

Velvette scowled. “Fuck if I know. Probably at Vox’s office blowing him under the desk.”

Glass shattered, wood splintered, and steel groaned as Alastor tore through the hotel doors and out onto the sidewalk. Angeldust watched with the others as Alastor made a beeline for the Vees’ tower. “Uh…should we do somethin’ about this?”

“Mayhaps Alastor is not the only one that thou ought concern thyself with,” Zestial said. “Hath thee not noticed someone else’s departure?”

Charlie paused. “Guys…where’s Rosie?”

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“You stupid mother fucker! What were you thinking?” Vox yelled. “Are you trying to start a turf war?”

Valentino lounged on a nearby black leather sofa cigarillo in hand. “Calm down, Voxy. I lost my temper, that’s all. Angeldust pissed me off last night. I needed to take out my frustration on someone.”

“So you choose the radio prick’s stray?”

Val shrugged. “It was convenient.”

“And you left Velvette there?”

“She tried to take my knife.” Val crossed his arms and pouted. “You know I don’t like people touching my things.”

Vox opened his mouth then shut it again. There was no point. He’d just be wasting his breath. He dropped down into his chair and massaged his temples. “Rosie’s going to lose her shit when she sees what you did to her little pet.”

Valentino scoffed. “Oh, por favor. That putana can’t do anything to us. She’s too busy sucking off The Radio Dick.”

Vox pinched the bridge of his nose trying to stave off the developing migraine. “She’s an overlord and the Queen of Cannibal Town for a reason, Val.”

“Yeah? Well, I wish that skank whore was here right now,” Val sneered. “I’d tell her to kiss my—”

Their conversation was cut off by the sound of screams coming from down the hall.

“Shit,” Vox muttered, opening the top drawer of his desk to grab his gun. “Why can’t you ever just shut the hell up?”

Valentino jumped up from the sofa when the doors to Vox’s office were ripped off their hinges. Vox and Val stared in horror as Rosie emerged through the doorway. Their eyes widened at the sight of her true form covered in blood and viscera. Her skin was pulled so tight it appeared paper-thin against her bones. Much like Alastor, her smile had widened revealing more of her needle sharp teeth, and her nails had lengthened into tapering claws. Her dress was torn in multiple places and her hat had been lost somewhere along the way during the slaughter of their employees revealing doe ears and a twitching tail.

Her onyx black eyes zeroed in on Valentino. She bared her teeth in a ferocious snarl. The pimp’s earlier bravado melted away along with all the blood and color in his face. His antennae flopped back against his head. “Mierda.”

Vox raised his gun. “Back off man eater.”

Rosie ignored him and charged at Val. Vox moved to pull the trigger, but a black tentacle came out of nowhere knocking the pistol from his hand just as he fired a shot. The bullet missed Rosie striking the wall behind her instead.

Vox twisted around to see Alastor step out of the shadows. The deer demon joined his mate both snarling and snapping their teeth. “Fuck this. I’m outta here!” He ran toward the floor-to-ceiling windows and leapt through the glass. The fall would kill him, but Vox didn’t care. He’d regenerate. It beat being torn apart or eaten alive.

Val took one look at the approaching cannibals and followed Vox’s lead. “Wait for me!”

Alastor and Rosie returned to the hotel hours later. They’d made sure to wreck everything in the Vees’ tower, sparing only what belonged to Velvette because she’d had the decency to protest against their daughter’s attacker. Vel was seated at the bar having a margarita when they walked in. Carmilla and Zestial were gone and Lucifer had retired for the evening.

“How bad is it?” she asked nonchalantly.

“The place should be condemned,” Alastor answered.

“Where’s my daughter?” Rosie demanded. “I want to see her.”

“Upstairs,” Husk declared. “They managed to stop the bleeding. Patched her up pretty good. Don’t know if she’s awake yet.”

Angel slid off his stool. “I’ll take you to her.”

Husk turned back to Velvette. “You stayin’ here now too?”

“I have to. It’ll take months to fix everything Bambi and Faline broke at the tower.”

“What about Val and Vox?”

“Knowing those shitheads? They’re probably hiding out.”

“If they’re smart, they’ll lay low for a while.”

“They’re not that intelligent,” Velvette muttered, sipping her drink.

Alastor kept pace with Rosie as they ascended the stairs and trekked their way up to Charlie and Vaggie’s private suite. It was the second best set of rooms in the hotel, and the princess had insisted on letting Tipsy stay there until she recovered. Vaggie opened the door for them, and Charlie suggested they go join the others for a drink downstairs so Rosie and Alastor could have time alone with their child—if one could call the 19 year old that.

Rosie sat on the side of the bed and took Tipsy’s hand.

Alastor lowered himself down into the seat beside the bed. “She’s going to be alright, my darling. Our little kitten is far too strong to be felled by the likes of Vox or his skeezy boy toy.”

Unshed tears blurred Rosie’s vision. She blinked them away and bit her lip to keep it from quivering. “They hurt our girl.” Her eyes narrowed and her voice became cold. “I want them dead, Alastor. You hear me? Bent and broken in every way possible before they die.”

Alastor hummed softly tapping his claws against the wooden arm of his chair. “Oh my sweet Rosie…all of Hell will hear their dying screams. I promise you that.”

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[all-things-are-nothing-to-me]

Earth First summer gathering policies I have issues with.

No suprise here. Pay attention to "You know if you're white." That'll be important later. We all know how I feel about hair already but let's get a little into it anyways. Some people do not represent all poc, let those virtue signalers feel unwated, they are. I don't wanna keep arguing about hair, there's actual threats to fight. Lets move onto the sage. Sage is part of my ancestral heritage, I'm against burning it entirely for the most part. It's extremely commodified and over harvested. Unless you're growing it yourself or stealing it you're also part of the problem and are straight up disrespecting your ancestors. Plus it's almost always not the time or place for it.

I don't smoke. Never have, never will. In fact the first point they make in this is a factor on why I'm straight edge. But I don't think they should of mentioned the health issues and then mention cultural appropriation. Tobacco is bad for all of us. Indigenous people included. I often mention both the colonization process and health issues when writing on this but I advocate for no one to smoke. It kinda comes off noble savagy towards the end there.

Here we go again. So remember the "you know if you're white" thing from the hair section? In this one it says "as always, it's really important not to assume anyone's identity. For example, just because somone has light skin doesn't mean they're white" which to me it's pretty much making it impossible for them to call anyone out for "white locks" without inherently assuming someones identity. You kinda shot yourself in the foot by licking idpol boots. You're right tho, cultural appropriation is harmful. It tells people cultures shouldn't mix, that some things belong to some races, this is black, this is white, it reenforces white supremacy and it's ideas. Look I get it, im a poc, you don't have a lot of say in the world but claiming ownership over mundane things won't give you power. At least not real power. Woke nationalism ain't the way to combat white supremacy. On that note.

It doesn't explain what they consider eco-fascism. That's pretty much my only issue with that. It's too vague.

"White people" 🙄. I hope they're willing to fight it when it manifests in poc.

Power dynamics. The end bit about cultural appropriation again, it makes it come off as "white people shut up". Also literally doesn't address actual power dynamics. Like give a real example dumbass.

[cutebutalsostabby]

Voice Referendum P2

Some very weird anon just sent me a very weird anonymous essay about my post on the Voice referendum (link). I'm not going to give the essay itself any airtime, but I am happy to share some extra info for education purposes.

Terminology

The term "settler" refers to anyone non-Indigenous, regardless of ethnic background. Sometimes it is useful to be more specific, e.g. white, Asian, African and so on, but the Voice was a proposal created for the sake of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people (aka Indigenous, First Nations or Blak), therefore settler is a useful term to describe the non-Indigenous population - who were, unfortunately, invited to have an opinion on this matter.

The above is not to say that whiteness is totally irrelevant here: while I couldn't find any data on how different racial demographics voted, the survey conducted by Octopus Group and Accent Research (link) shows a telling correlation between those that voted No in the referendum and those that believed (falsely) that white people face more discrimination than Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

I also note ABC's analysis (link) that those living in inner city locations were more likely to vote yes than those in rural areas. There are a few ways you could interpret that; one of them is that inner city areas tend to be more multicultural.

Do White People Experience More Discrimination than Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People?

No.

Given the above graph, it's not hard to interpret how the anon that messaged me about "shitting on white people" voted, but it's really not hard to fact check this claim: even beyond the catastrophic breaches of human rights during the original invasion of so-called Australia - from murder to disease to destruction of land and property to forced evacuation to the death of several Indigenous languages - the effects of genocide continue today. Indigenous people are about 15 times more likely to be in prison and have a roughly 10-year lower life-expectancy than non-Indigenous people (source). Even before the Voice "debate" arrived, The Guardian reported that discrimination against Indigenous Australians had risen rapidly in 2021 (link). It only really takes a few minutes of independent research for any claims that the Voice would provide "special privilege" to fall apart.

I'm Queer and Have Racial Opinions, Hear Me Roar

Queer settlers are still settlers. Queer white people are still white. Specifically in regards to this part of the message I received:

im a queer woman in a relationship that is not heteronormative and i agree with almost everything the left wing says. i just think

I don't think this lovely lady did think so I'mma cut her off right there. Thanks for your very exciting opinion :) please dispose of it responsibly.

...So Now What?

Well, the vote has already happened, and unfortunately it was a No. Honestly, I'm a bit confused about receiving this ask now? Ah well.

As I said in my last post, I don't think settlers should have been voting on this in the first place, but since we were, I believe it was our duty to vote Yes. All past opinion polls showed that as the majority Indigenous opinion. I do respect that some Indigenous people voted No themselves, whether due to Jacinta Price's perspective on the "Voice of Division" or Lidia Thorpe's as representative for the Blak Sovereign Movement. Indigenous people are not a monolith, nor should they be expected to behave that way. In the case of settlers voting No however: I don't believe there is a good excuse for this. I think it was a racist result. I'm not overly surprised, but I am disappointed. Even so, the Voice was never going to be the end of it.

A few years ago, I made a commitment that at least 1% of my income would go towards paying the rent to Indigenous people (further info here). I've kept this commitment and would encourage others with an income to do the same. I've also written to my local MP to remind him of the unactioned recommendations from the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody as well as the Bringing them Home Report.

I'd really encourage all settlers, in Australia or elsewhere, to find some way to get involved. Let's make use of our privilege and make the world a better and more equal place for all.

Thanks for reading.

[makwandis]

could you explain why you think gil is old prussia please? and maybe how that translates into his personality and stuff not really being entirely culturally germanic? I so deeply want to settle on something but havent arrived at a conclusion. Im curious about your take :) Thank you!!!!

yes totally! so i have...many many reasons

the first reason that really made me go with this idea is that i do not like the idea of giving like. "nation status" or legitimacy to uhhh insanely violent colonizing religious orders that happen to violently acquire land. like... it just doesn't make sense and i think is quite sinister? the teutonic order wasn't a culture, it wasn't an ethnicity, it wasn't a country. it was a military order that managed to dispossess people from their land and only existed on that land for a fairly brief period of time. it was an incredibly diverse order actually, in that their forces were varied and came from across europe. i also think- okay, we give one extremist militant religious group who dispossesses people from their land a nation, what then? do the groups that are similar to that that exist in recent times then get one too? i find that pretty fucky not gonna lie. it just doesnt add up, and if it does add up it means a lot of fucked up things haha. i just ask that people apply that logic to other violent religious groups....

i should note here i do nooooot give a fuck what himaruya says or anything about canon at all. who cares! not me haha

now a lot of people usually go with the idea of gil is born as the teutonic order and he kills old prussia and the teutonic order takes over. like. sure. however it's not historically accurate. the old prussians, while they suffered a genocide, were not all killed off by the teutonic order. they in fact made up a bulk of the teutonic's military force after the prussian rebellions in the late 1200s. this is a very complex aspect of the order and it's relations with prussians and other baltic groups who also fought with the order. this, and the fact that the old prussians themselves lived on. the language did not officially die out until the 1700s due to a series of plagues that ravaged east prussia, and while a lot of people did flee the territory many remained and were just exploited peasantry- while the prussian nobles converted and took up positions within the order. there were speared "barbarian" units of old prussians within the order! this and the order itself due to such a heavy baltic influence in fact was criticized and almost condemned a few times there due to pagan influence rising in their ranks (there were reports that the order began soothsaying, doing animal sacrifices before battle and even cremating their dead- all sins in the eyes of the christians). so, the teutonic order didnt just kill all the old prussians in one day. it was a lengthy assimilation process that was more or less complete loooong after the teutonic order no longer existed in prussia. and even despite the death of the old prussian language, old prussian culture heavily influenced the culture of east prussia- the dialect itself continued to have many words from old prussian.

i'm indigenous, so for me i think this whole killing off of whole nations thing in the process of colonialism to be a pretty problematic way of addressing colonialism in this universe.... my tribe has a similar story to the old prussians, many of our nobility ended up joining with colonial powers while the peasants remained peasants labouring under colonial powers. if someone were to depict this as spain or another spaniard having murdered off my tribe and then becoming mexico or something, i think that would be insaaaanely fucked. it was 500 years give or take a few of german occupation and settlement in prussia before the language officially died out- and its been over 500 years since 1492 and indigenous people are very very much still around. tribes exist without even having their language anymore, or just barely. one thing, i think old prussian culture lived on still and maybe even to this day- just quietly. under colonial occupation, colonized people usually keep their culture very very quiet haha. i'd add another few generations on to the point where the culture is officially said to have died out, but that's just me lol. so, i just don't think its an accurate nor necessary way of depicting that history and totally glosses over the complexities of the region and gives credence to unsavoury ideas regarding the relationship between colonizing powers and colonized people, i think

SO what about gil!

well in the way i see it. he would have had to adapt to german culture. this wouldn't have even happened really during the time of the teutonic order, considering how many old prussians were in their ranks towards the end there especially. i think it definitely would have been a horrific, traumatic process for him, but over time i imagine the order would have relaxed a little with him- if they were practicing pagan practices, why would they be punishing him for it in the end there? i think the way hes treated varies from grandmaster to grandmaster lol. some were willing to work with pagans, others were completely against it. depends greatly. so, i think his prussian culture would be a very large influence on him. i dont think he'd have had reason to leave east prussia/original prussian territories for a long time either. in my universe, i have him as being pretty fucking old (around 2000), and he's an adult actually by the time of the teutonic order (i don't age him down because like, why would he be little? the heyday of the prussians began long before the order arrived in their territory.). so he remembers a lot, and continues to spend a lot of time in his original territory. i think he ends up going down to berlin to join the hohenzollerns in the mid to late 17th century, when brandenburg prussia begins the process of becoming a kingdom and actually like doing stuff lol. so then by 1701, he's in berlin, but he's very east prussian. he's very baltic i think! so it's really only.... 300, 350 years that he has been in berlin? as opposed to a 500 year period of teutonic existence and then if he has lived before (as i think he has), however long he has been alive before then. so, i think he'd remember a lot and his original culture would have a big presence in his life and the way he is

thus, while i think he can adapt to germans and the way they are, balts to my understanding are certainly not germans. east prussians were a mix of those cultures. i am not european, so i could be totally wrong about that, but i think for the sake of an immortal non human dude i can also kinda do what i want a little haha. he adapts to germans but is he ever really a german? does he consider himself that? maybe publicly, so people don't bug him about things (like my point about colonized people keep their true cultures pretty quiet), but i think its really a matter of:

you can take the man out of the baltics but you can't take the baltics out of the man.

hope that explained, i'm open to any questions haha i have MANY THOUGHTS!!! i love researching pre christian baltic culture, its super interesting, and i HIGHLY reccomend the book the northern crusades by eric christiansen, i learnt a lot from it.

also want to say, if you go with the teutonic order is gil's origin story thing, there's no shame. this is just a silly fandom. you don't have to go in depth as exploring it as me, i am just insane. this is how it's fun for me, do what is fun for you. but i think we should also remember, these are real stories, and the way we depict things can reflect our current world a lot. sensitivity is still useful i think. but. its just a dumb fuckin anime we are all taking ideas from and changing as they want. have fun kids lol

[maverickflare]

heres. hm. like the way i want to write kaldena doesnt rlly matter bc its highly unlikely im going to get past the outlining stage and even less likely ill actually post any of my writing, moreso id just be doing out of context drawings of shit i outlined inmy notes so like. this thought process essentially means nothing BUT

in trying to approach kaldena as though she was more of a Character and not just a cartoon supervillain i worry im defanging the anger she is more than entitled to. im just kind of fucking sick of the "sole survivor of an indigenous group who tries to blow up the whole world about it" like its not unique or fun and id like to treat her like a person w feelings on the matter beyond the framework theyve presented here. and maybe its the only way to get out of that, just taking that motive out entirely ykwim. like say she doesnt want to destroy the world. what do you have when you cut that out of her characterization and is that worth actually exploring (i think it is).

[magnoliamyrrh]

people act like it makes you a monster whenever you say "hey maybe.... maybe that thing that happened, the government played a part in it, or let it happen, or allowed it to happen, or they caused it to happen" like ppl take this as if youre either saying its not as tragic or like you're a crazy conspiracy theorist

but im bloody sorry. these people often say "the us government would NEVER do something like that they would NEVER sacrifice their own citizens like that"

........ really......? man, my dude, really? you really have that much faith?

because. i. dont. what i see is that i have zero reason to trust the cia, fbi, military, president, or whichever branch of the government.

these are entities which have *ehm let me pull out my notes here* done illegal brainwashing and mind control experimentations on the population, kidnapping homeless people and the mentally ill ans LITTLE CHILDREN and gave them high doses of lsd and other drugs and put them through hell. those were american citizens. this is the government that out japanese american citizens in camps. this is the government that did the whole genocide of indigenous people ordeal still going on in other forms to this day. this is the government which is doing eugenics and genocide via povery on disabled people. this is the government which is keeping immigrants in camps. this is the government which has REPEATEDLY LIED about wars and things happening to the public,,, REPEATEDLY to wage wars in foreign countries which we now all agree wasnt done because of some terrorism blah blah, but because of money and regional power. this is the country that the nazis came to eugenics conferences for, this is the country that the nazis learned from. this is the government that has REPEATEDLY killed and made go missing revolutionaries who were american citizens oh, and bombed black neighborhoods

........

.....

and youre telling me... you really telling me... IM the crazy one here for thinking there is at least a 50% chance the government would sacrifice their own citizens for propaganda and to wage wars....?

[whatthe4355]

Alright, fuck it

Here's my Scooby Doo media conservation rant

Ready?

:readmore:

Alright, so where to start. I guess let's start with the beginning, with shows first

Scooby-Doo Where Are You! (SDWAY)

There's technically 2 seasons. Some people call it three. I denote the season by the change in intro and tone.

Anyway. If you want to watch the Classic SDWAY you can't. Not exactly. You may be able to find parts streaming but not the entirety. If you're lucky you'll find the "Best Hits" of season one (what a knight for a fright, hastle at the castle etc) but you won't find certain ones that are, in a word, obviously insensitive. It wasn't as bad in the "first season" so there's only a couple missing episodes (you can find them on DVD, most of the issues w/ first season are native american insensitivity). The second season is the one people forget about, and OOF does it age like milk. This season is where you get the chase songs with actual lyrics(the infamous "I married an ostrich" comes to mind) The rather offensive episode in a Chinatown section of a city is in this run. Usually , you only get Jeepers! It's the creeper! From this run if you get any at all.

Summery: it is morally ethical to pirate this one bc of lost albeit offensive content.

The New Scooby Doo Movies (TNSDM)

You might be wondering in the heck this is. Well, this one is the second series of Scooby Doo, and honestly probably aged the best out of the 70s Scooby Doo. Youve got real comedians, the globe trotters, Batman and Robin and even the Addams Family! It's a lot of good self contained fun for 45 minutes. Unfortunately, you HAVE to pirate it. I'm not sure if there even is a DVD release of these (I have the Batman and Robin one on VHS).

Summary: there's no legal way to watch this. Do yourself a favor and pirate this one. It holds up the best out of the original three Scooby Doo shows.

The Scooby Doo Show (TSDS)

This third show ages a tiny bit better than SDWAY, but still has some era consistent casual racism and bad taste indigenous portrayal. It's better than the first show, and to the point companies aren't afraid to stream it. It's a little uncanny at first watch as it feels nigh identical to SDWAY, but shifted about 5 degrees to the left. Overall a step down from TNSDM, but solid. I will note, this show title technically covers an era of Scooby Doo, but for simplicity and sanity Im just referring to it as The Scooby Doo Show.

Summary: Pirate if you want to. it's good fun and would suggest watching instead of SDWAY if you really want old Scooby Doo legally.

Scooby-Doo and Scrappy Doo (the series)

I'm not sure what to say here honestly. I haven't delved too deep into this one. Scrappy-Doo's annoying factor varies wildly from episode to episode and can range in role from either Fred or Velma for the episode. Weird fuckin stuff.

Summary: pirate if you want, I'm not your mom. You can't really watch legally last i checked

Scooby-Doo and Scrappy Doo (the shorts)

Oh gd there's more of him? Okay. So I don't know if these are actually preserved or not but they sure as hell arent gonna be streaming. Short form, widely disliked, failing era is a recipe for media loss.

Summary: Cryptid. If you can find it, archive and save it. You might end up with the last copy of this show or something.

The New Scooby Doo Mysteries

How is there three series with Scrappy Doo in a staring role and not Scooby Dum? Ask Hanna Barbera, because I sure as hell don't know. Is this one preserved? Again, I don't know.

Summary: much like the other two Scrappy Doo Shows, I don't know if this is preserved. Probably?

The Thirteen Ghosts of Scooby-Doo

Fully saved and on a free platform to boot. You can stream on Tubi as of writing. Piracy also works too.

A Pup Named Scooby Doo

Okay we are out of the dark age of Scooby Doo. This show is available on itunes, but only the first two seasons. The rest you're going to have to pirate.

Summary: just pirate it. Its wholesome and fun.

What's new Scooby Doo?

This is a great one, and unfortunately in rights limbo between Netflix and HBO max. It's basically all you want from the original Scooby Doo minus the casual and rampant stereotyping. This is the show that really made em want to make this rant. It's the show that revived Scooby Doo on tv, and got reruns of the old stuff onto boomerang.

PIRATE

Shaggy & Scooby-Doo Get a Clue!

For all intents and purposes, it's a spinoff of the main series. 2 seasons, both available on HBO max*mimes vomiting* and only one on DVD. About the half baked approach you'd expect from Hanna Barbera for home release.

Honestly, either piracy or streaming works. It's just not a great show imo.

Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated

There's so much good to be said about this show that I'd need another post to cover it. To give just a brief glimpse of it's splendor: at the time it ran, there was a flash game updated weekly where you played out that week's episode in game. Like, just a masterful take on Scooby Doo.

Summary: it's on Netflix. Go watch it. If you can't afford that, pirate. Any way you can watch it, DO IT.

Be cool Scooby Doo!

A show that probably deserves more love than hate, harkens back to the era of "whatever goes" tv, in a good way. Animation is pretty not good, writing is decent.

It's on boomerang, but what else is on there?? Pirate if you're bored.

Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?

A poor man's revival of the new Scooby Doo movies. It forgets a lot of what made that show work in general, and focuses on the celebrities heavily.

Also on boomerang. Pirate if you really want, id recommend just rewatching the new Scooby Doo movies.

Velma. No. Just. No.

The creator is a right wing transphobe and you should not even give her the satisfaction of a hate watch.

If you watch this one I'm not your friend.

Movies will be a separate post tomorrow, this took a while.

[show-us-kaidenshenandoah]

ill eventually make a proper, pretty intro-post

but hello, hi, i am Kaiden-Shenandoah Knapp

also, yes, Kaiden-Shenandoah is my first name. the hyphen is optional, but you still have to type/say the whole thing. no, you may not call me "Kaiden". yes, i am aware it is a mouthful lol

(probably gonna change my surname is "Knapped" in a few years. i wanna distance myself from some shitty family while making the Indigeneity in my surname more apparent. dont be surprised when that happens. im just putting it off bc i got a lot on my plate rn lol)

(also if you knew me as "Kayleen", hi, hello, i no longer go by that childhood nickname. it is retired, wave goodbye, better to have loved and lost and all that)

this is my messily mindless "welcome to my head" blog, we do things very casually here. im making it my new Main (as of 24 March 2024). my professional/art blog is @kaidenshenandoahknapp

but the real point of this post is: i am not a bot lol

and also, stuff is on a queue (until i do a mass-reblog binge but, typically, i am on queue)

everything in my queue is now 2 post per 24 hours (as of: 20 April 2024)

ive been on tumblr before, but since this is a new Main, im just going through my favorite content-creation blogs i know and mass-queueing loads of the op's projects. (if you are one of those said blogs and find this nth new notes a day from me annoying, please let me know; and i will just spam them all to Post Now so i can get out of your hair asap) i'm also just not good at regularly keeping up with creators' new stuff week-by-week, so instead i generally mass-queue because i assume mass-reblogging is a bit more overwhelming, idk, maybe im just overthinking lol

tags guide: (mostly for me, ngl lol i need reminders of what i tag what when i do my mass-queues)

#me - me posting something

#relatable - "omg that is so me" at someone else's post

#aesthetic - me just really liking the vibes, which sometimes just also happens to be pretty to look at lmao

#canines wolves and werewolves i love - i know what i am about. ill probably have more "niche My Special Interest tags" as i find posts that fit them

#nutty nutcrackers / #the nutcracker - another Special Interest tag. pretty self-explanatory, i like The Nutcracker a lot lmao

#betty boop - you would think this belongs with fandom tags, but no. part of why i am obsessed with her (and have been since i was, like, 14) is because she was the popularization of the very next tag's trend

#infantalization in animation - it's when you apply baby facial proportions to an adult bodied character, it's most often done in female characters. i'll be using this tag outside of animated stuff btw. but yeah, anything that examines that visual design choice i am all 👀 over lmao

#other people's art - any individual person, not counting final version of studio work (like ill tag "Lilo and Stitch"'s exploratory concept art with this, sure, but i wont tag stills of the "Lilo and Stitch" film)

↳ #animal art

↳ #background art

↳ #oc art - is all "my original character in a canon piece" kind of ocs, not the "my original character in my original story" type

↳ there are also specifically listed artists here and there if they have influenced me/my style in the past or recently (such as but not limited to: #rvsa). almost all of them are indies with social media (aka: no Van Gogh, no Hayao Miyazaki. if they have their own fandom, i tag said fandom and not the specific artist, usually. it depends. there are some gray areas)

#brushes - the (digital) brushes people i like use

#art tips

#writing tips - is about actually doing the practice

#on writing - is the philsophy about the practice

#[insert fandom here]

#[insert fandom here] analysis

(here are the tags i chose for some fandoms that had multiple possible tags. this is not all of my fandom tags)

● #studio ghibli, #[insert studio ghibli title here] (i tag both the movie itself and studio. because sometimes i want something from the original movie, so i go into those tags; and i also go to the studio to look at overarching things since the studio has such a strong overall aesthetic/visual brand)

● #[insert disney title] (here, i do tag the specific movies and i dont just use the studio. because im usually looking for specific things this one disney movie has)

● #moomin (as opposed to "moominvalley", "tales of moominvalley", or the like)

● #my hero academia (so many different options for one work)

● #trigun (so many different branching creations from one source lmao im just gonna lump them together)

● #into the spiderverse (i dont use "across the spiderverse" for simplicity's sake, and i don't use the hyphen/space between "spider(-)verse" also for simplicity. its easier for me to be consistent if i just go "nah, its all one word")

● #marvel comics (i do not tag the mcu specifically)

● #dc comics, #batman (i tag both. but i dont tag any other dc comics property. i just know im esp obsessed with the batfam enough that, sure, they should get their own tag)

[chaoticskyy]

The one you mentioned in the notes of your fic? I guess that's about you? Im kinda interested in the other one now too

OH! Okie yeah your right it's about me.

SO. You're gonna need some context about who I am, where I come from, and what that means.

I'm an afro-indigenous person from Guatemala dad's side is the mixed black side, and mom's side is the primarily indigenous side. The region we're from is best described as Texas but worse. I carry a machete in my truck just in case, and every male elder I know wears a cowboy hat.

The mestizaje of the region is pretty through, most people are mixed indigenous with white, and of course, it's Guatemala. Half of us are "wholly" indigenous. I stick out like a sore thumb, not because I'm dark skinned. Black Guatemalans exist but mainly farther north, in Izabal and port regions. I'm fairly light skinned, but I have really curly hair, I'm tall for the region and not to being vain, but I'm really pretty.

Once I hit puberty, I haven't really been allowed to wander around on my own for safety reasons. You see, we live in a region where the organized crime that reigns isn't gangs, it's narcotics trafficking cartels. They usually leave you alone, unless you approach them for whatever reason. Like you want money and are willing to launder for them and things like that.

Narcos have this nasty habit of picking out women they deem attractive and sponsoring them, essentially being their sugar daddies but like Worse. Usually, the sugar baby can get put of the relationship scot-free, but in this case, women are known to be killed.

The fear has always been I catch the eye of one of them, and I have to flee the country for a long while. Or until they relocate. It's a fairly warranted fear, I've been approached by Narcos for dances, drinks, etc. I have been followed even while I've been in a large family group by these men who all clearly have pistols and bodyguards and are driving bulletproof SUVs. I've been saved every time by my family stepping in before I knew something was wrong.

Now that you know all of this info, let's get to the night I nearly got kidnapped! To be extremely clear, I have no idea what their specific intentions were other than that they wanted to take us away from the place we were at.

My mom's Gabapentin prescription had run out during our last trip to Guatemala, so my mom, my aunt, and I decided to head into town from my grandma's village to buy the medicine. My sister and younger cousin begged us to go, but I put my foot down and told them to fuck off because every time they left the house they made us spend more money than planned and the medication was going to be expensive.

Gotta say thank God I was an asshole to them that day.

My mom has some serious brain fog when we got to the 24HR pharmacy, she had tried to hold out and suck up the pain but I backfired on her and she wasn't able to hold out as long as she wanted which meant it was 9pm by the time we had headed into town. So she shoves the money into my hands and tell us to go get it.

We walk up to the pharmacy and wait in line outside. The pharmacy itself had been closed leaving only a tiny window for money and drugs to be exchanged. There's only two people in front of us, and then two men get behind us.

Blue shirt has a pistol on each side and a wicked looking knife on his right. Yellow shirt keeps looking me up and down. He only had one pistol.

It's no biggie. My own mom has a revolver in the car herself. Guns are the norm around here. If you don't have one, you at least have a machete. I hadn't noticed then, but they had purposely placed their truck at an angle, preventing anyone from passing the tiny road.

Then they start talking. Mind you, there are no alarm bells in my mind right now. I'm actually incapable of feeling anxiety while on my medication, not to mention my risk assessment skills are lacking due to the Autism. Yellow shirt does most of the talking, trying to sus out who we are and what we're doing. I don't realize things are wrong until my aunt is shaking with the wallet in her hands when I hand her the money to pay.

To me, the entire conversation was reading unwanted male attention, but still being like the sort of pushy politeness common in Latin cultures. This plus the fact that men especially get whatever they want can make even everyday interactions feel like microaggressions.

They get closer, and I corner myself, hoping that if we look ugly enough, they'll leave us alone. My aunt is panicking and trying to throw them off our scent, and then Yellow locks onto me and says "Your not from around here.". A fact in his eyes. He's wrong, but not entirely, I'm not from town, and I don't live in Guatemala anymore.

I'm just interesting looking to most people.

My aunt interjects, because I'm kinda a bitch to men and at the time I wasn't aware but she was worried I'd get us shot or worse.

This is kinda when I start to realize something is Wrong. My mind starts racing and now I'm fully prepared to piss or shit myself to avoid being raped.

Then my mom comes in and saved the day.

Bless her.

She's this stout pretty looking woman, she's got this habit of being confrontational and kinda a bitch. She managed to save my grandma from getting murdered once, and the woman can take one look at you tell you how much you weigh and give you an estimate of how long it would take her to cut you up butcher style. It's her favorite party trick, and is honestly unnerving. She also has very low self esteem, and when her disabilities flare up even more so. Which makes her swooping in and saving us all the more impressive.

My mom maneuvers the car to get closer and asks us what's taking us so long. Just as it was time for our turn, I go into autopilot and start talking to a pharmacist I can't see. The lucky bastard is hidden behind a bullet proof wall. Just out luck, he has to search for an alternative medication.

Mother is trying to distract them, and figure put what's going to get them to stop bothering us. Blue shirt points out that the car she's driving, a Mercedes-Benz SUV is not a common site. European engines around here are not common, and a car is life and freedom. He starts asking about the car and who my mom is, and who we are. How much she'd sell the car for.

My aunt had purposely been avoiding sharing any identifiers, including my last name. While it does have sway, it's often not enough, and it can backfire since people believe my father's family has lots of money and is a proud bunch.

My mother, on the other hand, introduced herself with her household name. This made Yellow shirt pause, and Blue to stop leering at me. After some needling on both ends of the conversation, it turned out that Yellow shirt and I are distantly related.

This finally allowed me to slip past Blue shirt and into the car.

When we got to my grandma's, started properly freaking out. Turns out my mom was fully ready to give them the car in exchange for our lives.

My aunts husband was fully freaked out because apparently those men are like known criminals. Like deep into being Narcos lakeckeys. They aren't Narcos themselves, but they like orbit the same spaces. According to him.

Also NOTE DO NOT LET THIS DISCOURAGE YOU FROM TRAVELLING IN GAUTEMALA!

I DO NOT GO TO TOURIST ATTRACTIONS OFTEN, I EXIST IN PRIMAILY RURAL RESIDENTIAL AREAS OF A NON TOURIST DEPARTMENT. THE BIGGEST WORRY FOR TOURIST IN TOURIST AREAS ARE PICK POCKETS AND FOOD POSIONING!

BE SAFE!

[sharpth1ng]

To be honest I don't feel able to speak on Native european issues like this, I'm sorry thats not very helpful! My knowledge is specific to North American Indigenous practices, and even then the majority of what I know is specific to my nation. I wouldn't want to speak on the practices of another group.

As a disclaimer, I'm still learning. Im not an elder or a knowledge keeper. I could be wrong about things and if I am I welcome corrections.

What I can say is that determining Native identity is really complicated. Historically (for my Nation) this was not blood based. We even had adoption practices for bringing adults into the community. What mattered was cultural practice and community connections.

Now, post-colonism, things are different. Blood quantums were imposed on us by colonial governments, where our amount of blood relation had to be verified by a non-indigenous outsider in order for us to qualify for treaty rights. It's possible there are Indigenous groups that always used blood to determine membership, but I can say I dont know of any.

This practice was used to reduce our numbers, because extending treaty rights to more people makes it a harder to exploit us. It was also applied in a misogynistic way, as native women who married non-natives lost their status, when native men didn't.

As a side note it sounds like you're second generation, which is enough for status according to the current colonial government in my country.

Now we have a sort of mixed situation. For my band membership I had to prove my family line, as well as a cultural connection and community ties. Im not sure if proving the family line is required for other bands, in our case we had to because we're involved in a lawsuit with the federal government because they gave a bunch of provably non-Indigenous people (people who married in and have no consistent community involvement) legal status in our group. This has caused a lot of problems for us, but i don't really want to get into that here.

All of that is to say I don't have as much of a problem with tribal government doing this, at least for us It feels like a bit of a necessary evil.

The sad fact is that here we have had many non-indigenous people claim native identity without any cultural connection at all, and some of these people have taken positions and won awards reserved for indigenous people. Many have used false Native identity as a sort of marketing strategy, labeling their products as Native made and essentially commodifying the identity.

Worse yet, some have claimed Native identity to speak out against activists fighting for our rights, and to justify breaching our treaties. As a result we have to create a system for verifying each other's claims.

For myself the most important parts of my identity are my cultural values and the traditions im working on learning. These were practices that my grandfather was forced to hide, so for me its important to do that work for him.

In my case this is stuff like learning our language, learning about ceremony and traditional medicines, and learning traditional crafting like beadwork. Im also hoping to learn to hunt and work with hides from my uncle soon too. All of this is a process of preserving and reclaiming cultural knowledge that was systematically suppressed.

Ultimately I think saying "I have Native ancestry" says something different than "I am Native." Many people have a Native ancestor, but they may not identify with that culturally. They may not share those belief systems and values, and they may not be connected or at least working on reconnecting.

For those people I would say they may not be culturally Native, even if they have Native blood. If someone is not culturally Native, then I think identifying that way and speaking on Native issues can be a problem, even if you do have an ancestor. I have french ancestors too, but I don't really consider myself qualified to speak on french cultural issues. Culturally, I'm not very french.

Again, I'm not sure what any of this means for your situation and I want to acknowledge the privilege i have in being able to go home. My band is located in an extremely rural area, but I felt safer there as a visibly queer person than I have maybe anywhere else. There were pride flags everywhere, hung up next to our nations flag. Im so, so deeply sorry that you don't have access to that kind of safety.

I want to maybe encourage you to try to learn more about Native serbian culture if you want to though. Try and learn about your history, find out if there are any online communities that might be safer for you to participate in. Ultimately i think your situation is very different from mine because i have safe access to my community, and to the ability to reconnect, but this isnt safe for you. Its not your fault that you can't go home to learn like I can.

So yeah, i'm sorry that i don't have a more straightforward answer. But i do want to say you aren't alone in that feeling of displacement and confusion. Mixed people, and people who have been separated from their cultures all over are experiencing this.

I think that connecting to roots and history is important for literally all people. Know where your people came from and what they've been through. Know that sharing a skin color isn't the same as sharing a history.

At the end of the day I think this kind of reconnecting helps us understand ourselves better. It helps to understand how connected we are, how we're the product of generations of people working and struggling and going through shit, just like we are now, and I think thats deeply important.

Oh my god I feel crazy having to say this but I've just witnessed an interaction that made it feel necessary. If someone tells you they're native and you think they look too white or too black to be really native please fucking educate yourself?

My great aunts were literally sold to white americans as pre-teens. Why do you think their children look white?

And when enslaved people escaped their oppressors which communities do you think were safe for them to go to? At least in my area Native history and Black history is inextricably linked.

Native people can have light skin and eyes. Native people can have dark skin and curly hair. If someone is mixed, they're mixed. Don't erase their Indigenous identity.

Even non-mixed Natives have a variety of skin tones and hair textures. It's not up to people outside our communities to decide who is or isn't Native.

[nemjun]

please tell me every detail of u and tsukasa because I am beyond obsessed with you two

would you believe I had 2 whole ass paragraphs written when i switched tabs and lost it all??? this is hell, tumblr is hell.

annyways YES OK SELFSHIP SATURDAY LETS GO, UNDER A CUT BC IM SHY AND IM GONNA BE RAMBLY. TLDR, summed up as Me and the Bad Bitch I pulled by Being Autistic

I GOTTA BE HONEST, tsukasa was not it for me when i first started the series, but i was also busy chewing furiously on senku bc he's Neat. but I was sunk after we found out about Mirai he loves her SO MUCH. big stronk man good with children is an instant K.O., i was smitten so quick.

Dr Stone is actually the first series i ever Blatently self inserted into! it was a really good fit and I felt that i could just, genuinely suit the story setting bc 1) ADHD has blessed me with sprawling random curiosities and an accumulation of trivial but Useful knowledge and 2) I literally studied archaeology for my B.A. and bc I live in Canada most of our archaeologoy is based on the Indigenous population who was still using stone technology when first contact with europeans occurred. random note for anyone who might be parusing, the 'ages of history' such as stone, bronze, and iron, didn't occur across all of civilization unilaterally, and the technology used by people is not an indication of civility or advancement of a social group. Anyways.

My real life plan for after I finished Uni was to go and teach english in asia! This didn't happed for various reasons, but it presents a good opportunity for bending realty into fitting me into the series, ehe. I genuinley think it would be really funny if I got revived by the Tsukasa empire by complete accident, busting outta the stone speaking minimal japanese and being a literal scientist by education - i was put here to cause problems on purpose. Tsukasa and I would absolutely start out as bumping heads, not quiet immediatley but as someone Anti smashing people and pro science it gets hostile fast. Arguments are conducted largely thru translations via Ukyo, who i quickly grow attached to as the only person capable of commincating in fluent english (we also have birthdays close together and I Adore that, we're birthday buddies, v cute stuff) I gotta sidetrack for a second bc as much as I love this series theres SO MUCH STUFF THAT JUST ISNT ADDRESSED AND I GET ITS JUST A MANGA BUT IM A WEIRDO. like, what about the bees??? they were just chill after having simbiotic relationships with humans for thousands of years?? sure y not. k sorry

I do wonder tho, if Tsukasa would see me as a threat to the stability of his Empire. Even with poor communication with the majority of the group, I've got a decent set of leadership skills and a lil bit of charisma, and who wouldn't like me really - esp with all the useful knowledge i can bring to the table (yes im hyping myself but its also true, i know how to do pottery and i've experience with stone tools & the types of stone you can use). I think even if he did, I'd really only get put in time out if I was causing problems, and like Taiju and Yuzuriha I might have someone keeping an eye on me. Thing's between me and Tsukasa start to change when we manage to find common ground, using him to practice japanese and finding out about his sister and his feelings about wealth etc - admittedly this was Not Well convayed in the anime, but when he's beaten up while getting seashells on the beach, the adult is yelling at him bc he doesn't want kids running around and stealing from 'his' beach. And his mom sucks too. I think that's something we could bond over, having lousy times growing up. I think he'd also be sensitive to the fact that I'm so far from Home and all my friends and Family, he's very thoughtful like that.

Man this is already reallly long and i dont feel like I've really said much, but I think when it comes down to it, Tsukasa and I just share a lot of the same values. He's strong and kind and good hearted, and that makes me feel safe. He's just very caretaker coded to me and after thinking about it the last few days, i think thats something I'm really looking for in a partner. I think I also balance him out a little bit, make him look at a bigger picture and slow down to enjoy simpler things. When we start to get along a little bit, I like to think that I'd accompany him on simple outings to forage or something, or maybe I'd be able to drag him away for a little while to show him something Neat, or getting to teach him something. He teaches me how to fight a little bit as well, so that I'm better able to take care of myself.

I think that's all I've got for now, but it's nice to sit and think about it and write it down, maybe I'll do a lil more writing over the next few days :3 OH I ALMOST FORGOT, i did a star chart love compatability thing and what I got to read for free was SO FUNNY like, he's enchanted by my whimsy lmao

[outofangband]

Flora, Fauna and Geography/Environment of Arda

I thought it would be easier to have a masterlist for this so I don’t have to throw so many links at you all each time!  It will be updated when new things are added so recheck the original post when you want! Entries without links are in the process of being written. 

I also have lots in the Beleriand tag as well as on my World Building Masterlist here

Disclaimer: I used both what we can extrapolate is likely indigenous to the region based on descriptions of the landscape and climate as well as my own headcanons and inspirations and reference books on similar habitats as well as books like The Atlas of Middle Earth and The Flora of Middle Earth

I really love working on and researching these! and as always feel free to ask more, even if I’ve already done a place I’d always enjoy going into more detail of tacking a more specific kind of life there

Note: requests do not have to be for only Beleriand! And you can request anything; geographical resources about certain features (forests, marshes, etc), information on flora and fauna or environment and climate, etc

Beleriand: Brethil Nevrast Ossiriand Talath Dirnen  Doriath Neldoreth 

Region Himring and the March of Maedhros Hithlum Ard-galen  Dorthonion  Sirion Gondolin Maglor’s Gap  Brithombar (WIP) Himlad

Birds of Himlad

Nan Tathren 

Nen Lalaith  Barad Eithel  Dor-Cúrathol

Nan Emloth

Fens of Serech

Flowers of Himring

Lake Helevorn

Estolad

Ferns of Doriath

Mosses of Doriath

Butterflies and moths of Doriath

Orchids of Doriath

Reptiles and amphibians of Brethil

Mammals of the March

Mammals of Maglor’s Gap

Mammals of Himlad

Fish of the March

Trees of Doriath part one

Taur Im Duinath

Birds!

Birds of Himlad

Birds of the March

Birds of Estolad

Songbirds of Doriath

Birds of Nan Elmoth

Birds of Dorthonion

Birds of Dor-lómin

Birds of Thargelion

Birds of Maglor’s Gap

Birds of Barad Eithel

Seabirds of coastal Beleriand (WIP)

Brethil: board Hithlum: board Dorthonion: board Ard-Galen: board Doriath: board  Nevrast: board  Maglor’s Gap: board Himring: board  Nen Lalaith: board Barad Eithel: board Nan Tathren board Dor-lómin stimboard 

Other boards in the edits tag

Forests: board

OTHER:

Western Beleriand Environment

Dimbar Environment and Geography

Dorthonion Environment and Geography

Lothlann

Flora and fauna specific to the legendarium

Ered Gorgoroth and Nan Dungortheb environment

Decay

Food in Brethil and by Amon Rûdh

Middle Earth Post First Age:

Desert ecology and world building 

Geographical resources: Rivers and streams of Beleriand

Updated springs post

Updated lake post Forests of Beleriand Marshes of Beleriand

Waterfalls of Beleriand

Realms of the Fëanorians

Bridges, fords and water travel in Beleriand

Rivers of Númenor and Aman

Tol Eressëa

[mimiri22-6]

*gets exactly one post about Dream drama* Oh god now what has he done. *can't find the origins on twitter because I want my revived account to be as bare bones as possable so I'm following like no one involved* Finds the #supportdream or whatever tag. it's filled with 70 hate/30 that's my streamer. I have got little no info, only the victims story falling apart and apparently dreams a+ handling of these kinds of situations has gotten no better.

on one hand, some things don't add up. sometimes dream does know she was under 18 sometimes she lied about her age. on her twitter at least, im assuming she could have done the same in dms.

Plus, a little thing w me; I have this fucking uncanny 6th sense for shitty yters through their voices, doesn't work when their singing, I figured it out after Ry*n of Achievement Hunter did something simular to these allegations dream is getting. I have never felt uncomfortable or worried about the people around dream whenever I've heard his voice. Well, that's a lie. I can't figure out what it means, but in certain situations, his talking did put a poker in my back. It wasn't immediate or noticable most of the time, but sometimes I could feel it. It might have been because his manhunt series is very edited down and he's not actually the one to talk in them the most, and on the other side of the coin could be because I want to punt his dsmp character into the sun, not because I think/thought his character was anything like him, nah, because his friends say he's the nicest man alive. No matter what it is or how small it is, it is good to take note of every little thing just in case. I've clocked many yters like this years before any shitty actions came to light, I'd say it started all the way back w Cr*ytic. I still watched them because I didn't know my instincts were like this, but I do take note nowadays whenever I get that little shiver up my spine to RUN.

...what the fuck was I writing about? how did I get here? it's been 90 minutes.

on the other hand, uh, he doesn't seem like the type???? was that what I was going to say?? ok, maybe he isn't groomer level, but maybe it's the racism my brain is clocking. idk why but I just can not let him off the hook for the Indigenous memorial graffiti incident. for some reason it feels like it was just swept under the rug and I could have sworn I saw dream respond to it in his very braindead way he handles those sorts of things "my fans can do no harm🥰did you know I'm .8% native🤗it's so goofy and fun, I hope they vandalize another memorial for me😍" y'know, that type. or I could have just mistook his response for the spongbob yelling as a response to the memorial. either way, he is not good at the defending words thing. Like, one of the worst I've seen honestly. Just hold your fans acountable and tell them what you're uncool with upfront. Like maybe not vandalizing memorials for marginalized groups you have an ounce of blood w.

idk how this turned into my essay on dream, ig this was a long time coming for me because I just have a lot to say about this man that I just can't hold any longer. I was happy for him and his friends Finally getting that fucking visa and plane ticket less than a month ago, but I think that was more my being pissed off at the system then being super invested in these people anymore. hold tight, I'm not done overanalizing this man yet. there will be a slightly longer than avg tldr at the end tho

Dream's relationship with his fans is weird and rubs me the wrong way. He isn't strict w them, not straightforward. The only other cc I know w simular nsfw fancontent to him is Badboyhalo, and he clearly stated he's fine w seeing sfw art of him and skeppy(I keep forgetting to aquant myself with whatever drama skeppy got into to make people hate him now, I think I remember it being stupid, but I could be wrong) being buddies and pals platonic soulmates if you will, and he acknowledged that there was going to be nsfw content of him regardless, BUT it was clear he didn't want to see it, he didn't wanna stubble apon it. With recent stuff going on, not the most recent allegations, but the face reveal and the twichcon t-shirt incident, I think Dream is actually in a simular boat, but he's just so fucking bad at this saying your clearest intentions and thoughts on the matter that he's in the middleground of nearly anything other than I love my fans, please don't harrass anyone, but then not saying anything when it goes down. the only time i've seen him say anything alnong the lines more solid on these things was in the twitter space interview w i forget who and i can't find it anymore. not even in my watch history. fucking weird. anyway, I just spent a half an hou looking for it and I don't know what I was talking about anymore...oh right, his relationship w his fans needs to change if he doesn't want this shit happen to him. wether this real or not, because there is a universe where the most recent alligations are fake, the fact of the matter is that since he has such a huge following there will be people that fake something like this just to pull his career down.

on the one hand, he's ramping up in activity because of his face reveal and people looking to kick him while he's on the rise is bound to happen, on the other hand, victims speak out at those times because they don't want the abusers to do the same to someone else while in the thraw of fame and massive power.

I've lost so much of my train of thought since i started writing this so

TLDR; Her story is falling apart at places, he's not handling the sich well, like usual, he gives me the heeby geebies sometimes and, yes, that needs to be noted, this is bound to happen again and again if he doesn't set real solid boundaries with his fans On His Main Account and if he Doesn't Give His Fans A Phone Number To Freely Call And Text Him On REALLY WHY DO YOU THINK THIS WAS A GOOD IDEA-Also the indigenous disrepect is Loud and is the reason why I don't follow him on anything anymore(as far as I know, I may have missed a profile somewhere, but idk. I don't think I have, but the possability is there)

As more time goes on I get more and more uncomfortable w him, but w the other yters that turned out to suck, the reaction was instant and I had to learn to ignore it, but w him I'm learning the opposite.

anyway, im tired and im gonna do something i actually like now. fuck you bye love you be safe, uhhhhhhh, i hope he learns to not be a fucking dipshit for his friends sakes, but if he doesn't i hope his friends and dsmp members knows this is icky and dips when it gets too much. i do not care about the stans, but the fans that dream has helped through dark times in the past few years, i hope you can find it again in someone else or youre ok, uhhhh, my brain is tired and im melting, wait that's backwards oh well, uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

[dimmadoome]

Yall will do anything but actually take responsibility for what you've created. Fanon is literally that. Canon crested by fans. They're all headcanons created by you, yes. Literally you, the person reading this that has written fanfic and drawn comics and posted your essays. You are the people writing stories and sharing art and making tumblr posts. Each an every person on here, commenting on my post outraged that I like the collicteve works of yourself had had a hand in creating fanon just by existing in the fandom. You all speak with such derison about yourselves and its actually making me laugh.

You actually can find fanon from people of color. Many many different ways. From discord servers to tumblr to twitter and beyond. AO3 Is just an archive for writers. It is not the be all end all of fandom. But, while we are talking about AO3.

It is not a streaming service. It is not youtube. The works there are not paid for. They are made by you and me and a billion other people who only want to share their art. THEY ARE YOUR PEERS, NOT A CONGLOMERATE. This whole response makes it sound like you're all complaining about the fucking disney channel queerbaiting you again. If YOU want more Babs stories. Write them. You dont want racist tropes in your fanfiction? Well howdy do you've already proven you can both write and post to the internet just by responding to this post. Write. Create. Build. Just like the rest of us normal people did when we added onto the fandom. If you want Cass to be more present in stories, write those. Jesus christ yall. This is YOUR baby you're trying to throw out with the bathwater.

At the end of the day, you need to step back and realize that if someone is telling you they like your work and the community you built with your own bare hands. Maybe say, hell yeah. Im glad you like it, instead of acting like you're above your own hard damn work.

Also. As a side note. Im an indigenous trans person. I understand what it means to desperately want to see representation for me and to know that i will likely never be able to make it a reality in any canon works. I find that fanon is more likely to be written by people of color, disabled people and queer people than canon will ever be. Fandom is a bigger and more diverse collective than canon. Which makes me love it more. Because I can have my voice heard. Because you can have your voice heard.

Its new and its beautiful and its ever changing and its so, so much better than almost 100 years of writers having to sanitize themselves for the capitalist elite who need every batboy to look the same and cant let gay characters exist without making it tragic or retconning it every two seconds.

In the end all I can say is this

Fanon is beautiful.

Fanon has more for me than canon does. Likely, if you are not white, not straight, not cis or not able bodied, it also has more for you than canon ever will.

You all deserve to love your community too. If there are racists. Well fuck man, do what everyone else is doing by drowning them out with your own, obviously not problematic the sligtest, content. So go. Fix what youre complaing about. But realize that you are part of the problem. You are part of the collective you are angrily decrying and nothing you can say will change anything unless you put your hands to paper and actually start working for the changes you want to see.

Hot take but I prefer fanon Batfam to Canon batfam because at least fanon does its best to give each of the batfam very distinct personalities and looks.

I love living in a world where blue eyed black haired white boy doesn't describe half the group, ya know?