#athingofvikings

[mithwitch]

look at this absolutely unhinged zionism on tumblr rn. “there is no genocide in palestine” type psyop

[Image description: a screen shot of a tumblr reply chain that begins in the middle of a longer post. user spacelazarwolf writes “thank you for the context! this actually makes a lot more sense now.” user mithwitch writes “this is a new low for “nonzionist” tumblr. Suggesting there isn’t a genocide of palestinians is too wretched.” user the-library-alcove writes “And thank you for proving my initial point and all of the subsequent points on how you're viewing this solely as an ideological belief, and not one based on evidence. It's "wretched", not something substantiated.” athingofvikings writes “And another one who decided to block my original post... but obviously didn't read the whole thing because they're emotionally engaged with this. And I can say that because they missed that the-library-alcove is my main blog AND DIDN'T BLOCK IT.” Screenshot ends with more replies extending past, the post goes on.” End image description.]

So now genocide can only be recognized genocide AFTER THE FACT when it can be “substantiated”………..WTF (enjoy this free blocklist)

feel free to read the post here where they think it’s somehow good to phrase it as “hey guys stop calling it a genocide!! It hasn’t happened yet!! :)” unhinged.

[dadodoizded]

Spent all of my day making a family tree for ATOV and

Good gods

[papirouge]

I already talked several times abt the "anti Zionism is the left equivalent of woke" stupid takes but I'd like to once again to point out here is that "woke" and "Zionism " are NOT equivalent bc one got to be shoved its definition by the very people who HATE "woke". TBH "woke" has yet to get a definition so much idiots have been using this word left and right.

You hardly see people brag about being "woke" these days. The people who incepted this lingo were smart enough to distance themselves from that word as soon as things started to go sour, and hardly any liberal who's being accused of being woke explicitly labeled themselves as such. That's not the case of Zionists.

It's not rare to see Israelis call themselves Zionist. Unlike woke, Zionism has actually a VERY CLEAR definition (despite what some desperate gaslighter will tell you), helped by the literature/political essays aiming to propell this political and religious project into reality. Again : the only people I've seen making book about "woke" were people AGAINST the "woke" movement.

IDK why OP insinuates that "Zionist" is a bad word ("nastiest word"). Zionist isn't derogatory in and of itself. It's extremely dishonest of them to act like it was equivalent to the "pedophile" slur. If "Zionist" was that derogatory, Zionists THEMSELVES wouldn't wear that word as badge of honor, in their social media handle, twitter bio, etc...

Oh and I already said that every person trying to paint the critic of Zionism as a "leftist" thing was an idiot : Muslim countries have been explicitly against what they call the "colonial Zionist entity named as Israel" for DECADES. And they weren't leftits. Western leftists just jumped on the bandwagon. And let's not talk about the growing anti Zionist (edging on antisemitism) sentiment within the western right. So no, unlike the woke (left) vs anti woke (right) thing, the division between Zionist and anti zionism isn't that much cookie cutter between left and right.

People like OP create this artificial delineation only for the sake of their narrative ("Anti Zionism is just like woke but for the left aKtcHualLy uwu")

The only reason (pro Israel) people are seething at anti Zionism is simply bc they oppose zionism, not because they acknowledge Zionism as a political project. And I hate seeing posts like OP thinking they're really doing something comparing apple and oranges (although their post was well intended)

I already told you that since Zionist were losing the sympathy battle, they were now resorting to nitpick about semantics. "Is that really genocide?" "Anti Zionism is antisemitism actually uwu" "from the river to the sea is a pro genocide/islamist dog whistle uwu" etc. Don't let yourself be distracted : while those people are making articles and lengthy posts about choice of words or the history of Israel....babies are being removed from collapsed buildings at the hand of Israel. Never forget that. Stay focus.

[sketchbook-rose]

[apintofguinness]

That just about sums up the past few days for me on this site.

We honestly do live in the kind of a society where saying 'Dangerous people will suborn social movements to either advance their political agendas or act out their violent fantasies, pretending that they do not only enables their malicious behavior' is defined of as 'fascism' and jesus fuck I hate it here.

[crazy4httydxartist]

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[zenatness]

Finally, finally finished this piece for @athingofvikings. It only took, what? A year? A year and a half? I told myself I wouldn't get stuck on tiny details but... I think the zoom on the crowd tells you how well that went.

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[tamamita]

oh my god this post is making me want to kill myself im serious, the insane amount of propaganda being spewed out as some justification for the ethnic cleansing of the Palestinians.. is there any way you can debunk(?) this bc jesus christ its getting some reach and the people are getting brainwashed like crazy, and u know how easy it is for people in tumblr to get brainwashed as long as "white people r spreading misinfo!! fucking colonizers!!" is mentioned one way or another, sorry to put this on ur shoulders but you're pretty eloquent so... https://www.tumblr.com/athingofvikings/730893665409613824?source=share

Here you go. And for future notice, Zionists, and their colonial supporters will always speak over Palestinians. Don't give them any of your attention.

[10blue10]

@apintofguinness​ if it’s always morally wrong to advocate violence against someone, then why, pray tell, are you arguing with Jewish people who have been the repeated victims of violence, and not with the Nazis who have committed said violence? By your logic they’re the ones who need to learn. 

Everyone reblogging or liking athingofvikings’ reply, wherein they state that it’s okay to assault nazis / fascists, really need to watch Daryl Davis. He’s where I got my belief of non-violence (except in self-defence) from.

We cannot fight hate with more hate. We need to stop throwing punches at the people who want us dead and start sitting down with them, getting them to understand that we are as human as they are. That is why nazis and fascists believe what they do: they don’t think that we’re cut from the same cloth as they are; that we’re not human.

By advocating for violence, you give nazis and fascists more reason to hate us, to view us as inhuman beasts driven by anger.

We do not need more hate in this world. What we need is understanding.

[beta-lactam-allergic]

A question for @abirbable, @athingofvikings, @elder-millennial-of-zion, @hlmoorewrites, @queenwille, @girlactionfigure, @aguineapigcouldntdothis & @fdelopera. Is blaming the existence of Zionism & modern Israel for antisemitic events that occurred before Israel existed like the Allahdad, the 1834 Looting of Safed or the 1660 Destruction of Safed a new low or have antisemites always believed that Jews have time machines?

I'm posting pictures as I know how stupid this sounds. I can't be bothered editing the picture to anonymise the guy I was arguing with. Best to name names anyway.

[anshelsgendercrisis]

hey those blogs tributary and athingofvikings actually are like bad people, i don’t think anon was in the wrong there

u all are so fucking weird please get a fucking hobby.

[dadodoizded]

Brother Pádraig is literally my pookie wookie babygirl he has done no wrong

[nimblermortal]

@athingofvikings without looking up the exact page, there was a bit earlier about how the vikings were just absolutely devastating Frankland for a while. How do you deal with people who can just suddenly appear yonks up a river and sack a city, and disappear again before your army can arrive?

It turns out, by building bridges. Fortified bridges! Suddenly the rivers are clogged up, the boats can't get under them, there's a whole system for raising and lowering gates and chains so legitimate traffic can get through, and all you have to defend is the bridge. It put the raiders out so much they went and conquered England instead.

[nepobabyeurydice]

You: Ao3 is down

Me: Time to read @athingofvikings’s million+ fic that i downloaded for a rainy day.

[sanfangirl-cynicalromantic]

11 People's Hiccstrid Preferences You Want to Get to Know Better

Last Hiccstrid Fic You Read: Reconciliation by @heathenvampires

Favorite Hiccstrid au (Modern, High School, Spy, College, Hogwarts, etc) and favorite fic in that genre: I love modern aus the most (as they included high school and college and spies and the like) but it's too hard to choose one favorite. 😅 I guess I would go with @harrypanther's Behind the Mask, @katergator84's Walls We Build, and @triumphantfury's Wrapped in Red although it was painful to choose that over Upside of Heartbreak

Latest Hiccstrid Bookmark on AO3: Gravity by @weepynymph

Last 3 Hiccstrid Authors You've Read: @hiilikedragons or CuriosityRedux, @heathenvampires (HeathenVampires), and

Favorite Hiccstrid Trope (i.e. friends-to-lovers, idiots-to-lovers, rivals-to-lovers, enemies-to-lovers, strangers-to-lovers, love-at-first-sight, angst . . . the list goes on): uhhh, I love all of these, but I guess I'll go with slowburn, because I like to torture myself? One amazing slowburn-on-high-heat Hiccstrid fics that had me screaming at them to kiss from chapter one was @whathappenedtomyweekend's It's Just A Spark I'm so worried I'm going to read another fic and then go oh shit this one's my new favorite but oh well

Song That Makes You Think of Hiccstrid: 2step by Ed Sheeran. IDK I just think it kinda perfectly protrays how much Hiccup appreciates Astrid's ability to help him out of his dark holes

Favorite Canonverse Fic: Okay so Here's Hoping isn't exactly canonverse but the extraordinary @hiilikedragons apparently has a better grasp on Hiccstrid and their kids than Dreamworks so it's practically canon in my mind

Favorite Canon-Divergence Fic: Persephone by @thatsnicebutimmarried (I don't think I'll ever try to not mention that wonderful genius)

Hiccstrid Fic That Deserves More Recognition (don't they all): The Lady Knight I'm kidding I swear Hiccup in a Flash I'm sorry but I am so obsessed with this fic and it's unfinished but so good and worth it. Also Thor Help Her. I believe I've mentioned this fic before but I don't have any of you messaging me about the steamy hot tension so I'll keep recommending it. One fic that blows my mind each time I read is Do Flight Simmers Dream of Inflight Emergencies? and I guess I'll stop there but there are so many more

Favorite Hiccstrid Series: if not in this world, then in the next by @impracticable-dreamer literally this is a priceless gem and I can never forget it

tagging: @ryupioupiou @triumphantfury @katergator84 @mialicassi @sorushing @per4mancecheck @limesandcoconuts @hiccstridshipper19 @athingofvikings @shipmistress9 and @bi-bi-want-dragon but feel free to participate even if you aren’t tagged!

(yes this is pretty much an excuse to gush over some of my favorite hiccstrid content and endeavor to get more recommendations)

[apintofguinness]

Well, athingofvikings just blocked me for saying that physically assaulting someone for being a Nazi /fascist with no provocation is bad.

I don’t agree with nazis / fascism, but I also don’t agree with being violent to someone when not done in self-defence.