#cally black

[calliopesdiary]

james potter is the type of guy who wakes up at the buttcrack of dawn (5am) to not go drink a fancy coffee, like a latte or a cappuccino no—

this motherfucker wakes up to drink orange juice

fight me

[dr-spectre]

I wanna say one final thing about the Marina stuff that went down.

Seeing all the cool fan art that has sprouted due to what has been going on and people sharing their love and passion for Marina is absolutely incredible and reminds me of the importance of the character.

Marina as a character speaks to such a wide range of people and i think it's incredibly sweet and powerful stuff. This character and the culture she embodies is important to a ton of people and as a community, we should NEVER... EVERRRRR forget that!!!!

Marina is my second favourite Idol, i find a lot of relatablity in her despite my appearance looking absolutely NOTHING like her. It feels amazing to know that there is a HEAVILY autistic coded character out there who i can find some comfort in. Not the same kind of comfort as Callie, but different.

I really do love Marina, and I wish my brain would hyper focus on her instead of the magenta squid woman...

I hope we can move past this and learn how to treat people who look different from you much MUCH better. Although the Splatoon community can be very accepting of others and is genuinely one of the more kinder communities out there, it still has a really awful and down right racist side to it, that makes me sick to my stomach.

The stuff i saw about the situation involving Marina and her VA really pissed me off, and i felt so incredibly disappointed. I want this community to do better, and i want minorities to feel safe and comfortable here. It's not fucking fair man.

It's insane to me that the series that's an allegory for racism is full of racist individuals who freak out over seeing a person that isn't white and straight... UGHHHH! It makes so angry, SO. ANGRY. God forbid a woman has a darker tone of skin...

We got 4 idols based on Japanese culture and its different aspects in terms of Idol popstars, a Brazilian singer, an Indian performer, and a black octopus woman. Being racist and defending the act of white washing in a series full of diversity and representation is such vile shit and there is no place for you here, or anywhere else for that matter.

Im not even talking about the person who made that pale skin Marina art, they have said sorry and will focus on improving themselves, only time will tell if they do. But, the people who defended them and then got mad at others who crictised something as important as a character's skin tone... Fucking despicable behaviour.

I really wanna believe in good and hope that the Splatoon community can really grow from this and actually fully embody the messages the games have shown us. But so far, it seems like some of y'all haven't got the message drilled in your fucking heads.

If you freak out over two dark skinned fictional women like these girls right here, then I'm genuinely worried about how you act towards real-life women of colour.

Do better. Seriously. Get better at how you perceive others and really reflect on yourself and what you say towards people who look different than you.

[minusecko]

[gatoburr0]

Auf

Auf indeed

Bonus MEAAAW

[moonshynecybin]

do you think aside from body crazy curvy wavy and/or their numbers we will have ANY means of telling pecco and marc apart on the bike next season or are they going to be #twinsies for their helmets because they’re locked in a branding death match over the color red

[5hark-byt3]

Gays all over my screen, no 1deas 4 d1g. art and yet 1 st1ll f1ght on….FOR CALF1SH!!!!!

Oh and those 2 t1ny Mar1es 1g but screw that guy

[elitehanitje]

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[longlivethedragons]

Submas Squid Sisters!

( Squid Submas? Submas Sisters? Whatever? You know what I mean lol )

[starleska]

can we talk about the brilliant execution of Dot and Bubble's big reveal!!!

i am still absolutely gobsmacked by what a well-written episode Dot and Bubble is. startling, disarming, confrontational, and tremendously impactful. and holy shit i really really want to talk about how excellent the 'twist' (which really should've been obvious in retrospect 😭 was done):

as a white person it took me about ten minutes to clock that Lindy's friend group were a nightmare Aryan Tupperware Party collective: all white, all blue-eyed, and even Gothic Paul was dressed in blues and whites, with no black at all. but you know how i responded to that? mentally i went 'oh i'm sure it's nothing!' and shoved it aside. and i think it is exactly that insidious tendency to ignore, normalise, and validate overt and covert racism that the episode does such a tremendous job of tackling! everything in the episode gives us the lore we need to understand Lindy and the people of Finetime are white supremacists. Lindy's disgusted face and immediate blocking of The Doctor versus the amount of time she spends with Ruby. Lindy's shock at the Doctor and Ruby occupying the same room implying segregation on the Homeworld. Lindy calling the Doctor and Ruby 'criminals' not for being in the Bubble, but for breaking segregation. Lindy using Ricky September, a white influencer, to calm herself down not just from the monsters, but from interacting with a Black person. the tradwife aesthetic of the Finetime residents making a comeback in real-life right-wing racist circles. ugh, there's so much and it was all right in our faces!! yet many of us who aren't POC had the privilege of going through the episode baffled and uncomfortable, without being able to put a finger on why until the final bit of the episode. doesn't that tell us how quickly and easily we've all taken to ignoring both micro and macroaggressions? that we needed talk of being 'contaminated', improper use of the word 'voodoo', and Lindy straight up telling the Doctor that face-to-face contact was unacceptable, to understand they're white supremacists? oh my God 😭😭 what a genius play, to make Lindy so detestable from the start. she's an arrogant, vain, self-absorbed, moronic, uncompromising, traitorous bitch...and by layering that abhorrent personality and then giving us the reveal of her white supremacy, there is no argument even the most wishy-washy of people could have re: their awful views. Lindy and her friends are revolting racists who are so wrapped up in their own echo-chamber 'bubble' that they would genuinely rather be devoured alive than challenge their own narrow, bigoted views. i'm still blown away by the power of Ncuti's final scene. the disbelief, the frustration, the sadness and the fury...and yet the Doctor still tries to save them against all odds. i think the most common response to this episode was 'The Doctor should have gone all Time Lord Victorious on them', and you're right - he should have! but doing that would've affirmed the beliefs of the real-life racists viewers. the Doctor responding not with violence or righteous vengeance is a very deliberate writing choice: we are supposed to come away feeling revolted that he needed to behave that way, to almost be supplicant to the white supremacists. because that is the real-life view of so many people who don't even view themselves as racist: Black people need to 'perform' to a higher standard, than white people just to be considered worthy of respect. the more i watch it, the more i'm convinced this is the best episode of the whole season, and one of the best Doctor Who episodes we've ever had. we were taken off-guard by having an episode overtly about racism set in the future rather than the past, because our tendency is to assume equality is a natural consequence of becoming technologically advanced. this clearly isn't the case, and Dot and Bubble is a masterclass in confronting racism head-on rather than dancing around it for the comfort of white viewers. just. aaargh!!!! absolutely amazing 🔥🔥🔥

[sugarsnappeases]

the noble and most ancient house of black

[gmai72]

Saw someone make a similar meme and decided to make one of my own.

[calliopesdiary]

Hi!!! I know you just posted it today so no rush whatsoever, but could you possibly make a part two of your poly!maraudersx reader fic? maybe where they + lily see the reader moving on and thriving with the slytherin gang and they’re like ?? we kind of miss her and then have to grovel to get the reader back and it’s very angsty with a happy ending of poly!marauders + lily x reader? only if you want to and like i said, no rush at all!! it was so good and your writing is great!!!🫶🏼🫶🏼🫶🏼

hii!! i’m so glad you enjoyed the fic!

i will totally be doing a part two soon since this whole thing is apart of a series that is so creatively called the conan gray series because i’m just so original

but yes… you may be onto something ☺️

[dr-spectre]

Guys... I'm seeing a stupid race debate about Splatoon characters.... Some person drew Marina too light and some people have tried to defend it by saying "oh it's just an octopus! They have no race!" And comparing it to fucking GOOMBAS FROM MARIO!!!!!!!!!!!!

Mother fucker. Look at this and say straight to my fucking face that this is not a black woman. I dare you.

She has DARK SKIN! She looks like a black woman, she dresses in clothes inspired by African American culture, my brother in Christ THAT IS A BLACK WOMAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And now I'm seeing a movement of artists draw Shiver as blasian and you know what? That's awesome. That's fucking great to see!!!

Splatoon has always been about being who you are, expressing yourself, putting yourself into the world. So who cares if you wanna draw Shiver as blasian, that's great!!! Keep doing it!! KEEP GOING!!!

Look at the quote tweets from this twitter post, it's awesome to see a flood of artists do this.

This is gonna be semi off topic but i got reminded of a view that i have since I'm talking about race. As a fan of Callie, when i see artists draw her as tan, black, fat, a little chubby, i don't have a meltdown and cry about it. I ENJOY seeing people come up with different takes on Callie BECAUSE I AM A FAN OF THE CHARACTER!! I LIKE CONSUMING CONTENT OF MY FAVOURITE CHARACTER!!!

Plus... Tan Callie is peak Callie let's be honest with ourselves here, if you're an artist who draws Callie tan, you deserve a kiss on a cheek from a cute person of the gender you are attracted to.

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[thatdyingacewhoneedstheirspace]

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[moonshynecybin]

i also just cannot emphasize enough how much this region depends on asheville for resources. its the only accessible real city for many. it has the only major hospital. its where we buy clothes. its where i go to the dentist. the place you can get really anything that is not available in a small, rural town. its the location of the nearest major bus station. one of the only places that really embraces gay culture thats anywhere close to here. genuinely, if we need something, we go to asheville. i really dont know what to do if the infrastructure there is inaccessible ESPECIALLY if we cant get to tennessee.