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icyrose-cat · 1 year
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OBS screenshot redraw with my cat designs!
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dailyobs · 1 year
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Day 93
Team CIA (5/5)
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heian-era-housewife · 11 days
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Usually reluctant to share more personal thoughts and details, but after today, I desperately need a void to scream into. So here's a little life update, along with some of my inner ramblings. Feel free to scroll on by.
*tw/cw - mention of cancer
Years of pelvic fuckery has had me in and out of hospitals and doctors offices since the wee age of 10.
This weekend I was taken by ambulance to hospital after passing out from yet another spell of recurring pain I've always been expected to just *deal with*.
The culprit? A baseball-sized mass growing on my left ovary. Today I learned it may be cancerous.
Surgery is scheduled for next month with lab work and screenings in the weeks prior. May need one or both ovaries removed in addition to the mass. Not that I'm terribly attached to any of it.
Even so, I'm feeling scared. I'm feeling lonely. I'm feeling absolutely raked over the coals by an abysmal healthcare system (even having been yelled at by one doctor when I refused to receive a pelvic exam from a male OB/GYN).
Sigh...
In other news, I'm thinking about joining in the Kinktober festivities.
I'm thinking more now than ever about gender, identity, and sexuality. May try writing for male reader in the near future.
Hoping to get out of this slump soon.
Love my moots and all the wonderful people who I've been able to interact with here. Thanks for your love and support ♡ it means the world.
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chinchillaerwin · 10 months
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Just a sketch of Levi's panic attack in the AOT finale. Sorry for the inaccuracies, English is not my first language.
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A rare tear streams from his miraculously-surviving eye, leaving a wet trail on his dry skin. When was the last time Levi let himself cry? It's just smoke, Levi thinks. He won't want to accept it for a long time yet - the pain in his soul has become so intense that the walls that have disappeared couldn't hold it back. All his pain, all his life, are bars that squeeze his bones. They strangle so that it becomes impossible to breathe, they burn to coals and spatter with other people's blood.
It's just smoke.
Wasn't it supposed to get easier? They met again. They're gone again. Levi's alone again. Why is it like this? They wanted to see the world together. What's the point of seeing the world alone now? What had he done to deserve this?
His body clenches tighter, more painful. His pulse thumps hard against his temples. Bile rises to his throat, which Levi tries to hold back by grabbing himself by the throat. He's shaking like a stray cat. His mouth is deserted, now for a sip of water. No, tea.
The kind we used to drink with Erwin.
Levi covers his mouth with his hand and tries to breathe through his nose.
Just like Hanji taught me.
He grips the rock in an effort to get up, not realising he shouldn't. The smoke cuts his mucous membranes, the salt water bleeding his sore eye. To call for help is to make himself look weak again. Levi feels his face flooding with tears. And he wishes he could pull himself together, stop. Only it's like his hands aren't his. He makes one last attempt to get up, and falls to his knees, slamming his fist into the un-trodden ground.
Stop it, idiot. Stop it!
Levi isn't crying anymore - obbing. He curls up and covers his mouth with the palm of his hand in a silent scream, wishing he could disappear with the smoke.
Somebody help me.
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gratisdiamanten · 1 year
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PRIMOŽ ROGLIČ MAKES THE FLIGHT ACROSS THE SAVA RIVER
While Slovenia is a land where everything bears the name of a saint, Sava was Serbian, as was Primož’s grandfather of four times. St. Primož, or Primus, likewise, was of the gentry, this time of Mentana, a thirty-minutes drive from Rome (deathly faithful, gored and scourged—even then his little brother knew that apostasy wasn’t really his thing). This is a land of saints, other people’s saints. Črtomir knew this as his tears of heartbreak flowed into the Savica. This place is trampled on either side by other people’s virtues. 
Primož Roglič has the universal sigil of suffering etched into the soft inner belly of his arm. Unlike Primus he would not say he is a man of faith, but once upon a time, he had loved to inject his sleek, starved body into updrafts, crosswinds. A ski jumper in the extreme. The University of Vienna says that doubt will ruin any otherwise good jump, but an excess of faith is fatal. Sends you head over heels in love with gravity. Primož jumped metal na glavo—headlong—
—and thus martyred himself on the hill every-other-week.
We have to slow him down, his trainer Zvone told us. I didn’t have enough fear, enough respect, Primož lamented. He now scourges himself on asphalt, a cyclist, his days of flight a dead thing, but the respect for the winds, the snow—the bright bright windwhipping—a gorgeous repentant flogging—
Zvone means bells. In these more rural lands may not be a land of swooning god-love, charismatic preachers laying hands on born-again believers with lips crusted in spit, but this is a land of church. Primož is indifferent to Adonai, but he is moved in his heart by a kind of Almighty you can hardly call any kind of idolatry. The penetrating white pupil of the Sun. Living breathing air currents.
The snow kisses his face with arterial blood. His capillaries pool open, metanoiac. The hill above. His body and scattered skis on the runoff below. Blue sky. This is the triptych of our beloved and lovely St. Primož. Once he is anointed with bacitracin and his paper robes are shed, they send him home with Zvone, and on the way they pass the blue Sava twice. To Zagorje ob Savi. Zagorje-on-the-Sava. The water in these areas was once black with dirty coal. Now you could see the fish in it. Over it passes our little blessed St. Primož.
(for @movieboyfriend)
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uncaught-coolfish · 1 year
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The following post is a RWDE rant that is long, angry and non articulated. If you don’t like that, don’t read it, and leave me be. Thank you.
Warning for mentions of racism, bigotry, genocide and slavery. 
RW//BY, as a show, is… I’m going to say it, actually really racist. Is it the most racist thing ever? No. Fuuck no. Not even close. But I’d daresay at least half of it is riddled with some of the most appallingly ignorant shit I’ve seen in any webseries, and yet… some people will go out of their way to harass any who dare to criticize it. 
Remnant is not real. The characters I am about to discuss are not real. But the writers who wrote these characters and the world they inhabit are very real, and the shit they wrote fucking disgusts me.
so. Rant begin. 
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Something the crazies of the fandom will say (I say crazies because, the fandom isn’t all like this. many of you guys are chill and cool as fuck) in defense of RW//BY’s many problematic aspects, particularly the criticism of “75% of the show’s POC and minorities are villains”, is that “well, there’s a lot more POC and minority’s on the GOOD GUY side now! Hooray!”
And they’re technically right. I like Elm and Pietro and I love Maria (in V6 especially she was fucking golden) and Marrow. Them and all the other POC they’ve added in as of V6-7~ are, in my opinion, mostly great additions to the cast. 
The side cast. 
The thing that isn’t usually pointed out is that these characters… they are side characters. Pietro and Maria are side characters. The Ace Ops and Happy Huntresses, while playing a decent role, are side characters. 
Hell that extends to pretty much every POC character we’ve gotten aside from Oscar. They’ve been side characters. Many of whom, we likely won’t see again (Until Volume 10… if RT lasts that long)
But I want to mention one thing. We didn’t start getting characters that weren’t blinding white until the end of V2 and the start of V3. 
One of these characters in question I’d like to point out, Flynt Coal. 
I like Flynt. He’s fine. I think his design is cool. But to deny that his character isn’t extremely racist is ignorant.
One of their first. Black characters. Was basically named… “Dark rock, Dark Rock”…
and his weapon is a TRUMPET😭
Not only that, but he and Neon fight Yang and Weiss in the tournament. Let’s talk about Weiss actually. She is the second oldest child to the megarich Schnee family, whom owns the SDC, which she is heiress to. Earlier in the series she acted extremely racist towards characters of an in-universe minority group, and never really apologized on screen. Instead, we’re given justification for why the rich girl is racist. She’s scared because of the White Fang! Poor little German name “White Snow.”
Anyways, back to the fight. Flynt mentions how it was the SDC who put his father’s own company out of business in their monopoly. Does this go somewhere? Nooooo he’s a side character, who’s beaten by Weiss and her bestie by the end of the battle. 
How come they made one of their first black characters fight and lose a battle with their whitest richest character? (Obs not implying he should’ve won, just asking why they chose him in the first place) How come they named him after black rocks(which is in reference to how, in a minecraft letsplay, one mentioned the name “Flynt Coal” and another replied “He’d have to be a black guy!”)? 
Who knows. But surely this is the last time they’ll make a (minority) character be positioned oppositely from our mains. Surely they won’t ever write one as a villain! 
Surely she won’t be the Lakota girl, either!
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Ilia as a character was a big stepping stone (at the time) in terms of RW//BY’s representation. She was the first canonical, on screen LGBTQ+ character. She was a member of the White Fang who, before joining, was able to “blend in” with humans due to her Faunus trait not being as noticeable, being spots on her face and along the rest of her body. Ilia was orphaned due to her parents dying in an SDC mine collapse, and when she saw her school friends laughing about it, she “punched their teeth out.” 
Hell, overall I really like Ilia. Her design is adorable, as LGBTQ+ rep I think she’s good enough (though the fact they wrote their first lesbian character to be… a villain, is a talk for another day), and overall I find her decently written on her own. Plus, she’s fun as hell to write. Love her dearly.
On her own. Because in the story, the more I think about it… the more I’m sad, and mad, about how she was handled. 
Firstly. Her name. Apparently it’s supposed to mean “Butterly Rainbow” (again, naming your first lesbian girl “rainbow” lol)… but nope. They got the name Amitola off a baby named website, when it really means something closer to “Like a blue sky.” From my understanding. Typical RT shenanigans. It gets worse :3
Ilia was also one of the very few villains in the show to be redeemed. How was she redeemed? 
By being told by the much-more privileged, whiter minority girl whom she had a crush on that what ilia was fighting for was Bad. How Ilia was fighting for it was Bad. The White Fang? Baaaad. How dare the MINORITIES FIGHT WITH NEEDED VIOLENCE for their basic living rights against the POOR WIDDLE OPPRESSORS! It’s THEIR fault they’re oppressed, because they’re making the humans uncomfortable and angry! They need to just keep their dirty mouths shut and be good, presentable minorities. 
And upon being redeemed, Ilia is immediately put on a bus. Shelved.
And let me remind you again. Who was redeemed through being told by her much whiter (I say whiter in a way not to demean Blake btw, as privileged as she is she is still a minority obviously. Just… stating facts) friend that “a minority Shouldn’t use violence against their oppressors for their rights. It’s Their fault the humans are still so racist towards them. The Faunus should stop being so aggressive and be peaceful”? 
Not only the lesbian character, but…
The indigenous girl.
The.
Indigenous.
Girl. 
I’m sure I don’t need to point out how fucked this is. Let alone the fact this whole show is written in fucking Texas. 
It’s no secret, as much as some try to make it be, how horribly Native Americans and indigenous people have been treated throughout history. The oppression they have faced stems back centuries. Their land and home was stolen from them. 
Their own culture was all but forcefully eradicated. 
Men, women, children, were all genocided. 
To this very day it’s all they can do to fight for not only their own rights as people, but the very lands that were stolen from them. 
So for this show to write… it’s Indigenous
WOMAN
‘s character being “redeemed” by learning “Peaceful protest is good, violent protest for your living rights bad!” is… sickening. Genuinely. Fucking. Sickening. 
But maybe that violent protest WAS bad! Maybe, it was going nowhere and really causing the problems. Who the hell would ever try and implement that? Who leads the White Fang? 
…You wanna know? 
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Don’t bother. 
Sienna is a character we see for. One. Scene. One scene and she’s GONE. dead, stabbed, thrown down some stairs. We know very little about her, but we know a lot of her actions. 
Under her rule as high leader, she got shit gone. Through her use of violence against the oppressive humans, she did in five years what many before her couldn’t in decades: Her methods were working. Her people were being given rights.
But noooooooo!!!!!!!!! We can’t have the Woman of Color in power be CORRECT. Her methods were WRONG, MONSTROUS! How dare she end slavery and fight against oppression?! She should’ve just asked NICELY! Just like Blake told—
Wait… Blake? BLAKE?!
BLAAAAAAAAKEEEEE!!!!!
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Blake is one of 4 main characters in RW//BY, and she was easily my favorite. Fierce and a bookworm, an ex-freedom fighter who was quick to call out Miss Rich “White Snow” on her bullshit. She was fun, strong, and like the show said itself, she was Feisty.
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I miss that Blake, tails. I miss her a lot. I’ll be back. 
Nowadays, that feisty personality she has has been diminished so she can be all meek and quiet and sweet for her white human friends. 
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(and just now in v9, she’s completely fine with being referred to as an animal. Sienna in honorary heaven: she would not fucking say that.) 
White fans and likely the writers themselves were too uncomfortable having to face that all majority people still benefit from a society built on and from deep systemic racism, so they wrote Blake to be an All Lives Matter doormat so she was more palatable Blake saw the error of the White Fang’s ways and how their justified acts of violent protest against the privileged majority were making the humans SCAWED🥺, so she stood before them all and put her status as literal Faunus princess to good use: telling all those like her who’d suffered beneath the humans’ oppression that they were wrong. How could they fight back violently? They did this to themselves. They brought the oppression, the enslavement, the bigotry and cruelty upon themselves because they just didn’t play nice enough. 
Fuck, even when she’s in the “City of Racism” Atlas, she’s too busy being uwu sad and nervous and having to rely on others (funny how instead of ever empowering her again, they write Blake as this submissive docile flower baby immediately after hey reveal she was an abuse victim. Real fucking funny. Laughing my eyes out of my skull with a toothpick.) except for when she jokingly comments how rich the Schnees are and how they own basically everything. 
Past Blake wouldn’t be laughing about that. She’d use it against the Schnees, rightfully. 
But we can’t have that. She’s the good minority, who keeps her mouth shut tight and looks pretty for the camera. 
But… about that bigotry. That oppression, that racism… do we ever see that? 
lol fuck no
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We hear of how horribly the Faunus people are treated. Controversial labor forces that keep them as slaves to the SDC. Treated like dirt and beaten and killed and lynched. 
We hear. We hear of that. 
In the show, we get… a No Faunus sign put out in some background places. And the equal opportunist bully bullying a bunny girl.
That’s it. Background shit. Background shit that could easily be interpreted differently, or missed completely if you fucking blink.
There has only been one point where the true extent of this oppression is shown to us. One point which… 
we’ll fucking get to. 
But there’s one thing I’ve mentioned rather frequently throughout this rant. Two, technically. The Schnee family and the SDC. 
Let’s talk. Let’s. Fucking. Talk. 
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*sighs*
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So this show demonizes it’s fictional worlds only freedom fighting organization, so surely they do the same for the oppressive Amazon company that has a chokehold on the economy of an entire—
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In the early volumes, Weiss, another main character, was extremely racist to those who were Faunus. She was also the daughter of the Richy Rich Bitch Family of “CEOs of Racism”. Her older sister was a cop, her younger brother out of the picture until V4, her mother a neglectful abusive alcoholic (she is a victim too but neglect. is. abuse.), her father a racist abusive asshole who looks like I could break him like a bendy straw. But her racism isn’t her fault at all! No, the dirty minorities in the White Fang who were terrorizing the richest of the rich were what made her racist. It was never her fault, only the scary minorities. 
How dare the marginalized be so evil.
But she apologizes off screen and is no longer racist! Yippee! At least we marked “Racist” off her “Racist Blood Purist Rich White Weiss” card! she’s White Savior Blood Purist Rich White Weiss now! Now we can make fun of how much shit her family owns. 
But before all that, she and her girlfriend battle… a black man! Gasp! Who… says before the fight, her family’s company put his family’s business OUT of business! 
A throwaway line before he and his bestie get beaten. Also just realized as I type: not only did Weiss battle a black character who was affected by her family company’s monopoly, but… a Faunus. Another one for the jar.
B-But Blake knows Ilia was affected by the SDC, too! It orphaned her, because in their mines Faunus weren’t given nearly as much safety. Surely she can tell Weiss and have her see—
*Ruby voice* nope. Nope! Ilia was being violent for equality, and that’s no good. So she learns that all their oppressors (likely including the SDC)are really just SCARED of them! So she’s redeemed and becomes peaceful. The Lakota indigenous girl is turned “good.”
But maybe once they’re in Atlas—
Jokes are made about how FUNNY LOL XD it is that her family owns so much, and they’re appalled by how… literally fucking normal Mantle is, as if it’s just an utter travesty to their eyes. She doesn’t want to outright abolish the corrupt SDC, which basically rides on Atlas like a parasite, but instead free it from the dirty-blooded clutches of her father, and return it to the Pure Blooded Schnees, who will use it righteously, in Santa Schnee’s name!
She’s the granddaughter of a hero, after all. A hero who monopolized and capitalized the world’s resources and began a chokehold on an entire kingdom with how vital the Resources became, all the while implementing minority slave labor.
Because we can’t have our pretty princess Weiss face any consequences. We can’t have one of ours mains face consequences. Realize her privilege and try and do something. We can’t make our writers uncomfortable!
And this extends to Winter, too! The woman as racist as Weiss was, but without the “”excuse””, who is also a cop, and who… punches, kneels over one of the characters who is both an in-universe minority of a Dog and easily the darkest skinned character, and tells him; “You want a collar? Fine.”
But the Pure Blood Schnees are good. They’re beautiful and powerful. Even if Weiss has that scar, it’s as tiny as can be so to not ruin her pretty face. Let’s give the rich white family all the angelic imagery. Let’s show Weiss with wings. 
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Twice. Twice with white, huge and glowing angel’s wings. 
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Looking pure and holy. Pure. And. Holy. 
But Angel imagery? Surely there’s a contrast. Demonic imagery: like the horns, black and red, something to do with darkness and the moon, who should that belong to? If the rich, white, blood purist main girl Weiss gets the angel wings, pretty face and princess aesthetic… who deserves to be the demon of Remnant? 
…Oh, I know the answer to this one! It’s—
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Throughout this whole post, there’s been one character I’ve purposefully neglected mentioning by name.
 Adam.
We didn’t see the guy much. Black trailer, V2, V3, V5, V6. And he was really only reoccurring in V5, which… 😶
But from what we did see, we saw the Face of the White Fang. We saw someone who did bad things for the right causes. We saw someone who despised his oppressors, but who seemed to care for his fellow Faunus. We saw…
a fucking lie. A headcanon, perhaps. Badum tss.
What Adam REALLY WAS was an abusive cruel irredeemably evil monster jerkface asshole creep bitch who NEVER cared about his own people, NEVER cared about his people’s rights, NEVER wanted anything more than glory and power and to be lionized. 
The minority character, by the way.
Why did the writers decide to make this guy the hatesink? Why did they decide to make Adam suddenly not care about his fellow people’s rights? 
Why did they decide to make him laughably cruel to his own people whom he seemed to genuinely care for before (like in that scene in volume 3, where he only agrees to go along w/ cinder after she starts KILLING FAUNUS, but maybe that scene was a headcanon too, all in le head)
Why did they decide to make the goals of one of their in universe minority characters to be wanting nothing but fame and power?
Why did they also write him to be a former child slave?
Volume 6 is one of my more liked volumes, with it (for me) easily being the best looking, and the horror stuff was great. Also, Maria. 
But then they threw Adam in last minute. One last kick of that dead bull. 
He comes back in his finest NieR: Automata cosplay and starts spouting some of the most embarrassingly bad dialog this show has had while fighting Blang (basically that one fucking hilarious “Boobs in my mouth please please please hello You’re nothing” post as dialog), and it’s in this that, after 6 volumes, we finally see his face. 
Adam was branded. I’m not putting that shit lightly, Adam was fucking branded. 
And the brand is used to show how evil HE is. He was hurt more by his gf leaving him than ANY scar ever would. Who cares about all the trauma he surely went through in slavery, he sure fucking doesn’t! Okay, Cameraman Mike, be sure to focus a whole bunch of shots on his brand, which is still blood red and grotesque, to really hammer the point in how much of an asshole he is. 
Never mind it’s a brand of the SDC, of which one of our main character’s family owns. Who cares if this is literally the only time we’re shown the true extent of racism against Faunus? 
It’s swept aside! Because the same episode we’re given one of the most honestly depressing reveals for a villain yet is the same episode that villain dies. 
Dies with the brand facing the camera. His death. Entirely. On. Screen. 
Thank fuck Adam was written as an irredeemable monster of a villain(/j), because they literally wrote, animated, and voiced a scene where we the viewers watch a former child slave, branded and blinded over an eye, have his death be entirely on screen. A slow death, entirely on screen. 
Adam, a former slave to the SDC who, sometime during his childhood was branded and permanently blinded, died more slowly… more gruesomely… than Jacques fucking Schnee did. 
Even died before him, too.
But notice one thing. I keep referring to him as having been a “child slave.” Emphasis on child. 
Don’t blame me. Blame your fucking writers. 
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I want you to read this. Read this paragraph. Twice, if you have to. As many times as you need to to get the fact into your head that THIS IS FUCKING VILE.
This is in the writers commentary track for volume 7. They tiptoe around with their words, but I’ll translate it to the best of my ability. In it, Miles shared a particular headcanon: in which the 
FUCKING VILLAIN HE WROTE TO HAVE BEEN A CHILD SLAVE TO THE SCHNEE DUST COMPANY GOT HIMSELF BRANDED FOR BEING TOO MUCH OF A LITTLE SHIT TO KEEP HIS DIRTY TRAP SHUT. 
SO THEN ONE OF HIS CAPTORS HELD THIS CHILD DOWN TO THE GROUND AND JAMMED A CATTLE PROD DOWN WITH THE SDC PROPERTY LOGO ONTO HIS EYE.
THAT LITTLE BOY SURE HAD IT COMING, HUH? HE’S ALWAYS BEEN SUCH AN INSUFFERABLE LITTLE PRICK, EVEN AS A CHILD IN SLAVERY. HIS CAPTORS REALLY LET HIM HAVE IT!
LET. 
HIM. 
HAVE. 
IT. 
THEY WRITE AND HEADCANON A FICTIONAL CHILD SLAVE BEING BRANDED IN THE EYE AFTER HE STARTS THE FIGHT. HE STARTED IT. 
THEY WRITE AND HEADCANON A FICTIONAL CHILD SLAVE BEING BRANDED IN THE EYE AND GROWING UP TO BECOME A HORRIBLE, DISGUSTING DEMON.
THEY WRITE AND HEADCANON A FICTIONAL CHILD SLAVE BEING BRANDED IN THE EYE AND HIS CAPTOR JUST “LET HIM HAVE IT.”
“LET HIM HAVE IT,” NOT IN REFERRAL TO A MINORITY BEING HATE CRIMED.
“LET HIM HAVE IT,” NOT IN REFERRAL TO A MINORITY SLAVE BEING PERMANENTLY SCARRED. 
“LET HIM HAVE IT” IN REFERRAL TO A MINORITY CHILD SLAVE BEING BRANDED AS PROPERTY IN THE EYE BY HIS CAPTORS.
And I think this says it all. From the white and the black, blue and the red, oppressor and oppressed and angel and demon, Weiss and Adam almost mirror each other. 
Just look at their scars. Theirs are on the same side. 
But while Weiss’s is the smallest, prettiest scar of all,
The brand of the SDC all but covers half of Adam’s face, in all it’s grotesque, blood red and hideous glory.
I’ll let you guess the implications. 
Killing off a WOC in power the very scene she’s introduced. Showing the Lakota girl the “right way to protest”. Painting the oppressors in a more positive light than ever showing the oppressed be oppressed. Showing your hatesink character had been branded in the eye the same episode he dies on screen. And this is what broke me. 
They’d read in the history books of children forced into slavery slaves being branded
and they’d see the backstory for a villain.
Because we can’t write the minorities fighting against their oppressors to be justifiable!
We can’t face how a member of the majority will almost always benefit from an oppressive system!
We can’t write the pretty white rich family of Fantasy-Amazon owners as wrong for their horrible practices both past and present!
We can’t let the WOC be right about violent protest!
We can’t let the native girl be angry and fight back against her oppressors!
We can’t have a shred of sympathy for the ex slave who was branded while he was a boy!
Because they did this. 
Faunus. 
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pentecostwaite · 11 months
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My Hand in Thine: An All Hallows Story in Parts
I.
John Kidney returns home to a blessedly empty house, coals carefully banked in the fireplace and everything in order. He heaves the batten door closed behind him, turns the key in the lock. Supper is wrapped in a cloth on the table, and the room is newly swept, neat as a pin. John Kidney hangs up his hat beside the door. His sister’s child, Jennet, has left his service for the day. She is a good girl, but he has always encouraged her to return to her family at night. He doesn’t want a lodger, an extra pair of eyes and ears in his house. He prefers to be alone. It’s safer that way.
He bends to light a rush in the coals, clamps the lit tallowed reed in an iron holder and brings it to the table. He’s about to take his seat for supper when he spies the fine, white, kidskin gloves and the tiny box on the table beside the food. The sight of them knocks the breath from his lungs. He feels cold bloom in his chest. And so it is. He can no longer pretend. The mourning goods have arrived.
He takes up the box and opens it. A ring bounces out and into his hand. There is a slim scroll of press-printed paper rolled into the center of the ring, and he slides it out, unfurls it by the rushlight. 
You are Desir’d to Accompany the Corps of Mr. Thomas Quarles, from the Dwelling House of his Dafter, Mistress Anna Quarles, on Thursday next being the 20th of October 1733, at Ten of the Clock in the Morning precisely, to the Burying-Ground of Salem.
He sets the invitation down gently and turns his gaze to the ring. It’s gold and jet enamel, the slender form of a skeleton wound round its surface. And on the inside, there is skillful engraving: Thos. Quarles: ob: 16 Oct: 1733 aet. 49. John Kidney sighs, rubs his thumb hard into his temple. It feels impossible that Thomas should be gone. One day he lived, and the next he did not. All the glorious subtleties of his character wiped roughly from the slate of the earth. Tempus fugit. Memento mori.
His eyes well with hot tears. He turns his attention to his simple supper.
In bed that night, he cannot sleep. His mind spins like a waterwheel with the sluice gate open. Memories churn in his brain. He recalls his first encounter with Thomas at Meeting one Sunday, years ago: a young widower, lately come from Marblehead, his small, dark-eyed daughter in tow. An average man of uncommon wealth and rare kindness. Grey eyes like a November sea. John Kidney stared at his mouth, at his fine white teeth, and tried to pay attention to his words. All he heard was Thomas’s smile. John Kidney was lost.
Of all the trajectories he imagined for his life, this was one he never dared consider. But somehow, as improbable as a flower blooming at the end of a wharf, it came to pass, and with a similar wild beauty. They were both merchants, true, and so both with a common bank of interests. Small talk led to drinks, led to dinners, led to companionship. They shared long walks through Salem, discussing all manner of topics, watching the ships depart and return. John Kidney brought baubles and poppets for the child, Anna, and slowly her veil of sadness lifted.
One foggy autumn evening, returning together from the public house, Thomas pushed John Kidney into an alleyway, cupped his face in his hands and kissed him. With that, joy entered John Kidney’s life. Existence, he knew, was meant to be a trial, but how could it be when Thomas was his own true love? As the months passed, new pleasures were revealed. By the new moon’s perfect pitch darkness they joined together breathlessly in the warmth of John Kidney’s bed, tow napkins tacked over the windows and all lights extinguished. Sin be damned; this was Heaven.
And so it was for years and years. Anna grew from a child to a woman, blessed with Thomas’s kindness and what he insisted was her late mother’s wit. They tried to conceal the shape of their connection from her, but she was a clever soul. They suspected she knew. And in truth the three formed an odd family in a way. The arrangement suited them fine. But all of that was over.
Thomas was dead.
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(to be continued)
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lgbt headcannons for abunch of sacri's shows for rainbow season ( ORGANIZED FINALLY )
spoiler alert : my projection beam went all over the place and now everyone is trans , and also went through my experiences LOL
uhhh some canon is also here
obs ( sorted in teams -> dead -> eliminated , from contesties -> hosties)
almost all of team cia are lgbt . coal is aroace , blender is gay and trans , pill bottle is gay and trans , and goldfish is bi ( achilean ) . ( pbjr is too young to identify hes literally a year old )
^ pill bottle and blender are in a romantic relationship ( specifically t4t ) .
^ goldfish also gets into a romantic relationship with palm tree .
^ pill bottle and blender also transitioned very early ( " holy shit im a guy !?!??!?!?!? " * downs a bunch of testosterone * )
all of team death are lgbt . crayon is trans and lesbian , bowl is bi ( sapphic ) , moon is gay and demiboy , and lava lamp is genderfluid and bi .
^ crayon and bowl are in a romantic relationship .
almost all of team billy are lgbt . parallelogram is pan and transfem , cup is bi and trans , and buzzery is bi as well . ( bowler is an ally )
almost all of team mean beans are lgbt . oreo is aroace and trans , house is bi , and palm tree is nonbinary and pan . ( ball is ally and questioning )
^ house and oreo are in a queer platonic relationship .
^ oreo had went through terrible gender dysphoria before figuring himself out , but he was better after getting treatment . ( * WAS * side unrelated headcannon is that he got treatment for his injuries after ribs <:` )
( this section is for dead contesties. alot of them are lgbt ) baseball bat is trans and aro and h is ace . ( barry is an ally ) .
^ baseball found out she was trans from hearing pill bottles experience , and had a mind blowing realization .
( this section is for eliminated contesties , most are lgbt ) question mark is non binary and gay , iceberg is bi and ace , cracker is bi and trans , aswell being in a relationship ( explained in next bullet point ) , card is genderqueer , notebook is non binary , bi , and ace , obj is gay , trans and genderfluid . ( headphones is an ally )
^ cracker is in a relationship with flash , who is lesbian .
^ cracker also didnt realize that she was trans until it actually started messing with her , originally she thought it was just random feeling of sadness .
^ question mark and iceberg are in a queer platonic relationship .
calculatory is gay and aromantic , as well as genderfluid .
circle is gay and trans , triangle is trans ( square is an ally and questioning ) .
^ circle has a crush on square , and its unfortunately one sides with square not having any feelings for him .
happy star is trans .
im pretty sure thats all
bfg ( sorted from contesties -> hosties )
notification bell and 8 ball are in a relationship ( both are gay ) .
lego and mattress are in a relationship ( both are bi ) .
ender pearl and bean are in a t4t relationship .
^ specifically on their sexualities , bean is bi , and ender pearl is questioning .
flash is lesbian ( and in a relationship with cracker )
fruit ninja is transfem .
blue snowball is trans and questioning .
both pb sandwich and rubber ducky are allies .
grandma is lesbian , grandpa is gay ( yes they both divorced a long time ago ) .
^ ( LMAOOOOO they didn't it was kind of a joke and i wanted to keep it xd . i dont think they were even togther in the first place lolololol )
thats it lol
5sos ( sorted in to seasons )
SEASON 1
firework is trans and gay ( later in a romantic relationship with rock ) .
potion is trans and aro .
^ ( these silly fellas are specificed since they were in season 3 , which showed more of their characters )
all other contesties are unlabeled .
SEASON 2
rock is omni ( his relationship will be explained in a bullet point for season 3 ) .
plastic cup is pan and demigirl .
marker is lesbian .
the rest are lgbt ( battle for grandma contesties ) or allies ( the rest of the other newbies , which is paper towel roll ) .
SEASON 3
rock and firework are in a romantic relationship ( explained in next bullet point ) .
^ ( ok so like I didn't mention it earlier because both did not compete in the same seasons yet . this does not also mean that both got together during this season )
boingo is trans ( bongo supports him ) .
banana is trans and gay .
^ banana is also in a romantic relationship with the money man .
paint roller and telly are trans .
^ both are also in a romantic relationship ( specifically t4t ) .
broken disc is bi and ace .
balloon is gay and fem aligned .
^ balloon and broken disc are in a romantic relationship .
thats all for 5sos as a show ( may update for 5sos4 but probably not since this was kinda for pride month ) .
burner ( sorted into teams , from contesties -> hosties )
all of the people are lgbt . erasery is non binary and aroace , hanger is aroace and agender , peanut is bi - in - questioning , playdough is gay and genderfluid ( closeted though ) , rosey is sapphic .
^ lmao peanut finds out his sexuality from playdough .
^ also , peanut and playdough later get into a romantic relationship ( after burner ) .
all of the delinquents are lgbt . limey is gay and transmasc , pilly is gay , kit is lesbian , spraypaint is bi ( specifically sapphic ) , and polaroid is bi ( specifically achilean ) .
^ kit is trying to hint out to spraypaint that she likes her , unfortunately she ignores it or gets confused .
^ thats alright though , kit and spray paint later get into a romantic relationship ( i hope tbh ,,,,,, ) .
^ limey has a crush on pilly , thankfully , its two sided ( ? )
^ limey and pilly later get into a romantic relationship ( after burner ) .
all of the strangers are lgbt . record is transfem and aroace , tissues is nonbinary and neptunic .
daddy long legs is pan , demiromantic , and ace .
recovery cube is pan .
roomy is the only ally in burner .
THIS IS LITERALLY A SOCIETY WHERE QUEER IS THE NORM AND CISHET IS A MINORITY LMAOXKKFKDKDKS
thats all
ITS FINALLY FINISHED !!! please tell me if something is morally wrong !! i will apologize and change it !!!
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Ngl Scottish me Bakugo was very cursed. Thanks 👍
This is Completely Random Stranger. By the Way.
Could I get some pronouns for that Max gift stimboard you made for... [Checks notes.] ....a friend. Fangs OC seems very gender :]
hello!! glad you liked it, completely random stranger! :] i almost think i should give you that as an anon tag LOL.
and sure!! hopefully you like what i came up with. your pronouns are under the cut!
act/acts
acting/acting(‘s)
actor/actors
actress/actress(es)
angry/angry(‘s)
ax/axes, axe/axes
bad/ass
bad/bads
bad/boy(s)
bad/girl(s)
bad/omen(s)
bari/bari(s)
bari/tone(s)
bark/barks
bee/bees, bie/bies
bit/ters
bitter/bitters
black/blacks
blade/blades
bleak/bleaks
bleed/bleeds
blood/bloods
blush/blush(es)
bone/bones
boot/boots
bour/bon
bow/bows
bow/tie(s)
break/breaks
breakup/breakup(s)
broke/broken
broke/brokes
broken/heart(s)
bruise/bruises
burn/burns
ca/nine(s)
can/dle(s)
candle/candles
canine/canines
cast/casts
cat/cats
chain/chains
chaos/chaos(‘s)
claw/claws
coal/coals
crack/crackle
crack/cracks
crack/cracks
crackle/crackles
crim/son(s)
crimson/crimsons
crow/crows
crown/crowns
curse/cursed
curse/curses
cut/cuts
cute/cutes
cute/cutie
cutie/cuties
cutie/pie(s)
dag/gers
dagger/daggers
damn/damned
damn/damns
damned/damned('s)
dar/ling(s)
dark/darks
darling/darlings
de/des
de/mon(s)
dead/deads
dear/dears
death/deaths
deep/deeps
demon/demons
devil/devils
dia/mond(s)
diamond/diamonds
dirt/bag(s)
dog/dogs
drama/dramas
dream/dreams
drink/drinks
drip/drips
drip/drops
drop/drops
drunk/drunks
dusk/dusks
dusk/dusky
ear/rings
earring/earrings
eerie/eeries
eldritch/eldritch(es)
em/bers
ember/embers
emo/emos
eve/eves
evening/evenings
evil/evils
fashion/fashions
fatal/fatals
fate/al(s)
fate/fates
fe/line(s)
feline/felines
feral/ferals
ferro/ferros
fiend/fiends
fight/fights
fire/fires
fire/works
flame/flames
fluid/fluids
freak/freaks
fuck/fucks
fun/funeral(s)
funeral/funerals
gem/gems
god/damn
god/gods
goth/gothic(s)
goth/goths
grave/graves
grave/gravestone(s)
gravestone/gravestones
grief/griefs
grime/grimes
grin/grins
growl/growls
grudge/grudge(s)
grunge/grunge(s)
handsome/handsomes
hart/harts
haunt/haunts
heart/broken
heart/hearts
hell/hells
hell/hound(s)
hellhound/hellhounds
herb/herbs
hop/hops
hope/hopes
hope/less(‘s)
hopeless/hopeless(‘s)
horror/horrors
hos/tile(s)
hostile/hostiles
hound/hounds
hush/hush(es)
hx/hxm
ink/inks
ink/inky
jet/black
jet/jets
jewel/jewels
jewelry/jewelry(‘s)
joke/jokes
jump/jumps
jump/scare(s)
jumpscare/jumpscares
keg/kegs
keg/stand(s)
king/kings
knife/knives
knives/knives(‘s)
know/knows
lace/laces
laugh/laughs
leap/leaps
less/lesses
light/lighter
light/lights
lighter/lighters
lo/ser(s)
loser/boy(‘s)
loser/girl(‘s)
loser/losers
low/lows
lust/lustful
lust/lusts
lustful/lustful(‘s)
ma/roon(s)
mace/maces
mad/mads
make/makes
make/up
makeup/makeup(s)
mare/mares
maroon/maroons
max/imum
max/maxes
max/max’s
maxie/maxies, maxi/maxies
maximum/maximums
meme/memes
mid/mids
mid/nights
midnight/midnights
mon/mons
mourn/mourns
murk/murks
murk/murky
murky/murky(‘s)
music/musics
mutt/mutts
muzzle/muzzles
nail/nails
nail/polish
nerve/nerves
nerve/nervous
night/midnights
night/nights
nightmare/nightmares
ob/sidians
obsidian/obsidians
omen/omens
onyx/onyx(‘s)
out/cast(s)
out/outs
pitch/black
pitch/pitch(es)
poi/son(s)
poison/poisons
polish/polish(es)
pon/pons
pop/pops
pour/pours
pretty/pretty(‘s)
prince/prince(s)
princess/princess(es)
queen/queens
ray/rays
ray/ven
re/gret(s)
red/reds
regret/regrets
rib/ribs
ride/rider
ride/rides
ring/rings
roar/roars
rogue/rogues
ruin/ruins
run/runs
sad/sads
scare/scares
scare/scary
scorch/scorches
scream/screams
screamo/screamo(‘s)
self/selfs
set/sets
sev/sevs
sev/ven(s)
sev/ver
seven/sevens
sever/severs
sharp/sharps
sharp/teeth
shh/shhs
shoe/shoes
shush/shush(es)
shx/hxr
sick/sicks
sin/sins
skull/skulls
slash/slashes
smirk/smirks
smoke/smokes
smoke/smokey
snap/snaps
snarl/snarls
som/bers
som/soms
somber/sombers
son/sons
sorrow/sorrows
spark/sparkle(s)
spark/sparks
sparkle/sparkles
spine/spines
sprint/sprints
stag/stags
stall/stalls
stallion/stallions
stand/stands
star/less(‘s)
starless/starless(‘s)
starve/starves
stone/stones
stud/studs
sun/suns
swipe/swipes
tat/tats
tat/too
tattoo/tattoo(s)
teeth/teeths
teeth/tooth
that/thats
that/thing(s)
the/max (as in ‘to the max’)
thing/things
thxy/thxm
tie/ties
tiger/tigers
tone/tones
tooth/teeth
un/lits
un/nerves
unlit/unlit(‘s)
unnerve/unnerves
up/set(s)
up/ups
vam/pire(s)
vamp/vamps
vampire/vampires
vein/veins
ven/vens
vial/vials
void/voids
wea/pon(s)
weapon/weapons
wild/wilds
win/ner(s)
winner/winners
woodland/woodlands
woof/woofs
wrath/wraths
yawn/yawns
yearn/yearns
zom/zoms
zomb/zombs
zombie/zombies
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OH MY GOD I JUST REALIZED THAT IN OBS 7A WHILE COAL WAS LIKE TALKING TO BUZZERY WHEN THEY WERE LOOKING FOR BLENDER PILL BOTTLR ACTED RLLY WORRIED AND WAS LIKE TAPPING HIS FOOT ON THE GROUND DUDE OH MY GOD LOOK AT THIS IM ACTUALLY GOING INSANE HE CARES SO MUCH ABOUT HIM DUDE
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okay thank you. here are my suggestions (no hard feelings if you don’t like them):
the white album by the beatles (specifically rocky raccoon and back in the ussr) weird album
my favorite beegees song is actually just guilty by barbra streisand ft. barry gibb
(i can’t get no) satisfaction by devo is the best version of the song. also check out working in a coal mine and big mess by devo (i think devo is polarizing but these are pretty good songs esp their cover of satisfaction)
i’m feeling like suggesting more old man music but you have a healthy relationship with old man music so i don’t know. anyways let me know what you think of those 👍 i have more but bc they’re distinctly old man music i’ll hold my tongue for now
all these are good 👍 especially big mess. you know what’s crazy though is it took me literally until today to realize how much the offspring’s “why don’t you get a job” sounds like the beatles’ “ob-la-di, ob-la-da.” Despite that literally being a fact so obvious it’s mentioned on BOTH songs’ wikipedia pages. i also think i knew the offspring song first which seems weird but also tracks considering i somehow knew the cover of “…baby one more time” done by some guy named marty casey on some reality show my parents were really into in 2005 before i knew the real version. but anyway!
and you know what fuck it…it’s literally old man music monday so suggest away!!
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And here’s a dark little moth.
Obs/Coal/Cornflower
Coal has, like, the BEST flair. God. You can pick like any other gene to match it to obs better though.
Anyway, 150 on AH.
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$elling some flashy obs and xxx coals!
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1836 Oct[obe]r Sat[urday] 29
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No kiss H[a]d Mr. Husb[an]d at 9 for 1/2 h[ou]r then Mosey ab[ou]t a new cart and tak[in]g 2 of my old carts - told
Mr. H- [Husband] to settle ab[ou]t it - (Mr. Husb[an]d ca[me] ab[ou]t Ja[me]s Nelsons’ hav[in]g h[a]d a 2[n]d summons
for leav[in]g st[one] for water Lane mill chim[ne]y in the r[oa]d – p[ai]d 20/. fine last Sat[urday] - Mr. H- [Husband] want[e]d A- [Ann] to
pay for h[i]m this ti[me]) – F[ahrenheit] 40° at 9 1/2 and the sun shin[in]g - the gr[ou]nd cov[ere]d w[i]th snow
last night on our gett[in]g int[o] bed and cov[ere]d thick[l]y this morn[in]g - 1st snow s[in]ce last wint[e]r –
out a few min[ute]s - no workmen here b[u]t Ingh[a]m who took the slate off the old brewh[ou]se – br[eak]f[a]st at 10 5/.. to 10 40/.. A- [Ann] r[ea]d Fr[en]ch whi[le] I br[eak]f[a]st[e]d – af[te]r br[eak]f[a]st a long whi[le] in the hall
mus[in]g and consid[erin]g ab[ou]t the roof, and how to do it etc and mak[in]g out in my own mind the orig[ina]l plan
of the h[ou]se - then a few min[ute]s in the barn - Booth (David) h[a]d call[e]d en passant - no mason
here exc[ept] Amos at the Lodge prepar[in]g the rabbit[in]g for hang[in]g the out-door - In the barn when
Mr. Wilkins[o]n ca[me] ab[ou]t 11 50/.. as surrogate to prove my a[un]t’s will – expl[aine]d - swore her
personalty und[e]r £20 – p[ai]d Mr. W- [Wilkinson] (who st[ai]d ab[ou]t 20 min[ute]s) £1.15.0 his charge + 4/2
ov[e]r = 2 sov[erei]gns – ver[y] bil[iou]s for the last day or 2, and partic[ularl]y so this morn[in]g – ga[ve] Mr. W- [Wilkinson] a
wrong date of my a[un]t’s death the 3[r]d inst[ea]d of the 3[r]d inst[ant] - and wr[ote] therefo[re] as foll[ow]s to go by Geo[rge] the
gr[oo]m this aft[ernoo]n -‘Shibd[e]n hall. Sat[urday] 29 Oct[obe]r 1836 ‘Sir - I casually ment[ione]d to you this morn[in]g
‘my hav[in]g a bil[iou]s headache, and I trust this will be my excuse for hav[in]g told you that my a[un]t di[e]d
‘on Mon[day] the 3[r]d ins[tea]d of on Mon[day] the 10th inst[ant] - Miss Walker begs her comp[limen]ts w[i]th my own to the Miss
Wilkinsons - I am sir, very truly yours, A. Lister’ ‘The rev[eren]d Rob[er]t Wilkins[o]n Heath’ - then h[a]d
Mr. Jubb 1/2 h[ou]r till 2 - A- [Ann] pret[ty] well, d[i]d n[o]t, as I expect[e]d, get a bad cold cold by her
thorough starv[in]g yest[erday] at Shugden head – w[e]nt to see ab[ou]t the st[one] there – fr[om] 2 to 6 h[a]d one
or oth[e]r - my pay day – p[ai]d Ingh[a]m for Hilltop fence wall[in]g and for work here at the
dry wall arch[in]g up to last night inclus[ive] – Settl[e]d w[i]th John Booth - then h[a]d Jos[e]ph Mann
and bef[ore] I h[a]d done w[i]th h[i]m (ab[ou]t 3 1/2) Mr. Lister the appraiser ca[me] – shew[e]d him my a[un]ts’
clothes – expl[aine]d – s[ai]d I h[a]d sworn her personalty und[e]r £20 s[ai]d that I h[a]d f[ou]nd in h[e]r purse
on[l]y 3 1/2 sov[erei]gns and 6/6. - then ord[ere]d Mr. Lister warm spic[e]d beer, and to be shewn int[o] the h[ou]sekeeper’s
r[oo]m, and w[e]nt b[a]ck to Jos[e]ph Mann - Long talk ab[ou]t the coll[ier]y – ab[ou]t 300 l[oa]ds of coal up at Walker
pit – ord[ere]d 100 l[oa]ds to be sold and the rest kept for the h[ou]se - Mr. Rawson h[a]s rais[e]d his coal to 1/. p[e]r
l[oa]d and gi[ve]s 5/6 p[e]r l[oa]ds score for gett[in]g and h[a]s giv[e]n his men 25/. a piece and hir[e]d for 6 or 12 m[on]ths at
5/6 p[e]r score - the Long goit thro’ the Ing terrib[l]y rotten stuff to dri[ve] thro’ - may be up at
Mytholm bridge in 6 w[ee]ks fr[om] this ti[me] - 180 y[ar]ds fr[om] Listerwick Engine pit to List[er]w[i]ck coal
pit - to bot[tom] the Engine pit, and dri[ve] the 180 y[ar]ds and bot[tom] List[er]w[i]ck pit will ta[ke] till next June –
the engine p[i]t will n[o]t be bottom[e]d till the end of Ap[ril] or int[o] May –
Jos[e]ph Mann h[a]s bor[e]d 6ft. 6in. in Lit[tle] marsh quarry hole that he h[a]s just sunk (an oblong
hole) - and bef[ore] boring h[a]d sunk 12ft. 6in. deep - 12.6. + 6.6 =19ft. deep of throw[in]g out and
boring and in this depth are the foll[owin]g strata –
 pr[ove]d my a[un]ts’ will
 val[ue] of my a[un]ts’ person[alt]y
 Lit[tle] marsh st[one]
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Lit[tle] marsh quarry hole.
                                                                 thickness
                                                                  ft. in.
no. 1 soil                                                     0.6
. 2 worse d[itt]o                                            0.6
. 3 skegs                                                       3.0 + 1 ft. of this ver[y] decent slate.
. 4 good riving st[one] flags etc.                  5.0 +
. 5 mare and ackerspire                                3.0 varies; thick[r]r and thinner; will av[era]ge 4ft.
+ 6 good riv[in]g st[one] strong[e]r than no.
4 b[u]t in water.                                            3.0  strong[e]r i.e. thick[e]r lifts; mo[re] ashler-like, b[u]t like[l]y to rive pret[ty] well
                                                                      call[e]d the wat[e]r lift. a thin shelly part[in]g bet[ween] the 1st f[oo]t and the 2 oth[e]r f[oo]t of this lift.
7 stone qual[it]y unknown                           0.11
8 some kind of soft stuff                              2.6
9 some k[i]nd of stone                                  0.6? bored int[o] it 6in.? JM- [Joseph Mann] s[ai]d a few in[ch]
+ Beg[a]n boring aft[e]r the 1st f[oo]t of no. 6 .:.
bored 2.0
0.11
2.6
0.6?
5. 11
but J. Mann tells me he h[a]s bored 6ft. 6in.
told him to level, and see wh[a]t fall we h[a]d and if the wat[e]r c[oul]d be tak[e]n
off no. 6 in a drift to pay for the exp[ense] – to see to wh[a]t gr[ea]t[e]st depth the wat[e]r c[oul]d be g[o]t off.
                       ft. in.
Stone no. 3        1.0
. 4.                     5.0
. 6                      3.0
good stone =      9.0
Told Jos[e]ph to get a hole or one hole at each extrem[it]y of the st[one] put d[o]wn for A- [Ann] at
Shugden head as soon as he c[oul]d - told h[i]m to th[in]k ab[ou]t an arrangem[en]t ab[ou]t Whiskum r[oa]d
he s[ai]d he w[ou]ld ta[ke] it and keep it in repair (aft[e]r being put in repair) - and keep a regul[a]r acc[oun]t
of the toll tak[e]n for 6 m[on]ths or 12 m[on]ths w[hi]chev[e]r I lik[e]d - I s[ai]d eith[e]r w[oul]d do - we shall see at
the end of one of these terms wh[a]t the r[oa]d costs and wh[a]t it pays and then settle so[me]th[in]g –
aft[e]r Jos[e]ph Mann, h[a]d Rob[er]t Mann and Mark Hepw[or]th and settl[e]d w[i]th b[o]th and then h[a]d Mr. Husb[an]d
till aft[e]r 6 - the magist[ra]tes fined Ja[me]s Nelson 31/. + costs =40/. this morn[in]g (vid[e] line 2 of this
morn[in]g) – ga[ve] Mr. H- [Husband] 2 sov[erei]gns for JN- [James Nelson] b[u]t to tell him that he m[u]st pay for hims[elf] in fut[ure] –
Mosey agreed w[i]th Mr. Husb[an]d this morn[in]g to ma[ke] a capit[a]l new br[oa]d wheel[e]d cart for £25
and to ta[ke] my 2 old carts for £5 .:. I shall as it were get my new cart for £20 – din[ner] at 7 –
coff[ee] upst[ai]rs – h[a]d Geo[rge] up to find fault ab[ou]t his n[o]t com[in]g b[a]ck this ev[enin]g till aft[e]r 7 the note being
giv[e]n to h[i]m at 3 1/2 p.m. – s[ai]d he d[i]d n[o]t get off till 5 - A- [Ann] g[o]t Robertson’s Life of Ch[arle]s V
[cuarto] fr[om] the lib[rar]y tonight - we sat look[in]g int[o] it - or rath[e]r she r[ea]d me 10 or 12 p[ages] of the
Introd[uctio]n – fr[om] 10 1/2 to 11 5/.. wr[ote] all the ab[ov]e of today - Ingham +...... d[i]d n[o]t work
in the aft[ernoo]n - too wintery - fine (overhead) in the morn[in]g till bet[ween] 12 and 1 – aft[er]w[ar]ds snowy
and wintery - deep snow on the gr[ou]nd - no do[in]g anyth[in]g out of doors – F[ahrenheit] 33° now at 11 5/.. p.m.
and fair and starlight – Lett[er] tonight 1 p[age] fr[om] Mr. Lister 11 Stockwell common - in ans[we]r to
my let[ter] on the d[ea]th of my a[un]t – condol[en]ce and thanks for my hav[in]g remitt[e]d the rent to his moth[e]r
at midsumm[e]r
 Whiskum r[oa]d
agreem[en]t w[i]th JM. [Joseph Mann]
 new cart Nelson’s fine
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The Evolution and Process of Steel-Making: From Ancient Methods to Modern Techniques
Steel is a cornerstone of modern construction, tool manufacturing, automotive industries, and numerous other applications. As an alloy primarily consisting of iron and elements like chromium, steel has a storied history and an essential role in the global economy. Although steel production dates back centuries, its large-scale commercialization began in the 19th century. Revolutionary advancements in steel-making processes transformed it into a mainstream industry. Today, ongoing technological innovations continue to enhance steel-making efficiency, making it integral to our daily lives. At Agni Steels, we take pride in producing some of the best 550D TMT bars, reflecting our commitment to quality and excellence.
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The Historical Context of Steel-Making
The ancient methods of steel-making involved bloomery furnaces and crucibles, which were labor-intensive and yielded limited quantities of steel. The Industrial Revolution marked a significant turning point, with the 1850s and 1860s introducing transformative techniques that enabled large-scale steel production. These advancements, coupled with improved injection technology and process control, laid the foundation for modern steel-making. Today, steel production is vital to the global economy, supporting infrastructure, manufacturing, and more.
The Modern Steel-Making Process
Steel-making today combines traditional raw materials with recycled components and utilizes advanced methods to produce various grades of steel, including the best 550D TMT bars. The process typically involves six key steps:
1. Iron-Making
The initial step involves melting raw materials—iron ore, coal, and limestone—in a blast furnace. This results in molten iron, or "hot metal," which still contains 4-4.5% carbon and other impurities, making it brittle. These impurities must be removed to produce high-quality steel.
2. Primary Steel Making
The impurities in the molten iron are removed through two main methods:
Basic Oxygen Steelmaking (BOS): Recycled or scrap steel is added to the molten iron in a converter. Oxygen is blown through the metal at high temperatures, reducing the carbon content to about 0-1.5%. This process is essential for producing the best 550D TMT bars.
Electric Arc Furnace (EAF): Scrap steel is melted using high-power electric arcs. This method is efficient and ideal for producing high-quality steel.
At the end of this stage, the steel produced is known as raw steel.
3. Secondary Steel Making
Raw steel is further treated to achieve specific grades, including the best 550D TMT bars. Techniques applied may include:
Stirring: To ensure uniform composition.
Temperature Adjustment: To achieve desired properties.
Ladle Injection: For precise alloying.
Gas Removal: To eliminate unwanted gases.
CAS-OB: For advanced processing.
These steps tailor the steel to meet particular performance and quality standards.
4. Continuous Casting
In this step, molten steel is cast into cooled molds, allowing it to harden. Guided rollers draw the steel from the molds while it is still hot, and then it cools completely. The steel is cut to required lengths for various applications, including beams, slabs, billets, and high-strength 550D TMT bars.
5. Primary Forging
Cut steel is shaped through primary forging, typically by hot rolling. This process eliminates casting defects and provides the steel with a desirable shape and surface quality. Products such as seamless tubing, long products, and flat products are created in this stage, including the robust 550D TMT bars.
6. Secondary Forming
The final step involves secondary forming, which imparts the steel’s final shape and properties. Techniques used include:
Heat Treatment (Tempering): To enhance mechanical properties.
Joining (Welding): For creating complex structures.
Shaping (Cold Rolling): To achieve precise dimensions.
Coating (Galvanizing): To prevent corrosion.
Machining (Drilling): For detailed components.
Surface Treatment (Carburizing): To improve surface hardness.
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Conclusion
Steel-making has evolved dramatically from its ancient origins. With modern techniques and a focus on producing the best 550D TMT bars, the industry continues to innovate and meet the demands of today’s world. At Agni Steels, we are proud to be at the forefront of this dynamic industry, providing top-quality steel products that support infrastructure and development across the globe.
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