#i loathe the terf btw

[lgbtkendricks]

secrets of the castle (bechloe, hogwarts au, enemies to lovers) chapter 14!!!

Beca liked to think that she hid her intelligence rather well…being as though it was difficult to deduce her thoughts when she didn’t voice them. She took great pride in that. Her usual ability to be silent was partly why she was so irked by that redheaded girl’s prying earlier. She could barely even remember her name, but those blue eyes that stared at her as if she was attempting to perform legilimency on her weren’t exactly inviting. It was as if Beca could seep into her sky blue orbs into a void of nothingness and never be able to escape. To put it frankly, it disgusted her.

Beca Mitchell and Chloe Beale don't exactly get off on the right foot. In fact, they're sworn enemies from day one. But Hogwarts has a funny way of bringing the most unlikely pairs closer together...

read on AO3 now!!!

[siriusblack-the-third]

Okay, lets talk about Patronuses.

To my understanding, a person's Patronus is either a physical representation of their character, or takes a form that is the animal version of somebody who is dear to that person or someone who that person looks up to.

Harry's Patronus is Prongs, a stag— his dead father's animagus form. His dead father, who everyone says Harry looks like (except his eyes. He's got Lily's eyes), who Harry looks up to, who Harry idolizes throughout the series. I think it's interesting to note that Harry doesn't have an animal that corresponds to his personality— the dursleys were never a place where he could nurture or grow his own identity, and Hogwarts was always riddled with too many dangers for him to have time to figure himself out. Up until the end of the war, he had no aim, no direction, no idea what his own personality was like. And so, his Patronus took the form of a stag, a tangible representation of his parents' sacrifice, of his physical likeness to his father, of his love and admiration for people he couldn't remember.

Snape (barf) had a Doe Patronus. His obsession with Lily was so strong that it became his personality. His obsession was the only reason that prompted him to betray Tom Riddle, the only thing that prompted him to make an oath to Lily that he would protect her child (bang up job he did of that, btw- just superb), and the only reason he made an effort to stay alive. If it had been the Longbottom family that was under attack, Snape would have gone down in history as one of the cruelest and most loyal Death Eaters of Riddle's army who did terrible, horrible things in the name of his "love".

Now to the main point of this little rant: James Potter, Lily Evans, and Sirius Black.

The Terf Extraordinaire has declared in Extracanon that James' Patronus was a stag, and Lily's patronus was a doe. Imo, that is complete bullshit. James Potter and Lily Evans are famously known for having started off on the wrong foot— he's an arrogant, bullying bastard and she is a sanctimonious, hot-tempered bitch (bear with me, please, I love both of them).

I can't believe Lily's Patronus being a doe— she had too much love in her heart for it to be a representation of her own personality. Even if it was that, it is entirely too inaccurate. Does are considered delicate, weak, innocent creatures. Lily in canon has too fiery a temper and too sharp a wit for her Patronus to be something so mundane— she hurries to rescue Snape in SWM with such rage, unafraid to go against the worst pranksters in the school. And if the angle that Rowling wanted was for it to be an indicative of her love for James, that her Patronus was a doe instead of stag was because Lily was a female, then that's utterly, completely stupid. Lily hated— no, Lily loathed James with her whole being for the first six years of their school. They canonically began dating some time in their 7th year, and even if Patronuses were taught only in the 7th year, Lily wouldn't have fallen in love with him so fast; he had been an utter dick thé previous years, and Lily is canonically too smart to let herself fall for someone who had changed so very recently. She gave him a chance in seventh year, but i believe that she fell in love with him much, much later. All of this just points to the fact that Lily's Patronus being a doe right off the bat is just.. weird. And something I can't imagine happening. If I was to give her a Patronus before she fell in love with James, it would be either a big cat or a dragon. And hey maybe her Patronus changed became a doe to match James when she married him, but then I don't like the connotations of a wife having to submit herself fully to her husband. So no. No Doe Patronus for Lily.

James Potter having a representation of himself as a Patronus is much more believable; he is confident, smart and self assured— traits we don't often see in teenagers. The thing is, though: James loved Sirius. Whether canon or au, platonic or romantic, they are always described as "never see one without the other", as soulmates, as two people who had a legendary friendship. His love for Sirius did not become his entire personality, but it was an integral part of his growth as a character and his story arc. They were best friends who liked each other's company so much that they literally made magic mirrors to talk during detentions. You cannot tell me that James' Patronus was a stag; his patronus was more likely to be Padfoot. He wasn't obsessed with Sirius like Snape was with Lily, he just had more love for Sirius in his heart than he had arrogance in his mind.

Vice versa for Sirius, who had Prongs as his own Patronus, because James was the one that saved him. James became his friend, irrespective of his last name. James took him in when he ran away from home. James was there for him, always, every time, every day of his life since he was eleven. James was his first friend. Sirius' Patronus was Prongs, and you can't convince me otherwise.

[abalidoth]

hey @/transgender-cyborg (op of the terf cisbian/rasbian post) is a racist transandrophobe btw, please don't rb from them anymore

nonny I fully believe you have the best of intentions here, and I appreciate you looking out.

But given all the shit going down with Tumblr staff targeting trans women... now more than ever I am extremely loath to accept prima facie, with zero evidence given, a claim that This Trans Woman Is A Bad. I've seen that used as a pretty nasty silencing tactic on this very platform.

Also I have no idea what post you're talking about, that one was from a fair while ago. Unless I'm just not seeing it in my recent reblogs.

[staenless]

Scrolling through a radfem blog (I like to do this with lots of bizaar radical views because some of the posts make me laugh but also I feel like if I learn more about what they're discussing and their views of the world I'm less likely to accidentally agree with their philosophies because they worded it just right and left out the worst bits. If that makes sense) and one post was about how lesbians (radfem ones specifically) only trust celibate hetero women and female only bisexuals because they aren't caving in and having a relationship with men in order to get a leg up over women who aren't in m/f relationships (not m/f presenting relationships mind you because being trans is like a mental illness but it's also because the trans person is confused because of gender power dynamics? I think? Idk it's all bullshit).

And it's like, first of all I know for a fact the person making that post is from a first world country because women who actually genuinly NEED a male relationship to FUNCTION (ie open a bank account, get a job etc etc) do not hate other women for being in relationships with men. Idk if it's different in other countries but my gran couldn't open a bank account, make large purchases, get a job, get an education with the primary man in her life signing off on it, and so to her and many women in her generation getting married was, aside from other things, often a means to an end. If you actually NEED men to be able to function in society then other women are not going to HATE and LOATH you for getting with a man, because they will be doing the same thing. You don't have another choice. Luckily the OP doesn't live like that so instead they can sound off about how people in m/f relationships have this super great privilege (it's called homophobia BTW, if you marry someone and you're in a f/f or m/m relationships and people treat you like shit it's because they're homophobic).

And you know instead of sounding off at bi/straight/pan/etc women on Tumblr.com you could look at countries were women, like, actually do not have human rights and go "hmmmm how can I help these women?" and then do something? Anything? Like spread awareness about issues in other countries, organise fundraisers for women shelters, sanitary pads and contraceptive outreach in these countries. Maybe you could actually, idk, pause hating men so SO much that you actually try to care about women? Instead of blaming them for betraying you? Like actually I think radfems hate men more than they care about other women. And also that blog was transphobic so like, go to hell for that too.

Anyway this is a super round about way to tell you a lot of women in third world xou tries do not have access to sanitary towels, and you should look into programs that provide reusable pads/mental cups and try donating. I know this has been spoken about in conjunction with Palestine but it's also a reality in many other countries that aren't in an active conflict so if you're feeling generous or want to organise a workplace/friend group donation party consider a cause that helps women get access to these resources and keeps them in school, at work and able to live with dignity. Also fuck terfs and fuck radfems.

[papirouge]

Wait you said that macrons wife is actually trans 😳 omg ive never heard about this lol like please explain!!

lmaoooo

Anon, you are NOT ready for French politics tea, let me tell you... Macron pedo wife is really only the tip of the iceberg lmao

But yeah, Brigitte groomed him when he was 14 years old while she was her teacher. She transitioned before becoming a teacher (she owned a jewelry shop before that). I loathe Macron as a president (I'm bummed he's just got reelected :/) but I can't help but feel for him for being groomed like that....

Macron is bi, it's a secret de polichinelle in the République lmao He proudly displays 2 wedding rings in Hls official presidential portrait (!!). That's a sign to his double "allegiance" (plus he's a traitor to the nation on many other aspects, so it fits both ways🥴)

SMH we didn't kill Louis XIVth for this...

This scandal broke at the end of 2021 with a whistleblower investigation (Natacha Rey) being published in an independent journal (Faits & Documents). It got followed by a 4 hours interview of that whistleblower (which I watch - obviously because I'm that nosy and insane). It quickly became viral on french social medias because the evidence were quite.... staggering. Unfortunately all the information are in french and mainstream medias did their best to cover this up as "far right conspiracy". But pics don't lie.

On the left, the picture of Brigitte's"brother" and Brigitte Macron on the right. The infamous brother that investigators never managed to find, obviously because this little boy IS Brigitte.

It's also important to note that NOT A SINGLE PHOTO of Brigitte being a child or pregnant can be found. And yet, she pretends having 2 biological children - who are, according to the internet, actually those of a family's friend. Investigator never managed to get Jean Michel Trogneux's (Brigitte's deadname) certificate of birth....

"Where are you Jean-Michel and why can't we a copy of your birth certificate? It's been months I've been battling to get it!"

Another shady think to cover the lack of Brigitte existence before becoming a teacher is how they used a picture of "her" daughter (Tiphaine Auzière) to pass it off as her. They digitally altered the photo to make it look older than it actually is

At the bottom right is Brigitte's so called daughter. And the picture on the left is who they try to argue is young Brigitte. It's obvious this girl is actually Tiphaine, and not Brigitte...

Btw both the whistleblower & the youtuber who interviewed her ended being up belng investigated by the police. The video got taken down and Brigitte personally pressed charges on the basis of..... transphobia💀 not defamation or anything like that. VERY suspicious...

The internet didn't forget though and it's been a running joke to call Brigitte Jean-Michel or using "he* when talking about Brigitte lmao French people really don't care about transphobia. We will never accept a transvestite AND a predator as our First Lady. The "F" of TERF is France - it stands for Trans Exclusionary Radical France. Brigitte est un homme. Period.

[how-to-tucute]

when i was really little, (like 11) my cis friends convinced me to be transphobic and i almost turned out a transmed or whatever. like,,, its just, genuinely not a good or healthy mind set you know? you constantly have this pressure on not only yourself but people in your own community. the fact that people will go to the lengths of calling people slurs or being openly transphobic to what is essentially young adults and teens is weird you know?

im really happy for you that you’ve moved on. its just not a healthy community at all, its stressful and filled with a lot of hate. when i was active in ‘discourse’ it just made me upset (especially as a young trans kid who had no idea what they were doing). i have a blog and i actively avoid any kind of discoursy posts like that, even ones that are like ‘hey so and so is a terf!’ cause i just never want that in my life again. its toxic and messes you up.

i really hope you continue to grow as a person and talk to those who you might have even hated before, (i promise you were not bad lol) -nonbinary anon

I’m very glad you were able to pull yourself out of that too, anon, that sounds like a horrible time! Doubly so at such a young age, I can imagine that that was very damaging. It’s makes me glad to know that you were able to leave that behind! But it also makes me sad to think that people willingly allowed an actual child to be roped into a community like that. I recall some of the people I hung around having 13 year olds and stuff in the discord server and being happy that they “learned the right way while they’re young” which disgusts me in retrospect because it’s just implanting harmful, self loathing ideas in the head of a child by praising them and making them think they’re so mature for believing what older people believe and convincing them that they’ll be dumb, or childish, or wrong if they think otherwise. On the whole it’s not much different than using pressure and fear tactics to indoctrinate a child into a religion instead of letting them draw their own conclusions and experiment on their own. But yeah, totally agree on the toxicity of the discourse community as a whole. I don’t find particular interests in debates or callouts these days. I’ll state my own opinion (which is basically just “hey, just respect people and don’t be transphobic”) and whether or not people choose to accept that is up to them. Also I totally will do that! If it helps to know, I have absolutely zero issue with nonbinary folks! I love and support all trans people regardless of expression, dysphoria levels, or identity :) Sorry it too me so long to respond btw! I hope you have a lovely day though!!! -Mod :3

[clary-tarot]

what to include in your ask

hello friends!!!! so, when you submit an ask to get a tarot reading, all you gotta do is-

alert me if you want to be answered privately. the default is for me to publish the ask, but i can definitely answer privately if you want!

i’m going to assume you want a general reading unless you include at least a Couple details about a specific thing you want Margaret’s input on. You don’t have to be very specific, but i would at least need to know- the type of question/some bare bones info about the situation

like ‘a question about love’ or ‘i’m making a life decision’

you can be as general or specific as you want, btw. within reason.

DO NOT TELL ME TOO MUCH ABOUT YOU, THO. DON’T DOX YOURSELF. I don’t need to know where you live or like, your last name. Initials are fine, and like, for my Close Friends i already know and stalk you so yeet, but don’t be like ‘oh, i have to say the street that i live on’ PLEASE DON’T TELL ME THE STREET THAT YOU LIVE ON

also, if you want me (katie) to give input, and not just Margaret (the name of the energy behind my tarot deck that has a Very Specific and Different Voice to mine), please indicate that as well. like, if i’m finna give input you can’t really stop me, but there might be a situation where you want me to Say Words and i don’t because i’m assuming you just want the tarot lady to talk. 

Also, a few more points:

i loathe the thought of misgendering any of my friends, so i will be sticking to ‘you’ as the pronoun i use when answering your ask unless i Know you personally and am 100% certain of your pronoun preference. if you need me to for sure address you in a specific way, please feel free to give me that information

additionally - terfs and racists and general asshats of the internet are not welcome here. 

when answering asks i will use regular font and bold font for Margaret’s input and all of my thoughts will be in italics. 

obviously, i’m doing this recreationally, so like, don’t take my word (or Margaret’s) as law, please. i’m just a girl. simply one (1) 26 year old Midwestern witch with a tarot deck that announced to me that she wants to talk to more people.

my main account is @missberryisbest so when you reply to a reading and i, ah, reply to your reply, that's the username i will have.

i hope that helps clarify things, you are always welcome to ask any questions you have, but, as per the always of my online interactions, i reserve the right to just..... Not Answer things if i don’t have the spoons/feel at all squicked/don’t want to for any other reason.

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