#in the name of only women they believe as being the correct kind of woman

[girlbob-boypants]

And like sure I *could* have been more well written on my very quick offhanded post, but it was a quick reaction to someone unironically using the tags "femce|" and "fema|e manipu|ator" on all of her posts multiple times per day and getting NO interactions while rb'ing almost exclusively aesthetic posts.

It genuinely does boil down to girl your basic human rights and sense of community!!

[medievalcat]

I was going to joke that I always think its funny when people are like "Angelina wouldn't want Hoffman to kill any people ever :(" bc like how do we know that, we unfortunately barely know anything about her but also why would she care if someone like Ivan or the abusive guy at the school died, or yknow the guy who literally killed her, fuck knows none of us do lol. BUT it got me thinking about how...kind of the point of her inclusion in the story is a commentary on society and the legal system's endemic violence against women. Women are killed by partners so much that people just don't even think about it and the law often does nothing at all or enables it or is a part of it. Angelina's death in the story is essentially considered a minor crime that her killer pretty much gets away with legally. Seth Baxter when in his trap even claims he accidentally killed her, a classic tactic used by many men who actually do murder their wives and girlfriends. Angelina was considered an acceptable loss, a forgettable statistic, even before she was killed. She was only in the headlines because she was related to a local detective. The law was never on her side.

In retrospect, when we learn about all this, the horror of Saw IV isn't simply "wait the detective was the killer all along!" Because we see that the trafficker is known to be exploiting young girls- but that these young girls are not evidently considered a priority to help by the law (the fact that the trafficker is a woman doesn't "disprove" that what she did is violence against women). We see that the rapist operates in a motel where there are undoubtedly many witnesses who clearly have not done anything to stop him or to help his victims. We see that the wife-beating child abuser is accosted by Rigg and Hoffman but the abuser's word is backed up and he is protected, and that even the abuser's wife, a victim herself, is too afraid to do anything but support him even though he is hurting a child- reflecting how many women are silent because they know they will not believed. The horror is that with the way the legal system works Hoffman can do more to help abused women as a serial killer than he ever did as a detective.

But then, of course, Hoffman wouldn't have been the serial killer he became if he hadn't been a detective first, and the fact that he was a detective was something utilized by him and John in their endeavors. And even if he saved lives of vulnerable women and girls like his sister by getting rid of Seth Baxter and those people in IV, he still helped John do the same thing those people did to other women- and then did the same thing on his own. With these similar systems, there are similar results. We remember John sent Addison to her torture and death for being a sex worker, with Hoffman's help, further comparing and illuminating the similarities between John's work and the legal system. We see that Hoffman's resentment of Amanda (based in her similarities to Angelina, even their names point this out) that led to him orchestrating her death may have been met with disapproval by John, but was ultimately enabled by his actions, because John thought further torturing Amanda for her trauma, addiction, and self harm was not only correct but helpful. Maybe Hoffman thought he really was "helping" Sidney by putting her in the trap that enabled her to kill her abusive boyfriend, maybe he really did think this was a way of doing what he couldn't do for his sister. But ultimately, if he did help anyone, he did much more harm. Ultimately, Amanda was right. It's all bullshit- the Jigsaw ideology doesn't "save" anyone, just perpetuates the cycle.

[spahhzy]

How much to do what!?

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Roman: Jaune, Neo, I both need you to cease your gross display of affection because I have a client who has a job for us, and this job pays well!

Jaune and Neo both blushed but rolled their eyes, ceasing their activities, and walked up to Roman.

Roman: *ahem* I see you two are leaving more than just kind words on each other.

Roman points to the hickeys on both Jaune and Neo's necks.

Roman: Gross, disgusting, both of you. I still love you both, though.

Neo gives him the finger.

Jaune: Alright, Roman, who is it and how much.

Roman: Right, well, let me pull up the contract.

He pulls out his scroll and opens up the contract, and goes wide-eyed after reading it.

Roman: Fi-fiv-five billion lien!?

Neo: WHAT!?

Neo and Jaune walk over and look at the scroll to make sure it is correct and it was.

A five billion dollar contract.

Neo and Jaune looked at each other before Neo decided to go pull out some bowls and ice cream for a celebration.

Jaune: *whistles* so who do we gotta kill or what do we gotta steal?

Roman looks over the scroll.

Roman: You guys aren't going to believe this, but it doesn't involve killing or stealing...well, YOU, jaune will be stealing something alright.

Jaune: Why me in particular?

Roman: Cause the contract request for you to...oh...OH...oh boy.

Jaune: What?

Roman: I don't think we should do this contract.

Jaune: What? Why the cold feet.

Roman: This job is impossible.

Jaune: Now you're being silly, come on...

Roman: Alright its you're funeral...Neo isn't going to like this.

Roman: *ahem* The client has requested that 'Jaune Arc is to take my daughter to the annual Beacon Dance that is due in two weeks time, he shall dress to the nines and be the upmost gentlemen to her'

Jaune: ...

Roman: ...

A clattering of a bowl hitting the ground caused both of them to look back at Neo, one eye twitching causing both men to gulp.

Jaune: I have to go on a date? Who is this lady and who is this daughter.

???: I would be the lady.

Came a disembodied voice from every direction, causing the trio to look around trying to find the source.

Jaune: And you would be?

???: Just a concerned doting mother, please, I assure you I'm not here to be hostile.

Roman: Ah yes, sure, whatever you say spooky voice.

???Ah, the esteemed Roman Torchwick and I take it the pink and brown haired one is Neo, greeting too you all my name is Salem, and well I'm going to cut to the chase...

Suddenly, a black pit began manifesting out of the ground as out of it stepped a woman a pale as a pearl, wearing a robe, hair tied into place and blood red eyes that made Jaune's skin crawl.

The feeling only got more intense as the women, Salem, floated right up to Jaune, getting close to his face.

Salem: You, my mischievous knight, are to take my dear sweet Cinder to the Beacon Dance and give her the time of her life.

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A while back on Pinterest I saw a really cool quote like this: ‘I hustle like a man because I was raised not to depend on one.’ I understood what it’s trying to say and where it’s coming from; and above all, it really is an empowering idea considering how many women in this world are totally loser-like because their willpower is weak HA But the thing about that quote is…

It got me reminiscing about how I used to be a terrible, terrible workaholic caused by a toxic childhood that had been the complete opposite of that. In my past reality, I hustled like a man exactly because I had been groomed to depend on one. KABOOM!

In a toxic household was a psychopath that worked devilishly hard at having little girls believe that a woman is inherently—by nature—dependent on men. That our survival is at the mercy of men’s charity. Thus a woman must seek to marry a rich man if she wishes to live a happy life. Mind you, this wasn’t a simple case of a shallow Boomer who had grown up in a different era; this really was a psychopath who delighted in creating false realities for little girls to grow up and become absolute losers, in the hope that they never would surpass—never would become better than her.

I was only seven when I began to give that narrative a fuckton of thought. I loathed the idea that a woman is this kind of a helpless creature only because she was born with a vagina; that a woman would never survive without a man’s protection or provision; that a woman’s highest priority in life is to be attractive enough (whatever that means) to seduce a rich man so he wants to marry her. I LOATHED IT. I fucking despised it. What an insult to Love!

At any rate, by age seven, I had come to notice the bullshit that was often spewed by that psychopath. I refused to accept that degrading idea so I began to think and behave differently. I thought to myself one afternoon in the shower:

‘So a marriage is only necessary because of the money, right? But that’s an old people thing. This is a different era—I will make my own money when I grow up. So then, that means I don’t need to get married. I won’t allow myself to become dependent on a man. I don’t want it.’

And so it was that I grew up to become a hustler more resilient than most men because I wanted to rebel against the grooming of the psychopath. It was like a weird coping mechanism or overcompensation or something—not sure which term is more correct LMAO I grew up wanting to be seen as tough and not needing a man’s gentlemanly assistance. I hated being helped by men like, what, you think I can’t help myself? I was always able to help myself.

The problem is… I became way too tough. Waaay too tough for one short girl. I had come to hold myself to impossible standards. I thought that if a man could manage to do this or that, I should be able to do and achieve just the same. My brain is very capable! What’s stopping me?!

The reality of the limits of my physiology (tiny!🤪) as well as my psychology as an autistic girl had not become clear to me at this point. But as the wheel of fortune would have it, at some point in Life my eyes were opened to the very idea of my girlhood and I woke up to the realisation that a woman shouldn’t have to work so hard in Life. DIVINE FEMININE, BEBEH!

One cold and rainy October evening I was lying on my bed, broke as fuck, single as a stick, hungrier and lonelier than a stray cat, feeling all defeated in Life I thought about all of this and repeated to myself quite amusingly miserably:

‘I’m a girl. I’m just a girl. And a really tiny one at that. I shouldn’t have to work so hard. I don’t wanna have to work so hard. I shouldn’t be made to work SO hard. I wanna be someone’s baby girl!’

And I cried and I cried about the fact that I had been so unkind to myself as a girl. That I had allowed society to convince me that it was okay to be so impatient with myself in the name of professionalism! And I cried and I cried because now I was realising I’m really such a soft lovely polite girl who had been forced to fight for I didn’t even know what for the longest time trying to just meet the expectations of a batshit crazy world full of terribly gaslighty psychopaths…

I cried for three days straight, no cap. My youth… My entire Life… For what… And where did that lead me? It’s given me nothing. NOTHING.

By the end of the third day, I made a resolve to treat myself more kindly, more gently because girls are meant to be held with tender care and Love♥︎For the first time in my Life I was able to wholeheartedly accept that I was a girl LMAO That sounds funny but I wasn’t struggling with gender dysphoria—no, I don’t think that ever was the case but… umm… though I always liked the fact that I was a girl, somehow, there was also a part of me that used to view myself as just-a-14-year-old-boy-who-likes-to-play-video-games. I couldn’t even comprehend why I had an appearance that would be considered attractive by men💩

At any rate, so it was that I had held myself captive to impossibly stupid standards of conducts because I wasn’t aware enough of my biology, physiology, as well as psychology as a Goddess! Thinking about it now, it’s so bizarre I lived like that and even managed to survive pushing myself so hard even on those motherfucking days of murderous cramps *wink wink* One time I shed tears feeling so sorry to my younger self because I wasn’t gentle or patient enough with her.

I think the feminine force is supposed to be the embodiment of love and comfort. I think being a girl means I am deserving of an effortless existence. Say what you want if you’re a feminazi, but I want to live enveloped in lightness and ease. I think a girl deserves to be taken care of unconditionally because she’s so complexly fragile and delicate. No, it’s not a weakness. A flower’s delicateness is not a failure. Nor is a butterfly’s fragility useless.

We, are creatures of beauty. And when I was awakened to that reality, I learnt that the first thing I needed to do was stop being an enemy to my fragile beauty. I resolved to hold my femininity in highest regard and not continue to hurt myself with unrealistic expectations based on the male standards of conduct. It had to start with myself because the brainwashed world outside of me was never going to give this to me.

‘I simply do not want to hustle like a man anymore. I don’t think it suits me at all. More important, I don’t think the way men hustle is the standard of a good character! I don’t think they know what they’re doing.’

I, am a feminine force, baby—I don’t chase; I attract. When I hustle, I’m gonna hustle a la Goddess because that’s what I AM. The feminine, the yin, the abstract, holds the magick of the creation of the Universe. Literally I can manifest all I need effortlessly by just breathing calmly and being pretty—in harmony with the melodies of the Cosmic Vibrations💗

Gosh, why didn’t I figure this out earlier?!

I think I’ve now made peace with the homme and femme within though. I think, I’ve pretty much stopped being angry about the ways I used to hustle like a man—posing numerous dangers to myself both physically and spiritually. Ecologically, bish, that wouldn’t have been sustainable in the grander scheme of things!

I still have alternating days I feel more like an homme and a femme every so often but I’ve got to say I like me best on the days I feel most indulgently girly👗On such days, I feel the world is so fine because I’m a woman👒I feel everything is just gonna fall into place eventually because my Goddess Magick is taking care of my Reality. All is well in Divine Timing, my baby girl🎀

And god forbid—I don’t need no man to give that to me either!😉

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[scoops404]

hi scoopsogie, the post you rebloged about media creators expecting their audience to be different than it actually is and then putting their rage onto said media, made me think about Dream. because so far he was a creator who actually embraced the big part of his audience that is women and queer people. and he always has been supportive. but. and please correct me or reassure me if I'm being unreasonable. when he said in the video that a big part of his fans are actually collage guys and people into competitive gaming and with his request to be normal and tone down the activities that mostly women and queer people do in the fandom, i got scared that twitter's behaviour made him a bit apprehensive towards this side of fandom. that he doesn't like us like he used to and maybe he wishes his fan were mostly gamer guys...

Hi friend!

I like that post, it's very informative and sheds light on an issue in main stream media. For television shows, like they're mostly talking about here, there are a number of people behind the scenes making decisions and leading where the next season or arc is going. The showrunner, the network, individual writers (very rarely the actors). In between seasons, these people have time to discover *who* is watching their shows and being the loudest about it, engaging with it. It's not that NO men are watching those shows, they just aren't as loud and interested and locked in. I've read theories before about why men aren't as engaged in shows like woman as far as transformative work goes (art, fic) and a big one that I put my horse behind is that these shows are made *for* men. They see themselves as the heroes, the characters, and so they don't need to turn to fanfic to "fix" anything or to imagine it differently. I dunno, that's another essay for a different time.

For Dream and other streamers/real people fandoms (even musicians to a degree) they see their fandoms in real time. Musicians, definitely, because when they're touring you visibly see the audience coming to the show. For streamers it's a tad different, because names in chat are just names, but creators are usually way more involved in twitter where they see the bios and stuff.

I think Dream meant that his fanbase (which our reputation online has been we are all 14 year old girls) - *does* have college age people+ in it and men (who, let's be real, with *our* reputation online, is it any wonder they aren't as vocal as the die hard fans?). When your youtube subscribers alone are 30 million, you wouldn't expect all 30 million to be 14 year olds. I think Dream is very aware that his audience in primary female leaning queer people and POC. Especially compared to other gaming creators and a big part of why we are all here is because he makes us comfortable following him. I don't care how good a youtuber someone is, if they're shitty to their female and queer fans and constantly making gay jokes, I'd bounce. A huge part of why I even got into this fandom was the fanfiction. I had never played minecraft before in my life.

But also remember just who this video is intended for. It's not really for us. It's not intended for the fans who already saw the holes in these allegations and chose to believe Dream. It's for people looking to crucify him. It's *those people* he is showing himself to. It's *those people* he is saying 'I have boundaries and I don't condone everything my fanbase does willy nilly.' This shouldn't be a surprise to us, as Dream has always said he doesn't support doxxing and he doesn't support using his name to harass anyone. He's gone out of his way to be an example and be kind to people who have been mean and cruel to him (tommy, quackity). We've seen him reach out privately and resolve issues before (that guy Henry or whoever ((he's irrelevant imo)) who said Dream provided alcohol to an 18 year old in his hotel room which turned out not to be true).

I don't think he suddenly hates art or fanfiction. This is the man who not only has written fanfiction before (Percy Jackson) but hosted a fanfiction writing contest for his own fandom. I think what he doesn't want is for antis or whoever to go into the #dreamfanart tag and see explicit fic of him naked and/or having sex. Because minors CAN see that in the tag, it reaches a wider audience. Randos who only see that tag will think he condones that. So, he's simply stating he doesn't want that where majority of people will see it. At least, that's my interpretation.

It really sucks, but I think that really means no explicit art on twitter at all (though i think there's a gray area of having a private acct and only sharing with people who are over 18 and have to request to follow -- but that's been a practice already). Additionally, I'm not sure where his line is and where it crosses into explicit. Is kissing okay? He put a hard case out there for not truthing, which I'm glad he said, people shouldn't be scrutinizing his close friendships to the point where they're trying to see if they have separate hotel rooms (this is an example, i actually haven't heard of people doing that). Don't make DNF being real your entire personality.

I really don't think he suddenly wants an entirely gamer-boy audience. I think courting that side of his fandom helps with the harassment overall, though. Having men in the fandom gives the entire fandom more validity -> which, this actually makes me really angry and I hate it but (circling back to the post you mentioned) people have always struggled to respect majority female and queer fandoms.

I'm definitely rambling and trying to make sure I'm answering all the parts of your ask. This is not coherent and not all of my thoughts at all but it's already disgustingly long. So,

TLDR: Dream still loves us, still likes art and fanfiction, and isn't trying to replace us with dude bros.

[aikoiya]

LoZ - The Curses of the Gerudo

I have a theory that the Gerudo weren't always a woman-only society. That's just not biologically feasible as it would mean that the Gerudo were either incestuous in the beginning & this would've caused them to die out a very long time ago or that they had always bred with other races. Like, there has to be some kind of magic going on there. Especially considering the fact that no matter how far down the line it is or who they reproduce with, these ladies always end up having what appears to be full-Gerudo daughters.

In fact, I believe that the Gerudo were once a warlike, if nomadic tribe from beyond the Lanayru Desert & when they came to Hyrule they did so with the goal of conquering them. Thus, there was war, though not until centuries later. I also see the ancient Gerudo as having lived by a very 'Mandate of Heaven' or 'Might Makes Right' type of philosophy. A philosophy that said that the one who is most powerful, the one who triumphs, is the one who's right & righteous & correct. That they had a divine right to conquer others.

This philosophy was known as Nīkôzeto'reqra. Losely translating "right to victory."

With this philosophy often came the tactic of Feminizing the Enemy. Which is a sexual war crime where someone rapes their enemy to exert dominance over them or to just outright humiliate them. Used to be a fairly common tactic for the Gerudo. Even the women did this to some degree. So, while actual homosexuality was looked down upon, Gerudo men raping their male enemies wasn't seen as evidence of homosexuality. It was just seen as the natural course that the strong exploited the weak. However, only Gerudo who were unmarried were allowed to do as such.

Well-trained Gerudo Vai are naturally equal to or just barely stronger than the average, slightly trained Hyrulean Human men physically, so Gerudo Voe far outclassed them. As such, at that time, the Gerudo were winning.

There was racism on both sides & there was conflict. Tensions grew as the Gerudo raided & pillaged settlements near to the Lanayru region. They kidnapped, raped, murdered, stole, & enslaved the people of Hyrule. This lasted for around 2-300 years until the newest King of Hyrule became enraged when his eldest daughter was taken from her bed. He began to have any Gerudo interrogated, then executed.

Finally, the Gerudo King relented rather smugly, sending the Hylian King his daughter's desecrated body. The Hylian King's rage was incomprehensible.

That was when he declared war upon the invaders. The war lasted for 20 years, eventually ending when the Hyruleans prayed to the Golden Trio to save them from extinction & the 3 cursed the Gerudo. In an instant every Voe dropped dead, including the king himself, & the Vai became unable to produce Voe. Thus, cutting the Gerudo's army in half, as well as, metaphorically, cutting the head off the snake & allowing the Hyruleans to regroup & win.

The Gerudo would've been completely unable to have Voe at all, but a boon from the Goddess of Sand, whose name is speculated to be Gela, who the Gerudo originally worshiped alongside her 7 demi-goddess daughters later, the 7 Heroines, allows 1 Voe to be born every 100 years, all of who were destined to be named King of the Gerudo, & that no matter how much the remaining Vai intermingle with men of other races, the daughters produced will always be fully Gerudo no matter how far down the line so long as those daughters are born in the desert or returned to the desert remained there for the majority of their maturation years.

These kings were known as the Mafzīnànkha Voe'attàr, the Centennial Kings.

What actually happened is entirely unknown to mortals.

The truth is that Gela, the Gerudo Goddess of the Sand, & Din, the Hyrulean Goddess of Power, are one in the same, her true name being Geladïna. Before the curse was actually placed, Geladïna begged her sisters in all but blood, Nayru & Farore, to not destroy her chosen people even though they threatened theirs first. Nayru discussed it with Farore & they agreed that a type of correctional punishment must be exacted, because as the Gerudo were, they'd simply attack again if left unpunished. So, instead they suggested a compromise. They would allow Geladïna to gift her people of the sand spear with a couple of boons.

The first being that no matter how much the Gerudo intermingle with men of other races, so long as the daughters were born upon Geladïna's domain (known today as the Gerudo & Eldin Regions), then the children that they produced would be full Gerudo. In the case of a half-Gerudo, then if they returned to her domain as early as 5 & remained there until 18, then during the course of that time, then their Gerudo blood would begin to overcome whatever they inherited from their father. The other boon would allow 1 male to be born to the Gerudo every century & that man was destined to be king of the Gerudo.

They would also allow for a way to break the curse. If one of those Centennial Kings married a Hylian or Sheikah Heroine blessed by the Golden Trio, it would prove that the warlike race was willing to explore peace, thus they would allow it to be possible for the 2 to have sons. If they did produce a son, then the curse will break.

Afterwards, the Gerudo would be allowed a grace period in which they would be given 3 generations to increase their number of males before the 1st boon would be removed. At which point, they would be in danger of mixing their blood with others again. Which, in the end, would result in the integration of Ovelian (humans with rounded ears), Hylian, or Sheikah blood.

Even with them all coming out full-Gerudo now, you can still see evidence of the mixing of blood in the fact that Gerudo originally had rounded ears like Humans, but now, most seem to have pointed Hylian ears. This is known to be canon as the most recent Ganon is still depicted with rounded ears indicating that either his Gerudo genetics are stronger or his father was Human instead of Hylian.

Anyway, the Gerudo originally stayed in the desert near Hyrule with the intention of exacting revenge on Hyrule, but this goal has been carried away by the sands of time.

This is the 1st curse.

The 2nd made itself known to the Gerudo when the 100th Centennial King was born: Ganondorf.

Ganondorf is always born into the bloodline of Demise. Who had sired a son with a Gerudo woman in much the same way that Zeus did many a time. This all, of course, took place before his sealing & that's partially what drew his hatred to the Gerudo in the first place. This plus the Gerudo's desire at the time for revenge on Hyrule & Might Makes Right belief system, may have drawn Demise's curse to them, sensing the bloodline of its master & choosing the direct descendant of the Demise's first offspring. So, now every 100th Centennial King of the Gerudo was also destined to be born with the Hatred of Demise & go to war with Hyrule. Once someone recognizes this pattern, the phenomenon will likely be referred to as the Myriennial Tyrant or Mafzī'àlfankha Sûlfetànïr. (A myriennia being the length of 10,000 years.)

However, due to how the first curse works, most Gerudo are barely related unless it's directly as a result of needing to reproduce with foreign men because Gerudo generally do interbreed with other races of humans because of it. And it only really expands if a Ganondorf reproduces. Like, sure, any other Centenial King can be born from any Gerudo. But Ganondorf can only come from the line with direct ties to Demise.

That isn't to say that Ganondorf is the actual, literal reincarnation of Demise in the same way that Zelda & Link are the reincarnations of Hylia & the Fierce Deity. Because it is specifically said that Demise's soul was sealed into the Master Sword. (Which, BTW, will that eventually be in a Zelda game? Demise's return?) Rather, as Demise himself said, Ganondorf is either infected by the spirit of Demise's hatred or is the spirit of Demise's hatred born as a Gerudo (think of it as every other part of Demise has been sealed inside Fi, but his Ara Mitama managed to escape, possibly also his Saki Mitama). Ganondorf himself is just a regular Gerudo with the bloodline of Demise, but being subtly influenced by Demise's hatred.

Despite this, the decisions that Ganondorf makes are still his own. Similar to how a drunk driver is at fault even though they were under the influence at the time. It was still their drunk ass what decided to not bring a designated driver when they knew they'd be out drinking & decided to get behind the wheel of a car. Though Ganondorf might not ever know that he was being influenced. As a result, his choices were still his own.

And each of the other Ganondorfs (besides FS) that we see are reincarnations of each other, though not necessarily of Demise himself.

Or, not all of him at least.

In my head, Ocarina of Time was when the 1st Ganondorf made his intentions known, it having been a myriennia since the 1st curse took place.

This Ganondorf was the same Ganondorf seen throughout most of the Zelda series. The 2nd one being from Four Swords Adventure.

The events of the 3 split timelines all occur during the next 30,000 years leading up to the arrival of Hyrule Warriors. At which point, the timelines converge. Then, another myriennia go by & the Ganondorf from the flashbacks of Tears of the Kingdom is born.

During the time before the birth of the 2nd Ganondorf seen in Four Swords Adventure, in the Child Timeline, who was born a myriennia after the 1st, the Gerudo were exiled from Hyrule as a direct result of the previous one's deeds & spent the next many generations trying to rebuild ties between the 2 kingdoms.

I do not know of any other Ganondorfs or Centennial Kings having been born in the other games, but that doesn't mean that they don't exist.

Anyway, then came the 3rd known Myriennial Tyrant, TotK Ganondorf. Which means that a new Ganondorf should be born soon based on the fact that this 3rd Ganon lived 10,000 years before the events of BotW & TotK. Calamity Ganon having been the 3rd Ganondorf's stanky-ass bad juju leaking out & making itself everyone's problem.

Either Ganondorf II or III caused the Gerudo to instate a no-men law in their kingdom in an attempt to avoid such happening a 4th time.

Not to mention, Ganondorf III was still technically alive. The first Calamity happening 100 years after TotK Ganondorf was sealed & was the time of the Ancient Hero depicted on Impa's screen & sung to us by Kass in BotW.

The Zelda depicted there I hc as being the daughter of Rauru & Sonia, (we actually don't know what a Zonai's lifespan is) while the Link depicted was actually the Centennial King after the 3rd Ganondorf, having been abandoned by his mother (3rd Ganon's reign still fresh in the Gerudo's mind) to be raised by his Hylian father after he was born. He found an MM-style Zonai Mask & used it to defeat the Calamity.

Upon entering the desert, he had experienced a great deal of discrimination at the hands of his fellow Gerudo due to his predecessor's influence. Later, he & that Zelda had wed (thus becoming King of Hyrule) & had twin daughters of their own, but soon after, he had been assassinated in his sleep before being able to produce a son. As a result, they had been unable to fulfill the requirements necessary to break the first curse.

As such, just because the evil Gerudo Kings are the only ones we see doesn't mean that there aren't other Gerudo Kings living & ruling in the background of the other Zelda games. They just aren't pertinent to the plot of the games.

At the same time, the Demise-born will eventually make breaking the 1st curse placed upon the Gerudo very difficult as all the effort that the Gerudo Chiefs & non-Demise Centennial Kings put into trying to repair the rift between themselves & the kingdom of Hyrule is washed away every time the Demise-born resurfaces.

As such, old prejudices resurface. Unfortunately, prejudices based on historical fact.

However, due to the appeal of the Sand Goddess having only been between gods, the knowledge of the way out is little more than legend &, at this point, only 3 Demise-born will have existed, so it could take many, many, many generations yet before the pattern is finally recognized & only if meticulous records are taken.

In the end, the self-same philosophy that their ancient culture lived by was the very thing that brought them to ruin. And, sometimes? People just live by a very wrong-headed ideal & despite the fact that it is something central to their culture & is deeply entrenched as part of their traditions; if it leads to your people's ruin, then is it truly a worthwhile philosophy to keep?

And, honestly? I kinda wish that Nintendo would explore that in a game or 2 where Ganondorf isn't the main villain. Or even when he is the villain, but it's been at least a hundred years since the previous king. It'd be cool to explore the pressures placed upon these other Centennial Kings who end up having to live with such a horrible blot on their names. Like the descendant of a Nazi having their ancestors' crimes put on them.

Or even, possibly the idea that these Centennial Kings become Gerudo Outlaws just by existing & thus are forced to live their lives alone out in the desert as hermits else they be killed on sight due to Ganon's crimes being unjustly placed upon them. If not that, then left with their non-Gerudo fathers.

Another thing is that I'm still trying to nail down how the Gerudo came back from Wind Waker's apparent Gerudo Extinction if the Wild Series really is a convergence of all 3 timelines.

I believe that I've heard it said that Oshus' world was in a pocket dimension & that the islands & people had been sucked in by the villain of Phantom Hourglass, so when our heroes returned to the Great Sea, they took the islands & people back with them. If so, then I think the answer may be Jolene & Joanne. It would certainly explain how there's a Linebeck III in Spirit Tracks.

We also know that in the Child Timeline, they were banished from Hyrule far to the southeast, likely beyond Hyrule's borders, but were there others who managed to blend in? I mean, I always suspected that Telma was at least part Gerudo, but who knows, maybe I was right??

And in the Adult Timeline, perhaps after the Deku Tree got finished rebuilding the land overtop the old, the ancestors of the Gerudo returned to the desert for whatever reason & part of the Sand Goddess's boon is that being in the desert causes their Gerudo blood to resurface??

Like, because she's the Goddess of Sand, her powers are limited to the areas where she reigns, so if a Gerudo doesn't return to the desert by age 6, then their daughters will become less Gerudo. Because, as mentioned above, it's specifically the Goddess of the Sand's boon that's keeping that from happening. If so, then I'd have them call it the Era of Lost Blood or Heru Hudjèfamu'è.

So, when Gerudo descendants migrated back to the desert, their Gerudo blood began to resurface??

Which, would actually give a damn good reason for why it's become tradition for little Vai to return to the desert at age 5, though not for why they are barred from men &, specifically, their own fathers. I still think that's all bullshit & just plain child abuse.

Though, I doubt that modern Gerudo would know this. It's likely just been deeply reinforced as a deep-seated tradition for a damn long time & no one remembers why.

I'm sorry, I'm literally figuring this shit out as I type it.

LoZ Gerudo Masterlist

[aquadestinyswriting]

Titan Modern AU- Chapter One

Summary: Meredith gets to meet with one of the people in charge of her new post. A quick conversation about Fangthane culture is had before the discussion turns to other matters- namely where Constable Gruksdottir is going to be staying.

Words: 1,161

Tags: @druidx, @sparrow-orion-writes @warriorbookworm, @thesorcerersapprentice, @blind-the-winds, @philosophika, @the-down-upside-finch, @hippiewrites

Warnings: Some talk about fictional religions but otherwise only avoid if the idea of women with beards grosses you out.

Notes: I fully admit, I just wanted a justification for Merri to keep her beard because I literally cannot see her without one. It allowed me to do some worldbuilding though, which is always fun.

Meredith stood at firm attention with her arms behind her back. The only indication of what she was feeling being a slight quirk of an eyebrow when she caught the surprised stare of the Diplomatic Envoy she was being introduced to out of the corner of her eye. 

Lieutenant Starhammer coughed politely, sitting down behind his desk and waving at his new constable,

“At ease, Gruksdottir. This is meant to be an informal chat. A chance fer us all to get to know each other.” he said. He beamed at the tall, slim woman, who was now settling down into the couch next to the fireplace, “Lady Frigidwake here is the Diplomatic Envoy to the Kingdom of Fangthane. She’s not quite the one in charge, but she does do a lot of work to keep things ticking along as smoothly as possible.” he explained. The Envoy laughed and smiled at both Fangthanians as Meredith relaxed her stance,

“Well, I try to.” she quipped. She gestured to the magpie sitting quietly on her shoulder, “This is Chrackle, he’s a companion of mine. I must ask that you try not to pay him too much attention as he’s supposed to be a working animal.” Meredith nodded, noting with amusement the slightly offended-sounding croak the bird made,

“I’ll bear that in mind, Ma’am.” she said. “I realise that you are, of course, versed in a great deal of Fangthanian culture, but I couldn’t help but notice your surprise as you walked in, Ma’am.” she noted. The other woman flushed a little in embarrassment,

“Ah, yes. I do apologise, that was insensitive. I’m afraid to say that I haven’t had much experience with the Throffite community. Very few Fangthanian women grow their beards out these days, so when I was informed that Lieutenant Starhammer was expecting a female constable, I made an assumption. Again, I apologise.” she said. Meredith shook her head, finally,

“No offence has been taken, Ma’am.” she stated, “You are quite correct, the majority of Fangthanian women shave, and I am very much an exception. Believe me, I am quite used to awkward stares and questions.” Lady Frigidwake pursed her lips and toyed with the end of a strand of greying auburn hair,

“That still does not excuse my conduct.” she retorted, “However, lessons have been learned and I shall not dwell on it any further.” she added, tickling her magpie under his beak as he nibbled at her ear. 

Starhammer chuckled and leaned back in his seat, which creaked loudly, 

“Well, now that we’re all acquainted, I think we can finally turn to business.” he said. He looked to Meredith first,

“I understand ye didn’t get a chance to work out someplace to stay while you’re here, given how quickly ye were kicked out the capital. I’d offer to put you up myself, but my youngest has had to move back home and has brought the weans, so there’s no room, I’m afraid.” 

Meredith shook her head,

“You don’t need to go to that kind of trouble, sir.” she protested, “I’ll be happy enough to keep staying at the Crabbit Sow until I can find somewhere more permanent.” 

Starhammer snorted,

“I’m no’ having ye waste all yer savings like that, lass.” he retorted. The Lieutenant turned to Lady Frigidwake,”D’ye ken of anyplace that’ll be willing to put her up?” he asked. The envoy tapped a finger on her chin thoughtfully,

“I’d need to make a couple of calls, but yes, I think I might know some people.” she replied. She pushed her glasses back up her nose as she smiled at Meredith, “I’ll have somewhere for you to stay by the end of the day.” she chirped. This time it was Meredith’s turn to flush,

“Ye really don’t need to go to so much trouble –” Starhammer scoffed,

“Lassie! It’s no trouble. Ye’re a constable of the Stronghold Guardian Corps! Since we dinna have a barracks on site, that means ye’re entitled to have a place to live nearby.” he reminded her. “Moradin’s beard, ye’re an uptight one, aren’t ye? Auld Vanskleig’s right when he says that working here for a bit’ll be good for ye.” he added.

Meredith opened and closed her mouth a few times, trying to find some way to protest, but couldn’t find the words to refute what her new commanding officer had just said. After a moment, she huffed a sigh,

“Aye, sir.” she grumbled. Lady Frigidwake shook her head,

“I’ll go make those calls now, then. Lieutenant Starhammer, was there anything else we needed to discuss in the meantime?” she asked. Smoothing down her skirt as she stood. Starhammer thought for a moment, then shook his head,

“Nothing that can’t wait until next week, lass.” The old soldier stood, with a bit of effort, and bowed slightly to the envoy, “In the meantime, please give my regards to Father Shiverstaff, and remind him that he still owes me drinks.” he added with a smile. Lady Frigidwake laughed and inclined her head slightly

“I’ll pass the message on.” she said. She turned to Meredith, who had by now also stood and was standing at attention again, “It was a pleasure to meet you Constable Gruksdottir, I look forward to working with you.” she said. Meredith snapped off a salute,

“Aye, Ma’am.” she stated. Lady Frigidwake smiled, sent Lieutenant Starhammer a knowing look, then swept out of the office. Starhammer sighed as he turned to Meredith,

“I’ve got my work cut out, haven’t I?” he muttered. He picked up the top sheet from a stack of papers, “Well, seeing as ye’ve been sent back down to start from scratch, I might as well have ye on guard duty at the front door until I get word of what Command wants done with ye, or we figure out where yer strengths lie.” he said. Meredith nodded brusquely and saluted again,

“Aye, sir.” she stated. She sent him a quizzical look, “May I ask what time I can leave my post, sir?” she asked. The Lieutenant sighed,

“Well, the office closes for the day at five-thirty. Seeing as I’m pretty much the only other person here for now, you might as well clock off then.” he replied. Meredith nodded,

“Of course, sir. Thank you, sir.” she said. There were a few moments’ silence until Starhammer heaved a sigh,

“Ye’re free to leave and get to yer post, Constable.” he said wearily. “If there does happen to be any trouble out there, ye do have permission to get involved.” he added just as Meredith began marching out the door.

“Understood, sir.” Meredith called as she finally exited the room, leaving Starhammer to wonder just what he’d gotten himself into. He opened the folder he’d been sent from Sergeant Major Ragnarsson, reading through the various evaluation forms and report summaries. He stroked his moustache thoughtfully,

“Well now, I think I owe the Field Marshal quite the favour for this.” he murmured.

[faeryfrogs]

damn kids, I've really been questioning my gender recently. Like... sometimes I wish I was a man-- but like, a very androgynous, femme man. Not really interested as being seen as a butch woman, and I've given that plenty of thought over the years as one of my close friends is a butch lesbian.

This is a weird feeling to admit to, because I thought I was pretty much done thinking about my gender and sexuality at my big age.

Overall, I wish my body shape lent itself to seeming more androgynous. I feel like my relationship with my body was fine until I hit puberty, and I've strongly disliked it ever since. I don't think I'd mind presenting as a woman so much if I were taller or skinny because it would perhaps lend itself to androgyny more than the hourglass stereotype. I've always envied, for example, women who cosplay as male characters. I don't think I can pull it off! At the same time, I have zero desire to be a 'guy's guy.' I've called myself nonbinary for a while, or I guess I'm genderfluid or genderqueer? I'll be honest, I'm not so familiar with the nuances of terminology in this case and infighting over labels in other areas of queer community (an unbelievably stupid thing to fight over imo) has me leery.

And then there's the thing slightly ironic thing where I'm hormonally intersex but stereotypically female-presenting in body type and fat distribution. I'm convinced that if I lost weight, I might appear more androgynous.

Also, I lurked on some transmasc forums and learned that more testosterone might actually help my intersex condition. Fucking crazy to learn that. If only I'd been born in a world with parents who didn't just decide that I should be a woman! I'm going to make myself sad here... but the truth is, most intersex conditions are 'corrected' by tossing the intersex person to whichever end of the gender binary they seem closer to. But let's not talk about my forced feminization, lol.

Yes, I kind of wish sometimes that I'd been born with male body parts and had gone through life that way. (Somehow, it seems easier to be androgynous as an amab person rather than an afab person. Perhaps that's a grievous misconception, if so, give me a little grace...) I also remember being envious of boys as a little kid. I do think it would have been a huge struggle in other areas though; I left the cult I was raised in partly because of how I was treated due to my assigned gender, and while I wish to believe that I always would have left no matter what, it may have been much a slower process without the catalyst of being woman-presenting in a hierarchical, violently sexist environment. And who knows, maybe I would have more deeply repressed my femininity and queer identity in a male body...

Anyways. Just something I've been thinking about a bit. I've mentioned it once to my best friend, and when meeting up with new queer folks I tend to use Max as my name instead of my more gendered birth name, but I'm not really in a place to be public about it until I'm more sure how I feel. This is honestly the first time I've put it to words at all.

Here's the other thing. I have no desire to put my body in the wringer especially with things like surgery, but I do want other people to see me as myself and not as a woman. I worry especially that without some form of external self-transformation, I will always be seen as a busty cis woman who's just quirky. Ugh.

[wolint]

GRACE TO OVERCOME!

GRACE TO OVERCOME

Ephesians 2:8-9

 

What exactly is grace? It is the favourable influence of God in renewing the heart through the application of Christ’s righteousness. Grace is undeserved favour. It is mercy when we don’t expect it or deserve it. Grace is God’s adornment of His people. God’s decoration of His children, beautifying and dignifying them that are least qualified to overcome.

The Bible tells us how God has extended grace to us by offering us salvation-eternal life with him-for free! We don’t have to do anything to earn it. In fact, we can’t earn it or buy it. We simply accept it by believing that Jesus, God’s Son, died for our sins so we wouldn’t have to.

Psalm 84:11 implies that grace is God’s good will, kindness shown through encompassing love and unmerited favour. Grace begins with God and is given freely. His graciousness to us is our example for extending grace and mercy to others. Grace cannot be earned. It is freely given.

Grace is the gift of God by which He extends mercy, loving kindness and salvation to everyone.

It is by God’s grace that he decided to offer us the gift of salvation. There is nothing we can do to earn it. We simply receive it with faith and in thanks.

God is gracious in action!

God’s grace is revealed in Jesus Christ who demonstrates visibly the grace of God fulfilled through the ministry of Christ- see John 1:14-17.

God’s grace is our only hope in this fallen, twisted and messy world. It is the only hope we have to overcome every plan and purpose of the enemy.

Israel was devastated by times of intense rebellion and sin. Yet when the people repented and returned to God, he delivered them. God puts no limit on the number of times we can come to him to obtain mercy, but we must come to obtain it, recognizing our need and asking him for help. This miracle of grace should inspire us to say, “What a gracious and merciful God you are!” If there is a recurring problem or difficulty in our lives, continue to ask God for help, and be willing and ready to make changes in attitude and behaviour that will correct that situation. Read Ephesians 1:3-2:10. There are forces working tirelessly to limit, condemn, distract, fail or completely stop us from enjoying all the benefits available to the saints of God.

Every believer must arm themselves with two things the enemy fears the most if the grace to overcome must be impacting and those are the word and name of God according to Isaiah 59:19, Philippians 2:10 and Hebrew 4:12.

God is always ready to fight for us when we call His name and acknowledge His sovereignty over all things for Hid grace is always sufficient for us according to 2 Corinthians 12:9 and not dependent on our performance.

God has graced and will continue to grace us to overcome.

God’s grace finds goodness in everything.

Grace takes the blame.

Grace covers shame.

Grace finds beauty out of the ugly.

We've got to learn to hold on and out for grace, as it’s the only thing that makes life bearable.

Grace stopped Abimelech from being destroyed in Genesis 20:2-7.

Grace gave Cain a mark to save him from being killed in Genesis 4:13-15.

Grace stopped to meet the adulterous woman in John 8:1-1.

God’s grace is sufficient for us to overcome any and every situation and challenge if we accept the grace and allow it to empower us.

God's grace manifested in Jesus Christ makes it possible for God to cause us to reflect His grace in our character and relationships. Position yourself for grace to overcome! The condition for receiving God's grace is humility as stated in James 4:6, and 1 Peter 5:5.

Christ represents the fulfilment, the embodiment, and the dispenser of divine grace, and so, may the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all according to 2 Thessalonians 3:18.

PRAYER: Thank you, Lord for the gift of grace to overcome in every area of my life in Jesus’ name, amen.

Shalom

WOMEN OF LIGHT INT’L PRAYER MIN.

[nualaofthefaerie]

What would Nuala wear in general like what type of outfit or dresses? 🤍✨💕

Everyone, I am back!

And with that, it's time to start answering some Nuala focused questions to build up the anticipation for her casting reveal.

First of all, thank you dear Anon for asking such an important question.

I will start off by naming several brands that are highly connected to Nuala's aesthetic in my eyes and as I see her as a character and of course provide some examples for reference.

Now, I am in no way connected to the Sandman staff and I cannot by any means show or tell what we will get in the show, but as Nuala's fanclub president, I have taken a lot of time pondering on the question. I hope the answer is satisfactory.

Christian Dior (30s/40s):

For this period, I am more focused on the structured silhouette of the gowns and the overall feeling that Christian Dior presented as 'beautiful'. The sharp yet, smooth lines of the dresses make for a good metaphor for Nuala's character. She is soft and kind, however, she does not allow one to mistake her kindness for weakness. There is something incredibly beautiful in that. Of course, one could not simply ignore the fairylike qualities of "Venus" and "Junon".

John Galliano for Dior (1995/2011):

I am not going to sit here and unpack the impact and consequences of the Christian Dior John Galliano era. What is undeniable is the out-of-this-world concepts and craftsmanship that through colour weaves stories. Galliano's clothes talk and so I believe should Nuala's. The focus of her visual should be on telling a story of inner discovery through the outer shell. And her clothes should reflect that. Arguably there isn't a more ethereal way to do this than through a Galliano archive piece. However, I do not think that Galliano could be worn by Nuala. I believe there are concepts and inspirations to be taken from the fabrics, silhouettes and colours he uses.

Thierry Mugler:

What is well-known about the great Thierry Mugler that is well known is that he was the master of the fairy tale. He could tell stories out of this world using only the clothes he made. He also strongly associated himself with the intrinsic human womanhood that he believed we all possess in a dose of or at least we have the eye to appreciate. He was one of the first to draw inspiration, while simultenously involving queer people and women of color. Life was his muse and he ate it all up. Thierry Mugler was what a Fairy would be today. I do not believe there is a designer who would better understand what being a fairy means than him hence he is a perfect person to turn to when drawing inspiration for Nuala. His already fairylike designs hold history and touch on themes Nuala finds herself exploring as well.

Elie Saab (2000s era):

I sadly am not completely aware of the message of Elie Saab clothes. All I remember as a child is how beautiful they were and how nicely they flew in the wind. It reminded me a lot of the Winx fairies and their stunning dresses. Nuala is no Winx Fairy, however, she reminds me of a fairy I now recognize from the way nymphs, samodivas and vylas are presented in classical art. In a way, very reminiscent to what Elie Saab was doing during the 2000s. There is an inherent fairieness to his clothes that would translate beautifully on Nuala and would convey why she is the most desired woman in all of Faerie, even by Lord Auberon himself.

Christian Lacroix:

For the last of the big masters, I present a man who is incredibly complex in his storytelling but his clothes talk for him. He incorporates grandness and soft pallettes for a feeling that truly only upon first glance makes one sigh and think "Nuala will look lovely in that." Correct, she will. The lightness of the fabrics, combined with the youthfull feeling remind me of Nuala every time. And the flowers help too. She is after all, a Forest Fairy.

Selkie

Now, onto some fun modern Nuala. There is no one ELSE that screams Nuala of the Faerie like Selkie. Selkie's entire branding is focused on fairytales and fairies, hence why a fairy such as Nuala would shine brightly in the famous Selkie empire waist puff dresses and would perfectly match say Delirium on such occasions. The puffy romantic sleeves and the ginormous skirt would make for a very princess, fairy, animated feeling in the real world. Something that Nuala may not necesserily exhibit always due to her harships in the story however, we get glimpses of the person she could be when she is comfortable with her surroundings in "Brief Lives".

In conclusion, this post may serve as part one to a Nuala wardrobe masterpost, but for now is a good introduction to my thoughts into her wardrobe.

If you guys have any other designers you might want me to look into for Nuala inspiration, don't hesitate to reply here or send me a message. I would love to hear your thoughts.

Love and care,

Li 🪷

[recromage]

The Elven Tavern by Recromge

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A new adventurer? I'll help you find a guide!

Chapter 1: Whos that?

Chapter 2: That's the tavern?

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Chapter 1:

Sitting in town central lays a small tavern. It is a little tavern of two floors and a feel that draws in anyone who looks at it. The tavern’s name you ask? Well, that would be the ‘Elven Tavern’, the tavern run by a beautiful elf is quite popular in the town. The building made up of various shades of wood and stone alike makes up for it’s not-so-appealing look with its interior and service. With its stone pavement and the shabby deck, it could use a good redesign but yet it’s still so popular? If you’re wondering why you should ask the owner. “Me? I don’t have a clue, it’s still surprising to see all sorts of people come in to dine. Some stay to dine and drink while others choose to rest here, I’m just happy to see all the races getting along when they come in. From elves and humans all the way down to the dragonkin and merfolk, we get people of all kinds they fight every once in a while but we don’t get many of them.”

You hear that? Looks like it’s a better place than I thought although how much of that do you believe? Let’s ask some others. “It’s a decent place. I get to drink as much as I want without worrying about being brought into a fight for what I am. So It’s an ‘A’ in my book.” A member of the dragonkin said. “I can’t stand all the improper beings that enter here but at least I know that I’m not going to ingest

poison, so I guess in that right it’s okay.” An elvish man said while turning away. “If I have to see another member of the dark lands then I’ll personally go hunt them down, but I get good quality food and the drinks are good so I don’t mind seeing them here.” A woman with beautiful blue hair said.

It seems like the opinions are different from wha- “I like it here! The food is good and so are the drinks, the people at least try to be nice and there is never a dull moment, we may not always get along but we have fun. There are games, food, and a place to stay, and when we need it we can always count on the staff to help out in any way. Even the owner comes out to talk and have fun with the crowd.” A human male said. I stand corrected, it seems like most don’t get along but they tolerate each other for the sake of the tavern or maybe for the sake of the tavern’s owner.

“Dang it! Oof!” Speak of the devil. “That hurt.” A woman with shoulder-length blonde hair seems to have fallen on her face. The girl gets up dusting off her white dress, on a closer look she seems to be wearing a knee-length dress with a brown corset over it, brown boots, and a brown bag. The green-eyed lady smiles at a flower before pulling a knife out of her bag and cutting the flower out before putting it in a glass vial from her bag. “Nice! Valerian! This’ll help Granny Marry with her insomnia.” The lady walks away passing bushes and trees alike before finally leaving the forest she found herself in.

Walking down the paved path back to her tavern she passed many people from the town square, from men with red lizard-like skin to women with blue hair and gills on their necks. The town holds the largest population on the map! Some folk stopped the girl delivering their ‘Hi’s’ and ‘Hello!’s but the lady only smiled and waved at them before being on her way once more. The lady passed homes, restaurants, and buildings alike she eventually made her way over to a small home.

The walls were made mostly of stone with a dark wood roof and beams for support, it was behind in upgrades but it was always so mesmerizing to step up to. Maybe that’s why she liked it, it was simple but it never failed to get her attention. Knocking on the door with a smile on her face an elderly lady opened the door, A gray-haired lady sporting a purple dress with a dark pink shawl thrown over her shoulders smiled up at the blonde. “Oh! Dearie! It’s nice to see you again dearie, how have you been Ms. Mian?” Smiling at the little lady Mian handed over the glass to the little lady. “I’ve been good Mrs. Marry! I got the herbs you needed, try getting some rest now okay?” Granny nodded at her “Alright dear and you make sure to take care of yourself, how’s the tavern?”

Waving at Granny Mian walks away yelling out “It’s been good! Thanks for asking!” Making her way downtown she eventually found herself in front of a rundown-looking tavern.

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Hello everyone! This would just so happen to be the first chapter of my story ‘The Elven Tavern’, I sure hope you liked it as much as I enjoyed writing it! I’ll get the next one finished and out as soon as possible!!

[titodicks]

Hi. Lady_luly here. First of all thanks for calling me a comeback Queen and praising my essay on Total Drama Rama but i have to say that i don't agree with some of the things you posted. Namely :

1."Because women are inferior horrible people unless they are white, boring, or toddlers apparently "

I may have used icons of white Female characters in my blogs but that's because i love these characters, not because I'm white myself. I'm actually a nearly 28 Black woman and that post sounded racist asf. Heck in my opinion the only two good things about Courtney are her singing voice and design.

2. The post you made saying that staning a character means suporting all of their actions.

That is false. You can ask any Courtney apologist there is and they'll say that her actions in action and all stars where all because of the writers meaning they don't suport them but can't find any in Universe reason that may have caused them,thus completely ignoring that it was Courtney's choice to act the way she did.

I myself don't suport Duncan's unjustified bullying of Harold but i do believe in the headcanon of a Courtney apologist that said it was caused by him being bullied by obnoxious geeky neighbors wich Harold reminded him off.

Also, to correct any misconceptions you may have, I do not hate Owen. My only problems with him are his design (wich makes it impossible for me to imagine him in any shape but fat. Like I'm all for giving the characters diferent body shapes but i don't like that the only edges in his design are his head and legs... Heck even S*gar has more edges than him. ) and his role as the main providers of gross humor (wich makes me have to kill him or make it so he never even took part in the total drama competition in any fanfict that i write, sans the Dramarama meets total drama one where i have to include him since he is part of the main cast). I personally love how kind he canonically is to everyone and kinda ship him with Justin tbh.

As for this fandom as a hole, I'd say yes, it is toxic as fuck but as long as you stick to just writing/reading fanficts in sites where you can block the Courtney apologists (like Ao3 and fanfict. Net) you should be fine. I know because i wrote a fanfict where i bashed the bejesus out of Miss C. U. N. T in training and people loved it. Seriously, not even once there was a Courtney apologist in my coments giving me their regular "you can't bash my favorite girl boss" BS.

Also, the fandom is not yahoiphobic, it is sapiosexualphobic, as proven by all the hate i got when i said that i headcanon Noah as being sapiosexual (a headcanon I got from a Dunno (Duncan+Noah) fict I found on Fanfict.net).

They weren't pissed because i think Noah is gay, they were pissed because i think he is sapiosexual.

Problem is this plataform has more Courtney apologists and passionate Nowen shippers than any type of fan.

WHO IS THIS IMPOSTER?! I WOULD NEVER SAY ANY OF THIS NONSENSE!! 😡🤬😡🤬

[recreationaldivorce]

i think "transmisogyny affected" and "transmisogyny exempt" are unfortunate terms bc they basically do invite tme* (*using the terms tma/tme in this post bc they're widely-understood shorthands for "camab trans person" and "not a camab trans person") people to go "well i'm transmisogyny affected because i got mistaken for a trans woman once" - because they aren't incorrect that that is an instance of transmisogyny affecting them, it's just that tma/tme doesn't literally refer to whether or not transmisogyny has any effect on your personal life obviously and i don't think anyone who uses the terms tma/tme believe that transmisogyny has no effect on people who aren't camab trans people.

i also don't think that involving "intention"/the idea of "misdirected" oppression resolves this issue because i don't think "misdirected" oppression is a thing; that implies lack of intent on behalf of eg a harasser or an institution with reactionary policies. if a homophobe calls a cishet person a faggot, that's intentional. they intended to call that person a faggot. if they then find out that their target is actually cisgender and heterosexual they're not going to go "oh sorry my bad, you're not a faggot after all". yet nobody denies that faggot is specifically a homophobic and/or transmisogynistic slur even though it does (quite frequently in fact) get intentionally used against cishet people. similarly when transmisogynistic policies affect gnc cis women, intersex cis women, racialised cis women, etc, these are not accidents; tme people who are victimised by transmisogynistic policies are also additional intended victims alongside the camab trans people those policies are intended to target.

similarly i don't think it's correct to say that transmisogyny only incidentally affects tme people. tme people who are likely to be mistaken for trans women put active effort every day into not being mistaken for trans women because they know it will result in violence against them; that's something that affects all their social interactions every day. i don't think you can draw political distinctions based on a quantitative difference of how much a given oppression affects you—i mean, then you have the obvious issue of where do you draw the line, at what point do you experience an adequate quantity of oppression to be categorised as "affected". the difference between being what's termed tma and what's termed tme is not quantitative, but qualitative.

the main point that's poorly communicated with tma/tme language is that it's not for categorising the experiences of individual specific people based on how often they get called slurs in public. it's identifying a group of people who are the subject of transmisogyny, which is a system of oppression that rhetorically and structurally targets camab trans people. like all the news articles fearmongering about women with penises are obviously not talking about cis women with penises; they are talking about trans women's penises, even though this "culture war" shit does indeed "affect" cis women with penises too. obviously all systems of oppression affect everyone because systems of oppression are social totalities, but that doesn't mean they don't have social groups (not the same as aggregates of individuals) stratefied into oppressors and oppressed.

so, what, are we to replace tma/tme with "STM"/"NSTM" ("subject of transmisogyny"/"not subject of transmisogyny")? no, probably not—tma/tme are widely-understood enough terms for what they refer to & it'd be a bit silly to start a campaign to replace them with something more descriptive on the basis of pedantry really. i just think it's kind of unfortunate how they're named in a way that very loudly invites bad faith derailing of conversations into a completely irrelevant argument about who's "affected" by an oppression (everyone, obviously), and also baits tma people into arguing that actually tme people are completely unaffected by transmisogyny, which presumably most of them don't actually think.

[holyyground]

okay so hiiiii 😊

starting off by saying i'm kind of a gaylor myself, in spirit mostly than in action shsbshs i mean i do believe she's not straight and might have been in relationships with women, but that's that, i don't care about the rest.

anyway, i've been thinking about it for a while, that the reason most anti gaylors are so opposed to the idea of taylor possibly being not straight- well, apart from good ol' homophobia, that most of them don't even try to hide, is the connection to relationships and certain people. what i mean by this, and disclaimer; those are just personal thoughts and not something i believe as a fact for everyone- anyway, what i mean by that is that most of them hear the term gaylor and immediately think of kaylor. that people who believe taylor is queer (gaylors) only mean her possible relationship with karlie, does this make sense? and since most swifties have a personal vendetta against karlie, for reasons i don't really care to know, i don't really care about taylor's personal life and relationships (i say as i write this message 💀) tbh, just her music but i do observe 👀- anyway, you get what i mean? since they don't like karlie for whatever reasons, they don't like the thought of a relationship between taylor and karlie = taylor being into women. they can't separate taylor from that relationship and see taylor as an individual, outside of this relationship, who might be queer. i don't know how else to explain this and sorry bc english isn't my first language but yeah it makes sense in my head. like, my perfect het queen taylor absolutely cannon be in a queer relationsh with a woman i hate!!!!1!1!1!1! something like that.

also, i think a lot of people, gaylors included, only see two possible options for taylor: either the hettest heterosexual of heterosexuals or a lesbian. the thought of her being bisexual, pansexual, you name it- just fluid with her sexuality is, as i see it, out of the question. (please, feel free to correct me if i'm wrong but that's how i see it from behaviours inside the fandom.) and here you have lesbiophobia, biphobia, panphobia- queerphobia in general, all fighting each other just because 1. people can't grasp the thought of taylor not being only into men 2. people thinking she can't possibly be into men at all and 3. people plainly refusing to accept that, wow shocking, she might be into women/or any gender as well!! as i said at the beginning of this message, good ol' homophobia 🤩. and anyway, i think that's unfair to taylor. i think most anti gaylors are so aggressive towards gaylors and the idea of taylor being queer because they only see her as a lesbian. and that's truly disgusting. i mean, bisexuality or pansexuality or whatever i mentioned earlier being out of the question, as i said before, is what fuels their hatred towards the idea of taylor not being *only* into men.

oof, i hope what i said makes sense bc my thoughts are just boom all over the place. anyway, cant wait to read your thoughts on this. thank you for your time and patience <3

First I want to say THANK YOU for this massive ask, holy shit. I love hearing y’all’s thoughts about this topic.

Second, I absolutely agree! Over time I’ve seen several comments from non-gaylors accusing us of only seeing Taylor as a lesbian, and that the word “gaylor” only means lesbian, but anybody who spends any time in gaylor spaces would know that isn’t the case. Even for myself I don’t put a specific label on what I think she is because it doesn’t matter. Do I think it’s most likely that she’s bi? Yeah probably, but my opinion on it changes and ultimately I don’t care that much because her individual label is her choice and none of my business.

A lot of the backlash towards gaylors does definitely come from a dislike of Karlie, and having been around the swiftie tumblr community since 2014, that definitely has always been there. A lot of it, in 2014, was because people were generally far less accepting of the idea that Taylor is queer than even they are now, and when she posted that tweet about not making dating rumors about her friends, it only got worse. But then as time went on and Karlie began having connections with the Kushners, it became that much easier to paint her as a villain. But honestly a lot of the hatred comes from the “crook who was caught” line and some dumb rumor started by Perez Hilton, of all fucking people. But a lot of her other relationships with women are shown more subtly or almost not at all, and so because Kaylor is the most visible, it becomes easiest to attack Karlie specifically. And it was also the most recent one we have documentation about, which is also why I think it gets more attention than her other previous relationships like swiftgron. But her queerness is so much more all encompassing than just Kaylor, and it does actually bother me that so many non-gaylors reduce it down to this one relationship specifically. Her whole career is a story of a queer woman, and it has so much depth to it that just gets so overlooked.

In a major way though, I also think a lot of the distrust of gaylors comes from this idea that Taylor is our friend, that she knows us, and wouldn’t lie. A LOT of swifties are VERY attached to who she dates, which we of course saw with the Joe breakup but we still see with Jake gyllenhall, and even Harry. (If I have to see another “I’m a child of divorce” comment about Harry and Taylor I’m gonna Kermit.) This idea that she’s omitted huge chunks of her dating life is horrifying for a lot of people because then suddenly you realize that you matter to her far less than you thought you did. And I get it, we’re all parasocial with her in SOME way, but still.

But yes! Thank you again for this ask, I hope my answer made sense!

[nellie-elizabeth]

Grey's Anatomy: Training Day (19x11)

Addison! Oh goodness!

Cons:

Jesus Christ, I can't believe the Nick and Meredith drama is going to continue even though Meredith isn't even on the show anymore. The one good thing about Mer leaving was that maybe Nick would go with her and they'd sort their shit out somewhere offscreen where I didn't have to look at them. Yeesh. I was so annoyed when he and Maggie were talking about it, and later when Lucas and Nick had a chat about Meredith being gone. I can't believe we're in a situation where this boring dude is supposed to be our strongest link to Meredith left on the show, the lingering point of unresolved drama. If Meredith comes back in the finale or in later seasons and it's so she can have her big reconciliation with Nick, I'll be annoyed as hell.

The subplot about a woman who needs a lung transplant, and then her boyfriend on his way to donate a lung gets into an accident that damages the lungs... I mean, it was fine, it just seemed very thematically divorced from the rest of the story in a way I found strange. Maybe we'll continue to follow up with these characters next week. 

Pros:

I honestly found everything about the two pregnant friends to be incredibly moving. One is late-stage in her intended, wanted pregnancy, and the other is pregnant but doesn't want to be, and has come in for a medical abortion. The friends are both steadfast in their support for one another's journeys, making playlists for each other, packing snacks, etc. And Bailey and the whole medical team singing "In the Jungle" during labor for the one having a baby was so cute and sweet and just incredibly touching.

I appreciate that whenever Grey's does a story about abortion care, they don't make one of the sympathetic, named characters the voice of the opposition, so to speak. There's not a pro-life main character in Grey's right now who's standing off to the side making the argument against this good work. Maybe there are moments in the world where we need to hear people out, but Grey's is making the (in my opinion correct) stand that this is not one of them. They so eloquently and simply make their case for the power of choice by showing women who are excited to be pregnant, excited to be mothers, and others who do not want to be and should not be forced into such a thing against their will.

The people who think differently, the fundamentalists, the pro-life crowd, only get a voice as an anonymous, violent mob. Angry people willing to throw bricks through windows and run over people they disagree with on the street outside of a hospital. That's exactly the kind of representation they deserve.

I love Addison. I was moved by Addison's despair and fear as she undergoes all the online harassment and doxing. And now the episode ends with her life in peril? I'm screaming! They'd better not kill Addison Montgomery, I will CRY.

Teddy did a good job handling a crisis as chief. She succeeded in not pissing me off in this episode. Good for her!

In the intern world, we've got Simone deciding to rush her wedding with Trey, while things are still strained and awkward between her and Lucas. I feel kind of unsure about this plot thread; there are pieces of it that are poised to annoy me but I'm still willing to hear them out. At least they're not dragging things out too long, hopefully Simone will rush full-steam ahead to her wedding and we'll get the dramatic shakeup sooner rather than later. Oh, also, Blue got smashed in the head with a brick. He seems to be doing okay but I wonder if that will come back later.

Addison's fate is up the air and we have to wait to see if she's going to be okay. I'm a little worried, this show has hurt my feelings a lot in the past, and I don't want to have to be pissed at them for yet another thing.

8/10

[brooklynsummers]

Black trans woman/singer-songwriter trying to sell my music to raise money for safer apartment

I'm a black transgender woman and singer-songwriter trying my best to promote and sell what I believe is the best song I've ever written, performed and recorded. I also mixed and mastered it myself. It's called "Be W/U" and I'm hoping to raise enough money to move into a safer apartment in a more trans-friendly area that's about 25 miles away. I've been alone for the past 4 years stemming from family rejection and I've just been displaced living in motels and hotels and once in a homeless shelter for trans women in Los Angeles. Last year I finally moved into my very first apartment and it's been very painful, to say the least. I've been harassed and bullied by the upstairs neighbors constantly and though I've complained to the landlord countless times, they've done absolutely nothing to help me. I've gotten chased out of the grocery store twice by transphobic lunatics and I had to quit my job after being attacked by a mother/daughter duo after correcting the mother, who intentionally kept misgendering me very sarcastically. I had to end up running in the back of the store and locking myself in the bathroom. To add insult to injury, my manager refused to ban them from coming back in the store. This area is not a trans-friendly area and my manager let me know just how much he cared by refusing to ban these people so they could have just came back in at any time for a round 2. This is not a trans friendly area and I was afraid to press charges. I'm already 3000 miles away from home and it's scary enough trying to just co-exist. I ended up quitting, scared to go back in the store. My manager just did not care about making sure his employee was safe. I was super offended when he told me he wasn't gonna ban them. It's been difficult to find another job and the past few interviews I had ended abruptly after they would inquire if I've used another name in the past 10 years. That would force me to have to reveal to them I had an old name but I now have a new legal name and gender change because I'm actually a transgender woman. That would cut the interviews short and I never received any call backs. The past few years have been painful, but God has kept me safe this whole time. My trans sister was murdered last August and I've still been trying to cope with that. She was the only friend I had. I was sexually assaulted and diagnosed with PTSD as a result and I've been trying to cope with that too. There are no trans support groups in this area and I'm beyond fed up with being here. It's been difficult finding another job so I figured I would try to see if I might can sell my song and raise the money to leave. It's a long shot but I need to raise $10,000 to move to a better area in this LGBT community not too far from here, get an apartment and pay at least 4 months rent in advance, which will give me plenty of time to acquire a job where I'm working around more people who can relate to me. I don't drink, smoke or do any drugs, I don't hang out and I never go outside after dark. I'm not sexually active in any kind of way and have no desire to be, so there's been nothing to "numb the pain" sort of speak. Holidays and birthdays have all been very lonely and depressing so I also plan to get a puppy and a cat so I won't be so alone. I'm sure that would do wonders to help my mental health. I'm just really hoping I can have your support. Please share this, click the link and listen to my song, donate and help me to finally live and work in peace. I believe in this song. I think it showcases my singing and writing skills and my skills as an engineer, all self-taught. Thank you for reading this. God bless you.

Cashapp:$earlyberries

Venmo:Brooklyn-Summers-1