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A resident physician at the University of Ottawa's faculty of medicine who was suspended over pro-Palestinian social media posts says he's been reinstated but has no plans to return to the institution. Dr. Yipeng Ge, 29, was sanctioned by the university last November after it got several complaints about a series of pro-Palestinian posts he'd made, ones that included references to "apartheid" and "settler colonialism." At the time of his suspension, Ge had been a fourth-year public health and preventive medicine resident and was completing a residency at the Public Health Agency of Canada. His research has focused on Indigenous health, anti-racism and decolonization.

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Wolfsbane Helluva Boss Fanfic

Description: Following his marriage to Blitz, Stolas finds that Loona is having trouble adjusting to her new life and Stolas wants to bond with her so he decides to start a wolfsbane garden only problem is he forgot why it's called wolfsbane. Loona finds Stolas' shopping list for the garden but unfortunately for him he 1) forgot Wolfsbane is to hellhounds what garlic is to vampires and 2) all the other items he's buying for just happen to be items commonly used to dispose of a body. Loona's troubled upbringing combined with some questionable statements by Stolas leads her to assume Stolas plans to kill her leading her to act irrational and paranoid. Stolas having no ill intention grows concerned for the poor Hellhound's behavior. Stolas sat at his computer typing away; he and Blitz had just moved in together and it was proving to be quite the adjustment for all of them. For one in particular it was the biggest. Loona, who was basically raised in juvie, was now living in a palace with servants to cater to her every whim and would soon be attending a private school to which Stolas was a major donor, something that had to be leveraged to get Loona in as a student. While a dream come true for most it was clear the massive change was stressing the poor hellhound and despite everything Stolas had yet to spend much time with the hellhound girl. So he decided he would try and bond with her over his favorite hobby gardening he just had to find the right plant “Of course wolfsbane! The perfect flower for my gothy Hellhound daughter!” He then went to Gehenna.com ( Hell Amazon.com) and filled his cart with all the items he’d need plus a few tools he’d needed to replace. While Gehenna did sell the seeds Stolas thought it would be better to buy some plants to start with. He started to research wolfsbane a bit before he got a call. He steps out of his office and heads to the garage on the way there he spots Loona messing with her new tablet.

“Can I use your Gehenna account?” she asked “Oh what for?” he asked “Cause yours has Prime I’ll pay you back” she says “Oh… alright just use my computer nothing to expensive tho” he says heading out Loona got up and walked over to Stolas’ office and got onto Gehenna and clicked the search bar. A list of previous searches came they started out mostly normal shovels, fertilizer, string, then it got to plastic tarps, 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid, strong rope, and… wolfsbane Loona’s mind went back to the foundation “Hey! You useless bitch you better straighten up or you’ll get a shot of wolfsbane for your 18th!” the fat lady motions out the window to where another Hellhound is being brought out on a gurney with his face covered Loona quickly snapped back. “No no Stolas wouldn’t do that” she then looks at his search history “Why is my Hellhound so angry?” “How to deal with an angry Hellhound?” “Rage suppressants for Hellhounds” “my Hellhound has a bad attitude” “why is my Hellhound such a bitch?”  there were so many searches all pertaining to her being terrible Loona growled with tears in her eyes then a wave of dread washes over her he was a Goetia she couldn’t fight him and he married her dad and she lived in his house, she ran out of the office and back to Via’s room they were sharing until Loona’s could be built probably a crematorium and locked the door she jump into her bed and just layed there in complete and utter terror Meanwhile at his favorite flower shop Stolas was admiring some wolfsbane plants. They were an elegant purple and their heads had a drooping look to them and grew in clusters. Stolas quickly grabbed a few and brought them to the counter “Starting a new garden Mr. Goetia?” the clerk asked “Oh yes it will be with my stepdaughter she’s been stressed lately so I decided to start a wolfsbane garden with her” Stolas explained “That’s nice” the clerk said checking him out Stolas takes the flowers and leaves just then a Hellhound employee walks up to the clerk “Guy sure bought a lot of Wolfsbane” the Hound said “Yeah he’s starting a garden with his stepdaughter” the clerk said “Isn’t his stepdaughter a hound” the hound said The clerks eyes go wide “uh oh” the clerk said Later that night the four of them sat down to dinner Octavia was fork dancing Blitz was eating like a horse. Loona meanwhile was just playing with her food nervously. Stolas looked at her sympathetically. “Loona you’ve hardly eaten anything do you not like it?” Stolas asked “Uhhhh… it’s uhhh… c-could you taste it for me?” Loona asked thinking if he had poisoned it he wouldn’t eat it himself “Oh… well… ok….” it was a strange request Stolas thought as he got up and walked over to fulfill her request “You feelin’ sick sweetie?” Blitz asked Stolas gently felt her forehead for a fever “Mmm… no fever” Stolas says then tastes her food “tastes normal to me” “O-ok then” she says as she starts to eat

“Well alright” Stolas says confused and sits back down

They silently eat dinner for a moment. Loona still looked quite nervous. Stolas worried about the poor hellhound perhaps she was nervous about finally going to school at her age? While she was certainly a bit old to be starting, that was far from uncommon in Hell. Maybe hearing about her room would cheer her up “Oh Loona I’ve finally found a contractor who’s willing to build you your dream room” Stolas said “R-really… just like Princess Luna’s room from the show?” Loona asked “Exactly like the show” Stolas says Loona then thought ok maybe that list was just a weird coincidence. They finish dinner and Loona and Octavia go back to their room. Octavia decides to boot up smash and play with Loona and a few of their friends online “Ugh mother fucker!” Loona shouted

“Haha” Octavia laughed Loona growls and throws her controller at the wall, breaking it. “I need to blow off some fucking steam!” she says and storms into the bathroom and slams the door. Stolas runs in after hearing the crash.

“Via are you alright!?...” sees the broken wall “Oh oh my did… did Loona do that?” Stolas asked spooked “Yeah she lost her temper…. Again” Octavia explained “Oh dear that is concerning isn’t it” Stolas says concerned “I-I thought sharing a room with her would be fun” Octavia said upset by Loona’s outburst “I know my dear I sometimes wonder if Hellhounds are just naturally vicious” Stolas says in frustration

“I wish she’d stop breaking my stuff!” Via said slightly teary about her broken controller Loona growled more of course that’s what those spoiled brats would think growing up in a palace waited on hand and foot from the moment they were born. Of course he didn’t ask if she was alright when he came in of course he assumed she was to blame. Blitz hadn’t been paying much attention to her since the wedding either. No, he had to bond with Via. He even made Via the new receptionist, Loona just opened portals now. It was always about her; she was the Princess, the golden child, the REAL daughter, not some flea bag Blitz adopted on a whim right before she turned eighteen. 

Stolas sighs “oh I know Via hopefully you won’t have to worry about her for much longer ” Stolas says calmly Loona hears this and presses her ear up against the wall. He really does hate her and he’s trying to turn Via against her and worry about her for much longer? He was trying to kill her! She knew it, she had to tell Blitz but she needed proof but where would she get it? She would just have to bide her time until the big bird slipped up. Stolas was cross with Loona at the moment but he thought that punishing her right now would only make the situation worse no he would discuss it with tomorrow when he went to go pick up the supplies for their wolfsbane garden.

After Stolas and Via left the room Loo

The next day Stolas got the notification that his order was ready for pick up at the Gehenna center, unlike Amazon, Gehenna didn’t deliver directly to your house as Hell didn’t have an address system so you had to go to a pick up center. Stolas went to his daughters’ room to fetch Loona only to find his little owlet in there by herself. “Octavia my dear, have you seen your sister? I was hoping to take her somewhere today” Stolas explained “Not since she stormed out last night” Via said obviously still mad about her broken controller

This concerned Stolas greatly, had Loona fled the palace no his security knew what he would do to them after the last time the girls snuck out. No, she had to still be in the palace but where would she be?

“See Via this, this is why I put tracking spells on you two” Stolas explained Meanwhile on the far side of the palace where Loona’s new room was meant to be. The room was covered with plastic. Was he gonna do it here? Loona wondered if he was going to poison her then walk her in here so she didn’t throw up all over his palace Loona shivered. The room’s heating had been turned off and she had slept under the tarps last night.

Just then a glowing blood red footprint appears in front of the door. Loona gets up after seeing it and looks at it fearing what it meant. What the? Just then another appears then another and another and another. They were following her she thought without thinking she burst out of the room and ran through the palace as the footprints followed her eventually  leaving the palace and entering the garden running for several feet before kicking a flower pot… hard causing her to trip and fall hitting her head on the side of a planter “Ow! Ahhh fffffuuuuck” Loona swore as the footprints finally reached her “Fuck!” she said as she moved back a cloud of thick black mass with glowing red stripes emerged from the prints Loona cowered before the mass in the fetal position her body trembling with fear. Was she about to die? Stolas swiftly reverted back to his preferred form raising an eyebrow at Loona’s reaction after all she had seen his more monstrous form before. Sure it was unusual for him to use but it made made traveling swifter and for all he knew she was hurt somewhere and judging by the cut on her chin he wasn’t wrong “Well there you are? I’ve been looking for you. Did you not go to bed last night oh and look you’ve hurt yourself and… *gasps* that was a gift from Via!” Stolas exclaimed Loona looks up and sees the wolfbane plants Stolas had bought earlier. Stolas glared at her and she shut her eyes and covered her face. Stolas then stopped and his eyes widened. W-was she afraid of him? N-no that couldn’t be true he was her Own…. father… her own Father his… his monster form must have just spooked her and she had just fallen over “L-loona…. are you alright?” Stolas asked calmly Loona lowers her arms and looks at him with fear in her eyes. 

“You seem to have had a nasty fall. Let’s get you inside and patched up there is something important we need to fetch today” Stolas said picking her up Wait so he can lift me up like it’s nothing but can’t throw a water bottle? Was he toying with Blitz then? Oh god what else could have been an act? Many questions raced through Loona’s head as he carried her inside and sat her on the bathroom sink like a child. He takes out a first aid kit.

“Now tell me puppy why were you running through the garden like that? You know I’ve told you not to” Stolas asked believing she was simply trying to avoid getting into trouble for breaking Via’s things… again “I- uhhh…. I….” Well I can’t say because I think you might be trying to kill me “I…” “I think I know why” Loona gulps “You do?” “Because you knew you were going to get in trouble” Stolas said sternly “I-in trouble?” Loona said unsure of what he meant by in trouble “Yes in trouble and I’m sure you know exactly why” Stolas says as he applies some rubbing alcohol to her cut. “Ahhh” she said at the alcohol oh no she thought he is gonna kill me Stolas puts a bandaid on her cut “Alright puppy hop up we’re going somewhere” Stolas “Where?” Loona asked

“Just to pick up a few things from Gehenna” Stolas said

The two of them got into Stolas’ car. Loona was desperately trying to think of some way to escape. Escape from the palace was basically impossible since Anna Octavia’s and by extension Loona’s bodyguard found the secret tunnel they used to sneak out. No, she had to escape while they were outside the palace. Ugh but the tracking spell she thought how could she get rid of it Stolas started up his car and drove out the palace gates. He glanced over at Loona who seemed to be nervously thinking to herself. He was still cross with the hound for breaking yet more of Via’s things but he couldn’t help but feel bad for scolding her Azathoth only knows what happened to her as a puppy in the pou… orphanage he corrected himself. He hated that he still thought of her like that from time to time after everything. Like most issues with his life the issue could be traced back to his father Paimon who kept several Hellhounds as pets for shows and other dehumanizing performances. Stolas sighed he should float the idea of killing his father with Striker, Stella should be amiable to that given her… change. Loona watched Stolas’ out of the corner of her eye noting the frustrated look on his face. Is that all I am to him? an annoyance? Loona thought back to one of the previous families that “adopted” her some shark couple got her for their son as a “Saturnalia gift” The lil shit never even wanted a pet let alone a child. Kid barely interacted with me the few times he did he was pissed and even hit her a few times and she nearly starved to death before she sunk her teeth into the brat and the parents took her back to the foundation where she found out about wolfsbane. They then pulled in to the Gehenna center and Stolas asked Loona to help him carry some things. Loona looked at the door handle and started to sweat. A million thoughts ran through her head. Was now the time to run?

“Loona Loona Loona Hell to Loona! Stolas says snapping Loona out of it 

“Huh?” Loona asks

“Come on sweetie I can’t carry it all myself” Stolas says 

They walk inside and Stolas gives the order number they get the package and Stolas hands Loona the plastic tarps, 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid, and strong rope. Loona’s blood ran cold. Was…. Was he really making her carry the stuff he was gonna use to get rid of her body?  It was now or never she had to escape but how would she get rid of the tracker? Bee probably wouldn’t believe her nor any of her kids Stella maybe? No, she was still mad about being turned into a Hellhound. The two of them stepped out of the store and then she saw it, a billboard or rather the graffiti on it “Slava Ukraini”. A few months back IMP got contracted for a job by some Ukrainian occultists who seemed to know what they were doing. Maybe they could help her but where are they now? Envy? There was no time to think she had to… “...And there we are” Stolas says finishing loading the items into the car Stolas then walks in front of Loona and opens the door for her. Loona briefly considered fighting him then she remembered what happened with those agents back in the human world and those hounds from the last time she and Via snuck out. Feeling cornered Loona got into the car and Stolas buckled her seatbelt. Fuck was that why he wanted her dead? Because she put Via in danger? Fuck I’m a horrible sister Stolas, not noticing Loona’s distress drove out of the Gehenna parking lot started talking “Now Loona I had to do a lot of talking to get you into a school, that I in part own, so best behavior, and there is a uniform you’re…. going to have to grow your hair out…” He says looking over at Loona noticing the bleak look on her face “Loona?” he asked Loona looks at him and unbuckles her seatbelt “Are you ok?” he asked “You’re not gonna kill me!” She shouts and dives out of the car tumbling and rolling into a nearby alleyway. Stolas nearly crashes as he processes what just happened “Ugh fuck! Dumb move” Loona says standing up “LOONA!?!?!” Stolas shouts Not wanting to stick around Loona quickly opens a portal to Envy. Stolas tries to run to her but she jumps through the portal before he can, landing in some street in Envy decorated with Eastern European graffiti. “Ok now to find Mr. Drago” Loona says

Meanwhile back at the palace Stolas and Blitz along with their few allies amongst the Goetia are discussing what just happened with Loona “THE FUCK DO YOU MEAN SHE JUST JUMPED OUT OF YOUR CAR!??!?!?” Blitz shouted at Stolas “The fuck else could I mean we just driving along she gave me a strange look and bailed out the side of the car” Stolas said “WHAT DID YOU SAY TO HER!?!?!” Blitz demanded 

“I didn’t say anything… ok fine I might have chastised her for breaking Via’s things but…” Stolas was cut off by Blitz “AH HAH!!!!” Blitz shouted

Anna, Bee, Tex, Forrasis (Stolas’ sister) Phenex (Stella’s sister), and Bee’s children Naberius, Marchosias, and Aamon all canine like Goetia watch the two of them argue for a moment when M&M enter 

“We just got your call. Did Loona really run off?” Millie asked “Wouldn’t surprise me” Moxxie says leading to Millie punching him in the arm

“And we’re just sitting here!?” Millie asks “Yeah, we don’t really want to interrupt” Anna says meekly Millie simply glared at the tall owl woman, an exterminator turned bodyguard/butler for a demon princess who couldn't bear to interrupt her bosses’ argument for the sake of the kids she was supposed to protect. “ENOUGH!” Millie shouted “We ain’t gonna find her sitting around here blaming each other for why she run off, we can find that out when we find her!” “The hillbilly is right” Phenex the fiery tomboyish peacock spoke as well “The tracking spell when we’re in the same ring as her and there are six of us here who can use it one for each ring” “And if that doesn’t work we can always use the bounty system” Marchosias suggested “You want to turn my DAUGHTER into a runaway slave!” Stolas exclaimed “I don’t like it either but I’m just saying… we have the option if we need it” Marcho replied Meanwhile, down in Envy Loona made her way to the Azov club where Ivan Drago and his nephew had them meet up last time. She sat down at the bar and ordered “I need to see Ivan Drago” Loona said

“There’s no one here by that name” the bartender replies in an Eastern European accent

“Please…” Loona pleaded “No, I think you should go” the Slavic sinner said getting annoyed Loona places two 10,000 soul notes on the counter “Oh yes one moment” He steps behind the bar for a few moments before a lanky spider demon in a blue fur coat steps out “Oh it’s you what brings you to my neck of the woods malen'kyy vovchyk?” Ivan asked

“This” Loona pulls back her arm warmer showing Stolas’ signal on her wrist “Hmm…. now that is quite the spell you got there Goetian is it not” Ivan asked “My stepfather’s wants me dead now” Loona explained “Hmm that sounds… a bit out of character for the owl but… I can help… za tsinoyu” I van said Loona didn’t need to know Ukrainian to know he what he wanted

Meanwhile at the elevator for the rings outside Stolas held Via in his arms as she sobbed “Why’d she run away dad?” Octavia asked “We don’t know sweetie” Stolas said Stolas, put on a brave face for Via but on the inside he was just as upset as Via. What could have possessed Loona to run off like that. Had he done something wrong? Was there something she hadn’t told him and Blitz? Was someone threatening her? That last one chilled him to his bones the thought of Loona after everything she’d endured after everything she’d gained being taken by hound catchers. Stolas shunned the idea after all he had put a tracking rune on her and surely they would find her soon. Stolas’ phone buzzed and Aamon’s name appeared on screen “Hello Aamon have you found her?” Stolas asked desperately “No, but I’ve got footprints” Aamon replied

Meanwhile back at the club Ivan’s nephew and partner an avian demon named Magnus prepares a tattoo gun with a crystal needle “Alright we just need to damage the design a little bit and you’ll be free as a bird from the bird” Magnus joked “Just get it over with” Loona says annoyed Magus slowly brings the needle down onto the rune causing a large spark causing the two of them to jump back. Loona then looked down at the rune where it once had been was now just a missing patch of fur. Causing the footprints to fade just as Stolas and the others enter the Envy ring “No no no Fuck!” Aamon shouted “Aamon, brother what’s happened where are the prints?” Stolas asked “They’ve disappeared! Someone must’ve removed the rune!” Aamon exclaimed

“Fuck!” Stolas shouted and dropped to his knees a wave of dread washing over him. Oh Satan it had been hound catchers he thought. Stolas started to cry all he’d wanted to do was start a garden with her and now she was gone. Marchosias then approached him. Stolas sighed he didn’t like this idea and Loona and Blitz would probably hate him for it but he wanted her back and so he typed her name in Hellhound name: Loona Buckzo-Goetia Stolas then scrolls through his phone looking for a photo of her. As he did so however he started to notice something while he had Reward: 100,000,000 souls (roughly 375,375 USD)

Ivan got a notification on his phone telling him what Stolas was offering to get her back. He then grabbed Loona’s phone which she had left on a nearby counter top and stepped out of the room and called Stolas. Stolas was in the middle of being scolded by Blitz. “You mean to tell me you have seven Goetia looking for her and you can’t find our baby!” Blitz shouted Stolas, seeing Loona’s number instantly answered “LOONA!?” “Loona!!!” Blitz shouted “Shalam! Mr. Goetia guess again” Ivan spoke “What!? Who are you!? How did you get this phone!? If you hurt Loona I swear I’ll…” Stolas was cut off “SHUT UP! I’m holding all the cards here your dog is safe… for now but if you fuck with me I’ll gut her understood? Ivan said “Shalam” Blitz’s mind then went back to a client he’d had a few months back when a client a Ukrainian occultist said that to him

Stolas had heard from various cop shows and stories from servants what the Russian mafia did to women. The thought of anything close to that happening to Loona made Stolas rethink threatening the man.

“Huh fine what are your demands” Stolas asked “Simple triple the reward your offering in gold” Ivan said “Triple! And in gold are you mad!?” Stolas exclaimed “Oh fuck no we ain’t paying you shit Rusky” Blitz shouted “Stolas ignored him, Would you take 150” Stolas said hoping the gangster would be merciful most of his money was tied up in assets “250 are you really trying to bargain with a kidnapper?” Ivan asked “Sorry but I don’t exactly have 300 million souls in gold on hand! And I want my daughter back!” Stolas shouted

“200 million and 3 free trips to the human world kepeesh”Ivan said “Fine” Stolas said “What your gonna pay him!?” Blitz exclaimed “Shut up Blitz he could kill Loona” Stolas exclaimed Blitz then shut up and let Stolas talk “Alright meet me at the Śmierć Orkom diner in Envy your Imp knows where it is” Stolas hangs up “Blitz…” Stolas said coldly “is there something you want to tell me” “About what?” Blitz asked playing dumb “About that Russian gangster who just called he said you knew where to meet him” Stolas said getting angrier “Well about 4 months ago we got a contract…” Blitz started to explain Back at the Azov club Ivan then walked back into the room where Loona was chatting with Magnus “Alright Loona there’s a small town just north of here where you can hide out for a while I’ll give you a ride” Ivan says Ivan drives Loona through Envy. Loona just stared out the window as they drove. Was this gonna be her life now? Hiding out in Envy? Never seeing her friends or family again? It’s not like the gangsters were gonna help her build a new life here she only had around 4 million souls to her name and she only was able to pull around 800,000 out of them atm before her account got frozen. Ivan then pulls over at the Simieric Orkom diner “Alright we’ll stop here for a bite to eat” Ivan said and they both enter the diner and sit at a table

Meanwhile Stolas and Blitz enter Envy in Stolas’ car. Neither one of them were particularly happy, Blitz because his daughter ran away and Stolas because Blitz took a contract from a likely war criminal. Stolas had thankfully managed to pull together the gold required to get Loona back but it wasn’t easy and they’d be lite on cash this month. Stolas then thought of the strange picture “Does the word Wulffsban mean anything to you?” Stolas asked Blitz “Uhh… Not really where’d you hear it?” Blitz asked

“I saw it in one of Loona’s drawing there was a shadowy figure holding a syringe” Stolas explained “Oh Wolfsbane yeah some hound orphanages like to threaten the pups with euthanasia using wolfsbane apparently it’s a historical weakness of Hellhounds or something” Blitz explained Stolas’ jaw dropped as remembered that was in fact the reason why it was called Wolfsbane. He should probably return those plants he thought. Then he remembered what Loona had said in the car. “You’re not gonna kill me” then the look she had given him in the garden, one of pure dread, then she had him taste her food. He then pulled out his phone and pulled up his history and he saw the questions he’d googled a few days ago Loona had had a violent outburst after receiving a rather cruel rejection letter from a prestigious Magical Arts school she had passed the entrance exams with flying colors yet they still rejected her. Loona flew into a rage not dissimilar from those of his ex wife. Loona had said some rather horrible things and threw stuff at him causing him to flee to his office. There he googled all of these questions. One of which caught his eye “Are Hellhounds naturally vicious?” Stolas chastised himself for making such a search. He’d later read the letter which, looking back not so subtly, cited her race as the reason for rejecting, an offense Ose would pay dearly for.

He then noticed the most recent search “Princess Luna plushie”. While Loona had privately told Stolas she wanted her room modeled after Princess Luna’s room from the cartoon she had steadfastly maintained it was simply because it was moon themed not out of any real love for the show. This suggested otherwise but why had she hidden this from him? Sure she thought he was going to harm her but they’d begun drawing up plans for her room months ago.

“Blitzy” Stolas said solemnly

“Yeah Stols?” Blitz replied

“Y-you know I would never do anything to hurt Loona right?” Stolas asked hoping for some confirmation from his husband Blitz looks away thinking for a moment

“Right!?” Stolas asks alarmed by his silence

“Well… I… wouldn’t expect you to do anything but…” Blitz was cut off as Stolas starts to cry

“B-Blitz I-I’m your husband how could you!?!?!?” Stolas says through tears

“I’m sorry Stolas but Goetia aren’t exactly known for their kindness and compassion you guys can be our best friends one minute the next your hanging us from the trees” Blitz exclaimed

“But I’m not like that!” Stolas said

“I know but I heard about what your brother Andras did to Striker’s village all because the didn’t want to be forced off their land and after… you got kidnapped, I was terrified all Striker’s family did was defend themselves and look how they ended up and here I am leaving to die for a shot that is basically useless after a year that I have to wait five years to get I was worried you’d….”

Stolas stared at him with a look of utter shock on his face

“...Kill two birds with one stone” Blitz finished

Stolas then looked away starting to tear his husband

[hussyknee]

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Palestinian and pro-Palestinian students and academics are being actively persecuted beyond all precedent at universities right now. Can confirm Palestinians who're losing family members are being institutionally terrorized in both the North America and Europe. Students have been suspended for putting up Palestine flags. Palestinians posting on social media about their families and neighbours are being reported and doxxed and getting death threats and their employers and supervisors refusing support them. A colleague of a friend who lost her entire family went to talk to the university counselor about her anger and grief and was immediately reported to the administration. An entire think tank was dissolved because of its members spoke in support of Palestine at a lecture. This level of witch hunting and purging hasn't been seen since the Red Scare. It's fucking terrifying. Please boost this.

[one-time-i-dreamt]

American president Andrew Jackson was an actor in the MCU, but he had to take a break from acting for four years to be president. When he came back, he told Marvel he wanted be Captain America and told Chris Evans he should be president. Marvel rejected him because he was racist.

[timmydraker]

Tim Drake who has a half-Chinese mother named Dai Lu Feng who travelled to study history in various countries and eventually met Jack Drake, an American archeologist who instantly fell in love with the assertive and intelligent woman.

When she eventually agrees to move to America, she had an argument with her parents that makes her cut them off, one she says is due to money when ever asked but is actually because of Drake.

Obviously they don’t have a problem with him being a white man, it’s more that he’s a white white man. He’s entitled, rude, and disrespectful to anyone he deems below him. He’s not obvious about it, but it’s clear he doesn’t really approve of Dai Lu’s family due to their middle class status but she can’t seem to see that, too enchanted by the fact that he listens to her talk about ancient history.

He seems to think class is all that matters, but most odd is how he treats his partners heritage.

When Jack tells her she will need an English name, she isn’t upset or surprised as that’s very normal and her father had already given her one, that being his own mother, Janet.

When Jack tells her to be cautious with who she speaks to incase they pick up her rather well hidden accent, she assumes it’s because Americans can often be cruel to Chinese due to all the propaganda and stereotypes.

When he tells her that she doesn’t need to keep her traditional clothes with her all the time, that they can stay safe in China, she isn’t as sure but at that point thought she would be returning frequently.

When she gets pregnant and excitedly tells him, she hears him over the phone with his ‘Gentleman’ friends saying, ‘Yeah, but she’s only half Chinese, so it’s not really interracial, is it?’ And then ‘Nah, the kid will look more like me, male genes are stronger and anyway, he won’t be learning Chinese so who cares!’

Dai Lu has the until thought to correct him ironically, the thought of defending her language which is Mandarin, thank you, stronger than it’s been in a long while. She’s so used to him not wanting her to talk her home tongue she’s stopped questioning it, stopped feeling that slight guilt of absorbing her culture and home.

Maybe it’s because she used to be bullied for it, that she always thought she would one day have to choose between being a Chinese woman like her mother or a professor in England like her father had been.

And Dai Lu is a smart woman, but she’s also just a human being. She gets scared, especially when it comes to the few people whose opinion she cares about.

What if she tries to go home to her family, to her parents and her sister, only to be shamed for running away from her husband just as she gets pregnant! What if they are mad at her for leaving? What if they judged her? What if she went back to China and everyone knew she abandoned her husband?

She didn’t need his money but damn it if she didn’t want his love.

Timothy Jackson Drake is born with his father choosing his names, his mother looking at him with a smile and heavy sadness is her eyes.

She knows he will be questioned on his heritage, that he will be called vile things, and she will teach him how to handle and respond to such things.

Janet will need to, because Tim looks so much like her and his father will blame him for it.

When Tim receives his mother’s inheritance and everything else she left him in her will, he finds a book he used to read with her as a kid.

Within The Velveteen Rabbit is a letter that reads as follows,

“My dear sweet boy,

I know I wasn’t the best mother to you, I know I should have done more. Been braver.

Alas, all I have to offer you to show my remorse and my love is the name I wished for you to be called, that you would have been given if I had been brave enough to return to my mother.

I love you, Shoi-Ming Feng, now and forever.”

Tim smiles for the first time after loosing her.

They weren’t as close as they could have been, but they lived each other.

He would always remember her teaching him of his culture in whispered voices while Jack was out of the house, of the small jade ring she kept hidden in her make up bag, and of the way she taught him the language she was to never speak in front of her husband as best she could.

Tim calls Bruce and asks him if he could be brought into the man’s care permanently, on the condition is last name be Feng-Wayne.

Bruce agrees without a second of hesitation.

[murfpersonalblog]

IWTV Musings: Racism & Intersectionality, in Hollywood and in Fandom Spaces (Pt1: The Raceswaps)

This is in response/support of @adamnablelittledevil's post on this very subject:

"Hopefully people would finally understand nobody is making it up or exaggerating and it is indeed real and worse than they probably think."

Folk try to act like certain problems don't exist, especially when it concerns Black & Bipoc people in predominately white spaces with a KNOWN history of racism. People love to gaslight & be dismissive & rewrite history with revisionist narratives--especially to impressionable people & fans who are NEW to certain fandom spaces or racial dynamics/demographics, and DON'T know the history of the spaces they're entering, or the convos taking place--which is PRECISELY how we wound up with non-Black IWTV fans who ended up in the actual NEWS for prancing around an IRL plantation in 2024, acting like they never heard of slavery, ffs.

At some point, the venn diagram of accidental/willful ignorance, careless/irresponsible tone deafness, and active/passive-aggressive racism actually does intersect.

Incidents like this reflect a fandom steeped in problematic behavior that's too-long gone unchecked by the fans & network alike--who are also at fault for constantly mishandling its own project.

Contrary to poorly researched articles like USA today that denied/handwaved racist backlash against IWTV (a MUCH smaller & younger fandom compared to the LOTR & Amazon's Rings of Power adaptation), from its very inception, as early as the cast announcements, TVC's white fans were PISSED about the raceswaps & outright accused AMC of being woke/DEI (a la Bridgerton) when Jacob Anderson was cast as Louis DPDL.

A Quora thread from 2021:

A Reddit thread from July 2022: (Wayback Machine)

A Reddit thread from 2022 (circa Ep5): (Wayback Machine)

And boy oh boy did this one on Facebook in 2021 age poorly: 💀

Book fans constantly treat AMC's IWTV like performative colorblind trash, rather than as color-conscious prestige tv show that treats historical racism, colorism, classism, sexism, & homophobia seriously. They DGAF what showrunner Rolin Jones had to say about perpetuating the glorification of slaveowners, and just want a 1:1 adaptation of the books, when that was NEVER Rolin's intention.

There's fans who to this day refuse to see/accept Delainey!Claudia, and apparently there's colorist trends on Twitter (cuz ofc 🙄😒) about seeing her as Armand's daughter instead of Lestat's, just cuz of her skin color, which WTF??? (x x x):

Book/film fans hypocritically complain constantly about Bailey Bass (18-19) AND Delainey Hayles (25) playing 14y/o Claudia; but then gush about Vampire Diaries & Twilight & other shows on MTV & CW--who have all casted full grown adults as teenagers. Critiques like this are interesting (x x):

Cuz they specifically mention the Romanian kids and how Claudia supposedly "cannot at all pass for a child." However:

Some of those actual children ain't exactly tiny little toddlers & tykes either! 😅 Cuz age is a spectrum, not a monolith, imagine that.

And laaaawd don't get me started on Armand, and the BS that was happening on Reddit a few years ago (x x):

THIS is the kind of fandom we've been dealing with since DAY ONE.

And yet white fans have the nerve to whine about how tired and pissed they are whenever Bipoc fans call out the racism in the fandom/network, or god forbid look too-deep in the actual racially sensitive/relevant context of the show itself.

But I'll save my thoughts on all that for another post.

[progressivemillennial]

[ramshackledtrickster]

If ac3 fans/hayziio shippers can stop being weird about ziio and reducing her/joking about her in a stereotypical and disrespectful manner that’d be fucking nice

[stil-lindigo]

Source

While reading this interview with a West Bank settler, it's important to remember her views do not represent those of all Israelis just like Israel does not represent all Jews. There has been sizeable protest in Tel Aviv against the genocide (quickly squashed under Netanyahu’s police force just like all other pro-palestinian sentiment) but it’s worth reading to get insight into the minds of average people who cheer on Palestinian deaths, and draw up a chair to watch hellfire rain down on innocents. This is the impact of years of settler-colonial propaganda - a complete dehumanisation of a scapegoat population.

It also has to be said that ALL colonialist countries are complicit in encouraging this kind of extremism, by facilitating and stoking the fires of islamophobia post-9/11. Israel is not an outlier - this kind of sentiment is festering EVERYWHERE and attempting to detach yourself and your country's identity from it is like burying your head in the sand.

If you stand on the side of Palestinians in this crisis, you have to be prepared to recognise the signs of islamophobia and fascism everywhere, and stand against them.

[archeo-starwars]

[moomeecore]

wait. what the fuck do you mean "princess celestia gifted them". why did she have them. why did she have them twilight sparkle awnser me

[allthecanadianpolitics]

[afriblaq]

The main reason we dont have Free Universal Healthcare

Anti-Black racism is the reason why we don’t have universal healthcare??? 👀😳🫠

At this point, no one is shocked. Now that we definitely know the root cause, the question is, what do we do to correct this? In a country this “rich” there’s no reason why everyone isn’t take care of… 💯

This 1619 maga mindset still exists today. Ex: Election 2024

@mrcrim3

[dispossesst]

i really need naomi back with the iwtv podcast because i’m sorry but a*tumn br*wn doesn’t have the range.

i need to hear about race. how you have the most racist episode in season 2, learn about armand’s anti-blackness, the entire trial akin to a lynch mob, lestat’s involvement, claudia’s death and her reference to stoning, her line about lestats apology to be forgiven but not hers, and NOT have a post show interview that discusses race.

a friend was saying that it’s so clearly been thought out by the writers, the nuance captured, the parallels re tendons cut. it’s an intentional part of the show and the story, yet we get nothing as the audience afterwards?!

Naomi did such a wonderful job on the podcast for season 1. it was so incredibly enjoyable, informative, Black and queer. Such a breath of fresh air. i need Naomi back!!!