#it deserves to be respected

[tiredmagicalwarrior]

I think one of the things I appreciated the most about Nocturne was the protagonism on the Haitian Revolution.

This was a revolution that didn't just change Haiti, it changed the world. This was the revolution that would make the first black state. The first slaveless state. That would make every slave nation tremble with fear, from Europe To America to Asia to Oceania to Africa. It was what was never meant to happen, but did.

It's the nation that would defeat Napoleon and the British marine. Nobody could take down Haiti. You know why Napoleon went to colonize Europe? Haiti. That's why. He couldn't take down Haiti. Couldn't make it french territory again. So, he turned towards Europe.

We are talking about an undefeated nation.

AND! AND! A largely Vodu nation!

I was SO happy to see Vodu be portrayed as the wonderful religion it is, sacred and divinely intertwined with the Haitian revolution. The revolution was noted to start with Vodu chants and ritual.

White people refused to understand the link between the two worlds that could bring ancestors to meet their descendants. They created zombies as a horror trope. They made vodu dolls as a horror gimmick. They took a sacred religion and reduced it and vilanized it.

And I'm so happy to see it being positively portrayed in such a famous media. Vodu practicioners have already made media of the like. But I was positively surprised with what Nocturne had to present to us.

Of course, the knowledge that the french revolution was incomplete, that it was NOT FOR EVERYONE, is then again, something I really appreciate as a history student and a person. The french revolution killed mostly peasent and established the bourgeoisie, but did it end the Noir Code? No. Did it establish women's and black people's suffrage? No. Did it make a agrarian reform? No. Was it for the people? It had it's importance. But it was, at the very least, not for all the people.

And let's not forget that the french revolution's main intellectual current would birth biological racism, an unscientific current that claimed evidence of "different sized skulls" for example to prove humans possessed different races based on phenotypes.

Last, but certainly not least: it is absurd to see people claim that "all indigenous people have been killed". Acknowledging multi-ethnic indigenous genocide HAS to go along with the respect that there STILL are indigenous people and they continue their fight for their lives and land.

You know who the show demonstrates as such? Olrox.

While I don't appreciate the show claiming "all of his people were slaughtered" as that is historically inaccurate, I was most happy to see an Aztec vampire present and very alive, connected to his culture, protagonizing the show. The Nahua are still very much alive and kicking and I appreciated that the show took that into account.

And Annette! Sweet Annette being one of the leads makes me most joyful. I can't stand idiots that claim her presence.on France was """historically innacurate""", check again, dumbasses, free black people were all over France (especially the children of black Caribbean elites, for example, from Haiti back then known as Saint-Domingue, which did not possess universities and would sent their children to study in Europe.)

Anyway. To see her star as one of the leads made me so incredibly happy. She's a wonderful character and I appreciate how they let Annette be unapologetic and direct, especially during a moment between revolutions were she was very aware the french revolution didn't mean shit to her people.

But she was so lovely and to see her afro-caribean religion present AND source of her power made me emotional more than a few times.

Castlevania Nocturne really did hit this nail on the head.

Anyways. To make sure I give people answers to "but where's the evidence to x thing you said?" Here are my sources:

THYLEFORS, Markel; “Our Government is in Bwa Kayiman:”A Vodou Ceremony in 1791 and its Contemporary Significations, 2009

DUBOIS, Laurent; Avengers of the New World : the story of the Haitian Revolution, 2004

BUCK-MORSS, Susan; Hegel, Haiti and universal history, 2009

[theabigailthorn]

"trans people deserve love respect and dignity" - sweet nothing, pablum, easy to co-opt into nonperformative statements, it's giving Labour Party

"Public Official X's specific decision to Y is completely unevidenced and is harming trans people. Public Official X should resign or face consequences." - unco-optable, focused on justice, deliciously angry

[tallymali]

genuinely what is the reason for the internet becoming so prudish?? who can i fight about this

[sandersstudies]

Thinking you are uniquely undeserving of love is just another form of self-centeredness.

It came free with being human but you have to learn to overcome it.

[fanaticalthings]

Jason Todd fans come get your daily dose of scrunkly Jason (ft. Damian)

+ Jason being a protective older brother

and them fighting (because obviously)

he's just a little guy here

look at them!! brothers!!

From The Boy Wonder #2 By Juni Ba

[vaspider]

I just saw someone say, "I'm a convert, so I'm technically Jewish," and it made me want to scream and cry.

Converts - adoptees (the term my rabbi uses and I prefer) - you are exactly, precisely, as Jewish as any other Jew. It is halachically forbidden to distinguish between converts and any other Jews. Your soul is a Jewish soul. Period. You're not even supposed to ask if someone's a convert or not. It doesn't matter. You're Jewish.

And if you won't stop minimizing your Jewishness for your own sake, do it for every other convert who deserves not to have their Jewishness minimized or qualified.

Please.

[claudia-lioncourt]

Daddy Lou said I had been away from people too long. I didn't know how to behave right anymore. But Uncle Les said I behaved just fine.

[merrybandofmurderers]

ppl talk about cousland having a degenerative arc, but honestly cousland can't beat out aeducan in terms of going from high to low

aeducan was literally royalty, meaning they lived even more lavishly than cousland, so it was an even bigger adjustment to being poor

they weren't just betrayed by a family friend they were betrayed by their OWN BROTHER, and then they have to decide whether to put their fratricidal brother on the throne over harrowmont

they can't even marry alistair in order to regain their royalty status like cousland can

in addition to being poor for the first time, they also have to adjust to an entirely differently environment. imagine living underground your whole life only to come to the surface and find out you're allergic to grass

they ALSO have to adjust to being a minority. they went from people bowing to them to being called racial slurs for the first time

and just to rub it in, everything is too tall

you ought to put some respect on aeducan's name

[thepeacefulgarden]

[scribz-ag24]

drew a small celebi dusknoir interaction you shouldnt think much about bc it doesnt really make sense, i really only wanted to draw celebi falling for the guy so i could finally post this

the effects a crush (aka se5) can have on how you perceive someone

[babymorte]

worst part about finding out somebody lied to you is having to sit there and wonder what else they lied about

[m1ckeyb3rry]

hate when the tags are full of like those “𝓱𝓲𝓼 𝓼𝓮𝔁𝔂 𝓱𝓪𝓷𝓭𝓼 𝓪𝓻𝓮 𝓬𝓸𝓵𝓭 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓵𝓸𝓷𝓰” two sentence ass posts followed by the most random list of unrelated characters AND THEN. AT THE END. they say “ + your fav!” YOU DON’T EVEN KNOW MY FAV!!!! what if his hands are short and warm and unsexy. or what if he doesn’t even have hands to begin with

[colberine]

crying some real queer tears over how anxious and scared izzy was to have makeup on and sing in front of everyone but they didn’t blink an eye and just started dancing and singing with him

[rhiangalaxy]

Our resident snake boy! Character chosen by this week's poll! (+ a bonus og design sketch below the cut :>)

[ID: A Scum Villain Drawing. To the right is a design of Zhuzhi Lang, he is standing with his hands clasped in front of him and a green snake is wrapped around one of his wrists with a happy expression. ZZL has a demure :3 face with slighly messy bangs and long hair tied back with multiple braids and a low ponytail. Two arrows are pointing to him, one pointing to his gold and black outer robe states 'Tianlang's old robe' whilst the other simply states 'Very tol but lanky.' To his left are characters drawn in chibi style. ZZL princess carries Shen Qingqiu with an excited flushed expression going "Hello Master Shen!" To which SQQ in his arms with an exasperated but flushed closed eye expression responds "Hi Xizhi lang..." Luo Binghe in the corner behind them looks very angry and puffed out yelling "HEY". An arrow points to ZZL that says 'Bride-Stealing (it happens at least once a month)' The caption of this part is "If ZZL lived post-canon:" End ID]

[ID: A Scum Villain Doodle. ZZL drawn in chibi style, slightly hunched over with a nervous :3 expression and his hands clasped together. End ID]

[mcr-heritage-posts]

hey everyone - i know there’s a lot going on in the world right now, a lot of causes that need support and visibility now more than ever.

i’d like to take an opportunity to highlight a cause that’s very literally close to home for me: i live very, very close to springfield, ohio. the haitian community there has always needed help and support but now, with white supremacist rhetoric and bold faced lies being circulated nationally, with threats of violence and heightened ignorance being more common than ever, they need it perhaps more than they ever have.

there has been a lot of hate since trump and his little bootlicker attack dog jd vance have started this shit, but there’s also been an outpouring of love and community outreach in the weeks since springfield was thrust into the worst kind of spotlight.

the hatian community support and help center has been invaluable in helping hatian refugees get what they need to start a new life here. they are headed by a team of haitian immigrants that are personally familiar with what their fellow immigrants need. they have been instrumental in keeping their community from falling through the cracks.

i’m humbly asking, if any of you can - please, please consider donating to the HCSHC. every bit helps. and if you can’t donate, please, please share this around. if you’ve ever reblogged one of my posts or found them funny, if you’ve ever scrolled through and liked and reblogged what i’ve put here, i implore you to share this too. this is a very personal cause for me; i want to see these people who are new here, who enrich our community but are met with too much derision and spite, receive the help, respect, and dignity they deserve.

[valtsv]

so how many people have you sexually harrassed in the name of your “kinks”

do you think that being so obsessed with someone else's sex life that you feel the need to ask them this exempts you from the definition of harassment because it's motivated by a faux-moral and ethical concern rooted in disgust