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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
#Castlevania nocturne#Haitian revolution#French revolution#castlevania annette#richter belmont#castlevania netflix#maria renard#tera renard#castlevania edouard#olrox#castlevania olrox#castlevania spoilers#I'm just a history student who really likes Haitian history#and who's sick and tired to see people glorify the french revolution#like if you wanted a revolution that was truly liberating and radical and you know REVOLUTIONARY#the Haitian Revolution is RIGHT THERE#like HELLOOOOOO#and i'm so sick of seeing Vodu religion demonized#it's a beautiful religion and it shouldn't matter what you think of it#it deserves to be respected#we all have a responsibility in anti-racism and anti-religious oppression#so work
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I just think that 'animals are living intelligent creatures that have feelings and deserve to be respected' and 'when done properly farming is beneficial to both people and animals and there's nothing wrong with raising and killing animals for food, clothing, and other products' are concepts that very much can and should coexist
#i think a lot of people get too carried away in farming discourse to actually remember both of these things#some people are so aggressively anti-farming that they forget that meat and fur are necessary for some people#and that farming helps prevent overhunting of certain species#but some people are so aggressively pro-farming that they begin to think of animals as objects#that only exist to provide them with a product#animals deserve to be treated with respect and be given the best care possible while they're alive#but that doesn't mean that its a bad thing for them to die
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genuinely what is the reason for the internet becoming so prudish?? who can i fight about this
#clarification since this is getting notes#when i say prudish i dont mean people who dont want to have sex or talk about it or any of that#you guys deserve to have your boundaries respected always#i mean the corporations who force their adult users to be Family Friendly at all times
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Honestly everyone give it up for repulsed aces/aros. Yall get so much shit for having boundaries and its frustrating to watch. You're all getting sent complimentary gift baskets
#aromantic#asexual#aspec#romance repulsed#sex repulsed#I was very briefly romance repulsed due to An Incident and like#every time i tried being like 'hey theres a PDA channel can you use that for this' to my friends with partners theyd throw a shit fit#anyway what im trying to say is that yall are strong as fuck and deserve to have boundaries respected.
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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
#this was SUCH cute lil comic#juni ba you have my full respect#(i mean he always did yall should go read truth & justice his batfam art is so cute there too)#batbros#they deserve more comics together#batfam#batfamily#jason todd#damian wayne#robin#red hood#batkids#dc comics#crack#fanatical posting
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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.
#jumblr#jewblr#like not for nothing but i worked hard for this and I'm not seeing it minimized#every convert i know is a Jew EXTREMELY ON PURPOSE#and that deserves respect as much as being born in
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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.
#iwtvedit#interview with the vampire#vcsource#iwtvsource#dailyflicks#usergayppl#userbrina#sheisraging#userveronika#usershelby#usermicky#tusermarissa#userneve#claudia de pointe du lac#claudia de lioncourt#lestat de lioncourt#louis de pointe du lac#unholy family#claudia#mine#i would like to know whose idea it was to dress claudia in red for the wake bc that was so messycrazy of them#not that grandma deserved any respect but STILL
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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
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did it mean anything to you?
#gravity falls#billford#ford pines#stanford pines#bill cipher#the book of bill#tbob#bill x ford#bill x stanford#pre-betrayal#my art#here’s a fun game: spot every single red flag illustrated in this comic#i’m tired of people glossing over bill’s canon attitude towards ford. everything in this comic was done on purpose#hes a seedy manipulative bastard#ford run!!!!!!!!!!! you are being strung along by a fuckass triangle#while your other gay situationship with someone who actually respects you is falling apart#ford did not deserve all of this doomed yaoi in his life
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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
#my baby’s getting love and respect that he deserves#but fr he was so anxious#he’s just like me#also izzy and wee john???? wtffff the huuug#ALSO why didn’t we see how izzy asked to have his makeup be done? we were robbed#izzy hands#our flag means death#ofmd#ofmd s2 spoilers
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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.
#haiti#springfield#donate#signal boost#yes i’m tagging that stuff because i’m hoping it helps#i’m so serious when i say this is personal for me.#springfield and the cities/towns surrounding it have all felt the heavy gaze of the nation resting on us#there’s been both so much hope and love but also so much hate and violence#it’s been. emotional. i can’t imagine what it’s like being a haitian refugee here right now#please please give if you can. they need our help and deserve our time and respect.#fleeing violence and fear just to be thrown into a different kind of violence and fear…#no one deserves that. we can better better than that.
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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
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Women don’t owe autistic men kindness!
Women don’t owe disabled men kindness!
Women don’t owe suicidal men kindness!
Women don’t owe homeless men kindness!
Women don’t owe male victims kindness!
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#you matter#you deserve happiness#no ifs ands ors or buts about it#be good to yourself too#you deserve it#self compassion#self care#self love#self respect#self forgiveness#be kind to yourself#talk a little nicer to yourself#treat yourself like you'd treat a good friend
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alex realizing that he’s falling:
alex feeling forever about him:
alex wondering if it’s safe to jump:
alex believing it is:
alex wondering if he’s read all the signs wrong:
alex finally knowing his love is reciprocated:
#alex the son i never had the brother i deserve the best friend i need#put some respect on taylor zakhar perez’s name RIGHT NOW#his eyes are an open book#red white and royal blue#rwrb#rwrb movie#alex claremont diaz#taylor zakhar perez
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yeah you support trans people but are you normal about trans men who choose to get pregnant
#i'm not a trans guy who evr wants to get pregnant but#the amount of queer ppl and other trans people i see joke around about like#how weird mpreg or men getting pregnant is#and use it as shock value shit#is really disheartening#like damn dude! it's almost like men CAN get pregnant and there IS a lot of men who choose to get pregnant !#they don't deserve any less respect for that#and their existence shouldn't be made into a joke#ik mpreg doesn't have a great history but like#it just weirds me out to see people treat the idea of men getting pregnant as something baffling#idk normalize it. stop treating it as some weird alien thing#my textbox#a little bit upset. sorry#discourse#pregnancy#<- for filtering
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