#marcy borders

[warm-mangoes-with-chai]

[kramlabs]

:

Say her name.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/retropolis/wp/2018/09/11/the-photo-of-the-doomed-9-11-dust-lady-still-haunts-us-after-all-these-years/

[thesiouxzy]

Marcy Borders (July 19, 1973 – August 24, 2015)

Marcy was an American legal assistant who worked for Bank of America at its branch located in the World Trade Center North Tower and survived its collapse, following the attacks on September 11, 2001

Stan Honda, a photographer for Agence France-Presse, captured an image of Borders, completely covered in dust from the building collapse, that subsequently became widely described as "iconic". The image became so well known and so widely distributed that Borders became known as "The Dust Lady" A resident of Bayonne, New Jersey, the 28 year-old Borders was working on the 81st floor inside of the North Tower at the time of the attack. Borders said that she never recovered from the trauma of the attack. Depression led to a break-up with her partner, the loss of custody of her children, and an addiction to alcohol and drugs. Borders said that a key event in her recovery and return to sobriety was learning of the death of Osama bin Laden. Borders had preserved the outfit she wore in the iconic photo

Borders was diagnosed with stomach cancer in August 2014. Borders's cancer had resulted in a $190,000 debt—even though she had not yet received surgery and she still needed additional chemotherapy. Borders said she could not even afford to get her prescriptions filled. She alleged that her cancer was triggered by the toxic dust she was exposed to when the World Trade Center collapsed, having once stated, "I definitely believe it because I haven't had any illnesses. I don't have high blood pressure, high cholesterol, diabetes." Borders died from cancer on August 24, 2015

https://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2015/08/26/dust-lady-marcy-borders-dead-at-42

[cerebrodigital]

Marcy Borders, de 28 años, que trabajaba en el Bank of America del World Trade Center, sobrevivió a su colapso y fue fotografiada completamente cubierta de polvo. 11 de septiembre de 2001.

Te contamos su historia aquí:

[1talapia-007]

9/11 photographer Stan Honda with one of his subjects from that day, Marcy Borders. (2002)

Marcy Borders died in 2015 of stomach cancer. Known as “The Dust Lady”. Ed Fine with a cloth over his face.

[makingqueerhistory]

can I just say. I grew up in Trinidad. I miss the trans women :( it's changed. I wish they'd remember.

For those just looking in, this is a reference to a book I just read called Going to Trinidad, which is nonfiction with the summary:

"For more than four decades, between 1969 and 2010, the remote former mining town of Trinidad, Colorado was the unlikely crossroads for approximately six thousand medical pilgrims who came looking for relief from the pain of gender dysphoria. The surgical skill and nonjudgmental compassion of surgeons Stanley Biber and his transgender protege Marci Bowers not only made the phrase “Going to Trinidad” a euphemism for gender confirmation surgery in the worldwide transgender community, but also turned the small outpost near the New Mexico border into what The New York Times once called “the sex-change capital of the world.”"

The book explores the realities of this, as well as some of the patients who had varying experiences with earlier iterations of gender confirmation surgery and the medical system around that. One of the things it talks about is the erasure of this history, and I can definitely understand how that would feel for someone who actually lived through the transition. One of the reasons queer history is so vital to share is because of things like this, if the town had its way, it might have disappeared from the collective memory.

[genericnam]

Why, out of GF, Amphibia, and TOH, only Luz didn't have to leave her new world behind:

I've seen people complain about Amphibia and to a lesser extent, Gravity Falls, for having their series end with a goodbye; the main characters having to leave their found families and this world they've grown to love and return to regular life. But the thing is, the three shows all have MASSIVELY different morals, that each fit in with how the goodbyes (or lack thereof) work into the finales.

Gravity Falls has a large theme of temporary goodbyes and reconciling. Stan and Ford being the primary example. But there are others: Soos and Melony, Wendy and Robbie, even Dipper and Mabel to an extent. The show builds upon this with Gravity Falls being a VACATION, they aren't trapped there, they could theoretically go home at any time. Episodes such as Summerween and Dipper and Mabel Vs. The Future also build on the tone, telling that it's okay to both grow up and move on, but you don't have to leave behind what you once loved in doing so.

The final conflicts (Wierdmaggedon) are caused because of characters not being able to let go. Stan couldn't let go of Ford, Mabel couldn't let go of Gravity Falls, Gideon couldn't let go of Mabel.

Gravity Falls teaches the viewer that even if you love something, you have to let it go, and eventually it will return. In the words of Bill Cipher: "We'l meet again. Don't know where, don't know when. I just knew we'll meet again, some sunny day."

Amphibia has a similar theme of Gravity Falls, but it takes it further. Amphibia tells you that if you don't let go, sometimes things will only get worse. The primary example for this is the show's catalyst event: Marcy getting Anne to steal the Music Box. Marcy chose to go to Amphibia, rather than move away, and she dragged her friends into it with her. Instead of having a long distance friendship with Sasha and Anne, she took them to an alternate dimension in order to spend eternity on a massive adventure, and it got her killed. Marcy and Anne died and Sasha tried to kill herself.

And that's only Marcy. Sasha was a control freak that bordered on yandere at the height of her villain arc. Sasha couldn't accept that Anne was beginning to move on from the toxic friendship that the Calamity Trio had locked themselves into.

The trio were horrible to eachother, pre-character arcs, and they needed to focus on self improvement before they could even hope to be good friends. In the time between 'All In' and the epilog, the Calamity Trio would not have actually been able to be good for eachtoher. They say they forgive eachother, but that was forgiveness given during a WAR. Post show, the real feelings would start to bubble up. Anne's resentment for the betrayals, Marcy’s abandonment issues, Sasha's definite self hatred. The trio HAD to split up to have any semblance of a friendship.

Amphibia tells its audience that not all good things can last, and if you obsess and force it to stay, it can destroy you.

The Owl House has a completely opposite moral. It tells you to find your people, and fight for them.

Luz lived in the Human Realm, but it was never her home. Her home was with Camila and Manny, but when Manny died, Camila and Luz's relationship began to falter. That world wasn't her home. When Luz found the Boiling Isles, she was always supposed to be able to leave. This wasn't a summer trip she didn't want at first, or a one way portal. The Boiling Isles was HER choice.

Luz picked Bonesburrow. Luz picked Hexside. Luz picked The Owl House. Her home was always meant to be The Boiling Isles. She only started trying to find a way back to Earth because the choice was taken from her. Luz no longer had the choice to go back to the Human Realm. In fact, the only time Luz chose Humans over Isles was when she was PUNISHING herself for helping Belos.

Luz got to stay in the Boiling Isles because TOH tells its audience that where you start isn't where you should always stay. Find your place and find your people. And when you do, hold it dear and never let go. "Us weirdos have to stick together."

[artyandink]

don’t get up

SUMMARY: You have a migraine, but not to worry. Dean’s always insistent on helping you, and making you feel better. Why not? He’s your boyfriend.

TW: migraines, mother hen Dean, mentions of stress and overwork, established relationship, mentions of sex

REQ FOR: @cinderellasmissingshoes

A/N: Sorry this took so long, lovely! But here we are, and enjoy this small drabble 😁

“No- sit your ass down.” Your boyfriend was no short of being a protective mother hen when it came to your health.

You looked up at Dean with raised eyebrow, trying to protest through the throbbing sensation that bordered on mind-numbingly painful on the right side of your head. “Come on, Dean-”

“Darlin’, I ain’t gotta tell you twice.” Dean retorted firmly, gripping your shoulders with a strong hand yet pushing you gently to lay down, bringing those same calloused fingers to comb through your hair, smoothing it back. “Don’t make me cuff you to this bed.”

“You kinky son of a bitch.” You murmured, seeing the Advil he placed on the table beside you before going to turn off the lights.

And your laptop. And any light sources.

He stumbled over a chair leg to sit down beside you, propping you up a little and holding water to your lips. “Drink, baby.”

You rolled your eyes playfully, cause - no, you’re not a kid - but you complied anyway, sipping the water he held to your lips, taking the Advil too and drinking the sweet, sweet relief that Dean gave you. “Thanks, Dean.” You smiled, taking his hand, and he squeezed yours like you were a piece of porcelain.

“No problem.” He gave you a soft kiss on the lips, holding your chin. “Look, s’ my job as your handsome boyfriend to make sure you’re comfy. Besides,” he winked suggestively, “when you’re better, I’ll give it to you. Real good, real hot.”

“I can get behind that.” You grinned, feeling the migraine now irritate the sides of your neck, which felt just- ugh.

Dean noticed, beginning to massage the areas which knew that there was pain brewing like a mini storm in your nervous system. “I gotcha.”

“Yeah, you got me.” You murmured breathlessly, the pressure lifting slightly and feeling good.

Dean was a master with his hands in more goddamn ways than one.

He hummed, his forefinger and middle finger rolling circles into your temple with a small frown on your face. “You’re workin’ yourself too hard, sweetheart. Gotta relax sometime, yeah?”

“But, Dean-”

“Not takin’ another answer, princess.” He cupped your cheek, pressing a sound kiss to your lips, letting his thumb trace the bow of it. “You’re my lady. M’gonna make sure you’re good, cause if you ain’t, I ain’t.”

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[inbarfink]

Oh glob, can you imagine what the Tragic Story of the Winterworld version of Marceline?

Because we know she and the Winter King has the same sort of Simon and Marcy backstory as their Mainworld counterparts. 

But in the ‘present day’ she’s nowhere to be found, but her beloved Axe-Bass is and it was given to an icy duplicate of her child self

So this Marceline must’ve gone through all of the same heartbreak with her version of Simon - watching him slowly lose himself to the Madness of the Crown, being abandoned by him, avoiding him because she couldn't bare to see him so sad and mad and such a shadow of the man who took care of her. 

And then suddenly Simon is back, and he seems so happy now and Marceline must’ve been so happy too. But it couldn’t have taken her that long to find out what he did. Who paid the price for the Winter King’s power and happiness. 

And if the Winterworld timeline has been identical to the Mainworld up until that divergence point, and since all of this happened a hundred years ago, that would’ve still been when Marceline and Peebles were going through their Breakup Arc. But clearly Marceline still had lingering feelings for Bubblegum. Seeing the man who raised you so kindly commit such a horrendously cruel act for his own personal benefit would be devastating enough. Seeing him do it to the woman you love is just an extra-cruel twist of the knife. 

Did Marceline feel responsible? Was she afraid that if she wasn’t constantly running away from Ice King’s attempts to reconnect she could’ve stopped him from stooping so low? Or maybe she felt like she should’ve just taken him out when she had the chance - if only she could’ve let go of her emotional attachment to him?

Since the Winter King says he’s a sane Simon who has freed himself from the mental effects of the Magic Crown - was Marceline afraid that he was always like that? That the sweet man who took care of her was just a front she couldn’t see past due to her young age?

And then, they must’ve had some sort of confrontation, right? The best case scenario is the Winter King defeating her, claiming her most praised possession as his own and banishing her beyond the borders of the Winter Kingdom. The worst case scenario is that the Winter King killed his own beloved daughter because she clashed with his new false frozen paradise.

And either way he replaced her with Ice Marcy - a false construct based on an idealized memory of Marceline as a child - happy and adorable and dependent on him. Someone he can dote over, living like a lil' princess in his winter wonderland

But also someone who will never defy his will again.

If Marceline is still alive, now that Bonnibel is finally free… I wanna hope that maybe hearing about that other Simon, our Simon, who expressed nothing but sympathy and a genuine desire to help towards the Candy Queen - maybe that would bring her some peace of mind. But maybe it would just make her feel even more Conflicted. 

[agalychnisspranneusroseus]

Extremely self-indulgent Amphibia x Morrowind AU in which the three girls leave the Imperial City "accidentally" by playing hide and seek in cargo ships that all take them to different parts of the province of Morrowind. Sasha ends up in Northern Vvanderfell and is taken in by the Ashlanders, Marcy finds herself in the magical city of Mourhold, and Anne ends up in the swampy border with Black Marsh and is adopted by a nice farming argonian family. They all want to find each other before heading back, though conflicts arise as tension grows between ashlanders, house elves and foreigners.

[not-ready-for-gaster]

i did that thing i said id do earlier

and yes i did do those bordered lines by hand with my hand because my stylus died

edit: im doubting myself now darcy is a combination of dark and marcy right

[mosertone]

Marcy Borders, known as the "Dust Lady," who later died of cancer at age 42

[joe-england]

I thought I was done, but it pulled me back. See what you’ve done to me, Matt Braly??  Alright, one more visit to this timeline, and the rest of the story is up to your imagination.

- Part 1 - Part 2 - Part 3 -

Footnotes: Can’t believe I put this much extra work into this. Accursed inspiration!

There are Easter eggs all over. Did you catch the reference about Marcy solving world hunger? How about Sasha’s Arnold pose? This was hard, but I did have fun.

Speaking of inspiration….  I’d like to mention my slightly serious motivation for making this AU. Amphibia's finale broke my heart in different ways. In particular, it still haunts me that, by all indications, Anne died. Which, by itself, I can accept. I appreciate heroic tragedy. But beyond that... what breaks me is the idea that she went unmourned. That someone else took over her story, and none of her friends and family even care that the girl they knew and loved passed on. They think Anne just came back.  Her sacrifice went unnoticed, and we’re given a new Anne to love.

Like Domino, she was irreplaceable. But they got a replacement.

I mean, I have OCD. I don’t let stuff like this go. It's exactly the sort of thing that keeps coming back to me! I mean it when I say I'm haunted! It's Anne's ghost on my shoulder!

That's part of what inspired me to make Dominos. I wanted a story in which Anne lived.  Her sacrifice was still a sacrifice, it really cost her something, but it's still her. The same Anne who went through all her adventures and made all those friends.

Make no mistake, I’d never claim that this is a “better” ending than what Matt gave us. That’s silly. It’s his story, and his muse, and I honor and thank him for it. And maybe it was his intention that Anne really just migrated into a second life! But there’s a lot of doubt.

So this was my therapy. My way of saying Anne really did unambiguously survive somewhere, at least in my little AU. Just making it clear, I mean no disrespect to Matt, or Amphibia, or to anyone who worked on it! This is made in tribute, not protest. For love of the Calamity Trio!

That said, I’m so glad this became popular, at least a little. If you enjoy my work, I encourage you to check out my Patreon campaign! It becomes much easier to create when I have support. In any case, thanks for reading, and I hope you have a great 2023!

http://www.patreon.com/JoeEngland

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[blueboyluca]

The other weekend we went for a walk with a real border collie in the old pine forest. Topaz and Marcie had a great time exploring a new environment.

[sleepingdeath-light]

relationship hcs ; winter king

requested by ; 🍾 anon (30/11/23)

fandom(s) ; fionna and cake

fandom masterlist(s) ; here

character(s) ; winter king

outline ; “Winter King nsfw and dating hcs :3c ~ 🍾”

note ; characterisation may be shaky as this is my first time writing for this fandom and this specific character

warning(s) ; none, just fluff!

a relationship with the winter king is going to be, above all else, going to be incredibly atypical — of course he’s a very fun and energetic spouse, and of course he does absolutely adore you and dote on you, but he also has a very unusual approach to attachment and doesn’t shy away from how comfortable he is with recreating lost loved ones with sentient ice versions of themselves should they pass away or leave him

(you had already met ice marcy by this point, and were vaguely aware that there was at some point a flesh-and-blood marcy that was at some point lost, so this wasn’t a completely shocking revelation for you when he mentioned maybe replacing you if he wasn’t able to find away to extend your lifespan to match his own)

his pet names for you are either very traditional and gentlemanly or very unusual and amusing — swinging wildly between the tried-and-true ‘my love’ and ‘my dear’ to affectionately referring to you as various objects with a complimentary adjective in front of them

he’s also been known to call you his ‘beloved assistant’ on occasion, but its use is far less common than the other terms of endearment that he uses with you

extremely physically affectionate to the point of it almost appearing performative at times — the two of you always seem to be touching in some way: his hand on the small of your back/shoulder as you walk around the palace, him grabbing your hands and guiding you in a dance, him wrapping an arm around your waist to stop you from falling, him kissing the backs of your hands, him nuzzling his nose against your cheek whilst hugging you from the side, and the list goes on

not even remotely opposed to lavishing you with gifts and attention (he is the winter king after all) — so expect to have entire wardrobes filled with the most flattering outfits and accessories you could possibly imagine, a veritable entourage of servants and assistants ready and eager to wait on you hand and foot, your favourite foods and drinks available at the snap of your fingers, and just about anything and everything else he can afford to have made, or create/arrange for you himself

has absolutely arranged and composed entire ballads and musicals for you/in your honour, including vocals and instrumentals by himself as well as the involvement of his many subjects who were all too happy to honour their king’s beloved consort

you are a distinct source of jealousy and conflict for the candy queen due to her obsession with your partner, but you rarely ever have to worry about becoming a victim of one of her schemes since he’s so meticulous about keeping you well out of harm’s way (going so far as to even hide your existence to those outside of his kingdom’s borders just to minimise the chances of her learning about you before he had the means to properly protect you)

you are the only person who gets to see the sides of him that don’t fit as neatly into the ‘perfect benevolent monarch/creator’ image that he’s made for himself over the decades — the sides that are vulnerable, that are angry, that are apathetic, that are cruel, that are remorseless, that are both fully himself and yet so unlike him that you find yourself doubting that your encounters with these slips of the mask are anything more than false memories or the misshapen fragments of dreams you’ve had

either way he still treats you as nothing less than his equal, his contemporary, his best friend, his consort and co-parent, so it doesn’t really matter much to you if he has those moments — nobody’s perfect after all

he’s an incredibly light sleeper and rarely ever gets more than a few hours rest at a time, being both an early riser and late to bed every night, so he’s always there to comfort you if you have a nightmare or are unwell for whatever reason — and he’s got plenty of potions and spells and good old fashioned pre-ooo remedies to address any sort of mental or physical ailment that’s interrupting your sleep

[faggot-billcipher]

i haven't seen anyone else say it so i'll say it. expecting a creator to confirm your headcanons exactly as you want is also very parasocial. i don't think being parasocial is just thinking a creator of a media you like is your friend. it's also expecting them to know your opinions on art they make like they're psychic and expecting your interpretations to be 100% confirmed. and acting like you've been terribly and purposely betrayed when they don't. and dare to take the media in a direction you never wanted.

to me that's no better than the parasocial epidemic of acting like a creator is your friend because you like the media they make. it's on a similar level but in regards to how you view their work and them as a person. it's still expecting special treatment from them that you are not owed. it's still very entitled behavior. it's still expevting them to somehow be telepathic enough to know your every thought on their work which is an toxic and unreasonable demand. chill.

this is also why at this point i support the concept of death to the audience. instead of always going death of the author.with how it's used i'm getting tired of the term death of the author nowadays as it just enables people to do confirmation bias. even when the source material blatantly proves their views on the media wrong. it's pretty much going "i'm always right even when i'm wrong" about media anlaysis. and i shouldn't have to spell out how that's not a healthy or mature way of coping when canon turns out to be the opposite of what you theorized. it's both parasocial and terminally online behavior at its finest. and yes tbh i am lowkey thinking of this surge of communities trying to be the next su critical phenomenon while writing this. y'all aren't exempt from this behavior and are the worst ones about it honestly. and yes btw this includes groups like toh critical, amphibia critical, hazbin hotel critical, helluva boss critical etc. whatever else you're thinking of. and this is coming from someone who legit borderline hates amphibia. and the ableist messages it has about marcy's neurodivergency coded narrative. but i still don't wanna associate with those of y'all who try to go "oh but the su critical mindseet is valid and healthy THIS TIME uwu!" at the next media that comes out.

it borders on digital self harm, how far y'all tend to go with this shit most of the time.

also a lot of your communties like this are full of hypocrites just as bad or worse than the creator of the media you're criticizing. it happened with su critical. and it quickly happened with hazbin hotel critical too. it's almost like it takes more than being obssessively hypercritical of largely new queer media coming out to be a non bigoted and non abusive person. who knew!

and on that note of these communities being full of coddled abusers and bigots, y'all refuse to do anything about it. outside of the mess that was the callout against genderfluidlucifer. but lily orchard has done worse and is doing worse STILL. and you're excusing every shitty thing she does because she was a major influencer in this form of media criticsm subculture. which still proves my point i made that y'all refuse to hold genuinely bad people in these communities acocuntable if they get really popular first. especially when they hit a certain level of popularity arbitrarily like lily did. (and this applied to bismuthspartnerincrime until he left the scene altogether but that's it's own can of worms.) because you think anyone agreeing with your media criticisms in the right pandering way is allowed automatic social and legal immunity. when that's literally not how anything works.

in general these days i do not trust someone who thinks they can do no harm because they parrot the right criticisms against the media i'm referring to. also on a slight side note i still remember how a lot of people in the su critical community claimed wearing glassess wasn't a disability. what was that all about??

like that side note just shows my point of how these communities were full of bigots and abusers but not much was being done about them. and i'm tired of it being allowed to happen and this problem being repeated. because no one wants to learn and repeatedlyputs callouts full of exclus/anti rhetoric on a pedestal for no reason. like we don't have to put these subcultures on a pedestal but it keeps happening. why do we keep letting it happen?? and btw before anyone claims anything this is not an anti leftism post. i am a leftist at heart. i just hate seeing new leftists acting like they have to get themselves roped into these commuities to be real leftists. when there's way more pressing forms of activism to focus more energy on than getting mad about blorbo from your show THIS MUCH.