#not fitz bday posting

[swaggerscat]

Loz just posted a photo of her and Fitz! They're so cute together 😭

They are thooo😭 Its also his birthday! So happy bday Fitz🎉🎉!!

[pianodoesterror]

Moosic meme

I was tagged by @chupacabrasmustdie to list 10 songs you can’t stop listening to and tag 10 people. Thank you!!

Cosmic Dancer - T-Rex

Long Time - Blondie

The Fisher King Blues - Frank Turner

Moment’s Silence - Hozier

End of Love - Florence + The Machine

Heartlines - Florence + The Machine

She’s My Man - Scissor Sisters

Seaside Renezvous - Queen

Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy - Queen

Santiana - Alaw

Tagging the few people I recognise as I am fandom baby : @kami-ships-it @theterrior @jack5-h4x @fitzchocos @i-like-mountains @matt-j-freeman

[stellarune]

wait what you asked shannon for pink hair fitz?

the year was 2k19, on november the 30th, at the Salon Du LIvre Jeuness De Montreuil, near Paris. we had gotten there at the openng to make sure we got good places in the line for shannon. my best friend and i had gotten book 7 for our bdays. at 10:45 in the morning, we were waiting, only a few people before us. i could feel the pressure fro my mom to actually talk to her instead of mumbling a “hello good morning thank you”. so instead, i take a deep breath and say “soihadaquestionwhatcolorwouldkeefediehishair ?” to which she squints, and asks me to repeat again. i grab my friends hand, and repeat, slower : “what color would keefe dye his hair ?” she thinks for a second, and answers “i think he likes being blond, but fitz would dye his hair like, pink !” i am extatic, i say thank you, take a picture with her, and immediately make a post saying “fanartists of the kotlc fandom, shanon just told me fitz would dye his hair pink, so you know what you gotta do” (or smth along these lines). em hapened, and now pink haired fitz is a relique

[strawberrylollipopkisses]

Crybaby!! Also how old is that post?? It really reminds me of 2013/14 Tumblr

Doesn’t it? Definitely throws me back to being on tumblr back in high school (2013-14 was my senior year.)  

But thank you for this question, doll! 💝💝

cry baby: list the concerts you have been to and talk about how they make you feel. 

1. Kelly Clarkson: My very first one (I think I was like, 8) and it was really cool and exciting, though I remember barely knowing any of the songs!

2. Jonas Brothers: Obviously amazing! I loved their self-titled album and knew every song on it!

3. Nickelback: Don’t judge me! I was like, 13 and my mom dragged me along! It wasn’t awful tho LOL.

4. Fitz and The Tantrums: Good and great energy, but I only knew like, 3 songs so it was hard to fully enjoy. I do love them a lot now and know a bunch of their songs. 

5. Passion Pit: Best concert ever, even though I almost blacked out from not eating all day (a staff member forreal had to help me!!) That band is so special to me, one of my fave bands of all time, and I consider seeing them one of the happiest moments in my life.

6. Foster the People: Soooo good! Another one of my fave bands, and I was in awe being so close to them and finally seeing them live. 

7. Imagine Dragons: Best concert I have EVER been to. It’s really something special seeing a band that you grew up hearing so much on the radio. Plus Dan Reynolds, the main singer, is such a nice, humble, and caring individual. He gave a speech about the importance of mental help, therapy, and self-love and it really touched me. Also, the energy of the band was so good!

8. Charlie Puth: Really good despite the rain! He sounds really good live, and I’m happy that I got to see him with one of my very best friends!

I’m also seeing twenty one pilots on my bday this year and I’m beyond excited.

[standwithquake]

Birthday For Daisy Johnson Version 3.0

Once again the world greatest’s superhero’s birthday is approaching and Stand With Quake wants to celebrate it with all of you Daisy stans. So please participate again (or for the first time, if you missed the other two!) and encourage others to share their Daisy Johnson love. And the Chloe Bennet love too, of course.

Our tag will be #birthdayfordaisy3

These are the prompts for each day of the event:

DAY 1 · June 30 Daisy + canon and headcanons

(we start things off with a day for making fanworks about your favorite Daisy moments from canon, comment the best Daisy story arcs or to discuss your Daisy headcanons) DAY 2 · July 1 Daisy + inspiration

(ever heard a song and gone “wow, this is such a Daisy Johnson song”? this is the day for that! anything outside canon that inspires you, from music - the day for fanvids, fanmixes, graphics with lyrics, etc - to poetry to movies/shows -the day for crossovers outside Marvel, we have Day 6 for that- to paintings... well, not sure how paintings would work but if you want to paint Daisy into Waterhouse’s The Lady of Shalott then this is your day) DAY 3 · July 2 Daisy + birthday wishes

(it’s Daisy’s birthday ie the day for all the birthday-related stuff, in any way of form, from fanart of Daisy having a fun time at her bday party to pictures of your own homemade cake featuring Quake, and anything in between <3) DAY 4 · July 3 Daisy + Quake Is My Hero

(the day to explore the many reasons why Daisy Johnson is the universe’s greatest superhero; the day for all that superlative meta about how flawless Daisy is, because god knows she could use some unconditional love in this fandom) DAY 5 · July 4 Chloe Bennet Appreciation Day

(the day for appreciating the actor without whom Daisy Johnson wouldn’t be so unforgettable; whether you want to celebrate Chloe’s gorgeous face or her political activism this is the day to do so!) DAY 6 · July 5 Daisy + Marvel, let her be in the MCU you cowards! + Director Daisy Johnson

(Daisy has been treated with total disrespected by both Marvel -always unwilling to promote her and her show- and AoS itself, what with the shitty writers twisting logic to avoid making her Director while refusing to even acknowledge her trauma at the hands of a torturer. So it’s your time to fix this! This is the day for crossovers with the rest of the Marvel franchise, and for fanworks giving Daisy her rightful place as the head of SHIELD)

DAY 7 · July 6 Daisy + anything goes

(the day for everything and anything you think doesn’t belong in any of the other categories)

As for the rules, they are more or less the same as last time:

All fanworks are welcome - gifsets, edits, fanfic, fanart, meta, fanvids, fanmixes, and everything in between.

Daisy Johnson must be the focus of the fanworks.

No shipping. Stand With Quake is a shipping-free blog and the point of this event is to create more content focusing on Daisy, not on her romances, canon or fanon. There is not enough Daisy gen fic or graphics focusing on her out there.

No Daisy Hate, seriously, we mean it, no passive-aggressive stuff or straight up hate for the character will be reblogged.

No Daisy Hate also means that if you are a Skyeward shipper or have loads of Skyeward content in your blog from after season 1 we won’t reblog any stuff you make, sorry, this blog was created as a Skyeward-free space for people to feel safe celebrating Skye/Daisy. Same if you are “neutral” or have posted about Skyeward being acceptable. Skyeward is Daisy Hate.

No Daisy Hate also means no Leo Fitz apologism. There’s enough of that crap out there, including the canon. Here we stand with Daisy and not with her abusers.

Only brand new fanworks allowed!

Some guidelines for posting:

Tag your works with #birthdayfordaisy3 (in the first tag) when you post them, that way we’ll see it and we’ll be able to reblog it. If tumblr messes up and we miss it, send us an ask. We will also be tracking #birthdayfordaisy in case you forget to put the 3, but it’ll be easier for us if you tag #birthdayfordaisy3

It goes without saying, but please don’t reuse other people’s works! Regardless of what it is, it must be made by you or by someone who has given you permission to use their creations.

Post as much stuff for any prompt as you want.

Please specify which day and prompt you’re using somewhere in the post, it’s useful to us and others.

Any timezone you use is fine! It’s also fine if you’re running one day (or several) late. It’s okay, we’re just happy to get more Daisy Johnson stuff. Plus, you don’t have to participate every day, just the ones you want or whatever.

Have fun! And again, if you have any question just ask us.

We’ve tried to make the prompts as flexible as possible so that hopefully people can make both graphics and write fic/meta without too much difficulty.

Signal boost, participate and enjoy!

#birthdayfordaisy3

[dillydedalus]

books i read in august

here we go again... two main themes this month: a) james baldwin week for our shared bday,  b) august is women in translation month BUT i decided to put those books into a different post bc this one was getting long (plus i wasn’t finished with everything on time) - so i’ll post that round-up in a week or so

rebecca, daphne du maurier disturbing neogothic or whatever (psychological horror? yes) in which the young unnamed shy & neurotic mess of a narrator marries a rich widower but feels constantly in the shadow of his dead wife rebecca, as if haunted by her. her husband is the fucking worst (#maximdewinterdiebitch) but the awfulness of the relationship is very well-done and disturbing, plus there’s some smart ~identity/mirroring stuff going on between rebecca & the narrator. 4/5 

notes of a native son, james baldwin baldwin week #1: a collection of ten of his earlier essays; i found the personal essays about his own experiences with racism in america and europe and his family much more engaging than the ones about books/music/culture, his writing is always incisive & elegant tho. highlights: notes of a native son, equal in paris & stranger in the village. 3.5/5

the fire next time, james baldwin baldwin week #2: two essays, one about 10 pages long, one a bit over 100, both about race in america, broadly. the long one especially is just amazing and should be required reading like, everywhere. baldwin is at once bitter and hopeful, full of rage and full of love and i’m honestly in awe of him. 4/5

another country, james baldwin baldwin week #3! a powerful novel about a group of friends, black&white, gay&straight, in new york (and briefly paris) in the 60s (??); they are wounded and bitter and do horrible cruel things even as they love each other, so again it’s strong on that whole rage & love theme. it was maybe a bit too depressing for me. 3.5/5 

royal assassin (farseer trilogy #2), robin hobb so i ended up buying an ebook of this bc the queue on overdrive took too long lol. i enjoyed this i think a bit more than #1, bc fitz is older & we learn more about everyone & get a sense of the larger mythology of the world. the pacing is honestly not very good & especially the first half is not only pretty slow but also sometimes seems to forget/walk back on plot or character progress BUT i still love the characters (kettricken is. so much) & the court intrigue is great. also without giving anything away the very end is like...... jon snow who??? 3.5/5

qualityland, marc-uwe kling kling is p well-known in germany for a radio series (turned into books later) about his flatmate, a chaotic-neutral anarcho-communist kangaroo. this book is a satirical dystopia about a world where corporations and algorhithms rule all, and while that sounds very much like the tired next-ep-on-black-mirror type thing, it’s all so absurd and over the top (yet uh. real) that instead it’s genuinely funny and (if not smart) certainly SMORT. also the book is really well-designed and there’s constant like inserts of adverts and internet comment sections and y’all know i go weak in the knees for some gimmickry. 4/5

assassin’s quest (farseer trilogy #3), robin hobb i say this with love but this book is Too Damn Long, like criminally so, you could easily have chopped 200-300 pages from this and it would be a much better book for it. so much dragging & poor pacing & endless repetition of the same plot beats. it gets better in the second half when fitz rejoins some other characters but the end is kinda of underwhelming as well... that said, i do still love the characters (the fool!!!) & the world & enjoyed the series overall. 2/5 for this one, 3/5 for the trilogy. i will continue with the realm of the elderlings series maybe next month

we crossed a bridge and it trembled: voices from syria, edited by wendy pearlman an oral history of the syrian revolution and civil war, put together from interviews with syrian refugees pearlman conducted over several years and in several countries, incredibly affecting, upsetting and powerful, especially since with the exception of the introduction (which you should read bc it gives some background info on syria) it is all personal accounts by syrians. i’d rly recommend this if you want to know more about the syrian struggle in their own voices. 4/5

simon vs the homo sapiens agenda, becky albertalli i wanted something cute and fluffy to balance all the depressing refugee stuff i’m reading right now and this one is sweet & charming & probably would have been better if i was like a bit younger, but hey! cute & fluffy goals achieved! 3/5

ein raubtier namens mittelmeer, ghayath almadhoun (tr. from arabic) (in english this collection is published as adrenaline) a collection of poems/vignettes/prose poems about damascus, exile, refugees & migration, being safe in sweden while your friends are dying in syria or on the way to europe (the german title very literally translates to ‘a predatory animal called the mediterranean sea’ and yeah it sounds better in german). very interesting & sad/sharp & provocative, but like, i’m not rly a poetry person and there were a few too many metaphors involving female bodies for me... 3/5

currently reading: transit by anna seghers (rly good but it’s taking me a while) & the displaced: refugee writers on refugee lives, ed. by viet thanh nguyen