#of course feel free to ignore the tag!

[lampfaced]

I am suddenly interested in the Navi 👀

[unforth]

I've debated multiple times doing something like cataloging racist microaggressions I see in the danmei tags and making a post about it. I generally see at least one a day, and I block the worst offenders. But in the end I'm a white USAdian and it's really not my place. I'm sure I don't even catch them all.

It's a real issue and I've seen a lot of anecdotal evidence that it drives Chinese and Chinese diaspora fans out of participating in Westernized Tumblr danmei fandom, and that's utterly unacceptable.

One of the most common ones I see is how people talk about the character names. For example:

[Image ID: screen cap of a text post. It reads: "This all came about when I was looking at SVSSS memes on Ao3 and went like "My friends nor coworkers would get heads or tails of what in the world these alphabet smash assortment mean let alone know that they're referencing Soecific individuals or novels." End ID]

THIS IS A MICROAGGRESSION. For fuck's sake, people, acting like the names are ridiculous, incomprehensible, outside of what "friends and colleagues" could comprehend, is RACIST AS FUCK. And I see people say stuff like this constantly.

"But I only meant I was struggling--" THEN WHY DID YOU ASSUME OTHER PEOPLE WOULD STRUGGLE THE SAME WAY? STILL RACIST

"But I could say that about the abbreviations in any--" BUT YOU SAID IT ABOUT THIS FANDOM SPECIFICALLY AND CONTEXT FUCKING MATTERS AND IN THIS CONTEXT IT'S RACIST.

"But it was on my personal blo--" LOOK IF YOU WANT TO BE RACIST ON YOUR PERSONAL BLOG I CAN'T STOP YOU BUT IF YOU TAG ORIGINAL POSTS INTO MAIN FANDOM TAGS THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WILL SEE YOU AND KNOW YOU ARE RACIST.

The person who posted the above, when I said it was a microaggression, demanded to know how. So, for them and everyone else in this fucking fandoms, I present what any of them could have learned by googling the term. The definition of microaggression:

(Source)

[Image ID: a dictionary entry for the term "microaggression." It reads: "noun. A comment or action that subtle and often unconsciously or unintentionally expresses a prejudiced attitude toward a member if a marginalized group (such as a racial minority)." End ID]

What that screen cap says about names is literally the textbook definition of a microaggression.

Chinese names are just names. The way Chinese sounds is just the way a language sounds. Cultivation is inherently based in Eastern culture and cannot be completely divorced from that context even for a cute AU. I'm so tired of seeing posts saying things like "MXTX just stole the plot of (insert Western myth/folktale/fable here)". Do yall realize how fucking racist you're being? Do yall realize how fucking racist even I've probably been by accident because I'm also a dumb white USAdian?

I've been holding this post in for like a year, but the person who posted that screen cap, who doubled-down by posting a non-apology to all the MXTX main tags, and who acted like I'd said something insane when I told them it was a microaggression...they're apparently my last fucking straw.

DO BETTER, WHITE WESTERN DANMEI FANDOM. We all need to learn and listen and knock it the fuck off already. Me included.

Please, please listen when people say "check yourself." Seeing this stuff everyday is exhausting even for ME and I'm not even in the marginalized group. Chinese people (including diaspora) who stay in the fandom here despite the constant deluge are strong as fuck and they do not deserve this and, as a white person, I'm so so sorry white people are like this.

[pm-00]

Les juro que ya me callo con este post pero OJO, en los últimos meses hemos visto como le faltan el respeto a les creadores latinoamericanes: a su trabajo y proyectos hasta que les conviene. Los organizadores de estos eventos no son pendejos, ellos saben quien trae los números y quien jala a la gente, no por nada Osvaldo tiene la pelea estelar, no por nada lo ponen de mayor tamaño en la promoción. Él mismo lo ha dicho una y otra vez: mucho ojo en Latinoamérica, Latinoamérica hace mucho ruido. Si van a seguir usando a les creadores latinoamericanes para causar expectativa y emoción para sus eventos, ya viene siendo hora que les den el respeto que se merecen Y EL RECONOCIMIENTO que se han ganado.

[songstep4002]

Do you know what's really annoying?

When you call someone or something not human, people always assume you mean less than human. Which is stupid because of the majority of the time, I don't mean less than human or even more than human, I mean different from human. But the average person's tendency is to put humanity up on a pedestal as greater, which in their mind, makes different from humanity inherently lesser than humanity. Which is stupid and annoying and I hate it.

[luinen-bluewater]

Rules: in a new post, show the last line you wrote (or drew) and tag as many people as there are words (or as many as you feel like). 

Thanks for the tag @winebearcat <3333

Not literally the last line I drew, but I'm working on this at the moment! @headraline @alexchawke @heniareth @kawareo-main @sillylilfang and whoever wants to do this!

[acrazybayernfan]

i was tagged by @sinnergaard thank youuu my love. 🧡

Last song: Messina by Modern Pleasure

Favorite color: everything around yellow, orange and red.

Last movie: Kirikou et les hommes et les femmes by Michel Ocelot.

Last TV show: Say yes to the dress.

Relationship status: single.

Sweet/savory/spicy: all of this but I can't stand too sweet food.

Last thing i googled: this weekend Bundesliga results.

Current obsessions: Australian Open, Thomas Müller (always and forever), Pep Guardiola the Evolution, Robert Van Gulik's books, the Naxian kouros in Delos, les alexandrins (french classical twelve syllable verses most of the old french theater is written in those).

I'm tagging @fabioquartararhoe @wonchswife @miasanlewy @thommi-tomate @crimsonicarus

[ronanlynchbf]

nine ppl you'd like to get to know better, tagged by @princekendallroy thank youuu, i feel like i haven't done one of these in ages ❤❗❗

1. three ships: hmm right now probably lumax bc i've been watching st recently and they're like two of my fave characters off of it and also they're just very cute <33 + caitvi bc i miss them soooo muchh. season two WHENNN!!! and then pynch bc they're always up there and also i do just love them sooo so so soo much (excluding most of greywaren..)

2. first ship: i have no idea actually i think in the previous one i did of this i said katniss and peeta thg??? and that's probably still correct bc i can't remember really liking any other couples before as much as i did them so. everlark it is <33

3. last song: afraid of heights by boygenius. hashtag lucy dacus girl forever n always 👆❗❗

4. last movie: i have not watched a movie in AGES i think the last one i watched was bottoms (2023) i literally haven't watched a movie since so that one. if u haven't watched it yet u r missing out truly IT'S SOOOOO GOOD ❗❗❗

5. currently reading: utopia avenue by david mitchell!!!!

6. currently watching: i am. still trying to get through the stranger things 4 finale.....it's just soooooo long 😭😭😭 and there r so many parts they could've just cut out to make it not be TWO AND A HALF HOURS. also i know eddie is going to die and it SUCKS. Badly. the duffer brothers and their one season curse for the sake of body count i would like 2 talk..

7. currently consuming: stroopwafels <333

8. currently craving: hot chocolate! it's raining outside and also my room gets very very cold so even if it's just to warm my hands up i'd say hot chocolate ☕ (<- ignore that that's probably coffee. 2 me rn it's hot chocolate.)

tagging @button-house @zeitztun @bunnyrabbitheartt @hangsawoman @danielsousa @gayarthur @ahalvedheart @horrormcvietwins & @churchwatch but as always, only if u want to obviously <33!!!!

[my-god606]

was tagged by @westealtoys

rules are: go on pinterest and share the first celeb, outfit, quote, and aesthetic that appears on your dash

Mm, if they haven’t done it yet, I’ll tag: @remnantsofmorality @ladyshivs @gingerbreton and @lazyvoyager

[norsferatu]

9 Fandom Peeps to Get to Know Better

3 ships you like: spike/buffy/angel (spuffel?); mikayuu from seraph of the end; astarion/durge

First ship ever: yuki/zero from vampire knight

Last song you heard: obey - bring me the horizon

Favourite childhood book: Eragon

Currently reading: nothing but I’m waiting for the library to get a copy of Court of Wanderers by Rin Chupeco (I’d like to get into reading more books by nonbinary authors)

Currently watching: Shōgun

Currently consuming: the souls of the innocent etc

Currently craving: [Redacted]

tagging: @illfigureouttheuserlater!

[pumpkakin]

Last Line Challenge

Rules: in a new post, show your latest line (artwork or written), and tag as many people as there are words (or as many as you feel like)!

Tagged by: @spadeyhearty (hi!)

My last lines:

In Rivendell, meals are heavier, smothered meats and hardy root vegetables, thick cream sauces and warm, spiced wines. But Scott has never been a picky eater, so he slides into the chair opposite of Katherine and plucks a strawberry, red and ripe like a ruby, and pops it into his mouth.

I had to stop writing when I wrote this because I made myself hungry lol!

Tags: @chrysochroma, @oh-snapperss, and anyone else who wants to participate!

[maxxxines]

@girljeremystrong tagged me to make a mood board using my name + core on pinterest! thank you love!! ❤️

i’m tagging: @princessyndrome @ayoedebiris @sarahssnooks @greyseals @weremilfs @hotgirlcoded @curiosityjams @jackietaylcr @rileybina @maryjanes

[callumnova]

was tagged by @steveharingtn, thank u dear ♡

last song: lust for life - lana del ray

currently reading: a dance with dragons

currently watching: i started only murders in the building this weekend and i love it !! it's so entertaining

im tagging @maethril, @drepane, @sigurism, @jojen, @margearys, @beths, @und0miels, @drunkonimagination, @oppieheimer, @laurensgraham, @stormbornes

[waywardsalt]

ive spent like 20 minutes trying to world this eloquently but i give up; im a big fan of linebeck just. not being capable of watching over kids not the person to be the guardian of a group of young people he struggles to take care of himself at times and has so much shit going on that it takes about one conversation with oshus for the old man to realize that this guy is. not doing great

[queerstudiesnatural]

hi so i've seen this kind of post about comfort characters and favourite characters but never about characters you actually relate to so i'm starting my own chain because i understand the world through fictional psychology and i think it would help me get to know my mutuals better

so if you get tagged, list 5 characters you strongly identify with, and then tag some more people <3

i'll go first :

sam winchester, supernatural

will graham, hannibal

jane bennet, pride and prejudice

samwise gamgee, the lord of the rings

moomintroll, moomin

tagging @faithdeans @sarcasmisalifechoice @mrcowboydeanwinchester @freakwiththeknifecollection @suncaptor @seasononesam

[kimmkitsuragi]

@witchwhaat tagged me ❤ thank uuuu for tagging me i love sharing my music 

shuffle your "on repeat" playlist on spotify and post the first 10 tracks

reptilia - the strokes

i know the end - phoebe bridgers

stabilise - nilüfer yanya

ditto - newjeans

cuff it - beyonce

welcome to my island - caroline polachek

somewhere near marseilles - hikaru utada

feeling good - muse

vlad the impaler - kasabian

american teenager - ethel cain

this is a good summary of what i’ve been listening since january tbh lol

i’m tagging a few people i remember seeing in my notifs recently: @zamanparadoksu @an-odd-idea @nihalley-x @thetwilitebone 

[sparklingbinjuice]

tagged by @ex0rin (thank you for still tagging me in things when i have ignored so many 😂😘)

rules: put the "on repeat playlist" on shuffle and share the top ten results, then tag ten people to do the same! Thank you for the tag!

Don’t Take The Money – Bleachers Snuff – Slipknot Once In A Lifetime – Talking Heads Cha Cha Cha - Käärijä (yes still. say nothing lmao) Weird Goodbyes – The National, Bon Iver Cold – Mating Ritual, Lizzy Land Carin At The Liquor Store – The National Putting The Dog to Sleep – The Antlers Agnes – Glass Animals A Better Son/Daughter – Rilo Kiley

tagging @astralhux, @magdalyna, @breadtheft1796, @writethewolvesaway, @six-demon-bag, @derpinaz, @frauleinvonmausefels, @gunshou, @milarca, @druckkugelschreiber and anyone else who would like to share and make my taste in music look even worse 😅