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garden-of-flags · 5 months ago

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sapphboy flag compilation pt 1/2

sapphboy/saphboy/sapphiboy/sapphic boy: “a boy that experiences their gender and attraction as sapphic” or “someone who is sapphic and a boy in some way”

earliest mention: october 9, 2020 by @/xenoleaf (now deactivated) (archived link here)

(part 2 link here)

october 9, 2020: flag (and simplified flag) by @/xenoleaf (archived link here)

[ ID: in the center of the flag is a dark indigo circle. from near the center of the circle ten diagonal stripes extend outward. from the center stripes outward, two are light pink, four are green, and four are light blue. where the circle overlaps with these stripes they become varying shades of purple. the negative space behind the circle and the stripes forms a blue hourglass shape. /End ID ]

[ ID: a flag with seven horizontal stripes, with the center stripe being twice as tall. in order, they are: blue, light blue, green, pink, green, light blue, and blue. in the center of the flag is a medium-sized dark indigo circle. /End ID ]

september 19, 2021: alternative flag by @mogai-sunflowers (link here) (archived link here)

[ ID: a flag with seven even horizontal stripes, in the following colors: indigo, blue, turquoise, yellow, yellow, orange, and rose pink. /End ID ]

august 14, 2022: alternative flag (with and without symbol) by @thehealingsystem (link here) (archived link here)

[ ID: a flag with seven even horizontal stripes, in the following colors: pink, pastel red, peachy orange, white, pale lavender, magenta, and purple. in the center there is a pastel purple and yellow version of the sapphic violet symbol. /End ID ]

[ ID: a flag with seven even horizontal stripes, in the following colors: pink, pastel red, peachy orange, white, pale lavender, magenta, and purple. /End ID ]

october 16, 2022: alternative flag by u/maliicaii (link here) (archived link here)

[ ID: a flag with seven even horizontal stripes, in the following colors: deep pink, pastel periwinkle, pale sea foam green, white, pale sea foam green, pastel periwinkle, and deep pink. in the center, there’s a blue version of the sapphic violet symbol. /End ID ]

july 6, 2023: alternative flag by @/silakyu (link here) (archived link here)

[ ID: a flag with five even horizontal stripes, in the following colors: pastel pink, pastel purple, pastel green, pastel blue, pastel pink. /End ID ]

color meanings:

pink for sapphic/wlw attraction; purple for femininity/connection to womanhood; green for gender nonconformity; blue for masculinity/connection to manhood

july 19, 2023: alternative flag by @ryanyflags (link here) (archived link here)

[ ID: a flag with four even horizontal stripes, in the following colors: peach, pink-tinted white, turquoise and blue. in the center, there's a pink and yellow version of the sapphic violet symbol with a thick, pink-tinted white border around it. /End ID ]

september 18, 2023: alternative flag by @silliette (link here) (archived link here)

[ ID: a flag with five even horizontal stripes, in the following colors: pastel purple, light purple, light pink, light blue, pastel blue. /End ID ]

september 30, 2023: simplified alternative flag by @ryanyflags (link here) (archived link here)

[ ID: a flag with four even horizontal stripes, in the following colors: peach, pink-tinted white, turquoise and blue. /End ID ]

october 8, 2023: alternative flag by @/bigayasuka (link here) (archived link here)

[ ID: a flag with five horizontal stripes, with the center stripe being twice as tall. in order they are: red-violet, muted red, white, muted violet, and muted pink. in the center is a violet sapphic violet symbol. /End ID ]

october 24, 2023: alternative flag (with and without symbol) by @caeliangel (link here) (archived link here)

[ ID: a flag with seven horizontal stripes, with the center stripe being twice as tall. in order, they are: dark pink, pink, orangeish pink, almost white pastel yellow, blue, purple, dark pink. in the center, there's a magenta sapphic violet symbol with a slightly-transparent, off-white border around it. /End ID ]

march 4, 2024: alternative flag by @noxwithoutstars (link here) (archived link here)

[ ID: a flag with seven even horizontal stripes, in the following colors: muted dark blue, muted blue, sea foam green, green, pale yellow, orange, and muted red. /End ID ]

#just barely too much for 1 post :(#flag compilation #archived links #sapphboy #saphboy #sapphic boy #sapphboy flags #divider by saradika graphics #divider by saradika

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zyrafowe-sny · 6 months ago

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The Owl House Fanweek Masterlist

Last updated: July 25, 2024

I'm trying to put together a Masterlist of past, current, and future The Owl House fanweeks to help signal boost, find gaps (I can be convinced to help run another one and/or consult behind the scenes), and eventually update Fanlore. I'm not collecting fanzines or significant days just yet, but am considering it. To the best of my knowledge, there hasn't been a TOH Big Bang/Mini Bang/Reverse Bang (either fandom-wide or more narrow).

Please please please signal boost and let me know what I've missed! This is meant to be comprehensive, not just my own personal interests. I very much believe in Don't Like Don't Read, Kink Tomato, and Ship and Let Ship, so even if something isn't my personal cup of tea, I'd like to document it.

I'll be cleaning up and updating this post periodically.

January 21-27, 2024: @wittecoupleweek

March 13-19, 2024: @disco-girl's Gustholomule Week

May 6-12, 2024: @camilamamaweek

May 20-27, 2024: @steveweektoh's Steve Week

June 23-29, 2024 (and other years): @sergeantsporks's Dadrius Week

June 24-30, 2024: @enchantedchocolatebars's Kid Philip Week

June 26-July 2, 2023: @sapphic--kiwi's Gus Week

July 17-23, 2023: @aroacemisha's Autistic Hunter Week

July 25-31, 2024: @juliettedunn's Titanlights Week (King & Luz)

August 14-20, 2024: @vee-week

August 20ish 2022: Lilith Week (organizing blog seems gone)

September 15-21, 2024: @luminoushane's Lumity Week

December 4-10, 2023: @huntlowweek

????: I've come across the blogs @lumity-week-2024 and @lumityweeks but don't know of any dates

#the owl house #toh #fan week #fanweek #fandom event #signal boosts appreciated

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kuwdora · 28 days ago

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Year In Vidding Review: 2024

Year-end round-up/meme: 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023

Fanvids

January Bones (The Fall of the House of Usher, ensemble)

May Wobble (Monkey Man 2024, Kid action tribute)

June Dirty (Shadow and Bone, Crows ensemble + Kaz)

July Dead of Night (The Witcher Netflix season 3, Yennefer/Thanedd/Yennefer/Geralt)

August Every Step That I Take (Shadow and Bone, Kaz Brekker)

September Only Happy When It Rains (Stigmata 1999, Frankie Paige(/Andrew Kiernan))

December You're Gonna Go Far Kid (The Witcher Netflix, Aplegatt) Losing My Religion (The Witcher Netflix season 3, Ensemble + Ciri)

Vidding Process Resources

A Vidding Primer - brief intro about the vidding process with resources + community links. 1700w.

A Guide for Discovering Fanvids - originally written in 2023 but archived on AO3 in 2024. How to use AO3 and tumblr to find fanvids. 709w.

How to Leave Feedback on Fanvids - originally written in 2022 for the Witcher Commnent Crawl but archived on AO3 in 2024. Examples of different kinds of comments. 1300w.

Vid Recs

Let’s Talk About Vids - I contributed a vid rec for this vidding zine, a zine run by @cosmic-llin with many contributors this year. Lots of great vids and vid talk!

Vid Rec Ask Game - I pitched the idea of a vid rec ask game during VidUKon and @heliological put this together with help from Gus and Emma. You can check out a bunch of amazing vidder’s recs here in the tag and in the reblogs.

Kuwdora Vid Rec Compilations: 2024 was the year of getting back into writing recs. I wrote over 120 recs for fanvids. I created a series called “Saturday Morning Vid Recs” which gave me a tidy deadline of when to complete/share recs. I wanted folks to see a lot of new and old vids that I’ve found incredible and hopefully encourage people to watch/share.

Saturday Morning Vid Recs:

FEELINGS & THAT DYNAMIC (12 recs, BIG emotional feelings and joy and soul)

Video Games (23 recs, featuring old and new vids)

Women! (23 recs, tv/film, animation, comics + more)

Space and Robots (22 recs, vidshow rec. Exploration, space, robots)

Animals (26 recs, cats, dogs, sea animals, grab bag of dinosaurs, bears, ducks and penguins)

Festivid Recs:

2023 Festivid Recs - Part 1 (9 recs, comedies, animation, theater productions, + more)

2023 Festivid Recs - Part 2 (5 recs, sapphics, badass fire)

Other Recs: The Locked Tomb Fanvid Recs (4 recs)

Vidding Meta+Process

Vidder Ask Game - I answered a ton of questions about my vids and vidding process which you can browse through the tag here for text and video and lots of navel gazing and links.

Naked Vid Draft Series (watch kuwdora make a vid)

Dead of Night (The Witcher Netflix, Yennefer/Thanedd):

Process Video: the first 30 seconds

First Draft Sneak Peek

Timeline Progress

Losing My Religion - vid outline, rough drafts, revision notes

Archiving Project - Kuwdora Vids on AO3

2007 Kuwdora Vids (95% complete)

2008 Kuwdora Vids (incomplete)

2019 Kuwdora Vids (incomplete)

The most complete archive list is this pinned post in my dreamwidth. Which you can see from the length why this is a an Ongoing Project to Archive.

Lots and lots of notes and thoughts and details about my 2024 vids, writing recs and trying to write about the vidding process. All beneath the readmore. These are the same questions I've been answering (more or less*) since 2007. 🤯 !! *I've dropped a few q's from the original meme over the years since they just didn't work for me. But it's 95% the same questions Since The Beginning, aha.

Overall thoughts:

This year I only finished 8 vids and I think I only have one WIP that I started in 2024 that I did not finish and it’s 90% finished so I might try to get that done before Festivids drops at the end of the month.

I spent a significant amount of time thinking about recs and writing recs. My vidding communities originated on journal platforms and the fractured nature of fandom spaces these days means there’s a lot of amazing things people have no idea exists, or they get recced behind discord walled gardens or at online cons. Or vids are passing under the tumblr radar because, as many vidders themselves have noted, tumblr is a very difficult platform for visibility/engagement for fanvids.

I get a lot out of watching vids in discord/con group watches but I really wanted to get back to writing/sharing recs. Cause these are really cool fanworks.

I also spent a lot of time thinking about my vidding process. This year I had a great desire to try and share about what I’ve learned and how I’ve engaged with this creative act, and how it’s been an enduring hobby for me for…18 years. Fuck. That meant I wrote a primer about the vidding process, I started archiving previous things I’ve written about vidding on tumblr. I’ve also started rummaging livejournal/dreamwidth to archive other things I’ve presented at cons and in interviews/community spaces about vidding.

Also trying to (slowly) archive my old vids on AO3. Not everything is on YouTube because of copyright or the source material has nudity/some other obscenity, so my pinned post in my dreamwidth remains the most complete list of my fanvids over the years. For now.

Final vid breakdown:

I made 8 vids. 5 of them were different sources. 3 vids were The Witcher Netflix, 2 vids were Shadow and Bone. Two films (Stigmata and Monkey Man). And a Festivid for the Mike Flanagan show The Fall of the House of Usher. 50% of my vids were ensemble pieces. 90% of these vids I finished in a month, two months at most.

Vidding Process notes:

My biggest hurdle was burnout and my inability to work on my old WIPs that I have been gnashing my teeth to work on and even rewatched the source for and got excited to work on again but didn’t manage to get any traction on them. But also I focused a lot of effort on writing recs and talking about my vidding process, which I think was a good use of the working brain I had left.

The Witcher Netflix remains my favorite thing to be vidding at the moment. I’m vidding so close to the source, so close to my fannishness about the the source, the various witcher canons, and the fandom. Those vids are probably less readable to those who aren’t into the show/fandom, but I fucking adore vidding this show.

Favorite Vid:

Dead of Night - My Witcher Netflix Yennefer/Thanedd vid of intrigue. I love the actress who plays Yennefer, and I really reallllly loved working on this. The feeling of when the verses and choruses were coming together was fannish euphoria. Dopamine of the highest degree.

Hardest to make:

None of these vids were hard to make. Which is something I’ve rarely been able to say when it comes to my vids. The hardest thing I encountered this year was my inertia. I’ve been so burnt out and dealing with job hunting fuckery and a toxic workplace that I just didn’t have the brain to start or work on anything that would be challenging me. I needed fun and frictionless this year, and that’s what I made for myself.

Most successful:

Dirty - Shadow and Bone Crows ensemble. I made this as a premiere for VidUKon. It went over SO WELL and I was elated to watch the chat stream by with cheers and to see some recs and comments come in on it. I let myself play a little with some After Effects transitions I had bought many years ago since I thought the song would greatly benefit from that kind of snappy slick editing. It was a lot of fun and the song went over really well with the audience, too.

My best vid:

These are all my best vids. Every year I feel more confident in what I’m making and how I’m making a vid. If I were to think about what an audience might say might be my best vid - it would either be Dirty/Crows ensemble vid or my Losing My Religion Witcher Ensemble+Ciri vid due to how well I nailed a specific tone and emotional atmosphere.

When it comes to technical/structural best I would say that would be Bones, my Fall Of House of Usher vid. That’s an ensemble vid with something like 9 fucking characters and it was so much to try and cram into a single vid. I framed the vid by beginning with the ending of the show and ended it with the ending of the flashback with Roderick and Madeline. The first Bridge/chorus I did a brief overview of the Usher family and the intrigue/deal with the Angel of Death. Then each verse I introduced two Usher siblings, and then introduced two more and kept stringing the Usher Horribleness along the timeline until it just kept Escalating. It was so much fun. This is the type of vid that is probably most appreciated to watch just after you watch the show when the source material is so fresh in your mind.

Most fun vid:

You’re Gonna go Far Kid, a super niche Witcher Netflix vid. This is not a fun subject, but it was fun to finally come up with a song for an idea that I wanted to do since the summer. This is the type of vid that will probably only make the most sense to people who have read both the books and are fans of the show because it’s a wry commentary about Netflix’s adaptation choices and how it really just…fell flat. My vid notes about this are longer than the actual vid and I rambled even more in the comments to mayoho about it. It’s fun but it’s also ridiculous and really made for that audience of like 4 people. Heh.

Favorite vid moments:

Dead of Night - 3:18-3:48 - Fighting and dancing and fucking. The choreography of this makes my soul vibrate. 🔥🔥🔥

Wobble - 2:08 - 2:18 - This action sequence makes me fucking cackle so fucking much. So much. I love it so much. I also love everything else in this vid, too.

And the entirety of Losing My Religion is my favorite vid moment.

Things I learned in 2024:

I learned it’s possible for me to set up structure to write and post/share vid recs. I also learned that I have quite a lot to say about vidding. I didn’t manage to work on or share anything about song choice (I started writing something for the vidding zine and didn’t get far because brain squish blahs) but I’m also quite happy with how well my vid recs and vid meta was received this year. I wasn’t sure about it when I started working on those projects but it was really gratifying to see folks were interested in what I had to say and share

I also had some revelations about what it is about songs that make my brain tick. Also I realized how my finished vids definitely reflect that “holy shit two cakes” meme you see floating around fic spaces. I’ve made the same exact vid several times and I’ve even been able to freak out (happily and incredulously) when I’ve been able to pin down my vidding style because of that.

I also am still coming to terms with letting go of vid WIPs while also still wanting to figure out how to hack my brain to get the motivation back because I genuinely am excited and want to be working on those vids.

I also learned that I am not going to get tired of vidding The Witcher Netflix and that’s probably not going to change for awhile.

In 2025:

Every year I have ambitious plans that inevitably get derailed. I say as much every year in this meme (go ahead and click thru previous years). The past two years I’ve been in burnout and my health woes are wearing me down in new ways so it’s been a struggle. I need to be less ambitious. But that doesn’t mean I can’t daydream and…have desires. Intentions, maybe. This is all with a grain of salt, right. I want to write more vidding process stuff but that's still ambiguous in my head.

And for the past 3 or so years I keep saying I’ve been wanting to work on my Moonhaven and my Green Knight vids. I’m still not ready to let those fall into my never-finish WIP pile. It’s been strange that I can’t seem to let these two go when I’ve been able to let go of other vid WIPs. So I want to figure out what this hangnail is in my brain about these vids are. Would be a dream to finish them.. I want to write more about my vidding process - and hope that others might find it interesting if I were to actually try and get out all these sticky intuitive things in my head and articulate them.

I want to write more vid recs in 2025, and possibly ping the vidding discord and Fan Tech discord for ideas to make vid rec templates/setting up automations for sharing recs more easily across platforms. I have so many ideas but also I keep spiralling out into burnout. I have at least 2 more Saturday Morning Vid Rec themes that I have vids for I just need to finish writing/formatting. And I want to do another round of Festivid Recs for the 2024 collection that will go live at the end of the month.

I want to continue archiving my old vids on AO3 and maybe remember to crosspost here on my main blog or my @kuwdoravids sideblog, and probably set up some automating crossposting to bluesky.

As for vid ideas. I have so many. I also think I need to set myself up wtih a combination of “vids that are going to be fun and easy to work on” and make sure I have myself set up with clipping so I can just ease right into it when I need the dopamine boost. But I also have a growing desire to finally work on some more challenging vid ideas that I’ve had brewing for awhile.

Some Vid Ideas for 2025:

Captain Janeway Kuwdora Thesis Statement Vid - I discovered my Janeway vidsong in 2019 and it’s been 6 years of rewatching and fannishly meditating on this vid. It might be time to embark upon this. The last time I spent this much time Actively Contemplating for a vid was for High Voltage and…this would be a similar type of Great Character Scope. Huge project though. I have DVDs to rip and 20+ episode seasons to trawl through and clip. But the end result… nobody would be ready. Maybe this year?… maybe.

Interview with a Vampire. There’s only two seasons here but during VidUKon @sandalwoodbox gave a panel presentation on audio editing and the season 2 finale was airing that weekend. My brain just had a cataclysmic idea. Not just an idea. An Idea. Something that would focus on POV and memory / unreliable narrators. This vid concept would be outside my wheelhouse because of the song / audio editing involved. Which is something I haven’t done before (or at least to this specific extent). So it’s scary and new in a way and I think might be really refreshing challenge for me to try.

Sydney Character Vid - The Bear. I’ve rewatched this show like 4 times already and I adore Sydney. I meant to make this vid in 2024 but just didn’t get to it. I have a song, I have the love. I just need to sit down and grind through the clipping process.

Black Sails/Andor. This might be a great vid for WisCon VidParty, and it’s something I’ve been wanting to make for a few years now. Andor season 2 is coming out at some point but I think I could make it without the second season.

Foundation - I have two Foundation vid ideas I keep bouncing around with. I adore the visuals and the actor’s performances so fucking much, and I’m obsessed with Salvor and Gaal. This is something I’m really keen on and am most likely to start and finish since it’s limited source and a relatively contained concept (while one vid would also a tribute to one of my favorite vidders that inspired me when I first started vidding). Also a good idea for WisCon Vid Party if that happens this year.

Now looking back on this list that I’m writing on January 1st 2025 will be fun because odds are I’m going to pop out another 4 Witcher vids and probably hiccup out three impulsive festivid treats that I didn’t think I’d make, lol. I mean I’ll make Witcher vids regardless, I’m just wanting to dream about my other vid ideas for now.

#The Most Navel Gazing.....#end of year vidding meme 2024 #vidding #viddingdora #the vidding process #fan video #video edit #my vids #my witcher vids #my vid wips #kuwdora vids #kuwdora recs #vidder ask game #vidding meme #fandom #fandom review #end of year review #year end fanvid review #year in review

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pers-books · 5 months ago

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Lesbians in Space: The Anthology (Where No Man Has Gone Before)

Booktopia 2024 📚#Fantasy#Indie#Sci-Fi

Following Project

You've asked for it, so Space Wizard provides. Here is the long-anticipated Lesbians In Space Anthology!

Space Wizard Science Fantasy!

Space Wizard Science Fantasy is a queer science fiction and fantasy indie publishing company which opened its doors in 2021 to publishing outside authors. - In 2022, the Space Wizard Science Fantasy Year 1 campaign raised nearly $18,000 to pay authors top rates, create amazing book covers, fund an audiobook recording, and publish 12 books between June 2022 and June 2023. - In 2023, Year 2 raised over $18,000 for 12 more books released from June 2023 to June 2024 with more excellent covers, custom illustrations, and pro rates for our anthology writers! This year we added exclusive collector's hardbacks! - In 2024, Year 3 just concluded in July with another $17,250 raised for for 13 books, one omnibus, and 2 TTRPGs!

We're back again this September for one more anthology, this time with a bunch of incredible authors participating in Booktopia. Lesbians in Space has a stellar (ha!) lineup of writers already on board, including (in order of confirmation):

- Seanan McGuire, multiple Hugo Award-winning author of the Wayward Children series, the October Daye series, and the Incryptid series!

- Travis Baldree, author of Legends and Lattes, shortlisted for the Hugo Award for best novel in 2023, as well as exceptional audiobook narrator!

- Emma Newman, Hugo Award-winning podcaster and author of the Planetfall series, which was shortlisted for the Best Series Hugo Award in 2020!

- Mary Robinette Kowal. Hugo Award-winner Mary Robinette Kowal has written: The Spare Man, The Glamourist Histories series, Ghost Talkers, the Lady Astronaut Universe, and many short stories.

Also see our "writers" section below for our current roster, and for how you can submit your story!

Lesbians in Space: Where No Man Has Gone Before

Peanut butter and chocolate. Cheese and wine. Sex and rock n’ roll. History is full of great pairings.

Get ready for the next great one: Lesbians and Space! Join a host of intrepid explorers heading to the outer reaches of the galaxy, exploring planets, space stations, strange new worlds and interesting aliens. Focusing on lesbian / sapphic protagonists, this anthology will contain works from numerous established, award-winning, and lesfic authors, and a few new faces as well.

We have an amazing cover already created by Serene Chia, and we have a bunch of great addons and gifts for you as well! This anthology is going to be packed with fully-inclusive, sapphic stories about space, space opera, science fiction, exploration, adventure, and of course, romance. The stories will have representation of all sorts, including cis, trans, bi, sapphic, non-binary, ace, aro, and many other types. There's lots of room for Lesbians in Space!

We have our invited group of writers already working on stories for the anthology, but we're opening up to any and all submissions as well! So if you're a writer, polish off your best story about Lesbians in Space, and send it in!

Are you a writer? Do you like Lesbians in Space? We will be holding juried selections for more stories for the Lesbians in Space anthology. To enter, simply polish off your writing skills and craft a story of around 2000-4500 words, but definitely not over 6000.

This anthology will focus on lesbian relationships of all types, including cis, bi/pan, ace, non-binary, intersex, trans, and others that fall under the ‘sapphic’ banner as long as the primary pairing is lesbian. Give us your best story featuring sapphic protagonists at least partially located in space. This could be on a spaceship, with magic, on a planet or asteroid, in another dimension or realm, or any other connected idea. Surprise us!

Stories will be juried and final selections will be made (hopefully) by end of January 2025. Projected publish date is June 2025. Selected authors will be compensated at semi-pro rates or higher. Send your completed story in by midnight EST, December 31st, 2024 using the instructions at https://www.spacewizardsciencefantasy.com/submissions We are hoping to publish Lesbians in Space around June 2025.

-- I've just backed this as it looks absolutely fabulous!

#Books #Lesbians in Space anthology #Writing Opportunity #Fiction #SFF

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cora-writes-things · 5 months ago

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Sapphic September 2020 – Day 17: Apple Picking (+ Day 16: Fog)

Fandom: Hannibal (TV)

Pairing: Marlana (Margot/Alana)

Thoughts: This was meant to be a full fic, but I'm no longer inspired to write it anymore. However, I still like the moodboard, so I figured it's not too late to share it. And who knows, maybe someday someone will be inspired to write a fic inspired by this so I don't have to!

The general premise of my idea is that Margot and Alana take their toddler/preschool-age son apple picking in an attempt to give him as normal of a childhood as possible despite their situation (i.e., being on the run from Hannibal and Will), and they have a nice little family outing (though I was definitely planning on having a little bit of angst, too!) But tbh, you can create anything inspired by this idea and/or the moodboard; it doesn't have to follow what I was thinking. Also, anyone is free to create for this idea if they want to, regardless if someone else has already done so or not. All I ask is that you don't repost my moodboard without permission!

Also available on AO3 and Wattpad.

All posts: {Day 1} {Days 2 & 12} {Day 3} {Days 4 & 8} {Day 5} {Days 16 & 17}

Interested in joining #Sapphic September? It’s never too late! Check out the prompts from the past five years: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, & 2020!

#sapphicsept2020 #sapphic september 2020 #sapphic september #marlana #margot x alana #alana x margot #margot verger #alana bloom #moodboard #fic idea #mine #my post #corawritesthings #cora-writes-things

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worldwidegirlhood · 4 months ago

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the sapphic books i read in 2023*

March

Yuama, The Girl I Want is So Handsome!

May

Olivia Waite, The Lady's Guide to Celestial Mechanics

June

Michelle Hart, We Do What We Do in the Dark

August

Jewelle Gomez, The Gilda Stories

Sappho, The Complete Poems

Sonora Reyes, The Lesbiana's Guide To Catholic School

Irene Zahava, Lesbian Love Stories [Volume 2]

September

Kabi Nagata, My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness

Katie Heaney, Girl Crushed

October

Olivia Waite, The Hellion's Waltz

November

Rita Mae Brown, Rubyfruit Jungle

*adding the two sapphic books i read in 2022

July

Zaina Arafat, You Exist Too Much

September

Casey McQuiston, One Last Stop

#mads uploads #lesbians <3 #mads books #wlw #sapphic #lesbian literature #about the blogger #mads archives

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sprinkleonthatcriticism · 2 months ago

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Hello again!

I don't know if you remember me, but I'm the anon from this ask: https://www.tumblr.com/sprinkleonthatcriticism/766735598905163776/so-i-saw-someone-mention-namy-gaga-on-here-and?source=share

Firstly, I wanted to thank you for putting my "beware post" (if that's what you want to call it) about Namy Gaga up publicly.

Secondly, please consider this an addendum to my last ask/post with the necessary corrections and reminders.

(CONTENT WARNING FOR DISCUSSIONS OF PREDATORY BEHAVIOUR, HARASSMENT AND QUEERPHOBIA (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO TRANSPHOBIA).)

I wanted to apologise for an error I made in that post, where I said the following regarding Namy's harassment campaign against one of her victims (Mely):

"After Mely cut ties with Namy, Namy allegedly continued to harass her, especially in her comments on the former's Facebook posts. In July 2023, Mely - who had come out about her experiences publicly in September 2022 - filed a lawsuit against Namy (yet to be resolved as of me writing this)."

At the time, I was under the impression that Mely sued Namy on the grounds of predatory behaviour and sexual abuse/harassment, to which Namy responded by doxxing her full legal name and spreading misinformation about the relationship.

Someone commented in that post, informing me that I had misinterpreted what happened regarding this lawsuit situation (my Spanish isn't perfect so I am still learning) - the quote below is taken from that person's comment:

"I highly doubt that you'll see this, but I found one glaring error in what the anonymous user's reporting of Namy's actions: I'll give them the benefit of the doubt as they may have thought that Mely attempted to file a lawsuit against Namy for sexual harassment and abuse in July 2023. After watching Biotex's newest video (which the user linked), I've realised that what actually happened was that Namy herself attempted to file a FAKE lawsuit against Mely for "defamatory claims" in an attempt to silence and incite harassment against her, even though Mely had substantial evidence to support her testimony.... When you look at that information, especially in the context of what Mely went through following the lawsuit (e.g. the doxxing of her full legal name and the Google Drive), it makes what Namy did look so much worse."

After rewatching Biotex's video (which I originally linked and will link at the end of this post again), I have realised that, in my misunderstanding, I may have unintentionally downplayed the severity of Namy's actions. Like that comment pointed out, it wasn't a case of Namy responding badly to a legitimate lawsuit - Namy tried to silence one of her victims by attempting to falsely sue her on the grounds of "defamation", which kickstarted the rest of her harassment campaign.

2. I'm aware that some people are trying to defend Namy Gaga regarding the evidence of her predatory behaviour (dated back to 2017) towards Zoe (when she was 16-17 and Namy was 18-19 - reminder that Zoe would later become one of Namy's voice actors). To my understanding, these people have been saying stuff like "Namy didn't intend on dating Zoe, unlike with Evan or Mely. It just became a collaborative relationship, in which she hired Zoe to do voice acting for her FNAF AU projects."

This is a reminder to those who believe this (in a similar fashion to those who are defending Synnibear03 bc she is demi-het (demisexual and heterosexual/heteromantic) and "didn't intend to date one of her victims"): It doesn't matter that Namy didn't intend to date Zoe. She was still being predatory towards her. Namy still commented on her voice in audio messages, saying it was "sexy". She still initiated sexually-charged conversations with Zoe while she was still underage (with Namy sharing an NSFW art WIP on one occasion and talking about her ideas for NSFW artwork on several other occasions).

3. Another thing that I'm aware of is that Namy and her defenders have used her LGBTQ+ identities (lesbian/sapphic and, more recently, genderfluid) as a shield against legitimate criticism, falsely accusing her critics of being "homophobic".

I also fear that some people will try to use Namy's actions as an excuse to mock her for being LGBTQ+ (or worse, these people will use Namy as a point to argue that every lesbian/sapphic person - or LGBTQ+ people in general - is predatory like her).

Here's my reminder which I hope will address both of these concerns (from the perspective of a bisexual person - any LGBTQ+ readers are free to form their own opinions based off of their own experiences, but PLEASE be respectful of other people's opinions/experiences/identities):

Multiple things can be true at once.

ON ONE HAND: You should be respectful of someone's LGBTQ+ identity AND still be able to criticise their bad actions.

Bad actions do not excuse queerphobia of any kind, and ignoring this sets an awful precedent.

ON THE OTHER HAND: It is important to recognise that someone can be LGBTQ+ and still subscribe to queerphobic rhetoric (similar to how Vivziepop, a bisexual woman, has been called out for repeatedly engaging in transmisandry (for those who don't know, that's transphobia towards trans men and transmasc people) and for her - dubious at best - writing of LGBTQ+ relationships).

In Namy’s case, she is lesbian/sapphic, yet has perpetuated very harmful ideas about bisexual/pansexual women, trans men and women, and asexual people (whether through ignorance, fetishising depictions in her work, or poor attempts at making "jokes").

ALSO: Regardless of whether someone is cis, trans or gender-diverse (e.g. non-binary or genderfluid), it is possible for that same person to claim that they’re supportive of one group of trans people (or supportive of certain kinds of trans folks) and be hurtful towards those of other trans/gender-diverse identities.

Regardless of whether she identified as cis or genderfluid (still prefers "she/her", which I've used to refer to her in both of my posts) at the time she said or did transphobic things, Namy has claimed to be supportive of trans women (and recently acknowledged her errors with the "lipstick lesbian flag" situation), yet she didn’t see any issue dismissing Evan’s gender dysphoria as him being “crazy” and misgendering/deadnaming him behind his back (not to mention the “futanari drawings” I mentioned in my original post).

Again, I will link Biotex's videos below (Spanish to English subtitles needed):

PART 1 (general overview of what Namy has done): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYptunXswYI

PART 2.1 (debunking Namy's response to PART 1, with some updated information): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjwFO6v8j84

PART 2.2 (ditto): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOsdtXk4P_U

PART 3 (goes into more detail about Namy's predatory behaviour): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcrRkJPeQKg

FAIR WARNING THAT "PART 3" DISCUSSES TOPICS (predatory behaviour, sexual/emotional abuse, romantic/sexual grooming, sexual harassment, other forms of harassment (e.g. doxxing), transphobia, and the dismissing/mockery of someone's struggles with mental health) AND A LOT OF EVIDENCE THAT CAN BE PARTICULARLY DISTRESSING FOR SOME PEOPLE TO READ/LISTEN TO - YOUR MENTAL HEALTH IS IMPORTANT SO PLEASE BARE THIS IN MIND IF YOU PLAN ON WATCHING IT YOURSELF.

I will also link a blog that contains beware/callout posts about Namy (it is still being updated as of me writing this - again Spanish to English translations are needed), which have a lot of evidence detailing Namy's harassment of her critics and her toxic behaviour in general:

https://www.tumblr.com/mehlopina

Thank you for reading.

(Final note: I've said it in my last post and I'll say it again. Please DO NOT harass or interact with Namy (for your own safety), and please DO NOT harass her family or her current partner (who to my knowledge have no direct involvement in what Namy has done).)

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