#reminds Me Of You#how I Imagine You Fight

i need guenhwyvar to be Cat so bad

playing his dress up games

@starscall 30 Days Infinity Nikki Styling Challenge Day 5 - Save slot #2

Since save slot #1 is named Mary after Mary Crawford, save slot #2 is named Fanny after Fanny Price, protagonist of Mansfield Park, foil of wicked, uncle-badmouthing, gold-fishing Mary.

The Endless Longing shawl goes very well with that one white sundress to produce a sort of movingly pretty but also kind of sickly effect, because Fanny can and will drop dead without her Daily Horse Rides. The neckline is a tad low, but nothing can't be solved with the Aurosa collar. (Bonus: it comes with a little necklace, just like the chain she hung her crush's cross on)

Fanny might strike one as having a stick up her arse, but she's one of my favourites among the Austen protagonists. It's something about slowly but surely growing a backbone in an increasingly disillusioning world while never losing hold of her compassion.

PSA:

1. If you are not silly, it is vital you become silly

2. If you are silly, you must stay silly

2. If you used to be silly but have stopped, you must make all efforts to return to silliness

Chapter 85 is now out, Shirahama posted the coloured version of the incredible chapter cover for this one.

Now if you'll excuse me I need to go and stare at a wall after that chapter.

Dracula and Jonathan’s Tango - from The Polish National Opera production of ‘Dracula’.

With Choreography by Krzysztof Pastor and Music by Wojciech Kilar.

ok im going to #seriouspost for a second here. I don't think Harry Potter is a manifesto. I think it was a flawed passion project that millennials latched onto because of the fantasy of sticking it to their mean teachers and arbitrarily categorizing themselves (hogwarts houses; it's the thinking millennial's astrology). I think the fact that the series got popular when and how it did was very much a product of its time.

I don't think Harry Potter is the biggest symbol of JKR's bigotry. I think the most flagrant sign of that was how she responded to critics. I watched her become radicalized in real time. I watched how she doubled down on her racism when she was called out for the ways she promoted her tragically mid fantastic beasts movies. I watched her chase marginalized teenagers with a double digit follower count off of twitter for daring to criticize her thought process, and no one with any kind of power standing against her because she was the one who was paying them. This isn't to say Harry Potter is without flaws. This is to say she really didn't give a shit about that. Getting rich and powerful is a hell of a drug, and she had enough sycophants that she had no reason to care about what her critics were saying.

She was convinced that she was a martyr; a voice for the unheard; a leader for the ages, so of course her detractors were the bad guys. And I think we should take this to heart. We should see this as an example of how easy it is to get radicalized; if you think of yourself as a paragon of virtue, you are going to think that whatever you see as good and right is an objective fact. Most people don't know this, but the majority of terfs start out as trans allies. You are not immune to propaganda! You are not immune to falling into dangerous ideologies!!!

This is why the most important thing you can do as an activist is to listen. Do NOT think you're above being wrong; do NOT develop a god complex; do NOT form an identity out of being right all the time. Involve yourselves in the groups you claim to speak for. Listen to trans women; share resources that help trans women; familiarize yourself with the diversity of experiences that trans people have and the struggles they face.

No, none of you are as bad as JKR because you don't have her money or her power. You will likely never have the capacity for harm she does. But check yourselves. Do not affirm yourselves into thinking you always have the moral high ground. Watch yourselves; humble yourselves; check yourselves for signs of cult behavior and internalized prejudice. You are always learning. You will always be learning. Do not allow yourselves to get a power trip from brushing off marginalized voices.

Doppelganger Challenge Day 2: Marques Jr.

"Now I can stand in for you behind the counter!" "I'll pass..."