- “Yeah, your mirror is a doorway
into my dimension and I’ve seen everything. Even that dance part for
one” au
- “Sure, I’m an alien but I don’t
know why you’d think I’d abduct people. But there’s a great eatery
across the galaxy if you want to check it out” au
- “Listen, I am genetically
modified and on the run and you will let me hide in your
house” au
- “I was just taking a walk
through the woods and I didn’t think Fae really existed, and I
really don’t think I’ll accept any food from you” au
- “My dragon is acting sick and
you specialize in dragon illnesses, please take a look at it. Wait,
why are you laughing” au
- “Buddy, we are in the middle of
a zombie apocalypse, I specialize in botany in unfavorable terrain
and I just saw you make a sword out of PVC pipe and string; we’re
definitely teaming up” au
- “As a wielder of dark magic I
definitely plan on taking over the world once I trick you into
releasing me from my prison, but crap, I think I might like you more
than I meant to” au
- “Ok, so you panicked and kissed
the human so he wouldn’t drown, but we can’t keep him and he can’t
leave if he knows about us merpeople, so what are we going to do”
au
- “Look, I honestly didn’t mean to
run into any awkward werewolves on my hike and why would I tell
anyone about it, what do you mean ‘take me to your leader’ are you
serious. How cliché can you be” au
- “I’m a superhero and you’re the
villain, but I saw you visiting kids at the children’s hospital and
letting them act like they defeated you and now it’s really hard to
punch you in the face” au
I’m about 85% sure that you can describe at least one of my stupid baby almost-novels from years back as “I am genetically modified and on the run and you WILL let me hide in your house.” No, wait, I lied, you could probably stretch that to one of my completed novels, too, if you assume that the hiding is temporary and ends with kidnapping.
So I’ve been thinking about why I like Magnus Bane so much and I came to realize that it’s because Magnus Bane has achieved everything I want to achieve as a bisexual person:
Comfortable & open about his bisexuality
Notorious
Flirts adorably (if crudely)
Makes cute people fluster
Masks good heart with wit & sarcasm
Falls in love despite heartbreak he’s experienced before
Okay let’s discuss this: Because I feel like the “Angelina Jolie paradox” from Scott Westerfeld’s book “Afterworlds” is law. If you don’t know much about it here is a word for word passage from the book:
“You know when you’re watching a movie starring Angelina Jolie? And the character she’s playing looks just like Angelina Jolie, right? … she’s a regular person in that world not a movie star. But the other characters never mention that she looks exactly like Angelina Jolie.”
“Because that would mess up the movie,” Carla said.
“Exactly. So when you cast Angelina Jolie in a film, you’re creating an alternate universe in which the actress Angelina Jolie does not exist.“
And it makes sense. Think about other movies: I think if someone was looking like George Clooney, people in that movie would notice, right? So if you cast an actor in your film, that actor doesn’t exist in that movie or TV universe anymore - in a weird, weird way.
But like, Deadpool completely DESTROYS THIS. Wade literally says the name “Ryan Reynolds” and references movies he’s been in and has a magazine cover with HIM ON IT? Like, it’s absolutely taking this paradox and throwing it out the window and it’s half beautiful half confusing, because has Wade spent his whole life being told “hey so you look like that Ryan Reynolds guy.”
Anyway. That’s just my little commentary on this fantastic movie. Proceed.
Yes. You read that right. Someone did the math and because of a tight race and historically low turnout, 1500 people who will caucus on Saturday who ordinarily wouldn’t participate in primaries what it takes for Sanders to win Nevada
The app, called Bernie Takes It, allows you to pledge (to vote, or convince x people to vote). It counts all the pledges and only asks you to follow through once the threshold is met (in this case 1500 votes).
Our math is linked to at the bottom of the app.
Please take two minutes to pledge, then start Facebanking (in this case we’re actually asking people to start now even though the threshold hasn’t been reached yet, just because we finally finished the software only today;)
I believe Facebanking* is very high bang for your volunteering buck today. Using myself as an example, I have 450 “Friends of Friends who Like Bernie and live in Nevada” (FOFWLBALIN!). I can PM these people individually, telling them that I’m part of a commitment to get the 1,500 votes Bernie needs to win and requesting their promise to vote tomorrow.
You will not have another opportunity this year for your volunteer efforts to go as far as they will in Nevada today!!
For two reasons.
With low voter turnout, a little effort goes way farther. Bernie only needs about 1,500 extra votes to virtually guarantee victory in Nevada (whereas if Texas were on Saturday, he’d need about 50,000 extra votes to probably win).
A win now changes hundreds of thousands of minds going into Super Tuesday. Do you know how much phonebanking it would take to change hundreds of thousands of minds? More than we have!
Up until the Iowa caucus tie on February 1, the media, pundits and Democratic Party establishment had dismissed the Sanders campaign. Even though (or, because) he’s a champion for policies that the vast majority of Americans support, he’s been called radical, fringe and unelectable.
Despite these odds, he has more volunteers than any campaign and is breaking all kinds of fundraising records – building on regular-folks-size donations of less than $30. With his Iowa tie and New Hampshire dominance among nearly every demographic, Bernie has come from way behind to be a true contender. The race is on, and every delegate in every state is now crucial to momentum and the nomination.
YOU CAN START FACEBANKING RIGHT NOW!
But how can you help him win a state if you don’t live there? Our brand new Facebanking tool enables you to find your friends’ friends who live in Nevada and Like Bernie. Your job is simply to message them and share the importance of putting your vote where your Like is.
Sample message: “Hey Bernie-lovin’ friend of friend, did you know that Mr. Sanders only needs 1,500 extra votes to take Nevada tomorrow? We’re collecting pledges from people who are inspired to caucus when they see that their vote ACTUALLY MAKES A DIFFERENCE. Can you caucus tomorrow at 11am and let me know that you’re going to do it so I can change our tally to 1,499?”
For the record, she actually abandoned the movement BEFORE they all got whooping cough, but abandoned it too late. There’d been a breakout of measles in her area that caused her to reassess, and she and her doctor had already drafted and started a catch-up vaccination schedule, but her kids caught whooping cough just before it could be started. Then she wrote a blog post for The Scientific Parent explaining how she and her husband had come to wrong decisions in the first place, how they changed their mind, the consequences they suffered as a result, and asking other parents to please vaccinate their kids. And now she’s an activist for destroying the misinformation of anti-vaxxers, and reaching out to anti-vaxxers because she’s understands their fears but knows their kids deserve better.
She was trying to the best for her kids and just didn’t know how to interpret the validity of information or its sources, an actual skill that can be actually difficult and that is under-taught and a necessary first step to being able to trust vaccination research, so chose no action over taking an action she wasn’t sure of. She kept looking into it with family and friends and even eventually came to the right conclusion before her kids became sick, but it was still too late.
Honestly it was pretty brave of her to publicly admit she was wrong. She could have just quietly vaccinated her kids and not become a national news story, but instead she spoke out, even saying “I’m writing this from quarantine, the irony of which isn’t lost on me.” and also “I am not looking forward to any gloating or shame as this ‘defection’ from the antivaxx camp goes public, but, this isn’t a popularity contest. Right now my family is living the consequences of misinformation and fear. I understand that families in our community may be mad at us for putting their kids at risk.”
She understood the consequences and still put herself and her story out there.
You know what, it does take a big person to admit they were wrong so publicly and work to undo the harm. I believe I made fun of her in the past, but timemachineyeah changed my mind.
