Rise Up, Oh Heart, For There is Another Battle to Win

thedatingfeminist:

gemsforsocialjustice:

Stop saying characters who act slightly different are autistic.

Stop saying characters that are both male and friends are gay. 

Stop saying characters who don’t act like their gender norms are trans. 

Stop saying characters who never mention anything about sex are asexual.

Because these “headcanons” keep harmful stereotypes from finally dying off.

Nope.

I’m going to say it.

Marginalised kids who, in their hunger for any scrap of media representation, latch onto the smallest hints that their beloved characters might be like them, are not responsible for any part of their own marginalisation. Ever.

If someone looks at a character and sees a reflection of themselves and it makes them feel good to pretend that the representation that doesn’t actually exist for them is there somehow? Good for them.

It’s respectability politics garbage to tell marginalised kids that they need lots and lots of evidence that their favourite characters are like them before they’re even alowed to imagine it, just in case someone higher in the kyriarchy sees it and thinks, “Ah! This stereotype is Now Officially Confirmed and I can Be Oppressive with a Clear Conscience.”

Stop blaming marginalised people for their own oppression 2kEver

(via bonehandledknife)

psychoticflyingdragonbunnies:

whitegaysaintshit:

Gay people can be racist

Gay people can be misogynistic

Gay people can be transphobic

Your problematic behavior is not excused because you have been oppressed. You are continuing the cycle of oppression to other marginalized communities and you of all people know better.

Shape. The. Fuck. Up.

My brother and his husband are the biggest pieces of shit when it comes to racism and transphobia. Please don’t think just because someone is oppressed that they won’t oppress others and treat them like shit. Don’t let them get away with it.

(Source: diaryofagaymuslim, via adelindschade)

Anonymous asked: what is your favorite assassination story in history?

history-jokes:

history-jokes:

pipistrellus:

history-jokes:

Some people who’ve been following me for a while probably have picked up that I love the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Although all the political mechanisms behind his assassination are fascinating as well, especially because, y’know, it led to world war 1, the actual assassination story is my favorite. (Because it was so hilariously botched)

You guys probably already know it but GUESS WHAT I’M TELLING IT AGAIN. (Im not gonna source though ‘cause I’m lazy sorry) 

So, ahem. Story time. Gather round, children.

There’s this dude named Franz and he was heir presumptive to the Austro-Hungarian throne back in 1914. So he went to inspect some imperial troops in Boznia and Herzegovina, which were provinces of Austria-Hungary. This pissed off a bunch of Serbian nationalists, who thought the territories should be part of the Serbian nation.

But I don’t really care about that. What’s important was that Franz and his wife were in Sarajevo and a terrorist group called the Black Hand decided to off him.

So Franz and his wife are touring around this city in an open-topped car, doing their whole royal wave thing. The Black Hand actually sent six assassins after the Ferdinands, just to make absolutely sure they died. The first guy actually chickened out so he’s not really important. The second assassin comes up all “Yeah i’m gonna kill these guys” so he throws a grenade at the car and it BOUNCES OFF and although it injures some people nearby, the Ferdinands are completely fine. So the dude’s like “oh shit” so he takes a cyanide pill and throws himself into a river so he won’t be taken by the authorities.

Unfortunately for him, though, the cyanide pill was expired and the river was six inches deep so the police just pulled him out and took him off to jail. All the other assassins kinda just gave up and wandered off. One of the assassins, Gavrilo Princip, was like “well screw this, i’m hungry” so he left to get a sandwich.

He was in the middle of ordering said sandwich when he heard the sound of a car stalling behind him. Turns out the Ferdinand’s drivers had gotten messed up by the crowds and accidentally took a wrong turn and then stalled RIGHT NEXT TO PRINCIP. So of course Princip was like “what a crazy random happenstance” and shot them both and started world war one.

So yeah, that’s my favorite assassination story because it’s great.

BUT DID HE GET HIS SANDWICH

Tumblr user pipistrellus asking the real important questions.

(To answer your question, probably not, because he was quickly apprehended and died of tuberculosis in prison a couple months later…)

BRINGING THIS BACK BECAUSE GUESS WHO WAS ASSASSINATED 101 YEARS AGO TODAY

margotmoonshine:

valerie-an:

do you ever want to gently float up to someone and whisper “this isn’t a debate; i am actually educated on the subject and i’m telling you you’re wrong”

my life

(via adelindschade)

justdrinktea:

medusas-heir:

imtootiredtothinkofaname:

aspieat221b:

Looking for a random cause of death for a character? Click here.

Looking for a random city? Click here.

Looking for a random city that people have actually heard of? Click here.

Need a random surname for a character? Click here. (They also give prevalence by race, which is very helpful.)

Helpful writing tips for my friends.

smallirishpotato

OH SHIT.

A couple more resources I have open constantly:

Random motivations for your characters here!

Need some character quirks? Here and here! 

Having trouble with backstory? Here! (They have an option for fortunate and unfortunate backstories)

(Source: ijustreallylovedaredevil, via adelindschade)

slagarthefox:

fangirlsdilemma:

theoldestrainbow:

Despite Twilight’s flaws I think we can all appreciate what Rosalie Hale did to her gang of rapists after she became a vampire

One of Twilight’s biggest flaws was always that um, how do I put this? It has these kickass supporting characters with these fascinating back stories and instead we have to pay attention to this truly boring couple instead of hearing about Jasper fighting in a vampire war, or Alice as a psychic girl in a 1920’s mental institution, or Carlyle as a vampire doctor trying to atone for all the murdering he did.

Or Leah as the ONLY BIOLOGICALLY FEMALE WEREWOLF IN THE WORLD, or that other vampire baby from South America.

Or pretty much anything beyond Bella and Edward staring at one another and crying.

I’ve heard that a lot.

Even a lot of people that HATE Twilight are intrigued by the supporting characters and sincerely wish we had gotten a book about one of them instead.

It’s like Meyer made the most boring characters she ever conceived the stars and made her actual good ideas background ornaments,  

(Source: satinbonnets, via adelindschade)