Wolf in the thorns

verecunda: Honestly, I’m still so pissed off about learning that Vincent Franklin got hate over his...

Tue, 26 Jun 2018 20:04:28 +0100

Honestly, I’m still so pissed off about learning that Vincent Franklin got hate over his portrayal of Drawlight, I have a sudden burning urge to write all the fic specifically about TV!Drawlight. It’s an urge that’ll probably pass, as Drawlight isn’t really one of the characters that “grabs” me fic-wise, but I just want to give him some love, ya know?

Ugh. In retrospect, I ~think~ I know who that might have been… I’m not naming names because I don’t think they’re on here any more, but there were a handful of people who took the fandom Far Too Seriously from a social justice perspective, and one of them wrote An Screed about why the adaptation Drawlight was massively homophobic and how Vincent Franklin was a traitor, essentially.

And, like, I can see how if you identified with book!Drawlight, adaptation!Drawlight could feel like a huge disappointment, the latter is far more camp and far less tragic, but seriously, some people need a sense of perspective. I mean, what the blue buggery fuck is harassing the actor after the series has aired going to achieve? Really?

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Tue, 26 Jun 2018 18:09:13 +0100

skeletonmug: left-reminders: “If you’re a fascist and anti-fascists come for you, you have a...

Tue, 26 Jun 2018 16:26:10 +0100

skeletonmug:

left-reminders:

“If you’re a fascist and anti-fascists come for you, you have a choice. You can give it up. You can go renounce what you said. You could just go on with the rest of your life and stop turning up at fascist rallies. Anti-fascists probably aren’t gonna buy you a pint and be your best friend, but they’ll move on. But if you’re a person of color, if you’re trans, or a person with a disability, or gay, or Jewish, and fascists come for you, there is nothing you can do that can make them happy, except stop existing. That’s the key difference between the far left and the far right. Anti-fascists organize themselves against those that are building fascism. If you’re doing that, that is something you can non-violently stop doing. If you’re a political enemy of antifa, you can become a friend. If you’re a political enemy of fascism, though, either they lose or you die.”

— @realphilosophytube , from “The Philosophy of Antifa”
(via dagwolf)

This described it almost perfectly.
However I think we need to separate fascism from the left/right spectrum of politics.
Fascists can and sometimes do come from either end of the spectrum. At the moment, yes, a lot of fascists are associated with right wing politics but it’s not exclusive. Don’t think because somebody is a lefty that they can’t be a fascist. It’s devastating when that’s proved wrong.
Fascism and social liberalism are on a different axis to left and right.

captainlordauditor: charlesoberonn: charlesoberonn: charlesoberonn: Anti-Mom: You shouldn’t...

Tue, 26 Jun 2018 15:51:44 +0100

captainlordauditor:

charlesoberonn:

charlesoberonn:

charlesoberonn:

Anti-Mom: You shouldn’t not-complain because there’re always people who have it better.

Anti-Mom: It’s okay if you don’t finish your plate because you’re only human and the vast majority of food waste comes from corporations and government organizations throwing it away, and not households.

Anti-Dad: As long as you live under my roof, we will communicate and negotiate the terms and rules together to make it the most pleasant living experience for the both of us.

this…..this is the addams family

Unknown things

Tue, 26 Jun 2018 13:00:45 +0100

listing-to-port:

Known unknowns; things that you have forgotten; those things that are mentioned among others, but not to you; things knowable but only by taking the time and effort to think them through all the way to the end; things contradicted by a popular lie; histories written by the losers; those lost in the ash of libraries; those you chose not to learn; unknown unknowns; those known by only a few and they are far away; those it is kinder not to be told; things that everyone else has agreed not to speak of; unspoken rules learned by others in childhood; things that nobody knows; things that nobody can ever know.

kinkstertime: abandonedandurbex: Very Very Abandoned Structure...

Tue, 26 Jun 2018 12:26:19 +0100

kinkstertime:

abandonedandurbex:

Very Very Abandoned Structure [950X500]

That’s not abandoned, there’s a big plant living there

back-then:Lady with mushrooms 1912

Tue, 26 Jun 2018 11:51:57 +0100

back-then:

Lady with mushrooms
1912

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Tue, 26 Jun 2018 11:17:34 +0100

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Tue, 26 Jun 2018 10:43:24 +0100

folkhorrorrevival: “It had the sombre aspect of age and...

Tue, 26 Jun 2018 10:08:56 +0100

folkhorrorrevival:

“It had the sombre aspect of age and solitude and looked the very scene of strange and supernatural events. A legend might well belong to every gloomy glade around and there must surely be a haunted room somewhere within it’s walls.”
(from “The Botathen Ghost” by R.S. Hawker).
https://www.facebook.com/WinterOfGhosts/

campyfae:“Never stray from the path, never eat a windfall apple,...

Tue, 26 Jun 2018 09:34:54 +0100

campyfae:

“Never stray from the path, never eat a windfall apple, and never trust a man whose eyebrows meet in the middle.”
The Company of Wolves (1984) dir. Neil Jordan

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Mon, 25 Jun 2018 20:26:18 +0100

Dear writers of Versailles season 3, is Fabien Marchal going to get literally any character...

Mon, 25 Jun 2018 12:26:12 +0100

Dear writers of Versailles season 3, is Fabien Marchal going to get literally any character development continuity this season at all? Because two episodes in and it already feels like his entire emotional arc in S2 may as well not have happened, which is making me even more salty about what you did to Claudine.

(Claudine would have already have figured out why Mme de Maintenon is not putting out, and discretely slipped her a tincture of mercury should she want the option…)

vrabia: officialromaniantranslatiuni:http://www.bihorcouture.com...

Mon, 25 Jun 2018 11:51:51 +0100

vrabia:

officialromaniantranslatiuni:
http://www.bihorcouture.com

hey friends, if you care about cultural appropriation and the damage it causes, please check out this awesome project!
in 2017 dior copied the design of a traditional romanian coat from the county of bihor and sold it for 30,000 euro, giving no credit to the local artisans. in response, romanian fashion magazine beau monde helped the community create their own brand, bihor couture, which sells the original coat, handmade to order, for 500 euro a piece. they also sell other traditional clothing and jewelry for much more accessible prices (5-45 euro). they’ve been hugely successful so far, and currently have enough pre-orders to cover 4.5 years of work, with 100% of the profits returning to the community.
it’s surprisingly common for big name fashion designers like dior, gaultier, tom ford and altuzarra to copy traditional romanian clothing and sell it for ridiculous prices, with minimal original input, while giving nothing back to the community where these designs originated. it’s completely unfair that a big name designer can just steal so much hard work and misuse it to make huge profits.
please support bihor couture, if not by ordering one of their products, then by spreading the news around. it’s really awesome to see a small community fight back against cultural appropriation so successfully. i hope they carry on for a long time!

loumargi: Will Barnet, 1911 - 2012

Mon, 25 Jun 2018 11:17:31 +0100

loumargi:

Will Barnet, 1911 - 2012

nordicsublime: Sissinghurst - mark wordy

Mon, 25 Jun 2018 10:43:22 +0100

nordicsublime:

Sissinghurst - mark wordy

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Mon, 25 Jun 2018 10:08:55 +0100

shredsandpatches: This speech, from the play Sir Thomas More, is...

Mon, 25 Jun 2018 09:34:51 +0100

shredsandpatches:

This speech, from the play Sir Thomas More, is the only piece of dramatic literature we have in Shakespeare’s hand (it was basically his only contribution to the multi-authored play). It’s never ceased to be relevant.

There are two small boys playing at being daleks in the communal garden right now. It’s...

Mon, 25 Jun 2018 07:55:19 +0100

There are two small boys playing at being daleks in the communal garden right now. It’s terribly cute, and yet faintly disturbing…

starswan11: “Hurtfew Abbey was some fourteen miles north-west of...

Sun, 24 Jun 2018 13:00:24 +0100

starswan11:

“Hurtfew Abbey was some fourteen miles north-west of York. The antiquity was all in the name. There had been an abbey but that was long ago; the present house had been built in the reign of Anne. It was very handsome and square and solid-looking in a fine park full of ghostly-looking wet trees (for the day was becoming rather misty). A river (called the Hurt) ran through the park and a fine classical-looking bridge led across it.”