guys i actually beg of you to not let palestine become an unpleasant flashback, a transient tumblr trend, a hasbeen subject that just faded away. as an arab—and specifically iraqi—girl, i know what it feels like to have family displaced all over the world as a result of western imperialism. i know what it feels like to not be able to step foot into your homeland because it’s no longer safe. as an american iraqi, raised in the us and insulated from my roots, it wasn’t until last summer that i was able to visit iraq for the first time, and even then my family was worried for my safety—in my own blood country. although nothing like what palestinians are experiencing right now, it might be the tiniest semblance of what it feels like to watch your country disintegrate in front of you.
and this is a universal arab experience. i volunteer weekly at a refugee center that serves middle eastern refugees, and every day i see the longing in their eyes when they speak of where they hail from. it’s safe to say that we will be getting a wave of palestinian refugees very soon: just another generation of arabs who can’t inhabit their own country.
arab culture is so rich, so profound, so beautiful. i am tired of being told by the world—through literal genocide—that it doesn’t mean anything. please never let this be forgotten. free palestine. free palestine. free palestine.
Watching and Dreaming textposts part 2 eat up
Happy one year anniversary to Belos (Disney) killing Luz (this show) and her coming back (the team doing their best to make season 3 awesome and doing a stellar job) and killing Belos (Disney realizing they fucked up canceling the show)
He's also canonically pan as confirmed by about a million people at this point
fascinated by people claiming that deadpool is straight meanwhile here's how they marketed Deadpool 3:
How is this kid more emotionally mature and funny than I am
Trigger warning for mention of sa and killing btw
So I've been getting into Mouthwashing lately (great game tbh) and I saw an animation meme of Anya and it was implied she was killing Jimmy (fair) and there was one comment at the top of the comment section that said "Poor Anya, if only she was brave enough to stand up for herself"
So anyone who knows anything about Mouthwashing knows that Anya was in a situation where she couldn't stand up for herself. She did her best but didn't recieve the help she needed and it's heavily implied that Jimmy would've ended her life if she had stood up to him
So there were a few replies to that comment that were explaining calmly that she was in a dangerous situation and couldn't stand up for herself, like many sa victims in real life
But one person just straight up replied "If only Jimmy wasn't a weirdo"
And if that isn't the most perfect response to that statment, idk what is
Sorry I only keep reposting stuff, I'll talk about the situation myself soon, I'm just shot on time rn. Anyways give any and all attention to the posts talking about any of these situations❗️❗️
ressource thread !!
Last night I had a dream that Hunter was confirmed to be pansexual. Idk why, that had nothing to do with the rest of my dream. Not that that's a bad thing, obviously, it's just Hunter is most likely bi anyways so idk why my brain conjured that up.
That's it, that's all I have to contribute to the fandom the day before the last episode airs. Truly beautiful.
This is actually so important
In all seriousness though---
Korra got a ton---and I mean a TON---of hate, for daring to be a headstrong, non-genderconforming woman of color. So forgive me if I don't react well to "korrasami doesn't deserve it"
Korra already fought through enough misogyny and racism while it was actively airing. She already got enough criticism for not being the "target audience" of 8-12 age males who buy action figures. She already got enough criticism for having flaws as a woman, for not "acting ladylike". She already got enough criticism for not being white or white passing in a show that has ZERO white characters. So when you come at korrasami fans with "they don't deserve it"? Don't be surprised when korrasami fans look at it with a lens of suspicion, because korrasami already fought through the criticism, already fought through being stuck in the "dead slot" air time in nickelodeon (which they were moved to in season three, when the show runners actively started hinting at a wlw ship), already fought through being pulled off air and onto online viewing only, in 2014, for those of you who are a bit young. (Obergefell vs Hodges, the Supreme Court case which legalized gay marriage nationwide in the US, happen on June 26, 2016). "They only held hands in the finale" because that's all they could get away with at the time. They were the FIRST. Bubbeline came later. Rupphire came later. Catradora came later. There are still no notable mlm ships in children's media, so the work ISN'T done. Korrasami fans "screech and yell" at you for not understanding because you accuse them of "queerbaiting" without understanding that they were the FIRST in their time to OPENLY hint at being gay on a a children's television network. In a time, for most intents and purposes in the US, being gay was still ILLEGAL.
And by the way? The Owl House, a recent, animatec children's show on Disney, was recently canceled for not being "the Disney brand". It features a bisexual woman of color (in an EXPLICITLY wlw relationship) as the main character, not unsimilar to Korra. Misogyny is not dead. Homophobia is not dead. Know your history, and know the work isn't done.
I just want everyone to know that it doesn't matter what they identify as, they're safe here.
My headcannons for the hexside squad design-wise
What I mean by that is what I think the little details adding to their designs are because why not
Luz: Has curlier hair that grows a bit faster than before due to her having long, curly hair when she had her titan form. But she prefers to keep it short. Also her canines are quit sharp now and her eyes glow just a little bit in the dark. And she got that flower tattoo for her dad, as seen in one of the sketches for her future design cause, c'mon, she would so do that.
Gus: As he grew older he began to develop Myopia (condition where you become more nearsighted as you grow, stabilizes in yours 20s) which is why he now wears glasses. He also started growing out his hair to wear dreads as he got inspired by seeing a bunch of humans do it. (Also just another headcannon: He made himself look older in the human realm so he could get a Flapjack tattoo as well, you can see it on his ankle.)
Hunter: The older he gets, the more he looks like Caleb. He also has tried cutting his hair after Belos' death, but it's just always gone back to the same length, so he just decided to keep it that way (same with Raine).
Amity: Likes to dye parts of her hair at a time as she likes how it looks.
Willow: Decided to cut her hair because it always ended up getting in her face whenever she played grudgby, no matter what she did. She also grew taller during puberty, along with gaining more muscle from working out, so she lost some fat as it turned into muscle (and no, this isn't something against her being chubby, this is how bodies work and it looks like that's what happened to her).
Bonus: King: Titans horns can grow with the rest of the horn after being disconnected, as long as it's connected again, kind of like lizards regenerating their limbs (I think this because the missing part of his horn was glued back on and then in the future we see it has grown like the other horn, so I'm just assuming titans are kind of like lizards in that sense.) Also, since titans live for a long time, they grow very slowly, which is why King is still small despite being 12 now.
Remember: There's a good chance none of this is canon, this is just me being goofy and wanting to think about my comfort show after it ended.
So my friend and I were talking about the new episode, and they pointed out something that made me realize something else. Long post btw that will contain spoilers for FTF.
So well all know that Raine gets possessed and Belos uses their body to manipulate the Collector. But something that I didn't notice until my friend pointed it out and I rewatched the episode was that it was actually foreshadowed
In the first two minutes when Raine's rhapsody played in the background it looked like it was playing because of Eda and Raine and because Raine started simping for Eda's harpy form. But still, out of all the music that's been used, why would they use Raine's rhapsody when Raine didn't even know the Collector existed? And they showed the Collector and Raine in the same scene, not only that but they showed Raine very clearly seeing the Collector. All of this was foreshadowing.
The next time we see Raine, they're a puppet along with the rest of the coven heads. And when it shows the coven heads about to attack Eda, Raine is focused on specifically, and their glasses shine
At first I thought that was just because Eda wanted to visit Raine and their glasses shined for dramatic effect. But rewatching the episode, there are a few other specific moments where their glasses shine.
When they got possessed by Belos
When Belos was going to find the Collector with their body
And when Belos was telling the Collector that they're in danger.
Not to mention why would Odalia use them to help her with the other puppets when she's never even talked to them? And why wouldn't she choose Darius, an obviously much stronger witch physically and magically (love the bard coven and Raine but Darius can do a lot more with his magic than Raine can with their's) especially when they were shown to have known each other as kids? Certainly she knew that Darius was a coven head.
All of this was foreshadowing. Odalia using Raine to help her like Belos used Raine to help him. Raine's glasses shining every time the glasses are in full view from when we first see them as a puppet to when Belos uses them to manipulate the Collector, and Raine's rhapsody being used as the background music when they woke up from the draining spell and saw the Collector for the first time. All of this was foreshadowing to them being possessed.
Side note: I think the reason Belos chose Raine and not Odalia was because Odalia wouldn't fight against him if she decided to and also because since Raine is a puppet and the Collector has never interacted with them beforehand, they don't know Raine's personality and don't know what to expect from Raine. He does know what to expect from Odalia though, and although Belos didn't know that, I think he still got the basic idea because Odalia was obviously conscious and not a puppet while Raine obviously wasn't conscious and was a puppet. Plus they know that Raine is a coven head. But the idea that Belos just has higher standards than Odalia is way funnier so forget what I just said.
Anyways, this whole theory is probably a stretch, but personally it makes a lot of sense to me and this show has great and subtle ways of foreshadowing as seen as early as season 1, so I just think this was just the show being clever with its foreshadowing again.
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