no analysis of sex is going to go anywhere liberatory or productive as long as it's chracterised by fundamentally asymmetrical assumptions: that sex is ethically unlike any other human activity, is uniquely a site of violence or exploitation, is uniquely meaningful or spiritually consequential; and even within this category, that 'kinky' acts are even more ethically loaded than their 'vanilla' counterparts, that they are uniquely violent or harmful, that they violate the special sanctity of 'normal' sex. all of these are predicated on a view that sexuality is simply different to (and more dangerous and ethically consequential than) other human relations and activities. why assume this? why treat sex as a special event with unique potential to harm; what does this cost our understanding of other relationships and sites of trauma, as well as of sexuality and sexual desire?
one of the beauties of vine was that six seconds was simply not enough time to even attempt to be informational. you could always be confident that even if a vine wasnt very funny, at least nobody was ever gonna try and "learn you a thing" about the most current political situation or fandom shit
She sensed that the Archbishop was not only a person of great power, but one that was very conscious of it. She reminded Byleth of the ocean...
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“Seteth, it is fine. I will talk to them now,” Rhea said, leaving the room to stand in front of the towering stained glass window of the Audience Chamber. Like that, against the strong, multicolored light, only her silhouette was visible. It made her look like an otherworldly creature.
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“I don’t understand why your safety would be at risk… Claude… Are you afraid of Rhea?”
“Yeah, I’m afraid of her,” he admitted, looking down, “So, please… read it first.”
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the other birthday girl is rhea! all quotes are from my fic, golden dawn, and show - somewhat - how byleth, edelgard and claude see rhea in that context. i love rhea and i loved painting her.
cool new language resource i just discovered: lingotrack! it functions somewhat like polylogger, allowing you to log your activity for languages, but, more than that, it has an explore section where you can find media that's in a particular language, such as books, tv shows, films, etc! one of the hardest things when you reach a more proficient level of a language is finding media in that language to engage with, so i think this is probably a good resource, or at least a place to get started. besides the explore function, there's also collections of media/resources, and a library function where you can add your own resources. it does require you to have a paid account to log study time for multiple languages (the free version allows you one primary language), but the other aspects seem to be available to free users in their entirety!
The full Dragon series!! Each creature from a different biome… I had a lot of fun coming up with the different types of dragons and imagining what it would be like for these warriors to face each one. The fire dragon being particularly destructive. The night dragon near impossible to see coming in the dark. The ice dragons the size of mountains. The river dragon’s keen eyes. The sand dragon’s deadly poison. The mist dragons forcing the battle into the sky. The water dragon hiding in the deep. The garden dragon is chill though. Good lad.