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Hey uh this might be a weird question (and cw for eugenics and racism mentions, feel free to discard this ask if you don't want to engage with those topics) but i saw an old post of yours abt the antrophologist guy who measured aangs skull. And like. That was always so INCREDIBLY jarring to me. I'm swedish and here those things are p exclusively known as a symbol of eugenics (specifically the "racial hygiene" aspect of eugenics, including things like forced sterilisation of indigenous people) Like, in school history books, the eugenics section is p much always illustrated w pictures of sami (indigenous) pp being forced to have their skulls measured. And idk if those devices are less known in america? If they have different associations? Or at least not the same symbolic value/immediate eugenics association? Because i WANT to believe that they didn't actually intentionally throw in an eugenics symbol like that. Especially for a character that's supposed to be somewhat sympathetic. Avatar might handle some heavy topics but this was just thrown in there so flippantly, I was legitimately shocked the first time i saw it. Idk it's just insane that i've never seen anyone talk about it, so surely that association might not be as prevalent in other countries or something?? Right???? Or how have people just brushed over this???? What the fuck actually

oh i mean i've definitely seen discussion of this in the fandom before, if mostly somewhat flippant references to how bad that was. yes, phrenology has been used as a tool of racist oppression in far more places than just sweden. it's possible that it's less known in other places, but i'm american and was able to recognize it. my inclination is to believe that the scene with professor zei measuring aang's skull was written thoughtlessly, by someone who had seen references to skull-measuring at some point but didn't actually know what it implied. it's possible that they were trying to subtly imply something about zei (maybe that he cares more about knowledge for knowledge's sake than about how that knowledge is applied and who it harms). that would also go along with the fact that he refers to aang as a "living relic"—a truly insanely offensive thing to say to him—and really does seem to think of him as an object of study rather than a person. he then, of course, ends up being buried in the library, because of the very fact that he values "knowledge" in the abstract without caring about being able to accomplish anything material with it. but again, this may be too generous of a reading; even if this is what the writers were going for, i still think it's pretty distasteful to show a skull-measuring scene completely out-of-the-blue like that in a children's show without properly addressing it. like you said, atla handles heavy topics, but this really only works if the audience recognizes the device for what it is and what real-world history it has, which many of the children for whom the show is intended would not.

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re ur last rb tags, i came across this a coupla days ago: https://www.tumblr.com/simon-eriksson/635059462829408256/fanfic-writers-my-friend-send-me-this-link-is-a

haven’t tried myself but hopefully helps?

THANK YOU and thank you to everyone on here sharing resources (and to those of you who have tried to help me with this to no avail asdsdjhh. bad at most things on computers...) I will try this stuff out when I have time/art that even I would feel embarrassed posting to here 🫡

sat here thinking of the ichigang playing mario party and i was like 'i should make a tierlist of how rgg characters play mario party' but wouldnt you know it my brain is huge

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i am giggling so hard at all of your live reactions in my ask inbox HAHAHHAHAA thank you for sending them they’re very entertaining /very pos and gen

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I associate you with a whole bunch of things, all of them obviously very lovely! Like Muse, especially the Matt Bellamy pixie description; Arctic Monkeys, especially TBHC and your various funny tags for Alex; TLSP, especially your love for Les Cactus and the Miracle Aligner Hairdo (shudder); concert and book reviews, amazing writing (ANGST), amazing comments on my own writing and drawings (thank you thank you thank you!), Derry Girls (Sister Michael!), "harold they're lesbians ", "not to be a lesbian but jesus fucking christ", junior doctor shenanigans, Brian the squirrel and his many cousins, SCOTLAND 🥰🥰🥰

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Literally all you needed to add was Eurovision and you'd have summed me up entirely 😅 And I hope you know just how much I adore your lovely comments on my writing as well 🥰

(Also shush, the Miracle Aligner hairstyle is a masterpiece)

mikroskosmo -> kkuline :o

hi!! it's been uhhh 2 years 😭 i'm sure most people don't remember me as most of my mutuals from this account have jumped the boat at the same time as me but! for those who didn't and who still remember, i'm just here to say i'll be back (or try, really) to being active as an editor on this hellsite!!

now, since the biggest reason why i'll be back to posting here is for archiving purposes, i'll start by posting older works nd eventually work my way up to what i'm making now!

i'll probably still be more active on twitter (@kkuline) that is, until mr. musty gets bored of it or ruins it for real 😃👍

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using what’s happening on twitter as an excuse to use other socials more

hey everyone, im lollie dew, but you can call me lollie! I'm a vtuber and artist streaming weekday mornings on twitch! join me for silly little games and art streams!!

I used to use tumblr way back in the day and now that the idiot billionaire is strangling the bird app i figured i should make my way on back lmao

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It's so off putting when an alter you haven't really talked to fronts cause at this point I'm so used to messing with my co-host and caretakers and stuff that I'm just immediately passive aggressive to anyone in our system cause that's just kinda how I show my affection (?) for everyone, so when someone who's new or I've never really got to know is around I instantly regret everything I do cause "holy shit i scared them away didn't I?" 😅

i just took a nap and i had a weird ass dream