Terfs are so ridiculous about "clocking" trans people, you can show them a picture of JKR and ask them if this is a man and they'll go YES THAT'S A MANLY MAN DON'T YOU SEE THE MANLY FACE BONES. I've seen it happen.

Yep. It's utter and complete bullshit. And also? It's deeply misogynistic. Terfs want to exclude all women who don't fit their vision of what women are supposed to be and look like, and apparently that is a very similar vision to that of the people they profess to hate the most: misogynistic men. But tell them that and you're the devil impersonate.

Pls enlighten me more about whatever is happening with an odyssey retelling? Also what has being ND to do with it? I read the odyssey around 10, in verse translation. Loved it.

what translation did you read?

the basics: author (sarah underwood, lies we sing to the sea) is getting a retelling of the odyssey published without having actually read it in its entirety. you can read the article here, and you can find the ableist accusations in the comments on negative reviews on goodreads here

neurodivergence really has nothing to do with it in this context. there is a disconcerting rise in people in certain online spaces accusing people of ableism to shut down criticism they dislike, usually citing neurodivergence, regardless of whether or not that actually applies to anyone in the room. some extreme examples would be claiming that people can't be held responsible for racist actions if they're neurodiverse.

in this scenario, people claimed that expecting an author to have actually read the original text (in translation in this case) is ableist, because people can be neurodivergent and struggle to read a book from cover to cover. this is true! but there is absolutely no indication that this applies to the author (who is currently working on her second masters if i'm not mistaken).

that little forced marriage drabble from tacky has me thirtsty, do you have any recs for forced dating / forced marriage? 🩵

Right?? I am salivating over that wip, come answer for your crimes @tackytigerfic! I do, in fact, have a few recs for that trope (not enough! would love to find more because That Old Black Magic made me feral for it). I hope you enjoy these, please note that not all of them are enemies to lovers:

Take the Moon by @tackytigerfic (E, 15k)

Harry Potter has always wanted a family of his own, and when a deadly blood curse forces him into a marriage bond with his best friend Draco Malfoy, it looks like he might just have found one. It's just a shame they’d always planned to break up after a year…

The Marriage Contract series by @fluxweeed (E, 15k)

In what universe is it fair that marrying Draco Malfoy is the only way for Harry to get his magic back?

The Matchmaker's Spell by @kbrick (E, 21k)

Thanks to a spell cast over all of wizarding Britain, Draco is forced to marry Harry Potter, who still hates him. But Draco refuses to live a cold, sexless existence, choosing to fill the emptiness in his life and his bed with a parade of lovers. And while Harry may not be able to stand Draco, he despises seeing him with anyone else.

The Only Magic Left Between Us by @lqtraintracks (E, 24k)

Harry goes to the market and ends up having to save Draco Malfoy’s life with sex. He saves Draco’s life with sex and ends up with a husband. The last thing he expects in all of it is to fall in love.

You'll Still Find Stone by flightinflame (M, 42k)

Draco had to marry Potter to stay out of Azkaban. Narcissa told him he’d be safer there. But he doesn’t know what Potter expects from him - this marriage is nothing like he had been prepared for. Potter’s acting kindly, and he knows it’s all a trick. He’s just about coping, but trying to keep Potter happy becomes more important than ever when he realises he’s carrying the man’s child.

what husbands are for by @softlystarstruck (E, 52k)

To settle tensions between werewolves and vampires, Harry volunteers for a political marriage. But it turns out he's marrying Malfoy– cold, untouchable Malfoy, who he hasn't seen in ten years. Throughout contention and politics, werewolf pub nights and grudgingly shared meals, they have to make it work.

That Old Black Magic by @bixgirl1 (E, 77k)

Centuries ago, marriage contracts were the norm — ready-made alliances between families, expected and complied with, without complaint. But norms have a way of changing, and when a long-dormant contract flares to life, Harry has to navigate an unexpected splintering of the path he'd thought would be easy after the war... with Draco Malfoy.

Merlin Works in Mysterious Ways by lordhellebore (M, 82k)

When Harry is forced to form a Blood Bond with Draco Malfoy under threat of death, he thinks his future will consist of a cold home and sexual frustration. But when a group of left-over Death Eaters decides to stir trouble, their lives change completely – and it takes them both some years to figure out whether it’s for better or for worse.

Grounds for Divorce by Tepre (E, 122k)

Malfoy finds a coin. Harry finds a letter. A story about histories, a story about families. A story about a lemon tree somewhere in Upper Egypt.

The Marriage of True Minds by Lomonaaeren (E, 204k)

Lucius curses Harry and Draco into a forced marriage. They're only required to live together, not be together, and so they try to date other people. But over time, things change.

Glaub mich zu erinnern, dass zu ein Karl May Fan bist. Mich würde interessieren was du von den aktuellen Ravensburger/Winnetou Geschehnissen hältst. Wenn’s dir nix ausmacht.

Ich hab ehrlich gesagt gar nicht so viel Lust, drauf einzugehen, aber Folgendes: Ich liebe die Bücher (und mag die Filme ganz gern); ich hab sie immer wieder gelesen, seit ich acht war. Wenn es mir schlecht geht, lese ich sie immer noch, und manchmal einfach auch nur aus Spaß an der Freude. Ich werde das auch weiter tun. Aber. Inzwischen kann ich das Ganze natürlich auch mit kritischer Distanz sehen und muss sagen: Es gibt einfach Sachen, die sollte man besser seinlassen, weil sie so viele Aspekte haben, die heutzutage nicht wirklich funktionieren bzw. gegen die (zu recht!) protestiert wird, dass es den Aufwand - und den unweigerlichen Aufruhr - nicht wert ist. Karl May war für seine Zeit in vieler Hinsicht sehr fortschrittlich. Er hat die Behandlung der amerikanischen Ureinwohner stärker angeprangert als die meisten US-Regierungen bis in unsere Zeit, er war Pazifist (grade am Ende seiner schriftstellerischen Tätigkeit) und hat das auch in den Büchern deutlich gemacht, er hat viele sinnvolle Werte vertreten, die sich in den Büchern wiederfinden lassen. Gleichzeitig war er ein Kind seiner Zeit, was bedeutet, die Bücher vertreten offensichtlich rassistische Konzepte, die Bekehrungswut betreffend des Christentums nervt und gerade die Gegenüberstellung Christentum - Islam (wie er ihn charakterisiert) ist mehr als problematisch. Die Charakterisierung der amerikanischen Ureinwohner - und generell aller Völker, die er beschreibt - ist klischeehaft, und auch, wenn er viel recherchiert hat, soweit er das mit seinen Mitteln damals konnte, ist das einfach veraltet und muss nicht mehr sein. Das kann man heutzutage besser machen - und muss es auch.

Es gibt Sachen, wie die Karl-May-Bücher und -Filme, die waren toll, die kann man auch ohne schlechtes Gewissen weiter mögen - und auch seinen Kindern weitergeben, mit entsprechender Anleitung. (Und sogar Fanfic schreiben.) Aber man sollte sie da belassen, wo sie sind. Also keine neuen Bücher oder Filme dazuerfinden. Das Konzept hat sich überlebt. Manche Sachen - so wie einen Winnetou und Karl May-Franchise in der Art und Weise, wie er grade zu schaffen versucht wird - sollte man einfach seinlassen.

Hey kill yourself hp fan

Hmmm. So if I do that, will you pay the several thousand Euros for my son's court-ordered psychiatric assessments that are necessary so he can change names and no longer has to sign with his deadname and see it on all his papers? Will you celebrate his first shot of t with him? Or his changed birth certificate? Will you help him pick a surgeon or take care of him after his mastectomy and hysterectomy? No? Yeah well, no can do, my kid is objectively more important than your wishes, sorry not sorry. (Will you celebrate with me when I can finally get rid of my deadname? ... Didn’t think so.) ---- On a more serious note (although I meant all of that quite seriously): Get professional help, anon. Nobody who’s even remotely all right would suicide bait another human being, and certainly not over something like liking a fictional story, no matter how bad the story might be or what kind of arsehole the author is. You’re disgusting and pathetic. Be ashamed of yourself and do better.

God, I was hoping you’d reply. I’m glad you’re such a good boy. I love worthless little idiots like you. I’d love to use your ass bloody and pour bleach down your autist throat. I know it won’t cure you, but it’s still fun to pretend.

Hey, FYI, you sent your whump RP messages to the wrong blog :) I’m sure it was purely by accident :’)))

I have no memory of following you, but it was a good choice on past me's part. Not sure why your existence is so upsetting to so many anons, but I'm glad you're having fun with the circus. I hope you're having a good day!

I used to be "lordhellebore", so maybe you followed me when I still had that username? Anyway, apparently being annoyed by people blasting music in public and not being a meek little lamb about it is very controversial and worth sending suicide bait over, or something ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Usually, the few enraged anons I get is over not liking censorship in fiction, so this was something else xD Thanks anyway, it's entertainment for a boring night...

I have sensitivity to sounds and boy is it annoying when someone plays their video without headphones loud enough for me to hear it over my own music. Like I'm sorry but I want to stab my ears out in these situations why are my needs overwritten by yours (you as in the people playing their videos so loud) in a public space

why are my needs overwritten by yours in a public space

Well, clearly they're more important than you, isn't that obvious? /s But yeah, same. Like, how hard can it be to be a little considerate towards the people around you?

I'm so happy to see you stand by Johnny 😭

❤️ I'll always stand by victims of abuse, and the hard evidence is clearly in favour of him. AH lied even on the stand - how anybody can believe her after seeing / hearing the evidence and that shitshow is beyond me.

" that I wouldn’t mind if she took her headphones off and just played it on speaker, since we could all hear her music anyway." is not polite, and is in fact so hilariously passive-aggressive I'm surprised you didn't get your teeth punched in Calling that polite is borderline braindead. It's not kind NT indirect, it's smarmy nosy bitch indirect. They probably only stopped because they didn't want *you* to escalate.

What we have in common is that we both know our behaviour - mine in that case and yours right here - was unkind. (Don't flatter yourself into thinking you told me something new, I've had 40 years to learn NT society, I know what passive aggression looks like.) The difference between us is that I'm not hiding behind a grey little anon face, since you're too much of a coward to tell me this with your online name attached. You want to be an utter fuckface only in secret - at least I put my face to when I'm being a bitch.

They probably only stopped because they didn't want *you* to escalate.

Huh? I thought your stance is that they'd have stopped if I had asked sincerely nicely? Now they only stopped because they were scared of escalation? What is it now?

By the way, the "getting your teeth punched in" comment is very telling about you.

Can you post a selfie? (:

Sure, since you asked so nicely!

God, you're unlikable. Are you actually that stupid, or do you just RP as a moron for fun?

I love riling up people like you, and it looks like it's working :) Send more love notes, pls!

I really don't understand people complaining on your blog. Like if I want to watch a video in public transports, I keep the volume low and put on subtitles to follow the story. Like how hard is it?!

Very hard when you're a self-absorbed fucko who's never learnt that you're not the center of the universe and everyone has to kowtow before you and your "needs" (read "wants").

Have you ever considered playing in traffic? :) <3 Teehee, that was me being polite and indirect! I could've told you to off yourself!

Yes. But then I decided it was a stupid idea and didn't do it. Have you considered that telling somebody to "kys" is a stupid idea and maybe you shouldn't do it? Somehow, I doubt that. So, one of us decided against something stupid, and one decided for it. 

Sad little anon, needing to tell people to die in order to feel better about their sad little “life”.

I'll pray for you <3

Was ist mit Dürrenmatt, kann man gegen den gewinnen?

Na ja, der ist dürr und matt, also denke ich, das sollte möglich sein. :P Aber Vorsicht, er ist auch Maler - also pass auf, dass er dir nicht einen Pinsel ins Auge sticht!