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zarzava · 2 years

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three romanian authors to read with ur dracula daily

dracula is an orientalist text conceived at the height of british empire, grounded in distortions of a region that stoker never visited. sadly (and unsurprisingly) i found very few romanian authors who have been translated into english online, so here’s a meagre list of recs:

1. luminița cioabă

romanian roma author, famous in romania as the daughter of bulibasha (the king of the roma nation), she forged her own path as a writer of short stories in the oral roma tradition which portray in vivid detail the history of the roma people of romania

the birch grove

queen of the night and stone flower

meralda

from her book, the lost country

2. marin sorescu

from humble rural romanian roots, he wrote under the oppressive ceausescu government. in a national ironic tradition he very famously said: "Just as I can't give up smoking because I don't smoke, I can't give up writing because I have no talent." some of my favorite poems:

the sea shell (1983)

carbon paper (1980)

creation (1992)

3. paul celan

jewish poet from bucovina. i recommend this beautiful essay by ilya kaminsky, who like celan was forced to flee eastern europe due to antisemitism, deconstructing various translators’ attempts to adapt celan’s texts and experience of the holocaust. these are all poems from a 1971 poetry collection

all souls

leap-centuries

language mesh and night

homecoming

#dracula daily #dracula #romanian lit #romania #romanian literature #romanian #romanian writers #romani writers #jewish writers #bookblr #recs #please feel free to add if you have any other translation recs

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rubydubydoo122 · 2 months

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Ok, so I just want to get the general fandom consensus on what they think Jason's ethnicity is, because during DITF he though Lady Shiva was a viable option for his birth mom

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clockwayswrites · 3 months

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Romani

Okay darlings, I need your help. If you have first hand knowledge or someone with first hand knowledge you can ask:

is Romani a closed language?

I know some Romani practices are closed and I know some older Romani prefer things to be more private on the language side, but from the due diligence I was able to do, people are actually trying to preserve the language atm by sharing it and making a 'universal' version that can be put in a text book and learned. But with how search engines are these days I know I could be missing something and I never want to overstep by using a few phrases in a fic.

(Please no white knighting and chiming in unless you have the cultural knowledge to do so! Misinformation is so easy to spread.)

Thank you in advance!

#romani #help a writer out

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yourdailyqueer · 3 months

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Yul Brynner (deceased)

Gender: Male

Sexuality: Bisexual

DOB: 11 July 1920

RIP: 10 October 1985

Ethnicity: Swiss-German, Russian, Buryat (Mongol), Romani

Nationality: Russian

Occupation: Actor, model, photographer, writer

#Yul Brynner #lgbt history #bisexuality #lgbt #qpoc #male #bisexual #1920 #rip #historical #poc #asian #biracial #russian #mongolian #romani #actor #model #photographer #writer

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hersheysmcboom · 3 months

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Every reason au

When they were young Wanda and pietro were kidnapped and separated, Wanda was turned into a black widow while pietro was trained by hydra, their both eventuality sent to kill a mutant in Spain with the power to control metal

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iactuallykissedsharawheeler · 1 year

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LAZY DAY WITH WANDA

headcannon!

WARNINGS : none!! just soft lovey-dovey stuff!! like one little kiss-makeout that's super quick but not heated so if you're uncomfortable feel free to skip!

NOTE ; hi!! author speaking!! this is my first time posting anything fic-like ever so if you have any criticisms or ideas pls pls share them!!!!!! i'm interested in seeing new ways to do things and improve!! thanks for reading, enjoy!! xx

you wake up to a wanda-less bed, the room cool without her to warm it. you sigh into your sheets and slowly wake up, letting your body ease into it. not rushing. golden light breathing life into the room, soft and hazy through the under-layer of curtains. wanda must have opened them.

eventually, you're awake enough that you register the savoury smell in the air. it fills the house with the warm smell of hand-crushed spices and roasted vegetables. you recognise the scents as one of wanda's favourite breakfast meals: zacusca¹, polenta ², and franzela ³. one of the dishes her mother had taught her when she was young. (pietro said it was overrated but still gobbled it down whenever wanda made it.)

as you make your way to the kitchen, practically cartoon floating towards the smell, you hear wanda softly humming the sweet little love song she'd been into lately, 'ce bine ca esti' ⁴ and smile adoringly to yourself at how cute your girlfriend was.

when you enter the room, wanda is a graceful flow of movement, floating around the space. her hands cutting vegetables adroitly before dropping them ceremoniously into a sizzling pan. she always refused to use her magic in the kitchen, she thought it tainted the beauty of it. right now, you understood just what she meant.

she looks like art with her hair pulled away from her face, frizzy from the heat and her movements confident. her skin warmed by the sunlight that gave everything a golden glow, especially wanda. its enchanting, really. you observe from the entrance, taking note of the sweatpants she stole from you last night during your movie marathon. the one that ended with you both cuddling and eventually asleep by movie three. what? day jobs are draining.

when she turns to grab a mug full of a coffee so pale it's almost ghostly, she spots you. an ardent smile growing on her face that has you wanting to lionize her forever. "good morning, моя любовь*. ce mai faci în această dimineață?" *

you hum a, "fine," padding towards her leisurely and preening at the affectionate greeting, "smells amazing in here."

she hums back and smiles, "thank you. i was gonna wake you but you just looked so peaceful, i couldn't possibly. do you want anything to drink? food's almost ready." you nod your head and move in to hug her. hugs from wanda never felt uncomfortable, they just felt safe and warm. they had an effect like no other. "i missed you." she says, whispering it like a prayer she only wanted you to hear. "missed you more." you reply, letting every muscle and thought relax into her. you can tell she's doing the same.

when you both let go, she reaches out to your face, cupping your cheeks and running her thumbs along the apples of them. the sunlight behind her giving her a halo, you wonder what your past self did to deserve an angel. whatever it was, you'd try to replicate it, so you'd get to spend all your eternities just like this. "ce am facut sa te merit?" * she says dreamily, voicing your own thoughts while taking in every inch of your face. you used to feel exposed and embarrassed by it, but now you just feel enveloped in wanda's love. she may be the scarlet witch but the magic you felt with her was different. it was like being on a different celestial plane everytime she looked at you.

"you're asking me?" she chuckles and leans in, mumbling "shut up," against your lips. you both melt into each other, you lean into her body, hands sliding onto her waist, and by the time she pulls away, you're both practically hugging. she gives a few more short kisses that have you both grinning and giggling like fools. it's such a beautiful moment, you find yourself memorising how this feels. trying to keep it safe and locked away from anything that could ruin it. there's a beat where she stops kissing and just looks at you, her eyes so tender and loving your stomach really does feel butterflies "what?" you whisper. "shh," she says, "i'm observing." that gets a giggle out of you, "observing what, exactly?" still smiling, she says, "perfection, of course."

after another moment of wanda's "observations", she pecks you on the cheek once more, putting her attention back on the meal. she asks you to grab as many pillows and blankets as you can while she finishes up. you pile the blankets until you're satisfied with the fluff, smoothing it down until it's nice and full. then, you toss on the pillows, a little less particular but keeping in mind how much wanda loves to sink into them.

when wanda strides over, steaming plates in hand, you take a deep, reveling breath, "mmm that smells amazing, wanda." she smiles and crosses her legs as lowers herself to the ground. "only the best for you, my love." she says leaning into your shoulder.

after what felt like years of gentle arguing over what you'd watch, you decide on a sitcom wanda had seen an episode of and adored. your legs are tangled together as you lean back on piles of pillows. you laugh at jokes and wanda laughs so hard at one of them that she almost chokes, which only makes you both laugh harder. it's a sweet and filling morning. the two of you just absorbing the loving energy you'd created.

proceeding the meal, wanda dumped any scraps and rinsed them and handed them to you to scrub with a kiss on the cheek. you finished and headed back to the couch where wanda was curled up against the pillows, giggling at a joke one of the characters made. you make your way down to her and get as close to her as you can, she smiles as you adjust yourself. "good?" she says when you finish, "mhm!" you say smiling up at her. she gives a smile back before facing back towards the tv. you see the content set of her face and your heart swells just a bit. lazy days with wanda were always so perfect.

AUTHORS NOTE ; hi! so i tried to be really sensitive to wanda's ethnic background and also to you! the reader! some things were described in detail and others were left to your imagination!! if you have any requests feel free to absolutely fill my asks because i find this kind of stuff really fun! if you see any errors or ways i could improve, again, feel free to tell me!!

much love, r.

p.s ; here are all the little footnotes and translations but feel free to skip. kk bye for real ! x

translations:

моя любовь: "my love"

ce mai faci în această dimineață?: "how are you doing this morning?"

ce am facut sa te merit?: "what did i do to deserve you?"

¹ zacusca: Zacuscă can be eaten as a relish or spread, typically on bread. It is said to improve in taste after some months of maturing but must be used within days of opening. Although traditionally prepared at home, it is also commercially available. Some Bulgarian and Middle Eastern brands are available in the United States. In the Orthodox Christian majority countries, it is sometimes eaten during fasting seasons due to the absence of meat, eggs or dairy products.

² polenta: Polenta (/pəˈlɛntə, poʊˈ-/, Italian: [poˈlɛnta])is a dish of boiled cornmeal that was historically made from other grains. The dish comes from Italy. It may be served as a hot porridge, or it may be allowed to cool and solidify into a loaf that can be baked, fried, or grilled.

³ franzela: long bread (like a baguette!!)

⁴ ce bine ca esti: romanian love song performed by romanian musician nicu alifantis. it's so cute and sweet i 💞 it so much. here's the link in case you want to hear it!! ☆

#˖⁺‧₊˚♡˚₊‧⁺˖ — reine writes !#wanda maximoff #wandavision #marvel #wanda maximoff x reader #sapphic #poc writer #poc reader #romani wanda maximoff

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mako-neexu · 3 months

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a 'beginning' and 'end', a place to feel grounded, a place of bottomlessness, a place of safety and familiarity, the feelings of the living to a journey that seemed to feel as if there is no end in sight can be a burden no one can bear. a familiar feeling of floating as you fall almost endlessly, as if suspended in time, a memory that reminds you of someone from years past, a nostalgic feeling of soft gloves and pink hair, of a small smile of happiness and the faint smell of chemical and antiseptic... so close like a star. all the things you lost, all the sorrow, all the memories of cherished pain and joy shall be your guide until the end. you will reach that destination as one of the living. should you falter and feel as if time had stopped and nothing grounds you to the earth, and you feel that you have been falling endlessly without hope, may the bonds you have gained pull you up. again and again. should you fall, should your heart waver in the face of mind numbing ache to bittersweet nostalgia, everything that you keep close to your heart shall save you, one way or another. as long as there is an end to the fall, you are alive. you are alive.

#as long as you are alive #there is a destination to reach #an end is surely in sight. an end that can make you look back at your journey #and smile at it as someone who lived life to the fullest #special thanks to shachi sensei my favorite artist for obeguda forever #fgo #fate grand order #fujimaru ritsuka #guda #oberon vortigern #obeguda #GOD i ARTISTS AND WRITERS WHO INVOVLE OBEGUDA WITH ROMANI IS MY #LIFEBLOOD THEY GIVE ME THE MOST AMAZING FOOD FOREVER IM IN THER DEBT IM CRYING #romani archaman #obegudaromani #grr its a rare thing but guda's star who is romani and oberon who can only look at his master with disgust and love #with admiration and nausea as the sole reason why guda is able to come this far is because #of THAT man alone #no other servant or staff has this effect on guda but the man who guided guda and was able to #grow as a reliable master in the short time he spent with them #oberon of course has respect for romani but isnt it a curse? to love someone so much that you #have to live for them. you have to live for those you love even if it means their deaths #i am a crazy obegudaromani fan #its a rare thing but i love it ghh

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notes-from-sarah · 3 months

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When Magneto became Romani

These three pages were included in an X-Men anthology book titled Magneto #0, The Twisting of a Soul by Fabian Nicieza. It was published in 1993 and seems to be the first, or even only place where Magneto's Sinti background is mentioned. This issue is comprised of two short stories about Magneto's background written by Chris Claremont in the 1980's, plus these three additional pages which contradict everything previously written on Magneto's backstory. Unlike the DC universe, Marvel's mainline books are all in the same continuity since the beginning of Marvel Comics in the 60's. Every writer must follow what is established by the ones before. Of course, retcons will happen from time to time, but that's the idea in general. These three pages represent an almost whole-cloth retcon of everything written about Magneto's backstory to this point. For almost 17 years ('75-91), Chris Claremont developed a well defined backstory for Magneto, some of which is included in the very volume that these three pages come from, and Nicieza ignores all of it.

(Content warning for a word that is often considered a slur against the Romani people, I am quoting directly from the text)

Let's examine some of Nicieza's claims:

Pg 1 - "The man who would become Magneto was born Erik Magnus Lehnsherr, to a gypsy family of Sinte desent"

Fact: Magneto is Jewish, which goes completely unmentioned here, and has never before been suggested to be Sinti. I don't know why this author decided to erase his Jewish background and make him Sinti, but nowhere does Nicieza say anything about Magneto's Jewishness, instead casting him solely as Sinti, born to a Sinti family. The illustration even shows him with two pierced ears, an open shirt and a scarf around his neck to drive home the stereotypical "Romani" look.

Also, many Romani people are religiously Catholic/christian.

Pg 2 - "After Danzig was annexed to Nazi Germany in 1939, the young man then named Erik -- along with thousands of other gypsies -- was shifted to a work camp in the city of Auschwitz. We all know what happened then. It is -- or should be -- indelibly branded on our collective consciousness. Genocide. Extermination. Not only of the Jewish race. But also of the Poles, the gypsies, the homosexuals, the intellectuals. Anyone the 'Master Race' felt was disposable... Lehnsherr lost his parents and sister during his imprisonment at Auschwitz."

Fact: Magneto's sister and parents were murdered outside of their town/village by the Nazi Death Squads called the Einsatzgruppen. Magneto was the only member of his family sent to Auschwitz, the rest were murdered and buried in a mass grave.

Additionally, while many groups suffered under the Nazi regime, the genocide of the Jews was specific, deliberate, and at a scale not experienced by the other groups mentioned. For more information, read up on The Final Solution. There was also never a specific attempt to murder all Poles, that's just a lazy attempt to universalize something that was not universally experienced. People can suffer in different ways and it's a disservice to their stories if you attempt to blend them all into one homogeneity.

Also, why use the term "work camp" instead of calling it what it was? It was a Nazi death camp, no need to say it nicely.

Pg 2 - "But he gained something in the liberation of the camp in 1945, as well. He gained hope in the form of a wife, a woman named Magda. In 1946, they took up residence in the Ukrainian city of Vinnitsa... where Magda, gave birth to a daughter they named Anya."

Fact: Magda gave birth to Anya in a small village in the Polish Carpathians. Magneto, Magda and Anya lived in that village for some time, most likely 3-6 years, before moving to Vinnitsa.

Additionally, Magneto was around 15ish in 1945, while nothing disputes this claim directly, I'm not sure he was married at 15 years old.

Pg 2 - "But Lehnsherr had learned something else about himself in Auschwitz, something which was becoming more apparent and more frightening to him everyday -- he learned he was a mutant"

Fact: Magneto didn't discover his powers until he was in Vinnitsa. He didn't have a name for it or consider himself a mutant till much later.

Pg 2 - "When Anya was tragically killed in an arsonist's fire, Lehnsherr lashed out at the villagers who refused to help save her"

Fact: Magneto was prevented from saving his daughter by secret police who were trying to arrest him for an earlier altercation he'd had with someone. He did not "lash out" just because nobody would help, he lashed out because his daughter burned to death in front of him while he was actively being restrained and prevented from helping her.

Also, it's never mentioned that it's an arson attack that caused the fire. I don't know where Nicieza is getting this.

Pg 2 - "In his misery, in his loneliness, he went to Israel -- to save his own soul. He chose to work with survivors of the camps, and in turn, helped them regain theirs."

Fact: Magneto went to Israel because he was Jewish and he had nothing left after Magda left and his daughter died. He helped other concentration camp survivors because he knew what they had been through and could help them.

Also, why is this author having such a hard time calling a concentration camp a concentration camp?

For further information on his time in Israel, read Uncanny X-Men #161 by Chris Claremont.

Pg 3 - "Lehnsherr had taken to calling himself Magnus... as if by choosing his middle name, he could bring some semblance of balance and simplicity to his haunted life."

Fact: Magnus was the only name Magneto was ever given. There was never any suggestion that he was hiding his "real" name when going by Magnus and he is referred to solely by Magnus or Magneto throughout the books. I don't know why he suddenly needed a new name in the 90's but Magneto name was Magnus for more than a decade.

Pg 3 - "I can separate Magnus the man from Magneto the Mutant Crusader. And please note my choice of words, for I have valid reasons to label Magneto Crusader and not Dictator."

Fact: Crusader is such a loaded Christian term, it's very strange for an Israeli Jewish woman to use it about another Jewish person.

Final thoughts: I'm not against comics taking a character in a new direction or developing them in some new way. What I don't understand is why Nicieza decided to rewrite Magneto's backstory so that he would be Sinti instead of Jewish, so that the chronicle of events in his life would happen in a completely different way, and why he literally ignored all the pages that came before the three he wrote in the same issue!

If you like Magneto as Sinti, that's awesome! It has the potential to be a really cool backstory for a reboot of the character, but also remember for nearly 20 years, Magneto was Jewish and it's not wrong for that version of the character to exist without the Sinti addition. I'll also note that the current version of the Character, the Max Eisenhardt version, is also not Romani. It's one of those things that has been done and undone a few times, much like everything about the character since the Claremont era.

Also, this post should in no way be interpreted as me downplaying the suffering of the Romani people during the Holocaust. Their stories deserve to be told and characters ought to be created to respectfully tell that part of the story. What happened to the Romani people was tragic and should not be forgotten. It also deserves to be told in a more thorough and respectful way than just taking an existing character, changing one or two bits of info about him and saying that's good enough. Nowhere does this Sinti background have any meaning for Magneto, it seems more like a random fact someone added because they were bored of him being Jewish. Magneto's Jewishness has meaning for him as written by Chris Claremont, whereas Nicieza and other writers in the 90's makes no mention of the Sinti background having any influence on the character. It has no effect on his life and seems to be a change made for the sake of it. Both Sinti and Jewish characters deserve better than that.

To read more about how Magneto has been portrayed in comics read my Magneto Biographical Timeline covering the years 1963-1991.

#X-Men #Magneto #Erik Lehnsherr #Jewish #Sinti #Romani #CW: Slurs #Holocaust #Marvel #Comics #Magda and Anya #Race and Ethnicity #Magnus #Max Eisenhardt #Hack writers of the 90s #Hack Pack #xmen

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lilitunoirrr · 10 months

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So since it's Romani history month, I want to share a poem by Henry Lawson. A man that was/is huge in Australian literacy history but never noted for his Romani heritage despite writing about it. Here's one of my favourite poems of his:

#romani #rroma #romani people #rromani #romani history #romani representation #romani history month #australia #australian history #australian writer #henry lawson #opre romani #opre rroma #opre roma

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sukibenders · 2 years

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Why does the MCU always write mcu!Wanda's storyline having her go after poc? Like....Marvel, what the hell?

#anti mcu #anti wanda maximoff #marvel #mcu critical #like even since day one of being introduced to her in aou #johannesburg where #after mentally messing with bruce she let him out into a popluated area #even if indirectly she is still responsible #while an accident the people in lagos still died but its never mentioned again and quickly brushed off #her whole aggressiveness towards monica and this is all before mom #don't evn get me started on how mom writers wanted her to walk in carrying mordo's head #like this is repeating way to much to be a coincidence #but the mcu disrespected her since day one when they whitewashed and erased all her romani and jewish heritage

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ghost-in-the-corner · 1 year

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Sometimes I'm reminded of the fact that Dick is only canonically Romani thanks to D*vin Gr*yson and that when she wrote it she included a bunch of harmful and offensive stereotypes and then I get sad that something so good in theory was twisted into something much worse

:(

#i have read one of her comics #one #i could barely get through it #idk what point in the storyline it was at but dick had a broken leg and given up nightwing to join the mafia (?)#it was around 2006 #and he was referred to the entire time (by himself and others) as things like g*psy rat thief or gutter trash #it also really reinforced harmful romani stereotypes of criminality and hypersexuality #keep in mind it was a single comic #representation like this is so important but to have it done in a way that feels more like a caricature is disgusting #dick absolutely should be (half cause of the court) romani #and i need a modern dc writer to acknowledge it and given this rep the care it deserves #anyway #dc #dc comics #nightwing #robin #batman #dick grayson #romani #representation #media representation #romani representation #bad representation #rant #devin grayson #just the worst #comics #corner conversations

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grandorderconfessions · 1 year

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#fate grand order criticism #tw loli mention #tw lolicon mention #to be fair I think it's less people forgetting and more people applying Romani's Law #like I personally used to really dislike Medea because of the Saber stuff in UBW but like #ultimately it feels more like 'takeuchi wanted to draw saber tied up and nasu incorporated it into the story' which is a thing #that happened more than once #The blackbeard thing is super yikes tho Idk when that happened but I don't doubt it knowing some of the writers :grimace:#but yeah I think a lot of people intentionally disregard this part of medea's characterization because it does Nothing for her character #and seems to be born as an extension of Certain People's obsession with Saber #also it's literally just the Predatory Lesbian trope like I'm sorry I can't fault anyone for opting to just completely ignore that #BUT ALSO you're valid for being grossed out anon it's ok if you can't ignore these aspects too everyone has a limit!

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danny-chase · 2 years

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dc has so much wasted potential it kills me

#sorry for the negativity it's just like. i just talked about kory #but also look at the storys they choose to tell with Joey Wilson #and Barbara Gordon #and Victor Stone #and how they just squander all of that for the sake of making everything into this manufactured version of normalcy in order to maximize #profits because the bible of capitalism says that generic-ness equals marketability #it's just so frustrating that they're never willing to take risks or explore anything more than such a narrow view of the world #think about the stories they could tell with Tara Markov if they weren't busy focusing on Slade Wilson #or the stories they could tell about Grace and Anissa #everything just feels so shallow at dc right now #they're so willing to discard characters of color while writing the same batman comic 17 times over at once #tom taylor throws in one poorly written line referencing Dick's Romani heritage and thinks he's a hero??? like really?? this is the bar???#why can't you get a romani creator to write him???#why can't you give Duke anything ongoing when there are how many batbooks running????#you really can't find any disabled woman willing to write Barbara Gordon as orcale? you really think fans prefer babsgirl to her?#idk if it's a problem with dc or the fandom or both and maybe i'm just out of touch because i only talk to specific people about comics #but if one of your writers is constantly critiqued and called out about abelism maybe you should actually do something instead of just #ignoring the issues...#idk i've been reading old comics with Mal Duncan and it just makes me ask: dc where is he?#and then i look at so many characters of color who just get discarded completely #like the fox family bea mal and karen and onyx and orpheus #the batfam post about black characters getting discarded so quickly makes me question if this happens in other fams as well at dc i just #have little experience with anyone outside the batfam and titans #like hello where's anita from young justice??? she just dropped off the face of the earth when teen titans 2003 changed the lineup #it's especially frustrating when the og creator cares about them and gives them personality and depth (or at least makes them interesting #or likeable or compelling because let's be real a lot of the og creators are also racist) and then immediately after they leave the #vision for the character is completely lost #negativity #vent post #dc you made me attached to these characters just to suffer i swear

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valandherweekofwonders · 9 months

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yeah okay so um the anti-roma sentiments scattered generously throughout the buffyverse have gotten me to a boiling point because what the fuck.

#like it is so bad #romani people really are just unlike normal people according to these writers huh?#there's a line offhand where they mention that roma flesh is being sold at a demon auction which is like... what the fuck #im just grossed out and obviously no one ever talks about this or even notices so im being the one to complain right now #i assumed it would be once or twice but they make it a recurring thing !!!! like its intentional #the audience must know how evil these people are

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yourdailyqueer · 7 months

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Vera Kurtić

Gender: Female

Sexuality: Lesbian

DOB: N/A

Ethnicity: Romani

Nationality: Serbian

Occupation: Writer, activist

#Vera Kurtić #Vera Kurtic #qwoc #lgbt #lgbtq #female #lesbian #roma #romani #serbian #poc #writer #activist

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sayitwithsarcophilus · 8 months

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I do wish, when people are talking about "racism in fantasy media," they would specify whether they're discussing:

A. Racist depictions of groups of humans that exist in real life, or a recognizably close fantasy equivalent B. Depictions of fantasy creatures that rely on real-world racist tropes C. The text seems prejudiced against an in-universe group of people in a way that doesn't have a direct real-world equivalent, but still feels unfair. ("Why is the third-person narrator always making nasty little digs about how complacent and unaccomplished halflings are? Buddy, this is your worldbuilding! They only suck because you decreed they suck! And since every 'ambitious' species in this setting went through a period of genocidal imperialism, is being a boring little turnip-farmer really so unforgivable?") D. The depiction of in-universe Fantastic Racism (morally and aesthetically neutral in itself, but people sure do have strong opinions about the execution!)

#tropes #like is the issue 'the writers treat romani people like a kind of fantasy creature'?#or #'it makes me rather uncomfortable that the rock people take a penalty to INT checks in hot weather because their silicon brains overheat?'

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