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My sideblog where I yell about politics and economics and bully people into joining the IWW is more popular & visible than my Fleetwood Mac ass witchcraft and nerd shit blog by like a factor of 10 even though I’ve been with witchblr for a lot longer
I like it when the streams get crossed and people are like “Oh our favorite Trotskyist and union delegate is also a priestess of Woden and does swordfights”
Which one is this, and where do i find the other one?
Oh, good I’m already following both.
Sorry are you telling me this isn’tthe “yell about politics and economics and bully people into joining the IWW” one?!
Nothing feels more free than the realization that canon, fanon, and headcanon are all 1000% fake and made up and therefore all equally true and equally false. None are better or worse than the other. They just either appeal to you or they don’t.
This post isn’t about the relative legitimacy or importance of canon versus fanon versus headcanon. This is just about the fact that all of them are fiction. Fiction is fake and made up. Fiction is true, in that it feels true, emotionally. Fiction is false, in that it doesn’t actually occur in the real world. It’s a fantasy.
If I ask someone, “Does the sun rise in the east?” there is a right answer and a wrong answer to that question. There is a true and a false.
If I ask someone, “Is this character gay?” there isn’t a right answer or a wrong answer. There is a canon answer, a fanon answer, and a headcanon answer. There isn’t an actual real, living, breathing human being being discussed. It’s a question about an idea, and the answer will depend on each person’s interpretation of that idea. Broadly accepted or not. Supported by the text or not. Explained by the original creator or not. Each person gets to decide for themselves.
This is even true in RPF fandoms to a certain degree. The living, breathing person has a true way of being, but the public persona they use might not match up to their real self. And it’s the persona that the fandom is writing about, not the actual person.
The idea of canon gets a lot more complicated when there’s both a book and a movie. Or when there’s an original and a reboot. Or when it’s a comic book series that has been running since the 1930s. Or when it’s a fictional story based on real life events.
What you value is up to you. What you enjoy is up to you. But it’s also important to remember that what other people value and enjoy is up to them. You don’t have to spend time and energy trying to make people agree with you. You really don’t. You can just realize that some people love canon best. Some people love fanon best. Some people love their headcanons best. And most people enjoy different aspects of each and pick and choose as they go.
SpreadJoy #534: spreading positivity with quotes and @playchoices characters.
Quote in edit by selfcarexpress
I would love to go to this dinner party
YESSS
- A flamboyant flaneur who considers ALL clothes drag, Wendy
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Hi! Yes! So! This is a very talky talky talky comic, so I’m sorry if you don’t like to read a lot of words, but I made this to sort of walk and talk myself through some thoughts and questions I’ve been having over my gender and sexuality. Making it actually did help me sort a few things out!
But yeah, the gist of this comic is that I’m a big blobby mess of gender and sexuality feelings, and I don’t feel like I fit nicely into one label, and that’s okay. Gender identity and sexuality are such diverse human experiences, it just makes sense that we don’t have a label for all the infinite combinations out there. I tried to force myself into nice, clean labels for a while, because it was easier than actually diving into my identity through a HUGE amount of self-reflection.
Now that I’m getting closer than ever to defining my identity, I get worried that it’s too complicated for people to understand, or that people might think I’m “cringey” or weird. But you know what? Humans are complicated. Humans are weird. If harmlessly trying to understand myself makes me cringey, well, then I sure am! And that’s fine by me!
And, well, if I’m able to help even just one person either with figuring out their identity, or accepting themself as they are, or even just bringing a smile to someone’s face as they read my comic, then that’s all I could ever ask for.
Yeah I got all talky talky talky in my caption too, huh? Oops. Well, it’s a complicated subject and I guess I have a lot to say.
And there’s a lot of thoughts about my identity I didn’t even cover in this comic so uh. Future comics?? Sure!
Okay! Have a great day, yall!!
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i hate polymer clay ash trays i hate books clearly written to be enjoyed in soundbites by booktokers i hate mindfulness becoming the new dieting i hate clothing hauls i hate influencers pretending to be authentic in fake candid pictures i hate cute pastel two-piece gym sets that cost 100 euros i hate microtrends i hate celebrity makeup brand launches i hate ten step beauty routines
A COLLABORATION WITH: ahhhhsarah
[IMAGE DESCRIPTION: A BABY BLACK PANTHER STANDS IN A GRASSY, OPEN FIELD. AS IT STARES INTENTLY AHEAD, IT THINKS ABOUT HOW GREAT IT IS TO RESPECT ONE’S AUTONOMY. TEXT READS, “LET’S VALUE EACH OTHER’S NEED FOR SPACE. LOVE IS NOT ABOUT OWNERSHIP.” YOU DO YOU, PANTHER. YOU DO YOU.]
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It’s time to stop telling women in their 30s how to live their lives
“I turned 30 this year, and let me tell you, that milestone falls on you not like a stone, but like a hard, crushing boulder.
Like so many my age, I’m feeling the weight of Western Society’s expectations. If it were an entity, it would breathe down your neck 'Time’s up! You’ve existed on this planet for 3 decades now. Gotta buy a house, think about getting married and having kids.’”
