A Girl and a Gun

And so some of you can hate the write thing, I made a list: he was a gradual abolitionist because he viewed Africans as too savage (which is a belief Mary also had and is incorporated into Frankenstein), left his wife, supported Byron way more than he honestly should’ve, the whole situation with Claire Claremont, being a bit of an absent dad and finally being a bit of a self righteous twat (like most tumblr users).

Now here’s a list of the good aspects: was a feminist and a big fan of Wollstonecraft, supported Mary so much in publishing Frankenstein, never made fun of Byron’s disability because he’s just a chad like that, vegetarian, bisexual, polyamorous, believed Ireland should be independent, anti-colonialist, a photo-Marxist, critiques the riches treatment of the working class SEVERAL times and was an atheist who rejected the churches influence.

Now, as much as I would encourage people to like Percy (he was THE poet who made me like poetry), it is ultimately peoples decisions, but I will highlight one thing…

HATING HIM FOR HIM AND MARYS RELATIONSHIP IS STUPID.

First off, you don’t know EITHER of them, so I’m tired of people treating Shelley as if he’s your friends toxic bf, because people are parasocial af with Mary and don’t want to admit it. Second, they both lacked a proper sense of communication and that was due to them both having poor mental health for numerous reasons.

In conclusion, please hate Shelley for actually reasons instead of making up scenarios (like the whole “editing Mary’s Frankenstein was wrong” thing) and actually call him out on the bad things he did like being indirectly responsible for his wife’s death

Garth Brooks winning video of the year at the ACMs for a song about how none of us are free as long as there's racism and homophobia

Reba McEntire charting with a gothic horror song about an innocent man being executed by an incompetent judge and a corrupt sheriff

Willie Nelson being, well, his entire self tbh

Dolly Parton recording the hating capitalism banger of all time

listen. Alan Jackson, the archetypal mister big hat man sitting on a tractor singing about a pickup truck, wrote a shockingly normal song about 9/11 that was like "yeah I don't know jack shit about politics but my copy of the bible says we're supposed to love everyone" and then went on the radio and explained how he specifically wanted to write a song about that day that "wasn't vengeful". Miranda Lambert took the southern leftist slogan "y'all means all" and made it the title of a corny ass pop-country song for the Queer Eye soundtrack. Kenny Chesney stole a horse from a cop and Tim McGraw put the cop in a chokehold defending him, and I know that's not about their music but it is, and this is very important, fucking sick as hell

Luke Combs covering Fast Car and keeping the line "I work in the market as a checkout girl" and doing an interview about how he couldn't change a single word because it's not his story. king shit

Morgan Wallen doing I Had Some Help, literally the first song that spoke to me as a male survivor of domestic abuse. also shoutout to the guy for getting caught saying a racial slur and responding by specifically telling his fans not to defend him and raising a bunch of money for the Black Music Action Coalition. bro had an engraved invitation to the culture war and said "nah I'd rather be normal"

Shaboozey just absolutely obliterating the drunk roadhouse anthem glass ceiling

Maren Morris and Brothers Osborne with a song that okay, released in 2019 but I didn't hear until recently, about how good friends mind their own business and let you love whoever you want and also get high with you when you're broke

Kimberley Perry! If I Die Young Part 2!! "actually I'm glad I lived, bitch" ass song that I bet is gonna mean a LOT to kids fighting depression

BOND GIRL, 45 😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫