Nothing but love. ( ap )

❝  Some said she grew periwinkles between her fingers and lilies behind her ears. No one ever saw her do that, but she always smelled nice, like cherry blossoms & peaches. Some said she had the vitality of a sunflower & the tenacity of ivy. And she had no clue that some saw her like that, in her small little garden.  ❞

❝ She wears a FLOWER CROWN as a constant reminder of who she is & who she shall never be. Gentle forget-me-not weight like a concrete diadem above those red locks that give her true nature away. She’s not a warrior, but there’s a fire brewing in her, the desire to WARM others even when the winter approaches. ❞

Hey hey! This is BECCA and this right here is my GoT based original character, ALIE FLOWERS. I’m not new to the roleplay scene, I’ve been writing on Tumblr for years & welcome any kind of thread, and I’m not limited to GoT characters! This blog will have NSFW themes & triggers, but they’ll be tagged accordingly.

I’m trying to make a PSA even if I’m not really good with words, but I hope this will be helpful!! 

The MAFIA TROPE. More than often, this topic is treated like an only fictional thing & I feel many, many people don’t actually consider that it’s a real thing & take for granted all the stereotypes they see in movies / animes without doing any research. It’s a topic that really shouldn’t be romanticised BUT it can be good when written in the right way & doing all the researches that are needed! DON’T WORRY, even many italian people don’t actually know much about mafia, or simply ignore it, but it’s very radicated in the history of Italy. AND, right now, it’s very different from what was shown in movies like The Godfather, not to mention that it’s nothing like the anime with the Vongola family. But I digress. 

Something I BEG  not to do is use the mafia trope just for ship or angst fuel. It’s a real thing that harms real people everyday, so please, please be respectful.  Because mafia REALLY is dangerous & violent & terrible, they harm any kind of people and it’s really hard to fight it. Do researches if your character is going to get involved in this kind of organization, and think of all the consequences. 

SOME GOOD / USEFUL LINK!

Organized crime in Italy

Mafia’s origins

About mafia in general

Peppino Impastato ( what happens when you try to fight ) 

Libera ( anti mafia organisation )