tired•writer

the very name we will never learn

Robin Swift was abused, neglected, manipulated and exploited

Heres a not so friendly reminder, as an lgbt metis person, i dont give a single fuck what your blog is themed or if this is too painful for you to look at. Reblog this post. Reblog this post with the sources of the 751 children who were found.

Your compliance and silence as well as the compliance and silence of your ancestors is what allowed these schools to open and kill first nations children. The children of MY people.

Dont follow me if you cant reblog this post or the one with sources to your political blog or your most popular blog. Add trigger warnings if you must but if your political blog is only focused on the harms you personally face like being lgbt then you need to see some bigger pictures and stop being afraid of angering your racist mutural or actually saying some shit about racism. If you can reblog some antifa graphics or add blm to your bio to be a surface level ally, you can reblog some sources on the genocide first nations people faced and still face today.

They were CHILDREN.

I’d like to add this photo I took last night in Victoria of the statue of Captain Cook. Though I myself am not indigenous, I 100% agree that these murderers, kidnappers and rapists shouldn’t have huge statues and plaques that decorate them and say how “great” they were.

Here’s another photo of the legislative assembly from yesterday. Later on there were more items, candles and signs at the memorial, as well as a big poster with 1505 painted on it but I didn’t get a picture

People need to see this. Not just quickly glance at the photos and keep on scrolling. They need to see this.

I went to a “Cancel Canada Day” event and burst into tears - not because I was surprised to learn of the unmarked graves (survivors told us they were there. Our government pushed it aside, and we let them), but because seeing all the people gathered in mourning drove it home: They. Were. Children.

This is my country’s legacy - and it’s not history. The last schools closed during my lifetime. My Father went to school with students who lived at the local residential school, after it was changed to a boarding house (read: holding centre) for indigenous youth who went to local schools.

And ps, my links don’t work normally, so sorry about that.

First, I want to recommend some of my own fics, because I am a shameless self advertisement:

- Open my legs, lied down with death, this feeling leads the ache, the kick, the need. - Canonverse AU from Dragon Republic, a little more than slightly dark, one chapter away from completion; part of a series with 1.5 drafted out.

- Half in the shadows, half burned in flames, we can’t look back for nothin’, take what you need, say your goodbyes - Pre-canon and all about Jiang, two-shot and completed.

Then I have mutuals I would love to recommend and some of their works: @andthemoonsingswisely - gardenias on the tile, where it makes no difference who held back from who (to love me is to suffer me); a character study of Rin and Altan, which are always beautiful; one shot. @helenestark - i'm never gonna leave you, baby, even if you lose what's left of your mind; a well done chaltan by one of the best chaltan thinkers; oneshot. @hollywoodbabylondean - Oh Drunken Gods of Slaughter; one of the most detailed and well thought out fics I’ve ever read; multi chapter, complete. @agnes-writes - say a solemn prayer, place a poppy in my hair; one of the best post burning god fanfics I’ve ever read.

My bookmarks (i won’t recommend all of them, you see all of them on my ao3 page)!:

- The only heaven I'll be sent to is when I'm alone with you. By @shirilily - A short oneshot, less than an 1,200 words, but it is genuinely one of my favorites, has such beautiful prose.

- Voulez - Vous by shintacz (i love this author’s works) - A very delicious and well written modern au from Nezha’s pov; multi chapter, not complete yet.

- i know this room and i've walked this floor by orphan_account - A beautiful, beautiful post canon reincarnation au that made me cry; one shot.

- #CafeFightCouple by Anonymous - A very fun and fluffy modern au that is a perfect break from the angst that is the whole trilogy; unfortunately multi chapter and is probably abandoned, still worth a read to me.

- clings like coral by suncrowned(cloudywithachanceofmeatballs) - An incredibly interesting what if prompt; very short one shot.

- Keeping Score by @corneliaavenue-ao3 - is another interesting what if that has such delicious characterization and plotting, all from Nezha’s pov; multi chapter, incomplete.

My current reads:

- Peculiar Pets for Peculiar Girls by thirdtenbin - A whimsical fluffy fic with the vibes of a Studio Ghibli movie; multi chapter, to be completed.

- Mai'rinnen, Is It Just You And Me In The Wreckage Of The World? By @icarus-homebound - is a beautiful character study of Altan after his death, and focuses much on his relationship with Rin; multi chapter, to be completed.

- Upon a Quiet Field of Scarlet by schwoopyboop - A post canon fic taking place in the afterlife where they are all happy; long, multi chapter, not completed yet.

Fics I want to read myself:

- should’ve known I’d be the first to leave by @arikaito - a canon divergence from dragon republic; multi chapter, complete.

- darling, everything’s on fire by mostlypoptarts - a hunger games au with (i’ve only read a couple chapters) interesting character dynamics; long, multi chapter, complete.

- odyssey in waiting by tellmeyoursecrets - an angsty one shot set in the modern world.

- Foundations that lasted the ages then ripped apart at their roots by Purple_cactus - an exploration about the trifecta; short one shot.

- small favors by stqrsign - a pure fluff modern au; longer one shot.

- We are diamonds taking shape by @shirilily - another canon divergence from dragon republic, focusing on rin, kitay and nezha and their trifecta dynamics; long one shot.

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Such a great list already!! Here are a few favorites of mine (other than the ones mentioned above):

(A beautiful and tragic rinvenka oneshot by @andthemoonsingswisely )

(A little angsty but overall very sweet, modern au chaltan oneshot by @evervillains (ember_eleven))

(A exquisite pre-tpw chaltan oneshot by @mousmoula)

(A multi chapter chaltan fic by @cierics, one of my favorite longfics ever)

(A splendid and angsty multi chapter rinvenka and chaltan fic by @tiggercsstuff, fight club au)

(A heartwarming Ramsa-centric fic by @mousmoula, focusing on the cike found family)

(A thrilling rinvenka oneshot by @starslilith (lilithstars), where venka trains rin)

(A 5+1 rinvenka fic by @koiwynn, one of the best venka studies ever)

(A immersive, first rate rinvenka and chaltan canon-divergence fic by @andthemoonsingswisely)

(A light-hearted chaltan summer camp au by @tiggercsstuff, a perfect summer read)

The links are giving me trouble so i couldn’t add more but you can check my bookmarks on ao3 if you want to <3

(I'm more of a chaltan - rinvenka girl but if you like rinezha i would recommend @altanssnoopy