For context, in the book, Fiyero is Prince of the Vinkus (how you're actually supposed to say Winkie) tribe. The Vinkus people have dark skin and blue diamond patterns all over their bodies. Basically, the musical took the name and title of book Fiyero, the personality of a character named Avarick, and removed any implication that he's a bipoc person to make Elphie's (straight) love interest.

After seeing "Wicked Part 1" (and being blown away) coupled with the daily punches to the gut about the incoming fascist administration, I believe the next movie will be banned in certain states and regions across the United States. It will be marked as "too woke" for the anti-free speech government to approve, and pressure will be pushed from the Christian Nationalists to ban all witchcraft and anti-fascist content... which does admittedly fit this musical to a T.

While I would normally suggest just watching "squishable tutorials" of any film you can't watch or just can't afford to watch, these movies really are worth watching on the big screen or at a big-budget theater. Oz is a profoundly American fantasy world from inspiration to execution, and the 1939 film is one of those cross-generation masterpieces that people of all generations can really share. Telling the people "THIS is what fascism looks like" is invaluable in these very bleak times.

Winter Solstice/Yule Mix - Now on Youtube!

Those of you that have followed me for a while may recall that I created a Winter Solstice/Yule mix on Spotify and included links to the songs on youtube. Well, Spotify sucks because the fascists have their mitts all over it, so I’m almost done transferring my songs over to the "equally fascist but not charging you for it" site. With the winter holidays coming up, I wanted to prioritize them for sharing with others.

There are only a couple additions to this list from last year, mostly to reflect how much of Christmas comes directly from the pagan holidays. I have left out a lot of the spooky/dark elements of Yule because I have another playlist in the works for that, but you will find a couple here.

Page 13: Protective Charm of the Triple-Headed Goddess

(Alt Title: What if the Starbucks Goddess had a goth niece??)

The text is part of a protective prayer to the Greek Triple Goddess/Selene from the Greek Magical Papyri, which can be read and downloaded for your witchery in full here: https://archive.org/details/TheGreekMagicalPapyriInTranslation

"Three-headed, you're Persephone, Megaira, Allekto, many-formed, who are in your hands With dreaded, murky lamps, who shake your locks Of fearful serpents on your brow, who sound The roar of bulls from your mouths, whose womb Is decked out with the scales of creeping things With pois'nous rows of serpents down the back, Bound down your backs with horrifying chains..."

UwU sO taCTfuL!!!!

So, I'm still working on the "late-stage capitalism employment" thing after leaving my former social work job with no contingency plan last year. Stupid? Yes. Life saving? Yes. (If you really want to know about that, please just DM me. It's personal.)

One of the ways that I'm looking to find some income is through editing and proofreading. I have a Fiverr page ready to go, but I need some samples!

I used to beta read on fanfiction.net quite often, but I haven't done so in a long time, and posting fanfiction samples on fiverr.com might be a little alienating for my potential audience. Sharing only rough drafts of my own content is also not the best demonstration of my skills, nor the variety of the type of writing I can help with. Believe it or not, I'm one of those weirdos who actually likes proofreading really mundane stuff.

I'm looking for 1-5 page samples of the following kinds of content:

Short fiction

A few pages of a larger fiction piece

Essays/nonfiction blog posts

Scripts and screenplays

Technical writing

Web content

Professional emails and messages

Cover letters and proposals

Feel free to request help other kinds of writing, but know that I don't have as much experience outside of prose. Leave a comment on the post to indicate your interest, and from there we will communicate on Discord or Google Docs. (Note: Samples posted as a comment on this post will not be used)

Process:

Before I edit your content, you will tell me what exactly you want feedback on and/or proofreading. I will also ask you what you expressly don't want feedback on. Upon completion of my review, your work will be shared as a sample publicly on my Fiverr page using a "before and after" comparison, so you will need to let me know if you want me to share your name as the original author or if you prefer that your sample be anonymous.

Minor typos and grammar issues I'll just fix in the "before/after","" without highlighting the changes, but for content feedback, this is usually how I color-code my work:

Red text means I think you should just remove the highlighted text without replacement

Green text is a suggested change or substitution to text you made

Purple text is commentary from me, usually next to a highlighted section of your work

Please let me know if you have a condition which affects your vision. We will find another way to edit your content that allows for both of us to see it and publish it.

Disclaimers:

I reserve the right to reject any writing you send me or not publish the feedback to my page. I will do my best to communicate why I made my decision. Generally, a rejection would be due to your content being too abstract or controversial. I'm not averse to reading saucy stuff, but if your content is NSFW or politically-loaded, please try to let me know beforehand.

Troll samples and harassment will not be tolerated.

(Inserted image: Toriel from Undertale saying, "do what's right or perish." One of the rare worthy uses of AI generated by CiblesGD on youtube.)

Please try not to take any critique I give you personally. I will ask your permission before posting the final edit, but getting angry with someone for giving feedback that you didn't know that you didn't want to hear doesn't help anyone. We can talk out any hurt feelings, but I'm prepared to ignore or even block people who get irate. Remember, you can take or leave any advice you want and I have no authority over that!

I will run your content through a plagiarism filter, so don't steal, please. I am also going to experiment with filtering for AI-generated work for the same reasons.

Lastly, you CAN send me fanfiction samples if you want, but I may ask to change certain character names and locations for very popular fandoms in the final sample. I'm fairly knowledgeable about western animation and musical theater fandoms, but I'm willing to take a look at anything if you're willing to educate me on the world. Sometimes, having an outsider's eye can help you to think about what parts of a given world you're taking for granted and could interpret in your own unique way. ;)

You ever submit your personal religious journal to the county fair in the hopes of getting a ribbon for your scrapbooking skills? Yeah, I hadn't either until last Sunday. I have no idea what the judges will think, but that's not the point, is it?

She's already given us gold with the coconut tree story. If you want to fight back against the rancid orange, you need some good, silly memes that you can spread with everyone from your ironic "brainrot" kids who can finally vote and your Facebook grandma! Start with the coconut and let your kitchen/bar cabinet be creative. Let the professional Prosecutor do the hard part of taking this convicted criminal to the cleaners.

It'll smell delicious!

But I can finally say, "good job, Joe" for something he did. It won't ever make up for the thousands of innocent people killed in Gaza that he supported carte blanche, but at least we're not burning this fascist candle at both ends (yet).

Please, let's meme "Mamala" into office. She isn't perfect, but nothing would piss off Netanyahu more than having a woman of color tell him to back down.

Ten days ago, I wrote a "sorry for your loss" spell to not only support people through grief, but also to wish people the best exits from their lives possible. Just in the past eight days we've had an attempted assassination, a declaration of democracy's death from the GOP, and now the death of Biden's candidacy. I'd like to think it had a sliver of power in these events and highlighting the need for a "peaceful passage" - the other end of the spell where a spirit is urged to the other side.

Let's go, democracy. I mean it this time!