#myown

Louisiana made interracial marriage illegal in 1896. Then, in 1908, they went even further and criminalized interracial cohabitation and sex (it was a felony, up to five years of imprisonment with or without hard labor), by 1910 you couldn’t live together under any circumstance.

No, you couldn’t have a live-in servant either, because that could be a loophole, and law tends to reinforce itself against those. 

Think about the actual reality of that era. Who would risk it? What for? Sure, people fell in love despite the laws, I guess. But the fandom consensus is that Alastor's dad was an abusive asshole. If he was just an abuser, why would he bother to RISK HIS WHOLE DAMN LIFE RUINED? If a white dude simply wanted to abuse people, he could do so within the bounds of the law without risking a prison sentence. 

The existence of a biracial child could have been treated as evidence of the felony. He’d dump them and move on. 

And wtf is up with this Hartfelt fan surname. Please I beg of you. aside from all the historical inaccuracy, did it win some Most Anglosaxon Name poll or something?

And do you know when that law finally went away? Do you know when interracial relationships were actually decriminalized?

IN FUCKING 1967. Yes, 1967. And Louisiana didn't even officially remove the ban from its state books until 1972 because fuck you, that’s why. 

I haven’t seen Season 2 bc fuck this show, so I don’t know exactly how they handled Alastor's ‘radio career,’ but I suspect bullshit. Moving his timeline from the 1920s to the 1930s is a marginal improvement at best. From what I’ve seen, a lot of people seem to be under the impression that Jim Crow racism in the South was basically just colorism, but slightly worse. No. White people would preferably not be in the same room as you. Period. 

This absolute negation of basic historical facts is really striking. This whole thing, both in-show and in-fandom, trivializes segregation to Hell and back(sic.) It was a great reminder of how much Americans either do not know their own history, or are in complete denial about it. 

To everyone yelling “it’s just a fantasy!”—yeah, and it's a very stupid and ignorant one. 

I just don’t who’s that for. 

Sorry that actual segregation happened, was a massive deal, and now gets in the way of your Disneyland New Orleans, drama-flavored, ‘different-colored-people-mingling-bc-yay-diversity’ fantasy? Sorry your favorite murder boy wouldn’t have the life you’d like to imagine, for whatever reason you’d like to imagine it that way? 

I understand Black people who’d like a break from how bleak reality tends to be, but I suspect that’s not the majority contributing to this. 

Mixed-guys are in season I hear, with a lot of the romantasy love interests being spiced-up by being made ‘tan’ & racially ambiguous in the text. I mean, if someone decides to make a live-action adaptation one day (god forbid), someone's gonna get the job, and good for them. But let’s not pretend this isn’t just catering to a predominantly white female audience, where all the ‘representation’ talk is secondary at best. 

It’s the tall dark and handsome bullshit all over again. Welcome to the 20s. What a time to be alive! 

To me, this Hazbin whitewashing just feels like another layer of ‘it wasn’t even that bad’ propaganda, intentional or not. Same old. What disgusts me in the current 20s is the additional layer of gaslighting: ‘look, it’s representation! <3’ So now, when you demand some basic respect for marginalized groups, you’re… a bigot? Woah. Nice. I suppose I’d prefer being called a bunch of slurs of one's chosing, at least that’s honest. How conservative of me.

Pisses me off, man. America really pisses me off.

Day 6 ( a creature that could live in your forest )

Daemon in his bedshirt at twilight, either gazing softly down at Rhaenyra, OR he’s deep in reflective thought thinking about her. 

Daemon in incognito mode, ready to hit the town, smirking at Rhaenyra. 

Rhaenyra also dressed incognito, as a common boy, ready to have some “fun” with her uncle in secret. She runs after him in an alley way. 

AGAINST A WALL??! SAUCY DAEMYRA.

THEY’RE FLIRTING HARDCORE. HOW FAR WILL IT GO?? (Hello Daemon’s trademark ring!).

Hello Rhaenyra’s face, I see you girl. HIS HAND IS SO BIG OMG.

WILL THIS BE THE FALLOUT SCENE???

VISERYS HOLDS A DAGGER TO DAEMON’S THROAT AND YELLS, “YOU ARE NO CONQUERER, YOU ARE THE PLAGUE!!”

Episode 4 is going to kill me, I swear.

Seductively destructive, we are true romance

Does the man become the monster, or the monster become man