#ordinaryboy

I’d also encourage you to track tags (such as: Hermes, Hermes devotee/devotion, Hermes worship, etc.) or at least check them out. :)

I'm just an ordinary boy Sometimes I'm lazy, I get bored I get scared, I feel ignored I feel happy, I get silly I choke on my own words... #OrdinaryBoy #Photography by @lua_espe . . . . . . . . . . #Humble #Pose #BeardedGay #FeelingMyOats #ComeThrough #LegsAllTheWayToTheAss #Eeeooowww #Urban (at Isla Rio Cuale) https://www.instagram.com/p/BxfDU-ng2ln/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=2wcok94ri0b1

Representation in media allows for people to feel appreciated as a member of society and that they belong. If you see someone like you on TV or in movies, you are more likely to feel accepted. With social media movements like #OscarsSoWhite, the industry has attempted to fix  certain racial representation issues. Movies like Black Panther have broken cultural boundaries and box office records, starting social media movements like #WhatBlackPantherMeanstoMe, showcasing how representation in mainstream Hollywood media is affecting adults and children alike. Still though, Hollywood is not doing a perfect job of representation, leading to fans taking matters into their own hands. In early January of 2018, African American fans of the book and movie series Harry Potter to reimagine the series as if all of the characters were famous black actors. This lead to fans casting Donald Glover as Harry, and Idris Elba as Sirius Black, and fans took this one step further and began using common gifs and memes on Twitter and reimagining them, using them as reaction gifs to specific moments in the Harry Potter series. Melanie Kohnen refers to this as “affect”, in her essay “Fannish Affect, “Quality” Fandom, And Transmedia Storytelling Campaigns” in which she says affect is a “strong emotional attachment” that “also functions as collective energy that initiates and sustains gatherings of people and ideas”. Social media brings people from all different backgrounds together, building a collective energy. Energy is scalable though. In the case of #BlackHogwarts, there was a large amount of fan interaction. One fan, @fantasticboyage, made this tweet (https://twitter.com/fantasticboyage/status/951539645535408130), in which he uses a gif of Rupaul Charles, a famous drag queen, transforming between male and female representations. He uses this gif with the caption “Welcome to Advanced Transfiguration, second years. #BlackHogwarts” Rupaul is a black cultural icon as well as a figurehead in the queer community, spearheading the movement to bring drag to the forefront of American Culture. I chose this tweet because not only does it showcase a gathering of people and ideas in the Black community, it also allows for queer representation. Queer fans of Harry Potter received representation in the book seemingly as an afterthought, when J.K. Rowling chose to retcon in the fact that Dumbledore was gay during an interview, years after the final book was released. She seems to force in these moments of representation after the release of the book, leaving fans to create their own fannish affect through fan fiction, cosplay, and reimagining characters as someone who more represents them.

Just an Ordinary Boy!!! #OrdinaryBoy #FeelingMyOats #ComeThrough #ChickenWings #LOL #HomoBear #BeardedGay #LookingGoodAndFeelingThorgeos

Sometimes I'm lazy, I get bored I get scared, I feel ignored I feel happy, I get silly I choke on my own words I make wishes, I have dreams... #OrdinaryBoy #HomoBear #BeardedGay #ComeThrough #FeelingMyOats #AntiSocialPessimist

Ah thank you so much! ❤️

That awkward moment when a functioning time machine didn't win the science fair...

Massive shout of appreciation to @MNEK for jumping on my track with some Killa Vocals. Songs a SMASH!!! #OrdinaryBoy