#respresentation

That’s great to hear! The world is so rich with stories, mythologies, and monsters, we just want to show them all off.  We’ll definitely be the first to admit we’re neophytes to the nuances of many cultures, but we do our best to research and be respectful. So it always feels great when we get someone who has grown up with the stories and say they like the work/prompt.

There’s a huge difference in hearing stories of werewolves around a fireplace on a camping trip, growing up with that fear or awe and simply reading about a monster on a Wikipedia page or if we’re lucky a scholarly article about the mythology of the creature. 

The boto prompt was a real treat and if you have any interesting Brazilian monsters hiding in your closet, LET US KNOW! We love the ghost, ghouls, and gargoyles from around the world.

💖 The more the merrier! 

bad dreams, bad dreams, go away

This pic right here. This is why you make movies. To inspire.

Look, I’m all about including disabled folk when talking about who you want to protect from discrimination. I’m glad people who are members of marginalized groups are taking time to mention members of another marginalized group. 

Now that that’s out of the way, able-bodied people need to take it a step further: give us the fucking microphone. 

It’s not just enough to talk about how you want to protect disabled women as you march on DC. You need to use your platform and privilege to give those disabled women a chance to speak for themselves. Instead of saying stupid shit like this (emphasis mine):

The Disability March organizers invite people living with disabilities to submit their names, photos and a statement on why they want to "march." The images and text will be uploaded to the website in time for the Women's March on Jan. 21, creating a virtual archive of people showing solidarity with the main event in Washington, D.C.

Yeah, fuck you and your stupid quotation marks. Don’t create a way for us to be included at an event for equality and then sarcastically wrap quotes around the thing you made to include us. Are we marching or not? Either you see our way of expressing ourselves as equal to your own or you’re just pandering to us in order to get credit with your other able-bodied friends. 

I, for one, am sick of seeing shit like this. When we march against tyranny and injustice, the word marching is put in quotation marks. Our athletes are constantly lauded for the disability they’ve “overcome” instead being judged on their genuine athletic ability. Whenever we accomplish something of greatness, instead of saying they’re impressed, they’ll say they’re “inspired”. Well, guess what?

Bellamy shows us that a man of color is just as important as anyone else and that no matter what people say, it's okay to show emotion even if you're a man. He shows us that hating yourself does not mean that everyone else will hate you. He shows us that mistakes you make will haunt you and they won't go away until you work to fix them.

Raven shows us that a woman of color with a disability is not weak, and is in fact the strongest character, and she shows us that it's okay to give into pain sometimes because you're strong enough to dig yourself out.

Monty shows us that Asian men shouldn't only be portrayed as the "nerdy" one. He shows us that Asian men are as attractive as any other race, they are not below them.

Jasper shows us that it's okay to fall apart sometimes, it's okay to not be strong all the time.

Murphy shows us that a rape survivor is not weak and he shows you that love will not be taken away because of something that someone did to you. He shows us that it's also okay to not cry, it's okay to hide pain with whit.

Octavia shows us that it's okay to feel like you don't belong, it's okay to choose your own path and it's okay to mourn.

Indra shows us that a black woman can be an amazing leader just as well as a woman of another race could be. She shows us that both discipline and love can be one in the same and the way you show love does not make it any less meaningful.

Lincoln shows us that you don't have to be like everyone around you, it's okay to be what you feel you need to be. He shows us that it's okay to love someone who isn't of the same race as you and it's okay to be both a warrior and a lover.

Wells shows us that black men aren't bad people. It's you who has the right to choose what kind of person you want to be, regardless of the color of your skin.

Miller shows us that being gay doesn't mean you're weak or any less of a man. He shows us that gay men can also love men of other races. He shows us that being a warrior has nothing to do with sexuality.

Brian shows us that people make mistakes and do things they regret, but the people you love with never love you any less. He shows us that gay men do have a voice and they are as important as any straight man.

Emori shows us that a woman with a disability is not any less beautiful than a woman who doesn't have a disability. She shows us that warriors come in all shapes and sizes and that people will love you for who you are. She shows us that accepting ourselves is the most important thing that you can do.

Harper shows us that loving someone of a different race doesn't mean you simply "settling" she shows us that being a woman does not mean that you cannot be a fighter as well. She shows us that PTSD doesn't make you unstable and it doesn't mean that you aren't brave.

This is something I feared would happen since the sequel was announced. Especially given 1) NRS has a habit of having only 5-7 female fighters in their games, and 2) In the first Injustice, Cybrog and Bane were the only fighters of color. (John doesn’t count given he was just a character skin for Hal)