All this and Valhalla too.

🌌✨Starfire✨

is a master of the art of kumite

(is so fucking flexible)

told everyone’s loved ones that they loved them

kickboxed government agents (& that one construction worker) to death

kicked zacky lee maple so hard in the chest that his bones shot into his heart and out of his back and he died

might be loose now?

seemed pretty solid

chilled out because of the megalopodarian frequency (and could be loose now)

must’ve invented kumite, is probably the source

just seems like he can find ‘ya

probably an okay guy

showed up and a bunch of people died and disappeared (could be pinned for it)

is a master of the art of kumite

(is so fucking flexible)

told everyone’s loved ones that they loved them

kickboxed government agents (& that one construction worker) to death

kicked zacky lee maple so hard in the chest that his bones shot into his heart and out of his back and he died

might be loose now?

seemed pretty solid

chilled out because of the megalopodarian frequency (and could be loose now)

must’ve invented kumite, is probably the source

just seems like he can find ‘ya

probably an okay guy

showed up and a bunch of people died and disappeared (could be pinned for it)

Humpback whales singing off the leeward coast of O’ahu

<— to answer these tags on main, since it’s a fun question, our guide lowered a hydrophone and so my phone is leaning on the railing right next to the hydrophone

I am begging the UK trans community and its allies to attend the Mass Lobby at Parliament on June 25th, 11am-4pm, organised by Trans Solidarity Alliance.

The new EHRC Code of Practice pushes trans people out of toilets, hospital wards, and community spaces. It normalises gender policing based on appearance and stereotypes. It becomes statutory guidance in the UK by the end of June.

Trans people are now legally their assigned gender at birth and must join gendered spaces accordingly, but if they are perceived as their lived gender, they can also be ejected from those spaces. The guidance says: either break the law, or don’t pass too well.

A mass lobby is where you invite your MP to discuss your concerns with you in-person. Ask your MP to:

Demand full parliamentary scrutiny, debate, and use their free vote on the EHRC Code of Practice.

Support any motions rejecting the EHRC guidance. As of June 4th, Labour MP Nadia Whittome has submitted a prayer motion - Early Day Motion 240.

Write to Bridget Phillipson, the Minister for Women and Equalities about our concerns

Your MP does not have to be an ally, they do not have to respond to your email for you to show up and greencard them (details below the cut.) What matters is that as many people as possible show up.

I cannot stress this enough: Showing up in person matters. It is much more effective than petitions, emails, and letters.

It is a horrible, stressful time, and I am so sorry if you're trans and live in the UK. But I was at last year's mass lobby and the line for greencarding alone stretched around the back gates. It was a record breaking mass lobby and made us impossible to ignore. Let's do even better this time. Details under the cut:

is a master of the art of kumite

(is so fucking flexible)

told everyone’s loved ones that they loved them

kickboxed government agents (& that one construction worker) to death

kicked zacky lee maple so hard in the chest that his bones shot into his heart and out of his back and he died

might be loose now?

seemed pretty solid

chilled out because of the megalopodarian frequency (and could be loose now)

must’ve invented kumite, is probably the source

just seems like he can find ‘ya

probably an okay guy

showed up and a bunch of people died and disappeared (could be pinned for it)

wealwell

zacky lee maple

bigfoot

I just realized why I always find playing clerics (and to a lesser extent, paladins) less fulfilling than it feels like it’s going to be at the start of a campaign. It’s because what appeals to me about the concept of being a cleric (and other people can have totally different, equally good reasons) is the relationship between a cleric and their god.

There’s a real foundation of loyalty and devotion to the god’s ideals, but at the same time, gods are embodiments of abstract principles and clerics aren’t, so there are going to be times when the cleric and the god want different things. And they need to negotiate that over the weird medium of prayers and powers and dice rolls and so forth. It’s an intensely personal relationship with a being you basically never interact with directly. And, not being a religious person IRL, it’s not the sort of thing I can get outside of games.

These are times of trouble: the days are numbered. Legends told us about them. We have names for them in our sacred scriptures: the Ragnarök, the War of Gods, the Apocalypse, the Arrival of Avatars, the Eternal Night, the Infinite Void.

The end of days.

But we are not alone, we are not powerless: the gods are walking among us. They are here to guide us, to save the world as we know it – or to help us reach the land of the Dead.

If we pray faithfully enough and prove our worthiness, perhaps we can be spared. In Godsend, each player embodies two characters - one is a God who has achieved a presence in their domain during the End of Days. The other is an avatar - but (and this is critical here) not your own God’s avatar. You play as the avatar of someone else’s God. Your avatars have the option to follow their deity’s wishes, or to forge their own path, although going their own way will certainly have consequences. That being said, depending on the choices you make, your Avatar might ascend into godhood themselves, thus changing the dynamic of the pantheon as this age ends and another world rises from the ashes.

Godsend is diceless, which is what sets it apart from the other games in its Legacy system family. I think this is meant to represent how when it comes to beings with this level of power, chance has nothing to do with it. Instead, the game is about when you decide to act, and how much you’re willing to commit to your actions in order to ensure what you want comes to pass.

Casual racism that is brushed off as “an innocent mistake” or “they didn’t mean it” and then everyone pretending like it didn’t happen and moving on with their day (repeat)

Speaking over fans of color about issues that pertain to them specifically

When fans of color speak out about something that makes them uncomfortable or why that don’t interact with it (usually because of the racial/ethnic bias) they are accused of being anti’s or pro-censorship

Characters of color being used as scapegoats/bashed/plot devices 

Characters of color never getting happy endings/real development

Backlash against characters of color if they do anything other than be a white character’s side kick/best friend

Actors of characters of color being harassed for something their character did or didn’t do

White characters/actors getting all the attention/credit despite the fact that they are a side character to a POC or on the same level as the POC

Fanfic authors patting themselves on the back for writing a “realistic” character of color and it’s just a bunch of stereotypes

Being told that they should be happy they were even included when they call out the above people

White fans crying about persecution/exclusion because their fav character/trope/kink/ship isn’t loved by all 

Fan artists re-imaging characters of color as white/lightening skin tone

Everyone rushing to a white fans defense after a well deserved call out while the fan of color receives hate

Never having a safe fandom space and always having to be on guard with new people/fandoms/chats etc because they’ve been burned before

- (re)writing characters of color as abusive and/or violent to infantilize white characters

The piece alleged that Abramson was widely disliked at the paper for her "brusque" and "difficult" manner. The article started by detailing an alleged confrontation between Abramson and her second in command, Dean Baquet, that ended with Baquet storming out of her office and punching a wall.

This altercation was used as the first example of Abramson's apparent provocation, with anonymous employees telling Byers, "If Baquet had burst out of the office in a huff... it was likely because Abramson had been unreasonable."

Yet she wasn't the one who punched the wall. "Unreasonable" behavior by women apparently justifies violent behavior by men.

Marissa Mayer faced similar critiques. She was too brusque and not collaborative enough. She was a perfectionist and a micromanager. The traits that Abramson and Mayer were criticized for are traits that make men into legends in their industries."