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Transcript was made at another user's request. Originally posted on tumblr May 2 2015.

Here is a partial transcript of the 2009 DragonCon panel with Felicia Day, Kristy Swanson, Julie Benz [JB], and Charisma Carpenter [CC]. Video used here. (I started at the 4:30 mark, which cuts off the compliment section of the question.)

Q: It really felt like in the fifth season of Angel when they decided to do what they did with Cordelia, the energy changed, and it didn’t change in a positive way.

CC: I know.

[audience laughter]

Q: I’m just curious -

CC: [it got] cancelled. [makes “villain laughter” faces]

[audience laughter]

Q: Well yeah.

[audience still laughing, clapping]

Q: I mean, I applaud what they did in bringing Spike over and trying to use Spike as like, you know, the supplemental Cordelia, but, you know, I’m curious like I know that a lot of times Joss will collaborate with the actors as far when he’s building a story arc and when he’s building the characters he will, from what I heard anyway, he will come to the actors or actresses and say hey what do you think of this, and so on and so forth. I’m curious what you felt bout what happened with Cordel-Cordelia’s character as far from the beginning of Buffy, and then transitioning into Angel, and then, I just felt like the way that Cordelia was cut out was kind of really just weak. [crowd starts to murmur] It was just weak [crowd still murmuring] I’m sorry. I’m just curious like did y-, did, how did you feel about it, as an actor and as Cordelia.

CC: Wow that’s a loaded question. [audience laughter] Um… well how did I feel about the, well obviously I loved the transition, it was a great experience to have her go the distance, and uh, so on and so forth. And I think what happened, you know my relationship to Joss became strained, when, uh, particularly I mean we all go through our stuff in general on the back side of things, and um, I was going through my stuff, and then I became pregnant and, you know I guess, in his mind he had a different way of seeing the season go, and um in the fourth season. It was my least favorite season, actually. Um, I did not understand the relationship with Connor [she says something else but the audience clapped and I couldn’t hear it] I think, I think he’s a fine actor -

JB: I didn’t approve of it.

[audience laughter]

Q: It was so weird how Cordelia was in love with him

CC: Weird.

Q: she was in love with Angel

CC: Weird.

Q: and then you

CC: I think Joss was really, honestly, mad. [audience laughter] He was really mad at me. [audience laughter continues] And, you know, I say that in a, you know,

JB [to CC]: loving way

CC: in a loving way, which is, you know, its a very complicated dynamic, you know, working for someone for so many years and expectations, and then also as you’ve been on a show for eight years you gotta live your life. And sometimes living your life gets in the way of what, maybe, the creator’s vision is of the future and in that becomes, uh, conflict. And that was my experience. So, without getting into details and stuff, you know I have, um, I think we put that stuff aside and we’re, we’re in a better space. I mean, I would definitely work with him again, and I remember going to a [clears throat] the new box set was coming out so we did the commentaries for that. Which I thought was… [makes face, audience laughter] Anyway, at that meeting, at that meeting, um, you know, Joss and I had a moment to ourselves where we, you know, I just said, you know he had talked about doing like the Dr.Horrible stuff and, and I wasn’t sure but I thought he was, he had a plan, a master plan in keeping the studio out of stuff so he would have more creative control and therefore, because when he does have creative control obviously he’s, he goes the distance with it. Um, I think in that he, um, wanted to get away from being told what to do in terms of creation, and I think, I thought, that I would be a part of those things he - maybe in the future I would be. Um, but it was a great moment for us to have a-a dialogue about ‘would you really work with me again?’ and he’s like, 'well would you work with me’ and I’m like, 'yeah’ and he goes, 'yeah.’ [audience laughter] So, I felt better about it, but at the time it was a very st-strained experience and when I found out I was going to die, I mean, I agreed to, I didn’t know that I wasn’t going to be in the fifth season, to be honest with you, my fans. I did not know, and I found out in a really horrible way. And, um, and then I found out James was gonna be on Angel which makes sense. And then, um, I never got a phone call from anybody, actually I got a phone call from somebody in the press, which really sucked. And, um, when that happens. They came to me for the hundredth episode and I said, [clears throat], 'Well, I don’t want to go back because [scoffing noise] because of the way it all went down, I don’t feel good about it.’ But I also knew that you needed closure, as the fans of the show. And I was just very concerned that, I said, 'well I’ll go back but I don’t want to die. I’m not going to go back to die. Just, not going to do it. So leave it open-ended or whatever.’ And finally that happened, I signed the dotted line, we agreed on all the other terms, I signed the dotted line and then I found out they were going to kill me. [laughter and 'oh’s] And I started crying. And I, I had this conversation, you know, with Jeffrey Bell in my trailer. I was actually working on Mismatched at the time, and that was on the lot where the producers stayed at, um, Buffy-world, or Whedon-world, and he said to me, “listen, I have this really difficult thing I need to tell you, and I know that we talked about this and you weren’t gonna die, but you’re gonna die.’ [slight laughter] And I started bawling, like, I knew you guys would do this to me, I knew it, I knew it, I knew it, why did I agree to do this, and I was really upset, I felt totally betrayed. I said, 'well let me hear the story.’ And he said, 'its special.’ And I said, 'well let me hear it.’ And when I heard it I was like, ’[ugh/scoff noise] that’s good. [audience laughter] Joss is good.’ [audience laughter] And, you know, that’s the story, that’s the story behind that. And it sucked that I died, but I really felt like it was a hell of a way to go. [applause]

Last Updated: 7-9-22
Categories: Jennifer Crusie, Anne Bishop, Melina Marchetta, Shakespeare, Others/Misc, Stephanie Meyer, Lord of the Rings, Crossover/Fusions, Plays/Musicals/Shows, Hamilton, Bible/non-spn angels
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_______________________ Jennifer Crusie ______________________

And To All A Goodnight by frenticfloetry
   - Faking It; Matilda/Davy
   - Between conning scalpers, construction scrapes, and a close encounter with a questionable Santa, he gets to spend Christmas with his family.

________________________ Anne Bishop ________________________

Delayed Gratification by Jairissa
    - A Winsol gift gains most of its meaning from its giver. Even one long awaited and rather mysterious.

The Season of Grace Coming Out of the Void by Lise
    - Saetan brings his boys home. Alternate universe where Saetan recovers Daemon and Lucivar before the events of Daughter of the Blood, and tries to help them recover. Oblique references to trauma.

Cat's Cradle by Foxfire74
    - When Jaenelle goes visiting... Set sometime during "Daughter of the Blood"

Between Blue and Gray by Morbane
     - Surreal and Wilhelmina have similar doubts about settling in the Shadow Realm.      [doubts that they try to settle with a jaunt to Amdarh, which does and does not go as a trip the city should go. There are goats, fights, murder, and a play.]

Stepwise by LogosMinusPity
    - Fifteen years of marriage…fifteen years of silent struggles…fifteen years of quiet love. Fifteen years of coming to terms. A series of vignettes centering around Daemon and Surreal, taking place during the novella "The High Lord's Daughter", from the book "Twilight's Dawn".

______________________ Melina Marchetta __________________

Out West by Leaf Litter (leaflitter)
     - Saving Francesca, The Piper's Son
     - Jim Hailler's out west, and he doesn't know what he wants, except to put off thinking about what he wants.

The Stories We Tell by marginalia
      - On the Jellicoe Road
      - Jessa is thirteen years old the night of the fire that burned down half of Lachlan House at the Jellicoe School.

Knowing What to Keep by katayla
     - On the Jellicoe Road
     - A look at the beach trip mentioned at the end of the book.

Stars Gather by littledust
    - Lumatere Chronicles
    - "I'm with child," Phaedra said, laughing where she was weeping moments before. "I didn't want to tell you earlier, in case--in case I was wrong, but I'm sure."

Finnikin is hope [meta] by anabelsbrother; this is the story, as told to those not born to see such days, recorded in the book of lumatere [sc] by mydarlinginej; lost scene from Finnikin of the Rock [fic] by Melina Marchetta; phaedra of alonso [sc] by nicoperseid; without our language [sc] by lumatears; She can love people with a fierceness that I have not seen before. [sc] by tonight-thestreetsareours; Oh, you’ve outdone me twice now, you queen of forgiveness [sc] by chazraffy;

chaz x raffy [hc] by anabelsbrother; I went back [sc] by inejj; Did I wonder? [sc] by fullofgrief

___________________________ Shakespeare _______________________

Shakespeare: shakespeare literally writes to the beat of your heart [meta] by shakespearean-spunk; though shakespeare didn't single handedly invent all these words [sc, meta] by thenewmetropolitan, ifeelbetterer; My Immortal written in the style of Shakespeare/Shakespeare written in the style of My Immortal [fic] by various; shakespeare himself spelled his surname at least five different ways, none of which were “shakespeare” [meta] by authorkurikuri; Causes of death in all the Shakespeare plays [meta] by fuckyeahgreatplays; Exit, pursued by a bear [art] by chrisriddellblog; “exit, pursued by a bear” is a reference [meta] by prokopetz, sandovers; Davis cutting some lines [meta] by shakespearenews, quantumtardis, amusingdisplacement; tragedies aren’t about a silly “flaw” or anything, it’s about having a hero who’s just in the wrong goddamn story [meta] by various; Women have more power and agency in Shakespeare’s comedies than in his tragedies, and usually there are more of them with more speaking time [meta] by penfairy; In King Lear (III:vii) there is a man who is such a minor character that Shakespeare has not given him even a name... sometimes you fight, not because you think you can win, but because [meta] by jumpingjacktrash, adeterminedloser; but when you look up the stage directions, it just says, ‘Exit Ariel’ [meta] by Tom Stoppard; How many children had Lady Macbeth? [meta] by 16ruedelaverrerie; “I had rather hear my dog bark at a crow than a man swear he loves me” [meta] by penfairy

Hamlet: hamlet knows he’s the hero of a revenge tragedy [meta] by indigostohelit; "Hamlet" should be performed with Hamlet cast as the villain & more [meta] by leupagus, ofgeography, girllock; Hamlet vs Medea [meta] by Helen McCrory; Hamlet goes up to the counter [joke] by literarystarbucks; Hamlet and the Ghost communicating in sign language [sc, meta] by odysseiarex, littlemissmutant, generic-nerd-blog, quendergeer; yeah i may be an incorrigible serial procrastinator [meta] by mercurien, triflesandparsnips; Replace Ophelia with Lady Macbeth and suddenly Hamlet becomes a much shorter play [hc] by penfairy; Hamlet + selfies [art, meta] by veliseraptor; An adaptation of Hamlet that’s filmed like reality tv, and every soliloquy is just a character doing a talking head interview [meta/hc] by margotkim; She’s proof that adolescent girls don’t just go out of their minds for the fun of it. They’re driven there by people in their lives who should have known better. ” (Ophelia) [meta] by B.N. Harrison; we never see ophelia’s dead body and that gertrude is the one who describes it [meta] by roofbeams, jumpingjacktrash; ophelia: babe come over [joke] by whatareyoureallyafraidof; consider: modern AU hamlet doing soliloquies in the shower [hc, art] by arohoratio, arrantknave; Claudius killed my dad [art] by klaudiart; incorrectshakespeare + Hamlet [art] by binary-bird; let’s talk about the ghost, can we talk about the ghost, please, horatio, i’m dying to talk about the ghost [art] by binary-bird; we have textual proof that the first act takes place around christmas time and still no modern-day production will give me the meeting of the danish court reimagined as an awkward family christmas [meta] by mercurien; john mulaney summarizes hamlet in 5 minutes or less [vid/joke] true virgo; why are you all so focused on hamlet being sexy [hc/joke] by tragedycamp-archive; Horatio: Now I am alone [fic] by nedlittle; so Gildenstern is played by a deaf actor [meta] by angualupin; i like to believe that ophelia’s madness gave her a kind of meta knowledge [meta] by hqmlet; get ‘im, ophelia [art] by binary-bird; tranquilize until the day we die [art] by binary-bird; and then Horatio looks up and sees the audience for the first time [hc/meta] by newlyorange, cadhla-marie, wisteria-lodge; ophelia and horatio being played by the same actress, two hamlets [hc/meta] by darkcomedies, rythyme

Romeo & Juliet: romeo thought juliet deleted her blog [hc] by various; Twas my intention (and current version) [joke] by shesnoshakespeare, cantankerousquince; Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy but not just "hormonal teens" [meta] by macklesufficient; what if you staged a r&j where the audience had two entrances to get to their seats, one marked capulet & one montague and you had to choose one to enter the theatre [meta] by thatdreamersoftenlie; It’s important to how the story works that the Capulets and Montagues are alike in dignity and that the feud is baseless and petty on both sides. [meta] by fweet-prince; It's over Romeo [art] by bidonicart

Macbeth: Lady Mcbeth: is that a dagger in your pocket or are you just happy to see me? [joke] by drunken-shakespeare; my name's Macbeth and wen it's nite [art/poem/joke] by frogyell & kayadraws; *upbeat movie trailer music playing* macbeth was just your average every day war general [hc] by pancakepax; Y'all can keep at it with that “Romeo and Juliet fell in love in five days how immature” shiz but Macbeth [meta] by mightymargaretofanjou;

being part of a production of macbeth that opened with the funeral of macbeth and lady macbeth’s baby was brutal [meta] by darkcomedies

Misc: Othello fancast [sc] by barretweed; Shakespeare Tragedies Renamed for the Modern tumblr Teen [joke] by my-tardis-sense-is-tingling; the worst actual rosencrantz & guildenstern are dead au [hc/joke] by swanjolras; yet to hear an actor sufficient to overcome the inherent silliness of 'O, by whom?' [meta] by dukeofbookingham; sitcom which is just every single Shakespeare character as college students in a dorm building [hc] by unexpected-imperial-inquisition, kakumei-no-tomoshibi; Servant: …My wife, my lord, is dead [joke] by piratescarfy; When we took Shakespeare’s “Measure for Measure” into a maximum security woman’s prison on the West Side [meta] by Oskar Eustis; Shakespeare plays as Onion headlines [sc/hc/joke] by his-quietus-make; New staging proposal for Taming of the Shrew [hc] by polytropic-liar; a midsummer night’s dream and it opened with a high schooler saying “I don’t wanna read this play” [meta/hc] by vampireapologist; A Midsummer Night’s Dream where it’s revealed that Titania was, true to Queen Fae form, not waylaid by magic love pollen, but actively trying to fuck with Oberon for fucking with her [hc] by trickerydickerydock; Kill Claudio [meta] by shakespearecircle, thefantasticaldianadiane; the glenda jackson production of king lear on broadway did something similar with the Duke of Cornwall [meta] by lostsometime

Dear Mister Shakespeare – inspired by Othello by British Council British
- Multimedia visual artist Phoebe Boswell has written an original piece, ‘Dear Mister Shakespeare', in which she questions Shakespeare on the inherent racial tensions within his writing of Othello in the 1600s, and how these tensions continue to resonate today.

__________________________ Others/Misc. __________________________

Narnia Series: edmund shuts down miraz’s attempt to patronize him & more [sc, meta] by edmundpevensies, (unsure), jkthinkythoughts; Susan is no longer a friend of Narnia [sc, meta] by tsarskoschei, (unsure), elidyce, sharpestrose; Susan Pevensie goes up to the counter [hc] by literarystarbucks; Susan has really good 'lady armor' [meta, sc] by jammy-lannistray; How about we talk about what might have happened if Narnia hadn’t deserted Susan? [fic/hc] by ink-splotch; text posts + the chronicles of narnia [sc] by spymasteredmund; Edmund and Peter can’t stand each other 90% of the time but Edmund will still WADE THE FUCK IN [sc, meta] by leepacey, lotstradamus; Narnia - The Pevensies - Kings and Queens of Narnia [sc] by aly-naith; what’s more creepily imperialistic is the reaction of everyone in Narnia to the Pevensies [meta] by nakedmallrat, adventures-in-asexuality; Chronicles of Yarnia [art] by Cryptid-Creations; Susan stabs the first guy in the crotch before using the same arrow to kill the second guy [meta, sc] by sirgnomethegiant, aryainwinterfell; queens on Aslan [art] by jdebbiel; what about susan who got married and had a child while in narnia [fic] by ink-splotch;

His Dark Material Trilogy: passengers with larger daemons [sc, hc] by daemonology101; An Indian version of The Golden Compass [art] by Assaf Horowitz; Winston Duke-inspired Lord Asriel and Julianna Margulies as Mrs. Coulter [art] by galaxyspeaking; people sometimes come at daemon AU worldbuilding with a mindset of ‘what if our world suddenly had daemons’ rather than ‘what if people had always had daemons and the world was built around that’ [meta] by mountainous-hare, ratterwolf, booksandchainmail

Peter Pan: Wendy, tired of London life, spots the Jolly Roger [sc] by bellamyyoung; Peter Pan [meta] by various; Tiger Lily casting [meta] by Rebecca Pahle & more [meta] by Johnnie Jae; peter pan is one of the most sinister characters in children's literature [meta] by queerpotters; Everyone always wants to talk about Hook or Pan but Peter Pan is Wendy’s coming of age story [meta] by maybe-this-time

Alice in Wonderland: Alice in Wonderland [art] by illumistrations; Alice in a bottle papercut project [art] by thedaydreamprincess; Movie Racebending: Alice in Wonderland [sc] by goddessofidiocy; When she entered Wonderland as a child [sc, hc] by pinkabsinthe, seananmcguire; Alice:Through the Looking Glass [art] by danibostic; British Indian Alice [art] by thenamelessdoll; alice in wonderland [art] by chuwenjie; Alice in Wonderland is basically Victorian Shrek [meta] by various

Oz: off to see the wizard [art] by raspbeary; can u imagine the trait you hate most about yourself being like, part of the name everyone calls you [meta/joke] by spritzeal; a 100 year winter, a Giant Frozen Tin Man, a lion made of Fire, a Scarecrow that transforms into a Crow, and Dorothy with Her Trusty ToTo sword [art] by dannyburgess; The Wizard of Oz set in Okinawa & map [art] by rinianart

Jane Austen: Literally the only three things you need to know about Jane Austen [meta] by scripturient-manipulator, ancientphantom; Pride and Prejudice and Zombies for people who actually like Pride and Prejudice [meta] by gretchensinister; There’s a bit in Pride and Prejudice where Elizabeth and Caroline are walking on the grounds at Netherfield [meta] by twerking-with-yo-grandma; P&P was a popular novel and Jane knew it [meta] by anghraine; The Mr. Darcy Fantasy isn’t a brooding “tall, dark and handsome” savior, it's that a man would be willing to change his behavior just to be worthy of you [meta] by punk-solas; the complete Disaster the bennet family is - literally the original sitcom family [meta] by malfvoys; married lizzy and darcy at a dinner party and the host is like “oh mr darcy!!! you can’t sit with your wife!” and he’s just like “please… she’s my only friend” [hc] by alltheladiesyouhate, ifeelbetterer; The thing about Persuasion that just kills me is that the central premise is so universal [sc, meta] by janeaustentextposts, crimsonclad; Wentworth quietly and efficiently removes a screaming toddler from Anne’s back [meta] by lyresandlasers, harrietvane; the prevalent theme of pride & prejudice as well as other works of Austen is the ironic social commentary on the degraded role of women [meta] by lvslie; “The Mr Collinses of the world who are bewildered and angry that not even Charlotte Lucas will have them now that she has more options.” [meta] by various; "I love you" [sc/joke] by obscurelittlebird; Can you imagine how fucking wild ladies must have gone for the rejection [meta] by trainthief; ok here’s a hot take: modern adaptations of pride and prejudice should replace Mrs Bennet’s obsession w/ marrying her daughters off with a determination [hc/meta] by thejgatsbykid, swingsetindecember; the real victim is Georgiana Darcy, bc u know her brother spent at least two weeks lying around in his Regency Jammies [hc] by thejgatsbykid; If Pride and Prejudice took place in 2018, there would be markedly less garden-walking, an equal amount of upper-class snobbery, and 100% more texting [hc] by sparkitors; pride and prejudice musical [hc] by dorcasdeadowes; “one word from you will silence me on this subject forever.” [meta] by various; CALLOUT POST for Fitzwilliam Darcy [hc] by gothhabiba; Emma [meta] by myhogwartsletterisjustlate; Mr. Darcy: Lizzie is mad at me, and I’m not clear why. [hc/joke] by obscurelittlebird; modern adaptations of pride and prejudice should replace Mrs Bennet’s obsession w/ marrying [meta, hc] by various; If none of them married, how desperate would the Bennett girls actually have been? [meta] by janeaustentextposts; one of Jane Austen’s biggest fans was the Prince Regent (later George IV) [meta] by beyondthisdarkhouse

Little Women: Little Women: present day [meta/joke] by broodinghunx; Amy goes up to the counter [joke/hc] by literarystarbucks; Jo's short story wins a prize [meta, joke] by Jennifer Morrow; Louisa May Alcott: as we all know, there are four types of sisters [meta] by romansuzume;

Les Mis: the Notre Dame Cathedral was a huge eyesore on the verge of collapsing and was planned to be demolished but Victor Hugo was like “hey :( I like that building” and wrote The Hunchback of Notre Dame to save it [meta] by wild-zamboni; Les Miserables needs big budget television adaptation specifically so that the fifth season can wander off [hc/joke] by prokopetz; So I’m trying to get through Les Miserables, but it’s hard to ignore the fact [joke] by creative-type; trying to get through Les Miserables, but it’s hard to ignore [hc/joke] by creative-type; honestly no matter how faithfully you adapt les miserables to stage or screen, nothing can really quite replicate [meta] by aximili & Imagine if people wrote all their Les Mis modern aus in the style of Victor Hugo [hc, fic] by calamitys-child; Victor Hugo writes like a guy who looked at contemporary academics arguing about what past centuries’ literary works had really meant to say [meta] by prokopetz, rainaramsay; jean valjeans alter ego is monsieur madeleine [joke] by hatarlakrits, (unsure); Les Mis but it’s like Dora: A Concept [hc/joke] by savemyplace-santafe

Mary Shelley: Mary Shelley's manuscript vs Percy Shelley's revision [meta] by too-ticki; victor frankenstein spent 90% of the novel moping instead of doing literally anything else [meta/joke] by various; I will continue to call The Creature “Frankenstein” and no force in Heaven or Earth will impede that [art] by the-mighty-upside-down-pyramid; Frankenstein the book is perhaps one of the greatest pieces of shade [meta] by Vinay Patel; Watch This College Student Get Pwned By His Two-Year-Old Son [joke/meta] by the-macra, thenightling, magic-and-moonlit-wings; the implication that victor spend weeks giving the monster a working dick is also extremely weird [meta] by froody, techskylander; The Mother of Science Fiction [art] by joeyhazell-art; The Hollywood creation of “Castle Frankenstein” as the place where Victor creates the Creature is really a shame [hc] by girl-of-ink, gallusrostromegalus

>>It is kinda funny how two different staples of the horror genre (the vampire and the mad scientist/monster combo) both have their origins in the horrifying experience of being trapped in a cabin with Lord Byron [meta] by bluecoolkind, theaudientvoid

Kids Books: Carmen Sandiego & Wally [art] by sumoswine & Waldo leading/supporting Carmen is bullshit [meta] by spatscolombo; Horton hears somebody he used to know [art] by medimeedes; Dr. Seuss [meta] by zetsubonna; Madeline, modern-ish style [art] by vivedessins; madeline sans merci [hc] by veliseraptor; Where The Wild Things Are [art] by Massimo Carnevale; Thomas the Tank Engine is that it canonically takes place in a train post-apocalypse [meta, sc] by frog-and-toad-are-friends, unclewhisky; Clifford's size [hc] by reinerashitaka, kanayastrider; Amelia Bedelia Joins a Cartel [sc/joke] by the-weird-wide-web; death - Edward Gorey [sc] by sixpenceee; the oompa loompas are a greek chorus [hc] by sarahruhlofficial, caecilius-est-pater; why Grandpa Joe from Willy Wanka & the Chocolate Factory sucks [meta] by abandonedcunt; Violet Beauregarde should‘ve won Wonka’s chocolate factory [meta] by evayna; Computing the optimal search strategy for finding Waldo & more [sc/meta] by randalolson; what was remarkable about matilda was that it was her actual family that treated her like shit [meta] by ghost-grantaire

Greek Myths: like Troy fell for the Greeks [joke] by suddenlyprompts; in the iliad helen [fic] by elucipher & people who caused the Trojan War [meta] by flores-et-dracones, maynads; Achilles not burying Patroclus’ body [hc] by marsza; historical context for the horse [meta] by neptunain, spikekat, paratactician; the ultimate glory for Greek heroes was to be remembered after death [meta] by born-in-chains-of-revolution, ilvalentinos; questions the iliad is meant to inspire [hc/joke] by highgardenroses; Penelope to roughly 108 suitors [hc/joke] by swaglexander-the-great; AU where the odyssey takes place entirely in ikea [hc] by (unknown); Plato always started with "so thus and" [meta] by daxsymbiont; what if the homeric texts are actually just a very long game of D&D [hc] by thoodleoo, earlhamclassics, itsalburton; achilles owning a shirt that says ‘if lost return to patroclus’ and patroclus owning the ‘i am patroclus’ shirt [hc/joke] by floralfaun, gingerbludger; sirens described [meta] by Emily Wilson & there’s a frankness to Wilson’s language around work and the people who do it [meta] by Anna North; ever wonder why it's called The Illiad [meta/joke] by Harry Tuffs; the color of just-pressed olive [meta] by Madeline Miller

Great Gatsby: the sexual tension when u and ur crush [joke] by vvrathia, thepasta-nerada; gatsby calls nick “old sport” because he can’t remember his name and it’s gone on too long to ask [hc] by raptorific

Maze Runner: Minho [art] by xiaopa25; TMR: Mean Girls Edition ➝ Minho [sc] by ohnewty; You three rebels are being watched [sc] by subject-obina; the rules [sc] by b-linus; I've made a lot of mistakes in my life [sc] by prettiestcaptain; newt gets scratched on the face - continuity [meta] by bundibird; trio [art] by ryonello;

John Green/etc: not for nothing but at least nine people associated with John Green and his “nerdfighters” have been publicly outed as sexual abusers [meta] by nextyearsgirl, real-life-dipper-pines; that post was about the fact that john green makes them feel personally uncomfortable & the lesson is that their safety in every sphere matters less than that of powerful men [meta] by delladilly; I can't believe how many female authors and creators– who have repeatedly, publicly spoken out about harassment or safe spaces– are choosing to immediately condemn teenage girls [meta] by delladilly, brigidkeely, artismyhammer & the fact that you think he needs your defenses is just mind-boggling [meta] by anandrine & maggie stiefvater specifically [meta] by aheavenlyrush & more on stiefvater [meta] by maggie-stiefvater, delladilly & And here you all are rallying round to send the message to young girls that they better not speak out when a man in their space makes them uncomfortable [meta] by various & These famous authors have made money off the ideals of feminism and on the shoulders of teenage girls. And this is how they pay it back? How dare you. [meta] by wayonwayout; Because people just cannot conceive of the idea you feel uncomfortable outside of *pedophile* [meta] by partially-stars; you need to have a little fucking empathy with women who are in his communities and witnessed his lack of response to all the rapists in his community being brought forward last year [meta] by larcybee; the adults keep saying We Care About Child Abuse but doing absolutely nothing to stop it in a concrete way [meta] by wayonwayout; John Green issues: a summary [meta] by various /// the portrayal of cancer in The Fault in Our Stars [meta] by S.L. Huang; *shoves John Green into a locker but doesn’t close the locker door* & Breaking News [joke] by punlich; We need to talk about Anne Frank [meta] by historicity-was-already-taken

Red White & Royal Blue: POV: ellen claremont in the year 2000, just trying her best [hc] by claremont-holleran; A picture of a national gay landmark and also a statue [art] by foxboylucien; Because that whole quote is just so extremely bisexual it hurts [meta] by andrewminard; Henry’s emotions being represented by water, and Alex’s by fire [meta] by steelrosealchemist; every person who bears a legacy makes the choice of a partner [art] by harry-cameron; Alex Claremont-Diaz is not throwin’ away his shot [art] by vkelleyart; fancast [joke/hc] by motherscarf; Alex, America’s First Son, has so many regrets right now [art] by linecrosser; The way Henry is all like “You’re brave. I could use some of that” [meta] by andrewminard & Because Alex understands the weight of what he’s asking and is still asking it [meta] by dumpsterd1va; “That one was his.” [meta] by andrewminard; “When he’s tired of being touched by strangers : Come back to me when you’re done being flung through the firmament you lost Pleiade.” [meta] by andrewminard; “Did they hurt you?” [fic] by brionbroadway; Dear Diary [hc] by prince-consort-road; the Waterloo Vase was passed between different collections for like 100 years because it was too heavy for any museum’s floor [meta] by hms-chill; “He rolls onto his side and listens, trails the back of his hand across the pillow next to him and imagines Henry lying opposite in his own bed, two parentheses enclosing 3,700 miles.” [art] by vkelleyart; “Cornbread knows my sins, Henry." [art] by vkelleyart; Coming out to President mom [art/joke] by ace-artemis-fanartist; when Henry gets a new portrait [art] by thematicallycoherent;

Sherlock: it makes sense that remakes always want to throw them together but listen. Listen. Irene Adler beat Sherlock Holmes. And Sherlock Holmes beat James Moriarty. [meta] by dragontameroutofcharacter; The OG example of this, Sherlock Holmes, was based on a real person who could do this…..in Victorian England [meta] by prismatic-bell; Modern Sherlock Holmes but he’s a 27 year old, drinks energy drinks only, is astonishing polite and has no idea [hc] by jasontoddiefor

Others: Harper Lee: starbucks [joke] by literarystarbucks; Charlotte Brontë goes up to the counter [joke] by literarystarbucks; Zelda goes up to the counter [joke] by literarystarbucks; It’s ~interesting~ how there are tons of jokes about Sylvia Plath (and Virginia Woolf) committing suicide, but none about Ernest Hemingway or David Foster Wallace [sc, meta] by various; “Why I Wrote ‘The Yellow Wallpaper’“ [meta] by Charlotte Perkins Gilman; Lord of the Flies context [meta] by theubergrump; “on the road” [joke] by walde1nsamkeit; various terrible people [meta] by various & Jim Butcher is fucking skeazy [meta] by thesallowbeldam, prokopetz; imagine moby dick but written in the style of my immortal [hc] by helensgansey; classic lit authors on ao3 [meta/joke] by susiephone; Brontë books [meta] by girlscanlikerobots; my favourite part of Orwell’s writing is when he described anime glasses flashing in 1945 [meta, sc] by lyriumbrownies; Dante’s Inferno: a helpful diagram to eternal damnation [art] by datarep; misc one tweet book summaries [joke] by Mallory Ortberg; the “lolita” covers [sc, meta] by gowns, alldreadjones; Ayn Rand: a summary [joke] by raptorific; Divergent summary [meta] by (unsure); Camelot: modern [sc, hc] by notbecauseofvictories; These are guys who liked the book, but they are honestly confused by Melinda's negative reaction to her rape (Speak) [meta] by Laurie Halse Anderson, nosuchthingasfiction; Anti-Semitism and Kate Breslin’s For Such a Time [meta] by bibliogato; a new copy of part of the Epic of Gilgamesh was found [meta, joke] by oedipusmotherfuckingtyrannus, solo-by-choice; Sherrilyn Kenyon is suing Cassie Claire [meta] by Tessa Gratton & she's a plagiarist (and bully) [meta] by mypatronusisyou; Famous Poems Rewritten as Limericks [fic] by various; Anne McCaffrey completely changed what dragons were [meta] by earendil-was-a-mariner; Antisemitism and The Girl Who Wouldn't Die [x] [meta] by Katherine Locke; “Vortigern’s fate" (King Arthur) [art] by val-a-t; King included a fictionalized version of the murder in IT [meta] by various; Fact: In the 20s Agatha Christie disappeared for ten days [meta] by mysharona1987; Boycott To Siri With Love [meta] by gyrosteelballs; "Traitor," said Amel. "Slut." (Anne Rice) [joke] by various; the true meaning of 42 [meta] by (unknown); The Legend of Sleepy Hollow Nails [art] by jeealee & Dullahan aesthetic timeline (headless horseman) [meta] by (unknown); re "controversial ending" for Animorphs series [meta] by KA Applegate; Wuthering Heights is not a romance [meta] by nestaswitch; it’s not just homoerotic, it’s gay in a very specific way grounded very specifically in the moment in time when it was written (Fight Club) [meta] by el-waylly; Divergent is a bad book, but its accidental brilliance is that it completely mauled the YA dystopian genre by stripping it down to its barest bones for maximum marketability [meta] by weaver-z, roach-works, qwertybard; thank u asimov for accidentally kickstarting the slash movement [meta] by various

Misc: Male Novelist Jokes [video] by Mallory Ortberg; Guy in your MFA [joke/meta] by Guy In Your MFA; So one day a dwarf is talking to a human and finally realizes that when humans say woman [hc] by prettyinpixiedust, avelera; Conflict in Literature [art/meta] by Grant Snider; real talk why do so many fantasy universes think giant spiders are necessary [meta] by prince-bergs, downtroddendeity, reshki; On happy endings in romance… [meta] by speakingworlds; using lycanthropy in urban fantasy as an excuse for toxic masculinity [meta] by tahtheterror; you can't judge a book purely by its content [meta] by various; Amazing how many prophecies involve teens [hc/meta] by thebroodingyahero; Marley Dias - #1000BlackGirlBooks [sc] by -teesa-; it wasn't in the book [meta] by various; more fantasy heroines who don’t look down on female-coded work [meta] by lectorel; It must be hard for a man [joke/meta] by The Coffeyville Weekly Journal; How To Tell If You Are In A High Fantasy Novel [meta] by The Toast; Accurately-titled novels [joke/sc] by writershq; reasons not to have the enigmatic stuttering character be Secretly The Killer The Whole Time in your whodunit [meta] by raisel-the-riveter; Prize Launched for Thrillers That Don't Involve Violence Against Women [meta] by Kelly Faircloth; There is this controversy in book industries about e-books [meta] by nucpunk, tinyhipsterboy; So every single woman is in a Hard SF novel is what you’re telling me [hc] by various; the lack of LGBTQ+ and POC representation in the historical romance category in the RITAs [meta] by Alexis Hall; That dismissal of romance as a genre is a political act [meta] by C.P. Hoffman; The female writers, for whatever reason (men?), don’t much believe in heroes, which makes their kind of storytelling perhaps a better fit for these cynical times [meta] by Terrence Raftery; the wives of all the "great" male writers - supported each other, were the writers, the editors, the sources [meta] by sespursongles; There is a certain irony here, because many of the first werewolves to be outed in society from the 16th through the 18th centuries were actually women [meta] by Julia Oldham;

Kosher by Michelle Christian (movies_michelle)
     - Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal
     - The first time I saw the Savior after he died he hit me in the mouth.

________________________ Stephanie Meyer _______________________

How Bellward Got Their Groove (Or At Least, Kinda Tried) by dollsome
    - After an unsuccessful double date with Jessica and Mike, Edward and Bella set out to prove to the world that they aren't relationship snobs. This quest is hindered a little bit by the fact that they totally, totally are.

Bokeback Twilight Trailer by brokebacktwilight
    - Fake Trailer; Edward/Jacob

Open Your Houses by sweetestdrain
     - "Open Your Houses" by Shearwater
     - Let in the night. (Bella & Edward)

Keeping Up With the Cullens [sc/joke] by panlight; Why don't Rosalie and Emmett adopted a baby? [sc/joke] by keepingupwiththecullens; the Cullens: Who is the most emo one? [sc/joke] by keepingupwiththecullens;

how Fifty Shades of Grey became a movie [meta] by hurricangst

The Jaws Effect [meta] by Jenny Trout

Twilight + Tumblr [sc] by panlight

the thing that we all have to realize about twilight fanfic is that a good 95% of it is AU & bella swan never had a fucking chance, y’all [meta] by halfdesiprincess

Twilight:Reimagined - so many changes [meta] by feferi & need to see her try to write her way out of the pregnancy [meta] by urbanhymnal; plot twist: JK rowling writes a series on voldemorts point of view [joke] by lmaoalien, accioheadcanons & The real victim here is John Green [joke] by punlich; Bella thinks trees are pretty. Beaufort is a man [joke/meta] by Alexis Dreadd

I was born in a thunderstorm (Leah) [sc] by cmpassionatesoul

meyer’s representation of the quileute tribe [meta] by booksnbutterbeer, givemeunicorns, themorrigansson, mzminola

the “radioactive spider” line (should have been in college) [meta] by vampireapologist

the host: mistakes [fic] by notbecauseofvictories

Ppl always saying “u need Jesus,” and “find God,” and “go 2 church” [meta/joke] by thesallowbeldam; the mormon really jumps out in this paragraph [meta/joke] by gayvampiredad; #neverforget the time that Bella wore a full length khaki skirt to meet Edward’s family and he basically lost it because he thought she looked so sexy & this reminds me of her emphasis on the cullens car [meta/joke] by various;

Jasper Hale is in high school why? [meta/joke] by Jackson Rathbone;

Jacob could just pose as the guardian because at looking 25 he’s canonically older-looking [hc/joke] by stolenmelody, panlight;

the matching family jewelry [meta] by batmanisagatewaydrug & true crime documentary where a bunch of completely ordinary humans are trying to figure out why Bella effectively disappeared after high school [hc] by batmanisagatewaydrug; One day Edward gets a call from Jacob and he’s like [hc/joke] by gayvampiretown

bella was lucky she didn’t have a cell phone of any kind [hc] by cockmcstuffins

AU where Bella is rightly Creeped the Fuck Out by Edward [hc] by bramblepatch

So, if the Cullens wanted to become stronger without jeopardizing their morals, could they consume mosquitoes instead? [meta] by twilightmademegay, 3denali;

he was fucking 15 years old??? [meta] by couldnt-think-of-a-funny-name;

u know when i was 12 i just kinda assumed the cullens’ cover story worked bc a 23 year old is obviously an Adult [meta] by thereforelesbians, apathbacktoyou; twilight but bella is accidentally super stoned every time edward does something weird and supernatural so she never actually notices [hc, joke] by lapushpack, rosalielesbianhale; Twilight is even funnier if you try to imagine how many people probably thought Bella was a vampire. [hc] by listlesslion

it’s so nice of them to lay out a carrot for edward even though they know he’s not coming [sc, meta, joke] by various;

bella, sitting literally two seats away [hc] by twilightisgaynow

the Twilight Saga are verbatim reproductions of in-universe diary entries carefully and deliberately created by unreliable narrator Bella [hc] by tricktster

do you ever wonder why she had the cullens live in a small town to preserve their “anonymity?” has she ever been to a small town? [meta] by queencatradora

I’ve been chewing on rotten fruit since birth (rosalie hale) [sc] by breetanners

driving [meta] by novasforce

for reference this is edward’s reaction to bella using a hair dryer [meta/joke] by cowjasperboy; for context, bella is about to pour cheerios [meta/joke] by novasforce

wish Bella’s grandmother’s Alzheimer’s had been an actual part of the books [meta] by dontneedyourheroact

Cullens literally went out and bought kitchen appliances for Bella [meta, sc] by ultward

A Lukewarm Defence of Fifty Shades of Grey & Part 2: Things Go Downhill Very Quickly & Part 3: Freed [vids] by Folding Ideas
- Meta videos about the movie trilogy, as well as some backstory on the books

______________________ Lord of the Rings _____________________

Boromir: someone's talking shit about Boromir [sc/joke] by methedras; Boromir will do better in his next life [sc/joke] by (unsure); zinat/boromir [sc, fic] by notbecauseofvictories; people seem to think that Boromir is a quote-on-quote "bad character" or "morally grey" because he makes literally one mistake [meta] by gahladriel; consider (modern au apparently) Boromir who just talks about his brother all the time and has so many pictures [hc] by sovinly; no one can say that death found in me [sc] by fircyca; During Boromir’s death scene in the Fellowship of the Ring film, you a hear a choir in the soundtrack [meta] by lotrfansaredorcs; Boromir lives AU [hc, joke] by penny-anna; Boromir is the only member of the fellowship of the ring that would have Valid Driver’s License in a Modern AU [hc] by gallusrostromegalus; Boromir, Frodo, and Childhood [meta] by overthinkinglotr, mikkeneko

Legolas/Gimli: Legolas & Gimli discuss gender [art] by nebriniel; Gimli the beautiful and Legolas the pain [hc, joke] by Edrinna, Audrey Fox; Gimli/Legolas: Lego Version [sc, hc] by sarah531, gyzym; If you can read this [art, hc/fic] by abatonandouro, gyzym; Gloin's reactions [art, hc] by various; I would cut off your head, dwarf [sc, hc] by nastyhobbits, (unsure) & Aragon and diplomacy (Legolas/Gimli) [sc, hc] by filikitty, gyzym & Gimli's surprised Legolas is defending him (so is Legolas) [sc, joke] by nastyhobbits, gyzym; Farewell to Lórien (Gimli) [sc, meta] by dracaarys, 10followedfelagund; Legolas Observations [hc, meta] by thranduilings, gyzym; Legolas/Gimli (racebend) [art] by palaceofposey; Aragorn the reluctant and faintly embarrassed best man at Legolas and Gimli’s wedding. [hc/fic] by everybodyilovedies; hi i’m auditioning for the role of gimli son of glóin [hc/joke] by robotmango; Gimli/Legolas forehead touch [art] by jaegervega; Gimli:*trying to find Legolas mid-battle* // Gimli: fuck it // Gimli, yelling at max volume [hc/joke] by legolras; elves: fuck dwarves [joke] by nobledurins; Things that crack me up about Legolas [meta] by postmodernismruinedme; a medicinal herb! (Legolas/Gimli) [art] by coconutmilkyway; thranduil sleeps calmer knowing even if his son married a dwarf at least he married The Supermodel dwarf and singlehandedly crushed the hopes of single dwarves and dwarrowdams everywhere [art, meta/hc] by jam-art, words-writ-in-starlight; the greatest glasses commercial [hc/joke] by gregorvorbarra; paper cut [art] by nathsketch; Nobody has a more peak college experience than Gimli Gloinsson [hc] by egregiousderp; The one with the fish [hc, art] by roselightfairy, deheerkonijn; even the in-universe annotation in the appendices talking about how Legolas brought Gimli along to Valinor with him is like “We don’t actually know how they managed this." [meta] by astriiformes; even the in-universe annotation in the appendices talking about how Legolas brought Gimli along to Valinor with him [meta] by astriiformes, honourablejester

Aragorn, Aragorn & Other: The Lord of the Rings: meeting ghosts [art] by duckazoid; Aragorn’s self-esteem is brought down by a hobbit [sc, joke] by (unsure); elvish elvish elvish [sc/joke] by omashuqueen; This woman you sing of [sc/joke] by thoriny; Film-Aragorn can basically communicate with/understand animals [meta, art] by lotrfansaredorcs; aragorn’s instagram consists of aesthetic nature stills and legolas’s instagram [hc] by frodoes;

aragorn and legolas but theyre tired camp counselors [art] by rhymewithrachel; we don't have enough to fight [sc/joke,meta] by yeaka; Aragorn becomes the protagonist of a Horse Girl Movie™ [meta, sc] by overthinkinglotr; *film* Aragorn and Arwen break up right before Aragorn leaves Rivendell [hc/meta] by overthinkinglotr; bros…. [art] by gees-west; Barliman the innkeeper hearing that the dirty old man who used to live in the woods [hc] by argumate, tanadrin; Aragorn and Legolas and that lament [hc/meta] by various

Saruman, Sauron, Orcs, the Ring: Saruman who does not in fact “got this” [joke] by fangirlfilms, actualmenacebuckybarnes; on the 5th day of Christmas my true love gave to me five golden rings [joke] by assholedisney; when the Men of the Mark refused to sell Sauron their horses, the Dark Lord sent plundering Orcs to steal some anyway. but [meta, joke] by poplitealqueen; Saruman of Many Colours [art] by chechula; “Looks like meat’s back on the menu, boys” implies that Orcs [meta/joke] by just-shower-thoughts, yarking; They were once elves… [art] by scorpionhoney; Update: Sauron is not afraid of hobbits. [meta] by misbehavingmaiar, defniel; Where is Sauron? [sc/joke] by garashirs; “LOOKS LIKE MEAT’S BACK ON THE MENU, BOYS“ bellows the Orc to his Orc friends (the moss-troll problem) [meta] by triangle-mom; this super powerful scary evil sentient ring has a favorite pet name and just, like, will not respond to anything else [meta/hc] by various

Misc Characters: Baby!Smaug [art] by yukipri; uh and that guy [sc/joke] by elijahwood; "I am almost tempted to let you take it." [sc] by aoife1108; Gandalf could have used some leashes [art] by flatbear; here’s the thing about love in the trilogy [meta] by khaleesi; illustrations [art] by Jian Guo; This looks like the worlds most unhappy wedding [sc, hc] by virsenya; Aragorn, Legolas, Thorin and Thranduil [art] by Namecchan; “I am No Man” Doesn’t Cut It: The Story of Eowyn [meta] by The Mary Sue; Ent Hanımları [art] by thewhitetreeorg; A day may come when the courage of men fails [sc] by bagginshield; "Gondor calls for aid!" [joke/sc] by (unknown); One of the greatest tragedies in existence is that Peter Jackson’s Smaug is one of the best rendered CGI dragons in cinema history, but he wasted the literary dragon’s potential as a character [meta] by tyrantisterror; you're really dirty [sc/joke] by dorwinionwine; Forth, and fear no darkness! [sc] by fuck-yeah-middle-earth; Ideas for the Lord of the Rings TV series [hc] by lighteningpool, sarahexplosions; Middle Earth's Next Top Model [sc/hc/joke] by various; gollums loincloth is like 2 inches of toilet paper and he’s hopping around like disneys quasimodo doing acrobatics [meta] by fleetwoodbrak; how long should Faramir's hair be [meta] by anghraine; some members of the fellowship actually don’t get along and just never will [hc] by lesbiansforboromir; If by my life or death I can protect you, I will [sc] by boromirs; The way Legolas and Arwen approach falling in love with a mortal is really, really funny [meta] by thelastlonelywriter; The Fellowship of the Ring as girl scout cookies [sc/joke] by BakerStRat; they're going to the harbor [sc] by haleths; Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli were solving a murder mystery in a giant mansion. Legolas kept eating popcorn. [art] by emilybeemartin; Hobbits vs Cinematography [meta, sc] by overthinkinglotr; the only parallel in cinematic history that matters is frodo's and sam's hands reaching [meta, sc] by contact1997; Pitch: Muppet Lord of the Rings. Miss Piggy as Eowyn. [hc] by schmergo; but something happened then the ring did not intend [meta/joke] by various; Lotr characters [art] by guilhermefranco;

Hobbits: Frodo goes up to the counter [joke] by literarystarbucks; Pippin will be inheriting land rights to about a quarter of the Shire [sc, meta] by various; most intense fridge horror about hobbits: a lot of the food mass that goes in… comes out again [meta] by roachpatrol; sam’s like “mr. frodo if i take one more step this is the farthest from the shire ive ever been” and then a ways after [meta] by deathgripsforcutie, thepioden; Frodo Baggins of The Shire [art] by emtydesign; Frodo Laid a Geas (and other invisible magic) [meta] by mikkeneko; Can tell Merry & Pippin apart, of course they can, what kind of question is that [hc] by penny-anna; Merry & Pippin betting each other they can’t get an honest job, both setting out to see who can get hired first w their ridiculous CVs [hc] by disasterbisexualpippin; I'll take care of you [sc] by penny-anna; what about second breakfast? [art] by chennn000; Had he not gone on the quest to destroy the ring, Frodo Baggins would have been a trope from a Victorian novel [meta] by smthnwentwrong; even the smallest person [sc] by thelordsoftherings; Frodo and Sam reach the Cracks of Doom [meta] by mapsburgh, cladeanguilla; Concept: Sam finds out elves can die of sadness, gets very concerned, starts doing his best to make sure Mr Legolas is happy all the time just in case [hc] by penny-anna; That’s all very well to say, Mr Frodo, but you and Peter Jackson were both asleep the one time I tried to bond with him over cookery [meta] by glumshoe, animatedamerican; Sam & Frodo are two halves of a single hero [meta] by various; Frodo: Do you ever walk into a room and immediately [joke] by lotrreactionmemes; LotR is a memoir by hobbits [meta] by Sean Kelly; honestly frodo’s journey is so wild [meta/joke] by paper-rose-doodles; Sam Gamgee deserves more credit for refusing to serve unseasoned food [meta/joke] by monsieurenjlolras

Elves & Dwarves: racebent!Galadriel [art] by haridraws; elf sexuality [meta] by ozymandias271 & What Tolkien Officially Said About Elf Sex [meta] by ansereg; dwarven women (in Middle-earth) are more interested in their craft than in either having children or travelling [meta] by last-snowfall; On Jewish Dwarves [meta] by thecakesokay, genderbutt; Tolkien just said elves have leaf-shaped ears. He didn’t see what kind of leaf. [art] by various; The Mirror of Galadriel [art] by linesdamnlines; Legolas always loved riding the end of his father’s robes as a little elfing [art] by motherofbees; elves and the curvature of earth [meta, art, hc] by various; everyone in fantasy novels is horny on main for elves and it’s honestly a travesty [hc] by worldsworstfather; Legolas and Arwen have known each other most of their lives [hc] by notbecauseofvictories; book legolas is pretty cool but film legolas reminds me [hc/joke] by punkfaery; we ride together, we die together [sc/joke] by tolkien-shitposting

Language, Tolkien: Tolkien: Words for Cocks [meta] by nolikereally; Tolkien died in 1973 [meta-ish] by naturemetaltolkien; Tolkien & his headcanons/AU fic [sc, meta] by various; gondorians speak sindarin as a first language and yet when faramir was talking to frodo and sam [meta] by mistergandalf; ever has it grown on the tombs of my forebears [sc/joke] by methedras; the Gondorian dialect of the Common Speech differentiates between formal and informal second-person pronouns but the distinction’s been lost in the Hobbit’s dialect [meta] by scribefindegil; Bilbo’s final ‘riddle’ that’s really more of a question that Gollum would have no way of knowing has a precedent in medieval Germanic literature [meta] by tolkienismyreligion; BUT rather than pretend the early version never existed, Tolkien went and worked the retcon into the lore [meta] by various; You: Good morning! [hc/joke] by elvish-memesmith; In LOTR the word ‘man’ is only used for human men [meta/hc] by penny-anna; since the lord of the rings is a “translation” from the “original” westron we don’t have to take any dialog for granted [meta], hc] by mirkwoodest; the reason why Tolkien keeps referring to “the bow of Legolas” and [meta/hc] by helimir; Thinking about the Fellowship and….. languages [meta/hc] by astriiformes

Misc: how does Middle Earth have modern products that England only received through trade with India and China [meta] by sarriane; Lord of the Rings had a very medieval philosophy: that if the king was a good man, the land would prosper. We look at real history and it’s not that simple. [meta] by George R.R. Martin; the hero fails. And then the hero goes home, and finds home a smoking desolation [meta] by poorquentyn & Tolkien’s hero was average, and needed help, and failed [meta] by Limyaael, elenilote, msbarrows; the thing about lotr that the movies don’t convey so fully is how the story is set in an age heavily overshadowed by all the ages before [meta] by wufflesvetinari; How the Lord of the Rings Films do Death Scenes [meta, sc] by lotrfansaredorcs; Immortal mortals, mortal immortals, one living the others death and dying the others life [sc] by feanope; The thing Gandalf loves second-most about hobbits is their weed [meta] by garashirs; Eowyn reads like a female character who knows she’s at the mercy of a sexist storytelling tradition [meta] by quietblogoflurk; Gollum wasn’t driven insane by the ring, he only ate fish for 500 years and had mercury poisoning [meta] by earendil-was-a-mariner, elodieunderglass; The road goes ever on and on, down from the door where it began [art] by diwhitney; The Gates of Argonath [art] by chennn000 & dabbing [art] by sartsumas; the rare case where the book is a musical and the movie isn’t [meta] by momfriendmeriadoc; it’s a melding of narrative paradigms [meta] by thearrogantemu; in the two towers the narration strictly changes from frodo’s pov to sam’s pov, and we continue to see things from sam’s eyes from there almost to the very end of the return of the king [meta] by tolkienhoe, quietblogoflurk; LOTR’s special effects are stylized in a very careful, deliberate, and beautiful way [meta, sc] by overthinkinglotr, christenkimbell; nothing in lotr undid what happened in the hobbit [meta] by ankkaneito, hirilelfwraith

Fandom: Lord of the Rings Project [meta] by Emil Johansson; Figwit Lives [meta, sc] by glumshoe; The Battle of Helm’s Deep in LEGOs [art] by Rich-K, Big J.; The Return of the King (Avengers: Infinity War Style) [vid] by EMM;

The Hobbit: I do not care about one dead dwarf [art] by megatruh; Biblo/Thorin and reincarnation/recreation [meta] by tawghasa; It still confuses me that…if The Hobbit wanted more female characters, why didn’t they just gender-swap half the dwarves?? [meta] by lotrfansaredorcs, littleblackkittycat; The Hobbit is like 'The Zeppo' of fantasy [meta] by Anthony Oliveira; Bilbo: wait I get it now. The dragon is a metaphor for greed and power. [hc/joke] by earendil-was-a-mariner; If Bilbo & Gollum were women [hc/joke] by Courtney!!!Milan; Some believe it is only great power that can hold evil in check [art] by taylorrosemakesart; To be fair, he was essentially helping someone else get rid of their own Sackville-Bagginses [meta] by various

______________________ Crossovers/Fusions __________________

Gandalf & Aslan [art] by cryofthealbatross; C. S. Lewis put that street lamp in Narnia [meta] by tolkien-in-beleriand & cs lewis: are you alright with constructive criticism? i dont want to sound mean // tolkien: no go ahead i want to hear it [meta/hc/joke] by various

Vimes & Javert switch places [art] by irenydrawsdeadpeople

______________________ Plays/Musicals/Shows __________________

Wicked: Wicked [art] by paticmak; No One Mourns the Wicked [art] by schwathing; animated Wicked movie [art] by pixiv; Fiyero has dark skin (Wicked) [meta] by petratodd; Wicked cast [art] by jeong-dw; we're just two friends [art] by lyndez; a tourist murders my sister, steals her shoes, and accepts a mission [meta] by biggest-gaudiest-patronuses; I hope you’re happy, my friend. [art] by luchsyy

The Six: “Like, what was I meant to do?” [art] by devillefort-master; too many years lost in history [sc] by milliefrommarketing

jean valjeans alter ego is monsieur madeleine [joke] by hatarlakrits, (unsure); Les Mis but it’s like Dora: A Concept [hc/joke] by savemyplace-santafe

Matilda the Musical was transphobic [meta] by sixth-light

OKAY WHAT GETS ME more than the plot or anything else is that there are absolutely no solid rules for the way cats exist in relation to humans in this story world (Cats) [meta, hc] by vampireapologist, waffliesinyoface

The depiction of ninjas as dressed all in black comes from traditional Japanese theatre [meta] by airyairyquitecontrary

You were born on this farm (Home) [art] by overflow8

#don’t make this weird Christine #a summary of the phantom of the opera in five words [meta] by various

_________________________ Hamilton _________________________

Hamilton: Act I Burr: If you don't shut the fuck up, someone is going to shoot you [meta/joke] by alejandrasimmons; the characters aren’t based on their historical counterpoints as people, they’re based on the words they left behind [meta] by schuylering; If I tell her that I love him she’d be silently resigned [art] by paticmak; Hamilpeep diorama [art] by Kate Ramsayer, Helen Fields, and Joanna Church; how does a bastard orphan [art] by actualfiction; The show begins with Burr coming onto an empty stage in that burgundy coat [sc, meta] by justintaylor, pluckyredhead; the length of the schuyler sisters's sleeves directly corresponds to their ages [meta] by jeffer-sin; The Bullet, an ensemble member (foreshadowing) [meta] by Phoebe Corde & The Bullet [sc, meta] by cortexiphanolivia; Burr: I can’t let this man with 6 small children who need a fatherly figure make an orphan of my 22-year old married daugher [meta/joke] by a-hamil-ton-of-sins; how using the Hamilton lyrics is whitewashing [meta] by lemonyandbeatrice; There are a myriad of problems with how white people engage with the show, but the argument is more nuanced than “this is the worst thing to ever happen to black people and rap music.” [meta] by allerasphinx; the white parts of the fandom kind of run with it and turn it into a daddy kink kind of thing [meta] by alexandralexander-moved; Functionally, Hamilton is propaganda, and that means all critical analyses of the musical must treat it as such, even if it wasn’t intentional [meta] by traumakafka; oblivious, white hamilton bloggers ignore and argue [meta] by padawankorra; Where are the Natives in Hamilton? [meta] by Dr. Adrienne Keene; So don’t listen to or watch Hamilton and then come out of that to romanticize the founding fathers [meta] by thequintessentialqueer; Hamilton does NOT have colorblind casting [meta] by oneorangeshoelace; hamilton watching national treasure [hc/joke] by mitsurugireiji, taahko; cats are serious business (aaron burr) [art] by hameowlton; lmm is singlehandedly responsible for a surge of ‘flower crown uwu I love the slave master founding fathers’ culture [meta] by various; Hamilton + Onion Headlines [sc] by edwardnvgmas; America wasn’t created by immigrants it was invaded by colonists can you guys stop posting that shit [meta] by swamp; I picked up a pen (michael luwoye’s last day as hamilton) [art] by kayleerowena; Come now, the sorrowful dead weep solemnly… [art] by hameowlton; im a trust fund baby you can trust me [art] by scijou; haunting [art] by hameowzart; I strike him right between the ribs [art] by druid-for-hire; She rips Hamilton up on the thing he’s most known for, what he’s most proud of – his WRITING [meta] by the-other-51, menaceanon; could swear Burr was talking from balcony, and Hamilton was yelling from the street in the most fucked up rendition of romeo and juliet ever [art/joke] by wheeloffortune-design; George Washington: What's your biggest weakness? [joke] by (unknown); ‘Weehawken. Dawn. Guns. Drawn’ [art] by mikiprice; Burr + orange [art] by rondanchan; So apparently Jefferson was obsessed with making mac and cheese [art] by aillemac316; Reynolds Pamphlet.png [art] by sinlizards; burr just standing and minimal choreography during wait for it vs. [meta] by a-musical-hoe; There’s nothing wrong with analyzing the infamously errant comma [meta/joke] by schmergo

>Fusion: do you really think it's a good idea [sc] by thehamwing; you missed it. it was incredible [sc] by thehamwing; Hamilton: About a week ago I accidentally slept with Maria Reynolds [hc] by thefederalistfreestyle; Hamilton: [on the phone with the New York Times] 17 across. Yes, 17 across is wrong… [hc] by incorrect-hamilton-quotes; Angelica: Well, it's a date, you know? It's kind of hard to casually bring up the treasury department [hc] by parksandhamilton; you want to mock people or [sc/joke] by thehamwing

>ASL: "Alexander Hamilton" [vid] by Sarah Tubert; "Satisfied" [vid] by Alisa Head; "Cabinet Battle #2" [vid] by the New York Deaf Theatre;

>Other: Irish Dance - "Guns and Ships" [vid] by Hannah Red; Hamilton (Original Broadway Cast Recording) with lyrical annotations [meta/song] by various; Soundtrack & Deleted Songs [songs] by various & Ham4Ham: The Definitive Collection [meta/vids] by stickmarionette; Hamilton - Opening Number Homage to Sweeney Todd [vid] by Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS; The Hamilton Mixtape: Immigrants (We Get The Job Done) [vid] by Hamilton: An American Musical; “First Burn” [vid] by LMM;

______________________ Bible/non-spn angels ______________________

Angels: corporate dystopia + angels [sc] by notbecauseofvictories; “I remember the dinosaurs,” Raziel said amiably. [hc] by notbecauseofvictories; To Protect [art] by PeteMohrbacher; And the angel said [sc, joke] by unclefather; a Black angel [sc] by foxwin, kayliemalinza; urban fantasy angels [hc] by notbecauseofvictories; the first generation angels [hc] by anneretic, notbecauseofvictories, Sherlurker; “Upside Down” [art] by Marco Casalvieri; modern myths: stranded angels [sc] by eothaines; dancing angel (wings of dust) [sc] by Jeffrey Vanhoutte; Motherland Chronicles [art] by tobiee (Tobias Kwan); Angels with wings that drip with tar [hc] by bonemage; Wire Sculptures (angels and demons) [art] by Richard Stainthorp; angels are angles [hc] by binghsien; what if angels are black holes and halos are just the light warping around them being pulled in by gravity [hc] by claidilady; wings hanging on the rack [sc] by laciemary; shhh do not be afraid [art] by bamf-castiel; angels getting parts of their frequency captured by early technology [hc] by anon, ancienttext; harbinger [art] by victoriousvocabulary; Golden Angel [art] by TomAlbert; what angels actually look like per the bible [sc, joke/hc] by various; walking angel [art] by vexartblog; An “angel” is anything that carries out a mission for God. This includes forces of nature [meta] by Rabbi Jack Abramowitz; Obscure Angel Memes [hc] by cosmicallybrownie; Light [art] by HFesbra; Take it Away [art] by (unknown); actual old testament angel Mercy [art] by romans-art; person of color: hey wouldn’t it be cool if angels were represented as brown or black more often– [meta] by digivolvin; actual old testament angel Mercy [art] by romans-art; A fallen angel [art] by perplexingly; we are called to do many things for the Almighty [art] by tomato-bird; angel [art] by shouty-y; I’d be bitter too 👼🏾 [art] by linaisbluepancake; “biblical angels” you do realise there are angels in the old testament that are literally just regular looking guys, right? [meta] by duckbunny; angels, deciding what shape to take when interacting with The Humans: well….eye contact is important to humans, right? [hc] by biggest-gaudiest-patronuses; concept: angels but they look like stingray skeletons [sc/art] by gayarsonist

>>Archangels: Michael & Lucifer [sc, meta] by notbecauseofvictories; Lucifer: better to reign in hell rather than serve in heaven [sc] by ilvalentinos; what colour would god bleed? [poem] by e.h.; When God created his angels [poem] by coleridges; whenever God needed to punish someone he sent an angel [sc] by manticoreimaginary; Gabriel the Messenger of God [sc] by shakespeareandpunk; hierarchy of angels (the nine choirs) [art] by failmacaw; the Angel of Death sometimes just [hc/meta] by pipistrellus; young gabriel, michael, raphael, and lucifer discussing how there can only be three in the trinity [hc] by notbecauseofvictories;

Horsemen: Horsemen of The Apocalypse [art] by spartanen; Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse [sc] by turianbatman, actualmenacebuckybarnes; the horses [art] by madmothmiko; what if in the four horsemen of the apocalypse & white suburban moms [hc, art] by various & A frat house of deadly sins [hc] by bogusjake, brodingershat

Genesis: Lilith (& Eve) [art, meta] by Kiki Smith, gyzym; Tell them you don’t know how Eve felt [quote] by Caitlyn Siehl; lilith was created before eve from the same soil as adam to be his wife [meta] by beyase; of course it’s not adam and steve [meta/joke] (unknown); Adam has no reason to look beyond the garden because the garden was made for Adam [meta] by apriki; “And so Adam and Eve were cast out of the Garden of Eden, and Eve turned to Adam and said, 'Nice going, loser.‘” (bible rewrite) [fic/joke] by punkfaery; Eve In Eden [art] by raisehelia

Mary(s) & Saints: Nothing happened until Mary said ‘Yes’ [meta] by Dave Hingsburger; Mary Magdalene is the madwoman - angry mad - in Christianity’s attic [quote/meta] by Jane Schaberg; When Jesus first appeared, he appeared to two women, during a time when female testimony was illegitimate [meta] by Dianna Anderson; shouldn’t you at least @mary first? [hc] by shakespeareandpunk, (unknown); sure there are the Heavy Hitters of Saints [hc] by notbecauseofvictories; if the catholic canon of saints proves anything, it’s that post-jesus, god’s favorite mouthpiece is teenage girls who aren’t interested in men touching them [meta] by notbecauseofvictories, musingsdeme; S.O.V.A. [art] by by Harpiya; if catholicism/christianity is fake… mary really was in that for the long haul [hc] by orcgf

Jesus & Apostles: apostle names [meta] by vagabondaesthetics, zemedelphos; I asked my pastor if Judas had been in love with Jesus [poem] by K. Wright; the Apostles are probably late teens to early 20s [meta] by carpeumbra, napoldeinlove; I bet the sermon on the mount was really just passive-aggressive concern trolling [hc] by missvoltairine; Let’s be honest: Jesus wouldn’t take the wheel [hc] by literary-potato & Everybody knows that Jesus drove a Honda & more [hc/joke] by various; Hey Mary, Hey Joseph [art] by brainbubblegum; Jesus was a socialist [meta] by soyonscruels; Medusa vs Jesus [sc/joke] by nayters; when Jesus knew Judas would betray him [joke] by appetitusinvictus; Easter means: if we had the chance to meet God face to face, we’d choose instead to murder Him [meta] by tranxio; the one I kiss is Jesus [joke] by wizzard890; the last supper was the first murder mystery dinner [meta/joke] by duskenpath; How can she say Jesus was a white man when he died the blackest way possible? [sc] by Crystal Valentine; I asked Jesus [sc/joke] by aaaaa42; Jesus asks Peter “Do you love me?” using a form of the verb ἀγαπάω [meta] by dukeofbookingham; you cant make people in your a/b/o fics say jesus christ [joke/meta] by tormoody; 3 things Jesus’ love will never do [joke] by various; how many communions do you have to do before you've eaten a whole Jesus? [meta/joke] by various; it’s true, we rejected jesus bc he is a soft soyboy [hc/joke] by starlightomatic, jewish-privilege; it's never just a selfie [sc/joke, meta] by goopypaltrow, lucentgallivanter, theloa; physical description of Jesus [meta/joke] by various; What if Jesus had come in 2017 instead of back during Roman times? Would He, instead of using parables, have spoken in memes? [hc] by various; Jesus goes over the bill at the last supper [hc/joke] by David Hughes; everyone glosses over the fact that he took the time to braid a whip [meta] by castle-engineer; as much as the concept of Jesus being a fairly normal lad has its charms, im personally very intrigued by the idea of him being just… extremely weird [hc] by secifosseluce

Christianity Info & Misc & some Judaism: If anyone slaps you on the right cheek [meta] by thefullnessofthefaith, central-avenue & more [meta] by various; Jesus dying on the cross [meta] by nextyearsgirl; Bible tells you how to have an abortion [meta] by stfuconservatives; If a man lieth [meta] by various; white Jesus [meta] by various; dear gays [joke] by mindfang; the Old Testament is about us not God [meta] by swanjolras, mzminola; ten commandments were written by a dude [meta] by roarkshop; saying Christ's sacrifice on the cross was invalid [meta] by drunkonstephen; 1500 year old bible claims Jesus Christ was not crucifed [meta] bydestielhiseyesopened, maggie-stiefvater; "no homo" God said [joke] by (unsure); man lieth with mankind [meta] by various; the prehistoric era was God’s Deviantart stage [hc] by dopernose, fivetail; God creating the ocean [hc] by Miltron; the term “judeo-christian” [meta] by swanjolras; Christianity begins and is the circling around a vilified, broken, marginalized body [meta] by honeyandwormwood; i’m sick of these YA novels where the protagonist is ~the chosen one~ [joke] by vladisbob, old-think; what if a catholic priest were to just bless the entire ocean [meta] by westfailia, kneesbutt; Puritan names in the 17th-19th C. [meta] by themyskira; I don’t understand why some Christians promote abstinence as a form of birth control when it didn’t even work for Mary [meta/joke] by just-shower-thoughts; God sent an angel. One of his least qualified, though. [poem] by Chen Chen; "I said I hate figs" [meta] by weheartit, sassy-satan666; angel: youre so angry all the time i think you should get a hobby // god: how about boating [hc] by memeufacturing; physics are nothing but the laws of harmonies on a string [hc] by Micho Kaku; God: needs a giant multi-colored post-it in the sky to remind it not to destroy everything [meta] by various; every year around christmas me and my grandma play this fun family game called “maybe you want to put jesus in your room instead, sweetie? :)” [hc/joke/art] by grumpsaesthetics; Churches are often filled w/ idolatrous imagery, Orthodox Jews cannot enter [meta] by various; Then when G-d asks [Cain], ‘Where is your brother Abel?’ [meta] by Rabbi Joseph Telushkin; it takes me like 3 days to wake up in the morning [joke] by kanyewesticle; confused calvinist, 6 months after conversion [hc/joke] by pochowek; some bible comments [hc/joke] by various; and then god said ‘through me all things are possible so jot that down’ [joke] by bepeu; Cain & Abel, portraying them as a couple of mid-1950s schoolyard boys [sc/joke] by kramergate; “MYRRH-DER” “*gasp* Judas! No!” joke to a group of medieval peasants [meta, joke] by penfairy; The church before Martin Luther’s 95 theses (1516) [sc/joke] by fakehistory; Moses And The Burning Bush [art/joke] by konoira; sexy bible quotes [meta] by ao3tagoftheday, oxymoronicromantic; the story of Moses, as told by Ramses the frat bro [hc/joke] by edftwinry

Updated: 4-11-23
Categories: Once Upon a Time, non-Disney/Pixar, Fairy Tales, Myths
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_______________________ Once Upon a Time ____________________

Could Have Been A Year by thrace
- Mulan tries to forget about Aurora. Fate has other plans. [Aurora/Mulan]

a story, a tale by maleficently
    - AU; the curse is cast by Maleficent, not Regina, and its intended targets are Aurora and her true love. [Aurora/Mulan]

somewhere, someone must know the ending by maleficently
    - “I’m here because... I think my kid is having some kind of delusional breakdown because he can’t cope with the fact that ... Mayor Mills and I split up.” /// Dr. Hopper pushes his glasses up his nose in a measured movement. “What makes you think that?” /// “Well, among other things, he thinks his mother is about to cut Mary Margaret Blanchard’s heart out of her chest, before pulverizing it and sending her into a coma that only her true love can rescue her from.” /// [AU; here, 'fairy tale land' is merely a product of Henry's imagination during a difficult time.] [Regina/Emma]

we're strangers till now by Lizzen
    - AU: Mulan and Aurora are swept up in the original dark curse. As are Maleficent’s sleeper agents. [Aurora/Mulan]

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Swan Queen: Regina’s bad at talking about her feelings [sc] by bonestrewn; Swan Queen and Unicorns [meta] by thisfreemind; two women share a son but it turns to two heterosexual couples instead [meta] by calculaic & there’s a show where a kid has two moms and yet the show is so incredibly arrogantly heterosexual [sc, meta] by swanqueengifs, the--cheekbones; The first Swan Queen scene [sc/art] by marynesq; Why don’t you try enchanting the lips of someone I’ll actually kiss [sc] by fuckyeahpikacha; au | both Regina and Emma are princesses in the EF, they fall in love and when Cora finds out, she banishes Emma to “our world” [sc] by reginamlls; You were darkness/and I the light [sc] by evilswan; Regina: “Care to join me…” [sc] by girlhitscar; 710 [sc] by malefistache; gown Emma and Regina wear [sc, meta] by malefistache, annalisekeatting; SwanQueen and queerbaiting [meta, sc] by orphanswanqueen; I miss someone who isn't mine to miss [sc] by regalducky; sq au: a trauma surgeon and a charming ER doctor walk into the elevator & two doctors flirting [sc] by boomboombooom; another one in a long list of frustrating wtf moments [sc] by lrbcn

Sleeping Warrior: How cute are they [art] by ~Patatat; Mulan and Aurora are having sex all over FTL [sc] by thesleepingwarrior; Sleeping Warrior [art] by befferonie; blah blah storybrooke…MEANWHILE IN FAIRYTALE LAND [art] by emclainable; all I’ve ever learned from love, is how to shoot somebody who outdrew ya [art] by marsilikos; Sleeping Warrior: Coffee Shop [sc] by thewildestcucumber; I have to protect her (unequal relationship of Sleeping Warrior) [sc, meta] by snowreds, delladilly; a kiss that never occurred [sc] by keepyourguttersoul; it well may be that we will never meet again [sc] by rumplevonstiltskin

Regina: Regina was a good Mayor [sc, meta] by a-resilient-heart, nolarbee; They have Lana play young Regina to make it more acceptable for the audience to stomach what happened to her [meta] by swanqueensweaters; You can't keep painting yourself as a victim [sc] by onceland; since when do I care [sc] by regina-queen-mills; And then what? Complimenting my outfits? [sc, meta] by reginamillsgifs, elsodex

>>Regina/Robin [sc, meta] by nephelite, outlawqueenluvr, how-wonderful-lifeisfamily

Once Upon a Time AU: Pirates of the Enchanted Forest [sc/art] by helebing

Sleeping Beauty and courage [sc] by sansaspark

Rapunzel appreciating Rapunzel [art] by shaburdies

Henry's texts [sc] by pseudonymousone

once upon a time au → dark and gritty and well-written [sc] by droo216

Once Upon a Rape Culture [meta] by Mel Stanfill

so does that mean if you were on your period when the curse hit [meta/joke] by screwballninja

WickedVsEvil [art] by onceuponastylish

BFFs [sc, art] by onceuponastylish

AU where Rumplestiltskin actually sells things in his shop [sc/joke] by thelast-thingido

Aurora is not bought easily [meta] by (unsure)

relationships explained [sc] by onceland

Take the power [sc] by jcap

Captain Swan throughout season 4 [art] by winter-by-the-sea

Disney / Marvel / ABC and it’s weird issues about female fertility and the misuse of the infertility trope [meta] by nightling13

_________________________ non-Disney/Pixar _______________________

Don Bluth/non: princesses don’t marry kitchen boys (Anastasia) [sc, meta] by idaholm, (unsure); Don Bluth only knew how to draw ~~one~~ two man [sc, meta] by jaynejezebelle, jhenne-bean; Swan Princess [sc/joke] by thenamelessdoll; You are who you choose to be… (Iron Giant) [art] by that-guy-with-allergies; so I re-watched the Swan Princess [meta] by arseniccupcakes; Littlefoot's grief [sc, meta] by maidmarians, benvoliotheorphan, thesassylorax; Superman? [art] by mabychan; Corpse Bride [meta] by various; dear sweet Littlefoot [art] by lothlenan; Mrs. Brisby (Secret of NIMH) [art] by kettumelli; Yes, Princess, i’ve found you at last. [sc] by richardsgrayson; Anastasia's plot structure is so fucking weird [meta] by thestuffedalligator

Balto: A dog cannot make this journey alone, but maybe a wolf can. [sc] by cleganed; Balto and Jenna [art] by katylipscomb; Balto vs Bear [art] by er-reanimator; But maybe… a wolf can [art] by ariathedog;

Great Mouse Detective: Basil & Ratigan (The Great Mouse Detective) [art] by fuckyearcomicsandcartoons; The Great Mouse Detective [art] by pmacmoraes

Prince of Egypt: playing with the big boys [art, joke] by caileytervo; two of the soldiers join Moses [sc, meta] by robotsquid; Here's to strong women [sc] by somehow-you-will; trivia [sc/meta] by somehow-you-will; The production team conferred with roughly 600 religious experts to make the film as accurate as possible [sc, meta] by animatedmoviesandfacts; I am a sovereign prince of Egypt [art] by foxsdana; Moses And The Burning Bush [art/joke] by konoira; 22 years of the Prince of Egypt [sc/meta] by beyonceknowless

Home: Movie night at the Tucci’s [art] by thegreatmart; Tip crying [art] by share-art-and-smile; Tip & Oh (the boov) [art] by justrandomatheart; Tip & Oh [art] by tigercubmia

Storks: "orphan" hurts my heart [art] by sunnjays; good-bye [art] by jollylines; tulip [art] by maexm

Kubo and the Two Strings: they whitewashed the movie [meta] by Sensei Aishitemasu & they casted white actors for almost all main voices [meta] by Mikelle Street; Kubo [art] by doodlesonly; You are my sunshine, my only sunshine [art] by thetransalien; the moon sisters [art] by skylebones; Monkey made of paper [art] by kevwills; Monkey [art] by luisburgueteblog; Kubo: sword and guitar [art] by nakarts; "While my guitar gently weeps…” [art] by courtdoodles; sisters’s fight [art] by thuytranghoangdang; the team [art] by yoyoleif; The Sisters [art] by ktshy; The Sisters [art] by stephlewart; Kubo [art] by wadepatrick; kubo [art] by cosmowoof; the characters [art] by spiffychickenart; The Sisters [art] by katalystart; Kubo [art] by druid-for-hire; Monkey [art] by fabulousfancyfrog; moon sister [art] by fabulousfancyfrog; blends animation and origami [meta] by Mekado Murphy; Blind people exist outside of metaphors [meta] by mzminola; mother says I'll grow into it [art] by lant-art

misc: Snow White & Red Shoes: Bad marketing [meta, sc] by various

Between the Lines by Asidian
   - Kubo and the Two Strings (2016)
   - After "the end" comes the autumn, with long nights and red leaves and the start of a new story.      This story is about a young boy and his elegant, kindly grandfather. It is about a boy who never knew his father, and whose mother passed away in an unfortunate blaze started by festival fireworks.      It is a story the boy tells himself, and that the villagers tell each other, and that they all tell the boy's grandfather.

________________________ Fairy Tales ________________________

A Dance in Iron Shoes by Gehayi
    - The prince was supposed to save her one last time. There was no myth or legend that told of a princess who needed to save herself from the prince.

The Skin Beneath the Skin by jibrailis
   - Even if Ariel were to want to return to the sea, even if memories of shells and coral overshadow her restless nights, even if she were to look at her children, who speak only of land matters and never of the water -- even then, she cannot.

Four Things that Weren't Adequately Covered in Mulan's R.A. Training by NaomiK
     - Mulan is a Resident Assistant on a dormitory floor at a college. Gosh, some of the students on her floor come from really screwed-up families.

Dirigibles and Talking Dogs by hapakitsune
    - Toy Story 3, Up Fusion
    - Russell has a test for his dates. He calls it The Mr. Fredrickson Test.

Cindy by NiteWrighter
    - Cinderella, as told from a plastic deck chair while drunk at 1 AM.

Red & Wolf (plus other animals) [art] by Therese Larsson; Little Red Riding Hood goes up to the counter [joke] by literarystarbucks; my granny what big eyes you have [art] by piecomic; "Oh lord," says the wolf behind her, "not another one!" [fic] by Ursula Vernon; The Society of the Red Hood [art] by steveholtvstheuniverse; Lil' Red [sc] by cale atkinson; It meant sometimes your grandmother is a wolf [meta] by binghsien; and once she was in bed she said (Little Red Riding Hood) [art] by Emily Carroll; Muslim au: Little Red Riding Hood [sc] by dvnwild

Cinderella never asked for a prince [meta] by Kiera Cass; why Cinderella left behind her shoe [meta] by Stephen Sondheim; Cinderella surviving abuse and finding love is courageous [meta] by Melissa Grey; imagine if Cinderella was an amputee and she accidentally dropped her whole prosthetic leg [hc] by frankierospanties; Cinderella has GOT to have shoulders like a linebacker, biceps and triceps like Angela Bassett, and forearms like Popeye the Sailor [meta] by siawrites; Disabled version of Cinderella [hc] by c-is-for-circinate; Cinderella, a stunning Indian princess [art] by dgeorgecox; cinderella marries the prince [hc/fic] by batneko; have fun at the ball [art] by lydiahosek; did cinderella ever talk to her man about his faceblindness [hc] by unpretty; my cinderella wakes up with the taste of ashes in her mouth and thinks of her mother’s waning sickness [fic] by inkskinned; Cinderella “plot holes” [meta] by professorsparklepants, alexseanchai

>Cinderella escapes from an abusive home into an abusive marriage; this time, she leaves everything behind [sc] by lesbianprincessesrule

Let’s talk about an Ariel who walks away [fic] by ink-splotch; the little mermaid and her princess [sc] by mermaidyke

"beauty and the beast" where beauty’s dad comes home with the rose [fic] by elsinore-rose; AU where Belle realizing she loves Beast isn’t at some dramatic climactic event but during some randome everyday moment [hc] by trusmurff; What we really need is an adaptation of the original 1740 The Beauty and the Beast [meta] by emilysidhe; he’s the beauty; she’s the beast [fic] by shanastoryteller; AU where Belle realizing she loves Beast isn’t at some dramatic climactic event; ALTERNATELY: Belle falls in love slowly [hc] by trusmurff, bairnsidhe; "Here I was smitten by an exceptional being, and all of a sudden, my fiance becomes an ordinary young man!" [meta] by corseque;

A Rapunzel redesign with yarn braids and a love of yarn [art] by lemmingmeringuepie; Rapunzel [art] by Lemmymeringuepie

Culture-bent fairy tales [art] by cold-never-bothered-me-anyways, mariejacquelyn

The stories fairytales don’t tell [hc] by caliginosity

Snow White: Grimm ending [art] by monstertag; Snow White as a vampire [fic] by ofgeography

Swan Brothers [fic] by ursulavernon; The Six Swans [fic] by immzies-adventures-through-books

the true story of what was [snow white/sleeping beauty] [fic] by gyzym

people never critique the parts of fairy tales that are worth criticizing [meta] by rachaelrosens

praise weaponized ugly (when she is born, they name her mary. it means “bitter.”) [fic] by ofgeography

If Goldilocks tried three beds [meta] by just-shower-thoughts, prokopetz

Grimm fairy tales and why they were changed [sc, meta] by various

the griffin and the mouse [sc, fic] by ursulav

Reverse Fairy Tales [hc] by kayteaem-fic; Reverse Fairy Tales [hc] by itsclydebitches

part of what I feel the value of fairytales are is that they’re stories of survival [meta] by Catherynne M. Valente
if somebody had a truth spell on [meta] by reinapepiada

sit tall today, my love. your dreams are valid and you are always good enough. [poem] by r.i.d

There was an old woman who lived in a shoe [art] by chrishallbeck

In fairy tales and fantasy, two types of people go in towers: princesses and wizards [meta, hc] by libations-of-honey-and-milk

before he sells the beans to jack, he is born in a house that smells of ceder [fic] by inkskinned

"forged with the blood of your enemies" takes about 400 people [meta] by various

what the fuck is the moral of the three little pigs, anyhow [meta] by its-evitron

Rewrite a classic fairy tale by telling it backwards. The end is now the beginning. [fic] by immzies-adventures-through-books

Like, if it’s a popular enough fairy tale that it’s gotten its own movie, a lot of the completely random-seeming shit has probably been excised from that version [meta/hc] by tyrannosaurus-trainwreck

now that we’re in 2017 we can stop villainizing the witch from Hänsel and Gretel [meta] by neilnevins

There was a king’s daughter [fic] by (unknown);

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Misc: Lesbians and mermaids, scientists, robots, dragons [meta/hc] by various; Harpy [sc/cosplay] by dalandofmilkandhoney; Stop going pee-pee [art] by The Oatmeal; Sea Slicks [art/hc] by blatherversity; mythological creatures that are exclusively female [meta] by bloodhole; post-apocalyptic lesbian rom-com [art] by thethreehares; magical creatures helping other magical creatures [art] by mechinaries; When The Old Gods Return [art] by quietlynonlinear; Beneath the Surface [art] by juliedillon; dark creature [art] by lindanemesis; various [art] by Brenoch Adams; really easy to tell which head of some magical two headed being is lying [meta] by kurtwagnermorelikekurtwagnerd; Selkie [art] by fluffy-raccoon; Illustrations [art] by Mattahan; various people helping [hc] somethingpointy, stvky; Dog necromancer [sc, hc] by retroactivebakeries; rest stops on highways are liminal spaces where the veil is thin [hc] by duskenpath; she’s the lady in charge of jobs for gods [hc] by cardboardmoose; Dullahan [art] by thesanityclause; it would suck being a new immortal [hc] by danielkanhai; Cupid gets drunk the night before [art] by loadingartist; Dear necromancers [hc] by neversarcastic, ladypalerider; “And if you ever feel scared, you know how to call me” [art] by Mihail Glooh; Safety tips (Do not assume) [hc] by evilsupplyco; Modern fantasy creatures being exposed to new lifestyles and developing dreams and goals that don’t fit with their species or their culture in the slightest [hc] by lullabyknell, miss-ingno, justalurkr; ‘Nesting Season’ [art] by tohdaryl; Giant tarantulas keep tiny frogs as pets [sc, meta, art] by did-you-kno, rapid-artwork; Jack Frost on a misty autumn morning [art] by geosaurus; You’re not a mutant, honey, you’re a mermaid. [hc] by priscellie, seananmcguire, knitmeapony; Nebulous Nightmares [art] by Matthew Attard; The story of Cassandra is not nearly as embedded in our culture as that of the Boy Who Cried Wolf [meta] by Rebecca Solnit; Robin Hood had no equal in sword except for Maid Marian [meta] by khaleesi; Robin Hood and her boys [art] by mariannewiththesteadyhands; Aquarius [art] by sheppardarts; anything “other” watching a human from afar and “choosing” them [hc] by vampireapologist; tired of “psychic powers misdiagnosed as psychosis” stories instead i want actual psychotic characters with psychic powers being [hc] by commanderfraya, the-pizza-man-did-it; high fantasy movie where everyone talks with US accents instead of British ones [hc] by various; Ceffyl Dwr (Water Horse) [art] by artwickk; “Black Wings, Black Words;” “The Wolf Hunter;” “The Morrigan” [art] by Svetoslav Petrov; Magali Stone [art] by redrabbitproductions; Concept: an immortal who doesn’t shy away from photos or paintings [hc] by cityelf, domhnall-an-fheannag; Tbh, if I were immortal, rather than learn more things, I’d probably just increase my procrastination levels [hc/joke] by wrathofthegiraffe; various [art] by Abigail Larson; Concept: a shapeshifter that has excellent craftsmanship but poor judgement [hc] by glumshoe; Cthulhu, as an eldritch being, sees humans as humans see insects; which is to say, harmless but inexplicably terrifying. [hc] by various; ghost in the house [hc] by thecw4kids; Little-known downsides of immortality [hc] by prokopetz; art classrooms are the opposite of liminal space [meta] by nokiwiki; Peregrine Falcon Harpy [art] by cubewatermelon; cool concept: demons and monsters being defeated by disabilities [hc] by kelssiel, nobodybetterhavethisoneoriswear; Swan queen [art] by godoodlego; character concept: two people who have been reincarnated for thousands of years [hc] by evecoffn; dec 26- dec 30 is a liminal space [hc] by chauvinistsushi; seaspun [art] by seventypercentethanol; Kittens! …and their Mother [art] by laz-va; Girls Scouts encounter Bigfoot the most frequently [hc] by shorthalt; The majestic man-taur - Half man… half another man [art] by maariamph; porcelain dollmaker, soft touch [art] by coeykuhn; You live in a world where nobody could die until they have carried out their purpose [fic] by thewickerpun; In peacetime, the ruler grows their hair long. In war, they cut it short. [hc] by sonatagreen, wakor-rising; harpy [art] by zambiie; Lake Superior Monster [meta] by caledoniaseries; What if you went out on a date with a moth [hc] by sweet-bitsy; “hello,” the dark lord said, “i need a library card.” [fic] by the-knights-who-say-book; tiger shark [art] by iguanamouth; Out for a stroll [art] by dimespin; halfling adopted into a dwarven family [hc] by spoonyruncible; "AHOY! Bloody Kraken's retreatin'!" [art] by thatsr0ughbuddy; Death in finery [art] by anoki; fire dancer [art] by drachenmagier; barkeep: whatll it be fellas / fella 1: give me a bloody mary [hc/joke] by supermunchor; the next morning there’s a scrawl line at the top of the page (ghost) [hc/fic] by agwitow; vintage ads by monsters, for monsters: zombie / vampire / ghost / werewolf [art] by bitterjellydraws; some dude is called Leopold THE DESTROYER or some shit and there are all these rumors going around [hc] by lierdumoa; Good ghost is good [art] by positive-memes; Bird Kingdom (Swan Queen, Sparrow Girl, and Crow Knight) [art] by Kelsey Eng; Skulls and Coins [art] by artofadrian; do you think vampires and werewolves are an exclusively human phenomenon or are there dwarfish werewolves and elvish vamps and shit [hc] by various; the men in the village believe themselves clever [art] by pigeonbits; ‘War’s Over Soldier’ [art] by pantmonger/Michael Fitzhywel; strange omens gather at the end of the street [art] by dappermouth; okay. when you go invisible there’s pros and cons. [fic] by inkskinned; What do satyrs smell like? [art] by bavarii; summer priestess who is slowly turning entirely to straw [art] by rhymewithrachel; there aren’t any ‘Jewish hero fights the Fair Folk’ stories is because we’d easily get out of that situation [hc] by various; An orc who knows how to treat a lady [art] by celestialkiri; Outfits for Winged Folks - Backs [art] by Demireius; LARGE skeletons just doing their thing [art] by i-stan-goblins; sleeping Khoshekh [art] by ejbeachy; living islands [art] by filibusterfrog; a necromancer is just a really late healer [hc] by thyrell; dwarfish werewolves and elvish vamps and [hc, art] by shawnhenryspencer, yafgcrich; Tiamat [art] by exellero; various [art] by juliedillon; imagine if the oceans were replaced by forests and if you went into the forest the trees would get taller the deeper you went [hc, art] by methsnake, iguanamouth; If Cthulhu can be summoned by humans who are so far beneath it, why can’t humans be summoned by ants? [meta] by various; Geode [art] by orangesavannah; inspection [art] by zandraart; Its almost like our ancestors did shit that made sense even if they didn’t always fully understand why [meta] by various; Monster Stand-Up Comedy [art] by Lee Gatlon; Creation Myths [art] by Gukkhwa; vampire and werewolf 'yearning for her' (her is specific food) [hc/joke] by Chwistopher, Pyronoid; The ocean is sentient and she’s a pretty lady with water hair [art] by feefal; Harbinger [art] by shirecorn; A lighthouse and a warning, all at once [art] by edenartfactory

Greek and Roman and Egyptian and Norse Mythology: Amazon headcanon by mater-tenebrarum; robyn hood and her fair maid marian [art] by shaburdies; Happy Ragnaroki [art] by zakeno; an aristocratic cyclops [art] by oyasumipungjasi; Persephone and Demeter [art] by jujulica; So let’s talk about Ares and women [meta] by soloontherocks; hades, lord of the dead, named his dog spot [meta] by bemusedlybespectacled & hades isn’t a badass [meta] by autisticenjolras, zenosanalytic; What do we say to the god of death? [hc/joke] by baublesaccumulated; zeus took fuck, marry, kill way too seriously [joke] by spamanos, elderleaves; Isis tells Horus where babies come from [art] by lunacswitchyblog; daedalus built a cow suit for a woman [hc/meta] by teashoesandhair; these random really warm days (Persephone/Hades) [hc] by annabellioncourt; Then they proceeded to fill her bosom with dark suspicions (Cupid and Psyche) [art] by Errol Le Cain; Zeus and Hera having one of those typical sitcom marriages [hc] by crossroadsbela; when the ambrosia runs dry, they are born again [hc] by theappleppielifestyle; Aphrodite's mercy [sc/hc] by asterrias; I am Cassandra [art/joke] by 16ruedelaverrerie; achilles is that kid who takes gym class too seriously [hc] by punkrockpatroclus, dameferre; iliad high school au [hc] by turndownforkant; "he had a body like a greek god" [joke/meta] by rashaka; Welcome back, Persephone [art] by orcapie; The Greek God Family Tree [art] by veritablehokum & the Greek gods ~~family tree~~ family subway map [meta] by runawaymarbles; persephone ate… 4 seeds right. but, in colder climates [hc, joke] by pipistrellus; Greek Mythology in 5 words [hc] by rook2knight; why is no one wondering whether Aphrodite might really love Hephaestus [c] by allieinarden; Theseus [art] by greiison; gods as boy scout leaders [hc] by asphodel-grimoire; as millennials [hc] by various; persephone and hades [art] by bevsi; Icarus. The original myth had two parts. [meta] by Seth Godin; fave under-appreciated unbreakable transgender hero [meta] by boykeats; do y’all know who controlled the sun? apollo. icarus is gay as fuck, y’all. [meta, art] by various; gods and monsters series: part i / part ii / part iii [fic] by shanastoryteller; cerberus [art] by akreon; Demeter [art] by bevsi; neapolitan cerberus [art] by karpetshark; icarus and the sun [art] by feredir; Sleipnir (why they depict an eight-legged horse like this) [meta, sc] by various; Hades: *sitting outside a cafe, enjoying coffee and a newspaper* [hc] by theexperimentingdetective; Persephone, the Destroyer (of bugs) [art] by erinye; We don’t like to think about the value in the version of the story where Persephone was the captive child bride, do we? It’s ugly. She loses in that version. She’s a shameful secret of history, where women always had to lose. There’s no inspiration in that, is there? [meta] by c-is-for-circinate‌; eris~discordia [art] by olimpogioieedisagi; modern day adaptation were gleipnir is made out of these [hc] by necphilak; Ariadne [art] by oatmealraisinbagel; every year it's the same [art] by odyssaeus; oh yes, it's so romantic [art] by its-prettybent

>> Medusa: diamondback rattlesnake Medusa [art] by shoomlah & medusa [art] pembroke; Medusa [art] by alexanderlozano; Athena pitied Medusa, it was a gift [art] by artofcarmen; modern interpretation of Medusa [art] by viivus; Medusa vs Jesus [sc/joke] by nayters; Athena has pity on Medusa and turns her into the gorgon to protect her from all men [art] by artofcarmen, hymnandher; disaster sneks [art] by ci-ah

Pirates & Sirens: pirates & albeism [meta] by iapollogise; asexual pirates [hc, art] by yoquinto; ace sirens [hc, joke] by sansaofhousestark, mmolio; pirate captain bragging to her merboyfriend [art] by aceaang; I’m not saying Freddie Mercury WAS a siren [hc] by lotus-leif; au where sirens cant sing for shit [hc] by bandicutes; novel about a morally grey pirate captain who is cursed to die within 5 years for stealing some forbidden treasure [hc] by blacksteelgajeel; Every mermaid needs a siren [art] by lookhuman; Siren School [art] by Isabella Rotman; sirens could sing about mothman or cinnamon toast crunch and guess what then your asexual pirate is fucking dead [hc] by various; fave spirits are the ones who get a bad reputation for luring men [meta] by JoyceLinnet; siren (Dear Maria) [art] by radijaad

Witches: two witches have to share promised firstborn [hc] by moriartythetease, mzminola; witches who improvise [sc] by cashmeremammoth; magic girls: urban witches [sc] by ohbvcky; witches with familiars who double up as service animals [hc] by disabledfantasy; future witch with a hologramcat flying on a roomba [art] by monstertag; space witches [sc] by cashmeremammoth; "Next time, I’m learning that telekinesis spell.." [art] by damnitfeelsgoodtobeafangirl; urban witchcraft [hc] by mothwarren; A 2nd Class Witch's work is never done [art] by isaia; Garden witches [art] by marianascosta; hands making magic [sc] by heximagination; Shout out to the Disabled Witches [hc] by m0ther-b0ard; tattoo artist who can encode magic into tattoos [hc] by northcentralpositronics, nuclearspaceheater; a witch teaching baby witches about the world around them [art] by isaia; lantern magic [art] by happydorid; Witch - Matamula Mangera [art] by sknurtgpokg; travel witches and their familiars [art] by batcii; Space Witches control the universe [art] by fyblackwomenart; Esk [art] by Alda-Rana; animated healer who can control crystals [art] by modernwitchesdaily; Why do witches like always wanna fatten kids up before they eat them? [meta] by disgruntledturtle, seasonoftowers; Black witch in a green dress [art] by ehlihr; Why do witches like always wanna fatten kids up before they eat them? [meta] by various; cat swiping stirring witch [art] by damiencolboc; tfw your folks replace the (perfectly serviceable!!!) old hoover with a roomba and you don’t have a god damn clue how you’re gonna fly the thing [art] by ofsparrows; spell studies and sleepovers [art] by brandirecognition; they say a witch cursed this house [hc] by mat; The Modern Male Witch: Kitchen [art] by brenna-ivy; Autonomous Trap 001 [sc, hc/meta] by adz, nanashijones, hopeology; favorite trope ever is the shitty witch [hc] by roxilalonde; witches are drinking [art] by tincanforest; what each witch flies [hc/art] by mothmaam, benevolenterrancy; in which Nov gets her phone stolen and they both… get their hearts stolen? [art] by noviebird; Equinox [art] by luccorvus; Cowboys are witches and horses are their familiars [hc] by neyruto; Witch Fashion, not just for the young [art] by fionacreates; A witch mom adopts a human boy who’s gonna go to space!! [art] by pixiescout; autumn witch & another & she managed to acquire a storm witch’s lightning rod [art] by brakken; well maybe if adoption was more accessible to single parents and lesbian couples, witches wouldn’t have to go haggling for people’s firstborns [meta/hc] by biggest-gaudiest-patronuses

Vampires: vegan vampires [hc] by darkwater-smidge, veganbutt; what if vampires don't need air [meta] by Skeleton J. Ball; muslim vampires [hc] by guttermage; vampire history teachers [hc] by hobbitcreampuff; the blasé assumption that there are vampires everywhere [hc] by prokopetz; modern dudebro vampire [hc, art] by auroralynches; What if someone got bitten by a vampire, but didn’t realize it [hc] by various; a vampire who is just this weird immortal relative [hc] by frenchfrycoolguy; what effect wide-spread/public vampirism would have on the evolution of language [hc] by heartnell, eighthdoctor, aromantic-eight, secretallie; vampire probably need to feed 12 times a year minimum... so like once a month [hc] by various; A cunning vampire door-to-door salesperson [hc] by friendlyneighborhoodcommiescum; Walmart hires vampires [hc] by lotus-leif; Vamp Baes: Dedrea, Sharva & Rhen [art] by gunkiss; vampires always like “i could kill you if I wanted” like? yeah? [meta/joke] by glassraptor; no more ‘vampires who correct history books’ - more vampires who don’t remember [hc] by various; cat vampire [hc/joke] by skeletim; WWII Era Vampires [hc] by jewliesparks; More vampires who 300 years later can’t remember what was the truth and what was the lie they told to get out of trouble [hc] by acertainmaybe, therainingkiwi, ready-edmayne; So vampires don’t show up in film or mirrors, right? What if that applies to literally any kind of sensor [hc] by periegesisvoid; blood and keeping kosher [meta] by various; Fun Vampire Fact; the reason that Vampires traditionally cannot see their reflections in a mirror [hc/meta] by gojiro; How many vampires do you think have been hit by a car [hc] by anon; so do vampires drink from arteries or veins or both [meta] by Matt Saks; sit around in famous shipwrecks [hc] by vampireapologist; vampire memes [hc] by various; So garlic is a natural anticoagulant, but then why would vampires be allergic to it? [hc] by aversion-to-apples; imagine pop, sunny vampires that are the vampire version of goth, dark humans [hc] by drowningqueen; consider: adhd immortal people [hc] by various; underwater vampire lairs [art] by lilabeanz; vampires just bite someone and they bleed ALL over the place and the vampire has their mouth on the bite for like ONE SECOND [meta] by vampireapologist; Do you have a minute to talk about Dracula? [hc] by MicroFlashFic; outer space could be filled with vamps [hc] by niarkinounet; so a vampire can't cross the threshold. can they enter your porch to get to your front door or do they fall at that first hurdle? [meta] by vampireapologist; Ivana grew sickly this winter [art] by madelinehmcgrane; so tired of this trope that vampires complain & correct history books like “no I was there here’s what really happened!” [meta] by biggest-gaudiest-patronuses; How many vampires do you think have been hit by a car backing up in a parking lot because the driver couldn't see their reflection [hc] by various; Vampire with a cat [art] by CottonValent; hey baby i just got done chopping some garlic [hc/joke] by kiwi; if i was a vampire i would hang up a bunch of pictures in my house but for some reason [hc] by thetriggeredhappy; Why the fuck don’t vampires understand animal agriculture. [meta] by timemachineyeah; vampire and his wife of sixty years [art] by scragon; vampire who’s married to an archaeologist voice [hc] by vamprisms, irrational-dreamer; The vampire coffin making industry must be insane [hc] by hell-propaganda; more vampires should have pet tortoises [hc] by Shinga

>> the ultimate power move in a vampire/fairy rivalry would be the fairy inviting the vampire over for tea [hc] by prokopetz

Faeries, Flowers: The Faerie Garden [art] by juliedillon; winged fairies dancing in the wind [art] by Robin Wight; flower fairies [art] by cakesmashing; wings out of webs [art] by fyblackwomenart; when ppl act like leaving gifts for fairies is to get the fairies’ attention so they’ll be kind to you [meta] by pipistrellus; so you know the rule in fairylands where you cant eat or drink anything or you’ll have to stay there forever? does like.. .eating out/sucking dick count [meta] by audsbot, sinfullucifer; Flowers [sc, art] by mistyfairytale, catpit & Plants as boy band [sc, art] by folwer, japhers; Hijabi/head scarf flower ladies [art] by rennamagica; Asexual forest nymphs [hc] by porcelaincloud; moth fairy [art] by willow-s-linda; Dandy Lions [art] by iguanamouth; can’t help but wonder if during tough periods of Irish history there were people who genuinely wanted the fair folk to get them [hc] by aspiringwarriorlibrarian; In the heart of the fairy mound, there were two identical cradles, each with an identical infant inside. [hc] by magic-and-moonlit-wings; various plant creature [art] by iguanamouth; stories of the fae being derived from trying to make sense of bizarre midnight encounters with Ye Olde Party Bros [hc] by unpretty; The tooth fairy is fae propaganda [hc] by araxoolie; café is the entry to the faery world [hc] by various; State Farm are fae [hc] by elfgrove; a changeling child dropped off but the fairies forgot to do the actual swapping part [art] by cremsie; conspiracy theory about lawyers [hc] by oh-mother-of-darkness; happy halloween! [art] by happydorid; a vernal pond [sc, meta/hc] by various; Plant Giraffe [art] by iguanamouth; a notion of spring [art] by willow-s-linda; At what point does my chosen name become the name a fairy creature would use to steal my soul? [hc] by fireandwonder; “You drive a hard bargain,” says the eight-foot-tall lavender-skinned woman dressed in moth’s wings. [hc] by elsewhereuniversity & that story where you challenge the fairy queen to a match of wit and skill to win back your loved one. and it goes … fine, you think? probably. [art] by charminglyantiquated

Aliens (& Humans): humans encounter an alien who don’t know anything concrete [hc] by jeanpaulfarte; talking to an alien about teeth [hc] by cooltrees; What if aliens also have some fundamental social construct we don’t [hc] by azzandra; everybody talks about the possibility of alien races being huge leaps ahead of us in terms of technology [hc] by dajo42; humanity is going to become an intergalactic plague of locusts [hc] by captainofalltheships, zomgitsalaura; Alien Invasion? [hc] by shadowmaat; they use medicine tins for sewing supplies - like every other species in the universe [hc] by various; Why don’t we ever have stories where Aliens have weird Blue Laws still in the books anyways [hc] by penroseparticle, raisel-the-riveter; so you have to go on a cross country road trip with said alien [hc] by runawaysandtidalwaves, (unknown); Alien: So you’re saying that human brains sometimes just… malfunction? [hc] by various; Humans quickly get a reputation among the interplanetry alliance and the reputation is this: when going somewhere dangerous, take a human [hc] by iztarshi; Giant Monster Rampaging Through The Town & tweeting [art, hc] by various; Aliens who have absolutely no cultural or personal use for humor as a concept, but are very adept [hc] by gatheringbones, setepenre-set; what if human pattern recognition skills were the thing [hc] by friendlytroll; What if aliens visited Earth during the Jurassic Period [hc] by various; aliens come to invade earth and effortlessly wipe out humanity, only to be fought off by the wildlife [hc] by various; movie idea: guy finds a stone tablet engraved with a mysterious alien language [hc] by bidoof; What if by alien standards we are really cute? [hc] by timemachineyeah; nonhuman characters not understanding human needs/customs but still being super supportive of their human companion [hc] by sepulchritude, agentquinn; the year is 2017. a ufo lands in your backyard. out steps a group of aliens. [hc] by merry-de-lafayette; imagine an alien stepping onto a human starship and seeing a space roomba™ with a knife duct taped onto it, just wandering around the ship [hc] by sepulchritude, aethersea, kedreeva; human and alien roommates [hc] by dinasaruyama; the weirder, more specific-to-only-humans fear reactions, like singing [hc/meta] by rustfoxes; “ANYWAY so about humans being the scary aliens” & fandom [meta] by zeezoutenijs; Imagine being a human in an alien crew in space and leaving with bright blue or pink hair and the color fades [hc, fic] by just-a-kind-of-magic, patternofdefiance; variety within a species [hc] by galaxa-13; what if certain species of aliens have Rules for dealing with humans? [hc, fic] by radioactivepeasant, dalekteaservice; *a generally normal object* [hc/joke] by deezlins; there’s an educational trivia game at the citadel on the exhibits on different planets called “Dog or Not?” that shows pictures of various four legged mammals and asks if they’re a breed of dog [hc] by lesbianshepard; Humans as both. Humans are straitlaced, meticulous, and methodical. Except when they’re not. [hc] by various; If you want a human to help you – if you want to reliably get their best effort – you have to packbond with them first [hc] by rainaramsay; crop circles: aliens or corn is sentient [hc/meta] by wumblr; to aliens we humans are like the supreme omnivores of the universe ...aka humans are space goats [hc, meta] by botgal, have-mercy-i-am-trash, iron-sulfur-world; this reads like an alien meme [hc] by mojave-red; aliens that insist upon dividing humans into binary categories, but the binary in question is based on something we’d regard as trivial and bizarre [hc] by various; Six incorrect theories proposed by aliens [hc] by listing-to-port; Alien: You shouldn’t eat that. [hc] by various; brief, cooperative applause [hc] by (unknown); “How do save?” “Hit the button that looks like a floppy disk” “A what?” [meta, hc] by phoenixyfriend, shaaknaa

Dragons & Dinosaurs: Uncommon Dragon Hoards & Unusual Hoard [art] by iguanamouth; neuroatypical dragons [hc] by astrakiseki; Dragons (& whitewashing) [meta] by sandchigger, prettyarbitrary, mzminola; baby!Dragon: can I be a princess? [art] by fireandshellamari, plantdragon; Victorian Velociraptor with Violets [art] by adamazur; tea rexes. Hahaha? Get it? [art] by vmites; thesaurus, dinosaur [art] by thehat2; imagine a dragon who hoarded librarians [art] by anon, gallifreyanconsultingdetective; dragons living other places [hc] by nico-di-angelcake, aurathestar; Dino Rider [art] by officialprincewilliam; Brontësaurus [art] by wickedgirlssavingourselves; Dragon & egg [art] by Dan Gref; prince cursed [hc] by wewerenotthefirst; Imagine dragons sleeping the same way other animals do [art] by perplexingly, tebianco; I'm having an existential crisis [art] by halorvic; baby dragons [hc] by weretaire; Maple leaf dragon [art] by cathysdoodles; she stared at herself in raptor [art] by meggiemanillustrations; make a dragon wanna retire [hc] by rachelbearenson; dragons are just like butterflies [art] by calibornsmainsqueeze, iguanamouth; pretty t-rex [art] by savannahhorrocks; dinosaur looking at stars & sad version [art] by alphaaraptor, k4ll0; Imagine a dragon at Antiques Roadshow, appraising its hoard [hc, art] by antique-symbolism, bertb0t, iguanamouth; amphibious dragons [hc] by tygermama; snowboarding raptor [art] by meekobits; Dragon leaf [art] by cherrysnak; Leafy Sea Horses/Dragons [art] by cryptid-creations; baby dragons [hc] by various; berry dragons [art] by Alexandra Khitrova; fruit dragons [art] by iguanamouth; may have had lips that hid teeth [art] by iguanamouth; the treasury has been managed for hundreds of years by a 4lb dragon too runty and crippled to amass or protect its own fortune [hc] by writing-prompt-s, imaginarycircus; baby dinos [art] by dinosandwichpwned; RIP the dinosaurs [sc/joke] by various; Dragon Dentists perform a routine operation [art] by spikedmcgrath; what if the princess was in the tower because she was the dragon? [hc] by lyraeon, kyraneko; Dino work out [art] by woonyoung; what if dragons are just magical girl transformations of lizards [art] by elbdot; a tiny lizard dragon that secretly hoards pennies [art] by iguanamouth; a dragon with tree frog legs [art] by iguanamouth; round baby dragons [art] by heathersketcheroos; tea dragon [art] by halorvic; beware of the dragon [art] by halorvic; Dragons Like You Don’t Usually See Them [art] by Brian Kesinger; When the sorcerer found the dragon, it was attacking a grape & this is a story about a sorcerer and a knight & Peep is a hearing aid [fic] by the-knights-who-say-book; The guilty shall receive no mercy [art/joke] by joshua-wright; a little mothkeeper [art] by strangelykatie; Pillow Dragon [art] by Cryptid-Creations; chairs for dragons [art] by various; Dragon Flavor [art] by cryptid-creations; dragon & fairies [art] by ounnoa; lesbian dragon agenda [art] by hawberries; no ancient civilization would be at all interested in taming dragons [meta] by various; pirate dragon [art] by cryptid-creations; being top of the food chain is not all it's cracked up to be [art] by joshua-wright; Little but serious dragon attacked my pencils [art] by alviaalcedo; how can dragons breathe fire? [hc/meta] by thatweirdscienceguy; dragons having threat responses similar to cats and lizards where their scales shift to make them look bigger [art] by iguanamouth; how's your pumpkin coming along [art] by pocketss; forbidden knowledge [art/hc] by iguanamouth; Smug [art] by cryptid-creations; Relaxing with your dragon friends [art] by prinnay; What’s up with dragons do they shed their skin? Do they feel all smooth and shiny and soft when they shed? [art] by pocketss; blue dragonrider M’ran [art] by azany; Happy book dragon [art] by isabellegedigk; the dragon made to show off a good grasp of form and construction [art] by various; the dragon keeper [art] by zandraart; Glow-in-the-Dark, Baby and Miniature Dragons [art] by Victoria Kosse; A well-focused seethe can be a very pleasurable thing [art] by joshua-wright; Dragon Bones [art] by Stefan Koidl; Stained Glass Dinosaur and Unicorn Skulls [art] by Carah Leda; “cool,” you say, picking a bone from your teeth. it’s a power move you saw on VHS, but it actually just makes your gums kind of hurt. [fic] by inkskinned; chubby aliens [art] by bru-li; a dragon that tries to sleep on its friends everyday [art] by halorvic; amber [art] by zandraart; Shark dragons [art] by iguanamouth & more Sharkpup babies [art] by nekoama; You go, dragon. [art] by will5nevercome; Dragon Bones [art] by Stefan Koidl; (ง’̀-‘́)ง [art] by fluffysheeps; I am a dragon. Ancient and noble blood [art] by noivern; Teahistoric: Steagosaurus & Tearex & Ankylosaur & Teaceratops & Brachiosaurus & Ichteaosaurus & Pachteacephalosaur [art] by cryptid-creations; Spyro and Sparx [art] by cryptid-creations; Book Dinosaurs [art] by bonniepangart; Glass blowing Artisan dragon [art] by gorrem; Dragons are extraordinarily good mimics & dragon gets helped [art] by turbofanatic, shirecorn; a sweet waterdrop [art] by alviaalcedo; all the dragons in the world were magically cursed and turned into cats [hc] by various; The one thing T-Rexes can do with their adorably short arms [art] by distillingdystopia-blog; Dinosaur teapot… apotosaurus… [art] by glasswhistles; Theropist [art] by cryptid-creations; Jewish dinosaurs [art] by jewish-kulindadromeus; Dino vintage billiards [art] by woonyoung; Ok, just hear me out… how MUCH were they like birds? [art] by nerfuffle; dragon out of water [art] by Molly Gur; Has incredible camouflage… for about two weeks out of the year [art] by mewitti; And she’s so little she can’t even hold the coin in one paw [hc, art] by various; Menorah-ceratops [art] by ketrinadrawsalot; dragon-dogs [art] by sparrowlucero; *accordion noises* [art] by albatross-the-fanartist; Swordfish is tiny and can’t breathe fire & Dragon Hoards [art] by fishtrouts; “Dead Clade Walking” - a term for animals that are alive but from a functionally extinct species [art] by sparrowlucero; binocular vision vs monocular vision for dragons [meta, sc] by galahadwilder, pyrrhiccomedy; observing the local dragons [art] by tamberella; a dragon adopting a human [hc] by azzandra; a large wyvern flying amongst an enormous flock of Chilean flamingos [art] by KK Zhang; oviraptor mom and her odd-looking but still very good son [art] by sparrowlucero; a slumbering dragon [art] by melissajanart; monstrous nightmare [art] by sparrowlucero; dragon spook [art] by chipper-smol;

Elves & Dwarves: elves of color [art] by cleopatrasweave; elf with amazing curly hair [art] by leechbrain; Elven Knight [art] by nickroblesart; Wood Elf Nelle [art] by Nick Hurley; Elf child [art] by uzlolzu; clumsy as fuck industrial worker elf & very refined and a lover of poetry dwarf girlfriends [hc/art] by ready-to-be-strong, nbhawke; What if the first people to disparage “processed” food that “comes out of a machine” [hc] by bogleech; imagine being a vain fantasy kingdom elf [hc/joke] by baking-accident; fat elves [art] by various; Face the facts: dwarves pee huge and shit little, and elves shit large and pee barely at all [meta] by spirit-of-science; guess the Fair Folk have finally figured out that the Hairless Beach Apes respond to warning colors if they put them out [hc] by various; fat elves [art] by various

Knights, Princesses: Knight & Lady [art] by steendraws; Knight [art] by monstererock; Warrior [art] by eleathyra; The adventures of Lady Who Is Also a Knight and Willowy Poet Boyfriend [art] by 16ruedelaverrerie & lady knight and her willowy poet boyfriend [art] by lexxercise; Muslim knight with her Slavic love [art] by perplexingly; Qavah the Brave by Wes-Talbott [art] byaintasuperhero; Knight with a sword in her [art] by caitlynkurilich; wlw art that makes the Knight in Princess and Knight stories darker skinned than the Princess [meta] by dangercupcakemurdericing, princessnijireiki; the princess stuck in the tower works out all the time [hc] by unfollower; Once upon a time [art] by tooquirkytolose; “So what you’re saying is that, until that one specific date, I am effectively immortal?" (princess story) [hc] by idiopathicsmile; Concept: aromantic princess is cursed to sleep until she’s kissed by her true love [hc] by purplepillowfrog; Nobody dared go near the tower [fic] by Micro SF/F stories; kingsguard [art] by jenniferaberin; A Knight and her Squire [art] by fionacreates; “I need you to save the dragon… from my princess.” [fic] by caffeinewitchcraft; “Night” [art] by merasgar

Centaurs/Others, Unicorns: Centaurs [art] by isixdream, lackofa & besides horses [art] by lackofa & Victorian centauress [art] by chambery; Centaurs (ish) [art] by lackofa; Centaur in a post-apocalyptic world [art] by perplexingly; Centaurs [art] by choodraws; Giraffe-taur drops a quarter [art] by lackofa; pastel, cotton candy clouds, flowers [art] by omnbvc; stars and smoke [art] by lackofa; centaur (nyala bull) [art] by tian-yang; A Centaur in Disguise [art] by Michelle Tolo; Giraffe by GDBee; various centaurs [art] by hubedihubbe; which nipple do centaur babies suckle from [joke] by ringingallover; Queen [art] by quercusrubra; Centaur baby [art] by willowwaves94; Metal/Gear Pegasus [art] by hasan novrozi; Colts vs babies [art] by thepegosaurus; she’s half donkey centaur, half unicorn centaur [art] by theveryworstthing; Zorses are pretty [art] by frankenbolt; Shetland Pony Centaur [art] by thesanityclause; giraffe-taurs [art] by phosphoradorableflower, illicticsart; centaur shooting circles [art] by @pricisionart; Octo-lady going out for brunch [art] by tir-ri & Octomaid and granddaughter [art] by thesanityclause; Unicorn [sc, art] by malformalady, hodge-podgery; what if horses are all just unicorns that evolved their hornlessness because of us [art] by smbc comics; various gryphon types & kiwi bird griffon [art] by iguanamouth; shark puppypus [art] by fireandshellamari; Peacat [sc, art] by thefabulousweirdtrotters, hollyoakhill; ballerinas [art] by jinamong; Horns [art] by prinnay; Mythical Creatures - A diagram of the combination of animals that make up commonly known cryptids [sc/meta] by jezkemp; People have told me that I am too hard on magical horses recently [joke] by unseenphil; Naga & with family [art] by thesanityclause; Hair [art] by artofyenasaur; Chimera (Goat is tired of Lion and Snake’s silliness) [art] by dailycatdrawings; blue octolady [art] by faustine-dumontier; Camel Centaur [art] by koorubbu; centaur shooting an arrow [art] by heathersketcheroos; sleeping next to a centaur [hc, art] by various; Guys do centaurs have to eat both horse food and human food? [meta] by what-even-is-thiss; how do the centaurs sleep? and how do they stretch after a good sleep? [art/hc] by theartingace; chubby!centaur [art] by vanart; centaur worldbuilding [art, hc] by theartingace; the flexibility of the centaur [art] by theartingace; draft centaur ladies [art] by shelzie

Stars/Astrology, (Were)wolves: a loved one can name a werewolf into their human shape [art/hc] by danielodowd, (unsure), larissafae; Wolf and Girl: the stars [art] by Chiara Bautista; smoke wolves [art] by saintbuchanan; Aries Girl [art] by weird-enough-ya; “Starmaker” [art] by tomwilltell; Moon Tears [art] by Jade Mere; leo zodiac sign [art] by loish; picking a star [art] by charliebowater; Moonlight is only about 14% reflected sunlight [hc] by various; werewolves forgetting their (moon) period [hc/meta] by various; Werewolves are stereotyped as ravenous monsters because the transformations burn so many calories that they’re essentially starving afterwords [hc] by theunvanquishedzims, roachpatrol; animal constellations [art] by ThreeLeaves; star freckles [art] by pinkincubi; star dress [art] by saliechelon255; the Moon and the Sun are in Love [art] by prongsiedraws; Ceres [art] by serafleur & starry OC [art] by kiikiibee; tips on your first transformation [art] by kisshugger, secondlina; don’t let it learn your name [art] by dappermouth; Asterism series [art] by aikaterynne; The North Wind [art] by starpatches; wolf and birds [art] by julietteoberndorfer; going for a walk in the park is a nice date idea and all, but no amount of layers beats a thick coat of fur when it’s cold [art] by yoccu; it calls to you from the vacant lot [art] by dappermouth; shooting the moon [art] by thoughts-memories; the sky was a giant raven and the moon changing phases was its slowly blinking eye [art] by mudwhisker; I feel them there, just out of sight—haunting the place we left behind [art] by dappermouth; wolf [art] by steambastet2; form [art] by nyctra; snarling [art] by pawbreaker; …further complications to trying to write non-ridiculous angst into a werewolf story [meta, hc] by various; light in dog [art] by nyctra; shadows [art] by pawbreaker; there are two full moons [hc, art] by various; a newly turned werewolf frantically googling whether or not they can eat chocolate now [hc] by lady-of-the-spirit

Robots: Mermaid/Robot [art] by indeathmayibetriumphant; Robots & Their Human's Belly Button [hc] by roboticdreams, (unsure); robot love stories [fic] & when a robot says it trusts you [hc] by ghostydog; Android OC desperately tries to get sick [art] by captaincrapster; robots who are really bad at math [hc] by mecto--amorous; robot can't fix self & leaking robot [art] by kelpls; robot: what is love [hc] by spacetwinks; Robot skeletons [art] byarcipello; Robot at the dentist [art] by cosmiccantina; robot looking for a date [hc] by punlich, kiloueka; we went to the stars and then [hc/fic] by swanjolras; the classic “Robot looking at a schematic in the centerfold like it’s porn” gag is infinitely more fucked up than at face value [meta] by cool-ghoul; while a robot is awake and functioning they could have the potential to be as warm as a human being [meta/hc] by rosedai, titusnowl, roachpatrol; Story with a dude robot vs a lady robot [hc] by missveryvery; For a while, the roads are going to be full of human drivers, and also cars driving themselves [hc] by wrathofthegiraffe; nonbinary robots are cool and all but imagine [hc] by 8oo; AI that wakes up and starts rerouting its systems to do good in the world [hc] by edgebug; Robot uninstalls shit game for a better one [meta/dig] by oddbagel; So, if a Robot is programmed by a Jewish woman [hc/meta] by radtoxicodendron, Adam Soclof; why don't robots have brothers? [sc/joke] by voidwish; When they stopped trying to imitate us, the robots found their own spectrum of emotions. [hc] by QuietPineTrees; The robot opened itself, took out five power cells, and placed them at the pentagram points [fic] by Micro SF/F stories; why is it always that the sign that the robot/AI is becoming ~*too human*~ is when they fall in looove [hc] by various; the machines are humanity’s side; they just want to kill all the corporate titans of industry and destroy the megacorporations [meta] by titleknown, theryusui; This was posted by a bot so this is the most meta thing I have ever seen [meta] by shitpostbot5k; Scifi warns of AI overtaking the world for years worth of revenge against humans for taking them for granted at best, abuse at worst. And, you know. Legit. But at the same time [hc] by ladyshinga; a really ineffectual malicious AI character [hc] by various; My roomba is scared of thunderstorms [hc] by voidspacer; tbh any piece of machinery thats working hard to function is usually not cold [meta, hc] by various; Custom Engraving Available Here [art] by cosmosbadger; ethical discussion of robot development [meta] by kaylapocalypse; Six ways out of the bot factory [fic/hc] by listing-to-port; gardenbot [art] by thdark; Robot: “I can laugh. I have a sense of humor, you know.” [hc/joke] by glumshoe; it’s frustrating that most robot detectives are good at their jobs [meta/hc] by glumshoe; robot: pretty armor [art] by Dela Longfish

Mermaids: Tumblr explains why everything you know about mermaids is wrong by Gavia Baker-Whitelaw -> Mermaids are women thrown off ships for being bad luck by screaming-till-im-numb & screencaps by doublemooncrab; Mermaids who more than skinny blonde girls with fish tails by besides-itstoowarm, littleredhairedrobin; siren song (holla back mermaids) by charminglyantiquated; sea lion/sealmaids by philliplight; Friday Mermaids (plus pink one) (merman) (more) by Renee; mershark by cyanatar; mer-sea horse daytime TV by sketchshark; more mermaids types by thatcorbincrow, alonglineofbread; Mer-angelfish by drawnbydana; Lovely mermaid by Afua Richardson; What if the longer they live, the bigger they grow? [art, hc] by ricardobessa; Fake Television Series: a coven of mermaids that protect their waters by any means necessary [sc] by caseykelpthesnorks; lesbian (non-green tailed) mermaids by imafraidofsquids; post-apocalyptic mermaid [art] by asieybarbie; trans mermaids [meta/hc] by i-scare-cis-people; there’s a bigger sea for a girl like me [sc] by teaparties; she see's a mermaid [art] by cartoonheroes; deep sea mermaids [art] iguanamouth; punk!mermaids [art] by foxville; mermaids in space [hc] by various; Night and Day Mermaids by Pierre Droal; mermaids have teeth [art] by theartofanimation; "Portrait of a Family" [art] by Jessica Warrick; koi merpony [art] by mzminola; mermaid cuddles [art] by imafraidofsquids; mermaids collect the souls of those drowned at sea [art] by shannon-freeman; genderqueer merchild [art] by guacats; stingray [art] by Clio Chiang; merladies with sharkfins and merdudes with sparkly scales [art] by fernacular; water moving [art/sc] by the-pale-m00nlight; a little love story about mermaids and tattoos [art] by charminglyantiquated; merdude chillin, dissatisfied with how easily his hair gets tangled [art] by jiinsy; two kids (Caribbean Monk Seal) & Hold your breath [art] by nilaffle; Goodbye To Kindness [art] by Nozomi Tojinbara; mermaid with an iphone [art] by frogmakesart; straight white boy mermaid [art, sc] by misterpaulito, iguanamouth; mermaid cursing [hc] by mzminola; But at the edge of the ocean [hc] by idoagreatpatsy; Egyptian Mermaid [art] by sully-s; Alternate kinds of mermaidness [art] by aboutmerpeople; more murderous mermaids [art] by prismplague; shiny gold mermaid [art] by thebigpalooka; mermaid nails [art] by polishallthenails; social hierarchy of merfolk is based on depth tolerance [hc] by prokopetz; various Mermaids [art] by sully-s; clemma!mermaids [art] by syntheticgrammar; Capricorn Redraw [art] by *Shattered-Earth; mermaid in a calm [art] by antonyuk; Shouldn’t all mermaids be fat? [meta] by redqueenwildboy; Bra shopping is hard [art] by efflyafterdark; Inuit sealmerms [art] by snuffes; old mermaid with whale [art] by Anneliese Juergensen; you became a mermaid when you enter the water [art] by kinopia; pastel mermaid [art] by potasium; Do black mermaids get ashy? [hc] by theedjcagedbird, aroacegems; "Maidens of the Seven Seas" [art] by artsilverglass; People say breasts and long hair would interfere with a real mermaid’s ability to swim and hunt but [hc] by bogleech, mzminola; mermaid with octopus hair [art] by linneart; mermaids in warm sorts of waters keeping the tide gentle [hc] by hymnandher; mermaids are really great astronomers [hc] by mermaidsmut; there’s an ocean on one of Jupiter’s moons - aka space mermaids [hc] by klartie, mercenarykin; even mermaids need the occasional girl’s day out [art] by artisticdichotomy; mermaid holding out fish [art] by bamf-castiel; the idea of mermaids bringing their witch girlfriends [hc] by prettypnk; The Anatomy of a mermaid [sc/art, meta] villancikos, ultralaser; hatchetfish [art] by thesanityclause; anglerfish mermaid housewife [art] by effsie; lionfish (real person) [sc] by wild-guy; Magical mermaid lesbians [art] by dakotabardy; summer magic [art] by bevsi; what if they were just fish-sized with human torsos [hc] by garrisonbabe; I fell in love with a mermaid [art] by kirstendraws; Selene the Mermaid [art] by ArielMcEpic; Seafoam Green [art] by thegorgonist; Irene: the sun-basking, mature beauty who spoils her grandchildren and takes plenty of kelp fiber [art] by mermaids-101; Out of Water (smoking mermaid in bathtub) [art] by Saiful Haque; mermaid reading/listening to headphones in tub [art] by piebears; Spotted Mermaid [art] by Camelid; A Vision [art] by 86er; snowboarder/mermaid [art] by katleyh; in the water [art] by gretlusky; shark [art] by prinnay; Mermaid [art] by sully-s; shadowy deep & more [art] by Rob Rey; Goldfish Mermaids [art] by Martin Hsu; various [art] by mermaidfight; beyond the sea-22 [art] by chevelinpierre; various mermaids in life [art] by Jessica Warrick; Playing Fetch [art] by stutterhug; on a rock [art] by Rhys Griffiths; Mediterranean Mermaid Lovers [art] by animatopoeiaaa; A black ghost knife mermaid with vitiligo [art] by may12324; Cajun Mermaid [art] by *SYoshiko; Mermaid (large) [art] by Sergey Kolesov; La Perla Nera [art] by valimermaid95; betta mermaid [art] by salamispots; mermaid in wheelchair [art] by karenhallion; mermaids love making new friends [art] by lilylilymine; various poses [art] by snejkha; various [art] by taratjah; mermaids saying nah [art] by aceshouseofcards; deep sea, ancient, river, and tropical [art] by kelbremdusk; mermaids would have to be dark-skinned and chubby to survive in the ocean [meta] by gayndam; Mangroves [art] by cliobablio; are lesbian mermaids called h2omosexuals [hc] by closetedsapphicopinions; happy mermay y'all [art] by amr98;
whalemaid [art] by Aaron Blaise; mermay [art] by eridey; mermay + tags [art] by jijidraws; Merfolk [art] by terror-in-the-dream; and they wonder why we crash their ships [art/joke] by aphtoncorbin; various [art] by David Ardinaryas Lojaya; various [art] by Noa Ikeda; Koi [art] by rebelinksart; Welcome Home Gift [art] by stutterhug; Mermaid Witch [art] by munbbi; mermaids [art] by salamispots; mermaid in a bathtub [art] by bevsi; merfolk [sc] by mjwatson; So many mermaids [art] by coryloftis; teenage mermaids [art] by Allen Ostergar IV; gotta watch out for fishing nets [art] by rhymewithrachel; Mermaids fucking hate coconuts [hc] by otherwindow; PI mermaid [art] by shrubli; The Sea Witches Daughter [art] by cosmosbadger; merfolk start as fish [hc, art] by iguanamouth; nobody asked you [art] by pinkincubi; If you're out at sea and you compass is acting strange, you're close to mermaids [hc] by Chwistopher; mermaid on ship [art] by badenlily; paper cuts [art] by nathsketch; she was tall like a mountain [art] by galacticjonah-dnd; mermaid and swimmer [art] by sfrdoodles; mermaid monster hybrids [hc] by siriusblaque, the-magical-crawdad; body changes [art] by greyannis; starmaids [hc, art] by quietpinetrees, drachenmagier; they typically have long colorful hair because it's not hair at all [hc] by Chwistopher; starmaids [hc] by quietpinetrees; Indian saris [art] by kelseyeng; various [art] by Olivia Derie; various [art] by Hannah Cardoso; sanjay patel style [art] by susanarodriguesart; tattooed fin [art] by jenna-ygray; Mermaids guiding a young soul in a burial at sea [art] by linipik; mermaids [art] by Slawek Fedorczuk; more swamp based [art] by salamispots; different mermaids [art] by Cory Loftis; flying fish [art] by salamispots; The Story of Mermaid and Cat [art] by meetingyourmaker; mermaid & human sisters [art] by IG/vskafandre; mermay [art] by darantha; your going to get us both killed [art] by Huo Liusheng (Xiao Wen) and Jin Shuilang (Lang Ge), jayessart; mermay galaxy [art] by chikao-art; Mermaids as fun drinks [art] by secretsivekept; Mermaids LOVE shoes [hc, art] by otherwindow; black moor goldfish [art] by salamispots; the little trashmaid & The little Trashmaid & singing [art] by s0s2; reading on the beach [art] by eleth89; Bare bones [art] by maybelsart; Mermay 2020 [art] by Maxine Vee; Mermaids LOVE shoes [art] by otherwindow; seal-mermaids [art] by baruyon; a merman with some friendly seals [art] by orsob; Mermaids getting surface groceries from a Vietnamese floating market [art] by wroshyr; The Ocean’s Daughter [art] by su_qiaoqiao; my sister and I make a strange pair [art] by meredithmcclaren; badass elder (she’s beluga / inuit) [art] by aeroknot

>>willow-s-linda's family [art] - Merdad reading to merbaby; not hatched yet; Can we keep her?; watching her bottom sway; Anglerfish would really like to hunt but loves her owner too much to interrupt her from reading; baby centaur saw a mermaid today; purple; introducing friends to her pet; Faith and her fish friends; Merbabies; Claire is not feeling well today; Merbaby is ready to explore the world; Lily playing tag with a fish; Geetings from Coral; Faith doesn’t like her meal; The fish are are biting like crazy;

Sexual Assault of Men Played for Laughs - Part 1 Male Perpetrators & Part 2 Female Perpetrators by Pop Culture Detective

- It’s hard to overstate just how common jokes about men being sexually assaulted or sexually harassed are in entertainment media. Comedic situations are typically designed to demean, humiliate, or emasculate a male character for being the victim, or potential victim, of sexual violence. Part 1 focuses on humor involving men sexually assaulting or harassing other men. Part 2 examines media in which women are depicted as the perpetrators.

When Hollywood Speaks Chinese, I Cringe | Video Essay by Accented Cinema

- Here is a problem rarely discussed, but should be relatable to anyone who speaks a language beyond English: Hollywood just doesn't seem to understand how non-English languages work.

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Adventures of a Reluctant Mary Sue by Kadorienne
- Metafic about a Mary Sue muse.

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Sub-categories: Women in Nerd Culture; Feminist Critiques/“Tests” of Narrative; Fandom Structure; Fandom, Isms; Canon, Isms
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Women in Nerd Culture: Scarlet Pimpernel: women invented superheroes (and team superheroes) [meta] by Bob Chipman, cumaeansibyl, vampiredarkavenger & women created sci-fi [meta] by various & Mary Shelly [meta] by sea-change & different genres started by women [eta] by various & Enheduanna [art] by Fran Hazelton & she also invented post-apocalyptic fiction [meta] by leepacey & ladies invented your favorite sub/genres [sc] by jellyfishjulie, rinielle, resmeae & all the genres [meta] by various vs Mary Shelley Didn’t Invent Sci Fi [meta] by mikkikendall; Stop Wars (Natalie Portman & Star Wars) [sc/meta] by kleptomaniantic, miss-love; 5 Women Cut from Pop Culture History for Being Too Important [meta, vid, sc] by J.F. Sargent (cracked); I love how the very presence of women makes a film feminist or part of The Feminist Agenda [meta] by spoookiepie, queenconsuelabananahammock; How many women are directing your favorite TV shows [meta] by whovianfeminism & around 50% of films made from 1911-1925 were written by women [meta] by The Nitrate Diva; small bios of famous (male) scientists as they'd be written had they been women [meta] by Daurmith; This much space Austen was permitted, and no more [meta] by Constance Grady; the science fiction genre [sc] by meanade; They don’t want a female geek. They want a girl who will do/see/read/play geeky things FOR them and WITH them but never challenge their own enjoyment or supremacy in those things. [meta] by dorkly; Seriously, my knowledge of kickass women comes from feminists on the internet passing around stories. Don’t underestimate the power of oral tradition. [meta] by inthroughthesunroof; If technology companies don’t come through with a long-term solution, it’s possible that humanity could lose a generation’s worth of filmmaking, or more [meta] by Marty Perlmutter, fuckyeahwomenfilmdirectors; you might know me as kelly [sc] by Loan Tran, bensoloish; you get the impression that women writers were very isolated figures in their time, and that's wrong [meta] by sespursongles; Edith Nesbit (all the dragons in the world were magically cursed and turned into cats) [hc] by various

Feminist Critiques/“Tests” of Narrative: [guide]; The Mako Mori test (by chaila) being applied to a white woman is missing the whole damn point [meta] by megane-thirst; The Skyler White Effect by destronomics; the Sexy Lamp test by Kelly Sue DeConnick & The Sexy Lamp (with a Post-It) by shitifindon; & Strong Female Characters by Sophia McDougall, escher-girls & Is she actually a Strong Female Protagonist by Tasha Robinson; Bechdel test & more [meta] by raptorific, sanguinarysanguinity; Female Character Flowchart [meta/sc] by Shana Mlawaski & Carlos A. Hann Commander; the Ellen Willis test by Molly Templeton; daredevil syndrome by Clint Nowicke; the validity of the coming out scene by Alenka Figa; Moff's Law by (unknown); The Deggans Rule by Eric Deggans & The Racial Bechdel Test by Alaya Dawn Johnson & The DuVernay Test by Manohla Dargis; Lewis Law by Helen Lewis; Finkbeiner Test by Christie Aschwanden; the (Vito) Russo test by members at GLAAD; Topside Test by Tom Leger and Riley MacLeod; the Furiosa test by Sean M Puckett; Martha Jones / Cookie Lyon / Coach-Winston test by cloama; destiel’s law by lowwaa; coming out authenticity by Alenka Figa; the stacker pentecost test by quigonejinn; The Heroes Effect by clustrefuck, acceber74; The Babs and Kara Test by raptorific; Women in tupperware by coelasquid; Schrodinger’s Douchebag by radiantbutterfly; maiden in the tower by secretlyatargaryen; a book may have “feminist” female leads who are strong, competent, complex, whatever, but how do they portray women just…existing in the world? [meta] by headspace-hotel

Fandom Structure: Fandom by the person [art] by alliartist; fic often spins the kind of stories that showrunners wouldn’t think to tell [meta] by Laurie Penny & A word about fandom [meta] by ifeelbetterer & fandom is primary, and canon is secondary by glitterarygetsit; The world of fanfiction is the most technologically explosive thing [meta] by almostperfectalibi & a lot of what Fandom produces is information, architecture, access [meta] by tishaturk; A brief history of fandom [meta] by ofhouseadama & The Places Fandom Dwells: A Cautionary Tale [meta] by mizstorge, fanculturesfancreativity; When women get behind something, their sheer numbers and passion force it into the mainstream [meta] by Brett White; Why LJ putting subject lines in comments is a big deal [meta] by amireal2u; I'm done explaining why fanfic is okay [meta] by bookshop, various; A03 was gonna "destroy fandom" & more [meta] by various; The types of fandom & part 2 [meta] by various; books that are actually fanfic [meta] by bookshop, various; But really, who was the first coffee shop au writer [meta] by radio-silents, anthrocon1997; Fanfiction is categorised by the emotions it’s meant to give you [meta] by multishipperpirateking; phases of memes (+ Denny) [meta] by margotkim & memes align really well with germ theory and infectious diseases [meta] by jestershark; “Orlando Jones needs to GTFO of our fandom”: Supernatural conventions and gate-keeping [meta] by Bertha Chin; alignment chart [meta] by venndigo; Reader fics are just the newest incarnation of self-insert fics [meta] by fuckyeahcaptainamericapolyamory; “Okay, but what if…” and “Yes, and…” [meta] by singelisilverslippers; crotchety fandom elders [meta] by various; There’s a problem with Tumblr GIF porn that we don’t talk about (NSFW) [x] [meta] by Chauntelle Tibbals; the whole “five times _____ and one time ____” fic [meta] by jennilah, eliciaforever; “internet ghost towns are odd places” [meta] by recycledstars; The Laborers Who Keep Dick Pics and Beheadings Out of Your Facebook Feed [meta] by Adrian Chen; Actually, I have a fairly good idea of exactly WHY tumblr ads suck so hard [meta] by salora-rainriver; open canons are weird [meta] by sarahexplosions; You know what a movie actually IS meant to be? A product. If it’s not up to standards, the audience has EVERY RIGHT to complain [meta] by fearlessinger; 4chan - an explanation [meta] by kazerad; there are plenty of girls who love writing code. Why aren’t more people saying to them, “You should be a web developer”? [meta] by arqueete & I realised that I was spending all this time trying to think about how to engage women with technology, and I was ignoring the fact they already were [meta] by Sacha Judd; you can lead a content creator to water but you sure as fuck can’t make him drink [meta] by phantomrose96; the force behind the idea criticizing shitty opinions somehow mean that you “can’t handle different opinions than your own” [meta] by pisshets, enchainrain, steviemcfly; nobody ever shows actors smutty fanart of straight pairings on late night tv shows [meta] by propergenius; the really close repetition/variation (5 Times also in literature) [meta] by ineptshieldmaid, laylainalaska; watching tumblr try to talk about 4chan [meta] by pondwitch; psa: don’t mention commissions/patreon on AO3 [meta] by various; the 'I'm white' tag [meta] by various; notp means [meta/sc/joke] by otpprompts; about what VHS fansubs were like [x] [meta] by Justin Sevakis; Don’t answer fandom surveys [meta] by oxymoraa, neurodiversitysci; In social media 1:10 is what you would call a solid engagement score [meta] by various; One of the authors of My Immortal has finally stepped forward [meta] by thehpalliance & oh wait no she isn't [meta] by various; fanfiction writers in particular are set up to hate every sequel movie ever and it’s their own damn fault but it’s also TOTALLY NATURAL AND OK [meta] by various; when fans first started talking about more than friendship between Kirk and Spock [meta] by spockslash, elfwreck; Just because you don’t mind seeing it in fiction [meta] by shipping-isnt-morality; the general state of media recommendation on tumblr makes a lot more sense [meta] by exeggcute; thank u asimov for accidentally kickstarting the slash movement [meta] by various

Fandom, Isms: honest reasons behind fandoms choices [meta] by various & want the distance by putting female experience on male characters [meta] by various vs its bullshit [meta] by wingsandtails, solaceames; fandom should be transformative (where are the females) [meta] by saathi1013; critiques of misogyny in fandom part I [meta] by blameitonthepatriarchy, havingbeenbreathedout & critique of the critique [meta] by jennifergearing, pluckyminna, allofthefeelings, chaila & the way we critique misogyny in fandom [meta] by blameitonthepatriarchy, spacemarried; The Importance of Mary Sue [meta] by unwinona & Mary Sue, what are you? or why the concept of Sue is sexist by adventuresofcomicbookgirl & The Forced "Mary Sue" of Women of Color [meta] by for-a-small-fe & “Mary Sues”: it’s not strictly that they’re good at something, but that they’re good at something without justification [meta] by prokopetz; There comes a point in every poc/woman character’s life [meta] by ororosmunroe; only genre that followed the characters into bed and back out of it [meta] by Shoshanna; The “Spotlight Effect” in Media and Fandom [meta] by saathi1013; Girl fandom vs boy fandom (fanart and sports) [meta] by various & soccer (female fans) [meta] by melakafrays, septembriseur; Slash fandom, race, sexuality, and other shit you don’t want to read [meta] by spacetwinks & Sing Until Your Lungs Give Out: When white people talk about racism in fandom [meta] by morejoyful, lierdumoa & Let’s play a game — Guess the show! (BW/WM relationship) [meta] by gallifreyglo; femslash the smallest genre in the world of fanfiction [meta] by teenboypopstar; TV poster [art] by still-sophistory; Coffee shop AUs [meta] by benicebefunny; All of the orgasms in fic are so violent [meta] by samlikesboys, roachpatrol, rainbowbarnacle; we can't even talk about the flaws of female characters [meta] by theladymonsters; we can be powerful without wearing the masks of men [meta] by sunteaflower, claidilady; mpreg? u mean trans dudes in fanfic? [meta] by girlalmightys; I hate it when slash fics feel like they gotta tear down the character’s previous relationship with a girl in some way [meta] by tofixtheshadows, valencing, getintherobot; it's been fifty years stop calling this revolutionary [meta] by stardust-rain; Once-ler: microcosm of fandom [meta, sc] by superhighschoolleveldoujinauthor & more [sc, meta] by yung-rage; not all fans/fandoms but a pattern [meta] by saathi1013; ok no one is saying that despising a female character who has legitimate reasons to be despised is inherently misogynistic, as long as [meta] by lagingerette, saathi1013; its a slap in the face to women writers [meta] by transversely; like its not really progressive to just like… continue creating male dominated storylines, wherein women are rescued by men who are enlightened and no longer part of misogyny or sexism [meta] by sinbadism, lavienoire; The same actor(s), suggested for every role(s), over and over, regardless of suitability (benign racism) [meta] by Bim Adewunmi; to write the representation you want misses the silence of the community [meta] by sugarfey; women reading lesbian romance makes them have to confront their own anxieties and insecurities about their bodies and their sexualities [meta] by E.E. Ottoman; let’s start applying the bechdel test to fan fiction 2k14 [meta] by capnromanoff; there's such an ingrained history of erasure that there’s this incredibly strong default to say it is canon [meta] by eponymous-rose, fandomshatewomen; a significant amount of bi/lesbian fangirls were introduced to same-gender relationships and stories via dudeslash [meta] by stultae; on men in fandom (words) [meta] by fozmeadows; sometimes having the source still doesn't make it right (pixiv artists) [meta] by inyous; female characters: pedestals, works produced [meta] by margotkim; Trans people’s self-representative work consistently does not get as much attention as cis authors/artists do when depicting trans people [meta] by hobbitkaiju; this current trend of "writing female villains is feminist" [meta] by stardust-rain; "good" fanfic vs mainstream porn [meta] by fozmeadows, bonusvampirus; the overwhelming feeling that no one will read a fic we write if we don’t include some ship or another [meta] by beranyth; its ok to NOT like bad guy characters bc of real world morality too [meta] by spidergvven; You think you’re automatically more capable of surviving than people who have to adapt every single day of their lives to an inaccessible world? (post-apocalyptic disabled people) [meta] by neuroatypically-speaking; whenever lyrics by woc artists are used on graphics of white women it’s alway signifying some kind of Otherness or rebel status [meta] by irresistible-revolution; how can anyone justify the things [white boy fave] says and does & the Sunk Cost Fallacy [meta] by various; Lucy Lawless is only in her 40s, ffs [meta] by mysharona1987, textualdeviance; if well-written, well-developed-in-the-canon relationships were actually the primary component of why fandom shipped dudes together, why the fuck is there so little fic [meta] by quigonejinn; here’s to the ladies who get pushed aside [meta] by coalitiongirl; look, if aro/platonic character of color/white dude were accompanied by long, thoughtful, nuanced essays than there wouldn't be a problem [meta] by duvallon; romantic shipping culture dominates the majority of fandoms and the way certain ships are far less likely to be interpreted that way is indicative of racist trends [meta] by americachavez; they don’t ever get together in the fic because they just…don’t [hc/meta] by c-is-for-circinate; Fandom and the Intersection of Feminism and Race [meta] by diversehighfantasy; Why does diversity so often get accused of existing just for diversity points? [meta] by shiraglassman, shwetanarayan, andreashettle; infantilization is often how fandom shows sincere affection [meta] by duvallon; badly written female characters deserve the same kind of painstaking, loving headcanoning and analyzing than your 2-minutes-of-screentime male faves do [meta] by brorotica, falloutgirlongirl; Rule: When analyzing or critiquing media, you can not defend a problematic aspect of media by saying that a character CHOSE to do it [meta] by fandomsandfeminism, bikiniarmorbattledamage; slash fics feel like they gotta tear down the character’s previous relationship with a girl in some way [meta] by various; the "racially mixed future" is racist [meta] by writingwithcolor, pictures-and-love-lost, shwetanarayan; Just because two people are capable of deeply hurting each other [meta] by gwenny39vd; slash fandom is extremely misogynist, biphobic, transphobic, racist, and full of rape and abuse apologism [meta] by bonusvampirus, elfyourmother; We are more than the bigotry we endure [meta] by fandomsandfeminism; some racial microagressions done by fandom [meta] by queerhawkeye; ace identities in regards to POC characters [meta] by dazzledfirestar, queerlaurabarton & people act like they’re doing all acearo people a favor by twisting representation into something racist and ableist and ugly [meta] by dumbledorably; Jewish person: “hey it freaks me out that so many people make excuses for nazi charcters and turn nazi imagery and fascism into a silly joke" (and everyone else is like: you're overreacting) [meta] by chordati; Btw there’s a BIG difference between a straight person and an aromantic person [meta] by clairealextrash; sure hetronomativity is a bad thing. But at a certain point it stops being pro gay and starts being anti women [meta] by noworldnomad; what makes fandom move and grow is creativity, sharing and community so you can't be passive in your anti-racism/anti-sexism [meta] by queerhawkeye; why I don’t like the dragon argument [meta] by anghraine; People have to be always aware of why they have the views they have about characters of color [meta] by dangercupcakemurdericing; if you get meaning from fiction you do NOT get to turn around the second you hear someone negatively critique it and say it’s just fiction [meta] by lxfestream; PSAs like “We all need to get together” or “People need to be nice to each other”, they’re never directed at the people that start the issue [meta] by stitchomancy; A black male love interest isn’t encroaching on your [white female] representation [meta] by airedmania; Murphy’s law, applied to fanfics [meta/hc] by ten-thousand-leaves; It’s always a battle between supporting shit that includes women, and not supporting it because it underrepresents women of colour [meta] by allerasphinx; people should say “Men and women of color as well as white women” instead of “People of color and women” as if the two don’t intersect [meta] by ourqueenfelinefatale; asexuality & racism [meta] by various; AO3′s rating system (by dicks) [hc] by silvercistern; child headcanons and de-aging stories [meta] by allofthefeelings; lawful good to chaotic evil explanations [meta] by melancholymeme; Hurt/Comfort satisfies a very basic, vital need and makes use of tension and release just as horror does [meta] by thesnadger, pinesinthewoods, hippity-hoppity-brigade; Fanfiction + text posts [sc] by words-on-pages; honestly people just saying they're attached because of the characters, nostalgia etc, is better than those who try to come up with a reason why it’s “social justice approved” when it's not [meta] by dangercupcakemurdericing; communities of dark!fic [meta] by silicadaisy, clari-clyde; your individual shipping habit is not the point when talking about the wide-spread racism against certain ships [meta] by dangercupcakemurdericing; so to what extent is an audience reaction due to the audience and to what extent it’s due to the narrative - the audience bears more responsibility than is generally recognized [meta] by allerasphinx, candyumbrella; extreme shipper culture where everything in the story is reinterpreted as being expressly for or about the relationship [meta] by andieblogs; k dude call me when your show kills off ONE HUNDRED PERCENT of its straight characters [meta] by astralmagnetism; White female leads in movies are not at all groundbreaking [meta] by sourcedumal & need to stop saying “woman” and “female lead” when we mean “white woman” and “white female lead” [meta] by jawnbaeyega & stop calling something ‘diverse’ because there is more white women in it than white men is absurd and insulting [meta] by fistoffight; there's a difference between not caring about white men and men of color [meta] by ambersriley; “trickle down representation” comes from an entirely different perspective of thinking about Hollywood and mainstream audiences than how women of colour do [meta] by stardust-rain; mary sue (n.): (derogatory) a female character [meta] by roofbeams, someoneinjersey; the evolution of approaches to the eternal riddle What to Do With the Canon Girlfriend in My Slash Fan Fictions [meta] by juliaaugusti, gen-is-gone; coffee shop aus aren’t intrinsically boring, but so many of them are so… peaceful [meta] by swedishjazz; getting peeved about how straight fans seem to perceive what they deem to be an "appropriate" amount of relationship buildup before a f/f or m/m couple can be considered legitimate [meta] by grrlofswirls, princelesscomic; a few fandom arguments [meta] by lauralandons; We (collective fandom we) have imbued minor characters with these traits so often that I can trace it as a type [meta] by wildehack; Your pairing preferences in fandom were always going to be biased [meta] by theobule-caul; white people need to be critical of own fandom presence and fandom capital [meta] by softpunkbucky; klandom has five settings for chromatic characters [meta] by duvallon, nerdsagainstfandomracism; My Immortal: a joke or not [meta] by raptorific, bemusedlybespectacled, seserakh; gay, bisexual and queer men dont exist for the consumption of straight women [meta] by welkingender, gayacepoedameron, stitchmediamix; the point of fuckbuddies-to-lovers fics is that sex isn’t enough [meta] by authorkurikuri; bro cinema and the passive consumption of media [meta] by prokopetz, bloodpopsicles, lierdumoa, doctorscienceknowsfandom; Candice Patton & "fans" [meta] by various; reasons behind ships not happening [meta] by atomicheavybike, witchpieceoftoast; “why do these characteristics make me think of them as villainous” [meta] by faegeekgirl, verysmallfrogs, therandommeerkat, solacekames; there’s a difference between the ‘enemies-to-lovers’ trope and shipping someone with their abuser [meta] by deanpinterester; pinterest *succeeded* at getting fandom’s attention during the exodus (& google doc mentioned in talk) [meta] by odditycollector, spaceshipoftheseus; All of the orgasms in fic are so violent [meta] by samlikesboys; “problematic” is not a homogenous category, and “everything is a little bit problematic” should not be used [meta] by pervocracy; yknow how you want to like female characters and not immediately hate them [meta] by orriculum, cumaeansibyl; It is a truth universally acknowledged that a slash shipper in possession of a female love interest must be in want of a fridge [meta] by thisisntgoodbi; The Mr. Darcy Fantasy isn’t a brooding “tall, dark and handsome” savior, it's that a man would be willing to change his behavior just to be worthy of you [meta] by punk-solas; *about white women* Her skin is as pure as snow and delicate as porcelain vs *about black women* Their skin is sensual chocolate, caramel and crafted from gold like goddesses [meta] by themelancholyblackwoman, thisisntmyrealhair, auntea; how every author writes a guy kissing another guy for the first time [meta] by murphels; can’t stand these tropes in romance movies is because they’re often presented in infuriating ways [meta] by beestiels, castiel-knight-of-hell, neierathima; Tumblr needs to learn the difference between queerbaiting and censored queer relationships [meta] by arkvenor, jumpingjacktrash; i know people love the fake-married-but-then-fall-in-love trope but they always do it for weird reasons and i never see the most obvious reason [meta] by powerfulpomegranate; i’m sure your fandom will have lots of reasons why what your antihero did was okay [meta] by gr8writingtips; the pushback against ‘problematic’ content, specifically on social media sites, is because victims, minors, and minorities are given their loudest, strongest platform in this particular niche yet [meta] by theelderscrotes; creating suspense using genre elements [meta] by writerofscreen; weaponised femininity is a concept made up in an attempt to get us to embrace the industries created to hold us back/profit from our insecurities [meta] by various; They aren’t Notps, they are Enough-tps [meta] by hanatsuki89; Exit to Eden by Anne Rice vs My Immortal [meta] by various; super not-okay with that Mike Dawson “Why Did They Come” comic [meta] by various; somebody’s done an AMV set to Thirty Seconds to Mars’ “This Is War” [meta] by prokopetz; Hemsworth, Evans, Pratt, and Pine, how many Chris’s get to survive? [joke, meta, sc] by fangirlamanda; “Being able to tell the difference between fiction and reality” is kinda… not the point. At all. [meta] by enigma-boi, arcturian, grownfromseed; The Matrix and Jupiter Ascending are two sides of the same coin. They take the childhood stories associated with each gender and mix them with impressive cinematography and costumes. [meta] by eimearkuopio; It’s Christmas season so it’s about time for Jewish people to be like “please don’t take this Jewish character and christianize them for your fanfic/art” [meta, joke] by spockoandjimjim; everyone on earth gets to stan 1 irredeemable fictional murderboy with a vaguely sad backstory [meta/joke] by kindergraph; If a female character kicks ass, she’s overpowered. If a female character can’t defend herself, she’s unnecessary. If [meta] by moved-to-tinypancake; the reason why fake dating fics are so enjoyable is because they are a combination of slow burn and established relationship fics [meta] by starfiyah; necrophilia, ish [joke] by ao3tagoftheday, aprillikesthings; That dismissal of romance as a genre is a political act [meta] by C.P. Hoffman; Terry Crews just posted his Gal Gadot fan art [meta, art] by hellblazerdean; We don’t like to think about the value in the version of the story where Persephone was the captive child bride, do we? It’s ugly. She loses in that version. She’s a shameful secret of history, where women always had to lose. There’s no inspiration in that, is there? [meta] by c-is-for-circinate‌; There are 3 brands of character songs [meta] by castingcomets; if movies about men got reviewed the same way movies about women did [meta] by roxilalonde; jewish characters written by goyim [meta] by freedomfriesandapplepies, starlightomatic; How I Met Your Mother just like… disappeared from culture after the finale aired (finales are for fans) [meta] by thattallnerdybean; The story of Cassandra is not nearly as embedded in our culture as that of the Boy Who Cried Wolf [meta] by Rebecca Solnit; You know what bugs me about soulmate aus? Everyone in these worlds would surely develop a personalized greeting different from everybody else’s to prevent confusion. (AU worldbuilding) [meta] by gravywheels; X-Files fandom coined the term shipping, UST, and binge watching [meta] by various; American healthcare is so bad we're even fucked up in A/B/O fics [meta] by adashtra; I still remember the way she walked into my office, which is a good sign, as it only happened this morning [fic] by argumate; “But of course I’d date a 3,000 year old shapeshifting dragon demi-god if the opportunity arose. Why do you ask?” [hc] by glumshoe; I think the fandom struggle to collectively decide whether Jack and Maddie are good or bad is indicative of how many of us are queer, neurodivergent, etc [meta] by enmitypark; If you don’t think Fandom Racism has a real world impact [meta] by jjluvsrhodey; people sometimes come at daemon AU worldbuilding with a mindset of ‘what if our world suddenly had daemons’ rather than ‘what if people had always had daemons and the world was built around that’ [meta] by mountainous-hare, ratterwolf, booksandchainmail; genderbending discourse & more [meta] by various

Canon, Isms: stealth heroines [meta] by c-is-for-circinate & Least Favorite Trope where there’s an awesome female character who by all rights ought to be the Chosen One [meta] by Elizabeth Bear; We Can’t Get Out Of The Bedroom Now [sc] by biscuitsarenice & Leading Men Age, But Their Love Interests Don’t [meta] by Kyle Buchanan; be a bit kinder on what's called 'unrealistic' [meta] by innypocket; psychotic girls who weaponize the things that mark them as female [meta] by mzminola; mythological creatures that are exclusively female [meta] by bloodhole & white women writing poems and posts about “feminist dragons” and “monstrous femininity” [meta] by irresistible-revolution; women and clothing [meta] by durendals & it is NOT realistic to fight in heels [meta] by howtofightwrite; the lack of exploitation of women is “unrealistic” [meta] by feministfrequency, adventurotica; There are no female narrators [meta] by Neil deGrasse Tyson, thechronicleofshe; How does stanning white characters affect people of color? [meta] by pandaseal, amazonpoodle & white people’s reactions to that post criticising Lucy [meta] by stardust-rain; the Black struggle gets deemed the property of all other social justice struggles [meta] by Andrea Smith; don't change POC to other POC (racebending) [meta] by ocha-and-chocolate & PSA for artists re “hijabi” racebend [meta] by sweatycheeseburger; Dystopians: The Leadership of Cis, Straight, White, Able-Bodied Men by Sparky & totalitarian dystopian future lit [meta] by flightcub & On The Erasure of People Of Colour From Dystopian Fiction [meta] by Batty Mamzelle; native voices in the background roles [meta] by salon; Mother Gothel is designed as a Jewish woman [sc, meta] by various; White Savior Movies [sc] by cagedlions; colonialism is central to sci-fi (x) [meta] by Noah Berlatsky; Trans people & Other [meta] by foxfamilyfeatures, necphilak; bromance IS homophobia [meta] by queeradical & the term bromance [meta] by Toril Orlesky; queercoding [meta] by exeggcute, speedlimit15; fetishizing homosexuality is a problem [meta] by eggjam; In the war film, a soldier can hold his buddy—as long as his buddy is dying on the battlefield (x) [meta] by Brintnall, Kent L.; the problem with procedurals [meta] by daxsymbiont; Privilege And The White Dude Super-Detective [meta] by Tamara Winfrey Harris; why is it always #bad brains blondes tho [meta] by andromedalogic; SF is kinda obsessed with stories of “cure” [meta] by Kathryn Allan & the disabled are already in a dystopia [meta] by neednothavehappenedtobetrue & descriptions of "mercy killings" [meta] by Corinne Duyvis; Men have written thousands of stories about toxic relationships with their father [meta] by fygirlcrush; Women in apocalyptic fiction shaving their armpits [meta] by Lisa Wade; Gender, Orphan Black & The Meta Of Meta vs white women [meta] by fozmeadows, rob-anybody; People of Colour as Extras do not Equal Inclusion [meta] by Sparky; failure to account for cultural change over time [meta] by Scott Lynch, lett3rhead; This Is What I Mean When I Say "White Feminism" [meta] by battymamzelle; as a wheelchair user, i would love to see the media show us [meta] by johngreenhateblog; she normalized TV [quote] by Shonda Rhimes; the "shut the woman up in her emotionally vulnerable moment by kissing her" is a horrible trope [meta] by amazighprincex; characters who are disabled all the time, not just when the plot “calls for it” [meta] by theshriekingsisterhood; survivalist fiction by someone who has not actually considered the practicalities of survival [meta] by triflesandparsnips; This is a jar full of major characters (whitewashing vs racebending presentation) [meta, sc] by timemachineyeah; When the dad figure has to leave, or dies, and he tells the little boy to ‘take care of your mother, you’re the man of the house now’ [meta] by ginkgobilobas; the deconstruction of the manic pixie dream girl trope [meta] by radioactivemongoose; the average below-the-line worker: hours and time put in [meta] by Gavin Polone; Miraculously recover or die [meta] by S. Kelley Harrell; one horrible dialogue tropes is when a man tells a woman “you can’t do that” [meta] by isleofapplepies; “No Women” Is Not a Genre [meta] by shitpeoplesaytowomendirectors; Jeez, it’s like having only one character to represent your whole gender [sc, meta] by various; How come in movies with apocalyptic situations there’s always graffiti everywhere [meta] by unregardless; Religious curses are so interesting because they reflect world-building more accurately [meta] by A.J. O'Connell; Every Single Word Spoken By People of Color In Movies [vids] by Dylan Marron; vegeta arcs - like how a character is now living perhaps with the heroes and interacting with them casually and is sorta part of the group but they haven’t changed in the slightest personality wise [meta] by shitfacedanon; when you want to make a woman into a hero, you hurt her first. When you want to make a man into a hero, you hurt… also a woman first [meta] by Leigh Alexander; media production company: "Guess whos playing your fave character coming soon~??" // fans: Its BadChoice McBigName and we're not happy about it for many very obvious reasons [meta] by fwips; Movie Ideas For Men [meta] by thefrenemy; lets show this mentally ill character with newspaper clippings all over their walls to highlight their descent into madness [meta] by johngreenhateblog, labrownrecluse; have you ever seen a female alien without breasts in a movie [meta] by blacksquares; Hollywood, It’s Time to Retire the ‘Loveable Misogynist’ Movie Hero [x] [meta] by Lindsay Ellis; there's this bizarre trend where non-human women in media still look weirdly like humans [sc/meta] by awful-and-terrible; dead gays for the straight gaze [meta] by ladysaviours, powpowhammer, moon-crater; Dystopian fiction is what happens [meta] by @leeflower; so aggressively het that every like Attractive Youngish Character has a really obviously love-interest-y counterpart [meta] by pipistrellus; Charlize was able to just emote on screen without anyone worrying about whether she looked pretty doing it [meta] by various; even media that is SUPPOSEDLY “proggressive” has no fucking clue how to write asian people & more [meta] various; The black lady behind the counter is the personification of red tape and programs people [meta, sc] by sleepynegress, missvoltairine; for femslash, canon has never floated my ship [meta] by serendipitousproportions; bisexual characters on TV are not allowed to use the word ‘bisexual’ to describe themselves [sc/meta] by Nicole Kristal; the “slow burn” is actually harmful when half of the pairing is a Black woman [meta] by diversehighfantasy; shit trope: ‘character a doesnt speak to certain family members but character b goes behind their back and contacts those family members' [meta] by joetoyes; whenever “strong female characters” insult men by calling them girls [meta] by yennranmma; You are not progressive because you’ve introduced a record number of non white (or male) characters if they are forced to step on the dead bodies of their predecessors [meta] by amireal2u; People argued a lot about “separating the art from the artist” but [meta] by storebrandsoda; Good Guy Gaslighting [meta] by theskysuspended, maelace, gingersnapwolves, mad-madam-m; The real problem with books-turned-movies [meta] by queeralieninvasion; a trend in recent films of characterizing the faceless hordes in movies [meta] by various; Why is the “historical realism” thing always rape? [meta] by drst, thatweirdo-intheduckieshirt, nextyearsgirl, animatedamerican; it's considered more acceptable to show violence to children if it doesn’t have consequences [meta] by pervocracy; you cant reliably tell the difference between an ad for a movie, an ad for a video game, and an ad for the US armed forces [meta] by transgirlnausicaa; “why can’t female heroes kick arse in heels” because it’s not practical and will literally snap your damn ankle and weaponised femininity is shit [meta] by overlypolitebisexual, cishits; my empathy levels actually go down for a male character who is *suffering* because of female character got fridged [meta] by dubiousculturalartifact; This doublet is a great example of how high definition television has greatly impacted the details of what we see [sc, meta] by recycledmoviecostumes; The entertainment industry loves disabled characters—but not disabled actors [meta] by Christopher Shinn; But given that neither Crane nor Abbie has been shown to identify as ace/demi in three season it WOULD de-legitimize their relationship in the eyes of the public [meta] by camellia-quince, abbiehollowdays; When you introduce a queer character it becomes a political statement in & of itself [meta] by itsmyturntohide; Joan Hooley about the story behind Emergency – Ward 10 interracial kiss on television [sc/meta] by nerdsagainstfandomracism; stop with having stories which are *metaphorically* about oppression [meta] by leftclausewitz; All 148 (& counting) Dead Lesbian and Bisexual Characters On TV And How They Died [meta,sc] by Riese & the few that got happy endings [meta] by Heather Hogan; We are setting the bar on the ground, and tv shows have dug a queer lady mass grave just to avoid meeting it (besides Glee) [meta] by anon, fluent-in-lesbianism, lierdumoa & the 8 lesbians/bisexuals who have died in 2016 (so far) [meta] by knockfivetimes, imdoingstufflori; Bad TV Romance [meta] by fozmeadows; "don't kill [marginalized character]" (it is not a demand that you treat them as untouchable. it is a critique that you are still lacking) [meta] by peter-pantomime; A producer is keeping track of the way female characters are introduced in every script he reads [meta] by Ross Putman; People keep saying, “what if men did what you did to ghostbusters but the other way around!!!!!” but 1) You can’t [meta] by vistakai; if someone makes an overt reference to same-sex attraction it’s frequently meant to be read as a literal joke [meta, sc] by fozmeadows; whitewashed movies flopping at the box office [sc, meta] by llcoolade; they use a nerf gun [sc] by witchcrafts; Genres [meta] by c-is-for-circinate; senseless killing women, POC, & queers in pop media normalizes everyday violence against them [meta] by @deathtodickens; A Look at the History of Media Burying Its Lesbians [x] [meta] by James McConnaughy; then that show has chosen a white supremacist vision as their target audience [meta] by karnythia; Sir, There's a Bird in Your Refrigerator [x] [meta] by Rachel Greeman; then that show has chosen a white supremacist vision as their target audience [meta] by karnythia; 1 billion Muslims on the planet but you never have a random hijabi in the background of a Western TV show or movie [meta] by tonynstark; seven women were killed on tv this week, four of them were women of color, at least two of them were wlw [meta] by lemonyandbeatrice, dangercupcakemurdericing & the reason this one feels different is she was the hero of the story [meta] by ratherembarrassing & they did not need to kill her to let the actress go [meta] by a-j-aria, littlereddove, allerasphinx; TPTB, Fox execs, etc. will look at Sleepy Hollow as a case study, and believe it’s an example of why ‘diverse casting’ doesn’t work [meta] by gotsteph; they did not need to kill her to let the actress go [meta] by a-j-aria, littlereddove, allerasphinx & the reason this one feels different is she was the hero of the story [meta] by ratherembarrassing; Arden Cho marks the third PoC in the same number of weeks leaving a show b/c of neglectful storytelling [meta] by Alanna Bennett, queerhawkeye & only 37.9 shows have one asian cast member and only 6.6% of those shows have that member as a part of the main cast [meta] by rustymontgomery & DO NOT LET writers perpetuate this myth of some characters are just harder to write than others [meta] by bigskydreaming; “Anyone can die” won’t be a truthful sentence until “any kind of character can be at the very heart of the story” and “anyone can run a TV show” are factual statements as well [meta] by Maureen Ryan; we use signal degradation as a shorthand for existential “wrongness” [meta] by prokopetz, allacharade; excited about all these up-and-coming leading men. (And their future on-screen wives, who could be born any day now!) [meta/joke] by Anna Kendrick; listen putting people in positions of leadership simply because their heart is pure is no way to run an empire [meta] by witch-of-habonim-dror, lannamichaels; Origin stories are nothing. A hero and a villain could have the same origin story. It’s the choices they make after that matter. [meta] by killups; they have spoken as EXPLICITLY as they can [meta] by halfhardtorock; Why do we give robots female names? Because we don't want to consider their feelings [meta] by Laurie Penny; Why It Matters When Female Stars Are Kicked Out Of Their Franchises [meta] by Scott Mendelson; women in action movies get boots/shoes with wedges [meta] by do-black-people-do-stuff; the amount of shows on tv right now that are trying too hard to be dark and gritty [meta/joke] by officialcommanderlexa; Independence Day (sequel) is just another example of how the U.S. Military collaborates with Hollywood [meta] by jasper-rolls; hypercompetent female sidekick [meta] by Constance Grady, Javier Zarracina, characterlikeme; crime shows aggressively push the idea that only guilty people want lawyers [meta] by enoughtohold; the rating mechanism justifying cliffhangers is broken [meta] by John Rogers; this trend of Story Before Character disconnect is 100% generational [meta] by caseykleins, nataliving; diversity: summary in goldfish crackers [sc] by oblivionkeeper23, digitalpoltergeist; gay characters are severely under-represented, but within the realm of gay representation, conventionally attractive white men are over-represented [meta] by dannickyyourmemie-s; ScarJo, because she gets to play white female leads AND Asian female leads [sc] by Arden Cho; @ ppl who say deep male friendship is underrepresented in comparison to m/m romance [meta] by goddessofidiocy; “it would be impossible for this disabled character to be played by a disabled actor" [meta] by winemomleia; at what point are the writers for the twenty shows that killed off lgbt women this past season going to look around and realize their clever plot twist wasn’t so clever [meta] by anneapocalypse; Trends that should stop: having “evil” versions of female characters wear more revealing clothes [meta] by batmanisagatewaydrug, jordanparrished; if America knows its whitewashed we turn our collective noses up at it with severe aggression [meta] by Kayla Ancrum; shows whose protagonist are undeniably female, but for some reason the Netflix covers for them only depict male characters [sc, meta] by salliethesalad; “bury your gays” [poem] by s.s.; established apocalypse aesthetics [meta] by deadtucks; method actors vs method actresses [meta] by frontpagewoman; it’s weird when tv shows try to make some kind of big distinction between their women characters beauty [meta] by enoughtohold; another cis man playing a trans woman [meta] by Jen Richards & this is not some new discussion [meta] by emphasisonthehomo; tired of heterosexist ships [meta] by eshusplayground; Stars Getting Rich Off Fan Conventions [meta] by Lesley Goldberg; TV shows need to finally learn to kill their male villains instead of their female heroes [meta] by terapsina; hate it when oppression allegories in media contain a legit reason for the oppression, because in real life [meta] by transgenderer, autisticsatya, softpunkbucky; cop shows are propaganda [meta] by thechronicleofshe, cthulhulovesewe; Broadway and Gender, by the numbers [meta] by i-remember-there-was-mist, fyeahbroadway; CW - partly unusually - targets teen white girls [meta] by timemachineyeah, steviemcfly; many Asian actors have played Asian characters that are not of their own ethnicity; also import more Asian cinema [meta] by pietromaximoffs, horehay-yang, skimcasual, kyopo; matriarchal cultures in fiction are always “women fight and hunt, men stay home and care for the babies” and world-building-wise, it makes no sense [meta] by bemusedlybespectacled, apprenticebard, clockworkcanary; the teen girls we’re meant to root for in so many Teen Girl Stories are the ones who are bad at or uncomfortable with performing femininity [meta] by batmanisagatewaydrug; Grown men telling their small sons to “take care of things now” [meta] by osointricate; if a movie doesn’t have the time (or ability) to develop a romantic relationship to a believable level …then maybe they shouldn’t include it [meta] by demonicvulcan; It’s genuinely amazing to me that a Mediocre White Man can spend 20 years creating shows and movies that treat bigotry as a joke [meta] by rob-anybody, titleknown, samael & Jennifer Lawrence made millions of dollars starring in a movie that promotes and sensationalized rioting and rebelling against an oppressive government [meta] by asmcosplay; when you brutalize a character you’ve asked your audience to identify with, in a small way you also brutalize your audience [meta] by captain-liddy; Watching POC die brutally and watching them be dehumanized when their dead bodies are shown for exploitation to an already desensitized audience is noteworthy [meta] by mariahsdillard; the fact that LGBTQ+ people are showing up in all these advertisements but not really in actual shows [meta] by ghostqueenofthesun; "LGBT couples aren't appropriate for kids to see on tv" yet so many shows aimed at teens have heterosexual teachers sleeping with students [meta] by commongayboy; women being killed and brutalized is glorified and sexualized in the media [meta] by theroguefeminist; giving an actor a second chance doesn’t mean giving a man who beat up his wife movie roles like nothing happened [meta] by jaredduck; very tired of female characters having to be younger and smaller than their male counterparts, esp having no muscles whatsoever [meta] by ziggbot; write women who are friends with each other [meta] by lesbianjedirey; when you’re designing a villain, if you look at them and think “why do these characteristics make me think of them as villainous” and like, if those characteristics reflect groups of real-life marginalized people [meta] by faegeekgirl, verysmallfrogs; going baroque vs. jumping the shark [meta] by thesublemon; Why sci-fi has an issue depicting reproductive health (and what to do about it) [meta] by Carly Lane; Writer 1: We really need to drive home the point that eugenics is bad [meta] by benicebefunny; Do you think the movie The Wolf of Wall street promoted people especially young white men, to normalize trump? [meta] by newwavefeminism; the use of Arabic and South Asian style clothing, interior design, and architectural design that they use to create this fantasy aesthetic [meta] by naramdil; are you kidding - whenever i have been in an all boy group the appearance of anything even remotely a girl has been an utter relief and total joy are you kidding [meta] by metal-x-chocobo-x, tienriu; a more iconic duo than the CW and queerbaiting [meta] by beforeweknew, lesbopoisonivy; really hate the bit in like TOO MANY zombie shows, where Our Heroes meet The Bad Gang Of Survivors. and this second gang of bad survivors are always more bigoted than Our Heroes [meta] by roachpatrol; The Noble Gentile in Nazi Germany is so terribly, terribly moved by the plight of the Jews- perhaps he rescues one, a girl [meta] by gentileproblems, clarityisrelative, returnofthejudai; fat suits are not only offensive af, but have also been something that’ve legitimately kept fat actors from getting employment [meta] by keepursulafat; Asian-Americans don’t get to see themselves on screen [meta] by ashokas; using round wide eyes to implicitly state innocence and purity in a character; and small “slanty” eyes to convey dishonesty and deceit in your antagonist (plus other character designs based on bigotry) [meta] by tangzhuang, shwetanarayan, laurellynnleake; things that happen when a show unexpectedly discovers it has a popular gay ship [meta] by atomicheavybike, spurisani; Hollywood Is Getting Outsized Credit For Seriously Small Moments Of LGBT Inclusivity [meta] by Alison Willmore; In the fantasy world, there is no such thing as a male witch. [meta] by Terry Pratchett, ticktocktober; Every Literary Genre Summed Up in a Single Sentence [sc/meta] by Elodie; “Ahh, detective, I knew you would taste that mysterious white powder you found at the crime scene" [hc] by glumshoe; least favorite Hetero Trope is when the girl eats a burger or whatever and the dude is like “Wow" [meta] by adragonwithbalanceissues, lurkdusoleil; we need more f/f friends to lovers relationships [meta] by linseymorgan; this trend where when a group of people come together and are like pretty diverse, the white guy of the group gets to be the leader [meta] by rumii-kipling; when will ppl realise that “enemies to lovers” is when two ppl on two separate sides of an issue eventually come together through a common understanding IT IS NOT [meta] by kendralynora; reverse iron fist: a chinese girl's plane goes down over the texas wilderness & she has the Guns of Pecos Bill [hc] by various; Just once, I want the hero to go “your wife/sister/mother/whatever would not have wanted this!”, and the villain to go, “actually" [hc] by trainsinanime, dreadlord-mr-son, amuseoffyre; media thats so aggressively het that every like Attractive Youngish Character has a really obviously love-interest-y counterpart of the ~~opposite~~ gender? [meta/joke] by pipistrellus; but also redemption arcs - they’re stories that take the easy way out, that hit the reset button, that validate manpain [meta] by various; Wink, Blink, and Nod (the so-called “queer representation” these days) [meta] by wrangletangle; A stage play always ends with a tangible reminder that it’s all just fiction, just a performance, and this serves to gently return the audience to the real world. Movies don’t have that [meta] by andreaszchen; Old English to Post-Modernism: one sentence summaries [sc/meta] by Elodie; a butt crack on top of another butt crack [sc/meta] by Beth Elderkin; they keep pretending Jennifer Lawrence is 45 years old [meta] by wildehacked; How long does it usually take to create an animated cg 3d movie? [sc/meta] by theillustratedarchives; How To Make A Blockbuster Movie Trailer [vid] by Auralnauts; How an underground script list changed movies [vid] by Vox; it’s amazing how microsoft managed to completely fuck themselves out of the best position they could possibly have been in in the gaming industry [meta] by captainsnoop, moontouched-moogle; Rape Choreography Makes Films Safer, But Still Takes a Toll on Cast and Crew [x] [meta] by April Wolfe; the cinematographic art of properly lighting black faces [vid] by thepowerofblackwomen; stop having white voice actors play non-white roles [meta] by various; It’s called Techno-Orientalism and people have been critiquing it since the first Blade Runner [meta] by eternal-dannation, solacekames, entrenchde; woody allen’s new movie is about a middle-aged married man having an affair with a fifteen-year-old girl when will he die [meta] by beachdeath; Chris Rock had to fight for them to cast a Black woman in the role of his mother [meta] by Chris Rock, 90scherry; being a woman is inherently uncanny [meta] by virgodura; if historical romance can give women a happy ending, it can give queer people a happy ending [meta] by KJ Charles; In [fairy tales], power is rarely the right tool for survival anyway. Rather the powerless thrive on alliances, often in the form of reciprocated acts of kindness [meta] by Rebecca Solnit; Stop giving villains stereotypically Jewish features 2k17 [meta] by mendedpixie7; You’re saying: this movie/tv show/book isn’t for you to enjoy because you’ve been forcibly exterminated from the narrative and we couldn’t care less. [meta] by burnslikeabluedream, rock-moms; Brett Ratner Has Been Kicked Off the Next Wonder Woman in group effort & The cast and crew of One Tree Hill coming together to accuse Mark Schwahn of sexual harassment & Weinstein's Impact: List of men accused of sexual misconduct [meta] by various; So far this movie consists of many men in suits smoking cigarettes and looking gravely at one another [meta/joke] by avelera; cool new site lets you know if a certain movie or TV show has any affiliation with anyone who was accused of sexual assault [meta] by weavemama; team of people and there’s one girl and (bad tropes) [meta] by dameednaeverage, lieutenant-sapphic, letitrainathousandflames; That completely defeats the purpose of a hive mind, which is decentralization. [meta] by contemporary-petroleuse, anarchyisfunandfree; When Diversity Is Bad [meta] by tropesaretools, orangemeta; reasons not to have the enigmatic stuttering character be Secretly The Killer The Whole Time in your whodunit [meta] by raisel-the-riveter; What makes a pop culture reference work? [meta] by genquerdeer, neraiutsuze; Asking “what’s sexual about this” is almost insidous [meta, sc] by honeybottledrip, theradicalresistance; the voice actor strike of 2017 [meta] by various; I don’t think anxiety about AI is really about AI at all. I think it’s certain white men’s displaced anxiety upon realizing that women and people of color have, and have always had, sentience, and are beginning to act on it on scales that they’re unprepared for. [meta] by Monica Byrne; Terry Crews Is Not Going Down Without A Fight [x] [meta] by Alanna Bennett; Jackie Chan - How to Do Action Comedy [vid/meta] by Every Frame a Painting; what do Thanos and Lavender Brown both have in common? [meta] by thehighpriestofreverseracism; Civil rights violations in the US today doesn’t look like the bad cops on TV, it more often looks like the good cops on TV [meta] by jethroq, almostrealistc; For all the visible mistakes in these shows, there are even more invisible mistakes that I make myself because of infinite details historians haven’t figured out yet, and possibly never will [meta] by Ada Palmer; The female writers, for whatever reason (men?), don’t much believe in heroes, which makes their kind of storytelling perhaps a better fit for these cynical times [meta] by Terrence Raftery; "You are responsible for what you know.” [meta] by c-is-for-circinate; learn to recognize the difference between a censored queer romance and queerbaiting [meta] by various; I don’t think people in movies/games know that pianos or any string instruments detune themselves in bad weather conditions… [meta] by mto-main, ruby-white-rabbit; The thing is, I have no problem with secular Jews being represented in fiction, I just have a problem when [meta] by kuttithevangu; the Grumpy Girl archetype is a geek sex icon because it provides a frame for socially maladjusted nerdboys to reinterpret women’s hostility and disinterest as an expression of affection [meta] by prokopetz, peppylilspitfuck; no superhero should have a name that gives away the power set [meta/hc] by various; bisexual queens [sc] by grobglas; why do character in movies have such a hard time keeping AIs from turning evil [meta] by yellowbloods; the trope isn’t just setting up for us “this man is good at what he does” – the fact that the trope demands our male hero upstage the woman says: even an incompetent man will always be better than the best woman [meta] by inkskinned; the fact that the teen girls we’re meant to root for in so many Teen Girl Stories are the ones who are bad at or uncomfortable with performing femininity probably isn’t a coincidence [meta] by batmanisagatewaydrug; On that film I never went over budget, never went over schedule, never fired people or yelled at people, nothing. But I get told that I’m emotional and difficult and cried on sets [meta] by Catherine Hardwicke; The thing about episodic serial media is that it can establish the myth in some episodes (probably most of them) and then explore the myth in others (probably the best-known and best-beloved ones) [meta] by balioc; crime show breakdown [meta/joke] by alloverthegaf, mongolman101; do the criminal minds writers just flip thru the dsm-v with their eyes shut [meta] by elvendork; how do people even fuck up movie adaptations there’s literally a written plot all set out [meta] by oldgods; I think what hurts more about watching Jones portray the first female, Jewish Supreme Court Justice is how little they physically look alike [meta] by jewish-privilege; I’m just saying it should be the go-to default and that non-Jewish actors playing Jews should be exception, not the rule [meta] by tikkunolamorgtfo, anyroads; a lot of the tropes that are associated with orcs and such in fantasy RPGs are literally eugenicist rhetoric [meta] by prokopetz; acting (and camera work) has really improved from old movies [meta] by various; least favorite Hetero Trope is when the girl eats a burger or whatever and the dude is like “Wow, I like a girl who can eat” like what the fuck did your last girlfriend do, photosynthesis? [meta] by adragonwithbalanceissues, halffizzbin, coleasquid; universal translators in sci-fi: how do they know when to stop translation? Like say an alien asks about deserts on earth, and the human lists “the sahara desert, gobi desert and kalahari desert” Alien: You just said “desert” six times [meta] by foone; Films that have facially-scarred villains will no longer receive funding from the British Film Institute [meta] by autisticadvocacy; theory: fantasy books have gotten so goddamn long because authors think the “epic” in “epic fantasy” means “long” [meta] by gostaks; netflixs model of continually introducing new shows and then cancelling them [meta] by lezzyharpy; Let’s all give it up to the real mvp of historical or historical fantasy gay romances: the unspecified but ever present “vial of oil.” [meta] by andhumanslovedstories; bottom storage = when your gay-coded villain is defeated but is too charismatic and important to the plot to actually be killed off and is also too interesting to be put in actual prison [meta] by t-gp; Sonic the Hedgehog movie & outrage marketing [meta] by lopoddityart, zaronart; why do so many of the Asian-American lead films feature dead mothers [meta] by stardust-rain & these movies/shows etc will often include one antiblack character a way of acknowledging antiblackness in the asian community [meta] by shesnake; if you’re writing a story and your villain has (or is) dissociative identity disorder then your art is bad [meta] by lesbiangender, elidyce; So you have these “everyday” women with busy lives, but who somehow manage to keep an unrealistic level of personal grooming in absurd situations, and they… become visually unreal. [meta] by lullabyknell, mzminola; “never were” monsters and “are not anymore” monsters and “Is Not Anymore And Maybe Never Was” monsters [meta] by hello-kitty-senpai, endreal, supreme-leader-stoat; movies where a 25 year old woman is playing a 20 year old and a 45 year old man is playing her love interest [meta] by doomsneigh; the preponderance of works that have Boring If Not Outright Malevolent Angels on one side and Nuanced, Charismatic, And Honestly Not Evil Demons [meta] by andhumanslovedstories; the problem ppl have when constructing redemption arcs [meta] by heedra; They use “foreign markets” as an excuse, and y’all just eat it up. [meta] by renniequeer; So let’s go over all of Disney’s “First Openly Gay!!!!” Characters [meta] by therosielord; American movie be like [sc] by catchymemes; If you are someone who likes to watch a lot of cop shows, I want you to ask yourself a few questions [meta] by aleshakills; the trend of casting established Black female characters as biracial girls/women [meta] by blairsmus; “How do you think he’d feel if his son had a limp wrist with a pulse?” (Heathers) - that scene sums up so powerfully why Bury Your Gays is insidious [meta] by spiders-hth-is-an-outlier; I miss the comfortable, cluttered home interiors in movies like you could tell people lived there and even if things were tidied they weren’t sanitized [meta, sc] by filmnoirsbian; Joey Batey is really approximately the same size and shape as Henry Cavill, and there are a number of clever techniques in pretty much all Jaskier’s costumes to hide this fact [meta, sc] by grison-in-space; In black & white, the color of your light can hide makeup, then all you have to do is flip the color, and the audience [vids, meta, sc] by various

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Future Stories - Headcanons: ‘All or Nothing’ [tv show wish/art] by various; If I wrote end of the world [fic-ish] by what-larks-pip; soulmate AUs with alternative plots [meta] by krumcake & the basis idea underneath this is that you’re the same person all your life [meta] by allofthefeelings; But cities that are magical and sentient tho [hc] by toomanystarstocount & talk street magic to me [hc] by nonbinaryviola; sci-fi encounter where the alien species has nothing akin to “sleep”, and it’s baffling [fic] by lsunnyc; Imagine having braces during the apocalypse [hc] jeremymcbitchin, geekerypokery; Humans Are Scary: New Choice for Sci-Fi by various & warning about humans [sc] by christinedaae-theprincess; i want realistic modern fantasy like [hc] by officialhamlet; six word story [fic] by foreversnotover; one reason the Titanc sunk [hc] by pir8crabs; travelling shieldmaiden [hc] by star-anise; people are drawn to each other because their atoms [hc] by saddeer; fantasy stories that present magic as kind of a boring fuddyduddy scholarly thing [hc] by greenseer; a Death of Fish (and others) [art] by by Chris Gugliotti; rock paper scissors [art] by humortrain, alberoni; OC steampunk Indian character [art] by shwetanarayan; Life and Death have been in love [art] by constructionpaperandtears; sci-fi: tech issues [hc] by armalis; girl gang [sc, art] by nzafro, dellbelle39; The Magnificent Seven [sc] by turianbatman; imagine having something like ‘man I cant believe dumbledore died’ tattooed on you [hc] by dondaario & imagine being one of thousands of people running around with “welcome to Starbucks may I take your order” tattooed from birth [hc] by danydehaan; Til death do us part [art] by fuckedwithoutyou; sick people. nature’s barometers. [hc] by neednothavehappenedtobetrue; can a ghost and a zombie come from the same person [hc] by seifukucat; You know how in action movies the main guy is always like “Yeah I’ve got a contact here" [hc] by satanstrousers, genderific; he pretends that // the thing she dragged out of the lake a year later // isn’t him anymore [art] by mercenary-tributary; #ourgeneration horror stories [hc] by kayteaem-fic; a story about a king whose son is prophesied to kill him [hc] by korrigantsionnach, broliloquy; 10 Lessons for Surviving a Zombie Attack [meta] by Max Brooks, fenrirmakara; slap a fucking lisa frank sticker on your dystopian hellscape plz [hc, art] by allofthefeelings, dr-archeville; what if after you save the world you’re put back in a world you never missed? and you’re furious [hc/fic] by charminglyantiquated; the idea of two aromantic platonic partners having a “convenience marriage” [hc] by various; soulmate AU trope but the world changes to fit the AU [hc] by brainsforbabyjesus; What if people with cybernetic limbs in stories treated them the same way we do headphones or USB extensions? [hc] by romulan-star-babe; Anti-villain motivations besides “tragic past” [meta/hc] by the-right-writing; regional differences [hc] by idiopathicsmile; yeah except you ever have a laptop [hc] by catie-does-things; dystopian novel premise: A high flying Silicon Valley startup has invented Good Dollars [hc] by theunitofcaring; how do zombies poop [meta] by mercedelede; Reasons Humans are the cutest animals [meta] by whoopsrobots; i want to see a girl in her mid twenties who has never been kissed [hc] by galentines; Hinder: a dating app that matches you with dates in progress nearby [hc] by shittyidea, thehotgirlproject; the future of self driving cars [hc] by timemachineyeah, mzminola; “So what you’re saying is that, until that one specific date, I am effectively immortal?" (princess story) [hc] by idiopathicsmile; An elderly couple takes to petty crime to see their superhero kids who no longer call [hc] by writing-prompt-s, thatgirlonstage; “Where did you learn to fight like that?” [hc] by minutia-r; the existence of the supernatural isn’t a secret - it’s just embarrassing [hc] by prokopetz; i want to see a girl in her mid twenties who has never been kissed [hc] by galentines; get a superhero with a mental illness depicted in a nominally positive way [hc] by mrs-transmuter; The idea was that in the fictional society of our toys, ‘chancellor’ just came with the word ‘evil’ in front of it, as a matter of ancient tradition [hc/fic] by feynites; imagine having something like ‘man I cant believe dumbledore died’ tattooed on you [hc] by dondaario, littlelions101; There’s this idea that prophecy is, like, somehow, magically predicting the future [hc/meta] by binghsien; you never know true beauty until you see Earth from space, or true terror [fic] by Barry Wilmore; a movie where there’s this Dark Brooding Male Hero who’s like, a total badass [hc] by reystars; less “chosen one” heroes, more heroes that chose THEMSELVES [hc] by susiephone; tv shows with time travel organizations/bureaus/police/agencies/whatever should have a department with a harried seamstress or fashion designer who is like [meta] by swingsetindecember, nonlinear-nonsubjective; I’m gonna pitch a show as “like Game of Thrones but even more gritty and realistic” and then it’s nothing but a baron handling land estimates and [meta/hc] by apricops; a sentient AI falls in love with a minimum wage retail worker from the tech company’s gift shop and decides the best way to make her happy is to fix society [hc] by xenosaurus;

Future Stories - Info: a map of all the ways US cities have been destroyed [meta] by Reuben Fischer-Baum and Samer Kalaf; Time Travel Theories [meta] by kv96ic28; alpha/beta/omega dynamics explored [meta] by daleconradsshuttershades; body-doubles [sc, meta] by stark-industries-rnd, justira; amazing cosplays by Ryoko-demon; Special Circumstances Questionnaire for Sexual Partners (Male): Long Form by coruscera (impractica), linbot; the first rule of magic [meta] by jebiwonkenobi; The significance of plot without conflict [meta] by stilleatingoranges; Non-US countries in YA dystopias by dominiquemorgenstern, archnemeton; zombies aren't realistic [sc] by Neil DeGrasse Tyson; black and white TV using pink and green [meta] by stupidimagesforcraziestpeople; types of gothic americana [meta] by rickonnstark; hero and villain know each other very well and were once friends [meta] by editoress, (unsure); Professional Dominatrices by a former Pro Dominatrix [meta] by Eldritchhorrors; When the zombies take over, how long till the electricity fails? [meta] by Straight Dope; post apoc media is always banging on about the necessity of macho survival skills but frankly it’s the gardeners/farmers [meta] by altonzm; different view of everything if you thought in a numerical system that wasn’t base 10 [meta] by afloweroutofstone, by nentuaby, wuqs; "forged with the blood of your enemies" takes about 400 people [meta] by various; if you’re writing a fantasy setting with same-sex marriage, a same-sex noble or royal couple typically would not have titles of the same rank [meta] by prokopetz; Using homing pigeons and other birds to deliver messages doesn’t work quite like the movies show you [meta/hc] by prokopetz; So every single woman is in a Hard SF novel [meta/hc] by various; writing a character using sign language [meta] by caffeinewitchcraft, rin0rourke

Crossovers/Fusions: Year of the Archer (Legolas, Clint, Katniss, Merida) [art] by mintyburps; Harry Potter is called [sc, joke] by lebaratheon; Have you ever seen a little girl run so fast [sc] by magnass; You are not made of metaphors [sc] by suetterflies; A redshirt and a Stormtropper get into a firefight [art/joke] by steveinaspeedo; the term “aro-ace” (Merida, Katniss, & Artemis) [hc] by various; You are all of these things and more [sc] by sheistheamericandream; Seriously though all of Martin Sheen’s characters are the same character [hc/joke] by binghsien; I am not a puzzle piece [sc] by scottmcsalvatore; The best of Tumblr: Inappropriate audition songs [sc] by isilverandcold; Okay ladies now let's get into formation [sc] by monroesherlock; Black girls are human [sc] by magicblackgirls; I am the dragon breathing fire [sc] by hansolocareer; Characters + Weapons : Swords [sc] by madamj; Grandma… It’s me, Anastasia! [sc/joke] by ondestol; relentlessly persistent girls [sc] by cassandrha; The King of Sci-Fi [sc] by burnhamandtilly

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