Ok so um, they flagged the drawing of my cat as explicit (idk, maybe because of visible genitals)… Anyway, you can always find me on Twitter and Instagram (@atalienart) I’ll let you know when I set a private twitter account for any weird content.
This is fine.
Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck
Seriously? This flagging-as-explicit stuff is getting ridiculous!
Hey, sign this petition to get tumblr staff to rethink and hopefully repeal the NSFW ban scheduled for December 17th.
@ everyone,
It’s a long shot but it’s the only shot we have. at the very least, a large enough petition will force the tumblr shareholders to at least meet up again and discuss the policy again.
I feel like there’s some political shit going on with this whole 12/17 thing too. I know it’s mainly because of Apple. But like, think about it.
While there is a notorious rightwing part of this site, this place is mainly left af. Like, anywhere from slightly leaning left to holy shit smokes. This place has such a high concentration of left and of Gen Z/Millenial. And, you know what, it’s stayed that way the whole time.
Facebook went from cool and hip to being the place where your grandparents meet and you only have your account to make sure that you can message Grandma instead of them having your phone number.
Twitter went from being primarily for youngins to being pretty much the news.
Tumblr is what is left.
And, pray tell, do the millionaires and billionaires really like large concentrations of thinktanks between young left-leaning millennials and gen z’ers? NO.
Facebook went to the older generations. Younger people (myself included) instead went to create tag group Facebook, where younger, left-leaning people could get together and talk shit without any input from the racist uncle no one fucking likes. You know what’s been happening, those groups have been zucced. That’s fucked over by Zuckerberg, for those who don’t know. And when that happens, the group and all of the archives of it are gone, forever. With zero warning.
Twitter has been overwhelmed with news and insanity. And while they’ve actually gotten rid of a few rich racists (miracles, we know), it’s still such a hodgepodge that there isn’t really anywhere safe. I don’t use the service frequently enough to weigh in, but I know that there’s definitely been account deleted that SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN.
And now, Tumblr. By doing this, by having their bot flag LGBT materials, by having it flag legitimate concerns and issues… they’re purposefully kicking us out. They’re breaking up the clamor.
This was a place where we talked honestly and earnestly about how we felt about things. With more than 140 characters to do it in (or whatever the hell it’s at now). Instead of brief ideas, we were able to have nuanced discussions. Share plans. Get deep into things. And they don’t like that. Not only were we talking, the younger people getting into the website were talking. They were learning from these posts instead of what their family taught them.
They were learning about sexuality and gender politics and expression and international viewpoints. And that’s scary to old groups. And this website got shit done in relation to them. It inspired people to do more, to stand up, to reach out.
It let girls talk to each other freely about things that were considered taboo about their bodies. It let trans individuals have a community online that they couldn’t have physically. It let lgbt people learn about their identities and not feel alone and not feel forced to conform to what they saw around them, as there was more to see in the world.
And. So.
That is why they leaned into this 12/17 nonsense. Why Apple is cool with it. Why Verizon is cool with it. As someone else said in another post, Yahoo! just wanted the userbase numbers, they didn’t care what we did. Verizon knows what we are. And it doesn’t like that one bit.
Thank you for listening to my soapbox.
Let’s see how unpopular it is.
Thoughts, everyone?
(Thanks for the ask, anon!)
disagree and agree. i agree that “albus severus” was a bad move on jkr’s part. i mean, i’m okay with harry forgiving snape. It’s not for me to decide whether a victim should forgive their bully but to name your child after a spiteful, vile and unhappy man? hell no. i’m definitely biased over here but in my culture, we don’t name our children after people who’ve had shitty lives, because names are powerful. It’s as simple as that.
however, that does not mean that the epilogue is the worst chapter in the books and the way some hp fans talk about it, you’d think that jk rowling pissed on their plants. there are many things that shouldn’t have happened in the books. for example, ron bumping his head after his quidditch victory. dumbledore telling harry that he was going to make him a perfect instead of ron. a certain aspect of the lavender business that I won’t elaborate on or the hermione stans will eat me. But the epilogue gets more hate than it deserves.
I’ve noticed that most people only hate the Epilogue because their
garbageships got sunk. And sorry not sorry but most of fandumb’s crack-ships aren’t any better than the canon ships, and there’s nothing you can say that’ll change my mind. Heck, I’ve actually read a so-called “better” version of the epilogue and it was the fucking same (word by word actually) except it was gross dr*rry instead of hinny and cho x ginny except for drastoria (they didn’t change romione, though.) congrats to the author for adding diversity but shame on the author for thinking that dreary dr*rry is better than a wholesome ship like Harry x Ginny.Basically, most people only hate the epilogue because they don’t like the canon ships and I drink the salty tears of non-canon shippers daily. I don’t know why they even care about the endgames considering that they end up divorcing them in their fics for obscure reasons I have yet to understand.
@ronandhappiness So, basically, most of the things that shouldn’t have happened in the books tend to revolve around ‘Rowling putting Ron Weasley through the blender just for spite’. Can’t say I disagree with that assessment.
No, please elaborate about the Lavender business. You piqued my interest now! I’m sure most Hermione fans who follow our blogs understand that our problems aren’t so much with the character but the author.
I don’t personally mind the epilogue. Although I have very mixed feelings about Harry and Ginny naming all their kids after other people (although Lily Luna is quite a sweet name). I think the way Ron and Hermione named their kids was better (also, having their initials swapping genders was a nice touch). Although I suppose Ron understood the difficulty of having to live up to someone-else’s reputation, and didn’t want that to happen to their children.
Having said that, I was a bit worried about the fact that Slytherin still had a bad reputation even 19 years later. I know Harry and Ginny didn’t have any problems with Slytherin, but the stigma still exists after almost two decades later.
The house system caused so many problems at Hogwarts, why didn’t the lightning generation realise that it would make more sense to either de-stigmatise Slytherin or just get rid of house divides altogether? Having Slytherin still be seen as ‘the evil house’ implies that nothing ever actually changed, and that the problems that created the wizarding wars were never gotten rid of. Unless the Wizarding World completely reformed itself from the ground-up, another Voldemort could easily occur in the future.
That’s just my thoughts, though; what do you all think?
I don’t have a problem with the epilogue per se, I just think it was quick, cheap and lazy. Nowhere near as emotional as it could have been.
I would have liked to see the epilogue not as far into the future as “19 years later” I think it would have been beautifully poetic to see the Potters and the Granger-Weasleys taking their kids trick or treating in Godric’s Hollows on Halloween. But not before visiting James and Lily.
Let’s see how unpopular it is.
Thoughts, everyone?
(Thanks for the ask, anon!)
disagree and agree. i agree that “albus severus” was a bad move on jkr’s part. i mean, i’m okay with harry forgiving snape. It’s not for me to decide whether a victim should forgive their bully but to name your child after a spiteful, vile and unhappy man? hell no. i’m definitely biased over here but in my culture, we don’t name our children after people who’ve had shitty lives, because names are powerful. It’s as simple as that.
however, that does not mean that the epilogue is the worst chapter in the books and the way some hp fans talk about it, you’d think that jk rowling pissed on their plants. there are many things that shouldn’t have happened in the books. for example, ron bumping his head after his quidditch victory. dumbledore telling harry that he was going to make him a perfect instead of ron. a certain aspect of the lavender business that I won’t elaborate on or the hermione stans will eat me. But the epilogue gets more hate than it deserves.
I’ve noticed that most people only hate the Epilogue because their
garbageships got sunk. And sorry not sorry but most of fandumb’s crack-ships aren’t any better than the canon ships, and there’s nothing you can say that’ll change my mind. Heck, I’ve actually read a so-called “better” version of the epilogue and it was the fucking same (word by word actually) except it was gross dr*rry instead of hinny and cho x ginny except for drastoria (they didn’t change romione, though.) congrats to the author for adding diversity but shame on the author for thinking that dreary dr*rry is better than a wholesome ship like Harry x Ginny.Basically, most people only hate the epilogue because they don’t like the canon ships and I drink the salty tears of non-canon shippers daily. I don’t know why they even care about the endgames considering that they end up divorcing them in their fics for obscure reasons I have yet to understand.
@ronandhappiness So, basically, most of the things that shouldn’t have happened in the books tend to revolve around ‘Rowling putting Ron Weasley through the blender just for spite’. Can’t say I disagree with that assessment.
No, please elaborate about the Lavender business. You piqued my interest now! I’m sure most Hermione fans who follow our blogs understand that our problems aren’t so much with the character but the author.
I don’t personally mind the epilogue. Although I have very mixed feelings about Harry and Ginny naming all their kids after other people (although Lily Luna is quite a sweet name). I think the way Ron and Hermione named their kids was better (also, having their initials swapping genders was a nice touch). Although I suppose Ron understood the difficulty of having to live up to someone-else’s reputation, and didn’t want that to happen to their children.
Having said that, I was a bit worried about the fact that Slytherin still had a bad reputation even 19 years later. I know Harry and Ginny didn’t have any problems with Slytherin, but the stigma still exists after almost two decades later.
The house system caused so many problems at Hogwarts, why didn’t the lightning generation realise that it would make more sense to either de-stigmatise Slytherin or just get rid of house divides altogether? Having Slytherin still be seen as ‘the evil house’ implies that nothing ever actually changed, and that the problems that created the wizarding wars were never gotten rid of. Unless the Wizarding World completely reformed itself from the ground-up, another Voldemort could easily occur in the future.
That’s just my thoughts, though; what do you all think?
I think the epilogue opened up new questions but not always in a good way.
The little things like oh Ron learned how to drive a car the muggle way! Neville is a professor! Ron gained a sense of self worth! Harry and Draco are cordial to each other?! That’s all *chef’s kiss* mwah!
But the writing of the point of view hasn’t matured. I still read it like it’s from a 17 year olds perspective. There’s no real divide other than the title that tells me this is 19 years later.
All the main characters are living cookie cutter, heteronormative lives which I mean okay sounds lovely but what do I get from it? The children’s names are all just these emblems of the dead like (other than Rose and Hugo) that’s touching but also very macabre?
Also the fact that if this was to be set 19 years later, it doesn’t show. What is new? What has changed? Any new laws? Spells? New people on the rise? Anything?!
Also the women are sidelined. I love the emphasis on the men but I can’t remember too many notable dialogues from Hermione or Ginny.
The Albus Severus situation was not the build up or anticipation I wanted! Not something I read and went oh that’s good! I felt disturbed. I felt like oh Harry the 17 year old is raising a kid not the apparently mature auror, aged 37.
I like the idea of AU headcanons where one or more of the golden trio are in different houses to each-other. It means that they work harder for their friendship, and it’s a little less…easy (good drama).
I think Ron would do well in all of the three other houses. Granted, he does have the Gryffindor bravery, but he’s also got Hufflepuff traits, Ravenclaw traits and Slytherin traits as well.
Thanks for the message, @whatifdestiel!
Ravenclaw!Ron is one of my favourites honestly and I hate how little fics there are about him!!
Come on, Ravenclaw is the house that chose Luna Lovegood! Ravenclaw doesn’t only take in the scholars, it takes in the dreamers, the inventors, the comedians, the guys who hyperfocus on one thing and become experts at it! Ravenclaw isn’t made up of Hermiones!
Rowena states it herself (posthumously): Wit beyond measure is a man’s greatest treasure. And who is the wittiest character in the books? You know it – Ron!
Ron, our local chess expert who makes a thousand jokes a day (being able to make up a joke is said to be a sign of intelligence by the way) would so be in Ravenclaw.
I even have a small fic idea where I think I’d ditch Harry and Voldemort altogether, where Ron is sorted into Ravenclaw while Hermione is sorted into Hufflepuff (the House of hard work, anyone…?) and Hermione kinda gets rather pissy at Ron for being Sorted in the “House of the Smart Ones” 🙂
(Of course it’s a Romione AU, what do you take me for?)Ron would also get bullied by his own house, for being “a Gryffindor reject” and all, and would feel pretty awful about it. Then, second year rolls in, and a young girl with blonde hair dreamily asks him if he’s seen her shoes, because her housemates have hidden them. And this, this prompts Ron’s inner knight-in-shining-armor to blast the doors open and shout “WHO THE EFF IS HURTING MY NEW BEST FRIEND I’LL CUT YOU”.
(… shit this can also make for an awesome Runa AU. Someone save me.)Meanwhile in Hufflepuff Hermione is tearing her hair out because she has this weird friendnemity with Ernie McMillian, who is a knowledgeable pompous prat that can never back down when you’re trying to prove him wrong, but she can’t ditch him because he’s a great study partner too.
I have too many ideas and too little time help.
@vivithefolle Once again, you’ve outdone yourself! Love these ideas!
Ron is definitely witty and clever, so Ravenclaw’s a great fit for him. Personally, I think Ron could easily fit into all four houses, but that’s probably because he’s got such a well-rounded personality.
I can definitely see Ron befriending Luna; he’s such a mother-hen that way. I don’t really ship Runa, but it is a very cute ship, and that fic idea sounds adorable! It would be great to see Luna’s canon (in my eyes) crush on Ron in more detail, as well.
Not so sure about Hermione being in Hufflepuff, though. Don’t get me wrong, she is a hard worker and is kind. But Vi; you know as well as I do that Hermione Granger is…not exactly the nicest person around. Granted, she’s much better than Zacharias Smith, but that’s not saying much.
Although I do like the idea of Hermione getting irritated by Ernie Macmillan, while Hannah and Susan (her dorm-mates) have to restraint her from setting flocks of birds on him. I dunno, maybe the Hufflepuffs would help Hermione mellow out a little, and be a little less judgemental to Ron? It can’t hurt to be surrounded by the nicest people on the planet all the time.
If you ever do write that fic, let me know!
Oh my God @vivithefolle you should definitely write that! Ravenclaw!Ron for the win. I have become more firm about Ron and Luna being a sweet friendship (and nothing more) because platonic relationships are awesome and underrated, but I’m willing to make an exception for you.
As for Puff!Hermione, I don’t know. I think Hermione could be a Hufflepuff. Is being nice necessary? Give me annoying and mean Huffepuffs any day! (Zacharias Smith, anyone?) If I’m not mistaken, Hufflepuffs value hard work and loyalty, and so does Hermione. Hermione can also be nice when she tries. So I’m cool with Puff!Hermione but she doesn’t inspire me. 😦
The reason Ravenclaw!Ron is under utilized, is because this crappy fandom is unable to associate Ron with intelligence (Excuse me for not elaborating but I’m going to make a seperate post about it. You know how much I love complaining about the Harry Potter fandom.) Ron would probably punch anyone who bullies him for being the “wrong” type of Ravenclaw but I can also imagine him being insecure about being surrounding by smart people and thinking that he’ll never be good enough, but slowly learning that he is smart but in a different way. He’d probably join a group of Ravenclaws who aren’t stereotypically Ravenclaw but still Ravenclaws.
And what about his brothers? Fred and George would bully him. They’d accuse him of turning into a version of Percy. However, they weren’t very nice to Gryffindor!Ron either, so maybe being in a different house, and not having his annoying brothers around would be better. Y’know, for Ron’s self-confidence.
Percy would be a little bummed because “oh my god mum asked me to keep an eye on him” but then he’ll think something like, “it’s okay he’ll be fine he’s a smart kid and he always beats me in chess.” Actually, Percy would be thrilled for Ron because he’d be convinced that his baby brother would be inspired by the smart kids, and do great in his exams (because that’s the only thing that matters to Perce and god forbid we get a Ravenclaw who doesn’t ace their exams.) Lol, can you imagine Ron getting a P in his History of Magic essay and not giving a fuck because the subject doesn’t inspire him, and he’d much rather be studying Charms since he enjoys it more? I personally don’t dig the Ron!Bad Grades trope because it’s a Ron bashing thing, but I guess it’s worth it. It’s worth using it to see the look on Percy’s face when he sees the big P on ickle Ronniekins’ HoM essay. And to show that you don’t have to get the best grades to be a Ravenclaw. 🙂
And this is random and off-topic but I can’t take the “wit beyond measure…” quote seriously because it sounds like a dick joke. (I’m sorry but I had to say that. Forgive me if I’ve turned this innocent post into one of those classic posts about Ron’s trouser wand.)
I love Ravenclaw!Ron. Alternative sorting fics are always so much fun as a way to explore different sides of a character.
Ravenclaw!Ron with bad grades hanging out with Luna would be delightful. You have to be careful when writing characters with bad grades, but if you’re writing Ron’s PoV it’s easy to make clear he isn’t getting bad grades because he’s dumb. “Ron hastily scrawled out his history essay and ran off to meet Hermione for chess club.” “Ron attempted to read A History of Magic, but quickly decided that slogging through the terrible writing just wasn’t worth it. He decided to go help Luna search for Nargles at the edge of the forest instead..”
If you write this, you must write his sorting, arguing with the hat. It’d be like Neville’s sorting, bickering over it for five straight minutes because Ron would never believe he was a Ravenclaw. “Listen, kid, you just presented a fifteen-point argument, including thesis/antithesis/synthesis, employing logos, ethos, and pathos, to try to talk me out of being in Ravenclaw. If that isn’t the most Ravenclaw thing I’ve ever seen I don’t know what is.” The sorting hat trying to get Ron’s stubborn tail into Ravenclaw would be a delight to behold.
I like the idea of AU headcanons where one or more of the golden trio are in different houses to each-other. It means that they work harder for their friendship, and it’s a little less…easy (good drama).
I think Ron would do well in all of the three other houses. Granted, he does have the Gryffindor bravery, but he’s also got Hufflepuff traits, Ravenclaw traits and Slytherin traits as well.
Thanks for the message, @whatifdestiel!
Ravenclaw!Ron is one of my favourites honestly and I hate how little fics there are about him!!
Come on, Ravenclaw is the house that chose Luna Lovegood! Ravenclaw doesn’t only take in the scholars, it takes in the dreamers, the inventors, the comedians, the guys who hyperfocus on one thing and become experts at it! Ravenclaw isn’t made up of Hermiones!
Rowena states it herself (posthumously): Wit beyond measure is a man’s greatest treasure. And who is the wittiest character in the books? You know it – Ron!
Ron, our local chess expert who makes a thousand jokes a day (being able to make up a joke is said to be a sign of intelligence by the way) would so be in Ravenclaw.
I even have a small fic idea where I think I’d ditch Harry and Voldemort altogether, where Ron is sorted into Ravenclaw while Hermione is sorted into Hufflepuff (the House of hard work, anyone…?) and Hermione kinda gets rather pissy at Ron for being Sorted in the “House of the Smart Ones” 🙂
(Of course it’s a Romione AU, what do you take me for?)Ron would also get bullied by his own house, for being “a Gryffindor reject” and all, and would feel pretty awful about it. Then, second year rolls in, and a young girl with blonde hair dreamily asks him if he’s seen her shoes, because her housemates have hidden them. And this, this prompts Ron’s inner knight-in-shining-armor to blast the doors open and shout “WHO THE EFF IS HURTING MY NEW BEST FRIEND I’LL CUT YOU”.
(… shit this can also make for an awesome Runa AU. Someone save me.)Meanwhile in Hufflepuff Hermione is tearing her hair out because she has this weird friendnemity with Ernie McMillian, who is a knowledgeable pompous prat that can never back down when you’re trying to prove him wrong, but she can’t ditch him because he’s a great study partner too.
I have too many ideas and too little time help.
@vivithefolle Once again, you’ve outdone yourself! Love these ideas!
Ron is definitely witty and clever, so Ravenclaw’s a great fit for him. Personally, I think Ron could easily fit into all four houses, but that’s probably because he’s got such a well-rounded personality.
I can definitely see Ron befriending Luna; he’s such a mother-hen that way. I don’t really ship Runa, but it is a very cute ship, and that fic idea sounds adorable! It would be great to see Luna’s canon (in my eyes) crush on Ron in more detail, as well.
Not so sure about Hermione being in Hufflepuff, though. Don’t get me wrong, she is a hard worker and is kind. But Vi; you know as well as I do that Hermione Granger is…not exactly the nicest person around. Granted, she’s much better than Zacharias Smith, but that’s not saying much.
Although I do like the idea of Hermione getting irritated by Ernie Macmillan, while Hannah and Susan (her dorm-mates) have to restraint her from setting flocks of birds on him. I dunno, maybe the Hufflepuffs would help Hermione mellow out a little, and be a little less judgemental to Ron? It can’t hurt to be surrounded by the nicest people on the planet all the time.
If you ever do write that fic, let me know!
Oh my God @vivithefolle you should definitely write that! Ravenclaw!Ron for the win. I have become more firm about Ron and Luna being a sweet friendship (and nothing more) because platonic relationships are awesome and underrated, but I’m willing to make an exception for you.
As for Puff!Hermione, I don’t know. I think Hermione could be a Hufflepuff. Is being nice necessary? Give me annoying and mean Huffepuffs any day! (Zacharias Smith, anyone?) If I’m not mistaken, Hufflepuffs value hard work and loyalty, and so does Hermione. Hermione can also be nice when she tries. So I’m cool with Puff!Hermione but she doesn’t inspire me. 😦
The reason Ravenclaw!Ron is under utilized, is because this crappy fandom is unable to associate Ron with intelligence (Excuse me for not elaborating but I’m going to make a seperate post about it. You know how much I love complaining about the Harry Potter fandom.) Ron would probably punch anyone who bullies him for being the “wrong” type of Ravenclaw but I can also imagine him being insecure about being surrounding by smart people and thinking that he’ll never be good enough, but slowly learning that he is smart but in a different way. He’d probably join a group of Ravenclaws who aren’t stereotypically Ravenclaw but still Ravenclaws.
And what about his brothers? Fred and George would bully him. They’d accuse him of turning into a version of Percy. However, they weren’t very nice to Gryffindor!Ron either, so maybe being in a different house, and not having his annoying brothers around would be better. Y’know, for Ron’s self-confidence.
Percy would be a little bummed because “oh my god mum asked me to keep an eye on him” but then he’ll think something like, “it’s okay he’ll be fine he’s a smart kid and he always beats me in chess.” Actually, Percy would be thrilled for Ron because he’d be convinced that his baby brother would be inspired by the smart kids, and do great in his exams (because that’s the only thing that matters to Perce and god forbid we get a Ravenclaw who doesn’t ace their exams.) Lol, can you imagine Ron getting a P in his History of Magic essay and not giving a fuck because the subject doesn’t inspire him, and he’d much rather be studying Charms since he enjoys it more? I personally don’t dig the Ron!Bad Grades trope because it’s a Ron bashing thing, but I guess it’s worth it. It’s worth using it to see the look on Percy’s face when he sees the big P on ickle Ronniekins’ HoM essay. And to show that you don’t have to get the best grades to be a Ravenclaw. 🙂
And this is random and off-topic but I can’t take the “wit beyond measure…” quote seriously because it sounds like a dick joke. (I’m sorry but I had to say that. Forgive me if I’ve turned this innocent post into one of those classic posts about Ron’s trouser wand.)
Fanged frisbees, biting doorknobs, acid pops – pranks in the wizarding world aren’t funny, they’re cruel.
I wouldn’t say cruel, but a lot of the pranks were developed by two people who almost killed their younger brother by the time they were ten.
Harry Potter talking to Hermione Granger about Ron Weasley.
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