"Without going into much detail, we MAY be catching a glimpse of the sort of behavior which got Dad banned from the Cirque du Soleil. (He possibly saw a man he deemed too hairy, and couldn’t control the trigger finger on his lather blaster… I’VE SAID TOO MUCH ALREADY.)"
—Andrew Hussie’s author’s note in response to Homestuck pages 002789-002791, as stated in Book 3. If you’re still curious about Dad’s restraining order, he apparently tried to shave the body hair off one of the performers. You can cross that off the list of Homestuck things you still wonder about. John must have been mortified.
If you have suffered a tragedy and someone says, “you’re in my prayers” with sincerity, and you respond with some egotistical shit about being atheist you are an emotionally inept moron.
For real though, like think about it. If someone is religious, there’s really no kinder sentiment they can express than appealing to the highest power they know for your recovery. Whether or not you think it “works” is irrelevant— the kindness is absolutely real.
do you ever think of how harry, ron and hermione could barely handle a horcrux at 17/18 when they were taking turns being close to it
and ginny tried her hardest to fight off a horcrux (and occasionally succeeded) - which she poured her heart and soul into - so that she wouldn’t hurt anyone
witch code monkeys who lace their coding with an enchantment here and there to streamline what the computer can’t do on its own
sorcerers boosting their network speed by muttering a few words at the router, making the thing glow blue and start whirring alarmingly
summoners using art programs to lay out their summoning arrays so they never have to worry about drawing a perfect circle freehand ever again
mages giving their laptop computers emergency power by holding the computer plug in one hand and chanting an energy spell at the metal
groups of long-distance practicing magic users on skype trying to get their ominous incantations timed JUST perfectly so (and getting pissy at the lag when their bandwidth starts to get filled up)
MODERN WITCHES THOUGH
E-reader grimoires. Illusionists using Photoshop to design their glamers. Powerful casters commanding high prices and respect for their prowess, but giving tea, understanding, and inexpensive alteration spells to people who come to them with body dysphoria. A network of young casters across the globe working to create spells and supply each other with needed ingredients that the elder casters have to search for, because the young are much more comfortable with email.
“As soon as teenage girls start to profess love for something, everyone else becomes totally dismissive of it. Teenage girls are open season for the cruelest bullying that our society can dream up. Everyone’s vicious to them. They’re vicious to each other. Hell, they’re even vicious to themselves. It’s terrible.
“So if teenage girls have something that they love, isn’t that a good thing? Isn’t it better for them to find some words they believe in, words like the ‘fire-proof and fearless’ lyrics that Jacqui wrote? Isn’t it better for them to put those words on their arm in a tattoo than for them to cut gashes in that same skin? Shouldn’t we be grateful when teenage girls love our work? Shouldn’t that be a fucking honor?
“It’s used as the cheapest, easiest test of crap, isn’t it? If teenage girls love a movie, a book, a band, then it’s immediately classified as mediocre shit. Well, I’m not going to stand for that. Someone needs to treat them like they’re precious, and if nobody else is ready to step up, I guess it’s up to us to put them on the path to recognizing that about themselves.”
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a character from The Devil’s Mixtape. (via valjeans)
Every now and then, something comes along on your dash that opens your eyes and makes you question assumptions you didn’t even realize you were making.
This former teenage girl fell in love with Rush, RPGs, Russian literature, ancient history, sci fi flicks, and Led Zeppelin. I’d say she had pretty good taste. So why have I always defaulted to marginalizing or dismissing the tastes of other teenage girls? Why have I always counted the large teenage female presence in fandom as a black mark against it, or at least something that needs to be explained or surmounted for older fans to participate or engage? Why have I assumed that teenage girls as a whole are incapable of critical analysis or meaningful engagement with the same media that I enjoy, when it was the critical analysis and meaningful engagement of a teenage girl that got me into much of the same media I enjoy now?
Wow. Talk about not even recognizing the patriarchy at work.
