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You: October 31st! Halloween!

Me, an intellectual: Ruinmas.

AKA, here, have some celebratory art. Can you believe it's the second Ruiniversary? Madness.

Reasons for all the included images under the cut.

Madeleine:

fox, the calling (ruin)

rockrose & thistle, the rockrose and the thistle (horror)

bracken & blossom, blossoms (ruin)

forget me nots, Elsa's song (love run)

(standing) stones, the horror and the wild (horror)

magpies, Madeleine's favourite corvid per Instagram, two for joy

dress inspired by the black chiffon one she wore in Dexys

Joey:

bracken & blossom, blossoms (ruin)

sage, Elsa's song (love run)

crow, Marbles (horror)

(standing) stones, the horror and the wild (horror)

dear heart/deer hart, Joey's name for the fandom (horror)

outfit inspired by the love run bath photoshoot

#this is so cool #Madeleine Hyland #Joey Batey #ruin #the amazing devil

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I walked into the river

To wring those embers from my broken heart and broken liver

But there's more than water in these autumn hands

@joeybateyofficial

#The Calling #ruin #the amazing devil

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I feel like I want to explain to young tumblr users who weren't born yet that MulderxScully was a revolutionary ship. No, it was not queer but that is not the only way to be revolutionary.

In the 90s when The X Files was airing, media was like misogyny soup. Yes, there were exceptions. But casual sexism was so ubiquitous it was like we were all frogs simmering in it and if you dared to say, hey, uh, isn't this joke a little shitty to the wife? Or maybe this female character could do something other than pose and ask questions so the male lead can answer them? Then you were a hairy feminist outcast loser.

Scully was a lot of things but she was not that. All the "You're not going to believe this, Scully!" memes are based on the fact that Mulder, an attractive white dude, wanted nothing more in his entire life than to share his passions with this tiny redhead. Was he nuts? Yes. But on many other shows, he would have talked down to her, would've ignored her, would've mocked her. He didn't.

When you go back and watch The X Files, there's these moments where Mulder and Scully look at each other like, "wait did Jack Black really just say that" and the significance to fan history isn't just the sexual tension. It's that, yeah, and the origin of the word ship, and the 'will-they-won't-they'. But the most important thing about those looks is how they told the audience that Mulder was looking to Scully for something. A man was looking at a woman and asking with his eyes "what do you think about this?" Was he also saying "and do you want to bone about it?" Yeah, yeah he was. But the first thing was sexy as hell.

Respecting a woman's expertise and folding information she provided into his worldview was a revolutionary thing for a man to do on television at the time. Thank you for coming to my MSR ted talk.

#dana scully #fox mulder #the x files #feminism #anti-misogyny #anti-sexism

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david jenkins is the only one doing historical fiction correctly. absolutely fucking nothing aligns with actual history. thats why its fiction. he is the only one who gets it. everyone can find each other in the middle of the sea with the power of gaydar. roach can jump off the mast and get absolutely OBLITERATED by the side of the boat and be completely fine two hours later. a woman who historically wasnt born until 60 years after the show takes place is here. homophobia doesn’t exist. izzy hands was 16 in the year 1717. con o’neill is 57. stede bonnet died when he was 30. rhys darby is 49. edward teach was english. taika waititi is from new zealand and makes no attempt to do an english accent. i just think that’s all so amazing. absolutely no one is doing it like DJenks.

#david jenkins #our flag means death #ofmd #historical fiction

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#library #reading #book #information

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about to drop literally the sickest insider knowledge you will ever receive pls use it responsibly:

are you a teenager? do you wish you had the space & resources & organization to do a thing, whether that's an anime club or a movie night or a big craft workshop or creative writing group or literally whatever? would you like to do your thing totally for free? yes?

okay, then bring it up to a librarian

seriously, teenagers are the absolute hardest group to engage at most libraries & we'll often organize programs that absolutely no one will show up to & it sucks. if you go up to a public librarian & say "hey, some friends & i want to do this thing. does that sound like a feasible teen program for the library?" most people will move heaven & earth to pull it off for you because we know there's an interest in our community. we will go balls to the freaking wall to make it happen

do you want a cosplay contest? a video game tournament? a free escape room? bring it up to the library. it's not a burden or an annoyance at all. it'll be like christmas came early for us

#absolutely #library #teenager

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We're a team, a group. Group of the two of us.

Bonus:

#oh damn #Aziraphale #Crowley #good omens #good omens s1 #good omens s2

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Adult ProTip, from a security professional: If a kid tells you, "My parents are gonna kill me / kick my ass / kick me out" for something relatively minor, don't respond with shit like "Really? ;) that sounds a little extreme, don't you think sweetie?" because that shit really does happen.

Instead, respond as though whatever threat they are afraid of is fully valid, and offer whatever you can do to help- ask if they believe they are in danger of being hurt in any way, and work accordingly.

If they're overreacting, they'll usually realize and dial it back, self-correct and begin thinking a bit more rationally.

If they're not overreacting, and the danger is real, then they'll need a level-headed adult in their corner, not another condescending authority figure who doesn't believe them.

#child abuse tw #tw: child abuse #safety #security #children

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When that fox howls I'll howl with it/in its cries I'll find an end.

And a fox somewhere is hiding/that light I thought was blinding brought me here

And on the banks of that river/I shiver as a fox stands frozen/and I close them, I close them, I close my eyes

#the calling #ruin #the amazing devil

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Aziraphale raising his wing for Crowley hits so different with the S2 context. I feel like we all looked at it as, here’s this sweet little principality, he’s kind and naive so he’ll shelter even a demon—but it wasn’t really that, was it? It wasn’t just some random act of kindness.

It was a message.

When Crowley slithered up that wall, Aziraphale was nervous. Because he gave his sword to the humans, sure—but also perhaps because he was seeing this angel again for the first time since he had fallen. He learns Crawly’s new name (Crowley never asks him for his name, he knows it already) and they have a brief exchange that was probably a lot like the ones they used to have.

Then when the thunder starts, it’s Crowley who’s first to move to him, to shuffle hopefully to his side.

I think when Aziraphale lifted his wing up, it was almost a way to say I remember who you are, I remember the kindness you gave me. I’m still here.

He wasn’t just playing umbrella. He was letting Crowley know he hadn’t been rejected by all of Heaven.

#Aziraphale #Crowley #good omens #good omens s1 #good omens s2 #good omens analysis

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ummmm he’s the man of all time actually. did you guys know that he’s courteous and a gentleman and willing to admit his mistakes and he has a powerful magic energy around him that's stronger than any of the other witchers And that he's also the sexiest man alive

#Eskel #blood of elves #the Witcher

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I've always found it fascinating that in That Unwanted Animal, Madeleine sings "can't you hear that scratching/I ask your eyes?" I also love how digital art means I can make new art and scribble writing all over something without losing the original art.

#that unwanted animal #the horror and the wild #the amazing devil

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YENNEFER OF VENGERBERG & CIRI OF CINTRA The Witcher: Season 3 Volume II

#Yennefer #Ciri #the Witcher #the Witcher s3 #the Witcher 3x06 #the Witcher 3x07

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Those who are afraid of what you are are dead weight.

#oh Ciri #Ciri #the witcher #the Witcher s3 #the Witcher 3x06 #the Witcher 3x07 #the Witcher 3x08

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THE WITCHER - 308: The Cost of Chaos

#Ciri #Mistle #the Witcher #the Witcher s3 #the Witcher 3x08

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Do I look like I run a bookshop?

Anthony J. Crowley, aka The Co. to A.Z. Fell and Co.

#Crowley #good omens #good omens s2

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also i know he was a joke gimmick character but Allan was genuinely the most intriguing character in that movie to me from a gender standpoint- he’s existing outside of the barbie/ken binary but not necessarily in an eye-catching or interesting way; adjacent to ken but not quite ken enough to be a ken and definitely not a barbie but ends up grouped with the barbies when the kens take over; non-conforming and subversive but not really in a cool way like weird barbie. basically the point here is that michael cera is good at portraying vaguely transgender discomfort and i wish there was more allan in that movie for my own personal sake

#Allan #Allan analysis #Barbie #Barbie the movie #Barbie 2023 #Barbie analysis #Barbie the movie analysis #Barbie 2023 analysis