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Anyone who reblogs this post will have their user written on a poster saying "We Stand With Palestine" that I hope to put up somewhere in the village I live in, or the town that the village is next to.

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The more I think of Astarion's love-hate relationship with heroic characters, the more I think of this quote from The Last Unicorn:

And where were you twenty years ago? Ten years ago? Where were you when I was new? When I was one of those innocent young maidens you always come to? How dare you! How dare you come to me now, when I am this!

Now I'm unwell

#astarion #dear heart

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𝐏𝐀𝐓𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐍 𝐁𝐀𝐍𝐍𝐄𝐑𝐒 | neutrals

okey, when I was making this, I didn’t think I’d like it. but now that it’s laid out like this, I actually really like it. more colour sets incoming ! comment or send an ask as to which colours and shapes you wanna see :3

feel free to use; please like, reblog, and credit 〜

more dividers →

#dividers

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a study i did because i realized idk how to draw environments at all LMAO

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here y’all

your - possessive (this is your pencil)

you’re - you are (you’re so pretty)

there - a location (the car is over there)

their - possessive (that’s their car)

they’re - they are (they’re over there)

it’s - it is (it’s really hot today)

its - possessive (each room has its own bathroom)

y’all- you all (y’all can save this for later)

#THIS #improper grammar can & will make me not want to read a story

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The next person i see make the reader or OCs love interest call them “kid” is gonna get clocked in the face. That’s not something you say to your ROMANTIC love interest. Like how’re you gonna call them kid but also want to fuck? Explain that to me please. Because you say kid and i think youre my new father figure. You all need to be STOPPED.

#REAL #it’s WEIRD

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he's so grumpy....I love him

#joel miller #pedro pascal #the last of us #dear heart

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On the subject of white coding in fandom creations

It’s no secret that whitewashing and white coding is a huge issue in reader insert fic and art. It feels like it’s actually gotten worse lately to the point where I’ll save 10 fics in my drafts but only reblog 2 cause the rest are white coded. And almost all art uses a white and thin girl as “reader.” No matter how much poc in fandom shout for y’all to be inclusive it feels like it falls on deaf ears. And it feels like the white people in fandom just don’t care. It’s hurtful and upsetting and poc are getting frustrated and fed up with this.

I feel like we’re not asking for much. And it’s really not that hard to be inclusive with your reader insert. Just literally take out any skin/hair/language/relation descriptors. That’s it. Background is something you have a little more flexibility on because yes it is fiction but at the bare minimum just don’t use descriptors for your reader character. Yet it feels like whenever I (or others) bring it up, we’re met with defensiveness and abrasiveness or we’re told we’re overrating or being too mean or nit-picky. Or there’s one excuse or another why it’s too much of an ask. We’re not asking for the moon here, just think about who else may be reading/seeing your art that doesn’t look like you.

Yes I understand mistakes happen, we’re human, no one is perfect. It’s impossible to include every single person who could possibly read/see your art. People are just too diverse and too different. It’s impossible to be aware of every single nuance out there. But all we’re asking is to try. Take a look over of your work and really look for things and think from another perspective.

I’ve also heard the complaint that poc are too harsh with criticism of whitewashing. Perhaps it was your personal first time making a mistake like that but I guarantee it isn’t the poc’s first time coming across it. But you also have to understand that at least 90% of fic and art is white coded. It’s frustrating to see over and over and over again that you aren’t thought about and that you aren’t welcome here. So it’s not a personal attack on you at all.

Yes this is all meant to be self indulgent. But when all you think about is your own whiteness, poc fans can’t have that indulgence either. Poc deserve to have that level of indulgence too. Poc deserve to have that level of escape too. We belong here too.

Yes fandom is very white but that is part because so many poc are bullied and pushed out of the fandom or made to feel unwelcome. Poc creatives are ignored in favors of white ones. Imagine how disheartening it feels to come into a fandom space expecting to be invited and accepted only to be pushed out. It sucks.

Especially in the fandoms of a poc too like Pedro and Oscar. (This post includes all fandoms but I mention these in specific cause I see it a LOT here and they are men or color themselves so it’s extra important)

So please, try to be better. Listen to poc. Boost our voices, don’t ignore us or push us out. Think about being more inclusive in your work. Imagine how upset you would be if it were the other way around. So please try. Try to include others who don’t look like you. Try to think outside your box. Try to make others actually feel welcome in fandom spaces, since fandom constantly preaches love and acceptance.

To the write creatives who read this whole post and to the ones who do try: thank you. We appreciate your thought and effort.

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to be fair, booker can’t remember how he made it up the stairs much less how he accidentally became a floridian cryptid

(all article headings lovingly stolen from reductress)

#the old guard

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TOM STURRIDGE as Dream of the Endless The Sandman 1.08: “Playing House”

#dream of the endless #the sandman #dear heart

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TOM STURRIDGE as Dream of the Endless in "Lost Hearts"

#dream of the endless #the sandman #dear heart

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Hello. It’s Alex. The Magus’ son. See, I don’t know whether you can speak or… or even understand me, but I just wanted to ask… Are you all right in there?

THE SANDMAN 1.01: “Sleep of the Just”

#dream of the endless #the sandman #dear heart

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The Corinthian and his sunglasses collection appreciation post.

-The Sandman

#the corinthian #the sandman #dear heart #i love this man

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#this is STUNNING #the sandman #morpheus

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Today's Comiccon Tom collected from twitter 🥹😍🥰💋

#tom sturridge #the sandman #dream of the endless #morpheus #dear heart

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eddie munson photos that make me fall in love with him all over again ♡

#eddie munson #dear heart

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Super happy with how the Halloween merch turned out this year! These are available until October 13, 2022!

[Tees | Hoodies | Sweatshirts]

*The artwork is very large, so it is compressed and appears pixelated in the t-shirt preview. However, it’s 300 dots per inch: the print is of high quality.

GET YOURS HERE!