#Not necessarily black

[positively--speculative]

Y'all have misused and abused the very real analytical term "coding" so badly that people are convinced you made it up. We can't have a normal conversation about it anymore because you wanted Loki to be Black lmao.

#Not necessarily black #But ykwim #You all wanted your favorite white dudes to be oppressed so badly #So you didn't have to feel guilty for liking them #And now we all have to suffer #Loki #But overall #Fandom fuckery

[sergle]

am I allowed to post more outfits so soon? bc here are some more outfits!!

#or mostly just dresses. not necessarily full outfits #but yes!!! #sergle selfies #ootd #the long black coat in the last pic is a new find and I can't tell u. how much I wanna wear it everywhere

[frongle444]

paulkins

absolutely not procrastinating why would you think that

#last drawing i uploaded here was literally a month and two days ago lmaoooooo #my art #hatchetfield #hatchetfield art #hatchetfield fanart #fanart #art #starkid #starkid fanart #starkid hatchetfield #paul matthews #paul mathews #paulkins #emma perkins #paul isnt infected or anything his eyes are just Like That #hes defo talking abt the new mean girls movie #not necessarily for valentines but i suppose you could think that #i love their clothes in black friday ngl #frongle444art #black friday starkid #tgwdlm #no i dont know how to colour pallette how did you know #bc i havent posted in a while you may noticed that my artstyle has changed a little bit lmao #can you tell i am rambling #starkid black friday #black friday musical #you know when youve finished a piece and then find a million little things you want to change abt it? thats me now

[jaynovz]

In discussions about the finale of Black Sails, one of the things I often see is folks hard-focusing on Flint's fate, in an either-or binary fashion, usually presented as "Which do you believe-- that Silver killed him? or sent him to the plantation?"

Now, for posterity's sake, gonna mention a few things-- first off, that's simply not thinking broadly enough. There are farrrr more than two options here and I've come up with my share of the reallyyyyy bad ones for sure. Whatever your mind chooses, none of those are happy endings anyway, there are bittersweet, bad, and worse endings all the way down. (They are paused, they are in a time loop, and also all endings and no endings are happening simultaneously)

But also, the more cogent point is that, it doesn't actually matter what happened *to Flint* The story is... not actually about him at that point. We have transitioned from Flint as protag to Silver as protag, setting up for (the fanfiction that Black Sails has ended up making of, ugh, king shit) Treasure Island.

And so, I just, don't find it to be of particular interest exploring what we think Flint is actually doing or if he's alive for real. What is EXTREMELY interesting to explore though is how Silver's speech at the end to Madi is sort of giving Thomas back to Flint as a pacifier/comfort object, but how... Silver is giving Flint that thing in his own mind as his own type of pacifier/comfort object.

That's the REALLY chewy bit. What actually happens to Flint is not the purpose of that scene for me, of Silver's recounting of events to Madi. It's more about... projection. It's about how Silver is dealing with whatever happened to Flint/whatever he did.

And I just feel like it's missing the point to focus so hard on if Flint is alive or not.

He is the ghost of the story regardless, that's what's important. He's going to haunt the narrative for the rest of everyone's lives. No one has been untouched or unscarred by coming into contact with Captain Flint; he has a forever legacy. I'm not the first to call him this, but he's Schrödinger's Flint and he's staying that way.

But this?

"No. I did not kill Captain Flint. I unmade him. The man you know could never let go of his war. For if he were to exclude it from himself, he would not be able to understand himself. So I had to return him to an earlier state of being. One in which he could function without the war. Without the violence. Without us. Captain Flint was born out of great tragedy. I found a way to reach into the past... and undo it. There is a place near Savannah... where men unjustly imprisoned in England are sent in secret. An internment far more humane, but no less secure. Men who enter these gates never leave them. To the rest of the world, they simply cease to be. He resisted... at first. But then I told him what else I had heard about this place. I was told prominent families amongst London society made use of it. I was told the governor in Carolina made use of it. So I sent a man to find out if they'd used it to hide away one particular prisoner. He returned with news. Thomas Hamilton was there. He disbelieved me. He continued to resist. And corralling him took great effort. But the closer we got to Savannah, his resistance began to diminish. I couldn't say why. I wasn't expecting it. Perhaps he'd finally reached the limits of his physical ability to fight. Or perhaps as the promise of seeing Thomas got closer... he grew more comfortable letting go of this man he created in response to his loss. The man whose mind I had come to know so well... whose mind I'd in some ways incorporated into my own. It was a strange experience to see something from it... so unexpected. I choose to believe it... because it wasn't the man I had come to know at all... but one who existed beforehand... waking from a long... and terrible nightmare. Reorienting to the daylight... and the world as it existed before he first closed his eyes... letting the memory of the nightmare fade away. You may think what you want of me. I will draw comfort in the knowledge that you're alive to think it. But I'm not the villain you fear I am. I'm not him."

This is the speech of a man who is self-soothing, who is spinning himself a tale, who is projecting, who is coping.

and THAT is just, way chewier, innit?

#Now that's just from a canon point of view #once we start to delve into like fan fiction #Because fic must necessarily change the story and change canon because it's creating something new #so of course then figuring out what you want to do with flint post canon is necessary #but for me fanfiction is a different realm than canon only based meta conversations about the show #black sails meta #long post #black sails #john silver #james flint #thoughts #black sails spoilers #I was coaxed into writing my group chat meta into a post by the Committee mwah

[polarispost]

I am going to say something

You can absolutely tell when the person writing Regulus is an older sibling vs a younger sibling

#not necessarily in a good or bad way #just makes me giggle #regulus black #jegulus

[scruffylookingpiratecaptain]

Can someone explain to me how it’s seemingly always been ok to ship teenaged white girls with immortal white men, but the moment people want to ship an adult black woman with an immortal Latino man, it’s problematic?

#namuri #nashuri #shuri x namor #namor x shuri #wakanda forever spoilers #black panther spoilers #namor #I don’t even necessarily ship them yet #I’m just offended people are jumping to hate on people who do ship it #Shuri is older than Buffy and rose Tyler and Bella swan and feyre and every other example of this trope I can think of #1k #2k

[elainiisms]

#atyd isnt necessarily my fav but its a staple piece for me #atyd #all the young dudes #marauders #marauders era #wolfstar #remus lupin #sirius black #mskingbean89 #james potter #peter pettigrew #lily evans #marlene mckinnon #regulus black #mary macdonald #dorcas meadowes #jily

[chaoticnerdsstuff]

Guys😭😭

#wednesday addams #jenna ortega #wenclair #this isn't necessarily wenclair but Wednesday being a black cat while enids a golden retriever is becoming more real by the day

[beeheevs]

sometimes, I'll be reading an atsv fic and come across one word or way of phrasing or encounter, and all of a sudden just know the author is black. on the flipside, sometimes writers will write in a certain way that makes it obvious they're decidedly not 💀

#i once read a fic that describe hobie as “styling” his hair in wicks #which is like #not necessary wrong #it was like “his hair was in wicks a style he usually liked to put his hair in” #a sentence that implies you can just take your hair out of wicks??? like they're braids??? #another fic described blm as a movement that got really popular “recently” because alot of black people were being killed by cops #which is not necessarily...wrong but is so far from it's actual messaging and what it truly stands for #like blm at the root is not a new thing #idk i mean no judgment because i know it isn’t on purpose it's just always catches me off guard cuz...what #atsv #hobie brown #flowerpunk #punkprowler #flowerbyte #prowlerbyte #idk im just naming these ships cause ik y'all get it 💀 #miles morales #margo kess #miles g morales #spiderverse #punkflower

[hylianane]

My first instinct was to get pissed at him on my Zoro’ss behalf, but after some thought I’m more worried that we’re genuinely starting to fucking lose Sanji. Cause this tone and phrasing is so strangely personal? Maybe he’s trying to motivate him, but to me this feels a little more in line with the comments he was making to Jinbe earlier that feel a bit like they might be caused by the mutation…? And I understand Jinbe being worried that Zoro is taking so long with Lucci, but for Sanji to react like this is so odd, since a constant in their rivalry is mutual trust. Why the hell is he sounding like on of his own fans on powerscaling twitter.

#…Zoro gets called a burden twice in one fight that’s gotta be building toward something #Specially since so far the only person to consistently scrutinize Zoro’s strength and performance in the crew is himself #He’s the first and typically only to criticize himself for struggling #or taking too long with certain opponents #(though Lucci here is a weird case in that #I don’t it doesn’t actually feel like he was necessarily overwhelmed? The way he’s been against other opponents #There’s barely a scratch on him #And he followed through on ending the fight quick once his patience ran out. It’s odd?) #Now those fears of being a burden are being externalized. Feels intentional #Specially with the death pact still looming over us and the finale growing ever closer #one piece #op spoilers #op 1110 #black leg sanji #roronoa zoro

[violent138]

Their dynamic is so funny. No 5D chess, just an agreement that none of them can be counted upon for passwords, and a crazy amount of trust.

#Black Canary #Green Arrow #Maybe it's because the end of the world #But I do love how casually-intense relationships are in this one #All the romantic pairings thus far have been very “established” and trusting #not saying that's necessarily a great thing #But it is interesting #oliver queen #dinahollie #dinah drake #My bad for tagging both variants of Black Canary but I legitimately never know which one she is sorry

[junkdyke]

I do think one of the big confidence boosters is to stop worrying about looking pretty or attractive. If you get ready and just aim to look "cool", you'll feel good about yourself aesthetically a lot more than aiming for arbitrary standards of beauty

#i wanna divulge in how much this goes especially for black women because we only really have 1 standard portrayed in the media #which is the baddie buss down aesthetic #we need more rico nasties and doja cats (4chan shit aside) #and the inbetween aesthetics that aren't necessarily alt but just looking a little “off” #like a Mia Goth #just reminders that we have more options besides being a saweetie #anyway i started feeling hotter when i stopped aiming for the conventional beauty standards and just accepted i can just look cool #not sexy not pretty not hot not cute just #cool style cool hair #i dont have to feel self conscious that i'm not reaching the beauty standards if i don't actually aim for it #like what is the point anyway #mine #beauty standards #dykeposting

[cubeapples]

genderbent black sisters would have such a chokehold on the marauders fandom.

if bellatrix were a guy, he(she)'d arguably be more popular than sirius.

#not necessarily in a good way #bellatrix black #harry potter #bellatrix lestrange #the black sisters #are so underrated smh

[tj-crochets]

The staggered rainbow baby quilt is done! This was made using scraps from my first rainbow quilt paired with black jelly roll strips, and I absolutely love the contrast. It’s so vibrant it almost looks like it’s glowing! And the backing print is metallic so it’s got a little bit of shine to it too

#sewing #handmade #baby quilt #staggered rainbow baby quilt #I am aware black is not necessarily a traditional color for a baby quilt #but surely there are some goth parents out there #or people who really like rainbows #it’ll find its way to the right baby eventually

[rearranging-deck-chairs]

the doctor isnt neurodivergent or autistic or adhd or nonbinary or genderqueer or asexual. what the doctor is, is Not From Here

#which necessarily of course says something abt their (non)whiteness #(i had all these words in quotation marks first so mentally add those to whiteness too) #but we've them be black for all of 1.5 episode now so #lets see how that develops you know #also i dont think i understand the politics of that part well enough to say much abt it #not that i probably understand the politics of these parts better but #im annoyed enough abt this Thing happening these years. in these 20s i guess. the 'representation' thing #to complain abt it anyway #the dsm isnt real and it isnt gonna fuck you buddy #maybe i'll read some books and then one day i'll write an essay driven by spite and pettiness #i wonder if i can make the thesis statement about the tension between their status of main character #in a 60 year running family adventure show vs this therapy thing we're doing now #like. you cant do that. in terms of like. what story is and does. what a character is and does. it strains #in an interesting way. like im not saying they Shouldnt have done it. im just observing. that you cant do that really. i think #or maybe you can! but i'll find that out #i also dont know shit abt narratology or whatever so. need to read books first. sigh #always have to pause my thoughts to read myself in first its so annoying. esp bc i rarely really do #bc then new thoughts new things to do you cant do EVERYTHING. you can do almost nothing. bane of my existence really #but like you might even be able to say smth interesting here about whether you can call them traumatised at all #remember that article i saw around on tumblr a few years ago i think that was abt like. some scholar in the middle east maybe #saying that ptsd is a western thing bc it necessitates a Post #all of this is western. psychiatry is western. its all stories. how you conceptualise trauma is a story #whos Other is story #where youre from is a story what you stand for is a story who you are is a story #ah. checked the article. dr samah jabr. palestinian. i'll start with her book maybe

[dickpuncher420]

i read the phrase “i access my femininity through my masculinity” once (in the context of butchness) and it’s stuck w me ever since. now that i feel like i’ve grown into myself as a butch i find myself able to enjoy more stereotypically “feminine” things that i tended to reject when i was younger and still figuring myself out. things like makeup, jewelry, nail polish, colourful clothes, cutesy aesthetics, heels…they no longer feel stifling to me. my relationship to them has changed because i no longer feel like i’m obligated to perform femininity. rather, i can pick and choose which parts of it enjoy, and simply leave the rest behind. and i’m secure enough in my identity as a masculine person to know that enjoying these things doesn’t detract from my masculinity—in fact, i can use them to construct and further my own masculinity in a way that feels genuine to who i am.

#genuinely my favourite kind of femininity is like. femininity performed by men #like when i wear jewelry or nail polish or heels or whatever its not to look like a woman. its to look like a Feminine Man #altho if im being honest. a lot of my fashion inspirations arent even necessarily feminine men #they’re just men who wear those kinds of things and are still very clearly masc #THAT’S what im striving for #beautiful black men in fun daring clothes i want to be u so bad. #anyways. dunno why i was thinking abt this today. just felt like sharing sum thots #dick punches