#can we please strike

[chirpsythismorning]

This is everything the Stranger Things writers have posted publicly about the WGA strike:

TIMELINE

May 3rd:

Stranger Things writer Caitlin Schneiderhan tweets picture from personal Twitter account of sign from the strike that reads 'Pay us or Steve Harrington is toast'

May 6th:

Official Stranger Writers Twitter account makes post on behalf of the Duffers Brothers. They have since pinned this tweet to their profile. "Duffers here. Writing does not stop when filming begins. While we're excited to start production with our amazing cast and crew, it is not possible during this strike. We hope a fair deal is reached soon so we can all get back to work. Until then -- over and out. #wgastrong

Bonus:

May 12th:

Stranger Things writer Kate Trefry posts picture from personal Tumblr account of sign that reads, 'Byler won’t write itself'

As far as I know, the two writers that posted on their personal socials are the only writers from ST that even have personal accounts that are public, whereas the rest of the writers do not.

What does make me take a pause though, is that, while yes they did post these pictures from their personal accounts, which is about as official as it gets, they also cryptically did not include themselves in said pictures...

This just got me thinking about how Stranger Things is quite literally Netflix and vise versa. They are practically one in the same, where one without the other just doesn't make sense.

While this conflict of interest might run deep for many writers out there fearing to speak out against their employer, for us, the consumers, the fans, we as a collective have so much more power than we realize.

In contrast to the writers, streamers can't just fire their consumer base sometime down the line, out of spite for speaking out. Without consumers, neither Stranger Things nor Netflix would be what it is today.

We have the affordance of being able to speak up the loudest of anyone. And so why wouldn't we take advantage of that?

There are so many people out there protesting: writers, actors, others in the industry and even outside of it who are also taking a stand, many who need support so that they can continue to fight in the upcoming days, weeks, months, without being deterred by corporations that are making them feel greedy for demanding a contract that at most, asks that they be paid fairly.

And so I want to encourage anyone that is reading this, but fellow fans of Stranger Things especially, who have so much power in this strike when it comes to getting Netflix's attention, to consider taking the time to do whatever you can individually + with the masses as a community in order to best support the strike.

Follow the Strike! If you're active on various social media already, please be sure to follow the official accounts advocating for the strike via Instagram (@writersguildwest/@wgaeast), via Twitter (@WGAWest/@WGAEast). Engage with posts from folks that are out there daily, many with whom you can find by following tags like #WGAStrong, #WGAStrike and #WritersStrike. Although most fans are not able to join in picketing themselves, we can at least recognize all of those out there's individual efforts and do our best to show that we're paying attention and listening!

Spread the word! Show support any way you can by sharing posts and articles about the strike, or even fun memes to inform others in a more engaging way. This is the official site for the WGA strike if you want to learn more about what’s going on before diving in! And make sure to stay up-to-date here as things continue to unfold!

Donate! The Entertainment Community Fund is endorsed by the WGA for anyone that wants to support those affected by the strike financially. And this thread on Twitter is an incredible resourse, as it provides an ‘easy, one-click, stress-free, accessible-to-all-budgets’ ways you can support folks on the front lines.

Also! Consider donating through this link for the Entertainment Community Fund, where the money donated still goes directly to that fund, this is just an organizing page for Stranger Things fans specifically! By allowing fans to see how much of an impact we make as a collective, in real time, this could encourage even more ST fans to want to contribute. In a best case scenario, if this GoFundMe were to reach impressive proportions of donations from fans, that could lead to news outlets reporting on it, which could allow an opportunity for even more eyes on the strike, while also even more importantly being able to provide financial support to those that need it.

Trend! On social media, use #StrangerFansforWGA to trend or even just to reach other fans also looking to come together to support the strike!

While I know this post probably wont reach anywhere outside of Tumblr, I want to make a point to encourage those of you that are on other platforms to inform fans in those spaces about the strike and what they can do to help!

We might not all agree on everything, but I think we can agree on at least one thing... @Netflix & all major streamers and networks out there, who are still refusing to make a fair deal: PAY YOUR WRITERS!

In the mean time, if you're interested in working on different ideas for initiates we can carry out as a fandom, please reach out to me! I might only one person and I might not have all the answers and solutions, but I do know that with more of us working together, our odds of making an impact are much greater!

Over and out!

#byler #stranger things #strangerfansforwga #wga strike #writers strike #st writers #duffer brothers #twitter #tiktok #reddit #netflix #PAY YOUR WRITERS #I am more than happy to discuss ideas for how we can come together as a fandom to have an impact #things we can do and work together to accomplish #anyone that already has personal initiatives for fans related to the strike please reblog with details if you want and i will share! #i know some fans were donating funds in exchange for artprints with their owrk #stuff like that is wonderful #supporting artists regardless is so important and so anything like that I would love to know about! #also i would not be against getting money for blimp to fly over netflix calling out ted sarandos #blip... #full disclosure i have just donated $29 to the entertainment community fund through the gofundme! #right now we are over halfway to the $500 goal #hoping the gofundme can reach its goal sooner than later #that way the money can be allocated instead of just sitting there #to those that can't donate!? No pressure!!! #this is just meant to be an option for those that want to and are able to at this point in time #a lot of the fandom brings so much value to these spaces #with the time and dedication we all put into supporting the show FOR FREE #I believe we can use that skill to our advantage #and that arguably has just as much value and impact as money

[cruelsister-moved2]

lets say hypothetically that i wanted men to die and suffer for all time

#which is more than the money made annually by the 50 biggest companies in the world btw #apparently icelandic women went on an unpaid labour strike in the 70s and it brought the whole country to a standstill can we pLEASE bring #this back!! #a;so the countries with the smallest divides #it isnt that the men do more #its countries with better social care etc #WHICH MEANS the gap still exists #just becomes a class AND gender gap #the average USamerican woman spends more than 4h a day doing unpaid work #which is literally like a second job #imagine what u coudl do with an extra four hours in ur day

[emathyst9]

Instead of the filler post people do, I'm saying hey you

Yes you there

Haven't done your daily clicks on here? Go do that

Did it already? You can use multiple devices too so go get them in

#especially because of unrwa funding cuts they need this #so please do that #we need to do everything we can and this is one of those things #so go! do it now! #and all the time every day not just during strike weeks #palestine #free palestine

[slocumjoe]

How do you think Nick's questline could have changed if all he found at the end was a skeleton inside that room?

lets go boys more reason for me to go off about

Nick and his purpose

So, Nick's purpose is to finish off the last thread of the guy he's a ghost of. It isn't, actually, but he thinks it is. He thinks he must tie up Valentine's loose ends so the guy can rest knowing that someone carried out his revenge.

Nick is not a man who cares for revenge. He isn't that cold, or eye-for-an-eye. This is not a moral he carries. Nick is not a "get them how they got you" kind of person. But Valentine is someone he feels he wronged by existing, fundamentally. This cop gets abused by the system he thought was supposed to protect him, which he thought was protecting others, and then they violate him further by scanning and copying his brain. Nick is the result of this ethical violation and betrayal. Nick could not exist without this. This is a guilt he carries.

Nick doesn't care for revenge, but he does believe in doing right by people. Valentine is someone he wronged; when Valentine died, he died never getting what he wanted, in a time of extreme hurt and trauma. He didn't get his revenge. So, Nick, a walking freeze-frame of all this pain and probably discomfort (Valentine was in a sketchy university, undergoing a sketchy procedure he didn't want to do), and he thinks this is what he has to do. This is what Valentine wanted, and he owes it to the guy.

Some people like to think Nick is an exact copy of Valentine, but I think circumstances, context, and experiences are what make a person. If I was put in different circumstances, I wouldn't be the me I am now. Valentine was not a robot in the post-apocalypse struggling with identity issues. Nick and Valentine cannot be the same. Valentine was the baseline Nick was built off of.

So, all this to say, Nick probably doesn't have the best, clearest idea of what he's meant for, or what he owes to the world. His idea is built off how he knows Valentine felt. But Valentine was going through it when his brain was scanned. His ideas of morals and justice were skewed. That's how anger and grief work.

Considering this, Nick walks into the bunker, and no, Eddie wasn't a ghoul. Just a guy who died God knows how long ago.

There is no thread for him to tie up.

There is no way for him to make it up to Valentine.

This is a wrong he has no way to right.

I think Nick is a lot more emotional than people give him credit for. He just keeps it all inside. Emotion you don't see is still emotion. Pain not expressed is still pain. I think in the moment, he'd try making it a joke. "Well...would'ja look at that. Something did the job for us and didn't even leave a note to save ourselves the trouble. I guess courtesy went out the window long before the bombs."

If Eddie Winter is already dead, Nick has nothing to do, functionally. He thinks that was his ultimate goal. His goal was done long ago. It was never something he needed to stew over. Valentine got what he wanted even if it wasn't by his hand or the ghost of it. But the thing with revenge is that it has to be you. If the person you hate most, who hurt you most, tripped on a weed and ate shit, is that revenge? Or is that just life not playing favorites?

Is it enough if life goes on?

Is it enough to say you don't have any obligations and can live despite someone else? Whether it's someone you feel you owe, or someone who owes you? Moving on without that gratification is not satisfying. You want an answer. You want "It's okay" or "I'm sorry."

Nick sees he has no end. There is no Eddie Winter. Valentine's only mark on this world, the only person who remembers him, is Nick. Nick is the only one to grieve him, or know his pain, or what he would think of all of this. Maybe, deep down, Nick wanted to find Eddie Winter not just to kill him, but to prove to himself that he isn't the only ghost. That it wasn't just him, keeping a good man from a good rest. That Eddie was what was really keeping that book open.

But if Eddie is dead, it's just Nick. Nick is all that's left.

You go in the bunker and Eddie Winter is dead.

From here, Nick has a different goal, whether he likes it or not; move on. Be Nick. Figure out who Nick is and accept himself as such. See that he is more than a copy of memories because he's made his own. That looks like a lot of things. Finding family in Ellie and the Survivor.. Finding community in Diamond City. Finding purpose in helping people. Finding himself in what he does now, how he does it, what he thinks of it.

Before he can do any of that, he has to accept that Eddie is dead, and so is Valentine, and just because they are doesn't mean he has to be..

His only path is to accept that he has no answers, and owes no answers. For someone who holds himself so responsible, who thinks he has to fix whatever he comes across, who hates that someone had to hurt for his existence...this seems impossible. To accept that he doesn't have to fix anything.

That there is nothing he can do for what he has of Valentine. That he can't take a dead man's anger away.

That he has nothing of the man he remembers being.

#nick valentine #fallout 4 #fo4 #this is so messy im sorry but nick had so much potential #great character but i think bethesda has a habit of striking gold and going #oh cool we can plate our plastic spoons with this #like no buddy theres a better use for this put down the smelter PLEASE

[cherrirui-official]

Hello everyone, friendly reminder to keep talking about Palestine and also to do your daily click!

Thank you for your time!!

#free palestine #free gaza #ceasfire now #minccino #sylveon #pokemon #cherris canvas #also i stand with palestine so if any of you are zionists please just unfollow me. i dont want you here. #i will keep reblogging Palestine related posts as much as i can!! #just bc the strike is over doesnt mean we stop talking about Palestine!!!

[astrono]

**Today, both this account and my alt will be joining Global Strike Week (from January 21st to January 28th) to show support of Palestine.

I will only be sharing and posting information related to/about Palestine and other countries who need their voices uplifted.

We need to show that business will not be going as usual while people (women, men, children, babies) are dying and their lives are being ruined.

For more information on Palestine and the strike I strongly suggest for you to browse the Palestine, Gaza, and Global Strike tags!

SHOW YOUR SUPPORT AS MUCH AS YOU CAN!!

BE DISRUPTIVE, PROTEST and BOYCOTT.

#palestine #free palestine #global strike #global strike week #free gaza #important #even if your account is mainly about things like qsmp. we must show our support #we can live without posting about mcyts for a week PALESTINE cannot. #ceasefire #if any of the information I have posted in correct please tell me!

[splatoon-countdown]

I just had an idea. Perhaps we could all change our in-game nicknames to "FREE GAZA" or "SAVE GAZA" to show our support. It sounds a bit silly, but it could spread the message about this terrible genocide. Obviously, you should be doing so, so much more than just changing your display name in a video game, but it's an extra thing you can do maximize your support. Maybe after a protest, when you want to relax from the stress of it, you can still wind down with a game of Splatoon while still showing support. It would be awesome if this started spreading, and a bunch of people starting changing their display names to this, and maybe even made a bunch of plaza posts about it! If you have a following in the Splatoon community, you should reblog this to spread the message. Maybe even repost it to Twitter/X! I saw a plaza post about the matter and it made me feel even more determined to do all I can. The more of us who work together, the stronger we become!!

#Go out there! Protest! Strike! Tell your friends and family about it! #We have to do all we can to stop this genocide! The more of you who go out there and do something the stronger we become! #The more our protests and strikes are noticed! #Changing your name in a video game is great! But if you can please go to local protests! Tell everyone at school about it! #Let everyone know the horrible things that are taking place and urge them to try and stop this too! #Protest safely and watch out for your fellow protestors and strikers. We have to do this for Palestine! #splatoon #splatoon 3 #I've said it before but I am physically disabled. I cannot protest. For those of you who can please do. #Make sure you know protest etiquette and safety before you go. There are plenty of resources to find protests near you. #I believe in all of you! We can do this! Please!

[splorpo]

What are you hating on lately? Not judging I want to join you

can we kiss on the mouth

#I JEST I JEST my actual answer rn is people who are into our flag means death and good omens are driving me up the wall #i am willing to entertain that either show might be good but the way people talk about them is so goddamn annoying that it has guaranteed #i won’t be watching them anytime soon #all i hear is ‘uwu my gay babies’ this and ‘uwu my gay babies’ that #can we PLEASE start liking things for reasons other than there are gay characters. PLEASE. #some of u genuinely don’t give a fuck about whether or not there’s anything of interest or merit within a work just as long as it’s gay #stop recommending me shit just bc it’s gay #is it also GOOD? did u think of that?? #these types of people appear to be the primary fanbase of these two shows #and were also annoying as fuck during the writer’s strike #genuinely makes me ask what year it is #it’s like superwholock in here #splorpo answers

[squircatlies]

Since magic is real in ofmd undead Izzy season 3 please and thank you <3

I want him to lose at least one body part per episode and watch the crew replace it with random shit like the most fucked up arts and crafts project.

He's the wooden boy now.

#it starts off like a horror movie with Izzy's grave being hit by lightning during a thunderstorm and his hand bursting out of the ground #we see the glimpses of him slowly limping towards Ed and Stede's cabin #it's very dramatic #we can hear izzy's uneven footsteps as he creeps closer to the sleeping figures of ed and stede #we hear a seagull screech in unison with a lightning bolt striking very close #ed and stede wake up to see izzy at the foot of their bed #they start screaming as izzy makes a growling sound #the tension breaks as izzy spits out a clump of mud and just starts talking normally #ofmd s2 spoilers #ofmd spoilers #ofmd s3 #our flag means death #ofmd shitpost #ofmd #ofmd s2 finale #izzy hands #israel hands #please im begging #please #and i want him to kick ass more than ever thanks

[bluegarners]

pushing my bruce wayne has gray eyes agenda

#ppl confuse gray eyes with rlly light blue bc they are so stark and striking #but they are actually gray and very rare and our closest immediate guess when we see them is light blue #i am pushing my bruce wayne has unsettling gray eyes that jump out at you agenda #he has PEEPERS and everyone does a double take when they look at them... #everyone else has normal blue green brown whatever eyes #dick grayson has nice warm blue eyes #jason has a mix of blue green but they are still pretty dark #ill give tim his weirdo light blue eyes [get him some contacts PLEASE] #and even though damian has canon green eyes i want them to be dark... if i had my way he would have beautiful doe brown eyes #HE DESERVES BEAUTIFUL BROWN EYES OKAY #he and cass can match <33333 #steph can have color changing eyes she also deserves that- like hazel eyes that change color with the light #barbara has pretty dark green eyes but like a kaleidoscope #duke has deep deep brown eyes- like almost black.... deep enough to fall in love with... WHO SAID THAT #anyway #bruce wayne

[lovinnelily]

Y'all do know you can't make Jason be NOT white without changing his whole character, right?

For other characters, yes, because their physical appearance are not that influential in their story, on how they are viewed by people, on their personality formation — you can have a black/asian/indigenous/arab/brown/latino/etc Nico and yes, the hate he gets will have a undertone of racism but at the same time nothing significant on his story, motivation or personality will need to change. This is also true for other characters: Clarisse risks repeating the "aggressive WoC" stereotype but the character itself doesn't change.

This isn't true for Jason, whose main character trait is how he is perceived by others and how he showcases himself to others based on that perception. (specially with how little effort Riordan put on him besides making him perfect-er Percy who's somehow also weaker and less important than him).

Let's not pretend a black, Arab, indigenous, Asian, Latin man, etc, in the USA would ever be treated with the universal reverence Jason gets from New Roma, you can't have the illusion of perfection and most of all, of invincibility they have about him when you see him suffering racism or xenophobia in the middle of a mission. Nothing in his life has ever gone wrong, that's his image, destined to be king, he is supposed to have no weakness on his peers eyes.

He is not trying to prove people wrong, he is trying to prove them right; he isn't worthy despite their prejudice, on the contrary, he only tried to make himself worthy to fulfill their expectations. He can't be a woman or an immigrant or have a visible disability or any other thing that strays him from a perfect ideal by western society standards, and be that same character.

#Different from the other white character in the series he was never questioned or doubted #There's a presumption of perfection with no exceptions that society doesn't give to us (women poc immigrants visible minorities in general) #His privilege (handsome white man with no visible disability son of Zeus etc) also prevented anyone from worrying for his well being #This illusion/expectation of him having no weakness/being untouchable pushes himself too far and clouds his judgment. #I headcanon he didn't even consider the possibility of myopia because that wouldn't fit Jason Grace Son of Jupiter so it wasn't an option #And you think it'd be the same character after facing racism? Because ain't no way he'd be praetor without going through racism #I think I'd love him nonetheless since I'm very weak to the whole golden boy tearing himself to save the world but it'd be a new character #jason grace #I know racism in USA is different from here but I know how different a “non-racist” white person treats me and treats my white friends #Also for him to not be an entirely different character if PoC would be incredibly disrespectful and racist on its own #It would fail to recognize the difference in how we are read (and written). I hate that a lot. #I remember that when Cody told Brandi “I see no color” she told him “then you don't see me” and that's so fucking striking #We ARE different. treated differently. if you act like you don't see it then you also turn a blind eye to the violence that comes from it #This is straying from my point I got a bit heated banalization of things I care about usually does that to me #Point is please don't change Jason on the very few things that man actually bothered writing about him #I actually think this is true about Octavian too. A lot of what he is allowed to do would not be possible if he weren't a white man. #Same for Rachel Elizabeth Dare. I mean you can work around making her poc but it will truly be pushing A LOT #Let's put it this way: a woc doing a street performance is perceived very differently from a white woman doing a street performance. #Specially in the eyes of cops #Pjo

[troius]

#bleach #troius reads bleach #lightning please strike this entire fight down so we can move on

[wantbytaemin]

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#btw if u see me not rly posting a lot of key it’s bc of the mcdonalds thing you’ll understand. i don’t feel confident to talk about it much #as i don’t know the scope of the situation but obviously understand people who want to take a full on step back from things #i’ll be minimising posting just bc of disappointment im feeling. similarly as i did to him & taemin both a couple months ago #(maybe disappointed isn’t the right word. put off more like?) #not that im an important piece of any of all this but just bc i am quite a frequent shinee poster i felt the wish to share this #peace & love as always i hope everyone is doing well please do not stop being vocal #also reminder the big 4 strike is ongoing! let’s do what we can even if you can’t donate rn #(<- big 4 as in the big 4 kpop companies as in hybe (primarily! bc scooter braun) jyp sm yg #which includes shinee. just reminding!)

[twitterdotcom]

Now that the actorss strike is over I live in fear over what the fandom is going to try and ask the cast members when it comes to season 2

#ofmd #please be normal please be normal please be normal #don't expect the actors to say anything but positive things about the show #and positive things about the characters in the show #don't ask the actors why izzy died. or how the felt about jimolu breakup. or about the rushed ending #honestly the reason I CANT watch panels is because I can't handle it when they open it up to audience questions #like unless the questions are about like Acting or the art of filmmaking. those ones I can generally stand #like its easy to forget that acting is a job. but acting is straight up a job. #i don't want to know the casts opinions about season 2 #I just want to know that they had a good time making it :) #maybe the real ofmd is the friends we made along the way :) #ACTORS ACTORS STRIKE #NOT WRITERS STRIKE AAAAAAA

[starcrossedjedis]

✨Jacen & Tenel Ka - Illicit Affairs {Jacen's POV}✨

Jacen laughed a joyless, bitter laugh.

She should have been his. It was a wild, possessive thought, but in his heart he knew that it was true. There wasn't a being in the entire galaxy that knew her like he did. She had laughed with him - this rare, beautiful laugh - and he had been the only one she had ever allowed to see her tears. They had been made for each other in such a way that Jacen had started to believe the Force itself had intertwined their fates.

So how was it possible that soon she would belong to someone else...?

Set directly after the war against the Yuuzhan Vong. Tenel Ka visits Coruscant on an important diplomatic mission. Jacen thinks the time is right to finally tell her how he feels, but the Queen Mother comes bearing news that will once more pull the rug from under the young jedi.

(I'm sure I'll be back on my regular OC bs soon enough, but I am chasing the dopamin wherever it takes me. And rn that is my early 2000s Star Wars novel OTP <3)

tagged: @victoriapedrcttis @sgtbuckyybarnes @eddiemunscns @curious-kittens-ocs @heirsoflilith @stachedocs @mystic-scripture @drbobbimorse @alicent-hightcwer @akabluekat @damn-daemon @harleyquinnzelz @susiesamurai @asirensrage @arrthurpendragon @darknightfrombeyond @bravelittleflower @kingsmakers @foxesandmagic @elmunson @chrissymunson @emilykaldwen @bisexualterror @darkwolf76

#swedit #star wars #star wars legends #jacen solo #tenel ka djo #star wars fanfiction #jacen x tenel ka #my graphics #my writing #why must the feels strike when I have no PC and no wifi? #doing this on my phone is a pain in the ass^^ #I WANNA MAKE PRETTY STUFF BUT ALL I GOT IS THIS #also someone please tell me we haven't collectively settled on SPN dude for Jacen's FC because I can and will not stand for it

[underclerysclock]

SOME headcanons I've seen about Gerry's childhood rely on the idea that 20th century Ireland was uniquely uncivilised and uncaring. Some people will pretend his childhood was this entirely loveless and emotionally barren landscape and like yeah he's a queer kid growing up in a practical theocracy but despite the thrall of Catholicism, the unchecked power of predatory priests over children, the mother and baby homes like in Tuam, etc etc, Ireland wasn't a wasteland of horrible, compassionless people at the time. I think Gerry cannot have grown up in the environment he did unscathed. Of course he has trauma. But to characterise his childhood as uniquely abusive and loveless feels very. It draws upon very outdated and xenophobic ideas of the Irish experience that I thought were put to bed at the turn of the century.

#flood warning #nr #there is a gerry centric fic i will not name that implies his father is this terrible physically abusive monster #we know nothing about his father and i do personally headcanon him as a piece of shit he does not strike me as a man close to his da #but the way they framed it felt very. indicative of attitudes about irishmen that have not existed since the 1900s #carla's comment about gerry always wanting kids because he was one of nine suggests he was/is very close with his siblings at least #i can see him as a middle child on the older end of middle. people pleasing because of his position in the family #but old enough to care for his younger siblings. he held baby siblings throughout his childhood and it struck a chord with him