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A Nest of Vipers Ch6. (Cormac McLaggen x Original Female Character - Slytherin)

Rating: Explicit 18+

Word Count: 4.8K

Warnings / Tags: A little bit of smut, pure blood supremacy, tragic romance

Summary: Slughorn's party is tonight and it's time for Una to choose between the Vipers and Cormac McLaggen.

A/N: Una gets worse every chapter I swear to GOD.

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Chapter 6: Slughorn's Party

Una entered the dimly lit common room arm in arm with Meredith and Sabine, their entrance causing a sudden silence among the four Slytherin boys in dress robes.

“Wow, Sabine, you look… wow,” said the usually aloof Theodore Nott, causing Blaise to give him a haughty look.

“Put your eyes back in, Nott,” said Blaise, rolling his eyes.

“Now you know how I feel,” grumbled Graham. “Having one of your friends go out with your sister.”

It was the night of Professor Slughorn’s Christmas party, and both Una and Blaise had their own agendas for the evening. They were attending as friends, united by separate pursuits of the heart.

“Una and I are going as friends,” Blaise reminded him. “Better that than fraternising with the enemy.”

“The enemy,” snorted Graham but Una knew Blaise was overcompensating, that he’d slink away and find Ginny Weasley as quickly as he could.

“Well, I think you make a lovely couple,” smiled Sabine, showing off her perfect row of white teeth as she greeted Blaise with a kiss on each cheek before taking Theodore’s extended arm.

“I dunno, it’s all a bit incest-y for me,” said Graham with a sour look on his face. “You’re going with my sister, your sister’s going with Nott. We’re a hop, skip and a jump away from getting married off to our cousins.”

“Well, I’m glad you’re not my cousin,” said Albie Selwyn, taking Meredith’s hand and kissing it. Una wrinkled her nose. It wasn’t even eight o’clock yet and in her opinion, that was much too early for public displays of affection.

“Just Sabine’s ex,” muttered Graham to Una who covered a laugh by opening her bag and checking her lip gloss in her little black mirror.

This was exactly how Sabine liked it. Having power over Meredith and Una by persuading them to go to Slughorn’s party with people she thought she had influence over. Albie Selwyn was a perfect match for Meredith - he wasn’t good enough for Sabine so of course Meredith was permitted to have her sloppy seconds.

And Blaise, well, Sabine didn’t know her brother as well as she thought she did. Una had found an unlikely friend in Blaise after her confrontation with Myrtle in the girl’s bathroom. He was alone in the common room when she had returned and she’d confided in him. He was the only person who could understand how she was feeling. Although by Blaise’s account, his and Ginny’s secret was progressing much more discreetly, and successfully, than her’s and Cormac’s. But Blaise didn’t have the same jealous streak as Una and Cormac. In fact, he didn’t even seem to care that Ginny would be there with her boyfriend, Dean Thomas.

Una took Blaise’s arm and the seven of them ascended the stairs, the salty seaweed-tinged air of the Slytherin common room turning to Christmas pine and firewood as they entered the Entrance Hall.

Cormac McLaggen and Hermione Granger were standing beside Ginny Weasley, Dean Tomas and Katie Bell as the latter awaited the arrival of her date. When Graham saw Katie he practically bounded over, taking her hand and making her do a little spin to show off her dress. It was so sickeningly cute that the other Slytherins rolled their eyes at each other but it made Una’s throat knot in jealousy. Why must her own pursuits be so complicated when Graham could so openly and unashamedly go with Katie?

When Katie stopped her spinning she looked giddy. Graham took her arm and led her towards the direction of the corridor where Slughorn’s office was. Just as Katie and Graham passed between Una and Cormac’s line of sight, they locked eyes.

It was irritating how handsome he looked tonight. Una supposed he must come from money like her, with his perfectly tailored black dress robes. Of course, she knew he was well-connected - he had to have been to receive an invite to Slug Club, but his robes made the other revellers milling around the Entrance Hall look scruffy in comparison.

Cormac’s curly hair, usually messed up from running his hands through it or playing Quidditch, was elegantly textured. There was a single curl over his forehead that could have been a paid actor. She finally understood what Cormac meant when he said he ‘wanted to make a mess of her’. Una wanted to twist her fingers through those curls and make fun of him for trying so hard, to push that stupid curl out of his face while he was on his knees with his mouth between her legs.

Una snapped out of it when Hermione slinked her arm through Cormac’s and he broke his eye contact. Hermione’s usually frizzy hair was also slicked back, except hers was twisted into an elegant bun. She supposed Cormac and Hermione were well-suited. And as things weren’t working out well between Una and Cormac, maybe he and Hermione would have a flock of wild-haired children one day. She watched as they followed Katie and Graham in the direction of the party.

“You know, you look beautiful,” murmured Blaise as the group of Slytherins followed suit, Una and Blaise lagging behind the others. “Speaking platonically, of course. McLaggen is an idiot.”

“Thanks, Blaise,” she smiled.

She almost felt guilty about confiding her woes with Cormac McLaggen to him. Especially when even though he didn’t know it, Blaise’s blossoming relationship with Ginny Weasley would be playing right into her plans to get back at the people who had hurt her brother.

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Try as he might, Cormac McLaggen was having a difficult time getting rid of Hermione Granger. He should have expected this, of course. He knew how he looked when he made an effort and the effect it could have on girls. It just wasn’t having the desired effect on the right girl. And it really wasn’t fair to poor Hermione to lead her on like this.

What was worse was that he thought he might be able to get to the bar by himself. Be seen there alone - then maybe Una would come over and they could discuss tactics. Arrange to meet later, or better yet, sneak away before either Hermione or Blaise noticed they were gone. But Hermione just wanted to accompany him to the bar. Wherever he went she followed. It was like she wanted to be seen with him in every corner of the room.

“And then, I suppose, my eighteenth best save was when I was playing for the Wimbourne Wasps under-14s,” he said and he was actually starting to bore himself now. “Their seeker was Cassius Burke. Or maybe it was Gideon Blackwood. No, wait - it was Cassius Burke. And it was a kick away from the left hoop.”

“You know, this is really fascinating, Cormac,” said Hermione loudly as a few other Gryffindors passed by.

“It - it is?” he asked. Una would have told him to shut his fat mouth and stop talking about himself long ago. Then he’d have wiped the beautiful sneer from her face by letting her know his preferred way of being shut up.

The thought made him miss her.

He looked over to where she was still standing with Blaise, Sabine and her date. Blaise rested a hand on the exposed skin of Una’s backless emerald green dress just below where her straight, shiny hair danced across her spine and he said something that made her throw her head back and laugh. Una’s other friend, the red-headed one, Meredith, was some way away looking uncomfortable as her drunk date pressed his mouth to her ear, half kissing her, half whispering something and accidentally spilling some of his drink down the front of her dress.

It inspired Cormac to try a different tack. He remembered how Hermione recoiled at Slughorn’s dinner party back in October when he’d suggestively sucked on his fingers while looking at her from across the table.

“What do you say we get out of here?” he asked, leaning down to whisper to Hermione and purposefully slurring his words. It was perfect, seeing as he couldn’t think of a tactful way to ask her to leave him alone without offending her.

“I - excuse me?”

“Come on, you just said I was fascinating. Let me show you something really impressive,” he said, putting a hand on her waist.

“I don’t think so, Cormac,” she blustered. “Excuse me, I need to go to the ladies.”

Cormac watched as she turned on her heels and ran off. In the opposite direction of the bathroom and towards the tent-like furnishings where Harry Potter was standing with Luna Lovegood from the D.A. in her spangled silver dress robes.

Well, that was easy, thought Cormac before spotting Katie Bell and Graham Montague over at a secluded table. He didn’t want to be a third-wheel on their date but he didn’t really know anyone else here except Una.

“Remember the time Potter practically swallowed the snitch?” laughed Katie as Graham almost choked on his drink.

“Mind if I join you?” asked Cormac and Katie nodded enthusiastically to the chair opposite them.

“Graham, this is Cormac McLaggen,” said Katie. “I’m not sure if Una has told you about him.”

Cormac stuck out his hand and Graham put down his drink to shake it before Cormac took his seat. “Er, no, she hasn’t,” said Graham with uncertainty. “Are you friends with her then?”

It wasn’t a surprise that Una hadn’t mentioned him to her brother, after all, they were keeping things between them a secret. Although he had sort of hoped that maybe she’d have confided in Graham, especially since he himself was here with a Gryffindor.

Cormac chose his next words carefully, mindful of Katie’s suspicious look. “Hardly. Well, I mean, we sit next to each other in Transfiguration,” he said casually. “But she talks about you.”

“All complaints, I assume?”

Cormac laughed. Una had told him all about how Graham was their parents' golden child. According to Una, the fact she was Head Girl paled in comparison to their darling, Quidditch Captain son.

“Well, she’s so sick of me meddling in her love life, I’m not surprised.”

Cormac covered his momentary pause by taking a sip of his drink. Maybe Graham knew more than he was letting on.

“I asked her not to come here tonight with Blaise because he’s my best mate,” explained Graham.

“Oh?” So that explained Una’s sudden change of heart.

“Yeah, well, she wasn’t having it so I’ve backed off now. Especially after the last time my parents tried to force her to go out with someone and she blew -” Graham stopped himself abruptly and shook his head. “I mean she wasn’t happy.” He laughed unconvincingly.

“What happened?” asked Cormac, his curiosity piqued by Graham’s sudden change in tone.

“Where is she anyway?” asked Graham, ignoring Cormac’s question and looking over his shoulder. “I haven’t seen her and that slimy git Blaise in a while.”

Cormac turned around in his chair. None of the Vipers or their dates were anywhere to be seen.

“Slimy git? I thought you said he was your best mate?” laughed Katie.

“Yeah, well, it’s different when he’s got his hands all over my sister,” Graham grumbled.

Cormac turned back around to see Katie observing him. He shook his head warningly. Katie had been suspicious of his relationship with Una for a few weeks now but the last thing he was going to do was confess his feelings in front of her brother. Katie just smirked as if his head shake had confirmed everything.

Graham turned the subject back to Quidditch and while Cormac had more questions than ever, he was relieved to not have to word his answers so carefully now they were no longer talking about Una.

“And remember when your mates got detention for dressing up as dementors during one of our games?” chuckled Katie.

“Oh god, yeah. That was Draco’s idea. He… hang on. Speak of the devil,” said Graham, his brows furrowed in confusion as he looked past Cormac into the middle of the room.

Cormac turned in his seat and watched the Hogwarts caretaker, Argus Filch, dragging in a pale boy with a pointed face into the middle of the room by his ear.

“Alright, I wasn’t invited!” Draco spat angrily. “I was trying to gatecrash. Happy?” And Cormac was surprised when he looked furiously over in the direction of the table that he was currently sitting at.

“That’s alright Argus, that’s alright,” boomed Slughorn. “It’s not a crime to want to come to a party. Just this once we’ll forget any punishment. You may stay, Draco.”

“Oh no,” groaned Graham.

“What’s wrong?” asked Katie. “I thought he was your friend too?”

“He was trying to convince me not to come tonight so I could help him with a job - I mean, a project. I think that’s why he was trying to sneak in.”

Cormac remained fixed on the commotion as Draco thanked Slughorn for his generosity and couldn’t help but notice that Draco looked a little ill.

“A project? The day before we go home for the holidays?” asked Katie. Cormac wondered if that was why Draco looked so worse for wear. Maybe he had a deadline he was going to miss?

“Well, I’ve not had much time to work on it. I’ve been preoccupied with something else,” said Graham and Cormac turned back around in his chair just in time to see him wiggling his eyebrows at Katie. “Doesn’t matter anyway - look, Snape’s not having it.”

Sure enough, Draco was being dragged back out of the room at the exact same moment Una was coming back in. Alone.

Cormac raised a hand in acknowledgement and Una halted on the spot, pursing her lips when she saw he was sitting with Graham and Katie.

“Una!” called Graham and her eyes darted everywhere except their table as if looking for an escape route before reluctantly continuing towards them, her high-heeled stilettos clicking on the dance floor ominously as she did.

Cormac stood up and pulled out the seat next to him and she sat down wordlessly, dumping her clutch bag on the table. “Well, I’ve just had to rescue Meredith from Selwyn. Blaise and I had to put them to bed. Separately. And now I’ve got no idea where anyone else is.”

“You’ll just have to put up with our much worse company then,” said Cormac.

Una huffed a derisive laugh and looked directly at Cormac. “I’ll say.”

Her icy glare was full of annoyance and Cormac was sure he’d soon find out that he was somehow responsible for her mood. But even though she looked irritated at him, he couldn’t take his eyes off her.

She always looked beautiful. He still got a little flustered now that he was actually allowing himself to look at her in her school uniform but he was unprepared for seeing her dressed to the nines like this. He was glad of the commotion caused by Katie and Graham fawning over each other in the Entrance Hall earlier this evening - it meant that nobody noticed that he had stopped mid-sentence when Una had appeared, arm in arm with Blaise wearing that satin green dress that pooled on the floor like it was molten.

“Ouch, harsh, Una,” chuckled Graham. “Cormac was just telling us you’re in Transfiguration together.”

“And come to think of it, that’s just about as much time in Cormac McLaggen’s presence as I can stand sober. Excuse me.” Una tossed her hair over her shoulder before getting up and walking over to the bar.

Cormac hesitated as he looked from Una’s abandoned bag to her figure cutting through the crown, a backless silhouette of grace and indignation.

“Just go,” said Katie in exasperation.

Cormac didn’t bother explaining himself. He grabbed Una’s bag and followed her towards the bar.

“So much for hardly knowing each other,” said Graham, raising an eyebrow.

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“Una, what’s up?” asked Cormac, leaning on the edge of the bar at the back of Slughorn’s office as Una caught the barman’s eye with practised ease.

“What’ll it be?” asked the young barman absently, dressed in a white tailcoat and cleaning the bar with a towel. He had a pimply face - he couldn’t have been much older than Una or Cormac, she thought.

“A shot of firewhiskey please,” said Una.

“Make that two,” added Cormac.

“No can do,” said the barman. “Boss said no shots.”

“Oh.” Una pouted and twisted the end of her hair. “Not even just one tiny shot?” she asked, her voice dripping in saccharine sweetness that was anything but innocent.

The barman shook his head as if strengthening his own resolve by denying her request.

Una giggled. “I suppose that makes sense. Who knows what would happen if the students all lost our inhibitions.” She moved her shoulder discreetly so that her strap fell down her arm.

The barman blinked a few times as his cheeks turned pink. “Well… maybe one. Just don’t tell anyone, alright?”

He poured a shot and Una downed it before placing the glass back on the bar. “Gosh, that’s gone right to my head.” She batted her eyelashes at him. “Could I trouble you for a glass of champagne, please?”

“Two!” Cormac called after him, a hint of irritation in his voice after being plainly ignored by the barman. “And you can stop trying to make me jealous because it isn’t working,” he added to Una.

“I’m doing no such thing,” said Una. “And besides, you’re one to talk. The way you had your hands all over Granger.”

“I was just trying to get rid of her.”

Una snorted derisively. “By doing your best impression of the giant squid?”

“I didn’t think anyone noticed.”

“Cormac, it’s time you learned that I see everything and I hear everything,” hissed Una, her voice filled with venom. “So don’t expect me to be grateful when you tell Hermione to doll herself up for you so you can spend the evening getting handsy with her.”

“Fuck, Una. It wasn’t like that -”

“Oh yeah? That’s not what Moaning Myrtle overheard in the bathroom. She told me all about how you asked Hermione to wear something sexy tonight. I mean, what the fuck, Cormac? You think I wouldn’t find out? Oh - thank you.” Her expression softened momentarily as she thanked the barman for the drinks with a forced smile.

She tried to walk away from the bar but Cormac caught her wrist discreetly.

“Let go of me. You can’t just manhandle me any time an argument isn’t going your way,” she snapped.

“And you can’t just storm off every time you’re about to show the tiniest bit of vulnerability,” said Cormac sternly, his tight grip encircling her wrist bones and pulling her close.

“That’s not what this is, I -”

“I know what you’re like, Una, I can tell you’ve been stewing over this all day. And I’ll be damned if I let you leave for the Christmas holidays without us sorting this out.”

“It’s not for you to let me do anything.”

“It is when it involves me so shut up for a second and listen.”

Una’s nostrils flared as she stared up at him furiously. That stupid, pretty little curl on his head. It tempted her fingers with a desire to yank it out. “Go on then, try and talk your way out of it.”

“Not here,” said Cormac, increasingly aware of the fact that their whispered conversation was likely to be overheard. “Behind that curtain,” he suggested, nodding to the heavy tent-like draping covering the stone walls of Slughorn’s magically expanded office.

“Are you going to let go of me or should I expect an escort?”

Cormac loosened his grip and handed Una her purse. She snatched it from him and followed him to the secluded edge of the room. Cormac checked the coast was clear of onlookers and held open the hanging to let Una walk through.

“I did ask Hermione to dress up,” said Cormac, his voice tinged with embarrassment and regret. “But that was before I knew you and Blaise were going tonight as friends. I was jealous. And I was trying to make you jealous too.”

“Well, it worked. Are you happy?” Una’s words were sharp but her voice wavered - a tiny chink of vulnerability in her armour that she so wished she could hide.

“Obviously not, Unes. I told you before that I’m terrible at playing games. And this attempt has backfired. Spectacularly.”

Una paused, taken aback by his candour. She was adept at weaving intricate plans. It was like playing wizard’s chess to her, while Cormac... he was more like a player of exploding snap - unguarded and impulsive. And maybe, she thought, what he deserved was someone who wasn’t a game player. Someone honest. Someone who didn’t care about being strategic.

He might not have her cunning, but there was a simplicity, a sweetness in his earnestness. A typical Gryffindor, wearing his heart on his sleeve.

“Maybe you should find Hermione again -” started Una softly but Cormac interrupted her with an exasperated groan.

“Una, come on. We’ve just been over this -”

“No, I’m serious, Cormac. I’m not just saying it to start another argument. Aren’t relationships supposed to be fun? Easy? The two of you looked good together.”

Una was starting to think she should have just let her parents betroth her to someone as planned rather than putting up such a fight. It would have avoided this current mess with Cormac if she had. It would have meant that she’d never have made a mess back then either, a mess that strained her relationship with her parents beyond repair.

“I am having fun. And it could be easy if you just stopped caring about what the Vipers think.” Cormac cupped her face with both hands and she could feel her worries melting away, even if only for a moment.

She sighed heavily. “Cormac, please don’t make me choose between you and them.”

Cormac leaned in closer, his green eyes locking onto hers with a sincerity that made her heart flutter. “I’m not asking you to choose, Una. They are. But if you’re really thinking of ending this...” He leaned in, his warm breath fanning against her skin. “I can’t let you go without one last kiss.”

And then he kissed her. Kissed her as if she were the only thing in the world he ever wanted. And Una kissed him back, the sweet champagne on his lips tainted by the smoky, briny firewhiskey on hers.

This was all it took. A kiss was enough to turn her to putty in his hands.

She succumbed to her intrusive thoughts.

“Fuck what they think. I’ll have my parents buy me new friends if it means you’ll fuck me again,” panted Una in Cormac’s ear as he kissed her neck.

He groaned. “You’re so fucked up for that.”

“And you’re fucked up for wanting me.”

She grabbed the front of his dress robes and pulled him urgently so he pressed her between him and the stone wall. Fuck, she loved feeling his body between her legs. It seemed to block out all the external problems complicating things. It was just she and him.

Cormac’s hands pulled up her floor-length satin dress.

“Fuck, not here, Cormac,” she said as his hand cupped her lacy underwear. But her cunt was throbbing underneath his touch. She couldn’t deny that she wanted him to touch her.

“But you’re so wet for me,” he whispered, slipping his hand into her underwear and tracing two fingers along her slit. “I can’t let you back out there all worked up. What if that barman gets ideas?”

“You said that wasn’t working - flirting with the guy behind the bar to - to make you jealous,” she whimpered.

“I’m not jealous. I’m furious. And I’m about to teach you a lesson,” he told her with an arrogant sort of appraising look.

Suddenly, the curtains behind them rustled and Una and Cormac broke apart. Panic jolted through her as Una yanked down the front of her dress and hastily wrenched the fallen strap back up her shoulder.

“Mister McLaggen,” said a low voice from behind them.

Shit. Cormac spun around and when Una laid eyes on the person who’d interrupted them, they widened in horror.

“Miss… Montague?” Professor Snape’s voice had a tone of surprise as eyes darted between them.

Fuck. Una’s stomach dropped as her Head of House eyed them suspiciously.

“I trust, Miss Montague, that you are of sound mind and have not been confunded?”

“Yea, sir,” said Una sheepishly. “I mean, I haven’t been confunded.” Although for a split second, she briefly considered lying and saying she was confunded. Let Cormac take the fall.

“Detention. Both of you. After the holidays.”

“Sir, please, I can’t be seen in detention,” said Una. It was a risk arguing with Snape, even though he was her favourite teacher and Head of House. But she had to at least plead her case. She knew it would look bad for him too if the student he’d put forward for Head Girl was in detention.

Snape paused, looking at their dishevelled, embarrassed appearances, his expression unreadable.

“I’ll do both detentions,” said Cormac. “It was my fault -”

“Your chivalry is very touching, Mister McLaggen, however…” said Snape, his voice dripping with sarcasm. “I am the one who will decide a suitable punishment.” Una held her breath waiting for the verdict. “You will both receive detention. Separately. Miss Montague, you are permitted to use the excuse that you are doing remedial Defence Against the Dark Arts.”

“Remedial Defence…” whispered Una, horror-struck. She felt like the wind had been knocked out of her lungs. She couldn’t think of anything more mortifying. That is until Snape held open the curtain.

“Now, I expect you to return to your dormitories. Immediately.”

Una was temporarily rendered speechless. If she and Cormac were to emerge from behind a curtain and frogmarched through the party by Snape… “Sir, I can’t -”

“Miss Montague, I have been exceptionally lenient with you - do not test my patience.”

Resigned, Una muttered a quiet “Yes, sir,” and reluctantly followed Snape and Cormac. The party was thinning out, which only made their conspicuous exit feel like a spotlight. She fought the urge to hide her face, instead lifting her chin with feigned confidence.

“Nice one, McLaggen,” congratulated Marcus Belby, sticking out his fist as they passed. Cormac at least had the decency to ignore him. Or perhaps he knew reciprocating would land him another few weeks of detention.

Una saw Ginny Weasley and Hermione Granger huddled together near the doorway as she continued to follow Snape and Cormac.

“I told you he was vile,” said Hermione quietly.

“Yeah, well I didn’t think he’d sink that low,” said Ginny.

Una slowed her pace, just enough to let Snape and Cormac exit the room ahead of her. This was her chance. Her chance to set off her plan for revenge and provoke Ginny Weasley into attacking her.

“Sorry about your boyfriend…” Una lowered her voice to a barely audible whisper so that only Ginny and Hermione could hear. Then she said a word that she’d never said before. “...Mudblood.”

Hermione’s jaw dropped in shock but Ginny’s eyes narrowed furiously.

“How dare you!” exclaimed Ginny, drawing her wand. A jet of purple light flew towards Una - she made to duck but twisted her ankle in her high stilettos and fell as the bat bogey hex flew over her head and hit Marcus Belby directly in the face, causing pandemonium as everyone dodged the effects of the spell.

“Goodness gracious” exclaimed Slughorn, flapping his arms in panic.

Snape whirled back into the room, quickly followed by Cormac to find Una on the floor, Ginny standing over her with her wand raised and Hermione tugging on Ginny’s arm trying to pull her back. With a lazy flick of his wand, Snape disarmed Ginny and caught her wand in the air with his other hand.

“Sir, I tried to warn you,” said Una, tears welling in her eyes as Cormac helped her to her feet. “She’s jealous, Cormac, and she got her friend to attack me.”

“That is not what happened!” protested Ginny. “She called Hermione a -”

“Oh, spare me the thrilling details of your personal lives,” said Snape, rolling his eyes and handing Ginny her wand back. “Weasley, detention. Granger, ten points from Gryffindor. You two - follow me.”

“Yes, sir,” sniffed Una as she looked down and rubbed her elbow where she had fallen and grazed it. As Cormac and Snape left the room she turned back and looked at Ginny and Hermione, giving them the tiniest smirk as she left.

This was all working out perfectly.

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lucyd's lead rapper and one of the three producers of the group. Her father is japanese but her mother is italian, so she also adopted an italian name, "Marte", using it as her stage name. Loud but introverted, she loves anime over anything else. Daiyu is her best friend. Incredibly savage and sassy, tends to be oblivious and unintentionally uncommunicative. Dresses like an emo girl.

❀ Liu Daiyu:

lucyd's leader and main dancer. Born and raised in China, she moved to Korea to achive her dream of becoming a dancer. Dancing became her passion after going through some rough patches on her life. Acts like a mother to all of the girls of the group although she herself can be childish too. Marte is her best friend. Loves hitting the gym. Believes in single girl supremacy.

❀ Junyi Noa:

lucyd's 'main' visual. Loves cats over everything else (except her girlfriend, Lee Chaeryeong, who she is madly in love with). 'Hates' all men, loves all women. Really tsundere and unresponsive with her friends (and everyone in general), flirty with girls she likes. Born and raised in China, moved to Korea as an exchange student. Her and Chinseon share the custody of a siamese cat called Kimbap. Her best friend is Shin Ryujin.

❀ Yun Aili:

lucyd's main vocalist, producer (2/3), Face of the group, and all rounder. Dedicated, hard working and a studio 'rat', never leaves the company and only works. Her mother is finnish, so her parents named her 'Aili', but her father is korean. She was born and raised in Korea and has been neighbors with Kim Seungmin since forever. They are also childhood friends because of this. Her best friend is Chinseon.

❀ Choi Chinseon:

lucyd's maknae, main rapper, 'secondary' visual, lead dancer and producer 3/3. She was born and raised in Korea. Her dream had always been songwriting. Really shy with everyone new (mostly boys), loud and annoying with friends. Nicknamed the clown of the group, she loves video games. Used to be an emo girl. Crushes on people too easily.

🏷 taglist: @bbycrabcakes, @cookiechristie, @xxxquinnxxx, @brrrreee37, @many-names-yuna, @bashkins, @so-nyeon-dan, @pearltinyy, @funkydinorawr, @svenjafangirlt, @annicht, @justredpandasthings, @moonstarwitch, @caitleen, @cocoforkuroopuffs, @crustyrat335, @n-n4y3li, @alice0blog, @motherhwasnoodles, @likejay-z, @aoi-turtle, @7dilemma7, @strangemaximoff, @watamotee33, @kibs-and-bits, @milkyr4bbit, @xazucaradictax, @lukalime, @harmonized-disarray, @anew-inception. (names not on bold could not be found).

#mingi x reader #ateez smau #mingi smau #ateez fluff #fanfic #fluff #kpop fanfic #ateez imagines #reader x mingi #song mingi #mingi x ateez #ateez fanfic #song mingi x reader

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cady, rory gilmore and ur least fav crow pls :)

under the cut bc shit got long

cady:

favorite thing about them: the way they're just so optimistic and believing in the good in everyone. like its so underrated but its just such a lovely quality to have.

least favorite thing about them: the "its not my fault you're in love with me"

favorite line: "I have danced with the masai, I have climbed kilamanjaro, who knows what I will do tomorrow"

brOTP: cady and her art freaks

OTP: listen... I saw a cadnis tweet on my feed for the first time in years and almost sobbed. cadnis forever

nOTP

random headcanon: idk if it counts as random but... they're autistic.

unpopular opinion: I think they're a lot more ruthless than people realise. yes they're sweet and kind and believe in the pwoer of love. they're an overcompetitive asshole and I love them for it.

song i associate with them: ballad of a homeschool girl by olivia rodrigo

favorite picture of them:

becca!cady supremacy

rory gilmore

favorite thing about them: either how relatable she is in her yale years but also how she never compromises on her stars hollowness even when she goes to chilton.

least favorite thing about them: listen I'm not one to say rory became insufferable after chilton but whoever thought it was good to make her sleep with dean when he was married needs to be hung drawn and quartered

favorite line: "who cares if I'm pretty if I fail my finals?"

brOTP: rory+lane supremacy and idgaf what anyone says

OTP: the man who can't be moved has been on my spotify wrapped since 2021 because I associate with rory and jess. also the first thing I texted my sister on october 27th was "1989 continues being THE literati album"

nOTP

random headcanon: she's! autistic!

unpopular opinion: I will defend yale!rory with my life its not my fault you guys can't handle well written female characters who stop being perfect. you just don't get her like I do.

song i associate with them: nothing new by taylor swift :(

favorite picture of them: I don't have a picture and I'm so sorry but I'm too lazy to look for one.

least favourite crow (possibly controversial but.... nina zenik-still love her tho!)

favorite thing about them: just everything she says is so iconic. and also that she's amazingly confident. like she knows how good she and really... good for her.

least favorite thing about them: I guess... I kinda wish she'd had more of an arc in the books? idk I'm coming up flat there isn't anything I Really dislike about her other than just finding the other crows more compelling. I do have reservations about her arc in kos/row but its less on her and more on the writing.

favorite line: "are you aware that I can waggle my fingers and make you wet your trousers?" (we love a girl who tells kaz brekker to stfu)

brOTP: nina and inej supremacy but also her dynamic with kaz is just *chef's kiss*

OTP: helnik, always

nOTP

random headcanon: its more a headcanon for my sanity she definitely keeps visiting the crows even after row. and takes her fjerdan king partner with her.

unpopular opinion: I think having her as my least fave is unpopular in itself (i still love u bbygirl)

song i associate with them: right where you left me (taylor swift)

favorite picture of them: again I don't have one and I'm too tired to go looking for one I'm sorry

#maybeimamuppet

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Dream and Quackity are both Sam Girls but Sam is a Dean Girl. What the fuck kind of unholy classification system have you created

:D the classification system to end all classification systems, of course.

X-coded y girl supremacy

#another satisfied customer 🥰

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We see him calling out Phineas for calling Hermione a mudblood. I'm also curious to know how true what Lily said is. Severus doesn't deny it, nor does he say it's true either.

okay so apparently i am now talking about snape to procrastinate revising for my gcses so please keep it coming chemistry makes my brain hurt!! (send help. or a hitman. im not picky.)

just a warning: this is a long post, sorry :D

Yes, we do see him calling Phineas out for referring to Hermione as 'mudblood'! According to tone and language, it is Snape talking, as Dumbeldore tends to talk in a more fantastical, upbeat and softly condescending way and we have no indication of any other portrait saying anything.

And now Snape stood again in the headmaster’s study as Phineas Nigellus came hurrying into his portrait. “Headmaster! They are camping in the Forest of Dean! The Mudblood--” “Do not use that word!” “--the Granger girl, then, mentioned the place as she opened her bag and I heard her!”

But! It is important to take into consideration the fact that this moment takes place during the time of the books, not during the 70s/Maruaders Era, which was when the incident with Lily takes place.

According to Snape's story, by this point he had actively been working as a spy to dismantle the Death Eaters (DEs) for years now, and in this discussion we are taking this as an objective action not including any interpretations of motivation and reasoning. So if we compare this moment to the 'mudblood' incident, we are comparing pre- and post-redemption arc Snape, which is always an interesting comparison and I could write a whole fucking essay and a half (note to self: write snape essay and call it english lit revision) on that topic, but what I was doing was talking specifically about pre-redemtion arc young!snape and his actions.

Basically, yes he did, and my original post isn't trying to discredit that, because the whole point is that by the time we actually meet Snape he has gone through his redemption arc and is actively working against the DE/Blood Supremacy movement, which shows his growth and development as a character! It shows that, at the very least, he has grown out of mindlessly perpetuating anti-muggle and anti-muggleborn ideology using rhetoric that has been historically blatantly racist (though i blame J*R for that one).

Regarding your second point, I think we have to do a bit of a dive into each character's personality and situation at that point in time to understand what went on in that conversation:

Lily Evans has historically been the person to see the best in Severus at each point in time. She is willing to stand up for both herself and Severus (i.e. against James) but that hasn't stopped her from noticing Severus' growing facination with the Dark Arts and his budding relationships with Blood Supremacists/Death Eaters (Lucius, Mulciber, Avery, and canon!Evan Rosier). Lily is smart and witty, brave and compassionate, and definitely outspoken. She would not shy away from speaking her mind and saying what she sees, especially in front of someone she has known and been best friends with for years, whether they are arguing or not.

Severus Snape, on the other hand, is quiet and reclusive and an introvert (same bro). He only really seems to let himself be himself around Lily. However, he is also not afraid to fight back, and he definitely has no qualms about 'holding his tongue' or not saying what he is thinking, i.e. first meeting James, where his initial reaction was to call Gryffindor the House of the Himbo ['sure, if you'd rather be brawny than brainy']. But his main motivation is to stay with Lily. Whether this is platonic or romantic or obsessive is up to interpretation (personally I think it was obsessive, but it only started to become so after Lily's death, because of grief and the stress of war).

Thinking about this, he would never outright admit to Lily that he is a Blood Supremacist and she is his 'exception to the rule' because he is smart enough to know it would not go down well for him. But he also doesn't want to lie to her and deny it because (a) she wouldn't really believe him and (b) he doesn't really lie unless it is under Dumbledore's instruction or as part of his work as a spy, though feel free to correct me if I am wrong.

Also, Lily Evans wouldn't tell an outright lie about Severus to Severus' face. She is also too smart for that, and she has spent years seeing the best in Severus, and likely still wants to which is why she went to speak with him.

It does a disservice to each character to think they will lie to each other, even at this moment.

I hope this helps you see my thought process here, and how I interpret the character! I'd love to see other people's responses and interpretations, but please don't scream at me.

#ngl i did think initially someone sent me an ask about Phineas and Ferb and i was very confused #anyway #hp #severus snape #not pro sverus but not completely anti sverus either #meta??#asks

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Hey, bugs!

Just wanted to say I finished the first season of New Girl and-

I just want to hit Jess and Nick and scream at those idiots to finally get together because honestly, the romantic tension between them is killing me. (Also - how cool is it that I finally noticed the keep reading option in the asks?)

Seriously, those two better get together fast - and stay together, because I can barely handle it. xD

But among all those frustrations, I'm very happy I started the show - I have this teen-tiny problem of not watching almost anything new because I spiral because what if I waste my time? What if I don't like it? What if it starts great and then it downgrades? Or has an awful last season like with GoT? What if I get emotionally attached, and my favourite characters don't end up happy? So yeah, that turned out to be good for me - and I'm laughing so much (can't wait for the episode where Jess says: "I just wanted to listen to Taylor Swift in peace.")

And - I didn't see how you dissolved the Charlie situation as "lazy writing" at all - if anything, I don't think anything else would have made sense for her as a character except leaving. What you said about Bradley not being able to forgive what Charlie did to Dove was so... 🥺🥺🥺 (I literally typed shy emoji in Google to paste those here because I was too lazy to find my phone to write this.) Bradley is just so adorable and precious and I absolutely love him.

Your edition of Little Women is also so pretty!

And I saw that post about thinking about changing your degree, and I don't mean to be the dark Kermit, but if you've realized you don't like what you're studying or is too stressful or taxing - change the degree. It's really not worth it.

I mean, that's actually why I had so much uni work lately - my uni allows us to, kind of study something like an "individual program" where you have one main program in which you get a degree, and it's like 50-60% of your courses and, the rest is from whatever other program you want. So I wrote a letter to the dean, and he allowed me to transfer. So from studying pure Animation cinema, I went to studying Animation cinema and Philosophy.

Anyway sorry that you had to hear about my academic life's adventures. What I'm trying to say is - it's just a degree and you don't have to feel guilty in front of anyone that you consider changing it. If anything - better realizing it's not for you (if it's not) and switch early than 3 or 4 years down the line. Especially if it's stressing you out (my degree stressed me so much every month for half a year I was going to different doctors with symptoms just for my tests and blood work to show that I'm in a peak health condition). So yeah.

Just whatever you decide is right for you, know that switching it is not as scary as it may seem at the moment and everything's gonna be alright. <3

Anyway, thank you for writing that you're hanging with your brother - when I read it, I remembered I haven't annoyed mine all day so I texted him and changed that (this boy is living too peacefully sometimes and I can't let that happen >:()

And finally - I'm pretty good today, even went and worked on my own fics which I've missed but with everything going on with uni I didn't have inspiration or energy for the longest time.

Also - I'm going to keep you updated on my progress with New Girl because my friends haven't watched it either, and I'd need to talk about it at some point again. xD

YES NICK AND JESS SUPREMACY !!

and I totally get what you mean about worrying about the quality of shows, so I will say that I think some parts of New Girl dip a bit in quality but I think it's a really strong show overall and I, personally, like the ending so def not a GoT moment.

and thank you! like I know that logically it wouldn't be in Dove's character to start anything so even if Charlie did stay nothing would have happened but yeah it didn't make sense to me for her to do anything but leave lmao

please I will literally hear all about your academic life adventures, they are very insightful to me :) and yeah, I think I ultimately kind of realized that, if I stick with my major now, I'm not going to get the college experience I want. like I want to be able to take classes that I'm genuinely interested in and that I wouldn't pursue as a job and I just,,, wouldn't be able to do that.

honestly I don't even know why I feel that guilty about it?? maybe it's because choosing your degree is kind of your first adult decision??? like I'm an adult and I know what I'm doing and what I want to do, so if I switch my major or become undecided that's like admitting I don't know what I'm doing or what I want to do???? idk, I decided to take one class from the major I'm looking at next semester to see if I like it and I'm gonna try to talk to my advisor about it before Christmas. but thank you thank you for being my dark Kermit lol. I think I really needed the reminder that this is fine and normal <3

and ooh!! what fics have you been working on. I'd be super excited to read them if you plan on posting them (and I feel you on the motivation thing, love college stress taking up most of my brain power)

and please please PLEASE send me your thoughts on New Girl, I'm so excited to hear them and I promise to do my best to not spoil :))

#acatwriteshere #what’s up doc

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carmensapientia · 2 years

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who's ur fav fav in gossip girl tho also have u watched Gilmore girls ?

Blair is low key kinda funny and yes I have so dean supremacy

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khaleesiofalicante · 2 years

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"Artists are people driven by the tension between the desire to communicate and the desire to hide" - Donald Winnicott

Izzy going with Maryse and Alec staying😭 the opposite-parallels hurt me ok?!?!? Also the reason he says is also kinda sad and shit is all complicated!!!

Sometimes that’s what it means to be a son. To make sacrifices for your parents.

Sometimes that’s what it means to be a parent. To make sacrifices for your children.

This!!

The way he never walked away and he never gave up are some of his best qualities but at the same time the reason it all went down. Love me some good analysis...

Alec-Maryse post-divorce parallels... Wow

SIZZY RIGHTS!!!😎 Also not them stalking him djhdjdjd

He reminds himself of what Ragnor told him. Love how he is always learning and trying to understand better🥺

Rules and shit really are complicated...

"And you Isabelle, you live inside my heart. You always will.” Lightwood siblings is something that can actually be so personal..

But she doesn’t know how to be sad. So, she decides to be angry. He wonders if all younger siblings are like that. I dont like this call out...

FUCK VALENTINE. CLACE RIGHTS BITCH!! I WILL PROTECT THEM WITH MY LIFE✨🔪💙 JACE IS SO FUCKING IN LOVE AND I SAY GOOD FOR HIM!!

Love is blind, and love is stupid, and love is dangerous, and love is beautiful.💜💜💜

But Jace could ask him to part the ocean and Alec will die trying. *sobbing* I'm fine :)

Competitive little shits kdhsjdjkd, although Alec does win this one... He has the psychopath father and all shit

Simon and Clary supremacy only!!

OMG Anjali and Rafael are absolute nerds and I'm love them jdhdjs

If we don't have a google folder together, then what the point??!?

They get turned on by the weirdest shit jdvsjdjs

Charlotte Fairchild is the most badass of all tbh

We all should be scared of Anjali😌

I like that Alec didn't make it hard for Rafael when he wanted to go to Stanford but I also expected more fight form him... And from Magnus oh gods why is this so fucking sad😭

I support Rosewood rights and wrongs!😎

The parallels of their pictures!! Max not giving a fuck and Rafael being so careful!! And the way Max is jealous of Rafael "having everything together" and Rafael being jealous of Max for being so "unafraid and chaotic" Brb I'm gonna cry..

I hate everyone. Magnus just gets dragged over and over. And the tweets holy fuck!! I hate that I laughed with the cinnamon roll one smh

“Will you keep an eye on him for me?” Rafael asks him instead. "Always,” David replies. 🥺🥺🥺

I understand Max being mad, but fuck if he didnt stressed me out so much here!!! Just, kindly stop :)

For whatever his issues, Max knows how to keep a promise. Not me crying over this😭

How do you make someone feel better if they aren’t feeling anything at all? Ok, that and the fact that the divorce issue starts here hurts a lot🙂 I love this chapter<3

I can't finish this Timeline for a few hours bc I have to get up (eww) but just some thoughts till now:

Note to self: This man is the bane of his existence. Pun intended.😂😂

Him always answering to the ones who need help got me emo for some reason🥺

I think of you everywhere💛 David really know how to go from horny to soft in 0.1 secs djhdjsksks

The staff is the real MVP here!! I love them all so much and they live in my head 24/7 and they are all amazing<33

Anyway, song rec: Be alright By Dean Lewis. Its really a shame cheating is not a trope here (its not, Idk how I would survived that shit jdhsjsj) because the playlist would be ✨stunning✨

Remeber to take a break when you need it. Byeee💚

GET THAT SLEEP GIRL. GET IT. WHOOOOOO.

If TLND had cheating, I would have thrown myself into the river (and i am like scared of rivers) gotta draw that angst line somewhere lol.

also, i may or may not have a magnus and camille playlist with a lot of cheating/toxic songs lol.

I feel like Be Alright is in the divorce au playlist (or maybe lbaf?) but there are too many songs there and I can't find it lol.

Sending you some sertonin. Have this song rec from my David playlist: Pomme - Ceux qui rêvent

#tlnd

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Cordelia Goode Intro

Was that [JESSICA CHASTAIN]? Oh no no, that was just [CORDELIA GOODE], a [CANON CHARACTER] from [AHS: COVEN]. They are [THIRTY ONE] years old, use [SHE/HER], and [ARE] aware that they are not actually from Washington DC. Too bad they can’t stray from this city for long.

how long has your character been here

Two years

what is your character's job**

English Literature Professor / Supreme Witch / Dean of Madame Robichaux’s Academy for young witches.

where has your character been pulled from in their fandom

After she becomes surpreme

has any magic affected your character

Not really

and any other information you might find useful for us and the other members to know!!

As Fiona Goode’s abandoned child she always suffered from insecurities and a lack of confidence in herself. Her mother left her at a young age at the Academy. Fiona only wanted to be the surpreme, not a mother. Cordelia had a lot of promise as a young witch, being very proficient with herbal magic, potions etc... but it was never good enough to impress her mother. Myrtle Snow became more of a mother to Cordelia than Fiona ever was.

She eventually became the caretaker of the academy and the girls who attended the school there and married Hank Foxx, becoming Cordelia Foxx. She was unaware at this point that he was a witch hunter. She wanted nothing more than to be a mother and tried to convince Marie Leveau to use her powers to help Cordelia have a child. But it never happened.

Cordelia was blinded by acid by a witch hunter and it gave her the power of sight. She saw all sorts of things that she didn’t want to see, including Hank’s affairs. She sent him away from her. She always hated her mother and never respected how she was as the supreme. As things got more dangerous for the witches and Fiona started losing power, the search for the new Supreme began.

Little did Cordelia know that she was the supreme until she completed the Seven Wonders. With Hank dead, and Fiona as well Cordelia rose to Supremacy and vowed to herself to never be like Fiona. To be there for her girls, guide them and help them to thrive.

In Washington

That desire to help hasn’t changed for her. She still wants to be a beacon of hope, not let the power go to her head like it did Fiona. She is ready for her successor, she will not know when it is but hopes when the day comes she will be gracious about it.

#Cordelia & headcanon #cordelia & intro #death tw #violence tw #long post tw #mischiefxmusesxintro #hw: intro

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herstory5 · 1 year

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"Run Rabbit Run..."

“Run Rabbit Run”

WARNING!!!! SPOILER ALERT!

Do rabbits play a significant role in Jordan Peele's films, or am I the only one perceiving that? Makes you go, hmmm. The symbolism I can't unsee. First, let's discuss his film “Get Out,” we'll get into "Us" another day. The first scene shows the character Andre strolling through a predominantly white neighborhood. We touched on the pervasiveness of "The disappearing black man" in class lecture. Andre vanishes without a trace, which is not unprecedented in today's world. In most cases, the disappearance of a black male is often unreported. Here, the song "Run Rabbit, Run" provides the soundtrack to a dramatic theme.

The film's racial overtones are a major theme. Several examples of microaggressions are brought up throughout the film. The "model minority" at the "all white" party said, "It's an advantage to be black." There were other buzzwords like "Black is in fashion," "Atta Boy," "Thang," and "My Man" followed. Moreover, there is seldom a lull in the conversation about former POTUS, Barak Obama, as if having a black president eliminated racism or voting for him excuses someone from being deemed a racist. The in-your-face cultural appropriation and desiring of black bodies, as well as assertions of "not seeing color," contribute to a notion of liberal racism.

The "Run Rabbit Run" song is only one example of the film's heavy use of foreshadowing. Chris, our black protagonist, and his white girlfriend, Rose is introduced to us by the sound of "Redbone" sung by Childish Gambino. The song's chorus kicks in right off the bat, “But stay woke! Niggas creepin’. They gon’ find you. Gon’ catch you sleepin’ (Oooh) Now stay woke. Niggas creepin’. Now don’t you close your eyes.” These words are absolutely telling. But let’s discuss it. This was my 3rd time and every time I watch it with a fresh mindset, so that I’m wide awoke! In another scene, Rod, the best friend of Chris says, “Don’t go to that white girl parent’s house.” These are not empty words; rather, they reveal much. Nevertheless, let's talk about it. We can view Rose a white woman just like the white rabbit in “Alice in Wonderland, “and the Armitage home (Roses family’s home) as the rabbit’s hole. Chris is on the verge of following the white rabbit down the rabbit’s hole.

Dean, Rose's father, can we talk about this creep? Red flags about this character arose from every angle. How about his remarks on Rose doing us all a favor by killing one of the deer so that we may eliminate them from the ecosystem and compares them to "rats", we all know who he was truly hinting at eliminating… THE BLACK MAN! In this context, the deer is a symbol for black males, signifying the widespread belief that they are a threat to society because of their unassimilated ways and the widespread sentiment that they should be put away or eliminated to protect society.

What do you think of Mitzi, Roses mother and her hypnotic tea-and-sugar-stirring ritual, complete with spoon-clinking? The production and trading of tea has deep historical roots in the slave trade, making it more than just a symbol of wealth and social status. The importation of tea and sugar were two of the primary commodities that fueled the slave trade. The aesthetics of the Armitage estate are quite reminiscent of a plantation home, and the film's depiction of the slave trade, with the covert auctioneering of the black bodies, is particularly evocative. Get Out's central message that white supremacy exploits and violates black bodies has its origins in that dreadful era of American history. Did you all notice Rose's mom, Mitzi, serving "carrot cake" for dessert? Please forgive me, but I couldn't help but notice how often the symbolism of rabbits was used. When I consider the 'sunken place,' I also think of the rabbit’s hole and the white rabbit, Mitzi coercing him down the hole.

This reminds me of my first point about rabbits being symbols. From the shadows emerges a chilling scene: Walter, the groundskeeper, now overtaken by Rose's deceased grandfather Roman, dashes rapidly in Chris's direction. This reminiscent of the infamous children's book, "The Tortoise and The Hare (rabbit)" and the unparalleled speed and agility of the Hare. Another foreshadowing moment hinting to Chris "Run Rabbit Run."

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Question and Response

“This isn’t about getting the government to say we’re good. It’s about ending capitalism and white supremacy.” Dean Spade at 24:39 This quote forms the basis of my analysis of episode 6 and this week’s readings.

The article “Kids in South Dakota have spent most of their youth fighting anti-trans bills” by Kate Sosin debunks one of the myths about respectability politics: if we prove we’re just like them, if they just get to know us, they’ll let us into the club. When the “club” is built on white supremacy (which is straight supremacy), why would we want into the club? I think the article talks about this, too. It talks about the harm done when people in the “club” (politicians, doctors, soldiers, police) make decisions about us, they cause direct and lasting harm. One example of this is the anti-trans bill mentioned in the article that bans trans girls from sports. Even after spending 8 years lobbying his legislature, transgender teen activist Elliot James Vogue was unable to prevent his state Senator Wayne Steinhauer from signing the anti-trans bill. Another example is in the episode of “Pride” where Dean Spade is violently arrested by a police officer in the bathroom.

What type of activism works? Capitalism seems to be a way to influence some of South Dakota’s decisions, particularly large-scale boycotts of the state. But that’s extremely hard to promote. It’s also like sweeping the sea back with a broom—we might get some sort of concession, but it doesn’t seem to stop the tide.

Spade earned a degree to help him in his activism and has focused on bathroom accessibility. Yes, because bathrooms are about physical safety and about acceptance. But this goes back to the same discussion we’ve been having—acceptance is not enough, and, as Spade says, “It’s not enough to pass laws.”

Chase Strangio similarly argues that hate crimes laws “just puts more people in prison and it doesn’t actually deter violence.” (32:12) Dr. Lourdes Hunter concurs, saying that anti-hate laws don’t prevent violence against trans people. In fact, when trans women defend themselves (like CeCe McDonald did), the woman is the one who is charged. This is the intersection of color and gender. Black trans women are repeatedly punished just for being alive.

This, then, is my question:

How do we make large, systemic change when neoliberal capitalism has a way of bouncing back? If passing laws doesn’t work (including the Respect for Marriage Act likely to be passed soon), and boycotts are extremely difficult to manage long term, what do we do to end systems of oppression that consistently position the most harmed people at the bottom of the white patriarchal hierarchy?

Bryn Brody

#queermedia #lgbtq #queer #queermediastudies #freecece #blacktranslivesmatter #prideonhulu

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atxvanhalen · 3 years

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dean winchester / do i look like paris hilton ?

#😪#i have no words #dean winchester #spn #supernatural #dean girl supremacy #playlist #Spotify

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