#two spirit writers

[byronicist]

"the histories of our queerness, transness, non-binaryness, arc back to originality and our vertebrae are blooming heart berries and dripping seedlings"

Joshua Whitehead, "Introduction," Love After the End: An Anthology of Two-Spirit and Indigiqueer Speculative Fiction

#quotes #literature #lit #poetry #spilled ink #modern literature #native literature #indigenous writers #indigenous authors #indigenous literature #indigiqueer #two spirit writers #two spirit authors #queer literature #queer authors #queer writers #native authors #native writers #joshua whitehead #love after the end

[friedwizardwhispers]

Mxtx: write a few vague sentences about an event happening to a character without going into details because the implications are horrifying enough.

Fanfic writers:

#not complaining #i read all of them #keep doing what you do fanfic writers #tgcf #xie lian's recovery/two months with white no face after chapter 190 #and the 100 year cycle of dying/waking up buried/dying again in the coffin #xie lian #tian guan ci fu #svsss #luo binghe's time in the abyss which basically hell #luo binghe #scum villain #scum villain self saving system #mdzs #Wei Wuxian's first time in the burial mounds with the resentful spirits eithout a golden core #mo dao zu shi #wei wuxian

[thedrotter]

help i cant stop drawing him he's so silly goofy ...

#re:kinder #yuuichi mizuoka #fanart #my art #big not fitting sleeves are evil according to how i draw rhis kid /j #ITS A TINY QUIRK I MADE INBETWEEN THE SHIRTS WHEN DRAWING HIS EXPRESSIONS BEFORE #BUT NOW THAT I THINK ABOUT IT ITS KINDA FUNNY #anyway my computer had two strokes while making this i was about to hyperventilate out of sheer frustration i swear #just a few days ago i lost like. at least 30 minutes of work on another drawing of him im doing cuz this computer likes to pretend its old #IF THERE IS A GOD IM SURE HE IS TRYING TO STOP ME FROM DRAWING CONSISTENTLY #i aint lettin him win no matter how much its making it seem like my spirit animal is an ao3 writer #SPECIALLY NOW SINCE NEWS I HAVE GRADUATED HAVE A FEW MONTHS OF FREE TIME BEFORE COLLEGE!!!! #I AM GOING TO DRAW AS MUCH AS I WANT AND THIS COMPUTER AINT STOPPING ME!!!!

[ccasey0]

alright, this isn’t related to HBT at all, but I like it too much not to share. so, say hello to the Spirit Au!!

starting with Casey, The Spirit of the Night.

I’ve got more drawings of him since he’s my fav to draw. Now for his lore!!

Casey lived his whole life in service of The Celestial in the Spirit Tree. He loved Celestial, and devoted his everything to Them. The Celestial is the master of the spirits. The God of gods. The highest of high. He is the one who creates spirits. And Casey was soon to become one. Everyone knows that Celestial was planning on appointing spirits for the Day and the Night. And Casey and his twin were the top options. They were closer than ever. They were never apart. They did everything together. But Casey was the one who worked hardest to earn Celestial’s approval. He worked so hard to be chosen for the spirit of the Day. The most important. The sun, the light, the bringer of life and happiness. But when the time came, and Celestial was choosing who would be which spirit, all that work went to waste. It was all for nothing. Because they chose Dellta. They chose her over him. She never did anything to deserve that. Of course Casey loved his twin. But Dellta was the one who relaxed all day. Played in favor of working. Acted like everything was fine and that they had all they could ever want. But Celestial chose her anyway. Why? Why not him? After everything he did for them, all the hard work, all the hours of labor, all the time he spent trying to please them. Was it all for nothing? His sister was overjoyed, but all Casey could feel was anger and despair. And then Celestial made him the spirit of the Night. The moon, the darkness, the bringer of death and sorrow. The least liked. Casey knew that some people down on earth worshiped the moon, but those people were the poor and the weak. The smallest of villages. And it wasn’t even power that Casey wanted. It was just that he had done everything he could for Celestial, only for them to completely disregard him. He hates that. He hates Celestial. He might have even hated Dellta and her joyful smile at that moment.

Also Casey Sketches!!

Oke, now for Dellta! I only have one drawing of her for now, but I definitely want to draw her some more.

Lore time!!!

Dellta had always been the happier of the twins. She played more with the other immortals and spirits while her brother worked to please the Celestial. She knew how important Celestial was, but she didn’t see why Casey had to put all his time towards making them favor him. And she never expected to be chosen for the spirit of the Day. Celestial just gave the role to her. Which meant she had somehow become his favorite. After that, she started doing just what her brother had been doing. Following the Celestial around in her free time and doing things for them to make their view of her even better. She also loved being worshipped. She really enjoyed all the offerings and gifts she received from the humans. And she loved making them all super excited when she sent them a little sign or a gift in return. She was certainly more enthusiastic about being worshipped by the mortals than her brother. She guessed that he just didn’t like the fact that all their offerings were either sacrifices or charms or the occasional food basket. Plus, he had become much quieter and distant ever since the ceremony. Dellta didn’t know why. He had become a spirit, just like he wanted. Was he hoping for something else. She didn’t know. But whenever she asked, he avoided the questions and brushed her off, pushing her further and further away. While they still did almost everything together and they were still extremely close, Casey just started to want to be alone more often and he refused to explain why. He still smiled, but not as often. He still hugged her, but they became shorter. He still loved her, and she still loved him. But he had changed. And there was nothing Dellta could do about it. She couldn’t figure out why he had become like this, he just had. But she stopped caring after a while. She just started putting her attention towards her worshippers when Casey didn’t want to talk to her.

I don’t have any extra drawings of Dellta, but I have a picture of the mountain!

The giant tree in the middle is the Spirit Tree, which serves as the bridge between the earth and the sky. The mountain is famous for being the largest and most spiritual mountain because that’s where the immortals all gather. Also, the city shown is the Foot Clan. They worship the Spirit of the Day, aka Dellta. Although they get a few things wrong about her. Like how they think that Dellta and Casey are the “Lovers of the Sky”. Casey is worshipped by the Hamato clan, which is in the other side of the mountain. Their village is much smaller and poorer than the Foot, but they know more about the spirits and have connections with a few of them. The Hamato Clan mains are The turtles(but in older form, around 20-23), Splinter(the elder/leader of the village and the most connected with the spirits), usagi(because I can), and april(one of the few humans in the hamato village), and Junior(my version Casey Jones in the au. i just called him Junior since two Caseys would be confusing. also one of the few humans in the hamato village.). The hamato clan is also the only village that is home to mostly yokai and a few humans, while the foot only consist of humans. Also in this Au the turtles aren’t the sons of splinter, just his pupils. They are also all yokai, including splinter. The hamato clan mostly gives blood sacrifices of normal animals and sometimes bowls of blood from people cutting their hands and dropping some of their blood into the bowl since the Night Spirit is supposed to be closely connected to death. Although they also have plenty of shrines with statues and a TON of charms. Charms are a very big thing for the hamato, and they are supposed to hold prayers. Casey is technically supposed to collect the charms at the end of the week during the night and turn the prayers into stars for the people who made them, but he doesn’t like going so close to the village. Also because when he first went down there he found that they had left a dead sheep for him and he hated it. So, for fear he might find more dead things, he didn’t go back there again. Sometimes he will find small charms hung up all over trees that have mushrooms on them and he absolutely loves them. Although he’ll never admit it and he leaves the charms there. Because of this, the hamato people have begun to lose faith in splinter because he is the one constantly telling them to believe in the Night Spirit. Even the turtles have started questioning the spirits, especially donnie who was already skeptical in the first place. not mikey though. he still believes just as much as Splinter. The foot clan, however, all are VERY serious about their faith in the spirits. they have a huge temple dedicated purely for the Day Spirit, and also worship some other spirits too. even the Night Spirit. although Casey doesn't like them either since they also give blood sacrifices, with no charms too! Dellta, on the other hand, loves to go down and see the humans in the Foot. She'd always been fond of sparring, so when she first saw that they Foot were very centered around fighting she was ecstatic and loved watching them train in the grounds in the center of the city. although she had to stay hidden the whole time since she was only supposed to show herself to the people on special events. also, the only time she went to the Hamato clan was during the total solar eclipse since that's when the twins are supposed to go to their opposite villages and use magic to put their symbol on the banners of their opposite representation(sun on the moon banner, moon on the sun banner for example).

anyways, I hope you like this! if you can't tell, this will be mostly centered around the Hamato Clan and Casey. i hope to be able to make more art of this cause it is SO. MUCH. FUN. to draw these guys and build more of the story. i've already got so many ideas for angst floating around in my head, as well as ideas for when Mikey meets Casey for the first time.

also this is very much inspired by Quilt Au by @cokoweee :)

#Not HBT #now i have two AUs! #Spirit Au #OC #My World #I still have so much more story to this #maybe ill try writing stuff rather than drawing #ive seen how much people like fics n' stuff #i might try it out #im not a very good writer tho #guys!!! #tell me if you want me to try writing a fic on tumblr!! #it sounds fun! #but i might end making it super jumbled up #although drawing a comic for this would take #SO #LONG #and i dont have enough coffee or motivation to draw that much #it could end up really good if i do it right #i need ya'll to tell me if i should try writing for this au #please #tell me in the ask box #rottmnt #actually this time #i have the turtles as main characters finally #yay #:)

[mysummerintheamericanadeep]

Hi there ! 🌸 My name is Nita Thaleida and welcome to my writing blog. This is my sanctuary of literary exploration and expression.

It's important to note that this is a safe space where bigotry of any kind will not be tolerated !! I respectfully ask that cishet men, zionists, eating disorder accounts, self-harm accounts, and interactions involving minors refrain from engaging with my content. Let's create a space where everyone feels valued and respected.

🌸 Due to my disability I am unable to edit my work so please be patient 🌸

Thank you angel's 🌸

#nsft wlw #nsft lesbian #lesbian nsft #sapphic nsft #writing #writers on tumblr #writerscommunity #queer #lesbian #lesbianism #poetry #girlblogging #blog #wlw nsft #fanfiction #lgbtqia #lgbtq community #two spirit #nonbinary

[yourdailyqueer]

Kiley May

Gender: Two Spirit (she/they)

Sexuality: Queer

DOB: Born 1986

Ethnicity: First Nation (Mohawk, Cayuga)

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Writer, screenwriter, producer, director, actor, activist

#Kiley May #queer fc #two spirit #non binary #queer #1986 #first nation #native #Canadian #poc #writer #screenwriter #producer #director #actor #activist #popular #popular post

[soupmetal666]

TRANSGENDER, NONBINARY, GENDERQUEER and TWO-SPIRIT POETS YOU SHOULD READ!

Here's a non-exhaustive list in alphabetical order by author last name. The majority listed here have published full-length poetry collections and/or chapbooks, but some have not, and have published poems in publications you can find online. Some also write in other genres, as well, and/or make art in other mediums. Consider reblogging it and adding to it if you so desire. My background is primarily in "academic" poetry, for better or worse, and I'm less knowledgeable about slam poetry/poets who don't publish in avenues approved by the academy or are not in academic circles. I've only listed poets here whose work I have read. So there are certainly people worth reading that I'm missing.

Andrea Abi-Karam

Samuel Ace

Jada Renée Allen

Justice Ameer

Ryka Aoki

Cameron Awkward-Rich

Noah Baldino

Ari Banias

Kay Ulanday Barrett

Oliver Baez Bendorf

Julian Talamantez Brolaski

Stephanie Burt

Kayleb Rae Candrilli

Jos Charles

Ching-In Chen

Travis Hedge Coke

CAConrad

jayy dodd

J Jennifer Espinoza

T. Fleischmann

Kay Gabriel

Aeon Ginsberg

torrin a. greathouse

Kamden Hilliard

Stephen Ira

Cyrée Jarelle Johnson

Rickey Laurentiis

Dawn Lundy Martin

Noor Ibn Najam

Trace Peterson

Raquel Salas Rivera

Trish Salah

Danez Smith

TC Tolbert

Chrysanthemum Tran

Joshua Whitehead

Kit Yan

In addition, two wonderfully edited trans poetry anthologies published by Nightboat Books that include many of these writers' work:

Troubling the Line: Trans and Genderqueer Poetry and Poetics, edited by TC Tolbert and Trace Peterson

We Want it All: A Radical Anthology of Trans Poetics, edited by Andrea Abi-Karam and Kay Gabriel

Also, some online literary journals regularly publishing trans and nonbinary poetry:

https://foglifterjournal.com/

https://www.peachmgzn.com/

https://beestungmag.com/

The current moment is a very exciting time for trans poetics. These are brilliant poets and thinkers publishing work that's worth your time. Poetry is not everyone's cup of tea, certainly, but I wish more people knew about how many awesome trans poets are out there right now making amazing and important art.

#poetry #trans writers #trans literature #trans poetry #transgender poets #nonbinary poets #genderqueer poets #two-spirit poets #trans poetics #resource #books #reading #transgender poetry

[spiriteddreams]

ok so i had the chance to sit down and start playing the 3.1 archon quests and i've decided to share some of fav screenshots as well as head-empty-holy-shit-they're-so-hot thoughts!

unfortunately, i didn't take any screenshots of dottore or the scaramouche cutscenes mainly bc i had JUST sat down and made lunch and was hit with all that so i was quite literally thrown around emotionally and not prepared at all

so let's just start things off strong with the last screenshot i took with the two loves of my life staring at each other :) i am dreading getting those scarab beetles sorry cyno

spoilers below the cut!!

yes paimon! it is night time! the sun is out! the sky is a pretty blue!

everytime the two of them stood by each other i just SWOONED. no but why was alhaitham acting so so suspicious this entire time and then he was like "cyno's the mole" and i wanted to throttle him don't come after him like that >:(

them throwing little insults at each other was so hot

and then cyno finding out that we're friends with tighnari!! i want to see an interaction with them so i can see tighnari tell cyno his joke suck

and FINALLY ONE OF MY FAVOURITE SCREENSHOTS THAT I TOOK UGH LOOK AT HIM WOW WOOF CYNO COME HERE AND GIVE ME A KISS

ok i'm gonna finish some work and get back to playing and taking more screenshots hehe

#genshin impact #now just keep in mind that i had just gotten back from two back to back lectures #was very stressed out about things and had a two hour break before a zoom discussion section. so emotionally i was all over the place ALREA #yea i'm loving the sumeru archon quests i definitely think the writing is insanely good #like as a writer this is the type of plot twists and loveable characters that i want to create #hyv hire me as an intern challenge. jk.. but like that would be incredible lol #ok i'm getting back to work #spirit rambles

[ruairy]

.

#sometimes i just sit and rattle the bars on my little cage of being a writer of oc worldbuildong bdc likr oouuggghj urge to Infodump #wanna write an essay about my little ocean folk and their little (and also kind of big) gods and their culture and STUFF u kno #also wanna wirte 10000 paragraphs about the harvest church Quad #the absolute funkiest little guys #gods of the Fuckin Party? maybe #and rabbit god and her weird little place where shes sometimes a harvest god depending on who u ask and also sometimes #shes the god of the afterlife (according to ocean folk deniers but ahe also literally birthed one of the two afterlife gods so actually? #shes there in spirit #she can be anywhere she wants we all worship rabbit god whether we kno it or not #and then just Eanna god who was born between two banished and dethroned gods and is both just a guy but also one of the two afterlife gods #Éanna is a p big deal but also Éanna likes hanging put and causing problems on purpose #resident weird ocean priest who wears a death shroud like its fashion #mum why is that person wearing a death shroud #oh thats just Éanna don't worry and dont look at them too long #hyeon byeol will appear and curse u probably #anywayyyyy screeches by myself

[who-wants-a-muffin-official]

stephie: The greatest trick the devil ever played was getting me banned from an all you can eat pizza buffet. readz: Why’d you get banned? stephie: Touched the rat. readz: … What rat? stephie: Chunky Cheese.

#hints at new fic cutely #im so sorry you had to read that with your own two eyes #but yeah #spirited soundtrack really getting me thru it #i think #im gonna write all the chapters #and then #ill post everything #in increments #like #a chapter a week or something #ao3 #archive of our own #ao3 author #sans #undertale #undertale fanfic #undertale fanfiction #undertale au #ao3 writer

[byronicist]

"we have lived in torture chambers, we have excelled under the weight of killing machinations, we've hardened into bedrockーsee how our bodies dazzle in the light?"

Joshua Whitehead, "Introduction," Love After the End: An Anthology of Two-Spirit and Indigiqueer Speculative Fiction

#quotes #literature #lit #poetry #spilled ink #modern literature #native literature #native authors #native writers #indigiqueer #indigenous authors #indigenous writers #indigenous literature #two spirit authors #two spirit writers #two spirit literature #joshua whitehead #love after the end

[as-is-nyc]

#conspiracy #pets #politics #succession #x-men #beauty #maverick makeup #makeup #artists on tumblr #writers on tumblr #entertainment #authenticity #original character #nyclife #nyc #michigan #umich wolverines #engineering #cats of tumblr #cats #pretty #two spirit #gender ideology #genderfluid #tumblr #usa #filipino #phillipines #queer #queerdo

[vampireimiko]

BOOOOM I UPLOADED 😝

#spirit talks 🖤 #still unfortunately two requests missing #IDKKK WHY THIS IS TAKING ME SO LONG #i can get on other ones and like #write them with hardly no problem #but these last two? #oh the writers block is TAKING it

[kdrama-movies-more]

#behind your touch #lee ah joo #kdrama #cho ae-ran #this always reminded me of LMK's prev. detective role's backstory(coincidentally Ae-ran has the same surname) #(and another two kdrama I saw recently...huh) #and part why I assume he most likely is dead #part thought it could end up being Seung-gil but damn that would hv been doubly tragic for Ae-ran #thankfully the serial killer- shaman was possessed by the spirit of writer-nim & decided to serial kill character stories... #(in a more older age rated mystery-noir-thriller it would be her son not bro...) #tying in Baek and the orphanage and those odd details in the memory flashes of the related three people had some potential ironically...

[tumblingthedan]

I just finished reading “A Two Spirit Journey: The Autobiography of a Lesbian Ojibwa-Cree Elder” by Ma-Nee Chacaby with Mary Louisa Plummer. Before I start my very thoughts on this book I must say, I’m not the greatest writer. So, y’know, be warned and all that. Expect atrocious grammar.

Ma-Nee is a disabled, two spirit lesbian, native Ojibwa and Cree speaker who grew up in rural Canada and experienced many hardships. Notably this book discusses substance abuse, sexual abuse, physical abuse, homophobia, racism, poverty, disability, homelessness and child abuse.

I was initially interested in the book because I wanted to know more about two spirit as a concept and stumbled upon a short interview with Ma-Nee on YouTube then I had discovered that she had written a book. Her Grandmother told her a young age she was two spirit (She told her the Ojibwa word for what she was, this was before the term two spirit was created, that would now fall under the two spirit umbrella) and it would take her many years to understand what that meant. Until she was an adult she lived in a rural community where she didn’t have access to running water or electricity, she lived out in the bush where she learned how to trap and hunt along with other traditional skills. She talks about her abusive marriage, raising children, loss/grieving, issues with substance abuse, coming out as a lesbian in her late 30′s, homophobia, racism and dealing with the resulting trauma.

The book was quite enjoyable, the way it was written felt like someone was speaking to me and telling me stories from their life. The book wasn’t a particularly sad or depressing one, although it definitely discusses some hard topics. It doesn’t describe anything in excruciating detail but I could imagine it still being a hard read for some people. I definitely related to some of the gender non conforming aspects of her life and hearing about her positive lesbian relationships was quite nice for me. I would recommend the book to anyone who felt like the above was interesting to them in the slightest.

#writing this reminded me of how im not a very strong writer lol #but i felt the need to get some of my thoughts down #lesbian #two spirit #book review #indigenous

[yourdailyqueer]

Chrystos

Gender: Two spirit (they/them)

Sexuality: Lesbian

DOB: 7 November 1946

Ethnicity: White, Native American (Menominee)

Occupation: Writer, artist, activist

#Chrystos #bipoc #lgbt #lgbtq #lesbianism #two spirit #lesbian #1946 #biracial #poc #native #native american #Menominee #writer #artist #activist