The Mad Ravings of a Weeaboo Yojimbo

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evalilith: isaia: chongthenomad: avatarsnowy: mephitztophel: I just knew that this episode was going to bring the NiceGuy™ sympathizers out of the woodwork.  Korra isn’t attracted to Bolin, and attraction isn’t something that can be forced. Let me repeat: Attraction can not be forced.  Bolin wasn’t the only one who got shot down. Korra also ultimately did not get the guy she was interested in. The implication that only men suffer from “friend zoning” (unrequited love or attraction) is ridiculous. Women get rejected too.  Women don’t owe men dates or sex or a relationship as a reward for their “niceness”. Being nice is basic human decency.  The people in this fandom who are bashing and maligning Korra (calling her a “bitch” or a “slut”) for who she is or who she isn’t attracted to need to think long and hard about what bullshit they’ve internalized.  (And ugh, the asinine quote in the image came from Brotips. Seriously guys, that is not a good tip. It is a red flag for spotting jerks.) reblogging for commentary Commentary.  OMG :UUUU I think it’s ALSO very telling that Bolin himself DOES NOT FEEL THIS WAY AT ALL. He’s upset that the person he likes likes someone else, as anyone would be, and he’s hurt by the fact that his brother is kissing Korra even though Mako knows how Bolin feels about her, and that Korra is kissing Mako even though she had agreed to go on the date with Bolin. He feels betrayed because Korra had gone on a date with him and hadn’t told him she wasn’t interested in him, not because he had been passive-aggressively being nice and sweet and expecting her to turn to him when she couldn’t get Mako. And once she does make it clear she isn’t interested in him and once he gets over his hurt over the way she did it, HE IS PERFECTLY HAPPY TO BE HER FRIEND. He might still have feelings for her and might not refuse if she does end up having feelings for him, but he’s not going to push it, and he doesn’t treat having her as a friend and teammate as a consolation prize. Commentary

evalilith:

isaia:

chongthenomad:

avatarsnowy:

mephitztophel:

I just knew that this episode was going to bring the NiceGuy™ sympathizers out of the woodwork. 

  • Korra isn’t attracted to Bolin, and attraction isn’t something that can be forced. Let me repeat: Attraction can not be forced. 
  • Bolin wasn’t the only one who got shot down. Korra also ultimately did not get the guy she was interested in. The implication that only men suffer from “friend zoning” (unrequited love or attraction) is ridiculous. Women get rejected too. 
  • Women don’t owe men dates or sex or a relationship as a reward for their “niceness”. Being nice is basic human decency. 

The people in this fandom who are bashing and maligning Korra (calling her a “bitch” or a “slut”) for who she is or who she isn’t attracted to need to think long and hard about what bullshit they’ve internalized. 

(And ugh, the asinine quote in the image came from Brotips. Seriously guys, that is not a good tip. It is a red flag for spotting jerks.)

reblogging for commentary

Commentary. 

OMG :UUUU

I think it’s ALSO very telling that Bolin himself DOES NOT FEEL THIS WAY AT ALL. He’s upset that the person he likes likes someone else, as anyone would be, and he’s hurt by the fact that his brother is kissing Korra even though Mako knows how Bolin feels about her, and that Korra is kissing Mako even though she had agreed to go on the date with Bolin. He feels betrayed because Korra had gone on a date with him and hadn’t told him she wasn’t interested in him, not because he had been passive-aggressively being nice and sweet and expecting her to turn to him when she couldn’t get Mako.

And once she does make it clear she isn’t interested in him and once he gets over his hurt over the way she did it, HE IS PERFECTLY HAPPY TO BE HER FRIEND. He might still have feelings for her and might not refuse if she does end up having feelings for him, but he’s not going to push it, and he doesn’t treat having her as a friend and teammate as a consolation prize.

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Audre Lorde poem. A Litany for Survival

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It’s short and a good read. I highly recommend it.

I’m going to put it here. Just for a reference. For me. Because it made me catch my breath and close my eyes, lest they spill over.

——

A LITANY FOR SURVIVAL

For those of us who live at the shoreline
standing upon the constant edges of decision
crucial and alone
for those of us who cannot indulge
the passing dreams of choice
who love in doorways coming and going
in the hours between dawns
looking inward and outward
at once before and after
seeking a now that can breed
futures
like bread in our children’s mouths
so their dreams will not reflect
the death of ours:

For those of us
who were imprinted with fear
like a faint line in the center of our foreheads
learning to be afraid with our mother’s milk
for by this weapon
this illusion of some safety to be found
the heavy-footed hoped to silence us
For all of us
this instant and this triumph
We were never meant to survive.

And when the sun rises we are afraid
it might not remain
when the sun sets we are afraid
it might not rise in the morning
when our stomachs are full we are afraid
of indigestion
when our stomachs are empty we are afraid
we may never eat again
when we are loved we are afraid
love will vanish
when we are alone we are afraid
love will never return
and when we speak we are afraid
our words will not be heard
nor welcomed
but when we are silent
we are still afraid

So it is better to speak
remembering
we were never meant to survive

- Audre Lorde, The Black Unicorn

If you like this checking out Lorde’s autobiographical work Zami is definitely worth while.

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I don’t remember Link having sexy hips, but we’ll just go with it. Though crazy strong legs, that seems about right. #accurate

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Pure Bloods

So something occurred to me regarding bloodedness in the Harry Potter world as I was trying to fall asleep listening to book six. There are three possible origins for magic, I’d say two, but just follow my logic for a second.

If everyone was originally magical then there should be a significantly larger squib population to account for the sheer number of nonmagical folks (and while I’m thinking about it would Petunia Dursley be considered a squib? I forget whether or not she can see magical creatures like dementors or not).

If everyone was not originally magical then magic would have had to arise from nonmagical people, therefore the purest of pure bloods would be a muggle born wizard or witch, right? Doesn’t that kind of screw with the whole bloodedness thing then?

The third option would be that there were both magical and nonmagical folks around, but if we take evolution as a given and currently as there is no evidence of magical lesser animals this option seems unsupportable.

And on a completely different note, why aren’t there more nonmagical siblings of magical siblings around in the wizarding world? It seems like with basic support from one’s teachers to provide such things as protective gloves and potion ingredients a nonmagical person would be able to participate in Potions, Herbology, Care of Magical Creatures, History of Magic, Divination, Muggle Studies, Rune Translation, etc. Why is that not a thing?