OK,I think this is a topic we all need to talk about. The way many writers and artists in various fandoms will constantly whitewash characters in them and when they are confronted, will just be like.. it's hard to research all this.
Its really not.
Many POC writers who do not belong to a predominantly white country have had to google and research stuff so that we dont get called out on our lack of knowledge on something we haven't even been exposed to.
Where I'm from, we don't have prom or school dances. Our grading system and education system works differently but I still made a point to just spend 15 minutes googling these details so I didnt make mistakes in my writing.
The sad thing is, we don't get that same respect back. When we finally have shows or characters that represent us, they are promptly whitewashed.
End of story: It's really hurtful and saddening so if you could please not do this.
I scratch this today at my class because I was so bored. I put some effects on it to make it...look good. BTW hats off to @xstarsarewrong for the fic...I almost cried in front of my class after reading it🤦♀️
"I never knew I could feel so much pain, and yet be so in love with the person causing it..."
Do you believe in magic? ✨ While appearing as a delicate and light veil draped across the sky, this @NASAHubble image reminds us of the power of imagination. What does this look like to you? In reality, it’s a small section of a Cygnus supernova blast wave, located around 2,400 light-years away. The original supernova explosion blasted apart a dying star about 20 times more massive than our Sun between 10,000 and 20,000 years ago. Since then, the remnant has expanded 60 light-years from its center. Credit: @ESA/Hubble & NASA, W. Blair; acknowledgment: Leo Shatz
gods, I remember the days I used to visit this place and Idk how to explain the vibes I got... Just wanna go back there!
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I’ve got to admit, I’m still a bit obsessed with this place 😅
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Where’s the one place in the world you just can’t get enough of?
Upper Kings Creek Meadow by Dan Gildor
Via Flickr
Passing the parking lot for the Lassen Peak Trail–and not quite having the five hours (or knees) that it would take to hike to the summit as I’ve done twice before, we started our descent with wonderful views of the park.
Near the Kings Creek campground, Kings Creek meanders through Upper Kings Creek Meadow, offering one last photographic opportunity before it was time to head to Old Station for the night.
Certainly the things I needed to observe this August.
Saturn, Moon and Jupiter (Aug. 29, 2020)
Ohio Caverns - West Liberty, OH
To be below the earth is my happy place.
Soft sand
lifted gently
By steady winds
Carried swiftly forward
Leaving tiny particles behind
building sand dunes and loess
That blanket the land
Where once there was nothing
Grainfall and grainflow
Wind ripples
Creating
Love
Fallen from on high, the Sun sinks into night.
With the daughter of the harvest, golden blades cut through the darkness.
Silent is the voice of Fate, the fallen god the Beast awaits.
The son of storms his life did give,
‘Gainst the madman, ‘gainst the rest,
‘Remember!’, cried the Pontifex.
One last time, blue eyes did close,
Of he honored as great among heroes.
The broken Sun remembered his face,
Swore not to forget, the Fall of Jason Grace.
The one who burned Rome lives again,
The mighty Python waits in his den.
Closed be the lips of the seers,
Awakened are Apollo’s ancient fears.
Demeter’s child passed the test,
Subjected to life’s weary unrest.
The son of storms his life did give,
'Gainst the madman, 'gainst the rest,
'Remember!’, cried the Pontifex.
One last time, blue eyes did close,
Of he honored as great among heroes.
The broken Sun remembered his face,
Swore not to forget, the Fall of Jason Grace.
Apollo’s lover returned from the grave,
Fire’s child, Calypso did save.
New Hercules is rendered blind,
Heroes quest for the lady who binds.
Revealed upon the throne of Memory,
Bodies shall plague the camp by the sea.
The flaming hero rides off once more,
The Sun heads south for vet'rans of war.
The son of storms his life did give,
'Gainst the madman, 'gainst the rest,
'Remember!’, cried the Pontifex.
One last time, blue eyes did close,
Of he honored as great among heroes.
The broken Sun remembered his face,
Swore not to forget, the Fall of Jason Grace.
The white horse rider is alive,
Intent on stopping the fallen god’s jive.
In the desert’s scorching haze,
Love is lost in the Burning Maze.
Through sacrifice for his friends and the land,
The prince of Lightning’s final stand.
The son of storms his life did give,
'Gainst the madman, 'gainst the rest,
'Remember!’, cried the Pontifex.
One last time, blue eyes did close,
Of he honored as great among heroes.
The broken Sun remembered his face,
Swore not to forget, the Fall of Jason Grace.
The daughter of love goes bravely on.
Child of harvest and fallen Sun,
Seek the daughter of war,
To open a soundless door.
Promised to the fallen one,
Apollo remembers and journeys on.
The son of storms his life did give,
'Gainst the madman, 'gainst the rest,
'Remember!’, cried the Pontifex.
One last time, blue eyes did close,
Of he honored as great among heroes.
The broken Sun remembered his face,
Swore not to forget, the Fall of Jason Grace.
“Just when you think it can’t get any worse, it can. And just when you think it can’t get any better, it can.”
— Nicholas Sparks (via perfectquote)
Life is too short. that's it😋 "My past unshapely natural stage was the best... With just one flower flaming through my breast..."
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