caffinatedstory:

To clear a few things up; here’s a compilation and explanation of why you all need to calm down with the whole “All the Nordics hate Denmark” thing  [because I see it too often GDI]

[He’s a good guy everyone]

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pas-cal:

xxseraphsanctuaryxx:

pas-cal:

(( i’m not even sorry ))

did u hear something or

khaleesi:

As a fantasy writer, I am RIDIC tired of reading the same goddamn story over and over and over again. It’s all basically Lord of the Rings, but with different names and different territories. (I’m dead serious about that. Whole books have been written about how LOTR changed fantasy as a genre forever, and while I get that, let’s stop rewriting it, ok?)

What I’m not talking about here is historical fiction. That’s another thing entirely. Alternate medieval fantasy (also known as high fantasy or epic fantasy) takes place in a recognizable world that is somehow reminiscent of the medieval period in our own history. There are roughly eight billion examples of this, including but not limited to: A Song of Ice and Fire, The Lord of the Rings, The Farseer Trilogy, Kristen Cashore’s books, pretty much anything about King Arthur, etc.

Most high fantasy has tropes. These tropes are fucking old. We can do better.

• Stop making everyone white. Guys I am so fucking serious, all this does is show that you know fuck-all about history and how many people of color were doing a m a z i n g shit in the medieval period. Also? You are MAKING THIS WORLD UP. It is NOT ACTUALLY BASED ON EUROPEAN HISTORICAL FACT ANYWAY. The hell is everyone white for? (There’s a much larger conversation to be had here about most people who write high fantasy having no idea that the European world they’re loosely envisioning as they write has nothing to do with the historical reality, but that’s another post).
• Don’t make it about white people vs. non-white people. If your white hero is going up against savages from the desert-lands, you’re fucking up.
• Yo, for serious, no one cares about your reluctant noble bastard-born son of the king. Every other alternate medieval fantasy story has a reluctant noble bastard-born son of the king out saving the world. I just yawned writing that sentence. Do something else. There are literally BILLIONS of different characters you can come up with as a writer, come on.
• People didn’t just start becoming queer in the 20th century in this universe. People have been queer basically forever, in a lot of the world. No1curr about your book full of straight people. Totally over it.
• If your protagonist is a lady, her entire story shouldn’t be about saving the kingdom and also suddenly finding LOVE. Love is a many splendored thing, love lifts us up where we belong, but I promise you can write a story where a woman falls in love that isn’t about the woman falling in love (with the only man who never doubted her!)

Avoid these hideous tropes and remember: YOU ARE MAKING UP THIS WORLD. Why should it be bound by the same bigoted bullshit we run into in our world all the damn time?

pubicmilk:

THIS

NEEDS

TO STOP

Asian women are NOT Fetishes.

They’re NOT sex objects.

They’re HUMAN beings.

Telling an Asian woman that she’s “exotic”, “submissive”, “Tight pussied” is NOT a compliment, it’s disrespectful.

There is BIG difference between being attracted to someone and racially fetishizing them. What I’ve stated above is racial fetishization not attraction.

(Source: latexnun)

hermajestyhelps:

ffisdangerous:

One of the largest folly’s fanfiction authors often fall victim to is writing something they don’t actually know anything about. This isn’t to say writers should only write what they know or expand their horizons, but sometimes, if the writing isn’t believable, it can take the readers out of the story.

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whoneedsfeminism:

“I need feminism so I can wear my binder and my dress at the same time.”

typophsyco:

stalkingstalkerthatstalks:

thetimetravelersguidetothegalaxy:

purrplekat1989:

yadelah:

blktauna:

cwnerd12:

thedailymeme:

Over-Educated Problems

but the costuming is so historically inaccurate

The armour is from oddly mixed locations and periods..

Exactly what kind of Native American tribe is this suppose to be?

The subtitles on your foreign bad guys aren’t what they’re actually saying.

That didn’t happen for another two years…

THAT OBJECT IS NOT FLAMMABLE

There is no fire in space.

whoneedsfeminism:

I need feminism because I am tired of explaining to people the only reason breastfeeding babies is considered inappropriate in public spaces is because of the objectification of female sexuality.

Because I shouldn’t have to give a science lesson when explaining the sole function of breasts is utilitarian and sexualising them is the reason we dress little girls in swim suit tops but let our boys run bare chested.

Because no woman should be scorned, humilated, ostracised, or sexually objectified for breastfeeding a hungry baby, wherever they happen to be.

rainbowism:

ourhikariclub:

a powerpoint on occult symbols because im 500% done

hetaliacentral:

Iceland isn’t as innocent as the other Nordics (Or the world for that matter) think he is. What most people forget is that Iceland was nearly wiped clean of his population several times. He nearly starved to death, had over a third of his population wiped out by plague, and had another third wiped out by a volcano.

When Iceland was independent for a few years during the 11 century, his country had been contaminated with inner clan fights and borderline civil war. 

So, when people look at him or talk to him as if he was a child, he inwardly cringes and feels a mixture of sadness with anger. Iceland just isn’t as young and innocent as people tend to think, and his people and history are greatly undermined. 

(Sorry, I just feel this is how Iceland is after researching his really sad history. It is really depressing.)

volcanosexual:

since this is a topic rn let me just

turkey did not rape iceland during the turkish abductions

I just need to get this off my chest

USUK fans, I am not trying to bash. I am neutral about this pairing. I really don’t care 

but before you say that America ‘LEFT POOR BABU ENGLAND ALL ALONE WHA’ just remember that he still had Hong Kong and probably Australia and New Zealand (idk correct me if im wrong). So stop whining about it. America wasn’t any different than his other colonies. In fact, New England was basically used to get more money. So just.. stop it. please.

kongeninord:

(( I have a headcanon that Canada is related to the Nordics because the vikings were the first to find Canada.

And that they always remember him and sometimes even invite him over to their little family get togethers because they see him as family.

BUT THEY REFUSE TO WATCH HOCKEY WITH HIM IF FINLAND IS THERE BECAUSE NONE OF THEM WANT TO DIE A PAINFUL DEATH. ))