More male characters who are interested in their mother’s legacy. As a trope there’s a lot of sons and daughters who follow in the father’s footsteps and there’s yes, girls who honor their mother, ect. But let’s have more dudes who are like. Stumbling on their mom’s secret fairy cottage or some shit. And they’re like aight gotta make the tea
This is a note to thank everyone for sharing voices from Iran and the diaspora.
In the past, it was easier to downplay or forget injustices going on around the world when the news cycle had moved onto the next big story. Now, all one has to do is get past an algorithm and do a little searching to inform oneself. It is more difficult to move on when the names of the people being wrongly imprisoned have hashtags and we can still see the faces and hear the voices of those who are being oppressed and killed. It also is more difficult for the regime to operate with total impunity when there is more public and political attention on their human rights abuses.
I know the sheer amount of raw footage has dropped on Twitter, partly due to increased surveillance and internet restrictions as well as ebbs and flows in both activity on the ground and online attention spans. We must remember that social change, resistance movements, revolution, these things are a long
game. They demand stamina and commitment. It is never going to be at
full throttle all the time.
The anniversary of Mahsa Jina Amini’s unjust death is approaching. If you can, keep posting and sharing what is happening in Iran. Keep an eye out for local actions. Keep
attending protests. Keep contacting and pressuring your political representatives.
Keep learning about this country and its rich history and culture. Thank you.
The EU is doing a big survey for LGBTQ people who live in the EU about how it is for them right now. That’s the kind of survey that’s used for official reports and for laws so it’s super important that it has as many people taking it as possible. You can take it in every EU language. (You can change the language in the top right corner) Share it with your friends!
I can’t sleep so I’ll just add another random detail I liked:
If you decide to kill Sovereign Glut over his quaint little backstabbing plans, Gale says, and I wish I remembered the exact quote, something along the lines of: “That’s what you get when you let your ambition rule your actions. Good riddance.”
And the way he says it is very… vitriolic and sincere. Like… maybe with a side flavour of self-loathing.
“The insertee we speak of, this parasite - are you aware that after a period of excruciating gestation it will turn us into mind flayers? It’s a process known as ceremorphosis, and let me assure you: it is to be avoided.”
