Cease & Persist

I drew an eggplant.

Sat, 18 May 2013 13:26:36 +1000

I drew an eggplant.

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Fri, 17 May 2013 01:12:00 +1000

iwishihadanawesomeurl: I guess that explains why this song is...

Thu, 16 May 2013 22:52:14 +1000

iwishihadanawesomeurl:

I guess that explains why this song is on that playlist.

fuckyeahlokisexual: by 夜晨曦月NIGHT

Thu, 16 May 2013 20:10:32 +1000

fuckyeahlokisexual:

by 夜晨曦月NIGHT

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Thu, 16 May 2013 16:04:14 +1000

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Wed, 15 May 2013 21:06:00 +1000

paulcornell: Faiza and Al from the Captain Britain and MI-13...

Tue, 14 May 2013 17:13:39 +1000

paulcornell:

Faiza and Al from the Captain Britain and MI-13 Annual. Art by Adrian Alphona.

If today is the day I die, then let it be a death that makes...

Tue, 14 May 2013 16:44:44 +1000

If today is the day I die, then let it be a death that makes Allah proud.

29an: 엄마와 함께.

Sun, 12 May 2013 21:55:02 +1000

29an:

엄마와 함께.

the beggar and the king: Medusa wasn't always a monster.

Sat, 11 May 2013 13:44:13 +1000

the beggar and the king: Medusa wasn't always a monster.:

thebeggarandtheking:

queennubian:

She was once the a beautiful virgin shadow maiden of Athean. After Poseidon rapes Medusa in Athena’s temple, Athena punishes Medusa….making her the embodiement of death and damning her to a life of solitude.

What does this say about society then, and now?

Well, the myth that tells Medusa’s metamorphosis into a monster as a punishment by Athena is the patriarchal Roman version. The ancient Greek myth, which has closer ties to its progenitor, the Egyptian tale of Wadjet, tells us that Athena gifted Medusa with ugliness and the power to turn men to stone as a way of protecting her from further violations of her person. Even so, her ugliness was emphasized in the Roman retelling as a way to further demonize and disenfranchise Medusa (i.e. she only lashed out on men because she was too ugly to be loved by them, her ugliness forced her into seclusion from men, ugly women are bad, etc. ((I am ironically using abbreviations for Latin words here yes)).). As the original myth tells it, she lived in solitude because she did not wish to be around men after what Poseidon had done. And Athena gave her the power to never be at the mercy of a male again. So originally, Athena was pissed at Poseidon, not Medusa. And then, of course, the Romans took it one step further and had Perseus behead her (yay the vindictive old hag is dead) and give it to Athena for her shield.

But yeah, renderings of Medusa’s head appeared in the doorways of many women’s shelters in ancient Greece because she was a symbol of female empowerment, not a monster feared by men and women alike.

This brings me to my awkward segue into a cool essay on the subject: The Laugh of the Medusa by Helene Cixous actually touches on the system of misogynistic fear behind the Romanized version, but most importantly why women need to write their stories because this is the shit that happens when dudebros get ahold of them. It’s also an awesome overture to queer theories of writing. If you can read French, I highly suggest getting your hands on the essay as it was originally written, because Cixous’ voice is just incredibly inspiring when you read it as she intended it to be read. Also, the essay itself is worthy of criticism as it is not as intersectional as it absolutely needs to be. I feel I should add that before someone thinks I advocate the problematic things she says.

But now that I’ve totally digressed from my original point: It’s important that we’re always mindful to question the credibility of those telling us not only history, but also legend.

(I became absolutely exhausted halfway through this so forgive me if the connection I’m making between the original post and this essay is more arbitrary than I think it is at the moment)

beanclam: I finished the colors for this thing. … I had feels...

Fri, 10 May 2013 15:07:13 +1000

beanclam:

I finished the colors for this thing.

… I had feels the whole time I worked on it :(

whittingtonb: Tiny Hulkling.

Thu, 09 May 2013 22:38:22 +1000

whittingtonb:

Tiny Hulkling.

hoursago: has it really been a whole year……..

Tue, 07 May 2013 18:09:01 +1000

hoursago:

has it really been a whole year……..

Iron Man 3: unused classic comic concept for the title sequence...

Mon, 06 May 2013 00:56:41 +1000

Iron Man 3: unused classic comic concept for the title sequence [x]

enchantedbyhiddles: Things I wish they would have kept in the...

Sat, 04 May 2013 16:28:13 +1000

enchantedbyhiddles:

Things I wish they would have kept in the Thor movie. (Part I)

Loki: the Cow

(II) (III)

comicbookkissyface: New Avengers v2 #16.1

Sat, 04 May 2013 01:27:45 +1000

comicbookkissyface:

New Avengers v2 #16.1

omnicat replied to your post: Wow, I took a while to reply…. Black Sif concept art? That...

Sat, 04 May 2013 00:55:28 +1000

omnicat replied to your post: Wow, I took a while to reply….

Black Sif concept art? That sounds interesting! O: Any idea where can I find that?

Here you go. :)

captainlitebrite replied to your post: yeah! i just meant in that it’d be taking the opportunity...

Sat, 04 May 2013 00:49:10 +1000

captainlitebrite replied to your post:

yeah! i just meant in that it’d be taking the opportunity to play a poc character and giving it to a white actress, is all. i have faith that they’ll figure out something good, tho. :)

Oh yeah, totally! I got so lost in the tiny details that I forgot all the good points. :’D

Wow, I took a while to reply. captainlitebrite replied to your post: well, in the case of an...

Sat, 04 May 2013 00:40:00 +1000

Wow, I took a while to reply.

captainlitebrite replied to your post:

well, in the case of an interracial family both kids are mixed - one is just fairer than the other. which is totally legit (i’m mixed myself & my sis and i look v. different) but i do think it’d be a bit odd to cast a 100% white actress, in that case

That makes sense. I mean they’d have to look related in some way, but that way could just be the shape of their eyebrows. The genetic lottery can be wildly varied. (Like, people think my mum is white, while her brothers and parents are black. Also there are random ginger babies? Idk.)

byrontobofur replied to your post:

I just want the whole cast to be POC how great would that be :’) (also i’m not sure if heimdall and sif are officially siblings in the MCU)

I KNOW BUT I WANT IT TO BE CANON, BYRON. LA-LA-LA, I CAN’T HEAR YOU. Also there was that concept art where Sif was black, so they probably thought about it at some point, maybe. :U

rabbitinthewoods replied to your post: Presumably one parent would be black and one white, or...

Fri, 03 May 2013 23:43:00 +1000

rabbitinthewoods replied to your post:

Presumably one parent would be black and one white, or were you thinking of something else?

It’s just… I’m confused at how many people seem to think it’s impossible? That article basically said that if Johnny Storm were to be played by a black actor, then Sue had to be black as well, or they had to be half siblings or adopted for it to make sense. And… I don’t know. Having a black parent and a white parent would be the simplest explanation, yet people tend to ignore the possibility altogether. It just annoys me, is all.