It's me! Horror fan, nerd for tabletop gaming and amateur artist in my 30's (art tagged as #fearandramen draws), and listener of many many podcasts (there are...a lot of Magnus Archives posts here, with Silt Verses and Hallowoods post on the rise). Agender, they/them.
My Etsy Shop for my TMA Inspired Oracle Deck
the novelty of having pets really does never wear off i’ve had my cat for ten years and i still look at him strolling around like can you believe this. a cat. is everyone seeing this. he’s alive he has bones and all. unbelievable
You know, I was thinking about Monstrous Regiment as I always do, and I just say, damn, Terry Pratchett sure as shit did the “Female attack drone operator killing children” joke ages before we even got there culturally.
Like, OK, during the climax of the book we find out that half of the Military high command are also women right? Disguised as men and wanting to keep their secret hidden as they live as men yes, but still women.
And here’s the thing.
That’s not, unlike Jackrum’s ending, to be read as a trans allegory.
These are women, who joined the military, a sexist and awful military force who would have killed them had it found out for both being women and for crossdressing, got in a position of power by following the rules and not rocking the Boat (unlike Polly and her squad, who were offered the perfect way out yet still decided to come out as women), and then once they become the high command of the military they do NOTHING.
They do not change those same structures who oppressed them, because now they are in power so who care if other women get hurt.
And they do not stop the war, continuing it instead.
“Women can do the same things man can” is one of the Book’s arc words, and it does sound like a pretty neat message, until Terry points out how this very same message can be used to sponsor horrible actions too and passing them for progress.
Women can be war criminals just like man can.
Much like back in the days, cigarette companies sold women cancer on a stick presenting it as freedom and liberation for their gender.
Much like The pilot of the drone that’s going to burn your house to the ground has a pride flag pin on their lapel.
You are not immune to fucking military propaganda.
Y’all in the American SW and west Mexico better check the national hurricane center and your weather for this weekend and next week.
Hurricane Hilary is about to make landfall and that whole desert area is supposed to get a years worth of rain or more. Death Valley is supposed to get twice the annual rainfall. Severe winds, massive flooding, and landslides are all strong possibilities.
This is gonna get ugly. Please spread the word. This is a majorly anomalous event and people may be unaware of the threat headed their way.
Historian finishing a dissertation on the ice industry here. For once, I am not here to take away your joy!
“Oh no, the ice man is too sexy and he’s going to fuck my wife while I’m not home” was a legit moral panic for DECADES. So much so that if you were fancy, you could get an icebox built into your wall so the dirty, sexy ice man didn’t have to come inside your house with your delicate, impressionable wife.
This pic is going in the diss if I can chase down the correct citation for it.
simple commission of Meto and Rychell for @vvitch-mist from their original book (which you can find here!). They give the best Evil-couple-whispering-about-you-across-the-bar vibes 💀
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