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He's been taking women and men of color off the promotion list.

Fuck that guy.

He's kicked out trans people.

Fuck that guy.

He's been limiting the number of faiths the US military chaplain service will support.

Fuck that guy.

On the other hand, I am all for the US military shrinking down to the size where, like Grover Norquist's ambition for the government, I can drown it in the bathtub, so -- the enemy of my enemy is my ally? Mmmmmaybe?

Okay, so, you go, Pete Hegseth. Alienate everyone! Only straight cis Christian men should die for our country! Throw everyone else out! And then we can -- just maybe -- reduce the budget by an order of magnitude or five.

It Makes a Fellow Proud to be a Soldier is today's Tom Lehrer earworm.

Current Mood: nuanced
Current Music: He thinks the Army's just the thing because he finds it broadening

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I miss him already.

Current Mood: oh my heart
Current Music: You keep pretending, but you just can't hide

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104 of 108. Warning: I get cute with this one, forgive me.

Dormammu rules supreme. Everything is Dormammu. Dormammu is all. Dormammu Dormammu Dormammu Dormammu Dormammu Dormammu Dormammu.

( Dormammu. )

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First: I am asking about musicians who either are queer, or are predominantly considered to be singing about queer motifs. (do NOT start flame wars about Gaga or Swift, please)

What musician rocks your queer little heart?

My most influential is NOT Freddie Mercury, Elton John, George Michael, or any of the others that dominated my early childhood because... I didn't yet have the questions they were asking fully formed in my heart.

No. Melissa Etheridge, who I found very solidly in the summer of '88 after I'd had my first realizations of being attracted to my best friend more than just the visual crush I'd had on lady celebs. She's my heart's queer anthem leader. The ambiguity of her early songs really just... wrapped around me so tight.

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Marjane Satrapi, author of the acclaimed graphic novel Persepolis and a leading champion for women's rights in Iran, died on Thursday. She was 56.

I posted excerpts from the first volume here and here earlier this year.

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I swear I didn't write this and you know it wasn't me, because I would've been spamming you all with Grace/Rocky since March if it had been.

But! Limericks! The third one is especially great.

Current Mood: pleased
Current Music: Holy moly!

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senmut

Next up, having spoken of resonance, I'm asking:

What character has inspired you? Inspiration can be many things. To be better, to pick up a skill, to try a new food, anything.

This one is a toughie for me, because I was constantly tackling encyclopedias to learn new things introduced in books I read, but not necessarily directly because of a character. And I've inflicted several skills I tried to pick up on my original characters, but uncertain if that goes int he other direction.

Fortunately, I'd been warned about Turkish Delight. +g+

So ultimately, I think it comes to being inspired to be better. And I can't pinpoint one. Black Beauty inspired me to look for the best in others (before I became a member of the Certified Cynics). John Carter taught me that I can offer my skills, but ultimately the people around me need to sort themselves out (so don't barrel in with solutions without taking input is the way I modernized that). Moreta made me strive to face challenges with more calm (which honestly helped curb some of my temper for a time).

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Fandom: One Piece
Author/Artist: Mekachu04
Title: May Punk Aibou Sketches
Pairing: Eustass Kidd & Killer (Killer as both OG, genderbent, and weasel)
Rating: teen? it varies from gen/all audience to teen
Word Count: art
Warnings: artistic nudity of the female form for one picture. and some legit wrestling that every other site wants to label as nsfw
Disclaimer: Kidd, Killer, the Kidd Pirates and other characters belong to the world of One Piece by Eiichiro Oda. I'm just playing in the sandbox AN: I'm trying to draw something everyday. So most of these are drawn at about 3-5am in about an hour or two at work during the down time.

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( One of the Good Ones )

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100 x Emilio Sakraya in 60 Minutes

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100 x Harriet Cains in Vera

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100 x Charles Melton for Coach

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100 x Samara Weaving in Eenie Meanie

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petra

MyNoise.net has a zillion soundscape generators. If you need background noise, I highly recommend it.

I also feel like, "Here is a page with a zillion soundscapes. Which do you choose first?" is a personality test.

( My answer, if anyone's curious )

Which ones call to you?

Current Mood: calming down
Current Music: Meadow Land soundscape -- mostly birds and water

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What character, in any kind of media, did you (if you ever did) have the kind of resonance with that is 'I see some of myself IN this character'? (Which is different from aspiring to BE like the character.)

For me? I think it hit me first and hardest with Nerilka. I know others vibe strong with Menolly, but in Nerilka I saw pieces of me. Abuse of neglect, wanting to find a place she could be herself and help others, too mature for her youth? She was very much a resonant character for me.

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01-05: Doctor Who (First Doctor era)
06-10: Blake's 7

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76 Eleventh Doctor era icons. Mostly Eleven, but also a few of Amy and a couple of River. There is one spoilery animated icon from The Wedding of River Song. Mostly icons from Vincent and the Doctor and Night Terrors. Some from The Pandorica Opens and The Big Bang.

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