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@mothsandcobwebs / mothsandcobwebs.tumblr.com

- dissecting a muse
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Michelle Gomez was interviewed by The Bare Magazine about her role in The Flight Attendant and went natural with her curls.

“[The Bare shoot is] the first time I have EVER worn my hair naturally. I have five heads of hair on my head. God gave me no ass and lips, just hair. If it gets humid or warm, it gets even bigger. Usually for work, they tend to cornrow it down and put a wig on it. But for Bare, I figured I’d be bare.”

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All Betta fish go to Valhalla when they die

This is an indisputable fact, no creature that willing to fight everything in it’s path in life is going to want a quiet, peaceful place after death.

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Yet more proof Nazis are idiots

1. They appropriate ᛏ (the Tiwaz rune) as a symbol, which is named after the god Týr. 

Týr’s biggest claim to fame: He’s disabled. He’s only got one hand because the other was bitten off by Fenrir the Great Wolf (one of Loki’s Monstrous Children).

2. They appropriate Mjölnir (Thor’s hammer) as a symbol.

Thor Odinson is mixed-race. His father is Odin, who the Vikings considered to be an Ás, and his mother is Earth, who is a Jötunn.

3. They claim to ascribe to a religion called “Odinism”.

Odin Borson the Allfather is the mixed-race disabled leader of the Æsir and any other deities residing in Asgard (Vanir like Njörd, Jotnar like Loki, etc). 

His father, Bor, was an Ás and his mother was a Jötunn (aka Giant), meaning he’s part Æsir and part Jötnar, or mixed-race. 

Odin gave up one of his eyes as the price for drinking from Mimir’s Well to gain wisdom, making him disabled.

3. a) Asgard is multicultural.

Uneducated people think Asgard is where the Viking gods came from. It’s not. The Viking gods hailed from many worlds, Asgard being just one of them. 

They also hailed from Vanaheim, Helheim, and Jotunheim. There were also extremely powerful beings which came from Alfheim and Svartalfheim. Then there’s the Norns, who live at the Well of Urd by the roots of Yggdrasil, the Tree of Life. And there are, of course, the many creatures who live on Yggdrasil’s branches (my all-time favourite hands down being Ratatosk, the chipmunk who runs up and down Yggdrasil “spreading slanderous gossip”).

Slightly more educated people think Asgard is the home of the Æsir. That’s not entirely correct. 

People who have actually read the Eddas and other Viking lore know that Asgard was the homeland of the Æsir, but that it wasn’t just populated by Æsir.

Njörd, Freyja, and Freyr were Vanir. 

Skaði (Njörd’s wife), Járnsaxa (Magni’s mother), and Loki were Jötnar. 

Odin, Thor, Þrúðr, Móði, Magni, and Baldr were mixed-race (Æsir-Jötunn). 

Dark Elves were super good friends with the Æsir and made and cared for their weapons, so it’s not unreasonable to assume some might have settled in Asgard. 

Hel undoubtedly would stop by for visits from Helheim to visit her dad (Loki). 

The Dwarves would presumably be coming and going all the time (the only reason they couldn’t permanently settle there being the whole turns-into-stone-if-touched-by-sunlight thing).

3. b) There were plenty of women in power in Asgard.

Frigg could see the future and was highly respected for her abilities.

Freyja was so badass Loki and Thor once spent a good deal of time arguing about which of them was going to ask her for help because neither wanted to be the one she got mad at when she said no.

Hel ruled one of the lands of the dead and during Ragnarök commanded an army of all the dead souls in Helheim.

Idun was charged with one of the most important jobs in all of Asgard: Guarding the golden apples which granted the gods immortality.

Gefjun created the Danish island of Zealand.

The Valkyries were warriors and were charged with taking the souls of the chosen up to Valhalla, one of the underworlds (it’s possible they’d also take the chosen to Gimlí as well, though there’s very little known about the third underworld).

3. c) Loki was either intersex or nonbinary.

Loki once turned himself into a mare and gave birth to Odin’s eight-legged horse Sleipnir. He’s also known to cross-dress and use seiðr magic (which was considered “unmanly" and was used almost exclusively by women).

3. d) Thor has been known to crossdress convincingly enough to pass as a gorgeous babe.

No, really. He dressed as a bride to steal back Mjölnir when it was stolen from him by Thrym, king of the Jötnar. He was dressed convincingly enough that no one in the wedding party realized he wasn’t Freyja (who’s renown for her beauty) until it was too late.

Oh, and Loki went along as Thor’s serving maid to have his nephew’s back just in case.

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Lion King (1994) explaining the importance of stylized 2D animation: Lion King (2019) and Cats (2019):

Kimba The White Lion (1965) explaining the importance of an original idea:

Lion King (1994) Lion King (2019) Cats (2019)

Shakespeare (1564) explaining the importance of an original idea:

Kimba the White Lion (1965), The Lion King (1994), The Lion King (2019), Cats (2019):

Saxo Grammaticus (c. 1160 – c. 1220) explaining the importance of understanding that all creative work is inherently derivative once you study the oral tradition of storytelling and history and that’s okay because generations have always reformatted tropes and themes to make them relatable to their current audiences 

Shakespeare (1564), Kimba the White Lion (1965), The Lion King (1994), The Lion King (2019), Cats (2019):

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I wish allistic people understood that infodumping about a special interest is a lot closer to baring your soul than sharing fun facts

Like the information itself isnt the point, its the conduit through which im trying to communicate with you. Its a love language.

What neurotypicals think it is: “I’m gonna ramble about this one specific thing that you’re not even interested in.”

What it actually is: “this is a thing that makes me happy, and I want to share my happiness with you because I feel comfy around you and I love you”

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I wish I felt as though I had people to talk to about my current struggles. I've tried with some friends but sometimes I feel a bit ignored or not taken seriously, as if I was an afterthought.

I also know there are some who will listen to me anytime, but I just keep thinking of "The Eleven Satanic Rules of the Earth", especially number 2:

"Do not tell your troubles to others unless you are sure they want to hear them."

Although I'm sure there's people that will be there for me, I'm just not convinced anyone wants to hear 'em. I feel as though I tried and got brushed off, so whatever.

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