“You have never had to steal my breath or take it away, somehow you have always managed to convince me to hand it over freely.” — Tyler Knott Gregson (for izazov)
@indigopersei is the french language just always on the verge of getting someone accused of assault or..?
my friend, if only you knew
It’s a very dangerous language to learn
Here’s an interesting thing about French! Everything needs to have an article in front of it. That’s why it’s “la chat” as opposed to just “chat”. So, for instance, you could say la fille for the girl, or jeune fille for young girl, but you can’t just say fille, because that means you are calling her a sex worker in a derogatory way.
The moral of the story is, if you want to make something rude in French, just take out the article in front of it. Yes, this works for nearly. every. word.
Every year. Every year there’s that kid who forgets that you can’t translate “I am excited” to “Je suis excitée”. And every year Monsieur Jordan has to slam the brakes before that kid can finish his sentence and then tactfully ask him not to announce to the class that he is horny.
“is the french language always on the verge” oh buddy, oh pal, i am so happy to break this news to you:
The way they did Loki as Odin in Ragnarok dissatisfied me (big shocker, I’m sure). It’s not that I don’t believe Loki would write a play about himself, or invest in the arts, or sit around in a bathrobe eating grapes. I just don’t think he’d do it because he’s a hedonistic narcissist. Trump’s a narcissist. He’s got a high opinion about himself, loves when his ego is stroked, and throws a fit when it isn’t. Loki thinks that he’s a monster, expects everyone to agree, and grows bitter and spiteful because of it. That’s not the same thing. Think of Blood Brothers. Loki says that Thor was the only one who ever loved him, and he’s killing him because he stopped. He doesn’t attack those that never loved him. Now, Loki is a bit of a hedonist. He’s absolutely easily bored (intelligent people are often bored by mundane routine). I’ve no doubt he’d hate almost everything about ruling. I just don’t think that would make him a shit ruler. So, I’ve written a few headcanons about Loki’s time ruling Asgard. I think they’re a nice balance of intelligence, laziness, self-care, and planning for the future. Feel free to disagree or add your own.
Loki dismisses his father’s council (made up of wealthy lords and ladies with little practical knowledge), and forms a new council with younger members, some of them nobility, but many of them common. Their unifying trait is that they are all super competent in the area they’re overseeing. He delegates his kingly duties (the daily grind) to many of them. Loki finds the day to day requirements of being a king tedious, but he’s got a vested interest in everything running smoothly, and he’s not an idiot. To explain why he delegates more duties, he claims his years are catching up with him, and that Frigga’s death drained him. People respect that.
Loki spends time researching the Infinity Stones. He does so covertly, so as not to attract the attention of Thanos or any of his people. He specifically studies the Tesseract in secret.
Loki doesn’t bother to send armies to the other Realms. One, their in chaos because puppet governments are falling apart. Loki’s not one for order, particularly not Odin’s order, so he lets the revolutions run their course. Two, he wants to bolster their army for Thanos’ inevitable appearance.
To that end, he allows rapid advancement among the ranks based on skill (he does away with any nepotism that occurs). It’s not out of a sense of justice. It’s about practicality. Everyone’s got a shot based on their merit. Considering the natural strength of the Asgardian forces compared to other alien races, nepotism likely ran wild. Odin meant to appease the nobles. I imagine Hogun, a Vanir, only got as far as he did because he had Thor’s support. (He does deserves it. I’m not saying he doesn’t. I’m saying the opposite. Like Sif, he had to fight tooth and nail to get respect in Asgard.)
Loki increases the demand for practitioners of seiðr. He diverts resources to training interested Asgardians.
If Loki had anything to do with the other Realms, he traded with them (both the puppet governments and the rebels). In effect, he prolonged the instability in other Realms in order to increase Asgard’s treasury.
The theater, complete with statue in front, isn’t dedicated to himself, but Frigga. The statue is of her.
He does write plays. However, Loki’s elequent, artistic, and he’s read countless books and plays. He isn’t a bad writer. The play is well written. It is also well acted, since Loki would not be satisfied with such shitty acting. Essentially, watching Loki’s play is every bit as emotional and dramatic as watching the scene in TDW, if not more so. That’s one of the best, most emotional scenes in that movie (and Hemsworth’s best performance in the MCU), and mocking it pisses me off.
He takes a lot of baths with bubbles and scented oils. It’s very relaxing.
The paperwork he can’t avoid he does in Frigga’s gardens. He hires the best people to tend to the gardens. Not only does sitting in the gardens make him long for Frigga, it also makes him miss Thor. Being all about the fertile earth, Frigga encouraged him to walk through the gardens and reinvigorate her plants. The gardeners just can’t achieve that loveliness. (This one’s very inspired by one of @raven-brings-light‘s headcanons about Thor.)
And now, for my wildest headcanons. My Frost Giant stan headcanons:
Odin never told Jotunheim who attacked them using the Bifrost, either because he didn’t see a reason to or because Loki did it. If they discovered one of Odin’s sons did, they’d demand the crown pay.
Loki uses that fact to his advantage. He’s aware the Frost Giants are a match for the strength of Asgard (they’re a legitimate threat in a fair fight). He goes to their king, one of his brothers, and reveals who he is. In small ways, he helps them rebuild, and earns their trust. He never exposes that he’s currently ruling Asgard, and therefore could give them the Casket at any point. He does all this to facilitate his escape plan should Thor return. He doesn’t want to live in a ruined Realm (hence why he’s fixing it up a bit), but Jotunheim’s a good place to hide from the people who want to see him dead/tortured/imprisoned. If he escapes there, Thor won’t follow. He’d risk war. Loki would grab the Casket on the way out to make extra sure Thor wouldn’t risk it. Thanos’ minions won’t get far facing an army of Frost Giants with ice powers. It’s the safest place for him to hide after Asgard.
I also love this headcanon because imagine how pissed Thor would be to discover that Loki told his Frost Giant brothers he was alive, but didn’t tell Thor. The amount of trouble Loki would be in for that….
If he’d had to enact this plan, Loki would have grown depressed, and he would often sneak back into Asgard disguised as another Asgardian or an animal.
Thank you for tagging @foundlingmother ! Great headcanons! I love all of it! Certainly better and makes more sense than what they did in the movie. I totally agree with your headcanons except the one about Frost Giants. As much as I love it and I like to read it in a fic, I think it’s a bit of a strech. I don’t think he’s ready for sth like that or even entertain the idea of contacting Frost Giants. Because I remember his face when he said he is from Jutonheim in TDW. Imo he still doesn’t believe that he belongs anywhere. Not Jutonheim, Not even Asgard. That stupid play kind of hinted it. Blue baby, not Juton baby. Asgard’s savior, not Asgardian. I believe when Thor said “Asgard is not a place, it’s a people” was the moment Loki realized that he belonged in Asgard. I think he just needed to hear it from Thor.
Yes, I agree. They’re very much a stretch. That’s why I set them apart. The other headcanons feel 100% possible, while that one’s more a product of my wishing the Frost Giants could get some love.
I also have a headcanon for how he and Thor approach them post-IW (because everyone lives go away Marvel you’re not welcome anymore). Jotunheim possesses vast untapped resources that could help the Asgardians (and Midgardians) rebuild. Nidavellir does, too, but they’re dealing with a civil war, and the Asgardians have nothing to trade with them. They do, however, have something to trade with/give the Frost Giants. (Not that I think this would be easy–they’d be bargaining with a stolen object, and that would exacerbate the legit animosity that the Frost Giants feel towards the Asgardians.)
This headcanon requires that I also headcanon Loki grabbed the Casket, which I do. I headcanon he grabbed any of the artifacts he could. Seems a waste not to. They’re right there and could be useful.
this is what plays when you’re dying and your life is flashing before your eyes
*puts this on my End Of The World playlist*
Ok @peachcrushedvelvet is 100% accurate but here are several other situations I feel this beautiful creation could apply to
1. End of the world type of experience as noted above by @nero-neptune i.e. meteors falling and people running, things exploding and desperately trying to survive
2. Desperately running through your house avoiding attackers (guns, projectiles, of some type)
3. You’re in a library and you accidentally knock something over which knocks over all of the shaves domino style and you’re running down the hallway with them falling in the background.
Everybody please contribute
4. You finally experience love at first sight, but they’re in the middle of a bank heist and you’re getting caught in the cross fire
5. You’re getting arrested in roller skates at the laundromat
6. Intergalactic space travel in the form of a gay cruise
you are falling off a very tall biulding
8. This is the song they use instead of “Non, je ne regrette rien” in the Spaceballs version of Inception.
This is the 10th one of these flowers Slash has stolen and brought home.
Here is number 11…
Here’s his third catch of the night.
And that second photo is his face right after I told him “People on the internet love your flower catching skills, Mr. Slash!”
Guess what Mr. Slash is up to tonight?
And, he’s back at it again tonight.
He got another one, and he is proud of himself.
He brought in another one tonight.
Thank you, Mr. Slash!
He is so beautiful 😭
He’s aware of that, and loves being told that. 😛
Sometimes, he will hold my hand when I ask him about the flowers.
He brought these two flowers in last night, and decided to pose for me when I put them near him to take photos.
Plot twist! He brought back a hibiscus tonight instead of the usual ones.
He must be feeling more tropical.
He’s back to the normal ones now…
Even when it’s raining, he still decides to go and find these. Good thing for him that whatever breed of cat he is, he has remarkably water-resistant fur!
He had a very busy night while everyone was asleep last night…
He had a busy night while I was watching SummerSlam.
He gave us one more last night, bringing his total from last night to 6! That’s a new one-night record for him!
Mr. Slash’s flower hunting adventure master post keeps on growing.
He was back at it again today.
And two more from last night…
Thank you, Mr. Slash!
Such a good kitty!
He is!
I wish Oreo brought me flowers instead of birds, lizards, mice, and squirrels 😂😂
Mr. Slash even wanted to hold hands after giving me this one.
He’s a special cat. 😀
He was asleep this morning after bringing me this one last night…
Two more gifts from Mr. Slash tonight.
Please tell Mr. Slash I love him.
Feeling sad? Have a big fluffy kitty bringing flowers to his people.
down the block is a person who is inexplicably losing all the flowers in her garden
@thoughts-of-an-x-factor did you ever find out where Mr. Slash got the flowers from? I’m so curious now!!
Oh! I’ve explained it before, but I know some people haven’t seen the explanation, so here it is:
Mr. Slash has made friends with an elderly woman who lives about three houses down from me. He gets the flowers from her garden. They are Camellias, so they grow, and fall off the bush by the handful, and he goes over there at night, and takes every single one from the ground, to bring back to me.
So, when I said he was stealing them, it was somewhat inaccurate. It’s actually more like he’s helping an old woman clean her garden up, and giving me gifts at the same time. She knows who he is, and where he comes from, and knows what he does.
This is delightful, and what a beautiful cat he is!
So people are saying that Ruby Rose doesn’t identify as a lesbian (she’s very gay as far as I know) and isn’t Jewish so therefore shouldn’t play Batwoman. What the actual fuck. Can people please stop being offended just for the sake of being offended. Sure, whitewashing is an issue in Hollywood, and it’s something that needs to change. But, NEWSFLASH, someone’s religion doesn’t dictate whether or not they can play a character of that religion.
This whole being offended by something because you feel like you should be offended is ridiculous. Actors are actors, they play a part. It doesn’t matter if they have the same religious background as that character, it doesn’t matter if they share the same sexuality of that character. They’re actors, they pretend, that’s literally their job.
@unaligned-valkyrie, this is not simply an issue of “religion.” The Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group, i.e. “an ethnic group whose members are also unified by a common religious background.” Note the word “also” in that description—because unlike with Christianity, Islam, Buddhism etc. you can be ethnically Jewish without practicing Judaism as a religion. We’re demanding accurate cultural representation for our ethnic group, and the ability to be the centre of our own narratives.
This isn’t “being offended for the sake of being offended.” Most Jewish characters are not presently played by Jews, which denies us the right to be present and visible in our own stories. I have never seen an adaptation of Anne Frank with a Jewish actress playing the role. Films about anti-semitism often star gentile actors. The message is that our culture and history is only important insofar as it can be commodified and used to entertain gentiles, but that we’re still not actually welcome when it comes to taking part in the sharing of our own narratives.
Also, while we’re on the subject of acting and the co-opting of Jewish stories for non-Jewish audiences, like…do y’all realise that Jewish people can tell when somebody playing a Jew isn’t Jewish about 98% of the time and that it ruins the film/show/play for us? Yeah, it’s an actor’s job to act, but I’ve seen precious few gentiles do Jewish convincingly. You butcher our languages, our mannerisms, and our general cultural outlook the majority of the time, either completely missing what defines us or reducing us to base stereotypes.
Sure, you can’t tell; you’re a gentile. Somebody saying “Oh I’m Jewish, this is my menorah!” is probably enough for you to buy the performance hook, line, and sinker. But us? WE CAN TELL, and sorry, but a piece of media featuring a Jewish character in a way where the person portraying them obviously doesn’t understand Jews is fucking alienating, and again: WE DESERVE NOT TO BE ALIENATED FROM STORIES THAT ARE ABOUT US.
Like FFS we’re a tiny group that’s been shat upon for 2,000 years, can’t you guys just let us have a little bit of joy once in a while?
we want to play our roles. i want to see a jewish lesbian character on tv and know that the actress has similar experiences to the character because she’s jewish and a lesbian. i want to go ‘hey, that actress has similar experiences to me!’ people hate me for not being straight, sure, but they also hate me, probably more so!, for being jewish. the two are deeply entwined and influence each other.
you can’t separate kate’s jewish identity from her lesbian identity. her jewishness is a key component.
we deserve to have iconically jewish characters played by jewish actors. we deserve to see ourselves in our stories.
I see now that the wording of my original post was wrong, and I am completely open to being educated. The ‘offended about being offended’ part wasn’t actually about the religious side of it, that was more to do with the sexuality. Yes, you should want to see yourselves in stories, and I obviously have no issue with that at all, but attacking the actress for being cast in the role (which people have to the point that she has quit twitter) isn’t the right way to go about it.
Like I said, I’m open to being educated about things that I can’t know about as I’m not Jewish, so I’m learning on that point.
Thank you for listening.
I mean, you *could* know that being Jewish is as much about ethnicity as about religion without being Jewish… but most Americans don’t. This is at least partly due to a successful effort in the U.S. by Reform Judaism, a movement that started in 19th-century Germany, to reframe Judaism as a religion like any other. They wanted Jews in Germany to be considered “Germans of the Mosaic faith.” We all know how well that went over in Germany… or maybe we don’t, if we think the Holocaust was a matter of religious rather than racial hatred.
In the 19th and even the mid-20th century, it made sense for Jews to try to be seen as just another flavor of white people, entitled to the same religious toleration that was enshrined in the First Amendment because of Europe’s wars between different denominations of Christianity. In the age of identity politics, when people are increasingly reckoning with the history of racism in the modern world, that story about what it means to be Jewish obscures important facets of our history. It also dangerously obscures the importance of antisemitism in the worldview of white supremacists active now in the United States. If you don’t realize that antisemitism is a kind of racism, not a kind of religious prejudice, then it makes no sense. Why are white supremacists always going on about power being concentrated in the hands of Jews, if Jews are mostly just white people who happen to have a different religion? (Other than that stuff about Jews promoting multiculturalism, which would seem kinda random if you don’t realize that they don’t consider Jews to be white.)
In the past, I haven’t much minded non-Jewish actors being cast as Jewish characters. Sir Ian McKellen and Michael Fassbender as Magneto is hardly an insult. And most Americans can’t tell the difference. But apparently we do need to start insisting on the ethnic dimension of Jewish identity. I look pretty white, for most purposes, but I’ve been identified as Jewish by non-Jews I’ve never met on the basis of facial features. That wouldn’t happen if Judaism was just another religion.
Loki is the Philosopher King 