Harp the Wigglytuff @wigglytuffitout@computerfairi.es

basically it's all culminating in me being glad that i'm too disabled to go to church currently because if given the opportunity, i could give a real fuckin banger of a sermon on "we are sodom and gammorah, and no it has nothing to do with them queers, it has everything to do with the actual stated reasons that they got God-nuked, now let me tell you about rape culture and all the ways Trumpism is idolatrous evil"

the idea of actually applying your stated values to all aspects like that is something that shocks and confuses the vast fucking majority of evangelical christianity in america

as is the idea of *thinking* about these things, but that's another rant

anyway i think that an article running the numbers, from a catholic, going "i have to vote for warren because so many more people are going to be killed under repubs" is valuable for some folks to hear

like i may think they're wrong

but they at least are attempting to apply the same rule in more than just one aspect of policy. so pro-life doesn't mean just no abortion, it means no death penalty, it means healthcare for all, etc etc. i even appreciate the catholic priest who argues that you cannot be pro-life and own a gun for defense - because you can't be pro-life if you've already made up your mind to kill somebody.

did my daily facebook rant, found a pretty good article that i think will actually maybe get through to some people - a catholic hardline pro-lifer (yes yes i know) who is running the numbers and going "if we're actually being pro-life, republican parties are fucking SHIT for this in SO MANY WAYS"

i vehemently disagree with hardline pro-lifers but i at least appreciate the catholic folks out there going for it holistically with equal logic applied

i'd get in on the custom mtg card thing that @Sapphicgiraffic@snouts.online is doing, but quite frankly, i have no idea how magic the gathering do, so i have made my own card for myself representing my usual level of strategy and skill in card games

in my defense!!!!! it has a shitwhack of turmeric in it!!!! turmeric is very nice but i am not sold on it being a great taste sensation when put into a sweet orange gummy.

i mean it's better than tasting the fish oil but still. ohno.gif

i was gonna kvetch but this makes a much funnier self-roast:

How white is Harp, you may ask?

So white that she just said a gummy vitamin was too spicy for her.

🥁 BA DUM TISS

star wars gets treated a little more gently in that i will actually go through the buffet.

harry potter increasingly gets the treatment as exemplified from the following reference

Do Midichlorians Exist? well, dear reader, it all depends on if it's convenient for me in this particular fanfiction! there's your answer!

(this is the point at which i slide on a pair of sunglasses and pop a wheelie on my motorbike, because i am a Supremely Cool Dude.)

the only way to write fanfiction for star wars and stay sane is to approach canonical material not as a strict set of laws to all be adhered to or else, but rather a tasty buffet where you can fill your plate with whatever appeals, with the complete freedom to skip over the dubious-looking shrimp scampi

just carve off the tasty bits

anyway the real reason i won't do my obnoxious spinoff up-my-own-ass star wars fic idea is because one of the newer films changed the location of where darth vader's castle is and i don't want to deal with five bajillion comments telling me i'm wrong for whichever one i chose to write lmao

i mean, then i go on weird tangents about how my favourite OCs i've ever made are darth vader's valet and cook, who are surprisingly chill folks. don't get me wrong they're avid fans of their employer so kind of terrifying in their own ways, but i also fucking love them and they're some of the best characters i've ever come up with go team Dasje and Mirou sorry i only got to write you in for like five chapters and a spinoff oneshot

i know it's all meant in good fun, but "come to my stream where i read bad fanfiction" has absolutely given me a new worry to think about at 4am when i'm trying to sleep

just, uh

just wondering if i've made an appearance there yet

my shoulder: hey it feels like this muscle might not go into a horrid cramp immediately

me: oh i can actually get you to relax you say??? let's try some trigger point self-massage!

my shoulder:

i should probably stop mother hen-ing at people so hard but in my defense:

i suppose the additional takeaway here is that one of the hardest parts of moderating is not taking people pointing out a problem as a personal attack. it may feel like one, but it is not. if people are trusting you to keep them self, you have to be ready to swallow your pride and listen to concerns.

which is a pretty evergreen reminder, honestly, since this is a dynamic reflected and similar to many other situations that someone will encounter.

saying you're against cancel culture is all fine and good, really, but if you try to cancel somebody for "screenshot dunking" in order to get people not paying attention to your own failure of moderating, then, uh

problem's not been solved all that much.

i say, sitting here subtooting, but i figure at this point this is like a morality play for my white ass to observe so i can figure out how to check myself and not wreck myself LOL