things you can use in place of cultural monsters
Can't use golems in your fantasy world because they're beings that belong to Judaism and you aren't Jewish? Try using elementals!
Can't use w*nd*goag in your story because they're monsters from Native beliefs and you aren't Native? Try wraiths or forest spirits!
Can't use Skinwalkers, either? How about changelings, The Thing-type aliens or faeries?
Don't want to use Christian biblical angels? Try eldritch monstrosities from another world.
Don't want to namedrop La Llorona, Hachisukisama or the Cupecabrah? How about old-fashioned undead, zombies or ghosts?
Just because certain supernatural beings are only for certain groups, doesn't mean you have to limit your monsters! There's plenty of demographic-neutral alternatives to famous creatures that you can use without culturally appropriating or disrespecting people's beliefs.
i think the best thing about gen z is their dedication to self care and by this i mean when john mulaney performed at a college and he took a sip of water the crowd would start applauding and someone yelled at him “hydrate before you die-drate” therefor confusing an already confused man even more
"W-why did you do all of this? If I'm not the chosen one, then what was the point of training me?"
"To hurt you."
"To hurt me?"
"Yes. I needed to destroy you and make you into someone new. Into the new chosen one."
"Why am I needed at all? Who's the real chosen one?"
"I am. And I've failed."
- Lynn
i think the sexiest thing about me is that sometimes i read about identities i don't understand and instead of assuming they're fake i go "cool, none of my business" then respect those identities
Trying really hard not to end up with a feed full of depressio's like my last Tumblr but like, I have nothing else to relate to.
Forgive me.
The sudden realization that this blog was intended to be less depressio than my old one o.O
Welp, hopefully this one stays stuck in internet limbo forever and no one ever finds it
i know gays joke about the intimacy of hand touching and eye contact and whatever all the time and i love those jokes dearly but i think we’re all obsessed with these small barely visible gestures of love & closeness because bigger gestures ultimately make us targets for homophobia…like we want stories where gays gently touch hands at the train station or gaze at each other longingly or hug just a little too long etc because they reflect our real life experiences & usually those are the only kinds of public transgressions gay people are able to safely engage in. and sometimes not even that. sometimes a glance is enough to make you a target. sometimes you walk into a room and you’re a target. you know what i mean. gay intimacy is relegated to these infinitesimal moments because it is not allowed to exist otherwise. anyways im in a mood
You discover that you're an almost exact replica of another person and have only existed for the last six months. One year ago, the original person died, and the family decided to use DNA and AI technology to create you: a physically identical body to the deceased with their memories downloaded into your head. You were never meant to find out that you're not a true human and your only real memories are of the past half a year. The government long ago banned this type of tech. If anyone finds out you exist, you'll be exterminated. Concealing the truth becomes a lot harder when you discover that your significant other is secretly part of a government agency that deals with regulating (i.e. getting rid of) outlawed, advanced tech.
- Lynn
I wonder if work just.. got harder in the 2000s, comparatively.
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