Elle Collins

@anotherelle.bsky.social

I’m not a mountain man; I’m a fucking mountain, man. They/Them

Of all the bizarre things the last couple of years of political reality have led to, I certainly never expected to think, “Damn, it sucks that Macklemore got kicked off the tour.”

“I'm not going to lie Gohan when you told me your father went around the world collecting dragon balls I automatically thought he was a heroin addict. A drug user Gohan. Chasing the dragon is what they call it."

A little boy with a bowl cut stands next to a large man with red hair and a red shirt. They are both of a different animation style. The little boy is Gohan from Dragon Ball Z. The large man is Coach McGuirk from Home Movies.

To be clear, I think this is true of a great many HP characters, especially female ones, from Granger on down. It’s also true of Ditko’s Squirrel Girl, who was ultimately fleshed out by other creators. Whether it’s ethical for Marvel to be allowed to do that to Ditko’s character is… complicated.

Elle Collins@anotherelle.bsky.social · last mo.

Back when I was a fan, my favorite character was Luna, but it always bugged me that she believed in creatures that didn’t exist, which seemed like a violation of the books’ premise. Looking back now I realize she was just a stereotype Galbraith wanted to mock, and only seemed cool by accident.

Back when I was a fan, my favorite character was Luna, but it always bugged me that she believed in creatures that didn’t exist, which seemed like a violation of the books’ premise. Looking back now I realize she was just a stereotype Galbraith wanted to mock, and only seemed cool by accident.

Elle Collins@anotherelle.bsky.social · last mo.

We can argue the margins of whether it’s okay to read the Bigoted Wizard Books you already own or watch your old DVDs or whatever, but I don’t think anybody really does that. Most folks who can get to “financially supporting HP is bad” seem to make it to “this shit sucks actually” pretty easily.

We can argue the margins of whether it’s okay to read the Bigoted Wizard Books you already own or watch your old DVDs or whatever, but I don’t think anybody really does that. Most folks who can get to “financially supporting HP is bad” seem to make it to “this shit sucks actually” pretty easily.

I’m sad about Tim Curry, but like, we can keep talking about Dolly for a few days, you know? It’s not necessary to start working him in to every post. Tim Curry was an amazing performer and unparalleled queer icon, but like, he wasn’t a LIVING SAINT. His face isn’t on the license plate of my car.