Weekly Random Post of Random

[alisanne]

• Combined travel pictures from different parts of the world make compelling photo scenes.
  
  
• So whoever thought of this was a genius. Ice cream filled donuts. Yes, please!
  
  
• You've probably seen this, but it made me chuckle, so I'm sharing it. Zombie apocalypse prank is hilarious. "The cat, you idiot!" *giggles*
  
  
• OMG, these owl cabins are so adorable! <3
  
  
• You all know how much I love Neil deGrasse Tyson, I'm sure. Well, turns out, his family rocks, too.
  
  
• When an engineer makes a Dementor scarecrow. *g*
  
  
• Baby chicks posing with toys! Eeee!
  
  
• These electric surfboards make me think of Back to the Future. *g*
  
  
• Meanwhile, in Japan, cats in kimonos. <3
  
  
• Three year old girl dresses up like strong, iconic women, and it's awesome!
  
  
• Inspirational vowels are inspirational. :)
  
  
• OMG, Andy Serkis reading the president's tweets as Gollum is hilarious!
  
  
• Adorable black and white photos of kids and their pets are adorable!
  
  
• Here is a a theory I've seen touted all over Tumblr. Could Snape be a trans woman? What do you think?
  
  
• Ack! Apparently I need to do a lot more traveling if I hope to do better on quizzes like this one about neighborhoods in the US. I got 82%, ouch!
  
  
• OMG, I miss the Obamas so much. *sigh*
  
  
• Hilarious tweets by parents are hilarious.
  
  
• And finally, this avocado pit art is fabulous.
  
  

BIGLY SAD!

Have a fabulous Sunday, everyone! Spread love, not Trump hate. <3

Comments

[xochiquetzl]

Trans Snape isn't my primary reading of the character, but I'm perfectly happy to let people headcanon any way they like. I plan to play during Trans Snape week to support the people who do read him that way.

I've also read an excellent transman Snape headcanon.

Honestly, I'm less invested in Snape's gender than I am in BDSM Dom Snape, LOL.

[alisanne]

Mine either, but the trans!Snape arguments are valid.
LOL. I can see him as a dom, as a sub, as not into BDSM...really, my headcanon for his sexuality is flexible. :)

[xochiquetzl]

LOL! I'm a flexible reader, but as a writer I'm fairly consistent. ;)

[alisanne]

Heh. Nothing wrong with consistency. ;)

[dreamingjewel64]

I can't wait to read Transgender Snape fic.
I headcanon Genderfluid Snape sometimes.

[alisanne]

Interesting. I'll be excited to read some good trans!Snape fic, too. :)
I've written Snape with female genitalia, but never trans. That would have to be done carefully, IMO.

[adafrog]

I got 82% as well. Although a lot of the time I could use the picture as a clue. :)

Love the parent tweets.

[alisanne]

Yes, the pictures did help.
Heh, the parent tweets made me giggle. :)

[puking_pastilles]

haha awww Neil deGrasse Tyson's is just a cinnamon roll, him and his entire family are so cute :3

Also those cats in kimonos are adorable, though I can't imagine it's very easy get a cat in a kimono and sit still while you do up the obi...

I read through a couple of comments on the Snape video and I think my opinion most aligns with this comment:
"I get that transgender people want more representation and someone to look up to, but to label him Trans because of his handwriting, clothing, and feminine attributes is part of what makes masculinity so toxic. If a man shows any feminine traits, they are labelled either gay or trans, same with women. If you feel like a woman that's fine, but things like this just confuse people further as to what being transgender is"

I'm all for people headcanoning Snape as trans (or whatever they find empowering), but I think trying to base your reasoning for that in the super flimsy few lines in the text that the video cites is a slippery slope into just conforming to really toxic ideas about the arbitrary divide between masculinity and femininity, especially when the signifiers the video claims people are using realllllly aren't signifiers that are actually tied to gender identity. (feminine handwriting? really? what does that even mean, except implying like, dotting all your i's with hearts? And on the other side, how are you going to define masculine handwriting? Replacing every b and d you draw with a penis in profile?)

So basically my position is.. yes! more trans Snape! That's awesome! But you should just own your trans Snape headcanon without trying to find a half assed justification for it in text that ends up reinforcing harmful gender stereotypes (e.g. Snape is trans cos he likes flowers).

(as an analogy, I see it the same as if someone wanted to envision Crabbe or Goyle as a black man; that's awesome if you're doing that because you just want to see more diversity in your own HP headcanon, and I don't think you have to have the text explicitly confirm your interpretation for that interpretation to be valid and meaningful to you. But on the flipside, if your justification for Crabbe/Goyle being a black man was "well they're just thugs" that is... way less awesome, and indicates a deeper problem where you views of characters are subconsciously (or consciously) informed by harmful stereotypes and portrayals of minority demographics)

[alisanne]

OMG, RIGHT? Love him. :)

Hahah! The same thought occurred to me about the cats. "How did they get them not to chew those kimonos off?"

*nods*
I agree with your assessment on Snape. Could Snape be a trans woman? Sure. Could he be a gay man? Absolutely. Could he be a heterosexual? I suppose, although where's the fun in that? :P
And your Crabbe/Goyle analogy was well done.