It’s fascinating and also frightening to think that with just a computer and internet access, the only thing stopping us from doing anything you could imagine is that we don’t know which buttons to press and in what order
if you dont have me on facebook you are probably not missing out on any posts but the comment section is important too lmao
I went to the Renaissance faire dressed as a warrior. I had a real sword with me, too. I was standing (in character) next to a sword-fighting ring, where kids of all ages got the chance to pick up a sword and challenge the champion. Some woman walks by, with her little girl. The girl starts walking towards the ring, saying she wants to fight. But the mom pulled her away hella sharply, and was like, “That’s for boys.” You don’t want to be a BOY, do you?” And the girl looked around and saw me. I think she thought I was a boy; I had my hair in a ponytail, and was wearing a hood. So she comes up to me and asks me, “Do you think girls can be fighters, too?” And her mom looks like she’s silently gloating. Like she thinks I’m going to say no. So I take off my hood, untie my hair so that it flows freely, and kneel before her. And I’m like, “Milady, anyone can be a fighter.” I swear, the look on that mother’s face made my day.
This post was good but then it got better
Okay, this is a slight topic diversion, but in response to the above comment. I’ve volunteered at the CT Ren Faire for years now. For the last 5 or so I’ve worked in the game section, and we have a game similar to the above comment called “Smite the Knight”. I’ve been in the ring before, it’s a ton of fun getting to run around with the kids. The main goal is entertainment. Have a good shtick, keep the crowd engaged, and let the kids have a good time.
In both work and observing, I have learned something about kids. A lot of parents try to get their boys to go fight. Of the young ones that do, they tend to be shy. You get the ones who just swing the boffer swords around with no regard for life, but, mostly, they’re reserved. It’s adorable. I mean, they’re kids.
But the girls. THE GIRLS. Holy crap. I swear, the pinker the dress, the more taffeta and glitter…the more intensity. I remember, the first year I worked there, one girl came in, grabbed the biggest sword she could, and WENT TO TOWN on our knight. Lifted it over head, let out this primal scream and mowed him down. Homeboy is 6′2″, she was FIVE. And once he was in the fetal position (He was fine. It was for show.) on the ground, she stopped, put her foot on his chest, and yelled “I AM A FIERCE PRINCESS!!”. Later in the day when she walked by a couple of us yelled “Ah! It’s the fierce princess!” and she stopped and flexed. It was the best, and I will never forget that girl.
OH MY GOD IT’S BACK YES
This has improved since last I reblogged.
I taught karate for like 5 years, and the girls were always, pound for pound, better than the boys. Even the girls who didn’t really want to do it and were only there because their parents made them were better than like 95% of the boys.
I was playing fiddle at a ren faire, and two little girls were really enjoying our set. After quite some time one of them walked up to me and shyly offered me her star tinsel tiara, because she “didn’t have any money. And this protects you from trolls!” I said “Thanks, that’s really sweet – but what about you? Don’t you need protection from trolls?”
At which point this six-ish-year-old girl whips out her certificate from the axe throwing booth and says “Nah, I’m fine.”
I still have that tinsel tiara. It’s draped over my modem. I figure it’ll protect me from the most trolls that way.
I am not in the habit of reblogging a post and slapping an “it got better” on there BUT I SAY GOTDAMN
I wrote a paper on how to even further combat drunk driving. Before writing I held a sort of workshop to see of any of my peers had ideas I could further upon. Uber was mentioned, and the subject of the tweet was brought up. One person supported this by saying “drunk people are messy and some are belligerent. What if they puked in the car and then the driver had to pay to get it cleaned or the bill was sent to the passenger?” My response was “do you know how much a casket costs? Medical bills? Funeral expenses? A burial plot? Can you put a price on life?” And BOY HOWDY THAT SHUT THEM DOWN REAL QUICK.
Michael B. Jordan accepts the award onstage at the 2018 MTV Movie And TV Awards on June 16, 2018.
Older generations always complain about the younger generations. Yet it’s completely their fault why the younger generation are the way they are.
Harry Potter isnt a nerd, he is a jock. He didnt try very hard in school, cheated on homework constantly, was a sports star, and ended up joining the police/military
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I know there’s the age old trope of vampires being baffled by technology or having been so out of the world for so long that they’ve missed a whole lot of history, but what about vampires who are insanely competent in very mundane things?
We become more competent the older we get and if you live forever you’re going to have a huge array of skills. Like, vampires who know how to jerry rig anything, can keep any engine running, who know how to sew and fix clothes and darn socks, who know how to ride horses, camels, motorbikes, know how to use any weapon, even just a little, know how to fix plumbing disasters, can navigate using anything and generally just being the one who puts up their hand and goes , ‘Oh yeah, I know how that works, I repaired one back in 1870.’
