I'm a god-damned delight

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Why, Hello There

I am an old, trans (he/him), disabled writer, game designer, jewelry maker, perfumer, cat rescue volunteer. I’m also a prospective Jewish convert.

So you found my Tumblr blog. Clever! And all you had to do was click a link or look up my user name…

I’m MagicMan1972. I reblog whatever strikes my fancy, though common themes are:

  • Judaism
  • Baldur’s Gate 3 – love to play and I write a lot of fanfic on AO3
  • animals – they’re cute
  • David Dastmalchian – he’s cute
  • shit @gwydionmisha posts – ze’s well-informed and I’m lazy
  • shit @steampunktoy and @punkedsolar post – they’re an amazing artist
  • things I think are pretty
  • things I think are funny

As for original content, I occasionally wax philosophical about:

  • social justice issues
  • writing
  • perfumery
  • what’s going on with me

I love interacting with friendly people in good faith. To that end, those folks are welcome to reblog, comment, ask me anything.

Check out the madness that is the Regency sim for an online game I run. All of the characters mentioned are OCs, and the players are so creative and not right.

Click the clicky for Regency Era shenanigans.

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Found a scan of this issue on the Internet Archive (it's the back cover). This scan is 4000x6000 for all your high resolution needs!

La Domenica Del Corriere v60 n29 1958-07-20 (Darwin-IA) : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
La Domenica Del Corriere v60 n29 July 20 1958, Milan, Italy, 36 pages, 40 lira.Front and rear covers by Walter Molino.
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The caption reads: "Defeated by roses. Near Turin's Lingotto station, along a lonely path, Miss Guida Concetta Rinino, 28 years old, who was bringing a nice bunch of roses to a relative, was accosted by an unknown young man. The young woman, rather than losing heart, defended herself with extraordinary energy, using the bunch of flowers as a weapon. So it was that the scoundrel, his face all scratched up, had to flee. (Drawing by Walter Molino.)"

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Incredible. At a distance I understand how the woman might appear to be the abuser and the man the sympathetic victim, but the second you zoom into the man’s face the pink-cheeked rage- not remorse, or rejection, or embarrassment- not heartbreak or despair- but RAGE- the deeper story speaks itself into your suspicions.

And the bit where they’re HER roses? Almost a relief, but also sadder, as she will arrive at whatever event without them, or with them destroyed.

Do you think when the righteous anger and anxiety and annoyance fade, when she arrives at her destination- will her loved ones applaud her? Will she be proud? Will her hands shake? Will she walk home with company from then out, and for how long?

In this moment, she is provoked into anger. Anger is good- it appears strong. But look at his face. Would you put it past him to linger there after dark, in case she returns alone?

What story will HE tell, of ‘I was perfectly polite, but she didn’t even give me a chance- women like that, they’d swoon for a jerk in a heartbeat, but kind and flattering men like me?…”

I love this piece. It paints both stories while illustrating the power dynamics and struggles at play. This should be shown in art classes

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One of the most important things to unpack and unlearn when you’re part of a white supremacy saturated society (i.e. the global north) and especially if you were raised in an intensified form of it (evangelicism, right wing politics, explicit racism) is the urge to punish and take revenge.

It manifests in our lives all the time and it is inherently destructive. It makes relationships and interactions adversarial for no good reason. It undermines cooperation and good civic order. It worsens some types of crime. It creates trauma, especially in children.

Imagine approaching unexpected or unacceptable behavior from a perspective of "how can this be stopped, and prevented" instead of "you’re going to regret this!”

Imagine dealing with a problem or conflict from the perspective of “how can this be solved in a way that is just and restorative” instead of “the people who caused this are going to pay.”

How much would that change you? How much would that have changed for you?

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Please.

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