remember when captain america punched hitler in the face on the cover of his first issue
Like the X-Men and Luke Cage weren’t created during the Civil Right’s Movement during the 60’s for no fucking reason at all…
Like the X-Men didn’t have an ongoing plot about the Legacy Virus at the same time as the AIDS crisis.
Like Wonder Woman wasn’t William Moulton Marston’s outlet for his ideas on progressive feminism, queer sexuality, and bondage.
Like Green Arrow/Green Arrow wasn’t a series devoted to an ongoing left wing/right wing political debate between its heroes, including an award-winning story in which they confronted drug addiction.
Like Will Eisner’s graphic novel Fagin the Jew wasn’t written as an extended apology to the world for creating a racist caricature in Ebony White.
Like how after the Watergate scandal, Steve Rogers didn’t become so disillusioned with his country that he stopped being Captain America and started fighting crime as Nomad, the man without a country.
Like the xmen cartoon wasn’t an allegory for being gay and fighting for gay rights
like captain america didn’t fight patriot and point out that he was using patriotism as a guise for fascism
Like Lex Luther wasn’t a corrupt real estate businessman who used his money and influence to hurt a lot of people
child getting dressed by mom pre-teen who just started dressing themselves high schooler trying to rebel adult who realized that their mom was right all along
It’s really not that hard to tell actors from their characters
Fairy rings occupy a prominent place in European folklore as the location of gateways into elfin kingdoms, or places where elves gather and dance. According to the folklore, a fairy ring appears when a fairy, pixie, or elf appears. It will disappear without trace in less than five days, but if an observer waits for the elf to return to the ring, he or she may be able to capture it. They are soooooo beautiful!
fairy rings are usually caused by decaying organic matter, generally a tree stump. many types of fungi have symbiotic relationships with tree roots and mushrooms are the fruiting bodies of such fungus. So if a huge old tree was cut down, you’ll often find fairy rings. they can last for years and years as the earth reabsorbs all the nutrients left behind by the beautiful tree.
sorry, didn’t mean to crush dreams - but i have a degree in horticulture and i was really excited when i first learned this.
maybe fairies and fungi are joining together to mourn the loss of the tree
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NO BUT FINDING OUT ABOUT WHY FAIRY RINGS EXIST IS ALSO REALLY COOL.
From a writer’s perspective, it’s even more interesting to find out why they exist on a horticultural level, because it opens up a whole realm of fictional possibilities. Science doesn’t have to invalidate mythology or fiction, no more than mythology or fiction invalidates science.
For example, doesn’t that just essentially make this a tree grave? And if folklore has taught us anything, it’s that “fairies” and other spirits usually occupy trees, or have them as their life force. And that’s to say nothing of the folklore of trees being spirits in and of themselves, or kitsunes that live in tree hollows, or dryads, etc., etc.. So, if it’s disrespectful or feels like a slight to step on human graves, wouldn’t that logic transfer to stepping inside the Fairy Circle, AKA, the tree’s grave? It’s essentially giving more fuel to the story, not detracting from it, in my humble opinion!
I am Silver Tongue, I am an artist. I have many characters and you can check out my art in the art tag. I occasionally practice witchcraft though I don't do anything too complicated. I am girl 2 and don't know what else to put here.
