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Hi there! I’m Merc. I love period dramas, strong female leads and women’s history. Placements in 18th through 20th century preferred but not required. Historical Alternate Universes and Original Female Characters are a big part of my fandom brand.

Read more of my writing on Archive of Our Own or on Tumblr at mercurygraypresents

A full list of my original characters is available here.

Current Fandoms:
Masters of the Air, SAS: Rogue Heroes, Band of Brothers, The Pacific, House of the Dragon, Vikings: Valhalla, All Creatures Great and Small, Lord of the Rings

Current Projects:
Band of Brothers: The Darkening Sky

It’s summer of 1942. America’s at war, and all kinds of opportunities are opening up for women - including, if the recruiting posters are to be believed, as co-ed additions to an entirely new unit of parachute infantry. Will they have what it takes?

Follow the darkening sky or 1940s Girl Gang here on tumblr for updates.

Most of my work takes the form of shorter format writing around different original characters. I regularly ask for prompts on Thursdays and Saturdays for these characters and others. (see: thirsty thursday.)

rovermcfly

I think a lot of people are forgetting that on tumblr fandom used to be practiced very differently. now everyone fucks off to their discords or tumblr groups to discuss everything with a select few, making tags be nearly only used for posting some finished fanworks or not at all

a decade ago people didn't have tumblr groups. people didn't even have dms. if you wanted to talk to anyone about anything you had to make a post, or send an ask (which more often than not would get published and thereby become a post in the end too)

so next time you think "I have a fandom thought but I have to find a small group of hyperspecifically like-minded people to share it with in private" remember all the freaks you could be missing out on meeting by keeping the tags dead. use tags, make friends. fuck discord.

Swapped my ‘winter’ duvet cover for my 'spring’ duvet cover and let me tell you, there’s no better way to feel like you’ve really got your life together like clean, season-specific bedlinen.

usnatarchives

WWII Propaganda Posters – Art to Inspire 🖼️

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Victory gardens, rationing, safety at sea – during WWII the U.S. government plastered messages on posters nationwide. The Still Picture Branch holds 44-PA: World War II Posters (1942–45), including work by famed cartoonist Will Eisner. See dozens of these historic posters (from patriotic to poignant) in our Catalog: NAID 513498.

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Image: “‘Of Course I Can!’ I’m patriotic as can be – And ration points won’t worry me!”. Home-front posters like this encouraged Americans to can food and save resources. ALT: Color WWII poster of a woman juggling jars of produce under text “Of Course I Can!” (NAID 515098).

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Image: “Don’t be a dope – Handle equipment right!”. Cartoonist Will Eisner created Joe Dope, a bumbling GI who taught troops what not to do. (In this poster, Joe’s negligence sends a jeep’s wheels flying!) ALT: WWII safety poster by Will Eisner showing a jeep crash due to loose bolts, captioned “Don’t be a dope – Handle equipment right!” (NAID 514727).

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From stirring recruitment appeals to humorous instructional comics, these WWII posters reflect the era’s spirit. Browse over 1,300 WWII posters in NARA’s holdings – an eye-catching window into the 1940s war effort.

A thousand blessings on this AO3 user who left me a comment and then came back two hours later and significantly edited the comment with more thoughts because they just needed to share them.

I hope everyone let you into traffic and you got a good seat in the meeting and your coffee was always warm today, friend.

descisco

hey!! your lack of understanding of science is not proof that science is unreliable, a conspiracy, nor evidence of a god existing. thanks.

softguarnere

Okay, random, but moots, do any of y'all have advice for creating a budget for yourself and/or how to responsibly put money aside to save up for something? No one ever taught me and I'm too afraid to ask my family lol

ayeforscotland

Oh, and by the way, that Supreme Court ruling is where that Harry Potter money goes.

ayeforscotland

Context.

what-are-fish

This isn't even a slight exaggeration. JKR has openly given at least £70,000 to For Women Scotland to campaign against trans rights and fund this exact supreme court ruling. x x

Her anti-trans Crisis Centre in Edinburgh has the director of For Women Scotland on the Board of Directors. x

We can presume she's given more (financial) support off the record or in other ways.

Rowling consistently makes passive income on all Harry Potter products. Multiple sources have cited that Rowling earns anywhere between $50 million to a $100 million each year from royalties. Forbes estimated she earned $95 million in 2017 alone. x x x

It is a well-known fact that she earns net profit percentages on all her IP. Every time you buy any HP merch, from anywhere, she gets a cut. Every time you watch one of her films, even streaming or just on the tv, she gets a cut. Every time you visit Universal Studios or Harry Potter World, she gets a cut.

And she uses that money to do this. To strip trans rights at every opportunity.

This is where that Harry Potter money goes.