I Would Get Married Just To Have A Shark Cake Topper.

I would get married just to have a shark cake topper. 

GUYS LOOK AT THIS FUCKING WEDDING CAKE TOPPER I JUST BOUGHT

So cute.

Shark Enjoying some sea grass.......

This is a great idea and a great offer. Rebloging!

Also, does ‘white man’ include non-cis white men? 

whole thread from post calling for "any POC interested in Japanese translation". so understand full context.

DM @/lhkuroda on twitter if interested, for real.

Twitter thread:

(Link: thread 1) (Link: thread 2) (Link: quote retweet) (Link: 2023 Upcoming Japanese Fiction Releases article)

@/lhkuroda on twitter (April 10, 2023):

"Cannot believe how much Japanese fiction is coming out in English this year. Almost unreal.

this list also reveals that more than 90% of Japanese literature translators are still white men. we desperately need more translators who are not that. please.

i'm literally begging.

Japanese in particular seems to be worse than almost any other translated language i can think of. ask yourself why that is.

i count 32 books of translated japanese fiction coming out this year. out of those books, 8 are translated by women [of any racial background]. 6 are translated by people of color [of any gender].

if you are a person of color and you are even remotely interested in becoming a japanese literary translator (all caps): Please D.M. me. I will Help you. This is an S.O.S. (end of all caps)

and if you are a white man and you feel that translating japanese literature is your calling i am begging you to do anything else."

two years ago Kenji Liu and I got funding from @/poetswritersinc to run a free, online workshop for people of color interested in learning about japanese literary translation. more than 30 people attended.

would anyone like to fund me to run another one? idk it feels urgent.

i can share tips for getting started, basic industry info around pitching, plus some 101's of translating literary fiction in general

every year more and more white men become japanese literary translators, and more and more women and people of color are discouraged and bullied and manipulated out of projects they deserve to work on bc these assholes are powerhungry and there are a lot of them.

a very prominent white male translator of japanese bullied me into quitting a project this year because he insisted there was something wrong with every single sentence of my story, and refused to let me publish until i accepted every one of his edits. i almost quit translating.

then i remembered that he can go fuck himself. so anyway if you are anyone that's not a white man and want advice about starting out in translating japanese literature i'm more than happy to help or offer advice."

@/kalauapuwailani on twitter:

"same offer stands here!"

I will add a note to support self-care!

Okay fuck it if this post reaches 666k notes by the end of 2023 I'll practise basic self care

Why 666k? Because it's funny and impossible so good fucking luck

Giving this a reblog again!

There are five hours left for the third round of art claims at @wipbigbang! We have all sorts of great stories left in multiple fandoms, and we'd love any type of fanart for them: traditional art, digital art, fanmixes, moodboards, fic covers/chapter headers...any kind of art you can imagine!

The synopses are located at https://wipbigbang.dreamwidth.org/172787.html

The form is located at https://forms.gle/RLv3ZuRYyJYMPB6c7.

These are the fandoms we have left needing fanartists:

9-1-1 (TV)

A Song of Ice and Fire

American Idol RPF

Arcane: League of Legends

Avatar: Legend of Korra

Batman/Harry Potter

Bustafellows

Criminal Minds

DC Comics

Dead Poets Society

Disney Fairies, Pixie Hollow

Dragon Age 2

El Goonish Shive

Encanto

ER/Star Trek: The Next Generation

Final Fantasy

Generation Kill (TV)

Grand Theft Auto

Harry Potter

Harry Potter/CSI: LV/Hocus Pocus

Hermitcraft

Hockey RPF

It

Jujutsu Kaisen

Keeping Up with the Joneses (2016 film)

Kuroko no Basuke | Kuroko’s Basketball

Law & Order: SVU

Mandela Catalogue

Marvel Cinematic Universe (Wandavision)

Mass Effect

Nope (2022)

One Piece

Only Murders in the Building

Original Work

Pacific Rim

Pyre

Rules of Engagement/Teen Wolf

Spider-Man

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Star Trek: Voyager/Star Trek: Prodigy

Star Wars

Star Wars Original Trilogy

Star Wars Prequel Trilogy

Star Wars Sequel Trilogy

Star Wars: Rogue One

Star Wars: The Clone Wars

Supernatural/Black Mirror

The 100

The Last Binding (Freya Marske)

The Silmarillion

The Untamed/MDZS

Transformers: Bayverse

Voltron: Legendary Defender

Wheel of Time

World of the Five Gods (Bujold)

炎炎ノ消防隊 | Enen no Shouboutai | Fire Force (Manga)

In addition to being a latchkey kid, I was the official babysitter for my younger sibling and my cousins. Starting from age 10 or so. Ever played dodgeball with apples? Do not recommend. My cousins thought it was a great idea though.

okay i've just been really curious about this for a while so i wanted to make a poll about it