Saathi
@saathi1013.bsky.social
Fandom acct. She/her, queer, married, BOFQ from WI. Disavows the proship/anti divide. Purveyor of OT3+ fic, cracky plot bunnies woven into epics, fandomcrit, & occasional nonsense. Female character stan, always. Saathi1013 from AO3, tumblr, & twitter.
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· Nov 16
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If you don't know me, I write fic and meta (often about bigotry in fanspace) and sometimes draw fanart.
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Watching the new Knives Out & [mildest of spoilers] I'm pretty sure Rian (or at least the set designer) isn't/wasn't Catholic. There are lots of little details that are wrong, or missing. It all feels like aping the aesthetic because the RCC is an easy target, not even (righteous) ex-Catholic rage.
December 13, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Watching the new Knives Out & [mildest of spoilers] I'm pretty sure Rian (or at least the set designer) isn't/wasn't Catholic. There are lots of little details that are wrong, or missing. It all feels like aping the aesthetic because the RCC is an easy target, not even (righteous) ex-Catholic rage.
Leaving the theater after watching Signs.
I arrived at the theater in daylight. I left after dusk. And the theater was entirely surrounded by a cornfield.
I arrived at the theater in daylight. I left after dusk. And the theater was entirely surrounded by a cornfield.
Raising the always fun question: What are your most memorable theater-going experiences?
Mine also include The Matrix, Blair Witch, and being way too stoned in Belgium when Fellowship of the Ring was sold out so we sat in the back row for Mulholland Drive instead.
Mine also include The Matrix, Blair Witch, and being way too stoned in Belgium when Fellowship of the Ring was sold out so we sat in the back row for Mulholland Drive instead.
It was hands-down one of the most memorable theater-going experiences I can remember, a collective 30-minute butt-clench/armrest-grab for the final climb. And we knew he lived! Wild.
December 13, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Leaving the theater after watching Signs.
I arrived at the theater in daylight. I left after dusk. And the theater was entirely surrounded by a cornfield.
I arrived at the theater in daylight. I left after dusk. And the theater was entirely surrounded by a cornfield.
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Talked about punishment and shame on the Tikytoks today.
And how the punishments white supremacy doles out to nonconforming white people are effective precisely because so many of us are taught that we are fundamentally flawed if we can’t earn social connection and approval.
And how the punishments white supremacy doles out to nonconforming white people are effective precisely because so many of us are taught that we are fundamentally flawed if we can’t earn social connection and approval.
December 12, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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Petition for Rahul Kohli to get cast as a werewolf (Flanagan has done ghosts and vampires, this doesn't seem like a stretch), please and thank.
December 12, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Petition for Rahul Kohli to get cast as a werewolf (Flanagan has done ghosts and vampires, this doesn't seem like a stretch), please and thank.
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We're looking for a pinch hitter! The fandoms:
All American: Homecoming
Rivals (TV 2024)
Andre De Grasse RPF
Emmanouil Karalis RPF
Lost in Space (TV 2018)
Fire Country (TV 2022)
Travelers (TV Canada 2016)
Let's Dance (Netflix 2019) [SAFETY]
The Fall Guy (2024) [SAFETY]
Glory Road (2006) [SAFETY]
All American: Homecoming
Rivals (TV 2024)
Andre De Grasse RPF
Emmanouil Karalis RPF
Lost in Space (TV 2018)
Fire Country (TV 2022)
Travelers (TV Canada 2016)
Let's Dance (Netflix 2019) [SAFETY]
The Fall Guy (2024) [SAFETY]
Glory Road (2006) [SAFETY]
December 12, 2025 at 3:59 AM
We're looking for a pinch hitter! The fandoms:
All American: Homecoming
Rivals (TV 2024)
Andre De Grasse RPF
Emmanouil Karalis RPF
Lost in Space (TV 2018)
Fire Country (TV 2022)
Travelers (TV Canada 2016)
Let's Dance (Netflix 2019) [SAFETY]
The Fall Guy (2024) [SAFETY]
Glory Road (2006) [SAFETY]
All American: Homecoming
Rivals (TV 2024)
Andre De Grasse RPF
Emmanouil Karalis RPF
Lost in Space (TV 2018)
Fire Country (TV 2022)
Travelers (TV Canada 2016)
Let's Dance (Netflix 2019) [SAFETY]
The Fall Guy (2024) [SAFETY]
Glory Road (2006) [SAFETY]
I'm watching a great video essay about Black Sails and it's putting me in the mood for a rewatch.
December 12, 2025 at 3:03 AM
I'm watching a great video essay about Black Sails and it's putting me in the mood for a rewatch.
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While I'm in high dudgeon, y'all or there complaining no one makes podfic of your fic but y'all don't have blanket permission statements. Just put a note in your AO3 profile: podfic welcome.
You'll be shocked by how it makes people feel like their podfic is welcome.
You'll be shocked by how it makes people feel like their podfic is welcome.
December 11, 2025 at 10:09 PM
While I'm in high dudgeon, y'all or there complaining no one makes podfic of your fic but y'all don't have blanket permission statements. Just put a note in your AO3 profile: podfic welcome.
You'll be shocked by how it makes people feel like their podfic is welcome.
You'll be shocked by how it makes people feel like their podfic is welcome.
A lot of times when right wing culture warriors say "bring back [thing]!" they mean "let [thing] be the unquestioned standard again, packaged in a way that's accessible to me in my current lifestyle/standard of living, and immune from critique."
December 11, 2025 at 8:02 PM
A lot of times when right wing culture warriors say "bring back [thing]!" they mean "let [thing] be the unquestioned standard again, packaged in a way that's accessible to me in my current lifestyle/standard of living, and immune from critique."
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You can defend your fave without advancing the pet causes of the far right (like suggesting dog whistles aren’t real, and insisting everyone is Too Woke Now you Cant Say Anything), or behaving as if some people saying a celebrity is being racist is you being personally attacked.
December 10, 2025 at 3:58 PM
You can defend your fave without advancing the pet causes of the far right (like suggesting dog whistles aren’t real, and insisting everyone is Too Woke Now you Cant Say Anything), or behaving as if some people saying a celebrity is being racist is you being personally attacked.
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3) The effort is the juice! The effort is the high! Mastery of a skill is an unparalleled buzz. "Having written" is nice yes, we all joke about that, but *the making is the pleasure*. Men who've never experienced that, trying to steal it because ironically *they do not know its value*, is a sin.
December 10, 2025 at 5:17 AM
3) The effort is the juice! The effort is the high! Mastery of a skill is an unparalleled buzz. "Having written" is nice yes, we all joke about that, but *the making is the pleasure*. Men who've never experienced that, trying to steal it because ironically *they do not know its value*, is a sin.
"Fandom is a space where politics should be left at the door!"
Well a convention I'm working with is currently discussing what to do if ICE raids the hotel it's being held at, so jot THAT down.
Well a convention I'm working with is currently discussing what to do if ICE raids the hotel it's being held at, so jot THAT down.
December 10, 2025 at 3:11 AM
"Fandom is a space where politics should be left at the door!"
Well a convention I'm working with is currently discussing what to do if ICE raids the hotel it's being held at, so jot THAT down.
Well a convention I'm working with is currently discussing what to do if ICE raids the hotel it's being held at, so jot THAT down.
My wife, while we're watching the Van Helsing TV series: "This is terrible, let's keep watching."
(We've both agreed that the worldbuilding feels very half-baked and we can't figure out why it has FIVE seasons.)
(We've both agreed that the worldbuilding feels very half-baked and we can't figure out why it has FIVE seasons.)
December 8, 2025 at 2:08 AM
My wife, while we're watching the Van Helsing TV series: "This is terrible, let's keep watching."
(We've both agreed that the worldbuilding feels very half-baked and we can't figure out why it has FIVE seasons.)
(We've both agreed that the worldbuilding feels very half-baked and we can't figure out why it has FIVE seasons.)
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A new episode of Pages & Prejudice is available – E54: Gay Twitches! Gay Twitches!
December 7, 2025 Hosted by: Adrie Rose (@adrierising on bsky, twitter, instagram, & tiktok) Stitch (@stitch on bsky, @stitchmediamix on instagram) Every coven has has one witch whose real power is just emotional…
December 7, 2025 Hosted by: Adrie Rose (@adrierising on bsky, twitter, instagram, & tiktok) Stitch (@stitch on bsky, @stitchmediamix on instagram) Every coven has has one witch whose real power is just emotional…
A new episode of Pages & Prejudice is available – E54: Gay Twitches! Gay Twitches!
December 7, 2025 Hosted by: Adrie Rose (@adrierising on bsky, twitter, instagram, & tiktok) Stitch (@stitch on bsky, @stitchmediamix on instagram) Every coven has has one witch whose real power is just emotional damage. Reading Recommendations: Fiction: Brooms by Jasmine Walls, illustrated by Teo DuVall This Poison Heart by Kaylnn Baron Non-Fiction: Rachel True Looks Back on The Craft…
stitchmediamix.com
December 7, 2025 at 10:56 PM
A new episode of Pages & Prejudice is available – E54: Gay Twitches! Gay Twitches!
December 7, 2025 Hosted by: Adrie Rose (@adrierising on bsky, twitter, instagram, & tiktok) Stitch (@stitch on bsky, @stitchmediamix on instagram) Every coven has has one witch whose real power is just emotional…
December 7, 2025 Hosted by: Adrie Rose (@adrierising on bsky, twitter, instagram, & tiktok) Stitch (@stitch on bsky, @stitchmediamix on instagram) Every coven has has one witch whose real power is just emotional…
The streetlights here
Are hungry for children
Are hungry for children
Which lines of poetry live rent-free in your head?
December 7, 2025 at 7:37 AM
The streetlights here
Are hungry for children
Are hungry for children
I'm rereading Robin McKinley's Beauty and it really did set a high bar for fairy take retellings, in my mind.
December 7, 2025 at 6:33 AM
I'm rereading Robin McKinley's Beauty and it really did set a high bar for fairy take retellings, in my mind.
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I loathe "it's not that deep" people because literally nothing is ever that deep to them.
Not engaging critically with the media they consume.
“It’s not that deep.” And yet, here I stand, making it that deep!
“It’s not that deep.” And yet, here I stand, making it that deep!
1. What is the dumbest thing people take pride in?
December 6, 2025 at 10:25 PM
I loathe "it's not that deep" people because literally nothing is ever that deep to them.
When will my female character tags return from The War™
December 6, 2025 at 9:19 PM
When will my female character tags return from The War™
Man on the Inside is endearing and delightful.
December 4, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Man on the Inside is endearing and delightful.
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Apropos of someone bringing it up:
The curtains are blue because the author (or set designer or colorist, etc.) made them be. And even if it was because they felt there needed to be a bit of color information in there and they happen to like blue, that's still a choice and asking "why" is healthy.
The curtains are blue because the author (or set designer or colorist, etc.) made them be. And even if it was because they felt there needed to be a bit of color information in there and they happen to like blue, that's still a choice and asking "why" is healthy.
December 4, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Apropos of someone bringing it up:
The curtains are blue because the author (or set designer or colorist, etc.) made them be. And even if it was because they felt there needed to be a bit of color information in there and they happen to like blue, that's still a choice and asking "why" is healthy.
The curtains are blue because the author (or set designer or colorist, etc.) made them be. And even if it was because they felt there needed to be a bit of color information in there and they happen to like blue, that's still a choice and asking "why" is healthy.
I feel like, in the last 10 years, we've gone from # RepresentationMatters and in-depth discussions about the male gaze & the Bechdel Test in media to fuckin' like--
December 3, 2025 at 11:22 PM
I feel like, in the last 10 years, we've gone from # RepresentationMatters and in-depth discussions about the male gaze & the Bechdel Test in media to fuckin' like--
Rereading The Hero and the Crown and loving how there's just... so much lore that's hinted at but never fully explained. That's kind of refreshing nowadays.
December 2, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Rereading The Hero and the Crown and loving how there's just... so much lore that's hinted at but never fully explained. That's kind of refreshing nowadays.
A different video essay just taught me the phrase "media ecology" and I'm about to do a deep wikipedia dive that will make me even more insufferable lol
December 2, 2025 at 3:46 AM
A different video essay just taught me the phrase "media ecology" and I'm about to do a deep wikipedia dive that will make me even more insufferable lol
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I hate the metaphor "trim the fat" and I love this thread discussing why it's bad actually!
most famously fat is a store of resources built up in rich times and drawn down in lean times. but it's also a protective layer against external shock, an anti-wear substance distributed throughout the system, it both retains and generates heat for homeostasis—and these uses do not consume it!
December 2, 2025 at 1:32 AM
I hate the metaphor "trim the fat" and I love this thread discussing why it's bad actually!
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queer creatives have spent their entire lives surviving out of spite, the idea that you could make some of the most justified haters on earth acquiesce to genAI is delusional.
I've trained my entire life for this, you are like a little fucking baby. I will spit on your name from my deathbed.
I've trained my entire life for this, you are like a little fucking baby. I will spit on your name from my deathbed.
“AI is clearly sticking around so you have to get used to it” wrong. I don’t have to get used to shit. I am a practiced hater and I can keep this going for decades if I am required to
December 2, 2025 at 12:18 AM
queer creatives have spent their entire lives surviving out of spite, the idea that you could make some of the most justified haters on earth acquiesce to genAI is delusional.
I've trained my entire life for this, you are like a little fucking baby. I will spit on your name from my deathbed.
I've trained my entire life for this, you are like a little fucking baby. I will spit on your name from my deathbed.
The death in the penultimate episode of Invasion was so telegraphed that I said out loud "one of those two is gonna get got" literally three seconds before it happened.
December 2, 2025 at 1:02 AM
The death in the penultimate episode of Invasion was so telegraphed that I said out loud "one of those two is gonna get got" literally three seconds before it happened.