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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Saathi
@saathi1013.bsky.social
· Nov 16
Selected Stories by Saathi
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If you don't know me, I write fic and meta (often about bigotry in fanspace) and sometimes draw fanart.
My fave stories I've written:
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My "all time faves" fic recs:
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My fave stories I've written:
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My "all time faves" fic recs:
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Introduce yourself with four spaceships.
November 25, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Introduce yourself with four spaceships.
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I’ve thought before that many obsessive standoms are primed to slip down fascist pipelines. But I’ve been wondering lately how much that’s to do with what they’re stanning, and how much it’s just that this type of person is more predisposed to that kind of thing.
November 23, 2025 at 12:22 AM
I’ve thought before that many obsessive standoms are primed to slip down fascist pipelines. But I’ve been wondering lately how much that’s to do with what they’re stanning, and how much it’s just that this type of person is more predisposed to that kind of thing.
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“It's both possible, and even necessary, to simultaneously enjoy media while also being critical of its more problematic or pernicious aspects" was such a simple message that was so thoroughly and viciously rejected, but i think many of you still need to learn it
November 22, 2025 at 9:42 PM
“It's both possible, and even necessary, to simultaneously enjoy media while also being critical of its more problematic or pernicious aspects" was such a simple message that was so thoroughly and viciously rejected, but i think many of you still need to learn it
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the personal is political, the political is personal, all art is political, all art is the product of collective labor and history and culture and context, all art is a speech act, and as a speech act all art has illocutionary and perlocutionary force, art says something about both artist & audience
November 18, 2025 at 8:45 PM
the personal is political, the political is personal, all art is political, all art is the product of collective labor and history and culture and context, all art is a speech act, and as a speech act all art has illocutionary and perlocutionary force, art says something about both artist & audience
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"never criticize anything that anyone else enjoys, pleasure alone should totally shield a thing from any scrutiny" is simply point-blank anti-intellectualism, anti-critique, anti-literacy, and yes inevitably a rape cultural and patriarchal attitude
November 22, 2025 at 8:45 PM
"never criticize anything that anyone else enjoys, pleasure alone should totally shield a thing from any scrutiny" is simply point-blank anti-intellectualism, anti-critique, anti-literacy, and yes inevitably a rape cultural and patriarchal attitude
There was a photo of Zohran Mamdani sitting on the couch looking adoringly up at his wife Rama while she stood over him cradling his chin in her hand, and I can't find it now. I think it was scrubbed from the internet, which would be WILD lol
November 22, 2025 at 8:26 PM
There was a photo of Zohran Mamdani sitting on the couch looking adoringly up at his wife Rama while she stood over him cradling his chin in her hand, and I can't find it now. I think it was scrubbed from the internet, which would be WILD lol
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After Midnight Mass came out, I remember reading comments online from folk saying the Sheriff was playing the victim card, or that Islamophobia isn’t a thing anymore etc…
And then Zohran Mamdani enters the chat in 2025 and is greeted with abhorrent Islamophobia & 9/11 jibes.
Well well well…
And then Zohran Mamdani enters the chat in 2025 and is greeted with abhorrent Islamophobia & 9/11 jibes.
Well well well…
November 21, 2025 at 11:19 PM
After Midnight Mass came out, I remember reading comments online from folk saying the Sheriff was playing the victim card, or that Islamophobia isn’t a thing anymore etc…
And then Zohran Mamdani enters the chat in 2025 and is greeted with abhorrent Islamophobia & 9/11 jibes.
Well well well…
And then Zohran Mamdani enters the chat in 2025 and is greeted with abhorrent Islamophobia & 9/11 jibes.
Well well well…
My brain just collapsed in on itself. I feel like the entire West Coast would follow suit.
I think Elon Musk should hook up with Amanda Palmer
November 21, 2025 at 4:41 AM
My brain just collapsed in on itself. I feel like the entire West Coast would follow suit.
Rewatching Midnight Mass and this show really does feel like old worn-in comfort clothing, to me. Yeah I watched it a billion times for the werewolf!Hassan au I wrote, but it's more than that, it just slots in so easily into my internal media landscape like few other things have.
November 21, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Rewatching Midnight Mass and this show really does feel like old worn-in comfort clothing, to me. Yeah I watched it a billion times for the werewolf!Hassan au I wrote, but it's more than that, it just slots in so easily into my internal media landscape like few other things have.
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(Incidentally I do feel this unwillingness to sit with and exam discomfort is why sexism and racism and transphobia and other bigotry is hard to root out--most of us don't want to be bad people but instead of interrogating we justify. Discomfort is okay! It's useful!)
November 20, 2025 at 6:50 PM
(Incidentally I do feel this unwillingness to sit with and exam discomfort is why sexism and racism and transphobia and other bigotry is hard to root out--most of us don't want to be bad people but instead of interrogating we justify. Discomfort is okay! It's useful!)
I think the two things I appreciate most about my fic-writing skills are: being able to modify my narrative tone to suit different canon/settings/genres/pov characters, and (related) my ability to write absolutely absurd nonsense in a way that seems in-character/believable to the reader.
November 20, 2025 at 4:23 AM
I think the two things I appreciate most about my fic-writing skills are: being able to modify my narrative tone to suit different canon/settings/genres/pov characters, and (related) my ability to write absolutely absurd nonsense in a way that seems in-character/believable to the reader.
What does "DK" mean in a reader tag on an AO3 bookmark?
November 20, 2025 at 2:39 AM
What does "DK" mean in a reader tag on an AO3 bookmark?
The ability to be still and think deeply is a necessity for humanity (humane-ness) that has too often been reframed as a frivolous luxury superceded by a reckless pace of production and consumption exacerbated by contemporary capitalist society.
November 19, 2025 at 8:26 PM
The ability to be still and think deeply is a necessity for humanity (humane-ness) that has too often been reframed as a frivolous luxury superceded by a reckless pace of production and consumption exacerbated by contemporary capitalist society.
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I really enjoyed and appreciated this video (there's an ad at the end for a streaming service, just to put that in context). This introduced me to the idea of haptic visuality and now I will have to read the Laura Marks book about it!
this is fantastic, a thorough and compellingly argued theory of modern cinematic sludge
Why Movies Just Don't Feel "Real" Anymore
YouTube video by Like Stories of Old
youtu.be
November 16, 2025 at 10:56 PM
I really enjoyed and appreciated this video (there's an ad at the end for a streaming service, just to put that in context). This introduced me to the idea of haptic visuality and now I will have to read the Laura Marks book about it!
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[Black & white illustration based on the book Charlotte's Web with a pig looking at a spider's web that says "fuck ICE" with the spider hanging off the bottom]
November 17, 2025 at 1:23 AM
[Black & white illustration based on the book Charlotte's Web with a pig looking at a spider's web that says "fuck ICE" with the spider hanging off the bottom]
Watching this video and again mourning the show-that-could-have-been (as helmed by RDM): youtu.be/RBxiaTINVJk
The Bizarre History of Dragonriders of Pern
YouTube video by Exits Examined
youtu.be
November 14, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Watching this video and again mourning the show-that-could-have-been (as helmed by RDM): youtu.be/RBxiaTINVJk
The annual "Man from Uncle" group rewatch with my MfU peeps is always a great time.
November 9, 2025 at 5:55 PM
The annual "Man from Uncle" group rewatch with my MfU peeps is always a great time.
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I live in hope . . .
November 8, 2025 at 11:02 PM
I live in hope . . .
Today is just good news all the way down, huh?
Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz will reportedly return for a new 'The Mummy' movie
(via THR)
(via THR)
November 5, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Today is just good news all the way down, huh?
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This is how you do it. @princesmweekes.bsky.social is donating all the money from this video about Dramione to Black Trans Femme Artists. www.btfacollective.org
The Problem with the "Year of Dramione"
YouTube video by Princess Weekes
youtube.com
October 24, 2025 at 12:04 AM
This is how you do it. @princesmweekes.bsky.social is donating all the money from this video about Dramione to Black Trans Femme Artists. www.btfacollective.org
Introduced my wife to Practical Magic tonight. Before it started, she asked "is it gay?" and I said "no but it was very Formative for young witchy gays at the time."
November 1, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Introduced my wife to Practical Magic tonight. Before it started, she asked "is it gay?" and I said "no but it was very Formative for young witchy gays at the time."
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i do not understand how you end up believing that some people deserve to starve for the crime of being poor, and i hope i never do
October 31, 2025 at 1:14 AM
i do not understand how you end up believing that some people deserve to starve for the crime of being poor, and i hope i never do
Something I'm musing on: the endless churn of Content to Consume as fast as possible, the push for people to recklessly seek out the hottest new show/book/movie/trend and discard the old... It hinders our critical thinking skills.
October 30, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Something I'm musing on: the endless churn of Content to Consume as fast as possible, the push for people to recklessly seek out the hottest new show/book/movie/trend and discard the old... It hinders our critical thinking skills.
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who robbed the louvre? right answers only
October 19, 2025 at 7:58 PM
who robbed the louvre? right answers only
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As promised, if you’re inspired by the march today but don’t know how else to get involved, how to sustainably fight fascism, that can look a few different ways. Here’s a thread of thoughts, short of nationwide withholding of labor / sustained protest:
October 18, 2025 at 5:51 PM
As promised, if you’re inspired by the march today but don’t know how else to get involved, how to sustainably fight fascism, that can look a few different ways. Here’s a thread of thoughts, short of nationwide withholding of labor / sustained protest: