reminder that Winnie the Pooh wore a crop top and ate his fave food and loved himself and u can too
His friends were a pig with anxiety, a donkey with chronic depression, a single mom kangaroo and her kid, a bossy obsessive control-freak rabbit, a tiger with ADHD, and a pompous but dyslexic owl, and he loves them and they love him.
if it interests you, Pooh (whose formal name is Edward Bear) made his first appearance in a poem written in 1924, before A.A. Milne wrote the books. It’s rather sweet – a bouncy little kid’s poem that touches on the importance of representation, societal expectations vs. self confidence, changing fashions (!) and using positive role models. It’s about a teddy bear who worries about whether his body shape is okay, until he meets a handsome king who is fat. The bear decides that he is happy with his body.
You can’t just offhandedly say that Pooh’s real name is Edward Bear
forbidden Pooh lore
Edward Bear is the bear’s formal name – Teddy Bear is his nickname, since Teddy can be short for Edward. Christopher Robin then gave him a second name. He is called Pooh after a swan*, Winnie after an actual historical bear, and “ther” to apparently make it masculine.
Introduction to Winnie-the-Pooh (1926):
If you happen to have read another book about Christopher Robin, you may remember that he once had a swan (or the swan had Christopher Robin, I don’t know which), and that he used to call this swan Pooh. That was a long time ago, and when we said good-bye, we took the name with us, as we didn’t think the swan would want it any more. Well, when Edward Bear said that he would like an exciting name all to himself, Christopher Robin said at once, without stopping to think, that he was Winnie-the-Pooh. And he was. So, as I have explained the Pooh part, I will now explain the rest of it…
“Winnie” comes from the historical bear, above. She was an orphaned female bear from Canada who was brought to England by a Canadian soldier who arrived to fight in World War 1. He named her “Winnipeg” after his home province. Winnipeg moved to the London Zoo, where she was famous and beloved, and Christopher Robin admired her very much as a boy.
Then you put it together, in Chapter 1:
Here is Edward Bear, coming downstairs now, bump, bump, bump, on the back of his head, behind Christopher Robin. It is, as far as he knows, the only way of coming downstairs, but sometimes he feels that there really is another way, if only he could stop bumping for a moment and think of it. And then he feels that perhaps there isn’t. Anyhow, here he is at the bottom, and ready to be introduced to you. Winnie-the-Pooh.
When I first heard his name, I said, just as you are going to say, ‘But I thought he was a boy?’
‘So did I,” said Christopher Robin.
‘Then you can’t call him Winnie?’
‘I don’t.’
‘But you said – ’
“He’s Winnie-ther-Pooh. Don’t you know what “ther” means?”
“Ah, yes, now I do,’ I said quickly; and I hope you do too, because it is all the explanation you are going to get.
don’t you know what “ther” means
and that is why Edward Bear is called Winnie-the-Pooh. And people just don’t question it. It’s just accepted.
* As explained in “When We Were Very Young” : “Christopher Robin, who feeds this swan in the mornings, has given him the name of ‘Pooh.’ This is a very fine name for a swan, because, if you call him and he doesn’t come (which is a thing swans are good at), then you can pretend that you were just saying ‘Pooh!’ to show him how little you wanted him.””
PIONEER: write an au that hasn’t been written for your pairing/fandom yet
FUCK THAT: rewrite an au that you saw and hated
CLICHES ARE FOR CHUMPS: write a completely overused au, but add a completely original plot twist that makes it actually interesting to read
IN THEIR SHOES: write from the pov of a character that you normally wouldn’t write from
FRIENDSHIP IS EQUALLY IMPORTANT: write about a nonromantic aspect of your otp’s relationship that you like
THROUGH THEIR FINGERS: write a drabble where your otp is aware of each other but don’t or can’t interact for a reason of your choice
FUCK THE OLD WAYS: write a drabble about your otp living their life together, except they don’t get married or have children. not because they can’t, but just because they don’t want to.
SOMETIMES IT JUST WORKS OUT THAT WAY: write about a character trying and failing at something
COLD SHOULDER: write about your otp having a legitimate argue over something that couples argue over, and working it out in a normal and healthy way (sex doesn’t solve all problems, and neither does empty apologies)
LUKEWARM: write about your otp gradually falling out of love. break your own heart along with your readers.
TAKE IT TO THE BANK: write about your otp finding a ridiculous amount of cash, and what they would decide to do with it. (do they turn it into the police, donate it to a charity, or buy a truckload of pizza?)
HOW ABOUT NO: write about something one half of your otp does that annoys the fuck out of the other, and finally they decide to stop tolerating it. (can be something something little or big)
MIDDLE FINGER: write something that completely obliterates a sexist/racist/ableist/etc stereotype that gross people associate with a character of your choice
EXCUSE THE FUCK OUTTA ME: write about a female character defending herself from the haters and doing a fine ass job by her damn self
I’m actually very fond of writers using personalized tags. I feel like I get more of a sense of the person behind the computer and it helps me know if I might like the fic. And since I don’t always get to the author’s notes, I like having it right out there to help me make my decision on whether I’m going to give that fic a shot.
What do you think, follower? Personal tags or just the facts?
–Mod M
Love discussion tags after the main ones. Someties they’re better than the summary. @whetstonefires is a gift.
First off, I’m not a professional or anything so I don’t know how much I can help. Communication in a relationship is always important, whether it’s asking for space or letting someone know how they’re making you feel. Beyond that I don’t know what to say. My relationship isn’t what you’d call the healthiest so I don’t have a lot of advice or experience. Maybe find a friend to talk to or go ahead and message me.
I’m not the best at talking but I’m always willing to listen. I hope you start feeling better and can work things out for the best
From my experience, this is actually a really good sign. But yeah, its really hard to hear.
My husband and I have worked our way through similar situations.
Things that I’ve done to help both of us:
try to convince yourself that giving him breaks is a way to support him, like he’s supported you so much. Your chance to give back!
try to schedule something moderately big for him, once a month. A weekend at a cabin, a D&D session with friends – something fun he can do without you. Let him recharge regularly, so he won’t have to be asking for them from you as often, and leaving both of you feeling guilty.
Take something for yourself, as well. Even if you don’t particularly feel like it. He’ll probably feel really relieved that you’re taking care of yourself, and not relying solely on him. And it can really lift your mood. (Try to go out unless it makes you feel like having a panic attack. If so, a quiet alone thing might be better.)
Every once in a while, take some time to mentally prepare yourself. Than ask him about what’s bothering him. Make it clear that this is a time where he can talk about himself and you’ll do your best to listen and not respond badly. You feel so much stronger when you are helping sometimes, instead of always relying on support. Plus, it may make you closer. It can be hard, though, so don’t get discouraged. He might be uncomfortable talking about emotions.
If he’s in a relationship with you, there’s a good chance he LIKES being supportive. My husband feels like a white knight rushing to the rescue. It’s hard not to feel guilty, but even though he needs breaks, he may not feel all the negative emotions you’re imagining. When you’re in a more stable place, talk to him about it.
I’ve felt so terrible about this exact thing, anon. But, in the end, it was actually really healthy. We were building a relationship that could support itself.
The advantage to adding them as chapters is that all the kudos and comments come all on one work and it makes it come up higher for hits to your tag searches. The bad thing is that you do have to keep updating the tags to make sure you’ve got all your bases covered.
It’s two different routes and maybe some of our followers can enlighten you further on more of the pros and cons.
Followers?
–Mod M
Some readers (me included) really really hate prompt collections.
There’s usually a wall of tags. I can’t tell who is interacting with who or doing what by looking at those tags. And I have no clue if the favourite trope mentioned in the tags shows up once in 100 chapters or 20 times.
About the only time I’m okay with them is if they all fit a pretty specific theme – all porn, all gen family bonding, all crossovers, etc.
That doesn’t mean it’s wrong to make a collection! I just don’t like them.
If it’s definitely understood in your canon that no one ever dies, then I don’t think I would tag it for MCD. Maybe a tag for “temporary character death” if you’re worried about needing more tagging, but I think understood canon is nothing you need to explain in tags.
–Mod M
I wouldn’t need it tagged. Popping feels more like getting knocked unconscious than dying, to me.
Getting shattered is dying. Being bubbled with no plan of unbubbling might warrant a death tag? Giving up your form for your kid definitely does. But unless your graphically describing what causes them to pop, and its written like human death, I wouldn’t worry about popping.
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