thisbluespirit | (no subject)

Sorry about all the political posts yesterday, when I usually avoid such things in fannish spaces, but yesterday was exceptional. It's not every day you wake up to find out that not only have we voted to leave the EU, but that the PM has resigned, the Opposition are calling for a vote of no confidence in their leader, Scotland and Ireland are making plans to leave the UK and the economy has crashed. It's a shock. I feel like a small alien walking around in my north east town full of flags hanging out of houses, and I'm British. (I think. It's a bit hard to tell suddenly.) (I was trying to remind myself it might be for Euro 2016, but they weren't there last time, and then extra Union Jacks appeared. Oh, the irony.)

The point of this post being really, I'm sorry! Fannishness and cheer will now resume (I hope) while my country takes a few weeks/months/years to figure out what comes next (politics is mostly v slow) and hopefully we'll all work to make things get better. And I have a hurt/comfort bingo table to work on ~~while the country falls apart~~, which seems vaguely appropriate...

But for the moment: I just don't know or recognise my country any more. I don't know what it is or will be. I didn't know I could feel like that. It's unhelpful, but it's true. What may come may be good, but for today I am very sad - for me and for everybody else who didn't want this, especially those who didn't even get a say and who have now been made to feel afraid and unwanted here. <<♥>>

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*bigsquishyPershugs*

No need to apologize, honey...think the whole world is shocked and sad. Think we need a Doctor, but I dunno what he'd make of the mess, frankly.

*hugs you hard*

I hope it gets better from here, honey. H/C bingo sounds awesome right about now (d'ya know where I can get a card?!?!)

*extra cuddles*

*hugs* Welcome to the club. :-( The US has the same kind of half-and-half split, I wonder if it's worldwide. :P

*all the huggles*

Honestly, you have no need to apologize. It's all very strange and confusing. {{hugs}}

*hugs gently*

Hey, don't apologise! It was a massive event, and a lot of us have good reason to worry. Your first paragraph made me think of this cartoon (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/news/2016/06/24/2506-MATT-PORTAL-WEB-P1-large_trans++qVzuuqpFlyLIwiB6NTmJwfSVWeZ_vEN7c6bHu2jJnT8.png). Oh what a weekend it's been.

In the meantime, I wish you good fannishnessing. :)

No apologies needed. *hugs*

Yesterday everyone at my workplace just stopped doing work for two hours so we could refresh the internet and figure out what the heck was going on. The entire world is a bit confused right now. Given that you're at the epicentre of it, you've got every right to express yourself about it.

You don't need to apologize. When your country makes a decision that will have global political and economic repercussions for years to come, you have every right to vent. Particularly when it was a decision influenced by extremists playing on ignorance and fear. Here in the US, our elections tend to go that way far too often, and I'm very scared that my country will make the same mistake in November. The rise of racist, xenophobic politicians playing on fear seems now to be global phenomenon, and that is very frightening.

My hope is that people everywhere see Brexit as a warning, and that those who were ignorant and indifferent are woken-up the the reality that ignorance and indifference will have real-life consequences for them, and join the rest of us in fighting politics motivated by hate & fear. *crosses fingers*

I hope things somehow turn out better than what we expect, but in the meanwhile- *HUGS*

And if you're looking for fannish distraction, have you heard about Big Finish having a short story contest? The winning entry gets recorded as a Short Trip read by Nick Briggs! I'm still toying with giving it a try, even though the submission deadline is in a few days- a good excuse to sit down and write!

I feel the same. What will become of the UK? The turkeys have voted for Christmas.

*hugs you tightly*

Hoping for the best for you all. And you take care! ♥

That's pretty much how I feel too (except that I just got back from Paris so I had some of it over there and now am catching up and it's VERY UNPLEASANT.) We'll all just have to grit out teeth, get on with it and cope. We've survived before. We'll find a way to do it again. *hugs*