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my body is on the line now

put the blanket tight now

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ケモミミモドキのひみつ - [akai sashimi]

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Sometimes I think about how and why some people had such a *bad* reaction to the end of Steven Universe, specifically in regards to the Diamonds living.

Even though they no longer are causing harm to others and are able to actually undo some of their previous harm by living, some folks reacted as though this ending was somehow morally suspect. Morally bankrupt, even.

And I think it might be because so many of us were raised on a very specific kind of kids media trope:

They all fall to their deaths.

Disney loves chucking their bad guys off cliffs. And it makes sense- in a moral framework where villains *must* be punished (regardless of whether their death will actually prevent further harm or not), but killing of any kind is morally bad for the hero, the narrative must find a way to kill the villain without the protagonists doing a murder.

It's a moral assumption that a person can *deserve* to die, that it is cosmically just for them to die, that them dying is evidence that the story itself is morally good and correct. Scar *deserves* to die, but it would be bad for Simba to kill him. So....cliff.

Steven Universe, whatever else it's faults, took at step back and said "but if killing people is bad, then people dying is bad", and instead of dropping White Diamond off a cliff, asked "what would actual *restorative*, not punitive, justice look like? What would actual reparations mean here? If the goal is to heal, not just to punish, how do we handle those who have done harm?" And then did that.

Which I think is interesting, and that there was pushback against it is interesting.

It also reminds me of the folks who get very weird about Aang not killing Ozai at the end of Avatar. And like, Ozai still gets chucked in prison, so it doesn't even push back on our cultural ideas of punitive justice *that much.* and still, I've seen people get real mad that the child monk who is the last survivor of a genocide that wiped out his entire pacifist culture didn't do a murder.

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I just think she and her new hair cut are neat 💁‍♀️ - twitter | bsky | ig | coms | prints

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I bet if a mushroom could lap water out of your hand with a tongue that a gently drinking mushroom tongue on your hand would be the softest and gentlest thing.

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Three a mimir

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You dip out, and the whole world flips over...

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Mute!Jayce AU where Jayce was inflicted with severe hypothermia due to poor insulation during the blizzard incident. One of the symptoms of being severely cold was slurred speech pattern and after being traumatized seeing his mother nearly died from the frost, it psychologically affected him in a way where the slurred speech pattern never really left him even after he was saved and healed from hypothermia. He can still try to talk but his speech is very slow and garbled so he gave up and just learned sign language (he does have a notepad for writing what he wants to say but no. 1, he got bullied for speaking weird when he was younger and more often than not, his notepads used for writing got torn apart for the funnies according to them. So fuck that, he made it a habit not to bring one and it just follows him til he’s an adult).

Because Jayce grew up mute and bullied for the way he talks, as he grow, he often to isolate himself from people and refused to connect with others. If people tried to strike up a conversation with him, he just nods, shakes his head, shrugs or do a raspy hum. A quiet warbled yes or no but that’s about it. Due to this behavior, neither are people eager to be close with him because they thought he was an arrogant prick. This continues on until he reached adulthood.

Anyways Jayvik (more like vikjayce) moments where Viktor ends up learning sign language cause it’s fun and he wants to have a conversation with Jayce where he’s at most comfortable, Viktor knowing Jayce’s tells because even if he’s mute, his body language is insanely talkative for him, Jayce’s no. 1 translator during parties. He was the one who did the speech for Jayce during Progress Day (even though he wants to fall on his knees and die from the stage fright) and Jayce is so so proud of him.

Jayce gets extra physical due to his speech disability. He would often cup Viktor’s face with his hands to ask with his action if he’s okey (a thing he and his mom often do with one another too so he doesn’t find it weird. Viktor’s heart combusts every time), hugs when he’s happy and excited, pats on the back or shoulder when he feels proud. He often grip his thigh or at times, Viktor’s, when he’s feeling nervous about somethings especially when they’re going to do project presentation.

Them <3

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I want to indulge in a thought that Jayce now is also disabled and *getting my tinfoil hat on* in the happy ending Viktor could help Jayce navigate in the world

like as simple as telling him that - he can use a chair while cooking - there'll be better days and worse days with pain and all - that if he even thinks that he needs an aid, it means he needs it and he's not making things up and he can use a cane even if he *can pull it off without* etc

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56. Holiday

Yup, yup. So sacred. So important to his culture. In fact, leave him alone for a month. He needs it. For the holiday.

Thank you @sweetnsourdoo for the HILARIOUS prompt. This was 10/10.

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Different approaches

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fuck you jayce is also asexual

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dimensional travellers trying to find a way back home

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130. Cooking Lessons

This one goes out to all those recipes that are just vibes.

Also to everyone new here, that’s Viktor’s mom.

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Here let me feed you, you starving peasants. (I’m also a starving peasant 🥲)