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I wanna do a lil study with this, pls help ^^

For the record, mine is either skyfish or Mothman :3

⬇️peeps I'm tagging cause I want their answers⬇️

@shakukon-to @empty-crown @godless-of-the-hunt @theprofmoth @crystalline-fox-girl @crowmance @coelii @somespicycheese @coeliis-right-brain @eruditegeek @r0zeclawz @the-dandy-liar @panda-gril @pacificglovebox @anarqueeen @allie-leth @arcticwolf1505 @girlthingnova @novies @germanknifemommy @jenplushie @something345 @k1nky-r0b0t-g1rl @lazuli-isnt-dead @zerosuitsammi3 @xenasaur @void-dragon4 @nine-milf @maple-sno-cones @miss-peanut-butter-cups @scythemouse @finkaksu

Honourable mentions (hah) for the mutuals whose tags I cannot remember:

Briar

If you aren't on this list it's not cause I don't like you I probably just forgot lol

Enrika

Arbor Gale

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The Shirley Exception

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Everyone look at the cat blanket I made like .. 3 years ago

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"The trannies should be able to piss in whatever toilet they want and change their bodies however they want. Why is it my business if some chick has a dick or a guy has a pie? I'm not a trannie or a fag so I don't care, just give 'em the medicine they need."

"This is an LGBT safe space. Of COURSE I fully support individuals who identify as transgender and their right to self-determination! I just think that transitioning is a very serious choice and should be heavily regulated. And there could be a lot of harm in exposing cis children to such topics, so we should be really careful about when it is appropriate to mention trans issues or have too much trans visibility."

One of the above statements is Problematic and the other is slightly annoying. If we disagree on which is which then working together for a better future is going to get really fucking difficult.

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Oh my fucking god god god god god i just found the funniest picture while deep into google images

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This damp, statue-filled cave was not the place that Perseus wanted to be.

All he wanted was to keep his mother safe. But he opened his mouth, and now here he was, hundreds of miles away on a mission that was intended to kill him. The sword in his right hand was heavy; the mirrored shield in his left was unwieldy. The winged sandals on his feet, a present offered by a brother and sister unknown, felt constricting around his ankles and calves. The helm of invisibility on his head was too heavy and not protective enough at the same time.

What was he doing here? Who did he think he was, some kind of hero who could slay a monster? He was just a kid. And no amount of training on the ship along the way had prepared him for this.

He slid past another stone statue, what once was a man who came here to do exactly what Perseus intended to do. He made it to what seemed to be a central area of the cave. Then, he did something that everyone warned him not to. He took off his helmet, fading back into view. He kept his eyes clenched shut and slid down to his knees on the damp stones. Tears stirred, running down his cheeks.

He flinched when a woman spoke from somewhere behind him. “You’re certainly no hero.” She sounded intrigued, cautious. “Who are you, young man?”

“I am Perseus, son of Danae and Zeus,” he said softly, choosing not to lie to the very person he was sent to kill. “And I’m here because I was just trying to protect my mother. King Polydectes of Seriphos demanded the head of the gorgon Medusa. But I know he just wanted me out of the way so he could force my mother to marry him.”

Footsteps echoed the woman’s approach. Snakes hissed softly as Medusa circled the young would-be hero. Perseus kept his eyes clenched shut and set his sword and shield on the floor.

“I’m not a killer,” Perseus mumbled. “I’m not a hero.”

Medusa stopped walking, right in front of Perseus’s kneeling form. “And that is what makes you so different from every other man who has stepped onto this island. They were so certain that they would go down in history as slayers of fierce monsters.”

Perseus flinched when cold, scaly fingers gripped him by the chin and tilted his head up. He kept his eyes clenched shut. His heart pounded in his chest.

“Perhaps, young non-hero,” Medusa said softly, her voice accompanied by the hissing of her snakes, “there is a way to save your mother without you trying to take my head from my body. Perhaps my family and I could aid you. After all, we are family, are we not? Through Poseidon, the father of my sons, and you...through Zeus, you are the cousin of my sons.”

Perseus swallowed. “You’re...you’re willing to help me?” he asked, his voice trembling. “How...how do I know this isn’t a trap?”

Medusa chuckled. Her breath ghosted over Perseus’s face, but he still did not open his eyes. “If I wanted you dead, young non-hero, I wouldn’t even need my snakes at this point. My sisters and sons are quite furious and protective, and have only gotten moreso over the years.”

Perseus knew that his orders were to kill Medusa. Everyone had pounded that into his skull – Polydectes, Athena, Hermes, the Gray Sisters, the men on his ship – but Medusa was the first one who offered to help him with the actual problem on his hands.

“Okay,” he agreed. “I’m willing to trust you. Just...please, help me save my mom.”

Medusa’s hand disappeared from under his chin, and she moved around behind him. “Open your eyes, but do not look at me,” she instructed. “Grab your sword and shield once more. And then you and I are going to speak to my sons.”

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It's all fun and games and laughing at BookTok until you can't get on AO3 anymore, as someone who likes both romance and fanfic.

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"whats the difference between the neowalker artificers?" well. unlike (post-retcon) tezzeret, ral can make his own inventions (tez didnt even make the planar bridge, he just yelled at rashmi while she did his job for him). unlike ral, tezzeret can make a fist without shattering his gay little wrist. unlike those bastards, saheeli can make friends

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one big thing i think people outside fandom (like, all fandoms, fandom in general, not any particular one) tend to misunderstand is they know it's a subculture of people who are weirdly deeply invested in fictional media, and they hear about drama caused by people in those subcultures being unhinged in not-fun ways, and they think the unhingedness comes from the fact of being overinvested in works of fiction.

which is a natural assumption, but in my experience that's not really the case? like in my experience the drama llamas in fandom are usually not the ones who are just genuinely very deeply into the fiction. i've known people who are basically thinking about star trek or x-men comics or supernatural pretty much 100% of their free time and ime that type of person is usually very nice and surprisingly functional in their regular life. when someone's a constant nexus of fandom drama it's usually not that they are obsessed with the actual work of fiction the fandom is about, it's at least one of the following:

what they're obsessed with is not the source material but their unhealthy parasocial relationships with one or more of the people who created it

what they're obsessed with is not the source material but some elaborate shared-universe subset of fanfic about it that's only barely related to the original at this point, and/or an esoteric reading-against-the-text reinterpretation of the source material (often if the canon is active and ongoing this leads to becoming actively hostile toward it for its inevitably increasing failure to conform to their preferred fanon)

what they're obsessed with is not the source material but the fandom itself and gathering clout within it, so that the source material basically only exists to them as a tool for scoring points in increasingly arcane fandom disputes

and very often you get the same person doing 2 and sometimes even all 3 of these, and that's where the trouble really starts

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this is like just a fourth of a whole musical medley addressing that you can’t live like the simpsons anymore. harsh :(

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If you live in the USA and you're pleading for donations to pay your rent, bills, or get food then dial 211! Please dial 211 before the last minute!

It's a toll free service with people who will help you find programs in your community to pay those bills, find food, and find housing! They will give you numbers to call so you can get help.

It is not 100% foolproof. Their job is to direct you to a program they believe will help your current issue, but it's still a step up from praying random strangers online will give you enough cash before a deadline! The added benefit of these community programs, which get funded by the local government most of the time, is if there are more people using them then they can get more money to help more people.

You're not taking resources from other people if you use your community services. Your taxes pay for them. Use them.

Dial 211 first to see if they can help, and if for some reason they can't, then make your donation posts!

https://www.211.org/

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i cannot emphasize how necessary it is to have a buddy to participate in fandom with. completely elevated experience. don't have a buddy? find someone you like and message them and be their friend. gush over every sketch and drabble and insane headcanon they have. live life to the fullest.