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mikey way is stronger than any us marine because if i was in a band with my big brother who i grew up with and every night he was saying shit like this song is about getting fucked in the ass this song is about sucking dick for cocaine this song is about the time i took a ride in a guys iroc and got totally fucking pregnant i'll suck your dick again instead of i'll kiss your lips again big difference between me and david cassidy is i suck way more dick than that guy life is but a dream for the dead and i can't stop sucking off every single guy that i see i would not wait for the haunted mansion we are all living in to drive me to the brink of insanity to consider quitting the band

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At the gate for my flight home from visiting friends and there's a woman here with a service Shiba Inu. No pics because he has a Do Not Disturb vest and taking pics of strangers is illegal but I need to stress how ON DUTY this animal is. Ears up. Eyes doing Lazer scans of everything. Examining everyone who passes within 10ft like a security guard. Ass planted on her feet. I have never seen a dog with such intense chivalric guardian energy before. He has tiny eyebrows and they are FURROWED with concentration.

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some important calvin and hobbes facts in case you haven't read the original comic strip in a long time or only absorbed stuff on it from memes and out of context bits on here:

Calvin's last name has never been given, and neither has any of his parent's names. This was actually why his uncle Max only showed up for a brief storyline; the creator of the comic, Bill Watterson, ultimately felt that while it was fine to have him as someone for his parents to talk to, it felt far too awkward to never have Max refer to them by name and he never made a return appearance.

The general tone of the comic is fairly light-hearted, with a big emphasis on goofy slapstick comedy contrasted by clever wordplay and often surprising adult-centered jokes that'll hit you like a slap. A big part of the comedy is, as Watterson put it (paraphrased) "It's really funny to me when people express deeply stupid ideas with really fancy terminology." One notable example you might have seen is that one bit where Calvin asks his mom for money to buy a Satan-worshiping rock album and his mom replies that there's nothing genuine about them and they're just putting on the attitude for shock value, and comisserates with Calvin as he deplores that mainstream nihilism can't be trusted. He concludes that childhood is disillusioning.

There is a LOT of criticism of the extreme materialism and selfish mentality of the late 80s, when the comic was initially written. This may go a long way to explain how its aged so well; much of what it criticizes resonates well with people today.

Bill Watterson views comic strips a legitimate form of artwork, and repeatedly fought to have more space to draw more beautiful and artistic backgrounds, which was a very hard fight and unpopular even with other comic strip artists. He eventually did win some compromises and a lot of Calvin And Hobbes' artwork shows it, with the use of space to indicate time as well as a sharp contrast between the often plain environments of mundane life contrasted by the wildly beautiful imagery of Calvin's imagination (which often sports realistic depictions in an art shift of sorts).

Hobbes is explicitly not an imaginary friend, by word of Watterson himself. We don't know WHAT he is exactly, and Hobbes is apparently unaware of the strange nature of his reality; people look at him and only see an ordinary stuffed tiger plushie, but he has a tangible effect on the world that would be physically impossible for Calvin to do on his own. He's apparently been around for a while, and was apparently around when Calvin was a young baby.

On that note; Hobbes has implicitly killed (notably treated as both a gag and also with the vibe of 'he's a tiger, duh') and while he doesn't do it again on-screen, he doesn't have any moral issues about it. Calvin claims that he's never had trouble bringing Hobbes to school because the last time he did, Hobbes killed and ate a bully named Tommy Chestnut and simply comments that it was gross and he needed a bath. Calvin's tried to repeat this again, but Hobbes was grossed out at the thought having to eat a kid raw and not being allowed to use an oven first, or complaining that children are too fattening.

Hobbes became gradually less human-like in body language and more like an actual cat in both body language and behavior; this was due to Watterson drawing more inspiration from his cat, who also inspired a lot of Hobbes' running gags, such as pouncing on Calvin when he got home. Several years into the syndication of the strip, Watterson's cat passed away, and he did a tribute to her with a comic strip of the two of them agreeing to try to dream together so they can keep playing when they have to sleep; Watterson's commentary (if I recall right), remarks on his cat: "We can see each other again in dreams."

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Just something I've noticed

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Something I don’t think enough people recognize when it comes to making shows more diverse, there is so much going on behind the scene that you literally can’t “just add them.” 

Alex Hirsch had to wait until the end of Gravity Falls to show that Sheriff Blubs and Deputy Durland were in love so that way the show didn’t get prematurely cancelled. And even still, that was censored in other countries. 

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The Owl House has a bisexual afro Latina protagonist that falls in love with a white lesbian. They kiss several times on screen and say “my awesome girlfriend.” It also has Disney’s first nonbinary character (Raine Whispers), their bisexual love interest (Eda Clawthorne), and an aro/ace woman (Lilith Clawthorne). However, because like five people said that TOH wasn’t the “Disney brand” the show is prematurely cancelled. So even with everything that TOH did, it only won battle but lost the war. 

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The art crew for Encanto had to fight to make Luisa buff. And when they were finally able to make her buff, Disney didn’t make as much Luisa merchandise because they thought little girls would want Mirabel or Isabela’s since they��re more “feminine.” (I think the same thing happened with Namaari when RATLD came out but I’m not sure. So don’t quote me on that.)

*Also, Luisa out preformed. So that’s a win. 

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Bubblegum and Marceline couldn’t kiss until the series finale of Adventure Time because it would’ve been cancelled. So throughout the entire series, the crew always just had to imply undertones about their past. Since HBO produced Obsidian, they were able to kiss on screen.

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Korra and Asami’s relationship had to tempt down so that way Nick could continue airing the show and they weren’t allowed to kiss until the comics. 

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Turning Red got so much unwarranted criticism because not only did Mei’s mom say “pads” but she showed them on screen. (I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, if that made you uncomfortable, that’s a sign that we need to do this more and not less.)

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Some countries marked She Ra as 18+ because Catra and Adora kissed on screen. (Once again, I’m not sure if this completely true but Nate Stevenson had to fight to actually show them kissing on screen instead of a fade to white.)

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Steven Universe is the gayest show I’ve ever seen in my life which was both good and bad. It was good for obvious reasons. Example being that it was the first show that introduced to me nonbinary people in a way that wasn’t “haha, look, she uses they/them pronouns. She’s so funny and quirky.” 

And it’s bad because it put a target on it’s back. SU has been censored so much that it’s honestly a miracle that we got an ending. And in most of the countries that censored SU, they usually portray Ruby as a man. So I can’t imagine how bad the censors were when the wedding happened and Ruby wore a dress and Sapphire wore a suit. 

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Also, you have to remember the outdated idea that gay/trans topics are “too mature” for kids to handle (there’s an episode of Adam Ruins Everything that talks about this). So it’s easier for shows with an older audience (like Arcane) to have queer/trans rep.

Not to mention, if you ever go on Insider’s website to look at the queer/trans characters in cartoons [here], most of the characters are revealed to be queer only online and not in the actual show.

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All of this BS because God forbid that kids find out that other people exist. 

Representation is important but please, just be aware of the actually struggles that go on that you don’t see and be thankful that this is where we are now because even though it might seem like it at times remember that this is actual progress. We need to keep pushing studios to do more. I’m sure that there’s millions of untold stories that would be made if not for this prejudice. 

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us entering church with religious trauma, NPD, a sailor's mouth, a dirty mind, a system of atheist alters, and a couple of demon alters:

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- amaranth.

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kid terms made by @systemtermz

We were recently looking through the kid terms made by @systemtermz and putt them all in one place so that we could find them easier and thought that peple might like this post so that they can find them more easier - unkown

Dinosaurkid

A young Headmate who holds trauma related to being forced to fit in.

Turtlekid

A young headmate that holds isolation related trauma.

Sharkkid

A young headmate who holds trauma related to childhood mental illness and suicidal ideation.

Cabbitkid

A young alter that holds trauma related to medical neglect.

Pangolinkid

A young headmate who holds trauma related to trafficking

(Baby) Shoebillkid

A young alter that holds trauma/memories/feelings related to being unwanted.

Lovebirdkid

A young alter who holds trauma related to their parents fighting all of the time.

Slothkid

A young headmate who holds trauma related to being called “lazy” or “slow” and told that they aren’t trying hard enough or doing enough or never feeling like enough for people.

They can be very self conscious and may hold things like imposter syndrome or feel the need to get things right first try.

Foalkid

A young alter who holds therapy related trauma

Whalekid

A young headmate that holds cultural trauma. This can include being disconnected from your culture (forcefully or naturally), your culture dying, being persecuted because of it, etc.

Fishkid

A young headmate who holds racial trauma.

Snakekid

A young headmate who holds trauma related to being disabled.

Ratkid

A young headmate who holds trauma related to foster care/adoption.

Squirrelkid

A young headmate who holds trauma related to car accidents.

Pikakid

A young Headmate who holds trauma related to watching someone be murdered.

This doesn’t have to be IRL or real, it could be related to shock sites/video or being a very young kid and watching a horror movie without understanding what it is.

Mousekid

A young headmate who holds trauma related to RAMCOA

Sealkid

A young headmate who holds trauma related to being in a cult.

Ravenkid

A young headmate who holds trauma related to parental neglect.

Cardinalkid

A young headmate who hold trauma related to loss/grief/mourning.

Raccoonkid

A young headmate who has multiple -kid labels/holds multiple traumas.

Lambdoekid

A young headmate who holds familial religious trauma.

Lambswankid

A young headmate who holds trauma related to sexual religious trauma.

PuppyKittenKid

A young headmate who holds trauma related to a school related injury and the medical and neglect trauma that came after.

Lionkid

A young headmate who holds trauma related to the bodies parents living vicariously through their child.

Orcakid

A young headmate who holds trauma related to being forced to be a parent or therapist to ones parents.

Foxkid

Foxkid is a young headmate who holds trauma related to strict parents and needing to be sneaky

Lambkid

A young headmate who holds trauma related to religion.

Loch Ness (kid/alter)

An alter who holds trauma related to having photos taken of them, usually forcefully/without consent. This can make them afraid of/nervous for photographs and videos.

Axokid

A young headmate who holds trauma related to physical abuse. This can cause them to be incredibly distrusting, flinch often, and hide.

Dovekid

A young headmate who holds trauma related to experiencing or witnessing violence, like war or domestic abuse.

Frogkid

A young headmate who prefers to be outside rather than inside due to trauma.

Butterflykid

A young headmate who holds trauma related to neurodivergence

Pupkid

A young headmate who holds trauma related to school/education, including bully’s.

Bearkid

A young Headmate who holds trauma related to being poor, including food and housing insecurities.

Dragonkid

A young headmate who holds trauma related to being “parentified”/having to take care of younger siblings.

Catkid

A young Headmate who holds medical/health related trauma, making them more scared/anxious of medical related things like shots, checkups, and dentistry.

Doekid

A young headmate that holds any kind of family trauma, which effects their behavior by making them more attached to or repulsed by familial figures.

Swankid

A young headmate who holds mature trauma, usually sexual trauma

Bunnykid

A young headmate who hold trauma related to abandonment and/or neglect, making them either easily trusting or easily distrusting, flighty or easily attached.

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Being the change I want to see in the world by making more doctor who memes

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[Text: This alter is a songtive from Fall Out Boy's album 'Save Rock and Roll'.]

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[Text: This system has to pretend they’re a singlet.]

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[Text: This user has introjects from problematic sources but they don’t support those problematic sources.]

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[Text: This system’s little is a trauma holder.]

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[Text: This system has fictives from The Mandela Catalogue.]

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