#//no excuses needed we get it ;w;

[vagabondfromkanto]

"..."

Ryuko grabbed her alternate self's hand without a word, abandoning bench's back and sliding down to sit at her side properly. The best thing to do then was probably to offer some quiet support and zip it at that, but fuck, she was always so bad at staying quiet.

"Whatcha mean you 'shouldn't have' them? With all the shit you've been through, I'd say the fact that you're still here is already more than good enough. What, you're supposed to be totally okay on top of that? Hah." She lightly rubbed her thumb over other's knuckles. "There's this thing that I've been told, and I've been telling myself, and I never seem to listen. Maybe it'll work if I tell it to another myself. Minus and minus equals plus, all that." Unlikely, but still.

"We are supposed to be more than our scars. So it shouldn't be that scary to let them fade, because, well, all the memories and experiences are still there. Like, our losses and mistakes aren't our whole existence to atone for by never letting scars heal. Apparently when people look at us and want us in their lives they see more than just our pain or fuck ups." She also sighed. "Yeah, bold words from someone who can't let go nor of her scars, nor of this whole 'weapon' shtick, I know." At that she finally quieted down, scooting a bit closer, shoulder to shoulder.

"Exactly. It shouldn't be the end for us if they're gone. That just wouldn't make any sense now would it..."

She wasn't done though. "But I can't help this feeling that…once the scars that we have are gone, so are we…" She trailed off, before letting out a long sigh. "I shouldn't have these thoughts in my head, but they're very…persistent these days. Screaming and crying and screeching in my brain..."

Her hand went back to trace that one spot near her heart. It was where that one awful 'gaping' scar that left right after Mako and Senketsu tried to save her. Ryuko didn't say anything for a while, probably mulling over a lot of things regarding what she just said, and asked. She leaned back at the bench, sighing again as she shut her eyes briefly.

Then holding out one hand at her alternate, quietly asking for just a bit of support…

[crushedsweets]

If u consistently choose kindness on the internet in comment sections and dms and content I love you.

[just-null]

How do we feel about Beach wear Noritoshi....

Everyone thinks he'd go covered head to toe wearing those wet suits divers use, but no. Noritoshi isn't the type to want to attract attention to himself when it's not needed, so he'd try to blend in. Emphasis on try.

He's the guy wearing a covering or some shit. I think you'd have to fight him to wear a translucent one. (if you splash him with water, you'll acheive the same effect thoughahahaha) even though it's a beach, he's trying to find an appropriate way to cover up, hes just like that. yes to sunscreen ofc. I can see him in a sun hat, but it's not his.. maybe he took it from one of the girls

HIS HAIR WOULD BE UP BC ITD BE TOO HOT AND THE SUN HAT WOULD HELP HIM FROM GETTING OVERHEATED H.H....H IS FACE WOULD BE FLUSHED BC OF THE HEAT AND. AND. AND.. he's like the beach babe on the shore, soaking up the sun and reading a book or smth. if you splash him with water, i can see him trying to get you back. then boom bam, hes in the water with everyone else.

OH FUCK that's even IF he goes to the beach. it's like seeing God in the flesh, idk man I'd go blind........... hed probably come along when he realizes theres hot people at the beach. he cant have you looking at people in that state, hold on hes going. give him five minutes..!

EXTRA

[untied covering version under the cut. like his booefjehsaf are out aha.]

ahahahahahahahahaa *froths at the mouth*

mf dont even begin to look at me like that

[t4tpumpkinduo]

not to hornets nest again so soon but erm. ok. i love when ppl have many different hcs for characters, like with sexuality and race and the like! ithink it's valuable and fun and insightful, and there's just so much to chew on about how different lenses can shape and mold the subject of them. at the same time. however. i do think you have to mb unpack. how certain things reflect and how they can become coded. mb. like we should think about why we think certain things. in my opinion.

[whitmore]

are we excited to approach qniki with nuance

[constantvariations]

Considering aura is a thing, it'd probably be a lot harder to catch a batterer since the victim's wounds would heal and leave no evidence

[pilonciillo]

on another note

[welcometogrouchland]

Getting back into comics is fun. Minus the Getting Back Into Comics part of it all

[nihiltism]

having a platonic cuddle buddy is so cool everybody should have a platonic cuddle buddy. having somebody to come over at a set later time in the day to lay on me for 2 hours and leave is so cool bc it also just. is a manual wind-down. whenever I try to get things done with my night after the buddy leaves I end up just passing out on my computer. manual wind down successful. the only tragedy is this is only one day a week

[skullzy20]

I am not exaggerating when I say I live with one of the worst cishet men I've ever met in my life and its horrible

Pretty big vent incoming in tags, just a warning. Feel free to scroll past /gen

[apolloendymion]

no no no we're not policing consensual sexual roleplay between adults. we're not doing that.

[femmefaggot]

haterism below

theyre bad books hope this helps

[moe-broey]

NUTCRACKER WIPS..............,......

[cascadianights]

People are always like "but you shouldn't need it to be you/your daughter/your wife" or "you shouldn't need some metaphor to understand" or "why are we watering this down for people" - Listen:

If I've learned anything by the (weak, watered down, unfocused) leftist reaction to the current attempted genocide of trans people, it is that very few people will act or put themselves in danger unless it DIRECTLY affects them. ESPECIALLY other minorities who are not multiply marginalized (w the understanding that can bring) but Do have a lot to lose.

That's not true for every person! Some people have a basic understanding of empathy and compassion. Some people have higher level critical thinking skills or kindness. But I hate to break it to you - all of those things (empathy compassion critical thinking even kindness) are SKILLS. They are not a given. They are rarely honed by accident. They are difficult and many times come at a cost to you to learn and practice.

People may not have these skills for a MILLION reasons, but many of them are linked to poverty and generational trauma, lack of funded public education, and living in a dystopian capitalistic society that prioritizes individualism and leaves barely any time or energy for thinking through complex ideologies unless you MAKE that time. None of those reasons are "they're just too dumb" or "they only have the capability for hate and evil."

There are people doing very bad, purposefully malicious, monstrous things - and they are still people. If we lose sight of that we lose sight of the lengths of dangers and kindness capable of EACH of us. Beyond those with real harmful intent, there are MANY MANY MANY more people who are letting themselves accept the wrong solutions to the same problems we all see. For example, many of them genuinely want to protect children! And they listened to the answers for how to do so given to them by church and state and friends.

THOSE are the people we need to make metaphors for, we need to connect with individually, we need to show how and why this will impact THEIR lives. In a perfect world where the entire American society wasn't run on "us v them" that wouldn't be necessary!!! But it is! Because they want to protect the people IN THEIR LIVES right now, not a theoretical kid somewhere else they can't imagine being anything like their own. They want to put food on the table and a roof above the heads of their family, and they have grasped onto ANYTHING that they think will let them keep providing that.

We need to show these people how easily their child could be the center of these debates. How limited a world their child will grow up in without access to information on different ways of being and existing. We need to show them how and why this will impact them, their daughters, their wives, because we need to break through that concrete wall of defensiveness, built and calcified by the words of politicians and leaders with malicious intent but hiding nothing but desperate fear. We need to make it personal, to make it real FOR THEM, to make it understandable without a college level degree of critical thinking analysis why and how this war will show up at their doorsteps too.

It's exhausting. It's hard!!! It's infuriating and invalidating and endless. But appealing to their humanity, in whatever means that must take, is the only way to thaw out those who may stand with us. Because if we stand alone, I know with every bone in my body we will fall alone as well.

[noxiatoxia]

idc if this is controversial but if you say you genuinely want all people of a certain, uncontrollable category (sexuality, race, gender) dead or you hate them, that's just gross. yes this includes straight people cis people white people men. just because it isn't homophobic or systemically racist doesnt give you a free pass to be an asshole.

[faaun]

AUGHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA