#//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

[carcarrot]

well that was a shortlived good feeling about my job

[pilonciillo]

on another note

[hexastitchimera]

I think I understand now why I'm honest to Stars nervous every time I interact with online communities like the animation meme one, the furry one, etc.

It's for the exact reason why I'm terrified of talking to former classmates who entered nursing school.

A huge majority of the vocal minority never left behind their grade school bully mentality. I'm not kidding, throwing insults, or even calling anyone childish. This is as big of a problem as it is in nursing, and it takes lives in the exact same way. I'll explain.

Having had family who were in the medical field, I have heard utter horror stories about one side of nursing. Not even in a medical malpractice sense. But how some of them can have the sweetest, "empath" mask on when they are around you, but will smear your name behind your back at the very least, try to get you disciplined/fired (especially if you're a "rival" nurse/student) at unfortunately common worst.

Now, because I am a firm believer in nuance, I have to state that for as many malpracticing nurses there are, there are just as many nurses who put their patients before their ego always. I myself have had several nurse family members who didn't have even the slightest infraction to their records, and retired late despite how their patients AND fellow MPs yearned for them to stay.

But, it has to be said: It only takes one to kill. One word, one intentional slip-up, one accidental pill too many. The side of the accuser only need speak, while the side of the victim has to frantically fight for their right to the role- to the life- they worked so hard for.

Why? Well, because it's easier to destroy the perceived enemy than it is to build your own self up. Destroying the competition has been a tale as old as time, and it can ALWAYS be for the pettiest of reasons.

If you want more of your supervisor's attention for better odds at better pay, intimidate and belittle nurses of your standing or lower so they're demotivated, demoralized, and struggling in comparison.

Hell, if you just don't like another nurse, watch their every move, and rat on the few, harmless, honest mistakes they made!

Who cares how many patients die, either because of a growing lack of nurses, or because of straight up nurse-on-nurse sabotage!

Do you see where I'm going with this?

Do you see how people can put the grandstanding of their own ego above entire LIVES?

The near-homeless artist whose callout you are mindlessly reblogging, what of their life?

The kinky trans woman?

The genderqueer person with neopronouns and "conflicting" labels?

The literal teenager who doesn't- and CANNOT- know better because of their horrifically bigoted family? Not without external guidance, of which they can only have through the online, and are immediately shunned from?

You all want an easy answer.

There are none here.

There never will be.

The only answer is to practice media literacy, to wait until both sides have come out with their sides of the story, and to understand a very rarely spoken of Golden Rule:

If it isn't hurting anyone nor contributing to harm period, mind your own business.

Otherwise, if still hard pressed:

What do YOU get out of ending the life of someone as they know it?

If it's the same sense of satisfaction a cop would get, I don't know what to tell you.

All I know is that you cannot, AND SHOULD NOT, be doing their "job" for them.

And if you do, wipe that ACAB off of your bio.

We do not use the weapons of the oppressor on our own. ESPECIALLY on our youth.

[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..............,......

[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.