#ASKER AND OP COOKED WITH THIS ONE

[sky-swimmer]

Sorry- excuse me gotta insert myself into the conversation even though nobody asked- because THIS IS SO TRUE???? I was just having this convo with @ficsinhistory !!! The fandom sleeps on Hazel- but really she is such a great protag, and genuinely so kind and also relatable.

I was shocked at the end of Birthday Take-back when she recognized that Dev was lashing out at her and the fairies because of his dad and not because he's just naturally mean. She knows Dev doesn't totally mean what he's saying, and he's doing what he can to avoid confronting the main issue- to blame his dad's lack of care on everyone else.

And then, while acknowledging this- that it's hard for Dev, she also understands that it doesn't excuse his behavior. Dev hurt her, so she disengages with the conversation, sets her boundaries that she won't accept being his emotional punching bag, and leaves.

Like ofc I felt terrible for Dev, the whole scene was heartbreaking, but also- HAZEL??? She is so emotionally mature??!!! She had a shining moment and aGH I just love that little lady. Even though I live in Devzel brainrot- the idea that anyone can think Hazel messed up with Dev is just so sad. Dev needs people in his life who will hold him accountable! Who care enough to be honest with him.

And about the 'Hazel's wish could have been used on Dev'.

Dev is a well-written character, and I can see why the fandom roots for him (including me!) Especially because of all the sad moments we never see getting properly resolved... BUT... the guy literally just took over fairy world?!!! I can't realistically see why Hazel would let him keep his fairy /memories 😭😭 (that being said, I don't think they're totally gone- considering his sunglasses)

And, even for those who are solely focused on Dev and don't care about other characters; don't we want to actually see well paced plot and character development?????? Won't it mean more if Dev actually works to redeem himself next season, and finally gets reunited with Peri and becomes friends again with Hazel?

From a story perspective, the choice to let Hazel's friends and brother keep their memories was amazing. It keeps the show fresh and addresses one of the main criticisms from the predecessor.

I really hope we get a season 2, because the writers seemed so hyped about writing the new dynamic!!! I really can't wait to see what happens next 😭✋

don't u just love it when the protag gets basically only used as an extension of another characters angst and is turned into a cardboard cutout in fanon content and thus is never though of outside of that inspire of having 30 episodes focused on her (eye twitch)

Oh my god. Yes. The treatment of hazel in the fandom makes me !!!! Mad to say the least . Like yeah i love dev but HAZEL HAS HER OWN PROBLEMS ANS STRUGGLES THAT ARE JUST SO OVERLOOKED BECAUSE OF DEVS DADDY ISSUES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hazel is barely treated as ...you know......the protagonist of her OWN SHOW WHICH IS WHAT SHE IS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I will never forgive how the twt fandom treated her when the finale aired. She did NOT have to use her rule free wish on dev come on now!!!!!!!!!! I think the wish she DID end up making is so interesting AND I THINK PEOPLE NEED TO FOCUS ON WINN AND JASMINE BEING HAZELS FRIENDS MORE!!!!!!!!!!! theyre both awesome in their own ways it just SUCKS that so many cool characters get basically....no recognition..........bc people would rather focus on devs problems WHEN HES ONLY HAZELS FRIEND FOR LIKE. IDK 3 EPISODES????????

Tldr TREAT HAZEL LIKE TO PROTAGONIST OF HER OWN SHOW GOD DAMNIT!!!!!!!!!!!!

[snootyfoxfashion]

(1/2) It's really harmful and confusing that people are saying that not revealing yourself as trans is rape when rape is forcing a sexual Act on someone, not having different parts than expected. It's like if someone said 'oh my d*ck is huge' or something but it isn't, the person hasn't raped you by not saying it isn't beforehand, and this is assuming that the trans person said straight up that they were cis or implied it. In the case of if the person just assumed they were cis, it's similar to

(2/2) if someone didn’t tell you their height you just assumed they were taller or shorter it isn’t rape either. In no way is concealing the fact that you are trans rape. If you are pursued in a physically sexual manner against your consent, that is rape. You can’t say “oh but I don’t like men” if you don’t want to get with a trans woman because she is a woman. Period. If you are made to have sex or to do a sexual act, that is rape. Just say you don’t like trans people and go.

Completely agree. This also doesn’t mean ‘rape by deception’ isn’t a thing, it very much is. It’s just that the op of the blog was using a partial definition to back up her transphobia. 

Here’s an excerpt from Psychology Today, “Deceiving another person in order to have sex with them is morally wrong” The “in order to” bit is important. The askers trans partner wasn’t lying about being trans to have sex with them, sex was never even mentioned in their ask.

OPs definition is the first line of the wikipedia page, and further down there is a bit about cases including a trans person in which this was said, “Trans activist Sophie Cook has stated that the UK Sexual Offences Act requires transgender people to tell partners about their gender history as part of its requirements that people making sexual consent decisions can make informed consent, and that the law is an infringement on trans peoples’ human rights and on their privacy.”

I found the article this is from and Cook also says, “By forcing transgender people to disclose their history to prospective partners the law is not only infringing their human rights it’s also reinforcing the bigoted idea that trans people are in some way abhorrent and something that people need to be warned about.” (x)

I listen to a lot of true crime podcasts, and one of them covers the story of a man who killed a sex worker he hired because he found out she was trans. The story unfolds to the discovery of there being no physical ways to even tell this sex worker was trans, meaning this guy may have intended to kill a sex worker for being trans OR he fucking killed her when he found out she was trans. (x) And y’all really wanna call that rape by deception?? 

Sorry for going on a tangent about this, I’ve just been doing a lot of reading and I’m seriously so shocked by the people trying to purport this.

[wickedchrissy]

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For whatever reason I never got the notification for this so I’ll just do it now haha

Lots of good stuff has been happening to me! And I hope you’re feeling better hun

1. Are you a side, back, or front sleeper? I fall asleep on my side but end up on my back usually

2. When you hum random music what song is it? like the theme song to mario or some shit

5: How did you fall into the tumblr hellpit? my friend in highschool made me one a week before midterms and guess who didn’t want to do midterms

6: What fan interest of yours would you least prefer to explain in your workplace? My Little Pony. While I’m no longer a fan, I still enjoyed the show for a few good seasons before the fandom ruined it. Would rather not be seen as a brony to coworkers

7: What fan interest or yours would you most enjoy explaining in your workplace? Harry Potter. In fact I actually got a ton of my coworkers to sort themselves on pottermore

8: Last song you listened to? Lucky Strike–Maroon 5

9: Weirdest thing on your dash today? THIS

17: What type of mad science will you Show Them All with? (ex: mad chemical engineer, mad library scientist, mad linguist). Which of your creations will probably turn on you? okay this question confuses me lmao. I guess I’m a mad punner? and I’d bet one about a lightswitch ;D

18: Favorite cheesy trope? I’m a sucker for soulmate stuff or friends to lovers. mostly because I believe in it haha

19: Favorite trope nobody writes enough of? FWB tropes (I’m sinful)

21: Wierdest tumblr drama you’ve been a part of or stumbled across. God dude idek. so much drama. I don’t really care.

23: What is something you collect? fortunes from fortune cookies :)

25: The last game you played is crossed with the zombie apocalypse and now going down outside your window. How boned are you? well the last game I played was Zelda: Twilight Princess so I guess I’m a wolf so not bad actually?

28: Your icon is now the voice of your inner therapist. How is this gonna go? Dude Lance as my inner therapist? he is such a good person and loves to help other people out and use humor aw damn it’ll be great!!

29: Name a kink you only like hypothetically. Threesomes. Sounds super awesome but now that I’ve found someone I love adding anyone else to the picture just seems wrong. Or even just unsatisfying? Why would I want to add a foreign body into an already perfect dynamic?

30: Name a kink you find bewildering. “Daddy”

31: You have acquired: a mouse, a lizard, a rabbit, a spider, a domestic fox. Name them! Who gets to sleep on the bed? Snickers. Reptar. Flopsy. Alice. Vulpix. and the fox and the rabbit. hopefully they don’t eat each other lmao

36: What meme gets on your nerves? Any memes about shootings. Please draw a line.

37: Showers or baths? I always shower but god a bath sounds lovely

43: Shuffle up a random song on your media player. Now tell me what ship/story goes with it. I got I.M. SIN by Five Finger Death Punch and lmao I can only think of Keith

44: What’s making you happiest recently? :) my boyfriend!!

49: Tell me a really obscure fact you know. it’s illegal to tie giraffes to poles in certain parts of California

55: Favorite food for every color of the rainbow. interesting. Red-strawberries. Orange-um oranges lmao. Yellow–pasta!. Green–peas. Blue–this has to be blueberries right? like you’re kidding. Purple-there’s definitely no purple food, fuck you. Pink–shrimp

56: If you were a poltergeist where would you haunt and what would be your preferred style of prank? I’d haunt my old college dorms and steal people’s food right after they cooked it mwahaha

60: Dragons, dinosaurs, or aliens? DRAGONS

62: Insult the asker of this question creatively. Your mother was a hamster and your father smells of elderberries.

63: In an ideal world, what would you like done with your body after you die? I’d like to made into a tree!! :)

66: What are the three traits you value the most in others? Consideration, Compassion, Appreciation

69: Answer number 60 like it was a “fuck, marry, kill” rhetorical. now THAT is a good question haha. Um if it can be dragon/dinosaur/alien of my choosing then I’ll fuck the alien (*cough allura cough*), marry a dragon (probably from Dragon Tales), and kill the dinosaur cause it’s already dead

74: If you were a superhero, what would be your one weakness? literally just children. like I’m so bad. bring a kid into the picture and I’ll do anything.

75: Describe a weird encounter you had with a bug. So my older sister has arachnophobia, went downstairs once and just screamed and ran back up. Figuring it would be a little house spider my little sister goes down stairs to kill it, screamed and went back up. So me, with no fear of spiders, went down and, to my surprise, saw a spider the size of my hand and like an inch thick. No way was I putting my hand near that thing. So I ran upstairs to grab the vacuum, actually scared for once. I held up the hose like my sword and the vacuum as my shield as my sisters cowered behind me. After a deep breath I dove and sucked up the spider in one fell swoop! For a moment I was relieved until my younger sister just mutters “what if crawls out…” so now I finally start screaming, run upstairs and put the vacuum out on the deck, slam the door, and wait for my dad to get home. The end.

[heybenlook]

[ID: First image: screenshot of replies between the asker and OP.

woolieshubris: i feel like thats def gonna cause some sort of explosion? but also. i dont know enough about microwaving liquids to prove that

orca-iguana (OP): Thats fair. Probably would explode if I forget to open it before hand which likely will happen eventually

woolieshubris: wait wait wait are you microwaving it in the fucking can

orca-iguana (OP): woolieshubris yes??? Its only aluminum right?

woolieshubris: oh my fucking god

Second image: a screenshot from an article from the FDA.

"Glass, paper, ceramic, or plastic containers are used in microwave cooking because microwaves pass through these materials. Although such containers cannot be heated by microwaves, they can become hot from the heat of the food cooking inside. Some plastic containers should not be used in a microwave oven because they can be melted by the heat of the food inside. Generally, metal pans or aluminum foil should also not be used in a microwave oven, as the microwaves are reflected off these materials causing the food to cook unevenly and possibly damaging the oven. The instructions that come with each microwave oven indicate the kinds of containers to use. They also cover how to test containers to see whether or not they can be used in microwave ovens."

Third image: A simple drawing of a cartoon character with a huge head, huge eyes, and their mouth agape.

Fourth-sixth images:

A simple cartoon comic. The character, exasperated, says “to all you fuckers saying shit like this,” pointing to tags that read “#omg this is just the tea kettle post #that one Shakespeare post #this is the tea boil water post." Their eyes get big and they stare at the viewer, "this is the same mutual circle." They stand in front of a diagram reading "family tree." "they are mutual in laws. we didn't learn shit.” End ID.]

why are you microwaving carbonated drinks that feels wrong.

IDK, most people hate it, but I'm also the person that purposely lets coke go flat because I like it better flat so me and carbonated drinks have a weird relationship.

[harleiquina]

I don't want to go down the easy route of "OP is wrong and is a a*hole" so... let's see.

Maybe what you do, dear asker, is a hobby. An artistic pursuit that gives you joy but you are not in it for the money.

It is fine, I also have them. I decorate things.

But I'm 31. What do I know about life?

What I do know that I have a "blue-collar" job that I hate because I need to create. I am an artist and I would love to have my passion as my job and to be paid for that... because I live in a society that requires you to have money to live and I have a family to support (+ many pets and we all know how demanding those little beasts are).

*A sad violin starts playing while I enter the "read more" link*

I work as an Over the Phone Interpreter. I'm very professional and the topics in the calls do not affect me (trust me some things had made my coworkers cry) still... sitting on my PC with the portal open and with a constant back-to-back flow of calls (now is a little less but I still have them) is devastating to me. I broke down in tears before or after my shift out of the blue, mostly at night so nobody can see me or in the shower for the same reason.

I don't enjoy anything now (mom likes to cook for me, but everything feels the same. I just eat because I'm hungry, not for enjoyment). So yeah... this is taking a toll on me.

My mom was super-concerned when I was doing this piece. Because I put A LOT of detailing in something that was supposed to be just a simple piece of painted wood to stick that broken Christmas' ornament. She loves it, of course... but as soon as I finished I told her "You know that Bettlejuice scene where Delia tells her husband 'I'm an artist, if you don't let me do what I want to this house I'll go mad and drag you down with me'? Well... I feel like that" and her answer was "Yeah, I thought so. That's why I left you alone while you were doing it".

I still do it. Every day from 1PM to 7PM I'm on the line and I add 2 hours of Overtime every time I can. (I used to work 8 hours + OT but due the lack of calls I was asked to reduce my time on the line).

I have a family to support: mom and an aunt. Both of them are over 50 so in my country, Argentina, nobody employs them anymore. Mom used to work in Walmart, she did it for almost 28 years, but due to our never-ending economical crisis they started to close stores and she was fired just like that.

I see this moment as a way to repay her. She feed me, clothed me and paid for my College (I studied Advertising thinking of it as a more profitable career than Scriptwriting... but my aversion to kissing boots got me stuck, so here I am now, making 4dls/hr for an Hondurian company that is one of the many from which a Big Interpretation CompanyTM outsources). So fine... it's fine. Everything is fine.

But my soul... is crushed. And I'm tired... I can't even do anything I want I do not find the will... even if I need to do it. I'm exhausted because my job is draining me... and I feel myself bone-dry.

I love when my friends tell me how they've felt after reading something I wrote. (They are busy now, with not enough time to read, but... ah well).

I love writing. It's MY thing. I enjoy creating stories, putting all the pieces together, the characters, their arcs!! ...

I can create worlds!

Why should I conform myself having an ordinary quiet life?!

I also sort of play the guitar. The time my teacher gave me his friend's 12 string guitar I just fell in love with it... it has such a lovely sound. And those times I play something (in the loneliness of my room because I'm very shy) and by chance mom or my aunt hear me and identify the song... I'm so proud of it!! And I can't even tell you when they like the melody that comes of me just having fun with the strings.

Art puts a smile not just on my face but in my heart. It gives me a purpose.

Why should I destine myself to this darkness that surrounds me and makes me so unhappy when I know that I can thrive and maybe be really good at something I love?

Sitting down and writing isn't less of a job because it is sitting down and writing. As I said, I'm 31, I'm still young (I don't feel it like that but, ah well...) I still have so much to learn and perfect in my writing and the topics that I choose. I started at my 17, and my work then was pityful (some good ideas here and there but really bad executed) and how do I know that? Because I kept on reading anything that I found fascinating, learning from any kind of text, learning from people and their experiences... and even from made-up experiences!

We, artists, draw inspiration from life and this is an endless source. We never receive a diploma that says "Yes NOW you are a writer/musician/dancer/actor/other"... those from College are just a piece of paper with little to no value. The real learning is in the process... in the work...

And how can I get better at what I love when I'm wasting my time in something that I hate? Yes, it puts food on the table, but why can't my writing do the same thing? I do not ask for millions, not even fame, but to get rid of the whole "starving artist" cliché. We shouldn't starve for food, but for knowldege and drive.

I'm sorry Neil, although I love your writing and agree with your opinions on most subjects I have to disagree with you on the writers' strike. No-one should have a more privileged life as a result of being clever and creative. I worked from the age of 15 to the age of 65 in low-paid jobs, taking 1 year off to go to drama school and 3 years off to get a fine art degree. I worked in terrible but necessary jobs, labouring, stacking boxes, unloading trucks, running errands, filing, going to work on a bicycle at all hours of the day and night on shift work in all kinds of weather. Even when I was a student I was still working in part-time cleani8ng jobs and even during periods of unemployment I worked in volunteer jobs for charities and social services.

According to Mensa I have an IQ of 160 and according to Plymouth University I have a BA hons in Fine Art but I cannot accept the idea that writers and other creative people should avoid normal jobs like driving an "Uber" or working in an office/shop/factory/construction site. To accept that idea would be to create a new aristocratic class when we should abolishing the old princes and aristocrats.

What we need, I feel sure, is a redistribution of labour so that everybody who can do so would spend some time each year in blue collar work and everybody who can would get higher education and a chance to make art of one sort or another.

The idea of doing other jobs to supplement writing or drawing shouldn't be seen as a terrible thing, a punishment or a suffering. Sharing the jobs around should be seen as normal.

I mean, I've done my half century of sweat labour and it didn't hurt me too much. I'm retired now and still making art of various kinds and I've never asked anyone to pay me for any art piece I've made. making art, writing, drawing etc. is the fun stuff which we get to do in exchange for the blue collar stuff which puts food on the table.

The worst pop song ever written was Sting/Dire Straits song "Money for Nothing" which ridicules the working class from a position of educational privilege.

So what's my question? My question is: What's wrong with a writer doing other jobs to make ends meet? Sounds perfectly fine to me.

Nothing's wrong with a writer doing other jobs to make ends meet. Writers and artists have been doing that since the dawn of time. Actors too.

But by the same token, there's nothing right about assuming that writing isn't a blue-collar job, or that writers and other people who make art can only make it for love and that thus they need other jobs to subsidise their craft.

I like living in a world in which the people who make the things that make the world worth living in get paid for their work. For me, that includes the people who make films and TV, books, art and music and comics.

Having spent a lot of time on film and TV sets, it's a blue-collar world on set, and everyone is working long and hard to make the shows you love. I'm never going to suggest that the riggers or the gaffers or the make-up team or the focus-pullers should drive ubers in order to have the privilege of being on the set and working there.

Or to put it another way, from the most blue-collar writer I ever knew...

[pan-de-queer]

i KNOW the fic you're talking about op('s asker) but i can't find it for the life of me 😭 so please have these two very similar in theme fics while i try to search for the exact one you're talking about (because I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT!!!) Kiss the cook by spacemanearthgirl

Kara invites Lena over for dinner but it turns out Kara's a terrible cook. Instead of just telling Kara her cooking is awful, Lena eats the horrible food just to see Kara smile. Or for a month Lena eats some pretty disgusting food just to make Kara happy. It goes well until Alex is invited to dinner too.

this love came back to me by renemini

The first time Lena says yes, it’s an accident.

Because she’s almost sure Kara knows she’s a vegetarian and so there’s almost no way she’d ask her to taste test something with meat in it.

All the other times after that, though? Lena just can't seem to figure it out either.

Hi,

I'm looking for a supercorp fic where Kara bakes something and brings it into the office but she forgot the sugar and everyone hates it except Lena (bc she's lying and in love with Kara). Eventually Kara finds out and is like "WHY DID YOU TELL ME IT WAS AWFUL?"

and Lena is like "uhhh I didn't want to hurt your feelings"

and karas like "yesterday you told Carl from accounting you didn't want to go to his party because you thought he was boring. You said it right to his face."

Fandom: Supergirl

Pairing: Kara Danvers/Lena Luthor

Who knows this fic? Please, help us find it. Thank you! 🙏😊🦸‍♀️