#I AM NOT AFFILIATED WITH YOU.

[soullessjack]

anyone who’s ever said that liking jack is “basically pedophilia” because he’s “mentally a child” owes the autistic community every single coin in their bank account and a free kick in the teeth. what the actual fuck is wrong with you guys 👍👍

[newbabyfly]

Back in 2015, some people started the #IllGoWithYou hashtag. A way for allies to show trans people support by wearing a pin to let them know they're available to go with them to the public gendered bathroom that they identify as.

I haven't seen the founders of this post in over two years and with how much vitriol there's been against trans people lately, I felt the need to revive this, so I designed some new pins for all people to wear to show support of trans people in public spaces.

These will be pay what you want, all proceeds going to the Trevor project. Pick the pin that aligns with what gendered bathroom you're comfy with accompanying someone into.

More info writen up by the founders here!

#IllGoWithYou

[sciderman]

Curious, how much Spidey merchandise do you own?

i'm really normal about spider-man and have a completely normal amount of spider-man merchandise.

[generalfuckhammer]

Shep Help and Update.

It's nearing the three to four month mark since this began for what we've pursued on Shep, as I will admit. We did submit actual evidence along with something to trace back to Shep's personal life and even their identity to several agencies within his country and even in the USA. We got actual word back regarding actual law enforcement in the United States, but only an interview. So far after that? Nothing, and with Shep blocking the only avenue to help apologize with this blog? We are pursuing a new form of action and have been in the background but to no real avail other than one server. It's with Shep's removal from the discord Art Fight that to which I was helping the new owner of @fuckhouse2theelectricboogaloo navigate how to get him removed: did we actually get some form of results. We currently have done everything we legally can to Shep as we wait, so in the meantime we've decided to ask for any and all information regarding where he is in public servers, especially ones where he has access to minors like he did in Art Fight and continue to spread awareness. As so far? All we know currently are his socials, his blogs or even newer ones where he's practically soft-confessing what he did, but did delete David today or last night, then his small clique but none of his activity on discord or similar platforms. I am asking for any and all information regarding Shep's activity online in public servers.

[bonyfish]

Since I stopped talking to my parents in 2021, most of the people I have had occasion to discuss it with either knew me and my family already or are part of my own generational cohort of queer people who, if they don't have complicated relationships with their parents themselves, at least know several people who do. So I got used to either very candidly discussing the order of events with people who already had context or just kind of saying I don't talk to my parents and receiving an understanding nod and a change of subject.

Anyway that's a whole paragraph lead-up to me trying to articulate why I was so caught off guard when my new endocrinologist¹, upon hearing that I'm not in touch with my parents, got very solemn and asked me if it was because they're "not supportive" (implied: not supportive of my gender transition). Granted, I do tend to just let people assume that I don't talk to my parents because they have problems with me being trans, but the actual answer is much more complicated.

So like, last year when my sister came to town to visit for Assorted Winter Holidays, my mom sent with her a beard-grooming kit as a gift for me. She does this on holidays: sends gifts via my sister, always with the stipulation that I don't have to accept them if I don't want to². Here's the thing about the beard-grooming kit though. Probably two-thirds of it were actually really handy, things I'm still using close to a year later. However two of the conditioning products contained almond oil, which I'm allergic to³. In fact, I've had a diagnosed nut allergy since I was 7 or 8. I don't think it occurred to her to check.

Anyway I didn't tell this story to my endocrinologist. I just told her it was complicated and that as far as I know neither of my parents have developed any new health problems of the sort that one writes on patient family history forms.

¹ this is my fourth HRT provider in 3 years because they keep retiring?? Or in the case of my last one, just plain Leaving The Area

² I don't know if I am communicating anything unintentionally by keeping the gifts, but Nik did like the crêpe maker she sent

³ my sister and her partner knew some bearded folks without nut allergies to pass these along to so they didn't go to waste, at least

[macbethz]

I’m entitled to financial compensation for the amount of times my posts have been tagged with hazbin hotel characters

[boringkate]

hello ms. boringkate, do you have any recommendations for someone visiting montreal for the first time?

I dunno. I'm a homebody. TransZen?

Also get some poutine and bagels.

[anthonycrowley]

the difference between me saying this and tacc to be clear is the show was realistically objectively not good and the show having a satisfying ending later does not make it retroactively good and i don’t think it was bad on purpose i just think neil gaiman is a novelist and john finnemore up until this point has written for radio and they are both learning as they go. that being said i do think they were trying to do something here you just have to stare at it from multiple angles for multiple weeks before going oh wait i see what their point was. which again does not make it good.

[cataschism]

url change!! chimerameat -> cataschism

[seventh-district]

i’ve just finished season one of TMA, and being someone who’s okay with spoilers is fun because it means i can peruse the wiki and scroll through the tag and i get to become privy to all sorts of weird, wonderful, halfway-out-of-context information that i get to look forward to understanding in the future

like. what do you mean Leitner’s in the tunnels?

what do you mean Jon eats the extinguished sun??

what do you mean it’s spelled Gerard Keay???

[havendance]

I refuse to belive that Dick will die in any manner other than falling! He needs to die like his parents did! The last of the flying Graysons!

[fuckyeahaudiodrama]

G.O.B.L.I.N.S CROWDFUNDER ENDING SOON!

a comedic fantasy podcast from the Meredith brothers of Stellar Firma fame, the first series of this podcast is closing in on its final hours of crowdfunding!

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the crowdfunder ends at 2PM BST on Friday, August 6th! CHIP IN HERE.

there are still plenty of exclusive rewards left to snag, including (but not limited to):

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BEHIND THE SCENES

SIGNED SCRIPT

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these are just some of my personal favorite rewards, but there are others to peruse!

if you want to help the meredith brothers and friends bring this podcast to life, make haste! not sure? why not CHECK OUT THE PILOT EPISODE. (it’s hilarious)

[isalabells]

Joachim Löw, former national coach of Germany, Hansi Flick, head coach of FC Barcelona, Andreas Köpke, former national goalkeeping coach, and Oliver Bierhoff, former DFB manager during the Farewell Game Of Lukas Podolski, 1.FC Köln on October 10, 2024 in Cologne, Germany.

[byler-alarmist]

If your support of Palestine includes apologizing for SA on the part of Hamas, you'd better block me before I come for your ass

[statiicstag]

[ ta da, brand new blog graphics so very kindly made by @ducktastic-dad look how BEAUTIFUL they are !

on that note, pinned update with a brand spanking new carrd, including updated rules & an about page for alastor ! pls give it a read if you don't mind ! ]

[naruto-ol-protags]

You know, those desolate sand costumes really reminded me that I really want to see MC outfits released representing different villages. Where is my Sunagakure Breeze Dancer… I need her so bad…

I’m not sure if you’ve gotten a question like this or not, but what villages would you assign all of the MCs outside of Konaha? I personally think there’s room to mix and match depending on what skills you equip your MCs with. Just wanna hear your thoughts!

I love this question, and for real, Suna Breeze would be so cool and even current canon-adjacent. I must say I haven't thought about this before, which is why it took me so long to answer. I had to re-read the wiki to see if I could come up with anything. It's long so I'm putting the answers under the [read more]!

The easiest answer based on their main and/or secondary elements would be: Azure - Kirigakure, Breeze - Sunagakure, Crimson - Iwagakure, Midnight - Kumogakure, and Scarlet (secondary Earth element) - Iwagakure. I remember some fanworks implementing this system (while Scarlet was usually left to be from Konoha), and always enjoyed the chaos following having so many differently raised teenagers interact with each other.

The other answer would be a mix of Orichara-era choices and some canon? In the cases of Azure and Breeze who were listed as from Konoha I had to find other hints to follow - for Azure it was her main work material, for Breeze her powers and origin. In the cases of Crimson (suspected Orichara origin, beta design) and Midnight I worked with their beta designs.

Azure from Kusagakure - (through Orichara) associated with cotton, she's listed as also preferring to use genjutsu. She is portrayed as rather kind and cheery, thus the choice from a less violence-prone village. Being from Kusa also makes her an ally to Konoha and possibly supplies her main material of choice.

Breeze from Kirigakure - Orichara gave her water/ice powers (based on her Tsurara (yōkai) origin - it's actually super interesting to see where most of her traits started off from) and so Kiri (thinking back to Haku's powers) seems like a decent match.

Crimson from Iwagakure - the suspected Orichara paints Crimson as an apprentice of an architect master. That combined with the contrast between their ages (16 vs 92) somewhat brings up an image of an Iwagakure shinobi (I'm thinking here of the Akatsuchi and Ōnoki team up). On the other hand, based on his beta design, Crimson's clothes (color palette, style) and appearance pretty much align with Kumogakure's. I like how he was given a more serious air, with his neutral expression and a scar over his left eye.

Midnight from Kumogakure - his old sword looks somewhat like Darui's Cleaver Sword (and in one of the images you could also argue that he looks a bit like him?). It's also interesting to note just how consistent his design is with the lightning element. My second pick would be Kirigakure since the sword loosely matches the village's weapon designs. Midnight also has his Bloodthirsty Demon skill, which plays well with his bounty hunter profession if taken in the context of “death matches for Kirigakure Academy graduation”.

Scarlet from Amegakure - another Orichara choice, and a peculiar one with him defecting. I like this pitch because despite being from Ame (which does suit his later-given genjutsu abilities), his main element is wind (also uses water and earth releases). He's also described as longing to join the Akatsuki, how interesting.

And then the synthesis of the above mixed with just some fun choices and other biased canon picks for my maximum enjoyment:

Azure from Kirigakure - a kind character from an infamously not kind land; I really like thinking of Azure as kind despite the circumstances, as in making her caring and curious personality an active choice instead of sth that just happens to her. She is also known for loving fish (fish dishes?), and after skimming through "ideal conditions for growing cotton" maps the choice (baring Konoha) was between Suna and Kiri, so... I'm making this list alphabetically, but this choice is also fuelled by the interest in seeing the contrast between how she turned out vs Midnight.

Breeze from Sunagakure turned Otogakure and defecting (and going back to Suna?) - see, I'm such a ride or die for the headcanon that Breeze did work with Orochimaru at some point in her life (whether voluntarily is a different matter but I do like all answers to this). It makes her traveling the world thing have more flavor, and her ending up in canon in Konoha is also soo conflict-inducing. This way, her strong personality and intelligence would be crucial to her forming alliances. Also after so many changes, I think her canon judgment of good and evil is sth quite worthy of careful dissection.

Crimson from Land of Flowers - he is so incredibly kind and loves plant cultivation. Since Land of Flowers was caught in conflict with Iwagakure and saved by Kumogakure it also puts Crimson in a nice intersection of possible skills and appearances (his darker skin is similar in appearance to other Kumo shinobi, his earth release skills - Iwa's, his drive and need to protect others born from the conflict?). But generally I just really love the image of Crimson cultivating flowers ;w;

Midnight from Kirigakure - I like it when someone's main elemental release doesn't match the Village's majority and Midnight's bloodlust and skills are more compelling to me than his other traits, I guess. The fact that Village of the Bloody Mist's reputation would line up well with his personality of a loner and not much of a talker is also fun. There are also some thoughts on how lightning powers would be amplified by an environment rich in water.

Scarlet from Ame (defected) - the whole setup made from Orichara is just so good. It gives him a motive, gives him freedom (something he seems to be struggling with a lot in canon - loyalty vs personal beliefs), and so many directions to grow into. And I love how he's good with drawing and scrolls, and how it's probably the happiest and (arguably) least burdened Scarlet we've ever seen (he's described as having many interests and being able to solve conflicts with his smile).