#I NEED COMMUNITY INPUT

[daughter-of-war]

Something I think about a lot is how the 13th Doctor clearly has dyed-blonde hair. She has visible dark roots. This can mean two things: Either Time Lords can just... regenerate with funky, non-natural-human hair colours (perhaps like how Time Ladies always seem to regenerate into a full beat of makeup..), OR that the regeneration energy of 12 to 13 fried her otherwise naturally brown / black hair into a blonde.

Of course, the latter leads to so much potential. Does the Doctor now have to upkeep her dye job? Does she disappear sometimes for "five minutes" only for Yaz to stare disapprovingly at her grown-out roots? Has any of the Fam ever taken her to a hair salon or does she bleach her hair in the TARDIS console room with a jug of water and some totally-safe-don't-worry Space Bleach that nearly sets the console on fire when she bumps into it? Where is all the art of 13 with dark hair?

I need answers.

[ghostlyglooms]

my favorite thing about dirkjohn is that i have never seen a truly bad interpretation of them. anything works with them. they have never met. they have secretly known each other for years. they’re fluffy and adore each other after being deprived of love for so long. they fight and bicker and yell at each other. they’re unlabeled. dirk is so obviously gay and john is so obviously bi and they have been boyfriends for a while. you can have depression dirkjohn. ultimate dirkjohn. fucking tattoo artist and flower shop dirkjohn. everyone’s jaws drop at this arrangement. everyone thinks about it and realizes it actually makes sense. they are thematic foils who completely contrast. they are more like alike than anyone thinks. the possibilities are endless with dirkjohn.

[saytrrose]

Does abstracted queenie pass the harkness test

[bleachbleachbleach]

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[1mlostnow]

OK!! I WANNA TALK ABOUT BEING GAY!!!

I hope that caught your attention :)

I’m also hoping to get more input from the queer community here so please comment or rb with anything you have to say.

Please read I think this is incredibly important.

Okay ⬇️

I am a trans man and I have only socially transitioned. I don’t usually like to talk about the fact that I’m trans, because I have this underlying fear that it will somehow remind people that I’m “not really a man” or something. Internalized homophobia, I guess. But this feels really important to talk about.

The 2024 Election. I am confident in my belief that we will have a second trump term. It is so incredibly important for trans kids to build community. If he gets elected, that puts us and queer people as a whole at risk.

Depending on which state you’re from, you may have already gotten a taste of this. I’m from a primarily red state and we’ve got bathroom bills, book bans, and transparency bills.

Bathroom Bill -> bans trans folks from using the bathroom which aligns with their gender identity, requires them to use bathroom that corresponds with their sex at birth. I know for a lot of states, this also removed gender neutral bathrooms in a lot of places.

Book bans -> thank you Ron Fucking DeSantis (florida governer, ran for president but dropped from race in January 2024(?)) Lawmakers can decide what books they consider inappropriate for schools, and have them removed. They defend it by saying they’re banning “sexual content” but majority of it is mentions of queer folks in books. To them two boys holding hands for one sentence may as well be a book full of smut. Overall, they’re only retracting what they want to, excluding gender/sexuality mentions and critical race theory.

Transparency -> OH MY FUCKING AHSHDHDRRR. Okay so. In my state and many others, there’s something referred to as a transparency bill. It was advertised as transparency in education and a right for parents to know what the schools’ curriculum consists of. Part of this bill requires teachers and administrators to out a student to their parents or guardians if they come out at school. — Going into this school year, I was unaware this bill had passed. I emailed my teachers the week before school and on my second day, the principal was legally required to phone home. Luckily, everything was fine on my end and my mom already knew.

Now these are the things that have already happened. There is so, so much more. Bans on gender affirming care, legally classifying marriage as between a man and a woman, and SO much more that I can’t even comprehend enough to type out. Please do your research.

It’s so hard to stay positive when I fear for my wellbeing, my future, and my life. I am a teenager. I am meant to be going to school to learn math and science, not the Ten Commandments. I’m meant to be able to use the bathroom without feeling out of place, no matter where I am.

I know this focused primarily on trans people but this also affects the queer community on so many levels.

I cannot be happy in a country that believes that being queer is a mental illness.

I hope to god I’m reaching people. I think building community is one of the most important things that we could be doing right now. As well as educating and encouraging others to vote blue.

It’s between a man on his deathbed and a felon.

It’s between a man who doesn’t know where he is and a man who claimed this country would become a “unified reich.”

A democracy or a dictatorship.

[greatmuldini]

The original “substrate” - the bottom layer - provides the plane and the body of Rex Reason, which must be joined up with the head of Nelson Brenner as he would have looked “15 years ago” (i.e. in 1960). The picture chosen to represent the facial features of the younger Brenner (though not his hair) is a 1965 portrait of the actor Patrick McGoohan, as he appeared in an episode of Danger Man (Loyalty Always Pays). Aside from the incorrect age gap, the new head is too large for its adopted body and sits uncomfortably on Rex Reason’s shoulders at an anatomically impossible angle (with barely a neck to speak of).

The contortions do not end there, however, as the youthful image of Nelson Brenner must clearly display his receding hairline – the third layer to be added to the composition. For the “enlarged” close-up that Columbo presents as “evidence” in the final “gotcha” scene, the hairline was completely redrawn with a new left-sided parting, and the entire image inexplicably rasterized. No changes were made to the face itself, its size or its angle in relation to the rest of the body.

For the fifth and final transformation, Columbo’s “photo guys” went to work on the close-up and added features from the description that their witness gave them of the mysterious “operative” (code)named Steinmetz – and young Nelson Brenner, already follicly challenged, becomes an elderly gentleman, bearded and bespectacled, who is peering at the onlooker from underneath a set of bushy white eyebrows topped by the shiny expanse of his formidable forehead. (3/4)

[bananonbinary]

i keep getting stupid google ads for letting AI write your emails for you and this is actually the exact sort of thing that is horrifying about AI right now. i wouldn't trust a strange HUMAN to write emails for me with no further instruction than "ask about deadlines" and you want to let a free-to-use market-driven robot do it?? holy shit this is gonna cause so much confusion and miscommunication

[dandelionsandplatypuses]

My toxic trait is I join online language learning communities and just dump a bunch of research-supported information on them that corrects their YouTube polyglot influencer-provided misinformation and misunderstandings of real research and then I vanish again

[r0b0-writes]

Not only do I think that SCC are poly. I also think they are committed to each other in a way that is simply undefinable. I might label it as a QPR, but I could never hope to define the connection they have. It’s just so uniquely them.

[vocaloidgender]

Open and genuine question: Is it okay for people with traits of a personality disorder to make flags and identify with labels relating to that PD? If so are there any disclaimers I should give when doing this?

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Explanation:

We have PD-TS aka PDNOS (personality disorder trait specified, aka personality disorder otherwise not specified) which for me means that I have traits of several personality disorders which all impact me in various ways. However I also dont meet the diagnostic criteria for each PD individually, due to how the various symptoms interact and contradict.

For example I have traits of NPD but I don't meet the diagnostic criteria fully because of how traits of other PD's (for example BPD) interact with eachother. However these NPD traits do affect me and my identity in many ways.

Because of this I was wondering if it would be okay to make labels linking to NPD (and other PD traits I have) despite not fully fitting the criteria for them?

(As a full disclaimer, in the past I have done this, but I want to get imput on this so I know again for the future.)

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This is an open question for anyone with any personality disorder, those without a PD (including transid) please don't respond. Also keep discussions relating to this civil and kind.

[attackofthe50footidiot]

Growing in a small room not with the intent to break anything but because I desperately need to be in a small confined space that squishes me a bit.

[howldean]

finding low-cost mental health resources for queer people is fucking impossible istg

[heartsmi1es]

also important question for the 4 wild grinders fans on here: who is the Fujoshi in wild grinders. (im trying to do that one the struggler shitpost)

[pocket-pal-salt]

I’m glad someone suggested a rule to not put pals for eo especially since someone a few days ago instantly put their pal for eos when they recently got them.

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[bemnie]

im gonna work on my oc Hanas workplace n coworkers! I plan kind of doing like. an Office like cast? but hopefully more realistic n grounded? plus makin em all disabled cause I can B) [smile face with sunglasses]

I know I wanna include a character with drawfism (if u have suggestions on which kind much appreciated! desicion are hard lol)

, a character thats either Deaf or hard of hearing (Im american so they'd use ASL, if any native ASL speakers want to offer their help to make sure this character(s) is portrayed correctly that'd be much appreciated! I can offer art in exchange for your labor n services <3)

Definitely a lotta facial differences n limb body differences!!!

Definitely wheelchair users too!!!!

I want to try n include a character that would use some form of AAC? but i am not totally sure how feasibily that can work in an office setting? I dont know much abt offices but I know they can be kinda difficult to work in?? I am kind of bending the realities of social abliesm n such so I can have fun with my OCs but I am also trying to be realistic with my OCs disabilities and I think AAC users typically have general communication deficiencies(?) and I wouldn't wanna put my characters in uncomfortable situations you know?!?!

I also know I want to include some ID (intellectual disability) , I was thinking of having a character with mild ID n being a janitor. (would kind of be based on some people I know IRL) But im worried thats stereotypical n would seem bad :( since I dont have ID i dont wanna do anything thatd make ppl with ID uncomfortable ! I already have a character with ID (not posted here, getting to it ) and she doesnt work cause she is from a rich family. I also wanna make a bunch more characters with ID so maybe that changes if its stereotypical?? guh idk if anyone with ID reads this Id love some input <3

regarding the might be a janitor character I wanna do a kind of 'Jim and Pam' office love story with them n another character with ID (again is kind of based off people I know) . is important to me that I show characters with ID n developmental disability being adults n being allowed to be in love!!!!!!!!

Wow this was a long post oopsiesss <3