#Ron tag

[prudereality]

oh my god old ron. old man ron. old man ron with sunspots and moles and skin tags. old man ron who, after finally understanding that he doesn’t want to fish he just wants to watch the fish, goes out on his boat with his stepson to just watch fish. old man ron who let his stepson cry in his arms when terry was confirmed infertile. old man ron who got up early every morning to prepare his wife’s breakfast and arthritis medication. old man ron who threw his back out and told no one until samantha realized and started panicking. old man ron who painted his nails for the first time when he was in his 70s. old man ron who was excited about his son’s new girlfriend. old man ron

[saybiwithme]

[ronycore]

meow

[soft5ku11]

potato boy watches too much anime and eats too many fries, more at 11 [speedpaint under the cut]

[gothcleats]

new ron headcanon just dropped!

he picked up mr. mustache because mr. mustache looked like willy’s mustache

[honkytonkdyke]

milfcore

i love you ron

[cookinguptales]

So I’ve been enjoying the Disney vs. DeSantis memes as much as anyone, but like. I do feel like a lot of people who had normal childhoods are missing some context to all this.

I was raised in the Bible Belt in a fairly fundie environment. My parents were reasonably cool about some things, compared to the rest of my family, but they certainly had their issues. But they did let me watch Disney movies, which turned out to be a point of major contention between them and my other relatives.

See, I think some people think this weird fight between Disney and fundies is new. It is very not new. I know that Disney’s attempts at inclusion in their media have been the source of a lot of mockery, but what a lot of people don’t understand is that as far as actual company policy goes, Disney has actually been an industry leader for queer rights. They’ve had policies assuring equal healthcare and partner benefits for queer employees since the early 90s.

I’m not sure how many people reading this right now remember the early 90s, but that was very much not industry standard. It was a big deal when Disney announced that non-married queer partners would be getting the same benefits as the married heterosexual ones.

Like — it went further than just saying that any unmarried partners would be eligible for spousal benefits. It straight-up said that non-same-sex partners would still need to be married to receive spousal benefits, but because same-sex partners couldn’t do that, proof that they lived together as an established couple would be enough.

In other words, it put long-term same-sex partners on a higher level than opposite-sex partners who just weren’t married yet. It put them on the exact same level as heterosexual married partners.

They weren’t the first company ever to do this, but they were super early. And they were certainly the first mainstream “family-friendly” company to do it.

Conservatives lost their damn minds.

Protests, boycotts, sermons, the whole nine yards. I can’t tell you how many books about the evils of Disney my grandmother tried to get my parents to read when I was a kid.

When we later moved to Florida, I realized just how many queer people work at Disney — because historically speaking, it’s been a company that has guaranteed them safety, non-discrimination, and equal rights. That’s when I became aware of their unofficial “Gay Days” and how Christians would show up from all over the country to protest them every year. Apparently my grandmother had been upset about these days for years, but my parents had just kind of ignored her.

Out of curiosity, I ended up reading one of the books my grandmother kept leaving at our house. And friends — it’s amazing how similar that (terrible, poorly written) rhetoric was to what people are saying these days. Disney hires gay pedophiles who want to abuse your children. Disney is trying to normalize Satanism in our beautiful, Christian America. 

Just tons of conspiracy theories in there that ranged from “a few bad things happened that weren’t actually Disney’s fault, but they did happen” to “Pocahontas is an evil movie, not because it distorts history and misrepresents indigenous life, but because it might teach children respect for nature. Which, as we all know, would cause them all to become Wiccans who believe in climate change.”

Like — please, take it from someone who knows. This weird fight between fundies and Disney is not new. This is not Disney’s first (gay) rodeo. These people have always believed that Disney is full of evil gays who are trying to groom and sexually abuse children.

The main difference now is that these beliefs are becoming mainstream. It’s not just conservative pastors who are talking about this. It’s not just church groups showing up to boycott Gay Day. Disney is starting to (reluctantly) say the quiet part out loud, and so are the Republicans. Disney is publicly supporting queer rights and announcing company-supported queer events and the Republican Party is publicly calling them pedophiles and enacting politically driven revenge.

This is important, because while this fight has always been important in the history of queer rights, it is now being magnified. The precedent that a fight like this could set is staggering. For better or for worse, we live in a corporation-driven country. I don’t like it any more than you do, and I’m not about to defend most of Disney’s business practices. But we do live in a nation where rights are largely tied to corporate approval, and the fact that we might be entering an age where even the most powerful corporations in the country are being banned from speaking out in favor of rights for marginalized people… that’s genuinely scary.

Like… I’ll just ask you this. Where do you think we’d be now, in 2023, if Disney had been prevented from promising its employees equal benefits in 1994? That was almost thirty years ago, and look how far things have come. When I looked up news articles for this post from that era, even then journalists, activists, and fundie church leaders were all talking about how a company of Disney’s prominence throwing their weight behind this movement could lead to the normalization of equal protections in this country.

The idea of it scared and thrilled people in equal parts even then. It still scares and thrills them now.

I keep seeing people say “I need them both to lose!” and I get it, I do. Disney has for sure done a lot of shit over the years. But I am begging you as a queer exvangelical to understand that no. You need Disney to win. You need Disney to wipe the fucking floor with these people.

Right now, this isn’t just a fight between a giant corporation and Ron DeSantis. This is a fight about the right of corporations to support marginalized groups. It’s a fight that ensures that companies like Disney still can offer benefits that a discriminatory government does not provide. It ensures that businesses much smaller than Disney can support activism.

Hell, it ensures that you can support activism.

The fight between weird Christian conspiracy theorists and Disney is not new, because the fight to prevent any tiny victory for marginalized groups is not new. The fight against the normalization of othered groups is not new.

That’s what they’re most afraid of. That each incremental victory will start to make marginalized groups feel safer, that each incremental victory will start to turn the tide of public opinion, that each incremental victory will eventually lead to sweeping law reform.

They’re afraid that they won’t be able to legally discriminate against us anymore.

So guys! Please. This fight, while hilarious, is also so fucking important. I am begging you to understand how old this fight is. These people always play the long game. They did it with Roe and they’re doing it with Disney.

We have! To keep! Pushing back!

[industrations]

[toorumlk]

the gryffindor prefects who were just the tiniest bit obsessed with each other

off-duty:

[mushroomjar]

n34 from the pride asks 👀

34: What are you needing most right now (what would make your life easier or fulfilling in regards to existing as queer?)

I'm not fully sure. Maybe the ability to be out with my family without it being awkward lol

Thanks for the ask!^^

Ask game (text is a link)

[mushroomjar]

@gregoriocasa

This came to me while I was almost asleep last night

[prudereality]

glennronglenn au where they knew each other before glenn ever met morgan. ron and glenn being outcasts together in middle school glenn convincing ron to get in on his laser pointer business the business succeeding. ron covering for glenn and grabbing his homework because “homework is important, glenn, you can’t be a businessman without doing your homework” and “ron, i don’t need homework, i’m gonna be a famous rockstar someday” and “okay, glenn, but ms. steele still assigned these problems for tuesday and i really don’t understand them, can you help?” goes to “oh for sure dude”.

ron and glenn in high school. “glenn, nikki millers asked me to the dance this friday, do you think i should go?” “nik— wait, what did you tell her?” “i told her i had to ask you first.” “ron.” “glenn.” “ron if you wanna go to the dance with her you should.” (glenn wants to go with ron ron who is kind and thoughtful and tries his best. ron who is a hard worker and practical thinker.) (nikki millers asked ron as a joke. when he showed up to the dance they pointed and laughed. glenn found ron crying in a bush three hours later.)

ron becoming curious about weed and trying it in college. maybe with glenn: ron feels safe and comfortable and not at all in control of himself and that’s kinda awful but at least glenn is there. glenn will make sure he’s okay. and maybe without glenn: glenn never went to college, so ron tries it with people who don’t care as much. ron does too much and greens out and throws up and when someone finally asks if he’s okay, should they call someone for him all he can croak is “glenn”.

ron and glenn being each other’s only family. only children with dead parents who were also only children. “no blood relatives left, buddy, just you and me.” they attend each other’s father’s funerals. glenn stands stoically next to ron through bill’s funeral; ron sobs in glenn’s arms through willy’s.

best friends glenn and ron who realize that while they may make other friends (mostly glenn. mostly glenn making other friends) they will always be a home to each other. they will always have someone in their corner, someone to pick them up when they get too drunk, someone to hold them while they cry. someone to cheer for them, someone to pour them orange juice.

“ron, i… met this girl? her uh. her name is morgan. she’s pretty, uh. well. i think i might see her again?” “oh! okay, glenn. are we still good for thursday?” “well duh.”

“glenn how do you meet women.” “like. dating apps?” “hmm…”

(glenn and ron who will always come back to each other ron and glenn who love each other. glenn and ron and morgan going to shows, morgan introducing ron to noise muffling cuffs. ron and glenn and samantha having lunch, samantha and glenn riffing off each other like old pals since they first met. ron telling samantha about morgan in the dead of night “she was so good for him, sammy, she made him so happy. i’m worried he’ll never be that happy again it’s been so long i just want him to be—”)

[saybiwithme]

I’m becoming so unhinged rn because of @thewiddler’s destiel posts that I can’t type properly lmao

[ronycore]

6 month back progress 💪

[pittermogged]

hello !!!!!! I drew this massive piece to celebrate 1 year of me getting way too invested in this podcast ! I tried to fit as many NPCs in here as I could + hope you guys have fun trying to find them all ,,

also available as a print on my inprnt!!!

close ups under the cut !!

[gothcleats]

ONTRA PANOOER GUYS RON RON IS IT RON