#also heads up

[robotslenderman]

I feel like I’m basically a guest everywhere I go.

Like. Gender for one thing, cis as fuck, but you know me - I’m surrounded by trans folk. The gender expat, I’m more at home with them even though I don’t belong. Aroace, but surrounded by allos.

I’m thinking of religion tonight because I was invited to a friend’s iftar. Afterwards we spontaneously went to the picket at Albanese’s office. It was really heartening to see people there, people beeping as they went past, people chanting and singing.

I follow a few religious blogs but I’m not actually religious. Me following Heresylog probably has a few people thinking I’m Catholic lol but I’m not. I’m fascinated by religion in general, I really enjoyed hearing about Islam from my friend who hosted the iftar, about Ramadan, and how it’s a time for reflection and connection among the community.

I thought about looking into converting to Judaism in the past.

But I say that I seem to be the eternal guest because I don’t think I could make myself at home in any religion. Being a part of any religion requires a certain adherence to rules I just can’t do. What appeals to me about any religion isn’t the religion itself, but the culture and rituals attached. It’s the same for Judaism for me. It wouldn’t feel right, I’d feel like a fraud, I don’t believe in any god and I can’t trick myself into doing so. And I don’t know if it’s okay for me to think or feel or say, or if it’s hurtful to Jewish folk, but I guess I’m also worried about running into Zionists as well if I ever pursued that. I don’t want to feel like a condition of my being a part of it is turning my back on my ethics.

But Judaism isn’t Israel. The other protestors were talking about how a woman showed up with a flag with a Star of David overlaid with a swastika, and they got the cops to kick her out. I saw a sign there that had been clearly laid by Jews - “not in our name,” it said, and I could feel the pain behind it. I don’t want to be disrespectful by implying that all Jewish people are Zionists. That’s not true. I know that despite what the Israeli government and the media would want people to believe there are a lot of Jewish people standing in support of Palestine. I’m just afraid of searching for a place and not knowing how to find them, because I’m an outsider.

But like. I enjoy being an eternal guest. I want to go to another iftar one day. I’d love to go to confirmations and other religious rituals that would ever have an outsider attend. I’ve heard that unitarian churches learn about multiple religions; if I ever get out of my parents house I’d like to look into finding one.

Religion has always been interesting to me, but I don’t think I could ever be a part of it.

[p1op166]

I’m alive

I will not draw transformers. I can’t even draw a car

But I’m back and alive and in a wheelchair mentally

[desib717]

Does it ever strike you as weird how many people are like, violently opposed to the idea of Penny coming back? I've seen a fair amount of takes that go beyond just being negative; there are people who are genuinely furious about even the idea.

I don't know if you saw, but shortly after the epilogue animatic came out and people were theorizing, someone posted something along the lines of "I hope the first thing we see in volume 10 is her rotting corpse so you can all see how stupid you were to hope" and I'm like... bro why does this invoke such a strong reaction. I really just don't understand why people act like theorists are suggesting something horrible, especially when if you just pay attention to the show, the theories make more sense than leaving her dead.

In this case my efforts to curate my online experience spared me from seeing that particular take.

On the one hand, I do get why some people are resistant to the idea of Penny coming back again, the whole "balance of life and death" message is common in a lot of stories like RWBY, and at face value, Penny coming back again does seem to fly in the face of that. On the other hand, no I don't really understand why it provokes such an intense response from some people, especially since they largely seem to be convinced in won't happen in the show anyway. Definitely one of those cases where people should learn to just use the block button more often and mind their own business

[nariarts]

Spent a ridiculous amount of time last night obsessively editing my hand written zines in Photoshop to take away any tiny blemishes so they were definitely readable.

Whatever. Understand or don't.

[minjimunji]

bi 4 bi percabeth,,,,, 👉👈

[epic-and-kitty]

send me some asks about Twist or my other girls (Clover and Moss, Zettie, Miilo, Taffy maybe)

I want to do something creative but my brain needs a jump start

[hinamie]

post-graduation trip airport looks

[adriles]

they are Cancelling me for dealing with my grief as best i can . also for the vicious war Crimes

[ktkat99]

Jason comes back from the dead and, as he's still a bit out of it, heads to the manor.

Crawling straight up through six feet of compacted earth is hard, especially after waking up suddenly in a coffin, so after he makes it inside, he sits down to rest on the couch.

And immediately falls asleep.

Hours later, Bruce returns home to find Jason's body, covered in dirt, dug up from the grave and left on his couch.

[abisalli]

A Robin lineup of sorts :) (sorry for no Carrie, Maps or Matthew... I was tired)

[chloesimaginationthings]

William Afton into the FNAF-verse

[heavenbarnes]

thinking about older bf!simon that takes great pride in being your built in pain relief.

“you right?”

delicate as always, gruff voice cutting through the peaceful lull as he stands right in the way of the television you were only really listening to.

“just a headache”

“you taken anything for it?”

you slowly open one eye as far as you can manage, confirming that the look on his face is endearing and he’s not purposefully asking stupid fucking questions.

he’s only man after all.

“i’ll give y’one if y’like?”

before you even have a chance to ask him what “one” might be in this scenario, he’s already nudging you up the couch to sit beside you.

he doesn’t give you the chance to ask any questions, really- not when he’s tucking your back into his side and slipping a large hand down your front.

long fingers slide your shorts to the side and immediately get to work, other hand holding your thighs open (more for his line of sight than anything).

“simon- you don’t have-”

“none a’that, rest y’head and i’ll take care a’ya”

[moxxpoxx]

Are you okay with OCs request or do you prefer fanart related?

i'm good with either one! the drawing may be a bit ooc since i don't know em too well but it's a pleasure to draw either way

[amamamumumumu]

This has been a most worthwhile evening 🍽

[raynewolferune]

DC x DP Prompt: Bruce is bad at emoting but at least ghosts are empathic (too bad bat kids are not)

Was reading Twincognito on AO3 when I stumbled across this gem again:

~

" “Danny, Tim. I was just…checking in. Is everything alright?” Curse his inability to make meaningful conversation when it wasn’t a life or death situation.

They glanced at each other and shrugged.

Then Danny hauled himself out of the bed and walked over to Bruce.

Bruce tried not to let too much excitement show on his face. "

~

Now I really want to read a story where Bruce adopts Danny post Meta trafficking and is being his usual emotionally constipated self. His kids keep getting mad at him because he's treating their new meta brother who was trafficked poorly (generally being stilted in conversation with him, walking away hurriedly mid-conversation, avoiding Danny when he's feeling really awkward, etc). They think Bruce is discriminating against Danny for being a civilian, meta, dealer's pick, but really it's just Bruce being horribly socially awkward. Danny knows this because of ghost empathy and find the whole thing hilarious. The whole thing comes to a head with the Bat Kids staging an intervention in the Bat Cave.