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polin au where penelope gets to say claire’s iconic “look at the state of you” to colin
thats it. thats the au
#sunnie thoughts#bridgerton#polin#polin bridgerton#penelope featherington#colin bridgerton#i think this would be perfect#when colin is like#im never gonna court penelope featherington#and of course penenlope hears/sees it#and to defend her pride#she goes like#look at the state of you#i didnt ask to be courted by you#also anthony and benedict laughing in background#just sniggers anf everything#colin speechless and ashamed#but also becoming a little competitive#i feel like theres a fic in here somewhere#but im too lazy to flesh it out
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back on my infected!paul/wilbur cross nonsense. an interaction between these three would be very amusing I think
#this was supposed to be a quick sketch before I continued work on a larger piece#it did not end up being a quick sketch#worth it though since I've wanted to draw this scenario for quite a while#hatchetfield#emma perkins#paul matthews#wilbur cross#paulkins#appletheosis#made inevitable#props if you can figure out what the dialogue was intended to be without it being cut off for artistic purposes#this was the result of me considering the implications of my shameless paulkins and appletheosis/made inevitable multishipping#emma doesn't like wilbur or infected!paul but it's her pride that she's defending at this point#eventually her and wilbur reach a mutual equilibrium in which they both make fun of capitalism#tw eyestrain#<- possibly?#and now I retreat back into art silence for a week or so#my art
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?!?!? a cis woman saying this in defense or her boyfriend is kind of awful it's just genuine homophobia and not even slightly help like this is cruel..
#girl defending her boyfriend from imaginary gay people by calling them faggots#after posting about ''happy pride bisexuals <3''
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o my god my baby boy is SO HANDSOME!!!!!!!!
I dropped him off to board with his handler for a week while our foster girl recovered from her spay surgery and so his handler has been blessing me with photo and video updates.
She sent me this pic, which DID have more pinks in it from her camera and I wanted to keep those pinks but when I went to edit it... I really like this photo.
The leash he was on has been edited out by me so don't worry yourself thinking he was off leash in a strange place. The person boarding him is one of the only people I would ever trust to drop him off for a full week.
Look at my little man and his sunset photo 😍🥰😍🥰😍 SO handsome, SO demure
#cane corso#scoops#scoops troop#my pets#god just look at him#Sarah - the woman watching him - has also just inflated my pride in this boy because while she DID show him for me#she never spent a lot of time with him just one on one#but now that she's boarding him she was like 'Scoops is welcome in my home whenever you need to board him - he's a really great dog'#I told her I was just waiting for his 'aggression' to come in and she was like 'nah - I don't think he'll ever be aggressive without reason#that was like ... not a knife to the heart in a BAD sense but a knife to the heart in the sense that I feel validated and relieved#Scoops is truly a dog that will succeed and excel in ANYTHING I ask him to do - he's so on board for whatever comes his way#but he's also just.. he's SUCH a lover#and while he's shown his guardian chops by barking/defending me... he's also very good at calmly observing potential threats#and not just barking at any person that walks on our sidewalk(Cossima did not differentiate)#what? Are you telling me I miss my dog? Nonsense!!! I don't miss him at all.........
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@wolfstarmicrofic May 5 - prompt 5: Awful First Meeting [word count 676]
Remus was having a bad morning. He already didn’t like early shifts, but that morning he had overslept, had ran all the way to the café because there had been no buses in sight, had grabbed the first apron he had found and had dived head first right in the middle of three whole field trip classes of teenagers and their caffeine-starved teachers. Then he had barely had the time to wipe the counter and register how hot the guy who had just pushed the café door open was, with his leather jacket with a pride pin on it and his bike helmet under his arm when then man had made a beeline for him, taken one look at his apron and had started shouting at him.
“My friend can very well defend herself, but I’m here to make sure you will never dare to creep on her or any other girl who comes here!” the stranger waved a finger in Remus’s face. “And you’re on the clock, what are you doing, using your paid time to creep up on girls?!”
Remus opened his mouth to say he was very, very gay and in any case he wouldn’t dream of being a creep to anyone, but the stranger was on a roll.
“When someone says no, it’s no, it’s a full sentence! There’s no ‘why’ or ‘but’ or whatever! If she ever comes back here I want you to stay away from her! Don’t talk to her, don’t look at her, don’t even breathe in her direction! Actually, you’d better not talk to any girl or woman who comes in here, am I making myself clear, Severus?!”
Remus blinked, staring at the hot guy who was now catching his breath, then he looked down at the badge pinned on his apron and groaned seeing it said Severus - Happy to help, which was quite hilarious since Severus had never been happy to help in his four months at the café.
“Well?” the stranger glared at him.
Remus removed the pin from his apron and tossed it in a nearby bin with a grimace.
“Sorry,” he said then. “I’m not him. He used to work here, but he got fired just yesterday and I must’ve gotten his apron by mistake coming in this morning.”
The guy frowned.
“How do I know you’re not lying to save your ass?” he asked.
Remus knew he didn’t have to prove anything, but even glaring and shouting the stranger was so insanely hot he would’ve kicked himself if he let him think he was a creep. So he reached in his back pocket and handed him his battered wallet, the pride pin on it well on display.
“My ID’s in it.”
The stranger shot him a puzzled look and had a look inside, his expression immediately turning from anger to horror.
“Shit, I’m so sorry!” he handed back the wallet. “I looked at your name tag and thought it was you, I’m really sorry!”
“Don’t be, I was wearing the wrong name tag after all,” Remus smiled. “And you defending your friend was quite endearing. You can tell her Severus was kicked out when the manager caught him being a creep to his sister.”
“Good,” the stranger nodded. “So your name’s Remus then?”
Remus nodded, the guy smiled and he somehow became even hotter just like that.
“I’m Sirius,” he said. “When do you get off work, Remus? I’d like to buy you a drink as a proper apology.”
“Only as an apology?” Remus smiled.
“Well, not only that,” Sirius grinned. “When I saw the name tag my first thought was why are the hot ones always arseholes.”
“I’m off in an hour,” Remus laughed. “And I promise I’m not an arsehole.”
“I’ll wait right outside for you then. I have a spare helmet,” Sirius smiled. “And I can be an arsehole, but only when you’re mean to my friends.”
Remus kept smiling as Sirius walked out and he gathered empty mugs to clean. Maybe that morning wasn’t so bad after all.
#look at me writing my first coffee shop au here#also yes I do hate Snape thank you for noticing#also also Lily doesn't need anyone to defend her let's be clear#Sirius just felt he needed to add on the crap she put the creep through as well#and the pride pin placement is based on my own#wolfstar#wolfstar microfic#remus lupin#sirius black#remus x sirius#sirius x remus#marauders#marauders era#modern marauders#coffee shop au#the marauders#the marauders era#just writing (like i'm supposed to live)
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Had the realization last night that one of the main reasons why Zuko had to take a lightning bolt for Katara was because he wasn't used to fighting on a team.
Pretty much every battle he'd fought before was a one-on-one or a free-for-all. Even before he went rogue, it wasn't like he was worried about his soldiers, or facing anyone who was an actual threat.
So it didn't even enter his mind that someone else was in lightning range.
He goaded his sister into attacking him, forgetting that he wasn't a lone wolf anymore, and that every attack he allowed Azula to make was a danger to those around him.
#atla#zuko#azula#Katara#there's something glorious about zuko finally getting all the power he wanted and then succumbing to pride#in the final moments of the duel the champion boasted of his victory and in that moment his deceptive foe pulled a wicked trick#he survived the battle and still claimed victory but he was forever left with a scar as a reminder of his arrogance#a mark to truly remind him of his humility#but this one is easily covered and hidden--a mark only he and those closest to him would see#likewise Katara was also not used to fighting alongside someone who wasn't keeping track of her#she was used to fighting on a team and having backup or watching her own back when she's alone#so she wasn't prepared to defend herself and didn't get herself to safety before the lightning flashed#but she was more than ready to fight on her own
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Unconsciously Done: An Examination of Misogyny in the Treatment of Caroline Bingley in Jane Austen Fan Fiction
This essay is not meant as an attack on any specific author who writes JAFF. It is a criticism of a trend that is very strong in the genre and I find extremely problematic.
It is my firm belief that Jane Austen felt deeply for the plight of women in her era and that her books examine the difficult decisions that women were forced to make because of their secondary position in society. Jane Austen presents women to us who have little power and whose only hope in future provision and comfort lies in the whims of men. Moreover, Jane Austen never in her collected works, asks us to delight in the downfall or destruction of a woman. Given this context, I find it highly distressing and untrue to Jane Austen’s legacy that so often in Jane Austen Fan Fiction (JAFF), authors invite readers to celebrate the degradation of Caroline Bingley. This is a repugnant practice that both goes against the intent of Jane Austen’s works and by attacking a woman in particular is an unconscious display of misogyny.
After the Netherfield Ball, where the Bennet family shocks Elizabeth, Darcy, and Caroline with their vulgar behaviour, Caroline and Darcy agree that it would be better for Charles, Caroline’s brother, not to marry into such a family. Together, they go to London and convince Charles to remain there, away from Jane. Caroline writes to Jane to inform her of this. Later, when Jane follows them to London, Caroline cuts off the friendship, which lasted, we should remember, for only a few weeks. She also works to conceal Jane’s presence in London from her brother. She is aided in this endeavour, again, by Mr. Darcy. Her final act of the book is attempting to embarrass Elizabeth in company at Pemberley and then insulting Elizabeth to Darcy in private.
For the purposes of this argument, I will first lay out what the original Caroline Bingley does in the novel Pride & Prejudice. Caroline dislikes the unmannered inhabitants of Hertfordshire, specifically the Bennet family, a sentiment she shares with Darcy. They make fun of the Bennets behind their backs together in the first section of the book, along with Caroline’s sister Louisa. When Jane Bennet is sick at Netherfield, Caroline is not as attentive to her as Jane’s sister would like, despite spending several hours with her multiple times.
It is important to note several things. Firstly, none of Caroline’s actions cause lasting harm to anyone. In the end, Jane and Charles do marry. Secondly, Caroline is drawn by Jane Austen as a social-climber who is not above using artifice to reach her goals, but her actions are entirely rational within that context. Every action that Caroline makes is a logical expression of her two motivations, a wish to marry Darcy and a wish to see her brother marry well. Thirdly, Caroline is aided in nearly everything she does by Darcy himself. One could speculate that without Darcy’s interference, Charles would have returned to Hertfordshire as he planned. Darcy’s own words imply this, “with a stronger dependence on my judgement than on his own.” (P&P, Ch 35.)
The position of women in Georgian society is made clear through Jane Austen’s works. Women are dependent on their parents or guardians until they marry at which point they are dependent upon their husbands. There are only two acceptable options for women of the gentry, marriage or becoming a governess. When Charlotte Lucas submits to a marriage with Mr. Collins, we are told marriage was the only provision for well-educated young women of small fortune (P&P, Ch 22). Jane Fairfax, in Emma, is so upset with her the profession of governess, that she compares it to slavery (V 2, Ch. 18). Jane Austen is clearly of the opinion that a woman should marry for affection rather than only for wealth, but she acknowledges how difficult this line is to draw when marriage is so vital to a woman's life. Caroline is set up as a representation of a mercenary worldview in Pride & Prejudice. Like many other Jane Austen women, Mary Crawford (Mansfield Park, specifically her early interest in Tom Bertram), Lucy Steele (S&S), and Charlotte Lucas (P&P) for example, Caroline is pursuing a man for wealth rather than love.
Lydia Bennet is another woman whom Jane Austen, in the social morays of the time, could have condemned and invited us to hate. In Mr. Collins letter we hear the morality that would delight in a woman’s downfall, “The death of your daughter would have been a blessing in comparison of this.” (P&P Ch. 48). Yet again, the narrator does not invite us to treat Lydia with scorn. We are reminded of Mrs. and Mr. Bennet’s faulty parenting and that he ignored Elizabeth’s advice, we are reminded of the character of Wickham, and we are assured of Lydia’s future provision. Lydia will not fall into poverty because her two wealthy sisters will protect her. Her sisters do this despite the fact that they had the most to lose from her rash actions. This demonstrates an acknowledgement that all women, despite their faults, deserve to be protected.
It is important to note that while Jane Austen invites the reader to disapprove of these women who marry for money, she does not outright condemn them. Charlotte Lucas’s decision to marry Collins is explained with some compassion. The narrator notes that, “the boys were relieved from their apprehension of Charlotte’s dying an old maid” (P&P, Ch. 22) which again reminds us of the importance of marriage for a woman’s future provision. Maria Bertram (Mansfield Park), who married for money and then committed adultery for love and whose actions are clearly condemned, is still allowed compassion. The narrator mourns that Maria must suffer more than her male counterpart for the offence, "In this world the penalty is less equal than could be wished” (MP, Ch. 48) and Sir Thomas spends a good deal of time blaming himself for not raising his daughter properly, “here had been grievous mismanagement” (MP, Ch 48).
Unlikely as it is for Jane Austen to desire further punishment for Caroline, it is more improbable that she would wish for men to exact that retribution. We are told in the history of Eliza Brandon, (S&S) how much power a man can exert over a woman in their guardianship. Eliza is confined to the house and allowed no pleasures until she submits to a marriage to a man who will treat her with cruelty and steal her fortune. This action is despicable and is presented as such. Yet, many authors write Charles Bingley exerting this same sort of control over his sister, or at least threatening it. They wish for him to cut off her allowance and thus financially constrain her behaviour. They have Charles threaten to disown his sister, who in such stories is under his guardianship, or sometimes even give her money away. Not only is this unnecessary, as Charles already can control his sister’s behaviour to an extent as we see during the visit from Mrs. Bennet when he “forced his younger sister to be civil also” (P&P, Ch 9), it is cruel.
It is unlikely therefore, that Jane Austen meant for us to hate Caroline or take pleasure in her imagined downfall. In the original novel, the ‘punishment’ Caroline receives is equal to her actions, she must endure seeing Elizabeth Bennet raised to the position of mistress of Pemberley. It is the same thing that happens to Lady Catherine de Bourgh, who like Caroline, wants Darcy to marry for wealth rather than affection.
More distressing are the words used by characters in works of JAFF, mostly by men who in Jane Austen’s original works treat women with respect, about how Charles might control this “deviant” sister. These terms are often far harsher than anything used for the correction of Lydia Bennet, whom we know to actually be unmannered and wild. Proposals that Charles, “bring Caroline to heel” are repugnant. Caroline is a human woman, not a dog. However one imagines speech in the Georgian era, these are not words used by Jane Austen. Suggestions that Charles cast her out of the family home or be obliged to lock her up, when not said in jest, are terrifying. In this society, these things could happen and would be catastrophic to Caroline.
Even the mere suggestion that Charles should control his sister’s speech in in a start contrast our exaltation of Elizabeth’s lively manner. Jane Austen allows us to find Mr. Collins distasteful for suggesting that Elizabeth controls her tongue, “and your wit and vivacity, I think, must be acceptable to her, especially when tempered with the silence and respect which her rank will inevitably excite” (P&P Ch. 19). Yet, JAFF authors want Charles to do this to his own sister! Would it be in keeping with the morality of the creator of Elizabeth Bennet to have a man force a woman into silence? Jane Austen gave women voices and ideas in a time when that was counter-cultural, yet 21st century authors, most of them women, want to send Caroline back to the dark ages.
Some authors have this same abuse performed by a husband that Caroline unfortunately marries for money or through "compromise" (a common but likely ahistorical trope), only to find out he is cruel. There are stories that present this outcome as just instead of horrifying. Again, these are 21st century authors, relegating a 19th century woman to a cruel marriage in which she has few rights and little chance of honourable escape. Occasionally Caroline is married to Wickham, and instead of Elizabeth Bennet pitying the match, as she does for her sister Lydia, she often finds it funny or just. The idea that any woman deserves to be trapped in an abusive situation, or have her wealth stolen from her by a deceitful suitor, is again, repulsive.
The final degradation that Caroline faces is also the most troubling: authors repeatedly deprive Caroline of her rationality. Jane Austen’s Caroline is a rational creature, as are all the women that are depicted in her works. Good or bad, Jane Austen’s women are carefully rendered images of real life and they have motivations that guide their actions. Caroline’s two motives were discussed above and her actions are entirely rational based on her goals Even if we dislike Caroline’s reasoning and acts, we ought to respect her humanity. Unfortunately, many works on JAFF, in an effort to create a more villainous character, twist Caroline into an evil, insane, psychopathic version of herself, bent only on cruelty and hatred, without any clear goals.
As for authors who relegate Caroline to a life of perpetual dependence, Jane Austen herself only consigns a single woman to this fate, Miss Bates in Emma. Jane Austen treats Miss Bates with respect and kindness, creating a town around her that takes care of both her physical and emotional needs. Emma is admonished by Mr. Knightley for ridiculing Miss Bates before other members of the community. To Jane Austen, a woman in perpetual dependence should excite pity, not disgust or laughter. Miss Bates also is granted a voice and we, along with Emma, are encouraged to listen to her and respect her value as a person.
The reason that all of this is so disturbing and repugnant is because these words are written by modern authors, people who should understand how oppressive and wrong the subjugation of women was in the Georgian era. For those authors, many of them women, to attack a fellow woman with the very tools of the patriarchy that we have ourselves struggle to throw off and fight against is horrid. Jane Austen does not resort to these methods; Caroline Bingley is not bent under the power of her male guardians in Pride & Prejudice. The only woman who is, Eliza Brandon, is an example we are supposed to pity, not scorn.
Worse, Mr. Darcy himself is an active participant in almost every bad action of Caroline. Yet, while Darcy is forgiven completely, and often given excuses like shyness for his actions, Caroline is again and again vilified. It is a double standard of the worst kind and one that especially female authors should recognize as unfair and unjust. Yes, we do not see Caroline’s apology or reformation in Pride & Prejudice, but she is also not a main character. Many JAFF works almost seem to forget Darcy’s interference or rudeness towards Jane and the rest of the Bennet family. He is excused and Caroline is hated and destroyed.
Instead of a human with rational motives, JAFF authors imagine Caroline as a demon. Caroline becomes a playhouse mirror imagine of Elizabeth, who is often turned into a “Mary-Sue” or a picture of perfection. This Carrie-Sue (credit to Amelia Marie Logan, who coined the term) acts in a way that Caroline of Pride & Prejudice never would. Carrie-Sue attacks and insults people in public without motive, including her own brother; she continues to pursue Darcy after he is married; she continually attempts to “compromise” him; and she will do anything no matter the cost. She is a grotesque in the worst sense of the word and she is not of Jane Austen.
If there is one overall thesis of Jane Austen’s works, it is that women are rational creatures. Elizabeth Bennet and Sophia Croft (Persuasion) actually use that term explicitly, but every heroine in Jane Austen demonstrates this same theme. We see inside their heads and we understand their humanity. Even the women we are meant to despise display rationality. Fanny Dashwood of Sense & Sensibility for example, talks her husband out of giving money to his sisters because she is greedy. Lucy Steele lashes out against Elinor Dashwood because she is fearful of losing her one chance at financial security: Edward Ferrars. Mrs. Norris (Mansfield Park), probably the cruellest woman in Jane Austen’s works, abuses her niece because she cannot bear her own inferiority to the Bertram family. She relieves her own feelings of dependence by pushing her niece further below herself. All of the actions of these women are despicable, but they also follow cogent motivations.
This is especially problematic because it is almost always Caroline who faces this treatment. Wickham, a character who actually deserves the term “villain”, is allowed rational motives, most often lust, revenge, and greed. He is allowed to retain his humanity and his mind; it is a woman who is deprived of hers. As I have stated, I believe this is done without malice on the part of the authors, but I would ask them to reflect on every instance, for I know there have been many i their own lives, where another person has deprived them of their humanity based on their gender. It is a pervasive problem that persists in our modern society and we ought not perpetuate it in our works of fiction.
To conclude, Jane Austen does not delight in the destruction, humiliation, or subjugation of women. If we wish as JAFF authors, and as women, to honour Jane Austen’s legacy, then we should refrain from doing those very things and from depriving a woman of her rational mind. The treatment of Caroline Bingley in JAFF is a form of misogyny and as such it should be stopped. This is important because while Caroline Bingley is of course fictional, the representation of women in fiction can perpetuate stereotypes and prejudices in real life. Jane Austen wanted to tell the world, through her fiction, that women are humans worth listening to and worth respecting. Let us leave Carrie-Sue behind and allow Caroline Bingley to finally live in peace.
#caroline bingley#pride and prejudice#jane austen fan fiction#JAFF#people hating her only makes me want to defend her harder#women are rational creatures#even Caroline#even Lady Catherine#Jane austen never delights in a woman's destruction#not even Mrs. Norris is really punished that much#I call fanon Caroline a Screaming Bag of Evil#fictional women do matter#fiction can shape our biases over time and our expectations of how people act
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There’s something about Adam defending Gansey to Blue while also kind of defending him from himself, but also he’s probably glad to have Blue there partly because she’s like him enough to share some of his criticisms of Gansey and Ronan but because she’s less encumbered by performance she’ll just say these things and he gets to kind of play the opposite role while taking satisfaction that someone is saying them if that makes sense. Kind of goes along with him relishing Ronan’s shock when he invited her, yes he wants to go on a date with her regardless but like I said he could choose to do something else with her, but as someone hyper aware of power dynamics he wants her here to sort of be a barrier that keeps him from giving into being ‘one of Gansey’s things’ (him tightening his grip on her hand when Gansey’s looking is so. interesting) while also making himself seem more similar to / equal to them by comparison to her. There are posts I’ve seen mostly in older fandom that took Blue to task for kind of using Adam as an in to the group while also a barrier between her and Gansey / the fate she’s resisting and they aren’t incorrect that it’s unfair of her but I never find the sentiment of ‘pwoor Adam being used by Blue’ sympathetic because like, they’re pretty equal in that regard consistently. For reasons that make perfect sense for two inexperienced teens with a lot of baggage in their first relationship + … unconventional complications lol.
#(I also didn’t find those sentiments sympathetic because some were like. borderline incel takes masquerading as ‘it’s feminist to talk about#Blue’s flaws and not manic pixie dream girl her! I will do this by *calling her out* on every judgemental or prideful or combative trait#that Adam also has while defending Adam’s right to be that way)#anyway. Bluedansey is fascinating#blue x Gansey x Adam#s rereads trb#trc reread notes#s speaks#also worth noting how much less in tune to Adam’s manipulation of social/power hierarchies Blue is compared to Gansey’s when you’d think#she’d recognize Adam’s more because they’re *in the same boat*. I think part of it is what I said before about the similarities/differences#in Adam and Blue’s view of wealth and status also possibly Blue understands the positives and negatives of a leader position from Maura#but understands less how power struggles play out since that’s not what we see with Calla and Persephone#will think more on that later#adam parrish#blue sargent#richard gansey#bluedansey#trc#my meta
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IDFK what’s going on besides people not trusting Jaiden bc she was hanging out with Cucurucho n Pomme might’ve lost a life,,,, however i think while everyone would be sus of Jaiden, Foolish would be like
Foolish: shit you were hanging out with Cucurucho???
Jaiden: uh yeah, but i guess that’s a bad thing to do?
Foolish: nah, they’re cool. you know they let me ride a cloud once, so they’re basically my best friend :)
Jaiden: and no one is sus of you???
Foolish: <3
#qsmp#jaiden animations#foolish gamers#cucurucho#like no one is sus of Foolish#the mfing biggest Cucurucho defender :sob:#they're just like yeah thats Foolish for you#but when JAIDEN DOES IT IT'S A PROBLEM#AND ALMOST ON PRIDE MONTH SMH#/hj bc i get where the suspicion is from (kinda i still needa watch the vod) but still#whos more sus#funny shark man who wants to be bffs with a person who might be trying to kill the eggs#VS#depressed bird woman who wants to find her purpose on the island after losing her son#FIGHT
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my life has been so much richer and full of meaning since I was introduced to mad liberation +the psych survivor movement and i am so so so grateful for the people who shared their time and energy and stories with me. can't imagine where i would be today without the people who helped me start dreaming of different ways of living + loving + caring for each other.
#personal#crazy to me that it was almost three years ago now that i like. first heard about psych incarceration and went Huh. huh. things make sense#antipsychiatry#mad liberation#mad pride#i love my psych survivor friends and loved ones so much#watching one of my best friends who's also a psych survivor get up in front of a room full of professionals and defend her thesis on#carceral structures of psychiatry settler colonialism and her proposal for Indigenous community care for suicidality#and im just so so proud of her and value her wisdom and insight and friendship so much#and knowing where she's come from and where she has lived to now#it has been such a comfort to be able to talk about instituionlization with someone else who has survived it#and only live like two minutes away from her#i
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The burning light of Nimbasa City, Hilda Weiss!
#Pokemon#Pokemon Black and White#Pokemon Black and White 2#Trainer Hilda#My Art#((I WANTED TO DRAW HER FOR SO LONG..))#((And well. Happy Pride.))#((Her hair is a lot shorter than it is in canon but. MASSIVE ponytail still.))#((She also has different clothes. I'm making ALL of them more layered because. Coldness Motif TM))#((Anyway here she is! Hilda Weiss The Warrior of Truth. Victini's Chosen.))#((Battle Subway's BIGGEST challenger.))#((Also number one defender of the Elemental Monkeys. Do not talk shit about them ESPECIALLY Pansear.))#BW/BW2 Rewrite - Blur / Blight
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Ethan takes his role as Zola's assistant seriously to the point where he made himself her bodyguard to make up for worrying her, leaving as a kid the first night in sumeru worrying his parents thinking something happened which transferred badly to Zola and kept a distance from her until she found out he was okay
He also has her brother constantly watching him via his familiar and he knows he's not in for a good time seeing a woman in a crow mask and kimono stare him down if Zola isn't alright.
#ooc // let's start the show!#golden heart sumeru thief // ethan pride#headcanons // tricks of the trade!#Ethan knows Zee can take care of herself but he feels guilty for ghosting her for her safety when she was in the akademiya#He couldn't defend her from cryo slimes as a kid either so Zola's bro is just sending his familiar to watch him and he can't risk having#A Ghosts of Christmas moment from Hydro mimic nightmares
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fyi: if you’re a straight “ally” and in a relationship with someone who you know is homophobic, you’re not an ally.
#literally since i was months old my mom would take me to the pride parade#and eventually her job had something to do with it so we got to walk in it#so for like a huge part of my life i was surrounded by queer people and i thought that it was ok to be queer#and then my moms bf (who she met at work) started going with us#but he would complain NONSTOP#so we stopped going for a bit#and he started voicing his homophobic beliefs constantly#especially after i came out#in front of my mom he was literally mocking me for being gay and saying horrible shit to me#and i expected her to defend me but nope she just said ‘we all have our opinions’#and my mom isn’t necessarily mentally stable#but still i expected her to not be a bitch#and now its been years and she still talks about how much of an ally she is and how much she loves gay people#but i’m banned from ever bringing up having a girlfriend or talking about liking girls#and he just gets to get away with treating me like absolute garbage#but this applies to so many more people#i’ve met so many fake allies like her and i despise them#text#like boring ass basic straight girls getting into relationships with stupid country redneck guys#‘oh he didnt mean it like that’ ‘it’s just his opinion’ ‘nooo i support gay people’ blah blah blah#rant
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hes literally never smiled like this before not for his lis not for his qpps just for his bestie isabela 😭
#the thing about isabela is that she doesnt trigger the worst of cyrus' overprotectiveness & worrying#not that he doesn't care for her or wouldn't give his life in a heartbeat to defend her but he respects her pride in her own independence#which leads to her being a very easy & even comforting person for him to be around. no expectation no judgment from either of them#they're so much closer this playthrough & their friendship despite their vastly different ideals is vvv important to me#(and the slow process of isabela rediscovering some of those more selfless values within herself......!!)#cyrus hawke
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the uhhh the uhhhh the uhhh. ashe winters be upon ye.
[id: a digital art piece of ashe winters from just roll with it prime defenders, she's standing upright with her hands behind her back. she is wearing a black turtleneck and over-top it is a pink t-shirt with an image of a funko pop staring blankly into the camera. the top text says "my honest" and the bottom text says "my honest reaction." she is wearing a long, dark pink skirt, and is also wearing pink sneakers. she is put against a plain pink background, with yellow stars dotted around her. /end id]
#click for better quality heart#yes her shirt does have a dazai osamu handmade funkopop on it God bless its my pride and joy#ashe winters#just roll with it#jrwi#jrwi prime defenders#jrwi pd#kther. tags i dont know how do ypu tag art#spiff rambles#spiffs creations#because im not making two tags for writing and art absolutely not i do not draw enough
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Ik noones acc gonna have advice on this situation I js need to talk abt it
So I have a friend, we don't see each other much as we go to different schools and live in different towns, but we've known eacother since we were 7, and we text like every day, so we're pretty close.
I love her like alot, she's genuinely so lovely and she's never judged me for anything, but the way she talks about other people is so discusting.
It's always people who have wronged her, like she never js says stuff about nice people, and she never says it to their face either (that I know of), but I just feel like I have to nod along and kind of agree with everything she says just so I don't ruin our friendship.
For example, she'll just causally say stuff like "and that's why her mum's a drug addict" or "that's why her dad hung himself" and just some really horrible things because they've been mean to her, and it just really fucking breaks my heart to see one of my only two friends, the girl who knows so much about me, the girl who's seen all of my embarrassing phases and all of my mental health struggles and supported me the best she could, say such insensitive things about people without even hesitating.
Then there's also the fact that I'm kind of fucked up. I have scars all over my arms and legs, my weights fluctuated alot due to anorexia and depressive episodes, I'm 2 years behind in school, I struggle with my skin, I have a rocky relationship with my dad, I struggle with my gender, and so much more. I really want to belive that she would never use these things against me, because she's one of my favorite people, but if we ever got in a fight I just know deep down that she might.
I know it's not really her, it's just the people she hangs around with (white straight cis neurotypical girls who spout the n word, the r slur, and the f slur as often as they can) that have kind of influenced her, and I know she's better than that, but I'm starting to feel like I don't even recognise her anymore.
#i always take pride in the fact that i will defend my human rights views at all costs#but i just cant around her#like im so scared she'll ghost me and then ill have noone
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