#but she will die for tori

[httpfr3shlyrtten]

Tori is a fucking yapper.

Extras:

[chronic-cynic]

The way Becky—the normally fashionable and put together teenager—rushes to school at 6 in the morning with no makeup, her hair in a messy bun, and in Superman pyjamas just for Tori. The way she admits to be “putting on a smile” for her friends to seem “normal”. The way Tori finally realizes that perhaps Becky is as deranged as she is. That perhaps they aren’t so different after all, and that her best friend is willing to do anything for her.

[famdommcfanface]

Real Helen Richardson! Oh my fucking god!!!! Yayyy!!

[aprito]

love @simplelations's Hope Springs Eternal and this scene in particular

[aq2003]

i can feel myself blorbifying cameron cook more and more... i stand with my somewhat problematic wife. i keep thinking about that one thing nafessa said in an interview, how "it was difficult for cameron to be alone, to be away from her family, her friends, to not have anyone except for tony". imagine you're all alone in this world of sharks (sexist. hyper masculine. extremely white world. in the 80s) and you have no one except for your desperately insecure boss (at least this is what your desperately insecure boss wants you to think). he says, "doesn't it feel SO good when you win awards knowing i put you there". he's also deeply in love with you and wants to leave his wife to marry you. cameron cook you are so much stronger than me bc oh my god

[butterflieswhisper]

tori sitting on the stairs is so. the lighting in heartstopper is awesome big fan of the blue/orange. is tori also depressed in the show i still think it would be so fucking funny to offhandedly mention her school burning down

[droidsdoodles]

Did you forget who was the real Red Leader?

[martellspear]

girls when their "I could not prevent it" translates to keeping sarah in the house for a little while longer but she still dies / reading they both die at the end and hoping that the characters survive / tory adkisson's every version of the story ends with you being slaughtered / suddenly it's december, and you're not seventeen anymore / mary's womb was also a grave / feeling empathy for ghosts haunting the narrative / denying there are certain fates they can't change, the castle was inevitable going to crumble

[torieisawesome99]

If I were a vampire or some other version of a never aging immortal I most definitely would be the type to mourn my dead loved ones for all time and lean heavyyyy into the whole "everyone I've ever loved will die before my eyes while I sit ageless so I'm a moody depressed anxious immortal woe is me" schtick I do also think I would be the type to keep a very detailed record of my loved ones and their lineage through the ages and be like the weird aunt that no one seems to know how I'm actually related but I'm always around and bring presents and am there to babysit the kids or help them move the heavy furniture or give a loan that I'll refuse to allow them to pay me back for (in this AU I slowly amass enough money to live comfortably and also to buy my favorite familial descendants a nice house so they always have a home) like idk I just think yeah it would suck I would grieve deeply when they die but I think the truly beautiful thing about being immortal would be that as long as I'm alive none of them would ever truly die in a way that matters ya know. They would love on in my memory, in the stories id tell to people about them, in the art id create to help me grieve their loss, in the gardens and forests I would tend to in memory of them until the sun explodes and the Earth is no more than stardust once more.

^the conversation with my sister that kick-started tonight's late night ramblings

[caraspostblog]

since cobra kai s6 is gonna release someday, i have a secret to tell everyone. i NEVER cared about sam.

[muirneach]

yippee olivia chow won the election. a win for me specifically (registered ndp supporter)

[autism-swagger]

Tory Nichols is the type of guy to relate to Never Get To Know by Paul Baribeau

[sopranoentravesti]

Revisiting the Leonard Cohen Cover Tribute Album Tower of Song and I swore there was a cover by Laurie Anderson on there but nope guess I hallucinated that one.

[cyarskj1899]

I’m so pissed about this still honestly all that’s bastards supporters need to be murdered I have so many ugly things to say. Our community is BROKEN. This is the shit I be talkin about. Misogyny and anti intellectualism going hand in hand. TORY toxic masculinity punk bitch ass committed an actual crime and attempted murder on a Black woman. Emmett Till was tortured and murdered for allegedly whistling at a white woman. How in the actual fuck could you denigrate a literal offender to one of the saddest tragedies of the 20th century? And all that bitch timeline was saying that she doesn’t care. Our community is BROKEN

how dare you!

These people are insane. Joshua Harris Till is Emmett Till's cousin!

I can't even laugh at this one because of the audacity of the fact that a relative had to put you in check.

[macallai]

tori did spring hazzeeeeeee and siren

she also did i am stretched out on your grave as tribute to sinead :(((( <3333 

[reasoningdaily]

My former U.S. Track and Field teammate Tori Bowie, who was found dead in her home in Florida on May 2, of complications related to childbirth at 8 months pregnant, was a beautiful runner. She was effortless. At the Rio Olympics, I ran the second leg of the 4 x 100 relay. Tori was the anchor. When she got the baton, I remember thinking, “it’s over.” She just accelerated. When she crossed the finish line, I couldn’t wait to run over to her to celebrate. It was her first, and only, Olympic gold medal.

She also picked up a silver (in the 100-m) and bronze (200-m) in Brazil. The next year, at the 2017 World Championships in London, Tori won the 100-m title, earning the title of “world’s fastest woman.” Tori started out as a long jumper. So seeing her thrive as a sprinter was a huge deal. She was just such a bright light, and people were getting to see that.

Tori grew up in Mississippi and had this huge Southern accent. She didn’t take herself too seriously. You felt this sense of ease when you were around her. I last saw her in early 2021, in San Diego, where she was training. She gave me the biggest hug; something about her spirit was just very, very sweet. I felt her sweetness come over me that day.

Tori was 32 when she died. According to the autopsy, possible complications contributing to Bowie’s death included respiratory distress and eclampsia—seizures brought on by preeclampsia, a high blood pressure disorder that can occur during pregnancy. I developed preeclampsia during my pregnancy with my daughter Camryn, who was born in November 2018. The doctors sent me to the hospital, where I would deliver Camryn during an emergency C-section, at 32 weeks. I was unsure if I was going to make it. If I was ever going to hold my precious daughter.

Like so many Black women, I was unaware of the risks I faced while pregnant. According to the CDC, in 2021 the maternal mortality rate for Black women was 2.6 times the rate for white women. About five days before I gave birth to Camryn, I was having Thanksgiving dinner with my family. I mentioned that my feet were swollen. As we went around the table, the women shared their experiences during pregnancy. My cousin said she also had swollen feet. My mom didn’t. Not once did someone say, ‘oh, well, that’s one of the indicators of preeclampsia.’ None of us knew. When I became pregnant, my doctor didn’t sit me down and tell me, ‘these are things that you should look for in your pregnancy, because you are at a greater risk to experience these complications.’

That needs to change, now, especially in light of Tori’s tragic passing. Awareness is huge. Serena Williams had near-death complications during her pregnancy. Beyoncé developed preeclampsia. I hate that it takes Tori’s situation to put this back on the map and to get people to pay attention to it. But oftentimes, we need that wake-up call.

The medical community must do its part. There are so many stories of women dying who haven’t been heard. Doctors really need to hear the pain of Black women.

Luckily, there’s hope on several fronts. Congress has introduced the Momnibus Act, a package of 13 bills crafted to eliminate racial disparities in maternal health and improve outcomes across the board. California passed Momnibus legislation back in 2021. These laws make critical investments in areas like housing, nutrition, and transportation for underserved communities. Further, several pharmaceutical companies are making advances on early detection and treatment of preeclampsia.

Three gold medalists from that 4 x 100 relay team in Rio set out to become mothers. All three of us—all Black women—had serious complications. Tianna Madison has shared that she went into labor at 26 weeks and entered the hospital “with my medical advance directive AND my will.” Tori passed away. We’re dealing with a Black Maternal Health crisis. Here you have three Olympic champions, and we’re still at risk.

I would love to have another child. That’s something that I know for sure. But will I be here to raise that child? That’s a very real concern. And that’s a terrifying thing. This is America, in 2023, and Black women are dying while giving birth. It’s absurd.

I’m hopeful that things can get better. I’m hopeful that Tori, who stood on the podium at Rio, gold around her neck and sweetness in her soul, won’t die in vain.

—as told to Sean Gregory