#can't relate lol

[lemoncarddboard]

embarrassed to say that it took me a hot phucking minute to realize anything was weird at all.

An early Halloween cartoon for Guardian Books

[pancakejikook]

Wait so the song really is about fucking someone 7 days a week? Lmaoo

[whorefordarlin]

Shocking: I'm making another fill oc for Darlin'

[sualne]

Modern AU crocodad, having a normal one.

[inkskinned]

it is totally okay to be hurt and tired and fed up with the american schooling system but i need you to understand that we need to be better about loudly and routinely defending public education.

yes, many teachers suck, many schools utterly suck. i also got bullied and was absolutely not given the right support for my needs. i am not defending public education because it was kind to me. i am defending it because it needs to exist.

right-wing republicans do not want an educated population. they want kids to be homeschooled or in private school. there is a huge religious undertone to this.

the most common argument is that despite high costs, the "result" is not "good" enough. they point to failing schools as proof that public education is just never going to work out. there will be arguments made here that you actually agree with: that teachers can be bullies, that we taught online for 2 years and still charged the same amount of tuition, that we have no recourse for students to actually have agency or a voice, and that schools are now unsafe for kids due to risk of illness and gun violence.

these are all placing the blame in a fraudulent way, one intended to get your parents to homeschool you. the less kids in a school, the less federally-awarded funding for that school, the less any school succeeds. they will not mention the fact it is their legislation that takes away important funding opportunities, that teachers are living at or below the poverty line, that buildings are not kept up to code, that administration is overpaid and forces specific curriculums, that corporations like (my personal enemy) Pearson Education control certain classroom goals because teachers can't afford other options. they pretend to be ignorant of the gun violence and say "oh just get a gun" - but these are the same people who will be sending their child to a private school with a bulletproof backpack. they don't care if your kid dies, though. they "don't believe" in covid, but they did get their kid vaccinated, because of course they did.

it is a closed loop. conservative parents hear the fearmongering and remove children from the system. frequently these parents are also deeply religious. the kids are raised without access to other media & learn to parrot their parents. you have now created a new generation of conservatives. additionally, one of the parents/caregivers must stay home and homeschool the children, usually for free. i will give you 1 guess which parent tends to stay home to homeschool the children. these parents are encouraged to have many, many children. those children are most likely not getting access to safe sex ed.

we might laugh at fox news suggesting teachers are forcing children to use kitty litter but: first of all, there is kitty litter in the classroom. it's part of an emergency kit in case children are locked in due to a shooter. so that's fucking dystopian, and the fact they've completely reimagined the scenario to somehow make the teachers look bad when it's instead a fucking huge symbol of our failure as a country to protect our children.... it feels a little intentional.

secondly: don't just dismiss the situation. because, yeah, obviously, no teacher is encouraging kids to be a catboy. but the actual undertone that fox news is trying to sew is an outright distrust of teachers and of public education. they rely on the dehumanization of trans people as a common touchstone to hide the fact they're pushing two agendas at once. (which is ironic. because the thing they accuse teachers of. is pushing. an agenda.)

whenever someone tells you they want you to read less, you should be suspicious of that. when someone tries to separate you and your education, you should be suspicious of that. i don't even like incel rhetoric nor would i want my kids exposed to it - but i would not take away my child's (age-appropriate) access to the internet. i would just provide more educational materials, not less. the difference here is that i believe we can resolve ignorance with knowledge; whereas conservatives believe that ignorance is bliss.

they misappropriate funding and demonize teachers. they pull the same trick each time - the same thing we are seeing with anti-trans rhetoric. they do not want you to have access to safe sex ed, so they act horrified, claim sex ed teaches you how to thrust deep, claim that we have no idea what "age-appropriate" means. since the mid-nineties, the united states has spent at least 2 billion dollars on abstinence-only education, even though to quote the above link: "a preponderance of studies has found no effect of abstinence education at reducing adolescent pregnancy". conservatives want you to think less of any person struggling with addiction so they can continue their racist "war on drugs", so they spend up to $750 million dollars a year on the DARE program which has absolutely no effect. acting like teachers "must" be "grooming" children is just the same thing - so they can demand that funding either goes to their causes or the funding doesn't "exist" ("i'm not paying for our kids to learn that thing!")

and they want you to feel uncaring about this. they are aware that you will hate some parts of your school experience. pretty much everyone does. they want to lean into the parts that you hate so that you don't put up a fight about it when they take it away for not being "good enough."

i know i maybe sound like a conspiracy theorist. but truly. truly. it is beneficial for conservatives to reduce your faith in the american public schooling system.

one of the explicitly stated campaign promises of the conservative party: to axe the Department of Education in 2024.

i know we are all tired and burnt out and there is so much else wrong with their entire platform. but maybe just - pay attention to this one.

[petr1kov]

here's the scene i've mentioned before where nemesis and melinoë talk about hypnos, for those who wanted to see it!

[cantfightmoonlight]

"So kind of you to notice," She mused. Her smile only growing as she watch the woman lean into her touch. It was rare for either of them to show a flicker of vulnerability, though she couldn't exactly say it wasn't nice. And at the mention of 'we', Meena's gaze couldn't help, but softened. She had never had someone be so quick to take her side. "You're incredible, you know that?" She murmured out. "But, you are so right. How dare I give someone credit when we're mad at them. What was I thinking? Forgive me?" She teased, enjoying seeing this side of Aaliyah far more than she'd ever admit out loud.

"You do. But, we could always go shopping? Get us both something a bit more of this century?" She said in jest. A smirk still dancing across her lips as she watched her advisor curiously. "Well, in that case, of course, it was all me. What on earth did Theodore every contribute?" She hummed playfully out. "Is it? Remind me to buy us a bottle of champagne then. We can go dance on his grave one of these days. You know, to be respectful and all."

"Thank you. Now was that so hard to say?" A genuine laugh broke from her lips as Aaliyah pressed her lips up against the back of her hand. "Alive looks good on you, love," She promised her. "Though, I doubt any parts of you haven't. And it is the 21st Century as you did just care to remind me," She whispered softly out. Her catlike gaze curving up in amusement as, in a blink of an eye, she was pinned up against the wall with the other vampire less than a breath away. "The word," Meena settled on. Her brow cocking up as if to tempt the other to close the gap between them first. "I imagine you would, but pleading has never quite been my style, darling."

"Yes, yes, you're so fucking talented," Aaliyah mused, rolling her eyes even as she leaned in, just a little, to Meena's touch. Softness, something they rarely afforded themselves, much less in the presence of others. Softness always felt like far more sinful than any real sin Aaliyah had committed. And she'd committed plenty of sins. She sighed. "I thought we were mad at him, Meena. We're not supposed to give credit to people when we're mad at them. Besides, if he wanted to make good points, he should have done it more sweetly." She smiled lazily, her fangs showing. "Or he should have some follow-through. Threats are so boring. Give me a little something to work with, please, I beg. Honestly, if he runs, then I've got to give him some credit. I mean, it'll be very foolish; he seems terrible at making friends, and I can't imagine him offering a lick of kindness to anyone who doesn't have a pair of fluffy ears on top of their head once a month."

Aaliyah laughed. "I personally think I look exceptional in everything I own. A lot of what I wear was expensive and designer, once upon a time." She liked clothes that were well-made, and she took care of what she had. Old habits developed in her first formative years as a vampire, fresh off of a life of luxury and thrown into one of peril and pleasure. She and her sire were not wealthy women in those first few years. Every article of clothing had to be taken care of to last, even when it went out of season. "Yes, well, I abhor giving Theo any kind of good word. It's rude to speak kindly of the dead, you know." She frowned. "You say all of that like it's a bad thing. There's nothing wrong with being bitchy or slutty. God, Meena. It's the 21st Century. Aren't we supposed to be better than this?" she teased.

Taking one of Meena's hands, Aaliyah brought it up to her lips. "Forgive me. You're barely two hundred. It looks good on you." She hummed. "I think I'm becoming moreso. Alive, that is. I was dead for a very, very long time. Parts of me still are. It's best they stay that way." Alina Roth was better off dead. Aaliyah wasn't a wife, a mother. She had no idea how to be. She'd never been good at it, anyway. But this? She could do this. "Oh? Were you expecting me to make the first move? How modern," she murmured. Then, fast as a blink, she'd moved them, pinning Meena against the wall of her office. "If we're both game..." she echoed, her mouth ticking up. "Just say the word. Any word. I'm fond of 'please,' though."

[artilite]

please take me home 🌠

textless version below! lyrics are from the song Mơ Làm Ma by Ngọt :)

this was meant to be just a quick doodle before bed, but. well. you see where that ended up OTZ

[k1ara-rains]

HAPPY HOLIDAYS !!

Have a gift from your's truly... SONADOW (⁠ ⁠◜⁠‿⁠◝⁠ ⁠)⁠♡ !!

Hope you guys enjoy the holidays so far, and enjoyed this artwork surprise !!

( Extra ^^ )

[lilyevansmywife]

Regulus: I am so grateful to my parents that they gave me a friend with exactly the same traumas

Evan: who is he talking about?

Barty: Sirius

Evan: wow

[thesearethedaysofmylife]

[blueteller]

Cale In Lockdown Be Like:

Raon: Human, you must stop getting hurt all the time, or- or...! Cale: Or...? Raon: ...or we will lock you up in your room! With 3 meals a day! Cale: *eyes shining* You mean I wouldn't have to go outside? Choi Han: Cale-nim, no....

[booasaur]

Special Ops: Lioness - 1x07

[remnri]

xiaos

[serpentface]

Some government assigned fursonas:

Palo - hare

Janeys - hyena

Brakul - dzo (vaguely)

Hibrides - green heron

Couya - also hyena

[tropicalcontinental]

Human fear is the window to the soul or whatever ://