#i name

[namehelp]

yay! the name of the day thing is fun! could i get names that feel minimalist futuristic (like think whites and greys and neon blues or yellows, cool shapes and stuff, that kind of vibe)

Hi anon, Thank you for being the 1st ask!

I decided to go with a few cause your guidelines are really interesting honestly, took some thinking + research, so here you go :]

Ida - Feminine - "Hard Working" - Greek / "Industrious," "Prosperous" - German

Mila - Feminine - "Miracles" - Spanish / "Favored," "Gorgeous" - Slavic languages

Arwyn - Feminine - "Very Fair," "Very Bright" - Welsh

Vito - Masculine - "Life," "Alive" - Italian

Zvi - Masculine - "Deer" - Hebrew

Titus - Masculine - "Title of Honor" - Latin

Rin - Unisex - "Cool", "Dignified", "Eithical" (depending on Kanji) - Japanese

Nova - Unisex - "New" - Latin

Yona - Unisex - "Dove" - Hebrew / "Harmony," "Beauty," "Generation," "Honor," "Leaf" - Japanese

[yeepof]

I understand that tall men are our POV characters, but surely being like a foot taller than everyone around them would have some occasional consequences

[housederiva]

My housemate's cat came into my room while my dictation was on...

(here's the fic btw)

[mias-back-from-the-dead]

tbh i think the funniest phenomena that's been happening in the last couple years is "youtuber, having gone too deep into the research hole, has been made an investigative journalist against their will"

[wishfulsketching]

I know you’re probably super busy but I HAVE to share this with someone. I found this absolutely insane shirt at my job (thrift store) and it’s been killing me to imagine Silco in it

You can't drop something like this to my askbox and not expect me to draw something

Moms usually drop the kids off to their playdate, time for the dads to meet.

[mintbees]

if i was a popular minecraft youtuber id just tweet "hey guys stop drawing shipping fanart of me and my friends/coworkers, i only fucked one of them and seeing me paired with anyone else is kinda weird and crosses my boundaries" and then i'd turn my phone off

[nothorses]

there is a judge in Seattle who does the weekly name change hearings, and who says it's her favorite part of the week. she says she doesn't read out previous names, or ask about the reasons why people want to change them. she says it's a beautiful moment, and a celebration; a claiming of a new identity, or a reclamation of an old identity. she encourages the room to clap for folks. then she welcomes everyone up, one by one, by last name and with warmth; she shows them the court order where nobody else can see, asks them to double check the spelling, and then they're done! do they want a picture? do they want their friends and loved ones who came with them to be in it too? do they want the court order in the photo? she helps everyone pose, shakes hands and stands with them for as long as they need to take it, recruits the clerk for help taking photos of the folks who came alone. then she tells them where to go next, congratulates them, and claps along with the rest of the room.

probably three quarters of the people there were trans, and she centered their experience quietly, with love and joy.

I think I'll be thinking about her a lot this January, and for a long time after. it's good to know she's there.

[kiryuing]

[ratcandy]

we just keep naming bugs like this

[fesenmoon]

does everyone like my wizard idea

[12neonlit-stage]

you're allowed to discuss and work together, reblog for a higher sample size or something

You have 1 week, good luck!

[good-yvesning]

[froody]

when I was like 15, a drunk woman I didn’t know at a party who was smoking a cigarette on the porch started randomly opening up to me about her infertility journey and I told her how I was my parents rainbow baby after multiple miscarriages and fertility treatments said not to lose hope. she comforted me about being a strange kid without many friends my age (hence why I was at a party full of adults thrown by my uncle) and told me everything would work out eventually. the next time I saw her like 2 years later (small town, mutual friends) she was carrying her newborn. I think about that a lot. it’s easy to feel disconnected from people and but sometimes just talking to them and hearing their point of view and relating makes you feel less alone. even if you’re only each other’s company for a few moments.

[bored-boring-and-tired]

i propose that instead of pride month, we have queer year (queer people are treated like actual people all year long)

edit: @ilackhumanqualities wins best addition to this post