#identity projects also suck ass

[manicali]

Fml. I have a whole ass two week project due tomorrow. I have done a whole lot of nothing and now Im paralyzed by overwhelm. Fuckkkkk im dead.

[tiki-was-here]

The Deep x Marine Biologist Reader P1

Word Count: 1.1k

This takes place post gill breakdown . Basically hes so desperate for any sort of positive attention hed probably suck ur toes if you asked nicely. Also there’s like zero gifs of the deep cmon guys do better.

Also also CW for the deep being a teeny bit sexist at the start

The Deep sat hunched over on a plush armchair in his shitty apartment, aimlessly scrolling through his phone. He was supposed to be on standby for a mission involving some flooding in a coastal city, but as usual, the others had it covered–despite the fact that he told Ashley that all water related missions were supposed to be his only. He sighed, tapping through social media, pausing his doom scrolling to occasionally say some not so PG words under the posts of a poor family taking a beach day out. If she wanted to post her ugly ass kids then she could have at least shaved before she went out.Then, a notification caught his eye.

Specifically a DM. He didn't get much of those in general but after the situation with Starlight died had died down his number of daily messages got cut down to almost nothing.

He squinted at the username “marinebio_enthusiast”. He was ignore it when he noticed something unusual—it wasn’t hate mail. Curiosity got the better of him, and he opened the message.

“Hi! My name is [Y/N], and I’m a marine biology student at Sandalwood University. I’ve been really passionate about ocean conservation lately, and I thought it would be amazing to get your perspective on a few issues. Also, I know this might sound a little weird, but I’m a big fan of yours! I think it’s great that you care so much about the ocean and its wildlife. If you’re interested, I’d love to buy you a coffee and chat about it! I also sent an email just in case this doesn’t reach you. I really appreciate your time! :)”

The Deep reread the message twice, his eyebrows lifting. A fan? Someone who actually wanted to talk to him?(bros too lonely to care about stranger danger)

A warmth spread through his chest. It wasn’t just the praise that made him feel good—it was the way you’d worded it, like he was someone important. Like his opinion mattered. He glanced around the room, half-expecting someone to jump out and tell him it was a joke.

He typed back before he could second-guess himself.

“Hey [Y/N], thanks for reaching out!!!!! I’d love to help out and chat about marine life🪼🐠🦈. Coffee sounds great 👍👍👍. How about tomorrow at noon?”

He hesitated, then hit send. Instantly, his phone buzzed with your response.

“Wow i really didn't expect a response so soon. Thank you soooo much for this opportunity!

Noon is good for me i’ll meet you at [insert some random coffee shop name idgaf]. I'll see you then!”

The Deep couldn’t help but grin, the night spent planning possible outfits and stalking your profile.

The Deep watched the door intently, his foot tapping nervously. He would never admit it, but he’d actually gotten there twenty minutes early. He’d opted for something casual—jeans, a button-up, and a beanie to hide his identity a bit. When you finally walked in, he couldn’t help but straighten up, almost knocking his coffee off the table in the process.

He raised a hand, and when your eyes met his, you smiled so brightly he felt a bit self-conscious. You made your way over, and he stood up, almost tripping over his own feet to shake your hand.

“Wow, it’s really you,” you breathed out, eyes wide. “Thanks for meeting me!”

He cleared his throat, trying to sound confident. “Yeah, of course. I mean, I’m always happy to, uh, help with marine stuff. You know, it’s kind of my thing.”

You giggled, and his chest puffed up a little. “Yeah, I figured. I saw your speech on marine preservation from a few years ago. It’s what got me into marine biology in the first place.”

The two of you sat down, and you immediately started talking about the project you were working on—something about coral bleaching and how to promote rehabilitation efforts. The conversation flowed easily —mostly you talking about your project while he nodded along, occasionally throwing in random facts he’d Googled last night. He even made a joke about dolphins being the “mean girls” of the sea, and when you actually laughed, he felt like he’d just won the lottery.

“You know,” you said after a while, stirring your latte, “it’s really admirable how much you care about marine life. I think people forget that sometimes.”

He blinked, surprised. “Yeah, they do,” he admitted, a little softer than intended. “Most people just see me as… the fish guy.”

You gave him a sympathetic look. “Well, I think it’s great. And I really appreciate you taking the time to meet with me. You didn’t have to, but you did.”

He couldn’t help the smile tugging at his lips. “Yeah, well… it’s nice to talk to someone who gets it.”

You nodded, eyes softening. “People can be pretty harsh. But you’re doing your best. That’s what counts.”

The Deep wasn’t used to this—being treated like a person.

You glanced at your phone,checking the time. “Hey, would you mind coming with me to check out a spot? I’d love to show you what I’m talking about.”

He blinked, surprised. “Uh, sure! Yeah, let’s do it.”

He followed you out to the parking lot, still a little confused. You opened your car door and gestured for him to hop in.

“I promise it’s not far,” you said. “It’ll make way more sense if you see it in person.”

He hesitated, trying to rationalize the situation. You seemed nice enough. Plus, you’d picked a spot by the ocean, so if this turned out to be some trick, he’d have the advantage. With a shrug, he got into your car.

The drive wasn’t long, and when you pulled up, he realized you’d taken him to a little cliffside overlooking the ocean.

“Wow,” he murmured, stepping out. The ocean stretched out below, waves crashing against the rocks. He couldn’t help but feel calmer just being near the water.

“Cool, right?” you asked, leaning against the car. “This is where I do most of my research. I thought it’d be the perfect place to explain my idea.”

He glanced back at you, surprised to find you tugging your shirt over your head. His brain stalled, and he nearly choked on his own breath.

“W-what are you doing?” he stammered, eyes widening.

You shot him a playful grin,stripping the rest of your clothes so you were now just in your boxers. “I’m going in. You’re welcome to join me.”

Before he could process it, you ran to the edge of the cliff and dove gracefully into the water below. His heart leapt into his throat.

“Oh, shit—” He bolted to the edge, peering over. You’d vanished beneath the waves. Panic set in, and he didn’t think, he just dove in after you.

The water rushed around him, cool and familiar, but when he surfaced, you were nowhere to be seen. His heart pounded.

“Hey!” he called, splashing around. “Where’d you go?”

His mind raced, imagining the headlines. He couldn’t handle another scandal. But before he could dive down again, something grabbed his leg.

[rose-maidenn]

🔹️Pick a card🔹️

Who is the main gaslighter/ manipulater in your life

What are they targeting about you

Hey guys , hope yall are doing well , as the Saturn retrograde goes may it break all your foes . Take a deep breath and choose with your intuition , if you like the reading consider a reblog , feedback or booking as it really helps me kiss kiss

Pile 1 :

Who is the main gaslighter/ manipulater in your life

Social media babe you're following a con and taking relationship advice from a novice , it's led you with false notions you will need some time to break free but recognise and realise it before it's too late , also a friend, their name maybe from n or t might have long shiny hair and talk too sweet almost devilish , they're manipulating you into doing them favours I would ask you to be beware as you're gonna be feeling disintegrated , I feel something like destiny swapping is happening here like copying you a lot or your gestures as well you're too innocent love wake up please .

What are they targeting about you

You want a guide in your life so you followed the influencer but you can find better guides I'm sure and if you resonate with the friend part they're targeting your forgiving nature they think they can easily take from you what makes you unique and then you won't bat an eye is pathetic like I also get something about a black dress have they borrowed something if yes ask them to return asap.

Pile 2 :

Who is the main gaslighter/ manipulater in your life?

A religious person or an authority figure , they're so homophobic or orthodox it's making you question yourself . This person might be a teacher as well , there's so much if your potential but they're forcing you to do something that's so limiting it's almost like you wasting your own potential ik it sucks , it could also be a sibling who are projecting their burn out in their life onto you .

What are they targeting about you

They're targeting your lack of clarity in your life they think you don't know who you are so they hit you in the nail , your developmental years were spent with them so you're attached to them in a way you think they know you so much but remember you know yourself the best.

Pile 3 :

Who is the main gaslighter/ manipulater in your life ?

It's your dusty ass boyfriend or crush or situationship, they also wanna be treated like a princess and are cheap and stingy , idk why you're with them tbh look at you 😭 people would kill for you , idk it also feels as if they're belittling your values or culture like someone wants to get straight hair because they feel they'll look prettier to their bf

What are they targeting about you ?

Worst of all they're targeting your love towards them they target your lack of identity and try to fill spaces in your self discovery journey , as lonely as the journey maybe it is solely yours so if they don't understand they must go alright love.

Thank you for reading love love 💗

[ieatstarsforaliving]

The Origin (1)

Summary: How you and Hazel and the fight club started. Also Hazel's Spider-Woman. But you don't know that.

Pairing: Spider-Woman!Hazel Callahan x Classmate!Reader

Warnings: Mature language, use of (Y/N), mentions of bruises and cuts, Idk what else

Word Count: 1508

Note: It's literally my first post. It may suck. I don't care. I don't get paid for this. I hope you do enjoy though, cause there's not enough Spider-Woman Hazel Callahan fics out here. Love yall <3

“You got paired up with (Y/N) for the ‘women murdered in history’ project?” 

Hazel nodded at Josie’s question. She had just left Mr. G’s class with PJ and Josie where he had introduced a new project to create a diorama based on a famous woman who was murdered. The partners were chosen by random, and to Hazel’s horror, she was paired up with you. 

Who just happened to be Hazel’s crush for 4. fucking. years.

Hazel had many moments of crises in her 18 years of life, which included getting bitten by a radioactive spider during sophomore year at a school field trip to the science fair, getting caught by Josie and PJ’s spider-trap (Where PJ wanted to catch Spider-Woman for her youtube channel with a net, and she actually managed to?) and Hazel had to reveal her secret identity, and her mother’s recent divorce with her minor-fucking, emotionally unavailable father. 

But none of them made Hazel as frantic as being paired with you for a school project. 

“Thats fucking amazing,” PJ said in jealousy. “How come that never happens with me and Brittany? I got paired up with that one emo kid who probably wants to blow up the school.” 

Hazel groaned, leaning her head against her locker. She was already tired from last night’s fight with a local bank robbery, which led to her face scratched and bandaged up today. She couldn’t stop thinking about how she was going to impress you. 

“Okay, well, you don’t look very happy considering you’re like, obsessed with her,” Josie commented. She was well used to Hazel’s constant remarks about how pretty you looked during class or how you made eye contact with her for 2 seconds. 

“I’m fucked. I just get so nervous around her,” Hazel replied, anxiety seeping out from her voice. “I have never really had a conversation with her other than, ‘hello’. If I can’t even talk to her properly, how am I going to do a whole project with her?” 

PJ rolled her eyes. “Hazel, why are you so worried? You literally swing down tall ass buildings and beat up tall ass criminals, and you can’t even talk to a girl that you like? Didn’t your spider powers give you like, enhanced everything?” 

“I’m pretty sure the whole point of Hazel’s secret identity is for you to not talk about it out in the open, PJ.” 

“I’m just saying, if I saved the neighborhood every night wearing a red and blue spandex lady gaga suit, I’d be getting so much puss right now.” 

The two continued to bicker as Hazel sighed. PJ was right. It was just a project. It wasn’t a big deal, it was only for a week, and she was certain you were straight anyways. All she had to do was just man up and talk to—

“Hazel?” 

Hazel jumped, turning around from her locker to see you standing with an alluring smile on your face. You wanted to talk to your project partner before the start of next class, who seemed to be very stunned at the sight of you. She looked like a puppy, with her widened blue eyes and her tousled brown hair. 

Hazel blinked rapidly and clutched her notebook, barely managing to reply with a small, “Hi.” 

“I don’t know if you remember me. I’m (Y/N),” You introduced yourself, starting to offer your hand but retracting immediately because you realized that you’re a high schooler and that it’s probably lame to shake hands in this day and age. “I’m partnered up with you for Mr. G’s class—” 

“-Yeah, I know who you are. (Y/N),” Hazel said, almost too quickly, causing her friends to hold in their laughter. “Mr. G’s project. Yeah– I can work on it. All of it, if you want.” 

“No, of course not, we can work on it together,” You laughed, before recognizing all the injuries on Hazel’s face. “By the way, you’re pretty bruised up. Are you okay?” 

Hazel instantly touched her bandages, feeling a bit embarrassed at her state. 

“’m fine. I just fell.” 

You frowned, staring intensely at Hazel’s face. “I don’t think you can get these cuts from falling.” 

“Well, some of them are from falling and some of them aren’t...” Hazel trailed off as you came closer, your face filled with genuine worry. You knew Hazel wasn't exactly popular, but you didn’t know she was bullied. Hazel slowly backed away, her heart beating out of her chest as her back made contact with her locker. 

Hazel's Face started to burn up, turning to Josie for help. Josie stuttered, “This is nothing, she just– she’s part of this— this club, and—”

“A club? What kind of club fucks up her face like this?” You interrupted, your hands reaching out and brushing Hazel’s bangs out of the way, carefully examining the bandages. “Is it like a fight club?” 

“Yes!” 

“No–” 

“-More like a women’s self defense club?”

You looked at the three girls who’ve provided different answers all at the same time.

PJ spoke up first. 

“Yes, we absolutely do have this club where girls fucking beat each other up and shit for… feminism. So that we can teach girls how to protect themselves from the evil male football players.” 

“You know how to fight?” You asked, staring at PJ who barely had any muscles.

“Yes. Because, We… went… to… juvie over the summer.” 

You blinked.

“...There’s also a serious lack of female solidarity in this school,” Hazel stiffly added. 

“Right. Okay, that’s fine, I guess,” You accepted. “Could I join?” 

“Yes. Absolutely!” PJ exclaimed, her face lighting up immediately. “You could bring your friends too. You know. Specifically your cheerleader friends. Specifically Brittany and Isabel.” 

Before you could question why specifically Brittany and Isabel, the bell rang to inform the students for the start of next class. 

“Okay, here—” You took the notebook Hazel was holding and quickly scribbled your number on one of the pages. “Message me so we can talk about the project. And the club. Is that okay?” 

You handed the notebook back as Hazel nodded, in denial that you just gave her your fucking phone number. You waved before running off to your next class, feeling happy that you had made a new friend. (haha friend…)

Meanwhile, Josie was losing her mind. 

“PJ, what the fuck are you doing?” 

“This is absolutely perfect!” 

“No, it’s not, PJ— we don’t have a feminist women’s self-defense fight club. You also don’t care about feminism. Your favorite movie is Entourage.” 

“Okay, first of all, shut up, and second, we can just make the club now, obviously. Come on– I just created the perfect opportunity for all of us to talk to Brittany, Isabel, and (Y/N)!” 

“Hazel, please tell PJ that she’s insane,” Josie turned to Hazel. 

Hazel grinned and said; 

“She gave me her number.” 

Josie groaned. “Congratulations! But we have a bigger problem now. We don’t know how to defend ourselves!” 

“Self-defense is common sense. You try to punch me in the face. I stop it from happening. Whatever, I don’t care, it’s easy,” PJ shrugged, holding a MMA fighter stance and started throwing air punches. 

“Yeah, maybe for Hazel, who literally has the… spider tingles? Hazel tingles?”

“Please do not start calling it Hazel tingles.” 

“And let’s not forget, you literally have superhuman strength,” Josie cautioned. “If we do this— very big if, we just run the biggest risk of exposing you and your spider identity. One wrong punch and you’ll send a girl to the hospital.”  

PJ turned to Hazel and grabbed her by the shoulders. 

“Hazel, listen to me. We teach a bunch of girls how to defend themselves against the evil high school fuckboys. They are grateful to us. Adrenaline is flowing— next thing you know, Isabel, Brittany, and (Y/N) are kissing us on the mouths!” 

Hazel paused. “I don’t know. Like Josie said, it’s a huge risk. The last thing I’d want to do is put (Y/N) in danger.”

A sardonic smile played on PJ’s lips. She tapped on Hazel’s notebook.

“Hazel, she gave you her number.”

Hazel stood, her mind racing once again. PJ’s idea of starting a self-defense club was dangerous, she knew that. She would be gaining attention all while showing off her fighting skills, which is what she had been hiding for years. Josie’s warning echoed in her mind. But then she remembered the way you had looked at her, with darling concern in your eyes when you asked about her injuries. She hadn’t had anyone worry for her like that in a while. 

Hazel took a deep breath.

“Okay.”

“Okay?” Josie cried.

“She said okay! It's an okay! We’re doing this!” PJ screamed, grabbing Hazel’s hand and pulling her towards the school’s office to create the club. “We’re going to lose our virginities this year! This is the year!”

“Okay, but who’s going to be crazy enough to even advise this club?” Josie yelled after them, but the two were long gone.

Next Chapter: The Fucking Fight Club

[onionbug-critical]

"You hate to see a woman winning!"

Oh of course, it's ALWAYS gender and identity politics and NEVER the shit THAT SHE DID? There's several other women creators that GOT hate because... You guessed it they suck or at least have qualities that DOESN'T have to do with their genders or because people do it for the lulz, let's get down the list...

J.K Rowling, obviously self explanatory. She was a TERF, LGBTQ+Phobic, Queer Baited numerous times... All in all terrible woman.

Gooseworx, the same community that her friend created had eventually shat on TADC (Still does it to this day.) while the same community within Glitch has also shat on it (Murder Drones) decided to bring up a trans womans weird drill fetish that HAS NOTHING to do with them, while also apparently either photoshopping evidence of them grooming a minor? Neither was confirmed or denied so it's false allegations. All because she was at the right place at the right time. In this case Goose was cancelled for no reason because people genuinely hates seeing something thrive.

Steph Myers had written Twilight which was a crime in of itself which spawned FIFTY SHADES OF GREY, then profited off of a struggling Native American tribe, WHICH STILL NEEDS SUPPORT. She also wrote a child imprinting on a grown ass adult from when the child was a baby, pedophilia basically.

Rebecca Sugar got hate from people who genuinely didn't like the LGBTQ+ themes, while also harping on her for not making "good enough" POC characters when the relationship between Ruby and Sapphire is seen as Interracial, is this not good enough representation? Didn't help that 4Chan was trolling the community and Lily "I didn't write stolkholm, and my sisters mentally insane and she was the one who raped ME." Orchard shat on it's already beaten down corpse. Funnily enough Sugar doesn't go online to argue with critics and neither does the crewniverse usually telling the fans they are being trolled and to ignore the offensive edits which never worked.

Amy Schumer is to put it bluntly, unfunny. Almost as unfunny as Viv, but the reason why everyone hated her was because she stole jokes. That's it. And everyone thought her humor sucked. Stupid reasons but those are criticisms.

FlowerFell's Creator only got hate because of kinnies and shippers. They were so overwhelmed that they abandoned the project and left entirely. This is what the Hazbin Hotel Fandom's turning out.

PartyCoffin is the creator of Welcome Home, they got hate because of NO other reason other then people harassing the creator and being genuinely rude.

Lily Orchard gets hate for legitimacy good reasons and will continue to receive it.

SaiScribbles ALSO gets hate and is older then me. For good reasons.

Sophie Labelle / AssignedMale drew over children to make cub art. And most of their comics are seen as aggressive as well.

BlogueTheGreatRogue had did some proshipping SNCA if they weren't marketing it towards kids.

Naimei the creator of TCOAL was a person who had a history of making incest related things, marketing off coomers with the fetish and providing EPI for little children and making apologia regarding the concept of Incest.

And you all think they get hate because they are women, Nigga PLEASE.

God forbid you criticize someone, they gotta bring up they are women/man/trans/black/white/mixed/have autism/bpd/npd/did/whateverthismay.

I DONT CARE IF YOU ARE ALL OF THE ABOVE YOU ARE NOT FUCKING EXCEMPT FROM CRITICISM. WHAT DO YOU WANT A FUCKING COOKIE FOR BEING ALL OF THOSE? IT'S COMPLETELY FINE TO HARASS AND CRITICIZE A TRANS MAN OR MAN FOR THE SAME ACTIONS WOMEN DOES, BUT WHEN WE DO IT? ITS NOT FINE. DOUBLE STANDARDS! DO. BETTER.

[snakeautistic]

I love finding characters I can relate (/project onto) within media. There’s something so comforting about seeing yourself on screen. I end up headcanoning most of them to be in-line with my identities (lesbian, wasian, autistic) because they are literally me in my head!!

Anyway here’s a long ass list of my favorite characters and why I head canon them as autistic for fun!! If you have any others you’d like to add I’d love to hear them. (And please note this is just my interpretation, and highly based on my experience with autism. I’m not saying they’re definitely autistic or that all the traits I listed are the dsm-5 criteria or something.)

Princess Bubblgeum from adventure time:

This girl is peak evil scientist autistic. Her intense need for control, the way she carefully observes the citizens she created, an outsider to them, not quite like them… god it’s so perfect. I read her as being somewhat low empathy as well, it’s hard for her to change her perspective to that of others. Plus the fact her brother neddy is a pretty obvious metaphor for higher supports needs autism. I think they of represent how autism runs in the family and appears in all sorts of different ways in different people. They’re sort of two different representations of the spectrum.

Marcy wu from amphibia

I mean this one is just obvious. The biggest nerd of all time. So obsessed with her RPG special interest that she literally sucks her and her friends into a fantasy world. She’s clumsy (just like me fr), very smart but super socially awkward, a little oblivious and naive. She’s terrified of change, especially if it means abandoning the few social bonds she’s been able to make. I honestly find it hard to believe this wasn’t intentional.

Entrapta from she-ra

Another pretty overt example. I do have some issues with how she was portrayed in the show- (keeping her on a leash was weird.) but overall I really love her. She understands her tech, not people, and it can cause her to come into conflict with other characters. Their treatment of her makes me sad at times, but it’s realistic. I also love some of her other quirks, her love of tiny food, her exitable demeanor, ect.

Pearl from Steven Universe

Peridot is the more obvious example of an autistic character in SU, and while I agree she’s coded that way, I personally resonate more with Pearl. She is not very socially aware, and bothered by disruptions to her routine/ broader life changes. She doesn’t like to break rules (despite being a literal rebel lol.) I find it interesting how she seems to have the poorest understanding of life on earth out of the gems, despite having lived here for thousands of years. She is graceful, but has an almost sort of awkward gangly-ness to her that I relate to. Her neuroticism is also very similar to how my anxiety disorder presents.

Pearl has a tendency to infodump, without realizing those around her are uninterested. Even her relationship with Rose struck a chord with me. The hopeless devotion to her, the way she followed along at her side. It’s how many of my friendships have been. Obvious it’s not exactly the same considering Pearl having originally been her servant, but while not being an explicitly autistic trait, that sort of clingy, starstruck relationship is something autistic people are prone to developing. She does little hand stims at times too that I love to see.

Poison Ivy (specifically the version in the Harley Quinn animated show)

I’m surprised I haven’t seen more people mention poison Ivy. Fiercely intelligent and deeply introverted, she isolates herself from all people, and only connects with and understands her plants. (Which her deep affinity for can definitely be read as a special interest.) She very overtly has trouble forming relationships with others.

She’s blunt, socially awkward and a loner, has something of a flat effect and a monotone voice. Those around her initially read her as cold and impersonable.Her struggle with social anxiety as well as intense fear of failure/ low self esteem is also very relatable to me. She also often struggles to express/understand her feelings and emotions. Her radical political ideas and the fact that she’s literally an ecoterrorist paints her as having a very strong sense of justice and a somewhat black and white worldview. (Me)

Finally, her relationship with Harley just SCREAMS neurodivergent solidarity. Harley Quinn is (I think canonically) adhd, and they’re both outsiders in the world that found each other and just… get each other. She’s Ivy’s closest and only friend and amazing girlfriend and god it’s all so perfect.

They remind me a lot of the relationship I have with my best friend with adhd except theirs is gayer.

[quetzalpapalotl]

Anyway, headcanons for how I think TGCF characters would be like in bed

Hualian: putting them together because they would only have sex with each other and we have a canon answer to this already. Xie Lian gets flustered easily but goes along with Hua Cheng who is insanely good. They are definitively having the best sex of everyone bc they're hualian.

Feng Xin: I like to hc him as ace and after that one time he never tried again. If he has sex, he kinda needs to be told what to do but is good at following orders.

Mu Qing: Would not have sex, but if he had sex he would suck at communicating if he did.

Shi Qingxuan: Can be careless but is enthusiastic and genuinely invested in both of you to having a good time, which is always nice.

He Xuan: His skills are good but the experience you get is entirely dependant on what clone/identity he's using. I'm not sure he would have sex as himself since he's still mourning his fiance, would probably be really cold.

Pei Ming: Let's be real, he is extremely good. Too bad for his personality but unfortunately some women are into that macho attitude. I don't think he could live down leaving a woman unsatisfied.

Ling Wen: I don't know when she would find the time to get laid, but she's too tired. Like, she will put in the effort bc it isn't like her to half-ass a job, but her heart isn't in it. The sex is probably a way to get better sleep tbh.

Shi Wudu: He strikes me as a selfish lover and the kind of person who thinks that just the fact that he is having sex with you should be enough.

Jun Wu: He is good and knows how to figure what you like, but if he's having sex with you is certainly part of some ploy so um, good luck.

Lang Qianqiu: As per revised, would not have sex. If he had sex, he would fluster and try really really hard to please you and it's kinda cute.

Quan Yizhen: Lacks finesse and is too rough. You may need to tie him but he would probably be okay with it if you asked. Really you just need to communicate clearly and directly and is fine, you can be assured that he will tell you if he doesn't like anything.

Yin Yu: Adequate.

Qi Rong: ...no

Jian Lan: I mean, it is her job. I would assume he has picked many skills in 800 years.

Xuan Ji: Not sure she would sleep with anyone on account of being obsessed with Pei Ming, but if you managed to get her into bed, she still wouldn't shut up about her ex. I honestly think she was a pillow princess when she was with Pei Ming.

Mei Nianqing: He would not have sex. If by some miracle he had sex, he would find every excuse to nag at you, also is probably projecting the Wuyong Crown Prince onto you.

Yushi Huang: By the time it's over, you have fallen in love with Yushi Huang, but it just didn't mean that much to her.

[badpanini]

absolutely NOBODY asked for this, but i happened across this clip of jackson publick as the monarch doing pentecost’s monologue from pacific rim and i blacked out and wrote down my ramblings about a crossover. this series is so good for a pacific rim au because there are SO many iconic duos and variety in character relationships:

okay so obviously hank and dean drift compatible, from the beginning to the very end. would be especially compelling for a hank + dean copilot situation with their season 6 onwards selves.

dermott and hank could also pilot a jaeger together but they wouldn’t be as good as if hank and dean did i think, because hank and dean balance each other out more while dermott and hank are sort of enablers of each others behavior and therefore not as aligned.

rusty and jj would be drift compatible in theory but they would fight and bicker and be HORRIBLE at piloting a jaeger because rusty would want to take control and fuck everything up but jj would like actually know what he was doing. and they would fight. so they have the neural link but they just suck at copiloting. also they could make their own jaeger, with jj taking over most of the project because he actually gets shit done while entrusting rusty to do some things for it (perhaps the shielding systems like palaemon) but he sucks at it and then it fails mid battle and they bicker more. they would probably name it some stupid shit like V.A.L.O.R. (venture aegis lethal offense robot) (yes i came up with that on the spot).

pete and billy drift compatible ooobbbbviously. could be some interesting “getting into each others brains/memories” shit there if you consider a link before billy remembered how he lost his hand.

THE MONARCH AND DR MRS OF COOOURSE. they would be so good at piloting a jaeger they would kick ass. the monarch would like have his own jaeger made specifically for himself and he would have a bunch of stupid shit built into it (e.g. ACID MAGNET!). dr mrs would be the level logical ‘chessplayer’ type pilot while the monarch has the energy and impulsivity for the actual combat.

21 and 24 would tooootally be drift compatible but 24 would NOT want to be a jaeger pilot he would be like “duuude im not doing this we’re gonna die” and 21 would be like “dude are you kidding?!! we are SO doing this!! this is fucking awesome i’ve DREAMED of doing something like this!!” and he would be over enthusiastic and clumsy with piloting, partially because 24 isnt feeling it at first but after going for a test run he would totally start loving it. they wouldn’t be great but they’d end up successful in combat in an unintentional way.

to coincide with the events of the season 3 finale, they could have a “raleigh and yancy” moment that makes 21 averse from piloting for a while. he would blame himself for what happened and vow to train hardcore before ever stepping foot in a jaeger again.

the monarch, dr mrs, and 21 would 100% triple pilot (like crimson typhoon) and KICK CRAZY ASSSSS!!!!!! 21 would make them name it some shit like vice royal and it would have deployable wings that slice and stun projectiles and arm daggers like 21’s (and like striker eureka!). it would be that mustard yellow with the visor area of the head resembling bug eyes and the accents would be black and that horrifically bright magenta color.

during the blue morpho arc, the monarch and 21 could pilot a rogue unknown jaeger (like obsidian fury) and “vigilante” around while trying to keep their identity intact.

watch and ward would copilot a guild standard enforcer type jaeger, all black and uniformly made, with red accents and hella tech shit.

brock would be the only person to pilot a jaeger by himself without any repercussions on his health. unfortunately, it does take a lot out of him to do so in terms of exhaustion so he can only pilot in small bursts- but he beats the fuck DOWN for those short deployments. all of the OSI’s top agents are ‘trained’ to be drift compatible with each other but for the most part they just sit in the chair and make sure brock stays stable because he’s usually all they need to secure a situation.

let us not forget THE TRIAD!!!! they would definitely have a triple pilot thing as well, and orpheus would INSIST that they could pilot a “mech” - (i’m thinking, a golem-like husk made of rock/earth?) - all though MAGIC only, and it would take a lot of focus. orpheus would take the helm in terms of magic and actually powering the “jaeger” and making it move, al would be in control of magic projectiles and jefferson would do all the melee combat.

the concept of red mantle and dragoon copiloting is very funny to me so they can be a part of this too.

PLEASE feel free to add, to disagree, to suggest, ANYTHING!!! i may or may not doodle some of these ..

and if you read this far.. i love you, thank you.. we are kindred spirits

[tawked]

At the risk of sounding insane, the only conspiracy I actually believe in is that considerable chunks of Harry Potter were ghostwritten or altered significantly by others in the editing process.

My basis for this is that brief era before transphobia became her whole existence, when Rowling was posting horrible fanon retcons to her own work, specifically the take that Hogwarts didn't always have bathrooms. Unfortunately, the fact that they did is actually relevant to the narrative of the whole second book, the only Harry Potter movie I saw as a kid, which I watched specifically and exclusively because it had a big snake in it and that made me think of Conan the Barbarian.

Rowling herself may have become aware of this contradiction because she attempted to save her ass on the stupid fandom essay site where she would elaborate on her bad takes. You know, like "slavery is cool if the enslaved aren't upset by it, because keeping slaves is a morally neutral act, abusing slaves is the only point at which it becomes immoral," in direct contradiction to Dobby's narrative.

It's possible she just shit together these books lightning fast and didn't think more about them, ie. introducing time travel only to be like "oops!" and have all the time travel break forever lol. Then y'know, she claims them as part of her identity and personal brand when they became as successful as they are. That seems pretty understandable to me. It's what I'd do in her situation lol.

But, there's an obvious difference in Rowling's work before and Rowling after her becoming a major British celebrity surrounded by people insisting her books are part of some kind of educational revolution or whatever. This is imo where her now obvious desire to make it absolutely clear she has creative control over the more recent projects comes from (I know she used to do this with merch and so on too but concern for the integrity of art and concern for the marketing of art are notably different concerns).

Is the difference in her writing just affluenza? Could her time on twitter have cooked her brain? I doubt it, personally. I think it's a case of someone who's work was always the result of a team effort starting to believe her own hype and going it alone, only to make a massive mess.

For what it's worth I wish they finished the Fantastic Beasts project. I wanted to see where this children's fantasy author was taking that whole Holocaust thing. Good places, I bet, after all she is a literary genius lol.

Anyway this isn't a "I would prefer Harry Potter be written by someone else so I can enjoy it" thing like Harry Potter was ghostwritten by Hatsune Miku or whatever. Harry Potter was always kinda C-tier for me, and my favourite series as a kid was written by someone who, upon re-reading as an adult, is very obviously a racist and his work is a metaphor for racial segregation lol, so problematizing authors in that kind of disavowel way isn't really a thing I personally care to do.

Also most long-running movie multimedia mega franchises like this are partially ghost-written or edited hyper-selectively. There's a reason the slavery stuff was mostly omitted from the movies and without that basis Harry's relationship to Kreachur becomes its own weird thing, and a reason why Rowling wasn't flexing her creative control muscle over that specific adaptational omission. This isn't a "Rowling sucks" thing so much as a "the industry sucks" thing. Once enough eyes are on a project, everything becomes kayfabe.

[pegglesai]

could be wrong but i think one of the reasons why some people portray uni and sly as transmasc instead of transfem is because kittycorn SUCKED at hinting their trans identities.

i, alongside many friends, though uni was transmasc. i though that was why she had issues with accepting anything feminine in regards to herself, and bathed in overly-masculine lingo as a way to cope from dysphoria. since nearly every character in the hospital is trans, Transphobia canonically doesn't exist on spinch, and there has NEVER been a character in the history of kittycorn media that struggled to accept their trans identity (since all transmascs were born like that and transfems transition offscreen and reappear fully transitionned in AUs), i though "why the hell would she have any issues with transitioning when prior to Barry's arrival she was exclusively surrounded by very close queer best friends/partners and the trans staff of the hospital?" and so until she was revealed transfem, i though she was transmasc and heavily related to her/comforted myself in this identity i headcanoned her with. because it doesn't make sense that anyone in the SparkleCare universe could have struggles transitioning when NO ONE ELSE has been shown having any issues. that and also the fact that after her coming out she got stripped of any personality by kittycorn, i guess some were upset and wrongfully assumed it was uni's identity's fault instead of kittycorn's stupid ass writing. I'm also guessing other transmascs were equally comforted by this "transmasc uni learning to accept feminity again after transitioning" headcannon they had before the big big reveal, and exclusively see uni as that now. doesn't make it any more okay though, but at least it doesn't come from a place of malice on their end (i think)

(and basically the same reasoning for uni applies to sly, even though for fen the doubt lasted way less longer)

I suppose that makes sense but in that case it could be read the opposite way too, Uni personally unable to cope with the idea of not being cis male and overcompensating by hypermasculinizing himself to supress any hint of femininity he had in him

I understand projection under relatability but the main issue arrises when it is still done after the fact with disregard to the identity in question. Uni had been canonically transfem since 2019, that's 6 years now, and only has he been pubicly transfem since I wanna say 2022, or around when Cometcare was first being posted. Not to mention various hints and foreshadowing TO Uni being transfem

The problem is not the "why", the problem is the insistence on the claim a character should not be the gender they were planned to be since the beginning. The problem is continuing to ignore this identity for projections sake, erasing this identity because it's easier to see all parts of yourself in a character. (which, I must say, to overwrite a transfem character's gender to be your own JUST so you can relate to them, is just. So weird. It's okay to relate to characters with a different gender than you and keep their original gender in tact! I'm not less of a transfem because I relate to music made by a trans man that covers typical transmasc experiences. If you can't comfortably see yourself in a character you don't share an identity without having to change anything that is a personal thing to work on.)

[peach-fiz]

I actually didn't even bother watching the second season of Loki because of the cheap marketing and inconsistent storytelling.

It just felt like the plot was lifted off somewhere it would have made sense, and a character with a similar ego was replaced with Loki and goes through an arc that might have made sense for a blank slate character, but not someone who already has a backstory.

Loki doesn't even feel like Loki after three episodes in S1. The whole point of having a show like that just seems to be about the TVA and Sylvie.

Also the whole genderfluid thing. They 'confirmed' it in the promo and had a line in the script that went completely against anything they just said.

I knew at once that the writers, directors and other parts of production were really just pulling it in different directions and it would probably sound like a jazz trumpeter and a metal guitarist trying to improvise after knowing each other for 15 minutes.

I've been meaning to watch it just so I can have educated opinions on all of it but it's just,, so hard to get into. I definitely agree the marketing was cheap, they did with the 80s McDonald's like they did DB Cooper!Loki and made it centric to the advertising because McDonalds was also getting something out of it which is kinda ass seeing as realistically Loki Laufeyson would burn 6 of them down before he ate in one 😭

I personally don't like either of the major ships in the show but the forced Sylki shit in season 1 really got to me. Like not only did she completely replace him as the main character in HIS show, she's also a variant of him who he wants to make out with and overall it just reads as lazy writing and it's extremely disappointing that Mike Waldron has been put in charge of Multiverse of Madness and The Kang Dynasty since, due to the popularity of the Loki TV show. I was talking to my boyfriend about this last night but it kinda reminds me of the complaints people had ab the last Indiana Jones movie but opposite? Like everyone complained his best friend's daughter was gonna replace him bc she's a Mary Sue and she rlly isnt, she's more reminiscent of Marion in Raiders of the Lost Ark she just doesn't wanna fuck him. But the difference is Indy is a character who's majorly blank for little boys to project themselves onto. Which is great!! It works for those kind of movies, but they're not character development centric like the individual mcu movies tend to be. Loki is characterized in a way that he's drowning in identity issues and family problems and he experiences growth in every installment whether it be positive or negative. It doesn't make sense to take the formula of an Indidna Jones movie where he meets up with a woman who's typically a love interest and has her own issues that are only slightly touched on because that's not the focus, and they go do the plot.

Sylvie is not an Indy Girl, they straight up are trying to replace Loki with Sylvie. And you can tell the character wasn't supposed to have as much importance as she does in the show bc the character was worked on more after the actress they chose was buddies with a producer ( and this is no hate to the actress I'm sure she's delightful everything I've seen her in in terms of interviews has been lovely ).

I also absolutely agree they should've just made a tva mini series to introduce the tva rather than bringing back a dead character who soon will not make much sense anyway because Tom Hiddleston is getting older (and also he deserves to branch out in his career).

The genderfluid thing was a cash grab and it sucks ass, they just want money for acknowledging things already canon in the comics, same with confirming him as bisexual.

My boyfriend is actually writing a fic on ao3 called Find Me that's rlly good if you want Loki content that isn't related to the show.

(YES this is shameless promotion sshhhhshshsh) but fr the loki TV show makes me more confident in my screenwriting bc t h a t got put on disney plus. I'm also working on a Loki show rewrite in my spare time!!

[sapphire-weapon]

so idk if you answered this before but if they ever remake 6, what would u like to see changed, reconstructed, improved and all that for both story and gameplay and characters?

I'm pretty sure that re6 is mostly loved by aleons and some other folk that enjoy the game for what it is but majorly it sucks imo and i also hope that Ampo directs it, if he can stomach that game lol

well the top reason why no one at capcom wants to take on the project is because RE6 is so interconnected that you can't just change one or two things here and there, because anything you change will affect the entire rest of the game.

and as i think about it, i realize that i'm running into that problem, too.

one of RE6's problems is one of identity. each campaign is supposed to have a distinct style (chris's is a shooter, leon's is more classic RE, and sherry's is a brawler), but it doesn't do that very well because every campaign was built off of the same general gameplay framework. and it was built that way because because the campaigns overlap, so you can't change things like having enemy behavior be unique to each campaign, because then you'd run into a problem where only half of the team in the overlapping sections is viable. and you can't just take out the overlapping sections, because it fundamentally alters the conceit of the game. the core of RE6's gameplay is great, but it's shit in execution, and i don't know how to fix that.

and the story's an even bigger mess. presumably, you'd want RE6make to be a direct sequel to RE4make the way that RE4make was a direct sequel to RE2make. but you would have to radically alter the narrative to do that, because RE6's story doesn't work with the new dynamic between leon and ada. there's no reason for remake leon to be so blindly trusting of remake ada, and without that, chris will just fucking kill her ass and call it a day. so what do you do? do you remove chris's beef with ada? well, you can't, because then the carla subplot breaks down. do you key leon in on the story with carla early? well, hirabayashi has already said that he's not going to fuck up the dynamic of ada always being more in the know than leon is, so you can't do that.

so what do you do?

i don't have the answers. i don't honestly know.

i've said in the past that RE6make should beef up the story between leon and sherry and turn leon's beef with simmons into a question of fatherhood, but like. that doesn't fix the carla problem. if anything, it makes it worse.

so i don't know. i really don't know.

as happy as i am that the remakes retconned aeon, it does kind of write them into a corner with RE6make. RE6 won't work with remake leon and remake ada not trusting or even really liking each other. so you either just make RE6make incongruous with the developments in RE4make -- which i don't think hirabayashi is willing to do -- or you make radical changes to the story and shift carla solely into ada's campaign and make leon and chris fight about jake or something.

i dunno, man.

[th3-0bjectivist]

Dear listener, I’m back in 2025 with more music! Just a reminder; my personal favorite type of music is metal, and I’ve noticed that lots of folks are afflicted with the blues these days, so here’s a not-so-happy medium! I've been kind of bored lately, so I've been watching a slew of newer modern films to pass the time. Much to my chagrin I've discovered that, much like most modern TV shows, most modern movies manage to both suck and blow simultaneously. There are very few exceptions, but I did stumble across a memorable little psychological horror film called I Saw the TV Glow. Without spoiling anything, it's a film about locating the lead character's identity, and features a few interesting themes, some genuinely unsettling moments, good visuals, and one of the most intriguing and immersive movie soundtracks I've heard in recent years. The BEST part of this movie, for me, was music by King Woman. It's metal, it's sludgy as all hell, it’s got a beautiful woman’s beautiful voice on top of hard guitars and drums… it's nearly perfect for my personal tastes in modern music. Smash play on Bury just above, if you enjoyed it as much as I do scroll down for another tasty hit and more details, cause this week, we’re playing the blues! The METALLIC blues!!

What can I tell ya, folks!? I've got a soft spot for a woman's breathy voice and any kind of music with a dramatic edge that’s capable of both wounding and healing my very soul. Hailing from San Francisco, King Woman had particularly humble beginnings, originally emerging as a mere solo project, and then expanding over the years into a traditional four-member model. The group is fronted by one Kristina Esfandiari, a multitalented lady with her hands in numerous personally crafted musical productions spanning the rap, shoegaze, and drone genres. She has a voice in the husky alto range; raspy, rough, sexy, audibly low, and perfectly pleasant for the variety of compositions that she generates. There are two things I like the most about KW’s head-bangers and that is 1. That stunning voice 2. That stunning voice on top of a chorus of low-tuned, slow-tempo guitars. For those of you that are unfamiliar or uninitiated into the subgenre of doom metal, allow me to simplify; it’s basically just heavy metal, with the blues! A lot of KW’s tunes also include a sludgy ambiance, and a light and subtle infusion of drone (sustained notes, sounds or tone clusters) which kind of makes you feel like you’re wading through a field of molasses as you get immersed. These are tunes that could be described as ‘metallic shoegaze’ or ‘metalgaze’, which is an ethereal, melancholy noise that’ll make you stare at your shoes like you just stepped in several wads of bubblegum. You can call my taste in this kind of music a personal ‘guilty pleasure’, you can call it a ‘character flaw’ of mine, but listening to this stuff simply reminds me of work by early Black Sabbath. And that’s a good thing, because early Sabbath kicked every ass in a 20-block-radius! It’s grungy, it’s tragically themed, it’s hard and haunting… and it just so happens to be exactly my brand of musical tea. Just below you’ll find Morning Star from their 2021 album Celestial Blues. Smash play, enjoy, plenty more tunes on the way!

While doom metal is not my favorite variation of metal by a longshot (feed me speed and/or black metal from a small silicone tube and I'll slurp that stuff up like gelatin shards of hard rock candy) I do harbor a transfixed fascination with sludge metal à la Crowbar or Mastodon. When you mix sludge with a shoegaze vibe I become a teenage boy again. This is the kind of sound that prevented me from opening a vein at ages 16-18. Image source: Hear King Woman Channel Mazzy Star, Black Sabbath on New EP 'Doubt'

[candiid-caniine]

gender euphoria

[cw: this is NOT a detrans/misgendering kink post, but tries to subvert some of those tropes, so please treat it with caution!]

sissy kink blogs DNI

outside the bedroom, i demand respect. i own my pronouns, talk openly about genderqueerness, and flaunt androgyny.

but inside the bedroom...my relationship with gender changes. i'm transsexual in the sense that power dynamics in my sexual relationships directly influence my gender(s). what do i mean by this? i mean i want you to treat my non-conformity as a blank slate on which to project your preferred gender.

i am an "it," first and foremost. but i can be a "she," a "they," or a "he" if so inclined. i can be your butch, your femme, your fag, your twink, your femboy, whatever you want me to be.

and i'll resist. that's part of the fun of it: in day-to-day life, i'm most comfortable as an occasionally femme-leaning androgyne. that makes it fun to push back, easy to feel vulnerable, uncomfortable, and a little self-conscious (though not dysphoric) in a different presentation.

i take any pronouns, after all. so butches who love femmes, goad me into skirts, lacy lingerie, makeup, stockings, heels. watch me falter and cling to your side when we go out, feeling like i'm being stared at, unaccustomed to the kind of attention high-femmes usually get. make me show off my cleavage. call me "she" exclusively without switching. call me a good girl, call me a princess, make me suck your cock like a good little wife. force me to grow my hair out for you, yes, the undercut, too, and watch me get fussy and flustered at the unwelcome sensory input of it touching my neck. get me long acrylics, watch me fumble at everything requiring the use of my fingers; step in to help, coo over your clumsy girl - it's basically like mitting a puppy, isn't it?

if you prefer masc partners, get me a binder. watch me squirm at the compression. get me on a workout regimen to bulk up, even; spend a lot of time proving to me that no matter how fit i get, you'll always overpower me. no more cutesy hair clips, no more high-waisted jeans, or skirts, or femme-ish jewelry: make me your boyfriend. coach me into talking in a lower register. order T for me off the dark web, admire my stubble and my bottom growth. if you top, fuck me in the ass exclusively. if you bottom, get me the strap that best reflects your preferences. i'd even get top surgery, as long as you're paying~

or mix the two. make me your femboy. get me a packer, but also dresses. nitpick me over the right mix of boy-as-girly, watch me get more and more desperate to please your expectations, until at last i'm just surrendering my wardrobe to you, losing confidence in my ability to dress "properly." call me a good boy, your pretty little prince. i'm even okay with the gentle kind of goading, the presentation-shaming, calling me soft, saying i'm not dressing like a real man, if that's what you want.

or just lean in fully to the genderless thing that i want to be in the bedroom, but make it be all the time. what does an "it/its" look like? when your gender is pet, how do you present in public? well, that's up to you. maybe it's the most revealing clothes you can find, or simply the most embarrassing: underwear and pants that are a bit too small, riding up my ass and cunt constantly. shirts with slogans like "young, dumb, and full of cum" or "clown school graduate." anything that makes other people think i'm ditzy, impressionable, and silly, or don't know my own wardrobe sizes. collars, 24/7, are, of course, mandatory. maybe cuffs, too.

the whole time, watch me be unsure as my androgyny is picked apart, more and more of my core gender identity bent to your whims. watch me automatically start to seek your approval on any piece of clothing or jewelry i own. i'll start letting you speak to the hairdresser at salons, giving up any autonomy i have over my own hairstyle. you could take me to a piercer or a plastic surgeon or a tattoo artist, tell them what you want me to look like, and i'll sign the consent forms. treat my lack of gendered presentation as a clean slate, free for you to write your mark all over. make me your creature. as if i wasn't already.

[foreststarflaime]

9 and 21 for Genesis?

Oo ty pumpkin! These were fun <3 and oops these always end up being longer than I intend but you did choose my fav lol

9- What’s your favourite headcanon(s) for this character?

I love the sickly victorian child Genesis hc! I think it adds a little bit of that bittersweet flavor to his childhood in Banora that makes all the good parts even sweeter and more treasured, and it makes him getting degradation hit that much harder if he thought he’d finally escaped that part of his life. I also think it does make sense with him being the least stable of the three in the Jenova Project.

And also. Ofc. I am obsessed with the transmasc Genesis hc. It is canon in my heart. I just think it fits all his main themes so so well with the constant identity ‘am I what the world made me or can I be myself’ conflict! And I feel like it gives even more motivation behind the choices he makes, particularly with comparing himself to Sephiroth. Also I love projecting on him

And also bonus, not exactly for Genesis, but I was just thinking earlier today that if I ever have the occasion in a fic to mention his parents by name, I’d name them Peleus and Thetis Rhapsodos for the Achilles thematic reference! If anyone else wants to use that too feel free but drop me the fic after so I can read it 👀

21- Wild card! Talk about anything to do with this character! Anything at all!

Well while we’re on the topic of trans Genesis. I will take this time to rant about my constant dilemma.

So I love his wing, right, I think it fits his dramatic ass so well. I think flying would be so so fun, and I want him to enjoy life, and I think he’d enjoy the freedom—I know Angeal at one point says something about liking the feeling of it.

But then I had the thought that he probably feels some kind of dysphoria towards it. And as a gender dysphoria haver myself damn that sucks I would also resent its existence and probably want to chop it off somehow. Especially if he already went through the whole trans dysphoria stuff in the past and thought he was free of it.

So now whenever I imagine a fix-it with him in my mind I am eternally flip flopping between whether I should have him eventually accept and like the wing or not

[lilgayforg]

Fuck Project 2025 Essay

Soooo, I'm writing this essay on how Project 2025 sucks ass and it is homophobic, racist, transphobic, classist, ableist, and just terrible among other things. So if I could get some tips on how to reach more peeps with my essay once its done i would love to see ideas/feedback.

I'm going to paste the rough draft so far under here so you get a feel for what im going for plus give me feedback if you want :)

thanks!

btw- this is formatted as a message to conservatives especially ones i know personally so i'm trying to be a bit nice at the beginning. and things that are asterisked (*) are notes to me to write more lol

TW: homophobia, transphobia, bigotry

Why You Shouldn't Support Republicans in the 2024 Election

Now, I try to be an open person. I like to hear other people’s perspectives and if I disagree, I accept it as their opinion and move on. I have quite a few conservative family members and I love them and respect them. I understand if we have different points of views on gun rights, taxes, etc. Yet, there is a line. It’s when it becomes a human rights issue when I’m more judgmental of people’s opinions. If you have strong, negative opinions about things like gender, sexuality, sexual assault, race, equality, and censoring topics, then we are going to have issues. This is when I begin seeing those people less as conservatives and republicans and more as bigots. And unfortunately, there is an overlap. I want non-bigots to be able to vote for the policies they want in this country without it also taking people’s rights away. However, that is getting increasingly difficult. This is where Project 2025 comes in. Project 2025 is a “Presidential Transition Project” funded by conservative organizations that is looking to “rescue the country from the grip of the radical Left” (Project 2025 Website). They have created a website and 920 page step-by-step outline of how they are going to change this country. Initially, it doesn’t sound too bad. They outline some of their main goals:

“1. Restore the family as the centerpiece of American life and protect our children.

2. Dismantle the administrative state and return self-governance to the American people.

3. Defend our nation’s sovereignty, borders, and bounty against global threats.

4. Secure our God-given individual rights to live freely—what our Constitution calls ‘the Blessings of Liberty.’”

First of all, they want to protect children and restore families. That does not sound too bad, right? Well, we have different definitions of such. First, they talk about how we need to get children fathers because 40-70% of children do not have a father in their life. They do not provide a solution to fix this so I’ll move on. Then they move on to the goal to “delete terms” such as sexual orientation, gender identity, gender, gender equality, diversity, equity, inclusion, abortion, reproductive health, reproductive rights, and “any other term used to deprive Americans of their First Amendment rights” (pdf). Let’s tackle these topics one at a time.

First, sexuality or sexual orientation. I’m not going to super into the details, but sexuality exists. In fact, heterosexuality is one, so if these conservatives are implying that sexual orientation does not exist then they must not be heterosexual and have no preference. Pettiness aside, homosexuality has existed and still exists and it has for many, many years. There is evidence of it since the Greeks and Romans and also in animals like penguins, lions, dolphins, monkeys, and ducks. I recommend just looking up homosexual animals, there is quite a list! So maybe you do recognize that sexuality or gay animals exist, but you are against all of those liberals that are trying to force it onto the children. As a person that proudly is part of the LGBTQ+ community and also as a person that went to public school, this is not what is happening, and this applies to gender and gender identity as well. LGBTQ people just want to live their lives being their true selves without worrying about people openly hating them or stopping them from loving who they love or being who they are. When LGBTQ topics are brought up in school (and frankly it is not often), it is to educate people that children may have two parents of the same gender or a classmate that may be changing their name or pronouns. It is not telling tom-boy girls that they are boys or saying that being gay is better. It is just simply educating them on how some people may be different and that’s why they may do certain things. And if that “turns” your child gay or trans, it is only because they were given awareness that those things exist in other people and they are not broken, weird, or different. If your kid is gay, bisexual, trans, non-binary, or whatever- they will figure it out eventually, and before they do, they are going to go through a cycle of mental anguish, self-hatred, and confusion if they do not know about these topics or have a bad connotation attached to it. So, please, if you love your children, save them from the pain they may endure inside and possibly save their life.

The Trevor Project found that “LGBTQ youth are more than four times as likely to attempt suicide than their peers” and that “The Trevor Project’s 2022 National Survey on LGBTQ Youth Mental Health found that 45% of LGBTQ youth seriously considered attempting suicide in the past year, including more than half of transgender and nonbinary youth”. Again, if you care about your children, it doesn’t hurt to educate them to possibly save their life or their classmates’ life. The cons of a child’s death outweighs the conservatives’ pro of eradicating the words sexuality and gender.

Now you may be thinking to yourself a few different things after reading this. 1. This would never happen, it is all empty promises. (*don't say gay, panic response)

2. Nobody I know is LGBTQ+ so I don’t care / they’ll figure it out. (*straight lady killed) 3. Well, once they graduate they will be okay and they can do whatever they want. And those are valid thoughts, but you’re unfortunately wrong.

*talk about going further than children with marriage equality, and rights to hurt these people- “gay panic response” and that one straight lady that was killed for pride flag

So if any of this resonated with you at all, please consider not voting republican or do significant research to make sure the people you are supporting are against Project 2025.