#if you send a message trying to justify it i'm ignoring you

[a-student-out-of-time]

PSA Time:

To any people out there who decide to send hate messages to creators and use warped, regurgitated versions of my posts? You are unwelcome in this community.

I do not accept hate and intolerance, I do not accept the idea that my opinions are superior to anyone else's and I will never accept them being used to justify whatever you feel like being upset about.

When you do that, you make it abundantly clear you don't respect other people, and you especially don't respect me. That you don't actually listen to what I say, you want to use my position to try and elevate yourself and pretend your complaints have more weight than they really do.

Hatred, ignorance, and harassment will always be unwelcome here. I've been trying my hardest to build a community based around open communication and discussion of ideas. I don't vaguepost, I make my opinions very clear. And I believe you all can be so much better than this.

But if you actually try and start shit with people in my name, you will not be welcome here and I'll work to repair whatever damage you cause. It's as simple as that.

To Vonbabbitt and everyone else involved in TDP, I'm very sorry someone decided they had any sort of authority to do this. You're doing a great job and I do not and will never tolerate this sort of behavior. Anyone who claims to speak on my behalf and has nothing but hate to share is objectively wrong.

[massiveladycat]

can people please stop making inappropriate comments and jokes on walker scobell please and thank you that is a minor. he's fifteen years old. he doesnt know you.

all of the people in this picture are MINORS. cut it out. in fact try not making inappropriate comments focused on any of the under-age cast or cast that have said they're uncomfortable with it. not funny!! not cool!! not okay!! in fact, here's all the ages (that i know of) of the percy jackson cast: walker scobell (percy jackson) - 15 leah jeffries (annabeth chase) - 14 aryan simhadri (grover underwood) - 17 charlie bushnell (luke castellan) - 19 dior goodjohn (clarisse la rue) - 17 olivea morton (nancy bobofit) - 14 also nobody but them has a right to knowing everything about them. they're on tv to act, not for you to invade on their personal life. they will share what they WANT TO SHARE

[alicechess]

Art x reader part 2

Note: This hasn't been proof read, so my bad if it's not the greatest I smashed this out in like 4 hours. So not the highest quality chapter. I might fix this up at one point, heavy maybe.

@ch1hvro

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You felt ill after the shift, it could be explained, it absolutely could be, right? Just a coincidence, a man dressing up to be a dick, then point at the plastic ring on your hand because he thought it was amusing, and joked that it was him who gave it. Yeah, just a joke, coincidence. You settled on it being a coincidence. 

As soon as you got home, you took the ring of and but it on your bedside table, you didn't want to wear it, you were meant to Halloween night, but it completely slipped your mind. 

However, that night, you heard on the news he somehow escaped the morgue today, in the morning. The news reporters stated the injuries, and allegedly a few people who work in the medical field said how unlikely it would've been for him to survive. They then stated that the poor mortician was brutally murdered too from him, because of course he had to do it. Does that mean it is possible he came to your work today? If that was him, why? He didn't have any blood, or any visible injuries at least. He moved perfectly fine. 

You shook your head, there was no point in thinking about it. If you saw him again, then it absolutely wasn't a coincidence, as there would be no way to justify it. You then turned the TV off, then went to bed. The thoughts of him stuck in your mind as you laid there, the whole day repeating over in your head. How his attention was stuck on you, why that specific Cafe, and although again, the ring may just be him being a dick and not knowing. It still bothered you, all of that happening within the span of an hour. Eventually you fell asleep, your dreams, of course, had him there too. 

The next morning you awoke in a cold sweat, your heart racing rapidly. Once you glanced around and noticed you were in your room, you felt relief.

Just a dream

Maybe you needed to ignore the news, take a break from social media for a few days or even a week. You had no doubt some people would be talking about stuff, but you just had to hope you wouldn't overhear anything. Maybe it'd be good to take a day off, though you knew your boss would be pissed and so as your co-workers. You've barely taken days off the whole year, maybe 3 at most. 

You decided to send a message to your boss, explaining that you have some family stuff going on, and if you could take the day off tomorrow. 

Hopefully he'd be fine with it.

You started getting ready, after showering

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You walked into the door of the Café, the ringing bell irritated your ears. You walked into the back, you had to do a bunch of dishes from last night since one of the other workers had to leave early. Your co-worker spotted then greeted you, "Hey, you look like shit."

You rolled your eyes, "Wow, what a nice way to say good morning Charlie." 

They gave you a cocky smile, "I know I know, I'm wonderful aren't I?"

That damn smile was contagious, "Aww, and I've got you smiling too."

A small chuckle left you, "Yeah yeah, anyway, how longs your shift today? Anyone else in?"

"Uhh, till about 4. I have another job on the side to earn extra. And no, Laurie left about 10 minute ago, she had to leave early as she had an appointment."

"Ew, that's gotta be painful, and god damn it, it would've been nice having a third for today.

"It's painful, but moneys money, world can't go on without it." They sighed, "And I'm trying to save for a new car, the shitbox out there ain't gonna last much longer." They said, taking the eggs out the frypan. "Anyway, can we talk more during our break? Can't have customers complaining."

"Yeah sure, that'd be great actually." They then walked out with the plate of food. 

Your morning was a lot easier to deal with after that interaction, although you hated to admit it, they were annoying at times but you loved them. They were a great friend, and made working a lot easier to tolerate.

You filled the sink and placed the dishes in there, cleaning the least dirty to the most. More and more dishes came, but you tried your best to stay ahead. The dishwasher was going to take forever and only could do a small amount at a time, so this is unfortunately a job that had to be done.

After about an hour, you were close to being finished, and so was the dishwasher. After, you put the dishes away, then went up to your Charlie to check if they needed help with anything.

"To be honest, not really, business is slower than normal, which is a fucking relief." They whispered, so none of the customers could hear. 

"Nice, is Chloe gonna be here soon? It would be nice if she could cover the register, and we can chill in the back."

They shrugged, "Not sure, she's meant to be here at some point today but that's all I know."

You groaned, "Alright, since business is slow should I just sweep and mop now?" 

You heard that cursed bell ring, and you heard a honk. You instantly turned around, wondering what that noise was. 

"What the fuck..." Charlie muttered under their breath.

Your eyes widened, bile rose up in your throat. You stood still for a few moments as you locked eyes with that fucker, then you sprinted towards the staff toilet. You leaned over, the breakfast you ate not longer ago instantly came up. Your throat burned as acid tore at your throat. You clenched the toilet bowl as it kept going. You body shook rapidly from fear and shock.

What the fuck what the fuck what the fuck

Why is he here, it was meant to be a fucking coincidence. Do I have a murderer stalking me?

You weren't sure what to do, but after about a minute you heard your Charlie running over.

"Hey, hey!" They said crouching down, rubbing your back. "What the hell was that? Are you okay?"

You nodded, "Yeah...." You croakily mumbled, your legs wobbling as you slowly stood up.

"Stay there if you need to, I can handle the front for a bit." 

You shook your head, "I'll be fine, it's fine. Just give me a minute and I'll clean up."

"Look Chloe should be here soon, when she gets here I'll explain you were sick so you had to leave. Got it?"

You rolled your eyes, "I'll be okay, I just got nauseous.-"

"No, you're heading home when she gets here."

You wanted to argue, but you knew it was probably a good idea. You didn't want to see... it again. 

"Fine, can I help just till she gets here?"

"Yeah sure, just don't overwork yourself and let me know if you feel ill again."

You nodded, moving towards the sink to splash water on your face. "Alright, I'm gonna head back, don't rush yourself I can handle it." They patted your back again, then walked off.

You looked down at your shirt, and thankfully there was no vomit. So, you went back to helping Charlie. As soon as you were in the doorway you spotted him, sitting down. "Hey, is it okay if you could pass this to the customer in the clown suit real quick? I just need to prepare another order."

You nodded, trying to not show your fear to them. "Yeah, of course!"

While you walked over, you noticed his eyes were on you. You looked at the floor, knowing it was rude but you were so afraid. You put the pancakes down in front of the clown. "Here's your order... sir." You mumbled, giving a forced smile. As you starting walking away, he beeped the horn. 

"Did you need something?" 

He nodded, gesturing you to come closer.

He looked at your hand, a frown forming on his face. But not a second later is was replaced with that eerie smile. He stared at you as he purposely knocked the plate down onto the floor. It shattered onto the ground. He covered his mouth, giving an exaggerated 'Oops' face. A few customers looked over giving a confused and concerned expression.

Your face turned into a thin line, what the fuck "I'm sorry sir, I'll be back." You quickly muttered, walking to Charlie, "Hey, look I can't do this right now, can you please talk to the clown? I'll do whatever you were doing before. I'm just really uncomfortable around him."

They nodded, noticing you were shaken up. "Yeah that's fine, but what's going on? You look horrified, did something happen?"

You shook your head, "It's nothing, just can you help him?"

"Okay, I'll do that now, you just need to make a strawberry milkshake for table 5 while I deal with the clown."

"Easy." You immediately started to work on it, you scooped the ice-cream, poured the milk and strawberry-flavoured syrup and then blended it. You occasionally heard words from your Charlie while they were trying to communicate with the clown. But of course it went nowhere. As you were pouring the milkshake into a plastic cup, they came up to you. "I have no idea what he wants, he's not responding at all to me. I clean up the mess, but I don't know what else to do. Was he at least responding to you?"

"Yeah, I guess, but I really, really don't want to talk to him. He's... scaring me." You glanced at the floor, feeling embarrassed. 

"It's okay, I'll figure something out. Other customers are starting to feel uncomfortable as well. Fuck, Chloe needs to get here soon."

"Yeah, hopefully, should I contact the boss?" 

They nodded, "Can you contact Chloe first? We need her here soon."

"I'll do that now, I'll try and make it quick." You hurried out to the back again, pulling out your phone. You dialled her number, but it immediately when to voice mail. "What the fuck..." You murmured, trying again. And again. You groaned, then decided to send her a quick message.

Y/n: Hey, are you still coming into work today? 

You hoped she'd read it soon, then you dialled your bosses number. Thankfully, you heard her voice on the other end. 

"Hello?"

"Hey, I heard from Charlie that Chloe would be coming in today at some point. What time would she be here? She isn't picking up any of my calls. "

You heard a sigh on the other end, "Give me a moment."

After 15 seconds of rustling sounds, she answered. "Alright, it says she'd be on around 2pm till 8pm. Is she not there?"

"No, she's not. It's 2:30."

You heard another sigh from your boss, "I'll try and contact her, that's all I can do. Is that all you needed?"

"No, I was wondering what to do about a customer. One of them is making me and Charlie uncomfortable. He keeps.... just doing stuff."

"If you want advice I need more details." 

You took a deep breath in, "For one he's in a clown outfit, which in itself isn't bad but it's just how he's acting doing it too. If that makes sense, and he purposely broke one of our plates, and acted like it was all funny. He then wouldn't talk to Charlie, only me. It's just such bizarre behaviour."

"Normally threatening them with the police will cause them to stop, but if he continues call the non-emergency line for the police. That's it."

"Alright, thank you."

"Bye." She said, the line ending.

You walked back to the register to talk to your Charlie. "Chloe was meant to be here at 2. What the fuck do we do? She isn't picking up my calls, she's not answering my messages and the boss just told us to threaten the clown with the police but fuck that I'm not comfortable with it I don't know him and he's scaring-"

"Calm down, you're gonna be okay. This isn't a big deal you'll be fine we can figure this out. I'll talk to him."

You glanced over your shoulder to look at the clown. He was sitting there, his chin resting on his hands, giving you a wink. 

"God fucking damn it." Your muttered under your breath, he waved at you, then gesturing for him to come over again. "He wants me to go over again, what do I do? What the fuck do I do?"

Charlie bit their bottom lip, "I can go over if you like and try again, but I doubt he'll listen."

"Fuck, fine, I'll fucking doing it." You whisper-yelled, immediately going over towards the clown. You noticed most of the customers had left. How had no one called the police yet? Maybe they thought it was someone trying to be funny? 

"Hello sir, is there anything I can help you with?"

The clown told you to stop, raising his pointer-finger. He then went through the garbage bag next to him. You heard the sounds of metal hitting metal, making you feeling almost as sick as before. He pulled out an envelope. You stared at it for a moment, noticing brown splotches over it. It looked like dried blood. You also noticed how there was a bump inside. You were about to place it down, but he gestured for you to open it.

You stared with widened eyes, really not wanting to. "I'm sorry sir... I-"

The clown gestured one more time, a deep frown on his face. You were afraid, so begrudgingly, you open it. And inside was a chunk of blonde hair, with a small amount of dyed-blue strands. You pulled it out and saw a piece of someone's scalp was attached. The blonde hair looked identical to Chloe's. You placed it back down onto the table, stepping back. 

"Why.... what did she do to you?"

You knew what he did. It was obvious. But all you wanted to know is why. Yeah she could be bitchy at times, but she never had bad intentions. Not anything worthy of her fucking dying.

The Clown silently giggled, slapping his knee like it was the funniest joke in the world. He pointed at you, mimicking a horrified look and then continued laughing. 

"Oh fuck this." You muttered, Charlie looked over and saw the terrified look on your face. "Charlie we need to get the fuck out now!" You yelled, grabbing their arm, dragging them into the kitchen. To get out through the front, you would've had to walk past him again, and that was not something that you wanted. 

You shoved them inside and slammed the door shut, locking it. "Grab a knife Charlie." They didn't ask questions, just grabbing it off the bench. The clown was walking over towards the counter, where you'd pass food through to the person at the register. He stood there smiling. 

"Nope, don't look just fucking get out." You urgently said to Charlie, grabbing their arm and leading them to the back door. You unlocked it ran out with them. You rummaged through your pockets and grabbed your keys, your hands shaking as you tried to open the car door. 

"Y/n your tires have been fucking slashed!" 

"Oh for fuck sake!" You yelled, this time they dragged you. You dropped your keys while they pulled you, "My keys!"

"It doesn't matter Y/n! There's a fucking psycho chasing us." 

You followed them, running to the nearest store. You looked behind, noticing the clown was behind, with that fucking garbage bag thrown on it's shoulder. 

As Charlie ran into the store, they yelled to call the police. They didn't care about scaring the workers, they just needed to make sure the both of you were safe. The woman at the register looked confused. They ran into the bathroom, locking the door behind the both of you. They fumbled with their phone, dialling the emergency number. 

"What's your emergency?"

"There's a fucking psycho chasing after us! He's trying to fucking kill us!" They yelled, sounding hysterical. 

"Okay, calm down. Are you safe right now?"

"I think so, we've locked ourselves in a random stores bathroom. We don't know where he is right now."

"Okay, what did he look like?"

"He-he was wearing a black and white clown outfit, like the one from the news!"

"Alright...." The operator said, sounding like they thought it was a prank call, but they still continued.

"What store are you in right now?" 

Charlie turned to you, "Do you know where we ran to?"

You shook your head, "I-I wasn't paying attention, I'm sorry!"

"It's fine." Charlie murmured, "We don't know, but can you guys track the phone?"

The woman sighed, "Yes we can, but if this is a prank call you will be in serious trouble."

"We aren't fucking lying, my fucking car tires were slashed and this fucker gave me an envelope with co-workers scalp in it! Get the damn police here right now or we could get brutally murdered!" You screamed at the operator.

"Please calm down, the police are on their way." The operator said, "Please stay on the line, are you hearing anything outside of the bathroom?"

Charlie spoke up, "No, it's oddly quiet out there, I... I don't know where he is. I don't know if he followed us in or not. We didn't look around."

The only thing you could hear was cars driving by, it was otherwise painfully silent.

"Fuck what happened to Chloe, oh god I hope she's okay. Please Chloe be okay." You whimpered, dropping to the ground. "Fuck I'm sorry Chloe, I'm so sorry." Tears welled up in your eyes, then started streaming down your face.

Charlie knelt down, placing their phone on the tiled floor, "Hey, it's okay, Chloe might still be out there. Probably not in the best condition but still maybe out there." They gently hugged you.

You sniffled, "What if that psycho grabbed my keys, I'm not even going to be safe in my own fucking home." You sobbed, "I didn't even do anything to him!" 

"I know, some people are just messed up, but you'll be okay, I'll make sure of it. No ones going to hurt you." 

Eventually, you heard the police sirens and them shouting. After a few moments they knocked on the bathroom door. You immediately unlocked it, running out. "Did you find him?" You asked, your eyes showing the hope in this being simple, like maybe he was waiting outside or something stupid. But of course, reality didn't work that way. 

"The only people we found were the workers here, I'm sorry." One of the officers said, "Do you have any injuries?"

You and Charlie shook your head.

"Alright, we're going to need to take you in for questioning."

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[grilledcheese-savage]

Is Animorphs Ableist?

Short answer: No.

Long answer: Look, some of the people on this site genuinely scare me. Their leftism goes so radical that it goes back around to being somehow right wing. There's some real puritanism that's going on that I'm not liking AT ALL. Listen, you can and should think about media critically, and I'm sure there's some things to be said about the way the auxillary morphs are handled. But as someone who is disabled and is a wheelchair user, I feel I'm obligated to defend this series choices.

I believe books should always be able to portray heavy topics, especially when it comes to books about war. Because what is Animorphs if not a book about war? In war bad things happen. People are used. People are broken. People are thrown away. Not once does Animorphs portray these things as a morally good thing to do. In fact, I'd say Animorphs makes you stare right at the disgusting, morally corrupt, real situations that happen in war, so you don't forget them when it comes to vote.

War creates disabled people. There's no way around it. Either you're a veteran, traumatized by the things you've seen, lost a limb etc. being treated as cannon fodder (where the word comes from) or a civilian who was caught in the crossfire. No matter how justified the war, good people get hurt. People get hurt. Not once does Animorphs try to portray it as something that's worth the end goal. I think this is where people get confused. Animorphs is a first person story. You are being spoken to by an unreliable narrator and in the last book where arguably the most "ableist things" are said and done, you aren't just being spoken to by kid; you're being spoken to by a captain. The context surrounding the situation can be easily forgotten seeing as the book is 20+ years old, but Jake isn't a "good person" he's a ruthless soldier trying to see the a-z. That ruthless end goal that can save the greater public. SPOILERS INCOMING IF YOU HAVENT READ ANIMORPHS PLS DO ITS FREE ONLINE: Jake says it himself in one of the most famous lines in the book "It took my breath away, the pure, ruthless perfection of it.

-All i had to do was send my friends to die."

What he said isn't a good thing. Arguing that the author or creators wanted you to take "kill your friends, end a war!" away as a message from the book is being willfully ignorant. Jake just saw his parents be taken over by aliens, while all his friends got theirs back. He lost everything and he's depressed because deep down he knows he will have to kill his brother to end this war. All he can do is focus on ending this war. And then he sees it. The end.

Killing the auxillary morphs (disabled child soldiers) and committing mass genocide on his enemies. When he decides to follow through with this plan we see him lie to the only person he has left to love (and might I add, a symbol of humanity, empathy and hope) Cassie, and watch her cry in agony as she's forced to watch all the soldiers she trained, loved and by proxy sent to die, be killed one by one excruciatingly. We are supposed to feel bad reading this. Yes it ends the war. But it leaves us the audience with the question, was it worth it? If you take empathy out of the equation, yes you could argue it was worth it. But Cassie is empathy. It wasn't worth it to her. She is who we are supposed to connect with in this scenario.

Another situation I see people argue as ableist- that the yeerks are supposed to be metaphors for disabled fascist nazis. No. Thats not even close to the truth.

The yeerks are creatures that cannot hear, see, or feel very well when they are just themselves. They are entirely intelligent beings with the capability to communicate and empathize. Yeerks are not inherently evil beings. There's no such thing. This is why The Departure was written. The Yeerk empire for the majority of the books is written to be inseparable with yeerks themselves, and again, that is because the story is written in first person. Canonically, the animorphs view yeerks as evil, inhuman things that are irredeemable so it's easier for them to sleep at night. That's why when cassie talks to a yeerk who sees things differently than the empire, the animorphs are immediately suspicious, and get downright angry when Cassie first tries to explain to them that there are good yeerks.

When people try to compare the yeerk empire to real life wars and genocides, it makes me frustrated. Yes, they share similarites. But by saying that yeerks are just "nazis" you are missing out on some really good writing and at the same time shrinking the impact of those horrifying real life tragedies by comparing them to a kids book. But If I HAD to compare them to a real life scenario to make you understand, I probably would compare them to russia. Because the Russians in the ukranian war aren't evil. They are people stuck in a horrible system. When cassie finds out the yeerk she's stuck with doesn't want to be in this war, she uses COMPASSION to create a league of symbiotic yeerk-morpher sympathizers. She LITERALLY steps in their shoes by morphing into a yeerk against her greater fears. Ok, this post is getting very cassie focused for some reason but the point is- They arent trying to say that being disabled is an "excuse for committing war crimes", because the yeerks aren't disabled. They aren't even a metaphor for being disabled. In fact, the yeerks were shown in the prequels that they would've been perfectly fine with their symbiotic relationships on their original planet if someone didn't start the empire, using exploration as an excuse for colonization. That's how most empires start I'd argue.

Basically, calling them all nazis is a gross generalization of the true meaning of the series. Now that I'm done with showing why I dont agree with those opinions, here's some reasons why I think animorphs is actually very pro-disabled activism.

In book 41, Jake goes through a traumatic mission and hallucinates another dimension where the yeerks won. In this world, he sees what the empire does to disabled people. The yeerk empire is ableist, and shoves all their disabled people that cant be used as hosts into a dirty alley to die. When one of the people there ask him if he's supposed to be there (this is a police state) he says yes, and internally monologues about how his trauma currently disables him. If you read it, its very ahead of it's time. The yeerks have "no use of disabled people". So what do they do? They forget about them, ignore their needs, and mistreat them just like reality. And in the 90s, mental health being taken seriously as a disability was still a very young idea.

When the auxillary morphs are first created, Cassie was the first one to come up with the idea of "using disabled people as soldiers since they wont be infested" and instantly dismisses it. She thinks it's morally corrupt but is convinced into talking to them after one of the other morphs explains that they cant do this alone and they should at least have a choice, which, in my opinion is pretty progressive. It does not stay progressive of course, since the animorphs are on and off used as a metaphor for the american military. When they get there, they give false promises that some of them might be healed if they gained their disability in an accident. In my opinion, this could be a metaphor for how the military gives people the option to join in exchange for free education. Then after people fight and gain disabilities, some of them cant go to school and cant even find a job. I think again, this is a progressive idea about how the military is a gamble, because as soon as they gain the morphing abilities, whether or not it heals their human form, they still have to be soldiers. They were doomed from the start.

The military can and will forget about their own as soon as they arent able to fight. How is animorphs portraying this a bad thing? In fact, personally I think the disabled characters were good representation but thats a rant for another day.

I know a lot people can be very black and white when it comes to media but please give animorphs a chance because it's not even close to being ableist.

[clangenrising]

I know u said I don’t have to apologize but I would like to preface this with I’m sorry for upsetting you, I wasn’t trying to say that those with cluster b personalities are more likely to like- Hurt people, just that their “level of evil” is at a point that I can’t imagine someone just… choosing if that makes sense? I wasn’t trying to like make them little sad soft boys just that, based on my own experiences of having a mental illness that does disposition me to do bad stuff, their thought processes seemed similar to mine rather than how I’d imagine a non-mentally ill person’s thought process would work, apologies

I understand that. But I specifically told you not to apologize to me. I know it hurts to get critiques like that, especially in such a public space, but I need you guys as my audience to be brave about that stuff, okay?

It takes a lot out of me to feel like I need to console my audience any time i push back on something they say. It's kind of exhausting to do so much emotional labor.

As well, you're still not understanding my point, or if you are you're ignoring it to justify saying what you said when you really don't have to. Razor and Sardine did "just choose" to do the things they did and they did them for racist, sexist, and egotistical reasons. That's the whole point of their characters. People can choose to be harmful and just because that choice feels justified to them doesn't make it okay and it also doesn't mean that they must have a sympathetic reason for making it or they must be mentally ill.

I'm not trying to say anything about your experience with mental illness. It sucks to have a mental illness that causes you to make poor choices or hurt those around you, I know from experience. But I think you're projecting onto these characters and that was the point of my original response; to say "You are reading my characters extremely incorrectly in a way that is actually very harmful to people who actually have those disorders".

Please stop for a second. Think about what I said and actually work on your beliefs/behavior. Do not return to my inbox to perform contrition.

The behavior itself is the real problem, not whether or not I personally got upset. You don't know me. I'm a stranger on the internet. You shouldn't be trying so hard to make me like you. This goes to all of my followers - you shouldn't be so focused on getting my approval that you ignore the actual message I'm trying to send. I want people to learn and grow, I don't care if they come and apologize for having a bad take.

[matan4il]

Thank you for your daily posts. And for keeping up the updates. I'm exhausted by the war and the hatred and the gaslighting and I appreciate you so much.

מקווה להיפגש על אמת יום אחד, בזמנים טובים יותר. יישר כוח. שולחת המון אהבה.

(I hope it's okay, because of my health, I've been falling behind on replying to asks, so I wanna respond to a bunch of lovely ones here...)

Awwww, hi lovely! :D It's so wonderful to get this message from you! Thank you SO MUCH! I appreciate you as well, and I am sending you the biggest of hugs!

I think we're all emotionally drained by what has been going on, not just Hamas' brutal massacre, or the war it forced us into and the pain and loss it is causing us continuously, or the terrorist attacks that keep on killing us and hurt even more after the massacre, or having to deal with the impossible choices Hamas has forced on us, but also the wave of hatred towards us that started on Oct 7, while our people were still being massacred.

It's even worse when we remember that this wave was enabled by antisemitic propaganda, which has been spread for so much longer, way before they could have used the current war as justification. But it really shows how Jews are treated worse doesn't it? All land back movements should be supported, but Jews returning to their native land is evil and racist, all violence and killing is bad, but killing Jews for living in their native land is "resistance," rape is bad and victims should always be listened to, but Jewish victims of rape are to be doubted and ignored if they're living in the Jewish ancestral land, colonialism is horrible and practically any act is justified in resisting it, but Arab colonialism can be easily ignored and even denied, at the same time as Jewish people being native to Israel will be erased, so that the anti-colonial narrative can be comfortably misapplied to Israel and justify the crimes perpetrated against Jews in and outside our homeland, genocide is the worst of crimes, making it incredibly serious, but when it can be used against Jews, suddenly every keyboard warrior is an expert on it and does not hesitate to falsely apply it to Israel in a manner that minimizes and disrespects actual genocides and their victims (including Jewish ones), intentionally targeting civilians is a war crime, but it's fine if Hamas declares its intent to kill every Jew in the world, most of whom are civilians, because *throws out another false slogan, but hey, it rhymes*...

אני גם מקוה להיפגש יום אחד, כך שאם את מתישהו בירושלים אנא אל תהססי ליצור איתי קשר, ואני שולחת מלא אהבה בחזרה!

Hey, I want to thank you for everything you've been doing. I'm not Jewish, but I have been trying to be as supportive as I currently can be, and I feel it helps me do that to actually know what's happening. I hope you haven't been being sent a bunch of horrible things because of the war, even though I know you probably have. Thank you again.

Thank YOU so much for this kindness, both your message and your support for Jewish people! I know it's probably the worst time to be an ally to Jews, which is why I appreciate each and every single one of you even more than I usually already do. I'll do my best to keep updating, and I also now have, in addition to my general Israel tag, a resources tag which I tried to fill with some of the more important subjects I've covered, and for which I provided links to reliable sources. I hope this is also something that's useful to you! As for hate, I've gotten a lot of it. But if those people think they're doing anything other than exposing themselves as cruel, and not caring about humaneness at all, and if they think I'm more scared of their nasty messages than I care about the well being of my own people, they obviously have no idea about who I am as a human being (which I guess is not surprising, if they don't really acknowledge me as one).

Thank you again, I'm sending you love and nothing but the best wishes, always!

next time Im at Yad Vashem Im gonna ask every staff member if they are you it would be an honor to meet you in person

That's so very kind, Nonnie! But I'm honestly nothing special. Yad Vashem itself is an incredibly powerful place to visit, anyone who would guide you through it will give you a prfound experience, I have no doubt of it. But if you ever are there, and you tell the guards you're looking for me (the head of security is actually one of my best friends, so I know he always keeps an eye on me and my whereabouts), it would be nice to say hi! :D

thank you for all your daily updates

No, Nonnie, thank YOU! I seriously appreciate the kindness of your message and encouragement!

From @blu-eyed-demon -

Thank you so much, my lovely Jace! This is so kind and sweet, and you have been an amazing, continued source of comfort. You have so much kindness at a time when that's so scarcely found, I just with you that will always be met and wrapped with just as much kindness in return, everywhere you turn! *sends so much love*

From @yelenasbuddie -

Hey.. I'm just passing by to give you 💐💐💐 so you can have a much more wonderful day. Even if we don't talk much, I'd like to say that you are loved and mattered. I believe in you and you got this 🩷🩷🩷

and also -

Hope you are loved 🩷🩷🩷🧡💜🥰

Sweet Yelena! Thank you so much for all of your messages, I can't tell you how much I treasure them. I'm sure you feel like you're caught up in the middle of a storm, and I know it's not easy remaining strong in the middle of that, but you have, and I hope you give yourself a lot of credit for that, I def do. I'm also hopeful that you always see the measure of your own kindness reflected back to you! Sending lots of hugs and kisses and all the cutesy emojis in the world, to make you feel loved! (sorry, as a Jew I don't celebrate Valentine's Day, but I hope you had a lovely one...)

Been following you since the Robron days. Proud to still be following you now 🦾

Nonnie, this is so lovely! I can't believe you're still here since then! I'm the one who's proud to have such a wonderful follower. IDK if we've ever talked, but I hope I always made you feel appreciated if we did, and welcome and enriched even if we didn't. Thank you for sticking it out with me through the best and worst of times, it means so much! Sending you love!

From @dominikadecember -

sending you lots and lots and lots of love

Thank you so much, my lovely Dom! I hope you know you've been a real help throughout all of this, and that I manage to show you how much I appreciate you. I'm sending you tons of love back!

here to put some jewish love and kindness in ur inbox 💗✡️🇮🇱

Thank you so much, Nonnie! This is so gorgeous, I love it, and I appreciate you for the beautiful human you are. I'm assuming you're Jewish as well, so I hope it's okay if I send Jewish love, pride in the way we're standing up to all this hatred, and kindness right back to you, and I hope you're doing well throughout all this!

hey just wanted to say i really appreciate you and your blog.

Thank you wholeheartedly, Nonnie! I really appreciate this kindness, and I hope you know that you put a smile on my face, and that you really help and make a difference! Sending hugs and hope you're well!

To the Nonnie who doesn't know or follow me, but still had a look at my blog instead of just blindly accpeting the notion that I'm a bad person, and then added -

You're not a terrible person. My sympathy and support. It's awful how tumblr is suddenly full of antisemitic sheep.

Thank you so very much! I seriously don't know how to express to you how much it means to me, to know that there are people out there, who don't automatically participate in judging and silencing others, when it has become the more popular thing to do. IDK if you'll see this, since you're not following me, but I hope you do, because to me, you're the person who refuses to do the antisemitic salute just because everyone else is, and knowing that people can still have that strength, integrity and kindness really matters to me, and to other Jews who watch with horror the ease with which we're being vilified and de-humanized. So, thank you from the bottom of my heart for that, I seriously can't wish you enough good things...

Thank you to everyone who says, does, supports Jewish people, no matter how much you think it might be a small gesture. It all matters, you make the world a better place, and you give Jews hope! xoxox

(for all of my updates and ask replies regarding Israel, click here)

[zetsubobu]

Okay enough time as passed for me to properly think, time to do a long rant about oshi no ko's ending

Like wtf why was this so short?????? There are so many unadressed things left that we're just going to ignore????

Really????

I've said it before and I'll say it again but this story started going downhill the moment aqua revealed himself to be goro to ruby.

Okay so first of all, I actually do not mind that aqua died. I think it's an interesting way to end the story. My complaint comes from the fact that we didn't see the characters grieving properly.

This story did a better job at showing the characters grieving after ai than they did for aqua. What happened to "show, don't tell"?

Just showing like two or three panels of ruby crying isn't going to be enough my guy. Not to mention she literally got no dialogue besides saying bye to the reader. Everyone else besides kana too like how did miyako, mem or taiki grieve? They all just got one panel of them looking like :( and that's it.

Also ruby just becoming like ai is not exactly the best message to send to the readers. The story tries to paint lies as something bad but at the same time acts as if it's something good? Like "it's okay to lie if ruby is the one doing it", that's the message I'm getting from that chapter and the story overall. Not to mention they never bothered giving her an arc of realising that she is her own person and not sarina anymore like they did with aqua.

ruby suffered so much development and she only got worse as a character compared to where she was at the beginning.

Then there's kana. My poor girl got done so dirty by the plot. She was continuously taking L's in the plot and then finally the moment she got a chance to be with aqua and even being encouraged by the plot for a moment, it just got abruptly taken from her. I'd like to say that she got character assassinated because we never properly got the chance to see her blossom besides that stageplay and that was only in relation to her acting, not to her as a person. She's absolutely justified to react like that at aqua's funeral because that guy just took her important screentime moments with him into death. Justice for Kana honestly

Akane's overall plot was also a bit underwhelming like I do not understand what she did in the story besides spelling out clues for the reader. At first she said she'll help aqua kill hikaru, then she went back on it and said she will stop him for his safety and then suddenly at the end, she did literally nothing to stop him despite knowing what his plan was and suddenly complaining that aqua didn't let her help him kill hikaru????? Do you see how confusing that is??? She's like a flag in the wind that continuously changes directions.

Now onto hikaru. You'd think they atleast would try to explain the other culprits that were helping him out besides nino. But no, they just dropped that panel, hinting he had like 3 more helpers who each killed/got killed and just never adress it again? Who are these people??? I want to know who these other victims and helpers are. For example one of the helpers was hinted to be killed by the person they initially wanted to kill and that sounds so interesting but nope, never got adressed. Plus they could have atleast try to make hikaru seem like a good guy after that video tape for a little longer. 2 chapters is way too short.

also who's that girl that replaced kana in b-komachi? I want to know atleast a little about her too. It would have been so much cooler if it's a side character we met before in one of the earlier chapters but we didn't and it's just another one of the like 6 nameless new character that got shown in the last two chapters only to be never adressed again.

and then there's crow girl. I'm honestly very disappointed in her because I thought there was atleast a bigger reason as to why goro and sarina got reincarnated. Like "they lacked a mother figure and were nice to me" isn't a good reason to me. There are plenty of other people that could get reincarnated for that exact reason so why them specifically? I know the story said something like: goro got reincarnated so he could protect sarina, but that doesn't explain why she chose to reincarnate sarina. She wasn't the only sick patient in the hospital afterall. Plus she said so many things like "you're on the wrong path", "she's straying from her purpose" and I still don't understand what that purpose was. Is it ruby becoming ai's clone? Because that's what the story is hinting towards now.

I do not mind bad endings in a story (or rather, let's say unhappy endings) I think they have a charm of their own. But in this case there are so many things that never got adressed or properly developed that make it seem like the story got cut short before the supposed ending.

it reminds me a lot of pretty little liars where a lot of hints and plotpoints were shown by the plot only to be never adressed again. To me it just seems like the author was too focused on taking the reader by surprise just like in pll because there were so many times the story hinted at a specific ending like kana and aqua nearly starting dating and both of them got encouraged by everyone only for the story to take a sharp turn and go for the shock moment instead. It worked with ai's death but the story already went for so many "plot twists" that it started to get repetitive

tldr: to me, the story just got ended too quickly and it's obvious that:

the author got tired of it and just wanted to end it already, seemingly not caring about the message he would send with his ending

he wanted to please mengo who is apparently a fan of tragic endings like these

[old-school-butch]

It's honestly sickening how easily you justify the murder of civilians. The loss of life on 10/7 was a tragedy, but how many more lives have been lost by Israel murdering civilians? What do you stand for? If you can rightfully be enraged by the loss of life on 10/7 and condemn Hamas for it, why can you not condemn Israel for this? What does Israel stand for if they can be outraged by the loss of life of their civilians but see tens of thousands of more deaths as nothing? What do you stand for? Because it's not that the loss of human life is a tragedy if you can condemn Hamas but not Israel. Why are the lives of Palestinians so worthless to you? What do you stand for? If one group kills less than 2,000, and the other kills tens of thousands, what do you stand for?

Peace, in the very TLDR version, I stand for peace. We clearly have different views about how to achieve that, but maybe its good for you to consider that people who disagree with you are as human as you are.

Where do I begin?

As bizarre as it seems, war is a human means of communication. Policy by other means, as the saying goes, where conflicts move from ideas and words to deeds, where emphasis is added with explosions, where commitments are made with life and limb and we argue through this kinetic medium until we reach some compromise, or at least a one-sided silence.

This almost sounds reasonable, until you consider that the ideal outcome of war, from any individual point of view, is to risk as little as possible and force your opponent to sacrifice as much as possible. The inevitable discrepancies in power mean that the poor, the weak, the dependent, ill, elderly, women and children inevitably make up much of those sacrifices. Men, with broad freedoms to loot, rape and kill among 'the enemy', will tell themselves that the ordinary rules of society don't matter here and feed their darkest desires to punctuate their own moments of fear and terror.

So, while I view conflict as inevitable between people and societies, I am opposed to war. I stand for peace. I would like to see peace in the Levant.

I support:

the self-determination of the Palestinian and Israeli peoples.

the recognition and declaration of an independent Palestinian state, or perhaps 2 states since they are not contiguous.

Israel's removal of its settlements from the occupied territories of the West Bank

the end of UNWRA and all claims of 'right of return'

normalization of relations between Gaza, Egypt and Israel and the West Bank and its neighbors.

That's a baseline. In more ideal terms I want to see:

free and fair elections for all people in every nation.

a Human Rights code established in all Levant states

lifting people out of poverty by finally focusing on economic development instead of decades of dependence on foreign aid

puppies and rainbows while I'm at it

Hamas started this particular war on October 7th, their 3rd try since Israel ended their occupation of Gaza in 2005 and Hamas defeated the PLA on its bloody path to power. Hamas' actions were a series of territorial incursions and war crimes targeting civilians and taking hostages. That sent a pointed message to Israel - we will kill your people wherever we find you, we will destroy you and we have no regard for the conventions of war.

That's not a one-time communique though. Hostages are still being held and Hamas' cruelty and indifference to life has turned to its own people - there are no air raid sirens, no shelters, no civilian-only zones where Hamas fighters separate themselves from civilians, Hamas fighters wear no uniforms to identify who's a combatant so civilians are safer. Multiple countries are sending humanitarian aid and Hamas not only fails to distribute it but instead captures it and sells it to fund their war, so the poorest and most vulnerable people are left to starve. That also sends a message I think too many in the West ignore - Palestinian life has no value to Hamas.

A nationalist Arab movement emerged in the Palestine region in the 1920s, just as Zionism swelled among Jews in the same era. It was the end of the 500 year old Ottoman empire and as it collapsed, new opportunities emerged. However, older ideas also surged including the desire to rebuild the Caliphate.

This was the vast settler-colonial Empire built from the start of Islam, under the prophet/warrior king Muhammad, until it peaked here. The caliphs is like a king, the Supreme court and the Pope all rolled into one - his right to rule came directly from Allah and his Prophet, and was head of both state and church where regional or secular laws were abolished and obedience to Allah, Muhammad as his prophet, and the Caliph as his heir was absolute. Differing claims about legitimacy led to splintering into multiple factions, which were then vulnerable to the Mongol, Byzantine and eventually the Ottoman Empires that would itself claim the title of caliph to shore up its own legitimacy.

Islamists are radical Muslims who have fundamentally colonial aspirations, first in this region and ultimately across the globe. Most of the conflict in the MENA area result from factions within this broader movement - Shia versus Sunni, Persian versus Arab, the Kurds Khorason and Wahhabists are all competing dynasties and sects who vie for control.

To Islamists who are inspired by this history and wants to recreate its colonial glory before moving on to conquer the world, it's clear that you can't have a Jewish state right smack in the middle of your beautiful Empire. They are super pissed that European colonial powers ruined their own Arabian colonial plans, so they've adapted their arguments. Those forces have found it convenient to continue the 'Palestinian cause' as a stepping stone to wiping out Israel and establishing an Islamic state by framing it as a struggle of national self-determination. Thus, it can appeal to the West and the U.N. as a nationalist struggle while continuing to pursue imperialist goals. The PLO was violent and somewhat deluded, but I at least believed that Arafat actually thought he would lead an actual Palestinian state and I supported their goal to remove Israel from the occupied territories.

Hamas' goals in the conflict are shared with all Islamist factions. Yes, even when Islamists are fighting each other, they are still all trying to establish the caliphate, they only disagree on who should be in charge of it. This ideology is already at war with the West but the West is blissfully ignorant of this colonizing and intensely violent movement, because Islamist energies are currently consumed with attacking each other, competing for followers, and punishing Muslim populations who are insufficiently enthusiastic about their rise to power.

Currently, radical Islamist regimes have already seized power in enough of the middle east that conflict is limited to proxy wars and destroying Israel (unless you're in Syria where 5 different proxies are in a multi-sided conflict) and the most intense insurgent fighting is now happening across Africa in a dozen different countries.

Strangely, the West barely acknowledges, much less compiles, this new threat of Empire. This wikipedia entry looks long, but it's only documenting the wars of the IS. That's just one group. Overall, Islamists are involved in the overwhelming majority of current conflicts, coups and insurgencies, and the West - with its ideals on nationalism, religious freedom, democracy and its own more material interests, doesn't have a good handle on what to do. I don't want to see a return to Cold War approach where the U.S. would back any dictator who said he hated communists. And, since there are internal struggles, we're already backing Islamists like the Saudis even though they supported Al Quaeda, ISIS etc. (who now think the Saudis are apostates who are too friendly with the West) or the Syrian dictator. These extremist, woman-hating, slave-fueled regimes are horrifying, and the less we have to do with them, the better.

I think we have to hold to our ideals but also accept that you can't bring peace to people who don't want it, and sometimes there is no 'good guy' to back in a fight, just less worse actions that both sides can be encouraged to take.

So these are the things I read and care about, and then I read your opinions about Gaza. So many deaths, you say, while Arab Islamists kill 300,000 Africans in the Sudan without a peep of concern from you, and you ask me what do I stand for? The Muslim Rohingya in northern Myanmar tried and failed to create a separatist Islamic state, and are now being expelled en masse - their population of 1.2 million destroyed as 900,000 fled (mostly to neighboring Bangladesh) and most of those who remain are confined to refugee camps. But I'm a terrible person who supports genocide, and you're a good person who cares about genocide... but only when white people involved in some way? Islamists have perfectly targeted white guilt and ignorance to gain your inaction in global conflicts and shift it to Gaza.

Personally, I find religious zealots hazardous to my health and, philosophically, I do believe in the ideals of liberal democracy and would like them to continue. I also believe that, under the rhetoric and extremism, many people living in the Levant area also want to be free from these regimes. I believe there are Palestinians who would like self-government and, like many violent regimes, Hamas is a parasite on the people.

Anyway, I don't blame Israel for this war because what alternative does it have? Allow its people to be raided, raped, murdered and kidnapped? Even if it somehow ignored October 7th - and the families of hostages are making it difficult enough as things stand now - Israel has no incentive to return to another ceasefire situation where they wait for the next raid.

I have many, many critiques of Israel and actions I would like it to undertake, and I think undertaking this entire campaign has been a mistake, but they have a goal to remove Hamas and I think that's a good goal. I also think Israel will fail in that goal to remove Hamas from power, just as Hamas has failed to destroy Israel.

I don't think a ceasefire will help Palestinians, whether it comes sooner or later, they're in for more of the same as long as Hamas remains. But the over-arching conflict of Islamism and its goals won't change in Gaza unless the bigger picture changes.

So I'll ask you the same question - what do you stand for? Isn't this war just one step of a bold, revolutionary vision to overthrow Israel, drive out the Jews and link up with the glories of the new Caliphate? Aren't these deaths worthwhile to support that vision? There was a ceasefire in place before October 7th, what was so wrong with that situation that this war was needed? A ceasefire now would hardly return Palestinians to better conditions, so the next war will be just as justifiable as the last one. That's what Hamas stands for, what about you?

[venerawrites]

I am one of the seagulls that recently arrived HELLO 🫡

Im not sure if this is a real request or not (like if u don't wanna elaborate then I'd be okay with u just replying whatever u think about it ;) but if you do then a short fic works too!)

everyone knows that Sasuke is far from being forward about his "romantic nature" so I can totally see him taking advantage of 'pretending to be a couple for XYZ reasons/to hide somewhere' and he'd be pulling excuses just to be close and like "we need to be careful at all times or they'll be suspicious" knowing damn well there's not a SINGLE soul near the CLOSED room him and his "S/O" are staying

Wait, wait, wait - this is actually BRILLIANT!! 😭 Idk if I have enough brain power rn for a fic (and also every time I try to write short fics, they go waayyyy over the word limit lol!) but I'm going to share what came to my mind once I've read your message.

I totally see this as a potential "enemies-to-lovers" story.

As we all know, after the war Sasuke is contanstly travelling, eliminating any outside threats to Konoha. Now, let's imagine a threat is made to Konoha and another village (for the sake of the story, let's say Suna) at the same time. Naruto will surely send Sasuke to deal with it, while Gaara will send a Sand spy to make sure no further complications arise.

Both Sasuke and the Sand ninja are used to work alone and naturally, at first, they won't be very fond of each other. Additionally, given Sasuke's reputation and past, there would be a lot of mistrust and hostile behaviour from both of them, but especially his "s/o".

Personally I find "forced proximity" and "fake couple" to be a little bit hard to write - just because the tropes themselves are hard to be justified realistically for many characters - but in this case I think it may work great. I imagine they would try to go "undercover" investigating or something, so they pretend to be newlywed couple on their honeymoon or on a trip, celebrating their anniversary.

I genuinely believe that despite barely tolerating each other’s presence, from the very beginning Sasuke would be the one who would consider every single move and action they both make. His s/o probably wouldn’t take this whole “fake dating” that seriously, eager to just get the job done and go back home. Sasuke would be the one who would always pull their hand in his in public, hissing in their ear that they need to get their act together, or taking them around town on “dates” so nobody gets suspicious of the real reason for their visit.

It won’t take long for the dynamic to shift and I do think Sasuke would fall first. He would start finding more and more reasons for him and his s/o to have close contact, including holding hands, hugging and a few times even light pecks on the kiss.

I think it would be these little gestures that would make his s/o fall in love and they would definitely fall harder. I imagine they would be kore playful so they would use any opportunity to tease Sasuke while playing ignorant at the same time!

This is actually such a good premise for a fic (7-8 chapters long) I am actually considering creating an AO3 account just so I can write it haha x

[holybibly]

Mommy..are you ignoring me? :(

I've never received a response to any of my messages, Mommy.. I know you have plenty of other bunnies begging for you're attention but- it feels like everyone is getting a peice of it except for me. I hate to be selfish Mommy,but I just can't find it fair! At first I thought my messages were too long, but then I saw you respond to a long message written by one of my fellow bunnies. Then, I thought that maybe I had sent to many to quick, so I waited..but I'm getting tired of waiting Mommy. I know that it probably makes me a bad bunny for not being able to wait for Mommy's attention but it's just not fair! Everyone is getting attention except for me. I've done everything I could to seem important.. I've complimented you, I've asked all the questions I wanted too, I tell you about myself, i've complimented some of the other bunnies, I've even asked for a special name so that when you'd respond you'd remember me! But you never did, Mommy :( I hate to be picky or demand things from you, Mommy but I just feel so..discarded. I feel like you don't want me..

Baby, Bunny, first of all, if you wanted attention so badly, you could have written to me in DM, and secondly, most of the questions I receive are anonymous, so I can't always tell which of my bunnies is sending me messages, so don't get upset.

I get about 15-40 messages a day, so I can't answer them all, as I have my own personal life in addition to the blog.

To be honest, I don't really like the "you're not paying attention to me" drama, and it would have been better if you'd written to me personally, and I don't really want to justify myself for something I'm generally not guilty of, but your message left an unpleasant aftertaste because for some reason it makes me feel guilty.

And I want to say that it's not a question of you complimenting me or praising me endlessly, I'm not trying to be someone I'm not, I've never forced you to praise me and so on, it's your own choice.

[theoxenfree]

You don't have to publish this, I just want you to know that I am so incredibly proud of you for sending that message. Be extra nice to yourself, especially today, from me <3

right now, I'm just sitting at home in my room, thinking it all over. my feelings are very complicated; all over the place.

joy and relief that something that's haunted me my entire life has finally been taken off my shoulders. I've told him what's needed to be said for decades. I feel like now, for the first time in my life, I can finally begin to heal and actually believe that I will.

grief at knowing that I've probably lost my family forever and will never get to know a brother. Grief that my lonely days aren't going to come to an end. Grief knowing that 20+ years of rage and trauma doesn't magically just disappear.

worry and confusion. because who am I without my armor built from trauma, rage, and anguish? who is cort without being fucking furious? who is cort without being able to use all of this as ammunition to ignore and avoid and make excuses for the way I've treated myself and others in the past?

because I have, I have used what's happened to me in the past to justify being a shit friend. never accomplishing things I want to. not even trying. and, now, that armor and ammunition has been stripped away from me entirely, and now I have nothing to hide behind

and I don't really know who I am without all of that, and I'm scared to know who that person is and how it'll change me going forward.

but, thank you for your kind words. they mean a lot to me right now as I process this all ❤️

[solardragun]

i know i am not seeing arguments that ozma and salem should fall in love again in order for salem to be stopped / saved.

i'm sorry but no?? what kind of twisted mentality do you have where an abuse victim should forgive and love their abuser in order to make them stop harassing them? tell me you don't actually care about abuse victims without telling me.

no because he literally was trying his best to ignore her and coexist with his hosts but all she kept doing was going after him, so he finally had enough and started fighting back. y'know, the same way blake was justified to fight adam for stalking and harassing her and trying to kill her.

the FACT that blake and ozma are so similar and yet all y'all are doing is just sending this message of "noooo ozma should love salem again, it's all she wants 🥺" ok?? adam wanted "love" too?? so should that mean blake needed to love him again??? no, right? because you shouldn't have to force yourself to stay with your abuser so they leave you alone? so why is it different for ozma?

[davekat-sucks]

hi, only asking you this question because white-wiinged-dove doesn't have an option for anons to send messages. I wanted to expand on this statement here about how Hussie doesn't care about John being trans. "He's shown with his actions that he doesn't care about your stupid headcanon (nor do the rest of us), the team he passed homestuck onto doesn't care, anyone who actually read the comic instead of skipping to act 4 doesn't care. because it's stupid and your headcanon is offensive and also retarded." I agree that John being June is offensive for a number of different reasons. The reason white winnged dove gave was that a boy finding "lesbians" attractive doesn't make a him trans. It doesn't make him a lesbian. (((And to add to that, if vriska was a lesbian than Tavros would be a "trans woman" too. But actual lesbians are not attracted to male bodies and I'm tired of people pushing that on us.))) I find it offensive because John reads a sucicidally depressed which is a stupid thing to represent trans people with. It also seems to be a trend with people that if a boy, real or fictional, shows feminine traits at all he has to be a girl. A while ago I saw people justify that john is trans because he wanted to try on his nanna's skirt. I thought people were trying to de-gender clothing like dresses and skirts. Nothing is consistent with these people's logic. Everything is conflicting and comes off as sexist. To me, this all comes off as extremely homophobic. I hesitate to call it "retarded," it's either misguided or manipulative. No matter what, it's childish and abusive. In my eyes this just seems like people on social media who are trying to control the way we speak and the fanart we draw because they want to have power over us and talk down to us about how we are "bigoted" when honestly, they are the ones making things harder on lesbians and on trans people. They keep rewritting words and what they mean in order to win some imaginary game while ignoring the damage they are doing. Straight people were actually accepting gay people and now we're going right back to being seen as freaks. We all know that lesbians are women with the bodies of women who like other women exclusively. Trans women are another category, that's why we call them trans women. And frankly, it's creepy to keep pushing male bodies onto women who don't want to engage with that sort of thing.

People say they want to break out stereotypes, while also making headcanons based on said stereotypes. It's hypocritical of the fanbase when this happens. And that's what is happening for June Egbert.

[renthony]

I just wanted to say I really appreciate your posts about masking even though that probably wasn't the point/they're vent posts. And I'm sorry for the shitty people in your inbox. Fuck that. Idk why they'd think it's okay to try and justify eugenics.

I'm in the same boat and it's really fucking lonely and I'm so tired of talking to people about it and trying to justify why they should care about anyone but their own convenience. I don't care. I don't want to be told I'm privileged for being disabled and not wanting to die. I get feeling betrayed by friends who posted stuff about it or said they wouldn't unmask and then did and either didn't explain or keep trying to justify it. It's extremely isolating and I have no good advice.

Just. You're not alone. Im sending internet hugs. Even though that doesn't help. Everything sucks and I'm sorry. I know we're mutuals but don't really talk but if you ever want to yell about stuff feel free. I hope this isn't weird and feel free to ignore it if it is obviously.

Honestly, the kind words really, really do help. The worst days are the ones where I feel like it's just my family against the whole damn world.

For all that I'm irritated at people today, there are plenty more messages of solidarity that have genuinely helped take the edge off the rage. So thank you, to you and to everyone else who has been kind. <3

And like, I recognize that I'm generally in a rancid mood today, so I have less patience than usual, but hoo boy if I haven't been steaming about this stuff for. Uh. Literal years now, I guess. Hrggggh.

[tonycries]

HI DADDY TONYY I GOT SOME TEA FOR YEW WIT SPECIFIC DATES TOO 👅👅

so I've been friends with this guy for about 5ish 6ish years now and we basically talked on and off. I remember at one point in January of this year (this all happened this year), we started talking, and then I confessed to him in February that I was developing feelings for him. THIS MF ISTG DIDN'T EVEN SAY SHIT. He didn't validate my feelings or turn me down. All he told me was "I'm proud of you for admitting this to me."

And me, of course, I'm not taking a silent response for an answer, so I kept asking him for an answer, and he told me "I kind of have feelings for you too." KEYWORD KIND OF!! One thing I might add, we live in the same state, but different cities not too far apart.

And from there on, we would flirt and stuff but there wasn't an actual label between us so idek what we were. Well, he started talking to me less, stopped responding quick, and at one point, he left me on delivered for a WHOLE WEEK. I even remember wanting to meet up in person with him, and I told him. He said he'll ask his grandma, and he never did. I did some digging that day, and apparently he was HAVING SHOTS ON TOP OF A ROOF WITH HIS FRIENDS.

I really don't know how I gave this bitch multiple chances, but I did 😞. But it was my turn to step it up. I started leaving him on seen, becoming dry, and responding late. And I even argued with him about 3 times after this happened about separate occasions. Then FINALLY, I ended things with him in May. I still kept him in my DMs, just in case he wanted to apologize or something.

And then my dumbass did something I will always regret. I reconnected with him. (pls don't throw tomatoes ☹️) I decided to push this all aside and reconnect with him again. But this time, I wasn't all happy and silly, I was more of a dry responder, setting boundaries. Then, he started doing the same thing to me again. Leaving me on delivered, and becoming dry. And at that point, I gave up. I literally just stopped texting and kept him in my DMs. I basically never blocked him and documented every happy moment in my life just to piss him off because he sometimes would try to talk to me. Like one time, he asked me if I was AWAKE AT 12AM ON A SCHOOL DAY and I said no at 9AM LOL.

THEN (it's almost over I'm so sorry) LAST MONTH (September) he messaged me, in a way, kind of apologizing, but also not really and more like justifying his actions, saying "his mental health was bad and that no one basically cares about him and that HE STILL LOVES ME." (LMAO "STILL LOVES ME" PLEASE) Omfg I literally recall offering him help and he DECLINED. But anyways, I just basically told him that the damage was done and after that he left me on seen. Kinda giving, "Heh.. THIS will teach her!" But yea.

Haven't blocked him only for my follower count as well as to get a good laugh in for when I'm down. (IM SO SORRY IF THIS WAS SUPER LONG I JS WANTED TO GET THIS OFF MY CHEST. LOVE YOU ALPHA DADDY TONY!! ❤️ HAVE A GOOD DAY/AFTERNOON/NIGHT <3)

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OMG NAWRRRR 🔮 NONNIE YOU DESERVE SM BETTER 😭😭 The audacity of some men, I will never get over.

And I really do feel for his mental health struggles - I really do - but mental health struggles don't make him ignore you to have a bro's night while pretending he's at his grandma's 💀 that's diabolical.

SMH situationships are the messiest nonnie I'm sending you all the love and manifesting whatever alpha daddy Wattpad love interest (/hj) you want comes your want <33 And that this time they treat you like the queen you are mhm 😋

[lbibliophile-sw]

Good Commanders Come When Called

Also on AO3 @whumptober - day 3: "Make it stop", day 12: "I'm up, I'm up" @clonefandomevents - Coruscant Guard bingo: sickness/injury

Bi-beep. Bi-beep.

Zontal startles as the alert rings through the comparatively quiet Coruscant Guard medbay. It is not a particularly loud alarm, or piercing, but it is insistent and impossible to ignore.

Bi-beep. Bi-beep.

Only one comm in the Guard has that particular tone, and for only one sender. The Chancellor is summoning his Marshal Commander, and will not be kept waiting.

Bi-beep. Bi-beep.

Zontal looks over at where said Commander is collapsed in one of his beds. Fox had returned from a 30-hour blackout mission less than an hour ago, and had fallen asleep almost before Zontal finished removing his armour for him.

Bi-beep. Bi-beep.

He is not injured too badly at least. This time. Nothing to justify using their meagre supply of bacta. But he is bruised and battered all over with more than one limb moving gingerly, and his usual state of exhaustion-dehydration-malnutrition further exacerbated.

Bi-beep. Bi-beep.

Fox groans, trying ineffectually to bury his head in the thin pillow as the familiar alert draws him inexorably away from peaceful oblivion. He weakly bats a hand in Zontal’s direction.

“M’ke it st’p.”

Bi-beep. Bi-beep.

And here’s the catch. Zontal could.

He could bury the comm under a pile of blankets, pretend they’d never received the message and leave it a problem for future-Fox. Give him a few more hours of sleep before the rest of the world demands its due with interest.

Bi-beep. Bi-beep.

He could answer the comm, message the Chancellor that Fox is currently medically unfit for duty. It’s not even exactly a lie; Zontal had already been considering setting him up with an IV, and a rotation or two of forced bedrest would do him wonders. But the Guard doesn’t work that way. As long as you can be vertical and mostly cognizant, you are on shift. And you continue working until you no longer meet those criteria.

Bi-beep. Bi-beep.

He could answer the comm, and send one of the other Commanders in Fox’s place. Either openly or borrowing Fox’s distinctive armour. There was a time when he might have. Had. But it wasn’t worth the cost, and now that option is now reserved only for direst emergency.

Bi-beep. Bi-beep.

Because when the Chancellor calls, he expects Commander Fox to come. He will not accept excuses, he will not accept delays. And any attempt at either brings consequences.

Bi-beep. Bi-beep.

“Fox...” One hand brushes through Fox’s curls to rest on his shoulder, the other is holding his vambrace with its still-beeping comm. “I’m sorry. I can make it stop, for now. But are you sure you need me to?”

Bi-beep. Bi-beep.

Bi-beep. Bi-.

Zontal hands Fox his armour.