#ironically they are right

[catmaid-san]

The Story of a Fat or a Nerd

It is sad how many stories or movies about "fat girl or fat boy finding happiness" Are filled with the ending for the said fat boy/girl becoming thin and turn into a pretty maiden or a handsome lad.

... As if when they aren't thin and look handsome or pretty, they wouldn't find happiness or find love.

Look, being fat due to uncontrollable consumptions on junk foods and due to being lazy to even just walk around campus or neighborhood is not good, and should be fixed. You have to eat a better diet, and you have to exercise even just walking around the house a little, not for appearance, but for your health.

But some people are also fat due to genes, stress, post childbirth, etc. It is sometime are inevitable cases. And the journey of losing weight is not a matter of one day or two days. In reality it could even be years. So, during those years when you haven't lost your weight and still being fat, are you not worthy of happiness in that case, when the standard of achieving happiness is put on the time when you finally being thin and slim?

I think stories about fatties finding happiness should have been more focused on the journey of how they perceived themselves, finding their value within themselves, being confident and accept who they are, finding their passion and meeting truly sincere people who don't judge others by appearance---rather than telling how they spent a month or so fervently running/jogging or dieting in extreme to lose weight and "finally being accepted" By the society and finally meeting a loved one after losing the weight.

Those kind of mainstream stories or movies about the change of a fatty are just straight up telling "unless you are slim and thin you won't be happy".

This is just sad. Those won't make the people with extra weight gain their confidence but just trampling on their self-worth instead.

It is similar to how stories about a nerd glow up. As if when you aren't dressed fashionably, as if when you wore glasses instead of lenses, as if when you just have a normal haircut instead of fashionably styled---you won't get happiness unless you get a glow up.

But the thing is, you can just have a presentable clothes on the right occasion (don't wear jersey on formal occasions bitches), properly comb or tie your hair, ironed your shirt (getting your clothes all wrinkled will affect first impression, human naturally love tidy things instead of messy ones), wash your face and body (get that dirt and body odor away, even if you aren't good looking at least you won't make people uncomfortable by being near you) , and most importantly, has your confidence---you don't need to glow up to find happiness, it is okay to live like an average normal people. You can still function perfectly in society without having to glow up. The most important thing is to present yourself properly and have your confidence.

Sadly, movies and literature are also filled with how this one nerd glow up by wearing trendy clothes, cast away their glasses, get a stylish hairdo, and put on a pretty make up---for this nerd to finally be noticed and accepted by the society.

Not all people have a good senses of fashion to continuously wear fashionable clothes. Just let these people wear something basic as long as they match with the occasions.

Not all people like wearing all kinds of accessories or putting on complicated fashion sets. Just let these people wear classic suit and pants/skirt.

Not all people have the time or patient putting on complete make up with the eyelashes, shadows and the likes. Just let these people wear sunscreen and light make up to protect their skin.

What a nerd in reality need the most is never a glow up. They need a chance to find confidence to accept themselves. And the hopes to meet sincere people who aren't being a dick by trolling and bullying others when they have nothing to do. This is what they need, and should have been the focus in movies or literature to encourage them.

This is also what I, and other people who aren't fat or nerdy, need. So that we, the masses, will realize that fat or nerd people are just normal people in the end, each with their own value and goodness.

We don't have to wait for them to lose their weight or get a glow up for us to change our view and change the way we treat them!

That should be the target, the goal of every fatty or nerdy journey to change-movies or stories...

[ladygrinninghole]

obsessed with star trek repeatedly writing themselves into a corner by creating alien races that are supposed to be The Bad Guys when that explicitly conflicts with their previously established notion that no group of people is inherently good or evil.

first it was the klingons—they’re originally supposed to be this cruel, bloodthirsty, war-obsessed people—and then tng comes along and it’s like wait no maybe war and violence is a part of their culture and actually ties back to ancient traditions and philosophies so we have to be woke about it.

hey these are the ferengi and they’re supposed to represent everything we hate about capitalist society; they’re greedy, scheming, profit-obsessed, and they look like ugly little trolls to emphasize how much we fucking HATE capitalism. oh wait fuck here comes deep space nine and we have to recognize that they’re PEOPLE. okok what if the pursuit of profit is actually part of their culture and ties back to ancient traditions and philosophies. so we have to be woke about it.

this is the borg, they’re a hivemind race of cyborgs who have no sense of individuality and their only motivation is assimilating people into their society. they want to assimilate humanity and we are completely defenseless against them because their technology is eons ahead of our own and they’re incapable of being reasoned with. oh sweet we have a borg prisoner this is the perfect opportunity to commit genocide against them. fuck actually we can’t commit genocide we’re woke and communists and in space.

hey these are the cardassians, they’re part of a cruel and vicious empire which is supposed to be a representation of fascism and authoritarian regimes, they’re a cold, bloodthirsty people with no sense of empathy or compassion, their society literally references 1984 on multiple occasions, and they’re known for the insanely cruel and inhumane methods of torture they use against their prisoners of war. we hate the cardassians…….. except, here’s a cardassian kid who grew up on bajor, and……. fuck. he’s a person. now we actually have to consider his humanity. and being racist is actually……. bad.

this is the jem’hadar, they’re genetically engineered soldiers who have no sense of individuality and only live to defend the state. they’re all born addicted to a synthetic drug that’s manufactured by the state and administered by their masters—this is how they’re kept subservient. they’re ruthless and powerful and they’re incapable of being reasoned with because their only motivation is violence and killing. so we should kill them all, right? FUCK….. what if they’re actually people. goddamnit. now we have to consider their humanity.

hey these are the romulans. hey these are the founders. the list goes on. i just find it really interesting

[poqu]

still dreaming of that night

[yaoisquidbob]

serious gaming

[watcher0033]

Y’all, the Archive admins are made up of VOLUNTEERS. And they have been working for 12-13 HOURS STRAIGHT.

I better not hear any complaints when donation period comes around. OR ELSE.

cosplay by @woahchriswoah on Twitter

EDIT: How do we show appreciation to the volunteers? For me reading these deep dives on OTW issues u guys apparently it's been said multiple times that one of their objective statements is to have paid staff for ao3 and there's a surplus of donations they haven't used up or the other community solutions that needs to address. For those more financially literate feel free to analyze, snipe me or add to the discussion etc. linked here by deepa. They’re cool and these yearly analysis they did aint no joke.

But Seriously what can we do for these volunteers? The probable burn out from this entire fiasco would be no joke. @ao3org

[laccakes]

when you guys walk on a sidewalk, bakugou never and i mean neverrr lets you walk on the side closest to the road. he'll have his large hand on the small of your back as he guides you to the side away from roaring cars.

anddd he does the leaning his head down to hear you thing when you guys are in a loud environment. he'll have his hands buried in his pockets leaning his ear near your lips. if he still can't hear you for whatever reason, he'll place his hand on the small of your back to bring you closer to him. "say it again, baby."

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

This wine tastes like pigs blood!

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[aprill-99]

*After the Gauntlet.*

Amber: “You can’t do that!”

Violet: “Not to worry, I have a permit.”

Dain: “This just says ‘I can do what I want-’”

Xaden: “-And she can. 10/10. 5 Stars.”

[gayfandomblog]

anyone else obsessed with the fact that korrasami went canon before gay marriage was federally legalized in the US and was the first gay couple in any western cartoon

[too-many-lavellans]

Kadan 🥺? Please 🥺✨?

(please don’t tag/comment with your inquisitor, thanks)

[wardenss]

i was getting ready to take some scs of dorian in this scene but iron bull had other plans 😭

[mightytato]

tumblr probably ate the quality. aNYWAY- here i am, inspired by the iron might suit. but i just drew it as if it were his regular hero suit.

[bonebrokebuddy]

I did a molding and metal melting lab today and when returning home after class, my twin took the little metal smiley face that I so lovingly made and filed down and immediately asked me “is this made out of lead?”

Then, without waiting for a response immediately put it into her mouth, spit it out, went “Well, it’s mainly lead acetate that’s sweet so I don’t really know if it’s lead or not”

AND THEN PUT IT IN HER MOUTH A SECOND TIME TO CHECK

i mean, it’s not lead but I didn’t even get the time to say that before she popped it into her mouth D:

[excali8ur]

Weird dream.

[grimalkinmessor]

At the risk of revealing that I'm a Crazy Conspiracy Theorist I really do think that the biggest reason Hollywood seems to hate youtubers and wants nothing to do with them is because they are infinitely harder to control. People usually have to pay their dues to become famous, usually have to sign their damn soul away or do crazy awful shit in order to get a hand up—but you can't threaten obscurity to someone who already has a large fan base. Who is, in a lot of ways, already famous. A while back Mark talked about his time at a red carpet gathering and how no one would look at him or pay attention to him; almost like he was getting deliberately snubbed for being a youtuber. And yeah a lot of it is probably also the fact that "real" actors and directors don't see youtuber creations as valuable or Real Art, but I also think that a big part of that hostility is that he's not tied to it like they are. They can't make him do anything. Which, again I'm theorizing, is why I think Iron Lung is getting clotheslined. Because you know damn well that if Mark has enough money to produce it himself, then he has enough to advertise and release it himself. But he can't. For Some Reason. He's got to jump through hoops first because, well.

It really is all about control.

[canisalbus]

✦ Mom ✦