#it reeks of ableism

[thinkingofausername]

so many people saying curly's fate serves him right and "his disability was the punishment he deserved" rubs me the wrong way so goddamn much

[stardustdiver]

aroace hate in the ace tag (aro poster), very cool very awesome, love that for you bud, have a wonderful day

this exact behaviour is what drove me away from r/aaaaaaaarrrrro and then r/aaaaaaacccccccce, very nice to see it persist onto tumblr dot com

all this behaviour does is splits up the community, we should be connected and together, not infighting bc aroallos and alloaces and aroaces exist, what does aspec mean, remind me?

edit: we defeated the evil

[tequilaasquared]

So I totally agree with the sentiment that S6-9 was painful without Mickey because I almost gave up myself. But I’ll be an Ian Gallagher defender to the end and I really hate when his own stans dismiss his storyline because Mickey wasn’t there and they hated his love interests.

Him becoming an EMT was arguably one of his most important story arcs throughout the whole series and it was crucial to his character development. And more importantly (for me anyways) it was such positive representation of life after a bipolar diagnosis. Watching someone deal with a life changing diagnosis and not be villainised by the narrative and see them make something of their life and have a career and stability, was so inspirational to me.

(I’m not including the s8-9 gay jesus storyline in this rant because I acknowledge that it WAS objectively poorly written despite it having potential)

I totally understand if Mickey is your fave and you aren’t interested in Ian’s arc without him. I get that the show would be boring and a waste of your time if your fave is gone and none of the other characters are interesting enough for you to continue watching. But to see Gallavich stans call Ian’s development trash and outright invalidate it is always so disheartening to me. Especially when I’ve seen the same people praise the other Gallagher sibling storylines just to purposely dismiss Ian’s. Like you can just say you weren’t interested because Mickey wasn’t with him without shitting on him.

[shininguponthestars]

the alex kister callout is transmisogynistic as hell and in fact does not show any amount of malice on alexs end other than being a jackass. in what world is a post framing a transfeminine person (who it just outed, of course) as a pedophilic groomer with claims that only make sense if you assume that her exploration of her identity in any way is predatory NOT pedojacketing

[justiceforjumin]

I'm always scared to scroll down the Jumin Han tag bc there's a huge chance that like three posts in I'll be seeing some random hate post about him with the absolute worst takes possible and it genuinely makes me angry

[sassypantsjaxon]

Obviously people are allowed to ship or not ship whatever they want for whatever reasons, but... saying that Robin deserves someone better than Franky because he's made out of metal... yeah. that's not the winning argument you think it is...

[spop-romanticizes-abuse]

i'm not done with this template lmao

[swordsonnet]

maybe i'm missing something here, but it always confuses me when i see things like "some autistic people are disabled by their autism and some aren't" or "not everyone sees their autism as a disability". because... autism very much is a disability?! if you're autistic, then your symptoms must be present in a way that is disabling to you in your everyday life. it's literally in the diagnostic criteria. of course the extent to and areas in which you're disabled can vary greatly depending on the individual, but disability is part of the basic definition of autism, regardless of your personal feelings on the matter.

don't get me wrong, it's still much better than "autism is only a disability because of capitalism" because at least it doesn't make sweeping generalisations that aren't even remotely accurate to the lived reality of most autistic people. but it still perpetuates incorrect assumptions under the guise of personal choice, and honestly feels like an attempt to distance autism from disability in general. being disabled is nothing to be ashamed of, and i wish people wouldn't twist the meaning of autism to remove disability from it.

(and yes, that goes for level 1/low support needs autistics as well. i would be considered level 1 (though i wasn't diagnosed that way) and i'm still disabled by my autism! not to the same extent as many other people, sure, but i'm still disabled. if i wasn't, i wouldn't be autistic.)

[gallifreyriver]

Can we maybe stop with the whole "girl with knee brace just wants attention lmao"

I've been seeing it going around lately and I don't think most of you realize that putting a stigma on different types of aids/care as being associated with negative things only makes those who need them feel too self conscious to wear/use them.

Like, why the fuck is it a meme that knee braces are worn by "pick me" girls??

Guess I didn't realize all the issues that might require a knee brace for comfort like arthritis, EDS, sprains, ligament tears, cartilage deterioration and other injuries/conditions (all of which can occur to a person at literally any age or activity level) were really just a front for "wanting attention."

And who the fuck told ya'll that if you wear the brace over your jeans you don't need it and you just want attention??? Have you ever tried wearing a knee brace under women's jeans? It's practically impossible, and if you are able to then you either cut off your circulation or start getting funny looks because it looks like you have a huge growth around your knee. Or worse, if you don't get it on perfectly and it starts to shift or slip/pinch then you have to wait til you can take off your pants to fix the fucker.

"Don't wear jeans then" SoRrY kArEn, but not everyone can just wear shorts or whatever all the time, and some actually find the brace more comfortable with something between the brace and their skin. More importantly, we don't owe you an explanation on what feels more comfortable for us to wear just because you feel some sort of way seeing someone wearing a damn knee brace.

Get over yourselves and just let people use the care items they need without making fun of them for it like ableist pricks.

It's so gross.

[manta-is-yelling]

If your idea of feminism involves inspecting genitals and publicizing medical records of people, then criticizing them for normal human body features- you are not practicing feminism. This Imane Khelif discourse is disgusting for several reasons.

[majachee]

Putting the terms "emotional and physical abuse" up on a high shelf away from the TMNT fandom. You guys need to learn what words mean.

Also tossing serious mental illnesses and disorders up there. Yall are so inappropriate about these topics.

[dizzying-faust]

I seriously want to punt the next person who says that Faust isn't lovable/shippable because of his current state.

[jentlemahae]

“if u have no hobby besides media consumption ur cooked” what happened to appreciating art

[soullessjack]

sorry but the idea that jack can’t handle scary things is just so. What show are you fucking watching. jack isn’t shaking like a leaf or covering his face with a blanket when something mildly spooky happens on tv. he’s in the backseat making shrunken heads kiss and chanting “road trip” when they go to hell or investigate some abandoned building full of ritual kill corpses. he’s like dipper and mabel pines fused into a single silly monster-obsessed-dork entity

[dex-the-dog]

i keep getting continuously reminded how much of a shithole YouTube and most of the therian community is on a lot of social media. im so tired. and then they delete my comment after a thorough explanation

[thestobingirlie]

Another thing with the Steve's intelligence thing that gets me is most of it has little or no basis in canon?

This whole "Steve can't read" thing, he literally does in episode one. He's reading Nancy's flashcards without any trouble, and they're not just in a basic easy to read print, she's written them in cursive.

And the whole thing about Steve being so bad at school and academically challenged. Yeah, that comes a bit from the not getting into college thing, but that was after he'd had a serious concussion that would have taken weeks or months to heal. But he mentions getting a C- in a class that Nancy, who is one of if not the most academically intelligent characters, described as impossible. And yeah, a C- isn't an amazing grade, but it's not just scraping by either.

i think it largely comes from the duffers struggling with (and the audience not understanding) the difference between show, not tell.

because we’re told by other characters that steve is an idiot. but we’re shown that he did average in school, he graduated, he’s perceptive and notices things the ‘smarter’ characters don’t, he has a great intuition and he knows to listen to it.

some people seem to just struggle with actually picking things up like that, and they just take what we’re told at face value, with no consideration about whether the characters are joking, or their personal biases.

but yeah, steve can fucking read lmao. like, i love the dyslexic hcs as much as the next person, but it’s super weird to try to use that as an insult to make eddie seem smarter.