#nonperson

[orange-orchard-system]

I saw a post a while ago that I think was trying to make a good point, but it just came off as really label police-y, so let me try to give the same warning here in new language

A lot of laws are based on the idea of singular, human personhood. A lot of rights are based on the idea of singular, human personhood. A lot of laws and rights that protect folks and say that others aren't allowed to treat them like shit are based on the idea of singular, human personhood. Therefore, you have to be careful who you reveal your alterhuman identity too, particularly if you reject humanity, personhood, or being a single person in a single body – not just to avoid expected discrimination, but to avoid legal discrimination and losing your rights due to the argument that you are not someone those laws and rights apply to. For this same reason, it's also important that you accept that there will be times where you have to lie about your identity, especially when it comes to authority figures who hold power over you (for example, cops. Cops already don't have a great track record for following the law or facing consequences for their cruelty; you don't want to clue them in that they might be able to get away with their cruelty yet again because they may be able to argue that those laws don't even apply to you in the first place). If you have to lie about being a singular, human person to protect yourself, do it. Or if you have trouble with lying, then consider it as a legal identity and not a personal one; you can identify in this way for legal reasons. I am a singular, human person for legal reasons, but I may also, on the side, have a much more complex identity.

We live in a world in which a major corporation is currently trying to argue that a man using a free trial for their video service several years ago means that he can't sue them for killing his wife. Better safe than sorry when it comes to loopholes and legality. There's no shame in staying in the closet or shame in lying if it means you're keeping yourself alive.

[piccrews-and-uquizes]

make an idea! so much creative freedom, really recommend if youre just looking for some fun, show me yours!

[amerasdreams]

the more I move toward reality the more I realize how inadequate I am for it.

[coquelicoq]

we get a lot of really great stuff in system collapse about murderbot's relationships with ART and ratthi, which makes sense, because it spends almost the entire book with them. but i also love how even though mensah isn't there for most of the story, other people keep reminding mb of her:

chapter 2, page 25: “From ART’s personnel file, she [Karime] was older than Mensah and she didn’t look like an intrepid space explorer, either, even in the protective environmental suit.”

2, 27: “It took Karime three seconds to process the abrupt statement. (She was almost as good at not looking annoyed as Mensah was.) She kept her expression neutral and patient.”

2, 28: “In the underground colony room, Karime lifted her brows. ‘Another occupied site?’ I thought she was being careful not to show too much reaction. It was the way Mensah would have played it.”

4, 70: “Iris looked at me and I saw her hesitate, because her hesitation looked a lot like Dr. Mensah’s hesitation. And I realized I really didn’t want to go down there.”

5, 104: "Iris has that same thing as Dr. Mensah, the thing where she’s able to look and sound calm under circumstances where shit is possibly about to go down.”

it's spent so much time with her and it knows her so well and respects her so much that she's the model against which it compares all other humans. it thinks about her when they're not together. it's protective of her. it has such total faith in her competence. it (non-romantically) loves her and doesn't want to not see her again. idk man, it just gets to me! and they were teammates (oh my god they were teammates!!)

bonus:

I said, aloud, "You have to be kidding me." (ch. 2, p. 28)

seven pages later, in reaction to the same thing:

Mensah had had time to review the feed video. She muttered, "Oh, you have to be kidding me." Yeah.

twinsies 🥰

[lesbianwyllravengard]

Okay. Some things I am looking forward to in the next four years:

Artists who will make music about the despair of, but also in protest to, and calls to fight against, this situation

Seeing a Free Palestine

My siblings' birthdays

Inaction people/people more content with letting things play out than actively working for change realising that now more than ever is the time to take action

Graduating

Not letting tr*mpies know a single day of comfort or rest

Outliving his last day in office, ever

My birthday

My friends' birthdays

Seeing other people's creations, whether political or not, that they find joy in

This is all I can think of right now. Feel free to add yours <3

[edwardseymour]

good for her.

[unproduciblesmackdown]

also riawin timeloop ("canon compliant" (still focusing on character so not canon compliant in that way)) ft. the attempts to make things work but that only goes Winston? more like Win State over giving up on that b/c he's in a situation where no matter what he does the other person chooses to see him as a nonperson (so canon compliant it's barely an au. the role sure exited the iterative loop upon giving up on all that (not possible to Win (the final Lose is others killing him))

[vohannesvotrov]

my skull shall undergo repeat trepanation until morale improves

[the-magpie-archives]

One thing that's fascinating about Daisy as a character is that she's so powerfully slow. Not in wit or intellect, but physically, as a hunter. She knows her power and she has no need to rush or flail, it's easy to be calm when you have no difficulty asserting yourself.

This makes it all the more clear when the power slips from her grasp. She rushes, fumbles, makes mistakes. There's very few times that she slips up, early on at least. Aside from a few select moments she maintains the gravitas and power of a wolf or a bear all the way from her introduction to the coffin, but after the coffin things change.

Basira has every reason to be upset at her change, because after that trauma Daisy becomes a different thing entirely. Her demeanour changes, she speeds up, she's skittish, she loses her strength. She's no longer slow and certain but weak and clingy.

It might feel wrong to want that slow and steady person back but relationships are like music and if the tempo changes the balance shifts and that can lead to terrible things, things that cause you to lose eachother.

Am I saying that perhaps if Daisy had somehow managed to avoid traumatisation, keep her tempo stable, that she wouldn't have had to sacrifice herself?

Maybe.

Even in her early moments of irrationality there is a swift calculation to it, an understanding. If Daisy had been able to keep a grasp on her fierce intellect perhaps the violence of the hunt could have been suppressed!

But no, what use is there in thinking like that? After all, animals can never live as long as humans.

[piccrews-and-uquizes]

make a snail! this was a handdranw snail (not by my) it looks like photo that you can edit parts of but its not. its a drawing. show me yours

[nickcutler]

he's soooo crazy

[fefairys]

was gonna say “i feel like an npc” but like i’m not even that. npc’s can still have dialogue. i’m like an extra in tv show that’s not allowed to actually speak because that’s above my pay grade. you bump into me on the street and apologize and i just silently nod my head and leave without saying anything

[catfuyus]

i just feel like.. in another universe, the people who have me blocked & i could’ve really gotten along 🥺

[jrueships]

not going to talk about games. only going to talk about maxey looking like different kinds of girlfriends <3.

art history major girlfriend who's helping at freshman orientation to lead little groups and give them fun activities to get comfy with !! do NOT ask about future plans .. ... most likely going to end up that one art teacher who gives gay kids cakepops tho

Geology and anthropology double major who loooves Neanderthals and cries over old cave paintings

graphic design major girlfriend who just got an internship at ny!!! and is sooo happy about it! one more step to her art deco apartment dreams !!! makes all the posters around the college and cries when she sees them in the trash

environmental science major gf!!!! she cannot sit down for any longer than a half hour at MOST without going for a hike somewhere. Girl that somehow has already made a giant freshman friend group at orientation which STILL survives to seniorhood?!?!??

strength in 🌳🌿☘️🦦 science and not 🧪🧬📚

sociology and psychology double major!! qualitative data analysis is her 🩵🩵🩵🩵. She codes for fun and she looooves reading boring straightforward stuff. thinks everyone else does too

Nursing major who does those detailed tiktok notes in a giant heavy pink notebook with her fancy markers set all orderly in a pretty pouch! has a clear birdfeeder out her window that she stresses over. has almost no freetime because she also helps in stagecrew for the play. Dark circles appear when finals come near

The only happy law student girlboss. Hugs her stuffy lawbooks to her chest and covers them in highlighters and stickies !!

[feathertailedcentipede]

fuck you now I have to stay alive to see go/od omens s3

[abalidoth]

Hi! I have a question about neopronouns. How do they work in different languages? Do you just leave the ae/aer untranslated, do you try to make them sound more french/spanish/whatever, does it depend on the person and are you supposed to ask for their preferences? I ususally stick to whatever translateable pronoun someone uses if they use multiple pronouns, but I'm not sure if its rude just sticking to one because of translation issues

Totally depends on the person! I don't think I've ever set my pronoun preferences in different languages down, so I'll just say: when referring to me in a language that has a common gender neutral pronoun, or one that is newly being used among non binary speakers of that language, use it for me. If there's a reasonable way to adapt ae/aer or te/ter, use that. If there's absolutely no other option, you can use the equivalent of "it" or "she".

I think generally speaking most people who use a neopronoun would prefer the closest equivalent you can manage, but it's good to ask if you can. Else, go neutral.