#part of the community

[briarmae]

Autistic, asexual, and aromantic. I'm proud of my identity, but small talk and explaining it are *exhausting*.

I fly a progress flag at my work; I'll say I'm aroace to people in the community or the people closest to me, but I just call myself queer to the rest of the world. ("Nah, I'm not actually into dudes," when it's a question only about men. I don't want to deny I'm part of the lgbtqia+ community! And it sounds so much funnier and lighthearted than the other options)

I owe no one my alphabet, but I've known I was part of the community way before I found out about the aroace spectrum.

[froggyart]

Yesterday I had a case of the Mon-gays and today I feel plain

like Seb's stupid sweater but with out yassification

[peony-pearl]

Ozai in the Homestead Community reminds me of the Through Heaven's Eyes scene from The Prince of Egypt where the desert tribe takes in Moses and show him how to live again. I can really see Ozai and Niwa wedding like Moses and Tzipporah with the big bond fire in the background and entire community celebrating ❤️

OMG YES

I hope you know that I have thought of this EXACT SONG for this story!!!

The lyrics fit the situation SO well, from questioning whether any of the mountain's rocks are more important than the others, or the tapestry not seeing it's place in the whole design, the difference between a king and a shepherd to a lost sheep, and the man who loses everything could actually be facing a brighter future, to talking about life being changed and you must keep going on like... AUGH

and YES to Ozai and Niwa having a celebratory community wedding that's just lively and intimate and fun ;A;

[hellsitegenetics]

big shout out to trans women

[gayvampyr]

asking people to be mindful of others when sharing a communal space (especially one you cannot just up and leave from) is not selfish or misanthropic. come on now

[luxwing]

Congrats to the TF2 community for finally getting a cosmetic into the game with the trans pride flag hidden on it. About damn time

[doccywhomst]

[red-rover-au]

These are the vibes the first meeting with Big Mama gave off lmao

[lastoneout]

the whole guilt-tripping language in posts about important topics paired with how I'm still getting bitches in my notes talking about why it's actually good to tell "bad" people to kill themselves continues to prove to me that a lot of people have absolutely no concept of social justice or activism outside of assuming the worst of and then viciously attacking strangers on the internet

[aurosoul]

absolutely haunting google maps point of interest. what do they know? do I want to know? do you?

[mythicalcoolkid]

You don't wish your disability was worse or more visible, you wish your disability was taken seriously. Please stop confusing the two, I guarantee you would not get the support you need JUST by being more severe or more visible. Please listen to visibly disabled people when we tell you it isn't better on our side

[rebellesims420]

Kids Alpha Hairs

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Huge thanks to the creators ! @cecesimsxo @kikovanitysimmer @plumbobbreezy @tremendouslybeautifulsimz @kravesims

[demigods-posts]

imagine percy swimming to the bottom of the ocean. not to save a group of sea creatures. not to show off his skillset. and not to prance around as the sea god's favorite son. but to join the ocean in all that it is. laying in the soft sand and watching the fish swim by. the lobsters making space for him as he rests his head against a patch of seaweed. him laughing at the irony. imagine percy making small talk with all the different sea creatures and assigning them names. him actually running into a whale he named phillip who's on his way to propose to his boyfriend. and percy wishing him good luck and offering his blessing on their union. imagine percy making small talk with the starfish about his favorite dinosaur. and explaining to the collective group what a dinosaur is and why they don't need to worry about them reaching the bottom of the ocean. just. percy immersiving himself in all that's aquatic because it's where he can be his most self.

[dragonpyre]

Concept; because he's like 19 and suddenly in charge of a LOT of funds, the Red Hood takes accounting classes to manage them all. Not Jason Todd, Red Hood

[bixels]

In the past, people in the Animal Crossing community would make fun of Tom Nook as a sleazy landlord. Since then, he's really rehabilitated his image as this 'heart of gold' businessman (he's the one who puts bells and furniture in trees for you to find! he adopted orphans! he donates to charity!), but New Horizons genuinely paints the most devious version of him.

He's successfully privatized settler colonialism: you pay HIM to move to a "deserted island" (which apparently the oceans in the AC world are just full of) and start a colony that he is directly invested in. At best he's running a weird vacation package scam (you arrive on the island with no money and in debt for "using his services"). At worst, he's using you to set up company towns. For god's sake, he literally has his own fake currency that he forces you to use to pay off your debt. But don't worry, he's repackaged it in a way that definitely doesn't sound like an MLM scam: the Nook Mileage Program!

You're no longer just his tenant or his temporary part-timer, you're his business lackey. The entire tutorial section of the game has you spending actual weeks running around completing tasks and doing hard labor to set up his colony. You're even tasked with preparing his properties and finding buyers for them. No, you aren't a tenant anymore. You work for the landlord. You are directly responsible for finding tenants for him. And he doesn't even fucking pay you. Not for setting up town hall and museum, or his nephew's shop –– which is the ONLY store on the entire island that sells necessities –– or bringing KK Slider to town, or helping populate his town. Not a single cent. No, actually, you have to pay HIM to BUY infrastructure like bridges and stairs and park benches. And all the while, he's telling you're the "resident representative"; you get to call the shots! That the reward is the community's progress. That what you're doing is in everyone's best interest (but most importantly, his).

Since NH's release, people have done a lot of legwork to say that Tom Nook isn't a capitalist while the game shows him at his very worst. He owns the only general store in town. You're forced to use a phone that he modified and branded as his own. Buy Nook-branded furniture and merchandise at the self-serve kiosk in the town hall, a governmental building! There's no conflict of interest here!

But hey, if you're tired of being the landlord/business mogul's goon, you can also find work as a deluxe resort home designer for a company that also pays you in their special company currency that can only be used to buy their products instead of a real salary! Because that's what the Animal Crossing franchise needs! More vacation homes!!!