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[captaincoffeegirl515]

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[ugly6astard]

my hips hurt so I'm pretending its because me and All Might went crazy last nite -ciel

[missameliep]

In a world that often demands perfection, remember that you and your progress are worth more than someone else's perception of who you should be. Embrace your imperfections and take pride in being authentically you. You're the only you there is and you are more than enough. 💛 (PS - drink some water)

Thank you for this ask, dear! And for all the kindness you spread 💓💐

[watermelon-teas]

Imagine if Billy got caught in the watchtower, as Billy, and he had to come up with an excuse but the only viable one that he could think of was that he was Captain Marvel’s son, since he knows that both Superman and Batman bring their boys in from time to time, so he thought it would be alright.

Well that little white lie turned into a headache for Captain Marvel.

It started out as Billy sneaking into the kitchen area of the watchtower to grab something to eat, he doesn’t really need to eat as Captain Marvel, but he does as Billy, not to mention Captain was technically aloud to anything so he wasn’t stealing either.

He thought tower was empty but Green Lantern had just returned from a space mission and went to check in.

Green Lantern: “Uh…are you supposed to be here?” He asked the twelve year old in front of him.

Billy: pursing his lips “Yeah, um, my Dad is Captain Marvel, he’s having me help him with some magic stuff?”

Green Lantern: “Oh that makes sense, you look a lot like him” He said before shrugging and going into the next room.

What Billy didn’t think about was that Hal was a bit of a talker and he also didn’t expect him to bring that up in front of everyone at the next meeting.

Green Lantern: “So Cap, How’s your son doing? It’s been a while since I ran into him”

The rest of the League got really quiet before turning to look at them.

Captain Marvel: Going completely still before inhaling deeply “He’s…doing good, working on a social studies project he’s really excited about” His voice lost confidence the longer he spoke, he could feel the rest of the league staring at him.

Aquaman: “You have a son!?”

Flash: “How come Hal knew about this before I did?”

Diana: “You could have told us about this, you know I would love to meet him”

Before Captain Marvel could get too overwhelmed with questions, the team was lectured by Batman about respecting other members privacy, but even then he still had a few questions for Marvel when the meeting was over.

After a while, he assumed that everyone would forget about it, but that didn’t happen at all. Instead people were trying to pull stories about Billy from him, and kept asking about how he was doing and how school was going.

Superman had tried to set a ‘playdate’ with Billy and John, and for some reason Batman had asked if he had any advice for getting his son to be so open about personal things with him, that was a really awkward day.

But, fortunately this whole thing had made it slightly easier for Billy to roam about the Watchtower, and it was always so interesting to see how everyone treated him compared to Cap, or how they would tell him stories about ‘his dad’ because they thought he would like that.

Captain Marvel (At the rock of eternity): “I don’t know how I feel about all this, they seem to care more about having conversations about you then anything else”

Billy: ��Eh, you’re right it’s a bit weird, but I like raiding the kitchen so-”

[fungi-maestro]

Happy tdov to fat trans people. 🏳️‍⚧️ Biggest thing that helped me as a trans kid was seeing older fat trans people. There were a lot of really irritating "advice" posts going around early in my time on the internet with a lot of misinformation in them, but one that I constantly saw (in addition to people claiming you should wear your pants rediculously low or only wear button ups) were posts saying you had to lose weight to transition. Can confidently confirm that is completely untrue. 👍

[foldingfittedsheets]

I’m too used to Tumblr solving my problems and now I’ve got a couch I need to home like right now and I’m like damn, can’t I just give it to Tumblr.

[ihatebrainstorm]

Elegant Chaos, Inelegant Solutions

Here's my TF Reverse Bang 2024 piece to accompany @novafire-is-thinking 's tie-in fic Elegant Chaos, Inelegant Solutions! Go give it a read for some MTMTE alternate story line Percy and BS shenanigans! ;D Link: here

Thanks again to Nova for being such an awesome teammate/skilled writer, and the whole team behind @tf-bigbang for organizing the whole event!

[erissubmits]

[weirdly-specific-but-ok]

Today at 5 am I had a conversation with my mum that went thus:

Mum: I keep telling my friends that marriage is a social construct and not to get married.

Me: Okay but I need to marry rich though.

Mum: No, you don't need to get married for that.

Me: I can't get rich on my own?? What??

Mum: No no that's not what I meant. Take money from everyone that... y'know. You don't have to marry them.

Me: You want me... to get sugar daddies?

Mum:

Mum: Yes.

[dimeadozencows]

This came to me in an early morning queer haze

Kissing my medics good morning (I am your husband heavy and I love you)

[nelkcats]

Ghost Fangs

After so much time changing between forms, Danny thought that he would no longer have external changes. His human and ghost forms were a bit more combined than when he was a teenager but it wasn't as much of a problem for him now that ghosts weren't actively trying to wipe out humanity and his parents had more or less accepted him.

The problem was when he started his internship at Wayne Enterprises and his teeth started to hurt. He didn't pay much attention to it at first since maybe he should visit Frostbite or some normal dentist. Cavities were pretty common when you ate fast food growing up.

The problem was when three days after the pain started, one of his teeth fell out. That didn't make much sense since the halfa had shed his baby teeth long time ago, and those were supposed to be "permanent".

He decided not to smile and continue working, avoiding anyone that could notice the change but the hole in his teeth was obvious when he looked in the mirror. Then another tooth fell, and he felt his gums itch. Something was beginning to grow.

That was how Danny started changing his teeth into ghost fangs at the worst possible time. Worst of all, he was sure he was growing a third, maybe fourth row of fangs, and fuck how was he going to hide it from his bosses?

He couldn't pretend that he was mute! What if a tooth fell out during work and someone found it? It was a nightmare!

[allthecastlesonclouds]

i lied today’s the day Autistic Rah’ōxah post be upon thee

she's so very. so very autistic. here's my list of evidence.

Flat vocal affect

Deep facial/name blindness, to the point she has to rely on her friends/father to remind her of people.

A high sense of morality- she's bothered by people who're going against good, that's a quarter of the reason she's in the business of adventuring! (the other quarters are evenly split between friends and punching) she wants to do good– she rescues parker from an owner who doesn't want him + lets him have interests, if her friends are wrapped up in their drama she'll try to deal with the issue herself as best she can

Special Interest- punching! she punches a printer well enough to fix it! she found a course in college specially to focus on punching! when it's suggested she take a level in rogue or wizardry she looks so confused at the suggestion– she's happy where she is, why would she want to learn anything that isn’t her SI?

Her whole emotions deal. She says she doesn't like them, that she's bored by them, and she very much is in a way. but she does have feelings, she just doesn't express them in a very neurotypical way– and views this other way of expressing emotions as acting (see all of Feel Better Soon). But she is genuinely hurt by things (Legzi stealing, the girls ignoring her and them breaking apart), confused (especially when she's trying to talk with her dad about a new topic or understand emotions), and caring.

she's very uninterested in speaking which is a very autistic thing! she'll speak when it's important to her or when she's required to give a response, but she doesn't really seem to care to try– and she'll choose what she says carefully when she does! (and how lovely it is that she has friends who will listen when she has something to say!)

she also very much doesn't understand social cues– like why she's dressed in a suit for season three instead of proper adventuring gear, or that rinald is trying to be their rival, or that legzi didn't get into darkmouth at first (and what to say to respond to some of these things)

(i would've added more examples but i'm at the image limit u.u) Anyway!! Autistic Rah'ōxah real everyone go watch Drawga and read Ladies Book Club <3 <3

[raven-at-the-writing-desk]

Hi, I’m the one who sent in the thing about Vil’s new card that you answered a bit earlier. I do actually like the card but I’ve seen people saying it’s like they dressed Vil in a trash bag. I understand that people are disappointed that he’s not dressed in robes like that meme or the colors aren’t purple(which I’m more iffy about because of Deuce is mainly featured in dark blue clothes dispit the fact he’s dorm color is red.) Apologies if this sounds rude I’m just confused why people are hating on it. Especially the hat because like you said earlier it helps the hair( something like that at least) Also sorry for the long ask.

[Referencing this post!; referencing this meme too.]

Hey, so 💦 I know this ask is about Vil and his new birthday card, but I’m going to speak much more generally in my response because this doesn’t pertain to only Vil. And just so we’re clear: this isn’t a dig at you at all, Anon. This is referring to fandom in general!

Recently I’ve noticed that people worry/care way too much about what other people think. We may not consciously believe that we put a lot of stock in others’ opinions, but it shows in our behaviors. For example, very few people outright say, “Does X approve of this?” but tons of people will say, “I don’t understand why you think this way” (implying that we are concerned about opinions that deviate from our own). But the thing is, this is faulty thinking because you are realistically NEVER going to have a thought or an idea that satisfies everyone. Trying to do so is a fruitless pursuit and will only leave you frustrated.

It’s fine to be confused if someone doesn’t think the same way as you, but we also have to accept that others will hold different opinions than us. They don’t necessarily need a grand reason for feeling the way that they do. Liking or disliking something doesn’t have to be justified or explained. Understanding something (in this case, the practicality of Vil’s silk cap/bonnet) does not always mean someone will like it or compliment it. Those are entirely separate things. (For example, I have written a number of analyses on Vil, but that does not mean I personally like him as a character.)

At the end of the day, the discourse is not that deep. It really, really isn’t. This is two parties disagreeing on how they perceive the look of an outfit. That’s all. Are some people being louder and ruder about it than is necessary? Maybe. Should you let this bother you and influence your own enjoyment of the content? No. You can still like Vil’s pajamas, because whatever other people say about it should have zero baring on your opinion.

The fact of the matter is that social media is a lot meaner than it used to be. Websites benefit when users stay online for longer. That’s why their algorithms tend to promote posts that 1) are relevant to your interests but, more importantly, 2) will get you emotional enough to engage. This leads to the cultivation of insular communities where the snappiest, most extreme takes thrive and users feel like they need to match this energy in order to “survive” on those platforms. That’s why we see a lot of “hating”, criticism, and general negativity on socials now. Everyone wants to be the one saying a witty clapback, and that’s what social media is geared toward now, especially Twitter and Tiktok.

There’s no point in letting it get to us; it wouldn’t be productive. All it will do is make you confused or upset. We have to grow thick skin and turn the other cheek when we see whatever we deem as “hate”. Don’t worry about what other people are doing, just focus on yourself and how you choose to engage with the content.

[isawthismeme]

[the-millennium-curse]

Hey so can we like clear some time in our schedules for us to all get together and collectively remember that "write for yourself" was never supposed to mean what anyone on this site takes it to mean? Yeah the actual advice there is that you shouldn't compromise your own art and ideas for the sake of pleasing an audience, real or theoretical. IDK how so many people took it to mean "it's wrong to want people to engage with your art."

Like yeah lemme post this to archiveofourown.org so I can (checks notes) think about it alone more

[radarchives]