#you have to be cared for to care for others and vice versa

[a-very-humanyes]

oh boy, I’m doing this with all of my ocs and it’ll take a long time.

1) Does your OC have a voice claim, if so who?

So that is Juice’s side. I don’t have voice claims for any one else yet. 2) Who's your OCs best friend? How did they become best friends?

Falkor is best friends with Tasuma and Galasi. Kora Falls is best Friends with Poi Son Karp. Sukaro and Masksisi are friends. Symon Waati is best friends with Frank and Lin.

3) What song describes your OC?

Juice: November by Sparkbird

Kora Falls: Crazy = Genius by Panic! At The Disco

Falkor: Passing Through (Can’t The Future Just Wait) by Kaden McKay

Falcon: Run Rabbit Run by The Hoosiers

Tha Cat: Puppet Boy by DEVO

Joli: Mayday! by Sparkbird

Saya: Butcher Vanity by Vane Lily

Mago: Arms Tonite by Mother Mother

Kanu: Verbatim by Mother Mother

Amari Falls: Deceptacon by Le Tigre

Symon Waati: We’ll Meet Again by Vera Lynn

Greg: sans. by Toby Fox

Reg: Death By Glamour by Toby Fox

Meg: Shop by Toby Fox

Galasi: Lobby Music Glory Addition by Kahoot

Tasuma: Simmer Down (3&4) by Del Chupenebray

February: Goofy Goober Rock by SpongeBob SquarePants

Yeelen: Lovefool by The Cardigans

Simon: Weird Science by Oingo Boingo

Lucy Lapis: Stronger Then You by Steven Universe

Poi Son Karp: Creep by Radiohead (but the Book of Life Version)

Rodrick: Action Movie Hero Boy by Lemon Demon

Randy: Brutus bathe Buttress

Oliver: Nowhere To Run by Stegosaurus Rex

Antonio: DEBT COLLECTOR by Jhariah

Frank: Mama Mia by Austin Weber

Lin: Am I Dreaming by Metro Boomin (from Spiderverse)

Keg: …well better then the alternative by Will Wood

Raisin: People Eater by Sodikken

Jam: Teenagers by My Chemical Romance (emo)

Syurp: Take A Slice by Glass Animals

Icecream: Ms Jackson by Outkast

Vine: Grandpa’s Theme by Concerned Ape (stardew)

Grape: Dance Of The Moonlight Jellies by Concerned Ape (stardew)

Wine: Hotel California 2013 remaster by Eagles

Catgoo: The Roost by Masters Of Sound (acnl)

Manthan: Pier’s Battle Theme by Pokémon

4) What song describes your OC and their partner/love interest?

Saya and Yeelen: I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend by Hot Freaks

Joli and Mago: I Love You So by the Walters

Kanu and Masksisi: Nasty Dog by Sir Mix-a-lot

Keg and Raisin: Bust Your Kneecaps by Pomplamoose

Syurp and Icecream: Bang Bang by K’NAAN

Simon and Oliver: Your Stupid Face by Kaden MacKay (this is not a canon ship of my ocs)

Manthan and Piers (Piers from Pokémon): Isn’t It Love

5) Do you ship your OC with a Canon character? If so who?

Manthan and Piers. Then Juice and {spoiler}

6) If your OC is in a fantasy setting, what profession would they be in the modern day?

Falcon is a hunter in their fantasy setting, so they’d be a butcher nowadays.

7) Vice-Versa! If your OC is in the modern day, what fantasy class would they be? Would they be a different race?

…the music spent so long. Bleh

Juice: royal Gardener

Kora: Jester

February: Healer

Oliver: Hunter

Simon: Alchemist?

Symon: chef

8) What hobbies does your OC have? What do they do to unwind?

Kora: war crimes

Juice: whatever she do

I’m not doing them all for this.

9) How does your OC handle their physical health? Do they take care of themselves?

they all do pretty well. Except for Kora and Juice. Kora does the bare minimum to stay alive and even then she drinks battery acid by accident concerningly often. Then Juice is too clumsy to care.

10) How does your OC handle their mental health? Do they take care of themselves?

terrible they all have trauma. Except for February and maybe Symon (I’ll get to Symon soon she won’t see what’s coming)

11) What was your inspiration for your OC?

Falkor and Tha Cat : my Minecraft Skin

Kora: Falkor if she was a lab experiment and insane

Falcon: if Falkor was a member in the Life Series / a royal guard

12) Does your OC interact with other people's OC? If so, who's their best OC friend?

Juice interacts with other people’s ocs.

13) Does your OC have a rival? How did it start?

Kora killed Oliver’s younger sister, Simon tortured and created Kora. So Oliver has a one sided rivalry with Kora. While Kora has a one sided rivalry with Simon.

14) Who's a character your OC cannot stand! It's on sight when they see them!

Oliver, Kora, and Simon in a room together no one leaves alive. Then Juice and Marnie.

15) Will your OC ever retire? Do you see them making it?

they all die young

16) How's their relationship with their parents? Are they alive?

Poi and Juice don’t have the best relationship with their parents. The rest are normal, Kora doesn’t have parents tho

17) If your OC has kids, are they a good parent? Do they ever feel guilty if they have to leave them?

Kora tries, Juice also tries. Juice does better tho

18) What are their pronouns? What would they like to be called?

ugh… all of them have pronouns.

all the ocs with he/him pronouns are: Yeelen, Joli, Oliver, Simon, Greg, Reg, Syurp, IceCream, Vine, Rodrick, Randy, Antonio, Amari.

All the ocs with he/them pronouns: Kanu, Poi Son Karp, Frank.

all the ocs with she/her pronouns: February, Kora Falls, Falkor, Falcon, Tasuma, Tha Cat, Lucy Lapis, Galasi, Jam, Juice

all ocs with she/them pronouns: Meg, Mago, Sukaro

all ocs with any pronouns: Saya, Symon.

19) What's their sexuality? What's their love language both giving and receiving?

I don’t know. Yeelen and Saya are gay.

20) If they fight, what's their weapon of choice?

teeth or gun

21) What song best describes their relationship with their enemy?

Kora and Oliver: Choke by I DONT KNOW HOW THEY FOUND ME

Kora and Simon: The Dismemberment Song by Blue Kid

Juice and Marnie: Tired of Waiting by Ulle Kamelle

22) Fight or Flight? Are they a lover or a fighter?

Kora is a fight. Juice is a flight until she needs to fight. Juice and Symon are the only lovers instead of fighters.

23) Is your OC reliable? Can I call them up at two in the morning if I have a flat tire?

no

24) Can they play any instruments? If so, what do they play?

Symon can play the saxophone because I find it funny

25) Are they the kind of person who can't resist a good song? Can I catch your OC singing to themselves while they do the dishes?

Juice

26) What flower do you associate your OC with?

Juice and her envy of snapdragons.

27) What's their spirit tamagotchi? Or an animal you associate them with?

The falkor’s are all lizards. Juice is a feral orange cat. Symon is a sweet black house cat. Joli is a bee

28) What clique would they be in? (Draw them in the clothes of said group!)

idk what this means

29) Imagine a mood board for your OC! What's on it? (Make it if you want!)

purple for Juice. Brown and Green for Falkors.

30) My OC and your OC are friends. This isn't a question. I'm not asking. (How do they respond?)

Yippee new friends!

im so tired i got a bit lazy.

Fuck it, OC brain rot won. Get ready for the Secret Ask List

1) Does your OC have a voice claim, if so who?

2) Who's your OCs best friend? How did they become best friends?

3) What song describes your OC?

4) What song describes your OC and their partner/love interest?

5) Do you ship your OC with a Canon character? If so who?

6) If your OC is in a fantasy setting, what profession would they be in the modern day?

7) Vice-Versa! If your OC is in the modern day, what fantasy class would they be? Would they be a different race?

8) What hobbies does your OC have? What do they do to unwind?

9) How does your OC handle their physical health? Do they take care of themselves?

10) How does your OC handle their mental health? Do they take care of themselves?

11) What was your inspiration for your OC?

12) Does your OC interact with other people's OC? If so, who's their best OC friend?

13) Does your OC have a rival? How did it start?

14) Who's a character your OC cannot stand! It's on sight when they see them!

15) Will your OC ever retire? Do you see them making it?

16) How's their relationship with their parents? Are they alive?

17) If your OC has kids, are they a good parent? Do they ever feel guilty if they have to leave them?

18) What are their pronouns? What would they like to be called?

19) What's their sexuality? What's their love language both giving and receiving?

20) If they fight, what's their weapon of choice?

21) What song best describes their relationship with their enemy?

22) Fight or Flight? Are they a lover or a fighter?

23) Is your OC reliable? Can I call them up at two in the morning if I have a flat tire?

24) Can they play any instruments? If so, what do they play?

25) Are they the kind of person who can't resist a good song? Can I catch your OC singing to themselves while they do the dishes?

26) What flower do you associate your OC with?

27) What's their spirit tamagotchi? Or an animal you associate them with?

28) What clique would they be in? (Draw them in the clothes of said group!)

29) Imagine a mood board for your OC! What's on it? (Make it if you want!)

30) My OC and your OC are friends. This isn't a question. I'm not asking. (How do they respond?)

[miwiheroes]

Dropping Byler Evidence Every (Other) Day Until Season 5

. ݁₊ ⊹ . ݁˖ . ݁ Day 30: The 'Will Voice' . ݁₊ ⊹ . ݁˖ . ݁

Something that a lot of bylers have noticed is that Mike uses an especially soft and caring voice to talk to Will. Even when he's angry at him, he's somewhat softer with him than other people. This isn't just some biased view - it's super clear when you compare how he talks to Will to how he talks to others, even El sometimes.

But this isn't a phenomenon that Bylers just made up.

Mike is often characterised as being an asshole, seen this way by a vast number of people in the general audience. They wish that Mike cold go back to the way he was in S2! Which I always found interesting -- the reason why a lot of people feel that he is out of character is largely due to the way that he acts around El and Will. It's not really got to do with any other characters. In fact, he's always been a bit bitchy towards Max and his parents and his sister, but no one got mad at him for that.

However, when he began to act differently toward Will and El in S3, that's when a lot more people began to say that he was out of character. The main difference between S2 and S3 + 4 is the fact that when Mike is not in a relationship with El or believes he isn't (like in S2 when he's comforting Will and in S4 when they're in his bedroom).

Now what does this mean for the Will voice? Well, the only indication that people get that he's kind to Will in S2 and S1 in particular is really down to the Will Voice. If it didn't exist during those crucial comforting scenes, and Finn just used his normal voice, they would not meet the same emotional marks that they need to. And it's super clear that he acts this way around Will and only him.

The writers/directors want Mike to show this vulnerable side of himself to Will for one simple reason -- to build romantic chemistry.

The Will Voice is just another one of those things to add to the pile of what makes Byler a believable pairing and what makes it believable that Will loves Mike and vice versa. It shows that Mike can be vulnerable around Will, shows that, even when his words may not say so, his tone really does.

But what if you still view Mike's scenes with Will and his dialogue with him as something similar to how he's always talked to others? Well, look at this comparison video to see the obvious differences.

Credit for this video goes to @bylerpining

It's always been impactful that Mike is the one speaking to Will like this. He's intentionally presented as this sort of aggressive, easily provoked person, but deep down there is care and kindness inside him. This is what made him so lovable in earlier seasons and what redeems him in later ones.

And when do the writers choose to show this more lovable side of him? With Will. With the aim of showing Will as his better half, someone who brings out his good side.

But, you may argue, the writers don't know about this! It might just be down to Finn's acting!

Then why did they write this scene so that it perfectly highlights the way that Mike talks to Will vs. other people?

Please go to this post to see the video of the scene

This scene is hard proof that the writers are aware of how Mike particularly talks to Will. When Mike is looking at him he talks this way. This scene literally shows that he got distracted by Will and is so highly focused on him that he accidentally forgets to warn everyone that Billy is about to attack.

Max literally has to ask what Mike is saying -- which is to emphasise how particularly soft-voiced he's being, and shows that Mike might even be unaware that he's being this way.

Of course, Mike yells straight after this, only when his head is finally whipped away and he stops focusing on Will. We can chalk his attitude up to him being afraid maybe. But there are so many moments in the show that have Mike showing a very loud and vocal response to being scared/ needing to alert someone. This is different.

All in all, when a character's good and kind side is brought out by another character, I'm pretty sure you're supposed to root for them as a pairing. And that's exactly what's happening here with the will voice.

[b0n3s-is-gay]

Could I request how the gang are the first time they share a bed with reader? (First sleepover)

Of course! (Post divider credits go to @thecutestgrotto)

Darrel Shaynne Curtis:

I can see this going quite a few different ways depending on when you meet him/how long you've known him.

Say if you knew him from diapers, yeah. It's no big deal, he's fallen asleep on the floor with you while doing high school projects when you were 16-17. It's no different than any bump in your friendship.

If it's a romantic relationship with the added context of old friendship like the hc above, it's no different. He'll pull you in for a hug, your head on his chest and just fall asleep with you like that.

Now if you're new to his life, think 19 to present, he's going to be a bit more cautious as he now has his brothers to worry and care for.

For friendship, I can see him offering you his bed (maybe you work together or you're staying over while your house is getting worked on) but you feel bad about taking it. So you say it's okay to share the bed and you go to sleep. You fall asleep apart and wake up with Darry's arms around your waist and his face in your neck.

Romantic Darry with someone who's new into his life is different. He'll let you stay in his bed when his brothers are out. You'll do your things and when you fall asleep, you're cuddling. When you wake up, you see Darry relaxed. Like full on mouth-hanging open, drool dripping down his chin as he sleeps, relaxed.

Keith Two-Bit Mathews:

Clingy! He's clingy!

Like it doesn't matter who's bed you're sleeping in, where you're both at, and who's in the room. You're going to be cuddled by him in his sleepy glory.

He's not nervous, not at all. You'll be laying awake with him, playing with his hair as the Sandman lures you to sleep with the promise of sweet dreams, and Two-bit will start joking with you.

He'll have his head on your chest or vice versa, he lives for physical contact. It's no different than anything you've done before, like cuddling on the couch or at the drive in.

In my personal opinion, Two-bit is a great option for this prompt.

Dallas Dally Winston:

Arguably the worst on this list. He was reluctant to even share a bed with you. Not that he didn't want to, but because it made him feel weird.

The only night you'll get to sleep with him is if you're hurt, he's hurt, or you're both drunk. Dally doesn't trust easily.

When you're hurt, he's going to lay you down on his bed and clean up your scratches and shit. If it's the inverse of the situation then the same follows, it all ends up the same.

When you sleep in the same bed, you're going to fall asleep apart from him unless he's really comfortable with you. If you want cuddles, you have to do that yourself.

Dally moves a lot in his sleep, so do be warned about that. You'll fall asleep apart and you'll wake up with his legs draped across your lap and his head mushed against the wall.

Sodapop Patrick Curtis:

Another really good one to share a bed with. He's not nervous at all because he BREATHES, nigh, LIVES for physical contact.

How you met, how long he's known you, and your relatioship doesn't fucking matter to this man. If you're going to share a bed with him, he's going to be holding onto you and loving every minute of it.

When you both get a chance to lay down with each other, it's going to be when Darry and Ponyboy are out of the house. Either that or you're at your house.

He'll loop his arms around your waist and rest his chin on his shoulder while you sleep. He's not going to let you up.

Much like Dally, Soda also moves a lot in his sleep. You'll sleep with him really close by and wake up with him on top of you. He's just drawn to warmth.

Steve Randle:

He's nervous. SPELL IT PEOPLE, N-E-R-V-O-U-S! The first time you share a bed/sleep together, it's after a fight with his father resulting in him getting kicked out.

He's going to stay up after you sleep, both nervous and stewing in his silent rage. Nervous for taking away the sleeping space, so nervous and guilty feeling that he nearly sleeps on the floor. Rage filled due to his father because what the shit?

Not really touchy, not that he doesn't love it, but he worries that he'll hurt you while sleeping. He's a bit harsher than Soda when it comes to physical contact, so he's afraid of hurting you.

Will only fall asleep after you do and he's calmed down. He'll close his eyes and fall asleep on his back. He's a still sleeper, so no need to worry about waking up under a sleeping human.

Steve does have small nightmares, they're rare but they do happen. He'll toss and turn just a bit before settling down. Don't hold it against him.

Johnny Cade:

The first time you sleep together is either at the Curtis House, the Lot, or at your house after he gets kicked out by his mom. Point is, the first time you sleep together is because he trusts you and because his folks are being abusive as shit.

He's okay with cuddling while you sleep. He cuddles with Ponyboy and Dally all the time so you're no different. You'll lay down and get ready to sleep, not before Johnny slips under your arm and starts leeching the warmth from you.

Johnny is warm, like heater warm. Everything about him is warm BUT his feet. So if you're at the Curtis Home or your home and he has his shoes off, it's like someone put a piece of ice on your skin.

He doesn't move when he sleeps, he'll only move if you move. It's like fluid moving with fluid. No need to worry about him being on the floor when you wake up but there is the concern of him somehow being partially under, again, just to leech off your warmth.

Just like Steve, Johnny does have some nightmares. He'll shake, small tears will escape his eyes. Don't worry though, he won't wake up. Just rub his back and play with his hair, it'll help a lot.

Ponyboy Michael Curtis:

The door will be open. Don't fucking try and close it unless it's your house. At the Curtis House, the door stays open. It doesn't matter the relation, the door stays open. Why the door stays open? Ask Darry and Soda, closed doors are bad choices.

When Ponyboy sleeps, he's okay with you touching and cuddling him as Sodapop and Johnny basically use him as a teddy bear. If you cuddle up to him, it's no different than a regular Tuesday for him.

Doesn't move that much in his sleep. Like he's really fucking still. If you think he's dead, don't. He's just really, really still. So still that Sodapop has had to take his pulse in the past to make sure his brother hadn't died in his sleep.

If you're sleeping in the same bed as him pre or post book makes all the difference. If it's pre book, he's quiet and hard to wake up when he sleeps. But if it's post book, Ponyboy wakes up really easy as he's afraid that you'll slip from his life if he lets go.

Both Pre and Post book Pony have bad dreams. Pre book, it's a rare dream about his parents and how they died. The sounds of trains. Post book, it's the sound of those guns spitting fire across the lot, the sight of Dally hitting the ground like a crumpled paper. He'll wake up, shooting out of bed with sweat running down his face as the words "Stay Gold" echo in his head. If he cries, don't shame him and don't comment, just hold him and lull him back to sleep.

[theboywhoswallowedthesun]

I’m the most hypocritical person ever when it comes to this fandom.

James potter? The absolute love of my life. My kin. My character archetype. I have written essays on this man. Introspective, concise paragraphs about him and his personality and his behaviors. I have tore my own organs out in absolute agony over words I myself created about this man for the purpose of understanding him. Of knowing him. Acknowledging that he spent himself for every person with every breath he ever took. That he knew himself a shell of a man made to cater toward the needs of any other who had the sheer audacity to live within reach of his heart. That he saw his value in his ability to benefit others, not ever vice versa. That he would have cut his own tongue from his throat had anyone else ever not had the courage to speak. That his eyes would have been ripped from his body, if someone needed to see the bigger picture. That James potter as a man ran himself into the ground to let other people stand on his shoulders. That he looked at himself as if a prophet, and those around him the needy. Like he was born as some body for the people, his blood their own. He spent his entire life trying to chase the dwindling notion that maybe, if he loved harder, maybe if he cared more, then he would deserve to rest the body that gave him life. That maybe, his existence in just simply being alive and here, would be allowed. That the large man person woman or thing in the sky would not strike him down for resting his head, if he could prove that he had earned it. If he spent every minute on someone else, that was thirty seconds he may some day get for himself. As if he didn’t having a nagging voice, hot like a breath on the back of his neck telling him to more than he had been. If more was even possible. James potter would cut open his stomach if you were hungry. He would give you his brain if you needed peace of mind. Every second he stood on this earth was spent at the expense of another. He wouldn’t dare receive a quarter of that in return, for then he would only be selfish. He was alive, but that was hardly living. As a character and as a concept he remains to be an incredibly painful example of someone who never left well enough alone, constantly striving to try harder, to be better, if only for the comfort of those around him. And it ultimately killed him.

Remus Lupin? I could care less.

Prongsfoot? It’s hard for me to see in a literal sense but as a concept it couldn’t be more heartbreaking. It’s literary beauty, to think about the idea that they might love each other more than they do anyone in the world- even themselves, that they might spend years trying to suppress the love they feel for each other because it’s almost smothering. They care so loudly, so much, but are afraid of the feelings they hold for each other. That one spent years trying to swallow his love because he knew the man who meant the world to him didn’t feel the same, or that the other tried his hardest to shake off this confusing adoration because he couldn’t possibly like a boy, much less that boy being his best friend. That they cared more for each other, and showed more love toward each other than either one would ever come to know within their grueling lifetime, but still never managed to figure out the mess that was their feelings for each other. That they were never seen one without the other. A packaged deal. One side of the same coin. Soulmates, be it platonic or not. That James was the love Sirius never felt he had to earn and that Sirius was the thing James never, ever felt he had to work for. That they understood each other at a glance. A moments notice filled the silence where words didn’t have to. That it was never a question with the two of them, because the answer was always “yes”. That they were friends- such good friends- that they never got to love one another in the way a boy was meant to love another boy. Friends, even when they wanted to crawl inside each others hearts and claim it a home. Friends, even when their lips mingled head achingly close to one another on those nights where they lost themselves and their sense of right, wrong, bad, and shameful. Friends, even when their eyes met and James potter swore he’d never felt so much before. Friends, when James potter felt like he was meeting his maker every time that man pinned him down, like, you know, mates did. Friends, when the last thought that came through James’ mind when he really did meet his maker was the boy with long dark curls, and how his hand would now never fill the space in Sirius’ ever again. How he would die with his side empty, no one to press against it. Friends, when Sirius let himself rot in a prison longer than any man who had outsmarted the greatest of wizards ever would have, just because he knew no life without James potter.

Moonwater? Not a fan sorry.

[transmaverique]

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“I hated that essay,” he says to me, “about femmes who care for you when you travel; I really hated it.” And when I ask why he tells me that he thinks it sounds like all butches should be soothed by femmes, and vice versa; he says, “Why would those femmes have assumed that you were a butch who liked femmes?” He says, “Maybe you’re a faggot butch, did they even consider that?” He says, “I know you’re not just for femmes.”

That’s what he says, but I know what he’s thinking. And even though I know how dangerous it is to assume I know what someone is thinking, I know this butch maybe as well as I know myself, and he’s thinking, “Fuck you, for having it easy even in being queer. Fuck you for going along on your happy little way to San Francisco and finding a bunch of femmes who see you as a big stud-duck butch and just want to pour themselves through your fingers. It’s just as hard to be a faggot butch as it is to be any kind of fag.”

There’s all that masculinity to consider when you want to rub up against someone, like that old joke about porcupines:

How do porcupines mate? Very carefully.

He’s saying, “I want to show up at brunch someplace and assume that anyone who I want to flirt with will want to flirt back, and will do it, will want to, without fear of recrimination from hir community. I want you to put something in that book of yours for me. I am a butch whose identity, sexual or otherwise, has nothing to do with femmes. They are not my natural partners in this gender crime the way they are yours. I wake and sleep in the arms of butches like me, butches who understand a whole host of things about my life, my world, the way I see things, the way things affect me that no one else could understand. Write about us. Write that we have sweet, hot sex in which no one has to put on a pair of panties, or take them off; write about how good it feels when ze fucks me hard, so hard. Write about how it feels to fall asleep with the weight of a butch on you, one tattooed arm and one furry leg pinning you down and grounding you in your sleep.

“Write about all the ways in which butches care for each other, comfort each other. Write about how we understand all the shit that comes in the world for our partners and salve it as best we can, about how I have all the more respect for hir because of all I know it takes to survive as a butch.

“Write about how, as soon as butches were no longer the scourge of dykedom for aping masculinity, or whatever that baloney was, it became faggot butches who were scorned and derided. Everyone understands butch/femme because it seems familiar, like Ozzie and Harriet but with better hair and more pussy. Everyone understands femme on femme, even though you don’t see it all that often cause it doesn’t read queer, you know, but it’s in the first images of ‘lesbian love’ most of us see, in porn or on television. Two longhaired pretty girls smooching in a daring fashion wherever they happen to be. No one’s threatened by that, not the dykes, not the men, nobody, but if I want to kiss my butch anywhere, I’d better be damn sure of my audience, or better yet, be sure we don’t have one.

“I can be a butch without opening doors for girls,” he’s saying. “I can do it even if I follow while dancing, I can do it without spending my Saturday afternoons as a femme’s shopping bottom at the mall and do. I am. I am honorable, I take good care of the people I love as well as I possibly can; I watch out for my community. I have a butch heart full of love that I can express when I feel safe enough; I walk in the world resisting gender norms and transgressing gender rules, transcending them. I am fixing whatever I can, whenever I can, and I laugh, and play, and let the spaces in my masculinity show, just like you, just like every butch. I get all slicked up for a date in a suit and tie and I pick up my date, also in a suit and tie, and we just open the door if we get to it first and we take turns paying, and it doesn’t make me less a butch. It doesn’t make me less of anything. It doesn’t mean that I don’t think femmes are swell, I surely do, but they are not my salvation when I travel, they are not the North of my heart’s compass. That’s butches for me, and I will always go a little weak when I see someone who looks scared and hardened and delighted and ashamed and proud—proud, just like me.

“You’re writing a book? Of course, I’m glad, but don’t chicken out. Don’t write a book that speaks so many volumes about your adoration for femmes that it leaves out the ways in which I know you cherish butches too. Yes, not the same way as you cherish femmes, entirely differently, butches and femmes are different creatures, sure, but I don’t just mean how glad you are and always will be to have butch brothers, a butch tribe. I mean, make sure you don’t forget to mention that you put butches on their knees in front of you and enjoy them, that you kneel down too, that you sit sometimes stunned by how much you want to lick a buzz cut or a hot tattoo, that you know what a great grace it is to fall asleep next to a butch’s heart and muscle and skin and ink and fur, that you understand how wonderful it can be to feel butch arms around you. Make sure you mention me, make sure you give me and my lovers and my life the same benefit of some of your words, make sure you don’t write another book that leaves us on the cutting-room floor. Give us a place on the landscape, help us become visible. Say this: Say that when butches love butches they hold lightning between them, but that as much as it burns it also illuminates. That it’s the sweetest burn I’ve ever known in my life of searing pain, that it keeps me from feeling the flames of the world’s hate licking the soles of my boots, that I hold it in my heart and it fuels me every day. Say that it shows me things I could never see any other way, that without it I would grow cold and die. Say that there is nothing else I would rather be.”

/end id]

butch is a noun, s. bear bergman 2006

[graveyardhorror]

SETH ROLLINS dating!headcanons

>SUPERSTARS MASTERLIST

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-the type of boyfriend to listen very intently to what you say, he has all your favorites things memorized, and is very proud of that

-when he sees something that you like he will always buy it for you unless you already have it

-very attentive and cares about the little things in your relationship; great at communicating

-at some point in your relationship he has thought about if it was a bad thing for him to be so in love with you

-the type to be confused when others complain about their significant others because he has nothing bad to say about you ever

-wearing his own hoodies after you've worn them and left your scent (and vice versa) is your own and personal love language

-after he gets you your dream pet he makes sure that your new family member has everything they need at all times; stocks up on any dry food, materials, cleaning supplies, etc.

-going on spontaneous dates after leaving you an complete outfit with accessories that he picked out

-laying in bed on your days off wearing matching pajamas and having breakfast in bed are his favorite days

-you two recreated cute animal pictures for each other's lockscreens and home screens

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[onskepa]

You have a lot of great stories! Can I see tonowari + family slowly warm up to humans pre first movie? They had scouts and envoys to meet and study them at some point. I feel like they knew about humans but what ones would they be willing to befriend/ tolerate?

hhmmm...if this is pre-first movie, then it will just be young adult tonowari and young adult ronal. I hope you are ok with that, tsireya and ao'nung dont exist yet. Also I see this as a headcanon so that it what I shall do!

P.S: I had help from my grrrrrrrrrrracious friend @coraline-addams , I wuv you boo <3

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Friends or foes?

Making the first communication to a whole new species of living beings isn't something that happens every so often. Both between the humans and the na’vi. So when the RDA avatar branch were selected to make contact. It was to make contact with one tribe of every element. Including the ocean tribes. 

Tonowari was young, a bit naive but so open minded but a bit strict. Ronal was way too open minded, trusting and believed in 3rd, and fourth chances. Their clan was selected by the avatar program to make contact. A selection the metkayina never knew until now. 

When the humans first arrived at the metkyina clan, the na’vi were very cautious. They have never seen such odd beings before! The olo’eyktan and tsahik at the time open their arms to the guests nonetheless. Yes they were strange but perhaps a new found friendship can be formed?

The humans spoke very fluidly in the na’vi language, impressing the native. Tonowari was simply amazed by them. So small yet they were very intelligent.  The olo’eyktan and the tsahik taught the humans their ways, their beliefs, everything. 

Tonowari saw a few humans as brothers in arms. Ronal saw many as an extension of her dear friends. She made so many friendship jewelry, and gave humans many things. And the humans in return gifted not just ronal, but also to the other na’vi

The humans enjoyed their time with the na’vi, and vice versa. Both species believed it would be a long lasting relationship. One that would have thought it would grow stronger in time. However, humans are full of flaws. One of them is never knowing when to shut their mouths.

The humans went to the metkayina to learn and discover what made them so unique. However, because it is a job, they had to report everything. Every last detail. So when they learned of the tulkuns, the greatest and glorious creatures to live in the sea, the RDA became intrigued by them. Not for their beauty nor their rich history. 

Once the RDA began to fully understand about the tulkun, and a certain part of their brain, the Amrita. What it can do for humanity. Their elixir, the answer to make them immortal. Their eyes and minds only screamed more greed. A new plan was formed, a new team was gathered, and a new goal was set.

Hunt down the tulkuns and drain every amount of their golden brain juice dry.

This was something the avatar branch did not foresee, nor did they agree with. After working hard to gain the trust of the metkayina and befriend so many, this would break any and all bonds. But the RDA didnt care. In their eyes, the avatar branch did their job. So it was time to pack up. 

When word spread among the reef na’vi of these tulkun hunts, the metkayina demanded answers from their ‘friends’. It was only then, do the humans confess. Many felt so utterly betrayed, some not willing to believe it, and others trying to understand just why. 

Tonowari no longer saw the humans as his friends, he saw them as beings to kill. He didnt want to hear another word after listening to what the humans wanted with their spirit siblings. He was too consumed in anger to think properly. 

Ronal listened, tried to see the human side. She truly believed the humans they befriended were not there to cause harm. Merely make peace. Ronal was willing to give her friends a chance. To prove themselves that they are on her people’s side.

However, when the avatar program members had a small taste of the golden liquid, many lives changed. The RDA wanted their members to remain ‘loyal’ to them. How loyal can they be once their tongues taste the impossible? What seemed impossible for millions of years? What was something only the Gods can ever touch? 

Many were quick to change sides. Now many were not voicing the na’vi nor the tulkun. They were voicing their inner darkness. Now they were more than willing to give any little detail vital to the new mission. The ins and outs of the areas, how the tulkun work together. How their defenses work. Everything. 

It made the hunt seem more of a game now.

The metkayina were losing so many of their spirit brothers and sisters. Them and other reef clans. So many were lost, from old to young. Many more wept at their loss. Tears from both the surviving tulkun’s and the na’vi. It was a grief like no other. Days and nights blended together. The sadness never ends. 

Do the humans they call ‘friends’ regret it? No answer was ever given. But the constant silence was enough to tell the na’vi.

The olo’eyktans and tsahik’s all gathered to create strict rules. For the safety of their spirit siblings, and their people. Any and all human influences that remained must be destroyed. Gifts, materials, styles, everything must all be gone. The language in which humans speak can no longer be spoken. Dont think about it, dont say it. For the future generations, its best they dont know either. They want this heavy nightmare to end.

Tonowari was all for it. He never thought of those who hurt his people. Never once did he look back, Scars will certainly remain but they will fade in time. Dont think about it, dont speak about it. Tonowari swores that once he is olo’eyktan, he will make sure no humans will ever touch his island, or hurt his people. No more of that. 

Ronal was hurt by all of this dark part of her life. Those whom she came to love and cherish were gone, leaving ashes and blood in their trail. Naive she was no more, what is left is a stone face, untrusting woman. Protective of her people, and most of all, her spirit sister. Roa was the lucky one among the few that survived the hunt. 

Second chances were gone.

Tonowari and ronal would make sure that nothing of sorts would ever happen again. While they strive for a peaceful life, they are not afraid to go to war. To fight for those who want to live, and avenge those who didn't get to see the next sunrise. 

Humans to them are parasites that only take and take. Deceivers and liars. To them, there is no human out there that can change their minds. 

I hope you like this one! Until next time! Enjoy!

[demolitionistic]

it's about giving love and care and being there for people, but also letting them do so in return. it's about how to learn to accept love and support and recognise that refusing to do so will only hurt everybody. you cant shoulder everything yourself and no one wants you to. it's about how caring and being cared for are equally important and how scary that can be, but you gotta let people in anyways. people want to be there for you but you gotta let them first. people thrive together when people are allowed to care for eachother and be cared for in return. you can't do it all on your own, but more importantly, you don't have to <3

[deadpogasm]

The solution to feeling like this is just telling people when you want attention because 8/10 times they will give it to you and you just have expectations that your trauma has reinforced. Your friends genuinely care about you and they want you to ask them to care for you. If they say no repeatedly, then you know that's not a true friend and just someone who wants to use you. It's also important to make sure ur needs aren't overwriting your friends needs. Sometimes you may need help or attention and they simply just can't provide it because of lack of knowledge, exhaustion, literally any reason. It doesn't mean they hate you, it just means you should either find a way to deal with things on your own, or find a way where you can both support each other. At the end of the day it comes down to building relationships with people and then weeding out those without emotional intelligence until you find someone who can be kind to you and love you the way you want to be loved, and vice versa.

abused kids daydreaming: but what if there was a situation where I got hurt... and someone cared and comforted me? what then??

abused kids: oh no I'm selfish and stupid for imagining this! How could I think my pain would matter enough for someone to comfort me, I need to get over myself and start living in the real life! Comfort doesn't exist and if I'm not tough I'm not going to make it!

[a-scary-lack-of-common-sense]

Eldritch/not-entirely-human Grunkle Stan stories have been eating away at my brain, so I have a silly little concept of Mimic!Stan.

He and his Mystery Shack are both mimics that lure tourists in as a literal "tourist trap" to gather and devour them! Since the house is alive, it raises a few (read: several) child safety concerns that lead to a LOT of rules to be created for Dipper and Mabel to follow when they eventually arrive, such as:

Be careful not to get lost in the winding hallways! The Mystery Shack is bigger on the inside, and you don't want to end up in the wrong areas.

Don't go through randomly appearing doors, they may eat you.

If you think you feel the walls around you breathing and the floor beneath you shifting, no, you don't.

If you think the walls feel a bit damp, you're imagining it.

Watch your fingers around windowsills! You wouldn't want to lose any of them.

Don't linger too long under the doorframes; it may start feeling like they are slowly constricting around you.

[wistfulwatcher]

Criminal Minds | 7.01 It Takes a Village

[blissfulrain12]

CURLY NEVER DEFENDS JIMMY! NOR DOES HE DISMISS OR DENY ANYA'S CLAIMS!

What Curly does do is not prioritize Anya's needs immediately. What Curly does is approach Jimmy in the mildest manner possible. What Curly does is have an abuse induced breakdown at the worst moment and not realize Jimmy is serious about his murder-suicide threat.

JIMMY IS NOT NEW TO THE CREW!!!! JIMMY DOES NOT HAVE A CONFIRMED CRIMINAL RECORD!!!

The only new person is Daisuke. Jimmy has been working on the Tulpar for a least two/three years by the time of the game. Please stop expecting Curly to see YEARS into the future. The only thing we know about Jimmy's past is that he struggled. What that struggle was we don't know for sure but context clues suggest POVERTY not crime. So no Curly didn't suddenly make a known sex offender his co-pilot. That said there's nothing wrong with an ex-con getting a chance at decent work.

SWANSEA DOESN'T PROTECT ANYA!!!

He just doesn't. I'm sorry but there's no direct indication that he acts on her behalf. In fact he's misogynistic towards her. He calls her their "so called nurse" and indicates he doesn't think she's very smart to JIMMY. The conversation Jimmy interupts where we assume Anya told Swansea ends with Anya in tears and saying basically "if that's how it has to be". That is not what support looks like. There's no indication that Swansea is keeping the ax away from Jimmy for Anya especially when it's ANYA who tells Jimny to take it from him. And finally Swansea says nothing about Anya's death not even when he walks into the medbay where her body is.

ANYA NEVER ASKED CURLY FOR THE GUN! AND WE DON'T KNOW WHAT EXACTLY SHE TOLD CURLY ABOUT HER SA!!

Seriously he never denies giving her the gun in self defense. Anya just assumed, correctly or incorrectly, that he wouldn't and just took it instead. There is no scene where Anya tells Curly about her SA. All we know is that she told him something and he doesn't understand what she meant until after she tells him she's pregnant. And once he understands he believes her.

[im-not-buying-it-ether]

Oh hey what about a groundhogs day event where the hero has to relive their traumatic “One Bad Day”-esque backstory but it’s another hero they either know really well and the only way to break the loop is letting that horrible event happen

Bc I’m basic my first thought was “Oh, this would absolutely tear up anyone having to walk down crime alley knowing way too well what’s about to happen”

But I’m also obsessed with my blorbo so my other thought was “Omg lol, imagine if one of the adult heroes ended up in Billy’s body just before his parents left to go die on their dig and think maybe they can save their co-worker the tragedy he faced so young only for every attempt they succeed at getting them to stay keep the loop going and they realize they have to let them go and doom this kid all over again. Haha, extra points if the loop actually lasts from that point to them actually dying so they wake up the next day thinking they failed again only for it to be tomorrow and suddenly Uncle E gets the call that his brother and sister in law are dead and then whoever is in Billy’s body is getting thrown out with a suitcase realizing maybe the nightmare is going to last longer.”

And I just had to laugh bc goddamn my brain cant stop with angst

[kiddokori]

eunyung baek goes off the grid in their mid twenties and haejoons like guys hes fine he’s unreachable all the time he’s probably on an impulse trip to europe or some crazy shit hes fine he’ll reach out he always does while at the same time frantically stalking all his socials to figure out where the hell eunyung went and calling people and getting with private investigators and then eunyung messages the group chat out of nowhere one day like “heyyyy im in france lmaoo sorry my phone died and i couldnt find the right charger in stores (˶◕‿◕˶✿)” and then haejoon puts a bounty on his head

[avid-adoxography]

Imagine pulling your F/Os by the tie to give them a kiss.

OR

Imagine your F/O suddenly pulling you by the tie to give you a kiss.

[prettypinkeel]

That take came from misunderstanding Astrid's personality in the first movie. Also, in some way, Elita and Astrid are really similar!

I can't say that Astrid can be described as "feral" (as it was used to describe her in the post I referred to); she was one of the few people on the island who was chill with Hiccup, and she didn't show any hostility towards him before the competitiveness flared up. Even then, that competitiveness grows from the constant worry and fear for her loved ones and the entire village. Since she was young, she wanted to fight and to protect everyone, and she grew up with that feeling for years.

And yes, you're right! Astrid absolutely matches Hiccup's crazy, and vice versa. Astrid is not the character that just exists to develop the main character, because without Astrid there will be no Hiccup we saw in HTTYD2 or HTTYD3. She was the first person to show him that Vikings can change, and they can learn to accept dragons. Hiccup also showed her the beauty of a peaceful life without being constantly afraid for her own 24/7. They're born for each other!

The same is very much true for Elita and Optimus. Just like many people hate and misunderstand Astrid, people also very much misunderstand Elita. She is called rude, abusive, and arrogant, but that's not entirely true. For example, TF:One Elita is also introduced as an independent character that doesn't really care for the main character. For some people, her first lack of interest in Orion seems «mean, even though she is just preoccupied with doing her job. In the society built by Sentinel, they don't have much choice but work hard for the small chance of a better future. Elita also shows to be professional in her future goal, as she is ranked first in the team. Just like Astrid being the best in the dragon academy. Are they rude or mean for that? Of course not! Mind you, they both save the main characters from the life-or-death situations at the beginning of the story.

Even though Elita is not in a confirmed relationship with Optimus by the end of TF:One, we can't ignore how they also match each other. The mister-since-the-last-accident who doesn't seem to take his one job seriously (mining and dragon killing) and the 'bossy' character who gets to be involved in the chaos (Elita and Astrid). As the story progresses, Elita shows her own personal growth too. That is why her speech to Orion is one of the most important things, at least for me.

She was accidentally tossed in the chaos, with bots who put her into trouble in the past, and she had every right to feel frustrated. After all, who wouldn't after realizing that years of their hard work mean nothing now? Even then, she learned how to keep her cool. She is also a leader, after all. In the time she loses her own grip, Orion is the one to be with her, trying to show the support. When Orion is insecure, Elita is the one to be there for him too.

It's her speech about how inspiring his actions are that pushes him to fight once again. She shows him that despite their differences, she finds ORION, the person she can trust. ELITA, the very character who was skeptical about everything and didn't trust anyone but herself. The way she talks about Orion saving Jazz, him going to the surface, breaking the protocols with such passion, is just another detail I find heartwarming. And to remember that these things he did in the past made her angry with him, now she sees that in Orion something that she LACKS. To find good in the smallest things, to stay strong and optimistic no matter how hard it is.

Orion and Elita are inseparable. They're also complementing each other. Elita would still work in the mines, strict to the protocols, if it wasn't for Orion. Meanwhile, Orion would not have enough strength to stand up and fight against Sentinel if it wasn't for Elita.

Also, yes, I do agree! Elita and Astrid grow soft for Orion and Hiccup, but not in the way some people think. None of them were "domesticated" or "tamed" (again, referring to the post I saw on twitter), they just grew up.

Take care of yourself and wish you a soon recovery! ☕

that post was about some discourse in HTTYD fandom about how "Astrid was 'domesticated' in the next movies, and she should have kept her wild side from the HTTYD1" (huh??) and I can't agree more with daily Hiccstrid acc.

Hiccstrid really gives me a lot of similar vibes with Oplita, and watching how people say "Elita being in the relationship with Optimus erases her character" very much reminds me with this one situation....