#~Coworkers~

[wirepuller-toontown]

"Hello? Is this thing on?"

Due to a company wide decision to have all important workers make blogs on this site, I am joining my coworkers here.

My name is Simon Thaddeus Prince Cabelle, aka The Wirepuller.

I look forward to seeing what kind of questions you all have~

*Ooc and reference under cut*

Hi! Super excited to be doing this! I plan to introduce more cog ocs to this over time.

You can call me Doll, my main is @corrupted-tale and I go by she/her pronouns.

Wirepuller goes by He/They btw!

Tags directory:

~Pulling wires~ - Wirepuller text post

~Doll on the shelf~ - ooc post

~Take a look~ - pictures

~Incoming data~ - asks

~Coworkers~ - posts about cogs

~Tangled up~ - posts about toons

[cordspaghetti]

really factual recounting with no embellishments whatsoever

[james-p-sullivan]

the older i get and the closer i am to reaching 30, the more the people around me try to deny me my age. it’s a constant ‘oh you’re just turning 29 again teehee 🤭’ or ‘dont tell your SO that, he’ll leave you for a younger model 😉’ and i just???? hate it?????????

i spent my entire teenaged years fighting for my life. i crawled through the deepest pits of my depression to cling to the promise of a life beyond that pain. i was so convinced that i was going to die young, that i would never see the grace of my age starting with a 2, let alone 3.

so im going to turn 30, and there’s not a damn thing anyone can do to stop me from loving it.

[starbuck]

i say i like tragedies and everyone’s all like ‘why do you like sad stories? are you depressed?’ and never ‘how was the catharsis? was the catharsis fun?’

[yusiyomogi]

how to introduce your coworkers friends

[dekuboya]

Short Jon gender euphoria comic for the soul :,)

[cloudmancy]

I have to say it. 'enemies to lovers' started going down the shitter when people began treating it like 'people who kind of annoy each other to lovers' ENEMIES to LOVERS is about if two girls FOR REAL want to KILL each other

[unavernales]

a little more information regarding the maui wildfires:

medical workers on the ground are describing finding hundreds of bodies. the current death toll in the media is, unfortunately, only a fraction of the reality

hospital workers are describing injuries and trauma as if survivors had come out of a warzone

thousands are still missing

an apartment complex for the elderly was lost. not everyone could get out. people were saying goodbye to loved ones over the phone

people who did get out of lahaina were leaving with ashes covering their faces and nothing but the clothes on their backs. people are losing everything.

hotels are still operating. hotels are still operating. they are not the ones offering shelters or housing or food. even bowling alleys are offering shelter, but hotels have the audacity to build on burial sites but not open their doors to local families who have lost everything.

donate to maui united way, the maui food bank, mutual aid, and maui humane society

[africanmorning]

[laughingcatwrites]

As a reminder that good exists out there, a coworker recently confessed to me that he found out his child is questioning their identity (kid's gender redacted for this post). The kid is keeping it from him, so he can't say anything to them or show that he knows, but he's doing his best to get mentally prepared and educated so that he'll be ready whenever his kid does feel comfortable enough come to him.

For context, this guy is a big, bulky middle aged dude who loves sports and typical outdoor "manly" activities. As his coworker and friend, I know he's a kind and sweet teddy bear of a person, but his kid probably views him as a stern, authoritarian figure, the way most teenagers view their parents. His family lives in a conservative area, so I'm sure between that, their dad's looks and interests, and the fact that their dad is a Figure of Authority, the kid is worried that they won't be accepted.

But you know what? When he found out about his kid, the first thing he did was reach out to his closest queer friend and ask for resources for parents of questioning children. His biggest fears are that his kid will be bullied or discriminated against and won't feel comfortable enough to be themself. His second action was to find himself a mentor in another parent who went the same situation (kid coming out in a conservative town). The other person is preparing him for some of the struggles his kid may face and the fights he may need to take on as a parent to make sure his kid is safe and treated well.

Something I want to emphasize for people focused on language as the primary method of allyship is that when we spoke, he used some outdated terms and thoughts about gender and sexuality. That does not make him bad. These were the terms and thinking used about questioning teenagers when he was growing up and he never needed to learn more current ones. But now that he does have that need, he's throwing himself in head first because that's his kid and he's darn well going to make sure that his kid feels welcomed and has a safe place to be themselves even if they never come out to him.

[wirepuller-toontown]

Oh! Hello! I haven't seen you around before, have we met?

My names Toonie Cogsworth, They/she, pleasure to make your acquaintance!

They held out their hand politely

(@ask-toonie-cogsworth )

The pleasure's all mine! It's always good to see my coworkers out and about on this site.

*he shakes their hand*

[cordspaghetti]

“i don’t think we can use this one, guys. who exactly is the target audience supposed to be???”

[soothedcerberus]

Remenber: shrinkp is bugs

[gaminegay]

Icelandic Miku

[ruporas]

early party (ID in alt)

[colourmeastonished]

Body swap movie where one of them has invisible disabilities and when the other one lands in their body they immediately collapse catatonic on the floor from the pain and fatigue and the first one is like 'oh damn guess I don't have to worry that I'm faking it anymore'