I said “oh boy this Halsin fic sure is nice. I should look at this person’s other fics” and lo and behold it’s the same writer of my favorite Carver / OC fics!?!? Ladiesmars. Like from Carver and Falon!?!?
Anyways, love your writing and your art. Thank you for your service
YOU ARE SO WELCOME ᡣ𐭩 falon and carver are such a deep cut, it makes me so happy that you not only know of them but enjoy those fics too !!
if you like carver and halsin you must have elite taste my friend (and by that i mean the same taste as me (>ᴗ•) !)
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shut the fuck up bc it meant so much to bo-katan that din, this man that she's been at odds with until just recently, pledged his loyalty to her and recognized her as a leader. he believes in her. he saw the way her self doubt was eating at her and making her falter so he stepped up and tried to inspire confidence in her. he's a man of few words and she knows this. having din speak so plainly and openly about his faith in her leadership was so powerful. their relationship has blossomed so beautifully. bo needs someone like din at her side. someone to be her right-hand and a supporter. they make such a great team <33
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Awww, tiny Maitoh not getting heard because of the fangirls and not having the bravery to repeat himself (understandably!) and watching Green get more and more jealous of the relationship that isn't but that Maitoh wants and I love them so much, okay? I love Maitoh and his crush on Shogun and Green's crush on Maitoh and the friendship between them all.
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Today my therapist introduced me to a concept surrounding disability that she called "hLep".
Which is when you - in this case, you are a disabled person - ask someone for help ("I can't drink almond milk so can you get me some whole milk?", or "Please call Donna and ask her to pick up the car for me."), and they say yes, and then they do something that is not what you asked for but is what they think you should have asked for ("I know you said you wanted whole, but I got you skim milk because it's better for you!", "I didn't want to ruin Donna's day by asking her that, so I spent your money on an expensive towing service!") And then if you get annoyed at them for ignoring what you actually asked for - and often it has already happened repeatedly - they get angry because they "were just helping you! You should be grateful!!"
And my therapist pointed out that this is not "help", it's "hLep".
Sure, it looks like help; it kind of sounds like help too; and if it was adjusted just a little bit, it could be help. But it's not help. It's hLep.
At its best, it is patronizing and makes a person feel unvalued and un-listened-to. Always, it reinforces the false idea that disabled people can't be trusted with our own care. And at its worst, it results in disabled people losing our freedom and control over our lives, and also being unable to actually access what we need to survive.
So please, when a disabled person asks you for help on something, don't be a hLeper, be a helper! In other words: they know better than you what they need, and the best way you can honor the trust they've put in you is to believe that!
Also, I want to be very clear that the "getting angry at a disabled person's attempts to point out harmful behavior" part of this makes the whole thing WAY worse. Like it'd be one thing if my roommate bought me some passive-aggressive skim milk, but then they heard what I had to say, and they apologized and did better in the future - our relationship could bounce back from that. But it is very much another thing to have a crying shouting match with someone who is furious at you for saying something they did was ableist. Like, Christ, Jessica, remind me to never ask for your support ever again! You make me feel like if I asked you to call 911, you'd order a pizza because you know I'll feel better once I eat something!!
Edit: crediting my therapist by name with her permission - this term was coined by Nahime Aguirre Mtanous!
Edit again: I made an optional follow-up to this post after seeing the responses. Might help somebody. CW for me frankly talking about how dangerous hLep really is.
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The super sweet lesbian couple across the street from me has a huge flag pole in their front yard. In order from top to bottom, they usually fly the American flag, the US Marines flag (cause they are both retired Marines, apparently thats how they met), and the progress pride flag. I love this couple so much. They are always super sweet to us. They bought my kid a present for his first birthday (that is easily one of his favorite toys; a rainbow ball, which made me giggle) and brought us food after we brought him home from the hospital. They came over the day after we moved in and brought us brownies to let us know they were excited that we had moved in. They have an extra key to our house in the event of an emergency because I would trust them before I trust a fucking cop to come in and help me or my child. I say all this to say that the surplus of old white people that live in our neighborhood tried to tell me that "that couple of gays in that house across the street from you are terrible people and they're a scourge."
They're not, but okay, Karen. They're actually delightful and you don't deserve to stand on the same ground as them, but go on.
Anyway...
The morning after the SC overturned Roe, I was loading my kid and all his crap into the car, buckling him in the carseat, when I saw one of the ladies outside taking the flags down. I just figured she was going to wash them--they usually do once a week because of the ridiculous amount of pollen that North MS has to suffer every year. I waved to her as we pulled out of the driveway and went on my way.
I got home later that afternoon and realized that she had put the flags back out, but that the American flag was now flying upside down. She and her partner were drinking margaritas in the driveway, enjoying all of the angry old white people driving by and honking at them for flying the flag upside down.
I waved to them, pointed to the flag and shouted, "Yes!" And then they toasted me and invited me and my son to come hang out with them and enjoy the Karen parade. We did, and we had a grand old time.
My lesbian neighbors are my favorite neighbors.
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Small but significant character moments that I actually really adore are from both the times we see the boys as tots. There is a reoccurrence that happens in both of them that I find so incredibly interesting.
For the turtle tot short, Splinter leaves the boys with weapons. In the short, Raph is the one who suggests they do “what Lou Jitsu would do” and Leo is the one who takes point when Splinter comes back to reprimand them. Leo, in taking point, is the one to defend them and get Splinter off their tails.
And then, in the flashback regarding the Kuroi Yōroi helmet, Raph is the one who grabs and throws “Skully” as a way to replace their missing ball which breaks it into pieces, but Leo is the one who speaks for the group and rushes into action to fix the teapot.
I love this for multiple reasons, but the biggest are how it shows that Raph has always been inclined toward the bold and fun and making the plans to include his brothers in what he loves and believes they’d love, whereas Leo has always been inclined to be the “Face” of the group and shoulder the attention even if it’s potentially negative all while coming up with on the spot attempts to fix the situation.
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