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i-guess-im-into-this-now · 2 months

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The Apothecary Diaries

First watch of first episode

At a glance, I knew I would like this show, but after one episode I'm pretty sure I'm going to love it.

Btw, do y'all like it when people give their first impressions of your favorite shows/books/media? Or their thoughtful analysis? Or their shit posting?

I do. I'll try to do that for you here.

So I'm watching this on Crunchyroll with English dub. Right off the bat I can tell you that I'm in love with Maomao. The voice actress is terrific, but also the character is intriguing. She draws you in right away with her intelligence, competency, inquisitiveness, daring, sense of responsibility, need for justice and expansive caring for every including strangers. She's got a whole lot of A+ character traits to absolutely love. Considering she wants to keep a low profile in the palace that's going to be a problem. I'm pretty sure everyone in her orbit is going to be sucked in by her and either love or hate her. There isn't a lot of room for indifference with a person this interesting.

The very first scene I knew there was something atypical about this show because a charming conversation between a daughter and her father suddenly had a black and white still frame of the the girl being abducted. The hell?!

That paired with the next scene taking place in a brothel helped me grasp the tone of this show. This show is going to have some more mature themes. Now, I know, I'm ready for it. I think. (I'll be alright as long as there is no boiling of people. I've already had two shows I've watched this year cook people and I'm done with human soup).

So we see a courtesan ask Maomao without surprise:

Have you been wounding yourself again?

To which Maomao replies, as if it's obvious:

Well, yeah.

Okay so self harm is something Maomao does. Perhaps in service of her medical research, but if she's willing to harm herself for this, then she might also be willing to put herself in harms way under other circumstances as well. I think the show is trying to demonstrate that she's self sacrificing here. Love that in a fictional character.

She panics and runs when the brothel ladies tease her about becoming a courtesan. Why? Is she intimidated by intimacy? Has she witnessed the courtesans suffering? Is she afraid that future would derail her own plans? Does she always get this flustered when teased? I'm not suggesting she consider becoming a courtesan but her panic is telling of something more.

She immediately gets kidnapped, which due to foreshadowing we knew was going to happen, but what gets me is her blasé attitude about it. Like it's just an inconvenience and not a terrifying ordeal. I immediately thought they would sell her to a brothel, but she instead ends up doing laundry at the palace. So we learn that Maomao can stay calm in a crisis and this makes me even more curious about her reaction to the teasing by the courtesans.

We find Maomao settled into a life of servitude at the palace. She's accepted what happened even if she is unfulfilled. She misses her old life, including the brothel, wonders about her father and longs for meat screwers, but she's already figured out the ecosystem she's in and how best to navigate it. She's so savy here. She compares the palace to the brothel and applies her knowledge of that complex social system to navigate palace politics. Maomao has already analyzed what would happen if she revealed her competencies, and has decided to lay low until she is able to extricate her self in a couple years.

She tells the viewers what we need to know about harem life and mentions that if one isn't careful they could end up as a concubine. It's a future she wants as little as that of a courtesan, even though she mentioned that low ranked concubines are treated better than the servants. I have to wonder if this is foreshadowing or if it is commentary on the roles of women in this society.

Palace gossip! Oh there's a handsome new eunuch in the palace? Maomao couldn't care less. Well okay.

I'm going to make a few completely unfounded predictions here just to see how far off I am when I watch the rest of the series.

Regarding the hot eunuch:

He's not a eunuch. He's got all his bits and bobs.

He's not just a palace manager. At least not completely. He's probably a bastard son or royalty in hiding or something. He's not nobody.

Maomao is going to be down bad for this dude.

What a waste. Grade A quality genes and no way of proliferating them. -Maomao on Jinshi's appearance

So Maomao can't be bothered to spare a second thought about handsome eunuchs, or nonsense about curses, but medical ailments? Now you've got her thinking. And I love that about her. She knows how to diagnose and treat ailments and she cares so much! She's trying to lay low but her passion and integrity can't be tempered by her very rational plan to protect herself by staying inconspicuous. She knows how to help and feels a responsibility to do so even if that help puts her at risk. Hero qualities right there.

Also, I love a character that is just... better than every one else. Maomao is more informed, experienced and able to diagnose than the court physician. Competency porn yes, please!

Speaking of competency... We need to talk about Jinshi! Our handsome "eunuch" (he's getting that word in sarcastic quotes until I receive proof otherwise). Out of the 3000 people living in the back palace, he deduces which one of them sent a warning to the concubines, and rangles a confession with nothing more than a scrap of cloth. He observed Maomao muttering about needing something to write on, and her mended skirt. He recognized that scrap of cloth as belonging to a servant girl's clothing. He understood the importance of her literacy and cleverly used it as a means to draw her out. Jinshi is every bit as capable as Maomao, and he's out maneuvered her in this. Maomao has met her match.

To Maomaos horror she is promoted to lady-in-waiting and I am here for it! Girl you are in the shit now! She seems really panicked about the new promotion, because she is smart and knows that this new position is fraught with dangers even if she doesn't know precisely what they are. She seems pretty smart and capable but the fact that Jinshi was able to so easily draw her out and expose her means she will need to sharpen her skills. I'm hoping the concubine and Jinshi will be allies to her in the palace.

Her panic about entering the court reminds me of earlier in the episode when she ran from the brothel. Perhaps she fears becoming entangled with any type of social/political group? Does she have more secrets that she's trying to keep hidden?

I just know that this character is going to be put through some trials. But she has so many great qualities and strengths, that I'm confident she can adapt and overcome. I am looking forward to watching her persist and triumph. And maybe cause a little trouble.

There are some qualities that Maomao just can't mute. Curiosity. A thirst for knowledge. And a sometimes troublesome need to right that which is wrong. - Narrator

Episode 2

#the apothecary diaries #apothecary diaries #maomao #jinshi

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brainrot-goes-brrrrrr · 15 days

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Savannah Squad Presentation Night Headcanons/Drabble [2/3]

it has been forever :'D (everyone say thank you to @moonbiine)

ANYWAYS, here's part 2 :}

Part 1: Taylor & Logan Part 2: Ben & Tyler Part 3: Aiden & Ashlyn [WIP]

Logan's POV

Two hours and twenty-eight minutes. It has been two hours and twenty-eight minutes and we've been stuck at 76% complete for forty minutes. Whoever made Windows deserves to burn and I stand by that, cause what do you mean that they can push an update and force restart my laptop.

"Logan when was the last time you updated this?" "Logan, why are there fifteen updates that need to be downloaded?" "Bro, when was the last time you actually shut down your laptop?" ... "I've been busy, okay--"

So it might be my fault. Partially. I will admit that much, but the laptop's never given me a problem before and it was running fine. It's just old, and has a few odd... kinks? I mean, the left half of the mousepad is jammed to the point where it can't click, and, sure, the screen does go black every now and again, but just hit it a few times it works! It's character, charm even (and I can't be bothered to fix it...)!

It was, honest to God, easier for Aiden to run back to his place and grab his laptop.

"So we agree that Logan is off electronic duty right?" Taylor had asked as Ben was setting up the other computer to the television screen with Aiden helping. It was a unanimous decision. Ben and Aiden are the new tech guys.

"Yeah, that's probably for the better," I had conceded.

Ben Clarke

Ben goes next because he saved the groups sanity by suggesting that Aiden just gets his laptop. Everyone, thank Ben for the night not failing.

To address the obvious, Ben has a text to speech app on his phone, which is connected to a speaker, that he uses to present. I will say that there is a sort of humor in this for two reasons. One, the voice can either be monotoned like a typical text-to-speech program with funny pronunciation errors, or two, it will sound like one of those videos on tiktok where an AI is reading a tumblr post about SuperBats or something and gets progressively more expressive as time goes on. Personally, I want to hear exasperated robot Ben voice explaining to Aiden why "Life is a Highway" on repeat can and will be considered a torture method.

Ben's music taste is GODLY. And he's more of a eclectic listener too so he has experience with a good amount of genres. This man does not bash other genres of music that he doesn't care for, he thinks its rude to the person he's talking to and to the artist.

Aiden is the exception to this rule^^

DESPISES having to subscribe to music platforms. What do you mean that you can't listen to a song on repeat without paying, what do you mean that you will interrupt his carefully crafted playlist with a recommended song that does not fit the vibe. This end up derailing his presentation couple times.

He has a set criteria that he judges on: length, vibes, transitions, and replayability. Good playlists should at minimum be an hour, have similar vibes/sound while still being unique, the transitions between songs shouldn't be jarring, and the playlist shouldn't be painful to listen to after a month.

Taylor and Ashlyn helped him judge everyone's playlists by acting as secondary perspectives. Taylor is more open to everyone's music tastes while Ashlyn scrutinizes them more. They pretty much just took a playlist that everyone listens to regularly, one that they made but listen to it every so often, and their liked songs.

I would also like everyone to remember that the series is set in 2016... they would have songs mostly from the 2000s-2010s with the exceptions of some 90s and 80s songs. I'm not saying that's a bad thing, I'm just saying that I looked up 2010s hit songs and I'm filled with nostalgia.

Overall, Ben's criticisms and recommendations are genuinely thoughtful. Especially the recommendations. For each person, after critiquing their playlists, Ben made a slide of genres and artists that each person should check out to expand their tastes.

(I'll probably make a bit about what songs were on their playlist, idk tho)

Group Reaction (how they ranked in comparison to each other)

Personally, Tyler and Logan getting the best ratings because their playlists are very consistent in their vibes and are replayable. I also think that Ben's music taste fits the most with these two for some reason, so they got the most song recs out of everyone.

Ashlyn is third in the ranking. She has one or two that she listens to occasionally, and they're pretty short. They are absolute polar opposites though. One of the playlists is rock, since she canonically likes Paramore (if you don't, get well soon), and the other is classical music for her ballet performances.

Taylor is next. Her playlist isn't bad, its just... a bit everywhere. Like it starts pretty good, but you can tell that somewhere along the lines of creating this playlist she just added songs that she remembered that she likes. It mostly fits the same genre. Ben makes her a more organized playlist after the presentation.

Aiden is dead last. It's not because his music taste is shit. Aiden actually has a pretty good music taste. No. Its because he only listens to his liked songs on repeat like a monster. It is musical whiplash. You go from a movie theme song, to crying, to listening to white girl club music, to rock, to crying again, and then for some reason the Home Depot jingle???? The only playlists that he makes are for jokes really. Do you know the John Mulaney bit where he plays "What's New Pussycat?" 27 times. Yeah, that's Aiden.

Tyler Hernandez

Tyler's next, and, I'm letting you know now that he sprayed the fuck out of Aiden for interrupting. Yeah, Ash pulled them a part.

Motherfucker is so pleased with himself, like its honestly so funny. Aiden had him by the collar and Tyler was just fucking smiling. Taylor does throw her slipper at him for being rude, but he could honestly care less.

The slideshow itself is the most soulless thing ever made, man used the Blank Google Slides template and called it a day. Like one stock image on each slide, and its so pixelated. He probably did it like an hour ago. That's why his presentation is funny because he's just jabbing at Aiden over and over with a basic slideshow that you'd see someone pull out in a Spanish 1-2 class.

You know what? He probably had another presentation about what piercing he think would suit the group best, and just did this one out of spite cause Aiden was being loud. I take back my previous statement about him doing it an hour before getting to Logan's place, he did this on his PHONE WHEN THE LAPTOP WAS UPDATING!!!! Like Logan was taking a walk, Ben was trying to fix the computer, the girls went to make sandwiches, Aiden was running errands, and Tyler made this in an hour.

His presentation is based off a tier system where it gets more effective with each method. Methods 1-3 are pretty basic where its just stuff like duct taping his mouth shut, 4 and onwards just gets funny

I'll be completely honest, each way he put is wild, and it gets progressively more deranged as the presentation goes on. These one's my favorite

"Number 9: Dying You know, I thought this would be the best way, but the bastard got crushed by a ceiling and walked it off. I want you to try and convince me that Aiden wouldn't crawl out of hell just to ruin my day. " "Number 10: Put him in a room alone with Ashlyn's mom and dad *insert a picture of Aiden sitting not so comfortably in between Ashlyn's parents* I don't even think I need to say anything else, I mean, I will, but like... look at him"

This is honestly the shortest presentation of the night but so far it's the most chaotic (he will quickly lose this title).

Tyler went through two spray bottles, mainly for Aiden, but he did spray Taylor once or twice. She threw a shoe at him. It's only fair.

Groups Reaction

Aiden is standing to the side with a towel around himself because Logan said his grandparents would kill them for ruining their couch. He's not exactly pissed but he is kind of sulking. Honestly this just makes his presentation so much better for him.

You know how Tyler asked for suggestions in the beginning, Ben and Ashlyn give him genuine ideas. Mainly Ben, just out of good humor you know. And Tyler's taking notes.

Taylor is giggling, but she does feel a bit bad for Aiden. At some point she gives him a consolation sandwich to raise his spirits.

Logan, however, doesn't and he's just quietly enjoying the scene that's unfolding around him.

The end of these two presentations are by far more chaotic than the first two, and it feels like its only going to get worse from here(/pos). Because right now Aiden is fighting with Tyler, getting him soaked too, Taylor is filming them while Logan provides commentary, and Ashlyn is standing with Ben setting up the next powerpoint.

While it was initially decided that Aiden would go last, Ashlyn suggested that she and him switch. Mainly so that he can drip dry while presenting, and sit down when he's done.

Aiden is following a presentation that was just jabbing at him, how do you think his is going to end up now?

#school bus graveyard #school bus graveyard webtoon #sbg #sbg (webtoon)#ben clarke #tyler hernandez #savannah squad #sbg powerpoint night #I might add more to tyler's later #not edited rn #we die like men

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leophnyx · 1 year

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This is a grumbling on the therian community and why we struggle to stay around it sometimes. We're not a therianthrope, we're a shifter, which means there will be discussion of p-shifting down below. Content warning for topics on "zoosexuality" and general shitty, abusive habits. Please do not read if you are sensitive to these things.

When I was younger, much younger, I was introduced to the therianthropy community. I would find the therian community via the internet, and slide into it via a couple of cyberpacks. These cyberpacks were open to all, and often focused on topics such as p-shifting, where we first learned the skill.

Anyway, on these sites we heard of another site for the therian community, called the Werelist. We felt curious and decided to check it out, since we were interested in serious and (what we thought was) therianthropy discussion. We thought we were therianthropes at the time, so we went there to learn more about what we experienced. Oh boy, was that a mistake.

The therianthropy community on Werelist was very hostile to anybody who had differing beliefs on therianthropy. If you didn't believe your therianthropy was pathological in nature, if you didn't agree with the medicalization and rationalization of therianthropy, you were looked down upon.

Therianthropes also seemed to have a problem with kids? Oh lord, they were constantly going on about how "mature" they were and how real therianthropes were mature, rational adults that didn't experience anything weird or supernatural in nature. If you didn't believe in therianthropy as they laid it out, you were immature and silly, no matter how you identified. You could be having fun with you therianthropy and people would always make it seem as if you would grow up and soon realize it's not all fun and games, as if therianthropy could only be serious if it were making your life miserable.

If you were a child you often had that used against you, no matter how you were behaving and whether it was truly irrational or not. They seemed to constantly have a stick up their butts about how all the immature kids were making them look bad, as if they were ever going to come out to their coworkers or friends about it and immediately get associated with p-shifters on an obscure part of the web. (Even if they did, it's not their fault, it's their friend's job to give them a chance to explain their beliefs and their views. No one person is a monolith for the entire community. ) I would end up getting told off by admins after putting a harmless wolf gif in my signature; I misread the forum rules and thought gifs were okay, but it really didn't warrant the "this is a place for adults to talk, not children to play" tagline thrown at me. Adults use gifs too.

As I roamed the site I saw a lot of things that made me uncomfortable. Constant doubt and anxiety around therianthropy made members antsy, and they'd often take out their rage for not being included on forum posts, derailing the whole thing with pedantry. A member might make a post defining mental shifting types for example, only for other members to get upset because they left out a detail or didn't appropriately get into the details they felt were important (often pertaining to them and their experiences).

Beliefs always had to be stated, even when they were bluntly obvious- if I say I reincarnated from another world, I would have to preface it with an "I believe" even when we all know I'm talking about my non-physical and unvalidated beliefs in the context of the post. If I had anything scientific I wanted to share, I had to be precise with my terminology even when it was obvious I wasn't stating a fact (I'm sorry, but we're not all scientists, and we're not practicing any form of science online. We can be a bit imprecise on a post about experiences) and this would eventually kill any motivation I had to share things with the community. P-shifters were much more accepting anyway, so I'd go there and share my posts there, and be accepted.

I found that most therians got angry when you said you're not a therianthrope, or didn't believe in therianthropy. I didn't want to be a part of the community, but I'd constantly be pressured into joining or interacting with therianthropes because "we're all animal-people and you fit the definition so you're included" despite my experiences being precisely shifter in nature. Eventually I kinda gave in, and lived a double life where I'd claim one thing around one group of people, and claim another around shifters. I was only ever a shifter, but I was forced to be around therianthropes because I couldn't be anything else.

Eventually I gave up, and stepped away from the community completely. A couple of things precipitated this change (including teachers encouraging me to prosper and do what I love, which isn't doing things for the community) but what really got me enflamed was what happened on the Werelist a couple of years back. I was on there, and I was an adult by that point so I was in the mature forum. I was in a debate about zoosexuality, my opinion being that nobody should be screwing real animals, but fantasy is okay. I did not target anybody with my opinion, my opinion should not have been controversial, but someone took issue with it and decided to debate me on whether animals could consent.

I was fine with the debate and it was going well, till another member decided to infantilize me (saying that I was just a kid and that the other member debating me should "go easy" on me; I was immediately taken aback and insulted since I was by all means a legal adult going to college, and not a child.) I ducked out of the debate soon after, as I was just so flabbergasted that someone would do that to me in a public forum (discuss me all you like in private, but don't insult me in full view of everyone) and because I wasn't willing to debate someone any further who had previously discussed using animals as "sexual relationship practice." Regardless, I am not a "kid" for not wanting to abuse animals, and I am not childish for thinking that sexually exploiting animals is wrong. THIS IS DISGUSTING BEHAVIOR.

I eventually stepped away for good when I realized the community would not change, and that I was a shifter through and through. I'm not a therian, and I shouldn't feel ashamed for not being one, or for being a physical shifter when there are so many people literally trying to justify their urge to fuck animals in front of me. Many of these same people who would claim animals could consent would also state that I and my shifter friends were horrible people, when we weren't hurting anybody or claiming to do any bad things (p-shifting is not illegal, but bestiality is illegal, and most therians on that forum claimed to have some urge to commit the deed.)

I could hang around therians, but the fact that many will look past people who commit crimes and pathologize those who aren't (I can't count how many times I've been treated as a mentally ill weirdo, even though I'm not distressed by being a shifter, do not experience dysphoria or other mental illnesses caused by it, and don't want to harm animals) makes it hard to hang around even individuals sometimes. If I can't identify your stance I get nervous, because there's a very real possibility that I could get hurt talking to you (there have been many therianthropes in the past that have made attempts to hurt or "take down" even harmless shifters in the community, what makes you think I'm safe from that mob behavior?)

I hate how p-shifting is seen as such a controversial opinion, because I don't want to harm anybody and I don't want to talk about therianthropes and otherkin, I just want to have fun and be myself. I don't even want to talk about zoophilia, I've been dragged into this community without my consent and I feel a need to inform others about what I've been through. I hope you all can make use of my experiences, because I don't want anybody else to go what I have gone through.

#abuse tw #tw: animal abuse #werelist #vent #person: soul

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ask-teamplayer · 1 year

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Other than Ronin who already answered this, what’s everyone’s favorite subject?

FATE: You're looking at mostly ELA kids, here. Me, Enzo, Seth, Cora, Vera- I think I can speak for all of those assholes, but yeah. We were always the best in English. Though Cora also really likes history. You can probably tell.

SETH: i mean im not really all that interested in anything!! i like cooking and playing keyboard, i get options for stuff like that in the future but right now its just,,, eh?

SETH: but if it were anything i guess it would be english! i dont get the kids who hate reading books to be honest, i actually like reading classics! gotta broaden my mind :B

ENZO: pretty on the mark yeah but i used to prefer gym for a while cause like physical dude

ENZO: but i dont think my actual swordfighting skills account for anything when im playing volleyball with annoying mean girls who keep giggling instead of playing the game

ENZO: or when i get hit in the face with a rubber ball which has actually happened a LOT

ENZO: to be honest i think im the only kid that hasnt died during the mile except nahla cause former track kid

SETH: I HATE THE MILE.

FATE: Can't imagine how the mile would be with people with boobs. I am so sorry. I'm lucky I didn't evolve.

FATE: It is horrible though. It should be considered actual torture - dammit, I know excessive amounts of cardio isn't actually healthy for kids who don't do it all the time! I don't want to break my muscles.

FATE: I'm not looking forward to gym next semester.

LILY: i loooove biology! math and ela, too, but bio is my favorite

LILY: or general science! i love taking care of plants, i actually have like fourty at home! they all have names!

LILY: like why do you think i evolved into a leafeon? honestly i think growing plants in third grade awoke something in me.

LILY: its really fun, but i do have trouble focusing on stuff sometimes. im kinda daydreamy hehe. i really need to get my grades up :( maybe ill see if i can join one of vera and fates study sessions. working next to other people i actually like and commentating in a funny way helps me do it faster.

FATE: You're always welcome. I wouldn't invite someone like Darin or Nahla, but I know you're actually smart and like working and aren't going to piss me off.

DARIN: i hate school :(((

DARIN: i dont like anything :((

DARIN: maybe i should get into sports thatd get me into college no problem itd be so much fuckin easier than this

CORA: You do have it in you, Darin. I believe there's untapped potential in academics.

CORA: I've seen the way you talk about anime and shows you like. There's an actual brain up there, as much as you work to prove otherwise. I'm very proud.

DARIN: AY WHAT THE FUCK CHIEF

NAHLA: WOOOOW, You're allll nerds, huh?

NAHLA: Yeah, I'm in the camp with the traitor, sorry! I don't really like anything, but gym's cool! I like track and stuff, and I do like hitting annoying girls in the face with balls! Coolkid's just a coward and cant bring himself to hurt anyone. Pffft.

NAHLA: No worry! I'll do all the hitting for you guys. Someone has to!

CORA: Oh, Nahla, baby dear, may you hit Wade first? He's been getting on my nerves in second period lately...

NAHLA: Anything for you, honey sugar sweetie baby crystal dreamy dear! <3

NAHLA: Regardless of our totally real romance I just need an excuse to punch him anyway. Or throw balls at him in general.

ENZO: BALLS you say

RONIN: okay posts over before enzo makes another dick joke and cora and nahla start gay fucking on the table. im a little oversensitive right now, fate screaming is just going to make me kill someone. maybe in like an hour guys, wrap it up.

VERA: I also take a lot of art classes

VERA: I would like to get better at traditional because I would like have to have less reliance on stabilizer use

VERA: And doing things like ceramics is fun

RONIN: see? when i need someone to be normal on a stupidly derailed ask, i ALWAYS know youve got me.

RONIN: thanks, v.

VERA: The sentiment is appreciated but when have I not "got you" in your words

RONIN: never, v. never.

#fate #seth #enzo #lily #darin #cora #nahla #ronin #vera #giselles-dumping-hat #ask

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dracothedeatheatingcupcake-ao3 · 2 years

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Hey, what about "fuckin"

Since.. you know it's mondo haha, laugh.

Dude, I straight up looked up how many times I used the word f*ck (yes, I censor my curses when I'm not writing fic. Yes, I understand how silly that is) because I was curious earlier, and it was well over 5,000 times (5,664, to be exact), including past and future tenses. The fic so far is 250,000 words. That means 2% of this fic is just the word f*ck. Sh*t was used about 2,500 (2,592 exactly) times, d*mn 600 times (less than I thought, to be honest, since that includes godd*mn, which had about 500 alone), d*mmit 37 times, and b*tch 41 times. Mondo is a foul mouth little boy who needs some gosh darn soap for his gosh darn potty mouth.

Because of this, I legit don't think I can do this request. I can straight up take any given paragraph and use it, ha. The only time I use f*ckin' in the story is during dialogue, most of which is shown in TPWP. But you know what? I'll take a look during the scenes that are unique to this story, ones without Taka, and see what I can find. I was curious if anyone would try a curse word, though, ha.

UPDATE: OH MY GOD I JUST LEARNED THAT MY HUGE FILE FOR ALL OF TPWM DIDN'T HAVE TWO CHAPTERS. WHICH MEANS THIS STORY IS EVEN LONGER THAN I THOUGHT. SORRY, I'M JUST FLOORED BY THIS. TPWM IS ACTUALLY 20K SHY OF 300K WORDS. TPWP ONLY HAD A LITTLE UNDER 200K WORDS BY THE SAME POINT IN THE PLOT. I'M SORRY TO DERAIL HERE, BUT I'M HONESTLY TERRIFIED BY THE LENGTH OF TPWM. HELP.

As it stands, the f*ck total has gone up to 6,299 instances. Mondo used the word f*ck 634 times in two chapters. I....... may have over done it with curses. Oop.

Anyway! I found a scene from a chapter that I added to TPWM since it got too long to go where it went in TPWP and I split it into it's own chapter. This chapter is why TPWM goes from two chapters out of order with TPWP to one in my little explanations for where these segments come from. It occurs right before the fall festival, when Mondo is waiting for Taka to finish getting the festival ready. I added quite a bit to have it all make sense, so it's a a pretty substantial segment. I also think I may have updated this chapter from what I have on my computer, I'll have to check my phone's note app later, but this should be fine for these purposes. Just know it may be different when I actually post in several months, since I recall extensively updating this chapter, but not if I emailed myself the document with the updated version. I hope y'all like!

send me a word & i’ll post a sentence from my WIP that contains that word

Fuckin': “Okay, then tell me... what /is/ your type, huh? ‘Cuz we’ve been friends for two months now and I can’t figure that shit out. You say that Maizono is hot, but too high maintenance. You say Chi is pretty, but too timid. And every other chick we talk about gets the same treatment! Always some problem or other. What chick could possibly hold up to your impossible fricken standards? Maybe that’s why you can’t score a date. You’re too picky. And don’t fricken get offended, I’m just saying, shit.”

Mondo clenches his fists again, the anger inside him rising. /Again/. He glares at Leon bitterly, his insides squirming with his rising rage. Fuck, does he want to let that shit out and just fucking /scream/ at this jackass. To not be forced to listen as his so called ‘friend’ insults him. But... he’s been doing his best to work on shit like this. On not exploding over simple shit. Taka always is saying careless things that sound rude on the surface, but actually aren’t, so he’s had to practice not blowing up over tiny slights. But it sure as shit is a close thing... Leon sure is lucky Mondo is friends with Taka and that he is trying to learn to control his anger, shit...

“Okay, this is your last fucking warning. Shut the /fuck/ up! So what, I know what I like?! Not everyone is fuckin’ content chasin’ after anythin’ with legs! God fuckin’ /dammit/, shit!” Mondo curses, fighting to keep his voice level down. Leon is glaring at him now, and Mondo is more than content to glare back. But if that motherfucker says /one more thing/...

Luckily, again, Leon seems to realize this. It takes him a moment, but soon he is sighing, his shoulders relaxing from the tense bunch and his face no longer all pinched and angry. Hrm...

“Shit, man. I’m not trying to offend, goddamn. I just mean... seriously. What /is/ your type? Maybe if you tell me, I can try and help you find someone who matches. Or is at least close, shit... ‘cuz seriously, man. You honestly don’t seem interested in chicks, not gonna lie.”

Shit. Shit. /Shit/, the fuck does he fucking mean by that?! Not... not interested in chicks?! Is he- is he trying to- to /imply/ something, is he- h-he-

Mondo’s racing thoughts get interrupted by Leon again, the teen’s voice softer than it had been, though it still holds a hint of agitation.

“I can see you fricken overthinking over there. Look, I know I say shit that can be considered rude, but I would have thought you’d know by now that I don’t fricken mean it that way. I’m not trying ta insult you. I just wanna help. Okay? Shit...”

Okay. Okay, okay. Mondo... /did/ know that, yeah. It’s one of the reasons he still isn’t sure if he actually enjoys hanging around Leon or not, as big a douchebag as he can be. But the teen has some good parts and does seem to like hanging out with him... plus, it ain’t like Mondo’s not the exact same, so it would be fucking hypocritical if he were to get angry at the teen for it... ugh. Fine. /Fine/. He won’t get angry. /This time/.

“Ugh. Whatever, dude. But I am, alright? Interested in chicks. I ain’t fuckin’ gay! Not that there’s any fuckin’ problem in bein’ gay, but I fuckin’ ain’t! But since ya asked... fine. I’ll tell ya. But if you fuckin’ laugh at /anythin’/, I will straight up knock you the fuck out, don’t think I won’t!” Mondo growls, glaring at Leon again.

Leon rolls his eyes at the bluster, but nods readily enough, leaning in so their conversation can be a bit more private. Ugh... fine. Here goes nothing...

“Just... I don’t want a fuckin’ one night stand or shit like that, okay? When I look fer chicks, I’m lookin’ fer someone I think I can, ya know... /be with/. Fer longer than a fuckin’ night. Daiya always had some chick or other in his room, an’ he seemed ta enjoy that kinda shit, was always polite an’ kind ta them and they were polite an’ kind back, but I... I never fuckin’ wanted that shit. Seemed... I dunno. Empty ta me. I always wanted somethin’ with more substance than that. So... I got my standards. Things I know would ruin a long-term relationship if a chick did or didn’t have it. Unlike what most people think, I do fuckin’ know what I’m like, shit. Ain’t exactly the easiest person ta talk ta or be close ta, an’ I fuckin’ know that. So just... shit. Fuckin’...”

Mondo feels discomfort rise inside him, absolutely /hating/ the goddamn /vulnerability/ he’s showing right now. He can feel that discomfort turning to rage, his body wanting so bad to flip the table and scream up a storm and head out to his baby and ride until he can’t ride no more, but before he can, Leon... Leon replies. Shit...

“Huh. That... that makes sense, shit. Didn’t realize ya’d be that kinda guy, but I get it, man. Ain’t no shame in it. Some dude’s just want commitment, an’ while I don’t personally care, I can respect that. But, uh... thanks for telling me that. Know ya don’t like saying shit like that, heh,” Leon mumbles, looking a little awkward, but mostly genuine. Fucking... huh. Wouldn’t have expected /that/ from the musician. It helps settle something inside of Mondo, making the anger fade. A little. Enough so he isn’t standing and storming off, at least.

“Yeah, yeah. Whatever. Stop bein’ a little bitch ‘bout it,” Mondo mumbles back, his cheeks warm. Leon snickers, leaning across the table to push against Mondo’s shoulder, playfully.

“Alright, whatever. But dude, come on! Tell me. What is your type? You’re being so cryptic, shit. If we’re gonna act like goddamn school girls, might as well go all fricken out, shit. What, ya only like chicks who are cross eyed or something? I mean, hey, if that’s your thing-“

“Oh, shut up, ya jackass,” Mondo laughs, shoving back, snickering at the ridiculous fucking eyebrow wiggle Leon does. Bastard.

After a moment, Mondo sobers up and lets out a forceful sigh, his shoulders tensing at the question. He doesn’t like talking about shit like this, damn. It always embarrasses him, even though it’s perfectly natural to have a type, ya know? But... ugh. Fine. Dudes talk about this shit, he knows that. His gang would always talk about shit like this, talking about what kind of chicks (or dudes, for those who favored dick) they liked. It ain’t anything to be embarrassed about, right? Shit...

“But ya know what? Fine. I’ll tell ya. Again, laugh an’ ya’ll regret it, but... I’ve got a few standards that matter most. First, chick has ta be hot, duh. Or at least she’s gotta care ‘bout her ‘ppearance, ya know? Ain’t gonna date a chick who don’t put any care inta how she looks, shit. Second, she, uh... she’s gotta care ‘bout shit. Like... she’s gotta have drive or shit like that. Somethin’ she‘s passionate ‘bout. Can’t have someone who is just... passive, ugh. Third... shit. I dunno, she’s gotta... gotta be patient an’ shit. Understandin’. ‘Cuz, ya know... ‘m kind ofa fuckin’ douchebag, heh. Shit...”

Mondo pauses for a second, hating how warm his cheeks feel, but Leon isn’t looking at him weird. He just... shit. Looks thoughtful and shit. Hmm... whatever, don’t fucking matter. Taking a deep breath, he averts his eyes and continues.

“Fourth... she’s gotta- gotta... gotta be fuckin’ kind. Nice, ya know? Don’t wanna be stuck with a stuck up bitch, goddamn. An’ this ain’t a make ‘r break thing, but I’d like her ta care ‘bout other people an’ shit. Wanna help others. Shit like that. An’... an’ fin’lly, uh... she’s gotta have her own mind. Her own ‘pinions. Can’t be afraid ta say what she thinks. Maybe even be a little stubborn, ta even out my stubborn ass. There’s some other, smaller stuff, but mainly... shit. Main thing is, she’s gotta be able ta put up with me. Which, uh... ain’t exactly easy, shit. Now, ya fuckin’ satisfied? Gotta tell ya my preferred sex positions or somethin’, or can we let this shit drop now? God fucking damn...”

Mondo looks up at Leon then, his insides a fucking /mess/. Fuck, but he hates being open like this. If he were talking to /Taka/, then shit, that shit would be just fine. Taka don’t ever fucking judge, he’s too fucking nice for that. But he ain’t talking to Taka. And Leon... while he’s a decent guy at times, he can be the biggest fucking douchebag at others. And Mondo is honestly tired of getting angry every five seconds, shit.

However... the look Leon is giving him is hard for him to decipher, even as good as he is at that kinda shit. He... he is definitely giving Mondo a Look, but what it means is just... baffling. He honestly looks kinda... constipated, the fuck...?

“Holy shit. Okay... shit. /Shit/. I... I know this is gonna make ya lose your shit, but ya know what? Whatever. We’re friends an’ I think /someone/ has gotta say this shit ta you, at least once.” What... the fuck... Mondo is getting super fucking freaked, especially at the kinda panicked but also /determined/ look that is rising on the musician’s face, which is... so fucking concerning... “But... damn. Ya- y-you do realize... shit. You do realize that you /straight up/ just described Ishimaru... right? L-like... every single thing ya said matches the tightass to a fricken /tee/. Well, outside of the ‘hot’ one, but I guess he does seem to care about his appearance, s-so there is that. But, uh... shit. He’s got drive, he cares about people, he can be patient and he sure as shit can be stubborn... ain’t afraid ta say his mind... almost a little too unafraid of that, h-heh... an’ he, uh... he most definitely seems more than capable of putting up with your ass, goddamn. U-uh... ya know. Shit like that...”

Holy... shit. Holy, goddamn, motherfucking /shit/!

Mondo is fucking /frozen/ again, eyes wide as they glare at the table, unable to meet Leon’s /goddamn/ stare. Because... n-no. That ain’t... /no/, fucking... /no/. W-while yeah, Taka /is/ all of that shit, it’s not... it doesn’t mean anything! That- that’s just why they work so well together, that’s it! Just because the kid checks all his boxes means nothing! He... he ain’t fucking gay, shit! How many goddamn times does he gotta /say that shit before people realize he fucking means it, god fucking damn/-

(Occurs during chapter 12 of TPWM, corresponding kind of with the end of chapter 13 and the beginning of chapter 14 of TPWP. Also, I have no idea what male friends talk about. Girls? Do they... do they talk about girls???)

#Sentence from WIP #wip guessing game

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Your opinion on omeg- okay no, ahdghsdhd I'm kidding. Okay, your opinion on tumblr post+? Aside from the lawsuit waiting, would the creator who post only original content gonna benefit from it? Or would this be the end of this site as we know it?

Me right now reading 'omeg-'

(In all honesty I avoid that stuff as much as possible. So I've managed to absorb little knowledge. I automatically hide my face in cringe. That's my opinion. To those who enjoy it, have fun with you're thing.)

Okay *cracks knuckles & promptly wince in pain* tumblr post+. I'm not surprised tumblr is trying this since every platform sees someone else succeed and immediately tries to replicate it badly. While other platforms can slide by for the most part, tumblr is asking for TROUBLE.

This site already is held together by paper clips, duct tape, and string. DON'T trust them with your money. Absolutely not. Creators SHOULD opt into tip jars & commissions for their work, but there are way better methods like ko-fi and patreon. I'm sure there are even better methods. Creating is hard work. Value it. Or keep doing it for fun. You don't have to charge.

I'm extremely worried for creators especially the younger ones that may not know why fandom spaces work the way they do. I remember being on fanfic.net in like 2008. Warnings are slapped all over everything: I don't own these characters. I don't claim to. And those warnings MATTERED. The fight to create and publicly share those creations has been an long battle. I'm still amazed by the victories of ao3 being a legal shield and kindle worlds. (Not that I want to praise amazon in any way. But the idea of set worlds you CAN legally do that for. That baffles my mind). Fanworks are protected by such a fine line: don't make money off of someone else's IP. Which, yeah, that's understandable. We have to protect the line and strengthen it, not kick dents. I worry about this tumblr + announcement giving a go ahead for making money on fanworks. I doubt they've actually done the reading. I doubt they're willing to protect anyone here. THEY WON'T GET RID OF THEIR BOT PROBLEMS & NATZIS. So I doubt tumblr will protect the little creator. I don't doubt, I KNOW.

I think some creators of purely original work might benefit, but I'd worry GREATLY for their private information and bank account access. I think handing my wallet to a stranger on the street is safer odds. There are way better sites. PLEASE USE THEM. Keep to the old ways on this one and just link people to your ko-fi, patreon,ect.

Do I think this is the end of tumblr? Absolutely not. I've been here since like Jan/Feb 2012. I've seen a lot of : THIS WILL KILL TUMBLR FOREVER. IT'S OVER. It's never over. Just like spn. We're all stuck here. The world keeps spinning. Somehow.

That's my honest opinion. I'm sorry I feel like my brain darted a million directions while typing this. (My mum also kept asking me a zillion questions about her TV show I'm not watching so if my train of thought derailed mid sentence that's why). I still can't believe tumblr is pulling this nonsense. It's just ridiculous.

#I laughed SO HARD at the beginning of your ask

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starry-eyed-skz · 5 years

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Jisung and Jiwoo Han ~ The Twins Epilogue : Pride and Joy

Haha wow, we've reached the very final of The Twins! Thank you to those of you who have read this story, and I hope you enjoyed the chapters. I would also like to say happy birthday to our one and only Jisungie, I can't believe he's 19 now 😫 Anyways, enough talking. Let's get into this epilogue!

Bold = memories, beginning & ending of chapter | Italics = thoughts

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~~~Jiwoo’s POV~~~

“Jisung!” A loud squeal leaves my mouth as my twin brother picks me up bridal style out of my bed. "Put me down you jackass!" I smack my hand against his chest, him just rolling his eyes with a smile on his face. "Stop flailing or I'll fucking drop you." Jisung's laugh is still so relieving to hear, keeping my heart at ease. I pout and just lean my head on Jisung's chest. My body instinctively leans in closer to him as he starts walking down the stairs, not wanting to fall.

"You're fine JiJi, I'm not gonna drop you." His tone is teasing, making me send a slight glare up at him. I don't know why I'm even surprised, he does this every damn morning. I'm ripped out of my thoughts when I'm thrown on the couch, whines of annoyance coming from me and two others. Jeongin and Minho. "Jisung how dare you make me hurt my son?" I sit up hastily and wrap my arms around Jeongin, pulling his head towards me. "Excuse me," Minho's face is that of faux annoyance as the words leave his mouth, "I got hurt too!"

"Yeah but you aren't my son." I reply sassily as I play with Jeongin's hair, seeing him send a smirk Minho's way. My eyes drift to the floor where Hyunjin, Seungmin and Felix are sat playing Mario Kart on the big tv, their playful competitiveness making me smile fondly. Changbin is curled up on the chair next to the couch, just barely staying awake as he scrolls through his phone. Cute. Chan and Woojin aren't in the room, but judging from the aroma coming from the kitchen, they're making breakfast. In my half-asleep state, I had forgotten what today was, suddenly standing up and tackling Jisung in tight hug.

"Woah!" We almost tumble to the floor before Jisung catches himself against the wall. "Happy birthday doofus!" I yell in his ear and give him a cheeky grin. "If I could have one birthday without you making me temporarily deaf, that'd be fantastic." He says sarcastically but his smile gives him away. "Happy birthday to you too loser." His arms lazily wrap around me and he rests his chin on my shoulder, laughing as Felix loses the current round of Mario Kart. A sudden knock on the front door makes me peel myself away from Jisung and walk over to open it, a smile instantly taking over my face.

"Shua!" I immediately wrap my arms around his neck and nuzzle my face into his chest. "Hi baby.." Joshua's voice is so quiet and sweet, making my heart calm down from what happened earlier. "Close the door please, it's raining!" Woojin calls from the kitchen, a small giggle leaving me as I pull Joshua inside to close the door. Chan peeks his head out of the kitchen, smiling gently when he sees Joshua. "Sup, Hong." Josh gives a polite nod as I drag him to the living room where he greets everyone else that's out there, Woojin yelling a greeting from the kitchen.

"Happy birthday Jisung, you too baby." Joshua kisses my forehead and goes over to give my twin a hug, giving him one of his birthday punches in the process. Well that makes ten. A laugh leaves my mouth before I get one too, having both of us Han twins whining and rubbing our arms. "Sorry, you guys know the normal birthday traditions." Everyone laughs with Joshua while me and Jisung pout at each other. "Speaking of which, which member of your group is sitting out of their birthday punches this year?" Minho asks as he runs his hand through his silver hair. "Probably Jeonghan, I don't know. They were discussing it when I left."

"Wow, great to hear that the boys are fighting over who's gonna drive their fist into mine and Jisung's arms today." I roll my eyes but laugh a little, not surprised about it at all. "I swear Jihoon is going to break my arm one of these years.." I mumble and slump my shoulders, shuddering while remembering how much his birthday punches hurt. He really doesn't know when to go easy.

Later that night all 23 of us are at a reservation that was planned by Jeonghan and Woojin, so many stupid but memorable conversations taking place over dinner. The past two years have been part of a long healing process, which has been very successful. After the universe had turned on me and ripped away three years with the people I call my home, I had finally successfully got back to them. The first best moment since being home was sudden, but not unexpected..

Hyungwon's arrest:

~~September 20, 2019; Jiwoo's POV~~

"JiJi, come here now!" Jisung's yell reverberates off the walls, making me jump in my skin. I instantly spring up from my desk chair and run down the stairs into the living room. "What?! Who got hurt?!" I frantically yell, my eyes scanning the room. "No, no! Your dickbag kidnapper is on the news!" My heart stops in my chest, my feet moving quickly to sit down next to Jisung on the floor. The other eight boys run into the living room as soon as they heard Jisung's words.

We all watched in silence as the news reporter was explaining why Chae Hyungwon is being arrested. I become uneasy in my spot when I'm mentioned, twiddling with my fingers in my lap. "He is the confirmed kidnapper of Han Jiwoo, twin sister of Han Jisung of Stray Kids. The words from the man himself has lead to one of his many charges." The reporter on the screen is gone as the footage from the scene of his arrest is played full screen with audio.

"I will find her! None of you can fucking stop me! I'll have all of you pathetic wastes of space slaughtered before you even get the chance to put me away!!" He continues struggling against the officers, eventually ending up handcuffed and in the back of the police car. I can't help the dry laugh that passes between my lips as the policemen continue to restrain him to stop him moving or trying to escape.

That day had made me beyond relieved, knowing I'm completely safe from him now. I still have all my scars from the times Hyungwon had hurt me, but I just try not to pay attention to them. Jisung and I have been going to therapy together, working through our trauma and problems side by side. My train of thought is suddenly derailed as someone taps my shoulder, making me look at Vernon to my left who's looking at me in concern. "Hey, you okay?" I just nod at him with a genuine smile, my eyes turning into crescent shapes. "Perfectly fine Hansol, just thinking back on stuff."

He nods his head and once again everyone is engaged in conversation. All of us are extremely happy and comfortable in this very moment, it seems so serene and unreal. The night slowly comes to an end after Chan and Woojin's "happy 21st birthday" speech. Seungcheol pays for the meal and we part our respective ways.

Almost instantaneously when I'm in mine and Jisung's room, I'm peeling off my dress and replacing it with my much comfier pajamas. Jisung is near his bed doing the same with his dress pants and shirt, opting for sweatpants and a simple t-shirt. I turn around and give him a certain look before grabbing my phone, him knowing exactly what I'm doing. As if on instinct my finger taps on the Instagram icon and I look for a picture of Jisung to post, writing a quick but sweet caption. The only noise that fills the room is the sound of our fingers dancing across our screens.

Jisung finally looks up to meet my gaze after having stared at the side of his face for a little bit, ready to post them. We count down from three together, pressing 'post' at the exact same time as our posts now enter the ether.

I smile at Jisung as I finish reading his caption, no words being able to do any justice for how much I love and cherish my twin. He gets up and walks over to my bed, sitting down next to me and wrapping his arms securely around me. "I'm so happy you're here JiJi.." His voice is slightly muffled into my hair, but I still hear it nonetheless. "Me too Sungie, me too.." I wrap my arms around his, leaning into Jisung's warmth. "Hey Jisung?" My voice breaks our comfortable silence, making his eyes drift to me. "Yeah Jiwoo?"

"I'm proud to call you my twin brother."

~~~~THE END~~~~

I hope you all enjoyed this series! I had so much fun writing it and receiving everyone's feedback :) This is also my first completed book, so I'm proud I stuck with it! Thank you so much to those of you who truly loved my series as well as being patient in between chapters, it means sososo much to me!

Thank you for reading, and I'll see you all next post for another series or stand alone 😄😙

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what happened with musajirou? i'm on their blog and they're making it out to look like they're a victim of bullying. which is super manipulative if they in fact bullied you and your friends? just to be clear, i 100% believe your retelling, and you dont have to respond to this if it's a situation u would rather keep private. it doesnt involve me personally, except that i will block them if they were shitty. just super unclear what happened bc their retelling is just " TR fandom is toxic bullies"

KSDL;FSDJF;GKLFSD omg

a few years back, me and some friends made some PSAs about the general problems the pokemon fandom has with reposting art. most japanese artists who use mediums like pixiv and twitter to share their art are not okay with their art being reposted without permission, and the pokemon fandom in particular is REALLY bad at respecting this.

we talked primarily about rocketfandom because that’s where we’re most active, and some members of rocketfandom took this VERY personally. i don’t know if they’re just thirsty for notes or what, but a lot of people just COULD NOT HANDLE the idea of being told to not repost art. and it wasn’t like we mentioned anyone by name! it’s such a wide-spread problem, and so many people circulate that art without knowing, it can’t be blamed on any group of people. i reblogged SOOOO much reposted art when i first joined tumblr, hell i reposted a lot of it myself.

james-team-rocket, musajirou, & buchichiu were the most vocal about their disdain for this idea that artists were to be respected. the latter two used the classic, ‘well I’M an artist and i’m fine with it!!!!!’ defense. so i blocked them, because i block people who annoy me. we have not interacted since then.

prior to this, most of them were a source of annoyance to me and a lot of my friends, anyways. jez (james-team-rocket) would reblog queer headcanons attempting to “disprove” them with canon evidence. musajirou would reblog innocent posts from me and my friends and just leave ridiculously negative garbage on them all the time. after we all just rolled our eyes and blocked them, they started vaguing about us on private apps thinking word wouldn’t get to us. a number of them, most notably musajirou, badmouthed my friend jessica pretty bad, even though she’s really never done much beside get on to make goofy jokes every once in a blue moon.

jez has a habit of making personal posts where she rallies her followers to bother me in order to circumvent blocks. at one point she smeared another rocketblogger i was friends with, claiming that this blogger called jez out directly even though it was ME who was doing the calling out. jez purposefully screencapped my her blog in such a way that it looked like this other blogger was at fault when it was ME!!! naming names and picking fights. why? because i’m untouchable. i block everyone, i stand up for what i believe in, i scare people. consistently, these members of the fandom tend to only go after folks they view as easy to cut down and bully. that blogger jez framed ended up nearly run off the site for things that had nothing to do with her. the lot of them then tried to appeal to said blogger’s senses by sending her asks in the vein of we know it wasnt you, honey, it was that evil bitch musashi.

we were also able to connect musajirou’s IP to a number of troll accounts. these accounts were meant to directly smear the kind of rocketbloggers me and my friends were--they were incredibly hyperbolic accounts that loudly sang jessie’s praises while consantly bashing james. this was in response to me and my friends calling out the misogyny in the rocketfandom, how the woman in the ship was often villified while the man was treated like a Soft Baby Boy Who Could Do No Wrong. when they weren’t this, they were loudly queershipping, reblogging rocketshipping posts to derail about how ‘lol they’re gay sorry!!!!!’ in an attempt to make fans who interpreted the rockets as not cishet look like ~crazy faggots lol!~

eventually, these accounts devolved into outright homophobia. unsurprising, lmao.

and again i’d like to reiterate, i blocked all these users LONG before all of this. their temper tantrums have and always will be responses to things i say on my own blog far away from them. it’s wild how the people in rocketfandom wildly recognized as toxic & ones to avoid are the ones calling people who don’t engage with them bullies. almost makes me wonder if maybe they’re the problem! xD

yeah i name names and yeah i don’t forget. nasty fuckers get remembered! you can call me a bully all you want, if it shuts your ass up and keeps you away from this website then good, it’s a much healthier place without your negativity and my dash has been a much brighter, dare i say MUCH GAYER place since i blocked y’all in 2017. stay mad!

EDIT: forgot to mention jez also sent her friends after me lol... here’s one of the better messages i got from one of them:

heterophobia is real because some lesbian on the internet wants you to not repost art

#musajirou #james-team-rocket #rocketshipping #rocket cluster #Anonymous #wendy answers

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atruththatyoudeny · 5 years

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Happy 1D Fanworks Appreciation Day!

I want to thank all the amazing authors and artists who make this fandom as special as it is.

Here are all the fics I read and loved this month: (this is going to be looong)

I don't want a taste (I want it all) || thedaggerrose (blessedfetish) || "Fuck me yourself you coward" AU - college - crack - humour - 3k

The AU where Harry tells Louis to go fuck himself, Louis tells Harry to fuck him himself, and Harry follows through.

Always || JamieJam93 || amnesia - references of past depression - 85k

Thousands, if not millions, of fans had been right. Harry and Louis had been in love and together for four whole years. They were 'the dream team'; the couple that made others sick while simultaneously envious.

But thousands of fans had been right about something else too. The pressure had been too much. The fame had been too much. The closet had been too much, and, four years after the pair swore to each other that nothing could break them on the night of their first kiss in 2010, they broke up.

Fast forward to 2018, on the night of One Direction's last ever concert, and Harry has yet to move on. It's not as sad as it seems-he still lives his life and, for the most part, he's happy-but he knows that Louis was his one true love and is trying to prepare himself for a life completely without the other when an accident erases Louis's mind of all of his memories. In reliving the moments with him, trying to make him remember, Harry comes to find that maybe he never really forgot them at all and maybe, like him, he hadn't moved on either.

Enjoy The Ride || 2tiedships2 || a/b/o - strangers to lovers - road trips - fluff - 11k

The one where Louis, an omega more than tired of being treated as lesser than alphas, is forced on a road trip by his beta besties only to meet Harry who might just be the alpha he never knew he wanted.

Whisper The Wind || jacaranda_bloom || strangers to lovers - surfing - fluff - 36k

The one where Louis rides an elevator that may change his life forever, Harry loves the ocean but is a terrible surfer, Liam proves not all heroes wear capes, and Niall might actually have all the answers.

A kiss to build a dream on || noellehenry || Christmas - social media - pining - 17k

Harry has a brief encounter with a handsome stranger at the local Christmas Fair, the romantic kiss they share changes everything.

Harry is determined to find his Prince Charming and sets up a tumblr blog with help from his best friend Niall, owner of the locally famous Steamin' mugs.

Let the challenge begin!

Enter the Rose Garden || angelichl || a/b/o - friends to lovers - 10k

Soft heats make omega Louis clingy. Enter alpha Harry.

I been feeling high when I touch your body || Anonymous || gym - boxing- 17k

Harry is a boxer, Louis is an architect and Liam is the worst cupid that could ever exist.

The Pink Ghost of Princess Park || objectlesson || PWP - humour - sex toys - established relationship - light dom/sub - 7k

The thought of the vibrator does not go away. It’s sitting there collecting dust all through January, and every time Harry and Louis have to leave town for a press event or a show or to record or what have you, they come back home, and it’s still there, the Pink Ghost of Princess Park, the fucking glittery haunting that Harry cannot stop thinking of Louis stuffing up his arse.

Leave Your Mark On Me || FullOnLarrie || a/b/o - restaurant - mating bond - friends with benefits - enemies to friends to lovers - 32k

When Chef Harry Styles’ unbonded Omega designation threatens to derail his career, he does the only thing he can, and goes in search of a black market bond.

You Can't Change The Rolling Tide || LiveLaughLoveLarry || sailing - enemies to friends to lovers - childhood friends - friends to lovers - 25k

Louis lives on a tiny island off the coast of England and runs a sailboat touring company. When Niall is sidelined for the summer after his knee surgery, Louis needs a temporary new partner. Who better to fill that role than Harry, recently returned to the island after five years away? Louis is pretty sure there are plenty of better options. They don't get along until they do.

Take Care Down By The Water || shyserious || fantasy - magical realism - celtic mythology - fluff - angst - 37k

Louis has spent his summers at his Granny's in the Isle of Barra for almost as long as he could remember.

This summer wasn't supposed to be any different, but the little Scottish island turned out to be harbouring more than just the gorgeous white beaches, the clear waters, and the town drunk scaremongering the foreign tourists.

Pray Till I Go Blind || el_em_en_oh_pee || religion - religion kink - demon - homophobia - blasphemy - 19k

Louis is (kind of) a preacher. Harry is (probably) a demon. Of course, nothing's as simple as that.

This is not a love story.

Nocturne || rosegoldhl || fairy tale - fantasy - action/adventure - pining - 36k

Harry is a goblin living in the woods, entirely enthralled with a human named Louis.

I'm still learning to love || literato || minor character death - kid fic - pining - fluff - light angst - 74k

An au where Harry has almost everything in the world except for the will to move on.

Tell Me Your Secrets || dimpled_halo || For A Good Time Call AU - enemies to friends to lovers - dirty talk - phone sex - humour - fluff - angst - 17k

A For a Good Time Call au where Harry and Louis get off on the wrong foot when they first meet. When dire circumstances forces them to become roommates, Harry finds out some things about Louis that he doesn't expect will help him discover some things about himself.

We come in line || starsinoureyes || The Switch AU - mpreg - fertility clinic - 19k

Harry decides to have a baby on his own, Louis doesn't agree it's a good idea but lets him do it anyway. It took seven years and Harry getting artificially inseminated for them to find each other. Louis has a secret he didn't tell Harry and it might affect their family. Also featuring: a pre-pregnancy party, fertility clinics and pregnancy scares.

Sugar, butter, flour || EmmyLouWho || Nailed it! (TV) Fusion - reality tv - pining - 5k

Louis watches Harry start to pour icing onto his half-raw, still hot cookie, and tries to hold in his groan. He isn't sure if they’ve ever had a contestant on the show who tried so hard…and yet completely failed at every single step.

You can’t rig the show to help a contestant, he tells himself. Even if they’re adorable.

dopamine || Only_angel_28 || collge/university - meet-cute - social experiments - fluff - strangers to lovers - 7k

Louis honestly doesn’t know how he gets himself into these types of situations.

Well, actually, that’s a lie. He’s doing this because he needs the money, and because he’s curious. And, okay, maybe because he might be a little bit lonely too. He has always had what his mother affectionately calls an “adventurous spirit.” Couple that with being a (tragically single) broke grad student and voila! here he is scrawling his signature on a release form provided by the university’s sociology department. Essentially, he is agreeing to snog a stranger on camera for the sake of science.

Shouldn’t be a problem, right? All he has to do is lock lips with a (hopefully) fit bloke, collect his money, and be on his way. Easy peasy. Little does he know, fate has other plans for him in the form of one adorably quirky art student who goes by the name of Harry Styles.

Best kind of bad something || wildestdreams || established relationship - angst - fluff - ambiguous/ open ending 40- k

A NorCal AU where Louis is the town troublemaker and everyone hates him except for Harry.

What, like it's hard? || starkidpatronus || Legally Blond Fusion - girl direction - enemies to friends to lovers - enemies to lovers - humour - fluff - 25k

In which Harry goes to law school to win back her man, but gets a lot more than she bargained for.

Tell Me This Is Paradise || QuickedWeen || girl direction - smut - 5k

Harry Styles has been lucky in love but unlucky in the bedroom with all of her previous boyfriends. When her best friend Niall finds out that she's never had an orgasm, she knows just what Harry needs: Louis Tomlinson. Niall sets Harry up to get sorted out.

Your rainbow will come smiling through || hazkaban || Cinderella Story AU - minor character death - bullying - fairy tale retelling - 17k

When harry isn't working at his stepfather's cafe, he's trying to make swim captain and trying to finish all his coursework on time. when he's not doing any of those things, he's talking to the boy he met on the oxford hopefuls subreddit. when they decide to meet, he's elated. he finally gets the chance to meet the boy he's been crushing on! when the day comes to meet his prince, he learns that his online crush is none other than louis tomlinson, captain of the football team and friend of his terrible stepbrothers. now harry has to decide whether telling louis the truth is the right choice or if it's better to just let sleeping dogs lie.

From, your secret admirer || flicker_album || secret admirer - Valentine's Day - tumblr - mentions of anxiety - 13k

The one where Louis is Harry's Tumblr crush so he sends him secret admirer messages for Valentine's Day

Every Story Has Its Scars, Ours Is a Brand New Start || Rearviewdreamer || strangers to lovers - hurt/comfort - domestic violence - angst - dubious consent - implied mpreg - kid fic - 62k

Life as a devoted husband and an amazing father turned out to be a little different than Louis had expected. Everyone tells him it doesn't have to be that way; that he's worth more and that he's so much stronger than any one person trying to keep him down. It's all just words though until he meets the one person who makes him truly believe it.

The Pain Is For Pleasure || lovelarry10 || BDSM - established relationship - 67k

Louis and Harry have been together for a few months. Everything is great, but there’s one question burning in the back of Louis' mind - why won’t Harry have sex with him?

I Just Wanna Get Back to Us || louiesunshine || soulmate-identifying marks - angst - post-divorce - exes to friends to lovers - mutual pining - getting back together - slow burn - 62k

Or, where Harry and Louis are divorced soulmates who are seeing each other for the first time in two years.

Soup Of The Day || jacaranda_bloom || strangers to lovers - minor injury - hurt/comfort - 20k

The Restaurant AU where Louis and Niall are chefs, Chicago is windy, and cracking the big time is harder than they ever imagined. But when a mysterious man starts grading Louis' soups by leaving little piles of rocks, could it be just the thing they need to get them on the road to success?

Bleeding Love || momentofclarity || girl direction - enemies to lovers - famous/non-famous - 27k

Louis is an animal rights activist who throws red paint at fur coat wearing it-girl Harry Styles. Then there's a crack in the surface and something new starts bleeding through.

Oh, Darling My Heart's On Fire (For You) || aiienharry || girl direction - fluff - angst - 33k

Two girls fall in love on a road trip that was supposed to last a week and a half, but it ends up feeling like a lifetime.

Sweet Dreams Are Made of This || MrsStylinson || fake/pretend relationship - escort - angst - heartbreak - fluff - friends to lovers - 30k

Loosely based on The Wedding Date. Inspired by 27 Dresses. Basically, Fake Boyfriend AU with a twist. Louis' sister is unknowingly getting married to the ex who broke his heart. When faced with the prospect of turning up alone, Louis panics and hires a corporate escort named Harry. General chaos and epic jealousy ensues.

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officialaceblog · 5 years

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I don't think you're wrong in what you're doing. Infact, I think it's commendable that you seem to take big portions of time of your day to write things. I'll be real though... facing discourse on Tumblr helps very little. Now I'm not saying that you should stop! Certainly not. But you have to consider the factor that your general response to 'derail' commentary on a social media platform simply do not work. All you do is confuse more readers. You'll also slowly become the people you go against.

THE ONE AND ONLY Ace Leader here to answer a question I guess. To break this whole statement down, let’s look at the core points:

-Facing discourse on Tumblr helps very little

-General response to ‘derail’ commentary on a social media platform simply do not work; only confuse more readers

-Slowly become the people you fight

-Closes asking me to evaluate if my approach is healthy or beneficial to myself and those reading my material

Now, you may ask yourself why I broke all this out of the ask and it’s because I want to highlight the core message of these statements. While there were affirmative statements, they did not pose constructive arguments which is why I have excluded them. While the intent of the ask may have been sincere, the overall message is simply “stop” since the only statements on my actual methods were all various degrees of negative, so let’s learn a few things about The One and Only, shall we?

Let’s start from the very bottom of things: is this healthy or beneficial for myself and those that read my blogging material? We’ll start off with my health and benefits I guess. For the health part of it, engaging in discourse for me is a way that I spend my free time learning and exercising my writing. It’s a form of release for me while also forcing me to strengthen my own knowledge. I’d say that outweighs whatever stress I may feel while researching for some of my answers. To answer the beneficial part of the question, that’s a resounding yes because I spend my time learning the history of a community I would like to support and I get to apply the knowledge I’ve compiled over the course of my life. Knowledge is a powerful thing; utilizing it keeps my mind sharp.

Is it healthy or beneficial for others? Well that’s up to the individual. If your aim is to attack Aces and you to seek out my content and engage strictly with the intent to win some internet points or whatever, you’re actually playing directly into my trap; by wasting your time engaging with me, I have proverbially won this match. That’s not a healthy thing to do, but it is not my choice to take those kinds of actions. If you are interested in exploring the history of the community and engage in my content in earnest, there is much to learn and I look forward to learning from you. This seems very much to me like a mutually beneficial and healthy form of relationship; we may not agree, but by learning to interact with respect, we shall hopefully grow to become better people with a much richer pool of knowledge between us. As for the rest that passively read my material, as long as you’re willfully learning and enjoying the flourish of my rhetoric, I’d imagine it’s beneficial and healthy in that case.

There are, of course, nuances to everything I just mentioned, but at a broad pass, it’s probably not overwhelmingly harmful, especially considering I try to talk about my experiences and shared experiences among Aces to help out others that may be feeling alone. That said, let’s move onto the other points.

I don’t particularly like statements that are made without supporting evidence, but I do also understand the limited space you get in an ask, so I’ll respond to the individual points with the assumption they were made in good faith:

-Facing discourse on Tumblr helps very little

This point strictly depends on what you’re trying to define as my objective. My objective is to derail conversations and rhetoric that attacks Aces specifically on Tumblr. With that in mind, this statement has no merit, as discourse on Tumblr is generally rife with rhetoric and conversations designed to attack Aces. If you’re under the assumption that my objective is actual activism, then I most certainly agree that hanging out on the playground doesn’t do anything to rid the school of bullies, so to speak. That said, I’m not quite ready for that kind of a step yet; I have much to learn and a long ways to go to get my own personal life to a comfortable spot.

-General response to ‘derail’ commentary on a social media platform simply do not work; only confuse more readers

In all fairness, confusing specific readers is almost literally my point. Now, this assertion that derailing commentary on a social media platform does not work doesn’t really seem too well founded in reality. The problem is that social media is a powerful tool, and it’s extremely difficult to objectively measure the impact actions made on it can have. Certainly there will be some readers that walk away confused and unsure of what to think, but there are also readers out there that will find my commentary logical and identify with my statements, logical but disagree with my statements, illogical but agree with my sentiments, illogical but hate my sentiments, and many other senses I imagine. Also, derailing commentary is a way that a lot of politicians avert attention away from themselves when they take less than savory actions, and social media is a powerful tool for executing just that. It can and has been effective to certain ends, and I’m sure studying the history, actions, and dispositions toward the current President of the United States can prove that.

-Slowly become the people you fight

The only way to properly contextualize this statement is if you want to make assumptions about the targets of my posts, and the thing is that I don’t target any specific type of people. The key thing you’re missing is that I’m arguing against statements; people can hold whatever opinions they have, but when they write them down and share them on this platform, I can respond to that. My sincere hope is that the people that end up on the receiving end of my commentary are people that may not have diverse experiences and a nuanced understanding of Asexuality or the history of the LGBT+ community, and that by reading my commentary, they’ll come to learn something and improve themselves. It’s the difference between dismissing your own ignorance and embracing it and accepting that you can and should learn more; as long as I embrace that fact, I cannot become the people that I fight.

Part of the strength in my posts comes from the fact that if somebody has entertained reading them, I have accomplished an objective. There’s information for those that want to learn more, flowery writing for those that enjoy flavor in their history lessons, there’s facts, there’s citations, there’s resources that others may not have known about before. On the opposite end of that, if somebody is looking only to attack Aces, them engaging with my content keeps their attention away from those of us who would rather not get sucked up into some malice fueled fight that nobody actually ever wins, and that’s okay by me.

-The One and Only

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I don't understand the idea that OP is reaching on that post, I thought it was generally accepted that saying ppl are homophobic bc they're secretly gay is itself homophobic? Can you please explain if you're feeling up for it? (This is a genuine question btw idk if this might come off as rude I'm not always good with tone)

okay yeah, some people are probs gonna argue with me here or dislike what i say because that’s how people be but i can definitely see how that is in itself homophobic (this is probably gonna be long so i’m putting it under a cut, if you want to discuss this with me im more than willing to do so if you’ll be civil about it)

my main problem and the reach that I (personally) see with OP in that post is just blanking out the entirety of that tweet and changing it to that ( “i’m homophobic” ) which itself is problematic because it also misinforms a Lot of people who don’t bother to look at the whole tweet (which is what i’ve seen from the tags of that post)I also know that chris evans DOES support the lgbt+ community and everything good but even then he is still a cishet, white male but is also most likely more than willing to learn if someone went to correct himeven reading his tweet made me go Hmm... because of how he said it but he also does have a point, if you remove the whole Bad part of it (”bury our own gay thoughts...”) in that young boys are more often than not taught that showing any emotion is a sign of weakness etc. because of toxic masculinity, albeit he used it in a way that is also Not Very Good (esp coming from, once again, a cishet, white male)

if someone (or honestly even a BUNCH of people) could have gone and commented on chris’s tweet and explain to him why it’s bad that he worded his tweet like that he would correct it and maybe apologize for it because he most likely doesn’t know any better

and to address the whole “bury our own gay thoughts” bit of it, i know that there are instances where some people have a Lot of internalized homophobia because of how they were raised or whatever materials they were exposed to and so they also may outwardly be homophobic, that is something that can happen (but in other cases the persons won’t be outwardly homophobic)i’m not going to use that as an excuse to let chris evans slide with that tweet though because it does have a lot of Bad Wording to it and unless the persons have the above issue then it really is just blatant and hateful homophobia

the last bit derailed from what you were asking but definitely wanted to cover that bit up because it is possible to happen still, but yeah, that’s how i see it and i’m not excusing chris’s bad wording for anything, even for his lack of knowledge which he definitely could ask someone within the LGBT+ community to educate him on more

#hawke answers #this is long n wordy n im sorry if it doesn't make any sense skdjhls #if u need any clarification on anything lemme know #thanks for asking nicely btw anon #i rly appreciate it #Anonymous

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I'm sorry you feel that way - it is in fact possible to be happy, only happiness looks different for everybody. Also, spoiler alert, but other places in the world have much higher minimum wages, and statistics show that those countries have many happy people. America isn't the world.

I feel like I could only appropriately answer this with that meme about you missing the point? But I don’t have that on hand so:

I’m sorry you feel that way - it is in fact possible to be happy, only happiness looks different for everybody.

I’m not here to have empty conversations about what happiness means to each individual person. Making things about individual perceptions of reality when the real conversation is about material conditions is seriously derailing for work that needs to be done, and it’s exactly the problem with what the NPR asshole was doing. I’m here to look at the way an idea/emotion like happiness gets used – a broad social trend.

You’re also creating a semantic debate that’s maybe about “happiness” vs “contentment,” or what “happiness” really means, which is fine, I guess, but that’s not what’s happening in my post, and it’s not a real response to my post. The core of what I’m saying is that “happiness” has become a buzzword for a way of looking at the world that’s built on complacency and following a path of least resistance. Instead of changing the world, we’re meant to change ourselves to be more happy – to adjust our expectations downward and “just be happy” with what we have. But when “happiness” is used this way, the person who isn’t happy and who points out a problem – the person who refuses to put up with being sexually harassed or over-policed or paid an unlivable wage – becomes the problem. This is because 1) they won’t just be happy/grateful for what they have and 2) because they force all the happy people to have to think critically about the material foundations upon which their happiness is built, and that’s not fun. (Thus: the feminist killjoy, see, who kills all the joy by pointing out that that comedy routine isn’t funny and that actually this workplace is terrible. The problem people feel is located in the feminist, rather than the conditions being critiqued, because we were all feeling perfectly happy before and why can’t feminists just have a sense of humor?)

“Happiness” has become what some rhetoricians would call a “god term” of neoliberalism, a word that automatically carries this specific ideological baggage, no matter how much you try to use it to mean whatever you want it to mean.

Also, spoiler alert, but other places in the world have much higher minimum wages, and statistics show that those countries have many happy people.

No fucking shit? Almost like we need to look at happiness not as a set of highly individualized personal factors, but as the way we operate in our social systems? As though fighting to change our material conditions is more important than adjusting our expectations to meet them? This seems like it’s basically you agreeing with me, except being shitty, maybe because you don’t understand the use of the term “happiness.”

Plus minimum wage isn’t the only factor in play here, and not even the only one brought up in my post? Structural racism, sexism, other forms of classism, homophobia, transphobia, antisemitism, xenophobia, Islamophobia, ableism, fatphobia… Those all impact people’s material realities, and my point is that – as with having an actual living wage – addressing those inequalities is the way to improve the world and the way we feel as individuals. When we are unhappy because of these structural inequalities, we should work to change the inequalities, not to be happy with what we have. Blithe prescriptions about how “happiness is possible and different for everybody” only further the idea that we need to change ourselves instead of our broken social systems.

America isn’t the world.

Yeah, I’m pretty sure this is derailing? I’m sympathetic to feeling the over-Americanness of Tumblr, I am. (Patronizing voice: Some of my very bestest friends on this hellsite aren’t American.) But the core of what I was saying in my post – that defining “happiness” as how individuals need to adjust our expectations to meet our material conditions is neoliberal bullshit – still stands anywhere you go. It’s anywhere people talk about inequality and anywhere others treat that discussion of inequality as more of a problem than the inequality itself. (That’s the whole world and every fandom, too, btw.)

And you know what, I am from the US, I mostly teach students who are US citizens (or are hoping to become citizens, or are citizens in all but papers), and the issue I chose as an example in my post is a major American issue that needs discussion, so coming on my post to say “America isn’t the world” is sort of…eyeroll-worthy to me? I choose a US-specific example of a universal principle (one you seem to actually kinda agree with, btw???), so you’re going to come to my asks to dismiss me for being too American?

Okay.

It turns out just ignoring a post you don’t like/understand is free. (Or go do the reading I suggested by Sara Ahmed about how happiness is a neoliberal lie. She’s not American; you’ll like her.)

#i tried to be nice #i don't think i succeeded that well #but oh well #happiness #go read sara ahmed #the promise of happiness #the cultural politics of emotion #Anonymous

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Hey, you're pretty cool and all but I saw you tagged that post of someone defending cis people as "down with cis" and I just kind of had to take a step back. I'm not trying to sound rude, please don't take it that way, but while I'm sure you meant it as a joke, it's still really disturbing, if you get what I mean?

hey sorry for the late reply but i wanted to give this a proper answer. im also posting this publicly so that anyone else can read my views and reasoning on this. i hope this is legible, my thought are very disordered right nowthis is in reference to this post: http://darknings.tumblr.com/post/158083104783/pyroar-lynxshadowstalker-pyroarfirst of all, i want to explain /why/ i tagged that as "down with cis". i dont know how familiar you are with the origins of that phrase, but it came from a transphobe who made up a story about a "down with cis bus" of trans people who go round attacking people. it was a completely fake story made up to paint trans people as violent and cis people as poor innocent victims. the audacity of the story and overall message it sent led to trans people adopting "down with cis" as a saying to express annoyance with our oppressors. the post in question was making fun of a cis pride flag because 1) cis people arent oppressed so have no need for a pride flag yet some insist on creating them anyway, and 2) mocking oppressors is a way of dealing with their bullshit towards us. eg. saying cis people are boring is a response to the constant delegitimisation of our genders from their side. a cis person then commented abt how its not okay to make fun of anyone - of any gender, which is a point i do completely agree with, however it was derailing the post. the dramatic serious response to the joking post is like a trans person saying "lol i hate cis people" and then a cis person going "you cant say that its wrong to hate anyone". the problem with that is that it effectively silences our experiences and expressions, while vilifying us for something that is clearly a jokei tagged that post with "down with cis" to show that its a bullshit addition to a post, because it shows my annoyance with the comment for the reasons i explained above. i deal with a lot of bullshit from cis people daily, so showing my annoyance with them is justified bc i deserve a place to vent. down with cis is exclusively used by trans people who are fed up, which i amobviously i dont hate all cis people, but i do hate the systematic oppression, rampant transphobia and casual cissexism that they all contribute to. NO ONE hates cis people BECAUSE theyre cis, they hate them for the oppression they perpetuate. on the other hand, many cis people DO hate trans people simply for being transin the same way that saying "i hate my oppressor" is a response to the constant and institutional hatred targeted at us, and at the individuals who would rather take offence at the generalisation than address their own views and behaviour to improve, or understand our reasoning behind itTL;DR: i tagged that post with "down with cis" because the comment on it was a cis person who was refusing to understand trans perspective or reason to need to vent, and i was expressing my annoyance with that. i do not hate all cis people, nor do i hate anyone because theyre cis, but bc of the oppression i face at the expense of their privilege

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