#so I am even more well equipped to argue a case for them

[edwardtulanepdf]

she’s a 10 but she has parasocial relationships with disney characters

#was too scared to put this on my main LMAO #but anyway for one of my classes my professor is asking us over the weekend to ponder what it means to be a princess #using the disney princess films as a blueprint #and like due to all the rachel zegler snow white drama she’s creating for herself I’ve seen a lot of people #make really valid arguments in defense of the disney princesses esp the classic ones #so I am even more well equipped to argue a case for them #and there’s this one person in my class who is so annoying and seems like they would probably take on the pseudo-feminist idea of like #the classic princesses being weak bc they seek domesticity or true love #which in most cases is just blatantly not true #anyway I could write a thesis about this topic and I will be exercising some of that argumentative power on Monday if I have to

[steddieas-shegoes]

So I have this one scene in my head, that won't go away unless someone writes it😅

So it's like 10 years after season 4. Everybody is "grown up" , moved away, married, have kids, etc. They have a reunion at the park in Hawkins/Indy Idk?

Eddie is watching the kids. Suddenly a woman comes up to him saying his kid hit/pushed her kid. Eddie who saw the whole thing, says his kid was just defending them self from her kids bullying. The woman asks Eddie, if the kids mother would agree to this behavior. Cue Eddie calling out Honey! And then introducing Steve as their kids mother🤣

Its not much to go on plot vice, but I'm hoping your amazing brain can fill in the blanks😅

I am a Steve secretly likes being called mom truther. Sorry to everyone who isn't. I full believe Eddie started it as a joke, but he noticed the blush on Steve's face and kept doing it, and then the kids just naturally picked up on it and refer to him as both mom and dad depending on the situation. Imagine the confusion on a teacher's face when their troublemaker tells the principal "my mom is gonna be so mad that someone pushed me" and in walks a raging Steve. It's giving comedic relief. I didn't really include a whole lot of everyone in this, just mentioned it was a reunion and had a few moments with the Party. Hope that's okay, it's just difficult to include EVERYONE in a short ficlet. - Mickala ❤️

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They came back to Hawkins as often as they could to visit Wayne, especially once they adopted Hannah. Shortly after Nancy offered to be a surrogate for them, they ended up adopting Hannah’s baby sister, Lucy. In case that wasn’t enough, they still decided to take Nancy up on her offer, and they ended up with twins (“can’t do anything halfway, can you?” was Robin’s reaction) Ben and Molly.

Everything happened so quickly, all within two years, that Steve and Eddie turned to Wayne often as their calming presence.

At six years old, Hannah was a spitfire. She had Eddie’s personality despite not being theirs until she was four: unapologetically herself, loud, dramatic, and so fucking smart it scared them both. Lucy, at two (and a half!), was already well on her way to being the same way.

But this visit to Hawkins was different.

Everyone was back.

All the kids, who were far from kids now, and their significant others and kids decided to have a reunion over Labor Day weekend.

Eddie just got off a tour a few weeks earlier, a tour that proved to be quite chaotic when he insisted his entire family join him for two months on the road. Steve argued that it wasn’t necessary, that they would be fine for two months as long as he called every day, but Eddie wasn’t having it.

They took up a whole tour bus by themselves, but the rest of his band loved the kids. They brought Hannah on stage for soundcheck, they even had special headphones made just for her to be able to watch and play the instruments.

Steve usually used soundcheck time to walk with Lucy, find a place where she can run around and let loose all that toddler energy. Most venues they stopped at had a large backstage parking area for the buses and equipment vans, so while Lucy would run around and find weird bugs and sticks, Steve would push Ben and Molly in the double stroller so they could get some fresh air.

Once the doors opened, Eddie brought Hannah back to him and they went back to the bus so Steve could make them all their dinner, give them their baths, and put them to bed. They’d converted the bottom bunk spaces of the bus to a crib space for the twins and Lucy, and made the top bunk more kid friendly for Hannah.

It worked, and it was fun, and it was an experience that they all were happy to have together, but it was exhausting for all of them.

Being back in Hawkins was almost like a vacation.

Compared to the rush, rush, rush environment of tour, Hawkins was sit back, relax, enjoy the breeze.

Especially because everyone wanted their turn holding and playing with the kids. There were some points in the day that Eddie didn’t even know which adult his kids were with, but he was fine with it because Steve was sitting in his lap, more relaxed than he’d been in close to a year.

“Love you, Stevie,” Eddie mumbled against his hair, smiling as Steve curled further into his chest.

“Love you, too, baby.”

“Well aren’t you two just adorable,” Wayne said as he took the seat next to them, Ben asleep in his arms.

“When did he fall asleep?” Steve asked, voice low so he wouldn’t startle Ben.

“About 20 minutes ago.”

“You can go set him in the pack and play.”

“Nah. I wanna get as much time with these kiddos as I can,” Wayne said as he smiled down at Ben.

“Is Molly sleeping anywhere?” Eddie asked.

“Last I saw, Max was trying to get her to crawl in the living room, but I don’t think Molly is very interested.” Wayne started rocking back and forth slightly, like he did anytime he held a baby, whether they were asleep or not. “I heard Hannah ask if she could go to the park. If you wanna take her and Luce, we can keep the babies here for a bit.”

Eddie patted Steve’s back, silently asking him to let him up.

“I can take them. Stevie, you can stay here and get some rest.”

“No, I’ll come. Lucy will want someone to push her on the swings the whole time and Hannah won’t want to even look at the swings. It takes two with them.”

They made their way into the house to collect Hannah and Lucy, smiling at the way Max and Will were trying to bribe Molly to crawl with toys.

There was only one actual park in Hawkins, and the playground had only been added about five years ago as more people started moving back into town. It wasn’t impressive, especially compared to their Chicago parks and playgrounds, but Hannah and Lucy weren’t picky.

As expected, Lucy ran straight to the swings, yelling “Ma! Push me on swings please!”

Steve rolled his eyes fondly, but followed her over to them, preparing himself for the next 30 minutes of pushing her back and forth.

Hannah, well, she was a wild child. Literally, Eddie has had to drag her out of a hole she dug in their backyard once because she thought it could be her new bedroom. She cried when she thought that the bugs would hate her for leaving them. She found fun in any outdoor environment, which was good because the playground didn’t have a whole lot to offer other than one slide, a small set of monkey bars, and one tube to run through.

There were only a few other kids playing, all the parents standing off to the side or sitting on the bench.

All moms who would probably not want to talk to Eddie, especially if they recognized him and had been living in Hawkins during the whole, well, thing.

He stood away from everyone, just keeping an eye on Hannah, but occasionally looking over to Steve and Lucy. Lucy was ecstatic, he could hear her yelling “High! Up! High!” and Steve smiling as he pushed her just a tiny bit higher.

It was during one of those moments that he heard a yell and then heard someone walking over to him.

He turned to see a woman, probably pretty close to his age, coming up to him with a stern look on her face.

Oh boy.

He sighed as she stopped in front of him, her arms crossing over her chest.

He glanced at Hannah, who was being shoved by a boy maybe a year or two older than her. Hannah just raised her brow and shoved him back.

He looked back at the mom in front of him, assuming she was the boy’s parent.

“May I help you?”

“You may. Your daughter just pushed my son!”

“Is your son the one I just watched shove her?”

“If he did, it was to defend himself.”

“Hm.” Eddie glanced back up to see the boy crying and Hannah walking towards him. “Maybe your son should keep his hands to himself if he doesn’t like being pushed.”

“Maybe your daughter should learn to move out of the way.”

Eddie smirked as Hannah came up next to him.

“Hannah, wanna tell me what just happened?”

“He told me that I was too fat to go on the slide so I told him I would show him that I wasn’t. And then he tried to pull me away and I didn’t let him so he said that he was going to push me off the top. He tried to, but I’m strong, so he couldn’t. I pushed him back.”

Eddie nodded.

It’s not that he thought his kids were perfect. Far from it.

He got calls frequently from Hannah’s school that she was being too rough with the kids, and he had to remind her that a lot of kids don’t play that way. She never had bad intentions, she just didn’t know how strong she was. Kind of like a large breed dog thinking he can still sit in your lap when he’s fully grown.

But he also knew that because she had never had bad intentions, there was no way she did anything that wasn’t in defense of herself.

“It sounds like your son was rude and put his hands on her first,” Eddie said to the woman, who was turning a violent shade of red.

“There is no way her mother would allow her to act like this. This is inappropriate for young girls.”

Even Hannah knew that was the wrong thing to say.

She covered her face and shook her head and Eddie couldn’t hold back a laugh.

“What is so funny?” the woman asked angrily.

“Her mother is the one who taught her how to defend herself, but if you’d like to talk…” Eddie turned to the swings, where Steve was focused on Lucy. “Sweetheart! Can you come here for a second?”

Steve looked over to him with a frown, grabbing Lucy from the swing and mumbling something to her when she looked disappointed that they were done.

“What’s going on?” Steve asked as he looked down at Hannah, who was patiently waiting to see what Steve was about to do to this woman.

Eddie absolutely loved his children equally, he really did. But Hannah was something else entirely. He felt connected to her in ways that he hadn’t expected when they first met her. If it were possible, he would think she was his biologically with how similar they were in personality, how they both had the same dark curls, brown eyes, loud laugh, and smirk.

The woman seemed surprised to see Steve come over, but quickly went back to the angered demeanor of a moment ago.

“Your daughter tried to hurt my son.”

This woman was not going to convince Steve of that even if she somehow managed to record it on camera.

“What did your son do?”

“I beg your pardon! He didn’t do anything except try to take a turn on the slide.”

“Right.” Steve looked at Eddie, who gave a small shake of his head, then down at Hannah who did the same. “My sources seem to remember things differently.”

“Ma, he said I was too fat and then tried to pull me away!” Hannah was getting more upset now, not because she was in trouble, but because it was interrupting her playtime.

“Which one is your son?” Steve asked.

Oh no. That was the bitchy tone.

Eddie loved where this was going.

“The one getting off the slide,” the woman pointed, but immediately tried to start arguing. “She had no right to push him no matter what he may or may not have said.”

“The kid who is currently pushing another girl out of his way?”

The woman looked over and gritted her teeth together.

“Daddy, Ma, he’s mean!” Lucy yelled as she held Hannah’s hand.

“Yes, baby, he is being mean. That’s why we taught you and your sister to stand up for yourselves when someone is bullying you,” Eddie said pointedly.

“Kids like that grow up to be mean adults who don’t have friends and raise their own kids to be mean,” Steve added with a glare at the mom.

“We all have to take turns on the slide,” Hannah nodded in agreement.

“Ma! Ma! Swing again!” Lucy suddenly yelled, totally over the way this conversation was taking away from her valuable swinging time.

“Sure, baby.” Steve turned to the seething woman in front of them. “Are we done here or do I have to go on about how your son is going to peak in high school just like you did?”

She stormed off without another word, no match for Steve when he was in Mama Bear Mode.

It was so fucking hot.

Steve sighed.

“I’m proud of you Hannah Banana. You okay?” Steve knelt down so he was eye level with her, and pulled her into a hug.

“Can we go to another park, Ma?”

“Sorry, baby, this is the only one here. We can go back to Papa Wayne’s house, though.”

“Can I swing with Lucy?” Hannah asked.

“Of course. How about we swing for another ten minutes and then we get some ice cream?”

Eddie perked up at that.

“Ice cream!”

“You’re worse than the children,” Steve smirked at Eddie.

“Ice cream!” Lucy yelled.

“Can I have strawberry?” Hannah asked excitedly.

“Sure,” Steve ruffled her hair. “Strawberry’s my favorite, too.”

“Brownie!” Lucy yelled, eyes wide.

“That’s my girl! We’ll get brownie ice cream,” Eddie said as he lifted her up into his arms and walked her over to the swings.

The rest of the afternoon was uneventful, which is exactly how they liked it.

#steddie #steve harrington #eddie munson #stranger things #the party #steve and eddie are parents #rock star eddie munson #bitchy steve comes out to play #mama bear mode activated

[triple-a-aro]

thanks for turning on anon asks!! i dont want to get this linked back to my actual account where i try to keep things pretty discourse-free. what i wanted to say is that i really get where yr coming from with the falling into transmasc vs transfem thing??? i find myself going oh no thats a trans woman so shes not gonna like me a lot and then i feel really guilty abt it so its good to know that other transandro bloggers are aware of that whole thing. how do you keep yrself from falling into those thinking patterns?

No problem at all, anon! I understand that this can be a topic that you don't necessarily want. attention. on you. Perfectly valid to keep yourself safe.

This touches on something that I've been realizing more often for myself, though! When you are educating yourself on topics such as transandrophobia, the loud and vocal minority of transandrophobes are likely to speak up in comments and replies of posts doing so, which makes it seem like they're everywhere. Much like vocal transphobes, we must remember that this is a minority; most people may not have even heard of transandrophobia, but I'm sure they'd agree that "trans men experience oppression for being trans men that other trans people don't experience". Because that's common sense.

The other reason I find myself falling into that pattern is the centering of trans women in these transandrophobia discussions. A lot of it ends up with people arguing if transmisogyny is worse or not, and I think that misses the entire point. But if you see these transandrophobes going on and on about trans women having it worse (and some of those people being trans women themselves who are lashing out for whichever reason), you're going to start connecting transandrophobia and trans women.

Which sucks. It really fucking does. The brain is equipped to notice patterns, and it's going to emphasize in accordance to how transandrophobes emphasize.

So how do I personally stop this from happening?

I follow trans women. Feels like a no-brainer, right? But recently I realized I was not following any trans education that was run by trans women, mostly because I had been scared of researching into the blogs themselves in case I found bigotry towards trans men, and I am not in the business of digital self-harm. If anyone has any good blogs feel free to drop them here, and I'll reblog!

If I feel myself getting incensed, I step back If you find yourself getting really mad, step back and ask yourself: - Where is this anger coming from? (At transphobia or has it been construed somehow?) - Where is this anger directed? (At transandrophobes, or at trans women?) - Who has posted this? (TERF psyops do exist, and if a blog is posting inflammatory content, they might be baiting you) - Is this user in the same circle as other transandrophobes? (There was a ring of particularly nasty transandrophobes that I blocked for mocking trans men and suggesting corrective sexual assault, and I have not found as many since)

Go to irl queer spaces. While this is not going to be a solution for everyone, I find stepping offline and talking to irl trans women is beneficial. Make friends with trans people! This discourse is so terminally online, and the only reason I participate in it is because I do what I can irl and therefore my only contribution is not arguing over discourse.

I also interact with other trans men who are normal about trans women as well. I hope this helps! Media literacy is good to practice, and I'm proud of you for owning up to something very hard, anon.

If we have any other suggestions, pop 'em down in the replies or reblogs!

#ask #anon #transandrophobia #transmisogyny #<- because the constant martyring of trans women the way that transandrophobes do it is. exactly that #transphobia

[slashingdisneypasta]

Alright, Toon Patrol in a fairy tale environment. Here we go!

In this world, I guess either the toons take the place of the fairy tale characters and have their own stories (like Bugs Bunny would be 'The Clever Hare', Popeye could be 'The Iron Sailor' or something, etc). Either that, or the toons are in the medieval time period.

In the Toon Patrols case, they are a group of misfit bandits. They don't have specific territory since they can go anywhere- and they do go everywhere. They attack unsuspecting travelers, royal carriages, etc. They're so notorious, you can find wanted posters for each of them posted in towns and taverns.

Smartass is, of course, the leader. Rumor has it that he was spurned by a royal lover, and that has led to his spite for the upper class (totally not a reference to my divorcee HC).

Greasy is the amorous one. Pretty ladies are in danger of his wandering eye and hands in this AU too. You can always rely on Greasy to get a handful of women they rob. He is also the bandit most often found in pubs on his own.

Wheezy is the- well, the archer in this AU since guns wouldn't be a thing back then XD just because you can't see him, doesn't mean he doesn't have his eye on you; anybody that manages to run away from the other weasels are at risk if getting an arrow in the leg- or worse, depending on whether or not they're 'disposable'.

Psycho is the lunatic who never should have been given knives. Faster and much more animalistic than his teammates, you don't want this nutter chasing you down in the forest.

Stupid is the strongest of them all, and is often tasked with carrying the heaviest loot and/or the camping equipment while they're on the move.

Eventually, when the old king died and was replaced by a mysterious man by the name of Doom, the new king decided to use the renegade weasels and made an arrangement with them; he would clear their names and ensure they would never be arrested for their crimes, if they worked for him. Seeing this as a once in a life time opportunity, the weasels accepted.

I'm indecisive on whether or not they join Dooms guard, or if they remain as bandits and are simply rebranded to a more 'lawful' term. But either way, they give Doom information they get from their victims, and do the occasional job he gives them.

This one I'm gonna leave S/O headcannon free since sleep is finally catching up to me XD I'll let you fill that in if you want ^^ i hope you like these!

Bandit!Greasy:

Alright so it is almost 1.30 am so I hope this is coherent XD But um- this is gonna be clunky. Because-

TOON PATROL

IN A F A I R Y T A L E AU???

This is something I trust didn't know I needed so bad, I-

AGHH.

XD

I L O V E THIS IDEA. Even without the weasels this is absolutely a fairytale I would read!! A corrupt King with evil little known-criminal minions? It reminds me if Scar and the Hyenas while he was King! I wish they had shown us more of that time 😅😅

Omg!- I would love if they were like evil corrupt knights omg XD You know I love that kinda thing 😅😅😅 But both ideas are great, I just love the concept as a whole XD

AS IT HAPPENS, I DO WANNA FILL IN THE X READER STUFF, YES. I hope you like these 😅 They're all set before Doom becomes King, I think 🤔

~

Bandit!Smartass x Random Background Villager!Reader who's tough, rational and level headed. She is the only woman Smartass acknowledges as a lady?? Despite no real fairytale role or happy ending afforded to her?? She's just a washmaid??? But she's low-key, and he likes that. No fairytale ending means no drama. And- he just likes her. Genuinely. They argue like an old married couple and the Toon Patrol Bandits always seem to stop by her village by 'coincidence', and everyone knows its just a matter of time.

-or circumstance. When Y/N's village becomes a target for a raging dragon maybe Smartass will... you know... face his issues with love and realise that Y/N is Not Like That? She wouldn't hurt him, or she's just Worth It, and steals a carriage+leaves the rest of the weasels behind wherever they were when he hears in order to get there for her.

Bandit!Wheezy x Wicked Witch!Reader who hates people *cough* except him. Yes, she's one of those crazy ones who like to curse villages, eat children and take princesses hostage when she's bored. She's kindof wacky. But Wheezy has come to just really... like her? Like hanging with her? They click???? She's nuts and actually out of her mind and truly freaky, kinda weird looking with her gross hair and soot on her face and rags covering her body; completely uncivilised. But? He? Loves her?? She's funny and she's cute in a mangy-dog sorta way, and she doesn't mind he's gross himself. He doesnt know about telling her his feelings,.. the crazy bat might try to set something on fire from shock,.. but he knows it and that's all that really matters.

Until a king sends his guard to come and execute her for her crimes against the crown (she... might have... perhaps... turned the queen into a chicken) and it becomes very obvious Wheezy's butt-fuck in love with her when he refuses to get out from between her and the pack of guards.

Bandit!Psycho x Sleeping Curse!Reader who is, obviously, asleep when the Toon Patrol Bandits come across her in the forest. Most of the weasels are uniterested in the sleeping woman and move on, but Psycho is immediately intrigued, feeling instinctually close to this snoozy female laying like a corpse in the woods. This is his mistake, but its also how the story is written (fate), so I guess he cant really be blamed. He doesn't know why... but he's drawn to her, staring at her and watching her sleep. He can not figure out why, but he just... has... to stay...

And now...

He's getting...

Sleepy...

Psycho is drawn into the curse with her, standing over her body dead asleep like a stone guard until the day that Prince comes along, and kisses her- and he is jolted awake instead.

Turns out, the princess had been put to sleep by her parents a long time ago. It was an effort to keep her safe- the idea was that she would sleep, blissfully unaware of the dangerous world around her, until the right person came along to protect her; then she would be allowed to live, because she would have her guard. Different worthy men would be drawn into her sleep with her so that they couldn't get away before proving themselves or not, and when a threat (a foolhardy prince attempting to have what wasn't his to take) came along, they would wake before her and if she woke up then that would mean that he had gotten rid of the scoundrel- and she was safe in his care.

Psycho is the only one in a thousand years, who protected her.

Bandit!Greasy x Hag!Reader and Greasy is just... enamoured with her. Completely besotted. Smitten. No one knows why; she's so ugly. Has she spelled him? But no, she seems just as confused as everyone else!... Maybe Grease is just a freak?

This goes on for a few months- Hag!Reader tries to go about their sad unloved life, trying to ignore and forget the odd bandit that's surely maming fun of her, and Greasy keeps seeking her out and being kind to her!; giving her food, shelter, and gifts! He compliments her, too, says her dirty smudged skin makes him wanna sin and her sunken eyes spell him to think dirty things that make her head spin!... He never once ignores her flaws or tells her she's prettier than she is- he seems to get off on them, instead!

... Greasy may never admit that its because he had a premonition that he and her were meant to be, the day he first saw her on the street. No one knows he can do that, and they can't because seers are often killed for their gifts- but he can do everything else in his power to convince her he loves her. He wants her.

And he will. For as long as he lives.

Bandit!Stupid x Princess!Reader. It's a classic story; Reader is approached by all kinds of princes and noblemen from around the world asking to marry her but she loves the sweet bandit she met. He's the only one she wants.

... except Stupid doesn't know that 😅 He thinks he's just lucky when they keep running into her carriage (travelling through known toon patrol territory) to stop and rob, and he gets to see her again. He thinks its lucky, that she always has just enough gold to please them. He thinks it's lucky, that she's so kind and understanding about them 'robbing' her.

She won't tell him, though. She's happy to get herself robbed every week just to see him (she's got the riches, so why not?). This way they can be friends, and she doesn't upend his life which being with a princess would do. If she has to go down in history as the strict Queen that never married, that's okay. Maybe one day lobg after she's dust, someone will decode her journal; figure out her love story with the sweet, dumb bandit.

But its okay if they don't.

#i hope pyscho's is coherent!! #i wanted to put a twist on thr usual sleeping beauty storyline but it was 2.30 am so... 😅😅😅 #again- thank you so much for this ask!! #sorry it took so long to respond to ):

[pocketramblr]

for the au ask game boss: what if all might was defeated at kamino?

Some of y'all...

1- All Might goes down at Kamino, and AfO laughs. In one last desperate move, Gran jets to grab him and carry him away from the lost fight. It's very parallel to when Nana died. AfO fires off a shot at then, but let's them go, since he figures such a public loss well be the same thing either way for All Might, whether he dies right then on the ground at Kamino, or an hour late in a hospital.

2- Izuku sees this on TV, as does most of Japan. It's panic. Even most other villains are in too much shock to take the opportunity to grab power, but a few do, and it's just chaos. Iida and Momo barely managed to keep all the rescue squad together and take shelter in the nearest hotel they can find, cramped into a single room Momo paid for, watching the TV, on their phones the whole time. Izuku doesn't stop crying for hours until he passes out sometime around four am, having promised his mom he'd be careful and come back home once it was light out and less crazy.

3- instead, the kids wake up to a very insistent knock on door, the police. The all panic about whether or not they did vigilantism, but when Kirishima opens the door Tsukauchi rushes in, making sure they're alright and if Izuku is still with them, relived that he is. Before passing out himself, Toshinori warned Gran that AfO knew who Izuku was, and Gran told him, so Tsukauchi needs to get him somewhere safe. The other kids are all given a police escort home, but Tsukauchi takes Izuku and they vanish - though not before Momo passes him two burner phones, a knife, and pepper spray, just in case.

4- Tsukauchi explains the current plan is for Izuku and Toshinori to sneak out of the country and head for I-island. Izuku is like, "uh the place that villains attacked a week and a half ago? The villain who had more than one quirk? With the guy who betrayed All Might??" And Tsukauchi is like "yeah. Because AfO wouldn't expect you to go back there" which is fair, I guess. He leaves his phone behind after sending one last apology and reassurance to his mom, and holds All Might's hand the entire trip- he's been unconscious the whole time and hooked up to his hidden equipment, so Izuku figures he won't notice and mind.

5- several students don't return to UA, though it does still reopen - mostly arguing that with All Might gone they need more heroes than ever, and that even in the case of their student vigilantes, they at least got Bakugo out to safety, and since All Might lost... They don't know if that would have happened without him there. Better one less kid among the dead, right? Aoyama is one who go back because AfO figures he can see if anyone there knows where Izuku is hiding, though none of them do.

#anon #pocket talks to people #ask game

[golbrocklovely]

Gotta be honest. Although seth comment was disgusting and as a women myself i would never want to hear such a thing being said about me… I don’t specifically like how in such Situations, people act as if they never said anything rude/mean/disgusting being around friends.

I’m not in any way defending seth, because although i like him in snc videos (cause he is one. Of those who take investigations rather more serious), i would have to be sick in the head to say that it’s nothing… But as you said … man joke about such things in their friend group ( cause well… those are man… simple people) and ngl women do that too. Maybe not as often as men do , but you really never heard from your friends how “she wish he could just f her” , how he “had a small d” how he “was so bad that i fall asleep” , “it lasted 2 minutes” , “with such a small equipment, he won’t do much anyway”??… i am a women and believe me that I heard those things and women just as men are capable of commenting disgusting things about men, just as men do about women .

So in my very personal opinion, although the comment was disgusting and so out of place , people should stop acting as if women do not do simmilar things … this comment should never be on camera, buT i just don’t like how people who ain’t exposed to the spotlight suddenly act as if they innocent, as if they are God creatures who are in charge of judging other people, when reality is that , if their conversations with their close friends would be recorded by someone , they would be under fire just As those famous people that they hate on daily basis and yell how they should be “canceled” for that.

I am just sick of hypocrisy as a women myself. Sorry not sorry.

i didn't want to say all of this, but… yeah. i agree with you.

i think my issue is - yes, seth's comment was gross. no one is saying otherwise or trying to argue against that whatsoever. but if we're all being honest, how often are you around other men, other ppl, that say mean shit about women? and when that happens, do you call it out? bc i know for a fact i don't always do that. bc sometimes it's easier to just… side eye the person and move on. sometimes it's not worth fighting or arguing bc it can become a back and forth of "oh it's just a joke" and "no it's not bc it's harmful" and it's not worth it.

bc here's how i see it and i totally get that some WILL NOT see it this way and that's totally fine: men, to me, appear on a spectrum of least dangerous to most dangerous. the least dangerous are the ones that genuinely love women, that care for us, that do their best to call out shit when they see it. all the good stuff. the dangerous ones are the incels, the andrew tates of the world, right?

but then collectively, most men, fall in the middle. and they can go either way sometimes. these are the men worth talking to, educating - but only if that's something you want to do. as a woman, i shouldn't have to argue with others as to why our existence is important or valid or worth respecting. it's exhausting and shouldn't have to be the case. but reality is, these same middle men also live in the same society we live in. it's a patriarchal one that ALLOWS and ACCEPTS hate towards women. but bc it's so embetted in our society, most don't realize how deep it runs. so they say things nonchalantly or in a joking manner, not realizing there is a history behind those statements that stems back far enough to our oppression.

(and of course this whole argument doesn't even get into poc women and how they are treated, in just america alone, but i think you all get my gist)

i say all of this bc… i don't see seth as being the next andrew tate or some shit. while what he said was harmful and gross, it's clear there wasn't true malice behind it, at least to me. he's just another man saying another dumb thing about women. it's sad, but it's reality. same with colby "agreeing" and sam saying nothing in return. men don't call out other men most times. and to put them on this pedastal when most women don't do that to other men is a bit hypocritical.

the best we can do in situations like this is tell seth "hey what you said wasn't nice" and i think collectively most of us have done that. he's also now apologized to both kristin publicly and privately and to us (which personally i don't think he had to do in the first place but it's fine that he did it regardless). and now, we see if he actually learned anything. give him the grace to grow and be better. bc again, i don't think he's an awful man. he's just… a man.

#ask #personal #snc bs

[baldbae-tele]

Dirty Thirty

It is four days until the big 30. I suppose I should be experiencing a degree of excitement ... Another day in the land of the living! Yes there is gratitude, but there is something else. There is a grave deal of disappointment and self critique. It has been crawling up my neck and stifling me. And the reminders and reprimands continue to flood in.

At 9-10 years old, I was certain that my dream job was to be a Carib girl, I had practiced the dance in front of the television with my aunty Kathy for every West Indies cricket match... "Go T&T, Show them what you've got....Go T&T, show them what you've got!" I felt like I was well equipped after all of these practices and well on my way with Aunty Kathy as coach...By 20 I would be in a gear to fulfill this childhood dream...but unfortunately, this never came to fruition. I realised that maybe I did not want to be a Carib girl anymore.

By 12-15 I was going to be a lawyer...The entire basis of this decision was that I like to argue...Thus, I would be the perfect fit for the profession because of course, there is no other basis to law beyond the ability to argue. LOL. By 25 I would have my own law practice and win all of my cases....Again wishful thinking.

When I got to university at 17 years old, to study Business Management, with an intended emphasis in Marketing...armed with my Procter and Gamble.... because obviously is that is the marketing bible. During Cape I trekked with that everywhere all over my high school. It was so bad my teacher used to borrow my textbook as reference for class. I was one of those students... YES.

Anyways...I clearly did none of those things...Flash forward, to returning to Trinidad and Tobago and finally finding my niche. I determined Psychology was what I really wanted to do with my life. After serving as a Resident Assistant in University, and dealing with many instances of youth crisis, I recognised that this was what I wanted to do...No NEEDED to work with people... I have always had a passion for people, in particular young people. I finally felt at peace at making this discovery. There...the decision was made. I was going to do my Masters in psychology which I started in September of 2019. The following year the pandemic hit... negatively impacting many things related to school. An experience which the world was never prepared for...

By 2020 is when the self critique began to rear its ugly head. I started to feel like I was choked and bound by own criticisms. With only a thesis left to defend, which had to be postponed due to illness, much to my displeasure because, "Ah just want to done!" I became very unforgiving and have been failing to offer myself grace.

I have adopted the following thought points:

Why it is you taking so long to figure out yuh damn life?

At 30 you were supposed to be married with an established career?

You have disappointed your family because you supposedly had so much promise.

What is wrong with you?

People often speak about the wrongs of comparing yourself to others. However, we need to have conversations around comparison to self...to our potential or perceived potential. This may be an even more toxic practice.

And there is something about 30 that makes us feel like we are running out of time...That we old. I assume that the four grey hairs I have managed to develop over the past few months may contribute to this....WAY DEY COME OUT FROM?

For this realisation and this reason...I have determined that 30 will be a year of forgiveness and grace. I have decided on allowing myself the opportunity to thrive as opposed to setting unrealistic deadlines for myself. I have decided to celebrate my wins and take the failings as a lesson. I have decided to cherish moments, and not hold them to my chest so that I cannot move past them.

I am determined to achieve my goals...but I am determined to release the timeline.

#dirty thirty #unmarried #grace #forgiveness #self forgiveness #self work #self worth #love #time #thirty flirty and thriving #30s #adulthood

[clickonmedotexe]

June 17th 2023 - Discovering Rex (Part 2)

Frederick: Well- it's high enough to be very possible!

EJ.EXE: *leans over and presses a few keys*

Frederick: *keeps watching tho*

EJ.EXE: *a picture of the person in question comes up, along with info*

EJ.EXE: * [ CHASE BENNET ] a middle aged man with brown hair, glasses and a rather kind face *

EJ.EXE: *he is wearing an Aperture labcoat in the photo and there's some info about him*

EJ.EXE: *British, 35, worked in Aperture for a decade, has several degrees in computer science*

EJ.EXE: ........

EJ.EXE: See, that is not me

EJ.EXE: I am not even British

EJ.EXE: *he is still alive*

EJ.EXE: *and if Freddy does some digging, he'd find that fortunately, he was fired before GLaDOS killed off everyone else*

Frederick: *??*

Frederick: *!*

Frederick: *eyes light up*

Frederick: Have you tried to contact him?

EJ.EXE: .........................

EJ.EXE: No

EJ.EXE: Why would I

Frederick: ..........

Frederick: *blank face*

Frederick: Why not?

EJ.EXE: ...........

EJ.EXE: I don't want to

Frederick: ..............

Frederick: *Are you for real now*

Frederick: ... You said you wanted to find out who created you

EJ.EXE: Yes, I want you to do some scans and tell me

EJ.EXE: I dont want to go around calling random people

EJ.EXE: Tsk

EJ.EXE: It's even more work

Frederick: But he is not random, he worked in there as well

Frederick: What if he got involved before they fired him?

Frederick: Hmm

Frederick: Besides, we don't know know reasons of that

EJ.EXE: What do you want to do, Frederick?

EJ.EXE: Call him and ask if he developed a sentient virus for his work?

EJ.EXE: Explain you are a total stranger but you want to know why he got fired?

EJ.EXE: HA

EJ.EXE: Stupid

Frederick: *spawns in a glowy screen*

Frederick: *aaand messages to CB about the whole Vir case*

EJ.EXE: ................

EJ.EXE: Are you serious

EJ.EXE: ......

Frederick: You gotta try all options, you know

Frederick: Otherwise you won't manage the task

Frederick: .....

EJ.EXE: *CB messages back a few minutes later, asking who Freddy is and why he wants to know about some virus*

Frederick: *def sends details & proof links on some Vir's activities*

EJ.EXE: *CB sends back a link to 'Top 10 Best Free Antiviruses!'*

Frederick: .........

EJ.EXE: *he doesnt really understand why Freds is asking him this*

Frederick: ....................

EJ.EXE: *although it is definitely HIS signature in the virus' code*

Frederick: *sends a report with data telling antiviruses don't work, so they are looking for possible creators of Vir who were his ex co-workers*

Frederick: *sends a line of codes with the signature as well*

Frederick: *Well gotta see if he is lying or someone just picked his name for some reason*

EJ.EXE: *for a long moment, there is no answer*

Frederick: *glances at Vir as he waits*

Frederick: You know, if I actually figure this case out for you

Frederick: You are going to pay me a favor back

EJ.EXE: .......

EJ.EXE: Like what?

Frederick: Like stopping possessing other people and hurting them.

Frederick: *Nl: :3*

Frederick: *..........*

EJ.EXE: *then he sends back another message, explaining that the only reason programs would have his signature on them is because the equipment he used back as an employee would automatically add them onto all of his creations. mostly so aperture could figure out which programmer to blame in case something goes wrong*

Frederick: *What, it doesn't seem like EJ minded much*

EJ.EXE: .....

EJ.EXE: That's too big of a favor

EJ.EXE: You are just asking me to change my lifestyle~

Frederick: .... You know that if it's otherwise then I'll have to catch all of your parts

Frederick: And believe me, I will manage it

EJ.EXE: I can promise not to hurt your Stanley-

Frederick: *smiles*

EJ.EXE: *scoffs*

EJ.EXE: Oh, you wish

Frederick: I am asking you to think on your errors

Frederick: ....

Frederick: Unless you want to be destroyed after all

EJ.EXE: ......

EJ.EXE: *smiles sweetly* I'll think about it

Frederick: You know, I can't keep arguing with Stanley Jackson and some others forever

EJ.EXE: *tho it looks more like a toothy grin than a sweet smile*

Frederick: I only have some little time on this

Frederick: .......

Frederick: *is not impressed*

Frederick: You gotta try it.

EJ.EXE: I can take care of Jackson

EJ.EXE: For good

Frederick: ......... See this is exactly why people wanna destroy you

Frederick: But I only wanna do a research!

EJ.EXE: *scoffs*

EJ.EXE: Then keep doing your research

EJ.EXE: That programmer just replied, stop bothering me about morality topics

Frederick: .....

Frederick: *glances back at his screen*

Frederick: .................

Frederick: [ Does that mean the virus is one of your creations? ]

Frederick: .......

Frederick: [ Did you create AIs, didn't you? ]

Frederick: [ Apparently one of them ended up being corrupted. ]

EJ.EXE: [CB: I promise you, I don't know of any virus. I had access to various areas, but at the end of my work, we were moving on to more experimental tests ]

EJ.EXE: [CB: I am deleting this conversation after we speak, by the way. I doubt they will sue me after so long but I don't want to take the chances ]

Frederick: ........

EJ.EXE: [CB: If...any of them are still alive ]

Frederick: [ Do you remember names of those who worked with you? Could I have them, please? I have ways of checking. ]

EJ.EXE: *he does give him the few names he remembered*

Frederick: *CB is v nice*

EJ.EXE: *is watching this all, his brows furrowed*

Frederick: *idk i would put freds in blacklist for bothering about old job stuff xd*

Frederick: *...........*

EJ.EXE: *awww*

Frederick: *Hmph*

EJ.EXE: *well he sent proof about vir though*

Frederick: *Blacklists are easy to hack*

EJ.EXE: *otherwise he'd think freds was a reporter or a blogger looking for gossip*

Frederick: *!*

Frederick: *saves names in his files*

Frederick: *thanks him*

Frederick: *does some scanning and digging on names (again)*

EJ.EXE: *however*

EJ.EXE: *they're all dead*

Frederick: *is def curious*

Frederick: *Aw*

EJ.EXE: *thanks to GLaDOS*

Frederick: Aw

Frederick: *sigh*

EJ.EXE: *while he was scanning, another message popped up from CB* 

Frederick: *murmurs* GLaDOS never changes... 

EJ.EXE: She knew how to make use of her power 

EJ.EXE: I admire her~ 

Frederick: *?* 

Frederick: *glances at the message* 

EJ.EXE: [CB: There is...one incident that might be useful for you] 

Frederick: What, have you witnessed her? 

EJ.EXE: [CB: But] 

EJ.EXE: *then a looong pause* 

Frederick: Now I wonder if you have seen a Chell... 

Frederick: ...... 

EJ.EXE: [CB: I don't know] 

EJ.EXE: No 

EJ.EXE: I have read about her online 

Frederick: [ I appreciate anything that might be helpful! ] 

Frederick: .....

EJ.EXE: [CB: I hope it's not relevant. I should've been more careful and I wasn't ] 

Frederick: Well, what they tell on the Internet is usually quite far away from how things were in reality 

EJ.EXE: [CB: It was why they fired me and why I am still alive, I guess. Otherwise I would've been gassed as well ]

EJ.EXE: *sarcastically* You don't say

Frederick: Unless it's a trusty source with evidences 

Frederick: ...... 

Frederick: *?* 

Frederick: [ They fired you because you weren't careful enough? ] 

Frederick: *Hmmm* 

Frederick: *Gee* 

EJ.EXE: [CB: Someone broke into my equipment and...attempted to upload themself ] 

Frederick: *I hope AI(s) getting corrupted is not because a few mistakes done in codes* 

EJ.EXE: [CB: Actually, I know who it was ] 

Frederick: *!* 

EJ.EXE: [CB: He was my friend and I should've known better than to trust him ] 

Frederick: [ Oh- this could explain the whole case ] 

EJ.EXE: [CB: But I did, I thought he wouldn't possibly do something so stupid, and yet it ended with his death and my firing] 

Frederick: ......................... 

EJ.EXE: [CB: God, I hope you are wrong. Because that's]

EJ.EXE: [CB: Awful] 

Frederick: *Wait* 

Frederick: [ I am sorry ] 

Frederick: .... 

Frederick: [ Could you please tell his name? ] 

EJ.EXE: ............... 

EJ.EXE: [CB: Sure ] 

EJ.EXE: [CB: Rex Townsend ] 

EJ.EXE: ............................... 

Frederick: *niiice* 

Frederick: ............ 

Frederick: Rex Townsend, hmm

Frederick: Does it ring a bell to you? 

EJ.EXE: *it took me ages to come up with a good name lmao* 

Frederick: *Nl: Sent by Town of the Stupid ;3* 

Frederick: *............................................* 

EJ.EXE: *...........* 

EJ.EXE: *griiiiiips the chair a bit too tightly* 

Frederick: *Nl: Smart people don't try copypasting their minds into computers~~ ;3* 

EJ.EXE: *EJ's eyes are glowing* 

Frederick: ....... 

Frederick: Oh I see it now 

EJ.EXE: *you have a point neil* 

Frederick: You are a copy, then. 

Frederick: Hmm 

Frederick: Of course

EJ.EXE: *hisses* No I'm not 

Frederick: An AI would not show signs of denial 

EJ.EXE: Shut up 

EJ.EXE: Shut up, Frederick 

EJ.EXE: ............. 

Frederick: Your reaction is irrational 

Frederick: That proves my theory. 

EJ.EXE: You don't have any proof but your theory 

EJ.EXE: ....... 

Frederick: *can't help but be pleased* 

Frederick: Why, I do 

Frederick: So do you 

Frederick: Something tells me, the data about the day is saved in one of your distant parts 

Frederick: It might be corrupted but it's still in there, somewhere

Frederick: .... 

EJ.EXE: No. 

Frederick: But you won't reach out to it 

Frederick: Because you are scared 

Frederick: Because you are not an AI 

Frederick: As an AI would have already done it. 

Frederick: *knowing look* 

Frederick: Maybe you stick to your little games and messing with people 

Frederick: Because it is a way for you to procrastinate and escape from trying something like that 

Frederick: .... 

Frederick: In any case 

EJ.EXE: I am not s͡c̷ar͘e̶d͝ 

Frederick: I think this case is solved 

Frederick: *waves away his screen*

EJ.EXE: *he can also catch it now if he wants ahem* 

Frederick: There's one last thing to do.... 

EJ.EXE: *keeps glowering at the screens* 

EJ.EXE: *as if the words will change and prove he is right after all* 

Frederick: *sends a report with data & messages to Max tho* 

#chatzynanigans #＜/games＞ #long post #＜/meat puppet＞ #magickshenanigans #chase bennet #there we go #the big name and backstory reveal lol #vir is and always will be so lame

[ov-rwhelmed]

May i ask a question ? Why Killua is always ( mostly ) on bottom in fanfics, I mean I'm not complaining or anything, I just don't get it , yk ? That's why I'm asking, like , I'm so confused, how killua is more into that than Gon 😕 ... and Gon is somehow .. more fitting on topping him ?? ,like .. okay it's just a ship , but I really can't see it that way whenever i watch the canon . That's why I'm asking for clarification .

hello there!! sorry if this took a while for me to reply, i didn't realize i had any asks so i did not know this was here and idk when you sent it!

soooo i unfortunately am not equipped to talk about the general canon (fanon?) of this since i am not in the heads of all writers haha HOWEVER i can give my thoughts as to why i think this is the case! and I'm going to keep it as PG as possible by speaking more from a "taking the lead in the relationship" perspective, even if just from a physical/making the move aspect, because i personally think that i often see them going go hand in hand in what i’ve read. but LET ME CAVEAT that, again, i am not speaking for everyone, just my thoughts since you asked, and i will also caveat that the connections I'm drawing are not rules - so, when i say "i see Gon as acting this way or doing this thing, that is why i think the connection to XYZ is being made, or why he is then written into fanfics as being this ABC archetype", i am not saying it as a definite or as an expectation for how these relationships/actions/etc. would manifest themselves every time or irl!!! so please do not take it as such, relationships are very personal and not one size fits all and not like "well if you act THIS way, you will always be THIS person in the relationship". ok disclaimer over but i just want to make that v clear.

so, i personally view Gon as the more explicitly forward and outspoken one between the two of them. we all know Gon is shameless, and i think many authors (including myself) write him as such. i think it's easy to draw a connection between shameless -> speaks his mind no matter what -> doesn't worry about getting embarrassed -> shares his feelings first -> makes the first move -> makes suggestions for progression of relationship. also we know that Gon is obviously strong and loves that about himself, so if he can showcase his strength in other ways I'm sure that plays into it - like showing that he's also HEADstrong, strong in his convictions and emotions, strong in his sense of self, is STRONGly sure of their relationship... you get the point. so me personally, as i write, i will usually write Gon in ways that bring in these beliefs that I have about him by writing him as being pretty forward, extroverted and social and outgoing, maybe making the first move, etc., but i will caveat that with saying that as sure of yourself as you are, you can also get nervous or flustered or whatever, so i also include that into his character when it feels right. with that logic, i'd imagine that that is why authors would write Gon into that position (no pun intended), but i personally don't write explicit content so this is just my personal rationale.

for Killua, i think a lot of people view him as a polar opposite in a lot of ways - not excessively sure of himself (you could argue that at the end of the anime he is, but a lot of ppl I know that resonate with his character specifically resonate with the version of him that is struggling with a sense of self and purpose and consciously being beholden to, and affected by, others' expectations of him), VERY easily flustered, etc. i think it's very common that, when people talk about their relationship, they talk about killua NOT being the first to admit feelings, NOT being the first to make a move (unless he can do so in a half-jokingly, "oh you don't feel the same haha well i was OBVIOUSLY KIDDING YOU DUMBASS I JUST WANTED TO SEE YOUR FACE LOOOL" way), and NOT being the one to really, fully make himself vulnerable first. have i seen him written this way? yes. and it often makes sense when i do depending on the story itself! but I'm speaking from a more generalized, "what i see most frequently" perspective since that's the context of the question. so, given all of that, i think authors will take him "not taking the lead" and write him into also not taking the lead physically, at least not in the stereotypical sense - since, if we want to be extremely verbose and accurate, we need to acknowledge that "positions" in a sexual relationship do not always relate to "positions" in the emotional part of the relationship, or to personalities, or to anything else. sometimes they do but sometimes they don't! but if we want to guess as to why this seems to be a common theme, I'm assuming that sometimes that line can be drawn by relating these pieces of their characters/personalities to the other aspects of their relationship.

WHEW ok that was a longer answer than i expected! just want to reiterate that these are my personal thoughts as to why i think we see this "theme" often - i don't know for sure since i do not personally write this genre of explicit content, but those are just my two cents; also want to reiterate my emphasis on these not being hard and fast rules for relationships, there isn't always a correlation between how a person acts in the bedroom and outside of the bedroom, and there isn't one right answer for how these two are portrayed in any setting in any type of relationship IMO - so much of it comes down to the writing itself, how/why they are written the way that they are in a particular fic, and what we as readers take away from the fic. this is especially important since so many people have so many different preferences of writing, characterization, etc.!!!!

THANKS FOR LISTENING OK BYEEEEE

#hxh #kt answers #meta hxh #killugon #just my THOUGHTS #i cannot stress enough the fact that i don't think there is one correct way to portray killugon either from the emotional OR physical side #OR that there isn't always a correlation between the two #this rationale def isn't even applicable to all writers #SO JUST MY PERSONAL RAMBLING THOUGHTS ON WHY MAAAYBE SOME AUTHORS MIGHT DO THIS IN SOME CASES

[we-are-warshaper]

Savage Worlds PT. 1.

What is it? Well it's an RPG that focuses on a more Broad Strokes approach than D&D. At it's core it wants to be a system that is broad enough it can let you play Traditional Fantasy one day, a sci-fi setting the next, a dash of gritty pulp fiction after that, top on a bit of modern myth, and still leave room for super heroes, old westerns, or a slice of something stranger. It does this by building a robust skeleton of interchangeable parts and features. A wizard might use "Scorching ray" a Psionic alien a "Psi-lance" the pulp-fiction hero a jury rigged gun and so forth, mechanically they all worked off the "Bolt" framework provided in the game's "Power" section.

Now that sounds great and all, but how do you hold this all together, if this system has races, equipment, powers, monsters, and all these other things, what makes them distinct enough to not blend together? Well, you do. You're the magic here, your imagination and drive. If you aren't a fan of "Flavoring" something to personalize it to your play, this probably isn't the system for you. The game itself is a classless, pick as you go system. Pick what you want based on your power level and the ability requirements, and you can build a character that mechanically doesn't seem too different from another, but instead of just saying what in their personality is different, you can set limitations on how they use their abilities, theming, and touches to how they interact in the setting that are unique to them.

If you've ever spent literal hours brainstorming hypothetical actions your character would do, or asking your DM/GM about the world building till it reaches Tolkien levels of depth, this approach is amazing. The shortcoming being that it can seem like tossing someone into the deep end at the start. The source material is much better at the new player experience than I am at this point, but even they will admit that "Choice paralysis" is possibly the biggest obstacle you might encounter early on in the system. Now as far as rules go, most are fairly straight forward and familiar. You have core attributes, skills linked to them, and most importantly transparency or at least ease of judgement. If something happens, it either calls for an opposed roll, a check against a number you'll already have calculated, or in the case of most skills, it actually works backwards for you to resist it. If someone wants to Goad you into fighting them, they roll their persuade check. Persuade is tied to your SMARTS attribute, basically can you see through that it's a trap. all the skills are like this, so even if it's one you don't use. you can look at the player sheet, see what skill they used and therefore what it's tied too, and instantly know what you need to use to arbitrate the results. No need to scramble for a list of saving throws, or argue if it's more strength or agility based, it's baked right in there.

We'll leave off on the mechanics that are starting to creep in until next time. Stay tuned for, Dice and rolls

#Savage Worlds

[thewickerking]

Thoughts on kink at pride? Love your blog

i think everyone should fuck nasty at pride <3

on the off chance this is a genuine question and not bait, i have a genuine and in depth response under the read more so... yeah

again, if this is genuine, i am a bit apologetic for the unserious answer. however, it is my opinion that due to the long standing history and alliance (as well as overlap) between kink and lgbt communities (at the very least for usamerican culture, which is my experience and all that i can speak on) there is little to no pride without the support of kinksters, and it would be a gross disrespect to exclude kink from celebrations.

kink communities are older than myself, and older than a lot of if not all people on this website and, similar to sex workers, have a long standing history of either being a part of the lgbt community or fighting with us. i see no logical or compassionate reason to exclude kink from celebrating pride.

also, from personal experience, ive been attending local pride celebrations since before i can remember; my mom is lgbt and has been taking me and celebrating herself, and weve both marched in pride parades with furry communities due to, again, her and i being a part of them since i was little.

children are safe in these communities. a lot of people will argue otherwise, and i can say from personal experience that i have always been safe in both pride and furry spaces, and at the hint of danger to children, there will be countless people willing to step in and protect them. in the few times there has been concern or danger, i have seen all adults in my life act swiftly to both help the child and get rid of the problem. i am not saying there have been no cases of bad things happening to children, but there is no more risk in these communities than out of them, and quite honestly, people in those communities seem to care more than those outside of them.

i am also a csa survivor, and was abused at a very young age. i was abused by someone who wasnt part of any of the communities previously listed, and i also come from a household thats been open about sexual health, safety, and the act itself. i have known what sex is from at LEAST the age of six, and if i ever had questions, my mom would answer honestly. this did nothing but benefit me, and as such, it is important to me to be as honest as possible and safe with children.

i see no risk to children being aware of sex and kink (OBVIOUSLY VERY FUCKING DIFFERENT THAN PARTICIPATING) and if they are brought up with communities that are open about safe sex and relationships, they will have models for healthy relationships and be more equipped and supported if they end up in unsafe and/or unhealthy relationships.

i bring this up because i see a lot of claims that having kink at pride is unsafe for children and those with sexual trauma and having been at pride events as both of those things, it has been safe for me. also the presence of actually explicit content at pride is laughable. there's plenty of skin exposure, leather pride, etc. but incredibly minuscule amount of actually sexual behavior or discussion beyond off hand comments here and there. i have no idea what people actually take issue with that. actually happens??? because even when i was young it just looked the same to me as cosplay or ren faires. yeah sure i saw more cleavage or collars than the average day but that doesnt really... mean anything, let also cause harm.

im also on the asexual spectrum and have identified with that community for a long time. i have seen arguments against kink at pride for the sake of asexual comfort and, as said before, theres so little actually happening that could be construed as an issue that the argument is stupid. i, again, have been to pride as someone on the ace and aro spectrum and have plenty of friends ive gone to pride with who are also on those spectrums. sometimes people showed more than someone i was with was interested in seeing so they... looked somewhere else. its not deeper than that.

there is no problem with kink at pride. full stop. you will see more corporations and cops than kinksters at pride, and even if it was reversed it literally doesnt matter. look somewhere else if you dont want to see something. if someones being hurt, do what you can to help. and... have fun. basic principles of pride, boom, go wild.

this ask was incredibly vague and i have zero clue who you are or what you could hypothetically be concerned with, so i tried to cover as many bases as possible. sorry if it sounds like im mad at you are something, this is just a question that 99% of the time i see it asked, its in bad faith. im like. not mad i just get frustrated at baseless claims that kink at pride is harmful, and that seems to be heavily associated with this question. if this was genuine, i hope this clears up any questions you have and if it didnt, you can send another ask idrc i love to talk.

also if u do send smn itll probbaly take me a few days im busy LOL i know this was sent on the 1st which is also. a choice to bring this up on the first day of pride but im doing my best to assume this is asked in good faith

#asks #anonymous #ask to tag? #csa mention

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“You can’t dilute a war crime”

[Scout/Soldier/Pyro/Demo/Spy baking fic / based on this post]

They weren’t supposed to be gone for long.

Spy tries to keep that in mind as he watches Scout and Pyro pull down kitchen equipment from various cabinets and shelves like they were racing to see how many items they could displace. Demo is to the side, pulling ingredients from the fridge with little caution, looking back and forth between the fridge and Soldier sitting on the counter, loudly reading off of an ingredients list. The dry ingredients are already haphazardly placed around the counter, and the flour had already been spilled.

Engie and Heavy had gone to the store that day, promising to return back to the house soon with groceries and new supplies for the garage. With Medic having work to do, and Sniper- where was Sniper?- being out of the house as well, Spy was the only responsible adult around. There was no assigned agenda today, and it wasn’t long before the kitchen mercs were looking for something to do. Spy, for one, was mostly impressed that they thought to ask for a chaperone, if not vaguely distraught that he was here, watching his companions bake instead of reading in his smoking room.

He would survive this, though, he supposed. The question was if the other mercenaries would.

“Hey Spy! You gonna help?”

Spy doesn’t glance from his spot leaning against the doorway, his vision already focused on pulling out a cigarette, his fingers tapping on the side of the case. “No,” he mumbles as he lights it. “I am simply here to ensure that you don’t burn the house down.” He didn’t even know what they were making. When Soldier puts down the ingredients list, he steps forwards to look it over.

Demo joins him, putting the milk down on the counter as the fridge door closes behind them. “Not bad,” he offers like a promise that this wouldn’t be a disaster, slinging an arm around Spy.

“It’s like reading directions to purgatory,” Spy judges, shrugging Demo’s arm off and squinting like he was hoping the instructions would change before his eyes. It was an old Great Depression recipe, simple enough outside obscure ingredients. “And I’m expected to watch you bake this?”

“Even better, you’re expected to help!” Soldier announces, bouncing past him to grab more dry ingredients. He shoves a box of baking soda and a ladle into Spy’s arms, getting white powder on his suit and walking away. Spy’s inhale can likely be heard across the base, but he’s stopped from his lecture by Pyro walking up to him.

“Please?” They sign. “I wanted you to come so that you could help. You told me that you liked baking.”

“Alone,” he signs back. “The recipe you chose looks like it’s insulting me.”

Pyro beeps, upset by the comment. “I chose the recipe!” And Spy huffs. “You still owe me a favor.”

“This is what you want to redeem your favor for?” Nodding. “Ugh. Fine.” He sounds like an exasperated parent, but if this is what he owed Pyro, fine. He would participate in baking.

Soon, Spy is tying an apron around his waist and taking the last ingredients down from the cabinets. Scout and Soldier are arguing over what the instructions mean; Demo is finding measuring tools, and Pyro, the whisk.

“Will you hand me the recipe?” Spy asks in a scolding tone. “I don’t care to listen to you two bicker over what one line means.” He leans to snatch the book away.

Scout holds the book over his head, “Come and get it, Spy!”

Cue a five minute sequence of Spy hunting Scout around the kitchen for the recipe. Eventually Spy ‘cheats’ and cloaks before knocking Scout off his feet and taking the book.

“Don’t play games with me,” he retorts as Scout complains and rubs his leg, walking back to his original position and reading the recipe. He scowls. “‘Bake to your liking’? Mon dieu, none of this is my liking.”

“We know,” Demo comments, drinking from an unnamed bottle he’d pulled from the fridge when the chase happened while Pyro helps Scout stand. “But ye promised to make it with us. Now c’mon,” he says, walking over and gently pulling the recipe away. “We still need the molasses and cinnamon.”

The first part of the baking process goes better than Spy will admit. The others (he won’t consider himself a part of this still) manage to spill the dry mixture a few times, but keep the wet mixture upright. Pyro had found the whisk and is put in charge of using it. It’s only into the later parts that things begin to go wrong, moreso than before. He had never been particularly religious, but today might be the day he starts praying.

“Eggs!” Scout reads the next step of the recipe. He already has flour covering his shirt. “… How many?”

“I don’t know. It just says eggs.” Demo points out from beside him, finger running along where the amount should be.

Spy is about to make an appropriate suggestion when Soldier starts breaking eggs and adding them. “Five eggs?”

“One for every person here!” Soldier announces proudly.

It’s a sweet enough notion, but “Soldier, you left the eggshells in.”

“For flavor! There’s calcium in those shells!”

He receives a look from Spy that could kill someone.

Pyro huffs from behind the mask and starts to pick them out with Scout’s help. Soldier gets distracted by Demo reading off the next part of the recipe, lucky enough for the others. And Spy begins to clean up the kitchen and put away anything they weren’t using, placing the seven wooden spoons and three separate bowls that they had gone through so far in the sink.

Eventually Demo pads over and sits on the counter beside the sink where Spy is rinsing off the last of their tools. “I don’t get the feelin’ ya like doin’ this.”

“It’s a little late in the century for this sort of war crime.”

Demo stares at him. “We commit war crimes every day, and yer worried about our baking?”

He points to the current in-use bowl like it would come alive at any moment. “I have fair reason to be, Demoman. I’ll be calling the United Nations by the time we’re through.”

At some point Demo leaves him alone to help make sure everything else is alright. The offense team finishes putting the recipe together and manages to put it in some sort of oven-safe container. Ten minutes later and the team of five is standing around the tin, waiting for the oven to finish heating.

“I didn’t know tuberculosis had a color scheme.”

“You don’t have to be so negative!” Pyro scolds Spy in sign. “I think it looks fine.”

“It’s a Great Depression recipe, what kinda expectations were we supposed to have anyways?” Scout adds, holding the recipe up and looking between it and the baking.

“It represents the Great Depression well,” Spy says as he turns and leaves, trusting that someone could put it in the oven and pull it out when everything is through.

This, of course, is not the case. An hour later, he’s fighting through rising smoke to open the oven and pull out their project. (‘Their,’ of course, is not including Spy, according to him.) Apparently Soldier had dragged Demo off to show him a new rocket launcher, and Pyro and Scout had started reading comics in the room next door, leaving no one to watch the oven.

Spy drags the tin out and sets it on the counter as he turns off the oven. His four other mercenary companions peer at the scene from the doorway, collectively nodding to each other as they decide to blame Spy for the incident. After all, they agree, he had been the designated responsible adult.

He rests his hands on his waist and stares at this project before lifting one to wave away the last smoke. “This looks like a felony.”

“Unconstitutional or somethin’,” Demo mumbles.

He turns towards the group to scold them over this forgetfulness as he hears the garage doors opening. The Engineer and Heavy must have returned, and looking around the kitchen, at the still-messy countertops, filled sink, dark smoke, and awful war-crime baking… The five of them had explaining to do.

#tf2 fic #tf2 scout #tf2 soldier #tf2 pyro #tf2 demo #tf2 spy

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Least Replaceable

@flashfictionfridayofficial Definitely influenced by packing for a move, although for us it's more "what will we be living without for a week?"

“No! What? Mom…”

“I do not want to hear it. Everyone gets one bag.”

“You and Dad get more than one bag,” Peyton argued, even though she knew what the answer to that was going to be.

“The things not in our bags aren’t Dad’s and mine, they’re for the whole household. Your birth certificate is in the fireproof box too.”

“I’m just asking for one extra thing.”

“A large thing.”

“The most important thing in my life.” Peyton didn’t realize what the answer to that was going to be until after she’d said it. At that point all she could do was wait for Mom to say it.

Mom didn’t say it. She just looked at her over her glasses.

“Thing. I said thing. Not including people.”

“Mm. People do have to fit in the cars, you realize.”

Peyton gave the biggest sigh she could muster. “Okay, so to you stuff is just stuff. You don’t get–”

“I do get it,” Mom said firmly. “There are many, many things in this house I am not happy about leaving behind. It would be faster to count the things I don’t mind leaving behind. And hopefully it will not matter, and the house will still be standing for us to come back to. But in case it is not, there are certain things we need to prioritize, because some things are less replaceable than others.” The ‘end of discussion’ tone would have been recognizable even if Mom hadn’t resumed packing her bag.

Peyton went back down the hall in a way that Mom would probably have referred to as ‘galumphing’ if she hadn’t been busy. To her sister, who was standing in the doorway with her bag already packed, she grumbled, “How replaceable does she think my computer is?”

“Well, you did build it yourself,” said Josie. “Can’t you build another one?”

“Is she going to give me the money for that? Is she going to let me get a job? I spent my entire life’s savings on this one!”

“I’m pretty sure Mom and Dad’s insurance gives them money if a natural disaster happens to the house. I assume she’d give some to you to replace your computer. Since, you know, it’s one of the things in the house covered by the insurance.”

Josie had it easy. The biggest thing in Josie’s life was basketball. The equipment wasn’t that expensive, and the school gave it to you anyway. “Well, if they give me how much it cost, that’s not going to replace it. Do you know how much the cost of a graphics card has gone up since I built it?”

“Well, can you take the graphics card?”

Peyton stared at her.

“Is that a dumb question?” said Josie, staring back. “Is the graphics card, like, enormous? It doesn’t sound enormous.”

“I have to take my computer apart,” said Peyton, still stunned by the obviousness of the solution. “Duh. Do you know if we have any bubble wrap?”

“Hall closet. Like always.”

“Don’t let them leave without me.”

“Are you packed at all?”

Peyton didn’t want to answer out loud in case Mom was listening.

“I’ll pack you.”

“Thanks.” She had no idea what Josie was going to pack. She didn’t really care. Anything she didn’t pack would be cheaper to replace than that graphics card.

Screwdrivers, bubble wrap. She should have grabbed tape to tape the bubble wrap but didn’t want to waste the time. She couldn’t go too fast or she was going to drop or break something. When she’d put the computer together, methodically, Dad off to the side in case she needed help, she would never have guessed she’d take it apart only a couple years later, in a barely-contained rush, in the path of a natural disaster.

Hard drive, too, since she was here. She wrapped them both up and left the rest, and the case, on the floor. Good thing she’d never gotten around to upgrading the monitor.

Josie met her at the door of her room, Peyton’s duffel in her hands. “Jeans, shorts, socks, underwear, like half your shirts, and that dress you really like. And sandals. We should wear sneakers since they take up more room. The side pockets are empty– Oh.” She had seen the size of what Peyton was carrying. “Which isn’t going to help, clearly.”

“That’s okay,” said Peyton, grabbing the duffel to find things to move to a side pocket. “I really appreciate it.”

“I’ll go grab your sneakers. I actually packed your bathroom stuff when I packed mine so don’t worry about that.”

“I really do appreciate it,” said Peyton, looking up this time.

Josie gave an open-handed shrug. “I hope it turns out not to matter.”

Peyton took a breath. “Me too. Can you get the tape too? I’d feel better if it was taped.”

“Yeah. Good idea.”

Mom came out with her bag as the sound of the garage door signaled that Dad was home with the other car. Finished reorganizing and figuring she could tape the bubble wrap later, Peyton quickly zipped her bag and stood up. “Turns out I didn’t need more space.”

Mom looked warily behind her as if Peyton was five years old and badly hiding something.

“You said one bag. I have one bag.”

Mom looked down at and back up at Peyton. “Okay,” she said, light disbelief in her voice.

Peyton lifted the bag to her shoulder. “I’m ready to go.”

#my writing

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AC in OSE, AD&D, and Modules

One of the biggest questions I keep seeing about Old-School Essentials is, "What vintage adventures are compatible with the system?"

The most common refrain to this is, any vintage TSR module--but be careful using AD&D modules, because the AC will be off by 1.

Let's put aside, for the moment, that one should never reference exact stats for a different game than the one you are currently running--if the module calls for an orc, you refer to the orc from Old-School Essentials, not the printed stats in the module. Even if they match, or OSE purports to be an exact match, you should abide by the stats of your system--not the module.

Also, if the AC is only off by 1, that's 5% chance on a d20. Will it break the game if the AC of the orc is 6 instead of 7? Absolutely not. It should be fine to just ignore.

But, I wanted to investigate the wisdom. Is it actually true that the AC is off by 1? Let's do the work.

To start with, we're gonna need the basic AC values from OD&D (I will get into why in a moment), B/X, OSE, and AD&D 1e's Player's Handbook. The OD&D values were actually quite hard to find; I couldn't find an exact match in the Men & Magic book to just tell me if Plate Mail was AC 2 or what. I couldn't find it quickly detailed in Chainmail or Greyhawk, either, and had to resort to Delving Deeper (I double-checked against Fantastic Medieval Campaigns for accuracy):

Here we see, indeed, that the base unarmoured AC for 1e is 10, rather than B/X and OD&D's 9. Fine, seems like everyone is right, and we could end it there. But...there needs to be more interrogation.

You see, AD&D 1e's Monster Manual was released in 1977, before the Player's Handbook and Dungeon Master's Guide. And I have long heard that the Monster Manual simply reused many of its stats from OD&D, rather than updating them to the AD&D AC standard--indeed, it may be that at the time of the Monster Manual's publication, the new standard had not even been created yet.

So, we need evidence. Let's grab orcs. They're in every edition of the game and we should be able to look at them easy.

Wait. What the fuck? Why are orcs at 6AC still in AD&D? Leather armour is 6 AC in B/X and earlier, but 6 AC in AD&D is studded leather. Are AD&D orcs wearing studded leather? Or perhaps scale mail? Their description offers nothing.

It's possible the AC values for AD&D are supposed to simply be abstracted--orcs have 6 AC, and it's up to the DM to determine if this means they have studded leather, ring mail and shield, etc. Hey, who am I to argue?

Some of the monsters just are straight up different, which helps no one.

So, here's what we've figured out: The monsters in the AD&D 1e Monster Manual do in fact conform to OD&D and B/X AC standards. In most cases, where they aren't changed entirely to something clearly different, they opted to simply leave the AC the same and not bother to "adjust" to what it "should be" according to the new scale. In cases of humanoid men, typically they included a %-based table of what equipment they had; in these cases I assume you were to use the PC-facing armour class table to determine their AC. But an ogre just has AC 5, no matter if this scale is different.

But...this whole thing kicked off because of modules, not because of the AD&D Monster Manual. By my own admission, one needs not look at the AD&D Monster Manual at all, merely what is in the modules. Well, I wanted to do the research, because I need to know: Are the monsters as printed in modules bespoke, or are they simply reprinted from the Monster Manual?

To check this out, we're gonna start with a couple famous modules that are likely to be rec'd and used in OSE's format. Let's start with T1: The Village of Hommlet, and see if we can't find a few of the baddies we've already looked at.

Of first note, there's some bandits and included is the table of what AC they should have based on their equipment--helpful. Let's compare these AC against OSE:

So, their AC actually is going off the AD&D PHB, meaning their AC is actually worse than if we just used the proper values for OSE. If you use these values, the bandits will actually be easier to hit than they were in AD&D...maybe. I gotta be real: I'm not an AD&D 1e expert and it's possible the to hit and STR modifiers are different enough to account for this.

Here's our ogre friend, with 5 AC as expected. The same as in OSE.

Let's move on to N1: Against The Cult of the Reptile God, a classic. This has no orcs but it does have goblins:

I could go on with more deep diving into old modules, but based on these two examples, I think it's safe to say that the standard was to just grab the stats from the Monster Manual and reprint them. So, even less than we've thought, do we need to worry about the difference in AC.

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#D&D #old-school essentials #armour class #osr

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Volumes 7-8 - The conflict between Ironwood and the protagonists was one of morality, not insignificant details.

We had good 2-3 years of discussion about Ironwood, Atlas, the conflicts in those volumes and many other topics. Over time those discussions evolved, with more views, opinions and even details emerging to be used in arguments. At this point, there is little chance any side can convince each other of who was right or who is wrong, the opinions have mostly settled and while i have no doubt that eventually in the hiatus of V9 conversations will inevitably return here.

But this isn't about that. What i have noticed over time is while arguments have evolved and changed, i have also noticed that many of us arguing have been moving away from the core conflict of V7-V8, specifically the conflict between Ironwood and the Protagonists. Many of us started focusing on peripheral details, hypotheticals, possibilities. And i think in doing so we have partially moved away from the, well, main conflict, and that is one of morality.

What future?

I would first like to cover the problems of going too much into details, hypotheticals or possibilities. Very often whenever discussions of Ironwoods plan come up, they result in criticisms of the future of that plan.

Very often people bring up very convincing and logical arguments. What if Salem creates creatures that can reach Atlas in air? What if Atlas runs out of dust? What if the climate control of Atlas fails. Etc. All legitimate concerns, while some of them could be offered counter-arguments, this thread is not about them.

I think people also very often forget that the protagonists were not entirely opposed to Ironwoods plan as a whole, they had a problem with him choosing to abandon Mantle and to fly out before the evacuations are completed. So even if we argue that the protagonists were right, their choice would still result in the same problems as lined up above

What i have come to dislike over time however, is this seemingly innocuous accusation of Ironwood choosing to "Abandon Remnant" with Atlas flying into the air, and how that would "doom" remnant.

Even besides the fact that the protagonists seemingly had no problem with it, there is also an issue that many people ignore in my opinion, and that is that the survival of Atlas in the case of it abandoning Remnant.... It does not affect Remnant any differently. Whether Atlas abandons Remnant or is destroyed does not matter, because in both cases Remnant will be worse off.

What people forget is that Atlas rising into the air does not mean that Atlas is not able to be destroyed. What it means is that it would be destroyed later, and not now. Which for many, including me is a preferable option. Does it mean that everyone dies in the end? Sure. But Atlas dies the last at the very least in such a case. Because as we know, Atlas is destroyed now. Sure, the people survived, but people would have survived with Alas leaving too. Them being in Vacuo changes little, they are civilians, refugees, they will not be of any use in fighting against Salem anyway.

At the end of the day, none of these details. None of these arguments matter. Because even if Atlas is destroyed or leaves Remnant, nothing changes for Remnant. It either lives or dies the same as it would have.

The main conflict between Ironwood and the protagonists is not about that, it never was.

The Trolley Problem

The main conflict between the protagonists and Ironwood has always been that of morality, of an old philosophical problem, depicted as a trolley problem in modern times.

Ironwood wants to leave with Atlas and leave Mantle to die, he wants to do so because he wants to take no risks and have a guarantee of saving people in the face of Salem. Low risk - Low reward.

(Addendum - It is factual, and everyone can check the episode, the decision to abandon Mantle by Ironwood is only taken after the reveal of Salem being nearby due to the destroyed detection equipment, i am only clarifying this because some people in the fandom have spread genuine misinformation about this topic)

Team RWBY wants everyone to be evacuated to Atlas. They are willing to sacrifice everyone, for the ability to save everyone. High risk - High reward.

That is the main conflict here. It was never about the long term effects of Atlas leaving. The long term survival of Atlas etc. Its all about here and now, the survival of the people now, in that moment. Because Salem is coming, and everyone in this conflict knows this.

And inevitably, this alone is going to create a rift between two viewpoints, because they are exclusive. Some people will think that the actions of the protagonists are heroic, they want to save everyone even considering the risks involved. To those people Ironwoods decision might as well be monstrous, because he isn't even going to risk it. To others, Ironwoods decision is cold, but logical and makes sense, it is guaranteed to save people and has no risks involved, just a calculus of war. To those people the actions of the protagonists will seem like reckless, idealistic, maybe even selfish.

It is a matter of personality, personal philosophy and many other factors. This is the type of decision that very much depends on a person and their experiences. What is important is that people should be able to share these views without becoming hostile to one another, instead accepting a difference in opinion here.

And this applies to both fans and critics alike.

Personal attacks

The reason why it applies to both critics and fans alike is that this decision is often used to do many things. Do personal attacks, moral judgements, to virtue signal even. And i had a long time to think about this while not writing about this specific topics, and both sides have been fucking up on this front.

The critics, including me have often been of a derogatory opinion that many fans of RWBY are willing to accept the actions of the protagonists just because they ARE the protagonists, and that because of that the fans are willing to accept anything. While i believe that there are SOME people like that, the majority of fans are not, and such judgment is unfair. We critics cannot complain about being called fascists or anything else of this sort due to our positions on Ironwood and the turn around and do the same shit. There are valid reasons to support the protagonists, and we cannot ignore them or ridicule the MANY people that hold such an opinion.

Of course, the fans have their own problems with this. The aforementioned calls of fascism and the like have been common and still exist to this day. Or the idea that people are just defending Ironwoods actions because they "love" him blindly and the like. There are definitely people that overhate the protagonists and hold too much love for Ironwood, but majority of critics arent. What should be acknowledged in my opinion is that there are valid reasons to support and even like Ironwood that do not involved "misunderstanding of the writing" or some kind of moral deficiencies.

At the same time i have to note that people should be more careful when arguing about these kinds of topics in general, because very often people go off-topic or conflate the topics. For example, one can complain about the writing of the conflict without agreeing with either side. One can complain about how the protagonists are written without rejecting their ideas and the like. And one can express their opinions about how Ironwood has been written badly without feeling the "need" to defend all of his actions, like his V8 actions, as some have.

Ending Word

Now, i know i have kinda "promised" to not talk about Atlas and Ironwood again, but i wanted to make this one exception, because with Volume 9 on the horizon most of my content will have to switch to that Volume specifically in the foreseeable future due to only writing 2 threads a week. And i wanted to cover this specific topic for one last time, and in a more measured manner that i often do.

What i am trying to do with this thread is to basically, center the conversation back on the conflict that mattered the most in V7-8 and try to summarize the problems that occured during those discussions and how many points made did not really engage with the core issue.

This is kind of meant as... Bridging the gap between people and allowing them to understand each side of the conflict better, i have done this in the past, but eventually moved on from such content. Because with time, with this hiatus, i kinda got tired of the intense conflicts in the fandom. Arguments and discussions are fine, but they can get way too toxic way too soon.

I guess that is all for now, if anyone has anything to add, disagree or anything of the sort, everyone is welcome to do so.

#rwby #rwde #james ironwood #rwby voume 8 #rwby volume 7

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I am working on a "pro-choice" document for information and materials to assist with the movement of reproduction rights, and there are things on the narrative regarding the pro-choice movement I want to shift the perception of because the old narrative does fill constricted and outdated.

Constrictive in that it settles that promoting 'abortion' in unwanted pregnancies. A narrative that many '''''pro-lifers'''' latch onto, and is their only default. It's not the strongest counter argument, but it inserts negative connotations. As well, every person should have the right to cancel an unwanted or unplanned pregnancy for whatever reason. HIPPA should come foremost and protect that right.

Outdated in that is beyond the Roe V Wade timeline, wherein through scientific advancements, we know more about development through trimesters, the evolution process of a zygote (fuk them btw) and the fetus, and complications that can arise through the trimesters - OBYN doctors have better equipment for identifying a healthy fetus, for managing complications to preserve the fetus, and what to do when that fetus fails - what the body does with the material, and what becomes of that material. A "Stonebaby" or "reabsorption".

All pretty heavy stuff that ''''''pro-lifers'''' can't really comprehend.

There is also the misconception of "when life begins" as by scientific definition, life does not begin in the fetus until at least the 3 trimester. This date is important, because it is when the fetus is more likely to survive without life support - i.e., a preemie birth is no quite a miscarriage, but the 'birthed' fetus has the highest probability of survival without medical intervention. A preemie 'dropped' in the 2 trimester (3-4 months) has no chance of survival, this is still an underdeveloped fetus and requires oxygen feeding tools, and other specialized equipment to keep the fetus stable if not alive - even in those cases, the chance of survival is so low. In some cases, the doctors will allow the fetus to pass, since the mountain of complications that can come about are monumental, and the 'birthed' child is forever tethered to the medical service industry for their quality of life - which is denied by '''''pro-lifers'''''.

There is also the argument of humane treatment, or choice to 'self-terminate' that can be argued for fetus.

There is the whole and debate on quality of life for those already living, such as in the struggle of the dying process - terminally ill individuals. I want to add here that the process of hospice treatment and care for terminally ill, can endure for months, if not years. And it is a hot debate, because people ask about the ethical demands of allowing someone to end their life, when this process should be undertaken - when it is clear recovery is not possible, and the quality of life is in acute decline.

What does this have to do with a hypothetical human? A lot. Human biology is complicated, messy, and horrendous when it comes down to the process of conceiving a fetus. We have already seen the texas authoritarian government in heated pursuit of women with missed periods, women who need follow-up care following a miscarriage, and prosecutions - there is a critical lack of scientific comprehension from the governments part, in that those like abbot and private citizens do not understand the relationship between the biological functions of a living person and a zygote or zygotes - that the body itself WILL HAVE BEEF with the hypothetical human and decide to terminate naturally, if that zygote or fetus poses a threat or is not a viable cluster of cells.

It's all interesting stuff.

And what does that have to do with the quality of life and right to "self-terminate" or in this case, terminate the pregnancy. It falls under the persons choice to terminate an unwanted or nonviable pregnancy, in the privacy of a medical facility aimed at protecting the rights and fundamentals of those patients, and providing essential care in all situations, in an impartial environment. So if someone is told that the fetus has complications that will make the hypothetical child nonviable following birth, or other issues which will diminish or plateau a critical lack of life and quality to living, then the pregnant person is fully equipped to make the best and most humane decision for the child, if they wanted that child. Or if they wanted to continue the pregnancy, and care that this may require. A "wait and see" situation without threat of undermining the pause, because it goes beyond the marker for 'abortion", and which will leave the choice to the individual regardless unrealistic constraints.

This as well falls into the quality of life and critical plateau, in a situation where a person who is pregnant with an unwanted pregnancy, can decide that this is not the time for that - because situations in their environment and beyond their control and will disrupt the pregnancy - harm the fetus - or wherein bringing this hypothetical human into their home environment will not be safe; i.e., the environment is toxic, they live with hostile, and unstable individuals, the pregnant person has work full time and no assistance to provide care to the child - in the case of medical or food, or even shelter. A situation where resources divided between the child and its birther is not applicable, and one or the other must perish - usually the child.

A lot of complications which devalue and endanger the life of a child, and which results in a high infant fatality rate. Talk to a pediatrician who deals with "shaken babies" and you will immediately become pro-choicer.

Or if you have no soul and no morals, continue to be this delusional weirdo who gets off on taking care vulnerable individuals.

All of this cycles back to the human anatomy and biological process of forming the zygote, and all the drama that entails. Due to the """pro-lifers""" fixation with micromanaging a process that is both dangerous and life-threatening, to all those involved - the pregnant individual and zygote-fetus. Wherein some essential medications may become unavailable to the individual due to pregnancy or the chance of pregnancy - which falls into state management of rights and what medications can be allowed to a certain demographic, inducing violation of rights and freedoms. Which in turn endangers a pregnancy and those involved, based on medial issues the pregnant individual suffers (and a reason not to get pregnant).

"Well just don't have sex!" Again, a violation of basic human rights and privacy. None of this is anyone's business, aside from those involved. Stop state managing, stop with the authoritarian governing. You're supposed to be the "people of freedoms".

All of this narrative boils down to what is safe and humane to the individuals involved. In the medical field, there come tough choices which require technical training and an expertise into that field, in order to preserve the life and health, to the best of the physicians ability. Such elements are not really explored fully in the "pro-choice" movement, which - though it does outline the narrative fully - has an underlying distraction because of a negative perception that is "choice" versus "life", wherein the ideal of 'choice' is far more complex, involved, and messy (seriously, fuk zygotes).

Pro-choice should not be a single ideal of 'choice', it should be the inclusion of the practice of humane care and preservation of the individuals involved. It should be the acknowledgment that even in the medial field, despite the best efforts from the best doctors, the limitations and situations are beyond our control - in short, shit happens. This is a matter of "save all the babies" - as in the case of '''''pro-lifers''''''' wherein the narrative is ignorant, biased, and riddled with judgment for the persons involved. Whereas in the case of the "pro-choice" movement, difficult information is presented, and those involved make difficult choices to the best of their ability. The HUMANE choices, with intent for quality of life, and the idea that next time, better can be done.

If a person suffers multiple miscarriages, that they are not then ridiculed or prosecuted for "crimes" that are beyond their control. That this person - if they so choose - will retain the right to continue the pursuit of conceiving and bearing their own child.

That if someone is told that their fetus has no heartbeat, or the spine is exposed and the head is malformed, that when any complication arises that would either endanger the person pregnant, the fetus - that it can be canceled at any time, thus the process of healing and trying again, will be within reach. Or if a pregnancy results in the degradation of the pregnant individuals health, causes seizures, that a hormonal imbalance or multitude of other health issues arise from the current pregnancy - can be met with a choice to terminate - regardless who is in danger from the pregnancy. That if someone sees their future is bleak and they feel their life is in danger, for any reason, that terminating an unwanted condition can be within reach, and can be conducted in safety and privacy.

"Pro-lifers" want the preservation of judging and controlling other peoples bodies, with the stakes so high - it is a malicious cruelty these people relish in. It is their call to action and narrative. The concept of "all life is precious" is only spouted by these individuals, thus that ''''pro-lifers''''' can torture and mock those that they deem lesser. There is no kindness nor compassion among this group, there is only superiority.

Though I express that the "pro-choice" narrative needs fresh posturing in modern times, it should press upon that "choice" is conducted with the best information, with the best intentions, and with an ideal of humane and ethical pursuit. These values are not easy to meet, but they are the best argument. That the Hippocratic Oath will be upheld to the best of the abilities of the physician and the individuals involved. This narrative does not include ignorant and short lived Senators or Congressional representatives to the state, but should only involve the individuals with years if not decades of training.

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