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ppl who oppose gender affirming care for kids are nuts like the extent of medical intervention for trans kids is maybe puberty blockers but they’ll still be like “SO UR SAYING WE SHOULD LET TODDLERS HAVE TOP SURGERY???????” barbara toddlers do not have a top to surgery

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never not shaking crying throwing up about the scene in ep33 when wei wuxian wakes up in lan wangji’s house.

1. lan wangji doesn’t get up to go to him, as we see him do later. he doesn’t so much as turn his body toward him, or stop playing his qin. he doesn’t even (as i scream about constantly) look directly at him. he treats wei wuxian like a cornered animal (which immediately upon waking up, he essentially is), and successfully makes him feel safe. he’s acutely aware that he’s gone against wei wuxian’s former wishes in bringing him back to gusu, but he saw no other choice. so he tries to make himself as non-threatening and calm as possible despite everything he’s feeling—his worry, his relief, his fear, his joy, his uncertainty, ETC ETC ETC

2. he immediately exhibits his growth, and starts answering all of wei wuxian’s questions fully and without hesitation. he’s here for whatever wei wuxian wants, whatever wei wuxian needs, with no agenda. until, of course, wei wuxian asks him a question he doesn’t know how to answer. he doesn’t know how to explain his years in seclusion without burdening him with A Whole Bunch of Knowledge that could be distressing in any number of ways. he starts to try anyway though, but wei wuxian misunderstands his direction and interrupts with his own preemptive line of thought.

3. the immediate nature of lan wangji’s affirmative response to “would you believe me if…” juxtaposed with the indefinite, horribly pained, restrained silence after “did you believe me before?” lan wangji is dying inside. the fact that wei wuxian has to ask him this is possibly the greatest failing of his entire life, tied up in a neat bow. he’s almost shaking, sitting there in mute, all-encompassing regret.

4. wei wuxian does not get an answer to this question!!!!!!!!!!!!! he sits there assuming lan wangji can’t bring himself to tell him the truth, and smiles ruefully out the window!!!!!!! they are both having a terrible fucking time!!!!!!!! in one of the most intimate scenes in the show!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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One thing I don't think the Spoon metaphor has helped able-bodied people understand is that you can overdraw.

Generally, for most conditions, running out of spoons doesn't mean you collapse, doesn't produce an effect they can actually see. What it means is that you run on life support, quite possibly unsafely, until you get to a safe place and can stop. But you'll owe those spoons back, with interest. You'll have hurt yourself to do it.

Sometimes I hang out with a friend and they'll be like, wow, I'm really glad you had a good day. And I have to decide whether to make them feel bad by explaining that in fact they did not catch me on a good day, and tomorrow will probably be bad. I just made choices.

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‘boy i sure wish i was asleep,’ i whisper, clicking Next Chapter fourteen fucking times

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Sometimes I see people accuse Star Trek: The Original Series of queerbaiting or wondering why they didn’t just make Kirk/Spock canon. So to put things in perspective for you the last episode aired on the 3rd of June 1969, the Stonewall Riots started 25 days later on the 28th of June 1969.

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I personally believe Delhi can cure depression and replace it with asthma

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Good news: if you’re currently laying around and not producing anything, you are a credit to your species.

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maybe i’m just projecting but i think there’s an inherent loneliness in living with a severe mental illness that makes you feel permanently estranged from others and long for the kind of connection where you feel completely understood and accepted, all while knowing other people have their own stuff to deal with or are just not equipped to ride out the worst of the illness with you. this leads to downplaying and/or hiding your symptoms as best you can, which takes even more of a psychological toll on you. this leads to not feeling loved as a complete person, and maybe not recognizing that love when it is present, or always fearing the day people have had enough and leave. even more so if this has already happened to you. it’s so exhausting and sad

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Okay. I don’t think said it yet, so I guess it’s up to me.

look, I remember when I first heard of the Good Omens fandom, and naturally, Aziraphale’s name, I was struck frozen like, “Wait, I know that name. Israfil, that’s a first. Which is what reluctantly pulled me in

(I’m a Muslim)

See, growing up, we have this nursery rhyme for the 10 most important angels that you have to know, and Israfil’s name was right up there (if you want to know, the other nine are Jibril, Mikail, Mungkar, Nakir, Raqib, Atid,Ridhwan, Malik andIzrail)Christians to mention some of them in movies, I mean, you guys have versions of them too, right? So I’ve naturally heard the mentions of Jibril (Gabriel), Mikail (Michael) and Izrail (Azrael), but I was kind of stuck at the mention of Israfil of all angels, so throughout all 6 episodes  I kept trying to remember what his main purpose was, in the nursery rhyme (you know that thing that you can’t think of something purely due to the reason because you’re looking for it?). As the story progressed I began to recall that he was a pretty big deal for starting Doomsday, but it wasn’t until this scene happened;

Keep reading

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“this is the hill you want to die on?” oh no i just love arguing. i fully intend to leave this hill once it gets boring. sorry for the confusion!

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Single log bridge

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Light study based off this amazing gif

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They're so savage and I love them 😂😂

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Good news: if you’re currently laying around and not producing anything, you are a credit to your species.