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WELP ITS NOT A COMIC AND I MISSED BARRICADE DAY BBUT—

I have made “all that’s left of us” ( @thecandlesticksfromlesmis @allthatsleftofus ) Fanart :’j

It’s not been even a year since I’ve found out this serie exist it, and yesterday I just had to binge watch it again >>

#ohhHHHH MANNNN #hahaha oh my god getting sniped about this suddenly #god this was so well done #atlou

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I just enjoy drawing something dumb and cute👉👈

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OMG THAT REALLY WAS YOU IN ARISTOS????

i couldve sworn i saw you and sol but i'm also a les mis fangirl (gender neutral) and remembered you from atlou sO i thought no im just imagining it but it WAS you

you were awesomeee i love cleopatra and the dance!

THAT WAS ME!!!!!! :D I actually found Aristos through ATLOU!! They overlapped just barely in August 2019 and the last almost four years of my life are history 😅 (how the FUCK has it been almost four years what the hell)

I’m glad you liked Cleopatra!!!! Obligatory plug here for our other single video, O Icarus, which I also danced in as well as doing the choreography and costuming 👀👀👀

#LOOK AT ALL THE COOL STUFF MY FRIENDS DO OMG #points finger HEY I KNOW THAT GUY

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One thing I had to have a horrified realization about and then train myself to stop, working customer service, is that calling people ma'am or sir is just a misgender waiting to happen because I hate being called ma'am. It forces you to make a snap judgment about someone. There are other ways to speak subserviently or politely in English, you have to find them (tone, body language, and smiles go a long way)

I used to read out a customer's first and last name from their membership card. Then I realized one of my regulars might have their deadname on there, though they never reacted about it. Then I had a few too many old cis men joke about cards with their wives' names, like "My parents were strange lol," which is more fun than the defensive "it's my wife's membership." You just don't need to read the customer's first name. They literally give you a name to call them by when you ask for it (to write on the cup, because I work in a café)

be very deliberate when you call a group of people "guys" or "ladies" or "dudes." No matter how hard you go back later to say "I mean it in a gender neutral way," it only makes you look more sexist/transphobic. Either say it in full confidence or don't say it at all

"Ladies and gentlemen" is boring. "Ladies, gentlemen, and people better than that" is funny

i was ranting abt this w my wife last nite like. i think people have forgotten the whole “dont assume stuff about people based on their appearence” thing and that it also applies to people who are “straight-looking” “cis-looking” “normal-looking” etc. ultimately you dont know anything about how someone identifies or what their life is like unless they tell you, especially not at a glance. dont project your ideas onto strangers, its weird.

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what i'm hearing from this is that modern au Ax is dril but sincere

You look at the animorphs, and you might say to yourself, “if they lived in the modern era, Marco would be the best shitposter.” But you’re wrong. Every single thing Ax posts is somehow typed out like your boomer uncle and completely incomprehensible. He’s using a font not provided by the website. He has a 6 hour video from the time he accidentally started live streaming. Nothing happens in it until 4:05:05 where you can see him pulling a cigarette out of the trash and eating it on his hands and knees

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leave a chee alone with a tamagotchi and they would probably find a way to retool some sentience into it..... you get your tama back and it's able to communicate with you omfg

(then you'll immediately have to explain a tama's fragile life expectancy so they can reprogram that too because holy shit can you imagine sentient lives living and dying as fast as an average tama)

sorry guys i cant go on this two hour mission because simply my tamagotchi would die and you wouldnt wanna be responsible for another needless death right like weve all killed enough we dont want to add my innocent tamagotchi to the list yeah

#weighing in as an animorphs and tamagotchi obsessive lmfao

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Marinette’s Three Rules for Preventing the Apocalypse - by sariahsue

@sariahsue has begun posting her @mlbigbang fic, so I shall also post my illustrations! Both are from the first chapter, available here or on AO3, and the following chapters are coming up fast, along with more beautiful art by @ayoitsabi​ !

The akuma wasn’t hard to find.

The first things Ladybug could make out were the glowing red eyes, then the matching red hair that fanned around her in the water. At least they wouldn’t lose sight of her easily.

She seemed more fish than human, with oversized webbed hands and feet, and long teeth that glinted hungrily.

One of her hands was clenched tightly around something, and when she pointed at the ticket counter, it was blasted into a hundred pieces. Chat Noir yelled and pushed Ladybug against the nearest wall, shielding her as plastic and stone torpedoes hurdled past them, lines of bubbles streaming after them. Over his shoulder, Ladybug could see the statues of cowering workers.

The akumatized woman turned and saw them. “You two have an appointment with Hawk Moth!” She raised her fist. Ladybug saw it held a small piece of paper. “And I’m going to make sure you aren’t late!”

…

She’d never seen him look so defeated in her life. He was a crumpled heap at her feet, hair and ears flat, tail and limbs all limp. It was a bad idea to offer him comfort. It was a bad idea to kneel next to him and wrap her arms around him. But bad ideas were all she had tonight, and she couldn’t turn him away when he was upset and it was her fault, no matter what her rules said.

“You don’t have to talk about it.” Water soaked through to her knees quickly. His leather-clad shoulder against her cheek was hard and cold. “But I’ll stay here with you as long as you need me to.”

Eyes closed, she felt him nod.

“Why?” His question was only a whisper louder than the rain.

Now go read!

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goncharov <333

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How old were you at the lowest point in your life? Reblog this and put it in the tags, plus your current age maybe. I'm trying to see something.

#23 #holding back a complete mental breakdown by a single piece of scotch tape #dated a 19yo and made a fool of myself #was forced to drop out of grad school by concerned headmaster #had worn down my mental health so far i seriously had no sense of reality anymore #got dumped over text #i am 31 now #thank fuck

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Flannel with a light sprinkle of cinnamon

new reblog game actually put in the tags what the blog you reblogged from tastes like

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don't leave this in the tags

it's always 'shoutout to victor hugo for inventing gay people' this and 'shoutout to victor hugo for inventing autism' that like no. shoutout to victor hugo for inventing people

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I guess I could start using tumblr to actually post things again huh

I’ve just been rebloggin out the wazoo

here’s a picture of Angus

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you know the big problem with detective fiction nowadays is that all the detectives are fucking cops

like acab obviously but apart from that they're simply boring as hell. fuck off with your crime solving you're literally just doing your stupid job. the only people who should be solving fictional crimes are civilian vigilantes. little old ladies, short dithery priests, upper class twits with ptsd from world war one, well-heeled young ladies accidentally named after famous courtesans, etc.

neurodivergent private investigators can stay but you're on thin fucking ice

#I love detective fiction! #i say because detective conan is foundational to my personality and i enjoy agatha christie #and then i never watch detective shows or read detective fiction because the vibes are completely different #like that feeling of wanting a 2d animated film and being given a computer animated film instead #like it's not bad and it's wonderful in its own right but they're treated as updated versions of the same thing and they are NOT

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I don't care if people enjoy Steven Universe.

I care that Steven Universe was subject to aggressively homophobic censorship, which is a genuine fucking social justice issue, and nobody cares because as long as something is "cringey" it's free-game to be homophobic toward, apparently.

There existed a children's television show that got cancelled over its inclusion of a lesbian wedding, and instead of being remembered as a victim of homophobic censorship, or as a historical milestone that allowed the production of other queer shows like She-Ra and The Owl House, it gets remembered as nothing but a bad discourse generating fandom.

And that really fucking chaps my ass as someone who studies queer media.

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I think a lot about how Jean Valjean canonically knows all of the laws inside and out.

When he went to save Fantine, he goes head-to-head with Javert (the epitome and embodiment of the law being exercised as intended) and drops specific ordinances, codes, and restrictions, using them exactly as they were designed. Mind, to our knowledge, JVJ never changed or instituted any of these, they predate the mayorship of Monsieur Madeleine (and if he had changed/instituted them, already having known since arrival who JVJ is, Javert probably would have dismissed the matter out of hand).

What happens when JVJ tries to play by the rules as they are written?

He gets punished.

Not only does he get punished, but Fantine and M-sur-Mer do too (delayed only by Champmatthieu's existence, his trial also a sham and a miscarriage of justice).

The laws, even when followed precisely and wielded as written, were never intended to protect the weak and underprivileged. Playing by society's rules was never an option.

To form a just society, circumventing the pre-existing system — that is to say, revolution — is the only possible option.

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Dinner Party Night

When Grantaire isn't feeling up to their weekly dinner party night, Bossuet and Joly set out on a mission to cheer him up!

My submission to the @drinkwithme-exchange for @kjack89