"Twelve, thirteen, fourteen... weather must be getting warmer. Your freckles are coming back, mahal ko."
I like to think Fade joined the Protocol when she was taking awful care of herself so her skin was pale and unhealthy, but it slowly got healthier over time after she joined and started doing better, until her freckles become more visible again. They fade in winter and get clearer in summer, and Neon likes to count them, knowing what a symbol they are of her growth and recovery. She's always overjoyed to find more.
no but looking at Buck's story, his search for happiness and meaning and feeling at ease through the lense of knowing what we know now - that he is bisexual and still needed to figure that out - makes me so emotional. something always seemed to missing for him to finally find what he was searching for, and now that he learned that about himself, he seems to be closer than ever to finally finding it. his story is a story of queer joy. the joy of finding out something about yourself that opens up a whole new range of possibilities for you. the joy of exploring that and welcoming this thing you discovered inside yourself. what a beautiful story, truly.
EVERYONE, THEY CHANGED THE BIO AGAIN UPDATE UPDATE UPDATE!!!!
Lmfaooooo they saw the fucking mess they made and added that last sentence 😭😭
They must have thought: "oh Jesus they took this way too seriously now they expect us to do something new... Let's clarify that this IS JUST A WAY TO TELL PEOPLE WHO TO GIVE MONEY TO"
I hate you preserving beauty at the cost of enjoyment.
I saw a video of a woman with extremely thick hair doing a thinning method at home. One comment said "my hairdresser heart weeps" because apparently her method may lead to frizz and impact a unified hair look. The woman had so much hair it was giving her headaches.
Its the same as people telling me when I had long hair never to cut it because its so impressive. Its people telling natural redheads never to dye their hair because its such a rare pretty colour.
Its transmasc people being told they were so pretty as a girl and are wasting that.
Its girls being told they are wasting their figure/physical attributes because they are not displaying them constantly and wearing comfortable baggy clothes.
It's people telling you to never go in the sun, not smile and not to use a straw because it will give you wrinkles. Its being told not to eat certain foods because they are bad for your skin, or to do eat other foods because they are good for your skin regardless of whether you enjoy either of those foods. It's being expected to put hours into your skin care and prioritise it over activities you enjoy so you have younger looking skin when you are old.
It's being expected to wear clothes that are uncomfortable because they make you look thinner/more like an hourglass. Not to move in certain ways because it will be unflattering.
It's telling people not to prioritise themselves and their interests in their decisions but instead to prioritise their skin/hair/figure/etc.
I did not agree to preserve whatever natural features i was born with like a one man historical society for myself just because i happened to be made of those genes. I have every right to use and enjoy my body in ways other people don't think fitting and that don't preserve features that currently fit societal beauty standards. I do not agree to hold aesthetic pursuit over comfort and health and happiness.
I know one thing. When i am old i will certainly regret every single day i ate a papaya for breakfast (i hate papaya) instead of a pancake and didn't go into the sun. I will not regret having wrinkles, i just hope they are from laughing.
being a butch is so funny cause you WILL have men hitting on you in my experience there's 4 types of men who will hit on you which is also all types of men that exist
1. straight men who are shocked when you tell them you're a lesbian even tho you could've met at the barber and are wearing the same outfit and will tell you "damn i couldn't tell"
2. straight men who do notice you're a lesbian and it turns them on to change you of course this one's textbook everyone knows about this one
3. gay men who think you're a guy and then you have a laugh about it
4. bi men who know you're not a man and will be just as relentless as the straight men except you can't complain about them afterwards cause that's your friend's gay bestieeeee he wouldn't do thaaaat c'mon