"It's normal for siblings to fight" Okay well it's not normal to be extremely classist and look down on your sister for being non-conforming. Or to go to the woman who ordered the death of your pet to tell her about your father's plans, when he specifically warned you against doing so, because you want to marry the boy you saw attack your sister and her friend (contributing partially to said father's death and your sister being unable to escape on the ship he chartered). Or to think of your sibling as unsatisfactory in comparison to another when you believe her to be dead. I notice that none of the "Sansa and Arya are going to reunite and instantly have no issues" crowd ever acknowledge any of this, which makes it seem like they don't actually believe what they say about their relationship being normal and easily reconciled. People wanting them to have no issues simply because they're siblings is another example of how fandom likes to flatten complex characters and relationships. They get reduced to being bickering siblings when their conflict runs deeper than that. If the author is telling you that they have "deep issues" to work out [X], I don't understand being so adamant about ignoring said issues. I also get the sense it's about ignoring the capacity for a certain character to be flawed, but that isn't going to change the fact that her "slip of the tongue" is very likely to be revealed and a source of further conflict 🤷🏾♀️
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Have you considered that it doesn't really affect anything if people call their glasses mobility aids? It communicates a specific need for the glasses. Even if it's not technically correct does it really matter that much? Like I'm asking because I can't imagine why this is a hill people need to die on besides lateral aggression about who has the "right" to call something a mobility aid.
So really is the actual harm of it? I've never seen anyone doing it to claim specialness, usually to explain why they need to wear them in the pool or shower, places where it's expected that you take them off. Some people actually fall without them, some don't. I thought that's what made them a mobility aid.
Yes, it does matter, because there are very specific challenges faced by people who need to use mobility aids to physically mobilise, and by denying us our own language to identify those issues, you silence us. There is no "lateral aggression", just straight ableism from people who can't stand it when physically disabled people speak out. Words have meanings for a reason.
I wear glasses, I have fairly poor (and still worsening) long distance eyesight. Without my glasses I might have trouble finding my way around, but without my crutch or other mobility aid, I physically can not get anywhere.
If I had to, I could get around in an emergency without my glasses. It would be difficult and uncomfortable, but nothing would be physically stopping me from mobilising. Without a mobility aid, I can get a few "steps" (very unsafely) but I wouldn't be able to go anywhere in an emergency because my body is physically unable to mobilise any more than that.
These things are very different. It's not only very incorrect to call these things the same, but it isn't "harmless" either. There seems to be a growing trend lately within the greater community of denying physically disabled people our own terminology to describe our specific experiences because "This other thing that I experience is totally the same! Why should you have a separate word?"
When you take the words we use to explain ourselves, and you refuse to let us identify each other, you divide and silence us.
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100% don't punish the growl and listen to your dog and your puppy is not an evil mastermind AND ALSO seeing how Melis behaved today and latey, feeling very validated in our approach to her outbursts of screaming thrashing gnashing teeth being less "sorry sorry never mind" and more "ok buddy are u sure though"
time will tell if she has another ride on the melty brain hormone train coming (Sparta didn't - but she might) but at this moment in time, Melis is a pretty tolerant, people-oriented, socially intelligent little dog who's displaying some very pleasant traits. and who has not growled or snarled or gotten near threshold in many months. at this rate our worst puppy might end up our best dog
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It's interesting that whenever this fandom goes "he would call you slurs" or just bringing up slurs in general they mention Billy, a character who not only never actually used any but got called one.
Really interesting.
They neglect to mention the characters who actually have used slurs, ya know, like Hopper or Steve.
They also seem to conveniently forgotten about Neil, who called his son a f*gg*t and slapped him.
Oh and how could I forget... they call Billy fans slurs.
The only real bullies here (remember Billy isn't real or a bully lmfao) are y'all.
The call is coming from inside the house 🤭
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if u follow me and have not read Qian Qiu (Thousand Autumns), by Meng Xi Shi (it's licensed in English!! I bought the books including preordering the special ed. of Vol 5 but have not read the "official" translation yet lmao so dk if it's uhhh good, but you can get it! or perhaps request it at your local library!) (tbh many of the fantls are still up, too, in uhh varying. degrees of quality lmao. but then again I also can't vouch for what quality the licensed tl is ig)
then. can I convince you to read Qian Qiu (Thousand Autumns), by Meng Xi Shi, lmao....
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Wait I just realized the possible funniest way for them to learn Harry can talk to snakes in the Astoria au.
Hydra.
Harry doesn’t notice when he’s speaking parseltongue because to him it just sounds like English but from the outside Alex and Andy see their child walk up to Hydra who only tolerates them at the best of times and that starts hissing. Hydra is stunned for a solid ten seconds before he smiles and hisses back.
For added hilarity Harry cannot look at Hydra and not speak parsel so it’s a lot of either Hydra translating or Andy and Alex gently redirecting Harry’s attention and asking him to repeat himself. He has similar problems with English around Medusa.
No one, for the life of them, can figure out how Harry can talk to snakes for years.
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