In a recent conversation with someone who wanted advice on how to support her kids, she said something that made me just go "...well DAMN"
For context, she was raised deeply southern baptist, had three kids, was widowed, all three kids turned out to be a different varietal of queer, and she had basically no support or context for how to deal with that, but she's genuinely trying.
I asked her "so with that upbringing and with those deep religious roots, was it hard for you to support them early on?"
And she said:
"Well, no, because I'm a mama to my kids before I'm a daughter to anyone else, including God."
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Today on my brain: Ema who suffered long term physical damage from the car crash that killed her parents and Definitely needs a mobility aid but hates how the cane makes her feel old and like she isn't trying hard enough to get better.
Lana is Begging her to use it and not just ditch it in the car when she leaves for school because she can tell how much the constant pain is wearing on her baby sister.
Enter Edgeworth who was a part of the four year long endeavour to convince Von Karma to use a cane. "He was so excited and relieved after he took to using it i swear he'd have tapped danced if he could. Plus it makes him look more like a count and he adores that."
Just sitting down with her and discussing the issues she's having with it and why she doesn't like it and oh well this might work better and we could certainly customize it to suit you better - but It does sound like it's not providing adequate support. You may want to consider forearm crutches instead.
Lana is fighting the urge to jump for joy when Ema finally agrees to give them a shot. And they help So much. But...
"Oh. Miss Skye. How are the crutches working out for you? You look much more comfortable."
"There nice i guess... But using them feels like I'm giving up on ever getting better."
"... You're in far less pain when you move are you not? That sounds like improvement to me. I like the stickers. They look like their yours now." Paused. "They look good on you Miss Skye."
Ema goes home and screams for three hours. Hugs her crutches. Her crush complemented her!!! Oh she loves them she loves them she loves them!!!!
Lana makes him cookies. Thanks him. He has no idea why but they're very good cookies.
It still takes him almost a decade to admit he needs glasses.
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i feel like i'm an incredibly annoying person to have over at a house because if there is a pet in the house i will be paying way too much attention to them every time they are in the same room as me. i am unable to be normal about animals existing in the same space as me.
if you have a pet and i know about it, there will be at least 20% of my brain dedicated to thinking about how theres an animal on the property the entire time I am there.
if a cat walks in, i WILL look over at it for a few seconds and not pay any attention to a single thing anyone is saying. if a dog walks in, i WILL be trying to figure out if i can make friends with it in a way that doesn't make everyone roll their eyes at me.
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i think that if Lightyear (2022) didn't have the meat-bread-meat sandwich scene i would like the movie way more. the sandwitch gag was just so flabbergasting and honestly gross (so unhygienic!!!) that it yanked me out of the "being immersed in a story with my disbelief suspended" into "Who In Their Right Mind Wrote This Into The Movie Script. Am I, The Viewer, Supposed To Think This Is Funny?" soooo fast (and it was already losing me with all the new watery characters and the lackluster zurg plotline). there's a cool scifi story happening before & after that scene and Those events are always shown as something natural, i guess (within the setting they make total sense, i mean), and i always trust the main character to know what to do and Belong in the story. but the sandwiches were weird and alien even to him and even moreso weird and alien to me by extension... and that feeling of weirdness contributed to nothing re: mood of the moment/overarching plot/character development and it wasnt even FUNNY. if the creators wanted to include the sandwich so bad they needed to have zurg eat it to show what a deranged freak he is.
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we read this chapter (159) with my friend today in our oofuri reading session and i'm. just.
why does this feel so gay? why does it look like tajima is Interested TM? (and no, not in a platonic sense) while hanai is looking all clueless?
also: tajima yuuichirou having the emotional intelligence and awareness? (NOT ASKING ABEMIHA LMAO, YOU ARE SO RIGHT TAJIMA) god. yes.
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