#he wins I win

[laughingcatwrites]

As a reminder that good exists out there, a coworker recently confessed to me that he found out his child is questioning their identity (kid's gender redacted for this post). The kid is keeping it from him, so he can't say anything to them or show that he knows, but he's doing his best to get mentally prepared and educated so that he'll be ready whenever his kid does feel comfortable enough come to him.

For context, this guy is a big, bulky middle aged dude who loves sports and typical outdoor "manly" activities. As his coworker and friend, I know he's a kind and sweet teddy bear of a person, but his kid probably views him as a stern, authoritarian figure, the way most teenagers view their parents. His family lives in a conservative area, so I'm sure between that, their dad's looks and interests, and the fact that their dad is a Figure of Authority, the kid is worried that they won't be accepted.

But you know what? When he found out about his kid, the first thing he did was reach out to his closest queer friend and ask for resources for parents of questioning children. His biggest fears are that his kid will be bullied or discriminated against and won't feel comfortable enough to be themself. His second action was to find himself a mentor in another parent who went the same situation (kid coming out in a conservative town). The other person is preparing him for some of the struggles his kid may face and the fights he may need to take on as a parent to make sure his kid is safe and treated well.

Something I want to emphasize for people focused on language as the primary method of allyship is that when we spoke, he used some outdated terms and thoughts about gender and sexuality. That does not make him bad. These were the terms and thinking used about questioning teenagers when he was growing up and he never needed to learn more current ones. But now that he does have that need, he's throwing himself in head first because that's his kid and he's darn well going to make sure that his kid feels welcomed and has a safe place to be themselves even if they never come out to him.

#I'm so proud and happy for my coworker and I've been trying to figure out how to let him know how amazing I think he is #what gets me the most is that he's keeping this super down low to avoid giving any hints to his kid #he has a lot of queer friends so he already is known as an ally but there's always a chance it will be different if it's family #and he took that chance and crumpled it up into a ball and slam dunked it into the garbage for three points #and decided that even if his kid wants to hide it from him for the rest of his life he will still do what he can to make their life better #pflag #parents doing their best #parenting win #good news #allyship

[the-crooked-library]

so within the universe of Dune, gender roles abide by a rigid false dichotomy created by the bene gesserit - men lead the noble houses, while the women may join their order, and the powers of both are kept intentionally separate. at the same time, the plot demonstrates repeatedly that the role of paul atreides as a character is that of the border between the concepts juxtaposed within dichotomies: he is both an outerworlder and fremen, both harkonnen and atreides, both a duke and a disciple of the bene gesserit.

as such, it follows that within the in-universe gender structure, he occupies the roles of both male and female, thus being functionally and societally nonbinary. in this essay, i will -

#dune #paul atreides #diversity win! this aspiring space dictator is nonbinary #dune 2024 #atreides #bene gesserit #gender lens #dune meta #this is probably very obvious and already talked about but i had to get it out #i think it's also supported by the original intent behind his birth. as in he was supposed to be a girl etc #gender roles #worldbuilding

[sierice]

ep 4 of the show was actually craaaazy imagine athena getting downright embarrassed in at the weekly family mail opening meeting because your 12 year old daughter was an accomplice in playing the biggest screw you to the gods in forever and then there's poseidon whose son was the one who CAME UP w the idea and he's like my parenting MY parenting im so proud of him. im going to help him on his quest right now actually. why is he falling.

#djdjdjdkdjfdjk my brother and i were watching this ep and i literally cld not stop thinking that this was probably what happened #i can literally imagine that he saw athena embarrassed and was like i see this as an absolute win #pjo tv show #percy jackson and the olympians

[arabian-batboy]

Don’t play with me now, this better be for real-

#they FINALLY made the right choice #logic wins #although I really hope this isn't him here #and its just a random guy from the Earth Kingdom #because I'm not feeling this design #he looks like a background character in that Metal clan #Zaofu? #or one of Kuvira's goons #but I'm willing to overlook it as long as they don't make him a basic stereotypical Earth-bending Muscle-head #if you watched the show you would know what I'm talking about #Avatar #LOK #ATLA

[obsob]

to be loved is to be held!!! print

#mine #cats #i made into. a5 print!! #i will still stock th larger one for now....i lov a5 tho its so nice. so compact #i had a good day today! went into the city and got notebooks and sticker and a poetry book i am going to hvae to read very very slowly #i can beat dyslexia . i can win #it is very cold also. perhaps will hve a bath tomorrow! and do some drawing :3 #i hope everyone has a nice evening #if u are wondering how cat is doing he is settling in good ! he keeps clawing at the furniture but hey. thats a cat

[chloesimaginationthings]

Michael teaches Gregory the old FNAF technique

#myart #chloesimagination #comic #michael afton #fnaf gregory #fnaf vanny #fnaf vanessa #fnaf #security breach #sister location #fnaf fanart #five nights at freddy's #Michael is simply trying to teach Gregory how to survive #like my man cook!! #Fire is the true way to win any fnaf game I promise #Gregory actually wants to learn he thinks Michael is cool #though Vanny isn’t as enthusiastic #she’s gonna put them both in timeout lmao #they are so brother coded but so the same too #Gregory is just a lil Michael

[diabloku]

There can be only one King 👑

There's a vote for the hottest character in HH on twitter and Luci is sooo close to win 🤏

#vivziepop #hazbin hotel #hazbin hotel fanart #hazbin hotel lucifer #lucifer #i want him to win #he's against Vox and I can't let that happen #like #he's too cute and pathetic to not WIN #lucifer morningstar

[lokh]

fake dating au where shuro ends up pretending to go out with laios in order to secure his inheritance.... but is it really what he wants? a journey of romance and self discovery that ill never ever write

#i imagine some political intrigue too but frankly i dont know enough #not pictured: marcille and co losing their fucking minds becos laios what were u THINKING #shuro #nakamoto toshiro #laios touden #laishuro #dungeon meshi #dungeon meshi spoilers #art #maizuru #i imagine shuro also doesnt want to win his succession with something so. underhanded and untrue lmao. #and then when it DOES become true... well does he even want it really 😭 #i feel like hed still end up doing it but at least hes actually examined his own wants etc #delicious in dungeon

[kuppikahvia]

it fucking breaks my heart hearing käärijä go "...but i wasn't the best :(" when he literally scored the second most points EVER in eurovision public vote, second only to ukraine in 2022, like sweetie NO LISTEN, you WERE the best actually

#fuck the jury #i woke up from my 3 hour sleep and i'm seething with anger #he deserved to win #i hate this i hate this i hate this i hate this #eurovision #käärijä #esc 2023 #neo.txt

[eternalgirlscout]

karlach is like if a hot girl with a motorcycle was also the motorcycle

#i said this out loud to meg and he told me i had to post it Right Now #baldur's gate 3 #karlach #karlach cliffgate #winning tumblr roulette

[disco-troy]

KG Beast had the worst time of his life after he shot Nightwing.

First he got beat up by Batman and abandoned in the snow

Then Nightwing himself beat him up (and told him a pun)

THEN The Batgirls lured him to their turf ON PURPOSE to beat him up

Damian nearly kills him

He gets beat up by a guy at the speed of light

and that's not even counting Kory's reaction!

Entire hired killer career OVER bc he shot one man

#the tone shift is so funny like as more and more people beat this man up it gets easier and easier #bruce has a drawn out fight in the artic #cass and steph just like have a fun time mugging this man in an ally #i realize the tone shifts of the books r to blame but i love the implication that hes just given up at this point hes not winning ever #dick grayson #kgbeast #batman #dc comics #wally west #damian wayne #cass #steph

[twinstxrs]

brennan reintroducing the bad kids with genuine titles they hold in canon like “archdevil” “captain of the owlbears” & “risen saint” but adding “holder of the tin flower” to gorgug’s intro because of how gorgug offering his tin flower to fabian, even after they fought, so effectively represents the type of person gorgug is (a kind one).

#what if i died #gorgug thistlespring #fantasy high #dimension 20 #fhjy spoilers #fhjy #if u think about it this is a win for the thistlecaster agenda (i’m delusional) #fellas is it gay if offering a tin flower to my bro which he later got put on the ax holster he gifted me is a core tenet of my character? #(no) #idk if tenet is the right word there but whatever it’s 5 a.m. idc at this point #but anyways. zac oyama characters you are often so kind & i love that about you.

[emberglowfox]

fuck all cis people except for the guy who dmed me on instagram to ask about my new name and, upon me explaining the concept of transgenderism, said, “interesting strat. i like it.”

#fucking LOVING the idea of transgenderism as some kind of strategy to win at life. he’s right #this guy gets gender more than any cis person #sparks speaks #obligatory “fuck all cis people” is slash jay i have a few cis “people” i keep close to my heart <3 #containment breach #<- deeply unfortunately

[floweroflaurelin]

BigB is making me lose my mind.

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My buddy @salemoleander made a post going over all the weird stuff with BigB’s unusual Secret and it got my mind racing. The red icon... The isolating, grindy, antisocial task... The strange phrasing… Makes you think 👀

(Even if it turns out to be nothing I WILL be headcanoning lore about it hehehe)

#secret life #secret life smp #bigbst4tz2 #bigb #bigb fanart #secret life fanart #secret life smp fanart #secret life Bigb #slsmp #trafficblr #floweroflaurelin art #mcyt #mcyt fanart #mcytblr #secret life spoilers #I’m Team BigB to win it!! or at least top 5 #the text on the image is a line from his Secret task #text in the caption is Grian’s dialogue after being gaslit #my theory is that it has to do with the End. I think he was digging for the stronghold :3 #I hope there’s more red Secrets next week I really want this to mean something

[dykealloy]

god's favourite ragdoll princess and the most miserable girl in the world

#would you believe me if i said this is one of the strongest guys in one piece #love this pathetic wet cat he so rarely wins <3 #one piece #op #CJ's op watch-through #trafalgar law #trafalgar d water law #lawlu #corasan #corazon #donquixote rosinante

[chloesimaginationthings]

FNAF game Vanessa is starting to control Glitchtrap,,

#myart #chloesimagination #comic #mike schmidt #fnaf vanessa #fnaf vanny #glitchtrap #fnaf #fnaf movie #security breach #fnaf help wanted #fnaf fanart #five nights at freddy's #the mere thought of hurting Mike snapped her out of it #I understand I too couldn’t hurt Mike #he’s just a swell guy #glitchtrap is so frustrated he’s pulling his hair out #who would win: a digital murder rabbit or one sleepy guy? #it’s kinda funny this is basically canon seeing movie Vanessa also snapped out of it for Mike #Mike just has that affect on people 🙏🏾