Haida’s family is really interesting to me because they are spotted hyenas. While I understand that the characters being animals is just a cute, stylistic choice, it can’t help but make me wonder. Spotted hyenas are very rigidly female dominated with males always falling in at the bottom of the pecking order.
So, it’s really interesting to me that Haida’s mom is so sweet and timid. Her husband, Jizu, is much more aggressive (and noticeably larger). Female hyenas are larger than the males and also tend to be far more aggressive. Male hyenas are pushed out of their packs when they reach maturity. Haida is very clearly not a part of his nuclear family anymore which lines up. However, his brother, Jiro, is... (Your son looks like a girl!)
Either they are presenting as the opposite gender so that their family dynamic is more palatable for the public OR they are breaking conventional gender roles for their species. One way or another -
Haida’s family is gender non-conforming as fuck!!
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Please share this. this will be worse than DDos attack.
In 4 days a bill is going to be voted on in congress called KOSA.
The KOSA law and EARN IT act could get Anime and Manga banned in the US. Due to it having “gore and violence”
It’ll also ban fanfics and any mature content.
The bill is being disguised as a way to protect minors but it will ban all of this for ALL of us.
To stop this please please look that the link I’m sharing. The link allows you to email your state representatives, after if you submit your phone number you will get a call that will connect you to all your representatives offices, you will get a script all you have to do is read off what is said.
Let them know you are NOT okay with this! Last year we just BARELY got this bill denied. Congress is trying again this year. SPEAK UP!
Please please take this seriously. If this passes. The anime community will be DONE.
https://www.badinternetbills.com/
I got this awhile ago and wanted to put the time into actually writing a response but then a bunch of personal shit happened and I think I've been on Tumblr maybe once or twice this past 2 week for only a few minutes. My stuff isn't important, but this is going up for discussion today and it needs to be stopped as soon as possible. I've already contacted my representatives (even though i dont think it'll change the minds of mine i live in an extremely red area in an extremely red state so fun times) and have signed petitions and it's important to try to do something even if you think it won't work. KOSA will not end well for anyone and will effect everyone. Please do your own research and contact your representatives as this will do everything BUT protect kids online as it actively will censor anyone they want to censor and take away protections that are already in place for minors. Kids safety my ass 😒. There's also the EARN IT bill that is equally as important go get denied as it will get rid of end to end encryption as we know it. Please do what you can to help stop these bills from passing.
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you know, its not brought up in fics often but ted is extremely well read. he doesnt brag about it, but hes read everything from f scott fitzgerald's b sides to ayn rand's doorstoppers to the sixteen book Ender series, etc etc etc. Ted reads about as much as we see Beard reading (which. in my head is a trait that was passed on, a new focus to sharpen the mind and keep him out of trouble and his mind off drugs, something Ted offered up as a coping mechanism for when his own dad died, a way to have fun and adventure and escape without ending up in jail like Ted himself had a handful of times before, scaring the bejeezus out of his ma.)
this turned into a mini fic and i lost my train of thought but point is, Ted reads So Much and more people need to pick up on this in fics please and thank you.
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i was wondering why i was fascinated with u and i think it's because you're refreshingly open about your thoughts. i get so mad at people who keep everything to themselves/feel so stuck on maintaining the status quo. seeing ppl who actively step outside of it is nice ! very admirable
I appreciate that, anon. Though, I'll admit, I'm guilty of biting my tongue too. If I spoke my mind entirely, I would have no one at all around me, and I would be very, very bored. I understand you, though, it's very infuriating sometimes how closed off people can be. I'm more irritated with a closed mind than a private demeanor but both can grind the nerves.
I also like to share because the idea that no one will ever come close to touching me, metaphorically, is depressing. Not that this rectifies it at all in the slightest. It gives me a feeling of thrilling strangeness when someone irl takes time out of their responsibilities to study me with no real reason, compensation, or prompting. What are you trying to do, fellow oxygen-breather? Do I look any closer in this mirror? Do you want to touch me the way I want you to touch me? You won't. But I do like conversations and adventures. Pay me in favors. Let me skew your data. I am incapable of non-autonomous change. I can't do what people want from me. I fail to believe what I must believe. I do not know how to be anything correct and will only stay interesting until the novelty wears off. Life is a stage and I would like to leave but it's about as likely as the sun exploding tomorrow.
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