#let me 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want to emphasize for people focused on language as the primary method of allyship is that when we spoke, he used some outdated terms and thoughts about gender and sexuality.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

[pokimoko]

I can't keep being fundamentally changed as a person by animated movies, it's just not sustainable.

#animation #animated film #animated movies #across the spiderverse #across the spider-verse #spiderverse #puss in boots #puss in boots the last wish #puss in boots 2 #nimona #nimona film #yes i'm posting this specifically because i just watched nimona and am feeling all kinds of things but really these are all PEAK TIER #the fact they have ALL been released within 7 months of each other...like...woah we are thriving right now #stylised animation with its own unique style reflecting the movie i love you forever kissing you on the mouth #films that make me ferally rip up any and all art blocks to shreds #and that's just the animation side of things #i won't get started on the plots. they also make me want to bounce off of walls #hugging all these close to my chest #as well as all the other great animated movies that exist because animation wins all catergories for me always #(let's not forget anime movies either; y'all are beautiful too! keeping 2d animation alive and i'm so here for it)

[buttersteps]

when you have a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day

bonus:

#nimona!ballister is just like me fr #nimona said: let your intrusive thoughts win boss #nimona #ballister blackheart #riz ahmed #chloe grace moretz #nimonedit #nimona spoilers

[slushy-sash]

wishing everyone a very neuvillette <3

#hes so father i need him #i havent pull for him yet but i hope this offering will let me win the 50/50 #genshin impact #fontaine #neuvillette #my art

[dolotonglo]

so that popularity poll huh

#ace attorney #thank you for the idea aroace attorney i hope i have done you justice 🫡 #haha justice. get it. like apollo #anyway #HES RLLY THIRD WHEELING LIKE THAT ITS SO FUNNY 😭 #ace attorney shitpost #shitpost #gyakuten saiban #phoenix wright #beanix #miles edgeworth #apollo justice #CONGRATS GUYS!!! 🥹 #beanix fans r WINNING today #also listen. i know someone else did this already #but i finished this before i saw theirs okay #let me have this i worked so hard #dolotalks #doloposts

[mp100days]

066 - the votes are in

#mp100 #mob psycho 100 #reigen arataka #mob #mod 1 #he didnt win the dilf off yet but. lets face it #do you really wont him. look into my eyes and tell me the truuth

[bluevelvetea]

So start by saving me, Itadori.

(Find my reference here)

#no new chapter today so I present you my version of jjk 252 #bc last chapter broke me #gege let them hug #let them kiss #let the power of friendship and love win only once in this gut wrenching tragedy you call shounen #jjk #jujutsu kaisen #jjk spoilers #jujutsu kaisen spoilers #jjk 251 spoilers #jjk 251 #I hope those are enough spoiler tags #itadori yuuji #Itadori yuji #fushiguro megumi #itafushi #fushiita #also I'm just taking a wild guess on Yuuji's arms #no idea what's going on there #jjk fanart #velvetdraws #jjk fix it

[adriles]

We All Got That Friend Who Think They Can Outwit The Gods And Evade Their Fate

#greatest hits #some of yall tagging this as me #i dont think yall r performing acts of hubris #i think u r all looking at posts on ur phones #ASIDE FROM EMMA commenting about being comotose because she is evading fate and she is winning. go bestie go #some of yall r so annoying god bless #you guys know you dont all have to reply to posts right #u dont have to comment smth #u can just let it be

[andy-clutterbuck]

Rick Grimes in The Ones Who Live | 1x04 - What We

#*CASH REGISTER NOISE* *DOGS BARKING* *GLASS BREAKING* #Rick Grimes #towl spoilers #The Ones Who Live #* #rg #excuse me but The Nose™ #his face when he realized she said children #let him cuddle his baby boy #I CANNOT #HOW DOES HE KEEP GETTING MORE ATTRACTIVE WHAT KIND OF WITCHCRAFT IS THIS #what's in your water out in the cotswolds man #all those fuzzies #stab me with an entire home depot aisle of rakes #I SAID #F U Z Z I E S #i never win i am winning #bless all the lines on your face #they beautiful and sacred #if you don't want to nuzzle into that beard i don't trust you tbh #im putting you on a watchlist #nice rack rick

[turtleblogatlast]

I think a lot about Leo’s tendency to push his way into the spotlight despite clearly being a natural in the shadows. Hell, you could argue that his worst moments are when he’s forcing himself onstage, and his best are when he does things no one notices until it’s already been done.

#rottmnt #rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #rottmnt leo #rottmnt headcanons #rise leo #His aptitude with subterfuge sleight of hand stealth and speed really push how being a ninja really comes naturally to him. #it’s arguable that his desperation for the spotlight and validation is an act of subterfuge against himself #note that when he’s offered a job as a mascot he’s fine being unknown #when he and splinter win the battle nexus Leo immediately says ‘they love YOU pops’ #idk I think so much about how good a ninja Leo is #and how much his persona is more an actor #Leo as a tot is shown a natural skill at katana too so hear me out- #every Leo is a natural ninja but every Leo’s route in life is directly tied to their splinter so #since rise splinter is an actor Leo too aims for it #and he brings it into his whole life - masking always because a Leo makes what they do who they are #I think that Leo naturally falls more in line with that of a typical ninja #his eccentric performer self is his subterfuge skill just set to an 11 at all times #not that that’s NOT him - like I said it’s still undoubtedly a part of Leo #but? idk I think about little moments like Leo being the only one to choose stealth in bug busters #or Leo being the only one to almost get Gus’s dog tags in The Ninja Art of Hide and Seek (he was so close but luck was against him alas) #like- he’s clearly in his element there and he falls into those skills so easily #it’s like how everyone has skills in so many things but some exceed more in some than others do #like Raph? Raph’s the biggest Hero of the bunch of them let’s be perfectly real here. Raph is THE Hero #All the boys are smart in their own rights but Donnie is THE Genius. #and they all have mystic powers but Mikey is THE Mystic Warrior with immense untapped potential #likewise Leo I feel is THE Ninja #but yeah I love how much Leo goes for the spotlight anyway for better or for worse #he IS a performer again make no mistake! but again the way he does it still lines up with his natural ninja aptitude and I love it #Leo loving magic tricks and magicians so much works doubly well here because like #you’d think he’s focused solely on the performance flair - no it’s ALSO and ESPECIALLY the DECEPTION

[woolysstuff]

MAN.

#The sun and moon show #TSAMS #tsams spoilers #tsams moon #tsams sun #Sun comforting Moon?? Moon calling Solar brother?? Moon passing out from crying to much??? and then Sun carrying him to bed??? EUGHHH /pos #I've been waiting for an episode were moon lets himself cry for so long so this is a win for me #now.. *slowly turns to eclipse* #wooly draws stuff #wooly's stupid brainrot #(i was going to do like a mini comic for this but i didn't like how everything else was turning out. oh well. )

[cloud-based-and-rainpilled]

He really said “I am aggressively gay what the fuck are you talking about”

#theyre not gay theyre celestial blah blah blah let me have fun #WAIT THERE ARE STILL TITLES WTF #tumblr desktop stay winning its improved so much i was so wrong #i am too drunk for this!! #good omens #good omens season 1 #aziraphale #crowley #ineffable husbands #crowley x aziraphale #find this later miracle aligner

[lotus-pear]

NEW MAYOI CARDDDDS MADE ME SILLY THEY CANONICALLY HAVE GIRLS NIGHT SLEEPOVERS IM SOBBING UEUEUUEUEUE

#MY FAVS FINALLY INTERACT I FUCKING WIN LETS GO LETS FUCKING GOOOOOOO‼️‼️ #CHUUAKU SLEEPOVER I AM TWIRLING MY HAIR KICKING MY LEGS GIGGLING BLUSHING FINALLYYYYYYY THE BESTIES EVER IM SO HAPPY #MATCHING CARDS. MATCHING PJS. TELL ME YOU SHOP TOGETHER WITHOUT TELLIMG ME YOU SHOP TOGETHER #I LOVE THEM SO SO SO SO MUCH FUCK DAZAI AND ATSUSHI THIS IS MY FAV MENTOR DAD AND THEIR PRECIOUS STUDENT #ANYWAY THEY R LITERALLY LIKE THE BESTEST OF FRIENDS IN MY MIND I LOVE AWKWARD AKU AND LIKE OUTGOING FUN AMIABLE CHUUYA #LIKE...........EXTROVERT ADOPTING AN INTROVERT BESTIE. THATS EHAT THEY R LIKE. TO ME #GAAAAAHHHHH THANK YOU MAYOI TEAM #also sry idk how to draw aku's hair it's the biggest mystery to me💀💀💀 shoutout to artists who know how to do that #(i am not one of them) #bungou stray dogs #bungo stray dogs #bsd #akutagawa ryuunosuke #ryuunosuke akutagawa #chuuya nakahara #nakahara chuuya #lotus draws

[theoldkyokodied]

Uploading all my Tomgreg art at once from the past few week before season 4 hits, who knows in what kind of mental state i'm gonna be once it does :')

#tomgreg #succession #dont even talk to me i started watching this show when i had nothing to do at work and now i watch it with averiel my good friend averiel #and we are going to watch s4 together and i feel physically ill from bein so excited #so ya thats what ive been up to... anyway. i love these idiots they desever nothing but the worst (affectionate) #im also a tomshiv lover btw. im the one who yells 'THIS IS HOW TOMSHIV CAN STILL WIN' while they are actively losing on screen #thats the kind of person i am #dont look at me (lying on the floor) #okay i was not going to say stuff in the tags and let the art speak for itself but i NEED to point out details in the wine Painting.. #i put a lot of work into that one. thinly veiled metaphors and symbolism yknow.. #greg is gripping the stem of the wine glass with his full fist. tom and greg are dressed in the same outfit (sock garters included) #greg look appalled but he is not doing anything about the spill. tom is fondly pouring greg more and more wine. he is doing him a favor #i colored the red wine the same way i would color blood :) oh and tom is not really touching greg #only holding the chair in place. greg is making himself look smaller than he is like usual #oh and @ the person who said that it's the inverse of the tom and nate scene i love the way you think. i did not think of that before #but god. yeah. i actually thought about the scene change from when roman uhh.. christens his office in s1. the one with the coffee machine #i always go insane at that cut. this is not exactly the same since it's more.. about emotions but yknow.. it can be.. the same...

[demigods-posts]

okay fine. maybe i'm a little obsessed with annabeth thinking all of her close relationships were transactional and conditional until she met percy. maybe i'm a little obsessed with annabeth having difficulty expressing just how significant their friendship is to his face and barely getting the chance to before he turns to gold. maybe i'm a little obsessed with annabeth's willingness to put a quest, something she's wanted since was seven, on pause to save her friend. obsessed, but only just a little.

#just letting you know that i'm obsessed a lot...tle #yes the two have my heart #yes i'll fight you #yes these two are everything to me #percy jackon and the olympians #pjo text post #pjo #percy jackson #annabeth chase #percabeth #percabeth fluff #percabeth for the win #percabeth friendship #they're besties your honor

[anne-is-confused]

two plague doctors with a height difference is something that can actually be so personal

#at least let him move his arms.. #posting this from typography class. end me #my art #pathologic #burakovsky #Мор. Утопия #burda #artemy burakh #daniil dankovsky #who will win my inexplicable depressive episode or the guys in my computer #i just need to nap it out (<-guy who needs 8 months of paid vacation). this is true for them aswell as for me