#im right and im not afraid to say it

[shit-people-probably-didnt-say]

When will burger restaurants realise we want wide burgers not tall ones??

[inkskinned]

i'm a little afraid to go to pride this year. many of us are, a little. sitting around our tapas and video games, the silence that hangs over the discord server. it feels different, we say.

we're privileged. the community that came before us laid the groundwork so i could be raised in a different world, and i will never forget their sacrifices and dedication. they gave us this: a pride that feels like community and celebration and joy. i remember the first few times i went to a queer event - i'd been raised so catholic. feeling safe like that, for the first time... it saved my life. i go to pride to celebrate that feeling - my people, laughing. out in the sun, the way we couldn't have been even 25 years ago. that feeling: no wonder we call it "pride."

who am i to be afraid anyway. there are parts of the world where people are doing much better work than i am. but it's just: i felt at home there, you know? and this year feels different. we are waiting on the dam to break. last year, at boston pride, there was a whole gaggle of sign-holders shouting about jesus. you walk around them and try not to let it get to you.

this year, i'm going to DC's pride with my girlfriend. google sends me concerns about if it's safe to exist in trump's america, if World Pride is a bigass target on all of us. every article uses the words "safety concerns" many, many times. three days ago i witnessed a shooting.

even straight people keep telling me - people are weird lately. sometimes we blame it on Covid and sometimes we blame it on the full moon. but i do remember a time before this, right. it's not just that people are more comfortable being rude. it's this strange, outwards violence. a comfort in being cruel.

it's a big hole to fall down anyway. it's not like they're going to do anything to make pride safe, not really. i don't want a police presence as the solution. and what if this is just fearmongering! what if this is just to get us to stop attending our own events! what if everything is actually fine, and i'm just freaked out by the stated intentions of our president!

and what if i'm just listening to things that are being said. what if i'm weighing the shape and size of this america accurately.

my mother calls me. she's been getting the articles too. i assure her i'll be careful, but i put the phone down and stare at it. i'm going to go to pride. other people made it safe for me, it is my duty and my honor to show up for my community. the only thing we've ever had was each other. it was always an act of bravery. being ourselves is brave.

but i am afraid. i lay out my outfit and i kiss my girlfriend. i cut my nails and clean up my undercut. i hold her hand and hang the sunset flag. the sound of this america feels different. like a volcano trembling. i will love her and i will love being queer and i will sing over the noise of it.

but ... still. in the back of my mind. that feeling, like something terrible has been shifted. like somewhere in the night - they remembered we're different.

[tvrools]

If you couldn't tell by my posting over the last few weeks, i think ben is neat. Hes kinda like a living emoji

[tsuchinokoroyale]

My favorite show to watch on the treadmill at the gym is Naked and Afraid, but I have to admit the title is a misnomer. Like some people immediately fashion some clothes and most of the time they aren’t even afraid they’re like trained survivalists… what the hell…

[omegalerc]

the only omega ever to look as glowing and gorgeous even when in total misery..

[tiefling-queer]

*gently takes your hands* i need you to accept that white women are just as capable of being radicalized to the far right as white men are on the grounds of being white. white women do not have some mythical higher threshold of community alienation than white men before they fall prey to reactionary thinking.

i desperately need you to understand that women and men live in the same society and have brains that work the same, and white women will fall back on the pillars of white supremacy just as easily as white men do, and that includes the patriarchal elements of white supremacy

[swordmaid]

🦋🩸 love in motion seems to save me now.

commissioned this beautiful art piece of astarion/shri’iia from pan.szczvr from instagram. please check them out! they’re such an incredible artist and im absolutely in love with this piece 😭❤️🥺

[mrmeepsmadmind]

starbee comic,,, if u get the reference then u understand a pivotal part of how i see their dynamic

Bee x scream is like if that one rlly bubbly & makes herself seem ditzy and cute girl to everyone to have friends who'll dump her the moment they get a bf & she's probably on the spectrum but no one notices or cares to delve deeper into her bcs she's so 'cute' & smiles & masks to be liked ( bcs she doesnt want anyone to delve deeper into her personality & realize shes actually Not perfect miss lil daddys girl purity ring ) was forced to be stuck with The Bitchtm intimidating weird girl who's also undiagnosed but everyone knows there's Something with her & treated her differently in a way they Think is discreet but She Knows & no matter how hard she tries, everyone's gonna have this Undertone with her so she's just given up on trying to seem pleasant to everyone but still desperately wants to be loved & has a slight clue as to why ppl keep hating her even when she tries for them not to for once but still can't get an answer bcs her life sucks and diagnosis is expensive and she has no time and she's - omg why is this bitch (bee) making her notes all cute with big colorful fonts & organized by alphabetical shade marker collection haha she's so weird (<- is Also weird bcs hes starscream). im gonna ask to borrow one of her favorite markers (the baby blue one) and dry it out while she stares at me with big wet eyes trying to find a polite way to put 'im gonna kill you' in a sentence

[road-hauler]

A very fed up concorde for your eyeballs

[littleshopofhorrors-confessions]

y can’t u guys just keep the characters cis this trans stuff is rlly annoying to me as a cis idk the appeal its not even canon

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[capitangoosie]

[non-un-topo]

More cishet observations from the past month at work:

- They really fucking buzz off of the TERF wizard book series

- Their favourite place on Earth is Florida (why???)

- If you tell them you're an artist, they will ask you if you've ever "tried out AI"

- They will joke about OCD a lot

- They absolutely hate their bodies and will take any opportunity to talk about food in a toxic way (bonus points if they compare their body/food to yours)

- They hate their spouses and think that this is funny

- They. Do not. Have interests. (Besides the TERF wizard book series)

- They don't watch movies or TV??

- If they have kids, the way they talk about them makes it sound like it was genuinely the worst decision they ever made

- If they don't have kids, they will still fucking talk about having them

- They don't like cats??

In other weird news, I'm gendered correctly at work and I pass to the point that cishets actually talk to me like I'm a cishet guy.

[plasmara]

random q but i love your plasma hcs sm and i was wondering-if the show was a little more insane-which season do you think plasma would’ve finally gotten together?? and how would it have gone down bc i need to hear your thoughts

okay im sorry its been TIMEEEEE since i watched the show. i wish i could quickly rewatch before answering this anon but alas. we ball. ignore me if i pull something out my ass

i think I’m gonna have to go w hunted. Coz duh. they’re stuck in a faraway realm all alone and cole is too busy being a single dad to baby wu to gaf about them. they’re both losing their minds in different ways. insanity drives them into each others arms. that’s true love

And do i even have to mention kai, baby……

[kkoct-ik]

thinking about a thread i was shared that described mikoto having 'john' disappeared as a sort of lobotomy. i actually think that may be really apt

[faaun]

said goodbye to him feeling weird!

[syoemei]

in the last ten episodes of tma. i am so well, i am so normal about these characters. the cast interview retrospective did not gut me and send me into grieving regarding all the characters we’ve lost along the way nope nope nope