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Spent all day at the dentist today (going back tomorrow now that an issue was identified) so here's a preview of a thing I'm working on as acknowledgment of TLK's 31st today

Speaking of these guys, I should really get back to binging T&P and Wild About Safety

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The point of Lilo and Stitch isn't that Lilo needs to be taken away, it's that Nani needs support. When she has reliable childcare that she can trust to look after Lilo, even though the childcare in question is a gaggle of aliens, she becomes a great guardian. Not only that, but Nani's important to Lilo because she's a person who tries to speak her language.

And not for nothing, considering the U.S. government's long, proud history of tearing Black and Brown children away from their parents, this ending feels extra gross.

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Based on this hilarious clip.

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redgobo sketch i found n cleaned up teehehe

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cutest adorable horangi and kkachi

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Recovering from a really bad case of poison ivy on my dominant arm so just a short doodle for tonight 🥴

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Uniting several of my childhood comfort characters — Lilo was such a role model for me as a little kid ❤️

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i kind of feel like if you take "don't bomb iran" as an endorsement of the iranian government, you're not intellectually ready to engage in conversations about real-world politics. Go talk about steven's universe instead

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bitches be missing luther stickell

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Decided to finally name my sourdough starter and I chose Ethan because he is unkillable just like my much neglected starter, which somehow survived to this day 🥹

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Happy pride for the super soul eater fans

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One small moment from Lilo and Stitch that always stuck with me is when Lilo tries to bond with the girls from her hula class. She sees them with their Barbies and tries to show off her homemade doll Scrump, which does nothing but weird out the other girls even more. In frustration Lilo tosses Scrump on the ground and stomps away, only to come back seconds later to pick her back up and hug her.

As a kid with weird interests who also struggled to make friends... man, that got me.

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So, I decided to rewatch some episodes of Lilo and Stich the series and it made me realize something…annoyingly realistic about Lilo’s hula teacher. He…never really does anything about Myrtle’s bullying. Like, he gets…mildly annoyed at her but she never faces any real consequences. Lilo always gets in trouble, for fighting, or because Myrtle does something to make her look bad, or you know, standing up for herself, but she doesn’t.

And as someone who was bullied for being the weird girl in school, and went to my teachers multiple times about it only to be met with advice like "ignore them" or "be the bigger person" and in the case of one boy who pushed me, threw things at me, and hit me "it just means he likes you". It hits hard…

The only difference is Lilo’s teacher was at least sympathetic towards Lilo when she got in trouble for standing up against her bully.

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disabled people who do not directly "contribute" to society and need large amounts of care and resources to survive deserve not only to survive but to have comfort, stability, and fun within their lives while they do. no compromises.