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Is coconut water supposed to taste like pumpkin?

is it just me? its like, really good????? but tastes like something those fuckers from hogwarts would drink

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a little late, but Happy Pride 🌈✨💕

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💙💜 Pride Month Day 24: Genderfluid 💜💙

Genderfluid people's gender changes with time. The amount of time between switching genders can be as often as several times a day but it can also occur over years. Some people are fluid between a specific set of genders while others switch to unexpected genders. This flag was created in 2012 by JJ Poole. The pink stripe represents femininity. The blue stripe represents masculinity. Purple represents a combination of masculinity and femininity. Black represents a lack of gender. White represents all genders.

I picked a ferret to represent the genderfluid flag because it is so flexible that it is like a fluid. They can thank their super flexibility to specialized vertebrae (backbones). Seriously. Watch videos on how flexible these guys are.

This genderferret is available for purchase! Please contact me if you're interested.

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Rick Riordan did not pull a JK Rowling by confirming Reyna is Ace over Twitter.

Here’s why.

1. Her asexuality is supported by textual evidence throughout Trials of Apollo and given that she’s specifically a ROMANTIC asexual its supported by Heroes of Olympus as well.

2. Her asexuality actually has textual evidence obvious enough that a lot of people were headcanoning her as somewhere on the ace and/or aro spectrum WELL before this confirmation.

3. Ace people have come forward saying they actually relate to Reyna’s personal struggles. 4. Not name-dropping the SPECIFIC sexuality in the book does not automatically mean RR pulled a JK Rowling. Reyna is, for all intents and purposes, a NEWCOMER to the ace community. Given it’s a recent revelation to her, she probably doesn’t even know the word “asexual”. Yeah, the textual evidence of her being ace is far more subtle than a far more blatant “Emmie and Jo are in a relationship so there’s no need to go “THEY’RE LESBIANS”” but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist. 5. Might be slightly off topic but he didn’t rob the lesbian/wlw communities of jackshit, Reyna can still be lesbian/bi/pan/whatever romantic. Asexual is not the same as aromantic NOR do they automatically go hand-in-hand. Getting mad over Rick stating that Reyna is asexual just makes it seem like you’re mad that Reyna doesn’t want to bang girls. Some people in the fandom claim Rick is somehow creepy for making Reyna ace but their outrage is really just saying that they just wanted Reyna to fuck girls and that is FAR CREEPIER than Rick just stating her sexuality over Twitter and giving clarification when asked.

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I wasn’t gonna say anything but y’all are annoying me so here we go:

1. ‘Why isn’t Reyna a lesbian?’

Right. Rick said she was ace, that’s it. She can still like girls, boys whatever but given her current situation as a hunter I’d call it a day and accept that she’s ace (and also stop sleeping on Lavinia, Jo and Emmie three very important kick-ass lesbians). Also, Rick said it was completely up to you to interpret if she’s gay or not but you cannot erase the fact that she is asexual. That’s not up to you and to deny it would be complete erasure of important representation. 

2. So why can Percy be bisexual if Reyna can’t be a lesbian?

Like I said, Reyna is ace. You can’t take that away. Rick has said that Percy’s sexuality is up for interpretation so it’s different to Reyna’s situation. You wouldn’t be erasing representation by assuming Percy’s bi but you would be denying the fact that Reyna is ace by saying she is solely a lesbain. As said before, she can be an asexual lesbian but YOU CANNOT ERASE THE FACT THAT SHE IS ACE, PERIOD. 

3. ‘Why hasn’t Rick represented (insert minority here) yet?

First off, give the poor guy a break. How many authors do you know that have given the sheer amount of representation that Rick has given? How many authors, despite all the backlash received simply by making Nico gay, continued and ignored the hate because normalising this stuff was more important? How many authors have used their platform the way he has? To name a few, how many authors have characters who are ADHD, dyslexic,homeless, from single-parent households, from abusive (physical and emotional) households, from gay parents, gay, lesbian, bisexual, gender fluid, asexual, aromantic, pansexual, black, Chinese, Canadian, Latino, Italian,  Spanish, Portuguese, non-binary, deaf, Jewish and mixed-race? And, to top it all off, he does it without all the stereotypes. This man has honestly done so well for all the casual, non-stereotypical representation he has given. He allows kids everywhere to see themselves normalised and accepted into fiction and it’s incredible. I remember reading Trials of Apollo and crying because there was an openly bisexual male main character who was happy and accepted. Imagine how important this is to kids, to see themselves where usually the would not. I’m so sorry if he hasn’t included every single minority out there but you need to appreciate the man for what he’s done so far because it’s genuinely amazing.

4. Trials of Apollo was just a money grab/ fan service

It was not a fan service, it brought some extremely sensitive topics to light and had some incredibly important representation that y’all sleep on. In my opinion, I think Trials of Apollo is just more grown up that Percy Jackson and is something that you have to stick with. Twelve year old me found Apollo insufferable as a main character and the plot to mature, now I’m older and I relate so much easier to it and appreciate Apollo’s narrative way more than before. Percy Jackson and Trials of Apollo are aimed at different audiences and that’s a fact. It has incredibly well developed characters and deals with themes that most younger kids are gonna find difficult to understand fully. Plus, unlike Heroes of Olympus, Rick understood that this was Apollo’s tale, not Percy’s or Annabeth’s or anyone else’s and kept the OG characters as side characters like they should be and that’s what got y’all mad. Accept that it’s a more mature book and you’re just whining for the sake of it. 

4. Magnus Chase was basically a fan service and he tried to hard to please us

…Where? Personally Magnus Chase was one of the most well developed series Rick has ever written. It had some amazing characters and dealt with some pretty sensitive stuff. You can’t erase what was written and if you think it’s a fan service just be grateful we have an amazing author that doesn’t mind giving you representation next time you read J K Rowling telling us Dobby was a twink. Because that is what you call crappy fan service as an attempt to recover from her recent comments. We have an unproblematic, sweet author so be grateful.  

In short, y’all need to stop. We used to be such an incredibly sweet fandom and I am not gonna sit here and watch you all become toxic. The entire reason the Riordanverse exists is because Rick wanted his son to be able to see kids like him in fiction. And then he wanted to go further and make sure all kids saw themselves in fiction. That in itself is incredible and honestly Rick does not get enough appreciation for that. The last thing he wants is for us to begin hating each other for things we cannot help, such as race or sexuality. Please, please I am begging the entire fandom right now, be kind. You don’t have to agree with someone to give them respect.

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I do this! It’s perfectly normal!

Is it normal to want to use different names for different days? Say, a name for masculine days, a name for feminine days, and a name for non-binary days?

Yep! Genderfluid people do it a lot, similarly to pronouns. Though I do suggest that, similarly to pronouns, you have a clear way to notify people around you about your current name.

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Reblog if you are in one of these fandoms

-mcdonalds

-charge my phone

-twerk

-be bisexual

-eat hot chip and lie

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“The Book I Wish I Had”

I am trying to create a book named “The Book I Wish I Had”. I have a survey available for people to take so I can record the results and use it for data in the book. Please take the survey only if you are LGBT+. The survey has a ‘Prefer not to answer’ option for almost all questions. The survey should take about 10-15 minutes. If you would like to complete the survey, go to this website. 

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScyavuvAxsQCby5kOhlOJ7qv253iiu_y28YYWzCp9rXkvxeEQ/viewform?usp=sf_link

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Brown eyes that are just plain brown

you know what’s absolutely gorgeous? brown eyes with a dark ring around the iris. we should romanticize that more

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Genderfluid + Flowers for anon

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The Pride Deck! We welcome Butch Lesbian and Genderfluid!!!

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Walking bridge from Kentucky to Indiana. 🔴🟣💗💙💛💚

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Pride may be over but I'm slow so here's my first batch of pride flag inspired mandalas! We've got the classic Rainbow, Genderfluid, Agender, Non-Binary, Lesbian, Transgender, Pansexual, and Bisexual! There's still a ton out there I need to try, but which do you think I should do next? Also, which of these is your favorite? If you like you can use them, just credit me please!

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When you're crush say they're not into girls but you genderfluid and Nonbinary like

YOU FOOL

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proud to be pride wallpapers 🏳️‍🌈