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yeah you're "punk" but are you normal about deformed people?

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Hospital

Kingston knew he was sick. The redness around his port, the sweating- he knew. He wasn’t a nurse for nothing, he could recognize the signs of an infection. He just didn’t think it was bad enough for him to pass out mid battle and end up in the hospital.

Oops. His bad.

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Or: Kingston has a short hospital stay.

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i know i talk about it all the time bc it’s one of my favourite lines from fantasy high but sandra lynn saying to fig “everything you’re going through is something that i get i was just like you” in light of her (most likely) being groomed by bobby dawn, with figs ill-advised interactions with older men in freshman year….. ya i’m thinking about it

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the choice

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Holding onto your Archdevil friend’s hand because she is a self-contained radiator!!!

Closup below

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most trans people who people like to call "non transitioning" actually do transition, but people don't want to acknowledge that not all transition is medical

changing your hair is transition

deciding to shave or grow your body hair is transition

doing something different with make up is transition

changing your new wardrobe is transition

changing your name is transition

changing your pronouns is transition

coming out to people is transition

even just accepting your own transness without telling anyone else is transition, as it changes how you see yourself

it's almost impossible to be trans and truly non transitioning, even if that transition might be non medical, non visible or entirely self contained

all kinds of transition are valid.

there are also things that aren't necessarily associated with transition that an individual may consider to be part of their transition, like working out to make their body look different, getting piercings and tattoos and so much more

there are so many ways of transitioning besides surgery and hormones

"non transitioning nonbinary/trans person" is just code for "i don't consider your transition to be real because it doesn't fully fit into what cis people expect"

"some parents would rather have a non transitioning trans child than one who does" like yeah no shit. a non transitioning trans child is a trans child who doesn't come out, doesn't change anything about themself. not their name, not their pronouns, not their hair or wardrobe. a non transitioning trans child is a trans child who never talks about being trans so their parents can pass them off as cis. a non transitioning trans child is a trans child that is in the closet. of course a lot of parents would rather have a trans child who stays in the closet so they don't have to deal with their transness. but you all mean "non transitioning" as in "not medically transitioning" and that's not true either. trans people get kicked out of their house for doing as little as changing their pronouns. and if you say you're doing literally anything as part of your transition/because you're trans, people will absolutely give you shit for it, while a cis person can do the same thing and it's no biggie. social transition is not accepted at all.

there are some weird trans people out there who will completely dismiss people's life saving transition steps as "non transitioning" because they don't fit cis ideas of transness, it's disgusting

when i say "transition" i'm always including medical transition and social transition, as well as anything else an individual may consider part of their transition that doesn't necessarily fit into the two boxes

also can we stop acting like social transition isn't also constantly under attack

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It's amazing how differently people treat you based on what mobility aid you're using. When I'm using my cane I get funny looks from people because I'm a young person and "do you really need that?". Almost nobody holds the door for for me and when I drop something almost nobody helps me pick it up.

When I'm using my forearm crutches people are a little nicer but not by much. I get less funny looks and more people hold the door for me, but still hardly anyone helps me pick up stuff I drop. And if I'm out alone shopping or something, nobody helps me reach stuff on high shelves unless I ask. I get not wanting to come off as ableist by offering to help, but if you see someone clearly struggling you might want to step in.

Now when I'm using my wheelchair, that's a whole different ballgame. Almost everyone is holding doors, helping me pick up stuff, helping me with high shelves, and being really nice to me. But people often infantilize me when I'm using a wheelchair. They always smile at me, which sounds nice, but it's usually in a way you would smile at a little kid out in public. If I'm with someone then people will talk to them instead of me, and if I'm alone people will talk slowly to me or in a high pitched voice.

It's literally not that hard to be normal around disabled people I just don't get it.

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finished fantasy high freshman year today

cant believe we started at “look funny dnd high school :) they go to classes for the different dnd classes haha” and ended at “in the same way that your heart feels and your mind thinks, you, mortal beings, are the instrument by which the universe cares. if you choose to care, then the universe cares”

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it's just really funny to me to imagine Fabian actually being a great big brother honorable nemesis.

like, putting a nemesis ward on the nursery with aelwyn's help since "it won't do if they die before their eighteenth birthday, will it?" (aelwyn, deeply sarcastic: "well of course, that is exactly why I put the ward on adaine's room." fabian, too deep in denial for sarcasm: "see? you get it")

gifting them a battle sheet baby blanket since they should start preparing for their battle early on (and yes it's extra fluffy, it's for a baby stop laughing everybody)

generally trying to teach them everything he knows "so their battle to the death will be a fair one"

giving their adventuring party the same lecture on tactics that the bad kids got from his papa

hunting down chungledown bim and any other nemesis so his sibling is the only one who could get a piece of his fund (he just wants it to stay in the family, shut up)

just. fabian being an amazing big brother but also if you call him that to his face he will cut you

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the faces murph has been pulling this season have been impeccable. that man always has an Expression when he feels stressed but riz just brings out that extra aw man in him

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On the first day of school, you gave me a tin flower and I punched you. I am so lonely, my house is so big. The other day, my crush tried to kiss me but I needed to save her. I’m not sure if I’ll see her again. I love you. Don’t leave the team, it’s the only place I see you when we’re not saving the world. You’re one of my closest friends. I am my father’s son. The towel whip doesn’t hurt. Please stay on the team.

On the first day of school, I gave you a tin flower and you punched me. I am so stressed, and I am so angry. I want to sing. I hope I didn’t ruin my parents’ relationship to Zelda’s dad. I love you. You’re one of my closest friends. I’m leaving the team. It’s the only place I see you when we’re not saving the world. You whip me with towels, hoot and growl. I am my father’s son.

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Respect

The Bloom, more than anything, is a time of change. It makes sense, one flower blooming, and then another, all furiously exiting a long winter together. It then makes sense that, in turn, The Bloom is a time of change for people. For K. P. Hob maybe than any other.

K. P. Hob has learned that he is autistic.

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Or: Hob works on accommodating his autism.

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Murph will block you in real life if you ever say "honor the cock" to him

Watch the full Adventuring Party here

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i love how the bad kids have just done a repeat of fig’s dead oyster. it’s just two rotting ochre jellies, stinking up the pockets of these bloodied kids as they reverently call them “butter gummies” and smooch them affectionately

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usually i’m not a big fan of watching combat but it’s always so much fun to watch the bad kids fight, especially in the last stand. they each have their own unique and interesting style. fabian ballet-dancing on motherfuckers, riz using a gun in a fantasy setting as well as a bunch of other silly tech, kristen honoring cassandra by killing bitches while also cracking jokes, adaine with all of her little creatures, fig being the most metal bitch alive even when rolling low, and of course, gorgug’s incredible and always interesting mixture of barbificer.

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'You, mortal beings, are the instrument by which the universe cares' — maybe the bad kids don't get special treatment, maybe they love each other with such intense ferocity that the lengths they would go to for each other transcend their real lives. Fabian picked up his sword again to save Adaine, Fig was willing to burn their only proof of Kalina and risk failing the year if it meant Riz wouldn't be sad, the first thing that Kristen ever does at Aguefort is to ask Gorgug if he's okay. Maybe they aren't getting special treatment that Kipperlilly has to put an end to, maybe they have just never seen each other as dispensible.