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Trying to figure out if you’re ace or aro can be so goddamn hard because it’s like, trying to find the absence of something. Imagine you’re at a pond and you want to know if there are any turtles, or fish. Say you find a turtle and you’re like “great! Now I know there are turtles.” Or a fish, now you know for sure there are fish. Or you find both, and now you know for a fact there are both turtles and fish in the pond.

But like, if you don’t find any turtles it might be that there are no turtles or maybe you’re just really shitty at looking for turtles and maybe you THINK you saw a turtle over there or maybe it was just a stick. Maybe there are only a few turtles. Maybe you need to do something special to find the turtles. Maybe a bunch of these rocks are actually turtles but you couldn’t tell them apart. Maybe there are no turtles. You have no idea. Meanwhile some people are saying “Oh there have to be turtles! You’ll find them eventually ;)” or “How many turtles have you found in your pond?” or “Try planting some vegetables at the shore to attract the turtles.” Or “Oh no! What disaster happened to your pond that there are no turtles?” And you’re just standing there wet with an empty net and a tired expression.

But whatever because whether there are turtles or fish or not your pond’s ecology works just fine without them because that’s what eco-communities do they form a system around what they have. You aren’t missing anything if you don’t have turtles you just have a pond system without turtles. If someone tried to change you by pouring a bunch of turtles into your pond it would probably fuck something up.

So you don’t have to be entirely sure. You don’t have to search every inch of the damn pond before you can decide there are probably no turtles. If you want to take the aro or ace label because you think it fits go for it. And if you do find your turtles you can rename the pond. That’s fine.

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Noooooo they retconned Star Wars Jizz

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Why is this heat so hot 😩

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#Repost @ajplus

From Gaza to Iran, Israel has killed over 1,000 people in 7 days.

This is Mohammad al-Zaanin, a 20-year-old Palestinian killed while waiting for a bag of flour in Gaza.

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Producer: Kareem Yasin

#Gaza #Palestine #Palestinian #Israel #BeitHanoun #Iran #Aid #AidMassacre #FlourMartyr #FlourMassacre

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No one is saying that you MUST have sex with trans people.

Or fat people

Or disabled people

Or dark-skinned black people

Or or or….

When activists say things like “It’s transphobic to say that you aren’t attracted to trans women,” that doesn’t translate to “You absolutely have to find a trans woman right now and bone down!” Instead, what they’re saying is “The only thing that all trans women have in common is that they’re trans women. They all look different, act different, think different, have different bodies and are at different stages of transition. There is no way that you find every single one of them unattractive. To specifically single them out as a group that you dislike is based on stereotypes and bias, not reality.”

It benefits all of us to take the time to examine our internal bias. Recognizing that prejudice and reflecting on it is a good thing. Maybe your sexual or romantic leanings will never change. That’s okay. But let’s not just brush past these things by saying “It’s a preference” when really: these thoughts are based on a culture of discrimination, stereotypes and bigotry. Labeling them as such is a reflection on that culture, not on your love life.

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✢ Kai Winn, Ro Laren, and kid Nerys !! ✢

I have this hc that Cardassians collected Bajoran tails as trophies and used amputation as a further way to terrorize the Bajoran population.

Tails of (prominent) resistance members who were caught/killed were displayed publically. Some Cardassians collected as many different colors/fur patterns as they could.

Kai Winn was in a Cardassian prison camp for 5 years, and was canonically beaten repeatedly for practicing her faith. It is not a far leap from that to the Cardassians amputating her tail to try to make her lose her faith. I also have a little hc that they would cut off (part of) religious leaders' ears to remove the ability to feel their Pagh.

I love the concept of Bajorans with tails but that of course also gives the Cardassians more ways to hurt them :')

Looking at this now the Ro Laren design seems to fall a bit outside the topic but idc bc she!!!

One day I will write down all my Bajoran/Kira headcanons bc my head is very full

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silly little baseball ep <333

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prints available!

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ive always wondered why Kira was chosen to be ds9's first officer. Like how was it decided that she would be the best fit out of everyone on Bajor. Who in the provisional government on Bajor brought her forward as a candidate, especially because she does not even want the Federation anywhere near Bajor.

What is her reputation like on Bajor at the start of the series. Like how did they convince her to be the first officer?? so curious about it

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having many many thoughts about major Kira / Bajorans having a tail :)

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Statements I never could've imagined being said like 4 seasons ago

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NEED👏THAT👏MAN👏PREGNANT GROUP THREE *FINALS

PROPAGANDA:

[Quark]

"you know why."

[Garak]

"Because he would be soooo annoying about it and it would be funny."

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having anti punitive justice morals sucks because you want to say "man that guy sucks he should get hit with hammers until he dies" but you also want to make it clear you don't think anyone should be put in charge of the 'hit people with hammers until they die" machine.

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not that anyone asked but star trek control panel moodboard

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It's hilarious to me that Al Capone was an amazing tipper. I get why it took so long to catch him.

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