#6ecause like

[dragongirltongue]

apparently I got 6locked 6y someone in the dragongirl post cos I've got checkmarks and they're like, warning people a6out it lmao.

Look if you're gonna make a moral judgement a6out how we spent $8 on ourselves on one of the most important days of our life rather than putting it towards a donation post then you 6etter have a6solutely no unnecessary possessions and spend all your extra cash on other people exclusively t6h

Like, legit I reserve the right to cele6rate an event we'll prolly never experience again and we encourage anyone and everyone to have the same outlook.

[cherry6a6y]

May6e the fellas 0f this t0wn are lucky I ain't girlfriend material. I've seen h0w they treat s0me 0f their gals and if they tried that s0rta shit 0n me I'd nail their dicks t0 the lin0leum.

[seabunny-but-for-the-third-time]

I F9RG9T A69UT THAT.

...UM

Hello Cr0n..us?///////

[bittervalentine]

dirkri is extremely funny to me bc dirk is the only person who overthinks enough to even remotely understand whatever the fuck kankri has going on. kankri says some bullshit like "it's actually h9m9ph96ic t9 identify as gay, 6ecause that implies that 'gay' is an a6n9rmal state 9f 6eing which requires a la6el" and dirks like "nah he has a point though" while everyone else slowly backs away

[stuck-in-the-bubbles]

ଲ(ⓛ ω ⓛ)ଲ < KANKRI!!! WHAT IS MEWR OPINION ON MEWFIOH, MEW-TUNA, AND PURRLOZ? :00

[IM SORRY IF SOMEWONE ELSE HAS PAWLREADY ASKED THESE!]

AC: (=^･ω･^=)

CG: ...

CG: Fine.

CG: Mituna and I aren't very cl9se. I'd h9nestly rather n9t discuss my pers9nal qualms with all 9f 9ur friends, s9 I'll just say that we d9n't 9ften get al9ng. I 6elieve the 9nly times we d9 is when Latula is ar9und, 6ut even then, she'll s9metimes enc9urage his 6ehavi9r. He likes t9 pester me.

CG: Kurl9z. He's...There. There's n9t a l9t that can 6e said a69ut him, 6ecause he's a mystery 9f s9rts. S9metimes he's extremely helpful, 9ther times he is the r99t 9f the many pr96lems I have t9 deal with. We've had a few 9ne 9n 9ne c9nversati9ns, and he d9esn't seem t9 mind my presence m9st 9f the time. I've 6een trying t9 6uild a friendly relati9nship with him, 6ut he m9stly keeps cl9se t9 his quadrants. He's invaded my space 9n multiple 9ccasi9ns, and never seems t9 take what I say seri9usly.

CG: And, Rufi9h?

CG: I d9 like his c9mpany. He's 9ne 9f the few mem6ers left in 9ur gr9up wh9 enj9ys talking t9 me, I think. I can't say f9r certain, 9f c9urse. 6ut we talk, yes. He is an admira6le pers9n, and always l99ks 9n the 6right side 9f things, despite his 9wn pers9nal issues. We have a l9t in c9mm9n, interestingly en9ugh.

CG: I haven't sp9ken t9 him in a while.

[badlydrawnvantas]

* What is everyone's opinions on the M4k4r4's?( Kurloz, GHB/Gr4nd High-blood, and G4mzee. )

GAMZEE IS OKAY? I THINK HE FEELS LIKE WE'RE MOIRAILS BUT IM NOT REALLY SURE HOW I FEEL, HE HES FINE BUT ITS HARD TO EXPLAIN. HES FINE THOUGH. AN ANNOYING PIECE OF LITERAL GARBAGE THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE A MESS WITHOUT ME BUT THATS JUST EVERYONE I KNOW AT THIS POINT.

Kurl9z is a g99d listener and s9metimes has s9me p9ints 9f his 9wn t9 pitch in 6ut n9t 9ften. He just likes t9 listen since signaling is hard t9 understand 6ut I am making an eff9rt t9 try and learn signs and "mimes" s9 that 9ur c9mmunicati9n is 6etter as Kurl9z is a dear friend despite the p9tential r9ad 6l9cks.

YEAH N9 FUCK THIS GUY. WE 9NLY TALK 6ECAUSE 9UR DESCENDANTS GET AL9NG 6UT WE KEEP SHIT T9 A MINIMUM 9R FIGHTS WILL ENSUE AND JUST CAUSES PR9BLEMS F9R EVERY9NE WHICH IS N9T THE IDEAL SITUATI9N.

[badlydrawn-brostrider]

D9 y9u call every9ne that happens t9 6e y9unger than y9u a "kid" 9r s9mething? 6ecause I can assure y9u I'm n9t a wriggler, and ar9und the human equivalent 9f 19 years 9ld. I will als9 like t9 say, I'm n9t here t9 psych9analyse n9r was it my intent t9 psych9analyse, I just have an 9dd particularity 9n my w9rd ch9ice s9 it may c9me 9ff as that way. Th9ugh, I d9 kn9w h9w t9 perf9rm a l969t9my if y9u d9 wish f9r me t9 literally pick at y9ur 6rains. Haha. ... Y9u d9 realise that s9me things I have indeed heard a69ut y9u are g99d, right?

BRO: Like I told the Hal before ya. At my age anybody younger than you is a kid. 19 is still a kid, lil' man, you're just gonna have to deal with it.

BRO: . . Thanks but no thanks. Keep those curious hands far away from my brain. Metaphorically pickin' at it is plenty.

BRO: Really? Didn't think there was anythin' good to say 'bout me.

[dragongirluvula]

Okay 6ut like, real fucking talk. I have no fucking clue if I'm a top or a 6ottom and given my feelings on like, actual sex in the a6stract I have no clue if I'll ever have an answer for that.

I do know that I'm very much a switch in the kink space, 6oth a dom and a su6 and neither of them depending on where my mood shifts. I'm also a pred and prey on a different axis.

I've also made some of my doms key6oard smash while 6eing a complete su66y slut 6ecause they found me hot enough to react that way.

I just really hate the way that top and 6ottom get used for a million different things from words that really mean something we already have plenty of terminology for to entire personalities. Especially when those personalities are very easily gendered using the uglyass 6inary we're all escaping from in some form or another in our spaces here.

don't call me a top or a 6ottom, especially don't call me those when you mean one of the other roles here. And don't assign me those terms 6ased off of aspects of my personality, especially ones that aren't related to how much of a kinky freak I am.

If 6eing a su6 and 6eing a 6ottom do relate for you that's great, call yourself a su6missive 6ottom or something, make up your own term for it even, just please stop treating it like it's all inherently interconnected please.

~Cassandra out.

[cmplaisntgascon]

i d9 n9t 9ften p9st 9n this 6l9g, i havent p9sted f9r like, years 6ut we d9n't talk a69ut that.

tw9 g9d tiers 6ecause i can't decide 9n just 9ne.

[pesterloglog]

Kankri Vantas, Karkat Vantas

Act 6, page 5263

KANKRI: N9w I realize we've 6een at this f9r s9me time already, 6ut at the risk 9f derailing the dial9gue y9u initiated, and may I just say h9w thrilled I am that y9u did, Karkat, I w9uld just like qualify my entire analysis 9f y9ur "Alternian culture" 6y saying that in c9ntrast with life 9n 6ef9rus, while y9ur pe9ple may have 6een engaged in vi9lent, lethal class struggle f9r milli9ns 9f sweeps, 6y n9 means d9es this imply that the 6ef9ran way 9f life was entirely with9ut pr96lematic elements, perhaps even m9re distur6ing and insidi9us f9r their lack 9f ackn9wledgement and 9pen discussi9n, particularly as a c9nsequence 9f what in my view were widely and dismayingly unexamined systemic s9cial injustices resulting fr9m the entrenched p9wer dynamics in play, dynamics strikingly similar t9 th9se 9f y9ur planet's markedly m9re 6ellic9se iterati9n, which has 9nly served t9 fully vindicate my hyp9thesis that such a hierarchy is really predicated 9n intrinsic dysfuncti9n, and failure t9 shift all the usual narratives and undiagn9sed pr96lems int9 an 9pen, judgment-free disc9urse thr9ugh which pr96lematic issues are c9nstructively channeled int9 m9re intelligently pr96lematized avenues 9f discussi9n.

KANKRI: N9w 6ef9re I c9ntinue, it is 9nly decent 9f me t9 warn y9u a69ut certain triggers that are surely ahead in this essay. I mean c9nversati9n. Triggers include 6ut likely will n9t 6e limited t9 class 9ppressi9n, culling culture and vi9lence against gru6s, lusus a6use, c9mplementary and anal9g9us hate speech, pail filling, slurries and 9ther c9ncupiscent fluids, lifespan shaming, a6leist slurs, pr9lix dissertation... Actually, may6e it w9uld 6e easier f9r y9u t9 list y9ur triggers, and I'll d9 my 6est t9 av9id th9se t9pics, 9r navigate them m9re delicately, if at all p9ssi6le?

#TW #9ppressi9n #culling #gru6 vi9lence #lusus a6use #hem9ph96ia #pails #slurries #a6leism

KARKAT:

#

KANKRI: Great. It s9unds like y9u d9n't have any triggers, at least n9ne that y9u kn9w a69ut. I'll pr9ceed with cauti9n nevertheless. Just please let me kn9w if y9u start feeling triggered 6y anything I'm saying, and we can take a 6rief time-9ut while y9u summ9n y9ur m9irail t9 help pacify y9u, assuming y9u have 9ne. N9t that I'm presuming y9u d9, 6ut I heard that y9u did, is that c9rrect? If n9t, I ap9l9gize. I further ap9l9gize if y9ur 9rientati9n precludes the p9ssi6ility, as a pale ar9mantic, panquadrant demir9mantic, s9mething in the gray palesexual department 9r such, and h9pefully y9u are n9t triggered 6y such presumptu9us c9ncillian9rmative language. It w9uldn't 6e the first time I was guilty 9f such an inexcusa6le micr9aggressi9n, and I am n9t s9 96livi9us t9 my 9wn r9mantic privilege t9 6elieve it will 6e the last time either.

#c9ncillian9rmativity #micr9aggressi9ns #r9m privilege #presumptu9us #m9irails #inexcusa6le

KARKAT:

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KANKRI: I'm glad I 6r9ught up the su6ject 9f unexamined privilege, 6ecause it d9vetails 6eautifully with the p9int I was a69ut t9 make regarding 6ef9ran s9ciety and its savage um6ral p9tentiality which later manifested thr9ugh the kind 9f Alternian 6rutality y9u are all t99 familiar with. Th9se in the higher echel9ns 9f the hem9spectrum such as the ceruleans, 9r "6lue 6l99ds" (careful, 6eing l99se with such termin9l9gy is 9pening the fl99dgates t9 a wh9le h9st 9f t9xic signist language and hem9ph96ic slurs), when addressing the challenges faced 6y th9se l9wer 9n the spectrum, such as the midhues 9r in particular warm castes like um6ers, 9chres, 9r "rust 6l99ds" (an9ther slur, highly pr96lematic, deeply 9ffensive and triggering termin9l9gy, str9ngly impl9ring y9u steer clear 9f this term), they w9uld 6e well advised t9 check their cerulean privilege, particularly 6ef9re dismissing hardships 9r marginalizing claims 9f 9ppressi9n, which can 6e difficult f9r them t9 identify 9r empathize with fr9m their advantage9us p9siti9n within the 6ef9ran/Alternian p9wer structures.

#d9vetail #pr96lematic #p9wer structures #t9xic signist language

KARKAT:

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KANKRI: And s9me may argue that in 9ur peaceful "ut9pian" culture that we have freed 9urselves fr9m injustice and disparities in privilege in a p9st-scarcity ec9n9my, largely equal rights distri6uted acr9ss the hem9spectrum, and theref9re exist in a "p9st-spectral w9rld" (laugh 9ut l9ud), and theref9re there is n9 need t9 champi9n imp9rtant s9cial causes and there is n9thing left t9 de6ate, 6ut really n9thing c9uld 6e further fr9m the truth. Y9u just need t9 educate y9urself and carefully investigate the l9ngstanding p9wer dynamics in play. F9r instance, a seemingly "harmless" remark fr9m a cis6l99ded cerulean t9ward an um6er 9r G9d f9r6id a 6urgundy 9r yes even a warm-identifying physically-c99ler caste, a69ut their very l9ng term future plans such as 9n the 9rder 9f centuries, then this may pr9ve t9 6e a very hurtful micr9agressi9n due t9 the fact that l9whues cann9t p9ssi6ly live that l9ng themselves, and the m9re priviliged caste c9uld easily 9utlive d9zens 9f generati9ns 9f midhues 9r hundreds 9f generati9ns 9f 6U9Ys (6urgundy-um6er-9chre-yell9wgreens, n9te please av9id descri6ing the latterm9st as "lime 6l99ds" as it has hist9rically 6een used as an especially vici9us epithet). Such remarks can further trigger painful reminders 9f h9w c99ler castes, t9 s9me extent 9JAs, 6ut CIPs and R9yal-Vs in particular, have 6een a6le t9 use their tremend9us lifespans 9ver the millenia t9 gain a strangleh9ld 9ver the s9cial 9rder, have 6een a6le t9 c9mpletely dictate 9ur s9cietal ev9luti9n 6y ensuring 9nly their cultural agendas and narratives receive the dial9gue's air supply, assuring the c9dificati9n 9f th9se resultant ideals and deciding what "n9rmalcy" entails, and sadly these a6s9lutes 6ec9me internalized acr9ss the full spectral range, even within th9se 9f m9st c9mpr9mised privilege, and s9 y9u 6egin t9 see the cyclical nature 9f the dysfuncti9n and the resulting inertia against p9sitive change and raising awareness 9f the m9st underpr96lematized issues, which I think we can agree, is pretty pr96lematic.

#p9st spectral w9rld #l9l #6U9Ys #9JAs #CIPs #R9yal Vs #narratives #agendas #narratives #lifespan privilege #dysfuncti9n #aweness #agendas

KARKAT:

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KANKRI: And really, it's every9ne's 6usiness t9 examine their privilege, even 6urgundies, wh9 may 6e su6ject t9 the pitfall 9f 6elieving inc9rrectly there are n9ne 9n the scale 6eneath them wh9m they enj9y certain privileges 9ver, which 9ff-spectrum tr9lls will never kn9w, such as th9se identifying as 9ther6l99ds 9r caste-multiples, "p9ly6l99ded", any wh9 hem9gl96ically ID as having a caste which manifests n9where (as yet kn9wn) in any9ne physically, 9r f9r that matter 9ffspecs wh9 physically d9 p9ssess such a 6l99d type, 9r "mutants" (VERY pr96lematic term, highly triggering t9 s9me, 6e warned), such as y9u and I, Karkat. 6ut this puts us 69th in a situati9n which t9 9ur kn9wledge uniquely all9ws us t9 understand and empathize with tragically underprivileged and unemp9wered gr9ups acr9ss all scuttles 9f life, thus aff9rding us 69th what I like t9 call a "uniquely underprivileged privilege", which, yes, is a kind 9f privilege we sh9uld 69th strive t9 check as well, whenever we can. This same uniquely underprivileged perspective as I'm sure y9u kn9w was disadvantaged up9n my p9st-scratch iterati9n as well, and while I have n9 d9u6t y9u justifia6ly came t9 revere that figure 9f y9ur planet's rich hist9ry and y9ur pers9nal lineage, and while his g9als 9f peace, equality, and a truly spectra6lind s9ciety, I'm afraid I pers9nally have tr9u6le c9nd9ning his meth9ds. I d9n't like t9 use the term "pr96lematic" lightly, 6ut, well, his tactics were n9thing if n9t massively pr96lematic, t9 say the least, empl9ying vi9lent uprising t9 effect change, and em6laz9ning his mark up9n hist9ry and his faithful f9ll9wers with the salty fl9urish 9f a single rude, sh9uted swear w9rd, it's n9t t9 my taste even th9ugh he is wh9 I w9uld have gr9wn up t9 6e in an9ther life. 6ut n9, I prefer t9 effect s9cial change thr9ugh rati9nal, h9nest disc9urse and c9ntri6uting t9 9ng9ing dial9gues, f9cusing 9n what sh9uld 6e the real g9als, thr9ugh keen adherence t9 the discipline 9f Pr96lematics, ensuring that we stay f9cused 9n successfully pr96lematizing a wide range 9f direly underc9mplicated s9cial dilemmas.

#underc9mplication #salty fl9urish #rude sh9uted swear w9rd #spectra6lind s9ciety #dilemmas #g9als #Pr96lematics #dilemmas

KARKAT:

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KANKRI: It's nice t9 see we agree 9n s9 much. May6e we are n9t s9 unalike, despite 9ur drastically different up6ringings. Anyway, as I was saying, the st9ry 9f y9ur ancest9r, and m9re imp9rtantly my exhaustive list 9f misgivings with his appr9ach t9 s9cial change, is quite a l9ng and ela69rate 9ne, 6ut it actually fits 6rilliantly within the larger m9saic which captures the 6r9ad str9kes 9f my p9st. I mean 9ur discussi9n. Trigger warnings f9r the f9ll9wing c9ntent include: ancest9r 6ashing, faith shaming, l9ud swearing, t9rture, 6urn w9unds, ship sinking... again, seri9usly, just let me kn9w if y9u 6egin t9 feel triggered 6y anything, even slightly. We'll pause and see if we can really expl9re th9se issues, and identify exactly h9w I may have invalidated y9ur struggles. With9ut further ad9, the st9ry is as f9ll9ws:

#TW #ancest9r 6ashing #shaming #swearing #t9rture #6urns #ship sinking #struggles #invalidation #misgivings

* KANKRI: (smaller text)

* KANKRI: (even smaller text) (it's all copies of the previous, actually)

KARKAT:

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KARKAT:

[redcr9ssnine]

👁‍🗨 smiles

Send in 👁‍🗨 for my Muse’s First Impression Of Yours

IT'S LIKE HE'S GETTING 9FF T9 PISSING ME 9FF. SAY S9METHING 9F SU6STANCE G9DDAMN IT I CAN'T EVEN VER6ALLY SPAR Y9U STUPID INC9MPREHENSI6LE GAR6AGE 6ECAUSE Y9U S9UND LIKE Y9U'RE TW9 SWEEPS 9LD!!!! D9 Y9U LIKE THIS?! ARE Y9U ENJ9YING VER6ALLY WHIPPING AR9UND MY HEAD LIKE A FUCKING FLY?! 6Y THE 6L99D 9F MY SKULL I H9PE Y9U GET Y9UR HAND STUCK IN A GAR6AGE DISP9SAL AND ARE SU6ECTES T9 NEVER TYPE AGAIN.

[prosaicpedagogy]

Share like... a low impact secret with the dash. Something you haven't told many people, even though it doesn't really matter.

F9lding the c9rner d9wn in 699ks. I enj9y d9ing that 6ecause it l99ks nice if it's all d9ne evenly. I used t9 draw 9n the margins 9f 699ks when I was y9unger. I have since st9pped that latter 6it.

I d9n't kn9w h9w if that c9unts, 6ut I c9uldn't c9me up with much else.

[beforusforsocialjustice]

FINAllY A DECENT DISCOURSE BLOG

tw: disc9urse menti9n, ign9rant 6ehavi9r, 6ad assumpti9ns

I w9uld thank y9u f9r y9ur c9mpliment, if it wasn't ign9rant in a l9t 9f ways. First 9f all, I find it really saddening that y9u see this 6l9g as just “a disc9urse 6l9g”. This is m9re than that, this is a way t9 make tr9lls see the real pr96lems. Or it will 6e, when I finish my essays and p9st them here. I ap9l9gize f9r the lack 9f c9ntent, and f9r the fact that my fell9w m9ds like t9 fight 9n this 6l9g. The 9nly reas9n they were let in was 6ecause they pleaded, wanting t9 6e apart 9f s9mething that is g9ing t9 6e special t9 me and h9pefully, a l9t m9re tr9lls. There are rules f9r a reas9n and if they keep 6reaking them then there will 6e repercussi9ns. Sec9ndly, the way y9u w9rded this s9unds like this is the 9nly g99d “disc9urse” 6l9g 9ut there, and I find that t9 6e extremely mean spirited. Even if I haven't f9und a g99d 6l9g talking and fighting f9r justice (The main reas9n I started this 6l9g) d9esn't mean there can’t 6e any9ne 9ut there that is 6etter than this 6l9g. I h9pe that y9u can learn fr9m this and d9 n9t make any statements like this again, 6ecause it can 6e really triggering t9 9ther 6l9g 9wners that th9ught their 6l9g was at least “decent”, and pr9ud 9f themselves.

[dragonboytongue]

gonna make this 6log a like, 6onus content 6log 6ecause yall fuckers keep following it, not gonna post often 6ut might ram6le a6out some stuff regarding my tum6lr vi6e cos I think a6out this way more autistically than I originally thought lmao

if something here shows up as re6logga6le please don't re6log it and alert me to the fact it is in private please

[rogue-of-light]

TO BE FAIR, HE PROLLY DID HESITATE

i feel like he was heavily considering it; like finger hovering over the call button and everything before he just shakes his head and puts his phone away like

"I can't d9 that- n9t again. What w9uld he even think if he had t9 pick me up a sec9nd time, and n9t 9nly that, what w9uld he think 9f me n9t telling any69dy that i was g9ing s9mewhere either?"

and that went into the "He'd 6e w9rried sick" which turned into "He'd 6e s9 pissed 9ff that I'd d9 s9mething s9 reckless" which went into the "He'd think it's my 9wn fault 6ecause this happened 6ef9re and I sh9uld kn9w 6etter" line of thought

-KPA

SHAEKSHIM

i mean to be fair- first two i can 100% agree with. he WOULD be worried sick which would then turned into pissed off but like- its also KARKAT whos default is pissed off /j

BUT LIKE

bro that is the ANXIETY you are supposed to be the "expert" on this sir PLEASE

[fr0ntstuck]

That is very inappr9priate f9r pe9ple t9 assume 9r even ask a69ut! T9 even think 9f asking s9me9ne a69ut that just 6ecause 9f an internet caused relati9nship is frankly s9 rude and i very much h9pe pe9ple st9p asking if y9u put y9ur f99t d9wn p9litely. N9t t9 say y9u are unlikeable 6y a kankri i h9pe it d9es n9t c9me 9ff like that 6ut it is still very rude and an 9ut 9f p9cket questi9n. I als9 h9pe y9u kn9w i am n9t implying i myself w9uld date y9u unpl9mpted 6ut yes may6e if y9u wished t9 y9u c9uld get with 9ne thr9ugh mutual liking 9ver time

Tw romantic inclination, tw unwanted romantic inclination, tw romance, tw untranslated typing quirk

- Kankri

(𐂃 < < help?? -Horuss)

Thank you Kankri (I think they said something possitivwe i am not sure help me Horuss)-Cronus