#affirm 4 me

[rinsoap]

trying 2 write a hq x filipino! reader hc but my inspo is soooo low omg

[ahalliance]

interesting lore moment with the francophone yesterday (as in, it personally gave me brainworms) ft. qétoiles’ horrible, no good, stupid (lack of) self-preservation . subs in English, transcript below the cut

All spoken in French — translated into English subtitles

[Video transcript:

Etoiles: And, actually, I have a theory. Basically what happened is that I’ve just returned from a mission from Cucurucho.

Antoine: And what was the mission?

Etoiles: To do a dungeon, and to recover something from the dungeon.

Antoine: And what was this “something”?

Etoiles: And the “something” was a book that sorta says that I’m a test subject.

Antoine: A test subject?!

Baghera: What’s up with your arm? You’ve got a coded arm.

Etoiles: Uh, it’s from holding the shield, basically.

Baghera: Ahhh

(Pause)

Antoine: Watch out that it doesn’t contaminate you, or else you’ll turn into a code, man.

Etoiles: That’s impossible, man, I can’t be a code.

Antoine: That’s what the old codes said before becoming codes, you know.

Etoiles: No— well, we’ve never spoken.

Baghera: Maybe you shouldn’t be using the shield as much then, no?

Etoiles: Well, as it stands, I’ve been using it for a really long time, and my mind is still healthy, honestly. And the proof is—

Baghera: Well, half of his face took the brunt of it instead.

Etoiles: Yeah, but it’s not all there is, you know.

(Pause)

Baghera: Let me worry, Etoiles, right now.

Etoiles: You’re right. You’re right! But everything’s going well, I’m doing very, very well—

Antoine: It’s true that you look a bit sick.

Etoiles: Uh, yeah, for the past seven years, it’s a chronic illness, it happened—

Antoine: No, but not this one, the other— you seem even sicker, still.

Etoiles: Yeah, okay. Yeah but no, I’m fine. No, no, it’s fine, honestly.

End Video Transcript.]

[daily-hanamura]

[bimiio]

bein a pillow princess AND someone who goes pretty much completely nonverbal during sex makes me feel so guilty.. like i’m not physically OR verbally reciprocating :( it’s just so hard 4 me 2 get words out. i can KINDA speak when spoken 2 during but barely. idk. r there dom tops who like just having whining n moaning n being clung 2 as their reciprocation? or do they feel like i’m not into it enough??

[luckyashesart]

IT'S A PRETTY SCRAPPY DOODLE BUT !!!

HAPPY TRANS VISIBILITY DAY ‼️‼️‼️ (from my Splat OCs :3)

[baylardian-1]

“We do not stand alone. We are in the arms of family... We gather this day to extol the warmth and joy of those unshakable bonds. Without them we could not call ourselves complete. On this day we are thankful to be together. We do not stand alone."

(For Day 9 of the @25daysofvoyager​ holiday thingy, I ended up settling on adapting the episode Mortal Coil’s Prixin celebration!) 

[loveinstreams]

absolutely crazy if season 3 is not romantic in any way. that’s gonna be a hell of a plot hole. also how are you gonna make them move into the cottage without it looking like domestic bliss

[fragmentating]

Anyways when I was incredibly hurt by having to a) live in an abusive household b) cope with additional, severe trauma that was only 3 years in the past and c) face the gatekeeping of trans healthcare because my autistic ass wasnt normal enough for said gatekeepers. I started seeing a new therapist ( the third in a year) desperately clinging to the idea that this time, I could be fixed and freed of my pain. And she was wonderful, for the first 2-3 sessions. She assured me it wasnt my fault I was so sick. It was my brain being all wrong after all that trauma, but it could be fixed! Dont worry! Just a poor little victim! But when I kept assigning blame to my abusers, when I was angry and refused to swallow that anger, when I kept insisting that the hoops the medical system has me jump through to access trans healthcare are bullshit, she switched it up real fast. Suddenly I had a "victim complex", and none of the harm enacted on me was really "that bad". That instead of repeatedly being victimized throughout my life, I was the one addicted to making myself the victim. That by assigning blame to others, I was preventing myself from ever reaching a stable state of mind.

Nothing about my situation had changed. The same abuse, the same trauma, the same troubles accessing trans healthcare. But my attitude wasnt demure enough. I was sad, sure. But I was also angry. Angry in a way that demanded change. And that wasnt acceptable.

[doodlboy]

Got a call back just now

[lucysweatslove]

I got my new car today!!! I haven’t actually driven it yet. Because new things are scary for me and it takes me a little while to get used to something like driving a new car, I wanted to drive it around my parents’ a little before going in a busy road. Rob said it has “responsive break” and i wanna get that “feel” down before I’m in heavy traffic. I like it though and am very grateful and excited!!

Being at my parents’ hasn’t been too triggering this time around. Usually there are some kind of comments about my body or what I’m eating, but we have such a short turn around this year that thankfully it hasn’t been too bad…

Did have to listen to my mom talk about this guy who has multiple myeloma (my mom has a precursor to MM) and apparently is in “full remission” using an antiviral but it came back because he got the covid vaccine…. Tried to explain why that’s probably not true actually but you know… I think she just desperately wants there to be simple/easier answers to the cancer she might develop, which I get, but I also feel like this is how misinformation takes roots.

(We don’t have a perfect system here in the US by far, but we aren’t lagging behind in the cancer treatment realm…. If antivirals worked to cure MM, there would be research on it… and people would do it… contrary to popular belief, Big Pharma isn’t pushing ineffective expensive drugs to steal your money and keep you sick…drugs are ridiculously expensive, but it’s not malicious… insurance companies are far more malicious for refusing coverage than the pharma companies imo)

Also listening to some people talk about pot shop workers (specifically managerial roles) not deserving to be paid a certain amount, all the gender critical bs, like yall, I don’t like government regulations in general and I have my views on how we attempt legislating morality and why it doesn’t work, but like…… when you use that argument to justify why people who “don’t have any education and just know drugs” (not a real quote just a paraphase) don’t deserve to be paid a certain amount, AND you don’t use it to say that like, gov shouldn’t restrict access to health care like abortions and gender affirming care… that’s not “government shouldn’t legislate morality,” that’s “government should legislate the morality I agree with” which is… the same thing you’re complaining about the “other side” doing.

Especially the gender stuff. It takes very little actual energy to use somebody’s preferred, correct pronouns. Affirming care literally saves lives. When you spend a lot of energy and time lobbying against these things, it really just tells me how uncomfortable you are with the idea that somebody could have a different life experience than you. The only person who should be spending that much time and energy caring about those things… should be the person themselves. Partners or family ofc should care too, but in a “how do we support this person so they can live a fulfilling life” way, not in a “i can’t handle anybody having a different lived experience than me” kind of way.

And also if you’re gonna complain about federal spending and budgets, can you at least acknowledge the ridiculous defense budget? Even if your viewpoint is “I don’t know how we can realistically and safely scale that back,” just like… recognize how little the government actually spends on programs like VA health care in relation to the massive defense budget. We rank third in the world for per capita military spending… I’m not saying you need answers on how to solve anything, but if you’re gonna criticize the drops in the bucket, acknowledging that they are in fact drops in the bucket comparatively would be nice.

[thedeliaishere]

Man, my mom has a very uncharitable view of lesbians. In a liberal ally kind of way. She seems to think lesbians aren't accepting of trans women at all for some reason, and she's "so upset I'll never be able to find love with a true lesbian" so you got the double whammy of implying I'm a fake lesbian lol

[littlespoonevan]

buck made the best decision of his life in 2x04 by deciding to do everything he could to support eddie and christopher while also starting to realise it’s time to let go of abby and then proceeded to make terrible choices in every episode 4 that’s followed that lmao

[cinematechno]

i have never been more fucking unsure of a writer's intentions in my life like...between the barrage of doomsday posting + grim declarations that the finale ripped byler to shreds and the more hopeful interpretations of unresolved hints and subtext + assurances of their follow-through, i am just a pendulum swinging between the two camps on the daily. i hate not knowing the duffers' next move! whether i can still trust them to fulfill a competent narrative or if they really did just drop the ball right before the finish line!! fuck

[counting-stars-gayly]

I know I sound like a broken record, but Mike and Will are so perfectly suited for each other that it physically hurts me.

[is-your-name-anronpa-cause-dang]

The fic I’ve been reading for awhile now (that stars a trans shuichi) is finally letting him peg next chapter. Hands in the fucking air everybody 🎉

[cashmere-caveman]

once again i am here (being human s3 finale) and let me just say. mitchells death scene is actually all of them exchanging marriage vows