#he was my best friend

[youweremadetosoar]

“He was my protector first.”

I need you all to take a very long look at this Annabeth quote. Because I expect everyone to understand how much it means to me that Grover and Annabeth are actually friends. And if I may, I request many fanarts of them as children with grover pulling annabeth through the strawberry fields, or annabeth practically holding grover captive as she goes on and on about her favorite architectural marvel.

[oksanaallen]

“.. GOKUU!!! ..”

“.. He was my best friend!! ..”

Sorry guys😭😭😭😭

[jonismitchell]

spring 2023

[hannigramislife]

Markwardo fix-it because I love them. Mark reached out and apologized and Eduardo came back and Mark could not contain himself.

(Reference drawing from CT_Syndrome)

[i-brownpants]

I just finished playing portal 2 I’m so devastated

[awkwardsimpsons]

Going on a short break

My cat died today

[leon-doggo]

Sometimes, dogs do things we don’t understand

Like leave.

[talubld-archive]

half an hour ago we put my best friend to sleep and the world seems a little darker. I'm doing okay, but I'd really appreciate if people started tagging dog posts. just. for a short while.

[symptomatic-stigmata]

Rest in peace, beautiful boy.

[saddr--weirdr]

my cat died and it's the worst thing that has ever happened. I loved him more than anything

[angelnumber27]

when somebody goes out of their way to help you..

[draconicwitchofchaos]

Numb

He listened. He sat and he listened to me unpack my trauma and revealed my scars.

I didn't do it out of a sense of trust or affection. I was trying to scare him off, let him see why no one else wanted me before.

and he stayed. because "why not".

He stayed and listened, and I became addicted to his constant, steady shoulder. And I wanted to hear him too.

At first, he talked back. Not as much as me, but it was enough because he listened and I listened, and we talked.

but then little by little, he talked less. as if the well of his words had run dry, he stopped sharing his thoughts and his experiences.

and then he stopped listening.

And I begged and begged, day after day, month after month, year after lonely year, "talk to me."

"I do. I tell you everything," he lied after spending hours talking to his friends and barely a word to me.

And the trust he earned by not being scared away by my trauma and my scars, was shattered.

Now, suddenly things I never knew after spending 1/3rd of our lives together come out, things about him that I never knew because he never told me.

And now, after years of begging and pleading, he's trying. Remembering things, taking initiative, putting in the effort, after he broke my heart, broke my trust, broke my faith in him.

If you ask me if I'm ok, I'll say I'm fine.

if you press me, I'll say I'm numb.

if you push further, I'll pull back the veil and let the pain and agony wash over you like a dark wave of energy.

I don't know how to survive this.

[jonismitchell]

winter 2023

[haroldhighballjordan]

sometimes I randomly think about the time a girl posted in this girls only Facebook group I’m in telling everyone how she broke up with her boyfriend and he lied saying that he lost the spare key she gave him, only to then break into her apartment when she wasn’t home and steal the cat they’d adopted while they were together, but then he denied having done this and she didn’t really have proof that he took the cat since he wouldn’t let her come into his place and look for it. And then another girl saw this post and knew her ex-boyfriend, and she was like “girl. I used to hook up with your mans back in xxxx and I still have his number. If you want, I’ll hit him up and get him to invite me back to his place and see if your cat’s there.” And the OP was like “bet.”

So this woman hit up homie dog, asked him out for drinks, went home with him, slept with him, and then woke up in the middle of the night and TOOK THE CAT. Like she had only said that she would confirm if the cat was there but then she took it upon herself to steal this woman’s cat back. Like she full on Trojan horsed this man and then hit up homegirl like “I got the goods. Where you wanna meet.” And then the two of them posted a photo of them together with the cat to the group.

And I just think women supporting women is so beautiful.

[laughingcatwrites]

As a reminder that good exists out there, a coworker recently confessed to me that he found out his child is questioning their identity (kid's gender redacted for this post). The kid is keeping it from him, so he can't say anything to them or show that he knows, but he's doing his best to get mentally prepared and educated so that he'll be ready whenever his kid does feel comfortable enough come to him.

For context, this guy is a big, bulky middle aged dude who loves sports and typical outdoor "manly" activities. As his coworker and friend, I know he's a kind and sweet teddy bear of a person, but his kid probably views him as a stern, authoritarian figure, the way most teenagers view their parents. His family lives in a conservative area, so I'm sure between that, their dad's looks and interests, and the fact that their dad is a Figure of Authority, the kid is worried that they won't be accepted.

But you know what? When he found out about his kid, the first thing he did was reach out to his closest queer friend and ask for resources for parents of questioning children. His biggest fears are that his kid will be bullied or discriminated against and won't feel comfortable enough to be themself. His second action was to find himself a mentor in another parent who went the same situation (kid coming out in a conservative town). The other person is preparing him for some of the struggles his kid may face and the fights he may need to take on as a parent to make sure his kid is safe and treated well.

Something I want to emphasize for people focused on language as the primary method of allyship is that when we spoke, he used some outdated terms and thoughts about gender and sexuality. That does not make him bad. These were the terms and thinking used about questioning teenagers when he was growing up and he never needed to learn more current ones. But now that he does have that need, he's throwing himself in head first because that's his kid and he's darn well going to make sure that his kid feels welcomed and has a safe place to be themselves even if they never come out to him.

[vesselslut]

life sucks sometimes