#negative statements

[englishgrammarrules]

Present Continuous Tense - Statements - Negative Short Form

[miraculouslumination]

Y'all realize that you can (and probably should) treat trans women and transfems as people right. Like you can acknowledge that they face a lot of awful shit and are targeted with layers and layers of bigotry without like. Putting every trans woman and transfem on a marble and gold gilded pedestal.

Trans women and transfems shouldn't be respected because they're goddesses with girlbulge or hot dommy mommies or divine feminine. You should respect them because they're people, which means they aren't perfect and will do things you won't like or think is weird/gross, but you should still respect them. You should always treat them as people first and foremost, rather than a mythical figure in your political fantasies.

[everchased]

sometimes you can be a hater in the moment and sometimes you just have to sit back and let the people Enjoy Their Slop and hate in hushed voices among peers. and you have to trust

trust that there will come a time -as there always has before- where the media you just cannot get into because It Sucks falls out of favor. there will come a time when the haters can rise up and speak without getting more than like 3-5ish anons telling them to kill themselves

you have to wait for that moment. it's coming, i promise

[sergle]

man, you know, nobody asked me, but I have such conflicting opinions on some of the fat falin art, where on one hand: it's always nice to see A Fat Body in fanart anywhere + it's being done in positive ways, for funsies and on the other hand, there is something so familiar about how you are automatically The Fat One if you are a woman simply standing next to a more petite woman, bc I've had a 0% hitrate in seeing people change Marcille's body type and keep Falin's, or change both of them. it's just Falin

[inthebestcasescenario]

Anyone else feeling déjà vu

(If you're negative about S14-15 on this post I will probably block you, sorry)

[fagtainsparklez]

i get that it’s like. often young queer kids who are still really excited about recognizing other queer people. but i honestly get so tired of being called “gender” or “genderfuck” or whatever for just existing. me being someone who’s male-presenting in a dress isn’t a huge statement for me. i just like wearing dresses. and while logically i’m aware that what i do is in no way the norm, but it just gets so grating to have the constant reminder that my existence is Weird and Unnatural.

and again. it’s not the intent. these kids aren’t saying it with any malice or disrespect. but the inability to just exist without being made into a whole Spectacle is so so tiring

[sleepsucks]

[sthilarions]

I think Edwin would both genuinely appreciate tone indicators (to an extent - he would have Views on the uselessness of /hj for example) and also weaponize them. Not by using them falsely because that completely defeats the point and he would firmly disapprove but like he’d say something surprisingly un-insulting to Crystal (out loud) and finish his sentence with “forward slash aitch oh ess”.

“Okay, first of all, Edwin, tone indicators are for text, I would think having to pronounce punctuation would have cued you to that, and second of all, you mean pee oh ess.” “I meant precisely what I said, Crystal. Which was an indicator that my tone was hostile.” Crystal frowns and runs back through the possible meanings of Edwin’s original sentence for several seconds before her eyes widen. “You little shit - ”

Or. He compliments her clothes and then pauses. Makes a face like a cat that’s gotten catnip-laced cream. Opens his mouth again to speak. Is interrupted by Crystal. “Let me guess. You’re about to say forward slash ess?” Edwin gives her the most infuriating little tight-lipped smirk and nods while Crystal rolls her eyes.

[aflawedfashion]

The backflip being a move you can only do if you're willing to lose two points kind of makes it a cooler move than if it were legal

[hyper-alice]

Every time I watch a Starkid show there’s always one character/scene that makes me say “[they’re] so ridiculous” and that statement can have either positive or negative connotations depending on the context

[project-sekai-facts]

I want to preface this by saying that I’m not trying to be antagonistic! I don’t participate in discussions like this often but this event has sparked many discussions and a lot of intense feelings on this blog and I wanted to give a different perspective maybe?

While I fully agree that clpl took a cowardly route and didn’t have Mizuki state their secret on screen and that people have a right to feel upset by that (as I do as well; it genuinely pisses me off that they tell everyone off screen, locked behind a card story) I feel that saying that we were baited and that Mizukis story has no meaning and is pointless now is a bit much? Mizuki is still a queer character, their queerness wasn’t disproven or erased or anything like that. Yeah they didn’t have them literally say what they are, but that doesn’t diminish their story and what they mean.

Their trans identity is something that can’t and shouldn’t be disconnected from their character. It sucks that this aspect of them is hidden behind a (quite frankly) absurd amount of subtext. I will say though that the sentiment of ‘Mizuki is Mizuki’ isn’t necessarily a bad one? I can see a little how that could be seen as dismissing their identity, but they ARE mizuki. There’s far more to that character than just their Trans identity. While obviously it’s an important part of their character and part of the main conflict for this arc, I don’t believe that clpls emphasis on Mizuki being Mizuki was meant to dismiss her identity.

Mizuki has always been a kind and selfless character, Ena and the rest of niigo are very endeared to her and want them in their lives because of this! Ena states that she may not understand all of the grief that Mizuki has endured and continues to deal with because of being othered by people at school and in society, but that she is willing to learn and stay by their side. Their identity isn’t something that warrants the end of their friendship, it’s not something that Ena cares about in the sense that it doesn’t change who Mizuki is as a person.

I’m not sure how the Japanese fanbase is reacting to this but I feel that the Western fanbases focus on having them literally say what they are seems in line with how queerness is expressed in Western countries like the US. (I myself am an American, and a queer person.) I can only go off of what I’ve seen in Japanese media, but they seem to be a bit more reserved when talking about being queer. It’s usually alluded to, and not explicitly stated all of the time. There’s clearly a cultural aspect as to why this story was told the way that it was. (There was also most likely corporate meddling as well though, lmao)

I do believe that clpl had good intentions with this particular story. It is very unfortunate that some things happened the way that they did, but I think that it’s important to look at what we were given and try to see what was trying to be conveyed. Perhaps that is a bit naive, and I’m not saying that everyone needs to accept the story that we were given and not look at it critically. Leaps and bounds still need to be made in terms of how stories like these are told. I’m saying that we should be a bit more open minded to the various aspects that gave us the story that we got.

I hope that that was coherent, this is something that I’m a bit passionate about as well! Thank you for taking the time to read my thoughts, I hope that you have a lovely day/night!

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[bookinit02]

realizing i do this thing that i really really hate which is when i’m originally super excited about something but the default reaction is something negative i’ll eventually just start spouting off a million disclaimers every time i bring it up. like yeah i’m majoring in creative writing haha don’t worry i know i’m never gonna make any money haha i’m definitely going to just get a practical job and publish on the side maybe if i’m lucky!! like NO bitch have some confidence in yourself😭😭 goddamn i’m such a pushover

[thedeafprophet]

Its perhaps my tism' related need for terms but i always struggle a bit with how undefined the term 'friend' is used for relationships, esp as an aro person who deeply values platonic relationship

what i mean is that it doesnt quite compute that 'person you vaguely know and have been friendly with for a bit' and 'person you have a deep emotional connection and spend much of your free time with/would consider moving for' level of relationship are both considered 'friends'. those are two very different things, and while both are important, dont quite mesh to be considered on the same level.

i like the term aqauintance but it sometimes seems to be considered negative if you use it for someone in some spaces. but im often left floundering when someone i dont really know uses the term friend, when i consider that to be a more serious level of relationship.

i guess it all comes down to struggle with amatonormativity and the downplaying of the importance of friendship.

[sleepsucks]

[boycritter]

i hope my friends care about me as much as i care about them

[couldnt-think-of-a-funny-name]

it's pretty funny that catholicism gets the brunt of the blame for like trauma and craziness in religion because in all honesty it's like. pretty chill. I'm generalizing here but no more than anyone else who talks about religion. like the craziness people associate with christianity is generally not coming from catholics lol. not saying there aren't bad people in the church but on the whole catholics are mostly just vibing