#or whatever people enjoy calling him!

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[1driedpersimmon]

I started watching Trigun a few days ago and it’s been a blast so far

[worstloki]

there is a difference between being born to a throne, maliciously vying for a throne, stealing a throne, and having a throne thrust upon you when you are already in the midst of an identity crisis. And I fear Loki's place in the line of succession has people unable to differentiate between any of these

[tequilaasquared]

So I totally agree with the sentiment that S6-9 was painful without Mickey because I almost gave up myself. But I’ll be an Ian Gallagher defender to the end and I really hate when his own stans dismiss his storyline because Mickey wasn’t there and they hated his love interests.

Him becoming an EMT was arguably one of his most important story arcs throughout the whole series and it was crucial to his character development. And more importantly (for me anyways) it was such positive representation of life after a bipolar diagnosis. Watching someone deal with a life changing diagnosis and not be villainised by the narrative and see them make something of their life and have a career and stability, was so inspirational to me.

(I’m not including the s8-9 gay jesus storyline in this rant because I acknowledge that it WAS objectively poorly written despite it having potential)

I totally understand if Mickey is your fave and you aren’t interested in Ian’s arc without him. I get that the show would be boring and a waste of your time if your fave is gone and none of the other characters are interesting enough for you to continue watching. But to see Gallavich stans call Ian’s development trash and outright invalidate it is always so disheartening to me. Especially when I’ve seen the same people praise the other Gallagher sibling storylines just to purposely dismiss Ian’s. Like you can just say you weren’t interested because Mickey wasn’t with him without shitting on him.

[iknowwhereyousleepatnight]

the sun is my best friend it is so nice and warm and also there are so many bugs outside i am having the time of my life sitting in the grass rn

[bylertruther]

some of you never grew up in a small conservative town as a (gay) nerd that was bullied, harassed, and excluded for years on end for not fitting in and for visibly and enthusiastically liking geek things—geek things that then branded you a satanist in everyone's eyes and as something Other, Lesser, and Undoubtedly Unworthy of Basic Human Decency even though you were literally just an actual child with harmless interests and not a satanist or an evil disgusting subhuman thing, and it shows.

you cannot apply modern views and beliefs to a show that is set in the eighties, especially not when it's set in conservative midwest eighties which is a whole other beast. being a socially awkward and nonconforming geek is something that people STILL get bullied for if you don't do it in a way that the majority deems "acceptable", especially if you live in a conservative, religious area.

your experiences are not universal and your inability to relate to a certain motif or story does not make it "lesser" or "bad writing."

[rachelchinouriris]

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[benilos]

Can we as adults please stop encroaching on minors' spaces as well? All yall talk some fuckin MESS on minors coming into adult spaces, but then yall wanna act your freaky selves on a minor's fucking page and go "THAT CHARACTER IS 15 STOP CALLING HIM FINE"

BIITCH THE MOTHERFUCKER POSTING IS ALSO 15 STFU GET TF OFF THEIR PAGE YOU FUCKIN CREEP????? KIDS ARE FUCKING ALLOWED TO ENJOY THE SHOWS THAT ARE MADE FOR THEM, ANIME IS FOR EVERYONE GO THE FUCK TO BED YOU FUCKIN GRANDPA

[savageday6]

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[magentagalaxies]

Here's the video clip of Bruce's shoutout during his show!!!! It's so cool to think about how in just one year i went from being excited that paul bellini liked my instagram story to having Bruce talk about how excited he is to work with me while doing a show on the Rivoli stage!! Video description under the cut btw:

[Video description:

(Bruce McCulloch speaks into a microphone as Scott, dressed as Buddy Cole, takes care of his script and other items in the background. The recording starts in the middle of a sentence.)

Bruce: ...Which is that I am going to executive produce with Paul Bellini a documentary on Buddy Cole—

(The audience cheers. While they cheer, Scott strikes a Buddy Cole pose and Bruce smiles and nods)

Bruce: —and a young queer filmmaker from Boston Jessamine Manchester will be directing (a few people cheer again) so look for a crowd-fund-me that's gonna come out in not too long! Um, so that's kind of exciting... Kevin?

(Bruce turns around. Kevin is not onstage. Kevin makes a Kevin-noise from behind the curtain. Bruce and Scott walk over to Kevin behind the curtain.)

Bruce: Really good at cues Kevin. Really rehearsed. Um, and now—

(The crowd laughs and cheers for Kevin. The video ends.)]

also just realized. I WAS A CUE FOR KEVIN!!!

[mymarifae]

why don't you like blade :(

oh i don't dislike him! i just don't care. totally different thing

everything i've seen of him in game so far PLUS alllllllll those leaks hasn't been enough. like. as of Right Now there's nothing for me to latch onto and pick at. the whole "dan heng's past life's ex-husband/fiance" may be enough for some people but i just do not gaf 😭 i need. to see quite a bit more of him before i can even start getting into the territory of actual like/dislike

[unwellwoman]

im literally always giving my younger sisters advice even i dont take 😔😔

[squirmydonnie]

Vent: ?

In 5th grade I had the assumption that it would be just as nice as elementary school had been. No one ever told me otherwise. No one ever told me about most of the differences.

I knew that I would be bullied already. No one had to tell me that. My parents had already warned me of bullies and what to do. I hadn't had too many experiences yet, but I knew they were coming. I still felt pretty prepared.

But of course when 6th grade came, just by the first day I was disappointed. I didn't expect something big and great, but I didn't think I would be thrown into it like this.

I didn't know I met both of my bullies here.

NBB really hadn't bullied me before this garde. Only ever persuaded me into things. Not always bad things. But I would always do them. I like making people happy.

But because my expectations were ruined so bad, I decided to no longer have expectations at all.

It doesn't sound necessarily like a bad idea. But it turned out to be that way.

I couldn't find a way to balance it.

It wasn't really just that I was let down. But it was that everything that everything was became worse. And everything worse became terrible. So that was the mindset I was in.

But doing this has made it to where I don't get excited for things anymore. Unless I'm really certain.

Which makes things like governor school have a bad cloud over them in the beginning.

Things that are bad I don't prepare for well. Because I don't have my expectations there.

I wish that I could just take it off now or something. But I don't think so.

I really enjoyed governor school. I liked it. So wish that I could've let myself be excited instead of assuming it would be another disaster.

Bad things did happen there. But bad things happen everywhere. And I liked being able to be around people who didn't bully me and were supportive.

I liked it there.

I miss how it was there.

On the day before the last I felt like I had finally acclimated to it. But then I had to go.

[00midnightrider00]

Who do you ship Kafka with?

I ship her with Blade

[bylertruther]

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[godsfavoritescientist]

As someone who is aspec myself, I love the idea of aroacespec Ford within the context of billford. *Especially* Ford grappling with a lifetime of bafflement about romantic and sexual attraction, and then feeling *some* kind of powerful emotion about Bill and getting excited about it like "this is it! This is the attraction thing that everyone always talks about! I'm finally experiencing it for someone, I'm doing 'humaning' correctly!!!" and maybe he's correctly identified it, or maybe its something else, such as queerplatonic attraction, or scientific fascination, but either way, feeling something like this for someone for the first time that feels more genuine than any of his attempts to feel heteronormative love in the past for an *eldritch god* is a whole other thing for him to grapple with, like, the internal confusion of "Why am I feeling this for the first time for a non-human entity? Does that cancel out the increased normalcy of me feeling This Kind of Love? Does it outweigh feeling Love and make me even weirder??"

And maybe, with any luck, this could end with Ford realizing that it *doesn't matter* what kind of love and/or affection and interest he and Bill have towards eachother, and it doesn't matter how much he conforms to society's ideals for what a human being "should be like." It doesn't *have* to be romantic for them to want to be together from now til the end of time. And even if sometimes their relationship might seem like it crosses into romantic and/or sexual territory, *they're* the ones who get to define it, and the multiverse is the limit. They don't *need* to confine the way they see their love for eachother to the human definitions and expectations for how people should feel and act within a long term relationship. And if humanity thinks that makes Ford less human, well, he doesn't fucking care, because what has the seemingly-always-just-out-of-reach ideal of "being human" that society has pushed upon him ever done for him except make him feel intensely isolated and unworthy? It doesn't matter if society hands him the title of "human" that they've cruelly dangled over his head his whole life or not. He is living the life he wants to lead, in the company of the person he cares for most, and that is all that truly matters.