#other times I’m just sitting here like

[firebirdsdaughter]

When you’re the online resident American in you’re corner… 👻

[turtleblogatlast]

One of the biggest things that makes me see Leo as trans is absolutely the size of his carapace in comparison to his brothers’.

And I’m not talking about height! I’m specifically looking at his shell here, because when you compare him to the others, particularly Donnie who is nearly the same height as Leo, it’s very clear that Leo’s carapace is much longer in proportion to the rest of his body.

Like - standing side by side, even though Donnie is shorter his carapace ends noticeably higher up than Leo’s does. And I like this not only because it really helps push the idea that Leo could very likely be trans (or intersex!), but it’s also just a fun design difference between them.

(It also lends way to future scenarios of Donnie eventually getting taller than Leo, but sitting down still has Leo being the taller one haha.)

[blackberrycore]

hot take but superbat is literally one of those “siblings or dating” posts

[j-esbian]

why are people so weird about silence

[her-midas-touch]

Our analyses for fanon mike always hit so different I swear.

Like, reading analyses on will’s pov is so interesting and we kind of have a clearer idea of what’s kinda going on his head, from that special link established with mike in s1 with the “it was a 7” moment, all the tender moments in s2 (I keep realizing how many indications we got of mike’s feelings in s2 it’s unreal), to him struggling with how much he truly lost out on due to his disappearance and possession and struggling with that hurt and getting left behind in s3 (byler angst ahhhh) and in s4, all that tentative hope he built up just sort of being repressed just to act on his love for mike by pushing him towards el when their relationship in s4 was already on somewhat shaky ground.

But fanon mike? Oh, the reasonings and dissecting his actions is on a whole different level.

From his distress in s1, the queer-coding, even ted’s subtle homophobic comments (You see what happens michael?), to lucas’s whole accusation about him liking el because she’s the first girl who liked him and didn’t find him gross which struck a nerve with him, the jump scene, to the survivors guilt and ptsd in s2, where he was repressing so much emotionally (though he was more open with will about that in the crazy together scene) and that scene with hopper where it’s clear all that fear and anger and guilt is just unleashing itself at once, to s3 where he’s projecting and struggling a lot more especially towards the end (I think about hopper’s letter and it flashing back to mike in the end when he looks back at the byers house and it says something about being afraid of things changing).

Especially mike’s reaction after admitting he loves el to everyone. He’s just so taken aback. Like, a heat of the moment thing, and the thing is, it isn’t even a complete lie because a part of him does love el (or care, shall we say) but it feels like the consequences of his admission are just sinking in when el says it back and kisses him and mike looks…..shocked and frozen and just kind of terrified (No smile afterwards, didn’t close his eyes, nothing to indicate anything???).

And then there’s things like lettergate which just make it sadder if you consider s4, and mike actually struggling more evidently with those feelings. There’s the airport hug, all kind of influenced by this newfound awkwardness between them and mike’s possible jealousy with the painting especially cause he’s clearly noticing will the whole time and even admits it (though he frames it as will sabotaging el’s day by being a douche……projecting so hard). But yet he still owns up for his mistakes and they get to have these moments and then there’s the monologue where mike is literally bracing himself for the “I love you”—

Oh. The Mike Wheeler angst that we’ve picked up from all the subtext and clues is just—it’s so interesting.

[wantbytaemin]

my god i just woke up from THE most detailed gentle and heartbreaking dream about jinki im in my bed like 😮 what was THAT

[bravevolunteer]

it is..... getting very close to One Whole Year Of Consistent Michael Brainrot.

[howldean]

i’m so fucking pissed rn

[jrwiyuri]

Does anyone know how to fix being hungry but not having an appetite

[holyluvr]

If my father hadn’t of crushed my dreams of being an author apart like he crushed my laptop full of years of work on my vampires in half over his knee, maybe…..just maybe I would have reached John Greene’s potential.

[lucysweatslove]

Wait y’all I think I got it. I’m annoyed and disheartened about what is basically just another iteration of the halo effect.

Divergent bodies are labeled socially as “bad.” Divergent neurotypes are labeled socially as “bad.”

Neither are actually bad, but they’re labeled that way in society’s “constructs.” If you show a divergent body (eg, a limb difference, higher fat %, a different fat distribution or body shape), people WILL treat you differently. If you unmask neurodivergence and “act autistic” or “act ADHD,” people WILL treat you differently.

I think we ALL know this is true.

BUT BUT BUT.

If you unmask neurodivergence but present a normative body, you’re more likely to be “forgiven” for the neurodivergence. If you unmask neurodivergence but you have a divergent body, you’re more likely to be judged more for the neurodivergence.

Obviously eating disorders are far more complex, but I think some part of mine was basically “if I make myself as small as possible, my body will look closer to the normative, and my social deficits won’t be seen quite as negatively.”

And the annoying part is that it was actually fucking true. As I’ve gained weight, growing into a body that is both divergent from the “accepted shape” and divergent from the “accepted weight/overall size,” even if I’m masking the SAME EXACT WAY, having the same exact behaviors, I’m seen as even more neurodivergent??

I’m not kidding. I could get REALLY EXCITED about pugs and sunscreen when I was thin and people would think it’s a little weird but also cute and yeah, sunscreen is important!! But now when I get really excited about pugs and sunscreen, it’s obsessive and creepy and who tf cares? My “unmasked” thinking face uses the same facial muscles- nothing has changed about it other than the amount of flesh on my cheeks- but when I was thin, people would check in and ask if I’m doing alright (because it looked odd for the situation). Now, people don’t ask me about it- they just assume I’m disinterested or even worse, bitchy.

Even my INTROVERSION is seen more negatively?? (Keep in mind that US culture especially is extrovert-normative; despite introversion being so common, introverts are expected to ACT extroverted when they do go out and socialize). When I was thin, I was quiet, introspective, thoughtful, observant, intentional, intelligent. Now that I’m not thin, the same level of quiet reflection before I think is labeled as bored, slow (yes as in my intelligence is low), meek, reclusive, standoffish, antisocial, insecure.

[theres-whump-in-that-nebula]

Spoke to someone I don’t know over the phone, 11 dead, 32 injured

[merevide]

i should stop making cringe posts tbh. but i can’t.

[seventh-district]

i’m not like other girls, my “Rest” stats are a heart rate of 110bpm and a HRV of 14 fucking milliseconds. :)

[deus-ex-mona]

“a sicks’ dream come true; coming soon to fanfic channels near you”

[soft-serve-soymilk]

ok but you can always tell how happy a song makes me by how excited my hands are