#she was scared to have an ace pride flag without her parents seeing so she didn't bring one

[curetapwater]

I think I off-hand said before but I occasionally think about an Earth au for Power of Rock where they're all humans but still in a band and now I'm thinking about their drawing their human selves attending a pride parade together I think that'd be cute.

[sincerelyreidburke]

#5 for all the crickets + cole! 🥰

Anybody: asks about Cole

Me:  🥰🥰💕💙💜🤍💚❤️🧡💛🥰🥰🤍💕💕🥰

Also this is a very good question that I was hoping someone would send, so thank you very much for that. From the pride asks for the crickets & company, which, by the way, I think I’ll keep open until June 30th, so send anything you’d like!

Under the cut because these are kind of long.

5. share a positive memory about coming out!

Nando: The first person I came out to was my childhood best friend, Rafael. He lives down the street from me and he’s like the brother I never had; we played hockey together all growing up and everything. I started realizing I was gay when I was, like, fourteen, and I was so scared that Raf was gonna take it so bad. His opinion of it mattered to me a lot, because he was like family, and I couldn’t stand the idea of losing my best friend because of something about myself I couldn’t control. I told him the night before sophomore year of high school started, and he was basically like, hey, dude, that’s totally cool, and thanks for telling me. Can I help support you? ........ I cried. In general, I’ve been really lucky, because I haven’t had any catastrophic coming-out experiences. My mama was really great when I told her, and my sisters too.

Touille: (Copy-and-pasted from the full questionnaire answer for Touille)  Because I realized I was ace in front of all of SMH at team breakfast, I didn’t really have to come out to any of them. And I haven’t really come out to that many other people, because I’m not sure my parents or my mémé would think it’s a real thing, but I did have a good experience coming out to Quinn! It was, like, two weeks after I met him, and they were doing this double-date thing with him and Nando plus Ben and Gina, who he was dating at the time, and, well, anyways, Quinn thought they were excluding me? And he said, oh, Remy, do you want to come? Are you seeing anyone? And I said, oh, no, I’m asexual, actually. And it was really nice, because Quinn just smiled and said oh, that’s lovely! I love your pride flag! and we moved on. It was really validating. Also it was the first time I really came out to anybody at all.

Rhodey: I came out to my sister Abby by accident, sort of. And by sort of I mean she's a student at Samwell, and she accidentally saw me doing gay things at a party that I didn’t know she was attending. Abby is pretty much the only member of my family who I’m confident is chill about my sexuality, and the extent of the conversation was like, hey, Ben, are you, like... gay? And I was like, no, I’m pan, but also please can we keep this between us, and she was like, yeah for sure, and that was sort of it. Nothing changed between us, and she’s been really great about, like..... not telling Brenda. She sends me funny gay memes sometimes.

Quinn: Oh, my fondest coming-out memory was early on in my friendship with Grace, this lovely woman from my hometown who I met at a Deaf community center event. She’s in her eighties and has many, many cats, and I found out that she was lesbian before I told her I was gay. As it turns out, she’s fostered a lot of queer kids in her lifetime, and she has grown-up stepchildren from her wife who passed away some years ago. Coming out to Grace was quite easy once I realized she was queer herself, and it’s very inspiring to be in contact not only with an elderly queer woman but especially with a Deaf one. For years, before Samwell, she was my closest friend, and I’m glad to say we’re still in regular contact via email. I visit her when I get the chance, at home.

Cole: The first person I came out to was my mom. It was November of my sophomore year of high school, and everything was... kind of hellish, to be honest. My parents have been divorced since I was in elementary school, and even though I see my dad semi-regularly, I live with my mom, and she was always my closest confidant growing up. I was terrified to tell her who I really was, because I thought it would change the way she saw me forever. But I had to tell her, because otherwise it was going to kill me from the inside out. I remember sitting her down at the dinner table and telling her, and asking her to call me by my name, and waiting for the, like, ceiling to fall or something— but it didn’t, and she just hugged me and said that was okay, and that... was how it happened. She took me clothes shopping and let me get a suit for Hanukkah, and she let me change schools. My mom has always been the person who fights hardest for me, and I know without a doubt that I wouldn’t have survived high school if it weren’t for her.

[acefrogmonarch]

HC pt. 3

Story Time! with the bat fam

The bat language!

It's just glares and different forms of glares. Semi-glare. Glare. Glare-glare. That's about five sentences.

Ravin has cracked the code and communicated with them. They understand why Raven could but not how Mari understands them.

They are very confused because this little flower shouldn't, like why??? She wears her heart on her sleeve and you can tell when she's angry or sad. Dick and bruce do it but Mari catches them.

Unknown to them, when Mari wants to be, she can 'cut' off her emotions.

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Mari found Damian to be semi-attractive. Damian was like eh, she's another girl.

But he was about 5'11 at this point, and for years to come, he would grow. Mari, herself, is barely reaching 5ft. She considers herself lucky that she even reaches 5'5.

She was 20 when she did.

She is very angry at taller beings than her. Dick is 5'11 while Jason is 6'3, Bruce is taller than both of them.

Mari hates them all. Jason still calls her a bean, even when she has him in a choke-hold during a sparring match. Mari will not hesitate to throw hands. Instead of mellowing out, she did the opposite.

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Jason Todd has had sex with Talia before and he hangs it over Damian's head for years.

As a challenge, he brought it up in front of Marinette. Any other time Damian would have left but since Mari was here, he couldn't. Damian stayed but Mari was like

“Why???" Tugging, cause they were holding hands. "Mari, lovebug, Malak, Habi Alghali. Let's go." Mari is a dissatisfied bean. Reluctantly follows Dami away.

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The Outlaws consisted of Kori, Roy, and Jason!

When they hang out they always have ‘baked’ goods. They were eating edibles in the city but they somehow made their way to the manor for munchies. Alfred asked if they had any left.

Assuming to part with them, they lied and said no. (they always do)

Alfred still searched the trio moved the treat around. Some sour straps, molly ranchers, and a joint.

Alfred took some straps and popped them in.

"Wait, Alfred, that's-" "I know." They will never forget. Bruce semi-believes them.

High!Mari

Mari never took a stance on cannabis. "Too young." was the excuse often used when talking about it. She was 16.

She knew what they did. It wasn't until, Gotham, that she got real experience with edibles.

Roy accidentally gave her 300mg of cannabis.

"I got brownies!" Roy came in the room, granted it was one of Jason's many hideouts and they had agreed to hang out before Mari was dragged away.

"Jason, Let's get blazed!" Roy kicked the door in and Mari took a stance, Jason got out his babies and pointed them at the door. "Uhh." Roy slowly backed out, Jason put away his guns and Mari bounced in excitement.

"Brownies!" Plucking one from the bag, Mari smelled it first. "Mari, no." Mari turned, then plopped it in her mouth, stuffed her hand in the bag and took a bunch more.

Eating 3 more and stuffing some for Tikki. Jason sighed deeply. "Dammit." It sweet chaos for Mari after that.

First, an anxiety attack then bliss. She was never afraid of heights from being Ladybug, and that just added more fun for Mari.

Damian doesn't find out until he calls Mari.

Because Mari was supposed to come back and hang out, they promised. No, Damian was not upset by the fact that Jason is not better company than him.

Not at all. Damian is superior in every way! His ringing phone brought him back to reality.

"Mari, get away from there!" That's Jason. Marinette was giggling and Damian could here the wind.

"No way, Jose," Roy shouted in the background. "Who's jOsE?!?!" Marinette laughed loudly and Damian was starting to question his existence.

"Mari, Baby girl, Demon tamer. Get off the ledge." There was an eerie silence. "Oh, that reminds me. Hi, Damian."

That's it. "Ya Qamar Barid, I'm coming to get you." Marinette started to sob at that. "I MISSED OUR MEET UP, DIDN'T I???" Damian was already driving off, he traced the call.

"No, not at all Habibti. I was just thinking about where we should eat out." Marinette stopped crying.

"Really?" Damian confirms. "Mhm." "Je vais à la pizzeria que je veux, amant.* ”  The call ends and Damian is NOT panicking.

(I go to the pizzeria i want, lover.)*

Marinette hanged up and jumped down to the apartment below. "MARI!!" Jason was going to lose so many years of this. This small bean should be very afraid.

Jason jumped after her with Roy following on the other side. "Oh, shit. Mari!" Roy regrets everything leading up to this point. At first, it was funny, seeing anyone try for the first time is.

Jason caught up to Mari, who has made it down 4 apartments. They were on the 5th floor.

Almost went splat on the pavement a couple of times.

Damian pulls up in one of the many cars, he's hot-wired before. Mari doesn't notice she's trying to climb down from the first floor to the ground. She jumps to a flag and misses.

Damian catches her before she hits the ground. "Damnit Habibti."

Marinette giggles. "I would have been fine, you know that." Damian carried her back to the car, Mari's complaining the entire time.

Once she's seated in the cold car, she promptly falls asleep.

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Lila causes problems for Mari, on purpose but for the wrong reasons.

To spend time with her. Lila is never going to admit that she likes or even remotely revolves her world around Mari. Max points it out to Mari and has tried to get Lila to confess.

Likes to make Marinette mad. When her cheeks go red Lila accidentally lets out a, “She’s cute.” Mari turned to her. “What?” Lila panics and shouts. “I said you’re shit!” Mari is a very confused bean.

The only reason why this is brought up is that they make Lila have Sociopathic tendencies. Like Oni-chan didn’t make sense. Why let go of Adrien? Willing? Better question, why only focus on Mari? Unless you know. . . . . . Just saying.

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A lot of mini ships. Like Alix x Chloe.

Alix and Chloe are secretly dating. Sabrina covers for both of them when it’s date night. Alix’s parents know that she’s gay but not Chloe’s. She doesn’t know why she’s scared.

But she doesn’t like that way her dad dismisses gay pride parades. Marinette helps her come to terms and even helps go through her emotions and to come out.

Still doesn’t come out until very much later. Uses Adrien as an excuse. Adrien knows what she means.

Chloe's mother is alright, you know ,gay pride. She joins the parades and makes small nods in her designs.

Eventually Max x Kim!

Alix and Kim are best friends and they help each other out because they always get the wrong advice.

Max and Kim ‘got together’ because Kim didn’t want to date Odine. Max doesn’t think they are dating.

So Kim makes an effort for their relationship and friendship. Alix dared Kim to date Chloe on valentine’s day, Max was there. He didn’t even hear Chloe’s answer but that didn’t matter because, at that moment.

Max heard and Kim understood why he felt like ‘that’ around Max. Max said congratulations and that just broke Kim's heart. Max is not very good at emotions.

"Mom already has enough on her plate." "I don’t need to trouble her." Max to Kim at some point.

Very later. Marc x Nathanial! Fw/B at 17

Nath only shines when art is involved. Has done sculpting and embroidery lessons from Mari, because he doesn’t want to be limited to one form of expression. Digital music is not his thing. Instruments on the other hand. Band nerd.

Sneaks into Higher writing courses. The teachers let him. He’s so talented in creating a universe from nothing. Marc had let the director of the ‘LB and CN Movie.’

Look at some of his stuff but once some criticism on Twitter started to get deleted for some reason, Marc asked around. Bad plot and all, he dismisses the story “Astruc” approved and did another one. Just because he made one good thing doesn’t mean he made the rest just as great.

Yes I am dissing Thomas

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I am changing this.

No relationship. Luka helps Kagami realize that not everything in sexuality is as black as white because im a sucker for Les Kagami and Bi Luka. They can find happiness with people.

Emotions? What’s that. Barely there. No chill. Whatsoever. Sarcasm? Come again. She can make sarcastic jokes but won’t know it if it hits her in the face.

Knows exactly what you're talking about but at the same time doesn’t. Can’t relate. It’s very frustrating because she won’t disobey without feeling guilty. Mari, Adrien, and Luka help tear down her walls and ‘need to approve’ attitude. A lot of walls around her heart.

Adrien doesn't like or feel any attraction besides strong feelings.

Demi? Or Ace. Maybe Ace.

He is very disappointed when he doesn't feel explosions or fireworks when he kisses Lila (It was for a shoot, maybe audition.)

Parents fighting? Middle of most argument. Afraid of failing his father because his mother was like that?

The acting was put on hold but she would sneak out for auditions. Natalie helped her sneak out. He can’t trust Gabrial but trust his mother's judgment and maybe Natalie.

He doesn’t know what to do because Mari is, best friend and Lila don’t like Best Friend. But Mari said it was okay when it wasn’t! Proud owner of at least one brain cell.

Eventually Rose x Juleka!

Very concerned with Juleka’s being. She wants Juleka as more than a friend but if Juleka isn’t comfortable with it.

Then she can wait until she’s ready. Her father supports but her mother doesn’t. She makes fun of her depression.

World of patience. Rose and she aren’t dating but they are saving for each other. Juleka was delirious when this happened. She’ll never admit her feelings. Worried about how people would act.

And of course Alya x Nino once Alya gets her head on straight.

These are mini-stories. I'm going to reference these and mention them when I can in the story.

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Bruce has movie nights.

No one knows where it is or what movie he watches. Alfred has an idea, and the boys keep trying to find where he goes. It's been so long since he's had something nice in his life.

He... adores his... children. To some extent. Okay, a lot.

But that didn't mean he could show how much he... loved them.

Regardless, they bring trouble where ever they go. Finally getting the conviction to watch a movie, he kept the tradition every chance he got.

Marinette accidentally found him at one of the run-down movie theaters around Gotham. A new movie she was excited for was already released in America but after Sams Club™

She never allowed them anywhere near her in a public place. It was chaos last time. She memorized the way to this theatre and avoided all the cameras. She checked, multiple times. On patrol.

Both, Mari and Damian, are 16.

Bruce is 38, Jason is 24, Dick is 26, Tim is finally 21. Dami is a winter baby. December. Mari is a Fall baby. October 8th.

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When Adrien and Mari hang out together, Mari loses one brain cell While Adrien gains one.

They can never get anything accomplished if it doesn't involve the miraculous in some way. Mari was talking about a recent design, Adrien was in the middle of drink soup on this cold day.

Marinette stopped talking as Adrien struggled to get a single noddle in his mouth. Mari opened her mouth to try and say something, but Adrien managed to get the noodle in and grinned. As if, he just got the best Christmas gift, ever.

Mari lost if after that. "A-Adrien!" Clutching her stomach, Mari continued to laugh, Adrien joined in laughing at the slurping noise he made Nino walked in a moment ago to them laughing. It was lunchtime and they went ahead of the Alya and Nino.

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Fu is a touchy subject with Marinette.

After the left with his past lover, he shortly passed away. Marianna wrote a letter back to Marinette and that just broke the Dam she built around her emotions.

Chat Noir revealed to be Adrien to destroy the Akuma after her.

Mari, as the newly appointed Guardian, didn't take away his miraculous. No one else was able and she didn't want anyone else to break down from the weight of responsibility.

Chat Noir took his duty with more dignity and less comical after the reveal.

I just saw the Chat Blanc trailer and.. I had this idea before but omg this is weird.

Let's.

Not.

Get.

This.

Bread.

Like most of this is going to be in Book 2. Book 1 is set in Paris, following Marinette. Book two is in Gotham, following Damian 

[beneath-our-masks]

Normal

It is pride month, my dudes! So have some wholesome gayness, brought to you completely unedited by Mod Ten!

When Bayleigh headed into her room at the facility, she expected Haeun to be there. But she didn't expect Haeun to be staring at the door, perched on the edge of her bed, and looking at the door nervously. Fear in her eyes, Haeun said, "Um, I...Bay? Can I...I have something to tell you."

Bayleigh sat down and put down the textbook that she was about to start looking through. "Okay, is everything alright?"

"Yeah, I..." Haeun started frantically braiding and unbraiding a strand of her long hair, her fingers shaking. "I just, Agent Jefferson said that I should tell someone about this if I felt safe, and that I might feel better, and I asked her if there was anyone she'd recommend telling and she said that she thought you might be a good person to talk to but she didn't tell me why, and if you hate me after this that's okay, I...I understand, and I..."

"Haeun. Haeun," Bayleigh soothed. "I really doubt I'm gonna hate you. What's going on?" Haeun looked away, her eyes landing on Bay's knees, on one side of the room, on her shoes. Her lips quivered, and a couple of tears ran down her cheeks.

"I'm gay," Haeun gasped, all at once, and started to cry. "I'm sorry, I'm really sorry!" Relief flooded Bayleigh--nothing was wrong, this was doable, Haeun was going to be alright.

"Hey, hey, that's completely fine, Haeun. It's normal, it's okay." Bayleigh crossed the room to her desk, dug in her bag, and picked up two little trinkets before sitting next to Haeun. "I'm really proud of you for telling me. I know it had to be hard."

"So y-y-you aren't m-mad?" Haeun asked, looking up at Bayleigh tentatively.

"I'm not mad," Bayleigh told her roommate with a reassuring smile. "So, if you're okay with answering, are you a lesbian, bi, pan, ace? What label do you think is best?"

"I'm a lesbian," Haeun murmured. "I've never liked guys, I...don't...I'm sorry..." Bayleigh shook her head.

"Haeun, look at me." Sniffling, Haeun turned her gaze over to Bayleigh. "You never have to apologize for who you are. Never. Being a lesbian is not something to apologize for. I promise." Haeun looked at Bayleigh for a second before wrapping her in a giant hug, crying into Bayleigh's shoulder for a few moments.

"S-sorry I'm...like this," Haeun said after a moment. "Sorry. I was just scared you'd think I was gross or want to move out or..."

"Absolutely not," Bayleigh said. "I'm the last person who's gonna judge you. Speaking of, I have something for you." Bayleigh passed one of the trinkets over to Haeun. It was a small lesbian pride flag.

"Wh--why do you have this?" Haeun asked. "Did you know?"

"No, I...it was mine," Bayleigh said with a smile. "But after a lot of questioning, I found one that fit me better." Bayleigh showed Haeun the other trinket, a bi pride flag that looked similar.

"You're not straight?" Haeun gasped, a grin spreading across her face. Bayleigh laughed.

"Hell no. Here, I'm guessing you're not super comfortable wearing that pin more outright. I liked to put mine on one of the inside pockets of my backpack, right here." Bayleigh showed the location, a little pocket on the front, and put her bi pin in the place she mentioned. "So I can see it when I grab things, and remember that I don't have to be scared. But if you don't wanna, that's okay too. I just want you to have a reminder that we're on your side." Haeun nodded, holding the pin close before hugging Bay again.

"Thanks Bay," she said with a tearful smile. "D-don't tell anyone?"

"Of course not. That's your thing to talk about if you decide you want to, and when you decide you feel safe," Bayleigh reassured.

"Are you out?"

Bayleigh shrugged. "I've never really told anyone here except Agent Jefferson, but it's not like I try to hide it. I used to be so scared of people knowing, but now, I figure that if people hate it, that's their problem. My parents...don't pay attention to anything, so they're not gonna do anything. And if anyone doesn't like that I'm bi, then they aren't worth my time anyway."

"I don't think I'm that brave yet," Haeun whispered.

"But you'll get there. I know it," Bay said with a grin. "Soon you'll be making 'I like my men like I like my coffee' jokes like the rest of us."

"But I don't like coff--OH!" Haeun grinned sheepishly and started laughing.

"Exactly," Bay laughed. "You'll be joking about it soon. At least with me."

"I think I'd like that."

"I'm gonna have a good time with it too." Bayleigh gave Haeun one more hug. "Now, I don't mind listening, but if you're feeling okay, I'm gonna do some homework and fight the primal urge to throw this stats book out the window."

"Stats is fun!" Haeun objected. Bayleigh wrinkled her nose.

"You were worried I'd hate you for being gay, and yet you say things like THAT without any shame. I think you've got some messed up definitions of normal."

"Hey, my idea of fun is as normal as a Gaussian distribution." Haeun grinned at Bayleigh, who had let her head fall into her hand.

"I hate you."

"I know. Let me know if you want help." Bayleigh nodded and headed over to her desk. And when she looked back a few minutes later, Haeun was still staring at the lesbian pride flag pin, a faint smile playing across her cheeks.

[i-am-church-the-cat]

First I love you's for ambi?

sorry it’s a little short

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If the park was TJ and Cyrus’s spot was the park, then Andi’s and Amber’s was the lake. It was the first place the hung out without anything major happened. It was where Amber had taken Andi on their first date, and it was where they had their first kiss. It made sense that the next big step in their relationship would happen here, even if neither of them had seen it coming. The events of that night would be ingrained in their minds forever, even after high school.

Andi had(with Bowie’s help) made a picnic for them. It consisted of Caprese sandwiches, potato salad, strawberry yogurt salad cups, strawberry lemon cookies, a bottle of sparkling grape cider, and Cookie’s name cookies(via the overnight postal service in honor of the girls’ six month anniversary). It was the first homemade meal either of them had had in a while, Andi’s family usually too lazy and Amber usually out with her friends or Andi, so they both thoroughly enjoyed the meal.   

After that, they lay together on the blanket Andi had knitted when she was first learning and watched a bunch of cheesy rom-coms on Amber’s computer. They weren’t really watching them though, more invested in talking about Andi’s newest project. The younger girl was working on a mural that she and Walker had gotten permission to paint on one of the school’s walls.

“I just don’t know what to do”, the girl was saying. “It’s like I have too many ideas in my head, you know?’

Amber nodded her head as she watched her girlfriend ramble on, a twinkle in her eye that only appeared when she was talking about art. Amber remembered the first craft Andi had made her after they had started dating. Amber had been walking to her locker, kept up the night before by her parent’s insistent arguing. Coffee seemed to have no effect and she had at least two tests that day. She was screwed.

When she opened her locker, she saw a small box sitting on the middle shelf, a post-it note stuck on top. Amber had pulled it out slowly and examined the note. It said: Happy two weeks, babe. ~Andi. Amber smiled as she opened the small box to see to round glass earrings. The earrings were painted to look like the lesbian flag and Amber’s smile grew two sizes. She had been telling Andi how she had been trying to find more LGBT+ jewelry, but the two stores in this town were punk and preppy, so Amber had resigned herself to scouring the internet. Who knew they had such good shipping?    

Amber took out the small gold hoops she had put in that day and traded them for her girlfriend’s considerate gift. After checking herself once in the small magnet mirror in her locker, she grabbed her books and headed to class. She aced all THREE of her tests that day, empowered by pure lesbian energy and love pouring from her earrings.

Amber smiled softly at the memory. They were the first of many pride jewelry as more and more of their friends came out, but they were the only ones that Amber knew of that seemed to have magical powers. She reached up to rub the smooth glass of them now as Andi looked at her expectantly. Oh, she had missed something.

“What?”, Amber asked, coming out of her trance. Andi huffed but repeated the question.“Do you want to start heading back? It’s getting kind of dark. And cold”, Andi added with a shiver. Amber grinned and pulled her girlfriend closer, wrapping her and her in her arms. “Don’t worry Bambi, I’ll keep you warm”, she answered pressing a kiss to the younger girls lips. They continued to trade kisses as the moon rose over them and shone down on the lake. 

“I love you”, Andi murmured against Amber’s lips. 

“What?”, Amber breathed, surprised. It took a moment for Andi to realize what she said, but when she remembered, a blush spread across her chicks. 

“I-I’m sorry”, she stuttered. “I didn’t mean to say that out loud, I’ve just been thinking about it a lot recently and I really like you I-I, I love you.” Andi raised her eyes hesitantly to Amber’s scared of what she might see. But Amber was beaming. She had been wanting to hear, wanted to say, those words for months now. She gave the shy girl another deep kiss.

“I love you, too, Andi. So much.” The girl broke out into a huge smile and Amber knew that she had never seen anything she loved more.