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((I'm ready too! Bless me as well Patrick!))

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(oh thank you for this post... just... thank you so much...)

Please reblog if:

•your anxiety has made it difficult for you to voice your opinion

•your anxiety has made it difficult to dress the way you want

•your anxiety has made it difficult to ask for help

•your anxiety has made you constantly worry if you are being annoying and wonder if your friends and family are valid relationships or if they just put up with you because they have to

And please know that you are not fighting this battle alone. You are worth more than your anxiety says. You matter and so does your opinion and your say. You are awesome

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((Dang he's taller then me. XD saw it coming)) (Passing this on)

Big Boss is actually 5'6" pass it on

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“why does that character have to be queer?”

why not?

“why does that character have to be trans?”

why not?

“why does that character have to be a poc?”

why not?

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((The ability to appreciate and evaluate human aesthetic is not determined by your sexuality))

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MGS : LEGENDS - ZINE + GIVEAWAY

Hey dudes! If you’re a hoopy frood who knows where their towel is, you’ve probably caught wind of a most excellent Metal Gear Solid Zine in the works. You may find yourself asking: What is it? Where can I get one? When is it coming out?

THE ANSWER TO ALL THIS AND MORE… RIGHT HERE RIGHT NOW.

I’m really pleased to announce the release of the MGZine Team’s first publication “Metal Gear Solid: Legends”. A ton of talented artists and writers you may know and love (or at least recognize as ‘hey it’s that guy’) have contributed some awesome work and we’ve turned out a pretty rad zine!

You can order your copy RIGHT NOW!

Physical Copy (Will be mailed out starting June 10th)

Downloadable PDF

To celebrate the publication, we’re also having a giveaway! Simply reblog this post and on June 11th, three lucky winners will get a free PDF copy of our zine AND a PDF copy of “The Last Nine Years” the amazing MGS doujinshi by @playerprophet and @cephiedvariable. COOL, RIGHT?

Special thanks again to all the contributors who made this possible. Please show them some love and check it out!

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Envy and jealousy can sneak up on people and it can cause some serious damage emotionally and even physically!  Stop comparing yourself to others, because no life is exactly the same - we each have our own obstacles and challenges to accomplish.  So when you start to think the grass is greener on the other side, think about your own goals, nurture and take care of your side of the yard, because the more blessings you count in your life, the more beautiful flowers will flourish!!

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Today in “things I like about Steven Universe,” the Cluster.

There’s a tendency in fantasy media to create “acceptable targets” – basically, people it’s “okay” to kill. Zombies are “okay” to kill because they’re not “really alive” in the first place. They’re more like a plague than they are like people.

It doesn’t matter if you shoot them in the skull, if you blow off their limbs, make them bleed, make them writhe, make them howl, make them suffer. Whatever. You’re not murdering people. You’re curing a plague.

With a shotgun.

You know, like, check your humanity at the door. You don’t need it here. This is a world where there’s no reason not to be violent, a fantasy world where the name of the game is murdering dozens or hundreds or thousands of people without having to worry about that weird, pesky thing called a conscience.

And, hey, if you don’t get that, then you’re just…weak, or whatever, and you’re probably going to die or get someone else killed because those are the only options in this world we’ve created, and if you’re sitting there, wringing your hands, then you’re missing the point.

You don’t get it. Don’t you get it? Killing is okay now. Maiming is okay now. It’s good. It’s admirable. It’s even necessary. And it’s always unconditionally justified. At least as long as you’re aiming at the acceptable targets.

Hell, as long as you’re doing that, it doesn’t even matter who you hit in the meantime. It’s all okay. It’s unconditionally justified.

It doesn’t matter if Superman crushed half of Metropolis. He had to. It’s justified. Zod was a monster. He had to be stopped. Reactionary violence against a big enough threat, real or perceived, is always okay and always worth it. And if anyone else dies in the process, then…okay. Who cares?

We love creating these stories where mass murder is the only way out.

And it would have been easy to do that with the Cluster.

When the fusion experiments were introduced, they were basically played up for shock value. Body horror. Disembodied hands and feet, sewn together, writhing around on the floor and screaming digitally distorted screams.

It was far and away the most extreme thing Steven Universe had ever explicitly shown on-screen – and presented in such an unexpectedly tense and overtly terrifying way that I remember coming on here and posting a little trigger warning for people in all the other time zones.

It would have been easy to say, “Well, okay, so…this would be a mercy killing. I mean, these Gems technically died years ago, anyway. These are just their remnants, all twisted up and tortured. It’s okay to end them now.”

But I’m glad they were only initially shocking. Eventually, kind of cute. And, ultimately, sympathetic.

“Is that a weapon?”

No.

The Cluster is not a weapon.

Or a monster.

It’s not even scary.

It’s pretty. And it’s sad. And it’s trying. But it needs help.

Pictured: the Cluster. A group of traumatized, broken, desperate people lashing out in ways that are hurtful and destructive to the world around them because they don’t feel whole, and they don’t know how to cope with that.

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Pictured: the Cluster. A group of traumatized, broken, desperate people who don’t want to hurt anyone. Who just need a little bit of patience, a little bit of understanding, a space where they can exist and heal in peace, and the support of other people like themselves.

“Shard, meet shard.”

The Cluster: Like all the Crystal Gems. Like me. Like a lot of us.

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Totally. :3

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"Should parents read their daughter's texts or monitor her online activity for bad language and inappropriate content?"

Earlier today, I served as the “young woman’s voice” in a panel of local experts at a Girl Scouts speaking event. One question for the panel was something to the effect of, “Should parents read their daughter’s texts or monitor her online activity for bad language and inappropriate content?”

I was surprised when the first panelist answered the question as if it were about cyberbullying. The adult audience nodded sagely as she spoke about the importance of protecting children online.

I reached for the microphone next. I said, “As far as reading your child’s texts or logging into their social media profiles, I would say 99.9% of the time, do not do that.”

Looks of total shock answered me. I actually saw heads jerk back in surprise. Even some of my fellow panelists blinked.

Everyone stared as I explained that going behind a child’s back in such a way severs the bond of trust with the parent. When I said, “This is the most effective way to ensure that your child never tells you anything,” it was like I’d delivered a revelation.

It’s easy to talk about the disconnect between the old and the young, but I don’t think I’d ever been so slapped in the face by the reality of it. It was clear that for most of the parents I spoke to, the idea of such actions as a violation had never occurred to them at all.

It alarms me how quickly adults forget that children are people.

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Tragic past doesn’t mean = actions justified

Tragic past means = explanation behind acts.

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((AW this is so sweet and cute and just ahhh I love the dragon and the way the knight blushes. Why is this so perfect! just so much yes.))

he fell in LOVE

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Deleted Magic: Zootopia, The Taming Party. 

So for this scene there is a little pre context necessary. Back in the early stages of Zootopia’s development the story centered around Nick Wilde rather than Judy. Not only that but the framing here was a bit different when it came to the prejudice against predators. Unlike the final film which had more subtle real world applications for how prey view predators the early draft of the film had a more drastic approach. And that was that every Predator once they reached a certain age were required to wear a shock collar that kept them “in check” for the safety of the prey dominated Zootopia. When wearing the collar if the wearer got to excitable in any sort of emotion the collar would go from yellow to red and then shock them accordingly. In this scene  you have a coming of age party known as a “Taming Party” in which a heartbroken dad is forced to give his son a collar. Needless to say it’s a tough scene to watch and really pushed the bar for the film’s message.

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today is not my birthday

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Today is the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia! Learn more about how you can get involved, including sharing these awesome graphics about why today is so important.