straight friend groups be like: *blonde girl* *chad* *the funny one* *kyle* *brunette girl* *frat boy*
gay friend groups be like: *superpowered man covered in bandages mourning the loss of his family* *off-brand draco malfoy but dead* *age-realistic steve harrington but dead* *girl dealing with the aftereffects of demonic possession and the dumbass dead people she’s latched onto* *Dorothy* *barely even friends but have literally been to hell and back together so now they’re bonded forever*
Rhys Darby talking about being neurodivergent on the Runners Only podcast
[EDIT: Transcript by Kipli:]
Rhys: I liked um- uh- everything about uh the military for some reason and I think looking back it’s because- maybe I’m- uh in those days there were no ADHD kind of diagnosis type thing or anything like that.
Dom: Right.
Rhys: But I’m thinking to myself I like structure and I like- ya know, since then, I’ve been look- I still have not gotten myself diagnosed about anything, uh because I’m confident with who I am and how I can operate. But I like um lists of things, and I like order very much so, and structure. And there’s nothing more structurally ordered than military. And then I got into war history as well. And so that was a- for me it was like a- it was that and then there was animals. I used to classify all animals. I used to be able to name-
Dom: What do you mean you classified them?
Rhys: Well, I class- I had-
Dom: What by size or alphabetical order?
Rhys: Uh by where they were from. What continents they were- [breaks into laughter]
Dom: Oh my god.
Rhys: What continents they were from, the speed of land animals, their life span, that kind of stuff.
Dom: Wow!
Rhys: Ya, I was just into that kind of stuff. So, ya it’s weird.
Dom: I reckon I’m ADHD as well or definitely on the spectrum somewhere.
Rhys: Ya, for sure.
Dom: But being a similar age, nothing was ever diagnosed. Do you think having a label on anything would change anything or-
Rhys: No.
Dom: -or help anything?
Rhys: I don’t think that, I think that’s why I haven’t bothered with it. I’ve just, I’m pretty sure I’m definitely spectrum-y but so are some of my friends and we- Now our children, yes we would get them diagnosed, we would, so you can know how to operate with them and um- but even then ya know I don’t think it’s something you necessarily have to do unless the kid is clearly quite far on the spectrum and then obviously you can- you do need to deal with it. But I do think I can float. I’m a floater. Ya know and I’m not someone you go ‘oh he needs uh some bit of um special help this guy’ although some would argue. [laughter]
Rhys: Also just reading. Like reading a book. I’ve got- It’ll take me a month ya know where it’ll take my wife ya know three or four days.
Dom: What because your mind wanders when you’re reading or?
Rhys: No, I’m just, I um maybe I’m just slower at it. As I’m reading it I’m really, I take in every word and she just like skim reads. Ya I don’t know what you’re like, but like, she’ll just, I don’t understand how she says ‘oh ya I’m just gonna read this page’ dadadada 'yup okay’ and I’m like 'wait did you- what about the detail!’ Ya know ya know, and so I’m a very detail orientated, and I would- I will read, I’ll read each word and then like imagine it as it’s happening and go 'oh wow, and then he went over there, and said hello. HELLO!’ I don’t- it takes me a month to get through that!
✵ tag yourself - as the people in my friend group ✵
the crackhead: a Thot™, ???, types in all caps, smart but insane, makes everyone go “what the fuck” all the time, has 15 sidehoes, wears gucci to school, aggressively bisexual, flirts with everything that moves, one braincell, always has tea to spill, nicknames for everyone, on top of all the latest trends, dirty jokes, bad communicator
the baby: athletic, tExTs LiKE tHiS, baby bi, only eats goldfish, is Always injured, selfies, sleeps in class, dancer, on pintrest all the time, everyone’s child, communicates only with obscure memes, supportive, loves drinking tea, fuzzy blankets, loves the rain, weighed down by expectations, good listener
the mom™: drinks too much coffee, headphones with the volume all the way up, queer af, sweatshirts and converse, friends are family, key smashes, always tired, scars, surprisingly smart, eyebags the size of texas, trusts too easily, always plans ahead of time, everybody’s tutor, flips you off bc i love you, swears like a sailor, just wants to be happy
the cryptid: very good grades, runner, reads the news, dresses and sneakers, shows up to the gc once every few months, classical music, speaks only in sarcasm, doesn’t care about what anyone thinks, easily irritated, keeps their circle small, brutally honest, likes babies, one liners
the angel: friends with everyone, certified dumbass, cute outfits, cinnamon roll, marvel hoe, doesn’t text much, athlete, wears converse to homecoming, wants a girlfriend, reading two books at once, laughs easily, sits on tables not chairs, gay jokes, gets yelled at for liking wattpad more than ao3, shops during class
the artist: everything they own is yellow, listens to jon bellion, iphone 5, has too many pens, cries easily, loves robots, kind, never has their hair down, talks about tv shows as conversation starters, loyal, texts with proper grammar
Armstrong's struggle with his sexuality isn't something that has gone unnoticed by his fans. "I've gotten letters because I wrote this song on Dookie called 'Coming Clean' about coming out.”
"I think I've always been bisexual," Armstrong says simply. "I mean, it's something that I've always been interested in. I think everybody kind of fantasizes about the same sex. I think people are born bisexual, and it's just that our parents and society kind of veer us off into this feeling of Oh, I can't. They say it's taboo. It's ingrained in our heads that it's bad, when it's not bad at all. It's a very beautiful thing." (x)
I love the fact that Ola took an online quiz to figure out her sexuality. If that is not the epitome of the queer teenage experience, then I don’t know what is.
- Showing Otis flaws and his struggle with himself to not become like his father
- Otis and Eric's friendship (I will ALWAYS support a straight and a gay friendship with a lot of intimacy and trust)
- Showing Jane and Otis progress in their relationship
- EVERYTHING ABOUT ERIC (seriously I love that boy so much)
- I really loved Adam's arc this season. That poor boy has been abused his whole life and took out that anger and sadness in others. I'm really happy that he was finally able to accept his sexuality and also be held accountable for his mistakes. Also... LET MY BOY BE HAPPY
- Lily. She is perfection
- LILY AND OLA (I totally called it)
- ADAM AND ERIC. HOLY SHIT I WAS NERVOUS THE ENTIRE TIME. I REALLY THOUGHT THEY WEREN'T GONNA MAKE THEM CANON. AND THEIR KISS WAS SO SWEET
- Adam and his big love confession in the middle of the musical (when He said "I wanna hold your hand I sobbed)
- Jackson and Viv's friendship. Literally they were adorable together and I'm really glad two completely different people managed to become very good friends with each other
- That really surprising (but also very welcomed) friendship between Ola and Adam. I really wasn't expecting it to happen, but I'm really glad it happened. Also that hug was adorable
- That epic Romeo and Juliet space musical!!
- THAT POWERFUL FEMALE FRIENDSHIP FORMED IN DETENTION
- CAN YOU BELIEVE MAUREEN DIVORCED MR. GROFF'S ASS!? Happy
- Jackson and his mom finally understanding eachother and being supportive
- Maureen and Jean's friendship
- Maeve being the protective big sister 😍😍😍
- All the LGBT representation. Y'all really deserve to be represented (specially Ace, Bi and Pan people)
In conclussion... SEX EDUCATION IS THE BEST SHOW PERIOD