Okay so my dad has dyslexia and he's trying to write my mum a love letter but he can't spell it
So he enlisted the help of my sister - who is ALSO dyslexic
So they came to me, weirdly, and asked me to help them write it
Two dyslexics and an aromantic write a love letter : a play in irony
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I love how people are like Jason Todd was a demon child and all the other robins were angels compared to him like lmao robin!Jason was a fucking delight what do you mean
Dick showed up at the manor with a blue stuffed animal elephant and the rage of 100 men and the only thing thats changed is that the elephant is grey now
Tim showed up with blackmail on the fucking Batman and bullied him into accepting him as robin
Damian popped up on the doorstep holding a fucking katanna
Meanwhile robin!jason was jumping from building to building squealing robin magic! and would spontaneously hug Batman. he loved reading shakepeare knowledge and literally screamed golly jee willickers as the highest curse word in his vocabulary.
Robin!Jason was a goddamned fucking delight and all the other ones were the little demon children lmaooo
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before you know about women, you hear that you do not need to love the man, just that you need to love him through his manhood. which is to say you have seen the future painted in lamb's blood over your eyes - how your mother shoots you a look about your father's inability to cook right. how your aunt holds her wineglass and says i'm gonna kill em. men, right! how your best friend bickers with her boyfriend, how she says i can't help it. i come back to him.
you learn: men are gonna cheat. men aren't going to listen when you're talking, because you're nagging. men think emotions are stupid. they think your life is vapid and your hobbies are embarrassing. men will slam things, but that's because men are allowed to be angry. if you get loud, you're hysterical. if a man gets loud - well, men are animals, men are dogs, men can't control their hands or their eyes or their bodies. they're going to make a snide comment about you in the locker room, about your body, about how you're so fucking annoying. you're going to give him kids, and he will give you the money for the kids, and you're going to be running the house 24/7 - but he gets to relax after a long day, because his job is stressful. the man is on stage, and is a comedian, and says "women!"
and you are supposed to love that. you are supposed to love men through how horrible they are to you - because that's what women do. that's what good women do. wife material. your father even told you once - it'll make sense when you're older. it was like staring down a very lonely tunnel.
it feels like something's caught in your throat, but it's all you know, so. it's okay that you see sex as a necessary tool, a sort of okay-enough ritual to keep him happy, even though he doesn't seem to care about happiness as-applied-to you. it is relationship upkeep. it is kissing him and smiling even though he didn't brush his teeth. it is getting on your knees and looking up and holding back a sigh because he barely holds you as you panic through the night. it's not like the sex is bad and you do like feeling wanted. and besides! he's a man! like... they're another species. you'll never be able to actually communicate, right. he isn't listening.
you just don't get it. you don't feel that sense of i'm gonna climb him like a tree. mostly it just feels fucking exhausting. you play the part perfectly. you smile and nod and are "effortlessly" charming. and it's fine! it's alright! you even love him, if you're looking. you could have good life, and a good family, and perfectly happy.
in the late night you google: am i broken. you google i'm not attracted to my husband. you google i get turned on by books but not by him. you google how to get better in bed.
the first time he yells at you, it almost feels like blankness. like - of course this is happening. this is always how it was going to end up. men get angry, and they yell, and you sit there in silence.
you mention it to your friend - just the once - while you're drunk. she shrugs and says it's like that with me too, i just try to forget and move on. men are always gonna hear what they want to. pick your battles and say sorry even though he's in the wrong. you play solitaire online for a month. you go to your therapist appointment and preach about how you're both so in love.
after all, you have a future to want. nobody lied about it - how many instagram posts say marriage is hard. say real love takes work. say we fight like cats and dogs but the best part is that we always make up. how many of your friends say happy anniversary to the best and worst thing to ever happen to me. if you really loved him - loved yourself too - you'd accept that men are just different from you.
the first time she kisses you, it's on a dare at a party. something large and terrifying whips through your body. you wake up sweating from dreams where her mouth is encrusted with pearls and you pick them off one by one with your teeth. fuck. you sit at the computer and your almost-finished game of sim city. you think about your potential perfect life and your potential future family. you google am i gay quiz with your little hands shaking.
you delete each letter slowly. you don't need to love him. you just need to keep going.
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With the holidays coming up this is everyone’s reminder to
Ask little kids if they’d like a hug first
If they say no, verbally affirm the reasonable shit you just heard. “You said you wouldn’t like a hug. We won’t hug.”
You don’t even have to redirect with a high five, even though that’s fine. Touching isn’t for everyone.
Do not say upsetting things like “where is my hug?” Clown, you don’t own hugs.
It is fine to model consent by placing boundaries on touch. “Let’s wash your hands before we cuddle.” “I’m leaving this couch if you continue to yeet your foot into my pregnant belly.” “that was fun but I’m going to take a break now.”
Touchy children are not inherently sweeter. Love languages exist at any age.
Some kids like touch but not eye contact. A hug from behind is a good one or “let’s close our eyes and squeeze really tight. Ready?”
I’m dead f*ing serious there are people who want your physical affection so badly but need you to modify your approach. Just like there are people who want to get into buildings but need ramps.
Don’t comment if a kid shows affection to another adult but not you. They’re weird like that but you don’t have to make it weirder.
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Hey so maybe Tumblr is broken and you didn't actually reblog the same thing several times in a row, but if you did....
Bad.
I am so sorry.
I did do that.
But, in my defense, I forgot people actually followed me. Why do you do that?
It’s not even about that post anymore. It’s not about any of it. I don’t even know why I do what I do. But I find it so funny for a reason I cannot explain. Maybe it’s an attempt to fulfill my old childhood dream of being a cult leader or a mentally sick dictator dedicated towards a bizarre cause. Maybe it’s about fighting against the odds, and single handedly dedicating so much time and energy to accomplishing something stupid and meaningless, way after it had had any semblance of hilarity or meaning. Isn’t that one of the deepest human desires of all?
Maybe I won’t even find it funny in 12 years, actually my sense of humor towards it is eroding as the days pass, but every second I spend on this planet is a second I choose to be alive, even against my own will, and every stupid decision I make is exactly like that! Who are you to judge me?
I have a dream damn it! And I don’t know what I’m doing! It’s also late and I’m high, so I’ll meet back up with you in a couple hours after taking a nap when I relearn shame and other mental skills humans have evolved for survival with other humans that carry on and shape our modern world and way of communication!
Did you notice that every one of these paragraphs starts with an I? I should fix that.
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its always fun designing a character i think looks neat and then i get a bunch of messages from people who want them carnally.
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