Losing my shit about this article in which a transphobic Tory was so busy panicking about existing in the vicinity of a Trans that she almost certainly misheard "jeans" as "penis" and decided that not only was this a problem with the other woman, but also that the world must be informed of this pressing danger.

"a trans woman! I had to stand directly behind her....I thought, 'this is going well', I'm handling The Situation fine'..."

translated: I saw a tall woman with broad shoulders. How would I get out of this alive? I thought. she has a PENIS. PENIS PENIS PENIS. through some force of PENIS I mean will I managed to PENIS behave normally towards her. My hands were PENIS PENIS PENIS shaking as I tried to dry them. summoning up all my PENIS courage I said 'dryer's crap innit'. she turned to me and said " yeah I'm just goiPENIS PENIS PENIS"

It's been a week and I'm still shaking. This proves trans women are the problem and I'm not weird. I'm fine. It's fine. If you think about it I'm the hero hePENIS!!!!!

very this

what do you mean your mother misspelled your name on your birth certificate how does that happen?????

So my name was meant to be Aoife my Dad picked it after reading a newspaper with an article about 2 conjoint twins that survived after separation (one was named Aoife the other other niamh) but he wasn't actually there when I was born as I have 2 older siblings that needed to be looked after so left to her own devices my mum spelt it Aoifa she claims she was very unwell after I was born but I've also seen my red book and my name is not spelt correctly (or even the same way twice) in that whole book

the full fic can be found here: Tickled Ink (by ekingston) on ao3!

Lowkey terrified that the oak twins are going to end the show with nothing but each other and ultimately that might be the worst if not most suiting horrific twist of fate

Simon’s lack of media training is not an oversight

tldr; Simon is deliberately not media-trained (or protected, for that matter)

The Royal Court disregarding Simon’s safety or even the need to media train him - groom him to be the suitable royal partner is not only because they think this isn’t serious and that Wille and Simon would break up soon and not be worth the effort.

Hypothesis: they’re deliberately throwing Simon to the wolves to encourage him to leave on his own will.

The PR disasters sure might be a problem in the short run, but the Crown’s main audience to appeal to is royalists (and the ones on the fence). Singing about revolution doesn’t automatically infer Wille’s betrayal to his role - it only shows Simon’s unsuitability.

Ultimately they don’t care about bad press about Simon, because he will never be part of the Royal Family, nor do they want him to be. If Simon embarasses himself enough the entire nation would bully him out without the Royal Court having to do the dirty work themselves.

They don’t mind Simon being a public embarassment (to the Crown), despite verbally telling (Wille teling) Simon to lay low. If they care about protecting Simon’s reputation, there was no way they would have let Simon continue to travel by public transport with ample opportunity to be harrassed and provoked to make a statement or reaction.

If they didn’t want Simon to be ‘embarassing’, they would have either banned him from Wille’s birthday event, or meticulously groomed him to be suited, booted and briefed to be the perfect royal partner. But no - they’re happy for Simon to appear woefully unprepared and let all the press and public make their own conculsions.

No one thought to explain to Simon the unspoken rules - such as the poisoned cake - because up until now, (White and European) royalty has always married their own. (Sometimes literally within the family sksk). There was never a need to share this knowledge - this is assumed knowledge within the upper class, who are famously known for gatekeeping their little quirks so they can always tell who is an ‘imposter’ and maintain their class structure.

Simon being out of the loop is another way to exclude him - if he’s struggling to adapt, that just proves that he was never up for the role, up for the challenge. Definitely not because he’s not of the right class, race or gender.

Wille being the one given the responsibility to “control” Simon is to further drive them apart and shoo Simon away. Maybe Wille would even come to his senses and realise that this relationship is not worth the trouble. He is the best candidate to deliver the blow - because the Royal Court can’t force Simon out themselves, that’s Bad and Homophobic!

But well, if Simon can’t handle the pressure himself - hmm that’s just his luck. It’s not that the Crown Prince can’t be queer or date a ‘commoner’ - it’s just Simon who’s not good enough.

my dad was on his best behavior tonight. i met him and his new wife. he has a white beard now and looks like every grizzled fisherman in an old sea myth. it was awkward but my siblings carried the conversation (as i was typing that sentence, my sister called to debrief and said "yeah, that was my goal, just to keep talking.") my dad's new wife repeatedly hassled both of my siblings about settling down and having kids, but left me alone, presumably because i'm Butch Dyke. my brother mentioned doing volunteer work with foreign students at college and she went, "oh, are they illegals?" which was the only really nasty reminder of Who These People Are. then when my brother said he'd been talking to a friend, she went, "oh, a giiiiirl?" and he got the meanest look on his face and flatly went, "no. they're nonbinary." truly taking one for the team in terms of being the most problematic one at the dinner table.

dad told several stories about when i was in elementary school, since that's the last time i was his daughter. he reminded me that a lot of who i am now comes directly from him in ways that aren't Always bad. he was the one who told me to beat the shit out of anyone who harassed me or my friends. he was the one who taught me how to fight. he was the one who impressed upon me that i'm ruthless before i'm ever a woman, however much he may regret that now.

i put on my best high-pitched all-american cheerleader appeasement voice for all of dinner, and his wife said, "oh, you sound just like your mother! your voice.... it's so strange" thank you ma'am. it's because my mother and i both know how to win.

tease tidbit tuesday 🫧

hi friends, i'm procrastinating doing my fema courses in favor of watching season 4 <3 have a lil bit of eddie vs the hoa

It’s just—Buck is big and it kind of drives Eddie a little crazy.  Like? God, okay. He’s a little stupid over it. You’ll have to forgive him.  He is so big, right, larger than Eddie and Eddie isn’t a small guy. He’s filled out since finishing his probationary year, settling in his career and getting comfortable in the life he chose for himself and Chris. He’s more functional muscle than big gains; his stomach’s soft, protected by a sweet layer of fat, but his core’s solid and his arms are twice the size they used to be when he was twenty-seven.  See? He isn’t small.  But, like, Buck’s just bigger, wider and broader and thicker, and there’s something so delicious about having somebody that large at his mercy, at his every beck and call. Buck has this quality about him, no matter his size, like he’s always ready to drop to his knees and let himself be taken care of, and it has Eddie’s head buzzing in a way that most definitely isn’t from the beer. 

tagged by @wikiangela, @jeeyuns, @devirnis, @disasterbuckdiaz, and @daffi-990 <3

tagging @spagheddiediaz, @puppyboybuckley, @evanbegins, @honestlydarkprincess, @exhuastedpigeon, @thewolvesof1998, @theotherbuckley, and @monsterrae1 if any of you wanna share!

barok, solemnly: my brother threw his whole self into investigating the professor case. even on the nights when he did return to the mansion instead of sleeping in his office, he looked - haunted. as though something were after him.

susato: do you mean it was… (holds up a finger brightly) hounding him?

barok:

ryuunosuke:

iris:

susato:

ryuunosuke, desperately trying to cover: or dogging him! eheh… heh… haah…

barok, folding his arms: i would like to request a different defense team.

Jack Marsh (2005), Friendship Otherwise - Toward a Levinasian Description of Personal Friendship

I’m a kazekage temari truther

and now for something stupid

:(

Little snippet from Olena's BT interview

my mother who made my cry for getting a cgpa of 10 in class 10th just congratulated my nephew for getting 80% and told him she's proud of him???? what is this double faced bs????

It'll pass 5/5: stobin