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#i dont miss being an intern there tho lol
bidoofenergy · 7 months
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tell me about scarland HVAC engineer OC? I'm Deeply curious
okay they're my hermitsona! last summer i was an intern for an HVAC design/construction firm and when scar built the air conditioning units for scarland i went haha i know that and my hermitsona was born. they're name is cris/cristina, mid 20s, and they're the design engineer onsite for scarland's HVAC system. so yeah my hermitsona doesn't work for scarland, theyre a contractor, because i want realism in my minecraft amusement park damnit! the idea for the writing is it's a transcript of behind the scenes footage but i havent written a whole bunch. i've just had fun thinking about cris dealing with scar, who i bet is an annoying and picky client lmao
It's a bright, sunny day. In a red polo shirt and black slacks is Cris, short and brown and feminine, curly black hair in a ponytail. They're standing in front of bushes, hard hat in hand and safety glasses on their head. "Hello, I'm Cris, an HVAC design engineer working here at Scarland." A pause, as someone off-camera speaks inaudibly. "I'm not head engineer, no." Cris replies, their smile growing tighter. "That would be my boss, Cole. I'm the engineer onsite. You'd think that'd be the head engineer!" They wince, a full-body recoil at their words, and mumble, "That was petty."
cole is named cole because that summer i was one of three (3) POC in that building, but there were four (4) people named cole. FOUR.
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blueiight · 1 year
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1. Which kink do you think Louis would have that would surprise Lestat?
2. Do you think this fandoms racism has become more obvious due to Louis being a black creole person? Like I feel like people are more aggressive when they say Louis is top because he’s “rough” and Lestat is this dainty pillow broad.
1) i think it would take a lot to surprise lestat sexually [my dude a #BigOleFreak] but the one thing thatd somewhat unnerve him at first is lou breeding kink.. lestat has a very hobbled relationship w being the architect of creation meanwhile louis is like begging to be bred and plugged up so the baby can take. lestat would come around to it & meanly tease lou about it tho :3 if anything i feel like lestat is the one w/ hyperspecific kinks that unnerve louis and take him more time to get used to [we talmbout virginal catholic pimp who despite selling sex and being the voyeur to numerous sexual encounters, his only actual sexual experiences were handjobs & secretly getting head from younger guys prior to les… les got freudian relations & semi normal (nicki) relations, hes been w / men and women before, hes a real freak. i think lestat is a bratty vers whos dom top ways r activated in the presence of louis omega pillow princess pheromones lol]
2) when ppl hear an accusation of a ‘racism’, their only thoughts is some caricature of a confederate/nazi/klan member screaming that they dont want ‘woke’ [if not using the racial slur w/o the euphemism] vampires. when in reality, racism manifested in fan spaces which are predominately composed of white women / white lgbt w/ #blm stickers or bio posts, who have black friends, maybe have even dated or fucked somebody black, manifests as the beliefs they have internalized bc of cultural messaging around black people. their inability to recognize & analyze evident traits in black charas, the inability to relate to the ‘other’, shoving characters who r not such at all into these narrow stereotypes of the mandingo archetype, the stoic black brute, etc. etc. so when they hear us say ‘fandom racism’, they seem to think we’re calling them klan members & personally insulting them. diverting an observation on trends & cultural messaging to personal feelings, so a bystander can go omg how could u do that :( like i said, idrk or care for low bar discourse or throwing shit on ppl but i do think its funny to see ppl make les a dainty delicate waif off 1 hate sex scene that we dont even rly see all the way c. the other scenes we see lol. so they project onto les cuz hes more relatable to them simply cuz theyre both white? my friend who never even watched just knows of it cuz im aggy af mind u made a profound comment i find applicable w les in both book& show verse
‘[its] the contrast between a public show of subversive bi male femininity versus a domestic/private bi male masculinity—that truly applies to a lot of white gays…putting on the performance of gender non conformity but not actually being equitable in your domestic behaviors and simply reifying gendered violence’
nb ppl r more readily able to apply/recognize gnc ~traits~ in pale skin that may or may not be there. i compare les to david bowie & prince bc those men were gnc in performance but very typical to the role of ‘Man’ in their interpersonal& real lives.
& idt louis is that too gnc in his appearance neither, he still favors suits in his heyday yet in dubai has this androgynous unsettling plain black wardrobe. very cold cutting feminine eartha kitt grace jones type appearance/role he plays in this second interview v. the boyish swagger of a typical 1970s black man he puts on in divisadero in sanfran. but he subverts gendered racial stereotypes moreso in his dynamic w nb partners as black men r expected to be overpowering & domineering. where louis holds up gendered racial stereotypes/dynamics as a black man imo is w/ claudia & miss lily, 2 black women, emotionally and physically extracting from the bw in his life and making claudia make the decisions he cant bring himself to do. sorry if this got a lil off topic lol
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sporkberries · 3 months
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I want to hear your foxhound headcanons
GHHHHHHH okay this is rough bc idek where to start bc so much stuff in my head is built on other things so ig ill lay out some of em:
- snavid canonically is recruited into foxhound after the gulf war so some time after 1991. fox calls him a rookie in mg1 so i like to think he joined in '94 or '95 so any pre outer heaven foxhound event he's like.... 22 or 23. this isnt really that important but timelines are important to me bc i have problems.
- big boss is the boss at foxhound, venom snake is at outer heaven the whole time. that being said bb does go to africa a lot and loves skipping out on foxhound work but hes not the one running outer heaven day to day. on a similar note i just want to say that imo sniper wolf's "saladin" is venom snake.
- BB is in charge of foxhound but he's notoriously awful to work with. he plays hooky a lot and isnt the most friendly especially to high ranking members of other military branches. unfortunately foxhound brings good results and bb is bb so nobody really calls him on it. tensions within foxhound as well as between government organizations are incredibly tense.
- foxhound is a relatively small operation in terms of numbers. its really the elite of the elite yk so its not massive. BB Campbell Fox and Miller are thus the major players in terms of internal politics, with the power going in about that order. fox is essentially bb's direct right hand and does everything he wants. miller is the opposite trying to ruin bb from the inside and campbell's stuck between a rock and a hard place, he'll always defer to and inevitably agree with bb but a part of him does know something is wrong and he lives with that guilt for the rest of his life.
- kaz is a trans woman about 90% of the time when i refer to anything foxhound related. in some niche corners of my head she isnt but the vast majority of the time shes some sort of transfem wether it be more nonbinary or just a binary trans woman.
- in my weird delusion snavid's relationship with miller parallels bb's and the bosses. snavid looks up to miller and values her a lot, accepting her word above most others with maybe only the big boss hero worship exception. miller initially only wants to manipulate snavid(who keep in mind is a foster kid who never really had any stable relationships or guiding figures in his life) but she does end up genuinely caring about him which makes her feel incredibly guilty that she's manipulating him into committing patricide. not that the guilt stops her tho lol.
- on a similar note miller can sometimes be incredibly callous or cruel to david but this is largely in moments where snavid sounds too much like bb and its an almost involuntary violent response.
- in mg2 it was said that campbell also attained the title of fox alongside grey fox, going by chicken fox. this is retconned in mgs1 but i keep it in my hc.
- ocelot is a member of foxhound but i think he sticks a lot on the dl. putting things into order for bb as well as dealing with the recent collapse of the soviet union which is why hes not mentioned much here(i dont remember if the soviet union had collapsed at the same time as irl bc mg1 and 2 were released in the 80's but its implied to be the same when the solid games release so???)
- fox and snake are friendly towards eachother but not necessarily close, its the outer heaven incident that really solidifies their warrior bond or whatever. they are aware of eachother before that though and fox does have a passing interest in david even sparring with him a few times. however its one of those situations where they just miss eachother. sometimes tho i like to make them close anyways or make them meet in the gulf war first bc ily snox.... this one changes a lot depending on if i wanna adhere to canon or be rlly self indulgent.
- in terms of fox hound internal politics bb is bb. fox listens to bb and tolerates campbell. fox and miller do not get a long at all. miller does not get along with bb. and campbell and miller are kinda friends but in a co worker way.
- i think bb finds it incredibly funny to irritate kaz and make his life worse. kaz not liking bb is foxhounds worst kept secret and even recruits can kinda tell that kaz doesnt like bb. kaz for the most part is capable of keeping up appearances but bb enjoys antagonizing kaz so she'll get upset and then be publicly humiliated or seen as hysterical. its just a really awful work environment and the fact there's still sexual tension makes it even worse. foxhound desperately needs an hr department.
- i have some vagueeeee ocs in my head who are in training with snavid but they arent super concrete and mostly exist as background characters anyways
- i feel like grey fox is the type of guy to take his co workers lunch out of the fridge and eat it even if there is a note
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wander-wren · 1 year
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i finally watched the first seven episodes of trigun stampede today and i have to say 👀👀👀 i have thoughts. i will attempt to be vague and not spoil things
first of all this is a puppy of a man and he is my new best friend
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second of all, y’all weren’t kidding bout the christ allegory and all that. wow. it’s kinda goofy but like, also believable? in context?
i already knew going in that vashwood was a thing and i was waiting to see how gay, exactly, they were gonna be. and then one of the first things vash says to him is about how he has Good Person Eyes with his silly little smile and i’m like Oh okay. gay.
also it’s just, like, really sad. darker than i expected from what little i saw beforehand/the opening. (well. not the first four minutes. after that.) (maybe i should’ve taken the first four minutes as a hint.)
and more violent than i expected, ig i’m still new to anime and not used to my Silly Cartoons being full of The Violence. but also i get squicked by hand gore and arms are close enough to hands that some of the ep2/3 bits were. hm! hm. it’s cool tho. ig i should’ve expected something like that when there’s a bad guy named knives.
I HAVE A DUMB NITPICK ABOUT THE WORLDBUILDING THO. i do like the worldbuilding i think it’s really cool i love a good desert space planet. i like the sand worms. always gotta have sand worms. and the plants. it’s neat. but uh.
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my question is why is the whole thing a desert and then there is ALSO the great sand ocean?? you can see the outline of the continent and everything?? but?? when we go to the great sand ocean it is literally just, yknow, more sand, and cars drive on it at the same speed as the ship, so like, what is the point. i thought maybe it’s like a big shelf, big drop off, like cliffs, but no? bc there is a genuine concern at one point about sailing into a town?? i’m so. i’m so confused. why is there an ocean. am i missing something??
ANYWAY my other nitpick is that meryl and roberto are very necessary to the story in the sense that they need to be there as outsiders to vash/knives/wolfwood/etc, as stand-ins for the audience, but like. they don’t DO anything so far. aside from occasionally doing one small useful task, they mostly just follow/drive vash around. i felt guilty about internalized misogyny for not liking meryl as much as vash/wolfwood, but cmon, one of them is a Smart Reporter who is interested in vash and has no sense of self preservation. two of them are very traumatized potentially not-quite-human gunslingers. and i like meryl! and roberto! i love a good grumpy mentor and his plucky newbie partner trope. they just don’t do much and dont give me a lot to latch onto.
yeah, that’s about it for right now. most of my thoughts are just that i love, love, love vash. so much. he’s so silly and strange and he’s a pacifist but he’s also veryy competent with a gun/in a fight. and he is sad. and he is a puppy. i want to give him a hug.
i saw that little thing about him refusing to eat after [redacted events] and how he “doesn’t deserve to cry” and meryl going “look at you!!” and clapping when he finally does, + him looking at wolfwood and repeating wolfwood’s comment about deserving to eat. oh my boy. oh i’m latching onto that so hard
same with wolfwood tbh tho i’m not as attached bc he came later and i’m still a little suspicious of some things. he’s also a weirdo but in a very different way. wow it’s almost like he and vash have really similar backstories but adapted in opposite directions.
(what if i was your narrative foil….and we were both boys…….)
oh! final thing is that i love the art style. the planets look so cool and the creature/machine designs are very neat and it’s just. pretty. yes.
hopefully i’ll have time to finish season 1 on tuesday? it doesn’t feel quite like a hyperfixation to me yet (which is good i don’t need to deal with that rn lol), but i’m definitely interested and want to take a wander through the fandom.
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ezradogteeth · 2 years
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did u stop T immediately or slowly taper off? how are you feeling about it?
- guy also stopping T for the time being
i tried going off it immediately, my doctor said i could anytime, but the hormonal drop was pretty hard on me and i was really low energy and had a lot of brain fog, so i went back on it a little bit and took a lower dose for a weekish and then went off it. it was honestly pretty hard on me, hormones are so wack, my body was topsy turvy for a while but i just kept my head down and let it pass over time, and now ive evened out. puberty 3
i feel sad because i miss how my moods were when i was on T, i struggle a lot with fatigue and brain fog and energy, and on T im much more energetic and have stabler moods. but im vibing. i waited until the end of the semester to stop T for that reason, since im having a summer of rest and recuperation from living abroad for a year, now is a good time for me to stop.
i also feel good about it, i do feel a bit more in touch with my emotions now since i process them differently with estrogen. ive also been feeling weird about being read as male all the time and i like being more feminine rn. its hard to say if its had any affect on how people read me, but internally i feel better at least. maybe when ive been off it longer it will have more of an effect on me being read as a woman, we'll see. (also, NSFW warning, but erotic sensation is way better with estrogen for me. T is fun too but i think i prefer E for sex. i dont have sex with anyone but masturbating and stuff is nice lol 👍)
going girlmode for a while has been fun, genderfluidity is endlessly interesting and joyful, even tho its also confusing as hell and hard to get what i want. and even when i feel more like a girl i never regret my physical transition though, because i like being a girl with a deep voice and flat chest, and i never feel like (or want to be) a cis girl, its more abstract and queer than that, and i know if i change my mind again i can go back to being a boy whenever i want, im not trapped in always being seen as female like i was when i was younger.
so yeah it was hard for a minute there physically but now im in a good place with it! i might end up going back on it at some point, probably a rly low dose idk.
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another-dra-anew · 1 year
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maybe maki you don't talk about her enough...
i dont!!! so i will answer this because shes neglected. not because im procrastinating. sobs sobs sobs-
cw: icky bad parents/abuse mentioned. but like. that cw is equal in severity/detail as the actual point where its mentioned. no detail/infos on how theyre icky bad, just that theyre icky bad
My identity hc for them
canonically sapphic! i feel like ive spoken before on her identity past that uhhh. i dont know what im on about?
+ trans lass! i think she still overall just has a journey ahead of her when it comes to feeling secure in her identity and etc etc? thats kinda just a general thought. she's got some internalized issues she needs to work through but like. w/o getting into backstory spoilers shes being so brave esp for her age and im so proud of her <33. she's having a vv normal and expected relationship with her identity and im so proud of my girlie. she can work through her internalized stuff now that she has fwends by her side, she's already done so much on her own and im so proud of my girlie
Thoughts on their home life/family
maki comes across veryyy. edgy and like "oh duhhh this character has trauma they're wearing their pain on their sleeve" and so i worry her backstory is too. ouch the edge? but i think like... ultimately her relationship with her parents and her relationship with ryutaro are accurate to like... toxic households/what happens when ur a child abuse victim. even if what exactly Happened there is a bit more nonsensical, the dynamics portrayed are (hopefully) accurate depictions which hold weight because of what they're like, if not how they came to be.
thatsss meta reflection tho lol. for something in-universe... hm. how do i say things without spoiling. i think her being a big sister is very important to her and she wants to be like. part of the club with yamaguchi and hatano and uehara and etc etc. but her relationship with ryutaro is like. Explodes. so while the fact she's a big sibling is something that holds a lot of weight to her shes like. well i cant really call myself a big sibling now can i. hm. (<- dont worry about it its just the horrors ! )
How i feel about their canonical writing/handling
she's... a hard character for me to nail. this is something ive noticed with her and uehara both? its funny i used to feel fine with writing them but now im comfy writing yamaguchi and inori and not these two. ugh. buuuut.. i feel like i just need practice? maybe ill revisit that old maki fic.... i think i just need to spin her a bit in my head, and actually. im confident in her writing but not how i portray it. i need to do more to show that she's very... withdrawn and on the defense 90% of the time.
The one thing i’d want to make canon about them
hmm- OH. she and tsu would be/should be besties. but like. even in non despair itd take monthsss for them to be in the same social sphere + interacting enough to be besties. and in the kg tsu is busy trying to be bob the builder for everyones mental health ("can we fix it? yes we can!) and maki is Not Well. so. sadly no "pls my kids take care of ur ears look at ur talents oh lordy" besties :(...
My number one favorite ship for them
obligatory makitomo per tomoris ask meme! i think they'd 100% have a mutual crush in non despair, and even in kg there's definitely like.. hints of stuff there, romance just isn't reallyyyyy... what's been on makis mind.
…Now everyone else i ship with them
i think she and kurokawa r cute, and i think her and inori could be fun... maki is funny cuz she's one of the few girls i dont especially ship with hatano or iranami? but yeah! tbf i just think kuronori/makitomo is cute. polycuuuule!
The thing i will NEVER ship
i meaaaan? damn. i really just don't have m/f ships in dra. wow. uhhh anyways. there's nothing im against for her, just stuff im not too interested in of my own volition!
a dynamic/relationship i wish was explored more (in canon, or in fandom)
i miss talking about my edgy trio :( (inori maki uehara)..... uhhhhm.. i dont think there's really anything else? but yk. actually in terms of makis relationships being talked about. do u all ever question whats going on with maki and ryutaro? or makis past in general? ???
thoughts on their design (appearance-wise)
im preeetty happy with her fit, but im thinking about changing her color palette.... i need to upload fit explanations in general? but thats not something im gonna get to for awhile- like.. two weeks after i graduate im going on a out of country trip (its through girl scouts!) and so i wont be on my phone much... so i wanna get to a good place w/beta, and its just... this mess of me trying to organize everything so im in a good place to be offline for a Bit (+unproductive), so we'll see what i get done before then- maybe ill type up fits when im out of country, maybe ill do them before as filler before we advance with the plot! we'll see jesus fuck this was supposed to be about maki
mkay. yeah i like her fit! i like the new one wayyy more than her og fit, but i struggle a bit with her hair/eye color and making it fit with her look... ive lightened her hair so its not quite the neon yellow of canon, but i'm still toying with it! it'd prolly be good for me to be more adventurous with like... i dunno. i tend to use/reference hair and eye colors in character's fits, and i need to be more Okay with not doing that.
A music-related thought- a song that reminds me of them, or what their music taste is, etc
MAKI HAS A PLAYLIST. it hasn't been updated in forever but it exists. i deserve to bleed - sushi soucy. a vv commonly used song/prolly expected but it works very well for her. i feel like there's other songs that are like... on the tip of my tongue for her? but i cant think of any </3. sorry girlie...
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ariveth · 8 months
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get to know the author!
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under cut to save dash space xo
name : lexa
pronouns :  she/her
preference of communication : discord! which is funny bc i used to be so bad with replying on there, but now im only here when im doing replies so disco is my home now
most active muse :  my most active muse is a dude named Stellan that i play in a scifi rp, on tumblr its Ariveth tho thats not saying much
experience / how many years :  been roleplaying on and off since 2011, took a 5-year break before returning to rp in late 2022.
best experience : i used to run a closed dragon age rp which was so much fun, and i met my fave rp partner ever (vee!!!) there, who i then went on to create several ships with and write so many threads and storylines almost exclusively with. we're still friends to this day even tho she doesnt rp anymore i miss you bitch >:c
rp pet peeves : nothing frustrates me more than being left on read in dms, its just the disregard/carelessness that puts me off. a close second is when effort is one-sided: so often i feel like nothing happens if i'm not the one initiating plotting convos, coming up with ideas or writing starters, which is kinda depressing
fluff, angst, or smut : ALL!! make it an arc that develops characters with a mix of all three and im sold
plots or memes : PLOTS. i like memes as an occasional thing, but the way the rpc has shifted away from planned threads to near-exclusively rping through memes and never plotting or even just continuing a thread beyond like 2-3 replies is def not a change i've enjoyed :/
long or short replies : both, shorter are much easier and preferable when its a casual scenario, but i definitely prefer longer replies for threads that deal with complex relationships or events bc i need the space to explore internal conflicts or dump a ton of dialogue lol
time to write : if i'm super inspired by a thread/ship, it doesn't take me long to reply at all, i'll reply as soon as same day or next day. longer replies will sometimes take more time to come up with the right words/approach/mood, on rare occasion i'll scrap a reply entirely and start over. but even if it somehow takes months i'll always reply, i dont think i've ever dropped a thread unless i drop the whole character?
are you like your muses : NOT AT ALL LMAO i dont think i've ever written a muse thats anything like me. never really realised that or thought about what it means but i feel like it'd get boring tbh
tagging : anyone who wants to do it lets goooo
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dateamonster · 2 years
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A weird thought that kind of hung out in my head for a while that is sort of relevant to this blog's theme, but also kind of isn't, but I'm honestly not sure, but I have no better place to dump it into, so whatever. Feel free to ignore this if you're not interested >>
Yautja. Predators. However you want to call them. They have a very particular, hunting and honor-centric cultural mindset. But. What would it be like for someone in their culture to just... not be into that? There are people who are basically entirely averse to romance, in spite of how central it is in our culture, so how would some who is, uh... akynig, not interested in hunting? And how would such a person, perhaps, adapt to another society, lacking this aspect of Yautja culture but carrying across many others?
The worldbuilding nut in me is always excited about those things but it is a very rare opportunity to discuss it in any manner >>
i dont rly know anything abt the predator film franchise so i cant rly add much but i do enjoy the idea of like. alien cultures and what that means for the individuals within that culture.
idk how comparable this is but i was just recently watching a video that was talking abt the ferengi from star trek and how upon their original introduction they were kinda this one note species because their sole characteristic was being a hyper capitalistic culture built around hoarding wealth, but in deep space 9 we start to actually see individual ferengi characters outside the context of this monolithic cultural concept and come to understand that their greed is not like some innate personal trait but the result of the values and demands of ferengi society.
theres def a larger discussion to be had abt the way a lot of popular scifi tends to narrow entire planets worth of people down to singular traits and how thats kind of a major weakness when it comes to like world building and imagining alternate societies, but when thats a thing the franchise is already doing it does open up an interesting avenue of like, how many ppl within this culture actually share this valued trait? how many are just going along with it bc its what you do? how many have so deeply internalized it that even if removed from this society and its rules they would unconsciously mirror it? is there a space for counter-culture in this world?
it seems like itd be harder to analyze stuff like that in the context of predator movies tho since, from my limited understanding, it seems like the yautja were at least originally designed simply according to what would make them serve best as a scary antagonist. i do think its cool tho that there seem to be a lot of fans who are trying to give their species more depth and complexity than the source material affords them. again tho im probably missing a lot of actual context lol.
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samswinchesters · 9 months
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Heyy dw anon here. hope you’re doing good! Bit late on this review as my uni started up again and I am swamped already. but anyway. Episode 5. Want to preface this by saying I did really enjoy the episode. I am just a bit irritated with our girl Bernadette.
That being said loved the Chee and Bern moments. The whole she dated Elvis reveal had me gaping at my TV like??Damn Girl ok?? Thanks for sharing or good for you or? The writers are really trying to embrace the time period in the funkiest way possible!
Blond man is still being awful, Joe should have scalped him and called it a day but nooo some dumbass had to let Gordo drive the dude ALONE at NIGHT like ofc he escaped, who is surprised raise your hand! Need him executed asap.
then the whole thing with Dean was soso sad but so well done. His words to Bern about them not even being recognized as Americans obviously shook her entire worldview a bit.. and her giving him the necklace and a hug was soooo :((( her internal turmoil over Dean and the draft is so much worse in context with her border patrol job too like Bern I know you want to move up the ladder or whatever the fuck but jfccc get a gripppp. Atp I am genuinely concerned she’s going to leave like don’t you fucking dare!!
Like I get it. I do. Glass ceiling on the rez and all that. maybe she feels trapped (tho if that’s actually the case I would have liked the show to make that more obvious beyond her just saying “I want to find my own way”) And having modern day context for how shit the US border patrol is and how badly women and especially woc are treated in white-male dominated professions (and this is happening in 1971 to boot) helps to make it seem like she’s making an even worse decision if she goes. to me it’s a no brainer, I’m staying. But I really just think Bern doesn’t know any of that, or at least choses not to acknowledge it. Like she saw what happened to Jim in the FBI, come on now. and he warns her too this episode, “-I can come back” “Can you?” *silence*. He almost didn’t get to come back! Bern fr needs to make a weighted decision matrix and figure out her decision that way bc I think the lack of sleep is starting to affect her cognitive activity.
Anyway. Sorry for being a downer this week irl shit combined with the fact that the finale of s1 wasn’t exactly happy is giving me a creeping feeling that ep6 will be a rough one. Hopefully I’ll be wrong and we’ll actually get to see everyone experiencing happiness on our screens, but we’ll see!
everyone dont moveeeee, dark winds anon is back.
OKAYYY so we were a litttleeee off in our predictions HOWEVER I will say, in my heart I know what is chrew. that small scene of them sitting on the floor of her living room…….I currently live there in that moment nobody break the immersion for me. yeah, it was kinda weird for them to say that like at first I thought she was joking but no mames, she was actually being serious 😭
literallyyyyy not a bootlicker or whatever but iirc, cops follow a two buddy rule system so like, the fact that gordo probably gave himself the task of driving this sick son of a bitch on his own by himself bc #ego like omfg shut UP take someone with you, idiot 🙄 it’s like every time they try to shoot at the suspect and never shoot at the tires…these people are making the WORST decisions like if I were in that university, that blond man would nottt have escaped. we’d do a better job than the police -_-
omfgggg that part with dean and bern now THAT….moment of silence bc I almost cried LOL sorryyyy the emotions got to me again. if this was meant to push her into the border patrol route, oh, I’m shaking my fist because what is this show without miss. bernadette manuelito?? like, I’m really scratching my head at some of the decisions that are being made in this season. a part of me respects the route they’re taking, there are parts that I do love, and other parts where it makes me look around the room and wonder what everyone is thinking.
this show has always been bold in its message and like you said, I wish they had pressed more into those issues and leaned into the reasonings. I just don’t want bern to become some weird girlboss whedon strong girl because she’s always had that strength within her. it never had to do with the job, it’s about who she is as a person. exactlyyyy like why did she even apply in the first place when she saw the chokehold the government had on jim…….we need to go back to the drawing board…maybe a nap and a sandwich will do her some good 🙏🏽
don’t apologize for anything, babe!! we won’t always dig every single episode. it can be frustrating as well when it’s a show that you care about and they slip a bit and you’re like I know you’re better than this, girl 🤨 to me, I blacked out and only remember the jimbern moments bc the rest I was like, okay, we’re setting things up but I’m yawning a bit. finale day, everyone. and to those who already saw it on amc+, should I prepare for trench warfare or,,..
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i think the current look at pds esp as rep by the dsm5 is rather wonky i think icd-11 is better but needs more depth and explanation to an extent but anyways th general consensus seems to be that bpd and schizoid are not comorbid™ and are opposites which is interesting bc bpd n avpd are comorbid n avpd n schizoid are comorbid so like lol? but i meet min. criteria for all but i feel like my the schizoid traits can be explained away by introversion and the avoidant by social anxiety. i feel like I've always preferred being alone and have little interest in forming friends usually nor do i really understand like why or how n why or how others are interested in interactions. I've had flat or blunted affect and dont really display emotions since a kid yet in certain settings depending on comfort level i do or am able to so i think the flat affect is to a certain level masking tho not always and when it's masking i think it cld be linked to the avpd and anxiety bc im scared of being awkward and judged. im fine being alone bc i feel most comfy n don't hv to deal with outside pressure i can just be myself yet the bpd traits kick in where im not sure who that self is so like yh im alone n it feels good but who am i do i even really like being alone idk. when im arnd others sometimes i become painfully aware of my aloneness and ostracization and i wish i cld connect with ppl but i always resort to thinking but no one wld want to interact with me anyways and also u hv nothing to talk abt ur so boring n yk general avpd perceived incompetencies narrative. there's also the bpd fears of ppl leaving but also of becoming attached which is embarrassing and stressful being in tht so involved state of mind caring so much the instability based on the person's interactions with me the splitting im also more of a quiet bpd which i think may link to the shizoid flat effect so the bpd inner turmoil drives me crazy bc no one understands that all of that is going on inside while i try to maintain being normal with the other person. im extremely sensitive since a kid n have rapid short lived mood n emotional changes but again most of that is internal. my most push pull fear of abandonment bpd traits occur when i let someone in ive actually nvr made a friend myself im always been befriend but yh if someone continues to show repeated interest eventually the distrust minimizes enough and they pass the avpd im sure i will be liked requirement n i let them in n soon the bpd attachment patterns kick in. i sometimes also idealise familiar strangers creating a narrative of them in my head sometimes wishing i cld actually speak to them or not but rarely ever doing so and when i hv the idealisation breaks n turns to devaluation bc they are ofc nothing like the months worth of characterization ive made abt them in my head. dissociation is also a problem for me which is schizoid n bpd overlap in particular. once im not in an attachment n in an isolated state with no friends or frequent connections the schizoid mindset dominates so i wonder if it isn't to an extent developed to combat the avpd n bpd longing for connection by putting up a front. the bpd ppl related symptoms also ease since the trigger ppl is missing but if i do have to interact with ppl like in school the avpd traits are strong. just in personal experience i do think they can also coexist unless i am misunderstanding something
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dwter · 3 years
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im genuinely wondering what would pull me out of this funk im in with dsmp content lately
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for the four headcanon ask, sakumo! tell me your thoughts on this dog grandpa
Oh boy
1) realistic.
Perhaps a contributing factor in Sakumo's social awkwardness is that the Hatake clan was a newer addition to Konoha and there were some internal politics that made the Hatake clan's position in konoha slightly more precarious than what Sakumo was comfortable with.
It probably didn't help that Sakumo was exceptionally strong, meaning he was a possible candidate for Hokage in the minds of more progressive konoha-ians.
His more compassionate nature was probably well known as well. I could easily see his failed mission being a set up to get Sakumo out of the way.
Send him on a mission they know will cost lives to complete knowing he'll forsake it to save those lives. Then when he gets back as a failure lambast him until he's no long a threat to the established order.
Maybe they didn't mean for him to commit suicide bc he still could have been useful but thats what it ended up leading to.
(The precarious situation might have fed into him trying so hard to get kakashi to be a little politer in public as well lol)
2) hilarious. Maybe? Idk more like amusing to me than hilarious.
This poor man has social anxiety so bad. When his future wife 1st flirted with him he turned beet red. (It wasn't actually the 1st time she had flirted with him. She kept having to up the obviousness and it was just the 1st time he realized what she was doing)
Once he got used to it tho he got good at flirting back 😌 Sakumo could be pretty smooth when he lets himself be.
3) sad.
Okay listen. I dont like the headcanon that Kakashi looks like his mom and seeing Kakashi's face made Sakumo sad so Kakashi started wearing a mask. i don't think that Sakumo was that bad of a parent. Kakashi never seemed upset or overly ashamed while Sakumo was still alive.
I think Sakumo loved that Kakashi looks like his mom and loved seeing her smile reflected in Kakashi's smile. And while Sakumo thinks baby Kalashi wanting to look like a cool ninja is incredibly cute and Sakumo is certainly supportive, Sakumo does miss seeing Kakashi's smile. He doesn't let that show bc he's not gonna be weird to his son about his dead mom.
And while i think Kakashi's mom died of childbirth complications just given the time frame, i think she lived for a while and actually got to meet and hold Kakashi for a while. Like maybe she passed a few days after the birth :[
4) unrealistic.
Hmmmm. This might not be unrealistic given everything about konoha but uh if the Hatake clan is newer to konoha then i bet there are more members of the clan outside of konoha but after setting Sakumo up for failure and his suicide they probably wouldn't want them being contacted.
During the funeral while kakashi is out i can see ANBU agents going through the Hatake estate steal anything that has info on members outside of Konoha, effectively cutting Kakashi off from a possible line of support or even protection.
Kakashi was exhausted so he probably never noticed the missing stuff. Scrolls or books with with family trees and history stolen so Kakashi would be alone and cut off from them :(
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the other night i had a dream in your art style and i cant stop thinking about it??? AND IT WAS ABOUT MIRACULOUS LADYBUG. this is a long one and it might be confusing because i lucid dream and pick plot points that entertain me even if they go against dream-lore jskajbsdjsh
(this paragraph happens in black and white.) so in the car, hawkmoth is driving mayura and cat noir in the back and adrien is in the front with a neck brace. one of them is an illusion! hawkmoth’s internal dialogue (which is in a conveniently placed textbox over the car like in a comic??) is “sometimes i wonder if it’s worth it at all anymore,” referencing adrien's neck brace. While driving, ladybug’s cure goes around fixing everything (adrien is no longer hurt) but rena rouge’s illusion disappears! oh no! and BOTH hawkmoth and cat noir turn into their civilian forms BUT THEY DONT NOTICE IT because they're so sad and stuff. And adrien falls asleep in the car he's soo tired. (this is where dream logic gets confusing because neck brace adrien was the illusion and there was supposed to be a double reveal but i couldn't figure out how to make it work? and the angst potential of cat noir being the illusion is good tho so we’ll stick with that lol. just assume in a parallel world the opposite happens.) Once they're back home, gabriel picks up adrien and is like ???? why is my son so fuckoff sleepy?? (he's overworked) and tucks him into bed. mayura wanders off to plan war crimes or something.
(and now play the Dream Setting Shuffle!)
(now in color!) at a local bookstore there's a girl dressed as the drake & josh “where's the body of christ” meme by having them be cardboard cutouts that she's lugging around. She is presumably the missing body of christ??? but also she's dressed as the “gay closeted lumberjack chris.” i asked, and she told me. i've never seen an episode of drake and josh. I told her that her costume was cool. on the shelf (that i bought) was a copy of a miraculous ladybug artbook by you?? like you Drew that. and Published it. "illustrated by @sabertoothwalrus” in the bottom right corner. it was black & white with adrien on the cover from a top-behind perspective, looking at him as he looks out over paris. the title was something like “every time he thinks he’s figured it out he’s still so fucking confused” There was a big ol’ blue 19 sticker on it so it was EITHER published in 2019 OR it was $19.
That is all. Thank you for your time and I hope you enjoyed this because I woke up SO confused
I AM THRILLED AND DELIGHTed BY THIS?????? HELLO?????? SO TRUE BESTIE !!
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Tommy thinking Sam Nook and Sam are two different people would lead to such funny senarios.
Especially if you apply this logic to everyone.
what if mexican dream and quackity are the same people and that was just him making fun of dream and making tommy laugh and tommy genuinely thinks dream killed mexican dream and that hes a different person
and when ranboo pretended to be killed by clarencio
he just doesnt realise
he thinks girl dream is someone else too
tubbo genuinely has a bunch of personalities and so he thinks theyre all different people (and also he doesnt realise theyre the same people a lot)
sam, in his normal voice: tommy do you have the- tommy, crying: what happened to sam nook?
sam proceeds to live as sam nook around tommy because he once tried to tell tommy sam nook isnt real and he started sobbing and so sam cant
sapnap, approaching sam on the site: hey sam can you do this for me? sam: su- tommy, running up: SAAAAAAM!? sam, in the sam nook voice: hello tommy! sapnap: wtf??? tommy: this is sam nook! :D have you met him? sapnap: what? thats just s- sam: shakes his head, behind tommy where he cant see sapnap: uhhhhh sam: takes out sword sapnap: h-hi sam nook! tommy: :D
sam is not the only person this happened to. 
tommy: technoblade???? techno, sneaking into l'manberg: uhhh techno, in a highpitched voice: no this is Clarencio tommy: the llama? techno, in high pitched voice: no the pig tommy: hmmm techno: sweats tommy: smiles brightly ok!!!! techno, under his breath: that worked??? tommy: wanna hang out with me? techno, in high piteched voice: i really need to go tommy: buttttttt :(
technoblade proceeds to have to pretend to be clarencio the pig and hang out with tommy all afternoon
phil, coming to check on techno: techno? techno, in a frilly pink dress, in a high pitched voice: hi tommy: phil!!!! have you met clarencio??? but not the llama!!! clarencio the pig!!! phil, holding back a laugh: is that so?
(defenitly happened before he got exiled, i refuse to change my mind)
everytime techno is caught he says hes clarencio (the pig) and tommy vouches for him each time and no one is able to bring themselves to tell him that clarencio (the pig) doesnt exist
sam nook, :handshake: clarencio the pic, :handshake:  mexican dream, (not girl dream) not being able to tell tommy their not real bc hed cry
IMAGINE IF TOMMY WAS GIVEN THE JOB OF LIKE BEING THE BORDER PEOPLE WHILE HE WAS WILBURS VICE BEFORE THE ELECTION AND PEOPLE WOULD JUST FAKE IDENTIES AND TOMMY WOULD JUST BELIVE EVERYONE
quackity: i demand to be allowed to join l'manberg! wilbur: ur american quackity: i shpould still be allowed! wilbur: just say your not, thats what everyone does quackity: what wilbur: just make a fake identity?? quackity: youre... the president???? wilbur: yeah and?? quackity: shouldnt you not be be endorsing that??? wilbur: i made tommy the border person. you think i care? quackity: sksksks quackity: still bad tho
the only one tommy never believes is dream, no matter what, he can just tell when someone is dream, like ya know those police dogs? the only reason he didnt realise girl dream was because girl dream is girl dream he thought it was just a dream thing
TOMMY THINKS BAD AND MONOCHROME BAD ARE TWO DIFFERENT PEOPLE
monochrome bad: tommy tommy: whomst? bad: oh uh recolourfies tommy, screaming: WHAT THE FUCK
tommy doesnt have object permanence but for people
techno, while tommy is staying with him: leaves room tommy, crying: I had a big brother once, i dont remember him tho
phil leaves them and (while stabbing wilbur) tommy just doesnt realize its him until techno says "dad?"
quackity works at wendys and tommy goes there everyday but doesnt realise its quackity
tommy went there since the war ended
and at the time didnt realise tommy cant tell and so when he and tommy started a mafia and became friends he thought tommy knew who he was and tommy once suggested going to dennys and quackity is like 'oh my god' and tommy is like my friend works there!!! and then they go to the one quackity works at and quackity is like 'haha funny' and then tommy asks around and then turns to quackity sadly like "my friend isnt here today D:" and then quackity is like o h
tommy, towards sam, in sams house: sam!!!!!! sam, who was sleeping, in his normal voice: w-what? tommy: sam!!! :D sam: hey tommy yawns whyd you wake me up? tommy: sorry but i really needed to ask you a question!!! sam: did you want to ask me where sam nook is again? tommy: welll.. that too but!!! you should meet sam nook!!!! sam: what tommy: please please please sam: no go back what did you ask? tommy: you need to meet sam nook! i think you'd be friends!!! :D sam, internally: shit sam: uhhh i dont really think i should- tommy: pleaasee uses puppy eyes sam: sure sam, internally: why did i say yes????
sam then has to pretend to be sam and sam nook at the same time
tommy: you're gonna love sam nook sam!!!! sam: uhuh tommy: where is he? :( sam: uh maybe hes behind you tommy: turns around to look sam: runs to other side of tommy sam, in sam nook voice: hello tommy!!! tommy: sam nook! have you met sam??? hes right here!!! gestures to sam who has to run behind him again tommy: sam say hi!!! sam, panting, in normal voice: hi tommy: whyre you all out of breath and shit???
this,,, just continues for a while
quackity, watching this exchange, driunking juice: sucks to suck sam: you'd do the same quackity: no. mexican dream is dead lol tommy, only hearing the last part: cries i miss mexican dream quackity, feeling sad: uh- we can revive him maybe? tommy: wipes tears YEAH! sam, whispers to quackity: told you so quackity, hisses to sam : shut up
quackity then has to pretend to revive himself while running around also he has to steal another one of dreams masks
honestly in this au everyone would hear about what happened during exile and stab dream (while pretending to be other people because ig in this au tommy still thinks dream was once his friend and yeh)
tommy, after crying infront of sam nook and telling him what dream did to him: so.. sniffs do you have any more quests for me to do? sam nook: i have one more quest tommy, cheering up: what is it!! sam nook: for myself tommy, confused: what is it? sam nook, taking out a glock: homocide
insanebur: you want to know why no one listens to you tommy? tommy, pouting, on the verge of tears: What? insanebur, unable to finish, clutching his heart: your too cute
this is just au where tommy is baby huh
wilbur isnt mad schlatt exiled him- hes mad he exiled tommy
schlatt and dream are the only ones not affected by tommys baby vibes and thats their downfall
tommy just has to call everyone a nickname, once, and everyone is melted
niki and jack: tommy is the fault of all our probelms we should kill him puffy: he. bonk is bonk baby bonk niki and jack: look over at tommy tommy, with sam in the distance: cries to sam because he cant find sam nook niki and jack: okay... maybe we should be less... violent...
Sam rlly just went
sam: looks at tommyinnit sam: nothing bad will ever happen to this child ever again
huh?
I’ve named this au, au where hes baby ur honour
tommy: i had zero parents (who care) tommy, gestures to puffy and sam: NOW I HAVE TWOOOOOOO
insanebur: god i fucking hate everyone tommy: even me? insanebur: except you tommy
sam: I AM THE TOMMY GAURDIAN! GAURDIAN OF THE TOMMY! sam @ anyone who wants to hurt him: FUCK OFFF
tommy canoanically understands the animal crossing language
ranboo: i can speak enderman! tommy: well i can speak creeper
whenever tommy gets overwhelemed around sam he burys himself he asks sam to cover for him in creeper
okay thats enough of that
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Grey's Anatomy 18x03 reaction: (SPOILERS)
I was literally JUST studying thermoregulation WTF IS THIS SORCERY
I need more Meredith in polos 2021
BESTIE AS AN INSULT LMAO AMELIA
is meredith going to Minnesota? I have no idea because I jumped straight to episode 3 and refuse to read summaries of ep 1 and 2
SILLY HAT DAY I LOVE TEDDY AMBASSADOR OF FUN YES BABY U ARE
SHES SO CUTE
Jo in pink scrubs!!!cutie!!!!
I love jo and schmidt
I'm in my merhayes era AGAIN. collecting my crumbs!!!!!!! LOVE my sexy widows!!!!!
ADDISONNNNNN
CRYING SHE S SO PRETTTTYYDYDF I MISSED HER SO MUCH
the interns discussing meredith and addison's "history" BYEEEEEEEEE
when they gonna meet tho im waiting...........
ADDISON AND SCHMIDT LMAOOO
the patient :(((
ADDISON ASKING JO FOR COFFEE LMAO THE S2 MARK SLOAN JUMPED OUT
At least I know her coffee order for future fics now
I love winston :')))
NOO Meredith wants to leave and richard is so excited :((
Addison back in the OR IKTR
she mentioned henry YESSSS
okay whats happening
I love watching this show as a Raging Bisexual (TM)
Hayes and Bailey is a brotp I didnt know I needed until now
“GET ME MEREDITH GREY” I KNOW THATS RIGHT
Bruh this hospital cant catch a break 😭😭😭
DR GREY DR MONTGOMERY CONGRATULATIONS UTERINE TRANSPLANT CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU TOO ABDOMINAL WALL TRANSPLANT WTF I LOVE THEM????????????
Helm talking abt everything Mer has done lol RELATE
They're flirting in medical terms oooooh love it
LINK AND TEDDY??? ANOTHER brotp I didnt know I needed until now
BENNNNNN
I MISSED BEN BEST MAN EVER
Is it me or does that doc on the call and Amelia have some ... Tension (tm)?
I miss amelink idc I havent watched the last two episode but ugh
Link and Teddy about to fix shit up is both cute and sexy to me once again I love being a Raging Bisexual !
Meredith and Addison working together is making me SCREAM and also healing my soul
'WELL DONE TEAM' HER LIL LAUGH BYE IM SO SOFT
I need more Teddy and Link in my life
Addison and Meredith walking together is so sexy guys that's my whole sexuality right there i think
THEYRE LAUGJING IN THE ELEVATOR I AM NOT STRONG IM NOT IM NOT IM NOT
oh my god Addison is crying oh no no
the ELEVATOR HAS A HALT BUTTON OHHOHOHOOOOO season 18 elevator sex fic here we gooooo
Okay back to the episode
oh my god shes talking about derek NO I AM NOT STRONG ENOUGH NO
"Addison🥰🥰🥰"
she wants her to meet her children oh my god yes please
I love it here this is so sad and oh my god i love it
THE TEARY EYED GAZING OKAY THEN
Addison telling meredith to fight for what she wants YES PLEASE
THE ARM
THAT SHOT FROM BEHIND ITS WHAT I DESERVE
THE HEAD TOUCH BYEEEEEEEEEEJEJEJEEJEIEI9ROEEOEOWWOWOW0WPWP I ALREADY SAW A GIF OF IT BUT FUCKKKKKKK
PRINT THE FUCKING FRAME ON MY FUCKING EYELIDS FUCKDKFKFKFKF
NO I HAD TO PAUSE AND STARE AT IT UNTIL MY EYES BLURRED
MEDDISON IN 2021 CSNT EBELEIRV IT
i cant believe they had their Moment in an elevator so sexy of them for real i manifested this i know it
GREY MADE HER CRY LMAOOO THE INTERNS SPECULATING IS SENDING ME
i need helm to be shipping them by the time Addison leaves i know that girl is gonna be a meddison stan baby lets go
ADDISON'S PIERCINGS ARE SO NICE
Richard talking about Addison and Derek :(((
ITS REALLY GOOD TO SEE YOU ADDIE ITS GOOD TO SEE YOU TOO RICHARD WHEN I TELL YOU HOW MUCH I MISSED THEIR DYNAMIC
"except it won't be the two of us :(((("
no my fear of this half here half there thing being a set up for ellen to leave the show is back no I dont wanna deal with that rn. 
Meredith and Richard I LOVE THEM SO MUCH i cant even god
Once again I love Winston
THEYRE ALL IN THE MORGUE LMAO
pleaseeee i love teddy so much shes wearing her lil hat and giving everyone snow cones shes so CUTE FUCKKK
"People are dying to get in here." "No." LMAOOOO
ADDISON AND AMELIA OH MY GODDIDKSKSKDKDKDLDL
SO TRUE BEST SISTERS THE HUG BYE I MISSED THEM
THEY DID THE HEAD HOLD THING THE PARALLELISM OF IT ALL
I fucking LOVE IT HERE
also Addison's arms god fucking BLESS horny brain activated
"I heard you had a threesome" i ACTUALLY SPIT OUT MY WATER so true that one d/m/a threesome fic I read
they’re going to Meredith’s for dinner i am SOFT
meredith's rainbow bead necklace?????the hair band thing?????the blue button down????? casual Meredith makes my p*ssy hurt ngl
"SHES UPSTAIRS IN A MOOD. SHE GETS IT FROM ME" THE LIL SMILE AT THE END BYE
"Are you daddy's friend?" JFC MY HEART
"I'M ADDISON BUT HE CALLED ME ADDIE" I THINK I WILL PROCEED TO PASS AWAY. MEREDITH SMILING. ADDISON BEING ALL TEARY EYED.
"WANT SOME ICE CREAM ADDIE?" GODODODDDDD the kids calling her addie is so Perfect to me
THEYRE HOLDING HER HANDS NO I LOVEIT HERE I LOVE IT I BELOND RIGHT HERE IN THIS SVENE
the DOMESTICITY the FUCKING DOMESTIC SHIT GOING ON HERE I CANT
AMELIA WATCHING THEM ALL SMILEY N SHIT YES SAME
addison talking to the kids is so cute i want to CRY
"you guys guess what? Im falling more in love with you every second. every stinkin second" OH MY GODDDDDDDDD
Addison looks SO HAPPY I LOVE IT HERE
in conclusion: AREA WOMAN (ME) GETS PUNCHED IN THE EMOTIONAL GUT CONSTANTLY AND LOVES IT. best episode ever????????????? I am Weak that ending has ENDED me i think. literally. i mean ive wanted addison to come back for literal ages and to see her and meredith actually being friends and to actually see it FINALLY IS JUST.... a LOT. emotionally compromised. see you in a week while i try to recover.
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lets talk about.. rick riordan.
everyone knows all the bullshit jkr has come out with but saying, 'well at least rick isnt like that,' is wrong.
Rick's portrayal of Samirah was...well..not great. I'm glad that he integrated hijabis into his books BUT he made a lot of mistakes:
1. sam has an arranged marriage (CHILD MARRIAGE) which is encouraging pedophilia and so many other things and his books ARE FOR KIDS. on top of which sam says, 'maybe i wanted it,' when magnus finds out about the marriage. like wtf??? SO MANY girls are being forced into marriages at young ages and that DIDNT HELP. idgaf if she was in love with amir IT DOESNT MATTER. it's still WRONG. also arranged marriages arent a 'muslim thing' its in brown culture.
2. alex mentions every two chapters that ramadan fasting is 'weird'? Here's a little bit about ramadan if you don't know: ramadan means 'burning fire' in arabic bcuz it burns your sins while you're fasting. fasting is also basically to let us feel how the poor, the hungry feel. sure, its at a smaller scale than how real poor people feel but it boosts our empathy and ability to really feel how they feel. so, back to the original point, like i said these books are for kids and calling fasting 'weird' is going to internalize & externalize the stigma against muslims.
3. samirah is constantly used in this way to explain islam and it feels like thats her only purpose. to be the badass brown muslim girl™ and magnus also feels weirdid out (ignore the spelling, lol) whenever sam says certain words. like mashallah and alhamdullilah. which foreignizes muslims when we should be celebrating differences rather than thinking them weird (theres also a difference between celebrating and appropriating).
4. this is of topic from the samirah situation but i wanna talk about reyna. when someone on twitter asked rick when reyna was getting a gf he went on on this tangent about how reyna COULDNT be a lesbian even tho the user never said anything about her being lesbian?? like ik he said that reyna's ace but even ace ppl can date..? like, correct me if im wrong, but ace ppl can feel romantic attraction?? but ignoring that reyna's ace canonically, rick immediately assumed that:
a girl who like girls = lesbian
even tho thats not true?? like i like girls and im not lesbian. pan and bi and so many other identities exist
basically what im trying to say: dont give somebody a pat on the back for doing the bare minimum and just being a decent human.
im sure there might be something else i missed out on so feel free to add on or give criticism!
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