And btw you look weird when you tell bisexuals/pansexuals and esp bisexual/pansexual women that they shouldn't be allowed to participate in pride month if they have a partner of the opposite gender. Bisexuality and pansexuality is not simply "lesbian until someone of the opposite gender comes along" or "straight until someone of the same gender comes along"
I'mma tell y'all now, I am a bisexual trans guy who just so happens to lean more towards girls, but I AM STILL BISEXUAL. I THINK GUYS ARE CUTE, TOO. JUST BECAUSE I HAVE A PREFERENCE FOR GIRLS DOES NOT MEAN THAT I AM 'STRAIGHT UNTIL A GUY COMES ALONG'. I AM STILL BISEXUAL.
Was originally gonna just have Shoto as the actor and Izuku was gonna be a crazy ass papparazi (how the fuck do you spell it?), but was like 'Nah, it'd be better if Izuku was a new character for the show and Shoto falls in love when he's introduced to him'. (Or smth along the lines of that, idk. My period is kicking my ass rn.)
Sodapop yawns as he walks downstairs, sleepily rubbing his eyes with his fists. He pauses on the last step or two, staring at Darry who is standing in the middle of the hall.
His brother is a sight to behold: t-shirt and jeans torn and dirty, skin covered in grime and dirt and blood, his hair messy and sticky and filled with twigs; Soda thinks he sees a few leaves in there, too. Darry's eyes are bloodshot and he looks as if he might burst into tears at any given moment.
Shuffling sounds behind him and suddenly Ponyboy is standing next to him, wiping a hand down his face as he yawns widely. "Hey, Soda," he greets, voice grainy with sleep. "How'd ya…" He trails off when his gaze finds Darry, and his eyes go wide. "What the fuck," he blurts.
Sodapop swallows. "Uh…" His eyes slowly move back to his older brother. "Darry, honey," he begins softly, stepping off the staircase and holding his hands out, "what happened to you?" He doesn't want to spook his brother.
Darry blinks at him, then his face crumples and he aggressively whispers, "I don't fucking know." He starts crying, and his hands come up to cover his face as he sinks to the floor with a quiet sob.
Soda rushes to his side and cradles him close, shushing him softly as Darry starts sobbing uncontrollably. Ponyboy makes his way over slowly, eyeing Darry cautiously.
"Is he okay?" he asks Sodapop. "Right, stupid question," he adds quickly when Soda gives him a flat look.
Darry sniffles, wiping at the dry blood beneath his nose. "I am never drinking again," he says thickly, then buries his face into Sodapop's stomach.
"You were drinking?" Pony asks incredulously, eyes bugging out of his head.
"Well, that explains why you didn't come home last night," Soda says, stroking his fingers down Darry's back. "We were worried about you."
"'M s'rry," Darry slurs, wrapping his arms tighter around his brother's slim waist.
Soda sighs. "It's fine, Dar." He looks up at Ponyboy. "Help me get him up. He needs a bath."
Pony groans. "Soda, we just woke up…" he whines.
Soda gives him a look.
Pony blinks. "I'll get the bath runnin'," he says quickly, turning around and bustling upstairs to the bathroom. A few seconds later there's the sound of the tap running.
The blond looks down at his brother. "C'mon," he says gently, "let's get you cleaned up." He pries Darry's arms off and stands, struggling to get Darry to his feet, but he manages. His brother leans against him, one muscular arm slung over Soda's narrow shoulders, his head dipped low. "C'mon," Soda repeats, guiding him up the stairs and towards the bathroom for a much needed bath.
I hate that I ship niche couples bc wdym there’s like zero masaru x mitsuki fanfics. And I’ve been thinking all day about a scenario of her dressing up as a video game character that used to be his childhood crush or something and then they have crazy sex, but like since there’s no fics I can’t even read anything adjacent to that.
Btw, Izuku doesn't bind his chest because a) unsafe binding in middle school (don't do this) and b) his chest is too big. (He and Class A are third years in my main AU.) Hope this clears things up.
Thanks for the tag ! Here's mine ! I'm doing it on this blog because @kirayoshi23 is my art blog :)
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my hair has a red tint to it in the sun because I dyed it red with Manic Panic a couple months back, but it's more like a VERY dark black with a slight reddish tint. Otherwise this is very accurate - I own everything for this outfit and, believe it or not, I do have the meanest resting bitch face :p
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"Americanization" is a real phenomenon, and how non-Americans should be cautious of it is taught in different countries at school. It's taught in Greece and people from other countries told me their elementary or middle school teachers (using the American grades, to make it make sense to the majority on the site) talked to them about it.
It's common sense here, except for USians, so I'll analyze it a bit more for the dominant demographic here. In a globalized setting, the most dominant culture affects the others and sets the trends. The way our language works, how we think, our levels of politeness and intimacy, and our levels of respect. (flash news, they are going down 😂)
I don't want to imply that there is nothing good in the US. There are plenty of positives in the country. It's just that for the rest of the cultures online it's a constant daily fight to not forget our roots, with the degree US media and brands have permeated our lives. In Greece at least we watch more US American media than Greek media nowadays, and many of our shows are rip-offs of USian ones, with little adaptation to Greek reality and culture.
And to demonstrate the amount of this exposure, a 22-year-old Greek asked me the other day "if something happens we call 911, right?" This might have literally cost them their life, in a dangerous situation! Because all the movies and songs they consumed (not an unusual thing for the Greek youth) were what they knew. And I found a similar comment in this comment thread.
Lots of Americans in the notes failing to understand this post. It's not about not liking the US. It's not about you feeling ashamed or guilty for being American. It's not about you.
It's about American media drowning out native language media all over the world, and workplaces requiring the English language in your repertoire more and more. It's about proper translations and foreign language dubbing of films disappearing because "everyone speaks/should speak English anyway." All of this is leading to the deterioration of native speaker groups of languages worldwide.
In my country, Dutch language courses can't find enough people who want to study the language, while English language courses are overflowing with people who want to study the language. There is even widespread distaste for the Dutch language for being crude or sounding rough or what have you. That's our native language!!! That is our culture in its purest form!!! That is knowledge we inherit from our parents as they did from theirs!!! That is how we learned fairytales and folk stories and myths!!! That is the language that shapes our communication and our way of thinking!!! To hate your native language is to hate yourself at the deepest level.
And yet it's so normalised. Droves of foreigners living in the Netherlands will never learn a word of Dutch, because "everyone speaks English anyway." We are the world's leaders in non-native understanding of English, but it comes at a cost. A grave cost we will continue to pay.
If you're looking to support your non-American friends in any way that is not performatively shouting "I hate being an American" into the void, first of all, unlearn that hatred of yourself and your culture. You are of no help self-flagellating, and there is a difference between holding your country accountable for its issues, and denying yourself your culture because your country is doing and has done bad things.
(I am not going to get into arguments about whether or not US American culture exists. It does, and if you think differently you are welcome to change your mind.)
Secondly, learn about other countries. Learn a bit of Chinese. Take an interest in the Italian political system. Ask your friends about their countries' folklore. Watch documentaries about art from Nigeria. Absorb information that is not fed to you by American media.
And thirdly, quit expecting your non-American friends to communicate in a way that appeals to you. The French and Dutch will always seem rude to you because our way of communicating is far more direct than the way you communicate. People from other cultures may seem vague to you because their way of communicating is far more indirect, and you're not used to that either. Quit being frustrated when you don't get what we mean exactly. Quit assuming we mean the absolute worst thing you could imagine just because you didn't get what we meant the first time. Ask us to explain if you need us to, and learn to accept that we are different from you.
We are already adapting to your culture 100% of the time we are online. It's your responsibility to adapt to us, too. At least do your friends the courtesy of learning about and adapting to them.
We are already adapting to your culture 100% of the time we are online. It's your responsibility to adapt to us, too. At least do your friends the courtesy of learning about and adapting to them.
being a kid and hearing adults say stuff like "woah 2011 was 4 years ago haha" didn't really convey the fucking horror of a youtube video crossing my recommended labelled "9 years ago" and it's from 2017. that's not true. 9 years ago is 2010 or something. don't lie.
