Selene/Athena/Iapyx

She/They/He/Neos I know how to use this godforsaken app (lying). Please talk to me I need attention. Hyperfixations: Murderbot, Transformers Prime, ENA Dream BBQ, The Locked Tomb

[nikoisme]

scrapped painting,, thought i might as well post it

[nikoisme]

i want to put my thoughts behind this: this was supposed to be a piece for pride month, titled "you were loved". the sky is the color of the aroace flag (just upside down)!

basically, i wanted to show an aroace person — an old aroace person, to be precise. being aroace myself, i am always told that i will forever be lonely and miserable if i don't get a partner. so showing grace, who is aroace to me, as old and happy and fulfilled and oh so loved by his best friend, was really important to me <3

[catchymemes]

[rocinanterising]

“Pastel Dreams” (with canvas texture)

I couldn’t resist.

[i-am-a-fish]

I want everyone to have universal basic income please

[i-am-a-fish]

don't be mean to yourself that's you

[i-am-a-fish]

you live there

[what-even-is-thiss]

I just had an argument with someone who was like “why would we settle for food stamps when we could have universal basic income?”

And it’s just like. People need food right now you know.

[what-even-is-thiss]

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. Hippie church moms donating quinoa chips to my local food bank have done more for me materially than any internet idealist ever has.

[what-even-is-thiss]

People get pissed at me for being a pragmatist in my political ideals but I’ve been in the position where I was out of food right now.

And who helped me with that? Not people calling for some nebulous revolution. Not people telling me that the system was useless. Not people preaching at me to grow my own food. It was a church food bank partially funded by the state of Texas that some southern hippies donated a bunch of Whole Foods nonsense to.

And you know what? I’m sick and tired of defeatism. What can we get done right now, huh? Are you gonna accept something a bit better to help people right now or are you waiting for your perfect utopia to come to you?

Yeah, UBI is better than the quinoa chips. Sure. But right now the quinoa chips are stopping people from going hungry and if all we can do is get the food bank quinoa chips to more people, then I say so be it. That’s something. I’ll almost always take baby steps over nothing.

[edgebug]

"grace. grace! grace give attention. rocky perform human ritual of escape closet now. statement."

"come again?"

"i learn more from thinking machine. human gender preference. attraction to same gender, means word 'gay.' all eridian same gender." rocky stands straight up. "rocky come out to grace now. all rocky plural gay, statement."

"...wow, that's... rock, i'm not sure it makes much sense to apply human ideas of sexual orientation to a monogendered species."

a long and judgmental pause. then:

"grace HOMOPHOBIC, question????"

[human-pet-they]

(mutual losing their mind voice) guys am i crazy or does bloodletting actually work 😭

[bugsnbites]

Grace making huge advencements in the Eridian medical field.

Turns out there's a childhood disease to the tune of measles that erodes the carapace, and the first symptom shows up about a week before any actual damage is caused.

Grace comments to Rocky that one of his students seems to be turning oxidisation-green. About a week later that student has to be hospitalised for this illness.

Eridian scientists realise pretty quick that Grace can detect the illness long before any of their equipment can, and when caught that early it is much, much easier and safer to treat.

Not only is Grace celebrated in the scientific field for his knowledge and for his part in saving the world, he becomes a beacon of hope for doctors and parents and children on Erid.

[alexxuun]

Something they still can’t agree on.

On other note, redrawing this scene makes me realise how weird Grace hold his chopsticks…

[yhoteru]

tgc: yhoteru

[dragon-in-a-fez]

my lawyer told me "you're very honest in a way that I'd want you to talk in mediation but not in court" and I wasn't sure what that meant until 10 minutes later when I, completely unprompted, referred to myself as a "pathological responsibility hoarder" and immediately was like oh, okay, I get it now

[atomikats]

curiouser and curiouser

[acolytics]

never let it be said i dont treat my miis right

[gaycop]

tiramisu

[catchymemes]

[charlesoberonn]

It says "Invest"

[charlesoberonn]

[hehe-food-deactivated20210615]

[jooshthepunished-deactivated202]

Folgers CEO

[allthingswhumpyandangsty]

here’s a reminder that nothing lasts forever, so cherish it while it still lasts. I thought we’d have ao3’s beta forever, but she has left us and ao3 is grown now.

feeling: both proud and emotional