it's a sad song. but I'll keep singing it anyways.

call me orca. just cuz i like orcas a lot. straight white (trans) male. 22 years old. T on 03/26/25. he/it/xhey. certified sigma male (autistic) and rizzmaster (severely socially anxious) and knowledgeable (OCD) occasionally 18+, minors please dnf. peaked with that one death note better call saul post fixations atm: dc comics (specifically batman/the arkhamverse games) hetalia (sadly), poppy playtime (double sadly) South Park, the eltingville club, deltarune, dunmeshi, and sonic the hedgehog holden caulfield's no.1 defender converting to Judaism, when I have the time/life stability to do so. staunchly pro-Palestinian.

[disconnected-dragon]

okay ive put it off long enough, here's my real actual intro post after three years of owning this blog. let's get this started

hi, my name isn't orca but that's what I go by on the nets! my favorite animal is an orca and it has been since i was a kid, so might as well cut out the middle man and just take it! yeah ik im a disconnected-dragon but this is made up internet time so i dont care lol

here's some stuff to know abt me! (gif unrelated lol)

my pronouns are it/he/xhey in order of preference.

my hyperfixations are, atm, dc comics, south park, the eltingville club (blame TikTok), hetalia (unfortunately), and wednesday, specifically wenclair. if you're a jerk to me abt any of these you will catch a block.

my blog is 18+, as mentioned in my bio. please have your age listed, i am not comfortable with minors following me for a lot of reasons, for your sake and mine. so uh yeah please unf if you're underage, thank you.

I have autism, actually diagnosed, anxiety (thats totally not debilitating ha ha help) and some? symptoms of OCD? But dont worry, im in therapy and it doesn't impact my day to day much at the moment. but, it's hard for me to interact with the internet a lot of days.

I am currently working towards converting to Judaism. Yes, seriously. I feel in my heart that its the correct path for me, as arduous as it is. It feels like coming home.

Despite this, I am staunchly pro-Palestinian and I will not bend on this front. At all. The state of Israel is, in its current form, a colonialist project fed by Western powers and is carrying out a genocide on the Palestinian people. This horrible violence must stop in order for any meaningful discourse to continue. October 7th, as horrible as it was, was not a valid reason for the Israeli government to do this. But also I will not clap for Hamas or cheer for Iran. No, I will not compromise on this stance. No, you cannot debate me about it. Yes, you will get blocked.

However, I would love to talk abt other aspects of my conversion! feel free to ask me about it on my posts abt it or ask, if the askbox is open ofc.

[identitty-dickruption]

okay I’ll say it nicer:

australia was colonised according to the myth of terra nullius (or empty land). ever since the very early days of colonialism, the land has been framed as something untameable and unliveable. this has justified acts of violence against the first peoples here, in that they are seen as non-people. it has justified the destruction of sacred land in the goal of making australia look more european. (an example: our capital city contains a man-made lake that is now nothing better than a fetid carp pond. it’s disgusting and unnatural). basically, the idea of “taming australia’ has justified endless harm

“everything in australia is weird and dangerous” is not just some silly meme phrase, it is something that arcs back to the very beginning of white settlers laying claim to ‘australia’. and personally I am very sick of seeing it thrown around like it means nothing

[headspace-hotel]

Can't wait for people to stop joking about how all the wildlife in australia is scary and deadly...

[sqbr]

Yeah and like... I think there is space to talk about the ways Australia is relatively unique or at least different to other places: our snakes and spiders are more dangerous than anyone else's, but our native bees and 'bears' are safer. You might die of sunstroke but you won't die in a blizzard, earthquake, or tornado.

Australia is not especially dangerous, or unfriendly, it's just 'different', but then the question is different to what. Why should deadly earthquakes and forests full of murderous bears be seen as more normal? Why is a desert any more weird or scary than a bog or tundra? Why are cold damp places seen as the only form of natural beauty, why do people see warm dry places as dead when they are full of life, and see warm damp places as full of TOO MUCH life somehow? Why, even in Australia, do we use the aesthetics of red October leaves and Christmas snow, and not celebrations of the beautiful seasonal changes we actually see all around us? Why are white Australians so actively hostile to engaging and connecting with the local cultures that have been celebrating and working with the place we live for thousands of years, and even after hundreds of years still see our home as Strange?

[phlebasphoenician]

Rethinking Indigenous Australia's agricultural past - ABC Radio National

Historians are looking into the possibility that the first Australians practised forms of agriculture and aquaculture, writes Cathy Pryor.

The enduring myth of the hunter-gatherer

Yes, let's definitely have a conversation about why the European colonists were invested in the belief that the indigenous people didn't cultivate the land.

[sqbr]

YEAH, THAT TOO. It's important to remember that the way Indigenous Australians were and are treated would be just as unjustified if they were all hunter gatherers. But they were not, and that lie has been spread for a reason.

Also I read through the replies and people point out that exactly the same sort of exotification into a Dangerous Alien Landscape Which Must Be Tamed happens with Africa, Asia, The Middle East etc. Even like... Scotland and Italy, back in the day. And for similar reasons. And this kind of imagery is everywhere, like play any video game with multiple biomes or cultures etc (real or fictional) and see which ones are treated as Normal and which ones are Weird and Scary/Exotic.

[liz-squids]

"The Australian landscape is alien and mysterious and will kill you" has been a trope since the very first white people looked at this continent, and it's tiring.

[psychotic-gerard]

i have understood so many things about online leftist culture by the fact that when i said "your local community has people you will morally and politically disagree with but you cannot lock them out of accessing any tangible service you’re organising" one of the tags responding said "this isn’t about proshippers in here you’re not welcome" like. folks. focus with me. some of us are homeless here.

[orchidvioletindigo]

There's a disconnect happening here because the primary function of social media for most casual users is to form a circle of friends around the usual things that friendships are built on: shared interests and lifestyles and ideas of what is important and what is unacceptable. When people are mainly doing leftism on social media, this encourages thinking of leftism as centered around establishing high-minded social clubs.

For anyone who still isn't getting it from someone who helps people IRL: There's a difference between whom you're helping to feed at the mealshare and whom you're choosing to hang out with for fun after the mealshare. You don't have to invite a hungry person with opinions you don't like to play board games with you, but you do have to help keep them from starving if you're serious about leftist organizing.

[trials-era-sam]

[can-i-make-image-descriptions]

[Image ID: Tumblr reply with username blocked out reading: *volunteering at the soup kitchen, holding a bowl hesitantly to my chest* what do you think about age gaps in ships /End ID]

[helenvaughans]

[i-am-a-lesbigwen]

does anyone have that 4chan post about the guy who got like. deradicalised from being an incel because he started taking care of shrimp?

[nyxwoven]

i can't post pictures in replies so here u go

[i-am-a-lesbigwen]

thats the one! thank you!

[ziggy-scardust]

I think of shrimp guy often and I hope he and his shrimp are doing great and if I ever meet him I would love to ask about them

[destiel-news-channel]

[Image ID: The Destiel confession meme edited so that Dean answers 'JK Rowling posted upskirt photos of a woman on Twitter' to Cas 'I love you'. /End ID]

No one doing this should be allowed to call themselves a feminist.

JK Rowling deadnamed and posted 'upskirt' photo of trans woman on X

The wealthy author escalated a social media spat that resulted in posting a photo from a 2023 event at the Institute of Economic Affairs in

[solarishashernoseinabook]

Let's not beat around the bush: Children's author JK Rowling sexually harassed someone. In some jurisdictions, this would count as sexual abuse. JK Rowling has committed a sex crime against a woman and fell back on the old rape apologist standby of "she was asking for it".

I hope your nostalgia is worth it

[milesobriensrolledupsleeves]

Tw for misgendering and sexual harassment, but here's the post if you want to see it. It's as awful as it sounds. Image is cropped for obvious reasons.

[rosefinchie]

how it all feels lately

[isabeljkim]

see you guys there

[topgunvolleyballscene]

how often are you getting a headache

daily

weekly

monthly

couple times a year

yearly or less

Remaining time: 2 days 17 hours

[topgunvolleyballscene]

how often are you getting a tummy ache

daily

weekly

monthly

every couple months

yearly or less

Remaining time: 2 days 17 hours

[topgunvolleyballscene]

Ok so thanks for voting on this but i need you to reblog it too

[ontopofgravity]

I asked one of my (male) friends to stop using the phrase “man up” and he has been using “fortify” for the past two weeks instead and it’s just a little thing but honestly it makes a difference

and tbh it’s also pretty funny when I start to deflate in the library and he leans over and goes “FORTIFY”

[teakayblog]

Dude, fortify is bangin’. That makes things like you’re some kind of RPG character. Fortify is way better than “man up.”

[auspiciousleader]

Happy 10th anniversary to Fortify

[celebrity-glitz]

Cardi B

[maadcitygoodkidd]

[moppiiiee]

Dude they hated Sawyer so bad man 😭🙏

[psychic-waffles]

We're at the "JK Rowling is personally funding litigation to try and destroy AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL" stage of rabid UK terf brain.

Screenshot via Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net on bluesky

Tldr Amnesty International, global human rights organisation, published a report called 'A growing threat: the anti-rights movement in the UK'. In it is detailed, amongst others, a whole bunch of transphobic groups and organisations, including Beira's Place, JK Rowling's trans exclusionary sexual violence support service. JK Rowling threw a shit fit and got Amnesty to take the report down by threatening libel. This was obviously not enough, because you can't appease a fascist, so now she's going to bankroll a bunch of lawsuits anyway through the JK Rowling Women's Fund.*

You can read an archived version of the report here, please save it and share it.

*Not so friendly reminder there is no way to engage in the wizard books without enabling this shit.

[spiiderdog]

hello Poppy playtime fandom of tumblr

I’m sorry for this (I’m not) but he looks so babygirl

[manglestar]

chimken legz

[memewhore]

[ruffboi-mags]

unmute for the love of god please it's amazing

[moonlightdistractions]

to think I would have just swiped past on mute, therefore not hearing pure unadulterated joy