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remember how mike shouted at those kids 𝘵𝘸𝘪𝘤𝘦 'EYES ON ME' 'EYES ON ME REMEMBER' because he knows that what 𝘩𝘦 saw in a lab at 12 years old will haunt him for the rest of his life and he will 𝘯𝘰𝘵 let those kids experience the same

strawbewiebaby

americanelegy

“abs or biceps?” in this generation a brain would be fabulous.

naninenuny

do you guys see the vision

takemetoparisbaby

you're pretty weird for a girl who tried to be normal her whole life

fforsythiaaa

Once when I was in undergrad, someone described something as “problematic” in class and our professor was like, “That’s cool, but ‘problematic’ doesn’t really mean anything. It means that the thing you’re describing has a problem, and in and of itself that’s not bad. Art, especially, should always have problems, or else it’s not interesting and not art, either. It sounds like you’re trying to say that this is bad, but you don’t want to say ‘bad.’ Is that right?”

So from then on whenever one of us called something problematic, he would make us talk it out until we could name the “bad” thing we were hinting at. In this particular class, 7/10 it was some type of oppression, and the remainder was like, “I’m uncomfortable because this is very new/confusing/pushing boundaries that made me feel safe.”

Once we stopped calling things “problematic” and stopping at that, class got way more interesting and... we all had to say, like, “that’s racist” or “that’s misogynistic” or “ew capitalism gross” out loud, which a lot of us had never done in a classroom before. Or we had to be like, “Uhhh... I’m not sure what’s so bad?” and confront our own beliefs and that was maybe even more useful.

Anyway. Whenever I see the word problematic, I can’t help but think of this professor being like, “Good starting point, now let’s get specific.” I think when we have to commit to saying “that’s ___” it requires a lot more careful thought about the truth and impact and complexities of whatever we’re claiming. Sometimes there really is some bullshit afoot, and also sometimes it’s art, and it should be full of problems, because that’s what art is.

sunchildsatoru

more artist will? on my parade? more likely than you think!

read the previous pride hc here 🏳️‍🌈✨

byler where mike is the first one to arrive at the parade. lucas tells him to find a spot, something easy to recognize and to stay there while he waits for the rest of the party.

he turns around a couple times before he sees a small crowd. snaps a pic and sends it to their group chat.

mike is too busy checking his phone for his friends’ location to notice the people around him slowly thinning out. or the pretty boy now smiling brightly at him.

“next!”

he looks up so fast his heart shaped sunglasses fall flat on his face. ouch. “what?”

“aren’t you in line for the portrait?”

portrait?

suddenly, mike takes in his surroundings. apparently the reason behind the small gathering was ‘@williamthewise’s whimsically colored cardboard little booth offering live drawings in the middle of the parade.

“oh.” and of course he stood in line without noticing. atta boy. mike feels his face growing hot in embarrassment. why is it always in front of the cute ones? “sorry, i’m not really um— modeling material.”

the boy at the booth grins like he knows something mike doesn’t and mike feels a little weak, a little stupid. in the best way possible. “don’t worry, you’ll do just fine, trust me.”

for some reason, mike does.

“i’m will. please, take a seat.”

that day mike leaves the parade with not only a little portrait of himself but a phone number scribbled at the back of it.

f1nnyf1sh

yes 💜

chaobean

i have this problem with Hyde that he's either grotesc or attractive. I need uncanny valley Hyde. I need this man to walk into a room and everyone knows something is off but not exactly what. I also need dymorphism between fat jekyll and skinny Hyde.