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This is random but i hope you have a wonderful day, we used to talk a little back in 2016 and i remembered that and just felt like saying youre cool and i hope you are doing well.
oh gosh thank u sm,, i hope you are doing well as well! if you wanna dm me or anything to chat or just reveal who this is, feel free to!!
Your mental illness is lying to you.
You are not stupid. You are not ugly. You are not worthless. You are not weak. You are not a burden. Your mental illness is lying to you.
Also:
No you’re not bothering me. (Yes I’m serious.)
You’re not dumb.
You have great ideas.
Your smile isn’t ugly.
Neither is your laugh.
Yes people love you. No they’re not lying. Yes really.
YOU ARE NOT BOTHERING ME.
You don’t need to apologize, I actually AM very interested in our conversation.
YOU DON”T NEED TO APOLOGIZE FOR EXISTING.
in addition: yes i love you and your existence
Uhm… I really fucking needed to see this.
Yes, I am happy to hear from you.
You look nice today.
No, you aren’t being annoying.
Tell me more about the things you like, I’m interested in what you have to say.
If you changed your mind and can’t handle going out, we can hang out at home instead, I really don’t mind and I’m not mad at you.
Yes, I am really honestly happy that you’re here!
I think you’re pretty great actually.
Needed this and BOOSTING
needed this.
ALL OF THIS
Side note: if you tell me to stop apologizing, I will apologize for apologizing so much
Since joining Tumblr, I’ve met a lot of young queer people. Look, I’m a bisexual man in a gay relationship, and I’m approaching 30. I was still a kid when Matthew Shepard’s story was being covered on the news. I remember thinking, “I better keep my mouth shut about these feelings I’m having.”
And then I met Dominic when I was 12, and people could see how in love we were. And we got the shit beat out of us. The year I met him, some kids in the grade above me held me down against the bleachers in our gym and stomped on my hand until my fingers broke. Instead of sending me to the nurse, the teacher sent me to the assistant principal to explain the situation. She asked why the kids had beat me up. I said, “They were calling me gay.”
Her response was, “Well, are you?”
My, “I don’t know,” earned a call to my parents, and I was outed. Efforts were made to keep me from seeing Dom. Throughout high school, Dom’s stepmother intensified these efforts. He slept in the basement of the house. Although he was an incredibly talented student, he was prohibited from participating in any extracurriculars. He suffered a lot of physical abuse during those years.
The day he turned 18, he packed up everything he had and walked to my house, and we’ve lived together ever since. Things are better, but they’re not perfect. I’ve had trucks pull up next to me at stoplights and, seeing the pride sticker on my car, through old drinks and garbage into my window. I no longer speak to my dad’s side of the family. I haven’t been to see them for Christmas or Thanksgiving in years. One of my uncles had cornered me at Thanksgiving when I was 17 and said, “I’m not going to judge you, but I’d be happy to break your neck so God can do the judging a little sooner.”
I joined a support group for trans and intersex people. When I joined, 40 people attended regularly. Within the year, the group was half the size it had been. Some couldn’t make it anymore, because they were staying at the shelter, where their stay hinged on them agreeing to instead to attend homophobic sermons. Some were put in correctional therapy. Five of them died. Three of those, I didn’t know, but I knew Alex, the 19 year old who was fag-dragged in Kentucky and died a day later in the hospital, and I knew Stephanie, who went home to Alabama to care for her mom in hospice and was beaten to death with a baseball bat by her mom’s boyfriend.
Tumblr is not reality. The dynamic here does not reflect the dynamic out there. Here’s the part where I finally make a point, and it might be extremely unpopular - but guys, value your allies. Value each other. We are met with enough hate in our daily lives to enter an online safe-space and meet more hate from our own, over petty things. Don’t go after one another over every little thing you find problematic.
Learn to see nuance. Maybe the word “queer” bothers you, and you see a gay man using it as an umbrella term. Maybe someone called a trans man a trans woman because they’re confused about terminology, but the post where they did it was voicing support for the trans community. Maybe someone is just asking a question, wanting to learn more. Stop. Attacking. These. People.
Allies are being driven away. Members of our own community are being ostracized. Others are feeling nervous and estranged, and it’s largely because of places like Tumblr, where the social justice movement is quickly becoming violent and radical. I am begging you, stop nitpicking “problematic” things and start directing your efforts to create real change. When it comes to comes to your allies, forget the “social justice warrior” mentality and put down your torch. Educate calmly. Be respectful. Be understanding. Be forgiving. And I’m certainly not saying that your anger doesn’t have a good place - when you are met with bigots on the street, congress members who want to pass hateful laws, violent protesters, abusive parents, prejudiced teachers, that is when you need to be a warrior. That’s when it counts. In the real world. When you have the opportunity to protect people from real harm. Attacking your would-be allies via anonymous asks is just going to lose us ground in the long run. And we don’t have time for that, not when trans women of color are being murdered every day, not when states are still fighting against marriage equality, not when there are politicians in office who believe that trans people are possessed by demons, not when we’ve just lost 50 brothers and sisters to one gunman, not when the media won’t even admit that the attack was homophobic.
Please step back. Look at the big picture. Look at where we are, globally. Don’t just log on to your safe space and attack your allies over small missteps. That’s like washing the dishes in a house that’s on fire, kids. Let’s fight on the battlefield, and when we come home to each other, let’s just focus on bandaging up our wounds so we can go out and win the war.
Signal boost to this unbelievably important message.
“Pizza Delivery” Animatic
Check out a behind the scenes look at the iconic @spongebob episode, “Pizza Delivery” with this side-by-side animatic! 🍕
Storyboard Director: Sherm Cohen Animation Director: Sean Dempsey Storyboard Artist: Aaron Springer Written by: Sherm Cohen, Aaron Springer, Peter Burns
(2/2)Like literally say what u want about crow but plz don’t try to justify what night did. She literally sunk her claws into crow and pulled him back. If a PERSON sunk their NAILS, nails which are much blunter than cat claws, into someone, that would be considered ABUSE. Nightcloud was wrong in that respect sorry
could she have handled it better? yes. this situation right here shows perfectly how she and leafpool are different, and how nightcloud has her flaws (realistic flaws, might I add, which makes her more “human” and relatable). she should’ve acted differently, but it was clearly an impulsive move that was done in the heat of the moment.
Abuse is a heavy word and I’d like to refrain from calling what she did that. I think, given the circumstances, what she did was not “abuse”.
Have you ever had a cat get their claws stuck in your leg or something and them try to pull away? Cause it’s painful af, and if it was done on purpose by some personified cat, then I’m sorry, but it’s kinda abusive- basically what Night did to crow too. I don’t hate night, nor do I consider her to be abusive- I think it was a heat of the moment thing, everyone was freaking out and fighting already,, Nightcloud is def a good person and crow wasn’t a great dad or husband. But that’s kinda abuse,,
i’m glad you’re not like others who call her abusive, but I disagree with your opinion on if what she did was abuse or not. like you said it was the heat of the moment thing, and it never says how deep she stuck her claws in or how she did it. Cats use their claws to grip things all the time, and obviously, she was trying to get a hold on him to pull him away. If her intentions were to hurt him, then the situation would be a bit different.
nightcloud and ashfur are practically the same fucking character you guys are just Blind
EDIT: let me explain what I mean.
Nightcloud constantly emotionally abuses Crowfeather and forces him to love her and I’m just like o.o? She literally foams at the mouth when Crowfeather looks at his ex one (1) time like. are y'all Nightcloud stans ok? like there is nothing wrong with liking Nightcloud but? 0.0
who wouldn’t be jealous and angry as fuck when a guy decides to use you and impregnate you so he can “prove his loyalty”, but still mope after his ex which you just thought was a one night stand 🤔 but go off, I guess. can you really blame her for having real and valid emotions, instead of being some annoying mary-sue?
get a load of this clown
anyone who is upset w/ what I said is upset bc im right 😪
imagine implying that it’s okay for someone to be toxic and possessive to their mate just cause their mate made mistakes too
can’t relate
are you on crack? she wasn’t toxic and possessive she was jealous and bitter because the father of her child was a fucking douche bag. shut the fuck up
possible list of those that could be possessing bramblestar:
- ashfur
- hawkfrost
- mapleshade
- scourge
- darkstripe
- tigerstar
- herobrine
- sans undertale
nightcloud and ashfur are practically the same fucking character you guys are just Blind
EDIT: let me explain what I mean.
Nightcloud constantly emotionally abuses Crowfeather and forces him to love her and I’m just like o.o? She literally foams at the mouth when Crowfeather looks at his ex one (1) time like. are y'all Nightcloud stans ok? like there is nothing wrong with liking Nightcloud but? 0.0
who wouldn’t be jealous and angry as fuck when a guy decides to use you and impregnate you so he can “prove his loyalty”, but still mope after his ex which you just thought was a one night stand 🤔 but go off, I guess. can you really blame her for having real and valid emotions, instead of being some annoying mary-sue?
get a load of this clown
anyone who is upset w/ what I said is upset bc im right 😪
Wait isn't it also canon that Nightcloud only used Crowfeather because she badly wanted a kit before she grew too old?
I think it says something like that in the ultimate guide or something, but its’ clearly not fully true. We see Nightcloud multiple times being affectionate towards Crowfeather and trying to get his attention, and being hurt or jealous when he ignores her or goes after Leafpool in some way. She clearly wanted a happy family and wanted Crowfeather to love her
Doesn't nightcloud like physically abuse him. Crowfeather has to pry breezepelt off of leafpool so breeze wouldn't murder her. And Nightcloud responds by claws Crowfeather across the flank and dragging him??
god im so tired of ppl trying to say she’s physically abusive bc she ISN’T.
In Sign of the Moon, Breezepelt and Lionblaze fight over a thrush. At one point Leafpool jumps in the way right before Breezepelt is about to leap on Lionblaze, so she receives the blow instead. Crowfeather literally grabs Breezepelt and tosses him to the side, immediately going to Leafpool’s side instead. Nightcloud is rightfully furious and drags him away from Leafpool by pulling his pelt with her claws. That’s IT.
nightcloud and ashfur are practically the same fucking character you guys are just Blind
EDIT: let me explain what I mean.
Nightcloud constantly emotionally abuses Crowfeather and forces him to love her and I’m just like o.o? She literally foams at the mouth when Crowfeather looks at his ex one (1) time like. are y'all Nightcloud stans ok? like there is nothing wrong with liking Nightcloud but? 0.0
who wouldn’t be jealous and angry as fuck when a guy decides to use you and impregnate you so he can “prove his loyalty”, but still mope after his ex which you just thought was a one night stand 🤔 but go off, I guess. can you really blame her for having real and valid emotions, instead of being some annoying mary-sue?
“I’ve never been to war. I can’t have PTSD.” Yes, you can.
“I’m not suicidal. I can’t have depression.” Yes, you can.
“He’s never hit me. It can’t be abuse.” Yes, it can.
Suffering is not a contest. Your experiences are valid. Seek out the help you need.
SUFFERING IS NOT A CONTEST
SUFFERING IS NOT A CONTEST
SAY IT A LITTLE LOUDER FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK
nightcloud deserved to be deputy send tweet
who else is tired of people defending crowfeather and shitting all over nightcloud......... cuz ik I am
can the fandom please get over themselves and understand that just because someone likes a bad/evil character doesn’t mean that they’re a horrible person?
it’s as if i say that i like darktail and everyone just assumes i want to murder my own father, or that i like brokenstar and that automatically marks me as someone who would kidnap children and work them to death. no, you’re jumping to conclusions and making accusations that aren’t true.
just because someone likes a character doesn’t mean they like them as a person- it could very well mean that they find them and the things that they do very endearing. for example: ashfur. he was an interesting character that was just incorporated with bad writing and a god-awful plot.
this fandom is especially horrible for constantly ridiculing and harassing people for liking certain characters. seeing posts like “____ stans do not interact” or “if you like ____, you’re awful and i hate everything you stand for” is, even if you don’t think it is, really hurtful. it makes people think that just because they like a character, it automatically marks them as the worst person in the world.
these posts are horrible, unless they’re real people who have done horrid things. that’s understandable to post, but attacking people for finding fictional characters interesting is completely uncalled for.
