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I overthink stuff and obsess over fiction. Bryan/22/INTP

[azuremist]

What’s happening to autistic people right now?

(Trigger warning for abuse, electroshock therapy, torture, and ableism.)

The US court has overturned the ban on shock devices being used against disabled students, predominantly autistic students in the US.

The shock device being legalized is called the graduated electronic decelerator (or GED). This is a torture device that is used to ‘correct’ autistic behaviors / symptoms. Autistic people are shocked for stimming, and for having meltdowns, ect. This device was made popular by a behavioral center (the Judge Rosenberg Center, specifically) that is infamous for its abuse and torture of autistic / disabled patients.

(Image ID: someone is holding their arm out and resting it on a table, with their sleeve rolled up. Attached to their arm are wires, which connect to a small cube device.)

This is what the device looks like. It sends electric shocks into the victim’s skin; the victim often being restrained and held against their will. This is torture. GEDs have been reported to cause intense psychological trauma, PTSD, and physical injuries.

In March of 2020, the FDA ruled for GEDs to be banned. (Although, of course, they were still illegally used at a number of places.) This ruling has recently been appealed, and today, the US court of appeals has re-regulated the law to stop the use of GED. Sounds great, right? It would be!

... If not for a huge loophole in the wording, which basically allows this torture to continue. This device is going to have continued use on autistic students in order to “correct their behavior.”

“So.... What can I do??”

Great question! You can:

Listen to and boost autistic voices to spread awareness

As-of now (July 7th), autistic activists are trying to get #StopTheShock trending on Twitter, so Tweet out the hashtag if you have Twitter

If you’re in the US, email / call your legislators

Sign this petition if you’re in the US

Follow this case and look out for updates

If Autism Speaks (known ableist hategroup) says anything about this, DO NOT BOOST IT

That’s all! Thank you. Reblogs are very appreciated!!

[blisslai-remade-deactivated2020]

i honest to god can’t stress how important it is to support authors of colour. white authors are NEVER going to be able to captures the experience of a person of colour in an authentic way and it will be flawed whether they had good intentions or not. support authors of colour because that is where you will get the best rep. if you’re looking for good rep of a certain marginalised group and you turn to someone outside of that group for a good, authentic retelling of their experiences you will inevitably be disappointed by the outcome. turning to white people should not be the first thing you do when looking for good diverse rep that is absolutely the last place you should be going

[bunkernine]

to emphasize that last part:

turning to white people should not be the first thing you do when looking for good diverse rep.

[birklurks]

I’m sure given Tumblr’s current climate - the following is a hugely unpopular sentiment that folks will immediately start screaming and hollering about, but I can’t help sharing my personal experiences/perceptions of how Asians are portrayed in entertainment media. (I know it’s stupid and overkill to point this out, but obviously my thoughts do NOT apply to other communities of color. And if other Asians feel differently, I’d really love to hear your thoughts).

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[flukesandspooks]

The holy trinity of terrible movie adaptions

[fibonaccisequins-blog]

Tl;dr please play or watch Little busters. I will love you forever.

If you’re not sure what a visual novel is, click here! If you do know but have no idea how to start playing, click here instead! The main game has been fully translated already, so no Japanese knowledge is necessary! And click here for some cool Little Busters blogs if you’re interested, though be careful of spoilers!

The music links! Exotic Toybox (Kud’s theme) Boys Don’t Cry (Kyousuke’s theme) Faraway A World where Nothing Happened Song for Friends (Instrumental)

Art credits: Kyousuke/Kengo/Masato fanart in the ‘everyone is gay’ page is ’謙吾!!!!!!!!!!!お誕生日おめでとう!!!!!!!!!’ by ティリ, reposted with permission. 'Questioning the characters’ heterosexuality’ is by Just-LittleBusters-Things.tumblr.com. (possible spoilers through link) Image of Sasami and Rin in the bottom right of the shipping page is by Kyousgaynatsume.tumblr.com. Rin and Komari graphic in the bottom right of the graphics page from here.

[mysharona1987]

[oncelerfucker69-deactivated2019]

me

[tuinendraws]

To-may-to, to-mah-to.

Anyway, I played through all of the academy phase fully expecting to be sacrificed on an altar at some point. Maybe it’s still going to happen, idk I haven’t finished a single route yet.

[tuinendraws]

Inktober day 27: Coat

Nothing beats stepping outside to -30°C with your big heavy winter coat on and feeling absolutely nothing.

Insulation is a wonderful thing.

[clickbeetle]

all i want from homestuck 2, all i ask for,

is to see harry anderson egbert doing his parents dumb ass happy dance.

please give us this. idc how. i need to see it.

[utopianparadoxist]

T B Q H given the sheer number of memetic/deific iconography surrounding all of the kids you could legitimately make some really terrifically cohesive/interesting Soul Portrait shots of them even if they also looked like horrendous hilarious shit

I would pay genuine money to see that come into existence it could be really great. hmm. 

[mimsiical]

TBH i have actually thought about this before, like if fraymotifs could be used outside of combat, could a seer’s powers combined with heart or blood get you something like that? probably not, since there’s no indication that the seer of blood (kankri) could literally see the connections between people, but it’s a fun idea. (dirk voice: rose, did you know that your soul is a writhing mass of orange tentacles? pretty dope.) 

alternatively, they could alchemize a camera that lets you photograph people’s souls, or make a horrible soul portrait, sort of like how dave alchemized a camera that turns everything into sbahj

[utopianparadoxist]

FUCK FUCK FUCK THAT THAT LAST THING I WANT AN ENTIRE 30 CHAPTER LONG FIC ABOUT DAVE MAKING A SOUL PICTURE CAMERA AND TAKING HIS FRIENDS PICTURES, BUT LIKE, THE PICTURES REVEAL REALLY GAY SHIT ABOUT THEM ALL

He takes Rose’s picture and at the core of her there’s just like, a sun, a blazing blinding sun the surface of which is COVERED in Kanaya’s virgo symbol, like a delicate threaded cage holding in the sun.

He and Rose stare at it and Rose is like. I won’t put a curse on you if you just hand me the picture and never speak of it again. Dave is like fine. Rose is like also send me the captcha code for that. Also take a picture of Dirk that would be handy. Dave is like for what. Rose winks at him and his spine crawls. 

Dave takes a picture of Dirk and Jake and just ends up handing it to them misty eyed like sorry i never took this bye

Dave takes a picture of himself and karkat and they get married.

why is everyone in this comic so beautiful and in love and gay :’(

[mimsiical]

dave: uh jake do you know that you have like… extra soul? a soul hanger-on? 

jake: huh? 

dave: it’s pink, does that help

jake: OH thats just dirk’s soul. he gave me a piece of his soul when we were little by accident when he fell in love with me! i call him brain ghost dirk and sometimes he helps me out of a jam. hes a nice fellow! 

dave: thats………gay

karkat, eavesdropping: what the fuck, i have never heard something more romantic in my entire life, why dont YOU literally give me your heart dave

[homeswitch]

Please!!!

[baasama]

🍖🍰

[blanketmoth-deactivated20231216]

it’s never gonna die is it

[mindoverthemoon]

[fe3hreference]

Ideologies of the three Lords

(spoilers for all routes)

I’ve heard some talk about ideologies and people not being sure who believes in what, so I wanted to do a little breakdown on the ideologies of the main lords based on 1) what their goals are and 2) what they’re willing to do to achieve them. The reason I emphasize the second is because methodology is an essential part of ideology, especially with these three. A methodology is an ideological decision on what can be sacrificed and what can’t for the sake of an end goal.

Short version:

Edelgard: Equality through force. Priority is eliminating influence of Crests and the Church.

*I use “force” instead of “revolution” because revolution comes from within, which only covers her actions in Adrestia. Force, specifically military force, is required for her plans for the rest of Fódlan. See below for more.

Dimitri: Equality through reform. Priority is eliminating racial inequality and avoiding violent conflict.

Claude: Equality through diplomacy. Priority is unification and eradicating racial inequality. 

In all, the Lords all have similar goals. Edelgard and Dimitri both agree that Crests are a problem. Dimitri and Claude both want to stop racial inequality. Edelgard and Claude both think the Church is a negative influence. While their main focuses are different, they have, for the most part, identified the same problems with Fódlan’s society and feel these need to be changed. Where they really distinguish themselves is in how they think change should be conducted.

Further, no Lord is explicitly what we’d identify as “left”- or “right”-wing in a contemporary framework. For example, all of them want equality, but how a person might define “equality” varies dramatically depending on your beliefs. Equality under Liberalism looks very different from equality under Communism, and we generally don’t get the kind of information that would clarify what their positions are in these frames.

Except that Claude discusses free markets. Claude Fire Emblem: your only Lord with an economic policy. 

NOTE: I like all of the Lords a lot. Like anyone, I have a favorite and my own opinions about their ideologies, but I love every Lord, am sympathetic to their perspectives, and tried very hard to be evenhanded in my descriptions of their points of view. This is not meant to hate on any of them. Please don’t be nasty about them here.

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[moved-to-ofswordsandpens]

the entirety of the lightning thief really is just Percy, Annabeth, and Grover fighting over the use of one (1) singular brain cell isn’t it

[moved-to-ofswordsandpens]

She said, “Children, it is too late to be out all alone. Where are your parents?”

“They’re … um …” Annabeth started to say.

“We’re orphans,” I said.

“Orphans?” the woman said. The word sounded alien in her mouth. “But, my dears! Surely not!”

“We got separated from our caravan,” I said. “Our circus caravan. The ringmaster told us to meet him at the gas station if we got lost, but he may have forgotten, or maybe he meant a different gas station. Anyway, we’re lost. Is that food I smell?”

.

He looked us over. “How did you die, then?”

I nudged Grover.

“Oh,” he said. “Um … drowned … in the bathtub.”

“All three of you?” Charon asked.

We nodded.

.

“I’m not saying hello to a pink poodle,” I said. “For-get it.”

“Percy,” Annabeth said. “I said hello to the poodle. You say hello to the poodle.”

The poodle growled.

I said hello to the poodle.

.

“I don’t know. Just a feeling. Annabeth, come with me-”

“Are you kidding?” She looked at me as if I’d just dropped from the moon. Her cheeks were bright red.

“What’s the problem now?” I demanded.

“Me, go with you to the … the ‘Thrill Ride of Love’? How embarrassing is that? What if somebody saw me?”

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I LOVE my kids

[chipchopclipclop]

heres a bunch of FE3H stuff since its now occupying all of my thoughts [eats a rock]

[bae-leth]

Now that we know Felix can be recruited, it got me interested in potential battle quotes between the childhood friends assuming they can all be recrutied to other Houses. I’m made myself sad writing this.

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Felix (vs Dimitri)

Dimitri: Ha! Well, look who decided to show himself!

Felix: …Dimitri…Huh. The years haven’t been kind to you.

Dimitri: Don’t. You think you can speak to me so casually? After you decided you were too good for the Blue Lions? Too good for your motherland?!

Felix: Hmph, so that’s all you’re going to say, huh? Fine. I never was one for words. Come at me, you foolish boar.

Dimitri: …Did I do something wrong…?

Felix: …I won’t answer that.

Dimitri: Then…Was I not a good enough leader…? …Was I not a good friend?! Will you answer that, Felix?!

Felix: …It was never about you…

Dimitri: …No…No, I suppose it never was…Fine. How about a spar, Felix? Let’s see who’s improved more over the years. A match to the death!

Felix: Have…Have at you.

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