Just Being Me

Gerald: Alan, are you ignoring Katarina?

Alan: I’m playing hard to get.

Gerald: Why would you do that? You’re already hard to want.

Katarina: I failed my safety course today.

Sophia: Why? What happened?

Katarina: Well one of the questions was “In the case of a fire what steps would you take?”

Sophia: And?

Katarina: Well apparently, “FUCKING LARGE ONES” isn’t an acceptable answer.

You push past the boundaries

Hoping for something more

But it only earns you disgust

And the title of scum

It’s so funny how everyone is doing LITERALLY every extra unnecessary and unhelpful thing for essential workers except advocate for us to be better paid or paying us directly. Like it’s hilarious to me in the most depressing way how out of touch middle class/non-essential workers are about what people actually need.

But we sang you a song, we made you a comic calling you heroes, we posted a “thank you!” graphic on FB! And when the news story broke that you died from Covid-19 we sad reacted and commented something like: “True patriots of America! Deserve to be more appreciated.”

If you appreciate us so much why not just straight up give us money? Raise money to pay for the medical bills of sick workers? Raise money for immuno-compromised workers so they don’t have to die on the job? Like! What’s not clicking, what’s not clicking!

I do not know how to break it to people who claim to care about essential workers but “thank you,” is the most useless thing you can do for us, aside from actively making our lives more difficult or idk purposefully trying to get us sick. You actually and really, truly care? Again, advocate for us, or pay us money. It’s really that simple! 🤷🏻‍♂️

#faceshield #protectivegowns #we need ppe

Don't be out and about catching diseases when you don't need to. Don't give healthcare workers more work than they already have. Volunteer if you can, perhaps to make well needed Personal Protective Equipments (PPE) for our healthcare workers that are running out. Or even help to distribute food to the needy who lost their income in these crucial times.

Some countries have kind citizens (mine included) who volunteered to make DIY faceshields and protective gowns. It's a good way to volunteer.

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Geordo: How do you solve a problem like Katarina?

Keith: How do you catch a cloud and pin it down?

Mary: How do you find a word that means Katarina?

Nicol: A flibbertigibbet?

Sophia: A will-of-a-wisp?

Alan: A fucking clown.

electronicdelusionstarlight

I think the thing I most appreciate of Destruction Flag Otome, compared to all the other Otome Isekais that came in Bakarina's Wake (some of whom are actually quite good even despite this), is that it doesn't villainize its "game heroine."

Like, most other Otome Isekais out there make it so, now that the villainess of the game is supposed to be the heroine of the manga, the game heroine become the new villainess.

Heroines become hypocrites, manipulative, using their charm and feminine willies to trick the prince or some shit like that into loving them, some times using outright mind control.

Meanwhile, the Villainess is whitewashed in game too.

Her "bullying" is actually staged by the heroine, or her trying to help and getting misinterpreted, framed for crimes she never committed, her actions usually about helping others in obscure roundabout ways...

So, what was once a novel concept, is suddenly back to a cliched square one:

The heroine became the blacker than black villain, a social climber without scruples, who steals a woman's fiance from under her.

And the Villainess becomes the whiter than white hero, a saint, cute and blameless, moe to a fault.

And Destruction Flag Otome? It doesn't do that. The Heroine doesn't become the villain of the story, in fact, she becomes a major supporting character, is not villified, put against another female character for sexist reasons, or mocked for possessing qualities typical of any normal teenage girl, with hopes, dreams and desires herself...

(Also she's, like, super gay).

And that's great honestly, how come we don't have more shit like that?

electronicdelusionstarlight

Katarina: Hey we’re gonna play a game, you in?

Sophia: Sorry, I can’t right now. My book is at its climax.

Katarina: Understandable, hope everyone lives.

Also, very progressive and bold for Hamefura/Destruction Flag Otome to not only allow they female lead to be a dense dumbass (A role usually reserved to male leads in shonen anime) but also have her almost dramatically shit herself in two different occasions due to her own gluttony, really humanizes the character if you ask me.

I wouldn't know how to shit in her dresses. No wonder no one else touches the food.

ms-demeanor

Hey you know how I said I was going to make a workbook on the kind of bullshit you need to do when someone you love dies? I actually did that.

HERE IS THE VERSION WITH LOTS OF SWEARING AT THE USELESS, SHITTY SITUATION YOU’RE IN.

HERE IS THE VERSION WITH A FAIR AMOUNT OF BLACK HUMOR BUT NO CURSEWORDS.

Featuring Helpful Sections such as:

Death Certificates – What you need, why you need them, and how to get them

Prepare to spend a long and miserable time on the phone

What the Everloving Fuck is Probate

Some Simple Dos and Don’ts

Shitty Mad Libs – Templates for writing Obituaries and Memorials

How to plan a non-religious death party

So you suddenly have to become some sort of hacker or some shit

This is an eighteen page book that you can print out, download, share, and give away; it is meant to be used to collect information about funeral planning and account management after a death OR you can use it BEFORE you die and give people information so they’re not stuck playing Nancy Fucking Drew while trying to keep seventeen cousins who crawled out of the woodwork from gutting each other in front of the fucking casket as they argue about who’s inheriting grandma’s favorite dentures.

It’s not exactly cheerful and it’s full of things that are probably going to feel really fucking raw if you’re processing a fresh death.

I’m sorry! I love you! Death is shitty! I’m trying to laugh about it a little and I hope you can laugh a little too because otherwise we’re all just going to cry together.

Good luck!

(in memory of my weirdo mother and her weirdo siblings who all died too fucking young and left me holding this flaming bag of dogshit)

saffronhare

This is so radically kind, thank you

ms-demeanor

You’re welcome!

Life is short, kindness is what we’ve got.

When my mom died it wasn’t exactly unexpected but it was still sooner than we all thought it would happen. It was a huge punch in the guts and the thought of making things and not being able to show her and share them with her still hurts but in that first month it was like drowning.

So I made this for her, and shared it with and showed it to other people who are hurting, because my momma didn’t raise a quitter but she sure did raise a softhearted fool who wants everyone to feel a little more loved and a little more worthy and a little less alone.

I love you. Take care. Be kind.

gothiccharmschool

This is important, useful, and so very damn kind.

omgcheckplease

There’s one more update before the book comes out. I’d like to do a NEW powerpoint primer that tells people about the comic??? But so much has changed. QUESTION FOR YOU: - how did you find out about the comic - what drew you in???

THANK YOU IN ADVANCE 🙏

rascalbot

oh man I like talking about this, but my answer is 400% not going to be useful. I followed you @ngoziu because you drew what is to this day my favorite piece of lotr fanart. And everything you produced was so heckin’ good! And then you started posting this hockey comic and I was like, sports? No thanks! I’m a real nerd. (but wow the art is real good)

What first finally drew me in was this extra which radiated so much weird heart and soul that I said, well, I do love bros and this art, so I went back and caught up on all the comics posted so far. What hooked me for life was a) my deep desire, from his first introduction, for Jack to kiss Bitty and b) the sriracha panel from this post which just… so succinctly summed up the experience of being in a college kitchen that I laughed out loud about it for days. Onlookers were concerned.

But when I stopped laughing I kept thinking about it. Not the sriracha (a little the sriracha) but the characters who, in so few panels, were so fleshed out and real that I couldn’t stop thinking about them as people, and what they would be doing now. They all had such rich and distinct personalities and so much charm that I already felt like I knew them and there were what, four comics? It was the kind of writing I aspired to, that I still aspire to, made to look so effortless that it was all the more a joy to read. I came for the extras and the sriracha and I stayed because I loved these people.

I sent this comic to everyone I knew. I wrote this which someone pointed out years later was the first ZimBits story in the tag (the ship name did not exist yet) and spelled Jack Zimmermann’s name wrong. I chased my friends until they all agreed to read it and then they all loved it. I work in a library now and I insisted that we order the first volume and I made my boss read it and now she loves it and sometimes comes in to work and says “is there a new update?” We already preordered volume 2. We can’t keep it on the shelves now because everyone is reading it and when it is in I put it in someone’s hands almost immediately. And when I think about how much it has grown in cultural consciousness I’m just… proud? I don’t know how else to put it. This comic has earned every accolade and every milestone, it’s no surprise that it’s so well loved, but having gotten to watch it grow from its initial concept has been such a goddamn delight and that pride is in seeing it succeed on the level it deserves.

I hold this up regularly as one of the best comics ever made. The skill is so utterly unquestionable, the story so succinct but so complicated and so moving, the voices so strong and recognizable, and my god it makes me laugh. The thought of it reaching completion makes me so happy but also so sad, but also I know I’m going to keep reading and re-reading it forever. And I’m sad that it’s coming to a close, but I can’t wait to see how it ends. It’s gonna be fucking amazing.

omgcheckplease

I remember, back in 2013, @rascalbot wrote the first Check, Please! fanfiction I ever read. I think it was comment fic? Either way, I flipped out and just about lost my mind. People, thinking about my characters!!! Inconceivable! Thank so much!

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Floating through tumblr

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No im not doing it i dont care

actslikeacat

Can anyone explain why this sucks so much. Like I thought I would love it because I don’t like social interaction and like being able to work in a way that actually helps me (ex: being able to listen to music) but it’s the worst thing so far and I’m not getting anything done.

@actslikeacat Most people with ADHD thrive on structure and compartmentalization, and with distance learning, that isn’t a thing. We’re in the same place for every class AND extracurricular, and there’s no physical transition to help our brains shift from one thing to the next. Basically, we’ve lost our anchor points and we can’t slow ourselves down or steer our brains in the directions we want them to go. Distance learning has introduced a legitimate accessibility barrier for a SIGNIFICANT portion of the population.

pathsofpassion

It's not just structure - it's EXTERNALLY IMPOSED structure. Trying to give ourselves structure is like trying to bail out the Titanic with a bucket. All the advice for studying/working from home right now is like 'make sure you give yourself a schedule and stick to it', and for a lot of us that is just not something we can *do*.

All the adderall in the world won't help us stick to an internally motivated structure.

titleknown

...Okay, but, is anybody gonna point out that this problem with internally-imposed structure likely also explains why it’s such a nightmare for me to apply to jobs; doubly so with the also ADHD-related Rejection Sensitivity Dysphoria given if they reject you you usually get nothing but a howling silence?

Like, while we’re talking about accessibilitiy barriers in long-distance learning, we also need to talk about how our job application structure has always had these exact same barriers, and how it’s likely a huge barrier to employment for so many people.

Like, boy howdy we need to talk about the way we as a society approach job-seeking/hiring, because it’s a nightmare for the disabled in that exact same way and also one giant recipe for the same sort of victim-blaming,,,

haltraveler

I’m autistic and I REALLY feel it too

tatsuyasuou

A 25 year old woman calling a 16 year old anime boy her husband and a 25 year old guy calling a 16 year old anime girl his wife is the same

tatsuyasuou

Anyone whoever posted stupid shit on the replies of this post will die mysteriously on November 19th 2021

Sun Jing the protective girlfriend being relevant as hell

From the Chinese manhua “Tamen de Gushi” by Tan jiu

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trufflesmushroom

If I rebooted PowerPuff Girls, I think I’d actually put a lot of focus on Professor Utonium- an brilliant, tired, endearing middle-aged perpetually single Japanese-American hunky zaddy with bad eternal-bachelor habits who loves his three daughters more than anything else in the world.

What if instead of trying to make artificial life and making superheroes instead, he initially tries to stabilize Chemical X into a stable, safe form compatible with human biology, combines it with his own DNA, and accidentally ends up creating three viable embryos that he decides to raise as his kids? He never planned to be a single parent but realizes the instant he discovers them floating in their little tube that he was always meant to be a father.

Poor Professor U tries his best to raise them healthy and happy, and wants to provide a normal life for his little girls, but can’t deny that a trio of nigh indestructible flying fighting superheroes with no social obligations besides elementary school are very good for the city’s rampaging monster problem…

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monkeysaysficus

Reblog to support jar-opening lesbians

thefingerfuckingfemalefury

This is the Sue Perkins of Jar Opening Lesbians

Reblog for success in opening jars on the first try for the rest of the year!