It's not just that they're doing corruption, but they're doing the kind of corruption that is basically "guy hands over a cartoon money sack with dollar signs on it" corruption.
When I got my current job they made me sign a form acknowledging that I'll be immediately fired if I accept free mcdonalds or an amazon gift card from someone at a rival firm
Lowkey I would love a Gem and Scar team-up just because I think they both need it. Gem genuinely trusts Scar, which Scar needs, especially if she can see him and be on a team with him, while also knowing just how much of a threat he truly is. Also give Gem an unhinged teammate who most likely wonāt betray her is good for the soul, because Scar is very loyal to his teammates. Sonething Gem needs
I also think that they are very much a powerful force to face, they encourage eachothers Crazy and also keep each other(Gem keeps Scar) away from going to wild with it that might end up getting them killed
Also their friendship is so awesome and it means the world to me whenever I see them yapping during steams, oughhh i need this team up so badššš
So currently I answer to my full first name (which I usually introduce myself with) as well as two nicknames/diminutives plus my last name when people mistake it for a first name. There are two or three other nicknames I've also gone by in the past. I'm perfectly fine with this, or neutral at minimum-- I have a common name and have had to be flexible with how I'm distinguished for my whole life. I also don't feel a deep and fundamental connection of my name with my identity, though I think going by another name entirely would confuse me.
A number of friends have been appalled at me being called names I don't say are my name. Which is really weird to me, although I'd go to battle for anyone else who was getting either deadnamed or called something they didn't want. But this perspective seems surprisingly common!
How do you feel about being called something other than the name you introduce yourself with?
I think it's fun if people give me (non-derogatory) nicknames or shorten my name
I don't care if people call me something else and will answer to it
I'm mildly uncomfortable or annoyed but won't make an issue of it
I HATE being called something else and will always correct people
we don't credit rebecca sugar enough for making the episode with the first gay wedding in a kids show extremely plot relevant so it could not be skipped or cut.
#rebecca sugar has gone on record saying that they knew from the beginning they wanted ruby and sapphire and they put every inch of planning#in to make sure that the studio could not take them out. sugar has said theyād compromised on hundreds of things theyād wanted for steven#so that they had the bargaining power specifically to keep ruby and sapphireās relationship#and a number of āfillerā episodes were created just to establish counter-arguments that might come up when they pitched the wedding episode#the one that comes to mind is the episode about steven and connie getting lost in roseās room stevenās central conflict about liking their#fave book seriesā romantic ending was later weaponised when producerās were like āoh but stevenās a boy he wonāt be too interested in them#getting marriedā sugar was able to be like āno. in this episode itās established he loves romance and specifically weddings. and in these#episodes itās shown how much steven cares about ruby and sapphire and their relationship and happiness. you cannot convince me this is not#good and necessary plot development#and they wrapped it up in the season finale and the big climactic point of the diamonds finally coming to attack earth to make the#episode integral to the series no skipping it without confusion. and had ruby wear a wedding dress because international censors took#advantage of her design to give her a masculine va#and sugar made certain that everybody knew This was a queer love story that an entire town supported and admired and that any child watchin#it at home would know they are not alone and that that support is waiting for them out there somewhere#sugar sacrificed the wider story they wanted to tell for that and it was a horrible decision to be given but they made the right choice
generally speaking, the cooler and better your offline political activities are, the more important it becomes that you do not post about it on your personal social media acconts
i wish we were able to talk about women's rights without someone mentioning how much they do or don't want to have sex with them. i don't care if you're a lesbian Stop finding worth in women purely from their perceived attractiveness
"I think women should not be expected to shave for societal respect / to avoid discrimination" "yeahš¤¤ i love bush" ok well that's not what we're talking about is it.
i hate how many posts about trans women deserving respect always devolve into "I love girldick" or "trans rights but I don't want to date a trans person" because that's entirely unrelated to the topic at hand. you should not respond to feminism with "YESSS I loveeee you because I see you as nothing but a sex object" you people sound like other men I get stuck talking with that end up saying "free the nipple so I can see boobies in public" and thinking they're feminists. why can't we just respect women regardless of your attraction to them or not. why does it need to be brought up in every conversation regarding their rights
listen. if your mutual suddenly starts referring to The Character with different pronouns, you must go along with it. that character is trans now. theyāre right.
and then pearl is failing at piloting the ship and whining and groaning with her head in her hands in the cockpit like i caaant doooo thisssss and gem says āpearl cute when patheticā and pearl is yelling at her because this isnāt CUTE both our planets survival relies on me learning to drive this thing stop TEASING MEEeeeeā¦
My spouse and I just had one of those āwait your brain works HOW?ā exchanges, and now I am BURNING TO KNOW HOW IT WORKS FOR OTHER PEOPLE:
Fellow speakers of this feral bastard language (English), rb and tell me in the tags: what is the delineation for you, if any, between evening and night?
fell down a rabbit hole so :3
headcanons around pegasi in my little pony:
Pegasi often use the bird development stages as it better follows wing development (hatchling, nestling, chick, fledgling, juvenile, immature, adult).
After becoming an alicorn, Twilight kept getting confused as to why Rainbow/Fluttershy keep tugging at her wings. They kept doing it to pluck out pin feathers since Twilight has yet to properly figure out preening. (allopreening (as its called) ranges from being a social, romantic, to parental activity. Much to Twilight's disappointment, I don't think the two are being social nor romantic)
Adult pegasi feathers grow in a variety of shapes dictated by the ponies lifestyle hence variation in the species, proper care and lifestyle choices are needed to keep the feathers a healthy shape. (note, I don't believe any bird irl can do this)
Rainbow Dash's plumage is falcon like built for high speed stunt flying.
Fluttershy's plumage is owl like built for soft, silent, controlled, gentle movement.
Pipp Petal's plumage is not natural and requires excessive trimming to keep it only as down feathers.
Twilight (being very young+smol by alicorn standards) still only has a juvenile plumage making her look quite adorable. (note, Juvenile plumage isn't just the plumage of a juvenile but also of a fledgling and immature)
Sudden lifestyle changes can cause a pegasi to grow a very different feather shape to their old one making it harder to fly for a while. Slow lifestyle changes is considered healthiest.
With enough effort, pegasi can grow tightly packed feathers like penguins suitable for fast underwater swimming but not flying.
young pegasi sleep in hammocks so they don't roll over in their sleep and damage their wings.
young pegasi pull their legs and arms in while flying.
bringing up wing clipping is a very good way to speedrun getting kicked.
while dreaming, some pegasi (including Twilight) lightly flap their wings slightly.
one time, despite being warned not to, Twilight flew straight into a cloud and very quickly learnt that 'pegasi can stand on clouds comfortably' translates to 'clouds are not that soft nor delicate and hitting one too slowly/with bad technique is akin to running headfirst into a mattress'.
it is standard education for pegasi to learn how to safely catch a crash landing pony. Its the origin for the popularity for ball sports.
Rainbow Dash has training in advanced flight safety and mentoring.
Rainbow Dash's favourite party trick is 'flight cancelling' (which no non-pegasi ever appreciates) which is being able to stop instantaneously at high velocity by flapping her wings back violently to negate all her speed. To non-pegasi its like 'oh cool its Rainbow Dash'; to pegasi, its 'Celestia! How did you stop without stopping?! What the buck?!' (yes, to do this, Rainbow has the back muscles of a Olympian)
In Twilight's flying theory lessons, Fluttershy had a sign nailed to the wall reading "DO NOT IMITATE RAINBOW DASH!" which she slaps every time Twilight asks a question which boils down to 'but Rainbow doesn't do that'.
Pegasi learning to fly wear training harnesses, these alone do nothing to aid in flight but: alert those around of a trainee; (when needed) can be grabbed by other pegasi which is especially useful in emergencies; and extra support equipment can be attached on like whistles and wing braces.
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