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[uptownthots]

there literally is no division between White Supremacist and Pretending To Be White Supremacist For Profit and anyone who argues otherwise is literally on the side of, at the very least, for-profit white supremacy

[bearlylola]

of course they'll have Katara wearing orange in respect to @.ang's culture but couldnt have @.ang wear any blue in respect to hers 🤦

[gauntlyt]

imagine you're a being who is charged with an enormously important mission, one that takes you far from home, from everything you're used to. one that entwines your destiny with another being; a strange, soft, sensitive creature. a creature you must change yourself for, because they can't understand your real voice, can't look at you directly without a barrier obfuscating, can't have any contact with you without a protective shell, lest you hurt them. even your proximity can do them harm, so you have to keep yourself armoured, suited, seperate. you take on a false voice, one much more like theirs, foreign and filtered, so you can communicate in a way they can process. you adapt your entire existence to get close to them without hurting them, to occupy their unfamiliar space, to carry out your duties, always kitted in your armour for their protection.

now imagine this creature, this fragile thing, also endlessly important, vital, is in danger. in pain. withering away. suffering, in absolute agony, liable to break forever, and only you can save them. it is not easy, but you must rescue them. there is no other choice; the fate of countless souls rests on their shoulders. the alternative is unimaginable. you must, so you do. you grab them with your bare hand, ungloved, unshielded, and drag them to safety. you haul them from the danger and make them right, get them healed, stable again. save their life.

but that touch, that one touch, still harms them. a small price to pay, ultimately, but harm nonetheless. it burns their soft flesh, searing your body upon theirs, forever marking their skin. they recover, you their salvation, and your entwined missions can continue; but now you know what it felt like to touch them directly, no walls, no armour. you can see your imprint immortalised indeliable upon their sensitive body, the evidence of your actions, of the connection between you. the brand, the sigil, the signature, reminding you both that without you, they would be lost, as would all hope. a record of the one and only time you touched directly, felt their skin, the tissue forever warped in the shape of you. a monument to the time, however brief, that you held them, held their life in your hands, your bare hands, and how it can never ever happen again.

would that be sexy or what? I mean fucked up. fucked up is what I meant to say haha

[tactiletelekonesis]

do you think stratt included ao3 along with all the copyrighted stuff in case the crew got particularly obsessed with something and wanted to read more?

[evilwriter37]

I had a weird, good day. Like, a lot of different things happened.

Started with going to the ENT for my sinus issues. I ended up getting a scope (they numb you with lidocaine first, but you definitely do still feel the pressure). I have a major deviated septum on the right, but the left side, my problem child, has been confirmed to indeed be a problem child. I have an unidentified mass in the left side of my sinuses. I’m scheduled for a biopsy on September 1st, unless the surgeon decides I need intervention sooner when she looks at the imaging tomorrow. And the doctor showed me the imaging. It’s super weird because there’s a disconnect almost and a grotesque fascination. But like… that’s in my face. That’s literally in my face.

I’m kind of relived by that though??? Because wow, finally something very obviously abnormal that can most likely be fixed rather easily.

So yeah, that was that appointment! The polycule and I were going to go to our favorite diner before my next appointment but didn’t have enough time, so ended up just getting snacks at the mall. But then what sucked is that we could have gone, because I had to be rescheduled right when I checked in for the next appointment because my doctor had to perform an unexpected procedure on someone.

But then by that time said diner was closing in half an hour, so we went to a different restaurant. The food was excellent as always, but Gdi, I wanted my massive gluten free pancakes!!!

The ride home was pretty fun and goofy. Lots of bad, but joyful singing. (Well, not from me. My voice can’t do that anymore.)

Buuuuut, upon returning home, guess what was finally in the mail? My author copy of the anthology!!!! I had ordered an extra one for @lifblogs at a cheaper price, given she is my sister and best friend, but I assume the shipments got split up.

So, uh, yeah. A Day was Had. I’m super exhausted and ended up taking extra prednisone as a preventative measure because my health band was basically yelling at me because I had gone over my allotted pace points by 20+ points. (Pace points are basically just spoons. It calculates how many you have in a day based on vital signs and self reporting of symptoms.)

I’m in bed, not sure what I’m feeling. Good times and bad times. Idk, at least I have therapy tomorrow.

[naomiknight-17]

Watching VODs of Demily Pyro's Danganronpa 2 streams and Jon happened to catch some of it with me

It's the scenes leading up to the beach party where Kazuichi pressures the MC to go with him to kind of crash the gathering (which was supposed to be girls only)

And Jon was like, "Ugh, this fucking guy. I wish I could hit him with a wrench" or something like that

And I'm like... I like Kazuichi :(

Which SHOCKED Jon. He was like. WHAT? You LIKE this guy?

Well, yeah. He isn't perfect by a long shot - he's an insecure kind of horny teenage boy. You know. Like a lot of teenage boys

But he's doing his best to stay positive and focus on the good parts of their situation - because how else are you going to survive? One of the first things he did on the island was inspect the airport and planes to see if there was any way off the island. When the area with the TVs and tech garbage is unlocked, he focuses on going through it all to see if there's anything useful that may aid their escape

Also. Demily and her friends speculating that Kazuichi might be a transfem egg is a FASCINATING read that would make him even more interesting

But even before watching these streams, I already liked this kid

He's trying his best in an impossible situation

[mollysunder]

I think about Orianna's connection to Sky, and how Sky was not the first but the clearest encapsulation of the lives destroyed for the pursuit of "progress", or more the very narrow goals of an even more narrow number of people, and Orianna is the product of it.

I think about how in Orianna's original lore she was defined by her selflessness, where she was willing to sacrifice and put herself in harm's way for the people of Zaun and her father. Now her literal existence is antithetical to her previously established values.

I think about how of the very few things we know about Sky was that she wanted to help people in Zaun, and her ideas, her plants, worked! Her plants gave people fresh air in Viktor's commune and the idea survives in the alt!timeline to make Zaun a better place. In the entire cast Sky is the only person whose ideas had an unambiguously positive impact on the world around her (except Ekko sort of), and just like the original Orianna she was willing to put herself at risk to help others.

I think about how Sky's life's work could have been something that saved the original Orianna from her fate.

I think about how Sky Young is someone Orianna could have easily grown up to be like. And now Sky's a part of her (possibly a part of her conscious).

I think about any possible future media that could explore the horror and irony that is Sky and Orianna's connection, but then I think that the writers will just make it Seraphine and Skarner 2.0.