#adrian posts

[mikaagereo]

the bees' impressions of HiMERU from the most recent event

[galaxae]

(above screenshot taken from this post)

everything about this situation is deeply, truly messed up, but this part in particular irked me.

gee, i wonder if there's a reason trans staff members would feel unsafe protesting transphobia?

i'm a stealth trans man at my job and i grit my teeth and bear transphobic comments from my coworkers, because i'm afraid i'll be outed. i'm afraid of transphobic violence being directed toward me. i'm afraid of my job being compromised if i call someone out. especially given the fragile egos of some of my superiors.

not to say the trans staff members shouldn't protest. if someone was being transphobic to or in front of a client at my workplace, i'd do my best to tear through the fear and stand up for them. i work in victim services. it's important.

tumblr's trans staff members aren't without guilt. possibly, they aren't without transmisogynistic beliefs, as well. that's not out of the question at all here. i'm not saying this is what's going on; for all i know, the trans staff members could be fully in on it too.

but this part here, it's frustrating as hell to read. this doesn't mean shit. get the fuck over yourself. own up to your transmisogyny and stop being a fucking coward. stop pointing to your possibly scared shitless transgender employees and throwing them under the bus by saying "they're not protesting this decision, so clearly it's not transphobic! ignore that their ability to pay rent may very well ride on whether they agree with me!" fuck right off. avery deserves better.

[galaxae]

hi gay people

bye gay people

[galaxae]

Trans-Rights Shop | Redbubble

Trans-Rights is an independent artist creating amazing designs for great products such as t-shirts, stickers, posters, and phone cases.

Hello! Remember this post from @genderoutlaws (very sorry for the @, but this is important) about the Michael Knowles event happening at the University of Pittsburgh?

There are actually three transphobic events going on at Pitt throughout the next few weeks. Thankfully, there's protests being planned anonymously to combat these events. This Redbubble shop is designed to raise money for those protests! As found in the account description:

"A fundraising account for the trans rights rally at the University of Pittsburgh! Protesting the transphobic speakers allowed to endanger trans lives on our campus.

Raised money will go toward things like first aid supplies, food and water for protesters, poster board and other sign-making supplies, and legal fees if the need arises. Excess funds will be given back to the wonderful artists who donated their work for this cause."

Right now there are 17 designs by multiple trans & ally artists. More will come soon, if I'm guessing. So check it out!

I'm in contact with some of the people organizing this resistance (they will of course remain anonymous). If you want to support them more directly (i.e. through a direct donation rather than through Redbubble), you're welcome to DM me. Cheers!

[galaxae]

HI TUMBLR MUTUALS MY DISCORD ACCOUNT GOT HACKED. REPEAT. MY DISCORD ACCOUNT GOT HACKED. DO NOT ENGAGE WITH ME

[galaxae]

alright well it is quite disheartening to try to look up antizionist jewish communities in my area and just getting several results of [redacted horrific act of antisemitic violence in the news] that is not what i was looking for and is also just very not great.

[galaxae]

if youre still doing the ocverse ask game, 3 and 19? 🥺

ougghhh i so totally still am. i'm mainly fixated on my stupid ass video game idea (working title is gods don't bleed but i want to change it bc it doesn't fit as well anymore)

forgive me if this is incoherent, my boyfriend dislocated his knee so i have to care for him, and work has been terrible and burned me out, so i'm definitely leaving some stuff out of my answers :(, but whatever!!

3.) any recurring images/elements?

absolutely yes. lots of imagery of plants and animals, for one. fire vs. ice too, yes i know it's a very commonly used trope but i like playing around with those two things, especially when i get to kinda subvert expectations with them. similarly with light vs. dark. and also colors vs black and white, both in terms of morality and in terms of actual visuals

19.) describe the sillies you think about but that dont go in the story.

in my mind, charity and fabian (the first two playable characters, and close friends) are exes. it's probably not going to be canonized, but it's also not going to be explicitly denied, so...

their first date was incredibly awkward, by the way. fabian was an ignorant rich kid who loved to pry and stick his nose in others' business and not let up until he knew everything about a situation, while charity was freshly in the "my mom and i were homeless, got taken in by a man, and then that man turned out to be very very bad so we had to flee the state and come to this small piece of shit town where no one realizes how privileged they are, and this all sucks, and i don't want to talk about it" mindset. they were also both 14-15 which is the worst age to be. they broke up so fast after this but now they've got a really solid friendship going a few years later, and charity has a different (cooler) partner

also, so many silly bits of dialogue that... i'm not sure they'll go into the game at all, or if they do, whether they'll just be optional bits. but some favorites include (formatted sorta like they would be in my script document):

KIMBERLY: Oh, hey, Fabián, you're in French 2 with me next semester. JAMAL: Wh... what? People actually take French? I thought that was a myth. FABIÁN: Well, I already know Spanish since everyone on my mom's side and, like, half of my dad's side speaks it. So I thought taking Spanish would be way too easy. CHARITY: You stupid son of a bitch. That's exactly why you should take Spanish.

ACE: Holy shit, I just got stung by a bee! FABIÁN: Are you ok??? Ace pulls the stinger out of their face ACE: LOOK! It's still pumping venom! That's so cool! CHARITY: What the fuck is wrong with you? ACE: What's wrong with you? Lookit!

JAMAL: Hey. Kimbie. KIMBERLY: Don't call me that, please. What is it? JAMAL: Spell ICUP. KIMBERLY: "ICUP?" JAMAL: Spell it. KIMBERLY: That's not a real word. Fake words don't have spellings. JAMAL: Can you at least try? KIMBERLY: Oh. Wait. I see. I-K-U-P. JAMAL: ... KIMBERLY: Does that suffice? Jamal looks as though he's about to cry. [Later that same day] JAMAL: Hey, uh, hey Kimbi-- Kimberly. Is it just me, or is your outfit kind of, uh, "updog?" KIMBERLY: What? JAMAL: Your outfit's kind of "updog." KIMBERLY: What does "updog" mean? JAMAL: ........Can you........... rephrase that, please? KIMBERLY: ? No. JAMAL: :/

also, there's a period of time when kimberly is in 9th grade where she gets really intensely into astrology. specifically so that she can Know A Lot About A Thing that other people don't know as much about. she'll see someone doing something, walk up to them and be like "what are you, an aries venus?" and when they don't understand the reference she'll be like "never mind :)" and feel smart. she no longer does this in the game because she realizes that's so cringe. and she has OTHER science to do, dammit!! (like proving the Weird Kid at school is a literal alien)

another fun fact: kimberly (resident genius) and jamal (who does not give a shit about academics) play chess together one time and jamal wins because kimberly is so perplexed by his newbie moves that she doesn't know how to respond to them.

oh... i didnt realize i had this many sillies... cool :)

yall are encouraged to send more asks if you want i love these blorbos

[galaxae]

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