#and variations thereupon

[nixy-sw]

Concept: Vader is spawning. No one else knows how or why. Sidius calls him up one day and there's just. An Offspring with him. A Vaderlet, if you will. Asking "what the kriff is that and where did it come from" goes nowhere, and Sidius just accepts it for some reason. Vader continues spawning. Tarkin gets used to all the Offspring hanging around (if Vader isn't actively spawning he has one with him. Sometimes two or three). The grown ones merge into the empire maybe? Obi Wan shows up on the Death Star and Vader fights him with a child on his hip. This never gets explained to Obi Wan. Luke has three dozen Vaderlet siblings, and no idea what to do about it. They're the spitting image of their momdad, it's very disconcerting for everyone else.

I think Obi-Wan deserves to spot the Anakin clone and have a breakdown on the spot, right in the middle of the Death Star, because he REMEMBERS Anakin as a NINE-YEAR-OLD who needed HELP FIGURING OUT THE SHOWER and USING THE WEIRD PENS and--

"Kenobi. What are you doing?"

"YOU USED TO BE SO SMA-A-A-ALL."

Obi-Wan doesn't have to die for the young'uns to escape, he's too busy confusing and exasperating Vader with the power of nostalgic drama.

[phoenixyfriend]

I for one am glad that this meme has replaced my immediate association of the word Orbs (read: Eyeballs) with something much cooler (Wizards)

[whatmack]

A while a go you said something about kandreil/kerejean and Kevin being a crux of the polycule and I haven't been able to stop thinking about Jeremy Sunshine Knox and his four scary goth mafia boyfriends.

(BASS BOOSTED, APPROACHING) AIN’T NOBODY MESSING WITH MY MOTHERFUCKIN CLIQUE-- Jer, from the midst of his protective wall of boyfriends: oh hey!  ~ヾ(＾∇＾✿)

the perfect court but reformed around loving jeremy knox............................we call that showstopping

[animate-mush]

Yeah the Orthodox don't have that part I don't recognise it

Yeah I thought not, though others are saying the source is Byzantine. Good to know!

[supersaiyansadie]

If you were my girlfriend, I'd give you LOTS and LOTS of love!! Forever hugs and kisses, especially nose and cheek kisses because those are the sweetest kinds!

Cool, we’re dating now. No take backsies.

[counselorbennet]

like for a starter ya’ll

[bramblecircuit]

I have a question about gender- if this is too personal feel free not to answer. What is the difference between being nonbinary/agender and simply not dressing or acting like most members of your gender? I'm not questioning your gender identity, just trying to figure out mine.

no problem, anon! it seems like you’re considering the difference between gender identity and gender expression. 

gender identity is the gender you associate with yourself; it’s the way you perceive your gender and often how you want other people to see you as well. 

gender expression is how someone expresses a concept of gender. this can be in the form of clothes, body modification, or other forms of presentation. 

while most people prefer to express their gender in a way that prompts people to gender them correctly, they don’t need to. see, anon, in order to be gendered correctly, trans people often have to play to gender stereotypes so they can pass for that particular gender. a trans woman, for example, might feel pressure to pad her chest–even if she doesn’t feel it’s inherently a part of her gender–just so she will get gendered correctly. 

most importantly, presenting in a way that doesn’t fit typical gender roles doesn’t at all invalidate the individual’s gender identity. identity and expression are completely independent concepts. if a trans woman wears stereotypical men’s clothes, has a deep voice, etc., this doesn’t make her any less of a woman. her identity is the same, regardless of her presentation. 

so, to answer your question: simply dressing like a perceived gender would fall under gender expression, while being nonbinary/agender would be an example of gender identity. 

hope this helped!  

[appeltaart27]

It is remarkably difficult to find legit arguments against privacy.