#ursa talks

[ursaspecter]

Hey, don't cry. Fat transgender werewolves okay?

[ursaspecter]

Mr. Werner reading Linus' reports and seeing his ex former colleague be spoken about in a favorable light. So he sends Linus the file on Arthur hoping it shuts down whatever is happening between them

[ursaspecter]

Let's say while they're time displaced, Bobby gets into gaming and has a SDV phase and introduces it to the others. Here's how I think it would go.

Bobby: Excited that you can be gay in it, but is experiencing decision paralysis when it comes to the bachelors. His farm has no planning, only vibes. He dies in the mines at least once a week in game and he can't quite grasp fishing. Ultimately I think he would romance Alex. He likes jocks what can I say?

Hank: Within an IRL week he has his farm optimized as much as he can get it. Isn't even aware that there are dateable characters. He's too busy minmaxxing the shit out of his farm. It's only when he checks his completion progress when he finds out you can get married. ... He gets Krobus as his roommate.

Jean: Takes her time with it at first, but then she gets a little jealous of Hank's farm and starts reading through the wiki. Her farm is a mix of being optimized and looking cute. I think she would either romance Harvey or Maru. Gets jumpscared by Penny every time she talks to her.

Scott: He's actually really good at fishing and it makes Bobby so mad. Hardly spends any time on his farm because he wants to explore and collect things. Has the biggest crush on Penny but accidentally gave her a rabbit's foot because he heard it was a universal love (it is, but Penny is the only one who hates it) and he turned off the game and never opened it again.

Warren: Tries so so hard to get into it but he's allergic to any kind of manual labor so he doesn't get very far before giving up. He likes to watch Bobby play instead. Chronic backseat gamer though.

[ursaspecter]

Nowadays my fandom experience is going to the big grocery store for big groceries (the source material) and occasionally stopping by local small businesses for a treat or trinket (fanartists and fanfic authors) before going home (me and maybe 2 other people at most)

Every so often I think about going to the park (the Main Fandom) but then when I pass by, there's usually something on fire and children screaming fighting over toys (up to reader interpretation) and I'm like. Yeah I'm good actually. Back to home I go.

[ursaspecter]

I think Jean Grey needed to have more breakdowns. Like what do you mean a cosmic space entity stole my life and then died and then my soulmate married a woman who looks and acts just like me after only knowing her for like a month. And then the moment I'm up and walking again he leaves her alone with their child. And he didn't tell me about that until SHE was presumed dead.

What do you mean while I was gone the man who threw missiles at me and my friends when we were 16 is now in charge of the school and raising up the next generation of mutant heroes. And he's not even subtle about dealing with the Hellfire Club.

What do you mean Bobby and Warren went to UCLA together and didn't kiss. Not even once.

[ursaspecter]

Ever since I started using a cane I've been noticing things.

People are more likely to go out of their way to hold the door open for me which is nice when it's not a double door (the lefty door is easier for me because I hold my cane with my right hand). Sometimes people will let me get in line ahead of them. I've even had people offer to carry something for me a few times.

But also, there are times where people don't really think about my cane. When I go to shake someone's hand, they always offer their right hand even when I have my wrist strap on. It's not really that big a deal, but instead of them just using their left hand and making it easier for both of us, I have to go out of my way to meet them instead of just compromising. Most people don't even think about it, and it really doesn't take too long to get my hand out of the strap and just hold my cane with my left hand. But it still makes things awkward.

There's also like. no place to put my cane when I'm sitting down so I usually just end up holding it. Sometimes leaning it against a wall works but a lot of the time it just ends up falling over. I'm right-handed too so if I need to fill something out or sign something I either have to just hope it doesn't fall if I lean it on something, or I keep my wrist strap on and let it hang off my arm.

The only thing I can think of to prevent my cane falling over is if I get a different one that has 4 legs instead of being the single pole. I don't really need that much support though, so it feels like overkill to me. Maybe if there were a place to hook the handle onto on countertops or against walls or something? I don't know, and it seems like most people don't either.

I know countless others have said this before me but able bodied people just. Don't think about accomodating disabled people most of the time. Either out of malice, ignorance, or incompetence. They should really be teaching about disabilities in school and not just when a kid in class has a disability. Representation needs to be better too. Most representation for using mobility aids I saw in media were elderly people (usually ended up being the butt of a joke), the token wheelchair kid with unspecific legs don't work-itis, or some guy who lost it all and feels trapped in their chair. I remember being so confused as a kid why I only saw old people walk with a cane in media because my dad has always walked with a cane ever since I could remember. "Dad isn't old and he uses a cane, so why do they only show old people with one in all these shows?"

[ursaspecter]

You're Scott Summers. You're 16 and you've just run away from your abusive orphanage and you just found out something is deeply wrong with you and you don't know why it's happening. You meet Charles Xavier who takes you in and is the closest thing you've had to a father in years. He says you're a mutant just like him.

You're Scott Summers. You're 17 and you're the leader of a new team your teacher/adoptive father founded with you and 4 other teenagers as its members. Your first mission is to go to Cape Canaveral and fight your dad's ex who throws A MISSILE at you and your friends because he can control metal.

You're Scott Summers. You're 20 and a living island ate your friends so you have to lead a group of strangers as the new X-men and a majority of them are older than you and even fewer actually like you. But they go along to help you rescue your friends anyway.

You're Scott Summers. You're 25 and you just lost your best friend and the love of your life to a powerful cosmic entity that no one has even begun to try and understand. You decide to leave the team you've led for so long and go on vacation with your brother and your real dad who's been alive this whole time living as a space pirate. As soon as you three arrive in Alaska you meet a woman who looks and sounds exactly like your dead best friend. You marry her in just a few months and you have a child together.

No one ever asked you if you wanted to lead the X-Men. No one ever asked you if you wanted to be an X-man in the first place. It was for the greater good. You just had to suck it up and do it because this was bigger than yourself.

You're Scott Summers. The weight of the world is on your shoulders. When will you shrug?

[ursaspecter]

I get up to the stage, I tap the microphone and I say, "Polycule with Kitty, Illyana, Dani, and Rahne."

Everyone boos but one person in front who stands up and is cheering and applauding.

It's Chris Claremont himself