Healer of the Wounded & Protector of Lights

My claim to fame is being the only She Kills Monsters url on tumblr

[denebofcygnus]

your autistic swagger and costume shop lesbianism have bewitched me, body and soul

[batsidian]

mettito

[kaity--did]

So sick of the "protect the children" rhetoric literally kids are receptive to anything

For example:

Penny: But do daddies carry babies?

Me: Well, some daddies can decide to carry and have babies. You usually see mommies do that but some daddies can, and that's not really any of our business.

Penny: cause it's their body? And they get to decide?

Husband: yes! Like in our family mommy carried you and I went and got soft pretzels whenever mommy wanted

Penny: oh I love pretzels. And I've decided to be a which mermaid

That's it that was the whole discussion

[radicalideal]

It all comes down to children as property instead of people, doesn’t it? They’re trying to protect their kids from being damaged not in the sense of “afraid and confused”, but in the sense of “my property disagrees with me and might be less willing to submit”.

[kaity--did]

I've never thought of it that way but you're so right! Never even occurred to me because I do in fact see my child for what she is, a human being with thoughts and feelings and opinions

[crimsonservbot]

You ever hear that old chestnut about how most people neglect the part of the story of Icarus where he also had to avoid flying too low, lest the spray of the sea soak his feathers and cause him to fall and drown? You ever think about how different the world would be if Icarus died that way instead? If the idiom was to Fly To Close To The Sea? A warning against playing it far too safe, about not stretching your wings and soaring properly? You ever think about how Icarus died because he was happy?

[stoopkidlisteningtocsh]

Was feeling Emotions than was quickly hit by very different ones upon opening the comments

[sylvere]

[ID: A screenshot of a comment by user ramatetsu reading, “Flappy bird.” End ID.]

[madeleineengland]

They are even better 🌒

[whaile]

late summer / early fall thoughts

[enki2]

[kidzbopdeathgrips]

it's really funny how the entire world basically just blew the fuck up six short years ago and nobody wants to admit that that may have had some lasting consequences lmao

[kidzbopdeathgrips]

like so much of Everything today is premised on the idea that the earth-shattering catastrophe which happened within living memory of everyone older than a third grader has had no meaningful material or psychological effects on the general public and i don't think that's good, lol.

"(some of) the top-line economic indicators (sorta) recovered (in most places) so everything is fine and we don't need to talk about it" is not a sustainable framework for interfacing with reality

[kidzbopdeathgrips]

"why is everyone so angry and paranoid now?" "why is politics so dysfunctional now?" "why is [x] [y] and [z] now? blah blah blah"

2020:

[gothredy]

[anarqueeen]

The heros journey keeps trying to get me but ive been unloading an entire clip of 9mm into every mentor that tries to teach me anything. Ive killed 7 wizards this way.

[fjordojustice]

Refusal of the Call

[anarqueeen]

GET AWAY FROM ME

[ot3]

its crazy how in a world where you have access to an amount of art and literature so vast that you could spend several lifetimes back to back combing through it all without making a dent in it, even under those conditions of bountiful excess, people still feel compelled to blog about axis powers hetalia

[ot3]

even with stuff like hazbin hotel or south park or slop shonen that i think is terrible i can at least understand what it is about these properties that people latch onto and where the appeal comes from but with hetalia im like. based on literally zero direct interaction with the source material ever i still feel confident enough to say i do not believe there is a single thing on offer in hetalia in terms of like artistry or interesting ideas or narrative and character writing that could be unique or compelling enough to explain its continued popularity. i just categorically can not believe it.

[tlirsgender]

Can I be honest. Polyester satin is an absolutely horrific texture. It pretends to be soft but it's lying to yoy

[tlirsgender]

This is my microfiber cloth type enemy. The neurotypicals can't feel the fibers but I can. And they're bad

[mkanuhea]

tag urself

[punksalmons]

it is true to a certain degree that fandoms form cliques but i disagree that there's a singular major united friend group to every fandom that controls everything in it. there are mutuals of my mutuals that i would hit with a car.

[anglerfl3sh]

I was going to say more but this is fine I think

[wups-up]

Me and my color coded friendgroup are gonna beat your ass

[fidelcostco]

WAIT HOLD ON I cannot fucking believe when I was like four years old my parents were cajoling me to walk with the family and trying to get me to keep up even though I kept insisting that I was "tired" until they took me to a doctor and found out my LUNGS DIDN'T WORK. how insane that we live in a world where reasonably loving parents think their FOUR YEAR OLD is trying to be LAZY. like they were mortified to be clear. adults are just so trained to ignore children's complaints as untrustworthy, kids just need discipline, they can't possibly speak for themselves. what the fuuuuck.

[fidelcostco]

YOU ARE NOT IMMUNE BTW you should always be trying to take children seriously, especially very little ones but definitely all of them. the most disempowered class basically legally defined as property and most people are like "yeah that's good actually I hate when they Loiter lol they're stupid and loud and i actually think children should stop existing. restrict their personhood more actually"

[stupidblogforstupidgirls]

I try so hard not to do this but sometimes they just lack the vocabulary or experience to get their point across. My 8 year old was complaining of stomach aches for a long time. We had doctors appointments at least once a month for the past year for tests and follow ups and such. Then he goes to the dentist. Dentists mentions his teeth are showing signs of acid reflux-related decay.

From there we were able to ask him the right questions and he’s on a diet that’s helping a lot and he’s got the right doctor referrals but it killed me to not know how to help him for so long.

Now we have a chart with descriptions on it so he can explain what he’s feeling and where.

It might not be the same type of scenario but keep in mind: you might not be asking the right questions. If they’re trying to tell you something, keep asking

[fidelcostco]

this is what the other side of trying to do it right looks like btw. my post emphasizes giving a damn and listening to kids at all, and all the horror stories in the notes illustrate how lacking that was for them. but when we adults try to meet their needs as best we can, it still doesn't go perfectly. however, I think in the end this child will grow up knowing his parents tried their best and listened closely and chased answers while being sensitive to his pain. disability and health challenges exist regardless, and love alone won't solve those problems, but it will create children who become adults that can trust that the world is worth living in, that their suffering is real and deserves correcting, that they have a voice that matters. ultimately, that's what we needed and what they will need.