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Youtuber and writer. Just a they/them trying to make it in a man's world. Feel free to ask me anything!

[asketchydomesticatedgremlin]

look at these spire idiots

I love em

[gummi-ships]

Kingdom Hearts 3 LGBTQ Pride Textures for Storm Flag mod (x)

[zaprowsdower27]

missing something by not having Riku in the shot as well

[gummi-ships]

you're right

[bamjammy]

Today I met happiness

[orion-archives]

"I want to be a dragon."

[ororium-z]

Happy Pride!

[rootbeergoddess]

Every pride, you must reblog this. No exceptions

[thesaltofcarthage]

I love that four different people on my feed scheduled this joyous person to reblog by 8am on June 1. I look forward to seeing this a dozen more times today.

[writinrealslow]

I started playing Nine Sols recently and now I want to homebrew a monk subclass based around yi's abilities.

[writinrealslow]

You should watch "The sheep detectives," it's really good.

Also Hugh Jackman has never been as sexy in any role as he is playing a loving shepherd.

[aro-ace-chaos]

I’m so tired of the “why do people hate aspecs, they aren’t doing anything?” argument. I know that it is an attempt to support us, but it fails so spectacularly to understand aromanticism, asexuality, and any other aspec identity that it’s actively frustrating.

We are doing something. We’re rejecting allonormative ideals and that’s a massive thing to do. We’re actively fighting not just to help other aspecs, but to help everyone, because amatonormativity (and allonormativity as a whole) hurt everyone. Single people who want to find a partner but can’t also deserve to be able to exist.

There are so many issues with the expectation of marriage, including:

A single income isn't enough to get by anymore

Having a spouse is almost necessary under the current medical system

Society shames and pressures people who are single to get into relationships constantly

Rejecting allonormativity means fighting against these things that hurt everyone.

So, no, aces and aros and other aspecs aren't "doing nothing." We're doing quite a lot.

[dailycatsblog]

[evilherehotel]

@orchuris

[shencomix]

[memories-of-ancients]

Drinking horn with gilded copper mounts, Europe, 15th century

from The Hunt Museum, Limerick

[tarvek-sturmvoraus]

[localxenospores]

i was compelled

[beastoftheblackhole]

I was also compelled

[incomprehensiblelentils]

HE DID IT FOLKS, HE DID THE THING

[edenfenixblogs]

I genuinely love how this man wrote the most effortlessly, breathtakingly universal truths I've ever read and then will just...dad joke all over the place.

"A sin, young man, is when you treat people as things. That's what sin is."

and

"The IQ of a mob is the IQ of its most stupid member divided by the number of mobsters."

Breathtaking. Life altering. Simple words given to the most complex facets of human existence.

But also...

"Tiffany [Aching] was Aching all over"

and also...

"Bjorn again"

and also...

“A -ing wizard. I HATE -ing wizards!” “You shouldn’t - them, then”‘ muttered one of his henchmen, effortlessly pronouncing a row of dashes."

and also...

"It was gilt by association"

and fucking..

“Give a man a fire and he's warm for a day, but set fire to him and he's warm for the rest of his life.”

But then...

“It is said that your life flashes before your eyes just before you die. That is true, it's called Life.”

...and also!

“Stories of imagination tend to upset those without one.”

...and don't forget!

“Why do you go away? So that you can come back. So that you can see the place you came from with new eyes and extra colors. And the people there see you differently, too. Coming back to where you started is not the same as never leaving.”

...and furthermore!

“There isn't a way things should be. There's just what happens, and what we do.”

The one-two punch of something like...

“Nanny Ogg looked under her bed in case there was a man there. Well, you never knew your luck"

...and then the utter, truthful, poetic simplicity of...

"When in doubt, choose to live.”

Not many writers ever manage to swing so fully between the poles of absurdity and veracity with such success on both ends of the spectrum. What a gift he was and is to all of us.

[writinrealslow]

Just got back from the mandalorian and grogu.

It was good, though I will say that if we don't see an influx of mandoxrotta fan work then I will be mildly surprised.

[eightbitpale]

Op this is the scariest possible thing you could have said

[writinrealslow]

Friend, if that alone scares you then I'm afraid the portent of ill omen I see will strike you with fatal dread:

The hutts and grogu's species have roughly equivalent lifespans.

That means it's feasible, nay. LIKELY. That someone at some point will make adult grogu x rotta fanwork. You've seen the internet, you know of the terrible potential of its residents. Search your feelings, you know this to be true.

[writinrealslow]

Just got back from the mandalorian and grogu.

It was good, though I will say that if we don't see an influx of mandoxrotta fan work then I will be mildly surprised.

[special-agent-dale-gooper]

[uncle-beanbag-mojave]

We would fully accept any Japanese buckaroo

[theconstitutionisgayculture]

Foreigners will never understand how someone like Rawhide Kobayashi would immediately become a beloved local fixture in whatever small American town he ended up in.

[brazenautomaton]

every single time someone pulls the "How would you AMERICANS like it if someone came to AMERICA and" reversal, the answer is always "we'd fucking love it"

[not-so-innocent-bi-sander]

@kurtwagnermorelikekurtwagnerd

Your tags summed up the exact feeling I had about this

[tikkunolamorgtfo]

I just Googled the Swedish-Japanese guy in the OP, and according to this interview, his Japanese name was given to him by the master gardener he was apprenticed under:

“The family name ‘Murasame’ was given to me by my master. The given name ‘Tatsumasa’ is a combination of ‘dragon’ (tatsu), the [zodiac] year when I was born, and one character from my master’s name,” says Murasame."

So I think maybe it's less like naming yourself 'Brandon McFreedom' and more like moving to the states to work under a veteran car mechanic named Bud McLean, and then having him turn to you after a few years on the job, and say "Son, it's time for you to become an American so you can open up your shop. And when that day comes, I think the world should know you by a new name: McLeo GM Corvette."

[teaboot]

Named by his superior by conventions one would apply to a super chill stray cat

[writinrealslow]

It took extra-long because my hard drive crapped out on me, but I finally finished my new unpacking queer tropes video! Camp is such a fun topic, and I hope you guys enjoy it!

[red-dyed-sarumane]

stop calling your own work slop

[red-dyed-sarumane]

stop forcing yourself to disengage with what you love because a layer of irony makes it more comfortable. admit you care and let yourself feel good about it