Right in the goddamn feel.
Someone please help me find this post, I really need it on my dash permanently
@nikescaret that idea was originally caused by this. Loki will forever be the source of my angst
In a public bathroom and hearing a few girls talk about period health.
musk is going to die in a Tesla explosion in 6 months after sticking his nose where it doesn't belong and we will never get a conclusive answer on whether it was a CIA car bomb or just a normal Tesla malfunction
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(How Long Will You) Stay, Art!!!
To assure Tony that he is, in fact, here again, he begins to tell stupid jokes, cause, honestly, what is more Bucky than stupid jokes after a fight?
Iâm not the most eloquent writer, but Iâve had this idea kicking around for a while and figured Iâd put it out into the universe.
A lot of the basis for the âhumans are space orcsâ stuff is the idea that weâre pretty durable compared to many species, yeah? When it comes to physical trauma, we can bounce back from most things that donât kill us outright, especially given the benefit of hypothetical space-age technology, and adrenaline is one heck of a drug when it comes to functioning under stress.Â
But that doesnât make us unkillable, and even though we can survive debilitating injuries and not die from shock, it doesnât mean itâs fun. Dying of shock sucks, but at least itâs probably quick.
So - Imagine a ship, adrift in space, slowly being drawn into a star or something. In order to save the ship, someone has to repair the hyper-quantum-relay-majig on the hull or in the engine or whatever. Bit of a problem though- thereâs a ton of deadly, deadly radiation (Wrath of Khan style) or poisonous fumes or, I dunno, electrical current, between the crew and the repair. Like, enough to kill most species instantly, so the crew is just like, âwelp, guess weâll die thenâ. But then.
BUT THEN
They ask the human. Because everyoneâs heard the stories - youâre basically unkillable, right? Could you survive long enough in there to fix it? And their human goes real quiet for a second, but still says âYeah, I could fix itâ. And the rest of the crew is like, âWhaaaaaa, it wonât kill you?â and the human repeats âI can fix itâ (which isnât an answer, but no one catches that, not yet at least), so they send âem in. And the human fixes it, they come back, the ship flies to safety, and the crew is thrilled to survive. If the human is a little quiet, well, theyâre entitled after pulling off a miracle. Everyone else is just excited to get to the nearest stationâs bar to tell their very own human story, cuz, âthose crazy humans, amiright?â.
The good mood keeps up until the human is late for their next shift. At first itâs just faint unease, but- but they earned a bit of a lie-in, right? No reason to begrudge them some extra rest, even if it is a little weird for them to oversleep. Theyâll be fine. Humans are always fine.Â
(Right?)
(âŚWrong.)
- What is⌠help. Help!-
- ake up! You have t-
- been days. You need sleep, you-
- nother transfusion. We could-
- out of sedatives!-
A week later, the crew finally reaches the station. They stumble into the bar, haggard and haunted. And over the next months and years a new rumor about humans starts to make its way through space. A rumor unlike any before.
âBe careful with your humansâ it whispers. âTheir strength is not always a blessing. Be sure they donât do something they canât come back from, because when a human dies⌠they die slowly.â
I sincerly hope that our generation of parents love their children more openly.
We donât need another generation of kids with depression and anxiety and self-esteem issues.
We donât need another generation of kids that are too afraid to talk to their parents.
We donât need another generation of kids struggling through careers that they hate because their dreams donât match their parentsâ.
We know how badly we need to be told and shown that weâre loved. We know how much we want to be told that we are good enough. We know how it feels to have absolutely no refuge in this harsh world.
May our homes be safe havens for our kids, always.
Not too long ago, my friend Bella came out as aromantic to me, and now Iâve got some things to say.
I was the one who told her what aromantic means, because I was explaining different sexual orientations to her. I remember saying, âAsexualiy is when you have romantic attraction, but no sexual attraction.â
Bella immedently, without missing a beat, asked, âIs there an opposite to that?â
I asked what she meant, and she asked if there was a term for sexual attraction but no romantic attraction. I told her about aromantics. She got weirdly quiet, then excused herself.
Not two weeks later I was heading to my boat. I was supposed to meet Bella and another one of our muteral friends there for a day of fishing.
As soon as I was in earshot, I saw Bella storming off the boat, and our other friend standing there like an idiot. Boi had no idea what was happening.
Anyway, Bella isnât looking where sheâs going and walks smack dab into me. Thatâs when I realized she was crying. Puffy red eyes, wet cheeks, the whole nine yards⌠And if you know anything about Bells, she does not cry. Ever.
Sheâs been through some serious crap in her life, and she does not cry. Sheâs tough as nails. Bella has a steel core. She does not not cry. Iâve seen her fall off a roof and break her arm before, not a single tear. I canât stress this enough, Bella. Doesnât. Cry.
So seeing her in tears shook me. I took her by the shoulders and escorted her somewhere more private where we could talk. We ended up in the womenâs restroom, which was weird as fuck for me, because havenât been in a womanâs rest room for years. Luckily it was empty, and Iâm realistic, I know I donât pass so well, so I donât think anyone would have said anything anyway.
Before I can even ask her whatâs wrong she hugs me around my middle and burys her face in my hoodie. Then, in a voice I can only describe as traumatized, she says, âI think Iâm broken.â
Iâve never seen her in so much pain, and Bella and I are CLOSE. Sheâs one of my dearest friends. Sheâs like my little sister, but if sheâs like my sister, our other muteral friend is like her twin. He and Bella have know each other WAY longer, theyâre practically inseparable. They come as a pair. Theyâre a duo. Theyâre a package deal.
Appearently, said muteral friend asked Bella out and forcefully kissed her. She shoved him off, and told him sheâs aromantic, which she only recently figured out. She wasnât ready to be out, but this muteral friend left her no choice. She tried telling him no, and he didnât listen. Bella saw no other option.
Quote on quote, this is what he said to Bella. âThatâs okay. You just havenât dated me yet. Weâve been like, unofficially together for years. Youâre probably just freaked out that itâs finally going somewhere.â
After that Iâm not 100% clear on what happened, but apparently Bella kept saying no Nd trying to explain herself, but he kept insisting he could âfix her.â
Eventudally she started crying and stormed away. Thatâs when I found her.
Keep in mind, this was her first experience coming out, and her best, closest friend insisted he could fix her and forcefully kissed her. I found out later he also implied corrective rape would âsolve the problem.â
Bella was traumatized. Sheâs still traumatized. I tried to make her feel better by buying her an aro pride shirt, and taking her go a local LGBTQ+ hang out. I wanted her to be around like minded people, so she could see she wasnât broken, and her identity deserved to be respected.
Instead of a warm, welcoming environment⌠The first thing someone said to her was, âThis place is for REAL lgbt people. You donât belong here.â He also implied she wasnât human.
Just think about that for a minute. Her first experiences with being an out aromantic have been limited to;
A person she trusted more than anyone forcing himself upon her, claiming she was ill, and needed to be fixed. (Raped.)
Sobbing in my arms in the womenâs restroom because she thought she was broken and defective.
Being told she wasnât welcomed in LGBTQ+ spaces and called inhuman.
This isnât what I want for her. Bella deserves better than this. She needs a support system, not all this crap. Iâve spent the past week trying to undo all the damage exclusionists, arophobes, and people she trusted did.
Aromantics and asexuals belong in the LGBTQ+ community. You literally cannot change my mind.