The Oft Unspoken Truth Of Society Is That The Line Between Quirky And Cringy Is Often How Conventionally

Finally cleaned out my tumblr and I'm glad to say that almost nothing's left other than a few worm on the string posts

I feel like none of these rly go together lol

Idk who to tag

Fantasy Meme

Tagged by @cocohook38​ and @hollyethecurious​. Thank you both! <3

Google your first name + fantasy gown, fantasy crown and fantasy weapon

Them long sleeves! Im lov!

…well okay then

Look at all this decor! Does it actually cut though? XD

Idk who to tag so if you see this and wanna play, do it and tag me :3

the edits you will make to help friends out smh

this reminded me of them lol

oh shit! all worms on a string are lgbt! [credit if using]

My friend says not to vote in the upcoming election because our liberal establishment is no different from fascism and because Trump's policies are merely an extension of existing policies (like the ICE concentration camps that were established under Obama). How would you, being a leftist like me and my friend, respond to this attitude?

When I was in high school there was one cataclysmic, catastrophic, Very Important school board meeting.

It was a perfect storm of religious freedom, LGBT Rights, and Holy Shit You’re Talking About Taking Daycare Away from Students Who Are Parents.

The first thing, religious freedom, was exceptionally stupid but I think it’s a great example of how shitty the suburb I lived in was and what we were dealing with. Basically the D&D club that I started was accused of being Satanists and the Campus Christian Club was trying to get us shut down for worshipping satan. (I live in the fucking WORST part of LA County, I swear). The defense for the D&D club was pretty simple: If we’re worshipping satan as an on-campus activity at lunchtime we have every right to do so just like the Campus Christian Club an in fact if the Campus Christian Club got us shut down for practicing a different religion they’d made a very effective argument for shutting down their Praising Christ on-campus lunchtime activity.

The second thing was ANOTHER conflict with the Campus Christian Club - this was more serious. This was “High schoolers shouldn’t be exposed to deviant lifestyles and therefore we need to shut down the Gay/Straight Alliance.” At that point the GSA was also very new and I was also the VP of it. Spoilers: we were allowed to continue existing and we had speakers come in from time to time - we had grownups who talked to us about dealing with homophobia and resources for what happened if your parents kicked you out; we had a trans woman in her 50s come and talk to us (in 2003!) about transphobia and dysphoria and how to cope. The adviser handed out a packet to all of us that had the suicide hotline number right at the top, I know at least three people used that number the first year. The defense for the GSA was actually another handy-dandy page out of the ACLU handbook: The Campus Christian Club’s definition of deviance is something they have a right to hold but not to impose on other people - if you ban the GSA based on being ‘deviants’ you are imposing someone else’s belief system on us so knock it off unless you want to be a fun LA Times story.

The third thing didn’t have ANYTHING to do with the Campus Christian Club and was much worse because it had to do with funding and teen moms. The third thing was “The district believes it’s a waste of money to continue to pay for childcare at the district continuation school; if you can’t afford childcare you should have thought of that before becoming a teen mom, good luck getting a babysitter while you’re trying to finish high school.” Four of the students from the continuation school had showed up with their children and their defense of the daycare program was basically (and understandably) “What the fuck you fucking ghouls we just want to finish school and it’s one fucking daycare provider on campus you already have to pay the insurance for childcare providers for other schools in the district what the fucking fuck.”

The D&D Club, GSA, and Childcare for Teen Parents Program were all allowed to continue existing.

By one vote.

By someone who had recently been elected to the school board.

By four votes.

Four people went out and voted that November. Four people filled in a bubble on a ballot.

The GSA did fundraisers to pay for STI testing and suicide prevention. My friend Michelle graduated on time with her daughter waiting in the crowd. Knowing that adult trans people could survive and exist and thrive and love themselves was lifesaving information for a few kids in the GSA.

Four votes. If four people stayed home that’s a hundred fewer STI tests, that’s wondering if Michelle would ever be able to get a job when she didn’t have a diploma and couldn’t hire a babysitter. That’s three dead queer kids and another two homeless.

And it didn’t happen. Because four people filled in a couple of bubbles one night in November.

Voting is not activism but it is by no means useless. If your friend is incapable of distinguishing fascism and liberalism that sounds like a them problem and it sucks to be them; that amount of nihilism is hard to carry around.

People who criticize leftists for “electoral apologism” or whatever for voting are the “yet you participate in society, curious. I am very intelligent” comic

Yeah, the system’s shitty. Yeah, it sucks and should be overthrown. But it’s not overthrown YET so we may as well take advantage of the few areas of harm reduction the system allows. Voting doesn’t mean you STOP doing direct action or that you stop pushing for change, it just means you’re doing the single easiest real-world thing to alleviate suffering. And if it doesn’t work who gives a fuck - you did the bare minimum and it cost you a small amount of time.

Vote and then go hand out food in the park or cut the valve stems off a cop car if you’re feeling angsty about conceding to the system.

(also FUCK, you have no idea how much I hate having to defend the Obama administration but please go talk to a trans person about whether it is easier or harder to get healthcare in their state under Trump or under Obama. I fucking hate liberals but I don’t think that they’re actively interested in overturning Roe V. Wade. Fuck this political purity culture and go learn about harm reduction.)

https://youtu.be/J3hFfbIXpg4

Been seeing some fantastic Taako posts (by @terezis x and @ink-shaming x, you started this) with worms and I wanted in. This started out as “lmao, Taako with a feather boa, but it’s really just a giant worm on a string.” And then slowly devolved into “what if the umbra focus was the worm?” 

[ID: First image from left to right—Full body drawing of Taako, a male elf with tan skin, freckles, and curly blonde hair. He wears loose wizard garbs of various shades of blue. He holds a teal colored umbra staff in his hand. Around his neck is a bright, magenta, fuzzy worm. On the top right is Taako, wearing a striped shirt and wizard hat. He wears the worm boa wrapped around one arm and over the shoulder. On the bottom right, Taako looks over his shoulder and smiles confidently. He wears a blouse, a wizard hat curled at the end, and a worm boa around his neck. 

Second image from left to right—Two panels of Taako standing in front of a crouched, robbed figure. The figure has a large, fuzzy, magenta worm around its shoulders. Taako grins and says, “Holy shit look at this stupid thing.” He picks the worm up and examines it, while saying, “I love this dumb worm!” The next two panels have Taako wearing the worm around his neck. In the first, the worm is wrapped around him, halfway covering his face, and what is visible is not happy. In the second panel, he is in a seated position, face buried in its fluff. He says, “You’re the only motherfucker who understands me.” At the bottom of the image is the close up of the worm, looking a little weepy. End ID]

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