Undo The Damage Of Sitting

Oof, so today my weekly rant is about our queen Reyna Avila Ramirez Arellano. I would just like to say that it really pisses me off when people are adamantly insist that she is a lesbian lesbian. Now I don’t mind them hcing characters as lesbian, that’s fine and wonderful, but it doesn’t really fit Reyna. In canon, she’s had crushes on guys in the past, and people seem to think that liking guys makes her less strong and powerful. Now I personally hc her as bi or pan, but that’s just me. I just hate how people act as though being attracted to men makes her less of a kickass woman. Those attractions to men are a vital part of her character arc and her character, and acting as if she never had them takes away part of who she is as a character. She can still be kickass and strong and wonderful while being attracted to males, and acting like that part of her makes her weak is complete and utter bullshit. It seems to me that people hc her as lesbian just so that they can make her seem more badass, as if liking Percy and Jason was something that weakened her. You can ship her with other girls (I do) but stop making a sexuality for her that erases a part of her past and her history. This also contributes to bi erasure in fandoms when you cannot accept that a character is attracted to both males and females and you try to fit them into your stereotypical boxes. The overall message here is that Reyna can be a badass and like boys at the same time, and erasing that attraction to males is doing her, and other strong female characters, a great injustice.

This has been a lailzdraws TED talk, thanks for attending.

happy loop day peculiars !! featuring my now healed tattoo !!

Prompt #112

Touch-starved whumpee who doesn’t know how to ask for comfort

- Whumpee who grows up being denied or ridiculed for their need of affection. Eventually, Whumpee learn to just stop asking because they will never get what they want and will most likely be punished for daring to ask.

- Whumpee who are wary of being open or vulnerable to their teammates because their guardians or the people they grow up with see vulnerability as a weakness. Whumpee has been so conditioned that they are not allowed to ask for comfort so they just close off and deal with it themself. And their teammates don’t know they are truly struggling because they have learned to conceal it so well.

- Whumpee who is taught to not be “selfish” (read: to not ask for anything), so they just don’t ask because they don’t want to bother their teammates.

- Whumpee who takes on the role of a caretaker and put their own needs for comfort aside so they can listen to teammate A’s family issues or be the big spoon because teammate B likes to be the small spoon. They see their touch starvation as something trivial themselves, because their teammates need their touch more and Whumpee can handle themself.

- Whumpee who just melts into someone embrace, soaking up all they can get. Whumpee who hides their disappointment and the feeling of emptiness when the arms inevitably let go and they are alone again.

- Whumpee who is too shy to ask, and is a bit closed off and by themself that people think they don’t like to be touch.

- Whumpee who is very selective about whose touch they want, but has to take any physical comfort they can get because they don’t have any other option.  

Just realized that the reason I love making friends on tumblr is because it’s exactly how you make friends on the playground as a six year old. No, I don’t know their name but they love mermaids too and built this awesome sand castle. No, I don’t know their age but their imaginary cheetah is friends with mine. You like this show? You like this character?? You can sing the theme song really loud??? Here is a flower crown. Here is a juice box. You can share my time and I might never see you again but part of you stays in my soul forever. In my mind we’re still on the swing set and the sky is blue and nothing will ever be wrong again.

Billionaire brothers au

Bruce Wayne, Oliver Queen and Tony Stark were all theatre kids and could definitely perform so many plays and sing the songs perfectly. They all love Hamilton, Six and most musicals and have been to see all the plays during the first showing of them.

In this au Bruce and Oliver are like 23ish while Tony is 21, but no one else remembers due to how much they've done, so they're all gen z

You will randomly find them singing together when they're bored and all the batkids love it because they're great singers, definitely took singing classes together with other rich kids, like Hope(marvel idk her last name) and Lex luthor.

When at galas, if they get bored enough they'd hack into the system, turn on disco lights and play proper party music and sing to it.

Also it's a singer au, where they are all a part of an anonymous band named something dumb like Veota or something they started when they were younger (so all popular modern day songs were written by them and their friends) and they just couldn't be bothered to deal with more paparazzi so no one knows.

So one day the justice league comes over to Bruce's bc they need him for something and they're just singing together with a bunch of famous rich kids and they're just.baffled. so confused. And they just don't care.

can someone please be proud of me like fuck I’m trying

I always see people talking about Reyna as if she's very put together and organised, like has a great sleep schedule and everything

I love that, but what if instead she's just a mess if a human being.

I headcannon Reyna as a workaholic who just never sleeps.ever. unless she just passes out from exhaustion. I think she gets so busy working that she misses most meals and never has time to do anything.

Also I definitely headcannon her as a lot younger, like more closer to Nico's age, so around 14 or 15 and like no one remembers

Give me a Reyna who hasn't slept or are in days who does most of the praetor work as Frank is struggling to learn how to do it.

Give me Reyna who no one realises she just doesn't sleep or is always working, who only keeps working so not to disappoint anyone because she's younger than the others.

Give me Reyna who really just needs a hug and some rest but never takes breaks.

Just imagine a scenario where after a long month of meetings and paperwork, of only getting 1hour sleep a night if that, where when getting up from her seat Reyna , absolutely exhausted, ends up passing out. All of the legion panics because Reyna is very strong and is always fine so when she wakes up after being asleep for a few days everyone is worried. Like every time she goes to get something it's grabbed for her. Or when she needs to go somewhere people go with her and fret over her to make sure she's alright. And because she's stubborn and not used to help she pushes it away.

Give me a Reyna who hides injuries plz, refused to go medical ever.

Also if her sister's there, she will hug her and she will fall asleep in her arms. Why? Because Hylla is safe to her.

Just in case

being suicidal and living for others is the most drowning feeling ever.

why can’t i find a reason to live for myself?

please, help him