Some people: Pokemon have to have good lore and an interesting naming scheme for me to like them. They can’t just be some stupid, slapped together design! It has to be well thought out and deep.
My dumb ass: I love Whiscash because it’s a catfish with whiskers. That’s why its called Whiscash.
It also has a w on his forehead. The w stands for Whiscash :-)
We had to write a Mini Comic for my Illustration Class so I did mine based on The Frog and The Scorpion. Hopefully you all know the story!
But if you don’t know the story… In the original the scorpion stings the frog in the middle of the river. When the frog asks “why” the scorpion says “it’s in my nature” and they both die. I like my ending more.
I always thought this story was fucked up, even when I heard it as a very young child. I even got put in the naughty corner, and a star next to my name crossed off for questioning it.
This story is so much better, and I like it’s message much more.
i usually hate true crime documetary type things bc theyre all “lets get into the MIND of the serial killer…. tortured soul” or whatever but i like the buzzfeed unsolved stuff bc theyre just like “what a freak lmao”
about a year ago i made a post saying that obsessively characterizing trans people with things like infantilization (smol sweet precious bois) and hyperviolence (omg crush me step on me i want you to beat me up) does - whether intentionally or not - push a lot of trans people who would otherwise be completely content being, you know, real multifaceted people with their own presentation and taste and mannerisms, into acting more and more like typical hard stereotypes of their gender they want to be respected as, which just harms trans people and loops right back around to having to rigidly conform to be loved, respected, safe, at the cost of your own mental health which then ends up actually helping cis people find more reasons to hate trans people instead of allowing people to just be who they are and respect it and not fucking worry about it, and someone commented this:
i was terrified that this would end up being the truth, but i’m happy to say that it’s complete bullshit! i make no effort to be anything but myself and i wear what i want, i have many many many hobbies and i am involved in many groups with many different kinds of people of all ages and kinds and not in a single one have i been barred from for being the way that i am, in fact in broadening my social world i’ve found many people cis and trans and however they are being just as ~nonconforming~ because they are INDIVIDUAL PEOPLE and we all see each other as people first and not stereotypes,
i dress however which way i want with a complete disregard to ‘conforming harshly to gender roles’ and i am accepted. i don’t bind and haven’t in over a year, i have not had any surgeries, i take HRT and i am the happiest i’ve ever been. i am happily employed, happily out at my university, happily interned at several elementary, middle, and high schools while out, happily public speaking at schools while out, happily going to concerts and parks and making friends with strangers and playing DnD and i have such a vast network of friends and family that INCLUDE my daily life (professors, peers, colleagues, etc) that are incredibly important to my future, my career, my livelihood, who have done nothing but respect me to the point that i generally feel safe defending myself and know that i’m not alone.
there are no secret underground clubs you must stay in after dark to put on whatever clothes make you happiest, that’s so fucking depressing. the fact that some people are so out of touch with the BASIC HUMANITY of others that they believe that’s the best solution? just shows how depressing their outlook on life is, and what they believe about themselves. an fuck, if i saw someone telling someone else they had to be that way, i’d have no problem telling them to fuck off and try to help that person feel safe. i’ve done it before. people have done it for ME. INCLUDING at work, at school, everywhere.
baseless terrifying. you can exist in your world and you can cultivate it to where you can be happy. and you can easily, easily find people who love and support you for who you are, not for how much money and time you spend torturing yourself to emulate a violent system that does nobody any good. that’s what’s realistic.
i think my fav thing about griffin as a dm is that instead of going “unfortunately the ooze is immune to slashing damage :/” he says “if you were making a pb&j sandwich and you dropped some jelly on the counter, would you take a knife and just start cutting at it you dumb son of a bitch”
