the evil amulet is a classic but have we considered The Good Amulet . villain who switches sides because they put on The Amulet That Makes You Good and fell too deeply under its spell to ever take it back off and the heroes are trying to figure out how they feel about that ethics-wise

This happened to Shego one time.

his lahaboobs....

Unironically I think the early to mid 20s age group in America has unbelievably bad consent boundaries on all levels and so much language to defend it but this makes me sound like elon musk if I say it however the commonality of someone who will be like “I had 47 panic attacks and it’s your fault” if you tell them no is insane

I rejected someone and got called “the scariest person I’ve ever met” with so much therapy speak interspersed like alright okay alright okay alright okay

“You just say whatever you’re thinking and I don’t know how to handle it” was verbatim part of this conversation. Also everyone hates to see an autistic bitch

When I was in this age bracket, there was a huge emphasis on improving consent culture via graceful rejection, and it's gone by the wayside. Which sucks.

Twice in my youth (once in high school and once in college) I was in situations where I was asking someone out and I could tell they were calculating in their heads the risks of rejecting me, and both times I said, out loud, "you can say no, I wouldn't have asked if I wasn't prepared for either answer." And then they said no. This wasn't some spark of special wisdom I had - I knew to do it because feminist conversations among my age group brought it up regularly. This isn't happening nearly enough anymore.

More recently, I was really glad when we got to "rejection sensitive dysphoria" in my IOP program and it was one of those symptoms where the therapists really emphasized how it affects others. Because it does.

Being someone who cannot handle rejection makes you much more likely to violate boundaries, and yes, that includes sexual ones. Yes, you, reader who has never hurt a fly. If you don't want to stumble backwards into sexually assaulting someone, fix your RSD meltdowns. If you keep them up it's only a matter of time. Because if you're nice enough to interact with, but are known to have RSD meltdowns, guess what happens when your friends and acquaintances need to reject you?

genuinely probably my biggest pet peeve is kinksters using "clicker training" to refer to things that have absolutely nothing in common with actual clicker training.

if I bring a clicker into a kink scene you better expect i will be spending an appropriate amount of time loading it before using it to train other behaviors into you, and none of this "orgasm upon hearing a click" or "perform behavior upon hearing click" nonsense. and I'm going to be giving you a treat after every click because I insist upon following good practice. it's important to me that I'm making you easier for others to train, not harder.

Every time I read a “Justice League meets their evil counterparts from another universe” fic and it’s Clark, Diana and everyone else fighting their evil doppelgängers while the Batmans just…talk? I eat that shit up every time. Even if they do end up fighting, those Bruces always gotta sit down and hash it out first, maybe nerd out a little bit. You know, normal things to do with your evil twin from another universe.

Adual Akol by Adrienne Raquel for Allure Magazine August 2023

gestures to make you more elegant and feminine

OP: Look at the 'fire-butterfly' we managed to film. The picture really doesn't do its beauty justice. (cr 鸟王艾雅康，观鸟景jhin，生态摄影阿博特，毕强，Sjxxphotograph，Fische，鱼摆摆，Shanalotte，冰鹡鸰）

I love this Chinese guy who is so excited to show everyone this really cool bird. This is why the internet was created, so we could show strangers on the other side of the world cool things we know about. Xie xie gege <3333333

I love :D and :3 and :/ and :) and :( and D: and :c and c: and :|

jaskier: Some people are like slinkies.

priscilla: What?

jaskier: Not really good for much but bring a smile to your face when you push them down the stairs.

essi: …Please don't push Valdo down the stairs.

jaskier, pushing valdo down the stairs: Too late.

jaskier, stealing his Witchers' clothes: I like wearing oversized sweaters. Not just because they're extremely comfy and cuddly, but because whenever the sleeves are really big, I get to flop them around and smack people.

“realistically you shouldn’t let a vampire near your wrist given all the sensitive spots/muscles/tendons” i don’t

CARE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

do none of you understand

EROTICISM