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Largely a fandom blog, with a heavy focus on Les Mis, the Owl House, and Supernatural. Ambiguous 20-something, no more specifics than that. Icon by @sharkpupz

Discussions of trans women in sports often focus on elite/professional sports which honestly I find it hard to care about but the more common scenario of “we’re going to legally ban a high school girl from playing sports with her friends because she’s trans” is just profoundly evil

i remember when utah's (republican) governor ended up vetoing a law banning transgender students from playing high school sports when he looked at the numbers, and there were only four trans students in the state playing sports at all. he released a clumsily worded but surprisingly compassionate statement about the decision.

I must admit, I am not an expert on transgenderism. I struggle to understand so much of it, and the science is conflicting. When in doubt, however, I always try to err on the side of kindness, mercy, and compassion. I also try to get proximate, and I am learning so much from our transgender community. They are great kids who face enormous struggles. Here are the numbers that have most impacted my decision: 75,000, 4, 1, 86 and 56. 75,000 high school kids participating in high school sports in Utah. 4 transgender kids playing high school sports in Utah. 1 transgender student playing girls sports. 86% of trans youth reporting suicidality. 56% of trans youth having attempted suicide. Four kids and only one of them playing girls sports. That’s what all of this is about. Four kids who aren’t dominating or winning trophies or taking scholarships. Four kids who are just trying to find some friends and feel like they are a part of something. Four kids trying to get through each day. Rarely has so much fear and anger been directed at so few. I don’t understand what they are going through or why they feel the way they do. But I want them to live.

of course, it didn't amount to much. they overrode his veto. it's just so cartoonishly evil. an entire state's political body so desperate to terrorize this one little trans girl.

beating off crippling depression the only way I know how ✨

It’s unfinished with a chunky brush because I’m chasing a vision beyond my capabilities 🫠

Lyric is from Holy War by Rainbow Kitten Surprise.

i need to destroy a 168-hour span of time does anyone know of any forbidden blade arts that might aid me in this endeavor

it doesn't have to be exactly 168 hours i don't need, like, a Week-Destroying Slash specifically. there's just nothing to do or hope for in the next seven days except for stewing in guilt and solitude, so ideally i'd like to just skip it entirely

but i'd accept doing, like, 50 pristine cuts that each cleave 3 hours from the future and leave empty stretches that no one can remember in their wake. like, perfect is the enemy of good here

barring that i am content to simply bring about the end of the age of man. really just need Something to happen

characters that are codependent. characters that have had so much taken away from them they would rather gnaw off their limbs instead of admitting they need connection. that they need someone to need them and will never leave. characters that cling to the only person that has ever truly, deeply cared about them. characters that love eachother so fully and deeply before they realize that "love" is even the word they would use. characters who are so weird about eachother their relationship status is confusing to an outsiders perspective. characters that would set the world ablaze the moment something happens to the other. characters who embrace like they fear the other will disappear if they let go. you understand.

Science and magic

Headcanons about how Alastor's magic works... kinda?... and it's a comic because comics get more attention than just texts LOL

bonus

do you know that feeling when you have no one to yap about your special interest/hyperfixation? Alastor has been living with it since, like, forever.

Rosie already heard this like 100500 times

Vox is too smitten to be able to process what Alastor is saying (Alastor can just be saying random words at this point and Vox wouldn't notice the difference)

Mimzy finds it boring

And Charlie just uneducated

ONE MORE BONUS cuz i had this in mind for a long time

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