Hi!! I’m indigo ^^ as you can tell by my masterlist im…into a lot of different things :D feel free to send me questions about any of my fics, i’d love to talk about them!!
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Pairings: Chip/Jay. ambig technically but intended as romantic
Summary:
It’s a quiet night aboard the Albatross. Chip sits with his back to the railing, holding his guitar in his lap. Reuben had stolen it for him, before it got bad, and Chip has clung to it ever since. He couldn’t sleep, residual fear from Kuba Kenta’s curse waking him up every time he began to doze off. And their quarters felt cramped, the beds too close together. So Chip hadfledgone up to the deck for some breathing room. He plucks at the strings, ignoring his swords lying next to him. Reuben had taught him this too, bony shoulder pressed to bony shoulder, uncharacteristically soft with him in the little house they’d found. The rhythm is simple, a “beginner’s tune” according to him. But regardless of what he said about it, Reuben had been proud when he figured it out, giving him a grin. (That same grin had been turned on him after…after what? The memory he’s grasping for slides away.)
I’m not like Mad at anyone who does this and I’m obviously not in charge of how anyone else tags shit on their own blogs, whatever, but it’s always bummed me out when my sex Ed posts get reblogged and tagged with 18+, minors dni, etc. personally I actually very much want teenagers to learn about their bodies and safer sex but I guess I’m just the guy who wrote the thing.
by and large I am not an angry man but once I watched a fellow sex educator present to a room full of college students and, upon being gently challenged by one of the students who objected to them describing sex as something that happens between adults, said with very palpable disdain “I don’t want to talk about kids fucking.” and I was so angry about it that I made myself nauseous.
not just teens, either. every couple years I give up my Sundays for a few months to teach sex ed to 4th-6th graders, unpaid. and I don’t do it because it’s always fun or easy or great for my health, I do it because those are human people with changing bodies and feelings who deserve to have someone who gives a shit take the time to talk honestly with them so that they might make less painful mistakes later.
ah, this has gotten notes. now we begin a game of Is Someone Going To Call Me A Pedophile For This.
and the ironic thing is that teaching comprehensive sex ed as young as possible (to an age appropriate extent of course) is like literally the best way to keep kids safe bc it allows them to know if what’s happening to them is wrong. especially since the most likely abuser is a parent. who’s obviously not going to teach them that they deserve bodily autonomy. it sounds icky but teaching kids about sex is what lets them know if they’re being raped, and unfortunately a scarily high amount of kids are preyed upon.
Not even just teaching them if they’re being raped either. It’s also important because it shows them things like the fact the things about their bodies are natural.
It’s natural, you’re not disgusting for it, and there’s nothing wrong with you for it.
There’s so much shame surrounding very normal things happening to growing bodies. At least here in the USA, masturbation for example is heavily shamed. Education about people’s bodies is highly lacking and kids need to know about their own bodies.
It’s also important because kids are going to have sex. As much as you feel they should wait, there will always be kids who are having sex. They should have access to the knowledge and resources to have sex as safely as possible. Lack of sex education does not reduce how many young people are having sex, it just reduces how many young people are having safer sex.
not into sports rpf but I believe in their beliefs (falling in love with someone you’ve always known) (repression) (stuck in a completely dark room letting life pass you by because of yet another migraine of dubious origin) (carboloading)
