writerlyn:

The idea of “but everyone knows that” needs to stop.

I saw a post about someone chiding Millennials for not knowing about JKRowlings transphobia, and asking how it is at all possible that people can exist in the world and the internet and, you know, not know.

Which I mean, I get. It is so present in so many of my online spaces that it seems astounding that someone could simply be ignorant! It feels impossible!

But let me tell you a story:

I went on a girls trip with a bunch of friends. All of us are rather incredibly liberal and all of us are incredibly online.

One girl would not stop talking about Harry Potter.

At one point, another girl asked her why she was ok with supporting it, and she had no real clue that JK Rowling was at all transphobic. She had heard that she likes to support Lesbian causes and thought “oh ok cool!” And that was it. She was AGOG with the news and rather horrified.

I must once again emphasize that she was an incredibly online person. She’s a foodie and a restaurant blogger.

Later in the trip we were picking restaurants and I suggested one I found on Google, and she gasped at me. Actually gasped, asking how I could ever be okay picking that one.

The shock must’ve been on my face, because she then told me all of the shitty things that restaurateur does. He abuses staff. Underpays them. Fires them on a whim. Is known for being one of the worst people to his employees in the entire restaurant business on this coast.

And she was so shocked I had never heard of this. Because in her mind, I was just as online as her. And in her online world, EVERYONE knew about this guy.

So I think the moral of this story is: always approach the other person with some empathy. Even online people, even people you think MUST know about how bad people are, may not have heard. It may truly be just them being on a different sphere of the internet than you.

So be gentle, be kind when letting people know they might not have heard about the cancellation of XYZ person. Don’t assume that everyone knows all the same info as you.

By all means, let them know so they can make informed decisions, but being kind will go a lot further than attacking them for some info they might not know yet.

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jimalim:

Mira really loves parallel play.

She’ll often sit on Zoey’s bed reading a book while she games. Or she’ll scroll her phone out on the balcony while Rumi tends to her plants. Sit at the kitchen counter working on something while someone else cooks for a change. Nap on the couch while they watch something she’s not at all interested in.

She just wants to be around them, all the time, even if they aren’t engaged in the same activity. The calm quietness around them always fills her with a deep sense of belonging. It’s always a bonus when one, or both of them are close enough to also touch. The casualness of it all makes Mira’s heart soar. Never does she feel more content.

Oftentimes this scenario has her, propped back against someone’s headboard reading a book while one of the girls lies against her on their phone with the third close by working on their own thing (Zoey is usually either gaming or working on lyrics. Rumi is typically answering work emails on her laptop.) Other times it’s a simple touch of the foot against her lap as they lounge on the couch. No matter the level of intimacy, every touch fills her with warmth.

Another thing she loves about these times, is when she can simply watch them existing without the pressure to put on a performance. She loves the way Rumi’s tongue will slightly poke out the corner of her mouth when she’s concentrating. Or how when Zoey is in the zone, her eyes somehow grow wider than usual with a twinkle that’s downright arresting. But when they notice her noticing them, the soft smiles and warm blushes that grow across their faces are somehow even more exhilarating to see.

There’s nothing she loves more than to be bathed in their presence, regardless of what they do.

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faunspots:

Rumira sketch but it’s actually polytrix Zoey is just in the background. I may finish this later.

mirainbetween:

Clingy ass girlfriends

aymmgreen:

No. ZoeMira absolutely are not the ones who say, “She asked for no pickles” in their relationship. It’s Rumi

this is the proof right here.

mrkanman:

love media where a monstrous transformation happens based on a characters worst fears and insecurities like yessss let your darkness be made manifest in terrible flesh lol.

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assortedbowloffruit:

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straightally:

imagine a cute girl werewolf tho. shed turn into a floofy dog. a big floofy dog to hug you. a cute girl that turns into a cute dog. wtf

Big….Brother…Edward

THATS NOT WHAT I MEANT

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blackfem:

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carcinocasino:

Loving You Wednesday

Aw heck yeah Loving You Wednesday !!!

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phantomrose96:

Humans will say “I guess I could have pizza tonight but I had pizza on Thursday and I don’t really want pizza twice in the same week” and dogs will say “Oh boy the exact same gub I’ve been fed for every meal of my entire life homf homhf chomfhh homhomhomhomhomh”

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tousey-mousey:

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anexperimentallife:

I have started unironically doing this. It is DEVASTATINGLY effective. You make friends SO easily.

Stop wishing people would do this and be the person who does this.

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monstergili:

lacnunga:

There are some characters where giving them therapy and cleaning them up is the fanfiction equivalent of buying antique furniture and painting it white

Originally posted by deukaeloveclub

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