#there's pride in your mouth

[gummi-ships]

#kingdom hearts 2 #kh2 #sora #pride lands #my gif #walks towards you and i'm a kitty #ignore the large weapon in my mouth i am your friend

[bonefall]

So, your Clear Sky post is absolutely horrifying, but it was very needed, so thank you. What are your general thoughts on tackling his abuse for the AU? Like you've said, pretending he's a good guy is not the way to go, but are you planning on toning down *some* of the situations, just to give some of the cats a break? Clear Sky is a very realistic depiction of abusers, but that seems to come across even without victim number 25, yknow? I'm very curious about how you'd like to go about this.

My most recent big change was bringing Slash back into the fold, because I realized that it was actually a disservice to not address where DOTC's themes dip into Colonialism. It's a hard topic, and I'm still trying to work out the details, but I realized it was important.

With how BB!DOTC is such a MASSIVE overhaul, to properly address abuse and the ways it impacts you, ableism and its violence, and xenophobia broadly, a huge reworking of Slash belonged here too. He's one of the greatest examples of how badly WC demonizes non-Clanborn cats. I shouldn't dance around it.

That's what I need to do with Skystar.

MANY of his victims have happier endings than canon, though. Bumble is one of the most famous, bumped up into a major character and directly responsible for the formation of ThunderClan. Bright Storm is taking most of Gray Wing's roles. Birch and Alder are getting examined, with either a father who wants his kids back or Milkweed as the mate of Misty.

A lot of people will die because of him, even more will be hurt, but I see BB!DOTC as a story about victims and survivors.

Others might grab POVs here and there, but as a response to canon which I feel is Clear Sky's story told in many parts, I center this rewrite around Thunder Storm. The path of kindness he marches down, with love and with anger, and the people he helps.

So BB!Star Flower...

Previously I was playing her as ENTIRELY just manipulating Clear Sky. She was loyal to One Eye and trying to get at Skystar to bleed him dry for 8 lives to sacrifice; but connected to Thunderstar over recognizing him as a victim who deserves her idea of justice. So, she offers Thunderstar the final kill, so her father will be grateful to him and he'll get power AND the death of his abuser.

(When Thunderstar looks upon Skystar, pathetic and neutralized down to one life, he thinks about the collateral damage that will descend upon the forest if he accepts the deal. He decides that he has found the line between Justice and Justification. Of course he wants the power to make his enemies cower, protect his people, and eliminate Clear Sky so he never threatens them again; that's not the problem.

He can still do these things. He wouldn't NEED the power of a war god to do so.

But if One Eye returns, he will be endlessly hungry, ruthlessly dedicated to revenge, and set out to devour the whole forest. Everything would get worse, and even more people he loves would die. It's where his desire to destroy a monster would lead to him BECOMING one.)

Even on its face, it was previously missing an element. There's a step between "Starf decides to bring One Eye back" and "Starf offers Thunderstar the final kill" that was bare. This is the piece that was missing-- That she, herself, is trying to reach out to the only person who's ever really understood her.

But more importantly... I do feel this topic belongs here, in BB!DOTC. Abuse is a MAJOR theme. SKYSTAR is a monster already. He's harmed two wives in BB (Bright Storm and Falling Cry) and played toxic games with all three kits (Thunder Storm, Pale Sky, Tiger Sky).

And I'd avoid Star Flower being abused... why? Because it's uncomfortable to confront the pattern that Clear Sky displays? That in-canon, he tries to cut all his victims into the same ideal shape, from Storm to Thunder to Star Flower? ...it should be uncomfortable. Everything that I described in Clear Sky Is A Monster is rooted in the same desire for control, power, and punishment most abusive people share, he just happens to be a severe example.

Yes. That includes how he treats his child and romantic partners. The parallels that are drawn between Starf and Thunder are there because he wants power in the form of obedience. Starf replaces the son as a narrative award for his "growth" of not killing random people anymore for a while.

A cookie cutter is an effective tool because IT ONLY MAKES ONE SHAPE.

You know what's more uncomfortable? Reading canon!DOTC and seeing someone who hurt you reflected almost perfectly in the character the writers think did nothing wrong. Because of "good intentions" that were not there.

I will say though, just to be clear; I don't see a purpose in being more than PG-13 about serious topics for this project. I promise none of my intentions have changed. Nothing will be more graphic or gorey than canon WC-- just more intentional.

I'm keeping the sacrifice because it's dope. No one is taking this from me. Girl Moment: Killed her awful husband 8 times to count as 8 sacrifices and offered the last life to her buddy as a show of good will. How else do you make friends outside of high school

But I know now that Star Flower NEEDS to keep the canon fact she has very little agency, UNTIL that moment she snaps.

She's sacrificing one abuser to try and bring back a bigger, badder one, because in spite of everything, her father One Eye always made her feel safe. Even though he promised her off to Skystar, and expected her to be willing to die for him. She's followed every command, every order, past the death of his mortal vessel.

The first, and only, selfish choice she's ever made was in reaching out to Thunderstar to offer him the power of her father.

Thunderstar's Justice is a story about a Thunder Storm at the pinnacle of his arc, how the survivors of his Clan are settling into the new normal after the carnage of The First Battle, how Skystar's arrogance brings a violent god to the Forest... and the connection Thunderstar makes with the daughter of a monster.

#Kronk meme: ''Oh Yeah. It's all coming together'' #I'll be making the fragments in another post #Just because this one's getting really long #It works well as an explanation of my intentions #I think I had been making a mistake previously to conceive of BB!Starf as a femme fatale who seduced Sky #Again: I'm not perfect! As I analyze and re-read with a more critical eye. My art changes. #Tho I will admit I do like the idea of a Starf who is totally cognizant of how she can manipulate a villain #Into doing what she wants. I do love myself a powerful and scheming woman #It's that it didn't fit my story or my themes OR even the purpose of BB as a fixit that addresses canon #Better bones au #BB!DOTC #BB!Star Flower #BB!Skystar #BB!Thunder Storm #Also imo this philosophy will let me make BB!One Eye what I think he deserves and works best as #THE WORSE OF TWO EVILS #The Tyrant of Tyrants #And man.... the idea that Skystar becomes the Clan patron of war... #The God of Summer laughs at him. #''Outdone and reeling your wounded pride speaks the words your tender mouth can never say'' #''That you were outclassed and now you obsess over the bigger monster you aren't good enough to become'' #''You fell into the step of a lion and think you can replicate what my paw does without effort.'' #Cw abuse #Tw abuse #Abuse #Child abuse

[chrissy-kaos]

Hey @koldunyaa tell me without actually telling me you failed science class 😂😂

Get a life, you irrelevant pile of shit.

#im intersex #your not a smart one are you #go back to school #don't open your mouth about stuff that's far past your comprehension.. #transgender #trans #trans pride #transisbeautiful #transgirl #mtf #girlslikeus #mtf hrt #maletofemale #transformation

[crimeronan]

i'm still fucking thinking about faulkner silt verses i haven't stopped all day. i just keep intermittently replaying parts of the ep and working my way thru the transcript. just now i was trying to explain to rafi how elated i was about everything that went down during this ep and rafi, horrified, was like "BUT I - I DON'T WANT HIM TO BE SUICIDAL????" and i was like "rafi. listen to me. i cannot express enough how much the suicide attempt was POSITIVE CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT."

#SOMETIMES A CHARACTER HAS TO GIVE UP DIE A THOUSAND TIMES FALL TO RUIN AND ROT TO MOVE FORWARS #IT'S SO GOOD #ME HOLDING HIM DOWN IN THE MUD LIKE THE CAIRN MAIDEN: STOP STRUGGLING AND GIVE UP YOU STUBBORN STUPID PRIDEFUL MOTHERFUCKER #faulkner makes me feel several of my most unhinged adam emotions except like. tenfold. #kid i want to bury you in the mud and drown you and drag you up coughing and spluttering to make your sorry ass live #SHAKING HIM AROUND IN MY MOUTH LIKE A FUCKING TERRIERRRR #MY MISERABLE-ASS IDIOT MANIPULATIVE SNAKE DUMBASS-WALKING-INTO-RAKES FAITHLESS PREACHER SON BOY WHO I WANT TO MURDER #the silt verses #the silt verses spoilers #suicide #faulkner

[torosdottir]

if i see one more person call burn bright slurs im getting a gun

#it is a GAY PRIDE ANTHEM 🏳️‍🌈 #keep that 'queer' shit out of your fucking mouth. #people will really hear the line 'they always told me that you'll never get to heaven with a love like yours' #and be like you know what my analysis of this song really needs is some homophobic slurs :)

[berryblu-soda]

local silly goofer was seething with rage and dumped it all in the tags, read at your own risk :3 <- personal stuff, wrote this after the tags, pretty okay now, just got it out of my system, love yall <3<3<3

#BITE BITE BITE RAGE RAGE AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA #<- same old same old ITS BEEN A FREAKING WHILE #my dad is so infuriating yall :D #i dont have it in me to hate him but boi? HES TRYING!!!!! #like; do you HEAR YOURSELF??? IS A SINGLE WORD THATS COMING FROM YOUR MOUTH BEING PROCESSED BY YOUR BRAIN???? #YOU PRIDE YOURSELF IN ALWAYS BEING THE SMARTEST ONE IN THE ROOM #sure; intelligence wise; probably; but emotionally? a speck of dust outnumbers you- #WINNING AN ARGUMENT FOR THE SAKE OF BEING RIGHT WITHOUT REGARD FOR ANYONE ELSE- #THINKING EVERYONE SHOULD BE AS COLD AS YOU; AND IF THEYRE NOT; IF GOD FORBID THEY SHOW TOO MUCH EMOTION #THEN PHYSICAL ABUSE IS JUSTIFIED?? #THAT´S NOT A GOOD FUCKING ARGUMENT!!!! #NOT EVERY ARGUMENT HAS TO BE WON; YOU DONT ALWAYS NEED THE UPPER HAND!!!! #the shitty way you were treated and raised should not be my fucking problem and i hope you get therapy about it #and then i´ll regret not being closer to him whenever he dies; but hes making it unmeasurably hard to consider being vulnerable #AGHHH- #this man has never apologized for a single thing is his damn life btw :3! #vent #*inhale* #sorry yall i´m good; just full of rage rn :D! #i spilled a cup of juice at church today and things got waay out of hand lmaoo

[sandinthepipes]

I'm just going to leave here the fact that Crowley has disregarded any concerns his family might have, alongside his pride, to fully accept and love aziraphale.

Aziraphale is still too attached to his family and his prejudice for Crowley's side to do that.

And then during a rainy day under a canopy I have struggled in vain and I can bear it no longer. I came to rosing with the single object of seeing you, I had to-

#AZIRAPHALE HOW COULD YOU THINK CROWLEY WASN'T QUOTING JANE AUSTEN HIMSELF #two walls talking to each other #i am screaming throwing up biting the wall #pride and prejudice rewatch is needed at once #AND CROWLEY JUST LIKE MR DARCEY DOESN'T TELL AZIRAPHALE A LOT OF STUFF LIKE SHOUT YOUR STUPID MOUTH AND DIE #hey neil can we get a heand flexing scene? i kinda need it to heal my soul #good omens spoilers #good omens 2 spoilers #good omens 2 #good omens #ineffable husbands #pride and prejudice

[everlastiingiimmortals]

Re: my last post, I do want to make a further statement that despite Jing Yuan's desire to be addressed by name, he will never ever express the reasons why, not explicitly. He also does not push too much, because doing so would raise questions that he is very much not willing to answer. Usually it's just a lighthearted request at introductions, maybe a playful reminder that one needn't be so formal with him, and nothing more. No follow up beyond that. ...And for that reason, it tends to get ignored.

So when someone calls him "general," he simply nods and smiles.

#//about; (DIVINE FORESIGHT) #((my brain: do you think the fact that jy holds no pride in his position is another reason why the other generals would look down on him)) #((me: shut up. shut the fuck up. shut the fuck your mouth))

[realasslesbian]

Can us lesbians actually stop just letting casual homophobia slip by in movements that are supporting us for this hot second. Because y'all did that with the queers and the transes and now y'all doing that with the rad fems, and my old homosexual ass is telling you these rad fems ain't gonna keep supporting lesbians once they don't need us no more. So when you see these hetties bad-mouthing the rainbow or gender non-conformity or whatever even small ass thing, can we, for once, take no fucking quarter?

#like the amount of straight rad fems I've seen shitting on Mardi Gras this last couple weeks #and the shit that they're shitting on is literally just homosexual people #they be like 'how dare these predators parade in the street' #like #fuck off Sandra your precious Nigel is probably doing far more degenerate shit right now #gay people being visibly gay is not inherently a bad thing #homosexuals merely existing doesn't mean we're automatically supporting TRA ideology #or sinning against the lord #or whatever your flavour of dumb thinly veiled homophobia is #Mardi Gras is a gay and lesbian event #for gays and lesbians #it literally says it in the name #and sure the TRAs have foisted themselves onto it like some stinking barnacles #but they're not what gay pride is about #so shitting on gay pride just for existing isn't revolutionary #it's just homophobic #you ain't no different from the hordes of homophobic men rampaging in Sydney's streets during Mardi Gras #you're ideology is just as homophobic as theirs #and therefore just as worthless #so maybe instead of opening y'all's mouth to condemn anything happening under a rainbow flag #maybe shut tf up for two seconds and ask yourself is it really your place to say anything at all #and is what your saying actually just homophobia #or just keep being homophobic idc at this point #what's another useless movement that lesbians busted our ass to get off the ground only for it to mutate into a lesbophobic dumpster fire #I'll honestly be surprised if this radfem wave turns out any different #lesbian #lgbt #feminism #gold star lesbian #gold star lesbians do interact

[greatestjubilee]

Your love for sellen invigorates me because I share that love

thank you me too. im going to put the rest of my response in the tags

#SORRY #LOVE DRAWING MY TARNISHED WITH HER BECAUSE THEY FIT MY FAVORITE DYNAMIC OF CAT AND DOG OR GENIUS AND DUMBASS #also i was going to be an axe user but then i saw her #like the door to her basement cave opened #theminute isaw that hat it was like #this bitch is weird. thats the one #i havent been the same since #now i have 64 intelligence and am mostly sorcery #glintstone pebble is my best friend and lover #(pebbles someone) everything reminds me of her #this game is also good because you can just draw your tarnished with everyone #i have drawn a lot of sabelina with her but i havent posted it yet because people on twitter have told me im h-rny #and i hate that comment #SO WHAT IF I AM #FUCK OFF! ITS PRIDE MONTH! #SABELINA CAN BE HER CHAIR IF I WANT HER TO BE #AND SHE CAN PUT HER SOUL IN HER MOUTH IF I WANT HER TO #ITS FOR THE FLAVOR!!!! SHUT UP!!!! #YOU WOULDNT GET IT! ITS A HOMOSEXUAL THING!!! #ONLY WLW UNDERSTAND ME

[blunt-force-therapy]

Aaaaaand here come the Pride posts from religious people

No, girl, I don't give a shit if "Christ's Sacred Heart" beats for me or not. Your Messiah and your saints don't matter. Quit talking about your religion as if it were for everyone, it hurt our people when it was created and it still does now

#lgbt pride #pride #lgbtq #ex christian #also of you're a Muslim and you dare to even open your mouth to talk about this maybe you should start to develop any sense of shame

[garbage-floof]

do yall see one of your friends being a massive jerk and doing something slightly offensive and you fucking have a verbal fight w them in your head

like, you're a great friend! but if you don't shut the fick up and listen why this is offensive then we can't even be friends anymore

#adam's vent tag #this needs a lot of context in too tired to write #but #implying (in a joking manner no less) that someone in the room (metaphorically) is gay/trans to very obviously homo/transphobic classmates #does so much harm #like if someone comes out to you you keep your mouth shut even if they're a walking pride flag #just shut the fuck up #it's not that difficult #another small ick i have w this friend #is that i told him i wasn't very comfortable with my classmates jokes #(they were 'joking' about killing and shooting boys that wear dresses) #and that i also didn't feel safe around them #and he responded w 'theyre just joking. why are you taking them seriously?' #with a straight fucking face #do i even need to explain why this is fucked up to say to a trans kid? (or anyone) #i could give a million different examples of this #you can literally excuse an bad behaviour with this logic #if you can do that then i dont really trust you #anyway im ranting and rambling #and i want to strangle him!!!

[sailoryooons]

Jungkook: I heard you all said I'm bitchless

Jungkook: *releases song about fucking seven days a week to make things right*

#LMFAOOOOOOO #LATTO REALLY SAID I SWALLOW YOUR PRIDE AND MY MOUTH MF DROPPPPPPPPPPPED

[ctl-yuejie]

a bit of a reality check here (and yes, i am going to ask this question in a very biased way anyways), but:

AITA for not wanting another date when the woman you’re meeting doesn’t ask any questions about yourself for like the 5 hours you spend together and approx. talks 1/3 about her ex-girlfriend?

When I told her that I wasn’t really thinking about a second date because of it, she said she was too nervous at first (which is true, she almost 180°ed when I met up with her and was too shy to look into my direction for several minutes) and that she prefers to text people for a long time before meeting, which is where she asks about things she’s interested in (we texted for 1.5 months before meeting which isn’t really my style and I was accordingly bad at texting: she texted me good morning and good night everyday and i was happy when i managed to text her and/or reply to her once a day. I like to think that I tried)

but I still feel it is weird to just talk about yourself and your ex (at hour 4 I gave up on talking about myself without any prompt because whatever I said would be the first and last thing we’d exchange on that topic).

in good (?) news: I know get how Uncle Jim in MLC felt, because she still lives with her ex of 5 years and it did come up very often in conversation. While Wen didn’t tell him, Uncle Jim was 100% right that it makes things really tiring because the other person clearly isn’t in the mindset to start sth new.

If anyone is the type to text a lot before meeting someone: anything where this disconnect can be mitigated?

because I always thought it was standard (and at least my preference) to meet up very early to suss out the vibes. But maybe it’d be better in these cases to not start anything when you’re not texting back as frequently in the first place?

#ctlyuejie writes #don't want to bad mouth my own pride month here but I am not doing the gay agendas work here #also: what is it about hitting 30 and being exhausted after a date #don't know how to describe it but I like to think I am not that full of myself that people need to ask me very personal things but not even #something like general topics both people can give input to were intitiated by her (idk like what made you interested in studying this l #anguage? or: what kinds of holdays do you enjoy #this is obv a one-sided account but if someone tells you that they are going on holiday wouldn't you carry on the conversation by at least #asking where the other person is going or would you directly dive into talking about your last holiday #i know i am getting cranky here

[belladonnaprice]

Everyone talking about the bangers in Journey to Bethlehem and nobody's saying a /word/ about how absurd/petrifying/psychotic Mary, Married's Good for You is 😦 Like, they're essentially brainwashing her into giving up her dreams of teaching?

#as a pagan #i was already just cackling my way through the intro and the whole concept #ready for some good music #but /imagine/ being a little girl raised christian with this song in your mouth #i mean #im kind of super horrified by this whole sequence #/especially/ the quiet part where she starts accepting it #like #i /yearn/ to be wed and with child #but thats /my dream/ #not the character's #she wants to be a scholar #our first introduction to her is headstrong and proud #and id rather have seen her keep that defiance and pride #the meet-cute between her and joesph where they dont know who the other is is sweet and makes it a little better #bc theyd have chosen one another anyway /but still/ #that song is /terrible/ #journey to bethlehem

[nooks-cranny-mogai]

I think because I'm 22 I see the mogai community, in general, going from the ages of 14 to 18/20 and the few and far between being 28-32. I see the behavior and general attitudes of mid-older teens usually and I'm usually right but I wanna see if I'm just crazy. I feel like there's a lot of teenagers here, especially 16-19.

#mogai #mogai community #mogai pride #actually mogai #mogai flag #mogai coining #clover speaks #being fr though #if your under the age of 16 #please dont follow me #its not an ageist thing im just an adult and that makes me uncomfortable #i talk and coin adult things related to adults situations and issues #you dont need to be here #16 and 17 are on thin ice anyway for interactions because yeah #but you best be at least 18 if your gonna come up in my dms even platonically #im happy to inform others but i know my mouth and the jokes i make and thats not kid friendly #not that i make those jokes offhandedly to pple o dont know but still #i curse abit too much for a 14 yr old #like i get it i was 15 saying i was 18 to follow certain artists when i was younger #All kids lie about their age somewhere on the Internet #my google account thinks im like 30 because i set my age as 24 when i was 10 yrs younger 💀 #i just didnt want a bullshit parental consent for a google account #i get it but please respect my boundaries #also big worried this comes off as creepy #not my intention #im mostly curious about the age break down of my following and the few lurkers but if this busts containment scp style thats cool too #i get so scared when someone dms me whose a minor and i dont know how to react #like on one hand i dont wanna be patronizing your 5 yrs younger than me thats rude but also i dont wanna be too casual incase #it could be miscontrued as groomy behavior 💀 like i just wanna be cool and chill #which is why i dont allow minors to dm me lol