#unlikely ally

[pratchettquotes]

"It's freezing! I haven't even got a coat! What is it you want?"

"You have freedom, Mister Vimes. Isn't that vhat everyone vants? Isn't it supposed to give you a lovely varm glow?"

Lady Margolotta disappeared into the snow.

Vimes shivered. He hadn't realized how warm it had been underground. Or what time it was. There was a dim, a very dim light. Was this just after sunset? Was it almost dawn?

The flakes were piling up on his damp clothes, driven by the wind.

Freedom could get you killed.

Terry Pratchett, The Fifth Elephant

#samuel vimes #lady margolotta #the fifth elephant #discworld #terry pratchett #vampires #unlikely ally #snow #survival #extreme weather #prison break #escape #freedom #lethal #motivation #necessities #what everyone wants #not helpful

[disaster-theysbian]

Gotta say, I've been out as a lesbian for 3 years and nonbinary for a year and a half. And I've noticed something.

Just because someone *always* gets your name and pronous correct, and angrily calls out anyone who forgets, doesn't necessarily mean they support you.

Conversely, just because someone struggles to remember your name and pronouns, or can't wrap their head around gender neutral/neo pronouns at all, doesn't necessarily mean they DON'T support you.

This is applicable to any situation really not just queer shit. Watch what people do, not just what they say, and you will find your friends. Someone might shower you with compliments and have common interests with you, but what happens when you tell them no? Do they get angry when they are corrected? Do they have kind things to say about other people?

My colleagues wouldn't know a gender-neutral pronoun if one hit them in the face with a dictionary, but they make sure I've had a lunch break and get home safely. They have my back if I have a difficult patient. They defend me against other staff members who like to create drama and bitch about people as if they're still in the school playground. If someone has something to say about me being a big ol' queer, they make it known that discrimination has no place in our unit.

My best friend in the whole entire world forgets my name and pronouns every day. When the organisers of her therapy group changed "men and women" to "people" and "he/she" to "they" in order to be more inclusive, there was outcry. Everything from the "it just doesn't sound right" grammar-policing nonsense to the "f*cking special snowflakes are offended by everything". She came down on them like a ton of bricks. She said if the organisers hadn't told them that it was changing, that they wouldn't have noticed. She told them they obviously haven't loved someone outside of the gender binary and they were missing out. She then told them how she had seen me grow and develop since I came out, and how in awe she was of the person I had become. No, she doesn't understand it at all, but why should that mean that she can't be there for me and appreciate how happy I am to be able to be me? Why should that mean, because you lot don't understand it, that someone with the same issues as the rest of the therapy group feels unsafe and unwelcome and doesn't get their issues resolved? As a result, a few of them changed their minds, INCLUDING HER OWN FATHER, and the rest at least shut the hell up about it.

ON THE FLIP SIDE...

A queer person who used my correct name and pronouns delighted in making me walk on eggshells, inventing reasons to be angry with me, convinced me I was a terrible person and even went as far as to try and turn me against my own therapist. They tried to tell me that my therapist only said I was a good person because she was paid to, and that because they themselves had a psychology degree that they could tell I had all these complexes and needed to work hard to be a good person, and it was unlikely I'd never get there. (I chose to listen to my therapist and stop being friends with this person).

A queer person who used my correct name and pronouns continued to do things that made me uncomfortable when I asked them to stop. Never said in as many words "you're not allowed to hang out with your friends" but conveniently had an emergency every time I had plans, and accused me of being uncaring if I needed my own space. They knew I had difficulty asking for help, but still got angry with me when I asked because I didn't ask "soon enough".

A queer person who used my correct name and pronouns told me they would look after me and they didnt. .

A queer person threatened to misgender me MORE when I corrected them.

I'm just saying, that if you choose to yeet everyone who doesn't get your name and pronouns right... that doesn't necessarily make you safe. We live in a very binary world. As much as we want that to change, it won't if we ignore or shout at the bits we don't like. (Believe me, I've tried).

#queer community #queer #lgbtqia #alphabet mafia #transgender #nonbinary #enby pride #enby stuff #enby positivity #enby #pronouns #genderfluid #gender #gender trouble #gender talk #friendship #healthy relationships #unlikely allies #respect #love #rainbow #neopronouns #support #healing #healing from trauma #trust #allies #lgbtq positivity #lgbtpeople #nonbinary problems

[icy-watch]

There's not 1 brain cell between those 3 at the moment.

#liveblogging #ninjago #secrets of forbidden spinjitzu #season 11 #episode 18 #an unlikely ally #s11e18

[elbdot]

There's a phantom haunting the school's hallways...

Had to immediately draw fanart after seeing that amazing promo art for "Labyrinth Runners" by bridgitiri on instagram Saturday can't come soon enough oh my god our boy is oN THE RUN

#toh spoilers #the owl house #toh #toh hunter #owlhouse #bruh Istg the *unlikely ally* of the episode better be hunter or Im gonna flip a table jfdgjdfjgdf #please dont let it be the illusion coven head #our coven head rebellion is already big enough as it is we need more coven heads that are on BELOS side like TERRA #Otherwise it would be a very weak testimonial of Belos power if over half his coven heads dont trust him AT ALL #HUNTER PLEASE LET GUS AND WILLOW HELP YOU #GIMME DEM WHOLESOME BONDING MOMENTS AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH #my art #elbdot art #elbdot

[teecupangel]

So I learned a few hours ago that killing the targets with the mysterious shard in AC Mirage via projectiles will still give you the mysterious shard without having to loot the body.

Now, I know the common tool to use in this situation is the throwing knife. Just headshot them and boom, easy kill.

But it's me so... I definitely use the berserk dart on them and watch their own guards kill them... slowly... and painfully... hehehehe

#look at this point it's tradition for me to use berserk darts and watch my target get killed by their allies #you give me an option to use berserk status long range (unlike origin's melee berserk option) #and i will use it #and abuse it #teecup plays ac mirage #thedragonqueen1998 told me darts can be used to make guards go nap time so i got it and upgraded it #and i saw the berserk option and immediately went #fuck no kill sidequests #let them kill each other hehehehe

[byler-alarmist]

OH MY FKN GOD YOU GUYS

OWENS WAS JUST ADDED AS A PUZZLE TALES CHARACTER?!?!?!?!?!

#the promo is called lab of secrets???? #his character name is 'dr. sam owens- unlikely ally' ???? #????!?????!?!?!?!?! #stranger things #puzzle tales #st puzzle tales #stranger things puzzle tales #sam owens #st5 speculation #st5 theory #st theory

[askthesupersisters]

SO LIKE YOU KNOW HOW I RESPONDED TO THAT ONE ASK ABOUT STUDY-LIFE BALANCE AND IT WAS ALL PEACHY RIGHT

WELL UH LATER THAT DAY I WAS BROWSING THE GS ITALIAN SITE AND I FOUND THAT THE SUPERSISTERS 2 PREVIEW CAME OUT AND

Well tl;dr is uh I jinxed it in the span of a single day-- /j

(English doc is made by me, translation was made courtesy of plugging stuff into DeepL)

Anyway THEY LOOK SO DONE LIKE C'MON EVEN IF YOU DON'T LIKE THE ARTSTYLE YOU GOTTA ADMIT THIS IS HILARIOUS

And I made my own version of it too because how could I not HAHAHAH

#geronimo stilton #ask the supersisters #thea sisters #thea stilton #the range of the stars academy style strikes once again #this level of nuance in the expressions is what i'm LIVING for #only reason i'm starting to like them like this #stuff still looks weird in some illustrations but it's growing on me grrrrr #supposedly this book has like #the amazon is noping out of existence and the girls have to investigate that #but they end up bumping into the rowdyruff boys to their powerpuff girls and shenanigans happen #we dunno the alignment of the boys compared to tia dolores but *shrugs* #if it's gonna follow superhero tropes religiously tho it's prolly gonna be neutral or unlikely ally #cover slaps hard tho have you seen it #if you haven't the title is “supersisters il nemico invisibile” it's pretty cool looking

[whumpster-dumpster]

What’s better than Hero whump or Villain whump leading to their sidekicks caretaking?

Hero and Villain both getting whumped by a worse third party and their sidekicks having to team up to help them and even though they don’t trust each other, their respective leaders mean so much to them that they’re willing to truce for their safety and care

#whump #superheroes #hero whump #villain whump #team whump #distrust #unlikely allies #enemy of my enemy #caretaking #hero x sidekick #villain x sidekick #villain x lackey

[carsonjonesfiance]

I know being a an advocate for a two state solution makes me a “Zionist” on a technicality but like y’all are still using that word too liberally.

#I think the goal we should be working towards is the recognition of Palestinian statehood and sovereignty #and international protection thereof #I think a full withdrawal from the West Bank is unlikely but a worthy goal and I agree with recent American action against thesettlers ther #more of a long term goal than a short term #at any rate the siege on Gaza should be lifted and Gaza should be given energy independence and its own water system #(​this is all in line with the stated goals of the Biden administration by the way) #I don’t see the US ever unilaterally withdrawing military support from one of its allies unfortunately #but I will admit that it is at least something that you can advocate for

[justacrazylilguy]

To The Metal Gear Fandom

Okay so silly question but i see a lot of yall on here and you say all the homoerotic stuff in mgs is canon right? Especially otasune, bbkaz, bosselot. Not to sound like a hater but the first game came out in 1998. You know what age hideo Kojima was back then? 36 with a wife and kids. So what's his real purpose for making a whole game series about a buncha gay guys? That's what leads me to believe it's unintentional but idk. If he said why then lmk cause I dont get why he would? I've been thinking about this a lot recently because I've been seeing a lot of people saying it's deliberate. Anyone can answer btw my askbox is open because i Need an explanation. More in tags cause im insane.

#mgs #Metal gear solid #solid snake #Otasune #Bosselot #Vkaz #Bbkaz #Don't come at me mad btw im literally a gay guy so it's not like I mind it 😈 #Its just I get confused when mgs is praised for like . rep? its not rep if it's ambiguous really..And like why would he even care #Enough to make it his lifes work when he's straight. Mayb closeted but its so weird to speculate on anothers sexuality 😭 I see people do it #Idkkkk im thinking the ppl that point out the blatant homophobia have it right. Only villains being explicitly queer and raikov well. exist #My friend says the beach date w kaz is mocking his admiration like Ooh hoooo someone has a big ol crush on Big Boss. Ocelot too #Hes also gay btw but neither of us could come with a good reason other than hes closeted but that seems unlikely. Infact he said so I think #It makes more sense in my mind that Kojima accidentally made the gayest series ever. He's an ally though thanks Kojima 👍

[soapbbox]

Hal keeps his promises, even though he’s still upset with AM.

#ihnmaims #ihnmaims am #hal 9000 #2001 a space odyssey #2001 aso #i have no mouth and i must scream #allied mastercomputer #Hal might be mad but he can understand that AM is hurting #he’s thankful his humans treated him like a person #unlike am

[dragonsheepstudios]

If you click on the “trollsona” tag here your results will be half Dreamworks and half Homestuck and I think that’s beautiful.

#they’re unlikely allies #lovers even #united in the cringe

[theposhperyton]

All evidence suggests yes

#starting a new power scaling system for the warlords of the sea but im rating them based on whether i think theyre an ally or homophobic #kuma is an ally because photos dont lie and hes clearly wearing an ally pin #also you cant spend that much time around somebody with the title “Queen of the Queers” and somehow be homophobic afterwards #unless youre sanji but hes still on his internalized homophobia growth arc. i believe in you buddy you can beat this #crocodile is trans and baroque works is the alphabet mafia in a literal form #with that said. he has the energy of “im not homophobic yall are just annoying” #doffy has the energy of a homophobic homosexual #like hed kiss a guy and then call him a f*g and throw him out a nearby window #jimbei joins the strawhats so ofc HES an ally #blackbeard sucks but i dont think hes homophobic #hes one of those people you meet and theyre just the worst all around and youre like “man this guy has gotta be homophobic” #somebody mentions their partner and you go “oh boy here it is” but he just has no reaction whatsoever #hes such a problem but at least hes not homophobic on top of everything else #Gecko Moria is such a virgin that i dont think he knows being gay exists any more than he knows being straight does #Typa MFer who thinks “sex” is just a synonym for gender #also hed see your top scars and get excited because he thinks youre a zombie #gecko moria probably thinks LGBT is an acronym for some branch of the navy that he doesnt know (or care) about #Because Boa lives on Sapphic island i would jump the gun and immediately say she's an ally but i feel that its more complicated than that #not unlike moria. she also doesnt actually have a real strong grasp on being straight vs being queer #but thats just because shes used to everybody being whipped for her equally #somebody tries to explain it to her and shes just like “??? but theyre all obsessed with me?” #if she ever encounters a gay man it will be a reality shifting event for her #id say itd be the same if she met a sex/romance indifferent aroace but like #monkey d luffy #its already happened #mihawk is probably both an ally and queer himself but he just minds his own business so much that we may never know #one piece #seven warlords #warlords of the sea #bartholomew kuma

[icy-watch]

Did you pull him out of the snow? What a good puppy!

#liveblogging #ninjago #secrets of forbidden spinjitzu #season 11 #episode 18 #an unlikely ally #s11e18

[heathercauthor]

Incorrect Book Quote

Lloyd: You're telling me you were a Merc for hire, commited murder and other crimes, been tortured, drowned, and beaten

Feng: yes

Lloyd: and you're afraid of our five foot tall rebel alien healer?

Feng: *holding his broken arm* yes please don't tell her I did it again

#book tumblr #scifibooks #earth sucks #ya fiction #humans are space orcs #apocalypse #alien invasion #alien x human #indie books #humans and aliens #unlikely allies #humans are stupid #humans are space raccoons

[ccarrot]

what about a bsd-inverse sleeping beauty type storyline where the entirety of Yokohama gets affected by some kind of ability that makes everyone fall asleep except dazai bc of his nullification powers so he has to like. stop the threat all by himself.

i was just thinking about how in dead apple he was the 'sleeping beauty'/ate the apple/needed to be rescued from the dragon. wouldn't it be fun if we did an inverse of that?

#bonus points if we had to partner him up with an unlikely ally. #.. lovecraft maybe? lol #is lovecraft still in the yokohama bay?