ive never liked powerless saiki aus because the entire conclusion of the series is him accepting his powers as being a part of him that he cant change so like.. in aus where the power remover works, half of his development is erased..
if he had been "powerless" for longer, we wouldve gotten to see him realize this himself and im genuinely sad that we didnt.. we got to see him realize that being powerless wasnt the change he wished it would be and that its something he cant change, but its literally over a two day long period and we miss out on sooo much potential development..
and then in aus where hes born powerless, people think he would have the exact personality and development that he THOUGHT he would if he got rid of/didnt have his powers, like NO ? "without powers he would be another satou-" NO he would be a shy, borderline flamboyant, weird, awkward, genius LOSER.
he would have a more normal relationship with his brother (still probably competitive but in a way more average sibling way and kusuke wouldnt have had the motivation to become so murderous) and he would probably be even more friendless but with less trauma.. he may or may not have ever befriended akechi at all, and the classroom incident wouldnt have happened.. even some of his current friends might not be around if not for coincidences due to his powers or direct involvement from his powers.. (nendo and kaido would for sure still be there though, but this only ensures the idea that he would be the biggest fcking loser ever)
he would still be saiki, but. his powers are a key part of him. he would be totally different without them, but NOT in the way he thinks he would..
my friend sent me a tiktok and it reminded me how the fandom hates Toshiro so much and I simply think its such an uncomfortable take, I can't swallow how autism became the #1 excuse for laios unpleasant behavior towards him. it's so weirdly racist? 😭 they tend to say there's no race factor to it, even tho Laios interest in him is very much culture related, makes me wonder if westerners don't care about what or how we feel? I saw sb say about how 'Toshiro should have said something' but how about the responsibility of not bulldoIzing and being pushy @ sb? are we suppose to just take it cause you are autistic? He couldn't even correct Laios with his name cause the man refused to settle down! its so so strange to encounter this takes as an asian person from the mainland who often get treated like natgeo episode the moment i open up about my identity.
unfortunate that i've forgotten anything i'd ever half-started to learn about writing fiction, and also about creating anything at all, because the more i read recently published books, even books i largely quite like, the more i realize that what i actually personally want, i think, is for a SFF story to take things like eg transness for granted in certain ways, without feeling the need to set up any kind of clumsy, explanatory scaffold for shoehorning our modern, liberal notions of gender into genre?
that's not very clearly phrased, but i mean something like—the book i'm reading right now is pretty clearly Trying to Include Representation in a variety of ways, including trans rep; and it's more smoothly done than some things, but all the same, you can very clearly see the shapes of our modern touchstones and discourse and whatnot, reskinned and smoothed a little to fit the world of the text; and that's valid, absolutely, but really what i want from fiction (in this particular regard, at any rate; there are a lot of other things i want from fiction more generally!) is for people to just—be trans. just have whatever names and bodies and histories they have, and for those to come up as they come up, not defensively or otherwise preemptively, but for it to just be the truth of the characters, and arise in whatever way makes sense for them, whether it's clear on their faces or held close to their chests.
like—i don't know. i want to visit a world that's meaningfully different from the ground up: i want it to feel genuinely alien, a little, and expand my mind and my imagination in the way that engagement with something alien can, sometimes, if undertaken with open eyes and an open heart. and i want that to feel as true for that world's visions of transness and queerness and interpersonal relationships as it does for its visions of things less consciously fraught.
I really enjoyed the first Doctor Who special but there were a ton of parts that made me groan and it was entirely based on clumsiness over practicality. You're telling me that wheelchair user has never faced stairs in the field before?! Her wheelchair is specialized for UNIT. The Daleks can go up stairs, UNIT can't make something that works for her? Otherwise, wouldn't the UNIT guys just know it's cool to go ahead without her?!?!
There's a line about the Doctor not understanding how to let things go bc he's male presenting which really bugged me. Thirteen, as a femme person, didn't let things go either. That line was so clumsy and weird, the Doctor being unable to let things go has nothing to do with his gender, it's just who he is. I know plenty of non-male presenting people who CANNOT let things go. Just a weird ass line.
The actual episode was fun and good, I just wish they had let things just... exist. I wish Rose picking her name hadn't been bc of the mindwarp/ that her identity as a trans girl hadn't been connected to anything to do with aliens or the Doctor. I liked Rose making toys as a side hustle. I dunno, it felt so rushed/ emotional moments didn't hit for me, and I wish they went for casual representation because the attempt didn't land to try and fit all that in, and it was clumsy. I didn't need them to tell me Rose was trans like four times instead of just letting it be a part of her rather than like one of like TWO things we know about her!! All the characters had to do was exist in the story.
Duck hits different when you're no longer thirteen and in the throes of navigating friendships for the very first time and defining yourself by your social ineptitude.
I wanna thank my irl friends who follow me here and also my beloved mutuals as well as followers who still send me kind messages and try to interact with me and my stuff even if I'm bad at doing it myself.
Honestly, things haven't been that great with me lately, so... it means a lot to me. Honestly. <3
A quick little thing set off by all the dancing going around that got away from me. Lt Roberts absolutely loves to dance. It's one of those few times that he's able to let loose and blow off some energy, and one of the few times he can acceptably be physically close to people. In earlier days, before many of the promotions and before his dreaded reputation had fully set in, he'd loved going for a spin on the deck on a festive evening. This had largely tapered off over the years.
I'm not sure under what circumstances Nite rediscovered this skill, but the morning after was one of the few in which Roberts woke up still exhausted, but for once feeling better.
Listen guys I know I will never be much good* (or even enjoy, tbh) calligraphy, but my mother-in-law keeps giving me old “the basics of calligraphy!!” sets that she finds at goodwill that obviously someone got as a gift in the 90s and never even opened and I enjoy collecting the inks and tiny ceramic bowls and inkstones so, so much ☺️
*this isn’t poor self esteem btw this is clear eyed & serene knowledge of where my skills lay and the answer to that is in art forms that do not require steady hands and good spatial awareness. I like digital art and fiber crafts lmao.
chris my pook he would loveeee u playin with his hair!!!! he'd be all flustered n giggling while u do little braids or ponytails as hes layin in ur lap ohemgee >_<
n charlies the cutest ever he'sdefinitely a clumsy boy!! u could give him the most easiest task n he'd manage to make a mess even if hes tryin his best not to!!! it's so sad n cute i love himmmm :(
OH then clydeee i posted about this but he would sooo be into collecting techdecks!!!!!!!! i can jst imagine him bringin u to his room n there's techdecks on EVERY SINGLE SURFACE. he would even teach u how to do little tricks with themmm :333
ALSO i feel like clyde would have a youtube channel where he just posts super silly food reviews n videos of him doing random things with his friends!!!!! (based on ur comment abt him making crumbl reviews :333)
hold on i need to make this whole post about clyde havin a youtube channel omg. skateboarding vids, food reviews (crumbl cookies weekly flavors n shit), TECHDECK TUTORIALS like how 2 do tricks n shit. he prolly has a very active fanbase, though cheese (the guy in the movie who didn't wear a shirt ever. yeah, go look it up, his name was fucking cheese) might b a fan favorite ><
Hi! Would you mind if i (attempted to) turn your pixel art into a knitting pattern? Specifically the blue-purple "hold on to your hopes an dreams" skull.
Its not happening anytime soon but id like to try when my current projects are done lol
Hi! I'm glad you like the design! I asked the person I designed it for and they said yes, so go ahead!
I know you said its not happening anytime soon, but we are still super hyped lmao so BEST OF LUCK TO YOU!!!!
Short hand for endogenic! Which usually means anyone who is plural for non trauma reasons! or who doesn't relate their plurality to trauma. if you don't know what plural means, there are a lot of definitions! I'd recommend googling around or talking to plural people, because i dont have good words today. plurality is often associated with DID, but that's not the only source or cause :) another common one is MADD (maladaptive daydreaming disorder) or immersive daydreaming!
take this with a grain of salt, though - people will often change their personal definitions of what it means to be plural or endo to exclude others. perhaps because of their own internalized ableism, or exerting control over their online spaces is the only control they readily get, or because picking on a subculture of a subculture means that their targets often won't be defended and they can get away with using them as stress toys. Similarly to queer infighting, and aphobia. Thumbs up emoji