His Royal Highness

Bc I lwk love seeing the black, disabled, and queer characters in the show be ALLOWED to make mistakes and be assholes and be in the wrong. Bc I fear a lot of black, disabled, and queer rep is often delegated to be absolutely perfect and do no wrong or else it's "bad representation".

Bc Tommy is not a perfect person, and he struggles with the real life consequences of being gay in a place/time that is dangerous for you to be gay.

(Not to mention that his break up with Buck is clearly Tommy struggling with his own abandonment issues. I mean, a few episodes before he tells Buck that he and his dad don't talk—the conversation literally implies that this is because Tommy is gay/queer. And he constantly talks about being jealous of the family that the 118 has because he's never had that because his family left him. Like this is a man who is clearly struggling with abandonment trauma.)

Like??? Did we ignore Josh's post and pre glee talk??? Like PLEASE go watch that scene again because he's not just explaining that to Buck, he's explaining that to the audience. To people who might not understand why Tommy was with a woman at all.

Some of it I fear is just homophobia, which I hate to say. Tommy doesn't fit the "uwu boy love yaoi" archetype, fucks up a couple times, and now he's suddenly labeled as terrible.

Haven't we learned from this show that nobody is completely a horrible person anyway?? Like I feel like that is the consistent message of this show: nothing is black and white, we all exist in beautiful shades of grey.

While I'm thinking of it: my biggest complaint abt Tommy is that we don't see his transition from giant asshole (specifically in Hen and Chim's backstory episodes) to his present day self. I also wish we got more of him apologizing to Hen/Chimney/Others for how he acted back then.

Bc I lwk love seeing the black, disabled, and queer characters in the show be ALLOWED to make mistakes and be assholes and be in the wrong. Bc I fear a lot of black, disabled, and queer rep is often delegated to be absolutely perfect and do no wrong or else it's "bad representation".

Bc Tommy is not a perfect person, and he struggles with the real life consequences of being gay in a place/time that is dangerous for you to be gay.

(Not to mention that his break up with Buck is clearly Tommy struggling with his own abandonment issues. I mean, a few episodes before he tells Buck that he and his dad don't talk—the conversation literally implies that this is because Tommy is gay/queer. And he constantly talks about being jealous of the family that the 118 has because he's never had that because his family left him. Like this is a man who is clearly struggling with abandonment trauma.)

Like??? Did we ignore Josh's post and pre glee talk??? Like PLEASE go watch that scene again because he's not just explaining that to Buck, he's explaining that to the audience. To people who might not understand why Tommy was with a woman at all.

Some of it I fear is just homophobia, which I hate to say. Tommy doesn't fit the "uwu boy love yaoi" archetype, fucks up a couple times, and now he's suddenly labeled as terrible.

Haven't we learned from this show that nobody is completely a horrible person anyway?? Like I feel like that is the consistent message of this show: nothing is black and white, we all exist in beautiful shades of grey.

Mine’s the whale shark because the spots look like stars

No one’s allowed to be mean over a ‘basic’ choice

no pressure tagsss:

@thatgenricuser @thirteen-cats-in-a-trenchcoat @dxwnisdxwn @nevergonnagiveyaup @antwriterr

loved lemon sharks as a kid because my mom used to tell a (probably fake) story about how she caught one when fishing when she was young.

nowadays its a cookiecutter shark cuz they silly hehe. if we're including extinct species i love whorl sharks

So.

Ladies, gents, and those who don't subscribe to gender labels:

THIS...

Is the Mako Shark.

Also known as the Atlantic Shortfin Mako Shark or, by its scientific name, Isurus Oxyrinchus.

Othed noteworthy nicknames are: Blue Pointer Shark, Atlantic Mako, or (my personal favorite) Bonito Shark.

These stupid looking fellas are active predators and known as one of THE fastest sharks on the planet with a top speed of 45 MPH (abt 73 KPH). So much so that the adults do not have any known natural predators (aside from humans because we lwk suck).

They have a lifespan of 30 years and can grow up to be 13 feet long (or a little under 4 meters for those of you playing in Europe). They have been known to bite humans, but this happens rarely and mostly in accidents or self-defense.

They migrate a ton, and they can survive in warm or cool waters, but they tend to stick towards temperate and tropical climates. They do this by using something in their bodies called a countercurrent exchanger which keeps their body temps above that of the water temp.

And they are my favorite shark because look how fucking STUPID they look.

And also because I did a research project on them ONCE and fell in love.

Thank u for coming to my TED talk.

Also also also

Mine’s the whale shark because the spots look like stars

No one’s allowed to be mean over a ‘basic’ choice

no pressure tagsss:

@thatgenricuser @thirteen-cats-in-a-trenchcoat @dxwnisdxwn @nevergonnagiveyaup @antwriterr

loved lemon sharks as a kid because my mom used to tell a (probably fake) story about how she caught one when fishing when she was young.

nowadays its a cookiecutter shark cuz they silly hehe. if we're including extinct species i love whorl sharks

So.

Ladies, gents, and those who don't subscribe to gender labels:

THIS...

Is the Mako Shark.

Also known as the Atlantic Shortfin Mako Shark or, by its scientific name, Isurus Oxyrinchus.

Othed noteworthy nicknames are: Blue Pointer Shark, Atlantic Mako, or (my personal favorite) Bonito Shark.

These stupid looking fellas are active predators and known as one of THE fastest sharks on the planet with a top speed of 45 MPH (abt 73 KPH). So much so that the adults do not have any known natural predators (aside from humans because we lwk suck).

They have a lifespan of 30 years and can grow up to be 13 feet long (or a little under 4 meters for those of you playing in Europe). They have been known to bite humans, but this happens rarely and mostly in accidents or self-defense.

They migrate a ton, and they can survive in warm or cool waters, but they tend to stick towards temperate and tropical climates. They do this by using something in their bodies called a countercurrent exchanger which keeps their body temps above that of the water temp.

And they are my favorite shark because look how fucking STUPID they look.

And also because I did a research project on them ONCE and fell in love.

Thank u for coming to my TED talk.

Click dis

The world mattered. People mattered. Tony always saw himself more machine than person, and machines didn’t matter.

A tool, always a tool. Machines are his great love because they remind him of himself. A means to an end. Made up of smaller parts and programmed to do what needs doing regardless of how it affects their functioning.

Tony was always a functional man, and a thorough one. He couldn’t leave an important problem unsolved, only pretended to when he didn’t want people worrying on his behalf. They were people. People deserved happiness He was machine. Machine deserved the satisfaction of a job complete.

Pepper spent years preparing to be a widow, because the Machine wasn’t as good at keeping People out of the loop as he wanted. He couldn’t help but die in public. Couldn’t help the way his battery drained in his face as he realized the Solution was impending. He didn’t want Pepper to have to worry about it, and for that reason he tried to will it untrue.

But it was true. Tony was always going to die and Pepper was always going to be a widow. The thing about Pepper, though, is she’s always been a good mechanic. She knows when it’s time to let a machine rust. She’ll shed a few tears, but she won’t keep trying to replace stripped screws. There’s a hollowness in the workshop once the Machine stops ticking, but the mechanic knows it’s for the best.

Pepper was a good mechanic, and she knew that the machine would come to its end eventually. She always prepared to be a widow. And no matter how thorough the machine is, the mechanic is even more so.

i am genuinely crying on this 🫩

i did this in 2 days and it’s purely self indulgent, BUT UGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH MY BABIES MY SWEET SWEET BABIES I LOVE THEM SO SOS OS SOS OS OS O MUCHHHHHHHHHH

THIS ONE DOES IT TOO!!

I found a bunch more!!

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