Tebecca Protector

I probably shouldn’t answer this but I’m bored. First things first, I don’t think there is such a thing as force shipping. It’s all made up, none of them are together in canon. Jemily is no more real than Temily or Tabecily or Garvez or Hotchniss or Jeid or any of it.

I do not personally see any kind of romantic energy between Emily and JJ. That’s the short of it all. Whereas, from the first moment Emily and Tara interacted, I felt a spark. Now that’s just me. Everyone watches the show from a different point of view. As for shipping Tabecily, one, I’m all for the more the merrier. I think OT3s and other poly ships offer a lot more dynamic to explore than just monogamous couple ships do. I think Emily has outstanding chemistry with both Rebecca and Tara and I think the three of them would be hot together. It’s really that simple.

And even though I don’t ship Jemily per sé, I do still interact with the ship. I’ll read Jemily fics and have even tried writing them, though I haven’t completed any of them because I lost the motivation. I like posts about them. When I was on TikTok I would watch and save and share and repost Jemily edits. I think fandom is about liking what you like and being kind and allowing space for others to like what they like. So if Jemily is your cup of tea, then I’m all for that. And I hope you can drink your cup of tea while I drink my cup of tea and we enjoy watching a show we both love together.

Before I begin this reply, I want to be VERY clear, this is not being directed at Anon, who seemed genuine, albeit a bit misguided, in their ask

Unfortunately, I've seen way too many similar opinions in the CM fandom recently and I think it's worth addressing.

Like OP said, shipping is literally all made up!!!!! You can ship whoever you want to. There's no such thing as "forced" shipping. That implies you believe the FICTIONAL CHARACTERS need to... What??? Consent??? To being shipped??? I stg fandoms have become so poisoned by puritian culture, people have completely lost sight of what fandom is in the first place.

Also, really dislike this uptick of people thinking Jemily is the only Acceptable™ ship in this fandom and if you ship Emily and/or JJ with anyone else, it's "Forcing" them into that other relationship.

JEMILY IS NOT CANON. And it never will be, but for the sake of argument, even if it was canon people can still ship whoever they damn well please!!!!!

This whole rhetoric that shipping Emily with anyone other than JJ is "wrong" is such a toxic way to participate in fandom. Not to mention, the blatant racism at play, when people say it's "forceshipping" whenever it's Emily and Tara.

Everything in fandom is MADE UP. That's the entire point!!!! The CM fandom is where fans find other people who love the same fictional show, made up entirely of fictional characters. And we create fictional stories, or head canon fictional situations, about these fictional characters as a means of celebrating all the things we love about CM.

I probably shouldn’t answer this but I’m bored. First things first, I don’t think there is such a thing as force shipping. It’s all made up, none of them are together in canon. Jemily is no more real than Temily or Tabecily or Garvez or Hotchniss or Jeid or any of it.

I do not personally see any kind of romantic energy between Emily and JJ. That’s the short of it all. Whereas, from the first moment Emily and Tara interacted, I felt a spark. Now that’s just me. Everyone watches the show from a different point of view. As for shipping Tabecily, one, I’m all for the more the merrier. I think OT3s and other poly ships offer a lot more dynamic to explore than just monogamous couple ships do. I think Emily has outstanding chemistry with both Rebecca and Tara and I think the three of them would be hot together. It’s really that simple.

And even though I don’t ship Jemily per sé, I do still interact with the ship. I’ll read Jemily fics and have even tried writing them, though I haven’t completed any of them because I lost the motivation. I like posts about them. When I was on TikTok I would watch and save and share and repost Jemily edits. I think fandom is about liking what you like and being kind and allowing space for others to like what they like. So if Jemily is your cup of tea, then I’m all for that. And I hope you can drink your cup of tea while I drink my cup of tea and we enjoy watching a show we both love together.

Before I begin this reply, I want to be VERY clear, this is not being directed at Anon, who seemed genuine, albeit a bit misguided, in their ask

Unfortunately, I've seen way too many similar opinions in the CM fandom recently and I think it's worth addressing.

Like OP said, shipping is literally all made up!!!!! You can ship whoever you want to. There's no such thing as "forced" shipping. That implies you believe the FICTIONAL CHARACTERS need to... What??? Consent??? To being shipped??? I stg fandoms have become so poisoned by puritian culture, people have completely lost sight of what fandom is in the first place.

Also, really dislike this uptick of people thinking Jemily is the only Acceptable™ ship in this fandom and if you ship Emily and/or JJ with anyone else, it's "Forcing" them into that other relationship.

JEMILY IS NOT CANON. And it never will be, but for the sake of argument, even if it was canon people can still ship whoever they damn well please!!!!!

This whole rhetoric that shipping Emily with anyone other than JJ is "wrong" is such a toxic way to participate in fandom. Not to mention, the blatant racism at play, when people say it's "forceshipping" whenever it's Emily and Tara.

Everything in fandom is MADE UP. That's the entire point!!!! The CM fandom is where fans find other people who love the same fictional show, made up entirely of fictional characters. And we create fictional stories, or head canon fictional situations, about these fictional characters as a means of celebrating all the things we love about CM.

I'm talkin white people selling rattles and dream catchers, white people banging First Nations style drums, white people teaching talking stick workshops, that kinda shit

So what do you do when you see this crap? How do you show your disapproval in a way that makes them give a shit?

I'll tell you what I do. The point is to show them that appropriating Indigenous cultures will lose them customers.

When I see fakey Native art I say something like "Oh wow, you make dreamcatchers! What nation are you from?" (Use tribe in the states)

I used to ask point blank if they were Native, but I'd nearly always get some Cherokee great grandmother bullshit, or even "I'm not sure, I could have some Native in me!"

Most of the time they don't know what I'm talking about, because they're not Native and don't know that this is a very normal thing to ask when meeting another Native.

When they ask me what I mean I say "I mean your tribe, which First Nation are you from?"

This is the point where they sheepishly mumble that they are not First Nations.

I let my face fall and say something like "Oh. That's disappointing" or "Wow. Unfortunate."

I let it get awkward. And then I leave, shaking my head in disapproval.

You may feel like you need to educate them on cultural appropriation but here's the thing: it's 2025. They know. Brenda the middle class reiki shaman is FULLY aware that her smudge fans are stolen culture. She doesn't care. The only way to make them care is to hit them where it hurts: the wallet.

Make them think that you would have purchased what they are selling if it was AUTHENTIC.

If you wanna go the extra mile send an email to the organizers, in your best white people voice, and tell them that you are disappointed that they are facilitating culture theft.

The Odyssey if the suitors were competent…

it's still actually perfectly fine to do it

and you shouldn't stop yourself from starting just because it won't be a permanent change.

Like if starting a new daily planner gives you an amazing afternoon of planning and four days where you feel in charge of your life,

why not do it?

It doesn't matter that it won't be a permanent change - 4 good days is still worth it.

If you ever catch yourself thinking, "I wish I could pray/stretch/prep/plan/do the thing, but I always get started on that and it never lasts more than a couple of days,"

what this really means is, "hey, I can feel better for a couple of days."

if this post is making you think of things in your own life that you wish you could stick to because of how good they make you feel,

just be aware:

you're not thinking of a list of ways you've failed to commit

So you did it for 4 days and then stopped. Who cares. You're allowed to not do something sometimes. The question is do you want to do it today. Not tomorrow. Not for the next week or month or year. Do you want to do it today? Then make time for it.

I Want to Love You by w00t4ewan (me)

WC: 13,300 | Rated: M

I Need Someone I Know is Real by thelarkascending (@gaelic-symphony)

WC: 800 | Rated: M

They have a Global Device Identifier (GDID) Tracker that functions as a fingerprint for your PC that can surpass VPNs, proxy servers and countries. Although it can't survive a clean reinstall of Windows (it can survive updates), because Microsoft forces you to go to the internet and log in into a Microsoft account, they will be able to get to you.

Microsoft kept it secret and it was only found out when the FBI tracked a hacker thanks to the information Microsoft gave them.

You should be paying attention to this, and possibly consider moving away from Windows. If a government, especially the US government, doesn't like you for some reason, this could be seriously concerning.

This article specifically notes:

For journalism, activism, or domestic abuse situations, skip Windows and use Linux routed through Tor instead of a commercial VPN. A GDID doesn’t care which VPN you use, only that it’s still the same Windows installation.

Other important quotes:

What has researchers uneasy is everything else the case reveals. Costin Raiu, a well-known malware researcher, asked on the Three Buddy Problem podcast how much of this exists on other platforms, and whether it is linked more permanently to hardware. Matthew Hickey, another security researcher, called Windows “surveillance software”.

Two things back that up:

There’s no consent screen. A GDID gets assigned when you sign into a Microsoft Account. Apple’s advertising identifier needs an App Tracking Transparency prompt and a visible reset; Android’s works the same way. GDID has neither, and a Windows reinstall only gets you a new number Microsoft can still get back to the same account.

Then there’s activation. Massgrave, the group behind Microsoft Activation Scripts, notes that Windows setup sends hardware info to Microsoft and gets identifiers back, the same tokens later used for Store access and licensing: “It’s impossible to prevent Windows from getting a GDID without breaking activation and UWP app[s].” Anyone who lost a license after swapping a motherboard has already met a smaller version of this.

Here's the complaint filed to the court, the primary source for the case mentioned in the article. You can find mentions of GDID on page 30 of the document or 34 of the PDF.

I also made a PDF version!!

AT....

✨ THEM✨ !!!!!

"If only I had a good reason. If only it wasn't bad timing. If only I chose you and not me. If only we leaned into fighting. If only you got disappointed. If only I kept every promise. If only you treated me poorly. If only you didn't adore me."