Envy

"come again?"

"i learn more from thinking machine. human gender preference. attraction to same gender, means word 'gay.' all eridian same gender." rocky stands straight up. "rocky come out to grace now. all rocky plural gay, statement."

"...wow, that's... rock, i'm not sure it makes much sense to apply human ideas of sexual orientation to a monogendered species."

a long and judgmental pause. then:

"yes!" rocky crows and bounces triumphantly around, giving himself a big round of jazz hands. "yes, rocky do bit! grace always fall for rocky bit!

"yeah, yeah, har-dee-har-har, laugh it up."

rocky, still giggling, "actually, on erid, grace only person not of eridian gender, therefore--"

"don't say it--"

"grace only straight person on entire gay planet!"

"alright i am DEFINITELY not that."

"grace need parade, question?"

“Ghosts aren’t real” it’s very fair and rational that you believe that

“Ghosts aren’t real anymore” I’m about to hear a poem or very sad story

Not every white person dating a POC is fetishizing. White people can be respectful and responsible when it comes to culture and relationships and not everyone has bad intentions.

Asian people can date Black people without you saying shit like “your kids will be so pretty” they’re not dating for pretty kids. They’re dating bc they like each other.

Someone can dress their partner in clothing from their culture if they want. Someone can take their partner to cultural events if they want.

People in relationships can share cultures, experiences and love without it being toxic or skin deep.

Their partner isn’t culturally appropriating. Their partner is being shown the ultimate form of love, bc their partner trusts them and loves them enough to share their history and heritage.

Yeah, dating someone from your culture is nice bc you automatically have similar experiences. But you’re not limited to dating people with the same experiences. Loving someone is sharing and growing and being together.

Ekko never tells Jinx that she's still Powder unlike Vi who keeps on doing that. Instead, he reaches for her humanity. He doesn't treat her as someone who needs to revert back to being Powder, but instead he gives her a sense of agency to decide who she wants to be without violence.

Unlike Vi who locks her into "Powder," and Silco who locks her into "Jinx."

literal first paragraph of the wikipedia article for learned helplessness. this is a depression symptom. it is frequently caused by lifelong abuse from controlling authority figures. it is the exact OPPOSITE of an abuse tactic and would most likely be displayed by the WOMEN in that kind of scenario!!