Stupid idiot

Ryland Grace was not a sad man waiting for his demise. He was happy. He loved teaching, his students were SO important to him. He had a good life.

But he didn't fit societal norms and that somehow made his life less valuable? The way Stratt saying "oh you're not married, you don't have any immediate family or even a dog" was treated as part of an explanation as to why he should be more willing to go on a SUICIDE MISSION?! As if that somehow made his life less important? As if it made him some sort of expandable material?

It's genuinely so sad how realistic it is. It's also part of the reason why I wholeheartedly believe in aroace Grace. It's just such a common experience within the community that even if it's unintentional it feels like finally getting some sort of representation.

I love how the people in my life treat being aroace as if it’s a choice.

“You should give him a chance.”

“What happens if you find someone you really like?”

“Maybe you’ll change your mind later on?”

I’ve been waiting my whole life to find “the right person”. Or even just attraction towards a person.

What happens if I DONT?!

Do you want me to just keep waiting forever? What about when I’m 80? Will you tell me to keep waiting when I’m on my deathbed?

I’m tired of tying my happiness to another person that I’m going to have to wait for indefinitely.

I just need it to be okay if it doesn’t happen. If there’s no soulmate out there for me.

this is arophobia

would also like to take a moment to point out how badly i misspelled aroace here

It's just them telling the "Optimus dead childhood ruined" joke over and over again, and it really pisses me off. It's the anniversary of the 86 movie, you would think that they would do– idk, things that actually focus in the movie? Because with the way they market it you would think that the movie ended when Optimus died. We didn't have the movie crew trying to save Cybertron, or the scenes with the Quintessons, or the visit to Junkion, or the Rodimus vs. Galvatron battle, no– just the battle of the first 30 minutes and Optimus dying.

Like bro, BUMBLEBEE IS BARELY IN THE MOVIE, WHY IS HE IN THE MOVIE MERCH???

Actually, you could say the same about Optimus. He is barely in the movie. He dies and that's it, the others went on. The movie is not the best thing ever but it's fun, the cast is great and I believe they could have done more things with it. Dealing with Optimus' ghost is a really interesting concept, and it could have been great to see it play out if they had ignored the backlash that came with it. But they didn't, focusing in the backlash have been the only thing they done in this 40 years, so now we get repetive stories and repetive jokes.