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under my totalitarian regime being a housewife will not be allowed. you WILL become an accomplished scientist

it's instinct for him to stretch his neck and he doesn't think about it until the wound pulls and pain shoots up to his eye. he tries to turn his head and gasps through the burn and chides himself for the move. chides himself further for what got him there in the first place. half of his face is still numb and where it isn't the pain is dizzying and if he closes his eyes that makes it worse: the cloying, acrid taste of blood in his mouth, a voice he isn't familiar with overlapped by one he hasn't heard in years. hands holding him on his side to keep him from choking and drowning and hands cradling his face, gloves slick and cold and a thumb dug into a plate. his neck is on fire and the bandage itches and a hand hovers over the mandible he has to check is still there. his hearing is still slightly muffled to coincide with it, something they assured him the cybernetics were for once his body had time to adjust to them properly, and he drops his hand, waiting for the pain to subside. it calms slowly, aching like a bruise or emotion he hasn't wanted to name for years, and he settles for a slow tilt, swallowing back the lingering taste of blood on the back of his tongue and turning back to his console.

see unfortunately I have this condition where if I am not explicitly told that I am a part of the ingroup then I will assume I must be part of the outgroup

also we have GOT to collectively come to terms with the fact that me or any other stranger online disliking or even making fun of something you like is not saying “no fun allowed” “no one can ever enjoy this” you have simply got to grow a spine and be able to like the shit you like. you don’t even have to defend it! like 90% of the media i really enjoy is divisive and half my friends actively hate it. i really don’t give a fuck though because i like it. you can write whatever you want! you’re allowed! even if it’s MY least favorite genre or style of writing and i have active distaste for it!