Vince

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.

in phm, grace just. he cries. he cries because he's alone and sad and scared and he's saying goodbye to two people who must have been his friends but he can't remember. he cries because he's stressed. he cries because his best friend is sending him home and he didn't think he'd ever get to go back. he cries because his best friend is asleep and he doesn't know if he'll ever wake up. he cries because he's found a way to save not only one but two worlds. he cries because he has to give up going home to save his best friend. he cries because he did save him.

idk.

ryland grace cries, frequently, and he is brave. he is brave and a hero and the story's beloved protagonist and he cries about damn near everything.

the brainrot is real i will never get over them ((lil magazine cover I made for class))

nami-swaaaaannn 🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡

for example: if you are a filipino-american who was born and raised in the US and was given a US education on the philippines, its history and its people, then from the get-go, you are already lacking so many of the tools used to understand and critique the current philippine political landscape!!! everything fed to you by your school system is automatically US propaganda!!!! and it is up TO YOU as an individual to do the work!! bc the systems and institutions around you will not help!!!!

there are so many resources that already exist within the philippines!!!!! books you can get on amazon, and smaller retailers run by filipinos abroad who will ship these books to you!!!!! or, hell, find a filipino and ask them if they can get their hands on a copy to scan and send to you!!!! we have filipino documentaries here by jessica soho and kara david that touch on contemporary filipino issues!!!! movies and films created by filipino creatives that interrogate philippine society through the lens of people who actually live here!!!!!

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Also other ones cause I got carried away

Also other ones cause I got carried away