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did Rose know how to fight before playing the Game?

i started thinking about this sequence a few days ago. i took Martial Arts classes for several years and i (and probably anyone else who practices martial arts) can tell you that one of the first things you learn is how important a proper stance is—typically you want to have your legs spread far apart and bounce slightly on your feet, so as to be prepared to spring into action at a moment’s notice. it wouldn’t be too much of a stretch to say that Rose’s stance in the above panel is a stylized version of that, would it?

Rose knowing self-defense/martial arts wouldn’t be too much of a stretch—i mean, compare how she and John enter the Medium. John initially has a lot of trouble just fighting Imps, and Rose

yeah. dang.

so that’s where i get my “Rose knows martial arts” headcanon from. as for who taught her…well

Warning for Trans Youth in Southern Ontario

 not questioned

 not treated as something needing to be fixed

 not pathologized as a mental illness which requires a psychiatric evaluation before proceeding with care options.  

"Children are required to be in school, where their freedom is greatly restricted, far more than most adults would tolerate in their workplaces. In recent decades we’ve been compelling them to spend ever more time in this kind of setting, and there’s strong evidence that this is causing psychological damage to many of them. And as scientists have investigated how children naturally learn, they’ve realized that kids do so most deeply and fully, and with greatest enthusiasm, in conditions that are almost opposite to those of school…. Most people assume that the basic design of today’s schools emerged from scientific evidence about how children learn. But nothing could be further from the truth. Schools as we know them today are a product of history, not research. …. Research has shown that people of all ages learn best when they are self-motivated, pursuing answers to questions that reflect their personal interests and achieving goals that they’ve set for themselves. Under such conditions, learning is usually joyful. The evidence for all of this is obvious to anyone who’s watched a child grow from infancy to school age. Through their own efforts, children figure out how to walk, run, jump, and climb. They learn from scratch their native language, and with that, they learn to assert their will, argue, amuse, annoy, befriend, charm, and ask questions. ….

A little something about my gals MissCherry and Schpog. For those who wonder: Of course we do have our porblems sometimes. Of course we all cry from time to time. And yes, there’s also jealousy sometimes. Just like in a “normal” realationship. But we all look out for each other and listen closely what the others have to say. When we fight it’s never about winning, it’s about problem solving. In the end the most important thing for me, and them, is that the others have a happy fullfilled life. (Not only a poly relationship should be like that).