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Do you gender trans people correctly even when they're being absolutely terrible people? Do you refuse to use the r-slur against someone who suicide baited you but is neurodivergent? Do you refuse to snark at a mentally ill person who is being genuinely unpleasant, "go take your meds!"

Do you allow members of marginalized groups to be terrible people without judging their entire demographic for it? One of the most invisible yet vital forms of privilege is the right to be terrible people as an individual rather than as a group. Do you acknowledge that there are bad people in every group, that it doesn't make their group less worth fighting for? Or do you shake your head if you happen to get mistreated by some who belong to a group and insist the entire group is awful and not worth your allyship?

Through choices, friendship, and salad, he found his way to the path of the warrior. But he won't walk it alone.

Their path is just beginning, but this story is over.

also, i am baffled by the idea that people need to be spoon fed shit by a soulless algorithm. i get not being IN FANDOM and not understanding that the fic with a song lyric title and a one-liner summary is the story that will rock you to your atoms, but that's inexperience in fandom, not ao3 specifically. also also... sorting by kudos, by hits, by bookmarks, and other indicators of "popularity" exist, and it's all in the easily accessible and clearly indicated filters tab. it is so straight forward that literally all it takes to use is the ability to fucking read—which i assume we can all do on a website dedicated to fanworks

I came late into fandom, so it was a bit of a learning curve. but on how the culture works not ao3.

and anyone who does not want to learn this, will never truely understand the beauty of ao3.

Writers, make sure you have copies of all the fics you have posted on Ao3.

I don’t want to be alarming, but things could get really bad really fast. OTW shared this today on Twitter, and I'm a bit worried about it 😅

Ao3 is a non-profit organisation. If they have to start paying taxes, I have no idea what will happen.

The House will vote THIS WEEK to determine whether the incoming Trump administration will have the power to shut down non-profit organizations with no due process.

Congress has already tried to fast-track this legislation once and failed because of the onslaught of calls to their offices. We can’t let them do this quietly. Congress giving Trump the power to crush dissent and target organizations fighting for justice is a betrayal. Tell your representatives to vote NO on this dangerous bill!

fftf.link/no9495

Bad news: the resolution passed in the House.

This means that it's heading over to the Senate, where they'll tinker with it and vote again.

If it passes the Senate, it goes to the President, who has the option to veto.

Which means NOW you reach out to your Senators (both of them) and tell them that you want them to vote NO on this Trojan horse of awful.

But: we have two more chances to keep this from becoming law. The fight's not over yet.

And that's not even the good news!

For various reasons of political fuckery/ rules lawyering, this bill had to go through TWO rounds of votes in Congress to get through.

It didn't pass the first time because it had a higher threshold of votes to meet (2/3 Congress Critters had to vote yes) and it failed because it couldn't clear that bar.

So the people behind the bill sent it through AGAIN in a way that needed fewer votes to pass (only 1/2 of Congress Critters had to vote yes). This time it got through.

But along the way, almost 40 people changed their vote to "No". ALL BECAUSE OF YOUR OUTREACH.

That's huge.

Here's the home page for the bill. Check out the "Roll Call Votes" section to see how your Representative voted:

Personally? Mine flipped her vote from "Yes" in the first round to "No" in the second.

Outreach. Works.

So, what do we do now?

Click the link above, and see how your Rep voted

Send them an email thanking them for their support/ telling them how disappointed you are. Why? Because it's important to let them know you pay attention to how they vote.

Contact your Senators (both of them) and ask them to vote NO

Contact the White House and let President Biden know you want him to veto this thing if it hits his desk

Resources

Not sure who your Representative or Senators are? Click here and type in your address:

Not sure how to contact your US Representative, Senators, or the White House?

I personally use Resistbot. It's free, fast, and easy:

“This isn’t you Stiles.”

Steter Bang 2024 Event Information

Keep an eye on this post for event updates! We'll be adding information and links here as we get closer to the event.

The mods for this event are Frankie (@tarantula-teeth, he/him) and Abby (@sparklytimetraveler, she/her)

*An AO3 account is required for the event. If you need an account, now is the time to request one. It's taking a few weeks for the invite to be sent.

There is a Discord server for the event. (A Discord account is not required to participate in the event, but it might make communication easier.)

Questions? Our ask box and DMs are open!

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Event schedule: https://steter-bang.tumblr.com/2024Schedule

Discord Server: https://discord.com/invite/JFDyyCh7m3

I would kill to see a prequel series with the Hales-maybe young Talia before she had kids and became the an alpha and I want this because Bobby Finstock would be in high school and I know, in my black little heart, he was a Stiles. I just fucking know it. He plays it off like he doesn't know shit but he does. Also, I'd love to get clarification on Greenberg. The fan theory being he's a figment of coaches imagination doesn't jive with people knowing him, like how stiles mentions him.