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very evil of you to make me talk abt my hyperfixations... hq manga spoilers ahead because I'm super deeply annoying

well to put it short, the fandom is filled with ableists and also a bunch of weirdos :P

gonna shot something down first, "coding" is no where similar as a "headcanon". coding goes hand to hand with canon. that being said, tobio is autistic coded, he has all the traits, you can say they're autistic canonically.

what does that have to do with the fandom and their interpretations, máx? you'd ask and well... the fandom goes out of its way to either completely erase that from existence and build a different personality for him, go into harrassment sprees towards people who point out said coding or directing hate on him for those traits.

tobio is a caring, selfless character. tobio since moment 0 has been the one to carefully lead hinata into becoming his stronger one, because he knew hinata was the one they were spoken about by their beloved one (his grandfather).

tobio was scarred by the death of that figure who taught him and looked after him so much, later on what happened on that match in middle school just boosted said trauma... they are a complete beautifully written character and he's showcased to be as any human... he's responsive to said trauma which leads to his breakdown before his recrowning...

oh the tobio recrowning...

tobio is nice, caring, realistic and easy to approach and love. what does the fandom do about that? not give two flying shits and make him a cold asshole that has never felt a single thing... and you know? there's a lot there abt how people percieve autistic people too...

also the fact that a lot of people hate him because he's traumatized and they respond to that like an actual traumatized person would like if you hate tobio you should actively seek therapy

As it stands, though, I completely agree with you and personally find the friendship between Tobio and Shoyo, and the team as a whole, to be a fantastic example if character development. It's clear to me that Tobio has issues, though I hadn't identified them as autism. It's also clear he's consciously working to overcome his flaws and be a better player, person and friend.

a young elephant kneeling down in front of their car in a playful way and throwing zebra bones at the researchers, trying to get them to play with him

an 8-month-old elephant trying and failing to pick up some grass with her trunk (the author: “it reminds me of someone learning to use chopsticks”) and whose mother then pulled a sheaf of grass and ate it while making sure her daughter was watching the demonstration

baby elephants suck their trunk for comfort (as we all know!!) but also like to swing and whirl it around as they try to figure out what it can do and how to use it, and sometimes accidentally step on their trunk and trip over it

“often, babies reach with their trunks into the mouths of family members, taking a bit of what they’re eating”

all the female elephants in a family rushing over to help when someone’s baby trips and falls, while making comforting vocalisations

an enormous adult male elephant walking up to a family group and making an exaggerated display of nonchalance, with his trunk casually draped over his tusk, to show the other elephants that he’s not scary

researchers messing with an elephant family by collecting a bit of urine when the elephant walking at the back of the group stopped to pee, then driving some distance to leave the urine ahead of them. “When they encountered fresh urine from an elephant they knew was behind them, they seemed truly baffled, as though thinking, “Wait a minute—how’d she pass us? She’s back behind us!”

mothers instructing their babies to switch to the other side of their body and walk in their shade when the day is very hot

an elephant child trying to climb all over a bigger male teenager who was lying down for a nap, receiving a kick in response, and running back to its mother in alarm—then the teenager followed and lay down flat beside them as if to apologise and invite the child to climb onto him again

elephant children throwing tantrums when they are being weaned and their mother blocks them from nursing (“He got so upset, pushing her, poking her and tusking her, […] it was like, ‘Ooh, I hate you!”)

researchers followed a family that included a baby who was born disabled, with twisted forelegs that he couldn’t straighten. The entire elephant family (from the adults to the baby’s 8-year-old sister) nurtured him, patiently helping him up every time he fell over, “slowing their pace to his disabilities, continually turning to watch his progress, waiting as he caught up from behind” until (after a few days) the little one managed to straighten his legs and learn to walk normally

a researcher once saw an elephant pluck up some grass and place it in the mouth of another elephant whose trunk was badly injured. Also adults are sometimes seen carrying sick baby elephants on their tusks

a researcher saw a baby elephant who was wary of going into the water, wrap her trunk around her mother’s tusk as her mother patiently entered the river with her, like a child nervously grabbing her mother’s arm

The idea of medieval squalor is very much a construction of the Victorian period, and intimately connected with the ways that European cities in the nineteenth century were cleaning themselves up (or not)

Did roughly 90% of medieval populations work the land, being pretty directly dependent on that land for their survival? Yes! Guess what! The risk of famine and starvation, and dependence on crops, is not a phenomenon unique or distinctive to the Middle Ages! It depends a lot on weather patterns and population density and land use policy, in the Middle Ages as today! Also, medieval peasants were not a socially or economically homogenous group!

“forgot to go to Europe” *screams into pillow* Look, stop it. Europe was not culturally isolated in the Middle Ages, nor culturally monolithic, and however well-intentioned, takes like that perpetuate a dangerously orientalist/racist idea of “the East” as an exotically civilized other, possessing luxuries unknown to “the West.” 

First off, while the term can be used synonymously, the Dark Ages is the early Medieval Period, not the whole thing.

So I’ve noticed a large and growing fandom/interest in Carry On/Wayward Son, Red White & Royal Blue, The Raven Cycle, The Song of Achilles, Simon Vs, The Gentleman’s Guide to Virtue and Vice, and Six of Crows, and the gay storylines in them, this is GREAT! it’s lovely! not all that long ago the idea of a gay book becoming popular on it’s own, mind blowing. However there are other books out there that need your love, your fandom art talent, etc so please think about cracking open these high quality novels and enjoying any of the following 

Peter Darling

The Lightning-Struck Heart

How to Repair a Mechanical Heart

They Both Die at the End

Alan Cole Is Not a Coward

When Ryan Came Back

Wonders of the Invisible World

Wild and Crooked

More Happy Than Not

Last Bus to Everland

We Contain Multitudes

Love & Other Curses

Jack of Hearts

The Darkest Part of the Forest

The Love Interest

Boy Meets Boy

Here’s a bnha crossover no one asked for but I am excited to share regardless!

I think these two would get along well. And Deku being the quirk loving boy he is would gush over Eren’s ability. (Read left ➡️ right)

This looks amazing! @ o @  

An adventure series starring a shota progatonist with superpowers! 

Take a moment and recognize the incredible contribution you made to your community and your country by voting in the midterm elections earlier this week. You exercised your right to vote and you made your voice heard. That is no small feat.

The results of the election may have left some of you disappointed, but we wanted to point out just how much new diversity and representation people like you voted into office. Our leaders should reflect the diversity of the communities they serve, and this year you elected a whole bunch of firsts:

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, representing New York’s 14th Congressional District, becomes the youngest woman ever elected to the U.S. Congress.

Rashida Tlaib, Michigan, is the first Muslim woman to be elected into Congress. 

Ilhan Omar, Minnesota, is the first Somali American to be elected in Congress.

Ayanna Pressley becomes Massachusetts’ first Black Congresswoman.

Jared Polis, Colorado, is the first openly gay man elected governor in the United States.

Sharice Davids becomes one of the first Native American and openly lesbian woman to be elected to Congress.

Deb Haaland is also one of the first Native American women elected to Congress.

Letitia James becomes the first woman in New York to be elected as Attorney General, the first African-American woman to be elected statewide office, and the first Black person to serve as Attorney General.

Jahana Hayes is the first Black woman to represent Connecticut in Congress.

Massachusetts voted to maintain its anti-discrimination law protecting trans and nonbinary people.

Florida passes Amendment 4, which restores voting rights to 1.4 million ex-felons who have completed their sentences.

This was all done by you. You made these monumental changes happen with the power of your vote.

Let’s remember: it isn’t over. Voting isn’t the end. Continue to volunteer in your communities and attend events to keep your community in check. Remember that change rarely comes without action. Take action.

Is this what you guys think it means when GMO comes up in conversation?

Do you know what else is a GMO?

Dogs. Literally ALL dogs have had their genetics modified to make them more docile, loyal, trusting, energetic, obedient ect.

Ears of corn used to be the size of your thumb. Through selective ‘breeding’ we chose the strains of corn that were the biggest, fastest growing, most resilient ect. Ect.

THAT is a GMO. I don’t know where the idea that genetic modification meant they’re injecting your food stuffs with chemicals to change its DNA. That’s not how it works.

However, they ARE spraying your veggies with pesticides and that is something you should be worried about.

This is Normal Borlaug. In 1942 he received his Ph. D in plant pathology and genetics. In Mexico, he developed semi-dwarf, high-yield, disease resistant varieties of wheat. A genetically modified food. He introduced these to Mexico, Pakistan and India, resulting in double the wheat yields in a 5 year span. In 1970, Borlaug was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, for saving one billion lives from starvation, and contributing to world peace through increasing the world food supply.

Why? 

As a chemist, I’m gonna let you in on a little secret: 

I blew my mother’s mind with this once.  She’s a chemtrail, total tin-hatter, and couldn’t believe that I eat Miracle Whip, because “it’s nothing but chemicals.”

So I got on my phone and started reading off a scary list.  It had lots of words followed by “acid”, and a bunch of stuff I had to read very slowly to be able to pronounce.