It's Fine to be Weird

Hannibal (2013-2015)

They said it couldn’t be done. 

They said it was impossible. 

@pragula look at this. See what you started. Oh my god it’s infectious.

You should also be aware that we’ve headcanoned that our tol Qunari son frequently hits his horns on the doorways and cries out of embarrassment. Don’t think about Cullen kissing his horns and telling him it’s fine if he’s clumsy because he is too.

don’t

And when that happens, whether it's garbage takes about trans people, or ace people, or nonbinary people, or neopronouns, or he/him lesbians, or bi women with boyfriends, or furries, or *what the fuck ever*- remember-

You do not need to quibble over the details. You do not need verbally spar on every hill that dipshits want to die on.

Just stop and ask- hey, does this fucking matter?

Does it matter if some queer people do _____? Does it cause any actual, measurable, material harm? Is this *actually* a problem? Be specific. Beyond just 'it makes me uncomfortable' and 'but that doesn't make sense' - does it actually *matter*?

Because if the answer is no, then who the fuck cares?

I don't care if something is confusing, or illogical, or weird, or makes you uncomfortable. Does it actually harm anyone? No? Then mind your fucking business.

Its not your responsibility to Lincoln-Douglass debate every overzealous puritan and under-informed tween on the complex nuance and inherent political context of the queer experience. Focus on what matters . Ask them what, if any, harm does ____ actually do, and THAT is all you need to address. (Oh you wanna defend ___ spaces? Which spaces specifically? What are you worried about happening? Oh is ____ normalizing ____? Does it? Does that...matter?)

Because even if other people dont like it, Queer People will continue to be weird, messy, confusing, contradictory, illogical, and strange as we all do our fucking best to be ourselves as best we can be. The way we survive and grow and thrive is by giving each other the grace and space to do so, whether or not we deeply, logically resonate with whatever others have going on.

And we don't talk shit about each other. We don't take pot shots at the queers who are queerer than we are. Throwing other queer people under the bus has never made things better.

So. Circle the wagons, close the ranks, and get comfortable rubbing elbows with people who are, you know, freaks and weirdos.

AND THEN THERE’S THIS ONE

He didn't do it.

The cops very clearly planted evidence on him because they had to make an arrest because all eyes were on them and whoever actually did the deed was making them look stupid.

Why would the real killer hero have kept the weapon on his person and traveled two states over while carrying it and a manifesto in his bag, conveniently turning the crime into a federal matter? The same guy whose bag they found in a park, filled with monopoly money? Why did the police turn off their bodycams, take Luigi's stuff, drive a block away, turn their bodycams back on, go back into the restaurant, and then arrest him?

But here's the thing. 1.) There are literally MILLIONS of people in the US who have just as good or even much better reasons to want to pay back the insurance companies for all the pain and grief they've caused. Luigi spent a couple of years with a broken spine that United Healthcare refused to pay to have fixed, but plenty of people have suffered worse abuses and/or watched their loved ones being jerked around. Like there are parents who have had to bury their children because their insurance delayed and denied life-saving treatment simply because it's more profitable to run out the clock on childhood cancer than to actually cover treatment.

So the "motive" here is nothing unique. A LOT of people had reasons to want that bastard dead.

2.) The government has extensive records on every US citizen who has publicly expressed even vague leftist "radical" opinions, including those posted in online spaces that are generally considered by users to be anonymous, such as Tumblr and Reddit.