stone aries

1: Stratt looking out of a window having Grace tranquilised + "affirmations: you are not real, you don't have feelings, you don't want anything, this will be over soon"

2: Stratt watching Grace run away + "fuuuuck my pet peve got loose"

3: Stratt after telling Grace he has to be replacement science officer + "*bottles up emotions* this coping shits easy*"

4: The two of them looking at eachother + "matching best friends t-shirts that say 'the wound they will carry for the rest of their life ➡️' and the other. just says '⬅️best friend'." The 1st points from Stratt, and the second from Grace.

5: Stratt in Grace's classroom + "you've heard of the man, the myth, the legend. Now get ready for the woman, the omen, the portent"

so, so many well-meaning people going “well, if feeling punk is what makes people be nice and do nice things, let them say they’re punk!” to which, yeah, i can’t stop them

my objection isn't "being nice isn't punk, therefore don't be nice”

my objection is that we've reached a point where every positive human behavior gets reframed as an aesthetic identity instead of just being a positive human behavior

if you think helping people is good, then help people because it's good!

if you think kindness is good, be kind because it's good!

i don't understand the need to run every moral action through a "but is it punk?" filter first, especially when a lot of the people doing this have no actual interest in punk as a culture, music scene, history, or political tradition (for better or for worse)

at a certain point "punk" just becomes shorthand for "thing i personally approve of," and then the word stops meaning anything at all

I think media and the internet would become obsessed with Kip because he lived the dream of meet-cuting one of the most eligible bachelors in New York. And making said eligible bachelor fall for him so hard he decided to come out. And then they changed hockey forever. And also he's handsome and kind and extremely intelligent.

Like especially right after the admirals cup win Kip gets so many interview requests and there are a million "What we know about Scott Hunter's boyfriend" articles.

And here's the thing: Scott has this extremely curated image. He's got this reputation of being kind, fair, respectable, a true role model. And Kip can match this energy PERFECTLY. In a few of my fics, Ilya refers to Kip as "the First Lady of gay hockey" and that's exactly the energy Kip is bringing to the table. He's kind, he handles the media storm really well, he does everything to make sure this is easy on Scott. He accepts this pioneer status with grace and humility.

Shane and Ilya have no interest in being these, like, spokespeople of queer men in hockey, but scott and kip have it covered. They do tons of interviews, and beautiful photo shoots of them sitting in armchairs in matching sweaters holding hands. Kip shows up at Scott's game, sitting with the WAGs in Scott's jersey. Their wedding is extremely tasteful and all the tabloids report on it. The spiciest photo of them out there is one where they're kissing in front of a restaurant and Kip has his hand near Scott's butt.

Scott is so grateful and proud of Kip and their relationship every single day, and while he never expects Kip to take this challenge in stride, he adores that he's able to, and supports him in every way he can. And Kip does love it, in a way: it's very healing to be able to give queer kids (and adults!) this kind of hope, to make them feel less excluded. To shine a light on gay rights and discrimination and to make the world a slightly better place.