There Is A Crack In Everything

Piper Waterstone loves her books. So much so, that she cannot, will not, share them with anyone. That is, until a friendly librarian presents Piper with a magical card that will give her all the books she could ever dream of . . . as long as she shares them with all her book-loving neighbors.

Jay drawing!

Right is the color On ops Blog

Left is how it appeared on my dash

Grace.

Grace is a good word. Not in the sense of graceful, but of unearned love and mercy.

And my manager was like no!!!! If that happened, I would drive to find you guys in my truck and we could eat stuff from my wife's garden and I would make sure everyone I know survived!! I would carry you all on my shoulders away from the zombies!!

it's really clear in the first captain america movie that steve feels like he isn't part of society. he doesn't have friends or family besides bucky. he goes on to form companionship with peggy, howard, and the howling commandos, but all of those relationships are extensions of his role as Captain America and are built around The War.

steve's struggle in the winter soldier movie is honestly probably exactly the same struggle he would have in the 1940s if he'd survived and not been frozen. He would struggle to figure out how to exist in the world outside of his captain america identity, struggle to form relationships outside of his public persona and work role, struggle to find worth in himself unrelated to his accomplishments as a soldier/superhero.

and we see that issue get resolved in winter soldier- yes, through the return of bucky, but also in his relationships with sam and natasha. he starts a new friendship (Sam) with a person that accepts his role of captain america but views him as a person first; he develops his working relationship with Nat into a genuine close friendship

because to hear even Tumblr the "gay gender website" talk people only wear harnesses while strapped into a sex swing while being fisted

but the reality is that the harness, both leather and spandex, in gay male world is like stiletto pumps, a bright red lip stick, a short skirt or push up bra.

sure some people are wearing those things because they're about to get laid or hoping to. But lots of people wear them just to feel sexy, confident or powerful. And there's nothing X rated and "shouldn't be seen in public" about any of that.

lots of gay guys wear harnesses to bars or clubs not because its a sex thing, but because its a sexy thing, they feel attractive and confident.

I get that gay men feeling attractive and confident terrifies people, but if you're at Pride and a guy walks past you in jeans and a harness, either shirtless or over his shirt, he didn't violate your civil rights or do a sex thing in front of you, he's wearing a totally appropriate outside that makes him feel confident and powerful.

Disoriented, I realised that someone else had stolen my meeting, taking advantage of the fact that I’d gotten so many directors etc. into the same room, and had spent time and resources arranging a desirable room and portal-setup. Bewildered, pained, and in anxiety-dream logic unsure of what MY own meeting had actually been for, I sat down to take the training. There had been pre-reading (I hadn’t done it) and we were supposed to bring in a piece of work (I hadn’t.)

“This,” I said, “is like one of those dreams!” And in realising that I had simply aged out of the forgot-about-an-exam dream, and my shock at realising that I had simply created the professional equivalent, I stood up to leave. This caused everyone else to realise that it was a dream. They became cross with me for saying this, as this realisation destroyed the linkages to the hybrid-working portals! Now they would have to get back to their homes physically, by public transport!

Because I had booked the meeting - IT WAS MY MEETING!! THE MEETING RECOGNISED ME AS CHAIR!! - I simply picked up my laptop and left 😌