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everyone go wish @soup-fish a happy birthday immediately or i get you with my mind goblin

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do you guys remember when we used to say oh worm all the time. remember that

is anybody out there

i'm sexually interested in whatever's wrong with you

Ok ok ok I’ve been thinking a lot about Jax and her character. Right after the finale I was super mad about how she took up almost all of the screen time and other characters were sidelined for her plot points. I’m still very upset about this, especially because it caused us to miss out on so much lore about the circus. But anyways I was also upset about how they made the characters around Jax suck up to her and be endlessly kind to her while she’s a total jerk. The fact that she’s a jerk isn’t the problem, I like her character actually, she’s not a good person (no being trans doesn’t give her a pass) but she has an interesting story and development throughout the show. But within trying to develope Jax goose sidelines ALL the other characters and uses them as props for Jax’s storyline. So I’m not saying Jax is a bad character, I’m saying that goose ruins all of the other characers arch’s by only focusing on Jax and watering down the cast to “the people in Jax’s life that interact with her and have nothing else going on”

re my "read books that make you feel stupid" post: reading books you don't fully understand is probably the safest way to push yourself outside your comfort zone. you don't have to embarrass yourself in front of anyone. you can do it from your cozy bed. you can easily get help from book clubs or literary analysis online. you can go as slowly as you want. there's literally no risk.

I love when someone is explaining instructions to a group I’m in and they look at me and it reminds them to say something about using preferred names/pronouns or that there’s vegan food options available. I go by my given name/pronouns and I’m not vegan but I’m proud that I can provide this service

we don't credit rebecca sugar enough for making the episode with the first gay wedding in a kids show extremely plot relevant so it could not be skipped or cut.

#rebecca sugar has gone on record saying that they knew from the beginning they wanted ruby and sapphire and they put every inch of planning#in to make sure that the studio could not take them out. sugar has said they’d compromised on hundreds of things they’d wanted for steven#so that they had the bargaining power specifically to keep ruby and sapphire’s relationship#and a number of ‘filler’ episodes were created just to establish counter-arguments that might come up when they pitched the wedding episode#the one that comes to mind is the episode about steven and connie getting lost in rose’s room steven’s central conflict about liking their#fave book series’ romantic ending was later weaponised when producer’s were like ‘oh but steven’s a boy he won’t be too interested in them#getting married’ sugar was able to be like ‘no. in this episode it’s established he loves romance and specifically weddings. and in these#episodes it’s shown how much steven cares about ruby and sapphire and their relationship and happiness. you cannot convince me this is not#good and necessary plot development#and they wrapped it up in the season finale and the big climactic point of the diamonds finally coming to attack earth to make the#episode integral to the series no skipping it without confusion. and had ruby wear a wedding dress because international censors took#advantage of her design to give her a masculine va#and sugar made certain that everybody knew This was a queer love story that an entire town supported and admired and that any child watchin#it at home would know they are not alone and that that support is waiting for them out there somewhere#sugar sacrificed the wider story they wanted to tell for that and it was a horrible decision to be given but they made the right choice

thinking about all the times as a kid in a group project someone didn’t want to do the work so they’d go “ugh i don’t get it, i don’t get any of this” and I’d go “okay! what don’t you understand and maybe i can help! 😊” and they’d look at me like i’m the idiot. anyway people still do this as an adult and there is no escape

Update; my fluffy 25 pound dickhead of a Maine coon mix Disapproves Strongly of the child locks on the food door. Loudly. Is now attempting to figure out how to work a child lock with his enormous crime paws.

"when i showed weakness i was less of a man than him" and "i said something deep and personal that i thought would get her off my back" and ribbit putting their bow on jax and then saying "your secret is safe with me" while jax is happy and blushy looking at the bow and the montage of jax scenes with isn't she lovely playing in the background WE WONNNNNNN WE SO FUCKING WON