#+important.

i need to talk about angelichughes (also known as sweetestdesire on her old blog), because right now, i’m really hurt and honestly just confused. brynn was someone who i met in the outer banks fandom years ago, and she was a sweetheart. all my interactions with her were lovely, and i was always supportive and spoke highly of her. eventually, we went our separate ways when we joined different fandoms.

the reason i got in contact with her again wasn’t for good reasons. someone informed me that she had been stealing my work, which was heartbreaking. as someone who always tried to be there for her and treated her with nothing but kindness and respect, i just couldn’t wrap my head around it. but then i saw it for myself.

these are just a few of the posts she had stolen from me, under the cut.

That being said, I have had a pit in my stomach since the win. 

At first, I felt some pride in a few of the individuals representing the USA, but that all went away the second I realized the true implications of the win, especially after I saw that video of them on the phone with Tr*mp. They have made this win less about representing the USA, but rather a celebration of their own hateful values and an alignment with a power structure rooted in white supremacy and bigotry

And I just cannot stop thinking about the women’s team that has been playing their asses off for years to get the recognition they deserve, and the way they were treated as an afterthought and a joke by all the men in that room. It was completely disheartening and gut-wrenching to see. These men have mothers, sisters, wives, daughters, and other women in their lives who have helped them get to this point, and yet, when given the chance to acknowledge women as equals rather than accessories, they chose silence, mockery, or alignment with power instead.

That choice is what hurt the most.

Furthermore, seeing the Hughes brothers in particular go on Good Morning America, smiling and completely missing the point of why so many people (women especially) are upset with them, is baffling. That media appearance felt less like accountability and more like image management.

I want to see an apology, and I want to see men making strides to, both publicly and privately, be more respectful to women.

And Jack’s comment about how “everything is so political” is infuriating. This win became political the second they got off the ice, allowed the head of the FBI to get drunk with them on taxpayers’ dollars, and started foaming at the mouth at the opportunity to shake hands with a known predator, abuser, and powerful man.

Lastly, I keep seeing individuals on all platforms repeating the sentiment, “that people should never expect better from rich-cishet-white men.” And as I sit with that idea, I realize how harmful it actually is.

Lowering the bar doesn’t protect us from this shitty behaviour, but rather normalizes it.

It is not naive to have hoped that this new generation of players would do better, or that they might represent a more just and inclusive vision within hockey culture. Even if that hope was disappointed, striving for a better culture and a higher standard still matters.

Accepting less only guarantees that nothing changes.

People watch and fucking love women's sports!!!

Sports should be more affordable and accessible to all!!!

Queer and trans folk deserve safe places to participate in sports!!!

And racism is not a side issue in sports, it is embedded within the system!!!!

hi everyone i have an announcement to make!

first of all i’m so sorry everyone but i’m planning to quitting writing and just get rid of all my fics anyway i’m still not super duper sure about if i’m gonna continue to write (for now at least maybe one day ill be back)

i love you guys so so much all of you are amazing people and writers thank you for making this experience such a special one. i wish you all the best in life

i’d like to give a special thanks to all my beautiful mutuals whom i love so much!

sorry this isn’t everyone but this is th epeople whos users i rememebrr well @kaidostwin @juviabrainrot @yinyqngg @levihanmyotp @emvss @xoxojisu @grenadehearts @cryinggirlnamedhelen @narcjsistx @kumasakka @kaiaasecho @taibami (we just became mutuals too ☹️) @arisu79 @reverd-ck+ ALL OF MY OTHER BEAUTIFUL MUTUALS

for those who are possibly thinking of coffin anon's wellbeing and health, i am deeply saddened to say that we had lost a member of the community today. i had gotten an ask an hour ago from coffin anon's friend that i felt was too personal and important to be just simply responded to like any other normal ask, so i've decided to just inform you all in a way that is formal, and does not disrespect the message of her passing. if it's okay with everyone and coffin anon's friend, i'd like to keep the message in my inbox as i'd said, it felt too personal to just put it out there and i feel that it would be inappropriate and disrespectful to just reply to an ask with such importance in a matter, and i do not want any disrespect or harm done in any way at all.

coffin anon was someone we all looked out for, and she touched people's lives with her story. she was a strong woman who fought and fought and fought until she couldn't anymore. she is a testament of the mark you could leave on people's lives, no matter how short or small they were. she had been someone we all enjoyed talking to, had good laughs with, and i know that somewhere out there, in an alternate universe right now, she still is. it is an honour, as a tumblr blog, to be a part of somebody's life. i write silly made up stories to dump a need to write out there, and in the process, had led me to meet such an amazing and incredible group of people, and my heart still hurts to think that we have lost a part of the family today.