#encouraging

Edit: Someone told me to k3ll mys3lf on a deleted comment on here. Be nice guys. That’s not cool, and that’s shameful to say to anyone. If you disagree, please remember I’m a human too and I have feelings. Please don’t throw the F word at me or tell me to do bad things to myself. If you disagree, go look at something you enjoy instead. You don’t have to let this upset you because there are a lot of other things out there. This is for people who may find this encouraging or the belief interesting. Also, I of course do NOT want trans people to be harmed or be abused or oppressed. The fact that that happens to anyone for any reason is evil and heartbreaking. Trans people deserve the right to life. Everyone does. This was just me trying to think about life I guess and how I’m personally trying to understand things that come up a lot. I guess I’m a horrible person for thinking about trying to figure out what I believe and genuinely not wanting people to hurt themselves?

Hello. It’s Pride Month. This may be an unpopular belief I’m about to share, so you do not have to read unless you feel comfortable.

This is my personal belief.

I really think certain aspects of the LGBTQ life style can be harmful, such as the surgeries. It hurts your body. It’s so mean to do to yourself, I don’t understand. If you’re a girl and hate yourself for not being a boy, and vice versa, that is the OPPOSITE of love. I thought LGBTQ was all about being loving and accepting, yet being trans is essentially hating the beautiful body you were born with and straight up rejecting who you came into the world as. It’s like you’re telling yourself you’re NOT good enough just the way you are.

Guys, you are GOOD ENOUGH just the way you are. You are beautiful, and valuable, and strong. You don’t have to change yourself. It won’t make you happier forever. Please learn to love yourself and accept yourself just the way you are. That is genuine love.

For anyone who is trans, just know that you do deserve love and kindness. Gender dysphoria is something that is very painful and hard to go through. A lot of you guys are hurting and are going through so much and you haven’t received the love and acceptance you need. I think a lot of people join LGBTQ to find these things. Everyone needs to know that they are loved, valued, and are not a mistake. None of you guys are mistakes. You are wonderful, beautiful people and, I say this not to push religion, but because I wish everyone could know that Jesus genuinely does love you.

I think there are a lot of you who have been hurt by people who proclaimed to be Christian. I am so sorry for all the times you all have been harmed, yelled at, rejected, and told God could never love you. GOD DOES LOVE YOU. God loves you if you’re LGBTQ, he loves you if your Muslim, atheist, if you’re 100 years old or 1 year old. There is NOTHING that can make God not love you. People are the problem. People can be horrible and Christians can act the exact opposite of Jesus.

God wants you to be healthy and to be loved. He knows what you are going through. He made you the way you are for a reason. I know that can be hard to see sometimes. Like you wonder why God would make you a boy when you wished you were a girl. You aren’t a mistake. He didn’t mess up on you when he made you born a boy or born a girl. I know it is hard to see and understand and that it is painful when you don’t want to be the gender you were born as.

Jesus can provide you with the true, genuine love that you need and are searching for. He is searching for each and every one of you, and he will never give up. He is the most wonderful person you could ever know. He can be your haven for when you feel rejected and alone.

You are his fearfully and wonderfully made creation, and he will always love you. His love is unconditional, unlike the people of this world. He will never leave you when others do. He understands you when no one else does. He will listen to you when no one else will.

even with all its twists and turns, the river always finds its way to the sea. there’s no single right way to reach where you’re meant to be 🌊💌

damian wayne 100% reads robin fanfiction and nobody can convince me otherwise

like LISTEN. we all know this boy is chronically online despite pretending he's above social media and "juvenile internet culture" or whatever

but i am CONVINCED that damian has discovered the world of robin fanfiction and is absolutely OBSESSED. not the weird stuff obviously (he has taste and also would probably report those accounts) but like the wholesome, fluffy ones?? the hurt/comfort fics where robin gets a hug?? the ones where he saves a cat and everyone thinks he's adorable??

HE EATS THAT STUFF UP.

picture this: every tuesday and thursday (because he's calculated that's when the library is least busy), damian wayne - heir to the al ghul and wayne fortunes - sits in the very back corner of the gotham public library on the crusty old public computer that takes 10 minutes to load a webpage. he's created the most generic burner account known to man. probably something like "GothamCitizen47" or "NormalPersonReading"

and he's just. reading the most tooth-rottingly sweet robin fluff while maintaining his usual murder face so nobody dares approach him

the COMMENTS though. oh my god the comments he leaves are so earnest and encouraging:

"This was a well-crafted narrative. Robin's characterization was particularly accurate. I enjoyed the scene with the rescued kitten. Please continue writing."

"Your portrayal of Robin's relationship with Batman was touching. The dialogue felt authentic. I look forward to your next update."

"This story brought me unexpected joy. Thank you for sharing your work. The author has genuine talent."

like they're so FORMAL and POLITE but you can tell he genuinely loves these stories. he probably has a whole bookmark folder (organized alphabetically by author name because of course)

and the absolute PANIC this boy must feel when other people are around. like tim walks into the library one day and damian immediately closes seventeen tabs and pretends he was researching "historical sword-making techniques" or something equally damian-esque

the authors probably think "GothamCitizen47" is like some sweet old person who's really into superhero stories. little do they know it's a literal child assassin who could kill them with a paperclip but chooses instead to leave heartfelt comments about their robin/batman family bonding fics

he has NEVER told a single soul about this. not dick (who would absolutely coo and try to read over his shoulder), not jon (who would probably ask innocent questions that would make damian spontaneously combust), and definitely not tim (who would somehow figure out his username and leave sarcastic replies to all his comments)

this secret dies with him. he's taking it to the grave. damian wayne may face down the joker without flinching but the thought of anyone discovering his ao3 bookmarks makes him want to flee to a remote monastery

but also?? he's probably helped improve the quality of robin fanfiction in gotham just by being the most consistently encouraging commenter in the fandom. single-handedly keeping writers motivated with his weirdly formal but genuine praise