#freckleddipper

Look Sasuke wouldn’t know moderation if jumped up and punched him in the face. And look who he married. Naruto is just a slightly different flavor of Extra.  He’s an Uzumaki after all.

I would like preface this by saying I kept 2 sunflower asks saved for when I've got a rant or infodump ready to go and this is one of them

Anyway, rant time: I fucking hate seeing the very important and reasonable ideas of "If you have not lived a certain experience you are likely ignorant of certain aspects and nuances of it even if you've heard / read a lot about it, so be mindful of that and listen if people with that lived experience correct you about it and point out implications you missed" and "it is important to amplify marginalized voices rather than speak over them" get twisted into ideas like

"If you haven't personally lived this experience you can't possibly know anything about it and cannot remotely imagine what it's like (so don't even try to empathize there's no use, don't even try to see things from their perspective or to understand their struggles)"

and "since you can't know anything about experiences that aren't exactly your own you can't draw parallels between them and your own experiences"

and "drawing parallels and pointing out similarities erases the unique nuances of those other experiences how dare you compare them (so why should these groups join forces against anything that affects them both)"

and "it's not worth ever trying to stand up for marginalized people if you're privileged bc actually you are always speaking over them (even when none are present) and having a saviour complex (so don't even try to back up this person being harrassed) and acting like you are an expert on marginalisations you are not affected by (when you are correcting somebody on a common misconception of a marginalized group) and-"

And it fucking sucks bc ppl will use it to justify not helping others and not getting involved in fighting things that don't hurt them personally and it furthers separatist agendas and tears communities apart and discourages inter-group solidarity and I hate it so much

I’m glad you are enjoying them and, yeah, it’s frustrating when people insist on being jerks.  I try to pretend it’s not happening because I can do nothing about it (other than stop writing the pairing) and it only makes me unhappy.

🍻- For something bad/mischievous you did as a child or teen that your parents don’t know about

She’d sneak out semi-regularly to hang out with friends her parents disapproved of. They were her safety net, and helped keep her sane in a very strict and semi-abusive household. 

👻- For something that scares or disturbs them, but they refuse to tell anyone

She was terrified that Hal would stop being able to see her, that his sight would go away or that he’d find a way to stop her from haunting him. She knew he knew that she didn’t do it maliciously, but the very idea terrified her.

☢️- For a controversy or scandal they have been able to keep mostly under wraps

For the longest time it was that she had found someone who could see Ghosts. There were other Ghosts around that she was in contact with and if they’d found out that she’d found someone who could speak to them? They’d have made Hal’s life hell. So she kept it as secret as possible.