You can't take the sky from me.

aries: shouts at the tv

taurus: scared of the dark

gemini:  hums to self a lot

cancer: laughs at things that aren’t funny

leo: is too stubborn to wear sun protection and then gets burned

virgo: needs to google everything just in case

libra: a sore loser at board games

scorpio: learns the whole of a rap song 

sagittarius: knocks everything over 

capricorn: needs to wear 39038 layers to stay warm

aquarius: falls asleep in the car

Okey, I can with confidence tell you that the majority of us started this out as a form of escapism. I mean, look at all the tumblr posts about “I love fiction, it’s my way to handle reality” etc etc. It was the same for us. suddenly.. about, idk, 4-5 years ago, feminists started to tell us that we are in the wrong for BUYING things. Instead of going to the writers, we’re the bad guys. Comics I grew up with are being torn to pieces by people who don’t read them anyway. They’re causalized because instead of catering to us, they’re catering to people who don’t really care. I know that the majority of you will go “oh, grow up!”, but you know what? Fuck you, comics were one of the things I had growing up, I emotionally connected to the Hulk, it made me feel that maybe it wasn’t so bad to be a freak.

secondly, I don’t know why women expect to get help with everything and just give up when they don’t get help. When I started out, do you really think anyone would even care about a fat, acne-cursed kid? I did ask, once, they just looked at me and told me to just read the damn comics. So I did. I got into the middle of a story, If I liked it, I tried to hunt down the first one, or the one after. Rinse and repeat. not hard. But now! NOW! You have google, I’m not even kidding, it will take you 30 secs to find ALL information you want. I don’t know why everyone think that being a nerd is “share and share alike!”, it’s socially outcast people who have been wrecked emotionally and socially by other people. You really think that they’re gonna help you without a reason?

I know, it’s really “in” to be a nerd these days, but you’re not a nerd until you know your shit. Don’t believe me?

http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/nerd?q=nerd

Being a nerd isn’t something that you flaunt, you’re not gonna get help getting into it, you’re not gonna get praise for trying to. read, then read some more, then read even more. Then doublecheck that info. Not because you’re gonna be “safe” when trying to have people acknowledge your “nerd-cred”, but because you LOVE IT! It’s not a social thing, it has never been. It’s not about sitting around a table and going “OMG! I’m such a nerd! I read a couple of books!”.

Sounds harsh? yeah, it is. But, if you love it, it won’t matter. Cuz you will still have the time of your life. And really.. no one promised to help you. want help? help yourself.

*preparing to get unfollowed by everyone*

You read a comic by a woman who reads, cares about, and EARNS A PAYCHECK from comics, that has been reblogged LITERALLY THOUSANDS OF TIMES by other women/minorities who read, care about, and earn paychecks from comics, and you have to gall to say that comics are “catering to people who don’t really care”?

Because you were picked last at kickball and now YOU want to be the bully. Because someone told you you weren’t worthy of something, now you want to be the one to tell other people that they’re not worthy of something. 

First you say “this is escapism for us men” and then you say “no one HELPED me get into it” as if having a medium LITERALLY CONSTRUCTED AROUND PEOPLE WHO ARE EXACTLY LIKE YOU isn’t the biggest spoonfeeding you could possibly get. 

And now there’s a whole lot of people who don’t fit YOUR very narrow definition of what a “true nerd” can be who are FIGHTING UPHILL to be a part of this thing they love that doesn’t love them back and you have the nerve to say they don’t CARE about it enough and they’re expecting special treatment. As if it’s special treatment to BE SAFE FROM HARASSMENT, SEXUALIZATION, AND CONDESCENSION IN A PUBLIC SPACE.

I grew up as both a girl AND one of those cast-aside nerds. And you know something? I would do anything to encourage a feeling of unity among “starter nerds”. Why do you think fan boards and cons exist? Because this stuff is even better when it’s being shared. And even you, O Great Nerd Authority, had to start somewhere. And when you do - when you find something new to consume, something you love - it’s such a fucking amazing discovery. What kind of asshole wants to deny that feeling to someone just because they’re new to the game?

Furthermore, a comic book shop, aside from being a social experience, is also a retail setting. When I ask an employee for help or input, I expect to get it. I don’t expect it because I am a woman. I expect it because I am a customer, and that’s how it’s supposed to work. I’m sorry that your first attempt at initiating a dialogue with a shopkeeper turned out so shitty, but then you let it inform your entire experience as a reader, and that is equally shitty.

Last night, she walked back into my ER and asked for me by name. I came outside and she gave me the biggest hug and we talked for a while.

But let me tell you something: the first time i hugged her she smelled like blood and charcoal and puke. And the last time i hugged her, she smelled like flowery perfume and chlorine and chocolate ice cream. And it’s the most wonderful change i have ever experienced.

Don’t ever think that you don’t mean enough. Don’t ever think you aren’t worth it.

sirius ends up raising harry

and obviously remus is along to make sure sirius doesn’t either a: spoil harry into oblivion or b: accidentally kill harry

so harry, growing up with them, goes to hogwarts, and gets someone who asks the question of “do you have a mum” and harry replies with “sort of, i have a moony.”

and sirius hears about this on holiday and starts referring to remus as “moomy” bc he’s horrible

and after some time of this, remus just finally turns around and gives sirius a completely deadpan look and just says