Riki/ The Befuddled Dumbass

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AIKA- Great with kids around 6-12! She’s super fun and kids love her energy but she’s still fairly reckless and should not be trusted to babysit alone. Would not know how to properly care for babies and toddlers

ZIRA- Not the best around kids and gets a little nervous around them (especially really little ones). Tries their best to be kind and gentle around them.

HOSHI- Surprisingly great with kids in certain ways. They raised Aika after all. But they are an alien that doesn’t fully understand the human experience.

ECLIPSE- Can be good with kids when he wants to be. He has a caring side that comes out if needed but generally he finds kids kind of annoying and kids sense that and opt to annoy him more.

DEVOID- Kids freak her out. They always stare at her while she’s out and about and she doesn’t love it.

some of my folk girls <3

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Real fandom racism is watching the darkest characters get boxed into the specific outsider pov trope over and over despite them being a core member of the cast. it's watching everyone have in depth headcanons for every character but them, denying them the complexity their counterparts get. It's them getting written out of their own plots, receiving little to no audience sympathy when they ARE complex, and, most importantly, watching them get cast in the same exact role when shipping comes in

but all this isn't loud, it's quiet and unnoticeable unless you've had to watch it play out with every favorite character you've had ever since you were ten and started engaging with fandom. it's repetitive, uncreative, infuriating and worst of all NOBODY WILL LISTEN WHEN YOU POINT IT OUT because you're just imagining it and they're not touching you. I've been making my own content and I've seen how people will go out of their way NOT to engage or engage specifically only to discredit a character of color.

As of this morning I was reluctantly looking for jobs because I love my job and don't want to leave it, but see: $10k raise problem solver.

As of noon today this was no longer an issue, because my boss called me with the news that I was getting a $10K merit raise.

I feel like a huge weight has been lifted off my shoulders. This is roughly $200 extra per paycheck. Enough to pay off debt faster, rebuild my savings, and spend a weekend a month in Milwaukee getting obscenely laid. The sex I'm going to have on $200 extra per paycheck. You can't even.